Recent content by zzatz

We could eliminate spam by shutting down the Internet, but that solution is overly broad. It affects more than spam. The Virginia law is also overly broad, and banned much more than spam. Virginia's lawmakers may have aimed at spam, but they missed. Sort of like when Dick Cheney went...

They don't, and that's not what the court said. The court found that the law applied to NON-spam mail as well as spam, and therefore imposed an unjustified restriction on speech. In no way did the court say that spam can't be limited by law. You do realize that the court pointed that this...

Speaking of cash, is Microsoft still using Akamai? Microsoft and Apple have been listed as customers in the past, but I don't know if they use Akamai only for streaming media, web content, or if either ever used third party caches for updates. It would be ironic if the reliablity of Windows...

I seriously doubt that ALL Ubuntu mirrors were down at the same time. One, sure, but that's not a big deal. I don't know anyone using any OS that checks for updates more than once a day as a matter of routine. My Ubuntu desktop, if it's on, automatically checks for updates every day. If the...

Using someone else's Internet access is NOT illegal. Not if they gave you permission. They gave you permission when you asked for an address and their router gave you one. Bypassing authentication is illegal. I can't break that law if you don't ask for a key or password. Think of newspaper...

Time to turn down the heat and think about the basics. WiFi uses a part of the radio spectrum reserved for public use. While the airwaves in general are owned by the public, some portions are licensed to specific people for private use, others are licensed to specific people for public use...

Public WiFi connections may be insecure. So what! They're connecting you to the Internet, which is insecure. Any and all connections to the Internet should assume snooping and MITM attacks. WPA is good for private networks. You don't need it for public networks. Wired or WiFi, public networks...

As expected. If a merger fails, there will be a shareholder lawsuit. If a merger succeeds, there will be a shareholder lawsuit. There's always a lawsuit any time big money is in play. This suit is premature. Yahoo should have rejected the first offer. The board would have breached their...

I recently replaced my old Celeron 300A router, mail, web, and file server with the Via pc1. With a 750 GB WD Green Power drive, it's drawing 32W. 2GB of RAM, an old Intel NIC for a second interface, a DVD drive for ripping, and an 80+ 380W power supply round out the system. The power supply is...

Before Avon, she was with Nieman-Marcus. Apple and Nieman-Marcus share a high margin strategy of catering to people willing to spend more. Both accept lower market share in return for higher profits on the share that they do have. I don't know anything about Avon, but I wouldn't be surpised...

The blame clearly lies with excessive pay for executives. How much did Eisner get paid to go away and stop damaging Disney?

Ordered 7/20/2007, delivered 7/23/2007. Made in Mexico, serial ends in L, no stuck pixels. I like it.

My TV cards are HD-3000's from http://www.pchdtv.com/. But I'm going to have to stop using them as an example, because the web site now shows support for Windows. When I bought the cards, they provided drivers for only Linux. After a while, the standard Linux kernel started to support those...

Yes, you can have that problem with Windows. I have two HDTV tuner cards that are supported in Linux but not in Windows. I'm running Debian, and the cards work great. I also have a Nokia N800, which runs a derivative of Debian. Windows is not supported. If you want to make a warranty...

You still don't get it. I'm not saying it's the user; I'm saying that what matters is that there is some vulnerable aspect of the system. Sometimes that IS the user, sometimes it's the software, often it's the combination. What counts is the vulnerability. Windows 98 is not safer than...