This should take a sizeable chunk out of the ticket scalping business.
You can probably forward the barcode image to another phone, but the company knows the original purchaser's number, which would be bound to a physical address if I'm not mistaken. All you'd need is someone to blow the whistle...
The whole concentration on the fact that military and government computers were infected is a tad sensationalist. You hear military or government and see DARPA or CIA.
In all odds the machines they're talking about are your typical office machines, used mostly for clerical work. Your network admin might not really worry or care about someone screwing it up; in all odds the people using them don't know enough to mess stuff up that badly.
I think all this is going to entail is the IT divisions of the important branches of the US government running rebuilds a little ahead of schedule...
I can't imagine that they could legally block access to those sites... even using packet shaping to slow down traffic from the nonpaying sites would be questionable.
Google and the like could argue that it's an illegal business practice. It has some feel of Windows and IE, or Intel bullying OEMs into buying their product over AMD.
Interesting question... according to this, it ought to be in Gregorian... but that's no guarantee.
If it were actually the Julian date, I believe his proper birthday would be on 1/28... though I'm sure they're gonna be partying in Philly all the way through the difference.
Interesting point, but could we really generate an artifical magnetic field THAT powerful? What would the energy requirement be to shift a planet out of orbit?
My concern is more the havoc it would wreak with our satellites. Heck, what about its own internal computer systems?
Think users are bad in the corporate sector? Wait until everyone gets back to the college dorms after winter break with their completely unpatched computers. And all the people who have new computers that they got over the holidays. It wouldn't matter if Microsoft had patched it last week, I guarantee that the student users who need it won't have it.
Speaking as a poor sap who has to fix these computers, I have one thing to say: "Thanks for the easy money". And a heads up to all you dorm technicians, get ready to start burning virus CDs.
I wonder what the reaction rate of this system is to sudden changes. For example, could it be used in a CIWS design on smaller vehicles to destroy incoming anti-vehicle missiles?
I guess this would be similar to the Arena that the Russians designed for their tanks, save that it'd use laser instead of millimeter-wavelength radar.
If you could really beef up the range on it (say if you could use it for scanning the skies) perhaps you could use it in lieu of radar on SAM batteries, thus nullifying the use of HARM-type weapons.
Oh I don't know about that, considering the DRM scare with x86 OSX, should we be putting it past Apple to limit this device to keep it from functioning on non-Apple computers?
The side boosters are the same as the shuttles', just with one more section added. Since they are safely reused now, they certainly should be able to be reused in the future.
The strap-on rockets that put the shuttle in orbit are not reusable at all. It's that big brown turd... I mean fuel tank... that the shuttle relieves itself of that is reusable.
While it might get rid of bozos who go and mess with unsecured wireless routers, I don't think this sort of action does anything but create a false sense of security.
Fines and probation won't magically make everyone's wireless network secure. The only reason this guy was caught was because he was acting suspiciously, just like that guy in the US.
My god I hope MS doesn't create an Agent for military purposes.
I can see it now...
Looks like you're trying to take out a machine gun nest! "Hi! I'm Charlene the M-14! I can help you make your assault! Would you like to..." *Call for helicopter support *Use diversionary tactics *Throw a grenade
I would think a better way to combat the "sites that target opera users" problem would be to have a big button next to "refresh" that says "if the page looks weird click here!"
In that case, the page would refresh and the browser would lie to the webserver about what browser it is for the remainder of that session on that domain.
Best of luck to Opera though. Hopefully there aren't so many sites that will screw the browser over.
1. Take $20k down. 2. Invest. 3. Refund original $20k in 2008 4. Profit!
Actually, you make a good point. From the article: "But this is a unique project. We've made it very clear...that we are not going to be hidebound to a particular timetable." (said with regards to the end-of-2k7 test and end-of-2k8 commercial availability timetable).
So in other words, they'll take the $20K down, either invest or use it to further their aims, and when the end of 2k8 comes, they can pretty safely say that they aren't ready yet.
