I agree, two major PC buying groups (1) Gamers heavy, and (2) SOHO light, but I think there is another (3) Specialty/Hobby weird, wired, and wireless.
For the other group I provide my dream future (3-5 years from now):~o (1) less than $5K, (2) multi-RISC-processors (maybe transmeta) 7 GHz 64bit instructions per cycle (3) any and all OS(multiple, Vmware, Linux&BSD&Microsoft&...) with any all Applications (including Apple-X & Active-X [just a point... not a want]) (4) 40 to 80GB SSD for the extremely fast boot to default OS & Apps, fast swapping between OS and/or Apps (user-friendly and intuitive), maintain/access all default/active defined user data files on voice command, (5) Built in physical and virtual security user configurable, auto update option, and incorruptible/unalterable (except at time of physical keyboard boot) forensic files, (6) SFF built around the processors, SDD, KVM projector (no LCD/CRT/...), and wireless (no cables, all wireless communications) all other... harddisc, RWCD/DVD/..., RAID array,... are external modular network devices that can be configured for shared, permissive, or secure access, and can be turned on/off and connected/disconnected whenever (leave them at home or work and access the networked devices from wherever in the world by wireless), (7) The keyboard, mouse,... and monitor are projected on any available flat surface and auto contrast and color project appropriately for the surface used, (8) the SFF-PC must weigh less than 5Kg and have a usable battery life of 10 hours and standby of 72 hours. (8) Also, real broadband bandwidth (over 2Mb/s) would be nice, ultra-broadband (over 5Mb/s) would be better, and the telcos could only charge $50 a month for a dedicated always on connection with great QoS for VPN, VoIP, VTC,... (well PPV movies could be extra).... (9) Telemetry, sensors, sense prosthesis inputs for the handicap, network devices for medical, travel (personal, public, auto,... schedules, maintenance, AI auto-chauffer/pilot), allergens,.... Dang, I always feel like, I forgot to mention something. Well , I did say it was a dream and it is all existing technology, but not packaged how I want. I can hope... before I die... at 90 years old my smart-car will drive me to work, my Jordy big-screen vision goggles will allow me to read/. at lunch time %~>, my doctors will see the big-one (stroke, heart attack,...) about to kill me, and save my life for the 42nd time, because my insurance (my reason for working) is all paid up for the year.
Okay, if 3-5 from now ain't possible, then how about in 5-10 years.%~}
HAVE FUN
OldHawk777
Reality is a self induced hallucination.
Sometimes, I just gotta wonder off topic in to the twilight zone.
I think, the USA Cajun French are a shinning example of what is best about French Culture.
The Cajun French (expanding cultural influence) in the USA have a beautiful French language that would be unacceptable in France and Quebec. The French of Louisiana and New Orleans could teach much to France and the French culture on food, wine, music, art, life, humor, fun,..., but France (a waning influence in EU) could not teach a Cajun anything about personal and public expression on the wonders of the old and/or modern world.
Whatever France decided is fine with me, because it is always passé French demagoguery. E-mail, internet, teleconferencing,... by any other name will still allow folks to communicate; So, BFD. I am not surprised a government spends tax dollars/franks on such stupid things, France, US, and EU have so much waste in common. France and Quebec should take (a rôle) the Cajun French's lead and get a life, loosen-up, and let the good times roll, because folks should remember you well when you go, and be happy that you came to the party (of life).
Proof positive again, the Elitists of the French Government do not see themselves as cultural fascist, because they are French patriots like those that came after "Joan de Arc" literally, supported Napoleon, and legitimized Hitler's dominion over Europe. Today, France does not have a Joan (a Saint) or de Gaulle (a French National Socialist) . The French Government uses cultural puffery to present trivial concepts as globally significant. Last time I checked a map and books France's contributions to world history is a foot-note in European and US history over 200 years ago.
The Cajun French (expanding cultural influence) in the USA have a beautiful French language that would be unacceptable in France and Quebec. The French of Louisiana and New Orleans could teach much to France and the French culture on food, wine, music, art, life, humor, fun,..., but France (a waning influence in EU) could not teach a Cajun anything about personal and public expression on the wonders of the old and/or modern world.
Whatever France decided is fine with me, because it is always passé French demagoguery. E-mail, internet, teleconferencing,... by any other name will still allow folks to communicate; So, BFD. I am not surprised a government spends tax dollars/franks on such stupid things, France, US, and EU have so much waste in common. France and Quebec should take (a rôle) the Cajun French's lead and get a life, loosen-up, and let the good times roll, because folks should remember you well when you go, and be happy that you came to the party (of life).
Nothing, cable is good for shared public internet access.
xDSL like a phone-line is dedicated to you. There is no sharing of resources. It is a point-to-point connection to your internet service/access provider.
Think party-line for cable and dedicated service for xDSL. There is a limited chance someone in the cable community (with the right equipment) could monitor your Tx/Rx packets and you would not notice. Also, I don't think this would require a warrent, because it is not "technically" wire tapping.
If I understand these type things correctly, and how communcations work?
Donald Rumsfeld (always) and NASA management will want you to believe that NASA employees are all to blame for failures. We always find out later that the Government civilian worker-bees and pack-mules did all the right things, but management and office (government) politics in the government workplaces did all the wrong things... too include point the finger at the group that many like to use as an excuse, but they (civilian worker-bees and pack-mules) make no decisions and can only seek permission. Incompetent decisions that sometimes are made by unaccredited university degreed (diploma mill) managers, Bosses, and politicians are the typical today.
Failures in business and government projects are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees. Ecology, business, and tax laws, pension and health benefits,... don't cause bank/CU failures, business bankruptcies, criminal fraud and theft in business the majority of failures in our economy/business are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees.
2001/09/11 NSA, CIA, and FBI failures were not because of the field agents. Two Shuttle disasters, Hubble Telescope, X-43A,... failures are due to failures in leadership and delusional denial by management. Credit Unions (CU), Global Crossings, World Com, Enron,... failures, and Delta and other companies CEOs and staff steeling (lack of a better word) from worker-bees and pack-mules pension funds, reductions in pay, benefits, and health insurance to fund the CEOs' and staffs' ever increasing pay and benefits increases, and then put CEOs' and staffs' retirements in protected trust.
Politicians of the Capitalist Republic applaud CEOs' and staffs' performance in saving the economy by getting the worker-bees and pack-mules (US Citizens) to pay for the bad global economy. The President after 2001/09/11 called for all good US Citizens to spend our money and support the USA. The CEOs', staffs', and politicians (have a different agenda) are setting up more corporate and wealthy tax welfare programs for the oil and construction companies in Iraq and national parks, pharmaceutical companies in Africa,....
US Citizens will pay in the future (our children, grandchildren,...), financial responsibility is a thing of the past, and social security is always secure, because the government can maintain benefits for the wealthy today, and increase the social security retirement age until the right number of US Citizens die and never collect any benefits (old folks don't have many dependents). US, EU, and UN Citizens are becoming the whores of the wealthy fucked now, beaten later, and screwed to death.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Yea, I know, I did stray a little from topic, but I beg forgiveness from/. Readers and US Citizens. Try to get a politician, CEO, holy-man, or manager to admit they made a mistake, like in this X-43A case.
Most offers are narrow-band not wideband or broadband. I am 40mi south of NYC. I cannot get DSL, don't want Cable, and Sat provides no internet game capability.
