@innocent_white_lamb: "The last time I tried that I spent TWO SOLID DAYS at Staples trying to find a laptop that would boot with my Linux "live cd" flash drive."
@Kjella: "You need to go into the BIOS and disable secure boot, then it should load on all of them. If it would boot your Linux distro it'd also boot whatever malware was trying to trojan Windows and that's exactly what they're trying to avoid"
Microsoft: "Secure Boot is a security standard developed by members of the PC industry to help make sure that your PC boots using only software that is trusted by the PC manufacturer."
I don't understand why these members of the PC industry didn't include the Linux makers in the design stage and instead made Secure Boot Windows only. I also understand that UEFI doesn't play nice with dual boot, purely a coincidence no doubt.
@ Applehu Akbar: "The first local settlers walked into a war between the invading Navajo and the agrarian Hopi, a conflict which moved through centuries of war into the American court system, and continues in muted form to this day."
"The number of Native Americans quickly shrank by roughly half following European contact about 500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.
The finding supports historical accounts that Europeans triggered a wave of disease, warfare, and enslavement in the New World that had devastating effects for indigenous populations across the Americas."
'the editorial board at the New York Times has suggested that the most constructive approach to reducing the spread of cyber threats would be to "accelerate international efforts to negotiate limits on the cyberarms race, akin to the arms-control treaties of the Cold War."'
I would have thought the solution is to built 'computer' that can't so easily be hacked. DDOD attacks only being feasable because of all those hacked Windows desktops out there in cyberspace.
"Iranian Cyber Attacks: Iran continues to conduct didtribituted denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against numerous U.S. financial institutions and is currently in the third phase of a series of such attacks that began in August 2012."
"Cyber-based threats to federal information systems such as those that FAA relies on for its ATC systems are evolving and growing.. Further, the growing interconnectivity among different types of information systems presents increasing opportunities for such attacks."
Just who in their right minds connect an Air Traffic Control system to the Cybernet?
@BarbaraHudson: 'Yet another report that doesn't give hard numbers either in the summary or the article. And of course, the pdf is walled behind a "give us your information and we'll let you download it" page.'
If you haven't downloaded it, how do you know it doesn't gave any hard numbers. Besides, you can fill in any ole name and download it.
"The 2015 Linux Jobs Report reveals and analyzes the responses from more than 1,000 hiring managers at corporations, small and medium businesses (SMBs), government organizations, and staffing agencies across the globeâ"as well as responses from more than 3,400 Linux professionals worldwide."
@BarbaraHudson: "I doubt we will ever have an unbiased set of numbers to work with - that would require someone who doesn't have a vested interest in the outcome."
Yes - of course - you're absolutely right - the Linux foundation obviously have a hidden agenda here..
"The so-called FREAK attack - short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys - is possible when an end user with a vulnerable device - currently known to include Android smartphones, iPhones, and Macs running Apple's OS X operating system - connects to an HTTPS-protected website configured to use a weak cipher that many had presumed had been retired. At the time this post was being prepared, Windows devices were not believed to be affected, and the status of Linux devices was unknown"
"Star Trek used a futuristic, nearly utopian world to explore our own moral battles and failings, and yet somehow always managed to weave in an optimism about humanity and our future. This is something, the author argues, that is sorely missing from the new J.J. Abrams movies."
The problem with the Abrams Star Trek movies, is they're not really Star Trek movies. They do contain a Starship called Enterprise and the crew are called Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov. But the core has been excised and they've been rendered for a generic audience. You can tell Abrams doesn't trust his audience to engage with the characters, hence the reason the plot races at breakneck speed from one spectular effects/action sequence to the next. Take 'Star Trek Into Darkness' for instance. This just from the opening sequence, Enterprise underwater, volcano exploding, natives attacking and so on.
I recall reading somewhere that a driver in the UK was brought to court over using a device that rendered license plates invisible to cameras and ANPR readers, but not to the naked eye. could anyone here find the link?
"Developers have had decades to get Linux right on the desktop, and they've failed at every turn."
NO, the main reason is because the OEMs have been prevented from marketing a Linux Desktop. Mainly by having to pay Microsoft 'Per-system' for every machine shipped, regardless of whether it ships with Linux or without. Microsoft haven't been able to get the same deal in mobile space, which is why they are reduced to charging the phone makers for an 'Android Licence'.
"Earlier this month Reverend Dr. Christopher J. Benek raised eyebrows on the Internet by stating his belief that Christians should seek to convert Artificial Intelligences to Christianity if and when they become autonomous."
"Now given how Person of Interest does things, How do you think the real US goverment or ANY OTHER goverment would handle it if such a tech existed today?"
I don't think it would be necessary to have someone killed based on SSN. It would more likely be of the form of discrediting them with false allegations of financial or sexual improprieties.
