It will probably be an unwanted by-product. At least I don't want my robots to be self-aware... it has so many deep implications of how they do their work that they become unreliable and even dangerous, which defeats the whole purpose of a robot in itself. Sure, it would be nice that some robots develop a self-awareness, but it's mainly theoric and serves no pratical purpose.
Put a brain that is able to become self-aware of itself in my dishwasher, my car-maker industrial robot or my robocop and I won't guarantee you may not have any problem. Quite the reverse.
they could prevent security holes from being patched - making further/future exploits easier to conduct.
That's not to your advantage to do so. A normal way to conduct a successful exploit is to establish a basecamp which can call home and so you can have a certain control (normally done through reverse shell connection or UDP/ping/DNS tunneling to bypass firewalls). Once you have a basecamp, you have no problem getting back on the machine to perform whatever task you want. Then, it is important that you stay (except in certain cases, think adware automation) the sole possessor of the PC, so many real hackers (no script kiddies) even patch the system and remove vulnerabilities, in order to protect their loot.
Then again, it could be a goal in itself to keep machines unpatched, but mainly to pass a message. Disabling normal functionnalities (why my update don't work now?) should be a first hint that you may have unwanted code on your system, though.
been done? if so, didn't work much. cyber terrorism is still ahead of us, though a real threat. For now it's mainly just email communication between old-school terrorist, which shouldn't be considered cyber warfare.
But hey, with Vista everything's gonna be alright right?;)
Actually it can, quite easily... with administrative rights, it can cripple most of your registry and many drivers/dlls (even those unchecked by Windows) and then reboot the machine:) that would work quite efficiently.
The goal of many viruses is not to destroy stuff, but simple other goals such as:
Make money over advertisement (adware).
Botnets, in order to attain other goals (DoS, attacks, etc)
Get passwords, credit cards number and other information which could be useful.
Leave a message (think MSBLAST.exe kind). What better way to tell "I <3 you" than with the gift of a virus?
A destroyed installation of Windows does not serve much...
Nope. This is a direct communication link. MSN, Y!, ICQ and AIM all use indirect communication, meaning that you are sending your messages to a central (obviously redundant and load balanced) server and they send it back to the right client. Even IRC uses this form of communication.
The patent is not justified as well. Many p2p clients did direct connection back in the 90s. Haven't read it and IANAL, so maybe there is some stuff in it that is outside what p2p networks did...
Anyone here who went through the task of reading and understanding it?
I didn't mean by that to see good pictures all around a text interface, just that I hoped I could still see slashdot on it, because for me in the past it has been useful (when sshing your way out of some strange configured network[*]).
[*] Yes, I KNOW ssh doesn't go through many corporate firewalls, but you can tunnel your session and bypass the websense. And I use it for/. and not for pr0n.
Either that or you're just too dump for the common denominator. Very nice design I think. A good revamp, though not sure about moo and prototype... those things are huge to download (think about the modems or lynx [haven't tried] or palms).
Depends. If you cannot be a real solid expert on something, then it doesn't pay up. Look at the COBOL people who couldn't do anything else than COBOL. How many assembly expert do we really need in this world?
What I was saying is tat being an expert doesn't pay up because technology change really often. How long before any serious project will be changed to Java (or even.Net)? If you work for that company, and you're the C expert and don't know anything about java, what of your job? How long Ajax will be the new hype? What will we do if the experts don't want to learn any other thing because they are too old? How many experts and specialist already don't want to learn something different? And btw, I've met a lot of those guys that were working in dark closet because they did not want to "spoil their brain" and learn.net...
Generalist is not about knowing _everything_. Generalists should not be whining about learning new things. They should be interested in everything, and particularly at solving problems using new and revolutionnary ways. They are the real kind of hackers. Hell, that's how civilization advances at all.
Seriously though, what you want to do? There is sooooo much out there that we cannot just point at something and say "that's the thing to learn". But if you want one trick here: don't be a specialist, be a generalist. Learn different things, and think about different way to do them. Think different! (and buy a mac)
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Probably will look at the shadow of the planet. What I am wondering though, is that if a planet is at, say, 700 light-years from here, and we're seeing a "civilization", or just plain life at least, then that life will be from 700 years before. Now with what we've been through in the last 100 years, put that a 10000 lightyears away and you have a heck of an evolution...
