Not sure if troll or serious. In any case, you fail. UK, USA, Australia... also trying to censor the internet. The USA is probably worst in that instead of setting up their own "Intranet", they are actually imposing their own authority all over the world. Also, the government of Iran is not the same thing as "Muslims". Finally, Islam is hardly the only religion that is threatened by free access to information.
"Mommy, what was God doing before he created the universe?" "He was preparing Hell for people who ask such questions. Now say a Hail Mary and go to bed!"
Slashtdot TV looks so much like Fark TV to me. Didn't work for them either. We are here for the same old Slashdot that has been around for years. Stick to your core business. Seriously.
You can post videos. Of course you can! Just put them in the same blog-style posts as usual.
I can acquire every show we watch on iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, or streaming from the network's website. Adding up all that cost is still far cheaper than cable. I don't watch sports, so there is really no point. Of course, I can also tune in the networks for free over the airwaves.
That government guy from the cyberwar scare story last week had it right... We need a new security model. Just assume that your credit card numbers, your social security number, etc., are already compromised. Those things were never designed to be secure, and companies that we trust with this data simply can't keep them safe. We just have to accept that the bad guys are all up in our business and adjust our practices accordingly. We could do it.
This is so obvious, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Users see the Firefox version. Plugin developers see the plugin API version. So if FF 10, 11, 12,13 all have the same API, then they are automatically compatible. New features added to the browser can be tested for. Removing features causes a API rev.
You're not going to find interesting people at the local sports bar, or at the water cooler talking about the latest survivor episode, or walking around the mall.
Those are the places where you find the vast majority of people. I'm glad you agree with me.
Is there a boom? I've never met these people. The Internet doesn't seem to me to be any different from any other technology. When it is all the rage people are interested, but it then becomes commonplace and is taken for granted. The vast majority of people are content to know precisely zilch about how it works or what's going on inside.
How does an automatic transmission work? How does a television work? Hell, how does lever work? Hardly anybody out there walking around gives a flying fart about understanding those things.
I find it funny that this article is running now, when the "social network" is taking over how we use the Internet. Why would you create your own homepage or blog? You can just sign up for a Facebook or Linked-In, etc. Why would anybody other than professional devs look at code?
This took place in a country outside of the United States. They don't have the first amendment. If a person is guilty of "inciting racial hatred" and they admit to it, as is the case here, then they are punishable by local law.
Yes, you could, but it would be useless. You would then have to transmit the new key to your recipient for every message. If they can intercept the message, they would get your keys also.
Anyway AES is public key encryption. I think you meant passphrase, not key. In any case, the same problem applies.
What you are getting at is called a one-time-use pad. It is pretty much the most secure form of protection, but also very unwieldy for Joe Everyman.
Probably they aren't paying the $500 retail price that we do. Either they have some kind of agreement or even the very first recipient of a product gets a refurbed item
As mentioned, a lot of stock is put into secure passwords, when the reality of computer usage makes all the effort meaningless.
Lets look at a normal user, Joe. Joe has many corporate logins at his job. His company has a password strength policy, so Joe has ended up with this password: Jason5 (Jason is his youngest son). The last password was Jason4, then Jason3, etc. Some system require more powerful passwords, so he uses _Jason$5. I have met dozens of Joe's IRL.
Lets look at Lucy. Lucy knows that a good password only has to be easy to remember and hard to brute force. "Simple Man" is one of her favorite songs. Especially these lyrics:
"Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself Follow your heart and nothing else And you can do this, oh baby, if you try All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied"
She selects this password: allthatiwantforyoumysonistobesatisfied She'll never forget it, and I won't be cracked by ANYONE. Governments who want her password could crack it, but they would probably just put her in jail until she gave it up.
Then, Lucy reads the article linked above and starts to doubt the security of her password. She is wrong, her password is WAY better than Joe's.
Both accounts end up getting compromised. The company had been storing passwords in plain text and was hacked via a 2-year old SQL injection vuln. So much for all that bullcrap.
TFA: "...ordered Righthaven to surrender for auction the 278 copyrighted news articles that were the subject of its lawsuits"
Company gives Righthaven "right to sue" on their article Righthaven sues bloggers who use article Court tells Righthaven that the "right to sue" doesn't exist Company gives Righthaven all rights Righthaven goes down in flames Bloggers get ownership of articles
I know it's really going to their lawyers, but the premise is enough to make me smile:)
That's why I'm about to launch my new "Ionosphere" product. It is a cloud that runs on top of clouds. So when Azure fails Amazon picks up the slack and so on. Trademarked/copyrighted/patent pending suckas.
In response to the underhanded update, users take to the ratings system with a vengeance and downmod the developer into oblivion. Thus, the app ecosystem sees shady behavior as 'damage' and 'routes' around it.
Depending on how it is implemented, this would get me as a customer.
I am very, very pragmatic when it comes to large purchases. I usually buy cheap refurbed, last-gen computers because of the huge cost savings. I expect to get what I pay for, therefore I put up with a lot of crap from my hardware.
For support like that, I am willing to move to the full priced high end. I need to be confident that my stuff will last longer.
This would also be great for my parents/grandparents.
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Not sure if troll or serious. In any case, you fail.
UK, USA, Australia... also trying to censor the internet. The USA is probably worst in that instead of setting up their own "Intranet", they are actually imposing their own authority all over the world.
Also, the government of Iran is not the same thing as "Muslims".
Finally, Islam is hardly the only religion that is threatened by free access to information.
"Mommy, what was God doing before he created the universe?"
"He was preparing Hell for people who ask such questions. Now say a Hail Mary and go to bed!"
