The voters had to enter a 16-digit password, as well as their birthplace, date of birth and
another number sent to them by post.
I guess it's like using some nmber list for internet banking, which mean they shall use some SecurIDs some day which will make it quite secure.
Personally I think Internet-voting should be avoided until it's implemented by an open zero-knowledge protocol and checkable afterwards.
Well, I also think it's better to move to the voting booth but not because of privacy matters, rather because I consider that it shouldn't be as easy to vote as watching tv.
Who can give a guarantee that nobody tampers with the results or creates a database with citizens voting information?
In Switzerland ? They've got some huge concerns about privacy there, they don't want people to feel harassed so I guess they have the will to make it safe. BTW, as the Swiss president is elected for one year it doesn't make any sense to fake the vote as, on the other hand, the people will surely know how to turn him other in case he does some stupid things.
Now, they'll retain the possibility to vote in the booth so the Internet vote should rather seen as a possible other way to vote mean as as a replacement.
On the other hand, if they implant you such active lenses, you may see the world as what it is not. Which should be similar to Stanislas Lem's view of our future...
A contrary ruling would have cost entertainment giants like The Walt Disney Co. and AOL Time Warner Inc. hundreds of millions of dollars. AOL Time Warner had said that would threaten copyrights for such movies as "Casablanca," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind."
Also at risk of expiration was protection for the version of Mickey Mouse portrayed in Disney's earliest films, such as 1928's "Steamboat Willie."
Congress passed the copyright law after heavy lobbying from companies with lucrative copyrights.
Hey, they just could not make that much money out of these so it would not cost them a lot.
BTW, as they retain the original tapes, they'd be the only ones who could be re-publishing these on DVD, no ?
And if not, I see 3 possibilities for them if this copyright were cancelled:
remastering these films for DVD : the remaster would be a new creation that would be copyrighted.
editing this movie as is in order to have some good publicity regarding their altruism ("ya see ? we give this film for nuts...")
same as above + "from the original maker" campaign... Which would drive more consummer to buying these "original version" (The "collector" word on a DVD surely increase its marketing potential)
You should not interact with other's machines: Let them fix their worm problems themselves or they may not appreciate it. It is normal and nice to tell them they have a problem but your work stops here !
We're not just talking about somebody editing index.html here. Restoring from tape/CD-R may work for your home vanity domain website, but it falls slightly short in the real world.
In the real world, I work for as root/webmaster for a 50,000 employees administration/bank.
We already tuned the systems up for such "catastrophe recoveries" and I maintain that this is a "matter of a few hours" : ever heard of fault-tolerance ? of storagetek backup robots ?
So : if it is as important as what you say, then you may have implemented these, else you just lose at a game you misevaluated.
Did I say the opposite ? What do you think may happen in some "defaced" mall ? The same : security meetings and optimizations... No, I gave my point in another reply to this story...
And tell me how being tortured (either mentally or physically) is good for one ? Whoever endorses such hateful ideas proves to have stopped evoluting around the Middle Ages.
Cyber-crime is no different to ordinary crime. If the 15 year old 'cracker' writes his name all over a site (i.e. graffiti) he should get the same as a 15 year-old who scrawls all over his local shopping mall (i.e. fuck all or a safari or something).
Hey, cleaning up a mall is expensive, cleaning up a web site should not take more than the time to restore a daily backup...
If you don't have one, then it's high time you started.
There's a link in Rense.org which make the story look like yet another conspiracy theory...
Anyway, (closer to the topic) I guess a young cracker should do some work for the company whose products he has cracked: There's nothing as dangerous for the whole community as an angry young cracker. If he just rehabilitate himself by doing some good work for his former victim, then he will also learn how to valuate his savoir-faire.
It's curious that there is so few info about Adnan Osmani. I however found out this thread in the news but, mind you, it's based on the same story... They bet that if it's possible, he may have either implemented some quick prefetch and/or pre-formatting subroutine...
More performance : OK. But who needs this ? Since the P3/500, any computer is powerful enough. The Powerbook has a 4-5hour autonomy, a crispy 100dpi screen, OSX (this was the selling point, IMHO : I replaced my P3/600 with an iBook 800 last month) and also this rassuring je-ne-sais-quoi because you know it won't explode in your hands for some time.
Everything is *easy* on my iBook, anything works right out of the box and I have not encountered a single incompatibility side-effect... Mond you : I have been using/coding for Linux and Windows since 1993.
