Bricked should be reserved for the hardware related destruction of a machine.
I prefer the term toileted when the exploit only causes Windows XP re-flushing.
For the destruction of a data centre, I recommend the term "constipated". Ie the entire data centre was constipated by the active-x exploit.
When an entire country is disrupted by an exploit I feel the term "mega-plopped" is fitting.
I also feel the general population would relate better to these terms and these terms would help motivate them to avoid such incidents via mental imagery association. The idea of a brick has little symbolic value, especially as many computers are shaped like bricks anyway.
Even if they could predict human behavior reliably, a counter would be simply to use a dice or random number generator to determine a range of actions that one may perform. Perhaps I can patent "Human Behavior Randomizer".
Of course if the "enemy" (oh there is always an enemy) develops counter software then some sort of infinite feedback loop could occur which could use an infinite amount of processing power and crash the known universe.
Creative people can never be predicted. Human behavior can not be much more accurately predicted in a complex situation than "hungry person likely to eat food" etc.
Like well I've just got back from the Cafe, where I was discussing stockmarket spirituality with my friends. You know I'm really a very imporant person...Priceless
Second Life is a brilliant conceptual masterwork...Priceless
Its like a second me in there- not as special as the real me though...Priceless
I tried it out after getting pwned in this horrible working class game called World of Warcraft but OMG I did see Ponies in there...Priceless
"It shows how even peer-reviewed papers can sometimes 'slip through the net' and get to publication with inaccurate data."
Perhaps this is a phenomena Slashdot should take note of?
Surely the correct way to deal with the situation would be to:
1. Condemn some cyber-terrorists responsible for attacking US websites, spilling us bandwidth.
2. Attack a country with a ccTLD not related to the originating "cyber-terrorists" but rich in bandwidth reserves. Terrify the population with assertions about the Code of Mass Destruction, with testimony provided by Bill Gates.
3. Launch operating "Shock and Awe" with Microsoft as a major private contractor. Bring it on!
4. Plunder the reserves and wonder why the Code of Mass Destruction can't be found.
5. Make noble statements about the fight to install cyber democracy.
6. As mass hackings occur across the country, recommit to fighting the terrorists against the tides of public opinion and target another country allegedly creating Code of Mass Destruction.
I'm into escapism. Since a young child I've always enjoyed projecting my imagination into situations. I was one of those kids with an imaginary friend.
RPG's to me are escapist. If I like the basic elements of an RPG enough, I will project my own imagination into the situation. Perhaps for me this helps reduce the impact of repetition. I can take such games quite seriously.
I find most FPS games quite boring. I just don't get off on being some "elite special forces op" dude going around fragging bad guys. While I do have occasional ventures with such games as Half Life 2- ultimately I find them boring. In Half Life 2 I was more interested about the story (and perhaps environments) than I was about fragging bad guys. So of course I was very disappointed with the ending of Half Life 2- it had no proper conclusion. Obviously its all a matter of personality and preferences. RPG's are for me, FPS's are for others, some people like both.
I thought oblivion was outstanding. But yes I was disappointed with automatic scaling of enemy difficulty. I like to feel some enemies are really "tough" and "powerful". I like to walk into places and feel certain of my doom. I like go back later and feel elite and powerful as my character slays previously unbeatable monsters. Most of all I like the escapist fantasy element. Its the closest I am ever going to get to being Thomas Covenant and being whisked off to an alternate world. Some of my most happy times have been spent playing RPG's and reading fantasy novels. In a way I wonder if my reading of slashdot is to a degree escapist. I know I should be paying attention to other issues at the moment, so I think I will.
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Bricked should be reserved for the hardware related destruction of a machine.
I prefer the term toileted when the exploit only causes Windows XP re-flushing.
For the destruction of a data centre, I recommend the term "constipated". Ie the entire data centre was constipated by the active-x exploit.
When an entire country is disrupted by an exploit I feel the term "mega-plopped" is fitting.
I also feel the general population would relate better to these terms and these terms would help motivate them to avoid such incidents via mental imagery association. The idea of a brick has little symbolic value, especially as many computers are shaped like bricks anyway.
Sorry thought I would just be unpredictable and reply to myself.
Even if they could predict human behavior reliably, a counter would be simply to use a dice or random number generator to determine a range of actions that one may perform. Perhaps I can patent "Human Behavior Randomizer". Of course if the "enemy" (oh there is always an enemy) develops counter software then some sort of infinite feedback loop could occur which could use an infinite amount of processing power and crash the known universe. Creative people can never be predicted. Human behavior can not be much more accurately predicted in a complex situation than "hungry person likely to eat food" etc.
http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm
or
http://hidemyass.com/ -> google.com
Like well I've just got back from the Cafe, where I was discussing stockmarket spirituality with my friends. You know I'm really a very imporant person...Priceless
Second Life is a brilliant conceptual masterwork...Priceless
Its like a second me in there- not as special as the real me though...Priceless
I tried it out after getting pwned in this horrible working class game called World of Warcraft but OMG I did see Ponies in there...Priceless
"It shows how even peer-reviewed papers can sometimes 'slip through the net' and get to publication with inaccurate data." Perhaps this is a phenomena Slashdot should take note of?
Surely the correct way to deal with the situation would be to:
1. Condemn some cyber-terrorists responsible for attacking US websites, spilling us bandwidth.
2. Attack a country with a ccTLD not related to the originating "cyber-terrorists" but rich in bandwidth reserves. Terrify the population with assertions about the Code of Mass Destruction, with testimony provided by Bill Gates.
3. Launch operating "Shock and Awe" with Microsoft as a major private contractor. Bring it on!
4. Plunder the reserves and wonder why the Code of Mass Destruction can't be found.
5. Make noble statements about the fight to install cyber democracy.
6. As mass hackings occur across the country, recommit to fighting the terrorists against the tides of public opinion and target another country allegedly creating Code of Mass Destruction.
7. Await cyber Armageddon!
I'm into escapism. Since a young child I've always enjoyed projecting my imagination into situations. I was one of those kids with an imaginary friend. RPG's to me are escapist. If I like the basic elements of an RPG enough, I will project my own imagination into the situation. Perhaps for me this helps reduce the impact of repetition. I can take such games quite seriously. I find most FPS games quite boring. I just don't get off on being some "elite special forces op" dude going around fragging bad guys. While I do have occasional ventures with such games as Half Life 2- ultimately I find them boring. In Half Life 2 I was more interested about the story (and perhaps environments) than I was about fragging bad guys. So of course I was very disappointed with the ending of Half Life 2- it had no proper conclusion. Obviously its all a matter of personality and preferences. RPG's are for me, FPS's are for others, some people like both. I thought oblivion was outstanding. But yes I was disappointed with automatic scaling of enemy difficulty. I like to feel some enemies are really "tough" and "powerful". I like to walk into places and feel certain of my doom. I like go back later and feel elite and powerful as my character slays previously unbeatable monsters. Most of all I like the escapist fantasy element. Its the closest I am ever going to get to being Thomas Covenant and being whisked off to an alternate world. Some of my most happy times have been spent playing RPG's and reading fantasy novels. In a way I wonder if my reading of slashdot is to a degree escapist. I know I should be paying attention to other issues at the moment, so I think I will.