Not really. Not everyone uses the same Ontology. For society in general for example a "list" is more akin to a set (ex: a shopping list isn't much of a list - its more a set of object/integer pairs), however in formal maths its something else, in programming its something else...
I'm just saying that since I would expect people here to use the computer nerd/hacker ontology.
Because if you do - you are either paying for other people's healthcare AND the profits of the insurance company OR you are reducing money off your neighbours (and probably having to pay more).
If you don't, then next time you need an operation, or a non-emergancy thing which costs a few thousand dollars, then you stay without. - If you are paying additional tax instead - at least you know that the year you can't afford insurance, you're not going to die if you need a hospital - and the amount you pay isn't designed in order to make a rich company even richer.
This is exciting news sorta. If google actually got a proper User Adaptive System in place which is able to actually understand what I want, then it'll save me quite a lot of time from searching.
However, I just KNOW that the same system will also be used to throw ads at me, and to determine what products I will probably buy/not buy - which makes my profile very useful for pretty much anyone.
That's technology for you. Since there is a simple way to monitise it - it'll keep going forward.
Amongst nerds (which is pretty much whoever is following it on this site) - to 'hack' does not meant the same as 'to crack'.
And calling DDOSing 'hacking' is wrong on both definitions of hack. Especially if the client is just a script kiddie using a program which s/he doesn't know (or care enough) to work out what its doing exactly.
I'm pretty sure that even if you hit F5 repeatedly, or get a drinking bird or a rock to do it for you - its still slower than LOIC.
Now I haven;t used LOIC myself, but from screenshots I saw you can apparently send your own message with the packets. So if you see an IP address trying to connect at a faster speed (as in, open up requests at a larger freqency) than would be humanely possible - then its probably LOIC. People don't mash F5 usually - and its still slower than an automated program.
To continue with your analogy - I'm pretty sure its illegal to have thousands of customers in front of the bank clerks insisting that its their turn, and not allowing real customers to access the clerks - while the bank needs to thwart their efforts by hiring more clerks and paying extra funds for nothing.
Of course its a crime - you're removing people's access to a resource someone else is paying for.
That's because Amazon is designed to withstand such heavy use. If I decide to DDOS some server which usually gets 10-15 visitors a week, I probably won't need more than a single client.
Amazon (which apparently does hosting too) - is designed to take thousands upon thousands of concurrent connections at the same time.
Its not about progess - its like discovering that your i5 CPU can handle more spyware running at the same time than your Pentium MMX - its still the same method.
Heuristics and many AI techniques are - in many cases based on nature. This is probably because we see how nature works very well in these cases.
Artificial Neural Networks is 'based' upon how the brain works. Genetic Algorithms are inspired by evolution Ant colony optimisations are inspired by ants...
Lets face it, nature has a far more powerful computer than we do.
"Windows MultiPoint Mouse Software Development Kit (SDK) gives education publishers the ability to build interactive applications that allow up to 25 students, each with their own mouse, to simultaneously engage on a single PC. "
Its a freely downloadable SDK. Should we be worried?
You mean like 'government-controlled paper money' which we have already?
What's the alternative? Owned by a private company? At least the government has to pretend its doing whatever it does for the good of the people - companies are there to maximise profit.
“So, you know, as they say in the countryside, some people’s cows can moo, but yours should keep quiet. So I would like to shoot the puck back at our American colleagues,"
Slashdot Mirror
Website-Attackerstivism is a bit of a mouthful
I guess the postage system is too slow around Xmas time in order to properly send them by post...
Curses, will have to think up a better plan.
They used the wrong tactic. The only thing that will bring down a beast like Amazon is a hardware malfunction
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/1333223/Amazon-Says-Hardware-Not-Hackers-Caused-Outage
They should be tossing hamsters or other small rodents into their server rooms. That'll show em.
Wasn't there ever a clause in patents SOMEWHERE, which said you couldn't patent something which an 'average expert in the field' could come up with?
Because there are quite a few 5 year olds who could have thought this up.
Come kids, take a picture of the two-headed radioactive squirrel to show back to mummy when we go back.
