Just give them a Nintendo DS full,a CycloDS and a 16GB microSD card full of rsa trimmed games (don't forget to include the DS version of "brain workshop"!). They can spend a lot of time playing against them and whatnot.
Can you explain me why is it a Troll? Is it a Troll because his POV does not coincide with yours?
At most, it might be a flamebait (flaming about Swedish laws) but the comment he makes is authentic and I am sure it will prove to be correct in a couple of months when FaceBook blocks the PirateBay app.
Seriously people, this is just an opinion, and an insightful one at it.
I am sure that Facebook won't allow the PriateBay idea to progress a lot. They will shut it down as soon as they receive the first letter from the RIAA.
I understand that 90% of Slashdot do not agree with the pro-"intellectual rights" movement, but to mark a post as troll just because it differs from your point of view is immature
This just about negates the purpose of forcing authentication on any operation that requires root access to complete, outside of drive-by attacks. In a lot of cases the users are so used to doing it, they'll just do it for the virus too./sarcasm on
Oh that's right! mac and linux computers are immune to viruses, so this whole sudo thing is irrelevant.../sarcasm off
Sorry for the late reply, I was thinking more about the idea of a Worm that automatically replicates (similar to the ones exploitin the Windows RPC service) without user intervention. If user is running as root or has some exploitable process running with high privileges, then it is easier for such a worm to get into the computer and then execute the mentioned exploit to install their payload in the BIOS. After that it will only be a matter of reinstalling a binary file (which could be downloaded from the internet) every time the guest operating system has access to the internet.
I can think of several interesting ways to proceed from there, after all when I was in high school I played with the creation of some virus (old time DOS viruses).
The client-side code could just as easily be saved to your local drive and loaded from your local drive into your browser as downloaded (or loaded unchanged from cache) every time you visit a page. You local copy could then be altered to better suit your needs, so long as it's still compatible with what the server is doing or is independent of the server. This can be done now, but browsers don't support doing it easily.
I don't know what browser you are used to, but my web browser has an extension called "greasemonkey" which allows me to alter the behaviour of a webpage adding new javascript code.
I have just started learning to do my own scripts (small things just for convenience) and so far it has been really convenient.
Sacco and Ortega stressed that in order to execute the attacks, you need either root privileges or physical access to the machine in question, which limits the scope.
Which makes the attack more difficult in operating systems which do not allow users to run with Administrative rights all the time.
But the methods are deadly effective and the pair are currently working on a BIOS rootkit to implement the attack.
I can imagine that, everything you need is ONE time root access to "install" the BIOS instructions and fsck the machine. After that, you are pretty much in control of what comes next.
In some way, I find this similar to the viruses that infected the Master Bood Record, just a bit more interesting...
On the other hand, this will just trigger a bios-patch / virus-release cat and mouse game similar to the standard viruses.
These grads will need C and Assembly approximately never. People who buy software do not use computers at a "basic level" any more, so there is little point in designing software at this level. Software development has expanded into domains where it makes no sense to know C.
I am sorry you failed your C programming class...
The fact is that, if you are taking a Software Engineering major, you must know your Computer Architecture, and therefore must understand a bit of assembly, C++, pointers and all those beautiful things.
Such knowledge allows you to understand how the other technologies stack up.
In UK law, at least, which is what 90% of the world base their law systems on:
Being an English, by majority of the world he meant Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and America (refering to the USA only)... oh! and also tath small Island how was it called? mmm Astralia or something
Hahah yeah, that in addition to the "martial law in Mexico" surely made me laugh so hard. I immediately went to my reliable Mexican news sources ( www.jornada.unam.mx ) and found no word of that.
Am I the only one who finds Python cumbersome? When I program in Python I feel as if the language is trying to stay in my way, it is somehow as if I have to fight against its whims.
I would recommend Starlogo TNG to teach programming. It really helps people visualize the building blocks that constitute a program. And, given its 3D graphical nature, it attracts high school students (who play Halo or Doom after school [yeah, I am antiquated, I was going to say "play a nintendo" but that would be antiquated even for me]).
I would like to add a small detail to the parent post.
