"Bla bla, tinfoil hat, bla bla, black helicopters, bla bla New World Order, bla bla Illuminati, bla bla bla."
Bla Bla I trust my government. bla bla bla My government always looks out for me. bla bla bla I am a good citizen officer of course you can search my house. bla bla bla The government is you friend, trust the government. Sheep......
Not so fast -- even using a random WiFi point can map back to you since even consumer wireless routers remember your MAC (Wifi network card ID). That's why I have a utility to change it to/from random MACs such as the NSA's 00-20-91-xx-xx-xx
Ok I take it you don't know how to change the reported MAC from your hardware? It has been trivial for years
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You know once I might have believed that. But anymore with as intrusive as adds are getting I don't buy it. At one time the courts declared that if you had to pay for the services you could not get adds through it. (Faxes) Now the way the advertising people are acting it is your duty to watch their stupidity. If they don't want me to block their adds don't put their adds out there. If that means there is less content on the net hence less people on it, FINE! It could be that I have been on the net since the September that never ended. But as long as I am paying for this net connection I will block any data I don't want. If you don't like it don't count on a failed and discredited distribution method. Using stupid and pointless laws to back up your business model will just make sure that I am willing to take the extra effort to block them. And apparently enough people agree with me so they think that they need to try to force it with stupid non enforceable laws.
I haven't bought a thing from HSN or had any visitors from three letter Government agencies in a long time.
That is because they consider that a hostile act. Now they are watching you through scopes as you have elevated yourself from the suspicion level of they are sure you are doing something they won't approve of. To they know you are up to something now. You will see when they get the people to understand that nothing is more important the security you will be the first in line for a body cavity check.......
Haven't you figured it out yet *THEY* started that story because it makes your house stand out. That way they can give you more personal attention.........
Hey if they are will to pay Microsoft to beta test the newest patch that is fine with me. I still won't let a Microsoft patch anywhere near my network until it is about 6 months old. I just got to wonder who decided that paying MS for the privilege of beta testing their patches was a good idea...
Anybody have any recommendations in regards to breeds of dogs that are insanely protective of the family and *won't* attack Junior if the dog's ears are being pulled?
With out question it would be an English Mastiff. Just get a trainer for yourself then get the dog and have the trainer come back after the the dog crosses 2years. Or you will never be able to discipline the kid with the dog around. My son is young but I would trust him with Nitro (2yr old Rottie) He would make someone kill him before my son would ever be touched. And rotties are down bread from the Mastiff
"Chill friend. First off I was pointing out the insanity of someone saying we can just bury it, and the insanity that is Yucca Mountain which is basically just burying it".
I am chill. I assure you that Yucca Mountain is at best a temporary idea. Either that or people are insane as you suggest. That said I like Yucca Mountain a LOT better then the current containment methods. . But I am frustrated at people talking about throwing away a good resource. Political arguments aside if the human race does not grow up soon the ability to disrupt the entire planet is becoming easier everyday. Could you honestly compare the damage from using a few nukes to the damage that genetic engineering or nanotech could cause? I support devolopement of theis and other new sicences. But we as a race need to grow up fast or we have had it. As a race.
"Reprocessing it is a whole different and more complicated thing. The issue with reprocessing are so complicated and varied you aren't going to do it justice in a Slashdot thread".
I beg your pardon sir but the entire thread is to complicated to do justice to on a Slashdot thread. Yet here we are none the less. I do appear to have been hasty. I do apologize for the Luddite comment.
"That said, I'm all for research more efficient re-seeding nuclear fission plants. I'm not for nuclear fission as an end-all solution, rather a bridge between our current non-sustainable mode of energy production and whatever future technologies we figure out (fusion, hydrogren-based power infrastructure, etc). Keep in mind, nuclear fission is just as non-sustainable as coal, oil, or natural gas - there are finite supplies of fissionable material on earth."
That much we agree on. BTW Luddite is also a term used to denote some who rejects technology on the basis of preconceived notions. I stand by my usage. Wikipedia is a good resource but English is a living language. It changes, daily.
