This just one of the many loop holes that needs to be fixed in our judicial system.
From your explanation I can understand the situations where the need for something similar would arise for this, however the exact use as its described for the RIAA needs to be completely removed from ever being used again. There is no reason to ever need to that for ethical legal reasons...and no I don't mean they should be settling out of court either. I mean the idea of court should not even crop in their minds for something so trivial.
Granted I also understand that most uses of the law at this juncture in society are for the sole purpose of gaining money, which disgusts me and imo paints a poor self image for law and lawyers in general. I mean no disrespect to you of course. I just feel the law has been corrupted at this point and should be gone thru with a fine tooth comb and cleaned up.
Get rid of all the litigious lawyers who's only purpose is to stir up trouble and find people to get them to sue another person that they had not originally intend to sue, just so they can make a quick buck. The law has so many other better purposes than to find someone to sue because of a car fender bender which was obviously an accident. Now if it were due to negligence or an attempted run down then yeah I understand that, but because someone steps on your foot (yes I saw this go to court) is utter crap. Judges should be throwing this shit out of court and fining the dumb bastards who try to take it to court in the first place.
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Perhaps my idea of a decent society is too far gone at this point. I'll probably be modded down or mocked for actually wanting a decent society that doesn't try to screw the next person. What the hell is wrong with being happy with what you have, not like you can bring all this shit with you when you die. Sure I can understand wanting cool stuff, but trying to steal, cheat, and lie to get all? Come on really there is more to life then that. But I'm probably preaching to the wrong crowd, since most/.'ers are pretty bright.
I've also got a '98 sunfire and thing kicks. I currently have 240k miles on it and all I do is get the oil changed every 3k-5k miles , put high mile oil in it and it serves its purpose. My fiance has an Oldsmobile Alero and the thing is falling apart albeit slowly but it doesn't get as near as good gas mileage as my car. I also get close to 33MPG highway, not sure on City I do mostly highway driving.
But I was going to bring up that argument of the newer cars mileage vs. older cars is ridiculous depending when and what car is used to compare. I compared my car to a '09 Camry and these are the results:
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I do have to admit that on paper the Ford does get 24/35, but the last time I drove a Focus was in drivers Ed and you had to floor the car to get up any hills. Not sure if its that way any more, but it turned me off on ever getting a Focus...I like acceleration in cars some old grandma car.
My issue is if they had great mileage in '98 why aren't we seeing even better mileage now? As fast as technology is moving along we should easily be at 100MPG now. The only issue is this...if the auto manufacturers create a car that is better than anything we've ever known and it does get 100MPG and has parts that are easily replaceable doesn't that hurt their bottom line in the end? It would mean people wouldn't be buying cars as much or wouldn't need a new one as the one they have could be fixed indefinitely and I would certainly think that in a business sense they would work every possible angle not to let that happen.
I would think the Japanese diet and their way of life is what keeps the Japanese going.
I highly doubt it has much to do with health care since centuries ago and they were still living long lifespans. And this is before "health care for everyone" sprouted up in peoples minds.
What are you babbling about? Both the left and the right are reprehensible no matter how you go about it. At this point its choosing the lesser evil or trying to push for a 3rd person. And that means educating the morons of this country which will never happen.
As much as I feel for the guys that know how to weld or bolt something to a car...if the auto industry were to say go bankrupt you think they would be able to get a job some place else? Welding maybe, but the other mundane monkey tasks done wouldn't imo. Granted I suppose this doesn't equate to intelligence, but still the idea is there isn't it?
The problem is we have too many sheep in this country who believe only the crap they see on TV. The crap on TV is of course produced by the fat cats and the fat cats are told what to air. This may not always be the case but I'm fairly sure it happens more than we think.
If we're really that concerned why don't more of us here try to run for office? We can only complain so much before we have to take action rather than mouthing off. Currently I'm in no position to do anything of the sort, but would love to run for an office. However, I have a feeling anyone that is even the slightest bit moral/ethical in what they do would ever last long in Congress. Too much power has been given to the Federal Government over time. We need to go back to states rights, etc. But that will never happen. Even going back in time to the original 13 Presidents there are some less known stories that would surprise us all about how things operated. Not as hunky dory as you think.:\ Wish it was different. Too much greed and corruption, sadly this will not change.
I watched a documentary with Michio Kaku on youtube and History Science or whatever they call it now. He stated something along the lines of its very possible to gain technological advances in the next 100yrs that would allow us to get to Mars faster, etc. (ie moving towards a Level 1 Civilization). However we're likely to be attacked by terrorists or go to war because the process requires everyone to more or less get along to accomplish these tasks.
By your previous statement that it is career limiting (of the above statement), wouldn't this limit your career?
But I see both sides. I'm a younger guy and started working for a larger company and have eyed the government for some time. However, from what I understand its near impossible in some situations to get a job with the government and takes a billion years to actually finish the process.
Not only this but I hear stories from various family members that the government is so bureaucratic that half the crap that needs to get done doesn't because of all the BS red tape. Then most of the things that are done are done without any brains behind it. Granted these stories don't deal with the area of IT, but at least gives me a jilted picture of what goes on.
