"Thanks for taking the time to share your idea. We look for projects that have a well-developed, creative focus. We wish you the best of luck, but this isn’t right for Kickstarter. Thanks again for writing and good luck!
Best,
Cindy"
The problem might not be that there isn't a well developed creative focus, but maybe that you haven't been able to _communicate_ that fact.
I understand their need to be selective, but I don't see Diaspora to be any more developed or creative than that site.
The Diaspora project did an excellent job is communicating what they were going to do and how they were going to go about doing it.
I have to commend these kids for taking this project on, _and_ presenting a system that appears to have been actually thought about. Thank you guys.
The problem with training hackers is that you can't train someone to be obsessed about computer security. They would be better off sifting through medical records looking for kids who were diagnosed with ADD (Probably misdiagnosed) and recruiting them to just play with computers. The best hackers I have known don't know as much about systems or networking as the best programmers I know. The skill that the hackers have is persistence, they will keep trying and trying until they have gotten something worthwhile. The hackers also tend to keep up to date with the latest security flaws and have / make the tools to take advantage of them.
On the other hand, if you are a programmer AND you have a knack for security, you are already gainfully employed and the military can't compare with your compensation package.
So to recap, the government is trying to recruit stupid kids. The smart ones are already focusing on what they care about / have a passion for, and they probably have no intention of working for the Gov't unless they have a parent they respect who works for the NSA.
Actually he was taken to the police station. Meaning he was arrested. Once you are detained you can not be transported until you are arrested. the only options are to be arrested or to be let go.
I prefer:
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. Also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow.
I still firmly believe that the use of deadly force against anyone intoxicated, mentally disturbed, etc, is murder. Therefor I believe that it is not okay to "put them down"
Regarding the computer, kill it, put it down. Computers aren't humans. Computers can be fixed, humans can't once they are dead. That is the difference.
If we don't use deadly force on humans we can fix them, take out a leg and an arm. Shoot the gun out of their hand with a.50 cal.
The real problem is money. We don't shoot limbs off of humans when they are being stupid because they will sue the living crap out of whatever agency took their hand. That along with the fact that the medical expenses are going to be through the roof.
We do have access to fully-automatic weapons. Have you seen the streets of the urban areas of this country? Good luck against some of the more well armed mafia, gangs, and ex-military.
Don't forget about the volunteer firemen. They put their lives on the line and get paid for it. They just get to volunteer to go to the station during an alarm instead of having to go because it is their primary job.
Yes, operating system choice does little to mitigate bad coding however certain architectures like ISAPI are very complex and error prone. It isn't bad coding as much as it is bad choice of architecture. I have a feeling that in the beginning, some of the developers were asserting that some things were a bad idea and got fired because they weren't in the MS camp.
I would like to see a count of people who have successfully implemented a _complex_ ISAPI application without possible security issues coming up after deployment. I have built a few and I will tell you that it is not like building a php application. (But ISAPI is pretty damned scalable if done right. (aka you don't have to call CoInitialize())
But that would be pretty obvious wouldn't it? I mean you think a user (even the dullest one) would notice a second machine plugged into their network drop, with their computer daisy chained off of it.
You wouldn't even notice me up in your cieling with a passive packet sniffer. Hell, with a single tool and a couple of rj-45 ends, I can do a MITM and you wouldn't even notice.
How would I get in the ceiling? Quite a few buildings that rent out office space are vulnerable because their partitions are defined by the company renting the space. Up in the ceiling the partitions are defined by structural requirements. This may not be true in all buildings but it shure has been in a few that I have worked in.
This service can not be abused in the way that you would think. Think about it, even if you can forge the caller-id, the google service calls YOU, and connects you to the number that the caller-id is spoofing. All you would end up being able to do is have the local police station number call a local drug dealer. When they answer, it will ring and call the police station.
If you pick up the phone and get a ring, what are you going to do. I know that I am going to hang up unless I am expecting it.
