In the USA our education system is so bad most can not speak the native English very well.
I've got a question for you: What's the official language of America? Fun fact, we don't have one. Isn't that strange? Europe happens to be made up of several countries the size of our states. Naturally with so many cultures in close proximity it's extremely practical. Regarding America, it's not just the system, it's also the students. It's almost like the last 40 years and 100 million immigrants have had an affect, go figure when you're importing 1+ million legal residents a year. Although, as a bonus we've got more people who can speak more languages!
Something titled USA Freedom Act seems to reek of more BS. This whole situation would be laughable if it wasn't so real and these names seem like something from Metal Gear Solid. Why do they need to pass more laws? Aren't there already laws on the books that cover this abuse? Or is this one of those situations where it's done "on the internet" so we'll need to get together and figure something out with lots of fine print? I think I'll make a script to generate some act names but USA Enduring Patriotic Democracy Internet Freedom Fries Soaring Literacy Majestic Eagle Act does have a nice ring to it...
If they picked up someone for murder and he said "I have murdered before, and I'll kill again, but I didn't kill the person you are asking about now." What would you expect them to do? Give him milk and cookies and send him on his way?
Excellent way to frame the point. Context is key, as a counter to the example: hopefully it's not a vet since there are plenty with blood on their hands (justified or un) which this statement would be very accurate.
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 include a Protected Video Path that encrypts video even over the PCI Express bus. I'd imagine that Microsoft anticipated programs like CamStudio and FRAPS and blocked API calls like PrintWindow() and GetWindowDC() and glReadPixels() for a window displaying DRM restricted video.
Microsoft anticipating? They've got a lousy reputation for that. I'm aware of the PVP, however this only affects Windows. glReadPixels, on a directx buffer? ID3D11DeviceContext::CopySubresourceRegion is a similar DX11 method. If the system is so foolproof how come so very little media uses it 6+ years after it was introduced?
Audio is already routinely watermarked using Cinavia technology.
My point was that the audio can be captured here. Does the water marking matter to most people (or you, if you're not distributing)? Most people don't even care about quality if you've noticed (see 128kbit audio streams/mp3s) if they did they'd be more vocal about the "HD" TV streams they're exposed to.
TL;DR Ultimately why not just rent the thing/watch it on tv and rip it?
Anything which is given to the user should be assumed to be compromised. With this hypothetical example the areas to target would be the output container (think Fraps capturing the entire window, or a portion) or capturing audio via your speakers (the audio stream itself isn't encoded at this point).
They don't need the little bit of money my eyeball impressions make em because I never click on the ads anyhow and that's without ABP installed in Firefox. They don't need the little bit of money my eyeball impressions make em because I never click on the ads anyhow and that's without ABP installed in Firefox.
The way most advertising works by selling eyeballs, not click throughs. So you not viewing the ads may not have a giant effect on the site, but it ads up. I think an interesting idea, for sites which subsist on advertising alone, is to simply have a pay option where you can pay to not see the ads and not be bothered by anything (something reasonable like) and you'll have the satisfaction of supporting something you value.
As to finding products I wasn't aware of previously? That's what in hell Google is for.
A product listing IS an advertisement and the fact that you came across it shows the effectiveness. How do other people find out about these products? Advertising. Having a "great" product alone isn't enough, for example let's say it's technically superior to the competitors', and nobody knows about it your businesses won't do very well.
A private bus from work to the suburbs avoids dealing with the public who live and work in those places in between. Being on Wi-fi the whole time means they aren't engaged in the world around them. However, you do make a great point about driving one's own car vs. public bus, bicycles or walking. It's all a matter of degree and we're all looking for more protection and separation instead of engagement.
That's a laugh. The way I see it, and you've any familiarity with rush hour traffic, the last thing you want to do is engage another driver. I've taken trains as well as commuted various distances and I much prefer my time spent relaxing instead of dozens of minutes focused on the road. Sounds like SF is your ideal destination for engagement activities, have you considered the Folsom Street Fair? Plenty of unprotected, non separation engagement there, you might even choke on it.
