the most interesting combination i've ever seen as a default was U:r0ot P:U53r.. This was on an Open Networks ADSL router. It still fails the strength test (too short, and derived from a known string), but at least it's better than Admin/Password
There are 3 major combinations of default username/password comnbinations that cover the vast majority of home routers. They are U:admin P:admin, U:admin P:password and U:admin P:
(that's right.. NO password.)
This is true of Linksys, Dlink, Netgear, etc. With a bit of searching, you can even find this out from their very own websites.
Yeah, i think we're saying the same thing with different words here.. to my mind, using your resources to improve your community is altruism, regardless of the motive.
Perhaps that negates the 'selflessness' requirement of altruism? could be, but i'm certainly willing to lose that part of the argument.
either way, i agree with your reasoning here.. I'll have long term selfishness that benefits everyone over slash & burn that benefits few any day of the week.
hmm.. what about if it's cited (as noted) in context, protesting the gratuitous use of the word in the game?
As i said in the previous post, if people are offended by the word 'fuck', Gerstmann basically did them a favor by pointing out exactly how gratuitous and unwarranted the use of the word was.
Sadly, Gamespot is more than just their management. Until recently, Gamespot was a credible site with ridiculous advertising. Since the people in charge of said advertising started messing with the editorial content, well.. something had to give.
Are you trying to say that he lacked journalistic standard because he was inaccurate or because he used 'the F-word'?
if it's the former, i can assure you that he was, in fact, accurate.. and if it's the latter.. can i please point out that he was objecting to the gratuitous and 'lazy' use of the word, that he felt that it was used as an excuse for sloppy writing, and that if someone watching the review was offended, well.. they may also have been offended by the game?
Wow, that's impressive.. unfortunately, (for me, at least..) that's part of the problem..
The fact that this is an impressive effort still makes me dubious about the viability for everyone. My interest is in finding a method that's flexible enough for everyone, yet robust enough that real education can take place, free of economic or ideological blackmail.
Of course, i freely admit that the fact that i was publicly schooled is making me more cynical of wholly private schools, despite the fact that i was somewhat unsatisfied with my early education..
Indeed. My assumption from the beginning was that any money the government has must by necessity be taken from the people (in the form of tax dollars, etc..)..
I accept what you're saying, the altruistic approach is a good one.. i just feel that, in practice, it's almost impossible to guarantee that from any large segment of the population, except maybe with a tax deduction attached.. and i doubt the government would be too keen on that, even though they'd no longer have to fund those pesky schools..
on the other hand, education as a charity doesn't seem that bad.. though that approach has it's own caveats.
Heh.. I reserve the right to come to my own conclusions, although i admit that you never explicitly claimed to be smart:P
The history lesson is good, it's really interesting to know.. But i have to say that I'm not sure the Catholic Church is a better handler than the US Government, especially if you're worried about brainwashing. At least the government is likely to change hands every decade or so..
Yeah, honestly.. It is nice, since i had a public education, paid my own way through university and, yes, used to be one of those people.. the ones who liked linux for financial factors, that is.
Now i just have to make sure i do enough charitable work that i'm not crushed under the weight of my own nouveau riche guilt.:/
That's good for some institutions. Not all can or will survive like that.. You'd have to rely on the loyalty of individuals with divergent ideals, although i guess the quality of the institution would have to speak for itself in order to maintain funds over a long period of time.. It's a good example, but i just can't see it being the rule.. I see the necessity for constant good performance as a detrimental property, since no school can reasonably guarantee the success of it's students, regardless of the quality of the education. It's (at least currently) an exception.
Also, starting a new institution would be near impossible without some backing.. in that case, you'd end up with either the government or a private enterprise in control.. I believe these (for the purposes of this debate) are the things we're trying to avoid, right?
Ok, I agree up to a certain point... i'm just not sure your point addresses all my concerns..
You are, by your own admission, a smart and personally responsible individual, right? Your dad worked hard to get you to college, and you obviously value it and are making the most of it.. That's good to see, as a lot of kids aren't these days.
However.. i'm not talking about college.. I'm talking about education. If your dad had been forced to pay your full tuition in grade school, middle school and high school, would you now be going to college? I gotta say, i think it's less likely.
Please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong here.. i'm finding this whole debate really interesting..
I don't disagree with that, actually.. It's just that i see the alternative as being even worse..
I mean, if the government isn't funding schools, who is? The states? Big Business? with one i don't see any difference, while the other is 10 times worse than Federal funding, and i'm sure you agree.
I'm curious.. what's your answer to this? Or am i missing something?
If you don't mind my asking.. how much do you currently pay to send your children (assuming you have them) to school?
Seriously, I'm interested.. a ballpark figure is fine, i don't expect you to divulge your yearly earnings for everyone to see.. I mean, sure if you feel like boasting..
