As far as employability is concerned, investigative agencies are going to be more concerned about coursework rather than a title on your degree certificate stating, "Computer Forensics" or "Computer Investigations". You're better off concerning yourself with getting a masters in computer science, and taking some additional courses in the criminology and/or law departments at whatever university you end up going to, or vice versa. Computer forensics/investigations is still a relatively new field (not to mention specialized), so the lack of degrees with that title on it is to be expected.
A big issue with Wikipedia is that it assumes that humans are not prone to mischief, and that most everyone is prone to do the right thing. We all know that this is not true in society, therefore it should be common knowledge that Wikipedia in its current form cannot be thought of as any dependable objective source of information, any more than someone's personal web page on Yahoo's Geocities! There really shouldn't even be a "media controversy" over Wikipedia, but the major media players choose to make it an issue.
But, we look at it the same way as going 5-10 MPH over the speed limit while driving - we know that the risk of cops bothering to single any one of us out for a pullover while everyone else is speeding at the same time is slim, so we continue to do it.
I rented Tom Clancy's Netforce DVD not too long ago. It had a fictional depiction of a government Internet security monitoring task force and command center similar to what the Bush administration wants to create and what's pictured in the symantec article. The story was set around the year 2005, and they even mentioned that it was "after the second gulf war" - very prophetic indeed.
The cell phone companies in the US are very greedy and only focused on short-term profitability for shareholders rather than going for long-term customer satisfaction and profits. That's why they are hesitant to invest in infrastructure, force customers into contracts, and have not switched to flat-rate plans yet. This is the major reason Instant Messaging via cell-phones and even the wireless voice services themselves have not caught on here as well as they have in other countries in Europe and Asia - because the pricing structure (and even their business model) is not consumer-friendly here in the U.S. - Government regulation will most likely be needed to force them to behave similarly to traditional telephone companies, refrain from ripping customers off, and allow customers some freedom of handset choice.
Keep in mind that this only applies to music that the RIAA companies own. There's lots of good music on the net from "up and coming" musicians that have not signed contracts yet with greedy record levels. Bands such as these can broadcast over the internet all they want without repercussion, since they are not copyrighted by RIAA member companies. This would be good healthy competition.
Yeah, Tthey sold out to some company called "Via Wireless" here in Central California. This company provides unlimited calling for a flat rate, Everyone jokingly calls the company "ghetto wireless," becuase of spotty service.
Of course, I'm now a happy AT&T customer - just the laws of supply & demand at work here.
The company definitely does have enough mindshare to keep their file sharing service running as is, and open an online CD retailer service to compete directly with companies like CDnow and Amazon to complement their file sharing. This could help effectively invalidate RIAA claims that Napster is hurting CD sales. Napster should get their VC's together and do it. With the mindshare that they have, they can post impressive revenue and prove their argument that free sharing of copyrighted MP3 files is not inherently evil, but actually helps CD sales, and that people who use Napster do indeed buy legit Music CDs.
Actually, competition inherently produces better quality products at a lower price. We, as the consumers are reaping the benefits of this rivalry. These comanies have huge incentives to produce good quality products, and they pour huge amounts of money into researd & devleopment to ensure it can be done at such a rapid pace. I guarantee you that Intel and AMD understand that people are going to buy the rival's product if they are not up to par in quality. I mean, can you name ways that quality from both of these companies has suffered because they are, "making new products too fast"? Chips have to be of high quality for the technology to progress as far as it has. This is also why the government quickly dropped their anti-trust actions against Intel - they realized that there is healthy competition and the consumer is indeed benefiting by getting better products at lower prices.
It would have been tough to realistically control this. The streaming media could easily have been hosted on remote servers. Also, there are other ways to obtain the media besides just streaming, what about merely downloading the media first and then watching it, instead of "streaming" it.
In case anyone was wondering what software was used to create the series, Reboot really shows off the capabilities of Avid's Softimage; the program used to create it. Here's an excerpt from this page that mentions the use of Softimage to create the series:
Proven Productivity As a result of its 10 years of continuous development and refinement, SOFTIMAGE|3D is a carefully balanced, production-proven creative environment. For example, Mainframe Productions, makers of the weekly animated television series "ReBoot," uses SOFTIMAGE|3D to produce approximately 22 minutes of lip-synched, animated content each week. This is by far the most ambitious 3-D graphics production schedule ever attempted. The reason Mainframe Productions uses SOFTIMAGE|3D is very simple: productivity.
