So we essentially tell our kids that power and money is all that matters. And, guess what, it works!
At least that is something resembling the truth. I was told that doing well in school and obeying the rules were all that matters. What a total lie that turned out to be.
As has been pointed out, this will make you obviously anti-police. While you may not be breaking the law, they will not be happy to have you around. They might arrest the guy and press charges just so they can confiscate your cell phone as evidence. I agree with the sentiment, but you are risking legal action and your cell phone for what normally turns out to be nothing. Getting a badge and a gun really does give you the right to be a bully. Proving that such bullying is not in the public interest is expensive and difficult.
It never should have gotten this easy. Given that every authority responds to the threat of hackers in the same way -- legal persecution -- what's a heroic, anti-corporate hacktivist to do for a living? It's getting to the point now where a scheme has to be both profitable and for the greater good. Thinking big is the only way to go. Of course, if corporations had taken appropriate precautions a decade ago when the problem became blatantly obvious instead of relying on armies of lawyers, we wouldn't be talking about a 10-year-old problem today.
Which is, quite possibly, why human socialization also strongly encourages conformal and consensus-seeking behavior.
And, apparently, autocratic governments. Human socialization is extraordinarily complex. To cite it in terms of a herd of animals is extremely disingenuous.
Minix on an 8088 downloaded using a hacked Novell packet driver for DOS 5 on a 2400 baud modem.
Don't get into flame wars you can't finish old man. This attitude comes from playing second fiddle to incompetents like you that whine about "family values" when they can no longer keep up with technology. We're into OO design and architecture, AI, semantic web and so forth, and you still think it's about Linux on the desktop.
Cool. It took a 5-digit UID to say that. And you're probably twice my age. I bet you still think programming a PL/1 plotter driver is cool. Time for you to retire already so I can have your fucking job. Get with the times greybeard. You're an obsolete, rusty ancient, and I don't give a fuck about what you think of me. I'll pwn your ass any day of the week.
Ok that's a bit harsh. The religious wars should have ended a year ago, but apparently some people think it's still cool to trash one or the other. I'm not a CS grad, and occasionally I need the CLI in Windows too. Computers are evil. GUIs have bugs. CLIs suck if you can't type 80 wpm like hackers can. I'm proud to say that I can use Linux, Windows and MacOS (and any other thing that might be dreamed up) equally well, and I make no criticisms of any OS, except to say that none is perfect.
I've contributed a lot to the open source community, and I'm glad that Linux exists. On the other hand, I don't begrudge Microsoft or Apple for existing, and I recognize that most people prefer to use something that's a little less power-user than Linux.
I can certainly see how this registry area would be useful for spyware/malware, though I don't see any application beyond a simple DoS attack. I'm not paranoid about privacy, but this was a very useful article.
Regardless, no, I can't help but think that most programming will never be done this way.
I'd throw it on the pile of making code that my non-techie manager understands. The premise seems to be that the manager is smart enough, if only computer code didn't look like computer code. And maybe for the domain knowledge part, he is. But if he has a budget... well, let's just say that people might be motivated to slip something in under his nose. All the charts, user manuals and documentation in the world won't save said manager from disaster. If you don't believe me, ask Kazuo Hirai.
Eventually such people run out of scapegoats, and get to deal with the brunt of the backlash themselves. Sorta like Ed Stelmach here in Alberta. If he didn't have his billionaire lobbyists padding his wallet, he'd be out of there by June like everyone wants. People in high places melt down; it's only a matter of pressure. This is only another example of short-term thinking with long-term unintended consequences on Sony's part (and anyone else who thinks they can blame Anonymous for their network security troubles).
Absolutely correct..NET was theoretically multiplatform, and enticed Mono developers to make it happen. But there's always just enough Microsoft-sized wrenches in the works to limit the functionality to quick-and-dirty marketing demos.
I also feel very strongly against this action. UN-sanctioned or no, it's a declaration of war, of which we have plenty right now. This is a civil war. Ghaddafi keeps his revolutionary guard well-paid, and his military is more than he needs to maintain control. The UN forces will only prolong the fighting, and it's very difficult to convince the world that the no-fly action has nothing to do with the price of oil.
...or purposely trying to trivialize in the vain hope of preventing people from using their "mob power".
Given the massive privacy invasions that are offered by such sites, law enforcement would love it if all social activism were directed through them. This article hardly trivializes the power of people who can communicate. It attempts to untrivialize the actions of the blacks in America who risked their life and freedom to be treated as equals. Now if they had organized themselves on Facebook and the CIA had simply read all their communications, would it have been as effective?
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So we essentially tell our kids that power and money is all that matters. And, guess what, it works!
At least that is something resembling the truth. I was told that doing well in school and obeying the rules were all that matters. What a total lie that turned out to be.
As has been pointed out, this will make you obviously anti-police. While you may not be breaking the law, they will not be happy to have you around. They might arrest the guy and press charges just so they can confiscate your cell phone as evidence. I agree with the sentiment, but you are risking legal action and your cell phone for what normally turns out to be nothing. Getting a badge and a gun really does give you the right to be a bully. Proving that such bullying is not in the public interest is expensive and difficult.
