My point was that the ISC was created in response to a virus that had an impact on Linux. More to the point, that "Linux" ( much like "Mac" ) does not mean "invulnerable". Any competent system admin will tell you that.
fixes were quickly available and easy to apply
This has less to do with existence of exploits and more to do with competency doesn't it? Tell you what, if you can tell my mother-in-law how to apply this decade old fix to a Linux system correctly, without excusing yourself for a moment to go outside and bang your head against the wall, I'll concede.
You know... the SANS Internet Storm Center was created in 2001 following the release of the Li0n worm. It exploited a BIND vulnerability on Linux systems and installed a rootkit on those boxes....
How much of the general public is going to listen beyond the "free music" point? If you say your party politics revolve around "copyright changes that would allow them to download music for free, implementing fairer copyright terms, ensuring political civil liberties and protecting against censorship" then all they'll hear is "copyright blah blah blah download music for free, blah blah blah blah blah".
Plus, calling the organization "The Pirate Party" probably doesn't help people get past the "copyright blah blah blah download music for free, blah blah blah blah blah" part either.
"Usability is one of if not the single largest problem in the computing world but we should focus on the basics for a while. That being to remind and encourage people to log out."
That sums up the article for me.
I agree. We should focus on the basics for a while. That's why I wanted more and was disappointed when the article took a step or two down that road but then stopped.
Yes, this was because of Javascript, but no, sadly it won't be going away.
So, all bots that crawl forums to spam them are Javascript? Honestly, if Javascript could do this, I wonder what a more complex bot could have done. Are we all going to lament about the programming language that some forum bot was written in? C? Python?
"Yes, this was because of C, but no, sadly it won't be going away."
Can't see why people get such a hardon bashing Javascript. "Because it's not a real programming language!"? I guess it's the same mentality that leads people to bash PHP, Perl, Ruby, ASP, etc. etc.
I look at it this way. Javascript is a tool and bad programming is bad programming and sadly, bad programming won't be going away.
Why use this when a bot net is safer? Sure, a hell of a lot slower but with parts of the computations occurring on different machines, it would be harder to trace.
Why do I get the feeling that I'll soon be reading "An individual, who linked to a former spouse's myspace page from their own website, is being sued... "
You've jumped to the conclusion that I care for Robert Mapplethorpe's work. I don't.
And no, I won't leave Galileo out. In his time, he was condemned for heresy. Now Robert Mapplethorpe's is also condemned.
I won't because I find it interesting that those who condemned Galileo probably did it with the same fervor the Anonymous Coward is displaying about Robert Mapplethorpe. I also find it interesting when I compare two grotesque acts and their responses:
- Given grotesque images that give us a direct connection such as Robert Mapplethorpe's images, we are repulsed.
- Given extremely grotesque images such as the ones seen in FEAR 2, we remain indifferent.
Yes, I know, "because it's not real". Okay, so what you are telling me is if Robert Mapplethorpe generated the exact same images with 3D Studio Max or Maya, then they would be okay?
Title 13 USC section 9 regulates privacy of information collected in the US Census Bureau. Section 9 requires information gathered by the Bureau be kept confidential and be used exclusively for statistical purposes.
- 1980: Four FBI agents enter the Census Bureau's Colorado Springs office with a search warrant authorizing them to seize census documents. No confidential information is ever released because a census worker holding off the agents until her superiors resolve the issue with the FBI.
- 1982: Local officials try to obtain confidential census information, the Supreme Court upholds the law and denies access to these records.
If there were measures such as these that required information gathered by these devices be used exclusively for the purpose of taxation on road usage, and enforced, I could be convinced to use one.
Or, 400 years from now in their equivalent of Christie's auction house, Robert Mapplethorpe's work may be considered priceless.
What Galileo will our society condemned for heresy? Some will argue that Robert Mapplethorpe will never be that Galileo. That they will never want to live in that world.
In modern times, we've turned freedom of speech into a license to do wholesale degradation to beauty, truth, human sexuality, etc. to such a degree that even the most perverse things as tolerable.
So the torture, murder, suicide, fratricide & incest in Shakespeare's plays are not okay then?
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But you drag up a situation that was resolved nearly a decade ago.
Linux Kernel 2.6 Local Root Exploit - February 10 2008
New Linux Flaw Enables Null Pointer Exploits - July 17, 2009
Better?
My point was that the ISC was created in response to a virus that had an impact on Linux. More to the point, that "Linux" ( much like "Mac" ) does not mean "invulnerable". Any competent system admin will tell you that.
fixes were quickly available and easy to apply
This has less to do with existence of exploits and more to do with competency doesn't it? Tell you what, if you can tell my mother-in-law how to apply this decade old fix to a Linux system correctly, without excusing yourself for a moment to go outside and bang your head against the wall, I'll concede.
You know... the SANS Internet Storm Center was created in 2001 following the release of the Li0n worm. It exploited a BIND vulnerability on Linux systems and installed a rootkit on those boxes....
