An individual would have to be VERY motivated to attack two countries at once. Especially if those countries are the US and South Korea. The only thing that makes them unique is that they're at war with North Korea.
While the US and South Korea have been at war with North Korea in the past, and quite possibly the near future, it's not correct to say we are presently at war with them. Perhaps you meant "they were" instead of "they're" - the contraction for "they are"?
Just checking. A day on Neptune is approximately 16 earth hours long. This is Slashdot, you never know.
I'm probably atypical in that I set an alarm clock under the theory that pain meds work better if you keep the levels in your bloodstream as constant as possible. So every four (earth) hours I pop one. No idea how medicaly sound this belief is, but it works for me.
It should also be obvious that there will be a lot who will click it out of curiosity alone and never go back again, as I did.
They're probably just seeing the Slashdot effect. After the Slashdot article the other day about Bing not returning results for "sex" in India, I immediately went to Bing and searched for "Pictures of indians having sex" and "Why is Microsoft so fucked up?"
A search for "sex" would return sexually explicit content? Duh.
Well I should certainly hope so. Otherwise it's not much of a search engine is it. What's really interesting is how Microsoft expects to compete with Google with shenanigans like this. Why would anyone choose a search engine that does not, by design, return results for the topic you search for?
We want to feel as if we are in control of our destiny, not handing it over to some faceless being behind a locked cabin door.
There's probably a good reason why you aren't allowed to meet the pilot before the flight, but wouldn't you feel better if you got to? The person responsible for your life and lives of your loved ones? I think that would go a long way toward alleviating some of the fear of flying if you could give the guy the once-over, shake his hand, and give him a hearty "good luck".
Do you really want to pay the person in charge of thousands of peoples futures the same amount as the janitor sweeping the halls?
No. I don't think it's worth paying CEOs 10,000 to 100,000 times as much as an entry level worker either. Although I'm sure there are plenty of CEOs that disagree with me.
Everyone has experienced depression and anxiety at some point in their lives, but not everyone has a clinical depressive or anxiety disorder. I've certainly experienced trauma and bitterness in my life, but don't have PTSD as a result of it. Some people do. If it means they can now get help as a result of this classification (meaning it is more likely to be covered by their medical insurance), well, it's no skin off your back, is it?
FWIW, I have never heard of a government agency that said it *wasn't* hamstrung by lack of funding, thereby justifying a higher budget each year. That's how the game is played.
So nobody felt this guy was worth $20, neither Verizon, nor the police and family.
I think what we have here is good old-fashioned pissing contest. If one person from either Verizon or the police department had made an effort to resolve what is really a petty dispute, perhaps this guy would have gotten some help.
But you can't win a pissing contest if you stop pissing first.
"unauthorized access to a computer, a felony; theft of services in office (essentially for depriving the city of his paid services while he conducted the unauthorized activities on a city computer on city time), which is also a felony;"
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the statute of limitations is for playing Minesweeper?
A cosmic ray is accelerated when it passes close to a black hole, but then it decelerates back to its original speed as it moves away.What, did you think that black holes could be used to break the laws of thermodynamics?
In other words, it fought the law, but the law won.
It adds fuel to the fire though. Town and city regulations *can* be changed if the majority of people are clamoring for a better deal. And any ISP that doesn't/can't offer a comparable service now needs to explain why.
I take it then that you are a computer professional and work for a company in a field related to the handling of medical records. My question is "Don't you also need a means of accessing those records in order to do your job?" I'd think that someone in the company must in order to maintain, troubleshoot, and service the system.
I don't think people realize just how many non-medical people actually have (admittedly legitimate) access to their "confidential" records. Office workers, medical transcriptionists, and the service personnel of the companies that make these systems easily come to mind.
Precisely. The problem is, the people who are handling medical records often don't have a threat model. They assume anyone asking for medical records has the need for them.
Just last week I got a copy of the xrays I had taken at my local hospital. Just by asking, they gave me a copy on CDROM. They never asked me for identification. All I gave them was the patient name and date of birth.
Assume, for the sake of argument, if I wasn't the patient and did not have a legitimate reason for obtaining these records. This "attack vector" (in this case social engineering) would have worked equally well whether or not the medical records were paper or electronic. I would have a much harder time (I assume) getting the records of two different people in this way. To get a million different records I'd want to use a computer. Don't get me started on what you can get away with by wearing an expensive suit, carrying a breifcase, sitting down and typing at a terminal. Not that I would ever do a thing like that;)
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An individual would have to be VERY motivated to attack two countries at once. Especially if those countries are the US and South Korea. The only thing that makes them unique is that they're at war with North Korea.
While the US and South Korea have been at war with North Korea in the past, and quite possibly the near future, it's not correct to say we are presently at war with them. Perhaps you meant "they were" instead of "they're" - the contraction for "they are"?
Just checking. A day on Neptune is approximately 16 earth hours long. This is Slashdot, you never know.
I'm probably atypical in that I set an alarm clock under the theory that pain meds work better if you keep the levels in your bloodstream as constant as possible. So every four (earth) hours I pop one. No idea how medicaly sound this belief is, but it works for me.
