As I have been lead to belive from all the leaked info about the 360, all the controllers/headsets etc. are supposed to connect via wireless.
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Indeed. I would say that anyone who could actually get into this with an 0day exploit would quite happily toss the xbox just so they can break this rule:
Not to modify any content or deface web site in a vulgar or derogatory manner; and agrees not to promote any product, person, team, software, tool, company, etc. during any possible defacement. Any modified content cannot include content not created, owned, or licensed by hacker.
Interesting idea, but I don't know if I'd trust google that much with my files.
I know they have that whole 'do no evil' thing going, but I really couldn't bring myself to hand over my files to them. At least with gmail I can still use GPG to keep my secrets. If I really needed on-line storage that badly then I would be prepared to pay a hosting service for the space and a water-tight contract.
Amen to that, the article doesn't make clear if that will be the situation. You have to assume that filesharing will still be illegal.
Which kinda sucks seeing as everyone with an MP3 player is paying music companies up front and receiving exactly nothing from them in return. The best thing is they can still be sue'd if they actually put fileshared MP3's on a device. A device that they have already paid the music companies for privilage of using!
Good grief, this was the one thing that I was dreading hearing.
You are changing your habits, the books that you read and slogans that you sport so as to not be 'noticed'. While you're at it I might suggest that you dont think anything that might be deemed contoversial or subversive, better safe than sorry eh? You are scared that if you show anything that suggests that you do not go along with the status quo then your travel 'privilages' will be revoked. It's finaly happening.
If you are stuck for something to read on the plane might I suggest George Orwells' 1984. I only read this recently myself after hearing numerous parallels between this fictional future and todays political direction. Of course if you get searched in the airport then it's off to the Ministry of Love for you...
Only if the components could be included within the wings interior, otherwise you spoil the aerodynamic properties of the wing.
Also this just shifts the weight around rather than reducing it.
Finally, you would have to have some kind of 'brush' connector at the rotor hub to pass power and data to the elecronics, also adding weight and complexity.
I have noted the points you made - as well as the vigorous debate on Slashdot.org about this article.
Well, Stephen Evan's weekly "stateside" column is not a news story, but an analytical look at major events and business trends in the United States.
It is, of course, debatable whether MyDoom/Novarg/Shimgapi was written just to bring down the SCO website, or whether the installation of spamming tools on numerous computers was an additional - or even the main - motive.
That was not the point of Stephen's article.
In his piece he wanted to draw the attention of BBC News Online's audience - many of whom are unlikely to know the ins and outs of the Open Source debate - to the rapid spread of Linux as a commercial application, SCO's attempts to cash in on this fact, and the deep anger that SCO has caused within the Linux community through its legal actions.
Stephen is not the first to draw the link between MyDoom and SCO's actions over Linux - plenty of others have done that before, including virus experts.
Regards,
Tim Weber Business Editor BBC News Interactive - www.bbc.co.uk/businessnews
Interesting point Mr. Coward. I agree that flooding the BBC with CAPITALIZED RANTS would only make the point that the world is full of Linuz Zealots who would like nothing more than to see SCO burn to the ground.
I would hope that anyone who did reply to them would have done it in a calm and reasoned manner as displayed by the people who have posted their replies here.
I think I speak for the majority who think that we simply want the facts to be presented rather than this journalists opinion.We want to make sure that tis article is not taken as fact by the VAST majaority of people who will read it. They will read it in it's current form and think "Wow, these linux people are a bunch of mainiacs". We dont want to see people put off using the OS just because of reading articles like this.
Normally I would expect a reply on comments like this, but just looking at the feedback posted on slashdot I dont think individual replies are going to be practical considering the number of people involved. I do however expect an e-mail to everyone who commented either pointing to an on-line retraction, or a rather long e-mail pointing out that the BBC can say what they want and they stand by their work ( unlikely, but possible. And as we all know you have to tell everyone ALL the possiblities:-) ).
