It seems to me that every time it looks like somebody has the RIAA staring down the barrel of a metaphorical shotgun, they somehow manage to find a friendly judge, or some implausible artifact of the legal system gets in the way.
I truly hope that this time justice prevails, and the RIAA loses its main means of intimidating guilty pleas out of the poor and vulnerable.
Sounds like it's time for a little spoofing. One account for access to the app store, another to give the Apple security thugs some red meat to chew on. Time to teach Mr. Jobs some manners.
Although you mentioned one specific method for making a drone owner's life miserable, I believe you also caught the sense of what I was trying to convey. My personal first choice would be misdirection and spoofing, but I have to admit there's something very appealing about a hundred buck SAM taking out a hundred grand Nosey Parker.
Maybe if I illustrate the point with a historical example some of these literal-minded idiots will finally catch on: During the military action against Serbia, the US got hammered on the international stage for taking out hospitals, schools and the Chinese Embassy from the air. It was found out afterward that some nasty-minded Serbs had snuck up onto the roofs of various "Places You Shouldn't Bomb" and set up unshielded microwave oven emitters. US pilots thought they'd found SAM sites and obligingly took them out. Per-Target Cost to the scumbag: Ten bucks for an old microwave oven. Cost to the US: one or two multi-million dollar munitions and a world-wide reputation for carelessly blowing up women, children and foreign diplomats.
Any time a government deploys devices like those discussed, innocent people are going to get hurt. The specific form of response isn't important. It might be social engineering, it might be a cute little SAM, it might be some kind of low-grade armour that increases your odds without weighing you down. Whatever the outcome, you can rest assured it will be asymmetric warfare at its sneaky best. And the jerks who actually spent money on those drones will wind up looking like the prats they truly are.
I guess the notion that this demonstrates pretty clearly the scientists have a sense of humour zinged over your head like a fast-flying, um, what's the word...beetle.
Anything sub-lethal will be childishly easy to defeat, once it's been seen in action a few times. And no doubt the methods used will quickly be adapted by terrorists for Third World use on the more dangerous versions of the drones.
I sat here for barely a minute and came up with three ways to mislead and confuse the drones that would almost certainly have a high degree of success. And I'm no expert.
One hint: how will the cops look when they taser a minor who happens to be dressed like the alleged criminal, and how difficult would it be to engineer such a substitution?
The anticipated increase in demand for lobbyists has led to a sharp rise in the NYSE, apparently in response to higher stock prices in the weasel breeding industry. Revised tipping fees at local dumps are also expected to change as the unfilled demand for lobbyists increases "landfill mining" to recover used sanitary products.
Observers say both source streams should be on-line and supplying lobbyists within the year.
Pure, unadulterated horse shit! I've been as hard on Communist China as anybody...and I haven't been shy about expressing my contempt for the US when it deserved it, either. And, yes, that includes on the record under my real name (which is weird enough that I'm instantly findable).
I'm not alone, either. China has had lots of bad press. The main problems with China have come up because corporate America would murder their mothers to get access to the rising Chinese middle class, and they'd rather guarantee slave-labour jobs in China than decently-paid jobs in the free world. And, of course, there's no shortage of consumers all over North America who buy Chinese (especially at WalMart) to save a few bucks, even though buying American (or Canadian, or European) would keep their neighbors working and be much better for the long-term stability of the free world.
Germany sensibly determined that Scientology is a cult and outlawed it, while the US has raised it to the status of religion and given it tax-exempt status. The Germans also happen to believe that children deserve a basic education that reaches certain objective standards. Nothing prevents parents from adding to that education.
You're completely missing the point. Stories like the one you describe are precisely the ones that a huge percentage of the population will simply ignore. You see it...even look for others like it...but you're outnumbered a thousand to one by people who consciously choose to pretend it never happened.
The job of a real news organization is to present newsworthy stories whether you want to see them or not.
