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Over the years since 1993, I have taught many computer courses to individuals with any where from beginner level skills to prospecting administrators. I have upon several occasions found users looking for the elusive "any" key. It brings new meaning to "Press Any Key to Continue".
I was an electronics tech for the Navy. Did maintenance on comm gear and other electronic equipment. Went through a variety of schools. I feel the education is very good and the hands on experience is great. I worked with a variety of test equipment, receivers, transmitters, communication gear, etc.
When I was in, the most technologically advanced jobs were CTM (Crypto Tech Maintenance), ET (Electronics Tech), DS (Data Systems), among others (more specialized).
One individual I met while in was a Senior Chief ET at Treasure Island. As far as I know, he was one of the people to first develop laser listening devices for civilian purchase, or at least one of the first that I've heard of. I didn't see a working model, but he explained what it was and how it worked to me.
At yet another installation, I met a group of Navy Petty Officers and Air Force Sgt's that were developing a means to render video to CD, at the time, it wasn't common place (I hadn't even heard of the technology at the time) to find video on CD's.
There's many "cutting edge" tech gadgets being used in the.mil, of course these are the ones you never hear about until they're released to civilian use.
It's like the old story about the guy that invented the first "radar gun" for highway patrolmen, he also invented the first "radar detector" for civilians.:-)
Since this/. article isn't as old as the actual "Diebold" post a couple days ago, I'll post a memo I received from an anonymous Diebold employee. I have no idea if this was released to the press or if it's "out there" for all to see.
I figured the same crowd reading this/. article also read the one about Diebold.
From: Internal Communications [Diebold]
Subject: Diebold responds to New York Times article
The New York Times ran a story yesterday (see article below, following Diebold's statement) based on a report issued by John Hopkins University, alleging security flaws in Diebold's Election Systems software installed in the company's voting machines.
In response to this article, Diebold issued the following statement to the media late Thursday:
Johns Hopkins University issued a report on electronic voting systems on July 23. We respectfully disagree with the researchers' fundamental conclusions. It is unfortunate that the Johns Hopkins researchers did not involve us or the election community in their analysis, including the Federal Election Commission, which sets standards that all election processes must follow; the federal certification independent testing authorities which tests and impose the standards; Secretaries of State and/or State Boards of Elections, which control the voting process within their states and the county election authorities. These entities would have added important real-world experience to their analysis. In addition, the study did not use our current code. The code was analyzed without the knowledge of the actual hardware in which it is used in actual elections, which caused them to draw many incorrect inferences.
By their own admission in Section 1.3 of the study, the researchers "have not independently verified the current or past use of the code by Diebold or that the code (we) analyzed is actually Diebold code." It is also important to note that the clinical research focused almost solely on software code, and overlooked the total system of software, hardware, services and election processes that have made Diebold electronic voting systems so effective in real-world implementations.
Our elections systems products and services undergo a series of certification processes, which are conducted by federal, state and local officials, including logic and accuracy testing, and represent a sequence of security layers in place within the elections process for actual elections. We welcome the chance to work directly with Johns Hopkins, its research team and other objective electronic voting experts to continue to ensure the integrity of the voting process.
America's elections history has been one of continuous improvement, and Diebold has been at the forefront of creating standardized systems that ensure the highest degree of accuracy and integrity for voters, elected officials and a wide variety of electoral jurisdictions. Our track record is exemplary as illustrated by the recent streamlined elections in Georgia, California and Maryland, among other locations. We currently have more than 50,000 electronic voting units installed throughout the United States.
I've thought of (maybe someone else has also) a new twist to this story:
So Ms. Hacker knows of an unscrupulous company that has absolutely no intentions of ever conforming to this new law. Maybe Ms. Hacker works for this company and knows the policies inside and out. So Ms. Hacker decides to go on the rampage, hack the company and grab all the personal info of the client base. She waits. And waits. The company never reveals the intrusion, even though she KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt, the company is aware of the breach. What happens next? Ms. Hacker reveals in an anonymous manner, the details of the breach (concealing her information of course) and an example of the information stolen. Ok. Maybe she's not the smartest cookie, but hey, the world needs ditch diggers too.
