FACT: Human communication is definitively NOT rule-based, neither syntax, semantics nor phonology. Unless you accept that most rules have more exceptions than cases where it applies. And even the exceptions have (typically) several layers of exceptions. Google for 'machine learning of natural languege' for several millions hits on several decades of scientific research on the subject.
Trying to turn a human language into a code form would involve putting it into a type of rules based form, wouldn't it? If nothing else, removing the need to learn the exceptions would probably be a great boon for any learner. It'll be interesting to have linguists study the Aibo-ese after it's had more time to develop. Would the word for "ball" change much if there are two identical balls? Would it pluralize like we do in english (balls), or perhaps follow a counting system like the japanese do (2 ball)? Maybe a word that only describes multiple balls (couple of ball).
Hmmm. Change ball to "joint" and let the debate begin...
Here's the
link to the story that they forgot. A pity, though. They're only opening up the IM for extra, user made, modules. I was hoping they published code for the Yahoo messenger for the community. Hell, I'd be happy if they'd just update the linux version or at least make the current versions more WINE friendly. I'd like my voice chat and video, please.
MySpace says on a "Tips for Parents" page that users must be 14 or older. The Web site does nothing to verify the age of the user, such as requiring a driver's license or credit card number, Loewy said.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent a letter to the MySpace.com chief executive officer May 22, asking him to require users to verify their age and identity with a credit card or verified e-mail account.
Asking Myspace to require credit card identification isn't the same as ordering them to. Sorry.
I hope Google adds a "euphanism" translator while they're at it. I can see an explosion of new words and phrases being made to try obfuscating information and guiding public opinion. Not that it hasn't been going on already...
If you're suprised by this, you've obviously never heard of "plug and pray". Religion was getting people to switch their (belief) systems way before Apple made commercials about it.
Civilian security practices are not like what you're used to. Depending on the size of the organization, you may end up with a non-tech boss. Some DO NOT want to know what's being done wrong, nor about what you'd consider minimum safe practice (deleting/disabling accounts of people that are not there anymore, password changes, keeping users from having admin rights and a visible thermometer for the server room). I got fired from one job because I got labeled as not being a team player because I was trying to get something written down about policies and procedures (for training and worker protection. As an NCO I used to run a NCC help desk and WIAO). I'd argue that I was a major risk in making that boss look bad, especially with long term policy and accountability issues, but oh well. In a way, I look forward to their first major meltdown. I doubt that person will acknowledge that anything was preventable, though.
Other things to watch for:
If you're overseas, apply for overseas jobs now. I haven't had as much luck getting responses stateside as I had hoped. Some of the civilian positions from usajob.gov want you in the area initially or don't have PCS expenses authorized. Use that free ticket!
Get your certifications! Military experience is nice, but little pieces of paper help a lot more.
"Non-competitive" clauses suck.
If the company you're applying to has a HR department, expect to wait at least 1-2 months before hearing anything.
Either way, congrats! Don't forget you're going to be on inactive reserves until your 8th year, so stay off the bong ^_^
I don't think the school has much right to say that the student has to take down the proxy server. They would, however, be within their rights to ban accessing proxy servers for the purpose of bypassing system security. They could also enforce monitoring policies and take action based off of what the student was accessing. As an example, downloading porn is still downloading porn, proxy or no. If the student was accessing somthing that "shouldn't" be blocked, then there needs to be a mechanism for auditing the censorship list. Restricting access can be a tricky thing to defend. Personally, I think they need to have all users agree that the use of web access at school be for school related issues, and that there should be people appointed to override the system settings as needed (and update the settings). By ensuring that the system is used for sanctioned use rather than personal, a school can better manage their (undoubtedly limited) resources. Every kid screwing off on a system is another kid not able to do research or utilize tutoring software. Every dollar spent to protect against inside hackers is a not spent on new classrooms, teacher training or food programs.
Could our public schools use help with their handling of IT resources? Yes. But rebellious teenage students have as much to do with their issues as non-computer literate staffers.
It's ironic that he's saying domination is not healthy when talking about apple's drm by limiting other companies but it's ok to limit customers to what they can and can't do with what they purchased.
Considering that they're now allowing more than was legal before, I guess the idea is really that too much domination isn't healthy. Apple just needs to be a sub every now and then
Seriously, this is real "top secret" info and goverment got it loose to some God damn hacker?
I would bet that again "cool" solutions like Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office is involved. Or better even, unconfigured and unsecured Linux or BSD server.
Propably will be modded troll, but anyway, it is crazy and scary in same time.
Not a troll:P Anyhow, I'd be willing to bet it was just some social engineering.
"Hello? Personnel? This is Paul in accounting. We just got a memo to about a new tracking item. Some contractor got hired to do some cost analysis study. They need the full details of everybody with NUKEIT clearance. Can you forward them a copy with everybody hired from 1990 to present? I'd really appreciate it."