PS: funny part is, if they see our earthshine from the same distance, we humans wouldn't even exist. Talk about being stealthy:)
I just retested it, and either a last update in Safari did the trick or I'm not seeing what you mean. Everything is perfect, based on spec, in Safari 2.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
jest: activity characterized by good humor
antic: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. This sort of "joke" is not the same as a practical joke. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
Humorous tales that can be very short or very long. The older, longer humorous narratives, called Schwänke by folklorists, present stereotyped characters who act out common conflicts of neighborhood life. One type is the Numskull joke which concern the stupid person. www.lpb.org/programs/swappingstories/glossary.html
Humor in a dream is a good indication of lightheartedness and release from the tension that may have surrounded some issue. There is, however, also a negative side of humor, such as when someone or something is derided or made fun of. www.dream-dictionary.org/interpretation/dream_dict ionary_j.html
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Put a brain that is able to become self-aware of itself in my dishwasher, my car-maker industrial robot or my robocop and I won't guarantee you may not have any problem. Quite the reverse.
ME really was bad, but 98 was not much better.
a2ps already sends to default player if you don't specify the -o tag :) Just so you save 20-30 characters.
Then again, it could be a goal in itself to keep machines unpatched, but mainly to pass a message. Disabling normal functionnalities (why my update don't work now?) should be a first hint that you may have unwanted code on your system, though.
But hey, with Vista everything's gonna be alright right? ;)
The goal of many viruses is not to destroy stuff, but simple other goals such as:
- Make money over advertisement (adware).
- Botnets, in order to attain other goals (DoS, attacks, etc)
- Get passwords, credit cards number and other information which could be useful.
- Leave a message (think MSBLAST.exe kind). What better way to tell "I <3 you" than with the gift of a virus?
A destroyed installation of Windows does not serve much...Nah you'll just wake up, open the door and see them cool as dead. Brits aren't as tough as our winters :P
The patent is not justified as well. Many p2p clients did direct connection back in the 90s. Haven't read it and IANAL, so maybe there is some stuff in it that is outside what p2p networks did...
Anyone here who went through the task of reading and understanding it?
Respect the elders dude. Even more when you're a coward.
Insensitive Clod.
[*] Yes, I KNOW ssh doesn't go through many corporate firewalls, but you can tunnel your session and bypass the websense. And I use it for /. and not for pr0n.
Either that or you're just too dump for the common denominator. Very nice design I think. A good revamp, though not sure about moo and prototype... those things are huge to download (think about the modems or lynx [haven't tried] or palms).
What I was saying is tat being an expert doesn't pay up because technology change really often. How long before any serious project will be changed to Java (or even .Net)? If you work for that company, and you're the C expert and don't know anything about java, what of your job? How long Ajax will be the new hype? What will we do if the experts don't want to learn any other thing because they are too old? How many experts and specialist already don't want to learn something different? And btw, I've met a lot of those guys that were working in dark closet because they did not want to "spoil their brain" and learn .net...
Generalist is not about knowing _everything_. Generalists should not be whining about learning new things. They should be interested in everything, and particularly at solving problems using new and revolutionnary ways. They are the real kind of hackers. Hell, that's how civilization advances at all.
Seriously though, what you want to do? There is sooooo much out there that we cannot just point at something and say "that's the thing to learn". But if you want one trick here: don't be a specialist, be a generalist. Learn different things, and think about different way to do them. Think different! (and buy a mac)
Yep, earth will survive with or without us humans. I just wish I or my children could be there to see it.
But then again... I probably don't know you.
Semantic slashdot, where everyone can typo and be laughed at.
What's this Internet thing you're talking about?
PS: funny part is, if they see our earthshine from the same distance, we humans wouldn't even exist. Talk about being stealthy :)
Even MSN has decent results for it !
DON'T tell me you checked...
I bet you can't overbet my bet! gotcha
I just retested it, and either a last update in Safari did the trick or I'm not seeing what you mean. Everything is perfect, based on spec, in Safari 2.
Definitions of joke on the web:
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
www.lpb.org/programs/swappingstories/glossary.htm
www.dream-dictionary.org/interpretation/dream_dic
And how is that reverse of the current situation?