I was working with the CS Department at my school on this research project for DARPA. Basically it is a self-learning IDS program based on data-mining techniques. How it works is that it sets up a number of different sensors within the computer. When something fits the footprint of a potential intrusion, it marks it as such. Then it creates a model (or virus definition) for the intrusion.
By using this technique, you limit the amount of work that the developers have to do.
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Disclaimer: I haven't been able to read the article yet; it's taking a while to load up. (Plus, I bet only half of the people that post don't even bother reading it before posting anyways)
Computer Science and computers have always been well ahead of the people that create and develop laws. IF this ever became a law, very few people would actually follow it. I mean, how many top-notched computer programmers actually have official title education? I mean, probably a quarter of the very best programmers out there started doing it BEFORE computer science even existed.
Secondly, the only possible use that this would be would be if the government or a top-tier company needed a developer to develop a fail-safe application. Let's say NASA needed an application, this might be a benchmark for them to identify talent.
Lastly, to some extent, I agree that software engineering should be come a little more structured. There is a major difference in the code style and programming style of programmers that have proper education and those that are self learned. With education, coding becomes a more structured practice. This is a valuable asset in a corporate or group environment. If a certain person write code that only he or she understands, it costs the company even more because of the greater amount of time that it takes for other people to learn his code and style. However, on the other hand, some self-learned individuals, not learning structured development styles, are able to take shortcuts or find optimizations to produce better codes. (As always, this is a generalization. There are obviously exceptions to these two rules.)
So to sum it up, this IEEE proposal would benefit schools and corporations because it creates structure in programming style. However, something like this could never become law in the same way that you need a medical license to practice law.
Disclaimer: I haven't been able to read the article yet; it's taking a while to load up. (Plus, I bet only half of the people that post don't even bother reading it before posting anyways)
Computer Science and computers have always been well ahead of the people that create and develop laws. IF this ever became a law, very few people would actually follow it. I mean, how many top-notched computer programmers actually have official title education? I mean, probably a quarter of the very best programmers out there started doing it BEFORE computer science even existed.
Secondly, the only possible use that this would be would be if the government or a top-tier company needed a developer to develop a fail-safe application. Let's say NASA needed an application, this might be a benchmark for them to identify talent.
Lastly, to some extent, I agree that software engineering should be come a little more structured. There is a major difference in the code style and programming style of programmers that have proper education and those that are self learned. With education, coding becomes a more structured practice. This is a valuable asset in a corporate or group environment. If a certain person write code that only he or she understands, it costs the company even more because of the greater amount of time that it takes for other people to learn his code and style. However, on the other hand, some self-learned individuals, not learning structured development styles, are able to take shortcuts or find optimizations to produce better codes. (As always, this is a generalization. There are obviously exceptions to these two rules.)
So to sum it up, this IEEE proposal would benefit schools and corporations because it creates structure in programming style. However, something like this could never become law in the same way that you need a medical license to practice law.
Bare with me a second. Imagine a device that converts a G movie to a R movie. How nice would that be. It would be the ultimate porn product. Imagine watching a chick flick with R rating.. ah..nice!
Remember..the porn industry is the industry that takes advantage of and adopts all the latest technologies.
The value of this article is not that a bunch of people have built 3D games for the iPAQ or other small devices.. The value of this article is that these people were able to create extremely clean and compact code. This is critical in developing good software
It just bugs me sometimes the number of lazy programmers that are out there. In one company that I have worked at, there was always a push towards getting it done rather than writing clean code. In one instance, one piece of software made 10 SQL queries that could have been done with 1. The reasoning for this was that, "the servers can handle it."
Remember guys as you go out there and develop code, although "the servers can handle it now.." at one point in the future, software is going to reach the capacity of the hardware. At that point, all the people that have been creating sloppy code will suffer.
Thank you. You are very correct. That was the point that I was trying to prove when I made the statement that CS is Science. Academia is trying to make the push for CS to be a more formal field than it currently is.
"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." - Mark Twain
That is a quote that I have taken to heart. I am in the same predicament as many of you out there. Before coming to college, I expected to shine in the spotlight. However, now as a Junior at a prestigious university, I'm pulling a 3.0 GPA and ~3.2 CS GPA. After the first year, I was totally disenchanted by the whole idea.
