Believe it or not but there is something called confidential information that companies need to deal with. Trade secrets and future buisness actions such as taking the company public that could result in illegal trading are just 2 types of confidential information employees are usually prohibited from disclosure. And if the employee does spill the beans the most likely event would be the loss of his job not a session with the Inquisition. And in the US there is something called "Probable Cause" that is a requirement to stop and question someone. If the enforcement (Police) agency violates this rule or any of the other enumerateded citizen rights the legal adjudication agency (Courts) provides recourse. And I hate to ask but what would you recommend to replace the current US government? Kill everyone at the top and start over from scratch? The US is a work in progress and is always changing. Look back to the early 1900's and look at the gaping difference between the elite and the common people. Lookup "Robber Barons" and see the inequities they inflicted on the population just in the area of workers rights alone. Look back to the 60's and compare race relations then with race relations in the US today. In 50 years we went from Montgomery,Alabama marches to having a black president. That is progress but it takes time to progress to be made. The US presidency is really too short of a term to institute big changes and see immediate results. It took FDR multiple presidencies to make and implement changes in the country. And even with extra time he needed to make some decisions that were basically illegal. He put the overall well being of the country ahead of strict adherence of the law. Just look at his actions concerning wire tapping and the nuetrality act. Today a new president inherits the policies from the previous president and it takes some time to change course. Hopefully it doesn't take too long and leaves the new president some time implement new policies. But no matter what it does take time for change.
Exactly, the standards are set by the US but that does not necessarily mean the US has met those standards. They are more of a goal to be reached and as long as you are tying to meet those standards there is some hope that things will improve. Passing on this same goal to other countries is not a bad thing in itself if it results in letting others know that there are alternatives in social organization that they might want to look into.
Sure there was some embarrassing moments and I have never really cared about the diplomatic cables being released since they seem to have been more embarrassing to other countries than to the US. I do have a problem with all of the after action reports from Iraq and Afghanistan being published. That raw battlefield information can be used to model the US military strategies, weapons mix, and show how the US military responds to certain events. Anyone fighting the US could use this information to help formulate their strategies should they chose to engage.
Since when was it "Americas" job to be trusted with peoples personal information. Unless you are living as a luddite and totally off the grid most peoples personal information can be gathered by anyone. You can't very well argue for personal information security and then turn around and post your entire life's story on Facebook. And to claim that China is more respectful of human rights is pure bullshit.
So if the US adopted China's forthrightness in speech and deed everything would be OK? When people critizize the US and it's defenders say "well China does this..." when compared against US actions it is not a case of arguing that 2 wrongs equal right. That rebuttal is usually offered up to highlight the magnitude of the differences between the countries actions and usually reveals that the US is judged at a higher standard and in honest debates the 2 entities being compared should at least be judged by the same standards if you really want to be fair.
I have just about reached my limit in arguing the facts of this incident with people like you who endlessly spread this totally bogus description of that particular event. There were ground troops sweeping the area, the "civilians" were armed, the van had no identifying marks designating an ambulance, it is SOP for the insurgents to try and collect any wounded and weapons left at the site of an engagement, the pilots radioed for permission to engage, the commanders approving the engagment had the real time video to gauge the situation, the commanders sought the advice from the JAG officer on duty at the time, and the "news reporters" voluntarily put themselves in harms way, and last but not least it was a "WAR", what the hell do you expect?
And exactly what speech are they repressing? And remember angrily denouncing and making threating noises does not count as repression. Concerning Wikileaks, they made a big fuss but have did nothing except arrest Manning for violating military regulations. No sites have been closed down, Assange has not been renditioned, and it looks like the government is more than willing to let the entire matter quite down. The only long lasting effect of Wikileaks will be a tightening of security, less trust from those passing confidential information to the government, more compartmentalization, and a growing reluctance of our diplomats to put in writing any thing that could be considered controversial. The security level of the cables released so far has been at the low end of the security spectrum. Now, if these cables had been from the "eyes only" or "Top Secret" classification the government would have most likely done more than make a lot of noise and threats. And closing down counterfeit sites is not supressing freedom of speech.
