When was the last time that you felt some sort of "privacy on a city street?
I am in complete agreement with the idea of putting cameras on city streets, when they propose the idea to put it in my house, I will have a problem.
The ACLU will be busy protecting the rights of the criminals, or other people with something they are trying to hide, keep in mind, we are talking about a PUBLIC SPACE, this is not YOUR space, this is an area for the PUBLIC to congregate.
Are your rights being violated when you are getting gas, shopping at the mall, at the grocery store,bank, or most any other commercial facility, let alone the countless number of public facilities that already have sophisticated surveillance equipment?
Lets face it, we need this, there are too many crazy people out there preying on innocent people, how about for once, we make an attempt to protect the innocent victims instead of constantly trying to protect the criminals in our society.
What the hell are you afraid of?
"cameras infringe on privacy rights and are ineffective in fighting either crime or terrorism"
I just use a bootable CD and run it all in RAM, the shutdown sequence wipes the disk.
In addition, I don't use phones,credit cards, I burn all of my garbage, I walk everywhere I go (at night only).
wait...everyone is looking at me! STOP STARING AT ME!!!
Microsoft has every right to protect it's OS from pirates. If you steal my car, do I have to pay you for the auto repairs? (While this may not be entirely the same, but it represents the same idiotic logic)
Why is Microsoft obligated to pay for stolen property?
It really scares me that there are actually people with this screwball attitude; it makes no sense at all.
repeat the following: I am not entitled
I think that Microsoft should leak copies of XP out to P2P networks that are trojaned as well as include scripting that "phones home" if a machine is attempting to update it's ILLEGAL OS.
I completely agree, after spending countless hours sifting through log files, tweaking triggers to help reduce the amount of false positives, the IDS is not the complete answer.
An IDS is only so efficient, you need to first really understand your network before deploying, and even after deployment, this is only the beginning.
As said before and in the article, this is a sophisticated set of tools and you need to understand your network, or you will find yourself chasing ghosts, Enter the Darknet (Honeypot).
Combined with the other tools, we have been using Honeyd , an excellent honeypot, simple to get up an going and very configurable.
It can be downright humorous how quickly you will begin to capture useful information.
In addition, adding scripts to interact with the traffic will allow you to keep the user busy while you are collecting data, or Tarpitting the traffic making the port "sticky" dragging the connections, another good one would be LeBrea.
If you have any interest in network security, or simply want to monitor your home network, you need to take a look at darknet, or any of the other tools mentioned.
I agree that this is somewhat propaganda, EVERY OS has it's pitfalls!
Having Windows, OSX and Fedora running , I have found that as a desktop OS, each had it's share of quirks and stability issues.
I believe the article nails the big issues, the flagship products, Office and Windows. Open office is CLEARLY a competitive product and MS should be highly concerned.
"Fewer than 3 percent of Microsoft Office users have upgraded to the latest version."
I think one of the major flaws with MS products is their pricing strategy with regards to their "software Assurance" program whereas keeping up to speed with new releases a company has to provide a constant payment to MS, there is no such thing as an upgrade.
From the corporate standpoint, Where is the value? It would cost our organization 100s of thousands of dollars to purchase the new version, especially since MS does not offer "upgrades", users would have to be trained on the new version in order to maximize the expense and hopefully increase productivity. In addition, every desktop would more than likely have to be touched and the IT workload would increase chasing around vulnerabilities...
I look at this dilemma and I think it's time to start thinking more seriously about Open Source, I would rather re-train my users to use something that packs far more "bang for the buck".
Having recently upgraded my work PC to fedora, I found this distribution to be very stable and usable.
I still believe that the average home user would have more difficult time maintaining a Linux based OS, however, at work, this is not their job, and linux can be managed.
As far as the statement about update cycles and Apple providing updates on a more regular basis, I could do without it. Even with standardization on the desktop, testing needs to take place before dropping something into production and this is not something I would like to have to do more frequently.
Lastly (I might get burned on this one), If he is at all suggesting that anyone other than the home user consider jumping ship to OSX on a large scale, he is out of his mind. I realize that Macs are perfectly capable and are used in the corporate world, but As an administrator of a larger network, I can't even imagine supporting an army of Macs, the thought of how huge the initial expense would be simply makes me laugh out loud profusely, it wouldn't even make sense in looking at that as a "Long term" investment.
