This attack seems well-coordinated enough that it had to have been planned for some time. The claimed provocation of Georgia's incursion into South Ossetia -- a breakway province that is, after all, recognized as Georgian territory -- is probably just pretext.
So there is some oil pipeline, some warning to NATO, some indirect linkage to Middle Eastern policy...
Standard international policy gordian knot.
We should send Paris Hilton as an envoy. Because all that hotness would cool things considerably, no?
No, just thrusting into some skirts or other.
To paraphrase Carlin:
"Our counter-thrust must be to prick holes in the stiff front erected by the Russians leaders. We must keep mounting an offensive to penetrate any crack in their defenses. Let's get on them.
Let's ram through a stiff response so it will be hard for them to get it up.
It'll be hard on us, but we can't lick them by being soft!"
I'm not sure your equation, "personal information"=="software flaw"
is valid.
It seems like the 4th Amendment could be seen as creating a distinction.
However, I am not a lawyer, just someone applying common sense.
TFA:
That could be difficult to enforce. Every one of the thousands of people here who registered for Defcon received a CD with the students' 87-page presentation titled "Anatomy of a Subway Hack." It recounts, in detail, how they wrote code to generate fake magcards. Also, it describes how they were able to use software they developed and $990 worth of hardware to read and clone the RFID-based CharlieCards.
Seems like the MA government could or should already have all of the relevant material.
The injunction amounts to a fart in a thunderstorm, and feckless as the RFID cards in question.
Better still, we should have the Fed pay for the server. And pay subsidies to the RIAA. This satisfies both the students and the lawyers. What's not to like?
So you publish an occasional 'theoretical' exploit to flush out the amateurs and the unreliable in the circle of trust.
The truly evil ones who wouldn't fall for a red herring are likely diabolical enough to have infiltrated the information source in the first place.
Or you could just boot something else.
How about a little context there? The
3/5 Compromise was a giant wart on the Constitution.
Consider Luther Martin:
Luther Martin of Maryland, a slaveholder, said that the slave should be subject to federal regulation since the entire nation would be responsible for suppressing slave revolts. He also considered the slave trade contrary to America's republican ideals. "It is inconsistent with the principles of the Revolution," he said, "and dishonorable to the American character to have such a feature in the constitution."
The percentage of the federal budget devoted to mandatory spending has increased markedly over the past 40 years. Mandatory spending has doubled during the period, while discretionary spending has almost been cut in half. The increase in mandatory spending is due primarily to the growth of the three major entitlement programs. These programs are growing for several reasons:
New programs have been added to provide benefits to individuals deemed to be in need of assistance who were previously not covered by other programs.
Existing programs have been expanded to provide more benefits deemed to be necessary to fulfill the primary mission of the programs.
The retirement of the Baby Boomers (those born from 1946 through 1964) are beginning to swell the ranks of the entitlement programs.
Medical and prescription drug costs have outpaced the growth of the economy.
Improved medical procedures and healthier lifestyles have increased life expectancies to all-time highs, thereby extending the coverage period of many beneficiaries.
"I've found you can find happiness in slavery"--Reznor
Whoever aggregates all of these disclosures, and rates companies based on their accuracy and fidelity over time, is probably going to have a lot of customers.
Uh, OSX is based on a mach kernel, IIRC, and Ubuntu is based on Linux.
One uses Aqua and the other X.
I don't know enough about OS/2 to opine on its innards.
Hey, it's all morally equivalent if it uses electricity, right?
Slashdot Mirror
CamelCase is for wikis.
Here is some more excellent analysis:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021207.php
Forget the Olympics, forget goofball Edwards: this is important, lads.
Department of Hurdling Sharks
Sounds like a Quentin Tarnetino flick.
http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-prowl-bear-moves-on-south-ossetia.html
This attack seems well-coordinated enough that it had to have been planned for some time. The claimed provocation of Georgia's incursion into South Ossetia -- a breakway province that is, after all, recognized as Georgian territory -- is probably just pretext.
So there is some oil pipeline, some warning to NATO, some indirect linkage to Middle Eastern policy...
Standard international policy gordian knot.
We should send Paris Hilton as an envoy. Because all that hotness would cool things considerably, no?
To paraphrase Carlin:
"Our counter-thrust must be to prick holes in the stiff front erected by the Russians leaders.
