That would require physical access to the botnet-master (risky) or knowledge of the physical whereabouts of said person (risky again).
No, I'd much rather set up a paypal account with a fake firm in Tonga, linked to another fake firm on the Cayman Isles. It's apparently impressively difficult to get any information out of Tonga regarding business owners, whatever their background. The same goes for the Cayman Isles. And you could always route it again through Tonga, for double fun. And you wouldn't even have to leave your house. And the best news: there are already providers for it.
If e-mails were just e-mails (text), and didn't include active content, it would fix the entire attack-vector. Perhaps sysadmins should default to secure software. But is there even software these days you can make absolutely sure does not show anything except the plain text? On windows that is, on unix I just use elm anyway.
If the business wants to do business using illegal means, the corporate lawyers are going to stop it. Firing them is dangerous in the extreme and can lead to largish prison sentences. If the business wants to rent officespace in a condemned building, it's a given that someone will knock some sense in the head of management. If the business wants to sell dangerous or illegal goods, someone from the quality check department should put on the brakes. If the business wants to use a dangerous and in the long run, very expensive, tool to conduct business, the relevant department should stop it. If the business wants to use a dangerous and in the long run, very expensive, IT-tool to conduct business, the IT-department should stop it.
A business where the line managers run roughshod over the relevant departments in order to get their bonus in the short term is a business that's not going for the long haul. Make sure you are prepared to abandon ship when the managers do likewise, and make sure that questionable decisions are confirmed in writing or e-mail, and copy them to a folder at your home.
A true capitalist would not have started such a company off a government grant, nor would their workers continued working for no pay. Perhaps not, but he almost certainly would have hidden behind the government's apron by incorporating in order to keep his employees from holding him personally liable, even when his actions resulted in a loss for them.
It's laughable when people talk about "capitalism" but then still demand the government protect them from the consequences of their own bad decisions.
Actually, that has been the modus operandi of capitalism since it went live. The state is the general management team for capitalists, a sort of "dad" for all the children/companies: sometimes the kids get out of line and need a good whack, sometimes they are in trouble and dad bails them out. It's just too bad that dad is actually a mobster and the money is obtained by extortion and armed robbery.
I used to be quite unhappy about it, until I started my own business and discovered that I too, was suddenly adopted and got to share in the bounty:)
This reminds me of a small girl we met at the swimmingpool (lessons), who had one visible cochlear implant. This girl turned out to be deaf from birth on both ears. I remarked to her mother that she could actually hear and talk amazingly well - I hadn't noticed anything in her speech. According to the doctors this was nigh impossible, but she had enough input from the 16 nerves to get perfect speech and reasonable hearing. She probably got very lucky with the connections on the nerves. So even with 16 nerves stimulated this could make a huge difference for someone who's blind, if they happen to hit the right connections.
Yeah I know - anecdotal evidence and such. Still, I'm happy they get this far already.
Oh, and I won't be upgrading my retina unless it matches the resolution of my computer display and comes with infrared, zoom and millimeterwave vision options. Preferably with scrolling 6502 assembly code on the left side as well:P
Probably. This whole thing copyright crusade just turned for the worse, now that the biggest Dutch investment agency (ABP, the pension fund for civil servants) last week announced (in a very small article) that they were moving into copyrights, because that is were currently most of the money is being made. The invested a small part of their portfolio, a few billion euro (small change), and were thinking of expanding because it was so profitable.
So if you think it can't get any worse: it will become much, much worse.
I recommend moving to Switzerland. As long as you can limit the alcohol drinking...;) They are not in the EU, it’s warmer, the food is better, the scenery is beautiful, they have a great air force, and nobody is going to put the country under pressure, that has all his money, anyway. ^^ Plus, you get a (partially?) direct democracy with referenda. Which is the most valuable of all properties.
Yeah, I hear it's a great place to live if you're a white, christian, non-slavic person of northern european descent with a lot of money.
