Both steps 2 and 3 in this reductive version seem pretty dubious. If you tunnel in to work, then sure, you're trusting the work network and machine not to be full of malevolent people, but even still, they have to get root on your box. You didn't tunnel in from root, now, did you?
But this just brings us full circle back; a monoculture is easier to maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, etc. -- all things that an IT department wants. Computer break? Lemme re-image a new one. Bam. 1 hr later and you're back to exactly where you were (you did keep backups, or all files on the server, right?).
I think the larger problem is monoculture outside of each corp -- sure, a virus might take ABC, Inc. down because all their computer share the same vulnerability, and that's too bad, but if almost all computers globally (ATMs running Windows variants, anyone?) also share that vulnerability, it's not bad, it's a *disaster*.
Definitely! Check out this thing I found at Slashdot about plagarism. Right up the same alley:
PlagiarismToday offers a thought-provoking article that frankly discusses concerns with plagiarism and rote content theft among bloggers. In the section entitled "Block quotes by the Dozen" the author mentions the so-called "gray area". That is PlagiarismToday's classification of the common blogger practice of re-using large blocks of text/content from the original article or source, even when the source is attributed
The value of TFA is showing that Linux is crippled more by third parties than anything else: Apple constantly fiddling with iTunes (and not releasing a Linux version) puts the burden on the wine and CodeWeavers programmers to keep up. DVDs... I won't even bother. Multiple Windows formats (streaming media, documents, etc.)... All of these systems push the burden to F/LOSS developers by their inability or unwillingness to encourage Linux compatibility. It's a huge tribute to the community that we're able to keep up at all, I feel.
We also have a constitution which has been looking kinda drab the past few years. Unionization CAN help this exact problem by reducing the risk involved. It makes no sense for hundreds of individuals with their personal savings to go after a multi-billion dollar industry. Each one will get paid off, fired, and ignored. It will take collective action with pooled resources for legal representation, a valid threat of strikes industry-wide, and protection by the group of its members in case of individual firings. Funny thing is that unions are built to provide this strength of collective bargaining.
Sure, unions are often used for wage disputes; which is not much of a problem in the IT world as in the bluer-collar world. You don't see many full-time IT personnel talking about fair-wage increases much.
But what you do see are horrible work environments, tacit and explicit requirements to work constant overtime, abuse of salaried staff, poor medical coverage/leave for RSI-type injuries, crappy vacation plans with constant on-call status... (what do you mean you're at the beach? the server's down!!)
These are all issues that unionization can help.
Further, IT industry unions could push for standards compliance, and have a real voice in pushing the Microsofts of the world to adopt things like the ODF and, heck, I dunno, maybe better CSS rendering in IE*. There's lots of good reasons to unionize, even in the tech world.
*(IE7 renders PNGs correctly at least. Welcome to the alpha-blending 21st Century, Bill. Took ya long enough.)
All the more reason to start a huge sneakerner-style burnt-DVD porn trading group, and see how many FedEx employees get fired the next month for watching...
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure "rotating" a 13 year old is not legal.
As for the AC: please be aware that the post you responded to was encrypted with two rounds of ROT-13 encryption, and by reading and responding to it, you have broken that encryption and thereby infringed upon my legal rights as granted by the DMCA. My lawyers will be in contact.
At least they know it won't get rooted by someone putting a CD on (I hear Wagner works well), and then the damned thing turns around and starts attacking friendlies...
Winamp for mp3s, VLC for videos I'd say. I never liked winamp's video player, and VLC is just, well, VLC.
I also recommend:
*Cygwin (no, seriously, for sshd into windows if nothing else!!) *trillian for chat (or GAIM) *WinPT (do handle GPG without command lining it, which is fine for OSes with good CLI, but WinXP is not one of those) *7-zip - handles most compression formats *RegScrubXP - keep your registry a bit cleaner
Also, and I don't know about y'all guys, but I just 3 the Comet Cursor, and Bonzai Buddy, and this Gator thing that helps me keep track of important private information!!!! OMG I love the pretty shiney!! more plzzzzz~11!!!eleven!!