'More importantly, is there anything you have ever done that may get you made "relevant" by a real version of "the machine"?'
No I've never done anything that would bring me to the attention of "the machine", apart from posting here that is. I would be interested if slashdot was ever required to hand over peoples registration information. 'Reddit Reveals Bids for User Data by Outside Agencies'
"IARPA unit, is.. creating a computer system capable of anticipating cyber-terrorist acts"
The only people such blanket surveillance won't work against are the real terrorists. Besides, the real target of such blanket surveillance are the voters. Besides, it only works in the movies.
Hey, samzenpus what was the name of the Operating System the RAMNIT botnet runs on? Was it one of Apple OS X, Linux, Android or another OS that must never be mentioned on a technology site in conjunction with malware.
What I want to know is, how all these technological innovators managed to make PDFs, Flash and JAVA allow security exploits on our 'computers'. I thought the 'sandbox' was supposed to provide protection.
"Bogachev is the alleged administrator of the GameOver Zeus botnet, estimated to have affected over a million computers"
Hey Soulskill, what class of 'computers' did this botnet infect? Don't hesitate to name Operating System platforms, such as Apple OS X, Linux or Android...
Mightened the Taliban (aka virtually every tribe in north western in Pakistan) resort to stealing SIM cards or buying them on the black market. Considering that the Taliban had virtual safe haven in North Pakistan. Such attacks don't seem to be the product of rational minds. The net effect being to force Pakistan Intelligence to move against them.
Slashdot Mirror
@innocent_white_lamb: "The last time I tried that I spent TWO SOLID DAYS at Staples trying to find a laptop that would boot with my Linux "live cd" flash drive."
@Kjella: "You need to go into the BIOS and disable secure boot, then it should load on all of them. If it would boot your Linux distro it'd also boot whatever malware was trying to trojan Windows and that's exactly what they're trying to avoid"
Microsoft: "Secure Boot is a security standard developed by members of the PC industry to help make sure that your PC boots using only software that is trusted by the PC manufacturer."
I don't understand why these members of the PC industry didn't include the Linux makers in the design stage and instead made Secure Boot Windows only. I also understand that UEFI doesn't play nice with dual boot, purely a coincidence no doubt.
@ Applehu Akbar: "The first local settlers walked into a war between the invading Navajo and the agrarian Hopi, a conflict which moved through centuries of war into the American court system, and continues in muted form to this day."
Massive Population Drop Found for Native Americans, DNA Shows
"The number of Native Americans quickly shrank by roughly half following European contact about 500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.
The finding supports historical accounts that Europeans triggered a wave of disease, warfare, and enslavement in the New World that had devastating effects for indigenous populations across the Americas."
@NostalgiaForInfinity: "misguided views like these are responsible for the long periods of stagnation and weakness that China has experienced."
The Economic Importance of Indian Opium and Trade with China on Britain's Economy
The First Opium War
Sugar, opium and cotton
'the editorial board at the New York Times has suggested that the most constructive approach to reducing the spread of cyber threats would be to "accelerate international efforts to negotiate limits on the cyberarms race, akin to the arms-control treaties of the Cold War."'
I would have thought the solution is to built 'computer' that can't so easily be hacked. DDOD attacks only being feasable because of all those hacked Windows desktops out there in cyberspace.
IRAN -- Current Topics, Interaction with GCHQ
" Iranian Cyber Attacks: Iran continues to conduct didtribituted denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against numerous U.S. financial institutions and is currently in the third phase of a series of such attacks that began in August 2012."
Will NVIDIA be paying the Microsoft Tax?
"Cyber-based threats to federal information systems such as those that FAA relies on for its ATC systems are evolving and growing .. Further, the growing interconnectivity among different types of information systems presents increasing opportunities for such attacks."
Just who in their right minds connect an Air Traffic Control system to the Cybernet?
@BarbaraHudson: 'Yet another report that doesn't give hard numbers either in the summary or the article. And of course, the pdf is walled behind a "give us your information and we'll let you download it" page.'
..
If you haven't downloaded it, how do you know it doesn't gave any hard numbers. Besides, you can fill in any ole name and download it.
Key findings from the 2015 Linux Jobs Survey and Report show that:
"The 2015 Linux Jobs Report reveals and analyzes the responses from more than 1,000 hiring managers at corporations, small and medium businesses (SMBs), government organizations, and staffing agencies across the globeâ"as well as responses from more than 3,400 Linux professionals worldwide."
@BarbaraHudson: "I doubt we will ever have an unbiased set of numbers to work with - that would require someone who doesn't have a vested interest in the outcome."
Yes - of course - you're absolutely right - the Linux foundation obviously have a hidden agenda here
"Microsoft has tried and repeatedly failed to take the mobile space by storm"
What Microsoft should do is - get the hardware manufacturers to pay Microsoft for each handset sold - whether they have Windows on them or not.
