And considering the first thing that probably pops into the public's mind when they see anything involving "rays" is "cancer".. it's not even more politically safe.
I can see the headlines... "police irradiating protestors!!!".
Someone put it best.. the most effective (both in cost and effectiveness) tool they ever had was the shock baton... but the PR was so bad there's no way they could use it. The stuff with the high PR is ineffective. This thing seems to be the worst of both worlds!
Even more terrifying is that I've actually found well thought out, insightful, and extremely helpful advice on yahoo answers when doing google searches.
I don't want the hassle of having to manage all those accounts
Some kind of single sign in system would be great for this reason. Unfortunately all the sites with enough critical mass to make it happen, I don't want to have much to do with (facebook I won't touch, google I am gradually becoming less trusting of, microsoft.. forget it!).
I imagine a 1/2" threaded eye hook through both side panels with a 4" square backing plate would probably be _most_ effective. (I don't think it would be very effective at all, but that would be the best option I can come up with.)
Seriously though, people spend the money on whatever they want. There's always something better they could have spent the money on, but things don't work that way. If they did we'd all be giving all our money to whatever society deemed the absolute most important cause.
As for turning slashdot into a church of RMS.. bleh.
More importantly, I figure if you have enough alcohol in you to be driving poorly enough to get pulled over, you are probably drunk and way over the 0.08. If you are a naturally shitty driver, probably a good idea to avoid any alcohol at all before driving (or not drive at all..).
The 0.08 thing is just the magic number they need to convict you. I can't imagine there are too many borderline cases. Most probably fall under either: - just a bad driver, no alcohol - totally and obviously drunk, not even close to 0.08
Call me naive and over trusting, but I generally figure if you are driving poorly enough to warrant a cop pulling you over in the first place.. you probably should be off the road. I can't imagine there are too many borderline 0.08 cases, unless the person happens to have had a few drinks and just is naturally a really shitty driver.
Are there cases where police have abused this power? Pulled someone over who was not drunk and driving just fine, did the breathalizer, followed by blood test, and finally arrest them based on incorrect readings?
In this specific case, I'm a bit surprised that they didn't have somebody plug one into their laptop and then wonder why the NIC wasn't working slightly earlier in the process; but so it goes.
Reading through the forums, it sounds like they were sent early test boards which contained the correct connector before the full run. Sounds to me like the "accident" happened between the test run boards being signed off on and the full run.
This Hammond person is basically exactly who you'd expect him to be.
Yup! I'm actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping for some some big shock.. instead nope.. he is exactly what I and just about everyone else pictured.
The FBI is fighting an idea, and is under the mistaken impression they can shut it down by finding and arresting people. It won't happen.
The FBI just demonstrated the risk. As I see it, things arn't really bad enough in the eyes of most to take that risk yet. At the very least, this action is going to delay things for a while (until things get worse and people are willing to risk a very real possibility of serious jail time).
I personally think there is a difference between being involved in an organization and:
- seeing something you wern't expecting going in and disagree with to such a degree that you are compelled to reveal it (what I consider a whistle blower) - turning on your friends / colleagues not on ethical grounds, but to save your own ass
The first one I consider a very gray area and really don't know how I feel about it. The second are definitely scum.
All joking aside, even if it actually worked like that... with modern AIDS treatment that might actually be preferable to cancer, especially some of the nastier varieties of leukemia.
Conversely, I wonder if people specifically seek out this kind of job for an excuse to access this material. That whole no background check/criminal check thing worries me a little more than the privacy concerns.
Dude, I can hear the HR officer explaining your pink slip. "It's not about the equipment. Really. It's about the position of trust you so defiantly cast aside. You broke your commitment to abide by company policy. Remember the form you signed when you were issued the machine? If we can't trust you here at Assadyne then we can't work with you."
Wow, I got the chills just reading that! I can even picture what the desk would look like!
But yeah, that’s why as I said, I would ask IT before doing something like that. They might be ok with it (if the understand that as the hard drive is encrypted and nothing is being altered there is little risk) or they might not (lack of understanding, restricted by policy, other reason you might not be aware of, etc..). I definitely wouldn't just do it however!
And I definitely wouldn’t do anything like the original submitter was suggesting. A good job (or even a crummy one these days) isn’t worth the cost of maybe one paycheck for your own gear and the slight inconvenience of having to carry it when traveling.
