I'm with you on this one. Considering that every copy of XP that I have seen since 2001 has been a pirated copy, I see a lack of common sense in this argument. In addition, while XP was a great OS at the time, in comparison, it Blue Screens left and right. I have yet to see a Blue Screen in Windows 7 or Windows 8, and I have owned both since they were released. They have come a long way, dealing with horribly written code from vendors that would crash the OS. XP also leaves the system vulnerable to so many attacks that are difficult to remediate due to updates in technology. Perhaps that is why China wants people using it though. Easy to backdoor it.
This year alone:
Hacking has cost the US over 500,000 jobs (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/hackers-jobs_n_3652893.html)
Personal details of US soldiers released (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/26/hackers-post-us-troops-personal-details-collateral/?page=all)
Have proven hacking Infrastructure (power,water,etc) is easy (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517731/hacking-industrial-systems-turns-out-to-be-easy/)
Hackers have the capability to do everything from finanical destruction of a person, preventing them from ever even being able to rent a home, to hacking into personal vehicles and causing them to wreck while they drive. Should those people not be considered dangerous?
The term Users does not mean Educated Users. Most people using a computer don't understand the magic that makes everything work past hitting the power button. That said, the idea that someone is asking people to stop using Windows because of an application with holes in the code is like asking people to stop driving automobiles because a specific brand of tires is unsafe. Get different tires.
And they run with scissors. You hit the nail on the head. People who are overweight or underweight are not necessarily that way simply due to eating. There may be a pre-existing condition other than too much or too little food. Genetic disposition, mental condition and the individual's overall environment come into play with each and every person. I am lucky enough to have been blessed with great health when it comes to my weight, and I don't even have to work at it. My sister, on the other hand, has to be very strict about her diet and exercise or will quickly gain weight. If the Jiro's comments were true, my sister would be regarded as fat and lazy, while I would be seen as restrained and responsible. I assure you that is simply not the case (as I am eating a pizza by myself right now).
ARRRRGG!!! Not really sure how big a deal Pakistan boycotting would be to begin with. Does anyone have the numbers on PC consumerism for video game sales in Pakistan? I'd be interested if this was even a percentage, although I don't know and it could, in fact, be significant. I doubt it though.
Note: Legal consumerism. Not just pirated copies.
Hard to believe that I am actually going to respond to this, but what the hell...
I would have to say that Nelson Mandela was not exactly viewed as the Osama Bin Laden of his time. Yes, his country's government did label him as a terrorist, and there are a few others that define him as a terrorist because the movement he was associated with did use violence as a means for political change...But that is about as far as the comparison goes. The slamming of airliners into buildings full of civilians is a little different or even slamming an airliner full of civilians into a military building. And more to the point, the World Trade Center which was full of Jews in the opinion of a few Muslim extremist groups...quite a bit different from Nelson Mandela's approach.
While I am at it, let me be very clear when I point out that although Americans were effected by Al-Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11th, there are MANY countries that have come under attack from these terrorists, both before and since that incident. It is unfortunate that when many around the world today hear Muslim or Islamist, that people do tend to view a violent image of a suicide bomb-wearing Arab. However, it is not just Americans that think this way. Perhaps you should try and see what is going on in the world around you and notice how the people of other countries view subway bombs, car bombs, passenger train derailments, sex slavery, opium trade, enforcement of children into a warlord's personal military, slaughtering villages for political gain...I really could go on for quite some time. When you get the opportunity to see a marketplace blown up and see the horrors of blood streaming down a 3-year old girl, who is clinging on to her dead mother; driving up next to a pack of wild dogs gnawing on the carcass of a dead child who was shot in the head for learning in a school sponsored by Western government; seeing women mutilated after being raped and the men of their village killed, then six months later, the same attackers come through to kill the pregnant women because it would be shameful for those women to carry the children of the men who raped them...then you can start to pretend to have enough worldly experience to make generalizations like you do. Until then, don't downplay terrorism from behind your computer screen as a mythical beast dreamt up by governments. While it is true that many of you will never see terrorism yourself firsthand, don't dishonor or disregard those of us who have, or the families of those who have.
As for the OP, it's a movie. I doubt the general public will EVER link Open Source and terrorism...simply because the majority of the general public doesn't even know what Open Source is.
