I'm an 18 year old male.
I don't have nearly the amount of free time I did in middle school and junior high. I used to get four or five games for christmas and have them all beat by my birthday (Feb. 26th). Now I don't have much time. I can't sit down for four hours and play a long game of starcraft. Plus I have other interests now. I need to work to pay for car insurance. I have school work. There's girls to date.
To be honest, I haven't bought a new console game in a year. I've gotten a few DS games (Advance Wars and Sonic Rush are my current favorites) but quite frankly, games like World of Warcraft or GTA require too much time. Now when I have free time, I read the news, read slashdot, then get out of the house to hang out with people, not sit at home and try and "catch 'em all".
Let's think about this for a minute. Computers are operated by humans. That is one security hole no one can fix. To us, it seems easy. We're programmers, pen-testers, geek squad members. We're basically lucky enough to have a hobbyy that pays well.
Not everyone thinks like a geek. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a damn how his computer works, and doesn't want to learn how it works. He just wants to browse the net, send e-mail, and maybe if he's feeling frisky put up a new desktop wallpaper. These people don't know what a "root password" is. They don't know what an "address bar" is. They don't know or CARE. They just want to get things done as quickly as possible and get away from that electric picturebox.
Windows get a lot of flak because they're the most used OS. I'll admit, some problems are because of Microsoft's mistakes, mainly what I like to call "Root Culture". Every person and program requiring root access? Brilliant idea Bill.
But even *nix's model of security relies on you not being stupid. Choosing a good root password, not installing random crap etc. I read about a mac OSX "virus" recently. The program asked for your root password to install itself. I'm sorry, but nothing can protect a computer from stupid people, and Windows just happens to be the target because a majority of all people (and therefor a majority of stupid people) use windows.
These computers will be operated by humans.
That is one security hole no one can fix. To us, it seems easy. We're programmers, pen-testers, geek squad members. We're basically lucky enough to have a hoppy that pays well.
Not everyone thinks like a geek. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a damn how his computer works, and doesn't want to learn how it works. He just wants to browse the net, send e-mail, and maybe if he's feeling frisky put up a new desktop wallpaper. These people don't know what a "root password" is. They don't know what an "address bar" is. They don't know or CARE.
Look, if a phisher just has to ask nicely for Aunt Sally's debit card PIN, what makes you think she'll think twice when we change "pin" to "root password", "firewall password" or anything else? Hell even biometric security won't work because she'll just slide her thumb right in there so she can get the latest hot ring tones.
So basically, for the consumer, this is a win-win situation?
If MS complies and opens it's standards, Linux, OSX, etc finally have a level playing field. No more exuses, it's put up or shut up. OSS Zealots, Mac Fanboys, and Dvorak afficinados can will all be sure their favorite toy will win, and be glad they get the chance to prove it.
If Microsoft does not comply, they WILL be forced out of Europe. And then Apple and the OSS fans move in. Either way, I, the consumer (regardless of my OS preference) win. After all, those windows boxes won't stop working when Microsoft pulls out. Importation and piracy would also remain options (And that's if the EU doesn't delcrare some sort of emergency suspension of all Microsoft patents and copyrights to ensure it's member countries can get on the methadone)
Isn't one of the reasons Britain got rid of it's "stole a loaf of bread? DEATH. Adultery? DEATH. Assault? DEATH" type laws that people figured "Hey... I die if I steal from you... might as well kill you too! What they gonna do, kill me twice?". I think an earlier poster touched on this.
I really think while it won't get to that extreme, people will start to ignore the law if we continure to make them these types of laws, a smaller effect could be seen. For example, petty crimes such as littering, speeding, assault, etc will increase, because something being immoral is not always illegal, and vice versa. Right now, with a few exceptions, the law is viewed as being more than just "the law", it's a sort of moral code. If people lose faith in the law, why would they obey? I doub most people don't commit murder because they don't want to go to jail: they see it as immoral.
Yes, asking that cal lcenter technicians speak english well enough that I can understand them without asking them to repeat themselves four or five times is racist. Who cares if they can help me fix my laptop, as long as they try really hard to do it?
I notice many of you guys say eBay has no competitors... what about craigslist?
