Comments for jasonbarrow.com http://www.jasonbarrow.com version 4 Sun, 11 May 2008 22:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Learn Everything There Is About Pack Searching Sports Cards by pipeskevinp http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1587 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:14:51 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1587 I am over fifty and have recently started collecting with my twelve year old son. It is difficult to justify the cost of today's packs and boxes. Still I would suggest that fathers and moms that have an interest in collecting things and like sports use this as a positive linking activity. During pre-adolescence and adolescence there are natural individuation processes that deliberately turn parent/child relationships a bit opposing. I am finding that the common interest we share in sports and cards has helped keep our communication lines open. As for the condition of the industry. Nothing stays the same and in corporate business profit is the only driving force. So if the market allows higher priced products and moves toward a bizzare place where the autograph from the same player is valued more just because fewer signatures were used in an edition and you paid $200. plus for the box. Heck its still the same authenticated autograph so why not group it all together in the universe of autographs. The market demand is completely fabricated and manipulated. So how evil are those pack searchers? On one hand free market spririt would dictate that since its not apparently illegal this is a natural evolution for the purpose of generating higher profits by being more efficient. On the other hand, the image of some guy fondling packets of cards while hunched over a wall mart or target counter is almost too strange to do anything but pity the poor bastard that has dropped his self respect so low he probably has much more serious emotional issues. (Get a Life already). And I am certainly not near being an authority on the card companies but from what I can see their rhetoric is for stopping this but they stop short of actually revising packaging and dealing effectively with weight differences. They remind me of what we know of the cigarette industry. They have historically placed packs of cigarettes on open displays near counters so that children will steal them and hence become replacement smokers. In a different way the industry enjoys profits from ethical and unethical folks - they all buy product. I just hope the industry understands the aging out of the baby boomer market and the need to attract new hobbyists by providing reasonably priced products that retain their value I am over fifty and have recently started collecting with my twelve year old son. It is difficult to justify the cost of today’s packs and boxes. Still I would suggest that fathers and moms that have an interest in collecting things and like sports use this as a positive linking activity. During pre-adolescence and adolescence there are natural individuation processes that deliberately turn parent/child relationships a bit opposing. I am finding that the common interest we share in sports and cards has helped keep our communication lines open.

As for the condition of the industry. Nothing stays the same and in corporate business profit is the only driving force. So if the market allows higher priced products and moves toward a bizzare place where the autograph from the same player is valued more just because fewer signatures were used in an edition and you paid $200. plus for the box. Heck its still the same authenticated autograph so why not group it all together in the universe of autographs. The market demand is completely fabricated and manipulated.

So how evil are those pack searchers? On one hand free market spririt would dictate that since its not apparently illegal this is a natural evolution for the purpose of generating higher profits by being more efficient. On the other hand, the image of some guy fondling packets of cards while hunched over a wall mart or target counter is almost too strange to do anything but pity the poor bastard that has dropped his self respect so low he probably has much more serious emotional issues. (Get a Life already).

And I am certainly not near being an authority on the card companies but from what I can see their rhetoric is for stopping this but they stop short of actually revising packaging and dealing effectively with weight differences. They remind me of what we know of the cigarette industry. They have historically placed packs of cigarettes on open displays near counters so that children will steal them and hence become replacement smokers. In a different way the industry enjoys profits from ethical and unethical folks - they all buy product.

I just hope the industry understands the aging out of the baby boomer market and the need to attract new hobbyists by providing reasonably priced products that retain their value

]]> Comment on How To Sniff Passwords on Wireless and Wired Networks by venkat http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-1572 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:27:58 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-1572 cool tutorial!!!!thanks a lot cool tutorial!!!!thanks a lot

]]> Comment on Learn Everything There Is About Pack Searching Sports Cards by heroesandhobbyz http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1547 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:23:19 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1547 Otis, where did I indicate that I was ripped off as child? I never was! Collecting as a kid was an absolute joy - unfortunately, today's kid's don't have the same experience. Also, how did I indicate that pack searching was ethical? Especially when I stated, "This lottery mentality is not criminal, but is rather UNETHICAL" (please see above). Next, I do not believe that I was naive in my opinion, as articles on "pack searching" has appeared for YEARS in publications like Beckett, Sports Collector's Digest and Tuff Stuff. Even Toys R Us and Wal-Mart at one point (in the mid to late 1990's) posted "No Pack Sorting" signs! There is no need to treat this interesting blog (site) like it's about how to build a bomb or something so sinister. You do however make a valid point, as questions like those from Jesse (between our posts) suggests! There will be those who look at this site for information on how to do things wrong, but I would hope those numbers are not that high. The only reason I happened upon this topic was to determine if my initial hunch was correct - that "Hot Packs" being sold on eBay were most likely the result of deceptive practices! I would never condone them, or support these sellers, as I have a law enforcement background and actually ran a sportscard shop in West Palm Beach several years back. Still, you a are most definitely entitled to your opinion. Happy collecting! Steve Otis, where did I indicate that I was ripped off as child? I never was! Collecting as a kid was an absolute joy - unfortunately, today’s kid’s don’t have the same experience. Also, how did I indicate that pack searching was ethical? Especially when I stated, “This lottery mentality is not criminal, but is rather UNETHICAL” (please see above).