So, the USA TelCos say FYUS, and pay and loby to keep it this way.
We are the great Capitalist Republic, you get what you pay for and the citizens can vote, what works better is obvious. Therefor, it looks to be an oligarchic democracy not a plural democracy. You can get nothing for free (unless you're a criminal), if you want something, then pay or just forget it.
Corporate tax-break or welfare, it is all the same and good for the greedy.
GTE/Vorizon, to many politicians, many CEOs, Christian religious fanatics (700Club),... others have a global perspective "They're right, you're wrong, Neat Shit Dumb Shit...". Their favorite acronym is FYUS (F___ You and US). They care little about US citizens.
Business are international, have no interest in the USA other than as a profit machine controlled as a Capitalist Republic that promotes globalization for special interest... not humanity or US Citizens.
Sort of looks like real evil false profits/prophets/... [AKA: Moral Majority, Business, politicians,...] have always been in the USA, EU,... and are very happy to receive donations [including corporate welfare giveaways] for their political/global agenda and see (sound like us and you and others) US, EU,... Citizens die by the thousands (maybe millions). Sheep that call themselves Christians or Americans that follow these kind of sheepherders should expect to be fleeced, sheared, and head straight to hell.
I suspect maybe, the Moral Majority Cult (MMC), Islamic Fundamentalist Extremist (IFE), Business Globalization Politicians (BGP), and Capitalist Republic Politicians (CRP) are highly invested in the Global Military Industrial Conplex (GMIC) [crimes against humanity complex]. A "RELIGIOUS" (none nuclear) World War-/// would be very lucrative and profitable to all involved and they could convert to the right religion as needed and maintain their life style while our Citizens, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers,... died. Their relatives would serve in an essential homeland defense job that would avoid danger (like during Vietnam with the sons of some politicians, CEOs,... and the NG/Reserve).
SO SPOKE THE MORAL MAJORITY after 2001/09/11, Religious Fat-Cats Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell praised and supported the terrorist attack on the NYC World Trade Center, by saying (http://lundissimo.info/wtc/falwell.html): Jerry said, "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." Pat Robertson replied, "Jerry, that's my feeling."
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination, that can get you killed. Be the sheep follow the Sheppard... ignore the word and will. Y'all have got to have fun before the big-one, whoopee before you go.
I know, I rant (it is my way), I am psychic, I lie, I know futures, I follow a voice, I shout to much, I am not crazy, I am, I think,... HAVE FUN....
Oh Boy! I like this, I can have fun at work. I can just do a little after work beer drinking with the network Gestapo and maybe some other stuff come up with some mutual interest topic. Then, I do an attack search for a few select terms, names, phrases,... built from common interest and a few... to much trouble.
Maybe, after $30 of beer, just ask "What are honeychips and honeypots?" [I know honeytoken, but I don't know what I am talking about]. I then remember the slurred examples with intent and context. Auh Heck, to much trouble, I'll do it my old fashion way....
Next day I do a few innocent (stealthy) searches for information, identify probable honeytokens of interest, then surreptitiously share with the curiously paranoid (most of us humans) individuals. Then let them search for and access the honeytokens.
Great practical joke on a few managers and Bosses. I am willing to bet I can get a CIO a/o CTO to fall for the joke. I mean, I know the DoD CIOs implemented PKI for everyone in DoD, then forgot (or never knew) that a private e-Signature smartcard (non-biomet) encryption key does not have a DoD Master-key to unlock all the encrypted files wanted for a criminal investigation. Oh, whoops... there were, I think, other gaffs. I know the F-500 company I work for has plenty of dupes.
I would never do it, but I would not want to work at a company that laid traps that anyone could fall in, due to normal curiosity and the right manipulation. Sounds like entrapment and poor ethics....
You are closer to correct, I think. Thank you for the spelling lesson. I checked, though I could not locate either "slutie" or "slutty". I believe, that the double-T is perhaps correct and any "Y/why" could cause an expectation of an "i.e. (Id est [that is])" mistake. Then again maybe [ie=y**3] in some instances, and being dyslectic at time I feel totally confused in a text editor with no spell-check or dictionary handy.
Now in Marry Old England (Middle English = slutte [not my ie]), but I am a US Citizen, it is today, and I suspect that I really should have used a "Y", sort of like in the adverb sluttishly. Also, nither the noun sluttishness nor the adjective sluttish uses "ie", but all three require the double-T. Today, I used the very prudish "Microsoft Word" application, would you believe that all "Slut" type words are identified as spelling errors.
Anyway, I am sure, we both know more about words (maybe grammar too) intent, and concepts than the "Microsoft Word" applications. I mean Microsoft is just a business institution without a brain and incapable of thought, feelings, and ethics.
Well, I could continue to torture you for correcting my spelling, but too much enjoyment is an evil thing. SO SPOKE THE MORAL MAJORITY, right after Religious Fat Cats Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell praised and supported the terrorist attack on the NYC World Trade Center, by saying (http://lundissimo.info/wtc/falwell.html) Jerry said, "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." Pat Robertson replied, "Jerry, that's my feeling." Sort of looks like the real evil false profits [AKA: Moral Majority] have always been in the USA and are very happy to receive donations for their political/global agenda and see American Citizens die by the thousands (maybe millions). Sheep that call themselves Christians will follow those sheepherders straight to hell.
See, I even have fun changing topics..., it is an non-diagnosable disease, you know many of US have it.
There are new and innovative economic theories waiting to be tried, but they will upset the BoP for the Capitalist Republic models. Do we evolve and better ourselves by meeting a challenge or play spectators and lose the future for US and humanity.
Open your minds, think, feel, and do, but never let fear dictate your decisions. Plurality and Peace provide success for humanity. War at times is required for survival of the fittest most plural societies.
Wow! 35% almost sound like a kickback or bribe from Microsoft to the city. That is a bunch of money in a city budget. Munich keeps it's honor for Germany. Cities and politicians in the USA and Canada are a bit more slutie and would not be as strong in conviction and decision.
Well you did not state the facts professionally, but you got the facts 100% correct from my observations. I thought (and said) the Capitalist Republic, Politically correct FCC and do-nothing Congress might do something as far back as 1997.
I gave up in 2000. There could and should be much better communications services in the USA. I live 40mi south of NYC and still can only get two phone lines... no xDSL. Vorizon and others are charging prices (in the east) that are absurd. 128K up and 384K down is not broadband it is narrow-band.
Cable and Satellite TV companies can't figure out how to make one consolidated bill and VoIP is beyond the cable companies understanding. US communications are beginning to look more like a "Banana Republic" phone company with declining service quality and options, and the prices (except all the great "Call this Number" cheap calls) are going up to line the pockets of the Dumb-Don Bell.
Much of the frequencies that the FCC sold are going to waste. Spread-spectrum with frequency-hopping and wireless overlapping regional (T1 or better mobile and home, the wireless local-loop) coverage by multiple companies using non-conflicting frequencies sets never happened. It should have happened, but it did not.
I believe, that a good portion of the unused and/or poorly used spectrum should be taken, back from the TelCos, by the FCC and a significant portion set aside, for the public, as "Open Spectrum" space with some reasonable protocol and standards use requirements.
Folks almost anything that is in Japan or Europe cities, should and could flourish in the major USA cities (NYC, NO, LA, KC,...), but piss-poor planning and management or corruption and lies make failures of US. Today, we should ask our CEOs, politicians,... "What have you done for US lately?" Most could only Blow-Smoke (BS) at you, without ever being able to provide an honest answer to the question.
are two different topics, but both have a complex fused relationship.
