RAID 0 on a two-disk system isn't much of a mirror. More like an image reflected from the wrapper on a stick of gum. No mention of keeping a mirror on another system.
They suspect a former employee, but how is it possible that a former employee gained access to their system? An utter lack of security, most likely.
The real kicker is, of course, that the fee from DriveSavers would have been as much as an entire year of revenue for Journalspace.
Faulty tech? Yeah. Faulty business model? Definitely! At some point you have to take the system out of the basement and put it in a storefront.
And to those who would blog--get to know your host.
And just how difficult is it for a mailing list owner, being able to edit said list, to sort the list by domain, and split out the yahoo.com addresses?
This is a simple task, really. For a mailing list owner who makes a living by sending a newsletter.
These singularity flaks are at it again. C'mon, it's a not-so-pleasant sci-fi concept and nothing more.
Humans transcending into bodiless personalities floating in a data cloud unbounded by time and space? Humans becoming godlike, yet keeping their innate lust?
Oh, gimme a break! When they turn off the switch it all goes black and there is nothing more. Without the scientific method, how do you tell a petabyte of junk data from a petabyte of shinola?
OMG, all my expensive solar panels blocked the light from my skylights! Oh, it's the Greener's Lament...
Uh, you DID plan skylights, didn't you?
Say, assuming here that your large workshop will be filled with high-current electric motors on all that woodworking equipment you have, and that you'll need a significant electric panel to power the place (loaded with 30-amp circuits). Why isn't high-efficiency fluorescent lighting and skylights the solution you seek?
If it is just a storage shed, why do you need more than battery-powered LED lights or an LED flashlight or lantern? It's not like you are going out there each day to fondle your possessions.
Which brings up the final point--why build a shed for storage? Just get rid of that junk and live frugally.
The youngsta's play the whole show with commercials because they use the breaks to do bong hits, or make out.
Besides, they grew up watching Dad hog the controller, zapping past commercials and hollerin' at everyone to hurry up from their pee breaks so he can resume the show. (Yes, we DO fast forward and then pause.) The kids don't want to be like that and are happy with simple time-shifting.
People ban items, even common items, in situations where those items can cause serious injury or even devastation. They do this not from fear so much as after deciding that real losses justify the loss of freedom. Blow up a shuttle from frozen o-rings and you end up banning flights when the weather is too cold.
Why do we do this? Because people have a tradition of passing along information to avoid harmful items and situations. That's how we came to be here--by passing the word about what berries to avoid and how to keep from taunting a cave bear.
Thus, you can't buy traditional fireworks in parts of the US where fire is a major concern. You can't take liquids or certain items on a plane. You can't take your lunch pail into the biology lab. You can't take a cigarette or lighter into a coal mine.
Pilots are an expensive resource that must be protected if we are to continue to fly our fat asses everywhere until oil runs out. It is in the public interest to keep pilots from going blind from lasers or heavy drinking.
Now, interestingly, Mythbusters showed us you CAN take a bull into a china shop, but I doubt you'll see a move to change zoning laws.
If people were genuinely trying to disable pilots (a feat of aiming that's so close to impossible as to make downing an aircraft by throwing stones at it look credible) they could easily extract these and use them in the same way.
I was thinking the same thing until I realized that pilots do use line of sight and can see the ground over the nose of the plane during final approach. So, a guy who is intent on harming a commercial plane would do so on approach. And that's why they are easily caught--there's only a very limited spot of ground where this has a chance to be effective.
But what's really at stake here are the aircraft that focus on ground surveillance as their prime objective--police helicopters and traffic aircraft. Many are enhanced with downward-looking night vision devices (or the pilots wear them directly). Hitting this stuff with a laser truly endangers the people in the aircraft, and perhaps some unfortunates on the ground.
History shows that box cutters are a more effective means of bringing down a plane. Let's make sure we ban those, too.
(a) All documentaries are propaganda. They are designed to present the film maker's view point of a situation. Objectivity does not exist in such works, since their purpose is to influence peoples thoughts.
Rubbish and hogs wallop! Documentary film is made to "document" a subject, by showing us many aspects of that subject. Saying all such films are propaganda is naive.
Does a documentary have a POINT OF VIEW? Yes and the best present many points of view. Look to the series Frontline for an example of political documentaries that present many different points of view.
I watched a marvelous film recently that DOCUMENTED food production in the modern world. Not one word of narration. Not one spoken line. Just workers filmed in action or at rest during every stage of production of many types of foods.
A documentary can be as objective or as subjective as the filmmaker desires. Automatically dismissing ALL documentaries as propaganda is counterproductive.
If you're a guy going into a technical field, realize that once you graduate and find a job, your oppotunities for meeting people of the other gender will drop off tremendously.
