If your computer has been compromised in this fashion, you've already lost. For you car enthusiasts, it's like adding additional locks to the car doors -- it doesn't help if the windows (haha) are already broken.
What's the computer equivalent of the "This car protected by Smith & Wesson" bumper sticker?
And asking me for my Mother's maiden name is really that much better? Or how about showing me an image that I picked out but will soon ignore after seeing that it never changes?
I like the security token concept myself. It doesn't rely on easy to figure out (Mother's maiden name, hospital you were born at, etc.) information and is easy enough that most lusers can figure it out quickly. I don't understand why more financial institutions haven't adopted them.
Ummm... My opinion is that the hobbyists are just trying to fix some bugs in calculators that the *IAA has been running into. Like for example, when they calculate damages. I think the results look similar to this: 3055 songs pirated * 0.99 per song = $309,234,408,345,345,384.94 in damages...
Congress must be using those same calculators when it comes time to figure out how much money a new piece of legislation is going to cost;)
I guess our kids and grandchildren have their work cut out for them.
Don't worry, they'll be too busy paying back all the money we've borrowed over the last few decades to worry about how fast they can make their computers;)
The "red matter" schmaltz was the absolute worst part of what wasn't all that bad a film.
You thought that was the worst part? I thought the worst part was the cliched "Give us the secret defense codes that render Earth completely helpless" subplot after Pike gets captured. I would have stood up and cheered if he had spit in Nero's face and said something along the lines of "Do you really think Starfleet is stupid enough to entrust that sort of information to a mere Captain?"
Just consider the idea of capturing a O-6 from the US Military. Do you really think he has information on the arming codes for all our nuclear weapons? The disposition of all forces deployed to defend CONUS? Not very likely.
Star Trek wasn't really about science, imo, so much as about society. Most episodes were about taking some modern social issue and turning it on its head to illustrate a point.
Star Trek did a good job on a few modern issues but the society portrayed in Star Trek is really hard to swallow. No greed, no economy, no (or few, depending on which show/episode you watch) enlisted personnel, etc, etc. I rather liked when Eddington ripped the Federation apart: "I know you. I was like you once, but then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed about the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves paradise. Everyone should want to be in the Federation. Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators so that one day they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways you're worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious... you assimilate people and they don't even know it. "
But, where do you live where you have to give fingerprints and/or DNA just to buy a fucking gun??
In the People's Republic of New York State you can't even legally hold a handgun without a pistol permit. The process of applying for that permit requires your fingerprints. If you are unlucky enough to live in New York City this requirement is also extended to rifles and shotguns.
If you're arrested they have to inform you of your rights, and it's time to clap the trap and get a lawyer.
Small matter, but no, they actually don't have to inform you of anything when they arrest you. They have to inform you of your rights before they question you after an arrest.
I don't think of myself as a particularly strong free-market fan. I'm just skeptical of government attempts to "correct" imbalances in the market. Given the choice between the evil of the free market and the evil of government, I'll choose the markets any day of the week.
Do you think they should be able to use the dogs once probable cause has been established through other means? I have an issue with them using the dogs to get PC (a trained handler can make a dog "hit" on anything) but I do tend to think they should be able to use them if they already have PC.
And the worst that can happen is when corporations and the government get together.
Sounds like an argument for keeping Government small and limited in the powers it can exercise. Otherwise Government starts to intrude into the marketplace and instead of a free market we wind up with monopolies backed by the power of the state.
Correlation != causation. In any case, if your argument is "We suck, but you suck more" then I don't think this is going to be a particularly productive dialog:)
By not keeping the photos, you'd make it much harder to prove it wasn't you.
And you also keep your picture from being used for projects like the one described in TFA. I'll take the added "risk" that someone uses my ID to defraud a cell phone company.
Most of that is attributable to the so-called War on Drugs. There are a few exceptions but by and large the rest of the world isn't doing any better than the United States on that front. More's the pity.
NH gives you the option to have your picture removed from their database after they print your license. Too bad more states aren't that progressive. Why is Government even allowed to use our driver licenses for anything other than driving, anyways? I don't even carry mine unless I'm driving. Why would I?
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If your computer has been compromised in this fashion, you've already lost. For you car enthusiasts, it's like adding additional locks to the car doors -- it doesn't help if the windows (haha) are already broken.
What's the computer equivalent of the "This car protected by Smith & Wesson" bumper sticker?
You could also avoid getting in a deadly crash by using the city's free buses to get to the bank,
You've never seen how the bus drivers around here drive ;)
And which city has "free" buses, anyway?
And asking me for my Mother's maiden name is really that much better? Or how about showing me an image that I picked out but will soon ignore after seeing that it never changes?
I like the security token concept myself. It doesn't rely on easy to figure out (Mother's maiden name, hospital you were born at, etc.) information and is easy enough that most lusers can figure it out quickly. I don't understand why more financial institutions haven't adopted them.
