I for one listen to a heck of a lot more music while I'm out and about than when I'm sitting at/near my computer.
I also listen to music when I'm travelling around town, etc. but I actually spend more time at work listening to internet radio. If this article, which is undoubtedly astroturf, defines satellite radio as streaming, then that will also draw millions of more people into the streaming category. Like everyone at 24 hour Fitness is listening to the satellite radio service piped through the speakers...
Trying to get people to pay for internet radio is an unrealistic fantasy, though. When I look at sites like cbsradio.com, I wonder if they're planning to switch to a subscription model or try to build revenue through ads..
George W. Bush, used an iMac when he was governor. Don't know too much about Cheney, but I'd bet he's got several CRAY systems somewhere in his personal bunker.
Not arguing at all with anything you have presented.
The problem really is that automobiles have supported a civic development model that requires lots of energy for transportation. If automobiles had never been invented, the hassle that horses are would have inspired a different type of development that featured more people walking and clumping of population around train stations.
So, yeah, it's unrealistic to replace cars with horses NOW that we've strewn our houses and jobs all over the landscape.
Everything Lurker says about those people is spot on. He's missing any commentary on Akroyd who is DESPERATE for money. So much so that he played the Dad in Britney Spears' movie, Crossroads. Murray resisted because he didn't want to let Akroyd rape the legacy of Ghostbusters like he did with Blues Brothers (2000).
Harold Ramis is the most successful of all, and I can only imagine the reason he would particpate is out of charity to Dan Akroyd.
The problem with the NSA is that it IS part of the intelligence structure. If you insert them as a defensive player, more often than not, they will take absolutely NO action in order to protect their spying capabilities.
At present, nobody knows exactly what the reach is of the NSA. Nobody knows what they can and can't hear. If you task them with defending assets, each probe or attack reveals new information about what the NSA has at their disposal, depending on what the response is. I really don't think the NSA is willing to compromise the secrecy of its capabilities in order to thwart hackers.
I find it hard to believe that a single miniscule (in planetary scale) mining vessel can destroy planetary defenses AND starships at the same time.
They said the mining vessel had technology beyond anything they had ever seen. Even within the same time frame, Romulus had advanced technologies not posessed by some members of the Federation (cloaking comes to mind). This mining ship came equipped with technology over a hundred years more advanced than that of Vulcan and Earth. Also, I'm no Trek expert, but I can't recall ever seeing a Vulcan warship of any kind. Could be they're the culture of neutrality.
Earth didn't have any defenses either?
Captain Pine was waterboarded into giving some kind of codes away to Nero.
Why didn't that moon get destroyed in the black hole?
I'm no physics expert, but I don't believe that the gravity of a planet would be increased by it turning into a black hole. I think the black hole would have the same gravitational pull as the body that formed it. From Wikipedia:
"The radius of a black hole of mass equal to that of the Sun is about 3 km. At distances much larger than this, the black hole has the exact same total gravitational attraction as any other body of the same mass, just like the sun. So if the sun were replaced by a black hole of the same mass, the orbits of the planets would remain unchanged."
I'll have to watch the movie again to evaluate those other issues. Didn't seem unrealistic in the first viewing, though
uhhhh... that other planet is covered in ice. Not the most hospitable environment for supporting off-world population. Can't cultivate crops. Probably all have to live underground. Heck. How do you know they didn't have several million people living underground on that planet? You're also ignoring the Vulcan obsession with logic that would help them in limiting their population to manageable levels.
The science fiction is good in the new Star Trek movie. Probably the most accurate of ANY Star Trek movie.
As for the experience of the crew, what do you expect of an organization that is experiencing rapid growth in the face of multiple threats? Do you think everyone on a US aircraft carrier is a Colonel and above? Check the history books for the average age of Japanese fighter pilots during WW2.
Have PHP run a command-line SED or AWK script. Without more details of how your 88mb file is structured, I can't predict how effective this suggestion is.
