Forget about David Smith, has anyone seen Dr. Robert Banner? He was standing near the gamma ray generator last I saw... right next to that conspicous hole in the wall.
Ick. That's what I get for not hitting the preview button... not only did I spell 'sympathizer' wrong, I forgot to mention how much I like your sig. Reading Faulkner is always fun!
Besides, we haven't heard anything of Al Qaeda declaring Jihad on Microsoft over Netmeeting or even MSN Messenger, so it is highly doubtful that they have tried to use them.:p
Clippy: It looks like you're trying to write a fatwa declaring Microsoft the agent of godless decadent American imperialist powers. Would you like to denounce Bill Gates as a zionist symphasizer?
Parastoo Dokoohaki, a prominent Iranian blogger, said the move was designed to foil the government's opponents. "If you want to announce a gathering in advance, you won't see it mentioned on official websites and newspapers would announce it too late. Therefore, you upload it anonymously and put the information out. Banning high-speed links would limit that facility. Despite having the telecoms facilities, fibre-optic technology and internet infrastructure, the authorities want us to be undeveloped."
How exactly will capping connection speeds at 128k per second stop someone from uploading 1k worth of text to 'put the information out' about a gathering? It's not like you need flashy banners and embedded movies... if someone wants to attend your protest rally (and you're serious about organizing one), waiting a few seconds instead of half of a second isn't really going to get in the way.
If you think you need what this service offers then make sure both of you are in sound proofed, light proof faraday cages that you built your selves and haven't let out of your sight since you built them.
Light-proof farady cages... that would be what- a room built out of solid copper?
They know that people use fake mail systems to track them, so they have implemented subtle checks into their scanning tools to catch fake mail servers. They do this by using less common commands from the RFC and using commands in improper order to test how the system responds. Until I implemented a fully RFC-compliant mail honeypoint, they were able to quickly identify the server as bad. They would then terminate their activity. However, once I deployed a honeypoint that allowed RFC compliance, they quickly tried to adopt it for their use.
If the reason spammers go through this procedure is because they're so affraid of being tracked, how does this do them any good? If they find a RFC compliant honeypot server, it's still a honeypot server and they're still being tracked...
Thank you very, very much! The documents were tough reading in places (that's part of the reason I posted first... hoping someone would do the tough work for me:P); but I came across some interesting information that other people might want to read before they comment:
The exact technical procedures through which the IP addresses in this case were harvested and the technical validity and reliability of those investigative techniques are not explained. Since plaintiffs has not shown how they harvested the IP addresses, it is impossible to discern that these IP addresses were not simply invented.
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When a regular node connects to a supernode, the regular node sends to the supernode a list of hashes corresponding to file names and metadata for all files in the regular node's shared folder. The supernode then adds this data to the supernode's master index. The transfer of the regular node's hash data to the supernode does not involve the uploading of any files from the regular node's shared folder to the supernode. Only the hash data is transferred to the supernode, not the files themselves. Because the supernode's hash data is an aggregate of all hash data collected from the regular nodes connected to it, the supernode responding to a search request may simply be providing a list of files that actually reside on other computers, not the supernode's computer.
This is from the well-presented expert testimony about how p2p networks works and the problem with the evidence presented by the MPAA. I never found a contention to those arguments in the other papers I looked at, only:
As has previously been explained to the Court in the Whitehead Declaration filed with the original Ex Parte Motion to Take Immediate Discovery, upon finding Defendant disseminating large numbers of copyrighted works, Plaintiffs gathered substantial evidence of Defendant's illegal conduct. Plaintiffs could not ascertain Defendant's name, address, or any other contact information, but could identify the Internet Protocol ("IP") address from which the Defendant was unlawfully disseminating Plaintiffs' copyrighted works.
Even if Defendant's arguments were appropriate at this stage, which is not the case, (3) those arguments lack merit. Defendant claims that Plaintiffs have failed to set forth any basis for their allegations that Defendant downloaded copyrighted files, distributed such files to the
public, and made such files available for distribution to others. As to the allegations of unlawful downloading and distribution, Plaintiffs respectfully submit that such allegations are well supported on the face of the Complaint, which shows massive infringement by Defendant. For example, Plaintiffs have gathered substantial evidence that Defendant has unlawfully disseminated hundreds of Plaintiffs' copyrighted works and have attached to the Complaint screenshots showing these works. See Ex. B, Complaint. Thus, Plaintiffs have already presented substantial evidence that Defendant was disseminating hundreds of copyrighted sound recordings without authorization and had previously illegally downloaded hundreds of copyrighted sound recordings.