Besides being incredibly long winded and not very accurate. You sir are a Luddite. Yucca mountain does not even need to exist. There is no need to bury any of it. Just one of your little "forgotten" points is the after the DOE made that promise the Carter administration baned the reprocessing of the fuel. You are so totally closed minded on the subject you can't even see the forest for the trees. If we reprocessed it there would be no problem in the first place. I notice you even managed to get in a little political bashing. So here is mine. The only difference between Bush and Kerry is the name. They both lie like whores in church.
Exactly trying to scrub a rooted box is not good security. You also leave your self open to the questions like... Are you sure you got it all? When they resume the habits that got them all the bug in the first place.
"First, the article says the guy came over in course of the next week"
Right and a week to do an OS install is OK how?
"If you do not take care of your car, you will end up with your thumb on the road. Same here. Tow-away and repairs."
Right but the miss in your analogy is that the mechanic billed for 5 times the book repair time. Or actually took 5 times as long as it should have taken. And if that is the case how is it the problem of the client that it took that long?
10.5 hours for an OS install? No way. For $800 the client could have gotten a new computer.
Is it just me or should that guy be embarrassed to admit that he took 10.5 hours to reinstall an OS and a security suite? I realize that he took the long way to fix the issue. As far as I see it if ANYONE other then the client has had root on a box you can't trust it. Ever. You need to reinstall from known good media and start over. But maybe that is just me.
"I can not think of any reason to be afraid of a black box unless it pinpoints you being somewhere that you should not have been. (I may be being naive). Black boxes record only enough data to determine what caused an accident to happen. Driving habits could be incorporated, as could other data. Would it be worth it if it cut the number of people killed and maimed on our roads in half?"
In a word NO. I mean hell NO. The government has all ready been busted for (asking NOT FORCEING) onstar to turn the mice that is in the system and listening to what is being said in the car. Without a warrant mind you. With a track record that goes as far back as the beginning of the government I will actively resist any more intrusions into my privacy..
"The problem is no-one's going to check your wallet for a consent card for CPR, so she's had her chest tatooed with a warning saying something like "Get thos f*cking this away from my f*cking chest. If you revive me I'll sue your arse off!". "
Kind of remindes me of my EMT instructor, She has three tattoos There is an "X" two fingers above her zyphoid process (where you put your hand for chest compressions) and underneath is says push here. She has the outline of two fingers on her right wrist. And a circle around her vein in her arm.
Lets just say that if she didn't train them she doesn't trust them. Then again she is of the opinion that no matter how far along a woman is in labor when you pick them up in an ambulance if the baby is not born in a hospital your driver is to slow.
But, um...it really doesn't counteract my point any. There *are* a lot of places that would want to have US information.
But, um...it really doesn't counteract my point any. There *are* a lot of places that would want to have US information.
Yes but using open source projects does not put you at any more risk then using close source projects. The FUD is that they do. To address your point then. The same countries/people would be there wanting the information wither of not open source was even involved.
Open source is a non factor. That is why it is FUD
You have to be able to code. And you have to be able to take peer review. Go over that part about peer review again. It is more then someone in the next cube trying to get the same project out the door fast enough not to get outsourced.
And more importantly the amount of code you need for the example of gunnery targeting would not take anywhere near as long as reviewing a single version update. Not to mention that the CIA has all ready rolled their own distro...so it doesn't matter. You can't try to poison every distro tree hoping to catch every possible use, you would have to get inside to know what code they are going to use.
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"Sounds suspiciously like protectionism."
No it is the normal anti-spam mesures.
Why try to make it more then it is?
"Bla bla, tinfoil hat, bla bla, black helicopters, bla bla New World Order, bla bla Illuminati, bla bla bla."
Bla Bla I trust my government. bla bla bla My government always looks out for me. bla bla bla I am a good citizen officer of course you can search my house. bla bla bla The government is you friend, trust the government.
Sheep......
bah willing slave.
Not so fast -- even using a random WiFi point can map back to you since even consumer wireless routers remember your MAC (Wifi network card ID). That's why I have a utility to change it to/from random MACs such as the NSA's 00-20-91-xx-xx-xx
Ok I take it you don't know how to change the reported MAC from your hardware?
