I thought it was because English professors know their student's will be waiting tables when they graduate....at least it's better than being the art major that has to wash the dishes.
It's the Xtian fundies trying to provide undeniable proof that video games make children into monsters; they broke into their own church and want to use it as a reason to push for anti-video game legislation.
The difference is that IBM is what most people would consider a 'real corporation' while the FSF is more along the lines of Greenpeace or similar organizations.
It may not apply to current systems, however there are some people around here working towards changing this. I'm not sure if it'll work, but it'd nice if they do.
Unfortunately, even with years of virii behind us, we're STILL screwed every time a new one comes out. Yeah, we've got some better scanners and people are taking warnings a bit more seriously, but they're still just as much of a threat/nuisance as they ever were.
The big difference is that our bodies are hardwired to 'learn' from virus attacks and build immunities while computers and operating systems are not (well outside of this lab). Currently, resistance to a particular bit of malware is not carried over into other things, unless they're using the same attack vector.
Of course, when people finally get tired of constant virii/worms/trojans/exploits they might eventually demand a system that's designed to be secure; less an an evolving immunity and more of a spontanious improvement across the board.
What's the point of encrypting the authentication protocol if the cracker's just going to patch around the check(s) for that code?
If you're going to encrypt the executable, a single valid key could hardwired into the program (or an image of the unencrypted code could be pulled from memory).
Essentially, the problem of stopping software from running on any given system is like stopping somebody from saving pictures off your webpage; you might be able to stop 99% of people from stealing something, but it only takes one person to get at it and give it to everyone else.
The problem is that this software is most likely sending all this data to the manufacturer even when the software is legit. Beyond the tinfoil hat aspects of this, I'm sure having an untrusted sofware send whatever data it feels like back to a 3rd party flies in the face of several legal obligations that can be placed on businesses (such as HIPAA, various educational confidentiality laws or working on clasified gov't projects)
What use is Samba to them if they're not distributing it? They've included it in their OpenServer product and, assuming they can actually convince some poor sap to pay for it, they're distributing it...
I dont' have a cell, but what tipped me off was seeing two separate 'stories' on the CNN Headline News news ticker thingie that essentially described Gigli as the Worst Movie Ever.
Well, I assume most ISPs have clauses in their contracts like mine
Customer uses $ISP's service at his/her own risk. $ISP does not guarantee the safety, security or integrity of any data and is not liable for any damages done to person or property as a result of any data acquired from or through or stored at the facilities of $ISP or involving $ISP's service in any way.
Umm... have you looked at many CS (really engineering in general) graduate programs? A majority of students in them are Indian/Chinese/E. European/etc....
You've never really worked with WTS/Metaframe, have you? They're kinda slow and -massive- resource hogs on the server end. A Linux server driving Xterms can support many more users comfortably than a Windows box driving citrix clients.
X can't exploit clustering or SMP, because everything is built into one server, or packed into humungus libraries the size of a Moa (and about as fast
Umm... stop me if I'm wrong, but processing power shouldn't be a significant factor in a GUI. If the thing's taking more than 5% of the CPU in the first place, something's very wrong (either a piss-poor skinning system or a broken GUI layer).
too bad you've gotta live with a one-buttone mousepad. It's not so bad running MacOS, since most apps expect you to only have one button, but if you're runnig Unix stuff, where the standard is three buttons, it's gotta be hella inconvenient.
My thoughts exactly; while growing up ('burbs outside of Seattle), it wasn't uncommon to have multiple power outages during the fall/winter every year, each lasting 2-3 days. This was really fun since we were running on well water.
I'm not talking out in the sticks, either. I'm talking about 45mi North of Seattle, right off the freeway.
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Too bad it hasn't done anything else right.
I thought it was because English professors know their student's will be waiting tables when they graduate. ...at least it's better than being the art major that has to wash the dishes.
It's the Xtian fundies trying to provide undeniable proof that video games make children into monsters; they broke into their own church and want to use it as a reason to push for anti-video game legislation.