Mr Evans, I assume when you went to Journalism school they stressed to you the importance of researching a subject before you start an opinionated rant. "The MyDoom virus represents a new level of sophistication in attacks on company websites. It is also a new front in a war waged by those who want to preserve the open-source Linux operating system." The MyDoom virus is not sophisticated in the slightest, and any Anti-virus vendor would have told you that. It is not a self replicating worm like Blaster or Nachi that used holes in the windows code to spread itself. It is simply a program attached to an e-mail that rely's on users being dumb enough to run it. If that is your idea of sophisticated then I suggest that you dont try and report on any other IT matters. You say that this represents a new front on the war between SCO and the open source comuntiy. That is pure speculation based on the target of the DDOS part of the virus. Are you aware that the virus also contains code to alow the author and the spamming community to use these infected machines as open relays to send their anoying rubbish. I am of course assuming that you have heard of SPAM but there is no mention of this in your article, very sloppy journalism on your part or an indication of your own personal opinions about SCO and open source software. "Deep in the darkness of the psyche, vandals and arsonists no doubt have their reasons - and so, presumably, do the run-of-the-mill geeks who wreak damage on the unsuspecting computer user." Run-of-the-mill geeks? are you suggesting that you have information to indicate that this was NOT written as your standard virus to facilitate the sending of spam. You KNOW who wrote this was a nerdy crusader who just 'snapped' and wanted a piece of SCO? I'm sure the FBI/CIA/GRU would be very interested in your info. If you have this information then pass it to the authoroties, if you don't then you are widly speculating again. Do you not think that the choice of target in this case MIGHT have been made to discredit the open source movement and conceal the real intent of the virus. You see, you dont have to install a backdoor to a computer to make a DDOS attack, you need to do it so you can use that computer to do your bidding AFTER the smoke has cleared. "It's just that the reasoning isn't easy for most of the rest of us to understand. " There is plenty of information available on the internet for you to find this information out Mr. Evans. "But, in the case of the MyDoom computer worm, the motivation seems clearer. " Only of you spend less that a minute investigating it. "It has attacked a company based in Utah called SCO, bringing down its website with a barrage of emails sent from countless computers into which the worm had been insinuated, unbeknownst to the users." This is just plain incorrect. The infected computers used HTTP GET'S to the companies web site, not a 'barrage of e-mails' Any anti-virus vendor would have been able to tell you that. Facts Mr. Evans, heard of them? "There seems little doubt that SCO was targeted - illegally and unacceptably, lest anyone be in any doubt - because it has enraged many people devoted to the Linux operating system." There is plenty of doubt Mr. Evans if you care to take more than a superficial look at the situation. The open source community is up in arms about this, they feel that they are being framed for this because they are an easy target, esspecialy when non-impartial reporting starts pointing fingers without doing adequate research. "On top of that, SCO has sued IBM, accusing it of using SCO property because it too uses Linux." Dare I point out that you have failed to find the facts in this case too? There is reams of information on the internet regarding this case and even a cursory glance would have told you that SCO is not sueing IBM because is 'uses' Linux. It is sueing IBM because it alledges that IBM donated code to the Linux kernel that it did not have the right to. These facts have not been proven, and SCO has not even been able
I always thought that people checking the MD5SUMS were paranoid freaks, but now I can see why it would be a good idea. I, for one, will now be checking my downloads.
Frink: ".. and computers will be SO large that they will fill entire rooms, and so EXPENSIVE that only the 5 richest kings of europe could afford them."
We've all heard the old "we are at the very limit of technology" before and that has never stopped us.
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As I have been lead to belive from all the leaked info about the 360, all the controllers/headsets etc. are supposed to connect via wireless.
Indeed. I would say that anyone who could actually get into this with an 0day exploit would quite happily toss the xbox just so they can break this rule:
Not to modify any content or deface web site in a vulgar or derogatory manner; and agrees not to promote any product, person, team, software, tool, company, etc. during any possible defacement. Any modified content cannot include content not created, owned, or licensed by hacker.
redirect to www.slackware.org anyone?
Interesting idea, but I don't know if I'd trust google that much with my files.