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"Thanks for taking the time to share your idea. We look for projects that have a well-developed, creative focus. We wish you the best of luck, but this isn’t right for Kickstarter. Thanks again for writing and good luck! Best, Cindy"
The problem might not be that there isn't a well developed creative focus, but maybe that you haven't been able to _communicate_ that fact.
I understand their need to be selective, but I don't see Diaspora to be any more developed or creative than that site.
The Diaspora project did an excellent job is communicating what they were going to do and how they were going to go about doing it.
I have to commend these kids for taking this project on, _and_ presenting a system that appears to have been actually thought about. Thank you guys.
The problem with training hackers is that you can't train someone to be obsessed about computer security. They would be better off sifting through medical records looking for kids who were diagnosed with ADD (Probably misdiagnosed) and recruiting them to just play with computers. The best hackers I have known don't know as much about systems or networking as the best programmers I know. The skill that the hackers have is persistence, they will keep trying and trying until they have gotten something worthwhile. The hackers also tend to keep up to date with the latest security flaws and have / make the tools to take advantage of them.
On the other hand, if you are a programmer AND you have a knack for security, you are already gainfully employed and the military can't compare with your compensation package.
So to recap, the government is trying to recruit stupid kids. The smart ones are already focusing on what they care about / have a passion for, and they probably have no intention of working for the Gov't unless they have a parent they respect who works for the NSA.
Actually, considering his orientation
He's Asian?
Actually, I was thinking he meant that he was gay.
Actually he was taken to the police station. Meaning he was arrested. Once you are detained you can not be transported until you are arrested. the only options are to be arrested or to be let go.
I prefer: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. Also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow.
I still firmly believe that the use of deadly force against anyone intoxicated, mentally disturbed, etc, is murder. Therefor I believe that it is not okay to "put them down" Regarding the computer, kill it, put it down. Computers aren't humans. Computers can be fixed, humans can't once they are dead. That is the difference. If we don't use deadly force on humans we can fix them, take out a leg and an arm. Shoot the gun out of their hand with a .50 cal.
The real problem is money. We don't shoot limbs off of humans when they are being stupid because they will sue the living crap out of whatever agency took their hand. That along with the fact that the medical expenses are going to be through the roof.
You forgot add the profit step. That alone might convince my roommates to clean up after themselves more.
We do have access to fully-automatic weapons. Have you seen the streets of the urban areas of this country? Good luck against some of the more well armed mafia, gangs, and ex-military.
Don't forget about the volunteer firemen. They put their lives on the line and get paid for it. They just get to volunteer to go to the station during an alarm instead of having to go because it is their primary job.
Yes, operating system choice does little to mitigate bad coding however certain architectures like ISAPI are very complex and error prone. It isn't bad coding as much as it is bad choice of architecture. I have a feeling that in the beginning, some of the developers were asserting that some things were a bad idea and got fired because they weren't in the MS camp. I would like to see a count of people who have successfully implemented a _complex_ ISAPI application without possible security issues coming up after deployment. I have built a few and I will tell you that it is not like building a php application. (But ISAPI is pretty damned scalable if done right. (aka you don't have to call CoInitialize())
But that would be pretty obvious wouldn't it? I mean you think a user (even the dullest one) would notice a second machine plugged into their network drop, with their computer daisy chained off of it.
You wouldn't even notice me up in your cieling with a passive packet sniffer. Hell, with a single tool and a couple of rj-45 ends, I can do a MITM and you wouldn't even notice.
How would I get in the ceiling? Quite a few buildings that rent out office space are vulnerable because their partitions are defined by the company renting the space. Up in the ceiling the partitions are defined by structural requirements. This may not be true in all buildings but it shure has been in a few that I have worked in.
This service can not be abused in the way that you would think. Think about it, even if you can forge the caller-id, the google service calls YOU, and connects you to the number that the caller-id is spoofing. All you would end up being able to do is have the local police station number call a local drug dealer. When they answer, it will ring and call the police station. If you pick up the phone and get a ring, what are you going to do. I know that I am going to hang up unless I am expecting it.