Hell, one could even use a legitimate Flickr photostream or whatever they are called, hiding encrypted commands within images. This could be done in nearly any kind of file, really. Have fun detecting this, especially if the 'cover' is suitably advanced.
(example, using a real social networking system legitimately, as well as for command/control. Or using an accomplice's account)
All it takes is the magical combination of imagination and technical skill, as well as the desire to do something like run such a network.
Riiight. Thats why, every time I've tried, only Administrators get access, and only after I rewrite the permissions. Because everything else on the file, is an unknown user and group, displayed as a hash of some kind.
So, why has that not worked in my experience? Is Windows XP Pro treated differently?
I think you need to step down from your soap box. YOU ARE WRONG. .
It took me, a tech person, 3 hours to get the damn things working. And you expect a non-tech person, to be able to successfully teach other non-tech persons, who don't have much motivation to learn?
Right, because someone who's job is to teach math and english to 4th graders, is expected to know anything about technology.
These things weren't that simple to install. You couldn't just plug them in, and the driver CD was written in Engrish. Also... they worked like HP printers - in that plugging the USB connection (one of three - USB, VGA, and audio) would completely fubar the later driver installation.
It's awfully nice if you to assume these were as easy to set up as many other devices.
Same story here, however I _do_ have RSI problems.
What started it? Being stuck using a crappy Dell mouse at work, and a desk that sat too low... combined with using crappy software that made keyboard navigation nearly impossible (Clarify CRM.. tons of input fields, with a seemingly random tab ordering). It was the combination that did it.
After I switched the mouse to the left side, it was fine for a while, then my LEFT hand and arm started to screw up.
Now, if my posture isn't just right, I get problems - good mouse or not, good keyboard or not.
Just to clarify. When they gave the teachers the 'smart boards' (in her case, basically a digital overhead projector that can also work as a 'classic' computer projector) nobody told anyone how to work them. They gave her the box, software CD, and thats it. Nothing was installed for them, the crap wasn't even unpackaged.
Things would probably be different if someone gave a damn and actually supported the teaching staff.
But adding new technology is bad if it isn't used correctly. i.e. putting "smartboards", projectors, etc. in every classroom. No teacher knows how to use them, they are all required to use them, and student learning completely stops. Sitting in class for 20 minutes because the teacher can't get the computer to talk to the projector HARMS learning.
My sister was one of the first teachers around here to get those. She actually knows how to use it, and uses it to great effect.
Of course, I was the one who helped set it up, and figure out how it all works. Now that she knows, she teaches all the other teachers as best as she can.
She's a bright one, though. Most of the other teachers don't grasp things like this as quickly as she does. (thats what happens when both your parents are engineering-type people)
The sad bit, though?
The whole school has a single tech to support them. And they have to submit requests in through the county, to get the help.
The teachers ask me for help via my sister, since it takes almost a month for it to go through the proper channels.
It's not the teachers or the technology that is at fault. It's the administrative systems that are attached to them.
I suspect the person in question was wielding the weapon in a less than innocuous manner, possibly hoping for free publicity. He very easily could have, say, wrapped it in brown paper if he was truly worried about 'harassment'.
Did you even read the summary?
He was transporting it back to the office where it is normally kept.
This replica is longer than some people are tall! That's not something you can just toss in a paper bag, you know.
Replace "murdered his wife" with "cardiac arrest" or "auto accident" - anyone can go at any time.
The problem is relying on things that only one person knows well enough to carry on, when the subject is esoteric enough that someone couldn't be brought up to speed without the original coder being around.
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Hell, one could even use a legitimate Flickr photostream or whatever they are called, hiding encrypted commands within images. This could be done in nearly any kind of file, really. Have fun detecting this, especially if the 'cover' is suitably advanced.
(example, using a real social networking system legitimately, as well as for command/control. Or using an accomplice's account)
All it takes is the magical combination of imagination and technical skill, as well as the desire to do something like run such a network.
Exactly. When my client allows, I don't even SEE messages from someone using Google Groups.
I know it's a bit harsh to just block a provider yet... but a majority of the retarded shoe-spammers and such, all seem to come through Google Groups.
That said, if GG wasn't the low-hanging-fruit, I'm sure some other provider would be victimized by the spammers.
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Riiight. Thats why, every time I've tried, only Administrators get access, and only after I rewrite the permissions. Because everything else on the file, is an unknown user and group, displayed as a hash of some kind.
So, why has that not worked in my experience? Is Windows XP Pro treated differently?
Hah, using NTFS actually causes MORE problems for the Windows user?
Format a usb drive NTFS, and put some files onto it. Now, attempt to use this drive on another windows machine.
Notice anything funny about the file permissions? Heh, this is the same problem Linux has with UID/GIDs on removable media!
Interesting how the 'correct' fix for both is to use an antiquated filesystem.
