We'll give them a controlled environment and let the student hacker know what is right and wrong. Now, as a student of hacking some 25 years ago, and knowing the mentality of the hacker (that has changed only in the tools available, and maybe the determination level a bit) then, I suspect a real hacker is not going to be afraid of being caught or care if some 'teacher' embraces their hobby or not. The profile of a hacker is pretty forward, they are loners, lack approval in their real lives, desire greatly to have others worship them, and basically don't take showers and are always looking over their shoulders. That guy on the last photo in the article hardly looks to be someone the hacker I know and endear to heart would give a dime to let alone an hour of their time.
I find it interesting a company found guilty by the DOJ of the USA is involved in helping anyone but themselves. Its facinating that M$ is doing this 'good deed'. Yes, it is good to bust folks that commit crimes, much like the DOJ did to M$ regarding its anti-trust behaviour over much of the past 15 years. I just hope, that Canada isn't getting free governmental licenses from M$ for cooperating. Wonder when the DOJ is going to forget about the big fish, and start cooperating with what they called effectively the devil to bust pedophiles and child porn rings. I give the DOJ maybe 6 months to be in bed with M$ on this one. The cookies and milk await the 'kids' in PR at the DOJ.
Much ado about nothing, like his inventing the Inet blobbling I have forgotten about Al's latest attempt to shake the scruffy looking professorship image and his slow but rightful slide into American oblivion
For the most part, aside from some small and IMHO meaningless success lately, NASA is as you all know a great example of bloatware. Overpromised and underdelivered. We need to spend more time figuring out how to live harmoneously with Mother Earth, and stop spending ourselves into oblivion to find out that some remote block of rock has ice on it, or life some 3-4 billion years ago.
The guy has an uncanny ability to get people to listen and write about him. Such if I were in business (at least some slim/e shady business) for say direct marketing, selling insurance plans to almost/dead people or raising money for a national bid at the US presidency, I would hire this guy in a New York minute.
I wonder if the Girls of OS X wanting to get their Symbian connectivity should in the meantime simply enjoy another kind of symbian satisfaction until OS X supports the phone kind.;)
Like a shopping spree. Its like a candy store for someone to pick and choose. Just like guns, having them readily available makes committing crimes with them easier. Having this kind of information will allow your average idiot terrorist more empowered to do stupid things. Yes, its unavoidable, however we have to consider social responsibilities when making information available. Open society? Sure, then all are equal, however an open society is hardly a reality anywhere.
First thing that came to mind was how this is Google's way of arming the unknown soldier. We are at 'war' with terrorism and this is like a field day shopping spree for a terrorist. Its rather frightening to see all the military and strategic locations right on my screen in full color. Wonder if Google cares?
Somehow I think Chuck is rolling over in his grave approving of this post. Wasn't Zonk the type of candy in the 70s or possibly the term used for someone that was gonged out of competition during chuck's drug induced state of euphoric fun called the Gong Show:)
Ok, I have used Windows for development in 95 and 98 releases and now use OS X very happily. What surprises me is we are in late March of 2005 and Windows 2003 SP***1*** is being released.
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Maybe this will usher in 'security' sales by the bells. How does traditional wiretap law work against VoIP insecurity? I see this as one way the Bell's are going to save some business and VoIP won't wipe out POTS. Leading to a fine balance of VoIP and traditional switched networks. Just a guess, but was my first gut response.
Well, it would seem there is a Ruby IORCC contest as well, with over 1000 USD in prizes and big name sponsors. I can't help but imagine which contest they got their brilliant ideas from:) I would know, I'm shamelessly plugging the IORCC.
http://iorcc.dyndns.org/
Looks promising, entry window ends at the end of this month.
Enjoy
Wonder what the fair will offer for those kids whose parents are unemployed, homeless or generally in fear of losing their jobs? I hope the fair is fair, and covers both sides of the ups and downs of a job fair.
What is sad about what you say, and you say the truth regarding adjusting to poor tech implementations, is that people have to adjust to technology and eventually their expectations get lowered. Which is exactly what I said, and think is pathetically unfortunate for us. Tech should adjust and fit our needs, not the other way around. You suggest the latter, I am a proponent of the former. Tech should be liberating as an implementation, transparent, not ever present and in the way. Will there be something better than VoIPoSat for remote and obscure situations, sure. What that is I can only imagine, but it sure is better than feeling like 30 years ago when calling LD to Europe from the states with 1-2 second delays.