That said, everyone that originally had sites on Geocities should have already been responsible for the content they left there.
How about the people that have composed historically significant geocities content but the people themselves are dead? That's the deal with history. The important content can't be maintained by its creators for the long term.
I agree that for general use, a cheap hitachi 1gb hard drive makes more fiscal sense. There are other scenarios that make the optical disc attractive at its nearby price point. For installations that are susceptible to flooding or other water issues, an optical disc is much easier to retrieve data from after being dunked in water for a few days. It's doable on a hard drive, but not convenient or cheap. Also, anywhere weight is a consideration (space travel), one optical disc writer / reader and several optical discs will have a better data / weight ratio than several hard drives. In that scenario, the flash media option might work out better, though.
None of these exotic demands, however, will see this technology become a successful standard.
Honestly, check out Grande Communications. It's a local (Texas-based) ISP that is available throughout a lot of Austin and they provide superior service to TWC. They have second-tier support that will do on-site repairs over the weekend. You'll NEVER get someone from TWC out over the weekend. First or second tier.
Grande is currently offering 300 digital cable channels, 8mb internet, and a hard-wired land line for $94 per month.
I worry that the new movie will be too CGI-heavy, but the Terminator series has done pretty well with the special effects so far, so I guess we'll just wait and see.
Don't pin your hopes on this one being worthwhile. It's directed by McG, who is best known as the visionless tool who does producers' bidding to churn out crap like Charlies Angels. Other than music videos, Charlies Angles has been his biggest gig. This isn't the kind of movie where a creative genius presents a bunch of images and concepts that expands our imaginations. This movie is the product of a bunch of meetings among studio executives who asked each other, "What would the audience like to see?" Their answers to that question is derived from other films. From the trailers, it looks like a lot of what will be in this movie is Transformers imitation.
Online distro favors devs / publishers for several reasons:
Cut the retailer out of the cost column.
Reduce packaging expenses.
Reduce overhead.
Small guy boutique can make a fortune with just a spare-time effort..
End user can't re-sell the purchased product.
The last is the huge one. Adobe and Microsoft have tried all kinds of tactics to supress consumers' ability to re-sell software. The game companies no doubt hate seeing used game transactions taking place without them getting a cut. With online distro, the re-sell market is crippled.
I once hit up a friend of mine for a job who worked at Shadowbane's developer, Wolfpack Studios. I was hoping to work on the back end database. Turned out they didn't have a formal rdbms behind the game. All player data, etc. was stored in flat files. I offered to help migrate them to a more reliable, higher performance database architecture, but they weren't interested. I think the lifecycle of the product had moved beyond architecture development and they only had the budget for ongoing maintenance (circa 2003).
Tommy: Hey, I'll tell you what. You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it? Mr. Brady, Customer: [confused] What? I'm failing to make the connection here. Tommy: No, I mean is, you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher's ass... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull. Richard: [embarrassed] Wow.
Later in the movie:
[saying it correctly] Tommy: I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it.
* Hook kernel structures on multi-processor systems
* Use a kernel debugger to reverse engineer operating system internals
* Inject call gates to create a back door into Ring-0
* Use detour patches to sidestep group policy
* Modify privilege levels on Windows Vista by altering kernel objects
* Utilize bootkit technology * Defeat both live incident response and post-mortem forensic analysis [emphasis mine]
* Implement code armoring to protect your deliverables
* Establish covert network channels using the WSK and NDIS 6.0
Those 'editorial reviews' are generally furnished to Amazon by the publisher. Here, the publisher has chosen to (in your words) characterize this book as a 'how to guide' for all the above methods of circumventing weak security. Given the opportunity to describe the book however they may, the publisher did not say, "Here's a book that will help strengthen your security policies."
I'm not saying this book shouldn't exist. I'm saying the guy who wrote it comes off as a scumbag and Slashdot is helping promote his scumbag product. While full disclosure is a great rationale for pressuring corporations into bugfixing, it also becomes a license to harm innocent people. The author of this book seeks to fatten his wallet by propagating information to people interested in causing problems. That's why I think it's sleazy for Slashdot to promote sales of this book.