The moral of the story: This is a new way to get back at the company.
Sure, it's a little far-fetched, but think of the possibilities.
I have a setup whereby I run a linux file server with a "media" directory. All users have permission to read from this directory and upload to "incoming". My house is completely networked with 4 servers and a pc in all common areas and laptops for each person in the house. All systems are setup to mount the samba share upon login. Each users winamp, xmms, kazaa, etc, is setup to use the shares.
I have an old laptop with a decent sound card which outputs to my entertainment center where I can play mp3's on my home stereo from the "aux" input.
It's not the best setup, but it works and considering all the machines we have anyway, there wasn't any sense in *not* sharing everyone's favorite mp3's with everyone else. And the cost was minimal.
Of course it will work for any popular desktop OS, but currently, we're migrating everything but the box I use for web development (flash) to linux.
yea, hell. With Win2k and XP, it's not the BSOD that gets ya, it's the unexplained daemon stoppage and the spontaneous reboots that gets ya.... Hell, not to mention the lock ups and the "patches" that completely fail or open yourself up to another unexplained hole.
Let alone the flaky DNS master-browser-cache that wasn't explained the first few months of Win2k use.... you know, the one where you're using a Win2k box as a desktop, making changes to DNS on the your DNS server, the Win2k box designates a Win2k box on your LAN to be the "master browser" and uses its DNS cache as DNS for your own machine.... you make a friggin change to the actual DNS server, but your own friggin box has no clue for 15 minutes.... talk about frustrating.... GRRRRRRR!!!!!
Correct me if I am wrong here, but "due diligence" is a bit different than people illegally posting mp3's to kazaa. Due Diligence would fall under the pretext of not publishing the code under GPL, as SCO did with their version of linux, thereby placing "the code" out there for all to use. I would agree, if SCO didn't put it out there, there would be no argument that they owned the code, due diligence doesn't apply. But they did, so the point is moot.
You would be hard pressed to find a lawyer that would take the case coming into it knowing they'd need to educate the jury about "due diligence" knowing full well the defence attorney would come out swinging with "...they put it out there under GPL! they gave it away anyway!"
"...diplomacy-through-alternate-means dept" is a major misnomer.
The military is a tool to be used when diplomacy fails, not a medium for implementing diplomacy, unless you consider the "unconditional surrender" of our enemies.
Electronic Counter Measures, Propaganda, etc. have been used by the world's military for centuries. The use of the Internet was inevitable.
www.cotse.net already has filters, whitelists, blacklists, gold lists, spam assassin, everything you can think of to help eliminate spam. If it's not there and you can think of it, I bet their people are already thinking about it.
waaaaaa my pussy hurts. get a life you weak lil twerp. i've been using command line based OS's since 1982 and i am no worse for wear.
as for this entire sub-thread, kids should be "indoctrinated" ASAP. the entire world will revolve around computers in their future, starting at age 3 isn't too early.
I could swear I recently read a/.'d article about how it's actually "illegal" to extract fonts from one OS (particularly Microsoft) to another OS (particularly Linux).
It's standard practice in.gov to "rewrite" some of the findings, achievements, etc. of the previous administration to appeal to the current politicians thoughts and ideals.
I've always thought what a waste of time and resources it is for a particular State to rewrite road signs and post the picture and "thoughts" of the current governor on the backs of road maps. Of course there's many things you see, such as this/. article that shows just how much waste (and graft) occurs in.gov.
No matter how the politicians spin things, their primary goal is to get reelected. Very few policitians have enough guile to tell the establishment (and stick to their guns) that they're only there for one/two terms, to make a difference.
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Not being a troll here, just a realist:
I'd say, since you just gave out entirely too much information, you'll reboot soon... probably due to a rooting of your machines.
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what's next? warp drive and the Vulcans visiting?
Over the years since 1993, I have taught many computer courses to individuals with any where from beginner level skills to prospecting administrators. I have upon several occasions found users looking for the elusive "any" key. It brings new meaning to "Press Any Key to Continue".
yes, and this was done by the folks I spoke of.... in 1990.
