Um.. its a point of view thing. The lasers are supposed to be 'eye safe' so we're not talking about a ray gun that will burn a missile out of the sky. I be the missile needs to be looking at the laser ( hence attached to the target ) for the system to work.
I think this is a great idea. Kinda like information triage. When someone finds something that looks tasty, then the military can have someone trusted confirm the translation.
Well, I was looking *real* hard at one of these a year ago. But, they only had them at CompUSA, and when I went there, they had the unit on some kind of tether, running a canned 'look how cool I am' program. No way to actually interact with the device, no way to play with it in its normal run mode. So, no, I'm not going to drop $400 on something based upon a looping animation it shows me.
I recently found myself in the same position. So, I installed swatch http://swatch.sourceforge.net/, and set up its/etc/swatch/sshblock.conf file to read
watchfor/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user info from/ mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_At tempt_i nfo
exec/usr/bin/rootblock $13
watchfor/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user ashley from/ mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_At tempt_a shley
exec/usr/bin/rootblock $13
watchfor/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user adm from/
mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_Attempt _a dm
exec/usr/bin/rootblock $13 ====== end
etc... for several dictionary type attacks. The rootblock script simply reads...
======= rootBlock
#!/bin/tcsh set IPT=/sbin/iptables set ip=$*:s/::ffff:// logger ROOTBLOCK Blocking $ip echo $ip >>/var/rootBlockLoosers $IPT -A SHUN -s $ip -j BAD_IP $IPT -A SHUN -d $ip -j BAD_IP
======= end
Where my iptables config has a BAD_IP chain that just gets dropped. Also, on reboot/restartup, iptables parses the rootBlockLoosers file to reset the blocks.
That's what I thought, when I was working on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ( NMR ) which was changed to Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( MRI ) because too many people were afraid of the word nuclear.
Just a question here, what would Microsoft have to do for you to consider them to be a friendly corporation, rather than an evil and menacing corporate giant? I kind of like them already, but I know I'm unusual in that regard.
That's an easy one. Split out the apps. If I could run office under linux, or Project, then I'd think a lot differently about the company. The main evilness of MS ( IMHO ) revolves around the OS lockin that they are obviously practicing.
If you work for a company that sells weapons, your inventions will be used to kill. It's that simple. Nobody wastes loads of money just to not use what they bought.
Please tell that to every nuclear missle we've ( the US ) has ever built. Also mention that to the SSBNs, and the SSN, and the B52s....
Entire industries totally successful in building us a stick so large we never had to use it.
Please, to all of the leftward leaning, slightly socialist people out the... life/the world/everything isn't as simple as you think.
... we can't count on laws to protect our privacy. With the number of governments ( and the increasing disregard for liberty the "war" on terrorism is breeding ) sifting our online traffic increasing daily, its past time to move crypto into the main stream. Let them listen to the hum of white ( almost ) noise.
No, no. We are *not* living in a democracy, probably just to address this problem. We are in a constitutional republic. To avoid "the tyranny of the majority" the constitution was written to prohibit the government from enacting laws that would violate anyone's liberty. The basic problem is that the judiciary isn't doing it's job, and lets the legislature pass, and the executive enforce, just about any law congress likes. From the second amendment violations ( I can't carry a 3.001 in pocket knife??? ) to the DCMA, most of the problems we see on/. would be solved by a judiciary that was willing to say "no, you can't do that to the citizens of this country" once in a while.
Add to this a congress that seems to exist just to pass more laws ( please, once in a while lets have a "do nothing" congress ). Now we are at the point that you need 8 years in school to understand the law. So we end up ruled by lawyers, again because the basic "leave 'em alone" nature of the constitution has been whittled away.
I don't know the solution, but to quote ( badly, I'm sure ) Ben Franklin "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner, liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote"
Don't do either. Both CS and Ceng are about implimentation, ie you turn other people's ideas into programs. If you're just starting out, go for the EE program, with a minor in CS. That way you get the signal processing and hardware background to make yourself move valuable. Look for real-time or embedded projects. Computer Vision, image segamantation, speech...
The processors these days are getting to the point that some pretty cool applications can be moved into the mass market. You'll need the math/science background to be able to design/architect the implimentation of these apps.
Also, FWIW, fill all your free electives with math courses. Say no to art 101:).
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Um .. its a point of view thing. The lasers are supposed to be 'eye safe' so we're not talking about a ray gun that will burn a missile out of the sky. I be the missile needs to be looking at the laser ( hence attached to the target ) for the system to work.
People are stupid. Total knuckle biters. Every one of them.
...
That is all
I think this is a great idea. Kinda like information triage. When someone finds something that looks tasty, then the military can have someone trusted confirm the translation.
