Archive for the ‘IP Law’ Category
DNS Hijacking by ISPs (or: How I Learned to Stop Being RFC Compliant and Love the Paycheck)
Disclaimer: I work for a cable provider, but not one of the ones listed. I speak for myself alone here on this blog, from my own view of professional sysadmin ethics, now and always.
Sherman, set the wayback machine! The time? September 15th, 2003. In 2003, Verisign(since monikered as Verislime I might add) decided they had [...]
January 26, 2010
• Tags: administration, bizness, DNS hijacking, greed, internet access, log turdlets, privacy, thoughts, why • Posted in: Blogging, IP Law, Op-ed, Systems Administration, Technology • No Comments
CrunchPad dies at the 11th hour?
The CrunchPad was slated to be a cool, sub-$300, Linux-based tablet PC. It was excitedly anticipated by a lot of geeks, myself included. Apparently Fusion Garage, the manufacturing partner of Tech Crunch in the CrunchPad endeavor, has decided they just going to sell the thing themselves without Tech Crunch being involved:
But the email went on. [...]
November 30, 2009
• Tags: fail, IP Law, Linux, mobile life, mobility, why • Posted in: IP Law, Interesting Stuff, Linux, Op-ed • No Comments