Posts by JCF2009 18 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Aug 2009
As an internet consumer, year's ago I moved to add IPv6 capability, just as quickly as my ISP Comcast supported it. Since then IPv4 / IPv6 addressing and routing have been completely transparent to me. There is a clear path forward for all companies impacted by an IPv4 address shortage: support IPv6.
What's the problem here?
". . . fluctuations were probably pretty small and could have led to a range of errors in GPS navigation of up to a meter - not significant enough to cause major problems . . ."
One meter error passable for ordinary civilian road navigation, but certainly not for surveying or some military applications.
I ordered three sets of eclipse viewing filters months ago, and now just last week I hear from Amazon that they might not be effective. Yet it's too late to re-order replacement viewing glasses (lead times are beyond Eclipse Day).
Frustratingly, the filters I have may or may not be effective. The packaging is in Japanese although it also bears the "Made in China" imprint. I've checked the certification markings on the web, and everything looks good EXCEPT for the possibility that it's all counterfeit.
I've noticed a very similar scam conducted with pricey electronics and camera gear on the U.S. amazon site. The scammers instruct prospective buyers to contact them directly using an email address in the seller listinf notes or even the seller name. The reply email directs the buyer to purchase an Amazon Gift Card and send the card number back to the seller, who will then place the amazon order "on behalf of the purchaser".
I don't know what percentage of interested buyers fall for the entire scheme, but I've noticed quite a few of the bogus seller offerings over the past few months. The offers seem to appear and then disappear a few hours later.
My home phone is the target of spam calls with spoofing ID's every day, including the case where the caller ID is my own phone number. I speculate the purpose of that particular spoof is to get you to answer the call out of curiosity.
Aggressive use of my VoIP service's Caller ID filtering feature now keeps the actual unwanted ring-throughs down to a typical of a few per week. Before I dumped my old land line in favor of this VoIP service, spam calls per day had reached an intolerable point.
The FCC will never catch up to these scammers / spoofers - they move much too quickly. It took the FCC years to shut down the infamous "Rachael from cardholder services" scam but within months imitators were back on the phone lines, even re-using the "Rachael" part.
"Any suggestions for a good lower end smart switch (8 x 1 Gbe) with VLAN features staying well within the sub 500 USD range?"
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Have you looked at the Cisco SG300-10 (or the PoE version SG300-10P)? I believe either of these meets all of your criteria for features and cost. I've had good luck with them.
"We have determined that certain aspects of the mobile app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry (PCI) security standards."
What? The PCI standard is such a minimal level of security (like don't store the user's PIN in plaintext) that if the app weren't compliant it would deserve to be shut down.
The Bangalore monitoring team sounds like pretty standard industry practice. Likely, Target contracted for a Security Operations Center to be set up and staffed offshore (India in this case). The Reuters story reported that the Bangalore team forwarded the alerts directly to Target headquarters (no doubt compliant with their SLA). The personnel in Minneapolis were the ones who overlooked the significance of these particular alerts (for the reason stated in the Reuters and The Registers reports).
To be fair to Dell (or at least try to provide an explanation), the 2GB system in the catalog is there to provide a lower price intended to get your attention. If you go online to order the system you will have ample opportunity to upgrade the system in numerous ways, with clearly indicated price adjustments. Even when customized as nice power-user systems, I've found Dell's online prices to be more than competitive vs. similarly configured boxes from HP or Lenovo.
US $2 per week appears nominal but over time it is not competitive with all the free news services out there. Since I already subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, I don't want to add another $200/year of internet information fees to my budget. If the Times were priced more "popularly" to bring it under $100 per year I might reconsider. What does the demand curve look like for this service? I suspect that $200/year is leaving a lot of potential revenue on the table.
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