"Surrogate versions?" that's kind of funny when you consider the vast complexity of what you're actually creating. social media is a not-so-private index-able record of events and contacts in your personal life complete with timestamps, pictures, anecdotes and exacting degrees of separation to others -- added bonus is the illusion of privacy. It's hardly surrogate when you consider the social profile may actually be MORE accurate that the IRL version.
You get a prize for showing up (even if you don't).
Well, everyone gets a prize so kids know the world has no racism, favoritism, classism, religiousim or sexualism. If they grew up knowing the truth, nobody would stay here and pay taxes.
No amount of frakking nor drilling adds any energy to the system.
You're almost right. Hydraulic fracturing "fracking" is the fracturing of rock by a pressurized liquid. That added pressure is trying to break the tensile strength of the rock layer in order to fracture it. That pressure can add a whole lot of energy to an already unstable fault line. True, we have no idea how much energy will be released from a potential seismic event, but the added pressure is like filling up a soda bottle with compressed air, then adding the soda, then shaking it up and trying to contain it when you remove the cap. There is much more energy coming out of that bottle due to the stored energy in the compressed air.
Don't get me wrong, I think Larry and Sergey most likely founded Google with some good moral character in mind, but lets be real. In the end, they have shareholders and investors just like any other corporation. If they have a crappy Quarter, or Earnings tank, the investors, shareholders and Stock starts to tank. This costs them money. The focus becomes money and not so much the good moral character anymore. "Do not evil" becomes "Sorta don't do mafia evil and tell mom to stop using our stuff now". To stay afloat and remain relevant, Google needs the same kind of sleazy relationships as any other global corporation.
It's a sad fact of life folks, but until you stop eating their dog food, they're going to find ways to keep making it. And make it better, cheaper and faster than their competition.
Really. What does all this jibber jabber matter? It's not like these wrecks are happening on a weekly basis indicating some kind of systemic problem originating from a common location. Stop feeding the drama trolls. If anything, consider how lucky everyone else was on that plan. It's a uncanny there were so many survivors. Why doesn't someone blog about that. Back to work.
On the contrary. No matter how hard RIM tried to "do good" in the end they "did bad" and as far as I'm concerned if they did it for India, they'll do it for anyone other high bidder for that matter. Just shows they are as douchey a corporation as Verizon, AT&T and anyone else engaged in all of this Orwellian crap finally coming to light.
public void dearMrGoslingHello() { justWantedtoTakeTheTime toSayhiAnd letYouKnow iUseYourLanguageLikeEveryDay. iReallyLike theCrossPlatformDevelopmentParadigmOfWriteOnceRunAnywhere(seriouslyItsTheBestAndThanks); }// seriously, I've done a lot of fun projects with it over the years!
FTFA: "launching Windows 8 and Surface, moving to continuous product cycles, bringing a consistent user interface to PCs, tablets, phones and Xbox "
I've never heard so much Fail mentioned in one sentence before. If those are supposed to be the largest representative of Microsoft's successes in the past decade, they are really, really, really screwed.
Yes, in general, however those living in coastal regions will dooooom first. The rest of us will need to acclimate to some intense heat and drought before the welcome relief of doooom sets in.
It was much less bloated before Javascript and CSS started throwing up in every corner of every webpage everywhere. A binary protocol isn't going to make up for bloat caused by "Mash all the things!" developer mentality.
Yes, Guns are just as dangerous as matches, driving a car, running with scissors and swimming in a public pool.
All of these things kill people. In fact, (PDF link) fire, drowning and car accidents kill more people per year than anything else. Actually, that's not true. Matches, Cars and Swimming pools kill nobody if they are left just sitting there. It takes human interaction to actually make these objects dangerous.
It would be FUD anyway since it's pure speculation. +1 for more FUD since there was already a lot of arm-waving about it the first time. Another +1 since there is a possibility of a Snowden factor thrown in to make it look like he's harmed the US somehow.
Don't get distracted by the real issue here. Snowden is not accountable for the laws broken by large government agencies.
This will get you an IP address every 15 mins in your apache log so you can login or trace it.
*/15 * * * */usr/bin/curl https://mywebserver.org/checkin
Also, if you don't want to run a full apache stack, boa is a nice light webserver which will do the same. Also, many options for perl/python servers which could be lighter yet but you would need to implement your own logging. Another cool option is have your laptop open a reverse ssh tunnel right to your server when it boots.
@reboot/usr/bin/ssh -R 43811:localhost:22 mywebserver.org
Microsoft releases security fixes, they are appaled that they would let such a problem exist.
MS has this large, complex codebase which they let nobody see. They have assumed the position of sole maintainer with the understanding that they will maintain a secure and stable platform for their user base and their users need to ask no questions. This is simply not the case. Time-and-again MS has released patches to fix patches which were supposed to patch application "blah". They've created nothing more than a shell game for the exploit community where they only need to find where the bean was moved this week. Oftentimes, the patches have unmentioned side-effects which end up being a week or month long "Where's Waldo" bug hunt while production systems are hobbling along in the mean time. This is what becomes scary and frustrating about MS with their patches.
