Maybe I missed it in TFA, but I didn't see any explanation >WHY the passwords were generic to begin with. Why didn't the system create a random pw for the first login? Instead the article seemed to focus on who used it and whether teachers could be trusted. Red Schoolhouse should be taken to task for this. Instead, TFA seems to dance around this, instead of actually asking why this happened. It's obviously a technical issue.
I think something a lot of posters here are forgetting about is the coming "robot takeover". We continually see robots of all stripes becoming more adept at movement, visual and audio recognition, and last but not least, thier own AI. It's only a matter of time until most if not all tasks that can be done by a robot, will be done by a robot. Human workers and their unions, as well as environmental restrictions will be swept aside as robots will be able to perform tasks that human workers wouldn't dream of doing.
Vast numbers of workers, at first the lower skilled and then moving up the skill level, will be displaced as robot workers will become "commodified" and bring a greater ROI to the "Enterprise", who will more and more in the future be guided by AI-like software making business decisions better than any American mangers could...
This current phase will probably last the next few decades until robots are more capable and affordable.
1) China owns a very large chunk of American debt in the form of bonds. This is a problem for both the Chinese who are looking for ROI, and for the US.
From the WP:
"Ever since record budget surpluses turned to yawning deficits, some economists have issued warnings of pending doom that have yet to come true. They predicted that foreign lenders would sour on U.S. government debt as the Treasury Department sold billions of bonds and notes each day. To keep those buyers happy, interest rates would have to rise substantially. Housing, cars and other items bought on credit would turn expensive, and the U.S. economy would slide into recession."
2) As the cost of a college education in the US has skyrocketed, the jobs that those degrees are supposed to acquire are rapidly disappearing, because of lower labor costs and a better educated foreign workforce.
What is the impetus for someone to work for years to get the degree, when their job could get outsourced at any moment?
Essentially what this all means is that it is in the best interest of China, India, the EU and the US to keep some economic and scientific parity. If anyone nation or group becomes the overall leader, everyone will suffer, including the nation or group who is the supposed scientific/technical leader.
Holy water on the brain and I'm losing sleep
Holy bible on the night stand next to me
As I'm raped by another monkey circus freak
Trying to take my indignance away from me
Holy water is rusting me
Bloody murder is the best I've heard her scream
Holy devil in the flesh some might believe
And they take thine Majesty so seriously
It's the big lies that are more likely to be believed
Holy water is rusting me
Damn the water if it's life you want to drink
Mnd your mother if it makes you feel at ease
As you're raped by another Monkey circus freak
It's the big lies that are more likely to be believed
I can't believe we are wasting our time arguing or talking about this sort of behavior. In the future, when direct connect to brain tissue or brain waves is not only possible, but a "commodity", millions will choose to lay around for hours, days or perhaps forever, while thier consciousness is "online"
You're correct about Mr. Chong, however he was a celebrity, doing something that would obviously attract law enforcement attention.
You can purchase "tobacco smoking" devices in any major American city.
Also, from TFA:
Not to worry, said Jack Grasso, spokesman for EPC Global of Lawrenceville, N.J.,, the nonprofit organization that sets technical standards for RFID systems. His organization has a code of ethics that requires notifying consumers about the presence of RFID tags. The group also recognizes the right of consumers to deactivate RFID tags, and is working to develop systems to make this easy.
Great sig.
Yea, what happens is that most people get used to the same type of "safe" non-challengin music, then when confronted with something new, they usually recoil in abject horror.
I would be surprised if most of the/. crowd listened to anything except Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold and The Crystal Method, etc;.
As for contemporary pop, you are correct about the 'slagging off'; but in the U.S., where most/.'ers are, that type of music, along with the ubiquitous rap/r'n'b, is so overwhelmingly ever-present and oppressive, we have good cause to slag it...
Lieberman voted against Bill (S. 256 As Amended) Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.
p.s.
over 60% of credit card/bank campaign contributions go to republicans.
The medium is the message.
Human nature will always give less gravity to any type of digital message/information versus paper.
Anything you can't hold in your hand will always seem somehow "less real".
Imagine what kind of a legislative furor would erupt overnight if people started getting paper mail, lots of it, such as bills, credit offers, etc;, that looked exactly like their various credit card and utility bill statements, the only difference being, like you say, that the address on the SASE was different.
