Doesn't matter how much time you spend hardening your system. If there is a single exploit in your system every piece of malware will use it.
I always raise an eye brow to "The less vulnerabilities we have, the more secure we are." It's not like you need to double root a system. One root kit is enough.
It doesn't even really need to correct itself in this instance.
The problem he sees is that we're using more and more energy per capita. But my technology has definitely peaked and started to decline. It uses a lot less energy per day to telecommute. My phone uses a fraction of the power my desktop uses and we've marginally plateaued in user side processing demand.
If it was completely irrelevant such as his choice in music or political views that's one thing. But claiming to be a *scientist* and grossly misunderstanding one of our best understood areas of research casts into doubt his skill as a scientist.
If I was interviewing a new driver for a shipping company and I saw that the driver had a history of being involved in car crashes I would be suspicious that they also would crash trucks since the skill-set is similar.
The research will have to speak for itself, but someone with a history of shoddy work probably will produce more shoddy work so I wouldn't hold my breath. Particularly someone who has a history of producing shoddy work which is nothing more than personal belief advanced as bad science.
Apple might even be interested, given its growing online ambitions, evidenced by its consideration of a bid for Hulu.
And with quotes like that you really have to question the author's credibility.
Apple has growing *media* ambitions as evidenced by its bid for hulu. Apple is the ipod company. Of course they would bid on a streaming media company.
This was my immediate reaction to Google + as well.
My Google+ Prediction. It'll have a small impact on Facebook. It'll destroy twitter.
Here is why I think Google+ isn't a facebook replacement and never will be: you can follow people without their permission. So that means people will be scanning your profile waiting for you to "slip up" and accidentally post to the wrong circle. Inevitably like Weiner Gate someone will.
With Facebook there is one privacy setting for who can see your posts "Friends", "Friends of Friends", "Everyone" (or you can setup a custom privacy per-post. As a result I pretty much only see friends' posts on my news feed. On Google+ I'm already getting celebrity and industry semi-celebrity wall posts. Sure you can in the back of your mind know that your post is only going to your inner-circle. But it just feels so vulnerable sitting out in a sea of very public posts streaming onto your Google+ wall. You set that post you just made to "inner-circle"... right? Riiiiightt!?
At least with Facebook you know the score. If you don't want them to see it. Don't friend them. If you didn't friend them and your defaults are setup so that only friend see your posts... you're golden. With Google+ your brother's new Baby announcement is going to be mixed with Perez Hilton's daily gossip. Perception is everything. As soon as people start using Google+ like twitter (and they will, who doesn't want to follow Steve Martin?) the perception of privacy will be gone.
Google+ is Twitter+ and it's a welcome replacement to the rediculous and archaic monster that is Twitter but you're one Weineresque DM away from never using it for anything personal ever again.
Funny, last I checked you just don't frequent those businesses and don't spend money at them. Like I no longer stop at any BP gas stations.
But you still buy Gas. Thank you for proving my point perfectly. I also see that you and your peers have made a huge impact on BP's profit margins... oh wait.
And that's an example of a company where it's easy to boycott them. Now try boycotting Foxconn.
Fucking with them would be, launching airstrikes and cruise missiles on Pakistani capital trying to kill the leaders of the Pakistani government. Which is precisely what Obama/Hillary is doing in Libya.
Minor correction: *was doing in libya*
I don't believe any US aircraft are directly attacking Libyan targets.
I don't know. I really poo poo conspiracy theories (ignoring the fact the KGB no longer exists) because they don't make any sense.
This actually seems like a *good* idea if I was in the intelligence community. Why not try and direct groups to behave in a manner that is conducive to your nation's goals?
1) Become a respected member of the community pulling pranks and demonstrating a talent for hacking. 2) Find an excuse for lolz to happen that just so happen to coincide with ___INSERT NATION__'s interests 3) "Innocently" suggest you take out XYZ server in response to __INSERT SEMI-MANUFACTURED OFFENSE AGAINST ANONYMOUS___ 4) Watch the whisper become a shout and a shout become action.
Inciting rebellion under the guise of the insurgent's own self interest is the MO of intelligence groups the world over. It's not a paranoia to acknowledge that we have concrete and declassified examples of intelligence agencies overthrowing governments through technical consulting, material support and 'helpful' direction.
Best of all the intelligence group can keep their hands clean from any actual operations that attack foreign governments.
It wouldn't even be hard to manipulate those little pricks, just hack a low level security site and post a fake press release saying that the DOD has erected an invincible wall against hackers and that they are completely safe from Anonymous. Also post a fake press release about a new offensive operation against 'anonymous' from the DOD. Post some twitter links with Anonymous tags and watch the mob do the rest.
