Done properly, no need for encryption nor even TCP. The logs go out via serial cable to a system which is off the network and not connected to any other machine, save that one which it is receiving log data from (via serial cable). That's about as secure as you can get...
I bought and paid for Opera 4.x back in the day. It was indeed the hottest thing going, as Mozilla/Firefox was still not all that great at the time. However, it had some annoying bugs, one which I still remember was it "skipping" sites when navigating backwards using mouse gestures. I'd reported it in detail once or twice, only to get it brushed off and ignored. Well, it being commercial software, there's only one thing to do when the vendor won't fix a problem - stop using the software.
Thankfully, by Opera 5.x, Firefox/Phoenix 0.6 was really starting to shine.
Gameboy Gameboy Pocket Gameboy Color Gameboy Advance Gameboy SP (and a version 2... with a brighter backlight!!!!1) Gameboy Micro Nintendo DS
... and I've purchased every iteration with the exception of the last two (because a micro doesn't offer anything new like the pocket did, which was a better screen, and because I'm going to buy a DS sooner or later anyway. Nintendo owns me. ):
It's easy to get the finer details mixed up - in fact, the DS *is* a Gameboy, contrary to what Nintendo says.:P
The official requirements for DOOM III for Windows were, IIRC, 2000 and XP. However, after calling down curses on id and Gates, biting the bullet and installing XP (grr), I found out there were easy ways to run DOOM III under 98. (Here's a pretty straightforward example.)
I'd already run most of these 98 tweaks to allow it to boot with 512+MB RAM, so I could have saved myself a lot of time, etc., if only I had known. >:/
So this is why dentists, perhaps the group with the largest interest in maintaining rates of tooth decay, recommend fluoride products?
One major contrast between this and fluoride in drinking water: read the instructions on said "fluoride products". Do they EVER say to ingest them? I'll answer for you: no. My tube of fluoridated toothpaste explicitly says not to swallow any of the product.
Short version: a state trooper shot an obese perp four times in the torso with.357 magnum hollowpoints - the perp lived to serve prison time. Conversely, the bad guy shot the trooper once more with a.22 pistol *after* being shot - and the bullet severed an artery, resulting in the trooper bleeding to death at the scene.
It's not that you shoot them - it's *where* you shoot them.
The other matter is, that once someone doesn't go down after being shot the first time, there's a tendancy to empty the firearm. Keep in mind that lethal force is allowed only when someone's life, usually the shooter's, is in danger, and then it's easy to justify someone being shot ten times.
I had a 9600XT when HL2 came out and had nothing but trouble with the drivers [...] (Crashing, kludgy drivers, settings not staying during games, etc.)
ATi has always had less polish on their drivers than nVidia, but after the release of their first Radeon cards, the rewritten drivers were fine. I've owned an 9800 Pro since they were released, installing newer drivers almost as often as they were released, all with zero driver issues. The key is to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, i.e. uninstall the old drivers, reboot if prompted, install new drivers. Anything else is likely due to 1. not following directions and 2. messing with things you don't understand. Could also be a craptastic PC, too. =)
Just can't stand to let folks keep trashing ATi for FUDdish reasons. Bash them for their crappy Linux drivers or something, as long as it truly is their fault.
IIRC, the SIL3112 chipset is on the low end of the controller spectrum. Unless someone slipped him a fifty and said "make it happen", he might want something a bit more upscale.
It is not clear to me whether or not a verbal "My name is Joe Smith", assuming your name actually is Joe Smith, would meet the requirement of 'shall identify himself' - some will most assuredly take that to mean "prove" it with official papers. Keep in mind that the Nevada Supreme Court *upheld* the charges against Hiibel, so thinking this was overturned on the first appeal, as it should have been IMHO, would be incorrect.
Living outside the system in Nevada means buying a lot of shoes, apparently. Or, perhaps, never leaving the house, as Hiibel wasn't driving at the time.
Warning: I am not an expert on unreleased versions of Windows. That said:
You're describing a "worst-case" situation, many years down the road, where all pieces of software have a special key/signature given by the controller of the platform (probably MS in this case). Before the situation can occur, "legacy" software must be re-written or otherwise processed to allow it to run inside the "Trusted" platform. Additionally, all new software must go through the same process as well, so all those handy little utilities we all love (think Hijackthis)... essentially cease to be made, since they won't run without an offering, likely to be rather substantial, to the DRM gods.