This \ is \ going \ to spiral \ way out of control \ I can see the disaster now \ Websites, blogs, podcasts, and wikipedia entries \ All written in Fibonacci sequences, getting longer and longer as they go... \
While I overall agree with you, I would have very much liked it if bloggers were held to the same standard and were expected and required to disclose who, if anyone, was giving them money. Unfortunately we had on the table Crazy Draconian Measures or Jack Shit, so thankfully Jack Shit won.
Of course, the last election proved that even newspaper columnists were not disclosing that they were paid tools even as they were presenting themselves as independent, reasonably unbiased news sources.
And then there's FOX.
Actually, I just wish there was some certification (say, calling yourself a news program) that required you to be factual...
(from the article:) Up for sale are the software tools whose free download was supported by the GAIN ad network
Claria will not be selling the technology or engine that drives the GAIN system, nor the user data affiliated with the GAIN product. The company will also hold onto its digital wallet product, Gator eWallet.
In April, Claria will unveil major partnerships around this new technology and launch the beta version of PersonalWeb, the first consumer application using this platform.
The new system will serve up personalized content and advertising to opt-in users. Claria plans on building up its PersonalWeb user base from scratch, and will not be using data from its GAIN system for the new platform.
I don't see how this exactly is "leaving the adware business" rather than trying to raise some cash by selling off their crappiest current pieces of software that were formerly merely channels for their adware, and then focusing on a new channel for advertising that looks to be built around their eWallet.
That they're not re-using the GAIN data seems odd, so I wager that there's something left unsaid there.
This one time, I was getting mugged in a dark alleyway, and SouperMan came to rescue me. I thought I was saved, but all he did was give the thug a bowl of hot soup and a card advertising some restaurant. I felt totally gyped.
I'm going to patent the digestive process. Not only will I be able to collect a progressive royalty (poor people eat less, therefore would pay less -- it's fair, see?) from EVERYONE in the world, I could sue anyone that gives a shit about it, is nauseated by my overreaching patent-grab, or predicts that the shit will hit the fan.
Agreed -- while the technicalities of this case (the site is either a linkfarm, or so totally horribly designed that it might as well be*, the PR page makes baby jesus cry) will kill it, the overarching theory is not as bad. What if Google, say, suddenly started delisting or under-ranking Microsoft pages without explanation, for business purposes? While we here at/. would rejoice, it's not necesarily fair, and Google doesn't have a monopoly on searches like Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly on desktop OSes.
Now, of course, the problem is the link-bomb sites trying to "crack" the google algorithms. Obviously it's in the best interest of the consumer to filter out these sites (as they have poor privacy track records, spyware crap, etc.), and the easiest way to do this is to stay a step ahead through secret practices.... but that reeks of security through obscurity, which we know is often not workable.
Hopefully, Google is ressearching better ways to handle linkbombers and will be able to implement a more "open" ranking method, maybe similar to the public-key style one mentioned below.
IN fact, most likely they went with brushed for exactly reasons you mention:...require an array of active electronics
Hm -- what things don't work great without a lot of shielding in space?
I'm not saying it couldn't be done, I'm saying it might've been the right choice given size and electronics-reliability constraints.
Also, as a rebuttal to the "90 days was an intentional understatement", I'd put forward that it was probably an understatement, and that the 2-year mark is probably beyond design spec. What we're seeing here is a project where everything's gone Very Well. We all know that those are rare gems, so give NASA some share of the glory.
(...they at least got their measurement units right this time....)
Slashdot Mirror
1: Enable an SSH tunnel
2: L33t Hax0r finds tunnel
3: L33t Hax0r GETS ROOT
4: Profit.