It has been trivial for years
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You know once I might have believed that. But anymore with as intrusive as adds are getting I don't buy it. At one time the courts declared that if you had to pay for the services you could not get adds through it. (Faxes)
Now the way the advertising people are acting it is your duty to watch their stupidity. If they don't want me to block their adds don't put their adds out there. If that means there is less content on the net hence less people on it, FINE! It could be that I have been on the net since the September that never ended. But as long as I am paying for this net connection I will block any data I don't want. If you don't like it don't count on a failed and discredited distribution method. Using stupid and pointless laws to back up your business model will just make sure that I am willing to take the extra effort to block them. And apparently enough people agree with me so they think that they need to try to force it with stupid non enforceable laws.
"And folks depending on how important it is to stop use the old rally trick of the hand/parking brake.
/wipeing laugh tears from my eyes
But you need to be *very* careful about this at 120 mph."
Very well put...
And me without mod points......
I haven't bought a thing from HSN or had any visitors from three letter Government agencies in a long time.
That is because they consider that a hostile act. Now they are watching you through scopes as you have elevated yourself from the suspicion level of they are sure you are doing something they won't approve of. To they know you are up to something now. You will see when they get the people to understand that nothing is more important the security you will be the first in line for a body cavity check.......
Haven't you figured it out yet *THEY* started that story because it makes your house stand out. That way they can give you more personal attention.........
Your right they have crossed that line a long time ago.....
Hey if they are will to pay Microsoft to beta test the newest patch that is fine with me.
I still won't let a Microsoft patch anywhere near my network until it is about 6 months old.
I just got to wonder who decided that paying MS for the privilege of beta testing their patches was a good idea...
Anybody have any recommendations in regards to breeds of dogs that are insanely protective of the family and *won't* attack Junior if the dog's ears are being pulled?
With out question it would be an English Mastiff.
Just get a trainer for yourself then get the dog and have the trainer come back after the the dog crosses 2years. Or you will never be able to discipline the kid with the dog around. My son is young but I would trust him with Nitro (2yr old Rottie) He would make someone kill him before my son would ever be touched. And rotties are down bread from the Mastiff
And how much are people paying to use the site?
Oh ya its free. And not a bad quick referance.
M
"Chill friend. First off I was pointing out the insanity of someone saying we can just bury it, and the insanity that is Yucca Mountain which is basically just burying it".
I am chill. I assure you that Yucca Mountain is at best a temporary idea.
Either that or people are insane as you suggest. That said I like Yucca Mountain a LOT better then the current containment methods. . But I am frustrated at people talking about throwing away a good resource. Political arguments aside if the human race does not grow up soon the ability to disrupt the entire planet is becoming easier everyday. Could you honestly compare the damage from using a few nukes to the damage that genetic engineering or nanotech could cause? I support devolopement of theis and other new sicences. But we as a race need to grow up fast or we have had it.
As a race.
"Reprocessing it is a whole different and more complicated thing. The issue with reprocessing are so complicated and varied you aren't going to do it justice in a Slashdot thread".
I beg your pardon sir but the entire thread is to complicated to do justice to on a Slashdot thread. Yet here we are none the less. I do appear to have been hasty. I do apologize for the Luddite comment.
"That said, I'm all for research more efficient re-seeding nuclear fission plants. I'm not for nuclear fission as an end-all solution, rather a bridge between our current non-sustainable mode of energy production and whatever future technologies we figure out (fusion, hydrogren-based power infrastructure, etc). Keep in mind, nuclear fission is just as non-sustainable as coal, oil, or natural gas - there are finite supplies of fissionable material on earth."
That much we agree on. BTW Luddite is also a term used to denote some who rejects technology on the basis of preconceived notions. I stand by my usage. Wikipedia is a good resource but English is a living language. It changes, daily.
