Really, can't understand, why these scientists don't go to Chernobyl themselves. Instead they are exchanging fantasies and build empty theories. Russian and Ukrainian scientists just drive there and make new fantastic discoveries (like, for example, mushroom that feeds by radiation). People are working there, Chernobyl is still producing electricity for Ukraine. Probably Chernobyl is the wildest place in Europe where no animal is killed by man and no tree is chopped off.
Although some people are driving to Chernobyl to make it scarier. For example, I've seen graffiti on the walls of Chernobyl buildings that shows life and joy. Or of grief and horror. You can see them in this dedicated website: http://26-04-1986.com/
You mean - I can produce Coca-Cola? And call it Coca-Cola? WOW! According to you, the patent is invalid now.
Also, for your reference, the USSR "folded" in 1991, not in 1989. Learn basic history. All the intellectual property of USSR now belong to Russia.
And in addition, please be so kind - if you know nothing about the patent for AK-47, don't speak like you do. Moreover, this is not only the patent, but also the trademark. AK is the trademark that belongs to Russia. The same as the Dragunov, TU, YAK, SU, KA, MI and a lot of others. You can copy the design, but you can't copy the name.
They didn't have to bribe anyone. They invented the design. Author of this rifle was a Soviet officer, and since the very first day this design was the property of USSR, now it's Russia.
Romania and China and... got their patents to create a limited amount of AK-47. Just like Venezuela now got the right of creating the latest design of AK. However, they didn't limit themselves in creating a limited amounts, and continued to manufacture more than they paid for. They thought that if USSR is over, its IP became a public domain. But obviously that is wrong.
So don't compare this to US IP. AK-47 is not an idea. It is a design created by author. And author wants his money. What is wrong with that?
Well, I think there is a honest solution to the problem of such spammer.
Let the judge give him a computer. And let that computer contain 20 000 000 e-mails. And let him delete all this spam while in prison. But that's not all. In these e-mails there will be 170 messages (some of them disguised as spam) deleting each of them means one year of imprisonment. That is - deleting all 170 would lead to 170-years term. So he should decide carefully which message to delete and which do not.
Once he is done, it's clear to see how many more years he have to be imprisoned. Isn't that a sort of smart solution?:)
Not really. You can follow the link to Main Page to see that it has the same second and body. The reason is that some smart ass added in their Microsoft Internet Information Server option to add extra footer to every page on that website...
But what I love most in this web page is... Well, take a look for yourself.
Cute. So my nick is Mondor. And if I would be fan of Richard Plantagenet the LionHeart, it would be Richard. And being fan of Roger Zelazni it would be, say, Corwin or Merlin...:)
I already imagine M$ digging its user system for all LionHearts and Corwins. You see, their authentication system is based on e-mail address and password, and you are free to input whatever name you want, it doesn't have to be real. But anyway, being fan of king Richard I wouldn't put his name as my real name anyway.
But I don't question the logic of Microsoft - I don't even believe such thing exists.
If you would only know how right you are. There are two major problems with PCI standard. First, it is greatly outdated. It tries to push some "well known and proven" security measures as if there could be no others more effective. It is like instruction to put red flags around the lawn to keep wolves away. You may get a high-tech fence instead, and this would solve the problem, but this would not make you compliant. Just put these red flags on.
And second, which is funny, you don't have to pass PCI audit to pass PCI audit. You know, this business is all around money. Payment card processing centers service huge areas and canceling their contract would mean too serious problems for... the brand. We have two processing centers here in my 1-million city. If one of them loses ability to support VISA the first who gets hurt will be VISA, because it is not the only payment system out there. Although in Germany (Hamburg for sure) loosing the ability to accept EC/MC would mean end of business.
So, what VISA invented to fight this problem - they just allow organizations to self-audit themselves. I.e. say that you are compliant, and you are compliant.