On the other hand, anything that's actually "secret" shouldn't be on internet accessible computers. There might be issues if the personnel information turns up blackmailable material, though.
You would think one of the Net Admins would have looked @ those logs in the last 9 months. Or something would have been found out of whack?
The Net Admins probably informed the correct people as soon as they found out. The issue is that proper notifications weren't made to people higher in the hierarchy. Non-IT management/workers obviously didn't have thier own procedures for dealing with these matters. Even a one page checklist would have done better than the assumputions they were making.
To the original poster:
The certification and training courses listed above should keep you busy for the summer. It might be easier to figure out where you'll be this summer and find out who does what training in their area. You might find some smaller training facilities that have better student/teacher ratios. As far as the "RTFM" and similarly phrased answers, ignore the fact that they didn't read your question (that you're looking for formal classes/seminars) and apply their advice to your after class practicing. I'd even suggest you get Knoppix to start with. Being a live CD, you can use it to practice without touching your regular system's installation.
Doesn't matter, IMO, the content shouldn't have been in a final shipping product in the first place.
Now companies need to start looking into buying insurance to protect against this. After all, how much coding did the embedded version of Hot Coffee take? Compare that to the amount of legit code and you see that an unethical person could put something into the program before release and hold that over the company for blackmail purposes or revenge if they ever get fired. I don't think this is something that's as easy to protect against as one might think. http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/20 02/06/va_nimda_korea.html Even Microsoft missed some code when shipping a product. Scanners and automated tools are only as good as the information they're told to look for. An individual programmer set on adding some content (or sloppy about removing a joke) could cost a company a lot of money. Maybe not that much in terms of fines ($11k is still a lot of money, especially for smaller companies), but in terms of consumer faith and reputation.
So it should be legal for me to use a night-vision scope to look into my neighbor's bedroom window at night? After all, her naked body is reflecting electromagnetic radiation into my personal space. Amplifying it into a visible image, digitizing it, and making it available on the Internet seems like a perfectly logical step, doesn't it?
Ummm. Radio transmitters are much more along the lines of your neighbor changing or whatever in the middle of a crowded public area with people that could turn around and watch at any point. Your example, peeking into her window, is more deliberate. For one thing, it's targeted. You knew specifically who you wanted to observe. Another is that she made an attempt to protect her privacy by going inside. In this example, you've taken steps to circumvent this by searching for and exploiting an opening (earn your white hat and let her know her curtains are open).
Personally, I'm waiting for the day when SETI gets sued (or disintegrated) for intercepting alien phone calls. I'm betting the first decoded message is for 1-900-UFO-HOTY
Good points Yog, but I don't think the entire PRC government would have to jump ship to MS in order to make a suggestion (not to be confused with an order). It'd be like saying the whole US government endorsed linux just because a NSA programmer made SELinux. Just a few that may be recieving "gifts", or are actually concerned about lowering piracy (Was it the WTO that had the big issue with this?). Either way, I think we can stick with $$ as the prime motivator.
I can't see commercial servers and desktop/notebooks to be in competition with one another. Based off of stats I could see the average/. home system builder might build something burly/feature rich enough to cause confusion. But it's not stats, it's marketing.
this was probably a condition of the sale agreement with IBM so they don't complete with them.
I don't think so. Lenovo's made the purchase a while ago and IBM is pretty much out of that area of the computer market anyhow. Any announcements regarding linux support and sales should have been shortly after the sale. Lenovo probably negotiated a very favorable rate on Microsoft software in exchange for dumping Linux. A better OEM rate equates better profit margins.
Being a chinese company, I wonder if their government "suggested" they go to using only licenced MS products. New equipment with a paid copy of Windows and Office don't need pirated versions, which has been an issue for them.
DNA evidence isn't practical in a lot of crimes. When's the last time the cops went swabbing for samples for when the local 7-11 had a shoplifter? The potential costs in terms of money and time would be better used to hire and train better quality law enforcement. Hell, put the money towards our national and state education programs to help make America's students more competitive and motivated coming out of high school. I think that'd do more for reducing crime rates than making CSI:America.
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... that Camp Crystal lake was heading this initiative.
Umm, does the phrase "A dog is man's best friend" ring a bell? We like dogs because dogs are the embodiment of everything that is noble in man.
Especially the desire to hump legs, chase bitches and sniff butts/gnaw on bones.
*ducks*
FACT: Human communication is definitively NOT rule-based, neither syntax, semantics nor phonology. Unless you accept that most rules have more exceptions than cases where it applies. And even the exceptions have (typically) several layers of exceptions. Google for 'machine learning of natural languege' for several millions hits on several decades of scientific research on the subject.
