An originally unintended consequence of the cooling required of the LHC is that it will, as now being predicted by experts, reverse global warming and by 2010 will start a global cooling trend. That is if the earth isn't sucked into a black hole by then.
DNA can be modified. HeartMath as well as others have done research which shows that DNA changes, making it maybe a little less reliable than fingerprints as far as evidence goes.
As I understand, any software that can run has pretty much open access to the registry. The only exceptions to this are if one bothered to setup some specific policy restrictions or if one happens to use a regular user account rather than having their account == 'administrator'. And who actually does that, I mean other than the average/.er, network admin on company machines or technical user that actually knows what they are doing? The average joe-user either uses administrator as their primary account or has their own name just equal to it per the default OEM setup process. Otherwise they have to switch accounts just to install something or change some 'system' setting and that's just too much of a hassle for most users.
Granted, I'm out of the loop on granularity of windows security settings and I'm stepping over the limits of my knowledge here since the latest environment I did any administration work in consisted of 98/ME/NT/2k machines when XP was just starting to trickle in, but aren't the defaults still mostly "all access until restricted" rather than a strict "least privilege" model?
If a user can run regedit without getting the "disabled by administrator" message, there's unfettered access. I suspect this is a rather common situation amongst home users, while not so much in office environments.
And if a user somehow got one of these modified files AND has ignored the first dialog AND changed the default security option, all they're going to get is a new web page opening up in the default browser, which would then be subject to other security on the machine.
So, current Windows installs appaer to be secure by default against this exploit.
I'm no malware expert and for the most part gave up keeping up to date with the myriad of windows security vulnerabilities long ago, but how difficult/easy is it to have some malware (activeX, javascript, flash, trojan, etc.?) simply change those settings? Can that warning dialog be turned off, say by modifying a registry value? Changing the script option to "on" I would think is a rather trivial thing to accomplish somehow without user knowledge. Of course, I could be way off base here.
You could try an x86 build of OpenWRT and use CF rather than HDD. On router devices, OpenWRT boots up in about 10 seconds, but I'm sure the BIOS on a PC would add to the bootup time. I haven't tried it on a PC but I've seen that others have.
Then of course there always LFS, DSL, various Slack distros, etc. but you still get limited by the bios.
You may want to check over on the mp3car.com forums. I've seen a couple threads over there on getting machines to boot up quick, though I couldn't comment on the quality of the content.
lot's of pc's and stuff -|LAN Cloud|->|router |<-->| Internet (big fluffy[scary?] cloud)|<-->|router |<--| LAN 2 Cloud |- lots of other pc's and stuff (imagine some crappy ascii depiction of the above)
Now we throw a VPN link into this and this becomes the WAN cloud. Or let's say we get a bunch of leased lines to remote sites and expand our token ring segment off our main LAN...
Ahh yes.. I recall a many an issue with windows drivers for nics conflicting with Netware clients. Can't recall any other specific widespread hardware related issues...
And then there was the whole fiasco of Norton changing their Corporate AV install such that it used IE components, requiring IE to be updated/reinstalled/etc., when the environment mostly used Netscape as the browser.
That was several years ago, I haven't done much work in a large network for quite a while but I'm sure the situation hasn't improved any. Though if I were going to deploy a large network of Linux desktops today, I'd probably be a little less concerned about the hardware than I would be if they were Windows desktops. Then I'd have the whole Vista or XP question to deal with and my head would probably explode trying to figure out the compatibility matrix, not to mention acceptable performance, with that one.
Seeing as how Okimura Shihan studied under O'Sensei in the 60's, I'd say he's old. He's also rather small and I've seen him throw guys almost three times younger and larger.
Seems that physical condition doesn't matter as much in certain arts.:)
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Or it could be one hell of a reflector for a directional wifi antenna.
Come to think of it I could use it get a better signal for my Hughes satellite connection, just send it to me.:)
I've run GNU/Linux for years without any anti-virus software on my boxen whatsoever.
I agree that social engineering is still the #1 way to exploit any system, and probably will remain at that spot indefinitely.