Cyber-Security (I think) has three major facets:
(1) Static Defense, mission to maintain all necessary daily business processes for the users, LAN, Enterprise, and external relationships - by doing all the right things to create (to the most professional extent possible) an impregnable IT/IS/IM/CT (collaborative technologies [AKA: Synergy Tech]) network/environment.... No one (or few) attacks, because failure is highly probable, the enemy cracker, phreaker,... forensic tools collect incorruptible legally admissible evidence for prosecution, and prosecution is internationally pursued.
(2) Active Defense, mission to develop and deploy H/S/N technologies and training that support the static defense for the government, military, and business in an intelligent cooperative coordinated manner. Remember reactionaries are like suicide-fanatics... they always do the most evil and/or wrong thing with ridiculous and righteous intentions. Supporting the static defense (first), then identify your potential enemy, your active enemy, their communications, operations, tactics and versatility (ability to attack, evade, and change with situations, people, and places),... you must be able to hunt them down and prosecute with (if possible) civilized methods to whatever extent is required for victory (enemies surrender, go to jail, or die [limited options]).
(3) Open Source and Open Standards to address the problem of "Security Through Obscurity", because today there is no way to develop a Cyber-Security plan that addresses proprietary interest. This does not imply that software and/or hardware copyright should be abandoned for GPL/CopyLeft, but the only planning possible for the unknown (of proprietary hardware protocols and applications, and software) is to accept promises and pray for miracles. Standards of required procedures for business, government and military when compromises occur must include reporting security anomalies and problems and schedules and penalties on resolving security anomalies and problems, and when someone intentionally hides information about security anomalies and problems, then criminal fines and jail sentences must be enforced at the highest levels responsible in business, government and military. A security violation "Sleeping on Duty" and/or attempts to defraud can kill thousands of citizens in a surprise attack. Duplicity and treason have much in common, to me, in times of war.
There are many fine points, but for me the, three points, above are the big-picture. Reactionary investigations and arrest of script-kiddies and hackers with no provable malicious (defacing a website is a prank, not an attack, devastation, destruction, dead people, murder,...) intent is a vast waste of valuable resources needed for homeland defenses not virtual reality graffiti artist. Reasonable, measured, and proportional responses should be considered, public-image making can be absurd and wasteful.
On software liability it should be addressed in much the same way as any other liability is handled. The laws are adequate, but legislatures, courts, and lawyers want to make technology hardware and software something unique.
If I buy a dangerous car and the OEM knows, then.... Software should be treated the same. The car OEM can be deceitful or proactive in fixing the problem, and the OSD of the software should be required to proceed with equal haste to deceive or repair.
Low-bid may not be the problem, competent selection of appropriate technology products and capable competent vendors as a low priority to cost may be the problem.
I mean, technologist (Tech-Advisors) are not the government employees on the selection/review panels. They are Legal, Contracting, Acquisition, Logistics,... specialist with little or no idea of commercial market technology application/architecture requirements.
As a matter of public policy (and taxpayer money) is this level of non-functionality to be expected in these sorts of projects? No, I suspect (no proof), as above....
Is the contractor just ripping off the taxpayers with bad code? Yes, I suspect (no proof), as above....
How hard is it to write software like this that works? Not very hard..., I suspect (no proof), as above.... Well supposedly if it could not be done correctly, competently, successfully,... then the OEM/OSD vendor and government contracting folks should state in the R&D SOW requirements (or someplace in the signed contract) potential problems and possible failures to meet expectations. Everyone involved are supposed to know what they are signing, the requirements, and limitation. So, if you don't get what you paid for, then whose fault is it in a court of contract law.
The article focuses on the SEVIS database, but have others noticed similar trend in other government information systems? Yes/No I suspect (no proof), as above....
REMEMBER: It appears the game is to maintain government management levels, while reducing worker-bees and pack-mules (contract out wherever and whenever possible). This will simplify personnel management, provide vendors to workload and blame when problems and cost escalate, maintain the military industrial complex, and funnel more tax dollars into the growing economy at an appropriate level... just like the trickle-down tax-cuts are already helping US.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
So, never take what anyone says very seriously..., Okay.
Classification of common knowledge, published information, data derivatives of public and/or obtainable information,... is stupid, because it is simple minded Security Through Obscurity (STO) and BS-PHD. This is just one of the topics under discussion.
Finding information ain't difficult..., and it is fun, sort of a game for some of US. I suspect that the Social Security Number of all US citizens are available to China, Been- Lie'n,....
I have been in meetings where, when the bosses are told the reality of how stuff really works... they classify it as proprietary information... (TOP SECRET). A "TOP SECRET" rubber stamp on globally known, well published, and over 10+/- (180) days/years old from convention or paper announcement (by young and old geeks/freaks) is totally stupid, and (I suspect) would harm far more any proactive defense efforts than help the enemy.
Also, gee, I am willing to bet other countries develop infrastructure that is almost identical in pattern and method to US. So, why someone would say such an intuitive and logical dissertation should be classified expresses the simplicity of some minds in charge.
Our greatest enemy may be CEOs, politicians, managers, saying shush we don't want the enemy to know about..., because they might hurt US, or "My God!" can you imagine how much it will cost US to defend against that..., or I cannot get in trouble for something that I can plausibly deny knowing anything about....
So, now we have the new "Sergeant Schultz" mantra for the folks in charge "I saw nothing, I knew nothing, I signed nothing, I did nothing,... how can anyone be blamed fired or sent to jail for any culpable (?duplicitous?) actions.... There ain't no god-dang-frick'en proof of any dum-dung.
What you don't know can hurt you! This is proven by every successful megalomaniacal murderous aristocrat, holy-man, dictator, politician, assassin and terrorist throughout history (which now includes 2001/09/11) with thousands dead.
Michael Vatis said, in the WP article, "But I don't think security through obscurity is a winning strategy" shows a proactive attitude about reality not what you expect from the duds in charge these days....
John M. Derrick Jr., chairman of the board of Pepco Holdings Inc., exhaled sharply, and said "This is why CEOs of major power companies don't sleep well these days. Why in the world have we been so stupid as a country to have all this information in the public domain? Does that openness still make sense? It sure as hell doesn't to me."
John proves my point, that far to many leaders maintain the "Ostrich Stance" keeping their head in the sand, because their narrow minded reality is a little scary today.
Rather these leaders should recognize that a mobilized free and open people can fight any war of any duration, defeat any enemy anywhere anytime, and then force the enemy to surrender or die. The mobilized free and open people in a responsible (not draconian) open society can be the greatest weapons systems on the face of the earth today. However, I don't see a Roosevelt, Marshall, Churchill,... type leader ready to move as decisively against our enemy as against our freedoms and open culture.
How much more is going on where our leaders' plans, for national and global defense, are "Security through obscurity" and "Dissension Oppression Activities (DOA)". It is better that fear should die with our enemies, then that our freedoms and culture suffer a fearful seizure due to timid immanent dejure/fiat.
Not the first time not the last time for Clueless Management in politics as usual DC and Government. Our potential destruction due the stupid, pompus, and greedy.
