No, actually, they don't have any time to process your request, they have to immediately stop calling you.
They're just sprouting BS when they say 'It may take a week or two to add you.'. When they say that, respond, 'Oh, that would be great, because then I can sue you when you call.'.
I don't know in why you need SVGA graphics on an ATM. At best, you need something like 320x240x8, which is standard VGA. You don't run X, you just change the video mode on boot.
And you wouldn't need linux kernel security at all. In fact, you probably don't need 'application' security either, at least not in any meaningful sense. There are no privs level, the ATM says 'This account with this pin wants to withdraw X money, can he?' and gets a reply, then does it. It's not like there's a place you can type in hexidecimal buffer overflows.
As for serversm I would assume that *none* of those things would be running. The damn thing shouldn't even have a 'filesystem' beyond a ramdisk that that the flash memory dumps into on startup.
Of course, the entire concept of running OS/2 or Windows on AMTs is pretty idiotic in the first place, so who knows what they'd do if they used Linux.
Everyone read the post I was replying to and see if the AC isn't so fucking insane it's not funny.
You said AND I QUOTE, 'So I think this software should be available for sale, but only to licensed professionals.'.
Please, explain to me exactly what 'professionals' you're talking about, because the major use of this software is to read legally purchased ebooks in another format. There is no 'professional' reason to decrypt ebooks, there are no Professional Ebook Decryptors walking around setting up shop. (And if there were, why the hell would that make it legal, but that's another issue.)
You just decided to go with some dumb lockpick analogy (where you don't understand the laws anyway, because possession of lockpicking tools is pretty much legal anywhere in the US) and decided to only have 'professionals' be able to own this software, without realizing there is no such profession.
And I'm rather baffled because the phrase 'you are not allowed' doesn't show up in your post. Hell, the word 'allow' doesn't show up in any form.
So, basically, you're either a moron or a troll. Prove you are a troll by not responding, please.
That's certainly an interesting profession to be in.
And while very few places have a law that you have to be licenced to purchase lock-picks, you do not usually have to have a license to own them. A fine but interesting distinction, but important, because it's not that hard to make your own.
Well, in many places it still is. It's illegal in Georgia to kill anyone, there's no exception for yourself. Of course, it's pretty hard to charge anyone with that.
Uh, and? No one said anything about making backups.
You cannot grab a still from a DMCA protected video and show a friend, because you cannot legally possess the tools to do so. And that's definitely fair use.
That was a great episode, with possibly the funniest the torture scene I have ever seen on TV. Is someone torturing you? Continue your discussion with someone else!;)
Which you have to copy and paste, or upload and cat.
Why the hell isn't there a ssh-keygen --upload? You could say ssh-keygen -t rsa --upload foo@example.com and it would create your key, stick it in the right place on your computer to be used, ssh over there, asking the password for the last time, and stick the key in the right file.
Seriously, folks, this is rather stupid. If you're worried about where to put it on the remote system, then perhaps sshd needs an upgrade where you can hand it the key and it knows what to do with it. (After all, it has to know where it's looking.)
Because, right now, it's three steps...generate the key, scp the key, and ssh over there and stick it at the end of the file.
Congratulations, you just exposed your entire company to hackers.
You tell your employees never to give out the password over the phone. If they'll allowed to do it with 'a password', then, yes, someone will find the password in the dumpster, or will have 'just started', or call up someone else and get the password, or a million different things.
The technical support people do not need userpasswords ninety-nine times out of one hundred, and when they do they can get off their ass and walk over to the person.
In fact, technical support shouldn't be calling people anyway. I'd make that rule number one: If you ever get a call from 'technical support' (that you didn't initiate by calling them earlier), hang up and immediately call them back. It doesn't matter if it's a tiny little detail, it doesn't matter if they don't want anything, it doesn't matter if they ask for you by name and know your username, and just want to know what color your desk is, hang up and call them back. It sounds extreme, but if the first words out of tech support's mouth are always 'Yeah, this is tech support, call me back.'*click*, then it will soon be a habit.
It's not solvable entirely by technological means, but there are technological means that can help, like having keycards instead of passwords.
Of course, I don't see the point of this. I'd simply have a big list of 'things never to do' that people had to memorize when joining a company, and 'helping' someone with security issues, especially over the phone, would be one of them. People won't understand 'Don't ever give out your password.', but they will understand 'Don't ever talk with anyone outside channels about anything on the computer.' People understand channels, and unless their boss starts trying to hack their account they'll be fine.
Especially if, instead of whipping a new card out of the desk, punching in some numbers on your computer, and clicking okay, you make them wait an hour while you 'request' a new card, possibly handing them a 'temporary' card to use for a few hours, at which point they have to come back to get a real one.
While we all know that it would be easy to set up a system where they instantly get a new card, all that hassle will make it unlikely they lose one again. And they'll report it as soon as possibly, because they know it might be a few hours before they get one, instead of waiting until they need it again and walking in and getting a new one right away.
