Well, even software coded on a chip is at least a little more of a barrier from people tampering with your software, then distributing it as a driver that people can easily inspect.
And anyone that thinks linksys NAT appliances are secure is nuts. Just from looking at my own network, I've been able to discover multiple vulnerabilities in my linksys router, such as it automatically forwarding SMB ports without asking and without an option to disable(yes I've informed linksys of such, no they aren't doing anything about it).
What people need to realize is that nothing in software can be secure. It is far to easy to crack. You may have 100 developers working on a secure WiFi driver, but there are thousands of bored hackers out there waiting to tear it apart. If something needs to be secure, do it in hardware.
On a side note, I've not had any trouble getting my WiFi hardware to work on my slackware laptop, but I understand that some chipsets can be more difficult to setup than others.
The problem with this is that there aren't really any road-capable NEV's or whatever you want to refer to them as.
The segway hits a top speed of what....11MPH? Do you really want to get stuck behind some yuppie and his $5000 segway inching along the street when you are in a rush to get to the office?
We already have enough traffic problems with vehicles that CAN do the speed limit, lets not worry about alternative transportation until it can at least keep up with normal means of travel.
My question - If these cards are getting so powerful at computations then why do we need a Intel/AMD processor at all?
Because not all of us play games all the time, some people do music production, some code, some do computer graphics(non-3D), etc etc.
There are plenty of uses for a computer other than playing games.Thats not to say that having external processors to offload work from the CPU is a bad idea, its a great idea, but don't fool yourself into thinking that ditching the CPU completely is a good idea, or even feasible.
A synchronized DDoS attack, launched from already owned machines, controlled by a central source would be classified as a flash attack I beleive.
Whereas worms take some time to infect, and they "worm" their way from machine to machine, flash attacks happen suddenly, because the machines are already infected, just waiting for instructions.
Well, Debian is great for servers, I still would use debian for a production server, partially because it is so stable, partially because you don't have to wait for things to compile
However, those who like to run bleeding-edge workstations, and customize their configurations like crazy are the ones that I think Gentoo is aimed at.
My experiences with Gentoo
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I've taken the plunge in the last week or so, and totally switched my system over to linux.
I decided to go with gentoo, since one of the things that always annoyed me abour slackware(my second favorite distro) was the package management(or lack thereof), and just the overall annoying process of having to compile dependant packages by hand for every piece of software.
The install process was grueling to say the least, it took me forever to get the kernel compiled properly(gentoo is rather picky about kernels), but once I got the system installed, and waited for kde to emerge, I was impressed to see that things "just worked". When I want a new program all I have to do is 'emerge program', and it is installed, no having to deal with dependancies or lenghty configuration processes
In other words, the install takes forever, and does demand a fair bit of linux knowledge, but the process IS worth it, once you are finished. I find Gentoo to be quite user-friendly(though it may be picky who it's friends are:)), and I would definitly reccomend it to friends.
I play a lot of CS and I Don't really think cheating is THAT big of a deal, with kickvoting, people can kick off the cheaters, so it becomes irrelevant... Really the most annoying thing is people that get killed and then automically accuse the person that killed them of "HAXXORING".
Not to say that I've not seen any cheaters, but they are easy to spot, and it's always fun to mess with them, you would be surprised what information about a person you can discover with just google and public information...
Always fun to give them a call in the middle of the night suggesting they keep to honest methods of gameplaying...
What I find most interesting about this is that the article says that Sheils made over $1000 a week. That just amazes me that there are that many stupid people out there, that actually purchase products from UCE.
I mean, just on principle alone, I will never purchase something that I get spammed about, and I would think that most people feel the same way, so that just makes me wonder, who DOES buy this stuff? It's those people that are to blame for the continued onslaught of spam. If no one bought their stuff, they wouldn't waste their time(and ours) anymore
Widescreen is undeniably a lot better way to watch a movie, and I'm sure that TV makers like it, because no one wants to watch a widescreen movie on a small TV
I think it will be really nice in a few years when widescreen TV's are the norm.
In my experience working securing networks, I have found that the best approach is "Security through apathy". Sure I can get rooted easy, but boy do I have loads of free time now!
You make a good point, and that is why the robot would need advanced non-shaking algorithyms, in order to prevent the beer from being shook up whilst in transit from fridge to hand.
If they can make yahoo lightweight, fast and effecient, as well as accurate, then *maybe*, but even then, if they do all that, they still have to give people a reason to switch over, which would be hard.
As far as ads, as long as they are the unobtrusive text ads, I see no problem with them. Just the other day I was searching for a shell provider, saw a google text ad for what I Was looking for, looked at the site, and purchased their service. If it had been an annoying banner ad, there is no way I would have even thought about buying their service, but because they made an effort to be straightforward, and not try any sneaky tricks(I.E. Those popups that spawn more popups, etc). I good about buying service from them.