When I was a younger kid I'd go with one of my parents to hang out and watch them work for a day. Whenever we'd walk by offices with open doors I'd usually see nobody (probably in a meeting), or see someone but not really doing work. Granted I was like 9 or 10 and who knows what they were doing. But I did get games from several people (Commander Keen being one of them) so you knew they weren't always working, but screwing around with a game.
My parents didn't do that as far as I know. My mom might have done something as mundane as solitaire on her lunch hour, but I doubt it. Both of my parents instilled in me a sense of pride in my work which they both have...regardless of how crappy everyone else may work. So as an adult I'm astounded by how much people will screw around or even find ways not to do work. Even if I web browse at work I'm always attempting to further my knowledge in computer systems...even if it means reading/.;)
Its funny that contractors are brought up...seeing as some online learning that I've been reading states that one great feature of contractors are the taxes for the company that is asking for the contractor. Not only that, but the company asking for the contractor normally doesn't have to worry about benefits or long term health care. So that is a huge trade off imo. One which I thought was sort of screwy. There is a lot of leeway in there to screw over independent contractors....Sorry meant to say "independent contractors" as contractors working from another business are dealt with differently I believe.
Heck, I have a friend who works for a contractor, that I think contracts for the government, and he gets screwed with overtime all the time. He ends having to work weekends just to get some projects finished, not by his part but due to others. And he's not getting much more than I am and I don't even have a degree (yet..I'm still working on mine, but I've got a full time IT job atm to at least get my career started).
The fact is, its not the duty of the public to pay for other's poor/bad decisions in life. You deal with the cards you're dealt. There are plenty of opportunities and other options other than food stamps and government handouts.
I have no issues with black people what so ever. What I do have issues with is when people regardless of what race vote BECAUSE of the race of the person they voted for. Hell this goes for WVA who obviously voted for McCain because of his race. That is ignorance and ignorant people have no place to be voting because it screws up the system. Regardless of who wins. Hell I voted for the other guy, but if Obama proves himself he may get my vote in 4yrs if he were to re-run. However I also know that no president has major changes take place in their first term.
This economy isn't due to Bush or to Congress. Its due to greed as previously stated and anyone who knows how to read would know this already. The thing is most poor people (white and black) don't know this. They only know what the box with a glow coming from it tells them. They're sheep and all sheep follow the flock. I live in VA and to see it vote the other way in the first 40yrs is incredible. Everyone here seems to believe what Obama has stated. Then again I know people came out of the woodwork who almost never vote because they've probably been affected in some shape or form from what has been going on which has NOTHING to do with the President. Other than that the biggest thing would be brining the troops. Boo who. If Johnny wants to come home and he's off in the military then he probably shouldn't have joined the military in the first place. Its not summer camp and anyone with any sense knows this. I have the utmost respect for the military, but some people are just stupid in respects to what they expect when joining the military. That is why you READ before joining.
And just like coal miners we can use the squirrel to determine to get the hell out of dodge when it keels over;)
In all seriousness though I was lied to in my childhood. I read way way too many books on space exploration and we're supposed to have friggin colonies on the Moon not Mars by now! Lies all lies! Whatever happened to the huge ass space station?! We've got something floating up there, but by the time its halfway useful it'll he in a decaying orbit and being written off as some huge waste of money and a gimick/scam for the rich. Really it costs 1 person 25 million to hitch a ride? That is ridiculous. NASA pilots do it for free, screw paying. I don't care what their profession is, taxes PAY for them to get a free ride to space...granted they do work and are on NASA's payroll. What is another extra person? I suppose it helps the government save face when someone just wants to go up for shits and giggles.
Man wish I had some mod points...You've put it into context. Now whether their followers follow their beliefs to the core is another matter. But what is taught in their holy book and what is taught to them is a whole deal in its own.
I don't think many of them follow their holy book by the letter, however those that do should be watched. Granted I have yet to read it. I do plan to so I have an understanding of what is being read by those around me. But the excerpts I've seen doing google searches tells me an utterly different story than those following their religion proclaim that is for dead sure.
Yeah, it wasn't until recently (yesterday I think) that I found out about the 3 separate boxes and the only time you can play the 3 races with only 1 box is online. What a crock.
I think WoW's success has gone to the heads over at Blizzard. That is one thing they were always touting when they were smaller. Well it finally happened to them and they sold out. I'm sure they could care less, I think most the decent people left a while back anyway. I remember seeing a lot of job postings going up the first year WoW came out.
Granted Blizzard knows that they're going to upset people, but as long as Joe Schmo buys their stuff they're going to continue to try to reap more and more money. Which seems to be the deal these days since we want cheaper goods.
I would not take one instance and make that the case for an entire set of people. However, if it were several cases of several different people of the same age group, then I might consider it.
In my opinion my hand/eye coordination along with depth perception is higher than the average Joe due to gaming from an early age. It is my understanding this is why most older people fail at driving later on. The other reason would be reflexes.
