I would have assumed most blackhats wouldnt need a cash incentive to propagate their infamy.
More than that though, I'm not so sure this is a good move at all to pen a book of this sort. While i am of the opinion that security through obscurity is no security at all and that most arguments will support this; Mitnick may feel inclined to glorify some of these cracking stories. This might surely encourage budding crackers to continue with their attempts. Not big and not clever.
"Experiments at CERN will produce hundreds of TB of data per year at data rates up to 35MB/second starting in 1999," states Jamie Shiers, Project Leader at CERN. "Experience from the use of Objectivity/DB and HPSS on these experiments will help us understand how we can cope with the staggering 100PB of data at rates up to 1.5GB/second expected at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, starting in 2005."
"The size of CERN's database is bigger than any numbers ever seen," according to Richard Winter, president of Winter Corp., a Boston-based consultancy specializing in VLDBs. "The growing use of non-traditional data types is producing a produce a giant leap in database size. Such databases will soon be commonplace in engineering, commercial, and medical fields as well." concludes Winter.
OK so this is obviously only vendors of databases and RDBMS systems.
In a broader sense aren't such things as the wayback machine a database? What about the truly massive amounts of data gathered at research labs, e.g. CERN. Who's the daddy of these guys?
Is it just me that finds this stance on cloning at odds with the stance on DNA research and the patanting of genes and genetic sequences.
Now I know the current administration is conservatively christian and while I dont necessarily follow that train of thought I consider a general ban on human cloning a good thing. Note I say general. There should be circumstances where it must be permitted. The research oppertunities for the benefit of us all are too great for an outright ban. And is it so far a step away from the precedence of granting artificial fertility licenses to a couple in the UK for the sole purpose of providing matching tissue for an ill son or daughter?
I digress, sure, the current Bush administrations' stance on an outright ban is on moral grounds? The sanctity of the human body is gods creation and who are we to copy his work. Well I happen to think were just an odd accident that happened but surely by this argument, our genes, our very indivduality and specific beauty are our own? If it is moraly undesirable to clone a human being to the extent that there should be a global ban then does this not extend to the very thing that makes us human,our DNA? And by what right of law, what pious greed and what gauling arrogance does a commercial organisation have to claim patant rights over something so innate in all of us? Would you sell us the air we breath?
"If you're going to be an asshat, at least get your facts straight."
Tsk, tsk.
If your going to be YAPM ( yet another pedantic moron ), please dont use CAPS, it's rude doncha know?
For the love of god please mod the parent -5 pedant. Please?
Yeah I think eventually even the markets are realising SCO are on a one way trip to no-where
SCO share value
I'm beginning to think with all this paranoia that McBride must the the bastard love child of John Ashcroft, now there's a real scary thought?
After reading all your responses I hope that the anticipation of this release will not be dampened by the frankly poor single player game.
Limited plot, gameplay and modules. Not to mention the sheer annoyance of having to deal with a sidekick that has a mind of it's own.
BUt I know you lot:) It's the multiplayer your after isnt it? Well in this respect the game is considerable stronger with module building tools and what not.
Don't say you werent warned about the single player...
Aye we did develop the first radar, and although it was more like a 'pin the tail on the donkey' afair at first it helped Biggles flying ace bag a few more 'Red Barons' thus keepin good old blighty free from Nazi tyranny. Good show eh what?
Let's face it, it's not going to be an easy task if we send in the grunts. But do we actually have to? If the ruskies give the Northern Alliance enough support and we keep the worst of the Taleban hardware at bay then I would suggest to you that OBL will be facing the wrong end of the Northern Alliances big stick, given time.
They want him just as badly as the allies do, lets not forget that. Let's help them to help us.
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I would have assumed most blackhats wouldnt need a cash incentive to propagate their infamy. More than that though, I'm not so sure this is a good move at all to pen a book of this sort. While i am of the opinion that security through obscurity is no security at all and that most arguments will support this; Mitnick may feel inclined to glorify some of these cracking stories. This might surely encourage budding crackers to continue with their attempts. Not big and not clever.
More importantly can the sensor array be remodulated to output the all important tacheon pulse?
That's sure to create a sub space rift and swallow up the SCOmulan empire. Might even create an inverse wormhole and grab Gates of Borg. \o/ ;)
OK so this is obviously only vendors of databases and RDBMS systems.
In a broader sense aren't such things as the wayback machine a database? What about the truly massive amounts of data gathered at research labs, e.g. CERN. Who's the daddy of these guys?
Is it just me that finds this stance on cloning at odds with the stance on DNA research and the patanting of genes and genetic sequences.
Now I know the current administration is conservatively christian and while I dont necessarily follow that train of thought I consider a general ban on human cloning a good thing. Note I say general. There should be circumstances where it must be permitted. The research oppertunities for the benefit of us all are too great for an outright ban. And is it so far a step away from the precedence of granting artificial fertility licenses to a couple in the UK for the sole purpose of providing matching tissue for an ill son or daughter?
I digress, sure, the current Bush administrations' stance on an outright ban is on moral grounds? The sanctity of the human body is gods creation and who are we to copy his work. Well I happen to think were just an odd accident that happened but surely by this argument, our genes, our very indivduality and specific beauty are our own? If it is moraly undesirable to clone a human being to the extent that there should be a global ban then does this not extend to the very thing that makes us human,our DNA? And by what right of law, what pious greed and what gauling arrogance does a commercial organisation have to claim patant rights over something so innate in all of us? Would you sell us the air we breath?
It's fucking disgusting
IAYAPM ( I am yet another pedantic moron )
Tsk, tsk. If your going to be YAPM ( yet another pedantic moron ), please dont use CAPS, it's rude doncha know? For the love of god please mod the parent -5 pedant. Please?Yeah I think eventually even the markets are realising SCO are on a one way trip to no-where SCO share value I'm beginning to think with all this paranoia that McBride must the the bastard love child of John Ashcroft, now there's a real scary thought?
After reading all your responses I hope that the anticipation of this release will not be dampened by the frankly poor single player game.
Limited plot, gameplay and modules. Not to mention the sheer annoyance of having to deal with a sidekick that has a mind of it's own.
BUt I know you lot :) It's the multiplayer your after isnt it? Well in this respect the game is considerable stronger with module building tools and what not.
Don't say you werent warned about the single player...
That is NOT a car, it's an Aibo with wheels...
Aye we did develop the first radar, and although it was more like a 'pin the tail on the donkey' afair at first it helped Biggles flying ace bag a few more 'Red Barons' thus keepin good old blighty free from Nazi tyranny. Good show eh what?
Let's face it, it's not going to be an easy task if we send in the grunts. But do we actually have to? If the ruskies give the Northern Alliance enough support and we keep the worst of the Taleban hardware at bay then I would suggest to you that OBL will be facing the wrong end of the Northern Alliances big stick, given time. They want him just as badly as the allies do, lets not forget that. Let's help them to help us.
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