There might be varying levels of quality among specific brands and models, but data loss is inevitable if your only line of defense is faith in your bullet proof manufacturer who has never failed on you before..... Some people have an incredible string of luck with Seagate, others with WD, etc. They all die. If you don't have a robust backup plan that you test regularly, you're going to get fucked at some point. If you've worked with computers long enough, you learn this and understand it.
I disagree. Hard Drive vendor quality is huge. If enough drives fail in an array, then the raid will be hosed. Maxtor makes unreliable hard drives, so one is treading thin ice if they use these drives to store valuable data. I have lost several raids by having multiple drives fail at once. Even very fast synchronization methods will require some amount of time between write operations to the raid and moving data to an external location. Unreliable hard drives make a system far from bullet proof even with a sophisticated backup system in place.
What arguments like this neglect is that this kid's actions had a cost, and that he should be held liable for that cost, not congratulated.
Microsoft is a convicted monopoly. This virus would not have caused much damage if the install base of computers around the world was not so damn homogenous.
Microsoft did not achieve this success through having the best products. They achieved their dominance in part by having a quality marketing staff and through many anti-competitive practices.
The spread of this virus is an example of the chickens coming home to roost. We (the US) are a facist society that is driven by the desire for power in the elite class and the desire to be lazy and still live phat in the working class.
Fuck every single person who was too fucking lazy to research computer technology before deciding to depend on computer technology. These viruses are just one symptom of very serious problems that are only going to get worse without proper education of the masses.
Sending this kid to jail accomplishes NOTHING. It does not make a single installation of Windows more secure. However, the awareness his actions have raised HAS made windows a little more secure.
DO: get them outside, go canoeing, biking, hiking, walking, skiing, camping, exploring, build and launch model rockets (please, lauch outside), build a treehouse...
Do not forget the arts and sports. Some people live in major urban areas and have a different set of activities available to them. I would have loved to have grown up in an area with beautiful natural surroundings but did not have that luxury. I was introduced to a computer at age 5 and sometimes spent 8 hours a day inside in front of a computer or video game console. Other times, I played sports for months on end without touching a a TV or video game.
DO NOT: buy a Nintendo/PS3/XBox and let the toy babysit the kids for you. People at Slashdot will expel the virtues of how they learned problem solving and "other skills" while playing video games. Well, I learned a few German words playing a foreign game, and picked up some geography from Civ3, but try and keep the video games to a minimum.
One who only seeks to gain knowledge is not leading a well balanced life, we need to have fun and relax as well. Video games are a very beautiful form of art. TV programming is a less expressive form of art, but can be entertaining all the same.
I understand that it is beneficial for children to form healthy productive habits at an early age. However, children will encounter many things that a parent tries keeps them from at some point in their life. This can lead to them embracing some very negative experiences if they are not allowed to learn about them while growing up.
Not true. I use to work for a company that developed an mp3 streaming server and I would review that licensing page frequently. I cannot say exactly when thompson decided to begin charging for decoders, however they could be distributed in binary form royalty free 6 months ago.
Also, they removed the options for distributing free encoders. Last time I checked, encoders could be distributed for free for non-commercial purposes if they were constrained to a 56 kb/s bitrate.
This may not kill mp3, but it will sure turn many people into patent infringers.
-kali
Decoders have been free until recently. I do not know exactly when thompson decided to begin charging for decoders. However, I use to work for a company that sold mp3 encoders and I reviewed the licensing page frequently. Decoders were free 6 months ago. Also encoders were free for non-commercial purposes if they only encoded at 56 kb/s.
Where does it say anything against citizens in this document? The proposal of the bill is not a request for immunity for corporations or any businesses. It is a request for immunity for copyright holders.
Obviously, it will be tougher to win a copyright infringement case in court without having register your work. But the point is, is that anyone can own a copyright for creating anything.
Let the hacker wars begin!
-kali
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Sir, you are correct.
Any company which cannot maintain HTTP compliance in their streaming media solution, yet fails to release the source code to the public which would ensure standards compliance has no business at all in the open source domain.
Unfortunately, Microsoft does not keep the revision history of the development of their software online, otherwise I could offer substantial proof.
However, I can attest to the fact that with every other release, until Windows Media Player 8, the HTTP streaming component of that product was broken.
I do not really care about their agressive/malicious tactics to keep other software products from complying with their stuff. When these tactics are employed, the open source community stays away. The problem will become apparent when their software just does not work with apache's one day, because they goofed. Companies will deem Apache as unstable and move to the ever stable and compliant IIS solution.
Refusing to confirm the security flaw, the Microsoft spokesman said the company "feel(s) strongly that speculating on the issue while the investigation is in progress would be irresponsible and counterproductive to our goal of protecting our customers' information."
So again, as far as Microsoft is concerned, it's the fault of the people who publicized it. It's prudent to assume these guys are not the only ones who know about the problem. Which means my information is already at risk.
