Well, to be fair we have commericals here in america that make the claim that buying drugs supports terrorism. We can extrapolate from that and assume that selling drugs funds terrorism as well. So a slipery slope might lead us to believe that selling, buying, or giving music away for free encourages terrorists to do more evil...
The article on CNN seems to contradict this. It says:
'The indictment said he hacked into an Army computer at Fort Myer, Virginia, obtained administrator privileges and transmitted codes, information and commands before deleting about 1,300 user accounts.
It alleged he also "deleted critical system files" on the computer, copied a file containing usernames and encrypted passwords for the computer and installed tools to gain unauthorized access to other machines.
Further allegations include that he modified Navy and Air Force computers and copied other files.
He was accused of hacking into a network of 300 computers at the Earle Naval Weapons Station in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and stealing 950 passwords.
Because of the alleged break-in, which occurred immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the whole system was effectively shut down for a week, officials said at the time.'
That certainly doesnt sound like someone looking for UFOs to me. The interesting question is, why is it that the maximum sentence this guy can recieve is 5 years of prison and a $250,000 fine???
Just so you all know, after the aformentioned gropefest, it is an EXTREMELY bad idea to ask for the 'full release.' I tried this once and they kept me at their freedom station for an entire hour.
It is publicly stated that the NSA has computing power 'years' ahead of the current time. It is also generally believed that the NSA is able to defeat many of the standards of cryptography used currently. If the latter statement is true, it is likely that they are already able to force collisions at will, and now that other groups are discovering the same thing, have decided to update the standard.
(Note: I took the idea for the "Subject" field from the second Star Wars Movie).
This is slashdot, you need not inform us of the source of star wars quotes...
According to the NCHS , in 2002 about 4.3 percent of all deaths were unnatural, and the average life expectancy was 77.3 years. If this trend continues linerally you only have about a 50/50 chance of making it to your 962nd birthday. Hardly immortality, but ill take it!
Which would be a massive PR blunder for any nation; use of 'WMD', to use the current buzzword, carries the heaviest penalty available in the world today...intense scrutiny and hi-tech weaponry guide by GPS.
Does anyone else find it a little scary that nowadays killing millions of people with a nuclear bomb is refered to as a 'PR blunder'?
If the record companies are unhappy with the band, they can 'shelve' them. This means that the band recieves no more money from the company, and cannot be signed to another company. This effectivly destroys the band.
Im a bit out of the loop here. Is the John Goodman the new slashdot metric of volume? If so, could some gracious soul please list a conversion table between the new and old metric? Thank you.
Although I have not read this book, I have read one that sounds VERY similar (So similar I had to grab the book and double check they were different authors). The book is titled 'INFLUENCE: Science and Practice,' by Robert Cialdini. One of the most prominant ideas in his book is what he describes as the 'Click and Whirr' response, or the trigger of subconscious fixed action patterns. Cialdini identifies many of these common patterns, such as the equating of expensive merchandise with quality, and offers a variaty of suggestions to safeguard yourself from them.
The author also describes many other complience techniques used by salesmen, scam artists, and marketers, such as consistancy and commitment, social proof, and scarcity.
Definatly a must for those out there like me that have ever been duped into buying girlscout cookies they didnt want!
My Mom suffers from Rheumatory Arthritis [sic?]. One of the symptoms is constant pain in the joints in her hands. When it becomes cool outside (not even cold) the pain is practically debilitating. This isnt just a neat gadget for snow sports, it has a very important medical application.....
Assuming it is descrete and doesnt look like Nintendo's Power Glove, I
Maybe this is a good thing, maybe this will force all future operating systems to use protected memory and other such practices that make crashes less of an occurance.
I read somewhere that 8 GeForce4s have as much polygon rendering power as all the first generation Voodoo cards ever shipped. Anyone have a link to that story?
With 1 GB of ram installed, it seems to me that compressing the windows is fairly pointless. I believe that the compression slows down more than reading the extra bytes. Probably a hack for those w/ less than 512 MB of ram.
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Well, to be fair we have commericals here in america that make the claim that buying drugs supports terrorism. We can extrapolate from that and assume that selling drugs funds terrorism as well. So a slipery slope might lead us to believe that selling, buying, or giving music away for free encourages terrorists to do more evil...
will it run lin... Oh wait, I just RTFA.
The article on CNN seems to contradict this. It says:
'The indictment said he hacked into an Army computer at Fort Myer, Virginia, obtained administrator privileges and transmitted codes, information and commands before deleting about 1,300 user accounts.
