How typical of a socialist to start pumping money into airy fairy 'long term solutions' instead of letting market forces sort it out.
This is actually a good way forward, but only if the cost distribution is handled correctly.
For instance that the cost of using fossile fuels also bear the cost of an equal amount of CO2 reduction.
So that each link in the production, consumption and disposal link carries it's own costs to bring the enviromental impact to neutral.
If you've read other cosmo/astronauts reports you should be aware that many of them get motion/space sick during the early phases of their ride or stay on the station.
It's not something special with the PSE/Tourists/Cargo, it happens to the pros too.
Ok, guilty on part one, I blame that it was late. What I meant was that I can't understand why people keep referring to review sites to prove that their opinion is correct and others are wrong.
The only fact in this area is that it's all about subjective opinion, not fact.
I claim the right to state that what I consider is a good movie is one that I like, no matter if someone expert has declared that it's rubbish.
If you prefer to ask someone else for your opinion you are of course free to do so. But that doesn't mean that someone elses opinion is wrong, just that he or she has a different opinion.
1. anyone referring to review sites are wrong. 2. I've never argued for any part of the series, nor movies, I've just stated that I like stuff that your 'sources' state are wrong, I still like stuff and I don't give a fart about your sources. 3. You've still failed to understand that what is good isn't up to some link to a site of morons, or abusive language. We have noted your opinion, and most likely ignored it.
And no, I havn't missed the scapegoat parts, I've ignored it because I've have to admit that I didn't think you where smart enough to have a discussion given the post.
It's possible that I was wrong, can you please state your own opinion, instead of quoting?
You did refer to a moronic review site, of no value to anyone.
I have to admit that I didn't bother to read what they reviewed, since I've never bothered to read what other people think about a movie or episode ever.
What I can't understand is how you can state that someone is wrong in what they like.
You might state that you don't agree, but you can't state that people are wrong.
Well. you did refer to a review to prove you point.
As you might remeber, the original post stated that he ranked FC as good. You then 'proved' that it wasn't.
My point was that if I, or anyone else, ranks j.random movie as good, then we do, and we aren't very intrested in someone telling us that we are wrong.
If you think it's rotten, or ok, or soso, fine, you're free to have your view, but it doesn't mean that you are right and I or anyone else is wrong. It just means that we have different opinions, which is quite legal, at least outside China.
I always hated Star Trek. It creates such an unbelievable vision of the future. Everything is so pristine, but you never the the laborers or even robots to keep it that way. Even the actors (in the Next Generation and later) were stiff and spoke perfect emotionless english. Just a bunch of cold automatons moving through pristine sci-fi sets.
Even if I agree to a point I think one has to look a bit further.
If we don't solve the big issues, one way or another, we won't reach 24th century. As a matter of fact TNG's first episodes did include reference to WW-III and a nuclear holocaust, as did First Contact.
And as someone else stated, the people onboard the Enterprise are working onboard a Navy or at least pseudo military ship. They do encounter other people, with rouges, mad scientists, thieves, thugs, religious zealots and you name it.
And when it comes to language one has to accept that their using a 'standard' language, but most people on board aren't.
I've worked for a multinational for many years and I've noticed that all the native english/american speaking individuals tend to pay more attention to their language when there's non-natives in the group. They're a hell of a lot funnier when drunk at 2 am but tend to limit their accents when sober.
If you where leading a staff meeting where your staff was american, english, irish, german, spanish, italian, swedish, australian, french, austrian, indian and dutch, many of 'em using their second or third language, wouldn't you mind your language?
Well it was title "How 'Techies' changes the world, presented by William Shatner" when aired over here. Just saw it for the second time an hour ago:) ('Techies' written over something behind, most likely 'treckies').
But I'd say that Hammlet showed a lot of distance to himself.
First showing how various geeks/nerds/scientists/engineers was inspired by Trek to invent stuff, and then admitting that they wheren't that smart, most of the hot stuff was invented to save production money.
The transporter was 'invented' because they didn't have enough cash to film any shuttle action, and they needed a way to get people down to the planet.
