I used to work at GameCrazy (a part of the Hollywood Video chain,) and we had a lot of customers who would come in, and basically say, why should we be renting from you anymore? Blockbuster has no late fees. When we informed them that if they didn't return the movie within a week of the due date they would be charged the full price for the item, not a single customer told us they were made aware of that fact.
I went to Blockbuster myself a couple months ago and the man who checked me out, the manager, said to me "And don't forget, we no longer have any late fees!" Certainly a misleading comment.
Reminds me of the movie "Gattaca." Which by the way, is a great movie, and describes a very interesting world could possibly result from the furthering of this kind of technology.
(And yes, I know its not nearly the same, but still, you can easy see the similarities.)
The information would be readily available shortly after its public release as a product, I'm sure. There is no such thing as security through obscurity.
I don't disagree with the premise that people should be responsible for protecting themselves: however, SP2 is not in any way shape or form a complete solution, and I believe anyone who relies entirely on its firewall will be sorely surprised.
Also, what about older copies of windows that do not have SP2? You need to install the updates from their site; which of course, means, being exposed to the internet for some time without their provided protection.
that social engineering is the least worried about security vulnerability.
That's an excellent point. I'd say perhaps that instead of being least worried about, its more likely the most over looked. When you think of stopping hackers, most people picture a firewall program and router. Not their telephone and a random IT department problem.
... Hopefully in a few years it will be down to 10%
I like your goal, its actually feasible. I think it would be pretty much impossible to make social engineering ineffective in any large business or agency.
Better training to recognizing attempts at social engineering I think would make a world of difference.
Social Engineering has always been the biggest problem. There is no such thing as perfect security when too many people are in the know, or have some sort of access.
No matter how good an encryption system is, its obviously going to fail if the person breaking in has the right information.
... personality traits that make them a lower security risk...
I'll assume you meant to say, higher security risk.
Also, I believe you have an excellent point. I and a bunch of my friends have been avid Mage players for a few years now. (Much better game, IMHO, check it out at http://www.white-wolf.com.)
Anyways, one of my friends joined the army a few years ago, entering the intelligence branch. They eventually took away his security clearence because of some of the stuff he was analyzing about his unit.
Would you tolerate your brokerage firm listing out of date brokerage fees? Or your bank listing out of date interest rates?
No, I wouldn't. And neither should anyone else. I think that's why this article seems so "ridiculous" to some. The fact is, people are all to willing to let businesses (both large and small,) get away with bullshit they shouldn't.
Stand up for yourself, your rights, and don't let businesses command your life, (or your politics.)
I don't really see 1. or.2 as haters. Frankly, that is what's killing tivo. Around here, you can get it from the local cable company for free, because its like a cable modem, they own it, and its yours only as long as you have the service. But most people who have the service aren't going to drop it anytime soon, so what do they care? And personally, I fall into the second catergory; I barely watch any television, mostly just adult swim and occassionally some movies on TNT. I wouldn't shell out the cash for any kind of tivo, dvr or any other special service, its not worth it.
Plus, could this handle millions of people connecting?
With a theoretical range of 30 miles, this would be great for areas like Kansas. Low population density; gives a chance for people who are out there to still have a decent connection.
I do tons of research before buying any particular piece of hardware. Video cards ESPECIALLY. They are the most expensive piece of a good gaming PC, so you want to pick the right one.
So I fail to see what you're talking about. My point about you get what you pay for, is that you don't get amazing performance out of a ATI RADEON 9200 or a nVidia GeForce 4 MX. They aren't expensive, and it doesn't make a DIFFERENCE who made it. They're just outdated cards. Top end are always going to run you between 300-500 dollars. The best value comes down to card manufacturer too; not chipset.
I've owned various nVidia and ATI video cards. My current PC is using an ATI RADEON 9600XT from ASUS. Its a bit dated now, but a very nice card overall. My other PC has a nVidia GeForce4 MX400 made by Chaintech. That card is quite a bit more dated, and was kind of mediocre to begin with.
Anyways, the point I'm slowly coming to, is that, essentially, I don't really care if I own an ATI or nVidia card. High end cards are high end cards. I've had few problems with either; although, I find reliability of anything made by ASUS is best. Benchmarks aside, you get what you pay for. And most of the "discussion" over which is better in reference to ATI and nVidia is pure fanboyism.
I personally fail to see any reason to change mid-stride like this anyways. Was the old opt-in copyright law in some way broken?
If you want something copyrighted, you should be responsibile to take care of it. I don't give a shit about your Intellectual Property or otherwise if you can't be bothered to copyrighted.
is any law planned for canada or us where i regularly see people doing such idiotic things as using cell and reversing round a corner at the same time?!
I live in NY state in the US, and here it IS illegal due to state law. I still see people doing it all the time unfortunately.
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I used to work at GameCrazy (a part of the Hollywood Video chain,) and we had a lot of customers who would come in, and basically say, why should we be renting from you anymore? Blockbuster has no late fees. When we informed them that if they didn't return the movie within a week of the due date they would be charged the full price for the item, not a single customer told us they were made aware of that fact.
I went to Blockbuster myself a couple months ago and the man who checked me out, the manager, said to me "And don't forget, we no longer have any late fees!" Certainly a misleading comment.
Reminds me of the movie "Gattaca." Which by the way, is a great movie, and describes a very interesting world could possibly result from the furthering of this kind of technology.
(And yes, I know its not nearly the same, but still, you can easy see the similarities.)
