perhaps not as an individual, but as many, many posters above have noted, once the gov't looses the general population, its all over for them. Soldiers aren't just mindless drones either- many of them will share the gen pop's views on proper government and join up with them.
Guns will not do anything to protect you or your freedoms (snip) However, getting involved in the political process now will.
If you have a system that people can get at and modify, then there is no such thing as a secure system.
well that's the thing- apple products are relatively secure (by closed source standards, anyway) precisely because of the fact that they barley allow any modification by the end user. I've used a variety of OSes and OS X was the only one that was more constraining than windows. I personally hate it, but its actually probably a good idea for the majority of users.
When will the figure out that once you SELL something to somebody, you no longer own it. I'm sick of companies telling me what I can and cannot do with my hardware after I buy it. I should be able to access the PSN with a modded playstation the same way I'm able to get service on a rooted phone. The first people to make an open game console (with comparable/superior hardware of course) are going to be rich.
it reminds me of those clocks that draw mechanical power from changes in temperature and air pressure. If I recall correctly, the reason they never caught on is because people were prone to moving them so much, which caused mechanical failures galore.
seeing as they're, you know, the pentagon, I highly doubt there are any real 'killer apps' they must have that they don't have the source code to. That said: why use windows? Its not designed to be a secure operating system in the same way that... say.. openBSD is, and while they may have the windows source code (I believe that large and gov't organizations are allowed to see it) they're not allowed to modify it. I'm just saying that in an environment like that, a very secure operating system, closed source or open is the way to go. You can't have it to where any old person can plug in a flash drive and compromise your system. Disabling autorun helps, it helps quite a lot, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem. If they refuse to change, methinks cyber warfare against the US just got a few orders of magnitude easier.
actually its only 52% and dropping rapidly. If nothing else, at least MS is having to make a modern standards complaint browser. I for one, don't think it'll be enough to gain back much lost market share, but at least it'll make it easier on us web developers.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Market_adoption_and_usage_share
if you're using internet explorer, you deserve every bug you get. If you're in one of those companies that mandates IE or something, company data theft is their fault and their loss. If you're reading slashdot, chances are you know that entering your personal data on one of those computers is probably a bad idea because besides internet explorer, they also more than likely have company monitoring software installed.
No, but many people's brains cannot handle having to learn more than one term for similar people, or making distinctions between grey and black hat hacking. In my mind, hackers (such as myself)=white/grey hats, crackers=black hats, script kiddes=dunce caps.
well seeing as silicon is the second most abundant material in the earth's crust behind oxygen (25% by mass) 'peak silicone' is out. The only way I can see this occurring is if everyone's too busy getting bailouts and complaining about the economy to capitalize on an under-supplied market.
there was also a plan for an Apollo-program Venus flyby mission. Either the Apollo program was quite ahead of its time, or we're way behind the times. I tend to think the latter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby
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that's libro
maybe it's a deathtrap, but the name sounds really cool.
Guns will not do anything to protect you or your freedoms (snip) However, getting involved in the political process now will.
I have one thing to ask: have you been here long?
Actually, it's PRE-alpha. Far too soon indeed. As for all of you people bitching about security, two words: full disclosure.
either that or he's the one planning to become fascist dictator..
plus its useless in space...
Yes, it can get all kinds of viruses from the microsoft office suite (such as macro viruses) which generally spread from windows computers.
If you have a system that people can get at and modify, then there is no such thing as a secure system.
well that's the thing- apple products are relatively secure (by closed source standards, anyway) precisely because of the fact that they barley allow any modification by the end user. I've used a variety of OSes and OS X was the only one that was more constraining than windows. I personally hate it, but its actually probably a good idea for the majority of users.
I don't think any of those readers are vulnerable. Good thing nobody uses adobe reader on linux.....
When will the figure out that once you SELL something to somebody, you no longer own it. I'm sick of companies telling me what I can and cannot do with my hardware after I buy it. I should be able to access the PSN with a modded playstation the same way I'm able to get service on a rooted phone. The first people to make an open game console (with comparable/superior hardware of course) are going to be rich.
Right to read:http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
it reminds me of those clocks that draw mechanical power from changes in temperature and air pressure. If I recall correctly, the reason they never caught on is because people were prone to moving them so much, which caused mechanical failures galore.
Wait...
We all know that people who like privacy are traitors; if you've got nothing to hide, why would you not want big brother to be watching you?
heh, true enough. They want better security? Stop putting kids off of hacking, look at what china's doing...
I'll get 3D TV when it involves a holography platform. Until then... probably not.
seeing as they're, you know, the pentagon, I highly doubt there are any real 'killer apps' they must have that they don't have the source code to. That said: why use windows? Its not designed to be a secure operating system in the same way that... say.. openBSD is, and while they may have the windows source code (I believe that large and gov't organizations are allowed to see it) they're not allowed to modify it. I'm just saying that in an environment like that, a very secure operating system, closed source or open is the way to go. You can't have it to where any old person can plug in a flash drive and compromise your system. Disabling autorun helps, it helps quite a lot, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem. If they refuse to change, methinks cyber warfare against the US just got a few orders of magnitude easier.
*52-60%
actually its only 52% and dropping rapidly. If nothing else, at least MS is having to make a modern standards complaint browser. I for one, don't think it'll be enough to gain back much lost market share, but at least it'll make it easier on us web developers. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Market_adoption_and_usage_share
if you're using internet explorer, you deserve every bug you get. If you're in one of those companies that mandates IE or something, company data theft is their fault and their loss. If you're reading slashdot, chances are you know that entering your personal data on one of those computers is probably a bad idea because besides internet explorer, they also more than likely have company monitoring software installed.
Beat me to it :)
HACKING IS NOT A CRIME.
No, but many people's brains cannot handle having to learn more than one term for similar people, or making distinctions between grey and black hat hacking. In my mind, hackers (such as myself)=white/grey hats, crackers=black hats, script kiddes=dunce caps.
well seeing as silicon is the second most abundant material in the earth's crust behind oxygen (25% by mass) 'peak silicone' is out. The only way I can see this occurring is if everyone's too busy getting bailouts and complaining about the economy to capitalize on an under-supplied market.
there was also a plan for an Apollo-program Venus flyby mission. Either the Apollo program was quite ahead of its time, or we're way behind the times. I tend to think the latter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby
I do actually prefer PC gaming; by drawing I meant using a stylus.