Does anybody have a link to the description and uses of the improvements made to pf?
The complete 3.2 errata has numerous mentions of improvements, including antispoof and better handling of inappropriate/nonsensical statements. A more thorough explanation is what I'm hoping to find.
Isn't a screwdriver used to open something that was secured?
In a way, a screwdriver is just as much a security circumvention device.
However - it is not a very good analogy to the modchip. It is nigh impossible to make comparisons because we're talking about [hardware and] software - they're just fundamentally different than tangible devices and tools.
Given that though, I still think that the modchip itself should be 100% legal because it is simply a tool. A tool that contains no illegal information itself. A tool that only affects the end-user, and doesn't (even potentially) cause damage to MS outside of that person's Xbox. (i.e. it doesn't affect anyone else's xbox or software)
As was stated above - Dice is almost worthless after the first time you search it. The market here is just awful. No jobs that I can find anywhere, and those that are available have 10k applicants.
Anyhow I'm a Senior UNIX admin and network/system security expert seriously seeking a job in Denver!!!
I thought for awhile on why someone wouldn't be able to realize they're typing this cyber-shorthand and the only thing I could think of was laziness. I mean, I personally couldn't see how on earth u could b substituting words without noticing it.
But then it hit me. It isn't laziness, but the lack of any real typing skills. Shorthand is simply a result of trying to be more efficient in transmitting your thoughts. Repetition of anything will develop into normal practice. This is evident in the ubiquitous and pervasive slang we have.
For me, I've been essentially a touch-typist since about the 9th grade and it only takes me a few hundredths of a second more to type YOU instead of U. My girlfriend however is a one-handed hunt and peck type. She also uses every short-hand substitute I've ever seen.
Perhaps it should become a requirement to teach kids to touch-type at an earlier age. This would not only facilitate more productive computer use but should also help foster proper language use by obviating the need for this type of shorthand.
Funny that there is no hard data as to how they actually rate these chips.
From the little I've seen, cpuscorecard.com is pure marketing bullshit.
Unfortunately I cannot find any comprehensive benchmarks comparing a G4 to any x86. I find that odd considering there are comparisons between x86 and virtually everything else out there.
If the cpuscorecard crap were true, there wouldn't be all this talk about the need for a G5, or move to POWER4 or other architecture...
I mean seriously - if you had TWO of these "3rd fastest CPU"s available in a system (2 x 1.25 Ghz), there wouldn't be any discussion about any of this. Hell - you don't hear people with >1.6Ghz procs in the x86 realm crying about lack of processing power. If the PPC were really as fast as you say, there wouldn't be any crying from the Mac users either.
Since identd would only return usernames for ports that are allocated, given the posted idea it would either report that the port was not in use, or give valid internal usernames out.
Sometimes it might even show up as root.
That's the point I was trying to make. ident sucks anyhow.
However, this would in a multi-user environment. Opening an inbound port would require it to always be directed to the same machine.
That would of course cause ident to either give incorrect information or fail outright. Although I've never used that feature w/ Pix, I assuming it creates a conduit back to the originator's IP...which would only make sense.
Still, I don't see it as being particularly useful. I just wanted to point out that it might be useful, and simply opening an inbound port wouldn't equate to the same feature.
I would like to see them release Aqua/Cocoa (and whatever else is left as a proprietary technology aside from Carbon) as installable packages for Darwin/x86. Hell even sell them if you want. Provide them with absolutely no support, except for maintaining releases consistent with the Mac OSX releases.
Let the hardware and software developers decide what they'll write and support and let Apple watch the adoption. If it looks like it is worthwhile for them, then they could decide to start officially supporting the platform. That would give them more than enough information on how OSX/x86 would fare.
I'm really sick of all the "Apple is a hardware company" arguments though. Microsoft became the biggest company in the entire world without selling anything physically more substantial than keyboards, mice and joysticks. I realize this is marginally apples-to-oranges (no pun intended) but I don't think Apple would outright fail if they phased hardware sales out and became predominantly software.
Besides - Apple could still pick and choose the devices they support, and force the hardware vendors to supply their own drivers/software and support them. Darwin/FBSD [likely] already has all the low-level hardware support needed - everything else probably falls into the 'driver' and 'application' category.