Code is art, and good art is a joy to interpret. Bad art is well, bad needing little to no documentation at all. So, in the end, code is self documentating. I can look at code for seconds if not less and determine if it was done by someone with style, a thorough understanding and a desire to share that vision with others, by the work. Not someone telling me what it should or could do, but what is apparent by its implementation. I find documentation sort of like a salesman for a art gallery, its always hovering over interpreting the work for you or how great the artist is supposed to be. I'm usually left unimpressed, and much wealthier as a result for not buying into the habitual lies.
There is no bending them over, a soldier is paid and knows the pay when going into the service for his country. They get fed, they get clothed and they get brainwashed, its mostly volunteer (if you don't consider socioeconomics) so don't tell me they are getting bent over and forced to call. My god, the soldiers go into a country, kill and rape, pillage and plunder the landscape and culture (or lack of it) of a country. And you want to complain about their phone bills? What about the customers at home paying 50 cents to a buck a minute on phone cards, the very people that make it possible for the soldier to go and fight a 'war' in the first place? Free phone calls for soldiers? How about sending me some free camo gear, I'll take some used genuine articles for winter! After all, my tax dollars paid for it.
One sad thing about VoIP over sat is no way to get around delay. To call it acceptable in a best case scenario is fine if you lower the standards of quality and the masses have no alternatives. You have captive customers/soldiers without much alternative? So you will make some money.
I haven't worn a watch or cared what day it is let alone what time it is for the past 19 years. It amazes me how many folks I know that don't know how to look up at the sky or at shadows and tell what time it is. If you want to know what time of the year it is, stand outside for a few minutes and sense the weather, the air, the brush... Maybe the important of Stonehedge is to get folks to pay more attention to the world around us and less to the overwhelmingly growing 40-65% of net income being spent on rent or a huge mortgage.
Finding alternative feeds for pay or free (got a friend at an ISP?) is never a problem it seems. Usenet news is not going to die any sooner than IRC, or IAM or Google Search. Its been around, it will stick around as long as people find it useful to communicate ideas. I find it as likely that Usenet will die as Mail will discontinue being sent via the postal systems in the world.
Last time I read something about IBM and Linux was they had effectively become ashamed of their lack of effective rollout with Linux in house... I find it interesting that some are still selling the notion of Linux on IBM yet abroad now rather than in the states. What gives, are we getting two-speak from IBM?
The original point was clear, that it should not be a surprise to people that Apple is going after folks legally, much like M$ does at this point in their existance. IP, whatever kind, is to be protected, and innovation doesn't need it for you are really moving forward, not sitting on your butt enjoy the repeat or resale of same said tech created yesterday. Your argument is a tough sell to me, simply cause pushing USB or BT or FW, one of which I use, the rest are meaningless to me on a daily basis. But then again, did Apple really create or just sell USB, BT and FW? Apple doesn't do much in the creation business, look at their model, they do a lot of packaging, reselling and marketing. hardware, please. Software, double please. Sad as it is, even Apple's first commercial success software was applesoft basic (not integer that was on ROM with hardware), and that was written by, oh my goodness, MS. Its kinda like calling the kettle black from the pot. This behaviour of Apple's and SJ is expected, and typical of a company stuggling to become a player, sad as that is... I personally liken it a bit to the SCO proceedings (as far fetched as that may seem).
Necessity is not the mother for apple's invention, as they have invented nothing, as per one of my points already. Pirates, sure, we won't go there together. Apple provides a better experience than M$haft, sure do for various things, however most Windows enthusiasts would argue otherwise (ever wonder why?)., What, you don't hug trees, metaphorically or otherwise? Apple being a creative force changing to a money grubbing system of incremental change is what I'm talking about, trees aside. Apple is nothing but a rehash of tech, its pretty simple and should not come as a shock to anyone, it has been that way for 10+ years. I use OS X regularly, and enjoy it more than M$, BeOS and/or Linux or QNX. Like it or not, Apple may be the 'best' of the worst, moving towards a common ground of mediocrity like M$.
Duplication is the mother of all invention, and cliche or not apple is doing not much else than marketing better. They didn't invent the mp3 player, just slapped it with a proprietary encoding scheme. I have been to 1 infinite loop, worked for NeXT in the 90s and Apple during the transition. What I believe you may have missed is that Apple isn't doing anything magical, they are simply marketing rather dated ideas with color schemes that seem to be pleasing and sell. Apple is indeed a great company to work for, but as someone that has worked for SJ in the early to mid 80s, again in the 90s, there is no way you can tell the world I have not seen it. No question, people are tired of it, the thunder of innovation is gone, the collective hands of a money making machine is in full swing. Some folks may not buy into the lip service any more, and that is why I am not surprised such attempts to squelch leaks is occuring. This all should not be a big surprise, with cult comes cult of personality, and disinfranchised followers.
