The first movie might have been a horror movie, but I'd classify the other ones as "action thrillers". In my opinion future movies could still succeed as action thrillers even though it'll be hard to do a new horror movie based on aliens (since a part of horror is in the unknown, and the aliens and their limits are now mostly known).
1) How does this apply to "crack WPA-PSK-protected networks"? 2) AFAIK I don't live in a country where it's illegal to crack my own WPA-PSK protected network.
What I find strange is if this statement was really true: "data, including the names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and PenFed banking and credit card account information of its members were accessed by the infected PC."
Most malware programs don't copy every file and send the data over.
So either the malware was suspiciously very targeted (looks for such files and sends contents out) or this was just a precautionary measure - they had to assume the data was compromised even if the malware didn't actually access all of that.
Firefox and Chrome both throw up a giant red page warning you that someone might be listening whenever it encounters an unsigned certificate.
But they don't give any warnings if say the www.citibank.com certificate turns out to be signed by CNNIC (a chinese CA), or any other CA installed in your browser, or signed by sub-CA certs that are signed by any CA in your browser!
So all the Tunisian gov would have to do is get a CA to sign some certs for them, or get them to sign a sub CA cert for them - so that they can sign any cert with that[1]
To handle this scenario you either have to rely on third party plugins like certificate patrol, or manually check the certificates every time without error (good luck with that).
I don't know about spraying. But they do inject beef with ammonia just so that they can sell potentially contaminated beef: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html?pagewanted=all (if you get a registerwall, search for the link in google, click on it, so you get google as referrer).
I suspect the term "trimmings" as used in the article might be a euphemism for something people wouldn't normally eat.
To me if there wasn't so much shit in the beef and it was processed more hygienically you wouldn't have such a big problem with e coli. Problem is beef might cost more.
IMO it would be better if we maintained a distinction between food and fuel, and didn't treat food as a mere fuel for humans.
Whether it's OK is nothing to do with whether it's a random person or not.
It's whether there is any deception involved.
If they're falsely pretending to be a satisfied customer that has no ties with the seller, then that's deception.
There's no need to resort to fancy reasons/analogies to figure out why it's wrong, or to try to justify it. Same goes with judging other money-making schemes people think of- is there deceit involved? The intentions also matter.
Tobacco plants tend to concentrate the trace amounts of polonium from phosphate fertilizers which are often used in commercial tobacco farms. While the polonium is unlikely to be the only cause, it's probably a significant factor.
I don't know whether marijuana plants would also do the same thing. If they did you might see a similar cancer problem if people start smoking marijuana grown in a similar manner and in similar doses (AFAIK marijuana isn't as habit forming as tobacco smoking so the doses might be lower).
But my credit card number can be used by itself, without any other meaningful authentication, to make purchases. This is what needs to change.
But if it's too "secure", when the bank screws up (or insiders do stuff) they will deny it and convince the courts it's a valid transaction and your fault.
I said pretend and sometimes. In contrast corporations do not have to pretend at all.
When stuff like "freedom of speech" comes up, people will say it's not applicable to corporations and customers/users are free to use the services of a different corporation if they don't like it.
Amazon can even get away with deleting books from other people's property without permission. Paypal gets away with a lot.
So if a corporation ever became a defacto ID issuer for the USA I doubt it'll really be better than if the US Gov did it.
It is one thing to buy a digital certificate from a company and quite another to have one "issued" by your government. You say typical American paranoia, but give me one instance where the American government did not abuse its power and overstep its rights while trying to provide "service" to its people.
Thing is the US Gov does have to pretend to follow the US constitution and inconvenient stuff like the FOIA sometimes. And if they don't the US voters can at least in theory vote differently.
This is not true for private corporations.
So if the US Gov outsourced this (and other stuff) to private corporations in a way where they can pretend to follow the US constitution but the US citizens still get screwed, then you're really screwed.
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Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wEURyjB3Lc#t=03m21s
( The Adventures of Bill and John )
The first movie might have been a horror movie, but I'd classify the other ones as "action thrillers". In my opinion future movies could still succeed as action thrillers even though it'll be hard to do a new horror movie based on aliens (since a part of horror is in the unknown, and the aliens and their limits are now mostly known).
1) How does this apply to "crack WPA-PSK-protected networks"?
2) AFAIK I don't live in a country where it's illegal to crack my own WPA-PSK protected network.
No it's more like Rapidshare providing a file sharing service.
What I find strange is if this statement was really true: "data, including the names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and PenFed banking and credit card account information of its members were accessed by the infected PC."
Most malware programs don't copy every file and send the data over.
So either the malware was suspiciously very targeted (looks for such files and sends contents out) or this was just a precautionary measure - they had to assume the data was compromised even if the malware didn't actually access all of that.
Maybe it's because you're actually an AI?
Yeah I did like k3b, I wonder if it's available on windows.