In contrast, OSS allows for anyone to download and fix problems they find with the codebase. No, not everyone does. In fact, hardly anyone does but the point is this mechanism *is* there. It also allows for a project to fork (given the appropriate license) if it become insanely popular and consequently swallowed up by a large competing corporate entity (MySQL, Drizzle, MariaDB). Also, the communities formed around an OSS applications often help when patches break things. There is much more transparency so a problem you may be having most likely affects someone else too and you will be able to find out about it without having to worry that postings have been hidden or removed because the Marketing dept. said it was bad PR.
The reasons people are angered with MS goes beyond just patches. The OSS world has it's frustrations too but given the choice, I would much rather work on a broken OSS package than a proprietary one.
No guess needed. Just look to the overcrowded US prison system for your answer. Lots of people living in subhuman conditions many held under false pretenses or rigged court systems.
What Weev did was spoof his Browser headers and then send a bogus ID to AT&T's webserver. The dumbasses who wrote and reviewed the code on AT&T's backend were negligent in that they blindly trusted the user input and spit out private information as a result. If that's what the Spec said was supposed to happen, then start climbing the ladder and find out who authorized customer info to be so accessible.
In my mind, the people in charge of code review at AT&T need to be in court answering questions as to what other code they have facing the internet which could be circumvented in a similar way giving away customer info to anyone who can use a common browser plugin and simply change a form variable. This is a clear case of glaring corporate negligence being covered with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
I'm not even sure what the CFAA is supposed to protect, but if it's primary use is to keep people from asking questions about how their private info is stored, and who has access to it, then get rid of it. The only people winning from legislation like that are the ones who would otherwise be sued for negligence.
most people aren't even willing to see a 1% increase in their taxes in order to fix this nation's problems.
Tax increases won't fix the campaign corruption, erosion of rights, separation of church and state, nor establish a government who is working for the people. Stop beating that drum.
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"Surrogate versions?" that's kind of funny when you consider the vast complexity of what you're actually creating. social media is a not-so-private index-able record of events and contacts in your personal life complete with timestamps, pictures, anecdotes and exacting degrees of separation to others -- added bonus is the illusion of privacy. It's hardly surrogate when you consider the social profile may actually be MORE accurate that the IRL version.
7pm - How I met your Rover (CBS)
8pm - CSI: Cat Scene Investigation (NBC)
9pm - Bitch Swap (LifeTime)
10pm - WooWoo Scooby Doo (Hustler HD)
You get a prize for showing up (even if you don't).
Well, everyone gets a prize so kids know the world has no racism, favoritism, classism, religiousim or sexualism. If they grew up knowing the truth, nobody would stay here and pay taxes.
No amount of frakking nor drilling adds any energy to the system.
You're almost right. Hydraulic fracturing "fracking" is the fracturing of rock by a pressurized liquid. That added pressure is trying to break the tensile strength of the rock layer in order to fracture it. That pressure can add a whole lot of energy to an already unstable fault line. True, we have no idea how much energy will be released from a potential seismic event, but the added pressure is like filling up a soda bottle with compressed air, then adding the soda, then shaking it up and trying to contain it when you remove the cap. There is much more energy coming out of that bottle due to the stored energy in the compressed air.
Don't get me wrong, I think Larry and Sergey most likely founded Google with some good moral character in mind, but lets be real. In the end, they have shareholders and investors just like any other corporation. If they have a crappy Quarter, or Earnings tank, the investors, shareholders and Stock starts to tank. This costs them money. The focus becomes money and not so much the good moral character anymore. "Do not evil" becomes "Sorta don't do mafia evil and tell mom to stop using our stuff now". To stay afloat and remain relevant, Google needs the same kind of sleazy relationships as any other global corporation.
It's a sad fact of life folks, but until you stop eating their dog food, they're going to find ways to keep making it. And make it better, cheaper and faster than their competition.
Really. What does all this jibber jabber matter? It's not like these wrecks are happening on a weekly basis indicating some kind of systemic problem originating from a common location. Stop feeding the drama trolls. If anything, consider how lucky everyone else was on that plan. It's a uncanny there were so many survivors. Why doesn't someone blog about that. Back to work.
what are the likely elements and molecules that would cause the blue reflection?
Methane, for one.
Nothing to see here...move along.
On the contrary. No matter how hard RIM tried to "do good" in the end they "did bad" and as far as I'm concerned if they did it for India, they'll do it for anyone other high bidder for that matter. Just shows they are as douchey a corporation as Verizon, AT&T and anyone else engaged in all of this Orwellian crap finally coming to light.
public void dearMrGoslingHello() // seriously, I've done a lot of fun projects with it over the years!