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We'll give them a controlled environment and let the student hacker know what is right and wrong. Now, as a student of hacking some 25 years ago, and knowing the mentality of the hacker (that has changed only in the tools available, and maybe the determination level a bit) then, I suspect a real hacker is not going to be afraid of being caught or care if some 'teacher' embraces their hobby or not. The profile of a hacker is pretty forward, they are loners, lack approval in their real lives, desire greatly to have others worship them, and basically don't take showers and are always looking over their shoulders. That guy on the last photo in the article hardly looks to be someone the hacker I know and endear to heart would give a dime to let alone an hour of their time.
I find it interesting a company found guilty by the DOJ of the USA is involved in helping anyone but themselves. Its facinating that M$ is doing this 'good deed'. Yes, it is good to bust folks that commit crimes, much like the DOJ did to M$ regarding its anti-trust behaviour over much of the past 15 years. I just hope, that Canada isn't getting free governmental licenses from M$ for cooperating. Wonder when the DOJ is going to forget about the big fish, and start cooperating with what they called effectively the devil to bust pedophiles and child porn rings. I give the DOJ maybe 6 months to be in bed with M$ on this one. The cookies and milk await the 'kids' in PR at the DOJ.
Much ado about nothing, like his inventing the Inet blobbling I have forgotten about Al's latest attempt to shake the scruffy looking professorship image and his slow but rightful slide into American oblivion
For the most part, aside from some small and IMHO meaningless success lately, NASA is as you all know a great example of bloatware. Overpromised and underdelivered. We need to spend more time figuring out how to live harmoneously with Mother Earth, and stop spending ourselves into oblivion to find out that some remote block of rock has ice on it, or life some 3-4 billion years ago.
The guy has an uncanny ability to get people to listen and write about him. Such if I were in business (at least some slim/e shady business) for say direct marketing, selling insurance plans to almost/dead people or raising money for a national bid at the US presidency, I would hire this guy in a New York minute.
I wonder if the Girls of OS X wanting to get their Symbian connectivity should in the meantime simply enjoy another kind of symbian satisfaction until OS X supports the phone kind. ;)
Like a shopping spree. Its like a candy store for someone to pick and choose. Just like guns, having them readily available makes committing crimes with them easier. Having this kind of information will allow your average idiot terrorist more empowered to do stupid things. Yes, its unavoidable, however we have to consider social responsibilities when making information available. Open society? Sure, then all are equal, however an open society is hardly a reality anywhere.
No wonder the Colorado Native is more ellusive than the NW's mysterious Sasquatch.
First thing that came to mind was how this is Google's way of arming the unknown soldier. We are at 'war' with terrorism and this is like a field day shopping spree for a terrorist. Its rather frightening to see all the military and strategic locations right on my screen in full color. Wonder if Google cares?
Somehow I think Chuck is rolling over in his grave approving of this post. Wasn't Zonk the type of candy in the 70s or possibly the term used for someone that was gonged out of competition during chuck's drug induced state of euphoric fun called the Gong Show :)
Ok, I have used Windows for development in 95 and 98 releases and now use OS X very happily. What surprises me is we are in late March of 2005 and Windows 2003 SP***1*** is being released.
Maybe this will usher in 'security' sales by the bells. How does traditional wiretap law work against VoIP insecurity? I see this as one way the Bell's are going to save some business and VoIP won't wipe out POTS. Leading to a fine balance of VoIP and traditional switched networks. Just a guess, but was my first gut response.
Well, it would seem there is a Ruby IORCC contest as well, with over 1000 USD in prizes and big name sponsors. I can't help but imagine which contest they got their brilliant ideas from :) I would know, I'm shamelessly plugging the IORCC.
http://iorcc.dyndns.org/
Looks promising, entry window ends at the end of this month.
Enjoy
Wonder what the fair will offer for those kids whose parents are unemployed, homeless or generally in fear of losing their jobs? I hope the fair is fair, and covers both sides of the ups and downs of a job fair.
What is sad about what you say, and you say the truth regarding adjusting to poor tech implementations, is that people have to adjust to technology and eventually their expectations get lowered. Which is exactly what I said, and think is pathetically unfortunate for us. Tech should adjust and fit our needs, not the other way around. You suggest the latter, I am a proponent of the former. Tech should be liberating as an implementation, transparent, not ever present and in the way. Will there be something better than VoIPoSat for remote and obscure situations, sure. What that is I can only imagine, but it sure is better than feeling like 30 years ago when calling LD to Europe from the states with 1-2 second delays.
Code is art, and good art is a joy to interpret. Bad art is well, bad needing little to no documentation at all. So, in the end, code is self documentating. I can look at code for seconds if not less and determine if it was done by someone with style, a thorough understanding and a desire to share that vision with others, by the work. Not someone telling me what it should or could do, but what is apparent by its implementation. I find documentation sort of like a salesman for a art gallery, its always hovering over interpreting the work for you or how great the artist is supposed to be. I'm usually left unimpressed, and much wealthier as a result for not buying into the habitual lies.
