If you're a student, it's paper season. Write a few papers on your PC. That should take the next week or two.
If you're not, claim to spill something on your keyboard. That shorts 'em out nicely. "Sorry - I spilled coke/vodka/whatever on the keyboard and it's not working at all. I've sent it to be repaired and I don't know when it'll be back - they estimated a couple of weeks."
Either that or just ask him if he'd mind leaving so your gf and you can get some quality time and you can get some sleep on weekends, but that one's less fun.
I still like the XBOX. I hope that in the XBOX 2 or the XBOX 3 it will become a full-fledged console!
Like everything else MS does, you've just gotta wait for the first few upgrades...
I was reading through the previous comments and was reminded of the television from Farenheit 451. Everything had become remade for TV to the point where it's all happy endings.
So when do these air? Maybe I can have the series memorized by then..
at the same time Napster was flying high the economy was bouncing around quite nicely, and the same time Napster got shut down the economy went tankola
So that means that the shutdown of Napster is responsible for the current economic situation. Makes about as much sense as everything else about the situation.
Hm.. in relation to the post above this one, what if politicians took pay pal? C'mon - a couple clicks and your senator gets his donation.
It could be setup to display a web page (or private report) for the 'elected' official so they can tell who sent in the most money. This would greatly aid in deciding which legislation to pass.
And to think - in grade school we learned that capitalism wasn't a political system..
I guess it is important that we sheild Junior from alcohol, but showing him acts of superhuman violence and fights that span several weeks worth of episodes is OK.
That's something I've noticed a lot on TV. Violence is perfectly fine, but sex, religion, and politics are not to be discussed.
And people blame videogames?
Everyone is in computer science for the money these days.
Not everyone. I was one of about 5 computer geeks at my rural high school, so I didn't get into it to improve my social life. I went into it because I liked the field.
I encountered the 'no experience so no job' paradox when I got my BSc, so I went in for an information security specialization. Now I'm further in debt and more skilled and specialized and desperate to find a job even vaguely related to computers. I've been working at a convenience store for the last three months, barely making ends meet. (For some reason, they want you to pay back your student loands.. go figure..)
I've got no mod points, so I'm agreeing. I'm normally against such things, but I like the idea of a specialized court for cybercrimes, provided there are a couple things added:
1. Education. If it's a cybercourt, how about some cyberknowledge for it's memebers.
2. Accountability. It shouldn't be all secret, but there should be some sort of check on the power. I've got no problems with this court authorizing network surveillance, as long as the details come out in a reasonable amount of time. I'd rather it was a specialized cybercourt than a normal court which has no clue..
Let's say this goes through. We've now got this big-assed database with tons of confidential information in it. Who gets to access this info? The guard at the airport who gets paid minimum wage? Any FBI/CIA/NSA agent with some spare time? Police officers? Doctors?
And how will they access it? Dialup from something like a bank card reader (like the ones in stores) or some other hardware device? Through the normal internet? Through any sort of publicly accessable infrastructure?
I don't like the idea of national security ID's. I don't like the idea of a national security database. Even more, I don't like the idea of some guard who's making minimum wage accessing the above through a public infrastructure.
A friend of mine has a.sig that reads something like:
Remember when the internet was only for smart people?
On that note, I kinda like the idea of having a little AOL version of the 'net and a Windoze version of the 'net and a real version of the 'net. That way once people figure out what they're doing at each step, they advance to the next version of the internet. People who don't want to figure it out, don't. Picture it like a larval/pupal/adult cycle..
As well, it lets security guys go to their managers with something to point to.
"See, we're vulnerable. We need to patch this right away. And update our firewall rules while we're at it."
Plus grabbing an exploit off the 'net and going through a system in about 10 min makes a decent demonstration for the board room. "See, anybody can do this almost this quickly. Now about that budget.."
This may actually work:
1. Incorporate yourself.
2. Copyright the directory listing of your mp3 directory in any way, shape, or form.
3. When they connect and do a "ls *.mp3", you've got 'em for pirating your copyrighted data.
For more fun, encrypt the results of "ls *.mp3 >> mymp3z" and nail 'em under the DMCA..
Who are these people?
They have that much time on their hands that they're willing to hack into individual people's computers to look for their files?
More importantly, how do I become one of them?
My theory is that the anthrax infections we've been reading about are not the responsibility of terrorists, but just some nutcase somewhere in the country
Wouldn't this make the nutcase a terrorist as he's out and about creating terror for some agenda? If not, why wouldn't he be a terrorist?
It's been an opinion of mine for a while that while the attack is indeed horrible, it was also very, very successful.
The overall goal was to incite terror (hence terrorism) and that it did very well. On Sept 11 I was numb. Now, a month later, with the US gvmnt ramming though stuff like this, I'm terrified.
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If you're a student, it's paper season. Write a few papers on your PC. That should take the next week or two.
If you're not, claim to spill something on your keyboard. That shorts 'em out nicely. "Sorry - I spilled coke/vodka/whatever on the keyboard and it's not working at all. I've sent it to be repaired and I don't know when it'll be back - they estimated a couple of weeks."
Either that or just ask him if he'd mind leaving so your gf and you can get some quality time and you can get some sleep on weekends, but that one's less fun.
I still like the XBOX. I hope that in the XBOX 2 or the XBOX 3 it will become a full-fledged console! Like everything else MS does, you've just gotta wait for the first few upgrades...