About the whole test, I'd say, so the newest PC are faster than the newest Mac, OK.
Now, take a 3 year old PC laptop that one would like to update. Compare its specs with a less than 1 year old iBook. You'll see that you get a decent perf increase for a very nice price. How much does the 3GHz laptop cost ? Does it already have DRM enabled ? Is it cuddly ? So, I guess that regarding this point of view, Mac is still a pertinent choice nowadays.
I will not install proprietary binaries on my computer.
Never say never.
Especially if hacks such as mplayer finally lead to 100% free solutions because while the proprietary codecs were used instead of unavailable ones, the public has given the developers enough bug reports to advance to a much better solution.
Even RMS himself began on computer using proprietary unices until he could switch to his platform.
I also used Linux since 1993. At the moment, I have an iBook/800 under OSX and I still can experiment and code *over* the usual low-level that Linux got me used to. I guess Open Source should not be reduced to kernel/libs programming but also to other developments, including the ones that allow their user to enhance their ergonomy-related skills. I also remember when Acorn and Amiga "died" (ok it is not intended to be a troll but you get my point), their developper came to the other platforms, thus opening new interesting projects (ROX, etc.). So, when I am back under Linux (I still code a little on my Zaurus) I guess I'll have gained from this other approach.
If you are only renting the use of the name, the "seller" of the service has the right to not renew the contract or change the price based on the popularity of the domain name.
It depends on the contract itself : it seems that if the w3 grants the registrars the right to decide how much they'll bill their clients, they however seem to want them to stick to the "prioritary renewal" policy.
After all a registrar rents from the public organisation the amount of names it can "sell" in return. Now, if they just prevent their clients to renew their own domains, then it is either "cybersquatting" or an infringment to the "first come first served" rule.
I consider using a domain name consists of renting the use of a name from a TLD. These rents are managed by organisations (companies in some countries though that could be non-profit orgs). Now, you don't own a name, you just have rented its excusivity for some time. If it's being hijacked, then your exclusivity has been infringed. Now, the names are to be used on a first come first served basis which also includes the priority to renew an existing domain... Finally, if domain names were properties, then they'd be bought forever, until then these rather seem to be licensed... or rented if you prefer.
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I guess it's like using some nmber list for internet banking, which mean they shall use some SecurIDs some day which will make it quite secure.
Well, I also think it's better to move to the voting booth but not because of privacy matters, rather because I consider that it shouldn't be as easy to vote as watching tv.
In Switzerland ?
They've got some huge concerns about privacy there, they don't want people to feel harassed so I guess they have the will to make it safe.
BTW, as the Swiss president is elected for one year it doesn't make any sense to fake the vote as, on the other hand, the people will surely know how to turn him other in case he does some stupid things.
Now, they'll retain the possibility to vote in the booth so the Internet vote should rather seen as a possible other way to vote mean as as a replacement.
On the other hand, if they implant you such active lenses, you may see the world as what it is not.
Which should be similar to Stanislas Lem's view of our future...
Well, it seems...
Might be some marketing-proof measurement unit.
BTW, are these 4.7GB DVD or bigger ones ?
Also at risk of expiration was protection for the version of Mickey Mouse portrayed in Disney's earliest films, such as 1928's "Steamboat Willie."
Congress passed the copyright law after heavy lobbying from companies with lucrative copyrights.
Hey, they just could not make that much money out of these so it would not cost them a lot.
BTW, as they retain the original tapes, they'd be the only ones who could be re-publishing these on DVD, no ?
And if not, I see 3 possibilities for them if this copyright were cancelled
You should not interact with other's machines :
Let them fix their worm problems themselves or they may not appreciate it.
It is normal and nice to tell them they have a problem but your work stops here !
No, because I rent it.
Provided I keep it closed and locked, I am not responsible for any burglary, as stated in my home insurance contract.
We're not just talking about somebody editing index.html here. Restoring from tape/CD-R may work for your home vanity domain website, but it falls slightly short in the real world.
In the real world, I work for as root/webmaster for a 50,000 employees administration/bank.
We already tuned the systems up for such "catastrophe recoveries" and I maintain that this is a "matter of a few hours" : ever heard of fault-tolerance ? of storagetek backup robots ?
So : if it is as important as what you say, then you may have implemented these, else you just lose at a game you misevaluated.
Who said he'd work at sensible locations ?
It's actually up to the company's feeling to put him (see that ? we assume he's a male) wherever they want.
