>> Of course, those of us running other browsers and something like AdBlock have nothing to worry about
Hey don't forget Konqueror! Or lynx and links! Some of us don't need no fancy graphics....
>> The readiness of the State to use its violent power is all too troubling
Let's all get together and blame it on all those violent video games! Down with Nintendo!... What? Nintendo is the good guy? Long live Nintendo! Long live Nintendo.... Don't blame it on the video games!
>> Crossover isn't good enough. It's not faultless, and the problems you have aren't explainable to the end user.
That's funny. Same thing happens to a lot of the computers at school. Office on Windows isn't faultless and the problems you have aren't explainable to the end user.:P
It really is somewhat scary. In the beginning gamers controlled games. Then games started controlling gamers. Now games are (somewhat) trying to modify government via their gamers....
Oh my.... Oh well. Can't talk now. Something is telling me to go play pong....
Not really sure whether it would be a surprise or not, but I can just see SCO suing said developer for defamation against their IP. (Hey they think it's theirs anyway.)
Just so that you know, when they were saying "Where do you want to go today?", they weren't asking us. They were just trying to get us "conditioned" for his Lordship Bill.
If you've ever used Windows for more than a year, be careful. One view of Bill in public and you'll find yourself saying "Good Morning, Mr. Gates. Where do you want to go today?"
I'm pretty sure it says that in the changelog somewhere....
>> If it is the bomb that Duke has found, the question now is what, if anything, should be done with it?"
Obviously it should be put in a museum so that we and our decendents can go look at it. And touch it. And press small, blinking, shiny, red buttons....... And never plan on having kids...
U.N. Representative : So, Mr. Evil... Dr. Evil : It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much.
And you think there is no such thing as a bad education....
Obviously you never realized that SCO doesn't actually have a product. And the code for this non-existant product has been copied into a non-existant piece of software from a parallel universe..... or something...
Yeah... But think of the power of a DDoS attack. Not even being able to modify your documents. Granted that's the Worst Case Scenario. And not to probable at that....
The only problem lies in the possibility for criminals and terrorists to discover if they're being bugged by figuring their bill. If you find a difference of about 25 cents then move on quickly.
>>Hmm, you're right. I suppose I meant specifically a single point of income that can be traced.
Yeah, but they're probably afraid that if they make it that easy to find where the money comes from, we might want them to make it as easy to find out where it goes.
>>I personally have no hope for the show after viewing the web site.
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>>Why oh why does every great SF show spawn really, really sucky sequels?
I know parent got moded as a troll, but I'm going to run with the ball here for just a second. A lot of the time sequels do tend to stink (to say nothing of a sequel of a sequel), but I believe that is due to their trying to ride the coattails of the original, without bringing anything new into the equation.
Stargate Atlantis seems to be bringing in a fair amount of new things. The Graphics are supposed to kick butt (and from what I've seen, they do). Major aspects of the plot are different. etc, etc, etc...
I believe that Stargate Atlantis has a fair chance of success. It appears that they're bringing more in than they're trying to take out.
A Darknet is a portion of routed, allocated IP space in which no active services or servers reside. These are "dark" because there is, seemingly, nothing within these networks.
A Darknet does in fact include at least one server, designed as a packet vacuum. This server gathers the packets and flows that enter the Darknet, useful for real-time analysis or post-event network forensics.
Any packet that enters a Darknet is by its presence aberrant. No legitimate packets should be sent to a Darknet. Such packets may have arrived by mistake or misconfiguration, but the majority of such packets are sent by malware. This malware, actively scanning for vulnerable devices, will send packets into the Darknet, and this is exactly what we want.
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Think this kind of scenario...
A computer gets some form of malware on it that scans random addresses in its attempt to find vulnerable hosts. I'm going to use the name Blaster for this fictional bug...
Now lets assume that the IP for your darknet box is aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd. If the bug randomly chooses your box (which isn't entirely unlikely) to scan, you will instantly know something is up. We're not talking "Oh no the evil **AA is after us!" (where ** is any two letters). We're talking more "Hmmm... Someone is trying to send data to an address that as far as anyone knows doesn't have any device on it." It's safe to consider a box compromised if they try to send data to an address that isn't used.