I don't think the publics reaction would be the same as their current (non)-reaction to the phishing epidemic.
Yes, thats an interesting argument, and I wonder why no one has used that rationale before. You would think banks or any company would be outraged at millions of emails/websites floating around the internet claiming to be them...
But why should they care?
As TFA states they only have to keep their "costs of fraud" account flush with the miniscule amount necessary to do business. It's a "cost of doing business"...
Hey Batman, it's time to come out of the cave...
Well, maybe you should just stay in there where it's safe. The reality on the street may unnerve you a bit.
I recommend you put in your Frasier DVD and have a Sherry instead.
Perhaps you didn't know that the middle class is rapidly disappearing.
Perhaps you didn't know that the proliferation of discount giants, dollar stores, payday loan advance shops, fast food franchises, etc., has shown companies that target the middle class that they are in big trouble. Thats why they are now aiming their marketing strategy at the soon to be 50% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck.
Perhaps you didn't know that the US is right down there with Russia and Mexico in wealth distribution between the top 5% of wealth owners and the rest of us.
Yes, bio-diesel, solar, etc. could enable us to perhaps slowly wean ourselves from fossil fuels. But what about things like jet fuel and the fact that the vast majority of the worlds electricity comes from either burning coal or atomic power plants.
Like you, I hope these "alternative" energy sources will come to fruition, but unfortunately I think there will be some major problems/victims before that happens.
Just look at the recently passed energy bill to see how completely out of touch our government is regarding their outlook towards energy. Its All Nuclear, Coal and Oil, All the time.
Another major problem is that most of the pesticides and fertilizers we now use to grow as much food as we do come from fossil fuels. We better hope they hold out before we find replacements. Business wants a bio-engineered solution, the rest of us want organically grown. Who will win?
Unless there is some sort of "Manhattan Project" for energy with a good outcome, we will see increasingly difficult times ahead.
I really wonder how Wal-Mart thinks they will continue to ship over the mega-tons of absolute krap from China when energy costs will make it more and more expensive...
Yes, Kurzweil has the uber tech credentials to lend legitimacy to his predicting endeavors. However, He ignores many, many aspects of our current reality that will definitely impinge his utopian dreamworld.
We all know it's coming.
Take a look at whats coming for the bleeding edge.
40-50 years from now, most "people" won't leave their pod. Why would they when they get round the clock nutrient feeds and the constant companionship of the ever present web/matrix. Why would anyone ever "jack out" to engage bodies that have become sullied from non-use? "People" won't expose themselves to the extreme atmospheric conditions that will exist, caused by climate change and rampant pollution.
Robots will do most if not all labor that requires any physical movement.
While virtually aware in the web/matrix, minds won't waste their time on pondering that their bodies used to actually "get up" in "the morning" to go to "work".
Yea, I concur.
Using all those resources to send humans to the Moon is foolish. A remotely controlled robotic expedition would accomplish much more, faster, and for less money.
As far as the consumer, non-business sector goes, you're right on the money. Joe sixpack just wants those games to run.
But, I see gaming moving more and more to the consoles, PS, Xbox, etc;
What is most ridiculous is that anyone would have a total hard-on for either over the other. Both windows and linux are tools. Tools like any other, that have their uses and their place. Both have strengths and weaknesses.
Slashdot Mirror
Wheres my mod points when I need em!!!
Maybe I missed it in TFA, but I didn't see any explanation >WHY the passwords were generic to begin with. Why didn't the system create a random pw for the first login? Instead the article seemed to focus on who used it and whether teachers could be trusted. Red Schoolhouse should be taken to task for this. Instead, TFA seems to dance around this, instead of actually asking why this happened. It's obviously a technical issue.
I think something a lot of posters here are forgetting about is the coming "robot takeover". We continually see robots of all stripes becoming more adept at movement, visual and audio recognition, and last but not least, thier own AI. It's only a matter of time until most if not all tasks that can be done by a robot, will be done by a robot. Human workers and their unions, as well as environmental restrictions will be swept aside as robots will be able to perform tasks that human workers wouldn't dream of doing.
Vast numbers of workers, at first the lower skilled and then moving up the skill level, will be displaced as robot workers will become "commodified" and bring a greater ROI to the "Enterprise", who will more and more in the future be guided by AI-like software making business decisions better than any American mangers could...