I know most people who would be opposed to this will end up being folks in their 30s/40s/50s as that age group seems to think they're god at driving or some nonsense. I'm not wonderful, but I can at least admit it (I'm 25). However, everyday I see idiots on the drive to work. I won't explain the details, but needless to say if most used common sense half the back up wouldn't happen in the first place.
Just remember the left lane is for passing (eg speeding) not going poky or the speed limit or even using your determined "safe" fast speed on your cruise control. That is why there is a middle and right lane, use'em. Hell, I even get out of the way if I'm in the left lane and not going fast enough for those behind me. Its a given and a courtesy to others on the road.
But do us and everyone you know a favor: If you live in the USA, vote every current politician in your area out of office.
Republican, Democrat, or random, they all fucked up on this watch. Get some untainted blood into power, that at least for a short time, people might focus on doing the right thing rather than re-election.
Man I've been saying this for years. Going back to the days before "big government" has been needed for some time. We can thank the Judicial branch for expanding government powers in the first place then Congress and the Executive branch later on.
that it has to do with the big 2 trying to keep the government from regulating them on tracking users' browsing habits. The article indicated that this was about saying "hey we don't want regulation from you we can regulate ourselves see". Which we all still know is a crock since we as the consumer have no actual oversight on how this all actually works behind the scenes.
The article had nothing to do with the government wire tappings, etc. Although I would yield to the fact that they didn't explicitly say anything against doing so. Basically Verizon and ATT were saying hey we handle our customer data and choices for them better than Google does, go after Google.
Now, with that being said I wouldn't assume you're "safe" (depending on your paranoia level) from peering eyes on your activities both on your mobile web and phone usage. If the military/CIA/NSA/[insert hated 3 letter FED here] deem your usage an urgent matter of national security they're going to be able to see whatever you've done assuming the said provider has the data. I don't know why everyone thinks that just because it isn't outlined in some law or some TOS or EULA that this doesn't happen. Sad as it is at this point in our history (regardless of whom is in power) the government does whatever the hell it wants to whom ever the hell it wants. And good luck trying to stop them or get any reparations from them when its over and you're laying in the street naked after being raped.
This is the reality we live in and it won't change until we as a society (idiots and all) decide we want real change and no I don't mean the Obama "change". Yeesh that guy needs another slogan. And no, I'm not rooting for the other guy either. But you know what...just as posted in another slashdot "thread" trading one asshat for another really isn't a "choice".
Why does a dog always have to be kicked? Why can't it be a cat or a rabbit?
Now, I understand why it wouldn't be a snake or a lizard. One a snake would a)slither away or b)bite the bejesus out of you and a lizard would probably just flick its tongue and scamper off.
But can we just leave the dogs out of it? This message is not brought by PETA.
Haha, the rules are setup that way. They're just enforced to the highest bidder willing to "buy" off congressmen. Which is why citizens need to wise up when they vote or not vote at all.
Its all these brainless zombies who go to vote just because they can. Those sorts of people need to go jump in a lake and clear the gene pool of their ignorance.
The US Federal Government has become so large and involved in everyday life that it has affected competition and in general how much we pay for services and what services we can have in the first place. The original 13 (Presidents) are probably rolling in their graves with how badly Big Government has grown. We need to go back to the states being able to vote on their own issues and the competition would come back. Most of the growth of Big Government came around the time of John Marshall. Whilst helping the Judiciary he helped to cement Federal Government powers over states' powers...not good for the common man imo.
Perhaps slashdotters should write to the production company and tell them to give the finger to TI and to the other companies involved in the conference do the show and just fuzzy out the names in the show when it airs.
Here's the deal, they've already got a case (to help back them up in case of a lawsuit) that has been proven that such information is legal to release. (MBTA smack down) They don't even have to do it step by step. I remember an episode where they skipped some steps when making "laughing" gas.
Seems to me people should know about this and possible false advertising or instilling a false sense of security that can come out of using these cards. Although I could see the Feds stepping in seeing as the National ID is supposed to have RFID (I think).
lol. Sure it would be nice to have paragraphs...too bad I'm not going to hard code "
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Seriously, *why* doesn't/. do this? Along with being able to edit posts...this is a standard feature in threaded forums. This site for all intents and purposes is a forum....
The people able to put in a $50 router/AP would be the people who more or less have access to do so in a corporate environment, in which case they are aware of the security impacts or should be.
In a corp environment you normally don't have access to just put in a router anywhere, it would be noticed by the IT folks.
Most of what you state would be reflective of a small business not a large corp environment. If that is the case the company has a bigger problem to deal with than just password issues.
Here is the thing, coming up with a password is not a hard task. People, office people in general, don't seem to be too creative when it comes to making passwords. You're given the basic sets of security rules, etc and then you make one within those sets of rules. Reusing a password is a no no, so come up with variations of the same password, but variate them in a way that it wouldn't be guessable. What is so difficult about D1ff1cult90? That password is 10 characters contains letters and numbers along with a capital letter. Sure, its crackable with l0pht, but it would take time and if the time>cracked password then the attacker is more likely to move on to the next hopefully easier target. Most hackers are not going to waste their time with a hard target unless they are out to get a specific piece of info or have been paid to hack a company or have some sort of vendetta against said company.