Mr. Fusion! I wonder if he had any help from Doc and Marty?
I was an electronics tech for the Navy. Did maintenance on comm gear and other electronic equipment. Went through a variety of schools. I feel the education is very good and the hands on experience is great. I worked with a variety of test equipment, receivers, transmitters, communication gear, etc.
When I was in, the most technologically advanced jobs were CTM (Crypto Tech Maintenance), ET (Electronics Tech), DS (Data Systems), among others (more specialized).
One individual I met while in was a Senior Chief ET at Treasure Island. As far as I know, he was one of the people to first develop laser listening devices for civilian purchase, or at least one of the first that I've heard of. I didn't see a working model, but he explained what it was and how it worked to me.
At yet another installation, I met a group of Navy Petty Officers and Air Force Sgt's that were developing a means to render video to CD, at the time, it wasn't common place (I hadn't even heard of the technology at the time) to find video on CD's.
There's many "cutting edge" tech gadgets being used in the .mil, of course these are the ones you never hear about until they're released to civilian use.
It's like the old story about the guy that invented the first "radar gun" for highway patrolmen, he also invented the first "radar detector" for civilians. :-)
Since this /. article isn't as old as the actual "Diebold" post a couple days ago, I'll post a memo I received from an anonymous Diebold employee. I have no idea if this was released to the press or if it's "out there" for all to see.
I figured the same crowd reading this /. article also read the one about Diebold.
From: Internal Communications [Diebold]
Subject: Diebold responds to New York Times article
The New York Times ran a story yesterday (see article below, following Diebold's statement) based on a report issued by John Hopkins University, alleging security flaws in Diebold's Election Systems software installed in the company's voting machines.
In response to this article, Diebold issued the following statement to the media late Thursday:
Johns Hopkins University issued a report on electronic voting systems on July 23. We respectfully disagree with the researchers' fundamental conclusions. It is unfortunate that the Johns Hopkins researchers did not involve us or the election community in their analysis, including the Federal Election Commission, which sets standards that all election processes must follow; the federal certification independent testing authorities which tests and impose the standards; Secretaries of State and/or State Boards of Elections, which control the voting process within their states and the county election authorities. These entities would have added important real-world experience to their analysis. In addition, the study did not use our current code. The code was analyzed without the knowledge of the actual hardware in which it is used in actual elections, which caused them to draw many incorrect inferences.
By their own admission in Section 1.3 of the study, the researchers "have not independently verified the current or past use of the code by Diebold or that the code (we) analyzed is actually Diebold code." It is also important to note that the clinical research focused almost solely on software code, and overlooked the total system of software, hardware, services and election processes that have made Diebold electronic voting systems so effective in real-world implementations.
Our elections systems products and services undergo a series of certification processes, which are conducted by federal, state and local officials, including logic and accuracy testing, and represent a sequence of security layers in place within the elections process for actual elections. We welcome the chance to work directly with Johns Hopkins, its research team and other objective electronic voting experts to continue to ensure the integrity of the voting process.
America's elections history has been one of continuous improvement, and Diebold has been at the forefront of creating standardized systems that ensure the highest degree of accuracy and integrity for voters, elected officials and a wide variety of electoral jurisdictions. Our track record is exemplary as illustrated by the recent streamlined elections in Georgia, California and Maryland, among other locations. We currently have more than 50,000 electronic voting units installed throughout the United States.
(end of statement)
but it's still Lindows ;p
I've thought of (maybe someone else has also) a new twist to this story:
So Ms. Hacker knows of an unscrupulous company that has absolutely no intentions of ever conforming to this new law. Maybe Ms. Hacker works for this company and knows the policies inside and out. So Ms. Hacker decides to go on the rampage, hack the company and grab all the personal info of the client base. She waits. And waits. The company never reveals the intrusion, even though she KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt, the company is aware of the breach. What happens next? Ms. Hacker reveals in an anonymous manner, the details of the breach (concealing her information of course) and an example of the information stolen. Ok. Maybe she's not the smartest cookie, but hey, the world needs ditch diggers too.The moral of the story: This is a new way to get back at the company.