First, of course it is worth doing a good game for the web. Your friend (yeah, as my friend who buys horse porn every Friday) should continue to offer their product and ignore the people who bitch about the game price.
There is always going to be people who do not want to pay (hence, warez). With online games, they can only play the for-free provided content or pay up and enjoy.
Of course, the success of your game will depend on how *good* it is.
The main issue here is the questions is it good enough as a *product*?
Because, as parent poster said, once you start charging, your game becomes a product for which we have to give money (which, these days is a very valuable commodity, even in the USA I am told).
Therefore, your "friend" will have to increase the value of their product (i.e., what they are selling, the extra features, etc.).
I still remember watching the Commando movie in that format in my English learning laboratory. It was the best movie to see (to accumulate time) because it did not have too much dialogue.
This is a very insightful statement. Grand Parent goes bashing Zune, Live search, MSN, XBox etc.
But the reality is that such PRODUCTS were the result of using a very small subset of the MS Research features.
These features were selected by the MS marketoids because they are "trendy" and thus may be profitable. That is the reason why we see Just Another Copy Of X, when looking at a new Microsoft Product.
If you want to see what MS Research is about you better look at the peer reviewed papers from them. They have really interesting and innovative stuff which you may not see until someone outside Microsoft creates a product and opens a new profitable market segment.
I agree [to a degree] with the parent post statement that the GP is spreading FUD about Microsoft Windows. The reality is that faulty drivers and hardware are more than 90% of the reason of XP reboots or BSOD. It is not the fault of the OS that Logitec makes craptastic drivers for their cameras... however in some sense the OS should just kill the driver and forget about it.
In OpenBSD the problem only destroyed X, leaving the system alive, and I was able to trace the bug and code a workaround locally until the actual fix came out.
I see a problem with "only destroying X" in current Linux distributions for the desktop. Basically, when X is restarted, all the applications with a graphical interface are closed.
I am sure this could be prevented in some way, leaving the applications running (but not displaying anything) and updating the interface if X is started again. There should exist something like that if we consider the client - server architecture of X11
. The issue with the Gaussian Copula model for pools of mortgages in CDOs is how sensitive they are to the assumptions of the model. If, for example, the annual growth rate of home prices is 2% instead of 10%, things look tremendously different. If correlations between housing prices in different cities is 50% instead of 10% -- disaster. The lack of stress testing of these models (checking what the results are for different inputs into the model) was a huge issue. Even if a model is decent (which in principle, copula models are), if they are too sensitive to inputs, then the prices it produces are not trustworthy. If the proper uncertainty was taken into consideration, then perhaps everyone would have been a little less gung-ho about CDOs.
The specific issue with that formula was that Wall Street bankers wanted to assume that the correlation was a static number instead of a variable. As it is said in the article, a number of people (even Li) warned about the issues of the model.
Like the (worthless) Value-at-Risk figure, the (also pretty worthless in the end) What makes you say that VaR is worthless? it is nothing else but a way to valuate and model risk. The usefulness and accuracy of such model (as with any model) depends on the assumptions put forward when applying it to real world cases.
There is a general problem when people who do not understand models start playing with them. The problem is that they do not understand that the outputs of models are not exact forecasts but only offer a range of possible outcomes (or probabilities if you like). Any modeler who tells you she can make an accurate prediction is spreading hard, brown and smelly BS.
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Just give them a Nintendo DS full,a CycloDS and a 16GB microSD card full of rsa trimmed games (don't forget to include the DS version of "brain workshop"!). They can spend a lot of time playing against them and whatnot.
Can you explain me why is it a Troll?
Is it a Troll because his POV does not coincide with yours?
At most, it might be a flamebait (flaming about Swedish laws) but the comment he makes is authentic and I am sure it will prove to be correct in a couple of months when FaceBook blocks the PirateBay app.
Seriously people, this is just an opinion, and an insightful one at it.
I am sure that Facebook won't allow the PriateBay idea to progress a lot. They will shut it down as soon as they receive the first letter from the RIAA.