In our Capitalist Democracy our leaders political and religious place more priority on enforcement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Library internet filters, than homeland defense. It looks better to the illiterate moral majority bigots that vote and supports the economy (the real priority) with questionable profit penalties and no cost issue camouflage. Our true foreign policy at times to be develop a good customer or at least a foreign government that supports a capitalist economy.... We will contract out most of the worker-bee and pack-mule government jobs, because it is easier for (SUFU) idiots in management to manage a contract point fingers and have friends and family share awards and recognition for doing the wrong thing (... recent NASA, FBI, and CIA, failings)
I strongly support our Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, and AirPersons, but the politicians and management need to get their priorities straight. FAILURE is never and option. It is time CEO, politicians, management and some other recognize that they are the problem... if they ain't solving and preventing problems. This is why we have the money and intelligence to buy software with China as the OSD and receive "Trojan Horse" applications from OSD even here in the USA for US Government and Military mission critical systems.
The Article Very, Very, Very True and Good for US (us) and EU (you), I suspect globally applicable. The Buzzard article expresses great strategy and tactics for, US and EU OSS community and small company confederations/Associations. For developing political clout hire lobbyist and pay for politicians elections as a group.
We should all remember: "Patronize Political/Religious Egos", "Money Rides to heaven and Shit Floats down stream, and "Capitalist Democracies" is a literal phrase/philosophy not in any way plural, inclusive, or figurative.
So always praise the PTB (powers that be), and backstab the political and religious enemies of humanity where possible.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
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America Ain't Ironic, is humor, I guess. Americans have no sense of irony.
I am an American..., I have no sense of irony?
"Irony is when all your children die before you!"
"Cruel Irony is when, by acts of war, all your children die before you!
First, ours' is a rather cynical ethos, full of love for a U.S. Constitution for Business and The People, accepting of a Capitalistic Democracy for the Wealthy and the Worthless people.
Our country, with dewy-eyed self-belief and grief, contains (we think) the descendants of folks that have supported and died in every war fought by humanity in history... globally. Ancient and modern Europe, China, Russia, India, Israel, Arabia, Africa, US,... we all have lost nothing of value that was not murdered, buried, and/or thrown on other's shores or pushed across some other's border at the lofty, faithful, righteous urgings of aristocrats, politicians, and Gods' servants of satan [Today AKA: Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, Mullah,...].
I sometimes think humanity would be much better off as thinking, caring, feeling, and soulless animals with no afterlife potential [AKA: heavenly reward]. From human historical behavior and my refusal to believe that God and/or property ever justifies war and murder... I think maybe we are soulless animals with diminished capacity for thinking, caring, and feeling for our children, family, and friends.
I am an old war-monger. I believe in hunting down and killing without mercy or trial humans that would murder other humans to obtain personal power/privilege/wealth... historical recognition.... The same goes for the pick-pocket evangelist, preachers, dictators, politicians,... that always know the words of scam and/or god when asking for money and followers for the slaughter. They silently support the hate and bigotry murderous rhetoric that shake-&-bake (shake'em down and bake'em when done) religious and political leaders always use to justify murder in the name of god/country/power/destiny/....
When you prosecute a war it will not end until your enemies die or unconditionally surrender. Sorry about the collateral men, women, children, pets, and property, but what's war without casualties (Yep, that's right PEACE!). All other conflicts are just political surrenders creating future problems for our descendants. It is better that our children were not born, then they fight a war/conflict.
The question: am I expressing irony, cynicism, faith, or honesty?
IPv4, because of the gluttonous mismanagement of IP use and poor network planning (now and in the past) there appears to be a shortage of available IP addresses.
If all (Globally) Governments, Businesses, ⦠networks were private networks using proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT and the public/free domain (class A=10.x.x.x, Bâ¦, and Câ¦) IP addresses, then many private domain IP addresses would be freed up for distribution.
Example: The Mother of All Cable company using class-A public domain (10.x.x.x) (AKA: Private Network) IP addresses could create an unlimited number of 10.x.x.x large user networks ⦠have them all talk to each other across proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT using a few routable private IP addresses to identify a âoePublic Networkâ for the internet. Designing such TCP/IP networks for quality and speed would cost (a little) more and be (a little) more complex for management and configuration, but it would work and add a little overhead (packet/routing/â¦) burden to the available bandwidth.
This method could provide some additional (but minor) network security advantages â¦.
Good management and policy by the FCC would allow in the
near future many solutions.
However, donâ(TM)t expect â¦, do expect anti-competitive
freq-hogging by telcos to keep control of local market.
In the near future, it should be possible to provide 100%
wireless voice, data, TV, ⦠multiple carriers/providers over the most populated
areas. Allowing the customers to swap (totally, 100%) providers/services for
QoS or cost reasons. I look forward to getting rid of the wires in the house
and the local-bell. The USA Government and businesses are not in the lead on
these technology sectors.
IPv4, because of the gluttonous mismanagement of IP use and poor network planning (now and in the past) there appears to be a shortage of available IP addresses.
If all (Globally) Governments, Businesses, ⦠networks were private networks using proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT and the public/free domain (class A=10.x.x.x, Bâ¦, and Câ¦) IP addresses, then many private domain IP addresses would be freed up for distribution.
Example: The Mother of All Cable company using class-A public domain (10.x.x.x) (AKA: Private Network) IP addresses could create an unlimited number of 10.x.x.x large user networks ⦠have them all talk to each other across proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT using a few routable private IP addresses to identify a âoePublic Networkâ for the internet. Designing such TCP/IP networks for quality and speed would cost (a little) more and be (a little) more complex for management and configuration, but it would work and add a little overhead (packet/routing/â¦) burden to the available bandwidth.
This method could provide some additional (but minor) network security advantages â¦.
Well 80 contiguous lines of code ain't much, but the comments match.
Well 80 contiguous lines of code among millions, but what's the proportional value.
Well 80+/- contiguous lines of code with comments how many times, but is this the best example of the evidence.
Oh SCO (pre-Caldera) purchased some rights to code. Did Caldera (post SCO and pre-SCO group) representatives knowingly share the code with the OSS community back years ago? Could SCO Group now demand the return of a gift of code and provide possibly benefits financially from MS or the OSS community?
Someone screwed up (maybe SCO/Caldera), but proportionally not much, not significantly, little value and loss. Law and Courts in these cases determine damages and make awards if anything is warranted.
I don't think; So, FOBG and FOSCO as it plays out....
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Folks,
How can one company/person/university/... take the credit for creating anything that is unique, novel, and useful today with global communications and travel, internet seminars/conferences and universities,.... All patent offices around the world need to shut down for a few (maybe 10) years. After a decade let the international court decide (and streamline) patent laws. I always chuckled at (the stupidity) a company owning the human gnome [definitely global community assets/property].
I am not sure, but after many years of reading and experience, it appears that patents/USPTO are now a global government supported Welfare Institution for whoever claims all the credit first (patent variations patents, human/natural and mutations organic patents, obvious and stupid patents,...).
It is no longer who really did make... or developed supporting whatever. It appears more like the first to take all the credit with believable BS-smoke.
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I agree, two major PC buying groups (1) Gamers heavy, and (2) SOHO light, but I think there is another (3) Specialty/Hobby weird, wired, and wireless.
