You're then basically telling anyone who might employ such an exploit how to compromise your system.
My responsibility is to protect my system first, and then to help other people protect their systems.
I'm not saying that a leak of an exploit isn't good, I'm saying you need to make sure that something is protecting your system from that exploit before you leak it.
I'm sure they'd let you, but the VE tests make you wipe all the programming out of any electronics you carry in with you. Hope you memorized the program and can retype it quickly.
As a self-policed service, the people who did get the big fancy certificate will likely track down your whereabouts and report you to the gubbermint.
At which point you're hosed. The "Warning Letters" section is always fun. Excerpt:
" Operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid FCC authorization is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and may subject the responsible parties to substantial monetary forfeitures, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. Because unlicensed operation creates a danger of interference to important radio communications services and may subject the operator to severe penalties, this warning emphasizes the importance of complying strictly with these legal requirements.
UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST CEASE IMMEDIATELY.
"
The "catch" is that you can't transmit with a pecuniary interest.
So if you're doing business, don't do it on the radio. Radio is for talking with friends.
(Which is why FRS/GMRS - which isn't so restricted - is very popular at hamfests. "Will you take $25 on that old (item)?" "Uhh, be there in a minute." - I've heard that a few dozen times.)
Anyone can listen. You only need a license if you want to transmit.
Of course, by the time you've got the downlink antenna, tracking system, receive downconverters and the rest of the kit, you'll probably just give up and get the license. Any "I'm not a nerd" cred you were trying to maintain is out the window once you're aiming antennae at birds that you tracked with that orbit calculator program...
Because you want everyone sitting next to Grandma to know that she's pissed herself, instead of just the staff who are supposed to help her take care of things.
I tried installing one or two or three or four programs as fixes and workarounds. They didn't fix the issues to my satisfaction.
What I can say is that Gnome isn't nearly as terrible as I used to think it was, and the distribution that more people use seems to have more stuff working. It's like this "many eyes on the problem, many hands to fix it" stuff really works.
You can, of course, go it alone. Don't forget to carry extra oxygen; the air is pretty thin up on the high road.
Not everyone enjoys fixing the distro before they use it.
I stopped enjoying that sort of thing about 3 years ago. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I really like it when things just work... like they're supposed to. Kubuntu doesn't seem to be there yet.
Umm, you do realize that WiFi is part of the kernel and has nothing to do with the desktop environment, right?
The program in Kubuntu that lets you do things like select which wireless network to connect to, which network key to use, etc... doesn't really work from what I've seen. That program is part of the desktop environment.
Maybe that will get fixed this time around, but I'm not holding my breath while I wait for it.
Kubuntu is now running KDE4. KDE3.5 was acceptable (even good) performance; KDE4 sucks that right out of the box and makes everything drag. I had to switch to Gnome to get the second monitor to work (using a command-line fix every time it came out of screensaver was a pain), and to make the crashing stop, and to make the slowness stop.
As far as I can tell, Kubuntu is a second (or third) class citizen to other members of the Ubuntu family. Something along the lines of "separate, and supposedly equal, but we all know that never works."
"Apps" may be bad, but a usable API to the raw data might be good.
Like "look, we get that you might want to look at only a subset of our 6 terabyte database. We'll let you run a limited number of queries per minute and return just that relevant subset of data for you." could be really handy.
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Interesting, but...
You're then basically telling anyone who might employ such an exploit how to compromise your system.
My responsibility is to protect my system first, and then to help other people protect their systems.
I'm not saying that a leak of an exploit isn't good, I'm saying you need to make sure that something is protecting your system from that exploit before you leak it.
Is.
http://www.arrl.org/ click on Licensing, then Getting Started in Amateur Radio.
Start on 2m & 70cm. A handheld with a little whip can be a lot of fun.
I'm sure they'd let you, but the VE tests make you wipe all the programming out of any electronics you carry in with you. Hope you memorized the program and can retype it quickly.
2.4ghz is an amateur band. Lots of people turn off encryption and run high-power 802.11 links.
I'm pretty sure that D-STAR allows you to plug ethernet into your 23cm radio, and it just works. (Icom ID-1)
APRS is a pretty cool re-use of old-school 1200bps packet.
