I could say that for Windows drivers, if they worked at all!:) I would say that not everyone can afford supported hardware, but this applies to removing the bloated pre-load windows installs that Manufactures install and in my anecdotal experience for 2009, getting linux onto a machine requires far less work then chasing down 15 drivers, from 10 manufacturers, with a couple of "Unknown Devices" thrown into the mix. Can't recall the last time I had to search for a failed dependency on an install.
Back on topic, at the end of the day, The fact remains the same, it doesn't resolve copyright infringment issues, it just hassles legitimate customers.
Activations are not something I am looking forward to if we roll out Win 7, as 3/4 of our user base are off the network for months at a time and I believe it will require regular contact with servers. Disclaimer: Project isn't scheduled till 2010
Every time I've rebuilt someone's machine(usually a few upgrades as well), I read the S/N off the sticker on the side and plug it on in. Come time to finally log in, activate, fail, you have to call MS, read off some ridiculously long number, convince them that you are indeed installing it on the same computer you purchased it for, then input an even longer number (for the love of god, don't get one digit wrong..). I have wasted many hours of my life doing pointless activations, where as applying a WGA patch can be done in a minute.
Path of least resistance will win time and time again, which for me is Ubuntu/Arch/Debian/Suse/CentOS etc.
Unfortunately they take rights away from their followers, are attempting to take rights away from others and due to the way they are funded (people paying obscene amounts of money), have the necessary resources to do as they please. They are no different from the KKK, would you be making the same statement if Co$ were a racially motivated cult? How about scam artists, ones that rip vulnerable people off? All the same stuff and we have laws in place to protect people from such things, but the Co$ is allowed to keep plugging along their merry way abusing their power.
I would have no problem with them if they were just about peoples freedom to believe in something, but they are not and continue to prove that time and time again.
Yeah they have stalls at little markets around the place and give out free "stress tests". No writing to say what organisation, being intrigued and board found the stand, took one look, promptly voiced my opinion about their scam and went on my merry way.
Although mod'd funny, that's certainly an informative post. Personally my right eye is ignored (during daylight hours at least, night time the brain tries to collect all the signals it can, so that brings other complications into ones vision) because it just isn't pointed in the same direction as my dominant eye (being the left one obviously). Magic Eye books, depth perception, 3D movies, reading distant signs, night vision are all things that get negatively affected. Sometimes in my case for example, the situation could have been avoided if the first Eye specialist didn't convince my parents that I'd "Grow Out of It".
You learn to live with it, but I feel that the simple things are getting harder (parking, lane changing etc) as I head towards 30 (am aware that's not old, but things seemed much easier a few years ago!)
Indeed that would probably the case, it was always disappointing being one of the few kids that couldn't work out the pictures in those "Magic Eye" books. It also certainly makes driving at night very interesting!
I'm not sure why this post is modded insightful, because if you take NAT (or really PAT -> Port Address Translation) out of the equation, what you are left with is a firewall with Allow All outbound, accept related + established inbound. NAT/PAT is an ugly ugly hack that is incredibly inefficient. We could significantly reduce the load on our home routers if they didn't have to store the Port mappings that make it all possible and also remove so many ugly hacks that have had to be concocted because some protocols simply don't work with NAT.
Wikipedia has some light reading on the subject and there are plenty of resources out there. NAT/PAT != security and the thought that application writers would blame the "firewall" on the router for the problems is ridiculous, even Smoothwall comes with the option to have "Allow All Outbound" and I dare say home routers would be setup with that as default.
You know I hear a lot of stories about the health care system in America and the thought that some big corporation only interested in making money, is the one making choices about my health honestly would scare the heck out of me. I currently live in a country where if I cut 3 fingers off, it wouldn't be at the whim of my health insurer as to which one gets sewn back on. Instead of waiting for forms to filled out and decisions to be made, I'd already be in surgery getting all 3 sewn back on.
I've heard of conspiracy theories, but you sir take the cake! Ultimately malpractice laws apply whether the money came from the government or the hospitals were self funding (through charging patients). I know the government being in control of something is a scary thought, but instead of the hospitals trying to make money, they'd just be getting a budget from the government. The same kinds of people would still be in charge either way. Also how about the rest of your countries infrastructure? Why not privatise that? I can say that Australia privatised the big phone company and now they have a legalised monopoly over the whole country. Communications are at the whim of this one company, their abusive practices and a complete lack of customer service.
