I know this will probably be graded a troll, but I have to say in watching BBC America, I think that while general BBC programming - drama and comedy - is quite good, BBC news is a biased, leftist swamp.
These devices will be stolen as quickly as possible. After the thieves discover they won't work abywhere except on a proprietary network, they'll be discarded. Dumped in a river, something like that. Too much effort to actually return them.
I give the program about three months.
It's a nice idea, but I don't think it's sustainable.
Does it occur to anyone that the nanny state may be going just a little far.
The day will come that I drive around drunk in a '95 F-150 with a oil leak pre-installed, smoking unfiltered Camels, eating only at Waffle House, etc., etc., simply to protest this idiocy.
Last place I worked, one of the employees was inclined to scream at his co-workers, calling them "c*cksuckers," "motherf*ckers," "liars," etc.
Nobody in management was willing to tackle him, for fear that he'd leave. They'd allowed silos of knowledge to build, and were willing to put everyone else through hell to accomodate this unhappy person.
In the end, the rest of the department quit instead.
Four yearas ago, if I'd said you could generate enterprise-level solutions with open source code, I'd have been laughed at.
Now, with JBoss, and all that goes into it, I can deploy an all-singing, all-dancing J2EE application, for only the cost of the hardware.
Drop in OpenReports, and you've got the complete package: Servlets/JSP/etc..., for the webby bits, JNLP and Swing for the interactive bits, and OpenReports for the bar-chart crowd.
Add in Eclipse as your IDE, and you're good to go.
The next challenge, will be to place this all in a neat little iconified environment so more-naive users can do really powerful things.
- Loyal to the troops, and demands loyalty back - Loyal to the managers above, and demands loyalty back - Moderates the sh*t rolling downhill - Let's the troops know the important stuff - Understands the goals and keeps the team congruent - Provides a beer fridge when the going gets rough - Does not sit still for pettiness and backbiting - Mentors -....
Oh, be still my beating heart. What cloud-cuckoo-land is this I imagine?
What this really implies is that the world will always be playing catch-up with the virus writers: security is only an issue when someone releases an actual threat. Until then, there's no economic incentive to do anything about it.
Here in GA we have ChoicePoint, a company which recently allowed a criminal gang to make off with something like half-a-million IDs.
Only people in California were notified of the leak, because CA has a law requiring notification. Everyone else is going to have to wait 'til their identity gets stolen.
The GA legislature is taking up a bill to require notification of GA residents when their personal information is stolen or accidentally leaked.
Part of the problem, IMHO, is that companies won't tell you when they've shared your information with a non-trusted third party. So, a good first step would be voluntary disclosure.
Well, different strokes for different folks, I guess.
I mean, I want the government out of as much of my life as possible. So, I wouldn't want the my (US) government sending me notifications about my AV software. The UK is a different country, they do things differently there, if this scheme works for the citizens of the UK, well, good for them. Mind you, I'm sure others will point out problems with this scheme.
The topic asks if this has been attempted anywhere else.
Well, there is the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University, and I like their approach.
I mean, one way they respond to threats is to contact anti-virus manufacturers. From there, it's a short step patches available via subscription.
You get the deep pockets of government to maintain the watch, and the rapid response of industry when a threat's been isolated. I like that division of labor.
Anyway, I think it's kind of interesting that English is the "canonical" language. Eventually we'll have software to transform documents in any lanugage to English, so they can be translated to some other language.
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I know this will probably be graded a troll, but I have to say in watching BBC America, I think that while general BBC programming - drama and comedy - is quite good, BBC news is a biased, leftist swamp.
We can save ourselves any time. We just need the merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango!
Try to get from start to finish without passing a pub!
Seatbelt.state == Disconneted.
These devices will be stolen as quickly as possible. After the thieves discover they won't work abywhere except on a proprietary network, they'll be discarded. Dumped in a river, something like that. Too much effort to actually return them.
I give the program about three months.
It's a nice idea, but I don't think it's sustainable.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp /20050223/lf_afp/afplifestylejapan_050223162956/
Does it occur to anyone that the nanny state may be going just a little far.
The day will come that I drive around drunk in a '95 F-150 with a oil leak pre-installed, smoking unfiltered Camels, eating only at Waffle House, etc., etc., simply to protest this idiocy.
