and could make one heck of a controller for HVAC systems, remote monitoring, portable data acquisition, etc. Not to say that there aren't other options, but game consoles are usually cheap, reliable, and sturdy. If I can do all that/and/ play games on it, it's another opportunity for experimentation and learning on my end.
True, but an application running on top of the OS just can't ever have the same features and security of a system integrated into the kernel itself. And without Microsoft's help, there's no way to do that. A ZoneAlarm-type program may just not live up to all that HP needed in order to make a quality, robust product.
I just have a hard time believing that if it were that easy that HP couldn't figure it out. Companies I've worked for in the past have had to completely re-engineer a Kernel to gain all the functionality required to manipulate all aspects of the IP implementation and the way it interacts with the other layers of the OS to achieve the performance, security, routing, etc. required for the application. This isn't possible without Windows source code, which is not available. I wouldn't think the scenario they describe is out of the realm of reasonability.
FYI: I don't even own a Macintosh, but the default settings are part of what constitutes the OS. Sure, I can take an Amiga, and write all my own applications to make it is useful and secure as any other computer (maybe not as fast), but that's as much a band-aid as needing to manually restructure a Windows configuration to meet security needs. The same un(der)educated user base for Macintosh gets default granular security without 3rd party apps and registry tweaks. And at any rate, Windows is designed from the core to let all kinds of programs, browsers, and scripts do whatever they want to the OS and the registry. It makes development and operation easier, at the cost of security.
How could I be so blind? An OS which has no concept of permissions, where everything runs with superuser permissions couldn't possibly be more secure than one with rigid constraints on which processes can access what. The old 'market share' argument is a weak one.
Let's see you reverse engineer Windows to the point where your program can integrate seamlessly and reliably with the OS kernel and the networking stacks without any documentation or help from Microsoft.
It detects/changes/ in the traffic patterns. If your computer sends thousands of packets per second to port 6346, it can probably identify that as your usual traffic. If you suddenly start sending millions of packets to port 25 on various machines, that's out of the ordinary and can be throttled.
The article didn't say anything to that effect. Maybe they did try, and Microsoft was uncooperative. Is it beyond the realm of possibility that Microsoft would be uncooperative in revamping their TCP/IP implementation?
outbound connections per second? No, it doesn't, does it? That why they didn't just invent ZoneAlarm. It's not doing the same thing. Pretty obvious, really.
They basically replied and said, "what do you think you are, some kind of expert or something?" when I expressed my frustration that their shopping cart decided to lose about 4 hours worth of record shopping (and the fact that the back button is broken). Oh well, at least they don't ship opened, fingerprinted records like satelliterecords does.
I don't mind running a few closed source binaries in otherwise open systems. As a result, I have a working video driver written by those who designed the hardware. I've personally had better luck with the nVidia cards, I'm just glad they made the effort.
Besides, more people deciding to run open source OSes because they work with a wide range of new video cards/is/ good for the community.
This kind of support for open source users is what keeps me coming back to certain hardware manufacturers. The more companies realize this, the better it is for everyone.
I was referring to raw resolution of the audio signal. Obviously if either a record or CD are damaged, they'll produce less than optimum results. Without having the audio rounded off to the nearest bit, vinyl has if nothing else much better stereo imaging than CD. I've got records that I've played hundreds of times over the last, say, 5 years... having spun them in the forest, in the desert, at clubs, and they still sound better than their CD counterpart. If you take care of your vinyl, calibrate your tonearm, and don't use damaged styli, vinyl really isn't as fragile as people make it out to be.
"with the move to storing simply raster music, it's not possible to adjust tempo very well in real-time"
which I refuted. Your reply makes it sound like you're in agreement with me, but in my world "is not possible" and "is very easy" are contradictory statements.
You don't hear techno coming out of an opera singer's mouth, and you don't hear pipe organs in African drum circles. Certain genres are often associated with the venue of performance, and video game music once stood apart as its own art form. Recently it seems video games just play music from other genres, and there's nothing wrong with that, I just think that game-specific music seems to have been placed on the back burner.
It's not like there's a button you push that says "make music" and out it comes. Everything from the technology of the instruments used to composition and performance are equally if not more complex than with tradidional instruments. The more you understand about how the music is created, the better you're able to understand and appreciate its complexities.
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and could make one heck of a controller for HVAC systems, remote monitoring, portable data acquisition, etc. Not to say that there aren't other options, but game consoles are usually cheap, reliable, and sturdy. If I can do all that /and/ play games on it, it's another opportunity for experimentation and learning on my end.
