Agreed. But these are "government employees and contractors who work on cybersecurity matters." Meaning they are the ones who are supposed to be the ones stopping that stuff. Or, at least, they are in the IT industry. I'm a network engineer so I know what it takes to secure against this type of thing and it isn't hard. It's also not hard to KNOW, as an end user, what not to click on when it comes to spam and phishing attacks.
these are contractors and employees who work for the government on CYBER SECURITY and they got sensitive information taken because they clicked an eCard. If this happened to me at my job I'd be fired for incompetence.
Because in the end, it all comes down to $. Even though the product costs less (or is free in the case of Linux or something equally open-source) the man hours and cost of retraining an entire company, or the entire government in this case, would far outweigh the ease of just continuing the use Windows and getting to click on "OMGTHESEPICSOFYOUARESOFUNNY.EXE" every once in a while.
Yes, the same people that run our government are the same noobs who click fake eCards and run random.exe files attached to emails. Can ANYONE still wonder why our government is so screwed up, especially when it comes to technology and the laws/policies surrounding it?
I'm waiting for one of the TSA agents to batch upload all the naked images stored on those new scanners to the web. Although it will suck for anyone whose photo is released, perhaps that is what needs to happen to force some of the latest ridiculous security circus practices that have been put into play, which only hinder people's traveling. If any regular douche can become a TSA agent, I put no faith in their ability to screen out would be perverts and sexual deviants.
Ah but it is clearly my opinion, but only on the topic of the ability of the reviewers to use their imagination and look beyond the already known, concrete evidence that computer systems are obviously not a little world you can walk around in. I merely stated that I thought that is what was going on, and then ASKED the community to weigh in on my opinion and the possibility that, if it is plausible (which anything is) if they indicates a shift in humans becoming indifferent to technological advances. It was an open invitation for people to disagree with me. I was merely curious about what others thought. I am by no mean trying to pull the wool over anyone eyes. It was simply a question to the users of slashdot, who are more often than not also people like myself: very tech savvy users who enjoy a good sci-fi/fantasy movie. Especially ones with ties to our youth.
I believe you are digging too deep into what was just thought provoking idea i decided to share with others. Nothing more, nothing less. You are looking for deception where there is none.
Yes, Kevin Flynn IS The Dude. I was very happy that they kept his characters personality intact with his little "that was radical!" asides amid his more monk-ish, zen outlook thing. (he says at one point "You're really messing with my Zen thing, man" or something to that effect. I loved that. Like he had changed but underneath it all was still the younger version of himself, with all the 80's slang talk still intact).
I was very happy with the actual computer scenes. I was impressed hollywood actually used a GREP and KILL Command correctly. Also, seeing the old school "whoami" command used in a comedic way made me laugh out loud and garnered some funny looks from people unfamiliar with the command.
Agreed. It was getting better. The direction they have been going for the last 5 or 6 episodes was shaping up to become a really good show. What is SyFy's problem? They have shit ratings on all their other TV shows...not sure why they can't let the show try to live up to its potential.
I am so confused. It seems as if there is this unspoken rule about Sci Fi shows (on any network) that if they don't pull down the MOST AMAZING RATINGS EVER IN THE HISTORY OR SCI FI it gets cancelled, usually before any kind of resolution to the storyline can be gracefully made. This really pisses me off.
"Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Goldman, Sachs & Co. will pay $550 million and reform its business practices to settle SEC charges that Goldman misled investors in a subprime mortgage product just as the U.S. housing market was starting to collapse."
This was this year. Google is your friend. You don't "settle" out of court unless you have done something wrong. In my mind they should have paid more.
Umm you even read the news? Does everyone forget about what they did or is it just lack of caring to read up and educate yourselves? There is plenty more where this came from
"...[the SEC] charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter"...that sounds like robbing and defrauding their customers...
Goldman Sachs are the criminals. Why aren't they all on trial too? All this guy did was steal a little code. They've been robbing their customers for years.
The problem was the show. It just wasn't that good. It was OK. But the ONLY reason it was OK was because there is no other good Sci-Fi on TV except Stargate Universe, and even that isn't great.