Linux on the other hand, is a consideration at this point.
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The most significant convergence will involve the computer and our best friend, the Television.
Computers will be the center of the house. The "Media Center" computers are in the infant stages, these are the early attempts to bring the computer to the part of your house that currently receives the most attention.
When this technology becomes seamless, television will become an interactive and more personalized experience.
Do you like the outfit that Jennifer Lopez is wearing? "Click here to buy".
"MMM, that pizza looks good" click here to have one delivered.
Personalization will allow for advertisers to provide to you the things that you are interested in making their advertisements more effective.
In addition, Television re-runs and first-runs will be individually selected and provided on-demand.
Who doesn't get caught up with the romanticism of space exploration? Space exploration is exciting, it somehow sparks the inner child in us all.
I believe the concept of space travel ending poverty and perfecting democracy to be complete rubbish.
I don't think that the original settlers of the US felt that way. I know that is a *very* looong reach!
What I am thinking about is simply this: Think about our FUTURE, think about our future on "Spaceship Earth" and think about our future in space exploration.
I would like to see people begin to think beyond their own lifetimes. In addition to placing a higher priority on fixing our planet, reaching out to further destinations and taking small steps that bring us further.
It is short-sighted and selfish to not invest our money into exploring beyond earth.
I agree, we have to go. I hate to sound so cliche, but it is the "final frontier". It is ridiculous when put in perspective the amount of money that is spent for other things, and not see the money go into future development.
Others have pointed out and I agree, It is HIGHLY short sighted and extremely selfish to NOT continue pushing further into space.
Are we Selfish? Yes. We tend to only think about ourselves, or maybe one generation, we must adopt and ideology that extends beyond our own lifetimes and taking the money (taxes) we have now and applying them to the future.
Space travel IS necessary, we must reach beyond the local boundries, I agree with Bradbury, we never should have left the moon. Why did we go to the moon? was it merely a political statement?
It is all about seeing the BIG picture, instead of 50 years, just start thinking 100 years, thinking beyond our own lifetimes and start thinking about making multi-generation advancements.
Isn't technology great?
It seems to be an irony of sorts, we created and refined the technology to truly enable a global economy and global workforce.
Programmers working tirelessly tucked away in some office/cube in the US on a module for their ERP App to track widget production throughout the enterprise or developing some extranet to enable their offshore sister companies to share data.
This person, who worked tirelessly, long hours, high stress, under tremendous pressure to meet a deadline, meets his/her goal and ultimately finds themself in the unemployment line and the global enterprise chuggs on...
sell high, buy low, stay lean so you can pull out on a moments notice.
I don't know if it's a question of morality, The US is built on capitalism and opportunity, however, with the proliferation of the global enterprise, the barriers of entry are getting higher as companies swallow up other companies and get bigger and more diverse.
Is is all moral? I don't know. Do I like it? no. Can it be stopped? it would be fought.
Consumers are demanding lower prices, shareholders are demanding higher earnings, and people want more of everything.
Maybe we need to start being a little more realistic about what we really *need*, rather than what we want?
it's all about the almighty $$$ and making as much of it as possible.
The only true way to get the message out is to
STOP BUYING THE PRODUCTS FROM THE COMPANIES THAT OFFSHORE LABOR
once the people see the earnings go down, there will be a reaction.
I agreee completely.
Once more, technology, is very close to the center of this issue, technology enabled it.
We must all agree that outsourcing is not uncommon, I live in a town that has been outsourced to death, too many comapnies have moved from the area, companies which once provided thousands of jobs.
Where are they now?
Mexico, China, Thailand, Singapore, etc..
Programmers are the 21st Century Machinists, puch press operators, CNC operators, tool & Die workers, etc.
Technology has enabled a global economy, competition and everyone demanding lower costs and more bang for their buck$ are hurling this outsourcing trend straight to India.
It is a scary thought, but it is truly the way of the future and is out of our hands.
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When was the last time that you felt some sort of "privacy on a city street?
I am in complete agreement with the idea of putting cameras on city streets, when they propose the idea to put it in my house, I will have a problem.
