Just so as we are clear, the EU is more of a governing body or confederation, not a government. Most people (esp. in the UK) think that most EU politicians sit on their behinds making up laws nobody needs or wants (such as the standard length of bananas). However to be fair we do tend to jump to the EU especially when it comes to Human Rights.
Quite frankly tho, IMHO Microsoft will have more problems with this than just owing cash. I believe they have a reputation to uphold, and that is worth more than $5 million dollars a day.
... McScoogle? Sounds like some sort of Scottish clan
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From honeypot FAQ:
8. Do you prosecute the people that compromise systems within the Honeynet?
No. The prime directive of the Honeynet Project is research and to share those lessons learn. It is not our goal to catch and prosecure blackhats. We do forward information about compromised systems to CERT so CERT can notify admins of compromised systems. We limit our contact with authorities only when the Project feels there is a critical need. If we were to become involved in a major legal case everytime a system was compromised, we would not have time for research, let alone our real jobs.
read more about honeypot here. It seems they probably could, but are not going to.
Now if the concept could be extended to telesales, my sanity levels would definately be returned to normal.
Not a single day goes by when I'm not phoned up by some mechanical phonedialer/call centre and asked if I'd like to buy double glazing/dial a premium line/order jam. Arrrgh!!
And don't tell me to go ex-directory. I want my friends to find me in the phonebook if they need to thanks.
As a Cisco contractor, Cisco afaik have always supported linux and actively promote it to their employees as an alternative to Windows.
In fact, there was talk of going totally linux at one point!! I dont know where this "concensus" came from but it smells dodgy.
the government bodies should be defining the data that needs to be stored, the interfaces to them and the interactions between them
No, this is the job of the software architects, not the goverment. If it were left to the government it would be easy to see why it were a problem.
IMHO, what actually happens is that its partly a mix of:
a) the bid is purposely under to grab the contract
b) the system is cheaply and badly architectured to keep initial outlay low
c) the spec creeps little by little along the way to eek out the funds once the government are committed.
Either way, they suck the government to the very last penny. It happens all the time, from buildings (scottish parliament for example) to defense contracts. And we (tax payers) foot the bill.
" Failure to secure access to the source code of a key application added more than $10 million to the cost of the infamous "Big Dig" highway construction project in Boston, according to the Massachusetts state auditor.
The application, called the Integrated Project Control System (IPCS), handles traffic, roadway, fire and security systems management for the $14 billion Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project. Software development for the IPCS project remains unfinished. "
You are in a comfortable tunnel like hall to the east there is the round green door
you see:
the wooden chest.
Gandalf. Gandalf is carrying a curious map.
Jackson.
Gandalf gives the curious map to you.
Jackson waits.
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... some birds fly south for the winter, my belly sometimes makes gurgling noises and jam tastes nice on toast.
So what? Publish the vunerabilities, patch them, move on. Sheesh..
Yep, they .
Shocking, isnt it.
Just so as we are clear, the EU is more of a governing body or confederation, not a government. Most people (esp. in the UK) think that most EU politicians sit on their behinds making up laws nobody needs or wants (such as the standard length of bananas). However to be fair we do tend to jump to the EU especially when it comes to Human Rights.
Quite frankly tho, IMHO Microsoft will have more problems with this than just owing cash. I believe they have a reputation to uphold, and that is worth more than $5 million dollars a day.
... McScoogle? Sounds like some sort of Scottish clan
From honeypot FAQ:
8. Do you prosecute the people that compromise systems within the Honeynet? No. The prime directive of the Honeynet Project is research and to share those lessons learn. It is not our goal to catch and prosecure blackhats. We do forward information about compromised systems to CERT so CERT can notify admins of compromised systems. We limit our contact with authorities only when the Project feels there is a critical need. If we were to become involved in a major legal case everytime a system was compromised, we would not have time for research, let alone our real jobs.
read more about honeypot here. It seems they probably could, but are not going to.
It could do hand stands i suppose... ;)
:) lol
However sometimes you just need a button to push which gives the caller an electric shock.
Telesales: Good afternoon sir are you x?
Me:Go AWAY!! *BUZZzzzzzzzT*
Telesales: aaarrgh!
Excellent, thanks for that! Great info.
Now if the concept could be extended to telesales, my sanity levels would definately be returned to normal.
Not a single day goes by when I'm not phoned up by some mechanical phonedialer/call centre and asked if I'd like to buy double glazing/dial a premium line/order jam. Arrrgh!!
And don't tell me to go ex-directory. I want my friends to find me in the phonebook if they need to thanks.
As a Cisco contractor, Cisco afaik have always supported linux and actively promote it to their employees as an alternative to Windows. In fact, there was talk of going totally linux at one point!! I dont know where this "concensus" came from but it smells dodgy.
yup.. FTFA:
In this year, the project managed to conclude more than 25 amicable agreements, two preliminary injunctions and one court order.
.. thats very freudian, don't you think?
the government bodies should be defining the data that needs to be stored, the interfaces to them and the interactions between them
No, this is the job of the software architects, not the goverment. If it were left to the government it would be easy to see why it were a problem.
IMHO, what actually happens is that its partly a mix of:
a) the bid is purposely under to grab the contract
b) the system is cheaply and badly architectured to keep initial outlay low
c) the spec creeps little by little along the way to eek out the funds once the government are committed.
Either way, they suck the government to the very last penny. It happens all the time, from buildings (scottish parliament for example) to defense contracts. And we (tax payers) foot the bill.
We are going to build a computer system, costing One BILLION dollars!!
Yea, the Child Benefit Agency computer system for one. That was a real balls up costing £425 million plus.
;)
I linked to that article cause it was the first one I could find on Google
.. that (at least in the UK) government overspends on IT is quite common, so I'm not overly surprised really.
http://www.computing.co.uk/news/1139418
From TFA:
" Failure to secure access to the source code of a key application added more than $10 million to the cost of the infamous "Big Dig" highway construction project in Boston, according to the Massachusetts state auditor.
The application, called the Integrated Project Control System (IPCS), handles traffic, roadway, fire and security systems management for the $14 billion Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project. Software development for the IPCS project remains unfinished. "
Joker: hahahah.. now we can see the face behind the mask of Batman!! ...
Robin: Holy bump on the head, Batman!
... is a nano gun and some nano mushrooms! Ah those were the days.
[i]2) the FM radio is a good idea[/i]
I'd prefer it to be DAB digital radio... I'd be a bit more excited if it were.
.. We could say "NI!" to the poor fellow but it'd be a terrible thing to do to him..
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
sits down and starts singing about Gold.
:
l
You are in a comfortable tunnel like hall to the east there is the round green door you see
the wooden chest.
Gandalf. Gandalf is carrying a curious map.
Jackson.
Gandalf gives the curious map to you.
Jackson waits.
Yes, good idea!! That way they could put popup/under and inline adds in there that sell you penis enlargement therapy and viagra to make revenue!!
;)
Why didn't I think of that before!!
Sooo.. this is a FS with "MS Office FindFast" built in -- grreat. More slowness.
Would there be any way to turn the damn thing off?