I don't think you've entirely grasped Theo's argument. He argues that your reasoning is invalid *because it assumes that the interface between the O/S in dom0 and the hypervisor has no security holes in it*. You don't get to just state that the hypervisor isn't exposed to attack. Now, you can argue that because of its limited nature, and because great pains are taken to avoid unwanted interaction between the hypervisor and the virutal O/S, it is more secure than ordinary software interactions. But I think Theo is not arguing that VMs are less secure than running all your stuff in one O/S. I think he's arguing that VNs are less secure than running your services *on actual separate machines*. And that stands a good chance of being true.
Not paying for a month means that lvl 60 Bard you've been working on gets deleted.
Actually, no, it doesn't. All MMORPGs will save your characters for some period of time while your account is not active (if there's anybody that deletes in less than a year, I'm not aware of it). Many MMORPGs simply never delete your characters. Not paying for month means you can't play your lvl 60 Bard that month, no more.
Not cynicism, just simple logic. Elections are contests. Contests are won by the one who is most focussed on victory. Therefore, politicians in office have re-election as their highest priority, because the ones who don't, don't get re-elected. They lose to someone more focussed on winning the election than them. That's the primary reason I'm libertarian. You can't trust the government to do what's best for people, only to do what it needs to do to stay in power.
Not by choice. You may have forgotten, but Microsoft's original position on the web when it first start to pick up steam was that it wasn't going to be anything big--you were going to want to network with Microsoft products. But Microsoft has always been smart enough to recognize when something is too big even for them to fight and to step out of the way of the steamroller.
They got elected to do a job NOW, and that job is not "get reelected".
Every politician's main job is to get re-elected. They'll try to make voters think their main job is something else, but that's because they're trying to get re-elected.
People think that old stone churches were always gray and foreboding buildings, when historically they were colorful, but that context was lost through erosion of the pigments.
And people also think ancient Greco-Roman sculpture and architecture--which were painted in vivid colors--were all pure white marble, to the point of creating pure white marble sculpture and architecture in imitation of their models.
Sure he can. He can be tried and convicted of any breach of the law he might be guilty of, and be sentenced to penalty prescribed by law. The President is not above the law.
He can only be impeached; beyond that he has immunity for official acts committed while in office.
He can *also* be impeached, yes. Impeachment is not the only legal proceeding the President can be subjected to, it's only the only one that will remove him from office. Yes, he has immunity for official acts. But not everything the President does is an official act. If he does something that he is not authorized by the laws of the United States to do, it's *not* an official act.
Yes, but the same token, the smash-n-grab junkie isn't going to reformat the drive and prep it to be fenced out to an end user, either. When it falls into the hands of somebody smart enough to do that prep work, chances are awfully good that that somebody will be smart enough to know it's worth checking what info the laptop already contains.
If they could actually take retroactive measures, they'd be much happier. "Johnson, I need to secure that data so that it didn't get stolen three days ago!"
A standards committee is not designed as a battlezone; it's run under the assumption that its members, while they may disagree on the technical details, all want to agree a standard - otherwise, why would they be there?
I'd say we just had an excellent example of why they'd be there, wouldn't you?
Suck? It won't suck. It won't exist. Look at the track record for yourself. Ultima X: Odyssey. Ultima Online 2. Battletech 3025. Earth & Beyond. Motor City Online. About the only MMORPG released by EA that wasn't canned before release or canned only a few months after release was Sims Online (Lord knows why).
C&C III wasn't that bad. It was certainly better than Generals (not that that's hard). But you look at the really good modern RTSes (Dawn of War/Company of Heroes, or, heck, Supreme Commander, for all that it was a Total Annihilation retread) and it just doesn't measure up. On the other hand, it's true that even back in the glory days of Westwood, C&C didn't measure up to Total Annihilation or Warcraft II/Starcraft.
'd just like to say that the guy responsible for this - Sheldon Rampton (author of "Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry" and "Bananna Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America Into a One-Party State") is awesome.
So good to hear it's not being run by somebody with an agenda to push.
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A computer will never beat a kid possessed by the ghost of an Edo period Spirit!
Er, actually, Fujiwara no Sai is Heian era, not Edo.
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Checkov for President? I like it. He'll do great at commanding the nuclear wessels.
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"Because it's my position, and I'm unbiased."
