Hmm. Let's see here. They're using cracking skills from 1995 and the movie "Hackers"...and there are a hideous number of security companies (including one former anti-virus company) that want to be fed...
From now on, all wanna-be hackers need to sport.50 AWMs (loaded with armor-piercing rounds) and C4 minefields. If they (the various authorities abusing their power, hitherto known as "Betty") are not willing to show some restraint, perhaps the hackers need to level up their game to match the level of force employed.
The FBI Director's daily drive to his office should be as hazardous as a trip through some of the worse neighborhoods during the height of the war in Iraq.
Society is incapable of enforcing multiple laws at once. The LEOs themselves have said as much.
And yes, the more serious crimes should be dealt with before the minor ones. The ones (in descending seriousness) being ones involving the loss of life, liberty, then property. Priorities, lets get some.
1st Amendment. Just get a copy of a video of them engaging in some wayward action, and upload it to the web. They'll be laughed at for a week, then fired.
If you want to piss off the (laughable) authorities, just post a copy of their wife engaging in some extramarital affair (happens often enough). They won't be able to touch you, and they'll busy with family problems for the next seven years or so.
You should tell them that hacking is like Fight Club.
The first rule of hacking is that you don't talk about hacking. The second rule about hacking is that you don't talk about hacking (even to 'friends').
Cultural programming. If you're going to do something illegal, be sure to announce it to the world: that means you need to be sure to tell a friend, a family member, talk about it on an IRC channel, or with a stranger at a bar. And if you're brought it for questioning, be sure to share a jail cell with a snitch, because it's always a good idea to confide in a criminal. Be sure to tell him that you totally did it, and have no remorse for your actions. Hell, if you are lucky enough, you'll get a roommate who will tell the people in charge that you've confessed, even if you haven't; don't worry, the judge will totally believe him (the standards for evidence these days is abysmal).
And I second Taco Cowboy's post. I believe the rule, back in the day, was to launch an attack through several boxes (SSH -> SSH -> SSH -> SSH -> SSH), and being especially sure to kill the syslogger before doing anything. Finally, be sure to launch it all from a laptop that you haven't used for anything else, on a connection that isn't your own.
And yes, the false leads are useful. The FBI loves it when they spend time tracing the breadcrumbs back to one of their own boxes (surprising the number of attacks, over the years, that have been launched from www.fbi.gov).
Finally, never reuse a box you've used before. Laptop gets an extra squeaky clean format (and a copy of Slack or something), and all boxes between point A and Z are now permanently off-limits. Keep a good lawyer on retainer, and never h@x0r a box inside your own country. Never use a nickname that you've used or mentioned elsewhere (randomly generated is the way to go). For me, were I to engage in some hypothetical cracking, I would never use 'lightknight' as the login, password, or key to anything. Wouldn't reuse the password tied to this account either.
Yes money, but more along the lines of technological achievements. We need a way to and from Mars, under a week's time, and that's only going to happen with some technological development.
Vodka. When we send a ship there, it'll probably be with the help of the Russian government, and their people are notorious for hiding bottles of spirits in the frames of their ships / space stations.
Not so much. Religion tends to eschew science as an often necessary evil, with the heaviest promotions in a religious organization going to the least scientifically curious (sadly, the religions which tend to prosper the most are those who take a hands-off approach to scientists...but we all know that sooner or later, some dogmatist will make a power play against a resident scientist, refuse to acknowledge his own lack of understanding, get the resident authorities to side with him and piss off the entire community). As such, space, being a hard vacuum, can be incredibly unmerciful when a hull breach happens, or the oxygen generation breaks down (and no spare parts can be had).
Only human beings care about charisma. The universe does not, or the noted efficacy of prayer would be much greater than that of hard thought / labor. The human being is adapted to Earth, and only Earth (time spent on other planets might change this). Moving elsewhere in the universe requires, at this time, some uncommon knowledge. What does this mean? The typical tyrannies of religion will, in all likelihood, annihilate entire sects of people who prefer the words of their priest over the guidance of their scientists ("Uh, we need that piece of red wire you're using for tinsel around your makeshift altar" "Sinners!" "Plus, you probably shouldn't be lighting a fire in space, in a pure oxygen / zero gravity environment..." "Heathens! Be gone!"), especially when dealing with matters in the material realm. Communicable diseases (hello Syphilis / the flu) that the priests will say can be cured with prayer will run rampant and destroy entire colony ships before they make it halfway to their destinations, while the doctors on hand are shouted down for not placing enough faith in God's hands.
