So, source code is available to any citizen, but it can't be distributed over the Internet? Why not?
I believe what they mean by "not transferred over the Internet" is that the final code shall not be transferred, from the development machine(s) to the manufacturing plant, over the internet. This is to prevent any man-in-the-middle attacks, wherein someone could replace the transmitted code with code of their liking.
I could be wrong. Either way, this line in the bill should definitely be clarified.
..it has been a "block of metal" for some time, and now we're realising that we need for it to be a universal constant. It's actually being changed, which is the news.
If your workspace is real cluttered, I'd suggest using VirtuaWin, which works much like workspaces in Linux. You can give yourself an entire virtual desktop dedicated to email. Hit a couple of keys, and you have a clean, new desktop.
The Grandparent, AC, has an extremely valid point. To tell you the truth, and I am a Google fan, this scares me a little. Open source, free, community projects and gigantic, multinational corporations do not mix. I could easily see some corruption of Firefox coming up, conflicts of interest, subliminal or overt advertising, and whatever else that comes with this kind of association.
(Then again, they could do like what Canon has done with their scanners - gotten power over USB).
Giving this device power over USB would not work. It acts as the root hub, which means that it is the one that supplies power to the bus. You can not get that power from the camera or MP3 player, or whatever.
For Christmas, I made my girlfriend a tissue box amplifier for in her car. It was a quick and artistic solution for her no-stereo problem, and could be plugged right into her brand new MP3 player.
I have Windows XP SP1 on an old Dell Latitude CP (Pentium MMX 133, 128 MB RAM, really heavy), and it runs alright. It hasn't driven me completely crazy yet, but then again, it's mostly just for wardriving.
Something I've wanted to do for while, but have never found the opportunity to do, was a computer wargame.
It would be a competition between two teams of any size. You give each team an equal number of workstations, a server, a router, and everything they need to put the network together. Have them build a network, configuring it all themselves, installing operating systems from scratch, and securing it for what comes next. When both teams have finished building their networks, you connect the routers. Each team would be given an objective, which could be to copy a certain file from the other team's server, gain root access to the server, gain root access to a number of workstations, shutdown the server, or any other attack-defend situation you could come up with. There could be point values associated with the objectives, and penalties for being caught.
I could see something like this as not only being very fun, but also very valuable. It would teach them to think like an attacker to secure their own network, to keep up with patches and updates, choose strong passwords, read the news often enough to be aware of new exploits and what effect they have, know what parts of networks need to be strengthened, how to use pen-testing and defense tools, what to do when being attacked, where to look for traceable clues, and what to do in the aftermath of an attack.
Of course, the rules would have to be worked out, but I think that this could be something that high school kids could really enjoy.
I've (luckily) found that nerds are actually a rather popular breed these days, at least where I'm from.
High school kids like the "hacker" image, no matter how incorrect it may be. When other ("regular") kids see a kid good with computers, they instantly designate him as a "hacker" in their heads, and they think he is cool. It holds not a negative connotation to them, but an exciting one. These are the first kids that "regular" kids go to when they are having problems with their computer, or have a computer-related question.
Kids like to impress their friends. Try showing them impressing things that you can do with a computer, teach them how it works that way, and inspire them to come up with impressive things that they can also do. I'm thinking of programming, myself, but that may not be the best idea.
Perhaps the most important thing is to not overestimate or even underestimate the interest and knowledge of the students you get. Very few high school students I know have ever even compiled a program before, but if you assume that of those who have, they will become impatient and disinterested.
#!/bin/bash while [1] do lynx -dump (Whatever GET request to turn lights on) >/dev/null & lynx -dump (Whatever GET request to turn lights off) >/dev/null & done
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Sure, change, especially one this major, will take some time. "talking about some of the possibilities" is part of the change. Chill, Yo.
"sometimes"
I could be wrong. Either way, this line in the bill should definitely be clarified.
