I found that interface to be almost sheer torture to look at. I can imagine what a child somewhere in the back woods of nowhere is going to think of it.
just imagine 20 years down the line when someone asks if they like linux and they are going to think back on that OLPC interface and state rather emphatically "I hated linux and that OLPC device I had".
talk about someone so in love with their own idea as to lose sight of the point of the project itself!
I've been poling around the source and distribution trees for opensuse lately and I have discovered one interesting point: there is GPL'ed software in the "nosrc" directories.
too bad he is under threat (so much so that the thesis paper he wrote on the "boarding pass" was removed from the site).
it is really starting to become more than just a nuisance when orfinary folks are subjected to the threat of imprisonment for "doing the right thing" or exercising an action "in the public trust"
I now begin to wonder when such things will result in either being jailed without trial, or worse: being made to disappear.
I hate to say this, but shouting his actions from the rooftops isn't really helping. all its doing is adding to his "15 minutes of fame".
there are real cyber-cops out here that do this job 24/7 and they don't advertise that fact (for fairly obvious reasons). it is to these folks who work tirelessly, without praise or award, that I raise my glass in a toast: "may you always keep us safe in our homes and hearts!"
one last point: real cyber-warriors DON'T USE TROJANS!
well, either its me or the police here in Arizona are the picture of polite. they don't mind the picture taking. in fact, I think they welcome it considering that all those extra "witnesses" might see something the cops missed.
now if we could just get some cams rolling on the serial shooter/rapist pair making their mark here in Phoenix....
I have a couple of questions here: 1. were the children informed of their rights
(not sure what rights they have in the UK)? 2. did the police obtain proper consent from either
the parents or their "lawyers"?
in this case, its sounds like the police definitely overreacted initially, then the system ran roughshod over these kids without thought to their well being.
it would have been simpler if the officer had simply asked the kids what they were up to WITHOUT causing any problems.
the original writer asked if banks were doing the same thing western union did. well the answer is: yes (AND NO!).
Here in Arizona, banks are not only attempting to cater to the local hispanic population, they are also offering to "send money to mexico for free!" (this was the latest Bank of America Advertisement posted on a sign outside a branch at the fry's food store in west phoenix).
so, here it is, banks and other financial institutions will block or delay payments to middle eastern folks, but give away the whole how to illegal aliens. I can't really figure that one out (It just doesn't add up!).
Not sure where they get the idea that a single movie is so popular with the "hacker culture". C'mon! Napoleon Dynamite??? perhaps a proper survey is in order here.....
meanwhile, Eureka Seven is about to start and I don't want to miss the episode (for those that don't know, Eureka Seven is ANIME).
seems to me like this is right out of Darwin's Law.
In essense, prey evolves defenses to reduce predation. thus predators must evolve to overcome the defenses of the prey. same thing here.
with the hardware manufacturers (and their coders): they've done the "get it working" and the "make it fast" steps. Now they have to do the "get it right" step.
I beg to differ. at least with *NIX, you have ACL's and some of "features" that windows does not. also when was the last time you ever heard of a *NIX system taking down a significant chunk of a shipwide lan and shutting down the propulsion systems such that a tow was required (this actually happened with windows NT).
with a properly programmed *NIX system, such values would have been kicked back with "invalid entry, try again!".
I certainly wish you the best of luck with it. given the design of the windows core (kernel*) I am not sure this can be implemented without a significant redesign.:(
Linux is pretty good at this, as is the NSA offering (called SELinux). OpenBSD is far superior in this aspect.
there is one additional problems: M$ might decide to "co-opt" your work on you if they like what it does. best to be cautious with a shark like that.
heheh, yeah, it figures both CIA and NSA would be able to shoot that down (they would have MOUNTAINS of evidence pointing to security flaws in M$ Windows thus making it "unsuitable for use in a secure environment").
I am rather surprised this was allowed to happen in the NNSA and the NRC.
ah well, thats what happens when you get a $100 Billion dollar company throwing around gobs of cash to have things their way.
well, considering that a large part of the government went to windows 10 years ago (I know, I had family working in government at the time and they all thought it was a BAD IDEA because of security risks) it would not surprise me in the least that this is precisely how it was done.