This response is not for protecting M$'s users from being exploited. M$ has demonstrated that it is not concerned about security, they're new interest in security has sprung up since 9/11, I guess its a fashionable enough topic for them now. This response is for protecting the vastness of their IE user installation base. If people know about serious exploits in IE, then all of the sudden, Netscrape looks pretty good.
Like you said, the existence of the bug is what places users at risk, not the public announcement of this bug. At least now people can shut off gopher with the antiquated fix.
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I disagree. Hard Drive vendor quality is huge. If enough drives fail in an array, then the raid will be hosed. Maxtor makes unreliable hard drives, so one is treading thin ice if they use these drives to store valuable data. I have lost several raids by having multiple drives fail at once. Even very fast synchronization methods will require some amount of time between write operations to the raid and moving data to an external location. Unreliable hard drives make a system far from bullet proof even with a sophisticated backup system in place.
Microsoft is a convicted monopoly. This virus would not have caused much damage if the install base of computers around the world was not so damn homogenous.
Microsoft did not achieve this success through having the best products. They achieved their dominance in part by having a quality marketing staff and through many anti-competitive practices.
The spread of this virus is an example of the chickens coming home to roost. We (the US) are a facist society that is driven by the desire for power in the elite class and the desire to be lazy and still live phat in the working class.
Fuck every single person who was too fucking lazy to research computer technology before deciding to depend on computer technology. These viruses are just one symptom of very serious problems that are only going to get worse without proper education of the masses.
Sending this kid to jail accomplishes NOTHING. It does not make a single installation of Windows more secure. However, the awareness his actions have raised HAS made windows a little more secure.
Do not forget the arts and sports. Some people live in major urban areas and have a different set of activities available to them. I would have loved to have grown up in an area with beautiful natural surroundings but did not have that luxury. I was introduced to a computer at age 5 and sometimes spent 8 hours a day inside in front of a computer or video game console. Other times, I played sports for months on end without touching a a TV or video game.
DO NOT: buy a Nintendo/PS3/XBox and let the toy babysit the kids for you. People at Slashdot will expel the virtues of how they learned problem solving and "other skills" while playing video games. Well, I learned a few German words playing a foreign game, and picked up some geography from Civ3, but try and keep the video games to a minimum.
One who only seeks to gain knowledge is not leading a well balanced life, we need to have fun and relax as well. Video games are a very beautiful form of art. TV programming is a less expressive form of art, but can be entertaining all the same.
I understand that it is beneficial for children to form healthy productive habits at an early age. However, children will encounter many things that a parent tries keeps them from at some point in their life. This can lead to them embracing some very negative experiences if they are not allowed to learn about them while growing up.
Also, they removed the options for distributing free encoders. Last time I checked, encoders could be distributed for free for non-commercial purposes if they were constrained to a 56 kb/s bitrate.
This may not kill mp3, but it will sure turn many people into patent infringers. -kali
Decoders have been free until recently. I do not know exactly when thompson decided to begin charging for decoders. However, I use to work for a company that sold mp3 encoders and I reviewed the licensing page frequently. Decoders were free 6 months ago. Also encoders were free for non-commercial purposes if they only encoded at 56 kb/s.
Legally, to own a copyright for some work, that work does not even need to be registered at the US Copyright Office. All you need to do is to create something. A song, a poem, anything.
Obviously, it will be tougher to win a copyright infringement case in court without having register your work. But the point is, is that anyone can own a copyright for creating anything.
Let the hacker wars begin!
-kali
Any company which cannot maintain HTTP compliance in their streaming media solution, yet fails to release the source code to the public which would ensure standards compliance has no business at all in the open source domain.
Unfortunately, Microsoft does not keep the revision history of the development of their software online, otherwise I could offer substantial proof.
However, I can attest to the fact that with every other release, until Windows Media Player 8, the HTTP streaming component of that product was broken.
I do not really care about their agressive/malicious tactics to keep other software products from complying with their stuff. When these tactics are employed, the open source community stays away. The problem will become apparent when their software just does not work with apache's one day, because they goofed. Companies will deem Apache as unstable and move to the ever stable and compliant IIS solution.
-kali
Refusing to confirm the security flaw, the Microsoft spokesman said the company "feel(s) strongly that speculating on the issue while the investigation is in progress would be irresponsible and counterproductive to our goal of protecting our customers' information."
So again, as far as Microsoft is concerned, it's the fault of the people who publicized it. It's prudent to assume these guys are not the only ones who know about the problem. Which means my information is already at risk.
This response is not for protecting M$'s users from being exploited. M$ has demonstrated that it is not concerned about security, they're new interest in security has sprung up since 9/11, I guess its a fashionable enough topic for them now. This response is for protecting the vastness of their IE user installation base. If people know about serious exploits in IE, then all of the sudden, Netscrape looks pretty good.
Like you said, the existence of the bug is what places users at risk, not the public announcement of this bug. At least now people can shut off gopher with the antiquated fix.