Where do you live that has 16 hour days?
I had never heard of the place until now. From the context
"The older I get, the more I realize how much I despise Coalinga."
I figured it was a new slang term the kids use when referring to oral sex.
I stand corrected.
If it's GPL cant you just edit the terms out of it?
Uhm, no.
It should also be obvious that there will be a lot who will click it out of curiosity alone and never go back again, as I did.
They're probably just seeing the Slashdot effect. After the Slashdot article the other day about Bing not returning results for "sex" in India, I immediately went to Bing and searched for "Pictures of indians having sex" and "Why is Microsoft so fucked up?"
Pornography in India is illegal and attracts several penal provisions.
Emphasis mine. Is that the best word choice? It sounds so dirty.
A search for "sex" would return sexually explicit content? Duh.
Well I should certainly hope so. Otherwise it's not much of a search engine is it. What's really interesting is how Microsoft expects to compete with Google with shenanigans like this. Why would anyone choose a search engine that does not, by design, return results for the topic you search for?
...as an unmuddied lake, sir. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.
We want to feel as if we are in control of our destiny, not handing it over to some faceless being behind a locked cabin door.
There's probably a good reason why you aren't allowed to meet the pilot before the flight, but wouldn't you feel better if you got to? The person responsible for your life and lives of your loved ones? I think that would go a long way toward alleviating some of the fear of flying if you could give the guy the once-over, shake his hand, and give him a hearty "good luck".
Do you really want to pay the person in charge of thousands of peoples futures the same amount as the janitor sweeping the halls?
No. I don't think it's worth paying CEOs 10,000 to 100,000 times as much as an entry level worker either. Although I'm sure there are plenty of CEOs that disagree with me.
Everyone has experienced depression and anxiety at some point in their lives, but not everyone has a clinical depressive or anxiety disorder. I've certainly experienced trauma and bitterness in my life, but don't have PTSD as a result of it. Some people do. If it means they can now get help as a result of this classification (meaning it is more likely to be covered by their medical insurance), well, it's no skin off your back, is it?
In addition, they would likely be labelled illegal aliens.
Thanks, that really clears up a few things.
Louis Armstrong was a musician, not an astronaut.
Sure, but he was high most of the time.
The agency is hamstrung by lack of funding...
I actually had to look this one up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget/. I guess it depends on your perspective. 17 billion dollars sounds OK to me.
FWIW, I have never heard of a government agency that said it *wasn't* hamstrung by lack of funding, thereby justifying a higher budget each year. That's how the game is played.
So nobody felt this guy was worth $20, neither Verizon, nor the police and family.
I think what we have here is good old-fashioned pissing contest. If one person from either Verizon or the police department had made an effort to resolve what is really a petty dispute, perhaps this guy would have gotten some help.
But you can't win a pissing contest if you stop pissing first.
Erm, it's just spelled "root". Just use your l33t h4xx0r skills and visit dictionary.reference.com. Or do I need to post a link?
You do realize this is Slashdot, right? It isn't wikipedia. So no, a citation is not needed.
"unauthorized access to a computer, a felony; theft of services in office (essentially for depriving the city of his paid services while he conducted the unauthorized activities on a city computer on city time), which is also a felony;"
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the statute of limitations is for playing Minesweeper?
A cosmic ray is accelerated when it passes close to a black hole, but then it decelerates back to its original speed as it moves away.What, did you think that black holes could be used to break the laws of thermodynamics?
In other words, it fought the law, but the law won.
It adds fuel to the fire though. Town and city regulations *can* be changed if the majority of people are clamoring for a better deal. And any ISP that doesn't/can't offer a comparable service now needs to explain why.
So what are you going to do - sue the crickets for being illegally repelled by Led Zepplin?
ps. That's a sentence I'd never thought I'd write
I take it then that you are a computer professional and work for a company in a field related to the handling of medical records. My question is "Don't you also need a means of accessing those records in order to do your job?" I'd think that someone in the company must in order to maintain, troubleshoot, and service the system.
I don't think people realize just how many non-medical people actually have (admittedly legitimate) access to their "confidential" records. Office workers, medical transcriptionists, and the service personnel of the companies that make these systems easily come to mind.
This depends greatly on your threat model.
Precisely. The problem is, the people who are handling medical records often don't have a threat model. They assume anyone asking for medical records has the need for them.
Just last week I got a copy of the xrays I had taken at my local hospital. Just by asking, they gave me a copy on CDROM. They never asked me for identification. All I gave them was the patient name and date of birth.
Assume, for the sake of argument, if I wasn't the patient and did not have a legitimate reason for obtaining these records. This "attack vector" (in this case social engineering) would have worked equally well whether or not the medical records were paper or electronic. I would have a much harder time (I assume) getting the records of two different people in this way. To get a million different records I'd want to use a computer. Don't get me started on what you can get away with by wearing an expensive suit, carrying a breifcase, sitting down and typing at a terminal. Not that I would ever do a thing like that ;)