However, that doesn't mean I believe Linux is absolutely impervious to trojan or other attacks.
The fact remains that, unlike *nix systems and their related userbase, MS has failed miserably at providing an environment where virii have a hard time existing to begin with. Granted, there was a somewhat half-assed addressing of this since XP - but it's relatively useless since most users just make their accounts == Administrator because otherwise they can't install any software at all, negating the whole attempt of 'root privilege' isolation. The only real segregation is in user documents and similar such files. Executables/DLLs still have 'root' access to kernel resources. Until this fatal flaw in architecture is fixed, it will not even be close to being a secure OS and AV software will be required on windows, whereas it's not necessarily required on others even despite the tech level of users.
AOL... didn't they have an issue with subscribers not being able to cancel their 'subscription'... in most cases for several months? hmmm.... 1)User/customer requests to cancel account 2)ignore their request as long as possible 3)Profit!!! 4)Deal with credit card dispute - haggle for a couple months to let the interest accrue 5)refund customer most of the disputed amount 6)Profit!!!
Contractor != hourly (non-exempt) employee. The key word being contract which should determine whether or not there is such a thing as an overtime rate; and if so, at what point that is reached since it could be significantly different from 40 hours.
I would second Doctorow. I'm actually surprised that this is the only mention I've seen of him, particularly since he releases his books/stories in electronic format for free.
In other news, Viacom has petitioned the court for Google's logs of users who downloaded their ratproxy tool after it was used to reveal vulnerabilities on certain Viacom owned web sites.
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But only the citrus flavored ones?
An originally unintended consequence of the cooling required of the LHC is that it will, as now being predicted by experts, reverse global warming and by 2010 will start a global cooling trend. That is if the earth isn't sucked into a black hole by then.
No way I'm going to finger my screen.
Awww why not? - I will
finger: screen: no such user.
Oh well - my screen doesn't even has its' own account.
DNA can be modified. HeartMath as well as others have done research which shows that DNA changes, making it maybe a little less reliable than fingerprints as far as evidence goes.
As I understand, any software that can run has pretty much open access to the registry. The only exceptions to this are if one bothered to setup some specific policy restrictions or if one happens to use a regular user account rather than having their account == 'administrator'. And who actually does that, I mean other than the average /.er, network admin on company machines or technical user that actually knows what they are doing?
The average joe-user either uses administrator as their primary account or has their own name just equal to it per the default OEM setup process. Otherwise they have to switch accounts just to install something or change some 'system' setting and that's just too much of a hassle for most users.
Granted, I'm out of the loop on granularity of windows security settings and I'm stepping over the limits of my knowledge here since the latest environment I did any administration work in consisted of 98/ME/NT/2k machines when XP was just starting to trickle in, but aren't the defaults still mostly "all access until restricted" rather than a strict "least privilege" model?
If a user can run regedit without getting the "disabled by administrator" message, there's unfettered access. I suspect this is a rather common situation amongst home users, while not so much in office environments.
And if a user somehow got one of these modified files AND has ignored the first dialog AND changed the default security option, all they're going to get is a new web page opening up in the default browser, which would then be subject to other security on the machine.
So, current Windows installs appaer to be secure by default against this exploit.
I'm no malware expert and for the most part gave up keeping up to date with the myriad of windows security vulnerabilities long ago, but how difficult/easy is it to have some malware (activeX, javascript, flash, trojan, etc.?) simply change those settings?
Can that warning dialog be turned off, say by modifying a registry value?
Changing the script option to "on" I would think is a rather trivial thing to accomplish somehow without user knowledge.
Of course, I could be way off base here.
You could try an x86 build of OpenWRT and use CF rather than HDD. On router devices, OpenWRT boots up in about 10 seconds, but I'm sure the BIOS on a PC would add to the bootup time. I haven't tried it on a PC but I've seen that others have.
Then of course there always LFS, DSL, various Slack distros, etc. but you still get limited by the bios.
