"U.S. President George W. Bush is calling for a temporary package of tax rebates and other measures worth about $145 billion US to stimulate the slumping U.S. economy." -CBC.ca
I'm not saying that a national fiber build would be an appropriate alternative to a tax rebate in this particular situation but... It would sure be nice to have the government choose a national infrastructure project like this to achieve its economic stimulus goals.
..should have had backups... should have been more careful... of course.
But what's done is done and props to them for a bullshit-free apology. Most people are prepared to cut you some slack when you screw up as long as you admit your mistake.
- recognise what it was that you did wrong - claim responsibility for your actions - apologise - state clearly what you learned and what actions you will take to prevent a recurrence
Or you could take to legal advice / bush administration route - flatly refuse to acknowledge that anything bad actually happened - talk about how 'the other guys' screw up all the time - start an internal investigation and refuse to comment on the issue while it is under investigation - eventually admit that 'mistakes were made' but no, you can't think of any specific examples right now and it was all someone else's fault and you there's no way you could have known it would happen.
If wireless solutions are able to deliver on their promises of high speeds with no usage limits Almost fell off my chair when I read that one. Who is this guy and why is he pontificating on things he knows little about?
AT&T's execs should already be on trial for spying on Americans. You wouldn't have to worry about these new evil plans if the justice department wasn't afraid to do their job.
1) Judicial reform. The Justice department has been unable to ensure that the law is applied equally to all citizens. One law for all men is arguably the single most important pillar of a free society.
2) War crimes trials for the Bush administration. These trials should also lead to the creation of a new judicial oversight committee with the highest possible security clearance to ensure that the executive branch complies with the law at all times.
3) Secret agencies and military reform.
4) Free trade AND free movement of labour. One without the other is a recipe for mass subjugation and you know it. Now man-up and compete using your skills, not your birthright.
5) Copyright and intellectual property reform. All these laws will be scrapped and a public debate will be started to determine in what way (if at all) they can be re-created.
6) Campaign reform. All campaign advertising will be banned. A government agency will purchase airtime on radio and TV and this time will be provided to all candidates evenly. Government funded airtime will also be provided for genuine policy debates. (also, I would encourage the public to sue the tv networks for false advertising after labelling those things they do 'presidential debates')
The USA doesn't arrest terror suspects. It 'detains' them then bundles them onto private charter flights to secret prisons outside the jurisdiction of the justice department.
Rogers cable internet service in Ontario: 'Extreme' $52.95/mth 8Mbps down, 0.8Mbps up 100GB/month limit 'Extreme Plus' $99.50/mth 18Mbps down, 1Mbps up 90GB/month limit ?!?!?!?
So I can pay double and you'll let me saturate my connection for 38 minutes per day?? cable companies are crazy.
Dedicated server hosting at many datacentres costs $120/month for 1,500GB on a 100Mbps full duplex link.
We should build municipal fiber networks (lay them as you lay the water and sewerlines) Then we can have awesome competition for Internet services on those lines.
The domain name registrars and the ssl certificate services are all run by crooks. It is appalling that so much of our security infrastructure relies on this pack of thieves.
What should be we do to correct this problem?
Perhaps a consortium of the major Internet providers could start up a new DNS system. I'm not talking about Comcast/verizon/aol, I'm talking about Level3, Cogent, Teleglobe etc..
You are correct. I wasn't really thinking straight because I tend to install the core apps like the browser itself, flash and media players shortly after setting up the OS and then never again for several years. I was also taking for granted pre-existing knowledge of what the core legit apps are. I think I was also just a little cranky..
Ok, let me get this straight... buddy wants to join this online community run by Sears Inc. He browses to the website and runs through the registration.... so far so good. He then receives an html email with a link which he clicks on (mistake 1), this brings up a website which asks him for personal information (mistake 2) and then offers to send him an executable file to run on his local machine.
He actually downloads and runs it (mistake 3) and then is surprised that it is spyware?
What did he think it was? a random cool screensaver? some sort of game? (pssst, here a tip: you don't need to install additional software to access the web)
I'm all for publishing this and giving Sears a corporate image pummelling but you'd have to be born yesterday to actually fall for such a thing.
