The issue isn't just that the XP systems are vulnerable to infection. The biggest issue is that it would be pretty easy to write a worm for this, and I'm sure you remember Code Red and Nimda being effective DDOS attacks.
Me and a friend did this in high school. Unluckly for us, the machines we did it to were pieces of crap, and coincidentally the motherboard on one of them failed the next day. One of our teachers had overheard us talking about doing it, and assumed that we had broken that computer. We ended up getting dragged into the dean's office and getting banned from the computer lab for the rest of the semester, just for unplugging a keyboard.
I've seen something very close. A friend of mine has a snotmail account. The name is some set of letters, we'll call it xxxxxx followed by three numbers, I think 667. He regularly gets emails addressed to xxxxxx660, xxxxxx661, etc. all the way through xxxxxx669. I think they look at valid addresses they have found/bought/stole and try every possible permeutation on the numbers at the end.
I think they may be gradually moving towards that already. The current ZIP+4 scheme identifies down to 100 addresses at most (excluding apartment numbers and the like.) For instance, 98052-8300
is the zero-hundred block of microsoft way in redmond, wa. Add 2 more numbers and you can uniquely identify a mailbox. Next time you get a letter from the government, look at the bar code the post office puts on it. Most letters I get have my full area code with another two digit number at the end.
You're kind of right. A netmask is a way of showing what bits in the host portion of an IP address your network uses for subnets. This does pretty much have the effect that you mention in your post.
For instance, in the example you list, the 255.255.255.0 states that all eight bits in the first three octects are used for the network address, and all eight bits in the last octect are used for hosts.
Remember, the British had so much more firepower than the colonies, that it seemed futile to fight the status quo. But the colonies did fight, and the DID win.
The way I understand it, trademarks only apply in the same industry. I heard somewhere that there is a toilet bowl cleaner or something like that called Linux, and it's totally legal because they are different industries. That's why the original poster talked about making a window cleaning company. Although Microsoft could afford lawyers good enough to use the intent to deceive idea.
I remember something like this being developed by AT&T Reasearch Labs (I think). It was called crowds. You run a server on your computer, and all web traffic gets diverted to another crowds server on the internet. Then that server decides whether to forward it to another crowds server, or get the web page and forward it back to you. It was a great idea, but it seems to have disappeared. Anyone know where it can be found?
I've seen a lot of that done, and they actually keep the desk clutter down pretty well. They use those cables that have mouse, video, and keyboard attached to each other, running from the KVM under the monitor to the two towers on the floor. Works great, until the KVM switch freaks out, then you have a few Lt Cols pissed off. Just happened to me last night:(
You should include a feature to not ask if it should be added to the trust realm. It would get annoying to have to respond every time I visit a new page.
And would the trust realm be based on domains, directories, or pages. There are problems with each. By domain is an issue at places like GeoShities, but by page or folder is a pain here at Slashdot. Or maybe you could just do both.
If you had read his bio (click on his name at the top of the article), you would have read this
In 1960 he was, at one point, the second-youngest licensed amateur radio operator in the United States.
If he was old enough to figure out a ham radio and get a license for it, (my guess is six at the absolute youngest, but most likely older) then he most certainly is old enough to remember a lot more than you are assuming.
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The issue isn't just that the XP systems are vulnerable to infection. The biggest issue is that it would be pretty easy to write a worm for this, and I'm sure you remember Code Red and Nimda being effective DDOS attacks.
Me and a friend did this in high school. Unluckly for us, the machines we did it to were pieces of crap, and coincidentally the motherboard on one of them failed the next day. One of our teachers had overheard us talking about doing it, and assumed that we had broken that computer. We ended up getting dragged into the dean's office and getting banned from the computer lab for the rest of the semester, just for unplugging a keyboard.
I've seen something very close. A friend of mine has a snotmail account. The name is some set of letters, we'll call it xxxxxx followed by three numbers, I think 667. He regularly gets emails addressed to xxxxxx660, xxxxxx661, etc. all the way through xxxxxx669. I think they look at valid addresses they have found/bought/stole and try every possible permeutation on the numbers at the end.
