Has there been any indication this is going to be free or something?
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Oh - and it's all free, too. The only place you'll be asked to fork over a penny is when you purchase something in the PlayStation Store - all of the online services, from sign-up right through to voice and video chat, are free, as is normal multiplayer gaming. There's no equivalent of the Xbox Live Gold account, where you're expected to pay extra for a further tier of services - the only things you'll pay money for are paid-for downloadable content, or subscriptions to premium services like massively multiplayer games.
When you find a web bug, you should use the ip in the URL as a test subject for your 4,823,400 host botnet. I also like to use curl (via shell script) to see how many web bugs I can download in a month, but then I get bored and use nc to spoof the source ip.
Going in and altering the server/version string in the welcome banner can be usefull at times (I hate doing it, but have in the past).
Keeping allowed SSH login accounts to an absolute minimum is a major help also. Also, having SSH sandwiched between tight tcp wrappers rules and a rigorous SELinux policy helps me sleep at night.
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The average home user does not install security updates either. They want youtube. They want myspace. They want WoWC. They want pron. They want they want they want.... and the technicalities of plugging in and turning on are merely obstacles to overcome.
They do not know what *we* know.
And some who do, are often not fully cognizant of the implications. If they knew their worm infested computer was aiding in the commission of criminal acts, most folks would take action. Instead, 95% of Userland does not even realize something is amiss until the computer bogs down -- such that IE takes 14-20 seconds to load.
Nobody asked the government what justification it had to block the various sites and the government did not even bother to issue a clarification about why it did what it did.
Those who do ask the government why it did something stupid/evil/dishonest/embarassing rarely get a straight answer.
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Good thing I'm not a psychiatrist. I can't see the syndrome for the symptoms.
Emotional range.
Specific insight (the lack of which leads to that haughtyness you mentioned).
Empathy.
Self awareness.
Social skills.
I figure if I just drop some of the above, and reserve most of my mental capacity for the taking of IQ tests, then I would be a genius also.
Invoking Godwin's Law on a first post in an attempt to come off as witty or humorous is not only annoying, it can even ruin a romantic cruise.
From the article:
Oh - and it's all free, too. The only place you'll be asked to fork over a penny is when you purchase something in the PlayStation Store - all of the online services, from sign-up right through to voice and video chat, are free, as is normal multiplayer gaming. There's no equivalent of the Xbox Live Gold account, where you're expected to pay extra for a further tier of services - the only things you'll pay money for are paid-for downloadable content, or subscriptions to premium services like massively multiplayer games.
When you find a web bug, you should use the ip in the URL as a test subject for your 4,823,400 host botnet. I also like to use curl (via shell script) to see how many web bugs I can download in a month, but then I get bored and use nc to spoof the source ip.
Keeping allowed SSH login accounts to an absolute minimum is a major help also. Also, having SSH sandwiched between tight tcp wrappers rules and a rigorous SELinux policy helps me sleep at night.
They do not know what *we* know.
And some who do, are often not fully cognizant of the implications. If they knew their worm infested computer was aiding in the commission of criminal acts, most folks would take action. Instead, 95% of Userland does not even realize something is amiss until the computer bogs down -- such that IE takes 14-20 seconds to load.
Nobody asked the government what justification it had to block the various sites and the government did not even bother to issue a clarification about why it did what it did.
Those who do ask the government why it did something stupid/evil/dishonest/embarassing rarely get a straight answer.