The part that is inaccurate is " fight against illegal gaming sites".
There is nothing "illegal" with these sites. They simply do not pay their Pizzo to the government of Québec, and it frustrates them, so they instigate fear in players so they think they're doing something illegal by playing on these sites. These sites have a license to operate, that can be from Curaçao, Cyprus, Panama or even Kahnawake (located in the province of... QUEBEC!), and they are not considered illegal, even by the laws of Canada.
The Canadian law basically says that "It is forbidden to run a Casino (or other games of chance business) on Canadian soil, except if you hold a license to do so". This licensing power is delegated to provinces, and the Government of Québec is using this power for itself. It is not, in any way, considered illegal to PLAY in a casino for a Canadian. This means that Canadians have the right to play in any casino they want. You just cannot run one from INSIDE the country.
Moreover, the telecommunications are regulated by the CRTC in Canada (a federal organism). Their first rule for the Internet is NET NEUTRALITY. This bill would clearly violate that rule.
No sense of humor here? I am looking for that day every year! That's a classic since I am a member (circa 2004) and probably before my time, and I love it. If you don't, well just come back tomorrow.
BTW, even the most serious news outlet will have their April's fool story today.
You seriously have absolutely no idea how trademarks work?
Absolutely none. IANAL and am not interested by this trademarks/patents/industrial design crap. I just don't care. But I think it's disgusting that someone claims property on a phrase commonly used everywhere, from TV shows to tech presentations. Or even worse on a single word. Damn, isn't an English dictionary some form of "prior art"?!?
Anyone trying to use this extremely common words combination will have to pay royalties? This is way past ridiculous. It's just like microsoft trying to trademark the word "Windows"...
You can call me a troll as much as you want, it is just my opinion. I don't say it's better to send pot smokers in prison, it's just that pot smoking is very very often an introduction to other, more harmful drugs. My brother commited suicide because, among other things, of drug abuse. He started smoking pot when he was 12, got introduced to LSD, mescaline and other craps, and ended hanged with an electric extension cord... I don't say pot causes everyone to commit suicide, I just say it's one more thing that makes people go in a possibly very, very wrong way.
That being said, that's totally off-topic.
I think people say they don't like Snowden only because if they say they like him, they fear to end up in a dark prison after being picked up by a group of black Chevy Suburbans...
You make it sound like it's a good thing. I hate that stuff, and I personnaly don't think that legalizing a substance that distorts reality, that can make you a veggie and slowly destroys your ability to have fun without it is just a way to make a whole generation less intelligent than the one before.
Yeah, cause everyone knows a broom closet is the most secure place for such an important task as printing the logs of a multimillion dollar lottery... Broom closet is the best, if you require less, there's also under the receptionist's desk, and the middle solution would be in the boss's office. Secure datacenters are only seen in movies, like "Sex Tape".
Now, they're coming with vehicules to investigate it, so they're gonna make even more pollution in the area. And then, this guy takes his cigarette, cracks his match and BBBOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
And don't forget that they're also among the most corrupted. And remember, when you're a Quebecer and want to participate in a contest, you're excluded, just like Iranians and North Koreans. Banana Republic of Quebec.
I thought there was really something we didn't know about, cause hacking something is like doing something cool by twisting the rules in ways most people wouldn't think about. In his case, he lost 30lbs doing nothing more than what a nutritionist and a gym coach told him to do. I personnaly lost 100lbs over 5 years doing all that by myself, cutting the crap and exercising more. I didn't "hack" anything, I went by the rules: less calories input, more calories output.
Hacking would have been like: I changed nothing to my habits but took (whatever pill/electrode/juice/miracle crap) and BAM, I lost 30 pounds in a month. These things don't work, and reading the title and summary, it's like the guy found some crap that actually works at losing weight without efforts with no side effects.
Well, maybe you're right and Cisco want to put a false feeling of "anonymity" to compromise more high profile targets with their preinstalled backdoors. Or maybe it's just a way for Cisco to make more money on the back of its customers. In any way, their method cannot guarantee anything, since the shipment is just the last step of an order, and the order can be compromised at so many earlier steps.
I think "safe browsing" depends on your paranoia level. You can always be more paranoid, but until I see this BIOS flashing attack grow to a large scale, browsing to serious, public, common websites seems to be still pretty safe. If you think you can be targeted by GCHQ/NSA-esque organisations, then you can increase your paranoia level.
Well then, let's just make your system secure enough so you can't be compromised in the first place: Firewall, up to date base OS, antivirus, antimalware, and do your crappy things in a sandbox (VM). Use your base OS for safe web browsing, documents editing, email. Use your VM for TOR, torrents and all other unsafe things.
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The part that is inaccurate is " fight against illegal gaming sites".
There is nothing "illegal" with these sites. They simply do not pay their Pizzo to the government of Québec, and it frustrates them, so they instigate fear in players so they think they're doing something illegal by playing on these sites. These sites have a license to operate, that can be from Curaçao, Cyprus, Panama or even Kahnawake (located in the province of... QUEBEC!), and they are not considered illegal, even by the laws of Canada.