The ACLU will be busy protecting the rights of the criminals, or other people with something they are trying to hide, keep in mind, we are talking about a PUBLIC SPACE, this is not YOUR space, this is an area for the PUBLIC to congregate.
Are your rights being violated when you are getting gas, shopping at the mall, at the grocery store,bank, or most any other commercial facility, let alone the countless number of public facilities that already have sophisticated surveillance equipment?
Lets face it, we need this, there are too many crazy people out there preying on innocent people, how about for once, we make an attempt to protect the innocent victims instead of constantly trying to protect the criminals in our society.
What the hell are you afraid of?
"cameras infringe on privacy rights and are ineffective in fighting either crime or terrorism"
Then why are their cameras EVERYWHERE YOU GO?
I just use a bootable CD and run it all in RAM, the shutdown sequence wipes the disk. In addition, I don't use phones,credit cards, I burn all of my garbage, I walk everywhere I go (at night only).
wait...everyone is looking at me! STOP STARING AT ME!!!
Pony up and pay the cash, or find another OS!
Microsoft has every right to protect it's OS from pirates. If you steal my car, do I have to pay you for the auto repairs?
(While this may not be entirely the same, but it represents the same idiotic logic)
Why is Microsoft obligated to pay for stolen property?
It really scares me that there are actually people with this screwball attitude; it makes no sense at all.
repeat the following: I am not entitled
I think that Microsoft should leak copies of XP out to P2P networks that are trojaned as well as include scripting that "phones home" if a machine is attempting to update it's ILLEGAL OS.
Pay the price, or shut the hell up.
I completely agree, after spending countless hours sifting through log files, tweaking triggers to help reduce the amount of false positives, the IDS is not the complete answer.
An IDS is only so efficient, you need to first really understand your network before deploying, and even after deployment, this is only the beginning.
We have been using Darknets, or honeypots for sometime, an excellent combination of tools, see Snort, ACID (Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases
As said before and in the article, this is a sophisticated set of tools and you need to understand your network, or you will find yourself chasing ghosts, Enter the Darknet (Honeypot).
Combined with the other tools, we have been using Honeyd , an excellent honeypot, simple to get up an going and very configurable.
Snort.org has an excellent howto documentation to get the IDS up an going, then you can add the honeypot.
It can be downright humorous how quickly you will begin to capture useful information. In addition, adding scripts to interact with the traffic will allow you to keep the user busy while you are collecting data, or Tarpitting the traffic making the port "sticky" dragging the connections, another good one would be LeBrea.
If you have any interest in network security, or simply want to monitor your home network, you need to take a look at darknet, or any of the other tools mentioned.
I agree that this is somewhat propaganda, EVERY OS has it's pitfalls!
Having Windows, OSX and Fedora running , I have found that as a desktop OS, each had it's share of quirks and stability issues.
I believe the article nails the big issues, the flagship products, Office and Windows. Open office is CLEARLY a competitive product and MS should be highly concerned.
"Fewer than 3 percent of Microsoft Office users have upgraded to the latest version."
I think one of the major flaws with MS products is their pricing strategy with regards to their "software Assurance" program whereas keeping up to speed with new releases a company has to provide a constant payment to MS, there is no such thing as an upgrade.
From the corporate standpoint, Where is the value? It would cost our organization 100s of thousands of dollars to purchase the new version, especially since MS does not offer "upgrades", users would have to be trained on the new version in order to maximize the expense and hopefully increase productivity. In addition, every desktop would more than likely have to be touched and the IT workload would increase chasing around vulnerabilities...
I look at this dilemma and I think it's time to start thinking more seriously about Open Source, I would rather re-train my users to use something that packs far more "bang for the buck".
Having recently upgraded my work PC to fedora, I found this distribution to be very stable and usable.
I still believe that the average home user would have more difficult time maintaining a Linux based OS, however, at work, this is not their job, and linux can be managed.
As far as the statement about update cycles and Apple providing updates on a more regular basis, I could do without it. Even with standardization on the desktop, testing needs to take place before dropping something into production and this is not something I would like to have to do more frequently.
