The original deployment of this network used the AES-encrypted VPN from Chameleon Technology. Don't know what they're using these days - hope it's better than WEP....
That particular article makes the assumption that the author's view are the only true, correct interpretation of reality, and any disagreement is a "misperception". For instance:
"Surprisingly, the percentage of people holding the misperceptions rose slightly over the last three months. In July, for example, polls found that 45 percent of the public believed U.S. forces had found "clear evidence in Iraq that Hussein was working closely with al Qaeda." In September, 49 percent believed that."
The author blindly labels this as a "misperception", assigning an absolute truth to his position. Yet there seems be enough evidence of some ties to at least investigate the possibility. Yet this author dismisses the opposing viewpoint out of hand. And I seriously doubt that he has any concrete evidence to support such a dogmatic position.
>It was originally supposed to cost under 2 billion, but people didnt like the tax and decided to >register their cars outside of KingCounty. This caused a severe drop in revene and prompted the >monorail execs to resort to drastic funding (junk bonds, high intrest loans, etc) to the point where >its going to cost over 10 billion.
Um, not exactly. Only Seattle residents got to vote on it, so only Seattle city residents were supposed to be subject to the tax (seems fair, right?). When the monorail proponents put together their financing proposal, they included all of the cars in the *county* in their tax base, greatly inflating the potential revenue. Living outside Seattle, I got hit with the tax, even though I didn't get to vote on it, and the line, if built, wouldn't help my commute at all.
The state told them they couldn't collect the tax on non-Seattleites, and had to refund the amount paid by all the rest of us. This caused the majority of the tax-based shortfall. A few individuals registered their cars outside the city limits to avoid the tax, but they're easily tracked down.
You'll need to supply them to every *person* in the country, not every household. Otherwise, someone is going to get left out. Don't forget replacements for when the kids drop them out the window, or they get left on the bus. And don't forget the overseas market - how much would a truckload of these nifty radios go for in other countries? I'll bet I can pay people $1 each for theirs, and make a big profit shipping them to Africa and South America. And the U.S. Government will have to freely replace the radios, so I'll have an endless supply.
It's been demonstrated time after time - when you give people something for free, that's the value they place on it.
And this isn't even considering the limited use of such radios in a major disaster, when all the lines back to Clear Channel are down.
Because the Government is basically incompetent when it comes to helping individuals, and thus does more harm than good to the most vunerable. The rich are better able to survive Government "help"....
And in 60%-70% of these homes, the radios and other stuff will be sold/pawned/traded for whatever within a week. Or simply stolen by others, then sold.
And then those same people will complain after the fact that the Government didn't prepare them, didn't protect them, and didn't take care of them immediately afterwards.
Actually, the various coatings on my glasses (anti-glare, photogray, etc.), coupled with the flat front of the lenses, make them rather reflective to IR light. I've had some fun with an IR-sensitive camcorder and 850nm IR LEDs. Big glowing orbs, like the reflectance of a cat's eyes, only much bigger.
"In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them."
This is not necessarily a good thing. I've read that Ebola and other very nasty diseases don't spread as far as they might, because they wipe out their carrier population too quickly. As opposed to HIV, which has time to slowly spread out. If an infected PC self-destructed after one round of outbound spreading, then it's not going to be continually spewing the junk like they do today.
Such a virus would burn through the supply of unprotected PCs quickly, and then go away.
Oh, you mean Tolkien Ring? I'm afraid there was only one of those built (the prototype was lost in some industrial accident or something). Anyway, it was prone to failure in high-temperature environments.
Do this often enough, and you'll find yourself on the nasty end of a lawsuit. Or criminal assault/harassment charges. There are a lot of parents out there totally blind to their little brats poor behavior, but ready to jump all over some adult who tries to contain them.
FWIW: when we take our kids out to the movies, they're quiet and well behaved. Because if they act up like some of the other kids - THEY DON'T GET TO GO TO ANOTHER MOVIE FOR A *LONG* TIME!. (They also don't like having *their* movie ruined by brats, so they are sensitive to the problem).