I'm sure the "commit" pun wasn't intended. :D
now that this is becoming a sport.
It never should have gotten this easy. Given that every authority responds to the threat of hackers in the same way -- legal persecution -- what's a heroic, anti-corporate hacktivist to do for a living? It's getting to the point now where a scheme has to be both profitable and for the greater good. Thinking big is the only way to go. Of course, if corporations had taken appropriate precautions a decade ago when the problem became blatantly obvious instead of relying on armies of lawyers, we wouldn't be talking about a 10-year-old problem today.
...I was just thinking about throwing away some obsolete crap myself. Anyone want an old UNIX box?
Which is, quite possibly, why human socialization also strongly encourages conformal and consensus-seeking behavior.
And, apparently, autocratic governments. Human socialization is extraordinarily complex. To cite it in terms of a herd of animals is extremely disingenuous.
...it would give asshole customers less time to mock the poor wage slaves
Going against the crowd probably goes against evolutionary fitness most of the time, but once in the while it has a big payoff.
The buffalo that gets out of the way of the stampede is the only one that lives.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Minix on an 8088 downloaded using a hacked Novell packet driver for DOS 5 on a 2400 baud modem.
Don't get into flame wars you can't finish old man. This attitude comes from playing second fiddle to incompetents like you that whine about "family values" when they can no longer keep up with technology. We're into OO design and architecture, AI, semantic web and so forth, and you still think it's about Linux on the desktop.
Cool. It took a 5-digit UID to say that. And you're probably twice my age. I bet you still think programming a PL/1 plotter driver is cool. Time for you to retire already so I can have your fucking job. Get with the times greybeard. You're an obsolete, rusty ancient, and I don't give a fuck about what you think of me. I'll pwn your ass any day of the week.
This is still one of the best open-source projects out there. My thanks to such dedicated contributors.
Compared to me, you're a newbie. I use Ubuntu. Draw your own conclusions. (/. ID notwithstanding; I first logged into Linux Kernel 1.1)
Ok that's a bit harsh. The religious wars should have ended a year ago, but apparently some people think it's still cool to trash one or the other. I'm not a CS grad, and occasionally I need the CLI in Windows too. Computers are evil. GUIs have bugs. CLIs suck if you can't type 80 wpm like hackers can. I'm proud to say that I can use Linux, Windows and MacOS (and any other thing that might be dreamed up) equally well, and I make no criticisms of any OS, except to say that none is perfect.
I've contributed a lot to the open source community, and I'm glad that Linux exists. On the other hand, I don't begrudge Microsoft or Apple for existing, and I recognize that most people prefer to use something that's a little less power-user than Linux.
I can certainly see how this registry area would be useful for spyware/malware, though I don't see any application beyond a simple DoS attack. I'm not paranoid about privacy, but this was a very useful article.
This story is being ignored in the mainstream media. It seems that no one has learned anything.
Regardless, no, I can't help but think that most programming will never be done this way.
I'd throw it on the pile of making code that my non-techie manager understands. The premise seems to be that the manager is smart enough, if only computer code didn't look like computer code. And maybe for the domain knowledge part, he is. But if he has a budget... well, let's just say that people might be motivated to slip something in under his nose. All the charts, user manuals and documentation in the world won't save said manager from disaster. If you don't believe me, ask Kazuo Hirai.
Eventually such people run out of scapegoats, and get to deal with the brunt of the backlash themselves. Sorta like Ed Stelmach here in Alberta. If he didn't have his billionaire lobbyists padding his wallet, he'd be out of there by June like everyone wants. People in high places melt down; it's only a matter of pressure. This is only another example of short-term thinking with long-term unintended consequences on Sony's part (and anyone else who thinks they can blame Anonymous for their network security troubles).
Absolutely correct. .NET was theoretically multiplatform, and enticed Mono developers to make it happen. But there's always just enough Microsoft-sized wrenches in the works to limit the functionality to quick-and-dirty marketing demos.
At some point people do become smarter than expectations. It's sad to see how long it took in the Internet case.
I also feel very strongly against this action. UN-sanctioned or no, it's a declaration of war, of which we have plenty right now. This is a civil war. Ghaddafi keeps his revolutionary guard well-paid, and his military is more than he needs to maintain control. The UN forces will only prolong the fighting, and it's very difficult to convince the world that the no-fly action has nothing to do with the price of oil.
See how far that got RIM? Fucking Canucks trying to get in on our action.
Riiight. Because BlackBerry Enterprise Server won't sell more copies of Exchange at all~
...or purposely trying to trivialize in the vain hope of preventing people from using their "mob power".
Given the massive privacy invasions that are offered by such sites, law enforcement would love it if all social activism were directed through them. This article hardly trivializes the power of people who can communicate. It attempts to untrivialize the actions of the blacks in America who risked their life and freedom to be treated as equals. Now if they had organized themselves on Facebook and the CIA had simply read all their communications, would it have been as effective?
Because the short-sighted people who made the decision to risk the disaster all but assumed that it couldn't happen.
Perhaps I'm a bit cynical, but this looks like a convenient way to not hire minorities.
You're not cynical enough. This is a convenient way of getting lots of people to not hire specific people.
Unfortunately, you are not my employer.