Next, I do not believe that I was naive in my opinion, as articles on “pack searching” has appeared for YEARS in publications like Beckett, Sports Collector’s Digest and Tuff Stuff. Even Toys R Us and Wal-Mart at one point (in the mid to late 1990’s) posted “No Pack Sorting” signs! There is no need to treat this interesting blog (site) like it’s about how to build a bomb or something so sinister.

You do however make a valid point, as questions like those from Jesse (between our posts) suggests! There will be those who look at this site for information on how to do things wrong, but I would hope those numbers are not that high. The only reason I happened upon this topic was to determine if my initial hunch was correct - that “Hot Packs” being sold on eBay were most likely the result of deceptive practices! I would never condone them, or support these sellers, as I have a law enforcement background and actually ran a sportscard shop in West Palm Beach several years back. Still, you a are most definitely entitled to your opinion. Happy collecting!

Steve

]]> Comment on MP3 Leak: Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell by Jiri http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/19/mp3-leak-bad-religion-new-maps-of-hell/#comment-1435 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:53:19 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/19/mp3-leak-bad-religion-new-maps-of-hell/#comment-1435 Wel the link isn't working anymore... btw I would like to download or exchange your Bad Religion collection - if it's possible. I don't want to leave my e-mail on your site (and I couldn't find yours either) but I'll check your reply here. Jiri Wel the link isn’t working anymore… btw I would like to download or exchange your Bad Religion collection - if it’s possible. I don’t want to leave my e-mail on your site (and I couldn’t find yours either) but I’ll check your reply here. Jiri

]]> Comment on Learn Everything There Is About Pack Searching Sports Cards by Otis http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1433 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:14:19 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1433 I feel that your response to Brandon above misses the point - telling him how you were ripped off as a child does nothing to prove that Pack searching is ethical. Simply put, random other wrong doings do not justify all wrong-doing. Also, whether it is your intention or not, you would be naive to think that this article does not contribute to pack searching. Alerting the hobby about it is one thing, but going into detail about its techniques is another. There is a reason behind the taboo, and that is to encourage even less people than those who already do it to find out about it. I appreciate most of the comments that are geared against this practice, especially the ones that realize the ultimate consequences to the hobby, especially the kids who are forced to buy a pack at a time, usually from retail stores. I feel that your response to Brandon above misses the point - telling him how you were ripped off as a child does nothing to prove that Pack searching is ethical. Simply put, random other wrong doings do not justify all wrong-doing.
Also, whether it is your intention or not, you would be naive to think that this article does not contribute to pack searching. Alerting the hobby about it is one thing, but going into detail about its techniques is another. There is a reason behind the taboo, and that is to encourage even less people than those who already do it to find out about it.
I appreciate most of the comments that are geared against this practice, especially the ones that realize the ultimate consequences to the hobby, especially the kids who are forced to buy a pack at a time, usually from retail stores.

]]> Comment on Learn Everything There Is About Pack Searching Sports Cards by jesse http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1372 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:50:11 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/07/05/learn-everything-there-is-about-pack-searching-sports-cards/#comment-1372 How much does a pack with an auto weigh and how much does a pack with a gu weigh? How much does a pack with an auto weigh and how much does a pack with a gu weigh?

]]> Comment on How To Sniff Passwords on Wireless and Wired Networks by justin http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-932 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:14:06 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-932 yeah, i went through and made sure every single route was being poisoned. when i was testing it with another computer it was on a home network yes. will that make a difference? yeah, i went through and made sure every single route was being poisoned. when i was testing it with another computer it was on a home network yes. will that make a difference?

]]> Comment on How To Sniff Passwords on Wireless and Wired Networks by Jason Barrow http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-926 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:39:09 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-926 Yes, Cain should definitely be picking up Facebook and e-mail traffic. Are you sure that you set up the routing correctly? I suggest going through and setting up every possible route so that you know you're not missing anything. Also, is this on a home network? Yes, Cain should definitely be picking up Facebook and e-mail traffic. Are you sure that you set up the routing correctly? I suggest going through and setting up every possible route so that you know you’re not missing anything.

Also, is this on a home network?

]]> Comment on How To Sniff Passwords on Wireless and Wired Networks by justin http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-924 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:38:27 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-924 It was just a few, 3 or 4. When i tested it out by going to my accounts such as facebook and e-mail on another computer, it didn't pick most things up. Is Cain supposed to pick up everything or some things? It was just a few, 3 or 4.
When i tested it out by going to my accounts such as facebook and e-mail on another computer, it didn’t pick most things up. Is Cain supposed to pick up everything or some things?

]]> Comment on How To Sniff Passwords on Wireless and Wired Networks by Jason Barrow http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-918 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:07:21 +0000 http://www.jasonbarrow.com/2007/06/17/how-to-sniff-passwords-on-wireless-and-wired-networks/#comment-918 Justin, how many machines can it not resolve hostnames for? If it's just a few I wouldn't worry, they could be routers, or unresolvable hostnames. If however you have a long list of machines without hostnames there is most likely an issue. Let us know. Justin, how many machines can it not resolve hostnames for? If it’s just a few I wouldn’t worry, they could be routers, or unresolvable hostnames. If however you have a long list of machines without hostnames there is most likely an issue. Let us know.

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