Replace "person" with "male". Women don't get to run for elections, although they did get the right to vote in 1971. And are generally (especially outside larger cities) considered inferior. Running a small business as a woman is quite difficult since you have to deal with males who won't accept the fact you're giving them directions. No outright discrimination, just a lot of difficulties that add up.
On the other hand, the standard of living is quite high. Perhaps it's correlated:)
I'd really love to see the response of all the people who wanted to pull the plug on Schiavo if Florida decided it would be OK to conduct executions by starvation.
If people had normal laws for this type of occurrence, there wouldn't have been a need for starvation and she'd just have received a rather large dose of morphine. A much more pleasant way of dying. Not that it really mattered to Terry Schiavo, who for all intents and purposes had no more awareness than the bricks of the wall I'm looking at.
I agree. And once Microsoft realized there's money to be made here, they could include native PHP development support (which isn't all that hard for them) and wipe the floor with the other IDE's. At least on Windows.
I use it to develop anything and everything related to PhP, CSS, (X)HTML etc. with it, and it never ever crashes. There must be something else installed on the machine as well, or an addon that's semi-corrupt. Notepad++ hasn't crashed on me, ever, since I started using it a few years ago.
I am a strong believer that whoever purchases from Steam is a damn fool. You're completely dependant on Steam's whims and existence. Sorry dude, I prefer to own the stuff I paid for.
I would agree on music. I disagree on games. They're not meant for eternal life, even disregarding Windows version changes. But using steam I can now actually play some very old games again. Steam makes an effort to keep them viable.
So while you have a point in theory, in practice I can now play the game I had again.
Let's compare it to insurance. You use the more expensive service to insure your access to games well into the next century. I don't care about most games for more than a week or so, and waive the insurance, so I use Steam.
I would NEVER use this for something I would plan on using a few years from now, such as music or books. But for games, i don't care overly much.
I buy my games on Steam. Install a new computer, install Steam, and hey, all my games are there. Best thing: if a friend is playing something, you can jump right in with them, if the game supports it. And with the SteamCloud, saved games are now SAVED with capital letters (saved games get stored "in the cloud", I just hope it's not all water vapor:)).
I hadn't bought much since HalfLife, but I retried it recently (starting with the Secret of Monkey Island remastered version) and I've already bought Portal, Mass effect, the entire X-com 5-pack (for $2,- total), CounterStrike: Source, etcetera. I tried AI Wars, Braid and a few others that came highly recommended (Torchlight, and the one with 3 characters you control - fantastic visuals btw) by penny arcade for instance and while I think they're great games, they're just not for me.
World of WarCrack had me hooked for a while, but now my purse is mine once again, I really enjoy browsing games on Steam. I looked at gog.com, but browsing the catalog turns up some VERY old stuff for prices I think area bit too high.
It's pretty simple, really. She may be a scumbag and a weaseling, lying oathbreaker, but compared to the RIAA she still looks like Mother Theresa. In other words, she's *our* scumbag. And noone should have to settle for something that will bankrupt them, when the thing shouldn't have been punishable to begin with.
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That would require physical access to the botnet-master (risky) or knowledge of the physical whereabouts of said person (risky again).
No, I'd much rather set up a paypal account with a fake firm in Tonga, linked to another fake firm on the Cayman Isles. It's apparently impressively difficult to get any information out of Tonga regarding business owners, whatever their background. The same goes for the Cayman Isles. And you could always route it again through Tonga, for double fun. And you wouldn't even have to leave your house. And the best news: there are already providers for it.
If e-mails were just e-mails (text), and didn't include active content, it would fix the entire attack-vector. Perhaps sysadmins should default to secure software. But is there even software these days you can make absolutely sure does not show anything except the plain text? On windows that is, on unix I just use elm anyway.
If the business wants to do business using illegal means, the corporate lawyers are going to stop it. Firing them is dangerous in the extreme and can lead to largish prison sentences.