Because he'll get a warning notice the first time he drives through an automated camera trap (and his RFID tag doesn't register). If he doesn't replace the defective plate within say, a week, he'll get a major fine the next time it happens. Good luck trying to bypass the compliance traps. And every squad car will be pinging tags as they drive by, so he'd better be able to avoid those as well. And when the car has it's regular emissions check, or goes to the mechanic, or....
There are innumerable ways to force compliance with this system, lots of them totally automated. If gas taxes are replaced with mileage-based useage taxes, then there will be enormous social pressure to comply with the tracking requirement.
But that's just old-fashioned, repressive thinking. Crackers are going to want to break in, and it shouldn't be our job to try and supress those urges.
Instead, we need to create a safe, crack-positive environment for them. This way, they can feel empowered and affirmed as they explore your systems. They'll be free to celebrate your credit limit, without fear of legal or societal repercussions.
It is especially important that we reach out to teen and younger crackers, who might not yet be sure of their white/black hat inclinations. We need massive federal funding for vunerability education, as well as legislative reform. After all, simply crashing a power plant or two shouldn't cause someone to have a black mark on their record for the rest of their life.
"They're going to do it anyway - so we might as well help them do it safely..."
>I have to believe that with the greater reliance on >web and email for communications, along with bigger >and better monitors, that most of the rest of you >will cease missing their printers as well within >the next few years.
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But the Midwest will suddenly gain a whole lot of bandwidth when the wind finally stops blowing the balloons...
The original deployment of this network used the AES-encrypted VPN from Chameleon Technology. Don't know what they're using these days - hope it's better than WEP....
How long until some group of insects files suit against these scientists for using their IP without paying royalties?
Remember - the insects outnumber and outmass humans, and certain of their subspecies ahve already established themselves in the legal profession...
>when in fact a very extensive investigation was conducted and returned no evidence whatsoever.
References? Prefereably, ones that can actually be checked on, and whose underlying reference points and assumptions are disclosed.
That particular article makes the assumption that the author's view are the only true, correct interpretation of reality, and any disagreement is a "misperception". For instance:
"Surprisingly, the percentage of people holding the misperceptions rose slightly over the last three months. In July, for example, polls found that 45 percent of the public believed U.S. forces had found "clear evidence in Iraq that Hussein was working closely with al Qaeda." In September, 49 percent believed that."
The author blindly labels this as a "misperception", assigning an absolute truth to his position. Yet there seems be enough evidence of some ties to at least investigate the possibility. Yet this author dismisses the opposing viewpoint out of hand. And I seriously doubt that he has any concrete evidence to support such a dogmatic position.
We watch it every year on our anniversary.
That's 25 years so far, and counting...
That might work - especially if you displayed them in popups...
:-)
99% of the web users out there will automatically block them out, giving you quite a bit of security.
Yes, the Chinese government, sensing a lack of dupe stories here on /., decided to fill the void by releasing a duplicate format pronouncement.
>It was originally supposed to cost under 2 billion, but people didnt like the tax and decided to
>register their cars outside of KingCounty. This caused a severe drop in revene and prompted the
>monorail execs to resort to drastic funding (junk bonds, high intrest loans, etc) to the point where
>its going to cost over 10 billion.
Um, not exactly. Only Seattle residents got to vote on it, so only Seattle city residents were supposed to be subject to the tax (seems fair, right?). When the monorail proponents put together their financing proposal, they included all of the cars in the *county* in their tax base, greatly inflating the potential revenue. Living outside Seattle, I got hit with the tax, even though I didn't get to vote on it, and the line, if built, wouldn't help my commute at all.
The state told them they couldn't collect the tax on non-Seattleites, and had to refund the amount paid by all the rest of us. This caused the majority of the tax-based shortfall. A few individuals registered their cars outside the city limits to avoid the tax, but they're easily tracked down.
You'll need to supply them to every *person* in the country, not every household. Otherwise, someone is going to get left out. Don't forget replacements for when the kids drop them out the window, or they get left on the bus. And don't forget the overseas market - how much would a truckload of these nifty radios go for in other countries? I'll bet I can pay people $1 each for theirs, and make a big profit shipping them to Africa and South America. And the U.S. Government will have to freely replace the radios, so I'll have an endless supply.
