In the article it mentions a new name was set up "briankrebs7" and used to make the Silk Road purchase.
Further down in the screenshot it says in the upper right corner : "Hi, briankrebs7"
It's a pretty important detail that he had control of this account and impressive that he was able to hack into it that quickly before the package arrived.
So it tells us a bit that the article doesn't. To what level has he pwn'd thecc.bz and how deeply does he get into these boards while investigating?
Would be funny if a spammer successfully charged him with hacking their servers. They could also claim that he set up the account and posted the whole thing on the forum after hacking their accounts to frame THEM.
The really creepy stuff is his eugenics ties and claims that his foundation is actively working to decrease population in Africa and South America. Stuff about "accidentally" putting sterilizing agents in vaccines that people didn't even need. It's just bizarre and I have no way of verifying those claims. He is public about his opinions of ideal population size however.
Contrary to what your local pastor may have told you, the bible says no such thing.
1 Co. 15:45 "The first man Adam" Gen. 3:20 Eve was "mother of everyone living"
You can interpret it however you wish, but the Bible definitely does say such a thing. Cain marrying his "sister" is not explicitly spelled out in the Bible which is why we're having this discussion. However at Gen 5:4 Adam is said to live 930 years while having fathered sons and daughters. We don't know the exact time frames of all the events mentioned so really Cain could have married one of Adam's granddaughters.
That's what the summary makes it sound like, but that's not actually what they're doing.
The workers have access to help, safety information, proper procedures, etc...
Instead of using their resources to work correctly and efficiently they do what people tend to do which is ignore all the rules and safety training as much as possible until disaster strikes.
The course simulates disaster striking when procedures aren't followed. By forcing an instantaneous cause/effect environment they're making the workers see the effects of their actions. They fight and they fight until after a few days they stop running around cleaning up their messes and start to check the rules and do things the right way in the first place.
Yeah it's a bit pavlovian, but it's not crushing anyone's spirit, it's teaching them personal responsibility.
I had a prof in university who said if you can't explain it to someone who doesn't have a solid background in it, you don't understand it yourself.
That's actually based on an old saying but I'm not certain exactly who originated it. Some say Einstein, other's say Feynman... perhaps Einstein actually said "It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid."
Rarely understood, often vilified. Satire is the most dangerous form of literature.
It was a silly joke about the corruption of language, how the vernacular becomes the standard and the frequent error of those who jump on others supposed mistake.
I can imagine a lack of desire to do HL3 right now. Look at how many zombie games, shows and movies are out these days. By the time you finish such a large project whatever you've done will already seem dated. If I had a large zombie project on hold I'd rather wait it out a few years til it's a bit fresh again. I think people are getting a bit bored with the vampire, werewolf and zombie stuff.
That's an interesting interpretation of the story. I take it you are unfamiliar with the size of land needed to graze sheep. You really can't fence in their grazing area, though you can pen them in at night. Shepherds sometimes take their sheep miles to find good grazing areas, a fence is unpractical. This is why you need shepherds in the first place, to lead and protect the flock.
You could use your reasoning to blame the villagers for not training the boy how to properly defend against predators. The main point of the story is still about lying, but parental responsibility is a good counterpoint so you brought up a good argument overall.
Another counterpoint would be that knee jerk reactions to childhood misbehavior are unhelpful and better to discern WHY the child is doing so. Maybe he's just lonely. Maybe his fear of wolves is causing him to jump at shadows since he's ill prepared to handle them.
You're right that ultimately parents bear responsibility for their children's actions. In the story the whole village had a duty to teach the boy and nobody stepped up until they all suffered.
Well I don't know anything at all about nuclear simulations and fluid dynamics modeling...
But for pure benefit to mankind I'd say folding@home is a pretty worthy project. It's been running for years and has helped make actual discoveries and raised understanding of protein folding's effects.
According to Wikipedia it was running at 14 Petaflops when last updated. Would taking that up to an exaflop be a huge benefit? You bet!
How about being able to simulate an entire life cycle of a human body at atomic scale? That would gain us tremendous understanding of well... EVERYTHING.
Most definitely there are worthy projects that have a real need for exaflop computing and it's not a waste of time.
You remind me of my friend who years ago said that his 802.11b wireless network was as fast as he'd ever need. Guess he didn't plan on people watching multiple HDTV streams throughout the house.
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Didn't expect the pin vulnerability. I thought it would be an overflow problem.
You're right... boy I look silly!
In the article it mentions a new name was set up "briankrebs7" and used to make the Silk Road purchase.
Further down in the screenshot it says in the upper right corner :
"Hi, briankrebs7"
It's a pretty important detail that he had control of this account and impressive that he was able to hack into it that quickly before the package arrived.
So it tells us a bit that the article doesn't. To what level has he pwn'd thecc.bz and how deeply does he get into these boards while investigating?