Security is more for deterrence than it is for actual security, which in of itself creates security.
As for outside hackers wanting info on a company, how about social security numbers of all employees, bank account information the company uses, products that the company purchases or sells, inside trader information for the stock market. There is a ton of information a hacker could sell on the black market or even utilize on their own. Granted doing so would send up a red flag somewhere at some point, but the point is made there is plenty of information to be had. This goes for *every* company, unless somehow its on an all paper system which a simple break in to the company would see their files disappear altogether unless they have backups.
As far as the mental state of a IT security person...I'd have to say getting irritated and drained on having to repeat oneself and fixing the same issues over and over again. I'd think a virus outbreak would be the highlight of their day. You'd be surprised how many office folks simply forget their passwords over a weekend or use the caps lock key because they have no idea how to use the shift key. Hell, these people use computers day in, day out, own a computer at home, but still somehow don't know the basic functions of Windows and keyboard commands. I've run into people who don't know how to f'ing copy/paste! Really...at this point that is ridiculous.
The issue is that many people in office positions are from a different era before computers really went mainstream. They've had to acclimate to them while in the work place while the younger folks (including me) have been brought up with them since childhood. The original PCs were so mundane and simple that a gradeschool kid would get bored with it at this point. Now we've had Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP, and now Vista. All of which in each itteration seemed to screw around with the layout of options, windows, menus, etc. This just confuses the normal user who has to basically re-learn Windows each time, whereas IT staff usually are on the forefront of the changes. Normal people could care less or give the time/inclination to learn a new version of Windows (Thanks Redmond, jerk offs stick with the same dang interface and upgrade the mechanics of the software instead of changing the looks and implementing new damn bugs in the system.) because they have more important things to do than sit in front of a PC. Its blasphemy to us, but for the normal person its like an IT person wanting to learn how to do the books in Accounting.
Heh. I hadn't previously thought of this, but now that you mention it, that would make sense to do. I could see a silent alarm tripping at the phone company or auto magically alerting the po po.
I'm sure our phreak friends out there can/have come up with around this. In the past I've had access to a lineman's handset (my dad used to install networks and telco equipment) but never used it. I wonder if he still has it...
Just let the dead horse die already. Fixing IE will just help to get the droves of idiots to stick with IE even more.
More websites that code as they should code and not specifically for IE will create a disdane for IE when it breaks and customers can't buy stuff online or can't view this or that. This will cause droves of people to find an alternative. Whether that is Opera, Firefox, or some other alternative shouldn't matter. The fact that IE would be dead *would* matter.
Microsoft needs to be shown they are not king and they need to listen to consumer's more than they listen to larger corporations. Their real end users are home users not corporate monstrosities. Sure the corps pay the bills, but the people using it are out in the homes.
But I digress, it'll come down to pitchforks and torches before anything gets done. That goes for both politics & software...
are saved quiet often. It reminds me of my sister who being the bright one she is left her facebook open at the Apple store.
For several days people kept changing her status, some of them quiet humerous I have to add. Eventually someone kind enough changed her status to state that she shouldn't leave facebook open at the Apple store. Apparently she merely closed the browser thinking somehow that would fix the issue. I had to explain to here she needed to clear the cookies and temp files is she was doing this on a public machine. Then I scolded her for even logging into an app like that on a public machine. Yeesh.
"This illegal activity enables unauthorized individuals anywhere in the world to communicate via compromised U.S. phone systems in a way that is difficult to trace,"
lol. Well of course its difficult to trace. Anyone with enough cajoles knows this. All you have to do is go to a phone box out in the middle of nowheresville and patch into it (illegal of course) and make calls. Its all untracable to the actual person who did it, but not untraceable to the poor schmuck who has to pay for the bill the calls were made from.
Of course there are more ways to do this then the one described, but my point is it is completely feasible to do this so the person is completely untraceable.
The fact that these are known issues in the PBX system and have been known for, oh 20yrs, is ridiculous that they're able to still occur. I've read many a story both online, in 2600, and when reading about Mitnick's escapades and those things usually happened back in the 80s.
Hell, find a lineman's handset clip it to any phone line and viola free phone calls at least for you. Really....its not *that* hard.
How so? If the person isn't even a US citizen they have no rights in the US in the first place. Sure they can have whatever is in the Geneva Convention, but once they're out of the US jurisdiction then there is no worry to our freedoms...it happened on foreign soil. Its the whole reason the CIA deports these people to various countries.
If they are moved about they are more or less right-less. If the country they're in doesn't know they are there along with their own country they essentially don't exist for all intents and purposes.
So unless that starts to happen here or is already happening (looks around), then *shouldn't* have to fear our rights in that respect. I'd be more inclined to watch out for the ridiculous court cases that are going before the judges.
I'm glad to see how this one is going thus far.
Hell I had a good laugh after I read the guy is using PGP. I guess if we don't want the feds mucking around on our machines we can use encryption:) Then again weren't they given the master key for PGP for this instance? Or was this thrown out for the same 5th amendment rights?