Hubris, it's not just for Mac owners.
How much of the general public is going to listen beyond the "free music" point? If you say your party politics revolve around "copyright changes that would allow them to download music for free, implementing fairer copyright terms, ensuring political civil liberties and protecting against censorship" then all they'll hear is "copyright blah blah blah download music for free, blah blah blah blah blah".
Plus, calling the organization "The Pirate Party" probably doesn't help people get past the "copyright blah blah blah download music for free, blah blah blah blah blah" part either.
"Usability is one of if not the single largest problem in the computing world but we should focus on the basics for a while. That being to remind and encourage people to log out."
That sums up the article for me.
I agree. We should focus on the basics for a while. That's why I wanted more and was disappointed when the article took a step or two down that road but then stopped.
Well, at least it got a few gears turning.
:P
So it was YOU!
I'll be subpoenaing slashdot for your information.
Designing systems for usability is hard, especially when security is involved.
Meh.. I was hoping for some deeper insights than that.
Yes, this was because of Javascript, but no, sadly it won't be going away.
So, all bots that crawl forums to spam them are Javascript? Honestly, if Javascript could do this, I wonder what a more complex bot could have done. Are we all going to lament about the programming language that some forum bot was written in? C? Python?
"Yes, this was because of C, but no, sadly it won't be going away."
Can't see why people get such a hardon bashing Javascript. "Because it's not a real programming language!"? I guess it's the same mentality that leads people to bash PHP, Perl, Ruby, ASP, etc. etc.
I look at it this way. Javascript is a tool and bad programming is bad programming and sadly, bad programming won't be going away.
Why use this when a bot net is safer? Sure, a hell of a lot slower but with parts of the computations occurring on different machines, it would be harder to trace.
Pictures of burgers are representative of the type of burger you can expect
The burgers you see in photographs are not even edible.
Sooo..... "inedible"? Well, there you go, truth in advertising.
You can also run up a power line to space from the ground through a space elevator tether. Not easily, but it could be done.
You are comparing something that is beyond our current capability to something that is regularly done.
*backs away slowly*
You can run a power line deep submersible vehicles to supplement their power supply ( as well as supply submersible to support vehicle communication )
Why do I get the feeling that I'll soon be reading "An individual, who linked to a former spouse's myspace page from their own website, is being sued ... "
The sludge would still be mostly hydrocarbons, just heavier stuff. It might be useful for putting into road paving asphalt.
I made a joke in my other post, but then the thought hit me that a dense hydrocarbon sludge may make a good base for a lubricant.
The sludge would still be mostly hydrocarbons, just heavier stuff. It might be useful for putting into road paving asphalt.
Or making plastic....
You've jumped to the conclusion that I care for Robert Mapplethorpe's work. I don't.
And no, I won't leave Galileo out. In his time, he was condemned for heresy. Now Robert Mapplethorpe's is also condemned.
I won't because I find it interesting that those who condemned Galileo probably did it with the same fervor the Anonymous Coward is displaying about Robert Mapplethorpe. I also find it interesting when I compare two grotesque acts and their responses:
- Given grotesque images that give us a direct connection such as Robert Mapplethorpe's images, we are repulsed.
- Given extremely grotesque images such as the ones seen in FEAR 2, we remain indifferent.
Yes, I know, "because it's not real". Okay, so what you are telling me is if Robert Mapplethorpe generated the exact same images with 3D Studio Max or Maya, then they would be okay?
And that brings us back to censorship of games.
Title 13 USC section 9 regulates privacy of information collected in the US Census Bureau. Section 9 requires information gathered by the Bureau be kept confidential and be used exclusively for statistical purposes.
- 1980: Four FBI agents enter the Census Bureau's Colorado Springs office with a search warrant authorizing them to seize census documents. No confidential information is ever released because a census worker holding off the agents until her superiors resolve the issue with the FBI.
- 1982: Local officials try to obtain confidential census information, the Supreme Court upholds the law and denies access to these records.
If there were measures such as these that required information gathered by these devices be used exclusively for the purpose of taxation on road usage, and enforced, I could be convinced to use one.
Or, 400 years from now in their equivalent of Christie's auction house, Robert Mapplethorpe's work may be considered priceless.
What Galileo will our society condemned for heresy? Some will argue that Robert Mapplethorpe will never be that Galileo. That they will never want to live in that world.
I'm pretty sure they won't.
In modern times, we've turned freedom of speech into a license to do wholesale degradation to beauty, truth, human sexuality, etc. to such a degree that even the most perverse things as tolerable.
So the torture, murder, suicide, fratricide & incest in Shakespeare's plays are not okay then?
Good point, but It's a Monday and all I can think of is a bad James Bond movie.
I'm sorry, let me just hike these up....
... because the install process didn't tell you to remove the disk on the final reboot?
luxury...
Vigesimal?