You'll notice that in the US, it's a practical requirement for all astronauts (save the educator / teacher in space types) to have a STEM degree. If you're going to be on a star-ship, for the next few hundred years or so, they're going to ensure you're not dead weight (if something breaks, they want people who can fix it from scratch). Not much demand for people in funny clothes, carrying around brass plates, and reading from a book. You may want to play the part of Kirk, but if you can't speak the language of McCoy, Spock, or Scotty, you don't get to be Kirk.
Just don't let them put you down on the planet without one of those exo-skeletons.
And no, I am not interested in a one-way trip. If it's one way, it's too slow (the method of travel, that is). I'm looking forward to the 'it's takes a week to get to Mars' kind of approach. Anything else is unprofitable, and perhaps unpleasant, given the current level of human technology.
Horrors of capitalism aside, for as long as oxygen / water / food is an issue on remote planets, various interested parties will have to deal with the local powers, which are always in need of a good distraction from the various schemes they are engaging in. As such, unless they want to face unprofitable sanctions, or face angry shareholders, they will do well to never run into those particular problems.
Human beings are expensive to transport, not too expensive to grow. Wait, this isn't the Mars Mining Corporation shareholders meeting? *Waves hand* forget I said anything.
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Oh, the system can change, but it prefers that you change instead.
Hmm. Let's see here. They're using cracking skills from 1995 and the movie "Hackers"...and there are a hideous number of security companies (including one former anti-virus company) that want to be fed...
Definite possibility.
Yes. Do it from the telecom's central office. They love that.
Bullsh*t. Nice story, but bullsh*t.
Perhaps we are going about this the wrong way.
From now on, all wanna-be hackers need to sport .50 AWMs (loaded with armor-piercing rounds) and C4 minefields. If they (the various authorities abusing their power, hitherto known as "Betty") are not willing to show some restraint, perhaps the hackers need to level up their game to match the level of force employed.
The FBI Director's daily drive to his office should be as hazardous as a trip through some of the worse neighborhoods during the height of the war in Iraq.
Society is incapable of enforcing multiple laws at once. The LEOs themselves have said as much.
And yes, the more serious crimes should be dealt with before the minor ones. The ones (in descending seriousness) being ones involving the loss of life, liberty, then property. Priorities, lets get some.
Indeed. I think there are more people involved in busting a kid for copyright violations than the teams used with bringing down OBL.
More of an iron curtain, than a walled garden, but yes.
They'll kill off this country, then move onto the next.
1st Amendment. Just get a copy of a video of them engaging in some wayward action, and upload it to the web. They'll be laughed at for a week, then fired.
If you want to piss off the (laughable) authorities, just post a copy of their wife engaging in some extramarital affair (happens often enough). They won't be able to touch you, and they'll busy with family problems for the next seven years or so.
You should tell them that hacking is like Fight Club.
The first rule of hacking is that you don't talk about hacking.
The second rule about hacking is that you don't talk about hacking (even to 'friends').
Cultural programming. If you're going to do something illegal, be sure to announce it to the world: that means you need to be sure to tell a friend, a family member, talk about it on an IRC channel, or with a stranger at a bar. And if you're brought it for questioning, be sure to share a jail cell with a snitch, because it's always a good idea to confide in a criminal. Be sure to tell him that you totally did it, and have no remorse for your actions. Hell, if you are lucky enough, you'll get a roommate who will tell the people in charge that you've confessed, even if you haven't; don't worry, the judge will totally believe him (the standards for evidence these days is abysmal).
And I second Taco Cowboy's post. I believe the rule, back in the day, was to launch an attack through several boxes (SSH -> SSH -> SSH -> SSH -> SSH), and being especially sure to kill the syslogger before doing anything. Finally, be sure to launch it all from a laptop that you haven't used for anything else, on a connection that isn't your own.
And yes, the false leads are useful. The FBI loves it when they spend time tracing the breadcrumbs back to one of their own boxes (surprising the number of attacks, over the years, that have been launched from www.fbi.gov).