Just because you don't think Descent 3 is worthy of remark, does not mean that there are not other games out there or being planned that are good. Sim City 3000 is in the works for Linux, and Quake 3 Arena already is available for Linux. You say, "so little so late," but I say Linux gaming is off to a decent, realistic start fo an OS that's still in the early stages of gaining widespread mainstream adoption.
Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. operates Pizzahut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Tacobell. I wonder why this wasn't Pizzahut/Kentucky Fried Chicken/Tacobell rocket? I see the 18-wheelers on the highway with all 3 logos. Perhaps it's because people associate outer space with the moon, some people associate cheese with the moon, and Pizzahut uses the most cheese.
The consumer should simply avoid products that are based on closed, proprietary standards. This protects the consumer from falling victim to a company using its market power to discontinue and thrust something into obsolescence at its own whim to make more money off of the consumer.
The valuation of a lot of things is highly subjective. When they discuss trademark valuation they are speaking in terms of book value, for accounting purposes, not market value. Despite the fact that the brandname is intangible and thus inherently difficult to place a value on, it is still an asset. For accounting purposes yes, they are indeed worth hundreds of millions or billions.
They should propose a lottery process for the first few months during which the new TLD's become active, and make this the only way to regoster domains for the first few months.
We are using fossil fuels much faster than we are discovering new sources of fossil fuels. And I might add, very much faster than the millions of years they take to be replenished. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, making their eventual depletion inevitable - and it will be a whole lot sooner than a lot of us would like. You are right about the fact that alternative fuels becoming mainstream not happening anytime soon - it's near impossible because there are boarmembers with interests in companies like Shell, Chevron and & Texaco sitting on the boards of directors of the major automakers ( this is known as crosspollination in the business world). Those companies have a lot to lose if automakers such as GM, and Toyota essentially snub their interests and start making rapid progress toward the use of alternative energy sources, and the mass production and marketing of low cost cars that run on alternative energy sources. They will not make that sort of progress until they absolutely have to. Until then, they will continue to fatten their pockets with a lot of our money.
Kevin Mitnick's probation personnel most likely didn't want to waste their budget defending themselves against a free-speech violation that was blatantly in conflict with the first amendment. Yeah, he's on probation which means restricted freedom, but they cannot deny him his basic rights.
Only in the Linux world? So you're saying that the only people who would like to see the office be clutter free are all Linux users? Not true. Traditional-minded business people like to have that "tangible matter in their hands" (I've heard this stated a lot by older co-workers). But in the future, business people are going to want to maximize efficiecinecy by eliminating walks to the printer, and endless paper shredding, and be more ecologically friendly by bypassing paper altogether (recycling is also cumbersome and time consuming - a drag on effiency).
A conglomerate rooted in innovation - not a bad idea. Let's face it, these 3 companies do go hand in hand. The Mac has always been the best consumer-accessible (discounting high-end solutions like SGI packages) platform for video editing. Disney & Pixar have already worked successfully together a "Toystory" and "A bug's Life", and with Apple they could create a division emphasing marketing the use of technology in home filmaking and video editing on a level accessible to the consumer - with the Disney name backing it up, this could be an ingenious plan.
This is just another facet to the huge and now (justly) cliche'd problem of how we wreckless humans are upsetting the natural environment. It's usually discussed on a macroscopic scale (e.g. scientists say that we are going to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enough during the next 75 years to increase the average temperature of the Earth's surface to a level that can melt the polar ice caps, and inundate coastal cities like Los Angeles - that'll sure keep 'em from influencing the weather) Hopefully technology will break through the sticky web of bureaucracy soon enough to defeat this, either that or we'll use up all of the fossil fuels and leave no choice but to make rapid technological advances in favor of (hopefully) cleaner energy sources.