I hate to say this, but government should have stayed with UNIX (SVR4) or converted to BSD (OpenBSD is my favorite for security stuff).
Still, I think it was a matter of someone paying a talented skript-kiddie to do this job. IMHO, no self-respecting hacker would want the trouble that breaking into a government system would attract.
p. please mod this "informative" as that is pretty much what it is. thnx.
I know the feeling rather well. I happen to be blind and I wear artificial scleral shells (my eyes don't look all that good). thats as close to an implant as I have gotten. still, I wouldn't mind having an extra sense to replace one that I have lost.
The only real problem I see with BME's, more research is needed..
man, I'd really like to be able to "feel' such things as E-M fields and the like. in a way, this could be, in some ways, better than those who can use their eyes to see.
how this for an idea.
take these same implants and use them along with glove like devices that can tale light and sound and convert them to e-m pulses in such a way as to make a will "feel-able" as a distance. you would almost be able to "see" the world in much the same way as anyone else.
I'd be willing to try this, being blind for close to 15 years.
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a small question: how can we be sure those e-mails are legitimate?
there were no headers and no real way to tell who said e-mails were really from.
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is....
I found that interface to be almost sheer torture to look at. I can imagine what a child somewhere in the back woods of nowhere is going to think of it.
just imagine 20 years down the line when someone asks if they like linux and they are going to think back on that OLPC interface and state rather emphatically "I hated linux and that OLPC device I had".
talk about someone so in love with their own idea as to lose sight of the point of the project itself!
I've been poling around the source and distribution trees for opensuse lately and I have discovered one interesting point: there is GPL'ed software in the "nosrc" directories.
doesn't this violate section 7 on its face?
that is starting to look like one of the many ministries
(as written about in the classic George Orwell book "1984").
the ministry in question: the Ministry of Truth (which actually
dealt with misinformation or propaganda). interesting, no?
too bad he is under threat (so much so that the thesis paper he wrote
on the "boarding pass" was removed from the site).
it is really starting to become more than just a nuisance when
orfinary folks are subjected to the threat of imprisonment for
"doing the right thing" or exercising an action "in the public trust"
I now begin to wonder when such things will result in either being
jailed without trial, or worse: being made to disappear.
far be it for me to mention this, but....
what is to prevent someone from leaking the software
(or the source code therein) for whatever reason?
given what human nature is, it only stands to reason
that those who do not have will seek any means necessary
to acquire that which they do not have.
I see this program in the hands of those who have no business
having it within hours of its launch.
wow....
:(
I huess that means one cannoy escape discrimination,
even on the net.
I hope the ISP in question roasted the balls of that worker.
seems like I've heard this rumor before.
its usually an april fools joke.
any valid sources to verify this story?
just curious.
I hate to say this, but shouting his actions
from the rooftops isn't really helping. all its doing
is adding to his "15 minutes of fame".
there are real cyber-cops out here that do this
job 24/7 and they don't advertise that fact (for fairly
obvious reasons). it is to these folks who work tirelessly,
without praise or award, that I raise my glass in a toast:
"may you always keep us safe in our homes and hearts!"
one last point: real cyber-warriors DON'T USE TROJANS!
well, either its me or the police here in Arizona are the picture of polite.
they don't mind the picture taking. in fact, I think they welcome it considering
that all those extra "witnesses" might see something the cops missed.
now if we could just get some cams rolling on the serial shooter/rapist
pair making their mark here in Phoenix....
I have a couple of questions here:
1. were the children informed of their rights
(not sure what rights they have in the UK)?
2. did the police obtain proper consent from either
the parents or their "lawyers"?
in this case, its sounds like the police definitely
overreacted initially, then the system ran roughshod
over these kids without thought to their well being.
it would have been simpler if the officer had simply
asked the kids what they were up to WITHOUT causing
any problems.
the original writer asked if banks were doing the same thing western union did.
well the answer is: yes (AND NO!).
Here in Arizona, banks are not only attempting to cater to the local hispanic
population, they are also offering to "send money to mexico for free!"
