the net will continue to suffer from denial of service attacks because it is designed to facilitate such attacks. the control packets (ip headers and such) which are part of the TCP/IP protocol are sent on the same bandwidth as the data, therefore effectively clogging up bandwidth that could be used for non-ddos traffic. simply by responding to every dos request, the bandwidth is wasted. the same was possible with 'blue boxing', 'red boxing', whatevercolor boxing on the phone systems some 15-20 years ago and the phone companies figured it out and changed their signaling to be 'out of band', that is out of the voice band, thus deeming all '*boxing' useless. the net needs a similar revamp, but who's ready to do it, and migrate everything to a new system,and what will be the cost involved?
Ddos wont be stopped because in its current form, the net facilitates it....
So instead of just shooting the breeze here, we should all donate some money, as much as we can afford, to the EFF. Problem is, how many people really know what the EFF is or what they do for us...
Reading this, made me wonder - how good of a clot buster is the substance that leaches release when they latch onto your skin in order to draw blood? I've seen medical use of leaches for a number of years, so there may be a possible use for them for stroke as well? Oh well, just a thought:).
and here for why CDMA is better than analog along with a whole lot of other shit as to why dropped calls are far less frequent on digital networks as opposed to analog ones...
..however, it is ultimately up to the individual if he/she will make it or not. Even if they are successful and got a diploma, that still does not mean they are talented or have a nack for what they studied. E.g. I've seen CS majors from, let's just say, a renown older CS university who even after graduation wasn't sure what the hell is the difference between a "char *" and a "char []" in C/C++... Now, I know you cannot know every obscure detail of a language, but come on.. this was trivial.
Being in a good school definitely helps, because those schools that are 'good' or known/rated to be good by others have a natural selection of students who are more interested in learning rather than fucking around in college, so the environment definitely fosters a learning rather than a 'party' experience, however, no best Ivy league school will inject an ounce of intelligence or talent or most importantly, _motivation_ in someone to succeed.
They are catering to a diverse market by adding features to existing applications or adding new applications. You are right, most people, are not concerned with recompiling kernels. And I haven't recompiled the stock one w/Redhat 7.3 myself either. I just _wish_ there were more apps for Linux, so that I can diss Windows altogether. It is interesting that you cannot separate applications from the operating system. Linux can be made almost moron-proof. That's hardly an issue. The issue is the _lack of applications_ for Linux. I don't know when everyone is going to get this through their thick skulls, and it's been going on for a while now, this moot argument about users not wanting to understand Linux or what not.. It already has a sophisticated enough GUI, which was simplified in Redhat 8.0. Now add the apps, and quit bitching (and charge for them too, on Linux!)
... traffic accidents increased 10 fold over the last few years eversince CD burners got cheaper and utilities such as Kazaa, Napster, Grokster, Gnutella etc. became available.
Or better yet, package it az VZW does in the United States - 3.99 for 200 incoming/outgoing messages. When was the last time you sent out 200 messages a month that you _really_ needed to send out and not bullshit with your spouse/friends over SMS?
Besides, in some countries, receiving SMS is free, and the only one who gets charged is the sender.
If this is true, than that/. icon of Bill Gates with the Borg sighting mechanism should be replaced by just regular good ol' Bill Gates, or maybe a M$ sign;).
How can they 'sue' Kazaa when Kazaa is not based in the United States? What jurisdiction does the US (aside of political) have over other countries? Best as I remember, it's based out of Vanatu..(sp?)
Your problem is you're taking things out of context. In order for any theory or whatever you wish to label it, to have some meaning, you have to put in a finite context. The fact that we kicked the indians out remains, just as your alleged fact that some other race existed prior to the 'native indians' that they may have kicked off their land. However, if you look at it from that perspective, we also have to pay damages for slavery to black people, for every war we were implicated in abroad, etc etc. So - whatever you do is not cheating or bad, unless you get caught. Obviously, there's still quite a few native indians around which managed to create lands in California and elsewhere which are virtual protectorates within the state... And there are zero (0) 'Ainu' natives - the civilization may be dead, so that is all 'good' (may be morally unjustified, but 'good' as far as we're concerned).
... Bruce Schneier has said this over and over again - it will be a cold day in hell before a proprietary cryptographic algorithm is going to be nearly as scrutinized as a publically available one. I don't see that the algorithm the NSA's using has been disclosed (in the article), and I doubt it will be. Granted, the NSA has probably more cryptographers on staff than anyone else, but that is no guarantee for the quality of the algorithm they are using. This way they may be potentially running on borrowed time until someone figures out a way to attack it...
A company with 40 billion in cash and a 20 billion/year business doesn't write 2 page strategy documents
Based on this alone - would it be fair to say that anything that is big (in value in this instance) is necessarily good? How many Enrons, Pan-Ams, WorldComs, etc. have we seen in the past? "The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal."
- you figure out who said this.
My name is Jeremiah Cohick. I bought my first Mac (an Apple 466 iBook Graphite SE) on January 30, 2001.
