Ok... I'll admit that when the show first aired and there were stories about it on/. almost daily that I didn't give a shit. I didn't watch it at all and I didn't even give it a chance until it was out on DVD. Eventually I bittorrented the TV shows and I watched, maybe, half of the first one and was hooked. It wasn't long until I owned the boxed set and Serenity. I've also gotten quite a few of my friends "hooked". The question, in my mind, is what do we have to do (in the real world) to convince the networks to sponsor more episodes/seasons AND (maybe more difficult) convince Wheedon to make them? There have been a number of home-grown movements to try and resurrect the series, but they were met, mostly, with yawns. How many people have to watch this marathon and how do we let Neilson know that it's HOT? I'd love to see more!
Ok... I see your point. I guess it's just a disagreement in how things should work. I would rather something become less functional (possibly breaking other software, services, etc) than be at risk of having my machine become part of a botnet, or worse.
I guess I'm really not at risk (much) since I don't use their software... I just get frustrated. You'd think with all the briliant people that M$ employs they could come out with better designed software. I've heard from some pretty smart, in-the-know type people that almost the entire problem comes down to two things... support for legacy software and support for a wide variety of hardware (the latter having more to do with "crashing" issues than security). If that truely is the case then why don't they draw a line in the sand and start over? It's been done many times by many other companies (cough... Apple) and it worked marvelously.
Sorry... this turned into a rambling fustration-vent, but I've been drinking:)
I'm not saying that it should be completely bug free... that where the "fix in a timely manner" part comes in. I'm just saying that instead of putting all this extra effort into making a "browser wrapper" why not put that effort into making what they've got work better/correctly?
You missed my point. I don't think the idea is necessarily bad (for instance, if people HAVE to use IE I think the "sandboxed" versions are kinda cool), just that I wouldn't feel comfortable with security software written by people who have proven time and again that they are incapable of writing secure software.
... so their answer to poorly written software that is security-hole ridden is to layer more software written by the same people on top of it? Wouldn't it be easier to just write good software in the first place then actually fix, in a timely manner, anything that crops up? I'm failing to see how more bloat is going to help.
For some reason reading something from/about someone in Australia reminds me of a joke I read on here (can't remember who originally posted it).
Upon filling out Customs forms to enter Australia I came across a line that asked if I was a convicted felon. I responded with "I didn't know it was still a requirement."
I wish they'd just start irradiating MORE stuff. I use to buy irradiated milk and it was great. It had a several month shelf life (before it was opened) and it lasted 2-3 times as long once it was opened. For someone who likes to have certain things around that they don't use muchof (like milk) it's a god-send. I wish I could still find that milk.
This is probably a good time to mention TrueCrypt. As with any good, strong encryption it is impossible to tell that it's actually encrypted data and not just noise. Also, you can create hidden volumes that work steganographically. It's all about plausible deniability.
Also, it's available for Windows and Linux... soon OSX will follow.
honestly, what would you expect of your government with regards to this situation? There is no reasonable defense that will work against an unreasonable enemy. The sooner that is acknowleged the sooner many will realize just what a major problem it truly is.
So, in the beginning you're arguing that the government is doing the only things they can because we (the people, the media, etc) have effectively castrated one of their most powerfull tools, profiling. Then, in the quote above, you state that "There is no reasonable defense that will work against an unreasonable enemy." This really bothers me. Whilst defending their current tactics you freely admit that they are being totally unreasonable. Should we just sit idlely by and watch them take extreme, "unreasonable" measures while we're waiting for the rest of the country to "realize" that they need better tools to do their job? I, for one, am not willing to lose rights, be inconvienced, etc if these tactics are ineffective and unreasonable (honestly, I'm not willing to lose my rights even if the tactics were 100% effective).
I was thinking that it could empower the people. With recent concerns over Police Launching Drones Over LA and similar technologies we'd have a way to fight back. Not to mention the traffic cameras:)
I just started playing Final Fantasy XI recently and when you said "just one more level mum" it took me back. I can remember uttering those exact words (well, I would have said "mom"). Now, however, that could mean "just 5 more hours mum". I've always thought there was a little too much work involved in most of the RPGs I've played and not enough in the FPSs.
