The Soviets stole blueprints and built a gas line using it. What part of planting faulty plans is unlawful? They were stolen.
The US action was not unlawful. Hence, the action was not terrorism.
Now, do I think the CIA engages in terrorist activite? Well, quite possibly. But this doesn't even fall near that. It was a counter-espionage act designed to foil the success of an enemy's spying activities. And it worked.
Indeed. Causing a *NON FATAL* explosion in a country that imprisoned as many as 2.5 million political prisoners in Gulags at one time, and is estimated to have murdered upwards of 60 MILLION of its own citizens. Terrorism?
Terrorism is an act of mayhem designed to terrorize. This did not.
Sabotage? Yes. Act of war? Probably. Terrorism? Not even close.
Your statement is just a display of anti-American rhetoric with no basis in reality.
They aren't taking anything. They aren't even looking at the data they gather -- just the hashes of the data. Besides, even if the EULA says they can take your house, they cannot.
It takes what you are running/have in RAM, hashes it, and compares the *hash* to hashes of known cheat programs.
Even if they send the data back to WoW, it isn't really the data, it is the hash. And the whole point of hashes it that it is tough to reverse-engineer the hash back into the original data -- which is why Unix and Windows both store your password as a hash. I can't comment on the strength of this hash because I don't know what they're using.
As it is, they don't appear to send any personal data back to WoW. The DLL may find that data, but it just hashes it and compares it to a database of known cheats. Is there really any legitimate chance that your private data, in hash, matches a cheat app's hash?
From Terms of Use: ================= In order to assist Blizzard Entertainment to police users who may use "hacks," or "cheats" to gain an advantage over other players, you acknowledge that Blizzard Entertainment shall have the right to obtain certain information from your computer and its component parts, including your computer's random access memory, video card, central processing unit, and storage devices. This information will only be used for the purpose of identifying "cheaters," and for no other reason ================= So they can look at anything in RAM, or even your hard drive. And you agree to this. As other posters note, you can either not play, or not run other apps, since they don't seem to scan your drives.
I, for one, think Blizzard is doing something positive here, and the complainers are probably cheaters or farmers -- or non-players. Cheating ruins the experience for honest customers.
Most contracts result in the company owning all of the intellectual property. If the programmer can't own their work, then the owner should be responsible for it.
Besides, it is a company's responsibility to sell good products. If they sell a product that is defective, it is often because they didn't do sufficient Q&A on the product, or rushed it to market.
Bottom line is that if a car maker sells a car with a defective part (the tires lugs were defective), and it passes shoddy Q&A, it is the maker's fault, not the assembly line guy. If it doesn't pass Q&A, you can be sure Ford won't sell it -- but the same doesn't seem true of software.
I have 15 years of networking experience, including Novell 3-6, NT 3.51-4, Win2k and 2k3, and a solid smattering of linux. I also happen to teach continuing ed IT classes for folks trying to switch into an IT career -- mostly A+/Net+, but also MCSA/MCSE.
I currently manage a 26-site WAN for an urban school district, with all the myriad of OS's and servers, as well as WAN troubleshooting.
But since I have an MCSE, I must not be qualified. Anyone who would ignore my resume because I took the time to get certs to match my field is someone who is too stupid to be worth working for.
I think your first inclination is probably more spot-on. In the field, there is a long history of active disinformation behind enemy lines. A great example is the Battle of the Bulge, where the Germans put fake Allied MP's behind US/Brit lines and directed support traffic away from where they should be.
Asking the corps of cadets, the future decision-makers of the US Army, to think about the source of orders is not a bad idea. Not like they are asking them to question legitimate commands.
Sure, just like AT&T treated customers fairly. Not as if they charged people fees to rent those sophisticated telephones, or that their actions were egregarious enough to lead to a court-directed breakup.
Clearly you are not a Verizon customer if you think the phone company won't screw you over. I'm just happy Covad (my DSL provider) has been actively seeking agreements with the Bells in preparation for this.
