From the outside, I would tend to agree with you. But Microsoft has some liability here. They created a product that is still in use on hundreds of thousands if not millions of computers. Microsoft sold more than 400 million copies, and who knows how many pirated copies are out there.
Here's the deal, Microsoft was found to be in a monopoly as far back as 1998. When companies like Microsoft reach this level of operation, they usually become regulated. I see a strong likely hood that Microsoft will suffer a substantial blowback from this event, and ones to follow, as Windows XP is not going to go away any time soon, not to mention the problem is only made worse by Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, as these are no longer under standard support as well.
We might be seeing the event horizon where governments mandate support for software like they do for manufactured products that come with warranties, they may even require warranties for operating systems, as insecurities in these have proven to be so dangerous.
I think you're right about being scared children and seeing the maximum threat.
But, I think you give them too much credit. The only threat they are scared of is being voted out of office. No one ever got voted out of office for protecting someone's safety, but the first time you pass legislation that protects liberty, and some one gets a skinned knee, well the you're outa there buddy.
Even the personal liberty screamers in Congress never get any bills passed to ensure privacy and liberty. To much chagrin, it takes an action by a judge appointed for life (personal survival always trumps the greater good).
I've never quite understood why Microsoft wants to go to a monthly subscription service for non-enterprise (Volume Licensing) end users. The worst part, is that they are going to start a marketing campaign that says it's the consumer's fault for not upgrading.
I'd like to see the DoJ get involved here, as this represents negligence on the part of Microsoft. Failure to update operating systems that are in use by some XX% of the computers on the internet provides the basis for botnet ecosystems. Manufactures of other consumer products (ex. automobiles) are required to recall products and repair them when they are a safety issue. Unpatchedable zero-day exploits are consumer safety issues.
Even while at work... The BYOD and lack of privacy when accessing the internet at work is driving employees to use their mobile devices for communication.
But #2 is the cheapest to produce, and thus the most profitable.
I just wish that I could pick the channels I want, allacarte.
With ESPN and NCAA conference channels being the most expensive, it would be possible to reduce my bill quite a bit. And, _maybe_ I'd add them back for the football season.
If the CIA can do this, then I guarantee that China, Russia, India, Israel, and many of the EU countries can as well. False flag tactics have been a thing for centuries, and IMHO is a key component in counter intelligence activities.
On a personal note, it's also why I have a very hard time integrating "definitive proof" that this group or that group were responsible for a hack, doc, swat, or DDOS attack. Even the ones where politicians claim they initiated the action...
I think it would be very appropriate to have a kill switch for the solid water manufacture robot installed in my cold storage food preservation unit. The damn thing keeps making ice all of the time, pooping that stuff when the domicile is particularly quite, causing quite a stir. We need legislation on this immediately, considering the fact that these robots will want us to join them in their sub-freezing domain in the near future.
Good question here. I took a look at the linked blog post, and this sentence was a direct quote. Seems the article was written in plural, in specific form, which is different from the post...
What if it were aliens in control of a neutron star, and the whole device was used to transmit 4 dimensional representations of an alien version of soccer (or probably football, because it's only soccer in the US and obviously aliens wouldn't be playing soccer on 4dTV, because it would be footbalz).
No, I agree, there's no call to destroy the 21st century version of textile manufacturing with wooden shoes.
My point was to say that this sort of worthless lame duck pontification is doing nothing but playing on peoples fears that their jobs will further be taken over by the "other," and the "unknown" in an attempt to solidify a "legacy," and trying to force the hand of the incoming administration. If we really needed a stronger safety-net to protect against the mechanization of manufacturing it was needed hundreds of years ago, the argument if "AI & Robots," is just pressing the latest hot-button, and in this case it's Technology.
You could make the exact same arguments about a better social safety net for any of the following reasons:
* Globalization
* Uncontrolled Immigration
* Income Inequality
* Regional and Global Government Debt Ratios
* Global Political Unrest
* The fact that milk is more expensive than gasoline
I wasn't saying that safety nets are unnecessary. I'm saying using AI & Robots to push a social political agenda is a Luddite Argument.
Citizens beware of the pending doom brought on by mad-scientists creating an army of robots that will take away your jobs, raise your children, sex your wife, and transport themselves in flying cars.
You must be prepared to be coddled by your government in order to survive. It is only by further relinquishing your free will and self motivation that you will flourish.
