That's a pretty big assumption. Firstly the dongle thing is clearly intended for piracy, it comes complete with "backup functionality", a GUI for that etc. I don't see any mention of booting Linux anywhere. Secondly whatever strategy Sony used, it clearly worked - PS3 is more than half way through its probably lifetime and has never been usefully hacked before. Time will tell if they can figure out how it was done and renew the protection - or not.
Or, PS3 is more than half way through its lifetime, and lots of people never bought it because they couldn't play backed up games. That's one of the reasons I never bought it.
Why, you ask? Well, because there is no way I'd be buying any games, ever again, based on some 'reviews'. Or trailers. Ever again. And I can't test the games in the store where I am buying PS3 (no idea how it works in the USA, though).
Now I take 'pirated' version, try it, and if I like it - I buy it.
Meanwhile, producers of shit games can keep complaining how pirates are killing the industry, while ignoring the fact they're making shit products, and they can trick us just so many times...
Nokia is known to be obsessed with environment and living standards of their workers. They are also one of the most truly global thinking companies who cares about cultural diversity.
Not just that, they purchased Qt from Trolltech and spend millions of engineering hours with millions of dollars to open source their key operating system. That massive work also finds its way to Linux/BSD.
The point is, seen anyone giving a fsck lately?
I know that there are plenty of people living in their small imaginary world, where is everything to them, but there is a real world out there, and it's not playing by geek standards.
In other words, I bought a Nokia phone yesterday. And I'd never change it for any iPhone/Android/WM phone.
I have had a hard time explaining to people why self-signed certificates are much more secure than "trusted" certificates issues by likes of Verisign, Thawte, etc.
Hard to believe that some people are whining about legality/morality of Wikileaks, while US military forces are illegally occupying few countries and killing citizens there.
I feel that wikileaks is a Good Thing; but I also acknowledge that there are some things that serve no purpose being released, and that put individuals in danger for no benefit.
Maybe you should stop invading sovereign countries for economical reasons, eh?
I mean, you are saying that leaking some docs puts some individuals in danger. And you completely ignore the fact that USA invaded sovereign country. That is of no importance?
Why the fuck would anyone care about safety of some individuals, whose details were not kept secret by the US military, because they're bunch of retards?
You reap what you sow. If you get your informants/snitches killed - well, should've thought about that before putting their details on file.
How many people were killed due to sectarian violence in India last month? or Pakistan?
How many people will killed due to drug violence in Ciudad Juarez?
How many drive-bys were there in LA last month?
There will be violence in Iraq just like there is violence in other coutrys throughout the world. But the organized insurgant violence is gone. Now its the equivalent of you local gangs.
How incredibly stupid you have to be, to use comparisons like this in order to justify violence in Iraq?
Let me ask you a simple question - how many people were killed on a daily basis while Saddam was in power? And how many people are killed on a daily basis now?
2008 was the year the final nail in JAM's coffin. Up until then, it was always still a little dicey. Once the Iraqi government proved it had the balls to go after even politically-powerful, popular and influential terrorist groups, they gained a lot more credibility, amongst their own people, the US military, and the terrorist groups that have since fled to riper opportunities in Iran and Pakistan. If we have done nothing else in the last two years, we have at least prevented those groups from seeping back in. But yeah, at this point, our forces there are becoming superfluous.
Why were there no terrorist groups in Iraq before USA came to "liberate" it?
This is true but I don't feel like carrying around my iMac in suitcase and the screen on the iPhones are too small to read on. I don't own a Kindle (never really serious considered one) and I'm giving away my MBP to my mother so my iPad will be my portable computing device when I go on longer trips. My iPhone is always with me but I like having a larger screen for reading or watching video when on a trip.
If you need to carry an iPad when you are going on a trip, so that you can read or watch movies, do yourself a favor, and just don't go on a trip.
Because it's obvious you're not going on a trip because you want to.
The people who decided some time ago that they dislike global warming for whatever reason will always find a way to rationalize their denial of it. They are not about to let some pesky "facts" from "experts" cloud their judgment.
How can people be this dumb, is beyond comprehension.
People are not denying that there is a climate change. You can feel it yourself.
What people are arguing is whether it is 'induced' by humans or it's a part of some natural cycle.
I can't believe that all these raging rednecks are so blinded with rage, that they still can't understand that WikiLeaks was probably played (quite well) by yanks. I wouldn't be surprised if WikiLeaks was actually a CIA operation. It would be beautiful if it was.
