fascism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fshzm) n. often Fascism A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
Let's see. Suppression of opposition through censorship. Check, sounds like what you're advocating. Belligerent nationalism. Check, sounds like what you're advocating. Seems appropriate from here. Blind loyalty is not the end all and be all of love. Sometimes love requires the truly loyal to stand up to bullies and fascists who would turn this beautiful country down evil paths. American hegemony is one such evil path, and should be loudly and obviously derided at every turn. The best way to support our troops is to advocate bringing them home. The fact that one power-mad conservative (who's actions no longer reflect the will of the people) has set us on this course does not require me or anyone else to be silent in opposition to his evil. My dissent is far more patriotic, in love of a beautiful and just America, than your unthinking loyalty will ever be.
patriotism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ptr--tzm) n. Love of and devotion to one's country.
And that's just where you start to go wrong. Your facist America is no place I want to live, and I am comforted by the fact that it doesn't exist. Yet.
I got up a little early so I could vote before work, thinking I would beat the rush. When I got to the polls I was surprised to find that I still had to wait almost 20 minutes. I guess I wasn't the only person who thought they could beat the rush. As I stood in line, I noticed that the room had a different feeling in the air than most places people are waiting. Everyone seemed to be content to be there, even though we were all wanting to finish so we could start our day. It was like we were all taking a break from the day, doing something different, and I really enjoyed that feeling. Maybe we were all proud of doing our civic duty, or maybe it was just doing something different in the morning. Whatever it was, it was the least selfish I had seen a group of strangers in quite some time. That alone was well worth my 20 minutes this morning.
In response to Slashdot's challenge, I hereby submit my application for a patent protecting my innovative new idea. This patent covers my system of Biological Resuscitation Events Allowing Temporary Human Inhalation of Natural Gasses. This system, which I call BREATHING for short, allows Humans to inhale natural gasses through the use of specific contractions of the diaphragm muscle. These gasses are then sorted by chemical processes in the human's lungs, where Oxygen is extracted and funneled into the blood stream. Waste gasses are then released from the blood and all excess natural gasses are expelled from the body through relaxation of the diaphragm. The process of BREATHING is important and beneficial to Humans because it procures Oxygen from the Earth's atmosphere and deposits it in the Human's blood stream for distribution to all parts of the body. I am in the process of working on a version of BREATHING that will be applicable to other forms of animal life, but the acronym is not yet solidified.
They people he's talking about, the "winners" in this situation, are the people who are fighting for massive regulation of the Internet. Attacks like this really scare those kind of people, and the populace as a whole because they are hard to track and almost impossible to defend against until they happen.
This strengthens their political position and provides more support for strong regulation of the Internet because of paranoia and ignorance in the general populace.
Maybe they did do this to further their own political agendas, but I find it highly unlikely that proponents of internet regulation have the means or the desire to DoS Yahoo! to get their point across. Conspiracy theories notwithstanding.
...would this guy have been caught? I mean, assuming normal logging and whatever else goes on in the server, would he have gotten away with it like this, or would he have gotten caught? What steps could the cracker have taken to make getting caught less likely?
From reading the way the cracker finally got in, does anybody know if one of the security fixes that were available would have actually stopped this exploit? It seems more like the CGI was the culprit, and the lack of security patches, while an issue in general security, had nothing to do with this particular break-in.
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fascism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fshzm)
n.
often Fascism
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.
Let's see. Suppression of opposition through censorship. Check, sounds like what you're advocating. Belligerent nationalism. Check, sounds like what you're advocating. Seems appropriate from here. Blind loyalty is not the end all and be all of love. Sometimes love requires the truly loyal to stand up to bullies and fascists who would turn this beautiful country down evil paths. American hegemony is one such evil path, and should be loudly and obviously derided at every turn. The best way to support our troops is to advocate bringing them home. The fact that one power-mad conservative (who's actions no longer reflect the will of the people) has set us on this course does not require me or anyone else to be silent in opposition to his evil. My dissent is far more patriotic, in love of a beautiful and just America, than your unthinking loyalty will ever be.
patriotism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ptr--tzm)
n.
Love of and devotion to one's country.
And that's just where you start to go wrong. Your facist America is no place I want to live, and I am comforted by the fact that it doesn't exist. Yet.
I got up a little early so I could vote before work, thinking I would beat the rush. When I got to the polls I was surprised to find that I still had to wait almost 20 minutes. I guess I wasn't the only person who thought they could beat the rush. As I stood in line, I noticed that the room had a different feeling in the air than most places people are waiting. Everyone seemed to be content to be there, even though we were all wanting to finish so we could start our day. It was like we were all taking a break from the day, doing something different, and I really enjoyed that feeling. Maybe we were all proud of doing our civic duty, or maybe it was just doing something different in the morning. Whatever it was, it was the least selfish I had seen a group of strangers in quite some time. That alone was well worth my 20 minutes this morning.
In response to Slashdot's challenge, I hereby submit my application for a patent protecting my innovative new idea. This patent covers my system of Biological Resuscitation Events Allowing Temporary Human Inhalation of Natural Gasses. This system, which I call BREATHING for short, allows Humans to inhale natural gasses through the use of specific contractions of the diaphragm muscle. These gasses are then sorted by chemical processes in the human's lungs, where Oxygen is extracted and funneled into the blood stream. Waste gasses are then released from the blood and all excess natural gasses are expelled from the body through relaxation of the diaphragm. The process of BREATHING is important and beneficial to Humans because it procures Oxygen from the Earth's atmosphere and deposits it in the Human's blood stream for distribution to all parts of the body. I am in the process of working on a version of BREATHING that will be applicable to other forms of animal life, but the acronym is not yet solidified.
Not that it matters, but Siskel is the one who's dead.
They people he's talking about, the "winners" in this situation, are the people who are fighting for massive regulation of the Internet. Attacks like this really scare those kind of people, and the populace as a whole because they are hard to track and almost impossible to defend against until they happen.
This strengthens their political position and provides more support for strong regulation of the Internet because of paranoia and ignorance in the general populace.
Maybe they did do this to further their own political agendas, but I find it highly unlikely that proponents of internet regulation have the means or the desire to DoS Yahoo! to get their point across. Conspiracy theories notwithstanding.
...would this guy have been caught? I mean, assuming normal logging and whatever else goes on in the server, would he have gotten away with it like this, or would he have gotten caught? What steps could the cracker have taken to make getting caught less likely?
From reading the way the cracker finally got in, does anybody know if one of the security fixes that were available would have actually stopped this exploit? It seems more like the CGI was the culprit, and the lack of security patches, while an issue in general security, had nothing to do with this particular break-in.