On top of that, your system cannot phone home to ANYONE without software to tell the hardware what to do. Again, not an expert here, but I've heard absolutely nothing regarding any actual product with the capabilities you describe being even developed at this point - perhaps with good reason, though, as you'll kindly recall the revolt against the Intel's vaunted processor serial number which was going to do a lot of the very things Trusted Computing is supposed to do, regarding identification using hardware.
So, while I do well imagine that the situation you describe is the ideal end goal for some of the powers that be, we, the general populace, aren't even close to needing to start panicking/revolting yet. That is, unless you have links to sources that say otherwise......
The exceptions on that section are provided here for your convenience (no, they don't detract from the parent's argument):
(a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard,
a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64
years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy,
Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for
reenlistment, a person must be under 64 years of age.
(b) To be eligible for appointment as an officer of the National
Guard, a person must -
(1) be a citizen of the United States; and
(2) be at least 18 years of age and under 64.
If I don't think people should have access to LAW rockets, 23mm anti-aircraft guns or second hand armored fighting vehicles am I implying that people are losing fundamental rights?
There is a legal term mentioned in the Second Amendment: the word "arm". "Arm" has a specific definition, which is, paraphrased, a "man-portable weapon". This would indeed include weapons such as a LAW, RP-7, RPK, M-4 (with attached M-203), hand grenades, Stinger missiles (ooh, MANPAD ground-to-air missiles!), and all manner of other such devices designed to be lugged about by humans.
This does, however, appear to mean that I, sadly, have no right to own a second-hand M1A1 Abrams tank (nor a 23mm AA system, nor a crappy Striker). Do also note, however, that this does not explicitly deny me the ability to own such a device, if not otherwise prohibited, as all that is not explicitly denied is allowed for "we, the people".
Remember, the Consitution and associated amendments are limits on the *government's* power, not our (we, the people) own.
Seatbelt laws are a good idea. Wearing a seat-belt can keep you from being ejected from a vehicle and splattering your brains everywhere. Wearing a seat-belt can keep you behind the wheel, allowing you to maintain control of your vehicle in an accident and possibly prevent further problems. It is a wise thing to wear a seat-belt. Should it be a law?
Cleaning your teeth is a good idea. Cleaning your teeth often frees you from the financial burden of maintaining a set of ill-fitting dentures (assuming you can afford them) and all the drudgery involved in that. Good dental hygene usually keeps rot-breath at bay, something NO ONE likes dealing with, and can prevent additional damage to your advancement in your chosen career. It is wise to properly clean your teeth. Should it be a law?
The opinion isn't moronic because he disagrees with you, but because it betrays your total lack of comprehension and understanding regarding the described situation.
Now, before I get started, is it possible that your friend Jonny really would use lethal force against a "drunk asshat", which implies he is 1. drunk and 2. only armed with his natural weapons? Yes, there's almost always an exception to every rule. If you imply that would be the norm in said situation, however, you need to get your facts straight.
The law protects the use of lethal force ONLY where there is an immediate threat against the life of the person with the weapon, or another "innocent" party nearby. Some states/areas also protect the use of lethal force if the offender is in the act of committing or about to commit a felony. This means there are only specific situations where lethal force is allowed - all other use of lethal force is in itself a crime.
So, let's say Jonny opened up on the rather unimpressing drunkard - depending on the severity of the aftermath, he is punished for his improper judgement, and those of us who have a brain learn from his mistake(s)... falling back to that same idea that an idividual is responsible for his/her actions.
FINALLY, someone else who believes personal responsibility is not something to be left on the wayside.
All your points are valid, and I agree with them - the one issue which had been brought to my attention in the past is that if such a transition were to be made, how could it be made without the flood of idiots rushing out to do what was once prohibited, likely taking some of the more intelligent folks out on the way to their Darwin Awards?
My unspoken answer was "revert it all at once while I hide in my bunker for a year or three"...
In addition to other security on my network, I use a software firewall (Kerio) to let me easily monitor which programs try to poke a tendril out over the network. As a matter of course, I deny them access, usually as soon as the installer, lately.:P These are for single-player games, mind you, as I generally will go through the single-player portion of a game before venturing online with it, if at all.