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This just one of the many loop holes that needs to be fixed in our judicial system.
From your explanation I can understand the situations where the need for something similar would arise for this, however the exact use as its described for the RIAA needs to be completely removed from ever being used again. There is no reason to ever need to that for ethical legal reasons...and no I don't mean they should be settling out of court either. I mean the idea of court should not even crop in their minds for something so trivial.
Granted I also understand that most uses of the law at this juncture in society are for the sole purpose of gaining money, which disgusts me and imo paints a poor self image for law and lawyers in general. I mean no disrespect to you of course. I just feel the law has been corrupted at this point and should be gone thru with a fine tooth comb and cleaned up.
Get rid of all the litigious lawyers who's only purpose is to stir up trouble and find people to get them to sue another person that they had not originally intend to sue, just so they can make a quick buck. The law has so many other better purposes than to find someone to sue because of a car fender bender which was obviously an accident. Now if it were due to negligence or an attempted run down then yeah I understand that, but because someone steps on your foot (yes I saw this go to court) is utter crap. Judges should be throwing this shit out of court and fining the dumb bastards who try to take it to court in the first place.
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Perhaps my idea of a decent society is too far gone at this point. I'll probably be modded down or mocked for actually wanting a decent society that doesn't try to screw the next person. What the hell is wrong with being happy with what you have, not like you can bring all this shit with you when you die. Sure I can understand wanting cool stuff, but trying to steal, cheat, and lie to get all? Come on really there is more to life then that. But I'm probably preaching to the wrong crowd, since most /.'ers are pretty bright.
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I've also got a '98 sunfire and thing kicks. I currently have 240k miles on it and all I do is get the oil changed every 3k-5k miles , put high mile oil in it and it serves its purpose. My fiance has an Oldsmobile Alero and the thing is falling apart albeit slowly but it doesn't get as near as good gas mileage as my car. I also get close to 33MPG highway, not sure on City I do mostly highway driving.
But I was going to bring up that argument of the newer cars mileage vs. older cars is ridiculous depending when and what car is used to compare. I compared my car to a '09 Camry and these are the results: link I do have to admit that on paper the Ford does get 24/35, but the last time I drove a Focus was in drivers Ed and you had to floor the car to get up any hills. Not sure if its that way any more, but it turned me off on ever getting a Focus...I like acceleration in cars some old grandma car.
My issue is if they had great mileage in '98 why aren't we seeing even better mileage now? As fast as technology is moving along we should easily be at 100MPG now. The only issue is this...if the auto manufacturers create a car that is better than anything we've ever known and it does get 100MPG and has parts that are easily replaceable doesn't that hurt their bottom line in the end? It would mean people wouldn't be buying cars as much or wouldn't need a new one as the one they have could be fixed indefinitely and I would certainly think that in a business sense they would work every possible angle not to let that happen.
I would think the Japanese diet and their way of life is what keeps the Japanese going.
I highly doubt it has much to do with health care since centuries ago and they were still living long lifespans. And this is before "health care for everyone" sprouted up in peoples minds.
What are you babbling about? Both the left and the right are reprehensible no matter how you go about it. At this point its choosing the lesser evil or trying to push for a 3rd person. And that means educating the morons of this country which will never happen.
As much as I feel for the guys that know how to weld or bolt something to a car...if the auto industry were to say go bankrupt you think they would be able to get a job some place else? Welding maybe, but the other mundane monkey tasks done wouldn't imo. Granted I suppose this doesn't equate to intelligence, but still the idea is there isn't it?
The problem is we have too many sheep in this country who believe only the crap they see on TV. The crap on TV is of course produced by the fat cats and the fat cats are told what to air. This may not always be the case but I'm fairly sure it happens more than we think.
If we're really that concerned why don't more of us here try to run for office? We can only complain so much before we have to take action rather than mouthing off. Currently I'm in no position to do anything of the sort, but would love to run for an office. However, I have a feeling anyone that is even the slightest bit moral/ethical in what they do would ever last long in Congress. Too much power has been given to the Federal Government over time. We need to go back to states rights, etc. But that will never happen. Even going back in time to the original 13 Presidents there are some less known stories that would surprise us all about how things operated. Not as hunky dory as you think. :\ Wish it was different. Too much greed and corruption, sadly this will not change.
I watched a documentary with Michio Kaku on youtube and History Science or whatever they call it now. He stated something along the lines of its very possible to gain technological advances in the next 100yrs that would allow us to get to Mars faster, etc. (ie moving towards a Level 1 Civilization). However we're likely to be attacked by terrorists or go to war because the process requires everyone to more or less get along to accomplish these tasks.
I often ask for him to be fired.
By your previous statement that it is career limiting (of the above statement), wouldn't this limit your career?
But I see both sides. I'm a younger guy and started working for a larger company and have eyed the government for some time. However, from what I understand its near impossible in some situations to get a job with the government and takes a billion years to actually finish the process.
Not only this but I hear stories from various family members that the government is so bureaucratic that half the crap that needs to get done doesn't because of all the BS red tape. Then most of the things that are done are done without any brains behind it. Granted these stories don't deal with the area of IT, but at least gives me a jilted picture of what goes on.
