Yeah like when you use a public restroom and peek under the stall. All you want to do is flirt but suddenly BAM! Next thing you know there is a very large sweaty penis in your mouth and balls all over your chin.
Home security systems is a "problem" that has been completely solved in hardware. No DIY system, Linux or otherwise will compare in regards to available sensors, reliability, speed, battery backup, cellular backup, and more of a hardware panel.
As someone who has installed dozens of different security systems, I agree wholeheartedly. DO NOT go with half-baked DIY system.
Look for multi-zone systems by Moose, Ademco, Honeywell, or other security companies. I don't recommend wireless systems for multiple reasons- they can be jammed and the batteries go dead at the worst possible times. If you absolutely have to use wireless components, use the minimum possible and hard-wire the rest.
Look for systems that have "home" and "away" modes. Mount the panel in a secured location (locked closet). Run the siren wires through metal pipe all the way to the siren (especially outside). Your alarm system will be useless if a $2 pair of wire cutters can be used to clip the siren wires. Mount the siren high up in an inaccessible location or cage it.
There's a lot more to it than this, but don't go cheap, avoid wireless if possible, and get a solid, programmable system.
"...the right to refrain from executing transactions to pirate sites if copyright holders (MPAA, RIAA, PSR for Music) file a complaint."
Ha ha, no way this will be abused by the "copyright holders". I can't see anything that could go wrong here, no sir.
Except these "copyright holders" have been known to file utterly bogus complaints, claiming copyright over birds singing, public domain works, anything that has a sound in the background that might (or might not) vaguely resemble some sound in something they own (or claim to own).
But don't worry, Citizen, the uber-mega-international corporations have your best interests at heart, never fear! All hail the glorious mega-corporations! Remember, "corporations are people too"!
The problem with "non-lethal" weapons is that when given to police, they tend to use them more often and with less provocation than with a firearm.
Look at how taser-happy the police have become- FFS, they'll tase you for just standing nearby watching what they're doing.
When I was growing up the police were much more reasonable and much less likely to go ballistic/aggressive when questioned...now if you dare to question them, out comes the pepper spray, baton, and taser. If that doesn't immediately make you "comply" (i.e. go away, stop watching, stop filming, whatever) out comes the gun and handcuffs.
I've seen it myself. Today's police officer has a gun (often 2 guns), a baton, a knife, a taser, pepper spray, steel-toed boots, a ballistic vest and a radio. And yet police today are the biggest pussies I've ever seen. They dress like extras from RoboCop and yet they're scared shitless and feel "threatened" by a teenager wearing a t-shirt and shorts. When did cops turn into such pants-wetting pussies? When did they become such chicken-shit cowards?
And that's when anonymized data is no longer anonymized.
Exactly. And a lot of people don't get this.
The fact is that if there are enough data points for meaningful statistical usefulness, then the data is almost certainly not genuinely "anonymous". It may be somewhat obfuscated or non-obvious, but as you pointed out you can drill down looking for valid (actual) matches and chances are very very good that you'll find them.
Why is 'root' in quotes? Why is it defined (poorly) as if it were this mysterious thing giving absolute power over "commercial" connections
Well, as "regular users" and "technically oriented" people we may not require "definitions" but "no-technical people" (aka "ordinary end users") may require "things" be more "spelled out" so they "understand" that the word is a "technical term". heh
There's nothing surprising about this. Hell, I bet these things were compromised ("copied") within a month of deployment.
I've looked at the keys and although they're odd, they're by no means impossible to duplicate. You could 3-D print one in short order or cut one by hand without much difficulty. The whole thing was a bullshit boondoggle by lock and key manufacturers, and only the TSA could be dumb enough to think that it would provide any benefit to anyone.
I will take that bet regarding the last "month or so". And, I'll bet that the 50% that are still using paper print less than 3 documents per month
Every day in every office in every city in every part of the world, businesses print stuff on paper. Almost anything dealing with the law or court involves printing documents, daily if not hourly. Real estate offices churn out so much paper that it boggles the mind. Virtually every government office in every country on Earth prints reams of stuff daily.
You may not be in an environment where much stuff gets printed but that doesn't mean it still isn't happening all around you every day.
A few weeks ago, I looked at my checkbook and the last paper check I wrote was January. Of 2014.