I know they have that whole 'do no evil' thing going, but I really couldn't bring myself to hand over my files to them. At least with gmail I can still use GPG to keep my secrets. If I really needed on-line storage that badly then I would be prepared to pay a hosting service for the space and a water-tight contract.
Amen to that, the article doesn't make clear if that will be the situation. You have to assume that filesharing will still be illegal.
Which kinda sucks seeing as everyone with an MP3 player is paying music companies up front and receiving exactly nothing from them in return. The best thing is they can still be sue'd if they actually put fileshared MP3's on a device. A device that they have already paid the music companies for privilage of using!
Good grief, this was the one thing that I was dreading hearing.
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You are changing your habits, the books that you read and slogans that you sport so as to not be 'noticed'. While you're at it I might suggest that you dont think anything that might be deemed contoversial or subversive, better safe than sorry eh? You are scared that if you show anything that suggests that you do not go along with the status quo then your travel 'privilages' will be revoked. It's finaly happening.
If you are stuck for something to read on the plane might I suggest George Orwells' 1984. I only read this recently myself after hearing numerous parallels between this fictional future and todays political direction. Of course if you get searched in the airport then it's off to the Ministry of Love for you
Perhaps because you have to right not to have a GPS tracking system attached to your car?
Only if the components could be included within the wings interior, otherwise you spoil the aerodynamic properties of the wing.
Also this just shifts the weight around rather than reducing it.
Finally, you would have to have some kind of 'brush' connector at the rotor hub to pass power and data to the elecronics, also adding weight and complexity.
Generally not sounding like a good idea.
Jeez, $25 mil is impressive stuff. A Boeing 747-400 costs between $181m - $220m to buy. Hell, the building they did the RnD in cost $200m in the 60's!
Err, didn't battlestar galactica get picked up?
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/
Is that correct? I didn't realise the x-prize was only valid if they did it before 2005.
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QPSLEDM anyone?
Quantum Phase State Low Electrom Drive Memory, if memory serves.
Has anyone here every seen an external, ANALOGUE CPU load/memory usage/network util gauge?
I imagine it would be a very simialr design to this but replacing the battery skin ( FUR IS MURDER PEOPLE! ) with a needle gauge.
That would look too cool!
Dear Sir
Thanks for your e-mail.
I have noted the points you made - as well as the vigorous debate on Slashdot.org about this article.
Well, Stephen Evan's weekly "stateside" column is not a news story, but an analytical look at major events and business trends in the United States.
It is, of course, debatable whether MyDoom/Novarg/Shimgapi was written just to bring down the SCO website, or whether the installation of spamming tools on numerous computers was an additional - or even the main - motive.
That was not the point of Stephen's article.
In his piece he wanted to draw the attention of BBC News Online's audience - many of whom are unlikely to know the ins and outs of the Open Source debate - to the rapid spread of Linux as a commercial application, SCO's attempts to cash in on this fact, and the deep anger that SCO has caused within the Linux community through its legal actions.
Stephen is not the first to draw the link between MyDoom and SCO's actions over Linux - plenty of others have done that before, including virus experts.
Regards,
Tim Weber
Business Editor
BBC News Interactive - www.bbc.co.uk/businessnews
Interesting point Mr. Coward. I agree that flooding the BBC with CAPITALIZED RANTS would only make the point that the world is full of Linuz Zealots who would like nothing more than to see SCO burn to the ground.
I would hope that anyone who did reply to them would have done it in a calm and reasoned manner as displayed by the people who have posted their replies here.
I think I speak for the majority who think that we simply want the facts to be presented rather than this journalists opinion.We want to make sure that tis article is not taken as fact by the VAST majaority of people who will read it. They will read it in it's current form and think "Wow, these linux people are a bunch of mainiacs". We dont want to see people put off using the OS just because of reading articles like this.
because if you could I assume that a 'linux zealot' somewhere will give Mr. Evans (-1, TROLL ). Ahh, if only.