What Word Lens does is more interesting than a sudoku solver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs
I wonder how Batman would get those cars built without revealing that he's Bruce Wayne?
Pay the contractors and builders in cash while dressed up as Batman?
Strong arm? Why? Just $$$ will do: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.security.policy/browse_thread/thread/7ba51ca49de0f6cf/82ae68bc8d4292f8
Firefox and Chrome both throw up a giant red page warning you that someone might be listening whenever it encounters an unsigned certificate.
But they don't give any warnings if say the www.citibank.com certificate turns out to be signed by CNNIC (a chinese CA), or any other CA installed in your browser, or signed by sub-CA certs that are signed by any CA in your browser!
So all the Tunisian gov would have to do is get a CA to sign some certs for them, or get them to sign a sub CA cert for them - so that they can sign any cert with that[1]
To handle this scenario you either have to rely on third party plugins like certificate patrol, or manually check the certificates every time without error (good luck with that).
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.security.policy/browse_thread/thread/7ba51ca49de0f6cf/82ae68bc8d4292f8
Get a high enough score without cheating and the aliens will teleport you to their recruitment facility.
Plus the water levels are high enough that get your head smashed on bridges and stuff while getting washed down the river...
;).
Maybe we could call doing that a Brisbane award instead of a Darwin award
I wonder if thunderstorms can create micro-blackholes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole
http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7952&start=1
If you suddenly switched a typical American to a Japanese diet, or vice versa, they'd suffer from malnutrition pretty quickly.
Malnutrition in terms of having difficulty in maintaining "supersizes"? :)
IIRC the Japanese who moved to USA and switched to US diets (and lifestyles) start getting similar/worse health problems (not malnutrition).
I don't know about spraying. But they do inject beef with ammonia just so that they can sell potentially contaminated beef: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html?pagewanted=all (if you get a registerwall, search for the link in google, click on it, so you get google as referrer).
I suspect the term "trimmings" as used in the article might be a euphemism for something people wouldn't normally eat.
To me if there wasn't so much shit in the beef and it was processed more hygienically you wouldn't have such a big problem with e coli. Problem is beef might cost more.
IMO it would be better if we maintained a distinction between food and fuel, and didn't treat food as a mere fuel for humans.
Too chewy? Stuff them in small cages so they don't get enough exercise.
;).
Hey it works for chickens
Would they be more allergenic though?
I know more people who are allergic to arthropods than who are allergic to beef/chicken/pork.
Not sure why this is so- maybe it's the exposure to dust mites?
Whether it's OK is nothing to do with whether it's a random person or not.
It's whether there is any deception involved.
If they're falsely pretending to be a satisfied customer that has no ties with the seller, then that's deception.
There's no need to resort to fancy reasons/analogies to figure out why it's wrong, or to try to justify it. Same goes with judging other money-making schemes people think of- is there deceit involved? The intentions also matter.
Nothing wrong with making money.
Tobacco plants tend to concentrate the trace amounts of polonium from phosphate fertilizers which are often used in commercial tobacco farms. While the polonium is unlikely to be the only cause, it's probably a significant factor.
I don't know whether marijuana plants would also do the same thing. If they did you might see a similar cancer problem if people start smoking marijuana grown in a similar manner and in similar doses (AFAIK marijuana isn't as habit forming as tobacco smoking so the doses might be lower).
So the US would be fine with lots of fully armed chinese merchant ships in their ports and vice versa?
I think most countries would put up with pesky pirates taking over a ships instead of the above situation.
But my credit card number can be used by itself, without any other meaningful authentication, to make purchases. This is what needs to change.
But if it's too "secure", when the bank screws up (or insiders do stuff) they will deny it and convince the courts it's a valid transaction and your fault.
I said pretend and sometimes. In contrast corporations do not have to pretend at all.
When stuff like "freedom of speech" comes up, people will say it's not applicable to corporations and customers/users are free to use the services of a different corporation if they don't like it.
Amazon can even get away with deleting books from other people's property without permission. Paypal gets away with a lot.
So if a corporation ever became a defacto ID issuer for the USA I doubt it'll really be better than if the US Gov did it.
It is one thing to buy a digital certificate from a company and quite another to have one "issued" by your government. You say typical American paranoia, but give me one instance where the American government did not abuse its power and overstep its rights while trying to provide "service" to its people.
Thing is the US Gov does have to pretend to follow the US constitution and inconvenient stuff like the FOIA sometimes. And if they don't the US voters can at least in theory vote differently.
This is not true for private corporations.
So if the US Gov outsourced this (and other stuff) to private corporations in a way where they can pretend to follow the US constitution but the US citizens still get screwed, then you're really screwed.
Yep. This is the real objection to "fool proof schemes".
When stuff somehow still breaks, the gov/bank/court/world blames you. And you are screwed.
That's why I don't mind my insecure credit card(s).