Except I configured a recipent blacklist in Postfix for blacklisting certain addresses...
The REGEX textfile database is really powerful... I use regular expressions to define acceptable or blacklisted recipents. For example, I can allow all catchall-recipents sent to "NOSPAM_xxx@mydomain.com" [Recently did this to filter out the bounce messages from spammers who use random characters before the @]
You can also define a personalized rejection message for each address....
You might find this useful if you use spamassassin.... I was getting several hundred spams per hour recently... With spamassassin this was a bit taxing.
(Emphasis mine). It says "no action". The use of a digital audio recorder by a consumer for non-commercial purposes is pretected.
Ah, no... Re-Read what you yourself typed: No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright...
There are three key words you left out: "under this title"
The title just says end-users can't be arrested for buying blank CDs/recorders/etc if they using them for non-commercial use.
I should think that using such devices to copy video/musical recordings and then SELLING them would consistute COMMERCIAL USE. (Regardless of what non-commercial uses the end consumer does).
Am I alone in thinking that advertising should be restricted to certain public spaces designated as 'commercial',
Well, isn't virtually almost all commercial advertising done on private property?
Yes, the road is public... But the store window/sign is on private property... I bet the same goes for billboards. I'm not sure about the air... (Land ownership includes underground, maybe also above?!?!?)
We DO have advertisments on blimps...Fortunately, blimps have long stopped being the latest fad.
You can't just paint a pair of golden arches on the interstate pavement and expect to get away with it... Problem is, open-markets and capitalism allow the golden-arch owning people to have lots of 'restaurants'. They exist in sufficient numbers for that to be advertising in itself! (besides the butt-load of other advertising they actually do).
Yes, I hope we don't ever have "painted ads on the moon"/" billboards"... Sadly, I'm not sure it can be reasonably prevented. But for the immediate future, all they need to do is buy land on the top of a hill and make a really big "Hollywood" style sign.
All microsoft has to do to save their ass is to utter 4 magic letters:
D.M.C.A
And you will find yourself in a federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
You will have likely violated: (numbered with your steps)
1) Federal laws regarding the use of telecommunication services/ ISP regulations for TOS. 2) DMCA for circumventing the "time-restriction" measure. (yes, somewhat a liberal interpretation) 3) Fraud/Conspiracy, FTC violations (you *will* be involved in inter-state commerce!) 4) Criminal charges from the IRS... (Or do you plan to pay tax on your ill-gotten gains?)
Not to mention civil lawsuits from M$ for the above, ebay, etc, etc...
I for one, do use full encryption... Suits me just fine...
But then again, I use linux. Encryption is actually pretty simple under it for people who actually know how to admin a Linux system.
At one time, I even ran Win2k under VMware from an image on the encrypted disk. Which means the *ENTIRE* win2k "partition" was encrypted -- something that I understand to be impossible when run natively.
The real reasons why most don't do it?
1) Ignorance -- it is not a built-in feature in Windows 2) Hassle -- overtasked IT professionals aren't going to incur extra liability for encrypting a disk, handling lost passwods, etc. (It would be really bad to forget the password) 3) Performance -- Encrypted disks aren't good for high I/O apps... Fortunately, most apps aren't!
I sleep much better, knowing that my data is safe even if I loose possession of it. I have no qualms about storing tax returns, financial records, etc on my laptop.
But if that code contains evidence of treason...which is what tampering with election results would be...then anyone involved deserves to be stood up against the nearest wall and shot. Then leave the bodies as a permanent reminder to anyone else thinking about ballot stuffing.
Cough... This will happen only if the alleged offenders can be acribed to be non-republican.
I have no doubt it would cost them more in judgment + attorneys + sending a rep to appear in court (or suffer a default judgment) than the value of that copy of Vista
Yes, but the intimidation is worth much more for Microsoft than the value of one license for you...
