Re:Rebuilding? Like we rebuilt Guatemala? Iran?
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Will you PLEASE stop saying "coup d'etat"?!
"Coup d'etat" is a French expression, and we won't have any of that here. Say "Freedom..." umm... "Fries". Yeah, use the expression "Freedom fries" instead.
I always thought that "crackers" were people who remove the copy protection from programs.
Noticing a hint of irony in the other sections of your post, there is a distinct possibility that this comment was meant to be ironic as well, but I'm gonna ignore that possibility and be informative instead.
Anywho, according to the New Hacker's Dictionary (http://www.jargon.8hz.com/jargon_toc.html):
"cracker/n./
One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.v., sense 8). An earlier attempt to establish `worm' in this sense around 1981--82 on Usenet was largely a failure.
Use of both these neologisms reflects a strong revulsion against the theft and vandalism perpetrated by cracking rings. While it is expected that any real hacker will have done some playful cracking and knows many of the basic techniques, anyone past larval stage is expected to have outgrown the desire to do so except for immediate, benign, practical reasons (for example, if it's necessary to get around some security in order to get some work done).
Thus, there is far less overlap between hackerdom and crackerdom than the mundane reader misled by sensationalistic journalism might expect. Crackers tend to gather in small, tight-knit, very secretive groups that have little overlap with the huge, open poly-culture this lexicon describes; though crackers often like to describe themselves as hackers, most true hackers consider them a separate and lower form of life.
Ethical considerations aside, hackers figure that anyone who can't imagine a more interesting way to play with their computers than breaking into someone else's has to be pretty losing. Some other reasons crackers are looked down on are discussed in the entries on cracking and phreaking."
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Those who cannot teach, manage. Those who can neither do nor teach nor manage, and are generally clueless, work at a patent office.
I have just read "What should be the Response to Violence?", and would like to thank you for writing such an enlightened, informed and informative piece on the WTC tragedy and [some of] the actions leading to this attack. Cudos!
I will email the link to this story to all major news sources, and would urge every other slashdotter to do the same. Only by informing the public can we possibly hope to achieve a change in our forreign politics.
Demand safety now by refusing to suppress and attack other countries!
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Wladawsky-Berger on Linux and open standards
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Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology strategy, IBM Server Group, addressed the IBM Technical Developer Conference in San Francisco on Linux and open standards.
If I'm not mistaken, the study shows that the Granmaster "remembers" while the newbie "analyzes". As the newbie evolves as a chess player, he will gradually start remebering more than he analyses. Or were you refering to a different study than this one?
The judges did not use their smarts to get around the IT department. They used their influence to get the IT department to disable the monitoring software. I have no doubt that the ultimate reason for doing this is that they want to download porn. However, they do make a stand against privacy-invading monitoring software, and they do question whether this kind of software is legal and/or ethical.
The bottom line is that this might be a good thing for the average Joe.
Yo are overlooking the fact that the dissident living in Nigeria has never laid hands on a computer, let alone knows how to set up a server, buy a domain or even create a HTML page. The kids that are able to roam the viritual world and have access to the "equalizing opportunities" are only the kids in the "western" world (Europe, North America and parts of Asia). In the rest of the world, computers and the internet are restricted to the economically well-off, i.e. the ruling class.
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Will you PLEASE stop saying "coup d'etat"?!
"Coup d'etat" is a French expression, and we won't have any of that here. Say "Freedom..." umm... "Fries". Yeah, use the expression "Freedom fries" instead.
There are laws against such activities. But as long as a bunch of corrupt, self-serving, unconstitutional cowards are in charge, no real action against white-collar crimes will ever be taken.
Or, to put it differently: As long as white-collar criminals are in charge, white-collar crimes will be tolerated.
What I don't understand is why ordinary people tolerate and defend Bush's actions. After all, it is you and I who pay the bill at the end of the day.
I always thought that "crackers" were people who remove the copy protection from programs.
/n./
Noticing a hint of irony in the other sections of your post, there is a distinct possibility that this comment was meant to be ironic as well, but I'm gonna ignore that possibility and be informative instead.