The reason your shoes always come untied might be the same reason mine always did...you purchased, unknowingly, a pair of shoes with round shoelaces, which is the dumbest fucking idea in the history of the universe.
Round and flat shoelaces stay in place entirely different ways. I gather the theory on round laces is that the tension of the rest of the laces (You know, the stuff in the shoe.) is supposed to hold the knot in place. You have to pull them taunt and the inside of the knot is supposed 'scrunch' tight, but us normal shoe wearers do not pull our laces tight when tying shoes, because it's too tight. (duh)
Whereas flat shoe laces stay in place because of the knot. You can tie flat shoelaces in a knot in midair, and they will stay. Round shoelaces will not. Most people, when they were kids, tied their shoelaces where the bow wasn't anywhere near tight, often flapping around a good quarter inch from the shoe. As adults, we usually get it tighter than that, but not as tight as it needs to be for round shoelaces.
Check your shoelaces. If they are round, go to a shoe store, spend five dollars, and purchase a flat-the-way-god-intended pair of shoelaces. Don't listen to people try to tell you that round shoelaces look 'correct' on nice shoes...when was the last time you noticed someone's shoelaces? Just get the right color and no one can tell.
Seriously, I'm not kidding about this. I used to wonder why I couldn't keep my dress shoes tied, and all the others worked fine, and then one day I looked at the laces and said 'what the hell?'. The problem is usually worsened because it's the fancy shoes that have round laces, the very ones that are unconfortable to pull tight, while sneakers, which people wear pretty snug, have flat laces.
And if they can't fit you no matter how hard they try, I'm sure they can figure out a way to make your father fit, or your roommate in college, or a co-worker, or the boyfriend of a girl you once dated...
Then, of course, you're a friend of a terrorist and can be 'detained' also. Remember, they don't have to justify this in anyway. (Which, personally, is a bit more worrying than having private data, at least to me. They can literally just make up crap and 'detain' you.)
Coins are automatically legal tender. Paper money is not actually legal tender, lawful money is defined in the constitution as coins minted in gold or silver. So they print that is it legal tender on the 'money' and hope everyone's satisified.
If you wanted to take it to court, it might be fun to try to force the government to pay your tax refund in gold or silver, the way they are legally obliged to do by the constitution.
When paper money first came out, it said you could redemn it for gold or silver. Then it said you you could redemn for 'lawful money'. Then it started claiming it was lawful money, then 'legal tender', whatever the hell that is.
But you'd probably lose. The courts have long accepted the lie of paper money that are not exchangable for 'real money'.
So while, constitutionally, paper money is on shaky ground, and thus has to claim to be 'legal tender', minted money is automatically money, and doesn't need to make the claim. Hence coins don't have it.
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This is technically infeasible. People would catch on fire exiting the atmosphere, and then they'd die to vaccuum long before they hit the sun.
Of course, it still seems like a pretty good idea.
They're just sprouting BS when they say 'It may take a week or two to add you.'. When they say that, respond, 'Oh, that would be great, because then I can sue you when you call.'.
If I wanted other people to watch me pee I'd be doing on the sidewalk.
For example, you could ahve overheard something at a bar, or seen a stream of people between the two companies...
Granted, it's probably insider trading, but knowledge of non-public information doesn't prove it.
Why did you just wait another 10 minutes?
And you wouldn't need linux kernel security at all. In fact, you probably don't need 'application' security either, at least not in any meaningful sense. There are no privs level, the ATM says 'This account with this pin wants to withdraw X money, can he?' and gets a reply, then does it. It's not like there's a place you can type in hexidecimal buffer overflows.
As for serversm I would assume that *none* of those things would be running. The damn thing shouldn't even have a 'filesystem' beyond a ramdisk that that the flash memory dumps into on startup.
Of course, the entire concept of running OS/2 or Windows on AMTs is pretty idiotic in the first place, so who knows what they'd do if they used Linux.
You said AND I QUOTE, 'So I think this software should be available for sale, but only to licensed professionals.'.
Please, explain to me exactly what 'professionals' you're talking about, because the major use of this software is to read legally purchased ebooks in another format. There is no 'professional' reason to decrypt ebooks, there are no Professional Ebook Decryptors walking around setting up shop. (And if there were, why the hell would that make it legal, but that's another issue.)
You just decided to go with some dumb lockpick analogy (where you don't understand the laws anyway, because possession of lockpicking tools is pretty much legal anywhere in the US) and decided to only have 'professionals' be able to own this software, without realizing there is no such profession.
And I'm rather baffled because the phrase 'you are not allowed' doesn't show up in your post. Hell, the word 'allow' doesn't show up in any form.
So, basically, you're either a moron or a troll. Prove you are a troll by not responding, please.
Then you have the word of both the attempted murderer and the victim that it was an accident, and no opposing accounts.
In any other crime, that would make it pretty hard to convict someone.
That's certainly an interesting profession to be in.
And while very few places have a law that you have to be licenced to purchase lock-picks, you do not usually have to have a license to own them. A fine but interesting distinction, but important, because it's not that hard to make your own.