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As far as employability is concerned, investigative agencies are going to be more concerned about coursework rather than a title on your degree certificate stating, "Computer Forensics" or "Computer Investigations". You're better off concerning yourself with getting a masters in computer science, and taking some additional courses in the criminology and/or law departments at whatever university you end up going to, or vice versa. Computer forensics/investigations is still a relatively new field (not to mention specialized), so the lack of degrees with that title on it is to be expected.
A big issue with Wikipedia is that it assumes that humans are not prone to mischief, and that most everyone is prone to do the right thing. We all know that this is not true in society, therefore it should be common knowledge that Wikipedia in its current form cannot be thought of as any dependable objective source of information, any more than someone's personal web page on Yahoo's Geocities! There really shouldn't even be a "media controversy" over Wikipedia, but the major media players choose to make it an issue.
But, we look at it the same way as going 5-10 MPH over the speed limit while driving - we know that the risk of cops bothering to single any one of us out for a pullover while everyone else is speeding at the same time is slim, so we continue to do it.
I rented Tom Clancy's Netforce DVD not too long ago. It had a fictional depiction of a government Internet security monitoring task force and command center similar to what the Bush administration wants to create and what's pictured in the symantec article. The story was set around the year 2005, and they even mentioned that it was "after the second gulf war" - very prophetic indeed.
The cell phone companies in the US are very greedy and only focused on short-term profitability for shareholders rather than going for long-term customer satisfaction and profits. That's why they are hesitant to invest in infrastructure, force customers into contracts, and have not switched to flat-rate plans yet. This is the major reason Instant Messaging via cell-phones and even the wireless voice services themselves have not caught on here as well as they have in other countries in Europe and Asia - because the pricing structure (and even their business model) is not consumer-friendly here in the U.S. - Government regulation will most likely be needed to force them to behave similarly to traditional telephone companies, refrain from ripping customers off, and allow customers some freedom of handset choice.
Keep in mind that this only applies to music that the RIAA companies own. There's lots of good music on the net from "up and coming" musicians that have not signed contracts yet with greedy record levels. Bands such as these can broadcast over the internet all they want without repercussion, since they are not copyrighted by RIAA member companies. This would be good healthy competition.
I found the nearest mirror, but all I see is myself!
Yeah, Tthey sold out to some company called "Via Wireless" here in Central California. This company provides unlimited calling for a flat rate, Everyone jokingly calls the company "ghetto wireless," becuase of spotty service. Of course, I'm now a happy AT&T customer - just the laws of supply & demand at work here.
The company definitely does have enough mindshare to keep their file sharing service running as is, and open an online CD retailer service to compete directly with companies like CDnow and Amazon to complement their file sharing. This could help effectively invalidate RIAA claims that Napster is hurting CD sales. Napster should get their VC's together and do it. With the mindshare that they have, they can post impressive revenue and prove their argument that free sharing of copyrighted MP3 files is not inherently evil, but actually helps CD sales, and that people who use Napster do indeed buy legit Music CDs.
Actually, competition inherently produces better quality products at a lower price. We, as the consumers are reaping the benefits of this rivalry. These comanies have huge incentives to produce good quality products, and they pour huge amounts of money into researd & devleopment to ensure it can be done at such a rapid pace. I guarantee you that Intel and AMD understand that people are going to buy the rival's product if they are not up to par in quality. I mean, can you name ways that quality from both of these companies has suffered because they are, "making new products too fast"? Chips have to be of high quality for the technology to progress as far as it has. This is also why the government quickly dropped their anti-trust actions against Intel - they realized that there is healthy competition and the consumer is indeed benefiting by getting better products at lower prices.
It would have been tough to realistically control this. The streaming media could easily have been hosted on remote servers. Also, there are other ways to obtain the media besides just streaming, what about merely downloading the media first and then watching it, instead of "streaming" it.
In case anyone was wondering what software was used to create the series, Reboot really shows off the capabilities of Avid's Softimage; the program used to create it.
Here's an excerpt from this page that mentions the use of Softimage to create the series:
Proven Productivity
As a result of its 10 years of continuous development and refinement, SOFTIMAGE|3D is a carefully balanced, production-proven creative environment. For example, Mainframe Productions, makers of the weekly animated television series "ReBoot," uses SOFTIMAGE|3D to produce approximately 22 minutes of lip-synched, animated content each week. This is by far the most ambitious 3-D graphics production schedule ever attempted. The reason Mainframe Productions uses SOFTIMAGE|3D is very simple: productivity.
