And I've seen sysadmins with twelve years experience on "classified" systems accidentally break their security systems... or deliberately break their systems... for the sake of convenience.
If you are a professional and can break into 100 US military sites, what's to stop you?
The key here is that he broke into "unclassified" sites. These sites can often be adminstrated by people who are just learning how to use a computer. Well, I currently work at an unclassified site and it sure feels that way around here. Unclassified sites often will not even have a properly functioning firewall.
It sounds much more impressive than the actual task really would have been. The real trick is to learn about the sites. My site (for instance) doesn't even really think about computer related security... there's nothing here anyone would want anyhow.
Now the trick is, you break into a horde of "unclassified" sites and hope you caught one that is going to go "classified" then you have a backdoor into a classified network. But, even this wouldn't get you anything truly juicy.
The really good stuff is kept on an isolated network and even the cat 5 wires have to be kept a minimum of six inches from any other electronic devices not on that network. So, if you want the real stuff you have to cross an "air-gap" and I don't know of any networking protocol that can do that.
is for it to be half the weight of my palm VIIx. Same features, same resolution, same screen is fine... just make it thin and lite. Oh, and you can lose the stupid antenna... I could never get coverage anyhow.
Alaska is already removed from the US. There is a low population with poor voter turn out. There are already people here (I'm in Alaska)with leanings toward seccesion (Myself not included). If you can stomach the inclement weather, it is actually a nice place. The state is relatively regionalized/factionalized, making it easier to conquer..... I mean free. So, how about it? Why not Alaska?
And that is why Alaska is always afraid of invasion. First we were worried about the Russians, then the Americans, then the Russians again, and now the Geeks!
Probably the ideal candidate for remaking is a movie that had potential but failed to live up to it, due to poor casting, poor direction, bad writing, etc.
What would you suggest for "Re-make only better" status? Dark City? Tron? Black Hole? Lord of The Rings? Cronicles of Narnia? Superman? The Martian Cronicles? Herbie the Love Bug? Star Wars Episode I?
But there are enough Irix diehards (Woot!) that SGI can't just drop it in one fell swoop. Plus SGI hardware does not go
obsolete even a third as fast as PCs do. Read: The US DoD owns a lot of SGI hardware and pays lots of money for it's support and maint. and that SGI stuff happens to be in sensitive (as in tender, not as in secret) areas that can't have drastic changes. Might actually be enough contracts and hardware to keep SGI alive for about five to ten years. Not enough to prosper a company, just enough to keep it alive.
For retirement I plan on being a crotchety old geek that teaches mathematics and computer programming in a community college somewhere nice. I figure it would be good to teach night courses since I hate mornings and I would be giving real world experience and direction to kids and young adults who really need it.
If tech doesn't work out in the near term, I'm planning on trying to "retire early" and getting a teaching certificate. Most fun I ever had was teaching a College level Programming class to freshmen. I might not get the college freshmen with a certificate but maybe I could get the High School seniors?
Honestly, the show is good and if you tape them (like I did) and watch them back to back (like I also did) you can get the
effect of watching a movie, provided you edited out the commercials (like I did as well.)
Actually, that would probably be a good way to make a feature length Simpsons movie. Sort of like a "Many Adventures of Winne The Pooh" but in the Simpsons universe instead. Just add a litte connecting thread like a narrator and poof! instant movie. Make it Grandma Lisa's memoirs or something.
I suppose you guys would be happier if I referenced the original "Heavy Metal" movie instead of "Winne The Pooh" though.
Does 5735 count as a low UIN? I just kinda
lurked around for a time before making
a login. Then I forgot the password... but in a
blaze of inspiration I remembered it again.
Good thing too, those other pastures smelled funny.
Do you have any idea what they spread around
over there to make them so green?
Send the folks from the "Tonight Show" segment called "Jay Walking"... NOW THAT's entertainment! Remember these are the folks who when asked who the first man in space was answer, "Buzz Lightyear?"
I say stick these folks on an island and ask them to do something practical like catch fish, or build a shelter, or make a flashlight from scrap materials. Want some real fun? Give 'em a Lobster and tell them to make a hat out of it.
I wonder what a kind of civilization would be created by these folks if left alone on a planet in sector Zed Zed triple Zed Alpha for about two million years. Oh wait. Already seen it... then boom! Hyperspace by-pass.
Ok, the Slashdot community basically slammed the idea of Keanu as Superman. But how about Keanu as an older, wiser
Harry Potter.
Strange as it sounds... I actually like this idea. Get the gel from Spider-man to play the adult Hegemony... Heregemoni... Herminimi... you know the mop headed girl. Only problem: Can Keanu even say her name? I sure as Horus can't.
