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Count me in for avahi, our office network uses
While I realize mDNS isn't his fault there should definitely be a user friendly option to disable it (on install time or like that "Proprietary drivers available" popup on Ubuntu).
Still, have to wonder how much wasted time has this guy's creations imposed on the world.
Soon at the heart of every computer there's a metal fan.
D'oh.. had http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/1348243/The-Fanless-Spinning-Heatsink open in second tab, meant to comment that.
Soon at the heart of every computer there's a metal fan.
Speaking of stats here's some demographic, pron.com are themselves one of the biggest source of users, also proportionally large indian presence.
$ awk 'BEGIN{FS="[@ ]"}
66 comcast.net
81 126.com
96 mail.ru
109 pron.com
118 qq.com
145 msn.com
148 yahoo.co.uk
168 163.com
172 rocketmail.com
180 hotmail.co.uk
250 yahoo.co.id
288 yahoo.in
408 live.com
438 yahoo.co.in
470 rediffmail.com
517 ymail.com
614 aol.com
3631 hotmail.com
4113 gmail.com
9481 yahoo.com
(more of a tail man myself - *ba dum tsh*)
They say they were collecting SSIDs for mapping purposes (which has been done by many projects for years as already mentioned), didn't mean to get other data and are not using it for anything. Not that I'd trust them more than any other multinational corporation, but can't see why they'd be lying about that.
It's a lot easier to place inexpensive kismet_drones in busy areas or with big antennas on hill tops overlooking residential areas than it is to drive around catching glimpses of some lone unemployed bozo surfing porn.
Also, wouldn't mind seeing more wifi hacking being punished by law, but in the actual cases where there's crimes being committed (theft, damage, defacing) and not just for the public spectacle.
If it were being broadcast on a shortwave radio band..
It was -> http://lwn.net/2002/0207/a/radio-free-linux.php3
Actually it was surprising that on the dozen or so times I saw linux.fm mentioned on IRC for the past week no one seemed to be aware of it being "old news".
Is this the span of our cultural memory?
This marginalizes the influence of the more miltant lunatic (evangelical) fringe and enhances the stability of our society. I would go as far as atttributing the complete absence of a credible religious right in Finland to the existence state church.
Those who seek the destruction of the one, monolithic state church should think about what they're wishing for.
I think eventually after majority of the population has excluded themselves out of religious issues, we'll just get the increased number of islamic immigrants and right wing crazies fighting amongst themselves, collecting news headlines and escalating the issue.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire