Comments like the parent and the grandparent irk me... Information Assurance is not the personification of "Mordak, the preventer of information services." Sometimes IA policies really do make sense.
I have worked in the world of DoD information assurance (really, I have, see http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgearhart), and I completely disagree with what you're saying. Your example is built on the premise that the guys on this ship will be connecting to DoD information systems... that's simply not what the original poster is asking.
Think about what you're saying... you wanted to set up a "private wifi" in order to allow instructors to to monitor simulations. Don't you think that's sensitive data? If someone brute forced or rainbow tabled that WiFi access point's WPA2 key (you're using WPA2 pre-shared keys, right?) and got onto that private wifi network, wouldn't the data they could siphon off be valuable?
No, there was no sensitive information that would have been transferred on that simulation. If you're familiar with DIS or HLA, you'll know that they have methods for handling networked simulations with various levels of classification. For instance, you could have an airline pilot flying in the same virtual environment as a B2 bomber, and they will filter the data he receives to prevent classified information from being divulged. And in this particular case, the information would have been limited to things like the lat/long of the aircraft, the weapons loadout, and other information that is not classified. In fact, most of the information we wanted to give to the instructor was the status of any hardware faults that had been introduced in the simulation and a student's action log, indicating what buttons were pressed in the crew station. Nothing classified whatsoever. Also, this particular network was in a fenced off area on the post, with a 1 mile drive from the security gate to the buildings.
I wasn't trying to say that the crew members should not be able to access the internet in their quarters, or that they would be able to access classified systems on such a network. I was saying that the network should go through the DoD and not some third party VPN company. I have nothing against IA. It is an important part of the security of the military, and the government as a whole. Which is why I do not believe that this person should continue with his plans.
Right in your quarter you can have your own network connections. But I highly doubt they would consider a vessel to fall under those same security rules. Especially since the location of the boat could quite easily be revealed by a crew member who brought a personal GPS Unit with them on their deployment. They don't like the advertise the position of their ships, and they even censor the internet at FOBs and other installations in Iraq/Afghanistan to prevent certain security information from being divulged. There is no way the DoD would allow a non-military connection on any Navy ship or boat.
Yes, I agree there are. But my definition of a decent monitor has recently changed. I now have a hard time settling for anything less than 2560 x 1440 (WQHD). There are only companies that I know of that sell a display in that resolution, and neither has an external power supply (I believe). Of course you can get a decent looking display at 1920x1200 or 1920x1080, but I am picky about those, too.
If you read between the lines, the poster is saying that this is an entirely separate network where the crew can bring their personal (non work) systems, and it will have no access or visibility to any of the ships systems or network. As such, those requirements go away.
I just escaped from the world of contracting for the DoD and I can tell you that there is no such network on any military facility. Trust me. No boat, no ship, not even a storage shed. How do I know? Because I used to work on training simulations, and we wanted to set up things like a private WiFI network, to allow instructors to monitor simulations from a tablet device. Could we do so? No. It's against DoD rules. You can set up a private network, but only if it is wired, and only if it does not go out onto the net. Further, any machine on that network must comply with DoD Information Assurance (IA) rules. Those rules don't let you have USB enabled, you can't even have a USB port accessible on the device, without special authorization and hardening of the OS to disable the port, but allow charging.
The poster above is absolutely correct. You do not want to be caught setting up this kind of network. You will get in huge trouble if the DoD finds out. All internet access should be going from the ship, to their home port and onto the internet from there. If I were in charge of this boat, I would not do this without an order in writing authorizing me to do so because he's going to get burned if he goes thru with this.
Why use an inverter at all? Your battery is DC. Your alternator, through rectifiers, outputs DC. Get a computer with a DC power supply. There is no point in converting everything from DC to AC to DC again. Of course, you may have difficulty finding a decent monitor with a DC power supply, but they do exist. I really like the website Mini-box when I'm building my mini-ITX boxes. In fact, I have a mini-ITX box I use as a server w/ a Core i-3 and no fans. The thing pulls only 20W or so, and runs at about 35C in an air conditioned home. If I were to build a car-puter I would definitely use their stuff.
I talked to a lawyer about it, a good one, too. In my jurisdiction, he can indeed discharge the damages in bankruptcy. The lawyer said he would be happy to take my case, if it was something I really wanted to pursue. He was confident we would win, there were some 20 odd witnesses to the event, and all of them in my favor. But he told me that it would be a waste of my money to do so. The guy is a personal injury attorney, who is also a good friend of mine. I doubt that he would lie about such a thing. The person who did it was not well educated, did not have a good job, and had no real assets to speak of, in any event.
I spend over $500 a month on health care related costs, thanks to someone who went out of their way to injury me. Now, over two years later, my costs are continuing to increase. What happened to me? Someone elbowed me in the back of the head from behind, completely unexpectedly. Could I sue the guy? Sure. But he can discharge the liability thru bankruptcy. No insurance he has would cover a malicious act against me. Now my biggest fear is ever losing my coverage and then being denied coverage later for a preexisting condition. Health insurance definitely sucks.
And as a parent, I can tell you I'd need a high level of trust in the instructor before I let them take my kids alone into the woods.
Relax. I take a group of kids up to Camp Crystal Lake every year, where we play with chainsaws, large knives, and hockey masks.... nothing bad ever happens in the woods...
I'm sure there is an archeological advantage to keeping references to these old and obscure languages laying around. Maybe some day you'll find old writing that is related to these languages? Who knows. Might as well hang on to the knowledge we have.
No sir. That would be terrible. I write code, and I have two files open side by side next to each other. I have a second monitor, which I use to full screen things, but I prefer one large view with everything on it, side by side, so I don't have several inches of plastic in the way. Right now I have 4 things open and can see everything that is going on in all 4 places from one screen. Its great.
Your friends with widescreen monitors should just stand it up, so they have more vertical real estate. Then they won't be making things too wide anymore!
Not to get off topic, but I've found a really high res 27" display to be better than two displays of any size. I used to have dual 24"s and I switched to a 2560x1440 (WQHD) display and I haven't looked back. It was quite difficult to make effective use of two 24"s even, as I could hardly see the one while looking at the other. Now there is no annoying bezel, and plenty of pixel density!
But I agree, SSD's rock. The only machine I have that doesn't boot the OS from an SSD is a laptop that only supports one HDD. if I could put two drives in here, I'd boot it from SSD, too.
Most places in the United STates. They close the parks, usually a half an hour after sunset (twilight or civil? Who knows). The purpose behind this is to prevent crime, drug dealing, prostitution, and other things from occurring at your local park.
Uh can you tell me exactly where I can get Laptop drivers from NVidia for my Dell laptop? I mean Windows drivers. Or an HP laptop? Or even an Apple laptop? Oh wait you can't! Why? Because the OEM manufacturers want to push their own drivers. If you have a problem with this, complain to the OEMs. Then you'll get your Linux driver from NVidia.
Aureal was a great company. I knew people there, and I had one of their sound cards. Their 3D sound was awesome, I was very impressed with their demos and the games that supported it. I believe that Turtle Beach uses some of their technology to this day.
I'm not talking about the average criminal. And even just having the police knock on your door, and treat you as a person of interest in a homicide is a very stressful thing. Not to mention the cost of having a lawyer (you'd be dumb not to have one, if physical evidence tied you to the scene). As someone else pointed out, hair from a barbershop is not useful for DNA, since it does not have the hair root. Is this going to be a common occurrence? No. But I could picture someone planning the murder in this way.
I used to work at the CA DOJ, in the Appeals, Writs and Trials group. One of the lawyers I worked with was handling the appeals of the Dana Ewell murders. That person spent 1+ year(s) plotting the murder of his entire family, and went to great lengths to cover his tracks. The only reason he got caught was that his friend, who performed the murders, had an emotional breakdown and started doing stupid things. I've read the court transcripts, even the sealed portions that are still not open to the public. Those two would have done anything to throw off the police.
Right but you totally neglected to mention how someone can go to the range, pick up YOUR brass, and leave that at the scene of the crime. There are certainly people who are smart and calculating enough to do that. That's the thing. Sure if I lose my gun and it turns up, the police are going to come knocking on my door. How much worse is to to HAVE the gun, and then have your brass turn up at a crime scene? The police would think it was a slam dunk! After all, you have the weapon that stamped the brass at the crime scene. Will it happen often? Probably not, certainly not in crimes of passion. But in other cases, it wouldn't be hard at all. There are ranges that are "lost brass" where you are supposed to leave your casings behind. That would be a great opportunity to get a bunch of stamped brass.
Certain narcotic pain medicines can cause death (in fact, most can if you misuse them). But, I'd be willing to bet that if your pain was severe enough, you'd be willing to risk death to have the relief provided by the medicine. I'm not saying this is always the case, but certainly sometimes the risk is worth it. For instance, I used to have obstructive sleep apnea. The problem was something that could be surgically corrected. The surgery was risky enough that I had to donate blood to myself, with a 10% chance of needing my own blood, and a 5% chance of death. Was the surgery worth it? Absolutely. Would I do it again? In a heart beat.
I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to send your documents to their cloud service! I am not a big fan of those cloud services in the first place, and it scares me when a company uses Google Docs (now Google Drive), Dropbox, or anything else to host business essential documents! I worked for a defense contractor that paid $$$ for a Proposal system that was basically just GIT or SVN with a front end that hid the details of the VCS. I couldn't believe they trusted a third party with documents that could make or break the company. Especially since the company already had two SVN and one Microsoft Team Services servers going. They could have lumped that in with one of the other servers, or ran their own!
You do know that they have AutoCad for iPad, right? Its free too. You can view the drawings for free. They charge you to create content, but you can do that on your iPad too!
Actually, I worked with an engineer who was one of those witchdoctors. He lived and breathed those tests. He thought that he would meet his ideal woman, give her one of these personality tests, and she would fit his personality to a T and he would live happily ever after. No joke. And he'd tell women this, too. It was insane.
It's not just the auto industry. I worked for a company in the video surveillance industry where taking a customer out to dinner meant: 1) dinner 2) drinks at a bar and then finally 3) the strip club. I could have never done sales there.
What amazed me was a tradeshow I went to in Birmingham, UK. There were women walking around in plastic outfits that were see-thru so you could see their bra and panties. The booth across from mine had pole-dancers come in and do a strip show 3 times a day. This was in 2005!
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Comments like the parent and the grandparent irk me... Information Assurance is not the personification of "Mordak, the preventer of information services." Sometimes IA policies really do make sense.
I have worked in the world of DoD information assurance (really, I have, see http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgearhart), and I completely disagree with what you're saying. Your example is built on the premise that the guys on this ship will be connecting to DoD information systems... that's simply not what the original poster is asking.
Think about what you're saying... you wanted to set up a "private wifi" in order to allow instructors to to monitor simulations. Don't you think that's sensitive data? If someone brute forced or rainbow tabled that WiFi access point's WPA2 key (you're using WPA2 pre-shared keys, right?) and got onto that private wifi network, wouldn't the data they could siphon off be valuable?
No, there was no sensitive information that would have been transferred on that simulation. If you're familiar with DIS or HLA, you'll know that they have methods for handling networked simulations with various levels of classification. For instance, you could have an airline pilot flying in the same virtual environment as a B2 bomber, and they will filter the data he receives to prevent classified information from being divulged. And in this particular case, the information would have been limited to things like the lat/long of the aircraft, the weapons loadout, and other information that is not classified. In fact, most of the information we wanted to give to the instructor was the status of any hardware faults that had been introduced in the simulation and a student's action log, indicating what buttons were pressed in the crew station. Nothing classified whatsoever. Also, this particular network was in a fenced off area on the post, with a 1 mile drive from the security gate to the buildings.
I wasn't trying to say that the crew members should not be able to access the internet in their quarters, or that they would be able to access classified systems on such a network. I was saying that the network should go through the DoD and not some third party VPN company. I have nothing against IA. It is an important part of the security of the military, and the government as a whole. Which is why I do not believe that this person should continue with his plans.
Right in your quarter you can have your own network connections. But I highly doubt they would consider a vessel to fall under those same security rules. Especially since the location of the boat could quite easily be revealed by a crew member who brought a personal GPS Unit with them on their deployment. They don't like the advertise the position of their ships, and they even censor the internet at FOBs and other installations in Iraq/Afghanistan to prevent certain security information from being divulged. There is no way the DoD would allow a non-military connection on any Navy ship or boat.
Yes, I agree there are. But my definition of a decent monitor has recently changed. I now have a hard time settling for anything less than 2560 x 1440 (WQHD). There are only companies that I know of that sell a display in that resolution, and neither has an external power supply (I believe). Of course you can get a decent looking display at 1920x1200 or 1920x1080, but I am picky about those, too.
If you read between the lines, the poster is saying that this is an entirely separate network where the crew can bring their personal (non work) systems, and it will have no access or visibility to any of the ships systems or network. As such, those requirements go away.
I just escaped from the world of contracting for the DoD and I can tell you that there is no such network on any military facility. Trust me. No boat, no ship, not even a storage shed. How do I know? Because I used to work on training simulations, and we wanted to set up things like a private WiFI network, to allow instructors to monitor simulations from a tablet device. Could we do so? No. It's against DoD rules. You can set up a private network, but only if it is wired, and only if it does not go out onto the net. Further, any machine on that network must comply with DoD Information Assurance (IA) rules. Those rules don't let you have USB enabled, you can't even have a USB port accessible on the device, without special authorization and hardening of the OS to disable the port, but allow charging.
The poster above is absolutely correct. You do not want to be caught setting up this kind of network. You will get in huge trouble if the DoD finds out. All internet access should be going from the ship, to their home port and onto the internet from there. If I were in charge of this boat, I would not do this without an order in writing authorizing me to do so because he's going to get burned if he goes thru with this.
Why use an inverter at all? Your battery is DC. Your alternator, through rectifiers, outputs DC. Get a computer with a DC power supply. There is no point in converting everything from DC to AC to DC again. Of course, you may have difficulty finding a decent monitor with a DC power supply, but they do exist. I really like the website Mini-box when I'm building my mini-ITX boxes. In fact, I have a mini-ITX box I use as a server w/ a Core i-3 and no fans. The thing pulls only 20W or so, and runs at about 35C in an air conditioned home. If I were to build a car-puter I would definitely use their stuff.
I talked to a lawyer about it, a good one, too. In my jurisdiction, he can indeed discharge the damages in bankruptcy. The lawyer said he would be happy to take my case, if it was something I really wanted to pursue. He was confident we would win, there were some 20 odd witnesses to the event, and all of them in my favor. But he told me that it would be a waste of my money to do so. The guy is a personal injury attorney, who is also a good friend of mine. I doubt that he would lie about such a thing. The person who did it was not well educated, did not have a good job, and had no real assets to speak of, in any event.
I spend over $500 a month on health care related costs, thanks to someone who went out of their way to injury me. Now, over two years later, my costs are continuing to increase. What happened to me? Someone elbowed me in the back of the head from behind, completely unexpectedly. Could I sue the guy? Sure. But he can discharge the liability thru bankruptcy. No insurance he has would cover a malicious act against me. Now my biggest fear is ever losing my coverage and then being denied coverage later for a preexisting condition. Health insurance definitely sucks.
Oh no. Prince told me to party like it was 1999. Prince is never wrong. How dare you say such a thing? Perhaps you just don't know how to party?
Sorry, I mean the Artist Formally Known as Prince. I don't want to confuse anyone...
And as a parent, I can tell you I'd need a high level of trust in the instructor before I let them take my kids alone into the woods.
Relax. I take a group of kids up to Camp Crystal Lake every year, where we play with chainsaws, large knives, and hockey masks.... nothing bad ever happens in the woods...
I'm sure there is an archeological advantage to keeping references to these old and obscure languages laying around. Maybe some day you'll find old writing that is related to these languages? Who knows. Might as well hang on to the knowledge we have.
No sir. That would be terrible. I write code, and I have two files open side by side next to each other. I have a second monitor, which I use to full screen things, but I prefer one large view with everything on it, side by side, so I don't have several inches of plastic in the way. Right now I have 4 things open and can see everything that is going on in all 4 places from one screen. Its great.
Your friends with widescreen monitors should just stand it up, so they have more vertical real estate. Then they won't be making things too wide anymore!
Not to get off topic, but I've found a really high res 27" display to be better than two displays of any size. I used to have dual 24"s and I switched to a 2560x1440 (WQHD) display and I haven't looked back. It was quite difficult to make effective use of two 24"s even, as I could hardly see the one while looking at the other. Now there is no annoying bezel, and plenty of pixel density!
But I agree, SSD's rock. The only machine I have that doesn't boot the OS from an SSD is a laptop that only supports one HDD. if I could put two drives in here, I'd boot it from SSD, too.
