Interesting how Disney, ABC, and ESPN were listed as separate companies. I'm sure there were more examples, I just didn't look for any other Disney subsidiaries or other owners. Perhaps the House Judiciary Committee is being a little misleading. It's like offering three signatures, John Smith, J. Smith, and John F. Smith, from the same person, and listing him as three.
No, because John Smith can only register to vote once. Disney, ABC and ESPN get one vote of variable weight each.
"I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being supporters of SOPA and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . . "
Does their list of rouge websites only contain a subset of that list, the ones who are in the makeup business?
If someone powerful enough threatens them, they'll roll over. Every time. Doesn't matter if that's a government, a corporation, or a bunch of pissed off customers.
Which means that their relationship with you is only reliable if it doesn't get in the way of their relationship with someone more powerful than you.
I dislike the proposal. Yet those two companies has billions of counterfeit products they are trying to combat. The bill is being pitched to them that it will help them with that. So yeah from their point of view they would probably *love* the bill.
I still think the whole bill flies in the face of our due justice clause in the constitution... Is it *really* that hard to get a warrant? If so maybe *just maybe* you dont have a case... If the justice dept can not move fast enough for you maybe that is the problem to fix not more laws that stomp on everyone elses rights?
Whatever happened to "I would rather let 1000 murderers go free than one innocent man be behind bars"?
That saying tends to go out the windows when one of those murderers goes and murders the wrong person. At that point, having everyone even remotely related to the incident behind bars without trial becomes preferable.
Really... there aren't too many people who would rather have *1* muderer go free who is suspected of killing someone they love, to having some anonymous innocent person they don't know behind bars.
As another coutner-datapoint: All "new world" Macs (PowerPC Macs running OpenFirmware) were using Forth as the bootloader. This also goes for all Sun gear that used OpenFirmware, as well as anyone else. OF was the only real alternative to CMOS for years, and was built around a Forth interpreter.
Up until 2006 or so, you'd probably get a decent driver-level coding job using Forth, but nowadays Lua would be a more useful language to know.
Often companies have a contract with a supplier to do maintenance... in these cases, it'd be a case where the computer went in for maintenance or replacement, the data got copied onto the new PC, but the local tech forgot to wipe the old components before putting them back up for sale. Since it wasn't their company, and "nobody's going to notice", they didn't bother with the extra effort involved.
This usually happens when something blows on the motherboard and the fix is a complete replacement of the system.
Hopefully it doesn't happen as often anymore (for a number of reasons).
While not 'containing' the malware, some media files have a field that specifies where the codec for them can be downloaded, and some players respond to this by downloading and installing the 'codec'. Needless to say, the 'codec' installer contains the malware.
by some you mean WMV and Windows media player, NO OTHER files do that.
True... if you get a dodgy MKV and open it up in VLC, it doesn't attempt to load a fake codec; it just uses exploits in VLC to gain VLC-level access to your system. You never have the option to back out before the malware is downloaded.
That doesn't really make MKV containers safer than WMV containers.
The big issue here is that a lot of people look at WMV/MKV/PDF/DOCX/etc. as "file formats". In fact, these are all "container formats" that interact with a specific API, and can contain multiple documents that conform to the container-document interface specifications.
This is why you can have AVC/H.264 video in a MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, or AVI container (or for that matter, embedded in a PDF or DOCX file).
The actual data stream is usually harmless, but software tends to trust container files, and many exploits depend upon the executable blindly trusting the container to know what's best to do with the containing data -- even if that means either using the executable in a way it was never intended to be used, or by using it as a vector to privilege escalation under the host system (that is trusting the executable for some reason).
Things like Postscript, ASCII text, RTF, and PCM audio are data types... they tend to be bundled up inside containers like PDF, MS Office XML, WAV, etc, which can also contain scripts (javascript, perl, python, ruby, vbscript, etc), COM objects (meaning any other container can be embedded inside), and custom instruction sets.
The effects are even more insidious globally... if a site, say, in Russia has a huge Russian following and complies with Russian IP rules, but happens to use a.com domain, they could get that name yanked if someone in the US decides it doesn't abide by US IP rules.
I see this as the tipping point that actually gets.com,.net and.org treated as having a silent.us suffix, and other country TLDs getting more airplay (such as.bs).
Actually, this is a good point... If a domain is blocked and redirected, if the original registrar is outside the US, then that means that some US-owned registrar will have to host the redirect, and get paid for it.