The handheld 'scanner' part of Bones' medical Tricorder was actually salt dispenser used in an earlier episode.
'Warp' drive was just a gimmick snatched from popular science and provided a cheap way to travel far and fast.
I think he actually showed quite a lot of ability to make fun of himself.
Apart from the program I have to admit that as a long time trecker I giggled a lot when I saw my first Motorola StarTac cell phone, complete with flip action lid:)
I also admit than when I got my first handsfree kit I hid the mid-cable 'answer' button under my shirt, secured with a TNG combadge. So I could slap the badge and answer the phone:) (Modern ones are silly, they all have the button with the mic).
Did Trek have an influence on technology, well yes. Not by showing how something should be done, but by showing how some stuff could be used. Like the Apple dude behind quicktime said on the show, Trek showed how it should be used, it was our problem to figure out how it could be done.
Go back to -87 and Data is calling up j.random recording of j.random music peice from the computer. Then check how many recordings you now have in your local PC/server/Ipod. Sure, most people doesn't have a voice interface to it, but it'd be a peanut if anyone wanted. I'd assume that most./ers would be capable of that.
She got knocked up and continued to play, in huge lab coats. Then she had a spat with the producers and left. But when Pulaski fell down the turbolift shaft they kissed, made up and she was back on.// hdw
The normal reaction from j.random management is "erh? what? sounds good but how should it be written?"
Then it's your problem to provide them with the needed template. and it has to be understood, as in 'if j random luser can gain access to your account he or she can make you look like a fool and cause severe media damage to our organisation".
Or, "a single idiot downloading a funky screensaver can kill our entire internal network for a days".
An IT security policy must come from management, not from IT. But IT must be able to monitor it.
And j.random idiot breaking the policy must be hanged in public, no matter who he or she is.
The best publicity that the policy of my current company had was when our local security manager (not just IT) recieved a public dressdown for letting his teenage daugther install Sims on his company laptop.
We lost most of europe for 24 hours due to a little lady in finance at one office had a local connection to her bank. Which happened to be over a j.random ISP link and her computer was infected, spreading to 40.000+ computers in 16+ countries in 4 hours...
Sure we should divide interal LANs with firewalls, but we also have to cooperate over the LAN borders.
It can't be solved with software or hardware, it can only be solved with policies and public hangings.// hdw
Per Jodenius who was employed at FP's headquarter has admitted that he has used the login information to gain access to SAP's internal network several times. That he has downloaded internal information and schedules. That he forwarded some of this information to FP's press secretary.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP and Jodenius himself.
FP's party secretary has admitted that he knew about this last spring, but didn't do anything more than ask Jodenius to stop. He didn't check if he did, he didn't even ask.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
FP's press secretary, who happened to have Jodenius living in her apartment, admitted that she did recieve information about SAP's planned actions.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
FP's party leader was informed late sunday by the party secretary that he knew about this. still he spent 48 hours of stating in public that he didn't think that anyone within the organisation knew about it.
That's also a fact, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
So, no Fear, no Uncertaincy, no Doubt.
While the timing can be discussed, there's no option for discussion that the FP people involved has fucked this up beyond belief.
And no, I've never voted for SAP, and I'm using Mozilla on OpenBSD.// hdw
No need to tighten any laws, since this is already illegal.
Hopefully it can be used to teach two things.
1. Every company or organisation needs an IT Security policy, and they need to understand it. 2. Accessing someone elses internal information, even if the security is bad, is a criminal act.// hdw
Connecting to a beaconing, unprotected Wlan and use it to surf the net make it very hard to prove that it was unauthorized access.
I have that prob with one of me sons computers, it prefers to connect to the unprotected gateway in the apartment below instead of the one he should, which is painful when they want to play LAN games.
But using such a connection to scan the internal network for login and passwords is illegal.
It's hard to say that you just happened to park your car outside an opposing party's office and happened to connect to their WIFI and happend to scan their network for login and pass.
And no, it's the, at least currently, ruling party who is 'victim', with moronic passwords and wlan security.// hdw
And timing or no timing doesn't change the fact that the crime has been commited over several months, nor does it change that several senior people within the party knew about it for several months but failed to act.