Or maybe you can go to the Treasury Bonds and Securities for Dummies class instead of spreading bullshit theories on how China owns the US. At last tally China only accounts for approx 6% of the total outstanding treasury bonds and certificates. And the main reason they buy them in the first place is they consider it a good investment.
Where can I get an OS that was not built "insecure by design"? Last time I checked there are no immune OS's available no matter how they were designed. The security on every OS is always a work in progress. Every week someone discovers a new weakness or potential security flaw and updates and patches are rushed out to plug the hole and I have not seen this happen only to MS OS's. How much longer can this go on before the system becomes so locked down that even approved applications can still operate. People say the users are a big security hole and that is somewhat correct but I submit that the application developers also share some of the responsibility themselves. It is not just the OS that is responsible for the problem but the combination of others who both write apps and use those apps.
It's a natural human instict to yell, scream, and break things no matter what the reason is. Revolutions fill that need and can also be good to clear out the dead wood. However, before you start storming the barricades try to figure out what the hell the game plan is after the revolution is over. Just look at the middle east. Egypt got rid of a dictator and replaced it with a military tribunal who seems to be wilting on some of the "peoples" demands. And let's not forget about the poor revolutionaries in Iran. They got rid a ruler who when compared against all the other rulers in that neighborhood looked like a moderate and replaced him with an Islamic dictatorship. And what do those brave souls fighting in Libya plan to do if they woke up tomorrow and found they won? It's a good bet that they don't have a clue and that never bodes well for bringing a country out of chaos. If you lead or support a revolution you better have people in place to take control or you will find yourself back where you started or even worse off.
Half the country believes your sky wizard theory? Prove it. The main problem today is all the self appointed geniuses like yourself who add nothing to the debate except crass condemnation, weak anecdote's stated as facts, and wholesale condescension of the "knuckles-scraping-ground morons" crowd. There will never be a time when people will stop all their bitching and moaning about their government and suddenly proclaim "OK everything is perfect now we can relax!".
So your comparing this Sony issue to the American War of Independance? The vast majority of people don't give a shit about being able to modify their game controls. There is already a remedy in place for this situation, just stop buying their products. Oh wait, that might not be enough to change Sony's policy. Because they can probably absorb the high cost of maybe losing.0003 percent of their potential customers.
Are you in a competition to see who can display the most idiocy in the shortest sentence? Criticism is one thing, spouting unsupported BS is something else.
But isn't Wikileaks and other similiar sites pushing for complete disclosure of all information no matter what? Seems like the "information yearns to be free" advocates would really hate the widespread use of encryption. The KGB is just joining their cause.
Can't you search and find the cheapest flights now using any search engine? There are also dozens of existing travel services websites that contain all this info not to mention the carrier websites. So what's the real reason for Googles new acquisition?
Back in the early 80's a Physic's grad student at Berkley was working in their data center and noticed a descrepency in user usage statistics and started investigating. He was able to isolate the user ID of the unauthorized user by analysing the usage statistics. At the time the user statistics were used for billing computer time. The user was basically trying to use the Berkley system as a proxy for attacks on other systems. He eventually spliced into the network to intercept packets containing the User ID in question and calculated the amount of time it took for those packages to complete a round trip to determine the geo location of the person hacking into the system. At first he thought he was wrong because his calculations based on signal response time said the unauthorized user was 6000 miles away. He later discovered the calculation was correct and the hacker was located in Germany. He published a book called "The Cuckoos Egg" with all the details. It is a really good book.
The tenure process is supposed to identify good teachers and alleviate job security issues so they can focus on their teaching and provide continuaity to any reaserch they may be working on.Now that does not mean everyone who has received tenure deserves it. It can be a subjective and often political process when deciding to grant tenure. If this guy cared enough about making sure the information on Wikipedia was valid I would include that effort when deciding whether or not to grant tenure.
