Honestly people refer to anon as adolescents, but I don't think its true. If you look at humans in general, in large groups all of us act like spoiled children. They all want to suck in as much resources as possible, fight to place themselves as high as they can on the social ladder, pee on the beta through omega dogs, and be able to do as they please. Examples: British colonialism treated colonies like second class citizens, extending idiotic laws like the local lord could sleep with peoples wives on their wedding nights, etc. The US constantly interferes with other governments, and after destabilizing them, whines that results aren't in our favor. There's lots of examples. I think Agent Kay put it best, "A person is intelligent. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals." Hell, in social psychology there are extensive studies of mob behavior, and they all point towards humans being pretty damn wretched cruel creatures when in groups. Anon is about as principled as any other mob. At least they're predictable insomuch as they always support the first amendment and open information; even if they cast a broad net on who they target.
I would expect that to never come to light honestly. If they admitted how much the DDoS cost them, it would essentially give a 'quantifiable' damage scores (not sure how else to describe it) to anyone who pursued similar attacks in the future. It'd be fascinating to see though; the amount of lost revenue, divided by the number of unique IP's in the DDoS should give you dollars lost on a per-node basis. Then it'd give you cost metrics, and where there's readily available cost metrics, there's business opportunities. Just think - "we'll pay you $.01 to run this program for an hour!" while in the background you're causing 250$ in damage to a target. Sorry, mind is wandering in the dark side now:)
Good luck reading a cisco PDF document (of which I have about 35) on a Kindle. See, most companies provide PDF's of their technical manuals and certification stuff. Kindle's have pathetic support for PDF's, especially those that don't allow for reflowing, contain tons of images, irregular formatting, or have lots of types of text. So no its not difficult to take me seriously. If Amazon or B&N or Sony started supporting ebook formats people actually use with more than a very basic implementation, I'd look at them. I investigated a netbook but none had a form-factor that was comfortable for reading. The fact that I can read an O'Reily Head First text on an ipad and it looks EXACTLY like the book is what bought the ipad for me. I challenge you to do that with any other reader.
Also, just some advice, you'll get much farther in life if you don't call someone a liar/stupid for doing things in a different way from you, especially when you don't know all of the details. Peace.
So, suppose Assange gets assassinated, and some sure calling card of the assassin's country of origin was left there (say, a ticket stub originating in Washington DC). Do you think that the other people running wikileaks would actually start targetting that nation out of vengeance for their fallen comrade? I mean, if a country appears to have killed your colleague, why bother redacting any more names, or doing anything to help them? Further, any targetted leaks would only supplement whatever your intelligence assets were already piping to you. I mean, if we're going to start getting into spygames, it seems like having something wikileaks outright targeting your foe would be a feather in your cap.
This is probably the best comment I've seen on this whole ordeal. I do agree that this is going to have a secrecy backlash, again. Either way, thanks for your service, soldier.
Some of us use an iPad for some things (namely being a reader), while owning an android phone. Myself, for example. I own an iPad specifically to function as an ebook reader, and as a magazine reader. I have a few games, but for the most part, I use it for reading stuff. I would be more than happy to read a magazine about android. And my platform of choice to read that? Either paper, or on my iPad. And apple just said I can't do that because it is throwing a 3 year old temper tantrum against its competition.
Anyone else seriously doubt that the thing would work? I'm guessing that the capacitors have given out, or if they haven't will do so as soon as there's power run through it. It'd be neat to see if they can get the thing running properly. Still not as cool as the Apple I they had in Make II though (made entirely out of a breadboard and wires - sooo cool).
Now if only I could get 19$/month gigabit ethernet into my house like my boss's mother in South Korea. I know the country is a fraction of our size, but honestly our lackidasical approach to increasing bandwidth is infuriating.
My impression from most Jains that I've had the pleasure of meeting is that they'd most likely demure, since the minor chance they could incur any sort of emotional stress or pain on another would be enough reason for them to do so. I do think its BS that a cross is ok, while the symbol of another religion is not ok because some idiots used it years ago.
