More likely, the virus was written specifically for that school's particular network and that school's particular computers. And like Windows viruses, the virus in question was probably written for a single security hole. However, unlike Windows, (and you all know what I'm about to say)... the security hole was probably due to bad network administration.
I've found Linux to be secure out-of-the-box, barring user incompetence. Dictionary-word root password, with SSH on the default port? Might as well be asking to be hacked.
The amount of work involved in upgrading a Mac has, usually, been excessive. Probably the worst example of this are the old PowerPC-based Macintoshes like the Performa 6400. The case was made from layer upon layer of plastic and metal panels that each snapped, screwed, or slid into place in ridiculous ways. I always wondered why they even bothered to include PCI slots on these machines, when it was such a pain to get to them.
Or, you could run Crysis in software rendering mode.
Unfortunately, the bandwidth between the graphics card and your CPU is several orders of magnitude faster than the connections between your network of servers. So, while you could probably render some heavily-detailed games in software on these machines, the overall framerate would probably suffer as the data slowly trickled from the main CPU out to all the servers.
Clearly Microsoft has been listening to us. Vista takes up a whole 8.2GB, while Windows 7 takes up a mere 7.9GB. I can't wait to get a crack at this smaller, slimmer version of Windows!
I'm certain that someone will come along and make it worth considering. It's happened with every other newly-open-sourced-commercial-product that I can think of.
Mod parent up. The internment of Japanese Americans is a sad part of United States history, and is not something to be pointed to as an example of "hey, it's tradition!".
Secret courts and secret prisons exist to be abused by those who are in charge of them.
Let's see...
Republican Christians will claim the Athiest is the antichrist.
Democrat Christians will claim the Athiest is too Fundamentalist(TM).
Republican Athiests will never get any airtime. Conspiracy theorists will still claim he's Muslim. In chain emails.
Because if he's lying about something simple like religion, it makes you wonder what else he is lying about.
What, you expected a bigoted response? Sometimes explaining away the other side as racist/foolish/bigots doesn't work.
...tends to change everything. Any natural evolution would be insignificant compared to the genetically-engineered self-evolution that is becoming increasingly possible.
I can't help but get the feeling that someone got impatient waiting for DNF and decided to take matters into their own hands. And like DNF, it quickly became a joke.
...from companies who have also bought into DRM. Go figure, right?
That optional, downloadable content would slow down the movie itself is just another extension of the two minutes of FBI warning I am forced to sit through when I play a DVD in a standard player.
How much further will this go before the majority of people begin to care?
Which brings up another interesting application of this technology. If people could have their vision "remapped" soon after birth, they would grow up with completely normal vision.
Except that the human brain isn't some cheap CPU. Given a little information, we can extrapolate a whole hell of a lot. For example, by rotating the camera back and forth a litle bit, I am sure that the "25 pixels" would become much, much more information in your brain.
The police actually replaced his £1,000 computer after the seized it as evidence? Apparently Bush's foreign relations need to do better work. Here in the States he would have been shipped off to Gitmo, never mind the seized computer.
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More likely, the virus was written specifically for that school's particular network and that school's particular computers. And like Windows viruses, the virus in question was probably written for a single security hole. However, unlike Windows, (and you all know what I'm about to say)... the security hole was probably due to bad network administration.
I've found Linux to be secure out-of-the-box, barring user incompetence. Dictionary-word root password, with SSH on the default port? Might as well be asking to be hacked.
The amount of work involved in upgrading a Mac has, usually, been excessive. Probably the worst example of this are the old PowerPC-based Macintoshes like the Performa 6400. The case was made from layer upon layer of plastic and metal panels that each snapped, screwed, or slid into place in ridiculous ways. I always wondered why they even bothered to include PCI slots on these machines, when it was such a pain to get to them.
An avalanche cascade of crazy whacked out girlfriend stories, maybe.
Or, you could run Crysis in software rendering mode.
Unfortunately, the bandwidth between the graphics card and your CPU is several orders of magnitude faster than the connections between your network of servers. So, while you could probably render some heavily-detailed games in software on these machines, the overall framerate would probably suffer as the data slowly trickled from the main CPU out to all the servers.
Clearly Microsoft has been listening to us. Vista takes up a whole 8.2GB, while Windows 7 takes up a mere 7.9GB. I can't wait to get a crack at this smaller, slimmer version of Windows!
It's right after Januaury (which I've seen more than once). I'm not sure what it is about months that makes them so hard to spell.
I'm certain that someone will come along and make it worth considering. It's happened with every other newly-open-sourced-commercial-product that I can think of.
Mod parent up. The internment of Japanese Americans is a sad part of United States history, and is not something to be pointed to as an example of "hey, it's tradition!".
Secret courts and secret prisons exist to be abused by those who are in charge of them.
Could this be related to Freemanic Paracusia?
250GB should be enough for anyone.
Let's see...
Republican Christians will claim the Athiest is the antichrist.
Democrat Christians will claim the Athiest is too Fundamentalist(TM).
Republican Athiests will never get any airtime.
Conspiracy theorists will still claim he's Muslim. In chain emails.
Because if he's lying about something simple like religion, it makes you wonder what else he is lying about.
What, you expected a bigoted response? Sometimes explaining away the other side as racist/foolish/bigots doesn't work.
can't seem to get straight which one's their ass and which one's their elbow. I'm sure comparative Goatse's of each would help them out.
No, xkcd is always almost relevant.
...tends to change everything. Any natural evolution would be insignificant compared to the genetically-engineered self-evolution that is becoming increasingly possible.
Ah, the good old days, when websites were short and to-the-point: "nic.funet.fi"
Of course, this was back when colleges and universities ran most of the popular hacker sites. before the dark time. Before Microsoft.
Now everything's "msdn.microsoft.com", buried six pages deep in active server pages.
I can't help but get the feeling that someone got impatient waiting for DNF and decided to take matters into their own hands. And like DNF, it quickly became a joke.
...from companies who have also bought into DRM. Go figure, right?
That optional, downloadable content would slow down the movie itself is just another extension of the two minutes of FBI warning I am forced to sit through when I play a DVD in a standard player.
How much further will this go before the majority of people begin to care?
I'm building my own computer, but it's so hard to find transistors I can trust.
It's amazing how well it works. It looks like people have already started to copy and repost the Matt hazard YouTube videos.
Which brings up another interesting application of this technology. If people could have their vision "remapped" soon after birth, they would grow up with completely normal vision.
Except that the human brain isn't some cheap CPU. Given a little information, we can extrapolate a whole hell of a lot. For example, by rotating the camera back and forth a litle bit, I am sure that the "25 pixels" would become much, much more information in your brain.
The police not only failed to have him shipped off to Guantanamo Bay, they actually replaced his £1,000 computer that they had seized it as evidence?
The police actually replaced his £1,000 computer after the seized it as evidence? Apparently Bush's foreign relations need to do better work. Here in the States he would have been shipped off to Gitmo, never mind the seized computer.