Point is.. You and I (and most people on this site, i imagine) earn more than the average person. Hell, I earn more than the average American, and i do it in a foreign currency with a lower value. For you and I, picking a school for our kids is a matter of choice. But we're relatively big fish... what about all those people who can't afford private schooling? Don't their kids deserve to be (at least potentially) useful, educated and productive members of society? I mean, there's only one alternative to that, and it's being a constant drain on welfare... Frankly, i'd rather have a bunch of rich people complaining about paying taxes so that poor kids can get educated than a bunch of rich people complaining because they were repeatedly mobbed by beggars just outside their door.
That pretty well encapsulates the problem with his last article, eh?
Sure you can outsource the generic business stuff, but there are some things that you won't find a host for, some things that are clearly cheaper and better to keep in house, and some things you'd have to be insane to outsource..
Both Nick Carr and Alexander Galloway seem to be missing something..
perhaps it's that they assume the user and authority groups are mutually exclusive.. or perhaps it's the 'programming as control' inference that collapses the argument.. i'm not sure, but i really don't see this outcome occurring.
Thanks:)
while confidence is important i think it's also important to know your limit.. even if that limit is on the move.
maybe one day i will consider myself a good programmer.. but not yet.:)
Now now, that's patently false. New Zealand has a greater Sheep to Human ratio.. Besides, they even made a movie about it, and quite recently..
Seriously though, a cloned animal with excess telomeres would likely have increased resistance to (some types of) genetic damage, and potentially increased longevity.. I'm guessing that this isn't the norm though.
Surely Digg 2.0 would have more random unedited linking and intelligible rants.. I personally think the editors do a decent job.
of course, i also happen to like the Super Smash Bros games, and i can't see anyone who isn't either a nerd or a nintendo fanboi playing them. Certainly, they're too complex for kids to play them sans button mashing..
Western medicine has always been about making sick people kinda better again.. once the person gets to that point, we tend to leave them to their own devices, until they're sick again.
Growing and harvesting organs is fine in scifi.. but in real life it seems to make people squeamish. Just like the concepts of open heart surgery and organ transplants used to make people squeamish.. also notably like the concept of x-rays, CT scans and cancer treatments don't make them quite so squeamish.
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the most interesting combination i've ever seen as a default was U:r0ot P:U53r.. This was on an Open Networks ADSL router. It still fails the strength test (too short, and derived from a known string), but at least it's better than Admin/Password
There are 3 major combinations of default username/password comnbinations that cover the vast majority of home routers. They are U:admin P:admin, U:admin P:password and U:admin P: (that's right.. NO password.) This is true of Linksys, Dlink, Netgear, etc. With a bit of searching, you can even find this out from their very own websites.
Yeah, i think we're saying the same thing with different words here.. to my mind, using your resources to improve your community is altruism, regardless of the motive.
Perhaps that negates the 'selflessness' requirement of altruism? could be, but i'm certainly willing to lose that part of the argument.
either way, i agree with your reasoning here.. I'll have long term selfishness that benefits everyone over slash & burn that benefits few any day of the week.
hmm.. what about if it's cited (as noted) in context, protesting the gratuitous use of the word in the game?
As i said in the previous post, if people are offended by the word 'fuck', Gerstmann basically did them a favor by pointing out exactly how gratuitous and unwarranted the use of the word was.
Sadly, Gamespot is more than just their management. Until recently, Gamespot was a credible site with ridiculous advertising. Since the people in charge of said advertising started messing with the editorial content, well.. something had to give.
Are you trying to say that he lacked journalistic standard because he was inaccurate or because he used 'the F-word'?
if it's the former, i can assure you that he was, in fact, accurate.. and if it's the latter.. can i please point out that he was objecting to the gratuitous and 'lazy' use of the word, that he felt that it was used as an excuse for sloppy writing, and that if someone watching the review was offended, well.. they may also have been offended by the game?
yeah, that's just newspeak.. it'd be great if 'unconditional and optional' didn't mean 'but you won't get funding if you don't do as we say..'
really, politicians really, really should be held accountable by their constituents for speaking like that..
Wow, that's impressive.. unfortunately, (for me, at least..) that's part of the problem.. The fact that this is an impressive effort still makes me dubious about the viability for everyone. My interest is in finding a method that's flexible enough for everyone, yet robust enough that real education can take place, free of economic or ideological blackmail.
Of course, i freely admit that the fact that i was publicly schooled is making me more cynical of wholly private schools, despite the fact that i was somewhat unsatisfied with my early education..
Indeed. My assumption from the beginning was that any money the government has must by necessity be taken from the people (in the form of tax dollars, etc..)..
I accept what you're saying, the altruistic approach is a good one.. i just feel that, in practice, it's almost impossible to guarantee that from any large segment of the population, except maybe with a tax deduction attached.. and i doubt the government would be too keen on that, even though they'd no longer have to fund those pesky schools..
on the other hand, education as a charity doesn't seem that bad.. though that approach has it's own caveats.