True, another point that is glossed over with PC to console comparisons is that one is subsidized. When you buy a PC you're not getting it at a cheaper price because you'll be buying software and peripherals with it. Here are articles highlighting the PS3 and the Xbox360. Highlighted from the articles:
Earlier numbers by Business Week may have reported that Microsoft is losing $126 on every Xbox 360 sold
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Pricing the PlayStation 3 below its production cost caused Sony to lose $2.16 billion in 2007 and $1.16 billion in 2008, the company revealed today.
I disagree with Carmack's assessment that the handheld gaming market is being consumed by mobile devices. The games available for tablets and phones are VERY inferior compared to handheld gaming devices.
Absolutely they're inferior, but the reason why the segment exists (and is rapidly growing) is because "everybody" has one. Convenience: no need to buy another device; and affordability: people are willing to wager a few dollars on entertainment.
There have only been a few worthwhile games for the iPad that I've found such as Tales from Monkey Island, Kingdom Rush and Machinarium are all great games but there are so few good titles to choose from.
While I'm not an avid mobile gamer I do keep an eye out. Square is releasing titles, too.
The mobile market is still primarily about casual games like Words with Friends.
More triangles in the scene (and curves, and textures, and lens flare, and 15 different flavors of "pitch black") is more a direct credit to Nvidia/AMD than to Mr Carmack, and I don't see that anything since Quake 2 (arguably, Quake 1) is really a monumental advance forward.
Quake 2, really? You're leaving out Quakeworld! The graphics argument isn't unique to id and isn't new. It's been going on since gaming began. Here is a vintage example for Zelda hailing from the 80s, whoa, check out those graphics! Minecraft is an example where gameplay outshines graphics, and there is a demand for innovative games - not just shine. There are more tools available today than ever before, not to mention the direction web is headed with real time technologies and compilation options to JS (ewww and cool at the same time). Perhaps another reason for the lack of excitement and "more of the same" is that the monumental performance gains from the past aren't nearly as massive today.
But he's massively rich and doesn't seem to be hungry anymore.
One only has so much time; at least he's doing something he enjoys. I think part of the issue was he was wearing too many hats prior to Bethesda. Time spent managing a company/herding cards is not time spent coding.
He seemed to go off down a "handheld gaming" gopher-hole for a number of years...I guess I just wish he could pull another rabbit out of the hat and make me give a shit about an iD product again.
Many developers are in the mobile space, it's in like the swoosh was on logos in the aughts, and FYI Unreal also runs on mobile. While not exactly an ID title, have you seen/heard of Prey 2? I'm excited for it.
If you read some of those negative comments, you'll see the majority are about graphical issues. Many of these "reviews" are about as insightful as app store comments saying the app sucks because it doesn't run on their device. How is that objective? "Hey, I stubbed my toe, this stairway sucks. Would not walk again 0/10"
Too many people pick up these menial jobs and expect to work at them for the rest of their lives and never better their own situation... A retail job, should be for teens, college students, people in transition during their career, or retired folks who need to keep working. Stocking shelves at Walmart is not a career.
Have you seen who work these jobs? Jobs which were once held by up and coming young people are held by older people now. It's not uncommon to see exclusively immigrants in these positions.
Add to that the government increasing minimum wages that puts a disincentive on trying to advance one's own position.
He's been getting so much done, he's had time to comment on a trial in Florida! Forget about the IRS, Syria, Benghazi, Fast and Furious (fuck everyone involved in this), NSA unconstitutional domestic spying, keeping tax cuts, patriot act garbage. There is a long list of issues that really need to be addressed in this country, and we're too busy squabbling about little shit.
He averted an econopocalypse. There were not runs on the banks. FDIC didn't come into play. The stock market bounced back, if not the job market.
I would say that it is bad when you unjustly harm someone.
Such as selling exploits that affect a broad range of users for a hefty profit with the sole purpose of making them available to the highest bidder(s)? Or denying them use of their property after you've sold it to them?
You claim that your hacking is ethical because you only hack your own property...Many products these days (e.g. game consoles) are still owned by their manufacturer and you are only buying the license to use them if you read the fine print.
A good point, which I raised specifically because you implied that all hacking is "bad" and I illustrated my point with several examples, one of which was the console. By your own logic I am not harming anyone and unlike a remote system owned by a 3rd party, everything was in my possession and obtained via legal means. I think it's a dubious claim to suggest that a console manufacturer owns the device that they sold after the customer purchases it. Otherwise one would need their permission to sell (transfer the license, according to you) it, which isn't the case with the device itself. Modifying something in an unauthorized manner (typically) results in a voided warranty, and things only get hairy when you sell and/or distribute the modifications, and as with most legal issues intent matters. Let's take a look at the First Sale Doctrine which applies to physical things (the console in this case) and the DMCA for the modifications. If it were a phone, I'd be completely in the clear. Since it's a console, it's illegal. Wat.