2. a. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. b. A nation that has such a political order.
I hate to be the nit-pickey type, but we don't live under a Democracy. We are governed by a Democratic Republic. Democracy is, most simply, defined as "rule by the people" and Reupblic is defined, again simply, as "rule by officials in lue of the people", or something like that.
Basically in a pure Democracy all the people have a say-so in everything and in a Republic we have people who make the decisions based on what they think we want them to do.
Ultimately our (The United State citizen's) problem is is that our grapdparents (or great-grandparents, depending on your age) gave the government far too much power in the depression/post-depression era. Our government was originally set up in such a way as to where anyone with cause could (and, arguably SHOULD) challenge it... now doing so is liable to end you up in prision for "treason" (or something similar). I DEVOUTELY believe that we need a government that is constantly in fear of losing it's power verses one who is secure in it's power. Unabridled power breeds corruption.
I'm going to disagree with you here... I only know one person who HAS moved to a system with PCI-E and he's a hard-core gamer. The other dozen or so of us are happy with what we have save that one port.
I have an AthonXP system and going to Newegg and searching for a motherboard with 1q PCI-E 16x port with Socket A processor, um, "socket" yeilds 0 results. I'm happy with the processor I have and the ram I have and everything else. At most I just want a new MB that I can slap in that will allow me to use modern graphics cards, but it seems like that's not really an option.
I find it frustrating. I, like most people I know make incremental changes, but with this new format that doesn't seem to be an option.
Amen. I went to Newegg looking for a DirectX9 compatible card that used AGP or PCI and ya know what? There were only a handfull. Have that many people really already moved to PCI-E (which looks like it would necessitate not only a montherboard, but a processor upgrade for me)? I just wanted to step up to more modern graphics, but it seems like you just about have to lay out for a whole new system now-a-days.
I did some research after the last election into starting a company that did just this. I wanted it to be a completely open source solution (software wise at least) and invite people to try and break it so we could make it better. The problem is that Diebold has such a stranglehold on the market. In fact a number of the states (dare I say most) where they are being used it's ILLEGAL to use them since they dont' have a paper trail. How difficult is this really? I imagined having a printer mounted behind some plexiglass that prints up your votes after you enter them. The computer would ask you to verify that the information was correct. If so then you're done. If not then it would print a retraction and ask you to vote again. Seriously... I could have a proof of concept in a week, but how does one get the funding it would take to go up against a giant?
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Ok... I'll admit that when the show first aired and there were stories about it on /. almost daily that I didn't give a shit. I didn't watch it at all and I didn't even give it a chance until it was out on DVD. Eventually I bittorrented the TV shows and I watched, maybe, half of the first one and was hooked. It wasn't long until I owned the boxed set and Serenity. I've also gotten quite a few of my friends "hooked". The question, in my mind, is what do we have to do (in the real world) to convince the networks to sponsor more episodes/seasons AND (maybe more difficult) convince Wheedon to make them? There have been a number of home-grown movements to try and resurrect the series, but they were met, mostly, with yawns. How many people have to watch this marathon and how do we let Neilson know that it's HOT? I'd love to see more!
(Sorry about the rambling)
Ok... I see your point. I guess it's just a disagreement in how things should work. I would rather something become less functional (possibly breaking other software, services, etc) than be at risk of having my machine become part of a botnet, or worse. I guess I'm really not at risk (much) since I don't use their software... I just get frustrated. You'd think with all the briliant people that M$ employs they could come out with better designed software. I've heard from some pretty smart, in-the-know type people that almost the entire problem comes down to two things... support for legacy software and support for a wide variety of hardware (the latter having more to do with "crashing" issues than security). If that truely is the case then why don't they draw a line in the sand and start over? It's been done many times by many other companies (cough... Apple) and it worked marvelously. Sorry... this turned into a rambling fustration-vent, but I've been drinking :)
I'm not saying that it should be completely bug free... that where the "fix in a timely manner" part comes in. I'm just saying that instead of putting all this extra effort into making a "browser wrapper" why not put that effort into making what they've got work better/correctly?
You missed my point. I don't think the idea is necessarily bad (for instance, if people HAVE to use IE I think the "sandboxed" versions are kinda cool), just that I wouldn't feel comfortable with security software written by people who have proven time and again that they are incapable of writing secure software.