Think about it - what, exactly, has Wikileaks ever released, that has ANY value to anyone, except as entertainment for the sheep^H^H^H^H^masses?
The biggest WikiLeaks achievement, so far, is to 'reveal' how Pakistan is not really a friend of US. Who benefits from this the most? Certainly not the sheep. Or Pakistan. But US govt, since they'll now have instant 'popular support' in any action (non-military, of course) against Pakistan. They could have not done this with normal media manipulation, in such a short time, even if they were fully dedicated to it.
Everyone talks about WikiLeaks, but noone ever mentions Cryptome. Cryptome is the place where real information is released, where real sensitive data can be found, and Cryptome owner is a real living legend, considering how much effort and work he has put in it.
So, why are all these rednecks not making empty threats against John Young?
Oh, it's because you wouldn't know what good information (or logic, for that matter) is, even if it hit you in the head.
If something awful happens to befall the guy he gets what he deserves. I'd even support any Gov't efforts to help that something awful along. He's put the lives of people in jeopardy. He thinks it will somehow serve a greater purpose if those people (our sons and daughters serving as war fighters) get killed rather than allow the Govt's to have classified communica. He's a buffoon.
This is the kind of bullshit you hear from people who don't have a fucking clue what regular people are like. Sure, it's possible that a government may hide their activities from the public in an attempt to deceive or control them. Much more often, however, the government needs to keep information from the public because the public is full of panicky morons. And yes, sometimes a restriction on information is vital to national security. Traditional media doesn't "fail" to expose this information; they have enough sense to determine what benefits the public and what doesn't. Assange clearly lacks any fucking iota of that kind of sense.
I only wish that that was the case because the side you are talking about (taliban, al-qaeda and other jihadist forces) are representing a savage medieval ideology that, if not challenged with force, presents the greatest single threat to the survival of human civilization. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be going as well as you say.
Strange. You'll find that majority of Earth's population sees US as a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda or Talibans.
Strangely enough, I'm pretty sure the US and Russian stockpiles of nuclear weapons made the world safer overall. I can't say the same regarding North Korea or Iran having nukes. They might actually use them without fear of retaliation.
I see. I guess allowing France, Britain and Israel, India, Pakistan to obtain nuclear weapons also made world a safer place.
No, they were far more ruthless than we are. The Romans would have conquered Afghanistan a long time ago -- it's much easier to pacify a population when you are willing to kill anyone capable of offering resistance and sell the survivors into slavery.
We aren't even as ruthless as we were just sixty years ago. Read up on how we conducted ourselves in the Pacific War against Japan. They refused to abide by the laws of war and we responded in kind.
Thank God that you guys are so nice and kind.
For a moment there, I though you were the country that killed the most civilians in past decade...
You need to do a little research on the British Empire, the Roman empire, The Mongols, etc. Pretty much ANY empire in recorded history. Most involved outright genocide of millions and ongoing conflicts on multiple fronts. We're a bunch of candy-ass pacifists by comparison.
Oh, another one. Right, I see. Thank God for your logical explanation, because I was on the edge of thinking that maybe what US was doing might not be right.
But now that you pointed out that other have done it before, then it MUST be right.
Huh? Your view of history is pretty narrow. Perhaps in the 20th Century the US has been involved in more wars that others (often as a defensive position, ie, WWI, WW2, Korea) but the history of mankind has been that of war for thousands and thousands of years.
This is reality, not the Federation of Planets. Get used to it.
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That's a pretty big assumption. Firstly the dongle thing is clearly intended for piracy, it comes complete with "backup functionality", a GUI for that etc. I don't see any mention of booting Linux anywhere. Secondly whatever strategy Sony used, it clearly worked - PS3 is more than half way through its probably lifetime and has never been usefully hacked before. Time will tell if they can figure out how it was done and renew the protection - or not.
Or, PS3 is more than half way through its lifetime, and lots of people never bought it because they couldn't play backed up games. That's one of the reasons I never bought it.
Why, you ask? Well, because there is no way I'd be buying any games, ever again, based on some 'reviews'. Or trailers. Ever again. And I can't test the games in the store where I am buying PS3 (no idea how it works in the USA, though).
Now I take 'pirated' version, try it, and if I like it - I buy it.
Meanwhile, producers of shit games can keep complaining how pirates are killing the industry, while ignoring the fact they're making shit products, and they can trick us just so many times...
Assange can post whatever he wants... ...but he also needs to be held accountable if things go wrong.