Gone are the days of good sci-fi shows that are light and fun to watch while still invoking that sense of wonder and inspiration that lets you detach from the present world and wish you were part of this future or alternate world. Stargate Universe and Caprica are perfect examples. They eschew the fun parts of sci-fi for what production studios and writers deem as a necessary foray into the "drama" or "darker" side of things, when all we want are good shows like the sci-fi classics yesterday such as Stargate SG-1, Star Trek TNG or DS9 (or even Voyager!), or Babylon 5. The difference is all those shows DID have a "dark" side, but it was kept separate from the feel-good parts of the show. The parts of shows that made people say "wow, if this is how the future is going to be I can look forward to it!". Most of the sci-fi around now makes you go "ugh" because it just isn't fun to watch.
I miss good sci-fi. And I am willing to bet a lot of others do too, especially based on the cancellation rate of sci-fi shows and the fact that the big networks just won't pickup a big sci-fi show anymore. Thing is, if someone would just stop this whole move into "drama" for the sci-fi genre, I think the viewers would come back in droves.
Seriously though, doesn't it worry anyone that most of the other big countries are more interested in space-related projects than the United States or Europe is? With all of China's plans, and the United States cutting it's space programs, you have to wonder where this will take us in the long term. Space is humanity's final frontier, yet Americans seem to be wholly uninterested in space travel, as do Europeans. Talking to most people on either side of the pond usually results in a "Space travel? Whatever." conversation. The only people that seem interested in space travel anymore are sci-fi fans. It's all the Asian nations that seem to be still focused on space exploration more so than anyone else now.
We keep looking and finding Earth-like planets, yet what is the point if we don't try to obtain the technology and experience to visit them?
...by investing in tech and science that can make them see it with their EYES!
While it is nice to see the gov't pass laws like this, it would be even nicer to see them put up the funding for developing the tech/science further behind studies like the one I linked to. Or lifting the ban on stem cell research so that we can really get on track with giving back the senses that have been robbed from so many people, among other things.
Freeze him, and then shrink him and the ship they plan to have him fly, unless the asteroid is getting larger on it's way to earth.
Remember that the gravity on an asteroid will be proportional to it's mass (as it is with most other celestial bodies). So while "movie" Bruce had no problem standing on his "dinosaur killer" asteroid, this asteroid will have virtually no gravitational field, as it is so small. It would be harder to stay on this asteroid than it was for anyone watching Armageddon to put up with Ben Affleck's terrible acting.:)
Honestly, this all comes down to how dumb people are. I'll give an example from where I grew up
It was a relatively small town, but within 10-20 minutes of large cities here in New York. There is literally NO cell phone reception around the entire radius of the town. You have to drive at least 10-15 minutes to get cell reception. So Verizon (and at that time, CellularOne who was recently bought out by AT&T) wanted to put up a tower right in the middle of the town behind some barns and silos. Not visible from the road but if you tried hard enough you could see it.
The town, who I knew from experience hated not having cell service, was concerned about property values dropping and how "bad the tower would look" when driving by...so Verizon proposed using one of the "camouflage" towers that looks like a pine tree. The town reviewed it, and STILL said no because it "didn't look enough like a tree". So Verizon came back and said "ok we will build the tower inside a silo. You won't be able to see it AT ALL. The reception will be reduced slightly because of it being enclosed, but you will still have service". Instead of approving it, they put it up for a vote, and the tower STILL voted it down over concerns of "radiation".
Weeks later I remember hanging out with friends, whose fathers and mothers were on the town board, and others who had voted no, and hearing them and their kids bitch about the fact that there still wasn't cell reception, and blaming the cell companies for NOT PROVIDING A FEASIBLE SOLUTION!
I think this happens more often than not around the country, where stupid backwards people who don't really know what they are talking about, wind up shooting town technological advances in favor of "oh that looks bad" or "oh i heard it does _______ which is bad" without knowing the facts, or understanding how important technology can be, especially in rural areas that have been without it. In this case, lack of cell phone reception and broadband internet kept many businesses and other things important for growth of a town or city out of the area because of the lack of available technology.
It really amazes me at how resistant people are. I'd rather have my property value go down a little than be without cell reception or internet service in this day in age. It hurts more not to have it than it would to just grin and bear it for the good of advancement.
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Agreed. But these are "government employees and contractors who work on cybersecurity matters." Meaning they are the ones who are supposed to be the ones stopping that stuff. Or, at least, they are in the IT industry. I'm a network engineer so I know what it takes to secure against this type of thing and it isn't hard. It's also not hard to KNOW, as an end user, what not to click on when it comes to spam and phishing attacks.
these are contractors and employees who work for the government on CYBER SECURITY and they got sensitive information taken because they clicked an eCard. If this happened to me at my job I'd be fired for incompetence.