Personally, I think the FCC jumped the gun. Yes, there *may* be more competition in the future with wifi and internet-over-power, but at this point they are merely pitting two monopolies (cable and phone service) against each other. And given the long-term poor customer service of both of these, I'm less than thrilled at the prospects for this supposed "competition" benefiting me.
I don't think he rips no-output programs. He just points out the contradictory uses of verbose vs. non-existant output. Some situations should see the command prompt as an indication of success -- much of *nix. Some should show a response -- telling grandmama that her mpeg of the grandkids is done downloading and ready to view.
On the other side of that argument is the fact that many of those progress bars in various apps aren't even linked to the underlying process -- they are just eye candy for those many impatient users you refer to. Nothing wrong with that imho either.
We already control Antarctica. How do you think we fought off that Goa'uld attack?
Re:You mean real 'worthless' admins, right?
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I have 28 subnets, 4000 pc's, 70ish servers. 1 manager/admin (me). 3 pc techs. 1 IT manager.
How can I have a pristine image? I've got about 15 different hardware platforms. I've got NT, 2000, 2003. (And this is just for servers -- don't get me started on workstations) Even if I have a "pristine" image for each, for each platform -- what about new vulnerabilities? Do I redo all of my images each time?
It must be nice to have so much time on your hands that you can do this. I cannot. I live in the real world. If I did as you suggest I would be unable to respond to network outages, dying hardware, spam, viruses, malicious internal users, firewalls, etc etc etc.
If it were up to me, I think satellites would only be owned by government bodies so that the services that were provided by these planetary companions would be made available to all citizens.
Of course, given the previous slashdot article about the Bush adminstration's policy on IATC meeting attendees, only Republicans will be allowed to watch HD satellite tv. And only if they donate $1000 to the GOP.
I am the PC/LAN Manager for a large urban school district in Massachusetts. We have 28 schools, and have about 4,000 computers. The schools system has a very large percentage of minorities and immigrants, as well as a fairly high poverty rate. Thousands of our students do not have access to computers at home.
At every high school there are classes on basic office-type computer use. They learn Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Given the need for these basic skills in the workplace, this type of computing is vital for low-income students who do not have access to computers at home.
One school has a Cisco lab and teaches an intro to networking course. The tech school has an A+ lab, and also teaches intro courses to programming. The tech school also uses computers to do electronics engineering -- there are many more diagrams they can create and test on a PC than they can on the boards. They learn more complex systems using software than they could sticking solely to hardware. Each school also has a CAD lab that uses AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks. These types of classes instruct students in the technology fields in preparation for either college or voke education. Clearly this falls within the job of a public school -- preparing students for future employment.
The print shop has computer controlled presses, and students learn how to use equipment similar to a commercial print shop.
The English departments each have a computer lab for writing and research purposes, and the libraries have computers for research and as a digital card catalog.
All in all, the high schools use computers in a productive manner designed to enhance their future education. Just as the plumbing, metal and wood shops help students in their voke education, so do computer labs. And the office application learning will help those who move into office environments.
The middle schools have library labs for testing, research and basic computing classes. They also learn Word and Excel now. The state also mandates in-school testing in preparation for statewide testing, and each school uses the labs for that.
At least one middle school has more advanced computer classes, but that is just one elective, just like wood shop would be.
The grammar schools have few computers, and they are used for state-mandated testing requirements. They also use basic grammar and math learning programs. I can't say if this is better than traditional education, but the students do seem to pay attention to the computer apps longer than they do for some teachers.
In addition, virtually every teacher has a PC. They use these for grades, class preparation, attendance, and other administrative purposes. Given the new increased requirements for reporting and records, these are pretty much needed by schools today.
I know there are a lot of doubts about having computers in classrooms, but I see our level of computer integration as required to help the students find employment in the future. It also helps teachers spend more time teaching, and less time on administrative work such as attendance and grading. It also helps the district meet federal and state testing requirements.
Most important, it introduces thousands of students who live at or below the poverty line to the world of computers -- an opportunity that would otherwise pass them by. Closing the digital divide may in fact be the most important part of our technology program.
(which begs the question of why people play D&D instead of rugby)
Maybe I'm making a bit of an assumption, but I'd have loved to have most slashdot readers opposite me in a scrum. Would be so much more fun than negative mod points.