To be honest, it sounds kind of fast to go from testing to commercial deployment in only one year. I'm no aerospace engineer, but for a vehicle of this complexity, I would expect a much longer testing period.
Is this within or outside the oort cloud? I don't know much about the outer solar system, but I do know that ice could be refined into hydrogen and oxygen fuel...
Of course the thing is just damned far out there in the first place. Unless we can fuel a star drive on hydrogen and oxygen there's probably not much point in having that as a refuelling post.
they can pay of a exploit only to have somebody else notify the world the next day. That's money lost.
With any bug submitted we *could* see an announcement a day later (or whenever the check clears), but remember that 3Com says they're only gonna accept submissions from reputable sources. I bet that leaking information would kind of mark you as disreputable.
In any case, let's say we have a 24 hour time lag from when some guy submits it and he publicly announces it. It's still gonna take more time for worm writers to hear about it, more time for them to fully comprehend how it works, more time for them to write the worm implementing the exploit, possibly time to test it, time to seed various locations in the world with sample infections, and finally time for it to propogate.
I work as a technician at a public university's dorms fixing personal computers. It's nice to have time to prepare for a storm of infections, but if anti-virus definitions come out in time, then it really saves me a headache.
Perhaps not racism of the sort we all think about, but perhaps the preference of mating with creatures of similar traits.
However, I'd think that the more violent form of racism in human populations is more a result of many cultures with different fundamental ideals all living in the same place. Confusion leads to frustration, and frustration leads to aggression.
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This should take a sizeable chunk out of the ticket scalping business.
You can probably forward the barcode image to another phone, but the company knows the original purchaser's number, which would be bound to a physical address if I'm not mistaken. All you'd need is someone to blow the whistle...
Would somebody please torrent it?
Exactly- if it gets into the kernel, it's not like it would default to include itself in the kernel build.
It'll more than likely end up as one of those "If you don't know what this is, you don't need it" features.
The whole concentration on the fact that military and government computers were infected is a tad sensationalist. You hear military or government and see DARPA or CIA.
In all odds the machines they're talking about are your typical office machines, used mostly for clerical work. Your network admin might not really worry or care about someone screwing it up; in all odds the people using them don't know enough to mess stuff up that badly.
I think all this is going to entail is the IT divisions of the important branches of the US government running rebuilds a little ahead of schedule...
I can't imagine that they could legally block access to those sites... even using packet shaping to slow down traffic from the nonpaying sites would be questionable.
Google and the like could argue that it's an illegal business practice. It has some feel of Windows and IE, or Intel bullying OEMs into buying their product over AMD.
Interesting question... according to this, it ought to be in Gregorian... but that's no guarantee.
If it were actually the Julian date, I believe his proper birthday would be on 1/28... though I'm sure they're gonna be partying in Philly all the way through the difference.
Interesting point, but could we really generate an artifical magnetic field THAT powerful? What would the energy requirement be to shift a planet out of orbit?
My concern is more the havoc it would wreak with our satellites. Heck, what about its own internal computer systems?
They tried that with Blaster, remember? It was called Welchia, and ended up being even worse in the end, wreaking havoc on networks.
Bottom line, it's a cool idea, but can cause some messed up problems.
Think users are bad in the corporate sector? Wait until everyone gets back to the college dorms after winter break with their completely unpatched computers. And all the people who have new computers that they got over the holidays. It wouldn't matter if Microsoft had patched it last week, I guarantee that the student users who need it won't have it.
Speaking as a poor sap who has to fix these computers, I have one thing to say: "Thanks for the easy money". And a heads up to all you dorm technicians, get ready to start burning virus CDs.
I wonder what the reaction rate of this system is to sudden changes. For example, could it be used in a CIWS design on smaller vehicles to destroy incoming anti-vehicle missiles?
I guess this would be similar to the Arena that the Russians designed for their tanks, save that it'd use laser instead of millimeter-wavelength radar.