3. Should the Court nonetheless wish to consider Defendants' argument that Plaintiffs have allegedly provided insufficient evidence to state a prima facie claim of copyright infringement, Plaintiffs respectfully request an opportunity to provide such evidence. Although Plaintiffs believe that the statements contained in the Affidavit of Defendant's expert Zi Mei are not relevant and should not be considered at this stage of the proceedings, Plaintiffs note that Defendant's expert is hardly independent, as he has openly sought help from Internet users in fighting Plaintiffs. See Help needed in RIAA case, http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7752 (last visited March 17, 2006) (Appendix A); Help Zi against the RIAA,
Here's what I got on Google from searching "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" is http://www.spectacle.org/797/finkel.html, and they thoroughly explain the context of this quote to make you realize that it is, indeed, a lawyer joke.
To do otherwise is a breach of their fuduciary (sp?) responsabilities.
Fuduciary - It's FUD for fiscal matters! I *like* this word... I'll have to remember to use it next time someone brings up online payments or immigrant labor!
Regarding question 9, this bothers me... it bothers me quite a bit. I know virtually nothing about court procedures (just what I've seen in movies, so might as well change that to nothing), but isn't there ANY formal way to make them account for their evidence? I've read a little bit about digitial forensics, and the exacting procedures specialists go through at each step to be able to say for certain that the evidence is untainted- under what basis are screenshots allowed at all as evidence? Is it pretty much just because the MPAA/their lawyer says they should be?
Damn that crafty bastard! He just *proved* that he's smarter than most other folks with his excellent manipulation of the media! There should be some sort of a prize for that as well.
As for making the dark crystal into an animated series. Oh boy, either Henson studios is swimming in cash or it is going to suck so bad it will stagger believe.
I first read that post as "Why wouldn't a statement come from CDC declaring this to be a good purchase?"
I mean sure, Microsoft is bad... and, erm, so is AOL... and, umm, well- wait a minute, can we get a statement from the CDC about this? I sense a plague of *epic* proportions.
Ahh, but there's more than meets the eye!
Retail discounts at the BX (15-25%, if you happen to want to shop there), and at the commissary (15-25% again, but always at least 6% where I live, because everything's TAX FREEEE!:D).
Yeah, the non-cash benefits can be pretty nice. I never noticed a huge discount buying most things at the BX... it's usually within 5% of what you'd pay at Walmart on low end things, the best things to buy there are washers/driers, lawnmowers, nice furnature, etc.
There's also the Tricare Prime(Prime? Premium?) healthcare, that (they tell me) is honored at LOTS of offbase locations (just in case the on-base doctors suck as badly as they say). So health insurance, free.
Tricare is good when you need it, and the two times I've had to go to a military doctor they were competent and professional (the horror-stories are about the inexperienced dentists and surgeons::shudder::). Also, you can only go off-base for treatment in an emergency or when a specialist isn't available on base (and then you have to get a referral from the medical squadron)
Free gym membership -- at Eglin, it's an exceptionally nice gym. Reduced-rate pool usage (especially compared to, say, the YMCA). Hell, basically all of Services.
Heh, if my Free you mean "Mandatory", then yes:-). Barksdale does have a very well equipt gym and I've gotten a lot of use out of it. The base pool can be nice in summer, and the other stuff run by services- equimpent rental, auto-hobby shop, E-club, base theater, etc. are good places to go too.
Free Space Available flights on DoD aircraft, provided you play with your schedule right.
I haven't had a chance to take advantage of this yet, with Barksdale being an ACC base the only thing that comes in and out regularly are B-52s and A-10s... not what most people would want to catch Space-A on! I've heard it can be great if you're at an AMC base, I know someone posted in Alaska who would take a few days of leave to head down to southern California and Hawaii.
Assuming you're an umarried E-4, you're probably stationed at Barksdale AFB, in Louisiana. Given your current location, you -might just- draw Hostile Fire Pay:(
Barksdale didn't get more than a bit of rain from the hurricane, but a lot of people who did manage to get out of New Orleans are in Shreveport/Bossier, so a lot of the hotels are full and Red Cross is calling for volunteers. I "missed out" on that, I'm currently overseas and am drawing HFP.
The median compensation for an entry-level Network Engineer (according to Salary.com) in Shreveport is $53,000.
So, yeah, the pay sucks. But the benefits kick ass. Right? They do, right? Please tell me I haven't been fed a line of total bullshit.
Overall, I've recieved excellent training in the military. A few years of good on the job training with a lot of TDYs for training courses gets me approximately as much practical knowledge in my job as I would get from a degree, but perhaps without as much breadth. If a degree's important to you, there're several more benefits that relate to education.
So, not a line of total bullshit, but I've yet to meet someone who didn't have at least a minor gripe about what they expected from talking to their recruiter vs. how things ended up being. I came in on DEP too, just keep your eyes open and take everything they say with a grain of salt:-)
That comes out to 31,599.36... 26.3k after taxes, more if I'm in an area where I draw Hostile Fire Pay/Imminent Danger Pay + combat zone tax exemption. After taxes, I should make about 27k this year.
Is a good place to look for information about securely configuring various devices and operating systems. And I completely agree with what was said above; talk to your SSO!