I think that's because a lot of programmers are software engineers.
I will readily admit I suck as a programmer. I'm not a programmer. But I would say I'm a pretty good software engineer. I can design software to accomplish a task. I've helped design the structure and implementation of software but when it comes to solving the details I will readily admit that I'm an artist not a developer.
Programming is a language. It helps when software engineers/architects can speak 'computer' but it's not necessary. I think the Architect/Builder analogy is actually more apt. I know a lot of architects who are excellent carpenters. But when I think "software engineer" I think of someone who can see the big picture layout of an application, not necessarily know how to nail two boards together or weld an I-Beam. Architect says "put a wall here", builder or engineer says "it'll need to be 1' thick to support the weight."
It would be interesting to see what the cost (fuel, car wear and tear, roads etc..) that slow internet is imposing on the country every year.
I imagine if we actually calculated it we would see the value in improving our infrastructure.
Then again Rand Paul famously said this year âoeItâ(TM)s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that youâ(TM)re saving money,â So no matter what reason and logic you try and employ these morons will just say "Grrrrr Money Spent is Money Lost!"
I honestly don't care if a corporation or a police officer tracks me. I'm on a street. Someone could hire a private investigator to follow me around all day.
If the government wanted to follow me around... they could. This isn't a privacy issue. There is no such thing as privacy while in my car on the street in public.
They were doing a great job, and now their product has been transformed into utter shit. Boo to them.
Oh no their product for a bunch of nerds locked in server rooms got less useful to a bunch of nerds locked in server rooms.
I'm sure they'll be lamenting the erosion of their product while enduring the harsh, uncarring sun on their private beach in the south pacific.
If it's between the 'sanctity' of my work and being bought out for millions. Mmmmmm I'm going to go with the millions. I can make new things that I care even more about with millions.
I've found as many 100+ hour games that are shitty and not worth $10 than $50 10 hour games that were worth $100.
If I go to a concert it's $10-$70 for 3 hours. I don't have a problem with paying $50 for an 8 hour game if I have a ton of fun for 8 hours. Hell if I had a lot of fun for 3-4 hours I would feel like it was worth it.
Length != Quality. It's like saying you went to a restaurant and they served a $50 meal but there wasn't a buffet line to go through.
There are a lot of $50 buffets in the gaming world. I find more value from a well prepared and appropriately sized meal.
I loved Fallout 3. But I would pay $100 for Portal 1. I started playing the $15 indie game Limbo but I never finished it because it was too long. I am missing out on a lot of the experience because they gave me too much content for $15.
I've never "seen" all of Starcraft either. Developers can offer long games. But they should break up the narratives into no longer than 12 hour sections.
That was my impression as well. Facebook is actually ironically more private for me. The real Google+ competitor isn't Facebook, it's twitter.
I noticed within a couple days that the posts on Google+ weren't similar to my Facebook news feed, they were identical to my Twitter feed.
Google+ blows the doors off of Twitter and it accomplishes the same thing. It is built around the "Follow" philosophy instead of the "Friend" philosophy.
As a consequence I don't think people will feel safe and private on Google+. "If I can read Matt Damon's wall postings... then who can read mine?" We might intellectually know that only people in our friends circle can see our posts but with private posts mixed in with public celebrity postings I don't think people will ever really feel safe posting things they only want their friends to see.
Facebook already has the mechanism to handle "circles". It has "lists". It just has to move a single text field to the submission box and it has exactly the same functionality. What it doesn't have is a "public face" that lets you post and follow non-friends. I'm not sure that they should for the aforementioned reasons.
But I'm generally very happy about Google+ because I'm actually using it as an excuse now to stop following people on Facebook that I don't really know.
We tried to do something like this at work: one person starts a lego model, the next person is supposed to take it on etc etc. Problem is one person gets busy and forgets and then it dies after 2-3 people for months on end and then everyone loses interest.
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"It only takes one."
Doesn't matter how much time you spend hardening your system. If there is a single exploit in your system every piece of malware will use it.
I always raise an eye brow to "The less vulnerabilities we have, the more secure we are." It's not like you need to double root a system. One root kit is enough.
It doesn't even really need to correct itself in this instance.
The problem he sees is that we're using more and more energy per capita. But my technology has definitely peaked and started to decline. It uses a lot less energy per day to telecommute. My phone uses a fraction of the power my desktop uses and we've marginally plateaued in user side processing demand.
I remember the days when kids knew about the "Good Old Days fallacy". Things have been going down hill since then.
Any update system that forces a reboot at an arbitrary time without giving the user the option of when is convenient for them is defective.
What is this OS you speak of? I've never run it. It's certainly not Windows 7/Vista, Mac OSX or Linux.