Ummm... My opinion is that the hobbyists are just trying to fix some bugs in calculators that the *IAA has been running into. Like for example, when they calculate damages. I think the results look similar to this: 3055 songs pirated * 0.99 per song = $309,234,408,345,345,384.94 in damages...
Congress must be using those same calculators when it comes time to figure out how much money a new piece of legislation is going to cost ;)
All you're using that belongs to TI is their hardware, and you purchased that.
I purchased my TiVo too, yet I'm not allowed to change the software on it. Hmmph......
I want to personally thank you for ruining my dinner......
Someone had installed L0phtcrack, a password-cracking tool, onto the system, which crashed the server when the intruder tried to launch the program.
Linux would not have crashed from a mere userspace program ;) Windows saved the day! Hooray!
I'm still waiting for PETA [peta.org] to release some propaganda relating to this story...
They are too busy berating President Obama for murdering that poor innocent housefly.
PETA: Proudly placing animals ahead of people since 1980.
I guess our kids and grandchildren have their work cut out for them.
Don't worry, they'll be too busy paying back all the money we've borrowed over the last few decades to worry about how fast they can make their computers ;)
The "red matter" schmaltz was the absolute worst part of what wasn't all that bad a film.
You thought that was the worst part? I thought the worst part was the cliched "Give us the secret defense codes that render Earth completely helpless" subplot after Pike gets captured. I would have stood up and cheered if he had spit in Nero's face and said something along the lines of "Do you really think Starfleet is stupid enough to entrust that sort of information to a mere Captain?"
Just consider the idea of capturing a O-6 from the US Military. Do you really think he has information on the arming codes for all our nuclear weapons? The disposition of all forces deployed to defend CONUS? Not very likely.
Star Trek wasn't really about science, imo, so much as about society. Most episodes were about taking some modern social issue and turning it on its head to illustrate a point.
Star Trek did a good job on a few modern issues but the society portrayed in Star Trek is really hard to swallow. No greed, no economy, no (or few, depending on which show/episode you watch) enlisted personnel, etc, etc. I rather liked when Eddington ripped the Federation apart: "I know you. I was like you once, but then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed about the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves paradise. Everyone should want to be in the Federation. Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators so that one day they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways you're worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious... you assimilate people and they don't even know it. "
Everything important to say about Earth can be summed up in two words.
Is 'manbearpig' three words, one word or two halves of a word? ;)
But, where do you live where you have to give fingerprints and/or DNA just to buy a fucking gun??
In the People's Republic of New York State you can't even legally hold a handgun without a pistol permit. The process of applying for that permit requires your fingerprints. If you are unlucky enough to live in New York City this requirement is also extended to rifles and shotguns.
If you're arrested they have to inform you of your rights, and it's time to clap the trap and get a lawyer.
Small matter, but no, they actually don't have to inform you of anything when they arrest you. They have to inform you of your rights before they question you after an arrest.
Mind you, I do wonder if outing NewYorkCountryLawyer's identity here might be a bad idea.
He outed himself a long time ago as I recall. All of his posts have his webpage in his signature line. His webpage has his name on it.
I don't think of myself as a particularly strong free-market fan. I'm just skeptical of government attempts to "correct" imbalances in the market. Given the choice between the evil of the free market and the evil of government, I'll choose the markets any day of the week.
Go fuck yourself.
Do you think they should be able to use the dogs once probable cause has been established through other means? I have an issue with them using the dogs to get PC (a trained handler can make a dog "hit" on anything) but I do tend to think they should be able to use them if they already have PC.
And the worst that can happen is when corporations and the government get together.
Sounds like an argument for keeping Government small and limited in the powers it can exercise. Otherwise Government starts to intrude into the marketplace and instead of a free market we wind up with monopolies backed by the power of the state.
How are they legalized if you still have to worry about getting "caught"? Perhaps you meant to say decriminalized instead?
Correlation != causation. In any case, if your argument is "We suck, but you suck more" then I don't think this is going to be a particularly productive dialog :)
By not keeping the photos, you'd make it much harder to prove it wasn't you.
And you also keep your picture from being used for projects like the one described in TFA. I'll take the added "risk" that someone uses my ID to defraud a cell phone company.
Most of that is attributable to the so-called War on Drugs. There are a few exceptions but by and large the rest of the world isn't doing any better than the United States on that front. More's the pity.
Maybe having a national ID card, like most of the world, would help to avoid that.
Maybe if the rest of the world valued liberty over convenience we'd be better off.
NH gives you the option to have your picture removed from their database after they print your license. Too bad more states aren't that progressive. Why is Government even allowed to use our driver licenses for anything other than driving, anyways? I don't even carry mine unless I'm driving. Why would I?