Hard to encrypt tape?!? Every LTO5 and most LTO4 drives support hardware AES encryption!
I think he may have meant one of two things...
1) He was thinking about encrypting tapes when they are already outside of the system. If an employee wanted to remove them from the secured facility, then how would he encrypt them in place without disrupting the production system?
2) He may be looking at it from their internal point of view. They probably have a large, old, proprietary, expensive system (what else in a government operation?) that doesn't support encryption and is not easily upgraded without a huge investment.
Of course, as you pointed out, you can't rule out this option:
A mule is a quadruped and can carry 200 pounds a lot farther than 20 miles. It has much better AI, it refuels with easily obtained biofuel, and in a crunch you can eat it!
Came here to say this.
I would add that a mule is nearly silent, which comes in handy when people with guns are looking for you.
This comment may have been meant as a bite at Oracle, but it is really a good point. The T4 may be a departure, but that doesn't mean it isn't warranted. The chip is still massively parallel, but it has obviously been refocused. The question is, what does the application need? Perhaps the engineers saw the biggest gains for DB applications in boosting single thread performance. MySQL probably will benefit from the same things that benefit Oracle DB. What are the customer demands for power consumption? Are the tradeoffs balanced? Perhaps lower-power chips require too many servers to store and cool. The T4 still looks like a mighty processor.
Still, if they venture too far into Intel's Xeon space, they will have a hard fight indeed. -d
Looks like he hasn't been keeping up with the latest reports; indicating that AT&T is secretly trying to SELL spectrum to smaller operators in order to get support for the merger. Sounds like they have plenty already. (this was discussed on/.)
I know Firefox is unpopular lately, but among the major browsers it stands out for Add-on support. Please direct complaints to MS/Google/Opera/etc.
I really love the HTTPS Everywhere tool, and I'm glad to see this news. Perhaps it can become popular enough to trigger "ports" to other browsers. EFF will also gladly accept your donations, long with which you could include a request for chrome/ie/opera support.
This isn't to say that Marvell isn't at a disadvantage, however. AMD and Intel both have internal buses to take advantage of, so their SATA 3.0 solutions are basically unrestricted. Marvell on the other hand has to make use of a PCIe lane in order to get its bandwidth, which for a 2.0 lane is 500MB/s. After overhead, that number effectively becomes around 400MB/s, which is about where we saw the drive's read speed basically cap at.
That kind of writing makes me question the professionalism of Techgage. My God, what a mess. Is he correct? Should I believe his measurements? I really don't know.
Blame stupidity, or discredited studies, or Jenny McCarthy, or religion, or anything you like, but you'd be wrong. Take a moment for reflection on the whole business of vaccinations. Human nature is all it takes to explain this. It is also all that is necessary to correct the problem.
Measles is a scary disease. When it was prevalent, everyone could easily see the terrible consequences of letting the disease run wild. Vaccinations were implemented as a welcomed remedy even though shots are scary, and gradually the disease disappeared from public consciousness. Fast forward to today. Shots are still scary, and society concentrates on AIDS and cancer. People have no fear of measles that overcomes the scariness of vaccinations. The same goes for polio, rubella, etc.
If the unfortunate trend continues, it will solve itself using the same fear of the actual disease that we had decades ago. Sadly, it will leave a pile of victims, many of which never knew that their parents were failing them.
I assume they would also have PIN codes for the mobile payments. However, the reference to Visa is interesting to me. As evil as Visa and Mastercard are, if any companies can make them look good, it's AT&T and Verizon. ugh.
I think it's cool. Gaming PCs have always been expensive. This one looks pretty good and should avoid sneers and giggles if you take it out in public. I won't be buying one, of course, because I don't have that kind of money to drop on games, but I WANT it.
When a revolving door exists between corporate powers and government, then this kind of distasteful behavior should be expected. The solution should be to create a system at the government regulator that makes it impossible. Destroying records? Create a system that logs all work, always. Make it so, in order to do their jobs, employees must leave a trail of documentation that is automatically stored with an agency outside their control.