... so their answer to poorly written software that is security-hole ridden is to layer more software written by the same people on top of it? Wouldn't it be easier to just write good software in the first place then actually fix, in a timely manner, anything that crops up? I'm failing to see how more bloat is going to help.
Interesting... I should look that up. It's one of my favorite jokes and I'd love to be able to give credit where it's due.
I wish they'd just start irradiating MORE stuff. I use to buy irradiated milk and it was great. It had a several month shelf life (before it was opened) and it lasted 2-3 times as long once it was opened. For someone who likes to have certain things around that they don't use muchof (like milk) it's a god-send. I wish I could still find that milk.
This is probably a good time to mention TrueCrypt. As with any good, strong encryption it is impossible to tell that it's actually encrypted data and not just noise. Also, you can create hidden volumes that work steganographically. It's all about plausible deniability.
Also, it's available for Windows and Linux... soon OSX will follow.
I was thinking that it could empower the people. With recent concerns over Police Launching Drones Over LA and similar technologies we'd have a way to fight back. Not to mention the traffic cameras :)
I wish SOMEONE would buy Vivid. They turn out some of the worst films evar. I guess you CAN make up in quantity what you lose in quality.
Well, you're going to miss one jovial party.
(insert rim-shot here)
I just started playing Final Fantasy XI recently and when you said "just one more level mum" it took me back. I can remember uttering those exact words (well, I would have said "mom"). Now, however, that could mean "just 5 more hours mum". I've always thought there was a little too much work involved in most of the RPGs I've played and not enough in the FPSs.
I absolutely despise it when we get quote like "you can see it from space", but then they don't give us any pictures. Why no pictures people?
hey!!! good enough. the alcohol was preventing me from properly searching :)
ok... I'll give. However, that doesn't lessen the rest of my argument.
I hate to be the nit-pickey type, but we don't live under a Democracy. We are governed by a Democratic Republic. Democracy is, most simply, defined as "rule by the people" and Reupblic is defined, again simply, as "rule by officials in lue of the people", or something like that.
Basically in a pure Democracy all the people have a say-so in everything and in a Republic we have people who make the decisions based on what they think we want them to do.
Ultimately our (The United State citizen's) problem is is that our grapdparents (or great-grandparents, depending on your age) gave the government far too much power in the depression/post-depression era. Our government was originally set up in such a way as to where anyone with cause could (and, arguably SHOULD) challenge it... now doing so is liable to end you up in prision for "treason" (or something similar). I DEVOUTELY believe that we need a government that is constantly in fear of losing it's power verses one who is secure in it's power. Unabridled power breeds corruption.
I'm going to disagree with you here... I only know one person who HAS moved to a system with PCI-E and he's a hard-core gamer. The other dozen or so of us are happy with what we have save that one port.
I have an AthonXP system and going to Newegg and searching for a motherboard with 1q PCI-E 16x port with Socket A processor, um, "socket" yeilds 0 results. I'm happy with the processor I have and the ram I have and everything else. At most I just want a new MB that I can slap in that will allow me to use modern graphics cards, but it seems like that's not really an option.
I find it frustrating. I, like most people I know make incremental changes, but with this new format that doesn't seem to be an option.
Amen. I went to Newegg looking for a DirectX9 compatible card that used AGP or PCI and ya know what? There were only a handfull. Have that many people really already moved to PCI-E (which looks like it would necessitate not only a montherboard, but a processor upgrade for me)? I just wanted to step up to more modern graphics, but it seems like you just about have to lay out for a whole new system now-a-days.
I did some research after the last election into starting a company that did just this. I wanted it to be a completely open source solution (software wise at least) and invite people to try and break it so we could make it better. The problem is that Diebold has such a stranglehold on the market. In fact a number of the states (dare I say most) where they are being used it's ILLEGAL to use them since they dont' have a paper trail. How difficult is this really? I imagined having a printer mounted behind some plexiglass that prints up your votes after you enter them. The computer would ask you to verify that the information was correct. If so then you're done. If not then it would print a retraction and ask you to vote again. Seriously... I could have a proof of concept in a week, but how does one get the funding it would take to go up against a giant?