Who said he'd be paid ?
I said he'd work. Some kind of on-parole except he'd have to repair what he'd have done. That's all.
Did I say the opposite ?
What do you think may happen in some "defaced" mall ?
The same : security meetings and optimizations...
No, I gave my point in another reply to this story...
And tell me how being tortured (either mentally or physically) is good for one ?
Whoever endorses such hateful ideas proves to have stopped evoluting around the Middle Ages.
it's up to the company to have a decent security management.
Cyber-crime is no different to ordinary crime. If the 15 year old 'cracker' writes his name all over a site (i.e. graffiti) he should get the same as a 15 year-old who scrawls all over his local shopping mall (i.e. fuck all or a safari or something).
Hey, cleaning up a mall is expensive, cleaning up a web site should not take more than the time to restore a daily backup...
If you don't have one, then it's high time you started.
There's a link in Rense.org which make the story look like yet another conspiracy theory...
:
Anyway, (closer to the topic) I guess a young cracker should do some work for the company whose products he has cracked
There's nothing as dangerous for the whole community as an angry young cracker.
If he just rehabilitate himself by doing some good work for his former victim, then he will also learn how to valuate his savoir-faire.
It's curious that there is so few info about Adnan Osmani.
I however found out this thread in the news but, mind you, it's based on the same story...
They bet that if it's possible, he may have either implemented some quick prefetch and/or pre-formatting subroutine...
More performance : OK.
But who needs this ?
Since the P3/500, any computer is powerful enough.
The Powerbook has a 4-5hour autonomy, a crispy 100dpi screen, OSX (this was the selling point, IMHO : I replaced my P3/600 with an iBook 800 last month) and also this rassuring je-ne-sais-quoi because you know it won't explode in your hands for some time.
Everything is *easy* on my iBook, anything works right out of the box and I have not encountered a single incompatibility side-effect...
Mond you : I have been using/coding for Linux and Windows since 1993.
The newest Powerbook (17") do have DDR.
About the whole test, I'd say, so the newest PC are faster than the newest Mac, OK.
Now, take a 3 year old PC laptop that one would like to update.
Compare its specs with a less than 1 year old iBook.
You'll see that you get a decent perf increase for a very nice price.
How much does the 3GHz laptop cost ?
Does it already have DRM enabled ?
Is it cuddly ?
So, I guess that regarding this point of view, Mac is still a pertinent choice nowadays.
Boris Vian fans will remember this jazz piano which was modified to create such drinks... :-)
Hey, in this time, nerds use to do jazz
When I want to listen to music, I stick a CD disc into my 6 disc changer :-)
What do you use the 5 remaining slots for ?
With temperature of between -5 degrees (Celsius) and -30, you'll sure need to heat the room ! :)
Never say never.
Especially if hacks such as mplayer finally lead to 100% free solutions because while the proprietary codecs were used instead of unavailable ones, the public has given the developers enough bug reports to advance to a much better solution.
Even RMS himself began on computer using proprietary unices until he could switch to his platform.
I also used Linux since 1993.
At the moment, I have an iBook/800 under OSX and I still can experiment and code *over* the usual low-level that Linux got me used to.
I guess Open Source should not be reduced to kernel/libs programming but also to other developments, including the ones that allow their user to enhance their ergonomy-related skills.
I also remember when Acorn and Amiga "died" (ok it is not intended to be a troll but you get my point), their developper came to the other platforms, thus opening new interesting projects (ROX, etc.).
So, when I am back under Linux (I still code a little on my Zaurus) I guess I'll have gained from this other approach.
It depends on the contract itself : it seems that if the w3 grants the registrars the right to decide how much they'll bill their clients, they however seem to want them to stick to the "prioritary renewal" policy.
After all a registrar rents from the public organisation the amount of names it can "sell" in return.
Now, if they just prevent their clients to renew their own domains, then it is either "cybersquatting" or an infringment to the "first come first served" rule.
I consider using a domain name consists of renting the use of a name from a TLD.
These rents are managed by organisations (companies in some countries though that could be non-profit orgs).
Now, you don't own a name, you just have rented its excusivity for some time.
If it's being hijacked, then your exclusivity has been infringed.
Now, the names are to be used on a first come first served basis which also includes the priority to renew an existing domain...
Finally, if domain names were properties, then they'd be bought forever, until then these rather seem to be licensed... or rented if you prefer.