I will fully support the argument that Verizon has a right to use information to sustain their corporation. However, the rights of the individual must outweigh their right to profit.
Any company that has plans to survive needs data about their own market. I would fully expect any phone company to maintain data pertaining to call usage and frequency. Important decisions are based on this sort of thing, like "Does our infrastructure for handling Australia calls need upgrading"? However, you only need aggregate data for this sort of thing. As soon as you start invading other people's privacy by profiling and selling data to third-party companies so that they can solicit you, something is going wrong.
My time is much more valuable to me than who provides my services. It's time that all corporations, not just phone companies, started to wise up and see this. I suppose that's just wishful thinking, but if they choose to de-value my time, I choose to de-value their corporation, and they shan't receive any coin from me.
With a car like Bond's I could get layed and be a/. junkie.
Sorry, I'd have to suspend my belief way too far for those two things to be true. Remote-control BMW? Sure./. junkie + layed? Not even in the movies.:)
Wow, you come across as someone whose opinion I should value.
You'll note that I said "When I first go into Linux". If that wasn't synonomous (sorry to use big words, I hope I don't confuse you) with "didn't know everything", I'm not sure how you're going to ever understand my argument.
You actually make my point for me when you say " Simply because you are unable to secure a box does not mean the underlying operating system you are using is any more/less insecure than any other OS". That was exactly my point! I even conceded that open source was easier to maintain, but that was not the point. Also, that seemed to fly over your the head of your zealoted biases.
Securing a windows box is just as simple as securing a linux box. You don't know what those services are on your win2k box? Firewall them. Don't complain to me, I've already been there done that. I'll tell you what, I'll give you a technology you don't know and see if you get it right on the first try. When you don't, I'll tell you that you suck. Look at me, I'm a productive member of Slashdot.
If something like Windows plays any part at all in your system design, you should probably give up now. Despite being closed source, holes are discovered constantly.
I hate to break it to this guy, but this article is basically a big rant of his personal opinions. Not that I have anything against that, but I feel anyone heeding this person's advice unerringly would be making just as big a mistake as if they didn't listen to any of his advice.
Open-source, closed-source, it doesn't goddamn matter. The fact is, code is written by humans, and is therefore imperfect. Realize that now and save yourself a lot of time. Open-source continues to have just as many flaws in it as closed-source. How many times has the bind package been updated in recent memory? And don't start the "many eyes" thing again, we all know it and we're all tired of it, and I realize open source gets fixed faster.
My point is, when I first got into Linux, I took a default install of Red Hat and threw it on there. I had read all sorts of advice that if I wanted a secure server, I should use *nix, so I did. Yeah... rooted. Rebuilt the box, using a way newer distro... rooted. My failing was trusting the code implicity based on what other people said. Old versions of open source stuff are just as vulnerable as old versions of closed source stuff! And you know what? I guarantee that this will always continue to be true.
Constant vigilance is your only safe-guard. The open-source/closed-source argument is secondary to this. If you can build, deploy and maintain a closed-source based system much easier/cheaper/faster than an open-source one, well, balance that against your security requirements.
... the spammers will move abroad, to countries where it is not illegal.
Give me a break... are you saying that it's absolutely worthless to pursue these people and have them shut down? Are you kidding? This is great news. If you were an American citizen that got a cease-and-desist order from the FTC, would you say to your wife/kids/boss/dentist/dog "Well, that's it, I'm gonna move to China. Life is better there."
I doubt it. Some of the operations might have resources to re-locate there, but most spamming operations are small, run out of Joe Six-pack's house. Moving servers to foreign countries might work in the short term, but it's still a huge hassle and no guarantee, since you still operate out of the States/Canada/wherever.
If you're the kind of person to make an angry distinction between "Trekkies" and "Trekkers", I'm honestly surprised you don't have a Wesley Crusher action figure.
What kind of post is that? Give it a little thought before you make a post like that. Sure, nationalism is fun when it involves recreation, or trivial consequences. But I imagine when you're in the Middle East somewhere, nationalism might have a little bit more consequence.
