The switch from hunter/gatherer to farmer caused humans to actually shrink in length, and that's been explained as due to the far less varied diet of the farmer, especially far less meat. Those hunter/gatherers did get a good amount of meat in their diet, the main reason to switch to farming is that your food supply becomes so much more reliable even if it's less nutritious and definitely less varied.
So now you want to have your OS to be checking files continuously? Or how is it supposed to detect such crypto attacks? Many important files - like documents - are supposed to change on a regular basis anyway...
More likely it's going the same way those prescription drug offers and Nigerian scams go: just more of them, as there are always new victims to be found.
Then they are going to round up the group and demand keys, which is when you hand them the terminal and let them see they've been watching nothing but white noise generated by a random byte generator.
Your experience with Islam is extremely atypical compared with most of the world.
That's why the distinction between Islam (what you hear about in the news) and Muslims (those that walk around the streets of your neighbourhood - and those that you meet in the various Muslim countries that I visited, including Bangladesh and Indonesia - the latter being the most populous Muslim country in the world).
If you had no problem with these people they probably didn't give a damn about the Quran.
Why do you think that caring about the Quran necessarily results in causing problems for other people, especially non-Muslims? From what I see around me, many Muslims do care a lot about their beliefs, which I assume includes the Quran and what's written in it.
My primary experiences with Islam is related to some mosques I visited on holidays (impressive buildings), and what I hear in the news about Islamic terrorism and the like (pretty horrible).
My primary experience with Muslims on the other hand, is a whole different one. Perfectly normal people, and I strongly suspect I've dealt with many more Muslims than I know of. After all, in most cases you just can't tell from looking at a person which religion they follow. I estimate close to 10% of the population here is Muslim. No issues with them.
Then I should add my primary experience with Christianity is a lot closer to home as I was born Catholic, but then there's also all the madness of Christians killing people over alternative believes (e.g. deadly attacks on gays and abortion clinics), the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church (just see the domain name of their home page!), and in recent history the KKK.
Judaism is nowadays characterised by the Israeli aggression in their occupied areas (West Bank and Gaza), and the strong suspicion towards any non-Jews and exclusion of non-Jews from their community (just to see their historical synagogue up close I have to register at least a day in advance, while I can just walk up to a cathedral or mosque).
That "heartland" remark is from a US Republican politician, according to both TFS and the first linked article. I do understand that it's sometimes hard to distinguish between IS militants and GOP militants, but there is a difference. Or at least I think there is. There is a difference, right?
Malware has managed to jump air gaps between very disparate architecture using USB sticks. Sure it was a highly targeted attack to a very specific nuclear facility, but it was done. Maybe next time they'll indeed target the FTP link for that.
What is even more expensive is your employees. You have to make sure to pay anyone with access to the inside enough that they're not too easily bribed.
Then we should compare the love for cats in Muslim/Jewish communities with that in other, pork eating communities. If that parasite has any real influence, there should be a significant difference.
Exactly. Turkey was just a trial run, after the analyses was done and the kinks worked out they really went for it in Egypt. All in the name of world domination! They succeeded, where many an evil mastermind has utterly failed.
If you're so close to the grocery shop, you can also use your bicycle. Healthier, cheaper, and possibly more flexible than a car (at least you won't get stuck in traffic).
So who're you going to sue? The retailer? The distributor? The importer? Or will you try going after the producer - overseas, different jurisdiction, and possibly out of business already (or simply shut this company and moved on to the next).
The problem with that is that most security issues are a result of attack vectors that were not known yet when the software was under development.
Software patches address that - so software when released may be tested against known attack vectors, security patches are also tested against known attack vectors, just a few more of them as more become known over time.
A few years ago our favourite web site (/.) fell victim to the same problem: the comment id overflowed. For quite some time it was possible to post comments, but not to post replies to comments... that continued until the database was updated, and the data type for the comment id changed to hold the bigger numbers.
Sound like your run-of-the-mill startup that has "the great next thing" and in the process got more investor money to burn than is good for them, so starts hiring more people than they can properly manage.
While controlled normally over the Internet, this are still pumps and other powerful motors.
As long as the power is on (either from the net or from a local backup), they can be operated manually and locally, or at least they should have that option. This way, in case of a cyber attack that somehow cripple the remote control rooms, of course we should go back to basics: send someone over who can pull the network cable, and manually press the "On" switch. The same you'd have to do if you keep old machines around (which normally also rely on electricity being available), but the difference is the need of maintaining two sets of machinery, one set of which is normally not used.
So why that second set of outdated machines? Costs a lot more to maintain than a manual override on the regular machinery.
Now nothing is stopping a terrorist from getting a laptop with oversized, fully charged and unfortunately somehow defective battery in the cargo hold where it can help to burn down an entire plane. At least with the current ban on such batteries in the check-in luggage they can't so easily place firebombs on planes.
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The switch from hunter/gatherer to farmer caused humans to actually shrink in length, and that's been explained as due to the far less varied diet of the farmer, especially far less meat. Those hunter/gatherers did get a good amount of meat in their diet, the main reason to switch to farming is that your food supply becomes so much more reliable even if it's less nutritious and definitely less varied.
So it's something like Soylent Green?