... not a want]) (4) 40 to 80GB SSD for the extremely fast boot to default OS & Apps, fast swapping between OS and/or Apps (user-friendly and intuitive), maintain/access all default/active defined user data files on voice command, (5) Built in physical and virtual security user configurable, auto update option, and incorruptible/unalterable (except at time of physical keyboard boot) forensic files, (6) SFF built around the processors, SDD, KVM projector (no LCD/CRT/...), and wireless (no cables, all wireless communications) all other ... harddisc, RWCD/DVD/..., RAID array, ... are external modular network devices that can be configured for shared, permissive, or secure access, and can be turned on/off and connected/disconnected whenever (leave them at home or work and access the networked devices from wherever in the world by wireless), (7) The keyboard, mouse, ... and monitor are projected on any available flat surface and auto contrast and color project appropriately for the surface used, (8) the SFF-PC must weigh less than 5Kg and have a usable battery life of 10 hours and standby of 72 hours. (8) Also, real broadband bandwidth (over 2Mb/s) would be nice, ultra-broadband (over 5Mb/s) would be better, and the telcos could only charge $50 a month for a dedicated always on connection with great QoS for VPN, VoIP, VTC, ... (well PPV movies could be extra) .... (9) Telemetry, sensors, sense prosthesis inputs for the handicap, network devices for medical, travel (personal, public, auto, ... schedules, maintenance, AI auto-chauffer/pilot), allergens, .... Dang, I always feel like, I forgot to mention something. Well , I did say it was a dream and it is all existing technology, but not packaged how I want. I can hope ... before I die ... at 90 years old my smart-car will drive me to work, my Jordy big-screen vision goggles will allow me to read /. at lunch time %~>, my doctors will see the big-one (stroke, heart attack, ...) about to kill me, and save my life for the 42nd time, because my insurance (my reason for working) is all paid up for the year.
For the other group I provide my dream future (3-5 years from now):~o
(1) less than $5K, (2) multi-RISC-processors (maybe transmeta) 7 GHz 64bit instructions per cycle (3) any and all OS(multiple, Vmware, Linux&BSD&Microsoft&...) with any all Applications (including Apple-X & Active-X [just a point
Okay, if 3-5 from now ain't possible, then how about in 5-10 years.%~}
HAVE FUN
OldHawk777
Reality is a self induced hallucination.
Sometimes, I just gotta wonder off topic in to the twilight zone.
I dropped another comment in here somewhere.
..., but France (a waning influence in EU) could not teach a Cajun anything about personal and public expression on the wonders of the old and/or modern world. ... by any other name will still allow folks to communicate; So, BFD. I am not surprised a government spends tax dollars/franks on such stupid things, France, US, and EU have so much waste in common. France and Quebec should take (a rôle) the Cajun French's lead and get a life, loosen-up, and let the good times roll, because folks should remember you well when you go, and be happy that you came to the party (of life).
I think, the USA Cajun French are a shinning example of what is best about French Culture.
The Cajun French (expanding cultural influence) in the USA have a beautiful French language that would be unacceptable in France and Quebec. The French of Louisiana and New Orleans could teach much to France and the French culture on food, wine, music, art, life, humor, fun,
Whatever France decided is fine with me, because it is always passé French demagoguery. E-mail, internet, teleconferencing,
OldHawk777
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Proof positive again, the Elitists of the French Government do not see themselves as cultural fascist, because they are French patriots like those that came after "Joan de Arc" literally, supported Napoleon, and legitimized Hitler's dominion over Europe. Today, France does not have a Joan (a Saint) or de Gaulle (a French National Socialist) . The French Government uses cultural puffery to present trivial concepts as globally significant. Last time I checked a map and books France's contributions to world history is a foot-note in European and US history over 200 years ago. ..., but France (a waning influence in EU) could not teach a Cajun anything about personal and public expression on the wonders of the old and/or modern world. ... by any other name will still allow folks to communicate; So, BFD. I am not surprised a government spends tax dollars/franks on such stupid things, France, US, and EU have so much waste in common. France and Quebec should take (a rôle) the Cajun French's lead and get a life, loosen-up, and let the good times roll, because folks should remember you well when you go, and be happy that you came to the party (of life).
The Cajun French (expanding cultural influence) in the USA have a beautiful French language that would be unacceptable in France and Quebec. The French of Louisiana and New Orleans could teach much to France and the French culture on food, wine, music, art, life, humor, fun,
Whatever France decided is fine with me, because it is always passé French demagoguery. E-mail, internet, teleconferencing,
OldHawk777
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Nothing, cable is good for shared public internet access.
xDSL like a phone-line is dedicated to you. There is no sharing of resources. It is a point-to-point connection to your internet service/access provider.
Think party-line for cable and dedicated service for xDSL. There is a limited chance someone in the cable community (with the right equipment) could monitor your Tx/Rx packets and you would not notice. Also, I don't think this would require a warrent, because it is not "technically" wire tapping.
If I understand these type things correctly, and how communcations work?
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Donald Rumsfeld (always) and NASA management will want you to believe that NASA employees are all to blame for failures. We always find out later that the Government civilian worker-bees and pack-mules did all the right things, but management and office (government) politics in the government workplaces did all the wrong things ... too include point the finger at the group that many like to use as an excuse, but they (civilian worker-bees and pack-mules) make no decisions and can only seek permission. Incompetent decisions that sometimes are made by unaccredited university degreed (diploma mill) managers, Bosses, and politicians are the typical today. ... don't cause bank/CU failures, business bankruptcies, criminal fraud and theft in business the majority of failures in our economy/business are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees. ... failures are due to failures in leadership and delusional denial by management. Credit Unions (CU), Global Crossings, World Com, Enron, ... failures, and Delta and other companies CEOs and staff steeling (lack of a better word) from worker-bees and pack-mules pension funds, reductions in pay, benefits, and health insurance to fund the CEOs' and staffs' ever increasing pay and benefits increases, and then put CEOs' and staffs' retirements in protected trust. .... ...), financial responsibility is a thing of the past, and social security is always secure, because the government can maintain benefits for the wealthy today, and increase the social security retirement age until the right number of US Citizens die and never collect any benefits (old folks don't have many dependents). US, EU, and UN Citizens are becoming the whores of the wealthy fucked now, beaten later, and screwed to death.
/. Readers and US Citizens. Try to get a politician, CEO, holy-man, or manager to admit they made a mistake, like in this X-43A case.
Failures in business and government projects are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees. Ecology, business, and tax laws, pension and health benefits,
2001/09/11 NSA, CIA, and FBI failures were not because of the field agents. Two Shuttle disasters, Hubble Telescope, X-43A,
Politicians of the Capitalist Republic applaud CEOs' and staffs' performance in saving the economy by getting the worker-bees and pack-mules (US Citizens) to pay for the bad global economy. The President after 2001/09/11 called for all good US Citizens to spend our money and support the USA. The CEOs', staffs', and politicians (have a different agenda) are setting up more corporate and wealthy tax welfare programs for the oil and construction companies in Iraq and national parks, pharmaceutical companies in Africa,
US Citizens will pay in the future (our children, grandchildren,
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Yea, I know, I did stray a little from topic, but I beg forgiveness from
Most offers are narrow-band not wideband or broadband. I am 40mi south of NYC. I cannot get DSL, don't want Cable, and Sat provides no internet game capability.
So, the USA TelCos say FYUS, and pay and loby to keep it this way.
We are the great Capitalist Republic, you get what you pay for and the citizens can vote, what works better is obvious. Therefor, it looks to be an oligarchic democracy not a plural democracy. You can get nothing for free (unless you're a criminal), if you want something, then pay or just forget it.