This alone means you need some decent quiet soundcard, and it then has to talk with linux audio drivers..
You mean a card like this M-Audio Delta 1010LT? My colleague has a pair of these for exactly this purpose and has been using them in a variety of debian/ubuntu systems over the years. (he was dismayed by the state of MS/Apple a long time ago and never turned back)
Slightly off-topic, but just a reminder: have you patched the BIND security hole yet? If you're running BIND 9 and your server is the master for any domains (including localhost), and you haven't patched this week, one malicious packet can crash your server.
Crashing your server, now that's a bit extreme. It actually causes Bind9 to exit on the master server. Which whilst inconvenient, isn't worth being to histerical about. Any DNS admin worth his salt has geographically and network disperse slave servers to handle queries when the primary cannot be contacted.
I did an apt-get update && apt-get install bind9 yesterday, so my master dns server is safe now
Unfortunately MySpace has some naughty advertisers that pedal smitfraud. Not that I use any social networking site or an OS that is affected by such nasties.
2nd for Open Audit. It passes the JFW test rather well. Version 1 looks a little primative, but it does the job well. Version 2 is looking very promising, most of the extra functionality requested out of V1 is coming in V2. Works with AD using LDAP, get waranty info at the click of a mouse for the bigger brands (dell, Ibm etc). Support is pretty impressive and the Lead developer does cruise the forums.
Does windows/linux (vb script and bash script respectively), random devices (using nmap) etc. Run it at work, scan 100+ user machines, 30 odd servers (mixture of Linux/Windows). Good for shutting up users who whinge about slow machines and have known programs that cause problems installed on their work machines.
Just the link I was looking for. I was searching, but the state the world is in, it was making me a little uncomfortable put the string into a search engine.
That saddens me more that a completely innocent person can be made to feel that way.
Don't jump for joy yet, as it isn't quite dead. Alledgedgly Conroy has to wait 6-8 weeks for the results to come through from the ISPs that were part of the trial. And some of those ISPs have a vested interest in providing positive results as that is what their business is all about. Eg. Webshield FAQ: Does WebShield filtering slow my connection down? and if you look at this page WebShield Filtering, this statement makes me laugh and die a little inside at the same time "There are over 65,536 communication ports on the Internet. Only 5 are essential. WebShield can block any combination on a per user basis." which is a blatent lie, if you look at the page they include FTP, which uses a random ports! (Connect on 21, data comes back on a different port). And on their feedback form, it's statements like this "Before I used Webshield, I would constantly be checking my children on the internet, worried and anxious about what they might 'accidently' find. But now with Webshield, I can leave them to their homework, etc and not stress." that really scare me!
Sounds like my Beagle. Little bugger pushes my patience to the limits (and I'm quite a patient person). Well at least I'll be well used to it when I decide to spawn my own little bundles of evil.
Sometimes it's not the Sysadmins choice. Here in Australia, If your a publicly listed company, you get audited every 12 months and said auditors write a report, noting any security procedures that are not being followed. Including password expiry and complexity requirements.
Yeah "Blizzard, here is your foot and here is a shot gun". I actually bought D2, and then later the D1/D2 Collectors Edition Box set, and was most likely going to buy a similar box set with D3. So in some cases I would own 3 copies of the one game, just because I loved it so much. How was I introduced to it? Yep a "Copyright Infringed" copy, if I hadn't played it for free, I probably wouldn't have been so hooked on it. I could barely afford food back then, let alone a computer game. "Piracy" != "Copyright Infringement" and "Copyright Infringement" doesn't necessary mean lost sales.
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I could say that for Windows drivers, if they worked at all! :) I would say that not everyone can afford supported hardware, but this applies to removing the bloated pre-load windows installs that Manufactures install and in my anecdotal experience for 2009, getting linux onto a machine requires far less work then chasing down 15 drivers, from 10 manufacturers, with a couple of "Unknown Devices" thrown into the mix. Can't recall the last time I had to search for a failed dependency on an install.