Just because you don't think Descent 3 is worthy of remark, does not mean that there are not other games out there or being planned that are good. Sim City 3000 is in the works for Linux, and Quake 3 Arena already is available for Linux. You say, "so little so late," but I say Linux gaming is off to a decent, realistic start fo an OS that's still in the early stages of gaining widespread mainstream adoption.
Well, the wireless Bluetooth technology does travel through the air, just like vapor.
SGI, the pioneer in graphics workstations, is now making Linux workstations, so one would think that this is only natural.
Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. operates Pizzahut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Tacobell. I wonder why this wasn't Pizzahut/Kentucky Fried Chicken/Tacobell rocket? I see the 18-wheelers on the highway with all 3 logos. Perhaps it's because people associate outer space with the moon, some people associate cheese with the moon, and Pizzahut uses the most cheese.
The consumer should simply avoid products that are based on closed, proprietary standards. This protects the consumer from falling victim to a company using its market power to discontinue and thrust something into obsolescence at its own whim to make more money off of the consumer.
The valuation of a lot of things is highly subjective. When they discuss trademark valuation they are speaking in terms of book value, for accounting purposes, not market value. Despite the fact that the brandname is intangible and thus inherently difficult to place a value on, it is still an asset. For accounting purposes yes, they are indeed worth hundreds of millions or billions.
They should propose a lottery process for the first few months during which the new TLD's become active, and make this the only way to regoster domains for the first few months.
We are using fossil fuels much faster than we are discovering new sources of fossil fuels. And I might add, very much faster than the millions of years they take to be replenished. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, making their eventual depletion inevitable - and it will be a whole lot sooner than a lot of us would like. You are right about the fact that alternative fuels becoming mainstream not happening anytime soon - it's near impossible because there are boarmembers with interests in companies like Shell, Chevron and & Texaco sitting on the boards of directors of the major automakers ( this is known as crosspollination in the business world). Those companies have a lot to lose if automakers such as GM, and Toyota essentially snub their interests and start making rapid progress toward the use of alternative energy sources, and the mass production and marketing of low cost cars that run on alternative energy sources. They will not make that sort of progress until they absolutely have to. Until then, they will continue to fatten their pockets with a lot of our money.
True, but it would be even cooler to see the Exchange platform made obsolete in favor of crossplatform protocols like POP or IMAP and SMTP.
Kevin Mitnick's probation personnel most likely didn't want to waste their budget defending themselves against a free-speech violation that was blatantly in conflict with the first amendment. Yeah, he's on probation which means restricted freedom, but they cannot deny him his basic rights.
Only in the Linux world? So you're saying that the only people who would like to see the office be clutter free are all Linux users? Not true. Traditional-minded business people like to have that "tangible matter in their hands" (I've heard this stated a lot by older co-workers). But in the future, business people are going to want to maximize efficiecinecy by eliminating walks to the printer, and endless paper shredding, and be more ecologically friendly by bypassing paper altogether (recycling is also cumbersome and time consuming - a drag on effiency).
A conglomerate rooted in innovation - not a bad idea. Let's face it, these 3 companies do go hand in hand. The Mac has always been the best consumer-accessible (discounting high-end solutions like SGI packages) platform for video editing. Disney & Pixar have already worked successfully together a "Toystory" and "A bug's Life", and with Apple they could create a division emphasing marketing the use of technology in home filmaking and video editing on a level accessible to the consumer - with the Disney name backing it up, this could be an ingenious plan.
This is just another facet to the huge and now (justly) cliche'd problem of how we wreckless humans are upsetting the natural environment. It's usually discussed on a macroscopic scale (e.g. scientists say that we are going to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enough during the next 75 years to increase the average temperature of the Earth's surface to a level that can melt the polar ice caps, and inundate coastal cities like Los Angeles - that'll sure keep 'em from influencing the weather) Hopefully technology will break through the sticky web of bureaucracy soon enough to defeat this, either that or we'll use up all of the fossil fuels and leave no choice but to make rapid technological advances in favor of (hopefully) cleaner energy sources.