Technically speaking, that's pretty awesome. I know they're bad guys, but some props to them. They're geek bad guys, and they've done some fine work here.
Well the ISS at least was going 27,724kph (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station). It's mass is over 400 metric tons. So if the object was stationary, using mv^2/2, we're looking at 153724035200000 joules. This could go up or go down based on the speed and vector of the other body. Slashdot nerds, please tear apart my math. I'm doing this on the fly so I probably made a mistake.
Agreed. Right now everyone who is anywhere in security is most likely hyperaware. I know at my company (a large carrier) we've done security audits across the spectrum to ensure customer data was well protected, along with proprietary info. It makes sense if they let the waters die down a bit, and then hit when people are soft and inevitably get lazy again.
Really? Says who? You? You, the person who lacks any reading comprehension? Your second example is pointless - if my bank is broken into and my money is stolen, the federal government is on the line to pay it off thanks to the FDIC. So yes, it is different. I openly accept my human nature - that is, I enjoy it when other people fail. I like it when their hubris leads up to an eventual failure. I understand that security, even the very best, is transient and will ultimately fail. Likewise, I accept that I am not perfect, and am liable to fail. Just like you fail at reading comprehension. Now go along and play, I'm bored with you. You seem to lack the basic ability to understand that the statement "information is meant to be free" is different from "OMG I WANT EVERYTHING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ1111" so you're really not worth my time. I have better, more intelligent people to talk to who make far, far money than both of us combined. Good day.
Age is correct, though I work in security, am a well paid engineer, and own my own home. I didn't say it's funny, I said its entertaining to watch people fight the inevitable. People put too much faith in technology - it fails. When people realize that, we can start to make some actual progress.
No, I wish people like YOU would grow the fuck up. Please re-read my comment. I did not say that there was ANYTHING wrong with security. Nothing. Apparently its also part of human nature to aggressively insult people with things you pull out of your ass and NOT from the actual post. Here, let me quote the OP for you:
I have no problem with this. Also, lulzsec does tickle my anarcho-geek fancy. Information's natural state is to be free - think how much energy gets expended trying to keep things secret. Just like trying to push a large boulder up a mountain - like Sisyphus. And eventually they're going to trip up, and that boulder will come tumbling back down. We're watching it happen. And I, for one, am enjoying nom'ing on some popcorn while it happens.
See? Nothing about security being incorrect. I simply stated that its unnatural, so they're fighting an uphill battle. As for me enjoying it, I'm allowed my schadenfreude just like everyone else. I'm not saying we live in some mystical happy place, I'm saying the exact opposite. People are trying in vain to keep things secure; and they're not realizing that they're trying to build cities with bad foundations. Eventually those buildings will crumble. And just like watching any other building tumble, its enjoyable to watch. You can think that makes me a bad person to enjoy other people's misery - just remember it next time you walk by a homeless person asking for change.
You might want to check your reading comprehension - I never mention in my post that there is anything wrong with trying to secure data. Anything you infer from what I said is your problem.
You'll also notice I never once mentioned that there was anything WRONG with trying to secure information. I simply stated that its not a natural state, and therefore you rely on anything propping it up to an artificial state. The roof is only as strong as its pillars. I have some fairly good pillars built regarding my security online, but I know they're not infallible. If you were obsessed with finding out my identity, you most likely could.
I'm assuming that they got access to a machine and did a snatch and run. They're just throwing it together in an archive and sending it out. The fact that there are image files, videos, etc all thrown together would tell me they got into a documents folder somewhere. Probably someone who brought a work computer home and got it compromised?
I will happily pay more for fruit if the worker that picked it was making at least minimum wage and I know a ton of people without jobs that will take *anything* at this point.
So, you'd trade one exploited group of people for another - so long as they're American? So, what you're saying is you're not racist, you're a xenophobe. Ah, thanks for clearing that up. For once I really wish one of you white people would realize that YOU are immigrants and the progeny of immigrants. GTFO of OUR land and stop acting like you own the place or have any goddamn right to say who can and cannot enter. Want to think you have a problem because of "illegals?" Try walking a trail of tears you selfish fucks. Oh, I should note I'm 100% Cherokee.