Not sure, but for some reason the Knoppix stuff couldn't deal with SATA chipsets. That might be why they haven't released anything in a while. But that INSERT disc used to be my fave, too.
From the book review above: "It's really about the rootkit that the reader will construct, such that the focus is on the nature of the tactics rather than a proof-of-concept rootkit."
This isn't about security. It's not written from the perspective of, "Attackers will use these techniques, you need to defend in this manner." This is a "Here is how you do some lame shit" guide. I'm not advocating security through obscurity. I'm saying, the guy who wrote this book is trying to make money by equipping retards with information to fuck up people's computers. I would have hoped Slashdot would promote books intended to help protect people's computers.
Seth
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I really would prefer that Slashdot not help promote a book that is intended to help educate would-be malware coders. While I realize the information would still be out there without this review, Slashdot is undoubtedly contributing sales to the author by raising the profile of this book.
Whoah... No need to jump this over to a debate on lethal force against teenagers. I mentioned the teenage angle to draw a faint parallel to the issue of software / music piracy. Not because I don't think those pirates should have been shot in that situation. I do think lethal force was justified against those perpetrators. And we should continue to shoot hostage takers when given the opportunity.
The article I linked to wasn't the best for making the parallel, however, because it does focus on the age issue. In the case of this captured pirate, as a taxpayer, I would hope we'd hand him over to Kenya for trial & punishment. If we lock him up for life in an American federal prison where it's going to cost something like $45k per year, I'm not sure how much we're going to accomplish at that cost. Defense Secretary Robert Gates realizes the expense to deal with this issue by capturing, shooting, or imprisoning the pirates will be immense. That's why he's advocating for propping up Somalia's infrastructure in some way so teenagers will be less inclined to become hostile pirates.
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I also listen to music when I'm travelling around town, etc. but I actually spend more time at work listening to internet radio. If this article, which is undoubtedly astroturf, defines satellite radio as streaming, then that will also draw millions of more people into the streaming category. Like everyone at 24 hour Fitness is listening to the satellite radio service piped through the speakers...
Trying to get people to pay for internet radio is an unrealistic fantasy, though. When I look at sites like cbsradio.com, I wonder if they're planning to switch to a subscription model or try to build revenue through ads..
Seth
Anybody want to sponsor a contest to see who can write a USB driver that defeats this within the fewest lines of code?
Seth
George W. Bush, used an iMac when he was governor. Don't know too much about Cheney, but I'd bet he's got several CRAY systems somewhere in his personal bunker.
Seth
Is this a problem with the driver, sync app, or OS? Honestly, I would wonder why my OS couldn't protect itself from something going on with USB.
Seth
Not arguing at all with anything you have presented.
The problem really is that automobiles have supported a civic development model that requires lots of energy for transportation. If automobiles had never been invented, the hassle that horses are would have inspired a different type of development that featured more people walking and clumping of population around train stations.
So, yeah, it's unrealistic to replace cars with horses NOW that we've strewn our houses and jobs all over the landscape.
Seth
Everything Lurker says about those people is spot on. He's missing any commentary on Akroyd who is DESPERATE for money. So much so that he played the Dad in Britney Spears' movie, Crossroads. Murray resisted because he didn't want to let Akroyd rape the legacy of Ghostbusters like he did with Blues Brothers (2000).
Harold Ramis is the most successful of all, and I can only imagine the reason he would particpate is out of charity to Dan Akroyd.
Seth
The problem with the NSA is that it IS part of the intelligence structure. If you insert them as a defensive player, more often than not, they will take absolutely NO action in order to protect their spying capabilities.
At present, nobody knows exactly what the reach is of the NSA. Nobody knows what they can and can't hear. If you task them with defending assets, each probe or attack reveals new information about what the NSA has at their disposal, depending on what the response is. I really don't think the NSA is willing to compromise the secrecy of its capabilities in order to thwart hackers.