The cost of a high-end mac is really outrageous. A virtually "barebones" dual 1.25 Ghz box is $3299. SANS MONITOR! (512MB/120G)
I can build a dual Athlon with all the similar specs, which will smoke that machine, for around 1/2 the cost.
All that aside though, if you own a slower mac, it's almost not worthwhile to upgrade the proc because of the cost, and whether or not you have an AGP MB, etc etc.
I like OSX but Mac hardware is ridiculously priced.
What was once as simple as "mem -> 3" has become "menu -> phonelist -> down -> down -> on". And forget it if you want to use something like a calling-card with pre-programmed numbers. I can't seem to find a phone that will let you dial a number from memory once you've already done so or even if it's already on the line.
When I was at school I had my calling card # programmed into mem-1, my long-distance # home in mem-2 and my best friend long-distance # into mem-3. When I called home, mem-1, wait 2 seconds, mem-2.
Now the best I've seen is the ability to program 20 numbers (WHY NOT 25 DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!) with the ability to add pauses. Great - 10-digit dialing in my area so I'm screwed...not to mention that if I wanted to setup something like that I'd have to program all those numbers for each person I was calling. That just sucks.
It seems that in their whiz-bang attempt to wow us with technology, they've lost sight of what was once functionally sound. For crissakes - the phones still have a 12-key keypad, a speaker, a microphone and a long history of efficient design. Why throw all of that away?
Article says something like "adult grows to about 0.4 inches in length, about half that of a normal centipede".
WTF?! Is that all the bigger they get in the rest of the world? My best friend caught one in his bedroom (he lives in a very desert/arid area of Colorado) that was about 5 inches long. HUGE. I've seen several in the 3-4 inch range. Anyhow he stuck it in a big tea-jar and proceeded to feed it all sorts of other insects. Watching that thing eat was possibly the most horrific thing I've ever seen in real life. Those things are truly frightening creatures. Not to mention the barbed legs - they created a nice screeching sound as it tried to climb the side of the jar.
Right now there are a lot of people working on designing/creating new Halo levels for the Xbox. There is already an 'underground' Q2 port for the Xbox, and I assume that all aftermarket maps will work with it. I also assume that if and when Q3 makes it to the xbox the same will be true.
Ironically, it'll require true enthusiasts (read: people who'll 'hack' their console) to be able to even attempt these such things. (Usually because media cannot be read under normal circumstances)
Isn't it funny? The people who are REALLY into the game/console and into making more with it end up being lumped with the ones who are frowned upon simply because "hacking a console is bad".
As an aside - if MS would release a "enthusiast" license for the XDK, the Xbox would have more software for it than probably the Macintosh/OSX by 1Q 2003. (Only a slight exagerration...not intended as a flame)
Most of the vulnerabilities represented in the article execute inside the already-authorized binary. Palladium will not prevent or fix that problem. Palladium can stop unsigned binaries from being run and provide a measure of content control, but not prevention of vulnerability or risk.
AFA Linux goes - more likely than not, Linux won't run at all on Palladium hardware...and besides, do you really want to start counting how many Linux viruses there've been vs. the number of Microsoft Windows ones? I didn't think so.
Palladium in the home sector is just BAD BAD BAD. I don't want any of it. None. It's too bad short-sighted people like you are so eager to adopt a fascist draconian design in the false veil of added security.
who expect this guy to actually have a personality?
I figured somebody who created all these cool toys, and then decided to build his own rocket would be an intriguing and compelling individual. Not to mention I expected him to get the Strangelove reference and have some humor to add to the responses.
Instead we're left with curt, almost cookie-cutter answers that anybody here could've predicted.
Definitely not one of the better interviews. Why is it kernel-hackers can be so entertaining and the Rocketman and Bruce Campbell come off as such duds?:-)
sedawkgrep
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Quote: "Nonsense. If someone steals your car, but doesn't make any money doing it (i.e. just drives it around for fun, rather than selling it to a chop shop), that's still theft. Alternatively, someone who picks the lock to your house but doesn't break anything, and then hands out copies of your house key to anyone who wants one, bears responsibility if your stuff gets stolen."