It's been demonstrated time after time - when you give people something for free, that's the value they place on it.
And this isn't even considering the limited use of such radios in a major disaster, when all the lines back to Clear Channel are down.
Because the Government is basically incompetent when it comes to helping individuals, and thus does more harm than good to the most vunerable. The rich are better able to survive Government "help"....
And in 60%-70% of these homes, the radios and other stuff will be sold/pawned/traded for whatever within a week. Or simply stolen by others, then sold.
And then those same people will complain after the fact that the Government didn't prepare them, didn't protect them, and didn't take care of them immediately afterwards.
You can't force common sense on people.
You mean Soylent Green will really be made of rocks????
Actually, the various coatings on my glasses (anti-glare, photogray, etc.), coupled with the flat front of the lenses, make them rather reflective to IR light. I've had some fun with an IR-sensitive camcorder and 850nm IR LEDs. Big glowing orbs, like the reflectance of a cat's eyes, only much bigger.
I'd bet it's enough to spoof this stupid thing...
Just ship it via UPS marked "Fragile"....
The physical destruction will be total.
"In a sense we are fortunate that most attackers want to control and use systems they attack rather than destroy them."
This is not necessarily a good thing. I've read that Ebola and other very nasty diseases don't spread as far as they might, because they wipe out their carrier population too quickly. As opposed to HIV, which has time to slowly spread out. If an infected PC self-destructed after one round of outbound spreading, then it's not going to be continually spewing the junk like they do today.
Such a virus would burn through the supply of unprotected PCs quickly, and then go away.
Oh, you mean Tolkien Ring? I'm afraid there was only one of those built (the prototype was lost in some industrial accident or something). Anyway, it was prone to failure in high-temperature environments.
Nazgul-Net was a much better solution...
Do this often enough, and you'll find yourself on the nasty end of a lawsuit. Or criminal assault/harassment charges. There are a lot of parents out there totally blind to their little brats poor behavior, but ready to jump all over some adult who tries to contain them.
FWIW: when we take our kids out to the movies, they're quiet and well behaved. Because if they act up like some of the other kids - THEY DON'T GET TO GO TO ANOTHER MOVIE FOR A *LONG* TIME!. (They also don't like having *their* movie ruined by brats, so they are sensitive to the problem).
and go on strike. Can't you just see the little picket signs circling around the pond?
Because he'll get a warning notice the first time he drives through an automated camera trap (and his RFID tag doesn't register). If he doesn't replace the defective plate within say, a week, he'll get a major fine the next time it happens. Good luck trying to bypass the compliance traps. And every squad car will be pinging tags as they drive by, so he'd better be able to avoid those as well. And when the car has it's regular emissions check, or goes to the mechanic, or....
There are innumerable ways to force compliance with this system, lots of them totally automated. If gas taxes are replaced with mileage-based useage taxes, then there will be enormous social pressure to comply with the tracking requirement.
"It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago."
/. is - they'll probably get posted as new articles again. and again....
And the great thing about
But that's just old-fashioned, repressive thinking. Crackers are going to want to break in, and it shouldn't be our job to try and supress those urges.
Instead, we need to create a safe, crack-positive environment for them. This way, they can feel empowered and affirmed as they explore your systems. They'll be free to celebrate your credit limit, without fear of legal or societal repercussions.
It is especially important that we reach out to teen and younger crackers, who might not yet be sure of their white/black hat inclinations. We need massive federal funding for vunerability education, as well as legislative reform. After all, simply crashing a power plant or two shouldn't cause someone to have a black mark on their record for the rest of their life.
"They're going to do it anyway - so we might as well help them do it safely..."
And he forgot to specify the continent - African or European...
>I have to believe that with the greater reliance on >web and email for communications, along with bigger >and better monitors, that most of the rest of you >will cease missing their printers as well within >the next few years.
Could I get that in writing???
(inkjet quality is fine...)
And after all this - the ownership of the copyrights will *still* be in dispute...
(Hmmm... maybe there's some way to tap this as a perpetual energy source. Can you convert trial motions to kinetic motion?)