Everyone is always saying that the US attempts to win a war by air power alone have failed but in truth the US has never really tried since Vietnam. And the problem with air power in Vietnam was that Vietnam wasn't exactly a target rich environment. Instead air power was delegated to destroying large swaths of the jungle hoping to catch some enemies hidden there and we all know how that strategy worked out. I submit a war can be won by air power alone if you take the handcuffs off the military leaders and stop complaining about collateral damage. The US can deliver pinpoint strikes to eliminate a countries air defenses and communication facilities but that alone will not win a war. This is usually when ground troops get deployed instead of continuing the air strikes until they do surrender no matter how long it takes. Unless there are some very deep caverns where soldiers and equipment can be hidden the US can successfully target those assets and even underground bunkers can be destroyed out right or the surface entry locations can be destroyed and blocked. The longer they take to surrender the more damage the country will suffer until entire cities end up destroyed like those in WW2. War by half measures doesn't produce anything but never ending war. The first Iraq war is a perfect example of half measures. If the military had been allowed to advance to Baghdad like their commanders wanted the second Iraq war would never have been needed. If people honestly believe their country is going to be annihilated if war breaks out the chances of the war breaking out in first place diminishes.
The ultimate in virtualizing warfare without all the death and destruction. If only we could get countries to actually treat the results of the virtual war like you would a regular war but alas that would be asking too much.
Bingo! Why do you think they are looking to aquire a large dataset to feed into the onboard computers? The more data the better. From totally stupid tactics and moves to ones that verge on master level strategies. I'm wondering why they have not come up with a similiar plan for the next generation of arial drones. The people who design these types of systems are some of the best scientist and engineers on the palnet and while you might not agree with them using their intelligence to create weapons the fact is they do a damn good job and are willing to employ novel strategies to accomplish their goals. I remember seeing an early documentary on the F-22 design process and they actually recruited kids to help layout the cockpits and control arrays. The head engineer stated they would bring in a new kid and put him in the cockpit (simulated) and see if he could figure out the controls without any instruction. He said the average time from novice to pro was 20 minutes and then the kids would then turn around and make suggestions on how the control layouts could be improved.
Dude I didn't say anything about web apps not being implemented. I merely stated the cost of doing so is prohibitive when trying to re-write custom internal client apps to the cloud when there is no clear need to do so from a functionality point of view. They will get migrated eventually but not quickly or uniformly and certainly not just to avoid using the desktop. Cloud services are being implemented at a pretty quick pace but a lot of corporations have issues with intrusting their data to 3rd party anonymous cloud service providers and some companies are starting to have issues with even connecting their internal networks to the publically accessible internet since no one seems to be able to guarantee an acceptable level of security. People looking for private corporate data no longer need to hack individual corporate networks they can focus their efforts on the cloud service data centers and vacuum everything they can get their hands on and sort the details out later. System and data consolidation is a boon to those looking for those trolling for data. The smartphones, tablets, and ipads do look appealing to some but I am currently consulting with a large global corporation on the security aspects of allowing these types of devices to become embedded in corporate wide operations and it is not looking good. Smartphones are proving more susceptible to security holes than PC's did 10 years ago and corporations are being held liable for breeches in data security so introducing another attack vector can cause some people to be concerned. Losing a laptop has proven disasterous to corporate security in th epast but losing a laptop took some doing but losing a smartphone that has access to secure corporate data systems is pretty damn easy. Have you ever set your phone down and then had to go looking for it? What would be easier to lift a persons Smartphone on their table at Starbucks or their laptop on the table? Your comment about Office use tags you as someone who might build systems but never uses them and without users what are you needed for? By "basic" features I assume you mean word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Hell why bother with that and just use nText or Notepad for all your word processing needs? That's enough for you so it should be fine for everyone else eh? And yes there are web app options for these types of apps but people have a choice. Think of this. Would you personally feel comfortable with entrusting your private and confidential documents and data to Goggle (or any other cloud service)? Now apply the same question to a company wanting to protect their confidential business data. Pushing everything into the cloud involves both risks and cost factors that many corporations are not willing to overlook yet without hard proof that the benefits out way the risks.
Some people have better things to do than learning how to use a CLI with a GUI sitting right in front of them that can basically accomplish the same tasks. Now the server admins and network engineers are another matter. They use a CLI effectively because they specialize in the field and do take the time to learn the CLI.
I never realized how large the US freight network was either until I landed on a project that dealt with refurbishing rail cars and rail car tracking. The volume of rail traffic alone was staggering. I had never heard of the company who sponsored the project so I did a little research and discovered just this one company was generating billions in profit and there were bigger companies out there providing the same services in the industry.