I understand that 90% of Slashdot do not agree with the pro-"intellectual rights" movement, but to mark a post as troll just because it differs from your point of view is immature
This just about negates the purpose of forcing authentication on any operation that requires root access to complete, outside of drive-by attacks. In a lot of cases the users are so used to doing it, they'll just do it for the virus too. /sarcasm on
Oh that's right! mac and linux computers are immune to viruses, so this whole sudo thing is irrelevant... /sarcasm off
Sorry for the late reply, I was thinking more about the idea of a Worm that automatically replicates (similar to the ones exploitin the Windows RPC service) without user intervention. If user is running as root or has some exploitable process running with high privileges, then it is easier for such a worm to get into the computer and then execute the mentioned exploit to install their payload in the BIOS. After that it will only be a matter of reinstalling a binary file (which could be downloaded from the internet) every time the guest operating system has access to the internet.
I can think of several interesting ways to proceed from there, after all when I was in high school I played with the creation of some virus (old time DOS viruses).
The client-side code could just as easily be saved to your local drive and loaded from your local drive into your browser as downloaded (or loaded unchanged from cache) every time you visit a page. You local copy could then be altered to better suit your needs, so long as it's still compatible with what the server is doing or is independent of the server. This can be done now, but browsers don't support doing it easily.
I don't know what browser you are used to, but my web browser has an extension called "greasemonkey" which allows me to alter the behaviour of a webpage adding new javascript code.
I have just started learning to do my own scripts (small things just for convenience) and so far it has been really convenient.
The only problem with some some pages riht now is that they obfuscate their JavaScript code in several ways (try http://www.javascriptobfuscator.com/Default.aspx ) to prevent execution...
Not totally,
In one hand:
Sacco and Ortega stressed that in order to execute the attacks, you need either root privileges or physical access to the machine in question, which limits the scope.
Which makes the attack more difficult in operating systems which do not allow users to run with Administrative rights all the time.
But the methods are deadly effective and the pair are currently working on a BIOS rootkit to implement the attack.
I can imagine that, everything you need is ONE time root access to "install" the BIOS instructions and fsck the machine. After that, you are pretty much in control of what comes next.
In some way, I find this similar to the viruses that infected the Master Bood Record, just a bit more interesting...
On the other hand, this will just trigger a bios-patch / virus-release cat and mouse game similar to the standard viruses.
These grads will need C and Assembly approximately never. People who buy software do not use computers at a "basic level" any more, so there is little point in designing software at this level.
Software development has expanded into domains where it makes no sense to know C.
I am sorry you failed your C programming class...
The fact is that, if you are taking a Software Engineering major, you must know your Computer Architecture, and therefore must understand a bit of assembly, C++, pointers and all those beautiful things.
Such knowledge allows you to understand how the other technologies stack up.
Of course it is... after all nowadays even
Dvorak likes linux
A small nipple? a small female nipple that was seen in 4 video frames and which those you are "protecting" have been touching and sucking daily ?
THIS is what you are going to worry about?
you're saying that my COBOL classes are still good?
Well, I remember reading an article about a year ago saying that bankers were looking for Cobol programmers, willing to pay high salaries!
In UK law, at least, which is what 90% of the world base their law systems on:
Being an English, by majority of the world he meant Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and America (refering to the USA only)... oh! and also tath small Island how was it called? mmm Astralia or something
Hahah yeah, that in addition to the "martial law in Mexico" surely made me laugh so hard. I immediately went to my reliable Mexican news sources ( www.jornada.unam.mx ) and found no word of that.
The guys over that blog really smoke good stuff.
Is people still seriously running anything Norton or Symantec in their computer as means of "protection"?
I thought it was common knowledge that their "programs" are complete and utter crap.
the reverse-engineering of all Real video formats,
Sweet! does that mean that we are going to be able to play rmvb in the Wii soon?
Am I the only one who finds Python cumbersome? When I program in Python I feel as if the language is trying to stay in my way, it is somehow as if I have to fight against its whims.
I would recommend Starlogo TNG to teach programming. It really helps people visualize the building blocks that constitute a program. And, given its 3D graphical nature, it attracts high school students (who play Halo or Doom after school [yeah, I am antiquated, I was going to say "play a nintendo" but that would be antiquated even for me]).
I would like to add a small detail to the parent post.