Well, in many places it still is. It's illegal in Georgia to kill anyone, there's no exception for yourself. Of course, it's pretty hard to charge anyone with that.
You cannot grab a still from a DMCA protected video and show a friend, because you cannot legally possess the tools to do so. And that's definitely fair use.
Note to self: scienceforums.net stupid.
That was a great scene, it managed to make fun of both the show and Dracula movies at the same time.
Of course, I'm kind of annoyed because I don't get sci-fi. But it's certainly not 'ruined'.
That was a great episode, with possibly the funniest the torture scene I have ever seen on TV. Is someone torturing you? Continue your discussion with someone else! ;)
Unless you send out email and happen to end up in one of the blacklisted IP ranges.
Rule number 4: Spammers find companies that lie.
Well, I was just estimating, it's been years since I bought shoelaces. And it's been a very bad couple of years for lace growers.
Why the hell isn't there a ssh-keygen --upload? You could say ssh-keygen -t rsa --upload foo@example.com and it would create your key, stick it in the right place on your computer to be used, ssh over there, asking the password for the last time, and stick the key in the right file.
Seriously, folks, this is rather stupid. If you're worried about where to put it on the remote system, then perhaps sshd needs an upgrade where you can hand it the key and it knows what to do with it. (After all, it has to know where it's looking.)
Because, right now, it's three steps...generate the key, scp the key, and ssh over there and stick it at the end of the file.
You tell your employees never to give out the password over the phone. If they'll allowed to do it with 'a password', then, yes, someone will find the password in the dumpster, or will have 'just started', or call up someone else and get the password, or a million different things.
The technical support people do not need userpasswords ninety-nine times out of one hundred, and when they do they can get off their ass and walk over to the person.
In fact, technical support shouldn't be calling people anyway. I'd make that rule number one: If you ever get a call from 'technical support' (that you didn't initiate by calling them earlier), hang up and immediately call them back. It doesn't matter if it's a tiny little detail, it doesn't matter if they don't want anything, it doesn't matter if they ask for you by name and know your username, and just want to know what color your desk is, hang up and call them back. It sounds extreme, but if the first words out of tech support's mouth are always 'Yeah, this is tech support, call me back.'*click*, then it will soon be a habit.
Of course, I don't see the point of this. I'd simply have a big list of 'things never to do' that people had to memorize when joining a company, and 'helping' someone with security issues, especially over the phone, would be one of them. People won't understand 'Don't ever give out your password.', but they will understand 'Don't ever talk with anyone outside channels about anything on the computer.' People understand channels, and unless their boss starts trying to hack their account they'll be fine.
While we all know that it would be easy to set up a system where they instantly get a new card, all that hassle will make it unlikely they lose one again. And they'll report it as soon as possibly, because they know it might be a few hours before they get one, instead of waiting until they need it again and walking in and getting a new one right away.
Round and flat shoelaces stay in place entirely different ways. I gather the theory on round laces is that the tension of the rest of the laces (You know, the stuff in the shoe.) is supposed to hold the knot in place. You have to pull them taunt and the inside of the knot is supposed 'scrunch' tight, but us normal shoe wearers do not pull our laces tight when tying shoes, because it's too tight. (duh)
Whereas flat shoe laces stay in place because of the knot. You can tie flat shoelaces in a knot in midair, and they will stay. Round shoelaces will not. Most people, when they were kids, tied their shoelaces where the bow wasn't anywhere near tight, often flapping around a good quarter inch from the shoe. As adults, we usually get it tighter than that, but not as tight as it needs to be for round shoelaces.
Check your shoelaces. If they are round, go to a shoe store, spend five dollars, and purchase a flat-the-way-god-intended pair of shoelaces. Don't listen to people try to tell you that round shoelaces look 'correct' on nice shoes...when was the last time you noticed someone's shoelaces? Just get the right color and no one can tell.
Seriously, I'm not kidding about this. I used to wonder why I couldn't keep my dress shoes tied, and all the others worked fine, and then one day I looked at the laces and said 'what the hell?'. The problem is usually worsened because it's the fancy shoes that have round laces, the very ones that are unconfortable to pull tight, while sneakers, which people wear pretty snug, have flat laces.
Then, of course, you're a friend of a terrorist and can be 'detained' also. Remember, they don't have to justify this in anyway. (Which, personally, is a bit more worrying than having private data, at least to me. They can literally just make up crap and 'detain' you.)
If you wanted to take it to court, it might be fun to try to force the government to pay your tax refund in gold or silver, the way they are legally obliged to do by the constitution.
When paper money first came out, it said you could redemn it for gold or silver. Then it said you you could redemn for 'lawful money'. Then it started claiming it was lawful money, then 'legal tender', whatever the hell that is.
But you'd probably lose. The courts have long accepted the lie of paper money that are not exchangable for 'real money'.
So while, constitutionally, paper money is on shaky ground, and thus has to claim to be 'legal tender', minted money is automatically money, and doesn't need to make the claim. Hence coins don't have it.