Laws do not dictate morality. I'm fully aware of the legalese and just because something is law doesn't make it right, see slavery for an example. It's a strange world where it's someone else's business what you do with your possessions in private. Could you imagine this being the case with cars? We have laws that allow this behavior for certain classes of devices but not others. Ultimately they're all computers, owned my someone.
I am a utilitarian of sorts. I believe the ends justify the means.
Results are hard to argue with, especially when you end up with something beautiful like a pyramid;) but that didn't stop us from finding better methods to achieve greater things.
Some kings probably spent resources on hiring wizards to cast magic spells to protect their castles and curse their enemies. To say the least, this was probably not cost effective.
Modern spells like "Authorized Use Only" and curses like "Full extent of the law" are nearly as effective, especially when obtained from and managed by a lowest bidder wizard. Not all wizards are created equal;)
Well one thing you can do is use an open source operating system. It isn't going to be 100% secure (nothing is), but at least the source code has millions of eyes on it looking for holes, and you aren't reliant on some central authority to make fixes available after the NSA is done exploiting them.
Yes, this is an excellent suggestion and one of the most reasonable responses to the attack we're under. A thing about these millions of eyes is they are millions of unqualified and non-programmer eyes. The domain specific talent required is supplied mainly by commercial companies, each with their own agendas. I understand the sentiment and even with opensource you're still running it on someone else's hardware, even if you paid for it and possess it you do not own it.
Even if the NSA has proof that a guy hacked into a computer to become student president of a state college, they aren;t going to allow this info to be used in a trial.
I think a world where 0 day exploits are rampant is preferable to one where all these holes exist but are yet to be discovered. Even if the bad guys find them first, the good guys can usually know shortly after.
"Bad" guys finding them first would be hackers, no? Is it only bad when hackers sell them to others? Or is it when they don't tell people about them? Or is it only when they're exploited? Wouldn't supporting one of these companies where you buy 0days make you complicit in supporting the "bad" people thus making you one of the "bad" even if you're doing it for the perceived greater good?
Locks on doors and windows are not sufficient to keep out a burglar. Even alarm systems frequently just minimize damage and theft rather than preventing it. You're operating system has the ability to simply refuse to grant unwanted requests for access. Any time it doesn't is because of misconfigured security settings or actual security holes
Unfortunately they're not sufficient to keep out a lot of things including mother-in-laws, but that's what vacations are for:). The purpose of laws is deterrence; and security is defense. Even kings of old recognized the wisdom of a layered defense. While not infallible encrypting all the stuff you don't want accessed and securing things in a safe and/or offsite are within the reach of the common man. Ultimately there needs to be trust involved at some layer, this is how business occurs over the internet. What do you do when you are unable to trust your system? A prime example is Microsoft (and I'm sure there are others) sitting on 0days for the NSA. Absolutely disgusting.
Even with computer hacking illegal, it is rampant. It is rare to catch people who do it.
So is filesharing, littering, j-walking, failure to signal, texting while driving (as an aside, during my morning commute I encountered someone entering my lane on the way to work this morning, head down, eyes transfixed on her steering wheel where the phone was, instead of on the road) in some places talking on a phone whilst driving is illegal. All of these are rampant and some can result in death. I hack things and contrary to your earlier implication that the mere act wrong, it is not immoral or unethical. What do I hack? Things I own;). It's work/fun when you've isolated a pointer for a particular feature and can modify it at will. Or I extend something by adding some new functionality to it (10 years ago it was XBMC, today it's an embedded voip server) just because I can.
We spend our money on litigation rather than innovation. If the only way to combat hacking was better security, then that's that much more money spent on better security innovations. When these innovations happen in open source software, it is beneficial to everyone.
