No country ever got rich by opening itself for exploitation by foreign companies and by practicing "free trade".
This statement is clearly correct, but that is because there is a difference between a rich nation and a prosperous people.
The rest of your comment is half-right. Clearly, US IP policy is hypocritical when compared to its past behavior. The only ones who want IP enforcement are those who own IP, and we (or M$, **aa, and their paid for government buddies) are proving no exception to that rule. I think the assertion that America became a world power because of stolen British IP is a bit of a stretch, and I am quite amazed with how quickly we've been put back on top of the "Grand One World Conspiracy" that stood against our action in Iraq, especially since it isn't even over. You might wait for the echoes of "down with America" ringing from all over the UN, WTO, et al to die down at least a little before making that statement.
Umm, we brought over millions of slaves from Africa to do all the dangerous, hard work for no wages?
You overlooked the purpose for having fought that civil war in the first place. The blood of nearly a million Americans was spilt removing the crime of slavery from the American culture, so you'll forgive me if I feel unmoved by the addition of your tears or mine. I consider it the most fundamental respect to the memory of those fallen to live in harmony today, thus, I do not believe in continuing to fight that war. The descendents of Africans are contributing members of the modern American society. They are not and have never been slaves, and I for one am thankful for that.
Their participation in the building of this nation, as previously discussed as the late 19th century, was as free people.
One is drinking water. Another is AIDS. Civil war is also quite common.
Poor sanitation, disease, and civil war. United States, late 19th century. What did we do to overcome these problems? Did an international outreach of concerned Europeans build sewers and hospitals for us? Did English peacekeepers prevent the savagery of our civil war?
As evidenced by this statement: "...is rather offensive, in my opinion.", you clearly intend for the reader to assume responsibility for the conditions of those living in -insert impoverished country here- when history clearly demonstrates that such concern is idiotically ill-conceived. If the concern you are offended that we don't have cannot make the changes you would intend, then what possible good can come of those purposes in the first place, except to shock and paralyze soccer moms into believing that they can't walk outside without harming the world in some way?
What got us out of the squalor and suffering of our early days is the same thing that can get them out - the personal struggle to overcome. And if you wake up in the morning, and find reason not to pursue excellence because people in Africa don't have clean drinking water, then you, sir, offend me.
If you're a criminal, installing the Grub client might be a great idea.
This is exactly the kind of "barrel full of wine, spoonfull of sewage" argument that is going to get the Internet itself banned before too long.
With things like Freenet running around, and now this (what will happen if these guys get together), the argument will be "Information terrorists have made it impossible to control the Internet. It must, for the sake of the children, therefore be banned."
Tinfoil hat karma whoring? You be the judge. I do a lot of expert witness testimony and general defense consultation on criminal cases involving information technology. I have sat across the table from types who would make Agent Smith look like Barney Fife. I promise you, when this stuff gets on their radar, it will be in the next Patriot Act.
See, this is why I should have read the whole thread before posting. I actually have mod points today, but can't mod this funny as it so richly deserves because I already posted in the thread. Damn! I did it again! Argh.
So while I agree that it might be useful to hire ex-cracker for a security audit, the design of security measures should be left to experts.
I agree that there is a difference in skills, but security infrastructure is designed to defeat crackers. Looking good on a visio drawing and being supported by good TPS reports are secondary concerns. This puts security in a different category than any other facet of systems/networking work. In those other endeavors, your opponent is the system. It's you vs. technology, and your mission is to make it work. In security, your opponent is another human being. That human being has every capacity for brilliance and cunning that you have. You may disdain that opponent for his life choices, but disrespect him at your dire peril.
if you meet a 5-time convicted felon, chances are good that he cannot be trusted with your corporation's security.
If you hire any consultant and simply plop your company's security in their lap, you have problems intelligent hiring cannot solve. Furthermore, as I consider the predatory and fraudulent work ethic your consultant hiring practices would seem to attract as being more socially destructive than hacking a cellphone network, I would suggest that you have already been screwed more mightily than you ever would if you hired Mitnick to tiger team your network.
In many cases, case modding is about making your computer look good.
I don't know how non-stupid case modding is. Two things that have always fascinated me are plexiglas and neon lights. There is a reason your computer came wrapped in steel. This is because it generates RF noise. It seems to me that plexiglas cases would make every component within ten feet of the computer (phone, speakers, etc.) buzz like crazy, to say nothing of allowing any random RF that happens to fly by to freely induce current in random circuit traces on your motherboard. I'm really scratching my head over neon lights, tho. It's like- let's take the most violently energetic lighting system we know of, and put it inside a computer case with thousands of dollars of extremely sensitive equipment. But wait - there's more! Let's pick a lighting system based on conversion of UV rays into visible light by the frosted coating inside the glass. Result? Go to too many LAN parties, and the jostling will liberate said coating and bathe your components in UV.
If you don't know what UV does to chips, those of us old enough to have used UV rigs to clear bios chips in AT clones would tell you, were it in character for arrogant, crusty old computer hacks to do so.
