So, who would actually use this NOT to try and subvert law enforcement?
I don't remember the name, but there was a book written about how to commit the perfect murder, and there was this huge thing about how a guy got off the hook because of the book and how liable the author was, etc...
The argument was that by creating the book, the author was an accomplice, of course the only path to proving something like this is through pure ethics, (ethics != legal).
I wonder if somebody used something like this book to subvert law enforcement data collection techniques and they just so found a copy of this book by the computer... would they try to blame the author?:P
A libraries greatest asset is the focused learning environment, same reason kids get up and get their asses to school and sit in class rather than have a teacher conference them in audio/video on their home computer. I'm going to go as far as making the argument that kids can learn things in a library they couldn't learn otherwise because of the library's focused learning environment.
"Yahoo spokespeople claim it was a glitch, a mistake, unintentional, and they don't know how their spam filters became so sensitive."
Happens all the time right? Filter technology got invented yesterday?
On that note I agree with you mostly, I doubt individuals would get singled out, but the point is yahoo (accidentatly? O_o) blocked a path of communication for the protest, and that's just sad, and makes me wonder what else they do we don't know about.
I'm not sure if Yahoo did it intentionally (would be quite the coincidence), but if that is the case, a Yahoo account might not be the best thing to have for anybody with views of the government.
What kind of computer stores are you talking about here??? This is just simply not how it works??? Computers come pre-loaded with windows to the computer store BY THE MANUFACTURER not the computer store. You seriously think a computer store busts open an HP box and installs windows? I assure you nobody does that, unless specified by the customer at an additional service fee. The computer store can go buy a different brand that doesn't have MS installed, they just choose not to do so.
However, Microsoft might offer a promo for being an MS only shop, I've never heard about such a thing though, sounds borderline monopoly.
I'll be very blunt on the subject though: if your buying a PC from a computer store and don't know a whole lot about components that probably means you don't know how to build or mod them, so don't even worry about this article, it doesn't apply to you. For builders / modders, you can: not use windows, buy a 2nd hard drive and configure that for linux or we as well as choose what primary OS to use, so while inconvenient, it's workable around, and if it stops rootkits that are missed by AV's that might be worth it alone for me. I've never tried the LInux implementation though, I know all Linux distros dual boot off partions alongside windows no problem though. I'd be interested to see how grub, which currently can load windows would handle this.
How about not paying them minimum wage, but ya even I laugh at that. On that note HP's PR needs improvement before I go finding them a single IT person, how about a IPS display?:)
Nobody in IT actually works 8 hours a day, I don't think the human brain can handle the complexity for 8 hours straight so it becomes... work 15-30 minutes, break 10 minutes, do something else for another 20, return to problem at hand, work 30 minutes, rinse repeat, take lunch 1 hour or else, come back and work. Sounds great right, somehow I can't find myself to like my job, and seriously am considering doing my own thing. Why does such a loose schedule suck so much?:) Could it be the social aspect (corporate douchebags, I have my own friends they don't relate) and the lack of anything resembling a relaxing breakroom?
So one day, I'm going to get fed up with it and leave, I'll be taking at least 6 figures worth of customization knowledge of the our inhouse systems with me, not theft mind you, just what I know and an estimate of how long it took me initially to figure it out or make it even.
It makes me sad what they have done to the project, firefox used to blast IE, I'd fire up a site in IE and see it all broken (non-W3C compliant) and then move over to firefox and it worked, by moving to firefox, rather than trying to fix IE. Most of those people still at least have firefox installed and use it for some sites though standards have changed. Now, I'm having second thoughts, I've used firefox since version 2.0 when it ran smooth and fast on win xp and around version 4 they derailed the train. Suddenly the browser was affecting the cpu, and things required load time from the client side, that's all fine, the web has evolved, except... it's the same sites that lagged in 4, but not in 3, the system of reference can play 2011 games on ultra. This points to a single culprit: bad code. I seriously think i might go download v3 or v4 again and disable auto updates and use repository sites for my add-ons. I wouldn't get some of the new ones, but i'm pretty sure the ones I've been using have been around since v3, I haven't seen a spectacular new add on release for versions 4+ that I would care about.