You're sadly right about the litigation vs innovation. Seems systemic does it not? Combating hacking is as much a social issue as technical since behind most systems there is a fallible human being. Even if more money is spent on security than features, wouldn't that be a wise move if it contains sensitive information Conversely hacking things also results in better stuff, look at the DVDs with all that garbage unskippable stuff now able to be bypassed because of dvdjon. Beyond that, look at all the cool things done with unofficial mods to products. Who are they to tell you what you can do with something you purchased, would you tolerate this with your car? Can you imagine food coming with approved uses? "This orange may only be used to garnish approved plates in a private setting, absolutely no public performance or juicing! You may not take pictures of this orange. Any pictures are owned by ACME, Inc. Also, trace elements known to the state of Elbonia to cause cancer are present in this fruit. You do not own this fruit, but have one (1) single seat home limited license to consume this fruit. You must call a number to register, activate, and authorize the fruit prior to garnishing. Obtaining this fruit is acceptance of ACME, Inc's license."
Obviously hacking is bad. The question is whether laws are the best way to remedy the situation. I see the only solution to hacking that works is better security....On a more emotional level, there are a lot of really smart and successful people who started out hacking as teenagers, and I don't think society would be better off had they been imprisoned rather than allowed to form companies like apple.
I don't usually chime in on these things but you must
if you're holding a page or more of reserve weapons, you are doing it wrong, or you suck and need that much weaponry because you don't know how to utilize your character skillset. I might hold two pages of loot and shields, but never weapons.
Let's try it flipped around:
if you're holding a page or more of reserve shields, you're are doing it wrong, or you suck and need that much protection because you don't know how to utilize your character skillset. I might hold two pages of loot and weapons, but never shields.
Translation: "IF U DONT PLAY LIKE ME U SUCK. L2P"
I encountered this for the first time yesterday, it was easily solved by closing and opening the menu again. How many times have I opened the menu and sold things? A lot. How many times has this happened? Once. Also, the scenarios listed are flawed and doesn't account for the simple act of: selling stuff to the vending machines after a run. Exactly where I encountered this event.
For the record I don't have any dogs in this race. This whole thing is a media circus and ultimately the result of poor decisions by all parties. The media has used many angles from race baiting to misrepresenting photos and statements much to the detriment of those involved.
In 2005, Zimmerman was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
With the way charges are trumped up this could mean anything from saliva, to merely brushing up against the officer and not immediately complying. If you haven't already seen videos of police running up to someone saying stop resisting, there are plenty on youtube. In fact there is a story about a girl thrown in jail for buying water. "...Nevertheless, Daly was charged with two felony counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer after she grazed two agents with her SUV trying to flee, and one felony count of eluding police..." which sounds really bad until you read that they're plain clothes, have guns drawn, and tried breaking her windows. Where do they find these tools, have you ever mistaken packaged bottled water for booze? Ridiculous!
He chose to disregard police instructions
Dispatcher != police. Why am I pointing this out? Because you're implying that dispatchers are police officers. Dispatchers can tell you something, but it isn't a lawful order. It carries about as much weight as me telling you not to put salt on your food or to shut up. Maybe a car analogy will work, it's like the warning light coming on to check your engine. It's a good suggestion, but it is not a command.
Lowering the barrier for contributing............. will ensure more user edits will never see the light of day! More contributions and a lower percentage of them getting through the winding colon of wikipolitics. It sounds like everyone wins!
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In the USA our education system is so bad most can not speak the native English very well.
I've got a question for you: What's the official language of America? Fun fact, we don't have one. Isn't that strange? Europe happens to be made up of several countries the size of our states. Naturally with so many cultures in close proximity it's extremely practical. Regarding America, it's not just the system, it's also the students. It's almost like the last 40 years and 100 million immigrants have had an affect, go figure when you're importing 1+ million legal residents a year. Although, as a bonus we've got more people who can speak more languages!
Something titled USA Freedom Act seems to reek of more BS. This whole situation would be laughable if it wasn't so real and these names seem like something from Metal Gear Solid. Why do they need to pass more laws? Aren't there already laws on the books that cover this abuse? Or is this one of those situations where it's done "on the internet" so we'll need to get together and figure something out with lots of fine print? I think I'll make a script to generate some act names but USA Enduring Patriotic Democracy Internet Freedom Fries Soaring Literacy Majestic Eagle Act does have a nice ring to it...
If they picked up someone for murder and he said "I have murdered before, and I'll kill again, but I didn't kill the person you are asking about now." What would you expect them to do? Give him milk and cookies and send him on his way?