Nor does it change the fact that the party leader knew about it from sunday evening, yet spent two days of public interviews stating that he didn't.// hdw
An unlocked or even missing door doesn't save you from that.
A web page with "Click here for access to internal informantion (don't click if you're not authorized)." is enough to bring criminal charges for unathorized access.
There are other things that are more questionable.
If I'm handed a link that bypasses security (and the message) then it can be hard to state that I've commited anything illegal, ie someone has to prove that I knew that I wasn't athorized.
But bad security by itself isn't, hasn't ever been and will never be an excuse.// hdw
One is that local party office in Umppa Lumppa somehere had, at least for a while, an open Wlan network. I'm not surprised, once after scanning our office for illegal Wlan gates I shoved my laptop with dstumbler running in my backpack and biked home thru Stockholm. When I got home I had a list of 40+ wide open nets, several for large comapanies and public organisations (identifed by tags).
The other is that a number of unathorized indivuals gained access to SAP's internal FirstClass server.// hdw
Sigge is a nickname, and almost all nicknames tend to be duosyllabic, at least in swedish or english, can't comment on danish since I can't understand it (unless written:)).
Most likely since it sounds snappier. Compare "Microsoft sucks" and "MS (emmess) sucks".// hdw
Well, first off all. The story that he was given the password has gone a bit dry now, since it's more than one password that has been used and the alleged giver denies the fact and has sued him for defamation.
But lets assume that that peice of story is true.
Then handing the information over to other members of his new party isn't very smart. And using this information to access a rival party's internal network to download internal information several times over 9 months, and passing this information on to senior members of the party can't be seen as anything else than a criminal offence.
Also note that SAP didn't initially go public with this, they filed a complaint to the police. But late the same evening one of the press agencies caught wind of it and issued an article, then SAP decided to host a press conference since the news was out.
And I've got hard to see how it can be regarded as FUD when at least one has admitted that he has commited a criminal offence and used the information to gain internal info and several others within the party organisation have admitted that they knew about this.
Sure, they (SAP) could have been aware of this for a long time, and waited to call the cops until it was a good time. But Seriously, if that was the case, then why wait until just 14 days before the election? This is so serious that media will wallow in it for months (covering police inquires, court actions, and all other legal blabla).
And just for the recored, I've never in my life voted for SAP or even considered it, but I've got 20+ years in IT security and is fairly well versed in swedish IT law.// hdw
Well the it admin/manager _should_ catch heat for it.
We're not talking about some small 3 person company here. We're talking a (by swedish standards) large and established political party organisation.
If I was made responsible for running that net/service I'd ask for a security policy established by management and make sure that we followed up on it's use.
The damage that can be inflicted on an organisation like this by one single idiot with access to that net is massive.
If the admin is the only tech savvy enough to understand those issues then it's his or hers frikken obligation to take that issue up with management and explain what could happen.
But should also note in this issue that gaining unathorized access to a private network is illegal, no matter how this access was achieved.
It should be quite obvious to any of the people involved that accessing data from a rival party's internal network is a criminal offence.// hdw
If I could think of any decent use for this kit in my life, I would buy one instantly. As it is, I'm seriously considering getting one anyway, just to revel in the powerful simplicity of such a wonderful idea.
It allows software freaks to begin to understand hardware.
It allows hardware freaks to begin to understand software.
It allows kids to experience and select good (software) from bad (hardware).
It uses USB, Bluetooth (Serial profile), RS485 and I2C for comms. all industrial standards.
It comes with full hardware doc and allows j.random firmware.
VEX is more flexible, but it has a higher treshold to start with.
Building your own from R/C servos and CPU board is godlike, but a tad harder to get started with.
If you understand the basic rules of lego construction (studded beam, plus 2 1/3 plates, plus studded beam == 3 holes in any beam), you can build stuff of serious strength, like a gadget that can lift my 80 Kg 100 mm without breaking, or fling a tennis ball 10+ meters.
There's still serious problems with Lego.