When installing Exchange 2003, a prerequisite is to install asp.net -- so I'm assuming that OWA for Exchange 2003 uses asp.net.
Can anyone confirm this vulnerability in OWA? If it is a problem, is there anything for an administrator to do? I am not a programmer/developer - the MS links didn't seem to have any helpful preventive info.
Not that this is the case all the time, but the state does have an obligation to protect utilities from unfair competition. It has to do with the fact that corporations would only serve profitable areas if they had a choice.
Start with the consideration that utilities are regulated heavily to start with, and that this has always been the case.
States like PA have urban, suburban, and rural areas. If an unregulated company came in to provide a new service, it would only provide the service in areas where it would be profitable -- probably urban and suburban neighborhoods. People in the boondocks would be left without the service, or would have to pay much higher fees for the service.
But utilities, which can be considered more necessary than luxury, are offered statewide because the state has controls over the system.
It is a matter of the greater good... and if a corporation wants to offer a utility service in a state, then it agrees to be regulated by the state. If you don't want to be regulated so heavily, find another business.
Some people always consider regulation to be evil, and ignore the fact that there may be legitimate reasons for regulation. Besides, we do have a system where people can get regulations reduced -- it is called an election. Regulations aren't enacted in a vacuum - they are put in place by elected representatives.
IIRC, just keeps track that a file was downloaded
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as compared to originating from a floppy/cd/network. This way it warns you that it may not be from a trusted source. I think I've seen this elsewhere - Win 2003 maybe?
I don't think it is so much of a tinfoil-hat thing, as one more layer of warnings against installing applications off the internet.
Most slashdotters know about the safety, or lack therof, of things on the internet. Grandmama may not.
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I think you mean to prevent runoff from entering the well. Groundwater is the water underground -- you know, where the well goes?
The Soviets stole blueprints and built a gas line using it. What part of planting faulty plans is unlawful? They were stolen.
The US action was not unlawful. Hence, the action was not terrorism.
Now, do I think the CIA engages in terrorist activite? Well, quite possibly. But this doesn't even fall near that. It was a counter-espionage act designed to foil the success of an enemy's spying activities. And it worked.
Indeed. Causing a *NON FATAL* explosion in a country that imprisoned as many as 2.5 million political prisoners in Gulags at one time, and is estimated to have murdered upwards of 60 MILLION of its own citizens. Terrorism?
Terrorism is an act of mayhem designed to terrorize. This did not.
Sabotage? Yes.
Act of war? Probably.
Terrorism? Not even close.
Your statement is just a display of anti-American rhetoric with no basis in reality.
Shouldn't that be in ROT13?
Um, I mean
Fubhyqa'g gung or va EBG13?
Methinks thou dost exaggerate.
They aren't taking anything. They aren't even looking at the data they gather -- just the hashes of the data. Besides, even if the EULA says they can take your house, they cannot.
It takes what you are running/have in RAM, hashes it, and compares the *hash* to hashes of known cheat programs.
Even if they send the data back to WoW, it isn't really the data, it is the hash. And the whole point of hashes it that it is tough to reverse-engineer the hash back into the original data -- which is why Unix and Windows both store your password as a hash. I can't comment on the strength of this hash because I don't know what they're using.
As it is, they don't appear to send any personal data back to WoW. The DLL may find that data, but it just hashes it and compares it to a database of known cheats. Is there really any legitimate chance that your private data, in hash, matches a cheat app's hash?
Blizzard does say they will probe your computer.
From Terms of Use:
=================
In order to assist Blizzard Entertainment to police users who may use "hacks," or "cheats" to gain an advantage over other players, you acknowledge that Blizzard Entertainment shall have the right to obtain certain information from your computer and its component parts, including your computer's random access memory, video card, central processing unit, and storage devices. This information will only be used for the purpose of identifying "cheaters," and for no other reason
=================
So they can look at anything in RAM, or even your hard drive. And you agree to this. As other posters note, you can either not play, or not run other apps, since they don't seem to scan your drives.