Excellent way to frame the point. Context is key, as a counter to the example: hopefully it's not a vet since there are plenty with blood on their hands (justified or un) which this statement would be very accurate.
I laughed far too much at this. /tired
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 include a Protected Video Path that encrypts video even over the PCI Express bus. I'd imagine that Microsoft anticipated programs like CamStudio and FRAPS and blocked API calls like PrintWindow() and GetWindowDC() and glReadPixels() for a window displaying DRM restricted video.
Microsoft anticipating? They've got a lousy reputation for that. I'm aware of the PVP, however this only affects Windows. glReadPixels, on a directx buffer? ID3D11DeviceContext::CopySubresourceRegion is a similar DX11 method. If the system is so foolproof how come so very little media uses it 6+ years after it was introduced?
Audio is already routinely watermarked using Cinavia technology.
My point was that the audio can be captured here. Does the water marking matter to most people (or you, if you're not distributing)? Most people don't even care about quality if you've noticed (see 128kbit audio streams/mp3s) if they did they'd be more vocal about the "HD" TV streams they're exposed to.
TL;DR Ultimately why not just rent the thing/watch it on tv and rip it?
Anything which is given to the user should be assumed to be compromised. With this hypothetical example the areas to target would be the output container (think Fraps capturing the entire window, or a portion) or capturing audio via your speakers (the audio stream itself isn't encoded at this point).
They don't need the little bit of money my eyeball impressions make em because I never click on the ads anyhow and that's without ABP installed in Firefox. They don't need the little bit of money my eyeball impressions make em because I never click on the ads anyhow and that's without ABP installed in Firefox.
The way most advertising works by selling eyeballs, not click throughs. So you not viewing the ads may not have a giant effect on the site, but it ads up. I think an interesting idea, for sites which subsist on advertising alone, is to simply have a pay option where you can pay to not see the ads and not be bothered by anything (something reasonable like) and you'll have the satisfaction of supporting something you value.
As to finding products I wasn't aware of previously? That's what in hell Google is for.
A product listing IS an advertisement and the fact that you came across it shows the effectiveness. How do other people find out about these products? Advertising. Having a "great" product alone isn't enough, for example let's say it's technically superior to the competitors', and nobody knows about it your businesses won't do very well.
That has helped build 'trash mountains' so high they sometimes bury people alive
Great, now I can't get the scene from Idiocracy out of my head that involves the garbage avalanche.
while the 11 MILLION motor vehicle deaths in the US that year apparently can't even justify enforcing existing distracted driving laws.
Is this a total since the automobile was introduced? There simply aren't that many deaths annually.
A private bus from work to the suburbs avoids dealing with the public who live and work in those places in between. Being on Wi-fi the whole time means they aren't engaged in the world around them. However, you do make a great point about driving one's own car vs. public bus, bicycles or walking. It's all a matter of degree and we're all looking for more protection and separation instead of engagement.
That's a laugh. The way I see it, and you've any familiarity with rush hour traffic, the last thing you want to do is engage another driver. I've taken trains as well as commuted various distances and I much prefer my time spent relaxing instead of dozens of minutes focused on the road. Sounds like SF is your ideal destination for engagement activities, have you considered the Folsom Street Fair? Plenty of unprotected, non separation engagement there, you might even choke on it.
If you work for someone, they're considered an employer. Someone who works for an employer is an employee.
A common architecture means that consoles will continue to hold back the progress of cross platform PC games
Guess that means Skyrim and Team Fortress 2 won't be able to be modded on the PC :(
Earlier numbers by Business Week may have reported that Microsoft is losing $126 on every Xbox 360 sold
and
Pricing the PlayStation 3 below its production cost caused Sony to lose $2.16 billion in 2007 and $1.16 billion in 2008, the company revealed today.
I disagree with Carmack's assessment that the handheld gaming market is being consumed by mobile devices. The games available for tablets and phones are VERY inferior compared to handheld gaming devices.
Absolutely they're inferior, but the reason why the segment exists (and is rapidly growing) is because "everybody" has one. Convenience: no need to buy another device; and affordability: people are willing to wager a few dollars on entertainment.
