If they had wanted to signal their lacks of confidence, they would have resigned before the election.
Unless, perhaps, they felt confident that Bush would lose? Also, it would be a complete slap-in-the-face to resign during an election period. I don't think they hate Bush, but are just not happy with his strategies and don't believe they'll work.
Of course, I could be totally off on this (as I have been before), and since I can't call up Ashcroft or Powell to ask him, we may never know. Unless they write books.
I wonder if many republicans are thinking that maybe they shouldn't have voted for Bush, due to what appears to be lack of confidence even within his cabinet...
This article makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm a big advocate of encryption (especially PGP/GPG), and hopefully this article will encourage some neophytes to start using encryption (such as PGP). I'm not a paranoid geek that sits inside all day, if that's what you're thinking, by the way; I just think that a user has the right to be secure and private.
Well of course, they don't need to support and add-on, but in order for this integration to be part of the default Gaim install (I'm assuming that's the end goal), it has to be approved by the project (as opposed to just funded), doesn't it?
I'm not saying that SP2 is a golden gift from heaven, and yeah, it does bring a lot of trouble. But, for users that don't do so much as install a firewall or anti-virus, SP2 will make them more secure. I think that this will be shown more when users start buying machines with SP2 already installed, as opposed to updating from an SP1 machine.
Well if I told you that, I'd have to shoot you. Truth is, it's not really either. I like to know that my private data is secure, and not viewable by people who I don't want to see it. Maybe that includes the authorities and and hackers that could compromise my network. Why leave doors open that could easily be closed and locked? That's pretty much my take on it.
I know that Microsoft isn't Slashdotters' favorite company, but I have to say that I think that Service Pack 2 will help security immensely. As has been said before, most of Windows users are computer illiterate. SP2 gives users an enhanced layer of security (the XP Firewall, for example), and can really help the computer illiterate (that would otherwise be totally unprotected) secure themselves.
Real men don't make backups... but, hell, who needs to if you can resurrect them from the dead
Well, I'm proud to use PGP Wipe (8.1) and a nuke or two when I need my files wiped, so... hopefully I'm one of those people that needs to make backups... fully encrypted, of course.
There are some holes in Google Desktop Search that are pretty easy to exploit with local access to a machine. Although, true, there are much worse things you could do with local access, this does have the capability to allow outside users to search the computer, which logs AIM conversations, web page history, documents... all handily in one place. Also, the current version of GDS searches all users of a computer. Is GDS likely to get exploited? No. Does it have the potential to be horribly destructive? Yes.
I have to admit, I feel kind of sorry for EA. As I've said before, EA seems to sort of be the scapegoat for all of the world's corporate woes. Sadly, I don't think that this will spur change from the whole industry, but rather imrpove life at EA (as is the point). Unfortunately, I don't think that this type of action will have the same effect at another company for two reasons: first off, they won't have as much press, and secondly it won't be such a novel idea anymore.
My support still stays with the employees of EA and the other companies that treat their employees like this.
I'm volunteering at a small company that takes donations of computers, formats them, and gives them to underpriviledged children in San Diego (where I live). When I suggested putting linux on them, I was told that they'd never use that outside of what we gave them, and that students don't care about linux. I think that that's actually pretty bad, and untrue. For example, a computer with KDE or Gnome or XFCE is no harder to use than Windows XP, and is more stable. I think that once people finally realize that linux isn't just some geek project, but can actually be used efficiently, then it will start to be used in the classroom.
And then students' computers might not crash as much...
I know that EA is not exactly one of the nicest companies to work for (as we've all seen with all the bad press), but why is everyone focusing on EA? Rather than seeing this movement as a gateway to have discussions about all of the hundreds of companies that act the same way, people are just attacking EA. I think it's important to note that EA isn't the only company that acts like this- in fact, I think it summarizes a good percentage of the corporate world.
I've read multiple comparisons between all these search engines, and most of the time (all the ones I've read, anyway), MSN Search comes out dead last. The question I have, is what does Microsoft have to say about all of this? I mean, they promised everyone the best, but now people are saying that their search, in summary, kind of sucks. Have they released an official statement justifying what's happening? Also, we do have to remember that this is only a beta test of their search engine (not that I'm defending it).
I think that the military/government already has made it's own internet... D/ARPA? It just expanded a little bit more than the military had originally planned. I'm not really sure how this differs from a giant intranet, but maybe I'm just not seeing the big picture.
Rather than attempting to read every software development publication and tech news source available, single down on a few. I read Slashdot (obviously) and BBC Tech to keep up with the tech news. I don't watch TV and I'm not subscribed to many magazines, but it works for me- rather than trying to absorb everything at once, take it one or two publications at a time. It works for me, anyway.
