In the end, the "victims" computer is simply connected on a network with the attacker. That is all. It's the same vulnerability as if you're on a normal network. This time, you just don't realize that you're on a network.
If you're running windows firewall, I think you'll be all right. Unless you have other security problems already, this won't hurt you at all.
...since the US hybrid car makers have to pay royalties to Toyota for using their hybrid system. As mentioned in advertisements, Ford is planning on releasing numerous hybrid alternatives to their standard vehicles by 2010. Either Ford will have to scrap those projects (which will just be throwing money out the door), take a loss for every vehicle sold, or pass the cost onto the customers... if the guy holding the patent even lets the automakers use his "patented" technology.
Unfortunately the breaking system is a major part of the efficiency boost. Whenever you break, power is generated and stored into the batteries. Accelerating obviously uses up this power again.
Without the breaking system advantage, your hybrid car won't get any significant fuel efficiency boost.
How is a 2GB flash drive with only 100,000 erase cycles supposed to rival a much faster 500GB hard drive with a much, much longer life span? I think someone just wants to push their product...
I was wondering why the fact that they keep releasing a "constant stream" of patches is a bad thing, since the OSS community does the same thing (Now, I'm not trying to compare the quality or the type of patch).
...blah blah blah, of course Microsoft is against it blah blah blah...
But this IS a horrible practice? Restricting people's internet access based on their computer? Does anyone see what is wrong with this or are you all going to complain about MS?
The quote presented in my previous post was from the ruling of the judge.
The actual order by itself leaves the "Policy" term up for debate, which requires the reading of the plantiff's complaint along with the defendents answer, and so on. I would assume that the "policy" they speak of is the one outlined by the plantiffs, which is in the official complaint. Within it, it states the changed cirriculum: "Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's Theory and other theories of evoution including, but not limited to Indelligent Design." That, along with the much longer statement listed in the complaint which was quoted from the original press release of the Dover school district, implies that the school will present ID as an alternative. Hence, banning their "policy" would ban the teaching of ID in public schools for that district (which is implied by the Judge's statement). You could even say that it bans the teaching of any alternative to the theory of evolution, but going from the actual memorandum, that is not the intent.
Again, there is much interpretation of the judgement when only reading the official ruling, but when put in the context of the Judge's statement, it becomes clear that he banned the teaching of ID. But, one would have to read the 139 page memorandum.
The more a song gets downloaded, the more it would cost.
Why? What market force drives the price up? Is there a limited supply of this song that can't meet the current demand? What extra cost is there to the company that isn't covered by 99 cents per song?
There's no reason. There are a theoretically infinite number of copies of that song. Charging more for a song that is in higher demand is a direct money making ploy by the companies to take advantage of people. Why should I pay more for a song because a few other thousand morons downloaded it to?
Can we please rename this a "V8 Model Engine"... simply saying it's a "V8 Engine" makes one believe it is an actual, functional engine, which got me wondering how the heck they got combustion to work without having the whole thing literally go up in flames.
What I don't understand is why speeding is so strictly enforced with this system. It's an entirely arbitrary system (well, loosely based on some aspect of the road) that is outdated for current car designs. Do you think my 1,500lb escort should have the same speed limit as some guys 2 ton '88 Cadillac, or an H2? Should I be forced to drive at the same speed as a senile senior citizen?
What about other circumstances where I sped up to avoid an accident, or to avoid further traffic congestion (as in moving into place to merge into an open spot rather than having 10 people brake behind you)?
He's mostly wrong too: "I forgot to turn off my CUTEftp client and left it running all night. In the morning some system had loaded some weird software called "active skin," and I had to use SpySubtract to remove 26 Registry entries."
If not for people hacking and cracking things we would not have things such as online shopping and ssh encrpytion etc.
Online shopping? What?! Seriously... what?!?
As far as encryption, we wouldn't need it if no one "hacked", so your reasoning is flawed. It's like saying "bank robbers are good because it forces banks to have tighter security".
How can microsoft continue to grow with it's current market share? Granted it still has competition, but that's not going to change much.
Tons of people use windows, the people that don't aren't going to switch any time soon. Most people (in the US at least) have computers (and probably running windows)... so the only place I can see microsoft going is into a new market section, or just down.
With embedded media centers not taking off that fast, I'm assuming the latter will most likely happen.
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In the end, the "victims" computer is simply connected on a network with the attacker. That is all. It's the same vulnerability as if you're on a normal network. This time, you just don't realize that you're on a network.
If you're running windows firewall, I think you'll be all right. Unless you have other security problems already, this won't hurt you at all.
...since the US hybrid car makers have to pay royalties to Toyota for using their hybrid system. As mentioned in advertisements, Ford is planning on releasing numerous hybrid alternatives to their standard vehicles by 2010. Either Ford will have to scrap those projects (which will just be throwing money out the door), take a loss for every vehicle sold, or pass the cost onto the customers... if the guy holding the patent even lets the automakers use his "patented" technology.