There have only been a few worthwhile games for the iPad that I've found such as Tales from Monkey Island, Kingdom Rush and Machinarium are all great games but there are so few good titles to choose from.
While I'm not an avid mobile gamer I do keep an eye out. Square is releasing titles, too.
The mobile market is still primarily about casual games like Words with Friends.
Bingo!
More triangles in the scene (and curves, and textures, and lens flare, and 15 different flavors of "pitch black") is more a direct credit to Nvidia/AMD than to Mr Carmack, and I don't see that anything since Quake 2 (arguably, Quake 1) is really a monumental advance forward.
Quake 2, really? You're leaving out Quakeworld! The graphics argument isn't unique to id and isn't new. It's been going on since gaming began. Here is a vintage example for Zelda hailing from the 80s, whoa, check out those graphics! Minecraft is an example where gameplay outshines graphics, and there is a demand for innovative games - not just shine. There are more tools available today than ever before, not to mention the direction web is headed with real time technologies and compilation options to JS (ewww and cool at the same time). Perhaps another reason for the lack of excitement and "more of the same" is that the monumental performance gains from the past aren't nearly as massive today.
But he's massively rich and doesn't seem to be hungry anymore.
One only has so much time; at least he's doing something he enjoys. I think part of the issue was he was wearing too many hats prior to Bethesda. Time spent managing a company/herding cards is not time spent coding.
He seemed to go off down a "handheld gaming" gopher-hole for a number of years...I guess I just wish he could pull another rabbit out of the hat and make me give a shit about an iD product again.
Many developers are in the mobile space, it's in like the swoosh was on logos in the aughts, and FYI Unreal also runs on mobile. While not exactly an ID title, have you seen/heard of Prey 2? I'm excited for it.
If you read some of those negative comments, you'll see the majority are about graphical issues. Many of these "reviews" are about as insightful as app store comments saying the app sucks because it doesn't run on their device. How is that objective? "Hey, I stubbed my toe, this stairway sucks. Would not walk again 0/10"
You mean the title that won a number of awards? Also, I hope you're not referring to the driver issue which was ATI and their glorious OpenGL implementation. Launch day driver issues are a reoccurring theme for ATI. Carmack makes engines, not games. You're also conveniently ignoring Doom3 and Quake Wars (mega texture tech was used in this, too). While I don't think megatexture was the best choice simply for accessibility, but it's an interesting concept. You may or may not be aware that the delay for RAGE was mainly due to the art teams, most of the engine heavy lifting was completed years prior.
Too many people pick up these menial jobs and expect to work at them for the rest of their lives and never better their own situation ... A retail job, should be for teens, college students, people in transition during their career, or retired folks who need to keep working. Stocking shelves at Walmart is not a career.
Have you seen who work these jobs? Jobs which were once held by up and coming young people are held by older people now. It's not uncommon to see exclusively immigrants in these positions.
Add to that the government increasing minimum wages that puts a disincentive on trying to advance one's own position.
Inflation and stagnant wages are real issues. Here is a fun series of charts illustrating wealth redistribution since 1979.
Implying Obama hasn't taken care of business?
He's been getting so much done, he's had time to comment on a trial in Florida! Forget about the IRS, Syria, Benghazi, Fast and Furious (fuck everyone involved in this), NSA unconstitutional domestic spying, keeping tax cuts, patriot act garbage. There is a long list of issues that really need to be addressed in this country, and we're too busy squabbling about little shit.
He averted an econopocalypse. There were not runs on the banks. FDIC didn't come into play. The stock market bounced back, if not the job market.
The whole thing began because of pressure from the government on the banks. In addition, 290,000 fewer people were counted as unemployed because they were not actively looking for work. That drop in those seeking jobs was the reason the unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, the lowest since December 2008. Second Largest Employer In America Is Temp Agency. And the stock market? Is not a bastion for the American middleclass.
He ramped down our military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. In such a way that was a non-newsworthy event. This is a SLAM DUNK.
Not according to the facts. All because of this due to the military industrial complex not to mention the deaths of thousands, for what, freedom?
But all in all he's got shit done. Despite the massive resistance he's facing from the Republicans.
Fuck all the partisan posturing. What's the narrative when he had a democrat majority in the senate and House? Why don't we take an objective look at what both of the hands are doing to for the body they're attached to?
I would say that it is bad when you unjustly harm someone.