One major issue that I have found is that universities focus quite highly on theory, rather than implementation. In the long run, this is a better method of teaching, but for the short term, it is quite boring at times. Unlike other people in the CS department, I have a slight advantage in that I have learned the implementation before learning the theory from the years of part time jobs and side projects.
One thing that you must remember is that CS stands for Computer Science, that is IT IS A SCIENCE. Much of what computer science is is to guide you towards a research position.
Again, that quote by Mark Twain has helped me get through this. To me, school is just a process that I have to get through. However, it only fulfills part of my "entire" education. The rest of my education, I get on the internet, through reading technews, white papers, and slashdot (sorry..had to say it). I also focus a lot of my energy on my own projects and enhancing my knowledge in the latest technology and/or programming language. My own personal website (www.johnia.com, shameless promotion) is my own testbed to test out new technology and to demonstrate my CS knowledge. [In fact, I have been given job offers just by showing interviewers this website].
So what I would recommend is that, school is important, but not as important as your own education. Use your time wisely to set you apart from the rest of the CS dept. Also use your time wisely to enjoy what you like to do. Remember back to the days of when you created your first program and try to revive that again.
But I hope this helps. And don't worry, you're not the only one to feel this way.
A lot of people here have been asking what people should do after they are attacked. Here is an article/guideline for procedures on recovering after an attack. These steps include information on saving logs, documenting everything that you do after the attack, the type of evidence needed to prosecute, and who to contact (FBI, local police, etc)
But as always..the best policy is to secure the system so that attacks don't happen.
I remember watching TLC or Discovery Channel a while ago where they were showing the future of military technologies. One of the things that they discussed was invisible tanks. Basically using computers, color changing optics, and other stuff, the tank can pass the image from one side of the tank to the other. In effect, the tank was invisible except for wavy effect (think Predator). I wouldn't be surprised if this research will eventually lead to that...
What we did back when I was in HS (3 years ago) was we partnered with a ISP that wanted to expand their customer base to our town. The school paid for the installation of the T1 line and offered the ISP a 3'x3' closet in the school. The ISP setup their modem banks and server racks and the school got 256 KB/s from the T1 line. This cuts down on the cost of a broadband. In addition, the ISP wins out because their peak time was between 3-12pm (after the kids got out of school) so they had full usage of the T1 line during the peak hours.
This is just an idea of what we did at the school. I was on the technology committee that ok'd this deal.
I don't think this is a fair comparison. On one hand, you have a person that has locked down his machine with the latest patches, the highest security settings, firewalls, etc... And we're comparing it to a WinNT Administrator that has not patched his systems since the first install.
Windows servers could be as secure as Linux if the administrators take the time into securing their servers
Linux servers could be as insecure as a Win Server if the admin doesn't take the time into patching the system.
It's just a matter of the admin. As an administrator of a relatively small institution, it is often difficult for me to be on top of every patch that is available. We have 3 live servers and 1 backup server. It is a great deal to ensure that the patch is not detrimental to our applications, finding time to patch the systems that works with the users, and actually doing it. System patches are often done on weekends or friday nights and doing a bunch of patches at the same time. There is a level of acceptable risks that you must take when you are dealing with live servers.
Has anyone else encountered situations like this? How have you dealt with it?
It's just sad to know that the world that we have all become so accustomed to will now be changing and changing rapidly. Two months ago, people would be in an uproar if there were military guards at local airports or even train stations. But now, they are just common in a number of major cities. Two months ago, we would be in an uproar if a certain website stores one tiny bit of information about you, but now there are talks about carrying National ID cards.
Ladies and gents, I think it's time that we must get used to the fact that the freedom that we enjoyed months ago will now be slowly erroding.
On another note, back in the early 90s, NJ DMV (Motor Vehicles) was talking about creating a standardize drivers license with Social Security Card, Medical Insurance and others... This went through the state legistlature and was batted down because of they feared that they were intruding too much on the rights of the individuals.
My two cents is that..yes things must change. But we mustn't let the recent events cloud our visions of how the government is slowly infringing on the freedom of the people. Once they do this, the terrorist have won their war.
Come on now...
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Real News here please...
We might as well just analyze the factuality of Nostradamus and the Devil in the Smoke...