F.E.A.R.'s computer screens all had either generic "logon"-type screens, or BSODs. While the first roomfull of BSOD'd computers was somewhat amusing, it became annoying rather quickly. A better idea would have been to simply have the systems remain "off".
My point is, I denied the program access to the network and was completely unaware of the ads (in a game I'd already spent $50 on). It was pretty immersive to me.:) Admittedly, when everyone starts blocking such programs from accessing the network, they'll probably include a set of "default" advertisements, but I really do recommend blocking access to the network for programs that don't need it.
[...] unless you can figure out a way to block ports on my modem.
Done and done. Other types of "dial-up routers" exist, but this is the one I re-found first. Again, nothing wrong with software firewalls, as I like knowing when programs try to use the network, but they aren't a magic bullet.
Those titles were pure gold - landmark titles that everyone who claims to be a gamer should enjoy.... however, there is no way I'll be running such an intrusive, overbearing piece of baggage software such as STEAM on any system I own. The stated "benefits", such as automatic patching, are actually a detriment to my administrative philosophy.
The primary reason for the grandparent comment was file serving capabilities, as evidenced by the bold text, etc. Windows is fine for storing and sharing files... IF you only need 5-10 computers to access the data. Any more than that, and the "workstation" versions of Windows won't allow more connections, and you'd need to buy CALs for the server versions.
The latter half of the comment (regarding NIS) was thrown out as an afterthought - someone has already mentioned better solutions to that end.
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Done properly, no need for encryption nor even TCP. The logs go out via serial cable to a system which is off the network and not connected to any other machine, save that one which it is receiving log data from (via serial cable). That's about as secure as you can get...
I bought and paid for Opera 4.x back in the day. It was indeed the hottest thing going, as Mozilla/Firefox was still not all that great at the time. However, it had some annoying bugs, one which I still remember was it "skipping" sites when navigating backwards using mouse gestures. I'd reported it in detail once or twice, only to get it brushed off and ignored. Well, it being commercial software, there's only one thing to do when the vendor won't fix a problem - stop using the software.
Thankfully, by Opera 5.x, Firefox/Phoenix 0.6 was really starting to shine.
I hate STEAM. Good idea, terrible implementation.
This may be of interest: steamless.
RedHat
... and any other distro which enabled OpenSSH versions 2.3.1p1 through 3.3 by default.
;)
Mandrake
Slackware (IIRC)
So, is that $10,000 per instance...?
Actually, there is or have been:
... and I've purchased every iteration with the exception of the last two (because a micro doesn't offer anything new like the pocket did, which was a better screen, and because I'm going to buy a DS sooner or later anyway. Nintendo owns me. ):
:P
Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy SP (and a version 2... with a brighter backlight!!!!1)
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
It's easy to get the finer details mixed up - in fact, the DS *is* a Gameboy, contrary to what Nintendo says.
The official requirements for DOOM III for Windows were, IIRC, 2000 and XP. However, after calling down curses on id and Gates, biting the bullet and installing XP (grr), I found out there were easy ways to run DOOM III under 98. (Here's a pretty straightforward example.)
I'd already run most of these 98 tweaks to allow it to boot with 512+MB RAM, so I could have saved myself a lot of time, etc., if only I had known. >:/
Sam only chews gum when he's not kicking ass. Since he's always kicking ass in the PC version...
So this is why dentists, perhaps the group with the largest interest in maintaining rates of tooth decay, recommend fluoride products?
One major contrast between this and fluoride in drinking water: read the instructions on said "fluoride products". Do they EVER say to ingest them? I'll answer for you: no. My tube of fluoridated toothpaste explicitly says not to swallow any of the product.
Google for Trooper Mark Coates.
.357 magnum hollowpoints - the perp lived to serve prison time. Conversely, the bad guy shot the trooper once more with a .22 pistol *after* being shot - and the bullet severed an artery, resulting in the trooper bleeding to death at the scene.
Short version: a state trooper shot an obese perp four times in the torso with
It's not that you shoot them - it's *where* you shoot them.