Why would HRC want to separate herself from the very thing she created 20+ years ago. The Telecommunication Act of 1996, NAFTA, HIPAA, the Patriot Act, Invasion of Iraq, the TSA and the like, these are all HRC's babies, and these constructs are the very thing that supported her into her presidency. No sane mother ever abandons her baby, except to save the baby's health.
The Constitution was specifically crafted so that Congress would have a very difficult time getting things done. This us because kneejerk legislation, and hidden cronyism is good for noone in the long term. When the framers compeomised, it was on how power was to be devided between State and Federal governments and people thought this was good. Now compromise means quid pro quo, "l'll fund your pet project if you fund mine." Getting things done amd compromise aren't good goals in the modern legislative process, because there's so little common value to it any more.
Bacon, ya I see it but, I propose data is like the new donut. Looks great on the outside, a little empty on the inside, and once you've eaten three, you wish you hadden't.
"As the ocean gets warmer, which it is getting, it expands..." is just an example of Bill Nye trying to impress his audience with his knowledge of the physical properties of water, and therefore he should be trusted as part of the Priestly Order of the Science Illuminati.
Of course the flooding in Louisiana has noting to do with the fact that the southern arch of the Jet Stream has been cycling over Nevada instead of Missouri for the past few weeks. In no way could this have been caused by cyclic El Niño warming in the Pacific causing an early breakdown of the Polar Vortex, enhanced by seasonal Atlantic low-pressure zones, which cause North America to experience increased hydraulic activity overall.
Nope, it's due to oceanic surface water expansion.
That's an important point, and allows for the server to be spoofed. But I think that the intent here is that active communications between server and client can be eaves dropped on. During the handshake, a symmetric cipher is selected and a key exchanged. It's this second key that normally cannot be accessed. Once a third party has access to this, they can see everything.
Hey, why is it that Slashdot has been scooped by like _everybody_ lately. This store was on News.Google.com last night, and other managed aggregators before that...
Slashdot Mirror
From the outside, I would tend to agree with you. But Microsoft has some liability here. They created a product that is still in use on hundreds of thousands if not millions of computers. Microsoft sold more than 400 million copies, and who knows how many pirated copies are out there.
Here's the deal, Microsoft was found to be in a monopoly as far back as 1998. When companies like Microsoft reach this level of operation, they usually become regulated. I see a strong likely hood that Microsoft will suffer a substantial blowback from this event, and ones to follow, as Windows XP is not going to go away any time soon, not to mention the problem is only made worse by Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, as these are no longer under standard support as well.
We might be seeing the event horizon where governments mandate support for software like they do for manufactured products that come with warranties, they may even require warranties for operating systems, as insecurities in these have proven to be so dangerous.
I think you're right about being scared children and seeing the maximum threat.
But, I think you give them too much credit. The only threat they are scared of is being voted out of office. No one ever got voted out of office for protecting someone's safety, but the first time you pass legislation that protects liberty, and some one gets a skinned knee, well the you're outa there buddy.
Even the personal liberty screamers in Congress never get any bills passed to ensure privacy and liberty. To much chagrin, it takes an action by a judge appointed for life (personal survival always trumps the greater good).
I've never quite understood why Microsoft wants to go to a monthly subscription service for non-enterprise (Volume Licensing) end users. The worst part, is that they are going to start a marketing campaign that says it's the consumer's fault for not upgrading.
I'd like to see the DoJ get involved here, as this represents negligence on the part of Microsoft. Failure to update operating systems that are in use by some XX% of the computers on the internet provides the basis for botnet ecosystems. Manufactures of other consumer products (ex. automobiles) are required to recall products and repair them when they are a safety issue. Unpatchedable zero-day exploits are consumer safety issues.
Even while at work... The BYOD and lack of privacy when accessing the internet at work is driving employees to use their mobile devices for communication.
But #2 is the cheapest to produce, and thus the most profitable.
I just wish that I could pick the channels I want, allacarte.
With ESPN and NCAA conference channels being the most expensive, it would be possible to reduce my bill quite a bit. And, _maybe_ I'd add them back for the football season.
93, I just read this again, and man... I still like it. :)
Around the "extreme meander" and "extreme weather events."
Sometimes I wish there was a like button on slashdot...
If the CIA can do this, then I guarantee that China, Russia, India, Israel, and many of the EU countries can as well. False flag tactics have been a thing for centuries, and IMHO is a key component in counter intelligence activities.