Seth
They said the mining vessel had technology beyond anything they had ever seen. Even within the same time frame, Romulus had advanced technologies not posessed by some members of the Federation (cloaking comes to mind). This mining ship came equipped with technology over a hundred years more advanced than that of Vulcan and Earth. Also, I'm no Trek expert, but I can't recall ever seeing a Vulcan warship of any kind. Could be they're the culture of neutrality.
Captain Pine was waterboarded into giving some kind of codes away to Nero.
I'm no physics expert, but I don't believe that the gravity of a planet would be increased by it turning into a black hole. I think the black hole would have the same gravitational pull as the body that formed it. From Wikipedia:
"The radius of a black hole of mass equal to that of the Sun is about 3 km. At distances much larger than this, the black hole has the exact same total gravitational attraction as any other body of the same mass, just like the sun. So if the sun were replaced by a black hole of the same mass, the orbits of the planets would remain unchanged."
I'll have to watch the movie again to evaluate those other issues. Didn't seem unrealistic in the first viewing, though
Seth
uhhhh... that other planet is covered in ice. Not the most hospitable environment for supporting off-world population. Can't cultivate crops. Probably all have to live underground. Heck. How do you know they didn't have several million people living underground on that planet? You're also ignoring the Vulcan obsession with logic that would help them in limiting their population to manageable levels.
The science fiction is good in the new Star Trek movie. Probably the most accurate of ANY Star Trek movie.
As for the experience of the crew, what do you expect of an organization that is experiencing rapid growth in the face of multiple threats? Do you think everyone on a US aircraft carrier is a Colonel and above? Check the history books for the average age of Japanese fighter pilots during WW2.
Seth
Have PHP run a command-line SED or AWK script. Without more details of how your 88mb file is structured, I can't predict how effective this suggestion is.
Seth
Unless the mother is an unbalanced person seeking fame and fortune through the spectacle of reality television.
Seth
How about the people that have composed historically significant geocities content but the people themselves are dead? That's the deal with history. The important content can't be maintained by its creators for the long term.
Seth
I agree that for general use, a cheap hitachi 1gb hard drive makes more fiscal sense. There are other scenarios that make the optical disc attractive at its nearby price point. For installations that are susceptible to flooding or other water issues, an optical disc is much easier to retrieve data from after being dunked in water for a few days. It's doable on a hard drive, but not convenient or cheap. Also, anywhere weight is a consideration (space travel), one optical disc writer / reader and several optical discs will have a better data / weight ratio than several hard drives. In that scenario, the flash media option might work out better, though.
None of these exotic demands, however, will see this technology become a successful standard.
Seth
Oh, and importantly, they hype that they don't have capped usage.
Seth
Honestly, check out Grande Communications. It's a local (Texas-based) ISP that is available throughout a lot of Austin and they provide superior service to TWC. They have second-tier support that will do on-site repairs over the weekend. You'll NEVER get someone from TWC out over the weekend. First or second tier.
Grande is currently offering 300 digital cable channels, 8mb internet, and a hard-wired land line for $94 per month.
Seth
Don't pin your hopes on this one being worthwhile. It's directed by McG, who is best known as the visionless tool who does producers' bidding to churn out crap like Charlies Angels. Other than music videos, Charlies Angles has been his biggest gig. This isn't the kind of movie where a creative genius presents a bunch of images and concepts that expands our imaginations. This movie is the product of a bunch of meetings among studio executives who asked each other, "What would the audience like to see?" Their answers to that question is derived from other films. From the trailers, it looks like a lot of what will be in this movie is Transformers imitation.
Seth
Orrrr.. How about the possibility of disgruntled NSA operatives removing their warrantless wiretapping devices in a lazy and inconsiderate manner?