Microsoft can appear in court for YOUR case... But for all the others who don't have time/money/energy/will to take M$ to task, Microsoft will profit. After all, isn't the RIAA doing the same thing? The RIAA can waste money suing old grandmothers (from whom they will not actually collect) in order to keep the rest of the public at bay [more or less].
Now maybe a class action lawsuit could make M$ change their ways... But (most) Windows users can't even keep their systems running, much less sign legal forms to be included in the lawsuit...
And it still seems a bit grey... After all, Windows users have AGREED to the EULA -- just or unjust.
when are we going to get around to designing a watch which addresses the fundamentals - accuracy (+/- 0.1 second/day), self-adjusting (using NTP or WWV or another time source), correct calendars (leap years) and summer time zone support?
Ah.....
Wouldn't it just be easier for the watch to get the time from the cell phone?
Phone gets it from the tower....
Which probably eventually gets it from NTP/WWV....
OTOH, my cheap bedside alarm clock automatically sets its data/time from the WWV broadcast.
So we could be talking about an engineering student having a friend write an english paper for him, which, while less than desirable for his education, is not a matter of safety.
Yeah, sure... Engineers don't need to understand speling or grammer or how to express ideas clearly & concisely... They dont need too rite dokumentation a maner that are easy reed... Uther ngineers will have noo problem inside following such dir rections to buld a brige or understand coments in a progrram.
And if you think that programming doesn't involve much english, you've obviously never seen extremely large assembly programs written for DSPs.... Virtually every line must be commented and even that leaves a lot of details out. [Yes it sounds crazy, but its true]...
There's no such thing as self-documentation assembly code, especially when its written for a SIMD SHARC processor...
But why is this a question of safety? Well, what if programing controlling large/dangerous machinery/explosives...
implement a small web server (GET/HEAD commands basically) in C++ using *no external libraries of any kind*. They stated the test should take 3 - 4 hours.
Well, sir you failed....
It is impossible to implement sockets without libraries that are external to the C/C++ standard libraries.... Unlike Java, the C/C++ standard does not specify an inteface for sockets.. (And some might argue that even those consitute *external* libraries, since you are linking them in without having written them).
OTOH, you could have made life a bit simpler by assuming that "tcpd" (linux socket wrapper daemon) would be used.. in which case you could skip all the socket stuff, skip forking/threads, and just write your webserver using stdin/stdout...
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Exceptions are made, of course, for certain government areas, most notably Area 51.
Is the government admitting now that Area 51 exists???
Or else, how can they make an exception for something that doesn't exist?
I do the same....
Except I configured a recipent blacklist in Postfix for blacklisting certain addresses...
The REGEX textfile database is really powerful... I use regular expressions to define acceptable or blacklisted recipents. For example, I can allow all catchall-recipents sent to "NOSPAM_xxx@mydomain.com" [Recently did this to filter out the bounce messages from spammers who use random characters before the @]
You can also define a personalized rejection message for each address....
You might find this useful if you use spamassassin.... I was getting several hundred spams per hour recently... With spamassassin this was a bit taxing.
Could we be reinventing the wheel, literally, every 25 thousand years?
Maybe... I think we can expect the USPTO to start extending the lifetime of patents a few millenia.
(Emphasis mine). It says "no action". The use of a digital audio recorder by a consumer for non-commercial purposes is pretected.
...
Ah, no... Re-Read what you yourself typed:
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright
There are three key words you left out: "under this title"
The title just says end-users can't be arrested for buying blank CDs/recorders/etc if they using them for non-commercial use.
I should think that using such devices to copy video/musical recordings and then SELLING them would consistute COMMERCIAL USE. (Regardless of what non-commercial uses the end consumer does).
The group in the article will be toast.
Am I alone in thinking that advertising should be restricted to certain public spaces designated as 'commercial',
Well, isn't virtually almost all commercial advertising done on private property?
Yes, the road is public... But the store window/sign is on private property... I bet the same goes for billboards. I'm not sure about the air... (Land ownership includes underground, maybe also above?!?!?)