Back on topic, at the end of the day, The fact remains the same, it doesn't resolve copyright infringment issues, it just hassles legitimate customers.
Activations are not something I am looking forward to if we roll out Win 7, as 3/4 of our user base are off the network for months at a time and I believe it will require regular contact with servers. Disclaimer: Project isn't scheduled till 2010
Every time I've rebuilt someone's machine(usually a few upgrades as well), I read the S/N off the sticker on the side and plug it on in. Come time to finally log in, activate, fail, you have to call MS, read off some ridiculously long number, convince them that you are indeed installing it on the same computer you purchased it for, then input an even longer number (for the love of god, don't get one digit wrong..). I have wasted many hours of my life doing pointless activations, where as applying a WGA patch can be done in a minute.
Path of least resistance will win time and time again, which for me is Ubuntu/Arch/Debian/Suse/CentOS etc.
Unfortunately they take rights away from their followers, are attempting to take rights away from others and due to the way they are funded (people paying obscene amounts of money), have the necessary resources to do as they please. They are no different from the KKK, would you be making the same statement if Co$ were a racially motivated cult? How about scam artists, ones that rip vulnerable people off? All the same stuff and we have laws in place to protect people from such things, but the Co$ is allowed to keep plugging along their merry way abusing their power.
I would have no problem with them if they were just about peoples freedom to believe in something, but they are not and continue to prove that time and time again.
Yeah they have stalls at little markets around the place and give out free "stress tests". No writing to say what organisation, being intrigued and board found the stand, took one look, promptly voiced my opinion about their scam and went on my merry way.
Although mod'd funny, that's certainly an informative post. Personally my right eye is ignored (during daylight hours at least, night time the brain tries to collect all the signals it can, so that brings other complications into ones vision) because it just isn't pointed in the same direction as my dominant eye (being the left one obviously). Magic Eye books, depth perception, 3D movies, reading distant signs, night vision are all things that get negatively affected. Sometimes in my case for example, the situation could have been avoided if the first Eye specialist didn't convince my parents that I'd "Grow Out of It".
You learn to live with it, but I feel that the simple things are getting harder (parking, lane changing etc) as I head towards 30 (am aware that's not old, but things seemed much easier a few years ago!)
Indeed that would probably the case, it was always disappointing being one of the few kids that couldn't work out the pictures in those "Magic Eye" books. It also certainly makes driving at night very interesting!
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That the guy had actually been "photo shopped" white, rather then just a different person!
I'm not sure why this post is modded insightful, because if you take NAT (or really PAT -> Port Address Translation) out of the equation, what you are left with is a firewall with Allow All outbound, accept related + established inbound. NAT/PAT is an ugly ugly hack that is incredibly inefficient. We could significantly reduce the load on our home routers if they didn't have to store the Port mappings that make it all possible and also remove so many ugly hacks that have had to be concocted because some protocols simply don't work with NAT.
Wikipedia has some light reading on the subject and there are plenty of resources out there. NAT/PAT != security and the thought that application writers would blame the "firewall" on the router for the problems is ridiculous, even Smoothwall comes with the option to have "Allow All Outbound" and I dare say home routers would be setup with that as default.
I wouldn't say the library sucks, it's probably just not aimed at our market. Personally I find it fun to play with my non geek friends and my Fiancé. They seem to enjoy it because of the low barrier of entry and I enjoy it because I get to interact with the people I'm close with. Most 360/PS3/PC games are aimed for online play or limited local multiplayer, a wii can cater for a dozen people joining in. Alcohol most certainly helps I must admit ;-)
I'd be arguing that the statistics collected by Add/Remove programs is inaccurate. Which is actually the case
You know I hear a lot of stories about the health care system in America and the thought that some big corporation only interested in making money, is the one making choices about my health honestly would scare the heck out of me. I currently live in a country where if I cut 3 fingers off, it wouldn't be at the whim of my health insurer as to which one gets sewn back on. Instead of waiting for forms to filled out and decisions to be made, I'd already be in surgery getting all 3 sewn back on.