Two guesses as to who will be hosting the SOPA-pirated domains?
My understanding is that this wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that the cosmetics industry has been brainwashing people into thinking they need cosmetics when they don't, and underplaying the health risks associated with almost any cosmetics.
Cosmetics have their place, but they are as severely overconsumed in NA as fast food.
Stop with the false advertising and propped up prices, and I bet the counterfeit products issue would go away (or at least decrease to tolerable levels) overnight.
I don't own a cellular phone or a TV, and do just fine living in the digital world.
I have various handheld "smart" devices and various computers, but do not have the unresistable urge to keep them networked to everyone else all the time.
If someone wants to talk to me, they know where to find me (when I want to be available), and can leave a message on one of my land lines.
It's amazing how much productive time you gain from not having a TV, how little productive time you lose from not having a cellular phone, and how much free time you gain from not always being available.
For that matter, you could always take a picture of the serial number on the back of an RSA key and use it to generate the correct number using the data stolen from RSA earlier this year.... combine that with video of the person entering their username and password, and you're set.
Personally, I've found image-based passwords to be more secure than pad-based ones, where there are only 10 "pixels" on the screen. Of course, you have to pick a picture that has at least 10 points someone might touch for it to be as strong.
Out of curiosity, how prevalent are forced entry night robberies where the burgler kills anyone deemed a threat and rapes anything rapeable? I thought that only happened in the movies.
If I need to own a gun to protect my house and family, then that means I should also carry caltrops at all times to defend myself from hit and run drivers.... and the TSA needs those gamma ray backscatter scanners to protect you from being flown into an office tower.
I'll stick with tasers for high speed data transmission, thank you. They're bi-directional. I don't really want to receive the ACK packet from TCP over mini-ball.
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Interesting how Disney, ABC, and ESPN were listed as separate companies. I'm sure there were more examples, I just didn't look for any other Disney subsidiaries or other owners. Perhaps the House Judiciary Committee is being a little misleading. It's like offering three signatures, John Smith, J. Smith, and John F. Smith, from the same person, and listing him as three.
No, because John Smith can only register to vote once. Disney, ABC and ESPN get one vote of variable weight each.
They did more than threaten... I believe they've actually begun the process.
"I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being supporters of SOPA and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . . "
Does their list of rouge websites only contain a subset of that list, the ones who are in the makeup business?
The backpedaling actually proves the point:
If someone powerful enough threatens them, they'll roll over. Every time. Doesn't matter if that's a government, a corporation, or a bunch of pissed off customers.
Which means that their relationship with you is only reliable if it doesn't get in the way of their relationship with someone more powerful than you.
I dislike the proposal. Yet those two companies has billions of counterfeit products they are trying to combat. The bill is being pitched to them that it will help them with that. So yeah from their point of view they would probably *love* the bill.
I still think the whole bill flies in the face of our due justice clause in the constitution... Is it *really* that hard to get a warrant? If so maybe *just maybe* you dont have a case... If the justice dept can not move fast enough for you maybe that is the problem to fix not more laws that stomp on everyone elses rights?
Whatever happened to "I would rather let 1000 murderers go free than one innocent man be behind bars"?
That saying tends to go out the windows when one of those murderers goes and murders the wrong person. At that point, having everyone even remotely related to the incident behind bars without trial becomes preferable.
Really... there aren't too many people who would rather have *1* muderer go free who is suspected of killing someone they love, to having some anonymous innocent person they don't know behind bars.
...and an elephant never forgets.
Not to mention, doing it TODAY will send a message. Doing it in January will just make it look like someone else transferring their domains.
Also an entity that is in support of SOPA.... Just thought I'd note that.
As another coutner-datapoint: All "new world" Macs (PowerPC Macs running OpenFirmware) were using Forth as the bootloader. This also goes for all Sun gear that used OpenFirmware, as well as anyone else. OF was the only real alternative to CMOS for years, and was built around a Forth interpreter.
Up until 2006 or so, you'd probably get a decent driver-level coding job using Forth, but nowadays Lua would be a more useful language to know.
http://secunia.com/advisories/43131
Your media player choice doesn't really matter if an exploit exists in the version you're running.
Indeed. They should be listed as "refurbished" at least -- or "open box".