Sure, it's a little far-fetched, but think of the possibilities.
I have a setup whereby I run a linux file server with a "media" directory. All users have permission to read from this directory and upload to "incoming". My house is completely networked with 4 servers and a pc in all common areas and laptops for each person in the house. All systems are setup to mount the samba share upon login. Each users winamp, xmms, kazaa, etc, is setup to use the shares.
I have an old laptop with a decent sound card which outputs to my entertainment center where I can play mp3's on my home stereo from the "aux" input.
It's not the best setup, but it works and considering all the machines we have anyway, there wasn't any sense in *not* sharing everyone's favorite mp3's with everyone else. And the cost was minimal.
Of course it will work for any popular desktop OS, but currently, we're migrating everything but the box I use for web development (flash) to linux.
yea, but how long will it be before the Feds break down his door screaming "...DMCA! DMCA! DMCA!"
yea, hell. With Win2k and XP, it's not the BSOD that gets ya, it's the unexplained daemon stoppage and the spontaneous reboots that gets ya.... Hell, not to mention the lock ups and the "patches" that completely fail or open yourself up to another unexplained hole.
Let alone the flaky DNS master-browser-cache that wasn't explained the first few months of Win2k use.... you know, the one where you're using a Win2k box as a desktop, making changes to DNS on the your DNS server, the Win2k box designates a Win2k box on your LAN to be the "master browser" and uses its DNS cache as DNS for your own machine.... you make a friggin change to the actual DNS server, but your own friggin box has no clue for 15 minutes.... talk about frustrating.... GRRRRRRR!!!!!
Correct me if I am wrong here, but "due diligence" is a bit different than people illegally posting mp3's to kazaa. Due Diligence would fall under the pretext of not publishing the code under GPL, as SCO did with their version of linux, thereby placing "the code" out there for all to use. I would agree, if SCO didn't put it out there, there would be no argument that they owned the code, due diligence doesn't apply. But they did, so the point is moot.
You would be hard pressed to find a lawyer that would take the case coming into it knowing they'd need to educate the jury about "due diligence" knowing full well the defence attorney would come out swinging with "...they put it out there under GPL! they gave it away anyway!"
"...diplomacy-through-alternate-means dept" is a major misnomer.
The military is a tool to be used when diplomacy fails, not a medium for implementing diplomacy, unless you consider the "unconditional surrender" of our enemies.
Electronic Counter Measures, Propaganda, etc. have been used by the world's military for centuries. The use of the Internet was inevitable.
Leave the house? My god man, are you daft! I went outside back in '01, only to be overdosed on Vitamin "D" from the sun.
Too bad he couldn't read/write or he would have published first.
"...it's not what you know, it's how fast you publish." -- Isaac Asimov
www.cotse.net already has filters, whitelists, blacklists, gold lists, spam assassin, everything you can think of to help eliminate spam. If it's not there and you can think of it, I bet their people are already thinking about it.
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waaaaaa my pussy hurts. get a life you weak lil twerp. i've been using command line based OS's since 1982 and i am no worse for wear.
as for this entire sub-thread, kids should be "indoctrinated" ASAP. the entire world will revolve around computers in their future, starting at age 3 isn't too early.
frankly, i wish i woulda started earlier.
i've burnt every single bridge i've crossed! the bitch wouldn't dare call me!
I could swear I recently read a /.'d article about how it's actually "illegal" to extract fonts from one OS (particularly Microsoft) to another OS (particularly Linux).
Am I way off base?
It's standard practice in .gov to "rewrite" some of the findings, achievements, etc. of the previous administration to appeal to the current politicians thoughts and ideals.
I've always thought what a waste of time and resources it is for a particular State to rewrite road signs and post the picture and "thoughts" of the current governor on the backs of road maps. Of course there's many things you see, such as this /. article that shows just how much waste (and graft) occurs in .gov.
No matter how the politicians spin things, their primary goal is to get reelected. Very few policitians have enough guile to tell the establishment (and stick to their guns) that they're only there for one/two terms, to make a difference.