MPEGLA laughs at your naïveté.
Slashtdot TV looks so much like Fark TV to me. Didn't work for them either. We are here for the same old Slashdot that has been around for years. Stick to your core business. Seriously.
You can post videos. Of course you can! Just put them in the same blog-style posts as usual.
I can acquire every show we watch on iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, or streaming from the network's website. Adding up all that cost is still far cheaper than cable. I don't watch sports, so there is really no point. Of course, I can also tune in the networks for free over the airwaves.
I assume that by "the crooks" you mean Mastercard and Visa, right? :)
That government guy from the cyberwar scare story last week had it right... We need a new security model. Just assume that your credit card numbers, your social security number, etc., are already compromised. Those things were never designed to be secure, and companies that we trust with this data simply can't keep them safe. We just have to accept that the bad guys are all up in our business and adjust our practices accordingly. We could do it.
... just one big case would be enough to bring some sanity to our system.
This is so obvious, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
Users see the Firefox version. Plugin developers see the plugin API version. So if FF 10, 11, 12 ,13 all have the same API, then they are automatically compatible. New features added to the browser can be tested for. Removing features causes a API rev.
ffs, just do it and stop with all the noise!
-d
You're not going to find interesting people at the local sports bar, or at the water cooler talking about the latest survivor episode, or walking around the mall.
Those are the places where you find the vast majority of people. I'm glad you agree with me.
Modded Slashvertisement :)
Is there a boom? I've never met these people. The Internet doesn't seem to me to be any different from any other technology. When it is all the rage people are interested, but it then becomes commonplace and is taken for granted. The vast majority of people are content to know precisely zilch about how it works or what's going on inside.
How does an automatic transmission work? How does a television work? Hell, how does lever work? Hardly anybody out there walking around gives a flying fart about understanding those things.
I find it funny that this article is running now, when the "social network" is taking over how we use the Internet. Why would you create your own homepage or blog? You can just sign up for a Facebook or Linked-In, etc. Why would anybody other than professional devs look at code?
This took place in a country outside of the United States. They don't have the first amendment. If a person is guilty of "inciting racial hatred" and they admit to it, as is the case here, then they are punishable by local law.
..with hardly any punishment for the thousands of dollars of losses they inflicted on their victims. Makes me sick.
Yes, you could, but it would be useless. You would then have to transmit the new key to your recipient for every message. If they can intercept the message, they would get your keys also.
Anyway AES is public key encryption. I think you meant passphrase, not key. In any case, the same problem applies.
What you are getting at is called a one-time-use pad. It is pretty much the most secure form of protection, but also very unwieldy for Joe Everyman.
-d
Probably they aren't paying the $500 retail price that we do. Either they have some kind of agreement or even the very first recipient of a product gets a refurbed item
As mentioned, a lot of stock is put into secure passwords, when the reality of computer usage makes all the effort meaningless.
Lets look at a normal user, Joe. Joe has many corporate logins at his job. His company has a password strength policy, so Joe has ended up with this password: Jason5 (Jason is his youngest son). The last password was Jason4, then Jason3, etc. Some system require more powerful passwords, so he uses _Jason$5. I have met dozens of Joe's IRL.
Lets look at Lucy. Lucy knows that a good password only has to be easy to remember and hard to brute force. "Simple Man" is one of her favorite songs. Especially these lyrics:
"Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied"
She selects this password: allthatiwantforyoumysonistobesatisfied
She'll never forget it, and I won't be cracked by ANYONE. Governments who want her password could crack it, but they would probably just put her in jail until she gave it up.
Then, Lucy reads the article linked above and starts to doubt the security of her password. She is wrong, her password is WAY better than Joe's.
Both accounts end up getting compromised. The company had been storing passwords in plain text and was hacked via a 2-year old SQL injection vuln. So much for all that bullcrap.
-d
TFA: "...ordered Righthaven to surrender for auction the 278 copyrighted news articles that were the subject of its lawsuits"
Company gives Righthaven "right to sue" on their article
Righthaven sues bloggers who use article
Court tells Righthaven that the "right to sue" doesn't exist
Company gives Righthaven all rights
Righthaven goes down in flames
Bloggers get ownership of articles
I know it's really going to their lawyers, but the premise is enough to make me smile :)
-d
...I do not think it means what you think it means. Fake Facebook profile == "hacker"?
...he's gonna have some 'splaining to do.
That's why I'm about to launch my new "Ionosphere" product. It is a cloud that runs on top of clouds. So when Azure fails Amazon picks up the slack and so on. Trademarked/copyrighted/patent pending suckas.
-d
Wow, that bug has some crazy stuff. Linus is probably right, but has quite an attitude...
You're a distribution. Your *ONLY*GOAL*IN*LIFE* should be to make something
that works.
If you say "We ship shit, so you need to be an expert and fix it up in order
for it to be usable", you have failed at your job.
And seriously, that is exactly what you said.
I think Linus is referring to this bug report in his rant:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731812
In response to the underhanded update, users take to the ratings system with a vengeance and downmod the developer into oblivion. Thus, the app ecosystem sees shady behavior as 'damage' and 'routes' around it.
Have you tried Firefox 10? In terms of javascript, it leaves 2.x in the dust. It has also cleaned up long standing memory leaks.
Depending on how it is implemented, this would get me as a customer.
I am very, very pragmatic when it comes to large purchases. I usually buy cheap refurbed, last-gen computers because of the huge cost savings. I expect to get what I pay for, therefore I put up with a lot of crap from my hardware.
For support like that, I am willing to move to the full priced high end. I need to be confident that my stuff will last longer.
This would also be great for my parents/grandparents.
-d