We must keep mounting an offensive to penetrate any crack in their defenses.
Let's get on them.
Let's ram through a stiff response so it will be hard for them to get it up.
It'll be hard on us, but we can't lick them by being soft!"
"personal information"=="software flaw"
is valid.
It seems like the 4th Amendment could be seen as creating a distinction.
However, I am not a lawyer, just someone applying common sense.
TFA:
That could be difficult to enforce. Every one of the thousands of people here who registered for Defcon received a CD with the students' 87-page presentation titled "Anatomy of a Subway Hack." It recounts, in detail, how they wrote code to generate fake magcards. Also, it describes how they were able to use software they developed and $990 worth of hardware to read and clone the RFID-based CharlieCards.
Seems like the MA government could or should already have all of the relevant material.
The injunction amounts to a fart in a thunderstorm, and feckless as the RFID cards in question.
Excellent
"Indiana Jones in Reefer Madness II: Goin' Nucular"
Indiana Jones and the Natalie Portman Figurine
Indiana Jones and the Lost Netcraft Confirmation
Indiana Jones and the Steven King Demise Report
and, finally,
InSovietDiana, Raiders of the Temple of the Crusade of the Skull are Jonezin' for you!
If the apple is like a car, then the ISS is like a cdr.
HTH.
"Colonel crash" != "kernel crash"
Roughly around the time of the first Visceral Stupido advert.
Is it a dessert topping, or a floor wax?
Yep.
SELECT COUNT(comment_id)
FROM comments
WHERE comment_text='Frist post'
to know that using a politician's name in a /. thread buys no bounce.
Better to tour Europe instead.
[1] I have never looked at slashcode
Oh, believe me. The IRS will extract all that and more to fund this and other Federal boo-boos.
The best strategy is keep smiling.
Only a few years ago.
Better still, we should have the Fed pay for the server. And pay subsidies to the RIAA. This satisfies both the students and the lawyers. What's not to like?
You can do the dilligence yourself, or delegate. Cost of doing business. There is always agriculture, should you grow frustrated.
So you publish an occasional 'theoretical' exploit to flush out the amateurs and the unreliable in the circle of trust.
The truly evil ones who wouldn't fall for a red herring are likely diabolical enough to have infiltrated the information source in the first place.
Or you could just boot something else.
Consider Luther Martin:
Luther Martin of Maryland, a slaveholder, said that the slave should be subject to federal regulation since the entire nation would be responsible for suppressing slave revolts. He also considered the slave trade contrary to America's republican ideals. "It is inconsistent with the principles of the Revolution," he said, "and dishonorable to the American character to have such a feature in the constitution."
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/revolution/revolution_slavery.cfm
So, for all one might concede a theoretical point to Southern States for arguing some 10th Amendment separation of powers, that Civil War (and the Civil Rights Movement a century later) is simply fruit of a bad seed planted in earlier.
Of course, our modern shackles are so much more refined:
http://perotcharts.com/category/challenges-charts/page/14
The percentage of the federal budget devoted to mandatory spending has increased markedly over the past 40 years. Mandatory spending has doubled during the period, while discretionary spending has almost been cut in half. The increase in mandatory spending is due primarily to the growth of the three major entitlement programs. These programs are growing for several reasons:
New programs have been added to provide benefits to individuals deemed to be in need of assistance who were previously not covered by other programs.
Existing programs have been expanded to provide more benefits deemed to be necessary to fulfill the primary mission of the programs.
The retirement of the Baby Boomers (those born from 1946 through 1964) are beginning to swell the ranks of the entitlement programs.
Medical and prescription drug costs have outpaced the growth of the economy.
Improved medical procedures and healthier lifestyles have increased life expectancies to all-time highs, thereby extending the coverage period of many beneficiaries.
"I've found you can find happiness in slavery"--Reznor
Whoever aggregates all of these disclosures, and rates companies based on their accuracy and fidelity over time, is probably going to have a lot of customers.
Uh, OSX is based on a mach kernel, IIRC, and Ubuntu is based on Linux.
One uses Aqua and the other X.
I don't know enough about OS/2 to opine on its innards.
Hey, it's all morally equivalent if it uses electricity, right?
Yeah, but it was 24K, so when you hit your 'OL PC with it, you know it's gonna leave a mark.