Would be funny if a spammer successfully charged him with hacking their servers. They could also claim that he set up the account and posted the whole thing on the forum after hacking their accounts to frame THEM.
Damn. Keep Ashtin Kutcher AWAY from my computer!
Even better, we can add handprint recognition to knives so they only work for the registered owner.
Nononono! It's 1960! Not 1995!
With the android phone how do you know the OEM charger is any good in the first place?
The really creepy stuff is his eugenics ties and claims that his foundation is actively working to decrease population in Africa and South America. Stuff about "accidentally" putting sterilizing agents in vaccines that people didn't even need. It's just bizarre and I have no way of verifying those claims. He is public about his opinions of ideal population size however.
I just met this guy the other day at Starbucks, he's a comp sci major. Knows 2 whole languages. C# and Java.
Seriously. CS major, managed languages. I really hope he's using "unsafe" and pointers but I doubt it.
1 Co. 15:45 "The first man Adam"
Gen. 3:20 Eve was "mother of everyone living"
You can interpret it however you wish, but the Bible definitely does say such a thing. Cain marrying his "sister" is not explicitly spelled out in the Bible which is why we're having this discussion. However at Gen 5:4 Adam is said to live 930 years while having fathered sons and daughters. We don't know the exact time frames of all the events mentioned so really Cain could have married one of Adam's granddaughters.
That's what the summary makes it sound like, but that's not actually what they're doing.
The workers have access to help, safety information, proper procedures, etc...
Instead of using their resources to work correctly and efficiently they do what people tend to do which is ignore all the rules and safety training as much as possible until disaster strikes.
The course simulates disaster striking when procedures aren't followed. By forcing an instantaneous cause/effect environment they're making the workers see the effects of their actions. They fight and they fight until after a few days they stop running around cleaning up their messes and start to check the rules and do things the right way in the first place.
Yeah it's a bit pavlovian, but it's not crushing anyone's spirit, it's teaching them personal responsibility.
That's actually based on an old saying but I'm not certain exactly who originated it. Some say Einstein, other's say Feynman... perhaps Einstein actually said "It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid."
I can understand why your prof didn't source it.
Rarely understood, often vilified. Satire is the most dangerous form of literature.
It was a silly joke about the corruption of language, how the vernacular becomes the standard and the frequent error of those who jump on others supposed mistake.
Y'all get a nice big WOOOOSH!
FTFY
That whole thing was quite a deBAWKle.
So now is a great time to start yet another zombie project and in a year or two interest will be even higher?
Maybe.
I can imagine a lack of desire to do HL3 right now. Look at how many zombie games, shows and movies are out these days. By the time you finish such a large project whatever you've done will already seem dated. If I had a large zombie project on hold I'd rather wait it out a few years til it's a bit fresh again. I think people are getting a bit bored with the vampire, werewolf and zombie stuff.
That's an interesting interpretation of the story. I take it you are unfamiliar with the size of land needed to graze sheep. You really can't fence in their grazing area, though you can pen them in at night. Shepherds sometimes take their sheep miles to find good grazing areas, a fence is unpractical. This is why you need shepherds in the first place, to lead and protect the flock.
You could use your reasoning to blame the villagers for not training the boy how to properly defend against predators. The main point of the story is still about lying, but parental responsibility is a good counterpoint so you brought up a good argument overall.
Another counterpoint would be that knee jerk reactions to childhood misbehavior are unhelpful and better to discern WHY the child is doing so. Maybe he's just lonely. Maybe his fear of wolves is causing him to jump at shadows since he's ill prepared to handle them.
You're right that ultimately parents bear responsibility for their children's actions. In the story the whole village had a duty to teach the boy and nobody stepped up until they all suffered.
Gee thanks for the
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alert!
I was planning to go see that.
Serious question, during war can a commanding officer threaten you with deadly force if you refuse an order?
I've seen that kind of thing in movies so I don't know if it's true in real life past or present.
How would QT be any different than using MonoTouch?
Neat story, I looked it up. Maybe not that simple where it originated however.
http://saboteur.askdefine.com/
If you had to "get it working" then Apple most certainly can compete with that.
We did more than that, we legitimized DRM!
Well I don't know anything at all about nuclear simulations and fluid dynamics modeling...
But for pure benefit to mankind I'd say folding@home is a pretty worthy project. It's been running for years and has helped make actual discoveries and raised understanding of protein folding's effects.
According to Wikipedia it was running at 14 Petaflops when last updated. Would taking that up to an exaflop be a huge benefit? You bet!
How about being able to simulate an entire life cycle of a human body at atomic scale? That would gain us tremendous understanding of well... EVERYTHING.
Most definitely there are worthy projects that have a real need for exaflop computing and it's not a waste of time.
You remind me of my friend who years ago said that his 802.11b wireless network was as fast as he'd ever need. Guess he didn't plan on people watching multiple HDTV streams throughout the house.