Facebook recently implemented something to address that, I believe you can untag yourself now from a friend's photos. Doesn't stop the friend from posting the crap, but it stops the troll from finding it:)
I remember trying to download bejeweled on an iphone because I didn't have my phone, and I couldn't find a free copy! I then tried bubble blaster, and a bunch of other games only to find.99 - 3.99 price tags on them, then I was going to try and theme the phone, but lets not get into that horrible mess. Ok I get that the app makers need to eat, but am I to then say the app makers releasing these two games for free on android don't eat? I don't think so, they just make money through ads, and then have a paid version of the app without ads... here's the point: Choice.. apple users don't have it, android users do.
That market $ is mostly going to the developers I believe, so that has nothing to do w/ Apple's success. And what's funny is on jailbroken iphones the open market is very similar to the android one.
It's as simple as showing some self control. Those pics from the party? Text them to your friends, don't post them online. Those naked pics? Don't text or post them online. It's that easy, exceptttt human nature factors in and people will be people, and NOT CARE that some creepy internet firm is harvesting this information.
Then again seriously, what kind of employer cares, I understand not wanting to hire a robber at a bank, or on a very long string, somebody w/ defaulted credit, but people's personal lives should not be a candidate as they have nothing to do w/ work performance, some people even react differently to tragedy in terms of their work, it's just not accurately measurable.
On that note, I'll be keeping my fb private and not adding management to my friends group!!
The problem is that the camera feeds into a security center and say you disable it, you have 30 seconds before the security guard runs outside, if your just looking to vandalize this is acceptable, however security cameras are usually used to secure something rather than spying.
Taking the concept straight out of movies into real life, it is possible to have a camera "loop", but not the way most movie goers imagine it. You'd need 2 things... a loop that can pass for the regular feed from the camera, very good networking knowledge of the dark side. Also, the camera must have it's own IP, most camera's don't, newer ones mostly do, so you must know what camera it is, this is easier than it sounds. You'd have to use something like ettercap to ARP poison the network, jack the video stream, and replace it with your own. Sounds hard, but really its a combination of ettercap and [video injector software you find yourself].
Never tried it, have no reason to, probably never will, 100% theoretically possible, requires a lot of prep work.
1. x86 and x64 apps running in windows right now are a clusterf***, different performance, different specs, different file locations, different compatibility issues, lack of support from x86 veondors for x64 platforms. Some genius once tried telling us we need to deploy a whole separate server to run their crappy software which doesn't work on x64 due to w/e reason (poor code). It's a lot less forgiving in the server environments granted, but the same issues exist in windows 7. 7zip x86 doesn't work the same as x64, but both install with no problem. This is confusing to me.
On that note, you still have a million options to run x86, between free vmware / zenapp deployments, x86 emulation, windows xp mode (I don't know if this is coming for the ride). Let go of old technology, there is way too much platform and software clutter going on right now and thus the MS decision, they will save millions in support, but give it a few years to pan out and we can move on past x86, probably w/ a lot of hurt feelings, not mine though, less is more when it comes to deploying platforms.
Such a grey realm, it's clear the geologists failed, better geologists might have saved lives. Do we hold the geoligist, the technology, or society responsible, or perhaps the hiring manager. Do we prosecute somebody for being incompetent, because their stupidity has caused people to pay the ultimate price?
I honestly don't know, prosecuting them seems extreme, making sure they never work in geology again seems like an acceptable solution. However, this is just the beginning of a case and the charges will probably not go through for the previous reason stated.
Then let's look at Italy as a whole, is this really the biggest thing to go wrong there? Perhaps its nobody's fault but they couldn't afford to do their jobs for lack of funding or planning which in turn means they couldn't communicate anything substantial as earthquake != tremor and in most active at risk for earthquake regions, tremors are a lot more common.
However, I think the USA is just leaving it as Mexico's problem. If drugs stopped coming into the states for real, there would be riots and mayhem. Wall street would shut down from a lack of cocaine. Fast food would go out of business cause people don't actually eat there when they're sober. Legalizing drugs in the states... that is the unknown, the government would make money, I think the overall consumption would decrease and prisons can overflow with people who need to be there for harming others, not themselves. But... who wants to commit political and social suicide? The people making the laws are not the people walking the streets in the hood, they probably never even met each other, even accidentally. How can the left hand wash the right then?
They established radio contact, so it sounds like the main communication system never came up. Still they wouldn't expect it if it wasn't meant to work. Soviet engineering prevails though:) Minor complicated system fails, major system stays in tact, thus the astronauts are ok.
In 1900 you were an inventor, you invented something...