Not really. Not everyone uses the same Ontology. For society in general for example a "list" is more akin to a set (ex: a shopping list isn't much of a list - its more a set of object/integer pairs), however in formal maths its something else, in programming its something else...
I'm just saying that since I would expect people here to use the computer nerd/hacker ontology.
Do you pay health insurance?
Because if you do - you are either paying for other people's healthcare AND the profits of the insurance company OR you are reducing money off your neighbours (and probably having to pay more).
If you don't, then next time you need an operation, or a non-emergancy thing which costs a few thousand dollars, then you stay without.
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If you are paying additional tax instead - at least you know that the year you can't afford insurance, you're not going to die if you need a hospital - and the amount you pay isn't designed in order to make a rich company even richer.
In brief terms how laws in the US pass? I thought it started from the senate, and the president has veto rights.
But now Judges can mess with the laws?
Thanks in advance.
This is exciting news sorta. If google actually got a proper User Adaptive System in place which is able to actually understand what I want, then it'll save me quite a lot of time from searching.
However, I just KNOW that the same system will also be used to throw ads at me, and to determine what products I will probably buy/not buy - which makes my profile very useful for pretty much anyone.
That's technology for you. Since there is a simple way to monitise it - it'll keep going forward.
That's probably because with everyone and their dog shipping things for the Capitalistmas season - the postage system gets overwhelmed.
Stop calling it HACKtivism?
Amongst nerds (which is pretty much whoever is following it on this site) - to 'hack' does not meant the same as 'to crack'.
And calling DDOSing 'hacking' is wrong on both definitions of hack. Especially if the client is just a script kiddie using a program which s/he doesn't know (or care enough) to work out what its doing exactly.
What about the load balancer?
I'm sure I do. DDOSing Amazon would require a hell of a lot of clients.
And Anonymous themselves said they weren't going to attack Amazon.
Is that what you kids are calling it these days?
I'm pretty sure that even if you hit F5 repeatedly, or get a drinking bird or a rock to do it for you - its still slower than LOIC.
Now I haven;t used LOIC myself, but from screenshots I saw you can apparently send your own message with the packets. So if you see an IP address trying to connect at a faster speed (as in, open up requests at a larger freqency) than would be humanely possible - then its probably LOIC. People don't mash F5 usually - and its still slower than an automated program.
To continue with your analogy - I'm pretty sure its illegal to have thousands of customers in front of the bank clerks insisting that its their turn, and not allowing real customers to access the clerks - while the bank needs to thwart their efforts by hiring more clerks and paying extra funds for nothing.
Of course its a crime - you're removing people's access to a resource someone else is paying for.
That's because Amazon is designed to withstand such heavy use. If I decide to DDOS some server which usually gets 10-15 visitors a week, I probably won't need more than a single client.
Amazon (which apparently does hosting too) - is designed to take thousands upon thousands of concurrent connections at the same time.
Its not about progess - its like discovering that your i5 CPU can handle more spyware running at the same time than your Pentium MMX - its still the same method.
No.
There you go.
"Weird solar sail with "NASA" written on it found"
Heuristics and many AI techniques are - in many cases based on nature. This is probably because we see how nature works very well in these cases.
Artificial Neural Networks is 'based' upon how the brain works.
Genetic Algorithms are inspired by evolution
Ant colony optimisations are inspired by ants...
Lets face it, nature has a far more powerful computer than we do.
Meh, this story 'ant' so new after all.
How's that?
http://theopinion.in/tamil-nadu-student-wins-microsoft-imagine-cup-2010-finals-amongst-85000-students-across-india/
Found this... its sort of like that.
https://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-sdk/
"Windows MultiPoint Mouse Software Development Kit (SDK) gives education publishers the ability to build interactive applications that allow up to 25 students, each with their own mouse, to simultaneously engage on a single PC. "
Its a freely downloadable SDK. Should we be worried?
You mean like 'government-controlled paper money' which we have already?
What's the alternative? Owned by a private company? At least the government has to pretend its doing whatever it does for the good of the people - companies are there to maximise profit.
“So, you know, as they say in the countryside, some people’s cows can moo, but yours should keep quiet. So I would like to shoot the puck back at our American colleagues,"
Its all russian to me.