Any why is it that people except this from random guy like Assange, but yet they fail to ask for the same thing from their political leaders?
I haven't seen Bush being held accountable when things went wrong.
But Assange should? Oh, yanks, what have you became...
Nokia is known to be obsessed with environment and living standards of their workers. They are also one of the most truly global thinking companies who cares about cultural diversity.
Not just that, they purchased Qt from Trolltech and spend millions of engineering hours with millions of dollars to open source their key operating system. That massive work also finds its way to Linux/BSD.
The point is, seen anyone giving a fsck lately?
I know that there are plenty of people living in their small imaginary world, where is everything to them, but there is a real world out there, and it's not playing by geek standards.
In other words, I bought a Nokia phone yesterday. And I'd never change it for any iPhone/Android/WM phone.
Also, I don't wear Nike.
I have had a hard time explaining to people why self-signed certificates are much more secure than "trusted" certificates issues by likes of Verisign, Thawte, etc.
They still don't understand it :)
Hard to believe that some people are whining about legality/morality of Wikileaks, while US military forces are illegally occupying few countries and killing citizens there.
Oxymoron.
I feel that wikileaks is a Good Thing; but I also acknowledge that there are some things that serve no purpose being released, and that put individuals in danger for no benefit.
Maybe you should stop invading sovereign countries for economical reasons, eh?
I mean, you are saying that leaking some docs puts some individuals in danger. And you completely ignore the fact that USA invaded sovereign country. That is of no importance?
Why the fuck would anyone care about safety of some individuals, whose details were not kept secret by the US military, because they're bunch of retards?
You reap what you sow. If you get your informants/snitches killed - well, should've thought about that before putting their details on file.
How many people were killed due to sectarian violence in India last month? or Pakistan?
How many people will killed due to drug violence in Ciudad Juarez?
How many drive-bys were there in LA last month?
There will be violence in Iraq just like there is violence in other coutrys throughout the world. But the organized insurgant violence is gone. Now its the equivalent of you local gangs.
How incredibly stupid you have to be, to use comparisons like this in order to justify violence in Iraq?
Let me ask you a simple question - how many people were killed on a daily basis while Saddam was in power? And how many people are killed on a daily basis now?
Conducting counter-insurgency operations in a nation with an unstable government? No, they're not.
Iraq had a very stable government. I wonder how it changed...
2008 was the year the final nail in JAM's coffin. Up until then, it was always still a little dicey. Once the Iraqi government proved it had the balls to go after even politically-powerful, popular and influential terrorist groups, they gained a lot more credibility, amongst their own people, the US military, and the terrorist groups that have since fled to riper opportunities in Iran and Pakistan. If we have done nothing else in the last two years, we have at least prevented those groups from seeping back in. But yeah, at this point, our forces there are becoming superfluous.
Why were there no terrorist groups in Iraq before USA came to "liberate" it?
I can't even explain how common this thing is, and how many geeks are playing with it.
He didn't actually *build* the hardware, he purchased it - some smart people actually build these things, and hobbyists play with it.
Why this guy felt like he had to take a credit for it is beyond me.
This is true but I don't feel like carrying around my iMac in suitcase and the screen on the iPhones are too small to read on. I don't own a Kindle (never really serious considered one) and I'm giving away my MBP to my mother so my iPad will be my portable computing device when I go on longer trips. My iPhone is always with me but I like having a larger screen for reading or watching video when on a trip.
If you need to carry an iPad when you are going on a trip, so that you can read or watch movies, do yourself a favor, and just don't go on a trip.
Because it's obvious you're not going on a trip because you want to.
The people who decided some time ago that they dislike global warming for whatever reason will always find a way to rationalize their denial of it. They are not about to let some pesky "facts" from "experts" cloud their judgment.
How can people be this dumb, is beyond comprehension.
People are not denying that there is a climate change. You can feel it yourself.
What people are arguing is whether it is 'induced' by humans or it's a part of some natural cycle.
I can't believe that all these raging rednecks are so blinded with rage, that they still can't understand that WikiLeaks was probably played (quite well) by yanks. I wouldn't be surprised if WikiLeaks was actually a CIA operation. It would be beautiful if it was.
Think about it - what, exactly, has Wikileaks ever released, that has ANY value to anyone, except as entertainment for the sheep^H^H^H^H^masses?