I use it every day. Mostly it's fine with me.
We're updating the old Tannenbaum comment, right?
Oh, it's simply not professional to be drawn by such a clown.
Better simply to leave, and make sure he doesn't get hired at the next place you work. If he keeps it up, he'll eventually have to leave town.
I'm with you on this.
Last place I worked, one of the employees was inclined to scream at his co-workers, calling them "c*cksuckers," "motherf*ckers," "liars," etc.
Nobody in management was willing to tackle him, for fear that he'd leave. They'd allowed silos of knowledge to build, and were willing to put everyone else through hell to accomodate this unhappy person.
In the end, the rest of the department quit instead.
Management is still wondering why.
I'm going to JBoss World tomorrow and Wednesday.
Four yearas ago, if I'd said you could generate enterprise-level solutions with open source code, I'd have been laughed at.
Now, with JBoss, and all that goes into it, I can deploy an all-singing, all-dancing J2EE application, for only the cost of the hardware.
Drop in OpenReports, and you've got the complete package: Servlets/JSP/etc..., for the webby bits, JNLP and Swing for the interactive bits, and OpenReports for the bar-chart crowd.
Add in Eclipse as your IDE, and you're good to go.
The next challenge, will be to place this all in a neat little iconified environment so more-naive users can do really powerful things.
I'm ex-military. Ex-USAF. Commissioned officer, six years service, got out after the Berlin Wall came down.
And you're right. I am missing the USAF.
You should have seen me when "The New Hacker's Dictionary" came out.
- Loyal to the troops, and demands loyalty back ....
- Loyal to the managers above, and demands loyalty back
- Moderates the sh*t rolling downhill
- Let's the troops know the important stuff
- Understands the goals and keeps the team congruent
- Provides a beer fridge when the going gets rough
- Does not sit still for pettiness and backbiting
- Mentors
-
Oh, be still my beating heart. What cloud-cuckoo-land is this I imagine?
Check it: http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html/
What this really implies is that the world will always be playing catch-up with the virus writers: security is only an issue when someone releases an actual threat. Until then, there's no economic incentive to do anything about it.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topN ews&storyID=7745333
So, it looks like the UN may well be the world's largest, and best-organized source of sexual abuse.
Yeah, let's give them MORE responsibility.
I didn't know they'd volunteered to notify everyone. Last I heard, it was just CA residents.
I'm happy they're notifying everyone affected.
Here in GA we have ChoicePoint, a company which recently allowed a criminal gang to make off with something like half-a-million IDs.
Only people in California were notified of the leak, because CA has a law requiring notification. Everyone else is going to have to wait 'til their identity gets stolen.
The GA legislature is taking up a bill to require notification of GA residents when their personal information is stolen or accidentally leaked.
Part of the problem, IMHO, is that companies won't tell you when they've shared your information with a non-trusted third party. So, a good first step would be voluntary disclosure.
Norse god of, among other things, practical jokes.
Hmmmmmm....
Well, different strokes for different folks, I guess.
I mean, I want the government out of as much of my life as possible. So, I wouldn't want the my (US) government sending me notifications about my AV software. The UK is a different country, they do things differently there, if this scheme works for the citizens of the UK, well, good for them. Mind you, I'm sure others will point out problems with this scheme.
The topic asks if this has been attempted anywhere else.
Well, there is the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University, and I like their approach.
I mean, one way they respond to threats is to contact anti-virus manufacturers. From there, it's a short step patches available via subscription.
You get the deep pockets of government to maintain the watch, and the rapid response of industry when a threat's been isolated. I like that division of labor.
I'm afraid the French won't like this. (Sorry!)
Anyway, I think it's kind of interesting that English is the "canonical" language. Eventually we'll have software to transform documents in any lanugage to English, so they can be translated to some other language.
English! Is there anything it can't do?
Is it at all possible that iDownload could use the DMCA to sue people who make software to remove their spyware?
And since Microsoft is now touting an anti-spyware product, might iDownload be able to sue?
I see a business plan that goes:
1. Make spyware
2. Get removed by Microsoft
3. Sue!
4. Profit
What did Jacob Lewis learn at Harvard?
Mostly how to subvert the US Constitution, it appears.
Mind you, my first answer is in the subject line.