I was not inferring that they would be using these methods against armies. Having been part of the family behind the military, I am the "civilian" that would be in those records. killing off 80% of a populace and leaving only the military personel is stupid. this allows better effectiveness of the attacks.
Attacks of this calibur do not occur on battlefields, they occur here, in the US, on the streets(subways, airports, etc...) as they did 9/11.
Currently we are in a war aginst Terroisim, terror affects civilians and military alike.
if I sound un-focused, I apologise, a headache and the flu are bluring my discussion.
"fanatical muslims" as you point out, are not on the same level of superpowers, financially they cannot afford to use more sophisticated methods. Bio warfare is the easiest and most effective for their financial budget. as we see with the irish attacks earlier, it does little to blow something up, heck our own twin towers did little more then piss off the US (no disrespect intended, but politically it simply gave the US the green light to kick ass).
Personally I am worried. with data like this, on a wide scale, masses can be targeted. If i was trying to attack with bio warfare, this would be invaluable. "oh look they don't have anthrax shots. lets use that instead of X bio mix, gets the civis AND the suits" On the small scale, ID theft can personally cripple people and command chains.
I have more, but I have to stop looking at the monitor now.
my point is that data like this isn't going to help superpowers. it simply allows small factions to have greater leverage in their dealings.
as for Bio weapons, yes they can be effective. for a group that would like to see nothing more than the US fall, killing ones self (that is a bonus in some cultures) in the process is a risk they are willing to take.
in general, superpowers worry as much about their image in the world eye as they do in winning the battle. small factions could care less... they generally beleive that anyone who dislikes their approach is an enemy anyway.
NO biggie, have an account yourself.... I doubt they ask your name or for any ID. the goal is to eliminate the middle man and get you out of the store Fast. so if they have you lick yourself or dip in the jar, you pay for the groceries, no fraud... heck, if the inital scan fails to match you up to anyone in the database say, "stupid post-office cheap gummy crap*insert favorite messy crap that could be on fingers*" and lick your finger...wham your off scott free from fraud.
the point is without secondary verification (which makes fingerprints useless) the method simply makes it easier to get away with it.
my guess is that the proc is a copy of something already established. 200mhz is pretty advanced for just initiating a project last year. anyone have any details on the chip archictecture? I'd be curious to see if it's similar to anything out in the west.
if this is truly a "new" chip, I would be afraid, very afraid.... it took us a decade to get to 200mhz.
that kind of learning curve could make them having faster chips in a few years. a billion minds harbors vast possibilities. we have a few select making our chips... a military wide project could advance much faster.
I agree, but a billion people with a self reliance is a different matter. they are writing out the west, all contact being cut off could be possible.
this makes embargos useless. Also, I belive the 80's was when the net became availible... alot of random data on that I hear, sounds like a good place to beef up military technology. it has been 20+ years since the horses were put to pasture.
thats not the point... if some twit comes in and reboots all the machines to the bios password, it's not processing the data. The twit wins, and gateway loses money. Besides, its prolly only going to run XP and it takes little to crash it if you know how.
then there is the best one... reach around back and flip the case switch, or pull the plug.
There is only one way for it to work, and I assume gateway knows this...Don't rely on the money from processing.
If the palm/CE devlopers refuse to make something more than ViaVoice command crap for the palm, why use a palm/ce?
True to life PC's and even linux hand-helds are smaller than ever... These new tablet PC's and a few small XP capable machines are out there.
not sure, but a while back they had an article on/. about Linux doing Voice recognition. the very nature of linux says that porting it to a handheld should be no chore.
All I can say is that the ones hurt will be the internet marketers...People will rise to arms to keep popups, flash anims, and cascading pr0n from taking the precious 5 gig. Forget proxy systems... I forsee people using software to selectivly avoid servers that are bandwidth saps. Killing the online marketplace.
Mozilla offers a form of this, right clicking on a pic and telling it to never download a pic from this server again. dark days are coming and I see alot of Surfing dollars being spent where marketers could be footing the bill.
as a AT&T victim^H^H^H^H^H customer I think I'll be looking into this as soon as I'm done posting.
I'm wagering you dual boot. great, USB driver solved.