Finally, never reuse a box you've used before. Laptop gets an extra squeaky clean format (and a copy of Slack or something), and all boxes between point A and Z are now permanently off-limits. Keep a good lawyer on retainer, and never h@x0r a box inside your own country. Never use a nickname that you've used or mentioned elsewhere (randomly generated is the way to go). For me, were I to engage in some hypothetical cracking, I would never use 'lightknight' as the login, password, or key to anything. Wouldn't reuse the password tied to this account either.
Why the down-vote? They do make excellent cheeses.
Shush. They make excellent cheeses, which is more than enough reason to keep them in good company.
And when the first settlers arrived, they performed tests on the soil, and found hemoglobin among various other oddities.
Yes money, but more along the lines of technological achievements. We need a way to and from Mars, under a week's time, and that's only going to happen with some technological development.
Vodka. When we send a ship there, it'll probably be with the help of the Russian government, and their people are notorious for hiding bottles of spirits in the frames of their ships / space stations.
Drunk, in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccceeeeeeeeeeee!
Not so much. Religion tends to eschew science as an often necessary evil, with the heaviest promotions in a religious organization going to the least scientifically curious (sadly, the religions which tend to prosper the most are those who take a hands-off approach to scientists...but we all know that sooner or later, some dogmatist will make a power play against a resident scientist, refuse to acknowledge his own lack of understanding, get the resident authorities to side with him and piss off the entire community). As such, space, being a hard vacuum, can be incredibly unmerciful when a hull breach happens, or the oxygen generation breaks down (and no spare parts can be had).
Only human beings care about charisma. The universe does not, or the noted efficacy of prayer would be much greater than that of hard thought / labor. The human being is adapted to Earth, and only Earth (time spent on other planets might change this). Moving elsewhere in the universe requires, at this time, some uncommon knowledge. What does this mean? The typical tyrannies of religion will, in all likelihood, annihilate entire sects of people who prefer the words of their priest over the guidance of their scientists ("Uh, we need that piece of red wire you're using for tinsel around your makeshift altar" "Sinners!" "Plus, you probably shouldn't be lighting a fire in space, in a pure oxygen / zero gravity environment..." "Heathens! Be gone!"), especially when dealing with matters in the material realm. Communicable diseases (hello Syphilis / the flu) that the priests will say can be cured with prayer will run rampant and destroy entire colony ships before they make it halfway to their destinations, while the doctors on hand are shouted down for not placing enough faith in God's hands.
You'll notice that in the US, it's a practical requirement for all astronauts (save the educator / teacher in space types) to have a STEM degree. If you're going to be on a star-ship, for the next few hundred years or so, they're going to ensure you're not dead weight (if something breaks, they want people who can fix it from scratch). Not much demand for people in funny clothes, carrying around brass plates, and reading from a book. You may want to play the part of Kirk, but if you can't speak the language of McCoy, Spock, or Scotty, you don't get to be Kirk.
True. While colonizing the moon may be a good idea, you're still dealing with gravity. Reduced gravity, but still gravity.
A Lagrange point would, instead, be a better idea.
By, I don't know, not being an American citizen?
And you're the only male. I am not seeing the issue here.
I'm thinking more of "now let's see if the Ex can collect child support, muhahahahaha!"
Just don't let them put you down on the planet without one of those exo-skeletons.
And no, I am not interested in a one-way trip. If it's one way, it's too slow (the method of travel, that is). I'm looking forward to the 'it's takes a week to get to Mars' kind of approach. Anything else is unprofitable, and perhaps unpleasant, given the current level of human technology.
And Mars is cold. Now, Venus on the other hand...
I'd go for 'the Buddha's Nipples.'
Horrors of capitalism aside, for as long as oxygen / water / food is an issue on remote planets, various interested parties will have to deal with the local powers, which are always in need of a good distraction from the various schemes they are engaging in. As such, unless they want to face unprofitable sanctions, or face angry shareholders, they will do well to never run into those particular problems.
*shrugs*
Human beings are expensive to transport, not too expensive to grow. Wait, this isn't the Mars Mining Corporation shareholders meeting? *Waves hand* forget I said anything.