yes, because 2TB of data storage @ ~$3000 per month is such a steal.
with 3000 a month locked up in data storage, you could probably end up leasing 3 2U servers + vSphere / vCenter licenses and end up saving money over a 2 year period.
He made a comment basically stating that he would be OK if copyright law was something like 50 years MAX, but where after the first 5 years, you would have to reassert yourself, and if you didn't it would become public domain.
I will assume that he means EVERY 5 years you would have to reassert yourself.
I would think the Gov't (US specifically) would be all on board with this idea, considering it could mean the Entertainment industry would be writing them a big fat check every 5 years. (of course that would probably mean those big fat checks to "supporters" personal banking accounts would stop)
The problem is with all the offshore crap the US does, any World War would completely kill us.
How many companies would grind to a halt the second the US just cuts all net connections to anybody outside the US?
Wallstreet would CRUMBLE in seconds (think about all the stocks people held in foreign companies / currency)
Major corporations that outsource customer service / tech support / programming / IT services / manufacturing / processing / etc would also grind to a standstill.
Someone in a previous discussion already made the case against hardware engineered backdoors.
Boiled down to the fact that chips these days are so tightly packed (to save money on fab costs among other things) that putting a hardware backdoor on any major chip would be a pain in the ass... 1) the engineers would have to understand the schematics first, before they could even think about adding something there 2) they would have to QA it to death before the company gets a hold of the chips so that any QA testing they do on it will pass without any questions of why this pin here or there is giving odd voltage / current readings.
Now, that is not to say that because they already HAVE the schematics that they could just spend time deciphering them to find out any bugs and then exploit those already designed bugs.
Any company big enough for a state-sponsored attack like this would also be big enough where they are manufacturing the chips in house as well.
It is possible, but I don't see it happening any time in the near future...
Are there any verified examples of a hardware engineered hack like this yet?
Lets blame a huge foreign company of some problem to persuade the citizens that they should start buying US cars...
Someone stated it in a previous thread, Governments like to think long term, where as businesses think short term. This strategy would be long term thinking in the sense that Americans will slowly start buying US made cars. 10 years from now, maybe GM is the top car manufacturing company.
Also, while everyone sits watching how this Toyota crap plays out, all the major governments can swiftly implement the ACTA when no one is bothering to pay attention.
I may have said it in the other thread, but maybe not...
If smart phones were turned into a botnet and they started attacking the internet, I am pretty sure AT&T / Verizon / ETC could AND WOULD stop this ASAP.
every minute their network is congested / down / attacking other parts of its company means lost revenue to them...
For this specific attack it makes sense that these companies would either know about this before the Gov't does, or at least be willing to listen to the gov't in this situation.
you may not be able to see the ACTUAL traffic, but shouldn't you still see that 50 PCs on your network all of a sudden start trying to connect securely to a server in China?
I don't think there is any easy way around this.
Even if the IP it was connecting to ended up being within your country, the simple fact that it is all being recorded and data-mined by some company wide application means that given enough time, a pattern will be discovered, and can then be countered.
Next thing you know, we will be experimenting with genetically modified super hot chicks that can kick ass and ride a bike to save the day and take out these drones.
hell there wouldn't even need to be a wire, you could just use Bluetooth or whatever future short distance wireless transmitting tech there is.
Watch serving as your computer. AR headset over one eye or both. voice recognition instead of a keyboard. Glove / pen like device for mouse movements / pointing etc.
The only thing holding anything back right now is the time to integrate all these current and developing technologies into one device (and shrink the size).
Not to be a MS fanboy, but project Natal is one of many, many steps in the right direction.
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You're either a 1 or a 0, alive or dead...
it means one less attack vector for the baddies.
Every Windows user should be happy about that.
yes, because 2TB of data storage @ ~$3000 per month is such a steal.
with 3000 a month locked up in data storage, you could probably end up leasing 3 2U servers + vSphere / vCenter licenses and end up saving money over a 2 year period.
I'll make sure to ref. this post when my manager asks me why I am brining in a 6 pack of beer instead of my daily 6 pack of pepsi
Yeah, except they were terminated... wouldn't that mean the contract is null and void?
Chuck is on there, I shot em message on their form.
Maybe I'll give em a call tomorrow as well to voice my opinion.
Somewhat exists already:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe-lafs
He made a comment basically stating that he would be OK if copyright law was something like 50 years MAX, but where after the first 5 years, you would have to reassert yourself, and if you didn't it would become public domain.
I will assume that he means EVERY 5 years you would have to reassert yourself.
I would think the Gov't (US specifically) would be all on board with this idea, considering it could mean the Entertainment industry would be writing them a big fat check every 5 years.