As brilliant as he was, I don't get why Turing thought that mimicking the human brain would be a step toward intelligence. Sometimes I think the best way for a computer to prove intelligence would to not act like humans....
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Simple. We're better than them! :P
>> Of course, those of us running other browsers and something like AdBlock have nothing to worry about Hey don't forget Konqueror! Or lynx and links! Some of us don't need no fancy graphics....
Let's all get together and blame it on all those violent video games! Down with Nintendo!... What? Nintendo is the good guy? Long live Nintendo! Long live Nintendo.... Don't blame it on the video games!
That's funny. Same thing happens to a lot of the computers at school. Office on Windows isn't faultless and the problems you have aren't explainable to the end user. :P
Oh my.... Oh well. Can't talk now. Something is telling me to go play pong....
Of course, that could explain the sudden demand for electronic voting....
Oh, so that's why John Kerry seems so popular!:P
Not really sure whether it would be a surprise or not, but I can just see SCO suing said developer for defamation against their IP. (Hey they think it's theirs anyway.)
Or at least teach Clippy (or whoever is in Office now) how to do my homework. For that kinda cash, I expect to see that paperclip doing my Physics....
If you've ever used Windows for more than a year, be careful. One view of Bill in public and you'll find yourself saying "Good Morning, Mr. Gates. Where do you want to go today?"
I'm pretty sure it says that in the changelog somewhere....
Obviously it should be put in a museum so that we and our decendents can go look at it. And touch it. And press small, blinking, shiny, red buttons....... And never plan on having kids...
U.N. Representative : So, Mr. Evil...
Dr. Evil : It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much.
And you think there is no such thing as a bad education....
Obviously you never realized that SCO doesn't actually have a product. And the code for this non-existant product has been copied into a non-existant piece of software from a parallel universe..... or something...
SCO showing code in Linux that They own the copyright to: Infinity:1
Couldn't we just pray for fire and brimstone?
Yeah, but they're probably afraid that if they make it that easy to find where the money comes from, we might want them to make it as easy to find out where it goes.
I thought that that was why we had evening news.
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>>Why oh why does every great SF show spawn really, really sucky sequels?
I know parent got moded as a troll, but I'm going to run with the ball here for just a second. A lot of the time sequels do tend to stink (to say nothing of a sequel of a sequel), but I believe that is due to their trying to ride the coattails of the original, without bringing anything new into the equation.
Stargate Atlantis seems to be bringing in a fair amount of new things. The Graphics are supposed to kick butt (and from what I've seen, they do). Major aspects of the plot are different. etc, etc, etc...
I believe that Stargate Atlantis has a fair chance of success. It appears that they're bringing more in than they're trying to take out.
Unfortunately, I suppose I didn't phrase for people to read it that way...
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A Darknet is a portion of routed, allocated IP space in which no active services or servers reside. These are "dark" because there is, seemingly, nothing within these networks.
A Darknet does in fact include at least one server, designed as a packet vacuum. This server gathers the packets and flows that enter the Darknet, useful for real-time analysis or post-event network forensics.
Any packet that enters a Darknet is by its presence aberrant. No legitimate packets should be sent to a Darknet. Such packets may have arrived by mistake or misconfiguration, but the majority of such packets are sent by malware. This malware, actively scanning for vulnerable devices, will send packets into the Darknet, and this is exactly what we want.
[/snippet]
Think this kind of scenario...
A computer gets some form of malware on it that scans random addresses in its attempt to find vulnerable hosts. I'm going to use the name Blaster for this fictional bug...
Now lets assume that the IP for your darknet box is aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd. If the bug randomly chooses your box (which isn't entirely unlikely) to scan, you will instantly know something is up. We're not talking "Oh no the evil **AA is after us!" (where ** is any two letters). We're talking more "Hmmm... Someone is trying to send data to an address that as far as anyone knows doesn't have any device on it." It's safe to consider a box compromised if they try to send data to an address that isn't used.
As brilliant as he was, I don't get why Turing thought that mimicking the human brain would be a step toward intelligence. Sometimes I think the best way for a computer to prove intelligence would to not act like humans....