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I hope companies will see this for what it is: An attempt by Microsoft to do
with a license trick what they are not able to accomplish with product
quality.
There is a social breakdown happening at Microsoft. Bill Gates is,
apparently, no longer interested. The company is becoming more and more unable
to complete projects.
Microsoft never competed very well on technological merits, but now
things are becoming worse. People think that Microsoft has been successful,
but the company's success has always depended on tricking customers who don't
have much technical knowledge. As customers become more technically
knowledgeable, they realize more and more that Microsoft is adversarial.
We who read Slashdot can make a difference. We can explain the issues
to everyone we know and meet.
I know you are asking yourself, self, how could this happen?
Novell executives were asking themselves, "How can a million dollars worth of bad publicity with a small advertising budget?" "That's it! We'll show a profound disregard for the Free Software community."
These must be the same guys who bought WordPerfect.
Diebold voting machines are certainly not secure: Insecure voting. Be sure to watch the HBO Special, "Hacking Democracy", linked there and mentioned in an earlier Slashdot front page story.
It's not that there is specific information about hacking Diebold ATMs. It's that there is so much information indicating that Diebold is not interested in security.
"... but you act like bush has minions at every voting station
actively working against those who would vote against him."
You completely missed the point. You apparently didn't watch the HBO
movie, and haven't been reading about Diebold events. The voting machines are
computers, and it is easy to program them to give results. In 2003, the
Diebold CEO said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to (President Bush)
next year.". 'The Cleveland Plain Dealer also reported that O'Dell was
one of President Bush's top fund-raisers, ranked in the elite "Pioneer"
echelons for collecting a minimum of $200,000.'
"I stand behind the nation, not the bozo who happens to hang out at 1600 Pennsylvania."
You called the President of the United States a bozo. For any other president, that would be disrespect. For George W. Bush, that is an improvement over what he is usually called, so I guess he can count you as one of his warmest friends.
Check what comedians say about him: Funniest
George W. Bush Comedy Videos. (I'm assuming that we can all agree that bozo is friendlier than "cretinous simpleton".)
The problem of users not cooperating with security rules is largely a social
problem, not a technical one, and needs social investigation.
We found that one of the biggest reasons people don't cooperate is
that it takes too long to report problems, and they don't want the
inconvenience.
We wrote a program that sends a screen copy to us by email when the
user presses Windows_Key-F11. That makes it easy to get users to report
problems that show some evidence on the screen.
If it is easy to report problems, the feeling of cooperation grows and
eventually users learn that cooperation benefits them. Online bug reporting
software helps, too.
"The question is addressed to those enthusiasts that do care and will sort
the matter out in a few hours..."
LOL. MOD PARENT UP. I love the feeling of power that technically
knowledgeable people have. And it is increasing. (I'm not suggesting that
anything illegal be done; I just love the feeling of knowing how things work.)
Talking about power, anyone need Diebold
parts? You must have an account with them, but hey, no problem, right?
Just tell the local elections boss, "Oh yes, we'll need two of those fazongas
immediately." Response: "Well, if you say so, order them now." Check out the
memory card at $155.00 for 128 MB. Ohhh, it's "industrial grade". Well,
all right.
Off topic: Did you know that George W. Bush had a top-of-the-charts
song written about him? The song, "American
idiot", was number 1 on the music charts in Canada, number 3 in Britain,
and in the top 10 in many other countries. No matter whether you vote Democrat
or Republican, you'll have to admit that is amazing.
Some parts of the Republican Party are respectable, but other parts
are like organized crime. I wrote an article about that: George W. Bush
Comedy and Tragedy.
The first section of the article, Funniest
George W. Bush comedy videos, examines the facts that show George W. Bush
is the most disrespected president in U.S. history. Did you know that the song
"American Idiot", about George W. Bush, was at or near the top of the musical
charts in several countries?
This section, Remarkable
occurrences involving the Bush family, is not funny, but it is interesting
that George W. Bush knew a brother of Osama bin Laden before the attacks on
9/11/2001, and there are other equally remarkable events.
For those who can handle very intense horror movies, there are several
links in the article to free movies that are guaranteed to keep you awake at
night.
Very funny. For more humor about Bush, see the section on Bush comedy in this article I put together about the U.S.-Iraq war: The funniest Bush comedy videos. Blair says about Bush: "The lights are on, but no one is in the trailer home." A song about Bush, "American Idiot" was at the top of the charts in Canada and number 3 in Britain. The funniest comedian is American, however. He says, "When our president gets something right, he is the happiest man in the world".
(I'm not associated with any political group or party, just someone who loves the U.S. and wants things to go well.)
"... flood lights aren't going protect your home very well..."
Motion sensing flood lights are VERY annoying to someone trying to sneak around. Annoying enough that they may consider trying another house that doesn't have motion sensing lights.
Think about it. Mutual fund managers give advice because they think it will make them money, not because they think it will make you money. They lie to dump stocks they wish they hadn't bought. The percentage would be 100%, but sometimes stocks they don't like do well anyway.
Be very careful about the software linked here which claims to be able to retrieve your EFS keys! It may not work if you move to a new computer because your old computer failed.
