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kudos:3 | Learn to spell It is a web SITE not a web Sight, exept if you are having a vision test. | |
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 |  RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
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kudos:2 | Re: Learn to spell said by NY Tel:It is a web SITE not a web Sight, exept if you are having a vision test. It's no wonder they had security flaws and acted childish. | |
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|  james
join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | Everyone knows "Web Sights" were phased out when they got rid of the Big Truck protocol in favour of the Series of Tubes.
This guy must be old school if he still calls them that. | |
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| | | | Re: Learn to spell English could be his second language, but even then -- use a spell-checker when conducting professional correspondence with a website you just threatened to take off-line. | |
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join:2004-04-09
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kudos:3 Reviews:
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| Re: Learn to spell said by Karl Bode:English could be his second language, but even then -- use a spell-checker when conducting professional correspondence with a website you just threatened to take off-line. True, but I am in Business Development and the best way to un-develop business is to make "mis-steaks" like that. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Learn to spell Perhaps it would serve your argument better if you didn't make spelling errors in your complaint. | |
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join:2004-04-09
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kudos:3 Reviews:
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| Re: Learn to spell said by kneedeep:Perhaps it would serve your argument better if you didn't make spelling errors in your complaint. DIng Ding Ding - you get the prize - That was deliberate and no one until you picked it up. | |
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join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by Karl Bode:English could be his second language, but even then -- use a spell-checker when conducting professional correspondence with a website you just threatened to take off-line. Using a Spell Checker would not have helped in this case (since "Sight" is a validly spelled word). You'd need to use a Grammar Checker. All Spell Checkers do is verify that the "word" represents the valid spelling of SOME word - Not that is is the CORRECT word for this context - That is the purpose of a Grammar Checker such as the "Spelling and Grammar" tool in MS Office Word. While suggesting that a Spell Checker should be used is a good first step, that does not mean that the failure to find any misspelled words is the end of the process. You still must review the text to spot the use of incorrect words and replace them with the correct word. | |
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| | |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
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kudos:4 | said by Karl Bode:English could be his second language, but even then -- use a spell-checker when conducting professional correspondence with a website you just threatened to take off-line. A spell checker would still have approved "sight". It is a correct spelling of a legitimate word. What he needs is a more advanced syntax and context checking tool.
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join:2007-10-03
Saint Louis, MO Reviews:
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| said by Karl Bode:English could be his second language, but even then -- use a spell-checker when conducting professional correspondence with a website you just threatened to take off-line. The problem,though, is that "sight" is spelled correctly - it's the useage that's the problem (like using "two" instead of "to" or "too"). The spell-check programs I'm familiar with won't catch a properly spelled, but misused word. | |
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kudos:1 | said by NY Tel:It is a web SITE not a web Sight, exept if you are having a vision test. what's really funny is that according to mobitv's about page, Paul Scanlan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Wisconsin. | |
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join:2001-02-26
CWCville USA | Re: Learn to spell Everyone knows that if you've gone to university you aren't allowed to make speoilling mistacakes. | |
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join:2003-11-10
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kudos:1 | Re: Learn to spell not just "gone to university"
but I expect a person with a bachelor's in COMMUNICATIONS to know the difference between sight and site. | |
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join:2002-03-03
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1 edit |  MobiTV closed the security holes
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /sprintTVlive.mcd on this server. And the actual streaming video links obtained from the above link will no longer play.
Now why didn't they just do that from the beginning?
The secret was out all the way back in May, 2007. They had plenty of time to secure it then.
»Howard Forums wasn't even 1st to publish this
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| JJVPremium
join:2001-04-25
Seattle, WA | Re: MobiTV closed the security holes It still works on my phone as of 715 am pst. | |
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join:2002-03-03
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kudos:4 | Re: MobiTV closed the security holes said by JJV:It still works on my phone as of 715 am pst. Are you on Sprint?
It no longer works thru a Comcast broadband connection like it did yesterday.
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join:2001-04-25
Seattle, WA | Re: MobiTV closed the security holes Yes sprint sero. | |
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kudos:4 | Re: MobiTV closed the security holes said by JJV:Yes sprint sero. I guess they just blocked some avenues of access, but haven't figured out how to block all unpaid access yet.
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join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
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| Re: MobiTV closed the security holes said by Romney2012:said by JJV:Yes sprint sero. I guess they just blocked some avenues of access, but haven't figured out how to block all unpaid access yet. Without actual authentication coming from the application running on the phone, all they can do is IP-based access control. That is, unless all accesses to the service are done through Sprint's proxy and Sprint's proxy does what AT&T's does and sends a header that uniquely identifies each subscriber.
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | wow Talk about being caught with your pants down.. what a bing change of tone vs yesterday... | |
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Gin Up Publicity Perhaps this whole situation was MobiTV's attempt to get some free publicity off the back of HowardForums.
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join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:21 | Wow... And anyone who knows how to think would've fixed that security update without shutting down/threatening anyone. What do you think Microsoft and other software companies have to do when hackers find ways to crack their products? | |
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join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
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| Legal and PR need to take good sense lessons When are the legal and PR folks for companies going to finally learn and admit the rules of the game have changed?
10 years ago you might have be able to get away with something heavy handed when you try to quash dissent or bad product information. Now the internet, social network websites, complaint websites and news aggregators have changed the playbook.
Every company who has tried this in the past couple years has found themselves on the wrong side of a big internet based backlash. Most new grass roots movements don't start at neighborhood meetings anymore. They start in forums, on Facebook pages and on websites like Broadband Reports.
Maybe we need to hack the college marketing class textbooks to include some user generated content about how not to piss off your customers and the rest of the world by trying to meddle with the free expression of the internet.
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join:2005-10-17 | giving more attention to bad situation is never good it'll just spread more | |
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join:2005-07-27
Mississauga, ON | HoFo 1 , MobiTV 1 »Re: HoFo 1 , MobiTV 1
LOL!
What do we expect from the same fools who don't even protect their feeds with any security? I love spellchecker, especially run by the lazy fools!  Perhaps, after they've learnt about security, they'll have the time to learn to write. | |
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join:2004-02-03
Mundelein, IL | Re: HoFo 1 , MobiTV 1 I'm thinking that the email might've been written by some admin or intern, happens quite often in big companies.
submitted by my secretary | |
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| | | | Re: HoFo 1 , MobiTV 1 Exactly.
Problem is, if there's a chance for it to go public, you're SOL. No "checker" would have caught this. The best way to have caught something like this is the good old double check/spot check/sanity check before clicking that Send button. | |
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