I never thought I would actually agree with the EU on absolutely anything. Although, I am sure that if I bothered to read the article, I would find they are still full of crap and just got lucky with a right answer.
I think people are missing the point of a very single and important statement the OP made. He said that all he needs is to get 1 password to compromise thousands.
Much of security depends on a weak product...People. How many times in a movie have you seen those security guards watching a perimeter with those eagle-eyes of theirs, and spotting someone immediately. Well, usually in real life, after a few weeks on the job, those eagle-eyed guards turn into the other type of guards you see in movies...the ones with donuts and are asleep.
The point is that people become lazy and do things like leave a password out in view, or easily found (ie. ANYTHING not memorized). People talk on the phone when troubleshooting and give out passwords to "help" get back into systems, and then are slow to change them afterwards, or don't change them at all. People are...human. They make mistakes. The point he is making is that he only needs to exploit a single user who fails to be vigilant from day one. After that, the network becomes his playground.
Also, although I agree that security is a mindset, it is a product as well. There is a dollar figure attatched directly to it. If you did not purchase it, you don't have it. That's why I get paid.
Also, don't think I am picking on you for it, but SSH timeout is almost worthless. All it does is slow you down a small bit. Yes, if I fail login three times, it will boot that session, but unless you have other things set up for reporting/detection and response (again something that you most likely have to pay for), all that needs to happen is that script run continuously, establishing a new session each time, until it sees a prmopt appear.
Do not stop using VPNs. VPNs can greatly enhance your network security from site to site. What you should enforce is visibility before reaching your LAN. In other words, terminate your VPN above a firewall, IDS/IPS, etc. Have a security plan that includes public facing IPs that are protected by another router or firewall as well. Yeah, it can be costly, but the security provided is greatly increased as well, and you can effectively communicate and control traffic both inside and outside of your LAN. It isn't without flaw, but as the article is pointing out, there really isn't anything out there that is without flaw.
"I don't see how americans claim to be supporter of Taiwan yet continue to diss their culture time and again."
Perhaps leaving Taiwan to be absorbed by the Chinese would clear this up for you...Also, since people from all over the world visit/comment on this site, why make the "retarded comment" about this being an American? I am not American...but I also don't care if China bans Feng Shui.
On to the OP, I don't think China deliberately doctored the image. As many have already stated, it looks like they got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.
I can't really bring myself to blame an OS though. I do think OS's need to be responsible for security, but the entire purpose of an OS is to support software. Programs cannot run if the OS security is too tight. Lets face it, if all end-users were technical gurus and could write their own software, we'd be out of work.
I think I am with most people on this one though. Quicktime is a little more to blame here than Firefox. Firefox is problably just utilizing what it can out of the Quicktime app. In doing so, it falls prey to a long-time known QT vulnerability. Maybe Apple needs to look into this for once.
I agree. I would not want a mathematical wizard to be President. On the other hand, we don't need another Bush either...I'm voting for Colbert. I like to get the truthiness.
Honestly though, you are correct. Einstein would not make a good President. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that exceptionally smart people are not always socially understood. A President must be able to make intelligent decisions (usually based on good advice from his Cabinet), and he must be able to influence other world leaders in a positive manner through charismatic diplomacy. Bush was unable to accomplish either of these things, and I don't think there are many people (Republican or Democrat) that would argue he is doing okay anyways.
As far as scientific knowledge goes, give me the guy that knows that there are smarter people than he/she and is willing to listen to scientific advisors; coupled with the candidate that can work responsibly with foreign leaders. All this, and they need a backbone, but understand when to use the object attached at the UPPER end when required. Is it a dream? There has to be someone out there...No person is perfect, but we've had some good leaders in the past. I only hope we can find some more like them.
True enough. I should have stated that the amount of traffic is encreased. If you encrypt a 1500 MTU packet, it may need to be split into several packets in order to traverse a line with max cap at 1500 MTU. Overhead is a bad word to use.