In fact, I had to use Windows 98 because of AOL. I have AOL with DirecPC (Satellite Internet) and it is only supported on Windows 9x. I would've liked to go to Win2k because I use the computer as a gateway server for my home lan. Win98 sucks on memory management and I have to reboot every now and then. But ya.. I'm using Windows 98 only because of AOL/DirecPC.
BTW: I'm using AOL with DirecPC because:
1) Local copper doesn't support DSL
2) Local cable does not provide internet
3) AOL/DirecPC is cheaper than just DirecPC
So ya..in a way...my gateway server is using Win98 because of AOL!
I wonder if he had to get it ok'd by the city to run cables. Knowing the beuracracy(sp?) found in the US...the cost of installing this would skyrocket due to city permits and such. Did he have to cross any streets?
This is totally not even plausible. First of all, this would require that the client download all the contents on initial load. Even if the client views only one article, he would have to download everything. Thereby putting a great strain on the system, and slowing down client side.
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Media it not covering it, all they say is: "the (911) operator kept talking until the crash..." or something similar. But did the 911 operator contact any authorities, and did anyone do anything? It seems like there were some serious negligence on the ground too. Or am I missing something?
I don't think any of the cell phones did call 911. They all called friends and relatives. Secondly, authorities were contacted, however, the hour is not enough time to actually do anything. In most hijacking situations, they aim to get something in exchange for the hostages, not crash it into a building.
The US and its people were totally not prepared for anything like this.
There are truly upgradable laptops available. I know a couple companies in Taiwan that use regular desktop components for laptops. However the problem with this is that desktop components have no power limitations. I know the laptops that I looked into in Taiwan had a max battery life of 1 hour or so.
Speaking of single point of failure. All broadcast television, except for CBS, for the NY/NJ/CO area comes from WTC. All that my parents can see in NJ is CBS.
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This is not the solution.
Bush tried to do this. By withdrawing the US from all these conferences, he is in-effect adopting an isolationist foreign policy.
As a great superpower and with the greater interconnectivity of the world, the US needs to be more involved. Isolationism might have worked in the past where less than 1 in 5 household owned tv, nonetheless a method of communication.
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I was working with the CS Department at my school on this research project for DARPA. Basically it is a self-learning IDS program based on data-mining techniques. How it works is that it sets up a number of different sensors within the computer. When something fits the footprint of a potential intrusion, it marks it as such. Then it creates a model (or virus definition) for the intrusion.
By using this technique, you limit the amount of work that the developers have to do.
Computer Science and computers have always been well ahead of the people that create and develop laws. IF this ever became a law, very few people would actually follow it. I mean, how many top-notched computer programmers actually have official title education? I mean, probably a quarter of the very best programmers out there started doing it BEFORE computer science even existed.
Secondly, the only possible use that this would be would be if the government or a top-tier company needed a developer to develop a fail-safe application. Let's say NASA needed an application, this might be a benchmark for them to identify talent.
Lastly, to some extent, I agree that software engineering should be come a little more structured. There is a major difference in the code style and programming style of programmers that have proper education and those that are self learned. With education, coding becomes a more structured practice. This is a valuable asset in a corporate or group environment. If a certain person write code that only he or she understands, it costs the company even more because of the greater amount of time that it takes for other people to learn his code and style. However, on the other hand, some self-learned individuals, not learning structured development styles, are able to take shortcuts or find optimizations to produce better codes. (As always, this is a generalization. There are obviously exceptions to these two rules.)
So to sum it up, this IEEE proposal would benefit schools and corporations because it creates structure in programming style. However, something like this could never become law in the same way that you need a medical license to practice law.
Disclaimer: I haven't been able to read the article yet; it's taking a while to load up. (Plus, I bet only half of the people that post don't even bother reading it before posting anyways) Computer Science and computers have always been well ahead of the people that create and develop laws. IF this ever became a law, very few people would actually follow it. I mean, how many top-notched computer programmers actually have official title education? I mean, probably a quarter of the very best programmers out there started doing it BEFORE computer science even existed. Secondly, the only possible use that this would be would be if the government or a top-tier company needed a developer to develop a fail-safe application. Let's say NASA needed an application, this might be a benchmark for them to identify talent. Lastly, to some extent, I agree that software engineering should be come a little more structured. There is a major difference in the code style and programming style of programmers that have proper education and those that are self learned. With education, coding becomes a more structured practice. This is a valuable asset in a corporate or group environment. If a certain person write code that only he or she understands, it costs the company even more because of the greater amount of time that it takes for other people to learn his code and style. However, on the other hand, some self-learned individuals, not learning structured development styles, are able to take shortcuts or find optimizations to produce better codes. (As always, this is a generalization. There are obviously exceptions to these two rules.) So to sum it up, this IEEE proposal would benefit schools and corporations because it creates structure in programming style. However, something like this could never become law in the same way that you need a medical license to practice law.
