I agree with you that biometrics are probably a good idea, working towards a good goal, but I think alot of the absurdness is that once you get access to the local computer, you open up Network Neighborhood, and you can browse through all 1100 computers that are listed there.
The security needs a good auditing, then a good dose of common sense.
Evil Overlord Rule #12:
One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.
Perhaps this is the solution to many of their problems?
Heh..no, at the time it wasn't a/HISTORICAL/ recreation (it was current events). For most of america, it was a disturbing movie that set fear of hackers in the american subconcious, and an excuse to push computer crime laws. A great movie, but it gave rise to fears, and newbies who wanted to be just like david. Probably one of the best movies on hackers at the time that movie was made, but I doubt that hollywood would let something like that be made today...
You know, there seems to be a trend in the headlines about Alphabet agencies getting hacked. Either they get their WindowsNT server running IIS 4.x hacked, or they have their secrets stolen through insecure employees.
No one solution will fix this, but learning about the problems inherent in the products that they use to keep their "top-secret" information top-secret is a good first step. They seem suprised every time another agency gets hacked, but they are all running the same software. They should get their NSA math guys to look for a pattern.
Also, teaching their employees to use safe computing seems rather important. I'm sure that they teach them, and give them handouts, but I wonder how many agent's PIN number is still their daughet's birthday, and other such sillyness. The rash of laptop theivery is just so mind-blowing that I don't know whether or not stupidity or spying is the case, and really I don't even want to know. I kind of hope for the latter, as I don't want to think that the people that are intrusted with our "most vital information" are incompetent enough to do things like that.
So you think that it's ok that the MPAA will sue me for money that I don't have, if I buy
A- their DVD which they recieve royalties from
B- their DVD Drive which they recieve royalties from
This is great, and I really encourage people to continue to develop more devices for USB, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the outcome of USB is, and how it will tie-in peripherals and components, but we need more support for other operating systems. I've read that USB keyboards and mice are supported at least by linux, which is a good first step, but the vast majority of USB devices are things like cameras and scanners. Till things like this get supported, I'm forced to just look at them on the shelves. No computer today comes without USB ports, and it's just really frustrating that OSs like BSD, Linux, and BeOS can't take advantage of them. oh well, es la vida...
It's funny, but you make a valid (and scary)
point. Have a bootable CD that sets up a
harddrive, installs a ver of linux, include
Gnome, and the AOL client...They'd never know the
difference....just have to find a good version of
Solitaire, and they're set...
This is interesting, and probably one of the signs that the apocalypse is upon us, yet something about it doesn't sit quite "right" with me...
How many people that run linux have aol accounts? Do they think that this will make people that use linux signup for the service? I'd think by the time you run linux, you already have at least heard enough about AOL not to get it...i dunno though. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it will fly, but my disk space is too precious for their bloated software...
I'm not sure, as I haven't managed to convince my superiors to pay for a trip to Hong Kong, but are Bruce Lee movies really what the pirates are making thier money on? I suppose that for Chinese Star Ent. this might be a good deal, but I don't know how much revenue they are really losing...
This is ludicrous. They sell us DVDs. We play them in our homes, and we can watch them when we want. We use their products to do this. The only reason that we use Thier products is because the information that is stored on our discs is encrypted in thier scheme. Can they really be afraid that we are going to pirate a disc of such immense filesize that it would fill our hard drives, or that we are going to re-create them on media that doesn't exist? OR, are they afraid that we will make players that they don't liscense? That they haven't recieved compensation for? They will get their money for the media, and they do deserve it, but by making it illegal for us to "Do it ourselves" they are no better than the pirates they are making us out to be.
Honestly, do you see no difference between a man and woman procreating and scientists creating a life form from inanimate material? I don't think that the church is infallable(any church). People are correct in saying that no relegious leader is wise enough to advise them on their course of action. That being said, where is the proof that THEY are wise enough to attempt such an undertaking? The scientists have to ask themselves: Are we, as a human race, really at the point where we should be doing this. Your analogy to a teenage mother was very accurate. As a race, we are barely adolescents. Yes, our technology is racing ahead faster and faster, but like the teenager, looking back we may see that it would have been better to have waited.
That is bizarre. I'm really glad that they are consulting religous leaders. I'm sure that they will be told not to proceed, but I'm also sure that they will anyway. As much as I want technology to push ahead, I really hope that they fail. I believe in God, and I don't really think that we should create life. Increasing the standards of living is one thing, but I have to disagree with this.
Well, you have a point, but that is the same thing that they said about car radios when they first came out. I think that once things like this become standard, people will learn to adjust.
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haha...gummysevers, running linux...
hehe...hrmmm...8 $1,500 gummyservers running linux
hrmm...uhhh..8 $1,500 gummyservers running a free OS
uhhh...ummm...$12,000 worth of gummiservers
ummm...$18,000 - $12,000 != 0
well, hrmm...that's interesting...I guess maybe with cusomization, and stuff like that.. i dunno...
probably off-topic...