They have declared cultural war against us. I think we should strike back.
Stop going to movies. No... wait I forgot this evil empire creates almost all of the culture you enjoy.
If it was completely irrelevant such as his choice in music or political views that's one thing. But claiming to be a *scientist* and grossly misunderstanding one of our best understood areas of research casts into doubt his skill as a scientist.
If I was interviewing a new driver for a shipping company and I saw that the driver had a history of being involved in car crashes I would be suspicious that they also would crash trucks since the skill-set is similar.
The research will have to speak for itself, but someone with a history of shoddy work probably will produce more shoddy work so I wouldn't hold my breath. Particularly someone who has a history of producing shoddy work which is nothing more than personal belief advanced as bad science.
MSFT Market Cap: 229.75B
IBM Market Cap: 215.70B
Seemed to work out pretty well for both of them.
Apple might even be interested, given its growing online ambitions, evidenced by its consideration of a bid for Hulu.
And with quotes like that you really have to question the author's credibility.
Apple has growing *media* ambitions as evidenced by its bid for hulu. Apple is the ipod company. Of course they would bid on a streaming media company.
This was my immediate reaction to Google + as well.
My Google+ Prediction. It'll have a small impact on Facebook. It'll destroy twitter.
Here is why I think Google+ isn't a facebook replacement and never will be: you can follow people without their permission. So that means people will be scanning your profile waiting for you to "slip up" and accidentally post to the wrong circle. Inevitably like Weiner Gate someone will.
With Facebook there is one privacy setting for who can see your posts "Friends", "Friends of Friends", "Everyone" (or you can setup a custom privacy per-post. As a result I pretty much only see friends' posts on my news feed. On Google+ I'm already getting celebrity and industry semi-celebrity wall posts. Sure you can in the back of your mind know that your post is only going to your inner-circle. But it just feels so vulnerable sitting out in a sea of very public posts streaming onto your Google+ wall. You set that post you just made to "inner-circle"... right? Riiiiightt!?
At least with Facebook you know the score. If you don't want them to see it. Don't friend them. If you didn't friend them and your defaults are setup so that only friend see your posts... you're golden. With Google+ your brother's new Baby announcement is going to be mixed with Perez Hilton's daily gossip. Perception is everything. As soon as people start using Google+ like twitter (and they will, who doesn't want to follow Steve Martin?) the perception of privacy will be gone.
Google+ is Twitter+ and it's a welcome replacement to the rediculous and archaic monster that is Twitter but you're one Weineresque DM away from never using it for anything personal ever again.
Do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?
https://plus.google.com/106339468652977106822/posts/NEPcKejKv2b
That would be true if you could buy a computer at Wal-mart that only let you shop Wal-Mart's catalog.
Funny, last I checked you just don't frequent those businesses and don't spend money at them. Like I no longer stop at any BP gas stations.
But you still buy Gas. Thank you for proving my point perfectly. I also see that you and your peers have made a huge impact on BP's profit margins... oh wait.
And that's an example of a company where it's easy to boycott them. Now try boycotting Foxconn.
Fucking with them would be, launching airstrikes and cruise missiles on Pakistani capital trying to kill the leaders of the Pakistani government. Which is precisely what Obama/Hillary is doing in Libya.
Minor correction: *was doing in libya*
I don't believe any US aircraft are directly attacking Libyan targets.
I don't know. I really poo poo conspiracy theories (ignoring the fact the KGB no longer exists) because they don't make any sense.
This actually seems like a *good* idea if I was in the intelligence community. Why not try and direct groups to behave in a manner that is conducive to your nation's goals?
1) Become a respected member of the community pulling pranks and demonstrating a talent for hacking.
2) Find an excuse for lolz to happen that just so happen to coincide with ___INSERT NATION__'s interests
3) "Innocently" suggest you take out XYZ server in response to __INSERT SEMI-MANUFACTURED OFFENSE AGAINST ANONYMOUS___
4) Watch the whisper become a shout and a shout become action.
Inciting rebellion under the guise of the insurgent's own self interest is the MO of intelligence groups the world over. It's not a paranoia to acknowledge that we have concrete and declassified examples of intelligence agencies overthrowing governments through technical consulting, material support and 'helpful' direction.
Best of all the intelligence group can keep their hands clean from any actual operations that attack foreign governments.
It wouldn't even be hard to manipulate those little pricks, just hack a low level security site and post a fake press release saying that the DOD has erected an invincible wall against hackers and that they are completely safe from Anonymous. Also post a fake press release about a new offensive operation against 'anonymous' from the DOD. Post some twitter links with Anonymous tags and watch the mob do the rest.