If the business wants to rent officespace in a condemned building, it's a given that someone will knock some sense in the head of management.
If the business wants to sell dangerous or illegal goods, someone from the quality check department should put on the brakes.
If the business wants to use a dangerous and in the long run, very expensive, tool to conduct business, the relevant department should stop it.
If the business wants to use a dangerous and in the long run, very expensive, IT-tool to conduct business, the IT-department should stop it.
A business where the line managers run roughshod over the relevant departments in order to get their bonus in the short term is a business that's not going for the long haul. Make sure you are prepared to abandon ship when the managers do likewise, and make sure that questionable decisions are confirmed in writing or e-mail, and copy them to a folder at your home.
A true capitalist would not have started such a company off a government grant, nor would their workers continued working for no pay.
Perhaps not, but he almost certainly would have hidden behind the government's apron by incorporating in order to keep his employees from holding him personally liable, even when his actions resulted in a loss for them.
It's laughable when people talk about "capitalism" but then still demand the government protect them from the consequences of their own bad decisions.
Actually, that has been the modus operandi of capitalism since it went live. The state is the general management team for capitalists, a sort of "dad" for all the children/companies: sometimes the kids get out of line and need a good whack, sometimes they are in trouble and dad bails them out. It's just too bad that dad is actually a mobster and the money is obtained by extortion and armed robbery.
I used to be quite unhappy about it, until I started my own business and discovered that I too, was suddenly adopted and got to share in the bounty :)
Hey, if I get to have surgery, at least I get to have a REAL improvement :)
This reminds me of a small girl we met at the swimmingpool (lessons), who had one visible cochlear implant. This girl turned out to be deaf from birth on both ears. I remarked to her mother that she could actually hear and talk amazingly well - I hadn't noticed anything in her speech. According to the doctors this was nigh impossible, but she had enough input from the 16 nerves to get perfect speech and reasonable hearing. She probably got very lucky with the connections on the nerves. So even with 16 nerves stimulated this could make a huge difference for someone who's blind, if they happen to hit the right connections.
Yeah I know - anecdotal evidence and such. Still, I'm happy they get this far already.
Oh, and I won't be upgrading my retina unless it matches the resolution of my computer display and comes with infrared, zoom and millimeterwave vision options. Preferably with scrolling 6502 assembly code on the left side as well :P
... as apparently, "your rights online" do not really exist. What about "No rights online"? "Duties online"?
Well, I'm pretty sure we can come up with something that describes the situation a bit better.
Me too. Too bad it all went downhill from there with Emmerich, in terms of creativity in the plotlines.
It seems to me that right about the time a government passes such a ridiculous law it's time for it to be overthrown.
It seems to me that right about now, you need to register :)
Hell yeah! I'm Dutch, but I'd register right away! :)
Yes, I'm pretty miffed I don't live close enough to actually do this :)
I would love to register SPECTRE. And if they don't check your ID, I'm pretty sure I could register as "Blofeld" :)
Down here it's called the War of Northern Aggression.
... but not by the former slaves, I bet.
Probably. This whole thing copyright crusade just turned for the worse, now that the biggest Dutch investment agency (ABP, the pension fund for civil servants) last week announced (in a very small article) that they were moving into copyrights, because that is were currently most of the money is being made. The invested a small part of their portfolio, a few billion euro (small change), and were thinking of expanding because it was so profitable.
So if you think it can't get any worse: it will become much, much worse.
I miss the apologies of the US for stealing data from a foreign, but friendly country!
I miss the clear statement that such data sharing is mandatory bidirectional!1
And I would like to have the same transparency about US state Delaware's mailbox-companies financial transactions!
I forgot who said it, but a politician once said "there are no friendly countries. Only countries whose interests are currently aligned."