Trying to turn a human language into a code form would involve putting it into a type of rules based form, wouldn't it? If nothing else, removing the need to learn the exceptions would probably be a great boon for any learner. It'll be interesting to have linguists study the Aibo-ese after it's had more time to develop. Would the word for "ball" change much if there are two identical balls? Would it pluralize like we do in english (balls), or perhaps follow a counting system like the japanese do (2 ball)? Maybe a word that only describes multiple balls (couple of ball).
Hmmm. Change ball to "joint" and let the debate begin...
Strangely enough, when the Aibo language was deciphered it was found to greatly resemble Perl.
Curses! Further proof that the money I spent on Klingon lessons was wasted.
Man, can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these?
I was thinking of a Beowolf Pack, myself.
First I've heard of those, so it's a googling I go.
:)
*Check*
Hmm. Guess I'll go looking into the Gaim fork. Thanks for the heads up
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim-vv/
People like to dream about simple solutions to online identity issues.
I wonder what Aubry does to confirm Nerdrotica's clientel? Heh, not that she'd care.
Here's the link to the story that they forgot. A pity, though. They're only opening up the IM for extra, user made, modules. I was hoping they published code for the Yahoo messenger for the community. Hell, I'd be happy if they'd just update the linux version or at least make the current versions more WINE friendly. I'd like my voice chat and video, please.
MySpace says on a "Tips for Parents" page that users must be 14 or older. The Web site does nothing to verify the age of the user, such as requiring a driver's license or credit card number, Loewy said.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent a letter to the MySpace.com chief executive officer May 22, asking him to require users to verify their age and identity with a credit card or verified e-mail account.
Asking Myspace to require credit card identification isn't the same as ordering them to. Sorry.
They're piercing the bureaucracy!
I hope Google adds a "euphanism" translator while they're at it. I can see an explosion of new words and phrases being made to try obfuscating information and guiding public opinion. Not that it hasn't been going on already...
If you're suprised by this, you've obviously never heard of "plug and pray". Religion was getting people to switch their (belief) systems way before Apple made commercials about it.
Not a bad article, though.
Civilian security practices are not like what you're used to. Depending on the size of the organization, you may end up with a non-tech boss. Some DO NOT want to know what's being done wrong, nor about what you'd consider minimum safe practice (deleting/disabling accounts of people that are not there anymore, password changes, keeping users from having admin rights and a visible thermometer for the server room). I got fired from one job because I got labeled as not being a team player because I was trying to get something written down about policies and procedures (for training and worker protection. As an NCO I used to run a NCC help desk and WIAO). I'd argue that I was a major risk in making that boss look bad, especially with long term policy and accountability issues, but oh well. In a way, I look forward to their first major meltdown. I doubt that person will acknowledge that anything was preventable, though.
Other things to watch for:
If you're overseas, apply for overseas jobs now. I haven't had as much luck getting responses stateside as I had hoped. Some of the civilian positions from usajob.gov want you in the area initially or don't have PCS expenses authorized. Use that free ticket!
Get your certifications! Military experience is nice, but little pieces of paper help a lot more.
"Non-competitive" clauses suck.
If the company you're applying to has a HR department, expect to wait at least 1-2 months before hearing anything.
Either way, congrats! Don't forget you're going to be on inactive reserves until your 8th year, so stay off the bong ^_^
I don't think the school has much right to say that the student has to take down the proxy server. They would, however, be within their rights to ban accessing proxy servers for the purpose of bypassing system security. They could also enforce monitoring policies and take action based off of what the student was accessing. As an example, downloading porn is still downloading porn, proxy or no. If the student was accessing somthing that "shouldn't" be blocked, then there needs to be a mechanism for auditing the censorship list. Restricting access can be a tricky thing to defend. Personally, I think they need to have all users agree that the use of web access at school be for school related issues, and that there should be people appointed to override the system settings as needed (and update the settings). By ensuring that the system is used for sanctioned use rather than personal, a school can better manage their (undoubtedly limited) resources. Every kid screwing off on a system is another kid not able to do research or utilize tutoring software. Every dollar spent to protect against inside hackers is a not spent on new classrooms, teacher training or food programs.
Could our public schools use help with their handling of IT resources? Yes. But rebellious teenage students have as much to do with their issues as non-computer literate staffers.
It's ironic that he's saying domination is not healthy when talking about apple's drm by limiting other companies but it's ok to limit customers to what they can and can't do with what they purchased.
Considering that they're now allowing more than was legal before, I guess the idea is really that too much domination isn't healthy. Apple just needs to be a sub every now and then
I'm suprised they didn't just bury the matter completely.