The Canadian law basically says that "It is forbidden to run a Casino (or other games of chance business) on Canadian soil, except if you hold a license to do so". This licensing power is delegated to provinces, and the Government of Québec is using this power for itself. It is not, in any way, considered illegal to PLAY in a casino for a Canadian. This means that Canadians have the right to play in any casino they want. You just cannot run one from INSIDE the country.
Moreover, the telecommunications are regulated by the CRTC in Canada (a federal organism). Their first rule for the Internet is NET NEUTRALITY. This bill would clearly violate that rule.
No sense of humor here? I am looking for that day every year! That's a classic since I am a member (circa 2004) and probably before my time, and I love it. If you don't, well just come back tomorrow. BTW, even the most serious news outlet will have their April's fool story today.
You seriously have absolutely no idea how trademarks work?
Absolutely none. IANAL and am not interested by this trademarks/patents/industrial design crap. I just don't care. But I think it's disgusting that someone claims property on a phrase commonly used everywhere, from TV shows to tech presentations. Or even worse on a single word. Damn, isn't an English dictionary some form of "prior art"?!?
Anyone trying to use this extremely common words combination will have to pay royalties? This is way past ridiculous. It's just like microsoft trying to trademark the word "Windows"...
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I mean, Carl...
My Lightbright was Turing's universal machine. That's even more native than you sir.
ACs become criminals. /., prepare your IP logs...
You can call me a troll as much as you want, it is just my opinion. I don't say it's better to send pot smokers in prison, it's just that pot smoking is very very often an introduction to other, more harmful drugs. My brother commited suicide because, among other things, of drug abuse. He started smoking pot when he was 12, got introduced to LSD, mescaline and other craps, and ended hanged with an electric extension cord... I don't say pot causes everyone to commit suicide, I just say it's one more thing that makes people go in a possibly very, very wrong way.
That being said, that's totally off-topic.
I think people say they don't like Snowden only because if they say they like him, they fear to end up in a dark prison after being picked up by a group of black Chevy Suburbans...
[...]pot decriminalized[...]
You make it sound like it's a good thing. I hate that stuff, and I personnaly don't think that legalizing a substance that distorts reality, that can make you a veggie and slowly destroys your ability to have fun without it is just a way to make a whole generation less intelligent than the one before.
And for those caring for a fucking article, here is one on the subject.
Well, since no one RTFA, there are no more FA posted on /.
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Twice in 2 days. Good job
Its a brand new concept called "crowd-piloting". The plane goes wherever its passengers feel to go. Very nice!
Well, after reading TFA, I can say nothing that's not in the summary...
Yeah, cause everyone knows a broom closet is the most secure place for such an important task as printing the logs of a multimillion dollar lottery... Broom closet is the best, if you require less, there's also under the receptionist's desk, and the middle solution would be in the boss's office. Secure datacenters are only seen in movies, like "Sex Tape".
Now, they're coming with vehicules to investigate it, so they're gonna make even more pollution in the area. And then, this guy takes his cigarette, cracks his match and BBBOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!
No more methane to investigate.
If you want funnier stuff, find/compose/post funny stories. Try to make /. funny instead of crying at poor April's fool posts.
And don't forget that they're also among the most corrupted. And remember, when you're a Quebecer and want to participate in a contest, you're excluded, just like Iranians and North Koreans. Banana Republic of Quebec.
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Well, at least, changing the bacterial flora to make him crave for healthy foods would have been a hack. What the guy did is not a hack in any way.
I thought there was really something we didn't know about, cause hacking something is like doing something cool by twisting the rules in ways most people wouldn't think about. In his case, he lost 30lbs doing nothing more than what a nutritionist and a gym coach told him to do. I personnaly lost 100lbs over 5 years doing all that by myself, cutting the crap and exercising more. I didn't "hack" anything, I went by the rules: less calories input, more calories output.
Hacking would have been like: I changed nothing to my habits but took (whatever pill/electrode/juice/miracle crap) and BAM, I lost 30 pounds in a month. These things don't work, and reading the title and summary, it's like the guy found some crap that actually works at losing weight without efforts with no side effects.
Well, maybe you're right and Cisco want to put a false feeling of "anonymity" to compromise more high profile targets with their preinstalled backdoors. Or maybe it's just a way for Cisco to make more money on the back of its customers. In any way, their method cannot guarantee anything, since the shipment is just the last step of an order, and the order can be compromised at so many earlier steps.
If you RTFA, you would notice that "boxen" is used in the original article. Also, "boxen" can be used as the plural for "box", but it is uncommon.
If I check their annual revenue report ($47BN between July 2013 and July 2014), well, some people buy Cisco gear...
I think "safe browsing" depends on your paranoia level. You can always be more paranoid, but until I see this BIOS flashing attack grow to a large scale, browsing to serious, public, common websites seems to be still pretty safe. If you think you can be targeted by GCHQ/NSA-esque organisations, then you can increase your paranoia level.
Well then, let's just make your system secure enough so you can't be compromised in the first place: Firewall, up to date base OS, antivirus, antimalware, and do your crappy things in a sandbox (VM). Use your base OS for safe web browsing, documents editing, email. Use your VM for TOR, torrents and all other unsafe things.