Oh, and for the love of god; stop clicking on links in emails!
[Cash] Authorization: The person holding the cash is authorized to spend it. Authentication: None required. If someone hands you some cash that is sufficient authentication of their identity as 'the person holding some cash'.
[Cheques] Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the bank account was opened is authorized to spend the money. Authentication: Possession of a blank cheque and the ability to sign it in a manner which closely resembles a signature which was provided when the bank account was opened. caveat: The verification of the signature is not done at POS. Some retailers will wait (5 days?) until the bank has (in theory) verified the signature and availability of funds before completing the transaction.
[Credit cards] Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the account was opened is authorized to spend the money. Authentication: Varies; Generally speaking possession of the correct (non-secret) numbers is sufficient. Sometimes possession of a card is also required.
[Interac debit cards] Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the bank account was opened is authorized to spend the money. Authentication: Two-factor identity authentication. Something you have, and something you know. Possession of a card and knowledge of a (secret) PIN is required.
All the card-based systems are migrating towards chip-based cards which should make it harder to create copies of them. This is an improvement on the 'something you have' part of the identity authentication system. Personally I'd like to see more work on integrating the 'something you know' and 'something you are' factors in all these transaction systems.
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"U.S. President George W. Bush is calling for a temporary package of tax rebates and other measures worth about $145 billion US to stimulate the slumping U.S. economy." -CBC.ca
I'm not saying that a national fiber build would be an appropriate alternative to a tax rebate in this particular situation but...
It would sure be nice to have the government choose a national infrastructure project like this to achieve its economic stimulus goals.
..should have had backups... should have been more careful... of course.
But what's done is done and props to them for a bullshit-free apology.
Most people are prepared to cut you some slack when you screw up as long as you admit your mistake.
- recognise what it was that you did wrong
- claim responsibility for your actions
- apologise
- state clearly what you learned and what actions you will take to prevent a recurrence
Or you could take to legal advice / bush administration route
- flatly refuse to acknowledge that anything bad actually happened
- talk about how 'the other guys' screw up all the time
- start an internal investigation and refuse to comment on the issue while it is under investigation
- eventually admit that 'mistakes were made' but no, you can't think of any specific examples right now and it was all someone else's fault and you there's no way you could have known it would happen.
customer controlled optical networks!
http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:zQXhdMx0MlIJ:www.canarie.ca/canet4/library/c4design/customer_controlled.doc+customer+owned+wavelength&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ca
- Public municipal fiber network with no services
- Let the ISPs sell their services from the public exchanges
let's get the ISPs out of the last mile.
We know fiber is future-proof (as much as anything can be).
We can do it just as we did our roads and sewers!
It would be great for our economy, great for our quality of life...
Who is this guy and why is he pontificating on things he knows little about?
So congress is now officially, literally, irrefutably funding terrorism?
Actually, subby and the original reporter need a dictionary.
The tapes were re-used, not recycled.
coastguard?
AT&T's execs should already be on trial for spying on Americans.
You wouldn't have to worry about these new evil plans if the justice department wasn't afraid to do their job.
...but before all that I would of course bang an intern or two then brag about it at the next press conference.
1) Judicial reform.
The Justice department has been unable to ensure that the law is applied equally to all citizens.
One law for all men is arguably the single most important pillar of a free society.
2) War crimes trials for the Bush administration.
These trials should also lead to the creation of a new judicial oversight committee with the highest possible security clearance to ensure that the executive branch complies with the law at all times.
3) Secret agencies and military reform.
4) Free trade AND free movement of labour.
One without the other is a recipe for mass subjugation and you know it.
Now man-up and compete using your skills, not your birthright.
5) Copyright and intellectual property reform.
All these laws will be scrapped and a public debate will be started to determine in what way (if at all) they can be re-created.
6) Campaign reform.
All campaign advertising will be banned.
A government agency will purchase airtime on radio and TV and this time will be provided to all candidates evenly.
Government funded airtime will also be provided for genuine policy debates.