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Believe it or not but there is something called confidential information that companies need to deal with. Trade secrets and future buisness actions such as taking the company public that could result in illegal trading are just 2 types of confidential information employees are usually prohibited from disclosure. And if the employee does spill the beans the most likely event would be the loss of his job not a session with the Inquisition. And in the US there is something called "Probable Cause" that is a requirement to stop and question someone. If the enforcement (Police) agency violates this rule or any of the other enumerateded citizen rights the legal adjudication agency (Courts) provides recourse. And I hate to ask but what would you recommend to replace the current US government? Kill everyone at the top and start over from scratch? The US is a work in progress and is always changing. Look back to the early 1900's and look at the gaping difference between the elite and the common people. Lookup "Robber Barons" and see the inequities they inflicted on the population just in the area of workers rights alone. Look back to the 60's and compare race relations then with race relations in the US today. In 50 years we went from Montgomery,Alabama marches to having a black president. That is progress but it takes time to progress to be made. The US presidency is really too short of a term to institute big changes and see immediate results. It took FDR multiple presidencies to make and implement changes in the country. And even with extra time he needed to make some decisions that were basically illegal. He put the overall well being of the country ahead of strict adherence of the law. Just look at his actions concerning wire tapping and the nuetrality act. Today a new president inherits the policies from the previous president and it takes some time to change course. Hopefully it doesn't take too long and leaves the new president some time implement new policies. But no matter what it does take time for change.
Exactly, the standards are set by the US but that does not necessarily mean the US has met those standards. They are more of a goal to be reached and as long as you are tying to meet those standards there is some hope that things will improve. Passing on this same goal to other countries is not a bad thing in itself if it results in letting others know that there are alternatives in social organization that they might want to look into.
Sure there was some embarrassing moments and I have never really cared about the diplomatic cables being released since they seem to have been more embarrassing to other countries than to the US. I do have a problem with all of the after action reports from Iraq and Afghanistan being published. That raw battlefield information can be used to model the US military strategies, weapons mix, and show how the US military responds to certain events. Anyone fighting the US could use this information to help formulate their strategies should they chose to engage.
Since when was it "Americas" job to be trusted with peoples personal information. Unless you are living as a luddite and totally off the grid most peoples personal information can be gathered by anyone. You can't very well argue for personal information security and then turn around and post your entire life's story on Facebook. And to claim that China is more respectful of human rights is pure bullshit.
So if the US adopted China's forthrightness in speech and deed everything would be OK? When people critizize the US and it's defenders say "well China does this..." when compared against US actions it is not a case of arguing that 2 wrongs equal right. That rebuttal is usually offered up to highlight the magnitude of the differences between the countries actions and usually reveals that the US is judged at a higher standard and in honest debates the 2 entities being compared should at least be judged by the same standards if you really want to be fair.
I'm sorry I thought we were discussing the US government and the Chinese government in this thread.
I have just about reached my limit in arguing the facts of this incident with people like you who endlessly spread this totally bogus description of that particular event. There were ground troops sweeping the area, the "civilians" were armed, the van had no identifying marks designating an ambulance, it is SOP for the insurgents to try and collect any wounded and weapons left at the site of an engagement, the pilots radioed for permission to engage, the commanders approving the engagment had the real time video to gauge the situation, the commanders sought the advice from the JAG officer on duty at the time, and the "news reporters" voluntarily put themselves in harms way, and last but not least it was a "WAR", what the hell do you expect?
And exactly what speech are they repressing? And remember angrily denouncing and making threating noises does not count as repression. Concerning Wikileaks, they made a big fuss but have did nothing except arrest Manning for violating military regulations. No sites have been closed down, Assange has not been renditioned, and it looks like the government is more than willing to let the entire matter quite down. The only long lasting effect of Wikileaks will be a tightening of security, less trust from those passing confidential information to the government, more compartmentalization, and a growing reluctance of our diplomats to put in writing any thing that could be considered controversial. The security level of the cables released so far has been at the low end of the security spectrum. Now, if these cables had been from the "eyes only" or "Top Secret" classification the government would have most likely done more than make a lot of noise and threats. And closing down counterfeit sites is not supressing freedom of speech.