I'll be honest. Prior to actually using a Mac, I was a basher (the people who scoff at anything that doesn't say Linux on it). I would probably still be a basher today if my C++ teacher hadn't dared me to deviate from my GNU/GPL world. The first time I used Mac OS X, I wished I had never spoke a single word against Apple. Apple enlightened me beyond Linux and refined my thinking. Java and UNIX *really* are great things. Who knew?! In July 2001, I moved to a Power Mac G4. Now, I'm developing with Mac OS X Server and it is the most phat system in the world.
It doesn't freeze. It doesn't crash. It doesn't require me to reboot when I change network settings. It boots fast. Its sleep function actually works. I don't need virus software. There is no system tray. It lets me run a gazillion media and programming applications without taking a performance hit. And (even though my fellow programmers won't admit it) it is beautiful.
My Mac never requires technical support. It is fast, efficient, and compatible with the rest of the world. Everything is better on the Mac overall.
... I can also add that UCF has consistently won among the top three places on many of the ACM programming contests and is one of the best schools to attend in spite of my imperfect CS record (which was only due to lack of diligence on my part:).
Here I'd (selfishly take this moment to) like to take a chance to thank some people for having the heart to understand someone like me (and I was not stupid or bad - just lazy/undisciplined) - Dr. Bass, Dr. Hagan, and Dr. Richardson of the physics department, Dr. Shah and Dr. Orooji of the CS department for also understanding and being forgiving, Dr. Parsons of the CS department for having the strictness and skill to teach us all why we should love Scheme and not C++:), Dr. Frederick and Dr. Dutton for helping me channel my energies toward the right places....
College has undoubtedbly been one of the most learning experiences for me, both academically, and culturally (ethically and otherwise). Jim Ennis, Mark Olkiewiz - I 'love' you both in spite of anything you may think of me.
And last, but not least - Doug Mowry - may God be with you and your family, and thank you for being like a second father and making UCF seem like a warm place to a foreign student... To this day I will not forget you, ever the diplomat with a warm heart... (if that's possible for diplomats:). You will always be in my mind in spite of the fact of your physical absence....
There are many other people I'd like to thank - but too many to list. UCF rulez!
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One could argue that filesharing can be an educational experience.. but that's just me :).
Hopefully they didn't throw him out because he is named after a very popular actor ;).
the net will continue to suffer from denial of service attacks because it is designed to facilitate such attacks. the control packets (ip headers and such) which are part of the TCP/IP protocol are sent on the same bandwidth as the data, therefore effectively clogging up bandwidth that could be used for non-ddos traffic. simply by responding to every dos request, the bandwidth is wasted. the same was possible with 'blue boxing', 'red boxing', whatevercolor boxing on the phone systems some 15-20 years ago and the phone companies figured it out and changed their signaling to be 'out of band', that is out of the voice band, thus deeming all '*boxing' useless. the net needs a similar revamp, but who's ready to do it, and migrate everything to a new system,and what will be the cost involved?
Ddos wont be stopped because in its current form, the net facilitates it....
So instead of just shooting the breeze here, we should all donate some money, as much as we can afford, to the EFF. Problem is, how many people really know what the EFF is or what they do for us...
or we might have ourselves a Gaza-Trek strip in space ;).
Reading this, made me wonder - how good of a clot buster is the substance that leaches release when they latch onto your skin in order to draw blood? I've seen medical use of leaches for a number of years, so there may be a possible use for them for stroke as well? Oh well, just a thought :).
and here - for a CDMA FAQ
and here for why CDMA is better than analog along with a whole lot of other shit as to why dropped calls are far less frequent on digital networks as opposed to analog ones...
..however, it is ultimately up to the individual if he/she will make it or not. Even if they are successful and got a diploma, that still does not mean they are talented or have a nack for what they studied. E.g. I've seen CS majors from, let's just say, a renown older CS university who even after graduation wasn't sure what the hell is the difference between a "char *" and a "char []" in C/C++... Now, I know you cannot know every obscure detail of a language, but come on.. this was trivial.
Being in a good school definitely helps, because those schools that are 'good' or known/rated to be good by others have a natural selection of students who are more interested in learning rather than fucking around in college, so the environment definitely fosters a learning rather than a 'party' experience, however, no best Ivy league school will inject an ounce of intelligence or talent or most importantly, _motivation_ in someone to succeed.
Just my USD $.02.
They are catering to a diverse market by adding features to existing applications or adding new applications. You are right, most people, are not concerned with recompiling kernels. And I haven't recompiled the stock one w/Redhat 7.3 myself either. I just _wish_ there were more apps for Linux, so that I can diss Windows altogether. It is interesting that you cannot separate applications from the operating system. Linux can be made almost moron-proof. That's hardly an issue. The issue is the _lack of applications_ for Linux. I don't know when everyone is going to get this through their thick skulls, and it's been going on for a while now, this moot argument about users not wanting to understand Linux or what not.. It already has a sophisticated enough GUI, which was simplified in Redhat 8.0. Now add the apps, and quit bitching (and charge for them too, on Linux!)
the harder they fall. _Excellent_ writeup.