Besides being incredibly long winded and not very accurate. You sir are a Luddite. Yucca mountain does not even need to exist. There is no need to bury any of it. Just one of your little "forgotten" points is the after the DOE made that promise the Carter administration baned the reprocessing of the fuel. You are so totally closed minded on the subject you can't even see the forest for the trees. If we reprocessed it there would be no problem in the first place. I notice you even managed to get in a little political bashing. So here is mine. The only difference between Bush and Kerry is the name. They both lie like whores in church.
Ok question would you not call a job that can be done better faster cheaper by machiene but is still done by human welfare??
If the only reason is to keep the peopele working to me it is the same thing
"50% of people are NOT dumber than the average person"
You have never worked tech support have you?
MOD PARENT UP!
Exactly trying to scrub a rooted box is not good security. You also leave your self open to the questions like... Are you sure you got it all?
When they resume the habits that got them all the bug in the first place.
"First, the article says the guy came over in course of the next week"
Right and a week to do an OS install is OK how?
"If you do not take care of your car, you will end up with your thumb on the road. Same here. Tow-away and repairs."
Right but the miss in your analogy is that the mechanic billed for 5 times the book repair time.
Or actually took 5 times as long as it should have taken. And if that is the case how is it the problem of the client that it took that long?
10.5 hours for an OS install? No way. For $800 the client could have gotten a new computer.
Umm $45.00 X 10 hours would be $450.00
He states that he billed her 800.00 total.
That is a lot more the $45.
I would hope computer people have more morals than used car sales people or politicians.
Is it just me or should that guy be embarrassed to admit that he took 10.5 hours to reinstall an OS and a security suite? I realize that he took the long way to fix the issue. As far as I see it if ANYONE other then the client has had root on a box you can't trust it. Ever. You need to reinstall from known good media and start over.
But maybe that is just me.
"I can not think of any reason to be afraid of a black box unless it pinpoints you being somewhere that you should not have been. (I may be being naive). Black boxes record only enough data to determine what caused an accident to happen. Driving habits could be incorporated, as could other data. Would it be worth it if it cut the number of people killed and maimed on our roads in half?"
In a word NO. I mean hell NO. The government has all ready been busted for (asking NOT FORCEING) onstar to turn the mice that is in the system and listening to what is being said in the car. Without a warrant mind you. With a track record that goes as far back as the beginning of the government I will actively resist any more intrusions into my privacy..
Sandy has been happily married for over 20 years.
Yes to beer
I don't know to family guy.
And yes she is a very cool person.
Also has now close to 25 years experience riding ambulances. Has taught a large % of the EMTs and Medics in southern MN.
"The problem is no-one's going to check your wallet for a consent card for CPR, so she's had her chest tatooed with a warning saying something like "Get thos f*cking this away from my f*cking chest. If you revive me I'll sue your arse off!". "
Kind of remindes me of my EMT instructor, She has three tattoos
There is an "X" two fingers above her zyphoid process (where you put your hand for chest compressions)
and underneath is says push here.
She has the outline of two fingers on her right wrist.
And a circle around her vein in her arm.
Lets just say that if she didn't train them she doesn't trust them.
Then again she is of the opinion that no matter how far along a woman is in labor when you pick them up in an ambulance if the baby is not born in a hospital your driver is to slow.
But, um...it really doesn't counteract my point any. There *are* a lot of places that would want to have US information.
But, um...it really doesn't counteract my point any. There *are* a lot of places that would want to have US information.
Yes but using open source projects does not put you at any more risk then using close source projects. The FUD is that they do. To address your point then. The same countries/people would be there wanting the information wither of not open source was even involved.
Open source is a non factor.
That is why it is FUD
"What hiring practices does Linux have?"
You have to be able to code.
And you have to be able to take peer review.
Go over that part about peer review again.
It is more then someone in the next cube trying to get the same project out the door fast enough not to get outsourced.
And more importantly the amount of code you need for the example of gunnery targeting would not take anywhere near as long as reviewing a single version update. Not to mention that the CIA has all ready rolled their own distro...so it doesn't matter. You can't try to poison every distro tree hoping to catch every possible use, you would have to get inside to know what code they are going to use.
Just the same FUD different day.