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Except he did both a and b, and they basically told him to go pound sand.
c. Demonstrate the vulnerability in a somewhat childish yet harmless and hilarious manner. Give everyone a good laugh, raise more awareness of the issue, and give the rails yet more security related black eyes!
I was like half a year into my first job that I felt comfortable enough to browse webcomics during my lunch break. And my company had a policy that allowed "limited personal use".
I can't imagine the guy who gets a job and immediately tries to see just how far he can push the rules (or blatantly break them in this case).
Best still, he's probably in some probation period where they can pretty much can his ass without too much trouble.
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I can't even put myself in this kind of mindset.
I would take any of that as a sign that your employer is serious about controlling their equiptment and trying to subvert their control is a sure way to find your stuff in a box at reception when you get back from your trip.
I can make an image of the drive, then wipe the machine, and restore it back to its former state if I ever have to return it.
Is your new job worth it? Not saying you'll automatically lose your job over that, but I can't imagine it'll go over well. Especially as you'd be using your (non-work prepared) laptop for doing work and might inadvertantly put them at risk (the kind of risk they hope to eliminate by issuing you the laptop in the first place).
The simple solution is get yourself a USB / livecd type distro. Don't touch the hard drive.. and if it's encrypted, you shouldn't be putting your company at risk (assuming you don't use the same key for anything else). Personally I'd ask your IT guys if they are ok with this before doing it. Sometimes they can actually be reasonable about this kind of stuff.
The real solution here is to leave your work laptop alone completely and get your own laptop for personal use.
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Not quite edgy/ethically questionable enough.
And considering the first thing that probably pops into the public's mind when they see anything involving "rays" is "cancer" .. it's not even more politically safe.
I can see the headlines... "police irradiating protestors!!!".
Someone put it best.. the most effective (both in cost and effectiveness) tool they ever had was the shock baton... but the PR was so bad there's no way they could use it. The stuff with the high PR is ineffective. This thing seems to be the worst of both worlds!
be in a Bradley
Now I have to go home and re-watch "The Pentagon Wars" :D
Indeed.
Even more terrifying is that I've actually found well thought out, insightful, and extremely helpful advice on yahoo answers when doing google searches.
I don't want the hassle of having to manage all those accounts
Some kind of single sign in system would be great for this reason. Unfortunately all the sites with enough critical mass to make it happen, I don't want to have much to do with (facebook I won't touch, google I am gradually becoming less trusting of, microsoft.. forget it!).
I imagine a 1/2" threaded eye hook through both side panels with a 4" square backing plate would probably be _most_ effective. (I don't think it would be very effective at all, but that would be the best option I can come up with.)
Or we could use the money to cure cancer!
Seriously though, people spend the money on whatever they want. There's always something better they could have spent the money on, but things don't work that way. If they did we'd all be giving all our money to whatever society deemed the absolute most important cause.
As for turning slashdot into a church of RMS .. bleh.
Have you completely forgotten about DUI checkpoints?
Ah. Guess that would make sense. Never seen one myself (I'm Canadian.. I think we have them here, but never been through one myself).
More importantly, I figure if you have enough alcohol in you to be driving poorly enough to get pulled over, you are probably drunk and way over the 0.08. If you are a naturally shitty driver, probably a good idea to avoid any alcohol at all before driving (or not drive at all..).
The 0.08 thing is just the magic number they need to convict you. I can't imagine there are too many borderline cases. Most probably fall under either:
- just a bad driver, no alcohol
- totally and obviously drunk, not even close to 0.08
Call me naive and over trusting, but I generally figure if you are driving poorly enough to warrant a cop pulling you over in the first place.. you probably should be off the road. I can't imagine there are too many borderline 0.08 cases, unless the person happens to have had a few drinks and just is naturally a really shitty driver.
Are there cases where police have abused this power? Pulled someone over who was not drunk and driving just fine, did the breathalizer, followed by blood test, and finally arrest them based on incorrect readings?
In this specific case, I'm a bit surprised that they didn't have somebody plug one into their laptop and then wonder why the NIC wasn't working slightly earlier in the process; but so it goes.
Reading through the forums, it sounds like they were sent early test boards which contained the correct connector before the full run. Sounds to me like the "accident" happened between the test run boards being signed off on and the full run.
Shame.. or having to hand desolder/resolder 10,000 of these damn things.