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I don't think you've entirely grasped Theo's argument. He argues that your reasoning is invalid *because it assumes that the interface between the O/S in dom0 and the hypervisor has no security holes in it*. You don't get to just state that the hypervisor isn't exposed to attack. Now, you can argue that because of its limited nature, and because great pains are taken to avoid unwanted interaction between the hypervisor and the virutal O/S, it is more secure than ordinary software interactions. But I think Theo is not arguing that VMs are less secure than running all your stuff in one O/S. I think he's arguing that VNs are less secure than running your services *on actual separate machines*. And that stands a good chance of being true.
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I would imagine that by "wide" they mean the length of a radius line from the inner edge to the outer edge.
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I've got to wonder what you're talking about. When I searched Google News for Higazy, I got over a hundred hits. Abdallah Higazy returned over sixty.
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According to Wikipedia, the smallest engine ever mounted into a Bell 47 was 200 HP--considerably more than the 133 he's fooling around with.
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Actually, no, it doesn't. All MMORPGs will save your characters for some period of time while your account is not active (if there's anybody that deletes in less than a year, I'm not aware of it). Many MMORPGs simply never delete your characters. Not paying for month means you can't play your lvl 60 Bard that month, no more.
Chris Mattern
Not cynicism, just simple logic. Elections are contests. Contests are won by the one who is most focussed on victory. Therefore, politicians in office have re-election as their highest priority, because the ones who don't, don't get re-elected. They lose to someone more focussed on winning the election than them. That's the primary reason I'm libertarian. You can't trust the government to do what's best for people, only to do what it needs to do to stay in power.
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Not by choice. You may have forgotten, but Microsoft's original position on the web when it first start to pick up steam was that it wasn't going to be anything big--you were going to want to network with Microsoft products. But Microsoft has always been smart enough to recognize when something is too big even for them to fight and to step out of the way of the steamroller.
Chris Mattern
If he gave details, he wouldn't be all that anonymous any more...
Chris Mattern
Every politician's main job is to get re-elected. They'll try to make voters think their main job is something else, but that's because they're trying to get re-elected.
Chris Mattern
And people also think ancient Greco-Roman sculpture and architecture--which were painted in vivid colors--were all pure white marble, to the point of creating pure white marble sculpture and architecture in imitation of their models.
Chris Mattern
Sure he can. He can be tried and convicted of any breach of the law he might be guilty of, and be sentenced to penalty prescribed by law. The President is not above the law.
He can *also* be impeached, yes. Impeachment is not the only legal proceeding the President can be subjected to, it's only the only one that will remove him from office. Yes, he has immunity for official acts. But not everything the President does is an official act. If he does something that he is not authorized by the laws of the United States to do, it's *not* an official act.
Chris Mattern
Wow, when did Valve implement that?
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Yes, but the same token, the smash-n-grab junkie isn't going to reformat the drive and prep it to be fenced out to an end user, either. When it falls into the hands of somebody smart enough to do that prep work, chances are awfully good that that somebody will be smart enough to know it's worth checking what info the laptop already contains.
Chris Mattern
If they could actually take retroactive measures, they'd be much happier. "Johnson, I need to secure that data so that it didn't get stolen three days ago!"
Chris Mattern
I'd say we just had an excellent example of why they'd be there, wouldn't you?
Chris Mattern
No, it's not. When the file copy operation has failed, but you get little feedback that a failure has occurred, that's a very bad thing.
Chris Mattern
And as it turned out, ironically it's the Orcs that get zerged...
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Hey, I for one would be *glad* to vote for the ol' Satellite of Love...
Chris Mattern
Er, *what* creative game labs? Creative game labs is what you have *before* acquisition by EA--not after.
Chris Mattern
Suck? It won't suck. It won't exist. Look at the track record for yourself. Ultima X: Odyssey. Ultima Online 2. Battletech 3025. Earth & Beyond. Motor City Online. About the only MMORPG released by EA that wasn't canned before release or canned only a few months after release was Sims Online (Lord knows why).
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C&C III wasn't that bad. It was certainly better than Generals (not that that's hard). But you look at the really good modern RTSes (Dawn of War/Company of Heroes, or, heck, Supreme Commander, for all that it was a Total Annihilation retread) and it just doesn't measure up. On the other hand, it's true that even back in the glory days of Westwood, C&C didn't measure up to Total Annihilation or Warcraft II/Starcraft.
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So good to hear it's not being run by somebody with an agenda to push.
Chris Mattern
Er, actually, Fujiwara no Sai is Heian era, not Edo.
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