Energy-dense storage media have been the missing link in a lot of relatively clean energy generation schemes. For example, both solar and wind power are challenged by the need to store power for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.
While taking the bus to work, I endured about 10 minutes of non-stop, high-volume chatter about matters far too intimate for public exhibition. I finally reached my limit...couldn't concentrate to read, had forgotten my headphones, couldn't ignore the conversation (which was carried on at a near-shout). The offender was clearly a Jerry Springer fugitive, and if she wasn't a star of that People of WalMart site, her attire was such that it's only a matter of time. The faces of the other transit riders made it obvious I wasn't the only one offended by a conversation that included the woman's current sex life, how she enjoyed suckering her sister into babysitting so she could go clubbing, and some lovely racial stereotyping about her child's absentee father.
I pulled out my cell phone and began to carry on a fake conversation about the woman. I'll admit that I was pretty far over the top, but I was also seriously pissed. The other riders caught on pretty fast and started laughing. For at least a couple of minutes the woman was oblivious. Gradually, though, it sunk in...I think it was when I mentioned how lucky she was that the bus came along before that Inuit with a harpoon caught up with her.
She wound up cursing at me, but that was fine. A lot of people were laughing at her, which was exactly what I had in mind. She got off the bus pretty quickly after that. I don't know if it was her stop; I hope not.
I wouldn't recommend this course of action except under ideal circumstances, but I don't regret it.
I guess I wasn't sufficiently clear. Weeks or months will pass without any of these phishing attempts landing in my in box/spam box. Then I make a PayPal purchase. Starting within about an hour and continuing for the next week or two weeks, the e-mails start. This has happened seven or eight times now over a two year period.
Every time I buy something with PayPal, I wind up getting inundated with fake "update your account" requests and various other kinds of PP-related spam. This is on a system scrubbed by various effective anti-spyware and anti-virus programs and, sometimes, even an on-line scan. The only logical conclusion is that PayPal is at the bottom of the problem.
I thought for a second we might finally have a really good way to model the complex, ever-deepening relationship that's grown up between North American politicians and their corporate masters. Then I realized there's some things even a slime mold won't do.
You should re-read what I wrote. I expressed no particular confidence in this administration, either.
I just happen to believe that the current composition of the government and the FCC offer the best chance you're likely to get for real net neutrality laws. If this opportunity slips away, we're all screwed. I certainly don't disagree with your statement that both parties in the US are complete and utter corporate whores. And, so you don't assume I'm one of those snide, superior Canadians, I don't think our country's major parties are all that different.
This is a troll? Bullshit! It's an accurate, objective evaluation of the situation. Looks like there's a moderator running loose who doesn't know how the job's done. Anybody want to bet he's American and comes from a particular part of the political spectrum?
It's seriously important to get a net neutrality arrangement worked out in the US and carved in stone before the neo-conservative elements get back in control. It's a sad fact that the conservative side of politics there has been taken over by a bunch of religious fanatics and fascists who want nothing to do with such traditional conservative values as freedom from the intrusion of government into one's private life. Net neutrality was headed for the scrap heap under the previous administration, and it's far from assured under this one.
It's also an unfortunate fact that the US still has enough financial clout to enforce its rules on other countries. The up-side of this situation is that if the US enacts strong net neutrality legislation, most European countries will happily fall in line, and the ones like England and Italy, which are flirting with harsh internet laws, will have to go along. Even China will have an increasingly-difficult time keeping its "Green Wall" intact.
The last guy with a plan to build a super-cannon (a Canadian named Bull) did some work for Saddam Hussein. The Israelis didn't like that much, so they murdered him.
The placebo effect is mitigated by information. The only way to "treat" the hypochondriacs was to tell them after the fact that their symptoms had been caused by a completely inert tower.
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We all know the god addicts will be drooling and whipping themselves bloody in an attempt to shut down this line of research.
It seems to me that every time it looks like somebody has the RIAA staring down the barrel of a metaphorical shotgun, they somehow manage to find a friendly judge, or some implausible artifact of the legal system gets in the way.
