Which morals would those be? Promoting genocide, misogyny, stoning people to death, slavery etc etc? Those are the morals of the bible which are cherry picked "out" of the morals espoused by christians
How is it that as a rule religions seem to think that their creator is so narcissistic that he/she/it would want/need/demand that people worship he/she/it?
My assessment of this has always been that if man was created in God's image, and man requires the worship and admiration of his peers, then God must also.
We have scam 'institutions' that are there to sucker people with the IQ of a douche into getting government grants and loans for "technical training in computers". There are several of them that have a.edu domain.
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It's in Java, and Java bytecode decompiles much more cleanly than, say, x86 bytecode compiled from C. Did you try decompiling it and reading the resulting source code? If not, why not?
Decompiling & inspecting code every time it is downloaded or updated is not a realistic solution before trusting or running code. Especially not for the vast vast majority of internet users who don't know any programming language, let alone Java.
A security researcher asking people to blindly trust strangers........
IMO they really aren't. As it is uploaded unobfusacated and anyone can download it. It then takes 2 seconds to drop it in to the one of many java decompilers and you can read it yourself.
Who can blame them for not spending a couple of hundred dollars on a sining cert? I can't for a proof of concept.
If end users are expected to decompile the code and inspect it every time it downloads (or updates) then this isn't a solution for the +99% of internet users who don't know Java. As for me, I'd rather spend the little extra time typing in a second password without this CAPTCHA scheme and not decompiling & inspecting code.
I don't think dgatwood is commenting on encryption, just the delivery system for this attempt at security.
If you already have Java installed and/or active on your system then this CAPTCHA approach doesn't make your system any more vulnerable then it already was (assuming a properly signed certificate accompanies the code).
Well, it is true they aren't exactly known for their accuracy in their accusations... and I believe I saw a report of an online webcam being targeted as well.
I believe the webcam was accused of unfair competition rather than copyright infringement;-)
It seems like Google would be in a position to quickly nip problems like this in the bud.
I'm sure they are in a position to perform this type of check, but is it their place to do so?
If they did it on their own we'd be up in arms about Google inspecting everything too deeply. If they don't do it we want to know why. It's a no win situation, but it's better for them to be persuaded to perform the task rather than jumping in with both feet and enduring the choir of complainants.
Have you seen his tricks? They're actually quite impressive, he's bringing some new ideas to spice up the dusty old "pull-white-rabbits-out-of-a-hat" magician community.
Can he make software patents disappear? No? How about patent trolls? <sigh>
I'm going to petition Congress to roll all of these types of bills into one all-encompassing bill: the Secure Homeland Information Technology & Transactions? Yes! Act
It seems whenever I read an article about something new and great discovered by a telescope, it mentions one of the orbiting sattelite type telescopes.
Putting a telescope in space usually requires some governmental involvement (resources, rockets and/or funding). If there are any issues with a space deployed telescope then you're going to need to perform maintenance via spacewalk (e.g., Hubble).
The results of a space telescope are usually better, but they are smaller, much more expensive and need to get past a lot of obstacles.
Even if it never holds the title for the "World's Largest Telescope", a 28-foot diameter primary mirror is a very big telescope... and it will continue to work after even larger telescopes are built.
There's a 'how to' video on boycotting this, but it's not available online. You have to provide two forms of picture ID to order the physical media, register your IP address, sit hrough an FBI warning and promise that only you - and you alone - will watch it. Sharing it with others, making copies, posting it online or selling it as used is strictly forbidden. A 'how to ' video about acquiring their videos is being prepared by their lawyers in conjunction with the US government and Interpol.
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that is why... http://richarddawkins.net/articles/495770-official-vatican-does-compare-child-abuse-with-ordaining-women
I guess the first of those two dominoes fell, so when is the second one?
Which morals would those be? Promoting genocide, misogyny, stoning people to death, slavery etc etc? Those are the morals of the bible which are cherry picked "out" of the morals espoused by christians
Which morals? Thou shall not kill for one.
How is it that as a rule religions seem to think that their creator is so narcissistic that he/she/it would want/need/demand that people worship he/she/it?
My assessment of this has always been that if man was created in God's image, and man requires the worship and admiration of his peers, then God must also.
Exactly why would it need to sound like a regular car.
So people who are blind or vision impaired can hear it coming and know it's a car.
Any phone you get a card at the convinience store for will keep working after it gets ripped off.
Until the pre-paid minutes run out.