We DO have advertisments on blimps...Fortunately, blimps have long stopped being the latest fad.
You can't just paint a pair of golden arches on the interstate pavement and expect to get away with it... Problem is, open-markets and capitalism allow the golden-arch owning people to have lots of 'restaurants'. They exist in sufficient numbers for that to be advertising in itself! (besides the butt-load of other advertising they actually do).
Yes, I hope we don't ever have "painted ads on the moon"/" billboards"... Sadly, I'm not sure it can be reasonably prevented. But for the immediate future, all they need to do is buy land on the top of a hill and make a really big "Hollywood" style sign.
such as ... Howard Johnson's (HoJo).
Erm, I don't want to know which HoJo Howard is sticking his Johnson into...
What the hell were they thinking??
Nah...
All microsoft has to do to save their ass is to utter 4 magic letters:
D.M.C.A
And you will find yourself in a federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
You will have likely violated: (numbered with your steps)
1) Federal laws regarding the use of telecommunication services/ ISP regulations for TOS.
2) DMCA for circumventing the "time-restriction" measure. (yes, somewhat a liberal interpretation)
3) Fraud/Conspiracy, FTC violations (you *will* be involved in inter-state commerce!)
4) Criminal charges from the IRS... (Or do you plan to pay tax on your ill-gotten gains?)
Not to mention civil lawsuits from M$ for the above, ebay, etc, etc...
Interesting times, eh?
I'm posting anonymously because I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to talk about this, but when I interned at a razor company,
Hello RPI Geek (640282).
Do you like living on the 'edge'?
This is stupid. You're paying EXTRA to have someone do the verification they were supposed to be doing already.
ROTFL...
You mean like pay a mailing/shipping company insurance for them to do their own job?
Or paying extra for an extended warranty? (To guard against stuff that shouldn't be crappy in the first place)
Or paying a credit card company EXTRA MONEY for them to taken YOUR PAYMENT "express" ?
Or paying extra money for a "Service Plan" to get "updates" to bug-ridden software?
Or paying a monthly fee for ambulance service? WTF?!?!!
Sadly, we do live in interesting times... And its only getting more and more "interesting"!
I realize it's a business problem when the CxO doesn't have a clue about encryption, but who's going to demand he get some education?
I haven't yet found myself in that position, but I hope I could speak up and be heard...
And I'd hope he see that my interest was in benefiting the company -- NOT in making him look like an ass.
And I'd hope he should me some damn gratitude, financially speaking.
I for one, do use full encryption... Suits me just fine...
But then again, I use linux. Encryption is actually pretty simple under it for people who actually know how to admin a Linux system.
At one time, I even ran Win2k under VMware from an image on the encrypted disk. Which means the *ENTIRE* win2k "partition" was encrypted -- something that I understand to be impossible when run natively.
The real reasons why most don't do it?
1) Ignorance -- it is not a built-in feature in Windows
2) Hassle -- overtasked IT professionals aren't going to incur extra liability for encrypting a disk, handling lost passwods, etc. (It would be really bad to forget the password)
3) Performance -- Encrypted disks aren't good for high I/O apps... Fortunately, most apps aren't!
I sleep much better, knowing that my data is safe even if I loose possession of it. I have no qualms about storing tax returns, financial records, etc on my laptop.
But if that code contains evidence of treason...which is what tampering with election results would be...then anyone involved deserves to be stood up against the nearest wall and shot. Then leave the bodies as a permanent reminder to anyone else thinking about ballot stuffing.
Cough... This will happen only if the alleged offenders can be acribed to be non-republican.
Forget async io (completion stuff) in Windows...
They can just make the SPAM program multithreaded and start a new thread for each new connection (each using *synchronous* IO).
Theres no interprocess communication involved, it should be trivial.
I have no doubt it would cost them more in judgment + attorneys + sending a rep to appear in court (or suffer a default judgment) than the value of that copy of Vista
Yes, but the intimidation is worth much more for Microsoft than the value of one license for you...