It alleged he also "deleted critical system files" on the computer, copied a file containing usernames and encrypted passwords for the computer and installed tools to gain unauthorized access to other machines.
Further allegations include that he modified Navy and Air Force computers and copied other files.
He was accused of hacking into a network of 300 computers at the Earle Naval Weapons Station in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and stealing 950 passwords.
Because of the alleged break-in, which occurred immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the whole system was effectively shut down for a week, officials said at the time.'
That certainly doesnt sound like someone looking for UFOs to me. The interesting question is, why is it that the maximum sentence this guy can recieve is 5 years of prison and a $250,000 fine???
Just so you all know, after the aformentioned gropefest, it is an EXTREMELY bad idea to ask for the 'full release.' I tried this once and they kept me at their freedom station for an entire hour.
Ill bet youra blast at parties.
Does anyone else see the irony here?
Or if that doesnt work, they could just fly high over the target area and drop a medum sized insta-building on the target area
It is publicly stated that the NSA has computing power 'years' ahead of the current time. It is also generally believed that the NSA is able to defeat many of the standards of cryptography used currently. If the latter statement is true, it is likely that they are already able to force collisions at will, and now that other groups are discovering the same thing, have decided to update the standard.
(Note: I took the idea for the "Subject" field from the second Star Wars Movie).
This is slashdot, you need not inform us of the source of star wars quotes...
Wait, so your saying I might get PAID to watch 'Inferior Women' soon?! I might just have to quit my day job.
Trivia is probably more prominant in our pop culture than baseball. As far as I know, Jeopardy has never gone on strike.
According to the NCHS , in 2002 about 4.3 percent of all deaths were unnatural, and the average life expectancy was 77.3 years. If this trend continues linerally you only have about a 50/50 chance of making it to your 962nd birthday. Hardly immortality, but ill take it!
Well, now anyone in china caught stifling themselves or someone else can turn themselves in for a $240 reward!
Which would be a massive PR blunder for any nation; use of 'WMD', to use the current buzzword, carries the heaviest penalty available in the world today...intense scrutiny and hi-tech weaponry guide by GPS. Does anyone else find it a little scary that nowadays killing millions of people with a nuclear bomb is refered to as a 'PR blunder'?
If the record companies are unhappy with the band, they can 'shelve' them. This means that the band recieves no more money from the company, and cannot be signed to another company. This effectivly destroys the band.
..... you probably wouldnt be asking that question here.
It was only a matter of time before some clever slashdotter figured out how to make the leds light up to look like the goatse man.
Im a bit out of the loop here. Is the John Goodman the new slashdot metric of volume? If so, could some gracious soul please list a conversion table between the new and old metric? Thank you.
Our school uses an old mainframe and a 9600 baud modem to handle the registration of ~20000 students.
Although I have not read this book, I have read one that sounds VERY similar (So similar I had to grab the book and double check they were different authors). The book is titled 'INFLUENCE: Science and Practice,' by Robert Cialdini. One of the most prominant ideas in his book is what he describes as the 'Click and Whirr' response, or the trigger of subconscious fixed action patterns. Cialdini identifies many of these common patterns, such as the equating of expensive merchandise with quality, and offers a variaty of suggestions to safeguard yourself from them. The author also describes many other complience techniques used by salesmen, scam artists, and marketers, such as consistancy and commitment, social proof, and scarcity. Definatly a must for those out there like me that have ever been duped into buying girlscout cookies they didnt want!
...Bill Gates is going to be knighted by the Queen of England for "services to the global enterprise.".... By enterprise, I think she meant empire.
My Mom suffers from Rheumatory Arthritis [sic?]. One of the symptoms is constant pain in the joints in her hands. When it becomes cool outside (not even cold) the pain is practically debilitating. This isnt just a neat gadget for snow sports, it has a very important medical application..... Assuming it is descrete and doesnt look like Nintendo's Power Glove, I
Maybe this is a good thing, maybe this will force all future operating systems to use protected memory and other such practices that make crashes less of an occurance.
I read somewhere that 8 GeForce4s have as much polygon rendering power as all the first generation Voodoo cards ever shipped. Anyone have a link to that story?
With 1 GB of ram installed, it seems to me that compressing the windows is fairly pointless. I believe that the compression slows down more than reading the extra bytes. Probably a hack for those w/ less than 512 MB of ram.