this is not the first time MS has been accused of such underhanded tactics. back in the ol' times when IE was just out, MS had licensed Shiva Corp.'s TCP/IP stack/dialer for IE. The agreement was on a royalty basis as a certain percentage of the sales income.
MS then distributed IE for free and never paid a penny to them.
i remember that MS recently did lose a lawsuit for this, but the damage was done
in my company, a linux box got zombied. it was sending ~150,000 mails a day through our corporate mail servers. we had quite a headache locating that machine. how it got zombified is still a mystery - as it was not on the public network. it was running rh8 though, which makes it an easy target.
this is just one aspect of digital surveillance that has been publically mentioned. but there are systems being built that can zoom in on faces and take pictures. region-of-interest, motion activation, variable frame rate capture, target tracking and a multitude of other feature-sets are becoming standard in today's technology.
imagine what'll happen if all of this gets merged with something like http://riya.com/'s technology. we'd have automatic person recognition. techology is racing ahead really fast.
It was disheartening to see Blue Security go down like this.
but it does suggest that this is *one* tactic that *did* hurt the spammers. could we build a distributed system of email boxes that will virally fight back spam? what if all the google, ms, yahoo and other *major* mail servers/softwares agree on one common point: to send back the mail to the originator if it is a junk mail. you might want to mess up with the source address to avoid getting urself validated and added in the:active mailboxes list: though.
but seriously imagine that if all the mailboxes in the world emailed back all junk mail; then the spammers would have one mother lode to take care of.
The company is asking developers to provide feedback on how to best get there and prevent forking and fragmentation.
Well essentially, they want to stay in business - and don't want to give away code for free to competitiors. What if IBM/MS/any_other_company takes their code, repackages it and calls it "Their-Own-Kawa(TM)"? Their lead in the business as the premier Java would be lost.
I think they're thinking at it, purely from a business point of view. And it wouldn't help if the Chinese get a whiff of it (no offence intended).
He's the richest man in the world. He ain't gonna say his business is based on an eroding platform. He's gonna say PC's still there and move investment out of the PC platform and more into internet/mobile technologies.
Back in the nineties, they said the net is not happening, and stuck on the PC platform. now MS is scared of google! imagine that?
------- oh yeah, and BTW.. did you know MS invented the internet?
Well who would admit that he's the richest man in the world. But the business he's standing on is based on a platform which is slowly eroding away?
So the best way is to say it ain't happening; while making investments in future technologies. When the change does happen, proclaim that we were already there. And by the way, did you know MS invented the internet?;)
I agree totally agree with him. Unions soon mutate into serving self-interests. Instead of unions, some self appointed guidelines and practices should be in place before a such a drastic step is taken.
In france, for example, companies have to offer a three month notice / salary in advance before they can lay off an employee. That gives enough time for both parties to seek alternate arrangements.
"When we were young, we were told that 'Everybody else is doing it' was a really stupid reason to do something. Now it's the standard reason for picking a particular software package." -- Barry Gehm
I feel the same about AJAX!:) It may have improved the user interface and the browsing experience a lot, but AJAX pages eat up so much memory! Maybe its an issue with the browser implementation, but it does drag the system's responsiveness down. One should really think about it before one decides to go for AJAX.
I was working on developing a web interface for an embedded device. You just had to configure a few parameters; but people wanted AJAX!
> Inotherwords, you can't use ssh to connect to your Mom's
> machine in a different city and help figure out why she has
> trouble using/interacting with Kmail or some other GUI program.
With ssh, you can log in and export display (over unencrypted TCPIP or tunnel through ssh). Once you have the display exported, you can fire up KMail or whatever else you wish to. You will need an Xserver on your side. If you don't have a window-manager running on your Xserver, you can even start the window-manager session remotely!
> But with vncserver + vncviewer, you CAN.
One way I see is to have several teams in IT support. Each team is headed by a top-notch professional. The team would be able to handle most of the requests. In case they are not able to handle a particular case, their leader would help the team, and the team would learn/grow.
All support requests, support time, delays, reasons, problems etc are logged. This would be useful in individual and team evaluations. In case of crisis - worm attack, largescale HW/SW movement, members would be exchanged among teams.
The people who request tech-support should be made to understand the work requirements of the IT team. Sometimes people get too jumpy about their request and ask others to treat it as one with the highest priority. This may not necessarily be a good thing and I see a lot of conflicts where I work because of the same.
Are there any good e-books one could refer to for SQL? Is there a freely available standards document which describe how `base` SQL "should" be, like say the ANSI standards for C?
I feel that something's really wrong with these people. They'll just go ahead and sue people without understanding what the other person is trying to do. For all the examples mentioned in the article, the alleged "criminal" could have done a lot lot more and the "victims" would be no better.
What do readers of slashdot have to report on the statistics of such events occuring? What do you surmise is the number of times such "ethical hacking" takes place and the "victim" responds in a fair manner? How many times does the "victim" claim judicial intervention? Is this a one off case that is highlighted? I know that the McKinnon case is still hot and is more or less a problem of the same degree.
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Q: What would it be called to hire a security expert to hack your system?
A: Entrapment!
In other news today; the state of Washington reported a loss of revenue - the main cause of which is reported to be the mass migration of top-level executives from Microsoft to Google!