I think the idea of looking for new methods is a possible answer, but encryption would be a bad idea. The overhead for the encrypted traffic would greatly increase the amount of data being used. I am going to guess this would be a dead give-away on who is downloading. Personally, I feel that legal action is possible in this matter, as the ISP is providing a service of X data / sec. If the user exceeds X data, there is not really anything that can be done, as the ISP could throttle or rate limit (Note: Not Kill) the traffic. If the user is utilizing a constant stream of maximum allowed throughput, then the ISP should be seeing that as the service they provide. It does suck for those who do not use the Internet to download large files, as they will suffer while trying to play online games or watching streaming video, etc. Bottom line...I see a class action lawsuit against ComCast very soon.
Only as insulting as your post was, but trust me, I would love to insult you in person.
Yes, I can honestly say that I have never spilled coffee on myself before. Just lucky I suppose. I will again refer to the idea that you would not place a finger in the light socket and then sue the electric company because it burns more than the last time you stuck your finger in the socket.
Since you really only went on a tangent about the admittedly poor example of a lawsuit gone wrong and did not bother to address the actual meaning of the post, I'll wait for you final response (as I am certain you will want the last word on this), and then will go on responding to people that actually have something useful to say.
That is why we recommend to most people not to wear steaming hot coffee on your testicles. Even though the information says McDonalds was at fault for not lowering the temp, use of her brain should have told her to remove the spill immediately, which the case clearly indicates she did not.
You dont sue the electric company because you got shocked by sticking your penis in a light socket do you?
I think that was actually the point of my post. Reactionary laws.
Also, please understand...At NO point did I state it was solely to protect the citizens. That was why I made the distinction between spy programs before 9/11 and how no political figure would have been dumb enough to defend against, vs. the Patriot Act, and why they try to back it up.
I will, however, say that the government is there to protect the citizens, and anyone that thinks they are out to get you is a conspirocy nut. Bottom line is, the government makes money off citizens. Without them...no money. Guessing you see the circle by now.
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Screaming and throwing feces at each other? It would be an improvement.
It would certainly make philbusters more interesting.
I'm with you on this one. Considering that every copy of XP that I have seen since 2001 has been a pirated copy, I see a lack of common sense in this argument. In addition, while XP was a great OS at the time, in comparison, it Blue Screens left and right. I have yet to see a Blue Screen in Windows 7 or Windows 8, and I have owned both since they were released. They have come a long way, dealing with horribly written code from vendors that would crash the OS. XP also leaves the system vulnerable to so many attacks that are difficult to remediate due to updates in technology. Perhaps that is why China wants people using it though. Easy to backdoor it.
This year alone: Hacking has cost the US over 500,000 jobs (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/hackers-jobs_n_3652893.html) Personal details of US soldiers released (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/26/hackers-post-us-troops-personal-details-collateral/?page=all) Have proven hacking Infrastructure (power,water,etc) is easy (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517731/hacking-industrial-systems-turns-out-to-be-easy/) Hackers have the capability to do everything from finanical destruction of a person, preventing them from ever even being able to rent a home, to hacking into personal vehicles and causing them to wreck while they drive. Should those people not be considered dangerous?
The term Users does not mean Educated Users. Most people using a computer don't understand the magic that makes everything work past hitting the power button. That said, the idea that someone is asking people to stop using Windows because of an application with holes in the code is like asking people to stop driving automobiles because a specific brand of tires is unsafe. Get different tires.
And they run with scissors. You hit the nail on the head. People who are overweight or underweight are not necessarily that way simply due to eating. There may be a pre-existing condition other than too much or too little food. Genetic disposition, mental condition and the individual's overall environment come into play with each and every person. I am lucky enough to have been blessed with great health when it comes to my weight, and I don't even have to work at it. My sister, on the other hand, has to be very strict about her diet and exercise or will quickly gain weight. If the Jiro's comments were true, my sister would be regarded as fat and lazy, while I would be seen as restrained and responsible. I assure you that is simply not the case (as I am eating a pizza by myself right now).
ARRRRGG!!! Not really sure how big a deal Pakistan boycotting would be to begin with. Does anyone have the numbers on PC consumerism for video game sales in Pakistan? I'd be interested if this was even a percentage, although I don't know and it could, in fact, be significant. I doubt it though. Note: Legal consumerism. Not just pirated copies.
Hard to believe that I am actually going to respond to this, but what the hell...
