The thing with BGP is that there aren't that many sites using it and in order to pull off the attack as described you'd need a LOT of network resources. On the level of one of the backbone providers.
In the past there have been problems where bad BGP info resulted in traffic going where it should not have gone. But that appears more like a black hole. Because there is no route back out.
In order to exploit it the bad network would have to be able to stop the good networks from exchanging routing info. And in order to do that you'd have to be at their level and between them. At which point you already have the access.
Such penetration was commonplace during the Cold War and no reason exists to believe it would stop since there is much to be gained from knowledge.
Then you shouldn't have any problem naming two such incidents. So prove it.
International diplomacy should logically embrace the idea that there are "no friends or enemies, only interests" because it's really a bunch of different mobs cutting deals while vying for advantage.
Yeah. That's why we have that string of military bases along the US/Canada border.
Seriously, that sounds like something from a movie. In the real world we do have friendly nations who are NOT going to attack us.
They can either buy from nations they don't mind monitoring them, buy from outright adversaries, or not give a shit and buy from the lowest bidder.
Really? Nothing about building it themselves? Or buying from a friendly nation that they trust NOT to spy on them like that? Those are the only options that you see?
If other nations avoid US software, fine and better for most Americans since software diversity and competition are good.
So cutting US exports is a good thing in your opinion? I would say that it was a problem.
And why would the software from other nations be compatible with our software? And if it isn't then there is the problem with "lock in" and not much benefit from "competition".
I get more choice. I win.
Apple has been around for years and has a lot of money.
And yet there are still times when dealing with a government agency or a private company that a Microsoft product is required.
So why do you think that this situation will be improved by introducing MORE platforms that are intentionally incompatible?
It's reasonable to expect every intelligence agency to spy on anyone they can.
Why is that "reasonable"? Shouldn't they be focusing their resources of groups/nations that present some threat to us?
Business IS business, and trusting anyone, even "allies" (whatever that means) can be childish especially if they are penetrated by enemy operatives.
Except that this hurts US businesses because now there will be more incentive for other nations (even friendly nations) to use something other than our products.
Not to mention that "penetrated by enemy operatives" sounds more like a movie synopsis rather than a rational approach to international diplomacy.
About the only way they are the same is the same way every new military technology is the same.
Should we incorporate it into our military or should we attempt to outlaw its use in war?
And we don't seem to be in a hurry to stop using drones. That answers that question. And if we aren't going to stop using them then why would any other nation or group?
So not only is the premise of TFA flawed as you've pointed out, the only "similar" issue has already been answered.
I've never had someone "with different background and views" get upset when I've asked them how they're doing, or complimented them, or asked them for suggestions or...
And you probably won't if you stick to work-subjects while at work.
If they described were honest enough to use accurate wording for their cause, the Atheist League would be called the Antichrist League. I wonder why they aren't honest, why they lie by labeling themselves as people not interested in the topic.
And that's my point. You've just described people who have different NON-WORK views than you as not "honest" people who "lie".
And that is the problem with advocating that people focus on non-work interests at work.
I agree. Many people believe that "talking" is the same as "communicating". And because they've been talking since they were 2 or 3 or whatever that means that they are good at "communicating".
Doesn't mean being chatty or chummy, you can be a complete introvert and have good communication.
And you can be a complete extrovert and have terrible communication skills.
One of the problems that isn't being discussed is that in order for communication to happen, both parties have to participate. That means that party A has to be willing to listen and understand what party B is communicating. You may be familiar with either or both of these phrases:
1. It isn't what you said, it's how you said it.
2. It isn't what was said, it's who was saying it.
Are you "communicating" that the project will be late and over budget? But the manager is hearing that he's not going to be getting a bonus and the next promotion will probably be going to someone else which means he won't be able to buy a bigger house with a swimming pool in time for his daughter to have a pool party for her 16th birthday... why do you hate his daughter?!?
The unstated assumption being that the person higher in the hierarchy has more/better communication skills than the person lower in the hierarchy.
Sadly, it is the lowest common denominator (well maybe highest common denominator): those that do need a lot of social interaction will get very frustrated by not having it. The assumption is usually that those that are quite or less social are not harmed by being forced to say hi and deal with small talk (even though that isn't the case when you need hours of consecutive time to figure out things sometimes, or just like the socialites might feel with no social interaction that like your life is being wasted with "how's the weather" talk).
