The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409) which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing.
We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world.
Our first product is about the size of a credit card, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. The expected price is $25 for a fully-configured system.
Provisional specification
700MHz ARM11
128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
OpenGL ES 2.0
1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
Composite and HDMI video output
USB 2.0
SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
General-purpose I/O
Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
Yep Google's search results are totally fine and relevant, fresh, yadda yadda. In fact they are even better than they were years ago!
Oh Btw, ".. we’re evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels even lower, including one change that primarily affects sites that copy others’ content and sites with low levels of original content."
I sat and and disinfected stacks of floppies.. one by one. Back then Antivirus was new and Mcafee was the top dog.
What the heck happened to Mcafee? Ugh. I convinced the management of my organization to dump Mcafee and switch to VIPRE enterprise. 600+ computers Mcafee did jack squat when real malware came through. Conficker did a thorough pounding of our network while Maccoffee rolled over and played dead.
I agree SEALS are. However I imagine your average police or military sniper could do a decent job sniping from a cargo ship. Or just use a laser guided missile.
Although Polaroid naming Lady Gaga as Creative Director is pretty strange. Either that or it is one of those 1 in a million oddly brilliant ideas. Time will tell..
What I meant to say is that it should be more open and the process more transparent. Sure, there should be limits and they should be balanced between the rights of the users, the companies, and the laws of where you reside.
Right now whatever Apple says goes. (Conditions may apply, approval may and will change whenever we feel like it and we owe no-one an explanation)
You're confusing your front yard with an online marketplace used by millions of people with unlimited preferences.
Yes there should be limits and they should be balanced between the rights of the users, the companies, and the laws of where you reside. Right now whatever Apple approves is gospel. (Conditions may apply, approval may and will change whenever we feel like it and we owe no-one an explanation)
Who would have known he would be a great senator? We need more like him in government.
Net Neutrality needs to be passed into law and guaranteed.
How about rep/senator term limits as well? Too long in government just lets the corruption and malaise sink their claws deeper. If a president can only have 2 terms then why shouldn't Senators?
Did you get the tungsten-carbide coated tinfoil idea from me?
Either way, how about going into business together? There's money to be made from paranoid people.. Glenn Beck and talk radio do the prep work for us and we do Cha-ching!
Stuxnet is quite the nasty piece of malware. There isnt anything simple about it. This is Symantec's summary:
Stuxnet is a threat targeting a specific industrial control system likely in Iran, such as a gas pipeline or power plant. The ultimate goal of Stuxnet is to sabotage that facility by reprogramming programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to operate as the attackers intend them to, most likely out of their specified boundaries. Stuxnet was discovered in July, but is confirmed to have existed at least one year prior and likely even before. The majority of infections were found in Iran. Stuxnet contains many features such as: Self-replicates through removable drives exploiting a vulnerability a llowing auto-execution. Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK/PIF’ Files Automatic File Execution Vulnerability (BID 41732)
Spreads in a LAN through a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 43073)
Spreads through SMB by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 31874).
Copies and executes itself on remote computers through network shares.
Copies and executes itself on remote computers running a WinCC database server.
Copies itself into Step 7 projects in such a way that it automatically executes when the Step 7 project is loaded.
Updates itself through a peer-to-peer mechanism within a LAN.
Exploits a total of four unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities, two of which are previously mentioned vulnerabilities for self-replication and the other two are escalation of privilege vulnerabilities that have yet to be disclosed.
Contacts a command and control server that allows the hacker to download and execute code, including updated versions.
Contains a Windows rootkit that hide its binaries.
Attempts to bypass security products.
Fingerprints a specific industrial control system and modifies code on the Siemens PLCs to potentially sabotage the system.
Hides modified code on PLCs, essentially a rootkit for PLCs.
Now that is a tempting hypothesis. But I'm going with Occam's razor on this one.
Who has the most to lose should Iran get nukes? Israel. Who has the most interest in the region? Israel. Who has the cash and the tech know-how? Who has a close relationship with a more powerful country with a _big_ interest in stopping Iran? Israel
There are people right now who would take that deal.. for example military recruitment goes up during recession. Recent figure reported atleast a 25% increase of college grads joining the military because of a lack of jobs.
Big Corporations would love to dictate how, where, when you live your life if that means you pay them and buy their products. Its not hard to find evidence of that.
Good thing we have laws, rights and the courts to give us some measure of freedom. Isn't that what USA is about? Or do you want to start over and re-write the constitution?
I can haz ca$h plz?
Srsly though, how about helping the many millions of jobless, uninsured and struggling families.
Considering the fat republican cats in government gave the super-rich major tax cuts in the Bush years I think it is only right that they give back to the lower and middle class people who took a greater share of the tax burden.
Yeah exactly.
Wake me up when you find "conclusive evidence" that adult websites that try to foist spyware onto your machine are also tracking and scrabbing for every little crumb of data on you that they can sell.
Adblockplus/Ghostery+Noscript+Private browsing mode = Win
Slashdot Mirror
Oh God yes.
I wish I could see them get raided.
Here is the quick and dirty from their website:
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409) which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing.
We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world.
Our first product is about the size of a credit card, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. The expected price is $25 for a fully-configured system.
Provisional specification
700MHz ARM11
128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
OpenGL ES 2.0
1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
Composite and HDMI video output
USB 2.0
SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
General-purpose I/O
Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
What the frack is Raspberry Pi and why should I care?
This is a good thing. Especially if some criminal stole your identity and picture.
They should work on communicating with people better though.
Yep Google's search results are totally fine and relevant, fresh, yadda yadda. In fact they are even better than they were years ago!