OldHawk777
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Corporate tax-break or welfare, it is all the same and good for the greedy.
... others have a global perspective "They're right, you're wrong, Neat Shit Dumb Shit...". Their favorite acronym is FYUS (F___ You and US). They care little about US citizens. ... not humanity or US Citizens. ...] have always been in the USA, EU, ... and are very happy to receive donations [including corporate welfare giveaways] for their political/global agenda and see (sound like us and you and others) US, EU, ... Citizens die by the thousands (maybe millions). Sheep that call themselves Christians or Americans that follow these kind of sheepherders should expect to be fleeced, sheared, and head straight to hell. ... died. Their relatives would serve in an essential homeland defense job that would avoid danger (like during Vietnam with the sons of some politicians, CEOs, ... and the NG/Reserve).
... ignore the word and will. Y'all have got to have fun before the big-one, whoopee before you go.
... HAVE FUN ....
GTE/Vorizon, to many politicians, many CEOs, Christian religious fanatics (700Club),
Business are international, have no interest in the USA other than as a profit machine controlled as a Capitalist Republic that promotes globalization for special interest
Sort of looks like real evil false profits/prophets/... [AKA: Moral Majority, Business, politicians,
I suspect maybe, the Moral Majority Cult (MMC), Islamic Fundamentalist Extremist (IFE), Business Globalization Politicians (BGP), and Capitalist Republic Politicians (CRP) are highly invested in the Global Military Industrial Conplex (GMIC) [crimes against humanity complex]. A "RELIGIOUS" (none nuclear) World War-/// would be very lucrative and profitable to all involved and they could convert to the right religion as needed and maintain their life style while our Citizens, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers,
SO SPOKE THE MORAL MAJORITY after 2001/09/11, Religious Fat-Cats Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell praised and supported the terrorist attack on the NYC World Trade Center, by saying (http://lundissimo.info/wtc/falwell.html): Jerry said, "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." Pat Robertson replied, "Jerry, that's my feeling."
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination, that can get you killed. Be the sheep follow the Sheppard
I know, I rant (it is my way), I am psychic, I lie, I know futures, I follow a voice, I shout to much, I am not crazy, I am, I think,
Friendly Fun,
... built from common interest and a few ... to much trouble. .... ... there were, I think, other gaffs. I know the F-500 company I work for has plenty of dupes. ....
Oh Boy! I like this, I can have fun at work. I can just do a little after work beer drinking with the network Gestapo and maybe some other stuff come up with some mutual interest topic. Then, I do an attack search for a few select terms, names, phrases,
Maybe, after $30 of beer, just ask "What are honeychips and honeypots?" [I know honeytoken, but I don't know what I am talking about]. I then remember the slurred examples with intent and context. Auh Heck, to much trouble, I'll do it my old fashion way
Next day I do a few innocent (stealthy) searches for information, identify probable honeytokens of interest, then surreptitiously share with the curiously paranoid (most of us humans) individuals. Then let them search for and access the honeytokens.
Great practical joke on a few managers and Bosses. I am willing to bet I can get a CIO a/o CTO to fall for the joke. I mean, I know the DoD CIOs implemented PKI for everyone in DoD, then forgot (or never knew) that a private e-Signature smartcard (non-biomet) encryption key does not have a DoD Master-key to unlock all the encrypted files wanted for a criminal investigation. Oh, whoops
I would never do it, but I would not want to work at a company that laid traps that anyone could fall in, due to normal curiosity and the right manipulation. Sounds like entrapment and poor ethics
OldHawk777
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Hi DU,
..., it is an non-diagnosable disease, you know many of US have it.
You are closer to correct, I think. Thank you for the spelling lesson. I checked, though I could not locate either "slutie" or "slutty". I believe, that the double-T is perhaps correct and any "Y/why" could cause an expectation of an "i.e. (Id est [that is])" mistake. Then again maybe [ie=y**3] in some instances, and being dyslectic at time I feel totally confused in a text editor with no spell-check or dictionary handy.
Now in Marry Old England (Middle English = slutte [not my ie]), but I am a US Citizen, it is today, and I suspect that I really should have used a "Y", sort of like in the adverb sluttishly. Also, nither the noun sluttishness nor the adjective sluttish uses "ie", but all three require the double-T. Today, I used the very prudish "Microsoft Word" application, would you believe that all "Slut" type words are identified as spelling errors.
Anyway, I am sure, we both know more about words (maybe grammar too) intent, and concepts than the "Microsoft Word" applications. I mean Microsoft is just a business institution without a brain and incapable of thought, feelings, and ethics.
Well, I could continue to torture you for correcting my spelling, but too much enjoyment is an evil thing. SO SPOKE THE MORAL MAJORITY, right after Religious Fat Cats Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell praised and supported the terrorist attack on the NYC World Trade Center, by saying (http://lundissimo.info/wtc/falwell.html) Jerry said, "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." Pat Robertson replied, "Jerry, that's my feeling." Sort of looks like the real evil false profits [AKA: Moral Majority] have always been in the USA and are very happy to receive donations for their political/global agenda and see American Citizens die by the thousands (maybe millions). Sheep that call themselves Christians will follow those sheepherders straight to hell.
See, I even have fun changing topics
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Folks,
....
Problems, find solutions, make it happen
It is time to play the tune, or pay the piper.
There are new and innovative economic theories waiting to be tried, but they will upset the BoP for the Capitalist Republic models. Do we evolve and better ourselves by meeting a challenge or play spectators and lose the future for US and humanity.
Open your minds, think, feel, and do, but never let fear dictate your decisions. Plurality and Peace provide success for humanity. War at times is required for survival of the fittest most plural societies.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Wow! 35% almost sound like a kickback or bribe from Microsoft to the city.
That is a bunch of money in a city budget. Munich keeps it's honor for Germany. Cities and politicians in the USA and Canada are a bit more slutie and would not be as strong in conviction and decision.
OldHawk777
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s2m0n,
... no xDSL. Vorizon and others are charging prices (in the east) that are absurd. 128K up and 384K down is not broadband it is narrow-band. ...), but piss-poor planning and management or corruption and lies make failures of US. Today, we should ask our CEOs, politicians, ... "What have you done for US lately?" Most could only Blow-Smoke (BS) at you, without ever being able to provide an honest answer to the question.
Well you did not state the facts professionally, but you got the facts 100% correct from my observations. I thought (and said) the Capitalist Republic, Politically correct FCC and do-nothing Congress might do something as far back as 1997.
I gave up in 2000. There could and should be much better communications services in the USA. I live 40mi south of NYC and still can only get two phone lines
Cable and Satellite TV companies can't figure out how to make one consolidated bill and VoIP is beyond the cable companies understanding. US communications are beginning to look more like a "Banana Republic" phone company with declining service quality and options, and the prices (except all the great "Call this Number" cheap calls) are going up to line the pockets of the Dumb-Don Bell.
Much of the frequencies that the FCC sold are going to waste. Spread-spectrum with frequency-hopping and wireless overlapping regional (T1 or better mobile and home, the wireless local-loop) coverage by multiple companies using non-conflicting frequencies sets never happened. It should have happened, but it did not.
I believe, that a good portion of the unused and/or poorly used spectrum should be taken, back from the TelCos, by the FCC and a significant portion set aside, for the public, as "Open Spectrum" space with some reasonable protocol and standards use requirements.