It can also mean don't be an introverted dork who's only there to work.
This is good if everyone has been hired because they share the same background and views. It is not so good once you start getting people who hold non-work opinions that are very different from yours. The Atheist and the Creationist are probably not going to be socializing together.
People will dislike you if you only communicate with them when you need something.
Possibly. Or it might depend upon how you communicate with them. The people in Accounting don't seem to dislike people just because their only interactions are filing expense reports. If you need something from them then you're probably working on a project with them or for them. Both instances give lots of opportunity for professional communication.
It could just be his manager. I've often been dinged for "communication". As have most of the techs that I've worked with. It's an easy stereotype.
Now look at the manager who is putting that on a review. Has he been pointing out better ways you've could have communicated as they've happened? No? Then it is a problem with your manager or the system he has to follow.
The best anecdote for that is from a friend of mine who's boss (former tech with no management training) told him not to include him on his weekly updates for a specific project. Then dinged him for "communication" because he should have known to include him in his weekly updates.
Too often "communication" translates to "you are not my drinking buddy". And if evaluations are based upon that then you should find a better job where your boss understands "communication" himself.
Not everyone is enamored of the change. 'Just because you have an injury, it does not mean there was employer fault,' says Marc Freedman, executive director of labor law policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Rather, what employer is going to hire someone who has made a claim in the past?
The adults already knew exactly which tactics were needed and in fact trained the children to do just that.
That's the problem when the author is trying to write about a GENIUS in some field that the author is not a genius in. Or even particularly skilled.
So the author has to set up the situations throughout the book such that the GENIUS can execute them. No matter how improbable. Or utterly predictable.
Another thing, Ender is found and trained just-in-time to command the attacks. What would have happened if he had been killed in some accident?
Given the non-FTL ships and such, I think a better story could have been written where Ender is the best that is available at the time when the ships start arriving at their destinations.
Was Orson Scott Card just indulging in Messiah parallels?
That was explained. You should have been paying attention.
No, it was not.
because they are dead. The ship travel near Light Speed, and time dilation means most of those peoples family should be dead.
Here's a link to help you with that. http://www.1728.org/reltivty.htm No, they are not dead. The people on the ship age SLOWER than the people on Earth. It has been 70 years (in the movie) since the war ended. So some of them are probably still alive. And have been alive for 70 years. During which they should have been able to send messages to the ships.
So you were the type of student in school that "read" the assignment but failed to "understand" what he read.
Just because someone does not agree with your opinion does not make their opinion wrong. Or that they did not "understand" something.
Never did Ender want to make them "Sorry" for beating him up. He wanted them to stop, and he was willing to hurt them enough so they would never hurt him again.
I think you're arguing semantics there.
I really don't understand where you come from in thinking that this is a revenge novel.
Because the kid that all the bullies pick on... and the adults either are too stupid to see it or actively promote it... but he is The One who will Save Humanity.
Survival is a large theme in this novel. not revenge. There is a huge difference.
Except that it is not about survival. It is about Ender being The One who will Save Humanity. And some mean people try to hurt Ender. And so Ender has to hurt the mean people so that Ender can get on with the business of being The One to Save Humanity.
Yay Ender! Boo anyone who hurt ender!
I'm serious here. Did anyone feel any compassion for the people that Ender killed? No. They were cardboard cutouts of evil that existed solely so that Ender could overcome them as part of his character development. But not KNOW that he had killed them. Because Ender has to be innocent.
It had great potential back when it was written. But now the training "games" that Ender goes through cannot have the same impact.
***SPOILER***
It's one thing to realize that the little green dots you've been sending to fight the little red dots are really ships with people on them. And you've been ordering them to their deaths and getting petulant about it because you had to get up early. It's entirely different when the dots are now fully rendered ships.
Hold it! How are you ordering them to their deaths? It's already been established that FTL does not exist in this universe. Inter-stellar operations are, effectively, suicide missions because by the time you return everyone you left behind will be dead. So FTL does not exist for ships but it does exist for communications. And that had to be hidden from everyone? Why? Why not let the families of the people on the ships talk to them?
It had to be hidden in order to preserve the ending and the characterization. But it had to exist to provide the ending.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to preview or open a specially-crafted email message, open a malicious file or browse malicious Web content.
So all that is really necessary is to setup a web server and post something enticing in forums like Slashdot.
