There never should have been a single password known only by a single person.
But that was my point; with most operating systems, there is no way of preventing that.
So you have some nice management scheme where passwords are all known by all sysadmins, and recorded in a large red binder in the boss' office. So one day Joe goes rogue, and (a) changes the root password to something only he knows; and (b) removes any administration privilege from every other account. Both your management scheme *and* your technology scheme are now screwed.
it is absolutely unforgivable to allow a system design allowing for single authority.
Every OS I can think of - Windows, Linux, MacOS, Solaris and every descendent of Unix - has a single root account, with a single root password, which can change every other password on the system. The tablet/phone OSes (iOS and Android) are similar but worse - they give administration privileges to the one and only *user* account, with an optional-and-rarely-set password, and completely block the ability to log in as root.
Got any examples of a system design that does NOT allow for a single authority?
A password is not property, and in fact a properly engineered security design, you'll never find the password in the permanent memory of the system, it has no presence and as such is not a "thing" beyond a reasonable doubt thus Taking it can't be larceny.
Freedom is not a "thing", but people get awfully darned upset when you take it away.
This is not destroying the healthcare system - it is (potentially) destroying the health insurance industry. The two are different things.
The auto insurance industry has had very fine grained data on drivers and their habits for many, many years. That hasn't affected the auto industry at all, and it doesn't seem to have materially affected the auto insurance industry either.
"Unfortunate"? More than that. I don't think the main concern is the loss of files - it is handing those files over to someone else.
Sample scenario:
- I store my massive collection of goatse online at box.com
- they notice that I work for , and so merge my account with theirs
- my boss then asks me into his office for a little chat
Because people in the USA are "presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law". Their presence on US soil *may* be illegal, but that has not yet been determined.
one of two major tech capitals of the United States, an area with a long history of computer industry tech.
There *used* to be technology in Boston. However: of the companies you name:
- DEC and Wang were based here - and are both bankrupt, dead, and long gone.
- SUN had a small outpost that did their i386 workstation - both it and the offices are dead and closed (and SUN is no longer a company).
- SGI never had anything significant outside of Mountain View and Cortalloid - but they're dead anyway.
- HP/Compaq still has a presence, but it is hardly "massive" - and HP is well on the road to bankruptcy.
- Oracle has some offices, but again, not "massive". Same with Microsoft.
You don't list other Boston tech companies, such as Polaroid (dead, and buildings *finally* demolished), Data General (dead), Apollo (dead).... are you starting to see a trend? Turns out that yes, Boston was the center of the minicomputer universe.... but nobody is interested in minicomputers any more.
Came here to say exactly the same thing. If this was being proposed by anyone trustworthy, I would happily have put down $725. With Shuttleworth behind it, I wouldn't put down 75 cents.
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If we follow the article's reasoning, then SETI@home was one massive supercomputer, not 10,000 individual computers working on parts of a common task.
there should be one, centralized place with all the useful materials
It's a great pity that the Linux kernel isn't available in source code, isn't it? Then you could skip the guides and just read the source.
Anyone working in the security field who gives up their password is an idiot, and should be fired.
How in the hell are DVDs cheaper than a flat $7.99/month?
DVDs *are* a flat $7.99 a month.
Blockbuster still exists?
There never should have been a single password known only by a single person.
But that was my point; with most operating systems, there is no way of preventing that.
So you have some nice management scheme where passwords are all known by all sysadmins, and recorded in a large red binder in the boss' office. So one day Joe goes rogue, and (a) changes the root password to something only he knows; and (b) removes any administration privilege from every other account. Both your management scheme *and* your technology scheme are now screwed.
it is absolutely unforgivable to allow a system design allowing for single authority.
Every OS I can think of - Windows, Linux, MacOS, Solaris and every descendent of Unix - has a single root account, with a single root password, which can change every other password on the system. The tablet/phone OSes (iOS and Android) are similar but worse - they give administration privileges to the one and only *user* account, with an optional-and-rarely-set password, and completely block the ability to log in as root.
Got any examples of a system design that does NOT allow for a single authority?
A password is not property, and in fact a properly engineered security design, you'll never find the password in the permanent memory of the system, it has no presence and as such is not a "thing" beyond a reasonable doubt thus Taking it can't be larceny.
Freedom is not a "thing", but people get awfully darned upset when you take it away.
This is not destroying the healthcare system - it is (potentially) destroying the health insurance industry. The two are different things.
The auto insurance industry has had very fine grained data on drivers and their habits for many, many years. That hasn't affected the auto industry at all, and it doesn't seem to have materially affected the auto insurance industry either.
"Unfortunate"? More than that. I don't think the main concern is the loss of files - it is handing those files over to someone else.
Sample scenario:
- I store my massive collection of goatse online at box.com
- they notice that I work for , and so merge my account with theirs
- my boss then asks me into his office for a little chat
Now *that* is unfortunate.
Because people in the USA are "presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law". Their presence on US soil *may* be illegal, but that has not yet been determined.
Social engineering is not hacking to me.
Kevin Mitnick? Is that you?
one of two major tech capitals of the United States, an area with a long history of computer industry tech.
There *used* to be technology in Boston. However: of the companies you name:
- DEC and Wang were based here - and are both bankrupt, dead, and long gone.
- SUN had a small outpost that did their i386 workstation - both it and the offices are dead and closed (and SUN is no longer a company).
- SGI never had anything significant outside of Mountain View and Cortalloid - but they're dead anyway.
- HP/Compaq still has a presence, but it is hardly "massive" - and HP is well on the road to bankruptcy.
- Oracle has some offices, but again, not "massive". Same with Microsoft.
You don't list other Boston tech companies, such as Polaroid (dead, and buildings *finally* demolished), Data General (dead), Apollo (dead).... are you starting to see a trend? Turns out that yes, Boston was the center of the minicomputer universe.... but nobody is interested in minicomputers any more.
I agree. Just because some code was commented on by William T Foster doesn't mean the code or the language is bad.
Then why aren't they going after the Girl Scouts? That is a competing organization with an extremely similar name and siimilar product.
"Take Down", in general, refers to a DMCA or similar violation, where the legal system removes a web site. This is NOT what you meant.
Try "Why iTunes Radio Could Defeat Pandora".
Airlines have been handling luggage for a very long time, you would think they would have this figured out by now.
UPS and FedEx have been handling packages for a shorter time, handle a very much larger quantity of packages a day, but almost *never* lose a package.
Maybe the airlines need to just copy what the shipping companies do?
So, it is better to be incompetent than to be evil?
Because any decent software developer would test something as basic as local playback *before* doing a release.
Hey, cut them some slack.... they wanted to use Linux-based income tax software to file their return, and were just waiting for some to be released.
My several-year-old laptop running Xubuntu *boots* in about 5 seconds.
Even now it lasts weeks when powered down. It consumes about 0 watts when powered down.
Standby support is only mandatory for OSes that take a rediculously long time to boot.
Came here to say exactly the same thing. If this was being proposed by anyone trustworthy, I would happily have put down $725. With Shuttleworth behind it, I wouldn't put down 75 cents.
Yes, it's done in aviation as well, for similar reasons. However, when I pull into a petrol station, I don't say "ten kilograms, please".
Thanks..... who the heck measures a liquid by weight?
But.... 75,000 gallons is a pittance, given that there are 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons on earth. So, that's 12 trillion years worth.....
As if cubicles weren't annoying enough already.....
Never mind being able to vote - how about we run it on all members of Congress?