Most places in the United STates. They close the parks, usually a half an hour after sunset (twilight or civil? Who knows). The purpose behind this is to prevent crime, drug dealing, prostitution, and other things from occurring at your local park.
Uh can you tell me exactly where I can get Laptop drivers from NVidia for my Dell laptop? I mean Windows drivers. Or an HP laptop? Or even an Apple laptop? Oh wait you can't! Why? Because the OEM manufacturers want to push their own drivers. If you have a problem with this, complain to the OEMs. Then you'll get your Linux driver from NVidia.
And I wouldn't be surprised if they have 0-days for every major platform out there.
Aureal was a great company. I knew people there, and I had one of their sound cards. Their 3D sound was awesome, I was very impressed with their demos and the games that supported it. I believe that Turtle Beach uses some of their technology to this day.
I'm not talking about the average criminal. And even just having the police knock on your door, and treat you as a person of interest in a homicide is a very stressful thing. Not to mention the cost of having a lawyer (you'd be dumb not to have one, if physical evidence tied you to the scene). As someone else pointed out, hair from a barbershop is not useful for DNA, since it does not have the hair root. Is this going to be a common occurrence? No. But I could picture someone planning the murder in this way.
I used to work at the CA DOJ, in the Appeals, Writs and Trials group. One of the lawyers I worked with was handling the appeals of the Dana Ewell murders. That person spent 1+ year(s) plotting the murder of his entire family, and went to great lengths to cover his tracks. The only reason he got caught was that his friend, who performed the murders, had an emotional breakdown and started doing stupid things. I've read the court transcripts, even the sealed portions that are still not open to the public. Those two would have done anything to throw off the police.
Right but you totally neglected to mention how someone can go to the range, pick up YOUR brass, and leave that at the scene of the crime. There are certainly people who are smart and calculating enough to do that. That's the thing. Sure if I lose my gun and it turns up, the police are going to come knocking on my door. How much worse is to to HAVE the gun, and then have your brass turn up at a crime scene? The police would think it was a slam dunk! After all, you have the weapon that stamped the brass at the crime scene. Will it happen often? Probably not, certainly not in crimes of passion. But in other cases, it wouldn't be hard at all. There are ranges that are "lost brass" where you are supposed to leave your casings behind. That would be a great opportunity to get a bunch of stamped brass.
Certain narcotic pain medicines can cause death (in fact, most can if you misuse them). But, I'd be willing to bet that if your pain was severe enough, you'd be willing to risk death to have the relief provided by the medicine. I'm not saying this is always the case, but certainly sometimes the risk is worth it. For instance, I used to have obstructive sleep apnea. The problem was something that could be surgically corrected. The surgery was risky enough that I had to donate blood to myself, with a 10% chance of needing my own blood, and a 5% chance of death. Was the surgery worth it? Absolutely. Would I do it again? In a heart beat.
WEll, to be fair, the Mac w/ Retina display does come with an SSD. So the $50 would only be applied towards the cost of the RAM and the CPU.
I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to send your documents to their cloud service! I am not a big fan of those cloud services in the first place, and it scares me when a company uses Google Docs (now Google Drive), Dropbox, or anything else to host business essential documents! I worked for a defense contractor that paid $$$ for a Proposal system that was basically just GIT or SVN with a front end that hid the details of the VCS. I couldn't believe they trusted a third party with documents that could make or break the company. Especially since the company already had two SVN and one Microsoft Team Services servers going. They could have lumped that in with one of the other servers, or ran their own!
You do know that they have AutoCad for iPad, right? Its free too. You can view the drawings for free. They charge you to create content, but you can do that on your iPad too!
Actually, I worked with an engineer who was one of those witchdoctors. He lived and breathed those tests. He thought that he would meet his ideal woman, give her one of these personality tests, and she would fit his personality to a T and he would live happily ever after. No joke. And he'd tell women this, too. It was insane.
It's not just the auto industry. I worked for a company in the video surveillance industry where taking a customer out to dinner meant: 1) dinner 2) drinks at a bar and then finally 3) the strip club. I could have never done sales there.
What amazed me was a tradeshow I went to in Birmingham, UK. There were women walking around in plastic outfits that were see-thru so you could see their bra and panties. The booth across from mine had pole-dancers come in and do a strip show 3 times a day. This was in 2005!