Yeah, that's what I meant. Since the userbase is so small for Apple, there aren't that many developers compared to Windows or Linux platforms. I agree that it's sad, and although I'm not an Apple user myself I've heard great things about them.
If I ask to give linux a chance, it's only fair to give Apple a chance myself.
This is kind of a breath of fresh air for me. I hardly ever read accounts of Apple developers. There are infinite stories of Linux and Windows developers, but finally having the experiences of an Apple coder published is pretty cool.
Didn't something like this happen with Best Buy a little while ago? I don't remember if it was HL2 or something else (probably something else). Man, stores need to start paying attention to things!
Firefox on Windows automatically checks for updates and prompts the user. Sometimes (not sure what the exact consequences must be) it even changes the user's start page to display "Critical Security Update Available". In this manner, yes, Firefox is more secure than iexplore.
Let's not even start on the security of open source software vs. proprietary.
Yeah, I know it's been done before, I just wasn't sure on the technical details of exactly how. I know some people had a laptop IRC server in a van with wifi, and actually used IRC (more convienient) on their way to cons. Pretty cool if you ask me.
Chapter 14 is probably the coolest in the book, as it talks about creating a car-to-car wireless link for the purpose of... videoconferencing involving two Webcams and Microsoft NetMeeting. Naturally, this is not for driver-to-driver communication, but in case you've got two cars on the road trip, the passengers now can use their WiFi-enabled laptops (and by now everyone should have one) to launch a video conference.
Yeah, that does sound pretty dang cool. Some friends and I are taking a two-to-three car caravan to Defcon this summer, and that would be a lot of fun to try.
If you don't want people (or bots) viewing it then password protect it or take it off the public interweb.
I have to agree with this. In fact, for curious minds, robots.txt is truly a "LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE!" flag with a giant arrow pointing places. I often times check robot.txt's to find "secret" pages. Exploring sites this way is a lot of fun. As the poster I'm replying to said- if you want something private, protect it; don't just throw it onto the open web.
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If they had wanted to signal their lacks of confidence, they would have resigned before the election.
Unless, perhaps, they felt confident that Bush would lose? Also, it would be a complete slap-in-the-face to resign during an election period. I don't think they hate Bush, but are just not happy with his strategies and don't believe they'll work.
Of course, I could be totally off on this (as I have been before), and since I can't call up Ashcroft or Powell to ask him, we may never know. Unless they write books.
- dshaw
I wonder if many republicans are thinking that maybe they shouldn't have voted for Bush, due to what appears to be lack of confidence even within his cabinet...
- dshaw
This article makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm a big advocate of encryption (especially PGP/GPG), and hopefully this article will encourage some neophytes to start using encryption (such as PGP). I'm not a paranoid geek that sits inside all day, if that's what you're thinking, by the way; I just think that a user has the right to be secure and private.
- dshaw
Well of course, they don't need to support and add-on, but in order for this integration to be part of the default Gaim install (I'm assuming that's the end goal), it has to be approved by the project (as opposed to just funded), doesn't it?
- dshaw
After reading through those links, I actually didn't see anything that stated that Gaim supports this idea. What do they think about this initiative?
- dshaw
PS: If I missed it, please point it out.
I can download a copy of IE without having to pay for it. Ergo, it is free.
I can download Doom III from suprnova without having to pay for it. Ergo, it's free?
- dshaw
I'm not saying that SP2 is a golden gift from heaven, and yeah, it does bring a lot of trouble. But, for users that don't do so much as install a firewall or anti-virus, SP2 will make them more secure. I think that this will be shown more when users start buying machines with SP2 already installed, as opposed to updating from an SP1 machine.
- dshaw
Well if I told you that, I'd have to shoot you. Truth is, it's not really either. I like to know that my private data is secure, and not viewable by people who I don't want to see it. Maybe that includes the authorities and and hackers that could compromise my network. Why leave doors open that could easily be closed and locked? That's pretty much my take on it.
- dshaw
I know that Microsoft isn't Slashdotters' favorite company, but I have to say that I think that Service Pack 2 will help security immensely. As has been said before, most of Windows users are computer illiterate. SP2 gives users an enhanced layer of security (the XP Firewall, for example), and can really help the computer illiterate (that would otherwise be totally unprotected) secure themselves.
- dshaw
Real men don't make backups... but, hell, who needs to if you can resurrect them from the dead
Well, I'm proud to use PGP Wipe (8.1) and a nuke or two when I need my files wiped, so... hopefully I'm one of those people that needs to make backups... fully encrypted, of course.
