I'm well under 40, and I certainly remember reading the whole "Hacker Manifesto" downloaded as a text file off a BBS using a 2400 baud modem in the late 80's early 90's. I remember reading about the difference between Hackers and Crackers around the same time. Heck before MY time it was punch cards and certainly no internet. I can recall hitting 300 baud modems. Before that I would suggest "hacking" was what you did on a typewriter.
That said I will agree, that the terms have morphed and do not have the same meaning anymore really. I mean there we also Phreaks back then as well. Which was really just an economical way to access all those long distance modems (there being no real "internet" as we commonly know it today). The closest thing to a Phreak these days would be someone unlocking an iPhone or something. Which incidentally is more akin to Cracking than Hacking. Anyway the definitions were all pretty idealistic to begin with. Not to mention the media latching onto "hacking" as the go to term to use in all instances anyway. One was supposed to be all about freedom of information and access and figuring out solutions to interesting problems. The other was doing pretty much the exact same thing, but for malicious intent. We are still discussing this morality even today, look at the whole wikileaks thing. Perfect example. Which doesn't surprise me that it gets the types of people that like to fix into those hacker/cracker roles all riled up. Perhaps you don't realize is the that people involved with 2600 may not have wanted to be associated with the term "cracker" either, as a reason why they always talk about hacking. Though I find it hard to believe they never wrote anything explaining the difference considering their outlook and clients. I mean they have been having that discussion for decades now. Hell Google's pronouncement years ago "Do no evil" fits the same pattern of discourse.
Anyway the discussion is not stupid, and the term cracker certainly isn't recent unless you are a 900 year old Yoda and are trying to keep it in perspective.
Make bandwidth speed largely pointless who cares. One step forward and two steps back for telecommunications.
I mean I have something like 14mb/s now (though I doubt I would ever hit that theoretical limit), but even say getting 7 mb/s, that's 420mb/m, or 25.2GB/h.
Now consider that my bandwidth cap is 60GB.
Which means I can operate at peek bandwidth for approximately 2.3h and then I will run out of cap space and not be able to use my internet for the rest of the MONTH, unless I wish to pay 1.5$/GB.
I would like to close with as summary of the situation: Retarded. Thank you.
As someone that deals with this sort of stuff it can be confusing how much power the Freedom of Information Act has. Ya personal privacy is a given, but there are plenty of other things that are sensitive that are not only not protected, but are now being challenged. Which one way or another would be fine, I don't care, its the ambiguity that sucks. I got some requirements for a software system, and they had a line that basically said that the information would only be accessed by those that have been given permission, and would be kept confidential. However in practice any jerkwad with an FOI request it going to get at it anyway (unless it is personal), so what bother? In addition why pay for government licensed or copyrighted material, when you can just demand it VIA FOI. Why try and protect sensitive areas and locations of habitat when again, just demand to see it, and go hunt/kill/destroy it up.
Anyway I am not debating its usefulness, however it needs serious work in clarity, and so far it seems to be all ad hoc interpretation and individual decisions. Makes trying to get real work done... difficult.
I take it they are going to disable USB and CD/DVD-ROMS at the hardware level, and also physically remove those interfaces from the motherboards/casesthemselves? Considering how many devices have internal memory, anything can be a thumb drive. Ipod, Iphone, watch, you name it. All you have to do is plug it in. USB is so ubik as well, that I don't think someone experienced in this sort of thing will have much trouble turning it back on if disabled. Reboot-bios-on. It will prevent the casual and retarded I suppose, which is likely the larger danger.
Now the military could design their own motherboards, custom bios and their own proprietary data transfer interface, making it incompatible with anything else, which would at least force someone to reverse engineer it first. Of course that would cost millions no doubt, and some jerk would likely break it in a week.
I was just thinking what a shame it is that the ancient city of Babylon used to exist in what is today Iraq. I mean there is a place that would be interesting to visit (well not anymore)...
As an aside, I think in the next 5 years it will all be irrelevent anyway. With the advent of the interent, VOIP, WIFI, Apps, etc... and how fast those technologies are advancing sooner or later someome is going to figure out how to beat the system. Sure I am sure the telcos will do all they can to stop it, and they likely will, and then someone else will do it again, until it just isn't worth the fight as customers will flock to whatever gives them the best service.
