They're not snooping on one, specific service at a point in the US. They're looking at any appropriate traffic that happens to pass through the US. Any information that passes through the US must be considered compromised by the NSA.
What makes you think that this is limited to US only traffic?
I maintain my companies site on Drupal 7 and it is in fact a resource hog. We have had to add more RAM to our servers twice because when our users go to checkout, our server times out and our users get a 502 error page. To be fair our Drupal site was poorly developed and only halfway done before I got my hands on it so I guess its possible building a site properly and completely would change this.
No, no it's not. Drupal is a terrible system and anyone with any virtual load and reasonable complexity will soon be looking for something to migrate to. I have migrated several sites off of Drupal, as they grew beyond it capacity to support a user for a reasonable cost. There are other issues with Drupal, but we don't need to go down that road.
You definitely don't need to vet every line of code, as long as you build a small vetted security framework. For something like a router, I'd expect that's how they're put together, although I know better.
Well, it's true. Maybe you don't remember those days, but a big selling point of cable was that it didn't have commercials. You were paying $ in exchange for getting rid of them.
I predicted that wouldn't last, and I was correct.
You and about 240M other Americans, especially since the majority of channels when cable first came out were local broadcast channels, with commercials.
Well of course you wouldn't use the same micro-code techniques. But just understanding the concepts involved would be applicable to any other system we commonly use today, just as long as you know the basic peculiarities of that architecture. Basic assumptions have changed from your 70s/80s sample set.
I think you've missed one detail there though - knowing how compilers work and translate into actual machine instructions is of more value than knowing Assembly for any particular CPU today, for the large majority of jobs out there. However, knowing it adds immense value as you have a different viewpoint about coding. It would also tend to make you more aware of what's going on under the hood of C++, the STL, Java, C#, and pretty much any other language, and in some cases how a particular language is probably unsuitable for a specific job. It also tends to formalize perceptions about data structures, and how critical proper design of data can be to a system's performance and scalability. These are things not learned when someone just gives you a hashmap and says "go forth young master coder".
Regarding the employer - that's not a valid issue - I'd rather they not know I was browsing/. in the first place. That's accomplished via a simple ssh tunnel to a remote system. Done correctly, it could resolve to www.shopforunmentionables.com and look like valid 443 traffic.
FYI - iOS 7 fixes the battery drain issue. Turns out a whole lot of apps like to run in the background. iOS7 allows you to disable this ability. I easily get 3 days of use out of my phone now between charges whereas before it was always 1 day or less. Google's Maps app is an especially power hungry hog, since it accesses both location data and the network, and appears to do so quite often even in the background. That one can run your phone down in standby in just a few hours.
You're supposed to have a reporting officer or line for exactly this purpose in your own company. But I'd agree with godinhell that if it's worrying enough, contact a lawyer first.
Laugh at the marketshare of Windows Phone all you want, but Nokia sells more Windows Phones than most manufacturers individually sell in Android phones.
Really, care to share some numbers? Seems like the Lumia sold so well they discontinued it 2 months after release.
IANAL, but HIPAA is very very clear on this. The information, even if turned over to a third party, needs to continue to be treated as HIPAA information. Since pharmacies are under HIPAA jurisdiction, either the Oregonian DB is HIPAA certified, or they're in violation of HIPAA. There is no leeway in the law. If, at any point, you have HIPAA information and fail to treat it as such, you will be fined, etc.
And? Having an optional integrated keyboard/cover on the Surface is a far better experience than your average Bluetooth keyboard and an iPad.
The last round, those keyboards were peeling within days, if not hours. I do believe a nice solid BT keyboard made to go with an iPad cover (as integrated as Surface) makes for a much better user experience. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate surface, much like I don't hate a pile of elephant dung. I won't be near either one.
They asked, they didn't get it. Nor a real email either. So no contact list to get, and since it's my spam account.... well, knock yourself out emailing all those spammers.:)
I've never had a car where you could not shit into neutral, automatic or manual. Well, I say that, I did have a manual that wouldn't shift at all. It was stuck in 2 gears simultaneously. It also didn't move.
Regarding the accelerator. If you're already in gear, with the proper car both will move from a stop. Popping the clutch only kills small engines. So no, I don't think a manual is the answer to everything. Although I do like driving them far more than an automatic, and it certainly would stop the riding of the brake for the 2 footed automatic drivers, among other things. They'll ride the clutch instead, which leads to a car that doesn't move vs a car that can't stop.
What makes you think TwoFish is any better? Or that the lower level protocols you will create will be any better? We have source for many of these. There are other ways of making things secure.
there is no runaway problem - shifting into neutral always works (manual or automatic) The effects on the engine are a different issue. For the "driving through a store, that one I just don't get. Did they floor it?
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They're not snooping on one, specific service at a point in the US. They're looking at any appropriate traffic that happens to pass through the US. Any information that passes through the US must be considered compromised by the NSA.
What makes you think that this is limited to US only traffic?
Glad you spoke up, at least 2 of those sites were signed...AC
I maintain my companies site on Drupal 7 and it is in fact a resource hog. We have had to add more RAM to our servers twice because when our users go to checkout, our server times out and our users get a 502 error page. To be fair our Drupal site was poorly developed and only halfway done before I got my hands on it so I guess its possible building a site properly and completely would change this.
