I personally would consider sending out near-light-speed probes in all directions broadcasting "you are not alone" to be a galactic public service, but that would probably earn us a bunch of kinetic strikes at estimated origin in a couple mil of years.
One of the more interesting solutions is that we are very early into stage of our galaxy where all necessary complex elements for life are present. Sure, galaxy is old, but you can't build complex life out of hydrogen.
DNA isn't durable, it is duplicated on a massive scale. This why it is possible to read DNA from a mammoth hair - originally there were millions of copies in that hair, couple of these copies survived this long.
What was done is reckless, but pushing progress is often non-linear process that requires reckless extermination. Good example is Charles Goodyear and rubber vulcanization.
Dirty console peasants tried and failed to become a master race. Why would anyone buy a networked inferior computer that also charges monthly fee when for a little bit extra you can a) buy an actual PC b) if you don't need an actual PC, do just fine with a smartphone and play casual games on it.
That is, PC gaming became much cheaper, to the point that you could game on a $600 box; consoles became more general-purpose computing platforms with apps and networking, and smartphones, that most people would already have, took over casual gaming niche.
Many prominent security researchers already spoke out against it. Including Bruce Schneier on his blog and in his recent 'Data and Goliath' book. No affiliation.
"proactively fetch the information" is crucial and intentional part of design. HTTP is not meant to be an interactive protocol, but strictly request and response. By moving away from this in order to push more ads you are removing a great deal of assumptions and introducing a whole set of previously impossible attack scenarios.
I am a certifier and security auditor, and my experience mirrors the above. Even when they pay you to find issues, they often don't want to fix them. It is just not a development priority unless it leads to full-blown compromise (e.g. root) and there is very little customer demand for security. For example, convincing organization to upgrade from RSA-1024 certs is a Sisyphean task.
Welcome to realization that this is normal. Not even new normal, as it always been this way.
Pretty much any vendor out there that produces software or IT hardware doesn't effectively test it. IT vendors that take QA seriously are very very rare, most just don't take testing seriously. This is further complicated by the fact that QA is seen as a dead-end IT career. Universally lower pay matches this outlook. Consequently, hiring and retaining good QA is very challenging as anyone competent constantly attempting to move away from it.
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I personally would consider sending out near-light-speed probes in all directions broadcasting "you are not alone" to be a galactic public service, but that would probably earn us a bunch of kinetic strikes at estimated origin in a couple mil of years.
One of the more interesting solutions is that we are very early into stage of our galaxy where all necessary complex elements for life are present. Sure, galaxy is old, but you can't build complex life out of hydrogen.
Nobody wants a head transplant.
What a brain-dead idea to agree to a head transplant.
Even if this body transplant surgery works perfectly, you are not immune from disease like Alzheimers and Parkinsons.
can't wait for the annual Windows 10 update via injection!
Looking at how they pushed Win10 so far, you do realize just what kind of injection it is going to be, right?
I was told by a bearded man in they sky to mock your religion.
DNA isn't durable, it is duplicated on a massive scale. This why it is possible to read DNA from a mammoth hair - originally there were millions of copies in that hair, couple of these copies survived this long.
Actually, it is a lot more likely that your smartphone, when docked, will be transformed into PC.
How much could we really know about it's efficacy in such a short period?
We now know that this treatment isn't 100% fatal on a 7 month timescale.
What was done is reckless, but pushing progress is often non-linear process that requires reckless extermination. Good example is Charles Goodyear and rubber vulcanization.
Dirty console peasants tried and failed to become a master race. Why would anyone buy a networked inferior computer that also charges monthly fee when for a little bit extra you can a) buy an actual PC b) if you don't need an actual PC, do just fine with a smartphone and play casual games on it.
That is, PC gaming became much cheaper, to the point that you could game on a $600 box; consoles became more general-purpose computing platforms with apps and networking, and smartphones, that most people would already have, took over casual gaming niche.
What about his work on Fortuna?
Or you could just be a decent person. It doesn't require any money.
This won't achieve GGP's stated goals.
The good old way, by up keeping up with the Joneses.
Many prominent security researchers already spoke out against it. Including Bruce Schneier on his blog and in his recent 'Data and Goliath' book. No affiliation.
If you don't want to be identified this way, just bring along Morty. Worked well for Rick.
"proactively fetch the information" is crucial and intentional part of design. HTTP is not meant to be an interactive protocol, but strictly request and response. By moving away from this in order to push more ads you are removing a great deal of assumptions and introducing a whole set of previously impossible attack scenarios.
These days you can't even get proper encrypting malware, what are the chances that actual encrypting software available to public is any different?
An editorial comment that actually LESSENS the alarmism in the submission, rather than adding to it?
This is... nearly unheard of on slashdot! What is happening???
Clearly, this new development is quite alarming.
Any chance of adoption is killed the first time new user gets RTFMed. Until this changes, there won't be desktop linux.
I am a certifier and security auditor, and my experience mirrors the above. Even when they pay you to find issues, they often don't want to fix them. It is just not a development priority unless it leads to full-blown compromise (e.g. root) and there is very little customer demand for security. For example, convincing organization to upgrade from RSA-1024 certs is a Sisyphean task.
They should also add 'potential side effects' section. For Comcast it would read something like:
Warning! May cause inability to unsubscribe, blood in your stool, and impotent rage.
I wouldn't buy it. It is in a bad neighborhood. Neighbors regularly have supernova parties.
I disagree. Remote debugging was left on. This is something I do expect QA to catch.
Welcome to realization that this is normal. Not even new normal, as it always been this way.
Pretty much any vendor out there that produces software or IT hardware doesn't effectively test it. IT vendors that take QA seriously are very very rare, most just don't take testing seriously. This is further complicated by the fact that QA is seen as a dead-end IT career. Universally lower pay matches this outlook. Consequently, hiring and retaining good QA is very challenging as anyone competent constantly attempting to move away from it.