I think that's because a lot of programmers are software engineers.
I will readily admit I suck as a programmer. I'm not a programmer. But I would say I'm a pretty good software engineer. I can design software to accomplish a task. I've helped design the structure and implementation of software but when it comes to solving the details I will readily admit that I'm an artist not a developer.
Programming is a language. It helps when software engineers/architects can speak 'computer' but it's not necessary. I think the Architect/Builder analogy is actually more apt. I know a lot of architects who are excellent carpenters. But when I think "software engineer" I think of someone who can see the big picture layout of an application, not necessarily know how to nail two boards together or weld an I-Beam. Architect says "put a wall here", builder or engineer says "it'll need to be 1' thick to support the weight."
It would be interesting to see what the cost (fuel, car wear and tear, roads etc..) that slow internet is imposing on the country every year.
I imagine if we actually calculated it we would see the value in improving our infrastructure.
Then again Rand Paul famously said this year âoeItâ(TM)s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that youâ(TM)re saving money,â So no matter what reason and logic you try and employ these morons will just say "Grrrrr Money Spent is Money Lost!"
Both of which took a couple years to become affordable after Apple prematurely killed floppies.
I was still using floppies long after Apple "killed" them. And when a worthy replacement came along... I switched.
Corporations can't really be "boycotted" either.
I honestly don't care if a corporation or a police officer tracks me. I'm on a street. Someone could hire a private investigator to follow me around all day.
If the government wanted to follow me around... they could. This isn't a privacy issue. There is no such thing as privacy while in my car on the street in public.
They were doing a great job, and now their product has been transformed into utter shit. Boo to them.
Oh no their product for a bunch of nerds locked in server rooms got less useful to a bunch of nerds locked in server rooms.
I'm sure they'll be lamenting the erosion of their product while enduring the harsh, uncarring sun on their private beach in the south pacific.
If it's between the 'sanctity' of my work and being bought out for millions. Mmmmmm I'm going to go with the millions. I can make new things that I care even more about with millions.
If you can't find 10 movies a year worth seeing you just don't like movies. We're in a golden age of cinema.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/movie-pages/movie_00s.html
Remember when Apple made high-end tools for artists instead of crippled plastic toys to lock in sheep consumers?
That era ended along with the GPU. Apple has never delivered a comparable 3D acceleration offering to PC/Linux/Solaris.
That said, even a multiplayer game can be creatively unique--Team Fortress 2 is fantastic.
Hehe, the game based on a Quake 1 mod?
(Taxation without representation?)
If only they weren't being held against their will being given high paying jobs...
I've found as many 100+ hour games that are shitty and not worth $10 than $50 10 hour games that were worth $100.
If I go to a concert it's $10-$70 for 3 hours. I don't have a problem with paying $50 for an 8 hour game if I have a ton of fun for 8 hours. Hell if I had a lot of fun for 3-4 hours I would feel like it was worth it.
Length != Quality. It's like saying you went to a restaurant and they served a $50 meal but there wasn't a buffet line to go through.
There are a lot of $50 buffets in the gaming world. I find more value from a well prepared and appropriately sized meal.
I loved Fallout 3. But I would pay $100 for Portal 1. I started playing the $15 indie game Limbo but I never finished it because it was too long. I am missing out on a lot of the experience because they gave me too much content for $15.
I've never "seen" all of Starcraft either. Developers can offer long games. But they should break up the narratives into no longer than 12 hour sections.
That was my impression as well. Facebook is actually ironically more private for me. The real Google+ competitor isn't Facebook, it's twitter.
I noticed within a couple days that the posts on Google+ weren't similar to my Facebook news feed, they were identical to my Twitter feed.
Google+ blows the doors off of Twitter and it accomplishes the same thing. It is built around the "Follow" philosophy instead of the "Friend" philosophy.
As a consequence I don't think people will feel safe and private on Google+. "If I can read Matt Damon's wall postings... then who can read mine?" We might intellectually know that only people in our friends circle can see our posts but with private posts mixed in with public celebrity postings I don't think people will ever really feel safe posting things they only want their friends to see.
Facebook already has the mechanism to handle "circles". It has "lists". It just has to move a single text field to the submission box and it has exactly the same functionality. What it doesn't have is a "public face" that lets you post and follow non-friends. I'm not sure that they should for the aforementioned reasons.
But I'm generally very happy about Google+ because I'm actually using it as an excuse now to stop following people on Facebook that I don't really know.
It had better or it'll die a horrible death.
We tried to do something like this at work: one person starts a lego model, the next person is supposed to take it on etc etc. Problem is one person gets busy and forgets and then it dies after 2-3 people for months on end and then everyone loses interest.