Such as selling exploits that affect a broad range of users for a hefty profit with the sole purpose of making them available to the highest bidder(s)? Or denying them use of their property after you've sold it to them?
You claim that your hacking is ethical because you only hack your own property...Many products these days (e.g. game consoles) are still owned by their manufacturer and you are only buying the license to use them if you read the fine print.
A good point, which I raised specifically because you implied that all hacking is "bad" and I illustrated my point with several examples, one of which was the console. By your own logic I am not harming anyone and unlike a remote system owned by a 3rd party, everything was in my possession and obtained via legal means. I think it's a dubious claim to suggest that a console manufacturer owns the device that they sold after the customer purchases it. Otherwise one would need their permission to sell (transfer the license, according to you) it, which isn't the case with the device itself. Modifying something in an unauthorized manner (typically) results in a voided warranty, and things only get hairy when you sell and/or distribute the modifications, and as with most legal issues intent matters. Let's take a look at the First Sale Doctrine which applies to physical things (the console in this case) and the DMCA for the modifications. If it were a phone, I'd be completely in the clear. Since it's a console, it's illegal. Wat.
Laws do not dictate morality. I'm fully aware of the legalese and just because something is law doesn't make it right, see slavery for an example. It's a strange world where it's someone else's business what you do with your possessions in private. Could you imagine this being the case with cars? We have laws that allow this behavior for certain classes of devices but not others. Ultimately they're all computers, owned my someone.
I am a utilitarian of sorts. I believe the ends justify the means.
Results are hard to argue with, especially when you end up with something beautiful like a pyramid ;) but that didn't stop us from finding better methods to achieve greater things.
Some kings probably spent resources on hiring wizards to cast magic spells to protect their castles and curse their enemies. To say the least, this was probably not cost effective.
Modern spells like "Authorized Use Only" and curses like "Full extent of the law" are nearly as effective, especially when obtained from and managed by a lowest bidder wizard. Not all wizards are created equal ;)
Well one thing you can do is use an open source operating system. It isn't going to be 100% secure (nothing is), but at least the source code has millions of eyes on it looking for holes, and you aren't reliant on some central authority to make fixes available after the NSA is done exploiting them.
Yes, this is an excellent suggestion and one of the most reasonable responses to the attack we're under. A thing about these millions of eyes is they are millions of unqualified and non-programmer eyes. The domain specific talent required is supplied mainly by commercial companies, each with their own agendas. I understand the sentiment and even with opensource you're still running it on someone else's hardware, even if you paid for it and possess it you do not own it.
Even if the NSA has proof that a guy hacked into a computer to become student president of a state college, they aren;t going to allow this info to be used in a trial.
Initially you mentioned cost, that it's "expensive" and my point was that the system is already in place and is paid for (by us, also those fees that get tacked on to cellphone bills) and seeing use. Compared to the cost of the network, the $20 million USD annually, it's cheap just like storage space. I'll give you another comparison, Youtube (estimated) costs $2 million USD to operate daily. Location information with handsets specifically is a byproduct of the system; see the value of accurate billing information. The way this guy "hacked things" was done locally with keyloggers negating the need to snoop on traffic. No need for the NSA, just simple admin work.
I think a world where 0 day exploits are rampant is preferable to one where all these holes exist but are yet to be discovered. Even if the bad guys find them first, the good guys can usually know shortly after.
"Bad" guys finding them first would be hackers, no? Is it only bad when hackers sell them to others? Or is it when they don't tell people about them? Or is it only when they're exploited? Wouldn't supporting one of these companies where you buy 0days make you complicit in supporting the "bad" people thus making you one of the "bad" even if you're doing it for the perceived greater good?
Locks on doors and windows are not sufficient to keep out a burglar. Even alarm systems frequently just minimize damage and theft rather than preventing it. You're operating system has the ability to simply refuse to grant unwanted requests for access. Any time it doesn't is because of misconfigured security settings or actual security holes
Unfortunately they're not sufficient to keep out a lot of things including mother-in-laws, but that's what vacations are for :). The purpose of laws is deterrence; and security is defense. Even kings of old recognized the wisdom of a layered defense. While not infallible encrypting all the stuff you don't want accessed and securing things in a safe and/or offsite are within the reach of the common man. Ultimately there needs to be trust involved at some layer, this is how business occurs over the internet. What do you do when you are unable to trust your system? A prime example is Microsoft (and I'm sure there are others) sitting on 0days for the NSA. Absolutely disgusting.