Anywho, according to the New Hacker's Dictionary (http://www.jargon.8hz.com/jargon_toc.html):
" cracker
One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.v., sense 8). An earlier attempt to establish `worm' in this sense around 1981--82 on Usenet was largely a failure.
Use of both these neologisms reflects a strong revulsion against the theft and vandalism perpetrated by cracking rings. While it is expected that any real hacker will have done some playful cracking and knows many of the basic techniques, anyone past larval stage is expected to have outgrown the desire to do so except for immediate, benign, practical reasons (for example, if it's necessary to get around some security in order to get some work done).
Thus, there is far less overlap between hackerdom and crackerdom than the mundane reader misled by sensationalistic journalism might expect. Crackers tend to gather in small, tight-knit, very secretive groups that have little overlap with the huge, open poly-culture this lexicon describes; though crackers often like to describe themselves as hackers, most true hackers consider them a separate and lower form of life.
Ethical considerations aside, hackers figure that anyone who can't imagine a more interesting way to play with their computers than breaking into someone else's has to be pretty losing. Some other reasons crackers are looked down on are discussed in the entries on cracking and phreaking."
I assume you are speaking from (painful) experience?
"I was able to get by with my high school Spanish."
*coughbullshitcough*
How about PL/1.Net?
Are you suggesting that a surprisingly high number of our lawmakers are women? Are you gullible or just sexist?
- better sound - possibly
- strong copyright security - probably
- reasonable fair-use rights - unlikely
Seems to me that more/better "fair use" is not the general direction we seem to be moving.WTF?
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Those who cannot teach, manage. Those who can neither do nor teach nor manage, and are generally clueless, work at a patent office.
I can walk around in public with my aluminum foil hat and not look stupid anymore!
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Dagbladet 2
Aftenposten 1 - english text with a nice pic.
Aftenposten 2 picture special.
Pages also include some text for those of us who can read Nowegian.
At least this copy protection hasn't reached any CD's containing actual music yet.
Hi Futurepower
I have just read "What should be the Response to Violence?", and would like to thank you for writing such an enlightened, informed and informative piece on the WTC tragedy and [some of] the actions leading to this attack. Cudos!
I will email the link to this story to all major news sources, and would urge every other slashdotter to do the same. Only by informing the public can we possibly hope to achieve a change in our forreign politics.
Demand safety now by refusing to suppress and attack other countries!
Best regards
Big Nothing
How many FBI agents does it take to shut down a web server?
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If I'm not mistaken, the study shows that the Granmaster "remembers" while the newbie "analyzes". As the newbie evolves as a chess player, he will gradually start remebering more than he analyses. Or were you refering to a different study than this one?
Chess wouldn't work at the Winter Games--rules allow only sports played on ice or snow.
How 'bout winter-chess performed on ice? Just as fun to watch as Nancy Kerrigan, and maybe a tad more interesting?
AOC = Asian Orgazm Council
The judges did not use their smarts to get around the IT department. They used their influence to get the IT department to disable the monitoring software. I have no doubt that the ultimate reason for doing this is that they want to download porn. However, they do make a stand against privacy-invading monitoring software, and they do question whether this kind of software is legal and/or ethical.
The bottom line is that this might be a good thing for the average Joe.
You don't even need a live email addy: fake@email.com will do just fine. Stop being so fu*kin paranoid and start living your life, dude.
I tried to access the link provided, but the website seems to be SlashDot'ed. ColdFusion sucks ass.
Yo are overlooking the fact that the dissident living in Nigeria has never laid hands on a computer, let alone knows how to set up a server, buy a domain or even create a HTML page. The kids that are able to roam the viritual world and have access to the "equalizing opportunities" are only the kids in the "western" world (Europe, North America and parts of Asia). In the rest of the world, computers and the internet are restricted to the economically well-off, i.e. the ruling class.
The internet is about survival of the richest.
I never get anything done while I'm reading the Slashdot news - my multitasking just won't work.