I truly hope that this time justice prevails, and the RIAA loses its main means of intimidating guilty pleas out of the poor and vulnerable.
When offering up "private" information, behave like your average corporate CEO and lie like a carpet.
Sounds like it's time for a little spoofing. One account for access to the app store, another to give the Apple security thugs some red meat to chew on. Time to teach Mr. Jobs some manners.
Although you mentioned one specific method for making a drone owner's life miserable, I believe you also caught the sense of what I was trying to convey. My personal first choice would be misdirection and spoofing, but I have to admit there's something very appealing about a hundred buck SAM taking out a hundred grand Nosey Parker.
Maybe if I illustrate the point with a historical example some of these literal-minded idiots will finally catch on: During the military action against Serbia, the US got hammered on the international stage for taking out hospitals, schools and the Chinese Embassy from the air. It was found out afterward that some nasty-minded Serbs had snuck up onto the roofs of various "Places You Shouldn't Bomb" and set up unshielded microwave oven emitters. US pilots thought they'd found SAM sites and obligingly took them out. Per-Target Cost to the scumbag: Ten bucks for an old microwave oven. Cost to the US: one or two multi-million dollar munitions and a world-wide reputation for carelessly blowing up women, children and foreign diplomats.
Any time a government deploys devices like those discussed, innocent people are going to get hurt. The specific form of response isn't important. It might be social engineering, it might be a cute little SAM, it might be some kind of low-grade armour that increases your odds without weighing you down. Whatever the outcome, you can rest assured it will be asymmetric warfare at its sneaky best. And the jerks who actually spent money on those drones will wind up looking like the prats they truly are.
I just bought an infrared motion sensor/burglar alarm for $25. The sensor itself is tiny and has trivially small power requirements.
I guess the notion that this demonstrates pretty clearly the scientists have a sense of humour zinged over your head like a fast-flying, um, what's the word...beetle.
Anything sub-lethal will be childishly easy to defeat, once it's been seen in action a few times. And no doubt the methods used will quickly be adapted by terrorists for Third World use on the more dangerous versions of the drones.
I sat here for barely a minute and came up with three ways to mislead and confuse the drones that would almost certainly have a high degree of success. And I'm no expert.
One hint: how will the cops look when they taser a minor who happens to be dressed like the alleged criminal, and how difficult would it be to engineer such a substitution?
The anticipated increase in demand for lobbyists has led to a sharp rise in the NYSE, apparently in response to higher stock prices in the weasel breeding industry. Revised tipping fees at local dumps are also expected to change as the unfilled demand for lobbyists increases "landfill mining" to recover used sanitary products.
Observers say both source streams should be on-line and supplying lobbyists within the year.
Pure, unadulterated horse shit! I've been as hard on Communist China as anybody...and I haven't been shy about expressing my contempt for the US when it deserved it, either. And, yes, that includes on the record under my real name (which is weird enough that I'm instantly findable).
I'm not alone, either. China has had lots of bad press. The main problems with China have come up because corporate America would murder their mothers to get access to the rising Chinese middle class, and they'd rather guarantee slave-labour jobs in China than decently-paid jobs in the free world. And, of course, there's no shortage of consumers all over North America who buy Chinese (especially at WalMart) to save a few bucks, even though buying American (or Canadian, or European) would keep their neighbors working and be much better for the long-term stability of the free world.
Germany sensibly determined that Scientology is a cult and outlawed it, while the US has raised it to the status of religion and given it tax-exempt status. The Germans also happen to believe that children deserve a basic education that reaches certain objective standards. Nothing prevents parents from adding to that education.
Any further comment would be superfluous.
You're completely missing the point. Stories like the one you describe are precisely the ones that a huge percentage of the population will simply ignore. You see it...even look for others like it...but you're outnumbered a thousand to one by people who consciously choose to pretend it never happened.