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Oh, yea, I think I heard of that. It's that the sequel to ADA?
I agree with you that biometrics are probably a good idea, working towards a good goal, but I think alot of the absurdness is that once you get access to the local computer, you open up Network Neighborhood, and you can browse through all 1100 computers that are listed there.
The security needs a good auditing, then a good dose of common sense.
Evil Overlord Rule #12:
One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.
Perhaps this is the solution to many of their problems?
Heh..no, at the time it wasn't a /HISTORICAL/ recreation (it was current events). For most of america, it was a disturbing movie that set fear of hackers in the american subconcious, and an excuse to push computer crime laws. A great movie, but it gave rise to fears, and newbies who wanted to be just like david. Probably one of the best movies on hackers at the time that movie was made, but I doubt that hollywood would let something like that be made today...
You know, there seems to be a trend in the headlines about Alphabet agencies getting hacked. Either they get their WindowsNT server running IIS 4.x hacked, or they have their secrets stolen through insecure employees.
No one solution will fix this, but learning about the problems inherent in the products that they use to keep their "top-secret" information top-secret is a good first step. They seem suprised every time another agency gets hacked, but they are all running the same software. They should get their NSA math guys to look for a pattern.
Also, teaching their employees to use safe computing seems rather important. I'm sure that they teach them, and give them handouts, but I wonder how many agent's PIN number is still their daughet's birthday, and other such sillyness. The rash of laptop theivery is just so mind-blowing that I don't know whether or not stupidity or spying is the case, and really I don't even want to know. I kind of hope for the latter, as I don't want to think that the people that are intrusted with our "most vital information" are incompetent enough to do things like that.
I guess I'm done ranting now...
So you think that it's ok that the MPAA will sue me for money that I don't have, if I buy
/is/ a sad state of affairs...
A- their DVD which they recieve royalties from
B- their DVD Drive which they recieve royalties from
and then do
C- use B to view A
Does that seem right to you?
Anyone? Anyone?
Indeed, this
Isn't the worst thing about this that he's using an I-Mac? Blueberry at that.
This is great, and I really encourage people to continue to develop more devices for USB, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the outcome of USB is, and how it will tie-in peripherals and components, but we need more support for other operating systems. I've read that USB keyboards and mice are supported at least by linux, which is a good first step, but the vast majority of USB devices are things like cameras and scanners. Till things like this get supported, I'm forced to just look at them on the shelves. No computer today comes without USB ports, and it's just really frustrating that OSs like BSD, Linux, and BeOS can't take advantage of them. oh well, es la vida...
It's funny, but you make a valid (and scary)
point. Have a bootable CD that sets up a
harddrive, installs a ver of linux, include
Gnome, and the AOL client...They'd never know the
difference....just have to find a good version of
Solitaire, and they're set...
This is interesting, and probably one of the signs that the apocalypse is upon us, yet something about it doesn't sit quite "right" with me... How many people that run linux have aol accounts? Do they think that this will make people that use linux signup for the service? I'd think by the time you run linux, you already have at least heard enough about AOL not to get it...i dunno though. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it will fly, but my disk space is too precious for their bloated software...
I'm not sure, as I haven't managed to convince my superiors to pay for a trip to Hong Kong, but are Bruce Lee movies really what the pirates are making thier money on? I suppose that for Chinese Star Ent. this might be a good deal, but I don't know how much revenue they are really losing...
Sorry about that! :) I noticed it AFTER I posted it. It hurt my eyes too. My bad.
This is ludicrous. They sell us DVDs. We play them in our homes, and we can watch them when we want. We use their products to do this. The only reason that we use Thier products is because the information that is stored on our discs is encrypted in thier scheme. Can they really be afraid that we are going to pirate a disc of such immense filesize that it would fill our hard drives, or that we are going to re-create them on media that doesn't exist? OR, are they afraid that we will make players that they don't liscense? That they haven't recieved compensation for? They will get their money for the media, and they do deserve it, but by making it illegal for us to "Do it ourselves" they are no better than the pirates they are making us out to be.
well, no need to worry about it now. All your going to see now is MM.
Honestly, do you see no difference between a man and woman procreating and scientists creating a life form from inanimate material? I don't think that the church is infallable(any church). People are correct in saying that no relegious leader is wise enough to advise them on their course of action. That being said, where is the proof that THEY are wise enough to attempt such an undertaking? The scientists have to ask themselves: Are we, as a human race, really at the point where we should be doing this. Your analogy to a teenage mother was very accurate. As a race, we are barely adolescents. Yes, our technology is racing ahead faster and faster, but like the teenager, looking back we may see that it would have been better to have waited.
That is bizarre. I'm really glad that they are consulting religous leaders. I'm sure that they will be told not to proceed, but I'm also sure that they will anyway. As much as I want technology to push ahead, I really hope that they fail. I believe in God, and I don't really think that we should create life. Increasing the standards of living is one thing, but I have to disagree with this.
Well, you have a point, but that is the same thing that they said about car radios when they first came out. I think that once things like this become standard, people will learn to adjust.