I would have to say that Nelson Mandela was not exactly viewed as the Osama Bin Laden of his time. Yes, his country's government did label him as a terrorist, and there are a few others that define him as a terrorist because the movement he was associated with did use violence as a means for political change...But that is about as far as the comparison goes. The slamming of airliners into buildings full of civilians is a little different or even slamming an airliner full of civilians into a military building. And more to the point, the World Trade Center which was full of Jews in the opinion of a few Muslim extremist groups...quite a bit different from Nelson Mandela's approach.
While I am at it, let me be very clear when I point out that although Americans were effected by Al-Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11th, there are MANY countries that have come under attack from these terrorists, both before and since that incident. It is unfortunate that when many around the world today hear Muslim or Islamist, that people do tend to view a violent image of a suicide bomb-wearing Arab. However, it is not just Americans that think this way. Perhaps you should try and see what is going on in the world around you and notice how the people of other countries view subway bombs, car bombs, passenger train derailments, sex slavery, opium trade, enforcement of children into a warlord's personal military, slaughtering villages for political gain...I really could go on for quite some time. When you get the opportunity to see a marketplace blown up and see the horrors of blood streaming down a 3-year old girl, who is clinging on to her dead mother; driving up next to a pack of wild dogs gnawing on the carcass of a dead child who was shot in the head for learning in a school sponsored by Western government; seeing women mutilated after being raped and the men of their village killed, then six months later, the same attackers come through to kill the pregnant women because it would be shameful for those women to carry the children of the men who raped them...then you can start to pretend to have enough worldly experience to make generalizations like you do. Until then, don't downplay terrorism from behind your computer screen as a mythical beast dreamt up by governments. While it is true that many of you will never see terrorism yourself firsthand, don't dishonor or disregard those of us who have, or the families of those who have.
As for the OP, it's a movie. I doubt the general public will EVER link Open Source and terrorism...simply because the majority of the general public doesn't even know what Open Source is.
Just imagine how fast my text game of Zork I would run!
I never thought I would actually agree with the EU on absolutely anything. Although, I am sure that if I bothered to read the article, I would find they are still full of crap and just got lucky with a right answer.
I think people are missing the point of a very single and important statement the OP made. He said that all he needs is to get 1 password to compromise thousands. Much of security depends on a weak product...People. How many times in a movie have you seen those security guards watching a perimeter with those eagle-eyes of theirs, and spotting someone immediately. Well, usually in real life, after a few weeks on the job, those eagle-eyed guards turn into the other type of guards you see in movies...the ones with donuts and are asleep. The point is that people become lazy and do things like leave a password out in view, or easily found (ie. ANYTHING not memorized). People talk on the phone when troubleshooting and give out passwords to "help" get back into systems, and then are slow to change them afterwards, or don't change them at all. People are...human. They make mistakes. The point he is making is that he only needs to exploit a single user who fails to be vigilant from day one. After that, the network becomes his playground. Also, although I agree that security is a mindset, it is a product as well. There is a dollar figure attatched directly to it. If you did not purchase it, you don't have it. That's why I get paid. Also, don't think I am picking on you for it, but SSH timeout is almost worthless. All it does is slow you down a small bit. Yes, if I fail login three times, it will boot that session, but unless you have other things set up for reporting/detection and response (again something that you most likely have to pay for), all that needs to happen is that script run continuously, establishing a new session each time, until it sees a prmopt appear. Do not stop using VPNs. VPNs can greatly enhance your network security from site to site. What you should enforce is visibility before reaching your LAN. In other words, terminate your VPN above a firewall, IDS/IPS, etc. Have a security plan that includes public facing IPs that are protected by another router or firewall as well. Yeah, it can be costly, but the security provided is greatly increased as well, and you can effectively communicate and control traffic both inside and outside of your LAN. It isn't without flaw, but as the article is pointing out, there really isn't anything out there that is without flaw.
This is true. I still think that my wife is to my money, like piranha are to cows (at least in the movies).
How to lose this kind of money is SIMPLE! Get married.
A wise person. My dog has not learned this leason yet...but the cat is about to teach him.
I tend to refuse inhalation of anything containing the word "Uranium" though.