I wonder if and when we will ever see an equivalent of FAT64, to get around file size issues.
I think you need to step down from your soap box. YOU ARE WRONG. .
It took me, a tech person, 3 hours to get the damn things working. And you expect a non-tech person, to be able to successfully teach other non-tech persons, who don't have much motivation to learn?
She's not a tech teacher. As I stated elsewhere in this thread, she teaches English and Math, to 4th graders.
That is completely different than teaching other people (who, to be honest, don't want to bother with it) things like this.
Also, as I stated elsewhere, these things were made needlessly "interesting" to get working, because of incompetence on the manufacturer's part.
The secret was... she doesn't use it instead of the real whiteboard, or any other tool. She uses it in addition, in neat ways.
(It's hard for a 4th grader to write on a real whiteboard... much easier to write on a plastic sheet on a lit table)
Right, because someone who's job is to teach math and english to 4th graders, is expected to know anything about technology.
These things weren't that simple to install. You couldn't just plug them in, and the driver CD was written in Engrish. Also... they worked like HP printers - in that plugging the USB connection (one of three - USB, VGA, and audio) would completely fubar the later driver installation.
It's awfully nice if you to assume these were as easy to set up as many other devices.
Er... my point being, that the RSI came from using a poorly shaped mouse, with a program that forced it's use - not typing.
This.... this is the devil's mouse.
This... this is the devil's support ticket software.
Same story here, however I _do_ have RSI problems.
What started it? Being stuck using a crappy Dell mouse at work, and a desk that sat too low... combined with using crappy software that made keyboard navigation nearly impossible (Clarify CRM.. tons of input fields, with a seemingly random tab ordering). It was the combination that did it.
After I switched the mouse to the left side, it was fine for a while, then my LEFT hand and arm started to screw up.
Now, if my posture isn't just right, I get problems - good mouse or not, good keyboard or not.
Just to clarify. When they gave the teachers the 'smart boards' (in her case, basically a digital overhead projector that can also work as a 'classic' computer projector) nobody told anyone how to work them. They gave her the box, software CD, and thats it. Nothing was installed for them, the crap wasn't even unpackaged.
Things would probably be different if someone gave a damn and actually supported the teaching staff.
But adding new technology is bad if it isn't used correctly. i.e. putting "smartboards", projectors, etc. in every classroom. No teacher knows how to use them, they are all required to use them, and student learning completely stops. Sitting in class for 20 minutes because the teacher can't get the computer to talk to the projector HARMS learning.
My sister was one of the first teachers around here to get those. She actually knows how to use it, and uses it to great effect.
Of course, I was the one who helped set it up, and figure out how it all works. Now that she knows, she teaches all the other teachers as best as she can.
She's a bright one, though. Most of the other teachers don't grasp things like this as quickly as she does. (thats what happens when both your parents are engineering-type people)
The sad bit, though?
The whole school has a single tech to support them. And they have to submit requests in through the county, to get the help.
The teachers ask me for help via my sister, since it takes almost a month for it to go through the proper channels.
It's not the teachers or the technology that is at fault. It's the administrative systems that are attached to them.
... some people need to mind their fucking business. That's a perfect example right there.
Would I be correct in assuming she was a senior citizen?
I suspect the person in question was wielding the weapon in a less than innocuous manner, possibly hoping for free publicity. He very easily could have, say, wrapped it in brown paper if he was truly worried about 'harassment'.
Did you even read the summary?
He was transporting it back to the office where it is normally kept.
This replica is longer than some people are tall! That's not something you can just toss in a paper bag, you know.
No, there is more.
1. Transport to/from a legal activity.
What are you supposed to do, get a Star Trek transporter to take your gun to/from the range?
Yea. I'm a competitive target shooter. Fuck you and your "the only reason to have a gun is to kill someone" logic.
Or... the stupid twit could have actually told the police something useful - a really big gun.
"scare people intentionally with arms" you say? No, not really.
I don't see how transporting a replica back to it's normal place of occupancy fits into "scare people intentionally with arms"
30 rounds in 3 seconds? I thought that was wrong, so I looked it up... and holy crap, you are right! 600 rounds/minute, that's 10 rounds per second!
Damn!
Replace "murdered his wife" with "cardiac arrest" or "auto accident" - anyone can go at any time.
The problem is relying on things that only one person knows well enough to carry on, when the subject is esoteric enough that someone couldn't be brought up to speed without the original coder being around.
It would have, but for the legislation against doing so.
Probably the fault of the "Think of the Children" type crowd.
The vectors all add up to (near enough) 0?
I was focusing on suicides, so I didn't put as many words into the others.
Yes, there is a big difference between holding on for fear of death, and holding on for hope of advancement or other form of rescue.
I do agree with what you are saying.
Wow, no need to be such an asshole!
That wasn't so hard...