When I was a younger kid I'd go with one of my parents to hang out and watch them work for a day. Whenever we'd walk by offices with open doors I'd usually see nobody (probably in a meeting), or see someone but not really doing work. Granted I was like 9 or 10 and who knows what they were doing. But I did get games from several people (Commander Keen being one of them) so you knew they weren't always working, but screwing around with a game.
My parents didn't do that as far as I know. My mom might have done something as mundane as solitaire on her lunch hour, but I doubt it. Both of my parents instilled in me a sense of pride in my work which they both have...regardless of how crappy everyone else may work. So as an adult I'm astounded by how much people will screw around or even find ways not to do work. Even if I web browse at work I'm always attempting to further my knowledge in computer systems...even if it means reading /. ;)
Its funny that contractors are brought up...seeing as some online learning that I've been reading states that one great feature of contractors are the taxes for the company that is asking for the contractor. Not only that, but the company asking for the contractor normally doesn't have to worry about benefits or long term health care. So that is a huge trade off imo. One which I thought was sort of screwy. There is a lot of leeway in there to screw over independent contractors....Sorry meant to say "independent contractors" as contractors working from another business are dealt with differently I believe.
Heck, I have a friend who works for a contractor, that I think contracts for the government, and he gets screwed with overtime all the time. He ends having to work weekends just to get some projects finished, not by his part but due to others. And he's not getting much more than I am and I don't even have a degree (yet..I'm still working on mine, but I've got a full time IT job atm to at least get my career started).
The fact is, its not the duty of the public to pay for other's poor/bad decisions in life. You deal with the cards you're dealt. There are plenty of opportunities and other options other than food stamps and government handouts.
How much time? Its been a flippin 200 years!
I have no issues with black people what so ever. What I do have issues with is when people regardless of what race vote BECAUSE of the race of the person they voted for. Hell this goes for WVA who obviously voted for McCain because of his race. That is ignorance and ignorant people have no place to be voting because it screws up the system. Regardless of who wins. Hell I voted for the other guy, but if Obama proves himself he may get my vote in 4yrs if he were to re-run. However I also know that no president has major changes take place in their first term.
This economy isn't due to Bush or to Congress. Its due to greed as previously stated and anyone who knows how to read would know this already. The thing is most poor people (white and black) don't know this. They only know what the box with a glow coming from it tells them. They're sheep and all sheep follow the flock. I live in VA and to see it vote the other way in the first 40yrs is incredible. Everyone here seems to believe what Obama has stated. Then again I know people came out of the woodwork who almost never vote because they've probably been affected in some shape or form from what has been going on which has NOTHING to do with the President. Other than that the biggest thing would be brining the troops. Boo who. If Johnny wants to come home and he's off in the military then he probably shouldn't have joined the military in the first place. Its not summer camp and anyone with any sense knows this. I have the utmost respect for the military, but some people are just stupid in respects to what they expect when joining the military. That is why you READ before joining.
Hey I'm up for drinking beer and being merrie.
And just like coal miners we can use the squirrel to determine to get the hell out of dodge when it keels over ;)
In all seriousness though I was lied to in my childhood. I read way way too many books on space exploration and we're supposed to have friggin colonies on the Moon not Mars by now! Lies all lies! Whatever happened to the huge ass space station?! We've got something floating up there, but by the time its halfway useful it'll he in a decaying orbit and being written off as some huge waste of money and a gimick/scam for the rich. Really it costs 1 person 25 million to hitch a ride? That is ridiculous. NASA pilots do it for free, screw paying. I don't care what their profession is, taxes PAY for them to get a free ride to space...granted they do work and are on NASA's payroll. What is another extra person? I suppose it helps the government save face when someone just wants to go up for shits and giggles.
Man wish I had some mod points...You've put it into context. Now whether their followers follow their beliefs to the core is another matter. But what is taught in their holy book and what is taught to them is a whole deal in its own.
I don't think many of them follow their holy book by the letter, however those that do should be watched. Granted I have yet to read it. I do plan to so I have an understanding of what is being read by those around me. But the excerpts I've seen doing google searches tells me an utterly different story than those following their religion proclaim that is for dead sure.
That doesn't work....Especially since you can't encrypt the other end. Useful encryption would require both ends of the connection to be encrypted.
Its more likely you'd be able to buy a ticket to space than get your ISP to encrypt their end point for your connection.
I think WoW's success has gone to the heads over at Blizzard. That is one thing they were always touting when they were smaller. Well it finally happened to them and they sold out. I'm sure they could care less, I think most the decent people left a while back anyway. I remember seeing a lot of job postings going up the first year WoW came out.
Granted Blizzard knows that they're going to upset people, but as long as Joe Schmo buys their stuff they're going to continue to try to reap more and more money. Which seems to be the deal these days since we want cheaper goods.
In my opinion my hand/eye coordination along with depth perception is higher than the average Joe due to gaming from an early age. It is my understanding this is why most older people fail at driving later on. The other reason would be reflexes.