True! But only in the sense that once graduated and employed, you will find drunk undergrads MUCH less desirable.
and Not true! The company you choose to work for will hire people of the other gender AND people of your gender. These people know other people, and if they like you, they may introduce you.
As you get a life, develop your interests and become a contributing member of society, you will find you can meet all sorts of people. Become interesting, and you will attract people. Become a dullard, and maybe you shouldn't think about procreating.
As for college choice, yes, people in companies of all sizes consider the school and the quality of its programs. That's because people quite often hire and act on stereotypes. Contact the school to find out what companies hire the cs grads. And while you are at it, find out how much those grads were offered. The college placement office knows that stuff.
Is there a short list of companies you want to work for? Do a little research to find out what schools they prefer to recruit from. You might be surprised at what you find.
Overriding the training and experience of the people involved is easy -- threaten to kill them or their families. I doubt some technician is going to risk death just to prevent a power outage.
Gosh, if it is so easy and effective, why doesn't this ever happen? Social engineering -- or "lying" in old-school terms -- isn't much more than sneaking off with some information.
How does taking over an office PC get you access to the operations staff whom you intend to threaten? And how serious could threats be when they are of the nature of "I am in your base, killing your Birthday Celebration spreadsheet"?
Even your faith in the effectiveness of social engineering doesn't make sense. Taking over the desktop computers in the business operation is a far cry from gaining access to the actual control systems or gaining access to the information you would need to override the intense training and long experience of the people who actually do the operations.
I think management is gearing up to roll out a more-restrictive PC policy for the office employees. You know, to cut down on random surfing to increase productivity and reduce headcount.
It's not funny. That's the point. It's a dull-witted self-referential joke between Uwe Boll and his fanbase.
This drudge is consuming mindshare on/. that is better spent on the political depravities of that horrible, horrible Communist mega-nation that manufactures every bit of pop culture fluff merchandise that you hold so near and dear.
So, the point is, STOP, and go to your room and think about it. And don't let me catch you playing with your collection of toys while you are on time out. You'll catch your death of lead poisoning.
This goes out to the 100,000+ ppl and memes who signed that anti-Boll petition:
WTF? For a class of people who are soooooo concerned about their rights to free expression, you SOBs sure are quick to saddle up the horses in some ill-conceived internet attempt to run Uwe Boll out of town.
Look, just because it is EASY to join an internet petition, that doesn't absolve you of the responsibility to THINK about the consequence of your action.
Yeah, I realize this petition against Boll is the latest in-joke. But humor is so very hard to do--leave it to the pros. Is this what/. has devolved to? Promotion for stupid self-referential gags?
If you signed the petition as a serious statement, then I'll remind you that it is a very easy thing to avoid seeing the films that Boll makes. Let the man continue to fill his niche, and you go about your life filling your niche and each can live in freedom.
Yes, yes, we KNOW you want to wear the Minority Report gloves and wave about your data as if it were interesting video files, but all we've seen you do is pummel spreadsheets. And how will that look to the casual observers you seek to impress?
To tell the truth, the computing paradigm that will benefit you most is the Data Iron, where you move a heavy flat-bottomed object back and forth over a firm flat surface. You would use the device to load music onto your SHiRTpod AND improve your public aspect and self esteem.
Speaking as a former IT consultant who was paid beaucoup bucks by the baby boomers to periodically remove AOL installs and restore screensavers, I say this is a natural development and long overdue.
It is time to acknowledge that the newer generations entering the workforce grew up with computers all their lives, and dang it, they had plenty of time to learn how to use them properly.
So, managing your own desktop is entirely logical and reasonable for younger workers (under 40). Older workers probably still need help, but they've become accustomed to IT restrictions, so they can continue until they retire or are phased out.
It's a healthy attitude for business to take--computers are ubiquitous and, dang it, you are expected to have learned enough in your life to be proficient with them.
I really don't know why Creative strapped on its Stoopid in this case. After reading about it, I'm left in a state of WTF.
Creative management (amateurs?) could have had this guy's improved drivers for a song, simply by sending him some hardware and code. Isn't this type of person an ideal recruit for beta testing?
Slashdot Mirror
Are these the human-brained mice of which I've heard so much of late?
RAID 0 on a two-disk system isn't much of a mirror. More like an image reflected from the wrapper on a stick of gum. No mention of keeping a mirror on another system.
They suspect a former employee, but how is it possible that a former employee gained access to their system? An utter lack of security, most likely.
The real kicker is, of course, that the fee from DriveSavers would have been as much as an entire year of revenue for Journalspace.
Faulty tech? Yeah. Faulty business model? Definitely! At some point you have to take the system out of the basement and put it in a storefront.