True, but an application running on top of the OS just can't ever have the same features and security of a system integrated into the kernel itself. And without Microsoft's help, there's no way to do that. A ZoneAlarm-type program may just not live up to all that HP needed in order to make a quality, robust product.
I just have a hard time believing that if it were that easy that HP couldn't figure it out. Companies I've worked for in the past have had to completely re-engineer a Kernel to gain all the functionality required to manipulate all aspects of the IP implementation and the way it interacts with the other layers of the OS to achieve the performance, security, routing, etc. required for the application. This isn't possible without Windows source code, which is not available. I wouldn't think the scenario they describe is out of the realm of reasonability.
FYI: I don't even own a Macintosh, but the default settings are part of what constitutes the OS. Sure, I can take an Amiga, and write all my own applications to make it is useful and secure as any other computer (maybe not as fast), but that's as much a band-aid as needing to manually restructure a Windows configuration to meet security needs. The same un(der)educated user base for Macintosh gets default granular security without 3rd party apps and registry tweaks. And at any rate, Windows is designed from the core to let all kinds of programs, browsers, and scripts do whatever they want to the OS and the registry. It makes development and operation easier, at the cost of security.
Looks like a great candidate for running alternative software/OSes. I wonder what the extent of available I/O will be?
the router as the offending machine? Could be many thousand.
How could I be so blind? An OS which has no concept of permissions, where everything runs with superuser permissions couldn't possibly be more secure than one with rigid constraints on which processes can access what. The old 'market share' argument is a weak one.
Let's see you reverse engineer Windows to the point where your program can integrate seamlessly and reliably with the OS kernel and the networking stacks without any documentation or help from Microsoft.
You think you're cute, but you're not.
It detects /changes/ in the traffic patterns. If your computer sends thousands of packets per second to port 6346, it can probably identify that as your usual traffic. If you suddenly start sending millions of packets to port 25 on various machines, that's out of the ordinary and can be throttled.
The article didn't say anything to that effect. Maybe they did try, and Microsoft was uncooperative. Is it beyond the realm of possibility that Microsoft would be uncooperative in revamping their TCP/IP implementation?
outbound connections per second? No, it doesn't, does it? That why they didn't just invent ZoneAlarm. It's not doing the same thing. Pretty obvious, really.
Ouch!
Ooooooh, burn! How do /you/ like it? Yeah, kind of stupid, isn't it?
They basically replied and said, "what do you think you are, some kind of expert or something?" when I expressed my frustration that their shopping cart decided to lose about 4 hours worth of record shopping (and the fact that the back button is broken). Oh well, at least they don't ship opened, fingerprinted records like satelliterecords does.
I don't mind running a few closed source binaries in otherwise open systems. As a result, I have a working video driver written by those who designed the hardware. I've personally had better luck with the nVidia cards, I'm just glad they made the effort.
/is/ good for the community.
Besides, more people deciding to run open source OSes because they work with a wide range of new video cards
This kind of support for open source users is what keeps me coming back to certain hardware manufacturers. The more companies realize this, the better it is for everyone.
While it is a huge concern, it's neither new nor surprising information.
That's what connecting an unprotected computer to the Internet is like. The parent post was good advice.
"are we gonna get another barrage of (insert slashdot cliche') posts" again?
Damnit!
I was referring to raw resolution of the audio signal. Obviously if either a record or CD are damaged, they'll produce less than optimum results. Without having the audio rounded off to the nearest bit, vinyl has if nothing else much better stereo imaging than CD. I've got records that I've played hundreds of times over the last, say, 5 years... having spun them in the forest, in the desert, at clubs, and they still sound better than their CD counterpart. If you take care of your vinyl, calibrate your tonearm, and don't use damaged styli, vinyl really isn't as fragile as people make it out to be.
which I refuted. Your reply makes it sound like you're in agreement with me, but in my world "is not possible" and "is very easy" are contradictory statements.
You don't hear techno coming out of an opera singer's mouth, and you don't hear pipe organs in African drum circles. Certain genres are often associated with the venue of performance, and video game music once stood apart as its own art form. Recently it seems video games just play music from other genres, and there's nothing wrong with that, I just think that game-specific music seems to have been placed on the back burner.
It's not like there's a button you push that says "make music" and out it comes. Everything from the technology of the instruments used to composition and performance are equally if not more complex than with tradidional instruments. The more you understand about how the music is created, the better you're able to understand and appreciate its complexities.