I, for one, think Blizzard is doing something positive here, and the complainers are probably cheaters or farmers -- or non-players. Cheating ruins the experience for honest customers.
Most contracts result in the company owning all of the intellectual property. If the programmer can't own their work, then the owner should be responsible for it.
Besides, it is a company's responsibility to sell good products. If they sell a product that is defective, it is often because they didn't do sufficient Q&A on the product, or rushed it to market.
Bottom line is that if a car maker sells a car with a defective part (the tires lugs were defective), and it passes shoddy Q&A, it is the maker's fault, not the assembly line guy. If it doesn't pass Q&A, you can be sure Ford won't sell it -- but the same doesn't seem true of software.
Indeed. Not like the UN allows China and Cuba on the Human Rights committee, making it a complete mockery.
Oh wait, yes they do.
I have 15 years of networking experience, including Novell 3-6, NT 3.51-4, Win2k and 2k3, and a solid smattering of linux. I also happen to teach continuing ed IT classes for folks trying to switch into an IT career -- mostly A+/Net+, but also MCSA/MCSE.
I currently manage a 26-site WAN for an urban school district, with all the myriad of OS's and servers, as well as WAN troubleshooting.
But since I have an MCSE, I must not be qualified. Anyone who would ignore my resume because I took the time to get certs to match my field is someone who is too stupid to be worth working for.
I think your first inclination is probably more spot-on. In the field, there is a long history of active disinformation behind enemy lines. A great example is the Battle of the Bulge, where the Germans put fake Allied MP's behind US/Brit lines and directed support traffic away from where they should be.
Asking the corps of cadets, the future decision-makers of the US Army, to think about the source of orders is not a bad idea. Not like they are asking them to question legitimate commands.
-> But there is no Col. Robert Melville at West Point.
Sure, just like AT&T treated customers fairly. Not as if they charged people fees to rent those sophisticated telephones, or that their actions were egregarious enough to lead to a court-directed breakup.
Clearly you are not a Verizon customer if you think the phone company won't screw you over. I'm just happy Covad (my DSL provider) has been actively seeking agreements with the Bells in preparation for this.
Personally, I think the FCC jumped the gun. Yes, there *may* be more competition in the future with wifi and internet-over-power, but at this point they are merely pitting two monopolies (cable and phone service) against each other. And given the long-term poor customer service of both of these, I'm less than thrilled at the prospects for this supposed "competition" benefiting me.
It is absolutely absurd that Boston - nevermind West Quoddy Head, Maine - is in the same timezone as Detroit, MI.
Legislators here in MA have suggested moving to the Atlantic Time zone, getting the benefits of "Daylight Savings" year-round.
Unfortunately, it is just a pipe dream.
I don't think he rips no-output programs. He just points out the contradictory uses of verbose vs. non-existant output. Some situations should see the command prompt as an indication of success -- much of *nix. Some should show a response -- telling grandmama that her mpeg of the grandkids is done downloading and ready to view.
On the other side of that argument is the fact that many of those progress bars in various apps aren't even linked to the underlying process -- they are just eye candy for those many impatient users you refer to. Nothing wrong with that imho either.
We already control Antarctica. How do you think we fought off that Goa'uld attack?
I have 28 subnets, 4000 pc's, 70ish servers. 1 manager/admin (me). 3 pc techs. 1 IT manager.
How can I have a pristine image? I've got about 15 different hardware platforms. I've got NT, 2000, 2003. (And this is just for servers -- don't get me started on workstations) Even if I have a "pristine" image for each, for each platform -- what about new vulnerabilities? Do I redo all of my images each time?
It must be nice to have so much time on your hands that you can do this. I cannot. I live in the real world. If I did as you suggest I would be unable to respond to network outages, dying hardware, spam, viruses, malicious internal users, firewalls, etc etc etc.
Of course, given the previous slashdot article about the Bush adminstration's policy on IATC meeting attendees, only Republicans will be allowed to watch HD satellite tv. And only if they donate $1000 to the GOP.