If you think about it. What do the POLLs ask? Reader Opinion Right? That's what Ask Slashdot does... it asks reader opinion. So an editor, moderator, or reader should treat an "Ask Slashdot" question as if it were a poll question with totally open options.
Ask questions here like: Which is cooler Star Wars or Star Trek?... Where is the best place for a Tech Worker to live?... Who is more tech savvy Jay Leno or David Letterman?... Which senator is the most tech friendly?... Has your Career been best helped by being a specialist (really good at one skill) or being a good generalist (okay at a whole bunch of skills)?
These are actual questions I'd love to see at Ask Slashdot. I'm not going to change my life by the answers that I get... 'cuz it's just a friggin' poll man. But I'd love to read the comments that people would post in answer to some of these. I'd even love the funny trolls that folks would post in some cases.
Ask slashdot should be as much of a free-for-all as the poll section is... and it should have roughly the same types of topics... only with more depth.
Personally, I really like this idea... and we could make Lois Lane and Cloe Sullivan identical cousins or something to solve that particular problem. Sort of a "Joe Versus The Volcano" kind of thing... only with Clark Kent.
Ever notice how in the Superman movie when Lex puts the Kryptonite around Super's neck he says, "... just a little something from the old home-town..." See! Everything fits so nicely!
Heck while were debating which superman to cast, why not Jerry O'Connel? I bet he'll come cheap and do a decent job of playing Clark and Super as different characters. 'specially since Superman can crush all villians like bugs anyhow.
Keanu as Superman??? Some one is playing a game here... must be. This is just too choice and full of obvious Bill-Ted/Matrix one-liners!
Super: Dude, Lois, I like... got you babe. Lois : Yeah but who's got you?!? Super: Like nobody, duh, I can fly babe. Check it!
...
Super: You mean I'm actually a space-alien. Like with
little green antenae and stuff? Like, I could
jump over tall buildings and dodge bullets?
Ma Kent: No Clark, when you're ready you won't have to.
Super: Woah.
I suppose if this turns into a real movie it'll be okay as long as it's a super spoof ala the "Not another..." genre. IE: "Not another Super Hero movie!"
The stone could have come from Mars, according to expert on Earth impacts Dr Benny Peiser, of Liverpool John Moores University
I speculate, aswell, that the stone could be the fore-front of the Martian Invasion of Earth! To arms, to arms! The Martians are coming! The Martians are coming!
By the way of England of course. Was it three if by air and four if by space?
Fighting is not about territory (hence no lines) but about killing the right people (hence the refining of roles in conflict)
So why do we need the Urban warfare tank you asked for again? You've just contradicted youself. If we don't need to hold and control territory we don't need tanks at all... cybernetic or otherwise.
I feel that the modern US Army's role is that of a "police force" occuping land for a time. It will have to patrol areas and "secure" areas. Sort of Guard Duty en-masse. That means the ideas of perimeter and territory are still important. It also means addressing security issues are important.
"America's new thinking on war" does not obsolete the need to think about people and their safety.
All we have to worry about now is Afganistan-like countries then? We will never have to fight another war? We will never again fight a force that is nearly our technological equal? If it's got encryption then it's safe because no one can break encryption right? So a jammed device can tell us where it's being jammed from? You've made no assumptions about my position on things?
A line does not constitute a trench. There were lines in Afganistan, I know this because there were maps and the maps marked positions and the positions denotated areas of control and the US held areas of control. To wreak havoc behind someone's line means you have crossed into their area of control without a supporting force. The line is a conceptual mark on a map.
In Babylon Five they had a "battle of the line" I suppose this meant there was a line they were trying to hold. Did you see a line in space?
Autonomy of the units is very important, as you don't want your enemy hacking your system and taking remote control of your battle-bots and wreaking havoc on your lines. Also, you don't want them to be able to capture the devices and re-deploy them against you.
and Viking one is supposed to have a "Christmas Angel" on board too. My son told me that one. And he told me you can use popcorn as fuel to travel interplanetary space too. Ofcourse he was five when he told me that. Something about a "Brave Toaster" or something...
most homes have something nice and pretty called a "under-sink cabinet" in the bathroom
I live in Germany. We don't have cabinets. We have cute stuffed bunnies that look like toys but are really rolls of toilet paper dressed up as dolls. When you run out you reach up and rip the bunny's clothes off and tada! Toilet paper!
BTW: We also don't have those tank thingies behind the toilet either... just giant ceramic buttons embedded in the wall.
Oh yeah, and you flip the light switch up to turn off the light and down to turn on the light. Weird huh?
Re:Bhutanese Culture will cease to exist.
on
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Actually I was attempting to be snide... but I suppose it didn't work.
Re:"...all for about $5 a month."
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So these people get
to watch adverts for cars/food/luxuries that they will not be able to purchase.
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And I've seen sysadmins with twelve years experience on "classified" systems accidentally break their security systems... or deliberately break their systems... for the sake of convenience.