There is no bending them over, a soldier is paid and knows the pay when going into the service for his country. They get fed, they get clothed and they get brainwashed, its mostly volunteer (if you don't consider socioeconomics) so don't tell me they are getting bent over and forced to call. My god, the soldiers go into a country, kill and rape, pillage and plunder the landscape and culture (or lack of it) of a country. And you want to complain about their phone bills? What about the customers at home paying 50 cents to a buck a minute on phone cards, the very people that make it possible for the soldier to go and fight a 'war' in the first place? Free phone calls for soldiers? How about sending me some free camo gear, I'll take some used genuine articles for winter! After all, my tax dollars paid for it.
One sad thing about VoIP over sat is no way to get around delay. To call it acceptable in a best case scenario is fine if you lower the standards of quality and the masses have no alternatives. You have captive customers/soldiers without much alternative? So you will make some money.
I haven't worn a watch or cared what day it is let alone what time it is for the past 19 years. It amazes me how many folks I know that don't know how to look up at the sky or at shadows and tell what time it is. If you want to know what time of the year it is, stand outside for a few minutes and sense the weather, the air, the brush... Maybe the important of Stonehedge is to get folks to pay more attention to the world around us and less to the overwhelmingly growing 40-65% of net income being spent on rent or a huge mortgage.
IBM Pitfalls in Linux migration strategies... I can hear it now being pitched as a successful rollout next year... :) or was it a dream?
Finding alternative feeds for pay or free (got a friend at an ISP?) is never a problem it seems. Usenet news is not going to die any sooner than IRC, or IAM or Google Search. Its been around, it will stick around as long as people find it useful to communicate ideas. I find it as likely that Usenet will die as Mail will discontinue being sent via the postal systems in the world.
Last time I read something about IBM and Linux was they had effectively become ashamed of their lack of effective rollout with Linux in house... I find it interesting that some are still selling the notion of Linux on IBM yet abroad now rather than in the states. What gives, are we getting two-speak from IBM?
The original point was clear, that it should not be a surprise to people that Apple is going after folks legally, much like M$ does at this point in their existance. IP, whatever kind, is to be protected, and innovation doesn't need it for you are really moving forward, not sitting on your butt enjoy the repeat or resale of same said tech created yesterday. Your argument is a tough sell to me, simply cause pushing USB or BT or FW, one of which I use, the rest are meaningless to me on a daily basis. But then again, did Apple really create or just sell USB, BT and FW? Apple doesn't do much in the creation business, look at their model, they do a lot of packaging, reselling and marketing. hardware, please. Software, double please. Sad as it is, even Apple's first commercial success software was applesoft basic (not integer that was on ROM with hardware), and that was written by, oh my goodness, MS. Its kinda like calling the kettle black from the pot. This behaviour of Apple's and SJ is expected, and typical of a company stuggling to become a player, sad as that is... I personally liken it a bit to the SCO proceedings (as far fetched as that may seem).
Necessity is not the mother for apple's invention, as they have invented nothing, as per one of my points already. Pirates, sure, we won't go there together. Apple provides a better experience than M$haft, sure do for various things, however most Windows enthusiasts would argue otherwise (ever wonder why?)., What, you don't hug trees, metaphorically or otherwise? Apple being a creative force changing to a money grubbing system of incremental change is what I'm talking about, trees aside. Apple is nothing but a rehash of tech, its pretty simple and should not come as a shock to anyone, it has been that way for 10+ years. I use OS X regularly, and enjoy it more than M$, BeOS and/or Linux or QNX. Like it or not, Apple may be the 'best' of the worst, moving towards a common ground of mediocrity like M$.
Duplication is the mother of all invention, and cliche or not apple is doing not much else than marketing better. They didn't invent the mp3 player, just slapped it with a proprietary encoding scheme. I have been to 1 infinite loop, worked for NeXT in the 90s and Apple during the transition. What I believe you may have missed is that Apple isn't doing anything magical, they are simply marketing rather dated ideas with color schemes that seem to be pleasing and sell. Apple is indeed a great company to work for, but as someone that has worked for SJ in the early to mid 80s, again in the 90s, there is no way you can tell the world I have not seen it. No question, people are tired of it, the thunder of innovation is gone, the collective hands of a money making machine is in full swing. Some folks may not buy into the lip service any more, and that is why I am not surprised such attempts to squelch leaks is occuring. This all should not be a big surprise, with cult comes cult of personality, and disinfranchised followers.