Once that is accomplished then the cracker waits for web hits. Once you've been cracked he would search your computer for anything resembling an email address and attempt to send malicious emails to those addresses pretending to be from a different address that was found on your computer.
And that's not counting your FaceBook login and other social media sites.
In my experience, the biggest problem is when the CIO is not allowed to refuse requests. Once that is cleared (and the CIO is competent) then projects get finished on time and on budget.
In this case, it sounds like Elon had a lot of confidence in Jay's ability as CIO.
Correct. Those are pictograms. That would place them in the 3rd example that I gave ("And if the school feels it necessary, a THIRD test with pictograms (or whatever).")
There is no right answer to that unique set of words.... As that is a meaningless set of words, by itself.
No. They are not words. They are pictograms. And whether you understand a particular pictogram depends upon whether you have had previous exposure to it.
You can only understand that question if a teacher explains the template to you before hand.
Which is what I've said. And that is why it is the 3rd example that I gave. In essence, it is testing whether the teacher taught the student what those pictograms (or similar ones) represented.
Doesn't it strike anyone as odd that the Govt can design and implement a billion+ dollar data storage center for the NSA but can't deploy a website to allow people to sign up for insurance?
Nope. Because it is always possible to spend MORE money on a project in an attempt to get X results.
The trick is to get X results with the lowest cost. Someone who spends $1,000 on a loaf of bread may not be the best person so send grocery shopping. And that loaf of bread may not be worth $1,000. And when the project was making bologna sandwiches for lunch...
For example, the TSA has a huge annual budget. Yet they've never caught a single terrorist.
honestly people, a test for first graders that is hard to understand for many slashdot readers, including myself???
While I agree with your overall point, I disagree with that. Whether the phrasing is easy to understand or not entirely depends upon whether you have been exposed to that phrasing before.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you should be able to isolate a math question of "6 - 5 = ?" and be able to understand it outside of context.
I agree with that. I would have no problem with a math test that exclusively featured problems in the patterns of: 6 - 5 = ? 6 - ? = 1 ? - 5 = 1
Then, a DIFFERENT test with word problems. And if the school feels it necessary, a THIRD test with pictograms (or whatever).
I know adults who have no problems with basic math but who cannot figure out a word problem. Those seem to be two different mental processes. So combining then into one score and on one test isn't very helpful. And probably leads to a lot of wasted time due to stress when the student hits a word problem.
You should be ranting and raving to get Government Employees people fired and put in jail for breaking the law, not complaining about the journalists.
I can do both.
If you are a journalist, LEARN ENCRYPTION.
And don't stop there. Learn what you need to erase and how to correctly erase it and where to store it in the meantime.
The government is going to use tactics like this so your first obligation should be to protect your sources. That way you can get the story out and the public can get our representatives to CHANGE THE LAWS (if needed) and charge the people responsible.
Fascism begins when the efficiency of the Government becomes more important than the Rights of the People.
If one can expect a SWAT raid for exercising one's freedoms, the exact details of the oppression are insignificant.
And "exercising one's freedoms" doesn't convey the complete scenario.
She was REPORTING on LIES that GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES were telling.
So she is treated the same as if she was holding innocent children hostage at gunpoint.
We are not in a "police state" yet. But tactics such as that for "crimes" that are not crimes WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS FOR WHOMEVER AUTHORIZED IT do blur the distinction.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe yes, but probably not.
The thing with BGP is that there aren't that many sites using it and in order to pull off the attack as described you'd need a LOT of network resources. On the level of one of the backbone providers.
In the past there have been problems where bad BGP info resulted in traffic going where it should not have gone. But that appears more like a black hole. Because there is no route back out.
In order to exploit it the bad network would have to be able to stop the good networks from exchanging routing info. And in order to do that you'd have to be at their level and between them. At which point you already have the access.
Then you shouldn't have any problem naming two such incidents. So prove it.
Yeah. That's why we have that string of military bases along the US/Canada border.
Seriously, that sounds like something from a movie. In the real world we do have friendly nations who are NOT going to attack us.
Really? Nothing about building it themselves? Or buying from a friendly nation that they trust NOT to spy on them like that? Those are the only options that you see?
So cutting US exports is a good thing in your opinion? I would say that it was a problem.
And why would the software from other nations be compatible with our software? And if it isn't then there is the problem with "lock in" and not much benefit from "competition".