The information would be readily available shortly after its public release as a product, I'm sure. There is no such thing as security through obscurity.
So.. this doesn't run under WINE then.
Ba-dum-ching.
I don't disagree with the premise that people should be responsible for protecting themselves: however, SP2 is not in any way shape or form a complete solution, and I believe anyone who relies entirely on its firewall will be sorely surprised.
Also, what about older copies of windows that do not have SP2? You need to install the updates from their site; which of course, means, being exposed to the internet for some time without their provided protection.
that social engineering is the least worried about security vulnerability.
That's an excellent point. I'd say perhaps that instead of being least worried about, its more likely the most over looked. When you think of stopping hackers, most people picture a firewall program and router. Not their telephone and a random IT department problem.
... Hopefully in a few years it will be down to 10%
I like your goal, its actually feasible. I think it would be pretty much impossible to make social engineering ineffective in any large business or agency.
Better training to recognizing attempts at social engineering I think would make a world of difference.
Social Engineering has always been the biggest problem. There is no such thing as perfect security when too many people are in the know, or have some sort of access.
No matter how good an encryption system is, its obviously going to fail if the person breaking in has the right information.
Its obligatory:
"Oh boo yourself."
PS: FP.
It seems a bit oversimplistic to call that the result of the "DotCom Crash." And also, its a far throw from a crash.
... personality traits that make them a lower security risk...
I'll assume you meant to say, higher security risk.
Also, I believe you have an excellent point. I and a bunch of my friends have been avid Mage players for a few years now. (Much better game, IMHO, check it out at http://www.white-wolf.com.) Anyways, one of my friends joined the army a few years ago, entering the intelligence branch. They eventually took away his security clearence because of some of the stuff he was analyzing about his unit.
Would you tolerate your brokerage firm listing out of date brokerage fees? Or your bank listing out of date interest rates?
No, I wouldn't. And neither should anyone else. I think that's why this article seems so "ridiculous" to some. The fact is, people are all to willing to let businesses (both large and small,) get away with bullshit they shouldn't.
Stand up for yourself, your rights, and don't let businesses command your life, (or your politics.)
Where's the -1 moderation "Too Informative" when I need it.
I don't really see 1. or .2 as haters. Frankly, that is what's killing tivo. Around here, you can get it from the local cable company for free, because its like a cable modem, they own it, and its yours only as long as you have the service. But most people who have the service aren't going to drop it anytime soon, so what do they care? And personally, I fall into the second catergory; I barely watch any television, mostly just adult swim and occassionally some movies on TNT. I wouldn't shell out the cash for any kind of tivo, dvr or any other special service, its not worth it.
That would be focussing on the consumer. This approach sounds good, but it never works. All you end up with is greedy consumers wanting more and more.
Damn those greedy customers, expecting more and more for what they will surely be willing to pay for.
Plus, could this handle millions of people connecting?
With a theoretical range of 30 miles, this would be great for areas like Kansas. Low population density; gives a chance for people who are out there to still have a decent connection.
So a Wimax group says that Wimax is the next great solution to all our wireless data worries. Who'd have thunk it...
Reminds me of how the cigarette industy used to deny they were addicting.
This is so lame, I think I should post it AC...
... but...
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
(Or, for the Futurama fan in you, and me, Nixon: "The loot, the loot, the loot is on fire!")
Family Guy - Stewies Quest for World Domination RPG
Make it a Ratchet and Clank style game with lots of hilarious Family Guy style antics and I'd buy it. And I bet a lot of other people would too.
I do tons of research before buying any particular piece of hardware. Video cards ESPECIALLY. They are the most expensive piece of a good gaming PC, so you want to pick the right one.
So I fail to see what you're talking about. My point about you get what you pay for, is that you don't get amazing performance out of a ATI RADEON 9200 or a nVidia GeForce 4 MX. They aren't expensive, and it doesn't make a DIFFERENCE who made it. They're just outdated cards. Top end are always going to run you between 300-500 dollars. The best value comes down to card manufacturer too; not chipset.
I don't use Linux much; although I dual boot Fedora Core 2 on my other PC. So its kind of a mute point with me.
I don't think ASUS is guaranteed to be excellent; but I do think that they make some damn well manufactured hardware.
You make an excellent point though. And I agree, right no ATI is behind on driver support.
I've owned various nVidia and ATI video cards. My current PC is using an ATI RADEON 9600XT from ASUS. Its a bit dated now, but a very nice card overall. My other PC has a nVidia GeForce4 MX400 made by Chaintech. That card is quite a bit more dated, and was kind of mediocre to begin with.
Anyways, the point I'm slowly coming to, is that, essentially, I don't really care if I own an ATI or nVidia card. High end cards are high end cards. I've had few problems with either; although, I find reliability of anything made by ASUS is best. Benchmarks aside, you get what you pay for. And most of the "discussion" over which is better in reference to ATI and nVidia is pure fanboyism.
I'm normally the kind of guy who moderates these kind of comments -1 offtopic, but for the love of god, how is this news? Its not even corroborated.
I personally fail to see any reason to change mid-stride like this anyways. Was the old opt-in copyright law in some way broken?
If you want something copyrighted, you should be responsibile to take care of it. I don't give a shit about your Intellectual Property or otherwise if you can't be bothered to copyrighted.
is any law planned for canada or us where i regularly see people doing such idiotic things as using cell and reversing round a corner at the same time?!
I live in NY state in the US, and here it IS illegal due to state law. I still see people doing it all the time unfortunately.