(also, I would encourage the public to sue the tv networks for false advertising after labelling those things they do 'presidential debates')
In both cases they deliver exactly what the customer asks for.
Safe money for banks, easy election fraud for the gubmint.
I'm in.
Actually, forget the blackjack and the dns.
Hard times dude.
I guess I am spoiled by living in a 'major' city.
The USA doesn't arrest terror suspects.
It 'detains' them then bundles them onto private charter flights to secret prisons outside the jurisdiction of the justice department.
god bless america!
I'm not confident that would work but I'm more than willing to help try!
Rogers cable internet service in Ontario:
'Extreme' $52.95/mth 8Mbps down, 0.8Mbps up 100GB/month limit
'Extreme Plus' $99.50/mth 18Mbps down, 1Mbps up 90GB/month limit ?!?!?!?
So I can pay double and you'll let me saturate my connection for 38 minutes per day??
cable companies are crazy.
Dedicated server hosting at many datacentres costs $120/month for 1,500GB on a 100Mbps full duplex link.
We should build municipal fiber networks (lay them as you lay the water and sewerlines)
Then we can have awesome competition for Internet services on those lines.
Nah, that's a workaround.
The solution is to revoke their corporate charter.
The domain name registrars and the ssl certificate services are all run by crooks.
It is appalling that so much of our security infrastructure relies on this pack of thieves.
What should be we do to correct this problem?
Perhaps a consortium of the major Internet providers could start up a new DNS system.
I'm not talking about Comcast/verizon/aol, I'm talking about Level3, Cogent, Teleglobe etc..
thoughts?
*golf clap*
You are correct.
I wasn't really thinking straight because I tend to install the core apps like the browser itself, flash and media players shortly after setting up the OS and then never again for several years.
I was also taking for granted pre-existing knowledge of what the core legit apps are.
I think I was also just a little cranky..
Mazal Tov!
Can someone please bludgeon the Lenovo marketing droids with a English language textbook please?
(and while you're at it, add the word "droids" to this spell-checker dictionary. Droids has been a real word for decades.)
Ok, let me get this straight... buddy wants to join this online community run by Sears Inc.
He browses to the website and runs through the registration.... so far so good.
He then receives an html email with a link which he clicks on (mistake 1), this brings up a website which asks him for personal information (mistake 2) and then offers to send him an executable file to run on his local machine.
He actually downloads and runs it (mistake 3) and then is surprised that it is spyware?
What did he think it was?
a random cool screensaver? some sort of game?
(pssst, here a tip: you don't need to install additional software to access the web)
I'm all for publishing this and giving Sears a corporate image pummelling but you'd have to be born yesterday to actually fall for such a thing.
Oh, and for the love of god; stop clicking on links in emails!
Rent-a-cops can have you sodomised with a latex-covered finger for looking at them the wrong way.
God bless america!
land of the free?
It is only ok if it is a church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (blessed be His name)
(identity)Authentication and Authorization:
[Cash]
Authorization: The person holding the cash is authorized to spend it.
Authentication: None required. If someone hands you some cash that is sufficient authentication of their identity as 'the person holding some cash'.
[Cheques]
Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the bank account was opened is authorized to spend the money.
Authentication: Possession of a blank cheque and the ability to sign it in a manner which closely resembles a signature
which was provided when the bank account was opened.
caveat: The verification of the signature is not done at POS. Some retailers will wait (5 days?) until the bank has (in theory) verified the signature and availability of funds before completing the transaction.
[Credit cards]
Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the account was opened is authorized to spend the money.
Authentication: Varies; Generally speaking possession of the correct (non-secret) numbers is sufficient. Sometimes possession of a card is also required.
[Interac debit cards]
Authorization: Identity based; The individual in whose name the bank account was opened is authorized to spend the money.
Authentication: Two-factor identity authentication. Something you have, and something you know. Possession of a card and knowledge of a (secret) PIN is required.
All the card-based systems are migrating towards chip-based cards which should make it harder to create copies of them.
This is an improvement on the 'something you have' part of the identity authentication system.
Personally I'd like to see more work on integrating the 'something you know' and 'something you are' factors in all these transaction systems.