And my last one was written this morning. Lots of people write checks; just because you don't doesn't mean no one else is. Seriously, lots of people have a life different from yours and mine, and that life includes printing stuff.
I felt like I was reading a description for a VX Module.
Even a VX Module has a clearer distributed mode interface description than that.
Shit, maybe I was, because I'm pretty sure VX Modules can be amalgamated to handle distributed tasks without concurrency constraints.
I'm waiting for some intrepid soul to write a VX Module to manage systemd interactivity with the Ring 0 processes. Just imagine the performance scalability impact in holistically-generated vertical markets.
Raise hand if you have used a printer in last 24 months? It starts to be kinda outdated technology already. Everything is on the web, and noone is printing web pages...
You need to get out more. All sorts of things require a hard-copy paper document. If you've ever been in business you'd know this beyond any doubt.
Computers were heralded as enabling the "paperless office", but if anything they increased paper consumption a hundred-fold. I'd bet that 80% of the people reading this have used a printer in the last year, probably in the last month or so.
"Lexmark says that by taking one of their old, empty cartridges, refilling it with toner, and then selling it somehow infringes upon their patents to said cartridges"
The only thing it "infringes" on is their profits.
Oh, I don't know... a picture showing what was on screen, a picture of you making your O-face, and a timestamp showing you were fapping to "teenage girls with donkey" when you should have been working might do it.
I still wouldn't care. That's tame compared to what they could catch me doing.
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Yeah like when you use a public restroom and peek under the stall. All you want to do is flirt but suddenly BAM! Next thing you know there is a very large sweaty penis in your mouth and balls all over your chin.
Yeah, I hate it when that happens.
Besides it's understood that "high crime area" is a polite way of saying "lots of blacks". How's that diversity and inclusion working out for you?
Juts out of curiosity, what kind of head injury do you have?
The law of Unintended Consequences in action, folks.
Home security systems is a "problem" that has been completely solved in hardware. No DIY system, Linux or otherwise will compare in regards to available sensors, reliability, speed, battery backup, cellular backup, and more of a hardware panel.
As someone who has installed dozens of different security systems, I agree wholeheartedly. DO NOT go with half-baked DIY system.
Look for multi-zone systems by Moose, Ademco, Honeywell, or other security companies. I don't recommend wireless systems for multiple reasons- they can be jammed and the batteries go dead at the worst possible times. If you absolutely have to use wireless components, use the minimum possible and hard-wire the rest.
Look for systems that have "home" and "away" modes.
Mount the panel in a secured location (locked closet).
Run the siren wires through metal pipe all the way to the siren (especially outside). Your alarm system will be useless if a $2 pair of wire cutters can be used to clip the siren wires.
Mount the siren high up in an inaccessible location or cage it.
There's a lot more to it than this, but don't go cheap, avoid wireless if possible, and get a solid, programmable system.
Oh yeah, threatening Brian Krebs will work perfectly, no way this could possibly go wrong!
"...the right to refrain from executing transactions to pirate sites if copyright holders (MPAA, RIAA, PSR for Music) file a complaint."
Ha ha, no way this will be abused by the "copyright holders". I can't see anything that could go wrong here, no sir.
Except these "copyright holders" have been known to file utterly bogus complaints, claiming copyright over birds singing, public domain works, anything that has a sound in the background that might (or might not) vaguely resemble some sound in something they own (or claim to own).
But don't worry, Citizen, the uber-mega-international corporations have your best interests at heart, never fear! All hail the glorious mega-corporations! Remember, "corporations are people too"!
The problem with "non-lethal" weapons is that when given to police, they tend to use them more often and with less provocation than with a firearm.
Look at how taser-happy the police have become- FFS, they'll tase you for just standing nearby watching what they're doing.
When I was growing up the police were much more reasonable and much less likely to go ballistic/aggressive when questioned...now if you dare to question them, out comes the pepper spray, baton, and taser. If that doesn't immediately make you "comply" (i.e. go away, stop watching, stop filming, whatever) out comes the gun and handcuffs.
I've seen it myself. Today's police officer has a gun (often 2 guns), a baton, a knife, a taser, pepper spray, steel-toed boots, a ballistic vest and a radio. And yet police today are the biggest pussies I've ever seen. They dress like extras from RoboCop and yet they're scared shitless and feel "threatened" by a teenager wearing a t-shirt and shorts. When did cops turn into such pants-wetting pussies? When did they become such chicken-shit cowards?
