Enough of RF and microwaves crap! Let's talk about the REAL danger caused by cell phones: SUV and minivan driving Soccer-moms, and such. They drive along, not a care in the world (other than talking and driving and NOT paying attention to their driving) with their head cocked sideways to hold their cellphone with their shoulder. I cannot count the number of times I have almost been shoved off the road, or had to quickly switch lanes to avoid one of these cretins merging (without signal or looking for clear lane). Word of advice: USE A HANDS-FREE! Don't make our glorious Government feel they must enact a law enforcing their use to make us safe.
Whe the PS2 was released, people were auctioning them on Ebay for $1500 USd (highest price I saw with a bid). I just did a quick search for the X-Box, and guess what? Quite a few people are getting less than $299 for them, and the ones that are, aren't getting much more than $300 (unbundled) for them.
"I have been in Fort Meade (NSA Headquarters) and every department has Internet access but it is usually limited to one computer per department that doesn't have any kind of knowledge on it.
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Valid point, but consider: One computer per department that does not have knowledge on it is connected to the net, but is also networked to other boxes in the department that may or may not have knowledge on them. Those boxes, in turn are connected to other boxes in the building that may or may not have knowledge on them, etc.... Point being, the mistake govt. agencies, and more likely, govt. contractors, tend to make in these situations, even though they may be on a "closed network", is that somewhere down the line, that one internet connection is connected to a machine that has does have knowledge. All it takes, is one BOFH to use some easily guessed password, and this system is not quite so secure any longer.
Point of this rant is, it doesn't matter what os you are using; ms, linux, bsd, solaris, one BOFH + one lazy (or overworked) sys/net admin = one unsecure box/network.
They actually have an iso for 7.1 (not live-eval), but it is for sparc.
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"I'm obviously leaning onto a thin limb when I say this, but I believe that the NSA is going to become more concerned with protecting computer systems than cracking them over the next few years."
ummm, question: how do you protect something you don't know how to crack? does anyone think the NSA is actually just going to troll along, fixing security problems they see posted at CERT, etc...?
do not kid yourself, or anyone else about this. they will have to be just as concerned about cracking systems in order to make their security better.
"He who has the knowledge, has the power."
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I work in the retail. Every day, I hear people complain about the price for M$ software, and about having to upgrade their OS every time they turn around.
Let's face it, this "new model" that M$ is planning, may be what pushes Open Source (read Linux) more mainstream. When these people see that they will have to pay yearly for their software (imagine what M$ is planning with Windows!) they WILL seek alternatives.
Right now, the only alternative, given the cost and being able to find Mac software, is Linux and the other Open Source OSes. Couple this with the advancements being made in the area of applications for these OSes, the general public will start seeing these as viable alternatives to Windows and all that encompasses.
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Enough of RF and microwaves crap! Let's talk about the REAL danger caused by cell phones: SUV and minivan driving Soccer-moms, and such. They drive along, not a care in the world (other than talking and driving and NOT paying attention to their driving) with their head cocked sideways to hold their cellphone with their shoulder. I cannot count the number of times I have almost been shoved off the road, or had to quickly switch lanes to avoid one of these cretins merging (without signal or looking for clear lane). Word of advice: USE A HANDS-FREE! Don't make our glorious Government feel they must enact a law enforcing their use to make us safe.
Whe the PS2 was released, people were auctioning them on Ebay for $1500 USd (highest price I saw with a bid). I just did a quick search for the X-Box, and guess what? Quite a few people are getting less than $299 for them, and the ones that are, aren't getting much more than $300 (unbundled) for them.
"I have been in Fort Meade (NSA Headquarters) and every department has Internet access but it is usually limited to one computer per department that doesn't have any kind of knowledge on it.
"
Valid point, but consider: One computer per department that does not have knowledge on it is connected to the net, but is also networked to other boxes in the department that may or may not have knowledge on them. Those boxes, in turn are connected to other boxes in the building that may or may not have knowledge on them, etc.... Point being, the mistake govt. agencies, and more likely, govt. contractors, tend to make in these situations, even though they may be on a "closed network", is that somewhere down the line, that one internet connection is connected to a machine that has does have knowledge. All it takes, is one BOFH to use some easily guessed password, and this system is not quite so secure any longer.
Point of this rant is, it doesn't matter what os you are using; ms, linux, bsd, solaris, one BOFH + one lazy (or overworked) sys/net admin = one unsecure box/network.
They actually have an iso for 7.1 (not live-eval), but it is for sparc.
"I'm obviously leaning onto a thin limb when I say this, but I believe that the NSA is going to become more concerned with protecting computer systems than cracking them over the next few years."
ummm, question: how do you protect something you don't know how to crack? does anyone think the NSA is actually just going to troll along, fixing security problems they see posted at CERT, etc...?
do not kid yourself, or anyone else about this. they will have to be just as concerned about cracking systems in order to make their security better.
"He who has the knowledge, has the power."
"Paranoid people live longer."
"He who has the knowledge, has the power."
Any questions?
I work in the retail. Every day, I hear people complain about the price for M$ software, and about having to upgrade their OS every time they turn around.
Let's face it, this "new model" that M$ is planning, may be what pushes Open Source (read Linux) more mainstream. When these people see that they will have to pay yearly for their software (imagine what M$ is planning with Windows!) they WILL seek alternatives.
Right now, the only alternative, given the cost and being able to find Mac software, is Linux and the other Open Source OSes. Couple this with the advancements being made in the area of applications for these OSes, the general public will start seeing these as viable alternatives to Windows and all that encompasses.