Or maybe you can go to the Treasury Bonds and Securities for Dummies class instead of spreading bullshit theories on how China owns the US. At last tally China only accounts for approx 6% of the total outstanding treasury bonds and certificates. And the main reason they buy them in the first place is they consider it a good investment.
Where can I get an OS that was not built "insecure by design"? Last time I checked there are no immune OS's available no matter how they were designed. The security on every OS is always a work in progress. Every week someone discovers a new weakness or potential security flaw and updates and patches are rushed out to plug the hole and I have not seen this happen only to MS OS's. How much longer can this go on before the system becomes so locked down that even approved applications can still operate. People say the users are a big security hole and that is somewhat correct but I submit that the application developers also share some of the responsibility themselves. It is not just the OS that is responsible for the problem but the combination of others who both write apps and use those apps.
It's a natural human instict to yell, scream, and break things no matter what the reason is. Revolutions fill that need and can also be good to clear out the dead wood. However, before you start storming the barricades try to figure out what the hell the game plan is after the revolution is over. Just look at the middle east. Egypt got rid of a dictator and replaced it with a military tribunal who seems to be wilting on some of the "peoples" demands. And let's not forget about the poor revolutionaries in Iran. They got rid a ruler who when compared against all the other rulers in that neighborhood looked like a moderate and replaced him with an Islamic dictatorship. And what do those brave souls fighting in Libya plan to do if they woke up tomorrow and found they won? It's a good bet that they don't have a clue and that never bodes well for bringing a country out of chaos. If you lead or support a revolution you better have people in place to take control or you will find yourself back where you started or even worse off.
Half the country believes your sky wizard theory? Prove it. The main problem today is all the self appointed geniuses like yourself who add nothing to the debate except crass condemnation, weak anecdote's stated as facts, and wholesale condescension of the "knuckles-scraping-ground morons" crowd. There will never be a time when people will stop all their bitching and moaning about their government and suddenly proclaim "OK everything is perfect now we can relax!".
So your comparing this Sony issue to the American War of Independance? The vast majority of people don't give a shit about being able to modify their game controls. There is already a remedy in place for this situation, just stop buying their products. Oh wait, that might not be enough to change Sony's policy. Because they can probably absorb the high cost of maybe losing .0003 percent of their potential customers.
Are you in a competition to see who can display the most idiocy in the shortest sentence? Criticism is one thing, spouting unsupported BS is something else.
But isn't Wikileaks and other similiar sites pushing for complete disclosure of all information no matter what? Seems like the "information yearns to be free" advocates would really hate the widespread use of encryption. The KGB is just joining their cause.
Can't you search and find the cheapest flights now using any search engine? There are also dozens of existing travel services websites that contain all this info not to mention the carrier websites. So what's the real reason for Googles new acquisition?
It's been awhile since I read the book so I am not sure about the details but his method worked.
Back in the early 80's a Physic's grad student at Berkley was working in their data center and noticed a descrepency in user usage statistics and started investigating. He was able to isolate the user ID of the unauthorized user by analysing the usage statistics. At the time the user statistics were used for billing computer time. The user was basically trying to use the Berkley system as a proxy for attacks on other systems. He eventually spliced into the network to intercept packets containing the User ID in question and calculated the amount of time it took for those packages to complete a round trip to determine the geo location of the person hacking into the system. At first he thought he was wrong because his calculations based on signal response time said the unauthorized user was 6000 miles away. He later discovered the calculation was correct and the hacker was located in Germany. He published a book called "The Cuckoos Egg" with all the details. It is a really good book.
The tenure process is supposed to identify good teachers and alleviate job security issues so they can focus on their teaching and provide continuaity to any reaserch they may be working on.Now that does not mean everyone who has received tenure deserves it. It can be a subjective and often political process when deciding to grant tenure. If this guy cared enough about making sure the information on Wikipedia was valid I would include that effort when deciding whether or not to grant tenure.