Ham stuff evolved a bit, too - just like the rest of the electronics world.
As a self-policed service, the people who did get the big fancy certificate will likely track down your whereabouts and report you to the gubbermint.
At which point you're hosed. The "Warning Letters" section is always fun. Excerpt: " Operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid FCC authorization is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and may subject the responsible parties to substantial monetary forfeitures, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. Because unlicensed operation creates a danger of interference to important radio communications services and may subject the operator to severe penalties, this warning emphasizes the importance of complying strictly with these legal requirements. UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST CEASE IMMEDIATELY. "
The "catch" is that you can't transmit with a pecuniary interest.
So if you're doing business, don't do it on the radio. Radio is for talking with friends.
(Which is why FRS/GMRS - which isn't so restricted - is very popular at hamfests. "Will you take $25 on that old (item)?" "Uhh, be there in a minute." - I've heard that a few dozen times.)
Knowing morse code was an international treaty requirement for most operation below 30Mhz.
The FCC removed the restriction back in the 1990's for at least one class of license which (mostly) only allowed operation above 50Mhz.
When the international treaty was changed, the FCC was pretty quick (only 3 years) to remove the morse code requirement.
You're allowed to be pissed of, just be pissed off at the ITU, not the FCC.
Anyone can listen. You only need a license if you want to transmit.
Of course, by the time you've got the downlink antenna, tracking system, receive downconverters and the rest of the kit, you'll probably just give up and get the license. Any "I'm not a nerd" cred you were trying to maintain is out the window once you're aiming antennae at birds that you tracked with that orbit calculator program...
Excellent idea! Protection from magnetic fields, and air conditioning!
It's like a trifecta!
Mu-metal is the new preferred material for protective headwear.
Right.
Because you want everyone sitting next to Grandma to know that she's pissed herself, instead of just the staff who are supposed to help her take care of things.
... and the hookers, for that matter.
Ahh yes... back in the day (20 years ago), I moved my monitor off my desk and onto an arm.
Within 4 days, my tan lines had shifted.
(Not troll, seriously. They moved.)
The Party has outlawed problems such as this.
Ahh yes. In old country, Monkey inspects You.
Like so many of the few dates I've had, they may want to see the monkey, but they certainly don't want to touch it.
But they'll tell me how to handle and position the monkey, so that's progress.
Some of us are smart enough to learn from the mistakes of others.
[sarcasm on] Some of us are French, 24 years old, and live with our mother. [sarcasm off]
I tried installing one or two or three or four programs as fixes and workarounds. They didn't fix the issues to my satisfaction.
What I can say is that Gnome isn't nearly as terrible as I used to think it was, and the distribution that more people use seems to have more stuff working. It's like this "many eyes on the problem, many hands to fix it" stuff really works.
You can, of course, go it alone. Don't forget to carry extra oxygen; the air is pretty thin up on the high road.
Not everyone enjoys fixing the distro before they use it.
I stopped enjoying that sort of thing about 3 years ago. Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I really like it when things just work... like they're supposed to. Kubuntu doesn't seem to be there yet.
LOLWHAT?
Umm, you do realize that WiFi is part of the kernel and has nothing to do with the desktop environment, right?
The program in Kubuntu that lets you do things like select which wireless network to connect to, which network key to use, etc... doesn't really work from what I've seen. That program is part of the desktop environment.
Maybe that will get fixed this time around, but I'm not holding my breath while I wait for it.
Kubuntu is now running KDE4. KDE3.5 was acceptable (even good) performance; KDE4 sucks that right out of the box and makes everything drag. I had to switch to Gnome to get the second monitor to work (using a command-line fix every time it came out of screensaver was a pain), and to make the crashing stop, and to make the slowness stop.
As far as I can tell, Kubuntu is a second (or third) class citizen to other members of the Ubuntu family. Something along the lines of "separate, and supposedly equal, but we all know that never works."
The "sponsored article" indicator should only appear to subscribers.
"Apps" may be bad, but a usable API to the raw data might be good.
Like "look, we get that you might want to look at only a subset of our 6 terabyte database. We'll let you run a limited number of queries per minute and return just that relevant subset of data for you." could be really handy.