What about IT admins who configure systems to use Biometric authentication?
Then they should know enough to have a fall-back. Full-body cast, getting both one's eyes put out sort of things.
Do they have to cut off their right hand, if a manager asks them?
No, your boss has to obey the law despite what they actually want.
IT admins' user accounts on enterprise systems may use the same password the person uses on personal systems, like their bank account.
If I found out my admin did this, I'd look for his other gross incompetencies and then sack him on the spot
What if the hand scanner includes liveness detetion?
See point 1.
Passwords and authentication credentials aren't for managers, they're for technical workers who can actually competently administer the systems they access.
Passwords belong only to the one that thought them up. Anyone who needs access to something has their own password. Admins don't need your password to look through your home folder.
They don't need to be asked to tell passwords. They need to be asked to provide access to such and such person.
They need to allow their successor to access the system. Usually by changing the password to something temporary and giving that away
And if they're leaving: to surrender that access.
And they need to give a fair amount of time for the person to make sure they are indeed authorized and a proper security procedure is being followed.
Otherwise ANYONE could walk up to you in the company, and claim they are authorized to know the password, and authorized to require you to give them access.
With you so far...
If the company's IT operations were so poorly run as to not have policies already in place to ensure multiple people can access critical systems, then that's not the person's fault.
You mean knowingly allowing a crime to be committed? This applies to anyone, but especially people in this guy's position: he was the fucking admin. The guy sounds innocent to me, but not for the reasons you gave.
The data degradation pattern is probably consistent for each particular device.
This is a pretty big assumption. Though the smallest feature size is pretty damn small, I would be more inclined to think the deterioration would at least resemble a normal distribution.
Was the atmosphere significantly different before geological or life processes started to alter it?
Admittedly this is probably an academic exercise; though I freely admit I know practically fuck-all about the subject it seems doubtful that data for these epochs could be found in core samples, isotopic analyses or what have you.
Actually in this case 'that' is a journalistic device, which refers to the piece of sushi the reader may happen to be eating at the time. If the writer is too specific too early (say by specifying the exact ingredients) then a lot of readers might just skip over the whole thing after seeing the resulting clumsy headline and no writer wants that.
Has there ever been a case of someone being (successfully) sued for just downloading software? I understand there's a difference between obtaining it from TBP or wherever through Bittorrent (so uploading too) and just downloading it from some warez site, assuming they still exist.
The problem as I see it is the time it takes to set the machine up for each run and (with the Z-Pinch at least) the amount of equipment that is one-use only. What we need is a machine that can run steady-state and without the need to destroy bits of itself in the process. I just wish they'd give EMCC enough to put us out of our misery viz. whether or not the thing will work! It'd be just dandy if we could get H+11B working practically: bye-bye steam turbines!
You make an excellent point: over distance the file-system is moot.
Unfortunately when you're moving a terabyte or so from room/building to another you'll find yourself holding something that has to use the lowest common denominator.
If hackers like ParMaster still exist, the best way to ensure this law is repealed is to ensure that MPs and Ministers are caught under this law and disconnected from internet.
Firstly, why would an MP d/l stuff when they can just stick on expenses and have the rest of us pay for it? Secondly, why would a media group want to piss off the guys who just enacted their new favourite weapon?
When your system comes with a backup utility that you can literally turn on and forget about until you need it, it's pretty damned stupid to not use it.
~Philly
Not especially useful when you only have about 100GB or so to play with.
Thanks for that. I was more amazed at the similarity to rapid prototyping machines to be honest. I mean, ordering a custom strand is undoubtedly a Good Thing, but being able to make it on your desk is much better.
Here in the UK we have something called the Civil Service, whose job it is to leak anything and everything (when MI5 is too busy). Not out of malice, you understand, civil servants are supposed to be incapable of that; I think they do it just to relieve the monotony of the job to be honest. That doesn't mean that the opposition (or even the incumbents) don't leak occasionally but I suspect they don't want to start a war/pissing contest - not one involving anything the public would actually want to know anyway.
Sure, as soon as you can find somewhere. Oh, and side-step the draconian hoops you need to jump through to get a damned passport. Hell, if I were a little richer and my German wasn't so bad I'd be off to Switzerland in a trice: I hear they something that resembles a democracy there.
My Kingdom for a mod point! Not being able to ask someone out for fear of mutual embarrassment and summary rejection is surely a weighty cross to bear.
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What about IT admins who configure systems to use Biometric authentication?
Then they should know enough to have a fall-back. Full-body cast, getting both one's eyes put out sort of things.
Do they have to cut off their right hand, if a manager asks them?
No, your boss has to obey the law despite what they actually want.
IT admins' user accounts on enterprise systems may use the same password the person uses on personal systems, like their bank account.
If I found out my admin did this, I'd look for his other gross incompetencies and then sack him on the spot
What if the hand scanner includes liveness detetion?
See point 1.
