Remember, Apple went to all the major cell carriers in the US, selling the iPhone concept. (I googled for a link, but didn't find one right off.) Why aren't we hearing about the management at T-Mobile? The ones who looked at the phone and said, "meh, no thanks."
Did you even try googling any of those? Perhaps you've been so poorly bribed that, abused by Microsoft though you may be, your hidden agenda is to astroturf on tech news sites, polluting them?
Bribery:
2005-2010 Bing "Loyalty Rewards" program - widely derided as an attempt to grab customers with bribes. If Bing is as good as they want it to be, why do they need to offer cash?
Microsoft's continuing problems with their Chinese workforce - remember, don't hire them directly. Farm it out to a subsidiary to distance yourself from the inevitable PR disaster.
Poor Environmental Practices
Did you mean to suggest Microsoft is a hardware company?
Or can we count all the useless trash they have pushed out the door, forcing users to reformat their machines as soon as they buy them so they can downgrade to a decent OS, Vista ending up straight in the landfill?
We'll buy them online. Especially because the things that will set hard drives apart from SSDs will only be available there. (Best price? online. Good info from reviews? online. Business needs like control of the lot number, manufacture date? online. Even good service plans are only found online now.)
Seriously, who buys from Best Buy, the corner computer store, or even Frys these days?
I'll consider Frys if time is critical. Otherwise, I shop online. End of story.
Read my post again. Here, I'll bold it for you: "I suppose if you really are worried you have a test deployment and a production deployment, and you're very careful to use tools to guarantee they stay perfectly synced."
Everything old is new again. "I can reboot an instance, it's cloud-based with HA!" That means you are not the target market for this article.
Who do you think keeps your magical cloud running with five-9's of uptime? You can't seriously think the VM host will run better after a reboot. Who do you think manages the HA load balancer? (Hint: it is managed, just like everything else.) What if they had to reboot it?
"I need to reboot every month/week/solar cycle because otherwise I have no disaster recovery!" I suppose if you really are worried you have a test deployment and a production deployment, and you're very careful to use tools to guarantee they stay perfectly synced. So... you reboot the test machine to test, right?
"I can't afford a test machine, and I can't control the service configuration, so I can't guarantee it will boot up!" You're in a world of hurt. While you're at it, why don't you run the occasional rm -rf / (then hit Ctrl-C) just so you can enjoy the pleasure of a reboot?
It turns out I disagree, but this is a great discussion point amid all the static. (Took me a while to find it.)
I believe the freedom of speech is a legally protected right, but as a right it precedes laws. Check this out:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
Specifically that last part: deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. In this case, what the law decides, we all have to live with.
Social justice is an indistinct phrase, and therefore dangerous because it does not mean the same thing to everyone. So I look at the freedom of speech this way: posting on an internet site is freedom of speech. Disrupting a funeral is not freedom of speech. Applying the law equally and without prejudice, WBC must either allow all the protesters to follow their private lives everywhere -- and harass them, or they must leave these private religious ceremonies (funerals) and stick to posting on the internet.
WBC can post their ideas on their website. Anonymous should not attack their website -- they should stand on public sidewalks and tweet every little private detail of the lives of the WBC members that they can discover (without trespassing, etc.)
WBC must consent to whatever the law ends up deciding -- but it must apply equally both ways. That's where Anonymous seems to have a good idea: paybacks. But don't break the law.
Have you had any back-and-forth with Google? You know, the bane of google add-ons: google makes changes to their internals. Since 2008, how has the ride been?
What was your point again? Did you really want to discuss alternative patent pools?
What patent pool are you suggesting that MobileMedia Ideas should join?
Fine then, let's discuss alternative patent pools. Oh, wait:
blah blah blah... suing... blah blah blah... other patent pools that MPEG-LA operates... blah blah blah... I don't see how their behavier [ed: lol] descredes [ed: rofl] the idea of patent pools... blah blah blah... doesn't also protect them...
Never mind. Your non sequitur spouting of MPEG-LA propaganda is too much. I can't stop laughing.
You can configure your SMTP server to reject the email when it is an unknown address -- reject it before closing the connection so there is no chance for a "backscatter attack."
Spammers quickly stop using addresses that either:
1. Hang for a while before responding with a failure and closing the connection -- but that opens you to a huge DDoS problem.