... traffic accidents increased 10 fold over the last few years eversince CD burners got cheaper and utilities such as Kazaa, Napster, Grokster, Gnutella etc. became available.
Or better yet, package it az VZW does in the United States - 3.99 for 200 incoming/outgoing messages. When was the last time you sent out 200 messages a month that you _really_ needed to send out and not bullshit with your spouse/friends over SMS?
Besides, in some countries, receiving SMS is free, and the only one who gets charged is the sender.
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum!
If this is true, than that /. icon of Bill Gates with the Borg sighting mechanism should be replaced by just regular good ol' Bill Gates, or maybe a M$ sign ;).
Yessss... .NET will destroy Java, just as 5 years ago Windows NT was going to destroy UNIX.... Well, maybe, some day, when hell freezes over...
How can they 'sue' Kazaa when Kazaa is not based in the United States? What jurisdiction does the US (aside of political) have over other countries? Best as I remember, it's based out of Vanatu..(sp?)
to bundle Linux with Windows as well (since they say they 'respect' and 'love' Linux), this whole litigation would be headed in the right direction :).
Your problem is you're taking things out of context. In order for any theory or whatever you wish to label it, to have some meaning, you have to put in a finite context. The fact that we kicked the indians out remains, just as your alleged fact that some other race existed prior to the 'native indians' that they may have kicked off their land. However, if you look at it from that perspective, we also have to pay damages for slavery to black people, for every war we were implicated in abroad, etc etc. So - whatever you do is not cheating or bad, unless you get caught. Obviously, there's still quite a few native indians around which managed to create lands in California and elsewhere which are virtual protectorates within the state... And there are zero (0) 'Ainu' natives - the civilization may be dead, so that is all 'good' (may be morally unjustified, but 'good' as far as we're concerned).
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends upon retentiveness...Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to fulfil it.
Bruce, you could say the same of UNIX - those who do not understand it, are forced to reinvent it :).
This should be modded up as insightful/interesting rather than funny. IMHO...
I'd say Quantum, but you'd have to go w/SCSI. I think Maxtor bought them out. I have yet to see a SCSI fail me.
... Bruce Schneier has said this over and over again - it will be a cold day in hell before a proprietary cryptographic algorithm is going to be nearly as scrutinized as a publically available one. I don't see that the algorithm the NSA's using has been disclosed (in the article), and I doubt it will be. Granted, the NSA has probably more cryptographers on staff than anyone else, but that is no guarantee for the quality of the algorithm they are using. This way they may be potentially running on borrowed time until someone figures out a way to attack it...
Based on this alone - would it be fair to say that anything that is big (in value in this instance) is necessarily good? How many Enrons, Pan-Ams, WorldComs, etc. have we seen in the past? "The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal." - you figure out who said this.
I'll be honest. Prior to actually using a Mac, I was a basher (the people who scoff at anything that doesn't say Linux on it). I would probably still be a basher today if my C++ teacher hadn't dared me to deviate from my GNU/GPL world. The first time I used Mac OS X, I wished I had never spoke a single word against Apple. Apple enlightened me beyond Linux and refined my thinking. Java and UNIX *really* are great things. Who knew?! In July 2001, I moved to a Power Mac G4. Now, I'm developing with Mac OS X Server and it is the most phat system in the world.
It doesn't freeze. It doesn't crash. It doesn't require me to reboot when I change network settings. It boots fast. Its sleep function actually works. I don't need virus software. There is no system tray. It lets me run a gazillion media and programming applications without taking a performance hit. And (even though my fellow programmers won't admit it) it is beautiful.
My Mac never requires technical support. It is fast, efficient, and compatible with the rest of the world. Everything is better on the Mac overall.
Warm regards, Jeremiah Cohick
... I can also add that UCF has consistently won among the top three places on many of the ACM programming contests and is one of the best schools to attend in spite of my imperfect CS record (which was only due to lack of diligence on my part :).
:), Dr. Frederick and Dr. Dutton for helping me channel my energies toward the right places....
:). You will always be in my mind in spite of the fact of your physical absence....
Here I'd (selfishly take this moment to) like to take a chance to thank some people for having the heart to understand someone like me (and I was not stupid or bad - just lazy/undisciplined) - Dr. Bass, Dr. Hagan, and Dr. Richardson of the physics department, Dr. Shah and Dr. Orooji of the CS department for also understanding and being forgiving, Dr. Parsons of the CS department for having the strictness and skill to teach us all why we should love Scheme and not C++
College has undoubtedbly been one of the most learning experiences for me, both academically, and culturally (ethically and otherwise). Jim Ennis, Mark Olkiewiz - I 'love' you both in spite of anything you may think of me.
And last, but not least - Doug Mowry - may God be with you and your family, and thank you for being like a second father and making UCF seem like a warm place to a foreign student... To this day I will not forget you, ever the diplomat with a warm heart... (if that's possible for diplomats
There are many other people I'd like to thank - but too many to list. UCF rulez!