(of course that would probably mean those big fat checks to "supporters" personal banking accounts would stop)
How much is it to copyright a song these days?
don't forget WiFi mesh networks...
The problem is with all the offshore crap the US does, any World War would completely kill us.
How many companies would grind to a halt the second the US just cuts all net connections to anybody outside the US?
Wallstreet would CRUMBLE in seconds (think about all the stocks people held in foreign companies / currency)
Major corporations that outsource customer service / tech support / programming / IT services / manufacturing / processing / etc would also grind to a standstill.
Someone in a previous discussion already made the case against hardware engineered backdoors.
Boiled down to the fact that chips these days are so tightly packed (to save money on fab costs among other things) that putting a hardware backdoor on any major chip would be a pain in the ass...
1) the engineers would have to understand the schematics first, before they could even think about adding something there
2) they would have to QA it to death before the company gets a hold of the chips so that any QA testing they do on it will pass without any questions of why this pin here or there is giving odd voltage / current readings.
Now, that is not to say that because they already HAVE the schematics that they could just spend time deciphering them to find out any bugs and then exploit those already designed bugs.
Any company big enough for a state-sponsored attack like this would also be big enough where they are manufacturing the chips in house as well.
It is possible, but I don't see it happening any time in the near future...
Are there any verified examples of a hardware engineered hack like this yet?
I was thinking the same thing...
US economy down... US car companies in trouble...
Lets blame a huge foreign company of some problem to persuade the citizens that they should start buying US cars...
Someone stated it in a previous thread, Governments like to think long term, where as businesses think short term. This strategy would be long term thinking in the sense that Americans will slowly start buying US made cars. 10 years from now, maybe GM is the top car manufacturing company.
Also, while everyone sits watching how this Toyota crap plays out, all the major governments can swiftly implement the ACTA when no one is bothering to pay attention.
Don't they mean Xfinity?
I may have said it in the other thread, but maybe not...
If smart phones were turned into a botnet and they started attacking the internet, I am pretty sure AT&T / Verizon / ETC could AND WOULD stop this ASAP.
every minute their network is congested / down / attacking other parts of its company means lost revenue to them...
For this specific attack it makes sense that these companies would either know about this before the Gov't does, or at least be willing to listen to the gov't in this situation.
This is a fucking awesome idea.
you may not be able to see the ACTUAL traffic, but shouldn't you still see that 50 PCs on your network all of a sudden start trying to connect securely to a server in China?
I don't think there is any easy way around this.
Even if the IP it was connecting to ended up being within your country, the simple fact that it is all being recorded and data-mined by some company wide application means that given enough time, a pattern will be discovered, and can then be countered.
If CNN didn't get the exclusive, you can guarantee that some other puppet media company would have.
If it wasn't exclusive, I am guessing (maybe hoping is a better word?) there would be a few reporters asking the same questions you are.
I thought Babylon A.D. was the 3rd Riddick movie???
What are the specs on Sprints 4G?
If they used VoIP, they wouldn't be able to justify the price they charge the end users.
Straight out of the TV show...
Next thing you know, we will be experimenting with genetically modified super hot chicks that can kick ass and ride a bike to save the day and take out these drones.
I understand the joke... but lets be serious here, I would be surprised if even 5% of their staff understands how to use these tools correctly.
When they first started GeekSquad in my area, I was there for a total of 3 months (~15/hr was a good chunk of cash for a college student).
I saw:
- people returning towers that ended up having the actual folder we used to document our steps INSIDE the case (surprised the thing didnt overheat)
- employees trying to remove a power supply without properly unscrewing and detaching the cables from the mobo.
- managers press their staff to push the ~$70 backup "deal" onto customers (4.7GB of backup no less)
- a virus on a PC that looked like it filled up the entire hard drive with empty avi files that had a random porn like name given to em.
- much more I cant recall right now (I've tried to delete it from my memory)
I stopped showing up shortly after.
If this synthetic life ends up looking anything like Max, am I able to place an order for a few?
Especially for Testing your GUI.
This seems like AutoIT but with image recognition (instead of having to input mouse coordinates).
Wristwatches have huge potential.
just need AR to take off first.
hell there wouldn't even need to be a wire, you could just use Bluetooth or whatever future short distance wireless transmitting tech there is.
Watch serving as your computer.
AR headset over one eye or both.
voice recognition instead of a keyboard.
Glove / pen like device for mouse movements / pointing etc.
The only thing holding anything back right now is the time to integrate all these current and developing technologies into one device (and shrink the size).
Not to be a MS fanboy, but project Natal is one of many, many steps in the right direction.