I've been screwed on eBay before, and found it's much nicer to sell on craigslist. For example, let's say I sell my DS on ebay to get money for a DS lite. Buyer sends $$$ via paypal, I send the DS, buyer claims it was broken on arrival, I get cheated out of my money. A real possibilty. With craigslist, the actual sale occurs face to face, (if you're smart) in a public location. If the buyer from craigslist wants to rip me off, it'll be a lot harder. (Especially when a friend with a concealed carry permit is watching the transaction)
Isn't the Geneva Convention a treaty?
Lats time I checked, if one side breaks a treaty, the other side is no longer bound.
The Japanese broke the convention, they got nuked. Maybe they should have thought about the costs along with the benifits of not following said treaty?
I'd just like to say that maybe most people who own a DS don't bring it out often.
Any time I'm waiting for a movie, on the bus, in a car, I'm with my friends. It'd be rude of me to sit there and play Mario Kart. I talk with them. My DS isn't really portable to me: I play it on long plane rides, road trips, etc. That, coupled with the fact the DS isn't "cool" looking like a PSP, and not as socially acceptable among non geeks like my iPod is, are also factors.
Plus, my school does not allow electronics of any sort except TI calculators to be used at school, even during free periods. Only on the bus. And who pulls out a gameboy for a five minute bus ride?
If it's like this in high school, imagine how the pressure to conform in the corporate world would influence a DS owner. Considering how many gamers are 21+, and the fact that most people of that age grew up on the (S)NES, it could show why the DS seems less popular than it is.
Yeah, I feel your pain, not one has reached +5 Insightful yet!
But on a serious note, not simply to you, but everyone: No one cares about how you'd use your points. If you find you want them so badly, go do meta-mod instead of sitting here whining.
Anyone else fund it hilarious we're arguing if FISA law was broken by the president?
That's been in place since the 70's, and is blatantly illegal. Yeah, the judges say it isn't but you know what? It violates the spirit of every warrant related law or case ever heard Anyone shows up at my house saying they're gonna get a "retroactive warrant" would get a.223 bullet in their skull. I'm not posting this as some anonymous coward, and I'm not being dramatic.
Look at what happened with the federal gun sentencing guidlines. They just ruled that guns affect interstate commerce, and kept it. It's too late now to worry about your civil liberties. We're at the point where a National Guardsman would shoot you and your family if asked to. Any MP would electrocute your balls until you coughed up any information you want.
THAT is what is the downfall of our country. That we debate the little points, and never take a look at the big picture. We're sitting around going "ooh, no attacks for five years! Good job Bush!" when the time between major attacks is about eight or nine normally, as mentioned earlier. You really think anyone is taking over a plane without killing everyone on board? Box cutters aren't going to cut it again, so why are we taking nail clippers from old ladies?
This country is already a police state. You just don't know becaue you haven't pissed anyone off. Yet.
Now I can have a seperate section for any news related to michael jackson... sweet. Nothing like hearing about Mikey's latest antics to brighten your day.
Other than family, I've given some help to high school teachers, my dad's friend, etc. Here's what I do...
Sit down and explain what spyware is. Explain that basically, a computer is like a mailman. He can't tell if that letter is five bucks going to little Johnny for his birthday, or Timmy the Homegrown terrorist sending off spores of doom.
Even if you got the police to look at every piece of mail currently in limbo, and arrested anyone who sent illegal contents, this would not end mail crime. You'd have to do this every few days.
I install adaware and spybot. I show them how to run them. Most of them have Norton, and simply don't know they have to run it. I show them how to run Norton.
I explain the concept of virus definitions as like laws. If we only had laws from 1776, many things that are bad would not be illegal, for example, drunk driving. So we update the laws. The virus definitions are the laws of the computer, dictating what can and cannot run.
I also inform them most free software on the internet contains spyware, and list a few examples.
No one whose spywared PC I repaired has come back.
Now if you're in it for profit, this isn't a good idea. But this took two hours of my time, with the adware scanners running in the background as I used a powerpoint running from my usb key to educate them, and they were extremely grateful. I've been taken to the range by my dad's friend, where I shot a.500 smith and wesson (The bulklets are two dollars a round. He let me fire off twenty.)
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Why would you telnet in when SSH does so without compromising security?