I like linux, heck I even consider it superior in many ways. one way I don't find it useful is as a mainstream terminal.
I hate the way M$oft is marketing it's software, but I as many others have had to admit...it's easier to use. I don't fancy spending 20+ hours a week customizing my interface... Yes I could, but why? so I can have incompatibility problems with all my co-workers and hit-or-miss software and hardware with shitty drivers.
Unix/linux is tha bomb for servers...but I prefer to USE my computers.
Besides, all this bitching and moaning is redundant...I'd wager if done correctly...it would be easy as any of these new keychain USB drives. Copy a few config files in and reset the remote. They work fine on Linux.
and your argument with scanners isn't even valid...it sucks on Windows too. even the M$ drivers fail 50% of the time.
ahh...look at the pic before posting... looks good, but it's nothing more than a fancy LCD game and watch type display..nothing dynamic about it. Call me when it's a pixel matrix I can draw out my controls like palm.
I like the idea, but it seems a waste if you can't make a custom interface. downloading interfaces is all good, but I think I can do a better job integrating all my functions.
I may want stereo volume, dvd menus, and tv power all on one screen.
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I was not inferring that they would be using these methods against armies. Having been part of the family behind the military, I am the "civilian" that would be in those records. killing off 80% of a populace and leaving only the military personel is stupid. this allows better effectiveness of the attacks.
Attacks of this calibur do not occur on battlefields, they occur here, in the US, on the streets(subways, airports, etc...) as they did 9/11.
Currently we are in a war aginst Terroisim, terror affects civilians and military alike.
if I sound un-focused, I apologise, a headache and the flu are bluring my discussion.
"fanatical muslims" as you point out, are not on the same level of superpowers, financially they cannot afford to use more sophisticated methods. Bio warfare is the easiest and most effective for their financial budget. as we see with the irish attacks earlier, it does little to blow something up, heck our own twin towers did little more then piss off the US (no disrespect intended, but politically it simply gave the US the green light to kick ass).
Personally I am worried. with data like this, on a wide scale, masses can be targeted. If i was trying to attack with bio warfare, this would be invaluable. "oh look they don't have anthrax shots. lets use that instead of X bio mix, gets the civis AND the suits"
On the small scale, ID theft can personally cripple people and command chains.
I have more, but I have to stop looking at the monitor now.
my point is that data like this isn't going to help superpowers. it simply allows small factions to have greater leverage in their dealings.
as for Bio weapons, yes they can be effective. for a group that would like to see nothing more than the US fall, killing ones self (that is a bonus in some cultures) in the process is a risk they are willing to take.
in general, superpowers worry as much about their image in the world eye as they do in winning the battle. small factions could care less... they generally beleive that anyone who dislikes their approach is an enemy anyway.
from what i recall, not too many superpowers were involved in september 11th
at 3 am they barely notice you exist...or for that matter if you ask a question.
NO biggie, have an account yourself.... I doubt they ask your name or for any ID. the goal is to eliminate the middle man and get you out of the store Fast. so if they have you lick yourself or dip in the jar, you pay for the groceries, no fraud... heck, if the inital scan fails to match you up to anyone in the database say, "stupid post-office cheap gummy crap*insert favorite messy crap that could be on fingers*" and lick your finger...wham your off scott free from fraud.
the point is without secondary verification (which makes fingerprints useless) the method simply makes it easier to get away with it.
my guess is that the proc is a copy of something already established. 200mhz is pretty advanced for just initiating a project last year. anyone have any details on the chip archictecture? I'd be curious to see if it's similar to anything out in the west.
if this is truly a "new" chip, I would be afraid, very afraid.... it took us a decade to get to 200mhz.
that kind of learning curve could make them having faster chips in a few years. a billion minds harbors vast possibilities. we have a few select making our chips... a military wide project could advance much faster.
I agree, but a billion people with a self reliance is a different matter. they are writing out the west, all contact being cut off could be possible.
this makes embargos useless. Also, I belive the 80's was when the net became availible... alot of random data on that I hear, sounds like a good place to beef up military technology. it has been 20+ years since the horses were put to pasture.
er marriot... they are all downtown so who cares
is that the little coffee shop next to the hilton downtown looks more appetizing.