Microsoft can appear in court for YOUR case... But for all the others who don't have time/money/energy/will to take M$ to task, Microsoft will profit. After all, isn't the RIAA doing the same thing? The RIAA can waste money suing old grandmothers (from whom they will not actually collect) in order to keep the rest of the public at bay [more or less].
Now maybe a class action lawsuit could make M$ change their ways... But (most) Windows users can't even keep their systems running, much less sign legal forms to be included in the lawsuit...
And it still seems a bit grey... After all, Windows users have AGREED to the EULA -- just or unjust.
Where the hell will 120 MILLION additional people go?
My hope is Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, and Alaska....
But then the Governator might get upset if Alaska surpasses California in population.
Opening an office in a country shouldn't subject your entire opetation to that countries' laws.
... Where would the clothing and footwear companies be without child labor?
Indeed
when are we going to get around to designing a watch which addresses the fundamentals - accuracy (+/- 0.1 second/day), self-adjusting (using NTP or WWV or another time source), correct calendars (leap years) and summer time zone support?
Ah.....
Wouldn't it just be easier for the watch to get the time from the cell phone?
Phone gets it from the tower....
Which probably eventually gets it from NTP/WWV....
OTOH, my cheap bedside alarm clock automatically sets its data/time from the WWV broadcast.
I would hate having to bring my arm up to my mouth to talk.
I'm very puzzled....
Do you SIT on your cell phone when you take a call?
Or do you prefer hands-free?
If you actually read the EULA for this program, the license is invalid when the contract with the school ends... (2-3 years).
IANAL, but it appears you have to graduate *before* the contract expires...
So we could be talking about an engineering student having a friend write an english paper for him, which, while less than desirable for his education, is not a matter of safety.
Yeah, sure... Engineers don't need to understand speling or grammer or how to express ideas clearly & concisely... They dont need too rite dokumentation a maner that are easy reed... Uther ngineers will have noo problem inside following such dir rections to buld a brige or understand coments in a progrram.
And if you think that programming doesn't involve much english, you've obviously never seen extremely large assembly programs written for DSPs.... Virtually every line must be commented and even that leaves a lot of details out. [Yes it sounds crazy, but its true]...
There's no such thing as self-documentation assembly code, especially when its written for a SIMD SHARC processor...
But why is this a question of safety? Well, what if programing controlling large/dangerous machinery/explosives...
I mean, awesome for him... but what the heck is the university even teaching in a degree that short?
I'd say the university taught him how to play the system -- and quite well at that.
implement a small web server (GET/HEAD commands basically) in C++ using *no external libraries of any kind*. They stated the test should take 3 - 4 hours.
Well, sir you failed....
It is impossible to implement sockets without libraries that are external to the C/C++ standard libraries.... Unlike Java, the C/C++ standard does not specify an inteface for sockets.. (And some might argue that even those consitute *external* libraries, since you are linking them in without having written them).
OTOH, you could have made life a bit simpler by assuming that "tcpd" (linux socket wrapper daemon) would be used.. in which case you could skip all the socket stuff, skip forking/threads, and just write your webserver using stdin/stdout...
I find it ironic that when things are shipped via USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc... they ask me if I want "insurance".
Their job is to move the package from A to B, nothing else... Why should I have to PAY insurance for them to do their job?
"Credit protection" fees on credit cards are no different.
If banks offer "insurance" then they will get to use all their existing fees for profit!
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Why is the AP including "This material may not be published" in their articles?
Kinda ironic, eh?
Thanks, I'll keep beating my chest. Just 'cause the average person doesn't bother to protect rights X,Y, and Z doesn't require that I surrender them.
Well, if majority is like the "average person" that doesn't bother, guess what!??
Government, by the People.....
The People aren't interested in preserving your rights.
Either convince "the People" or find a different set of "People".....
[For myself, I'm not sure which to pick]