This current phase will probably last the next few decades until robots are more capable and affordable.
1) China owns a very large chunk of American debt in the form of bonds. This is a problem for both the Chinese who are looking for ROI, and for the US.
From the WP:
"Ever since record budget surpluses turned to yawning deficits, some economists have issued warnings of pending doom that have yet to come true. They predicted that foreign lenders would sour on U.S. government debt as the Treasury Department sold billions of bonds and notes each day. To keep those buyers happy, interest rates would have to rise substantially. Housing, cars and other items bought on credit would turn expensive, and the U.S. economy would slide into recession."
2) As the cost of a college education in the US has skyrocketed, the jobs that those degrees are supposed to acquire are rapidly disappearing, because of lower labor costs and a better educated foreign workforce.
What is the impetus for someone to work for years to get the degree, when their job could get outsourced at any moment?
3) China has a major growing problem in that their wealth distribution is very skewed toward the urban workers. The Chinese Communist Party leadership has acknowledged this, which in itself is a big deal, as they rarely admit a problem.
So I wouldn't say China is completely ready to "take over" R&D, as they know their political situation is tenous at best. The Communist Party will try to avert disaster over this, and it would also behoove the US.
Essentially what this all means is that it is in the best interest of China, India, the EU and the US to keep some economic and scientific parity. If anyone nation or group becomes the overall leader, everyone will suffer, including the nation or group who is the supposed scientific/technical leader.
Holy water on the brain and I'm losing sleep
Holy bible on the night stand next to me
As I'm raped by another monkey circus freak
Trying to take my indignance away from me
Holy water is rusting me
Bloody murder is the best I've heard her scream
Holy devil in the flesh some might believe
And they take thine Majesty so seriously
It's the big lies that are more likely to be believed
Holy water is rusting me
Damn the water if it's life you want to drink
Mnd your mother if it makes you feel at ease
As you're raped by another Monkey circus freak
It's the big lies that are more likely to be believed
Chris Cornell - 1991
Most people are afraid of being alone.
... Kirk, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4..
Odona, the daughter of Gideon Council leader Hodan, is returned to her people delighted that she will cause a lethal plague to reduce the overpopulation.
I can't believe we are wasting our time arguing or talking about this sort of behavior. In the future, when direct connect to brain tissue or brain waves is not only possible, but a "commodity", millions will choose to lay around for hours, days or perhaps forever, while thier consciousness is "online"
Computers controlled via thought
You're correct about Mr. Chong, however he was a celebrity, doing something that would obviously attract law enforcement attention.
You can purchase "tobacco smoking" devices in any major American city.
Also, from TFA:
Not to worry, said Jack Grasso, spokesman for EPC Global of Lawrenceville, N.J.,, the nonprofit organization that sets technical standards for RFID systems. His organization has a code of ethics that requires notifying consumers about the presence of RFID tags. The group also recognizes the right of consumers to deactivate RFID tags, and is working to develop systems to make this easy.
Great sig. Yea, what happens is that most people get used to the same type of "safe" non-challengin music, then when confronted with something new, they usually recoil in abject horror.
I would be surprised if most of the /. crowd listened to anything except Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold and The Crystal Method, etc;.
/.'ers are, that type of music, along with the ubiquitous rap/r'n'b, is so overwhelmingly ever-present and oppressive, we have good cause to slag it...
As for contemporary pop, you are correct about the 'slagging off'; but in the U.S., where most
Shred me please.
Lieberman voted against Bill (S. 256 As Amended) Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. p.s. over 60% of credit card/bank campaign contributions go to republicans.
I love returning memory chips, DVD-burners or motherboards that don't work.
Ahhh, the trip back and the long, long wait in the customer service line.
The medium is the message.
Human nature will always give less gravity to any type of digital message/information versus paper.
Anything you can't hold in your hand will always seem somehow "less real".
Imagine what kind of a legislative furor would erupt overnight if people started getting paper mail, lots of it, such as bills, credit offers, etc;, that looked exactly like their various credit card and utility bill statements, the only difference being, like you say, that the address on the SASE was different.
I don't think the publics reaction would be the same as their current (non)-reaction to the phishing epidemic.