There's a lot of difference between a soccer match and matters of international business. You wouldn't laugh if the Russians got to Mars first and put a colony there, and it turned out to be a valuable mining planet, and they reserved it for Russian use only. Despite the far-fetched example, you can see my point. Nationalism is a hinderance to human innovation on a large scale. Imagine what technology would be like today had the Library of Alexandria not been destroyed in the petty struggles involved in that day. Erathosene's science was way ahead of the time... by hundreds of years!
In contrast, imagine where the space program would be today if the US and the former USSR hadn't spent so much money on arms build-up? That doesn't mean the USSR and the US can't play hockey against each other. But the wastefulness of the whole thing was incredible.
True.. but what happens when different nations start getting to the moon and putting up separate flags? I hope that by the time we're ready to start utilizing other celestial bodies, we can do it all under the banner of humanity and not "finders keepers".
I agree that competition is a good thing... but competition for resources has a Darwinian ring to it. It's not the competition I was objecting to earlier, it was the notion of placing the Stars and Stripes all over the galaxy.
"Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race."
One day, when we're tired of killing each other over borders, religion, and Michael Jordan running shoes, maybe we can get it together long enough to realize that accomplishments such as space travel are something that shouldn't be saddled with the burden of a flag.
If the EU is so eager to follow the laws of the US despite all the obvious flaws, then the US should give them some starter tips as a gesture of goodwill. Someone send them a fat guy to sue the fast food companies.
You seem to have misplaced the point of the article... it's not trying to repeat Einstein by saying motion slows time. It's saying that the speed of light might not actually be constant, if these new results are in fact correct.
You can't fault the journalist for trying to piece things together for the common layperson either. If they didn't try to explain things simply, no one but theoretical physicists would read their paper. And then it would be a science journal. Despite what you may view as simplistic, they are actually performing a useful function by piquing interest in the subject for Joe Sixpack.
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I will fully support the argument that Verizon has a right to use information to sustain their corporation. However, the rights of the individual must outweigh their right to profit.
Any company that has plans to survive needs data about their own market. I would fully expect any phone company to maintain data pertaining to call usage and frequency. Important decisions are based on this sort of thing, like "Does our infrastructure for handling Australia calls need upgrading"? However, you only need aggregate data for this sort of thing. As soon as you start invading other people's privacy by profiling and selling data to third-party companies so that they can solicit you, something is going wrong.
My time is much more valuable to me than who provides my services. It's time that all corporations, not just phone companies, started to wise up and see this. I suppose that's just wishful thinking, but if they choose to de-value my time, I choose to de-value their corporation, and they shan't receive any coin from me.
With a car like Bond's I could get layed and be a /. junkie.
/. junkie + layed? Not even in the movies. :)
Sorry, I'd have to suspend my belief way too far for those two things to be true. Remote-control BMW? Sure.
This then tells how to vent any rage that such may conjure.
Vent?! VENT?! How am I supposed to vent when I can't even GET TO THE ARTICLE?!
Arrrrghahjhbasjbdbajssdajbjjjararrrghagrhgrhgh!!
hmm... all that rage made me hungry. I could sure go for a cheesebur... uh... I mean... ARRRRARGAHRHGRRHGHGGGA!
Wow, you come across as someone whose opinion I should value.
You'll note that I said "When I first go into Linux". If that wasn't synonomous (sorry to use big words, I hope I don't confuse you) with "didn't know everything", I'm not sure how you're going to ever understand my argument.
You actually make my point for me when you say " Simply because you are unable to secure a box does not mean the underlying operating system you are using is any more/less insecure than any other OS". That was exactly my point! I even conceded that open source was easier to maintain, but that was not the point. Also, that seemed to fly over your the head of your zealoted biases.
Securing a windows box is just as simple as securing a linux box. You don't know what those services are on your win2k box? Firewall them. Don't complain to me, I've already been there done that. I'll tell you what, I'll give you a technology you don't know and see if you get it right on the first try. When you don't, I'll tell you that you suck. Look at me, I'm a productive member of Slashdot.