2. Reject and quickly close the connection. No DDoS problem, and the spammer got nothing for the (admittedly miniscule) effort they expended to hit up your server. It's not like they got a 1-in-a-million chance that the email address is legit, because the server doesn't complain on invalid addresses. Nope -- they got a definite rejection right away.
For valid addresses, you can even put in a filter to reject obvious spam, e.g. if it fails DKIM or SPF checks, spamassassin, whatever. Since there are a lot fewer valid addresses, go ahead and put some resources into examining the message right away, before closing the connection.
Be aware that large messages may cause a problem -- but it costs the spammer a lot to send thousands of large messages, so that's really only a DDoS attack vector. I have a size protection line that can kick in before the DKIM/SPF/spamassassin check, but I leave it commented out and have monitoring scripts to alert me if I get hit with an attack. I can quickly respond, enable the size limit, and thus cut off the DDoS.
Too complicated for your average setup? Yes, definitely. But that means it won't become so common spammers really devote themselves to breaking in.
What's the point of IANA, now that they've given out all their numbers?
Seriously, the holders of the various/8's can form a new organization to govern themselves now. And I can imagine they have a few good reasons to do it.
The only thing that will keep IANA relevant will be IPv6.
Do you have native IPv6 at home yet? Does your ISP support native IPv6?
Have you either installed any of the various IPv6 tunneling methods, then tested the most important websites for you, and found that they all support native IPv6?
Or, if you answered no to any of the above, have you started investing so you can afford to pay for IPv4 access? Because I'm not going to pay for you.
Look at the bill. S. 3480 -- Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 (also introduced to the house as H.R.5548). To view it, you have to go to thomas.loc.gov and search for it using the Advanced Search, 111th Congress.
The most interesting part is -- you can't actually read the part about the kill switch. It doesn't say redacted -- IT'S JUST MISSING.
Ok, here's the basic outline: TITLE I--OFFICE OF CYBERSPACE POLICY
I don't think we need to hire people just to spew more legislation like this!
TITLE II--NATIONAL CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS
I don't think we need to expand the DHS to "pat down" the Telcos. No, thanks! TITLE III--FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
TITLE III--FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
SEC. 301. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY.
(a) Findings- Congress finds that--
(1) since 2002 the Federal Government has experienced multiple high-profile incidents that resulted in the theft of sensitive information amounting to more than the entire print collection contained in the Library of Congress, including personally identifiable information, advanced scientific research, and prenegotiated United States diplomatic positions;...
Sweet! They used 1 Library of Congress as a unit! So anyway, "Sec. 3552. Authority and functions of the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications" gets to the meat of TITLE III: this new agency has to have some teeth with the guys doing real work in the government.
TITLE IV--RECRUITMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gives this bill more teeth. Basically adds to the workload of government agencies, making them follow these guidelines. Don't get me wrong -- training about cybersecurity is good. But not this kind of jack-booted cybersecurity. TITLE V--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 239 NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL - creation of another federally-funded "think thank."
Also gives these new agencies more teeth (Sec. 503).
Gives them special spending privileges (Sec. 504).
The bill seems to be missing some major parts at the end, specifically the parts about what happens in an "emergency," changes to CERT, and requirements for supply chain management (to avoid purchasing bugged hardware).
Subtitle E--Cybersecurity
`Sec. 241. Definitions.
`Sec. 242. National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications.
`Sec. 243. Physical and cyber infrastructure collaboration.
`Sec. 244. United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
`Sec. 245. Additional authorities of the Director of the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications.
`Sec. 246. Information sharing.
`Sec. 247. Private sector assistance.
`Sec. 248. Cyber vulnerabilities to covered critical infrastructure.
`Sec. 249. National cyber emergencies..
`Sec. 250. Enforcement.
`Sec. 251. Protection of information.
`Sec. 252. Sector-specific agencies.
`Sec. 253. Strategy for Federal cybersecurity supply chain management.'.
Actually no...:-( I tried using the other option to disable the right-hand sidebar and it didn't work either. There must be some sort of bug preventing prefs from going in. The best I can suggest is emailing the guys listed in the summary (up top).
I took a look to see if a greasemonkey could do what you want. I think it could but it would be really complicated -- which would make it break very easily if the site design were changed.