In another *unrelated* news; Microsoft has lobbied for a "Law Against Defection" in Washington
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MS then distributed IE for free and never paid a penny to them.
i remember that MS recently did lose a lawsuit for this, but the damage was done
in my company, a linux box got zombied. it was sending ~150,000 mails a day through our corporate mail servers. we had quite a headache locating that machine. how it got zombified is still a mystery - as it was not on the public network. it was running rh8 though, which makes it an easy target.
imagine what'll happen if all of this gets merged with something like http://riya.com/'s technology. we'd have automatic person recognition. techology is racing ahead really fast.
the clock's ticking; i think its gonna happen reeeal soon!
oh yeah!, you might not want to whisper in your neighbors ear in public. you might become a suspect reeeal soon!
Look no further: http://ask.engadget.com/2006/03/30/ask-engadget-bl ock-wifi-the-right-way/?
Will I be able to sue micr.. *cough cough* a DRM product company if their application crashes and I am locked out of their media?
quick, before they put it in the EULA
but it does suggest that this is *one* tactic that *did* hurt the spammers. could we build a distributed system of email boxes that will virally fight back spam? what if all the google, ms, yahoo and other *major* mail servers/softwares agree on one common point: to send back the mail to the originator if it is a junk mail. you might want to mess up with the source address to avoid getting urself validated and added in the :active mailboxes list: though.
but seriously imagine that if all the mailboxes in the world emailed back all junk mail; then the spammers would have one mother lode to take care of.
Game innovation # 5349:
Take down an rogue website by diverting slashdot traffic.
From the advanced tactical manouvres handbook
The company is asking developers to provide feedback on how to best get there and prevent forking and fragmentation.
Well essentially, they want to stay in business - and don't want to give away code for free to competitiors. What if IBM/MS/any_other_company takes their code, repackages it and calls it "Their-Own-Kawa(TM)"? Their lead in the business as the premier Java would be lost.
I think they're thinking at it, purely from a business point of view. And it wouldn't help if the Chinese get a whiff of it (no offence intended).
Back in the nineties, they said the net is not happening, and stuck on the PC platform. now MS is scared of google! imagine that?
-------
oh yeah, and BTW.. did you know MS invented the internet?
So the best way is to say it ain't happening; while making investments in future technologies. When the change does happen, proclaim that we were already there. And by the way, did you know MS invented the internet? ;)
Ain't that right, Mr. Smith?
step #1: create sw with large gaping holes for worms and viruses
step #2: wait till market is ripe for a/v software
step #3: buy an a/v software maker, offer a/v product for free
step #4: wait for ppl to get hooked
step #5: announce that a/v software may not be in the future
step #6: automate malware classification
step #7: ..???
whatever happened to.. "It's not a bug, it's a feature"?
In france, for example, companies have to offer a three month notice / salary in advance before they can lay off an employee. That gives enough time for both parties to seek alternate arrangements.
On a related note: would anybody know if IBM's rendition of Java is open sourced?
I feel the same about AJAX! :) It may have improved the user interface and the browsing experience a lot, but AJAX pages eat up so much memory! Maybe its an issue with the browser implementation, but it does drag the system's responsiveness down. One should really think about it before one decides to go for AJAX.
I was working on developing a web interface for an embedded device. You just had to configure a few parameters; but people wanted AJAX!
what if a site gets slashdotted?
:)
is slashdot liable?
is the poster liable?
Are the people who visit the link liable?
Mental Note: must post mirror links in articles to avoid liabilities
> machine in a different city and help figure out why she has
> trouble using/interacting with Kmail or some other GUI program.
With ssh, you can log in and export display (over unencrypted TCPIP or tunnel through ssh). Once you have the display exported, you can fire up KMail or whatever else you wish to. You will need an Xserver on your side. If you don't have a window-manager running on your Xserver, you can even start the window-manager session remotely! > But with vncserver + vncviewer, you CAN.
That is true!
The Act checks listed companies against accounting mal-practices. That the companies make noise against it is expected.
It makes the companies appear to be whining against a rule that allows them less freedom to do things the quick and dirty way.
All support requests, support time, delays, reasons, problems etc are logged. This would be useful in individual and team evaluations. In case of crisis - worm attack, largescale HW/SW movement, members would be exchanged among teams.
The people who request tech-support should be made to understand the work requirements of the IT team. Sometimes people get too jumpy about their request and ask others to treat it as one with the highest priority. This may not necessarily be a good thing and I see a lot of conflicts where I work because of the same.
Are there any good e-books one could refer to for SQL? Is there a freely available standards document which describe how `base` SQL "should" be, like say the ANSI standards for C?
Ya buddy! I got microsoft code in here! Gimme some time and I'll chuck that out. Call me back in a weeks time. :)
how do they get it wrong every time?
Did he really find something in there? Is that why the govt. is after him? ;)
What do readers of slashdot have to report on the statistics of such events occuring? What do you surmise is the number of times such "ethical hacking" takes place and the "victim" responds in a fair manner? How many times does the "victim" claim judicial intervention? Is this a one off case that is highlighted? I know that the McKinnon case is still hot and is more or less a problem of the same degree.
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Q: What would it be called to hire a security expert to hack your system?
A: Entrapment!
In another *unrelated* news; Microsoft has lobbied for a "Law Against Defection" in Washington