The BIOS password would only be an admin password (used for changing the boot drive), not a boot password (used for starting the windows bootloader).
press pause on the bios screen... dead.
How? What's the easiest way to crash a non-network-connected Windows XP system by manipulating only the keyboard and mouse?
Fist off... to do this project it IS network connected. otherwise, get a directory listing of c: or do a find and use *. Then CTRL+A then enter.
works for Radio Shack
thats not the point... if some twit comes in and reboots all the machines to the bios password, it's not processing the data. The twit wins, and gateway loses money. Besides, its prolly only going to run XP and it takes little to crash it if you know how.
then there is the best one... reach around back and flip the case switch, or pull the plug.
There is only one way for it to work, and I assume gateway knows this...Don't rely on the money from processing.
Now comanies will find that their browsing customers won't/can't visit and will be forced to abandon popups!
I think this is a great victory for Cyberspace.
Proudly typed on Phoenix.
(oh ya BTW, AnalogX has a popup buster that seems to not be affected by their 'protection' works with IE/Neo/Mozilla)
Perhaps we should cross that poodle with a rabbit?
Rabbits can actually be pretty nasty. How about sheep?
it's the big pointy teeth that get you every time...RUN AWAY!
If the palm/CE devlopers refuse to make something more than ViaVoice command crap for the palm, why use a palm/ce?
/. about Linux doing Voice recognition. the very nature of linux says that porting it to a handheld should be no chore.
True to life PC's and even linux hand-helds are smaller than ever... These new tablet PC's and a few small XP capable machines are out there.
not sure, but a while back they had an article on
If I'm wrong, let me know.
an update, I noticed a new project that does just this.
Phoenix, a subset of mozilla.
C'ya online infrastructure.
sorry /. I love thinkgeek ads, but AT&T won't let me see them anymore.
All I can say is that the ones hurt will be the internet marketers...People will rise to arms to keep popups, flash anims, and cascading pr0n from taking the precious 5 gig. Forget proxy systems... I forsee people using software to selectivly avoid servers that are bandwidth saps. Killing the online marketplace.
Mozilla offers a form of this, right clicking on a pic and telling it to never download a pic from this server again. dark days are coming and I see alot of Surfing dollars being spent where marketers could be footing the bill.
as a AT&T victim^H^H^H^H^H customer I think I'll be looking into this as soon as I'm done posting.
I hate it when a penguin squaks.
ya my friend had one of those...which brings me to wonder...why is /. all yippie about this device? is it the EL back light?
I'm wagering you dual boot. great, USB driver solved.
I like linux, heck I even consider it superior in many ways. one way I don't find it useful is as a mainstream terminal.
I hate the way M$oft is marketing it's software, but I as many others have had to admit...it's easier to use. I don't fancy spending 20+ hours a week customizing my interface... Yes I could, but why? so I can have incompatibility problems with all my co-workers and hit-or-miss software and hardware with shitty drivers.
Unix/linux is tha bomb for servers...but I prefer to USE my computers.
Besides, all this bitching and moaning is redundant...I'd wager if done correctly...it would be easy as any of these new keychain USB drives. Copy a few config files in and reset the remote. They work fine on Linux.
and your argument with scanners isn't even valid...it sucks on Windows too. even the M$ drivers fail 50% of the time.
Good point...unless it can plug into my Cell phone, it'll be of no use to me and the others on cablemodems.
NOTE TO CUSTOMISEABLE DEVICE MANUFACTURERS:
it's called USB
I think by now enough people are more likely to have a computer than a phone line, atleast in the market this device caters to.
ahh...look at the pic before posting... looks good, but it's nothing more than a fancy LCD game and watch type display..nothing dynamic about it. Call me when it's a pixel matrix I can draw out my controls like palm.
I like the idea, but it seems a waste if you can't make a custom interface. downloading interfaces is all good, but I think I can do a better job integrating all my functions.
I may want stereo volume, dvd menus, and tv power all on one screen.
ya forget fingerprint ID, now we need to carry around the finger!
no, the lawyers would go by the more proper 'William' Wyman