Heh.. I reserve the right to come to my own conclusions, although i admit that you never explicitly claimed to be smart :P
The history lesson is good, it's really interesting to know.. But i have to say that I'm not sure the Catholic Church is a better handler than the US Government, especially if you're worried about brainwashing. At least the government is likely to change hands every decade or so..
Yeah, honestly.. It is nice, since i had a public education, paid my own way through university and, yes, used to be one of those people.. the ones who liked linux for financial factors, that is.
:/
Now i just have to make sure i do enough charitable work that i'm not crushed under the weight of my own nouveau riche guilt.
haha.. yes, i guess reality does like to rain on the ideological parade..
That's good for some institutions. Not all can or will survive like that.. You'd have to rely on the loyalty of individuals with divergent ideals, although i guess the quality of the institution would have to speak for itself in order to maintain funds over a long period of time.. It's a good example, but i just can't see it being the rule.. I see the necessity for constant good performance as a detrimental property, since no school can reasonably guarantee the success of it's students, regardless of the quality of the education. It's (at least currently) an exception.
Also, starting a new institution would be near impossible without some backing.. in that case, you'd end up with either the government or a private enterprise in control.. I believe these (for the purposes of this debate) are the things we're trying to avoid, right?
Ok, I agree up to a certain point... i'm just not sure your point addresses all my concerns..
You are, by your own admission, a smart and personally responsible individual, right? Your dad worked hard to get you to college, and you obviously value it and are making the most of it.. That's good to see, as a lot of kids aren't these days.
However.. i'm not talking about college.. I'm talking about education. If your dad had been forced to pay your full tuition in grade school, middle school and high school, would you now be going to college? I gotta say, i think it's less likely.
Please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong here.. i'm finding this whole debate really interesting..
I don't disagree with that, actually.. It's just that i see the alternative as being even worse..
I mean, if the government isn't funding schools, who is?
The states? Big Business? with one i don't see any difference, while the other is 10 times worse than Federal funding, and i'm sure you agree.
I'm curious.. what's your answer to this? Or am i missing something?
Notably, none of these things had a GPU, CPU, heatsinks of any kind.. They did have a nice solid feel and reliable switches though.
If you don't mind my asking.. how much do you currently pay to send your children (assuming you have them) to school?
Seriously, I'm interested.. a ballpark figure is fine, i don't expect you to divulge your yearly earnings for everyone to see.. I mean, sure if you feel like boasting..
Point is.. You and I (and most people on this site, i imagine) earn more than the average person. Hell, I earn more than the average American, and i do it in a foreign currency with a lower value. For you and I, picking a school for our kids is a matter of choice. But we're relatively big fish... what about all those people who can't afford private schooling? Don't their kids deserve to be (at least potentially) useful, educated and productive members of society? I mean, there's only one alternative to that, and it's being a constant drain on welfare... Frankly, i'd rather have a bunch of rich people complaining about paying taxes so that poor kids can get educated than a bunch of rich people complaining because they were repeatedly mobbed by beggars just outside their door.
That pretty well encapsulates the problem with his last article, eh?
Sure you can outsource the generic business stuff, but there are some things that you won't find a host for, some things that are clearly cheaper and better to keep in house, and some things you'd have to be insane to outsource..
Both Nick Carr and Alexander Galloway seem to be missing something..
perhaps it's that they assume the user and authority groups are mutually exclusive.. or perhaps it's the 'programming as control' inference that collapses the argument.. i'm not sure, but i really don't see this outcome occurring.
Thanks :)
while confidence is important i think it's also important to know your limit.. even if that limit is on the move.
maybe one day i will consider myself a good programmer.. but not yet. :)
Now now, that's patently false. New Zealand has a greater Sheep to Human ratio.. Besides, they even made a movie about it, and quite recently..
Seriously though, a cloned animal with excess telomeres would likely have increased resistance to (some types of) genetic damage, and potentially increased longevity.. I'm guessing that this isn't the norm though.
you can't get 56000 through an acoustic coupler..
you're right about that, mate ;)
;)
now pardon me while i ride my kangaroo to work..
Surely Digg 2.0 would have more random unedited linking and intelligible rants.. I personally think the editors do a decent job.
of course, i also happen to like the Super Smash Bros games, and i can't see anyone who isn't either a nerd or a nintendo fanboi playing them. Certainly, they're too complex for kids to play them sans button mashing..
heh.. by 'always', i guess i meant 'traditionally'.. :)
Either way, it's an exciting time to be alive.
Western medicine has always been about making sick people kinda better again.. once the person gets to that point, we tend to leave them to their own devices, until they're sick again.
Growing and harvesting organs is fine in scifi.. but in real life it seems to make people squeamish. Just like the concepts of open heart surgery and organ transplants used to make people squeamish.. also notably like the concept of x-rays, CT scans and cancer treatments don't make them quite so squeamish.