I know a lot of people found themselves enthralled in the whole "cowboys in space" theme, but why I cannot fathom.
It's not just "cowboys in space". It's about a man who is struggling to stay true to his heart. It's about the crew that grows up around him. It's about extreme civil disobedience in an opressed society. It's about doing what's necessary and about doing what's right. Space is just the scenery.
Lynn was (is?) in hot water because he signed Non-Disclosure Agreements with Cisco and ISS. When he said, "I'm making this public," Cisco said, "If you do, we'll sue" and ISS said, "If you do, you're fired." He did and they did and he was.
A rootkit is not something that gets you root. A rootkit is something you install once you get root for the purpose of keeping it. What this usually means is hiding files, hiding processes, creating backdoors and generally doing naughty things quietly.
In Linux, this is usually accomplished by replacing system binaries (ls, ps, ifconfig are standard targets of this) or by modifying the kernel itself. Modifying the kernel takes two forms, overwriting sys_call_table[] or one of its elements and overwriting Virtual Filesystem functions. I'm sure windows rootkits do similar things.
Wouldn't it be safer to switch from blacklists to whitelists? i.e. Only known safe applications are permitted to run.
That might work. But I certainly don't trust McAfee to tell me what applications are "approved" any more than I would trust, say, a used car salesperson to tell me how reliable a vehicle on another lot is. Suppose AntiVirusCompany A feels threatened by application X. Do you think they'll "approve" that application as safe? What if they get bought by MonopolySoft?
Dictatorships can work amazingly well and efficiently if and only if there is a benevolent dictator. I don't know about you, but I don't like those odds.
If the Linux(tm) mark is not looked after, it will become junk.
Yes, that's right! Your points 1-5 are excellent.
if you like Linux, if your business depends on it, and if you want the word to mean anything at all, you should be willing to pay for this.
Wait a minute... That's wrong. If you like Linux and your business depends on using the name then you should have to pay for it. RedHat Software does not use the word "Linux" in its name. The Debian project does not use the word "Linux" in its name. I don't think anyone could argue that those people depend on Linux and yet they don't nor should they have to license the name.
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They need better item tracking through means that can't easily be forged. Such as, embedded serial numbers
Yes, so that when you buy a gallon of lighter fluid that purchase is stored in a database. Then when you buy a bag of fertilizer, that purchase goes into a database, too. Then the FBI decides to go hunting and says, "Hey Wal-Mart! Give us a list of everybody who's bought fertalizer and lighter fluid!" and under the Patriot Act they must hand it over and are legally bound not to tell anyone that they did.
This is strikingly similar to the Cisco OS debacle,
No, it isn't. Before the IOS "debacle" it was assumed that remote code execution on IOS was impossible. It's pretty hard to compromise an unpatched system if it's impossible to execute code on it, so admins didn't bother taking down their networks to run the (mostly aesthetic) patches.
All of those are from the Hawaii board of education recomended textbook list. And that's just three. If the school is a block schedule, that's four classes per day, so four text books per semester and eight for the year. Even if we assume a very low estimate of $50/book, that's $400 in books. So a laptop costs only slightly more given assumptions that are in favor of books.
Add to that the fact that, at least at my highschool, kids consistently carried 20-30 pounds of books around in the backpack compared to a 6 pound laptop. "Oh, but they have lockers for those heavy books." No, all the lockers in town were ripped out shortly after the Columbine shootings.
I think it's an improvement. Maybe this won't work for everyone. But I hope it does.
Except that cryptography in furtherance of a crime is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. So if you send an encrypted email mentioning an illegal act(conspiracy), then you are guilty of a felony.
Why is it such a bad thing that they should be able to go to a court and get wiretapping authorization, then be able to do the tap in less than 10 minutes?
It's not a bad thing. What's bad is when they use this plus provisions in the PATRIOT act to allow them to tap it without that ever-important authorization. I don't have anything against Law Enforcement doing their job. What I disagree with is when they have the legal ability to spy on people just in case.
So slashdot.org becomes slashdot.org.us, like it should have been all along.
Really, it should have been us.org.slashdot, but some wacky Americans decided arbitrarily that we should start specific (host, 'slashdot') go to the general (tld, 'org') and then back to the specific (file, 'comments.pl')
"Hey" said Shadow, "Huginn, or Muginn, or whoever you are." The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side,and it stared at him, with bright eyes. "Say Nevermore." said Shadow. "Fuck you." said the Raven.
You've forgotten one important thing: Microsoft doesn't play fair.
If Dell were to offer linux as a desktop option, MS would very likely raise their licensing fees to (even more) exorbatant prices. Or, if they think they can get away with it, threaten to stop selling them any licenses.
If we are going to make a huge deal out this then I really think that we should have taken more time to consider what ass smacking and coke snorting does to our future.
There is a difference here. GWB is a home-grown, red-blooded American. The Governator is adored by his state like a puppy at a family reunion.
But Cohen is a subversive commie pinko hippy bastard because he isn't already ridiculously wealthy or from a family that is. And he doesn't own any oil wells.
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I know a lot of people found themselves enthralled in the whole "cowboys in space" theme, but why I cannot fathom.
It's not just "cowboys in space". It's about a man who is struggling to stay true to his heart. It's about the crew that grows up around him. It's about extreme civil disobedience in an opressed society. It's about doing what's necessary and about doing what's right. Space is just the scenery.
Say it ain't so, Joss. Say it ain't so.
But Wal-Mart doesn't put stolen goods detectors in your house.
Lynn was (is?) in hot water because he signed Non-Disclosure Agreements with Cisco and ISS. When he said, "I'm making this public," Cisco said, "If you do, we'll sue" and ISS said, "If you do, you're fired." He did and they did and he was.