Yes, thats an interesting argument, and I wonder why no one has used that rationale before. You would think banks or any company would be outraged at millions of emails/websites floating around the internet claiming to be them...
But why should they care?
As TFA states they only have to keep their "costs of fraud" account flush with the miniscule amount necessary to do business. It's a "cost of doing business"...
Hey Batman, it's time to come out of the cave...
Well, maybe you should just stay in there where it's safe. The reality on the street may unnerve you a bit.
I recommend you put in your Frasier DVD and have a Sherry instead.
Perhaps you didn't know that the middle class is rapidly disappearing.
Perhaps you didn't know that the proliferation of discount giants, dollar stores, payday loan advance shops, fast food franchises, etc., has shown companies that target the middle class that they are in big trouble. Thats why they are now aiming their marketing strategy at the soon to be 50% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck.
Perhaps you didn't know that the US is right down there with Russia and Mexico in wealth distribution between the top 5% of wealth owners and the rest of us.
Yes, bio-diesel, solar, etc. could enable us to perhaps slowly wean ourselves from fossil fuels. But what about things like jet fuel and the fact that the vast majority of the worlds electricity comes from either burning coal or atomic power plants.
Like you, I hope these "alternative" energy sources will come to fruition, but unfortunately I think there will be some major problems/victims before that happens.
Just look at the recently passed energy bill to see how completely out of touch our government is regarding their outlook towards energy. Its All Nuclear, Coal and Oil, All the time.
Another major problem is that most of the pesticides and fertilizers we now use to grow as much food as we do come from fossil fuels. We better hope they hold out before we find replacements. Business wants a bio-engineered solution, the rest of us want organically grown. Who will win?
Unless there is some sort of "Manhattan Project" for energy with a good outcome, we will see increasingly difficult times ahead.
I really wonder how Wal-Mart thinks they will continue to ship over the mega-tons of absolute krap from China when energy costs will make it more and more expensive...
Yes, Kurzweil has the uber tech credentials to lend legitimacy to his predicting endeavors. However, He ignores many, many aspects of our current reality that will definitely impinge his utopian dreamworld.
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First off, the current fossil fuel based economy needs to be quickly and with as little disruption as possible, moved to a new and low polluting fuel. For the business side of his predictions to take place, this will have to be addressed. There are plenty of opinions about this, including this one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/087
Perhaps we could look at what many biologists are saying is only a matter of time. A world pandemic, similar to what happened in 1918.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038
Last but not least, when technology gets to the point of enabling humans to live several hundred years, who gets to enjoy such benefits?
No, I think a combination of Kurzweils book and Bill Joys Why the future doesn't need us is more likely.
Let's not forget Murphys Law...
We all know it's coming.
Take a look at whats coming for the bleeding edge.
40-50 years from now, most "people" won't leave their pod. Why would they when they get round the clock nutrient feeds and the constant companionship of the ever present web/matrix. Why would anyone ever "jack out" to engage bodies that have become sullied from non-use? "People" won't expose themselves to the extreme atmospheric conditions that will exist, caused by climate change and rampant pollution.
Robots will do most if not all labor that requires any physical movement.
While virtually aware in the web/matrix, minds won't waste their time on pondering that their bodies used to actually "get up" in "the morning" to go to "work".
IT guys are a multi-thread to the company...
Yea, I concur.
Using all those resources to send humans to the Moon is foolish. A remotely controlled robotic expedition would accomplish much more, faster, and for less money.
This was blocked from the West Coast Feed.
As far as the consumer, non-business sector goes, you're right on the money. Joe sixpack just wants those games to run.
But, I see gaming moving more and more to the consoles, PS, Xbox, etc;
What is most ridiculous is that anyone would have a total hard-on for either over the other. Both windows and linux are tools. Tools like any other, that have their uses and their place. Both have strengths and weaknesses.
I know, I hate losing base, or even sub-base.
However I do like base fishing, and playing base fiddle.
Your comments are the most logical I've read so far.
/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/fp30reg.dll HTTP/1.1"
Whitelisting and vpn's are what is going to get around the loads of krap probes and dipshits trying to "POST
I'm personally sick of hearing this "the internet needs to be free and accessible by everyone" krap. What fu*&ing decade are you living in?