If you could really beef up the range on it (say if you could use it for scanning the skies) perhaps you could use it in lieu of radar on SAM batteries, thus nullifying the use of HARM-type weapons.
Does this come with a pack of Victory Cigarettes?
Time to get ready for the Two Minutes Hate!
Oh I don't know about that, considering the DRM scare with x86 OSX, should we be putting it past Apple to limit this device to keep it from functioning on non-Apple computers?
The side boosters are the same as the shuttles', just with one more section added. Since they are safely reused now, they certainly should be able to be reused in the future.
The strap-on rockets that put the shuttle in orbit are not reusable at all. It's that big brown turd... I mean fuel tank... that the shuttle relieves itself of that is reusable.
While it might get rid of bozos who go and mess with unsecured wireless routers, I don't think this sort of action does anything but create a false sense of security.
Fines and probation won't magically make everyone's wireless network secure. The only reason this guy was caught was because he was acting suspiciously, just like that guy in the US.
My god I hope MS doesn't create an Agent for military purposes.
I can see it now...
Looks like you're trying to take out a machine gun nest!
"Hi! I'm Charlene the M-14! I can help you make your assault! Would you like to..."
*Call for helicopter support *Use diversionary tactics *Throw a grenade
I would think a better way to combat the "sites that target opera users" problem would be to have a big button next to "refresh" that says "if the page looks weird click here!"
In that case, the page would refresh and the browser would lie to the webserver about what browser it is for the remainder of that session on that domain.
Best of luck to Opera though. Hopefully there aren't so many sites that will screw the browser over.
1. Take $20k down.
2. Invest.
3. Refund original $20k in 2008
4. Profit!
Actually, you make a good point. From the article: "But this is a unique project. We've made it very clear...that we are not going to be hidebound to a particular timetable." (said with regards to the end-of-2k7 test and end-of-2k8 commercial availability timetable).
So in other words, they'll take the $20K down, either invest or use it to further their aims, and when the end of 2k8 comes, they can pretty safely say that they aren't ready yet.
To be honest, it sounds kind of fast to go from testing to commercial deployment in only one year. I'm no aerospace engineer, but for a vehicle of this complexity, I would expect a much longer testing period.
It's amazing that the winner wasn't "Anonymous Coward". That guy is amazing for writing particularly bad stuff!
Is this within or outside the oort cloud? I don't know much about the outer solar system, but I do know that ice could be refined into hydrogen and oxygen fuel...
Of course the thing is just damned far out there in the first place. Unless we can fuel a star drive on hydrogen and oxygen there's probably not much point in having that as a refuelling post.
Of course, I admit that there's one charge against video games that is a slam dunk. Kids don't get physical exercise when they play a video game
What of Dance Dance Revolution and its various clones?
Speaking as an obese man, if that isn't physical exercise, I don't know what is.
Maybe it goes backwards in the southern hemisphere...
This is news? Hippies have been hearing this sound since the 60s!
they can pay of a exploit only to have somebody else notify the world the next day. That's money lost.
With any bug submitted we *could* see an announcement a day later (or whenever the check clears), but remember that 3Com says they're only gonna accept submissions from reputable sources. I bet that leaking information would kind of mark you as disreputable.
In any case, let's say we have a 24 hour time lag from when some guy submits it and he publicly announces it. It's still gonna take more time for worm writers to hear about it, more time for them to fully comprehend how it works, more time for them to write the worm implementing the exploit, possibly time to test it, time to seed various locations in the world with sample infections, and finally time for it to propogate.
I work as a technician at a public university's dorms fixing personal computers. It's nice to have time to prepare for a storm of infections, but if anti-virus definitions come out in time, then it really saves me a headache.
Perhaps not racism of the sort we all think about, but perhaps the preference of mating with creatures of similar traits.
However, I'd think that the more violent form of racism in human populations is more a result of many cultures with different fundamental ideals all living in the same place. Confusion leads to frustration, and frustration leads to aggression.
There goes all my plans of exploiting their MS-based "solutions" to engage in stock manipulation and diversion of corporate funds!