Seriously, this is real "top secret" info and goverment got it loose to some God damn hacker? I would bet that again "cool" solutions like Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office is involved. Or better even, unconfigured and unsecured Linux or BSD server. Propably will be modded troll, but anyway, it is crazy and scary in same time.
:P Anyhow, I'd be willing to bet it was just some social engineering.
Not a troll
"Hello? Personnel? This is Paul in accounting. We just got a memo to about a new tracking item. Some contractor got hired to do some cost analysis study. They need the full details of everybody with NUKEIT clearance. Can you forward them a copy with everybody hired from 1990 to present? I'd really appreciate it."
On the other hand, anything that's actually "secret" shouldn't be on internet accessible computers. There might be issues if the personnel information turns up blackmailable material, though.
Why did it take them 9 months to be told of this?
You would think one of the Net Admins would have looked @ those logs in the last 9 months. Or something would have been found out of whack?
The Net Admins probably informed the correct people as soon as they found out. The issue is that proper notifications weren't made to people higher in the hierarchy. Non-IT management/workers obviously didn't have thier own procedures for dealing with these matters. Even a one page checklist would have done better than the assumputions they were making.
I wonder what the fallout will be...
To the original poster:
The certification and training courses listed above should keep you busy for the summer. It might be easier to figure out where you'll be this summer and find out who does what training in their area. You might find some smaller training facilities that have better student/teacher ratios. As far as the "RTFM" and similarly phrased answers, ignore the fact that they didn't read your question (that you're looking for formal classes/seminars) and apply their advice to your after class practicing. I'd even suggest you get Knoppix to start with. Being a live CD, you can use it to practice without touching your regular system's installation.
Doesn't matter, IMO, the content shouldn't have been in a final shipping product in the first place.
0 02/06/va_nimda_korea.html Even Microsoft missed some code when shipping a product. Scanners and automated tools are only as good as the information they're told to look for. An individual programmer set on adding some content (or sloppy about removing a joke) could cost a company a lot of money. Maybe not that much in terms of fines ($11k is still a lot of money, especially for smaller companies), but in terms of consumer faith and reputation.
Now companies need to start looking into buying insurance to protect against this. After all, how much coding did the embedded version of Hot Coffee take? Compare that to the amount of legit code and you see that an unethical person could put something into the program before release and hold that over the company for blackmail purposes or revenge if they ever get fired. I don't think this is something that's as easy to protect against as one might think. http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2
So it should be legal for me to use a night-vision scope to look into my neighbor's bedroom window at night? After all, her naked body is reflecting electromagnetic radiation into my personal space. Amplifying it into a visible image, digitizing it, and making it available on the Internet seems like a perfectly logical step, doesn't it?
Ummm. Radio transmitters are much more along the lines of your neighbor changing or whatever in the middle of a crowded public area with people that could turn around and watch at any point. Your example, peeking into her window, is more deliberate. For one thing, it's targeted. You knew specifically who you wanted to observe. Another is that she made an attempt to protect her privacy by going inside. In this example, you've taken steps to circumvent this by searching for and exploiting an opening (earn your white hat and let her know her curtains are open).
Personally, I'm waiting for the day when SETI gets sued (or disintegrated) for intercepting alien phone calls. I'm betting the first decoded message is for 1-900-UFO-HOTY
Good points Yog, but I don't think the entire PRC government would have to jump ship to MS in order to make a suggestion (not to be confused with an order). It'd be like saying the whole US government endorsed linux just because a NSA programmer made SELinux. Just a few that may be recieving "gifts", or are actually concerned about lowering piracy (Was it the WTO that had the big issue with this?). Either way, I think we can stick with $$ as the prime motivator.
IBM is still in the server space
/. home system builder might build something burly/feature rich enough to cause confusion. But it's not stats, it's marketing.
I can't see commercial servers and desktop/notebooks to be in competition with one another. Based off of stats I could see the average
*shiver* Quick, get me some Dilbert!
this was probably a condition of the sale agreement with IBM so they don't complete with them.
I don't think so. Lenovo's made the purchase a while ago and IBM is pretty much out of that area of the computer market anyhow. Any announcements regarding linux support and sales should have been shortly after the sale. Lenovo probably negotiated a very favorable rate on Microsoft software in exchange for dumping Linux. A better OEM rate equates better profit margins.
Being a chinese company, I wonder if their government "suggested" they go to using only licenced MS products. New equipment with a paid copy of Windows and Office don't need pirated versions, which has been an issue for them.
DNA evidence isn't practical in a lot of crimes. When's the last time the cops went swabbing for samples for when the local 7-11 had a shoplifter? The potential costs in terms of money and time would be better used to hire and train better quality law enforcement. Hell, put the money towards our national and state education programs to help make America's students more competitive and motivated coming out of high school. I think that'd do more for reducing crime rates than making CSI:America.