We have scam 'institutions' that are there to sucker people with the IQ of a douche into getting government grants and loans for "technical training in computers". There are several of them that have a .edu domain.
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It's in Java, and Java bytecode decompiles much more cleanly than, say, x86 bytecode compiled from C. Did you try decompiling it and reading the resulting source code? If not, why not?
Decompiling & inspecting code every time it is downloaded or updated is not a realistic solution before trusting or running code. Especially not for the vast vast majority of internet users who don't know any programming language, let alone Java.
A security researcher asking people to blindly trust strangers........
IMO they really aren't. As it is uploaded unobfusacated and anyone can download it. It then takes 2 seconds to drop it in to the one of many java decompilers and you can read it yourself.
Who can blame them for not spending a couple of hundred dollars on a sining cert? I can't for a proof of concept.
If end users are expected to decompile the code and inspect it every time it downloads (or updates) then this isn't a solution for the +99% of internet users who don't know Java. As for me, I'd rather spend the little extra time typing in a second password without this CAPTCHA scheme and not decompiling & inspecting code.
I don't think dgatwood is commenting on encryption, just the delivery system for this attempt at security.
If you already have Java installed and/or active on your system then this CAPTCHA approach doesn't make your system any more vulnerable then it already was (assuming a properly signed certificate accompanies the code).
Can't we just politely ask them to start using the #spam hashtag?
Well, it is true they aren't exactly known for their accuracy in their accusations... and I believe I saw a report of an online webcam being targeted as well.
I believe the webcam was accused of unfair competition rather than copyright infringement ;-)
It seems like Google would be in a position to quickly nip problems like this in the bud.
I'm sure they are in a position to perform this type of check, but is it their place to do so?
If they did it on their own we'd be up in arms about Google inspecting everything too deeply. If they don't do it we want to know why. It's a no win situation, but it's better for them to be persuaded to perform the task rather than jumping in with both feet and enduring the choir of complainants.
Did you not RTFS? Microsoft and it's co-plaintifs escorted by U.S. Marshals
So now Microsoft is in the escort business?
It seems that Microsoft has become a good guy while Apple is rapidly becoming a goat. ... Or have I spoken too soon?
Microsoft didn't just do this to be a "good guy". Microsoft's been able to take this step by arguing that the botnet operators have been violating its trademarks and damaging its reputation .
Have you seen his tricks? They're actually quite impressive, he's bringing some new ideas to spice up the dusty old "pull-white-rabbits-out-of-a-hat" magician community.
Can he make software patents disappear? No? How about patent trolls? <sigh>
I'm going to petition Congress to roll all of these types of bills into one all-encompassing bill: the Secure Homeland Information Technology & Transactions? Yes! Act
"they tuk uuur juuubs"
This needs to be said a la South Park
I think you forgot Phonebook & Guestbook.
It seems whenever I read an article about something new and great discovered by a telescope, it mentions one of the orbiting sattelite type telescopes.
Putting a telescope in space usually requires some governmental involvement (resources, rockets and/or funding). If there are any issues with a space deployed telescope then you're going to need to perform maintenance via spacewalk (e.g., Hubble).
The results of a space telescope are usually better, but they are smaller, much more expensive and need to get past a lot of obstacles.
Even if it never holds the title for the "World's Largest Telescope", a 28-foot diameter primary mirror is a very big telescope ... and it will continue to work after even larger telescopes are built.
How does one go about boycotting this?
There's a 'how to' video on boycotting this, but it's not available online. You have to provide two forms of picture ID to order the physical media, register your IP address, sit hrough an FBI warning and promise that only you - and you alone - will watch it. Sharing it with others, making copies, posting it online or selling it as used is strictly forbidden. A 'how to ' video about acquiring their videos is being prepared by their lawyers in conjunction with the US government and Interpol.
The NSA claims to have some super-secret data-mining operation going on... but a lot of people are doubtful about how effective such a thing could be.
Don't worry, the NSA knows who these doubters are and they will use it against them at sometime in the future.
no one here can prove that data EVER gets destroyed.
So the US government is going to hire Facebook to handle data storage?
Don't worry, in five years the limit will be raised to ten years...
A moving target ... just like extending copyrights so works don't end up in the public domain?
"perhaps all the evidence anyone needs of its health benefits..."
Well, my grandmother relied exclusively on anecdotal evidence, and SHE lived to be 103!
Was she related to Jiminy Cricket?