A) This was a joke. If you missed that, I highly suggest taking some literature classes for a better understanding of humor and the human condition.
B) Being a police state has nothing to do with economic structure. A police state could be a free market, a communism, or a mixed market. Political structure !- economic structure. And yes, China is in fact a free market economy now; hence the large number of articles about them freaking out when they saw the US meltdown taking place. They had based their new economy on those of the western powers.
I mean really, this is proof that a truly free market benefits everyone. I mean if people can't go outside, they can't commit crimes OR hurt the children!
By our known examples of life though! What makes me wonder is our definition of what living things are, and where they can possibly live, keeps changing. So how can we say what is and is not habitable if that line has to keep getting redrawn?
One problem though; most death row inmates are not people with violent histories. Most of them are people who "snapped" at one point in time. It's also (as of the last time I had a prison studies class) the only portion of the prison strata where whites are more common than other races.
It amazes me that people don't believe there's no life elsewhere in the universe when we're still discovering it in new forms here at home, with new ways of doing things, in new seemingly impossible places. I for one welcome our new microbial hydrocarbon munching leaders.
I honestly think that the Wii is just fine. Its targeted at casual gamers, whereas 360 seems to be the young gamer crowd and PS3 seems to be the more hardcore gamers. By giving the Wii time on the market they're just going to build up an immense game library. I do think Kinect may throw a wrench in nintendo's machine though. The kinect is the first peripheral I've ever seen that has made game-o-phobes interested in playing. My girlfriends mother for example, was given a wii. She got frustrated when she kept losing track of where the cursor was pointed in the main menu (relatively trivial for us tech folks, downright frustrating and off-putting for some others). So it sat there. However she's looking at getting a Kinect/360 bundle now because "I don't have to worry about figuring out how to use a stupid controller, I think I can figure out where my body is." It kind of opened my eyes a little about the potential Kinect has. I just hope it doesn't turn into another Sega-CD/32x sort of device. Anyways, tangent aside, I don't think Nintendo is going anywhere. They've survived all of their other competitors, even when they've had more powerful technology. They've got more wisdom than MS and Sony combined at running successful gaming platforms (unless you count Basic!).
And even if the distro pushes it immediately, that doesn't mean the users will install it immediately. Many production servers have to go through a hefty amount of change control before ANY patch is allowed to touch the box. That can take weeks, and sometimes, months, depending on the organization.
Thank you for your comment. I've never been so lambasted for pointing out that someone reneged on a contract. It makes me happy that someone bothered to listen to their grandparents when they talked about not being a slave to debt.
Actually, you'd lose that bet, I did know that. And did you know 70% of the uninsured work full time but without benefits? However, hospitals are by law required to treat you. If you pay them 10$ a month, you will not be sent to collections. My source: working in healthcare for 4 years. And fuck you? really? Is that the best you can come up with? I'm sorry my side sounds insensitive, but its true. I'm sorry I'm not a bleeding heart for someone who broke a financial contract that she signed. Yes, its unfortunate, but those are the breaks when you bite off more than you can chew. People need to get their heads out of their asses and realize that when you incur debt the debtor has the right at any time to cash in on that debt. It's in the wording of every single loan, every single credit card. They can call you and say, "Pay us the balance, now." Read the small print. Know your damn rights. And don't throw yourself into the jail of debt if you aren't damn sure you can pay things off. A hundred years ago no one had heard of credit cards, and debt was something to be avoided. I am not obligated in any way, shape, or form to conform to your views, so throwing insults really shows your inability to cope with the stated facts. Let's go over them one more time: A) She owed a company money. B) She signed a contract stating she would pay them. C) She didn't. D) Company avoided going to collections and started trying to contact her directly which means she's been delinquent for some time. E) She is now working with a lawyer (who she strangely had money to pay for) to file a lawsuit. She is a liar, and an opportunistic thief. I'm more than happy to allow you your perspective, and respect it. Its sad. However I side with the company. They lose in the situation, not her. Good day, sir.