A front or all-wheel drive is painful, front axle stuff that allows for proper drive, steering and suspension is still missing.
A Torsen(c) diff is way to large, or requires an exacto knife and glue.
But still, my combined robots are currently cleaning my livingroom floor and dumping all bricks (while avoiding gpigs) in the big bin. .
Well, almost.
The current firmware allows for 1 master and 3 slaves.
So unit one acts as master to 2, 3 and 4
Unit 2 can, after getting commands from unit 1, switch to master mode and connect to units 5, 6 and 7, and handing commands to and recieving data from those, and then switch back to slave, connect and report to unit 1.
So it's a tree network, but I have a hard time to see how this could limit the functionality. The lack of sensors and physical limits of certain pieces is more severe.
But whatever you do, don't blame it on the software.
This time Lego A/S has provided us with complete hardware and software documentation, "right to hack" licensed firmware and everything you could ask for from day one.
- Want some other sensor? Build it, the docs are free.
- Can it run Linux/*BSD?? Port it, the docs are free.
- Can it handle Java, Erlang, Forth? Hack the firmware, the docs are free.
- Can I control it from a Sinclair ZX80? Build an IR, USB or Bluetooth interface and code a driver, the docs are free.
Lego A/S has, finally, accepted that their business model is selling bricks.
They'll provide the initial user with tools that allow a non-programmer to code, but they also accept that some people want to push it further. And they've released all the docs that the morons/idiots/geeks need to port whatever and build whatever to their bricks.
The only thing they'll defend is their trademarks, and they have to. An undefended trademark becomes public domain. Which is why they had to ask LegOs to change their name. But they also accepted that the change could take time and just required that the name should be changed before the next major release.
Note that Lego's own site refers not only to the HDK's and SDK's but also to available 'alternate' software, like BrickOS, LeJos, BricxCC, PbForth and so on.
Lego A/S has shown that they grok their community, hack it, whack it, test it to extremes, build better bits, code better software.
Just don't:
- Piss on out trademarks
- Pretend that you are us.
And think that's a fair behaviour.
As for the value, they're durable design toys, not just toys. You can build as many toys as you want from Lego parts and most of the parts will last for decades, even when heavily used and abused. This isn't just the toy that the manufacturer wanted you to have. I grant that Lego kits are expensive, but the issue isn't whether they're worth it, but how many I can afford (and keep track of).
Being an old geezer, with a 10 year older bro, I still have pieces that date back to late 50:s, like 2x4 bricks with no 'tubes' in the bottom.
They almost never break or become unusable. I've had a few being stomped on, some melted in the sun and some wheels and instructions have been nibbled by gpigs.
They've spent a total of less than 10 years in storage during my two 'dark periods' but otherwise they've been out and played with all the time.
The only serious breakdown I've had is that two of my Cybermasters developed a seized motor (each). Which was a bit pain to break it down, clean and lube up. But that's it.
And with the introduction of Robotics and Movie Studio there's no limit to what the kids use it for.
And the parental joy of of watching a heap of kids spending weeks of sparetime creating a 35 second movie clip, building a space base, creating a fairy castle and playing role games, competing in building the best catapult/trebuche (who can fling a tennis ball the furthest?), who can build the sturdiest wheeled object (slamming it into a wall without breaking) or building/programming a gantry crane and truck.
There's simply no limit, and they'll get used to planning, logistics, geometry, working in projects, cooperation, using computers, 'out of the box' thinkning etc etc.
Spend the same money on an Xbox and a couple of games, and the result isn't exactly the same.
And this is based on my own (pre-teen) kids (2 boys, 1 girl) and their friends doing what they want, I just provided them with a shitload of bricks and a couple of computers (and some help when they get stuck and asked for advice).
So I'd say that Lego isn't expensive at all, it's an investment for the future.
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How typical of a socialist to start pumping money into airy fairy 'long term solutions' instead of letting market forces sort it out.
// hdw
This is actually a good way forward, but only if the cost distribution is handled correctly.
For instance that the cost of using fossile fuels also bear the cost of an equal amount of CO2 reduction.