I have no problem with this. Also, lulzsec does tickle my anarcho-geek fancy. Information's natural state is to be free - think how much energy gets expended trying to keep things secret. Just like trying to push a large boulder up a mountain - like Sisyphus. And eventually they're going to trip up, and that boulder will come tumbling back down. We're watching it happen. And I, for one, am enjoying nom'ing on some popcorn while it happens.
How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot
The world forgetting by the world forgot
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Each pray'r accepted and each wish resign'd?
I was thinking this as well. As access to HD-DVD is disappearing it would make more sense to me to use this technology INSTEAD of blu-ray. They can probably get the drives at commodity prices as well since they're defunct (essentially).
Eh, you can't give too many props for sql injection. There are firefox extensions that do it for you these days. I do agree that some of them have done some decent work, just nitpicking.
All I want them to be is chaos. The world is too organized, I see chaos as a good thing. Even if it impacts me negatively. Yes, I know that is a weird way to think, but my thoughts and opinion are my own. As mentioned in another response, Anonymous!=LulzSec. Yes they use the same memes, but they've set themselves apart. They share common roots, but I'm pretty sure they've fractured off at this point.
There were never any good old days, they are today, they are tomorrow. Its a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. Anonymous has always done raids. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about. Now they're just BAM taking it up a notch.
Doesn't surprise me honestly. Judging by the amount of traffic they're able to generate I was figuring they're running a botnet (or leasing access to one).
You do realize that human beings were NOT monogamous animals to begin with, right? No primates are. Our whole family line is an anal loving, homo and hetero-sexual sex having, infidelitous breed. It is simply not our nature to be tied together. The whole idea that a woman needs to be "marked" during marriage serves solely as A) a way of keeping women defined as property (hence needing to "sell them" with dowrys), and B) verifying lineage. Sex has never been something sacred - overly zealous people have placed it on a pedestal that it is something wrong or private. Its not, and it will never be sacred like some people want it to be because it is simply not who we are. Its a vital part of keeping our species alive, not something dirty, private, or possessive. I respectfully disagree with your standpoint.
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fdisk /fixmbr should fix it, no?
It doesn't involve DRM, so I doubt they'll worry about it for at least another 9 months.
Technically speaking, that's pretty awesome. I know they're bad guys, but some props to them. They're geek bad guys, and they've done some fine work here.
Well the ISS at least was going 27,724kph (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station). It's mass is over 400 metric tons. So if the object was stationary, using mv^2/2, we're looking at 153724035200000 joules. This could go up or go down based on the speed and vector of the other body. Slashdot nerds, please tear apart my math. I'm doing this on the fly so I probably made a mistake.
Yup, another case where the pirates offer a better product than the original. And for a lower price.
Die a slow, painful death you wannabe SS child molesters.
Agreed. Right now everyone who is anywhere in security is most likely hyperaware. I know at my company (a large carrier) we've done security audits across the spectrum to ensure customer data was well protected, along with proprietary info. It makes sense if they let the waters die down a bit, and then hit when people are soft and inevitably get lazy again.
Really? Says who? You? You, the person who lacks any reading comprehension? Your second example is pointless - if my bank is broken into and my money is stolen, the federal government is on the line to pay it off thanks to the FDIC. So yes, it is different. I openly accept my human nature - that is, I enjoy it when other people fail. I like it when their hubris leads up to an eventual failure. I understand that security, even the very best, is transient and will ultimately fail. Likewise, I accept that I am not perfect, and am liable to fail. Just like you fail at reading comprehension. Now go along and play, I'm bored with you. You seem to lack the basic ability to understand that the statement "information is meant to be free" is different from "OMG I WANT EVERYTHING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ1111" so you're really not worth my time. I have better, more intelligent people to talk to who make far, far money than both of us combined. Good day.
Age is correct, though I work in security, am a well paid engineer, and own my own home. I didn't say it's funny, I said its entertaining to watch people fight the inevitable. People put too much faith in technology - it fails. When people realize that, we can start to make some actual progress.
I have no problem with this. Also, lulzsec does tickle my anarcho-geek fancy. Information's natural state is to be free - think how much energy gets expended trying to keep things secret. Just like trying to push a large boulder up a mountain - like Sisyphus. And eventually they're going to trip up, and that boulder will come tumbling back down. We're watching it happen. And I, for one, am enjoying nom'ing on some popcorn while it happens.