Already there were a number of iPhone Apps I saw Skype, Viber, Google Phone, etc... that are pushing the envelope. I discarded them all as impractical so far, but most are just emerging now.
Its just these monolithic corporations are supposed to be the telecommunications industry, like cutting edge and all that. To think in this day in age that if I cross an imaginary political boundry that suddenly my text messaging goes from 0.15 cents (already a ripoff) to 1.50$ is just obscene, not to mention the voice and data, which is just as bad. In many cases they are using the exact same technology, the exact same phones (iPhone in this case) and in the case of Bell even kinda the same companies.
It makes me wonder what kind of profit they make from this kind of arangement. Because I mean like really, most people do exactly what I do and just refuse to use, in which case they don't make anything. The few that do likely use VERY sparingly so again not much profit. So if profit is the main focusing factor in continuing this draconian practice I don't really see it in the grand scheme of things being all that relevent.
I mean the easier they make it, the more use, and the more profit I would think. Then again what do I know I suppose. Roaming charges profit figures VS total profits would be interesting data to see.
I recently visited the US last month from Canada where I live. I left my cell phone off the entire trip. Were I to turn it on and actually use it I would be hit with the most draconian fees you ever did see....
So its not different across the pond. In fact if I were a betting man, I would say it is far worse.
I can only hope that Canada/US will finally drop the roaming BS. I mean really I don't understand it. I am with Bell Canada. There is a Bell in the US. Seriously stop screwing people already!
Libertarians believe in less government. The example listed two posts ago was the fire department. The counter one post ago was the volunteer fire department.
This guy made arguably the most money in the entire world, ever, by basically running a private fire company and extorting money from his neighbors.
While a bit of a stretch, that is the private sector taking over that piece of business which would be very much in line with libertarian thinking.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Libertarians. Some are overly idealistic (not necessarily a bad thing), and have not thought things through. Smaller government as a principle is fine if your OK with the consequences.
Its like that stupid poll that they do every so often, where people list all the services they want. They they put how much tax they are willing to pay. Or which services they are willing to give up to reduce their taxes, etc... Everyone wants every service for free with no taxes, its just unrealistic. So while a push for smaller Gov I think is a laudable quest, I find most that have it completely unrealistic about their demands about the consequences. Anyway that's just me.
Exactly. My first though when I heard about the US ordering ICANN about was, "Yup, I guess its time to pull up stakes from the HQ in the US and move elsewhere, Belgium and Aus I suppose..."
I find it disturbing that one country and simply just get up and do this... time to show that famed internet redundancy the internet was created for in the first place!
The question you have to ask yourself is the person giving the review credible. Half these people are idiots. If they post a lot of content, you can somewhat gauge if they have a clue about what they are talking about, but this can sometimes be difficult. I see this a lot at Tech sites. Also the type of site matters a lot also. Buying something from Bestbuy or Futureshop I likely would ignore the user reviews entirely as anyone that shops there for computer components for example would be an idiot. Places like NCIX and Newegg are a bit safer, but not fool proof. Reviews from sites you trust and credible forum posts are your best bet. Also don't depend on one site, spread your net wide and see if everyone is saying the same thing.
Unfortunately I hear the NK artillery is mostly protected by reinforced bunkers, whereas the SK capital doesn't enjoy that luxury.
I expect their battle plan is mostly run like hell south screaming for help.
Though as I understand it, many of the NK positions are fixed, so advancing very fast might not be all that feasible (other than the 2m infantry I suppose).
Or just one way really. I am pretty sure NK has enough artillery aimed at the SK capital to level it. What is SK going to aim at? The oodles of infrastructure than NK has built?
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...a large number of Republicans had huge aneurysms that day.
What a perfect storm, Michael Moore bailing out Julian Assange.
I mean I couldn't make that shit up if I tried.
Even though I know he was not given bail, and Moore is a known media whore, I still laughed my ass off.
I am just waiting for the Office Space CGI remake...
Too bad eventual radioactive death will limit it's total longevity. Still a few decades of limited power rationed life yet.
Actually maybe your just old and cranky.
I'm well under 40, and I certainly remember reading the whole "Hacker Manifesto" downloaded as a text file off a BBS using a 2400 baud modem in the late 80's early 90's. I remember reading about the difference between Hackers and Crackers around the same time. Heck before MY time it was punch cards and certainly no internet. I can recall hitting 300 baud modems. Before that I would suggest "hacking" was what you did on a typewriter.