The difference is that IBM is what most people would consider a 'real corporation' while the FSF is more along the lines of Greenpeace or similar organizations.
It may not apply to current systems, however there are some people around here working towards changing this. I'm not sure if it'll work, but it'd nice if they do.
Unfortunately, even with years of virii behind us, we're STILL screwed every time a new one comes out. Yeah, we've got some better scanners and people are taking warnings a bit more seriously, but they're still just as much of a threat/nuisance as they ever were.
The big difference is that our bodies are hardwired to 'learn' from virus attacks and build immunities while computers and operating systems are not (well outside of this lab). Currently, resistance to a particular bit of malware is not carried over into other things, unless they're using the same attack vector.
Of course, when people finally get tired of constant virii/worms/trojans/exploits they might eventually demand a system that's designed to be secure; less an an evolving immunity and more of a spontanious improvement across the board.
You think I could get Natalie Portman, with or without grits, to sleep with me if I gave her a Beowulf of diamond procs?
What's the point of encrypting the authentication protocol if the cracker's just going to patch around the check(s) for that code?
If you're going to encrypt the executable, a single valid key could hardwired into the program (or an image of the unencrypted code could be pulled from memory).
Essentially, the problem of stopping software from running on any given system is like stopping somebody from saving pictures off your webpage; you might be able to stop 99% of people from stealing something, but it only takes one person to get at it and give it to everyone else.
The problem is that this software is most likely sending all this data to the manufacturer even when the software is legit. Beyond the tinfoil hat aspects of this, I'm sure having an untrusted sofware send whatever data it feels like back to a 3rd party flies in the face of several legal obligations that can be placed on businesses (such as HIPAA, various educational confidentiality laws or working on clasified gov't projects)
Hell, just playing Crack Attack for a few hours before going to be is enough to make me see things...
Or you could upgrade it and then put Windows on it.
What use is Samba to them if they're not distributing it? They've included it in their OpenServer product and, assuming they can actually convince some poor sap to pay for it, they're distributing it...
I dont' have a cell, but what tipped me off was seeing two separate 'stories' on the CNN Headline News news ticker thingie that essentially described Gigli as the Worst Movie Ever.
Umm... have you looked at many CS (really engineering in general) graduate programs? A majority of students in them are Indian/Chinese/E. European/etc....
IE - we're training our own replacements.
No... I think they're beautiful machines and OSX is a great system but, for me, having to bust out an external mouse is just a bit of deal breaker.
That and the fact that I'm a poor college student (not that it's stopping all the other grad students from picking them up).
Not sure why I'm talking to the troll, but...
You've never really worked with WTS/Metaframe, have you? They're kinda slow and -massive- resource hogs on the server end. A Linux server driving Xterms can support many more users comfortably than a Windows box driving citrix clients.
X can't exploit clustering or SMP, because everything is built into one server, or packed into humungus libraries the size of a Moa (and about as fast
Umm... stop me if I'm wrong, but processing power shouldn't be a significant factor in a GUI. If the thing's taking more than 5% of the CPU in the first place, something's very wrong (either a piss-poor skinning system or a broken GUI layer).
Too bad that online petitions are worth less than the paper they're printed on.
too bad you've gotta live with a one-buttone mousepad. It's not so bad running MacOS, since most apps expect you to only have one button, but if you're runnig Unix stuff, where the standard is three buttons, it's gotta be hella inconvenient.
Well, didn't Tesla come up with -everything- related to electricity first?
Yeah... all we need to after this is start producing an excess of food so that nobody on the planet ever has to starve..
My thoughts exactly; while growing up ('burbs outside of Seattle), it wasn't uncommon to have multiple power outages during the fall/winter every year, each lasting 2-3 days. This was really fun since we were running on well water.
I'm not talking out in the sticks, either. I'm talking about 45mi North of Seattle, right off the freeway.
Well, really.. What do you expect from a story that's on the front page on a Saturday night?