"At Cisco, we strive to provide excellent products and services in the network backbone and infrastructure space. Our company philosophy discourages all forms of discrimination, violence and abuse, including human rights abuses. Although we will never condone the suppression of free speech, or torturing of political prisoners, we are bound to the laws of any country in which we operate. Cisco recognizes the law of the land and will act accordingly."
In other words, we aren't taking a stand. You can forget about that that, buster. They can say lots of things without saying anything.
Statements like that quoted in the summary are pure silliness. On average, exercise will tend to extend life expectancy, but that is certainly not the whole story. Plenty of exercise, proper nutrition, and stimulating thought will improve quality of life for many years leading up to death. Those years are the time to enjoy the life you have.
If I understand that article right, the lab provides hosting to medium-large OSS projects. Is that right? The summary makes it sound like the OSUOSL contributed some often-used libraries or tools, but it just sounds like they leveraged their University bandwidth to feed a server farm. I don't consider that so very impressive.
That's a good point. I guess all I meant by secure-by-default is an installation that separates system tasks and user tasks. So, users don't have access to change the OS, and they play wildly in their own sandbox. I know that malware can often just skirt those protections and root the system using vulns. That's why I added responsible Internet use. Despite running without any protection at all, I never get the infections that the rest of my family does.
Yet another story hinting at the huge lie that is perpetrated on the world in the form of antivirus "protection". Like I've always said, these tools do more to undermine my PC than malware ever has. A good "secure-by-default" installation and a decent understanding of responsible Internet use is all you need. Instead, most people deal with significantly slower performance, and borderline criminal subscription tactics. Protection from new and future threats has always been and will always be a fantasy.
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Hard to encrypt tape?!? Every LTO5 and most LTO4 drives support hardware AES encryption!
I think he may have meant one of two things...
1) He was thinking about encrypting tapes when they are already outside of the system. If an employee wanted to remove them from the secured facility, then how would he encrypt them in place without disrupting the production system?
2) He may be looking at it from their internal point of view. They probably have a large, old, proprietary, expensive system (what else in a government operation?) that doesn't support encryption and is not easily upgraded without a huge investment.
Of course, as you pointed out, you can't rule out this option:
3) He's stupid
A mule is a quadruped and can carry 200 pounds a lot farther than 20 miles. It has much better AI, it refuels with easily obtained biofuel, and in a crunch you can eat it!
Came here to say this.
I would add that a mule is nearly silent, which comes in handy when people with guns are looking for you.
+1
Dammit, I wish I hadn't just spent all my Mod points on the Health Care thread...
Badge? I think you mean party member. Keep your comments double-plus good.
Yesterday reported the announcement of the T4, this story reports on an analysis of the announcement.
Really, this is just an example of the underlying truth: slashdot always reposts ArsTechnica stories
This comment may have been meant as a bite at Oracle, but it is really a good point. The T4 may be a departure, but that doesn't mean it isn't warranted. The chip is still massively parallel, but it has obviously been refocused. The question is, what does the application need? Perhaps the engineers saw the biggest gains for DB applications in boosting single thread performance. MySQL probably will benefit from the same things that benefit Oracle DB. What are the customer demands for power consumption? Are the tradeoffs balanced? Perhaps lower-power chips require too many servers to store and cool. The T4 still looks like a mighty processor.
Still, if they venture too far into Intel's Xeon space, they will have a hard fight indeed.
-d
Looks like he hasn't been keeping up with the latest reports; indicating that AT&T is secretly trying to SELL spectrum to smaller operators in order to get support for the merger. Sounds like they have plenty already. (this was discussed on /.)
Commercial customers that require production-quality platforms with enterprise-level support probably will avoid Cygwin.
Yes. They defend everyone's rights, including hackers and including you.
I know Firefox is unpopular lately, but among the major browsers it stands out for Add-on support. Please direct complaints to MS/Google/Opera/etc.
I really love the HTTPS Everywhere tool, and I'm glad to see this news. Perhaps it can become popular enough to trigger "ports" to other browsers. EFF will also gladly accept your donations, long with which you could include a request for chrome/ie/opera support.