A rootkit is not something that gets you root. A rootkit is something you install once you get root for the purpose of keeping it. What this usually means is hiding files, hiding processes, creating backdoors and generally doing naughty things quietly.
In Linux, this is usually accomplished by replacing system binaries (ls, ps, ifconfig are standard targets of this) or by modifying the kernel itself. Modifying the kernel takes two forms, overwriting sys_call_table[] or one of its elements and overwriting Virtual Filesystem functions. I'm sure windows rootkits do similar things.
What!? You don't have wireless in your bathroom!? What kind of crappy college is that?
Chuck may have some problems when he discovers His Noodly Appendage has been tampering with the data.
Wouldn't it be safer to switch from blacklists to whitelists? i.e. Only known safe applications are permitted to run.
That might work. But I certainly don't trust McAfee to tell me what applications are "approved" any more than I would trust, say, a used car salesperson to tell me how reliable a vehicle on another lot is. Suppose AntiVirusCompany A feels threatened by application X. Do you think they'll "approve" that application as safe? What if they get bought by MonopolySoft?
Dictatorships can work amazingly well and efficiently if and only if there is a benevolent dictator. I don't know about you, but I don't like those odds.
If the Linux(tm) mark is not looked after, it will become junk.
Yes, that's right! Your points 1-5 are excellent.
if you like Linux, if your business depends on it, and if you want the word to mean anything at all, you should be willing to pay for this.
Wait a minute... That's wrong. If you like Linux and your business depends on using the name then you should have to pay for it. RedHat Software does not use the word "Linux" in its name. The Debian project does not use the word "Linux" in its name. I don't think anyone could argue that those people depend on Linux and yet they don't nor should they have to license the name.
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They need better item tracking through means that can't easily be forged. Such as, embedded serial numbers
Yes, so that when you buy a gallon of lighter fluid that purchase is stored in a database. Then when you buy a bag of fertilizer, that purchase goes into a database, too. Then the FBI decides to go hunting and says, "Hey Wal-Mart! Give us a list of everybody who's bought fertalizer and lighter fluid!" and under the Patriot Act they must hand it over and are legally bound not to tell anyone that they did.
This is strikingly similar to the Cisco OS debacle,
No, it isn't. Before the IOS "debacle" it was assumed that remote code execution on IOS was impossible. It's pretty hard to compromise an unpatched system if it's impossible to execute code on it, so admins didn't bother taking down their networks to run the (mostly aesthetic) patches.
Maybe, just maybe some standards will evolve on how to properly design, write and test software prior to releasing it to the public
It's called cleanroom programming (it's also known as "zero defect" see my school's cs427 about half way down the page)
have you priced text books recently?
All of those are from the Hawaii board of education recomended textbook list. And that's just three. If the school is a block schedule, that's four classes per day, so four text books per semester and eight for the year. Even if we assume a very low estimate of $50/book, that's $400 in books. So a laptop costs only slightly more given assumptions that are in favor of books.
Add to that the fact that, at least at my highschool, kids consistently carried 20-30 pounds of books around in the backpack compared to a 6 pound laptop. "Oh, but they have lockers for those heavy books." No, all the lockers in town were ripped out shortly after the Columbine shootings.
I think it's an improvement. Maybe this won't work for everyone. But I hope it does.
section 217 is one of the applicable sections.
EFF has a decent PATRIOT Act analysis. See especially heading 'cheif concerns' 1a.
Thomas has a listing of most of the USA PATRIOT Act, though a few things are missing. Notably, section 217 linked above.
Except that cryptography in furtherance of a crime is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. So if you send an encrypted email mentioning an illegal act(conspiracy), then you are guilty of a felony.
Why is it such a bad thing that they should be able to go to a court and get wiretapping authorization, then be able to do the tap in less than 10 minutes?
It's not a bad thing. What's bad is when they use this plus provisions in the PATRIOT act to allow them to tap it without that ever-important authorization. I don't have anything against Law Enforcement doing their job. What I disagree with is when they have the legal ability to spy on people just in case.
So slashdot.org becomes slashdot.org.us, like it should have been all along.
Really, it should have been us.org.slashdot, but some wacky Americans decided arbitrarily that we should start specific (host, 'slashdot') go to the general (tld, 'org') and then back to the specific (file, 'comments.pl')
"Hey" said Shadow, "Huginn, or Muginn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side,and it stared at him, with bright eyes.
"Say Nevermore." said Shadow.
"Fuck you." said the Raven.
Right, so you get this new Super-Badass(tm) broadband and toss up a wrt54g and split the cost with your entire apartment building.
And if your apartment building doesn't have enough people interested in Super-Badass(tm) broadband, move to a college town.
My aDSL cost me about $12.50/month until summer started and all my neighbors moved.
You've forgotten one important thing: Microsoft doesn't play fair.
If Dell were to offer linux as a desktop option, MS would very likely raise their licensing fees to (even more) exorbatant prices. Or, if they think they can get away with it, threaten to stop selling them any licenses.
Paris sux? yes, yes she does.
If we are going to make a huge deal out this then I really think that we should have taken more time to consider what ass smacking and coke snorting does to our future.
There is a difference here. GWB is a home-grown, red-blooded American. The Governator is adored by his state like a puppy at a family reunion.
But Cohen is a subversive commie pinko hippy bastard because he isn't already ridiculously wealthy or from a family that is. And he doesn't own any oil wells.
It's not a prediction if it was the previous story.
Sure. The database is "to help the military identify potential recruits." Of course it is.
Except that in another 50 years, or so, just about everyone who isn't in the database will have passed on or be too young to burn flags.
Gives a whole new meaning to "This is going on your permanent record!"