There are a few movies out there that could definately crash any system attempting this. "The Mist" comes to mind...
"I don't see how americans claim to be supporter of Taiwan yet continue to diss their culture time and again."
Perhaps leaving Taiwan to be absorbed by the Chinese would clear this up for you...Also, since people from all over the world visit/comment on this site, why make the "retarded comment" about this being an American? I am not American...but I also don't care if China bans Feng Shui.
On to the OP, I don't think China deliberately doctored the image. As many have already stated, it looks like they got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.
I can't really bring myself to blame an OS though. I do think OS's need to be responsible for security, but the entire purpose of an OS is to support software. Programs cannot run if the OS security is too tight. Lets face it, if all end-users were technical gurus and could write their own software, we'd be out of work.
I think I am with most people on this one though. Quicktime is a little more to blame here than Firefox. Firefox is problably just utilizing what it can out of the Quicktime app. In doing so, it falls prey to a long-time known QT vulnerability. Maybe Apple needs to look into this for once.
I'd be happy if one-thrid of ours could spell IT...
I agree. I would not want a mathematical wizard to be President. On the other hand, we don't need another Bush either...I'm voting for Colbert. I like to get the truthiness.
Honestly though, you are correct. Einstein would not make a good President. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that exceptionally smart people are not always socially understood. A President must be able to make intelligent decisions (usually based on good advice from his Cabinet), and he must be able to influence other world leaders in a positive manner through charismatic diplomacy. Bush was unable to accomplish either of these things, and I don't think there are many people (Republican or Democrat) that would argue he is doing okay anyways.
As far as scientific knowledge goes, give me the guy that knows that there are smarter people than he/she and is willing to listen to scientific advisors; coupled with the candidate that can work responsibly with foreign leaders. All this, and they need a backbone, but understand when to use the object attached at the UPPER end when required. Is it a dream? There has to be someone out there...No person is perfect, but we've had some good leaders in the past. I only hope we can find some more like them.
True enough. I should have stated that the amount of traffic is encreased. If you encrypt a 1500 MTU packet, it may need to be split into several packets in order to traverse a line with max cap at 1500 MTU. Overhead is a bad word to use.
I think the idea of looking for new methods is a possible answer, but encryption would be a bad idea. The overhead for the encrypted traffic would greatly increase the amount of data being used. I am going to guess this would be a dead give-away on who is downloading. Personally, I feel that legal action is possible in this matter, as the ISP is providing a service of X data / sec. If the user exceeds X data, there is not really anything that can be done, as the ISP could throttle or rate limit (Note: Not Kill) the traffic. If the user is utilizing a constant stream of maximum allowed throughput, then the ISP should be seeing that as the service they provide. It does suck for those who do not use the Internet to download large files, as they will suffer while trying to play online games or watching streaming video, etc. Bottom line...I see a class action lawsuit against ComCast very soon.
Only as insulting as your post was, but trust me, I would love to insult you in person.
Yes, I can honestly say that I have never spilled coffee on myself before. Just lucky I suppose. I will again refer to the idea that you would not place a finger in the light socket and then sue the electric company because it burns more than the last time you stuck your finger in the socket.
Since you really only went on a tangent about the admittedly poor example of a lawsuit gone wrong and did not bother to address the actual meaning of the post, I'll wait for you final response (as I am certain you will want the last word on this), and then will go on responding to people that actually have something useful to say.
That is why we recommend to most people not to wear steaming hot coffee on your testicles. Even though the information says McDonalds was at fault for not lowering the temp, use of her brain should have told her to remove the spill immediately, which the case clearly indicates she did not.
You dont sue the electric company because you got shocked by sticking your penis in a light socket do you?
I think that was actually the point of my post. Reactionary laws. Also, please understand...At NO point did I state it was solely to protect the citizens. That was why I made the distinction between spy programs before 9/11 and how no political figure would have been dumb enough to defend against, vs. the Patriot Act, and why they try to back it up. I will, however, say that the government is there to protect the citizens, and anyone that thinks they are out to get you is a conspirocy nut. Bottom line is, the government makes money off citizens. Without them...no money. Guessing you see the circle by now.
So 700 other idiots that don't know that they should not wear coffee...guessing you're one of them.