From TFA:
This isn't to say that Marvell isn't at a disadvantage, however. AMD and Intel both have internal buses to take advantage of, so their SATA 3.0 solutions are basically unrestricted. Marvell on the other hand has to make use of a PCIe lane in order to get its bandwidth, which for a 2.0 lane is 500MB/s. After overhead, that number effectively becomes around 400MB/s, which is about where we saw the drive's read speed basically cap at.
That kind of writing makes me question the professionalism of Techgage. My God, what a mess. Is he correct? Should I believe his measurements? I really don't know.
Blame stupidity, or discredited studies, or Jenny McCarthy, or religion, or anything you like, but you'd be wrong. Take a moment for reflection on the whole business of vaccinations. Human nature is all it takes to explain this. It is also all that is necessary to correct the problem.
Measles is a scary disease. When it was prevalent, everyone could easily see the terrible consequences of letting the disease run wild. Vaccinations were implemented as a welcomed remedy even though shots are scary, and gradually the disease disappeared from public consciousness. Fast forward to today. Shots are still scary, and society concentrates on AIDS and cancer. People have no fear of measles that overcomes the scariness of vaccinations. The same goes for polio, rubella, etc.
If the unfortunate trend continues, it will solve itself using the same fear of the actual disease that we had decades ago. Sadly, it will leave a pile of victims, many of which never knew that their parents were failing them.
-d
USB3 devices exist. Thumb drives exist. multi-TB drives exist. With enough money, you could have all three. I looks expensive. Cool toy, though.
I assume they would also have PIN codes for the mobile payments. However, the reference to Visa is interesting to me. As evil as Visa and Mastercard are, if any companies can make them look good, it's AT&T and Verizon. ugh.
I think it's cool. Gaming PCs have always been expensive. This one looks pretty good and should avoid sneers and giggles if you take it out in public. I won't be buying one, of course, because I don't have that kind of money to drop on games, but I WANT it.
Like if an American kid were to hack China?
You do know that your conclusion is quite subjective, do you?
In various parts of the world, "US" make "them" look like well behaved.
I intended for it to be relative. So "us" is USA or China, or Libya, or Chile, depending on where you were born.
When a revolving door exists between corporate powers and government, then this kind of distasteful behavior should be expected. The solution should be to create a system at the government regulator that makes it impossible. Destroying records? Create a system that logs all work, always. Make it so, in order to do their jobs, employees must leave a trail of documentation that is automatically stored with an agency outside their control.
I think the most honest answer to that question is simply that "them" is more evil than "us".
"At Cisco, we strive to provide excellent products and services in the network backbone and infrastructure space. Our company philosophy discourages all forms of discrimination, violence and abuse, including human rights abuses. Although we will never condone the suppression of free speech, or torturing of political prisoners, we are bound to the laws of any country in which we operate. Cisco recognizes the law of the land and will act accordingly."
In other words, we aren't taking a stand. You can forget about that that, buster.
They can say lots of things without saying anything.
...you get old when you become less active.
Statements like that quoted in the summary are pure silliness. On average, exercise will tend to extend life expectancy, but that is certainly not the whole story. Plenty of exercise, proper nutrition, and stimulating thought will improve quality of life for many years leading up to death. Those years are the time to enjoy the life you have.
If I understand that article right, the lab provides hosting to medium-large OSS projects. Is that right? The summary makes it sound like the OSUOSL contributed some often-used libraries or tools, but it just sounds like they leveraged their University bandwidth to feed a server farm. I don't consider that so very impressive.
That could be complete B.S. of course, but it looks better to me.
That's a good point. I guess all I meant by secure-by-default is an installation that separates system tasks and user tasks. So, users don't have access to change the OS, and they play wildly in their own sandbox. I know that malware can often just skirt those protections and root the system using vulns. That's why I added responsible Internet use. Despite running without any protection at all, I never get the infections that the rest of my family does.
Yet another story hinting at the huge lie that is perpetrated on the world in the form of antivirus "protection". Like I've always said, these tools do more to undermine my PC than malware ever has. A good "secure-by-default" installation and a decent understanding of responsible Internet use is all you need. Instead, most people deal with significantly slower performance, and borderline criminal subscription tactics. Protection from new and future threats has always been and will always be a fantasy.