This sounds more like a story from there and less like a scientific research study. Even then, I can remember reading certain Slashdot stories from 3 years ago more than I can remember the plot outline of the Wheel of Time, which I started reading 2 years ago.
First mistake: They list the IP in the affadavit OUTSIDE of the logs twice as 72.9.153.42 instead of 72.9.153.142 as it should be. One could assume that they could have now raided the wrong server in Tailor Made's farm.
Second mistake: "root" is just an IRC nickname on AnonOPs, and this person does NOT have root access on the IRC server that was raid as falsely assumed in the affadavit. They have oper with override privileges, and that was what was logged. The raid on the server at Tailor Made Servers was made under false pretenses.
Third mistake: Those logs show... [Thu Dec 9 11:14:27 2010] - OVERRIDE: root(root@72.9.153.142) TOPIC #loic '!lazor default targethost=api.paypal.comsubsite=/ speed=3 threads=15 method=tcp wait=false random=true checked=false message=Good_night_paypal_Sweet_dreams_from_AnonOPs port=443 stop'... if anyone here has looked at LOIC's topic parsing, there's two mistakes the FBI made there. The first is that there's no space between targethost=api.paypal.com and subsite=/. The second is that this person "root" is STOPPING the attacks by adding "stop" at the end of the topic. Unless they can show logs of this "root" person throwing "start" in the topic instead of stop, this person is doing exactly the opposite of "willingly and knowingly" executing commands to start a DDoS attack.
Yeah, actually this article is completely misleading, seeing as Aurora Australis (the "Southern Lights") already exist. It's actually the southern lights just visible at lower latitudes.
To be fair, it does include the name of a game that was copyrighted in 1981, and it was even contested and won against Universal City Studios because it was too close to King Kong.
Ding! You've leveled up! You can now change your class to "White MJ"! You've learned the skill "Dodge Lawsuit"! You've gained 3,000 MP (Molestation Points)!
This is also old news in regards to the actual topic. Malware has been imitating error pages and injecting code into pages (like "Google detects you're infected, use software to fix!" on Google") for the longest time..
I was thinking of something more along the lines of OLPC or any of those charitable organizations that help spread technology to people/places that regularly wouldn't have access to it.
Full infiltration of the TOR network is pretty much necessary if they ever want to catch pedophiles in the act.
I've also got some philosophical issues with the removal of access to this content as well. If you take away CP from a pedo, doesn't it just mean that they're going to turn to alternative methods to fulfill their urges, such as nabbing little kids, and public indecency at parks, etc etc??
You and every other person who has to deal with problems with computers feel exactly the same way. It's like... a wife that nags too much. You love her at first... but she keeps nagging... and nagging... and nagging. Eventually you cut the bitch and bury her in the backyard.
I'm sure a carpet cloak like this would have military applications, and in a desert environment like the Middle East, people aren't going to notice you unless they're close to you.
A sniper on a ridge covered with one of these babies is still going to do the job.
I don't know about you, but I pirate games as a demo. If I download one or two songs from a new album, and I like them, I'll go out and buy the CD.
I played half an hour of Just Cause 2 and decided to go out and buy the game within an hour of playing with the pirated version.
It's reasonable nowadays seeing as these companies are developing too many shitty games to release a goddamn demo, so more people will buy their shit because of the media hype, and not the actual gameplay.
It's a real shame, though, to see how many wannabe nerds there are in the world. In our introductory programming course, the instructor decided to use VB.net as the teaching language to go easy on us. It's amazing how many kids (and I say "kids" because they have the IQ of 13 year olds) can't understand basic programming logic; 80% of the students either failed and/or dropped out of the program because they couldn't grasp it. Hell, the teacher even started allowing us to copy code from the internet if we needed to halfway though the course. Meanwhile I was sitting there with 100% in the class, making a bunch of mini-games to play when I was bored, while all the other students gawked in amazement how pictures moved around the screen when I pressed a key.
Imagine something a little more bracelet-like... and even then, the idea of a wristwatch/wearable computer isn't a new idea at all... Companies have being developing wristwatch computers for a long time now.(http://www.pcworld.com/article/65623/is_that_a_pc_on_your_wrist.html)
It is NOT only about providing the technical platform. It is also about providing all the things that company it - some may call that "marketing", but it's mostly about giving support to those who use the platform, and giving more value for their time, work and money.
That being said I've yet to see a game using OpenGL that can render anything as well/as quickly as DX10.
Slashdot Mirror
This sounds more like a story from there and less like a scientific research study. Even then, I can remember reading certain Slashdot stories from 3 years ago more than I can remember the plot outline of the Wheel of Time, which I started reading 2 years ago.
First mistake: They list the IP in the affadavit OUTSIDE of the logs twice as 72.9.153.42 instead of 72.9.153.142 as it should be. One could assume that they could have now raided the wrong server in Tailor Made's farm.