It makes me sick.
If you are a professional and can break into 100 US military sites, what's to stop you?
The key here is that he broke into "unclassified" sites. These sites can often be adminstrated by people who are just learning how to use a computer. Well, I currently work at an unclassified site and it sure feels that way around here. Unclassified sites often will not even have a properly functioning firewall.
It sounds much more impressive than the actual task really would have been. The real trick is to learn about the sites. My site (for instance) doesn't even really think about computer related security... there's nothing here anyone would want anyhow.
Now the trick is, you break into a horde of "unclassified" sites and hope you caught one that is going to go "classified" then you have a backdoor into a classified network. But, even this wouldn't get you anything truly juicy.
The really good stuff is kept on an isolated network and even the cat 5 wires have to be kept a minimum of six inches from any other electronic devices not on that network. So, if you want the real stuff you have to cross an "air-gap" and I don't know of any networking protocol that can do that.
is for it to be half the weight of my palm VIIx. Same features, same resolution, same screen is fine... just make it thin and lite. Oh, and you can lose the stupid antenna... I could never get coverage anyhow.
Alaska is already removed from the US. There is a low population with poor voter turn out. There are already people here (I'm in Alaska)with leanings toward seccesion (Myself not included). If you can stomach the inclement weather, it is actually a nice place. The state is relatively regionalized/factionalized, making it easier to conquer..... I mean free. So, how about it? Why not Alaska?
And that is why Alaska is always afraid of invasion. First we were worried about the Russians, then the Americans, then the Russians again, and now the Geeks!
Probably the ideal candidate for remaking is a movie that had potential but failed to live up to it, due to poor casting, poor direction, bad writing, etc.
What would you suggest for "Re-make only better" status? Dark City? Tron? Black Hole? Lord of The Rings? Cronicles of Narnia? Superman? The Martian Cronicles? Herbie the Love Bug? Star Wars Episode I?
But there are enough Irix diehards (Woot!) that SGI can't just drop it in one fell swoop. Plus SGI hardware does not go obsolete even a third as fast as PCs do. Read: The US DoD owns a lot of SGI hardware and pays lots of money for it's support and maint. and that SGI stuff happens to be in sensitive (as in tender, not as in secret) areas that can't have drastic changes. Might actually be enough contracts and hardware to keep SGI alive for about five to ten years. Not enough to prosper a company, just enough to keep it alive.
For retirement I plan on being a crotchety old geek that teaches mathematics and computer programming in a community college somewhere nice. I figure it would be good to teach night courses since I hate mornings and I would be giving real world experience and direction to kids and young adults who really need it.
If tech doesn't work out in the near term, I'm planning on trying to "retire early" and getting a teaching certificate. Most fun I ever had was teaching a College level Programming class to freshmen. I might not get the college freshmen with a certificate but maybe I could get the High School seniors?
Honestly, the show is good and if you tape them (like I did) and watch them back to back (like I also did) you can get the effect of watching a movie, provided you edited out the commercials (like I did as well.)
Actually, that would probably be a good way to make a feature length Simpsons movie. Sort of like a "Many Adventures of Winne The Pooh" but in the Simpsons universe instead. Just add a litte connecting thread like a narrator and poof! instant movie. Make it Grandma Lisa's memoirs or something.
I suppose you guys would be happier if I referenced the original "Heavy Metal" movie instead of "Winne The Pooh" though.
Does 5735 count as a low UIN? I just kinda lurked around for a time before making a login. Then I forgot the password... but in a blaze of inspiration I remembered it again.
Good thing too, those other pastures smelled funny. Do you have any idea what they spread around over there to make them so green?
Send the folks from the "Tonight Show" segment called "Jay Walking"... NOW THAT's entertainment! Remember these are the folks who when asked who the first man in space was answer, "Buzz Lightyear?"
I say stick these folks on an island and ask them to do something practical like catch fish, or build a shelter, or make a flashlight from scrap materials. Want some real fun? Give 'em a Lobster and tell them to make a hat out of it.
I wonder what a kind of civilization would be created by these folks if left alone on a planet in sector Zed Zed triple Zed Alpha for about two million years. Oh wait. Already seen it... then boom! Hyperspace by-pass.
Strange as it sounds... I actually like this idea. Get the gel from Spider-man to play the adult Hegemony... Heregemoni... Herminimi... you know the mop headed girl. Only problem: Can Keanu even say her name? I sure as Horus can't.
If you think about it. What do the POLLs ask? Reader Opinion Right? That's what Ask Slashdot does... it asks reader opinion. So an editor, moderator, or reader should treat an "Ask Slashdot" question as if it were a poll question with totally open options.