Both steps 2 and 3 in this reductive version seem pretty dubious. If you tunnel in to work, then sure, you're trusting the work network and machine not to be full of malevolent people, but even still, they have to get root on your box. You didn't tunnel in from root, now, did you?
You... you... you just broke sci-fi, man. Ow.
But this just brings us full circle back; a monoculture is easier to maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, etc. -- all things that an IT department wants. Computer break? Lemme re-image a new one. Bam. 1 hr later and you're back to exactly where you were (you did keep backups, or all files on the server, right?).
I think the larger problem is monoculture outside of each corp -- sure, a virus might take ABC, Inc. down because all their computer share the same vulnerability, and that's too bad, but if almost all computers globally (ATMs running Windows variants, anyone?) also share that vulnerability, it's not bad, it's a *disaster*.
I think they should leak their db of spammer IPs...
The value of TFA is showing that Linux is crippled more by third parties than anything else: Apple constantly fiddling with iTunes (and not releasing a Linux version) puts the burden on the wine and CodeWeavers programmers to keep up. DVDs... I won't even bother. Multiple Windows formats (streaming media, documents, etc.)... All of these systems push the burden to F/LOSS developers by their inability or unwillingness to encourage Linux compatibility. It's a huge tribute to the community that we're able to keep up at all, I feel.
We also have a constitution which has been looking kinda drab the past few years. Unionization CAN help this exact problem by reducing the risk involved. It makes no sense for hundreds of individuals with their personal savings to go after a multi-billion dollar industry. Each one will get paid off, fired, and ignored. It will take collective action with pooled resources for legal representation, a valid threat of strikes industry-wide, and protection by the group of its members in case of individual firings. Funny thing is that unions are built to provide this strength of collective bargaining.
Did you miss the memo about the gaming industry (Followup here)?
Sure, unions are often used for wage disputes; which is not much of a problem in the IT world as in the bluer-collar world. You don't see many full-time IT personnel talking about fair-wage increases much.
But what you do see are horrible work environments, tacit and explicit requirements to work constant overtime, abuse of salaried staff, poor medical coverage/leave for RSI-type injuries, crappy vacation plans with constant on-call status... (what do you mean you're at the beach? the server's down!!)
These are all issues that unionization can help.
Further, IT industry unions could push for standards compliance, and have a real voice in pushing the Microsofts of the world to adopt things like the ODF and, heck, I dunno, maybe better CSS rendering in IE*. There's lots of good reasons to unionize, even in the tech world.
*(IE7 renders PNGs correctly at least. Welcome to the alpha-blending 21st Century, Bill. Took ya long enough.)
Let's just restrict clergy access to children and be done with it.
All the more reason to start a huge sneakerner-style burnt-DVD porn trading group, and see how many FedEx employees get fired the next month for watching...
an implant is nuts unless you really need to unlock your car and do other things naked.
I have to admit, this would have come in handy a few times.
Or via spyware-infected music CDs... Nah....
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure "rotating" a 13 year old is not legal.
As for the AC: please be aware that the post you responded to was encrypted with two rounds of ROT-13 encryption, and by reading and responding to it, you have broken that encryption and thereby infringed upon my legal rights as granted by the DMCA. My lawyers will be in contact.
Which only turns it into "nrvrkgbfgcfnpternzdjsxnqczdm"
;)
I checked double, triple and even quadruple ROT13, too! No luck!!
Or, more fun, write "this is a test" in lead on your luggage :)
baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,ba ggage,baggage, laptop laptop! baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,baggage,ba ggage,baggage, laptop laptop!
snake! snake (this is a test)
And repeat.
At least they know it won't get rooted by someone putting a CD on (I hear Wagner works well), and then the damned thing turns around and starts attacking friendlies...
Winamp for mp3s, VLC for videos I'd say. I never liked winamp's video player, and VLC is just, well, VLC.
I also recommend:
*Cygwin (no, seriously, for sshd into windows if nothing else!!)