Because in the end, it all comes down to $. Even though the product costs less (or is free in the case of Linux or something equally open-source) the man hours and cost of retraining an entire company, or the entire government in this case, would far outweigh the ease of just continuing the use Windows and getting to click on "OMGTHESEPICSOFYOUARESOFUNNY.EXE" every once in a while.
Yes, the same people that run our government are the same noobs who click fake eCards and run random .exe files attached to emails. Can ANYONE still wonder why our government is so screwed up, especially when it comes to technology and the laws/policies surrounding it?
New Joke: "Your mom is such a whore, she takes more Wangs than a Chinese government crackdown on porn"
Distant relative to "Your mom has more chins than a Chinese phone book".
...always blocking access to my shitty Chinese porn sites.
I'm waiting for one of the TSA agents to batch upload all the naked images stored on those new scanners to the web. Although it will suck for anyone whose photo is released, perhaps that is what needs to happen to force some of the latest ridiculous security circus practices that have been put into play, which only hinder people's traveling. If any regular douche can become a TSA agent, I put no faith in their ability to screen out would be perverts and sexual deviants.
Ah but it is clearly my opinion, but only on the topic of the ability of the reviewers to use their imagination and look beyond the already known, concrete evidence that computer systems are obviously not a little world you can walk around in. I merely stated that I thought that is what was going on, and then ASKED the community to weigh in on my opinion and the possibility that, if it is plausible (which anything is) if they indicates a shift in humans becoming indifferent to technological advances. It was an open invitation for people to disagree with me. I was merely curious about what others thought. I am by no mean trying to pull the wool over anyone eyes. It was simply a question to the users of slashdot, who are more often than not also people like myself: very tech savvy users who enjoy a good sci-fi/fantasy movie. Especially ones with ties to our youth.
I believe you are digging too deep into what was just thought provoking idea i decided to share with others. Nothing more, nothing less. You are looking for deception where there is none.
Yes, Kevin Flynn IS The Dude. I was very happy that they kept his characters personality intact with his little "that was radical!" asides amid his more monk-ish, zen outlook thing. (he says at one point "You're really messing with my Zen thing, man" or something to that effect. I loved that. Like he had changed but underneath it all was still the younger version of himself, with all the 80's slang talk still intact).
I was very happy with the actual computer scenes. I was impressed hollywood actually used a GREP and KILL Command correctly. Also, seeing the old school "whoami" command used in a comedic way made me laugh out loud and garnered some funny looks from people unfamiliar with the command.
Agreed. It was getting better. The direction they have been going for the last 5 or 6 episodes was shaping up to become a really good show. What is SyFy's problem? They have shit ratings on all their other TV shows...not sure why they can't let the show try to live up to its potential.
I am so confused. It seems as if there is this unspoken rule about Sci Fi shows (on any network) that if they don't pull down the MOST AMAZING RATINGS EVER IN THE HISTORY OR SCI FI it gets cancelled, usually before any kind of resolution to the storyline can be gracefully made. This really pisses me off.
I was on the fence about the whole rape-charge thing until I read this article. That online dating profile is no doubt the profile of a rapist.
You forgot your [sarcasm] tags.
...Sarah Palin posts to her Facebook: "I knew Assange was a terrorist! Only terrorists chop up human brains!"
$10 says some politician takes something from that profile out of context
"Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Goldman, Sachs & Co. will pay $550 million and reform its business practices to settle SEC charges that Goldman misled investors in a subprime mortgage product just as the U.S. housing market was starting to collapse."
This was this year. Google is your friend. You don't "settle" out of court unless you have done something wrong. In my mind they should have paid more.
Umm you even read the news? Does everyone forget about what they did or is it just lack of caring to read up and educate yourselves? There is plenty more where this came from
"...[the SEC] charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter"...that sounds like robbing and defrauding their customers...
Goldman Sachs are the criminals. Why aren't they all on trial too? All this guy did was steal a little code. They've been robbing their customers for years.
The problem was the show. It just wasn't that good. It was OK. But the ONLY reason it was OK was because there is no other good Sci-Fi on TV except Stargate Universe, and even that isn't great.