You cannot compare the abstract to the physical in this fashion. It does *NOT* work. Stealing software for your own use does not in any way affect the vendor of the software, except that perhaps they may have lost a sale if you would've otherwise purchased it. If somebody steals your car, you are without the use of the car while it is gone. Yes, you've lost your mobility AND your several-thousand-dollar asset. There is an enormous difference there.
Digital information is its own paradigm and we need to establish sane grounds and a sane legal framework for dealing with copyright/IP infringement.
It's almost impossible for your argument to be more "apples to oranges".
Jesus Christ. That has to be one of the most moronic and ill-conceived rebuttals I've read in months.
Crimes committed were basically the most non-invasive of any white-collar crime. The other poster has it correct - it's all part of the show.
Perhaps two men is too few, but two to fetch him and three more for "backup" if something goes wrong is certainly more than enough. 5 men to fetch one conceivably harmless white-collar, still-living-at-home-with-mom-and-dad 29-year old has certainly got to be adequate.
40 is blatant misuse of resources and eeks of an agenda.
Well, it wouldn't really work with MS contacting *you* unless you registered with them somehow...perhaps in XP. Your IP would have to stay fixed.
More likely, your computer would periodically contact MS to check for updates, and if it finds one marked in some fashion (say perhaps "critical security fix") it would download it and install it.
Only way to prevent that is to specifically block your machine from contact a place where you would download said software. A personal firewall, in case of an individual MS box, or on your internet gateway.
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Does anybody have a link to the description and uses of the improvements made to pf?
The complete 3.2 errata has numerous mentions of improvements, including antispoof and better handling of inappropriate/nonsensical statements. A more thorough explanation is what I'm hoping to find.
Thanks!
sedawkgrep
because you're obviously having trouble with your spelling.
Isn't a screwdriver used to open something that was secured?
In a way, a screwdriver is just as much a security circumvention device.
However - it is not a very good analogy to the modchip. It is nigh impossible to make comparisons because we're talking about [hardware and] software - they're just fundamentally different than tangible devices and tools.
Given that though, I still think that the modchip itself should be 100% legal because it is simply a tool. A tool that contains no illegal information itself. A tool that only affects the end-user, and doesn't (even potentially) cause damage to MS outside of that person's Xbox. (i.e. it doesn't affect anyone else's xbox or software)
sedawkgrep
I've been out of work for almost all of 2002.
As was stated above - Dice is almost worthless after the first time you search it. The market here is just awful. No jobs that I can find anywhere, and those that are available have 10k applicants.
Anyhow I'm a Senior UNIX admin and network/system security expert seriously seeking a job in Denver!!!
HELP!!!
sedawkgrep
Parent: +1 Insightful
Nice to see somebody can actually think before they post. Even an AC.
I thought for awhile on why someone wouldn't be able to realize they're typing this cyber-shorthand and the only thing I could think of was laziness. I mean, I personally couldn't see how on earth u could b substituting words without noticing it.
But then it hit me. It isn't laziness, but the lack of any real typing skills. Shorthand is simply a result of trying to be more efficient in transmitting your thoughts. Repetition of anything will develop into normal practice. This is evident in the ubiquitous and pervasive slang we have.
For me, I've been essentially a touch-typist since about the 9th grade and it only takes me a few hundredths of a second more to type YOU instead of U. My girlfriend however is a one-handed hunt and peck type. She also uses every short-hand substitute I've ever seen.
Perhaps it should become a requirement to teach kids to touch-type at an earlier age. This would not only facilitate more productive computer use but should also help foster proper language use by obviating the need for this type of shorthand.
sedawkgrep
Funny that there is no hard data as to how they actually rate these chips.
From the little I've seen, cpuscorecard.com is pure marketing bullshit.
Unfortunately I cannot find any comprehensive benchmarks comparing a G4 to any x86. I find that odd considering there are comparisons between x86 and virtually everything else out there.
If the cpuscorecard crap were true, there wouldn't be all this talk about the need for a G5, or move to POWER4 or other architecture...
I mean seriously - if you had TWO of these "3rd fastest CPU"s available in a system (2 x 1.25 Ghz), there wouldn't be any discussion about any of this. Hell - you don't hear people with >1.6Ghz procs in the x86 realm crying about lack of processing power. If the PPC were really as fast as you say, there wouldn't be any crying from the Mac users either.