I'm an 18 year old male. I don't have nearly the amount of free time I did in middle school and junior high. I used to get four or five games for christmas and have them all beat by my birthday (Feb. 26th). Now I don't have much time. I can't sit down for four hours and play a long game of starcraft. Plus I have other interests now. I need to work to pay for car insurance. I have school work. There's girls to date. To be honest, I haven't bought a new console game in a year. I've gotten a few DS games (Advance Wars and Sonic Rush are my current favorites) but quite frankly, games like World of Warcraft or GTA require too much time. Now when I have free time, I read the news, read slashdot, then get out of the house to hang out with people, not sit at home and try and "catch 'em all".
Let's think about this for a minute. Computers are operated by humans. That is one security hole no one can fix. To us, it seems easy. We're programmers, pen-testers, geek squad members. We're basically lucky enough to have a hobbyy that pays well.
Not everyone thinks like a geek. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a damn how his computer works, and doesn't want to learn how it works. He just wants to browse the net, send e-mail, and maybe if he's feeling frisky put up a new desktop wallpaper. These people don't know what a "root password" is. They don't know what an "address bar" is. They don't know or CARE. They just want to get things done as quickly as possible and get away from that electric picturebox.
Windows get a lot of flak because they're the most used OS. I'll admit, some problems are because of Microsoft's mistakes, mainly what I like to call "Root Culture". Every person and program requiring root access? Brilliant idea Bill.
But even *nix's model of security relies on you not being stupid. Choosing a good root password, not installing random crap etc. I read about a mac OSX "virus" recently. The program asked for your root password to install itself. I'm sorry, but nothing can protect a computer from stupid people, and Windows just happens to be the target because a majority of all people (and therefor a majority of stupid people) use windows.
These computers will be operated by humans. That is one security hole no one can fix. To us, it seems easy. We're programmers, pen-testers, geek squad members. We're basically lucky enough to have a hoppy that pays well. Not everyone thinks like a geek. Joe Sixpack doesn't give a damn how his computer works, and doesn't want to learn how it works. He just wants to browse the net, send e-mail, and maybe if he's feeling frisky put up a new desktop wallpaper. These people don't know what a "root password" is. They don't know what an "address bar" is. They don't know or CARE. Look, if a phisher just has to ask nicely for Aunt Sally's debit card PIN, what makes you think she'll think twice when we change "pin" to "root password", "firewall password" or anything else? Hell even biometric security won't work because she'll just slide her thumb right in there so she can get the latest hot ring tones.
So basically, for the consumer, this is a win-win situation? If MS complies and opens it's standards, Linux, OSX, etc finally have a level playing field. No more exuses, it's put up or shut up. OSS Zealots, Mac Fanboys, and Dvorak afficinados can will all be sure their favorite toy will win, and be glad they get the chance to prove it. If Microsoft does not comply, they WILL be forced out of Europe. And then Apple and the OSS fans move in. Either way, I, the consumer (regardless of my OS preference) win. After all, those windows boxes won't stop working when Microsoft pulls out. Importation and piracy would also remain options (And that's if the EU doesn't delcrare some sort of emergency suspension of all Microsoft patents and copyrights to ensure it's member countries can get on the methadone)
Isn't one of the reasons Britain got rid of it's "stole a loaf of bread? DEATH. Adultery? DEATH. Assault? DEATH" type laws that people figured "Hey... I die if I steal from you... might as well kill you too! What they gonna do, kill me twice?". I think an earlier poster touched on this. I really think while it won't get to that extreme, people will start to ignore the law if we continure to make them these types of laws, a smaller effect could be seen. For example, petty crimes such as littering, speeding, assault, etc will increase, because something being immoral is not always illegal, and vice versa. Right now, with a few exceptions, the law is viewed as being more than just "the law", it's a sort of moral code. If people lose faith in the law, why would they obey? I doub most people don't commit murder because they don't want to go to jail: they see it as immoral.
Yes, asking that cal lcenter technicians speak english well enough that I can understand them without asking them to repeat themselves four or five times is racist. Who cares if they can help me fix my laptop, as long as they try really hard to do it?
If by "strong ties to the industry" you mean "they pay us to say nice things", then yeah, you're right.
It's times like this we should be able to mod parent up for "Burn!".