Gone are the days of good sci-fi shows that are light and fun to watch while still invoking that sense of wonder and inspiration that lets you detach from the present world and wish you were part of this future or alternate world. Stargate Universe and Caprica are perfect examples. They eschew the fun parts of sci-fi for what production studios and writers deem as a necessary foray into the "drama" or "darker" side of things, when all we want are good shows like the sci-fi classics yesterday such as Stargate SG-1, Star Trek TNG or DS9 (or even Voyager!), or Babylon 5. The difference is all those shows DID have a "dark" side, but it was kept separate from the feel-good parts of the show. The parts of shows that made people say "wow, if this is how the future is going to be I can look forward to it!". Most of the sci-fi around now makes you go "ugh" because it just isn't fun to watch.
I miss good sci-fi. And I am willing to bet a lot of others do too, especially based on the cancellation rate of sci-fi shows and the fact that the big networks just won't pickup a big sci-fi show anymore. Thing is, if someone would just stop this whole move into "drama" for the sci-fi genre, I think the viewers would come back in droves.
...here we come!
Seriously though, doesn't it worry anyone that most of the other big countries are more interested in space-related projects than the United States or Europe is? With all of China's plans, and the United States cutting it's space programs, you have to wonder where this will take us in the long term. Space is humanity's final frontier, yet Americans seem to be wholly uninterested in space travel, as do Europeans. Talking to most people on either side of the pond usually results in a "Space travel? Whatever." conversation. The only people that seem interested in space travel anymore are sci-fi fans. It's all the Asian nations that seem to be still focused on space exploration more so than anyone else now.
We keep looking and finding Earth-like planets, yet what is the point if we don't try to obtain the technology and experience to visit them?
They are too busy getting blocked by my PeerBlock application to deploy more DNS sites.
...it's just full of 200 fart apps anyway.
...but a RIM ain't one.
...by investing in tech and science that can make them see it with their EYES!
While it is nice to see the gov't pass laws like this, it would be even nicer to see them put up the funding for developing the tech/science further behind studies like the one I linked to. Or lifting the ban on stem cell research so that we can really get on track with giving back the senses that have been robbed from so many people, among other things.
Wish I could mod you up. Agreed 100%. The riffs of Episodes 1, 2 and 3 are brilliant and make them almost watchable.
...just might destroy the Hollywood 3D push in a single movie.
I say bring it on. Anyone who goes to watch crap in 3D should expect to get exactly that. No sympathy.
Freeze him, and then shrink him and the ship they plan to have him fly, unless the asteroid is getting larger on it's way to earth.
Remember that the gravity on an asteroid will be proportional to it's mass (as it is with most other celestial bodies). So while "movie" Bruce had no problem standing on his "dinosaur killer" asteroid, this asteroid will have virtually no gravitational field, as it is so small. It would be harder to stay on this asteroid than it was for anyone watching Armageddon to put up with Ben Affleck's terrible acting. :)
Honestly, this all comes down to how dumb people are. I'll give an example from where I grew up
It was a relatively small town, but within 10-20 minutes of large cities here in New York. There is literally NO cell phone reception around the entire radius of the town. You have to drive at least 10-15 minutes to get cell reception. So Verizon (and at that time, CellularOne who was recently bought out by AT&T) wanted to put up a tower right in the middle of the town behind some barns and silos. Not visible from the road but if you tried hard enough you could see it.
The town, who I knew from experience hated not having cell service, was concerned about property values dropping and how "bad the tower would look" when driving by...so Verizon proposed using one of the "camouflage" towers that looks like a pine tree. The town reviewed it, and STILL said no because it "didn't look enough like a tree". So Verizon came back and said "ok we will build the tower inside a silo. You won't be able to see it AT ALL. The reception will be reduced slightly because of it being enclosed, but you will still have service". Instead of approving it, they put it up for a vote, and the tower STILL voted it down over concerns of "radiation".
Weeks later I remember hanging out with friends, whose fathers and mothers were on the town board, and others who had voted no, and hearing them and their kids bitch about the fact that there still wasn't cell reception, and blaming the cell companies for NOT PROVIDING A FEASIBLE SOLUTION!
I think this happens more often than not around the country, where stupid backwards people who don't really know what they are talking about, wind up shooting town technological advances in favor of "oh that looks bad" or "oh i heard it does _______ which is bad" without knowing the facts, or understanding how important technology can be, especially in rural areas that have been without it. In this case, lack of cell phone reception and broadband internet kept many businesses and other things important for growth of a town or city out of the area because of the lack of available technology.
It really amazes me at how resistant people are. I'd rather have my property value go down a little than be without cell reception or internet service in this day in age. It hurts more not to have it than it would to just grin and bear it for the good of advancement.