Second mistake: "root" is just an IRC nickname on AnonOPs, and this person does NOT have root access on the IRC server that was raid as falsely assumed in the affadavit. They have oper with override privileges, and that was what was logged. The raid on the server at Tailor Made Servers was made under false pretenses.
Third mistake: Those logs show... [Thu Dec 9 11:14:27 2010] - OVERRIDE: root(root@72.9.153.142) TOPIC #loic '!lazor default targethost=api.paypal.comsubsite=/ speed=3 threads=15 method=tcp wait=false random=true checked=false message=Good_night_paypal_Sweet_dreams_from_AnonOPs port=443 stop' ... if anyone here has looked at LOIC's topic parsing, there's two mistakes the FBI made there. The first is that there's no space between targethost=api.paypal.com and subsite=/. The second is that this person "root" is STOPPING the attacks by adding "stop" at the end of the topic. Unless they can show logs of this "root" person throwing "start" in the topic instead of stop, this person is doing exactly the opposite of "willingly and knowingly" executing commands to start a DDoS attack.
The title of the article, that is. Some of the content of the article does mention aurora australis.
Yeah, actually this article is completely misleading, seeing as Aurora Australis (the "Southern Lights") already exist. It's actually the southern lights just visible at lower latitudes.
To be fair, it does include the name of a game that was copyrighted in 1981, and it was even contested and won against Universal City Studios because it was too close to King Kong.
Ding! You've leveled up! You can now change your class to "White MJ"! You've learned the skill "Dodge Lawsuit"! You've gained 3,000 MP (Molestation Points)!
This is also old news in regards to the actual topic. Malware has been imitating error pages and injecting code into pages (like "Google detects you're infected, use software to fix!" on Google") for the longest time..
...doesn't mean it's legal, right?
I was thinking of something more along the lines of OLPC or any of those charitable organizations that help spread technology to people/places that regularly wouldn't have access to it.
Y'know if they wanted to refuse the cash... instead of letting Mozilla keep it, have them donate it to the charity of their choice. Just sayin'.
Uh, actually, Apple is choosing HTML5 for the iPad over Flash. Although I believe Hulu sticking with Flash... soooooo...
Well y'know Frontier's serious about this patent suit... they decided to file it outside of the East Texas District!
Yeah, the headline on this one is a bit sensationalist. The FCC is for prevention, not takeover.
Full infiltration of the TOR network is pretty much necessary if they ever want to catch pedophiles in the act.
I've also got some philosophical issues with the removal of access to this content as well. If you take away CP from a pedo, doesn't it just mean that they're going to turn to alternative methods to fulfill their urges, such as nabbing little kids, and public indecency at parks, etc etc??
In humble your opinion, sir?
I not understand do.
Let freedom ring from the Blue Screens of Windows to the Cracked Displays of iPhones!
You and every other person who has to deal with problems with computers feel exactly the same way. It's like... a wife that nags too much. You love her at first... but she keeps nagging... and nagging... and nagging. Eventually you cut the bitch and bury her in the backyard.
I'm sure a carpet cloak like this would have military applications, and in a desert environment like the Middle East, people aren't going to notice you unless they're close to you.
A sniper on a ridge covered with one of these babies is still going to do the job.
I don't know about you, but I pirate games as a demo. If I download one or two songs from a new album, and I like them, I'll go out and buy the CD.
I played half an hour of Just Cause 2 and decided to go out and buy the game within an hour of playing with the pirated version.
It's reasonable nowadays seeing as these companies are developing too many shitty games to release a goddamn demo, so more people will buy their shit because of the media hype, and not the actual gameplay.
It's a real shame, though, to see how many wannabe nerds there are in the world. In our introductory programming course, the instructor decided to use VB.net as the teaching language to go easy on us.
It's amazing how many kids (and I say "kids" because they have the IQ of 13 year olds) can't understand basic programming logic; 80% of the students either failed and/or dropped out of the program because they couldn't grasp it. Hell, the teacher even started allowing us to copy code from the internet if we needed to halfway though the course.
Meanwhile I was sitting there with 100% in the class, making a bunch of mini-games to play when I was bored, while all the other students gawked in amazement how pictures moved around the screen when I pressed a key.
The ironic thing is that, if I understand correct, Google Patent Search (what I used to find these patents) would be in violation of these patents...
System for automatically generating queries
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6778979
Method and apparatus for the integration of information and knowledge
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6778979
Imagine something a little more bracelet-like... and even then, the idea of a wristwatch/wearable computer isn't a new idea at all... Companies have being developing wristwatch computers for a long time now.(http://www.pcworld.com/article/65623/is_that_a_pc_on_your_wrist.html)
A throttled Internet is still not a neutral network.
Actually, if it's throttling based on overall traffic, and not port/application-based, then yes, I'd say it's neutral.
It is NOT only about providing the technical platform. It is also about providing all the things that company it - some may call that "marketing", but it's mostly about giving support to those who use the platform, and giving more value for their time, work and money.
That being said I've yet to see a game using OpenGL that can render anything as well/as quickly as DX10.