Often companies have a contract with a supplier to do maintenance... in these cases, it'd be a case where the computer went in for maintenance or replacement, the data got copied onto the new PC, but the local tech forgot to wipe the old components before putting them back up for sale. Since it wasn't their company, and "nobody's going to notice", they didn't bother with the extra effort involved.
This usually happens when something blows on the motherboard and the fix is a complete replacement of the system.
Hopefully it doesn't happen as often anymore (for a number of reasons).
While not 'containing' the malware, some media files have a field that specifies where the codec for them can be downloaded, and some players respond to this by downloading and installing the 'codec'. Needless to say, the 'codec' installer contains the malware.
by some you mean WMV and Windows media player, NO OTHER files do that.
True... if you get a dodgy MKV and open it up in VLC, it doesn't attempt to load a fake codec; it just uses exploits in VLC to gain VLC-level access to your system. You never have the option to back out before the malware is downloaded.
That doesn't really make MKV containers safer than WMV containers.
The big issue here is that a lot of people look at WMV/MKV/PDF/DOCX/etc. as "file formats". In fact, these are all "container formats" that interact with a specific API, and can contain multiple documents that conform to the container-document interface specifications.
This is why you can have AVC/H.264 video in a MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, or AVI container (or for that matter, embedded in a PDF or DOCX file).
The actual data stream is usually harmless, but software tends to trust container files, and many exploits depend upon the executable blindly trusting the container to know what's best to do with the containing data -- even if that means either using the executable in a way it was never intended to be used, or by using it as a vector to privilege escalation under the host system (that is trusting the executable for some reason).
Things like Postscript, ASCII text, RTF, and PCM audio are data types... they tend to be bundled up inside containers like PDF, MS Office XML, WAV, etc, which can also contain scripts (javascript, perl, python, ruby, vbscript, etc), COM objects (meaning any other container can be embedded inside), and custom instruction sets.
It worked for Prince :D
This is a question to send to those currently debating the bill. Please do it. I really want to know their answer.
The effects are even more insidious globally... if a site, say, in Russia has a huge Russian following and complies with Russian IP rules, but happens to use a .com domain, they could get that name yanked if someone in the US decides it doesn't abide by US IP rules.
I see this as the tipping point that actually gets .com, .net and .org treated as having a silent .us suffix, and other country TLDs getting more airplay (such as .bs).
Actually, this is a good point... If a domain is blocked and redirected, if the original registrar is outside the US, then that means that some US-owned registrar will have to host the redirect, and get paid for it.
Two guesses as to who will be hosting the SOPA-pirated domains?
My understanding is that this wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that the cosmetics industry has been brainwashing people into thinking they need cosmetics when they don't, and underplaying the health risks associated with almost any cosmetics.
Cosmetics have their place, but they are as severely overconsumed in NA as fast food.
Stop with the false advertising and propped up prices, and I bet the counterfeit products issue would go away (or at least decrease to tolerable levels) overnight.
I don't own a cellular phone or a TV, and do just fine living in the digital world.
I have various handheld "smart" devices and various computers, but do not have the unresistable urge to keep them networked to everyone else all the time.
If someone wants to talk to me, they know where to find me (when I want to be available), and can leave a message on one of my land lines.
It's amazing how much productive time you gain from not having a TV, how little productive time you lose from not having a cellular phone, and how much free time you gain from not always being available.
For that matter, you could always take a picture of the serial number on the back of an RSA key and use it to generate the correct number using the data stolen from RSA earlier this year.... combine that with video of the person entering their username and password, and you're set.
Personally, I've found image-based passwords to be more secure than pad-based ones, where there are only 10 "pixels" on the screen. Of course, you have to pick a picture that has at least 10 points someone might touch for it to be as strong.
Sure thing... World of Warcraft is illegal in the US isn't it?
Out of curiosity, how prevalent are forced entry night robberies where the burgler kills anyone deemed a threat and rapes anything rapeable? I thought that only happened in the movies.
If I need to own a gun to protect my house and family, then that means I should also carry caltrops at all times to defend myself from hit and run drivers.... and the TSA needs those gamma ray backscatter scanners to protect you from being flown into an office tower.
Your mother just had to name you William, didn't she?
Now you've done it... the RIAA will be suing God for creating hands, as people use them to copy.
I'll stick with tasers for high speed data transmission, thank you. They're bi-directional. I don't really want to receive the ACK packet from TCP over mini-ball.