I think you make a great point. Sure, it's an old game, but it's still cool that 3drealms is releasing the source, maybe other gaming will follow suit, you never know.
This is the worst casemod article I have ever seen. I'm not trying to troll here, but c'mon. The screen is tiny, and to make matters worse, it isn't even VGA. Good luck trying to actually admin a server(windows or linux) with that thing. And then, at the end of the review they tack on a guide to installing VNC. Now, granted, VNC is a great tool, but it has absolutely nothing to do with this screen, though, the only way to admin a box with this screen would be through vnc so I guess there's a link there.
I don't normally complain about slashdot mods choice of articles, but this is getting to be absurd. I think that they need to implement a user-moderated story system, much like that of scoop. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but/. has been losing readers fast.
Maybe if the admins took steps to solve this problem/. would be a better place, but I have yet to see a single major change in the site in the 3 years that I've been reading it.
It's pretty obvious, really. I don't know why so many clueless people always keep asking "why Linux, why Linux?" everytime it is used on an embedded device when it's already not only a proven technology, but *the* de-facto standard.
Yes, but that might be a little too much, what if the manufacturers wanted to save money on hardware and thus had less ROM in which to burn the o/s, linux is certainly going to be larger than a homegrown o/s built specifically for the purpose of being a phone o/s. Contrary to what you may want to believe, linux is not always the best tool for the job. Like any tool, there are times in which it works great, and times where that it just doesn't fit the purpose.
It seems cool I suppose, I just hope that they are using linux on the phone because it has a genuine advantage over the alternatives, not just to say they run linux on their phones, to appeal to the geek crowd or whatnot.
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You actually buy cds?!?
Who sent you and what do you want
You Do realize that your .sig is only 102 characters long.....or 153 if you count spaces....
Ha! I'm more than up to the challenge! I am the master hacker.
revmoo@davinci:~$ssh -l hax0r 192.168.1.1 ./apt
/usr/bin/id >
hax0r@endor's password:
hax0r@endor $
Linux kmod + ptrace local root exploit by
=> Simple mode, executing
/dev/tty
sizeof(shellcode)=95
=> Child process started..........
=> Child process started..........
=> Child process started..........
=> Child process started.+ 19606
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=102(ssh),10(wheel)
- 19606 ok!
root@endor root #
Well, even software coded on a chip is at least a little more of a barrier from people tampering with your software, then distributing it as a driver that people can easily inspect.
And anyone that thinks linksys NAT appliances are secure is nuts. Just from looking at my own network, I've been able to discover multiple vulnerabilities in my linksys router, such as it automatically forwarding SMB ports without asking and without an option to disable(yes I've informed linksys of such, no they aren't doing anything about it).
What people need to realize is that nothing in software can be secure. It is far to easy to crack. You may have 100 developers working on a secure WiFi driver, but there are thousands of bored hackers out there waiting to tear it apart. If something needs to be secure, do it in hardware.
On a side note, I've not had any trouble getting my WiFi hardware to work on my slackware laptop, but I understand that some chipsets can be more difficult to setup than others.
The problem with this is that there aren't really any road-capable NEV's or whatever you want to refer to them as.
The segway hits a top speed of what....11MPH? Do you really want to get stuck behind some yuppie and his $5000 segway inching along the street when you are in a rush to get to the office?
We already have enough traffic problems with vehicles that CAN do the speed limit, lets not worry about alternative transportation until it can at least keep up with normal means of travel.
My question - If these cards are getting so powerful at computations then why do we need a Intel/AMD processor at all?
Because not all of us play games all the time, some people do music production, some code, some do computer graphics(non-3D), etc etc.
There are plenty of uses for a computer other than playing games.Thats not to say that having external processors to offload work from the CPU is a bad idea, its a great idea, but don't fool yourself into thinking that ditching the CPU completely is a good idea, or even feasible.
A synchronized DDoS attack, launched from already owned machines, controlled by a central source would be classified as a flash attack I beleive.
Whereas worms take some time to infect, and they "worm" their way from machine to machine, flash attacks happen suddenly, because the machines are already infected, just waiting for instructions.
Well, Debian is great for servers, I still would use debian for a production server, partially because it is so stable, partially because you don't have to wait for things to compile
However, those who like to run bleeding-edge workstations, and customize their configurations like crazy are the ones that I think Gentoo is aimed at.
I've taken the plunge in the last week or so, and totally switched my system over to linux.
