When will people realize there is no need to close source the obvious
Very little in an intrusion detection/change monitoring system is difficult to recreate. Using standard unix shell tools, you can create something just as useful with little more than md5sum, awk, cron, and a few lines of perl.
Just be sure to store your cryptographic hashes on a read only media (CD-R's are great for this).
I prefer to use an array of them as a repeater net for my home surveilence system. So far, my efforts have been concentrated around the area of my female roommates bedroom...;)
The problem is our entire political system. A corporation can purchase influence from lawmakers for a tiny fraction of the benefit they derive when "favorable" laws are passed, such as the DMCA.
The heart and soul of the problem is that our politicians have whored themselves out. I am friends with a former lobbiest, and he asserts that, while money was given, it was in exchange for the politician's time, not to purchase influence. But when you may pay someone to listen to your case, that in effect is purchasing influence.
Someone once said that democracy is doomed once the people realize they may extort money from the government, but we are seeing the destruction of democracy due to corporations taking advantage of politicians lust for power and position to buy off the rights of the citizenry.
We are serfs once again. Not to a king, but to the corporations which control the strings of our puppet leaders.
Read this for a little more toned down version. I'm not a Nader fan, but we must address the issue of individual versus corporate versus states rights before more radical action is demanded of us.
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Shouldn't there be some kind of rule against arresting somebody for violating a law that is no longer in effect?
Heck, Yugoslavia doesn't even EXIST anymore. It's kind of a moot point.
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How on earth is comment #9 "Redundant"? Around here any comment under #20 means their wasn't any comments posted yet when that one was posted.
Even if you don't like what this misguided person is saying, you should still follow the moderation guidelines.
When will people realize there is no need to close source the obvious
Very little in an intrusion detection/change monitoring system is difficult to recreate. Using standard unix shell tools, you can create something just as useful with little more than md5sum, awk, cron, and a few lines of perl.
Just be sure to store your cryptographic hashes on a read only media (CD-R's are great for this).
I prefer to use an array of them as a repeater net for my home surveilence system. So far, my efforts have been concentrated around the area of my female roommates bedroom... ;)
Why can't they just use the PS2 port. I mean, if it's good enough for my mouse and keyboard, it should be good enough for the Xbox.
The problem is our entire political system. A corporation can purchase influence from lawmakers for a tiny fraction of the benefit they derive when "favorable" laws are passed, such as the DMCA.
The heart and soul of the problem is that our politicians have whored themselves out. I am friends with a former lobbiest, and he asserts that, while money was given, it was in exchange for the politician's time, not to purchase influence. But when you may pay someone to listen to your case, that in effect is purchasing influence.
Someone once said that democracy is doomed once the people realize they may extort money from the government, but we are seeing the destruction of democracy due to corporations taking advantage of politicians lust for power and position to buy off the rights of the citizenry.
We are serfs once again. Not to a king, but to the corporations which control the strings of our puppet leaders.
Read this for a little more toned down version. I'm not a Nader fan, but we must address the issue of individual versus corporate versus states rights before more radical action is demanded of us.