Don't make me laugh. It was pure politics; pure protectionism.
Ah, so, US protectionist interests flew airplanes into the WTC, for the purpose of supressing the entire airline industry so that the Concorde (always one of the least profitable parts of that industry) would die off in the insuing industry downturn.
What evil hawkish bastards. I bet they used the evil death plane SR71s disguised as commercial jets to do it, too!
It was the noise, and 'environmental' issues that killed it;
And I suppose the whole tires flying apart, ripping away wing surface/ exploding out of the sky thing had nothing to do with it? Although there were few accidents in the time that Concorde flew, when expressed mathematically in terms of accidents per flight hour, Concorde had an abysmal safety record.
As exaggerated environmental issues go, I'd have to also point out that the Concorde is no Kyoto (a penultimate example of exaggerated environmental movement with ulterior political goals). 1960's vintage reheating turbojets are a pretty serious environmental problem.
When I went ISP shopping after Telocity exploded, I shopped almost by TOS/AUP alone. Not only did I read it carefully, I discussed sections with bewildered sales reps at some length.
I got a lot of "Actually, no one has ever asked us about our TOS." Well, this is the brave new world of the 00's. Get used to it. We are your worst nightmare - informed consumers.
Identity check. AOL CDs and parking decks, and Megahal cursing at you. If these things mean anything to you, reply. If not, nothing to see here, move along.
I haven't seen a floppy with a metal slider in years. Can you even still buy them? On that point, is there some secret supplier of floppies who makes them so that they work like they did in the 90's (more than once)?
I was all set to add a new traffic definition in my COPS server, but then it occurred to me - it is impractical to implement a QoS recognition for evil without also taking into account evil's opposite. Therefore, I feel I must postpone network reconfiguration until someone invents a stupid bit.
Uh, well, given that Iran would have to first conquer Saudi Arabia to invade Iraq from the south, I'd say odds are good that your hopes are well founded.
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It destroys the natural desert.
Yeah, no doubt. I'm surprised no one has yet spoken of the plight of the chicken-lipped Mongolian sand lizard.
In this case it is clean, geothermal energy
I'll remember that the next time I see volcano researchers suffocating in a massive plume of S02.
Last week: The US is losing the war.
This week: Iraq was given Chaos.
Stay tuned, kids!
No country ever got rich by opening itself for exploitation by foreign companies and by practicing "free trade".
This statement is clearly correct, but that is because there is a difference between a rich nation and a prosperous people.
The rest of your comment is half-right. Clearly, US IP policy is hypocritical when compared to its past behavior. The only ones who want IP enforcement are those who own IP, and we (or M$, **aa, and their paid for government buddies) are proving no exception to that rule. I think the assertion that America became a world power because of stolen British IP is a bit of a stretch, and I am quite amazed with how quickly we've been put back on top of the "Grand One World Conspiracy" that stood against our action in Iraq, especially since it isn't even over. You might wait for the echoes of "down with America" ringing from all over the UN, WTO, et al to die down at least a little before making that statement.
Umm, we brought over millions of slaves from Africa to do all the dangerous, hard work for no wages?
You overlooked the purpose for having fought that civil war in the first place. The blood of nearly a million Americans was spilt removing the crime of slavery from the American culture, so you'll forgive me if I feel unmoved by the addition of your tears or mine. I consider it the most fundamental respect to the memory of those fallen to live in harmony today, thus, I do not believe in continuing to fight that war. The descendents of Africans are contributing members of the modern American society. They are not and have never been slaves, and I for one am thankful for that.
Their participation in the building of this nation, as previously discussed as the late 19th century, was as free people.
Let's have a history lesson...
One is drinking water. Another is AIDS. Civil war is also quite common.
Poor sanitation, disease, and civil war. United States, late 19th century. What did we do to overcome these problems? Did an international outreach of concerned Europeans build sewers and hospitals for us? Did English peacekeepers prevent the savagery of our civil war?
As evidenced by this statement: "...is rather offensive, in my opinion.", you clearly intend for the reader to assume responsibility for the conditions of those living in -insert impoverished country here- when history clearly demonstrates that such concern is idiotically ill-conceived. If the concern you are offended that we don't have cannot make the changes you would intend, then what possible good can come of those purposes in the first place, except to shock and paralyze soccer moms into believing that they can't walk outside without harming the world in some way?
What got us out of the squalor and suffering of our early days is the same thing that can get them out - the personal struggle to overcome. And if you wake up in the morning, and find reason not to pursue excellence because people in Africa don't have clean drinking water, then you, sir, offend me.
If you're a criminal, installing the Grub client might be a great idea.
This is exactly the kind of "barrel full of wine, spoonfull of sewage" argument that is going to get the Internet itself banned before too long.
With things like Freenet running around, and now this (what will happen if these guys get together), the argument will be "Information terrorists have made it impossible to control the Internet. It must, for the sake of the children, therefore be banned."