Apple has been around for years and has a lot of money.
And yet there are still times when dealing with a government agency or a private company that a Microsoft product is required.
So why do you think that this situation will be improved by introducing MORE platforms that are intentionally incompatible?
Why is that "reasonable"? Shouldn't they be focusing their resources of groups/nations that present some threat to us?
Except that this hurts US businesses because now there will be more incentive for other nations (even friendly nations) to use something other than our products.
Not to mention that "penetrated by enemy operatives" sounds more like a movie synopsis rather than a rational approach to international diplomacy.
About the only way they are the same is the same way every new military technology is the same.
Should we incorporate it into our military or should we attempt to outlaw its use in war?
And we don't seem to be in a hurry to stop using drones. That answers that question. And if we aren't going to stop using them then why would any other nation or group?
So not only is the premise of TFA flawed as you've pointed out, the only "similar" issue has already been answered.
And you probably won't if you stick to work-subjects while at work.
And that's my point. You've just described people who have different NON-WORK views than you as not "honest" people who "lie".
And that is the problem with advocating that people focus on non-work interests at work.
I agree. Many people believe that "talking" is the same as "communicating". And because they've been talking since they were 2 or 3 or whatever that means that they are good at "communicating".
And you can be a complete extrovert and have terrible communication skills.
One of the problems that isn't being discussed is that in order for communication to happen, both parties have to participate. That means that party A has to be willing to listen and understand what party B is communicating. You may be familiar with either or both of these phrases:
1. It isn't what you said, it's how you said it.
2. It isn't what was said, it's who was saying it.
Are you "communicating" that the project will be late and over budget? But the manager is hearing that he's not going to be getting a bonus and the next promotion will probably be going to someone else which means he won't be able to buy a bigger house with a swimming pool in time for his daughter to have a pool party for her 16th birthday ... why do you hate his daughter?!?
The unstated assumption being that the person higher in the hierarchy has more/better communication skills than the person lower in the hierarchy.
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1996-01-12/
This is good if everyone has been hired because they share the same background and views. It is not so good once you start getting people who hold non-work opinions that are very different from yours. The Atheist and the Creationist are probably not going to be socializing together.
Possibly. Or it might depend upon how you communicate with them. The people in Accounting don't seem to dislike people just because their only interactions are filing expense reports. If you need something from them then you're probably working on a project with them or for them. Both instances give lots of opportunity for professional communication.
It could just be his manager. I've often been dinged for "communication". As have most of the techs that I've worked with. It's an easy stereotype.
Now look at the manager who is putting that on a review. Has he been pointing out better ways you've could have communicated as they've happened? No? Then it is a problem with your manager or the system he has to follow.
The best anecdote for that is from a friend of mine who's boss (former tech with no management training) told him not to include him on his weekly updates for a specific project. Then dinged him for "communication" because he should have known to include him in his weekly updates.
Too often "communication" translates to "you are not my drinking buddy". And if evaluations are based upon that then you should find a better job where your boss understands "communication" himself.
Rather, what employer is going to hire someone who has made a claim in the past?
Mobile infantry made me the man I am today,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPTPe33PQY
That's the problem when the author is trying to write about a GENIUS in some field that the author is not a genius in. Or even particularly skilled.
So the author has to set up the situations throughout the book such that the GENIUS can execute them. No matter how improbable. Or utterly predictable.
Another thing, Ender is found and trained just-in-time to command the attacks. What would have happened if he had been killed in some accident?
Given the non-FTL ships and such, I think a better story could have been written where Ender is the best that is available at the time when the ships start arriving at their destinations.
Pretty much.
No, it was not.
Here's a link to help you with that.
http://www.1728.org/reltivty.htm
No, they are not dead. The people on the ship age SLOWER than the people on Earth. It has been 70 years (in the movie) since the war ended. So some of them are probably still alive. And have been alive for 70 years. During which they should have been able to send messages to the ships.
Just because someone does not agree with your opinion does not make their opinion wrong. Or that they did not "understand" something.
I think you're arguing semantics there.
Because the kid that all the bullies pick on ... and the adults either are too stupid to see it or actively promote it ... but he is The One who will Save Humanity.
Except that it is not about survival. It is about Ender being The One who will Save Humanity. And some mean people try to hurt Ender. And so Ender has to hurt the mean people so that Ender can get on with the business of being The One to Save Humanity.