I know most people who would be opposed to this will end up being folks in their 30s/40s/50s as that age group seems to think they're god at driving or some nonsense. I'm not wonderful, but I can at least admit it (I'm 25). However, everyday I see idiots on the drive to work. I won't explain the details, but needless to say if most used common sense half the back up wouldn't happen in the first place.
Just remember the left lane is for passing (eg speeding) not going poky or the speed limit or even using your determined "safe" fast speed on your cruise control. That is why there is a middle and right lane, use'em. Hell, I even get out of the way if I'm in the left lane and not going fast enough for those behind me. Its a given and a courtesy to others on the road.
But do us and everyone you know a favor: If you live in the USA, vote every current politician in your area out of office.
Republican, Democrat, or random, they all fucked up on this watch. Get some untainted blood into power, that at least for a short time, people might focus on doing the right thing rather than re-election.
Man I've been saying this for years. Going back to the days before "big government" has been needed for some time. We can thank the Judicial branch for expanding government powers in the first place then Congress and the Executive branch later on.
that it has to do with the big 2 trying to keep the government from regulating them on tracking users' browsing habits. The article indicated that this was about saying "hey we don't want regulation from you we can regulate ourselves see". Which we all still know is a crock since we as the consumer have no actual oversight on how this all actually works behind the scenes.
The article had nothing to do with the government wire tappings, etc. Although I would yield to the fact that they didn't explicitly say anything against doing so. Basically Verizon and ATT were saying hey we handle our customer data and choices for them better than Google does, go after Google.
Now, with that being said I wouldn't assume you're "safe" (depending on your paranoia level) from peering eyes on your activities both on your mobile web and phone usage. If the military/CIA/NSA/[insert hated 3 letter FED here] deem your usage an urgent matter of national security they're going to be able to see whatever you've done assuming the said provider has the data. I don't know why everyone thinks that just because it isn't outlined in some law or some TOS or EULA that this doesn't happen. Sad as it is at this point in our history (regardless of whom is in power) the government does whatever the hell it wants to whom ever the hell it wants. And good luck trying to stop them or get any reparations from them when its over and you're laying in the street naked after being raped.
This is the reality we live in and it won't change until we as a society (idiots and all) decide we want real change and no I don't mean the Obama "change". Yeesh that guy needs another slogan. And no, I'm not rooting for the other guy either. But you know what...just as posted in another slashdot "thread" trading one asshat for another really isn't a "choice".
Why does a dog always have to be kicked? Why can't it be a cat or a rabbit?
Now, I understand why it wouldn't be a snake or a lizard. One a snake would a)slither away or b)bite the bejesus out of you and a lizard would probably just flick its tongue and scamper off.
But can we just leave the dogs out of it? This message is not brought by PETA.
Haha, the rules are setup that way. They're just enforced to the highest bidder willing to "buy" off congressmen. Which is why citizens need to wise up when they vote or not vote at all.
Its all these brainless zombies who go to vote just because they can. Those sorts of people need to go jump in a lake and clear the gene pool of their ignorance.
The US Federal Government has become so large and involved in everyday life that it has affected competition and in general how much we pay for services and what services we can have in the first place. The original 13 (Presidents) are probably rolling in their graves with how badly Big Government has grown. We need to go back to the states being able to vote on their own issues and the competition would come back. Most of the growth of Big Government came around the time of John Marshall. Whilst helping the Judiciary he helped to cement Federal Government powers over states' powers...not good for the common man imo.
Perhaps slashdotters should write to the production company and tell them to give the finger to TI and to the other companies involved in the conference do the show and just fuzzy out the names in the show when it airs.
Here's the deal, they've already got a case (to help back them up in case of a lawsuit) that has been proven that such information is legal to release. (MBTA smack down) They don't even have to do it step by step. I remember an episode where they skipped some steps when making "laughing" gas.
Seems to me people should know about this and possible false advertising or instilling a false sense of security that can come out of using these cards. Although I could see the Feds stepping in seeing as the National ID is supposed to have RFID (I think).
" into every reply I do just because /. fails to interpret the return character.
Seriously, *why* doesn't /. do this? Along with being able to edit posts...this is a standard feature in threaded forums. This site for all intents and purposes is a forum....