I've never been interrupted during dinner, but then again, all I have is a cell phone, so I have never gotten any telemarketer calls :)
Or I could just stick with one browser installed, with no flash installed. I have yet to see anything worthwhile done in Flash.
Are you thinking of using negative and positive voltage for a 1, and then 0 volts for a 0? Or am I the one on crack?
Yes, this is an unrealistic slippery slope. It's extreme, but you see my point.
Sadly, I wish I could agree with you on this last part, but I just can't find it in me. I see this as being a VERY realistic thing.
I think they may be gradually moving towards that already. The current ZIP+4 scheme identifies down to 100 addresses at most (excluding apartment numbers and the like.) For instance, 98052-8300
is the zero-hundred block of microsoft way in redmond, wa. Add 2 more numbers and you can uniquely identify a mailbox. Next time you get a letter from the government, look at the bar code the post office puts on it. Most letters I get have my full area code with another two digit number at the end.
Give me liberty, or give me death!
You're kind of right. A netmask is a way of showing what bits in the host portion of an IP address your network uses for subnets. This does pretty much have the effect that you mention in your post.
For instance, in the example you list, the 255.255.255.0 states that all eight bits in the first three octects are used for the network address, and all eight bits in the last octect are used for hosts.
Remember, the British had so much more firepower than the colonies, that it seemed futile to fight the status quo. But the colonies did fight, and the DID win.
The way I understand it, trademarks only apply in the same industry. I heard somewhere that there is a toilet bowl cleaner or something like that called Linux, and it's totally legal because they are different industries. That's why the original poster talked about making a window cleaning company. Although Microsoft could afford lawyers good enough to use the intent to deceive idea.
I remember something like this being developed by AT&T Reasearch Labs (I think). It was called crowds. You run a server on your computer, and all web traffic gets diverted to another crowds server on the internet. Then that server decides whether to forward it to another crowds server, or get the web page and forward it back to you. It was a great idea, but it seems to have disappeared. Anyone know where it can be found?
The point wasn't that they weren't available, but that they don't come bundled with Windows.
I've seen a lot of that done, and they actually keep the desk clutter down pretty well. They use those cables that have mouse, video, and keyboard attached to each other, running from the KVM under the monitor to the two towers on the floor. Works great, until the KVM switch freaks out, then you have a few Lt Cols pissed off. Just happened to me last night :(
I would think that they thought of that, but you never know.
Wouldn't the DMCA also prevent this, making it illegal to install a program on your computer that moves the mouse. When will the insanity end?
No, you only select the category. The direction is built in. At least that's how it was 2 weeks ago when I got a few moderator points.
However, there is an "overrated" and an "underrated" category that just effects the score, but not the description.
You should include a feature to not ask if it should be added to the trust realm. It would get annoying to have to respond every time I visit a new page.
And would the trust realm be based on domains, directories, or pages. There are problems with each. By domain is an issue at places like GeoShities, but by page or folder is a pain here at Slashdot.
Or maybe you could just do both.
If you had read his bio (click on his name at the top of the article), you would have read this
In 1960 he was, at one point, the second-youngest licensed amateur radio operator in the United States.
If he was old enough to figure out a ham radio and get a license for it, (my guess is six at the absolute youngest, but most likely older) then he most certainly is old enough to remember a lot more than you are assuming.
"It is better to not speak and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain
Your missing the point, i CAN send mail to that server,
You are sending it to the POP server, not the SMTP server. You are not using his outgoing-only server to send him mail.
I guess they don't know that the first X Window System release was in 1984
I thought that the GUI was invented on UNIX by Xerox. or was i just wrong? deatils, anyone?
keeping the API secret for your competitors is illegal in .eu
does that mean that MS can't sell windows in EU without giving competitors in EU the info on their hidden API's?
yeah, check this out: http://slashdot.org/articles/99 /05/29/1632246.shtml
I wonder which NT they're using?
I wonder what drug they're using.