I decided to go with gentoo, since one of the things that always annoyed me abour slackware(my second favorite distro) was the package management(or lack thereof), and just the overall annoying process of having to compile dependant packages by hand for every piece of software.
The install process was grueling to say the least, it took me forever to get the kernel compiled properly(gentoo is rather picky about kernels), but once I got the system installed, and waited for kde to emerge, I was impressed to see that things "just worked". When I want a new program all I have to do is 'emerge program', and it is installed, no having to deal with dependancies or lenghty configuration processes
In other words, the install takes forever, and does demand a fair bit of linux knowledge, but the process IS worth it, once you are finished. I find Gentoo to be quite user-friendly(though it may be picky who it's friends are :)), and I would definitly reccomend it to friends.
I play a lot of CS and I Don't really think cheating is THAT big of a deal, with kickvoting, people can kick off the cheaters, so it becomes irrelevant... Really the most annoying thing is people that get killed and then automically accuse the person that killed them of "HAXXORING".
Not to say that I've not seen any cheaters, but they are easy to spot, and it's always fun to mess with them, you would be surprised what information about a person you can discover with just google and public information...
Always fun to give them a call in the middle of the night suggesting they keep to honest methods of gameplaying...
What I find most interesting about this is that the article says that Sheils made over $1000 a week. That just amazes me that there are that many stupid people out there, that actually purchase products from UCE.
I mean, just on principle alone, I will never purchase something that I get spammed about, and I would think that most people feel the same way, so that just makes me wonder, who DOES buy this stuff? It's those people that are to blame for the continued onslaught of spam. If no one bought their stuff, they wouldn't waste their time(and ours) anymore
Just a thought
Then your car breaks down and you die of dehydration out in the dessert...
err, desert you mean?
I have yet to hear of anyone dying from dessert.....except for a few rare cases of fruitcake-induced coma...
What is it that keeps such an old platform going?
Simple, pure, unadulterated, virginity. :)
*ducks*
Widescreen is undeniably a lot better way to watch a movie, and I'm sure that TV makers like it, because no one wants to watch a widescreen movie on a small TV
I think it will be really nice in a few years when widescreen TV's are the norm.
"The winner this year? RTFA."
You're new here aren't you :)
In my experience working securing networks, I have found that the best approach is "Security through apathy". Sure I can get rooted easy, but boy do I have loads of free time now!
And just how is that not dangerous? :-p
You make a good point, and that is why the robot would need advanced non-shaking algorithyms, in order to prevent the beer from being shook up whilst in transit from fridge to hand.
Many were designed to handle tasks too dangerous for humans and assist people in their daily lives.
Call me when they make one that will fetch my beer
If they can make yahoo lightweight, fast and effecient, as well as accurate, then *maybe*, but even then, if they do all that, they still have to give people a reason to switch over, which would be hard.
As far as ads, as long as they are the unobtrusive text ads, I see no problem with them. Just the other day I was searching for a shell provider, saw a google text ad for what I Was looking for, looked at the site, and purchased their service. If it had been an annoying banner ad, there is no way I would have even thought about buying their service, but because they made an effort to be straightforward, and not try any sneaky tricks(I.E. Those popups that spawn more popups, etc). I good about buying service from them.Nothing but good can come of this!
I think you make a great point. Sure, it's an old game, but it's still cool that 3drealms is releasing the source, maybe other gaming will follow suit, you never know.
Agreed
This is the worst casemod article I have ever seen. I'm not trying to troll here, but c'mon. The screen is tiny, and to make matters worse, it isn't even VGA. Good luck trying to actually admin a server(windows or linux) with that thing. And then, at the end of the review they tack on a guide to installing VNC. Now, granted, VNC is a great tool, but it has absolutely nothing to do with this screen, though, the only way to admin a box with this screen would be through vnc so I guess there's a link there.
I don't normally complain about slashdot mods choice of articles, but this is getting to be absurd. I think that they need to implement a user-moderated story system, much like that of scoop. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but /. has been losing readers fast.
Maybe if the admins took steps to solve this problem /. would be a better place, but I have yet to see a single major change in the site in the 3 years that I've been reading it.
Yes, but that might be a little too much, what if the manufacturers wanted to save money on hardware and thus had less ROM in which to burn the o/s, linux is certainly going to be larger than a homegrown o/s built specifically for the purpose of being a phone o/s. Contrary to what you may want to believe, linux is not always the best tool for the job. Like any tool, there are times in which it works great, and times where that it just doesn't fit the purpose.
It seems cool I suppose, I just hope that they are using linux on the phone because it has a genuine advantage over the alternatives, not just to say they run linux on their phones, to appeal to the geek crowd or whatnot.
Wow, it bears a stunning resemblance.