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Forget about David Smith, has anyone seen Dr. Robert Banner? He was standing near the gamma ray generator last I saw... right next to that conspicous hole in the wall.
Ick. That's what I get for not hitting the preview button... not only did I spell 'sympathizer' wrong, I forgot to mention how much I like your sig. Reading Faulkner is always fun!
Clippy: It looks like you're trying to write a fatwa declaring Microsoft the agent of godless decadent American imperialist powers. Would you like to denounce Bill Gates as a zionist symphasizer?
How exactly will capping connection speeds at 128k per second stop someone from uploading 1k worth of text to 'put the information out' about a gathering? It's not like you need flashy banners and embedded movies... if someone wants to attend your protest rally (and you're serious about organizing one), waiting a few seconds instead of half of a second isn't really going to get in the way.
Proper spelling/grammar on teh Interweb?! That's unpossible, you cant expect everyone to write that goodly!!!1!
If you think you need what this service offers then make sure both of you are in sound proofed, light proof faraday cages that you built your selves and haven't let out of your sight since you built them.
Light-proof farady cages... that would be what- a room built out of solid copper?
That's +1 Flamebait material if I've ever seen it ;)
If the reason spammers go through this procedure is because they're so affraid of being tracked, how does this do them any good? If they find a RFC compliant honeypot server, it's still a honeypot server and they're still being tracked...
This is from the well-presented expert testimony about how p2p networks works and the problem with the evidence presented by the MPAA. I never found a contention to those arguments in the other papers I looked at, only:
Sorry, but no.
Here's what I got on Google from searching "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" is http://www.spectacle.org/797/finkel.html, and they thoroughly explain the context of this quote to make you realize that it is, indeed, a lawyer joke.
Hmmm... makes me wonder... if you shared the entire contents of a drive that had Windows installed, would they have you for pirating windows?
Regarding question 9, this bothers me... it bothers me quite a bit. I know virtually nothing about court procedures (just what I've seen in movies, so might as well change that to nothing), but isn't there ANY formal way to make them account for their evidence? I've read a little bit about digitial forensics, and the exacting procedures specialists go through at each step to be able to say for certain that the evidence is untainted- under what basis are screenshots allowed at all as evidence? Is it pretty much just because the MPAA/their lawyer says they should be?
Because nothing says fun like optimizing low-level code to corrupt your opponent's program :-P
Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcode
I love you slashdot... one never know what kind of odd trivia he'll stumble across.
BTW, I thought that 'pound for pound' Barnacles had the largest member of the animal kingdom. Was I misinformed?
I don't *dare* click a link with a comment like that attached to it at work... anyone braver than me? :-)
I first read that post as "Why wouldn't a statement come from CDC declaring this to be a good purchase?"
I mean sure, Microsoft is bad... and, erm, so is AOL... and, umm, well- wait a minute, can we get a statement from the CDC about this? I sense a plague of *epic* proportions.
What? 1,2,3,4,5? Only an moron would use that combination for their luggage!
Tricare is good when you need it, and the two times I've had to go to a military doctor they were competent and professional (the horror-stories are about the inexperienced dentists and surgeons
Heh, if my Free you mean "Mandatory", then yes
I haven't had a chance to take advantage of this yet, with Barksdale being an ACC base the only thing that comes in and out regularly are B-52s and A-10s... not what most people would want to catch Space-A on! I've heard it can be great if you're at an AMC base, I know someone posted in Alaska who would take a few days of leave to head down to southern California and Hawaii.
Barksdale didn't get more than a bit of rain from the hurricane, but a lot of people who did manage to get out of New Orleans are in Shreveport/Bossier, so a lot of the hotels are full and Red Cross is calling for volunteers. I "missed out" on that, I'm currently overseas and am drawing HFP.
Overall, I've recieved excellent training in the military. A few years of good on the job training with a lot of TDYs for training courses gets me approximately as much practical knowledge in my job as I would get from a degree, but perhaps without as much breadth. If a degree's important to you, there're several more benefits that relate to education.
So, not a line of total bullshit, but I've yet to meet someone who didn't have at least a minor gripe about what they expected from talking to their recruiter vs. how things ended up being. I came in on DEP too, just keep your eyes open and take everything they say with a grain of salt
I'm a Tech Controller (3C2X1) in the Air Force and work network infrastructure (mostly Cisco stuff) and WAN type links.
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21,445.2 Base Pay http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesConten
6,948.0 BAH (allowance to cover housing costs)
3,206.16 BAS (allowance to cover food costs)
That comes out to 31,599.36... 26.3k after taxes, more if I'm in an area where I draw Hostile Fire Pay/Imminent Danger Pay + combat zone tax exemption. After taxes, I should make about 27k this year.
::sigh::
Where's the +1 redundant when you need it?
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/index.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1
Is a good place to look for information about securely configuring various devices and operating systems. And I completely agree with what was said above; talk to your SSO!