The other matter is, that once someone doesn't go down after being shot the first time, there's a tendancy to empty the firearm. Keep in mind that lethal force is allowed only when someone's life, usually the shooter's, is in danger, and then it's easy to justify someone being shot ten times.
I had a 9600XT when HL2 came out and had nothing but trouble with the drivers [...] (Crashing, kludgy drivers, settings not staying during games, etc.)
ATi has always had less polish on their drivers than nVidia, but after the release of their first Radeon cards, the rewritten drivers were fine. I've owned an 9800 Pro since they were released, installing newer drivers almost as often as they were released, all with zero driver issues. The key is to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, i.e. uninstall the old drivers, reboot if prompted, install new drivers. Anything else is likely due to 1. not following directions and 2. messing with things you don't understand. Could also be a craptastic PC, too. =)
Just can't stand to let folks keep trashing ATi for FUDdish reasons. Bash them for their crappy Linux drivers or something, as long as it truly is their fault.
IIRC, the SIL3112 chipset is on the low end of the controller spectrum. Unless someone slipped him a fifty and said "make it happen", he might want something a bit more upscale.
"Under Nevada law, a person stopped by a police officer under a reasonable suspicion standard "shall identify himself". After 11 denied requests for identification, Dove finally arrested Hiibel, who was subsequently convicted of resisting an officer."
A few more references.
It is not clear to me whether or not a verbal "My name is Joe Smith", assuming your name actually is Joe Smith, would meet the requirement of 'shall identify himself' - some will most assuredly take that to mean "prove" it with official papers. Keep in mind that the Nevada Supreme Court *upheld* the charges against Hiibel, so thinking this was overturned on the first appeal, as it should have been IMHO, would be incorrect.
Living outside the system in Nevada means buying a lot of shoes, apparently. Or, perhaps, never leaving the house, as Hiibel wasn't driving at the time.
Warning: I am not an expert on unreleased versions of Windows. That said:
You're describing a "worst-case" situation, many years down the road, where all pieces of software have a special key/signature given by the controller of the platform (probably MS in this case). Before the situation can occur, "legacy" software must be re-written or otherwise processed to allow it to run inside the "Trusted" platform. Additionally, all new software must go through the same process as well, so all those handy little utilities we all love (think Hijackthis)... essentially cease to be made, since they won't run without an offering, likely to be rather substantial, to the DRM gods.
On top of that, your system cannot phone home to ANYONE without software to tell the hardware what to do. Again, not an expert here, but I've heard absolutely nothing regarding any actual product with the capabilities you describe being even developed at this point - perhaps with good reason, though, as you'll kindly recall the revolt against the Intel's vaunted processor serial number which was going to do a lot of the very things Trusted Computing is supposed to do, regarding identification using hardware.
So, while I do well imagine that the situation you describe is the ideal end goal for some of the powers that be, we, the general populace, aren't even close to needing to start panicking/revolting yet. That is, unless you have links to sources that say otherwise......
The exceptions on that section are provided here for your convenience (no, they don't detract from the parent's argument):
(a) To be eligible for original enlistment in the National Guard,
a person must be at least 17 years of age and under 45, or under 64
years of age and a former member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy,
Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps. To be eligible for
reenlistment, a person must be under 64 years of age.
(b) To be eligible for appointment as an officer of the National
Guard, a person must -
(1) be a citizen of the United States; and
(2) be at least 18 years of age and under 64.
From here.
If I don't think people should have access to LAW rockets, 23mm anti-aircraft guns or second hand armored fighting vehicles am I implying that people are losing fundamental rights?
There is a legal term mentioned in the Second Amendment: the word "arm". "Arm" has a specific definition, which is, paraphrased, a "man-portable weapon". This would indeed include weapons such as a LAW, RP-7, RPK, M-4 (with attached M-203), hand grenades, Stinger missiles (ooh, MANPAD ground-to-air missiles!), and all manner of other such devices designed to be lugged about by humans.
This does, however, appear to mean that I, sadly, have no right to own a second-hand M1A1 Abrams tank (nor a 23mm AA system, nor a crappy Striker). Do also note, however, that this does not explicitly deny me the ability to own such a device, if not otherwise prohibited, as all that is not explicitly denied is allowed for "we, the people".