I've seen networks of processing centers (sorry, no names, you know why). They are sweet! With NT4-driven production servers where everyone writes what he want where he want, where you can find accounts of people who were fired a year ago and security credentials written in plain text files. With WiFi routers plugged to the main switch and a year old WEP key. With server room where people store their beverages because refrigerator is too small. You know, it's like IT infrastructure of a hippy commune. The biggest miracle is why all their bases still belong to them, as it is much easier to hack into the processing center than... well... hacking e-shop might be much more difficult.
Processing centers are big companies, international ones, but their security measures are mostly laughable. Usually security specialists' only job is to talk using "difficult" security-related terms (like "stateful packet inspection") and if he sees that you understand what he said and find it funny, think that you're fired.
What I see as the solution to this problem is to prohibit self-audit and it must be done not at VISA level but at the government level. I'm afraid what VISA is doing is just a sand into the eyes of naive public. So it must be enforced by someone who cares.
I think that probably this nano-material was created not only for painting walls, or even not for walls at all, but for some more trivial things. Like planes, for example.
If no light comes out, will I see the some details, or just a black contour of the plane/rocket?
If soldiers uniform will be covered by plates of this material, will sniper see anything but the black hole in space? The same is about tanks - no details means you have to know its construction to hit the most vulnerable point?
Taking into account that even teflon was created for military, I wonder what was the real intention to create this one.
I have no idea where did you get the numbers of "twenty brothers", in the battle on Chudskoe lake in 1242 were killed more than 500 knights (!) and no one knows how much normal warriors. As I said - 500 knights, and that's elite. I'm sorry for calling Chud by name of Ladoga, I was thinking about the conflict with Sweden.
This information was just verified with the book "The history of military art in 6th-17th centuries" by E.Razin.
Then, Belarus is not paying for gas less than Ukraine. At this moment they are paying nearly the same, but both will pay much more since January 1st 2007. Moreover, Belarus have a very friendly relationship with Russia, historically. They never had any conflict. At least memorable one.
Unfortunately, Russia really lost the WW1, thanks to Germans, who bought the Russian soviet revolution. But then, without that revolt probably Germany wouldn't loose the WW2. So, Russians paid a heavy price but won.
And the same is about war with Finland, I have no idea where did you get the information regarding Russia "loosing" that war. If Russia lost, than why Finland lost part of it's territory?.. Probably you need to read some chronicles again.
I'm sorry, but your hatred to Russia won't change the history. And, by the way, I have the economical education:)
Although I hate political correctness, I have nothing against Jews in general, or against any other nation. I think the problem is in culture, not nationality.
And regarding Russia, the problem is - all we know about it, we know from sources, that belong to someone who wants to manipulate us in some way regarding the subject.
And regarding the outsourcing, there is no problem in outsourcing to Russia. If you want to have some good contacts, visit CeBIT next March in Hannover - a part of the exhibition is related to outsourcing. I have some contacts, but the problem is:) - it costs the same as outsourcing to west Europe. Much cheaper is to outsource to China or India.
Imagine a manager who is traveling to the middle of nowhere with his notebook, where his customers live. There is no internet. He needs some data for his corporate software. But what I meant with architecture flaw, is that he doesn't need the data of all customers of his organization in his notebook. He needs just a few records.
Also, if this is a bank, then probably his notebook and software must correspond to PCI standards. In that case stealing of information is very difficult.
Oh, I forgot to mention glorious wars between Russia and Turkey and between Russia and Austria. In both cases aggressors were defeated. Also Russia had a conflict with China, still in war (that's funny) with Japan, and well, it's a few hundred times bigger than my country:)
Imagine, they have good relations with Japan (although in war) and bad with Poland, although in peace. Maybe it is because Japan doesn't want to get Russian gas for free?
You probably have no idea what the history is, do you?
If talking about west we talk about England, there were no conflicts between Russia and England. In fact, kings of Russia and England were from one family, even look very similar.
If we're talking about Germany, Russia had several wars with Germany, and won every one of them. Especially glorious was the victory on Ladoga lake, where German Teuton crusaders were wiped out by Alexander Nevsky.
Sweden also was defeated by Russian king Peter the Great in the beginning of 1700s. In the same time, relations between Netherlands and Russia and between Germany and Russia started a new era of warm friendship between countries and bring the western civilization into Russia. That was the beginning of modern European style Russia as we know it.