That said I will agree, that the terms have morphed and do not have the same meaning anymore really. I mean there we also Phreaks back then as well. Which was really just an economical way to access all those long distance modems (there being no real "internet" as we commonly know it today). The closest thing to a Phreak these days would be someone unlocking an iPhone or something. Which incidentally is more akin to Cracking than Hacking. Anyway the definitions were all pretty idealistic to begin with. Not to mention the media latching onto "hacking" as the go to term to use in all instances anyway. One was supposed to be all about freedom of information and access and figuring out solutions to interesting problems. The other was doing pretty much the exact same thing, but for malicious intent. We are still discussing this morality even today, look at the whole wikileaks thing. Perfect example. Which doesn't surprise me that it gets the types of people that like to fix into those hacker/cracker roles all riled up. Perhaps you don't realize is the that people involved with 2600 may not have wanted to be associated with the term "cracker" either, as a reason why they always talk about hacking. Though I find it hard to believe they never wrote anything explaining the difference considering their outlook and clients. I mean they have been having that discussion for decades now. Hell Google's pronouncement years ago "Do no evil" fits the same pattern of discourse.
Anyway the discussion is not stupid, and the term cracker certainly isn't recent unless you are a 900 year old Yoda and are trying to keep it in perspective.
Make bandwidth speed largely pointless who cares. One step forward and two steps back for telecommunications.
I mean I have something like 14mb/s now (though I doubt I would ever hit that theoretical limit), but even say getting 7 mb/s, that's 420mb/m, or 25.2GB/h.
Now consider that my bandwidth cap is 60GB.
Which means I can operate at peek bandwidth for approximately 2.3h and then I will run out of cap space and not be able to use my internet for the rest of the MONTH, unless I wish to pay 1.5$/GB.
I would like to close with as summary of the situation: Retarded. Thank you.
Pro-PERSONAL-privacy.
As someone that deals with this sort of stuff it can be confusing how much power the Freedom of Information Act has. Ya personal privacy is a given, but there are plenty of other things that are sensitive that are not only not protected, but are now being challenged. Which one way or another would be fine, I don't care, its the ambiguity that sucks. I got some requirements for a software system, and they had a line that basically said that the information would only be accessed by those that have been given permission, and would be kept confidential. However in practice any jerkwad with an FOI request it going to get at it anyway (unless it is personal), so what bother? In addition why pay for government licensed or copyrighted material, when you can just demand it VIA FOI. Why try and protect sensitive areas and locations of habitat when again, just demand to see it, and go hunt/kill/destroy it up.
Anyway I am not debating its usefulness, however it needs serious work in clarity, and so far it seems to be all ad hoc interpretation and individual decisions. Makes trying to get real work done... difficult.
Quickly and ofttimes repeatedly...
Obama play hockey! Of course I don't know if Harper can even skate either.
Then again when Putin is talking about cows and holding a hand guy and passes you the puck, you damn well learn how to play hockey really quick!
We just need to build a 133MJ Gauss Cannon! Get on it Military!
I take it they are going to disable USB and CD/DVD-ROMS at the hardware level, and also physically remove those interfaces from the motherboards/casesthemselves? Considering how many devices have internal memory, anything can be a thumb drive. Ipod, Iphone, watch, you name it. All you have to do is plug it in. USB is so ubik as well, that I don't think someone experienced in this sort of thing will have much trouble turning it back on if disabled. Reboot-bios-on. It will prevent the casual and retarded I suppose, which is likely the larger danger.
Now the military could design their own motherboards, custom bios and their own proprietary data transfer interface, making it incompatible with anything else, which would at least force someone to reverse engineer it first. Of course that would cost millions no doubt, and some jerk would likely break it in a week.
I was just thinking what a shame it is that the ancient city of Babylon used to exist in what is today Iraq. I mean there is a place that would be interesting to visit (well not anymore)...
As an aside, I think in the next 5 years it will all be irrelevent anyway. With the advent of the interent, VOIP, WIFI, Apps, etc... and how fast those technologies are advancing sooner or later someome is going to figure out how to beat the system. Sure I am sure the telcos will do all they can to stop it, and they likely will, and then someone else will do it again, until it just isn't worth the fight as customers will flock to whatever gives them the best service.