The job of a real news organization is to present newsworthy stories whether you want to see them or not.
Energy-dense storage media have been the missing link in a lot of relatively clean energy generation schemes. For example, both solar and wind power are challenged by the need to store power for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.
Lucy? Is that you???
While taking the bus to work, I endured about 10 minutes of non-stop, high-volume chatter about matters far too intimate for public exhibition. I finally reached my limit...couldn't concentrate to read, had forgotten my headphones, couldn't ignore the conversation (which was carried on at a near-shout). The offender was clearly a Jerry Springer fugitive, and if she wasn't a star of that People of WalMart site, her attire was such that it's only a matter of time. The faces of the other transit riders made it obvious I wasn't the only one offended by a conversation that included the woman's current sex life, how she enjoyed suckering her sister into babysitting so she could go clubbing, and some lovely racial stereotyping about her child's absentee father.
I pulled out my cell phone and began to carry on a fake conversation about the woman. I'll admit that I was pretty far over the top, but I was also seriously pissed. The other riders caught on pretty fast and started laughing. For at least a couple of minutes the woman was oblivious. Gradually, though, it sunk in...I think it was when I mentioned how lucky she was that the bus came along before that Inuit with a harpoon caught up with her.
She wound up cursing at me, but that was fine. A lot of people were laughing at her, which was exactly what I had in mind. She got off the bus pretty quickly after that. I don't know if it was her stop; I hope not.
I wouldn't recommend this course of action except under ideal circumstances, but I don't regret it.
I guess I wasn't sufficiently clear. Weeks or months will pass without any of these phishing attempts landing in my in box/spam box. Then I make a PayPal purchase. Starting within about an hour and continuing for the next week or two weeks, the e-mails start. This has happened seven or eight times now over a two year period.
Clear enough?
Every time I buy something with PayPal, I wind up getting inundated with fake "update your account" requests and various other kinds of PP-related spam. This is on a system scrubbed by various effective anti-spyware and anti-virus programs and, sometimes, even an on-line scan. The only logical conclusion is that PayPal is at the bottom of the problem.
I thought for a second we might finally have a really good way to model the complex, ever-deepening relationship that's grown up between North American politicians and their corporate masters. Then I realized there's some things even a slime mold won't do.
If you want to see porn, you click on.....oh, never mind.
You should re-read what I wrote. I expressed no particular confidence in this administration, either.
I just happen to believe that the current composition of the government and the FCC offer the best chance you're likely to get for real net neutrality laws. If this opportunity slips away, we're all screwed. I certainly don't disagree with your statement that both parties in the US are complete and utter corporate whores. And, so you don't assume I'm one of those snide, superior Canadians, I don't think our country's major parties are all that different.
This is a troll? Bullshit! It's an accurate, objective evaluation of the situation. Looks like there's a moderator running loose who doesn't know how the job's done. Anybody want to bet he's American and comes from a particular part of the political spectrum?
It's seriously important to get a net neutrality arrangement worked out in the US and carved in stone before the neo-conservative elements get back in control. It's a sad fact that the conservative side of politics there has been taken over by a bunch of religious fanatics and fascists who want nothing to do with such traditional conservative values as freedom from the intrusion of government into one's private life. Net neutrality was headed for the scrap heap under the previous administration, and it's far from assured under this one.
It's also an unfortunate fact that the US still has enough financial clout to enforce its rules on other countries. The up-side of this situation is that if the US enacts strong net neutrality legislation, most European countries will happily fall in line, and the ones like England and Italy, which are flirting with harsh internet laws, will have to go along. Even China will have an increasingly-difficult time keeping its "Green Wall" intact.
Your post fu is mighty today.
The last guy with a plan to build a super-cannon (a Canadian named Bull) did some work for Saddam Hussein. The Israelis didn't like that much, so they murdered him.
The placebo effect is mitigated by information. The only way to "treat" the hypochondriacs was to tell them after the fact that their symptoms had been caused by a completely inert tower.