And to those who would blog--get to know your host.
And just how difficult is it for a mailing list owner, being able to edit said list, to sort the list by domain, and split out the yahoo.com addresses?
This is a simple task, really. For a mailing list owner who makes a living by sending a newsletter.
These singularity flaks are at it again. C'mon, it's a not-so-pleasant sci-fi concept and nothing more.
Humans transcending into bodiless personalities floating in a data cloud unbounded by time and space? Humans becoming godlike, yet keeping their innate lust?
Oh, gimme a break! When they turn off the switch it all goes black and there is nothing more. Without the scientific method, how do you tell a petabyte of junk data from a petabyte of shinola?
You know, I felt like Charlie Brown at Halloween, looking in his bag and saying "I got a rock."
If I had gotten more spiral galaxies, GZ might have held my attention beyond the few hundred images I evaluated. "I got an elliptical."
I'm sure I'll stop by GZ 2. The galaxy selection might not be any better, but perhaps the community experience is enhanced.
Galaxy Zoo was an interesting concept. Kind of like Mersenne Prime searching, only using wetware instead of software.
The trouble with wetware is that it is time-sensitive, knows that time on earth is finite, and the count always goes backward.
When it seemed that the same damn photos were appearing over and over, I gave up.
I am glad to see something of interest was found.
Where's the angry outburst? I expected an earth-shattering angry outburst!
So, where's the beef?
OMG, all my expensive solar panels blocked the light from my skylights! Oh, it's the Greener's Lament...
Uh, you DID plan skylights, didn't you?
Say, assuming here that your large workshop will be filled with high-current electric motors on all that woodworking equipment you have, and that you'll need a significant electric panel to power the place (loaded with 30-amp circuits). Why isn't high-efficiency fluorescent lighting and skylights the solution you seek?
If it is just a storage shed, why do you need more than battery-powered LED lights or an LED flashlight or lantern? It's not like you are going out there each day to fondle your possessions.
Which brings up the final point--why build a shed for storage? Just get rid of that junk and live frugally.
The youngsta's play the whole show with commercials because they use the breaks to do bong hits, or make out.
Besides, they grew up watching Dad hog the controller, zapping past commercials and hollerin' at everyone to hurry up from their pee breaks so he can resume the show. (Yes, we DO fast forward and then pause.) The kids don't want to be like that and are happy with simple time-shifting.
While pirates might take an interest, I should think this technology will prove very useful to the drug traffickers of the world.
Amen to that! And really, the data on those old floppies is much more valuable to you unseen and uninspected.
Your best bet now is to pitch them in the trash. Even better, have your wife and kids do it while you are out golfing one day.
We call this "letting go" and it is excellent therapy!
People ban items, even common items, in situations where those items can cause serious injury or even devastation. They do this not from fear so much as after deciding that real losses justify the loss of freedom. Blow up a shuttle from frozen o-rings and you end up banning flights when the weather is too cold.
Why do we do this? Because people have a tradition of passing along information to avoid harmful items and situations. That's how we came to be here--by passing the word about what berries to avoid and how to keep from taunting a cave bear.
Thus, you can't buy traditional fireworks in parts of the US where fire is a major concern. You can't take liquids or certain items on a plane. You can't take your lunch pail into the biology lab. You can't take a cigarette or lighter into a coal mine.
Pilots are an expensive resource that must be protected if we are to continue to fly our fat asses everywhere until oil runs out. It is in the public interest to keep pilots from going blind from lasers or heavy drinking.
Now, interestingly, Mythbusters showed us you CAN take a bull into a china shop, but I doubt you'll see a move to change zoning laws.
I was thinking the same thing until I realized that pilots do use line of sight and can see the ground over the nose of the plane during final approach. So, a guy who is intent on harming a commercial plane would do so on approach. And that's why they are easily caught--there's only a very limited spot of ground where this has a chance to be effective.
But what's really at stake here are the aircraft that focus on ground surveillance as their prime objective--police helicopters and traffic aircraft. Many are enhanced with downward-looking night vision devices (or the pilots wear them directly). Hitting this stuff with a laser truly endangers the people in the aircraft, and perhaps some unfortunates on the ground.
History shows that box cutters are a more effective means of bringing down a plane. Let's make sure we ban those, too.
huh? Oh, never mind...
Rubbish and hogs wallop! Documentary film is made to "document" a subject, by showing us many aspects of that subject. Saying all such films are propaganda is naive.
Does a documentary have a POINT OF VIEW? Yes and the best present many points of view. Look to the series Frontline for an example of political documentaries that present many different points of view.