Oh Btw,
".. we’re evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels even lower, including one change that primarily affects sites that copy others’ content and sites with low levels of original content."
Like Jon Stewart says "Whabba wha?"
Remember that?
Seems like a millennium now.
I sat and and disinfected stacks of floppies.. one by one.
Back then Antivirus was new and Mcafee was the top dog.
What the heck happened to Mcafee? Ugh.
I convinced the management of my organization to dump Mcafee and switch to VIPRE enterprise. 600+ computers
Mcafee did jack squat when real malware came through. Conficker did a thorough pounding of our network while Maccoffee rolled over and played dead.
I agree SEALS are.
However I imagine your average police or military sniper could do a decent job sniping from a cargo ship.
Or just use a laser guided missile.
Sir, you have won this thread.
Did you have a "Get off mah lawn!" moment?
Although Polaroid naming Lady Gaga as Creative Director is pretty strange.
Either that or it is one of those 1 in a million oddly brilliant ideas.
Time will tell..
I should have fleshed my point out better.
What I meant to say is that it should be more open and the process more transparent. Sure, there should be limits and they should be balanced between the rights of the users, the companies, and the laws of where you reside.
Right now whatever Apple says goes. (Conditions may apply, approval may and will change whenever we feel like it and we owe no-one an explanation)
You're confusing your front yard with an online marketplace used by millions of people with unlimited preferences.
Yes there should be limits and they should be balanced between the rights of the users, the companies, and the laws of where you reside.
Right now whatever Apple approves is gospel. (Conditions may apply, approval may and will change whenever we feel like it and we owe no-one an explanation)
It is alive in Apple and other big companies that are swayed by whim or shareholders.
Unfortunately the First Amendment doesn't apply.
Who would have known he would be a great senator?
We need more like him in government.
Net Neutrality needs to be passed into law and guaranteed.
How about rep/senator term limits as well? Too long in government just lets the corruption and malaise sink their claws deeper.
If a president can only have 2 terms then why shouldn't Senators?
Did you get the tungsten-carbide coated tinfoil idea from me?
Either way, how about going into business together?
There's money to be made from paranoid people..
Glenn Beck and talk radio do the prep work for us and we do Cha-ching!
Stuxnet is quite the nasty piece of malware. There isnt anything simple about it.
This is Symantec's summary:
Stuxnet is a threat targeting a specific industrial control system likely in Iran, such as a gas pipeline or power
plant. The ultimate goal of Stuxnet is to sabotage that facility by reprogramming programmable logic controllers
(PLCs) to operate as the attackers intend them to, most likely out of their specified boundaries.
Stuxnet was discovered in July, but is confirmed to have existed at least one year prior and likely even before.
The majority of infections were found in Iran. Stuxnet contains many features such as:
Self-replicates through removable drives exploiting a vulnerability a llowing auto-execution.
Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK/PIF’ Files Automatic File Execution Vulnerability (BID 41732)
Spreads in a LAN through a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler.
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 43073)
Spreads through SMB by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability (BID 31874).
Copies and executes itself on remote computers through network shares.
Copies and executes itself on remote computers running a WinCC database server.
Copies itself into Step 7 projects in such a way that it automatically executes when the Step 7 project is
loaded.
Updates itself through a peer-to-peer mechanism within a LAN.
Exploits a total of four unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities, two of which are previously mentioned vulnerabilities
for self-replication and the other two are escalation of privilege vulnerabilities that have yet to be
disclosed.
Contacts a command and control server that allows the hacker to download and execute code, including updated
versions.
Contains a Windows rootkit that hide its binaries.
Attempts to bypass security products.
Fingerprints a specific industrial control system and modifies code on the Siemens PLCs to potentially sabotage
the system.
Hides modified code on PLCs, essentially a rootkit for PLCs.
The full Stuxnet dossier for interesting reading:
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_stuxnet_dossier.pdf
Now that is a tempting hypothesis.
But I'm going with Occam's razor on this one.
Who has the most to lose should Iran get nukes? Israel. Who has the most interest in the region? Israel. Who has the cash and the tech know-how? Who has a close relationship with a more powerful country with a _big_ interest in stopping Iran? Israel
Seriously?
If it was an escaped Chinese military virus wouldn't it have been alot more deadly?
Also, it was traced to a pig farm in Mexico.
Now please coat your tin foil suit with tungsten carbide.You're gonna need it.
Hurl!!
You owe me lunch.
There are people right now who would take that deal.. for example military recruitment goes up during recession. Recent figure reported atleast a 25% increase of college grads joining the military because of a lack of jobs.
Big Corporations would love to dictate how, where, when you live your life if that means you pay them and buy their products. Its not hard to find evidence of that.
Good thing we have laws, rights and the courts to give us some measure of freedom.
Isn't that what USA is about?
Or do you want to start over and re-write the constitution?
I can haz ca$h plz? Srsly though, how about helping the many millions of jobless, uninsured and struggling families. Considering the fat republican cats in government gave the super-rich major tax cuts in the Bush years I think it is only right that they give back to the lower and middle class people who took a greater share of the tax burden.
Yeah exactly. Wake me up when you find "conclusive evidence" that adult websites that try to foist spyware onto your machine are also tracking and scrabbing for every little crumb of data on you that they can sell. Adblockplus/Ghostery+Noscript+Private browsing mode = Win
I agree with you that Foxit is faster and easy to use however it has had vulnerabilities. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security_bulletins.php
True. If I saw it on a computer I would uninstall it immediately
Horde of piratical monkeys? Ouch That is like calling Micro$oft's developers a legion of mindless coding robots. Oh wait..