1) Who the hell is Nelson. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't actually see that article mention who Nelson was, or where he worked. As I said, I might have missed it, and I'm to lazy to go back and check.
2) It said that code could be inserted into Linux and Solaris systems. Is this a vunerablity? Code can be installed... I thought that was a good thing. Did it say it could be installed by just anyone on the net? Maybe the code was installed by users on that machine, or at least people who had obtained logins to those machines. I haven't read a whole lot on the mechanics of what the DoS attacks were yet, but to say that installing software on a *nix box and have it work as it was designed to, albeit malicious in nature, is not a security breech. At least not given the level of information that was in the article. "Nelson" didn't say what the hole was, just that it existed, which seems a little sketchy to me.
First of all, there are a lot of books on this list that I haven't read. But there is probably more that I have read though. I don't want to bag on anyone's favorites, but here I go. Enders Game - Great Book!!! Don't bother with the other Ender books though, they have little to do with the "Ender" in the first book that I identified with. (I haven't read Ender's Shadow though) Stranger in a Strange Land - I've tried reading Stranger 3 times, and always put it down because it was BORING. I didn't identify with any characters in the book, which is especially important to younger readers. Diamond Age: I would think that this is a must for a 13 year old girl just getting in to Sci-Fi. I gave it to my wife to read as a first Sci-Fi book and she was stunned at the vision contained in the book, as was I when I read it the first time. Snow Crash will probably work good for a 13 year old girl as well (YT). Book of the New Sun (Wolfe) - Phfew! Was I glad to get that series over. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it either. Either way, I wasn't able to put it down. Way to bogged down for a young reader IMHO. Asimov - Foundation Books. Read em. All of em. Some may not be as good as others, but it doesn't matter, they are still a lot better than 90% of the Sci-Fi out there. Foundation was the first book I ever read that you could call Sci-Fi and from then on I was hooked. Niven - Ringworld books. They were OK. Some cool ideas, but the story didn't quite grab me the way I hoped it would. In other words, you probably need to be a Sci-Fi fan to read it. If you are just starting out... then I wouldn't recommend it. Neuromancer - (and other Gibson) Go right ahead and have the kid read stuff that is cutting edge. Violence, sex, drug-abuse, and just plain weirdness aren't element of a book that will 'taint' a child. These are the kind of things that inspire kids to be different, and not just one of the mindless heard getting tattooed, pierced and stoned on the weekend. Phillip K. Dick - Collected short stories. Awesome. Just get one of the volumes and see if its your cup of tea. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - I read Deadeye Dick at about 13 or 14 and... wow. I didn't know what to think for a couple of weeks, but I kept thinking about it. Then I read SlaughterHouse Five and... wow. Timequake... wow. (Although a lot of people didn't like this last one). I think that the early teens are a great age to be introduced to satire. They are just getting rebellious, they might as well have an idea of what rebellion is. Perl Cookbook: Just kidding! (Although it is a good read) FANTASY: Hobbit and LotR: Hobbit was pretty good when I was younger. LotR was good too. But since then I've read copies of that same story and some where easier to read and get into then Tolkien's work. For a great imitation of Tolkien read Dennis L. McKiernan's Iron Tower Trilogy or other Mithgar works. (Note: Don't read Tolkien and Iron Tower books back to back. Just seems to derivative) Thats all I can think of until I go home and look at my book shelves and see 20 other books that area MUST reads. Mecha
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Two things about the article bugged me:
1) Who the hell is Nelson. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't actually see that article mention who Nelson was, or where he worked. As I said, I might have missed it, and I'm to lazy to go back and check.
2) It said that code could be inserted into Linux and Solaris systems. Is this a vunerablity? Code can be installed... I thought that was a good thing. Did it say it could be installed by just anyone on the net? Maybe the code was installed by users on that machine, or at least people who had obtained logins to those machines. I haven't read a whole lot on the mechanics of what the DoS attacks were yet, but to say that installing software on a *nix box and have it work as it was designed to, albeit malicious in nature, is not a security breech. At least not given the level of information that was in the article. "Nelson" didn't say what the hole was, just that it existed, which seems a little sketchy to me.
Mecha[drone]
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Since the PS2 will have USB ports I would think that any accessory available for PC will be available for PS2.
First of all, there are a lot of books on this list that I haven't read. But there is probably more that I have read though. I don't want to bag on anyone's favorites, but here I go. Enders Game - Great Book!!! Don't bother with the other Ender books though, they have little to do with the "Ender" in the first book that I identified with. (I haven't read Ender's Shadow though) Stranger in a Strange Land - I've tried reading Stranger 3 times, and always put it down because it was BORING. I didn't identify with any characters in the book, which is especially important to younger readers. Diamond Age: I would think that this is a must for a 13 year old girl just getting in to Sci-Fi. I gave it to my wife to read as a first Sci-Fi book and she was stunned at the vision contained in the book, as was I when I read it the first time. Snow Crash will probably work good for a 13 year old girl as well (YT). Book of the New Sun (Wolfe) - Phfew! Was I glad to get that series over. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it either. Either way, I wasn't able to put it down. Way to bogged down for a young reader IMHO. Asimov - Foundation Books. Read em. All of em. Some may not be as good as others, but it doesn't matter, they are still a lot better than 90% of the Sci-Fi out there. Foundation was the first book I ever read that you could call Sci-Fi and from then on I was hooked. Niven - Ringworld books. They were OK. Some cool ideas, but the story didn't quite grab me the way I hoped it would. In other words, you probably need to be a Sci-Fi fan to read it. If you are just starting out... then I wouldn't recommend it. Neuromancer - (and other Gibson) Go right ahead and have the kid read stuff that is cutting edge. Violence, sex, drug-abuse, and just plain weirdness aren't element of a book that will 'taint' a child. These are the kind of things that inspire kids to be different, and not just one of the mindless heard getting tattooed, pierced and stoned on the weekend. Phillip K. Dick - Collected short stories. Awesome. Just get one of the volumes and see if its your cup of tea. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - I read Deadeye Dick at about 13 or 14 and... wow. I didn't know what to think for a couple of weeks, but I kept thinking about it. Then I read SlaughterHouse Five and... wow. Timequake... wow. (Although a lot of people didn't like this last one). I think that the early teens are a great age to be introduced to satire. They are just getting rebellious, they might as well have an idea of what rebellion is. Perl Cookbook: Just kidding! (Although it is a good read) FANTASY: Hobbit and LotR: Hobbit was pretty good when I was younger. LotR was good too. But since then I've read copies of that same story and some where easier to read and get into then Tolkien's work. For a great imitation of Tolkien read Dennis L. McKiernan's Iron Tower Trilogy or other Mithgar works. (Note: Don't read Tolkien and Iron Tower books back to back. Just seems to derivative) Thats all I can think of until I go home and look at my book shelves and see 20 other books that area MUST reads. Mecha