*trillian for chat (or GAIM)
*WinPT (do handle GPG without command lining it, which is fine for OSes with good CLI, but WinXP is not one of those)
*7-zip - handles most compression formats
*RegScrubXP - keep your registry a bit cleaner
Also, and I don't know about y'all guys, but I just 3 the Comet Cursor, and Bonzai Buddy, and this Gator thing that helps me keep track of important private information!!!! OMG I love the pretty shiney!! more plzzzzz~11!!!eleven!!
This \
is \
going \
to spiral \
way out of control \
I can see the disaster now \
Websites, blogs, podcasts, and wikipedia entries \
All written in Fibonacci sequences, getting longer and longer as they go... \
While I overall agree with you, I would have very much liked it if bloggers were held to the same standard and were expected and required to disclose who, if anyone, was giving them money. Unfortunately we had on the table Crazy Draconian Measures or Jack Shit, so thankfully Jack Shit won.
Of course, the last election proved that even newspaper columnists were not disclosing that they were paid tools even as they were presenting themselves as independent, reasonably unbiased news sources.
And then there's FOX.
Actually, I just wish there was some certification (say, calling yourself a news program) that required you to be factual...
(from the article:)
Up for sale are the software tools whose free download was supported by the GAIN ad network
Claria will not be selling the technology or engine that drives the GAIN system, nor the user data affiliated with the GAIN product. The company will also hold onto its digital wallet product, Gator eWallet.
In April, Claria will unveil major partnerships around this new technology and launch the beta version of PersonalWeb, the first consumer application using this platform.
The new system will serve up personalized content and advertising to opt-in users. Claria plans on building up its PersonalWeb user base from scratch, and will not be using data from its GAIN system for the new platform.
I don't see how this exactly is "leaving the adware business" rather than trying to raise some cash by selling off their crappiest current pieces of software that were formerly merely channels for their adware, and then focusing on a new channel for advertising that looks to be built around their eWallet.
That they're not re-using the GAIN data seems odd, so I wager that there's something left unsaid there.
This one time, I was getting mugged in a dark alleyway, and SouperMan came to rescue me. I thought I was saved, but all he did was give the thug a bowl of hot soup and a card advertising some restaurant. I felt totally gyped.
I'm going to patent the digestive process. Not only will I be able to collect a progressive royalty (poor people eat less, therefore would pay less -- it's fair, see?) from EVERYONE in the world, I could sue anyone that gives a shit about it, is nauseated by my overreaching patent-grab, or predicts that the shit will hit the fan.
Agreed -- while the technicalities of this case (the site is either a linkfarm, or so totally horribly designed that it might as well be*, the PR page makes baby jesus cry) will kill it, the overarching theory is not as bad. What if Google, say, suddenly started delisting or under-ranking Microsoft pages without explanation, for business purposes? While we here at /. would rejoice, it's not necesarily fair, and Google doesn't have a monopoly on searches like Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly on desktop OSes.
Now, of course, the problem is the link-bomb sites trying to "crack" the google algorithms. Obviously it's in the best interest of the consumer to filter out these sites (as they have poor privacy track records, spyware crap, etc.), and the easiest way to do this is to stay a step ahead through secret practices.... but that reeks of security through obscurity, which we know is often not workable.
Hopefully, Google is ressearching better ways to handle linkbombers and will be able to implement a more "open" ranking method, maybe similar to the public-key style one mentioned below.
*What kid-centric website links to NASDAQ???
IN fact, most likely they went with brushed for exactly reasons you mention: ...require an array of active electronics
Hm -- what things don't work great without a lot of shielding in space?
I'm not saying it couldn't be done, I'm saying it might've been the right choice given size and electronics-reliability constraints.
Also, as a rebuttal to the "90 days was an intentional understatement", I'd put forward that it was probably an understatement, and that the 2-year mark is probably beyond design spec. What we're seeing here is a project where everything's gone Very Well. We all know that those are rare gems, so give NASA some share of the glory.
(...they at least got their measurement units right this time....)