"The so-called FREAK attack - short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys - is possible when an end user with a vulnerable device - currently known to include Android smartphones, iPhones, and Macs running Apple's OS X operating system - connects to an HTTPS-protected website configured to use a weak cipher that many had presumed had been retired. At the time this post was being prepared, Windows devices were not believed to be affected, and the status of Linux devices was unknown"
Threaten to sue them and if they fail to act post details of the vulnerability. What's the name of this 'partner web site' again?
@ShanghaiBill: "The reason we have ISIS is because we defeated Saddam Hussein without thinking much about what would come next."
@hcs_$reboot: "Not true. There were people talking in front of the UN audience, warning exactly what would come next in 2003."
I think what ShanghaiBill meant is that no one in the Bush administration did much thinking, if indeed they were capable of rational introspection.
Now's the time for ISIS to launch their own TerrorTwitter© service. They can charge a subscription for the use of the service :)
"Star Trek used a futuristic, nearly utopian world to explore our own moral battles and failings, and yet somehow always managed to weave in an optimism about humanity and our future. This is something, the author argues, that is sorely missing from the new J.J. Abrams movies."
The problem with the Abrams Star Trek movies, is they're not really Star Trek movies. They do contain a Starship called Enterprise and the crew are called Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov. But the core has been excised and they've been rendered for a generic audience. You can tell Abrams doesn't trust his audience to engage with the characters, hence the reason the plot races at breakneck speed from one spectular effects/action sequence to the next. Take 'Star Trek Into Darkness' for instance. This just from the opening sequence, Enterprise underwater, volcano exploding, natives attacking and so on.
I recall reading somewhere that a driver in the UK was brought to court over using a device that rendered license plates invisible to cameras and ANPR readers, but not to the naked eye. could anyone here find the link?
"Police said the investigation is in its early stages, but that the pipe may have been vandalized by thieves looking to steal metal."
Naw, it was a botched NSA tapping operation gone wrong link
Canonical works closely with OEMs to certify Ubuntu on a range of their hardware.
"Developers have had decades to get Linux right on the desktop, and they've failed at every turn."
NO, the main reason is because the OEMs have been prevented from marketing a Linux Desktop. Mainly by having to pay Microsoft 'Per-system' for every machine shipped, regardless of whether it ships with Linux or without. Microsoft haven't been able to get the same deal in mobile space, which is why they are reduced to charging the phone makers for an 'Android Licence'.
"Earlier this month Reverend Dr. Christopher J. Benek raised eyebrows on the Internet by stating his belief that Christians should seek to convert Artificial Intelligences to Christianity if and when they become autonomous."
.. [Ray_Kurzweil]_The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines.pdf
They won't waste time on Christianity but expend much effort in discovering the true nature of the supreme AI
"Now given how Person of Interest does things, How do you think the real US goverment or ANY OTHER goverment would handle it if such a tech existed today?"
I don't think it would be necessary to have someone killed based on SSN. It would more likely be of the form of discrediting them with false allegations of financial or sexual improprieties.
'More importantly, is there anything you have ever done that may get you made "relevant" by a real version of "the machine"?'
No I've never done anything that would bring me to the attention of "the machine", apart from posting here that is. I would be interested if slashdot was ever required to hand over peoples registration information. 'Reddit Reveals Bids for User Data by Outside Agencies'
"IARPA unit, is .. creating a computer system capable of anticipating cyber-terrorist acts"
The only people such blanket surveillance won't work against are the real terrorists. Besides, the real target of such blanket surveillance are the voters. Besides, it only works in the movies.
Person of Interest Intro
Hey, samzenpus what was the name of the Operating System the RAMNIT botnet runs on? Was it one of Apple OS X, Linux, Android or another OS that must never be mentioned on a technology site in conjunction with malware.
What I want to know is, how all these technological innovators managed to make PDFs, Flash and JAVA allow security exploits on our 'computers'. I thought the 'sandbox' was supposed to provide protection.
"Starting in September of 2011, the FBI began investigating a modified version of the Zeus Trojan, known as GameOver Zeus (GOZ)"
What the fuck would the FBI know about 'computer' hacking.
"Bogachev is the alleged administrator of the GameOver Zeus botnet, estimated to have affected over a million computers"
...
Hey Soulskill, what class of ' computers ' did this botnet infect? Don't hesitate to name Operating System platforms, such as Apple OS X, Linux or Android
Mightened the Taliban (aka virtually every tribe in north western in Pakistan) resort to stealing SIM cards or buying them on the black market. Considering that the Taliban had virtual safe haven in North Pakistan. Such attacks don't seem to be the product of rational minds. The net effect being to force Pakistan Intelligence to move against them.