Yeah but running everything as root is super-convenient, guys.
And that's when anonymized data is no longer anonymized.
Exactly. And a lot of people don't get this.
The fact is that if there are enough data points for meaningful statistical usefulness, then the data is almost certainly not genuinely "anonymous". It may be somewhat obfuscated or non-obvious, but as you pointed out you can drill down looking for valid (actual) matches and chances are very very good that you'll find them.
Why is 'root' in quotes? Why is it defined (poorly) as if it were this mysterious thing giving absolute power over "commercial" connections
Well, as "regular users" and "technically oriented" people we may not require "definitions" but "no-technical people" (aka "ordinary end users") may require "things" be more "spelled out" so they "understand" that the word is a "technical term". heh
A "security" company running their servers as root...honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
Not touched upon in the story is that the update also included a stealth download of systemd.
"Stuff that matters" indeed.
WHOOOOOOOOSH!
Okay, you gotta admit- that's some funny shit. Poor design allows you to bork your entire network by plugging in a cable. Hilarity ensues.
And what's this crap: "The cables, which are sometimes accidentally used in datacenters..."
Cables are "accidentally" used? WTF?
There's nothing surprising about this. Hell, I bet these things were compromised ("copied") within a month of deployment.
I've looked at the keys and although they're odd, they're by no means impossible to duplicate. You could 3-D print one in short order or cut one by hand without much difficulty. The whole thing was a bullshit boondoggle by lock and key manufacturers, and only the TSA could be dumb enough to think that it would provide any benefit to anyone.
Yeah of course I'll pay two or three times the usual cost of all my food, why the hell not?
Oh yeah, because I don't want to pay two or three times the usual cost of my food.
Don't make the mistake of thinking everyone in the world is a white-collar worker.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that because you don't use a printer, no one does.
Printer sales are up, paper consumption is up, and yet apparently no one is printing anything. How does that work?
I will take that bet regarding the last "month or so". And, I'll bet that the 50% that are still using paper print less than 3 documents per month
Every day in every office in every city in every part of the world, businesses print stuff on paper.
Almost anything dealing with the law or court involves printing documents, daily if not hourly.
Real estate offices churn out so much paper that it boggles the mind.
Virtually every government office in every country on Earth prints reams of stuff daily.
You may not be in an environment where much stuff gets printed but that doesn't mean it still isn't happening all around you every day.
A few weeks ago, I looked at my checkbook and the last paper check I wrote was January. Of 2014.
And my last one was written this morning. Lots of people write checks; just because you don't doesn't mean no one else is. Seriously, lots of people have a life different from yours and mine, and that life includes printing stuff.
I felt like I was reading a description for a VX Module.
Even a VX Module has a clearer distributed mode interface description than that.
Shit, maybe I was, because I'm pretty sure VX Modules can be amalgamated to handle distributed tasks without concurrency constraints.
I'm waiting for some intrepid soul to write a VX Module to manage systemd interactivity with the Ring 0 processes. Just imagine the performance scalability impact in holistically-generated vertical markets.
Raise hand if you have used a printer in last 24 months? It starts to be kinda outdated technology already. Everything is on the web, and noone is printing web pages...
You need to get out more. All sorts of things require a hard-copy paper document. If you've ever been in business you'd know this beyond any doubt.
Computers were heralded as enabling the "paperless office", but if anything they increased paper consumption a hundred-fold. I'd bet that 80% of the people reading this have used a printer in the last year, probably in the last month or so.
Holy crap....if you played "Buzzword Bingo" with that paragraph, everyone in the Western Hemisphere would be drunk.
"Lexmark says that by taking one of their old, empty cartridges, refilling it with toner, and then selling it somehow infringes upon their patents to said cartridges"
The only thing it "infringes" on is their profits.
Oh, I don't know ... a picture showing what was on screen, a picture of you making your O-face, and a timestamp showing you were fapping to "teenage girls with donkey" when you should have been working might do it.
I still wouldn't care. That's tame compared to what they could catch me doing.
If there was a tool like BKReplacem (now called "Replace Text") for Linux, that would be damn handy.
(There may be one for all I know, I'm just not aware of one.)