I did think of one approach: you just want science and hardware -- so you could go to science.slashdot.org and hardware.slashdot.org. You could subscribe to the RSS feeds there so your RSS feed reader would put them all together on one page again. Not the best solution but it's something...
Slashdot Mirror
Remember, Apple went to all the major cell carriers in the US, selling the iPhone concept. (I googled for a link, but didn't find one right off.) Why aren't we hearing about the management at T-Mobile? The ones who looked at the phone and said, "meh, no thanks."
Did you even try googling any of those? Perhaps you've been so poorly bribed that, abused by Microsoft though you may be, your hidden agenda is to astroturf on tech news sites, polluting them?
Bribery:
Hidden Agendas
Employee Abuse
Poor Environmental Practices
Did you mean to suggest Microsoft is a hardware company?
Or can we count all the useless trash they have pushed out the door, forcing users to reformat their machines as soon as they buy them so they can downgrade to a decent OS, Vista ending up straight in the landfill?
We'll buy them online. Especially because the things that will set hard drives apart from SSDs will only be available there. (Best price? online. Good info from reviews? online. Business needs like control of the lot number, manufacture date? online. Even good service plans are only found online now.)
Seriously, who buys from Best Buy, the corner computer store, or even Frys these days?
I'll consider Frys if time is critical. Otherwise, I shop online. End of story.
Compared it to the original - file added: ReadMe_FIRST!!!.txt (contains graf_chokolo's message). Dude, just post the original.
Compared it to the original links and it's legit. Thanks!
If this refresh of the Macbook Pro does not include a quad-core processor as an option, I won't buy it.
- Looking for a laptop
Read my post again. Here, I'll bold it for you: "I suppose if you really are worried you have a test deployment and a production deployment, and you're very careful to use tools to guarantee they stay perfectly synced."
Everything old is new again. "I can reboot an instance, it's cloud-based with HA!" That means you are not the target market for this article.
Who do you think keeps your magical cloud running with five-9's of uptime? You can't seriously think the VM host will run better after a reboot. Who do you think manages the HA load balancer? (Hint: it is managed, just like everything else.) What if they had to reboot it?
"I need to reboot every month/week/solar cycle because otherwise I have no disaster recovery!" I suppose if you really are worried you have a test deployment and a production deployment, and you're very careful to use tools to guarantee they stay perfectly synced. So... you reboot the test machine to test, right?
"I can't afford a test machine, and I can't control the service configuration, so I can't guarantee it will boot up!" You're in a world of hurt. While you're at it, why don't you run the occasional rm -rf / (then hit Ctrl-C) just so you can enjoy the pleasure of a reboot?
It turns out I disagree, but this is a great discussion point amid all the static. (Took me a while to find it.)
I believe the freedom of speech is a legally protected right, but as a right it precedes laws. Check this out:
Specifically that last part: deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. In this case, what the law decides, we all have to live with.
Social justice is an indistinct phrase, and therefore dangerous because it does not mean the same thing to everyone. So I look at the freedom of speech this way: posting on an internet site is freedom of speech. Disrupting a funeral is not freedom of speech. Applying the law equally and without prejudice, WBC must either allow all the protesters to follow their private lives everywhere -- and harass them, or they must leave these private religious ceremonies (funerals) and stick to posting on the internet.
WBC can post their ideas on their website. Anonymous should not attack their website -- they should stand on public sidewalks and tweet every little private detail of the lives of the WBC members that they can discover (without trespassing, etc.)
WBC must consent to whatever the law ends up deciding -- but it must apply equally both ways. That's where Anonymous seems to have a good idea: paybacks. But don't break the law.
It may help that Google reviews the results.
They are pretty good at spotting trends (especially spam), because spammers go for the easiest target.
Seems pretty good. (And Greasemonkey is great.)
Have you had any back-and-forth with Google? You know, the bane of google add-ons: google makes changes to their internals. Since 2008, how has the ride been?
Because they don't produce original information, they just link-farm it.
There are plenty of good sites out there who aren't gaming the system.
Dear Google,
Please port this to Firefox.
Sincerely,
The rest of the browser market
So, you agree with me?
I don't need to fill in the details. I only need to point the OP to the right link.
Signed,
MeeGo user, happily running it on an AMD
Yes. Download
This is a really insightful comment.