Remember, the Consitution and associated amendments are limits on the *government's* power, not our (we, the people) own.
Gun laws are like seatbelt laws
Seatbelt laws are a good idea. Wearing a seat-belt can keep you from being ejected from a vehicle and splattering your brains everywhere. Wearing a seat-belt can keep you behind the wheel, allowing you to maintain control of your vehicle in an accident and possibly prevent further problems. It is a wise thing to wear a seat-belt. Should it be a law?
Cleaning your teeth is a good idea. Cleaning your teeth often frees you from the financial burden of maintaining a set of ill-fitting dentures (assuming you can afford them) and all the drudgery involved in that. Good dental hygene usually keeps rot-breath at bay, something NO ONE likes dealing with, and can prevent additional damage to your advancement in your chosen career. It is wise to properly clean your teeth. Should it be a law?
The opinion isn't moronic because he disagrees with you, but because it betrays your total lack of comprehension and understanding regarding the described situation.
Now, before I get started, is it possible that your friend Jonny really would use lethal force against a "drunk asshat", which implies he is 1. drunk and 2. only armed with his natural weapons? Yes, there's almost always an exception to every rule. If you imply that would be the norm in said situation, however, you need to get your facts straight.
The law protects the use of lethal force ONLY where there is an immediate threat against the life of the person with the weapon, or another "innocent" party nearby. Some states/areas also protect the use of lethal force if the offender is in the act of committing or about to commit a felony. This means there are only specific situations where lethal force is allowed - all other use of lethal force is in itself a crime.
So, let's say Jonny opened up on the rather unimpressing drunkard - depending on the severity of the aftermath, he is punished for his improper judgement, and those of us who have a brain learn from his mistake(s)... falling back to that same idea that an idividual is responsible for his/her actions.
FINALLY, someone else who believes personal responsibility is not something to be left on the wayside.
All your points are valid, and I agree with them - the one issue which had been brought to my attention in the past is that if such a transition were to be made, how could it be made without the flood of idiots rushing out to do what was once prohibited, likely taking some of the more intelligent folks out on the way to their Darwin Awards?
My unspoken answer was "revert it all at once while I hide in my bunker for a year or three"...
In addition to other security on my network, I use a software firewall (Kerio) to let me easily monitor which programs try to poke a tendril out over the network. As a matter of course, I deny them access, usually as soon as the installer, lately. :P These are for single-player games, mind you, as I generally will go through the single-player portion of a game before venturing online with it, if at all.
:) Admittedly, when everyone starts blocking such programs from accessing the network, they'll probably include a set of "default" advertisements, but I really do recommend blocking access to the network for programs that don't need it.
F.E.A.R.'s computer screens all had either generic "logon"-type screens, or BSODs. While the first roomfull of BSOD'd computers was somewhat amusing, it became annoying rather quickly. A better idea would have been to simply have the systems remain "off".
My point is, I denied the program access to the network and was completely unaware of the ads (in a game I'd already spent $50 on). It was pretty immersive to me.
[...] unless you can figure out a way to block ports on my modem.
Done and done. Other types of "dial-up routers" exist, but this is the one I re-found first. Again, nothing wrong with software firewalls, as I like knowing when programs try to use the network, but they aren't a magic bullet.
would that maybe be "grammar ninjai"?
Iie.
based on nothing besides earlier problems with Steam.
So, they've fixed that bit about having to connect to STEAM's servers to play a singleplayer game?
No?
Mm.
... after taxes and gasoline, he had just enough to buy a Snickers and a Red Bull. ;)
Those titles were pure gold - landmark titles that everyone who claims to be a gamer should enjoy. ... however, there is no way I'll be running such an intrusive, overbearing piece of baggage software such as STEAM on any system I own. The stated "benefits", such as automatic patching, are actually a detriment to my administrative philosophy.
Here's hoping they make a STEAM-less version...
The primary reason for the grandparent comment was file serving capabilities, as evidenced by the bold text, etc. Windows is fine for storing and sharing files... IF you only need 5-10 computers to access the data. Any more than that, and the "workstation" versions of Windows won't allow more connections, and you'd need to buy CALs for the server versions.
The latter half of the comment (regarding NIS) was thrown out as an afterthought - someone has already mentioned better solutions to that end.