Where was all this righteous indignation when Windows XP was released? How many of you even remember the last version of Windows that was released without some form of this "activation"? If this is such a problem, then the people complaining should be voting with their dollars... but that isn't happening, is it?
There was lots of righteous indignation. However, it's easy to be righteously indignant. It's *not* so easy to do without.
Thanks for the additional info. One thing I'm not clear on -- is this really new? Since my clean install in November - I am getting told that my legit copy of Windows 7 is not valid every time I am not connected to the Internet. Within 15-20 minutes of getting reconnected, the message clears up (and I have access to optional updates again).
When a machine gets marked as non-genuine, it stops receiving updates.
If it's anything like the issue I'm having now (gets marked as not genuine any time I'm not online), then it will stop only the optional updates. Required/security updates will continue to go through.
Every time I don't have an Internet connection,win7 informs me within a few minutes that I "may not be running a legitimate copy". The link it provides to "resolve" this is a essentially a "buy win7 now" page. Without fail a few minutes after the Internet connection is restored, the warning goes away and the desktop watermark accusing me of piracy also disappears again.
I'm actually more than a little peeved about being called a thief every time I resume my session from suspend -- during the few seconds it takes to reconnect -- or use my laptop out of range of my wireless. But my point is that if it wasn't phoning home, it wouldn't be telling me this *only* when there was no Internet connection; and it wouldn't stop telling me *only* when my connection was restored.
Of course, no matter how peeved I am - as long as it doesn't get in my way, it's not worth waiting on hold for 20 minutes of my life to get a solution which may or may not resolve it.
Why is it we have so many articles that are just pass-through sites (if we're lucky) to the actual thing they're talking about? Is that what "journalism" has become -- regurgitating single-source information from other places?
Depends. Most places that require high availability have redundancy built in to the point where half of their servers can go offline and nobody (except server admins) even knows about it. But for small and mid-sized businesses that don't have those resources available, any time offline is lost work/sales/time/etc.
The Register is as agenda based as Fox News and really does not deserve the slightest bit of attention, it's best to just leave it to rot as an "also ran" in the internet's list of IT news sites.
But... but... I agree with them so often, they must be right;)
Actually, UMTS uses a lower transmit power - 250mW peak instead of 2W for GSM. That said, the interference will not be audible in the same manner due to the modulation, even if UMTS used 2W instead of 250mW.
Then why the heck does my battery life suck so bad when I turn on 3g...;)
Indeed, this reminds me of the pitch the Real Estate agent used when we were buying our first house so many years ago. "Don't forget that you can claim more in tax deductions... so even though your monthly payment will be $1000 more than your rent today, you're REALLY paying LESS than you are now!"
There is a huge difference between a cellphone and WiFi. First, a cellphone can transmit up to 5 Watts. I can actually hear noise induced in my computer speakers every 10 minutes if the cellphone is nearby when it does it automatic call-home.
Interestingly enough, I have noticed that on 3G this feedback has completely stopped. Unfortunately, I suspect that's no indicator of decreased power usage - only a change in frequency.
The way this summary reads, EFF is fighting to bust a patent because another patent owned by C2 already covers a subset of the technology. Then it turns out that the poor phrasing was from the article itself - which further clarifies that the original patent is owned by Lucent and filed in 1994. I guess the advantage to getting the C2 patent tossed is that the Lucent patent will be expiring several years sooner... still, having that clarification in the summary might have helped.
I cannot count the number of times I have seen variations of this kind of idea here in the Comments section of Slashdot. It's funny how the same idea stated by MS is quite suddenly reprehensible...
No, it's the same back to Win2000. But still - you've got a better-than-fair chance of success if you run a series of values like "john", "pete" for XXX and "password.txt" for the file name.
Why do I have to do this? I don't know, but I do. Alas, Ruth Cleveland died in 1904, while the Baby Ruth candybar made its debut in 1921. Its predecessor dates back to 1916 presumably, at the founding of Curiss Candy.
Not I! I am mentally and emotionally perfect, the shining exemplification of mental health. I spend hours looking in the mirror every day, knowing that it's a matter of time until the rest of the world falls in line behind me.
I say tiny computer because then you can setup some Linux OS, make it look like Windows XP (requires a liiiitle bit of effort), set up VNC and watch the idiots try to hack Linux with Windows viruses.
That sounds like an awful lot of time that could be better spent looking at po... erm, poetry and stuff.
It remains fairly pointless -- since most APs now come with configuration software that prompts you to change both SSID and . TFA was a good academic exercise, but if the setup packaging is structured so that you have to go out of your way to leave the default values in place, then it's of very limited use. It's only relevant if these devices *don't* come with such a setup (not having one, I don't know either way...)
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Where was all this righteous indignation when Windows XP was released? How many of you even remember the last version of Windows that was released without some form of this "activation"? If this is such a problem, then the people complaining should be voting with their dollars... but that isn't happening, is it?
There was lots of righteous indignation. However, it's easy to be righteously indignant. It's *not* so easy to do without.
Thanks for the additional info. One thing I'm not clear on -- is this really new? Since my clean install in November - I am getting told that my legit copy of Windows 7 is not valid every time I am not connected to the Internet. Within 15-20 minutes of getting reconnected, the message clears up (and I have access to optional updates again).