I've heard of conspiracy theories, but you sir take the cake! Ultimately malpractice laws apply whether the money came from the government or the hospitals were self funding (through charging patients). I know the government being in control of something is a scary thought, but instead of the hospitals trying to make money, they'd just be getting a budget from the government. The same kinds of people would still be in charge either way. Also how about the rest of your countries infrastructure? Why not privatise that? I can say that Australia privatised the big phone company and now they have a legalised monopoly over the whole country. Communications are at the whim of this one company, their abusive practices and a complete lack of customer service.
This alone means you need some decent quiet soundcard, and it then has to talk with linux audio drivers..
You mean a card like this M-Audio Delta 1010LT? My colleague has a pair of these for exactly this purpose and has been using them in a variety of debian/ubuntu systems over the years. (he was dismayed by the state of MS/Apple a long time ago and never turned back)
Slightly off-topic, but just a reminder: have you patched the BIND security hole yet? If you're running BIND 9 and your server is the master for any domains (including localhost), and you haven't patched this week, one malicious packet can crash your server.
Crashing your server, now that's a bit extreme. It actually causes Bind9 to exit on the master server. Which whilst inconvenient, isn't worth being to histerical about. Any DNS admin worth his salt has geographically and network disperse slave servers to handle queries when the primary cannot be contacted.
I did an
apt-get update && apt-get install bind9
yesterday, so my master dns server is safe now
Unfortunately MySpace has some naughty advertisers that pedal smitfraud. Not that I use any social networking site or an OS that is affected by such nasties.
2nd for Open Audit. It passes the JFW test rather well. Version 1 looks a little primative, but it does the job well. Version 2 is looking very promising, most of the extra functionality requested out of V1 is coming in V2. Works with AD using LDAP, get waranty info at the click of a mouse for the bigger brands (dell, Ibm etc). Support is pretty impressive and the Lead developer does cruise the forums.
Does windows/linux (vb script and bash script respectively), random devices (using nmap) etc. Run it at work, scan 100+ user machines, 30 odd servers (mixture of Linux/Windows). Good for shutting up users who whinge about slow machines and have known programs that cause problems installed on their work machines.
Hrm not so sure about that, I knew some plumbers that were stoners... wait... wrong kind of high!
Just the link I was looking for. I was searching, but the state the world is in, it was making me a little uncomfortable put the string into a search engine.
That saddens me more that a completely innocent person can be made to feel that way.
Don't jump for joy yet, as it isn't quite dead. Alledgedgly Conroy has to wait 6-8 weeks for the results to come through from the ISPs that were part of the trial. And some of those ISPs have a vested interest in providing positive results as that is what their business is all about. Eg. Webshield FAQ: Does WebShield filtering slow my connection down? and if you look at this page WebShield Filtering, this statement makes me laugh and die a little inside at the same time "There are over 65,536 communication ports on the Internet. Only 5 are essential. WebShield can block any combination on a per user basis." which is a blatent lie, if you look at the page they include FTP, which uses a random ports! (Connect on 21, data comes back on a different port). And on their feedback form, it's statements like this "Before I used Webshield, I would constantly be checking my children on the internet, worried and anxious about what they might 'accidently' find. But now with Webshield, I can leave them to their homework, etc and not stress." that really scare me!
Sounds like my Beagle. Little bugger pushes my patience to the limits (and I'm quite a patient person). Well at least I'll be well used to it when I decide to spawn my own little bundles of evil.
And Australia. Recently and I can't find the article, a man was charged in NSW for having some indecent Simpsons pictures on his computer.
Sometimes it's not the Sysadmins choice. Here in Australia, If your a publicly listed company, you get audited every 12 months and said auditors write a report, noting any security procedures that are not being followed. Including password expiry and complexity requirements.
And instead of Rolling your own UI you could try Centreon. It's a frontend for GUI Nagios.
Yeah "Blizzard, here is your foot and here is a shot gun". I actually bought D2, and then later the D1/D2 Collectors Edition Box set, and was most likely going to buy a similar box set with D3. So in some cases I would own 3 copies of the one game, just because I loved it so much. How was I introduced to it? Yep a "Copyright Infringed" copy, if I hadn't played it for free, I probably wouldn't have been so hooked on it. I could barely afford food back then, let alone a computer game. "Piracy" != "Copyright Infringement" and "Copyright Infringement" doesn't necessary mean lost sales.