Seth
Online distro favors devs / publishers for several reasons:
The last is the huge one. Adobe and Microsoft have tried all kinds of tactics to supress consumers' ability to re-sell software. The game companies no doubt hate seeing used game transactions taking place without them getting a cut. With online distro, the re-sell market is crippled.
Seth
I once hit up a friend of mine for a job who worked at Shadowbane's developer, Wolfpack Studios. I was hoping to work on the back end database. Turned out they didn't have a formal rdbms behind the game. All player data, etc. was stored in flat files. I offered to help migrate them to a more reliable, higher performance database architecture, but they weren't interested. I think the lifecycle of the product had moved beyond architecture development and they only had the budget for ongoing maintenance (circa 2003).
Seth
Tommy: Hey, I'll tell you what. You can get a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it?
Mr. Brady, Customer: [confused] What? I'm failing to make the connection here.
Tommy: No, I mean is, you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher's ass... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull.
Richard: [embarrassed] Wow.
Later in the movie:
[saying it correctly]
Tommy: I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it.
Seth
From the Amazon.com 'editorial review':
The spectrum of topics covered includes how to:
* Hook kernel structures on multi-processor systems
* Use a kernel debugger to reverse engineer operating system internals
* Inject call gates to create a back door into Ring-0
* Use detour patches to sidestep group policy
* Modify privilege levels on Windows Vista by altering kernel objects
* Utilize bootkit technology
* Defeat both live incident response and post-mortem forensic analysis [emphasis mine]
* Implement code armoring to protect your deliverables
* Establish covert network channels using the WSK and NDIS 6.0
Those 'editorial reviews' are generally furnished to Amazon by the publisher. Here, the publisher has chosen to (in your words) characterize this book as a 'how to guide' for all the above methods of circumventing weak security. Given the opportunity to describe the book however they may, the publisher did not say, "Here's a book that will help strengthen your security policies."
I'm not saying this book shouldn't exist. I'm saying the guy who wrote it comes off as a scumbag and Slashdot is helping promote his scumbag product. While full disclosure is a great rationale for pressuring corporations into bugfixing, it also becomes a license to harm innocent people. The author of this book seeks to fatten his wallet by propagating information to people interested in causing problems. That's why I think it's sleazy for Slashdot to promote sales of this book.
Seth
Not sure, but for some reason the Knoppix stuff couldn't deal with SATA chipsets. That might be why they haven't released anything in a while. But that INSERT disc used to be my fave, too.
Seth
From the book review above: "It's really about the rootkit that the reader will construct, such that the focus is on the nature of the tactics rather than a proof-of-concept rootkit."
This isn't about security. It's not written from the perspective of, "Attackers will use these techniques, you need to defend in this manner." This is a "Here is how you do some lame shit" guide. I'm not advocating security through obscurity. I'm saying, the guy who wrote this book is trying to make money by equipping retards with information to fuck up people's computers. I would have hoped Slashdot would promote books intended to help protect people's computers.
Seth
I really would prefer that Slashdot not help promote a book that is intended to help educate would-be malware coders. While I realize the information would still be out there without this review, Slashdot is undoubtedly contributing sales to the author by raising the profile of this book.
Seth
Whoah... No need to jump this over to a debate on lethal force against teenagers. I mentioned the teenage angle to draw a faint parallel to the issue of software / music piracy. Not because I don't think those pirates should have been shot in that situation. I do think lethal force was justified against those perpetrators. And we should continue to shoot hostage takers when given the opportunity.
The article I linked to wasn't the best for making the parallel, however, because it does focus on the age issue. In the case of this captured pirate, as a taxpayer, I would hope we'd hand him over to Kenya for trial & punishment. If we lock him up for life in an American federal prison where it's going to cost something like $45k per year, I'm not sure how much we're going to accomplish at that cost. Defense Secretary Robert Gates realizes the expense to deal with this issue by capturing, shooting, or imprisoning the pirates will be immense. That's why he's advocating for propping up Somalia's infrastructure in some way so teenagers will be less inclined to become hostile pirates.
Seth