So that each link in the production, consumption and disposal link carries it's own costs to bring the enviromental impact to neutral.
That's a working market model.
If you've read other cosmo/astronauts reports you should be aware that many of them get motion/space sick during the early phases of their ride or stay on the station.
// hdw
It's not something special with the PSE/Tourists/Cargo, it happens to the pros too.
Ok, guilty on part one, I blame that it was late. What I meant was that I can't understand why people keep referring to review sites to prove that their opinion is correct and others are wrong.
The only fact in this area is that it's all about subjective opinion, not fact.
I claim the right to state that what I consider is a good movie is one that I like, no matter if someone expert has declared that it's rubbish.
If you prefer to ask someone else for your opinion you are of course free to do so. But that doesn't mean that someone elses opinion is wrong, just that he or she has a different opinion.
1. anyone referring to review sites are wrong.
2. I've never argued for any part of the series, nor movies, I've just stated that I like stuff that your 'sources' state are wrong, I still like stuff and I don't give a fart about your sources.
3. You've still failed to understand that what is good isn't up to some link to a site of morons, or abusive language. We have noted your opinion, and most likely ignored it.
And no, I havn't missed the scapegoat parts, I've ignored it because I've have to admit that I didn't think you where smart enough to have a discussion given the post.
It's possible that I was wrong, can you please state your own opinion, instead of quoting?
You did refer to a moronic review site, of no value to anyone.
I have to admit that I didn't bother to read what they reviewed, since I've never bothered to read what other people think about a movie or episode ever.
What I can't understand is how you can state that someone is wrong in what they like.
You might state that you don't agree, but you can't state that people are wrong.
Well. you did refer to a review to prove you point.
As you might remeber, the original post stated that he ranked FC as good.
You then 'proved' that it wasn't.
My point was that if I, or anyone else, ranks j.random movie as good, then we do, and we aren't very intrested in someone telling us that we are wrong.
If you think it's rotten, or ok, or soso, fine, you're free to have your view, but it doesn't mean that you are right and I or anyone else is wrong.
It just means that we have different opinions, which is quite legal, at least outside China.
I always hated Star Trek. It creates such an unbelievable vision of the future. Everything is so pristine, but you never the the laborers or even robots to keep it that way. Even the actors (in the Next Generation and later) were stiff and spoke perfect emotionless english. Just a bunch of cold automatons moving through pristine sci-fi sets.
Even if I agree to a point I think one has to look a bit further.
If we don't solve the big issues, one way or another, we won't reach 24th century. As a matter of fact TNG's first episodes did include reference to WW-III and a nuclear holocaust, as did First Contact.
And as someone else stated, the people onboard the Enterprise are working onboard a Navy or at least pseudo military ship. They do encounter other people, with rouges, mad scientists, thieves, thugs, religious zealots and you name it.
And when it comes to language one has to accept that their using a 'standard' language, but most people on board aren't.
I've worked for a multinational for many years and I've noticed that all the native english/american speaking individuals tend to pay more attention to their language when there's non-natives in the group. They're a hell of a lot funnier when drunk at 2 am but tend to limit their accents when sober.
If you where leading a staff meeting where your staff was american, english, irish, german, spanish, italian, swedish, australian, french, austrian, indian and dutch, many of 'em using their second or third language, wouldn't you mind your language?
Well it was title "How 'Techies' changes the world, presented by William Shatner" when aired over here. Just saw it for the second time an hour ago :)
:)
:)
./ers would be capable of that.
('Techies' written over something behind, most likely 'treckies').
But I'd say that Hammlet showed a lot of distance to himself.
First showing how various geeks/nerds/scientists/engineers was inspired by Trek to invent stuff, and then admitting that they wheren't that smart, most of the hot stuff was invented to save production money.
The transporter was 'invented' because they didn't have enough cash to film any shuttle action, and they needed a way to get people down to the planet.
The handheld 'scanner' part of Bones' medical Tricorder was actually salt dispenser used in an earlier episode.
'Warp' drive was just a gimmick snatched from popular science and provided a cheap way to travel far and fast.