Folks almost anything that is in Japan or Europe cities, should and could flourish in the major USA cities (NYC, NO, LA, KC,
The Capitalist Republic of US
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
are two different topics, but both have a complex fused relationship.
.... No one (or few) attacks, because failure is highly probable, the enemy cracker, phreaker, ... forensic tools collect incorruptible legally admissible evidence for prosecution, and prosecution is internationally pursued. ... they always do the most evil and/or wrong thing with ridiculous and righteous intentions. Supporting the static defense (first), then identify your potential enemy, your active enemy, their communications, operations, tactics and versatility (ability to attack, evade, and change with situations, people, and places), ... you must be able to hunt them down and prosecute with (if possible) civilized methods to whatever extent is required for victory (enemies surrender, go to jail, or die [limited options]). ...) intent is a vast waste of valuable resources needed for homeland defenses not virtual reality graffiti artist. Reasonable, measured, and proportional responses should be considered, public-image making can be absurd and wasteful.
.... Software should be treated the same. The car OEM can be deceitful or proactive in fixing the problem, and the OSD of the software should be required to proceed with equal haste to deceive or repair.
Cyber-Security (I think) has three major facets:
(1) Static Defense, mission to maintain all necessary daily business processes for the users, LAN, Enterprise, and external relationships - by doing all the right things to create (to the most professional extent possible) an impregnable IT/IS/IM/CT (collaborative technologies [AKA: Synergy Tech]) network/environment
(2) Active Defense, mission to develop and deploy H/S/N technologies and training that support the static defense for the government, military, and business in an intelligent cooperative coordinated manner. Remember reactionaries are like suicide-fanatics
(3) Open Source and Open Standards to address the problem of "Security Through Obscurity", because today there is no way to develop a Cyber-Security plan that addresses proprietary interest. This does not imply that software and/or hardware copyright should be abandoned for GPL/CopyLeft, but the only planning possible for the unknown (of proprietary hardware protocols and applications, and software) is to accept promises and pray for miracles. Standards of required procedures for business, government and military when compromises occur must include reporting security anomalies and problems and schedules and penalties on resolving security anomalies and problems, and when someone intentionally hides information about security anomalies and problems, then criminal fines and jail sentences must be enforced at the highest levels responsible in business, government and military. A security violation "Sleeping on Duty" and/or attempts to defraud can kill thousands of citizens in a surprise attack. Duplicity and treason have much in common, to me, in times of war.
There are many fine points, but for me the, three points, above are the big-picture. Reactionary investigations and arrest of script-kiddies and hackers with no provable malicious (defacing a website is a prank, not an attack, devastation, destruction, dead people, murder,
On software liability it should be addressed in much the same way as any other liability is handled. The laws are adequate, but legislatures, courts, and lawyers want to make technology hardware and software something unique.
If I buy a dangerous car and the OEM knows, then
OldHawk777
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Well ya-know,
... specialist with little or no idea of commercial market technology application/architecture requirements.
.... .... ..., I suspect (no proof), as above .... Well supposedly if it could not be done correctly, competently, successfully, ... then the OEM/OSD vendor and government contracting folks should state in the R&D SOW requirements (or someplace in the signed contract) potential problems and possible failures to meet expectations. Everyone involved are supposed to know what they are signing, the requirements, and limitation. So, if you don't get what you paid for, then whose fault is it in a court of contract law. ....
... just like the trickle-down tax-cuts are already helping US.
..., Okay.
Low-bid may not be the problem, competent selection of appropriate technology products and capable competent vendors as a low priority to cost may be the problem.
I mean, technologist (Tech-Advisors) are not the government employees on the selection/review panels. They are Legal, Contracting, Acquisition, Logistics,
As a matter of public policy (and taxpayer money) is this level of non-functionality to be expected in these sorts of projects? No, I suspect (no proof), as above
Is the contractor just ripping off the taxpayers with bad code? Yes, I suspect (no proof), as above
How hard is it to write software like this that works? Not very hard
The article focuses on the SEVIS database, but have others noticed similar trend in other government information systems? Yes/No I suspect (no proof), as above
REMEMBER: It appears the game is to maintain government management levels, while reducing worker-bees and pack-mules (contract out wherever and whenever possible). This will simplify personnel management, provide vendors to workload and blame when problems and cost escalate, maintain the military industrial complex, and funnel more tax dollars into the growing economy at an appropriate level
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
So, never take what anyone says very seriously
Dear SWP,
... is stupid, because it is simple minded Security Through Obscurity (STO) and BS-PHD. This is just one of the topics under discussion.
..., and it is fun, sort of a game for some of US. I suspect that the Social Security Number of all US citizens are available to China, Been- Lie'n, ....
Classification of common knowledge, published information, data derivatives of public and/or obtainable information,
Finding information ain't difficult
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Jazz,
I have been in meetings where, when the bosses are told the reality of how stuff really works
Also, gee, I am willing to bet other countries develop infrastructure that is almost identical in pattern and method to US. So, why someone would say such an intuitive and logical dissertation should be classified expresses the simplicity of some minds in charge.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Folks,
..., because they might hurt US, or "My God!" can you imagine how much it will cost US to defend against that ..., or I cannot get in trouble for something that I can plausibly deny knowing anything about .... ... how can anyone be blamed fired or sent to jail for any culpable (?duplicitous?) actions .... There ain't no god-dang-frick'en proof of any dum-dung.
....
... type leader ready to move as decisively against our enemy as against our freedoms and open culture.
Our greatest enemy may be CEOs, politicians, managers, saying shush we don't want the enemy to know about
So, now we have the new "Sergeant Schultz" mantra for the folks in charge "I saw nothing, I knew nothing, I signed nothing, I did nothing,
What you don't know can hurt you! This is proven by every successful megalomaniacal murderous aristocrat, holy-man, dictator, politician, assassin and terrorist throughout history (which now includes 2001/09/11) with thousands dead.
Michael Vatis said, in the WP article, "But I don't think security through obscurity is a winning strategy" shows a proactive attitude about reality not what you expect from the duds in charge these days
John M. Derrick Jr., chairman of the board of Pepco Holdings Inc., exhaled sharply, and said "This is why CEOs of major power companies don't sleep well these days. Why in the world have we been so stupid as a country to have all this information in the public domain? Does that openness still make sense? It sure as hell doesn't to me."
John proves my point, that far to many leaders maintain the "Ostrich Stance" keeping their head in the sand, because their narrow minded reality is a little scary today.
Rather these leaders should recognize that a mobilized free and open people can fight any war of any duration, defeat any enemy anywhere anytime, and then force the enemy to surrender or die. The mobilized free and open people in a responsible (not draconian) open society can be the greatest weapons systems on the face of the earth today. However, I don't see a Roosevelt, Marshall, Churchill,
How much more is going on where our leaders' plans, for national and global defense, are "Security through obscurity" and "Dissension Oppression Activities (DOA)". It is better that fear should die with our enemies, then that our freedoms and culture suffer a fearful seizure due to timid immanent dejure/fiat.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Folks,
.... We will contract out most of the worker-bee and pack-mule government jobs, because it is easier for (SUFU) idiots in management to manage a contract point fingers and have friends and family share awards and recognition for doing the wrong thing (... recent NASA, FBI, and CIA, failings)
... if they ain't solving and preventing problems. This is why we have the money and intelligence to buy software with China as the OSD and receive "Trojan Horse" applications from OSD even here in the USA for US Government and Military mission critical systems.