Unfortunately the breaking system is a major part of the efficiency boost. Whenever you break, power is generated and stored into the batteries. Accelerating obviously uses up this power again.
Without the breaking system advantage, your hybrid car won't get any significant fuel efficiency boost.
How is a 2GB flash drive with only 100,000 erase cycles supposed to rival a much faster 500GB hard drive with a much, much longer life span? I think someone just wants to push their product...
I was wondering why the fact that they keep releasing a "constant stream" of patches is a bad thing, since the OSS community does the same thing (Now, I'm not trying to compare the quality or the type of patch).
...blah blah blah, of course Microsoft is against it blah blah blah...
But this IS a horrible practice? Restricting people's internet access based on their computer? Does anyone see what is wrong with this or are you all going to complain about MS?
The quote presented in my previous post was from the ruling of the judge.
The actual order by itself leaves the "Policy" term up for debate, which requires the reading of the plantiff's complaint along with the defendents answer, and so on. I would assume that the "policy" they speak of is the one outlined by the plantiffs, which is in the official complaint. Within it, it states the changed cirriculum: "Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's Theory and other theories of evoution including, but not limited to Indelligent Design." That, along with the much longer statement listed in the complaint which was quoted from the original press release of the Dover school district, implies that the school will present ID as an alternative. Hence, banning their "policy" would ban the teaching of ID in public schools for that district (which is implied by the Judge's statement). You could even say that it bans the teaching of any alternative to the theory of evolution, but going from the actual memorandum, that is not the intent.
Again, there is much interpretation of the judgement when only reading the official ruling, but when put in the context of the Judge's statement, it becomes clear that he banned the teaching of ID. But, one would have to read the 139 page memorandum.
Insightful? More ironic
"Our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in a public school classroom"
I'd link to other news sites, but you can google it yourself.
The more a song gets downloaded, the more it would cost.
Why? What market force drives the price up? Is there a limited supply of this song that can't meet the current demand? What extra cost is there to the company that isn't covered by 99 cents per song?
There's no reason. There are a theoretically infinite number of copies of that song. Charging more for a song that is in higher demand is a direct money making ploy by the companies to take advantage of people. Why should I pay more for a song because a few other thousand morons downloaded it to?
Wouldn't you have to solve it in ancient greek since any new language could just make up words to fit?
Can we please rename this a "V8 Model Engine"... simply saying it's a "V8 Engine" makes one believe it is an actual, functional engine, which got me wondering how the heck they got combustion to work without having the whole thing literally go up in flames.
I believe that atomic blasts are God lighting his own farts.
Ah, the intelligent farting theory.
They did... you actually divide by planks constant....
...or something like that.
in scientific layman's terms
Ah, oxymoron terms... the best kind.
What I don't understand is why speeding is so strictly enforced with this system. It's an entirely arbitrary system (well, loosely based on some aspect of the road) that is outdated for current car designs. Do you think my 1,500lb escort should have the same speed limit as some guys 2 ton '88 Cadillac, or an H2? Should I be forced to drive at the same speed as a senile senior citizen?
What about other circumstances where I sped up to avoid an accident, or to avoid further traffic congestion (as in moving into place to merge into an open spot rather than having 10 people brake behind you)?
Writing C code in vi will rot the brain... or make it stronger.
In either case, something drastic is going to happen. Tread lightly.
They're all right, but after you figure out how to actually solve it logically (very simple), there not to much fun anymore... just tedious.
Microsoft Office beats AbiWord to a grammer check. More at 11.
...oh wait.
He is somewhat correct
He's mostly wrong too:
"I forgot to turn off my CUTEftp client and left it running all night. In the morning some system had loaded some weird software called "active skin," and I had to use SpySubtract to remove 26 Registry entries."
What a clueless moron.
NPR already allows you to download a "podcast" from their website. Yahoo just collects it and gives you another link to it.
If not for people hacking and cracking things we would not have things such as online shopping and ssh encrpytion etc.
Online shopping? What?! Seriously... what?!?
As far as encryption, we wouldn't need it if no one "hacked", so your reasoning is flawed. It's like saying "bank robbers are good because it forces banks to have tighter security".
Look here for the kernel level changes that OpenBSD has done.
You may want to familarize yourself with the current status of the OpenBSD system before commenting on its supposed "downfalls".
FYI: kern.securelevel 1 is default for OpenBSD for multi-user mode.
How can microsoft continue to grow with it's current market share? Granted it still has competition, but that's not going to change much.
Tons of people use windows, the people that don't aren't going to switch any time soon. Most people (in the US at least) have computers (and probably running windows)... so the only place I can see microsoft going is into a new market section, or just down.
With embedded media centers not taking off that fast, I'm assuming the latter will most likely happen.
This cost does not include money spent on marketing or development
Yea... way to leave out the most expensive part. You think designing a microprocessor is cheap?