- dshaw
There are some holes in Google Desktop Search that are pretty easy to exploit with local access to a machine. Although, true, there are much worse things you could do with local access, this does have the capability to allow outside users to search the computer, which logs AIM conversations, web page history, documents... all handily in one place. Also, the current version of GDS searches all users of a computer. Is GDS likely to get exploited? No. Does it have the potential to be horribly destructive? Yes.
- dshaw
I have to admit, I feel kind of sorry for EA. As I've said before, EA seems to sort of be the scapegoat for all of the world's corporate woes. Sadly, I don't think that this will spur change from the whole industry, but rather imrpove life at EA (as is the point). Unfortunately, I don't think that this type of action will have the same effect at another company for two reasons: first off, they won't have as much press, and secondly it won't be such a novel idea anymore.
My support still stays with the employees of EA and the other companies that treat their employees like this.
- dshaw
I'm volunteering at a small company that takes donations of computers, formats them, and gives them to underpriviledged children in San Diego (where I live). When I suggested putting linux on them, I was told that they'd never use that outside of what we gave them, and that students don't care about linux. I think that that's actually pretty bad, and untrue. For example, a computer with KDE or Gnome or XFCE is no harder to use than Windows XP, and is more stable. I think that once people finally realize that linux isn't just some geek project, but can actually be used efficiently, then it will start to be used in the classroom.
And then students' computers might not crash as much...
- dshaw
I know that EA is not exactly one of the nicest companies to work for (as we've all seen with all the bad press), but why is everyone focusing on EA? Rather than seeing this movement as a gateway to have discussions about all of the hundreds of companies that act the same way, people are just attacking EA. I think it's important to note that EA isn't the only company that acts like this- in fact, I think it summarizes a good percentage of the corporate world.
- dshaw
I've read multiple comparisons between all these search engines, and most of the time (all the ones I've read, anyway), MSN Search comes out dead last. The question I have, is what does Microsoft have to say about all of this? I mean, they promised everyone the best, but now people are saying that their search, in summary, kind of sucks. Have they released an official statement justifying what's happening? Also, we do have to remember that this is only a beta test of their search engine (not that I'm defending it).
- dshaw
I think that the military/government already has made it's own internet... D/ARPA? It just expanded a little bit more than the military had originally planned. I'm not really sure how this differs from a giant intranet, but maybe I'm just not seeing the big picture.
- dshaw
Rather than attempting to read every software development publication and tech news source available, single down on a few. I read Slashdot (obviously) and BBC Tech to keep up with the tech news. I don't watch TV and I'm not subscribed to many magazines, but it works for me- rather than trying to absorb everything at once, take it one or two publications at a time. It works for me, anyway.
- dshaw
No, silly, that's just the EA coders!
- dshaw
Yeah, that's what I meant. Since the userbase is so small for Apple, there aren't that many developers compared to Windows or Linux platforms. I agree that it's sad, and although I'm not an Apple user myself I've heard great things about them.
If I ask to give linux a chance, it's only fair to give Apple a chance myself.
- dshaw
This is kind of a breath of fresh air for me. I hardly ever read accounts of Apple developers. There are infinite stories of Linux and Windows developers, but finally having the experiences of an Apple coder published is pretty cool.
- dshaw
Didn't something like this happen with Best Buy a little while ago? I don't remember if it was HL2 or something else (probably something else). Man, stores need to start paying attention to things!
- dshaw
Firefox on Windows automatically checks for updates and prompts the user. Sometimes (not sure what the exact consequences must be) it even changes the user's start page to display "Critical Security Update Available". In this manner, yes, Firefox is more secure than iexplore.
Let's not even start on the security of open source software vs. proprietary.
- dshaw
Yeah, I know it's been done before, I just wasn't sure on the technical details of exactly how. I know some people had a laptop IRC server in a van with wifi, and actually used IRC (more convienient) on their way to cons. Pretty cool if you ask me.
- dshaw
Chapter 14 is probably the coolest in the book, as it talks about creating a car-to-car wireless link for the purpose of... videoconferencing involving two Webcams and Microsoft NetMeeting. Naturally, this is not for driver-to-driver communication, but in case you've got two cars on the road trip, the passengers now can use their WiFi-enabled laptops (and by now everyone should have one) to launch a video conference.
Yeah, that does sound pretty dang cool. Some friends and I are taking a two-to-three car caravan to Defcon this summer, and that would be a lot of fun to try.
- dshaw
If you don't want people (or bots) viewing it then password protect it or take it off the public interweb.
I have to agree with this. In fact, for curious minds, robots.txt is truly a "LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE!" flag with a giant arrow pointing places. I often times check robot.txt's to find "secret" pages. Exploring sites this way is a lot of fun. As the poster I'm replying to said- if you want something private, protect it; don't just throw it onto the open web.
- dshaw