I think he actually showed quite a lot of ability to make fun of himself.
Apart from the program I have to admit that as a long time trecker I giggled a lot when I saw my first Motorola StarTac cell phone, complete with flip action lid
I also admit than when I got my first handsfree kit I hid the mid-cable 'answer' button under my shirt, secured with a TNG combadge. So I could slap the badge and answer the phone
(Modern ones are silly, they all have the button with the mic).
Did Trek have an influence on technology, well yes.
Not by showing how something should be done, but by showing how some stuff could be used. Like the Apple dude behind quicktime said on the show, Trek showed how it should be used, it was our problem to figure out how it could be done.
Go back to -87 and Data is calling up j.random recording of j.random music peice from the computer.
Then check how many recordings you now have in your local PC/server/Ipod.
Sure, most people doesn't have a voice interface to it, but it'd be a peanut if anyone wanted. I'd assume that most
Why would anyone go to someones page to find out what they think about a movie?
And it's not down to however I or anyone else agrees with someones review, it's about what we, ourself, think about the movie.
I for one loved FC, and it's not likely that some 'expert' will have me reverse that.
hdw
She got knocked up and continued to play, in huge lab coats. // hdw
Then she had a spat with the producers and left.
But when Pulaski fell down the turbolift shaft they kissed, made up and she was back on.
Well actually been there and no.
...
// hdw
The normal reaction from j.random management is "erh? what? sounds good but how should it be written?"
Then it's your problem to provide them with the needed template.
and it has to be understood, as in 'if j random luser can gain access to your account he or she can make you look like a fool and cause severe media damage to our organisation".
Or, "a single idiot downloading a funky screensaver can kill our entire internal network for a days".
An IT security policy must come from management, not from IT.
But IT must be able to monitor it.
And j.random idiot breaking the policy must be hanged in public, no matter who he or she is.
The best publicity that the policy of my current company had was when our local security manager (not just IT) recieved a public dressdown for letting his teenage daugther install Sims on his company laptop.
We lost most of europe for 24 hours due to a little lady in finance at one office had a local connection to her bank. Which happened to be over a j.random ISP link and her computer was infected, spreading to 40.000+ computers in 16+ countries in 4 hours
Sure we should divide interal LANs with firewalls, but we also have to cooperate over the LAN borders.
It can't be solved with software or hardware, it can only be solved with policies and public hangings.
hmm, excuse me.
// hdw
Per Jodenius who was employed at FP's headquarter has admitted that he has used the login information to gain access to SAP's internal network several times.
That he has downloaded internal information and schedules.
That he forwarded some of this information to FP's press secretary.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP and Jodenius himself.
FP's party secretary has admitted that he knew about this last spring, but didn't do anything more than ask Jodenius to stop. He didn't check if he did, he didn't even ask.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
FP's press secretary, who happened to have Jodenius living in her apartment, admitted that she did recieve information about SAP's planned actions.
That's facts, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
FP's party leader was informed late sunday by the party secretary that he knew about this. still he spent 48 hours of stating in public that he didn't think that anyone within the organisation knew about it.
That's also a fact, not from SAP but from FP's press releases.
So, no Fear, no Uncertaincy, no Doubt.
While the timing can be discussed, there's no option for discussion that the FP people involved has fucked this up beyond belief.
And no, I've never voted for SAP, and I'm using Mozilla on OpenBSD.
No need to tighten any laws, since this is already illegal.
// hdw
Hopefully it can be used to teach two things.
1. Every company or organisation needs an IT Security policy, and they need to understand it.
2. Accessing someone elses internal information, even if the security is bad, is a criminal act.
Ah true.
// hdw
Connecting to a beaconing, unprotected Wlan and use it to surf the net make it very hard to prove that it was unauthorized access.
I have that prob with one of me sons computers, it prefers to connect to the unprotected gateway in the apartment below instead of the one he should, which is painful when they want to play LAN games.
But using such a connection to scan the internal network for login and passwords is illegal.
It's hard to say that you just happened to park your car outside an opposing party's office and happened to connect to their WIFI and happend to scan their network for login and pass.