I was reading through the previous comments and was reminded of the television from Farenheit 451. Everything had become remade for TV to the point where it's all happy endings.
So when do these air? Maybe I can have the series memorized by then..
at the same time Napster was flying high the economy was bouncing around quite nicely, and the same time Napster got shut down the economy went tankola
So that means that the shutdown of Napster is responsible for the current economic situation. Makes about as much sense as everything else about the situation.
Hm.. in relation to the post above this one, what if politicians took pay pal? C'mon - a couple clicks and your senator gets his donation.
It could be setup to display a web page (or private report) for the 'elected' official so they can tell who sent in the most money. This would greatly aid in deciding which legislation to pass.
And to think - in grade school we learned that capitalism wasn't a political system..
I guess it is important that we sheild Junior from alcohol, but showing him acts of superhuman violence and fights that span several weeks worth of episodes is OK. That's something I've noticed a lot on TV. Violence is perfectly fine, but sex, religion, and politics are not to be discussed. And people blame videogames?
I'm glad I don't live in his world. Raining kittens would hurt. And be messy.
Everyone is in computer science for the money these days.
Not everyone. I was one of about 5 computer geeks at my rural high school, so I didn't get into it to improve my social life. I went into it because I liked the field.
I encountered the 'no experience so no job' paradox when I got my BSc, so I went in for an information security specialization. Now I'm further in debt and more skilled and specialized and desperate to find a job even vaguely related to computers. I've been working at a convenience store for the last three months, barely making ends meet. (For some reason, they want you to pay back your student loands.. go figure..)
The problem is enough people could do this that, in time, a Masters is as valuable as a Bachelors is now.
So get ahead of the rush and go for your Doctorate.
might the FBI have secretly persuaded Microsoft, etc. to NOT FIX, or maybe even CREATE security holes???
Nah, it's easier to say something like "We'll deal with those icky monopoly charges if you just add this to your code..."
After all, who knows what's in there...
Not anonymous, just encrypted. Then prosecute under the DMCA for breaking the encryption.
I've got no mod points, so I'm agreeing. I'm normally against such things, but I like the idea of a specialized court for cybercrimes, provided there are a couple things added:
1. Education. If it's a cybercourt, how about some cyberknowledge for it's memebers.
2. Accountability. It shouldn't be all secret, but there should be some sort of check on the power. I've got no problems with this court authorizing network surveillance, as long as the details come out in a reasonable amount of time. I'd rather it was a specialized cybercourt than a normal court which has no clue..
Speaking of which..
Let's say this goes through. We've now got this big-assed database with tons of confidential information in it. Who gets to access this info? The guard at the airport who gets paid minimum wage? Any FBI/CIA/NSA agent with some spare time? Police officers? Doctors?
And how will they access it? Dialup from something like a bank card reader (like the ones in stores) or some other hardware device? Through the normal internet? Through any sort of publicly accessable infrastructure?
I don't like the idea of national security ID's. I don't like the idea of a national security database. Even more, I don't like the idea of some guard who's making minimum wage accessing the above through a public infrastructure.
A friend of mine has a .sig that reads something like:
Remember when the internet was only for smart people?
On that note, I kinda like the idea of having a little AOL version of the 'net and a Windoze version of the 'net and a real version of the 'net. That way once people figure out what they're doing at each step, they advance to the next version of the internet. People who don't want to figure it out, don't. Picture it like a larval/pupal/adult cycle..
As well, it lets security guys go to their managers with something to point to.
"See, we're vulnerable. We need to patch this right away. And update our firewall rules while we're at it."
Plus grabbing an exploit off the 'net and going through a system in about 10 min makes a decent demonstration for the board room. "See, anybody can do this almost this quickly. Now about that budget.."
Same thing with archives.nytimes.com
I think they got wise and worked around it..
This may actually work:
1. Incorporate yourself.
2. Copyright the directory listing of your mp3 directory in any way, shape, or form.
3. When they connect and do a "ls *.mp3", you've got 'em for pirating your copyrighted data.
For more fun, encrypt the results of "ls *.mp3 >> mymp3z" and nail 'em under the DMCA..
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?
How about what you wouldn't like to hear God say:
"Welcome aboard, Ensign."
Who are these people? They have that much time on their hands that they're willing to hack into individual people's computers to look for their files? More importantly, how do I become one of them?
My theory is that the anthrax infections we've been reading about are not the responsibility of terrorists, but just some nutcase somewhere in the country
Wouldn't this make the nutcase a terrorist as he's out and about creating terror for some agenda? If not, why wouldn't he be a terrorist?
It's been an opinion of mine for a while that while the attack is indeed horrible, it was also very, very successful.
The overall goal was to incite terror (hence terrorism) and that it did very well. On Sept 11 I was numb. Now, a month later, with the US gvmnt ramming though stuff like this, I'm terrified.
Does anybody out there happen to know the Canadian take on these laws? Are there stirrings of support in our federal government?
Should I begin writing my MP and MLA now?
I wonder if it has anything to do with Germany having been where the US seems to be going?
I'm Canadian and I'm looking at the US and world reaction and I'm starting to get a bit terrified myself..
When you consider that a terrorist's goal is, by definition, to create or instill terror, I'd say they've been doing a very successful job.
What about turning your doorframe into a big electromagnet, like in Cryptonomicon? Would that be a big enough field?
OTOH, you'd have to sit the computer *well* back of the door unless you've got some sort of shielding in place, which would defeat the purpose..