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That's because open source and shared things are never successful. Just look at TCP/I..... oh wait
So... you're suggesting manual transmission for cool...?
Glenn Beck? Is that you???
Honestly people refer to anon as adolescents, but I don't think its true. If you look at humans in general, in large groups all of us act like spoiled children. They all want to suck in as much resources as possible, fight to place themselves as high as they can on the social ladder, pee on the beta through omega dogs, and be able to do as they please. Examples: British colonialism treated colonies like second class citizens, extending idiotic laws like the local lord could sleep with peoples wives on their wedding nights, etc. The US constantly interferes with other governments, and after destabilizing them, whines that results aren't in our favor. There's lots of examples. I think Agent Kay put it best, "A person is intelligent. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals." Hell, in social psychology there are extensive studies of mob behavior, and they all point towards humans being pretty damn wretched cruel creatures when in groups. Anon is about as principled as any other mob. At least they're predictable insomuch as they always support the first amendment and open information; even if they cast a broad net on who they target.
I would expect that to never come to light honestly. If they admitted how much the DDoS cost them, it would essentially give a 'quantifiable' damage scores (not sure how else to describe it) to anyone who pursued similar attacks in the future. It'd be fascinating to see though; the amount of lost revenue, divided by the number of unique IP's in the DDoS should give you dollars lost on a per-node basis. Then it'd give you cost metrics, and where there's readily available cost metrics, there's business opportunities. Just think - "we'll pay you $.01 to run this program for an hour!" while in the background you're causing 250$ in damage to a target. Sorry, mind is wandering in the dark side now :)
So this means no more cruise control for cool???????
I remember reading a bunch of these in my undergrad psych classes. Good citations.
Also, just some advice, you'll get much farther in life if you don't call someone a liar/stupid for doing things in a different way from you, especially when you don't know all of the details. Peace.
So, suppose Assange gets assassinated, and some sure calling card of the assassin's country of origin was left there (say, a ticket stub originating in Washington DC). Do you think that the other people running wikileaks would actually start targetting that nation out of vengeance for their fallen comrade? I mean, if a country appears to have killed your colleague, why bother redacting any more names, or doing anything to help them? Further, any targetted leaks would only supplement whatever your intelligence assets were already piping to you. I mean, if we're going to start getting into spygames, it seems like having something wikileaks outright targeting your foe would be a feather in your cap.
This is probably the best comment I've seen on this whole ordeal. I do agree that this is going to have a secrecy backlash, again. Either way, thanks for your service, soldier.
Some of us use an iPad for some things (namely being a reader), while owning an android phone. Myself, for example. I own an iPad specifically to function as an ebook reader, and as a magazine reader. I have a few games, but for the most part, I use it for reading stuff. I would be more than happy to read a magazine about android. And my platform of choice to read that? Either paper, or on my iPad. And apple just said I can't do that because it is throwing a 3 year old temper tantrum against its competition.
Anyone else seriously doubt that the thing would work? I'm guessing that the capacitors have given out, or if they haven't will do so as soon as there's power run through it. It'd be neat to see if they can get the thing running properly. Still not as cool as the Apple I they had in Make II though (made entirely out of a breadboard and wires - sooo cool).
Now if only I could get 19$/month gigabit ethernet into my house like my boss's mother in South Korea. I know the country is a fraction of our size, but honestly our lackidasical approach to increasing bandwidth is infuriating.
My impression from most Jains that I've had the pleasure of meeting is that they'd most likely demure, since the minor chance they could incur any sort of emotional stress or pain on another would be enough reason for them to do so. I do think its BS that a cross is ok, while the symbol of another religion is not ok because some idiots used it years ago.