And no, it's the, at least currently, ruling party who is 'victim', with moronic passwords and wlan security.
Well I'd say a month would have been better.
// hdw
And timing or no timing doesn't change the fact that the crime has been commited over several months, nor does it change that several senior people within the party knew about it for several months but failed to act.
Nor does it change the fact that the party leader knew about it from sunday evening, yet spent two days of public interviews stating that he didn't.
Erh, unathorized access has never been legal.
// hdw
An unlocked or even missing door doesn't save you from that.
A web page with "Click here for access to internal informantion (don't click if you're not authorized)." is enough to bring criminal charges for unathorized access.
There are other things that are more questionable.
If I'm handed a link that bypasses security (and the message) then it can be hard to state that I've commited anything illegal, ie someone has to prove that I knew that I wasn't athorized.
But bad security by itself isn't, hasn't ever been and will never be an excuse.
Well yes and no.
// hdw
There is (at least) two different issues at hand.
One is that local party office in Umppa Lumppa somehere had, at least for a while, an open Wlan network.
I'm not surprised, once after scanning our office for illegal Wlan gates I shoved my laptop with dstumbler running in my backpack and biked home thru Stockholm.
When I got home I had a list of 40+ wide open nets, several for large comapanies and public organisations (identifed by tags).
The other is that a number of unathorized indivuals gained access to SAP's internal FirstClass server.
Sigge is a nickname, and almost all nicknames tend to be duosyllabic, at least in swedish or english, can't comment on danish since I can't understand it (unless written :)).
// hdw
Most likely since it sounds snappier.
Compare "Microsoft sucks" and "MS (emmess) sucks".
Well, first off all.
// hdw
The story that he was given the password has gone a bit dry now, since it's more than one password that has been used and the alleged giver denies the fact and has sued him for defamation.
But lets assume that that peice of story is true.
Then handing the information over to other members of his new party isn't very smart.
And using this information to access a rival party's internal network to download internal information several times over 9 months, and passing this information on to senior members of the party can't be seen as anything else than a criminal offence.
Also note that SAP didn't initially go public with this, they filed a complaint to the police.
But late the same evening one of the press agencies caught wind of it and issued an article, then SAP decided to host a press conference since the news was out.
And I've got hard to see how it can be regarded as FUD when at least one has admitted that he has commited a criminal offence and used the information to gain internal info and several others within the party organisation have admitted that they knew about this.
Sure, they (SAP) could have been aware of this for a long time, and waited to call the cops until it was a good time. But Seriously, if that was the case, then why wait until just 14 days before the election?
This is so serious that media will wallow in it for months (covering police inquires, court actions, and all other legal blabla).
And just for the recored, I've never in my life voted for SAP or even considered it, but I've got 20+ years in IT security and is fairly well versed in swedish IT law.
Well the it admin/manager _should_ catch heat for it.
// hdw
We're not talking about some small 3 person company here. We're talking a (by swedish standards) large and established political party organisation.
If I was made responsible for running that net/service I'd ask for a security policy established by management and make sure that we followed up on it's use.
The damage that can be inflicted on an organisation like this by one single idiot with access to that net is massive.
If the admin is the only tech savvy enough to understand those issues then it's his or hers frikken obligation to take that issue up with management and explain what could happen.
But should also note in this issue that gaining unathorized access to a private network is illegal, no matter how this access was achieved.
It should be quite obvious to any of the people involved that accessing data from a rival party's internal network is a criminal offence.
Like those?
// hdw
http://mindstorms.lego.com/Overview/NXTreme.aspx
yep, was a bit sleepy, sorry :)
It allows software freaks to begin to understand hardware.
It allows hardware freaks to begin to understand software.
It allows kids to experience and select good (software) from bad (hardware).
It uses USB, Bluetooth (Serial profile), RS485 and I2C for comms. all industrial standards.
It comes with full hardware doc and allows j.random firmware.
VEX is more flexible, but it has a higher treshold to start with.
Building your own from R/C servos and CPU board is godlike, but a tad harder to get started with.
