Also, several articles mention "billions" of anti proton around the Earth. That is still less than a joule. Bring a sugar cube into orbit, you'll have more fuel than if you captured all the anti-particles that orbit around the Earth.
You can't fight the ideology without understanding it. Reading Mein Kampf would have saved European politicians a lot of hesitation before they declared war on Germany.
The most serious error we can make is to dismiss this guy as a nut. He was not, he was a smart man who gave into a toxic ideology. I mean, he learned how to manage dangerous chemical processes in a DIY fashion, he carefully planned a lot of dangerous material acquisition, he has a coherent prose, and sadly, he made a very smart choice in the people he chose to kill.
Understanding why he chose to follow the most extreme opponents of multiculturalism is important. Right now, some people are reading his prose like a manual. We know about the streisand effect : trying to force people to not talk about something doesn't work. Right now, every sympathizer of far right ideology has read it. Understand the effect it will have, understand what to expect.
After reading it, I was convinced that it will encourage other people to act in a similar way. It is very seducing for people with the right background. Fight it by addressing the questions it poses about multiculturalism. His arguments need to be addressed and answered instead of being silenced.
I am still looking for any evidence that it is even likely China. Some attacks come from hosts in China, is that all we have about it ? China != Chinese government. While it is a plausible theory, I would like to see if any evidence gives it any merit.
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Still, macro economics work differently than micro economics.
While a true statement, 95% of the time it is used as a hand-waving argument that means "I'll pretend I understand macro-economics by just making vague claims about it and not give the model I use". (not intended as a criticism of this post, just a general rant)
I think the GP criticism holds true for macro-economics : whatever control you have on your currency, not balancing the budget means increasing debts. There should be a variable tax that citizen pay each year to balance the budget. That would give a direct measure of how well the government did the budget balancing this year.
It also sends a strong signal to the mass : protests are tolerated IRL, but protesting online will not be tolerated. It pushes the line of actions that are repressed : LOIC did not do any intrusion or sabotage.
I don't like DDoSers particularly and do not find their actions very smart, but I don't find them illegal. Before cracking down on them, clear laws should be written.
That's a job for plug computers : buy one, plug it to AC, plug it to ethernet, ssh to it, change root password, create users. Voila, you have a sFTP server ! You could even automatize the last step so that the user would never see the much dreaded command line that really gives too much power to users in this area of dumbed down GUIs.
Spooky things get more coverage than genuinely dangerous things. Ignorant people leads to badly deisng laws and "ethics".
Scientists try to avoid dangerous things and to cure serious diseases. General public asks them to do that without being "gross", which basically means to not do anything that could be considered spooky when filmed with the right angle. Good luck doing any medical research that way.
And this is the reason why we need to fix laws quickly. It should be the law, it should be the governments that punish The Sun, but you know it is not going to happen. You are right, we are under the very risk that an extreme political group becomes popular by doing the Right Thing : punishing crooks while ignoring bad laws. Just be thankful it is groups like anonymous and lulzsec who don't root for any political party that does the punishing.
Which would be good. Start exploring the oceans ! There is alien life there ! There are exploitable riches there ! There are artefacts from lost civilizations there ! (yeah, sunken ships with archaelogical treasures onboard)
These years, when I look up wikipedia for an article, I often go to the 2007 version (or 2009 if it is too small). It is usually longer, the "removal wars" began around 2008-2009 . Only on recent events do I use the current version.
How do they know they got the right person ? Lulzsec is notorious to act as bullies, I could see them usurp the identity of a random guy that said bad stuff about them.
Anyway I suspect it is the same as in the case of Anonymous arrests : they got a random schmuck vaguely involved that didn't manage to understand what is anonymity...
How many cores ? Have you considered the GPU as well ? These years, it is the form factor and the price that are halfed every year or so. It will continue until we find a use for the ridiculous power we have today.
smartphones are now dual-core, mainstream computers DO continue to improve.
Ah, the car analogy... How can any debate about IT security be complete about it ?
Companies ask personal informations claiming "it is safe, we are a big company, we do security stuff, give us credit card numbers, you can trust us.". Well, no, you can't, and lulzsec proves it. In an immature way, full of posture and teenage bragging, but they prove it. They are acting like assholes, but they are mostly harmless and it is a luck for us that they are not there to make a mayehem. Except on Sony, for who I can't really manage to feel sorry, over the whole GeoHot affair. Bully meets bully. Now it is time to take IT security a bit seriously again.
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Also, several articles mention "billions" of anti proton around the Earth. That is still less than a joule. Bring a sugar cube into orbit, you'll have more fuel than if you captured all the anti-particles that orbit around the Earth.
But can non-Americans apply ? You know, this category of persons that form 85% of Internet.
You can't fight the ideology without understanding it. Reading Mein Kampf would have saved European politicians a lot of hesitation before they declared war on Germany.