Well, I was looking *real* hard at one of these a year ago. But, they only had them at CompUSA, and when I went there, they had the unit on some kind of tether, running a canned 'look how cool I am' program. No way to actually interact with the device, no way to play with it in its normal run mode. So, no, I'm not going to drop $400 on something based upon a looping animation it shows me.
Waited a bit, and bought a PSP.
I recently found myself in the same position. So, I installed swatch http://swatch.sourceforge.net/, and set up its /etc/swatch/sshblock.conf file to read
/sshd.*: Failed password for root from/ /usr/bin/rootblock $11
/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user info from/t tempt_i nfo /usr/bin/rootblock $13
/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user ashley from/t tempt_a shley /usr/bin/rootblock $13
/sshd.*: Failed password for invalid user adm from/
t _a dm /usr/bin/rootblock $13
... for several dictionary type attacks. The rootblock script simply reads ...
/var/rootBlockLoosers
======= sshblock.conf
watchfor
mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Root_Login_Attempt
exec
watchfor
mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_A
exec
watchfor
mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_A
exec
watchfor
mail=MY_EMAIL_ADDR,subject=Invalid_Login_Attemp
exec
====== end
etc
======= rootBlock
#!/bin/tcsh
set IPT=/sbin/iptables
set ip=$*:s/::ffff://
logger ROOTBLOCK Blocking $ip
echo $ip >>
$IPT -A SHUN -s $ip -j BAD_IP
$IPT -A SHUN -d $ip -j BAD_IP
======= end
Where my iptables config has a BAD_IP chain that just gets dropped. Also, on reboot/restartup, iptables parses the rootBlockLoosers file to reset the blocks.
It's a mips r4000. I want to see VMS running there ( them ... Adventure! )
Well, at least until he mentions the naked pictures ....
That's what I thought, when I was working on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ( NMR ) which was changed to Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( MRI ) because too many people were afraid of the word nuclear.
I really don't like it when the text for a link doesn't match the target. If you see
e ct ronics.sonystyle.com/m..."
"http://sonyelectronics.sonystyle.com/m..."
and then notice that its really
"http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://sonyel
it makes you wonder what use they have planned for those click histories ( tied into those cookies ).
If you work for a company that sells weapons, your inventions will be used to kill. It's that simple. Nobody wastes loads of money just to not use what they bought.
....
... life/the world/everything isn't as simple as you think.
Please tell that to every nuclear missle we've ( the US ) has ever built. Also mention that to the SSBNs, and the SSN, and the B52s
Entire industries totally successful in building us a stick so large we never had to use it.
Please, to all of the leftward leaning, slightly socialist people out the
'Spirit rover stolen'?
...
Damn martian punks
"Can your computer become necrotic"
And thought "Of course, every day".
Made alot more sense that way too.
'cause they're smaller than Rhode Island.
What ever happened to breadboxes?
Ummm ... My 66 Mhz t665 clie plays mp3's just fine. Off of the memory stick too. You can get those up to 128 MB.
para
... we can't count on laws to protect our privacy. With the number of governments ( and the increasing disregard for liberty the "war" on terrorism is breeding ) sifting our online traffic increasing daily, its past time to move crypto into the main stream. Let them listen to the hum of white ( almost ) noise.
No, no. We are *not* living in a democracy, probably just to address this problem. We are in a constitutional republic. To avoid "the tyranny of the majority" the constitution was written to prohibit the government from enacting laws that would violate anyone's liberty. The basic problem is that the judiciary isn't doing it's job, and lets the legislature pass, and the executive enforce, just about any law congress likes. From the second amendment violations ( I can't carry a 3.001 in pocket knife??? ) to the DCMA, most of the problems we see on /. would be solved by a judiciary that was willing to say "no, you can't do that to the citizens of this country" once in a while.
Add to this a congress that seems to exist just to pass more laws ( please, once in a while lets have a "do nothing" congress ). Now we are at the point that you need 8 years in school to understand the law. So we end up ruled by lawyers, again because the basic "leave 'em alone" nature of the constitution has been whittled away.
I don't know the solution, but to quote ( badly, I'm sure ) Ben Franklin "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner, liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote"
Don't do either. Both CS and Ceng are about implimentation, ie you turn other people's ideas into programs. If you're just starting out, go for the EE program, with a minor in CS. That way you get the signal processing and hardware background to make yourself move valuable. Look for real-time or embedded projects. Computer Vision, image segamantation, speech ...
:).
The processors these days are getting to the point that some pretty cool applications can be moved into the mass market. You'll need the math/science background to be able to design/architect the implimentation of these apps.
Also, FWIW, fill all your free electives with math courses. Say no to art 101
Chris
I've been wondering when HP would get its thumb
out and make a new calc on par with the 48G or
even the old 15's.
Now I can just run x48 on this, and back that up
with yorick or scilab.
Isn't that a Didi reference?