Normally I would expect a reply on comments like this, but just looking at the feedback posted on slashdot I dont think individual replies are going to be practical considering the number of people involved. I do however expect an e-mail to everyone who commented either pointing to an on-line retraction, or a rather long e-mail pointing out that the BBC can say what they want and they stand by their work ( unlikely, but possible. And as we all know you have to tell everyone ALL the possiblities :-) ).
Much Karma to the first to post a reply!
Yes, I got that distinct impression too.
Mr Evans,
I assume when you went to Journalism school they stressed to you the importance of researching a subject before you start an opinionated rant.
"The MyDoom virus represents a new level of sophistication in attacks on company websites. It is also a new front in a war waged by those who want to preserve the open-source Linux operating system."
The MyDoom virus is not sophisticated in the slightest, and any Anti-virus vendor would have told you that. It is not a self replicating worm like Blaster or Nachi that used holes in the windows code to spread itself. It is simply a program attached to an e-mail that rely's on users being dumb enough to run it. If that is your idea of sophisticated then I suggest that you dont try and report on any other IT matters. You say that this represents a new front on the war between SCO and the open source comuntiy. That is pure speculation based on the target of the DDOS part of the virus. Are you aware that the virus also contains code to alow the author and the spamming community to use these infected machines as open relays to send their anoying rubbish. I am of course assuming that you have heard of SPAM but there is no mention of this in your article, very sloppy journalism on your part or an indication of your own personal opinions about SCO and open source software.
"Deep in the darkness of the psyche, vandals and arsonists no doubt have their reasons - and so, presumably, do the run-of-the-mill geeks who wreak damage on the unsuspecting computer user."
Run-of-the-mill geeks? are you suggesting that you have information to indicate that this was NOT written as your standard virus to facilitate the sending of spam. You KNOW who wrote this was a nerdy crusader who just 'snapped' and wanted a piece of SCO? I'm sure the FBI/CIA/GRU would be very interested in your info. If you have this information then pass it to the authoroties, if you don't then you are widly speculating again. Do you not think that the choice of target in this case MIGHT have been made to discredit the open source movement and conceal the real intent of the virus. You see, you dont have to install a backdoor to a computer to make a DDOS attack, you need to do it so you can use that computer to do your bidding AFTER the smoke has cleared.
"It's just that the reasoning isn't easy for most of the rest of us to understand. "
There is plenty of information available on the internet for you to find this information out Mr. Evans.
"But, in the case of the MyDoom computer worm, the motivation seems clearer. " Only of you spend less that a minute investigating it.
"It has attacked a company based in Utah called SCO, bringing down its website with a barrage of emails sent from countless computers into which the worm had been insinuated, unbeknownst to the users."
This is just plain incorrect. The infected computers used HTTP GET'S to the companies web site, not a 'barrage of e-mails' Any anti-virus vendor would have been able to tell you that. Facts Mr. Evans, heard of them?
"There seems little doubt that SCO was targeted - illegally and unacceptably, lest anyone be in any doubt - because it has enraged many people devoted to the Linux operating system." There is plenty of doubt Mr. Evans if you care to take more than a superficial look at the situation. The open source community is up in arms about this, they feel that they are being framed for this because they are an easy target, esspecialy when non-impartial reporting starts pointing fingers without doing adequate research.
"On top of that, SCO has sued IBM, accusing it of using SCO property because it too uses Linux." Dare I point out that you have failed to find the facts in this case too? There is reams of information on the internet regarding this case and even a cursory glance would have told you that SCO is not sueing IBM because is 'uses' Linux. It is sueing IBM because it alledges that IBM donated code to the Linux kernel that it did not have the right to. These facts have not been proven, and SCO has not even been able
I always thought that people checking the MD5SUMS were paranoid freaks, but now I can see why it would be a good idea. I, for one, will now be checking my downloads.
Err dude, Morrowind was on the XBOX as well.
..does that mean that we will have Intercontiental Beerlistic Missles?
Frink: ".. and computers will be SO large that they will fill entire rooms, and so EXPENSIVE that only the 5 richest kings of europe could afford them."
We've all heard the old "we are at the very limit of technology" before and that has never stopped us.
Amen shuz.