The most serious error we can make is to dismiss this guy as a nut. He was not, he was a smart man who gave into a toxic ideology. I mean, he learned how to manage dangerous chemical processes in a DIY fashion, he carefully planned a lot of dangerous material acquisition, he has a coherent prose, and sadly, he made a very smart choice in the people he chose to kill.
Understanding why he chose to follow the most extreme opponents of multiculturalism is important. Right now, some people are reading his prose like a manual. We know about the streisand effect : trying to force people to not talk about something doesn't work. Right now, every sympathizer of far right ideology has read it. Understand the effect it will have, understand what to expect.
After reading it, I was convinced that it will encourage other people to act in a similar way. It is very seducing for people with the right background. Fight it by addressing the questions it poses about multiculturalism. His arguments need to be addressed and answered instead of being silenced.
I am still looking for any evidence that it is even likely China. Some attacks come from hosts in China, is that all we have about it ? China != Chinese government. While it is a plausible theory, I would like to see if any evidence gives it any merit.
Still, macro economics work differently than micro economics.
While a true statement, 95% of the time it is used as a hand-waving argument that means "I'll pretend I understand macro-economics by just making vague claims about it and not give the model I use". (not intended as a criticism of this post, just a general rant)
I think the GP criticism holds true for macro-economics : whatever control you have on your currency, not balancing the budget means increasing debts. There should be a variable tax that citizen pay each year to balance the budget. That would give a direct measure of how well the government did the budget balancing this year.
It also sends a strong signal to the mass : protests are tolerated IRL, but protesting online will not be tolerated. It pushes the line of actions that are repressed : LOIC did not do any intrusion or sabotage.
I don't like DDoSers particularly and do not find their actions very smart, but I don't find them illegal. Before cracking down on them, clear laws should be written.
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That's a job for plug computers : buy one, plug it to AC, plug it to ethernet, ssh to it, change root password, create users. Voila, you have a sFTP server ! You could even automatize the last step so that the user would never see the much dreaded command line that really gives too much power to users in this area of dumbed down GUIs.
Spooky things get more coverage than genuinely dangerous things. Ignorant people leads to badly deisng laws and "ethics".
Scientists try to avoid dangerous things and to cure serious diseases. General public asks them to do that without being "gross", which basically means to not do anything that could be considered spooky when filmed with the right angle. Good luck doing any medical research that way.
And this is the reason why we need to fix laws quickly. It should be the law, it should be the governments that punish The Sun, but you know it is not going to happen. You are right, we are under the very risk that an extreme political group becomes popular by doing the Right Thing : punishing crooks while ignoring bad laws. Just be thankful it is groups like anonymous and lulzsec who don't root for any political party that does the punishing.
Tenderfoot in the wild west then. They should have chosen their sheriffs more wisely.
- The Arab states revolt...
Free market at its finest !
Then what's the difference with pastebin ?
I hate when an obviously trolly statement is actually the 100% truth.
Then mod the lawmakers down, not the people commenting their works.
Is there a motivation for manned solar-powered flight.
Zero fuel use. Zero CO2 emission. Goes from point A to point B by flight. What other motivation do you need ?
That's great, can you answer to me with more loghorrea please ?
Actually the amount of copying between the various interlinked crossed messages indicate some sort of automated content generation.
Huh... There are companies currently exploiting underwater gold that just lies on the oceanic floor at less than 1 km of depth.
Which would be good. Start exploring the oceans ! There is alien life there ! There are exploitable riches there ! There are artefacts from lost civilizations there ! (yeah, sunken ships with archaelogical treasures onboard)
These years, when I look up wikipedia for an article, I often go to the 2007 version (or 2009 if it is too small). It is usually longer, the "removal wars" began around 2008-2009 . Only on recent events do I use the current version.
How do they know they got the right person ? Lulzsec is notorious to act as bullies, I could see them usurp the identity of a random guy that said bad stuff about them.
Anyway I suspect it is the same as in the case of Anonymous arrests : they got a random schmuck vaguely involved that didn't manage to understand what is anonymity...
How many cores ? Have you considered the GPU as well ? These years, it is the form factor and the price that are halfed every year or so. It will continue until we find a use for the ridiculous power we have today.
smartphones are now dual-core, mainstream computers DO continue to improve.
I wonder where it will bounce back ? Many people will do the same as I do : put a buy order low and a sell order a bit higher. 5-10 maybe ?
Ah, the car analogy... How can any debate about IT security be complete about it ?
Companies ask personal informations claiming "it is safe, we are a big company, we do security stuff, give us credit card numbers, you can trust us.". Well, no, you can't, and lulzsec proves it. In an immature way, full of posture and teenage bragging, but they prove it. They are acting like assholes, but they are mostly harmless and it is a luck for us that they are not there to make a mayehem. Except on Sony, for who I can't really manage to feel sorry, over the whole GeoHot affair. Bully meets bully. Now it is time to take IT security a bit seriously again.