(this was the latest Bank of America Advertisement posted on a sign outside
a branch at the fry's food store in west phoenix).
so, here it is, banks and other financial institutions will block or delay
payments to middle eastern folks, but give away the whole how to illegal aliens.
I can't really figure that one out (It just doesn't add up!).
well, all those qualities just made him a better "social engineer" is all.
When it comes right down to it, he was still a con man.
"If Russian Courts can't close a russian website how does the BPI expect a British court to manage any better ?"
an interesting point. they do, however, have interpol and scottland yard....
Not sure where they get the idea that a single movie
is so popular with the "hacker culture". C'mon! Napoleon Dynamite???
perhaps a proper survey is in order here.....
meanwhile, Eureka Seven is about to start and I don't want
to miss the episode (for those that don't know, Eureka Seven
is ANIME).
I am more that familiar with ircd and security
(having run a server network for better than 5 years).
Rule #1, the admin password is NEVER stored in nickserv.
anyone who does this deserves whatever it is they get!
its better to mod the conf file and do a command rehash
from the cli.
seems to me like this is right out of Darwin's Law.
In essense, prey evolves defenses to reduce predation.
thus predators must evolve to overcome the defenses
of the prey. same thing here.
with the hardware manufacturers (and their coders):
they've done the "get it working" and the "make it fast" steps.
Now they have to do the "get it right" step.
I beg to differ.
at least with *NIX, you have ACL's and some of "features"
that windows does not. also when was the last time you ever
heard of a *NIX system taking down a significant chunk of
a shipwide lan and shutting down the propulsion systems
such that a tow was required (this actually happened with
windows NT).
with a properly programmed *NIX system, such values would
have been kicked back with "invalid entry, try again!".
uh gee. I think linux, BSD, solaris and others
had HPC capability years ago.
it took Microsoft long enough, huh?
I certainly wish you the best of luck with it. :(
given the design of the windows core (kernel*) I am not
sure this can be implemented without a significant redesign.
Linux is pretty good at this, as is the NSA offering
(called SELinux). OpenBSD is far superior in this aspect.
there is one additional problems: M$ might decide to
"co-opt" your work on you if they like what it does. best
to be cautious with a shark like that.
I can tell you, the private sector has a lot more
inertia in it than does the military. There is also
a lot more politics involved.
first rule of thumb in the private sector:
"always watch your back. you never know when
someone will use it as a target of opportunity."
heheh,
yeah, it figures both CIA and NSA would be able to shoot that down
(they would have MOUNTAINS of evidence pointing to security flaws
in M$ Windows thus making it "unsuitable for use in a secure environment").
I am rather surprised this was allowed to happen in the NNSA and the NRC.
ah well, thats what happens when you get a $100 Billion dollar company
throwing around gobs of cash to have things their way.
well,
considering that a large part of the government
went to windows 10 years ago (I know, I had family
working in government at the time and they all thought
it was a BAD IDEA because of security risks) it would
not surprise me in the least that this is precisely
how it was done.
I hate to say this, but government should have stayed with
UNIX (SVR4) or converted to BSD (OpenBSD is my favorite
for security stuff).
Still, I think it was a matter of someone paying a
talented skript-kiddie to do this job. IMHO, no
self-respecting hacker would want the trouble that
breaking into a government system would attract.
p. please mod this "informative" as that is pretty much what it is. thnx.
I know the feeling rather well.
I happen to be blind and I wear artificial scleral shells
(my eyes don't look all that good). thats as close to an
implant as I have gotten. still, I wouldn't mind having
an extra sense to replace one that I have lost.
The only real problem I see with BME's, more research
is needed..
man,
I'd really like to be able to "feel' such things as
E-M fields and the like. in a way, this could be, in some ways,
better than those who can use their eyes to see.
how this for an idea.
take these same implants and use them along with glove like
devices that can tale light and sound and convert them to
e-m pulses in such a way as to make a will "feel-able"
as a distance. you would almost be able to "see" the
world in much the same way as anyone else.
I'd be willing to try this, being blind for close to
15 years.