Lastly (I might get burned on this one), If he is at all suggesting that anyone other than the home user consider jumping ship to OSX on a large scale, he is out of his mind. I realize that Macs are perfectly capable and are used in the corporate world, but As an administrator of a larger network, I can't even imagine supporting an army of Macs, the thought of how huge the initial expense would be simply makes me laugh out loud profusely, it wouldn't even make sense in looking at that as a "Long term" investment.
Linux on the other hand, is a consideration at this point.
How about changing to GNL, or GNUoL, or GNLU...?
Isn't it the same thing?(GNU)
The most significant convergence will involve the computer and our best friend, the Television.
Computers will be the center of the house. The "Media Center" computers are in the infant stages, these are the early attempts to bring the computer to the part of your house that currently receives the most attention.
When this technology becomes seamless, television will become an interactive and more personalized experience.
Do you like the outfit that Jennifer Lopez is wearing? "Click here to buy". "MMM, that pizza looks good" click here to have one delivered.
Personalization will allow for advertisers to provide to you the things that you are interested in making their advertisements more effective.
In addition, Television re-runs and first-runs will be individually selected and provided on-demand.
Who doesn't get caught up with the romanticism of space exploration? Space exploration is exciting, it somehow sparks the inner child in us all.
I believe the concept of space travel ending poverty and perfecting democracy to be complete rubbish.
I don't think that the original settlers of the US felt that way. I know that is a *very* looong reach!
What I am thinking about is simply this: Think about our FUTURE, think about our future on "Spaceship Earth" and think about our future in space exploration.
I would like to see people begin to think beyond their own lifetimes. In addition to placing a higher priority on fixing our planet, reaching out to further destinations and taking small steps that bring us further.
It is short-sighted and selfish to not invest our money into exploring beyond earth.
I agree, we have to go. I hate to sound so cliche, but it is the "final frontier". It is ridiculous when put in perspective the amount of money that is spent for other things, and not see the money go into future development.
Others have pointed out and I agree, It is HIGHLY short sighted and extremely selfish to NOT continue pushing further into space.
Are we Selfish? Yes. We tend to only think about ourselves, or maybe one generation, we must adopt and ideology that extends beyond our own lifetimes and taking the money (taxes) we have now and applying them to the future.
Space travel IS necessary, we must reach beyond the local boundries, I agree with Bradbury, we never should have left the moon. Why did we go to the moon? was it merely a political statement?
It is all about seeing the BIG picture, instead of 50 years, just start thinking 100 years, thinking beyond our own lifetimes and start thinking about making multi-generation advancements.
Isn't technology great? It seems to be an irony of sorts, we created and refined the technology to truly enable a global economy and global workforce.
Programmers working tirelessly tucked away in some office/cube in the US on a module for their ERP App to track widget production throughout the enterprise or developing some extranet to enable their offshore sister companies to share data.
This person, who worked tirelessly, long hours, high stress, under tremendous pressure to meet a deadline, meets his/her goal and ultimately finds themself in the unemployment line and the global enterprise chuggs on...
sell high, buy low, stay lean so you can pull out on a moments notice.
I don't know if it's a question of morality, The US is built on capitalism and opportunity, however, with the proliferation of the global enterprise, the barriers of entry are getting higher as companies swallow up other companies and get bigger and more diverse.
Is is all moral? I don't know.
Do I like it? no.
Can it be stopped? it would be fought.
Consumers are demanding lower prices, shareholders are demanding higher earnings, and people want more of everything.
Maybe we need to start being a little more realistic about what we really *need*, rather than what we want?
it's all about the almighty $$$ and making as much of it as possible.
The only true way to get the message out is to
STOP BUYING THE PRODUCTS FROM THE COMPANIES THAT OFFSHORE LABOR
once the people see the earnings go down, there will be a reaction.
Remember Dell?
I agreee completely. Once more, technology, is very close to the center of this issue, technology enabled it. We must all agree that outsourcing is not uncommon, I live in a town that has been outsourced to death, too many comapnies have moved from the area, companies which once provided thousands of jobs. Where are they now? Mexico, China, Thailand, Singapore, etc.. Programmers are the 21st Century Machinists, puch press operators, CNC operators, tool & Die workers, etc. Technology has enabled a global economy, competition and everyone demanding lower costs and more bang for their buck$ are hurling this outsourcing trend straight to India. It is a scary thought, but it is truly the way of the future and is out of our hands.