A) This was a joke. If you missed that, I highly suggest taking some literature classes for a better understanding of humor and the human condition. B) Being a police state has nothing to do with economic structure. A police state could be a free market, a communism, or a mixed market. Political structure !- economic structure. And yes, China is in fact a free market economy now; hence the large number of articles about them freaking out when they saw the US meltdown taking place. They had based their new economy on those of the western powers.
I mean really, this is proof that a truly free market benefits everyone. I mean if people can't go outside, they can't commit crimes OR hurt the children!
By our known examples of life though! What makes me wonder is our definition of what living things are, and where they can possibly live, keeps changing. So how can we say what is and is not habitable if that line has to keep getting redrawn?
One problem though; most death row inmates are not people with violent histories. Most of them are people who "snapped" at one point in time. It's also (as of the last time I had a prison studies class) the only portion of the prison strata where whites are more common than other races.
It amazes me that people don't believe there's no life elsewhere in the universe when we're still discovering it in new forms here at home, with new ways of doing things, in new seemingly impossible places. I for one welcome our new microbial hydrocarbon munching leaders.
I honestly think that the Wii is just fine. Its targeted at casual gamers, whereas 360 seems to be the young gamer crowd and PS3 seems to be the more hardcore gamers. By giving the Wii time on the market they're just going to build up an immense game library. I do think Kinect may throw a wrench in nintendo's machine though. The kinect is the first peripheral I've ever seen that has made game-o-phobes interested in playing. My girlfriends mother for example, was given a wii. She got frustrated when she kept losing track of where the cursor was pointed in the main menu (relatively trivial for us tech folks, downright frustrating and off-putting for some others). So it sat there. However she's looking at getting a Kinect/360 bundle now because "I don't have to worry about figuring out how to use a stupid controller, I think I can figure out where my body is." It kind of opened my eyes a little about the potential Kinect has. I just hope it doesn't turn into another Sega-CD/32x sort of device. Anyways, tangent aside, I don't think Nintendo is going anywhere. They've survived all of their other competitors, even when they've had more powerful technology. They've got more wisdom than MS and Sony combined at running successful gaming platforms (unless you count Basic!).
Nah 640k is enough for anyone.
And even if the distro pushes it immediately, that doesn't mean the users will install it immediately. Many production servers have to go through a hefty amount of change control before ANY patch is allowed to touch the box. That can take weeks, and sometimes, months, depending on the organization.
Thank you for your comment. I've never been so lambasted for pointing out that someone reneged on a contract. It makes me happy that someone bothered to listen to their grandparents when they talked about not being a slave to debt.
Actually, you'd lose that bet, I did know that. And did you know 70% of the uninsured work full time but without benefits? However, hospitals are by law required to treat you. If you pay them 10$ a month, you will not be sent to collections. My source: working in healthcare for 4 years. And fuck you? really? Is that the best you can come up with? I'm sorry my side sounds insensitive, but its true. I'm sorry I'm not a bleeding heart for someone who broke a financial contract that she signed. Yes, its unfortunate, but those are the breaks when you bite off more than you can chew. People need to get their heads out of their asses and realize that when you incur debt the debtor has the right at any time to cash in on that debt. It's in the wording of every single loan, every single credit card. They can call you and say, "Pay us the balance, now." Read the small print. Know your damn rights. And don't throw yourself into the jail of debt if you aren't damn sure you can pay things off. A hundred years ago no one had heard of credit cards, and debt was something to be avoided. I am not obligated in any way, shape, or form to conform to your views, so throwing insults really shows your inability to cope with the stated facts. Let's go over them one more time: A) She owed a company money. B) She signed a contract stating she would pay them. C) She didn't. D) Company avoided going to collections and started trying to contact her directly which means she's been delinquent for some time. E) She is now working with a lawyer (who she strangely had money to pay for) to file a lawsuit. She is a liar, and an opportunistic thief. I'm more than happy to allow you your perspective, and respect it. Its sad. However I side with the company. They lose in the situation, not her. Good day, sir.
Damn, that's awesome!