1. nobody knows you invented something your closest neighbor can't read. 2. You have to see if your invention catches on, this can take years. 3. Most things in 2011 haven't been invented yet, we know in 2011 there is room to grow here.
In 2011 your an inventor, you invent something...
1. You've been blogging about your project for years, there are thousands of spin offs. 2. You know if your invention will take off before its invented based on the interest in your project. 3. All things we are aware of have been invented, we don't know what else we will invent, there's a ton of stuff, all the major stuff requires millions/billions of dollars of research to achieve alongside a couple of phd degrees.
The main change is between step 1 and step 2, it is almost instant in 2011. In 1900 you file after step 2, in 2011 you file after step 1, might clog our system with worthless patents of failed projects, still better than the patent troll battles going on today.
If those politicians had their choice, everybody would be a felon, finger printed and bar coded. They fear the computer and fear makes people do stupid things. And fear they should, ignorance is not bliss on the net.
Why are there never any names associated with these kinds of things? I really want to know who not to vote for just in case they are in my state, then again I don't vote, but my internet posts have the potential to:)
Thinking like a computer would not fit into the current society, computers are logical, while a lot of our stuff relies on impressions, good will, social communication, relationships. However, giving people a choice and opportunity to do so is great, but do you really know if you want to be a badass hacker or a sweaty computer nerd when your in grade school? Most kids want to be cops lol, how artfully realization sets in:)
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So, who would actually use this NOT to try and subvert law enforcement?
I don't remember the name, but there was a book written about how to commit the perfect murder, and there was this huge thing about how a guy got off the hook because of the book and how liable the author was, etc...
The argument was that by creating the book, the author was an accomplice, of course the only path to proving something like this is through pure ethics, (ethics != legal).
I wonder if somebody used something like this book to subvert law enforcement data collection techniques and they just so found a copy of this book by the computer... would they try to blame the author? :P
Rofl, it's gotten this bad huh?
A libraries greatest asset is the focused learning environment, same reason kids get up and get their asses to school and sit in class rather than have a teacher conference them in audio/video on their home computer. I'm going to go as far as making the argument that kids can learn things in a library they couldn't learn otherwise because of the library's focused learning environment.
All you have to worry about is...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368269,00.asp
This one took about a week...
http://www.slashgear.com/apples-mac-os-x-security-update-2011-005-blocks-stolen-diginotar-certificates-09178410/
Maybe u can just go to slashd0t.org instead if you set up your internal certs proper if your on a mac :) .
Coming soon, can you set up local certs on a mac? rats... google returned a hit... :)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2734627?start=0&tstart=0
even better
and I quote...
"Yahoo spokespeople claim it was a glitch, a mistake, unintentional, and they don't know how their spam filters became so sensitive."
Happens all the time right? Filter technology got invented yesterday?
On that note I agree with you mostly, I doubt individuals would get singled out, but the point is yahoo (accidentatly? O_o) blocked a path of communication for the protest, and that's just sad, and makes me wonder what else they do we don't know about.
This sounds eerily similar to the British monitoring twitter for riots... block the method of communication for the protestors and the problem will fix itself!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/08/cameron-considers-blocking-facebook-twitter-after-riots.html
http://technology-corner.com/british-police-will-use-twitter-to-monitor-protests.html
I'm not sure if Yahoo did it intentionally (would be quite the coincidence), but if that is the case, a Yahoo account might not be the best thing to have for anybody with views of the government.
What kind of computer stores are you talking about here??? This is just simply not how it works??? Computers come pre-loaded with windows to the computer store BY THE MANUFACTURER not the computer store. You seriously think a computer store busts open an HP box and installs windows? I assure you nobody does that, unless specified by the customer at an additional service fee. The computer store can go buy a different brand that doesn't have MS installed, they just choose not to do so.
However, Microsoft might offer a promo for being an MS only shop, I've never heard about such a thing though, sounds borderline monopoly.
I'll be very blunt on the subject though: if your buying a PC from a computer store and don't know a whole lot about components that probably means you don't know how to build or mod them, so don't even worry about this article, it doesn't apply to you. For builders / modders, you can: not use windows, buy a 2nd hard drive and configure that for linux or we as well as choose what primary OS to use, so while inconvenient, it's workable around, and if it stops rootkits that are missed by AV's that might be worth it alone for me. I've never tried the LInux implementation though, I know all Linux distros dual boot off partions alongside windows no problem though. I'd be interested to see how grub, which currently can load windows would handle this.