I'd certainly pay more for these things.. but their entire goal here is to make these as cheap as possible.
They also posted a pretty damn good explanation as to why they had to outsource.
I do hope they recover from this (and I suspect they will.. it's not OpenPandora yet..) and take some hard won lessons about testing and assumptions.
I also feel forry for the poor guys down in China who have to hand unsolder/resolder 10,000 of these suckers.
I can understand this critisism as I've had it many times over many different periods of "omg, not another <whatever> story".
But I'm way too damned excited over the Rasperry Pi to care! Kinda fun being on the other side of things for a change :D
This Hammond person is basically exactly who you'd expect him to be.
Yup! I'm actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping for some some big shock.. instead nope.. he is exactly what I and just about everyone else pictured.
The FBI is fighting an idea, and is under the mistaken impression they can shut it down by finding and arresting people. It won't happen.
The FBI just demonstrated the risk. As I see it, things arn't really bad enough in the eyes of most to take that risk yet. At the very least, this action is going to delay things for a while (until things get worse and people are willing to risk a very real possibility of serious jail time).
I personally think there is a difference between being involved in an organization and:
- seeing something you wern't expecting going in and disagree with to such a degree that you are compelled to reveal it (what I consider a whistle blower)
- turning on your friends / colleagues not on ethical grounds, but to save your own ass
The first one I consider a very gray area and really don't know how I feel about it. The second are definitely scum.
All joking aside, even if it actually worked like that... with modern AIDS treatment that might actually be preferable to cancer, especially some of the nastier varieties of leukemia.
Conversely, I wonder if people specifically seek out this kind of job for an excuse to access this material. That whole no background check/criminal check thing worries me a little more than the privacy concerns.
I was actually somewhat surprised at the casual wording in this document.
I guess it's a cheat sheet, but still..
Dude, I can hear the HR officer explaining your pink slip. "It's not about the equipment. Really. It's about the position of trust you so defiantly cast aside. You broke your commitment to abide by company policy. Remember the form you signed when you were issued the machine? If we can't trust you here at Assadyne then we can't work with you."
Wow, I got the chills just reading that! I can even picture what the desk would look like!
But yeah, that’s why as I said, I would ask IT before doing something like that. They might be ok with it (if the understand that as the hard drive is encrypted and nothing is being altered there is little risk) or they might not (lack of understanding, restricted by policy, other reason you might not be aware of, etc..). I definitely wouldn't just do it however!
And I definitely wouldn’t do anything like the original submitter was suggesting. A good job (or even a crummy one these days) isn’t worth the cost of maybe one paycheck for your own gear and the slight inconvenience of having to carry it when traveling.
Except he did both a and b, and they basically told him to go pound sand.
c. Demonstrate the vulnerability in a somewhat childish yet harmless and hilarious manner. Give everyone a good laugh, raise more awareness of the issue, and give the rails yet more security related black eyes!
Seems reasonable enough to me!
At this point this is practically a troll.
The battle is over and we lost. Insisting on differentiating between hacking and cracking is just silly now. The word never caught on and never will.
Yup. So much this!
I was like half a year into my first job that I felt comfortable enough to browse webcomics during my lunch break. And my company had a policy that allowed "limited personal use".
I can't imagine the guy who gets a job and immediately tries to see just how far he can push the rules (or blatantly break them in this case).
Best still, he's probably in some probation period where they can pretty much can his ass without too much trouble.
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I can't even put myself in this kind of mindset.
I would take any of that as a sign that your employer is serious about controlling their equiptment and trying to subvert their control is a sure way to find your stuff in a box at reception when you get back from your trip.
In other words, a sign to buy your own laptop ;p
I can make an image of the drive, then wipe the machine, and restore it back to its former state if I ever have to return it.
Is your new job worth it? Not saying you'll automatically lose your job over that, but I can't imagine it'll go over well. Especially as you'd be using your (non-work prepared) laptop for doing work and might inadvertantly put them at risk (the kind of risk they hope to eliminate by issuing you the laptop in the first place).
The simple solution is get yourself a USB / livecd type distro. Don't touch the hard drive.. and if it's encrypted, you shouldn't be putting your company at risk (assuming you don't use the same key for anything else). Personally I'd ask your IT guys if they are ok with this before doing it. Sometimes they can actually be reasonable about this kind of stuff.
The real solution here is to leave your work laptop alone completely and get your own laptop for personal use.