Well, also Russia won a terrible war with Mongolia, wars with Poland, France (they defeated Napoleon, although he was the only one who captured the Moscow. Interesting, that the city was razed... by Russians themselves, just before he entered it).
Later, in 20th century, Russia saved the world from Hitler (although they defeated only about 70% of his forces, other 30% were defeated by Allies, so we can say that the whole Humanity defeated Nazi), helped Greeks and Spanish to fight fascism in 30s, won a war against Finland (after Finland was given a territory and independence, as it was a part of Russia before) and conquered some tiny countries like Estonia and Latvia, who also were given independence by commi, as before they were a part of Russia.
Also, later, USSR (read: Russia) won a war against USA in Vietnam and Korea, and lost one war against USA/Bin Laden alliance in Afghanistan. They also were in all kind of wars in Africa and Middle East, but that's unofficial, just a helpful hand.
So, taking into account that brief history, I can tell you, that there is no such thing as "the west" as there are a lot of different countries with different history. Russia have exceptionally good relations with mighty Spain and Greece, they have strange but friendly relations with Germany, and really bad relations with ex-parts of Russia, like Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. All of these countries excerpt Ukraine are EU. So as you can see, some countries in EU hate "mother Russia", and some - like her. If EU would be one person, he would suffer from mental illness, like schizophrenia. That's when you think you are two persons:)
And regarding the prices for gas from Russia, buy it from someone else! Or sell what you have for the price they want. Or go to Norway and get yourself some coal. That is capitalism, my friend, everything costs so much as you are ready to pay for it. And that is democracy, when good relations with leader of Russia will not bring you discounts.
I'm sorry, but Litvinenko was not a spy. He was not an AGENT of FSB, but a colonel. Although many newspapers dupe each other, the truth is - he had nothing to do with agents and espionage. He was "fighting" the organized crime inside Russia.
After all, why he is so much against Russian president? There are 2 reasons:
1. There is only one chance to stay in UK if you are FSB officer - say, that your life is in danger and Russian elite forces are hunting you. 2. Money of Mr. Berezovski, who is saying a lot shit about Putin because he can't return to Russia. Obviously, because all his millions were stolen.
Now, if you ask me, I think that death of Litvinenko and journalist Politkovskaja was the part of Berezovski master plan. Although I don't really care. I think that if this was done by Russian military that's even better, as traitors don't deserve to live. Any traitors - whether they are working for FSB, CIA or MI5, if they become renegades, they deserve to die.
And after all, I think that putting such "news" on Slashdot is a mistake, because a lot of Slashdot readers love Russia, and a lot of them hate Russia, for different reasons. Seeding hate between/. users is the last thing/. administrator should do. If he is not paid by someone, of course.
I'm sorry, but scenario in which confidential data does not leave the building is unrealistic.
Such data as personal financial information, social security number and so on, does not have such sensitivity, that it shouldn't be transferred even by means of SSL. If you're using internet banking, you know it.
And I didn't say the problem is in OS (operating system) - the problem is in software architecture, and by software I mean that corporate software that is working with company data and was written solely for this purpose.
Indeed, using XML web services or similar technology allows you to work with data without them leaving the headquarters. However, there is not always internet connection available (although I believe that use of the GPRS wouldn't be so costly for that bank), so they're probably using personal copies of the database. And the problem is not in using that copies, but in wrong implementation of the concept, which allows stealing of all the company customers personal data.
I think I don't even need to comment, that chances are low that bank would use TrueCrypt, just because it's OS (open source) and free. And PGP doesn't work on 64-bit systems yet. And NTFS encryption is flawed. And taking into account that the whole work is going on notebook, any software encryption would make the work with so large database... unpleasant.
All these questions about "why was it possible or necessary" to store unencrypted data in employees computer, have a simple answer - MSDE.
Of course the only method for storing 11M records in business application is relational database engine. Of course, bank is using Windows. Of course, they are using SQL server and Microsoft-advertised model of making a corporate software.