How about not paying them minimum wage, but ya even I laugh at that. On that note HP's PR needs improvement before I go finding them a single IT person, how about a IPS display? :)
Would it be possible to lay those off too and replace them with IT people?
Nobody in IT actually works 8 hours a day, I don't think the human brain can handle the complexity for 8 hours straight so it becomes... work 15-30 minutes, break 10 minutes, do something else for another 20, return to problem at hand, work 30 minutes, rinse repeat, take lunch 1 hour or else, come back and work. Sounds great right, somehow I can't find myself to like my job, and seriously am considering doing my own thing. Why does such a loose schedule suck so much? :) Could it be the social aspect (corporate douchebags, I have my own friends they don't relate) and the lack of anything resembling a relaxing breakroom?
So one day, I'm going to get fed up with it and leave, I'll be taking at least 6 figures worth of customization knowledge of the our inhouse systems with me, not theft mind you, just what I know and an estimate of how long it took me initially to figure it out or make it even.
It makes me sad what they have done to the project, firefox used to blast IE, I'd fire up a site in IE and see it all broken (non-W3C compliant) and then move over to firefox and it worked, by moving to firefox, rather than trying to fix IE. Most of those people still at least have firefox installed and use it for some sites though standards have changed. Now, I'm having second thoughts, I've used firefox since version 2.0 when it ran smooth and fast on win xp and around version 4 they derailed the train. Suddenly the browser was affecting the cpu, and things required load time from the client side, that's all fine, the web has evolved, except... it's the same sites that lagged in 4, but not in 3, the system of reference can play 2011 games on ultra. This points to a single culprit: bad code. I seriously think i might go download v3 or v4 again and disable auto updates and use repository sites for my add-ons. I wouldn't get some of the new ones, but i'm pretty sure the ones I've been using have been around since v3, I haven't seen a spectacular new add on release for versions 4+ that I would care about.
This must be how animal porn websites originate.
Facebook recently implemented something to address that, I believe you can untag yourself now from a friend's photos. Doesn't stop the friend from posting the crap, but it stops the troll from finding it :)
http://www.facebook.com/blog.php?post=467145887130
Rofl, are you serious?
I remember trying to download bejeweled on an iphone because I didn't have my phone, and I couldn't find a free copy! I then tried bubble blaster, and a bunch of other games only to find .99 - 3.99 price tags on them, then I was going to try and theme the phone, but lets not get into that horrible mess. Ok I get that the app makers need to eat, but am I to then say the app makers releasing these two games for free on android don't eat? I don't think so, they just make money through ads, and then have a paid version of the app without ads... here's the point: Choice.. apple users don't have it, android users do.
That market $ is mostly going to the developers I believe, so that has nothing to do w/ Apple's success. And what's funny is on jailbroken iphones the open market is very similar to the android one.
It's as simple as showing some self control. Those pics from the party? Text them to your friends, don't post them online. Those naked pics? Don't text or post them online. It's that easy, exceptttt human nature factors in and people will be people, and NOT CARE that some creepy internet firm is harvesting this information.
Then again seriously, what kind of employer cares, I understand not wanting to hire a robber at a bank, or on a very long string, somebody w/ defaulted credit, but people's personal lives should not be a candidate as they have nothing to do w/ work performance, some people even react differently to tragedy in terms of their work, it's just not accurately measurable.
On that note, I'll be keeping my fb private and not adding management to my friends group!!
There are a million ways to get rid of a camera, here's a bunch
http://www.wikihow.com/Blind-a-Surveillance-Camera
The problem is that the camera feeds into a security center and say you disable it, you have 30 seconds before the security guard runs outside, if your just looking to vandalize this is acceptable, however security cameras are usually used to secure something rather than spying.
Taking the concept straight out of movies into real life, it is possible to have a camera "loop", but not the way most movie goers imagine it. You'd need 2 things...
a loop that can pass for the regular feed from the camera, very good networking knowledge of the dark side. Also, the camera must have it's own IP, most camera's don't, newer ones mostly do, so you must know what camera it is, this is easier than it sounds. You'd have to use something like ettercap to ARP poison the network, jack the video stream, and replace it with your own. Sounds hard, but really its a combination of ettercap and [video injector software you find yourself].