No, no it's not. Drupal is a terrible system and anyone with any virtual load and reasonable complexity will soon be looking for something to migrate to. I have migrated several sites off of Drupal, as they grew beyond it capacity to support a user for a reasonable cost. There are other issues with Drupal, but we don't need to go down that road.
Lightning seems to be the next step in USB connectivity - orientation-less connectivity. USB connectors always were bad in this regard.
That doesn't mean that the connector specifically has to be lightning, but micro-USB sans orientation would work just as well, IMHO.
You definitely don't need to vet every line of code, as long as you build a small vetted security framework. For something like a router, I'd expect that's how they're put together, although I know better.
...or were the Russians simply nimble enough on their feet to exploit an incredible opportunity when it fell into their lap? ...
I think you answered your own question there. It literally fell into their lap. The US has done the same.
I think you may have read one too many Robert Ludlum novels.
Well, it's true. Maybe you don't remember those days, but a big selling point of cable was that it didn't have commercials. You were paying $ in exchange for getting rid of them. I predicted that wouldn't last, and I was correct.
You and about 240M other Americans, especially since the majority of channels when cable first came out were local broadcast channels, with commercials.
Well of course you wouldn't use the same micro-code techniques. But just understanding the concepts involved would be applicable to any other system we commonly use today, just as long as you know the basic peculiarities of that architecture. Basic assumptions have changed from your 70s/80s sample set.
I think you've missed one detail there though - knowing how compilers work and translate into actual machine instructions is of more value than knowing Assembly for any particular CPU today, for the large majority of jobs out there. However, knowing it adds immense value as you have a different viewpoint about coding. It would also tend to make you more aware of what's going on under the hood of C++, the STL, Java, C#, and pretty much any other language, and in some cases how a particular language is probably unsuitable for a specific job. It also tends to formalize perceptions about data structures, and how critical proper design of data can be to a system's performance and scalability. These are things not learned when someone just gives you a hashmap and says "go forth young master coder".
Regarding the employer - that's not a valid issue - I'd rather they not know I was browsing /. in the first place. That's accomplished via a simple ssh tunnel to a remote system. Done correctly, it could resolve to www.shopforunmentionables.com and look like valid 443 traffic.
FYI - iOS 7 fixes the battery drain issue. Turns out a whole lot of apps like to run in the background. iOS7 allows you to disable this ability. I easily get 3 days of use out of my phone now between charges whereas before it was always 1 day or less. Google's Maps app is an especially power hungry hog, since it accesses both location data and the network, and appears to do so quite often even in the background. That one can run your phone down in standby in just a few hours.
You're supposed to have a reporting officer or line for exactly this purpose in your own company. But I'd agree with godinhell that if it's worrying enough, contact a lawyer first.
Sorry - too many pronouns - i was definitely talking about the pharmacies here. They are covered entities.
Laugh at the marketshare of Windows Phone all you want, but Nokia sells more Windows Phones than most manufacturers individually sell in Android phones.
Really, care to share some numbers? Seems like the Lumia sold so well they discontinued it 2 months after release.
I have accounts for dev purposes, no other reason. I have considered creating some scripts to completely pollute their DBs regarding people I know.
IANAL, but HIPAA is very very clear on this. The information, even if turned over to a third party, needs to continue to be treated as HIPAA information. Since pharmacies are under HIPAA jurisdiction, either the Oregonian DB is HIPAA certified, or they're in violation of HIPAA. There is no leeway in the law. If, at any point, you have HIPAA information and fail to treat it as such, you will be fined, etc.
And? Having an optional integrated keyboard/cover on the Surface is a far better experience than your average Bluetooth keyboard and an iPad.
The last round, those keyboards were peeling within days, if not hours. I do believe a nice solid BT keyboard made to go with an iPad cover (as integrated as Surface) makes for a much better user experience. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate surface, much like I don't hate a pile of elephant dung. I won't be near either one.
They asked, they didn't get it. Nor a real email either. So no contact list to get, and since it's my spam account.... well, knock yourself out emailing all those spammers. :)
Read along a little further - he wasn't licensed to drive the cab.
I've never had a car where you could not shit into neutral, automatic or manual. Well, I say that, I did have a manual that wouldn't shift at all. It was stuck in 2 gears simultaneously. It also didn't move.
Regarding the accelerator. If you're already in gear, with the proper car both will move from a stop. Popping the clutch only kills small engines. So no, I don't think a manual is the answer to everything. Although I do like driving them far more than an automatic, and it certainly would stop the riding of the brake for the 2 footed automatic drivers, among other things. They'll ride the clutch instead, which leads to a car that doesn't move vs a car that can't stop.
They can fix that by sanctioning it. It was in the running, AES won.
What makes you think TwoFish is any better? Or that the lower level protocols you will create will be any better? We have source for many of these. There are other ways of making things secure.
there is no runaway problem - shifting into neutral always works (manual or automatic) The effects on the engine are a different issue. For the "driving through a store, that one I just don't get. Did they floor it?
And I'll bet you that was a one-time incident after which they lost their commercial license. No more taxi driver.