This model requires every disconnected (i.e. notebook, "on road" user) to have "mobile" version of SQL server, and retrieve a new snapshot of the database every time user connects to branch office network.
I assume, that they were using older MSDE, not newer SQL 2005 engine, which supports data encryption. And even if they would use 2005, they wouldn't use encryption, because in that case "performance" suffers.
So the source of the problem, for me, looks like the problem of software architect, who puts the performance above security. Who thinks about security only after fried chicken bites his ass. And, of course, taking the Microsoft development model blindly, without using his own brain.
In fact, we already have such behaviour in Windows - seen it just yesterday, when pinged one machine from another in the same LAN. The time was about -37ms, so that means some signals have to travel in time...
Traveling in time is something my team is doing every time we are approaching projects deadline.
I guess the parent anonymous post is originated by spammer:)
There is no possible trouble in doing what the recipe says - i.e. get the disk-less terminal and reading e-mails from it. And I think then it will be easier to prove that e-mails were downloaded and are stored at Hotmail datacenter.
Although I am not American, it's easy to answer this question as it is universal.
The reasons someone may want to leave the country is not because he doesn't like the country, but the reason he doesn't like the government. So wish to change the country usually means the wish to change the government, and taking into account the personality of American president, this is a normal wish.
And the reason why people don't leave their countries is simple - this is against the human nature. We fight for our place, not changing it because of some jerk(s) trying to make our life worse. If everyone who opposes the regime of G.Bush would leave America, he would rule forever, so leaving the country is a kind of selfish act. For most humans, leaving is like retreat. The same is for every country.
I wonder if Antarctic penguins have the same problems...
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Really, can't understand, why these scientists don't go to Chernobyl themselves. Instead they are exchanging fantasies and build empty theories. Russian and Ukrainian scientists just drive there and make new fantastic discoveries (like, for example, mushroom that feeds by radiation). People are working there, Chernobyl is still producing electricity for Ukraine. Probably Chernobyl is the wildest place in Europe where no animal is killed by man and no tree is chopped off.
Although some people are driving to Chernobyl to make it scarier. For example, I've seen graffiti on the walls of Chernobyl buildings that shows life and joy. Or of grief and horror. You can see them in this dedicated website: http://26-04-1986.com/
You mean - I can produce Coca-Cola? And call it Coca-Cola? WOW! According to you, the patent is invalid now.
Also, for your reference, the USSR "folded" in 1991, not in 1989. Learn basic history. All the intellectual property of USSR now belong to Russia.
And in addition, please be so kind - if you know nothing about the patent for AK-47, don't speak like you do. Moreover, this is not only the patent, but also the trademark. AK is the trademark that belongs to Russia. The same as the Dragunov, TU, YAK, SU, KA, MI and a lot of others. You can copy the design, but you can't copy the name.
They didn't have to bribe anyone. They invented the design. Author of this rifle was a Soviet officer, and since the very first day this design was the property of USSR, now it's Russia.
... got their patents to create a limited amount of AK-47. Just like Venezuela now got the right of creating the latest design of AK. However, they didn't limit themselves in creating a limited amounts, and continued to manufacture more than they paid for. They thought that if USSR is over, its IP became a public domain. But obviously that is wrong.
Romania and China and
So don't compare this to US IP. AK-47 is not an idea. It is a design created by author. And author wants his money. What is wrong with that?
Well, I think there is a honest solution to the problem of such spammer.
:)
Let the judge give him a computer. And let that computer contain 20 000 000 e-mails. And let him delete all this spam while in prison. But that's not all. In these e-mails there will be 170 messages (some of them disguised as spam) deleting each of them means one year of imprisonment. That is - deleting all 170 would lead to 170-years term. So he should decide carefully which message to delete and which do not.
Once he is done, it's clear to see how many more years he have to be imprisoned. Isn't that a sort of smart solution?
Kids are pursuing German porn...
Not really. You can follow the link to Main Page to see that it has the same second and body. The reason is that some smart ass added in their Microsoft Internet Information Server option to add extra footer to every page on that website...
