buildings that bend and shift better under harsh weather conditions such as wind and rain
Although it's good for a structure to have some flexibility under periodic loading (earthquakes, winds, etc.), the U of M article mentions applications like expansion joints and roads. In an expansion joint, the component is expected allow displacement to reduce pressure on other parts. Just think about a simple bridge with 2 expansion joints on both ends. Temperature changes will cause the bridge to expand/contract. Rigid joints on either end would prevent the structure from deforming freely so there would be a lot of added stress. The amount of force to resist this expansion/contraction is huge, (Any second year civil engineering students can back me up with some numbers) thus the need for expansion joints. The joints themselves aren't doing any significant load-bearing.
Compare this to a building where much of the structure is supporting vertical loads (gravity). Imagine if a column was made from this stuff, nothing could depend on it for structural support due to its inability to resist deformation. So everything this column (or beam) is trying to hold up comes tumbling down. Just look at that video where the beam completely bends under the load.
Flex in structures is good in hurricanes and stuff, but it doesn't do much good if it can't even hold itself up.
A new question is exactly which parties does the software need to be upfront with? The Marketscore software has just recently changed it's tatics, it's no long just an issue with the End User anymore. They now are actively hiding themselves from end servers. The implications?
Banks with online banking services have long banned authentication attempts coming from customers using known Marketscore proxies for obvious security reasons. This is due the violation of the terms & conditions presented when setting up an online banking account. The traditional Marketscore setup had client traffic sent to their proxies which was then forwarded to the intended site. This made it easy for us to track customers with "compromised" machines (Marketscore would never admit to compromising anything).
Lately (last 1 or 2 weeks), we noticed in our server logs that connection attempts from Marketscore proxies suddenly dropped to nothing (from 100's to 0). After some investigation, we learned that the new Marketscore spyware now installs its proxy locally on the user's machine. It accumulates data in a local cache which is then sent back to Marketscore for their anaylsis. Because of this, we can no longer filter compromised machines running Marketscore shitware. Of course there's the other garbage like secretly installing their own root cert on the victim's machine, harder detection by anti-spyware programs, etc.
Yes, maybe the user knows the benefits (and the world of hurt) they can expect from using this software...but what about the banks (or other businesses) who are actively trying to protect its customers? We're still trying to figure out how to deal with this on our side while individually informing the affected customers.
It's been a while since I've moved out of canada, so please update me of the situation. I thought the bigger chains (ie Futureshop, BestBuy) were boycotting the blank media tariff on behalf of the customers. Has that gone out the window?
And i also remember that since the music industry ill-conceivably went ahead to tax blank media, they had no right to go after file downloaders. They weren't allowed to sue people that they were,in effect, already paying for the download. Nevermind the argument that the recording industry completely ignores the fact that blank media can be used for stuff other than their garbage. That's why initially they were having a tough time suing downloaders.
Sorry, i was referring to the act of gaining unauthorized access to a network and the lack of skill to do so, not the attempt to steal credit card info.
On another note, this is the same as finding an unlocked car and making off with it. I wouldn't exactly call that a master-minded crime. The same as how i wouldn't label this guy a cracker/hacker.
As a minimum, at least RTFParent.
What exactly did he crack? I would rather go with "none of the above." He found an open wireless network and connected to it. No displayal of computing skills whatsoever. But I'm not implying being a scriptKiddie/cracker requires skill either.
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Make sure to get this guy to program the robots.
Who wants to receive fiber at their home?
When i saw the title and blurb, i honestly thought they were talking about delivering crates of All-Bran to houses.
If you were using Windows, would BSOD be changed to B-Balls-OD?
buildings that bend and shift better under harsh weather conditions such as wind and rain
Although it's good for a structure to have some flexibility under periodic loading (earthquakes, winds, etc.), the U of M article mentions applications like expansion joints and roads. In an expansion joint, the component is expected allow displacement to reduce pressure on other parts. Just think about a simple bridge with 2 expansion joints on both ends. Temperature changes will cause the bridge to expand/contract. Rigid joints on either end would prevent the structure from deforming freely so there would be a lot of added stress. The amount of force to resist this expansion/contraction is huge, (Any second year civil engineering students can back me up with some numbers) thus the need for expansion joints. The joints themselves aren't doing any significant load-bearing.
Compare this to a building where much of the structure is supporting vertical loads (gravity). Imagine if a column was made from this stuff, nothing could depend on it for structural support due to its inability to resist deformation. So everything this column (or beam) is trying to hold up comes tumbling down. Just look at that video where the beam completely bends under the load.
Flex in structures is good in hurricanes and stuff, but it doesn't do much good if it can't even hold itself up.
A Beow ... nevermind .. screw it..
Can you imagine a culture of these things?
A new question is exactly which parties does the software need to be upfront with? The Marketscore software has just recently changed it's tatics, it's no long just an issue with the End User anymore. They now are actively hiding themselves from end servers. The implications?
Banks with online banking services have long banned authentication attempts coming from customers using known Marketscore proxies for obvious security reasons. This is due the violation of the terms & conditions presented when setting up an online banking account. The traditional Marketscore setup had client traffic sent to their proxies which was then forwarded to the intended site. This made it easy for us to track customers with "compromised" machines (Marketscore would never admit to compromising anything).
Lately (last 1 or 2 weeks), we noticed in our server logs that connection attempts from Marketscore proxies suddenly dropped to nothing (from 100's to 0). After some investigation, we learned that the new Marketscore spyware now installs its proxy locally on the user's machine. It accumulates data in a local cache which is then sent back to Marketscore for their anaylsis. Because of this, we can no longer filter compromised machines running Marketscore shitware. Of course there's the other garbage like secretly installing their own root cert on the victim's machine, harder detection by anti-spyware programs, etc.
Yes, maybe the user knows the benefits (and the world of hurt) they can expect from using this software...but what about the banks (or other businesses) who are actively trying to protect its customers? We're still trying to figure out how to deal with this on our side while individually informing the affected customers.
It's been a while since I've moved out of canada, so please update me of the situation. I thought the bigger chains (ie Futureshop, BestBuy) were boycotting the blank media tariff on behalf of the customers. Has that gone out the window?
And i also remember that since the music industry ill-conceivably went ahead to tax blank media, they had no right to go after file downloaders. They weren't allowed to sue people that they were,in effect, already paying for the download. Nevermind the argument that the recording industry completely ignores the fact that blank media can be used for stuff other than their garbage. That's why initially they were having a tough time suing downloaders.
But I'm sure much has changed since then.
Sorry, i was referring to the act of gaining unauthorized access to a network and the lack of skill to do so, not the attempt to steal credit card info. On another note, this is the same as finding an unlocked car and making off with it. I wouldn't exactly call that a master-minded crime. The same as how i wouldn't label this guy a cracker/hacker. As a minimum, at least RTFParent.
What exactly did he crack? I would rather go with "none of the above." He found an open wireless network and connected to it. No displayal of computing skills whatsoever. But I'm not implying being a scriptKiddie/cracker requires skill either.