Since identd would only return usernames for ports that are allocated, given the posted idea it would either report that the port was not in use, or give valid internal usernames out.
Sometimes it might even show up as root.
That's the point I was trying to make. ident sucks anyhow.
I agree...
However, this would in a multi-user environment. Opening an inbound port would require it to always be directed to the same machine.
That would of course cause ident to either give incorrect information or fail outright. Although I've never used that feature w/ Pix, I assuming it creates a conduit back to the originator's IP...which would only make sense.
Still, I don't see it as being particularly useful. I just wanted to point out that it might be useful, and simply opening an inbound port wouldn't equate to the same feature.
sedawkgrep
Unfortunately, PIX is very dissimilar to IOS. I personally detest the PIX syntax and the philosophy of "interface security levels".
I must admit though, that I've never setup policy routing or other QoS features on a Pix.
I would like to see them release Aqua/Cocoa (and whatever else is left as a proprietary technology aside from Carbon) as installable packages for Darwin/x86. Hell even sell them if you want. Provide them with absolutely no support, except for maintaining releases consistent with the Mac OSX releases.
Let the hardware and software developers decide what they'll write and support and let Apple watch the adoption. If it looks like it is worthwhile for them, then they could decide to start officially supporting the platform. That would give them more than enough information on how OSX/x86 would fare.
I'm really sick of all the "Apple is a hardware company" arguments though. Microsoft became the biggest company in the entire world without selling anything physically more substantial than keyboards, mice and joysticks. I realize this is marginally apples-to-oranges (no pun intended) but I don't think Apple would outright fail if they phased hardware sales out and became predominantly software.
Besides - Apple could still pick and choose the devices they support, and force the hardware vendors to supply their own drivers/software and support them. Darwin/FBSD [likely] already has all the low-level hardware support needed - everything else probably falls into the 'driver' and 'application' category.
sedawkgrep
The cost of a high-end mac is really outrageous. A virtually "barebones" dual 1.25 Ghz box is $3299. SANS MONITOR! (512MB/120G)
I can build a dual Athlon with all the similar specs, which will smoke that machine, for around 1/2 the cost.
All that aside though, if you own a slower mac, it's almost not worthwhile to upgrade the proc because of the cost, and whether or not you have an AGP MB, etc etc.
I like OSX but Mac hardware is ridiculously priced.
sedawkgrep
This same thing has happened with home phones.
What was once as simple as "mem -> 3" has become "menu -> phonelist -> down -> down -> on". And forget it if you want to use something like a calling-card with pre-programmed numbers. I can't seem to find a phone that will let you dial a number from memory once you've already done so or even if it's already on the line.
When I was at school I had my calling card # programmed into mem-1, my long-distance # home in mem-2 and my best friend long-distance # into mem-3. When I called home, mem-1, wait 2 seconds, mem-2.
Now the best I've seen is the ability to program 20 numbers (WHY NOT 25 DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!) with the ability to add pauses. Great - 10-digit dialing in my area so I'm screwed...not to mention that if I wanted to setup something like that I'd have to program all those numbers for each person I was calling. That just sucks.
It seems that in their whiz-bang attempt to wow us with technology, they've lost sight of what was once functionally sound. For crissakes - the phones still have a 12-key keypad, a speaker, a microphone and a long history of efficient design. Why throw all of that away?
sedawkgrep
Wow. I think I could easily tear myself away from gaming if I actually had a job to go to.
Jesus christ there are some fucked up things in this world. I am NEVER going to Costa Rica! :-) :-((((((((((((((((
Article says something like "adult grows to about 0.4 inches in length, about half that of a normal centipede".
WTF?! Is that all the bigger they get in the rest of the world? My best friend caught one in his bedroom (he lives in a very desert/arid area of Colorado) that was about 5 inches long. HUGE. I've seen several in the 3-4 inch range. Anyhow he stuck it in a big tea-jar and proceeded to feed it all sorts of other insects. Watching that thing eat was possibly the most horrific thing I've ever seen in real life. Those things are truly frightening creatures. Not to mention the barbed legs - they created a nice screeching sound as it tried to climb the side of the jar.