I recommend moving to Switzerland. As long as you can limit the alcohol drinking... ;)
They are not in the EU, it’s warmer, the food is better, the scenery is beautiful, they have a great air force, and nobody is going to put the country under pressure, that has all his money, anyway. ^^
Plus, you get a (partially?) direct democracy with referenda. Which is the most valuable of all properties.
Yeah, I hear it's a great place to live if you're a white, christian, non-slavic person of northern european descent with a lot of money.
Replace "person" with "male". Women don't get to run for elections, although they did get the right to vote in 1971. And are generally (especially outside larger cities) considered inferior. Running a small business as a woman is quite difficult since you have to deal with males who won't accept the fact you're giving them directions. No outright discrimination, just a lot of difficulties that add up.
On the other hand, the standard of living is quite high. Perhaps it's correlated :)
I'd really love to see the response of all the people who wanted to pull the plug on Schiavo if Florida decided it would be OK to conduct executions by starvation.
If people had normal laws for this type of occurrence, there wouldn't have been a need for starvation and she'd just have received a rather large dose of morphine. A much more pleasant way of dying. Not that it really mattered to Terry Schiavo, who for all intents and purposes had no more awareness than the bricks of the wall I'm looking at.
I agree. And once Microsoft realized there's money to be made here, they could include native PHP development support (which isn't all that hard for them) and wipe the floor with the other IDE's. At least on Windows.
I use it to develop anything and everything related to PhP, CSS, (X)HTML etc. with it, and it never ever crashes. There must be something else installed on the machine as well, or an addon that's semi-corrupt. Notepad++ hasn't crashed on me, ever, since I started using it a few years ago.
That's because you might confuse him with other people with low numbers, who only post things and never read anything...
I am a strong believer that whoever purchases from Steam is a damn fool. You're completely dependant on Steam's whims and existence. Sorry dude, I prefer to own the stuff I paid for.
I would agree on music. I disagree on games. They're not meant for eternal life, even disregarding Windows version changes. But using steam I can now actually play some very old games again. Steam makes an effort to keep them viable.
So while you have a point in theory, in practice I can now play the game I had again.
Let's compare it to insurance. You use the more expensive service to insure your access to games well into the next century. I don't care about most games for more than a week or so, and waive the insurance, so I use Steam.
I would NEVER use this for something I would plan on using a few years from now, such as music or books. But for games, i don't care overly much.
I buy my games on Steam. Install a new computer, install Steam, and hey, all my games are there. Best thing: if a friend is playing something, you can jump right in with them, if the game supports it. And with the SteamCloud, saved games are now SAVED with capital letters (saved games get stored "in the cloud", I just hope it's not all water vapor :)).
I hadn't bought much since HalfLife, but I retried it recently (starting with the Secret of Monkey Island remastered version) and I've already bought Portal, Mass effect, the entire X-com 5-pack (for $2,- total), CounterStrike: Source, etcetera. I tried AI Wars, Braid and a few others that came highly recommended (Torchlight, and the one with 3 characters you control - fantastic visuals btw) by penny arcade for instance and while I think they're great games, they're just not for me.
World of WarCrack had me hooked for a while, but now my purse is mine once again, I really enjoy browsing games on Steam. I looked at gog.com, but browsing the catalog turns up some VERY old stuff for prices I think area bit too high.
"too long; didn't read"
Usually used as a sarcastic reply to anything involving thought that you disagree with, if not condensed into a one-liner.
It's pretty simple, really. She may be a scumbag and a weaseling, lying oathbreaker, but compared to the RIAA she still looks like Mother Theresa. In other words, she's *our* scumbag. And noone should have to settle for something that will bankrupt them, when the thing shouldn't have been punishable to begin with.
How do you discard biohazardous materials and mutagen/teratogen substances at home?
Down the toilet, flush twice. :)
"Hey! Look, we redid your office! Isn't it awesome? Look, the couch folds out into a bed!"
"That's great! Now I can ask my wife to move in here with me, and we can finally spend some quality time together!" :)