I am the PC/LAN Manager for a large urban school district in Massachusetts. We have 28 schools, and have about 4,000 computers. The schools system has a very large percentage of minorities and immigrants, as well as a fairly high poverty rate. Thousands of our students do not have access to computers at home.
At every high school there are classes on basic office-type computer use. They learn Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Given the need for these basic skills in the workplace, this type of computing is vital for low-income students who do not have access to computers at home.
One school has a Cisco lab and teaches an intro to networking course. The tech school has an A+ lab, and also teaches intro courses to programming. The tech school also uses computers to do electronics engineering -- there are many more diagrams they can create and test on a PC than they can on the boards. They learn more complex systems using software than they could sticking solely to hardware. Each school also has a CAD lab that uses AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks. These types of classes instruct students in the technology fields in preparation for either college or voke education. Clearly this falls within the job of a public school -- preparing students for future employment.
The print shop has computer controlled presses, and students learn how to use equipment similar to a commercial print shop.
The English departments each have a computer lab for writing and research purposes, and the libraries have computers for research and as a digital card catalog.
All in all, the high schools use computers in a productive manner designed to enhance their future education. Just as the plumbing, metal and wood shops help students in their voke education, so do computer labs. And the office application learning will help those who move into office environments.
The middle schools have library labs for testing, research and basic computing classes. They also learn Word and Excel now. The state also mandates in-school testing in preparation for statewide testing, and each school uses the labs for that.
At least one middle school has more advanced computer classes, but that is just one elective, just like wood shop would be.
The grammar schools have few computers, and they are used for state-mandated testing requirements. They also use basic grammar and math learning programs. I can't say if this is better than traditional education, but the students do seem to pay attention to the computer apps longer than they do for some teachers.
In addition, virtually every teacher has a PC. They use these for grades, class preparation, attendance, and other administrative purposes. Given the new increased requirements for reporting and records, these are pretty much needed by schools today.
I know there are a lot of doubts about having computers in classrooms, but I see our level of computer integration as required to help the students find employment in the future. It also helps teachers spend more time teaching, and less time on administrative work such as attendance and grading. It also helps the district meet federal and state testing requirements.
Most important, it introduces thousands of students who live at or below the poverty line to the world of computers -- an opportunity that would otherwise pass them by. Closing the digital divide may in fact be the most important part of our technology program.
(which begs the question of why people play D&D instead of rugby)
Maybe I'm making a bit of an assumption, but I'd have loved to have most slashdot readers opposite me in a scrum. Would be so much more fun than negative mod points.
Thanks for the info.
When installing Exchange 2003, a prerequisite is to install asp.net -- so I'm assuming that OWA for Exchange 2003 uses asp.net.
Can anyone confirm this vulnerability in OWA? If it is a problem, is there anything for an administrator to do? I am not a programmer/developer - the MS links didn't seem to have any helpful preventive info.
Link Here - interesting read.
Not that this is the case all the time, but the state does have an obligation to protect utilities from unfair competition. It has to do with the fact that corporations would only serve profitable areas if they had a choice.
Start with the consideration that utilities are regulated heavily to start with, and that this has always been the case.
States like PA have urban, suburban, and rural areas. If an unregulated company came in to provide a new service, it would only provide the service in areas where it would be profitable -- probably urban and suburban neighborhoods. People in the boondocks would be left without the service, or would have to pay much higher fees for the service.
But utilities, which can be considered more necessary than luxury, are offered statewide because the state has controls over the system.
It is a matter of the greater good... and if a corporation wants to offer a utility service in a state, then it agrees to be regulated by the state. If you don't want to be regulated so heavily, find another business.
Some people always consider regulation to be evil, and ignore the fact that there may be legitimate reasons for regulation. Besides, we do have a system where people can get regulations reduced -- it is called an election. Regulations aren't enacted in a vacuum - they are put in place by elected representatives.
as compared to originating from a floppy/cd/network. This way it warns you that it may not be from a trusted source. I think I've seen this elsewhere - Win 2003 maybe?
I don't think it is so much of a tinfoil-hat thing, as one more layer of warnings against installing applications off the internet.
Most slashdotters know about the safety, or lack therof, of things on the internet. Grandmama may not.