You may want to check over on the mp3car.com forums. I've seen a couple threads over there on getting machines to boot up quick, though I couldn't comment on the quality of the content.
African or European?
lot's of pc's and stuff -|LAN Cloud|->|router |<-->| Internet (big fluffy[scary?] cloud)|<-->|router |<--| LAN 2 Cloud |- lots of other pc's and stuff
(imagine some crappy ascii depiction of the above)
Now we throw a VPN link into this and this becomes the WAN cloud.
Or let's say we get a bunch of leased lines to remote sites and expand our token ring segment off our main LAN...
Does it run AmigaOS? How about running Video Toaster on a beowulf cluster of those things...
What artist actually sees any royalty payments anyway?
blah blah blah... yadda yadda...
Mod TFA +3 rant fodder
mod this post -2 multiplily (is that a word? no it's just multiply) redundant... and -1 schizophrenicly confused
Ahh yes.. I recall a many an issue with windows drivers for nics conflicting with Netware clients. Can't recall any other specific widespread hardware related issues...
And then there was the whole fiasco of Norton changing their Corporate AV install such that it used IE components, requiring IE to be updated/reinstalled/etc., when the environment mostly used Netscape as the browser.
That was several years ago, I haven't done much work in a large network for quite a while but I'm sure the situation hasn't improved any. Though if I were going to deploy a large network of Linux desktops today, I'd probably be a little less concerned about the hardware than I would be if they were Windows desktops. Then I'd have the whole Vista or XP question to deal with and my head would probably explode trying to figure out the compatibility matrix, not to mention acceptable performance, with that one.
Seeing as how Okimura Shihan studied under O'Sensei in the 60's, I'd say he's old. He's also rather small and I've seen him throw guys almost three times younger and larger. :)
Seems that physical condition doesn't matter as much in certain arts.
You forgot FreeCiv, you insensitive clod.
I could make a hat... a broach... a pterodactyl.
:)
Or it could be one hell of a reflector for a directional wifi antenna.
Come to think of it I could use it get a better signal for my Hughes satellite connection, just send it to me.
I've run GNU/Linux for years without any anti-virus software on my boxen whatsoever.
I agree that social engineering is still the #1 way to exploit any system, and probably will remain at that spot indefinitely.
However, that doesn't mean I believe Linux is absolutely impervious to trojan or other attacks.
The fact remains that, unlike *nix systems and their related userbase, MS has failed miserably at providing an environment where virii have a hard time existing to begin with. Granted, there was a somewhat half-assed addressing of this since XP - but it's relatively useless since most users just make their accounts == Administrator because otherwise they can't install any software at all, negating the whole attempt of 'root privilege' isolation. The only real segregation is in user documents and similar such files. Executables/DLLs still have 'root' access to kernel resources. Until this fatal flaw in architecture is fixed, it will not even be close to being a secure OS and AV software will be required on windows, whereas it's not necessarily required on others even despite the tech level of users.
I disagree.. It's called - I'm the Op of this channel: kick/ whippersnapper Get off my lawn!
there goes the plan^H^H^H^Hinterweb.
AOL... didn't they have an issue with subscribers not being able to cancel their 'subscription' ... in most cases for several months?
hmmm....
1)User/customer requests to cancel account
2)ignore their request as long as possible
3)Profit!!!
4)Deal with credit card dispute - haggle for a couple months to let the interest accrue
5)refund customer most of the disputed amount
6)Profit!!!
Contractor != hourly (non-exempt) employee. The key word being contract which should determine whether or not there is such a thing as an overtime rate; and if so, at what point that is reached since it could be significantly different from 40 hours.
Type softly and carry a big stick.
Oh wait... wrong doctrine.
Stay off the interweb at least until Service Pack 1 is released.
I would second Doctorow. I'm actually surprised that this is the only mention I've seen of him, particularly since he releases his books/stories in electronic format for free.
thin clients or thick clients for that matter.
In other news, Viacom has petitioned the court for Google's logs of users who downloaded their ratproxy tool after it was used to reveal vulnerabilities on certain Viacom owned web sites.