First, of course it is worth doing a good game for the web. Your friend (yeah, as my friend who buys horse porn every Friday) should continue to offer their product and ignore the people who bitch about the game price.
There is always going to be people who do not want to pay (hence, warez). With online games, they can only play the for-free provided content or pay up and enjoy.
Of course, the success of your game will depend on how *good* it is.
The main issue here is the questions is it good enough as a *product*?
Because, as parent poster said, once you start charging, your game becomes a product for which we have to give money (which, these days is a very valuable commodity, even in the USA I am told).
Therefore, your "friend" will have to increase the value of their product (i.e., what they are selling, the extra features, etc.).
Yeah, but I can't wait for the spin-offs!!
Internet Explorer Party
Firefox Kart
Safari Turbo II EX
Opera Tennis
Paper Chrome
I'll wait for Firefox Labrador Edition
It also skipped LaserDisc or LaserDisc-ROM
I still remember watching the Commando movie in that format in my English learning laboratory. It was the best movie to see (to accumulate time) because it did not have too much dialogue.
Because the site was created specifically to facilitate the violation of copyright law? Even the name makes it hard not to conclude that.
Yeah, just like the German Democratic Republic, which was not very uhhmmm "democratic" at all.
'If you could only see the joy these products bring the villagers. You look at their faces; you have to see it to believe it.'"
I smell pun... or at least a not so bright attempt at humor
This is a very insightful statement. Grand Parent goes bashing Zune, Live search, MSN, XBox etc.
But the reality is that such PRODUCTS were the result of using a very small subset of the MS Research features.
These features were selected by the MS marketoids because they are "trendy" and thus may be profitable. That is the reason why we see Just Another Copy Of X, when looking at a new Microsoft Product.
If you want to see what MS Research is about you better look at the peer reviewed papers from them. They have really interesting and innovative stuff which you may not see until someone outside Microsoft creates a product and opens a new profitable market segment.
I agree [to a degree] with the parent post statement that the GP is spreading FUD about Microsoft Windows. The reality is that faulty drivers and hardware are more than 90% of the reason of XP reboots or BSOD. It is not the fault of the OS that Logitec makes craptastic drivers for their cameras... however in some sense the OS should just kill the driver and forget about it.
In OpenBSD the problem only destroyed X, leaving the system alive, and I was able to trace the bug and code a workaround locally until the actual fix came out.
I see a problem with "only destroying X" in current Linux distributions for the desktop. Basically, when X is restarted, all the applications with a graphical interface are closed.
I am sure this could be prevented in some way, leaving the applications running (but not displaying anything) and updating the interface if X is started again. There should exist something like that if we consider the client - server architecture of X11
There is a difference between being easy-to-use-first-time and usable. You appear to be confusing the two.
Yeah:
easy-to-use-first-time == intuitive
Something that several Open Source program really need to look for.
. The issue with the Gaussian Copula model for pools of mortgages in CDOs is how sensitive they are to the assumptions of the model. If, for example, the annual growth rate of home prices is 2% instead of 10%, things look tremendously different. If correlations between housing prices in different cities is 50% instead of 10% -- disaster. The lack of stress testing of these models (checking what the results are for different inputs into the model) was a huge issue. Even if a model is decent (which in principle, copula models are), if they are too sensitive to inputs, then the prices it produces are not trustworthy. If the proper uncertainty was taken into consideration, then perhaps everyone would have been a little less gung-ho about CDOs.
The specific issue with that formula was that Wall Street bankers wanted to assume that the correlation was a static number instead of a variable. As it is said in the article, a number of people (even Li) warned about the issues of the model.
Like the (worthless) Value-at-Risk figure, the (also pretty worthless in the end)
What makes you say that VaR is worthless? it is nothing else but a way to valuate and model risk. The usefulness and accuracy of such model (as with any model) depends on the assumptions put forward when applying it to real world cases.
There is a general problem when people who do not understand models start playing with them. The problem is that they do not understand that the outputs of models are not exact forecasts but only offer a range of possible outcomes (or probabilities if you like). Any modeler who tells you she can make an accurate prediction is spreading hard, brown and smelly BS.
tstream?