{
justWantedtoTakeTheTime toSayhiAnd letYouKnow iUseYourLanguageLikeEveryDay. iReallyLike theCrossPlatformDevelopmentParadigmOfWriteOnceRunAnywhere(seriouslyItsTheBestAndThanks);
}
FTFA: "launching Windows 8 and Surface, moving to continuous product cycles, bringing a consistent user interface to PCs, tablets, phones and Xbox "
I've never heard so much Fail mentioned in one sentence before. If those are supposed to be the largest representative of Microsoft's successes in the past decade, they are really, really, really screwed.
Dooooooomed!
Yes, in general, however those living in coastal regions will dooooom first. The rest of us will need to acclimate to some intense heat and drought before the welcome relief of doooom sets in.
it's bloated and slow to parse.
It was much less bloated before Javascript and CSS started throwing up in every corner of every webpage everywhere. A binary protocol isn't going to make up for bloat caused by "Mash all the things!" developer mentality.
id_nsa.pub
They were due for upgrades anyway
Yes, Guns are just as dangerous as matches, driving a car, running with scissors and swimming in a public pool.
All of these things kill people. In fact, (PDF link) fire, drowning and car accidents kill more people per year than anything else. Actually, that's not true. Matches, Cars and Swimming pools kill nobody if they are left just sitting there. It takes human interaction to actually make these objects dangerous.
In sum: CIA ain't run by the military.
Ok then. Tell me, what part of CIA drone strike in Pakistan kills suspected militants and Support to Military Operations is not military? The CIA may have started out detached from the military, but what they do now certainly sounds to me like it's run by the same General Hotshit egomaniac brass you see on CNN.
It would be FUD anyway since it's pure speculation. +1 for more FUD since there was already a lot of arm-waving about it the first time. Another +1 since there is a possibility of a Snowden factor thrown in to make it look like he's harmed the US somehow.
Don't get distracted by the real issue here. Snowden is not accountable for the laws broken by large government agencies.
This will get you an IP address every 15 mins in your apache log so you can login or trace it.
/usr/bin/curl https://mywebserver.org/checkin
/usr/bin/ssh -R 43811:localhost:22 mywebserver.org
*/15 * * * *
Also, if you don't want to run a full apache stack, boa is a nice light webserver which will do the same. Also, many options for perl/python servers which could be lighter yet but you would need to implement your own logging. Another cool option is have your laptop open a reverse ssh tunnel right to your server when it boots.
@reboot
Microsoft releases security fixes, they are appaled that they would let such a problem exist.
MS has this large, complex codebase which they let nobody see. They have assumed the position of sole maintainer with the understanding that they will maintain a secure and stable platform for their user base and their users need to ask no questions. This is simply not the case. Time-and-again MS has released patches to fix patches which were supposed to patch application "blah". They've created nothing more than a shell game for the exploit community where they only need to find where the bean was moved this week. Oftentimes, the patches have unmentioned side-effects which end up being a week or month long "Where's Waldo" bug hunt while production systems are hobbling along in the mean time. This is what becomes scary and frustrating about MS with their patches.
In contrast, OSS allows for anyone to download and fix problems they find with the codebase. No, not everyone does. In fact, hardly anyone does but the point is this mechanism *is* there. It also allows for a project to fork (given the appropriate license) if it become insanely popular and consequently swallowed up by a large competing corporate entity (MySQL, Drizzle, MariaDB). Also, the communities formed around an OSS applications often help when patches break things. There is much more transparency so a problem you may be having most likely affects someone else too and you will be able to find out about it without having to worry that postings have been hidden or removed because the Marketing dept. said it was bad PR.
The reasons people are angered with MS goes beyond just patches. The OSS world has it's frustrations too but given the choice, I would much rather work on a broken OSS package than a proprietary one.
the outcome of which is anybody's guess.
No guess needed. Just look to the overcrowded US prison system for your answer. Lots of people living in subhuman conditions many held under false pretenses or rigged court systems.
What Weev did was spoof his Browser headers and then send a bogus ID to AT&T's webserver. The dumbasses who wrote and reviewed the code on AT&T's backend were negligent in that they blindly trusted the user input and spit out private information as a result. If that's what the Spec said was supposed to happen, then start climbing the ladder and find out who authorized customer info to be so accessible.
In my mind, the people in charge of code review at AT&T need to be in court answering questions as to what other code they have facing the internet which could be circumvented in a similar way giving away customer info to anyone who can use a common browser plugin and simply change a form variable. This is a clear case of glaring corporate negligence being covered with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
I'm not even sure what the CFAA is supposed to protect, but if it's primary use is to keep people from asking questions about how their private info is stored, and who has access to it, then get rid of it. The only people winning from legislation like that are the ones who would otherwise be sued for negligence.
most people aren't even willing to see a 1% increase in their taxes in order to fix this nation's problems.
Tax increases won't fix the campaign corruption, erosion of rights, separation of church and state, nor establish a government who is working for the people. Stop beating that drum.
It's almost as if every country of note is running massive internet surveillance programs
Maybe that's why Snowden is having such a hard time finding asylum. Everyone's doing it, nobody wants it public knowledge.
Just rename it. Problem solved.
They need to put a boot in their ass.
hah.. Good to hear from you Mr. Foreman