... Well, take a look for yourself.
e r.asp?sp=http://www.kkk.com/?&sn=niggers%20suck and click on "niggers suck" label. You see, this school is a place for young Nazi.
But what I love most in this web page is
For example, you can read absolutely racist things on this website. Just take a look at http://www.hempfieldarea.k12.pa.us/webdirdisclaim
Cute. So my nick is Mondor. And if I would be fan of Richard Plantagenet the LionHeart, it would be Richard. And being fan of Roger Zelazni it would be, say, Corwin or Merlin... :)
I already imagine M$ digging its user system for all LionHearts and Corwins. You see, their authentication system is based on e-mail address and password, and you are free to input whatever name you want, it doesn't have to be real. But anyway, being fan of king Richard I wouldn't put his name as my real name anyway.
But I don't question the logic of Microsoft - I don't even believe such thing exists.
Couldn't agree more.
If you would only know how right you are. There are two major problems with PCI standard. First, it is greatly outdated. It tries to push some "well known and proven" security measures as if there could be no others more effective. It is like instruction to put red flags around the lawn to keep wolves away. You may get a high-tech fence instead, and this would solve the problem, but this would not make you compliant. Just put these red flags on.
... well... hacking e-shop might be much more difficult.
And second, which is funny, you don't have to pass PCI audit to pass PCI audit. You know, this business is all around money. Payment card processing centers service huge areas and canceling their contract would mean too serious problems for... the brand. We have two processing centers here in my 1-million city. If one of them loses ability to support VISA the first who gets hurt will be VISA, because it is not the only payment system out there. Although in Germany (Hamburg for sure) loosing the ability to accept EC/MC would mean end of business.
So, what VISA invented to fight this problem - they just allow organizations to self-audit themselves. I.e. say that you are compliant, and you are compliant.
I've seen networks of processing centers (sorry, no names, you know why). They are sweet! With NT4-driven production servers where everyone writes what he want where he want, where you can find accounts of people who were fired a year ago and security credentials written in plain text files. With WiFi routers plugged to the main switch and a year old WEP key. With server room where people store their beverages because refrigerator is too small. You know, it's like IT infrastructure of a hippy commune. The biggest miracle is why all their bases still belong to them, as it is much easier to hack into the processing center than
Processing centers are big companies, international ones, but their security measures are mostly laughable. Usually security specialists' only job is to talk using "difficult" security-related terms (like "stateful packet inspection") and if he sees that you understand what he said and find it funny, think that you're fired.
What I see as the solution to this problem is to prohibit self-audit and it must be done not at VISA level but at the government level. I'm afraid what VISA is doing is just a sand into the eyes of naive public. So it must be enforced by someone who cares.
I think that probably this nano-material was created not only for painting walls, or even not for walls at all, but for some more trivial things. Like planes, for example.
If no light comes out, will I see the some details, or just a black contour of the plane/rocket?
If soldiers uniform will be covered by plates of this material, will sniper see anything but the black hole in space? The same is about tanks - no details means you have to know its construction to hit the most vulnerable point?
Taking into account that even teflon was created for military, I wonder what was the real intention to create this one.
I have no idea where did you get the numbers of "twenty brothers", in the battle on Chudskoe lake in 1242 were killed more than 500 knights (!) and no one knows how much normal warriors. As I said - 500 knights, and that's elite. I'm sorry for calling Chud by name of Ladoga, I was thinking about the conflict with Sweden.
:)
This information was just verified with the book "The history of military art in 6th-17th centuries" by E.Razin.
Then, Belarus is not paying for gas less than Ukraine. At this moment they are paying nearly the same, but both will pay much more since January 1st 2007. Moreover, Belarus have a very friendly relationship with Russia, historically. They never had any conflict. At least memorable one.
Unfortunately, Russia really lost the WW1, thanks to Germans, who bought the Russian soviet revolution. But then, without that revolt probably Germany wouldn't loose the WW2. So, Russians paid a heavy price but won.