YUCK.
sedawkgrep
Right now there are a lot of people working on designing/creating new Halo levels for the Xbox. There is already an 'underground' Q2 port for the Xbox, and I assume that all aftermarket maps will work with it. I also assume that if and when Q3 makes it to the xbox the same will be true.
Ironically, it'll require true enthusiasts (read: people who'll 'hack' their console) to be able to even attempt these such things. (Usually because media cannot be read under normal circumstances)
Isn't it funny? The people who are REALLY into the game/console and into making more with it end up being lumped with the ones who are frowned upon simply because "hacking a console is bad".
As an aside - if MS would release a "enthusiast" license for the XDK, the Xbox would have more software for it than probably the Macintosh/OSX by 1Q 2003. (Only a slight exagerration...not intended as a flame)
sedawkgrep
Hahahaha Gravy Trader. I bet everybody at PCG is wet over that one. :-)
I'm still holding out hope for the Coconut Monkey virtual sex simulator.
sedawkgrep
Did you even READ the damned article?
Most of the vulnerabilities represented in the article execute inside the already-authorized binary. Palladium will not prevent or fix that problem. Palladium can stop unsigned binaries from being run and provide a measure of content control, but not prevention of vulnerability or risk.
AFA Linux goes - more likely than not, Linux won't run at all on Palladium hardware...and besides, do you really want to start counting how many Linux viruses there've been vs. the number of Microsoft Windows ones? I didn't think so.
Palladium in the home sector is just BAD BAD BAD. I don't want any of it. None. It's too bad short-sighted people like you are so eager to adopt a fascist draconian design in the false veil of added security.
sedawkgrep
who expect this guy to actually have a personality?
:-)
I figured somebody who created all these cool toys, and then decided to build his own rocket would be an intriguing and compelling individual. Not to mention I expected him to get the Strangelove reference and have some humor to add to the responses.
Instead we're left with curt, almost cookie-cutter answers that anybody here could've predicted.
Definitely not one of the better interviews. Why is it kernel-hackers can be so entertaining and the Rocketman and Bruce Campbell come off as such duds?
sedawkgrep
Quote:
"Nonsense. If someone steals your car, but doesn't make any money doing it (i.e. just drives it around for fun, rather than selling it to a chop shop), that's still theft. Alternatively, someone who picks the lock to your house but doesn't break anything, and then hands out copies of your house key to anyone who wants one, bears responsibility if your stuff gets stolen."
You cannot compare the abstract to the physical in this fashion. It does *NOT* work. Stealing software for your own use does not in any way affect the vendor of the software, except that perhaps they may have lost a sale if you would've otherwise purchased it. If somebody steals your car, you are without the use of the car while it is gone. Yes, you've lost your mobility AND your several-thousand-dollar asset. There is an enormous difference there.
Digital information is its own paradigm and we need to establish sane grounds and a sane legal framework for dealing with copyright/IP infringement.
It's almost impossible for your argument to be more "apples to oranges".
sedawkgrep
Jesus Christ. That has to be one of the most moronic and ill-conceived rebuttals I've read in months.
Crimes committed were basically the most non-invasive of any white-collar crime. The other poster has it correct - it's all part of the show.
Perhaps two men is too few, but two to fetch him and three more for "backup" if something goes wrong is certainly more than enough. 5 men to fetch one conceivably harmless white-collar, still-living-at-home-with-mom-and-dad 29-year old has certainly got to be adequate.
40 is blatant misuse of resources and eeks of an agenda.
Well, it wouldn't really work with MS contacting *you* unless you registered with them somehow...perhaps in XP. Your IP would have to stay fixed.
More likely, your computer would periodically contact MS to check for updates, and if it finds one marked in some fashion (say perhaps "critical security fix") it would download it and install it.
Only way to prevent that is to specifically block your machine from contact a place where you would download said software. A personal firewall, in case of an individual MS box, or on your internet gateway.
sedawkgrep
How is this a troll? This looks exactly like the first implementations of Palladium already.
I don't want anybody doing anything to my system but me. Automated or not.
*I* AM BEST SUITED TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR MY COMPUTER. ONLY ME. NO ONE ELSE.
sedawkgrep
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