I think the NFL already has a variation of this, "The Big Game", that I believe they were trying to keep people from using for Super [redacted] XLVI. I'm too lazy/rushed atm to look up the reference, but I believe the topic was covered here at BestNetTech.
Just wait until our brains are integrated into our electronics, we will be sued for just thinking the names of these things. There was actually a neat short story about this, also I believe linked at BestNetTech not too long ago.
you know what annoys me? X! The frigging first letter of the drug is E! Ecstasy, right? Why do Yanks call it X when it's clearly E????
It might have something to do with the fact that when it was becoming popular here in the Colonies back in the mid 1980's the popular street name was simply X, and I have seen it spelled Xtasy or even eXtasy clearly emphasizing the "X".
I once had a neighbor that sold X to folks. I would see people going into his place all the time with pacifiers in their mouths. I naturally had to ask why all these grown people going in and out of his apartment were sucking on pacifiers! He told me that people that use X tend to grind their teeth and the pacifier helps to keep from wearing their teeth down to their gums.
That was nearly ten years ago. Now I see the pacifier thing every where. Even when I take my kids roller skating, the rink concession stand sells blinking LED pacifiers. My kids wanted them because they looked "cool" and the other kids had them. Sorry, but you aren't allowed to have a new binky until you are addicted to drugs! Of course I don't allow my kids to wear their pants below their asses either, at least not until they are in prison and can advertise the need for anal sex in the proper environment. I know, I know, I'm a horrible parent.
the determined someone can
use a radio freq meter to detect your router
sniff your packets
spoof one of your mac addresses
and decrypt your key/password/pass phrase
IANAC - I am not a cracker
But I do know there are tools to make all those things easier, a little knowledge goes a long way.
Basically the point is, it can be done, but the likely hood of you being a target is probably minimal unless you are the only game in town or neighbors and still the only radio. Like most people that would steal something in the first place, the easy targets are the ones that would get hit first.
are computers that are not attached to ANY outside source ever and are locked in a room where NO ONE has access to them. No matter what you measures you take with your wifi router, if someone wants access to your connection they will get it; wifi is notoriously easy to exploit and there are many "tools" available on the internet that make it a simple matter of clicking a mouse. You can even keep your SSID hidden and someone can still hack into your router; the SSID btw is the name your router broadcasts, like LINKSYS for example, that let you know which router you are connecting to. If someone is determined to use your router/access point there is little you can do about it except perhaps turn it off or disconnect it from the internet.
Now, as far as ISP's not doing enough to set up routers etc for their customers because they don't want to spend the money... BULL HOCKEY!! They don't have to spend the money because they CHARGE A FEE to come set up the equipment for you, usually in the $99 dollar range. The customer has the option of doing a self installation to avoid having to pay for this. And are these people security pros as well as installation techs? They might know the basics. I've talked to several of them in the past and most of them really don't know much.
Anyway, I'm glad we've got our wonderful big brother protecting us from double plus ungood low to mid-level income retards that can't keep their networks secure!
I have exceeded my service providers cap of 150GB by more than double 2 months in a row now. They are charging me $10 per 50GB over their cap. I wish I had the original contract available, which when I signed up was unlimited data. I am not sure how they can change my contract without giving me the option to either end my current contract without penalty or switch to a plan that offers a larger cap. There is a rub here; I have the "best" plan that is available to for a residential customer in my area. There is another plan available, will call it uverse, isn't available in my area. It's about 100GB shy of my current usage per month anyway. I can "upgrade" to a business account that doesn't "currently" have any limits for a much greater amount than I am paying now, even with the stupid $10 fine per 50GB. I signed up for a service that provided unlimited access that I am obliged under contract to keep for a certain amount of time, yet I no longer have unlimited access.
I was thinking about switching to comcrap before this article popped up. Interestingly enough, when I was looking into their service, there was no mention of usage caps in their terms of service. Is it possible they only set caps in certain areas/regions? I'm not sure I want to take the chance. I'm not sure about "upgrading" my current service to a business account either, the only benefit I see is having unlimited access again. But who knows for how long?
I feel like I am just a normal user except...
I currently have 6 computers and 1 TV sharing a connection. The kids play games and watch lots of YouTube, I read a lot of crap and occasionally download a TV show or movie and I play a flash game now and then, we all use facebook, twitter, etc. It is incredibly easy to exceed a 150GB cap when you have more than one user that isn't off at work or school or where ever for more than part of the day 5 or more days a week.
exactly my thought. Make a photograph of a photograph and then you can do what you want with it, right? This argument might sound idiotic, but isn't it basically what photographers argue? BTW where royalties paid or were there even mentions for the suit designer, the tie designer, the jewelry designer, the trumpet manufacturer, etc.? Should everyone get paid for their contribution to the photograph? The photographer didn't make or create any of those things.
Maybe that's why a lot of galleries don't allow cameras, so you can't just go around snapping photos and claiming "new" copyrights on other peoples work?
Did anyone else not notice that the American Flag was backwards on the flag pole? IMHO this alone speaks volumes in the message they are trying to convey, and it's not a good message.
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I don't use google to search for songs, tv shows or music.
I'm sure a lot of people do, at least until they find the sites they know they can reliably return to that have the content they want.
Re: Obviously...
second... although the Late Mrs. Roddenberry may prefer it go to the Roddenberry estate?