If you understand the basic rules of lego construction (studded beam, plus 2 1/3 plates, plus studded beam == 3 holes in any beam), you can build stuff of serious strength, like a gadget that can lift my 80 Kg 100 mm without breaking, or fling a tennis ball 10+ meters.
There's still serious problems with Lego.
A front or all-wheel drive is painful, front axle stuff that allows for proper drive, steering and suspension is still missing.
A Torsen(c) diff is way to large, or requires an exacto knife and glue.
But still, my combined robots are currently cleaning my livingroom floor and dumping all bricks (while avoiding gpigs) in the big bin.
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The current firmware allows for 1 master and 3 slaves.
So unit one acts as master to 2, 3 and 4
Unit 2 can, after getting commands from unit 1, switch to master mode and connect to units 5, 6 and 7, and handing commands to and recieving data from those, and then switch back to slave, connect and report to unit 1.
So it's a tree network, but I have a hard time to see how this could limit the functionality. The lack of sensors and physical limits of certain pieces is more severe.
But whatever you do, don't blame it on the software.
This time Lego A/S has provided us with complete hardware and software documentation, "right to hack" licensed firmware and everything you could ask for from day one.
- Want some other sensor? Build it, the docs are free.
- Can it run Linux/*BSD?? Port it, the docs are free.
- Can it handle Java, Erlang, Forth? Hack the firmware, the docs are free.
- Can I control it from a Sinclair ZX80? Build an IR, USB or Bluetooth interface and code a driver, the docs are free.
Lego A/S has, finally, accepted that their business model is selling bricks.
They'll provide the initial user with tools that allow a non-programmer to code, but they also accept that some people want to push it further. And they've released all the docs that the morons/idiots/geeks need to port whatever and build whatever to their bricks.
The only thing they'll defend is their trademarks, and they have to. An undefended trademark becomes public domain. Which is why they had to ask LegOs to change their name. But they also accepted that the change could take time and just required that the name should be changed before the next major release.
Note that Lego's own site refers not only to the HDK's and SDK's but also to available 'alternate' software, like BrickOS, LeJos, BricxCC, PbForth and so on.
Lego A/S has shown that they grok their community, hack it, whack it, test it to extremes, build better bits, code better software.
Just don't:
- Piss on out trademarks
- Pretend that you are us.
And think that's a fair behaviour.
As for the value, they're durable design toys, not just toys. You can build as many toys as you want from Lego parts and most of the parts will last for decades, even when heavily used and abused. This isn't just the toy that the manufacturer wanted you to have. I grant that Lego kits are expensive, but the issue isn't whether they're worth it, but how many I can afford (and keep track of).
// hdw
Being an old geezer, with a 10 year older bro, I still have pieces that date back to late 50:s, like 2x4 bricks with no 'tubes' in the bottom.
They almost never break or become unusable. I've had a few being stomped on, some melted in the sun and some wheels and instructions have been nibbled by gpigs.
They've spent a total of less than 10 years in storage during my two 'dark periods' but otherwise they've been out and played with all the time.
The only serious breakdown I've had is that two of my Cybermasters developed a seized motor (each). Which was a bit pain to break it down, clean and lube up. But that's it.
And with the introduction of Robotics and Movie Studio there's no limit to what the kids use it for.
And the parental joy of of watching a heap of kids spending weeks of sparetime creating a 35 second movie clip, building a space base, creating a fairy castle and playing role games, competing in building the best catapult/trebuche (who can fling a tennis ball the furthest?), who can build the sturdiest wheeled object (slamming it into a wall without breaking) or building/programming a gantry crane and truck.
There's simply no limit, and they'll get used to planning, logistics, geometry, working in projects, cooperation, using computers, 'out of the box' thinkning etc etc.
Spend the same money on an Xbox and a couple of games, and the result isn't exactly the same.
And this is based on my own (pre-teen) kids (2 boys, 1 girl) and their friends doing what they want, I just provided them with a shitload of bricks and a couple of computers (and some help when they get stuck and asked for advice).
So I'd say that Lego isn't expensive at all, it's an investment for the future.