It hilights exactly what the legal stance is (for publishers) -- and why the indie scene (and other "scenes") are taking off.
I've never bought an ebook. I'll probably never buy one.
Like Audio CDs, I strictly stick to print books.
Use some of the greasemonkey scripts
That is not an IDE. Try this.
Obligatory: I actually use gcc and command-line tools (and a plain text editor) for development. That doesn't change what I said above.
Fine then, let's discuss alternative patent pools. Oh, wait:
Never mind. Your non sequitur spouting of MPEG-LA propaganda is too much. I can't stop laughing.
Great recommendations above. But what if I want 802.11a/n as well? (5 GHz band)
You can configure your SMTP server to reject the email when it is an unknown address -- reject it before closing the connection so there is no chance for a "backscatter attack."
Spammers quickly stop using addresses that either:
1. Hang for a while before responding with a failure and closing the connection -- but that opens you to a huge DDoS problem.
2. Reject and quickly close the connection. No DDoS problem, and the spammer got nothing for the (admittedly miniscule) effort they expended to hit up your server. It's not like they got a 1-in-a-million chance that the email address is legit, because the server doesn't complain on invalid addresses. Nope -- they got a definite rejection right away.
For valid addresses, you can even put in a filter to reject obvious spam, e.g. if it fails DKIM or SPF checks, spamassassin, whatever. Since there are a lot fewer valid addresses, go ahead and put some resources into examining the message right away, before closing the connection.
Be aware that large messages may cause a problem -- but it costs the spammer a lot to send thousands of large messages, so that's really only a DDoS attack vector. I have a size protection line that can kick in before the DKIM/SPF/spamassassin check, but I leave it commented out and have monitoring scripts to alert me if I get hit with an attack. I can quickly respond, enable the size limit, and thus cut off the DDoS.
Too complicated for your average setup? Yes, definitely. But that means it won't become so common spammers really devote themselves to breaking in.
What's the point of IANA, now that they've given out all their numbers?
/8's can form a new organization to govern themselves now. And I can imagine they have a few good reasons to do it.
Seriously, the holders of the various
The only thing that will keep IANA relevant will be IPv6.
Do you have native IPv6 at home yet? Does your ISP support native IPv6?
Have you either installed any of the various IPv6 tunneling methods, then tested the most important websites for you, and found that they all support native IPv6?
Or, if you answered no to any of the above, have you started investing so you can afford to pay for IPv4 access? Because I'm not going to pay for you.
This is more than just "Kill Switch" legislation (don't believe the PR saying it is something else).
The most interesting part is -- you can't actually read the part about the kill switch. It doesn't say redacted -- IT'S JUST MISSING.
Ok, here's the basic outline:
TITLE I--OFFICE OF CYBERSPACE POLICY I don't think we need to hire people just to spew more legislation like this! TITLE II--NATIONAL CENTER FOR CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS
I don't think we need to expand the DHS to "pat down" the Telcos. No, thanks!
TITLE III--FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Sweet! They used 1 Library of Congress as a unit! So anyway, "Sec. 3552. Authority and functions of the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications" gets to the meat of TITLE III: this new agency has to have some teeth with the guys doing real work in the government.
TITLE IV--RECRUITMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gives this bill more teeth. Basically adds to the workload of government agencies, making them follow these guidelines. Don't get me wrong -- training about cybersecurity is good. But not this kind of jack-booted cybersecurity.
TITLE V--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 239 NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL - creation of another federally-funded "think thank."
Also gives these new agencies more teeth (Sec. 503).
Gives them special spending privileges (Sec. 504).
The bill seems to be missing some major parts at the end, specifically the parts about what happens in an "emergency," changes to CERT, and requirements for supply chain management (to avoid purchasing bugged hardware).
Actually no... :-( I tried using the other option to disable the right-hand sidebar and it didn't work either. There must be some sort of bug preventing prefs from going in. The best I can suggest is emailing the guys listed in the summary (up top).
I took a look to see if a greasemonkey could do what you want. I think it could but it would be really complicated -- which would make it break very easily if the site design were changed.
I did think of one approach: you just want science and hardware -- so you could go to science.slashdot.org and hardware.slashdot.org. You could subscribe to the RSS feeds there so your RSS feed reader would put them all together on one page again. Not the best solution but it's something...