The people able to put in a $50 router/AP would be the people who more or less have access to do so in a corporate environment, in which case they are aware of the security impacts or should be. In a corp environment you normally don't have access to just put in a router anywhere, it would be noticed by the IT folks. Most of what you state would be reflective of a small business not a large corp environment. If that is the case the company has a bigger problem to deal with than just password issues. Here is the thing, coming up with a password is not a hard task. People, office people in general, don't seem to be too creative when it comes to making passwords. You're given the basic sets of security rules, etc and then you make one within those sets of rules. Reusing a password is a no no, so come up with variations of the same password, but variate them in a way that it wouldn't be guessable. What is so difficult about D1ff1cult90? That password is 10 characters contains letters and numbers along with a capital letter. Sure, its crackable with l0pht, but it would take time and if the time>cracked password then the attacker is more likely to move on to the next hopefully easier target. Most hackers are not going to waste their time with a hard target unless they are out to get a specific piece of info or have been paid to hack a company or have some sort of vendetta against said company. Security is more for deterrence than it is for actual security, which in of itself creates security. As for outside hackers wanting info on a company, how about social security numbers of all employees, bank account information the company uses, products that the company purchases or sells, inside trader information for the stock market. There is a ton of information a hacker could sell on the black market or even utilize on their own. Granted doing so would send up a red flag somewhere at some point, but the point is made there is plenty of information to be had. This goes for *every* company, unless somehow its on an all paper system which a simple break in to the company would see their files disappear altogether unless they have backups. As far as the mental state of a IT security person...I'd have to say getting irritated and drained on having to repeat oneself and fixing the same issues over and over again. I'd think a virus outbreak would be the highlight of their day. You'd be surprised how many office folks simply forget their passwords over a weekend or use the caps lock key because they have no idea how to use the shift key. Hell, these people use computers day in, day out, own a computer at home, but still somehow don't know the basic functions of Windows and keyboard commands. I've run into people who don't know how to f'ing copy/paste! Really...at this point that is ridiculous. The issue is that many people in office positions are from a different era before computers really went mainstream. They've had to acclimate to them while in the work place while the younger folks (including me) have been brought up with them since childhood. The original PCs were so mundane and simple that a gradeschool kid would get bored with it at this point. Now we've had Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP, and now Vista. All of which in each itteration seemed to screw around with the layout of options, windows, menus, etc. This just confuses the normal user who has to basically re-learn Windows each time, whereas IT staff usually are on the forefront of the changes. Normal people could care less or give the time/inclination to learn a new version of Windows (Thanks Redmond, jerk offs stick with the same dang interface and upgrade the mechanics of the software instead of changing the looks and implementing new damn bugs in the system.) because they have more important things to do than sit in front of a PC. Its blasphemy to us, but for the normal person its like an IT person wanting to learn how to do the books in Accounting.
Heh. I hadn't previously thought of this, but now that you mention it, that would make sense to do. I could see a silent alarm tripping at the phone company or auto magically alerting the po po. I'm sure our phreak friends out there can/have come up with around this. In the past I've had access to a lineman's handset (my dad used to install networks and telco equipment) but never used it. I wonder if he still has it...
Just let the dead horse die already. Fixing IE will just help to get the droves of idiots to stick with IE even more. More websites that code as they should code and not specifically for IE will create a disdane for IE when it breaks and customers can't buy stuff online or can't view this or that. This will cause droves of people to find an alternative. Whether that is Opera, Firefox, or some other alternative shouldn't matter. The fact that IE would be dead *would* matter. Microsoft needs to be shown they are not king and they need to listen to consumer's more than they listen to larger corporations. Their real end users are home users not corporate monstrosities. Sure the corps pay the bills, but the people using it are out in the homes. But I digress, it'll come down to pitchforks and torches before anything gets done. That goes for both politics & software...
are saved quiet often. It reminds me of my sister who being the bright one she is left her facebook open at the Apple store. For several days people kept changing her status, some of them quiet humerous I have to add. Eventually someone kind enough changed her status to state that she shouldn't leave facebook open at the Apple store. Apparently she merely closed the browser thinking somehow that would fix the issue. I had to explain to here she needed to clear the cookies and temp files is she was doing this on a public machine. Then I scolded her for even logging into an app like that on a public machine. Yeesh.
"This illegal activity enables unauthorized individuals anywhere in the world to communicate via compromised U.S. phone systems in a way that is difficult to trace," lol. Well of course its difficult to trace. Anyone with enough cajoles knows this. All you have to do is go to a phone box out in the middle of nowheresville and patch into it (illegal of course) and make calls. Its all untracable to the actual person who did it, but not untraceable to the poor schmuck who has to pay for the bill the calls were made from. Of course there are more ways to do this then the one described, but my point is it is completely feasible to do this so the person is completely untraceable. The fact that these are known issues in the PBX system and have been known for, oh 20yrs, is ridiculous that they're able to still occur. I've read many a story both online, in 2600, and when reading about Mitnick's escapades and those things usually happened back in the 80s. Hell, find a lineman's handset clip it to any phone line and viola free phone calls at least for you. Really....its not *that* hard.
How so? If the person isn't even a US citizen they have no rights in the US in the first place. Sure they can have whatever is in the Geneva Convention, but once they're out of the US jurisdiction then there is no worry to our freedoms...it happened on foreign soil. Its the whole reason the CIA deports these people to various countries. If they are moved about they are more or less right-less. If the country they're in doesn't know they are there along with their own country they essentially don't exist for all intents and purposes. So unless that starts to happen here or is already happening (looks around), then *shouldn't* have to fear our rights in that respect. I'd be more inclined to watch out for the ridiculous court cases that are going before the judges. I'm glad to see how this one is going thus far. Hell I had a good laugh after I read the guy is using PGP. I guess if we don't want the feds mucking around on our machines we can use encryption :) Then again weren't they given the master key for PGP for this instance? Or was this thrown out for the same 5th amendment rights?