Already there were a number of iPhone Apps I saw Skype, Viber, Google Phone, etc... that are pushing the envelope. I discarded them all as impractical so far, but most are just emerging now.
Oh I know... :(
Its just these monolithic corporations are supposed to be the telecommunications industry, like cutting edge and all that. To think in this day in age that if I cross an imaginary political boundry that suddenly my text messaging goes from 0.15 cents (already a ripoff) to 1.50$ is just obscene, not to mention the voice and data, which is just as bad. In many cases they are using the exact same technology, the exact same phones (iPhone in this case) and in the case of Bell even kinda the same companies.
It makes me wonder what kind of profit they make from this kind of arangement. Because I mean like really, most people do exactly what I do and just refuse to use, in which case they don't make anything. The few that do likely use VERY sparingly so again not much profit. So if profit is the main focusing factor in continuing this draconian practice I don't really see it in the grand scheme of things being all that relevent.
I mean the easier they make it, the more use, and the more profit I would think. Then again what do I know I suppose. Roaming charges profit figures VS total profits would be interesting data to see.
We have a lot in common then...
Sounds like she tried to start a mutiny or something!
Perhaps she refused a code red?
Seriously how can someone that works in IT at a freaking community health centre get canned for insubordination?
Maybe she had good reason to trash their systems... I'm guessing rogue AI.
Its over there, under the entrance marked "Hell".
I think the only thing that could make Fallout 3 any better would be to incorporate some ZORKesque puzzles...
THATS BECAUSE YoU FOOKING SUCK NOOB!!!111!!!1
Sorry, I couldn't resist... :)
I recently visited the US last month from Canada where I live. I left my cell phone off the entire trip. Were I to turn it on and actually use it I would be hit with the most draconian fees you ever did see....
So its not different across the pond. In fact if I were a betting man, I would say it is far worse.
I can only hope that Canada/US will finally drop the roaming BS. I mean really I don't understand it. I am with Bell Canada. There is a Bell in the US. Seriously stop screwing people already!
Libertarians believe in less government. The example listed two posts ago was the fire department. The counter one post ago was the volunteer fire department.
This guy made arguably the most money in the entire world, ever, by basically running a private fire company and extorting money from his neighbors.
While a bit of a stretch, that is the private sector taking over that piece of business which would be very much in line with libertarian thinking.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Libertarians. Some are overly idealistic (not necessarily a bad thing), and have not thought things through. Smaller government as a principle is fine if your OK with the consequences.
Its like that stupid poll that they do every so often, where people list all the services they want. They they put how much tax they are willing to pay. Or which services they are willing to give up to reduce their taxes, etc... Everyone wants every service for free with no taxes, its just unrealistic. So while a push for smaller Gov I think is a laudable quest, I find most that have it completely unrealistic about their demands about the consequences. Anyway that's just me.
Exactly. My first though when I heard about the US ordering ICANN about was, "Yup, I guess its time to pull up stakes from the HQ in the US and move elsewhere, Belgium and Aus I suppose..."
I find it disturbing that one country and simply just get up and do this... time to show that famed internet redundancy the internet was created for in the first place!
The question you have to ask yourself is the person giving the review credible. Half these people are idiots. If they post a lot of content, you can somewhat gauge if they have a clue about what they are talking about, but this can sometimes be difficult. I see this a lot at Tech sites. Also the type of site matters a lot also. Buying something from Bestbuy or Futureshop I likely would ignore the user reviews entirely as anyone that shops there for computer components for example would be an idiot. Places like NCIX and Newegg are a bit safer, but not fool proof. Reviews from sites you trust and credible forum posts are your best bet. Also don't depend on one site, spread your net wide and see if everyone is saying the same thing.
I want my Penny! :)
I am pretty sure this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_figures#Marcus_Licinius_Crassus
was the first libertarian. Nice.
Unfortunately I hear the NK artillery is mostly protected by reinforced bunkers, whereas the SK capital doesn't enjoy that luxury.
I expect their battle plan is mostly run like hell south screaming for help.
Though as I understand it, many of the NK positions are fixed, so advancing very fast might not be all that feasible (other than the 2m infantry I suppose).
Or just one way really. I am pretty sure NK has enough artillery aimed at the SK capital to level it. What is SK going to aim at? The oodles of infrastructure than NK has built?