See? Nothing about security being incorrect. I simply stated that its unnatural, so they're fighting an uphill battle. As for me enjoying it, I'm allowed my schadenfreude just like everyone else. I'm not saying we live in some mystical happy place, I'm saying the exact opposite. People are trying in vain to keep things secure; and they're not realizing that they're trying to build cities with bad foundations. Eventually those buildings will crumble. And just like watching any other building tumble, its enjoyable to watch. You can think that makes me a bad person to enjoy other people's misery - just remember it next time you walk by a homeless person asking for change.
You might want to check your reading comprehension - I never mention in my post that there is anything wrong with trying to secure data. Anything you infer from what I said is your problem.
You'll also notice I never once mentioned that there was anything WRONG with trying to secure information. I simply stated that its not a natural state, and therefore you rely on anything propping it up to an artificial state. The roof is only as strong as its pillars. I have some fairly good pillars built regarding my security online, but I know they're not infallible. If you were obsessed with finding out my identity, you most likely could.
I'm assuming that they got access to a machine and did a snatch and run. They're just throwing it together in an archive and sending it out. The fact that there are image files, videos, etc all thrown together would tell me they got into a documents folder somewhere. Probably someone who brought a work computer home and got it compromised?
I will happily pay more for fruit if the worker that picked it was making at least minimum wage and I know a ton of people without jobs that will take *anything* at this point.
So, you'd trade one exploited group of people for another - so long as they're American? So, what you're saying is you're not racist, you're a xenophobe. Ah, thanks for clearing that up. For once I really wish one of you white people would realize that YOU are immigrants and the progeny of immigrants. GTFO of OUR land and stop acting like you own the place or have any goddamn right to say who can and cannot enter. Want to think you have a problem because of "illegals?" Try walking a trail of tears you selfish fucks. Oh, I should note I'm 100% Cherokee.
I have no problem with this. Also, lulzsec does tickle my anarcho-geek fancy. Information's natural state is to be free - think how much energy gets expended trying to keep things secret. Just like trying to push a large boulder up a mountain - like Sisyphus. And eventually they're going to trip up, and that boulder will come tumbling back down. We're watching it happen. And I, for one, am enjoying nom'ing on some popcorn while it happens.
I would think so. Kind of sad considering apple still officially supports both G4 and G5 systems.
How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot
The world forgetting by the world forgot
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Each pray'r accepted and each wish resign'd?
I was thinking this as well. As access to HD-DVD is disappearing it would make more sense to me to use this technology INSTEAD of blu-ray. They can probably get the drives at commodity prices as well since they're defunct (essentially).
Eh, you can't give too many props for sql injection. There are firefox extensions that do it for you these days. I do agree that some of them have done some decent work, just nitpicking.
All I want them to be is chaos. The world is too organized, I see chaos as a good thing. Even if it impacts me negatively. Yes, I know that is a weird way to think, but my thoughts and opinion are my own. As mentioned in another response, Anonymous!=LulzSec. Yes they use the same memes, but they've set themselves apart. They share common roots, but I'm pretty sure they've fractured off at this point.
There were never any good old days, they are today, they are tomorrow. Its a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. Anonymous has always done raids. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about. Now they're just BAM taking it up a notch.
Doesn't surprise me honestly. Judging by the amount of traffic they're able to generate I was figuring they're running a botnet (or leasing access to one).
You do realize that human beings were NOT monogamous animals to begin with, right? No primates are. Our whole family line is an anal loving, homo and hetero-sexual sex having, infidelitous breed. It is simply not our nature to be tied together. The whole idea that a woman needs to be "marked" during marriage serves solely as A) a way of keeping women defined as property (hence needing to "sell them" with dowrys), and B) verifying lineage. Sex has never been something sacred - overly zealous people have placed it on a pedestal that it is something wrong or private. Its not, and it will never be sacred like some people want it to be because it is simply not who we are. Its a vital part of keeping our species alive, not something dirty, private, or possessive. I respectfully disagree with your standpoint.
If they "have intention to" they most likely already have.
cat hat is cat. Or something like that.