I watched a marvelous film recently that DOCUMENTED food production in the modern world. Not one word of narration. Not one spoken line. Just workers filmed in action or at rest during every stage of production of many types of foods.
A documentary can be as objective or as subjective as the filmmaker desires. Automatically dismissing ALL documentaries as propaganda is counterproductive.
After your laptop has been stolen you are left only with a damn good reason to upgrade!
Oh, and maybe a claim on your insurance policy, if you want to risk the raised premium.
True! But only in the sense that once graduated and employed, you will find drunk undergrads MUCH less desirable.
and Not true! The company you choose to work for will hire people of the other gender AND people of your gender. These people know other people, and if they like you, they may introduce you.
As you get a life, develop your interests and become a contributing member of society, you will find you can meet all sorts of people. Become interesting, and you will attract people. Become a dullard, and maybe you shouldn't think about procreating.
As for college choice, yes, people in companies of all sizes consider the school and the quality of its programs. That's because people quite often hire and act on stereotypes. Contact the school to find out what companies hire the cs grads. And while you are at it, find out how much those grads were offered. The college placement office knows that stuff.
Is there a short list of companies you want to work for? Do a little research to find out what schools they prefer to recruit from. You might be surprised at what you find.
Gosh, if it is so easy and effective, why doesn't this ever happen? Social engineering -- or "lying" in old-school terms -- isn't much more than sneaking off with some information.
How does taking over an office PC get you access to the operations staff whom you intend to threaten? And how serious could threats be when they are of the nature of "I am in your base, killing your Birthday Celebration spreadsheet"?
Even your faith in the effectiveness of social engineering doesn't make sense. Taking over the desktop computers in the business operation is a far cry from gaining access to the actual control systems or gaining access to the information you would need to override the intense training and long experience of the people who actually do the operations.
I think management is gearing up to roll out a more-restrictive PC policy for the office employees. You know, to cut down on random surfing to increase productivity and reduce headcount.
Those with modern hog factory farm experience can tell you that is the smell of money.
Those who make modern B movies to feed the insatiable cable channel beast can tell you that is the smell of money.
Your contribution to this situation? As a consumer, it is YOUR money that keeps the troughs full.
The difference between these two tools is one sniggers at his PC, the other laughs all the way to the bank.
It's not funny. That's the point. It's a dull-witted self-referential joke between Uwe Boll and his fanbase.
/. that is better spent on the political depravities of that horrible, horrible Communist mega-nation that manufactures every bit of pop culture fluff merchandise that you hold so near and dear.
This drudge is consuming mindshare on
So, the point is, STOP, and go to your room and think about it. And don't let me catch you playing with your collection of toys while you are on time out. You'll catch your death of lead poisoning.
This goes out to the 100,000+ ppl and memes who signed that anti-Boll petition:
/. has devolved to? Promotion for stupid self-referential gags?
WTF? For a class of people who are soooooo concerned about their rights to free expression, you SOBs sure are quick to saddle up the horses in some ill-conceived internet attempt to run Uwe Boll out of town.
Look, just because it is EASY to join an internet petition, that doesn't absolve you of the responsibility to THINK about the consequence of your action.
Yeah, I realize this petition against Boll is the latest in-joke. But humor is so very hard to do--leave it to the pros. Is this what
If you signed the petition as a serious statement, then I'll remind you that it is a very easy thing to avoid seeing the films that Boll makes. Let the man continue to fill his niche, and you go about your life filling your niche and each can live in freedom.
Yes, yes, we KNOW you want to wear the Minority Report gloves and wave about your data as if it were interesting video files, but all we've seen you do is pummel spreadsheets. And how will that look to the casual observers you seek to impress?
To tell the truth, the computing paradigm that will benefit you most is the Data Iron, where you move a heavy flat-bottomed object back and forth over a firm flat surface. You would use the device to load music onto your SHiRTpod AND improve your public aspect and self esteem.
Speaking as a former IT consultant who was paid beaucoup bucks by the baby boomers to periodically remove AOL installs and restore screensavers, I say this is a natural development and long overdue.
It is time to acknowledge that the newer generations entering the workforce grew up with computers all their lives, and dang it, they had plenty of time to learn how to use them properly.
So, managing your own desktop is entirely logical and reasonable for younger workers (under 40). Older workers probably still need help, but they've become accustomed to IT restrictions, so they can continue until they retire or are phased out.
It's a healthy attitude for business to take--computers are ubiquitous and, dang it, you are expected to have learned enough in your life to be proficient with them.
I really don't know why Creative strapped on its Stoopid in this case. After reading about it, I'm left in a state of WTF.
Creative management (amateurs?) could have had this guy's improved drivers for a song, simply by sending him some hardware and code. Isn't this type of person an ideal recruit for beta testing?