On a personal note, it's also why I have a very hard time integrating "definitive proof" that this group or that group were responsible for a hack, doc, swat, or DDOS attack. Even the ones where politicians claim they initiated the action...
I think it would be very appropriate to have a kill switch for the solid water manufacture robot installed in my cold storage food preservation unit. The damn thing keeps making ice all of the time, pooping that stuff when the domicile is particularly quite, causing quite a stir. We need legislation on this immediately, considering the fact that these robots will want us to join them in their sub-freezing domain in the near future.
Good question here. I took a look at the linked blog post, and this sentence was a direct quote. Seems the article was written in plural, in specific form, which is different from the post...
What if it were aliens in control of a neutron star, and the whole device was used to transmit 4 dimensional representations of an alien version of soccer (or probably football, because it's only soccer in the US and obviously aliens wouldn't be playing soccer on 4dTV, because it would be footbalz).
Hard to see, but maybe the battle exosuits the humans fought the Navi with?
Anyway, your jobs on danger, cause "Robots".....
No, I agree, there's no call to destroy the 21st century version of textile manufacturing with wooden shoes.
My point was to say that this sort of worthless lame duck pontification is doing nothing but playing on peoples fears that their jobs will further be taken over by the "other," and the "unknown" in an attempt to solidify a "legacy," and trying to force the hand of the incoming administration. If we really needed a stronger safety-net to protect against the mechanization of manufacturing it was needed hundreds of years ago, the argument if "AI & Robots," is just pressing the latest hot-button, and in this case it's Technology.
You could make the exact same arguments about a better social safety net for any of the following reasons:
* Globalization
* Uncontrolled Immigration
* Income Inequality
* Regional and Global Government Debt Ratios
* Global Political Unrest
* The fact that milk is more expensive than gasoline
I wasn't saying that safety nets are unnecessary. I'm saying using AI & Robots to push a social political agenda is a Luddite Argument.
Citizens beware of the pending doom brought on by mad-scientists creating an army of robots that will take away your jobs, raise your children, sex your wife, and transport themselves in flying cars.
You must be prepared to be coddled by your government in order to survive. It is only by further relinquishing your free will and self motivation that you will flourish.
This is all, carry on.
Best response ever! :)
Why would HRC want to separate herself from the very thing she created 20+ years ago. The Telecommunication Act of 1996, NAFTA, HIPAA, the Patriot Act, Invasion of Iraq, the TSA and the like, these are all HRC's babies, and these constructs are the very thing that supported her into her presidency. No sane mother ever abandons her baby, except to save the baby's health.
Sorry for the typos, cell keyboards... :(
The Constitution was specifically crafted so that Congress would have a very difficult time getting things done. This us because kneejerk legislation, and hidden cronyism is good for noone in the long term. When the framers compeomised, it was on how power was to be devided between State and Federal governments and people thought this was good. Now compromise means quid pro quo, "l'll fund your pet project if you fund mine." Getting things done amd compromise aren't good goals in the modern legislative process, because there's so little common value to it any more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_well_(condenser)
Bacon, ya I see it but, I propose data is like the new donut. Looks great on the outside, a little empty on the inside, and once you've eaten three, you wish you hadden't.
Yes but Capacitance Electronic Discs have a much warmer picture, especially when paired with new old-stock cathode ray tube amplifiers.
"As the ocean gets warmer, which it is getting, it expands..." is just an example of Bill Nye trying to impress his audience with his knowledge of the physical properties of water, and therefore he should be trusted as part of the Priestly Order of the Science Illuminati.
Of course the flooding in Louisiana has noting to do with the fact that the southern arch of the Jet Stream has been cycling over Nevada instead of Missouri for the past few weeks. In no way could this have been caused by cyclic El Niño warming in the Pacific causing an early breakdown of the Polar Vortex, enhanced by seasonal Atlantic low-pressure zones, which cause North America to experience increased hydraulic activity overall.
Nope, it's due to oceanic surface water expansion.
That's an important point, and allows for the server to be spoofed. But I think that the intent here is that active communications between server and client can be eaves dropped on. During the handshake, a symmetric cipher is selected and a key exchanged. It's this second key that normally cannot be accessed. Once a third party has access to this, they can see everything.
Hey, why is it that Slashdot has been scooped by like _everybody_ lately. This store was on News.Google.com last night, and other managed aggregators before that...