Tinfoil hat karma whoring? You be the judge. I do a lot of expert witness testimony and general defense consultation on criminal cases involving information technology. I have sat across the table from types who would make Agent Smith look like Barney Fife. I promise you, when this stuff gets on their radar, it will be in the next Patriot Act.
See, this is why I should have read the whole thread before posting. I actually have mod points today, but can't mod this funny as it so richly deserves because I already posted in the thread. Damn! I did it again! Argh.
Where do I sign the petition to prevent the words "Shock and Awe" to ever be used together again?
What's the matter? Aren't you a patriot? Guards! Seize him!
To anyone who wouldn't hire a former criminal to work on their network/systems...
Do you use Microsoft?
So while I agree that it might be useful to hire ex-cracker for a security audit, the design of security measures should be left to experts.
I agree that there is a difference in skills, but security infrastructure is designed to defeat crackers. Looking good on a visio drawing and being supported by good TPS reports are secondary concerns. This puts security in a different category than any other facet of systems/networking work. In those other endeavors, your opponent is the system. It's you vs. technology, and your mission is to make it work. In security, your opponent is another human being. That human being has every capacity for brilliance and cunning that you have. You may disdain that opponent for his life choices, but disrespect him at your dire peril.
if you meet a 5-time convicted felon, chances are good that he cannot be trusted with your corporation's security.
If you hire any consultant and simply plop your company's security in their lap, you have problems intelligent hiring cannot solve. Furthermore, as I consider the predatory and fraudulent work ethic your consultant hiring practices would seem to attract as being more socially destructive than hacking a cellphone network, I would suggest that you have already been screwed more mightily than you ever would if you hired Mitnick to tiger team your network.
I'd say software authors should also be illegible...
A statement almost prophetic in its overwhelming and clear truth.
In many cases, case modding is about making your computer look good.
I don't know how non-stupid case modding is. Two things that have always fascinated me are plexiglas and neon lights. There is a reason your computer came wrapped in steel. This is because it generates RF noise. It seems to me that plexiglas cases would make every component within ten feet of the computer (phone, speakers, etc.) buzz like crazy, to say nothing of allowing any random RF that happens to fly by to freely induce current in random circuit traces on your motherboard. I'm really scratching my head over neon lights, tho. It's like- let's take the most violently energetic lighting system we know of, and put it inside a computer case with thousands of dollars of extremely sensitive equipment. But wait - there's more! Let's pick a lighting system based on conversion of UV rays into visible light by the frosted coating inside the glass. Result? Go to too many LAN parties, and the jostling will liberate said coating and bathe your components in UV.
If you don't know what UV does to chips, those of us old enough to have used UV rigs to clear bios chips in AT clones would tell you, were it in character for arrogant, crusty old computer hacks to do so.
Yeah, no doubt, man. Now all they need is hot glue and then they'll have a real case mod on their hands.
Don't make me laugh. It was pure politics; pure protectionism.
Ah, so, US protectionist interests flew airplanes into the WTC, for the purpose of supressing the entire airline industry so that the Concorde (always one of the least profitable parts of that industry) would die off in the insuing industry downturn.
What evil hawkish bastards. I bet they used the evil death plane SR71s disguised as commercial jets to do it, too!
It was the noise, and 'environmental' issues that killed it;
And I suppose the whole tires flying apart, ripping away wing surface/ exploding out of the sky thing had nothing to do with it? Although there were few accidents in the time that Concorde flew, when expressed mathematically in terms of accidents per flight hour, Concorde had an abysmal safety record.
As exaggerated environmental issues go, I'd have to also point out that the Concorde is no Kyoto (a penultimate example of exaggerated environmental movement with ulterior political goals). 1960's vintage reheating turbojets are a pretty serious environmental problem.
Um, mod check...
How exactly is the parent post not modded troll?
When I went ISP shopping after Telocity exploded, I shopped almost by TOS/AUP alone. Not only did I read it carefully, I discussed sections with bewildered sales reps at some length.
I got a lot of "Actually, no one has ever asked us about our TOS." Well, this is the brave new world of the 00's. Get used to it. We are your worst nightmare - informed consumers.
Identity check. AOL CDs and parking decks, and Megahal cursing at you. If these things mean anything to you, reply. If not, nothing to see here, move along.
I haven't seen a floppy with a metal slider in years. Can you even still buy them? On that point, is there some secret supplier of floppies who makes them so that they work like they did in the 90's (more than once)?
Hi. Quick tip. You're a dumbass.
I was all set to add a new traffic definition in my COPS server, but then it occurred to me - it is impractical to implement a QoS recognition for evil without also taking into account evil's opposite. Therefore, I feel I must postpone network reconfiguration until someone invents a stupid bit.
Man, no damn doubt. Laugh while you can, monkey boy!
Here's hoping that history proves me wrong....
Uh, well, given that Iran would have to first conquer Saudi Arabia to invade Iraq from the south, I'd say odds are good that your hopes are well founded.