And the same is about war with Finland, I have no idea where did you get the information regarding Russia "loosing" that war. If Russia lost, than why Finland lost part of it's territory?.. Probably you need to read some chronicles again.
I'm sorry, but your hatred to Russia won't change the history. And, by the way, I have the economical education
Although I hate political correctness, I have nothing against Jews in general, or against any other nation. I think the problem is in culture, not nationality.
:) - it costs the same as outsourcing to west Europe. Much cheaper is to outsource to China or India.
And regarding Russia, the problem is - all we know about it, we know from sources, that belong to someone who wants to manipulate us in some way regarding the subject.
And regarding the outsourcing, there is no problem in outsourcing to Russia. If you want to have some good contacts, visit CeBIT next March in Hannover - a part of the exhibition is related to outsourcing. I have some contacts, but the problem is
Imagine a manager who is traveling to the middle of nowhere with his notebook, where his customers live. There is no internet. He needs some data for his corporate software. But what I meant with architecture flaw, is that he doesn't need the data of all customers of his organization in his notebook. He needs just a few records.
Also, if this is a bank, then probably his notebook and software must correspond to PCI standards. In that case stealing of information is very difficult.
Oh, I forgot to mention glorious wars between Russia and Turkey and between Russia and Austria. In both cases aggressors were defeated. Also Russia had a conflict with China, still in war (that's funny) with Japan, and well, it's a few hundred times bigger than my country :)
Imagine, they have good relations with Japan (although in war) and bad with Poland, although in peace. Maybe it is because Japan doesn't want to get Russian gas for free?
You probably have no idea what the history is, do you?
:)
If talking about west we talk about England, there were no conflicts between Russia and England. In fact, kings of Russia and England were from one family, even look very similar.
If we're talking about Germany, Russia had several wars with Germany, and won every one of them. Especially glorious was the victory on Ladoga lake, where German Teuton crusaders were wiped out by Alexander Nevsky.
Sweden also was defeated by Russian king Peter the Great in the beginning of 1700s. In the same time, relations between Netherlands and Russia and between Germany and Russia started a new era of warm friendship between countries and bring the western civilization into Russia. That was the beginning of modern European style Russia as we know it.
Well, also Russia won a terrible war with Mongolia, wars with Poland, France (they defeated Napoleon, although he was the only one who captured the Moscow. Interesting, that the city was razed... by Russians themselves, just before he entered it).
Later, in 20th century, Russia saved the world from Hitler (although they defeated only about 70% of his forces, other 30% were defeated by Allies, so we can say that the whole Humanity defeated Nazi), helped Greeks and Spanish to fight fascism in 30s, won a war against Finland (after Finland was given a territory and independence, as it was a part of Russia before) and conquered some tiny countries like Estonia and Latvia, who also were given independence by commi, as before they were a part of Russia.
Also, later, USSR (read: Russia) won a war against USA in Vietnam and Korea, and lost one war against USA/Bin Laden alliance in Afghanistan. They also were in all kind of wars in Africa and Middle East, but that's unofficial, just a helpful hand.
So, taking into account that brief history, I can tell you, that there is no such thing as "the west" as there are a lot of different countries with different history. Russia have exceptionally good relations with mighty Spain and Greece, they have strange but friendly relations with Germany, and really bad relations with ex-parts of Russia, like Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. All of these countries excerpt Ukraine are EU. So as you can see, some countries in EU hate "mother Russia", and some - like her. If EU would be one person, he would suffer from mental illness, like schizophrenia. That's when you think you are two persons
And regarding the prices for gas from Russia, buy it from someone else! Or sell what you have for the price they want. Or go to Norway and get yourself some coal. That is capitalism, my friend, everything costs so much as you are ready to pay for it. And that is democracy, when good relations with leader of Russia will not bring you discounts.
I'm sorry, but Litvinenko was not a spy. He was not an AGENT of FSB, but a colonel. Although many newspapers dupe each other, the truth is - he had nothing to do with agents and espionage. He was "fighting" the organized crime inside Russia.
/. users is the last thing /. administrator should do. If he is not paid by someone, of course.