... Where is the best place for a Tech Worker to live? ... Who is more tech savvy Jay Leno or David Letterman? ... Which senator is the most tech friendly? ... Has your Career been best helped by being a specialist (really good at one skill) or being a good generalist (okay at a whole bunch of skills)?
Ask questions here like: Which is cooler Star Wars or Star Trek?
These are actual questions I'd love to see at Ask Slashdot. I'm not going to change my life by the answers that I get... 'cuz it's just a friggin' poll man. But I'd love to read the comments that people would post in answer to some of these. I'd even love the funny trolls that folks would post in some cases.
Ask slashdot should be as much of a free-for-all as the poll section is... and it should have roughly the same types of topics... only with more depth.
Personally, I really like this idea... and we could make Lois Lane and Cloe Sullivan identical cousins or something to solve that particular problem. Sort of a "Joe Versus The Volcano" kind of thing... only with Clark Kent.
Ever notice how in the Superman movie when Lex puts the Kryptonite around Super's neck he says, "... just a little something from the old home-town..." See! Everything fits so nicely!
Heck while were debating which superman to cast, why not Jerry O'Connel? I bet he'll come cheap and do a decent job of playing Clark and Super as different characters. 'specially since Superman can crush all villians like bugs anyhow.
Woah, that was a weird Slide Q-ball!
Keanu as Superman??? Some one is playing a game here... must be. This is just too choice and full of obvious Bill-Ted/Matrix one-liners!
Super: Dude, Lois, I like... got you babe.
Lois : Yeah but who's got you?!?
Super: Like nobody, duh, I can fly babe. Check it!
...
Super: You mean I'm actually a space-alien. Like with
little green antenae and stuff? Like, I could
jump over tall buildings and dodge bullets?
Ma Kent: No Clark, when you're ready you won't have to.
Super: Woah.
I suppose if this turns into a real movie it'll be okay as long as it's a super spoof ala the "Not another..." genre. IE: "Not another Super Hero movie!"
Here's a pattern: Stupidity tends to repeat itself. Let me reiterate...
The stone could have come from Mars, according to expert on Earth impacts Dr Benny Peiser, of Liverpool John Moores University
I speculate, aswell, that the stone could be the fore-front of the Martian Invasion of Earth! To arms, to arms! The Martians are coming! The Martians are coming!
By the way of England of course. Was it three if by air and four if by space?
As only any good sci-fi fan would do.
Do you even remember what we were talking about?
Fighting is not about territory (hence no lines) but about killing the right people (hence the refining of roles in conflict)
So why do we need the Urban warfare tank you asked for again? You've just contradicted youself. If we don't need to hold and control territory we don't need tanks at all... cybernetic or otherwise.
I feel that the modern US Army's role is that of a "police force" occuping land for a time. It will have to patrol areas and "secure" areas. Sort of Guard Duty en-masse. That means the ideas of perimeter and territory are still important. It also means addressing security issues are important.
"America's new thinking on war" does not obsolete the need to think about people and their safety.
Did you see a line in Afganistan?
All we have to worry about now is Afganistan-like countries then? We will never have to fight another war? We will never again fight a force that is nearly our technological equal? If it's got encryption then it's safe because no one can break encryption right? So a jammed device can tell us where it's being jammed from? You've made no assumptions about my position on things?
A line does not constitute a trench. There were lines in Afganistan, I know this because there were maps and the maps marked positions and the positions denotated areas of control and the US held areas of control. To wreak havoc behind someone's line means you have crossed into their area of control without a supporting force. The line is a conceptual mark on a map.
In Babylon Five they had a "battle of the line" I suppose this meant there was a line they were trying to hold. Did you see a line in space?
You mean like this: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54611, 00.html? It was a link on the end of the original article to another article on wired.
Autonomy of the units is very important, as you don't want your enemy hacking your system and taking remote control of your battle-bots and wreaking havoc on your lines. Also, you don't want them to be able to capture the devices and re-deploy them against you.
and Viking one is supposed to have a "Christmas Angel" on board too. My son told me that one. And he told me you can use popcorn as fuel to travel interplanetary space too. Ofcourse he was five when he told me that. Something about a "Brave Toaster" or something...
most homes have something nice and pretty called a "under-sink cabinet" in the bathroom
I live in Germany. We don't have cabinets. We have cute stuffed bunnies that look like toys but are really rolls of toilet paper dressed up as dolls. When you run out you reach up and rip the bunny's clothes off and tada! Toilet paper!
BTW: We also don't have those tank thingies behind the toilet either... just giant ceramic buttons embedded in the wall.
Oh yeah, and you flip the light switch up to turn off the light and down to turn on the light. Weird huh?
Actually I was attempting to be snide... but I suppose it didn't work.
So these people get to watch adverts for cars/food/luxuries that they will not be able to purchase.
Sounds like TV in Alaska.