..it has been a "block of metal" for some time, and now we're realising that we need for it to be a universal constant. It's actually being changed, which is the news.
If your workspace is real cluttered, I'd suggest using VirtuaWin, which works much like workspaces in Linux. You can give yourself an entire virtual desktop dedicated to email. Hit a couple of keys, and you have a clean, new desktop.
Just do a quick, harmless little port scan on their mail server when it comes back up.
Remember:
25 -> SMTP
80 -> HTTP
443 -> HTTPS (More likely than plain HTTP; they are the FBI, after all)
The Grandparent, AC, has an extremely valid point. To tell you the truth, and I am a Google fan, this scares me a little. Open source, free, community projects and gigantic, multinational corporations do not mix. I could easily see some corruption of Firefox coming up, conflicts of interest, subliminal or overt advertising, and whatever else that comes with this kind of association.
Sorry, but it just seems very, very messy to me.
Phrack is also a free, online magazine, where 2600 only (to my knowledge) prints their articles and charges $5 per copy.
....it still just looks like a regular old cube to me..
For Christmas, I made my girlfriend a tissue box amplifier for in her car. It was a quick and artistic solution for her no-stereo problem, and could be plugged right into her brand new MP3 player.
Is it Groundhog's Day already?
I have Windows XP SP1 on an old Dell Latitude CP (Pentium MMX 133, 128 MB RAM, really heavy), and it runs alright. It hasn't driven me completely crazy yet, but then again, it's mostly just for wardriving.
Looking at the country map, it seems that this only covers the larger metropolitan areas, so far.
So don't get too excited if you happen to be from a place like Mianus, Connecticut.
It's fun to see what other people searched for.
Something I've wanted to do for while, but have never found the opportunity to do, was a computer wargame.
It would be a competition between two teams of any size. You give each team an equal number of workstations, a server, a router, and everything they need to put the network together. Have them build a network, configuring it all themselves, installing operating systems from scratch, and securing it for what comes next. When both teams have finished building their networks, you connect the routers. Each team would be given an objective, which could be to copy a certain file from the other team's server, gain root access to the server, gain root access to a number of workstations, shutdown the server, or any other attack-defend situation you could come up with. There could be point values associated with the objectives, and penalties for being caught.
I could see something like this as not only being very fun, but also very valuable. It would teach them to think like an attacker to secure their own network, to keep up with patches and updates, choose strong passwords, read the news often enough to be aware of new exploits and what effect they have, know what parts of networks need to be strengthened, how to use pen-testing and defense tools, what to do when being attacked, where to look for traceable clues, and what to do in the aftermath of an attack.
Of course, the rules would have to be worked out, but I think that this could be something that high school kids could really enjoy.
I've (luckily) found that nerds are actually a rather popular breed these days, at least where I'm from.
High school kids like the "hacker" image, no matter how incorrect it may be. When other ("regular") kids see a kid good with computers, they instantly designate him as a "hacker" in their heads, and they think he is cool. It holds not a negative connotation to them, but an exciting one. These are the first kids that "regular" kids go to when they are having problems with their computer, or have a computer-related question.
Kids like to impress their friends. Try showing them impressing things that you can do with a computer, teach them how it works that way, and inspire them to come up with impressive things that they can also do. I'm thinking of programming, myself, but that may not be the best idea.
Perhaps the most important thing is to not overestimate or even underestimate the interest and knowledge of the students you get. Very few high school students I know have ever even compiled a program before, but if you assume that of those who have, they will become impatient and disinterested.
To keep the boys interested, have the foxiest female IT employee do the talking.
As in:
/dev/null & /dev/null &
#!/bin/bash
while [1]
do
lynx -dump (Whatever GET request to turn lights on) >
lynx -dump (Whatever GET request to turn lights off) >
done
In this picture, there is an empty IC socket next to what looks a little like a card slot. Anyone have an idea what this might be for?