Re: Do like with the Superblow
I think the NFL already has a variation of this, "The Big Game", that I believe they were trying to keep people from using for Super [redacted] XLVI. I'm too lazy/rushed atm to look up the reference, but I believe the topic was covered here at BestNetTech.
Just wait until our brains are integrated into our electronics, we will be sued for just thinking the names of these things. There was actually a neat short story about this, also I believe linked at BestNetTech not too long ago.
isn't SOPAPIPA a Mexican confection?
n/m that's a sopapilla
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
you know what annoys me? X! The frigging first letter of the drug is E! Ecstasy, right? Why do Yanks call it X when it's clearly E????
It might have something to do with the fact that when it was becoming popular here in the Colonies back in the mid 1980's the popular street name was simply X, and I have seen it spelled Xtasy or even eXtasy clearly emphasizing the "X".
Now back to your beans and toast you Limey!
I once had a neighbor that sold X to folks. I would see people going into his place all the time with pacifiers in their mouths. I naturally had to ask why all these grown people going in and out of his apartment were sucking on pacifiers! He told me that people that use X tend to grind their teeth and the pacifier helps to keep from wearing their teeth down to their gums.
That was nearly ten years ago. Now I see the pacifier thing every where. Even when I take my kids roller skating, the rink concession stand sells blinking LED pacifiers. My kids wanted them because they looked "cool" and the other kids had them. Sorry, but you aren't allowed to have a new binky until you are addicted to drugs! Of course I don't allow my kids to wear their pants below their asses either, at least not until they are in prison and can advertise the need for anal sex in the proper environment. I know, I know, I'm a horrible parent.
Re: I'll help em out
sorry this scheme is actually pretty weak, here's why...
http://xkcd.com/936/
Re: Re: secure computers
the determined someone can
use a radio freq meter to detect your router
sniff your packets
spoof one of your mac addresses
and decrypt your key/password/pass phrase
IANAC - I am not a cracker
But I do know there are tools to make all those things easier, a little knowledge goes a long way.
Basically the point is, it can be done, but the likely hood of you being a target is probably minimal unless you are the only game in town or neighbors and still the only radio. Like most people that would steal something in the first place, the easy targets are the ones that would get hit first.
secure computers
are computers that are not attached to ANY outside source ever and are locked in a room where NO ONE has access to them. No matter what you measures you take with your wifi router, if someone wants access to your connection they will get it; wifi is notoriously easy to exploit and there are many "tools" available on the internet that make it a simple matter of clicking a mouse. You can even keep your SSID hidden and someone can still hack into your router; the SSID btw is the name your router broadcasts, like LINKSYS for example, that let you know which router you are connecting to. If someone is determined to use your router/access point there is little you can do about it except perhaps turn it off or disconnect it from the internet.
Now, as far as ISP's not doing enough to set up routers etc for their customers because they don't want to spend the money... BULL HOCKEY!! They don't have to spend the money because they CHARGE A FEE to come set up the equipment for you, usually in the $99 dollar range. The customer has the option of doing a self installation to avoid having to pay for this. And are these people security pros as well as installation techs? They might know the basics. I've talked to several of them in the past and most of them really don't know much.
Anyway, I'm glad we've got our wonderful big brother protecting us from double plus ungood low to mid-level income retards that can't keep their networks secure!
I have exceeded my service providers cap of 150GB by more than double 2 months in a row now. They are charging me $10 per 50GB over their cap. I wish I had the original contract available, which when I signed up was unlimited data. I am not sure how they can change my contract without giving me the option to either end my current contract without penalty or switch to a plan that offers a larger cap. There is a rub here; I have the "best" plan that is available to for a residential customer in my area. There is another plan available, will call it uverse, isn't available in my area. It's about 100GB shy of my current usage per month anyway. I can "upgrade" to a business account that doesn't "currently" have any limits for a much greater amount than I am paying now, even with the stupid $10 fine per 50GB. I signed up for a service that provided unlimited access that I am obliged under contract to keep for a certain amount of time, yet I no longer have unlimited access.
I was thinking about switching to comcrap before this article popped up. Interestingly enough, when I was looking into their service, there was no mention of usage caps in their terms of service. Is it possible they only set caps in certain areas/regions? I'm not sure I want to take the chance. I'm not sure about "upgrading" my current service to a business account either, the only benefit I see is having unlimited access again. But who knows for how long?
I feel like I am just a normal user except...
I currently have 6 computers and 1 TV sharing a connection. The kids play games and watch lots of YouTube, I read a lot of crap and occasionally download a TV show or movie and I play a flash game now and then, we all use facebook, twitter, etc. It is incredibly easy to exceed a 150GB cap when you have more than one user that isn't off at work or school or where ever for more than part of the day 5 or more days a week.
Re: A Rose is a Rose
exactly my thought. Make a photograph of a photograph and then you can do what you want with it, right? This argument might sound idiotic, but isn't it basically what photographers argue? BTW where royalties paid or were there even mentions for the suit designer, the tie designer, the jewelry designer, the trumpet manufacturer, etc.? Should everyone get paid for their contribution to the photograph? The photographer didn't make or create any of those things.
Maybe that's why a lot of galleries don't allow cameras, so you can't just go around snapping photos and claiming "new" copyrights on other peoples work?
If a system is cracked...
and the media doesn't report it, is sensitive data compromised?
Re: but the Flag...
errr, the flag in the video, sheesh
but the Flag...
Did anyone else not notice that the American Flag was backwards on the flag pole? IMHO this alone speaks volumes in the message they are trying to convey, and it's not a good message.