Never tried it, have no reason to, probably never will, 100% theoretically possible, requires a lot of prep work.
Currently the patent wars look like this...
http://freshdigital.info/computer/patent-wars-diagram-who-is-actually-suing-who/
http://www.onlinemarketing-trends.com/2011/08/state-of-techology-patent-warswinners.html
Global map coming soon, then Armageddon.
1. x86 and x64 apps running in windows right now are a clusterf***, different performance, different specs, different file locations, different compatibility issues, lack of support from x86 veondors for x64 platforms. Some genius once tried telling us we need to deploy a whole separate server to run their crappy software which doesn't work on x64 due to w/e reason (poor code). It's a lot less forgiving in the server environments granted, but the same issues exist in windows 7. 7zip x86 doesn't work the same as x64, but both install with no problem. This is confusing to me.
On that note, you still have a million options to run x86, between free vmware / zenapp deployments, x86 emulation, windows xp mode (I don't know if this is coming for the ride). Let go of old technology, there is way too much platform and software clutter going on right now and thus the MS decision, they will save millions in support, but give it a few years to pan out and we can move on past x86, probably w/ a lot of hurt feelings, not mine though, less is more when it comes to deploying platforms.
Such a grey realm, it's clear the geologists failed, better geologists might have saved lives. Do we hold the geoligist, the technology, or society responsible, or perhaps the hiring manager. Do we prosecute somebody for being incompetent, because their stupidity has caused people to pay the ultimate price?
I honestly don't know, prosecuting them seems extreme, making sure they never work in geology again seems like an acceptable solution. However, this is just the beginning of a case and the charges will probably not go through for the previous reason stated.
Then let's look at Italy as a whole, is this really the biggest thing to go wrong there? Perhaps its nobody's fault but they couldn't afford to do their jobs for lack of funding or planning which in turn means they couldn't communicate anything substantial as earthquake != tremor and in most active at risk for earthquake regions, tremors are a lot more common.
Prohibition has already taught us this...
http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/future1_final.html
However, I think the USA is just leaving it as Mexico's problem. If drugs stopped coming into the states for real, there would be riots and mayhem. Wall street would shut down from a lack of cocaine. Fast food would go out of business cause people don't actually eat there when they're sober. Legalizing drugs in the states... that is the unknown, the government would make money, I think the overall consumption would decrease and prisons can overflow with people who need to be there for harming others, not themselves. But... who wants to commit political and social suicide? The people making the laws are not the people walking the streets in the hood, they probably never even met each other, even accidentally. How can the left hand wash the right then?
They established radio contact, so it sounds like the main communication system never came up. Still they wouldn't expect it if it wasn't meant to work. Soviet engineering prevails though :) Minor complicated system fails, major system stays in tact, thus the astronauts are ok.
Here's the deal...
In 1900 you were an inventor, you invented something...
1. nobody knows you invented something your closest neighbor can't read.
2. You have to see if your invention catches on, this can take years.
3. Most things in 2011 haven't been invented yet, we know in 2011 there is room to grow here.
In 2011 your an inventor, you invent something...
1. You've been blogging about your project for years, there are thousands of spin offs.
2. You know if your invention will take off before its invented based on the interest in your project.
3. All things we are aware of have been invented, we don't know what else we will invent, there's a ton of stuff, all the major stuff requires millions/billions of dollars of research to achieve alongside a couple of phd degrees.
The main change is between step 1 and step 2, it is almost instant in 2011. In 1900 you file after step 2, in 2011 you file after step 1, might clog our system with worthless patents of failed projects, still better than the patent troll battles going on today.
I've tried it... seems to be getting worse.
If those politicians had their choice, everybody would be a felon, finger printed and bar coded. They fear the computer and fear makes people do stupid things. And fear they should, ignorance is not bliss on the net.
Why are there never any names associated with these kinds of things? I really want to know who not to vote for just in case they are in my state, then again I don't vote, but my internet posts have the potential to :)
Thinking like a computer would not fit into the current society, computers are logical, while a lot of our stuff relies on impressions, good will, social communication, relationships. However, giving people a choice and opportunity to do so is great, but do you really know if you want to be a badass hacker or a sweaty computer nerd when your in grade school? Most kids want to be cops lol, how artfully realization sets in :)
like being their student? :)
We have schools because we flirt w/ the opposite sex. Chances are some guy back in the day wanted to impress his date and boom structured education.