So now you want to have your OS to be checking files continuously? Or how is it supposed to detect such crypto attacks? Many important files - like documents - are supposed to change on a regular basis anyway...
More likely it's going the same way those prescription drug offers and Nigerian scams go: just more of them, as there are always new victims to be found.
Then they are going to round up the group and demand keys, which is when you hand them the terminal and let them see they've been watching nothing but white noise generated by a random byte generator.
And hope they believe you.
Your experience with Islam is extremely atypical compared with most of the world.
That's why the distinction between Islam (what you hear about in the news) and Muslims (those that walk around the streets of your neighbourhood - and those that you meet in the various Muslim countries that I visited, including Bangladesh and Indonesia - the latter being the most populous Muslim country in the world).
If you had no problem with these people they probably didn't give a damn about the Quran.
Why do you think that caring about the Quran necessarily results in causing problems for other people, especially non-Muslims? From what I see around me, many Muslims do care a lot about their beliefs, which I assume includes the Quran and what's written in it.
My primary experiences with Islam is related to some mosques I visited on holidays (impressive buildings), and what I hear in the news about Islamic terrorism and the like (pretty horrible).
My primary experience with Muslims on the other hand, is a whole different one. Perfectly normal people, and I strongly suspect I've dealt with many more Muslims than I know of. After all, in most cases you just can't tell from looking at a person which religion they follow. I estimate close to 10% of the population here is Muslim. No issues with them.
Then I should add my primary experience with Christianity is a lot closer to home as I was born Catholic, but then there's also all the madness of Christians killing people over alternative believes (e.g. deadly attacks on gays and abortion clinics), the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church (just see the domain name of their home page!), and in recent history the KKK.
Judaism is nowadays characterised by the Israeli aggression in their occupied areas (West Bank and Gaza), and the strong suspicion towards any non-Jews and exclusion of non-Jews from their community (just to see their historical synagogue up close I have to register at least a day in advance, while I can just walk up to a cathedral or mosque).
That "heartland" remark is from a US Republican politician, according to both TFS and the first linked article. I do understand that it's sometimes hard to distinguish between IS militants and GOP militants, but there is a difference. Or at least I think there is. There is a difference, right?
Extra crimes are listed if the blasphemous material is animated and has any music or songs.
I'm sure the punishment for that will pale in comparison with the punishment on the copyright infringements of the music used in the cartoon.
Sky-high prices which, in turn, give room for competitors to undercut their prices. At least, that's how it works in a free economy.
Malware has managed to jump air gaps between very disparate architecture using USB sticks. Sure it was a highly targeted attack to a very specific nuclear facility, but it was done. Maybe next time they'll indeed target the FTP link for that.
What is even more expensive is your employees. You have to make sure to pay anyone with access to the inside enough that they're not too easily bribed.
If the telco does that well enough they go out of business. Problem solved.
Somehow, somewhere they'll have to make money.
Then we should compare the love for cats in Muslim/Jewish communities with that in other, pork eating communities. If that parasite has any real influence, there should be a significant difference.
Exactly. Turkey was just a trial run, after the analyses was done and the kinks worked out they really went for it in Egypt. All in the name of world domination! They succeeded, where many an evil mastermind has utterly failed.
15 mins there and back by car would mean a 2-3 minute car ride. That's normally about 10 mins cycling.
If you're so close to the grocery shop, you can also use your bicycle. Healthier, cheaper, and possibly more flexible than a car (at least you won't get stuck in traffic).
So who're you going to sue? The retailer? The distributor? The importer? Or will you try going after the producer - overseas, different jurisdiction, and possibly out of business already (or simply shut this company and moved on to the next).
Isn't that in most EULAs already?
You can always find something in the lines of no guarantee, explicit or implied, that this software is fit for any purpose.
The problem with that is that most security issues are a result of attack vectors that were not known yet when the software was under development.
Software patches address that - so software when released may be tested against known attack vectors, security patches are also tested against known attack vectors, just a few more of them as more become known over time.
Which may be long enough to give time to build a real fix.
A few years ago our favourite web site (/.) fell victim to the same problem: the comment id overflowed. For quite some time it was possible to post comments, but not to post replies to comments... that continued until the database was updated, and the data type for the comment id changed to hold the bigger numbers.
Sound like your run-of-the-mill startup that has "the great next thing" and in the process got more investor money to burn than is good for them, so starts hiring more people than they can properly manage.
While controlled normally over the Internet, this are still pumps and other powerful motors.
As long as the power is on (either from the net or from a local backup), they can be operated manually and locally, or at least they should have that option. This way, in case of a cyber attack that somehow cripple the remote control rooms, of course we should go back to basics: send someone over who can pull the network cable, and manually press the "On" switch. The same you'd have to do if you keep old machines around (which normally also rely on electricity being available), but the difference is the need of maintaining two sets of machinery, one set of which is normally not used.
So why that second set of outdated machines? Costs a lot more to maintain than a manual override on the regular machinery.
Now nothing is stopping a terrorist from getting a laptop with oversized, fully charged and unfortunately somehow defective battery in the cargo hold where it can help to burn down an entire plane. At least with the current ban on such batteries in the check-in luggage they can't so easily place firebombs on planes.