Passwords and authentication credentials aren't for managers, they're for technical workers who can actually competently administer the systems they access.
Passwords belong only to the one that thought them up. Anyone who needs access to something has their own password. Admins don't need your password to look through your home folder.
They don't need to be asked to tell passwords. They need to be asked to provide access to such and such person.
They need to allow their successor to access the system. Usually by changing the password to something temporary and giving that away
And if they're leaving: to surrender that access.
And they need to give a fair amount of time for the person to make sure they are indeed authorized and a proper security procedure is being followed. Otherwise ANYONE could walk up to you in the company, and claim they are authorized to know the password, and authorized to require you to give them access.
With you so far...
If the company's IT operations were so poorly run as to not have policies already in place to ensure multiple people can access critical systems, then that's not the person's fault.
You mean knowingly allowing a crime to be committed? This applies to anyone, but especially people in this guy's position: he was the fucking admin. The guy sounds innocent to me, but not for the reasons you gave.
The data degradation pattern is probably consistent for each particular device.
This is a pretty big assumption. Though the smallest feature size is pretty damn small, I would be more inclined to think the deterioration would at least resemble a normal distribution.
Was the atmosphere significantly different before geological or life processes started to alter it?
Admittedly this is probably an academic exercise; though I freely admit I know practically fuck-all about the subject it seems doubtful that data for these epochs could be found in core samples, isotopic analyses or what have you.
Actually in this case 'that' is a journalistic device, which refers to the piece of sushi the reader may happen to be eating at the time. If the writer is too specific too early (say by specifying the exact ingredients) then a lot of readers might just skip over the whole thing after seeing the resulting clumsy headline and no writer wants that.
Has there ever been a case of someone being (successfully) sued for just downloading software? I understand there's a difference between obtaining it from TBP or wherever through Bittorrent (so uploading too) and just downloading it from some warez site, assuming they still exist.
Would you be willing to give an arm and a leg just to be able to go stargazing?
The problem as I see it is the time it takes to set the machine up for each run and (with the Z-Pinch at least) the amount of equipment that is one-use only. What we need is a machine that can run steady-state and without the need to destroy bits of itself in the process. I just wish they'd give EMCC enough to put us out of our misery viz. whether or not the thing will work! It'd be just dandy if we could get H+11B working practically: bye-bye steam turbines!
You make an excellent point: over distance the file-system is moot.
Unfortunately when you're moving a terabyte or so from room/building to another you'll find yourself holding something that has to use the lowest common denominator.
Worse still, it's Fucking Antiquated Trash.
If hackers like ParMaster still exist, the best way to ensure this law is repealed is to ensure that MPs and Ministers are caught under this law and disconnected from internet.
Firstly, why would an MP d/l stuff when they can just stick on expenses and have the rest of us pay for it? Secondly, why would a media group want to piss off the guys who just enacted their new favourite weapon?
Dammit Fusion Industries! Where's my Mr. Fusion Nano?
Assuming rubber bullets, I expect the answer depends on how well one wields the bat.
When your system comes with a backup utility that you can literally turn on and forget about until you need it, it's pretty damned stupid to not use it.
~Philly
Not especially useful when you only have about 100GB or so to play with.
Cheap? Yes. Consistent? Yes.
But it still tastes like piss when compared to real beer.
Is there any reason why DIY fuel manufacture isn't practical?
Not unless you can fit your fireman into one of the tubes...
Thanks for that. I was more amazed at the similarity to rapid prototyping machines to be honest. I mean, ordering a custom strand is undoubtedly a Good Thing, but being able to make it on your desk is much better.
Sounds even easier to bypass than cutting off a finger. Perhaps this will usher in a golden age of sperm-jacking and blood-letting?
Here in the UK we have something called the Civil Service, whose job it is to leak anything and everything (when MI5 is too busy). Not out of malice, you understand, civil servants are supposed to be incapable of that; I think they do it just to relieve the monotony of the job to be honest. That doesn't mean that the opposition (or even the incumbents) don't leak occasionally but I suspect they don't want to start a war/pissing contest - not one involving anything the public would actually want to know anyway.
Sure, as soon as you can find somewhere. Oh, and side-step the draconian hoops you need to jump through to get a damned passport. Hell, if I were a little richer and my German wasn't so bad I'd be off to Switzerland in a trice: I hear they something that resembles a democracy there.
I always assumed it was down to the vast number of free flash games on the web.
All that remains now, I guess, is a device that can write arbitrary stands of DNA.
Now tell me how many other government agencies or private employers and services have access to your fingerprints.
Unless they took prints when I was born, none whatsoever.
I work on the LHC you insensitive clod!
Your U/N seems very apt.
Good luck catching a plane ese.
My Kingdom for a mod point! Not being able to ask someone out for fear of mutual embarrassment and summary rejection is surely a weighty cross to bear.
I suggest something more like the Jetsons' car.