Good, these are all the languages that I need to learn to make my millions during Y3K!
Bare with me a second. Imagine a device that converts a G movie to a R movie. How nice would that be. It would be the ultimate porn product. Imagine watching a chick flick with R rating.. ah..nice! Remember..the porn industry is the industry that takes advantage of and adopts all the latest technologies.
The value of this article is not that a bunch of people have built 3D games for the iPAQ or other small devices.. The value of this article is that these people were able to create extremely clean and compact code. This is critical in developing good software
It just bugs me sometimes the number of lazy programmers that are out there. In one company that I have worked at, there was always a push towards getting it done rather than writing clean code. In one instance, one piece of software made 10 SQL queries that could have been done with 1. The reasoning for this was that, "the servers can handle it."
Remember guys as you go out there and develop code, although "the servers can handle it now.." at one point in the future, software is going to reach the capacity of the hardware. At that point, all the people that have been creating sloppy code will suffer.
Thank you. You are very correct. That was the point that I was trying to prove when I made the statement that CS is Science. Academia is trying to make the push for CS to be a more formal field than it currently is.
"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." - Mark Twain
That is a quote that I have taken to heart. I am in the same predicament as many of you out there. Before coming to college, I expected to shine in the spotlight. However, now as a Junior at a prestigious university, I'm pulling a 3.0 GPA and ~3.2 CS GPA. After the first year, I was totally disenchanted by the whole idea.
One major issue that I have found is that universities focus quite highly on theory, rather than implementation. In the long run, this is a better method of teaching, but for the short term, it is quite boring at times. Unlike other people in the CS department, I have a slight advantage in that I have learned the implementation before learning the theory from the years of part time jobs and side projects.
One thing that you must remember is that CS stands for Computer Science, that is IT IS A SCIENCE. Much of what computer science is is to guide you towards a research position.
Again, that quote by Mark Twain has helped me get through this. To me, school is just a process that I have to get through. However, it only fulfills part of my "entire" education. The rest of my education, I get on the internet, through reading technews, white papers, and slashdot (sorry..had to say it). I also focus a lot of my energy on my own projects and enhancing my knowledge in the latest technology and/or programming language. My own personal website (www.johnia.com, shameless promotion) is my own testbed to test out new technology and to demonstrate my CS knowledge. [In fact, I have been given job offers just by showing interviewers this website].
So what I would recommend is that, school is important, but not as important as your own education. Use your time wisely to set you apart from the rest of the CS dept. Also use your time wisely to enjoy what you like to do. Remember back to the days of when you created your first program and try to revive that again.
But I hope this helps. And don't worry, you're not the only one to feel this way.
A lot of people here have been asking what people should do after they are attacked. Here is an article/guideline for procedures on recovering after an attack. These steps include information on saving logs, documenting everything that you do after the attack, the type of evidence needed to prosecute, and who to contact (FBI, local police, etc) But as always..the best policy is to secure the system so that attacks don't happen.
I remember watching TLC or Discovery Channel a while ago where they were showing the future of military technologies. One of the things that they discussed was invisible tanks. Basically using computers, color changing optics, and other stuff, the tank can pass the image from one side of the tank to the other. In effect, the tank was invisible except for wavy effect (think Predator). I wouldn't be surprised if this research will eventually lead to that...
What we did back when I was in HS (3 years ago) was we partnered with a ISP that wanted to expand their customer base to our town. The school paid for the installation of the T1 line and offered the ISP a 3'x3' closet in the school. The ISP setup their modem banks and server racks and the school got 256 KB/s from the T1 line. This cuts down on the cost of a broadband. In addition, the ISP wins out because their peak time was between 3-12pm (after the kids got out of school) so they had full usage of the T1 line during the peak hours.
This is just an idea of what we did at the school. I was on the technology committee that ok'd this deal.