I notice many of you guys say eBay has no competitors... what about craigslist? I've been screwed on eBay before, and found it's much nicer to sell on craigslist. For example, let's say I sell my DS on ebay to get money for a DS lite. Buyer sends $$$ via paypal, I send the DS, buyer claims it was broken on arrival, I get cheated out of my money. A real possibilty. With craigslist, the actual sale occurs face to face, (if you're smart) in a public location. If the buyer from craigslist wants to rip me off, it'll be a lot harder. (Especially when a friend with a concealed carry permit is watching the transaction)
Isn't the Geneva Convention a treaty? Lats time I checked, if one side breaks a treaty, the other side is no longer bound. The Japanese broke the convention, they got nuked. Maybe they should have thought about the costs along with the benifits of not following said treaty?
I'd just like to say that maybe most people who own a DS don't bring it out often.
Any time I'm waiting for a movie, on the bus, in a car, I'm with my friends. It'd be rude of me to sit there and play Mario Kart. I talk with them. My DS isn't really portable to me: I play it on long plane rides, road trips, etc. That, coupled with the fact the DS isn't "cool" looking like a PSP, and not as socially acceptable among non geeks like my iPod is, are also factors.
Plus, my school does not allow electronics of any sort except TI calculators to be used at school, even during free periods. Only on the bus. And who pulls out a gameboy for a five minute bus ride?
If it's like this in high school, imagine how the pressure to conform in the corporate world would influence a DS owner. Considering how many gamers are 21+, and the fact that most people of that age grew up on the (S)NES, it could show why the DS seems less popular than it is.
I remember reading an article here a while back that Wal-Mart was testing use of RFID tags in some stores? Is this a nationwide thing now?
Yeah, I feel your pain, not one has reached +5 Insightful yet!
But on a serious note, not simply to you, but everyone: No one cares about how you'd use your points. If you find you want them so badly, go do meta-mod instead of sitting here whining.
Anyone else fund it hilarious we're arguing if FISA law was broken by the president? That's been in place since the 70's, and is blatantly illegal. Yeah, the judges say it isn't but you know what? It violates the spirit of every warrant related law or case ever heard Anyone shows up at my house saying they're gonna get a "retroactive warrant" would get a .223 bullet in their skull. I'm not posting this as some anonymous coward, and I'm not being dramatic.
Look at what happened with the federal gun sentencing guidlines. They just ruled that guns affect interstate commerce, and kept it. It's too late now to worry about your civil liberties. We're at the point where a National Guardsman would shoot you and your family if asked to. Any MP would electrocute your balls until you coughed up any information you want.
THAT is what is the downfall of our country. That we debate the little points, and never take a look at the big picture. We're sitting around going "ooh, no attacks for five years! Good job Bush!" when the time between major attacks is about eight or nine normally, as mentioned earlier. You really think anyone is taking over a plane without killing everyone on board? Box cutters aren't going to cut it again, so why are we taking nail clippers from old ladies?
This country is already a police state. You just don't know becaue you haven't pissed anyone off. Yet.
Or is it? If a site running Windows Server 2003 was hacked, would it make the front page of /.?
Now I can have a seperate section for any news related to michael jackson... sweet. Nothing like hearing about Mikey's latest antics to brighten your day.
I tried looking up the weather for Niagara, since I'm leaving for there monday, no dice.
Other than family, I've given some help to high school teachers, my dad's friend, etc. Here's what I do... Sit down and explain what spyware is. Explain that basically, a computer is like a mailman. He can't tell if that letter is five bucks going to little Johnny for his birthday, or Timmy the Homegrown terrorist sending off spores of doom. Even if you got the police to look at every piece of mail currently in limbo, and arrested anyone who sent illegal contents, this would not end mail crime. You'd have to do this every few days. I install adaware and spybot. I show them how to run them. Most of them have Norton, and simply don't know they have to run it. I show them how to run Norton. I explain the concept of virus definitions as like laws. If we only had laws from 1776, many things that are bad would not be illegal, for example, drunk driving. So we update the laws. The virus definitions are the laws of the computer, dictating what can and cannot run. I also inform them most free software on the internet contains spyware, and list a few examples. No one whose spywared PC I repaired has come back. Now if you're in it for profit, this isn't a good idea. But this took two hours of my time, with the adware scanners running in the background as I used a powerpoint running from my usb key to educate them, and they were extremely grateful. I've been taken to the range by my dad's friend, where I shot a .500 smith and wesson (The bulklets are two dollars a round. He let me fire off twenty.)