Not the first time not the last time for Clueless Management in politics as usual DC and Government. Our potential destruction due the stupid, pompus, and greedy.
In our Capitalist Democracy our leaders political and religious place more priority on enforcement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Library internet filters, than homeland defense. It looks better to the illiterate moral majority bigots that vote and supports the economy (the real priority) with questionable profit penalties and no cost issue camouflage. Our true foreign policy at times to be develop a good customer or at least a foreign government that supports a capitalist economy
I strongly support our Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, and AirPersons, but the politicians and management need to get their priorities straight. FAILURE is never and option. It is time CEO, politicians, management and some other recognize that they are the problem
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
The Article Very, Very, Very True and Good for US (us) and EU (you), I suspect globally applicable. The Buzzard article expresses great strategy and tactics for, US and EU OSS community and small company confederations/Associations. For developing political clout hire lobbyist and pay for politicians elections as a group.
We should all remember: "Patronize Political/Religious Egos", "Money Rides to heaven and Shit Floats down stream, and "Capitalist Democracies" is a literal phrase/philosophy not in any way plural, inclusive, or figurative.
So always praise the PTB (powers that be), and backstab the political and religious enemies of humanity where possible.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
America Ain't Ironic, is humor, I guess.
..., I have no sense of irony?
... globally. Ancient and modern Europe, China, Russia, India, Israel, Arabia, Africa, US, ... we all have lost nothing of value that was not murdered, buried, and/or thrown on other's shores or pushed across some other's border at the lofty, faithful, righteous urgings of aristocrats, politicians, and Gods' servants of satan [Today AKA: Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, Mullah, ...]. ... I think maybe we are soulless animals with diminished capacity for thinking, caring, and feeling for our children, family, and friends.
... historical recognition .... The same goes for the pick-pocket evangelist, preachers, dictators, politicians, ... that always know the words of scam and/or god when asking for money and followers for the slaughter. They silently support the hate and bigotry murderous rhetoric that shake-&-bake (shake'em down and bake'em when done) religious and political leaders always use to justify murder in the name of god/country/power/destiny/....
Americans have no sense of irony.
I am an American
"Irony is when all your children die before you!"
"Cruel Irony is when, by acts of war, all your children die before you!
First, ours' is a rather cynical ethos, full of love for a U.S. Constitution for Business and The People, accepting of a Capitalistic Democracy for the Wealthy and the Worthless people.
Our country, with dewy-eyed self-belief and grief, contains (we think) the descendants of folks that have supported and died in every war fought by humanity in history
I sometimes think humanity would be much better off as thinking, caring, feeling, and soulless animals with no afterlife potential [AKA: heavenly reward]. From human historical behavior and my refusal to believe that God and/or property ever justifies war and murder
I am an old war-monger. I believe in hunting down and killing without mercy or trial humans that would murder other humans to obtain personal power/privilege/wealth
When you prosecute a war it will not end until your enemies die or unconditionally surrender. Sorry about the collateral men, women, children, pets, and property, but what's war without casualties (Yep, that's right PEACE!). All other conflicts are just political surrenders creating future problems for our descendants. It is better that our children were not born, then they fight a war/conflict.
The question: am I expressing irony, cynicism, faith, or honesty?
HAVE FUN - OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
IPv4, because of the gluttonous mismanagement of IP use and poor network planning (now and in the past) there appears to be a shortage of available IP addresses.
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If all (Globally) Governments, Businesses, ⦠networks were private networks using proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT and the public/free domain (class A=10.x.x.x, Bâ¦, and Câ¦) IP addresses, then many private domain IP addresses would be freed up for distribution.
Example: The Mother of All Cable company using class-A public domain (10.x.x.x) (AKA: Private Network) IP addresses could create an unlimited number of 10.x.x.x large user networks ⦠have them all talk to each other across proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT using a few routable private IP addresses to identify a âoePublic Networkâ for the internet. Designing such TCP/IP networks for quality and speed would cost (a little) more and be (a little) more complex for management and configuration, but it would work and add a little overhead (packet/routing/â¦) burden to the available bandwidth.
This method could provide some additional (but minor) network security advantages â¦.
I liked the 10. and 127. humor being on
OldHawk777
Good management and policy by the FCC would allow in the near future many solutions.
However, donâ(TM)t expect â¦, do expect anti-competitive freq-hogging by telcos to keep control of local market.
In the near future, it should be possible to provide 100% wireless voice, data, TV, ⦠multiple carriers/providers over the most populated areas. Allowing the customers to swap (totally, 100%) providers/services for QoS or cost reasons. I look forward to getting rid of the wires in the house and the local-bell. The USA Government and businesses are not in the lead on these technology sectors.
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There are other companies around the world (Europe) moving in this direction.
Take a look at http://www.cargolifter.com/2002/repository/splash_ e.html
Take a look at http://www.aiaa.org/images/about/01_TC_Highlights/ aiaa-lta.pdf
Take a look at http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/haa.h tm
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
IPv4, because of the gluttonous mismanagement of IP use and poor network planning (now and in the past) there appears to be a shortage of available IP addresses.
If all (Globally) Governments, Businesses, ⦠networks were private networks using proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT and the public/free domain (class A=10.x.x.x, Bâ¦, and Câ¦) IP addresses, then many private domain IP addresses would be freed up for distribution.
Example: The Mother of All Cable company using class-A public domain (10.x.x.x) (AKA: Private Network) IP addresses could create an unlimited number of 10.x.x.x large user networks ⦠have them all talk to each other across proxy-servers (and/or firewalls) with NAT using a few routable private IP addresses to identify a âoePublic Networkâ for the internet. Designing such TCP/IP networks for quality and speed would cost (a little) more and be (a little) more complex for management and configuration, but it would work and add a little overhead (packet/routing/â¦) burden to the available bandwidth.
This method could provide some additional (but minor) network security advantages â¦.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Well 80 contiguous lines of code ain't much, but the comments match.
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Well 80 contiguous lines of code among millions, but what's the proportional value.
Well 80+/- contiguous lines of code with comments how many times, but is this the best example of the evidence.
Oh SCO (pre-Caldera) purchased some rights to code. Did Caldera (post SCO and pre-SCO group) representatives knowingly share the code with the OSS community back years ago? Could SCO Group now demand the return of a gift of code and provide possibly benefits financially from MS or the OSS community?
Someone screwed up (maybe SCO/Caldera), but proportionally not much, not significantly, little value and loss. Law and Courts in these cases determine damages and make awards if anything is warranted.
I don't think; So, FOBG and FOSCO as it plays out
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination
Folks,
.... All patent offices around the world need to shut down for a few (maybe 10) years. After a decade let the international court decide (and streamline) patent laws. I always chuckled at (the stupidity) a company owning the human gnome [definitely global community assets/property].
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... or developed supporting whatever. It appears more like the first to take all the credit with believable BS-smoke.
How can one company/person/university/... take the credit for creating anything that is unique, novel, and useful today with global communications and travel, internet seminars/conferences and universities,
I am not sure, but after many years of reading and experience, it appears that patents/USPTO are now a global government supported Welfare Institution for whoever claims all the credit first (patent variations patents, human/natural and mutations organic patents, obvious and stupid patents,
It is no longer who really did make
OldHawk777
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