Elcomsoft claims: "Finally, AEFSDR is also a state-of-the-art computer forensics tool that could be used by law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies to open secured files."
According to them, EFS provides no protection at all, since anyone can buy the software. But they don't provide information about when their software won't work, such as if you have moved a hard drive to a new computer.
You said, "Unfortunately, MS encrypted folders use a key that is uniquely
generated for your account, and once you lose the account (on the dead
computer) you can't decrypt anything."
It is good to provide a stronger warning. Many, many people are losing
all their data.
If your Windows XP computer is not part of a domain, and you use
Microsoft's Encrypting File System (EFS), you could lose everything you have
encrypted! Microsoft is a truly heartless company, I think, because
there is no warning about this, even though it has been discussed with
Microsoft employees many times.
With a stand-alone computer, EVEN IF YOU SAVE YOUR CRYPTOGRAPHY KEYS,
you could lose all your data, because EFS uses your account information as
part of the password!
Talking about using CP/M is funny, but, since few Slashdot readers know what CP/M is, they won't understand the joke.
CP/M is Control Program for Microcomputers, an OS used with 8088 microprocessors back before IBM thought of selling PCs. It was a dog of an OS, mostly because it was unfinished. Back then CP/M was sold by a company that thought printing the original of manuals on a dot-matrix printer with an old ribbon was acceptable practice.
The Morrow Microdecision came with a Command Line Interface language called Pilot that was in many ways better than the CLI that comes with Windows XP. I suppose Microsoft's plan is never to supply a finished OS so people will always want new versions.
-- Bush lied, the U.S. government killed thousands. Impeach.
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A friend asked me to comment on the video, and I posted extensive comments here: Clean, cheap, nuclear power: Should Google go nuclear?
I hope companies will see this for what it is: An attempt by Microsoft to do with a license trick what they are not able to accomplish with product quality.
There is a social breakdown happening at Microsoft. Bill Gates is, apparently, no longer interested. The company is becoming more and more unable to complete projects.
Microsoft never competed very well on technological merits, but now things are becoming worse. People think that Microsoft has been successful, but the company's success has always depended on tricking customers who don't have much technical knowledge. As customers become more technically knowledgeable, they realize more and more that Microsoft is adversarial.
We who read Slashdot can make a difference. We can explain the issues to everyone we know and meet.
--
Comedy and Tragedy of the Bush administration
I know you are asking yourself, self, how could this happen?
Novell executives were asking themselves, "How can a million dollars worth of bad publicity with a small advertising budget?" "That's it! We'll show a profound disregard for the Free Software community."
These must be the same guys who bought WordPerfect.
--
Summary of Bush administration corruption.
Here's a story about a Tranax ATM being hacked: ATM Hack Uncovered. They discussed this on Digg: ATM Hack Uncovered.
Diebold voting machines are certainly not secure: Insecure voting. Be sure to watch the HBO Special, "Hacking Democracy", linked there and mentioned in an earlier Slashdot front page story.
It's not that there is specific information about hacking Diebold ATMs. It's that there is so much information indicating that Diebold is not interested in security.
"... rabid bush haters ..."
Bush has given the world plenty of reason to dislike him: George W. Bush comedy and tragedy.
"... but you act like bush has minions at every voting station actively working against those who would vote against him."
You completely missed the point. You apparently didn't watch the HBO movie, and haven't been reading about Diebold events. The voting machines are computers, and it is easy to program them to give results. In 2003, the Diebold CEO said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to (President Bush) next year.". 'The Cleveland Plain Dealer also reported that O'Dell was one of President Bush's top fund-raisers, ranked in the elite "Pioneer" echelons for collecting a minimum of $200,000.'
George W. Bush is the most disrespected U.S. president, by far: George W. Bush comedy videos.
"I stand behind the nation, not the bozo who happens to hang out at 1600 Pennsylvania."
You called the President of the United States a bozo. For any other president, that would be disrespect. For George W. Bush, that is an improvement over what he is usually called, so I guess he can count you as one of his warmest friends.
Check what comedians say about him: Funniest George W. Bush Comedy Videos. (I'm assuming that we can all agree that bozo is friendlier than "cretinous simpleton".)
The problem of users not cooperating with security rules is largely a social problem, not a technical one, and needs social investigation.
We found that one of the biggest reasons people don't cooperate is that it takes too long to report problems, and they don't want the inconvenience.
We wrote a program that sends a screen copy to us by email when the user presses Windows_Key-F11. That makes it easy to get users to report problems that show some evidence on the screen.
If it is easy to report problems, the feeling of cooperation grows and eventually users learn that cooperation benefits them. Online bug reporting software helps, too.
--
George W. Bush comedy videos
Amazing. George W. Bush is the most disrespected person on the planet! I'll add it to my article: Bush Comedy and Tragedy.
Yes, political protest songs are often popular. But I've never heard of one that called a president of the United States "Idiot".
"The question is addressed to those enthusiasts that do care and will sort the matter out in a few hours..."
LOL. MOD PARENT UP. I love the feeling of power that technically knowledgeable people have. And it is increasing. (I'm not suggesting that anything illegal be done; I just love the feeling of knowing how things work.)