Even with computer hacking illegal, it is rampant. It is rare to catch people who do it.
So is filesharing, littering, j-walking, failure to signal, texting while driving (as an aside, during my morning commute I encountered someone entering my lane on the way to work this morning, head down, eyes transfixed on her steering wheel where the phone was, instead of on the road) in some places talking on a phone whilst driving is illegal. All of these are rampant and some can result in death. I hack things and contrary to your earlier implication that the mere act wrong, it is not immoral or unethical. What do I hack? Things I own ;). It's work/fun when you've isolated a pointer for a particular feature and can modify it at will. Or I extend something by adding some new functionality to it (10 years ago it was XBMC, today it's an embedded voip server) just because I can.
We spend our money on litigation rather than innovation. If the only way to combat hacking was better security, then that's that much more money spent on better security innovations. When these innovations happen in open source software, it is beneficial to everyone.
You're sadly right about the litigation vs innovation. Seems systemic does it not? Combating hacking is as much a social issue as technical since behind most systems there is a fallible human being. Even if more money is spent on security than features, wouldn't that be a wise move if it contains sensitive information Conversely hacking things also results in better stuff, look at the DVDs with all that garbage unskippable stuff now able to be bypassed because of dvdjon. Beyond that, look at all the cool things done with unofficial mods to products. Who are they to tell you what you can do with something you purchased, would you tolerate this with your car? Can you imagine food coming with approved uses? "This orange may only be used to garnish approved plates in a private setting, absolutely no public performance or juicing! You may not take pictures of this orange. Any pictures are owned by ACME, Inc. Also, trace elements known to the state of Elbonia to cause cancer are present in this fruit. You do not own this fruit, but have one (1) single seat home limited license to consume this fruit. You must call a number to register, activate, and authorize the fruit prior to garnishing. Obtaining this fruit is acceptance of ACME, Inc's license."
Obviously hacking is bad. The question is whether laws are the best way to remedy the situation. I see the only solution to hacking that works is better security....On a more emotional level, there are a lot of really smart and successful people who started out hacking as teenagers, and I don't think society would be better off had they been imprisoned rather than allowed to form companies like apple.
I don't usually chime in on these things but you must
if you're holding a page or more of reserve weapons, you are doing it wrong, or you suck and need that much weaponry because you don't know how to utilize your character skillset. I might hold two pages of loot and shields, but never weapons.
Let's try it flipped around:
if you're holding a page or more of reserve shields, you're are doing it wrong, or you suck and need that much protection because you don't know how to utilize your character skillset. I might hold two pages of loot and weapons, but never shields.
Translation: "IF U DONT PLAY LIKE ME U SUCK. L2P"
I encountered this for the first time yesterday, it was easily solved by closing and opening the menu again. How many times have I opened the menu and sold things? A lot. How many times has this happened? Once. Also, the scenarios listed are flawed and doesn't account for the simple act of: selling stuff to the vending machines after a run. Exactly where I encountered this event.
In 2005, Zimmerman was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
With the way charges are trumped up this could mean anything from saliva, to merely brushing up against the officer and not immediately complying. If you haven't already seen videos of police running up to someone saying stop resisting, there are plenty on youtube. In fact there is a story about a girl thrown in jail for buying water. "...Nevertheless, Daly was charged with two felony counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer after she grazed two agents with her SUV trying to flee, and one felony count of eluding police..." which sounds really bad until you read that they're plain clothes, have guns drawn, and tried breaking her windows. Where do they find these tools, have you ever mistaken packaged bottled water for booze? Ridiculous!
He chose to disregard police instructions
Dispatcher != police. Why am I pointing this out? Because you're implying that dispatchers are police officers. Dispatchers can tell you something, but it isn't a lawful order. It carries about as much weight as me telling you not to put salt on your food or to shut up. Maybe a car analogy will work, it's like the warning light coming on to check your engine. It's a good suggestion, but it is not a command.
Lowering the barrier for contributing............. will ensure more user edits will never see the light of day! More contributions and a lower percentage of them getting through the winding colon of wikipolitics. It sounds like everyone wins!