The biggest WikiLeaks achievement, so far, is to 'reveal' how Pakistan is not really a friend of US. Who benefits from this the most? Certainly not the sheep. Or Pakistan. But US govt, since they'll now have instant 'popular support' in any action (non-military, of course) against Pakistan. They could have not done this with normal media manipulation, in such a short time, even if they were fully dedicated to it.
Everyone talks about WikiLeaks, but noone ever mentions Cryptome. Cryptome is the place where real information is released, where real sensitive data can be found, and Cryptome owner is a real living legend, considering how much effort and work he has put in it.
So, why are all these rednecks not making empty threats against John Young?
Oh, it's because you wouldn't know what good information (or logic, for that matter) is, even if it hit you in the head.
If something awful happens to befall the guy he gets what he deserves. I'd even support any Gov't efforts to help that something awful along. He's put the lives of people in jeopardy. He thinks it will somehow serve a greater purpose if those people (our sons and daughters serving as war fighters) get killed rather than allow the Govt's to have classified communica. He's a buffoon.
Wow. You are a dumb fuck, aren't you?
This is the kind of bullshit you hear from people who don't have a fucking clue what regular people are like. Sure, it's possible that a government may hide their activities from the public in an attempt to deceive or control them. Much more often, however, the government needs to keep information from the public because the public is full of panicky morons. And yes, sometimes a restriction on information is vital to national security. Traditional media doesn't "fail" to expose this information; they have enough sense to determine what benefits the public and what doesn't. Assange clearly lacks any fucking iota of that kind of sense.
"We know what's best for you."
Classic.
I only wish that that was the case because the side you are talking about (taliban, al-qaeda and other jihadist forces) are representing a savage medieval ideology that, if not challenged with force, presents the greatest single threat to the survival of human civilization. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be going as well as you say.
Strange. You'll find that majority of Earth's population sees US as a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda or Talibans.
But, please, keep living in a dreamworld.
Please drop the "9/11 was an inside job" bullshit. Try to keep the discussion here meaningful. :P
I also use FoxNews as my only source of information. Works great.
Strangely enough, I'm pretty sure the US and Russian stockpiles of nuclear weapons made the world safer overall. I can't say the same regarding North Korea or Iran having nukes. They might actually use them without fear of retaliation.
I see. I guess allowing France, Britain and Israel, India, Pakistan to obtain nuclear weapons also made world a safer place.
How can you people be so dumb and shallow?
No, they were far more ruthless than we are. The Romans would have conquered Afghanistan a long time ago -- it's much easier to pacify a population when you are willing to kill anyone capable of offering resistance and sell the survivors into slavery.
We aren't even as ruthless as we were just sixty years ago. Read up on how we conducted ourselves in the Pacific War against Japan. They refused to abide by the laws of war and we responded in kind.
Thank God that you guys are so nice and kind.
For a moment there, I though you were the country that killed the most civilians in past decade...
As for the supposedly massive collateral damage by the Allies, 195 people over 10 years is tragic but not huge.
195 collateral damage over 10 years? Are you blind or dumb?
Also, would it be okay if among those 195 (you're blind) were your mother, father, brothers/sisters and best friends?
Would be tragic, but not huge, right?
You need to do a little research on the British Empire, the Roman empire, The Mongols, etc. Pretty much ANY empire in recorded history. Most involved outright genocide of millions and ongoing conflicts on multiple fronts. We're a bunch of candy-ass pacifists by comparison.
Oh, another one. Right, I see. Thank God for your logical explanation, because I was on the edge of thinking that maybe what US was doing might not be right.
But now that you pointed out that other have done it before, then it MUST be right.
Right?
Huh? Your view of history is pretty narrow. Perhaps in the 20th Century the US has been involved in more wars that others (often as a defensive position, ie, WWI, WW2, Korea) but the history of mankind has been that of war for thousands and thousands of years.
This is reality, not the Federation of Planets. Get used to it.
Oh? It's okay then.
You're so dumb...
Holy crap, I am really sentimental now.
I remember the good old days of security world, where BH/CCC/Defcon/etc presentations were technical marvels and work of extremely bright people.
Ah, good old days...
I can download Total Commander from author's site.
I can download Total Commander (with added files, which do not modify original Total Commander files) from torrent sites as well.
If I download it from torrent site, will this study consider it as a piracy?
This study is flawed beyond comprehension.
When I wrote "SourceFire site", you read "snort.org" because...?
Are you going to keep showing how stupid you are, or you think it's time to stop?
Please go to http://www.ibm.com/ and try to find their opensource projects on the front page.