Talking about power, anyone need Diebold parts? You must have an account with them, but hey, no problem, right? Just tell the local elections boss, "Oh yes, we'll need two of those fazongas immediately." Response: "Well, if you say so, order them now." Check out the memory card at $155.00 for 128 MB. Ohhh, it's "industrial grade". Well, all right.
Off topic: Did you know that George W. Bush had a top-of-the-charts song written about him? The song, "American idiot", was number 1 on the music charts in Canada, number 3 in Britain, and in the top 10 in many other countries. No matter whether you vote Democrat or Republican, you'll have to admit that is amazing.
--
Funniest George W. Bush Comedy Videos
"I encourage you to examine the growth of the debt under some recent presidents."
Here's a chart up to 2003: U.S. Federal Deficit by Political Party. The Republican party is NOT "conservative".
Some parts of the Republican Party are respectable, but other parts are like organized crime. I wrote an article about that: George W. Bush Comedy and Tragedy.
The first section of the article, Funniest George W. Bush comedy videos, examines the facts that show George W. Bush is the most disrespected president in U.S. history. Did you know that the song "American Idiot", about George W. Bush, was at or near the top of the musical charts in several countries?
This section, Remarkable occurrences involving the Bush family, is not funny, but it is interesting that George W. Bush knew a brother of Osama bin Laden before the attacks on 9/11/2001, and there are other equally remarkable events.
For those who can handle very intense horror movies, there are several links in the article to free movies that are guaranteed to keep you awake at night.
Very funny. For more humor about Bush, see the section on Bush comedy in this article I put together about the U.S.-Iraq war: The funniest Bush comedy videos. Blair says about Bush: "The lights are on, but no one is in the trailer home." A song about Bush, "American Idiot" was at the top of the charts in Canada and number 3 in Britain. The funniest comedian is American, however. He says, "When our president gets something right, he is the happiest man in the world".
(I'm not associated with any political group or party, just someone who loves the U.S. and wants things to go well.)
"... the company says that it is more forgiving now than it was with Windows XP."
It's uncomfortable to be in the situation that when I want to upgrade my computer, I need to be "forgiven".
--
The best of the Bush comedy videos
Also: Use a power line filter to prevent the lights from being triggered by power line spikes.
--
Bush lied. Thousands died. Impeach.
Please don't comment on stories in which you have no interest.
"... flood lights aren't going protect your home very well..."
Motion sensing flood lights are VERY annoying to someone trying to sneak around. Annoying enough that they may consider trying another house that doesn't have motion sensing lights.
Try the motion sensing lights from Costco/Price Club.
Think about it. Mutual fund managers give advice because they think it will make them money, not because they think it will make you money. They lie to dump stocks they wish they hadn't bought. The percentage would be 100%, but sometimes stocks they don't like do well anyway.
--
Bush lied. Thousands died. Impeach.
Be very careful about the software linked here which claims to be able to retrieve your EFS keys! It may not work if you move to a new computer because your old computer failed.
EFS Key says, Encryption password must be known or SAM database must be present (Windows 2000).
Elcomsoft claims: "Finally, AEFSDR is also a state-of-the-art computer forensics tool that could be used by law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies to open secured files."
According to them, EFS provides no protection at all, since anyone can buy the software. But they don't provide information about when their software won't work, such as if you have moved a hard drive to a new computer.
-
Bush lied. Thousands died. Impeach. Imprison.
You said, "Unfortunately, MS encrypted folders use a key that is uniquely generated for your account, and once you lose the account (on the dead computer) you can't decrypt anything."
It is good to provide a stronger warning. Many, many people are losing all their data.
If your Windows XP computer is not part of a domain, and you use Microsoft's Encrypting File System (EFS), you could lose everything you have encrypted! Microsoft is a truly heartless company, I think, because there is no warning about this, even though it has been discussed with Microsoft employees many times.
With a stand-alone computer, EVEN IF YOU SAVE YOUR CRYPTOGRAPHY KEYS, you could lose all your data, because EFS uses your account information as part of the password!
-
Bush lied. Thousands died. Impeach. Imprison.
MOD PARENT UP.
And, yes, if you keep talking like that, you can cause changes.
"What does Javascript have to do with Java?"
Nothing.
Very interesting. My experience is that keeping drives cool makes them last longer.
Talking about using CP/M is funny, but, since few Slashdot readers know what CP/M is, they won't understand the joke.
CP/M is Control Program for Microcomputers, an OS used with 8088 microprocessors back before IBM thought of selling PCs. It was a dog of an OS, mostly because it was unfinished. Back then CP/M was sold by a company that thought printing the original of manuals on a dot-matrix printer with an old ribbon was acceptable practice.
The Morrow Microdecision came with a Command Line Interface language called Pilot that was in many ways better than the CLI that comes with Windows XP. I suppose Microsoft's plan is never to supply a finished OS so people will always want new versions.
--
Bush lied, the U.S. government killed thousands. Impeach.
"Mac OS market share actually slipped since last September."
The statistic is affected by the $200 PC computers and $500 laptop PCs that are being sold.