Yay Ender!
Boo anyone who hurt ender!
I'm serious here. Did anyone feel any compassion for the people that Ender killed? No. They were cardboard cutouts of evil that existed solely so that Ender could overcome them as part of his character development. But not KNOW that he had killed them. Because Ender has to be innocent.
This! If you want swooshing space battles then start with The Culture series by Banks. And it even makes sense in those books.
It had great potential back when it was written. But now the training "games" that Ender goes through cannot have the same impact.
***SPOILER***
It's one thing to realize that the little green dots you've been sending to fight the little red dots are really ships with people on them. And you've been ordering them to their deaths and getting petulant about it because you had to get up early. It's entirely different when the dots are now fully rendered ships.
Hold it! How are you ordering them to their deaths? It's already been established that FTL does not exist in this universe. Inter-stellar operations are, effectively, suicide missions because by the time you return everyone you left behind will be dead. So FTL does not exist for ships but it does exist for communications. And that had to be hidden from everyone? Why? Why not let the families of the people on the ships talk to them?
It had to be hidden in order to preserve the ending and the characterization. But it had to exist to provide the ending.
From the summary:
So all that is really necessary is to setup a web server and post something enticing in forums like Slashdot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
Once that is accomplished then the cracker waits for web hits. Once you've been cracked he would search your computer for anything resembling an email address and attempt to send malicious emails to those addresses pretending to be from a different address that was found on your computer.
And that's not counting your FaceBook login and other social media sites.
In this case, which would be easier?
1. Getting 38 million people to follow best practices?
2. Getting Adobe to follow best practices?
It's a question of scalability.
In my experience, the biggest problem is when the CIO is not allowed to refuse requests. Once that is cleared (and the CIO is competent) then projects get finished on time and on budget.
In this case, it sounds like Elon had a lot of confidence in Jay's ability as CIO.
Correct. Those are pictograms. That would place them in the 3rd example that I gave ("And if the school feels it necessary, a THIRD test with pictograms (or whatever).")
No. They are not words. They are pictograms. And whether you understand a particular pictogram depends upon whether you have had previous exposure to it.
Which is what I've said. And that is why it is the 3rd example that I gave. In essence, it is testing whether the teacher taught the student what those pictograms (or similar ones) represented.
Nope. Because it is always possible to spend MORE money on a project in an attempt to get X results.
The trick is to get X results with the lowest cost. Someone who spends $1,000 on a loaf of bread may not be the best person so send grocery shopping. And that loaf of bread may not be worth $1,000. And when the project was making bologna sandwiches for lunch ...
For example, the TSA has a huge annual budget. Yet they've never caught a single terrorist.
While I agree with your overall point, I disagree with that. Whether the phrasing is easy to understand or not entirely depends upon whether you have been exposed to that phrasing before.
I agree with that. I would have no problem with a math test that exclusively featured problems in the patterns of:
6 - 5 = ?
6 - ? = 1
? - 5 = 1
Then, a DIFFERENT test with word problems. And if the school feels it necessary, a THIRD test with pictograms (or whatever).
I know adults who have no problems with basic math but who cannot figure out a word problem. Those seem to be two different mental processes. So combining then into one score and on one test isn't very helpful. And probably leads to a lot of wasted time due to stress when the student hits a word problem.
I can do both.
If you are a journalist, LEARN ENCRYPTION.
And don't stop there. Learn what you need to erase and how to correctly erase it and where to store it in the meantime.
The government is going to use tactics like this so your first obligation should be to protect your sources. That way you can get the story out and the public can get our representatives to CHANGE THE LAWS (if needed) and charge the people responsible.
Fascism begins when the efficiency of the Government becomes more important than the Rights of the People.
And "exercising one's freedoms" doesn't convey the complete scenario.
She was REPORTING on LIES that GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES were telling.
So she is treated the same as if she was holding innocent children hostage at gunpoint.
We are not in a "police state" yet. But tactics such as that for "crimes" that are not crimes WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS FOR WHOMEVER AUTHORIZED IT do blur the distinction.
Seconded. And the Holodeck is being invented by Scotty. In between his regular job of maintaining the ship that keeps getting abused.
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Bad acting is forgivable if the story is interesting.
You'd think that a fan developed work would at least be able to keep canon consistent.