If something like Windows plays any part at all in your system design, you should probably give up now. Despite being closed source, holes are discovered constantly.
I hate to break it to this guy, but this article is basically a big rant of his personal opinions. Not that I have anything against that, but I feel anyone heeding this person's advice unerringly would be making just as big a mistake as if they didn't listen to any of his advice.
Open-source, closed-source, it doesn't goddamn matter. The fact is, code is written by humans, and is therefore imperfect. Realize that now and save yourself a lot of time. Open-source continues to have just as many flaws in it as closed-source. How many times has the bind package been updated in recent memory? And don't start the "many eyes" thing again, we all know it and we're all tired of it, and I realize open source gets fixed faster.
My point is, when I first got into Linux, I took a default install of Red Hat and threw it on there. I had read all sorts of advice that if I wanted a secure server, I should use *nix, so I did. Yeah... rooted. Rebuilt the box, using a way newer distro... rooted. My failing was trusting the code implicity based on what other people said. Old versions of open source stuff are just as vulnerable as old versions of closed source stuff! And you know what? I guarantee that this will always continue to be true.
Constant vigilance is your only safe-guard. The open-source/closed-source argument is secondary to this. If you can build, deploy and maintain a closed-source based system much easier/cheaper/faster than an open-source one, well, balance that against your security requirements.
Give me a break... are you saying that it's absolutely worthless to pursue these people and have them shut down? Are you kidding? This is great news. If you were an American citizen that got a cease-and-desist order from the FTC, would you say to your wife/kids/boss/dentist/dog "Well, that's it, I'm gonna move to China. Life is better there."
I doubt it. Some of the operations might have resources to re-locate there, but most spamming operations are small, run out of Joe Six-pack's house. Moving servers to foreign countries might work in the short term, but it's still a huge hassle and no guarantee, since you still operate out of the States/Canada/wherever.
Go FTC!
If you're the kind of person to make an angry distinction between "Trekkies" and "Trekkers", I'm honestly surprised you don't have a Wesley Crusher action figure.
What kind of post is that? Give it a little thought before you make a post like that. Sure, nationalism is fun when it involves recreation, or trivial consequences. But I imagine when you're in the Middle East somewhere, nationalism might have a little bit more consequence.
There's a lot of difference between a soccer match and matters of international business. You wouldn't laugh if the Russians got to Mars first and put a colony there, and it turned out to be a valuable mining planet, and they reserved it for Russian use only. Despite the far-fetched example, you can see my point. Nationalism is a hinderance to human innovation on a large scale. Imagine what technology would be like today had the Library of Alexandria not been destroyed in the petty struggles involved in that day. Erathosene's science was way ahead of the time... by hundreds of years!
In contrast, imagine where the space program would be today if the US and the former USSR hadn't spent so much money on arms build-up? That doesn't mean the USSR and the US can't play hockey against each other. But the wastefulness of the whole thing was incredible.
True.. but what happens when different nations start getting to the moon and putting up separate flags? I hope that by the time we're ready to start utilizing other celestial bodies, we can do it all under the banner of humanity and not "finders keepers".
I agree that competition is a good thing... but competition for resources has a Darwinian ring to it. It's not the competition I was objecting to earlier, it was the notion of placing the Stars and Stripes all over the galaxy.
"Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race." One day, when we're tired of killing each other over borders, religion, and Michael Jordan running shoes, maybe we can get it together long enough to realize that accomplishments such as space travel are something that shouldn't be saddled with the burden of a flag.
If the EU is so eager to follow the laws of the US despite all the obvious flaws, then the US should give them some starter tips as a gesture of goodwill. Someone send them a fat guy to sue the fast food companies.
You seem to have misplaced the point of the article... it's not trying to repeat Einstein by saying motion slows time. It's saying that the speed of light might not actually be constant, if these new results are in fact correct.
You can't fault the journalist for trying to piece things together for the common layperson either. If they didn't try to explain things simply, no one but theoretical physicists would read their paper. And then it would be a science journal. Despite what you may view as simplistic, they are actually performing a useful function by piquing interest in the subject for Joe Sixpack.