I don't think this is a fair comparison. On one hand, you have a person that has locked down his machine with the latest patches, the highest security settings, firewalls, etc... And we're comparing it to a WinNT Administrator that has not patched his systems since the first install.
Windows servers could be as secure as Linux if the administrators take the time into securing their servers
Linux servers could be as insecure as a Win Server if the admin doesn't take the time into patching the system.
It's just a matter of the admin. As an administrator of a relatively small institution, it is often difficult for me to be on top of every patch that is available. We have 3 live servers and 1 backup server. It is a great deal to ensure that the patch is not detrimental to our applications, finding time to patch the systems that works with the users, and actually doing it. System patches are often done on weekends or friday nights and doing a bunch of patches at the same time. There is a level of acceptable risks that you must take when you are dealing with live servers.
Has anyone else encountered situations like this? How have you dealt with it?
It's just sad to know that the world that we have all become so accustomed to will now be changing and changing rapidly. Two months ago, people would be in an uproar if there were military guards at local airports or even train stations. But now, they are just common in a number of major cities. Two months ago, we would be in an uproar if a certain website stores one tiny bit of information about you, but now there are talks about carrying National ID cards.
Ladies and gents, I think it's time that we must get used to the fact that the freedom that we enjoyed months ago will now be slowly erroding.
On another note, back in the early 90s, NJ DMV (Motor Vehicles) was talking about creating a standardize drivers license with Social Security Card, Medical Insurance and others... This went through the state legistlature and was batted down because of they feared that they were intruding too much on the rights of the individuals.
My two cents is that..yes things must change. But we mustn't let the recent events cloud our visions of how the government is slowly infringing on the freedom of the people. Once they do this, the terrorist have won their war.
Real News here please... We might as well just analyze the factuality of Nostradamus and the Devil in the Smoke...
In fact, I had to use Windows 98 because of AOL. I have AOL with DirecPC (Satellite Internet) and it is only supported on Windows 9x. I would've liked to go to Win2k because I use the computer as a gateway server for my home lan. Win98 sucks on memory management and I have to reboot every now and then. But ya.. I'm using Windows 98 only because of AOL/DirecPC.
BTW: I'm using AOL with DirecPC because:
1) Local copper doesn't support DSL
2) Local cable does not provide internet
3) AOL/DirecPC is cheaper than just DirecPC
So ya..in a way...my gateway server is using Win98 because of AOL!
I wonder if he had to get it ok'd by the city to run cables. Knowing the beuracracy(sp?) found in the US...the cost of installing this would skyrocket due to city permits and such. Did he have to cross any streets?
This is totally not even plausible. First of all, this would require that the client download all the contents on initial load. Even if the client views only one article, he would have to download everything. Thereby putting a great strain on the system, and slowing down client side.
Media it not covering it, all they say is: "the (911) operator kept talking until the crash..." or something similar. But did the 911 operator contact any authorities, and did anyone do anything? It seems like there were some serious negligence on the ground too. Or am I missing something? I don't think any of the cell phones did call 911. They all called friends and relatives. Secondly, authorities were contacted, however, the hour is not enough time to actually do anything. In most hijacking situations, they aim to get something in exchange for the hostages, not crash it into a building.
The US and its people were totally not prepared for anything like this.
There are truly upgradable laptops available. I know a couple companies in Taiwan that use regular desktop components for laptops. However the problem with this is that desktop components have no power limitations. I know the laptops that I looked into in Taiwan had a max battery life of 1 hour or so.
Speaking of single point of failure. All broadcast television, except for CBS, for the NY/NJ/CO area comes from WTC. All that my parents can see in NJ is CBS.
And what afterwards? What will you suggest we do after we take over Afghanistan? Annex it? Make it part of the US? Put a new leader in charge?
Don't forget, we were the ones that put Castro in charge of Cuba. We were responsible for Castro.
Also, don't forget that Osama bin Ladin's group fought off the Russians when they occupied Afghanistan...
What if this was another domestic attack? Another Oklahoma?
Check your sources.
First of all..that video that you watched was Palestine.
Reports said that they did this with knives...
This is not the solution.
Bush tried to do this. By withdrawing the US from all these conferences, he is in-effect adopting an isolationist foreign policy.
As a great superpower and with the greater interconnectivity of the world, the US needs to be more involved. Isolationism might have worked in the past where less than 1 in 5 household owned tv, nonetheless a method of communication.