After all, why he is so much against Russian president? There are 2 reasons:
1. There is only one chance to stay in UK if you are FSB officer - say, that your life is in danger and Russian elite forces are hunting you.
2. Money of Mr. Berezovski, who is saying a lot shit about Putin because he can't return to Russia. Obviously, because all his millions were stolen.
Now, if you ask me, I think that death of Litvinenko and journalist Politkovskaja was the part of Berezovski master plan. Although I don't really care. I think that if this was done by Russian military that's even better, as traitors don't deserve to live. Any traitors - whether they are working for FSB, CIA or MI5, if they become renegades, they deserve to die.
And after all, I think that putting such "news" on Slashdot is a mistake, because a lot of Slashdot readers love Russia, and a lot of them hate Russia, for different reasons. Seeding hate between
I'm sorry, but scenario in which confidential data does not leave the building is unrealistic.
... unpleasant.
Such data as personal financial information, social security number and so on, does not have such sensitivity, that it shouldn't be transferred even by means of SSL. If you're using internet banking, you know it.
And I didn't say the problem is in OS (operating system) - the problem is in software architecture, and by software I mean that corporate software that is working with company data and was written solely for this purpose.
Indeed, using XML web services or similar technology allows you to work with data without them leaving the headquarters. However, there is not always internet connection available (although I believe that use of the GPRS wouldn't be so costly for that bank), so they're probably using personal copies of the database. And the problem is not in using that copies, but in wrong implementation of the concept, which allows stealing of all the company customers personal data.
I think I don't even need to comment, that chances are low that bank would use TrueCrypt, just because it's OS (open source) and free. And PGP doesn't work on 64-bit systems yet. And NTFS encryption is flawed. And taking into account that the whole work is going on notebook, any software encryption would make the work with so large database
"there are five generally accepted states of sleep separate from consciousness."
So, it's like, a run levels in Linux? That makes sense.
All these questions about "why was it possible or necessary" to store unencrypted data in employees computer, have a simple answer - MSDE.
Of course the only method for storing 11M records in business application is relational database engine. Of course, bank is using Windows. Of course, they are using SQL server and Microsoft-advertised model of making a corporate software.
This model requires every disconnected (i.e. notebook, "on road" user) to have "mobile" version of SQL server, and retrieve a new snapshot of the database every time user connects to branch office network.
I assume, that they were using older MSDE, not newer SQL 2005 engine, which supports data encryption. And even if they would use 2005, they wouldn't use encryption, because in that case "performance" suffers.
So the source of the problem, for me, looks like the problem of software architect, who puts the performance above security. Who thinks about security only after fried chicken bites his ass. And, of course, taking the Microsoft development model blindly, without using his own brain.
In fact, we already have such behaviour in Windows - seen it just yesterday, when pinged one machine from another in the same LAN. The time was about -37ms, so that means some signals have to travel in time...
Traveling in time is something my team is doing every time we are approaching projects deadline.
"Certainly faster that m$sql 2006"
Of course, taking into account that MS SQL Server 2006 does not exists.
I guess the parent anonymous post is originated by spammer :)
There is no possible trouble in doing what the recipe says - i.e. get the disk-less terminal and reading e-mails from it. And I think then it will be easier to prove that e-mails were downloaded and are stored at Hotmail datacenter.
Exchange artificial diamonds to Real Genuine ones for 50% of their price*
* - with reporting the place and proof of the purchase
Although I am not American, it's easy to answer this question as it is universal.
The reasons someone may want to leave the country is not because he doesn't like the country, but the reason he doesn't like the government. So wish to change the country usually means the wish to change the government, and taking into account the personality of American president, this is a normal wish.
And the reason why people don't leave their countries is simple - this is against the human nature. We fight for our place, not changing it because of some jerk(s) trying to make our life worse. If everyone who opposes the regime of G.Bush would leave America, he would rule forever, so leaving the country is a kind of selfish act. For most humans, leaving is like retreat. The same is for every country.
I wonder if Antarctic penguins have the same problems...
Since when Slashdot became an advertisement platform for ugly sites like RAC?