Everyone is always saying that the US attempts to win a war by air power alone have failed but in truth the US has never really tried since Vietnam. And the problem with air power in Vietnam was that Vietnam wasn't exactly a target rich environment. Instead air power was delegated to destroying large swaths of the jungle hoping to catch some enemies hidden there and we all know how that strategy worked out. I submit a war can be won by air power alone if you take the handcuffs off the military leaders and stop complaining about collateral damage. The US can deliver pinpoint strikes to eliminate a countries air defenses and communication facilities but that alone will not win a war. This is usually when ground troops get deployed instead of continuing the air strikes until they do surrender no matter how long it takes. Unless there are some very deep caverns where soldiers and equipment can be hidden the US can successfully target those assets and even underground bunkers can be destroyed out right or the surface entry locations can be destroyed and blocked. The longer they take to surrender the more damage the country will suffer until entire cities end up destroyed like those in WW2. War by half measures doesn't produce anything but never ending war. The first Iraq war is a perfect example of half measures. If the military had been allowed to advance to Baghdad like their commanders wanted the second Iraq war would never have been needed. If people honestly believe their country is going to be annihilated if war breaks out the chances of the war breaking out in first place diminishes.
The ultimate in virtualizing warfare without all the death and destruction. If only we could get countries to actually treat the results of the virtual war like you would a regular war but alas that would be asking too much.
Bingo! Why do you think they are looking to aquire a large dataset to feed into the onboard computers? The more data the better. From totally stupid tactics and moves to ones that verge on master level strategies. I'm wondering why they have not come up with a similiar plan for the next generation of arial drones. The people who design these types of systems are some of the best scientist and engineers on the palnet and while you might not agree with them using their intelligence to create weapons the fact is they do a damn good job and are willing to employ novel strategies to accomplish their goals. I remember seeing an early documentary on the F-22 design process and they actually recruited kids to help layout the cockpits and control arrays. The head engineer stated they would bring in a new kid and put him in the cockpit (simulated) and see if he could figure out the controls without any instruction. He said the average time from novice to pro was 20 minutes and then the kids would then turn around and make suggestions on how the control layouts could be improved.
Dude I didn't say anything about web apps not being implemented. I merely stated the cost of doing so is prohibitive when trying to re-write custom internal client apps to the cloud when there is no clear need to do so from a functionality point of view. They will get migrated eventually but not quickly or uniformly and certainly not just to avoid using the desktop. Cloud services are being implemented at a pretty quick pace but a lot of corporations have issues with intrusting their data to 3rd party anonymous cloud service providers and some companies are starting to have issues with even connecting their internal networks to the publically accessible internet since no one seems to be able to guarantee an acceptable level of security. People looking for private corporate data no longer need to hack individual corporate networks they can focus their efforts on the cloud service data centers and vacuum everything they can get their hands on and sort the details out later. System and data consolidation is a boon to those looking for those trolling for data. The smartphones, tablets, and ipads do look appealing to some but I am currently consulting with a large global corporation on the security aspects of allowing these types of devices to become embedded in corporate wide operations and it is not looking good. Smartphones are proving more susceptible to security holes than PC's did 10 years ago and corporations are being held liable for breeches in data security so introducing another attack vector can cause some people to be concerned. Losing a laptop has proven disasterous to corporate security in th epast but losing a laptop took some doing but losing a smartphone that has access to secure corporate data systems is pretty damn easy. Have you ever set your phone down and then had to go looking for it? What would be easier to lift a persons Smartphone on their table at Starbucks or their laptop on the table? Your comment about Office use tags you as someone who might build systems but never uses them and without users what are you needed for? By "basic" features I assume you mean word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Hell why bother with that and just use nText or Notepad for all your word processing needs? That's enough for you so it should be fine for everyone else eh? And yes there are web app options for these types of apps but people have a choice. Think of this. Would you personally feel comfortable with entrusting your private and confidential documents and data to Goggle (or any other cloud service)? Now apply the same question to a company wanting to protect their confidential business data. Pushing everything into the cloud involves both risks and cost factors that many corporations are not willing to overlook yet without hard proof that the benefits out way the risks.
Some people have better things to do than learning how to use a CLI with a GUI sitting right in front of them that can basically accomplish the same tasks. Now the server admins and network engineers are another matter. They use a CLI effectively because they specialize in the field and do take the time to learn the CLI.
I never realized how large the US freight network was either until I landed on a project that dealt with refurbishing rail cars and rail car tracking. The volume of rail traffic alone was staggering. I had never heard of the company who sponsored the project so I did a little research and discovered just this one company was generating billions in profit and there were bigger companies out there providing the same services in the industry.