When a machine gets marked as non-genuine, it stops receiving updates.
If it's anything like the issue I'm having now (gets marked as not genuine any time I'm not online), then it will stop only the optional updates. Required/security updates will continue to go through.
Every time I don't have an Internet connection,win7 informs me within a few minutes that I "may not be running a legitimate copy". The link it provides to "resolve" this is a essentially a "buy win7 now" page. Without fail a few minutes after the Internet connection is restored, the warning goes away and the desktop watermark accusing me of piracy also disappears again.
I'm actually more than a little peeved about being called a thief every time I resume my session from suspend -- during the few seconds it takes to reconnect -- or use my laptop out of range of my wireless. But my point is that if it wasn't phoning home, it wouldn't be telling me this *only* when there was no Internet connection; and it wouldn't stop telling me *only* when my connection was restored.
Of course, no matter how peeved I am - as long as it doesn't get in my way, it's not worth waiting on hold for 20 minutes of my life to get a solution which may or may not resolve it.
Why is it we have so many articles that are just pass-through sites (if we're lucky) to the actual thing they're talking about? Is that what "journalism" has become -- regurgitating single-source information from other places?
Depends. Most places that require high availability have redundancy built in to the point where half of their servers can go offline and nobody (except server admins) even knows about it. But for small and mid-sized businesses that don't have those resources available, any time offline is lost work/sales/time/etc.
Edit: Hm, I hope that "<ol>" only looks that bad in the preview... guess I'm about to find out.
Nope. Apparently when designing the slashdot css, somebody misunderstood and thought "o" in "ol" stood for "orderless"
Surprisingly accurate most of the time.
Edit: Hm, I hope that "<ol>" only looks that bad in the preview... guess I'm about to find out.
you should be using focus-follows-mouse
Focus-follows-mouse made no sense back in the old days with Solaris work stations. It still makes no sense.
Frankly, I still want "focus follows eyes". Maybe then I could stop typing into the wrong winsure boss I'll stop right overdow all the time.
The Register is as agenda based as Fox News and really does not deserve the slightest bit of attention, it's best to just leave it to rot as an "also ran" in the internet's list of IT news sites.
But... but... I agree with them so often, they must be right ;)
Ahh, makes sense - thanks
Actually, UMTS uses a lower transmit power - 250mW peak instead of 2W for GSM. That said, the interference will not be audible in the same manner due to the modulation, even if UMTS used 2W instead of 250mW.
Then why the heck does my battery life suck so bad when I turn on 3g... ;)
Indeed, this reminds me of the pitch the Real Estate agent used when we were buying our first house so many years ago. "Don't forget that you can claim more in tax deductions... so even though your monthly payment will be $1000 more than your rent today, you're REALLY paying LESS than you are now!"
There is a huge difference between a cellphone and WiFi. First, a cellphone can transmit up to 5 Watts. I can actually hear noise induced in my computer speakers every 10 minutes if the cellphone is nearby when it does it automatic call-home.
Interestingly enough, I have noticed that on 3G this feedback has completely stopped. Unfortunately, I suspect that's no indicator of decreased power usage - only a change in frequency.
I just read what I wrote -- and I realize that now I understand. This is a diabolical CmdrTaco ploy to get us to RTFA -- you sneaky, sneaky devil you.
The way this summary reads, EFF is fighting to bust a patent because another patent owned by C2 already covers a subset of the technology. Then it turns out that the poor phrasing was from the article itself - which further clarifies that the original patent is owned by Lucent and filed in 1994. I guess the advantage to getting the C2 patent tossed is that the Lucent patent will be expiring several years sooner... still, having that clarification in the summary might have helped.
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I tried... and was greeted with
This Account Has Been Suspended Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
You might want to fix your sig 'til you get that taken care of.
that's interesting but what was the connection? How did screen lead to the rooting?
I cannot count the number of times I have seen variations of this kind of idea here in the Comments section of Slashdot. It's funny how the same idea stated by MS is quite suddenly reprehensible...
No, it's the same back to Win2000. But still - you've got a better-than-fair chance of success if you run a series of values like "john", "pete" for XXX and "password.txt" for the file name.
Why do I have to do this? I don't know, but I do. Alas, Ruth Cleveland died in 1904, while the Baby Ruth candybar made its debut in 1921. Its predecessor dates back to 1916 presumably, at the founding of Curiss Candy.
Just send every single tax filing both ways. The right one gets filed, and wrong one gets rejected. Twice the work for the government.
That's a fine idea. Let's make a bloated and expensive process even more bloated and expensive...
Everyone has a mental illness these days.
Not I! I am mentally and emotionally perfect, the shining exemplification of mental health. I spend hours looking in the mirror every day, knowing that it's a matter of time until the rest of the world falls in line behind me.
I say tiny computer because then you can setup some Linux OS, make it look like Windows XP (requires a liiiitle bit of effort), set up VNC and watch the idiots try to hack Linux with Windows viruses.
That sounds like an awful lot of time that could be better spent looking at po... erm, poetry and stuff.
It remains fairly pointless -- since most APs now come with configuration software that prompts you to change both SSID and . TFA was a good academic exercise, but if the setup packaging is structured so that you have to go out of your way to leave the default values in place, then it's of very limited use. It's only relevant if these devices *don't* come with such a setup (not having one, I don't know either way...)