Yes, I googled. The first two I hit were space.com and wired. It's a Windows worm that infected some laptops, they don't know how it got there, it's happened before, and it's nothing more than a minor nuisance. And TFA's author and submitter is a troll, and we all bit.
It's a Windows worm that infected laptops and has nothing to do with Linux, the story's author who submitted it made the whole thing up. Every other site contradicts everything he says.
Well, even though NASA says they don't know how it got there and the FA's author and submitter is a lying sack of shit, TF fictitious A says it was Russians. Russians are aliens, aren't they? I mean, unless you live in Russia?
Relax, the story's bullshit. It's a Windows worm that infected Windows laptops and NASA says is a "minor nuisance." Windows worms don't affect *nix and Kaspersky didn't say that, TFA's bullshitting author (the anti-Linux troll/MS shill who submitted the story) did.
This story is factually incorrect and refers to an incident a number of years ago.
It isn't "factually incorrect," It's fiction. The only thing they got right was the fact there there was an infection (a Windows worm, not a Linux virus) and it wasn't the first time. A lot of laptops up there run Windows and that's what was infected.
The article's author, who submitted the fictitious story, is an anti-Linux troll who has submitted (spammed) a lot of articles to slashdot and made exactly three comments since he's been here. His story contradicts every other source on this story, the guy's a lying troll.
The article was fiction, made up out of whole cloth. I googled, and what David Gilbert says contradicts Wired and Space.com on every detail. It not only isn't stuxnet, it isn't a virus; it's the W32.Gammima.AG worm, a worm that steals credentials for online games. It isn't the ISS's first infection and it's only a nuisance.
That article is the worst piece of shit on the internet, everything except the fact that the ISS was infected contradicts what space.com and everyone else says, including that Linux bullshit. The entire article was made up, including SCADA being infected and that the Russians brought it up there. It infected Windows laptops, Not the SDADA, it's a minor nuisance and it isn't the first time there were viruses on the ISS.
Don't believe everything you read, kids. Check different sources. Gilbert's story is fiction and he should hang his head in shame. Stallman and Linus should sue him for slander.
Don't bother, it's garbage. Linux has nothing to do with it, it isn't affecting C&C (NASA says it's simply a nuisance) and TFA got every single thing wrong. It's a worm, not a virus. They don't know how it got there, there are both Linux and Windows laptops up there and NASA says they have to check all the Windows (not Linux since it's a Windows worm) laptops for it.
From now on I'm checking closer before voting stories up. Any story posted by DavidGilbert99 gets downvoted by me. David Gilbert, article author and submitter, is a troll. ibTimes should fire him, that article is pure unadulterated bullshit, see here.
TFA was bad, I read it. I wish I'd read it before I voted in the firehose:(
Sorry, guys. That one line "As these systems are based on Linux, they are open to infection" discredits the author and the rest of the article. Since Windows viruses like the Stuxnet virus they say infected the station, Linux has nothing to do with it.
Wondering if it even happened I googled. space.com:
A virus designed to swipe passwords from online gamers has inexplicably popped up in some laptop computers aboard the International Space Station.
The low-risk virus was detected on July 25, but did not infect the space station?s command and control computers and poses no threat to the orbiting laboratory, NASA officials said.
?This is basically a nuisance,? NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told SPACE.com from the agency?s Johnson Space Center in Houston
According to a NASA planning document obtained by SPACE.com, the virus was identified as W32.Gammima.AG. The California-based retail anti-virus software manufacturer Symantec describes it as a Windows-based worm which spreads by copying itself onto removable media.
It has nothing to do with Linux, TFA is either a troll or an MS shill. The submitter should be ashamed of himself for submitting such a piss-poor article (and I'm ashamed I voted before reading). TFA linked in the summary is garbage. It didn't even get the damned virus right. There are far better accounts, including the one I linked above.
There are still people without internet access. I use snail mail to mail physical checks to pay my bills, and get those bills via snail mail.
You don't have to pay to receive snail mail, but you do to get email. When the government provides everyone with a free internet connection and email address, then you can start talking about getting rid of snail mail.
But first you'll have to pass a constitutional amendment. The Constitution demands the USPS, have you read that document?
Agreed, I have the DVD right next to Asimov's books on my bookshelf.
I didn't really notice product placement except the shoes, but it did fit the character. It was no worse than the McDonald's in The Fifth Element, that fit, too. Hell, someone reading my book might think I was paid by Guinness, as that's the brand the protagonists in the book drink. Also, they didn't make the mistake that 2001 made when they used an airline logo when the airline no longer existed in the real year 2001, since his shoes are vintage.
Now, the ring tone in Kirk's vintage Corvette annoyed me, that took away from the immersion.
I'm more bothered with movies that make up brands for beer, soda, etc. That takes away from the realism, unless it's sci-fi set in the future.
Indeed, my great uncle started smoking at age 12, quit at age 82 and lived to age 92. But when I was a kid, my friend's Camel-smoking father died at age 35 from lung cancer.
Fireplaces are indeed smoky, but wood stoves aren't. If you can smell your wood stove it's defective. I've never smelled smoke in Mike's house and he has a large house with a really big stove heating it.
Bullshit, government regulations aren't absorbing growth, the god damned greedy, selfish rich are. In 1970 a CEO earned 14 times as much as a janitor, now he "earns" 400 times as much. We need more regulation, not less, starting with a far higher minimum wage. Ours is pathetic compared to the rest of the industrialized world.
The AC doesn't understand how government works. The legislature writes the laws, the executive branch writes the rules based on the law. It's working the way it was designed to. Don't like it? Amend the Constitution.
The EPA came about because of legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Nixon. Sheesh, who modded that ignorance up?
Maybe the EPA and most the rest of the federal government needs to be cut down to a fraction of its bloated size
Were you alive before the EPA existed? I was. I grew up two miles from a Monsanto plant. Cars had no AC back then but you still rolled the windows up on a blistering hot summer day when you drove past because the air burned your lungs. If you think the invisible hand of the free market will reduce pollution you're delusional. My dad had a 1964 VW bug when I was a kid, it got maybe 20 mpg on the highway. My 2002 Concorde gets 30+ and it's a big comfortable sedan. The EPA is saving me money.
This isn't a new rule, it's a tiny tightening of an old rule. It's a reduction from 15ppm to 12ppm. They're not making you throw your stove out, they're saying you can't sell an old stove. Who trades their wood stove in??
This is much ado about nothing. That said, I wish they'd tighten up the rules about maintaining school buses. Those things belch diesel smoke and stink badly. They're a hell of a lot worse than wood stoves.
Ever driven past a gasoline refinery? If you think the EPA is bloated you either own a lot of oil and coal stock or have been deluded by those who do. IMO the EPA isn't doing enough.
Whoever it lands on will certainly get the ultimate lesson in gravity.
Yes, it would be a grave situation.
If anyone seriously thinks this is a threat, buy a lottery ticket.
I saw a really weird shooting star once while traveling. It was shooting upwards, was a really bright green, and flashed as it went.
The next day I read in the paper that the Russians had thrown a very large old computer out of the MIR. This one ought to be a hell of a shooting star if it comes down at night anywhere where anyone can see it.
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Yes, I googled. The first two I hit were space.com and wired. It's a Windows worm that infected some laptops, they don't know how it got there, it's happened before, and it's nothing more than a minor nuisance. And TFA's author and submitter is a troll, and we all bit.
It's a Windows worm that infected laptops and has nothing to do with Linux, the story's author who submitted it made the whole thing up. Every other site contradicts everything he says.
Well, even though NASA says they don't know how it got there and the FA's author and submitter is a lying sack of shit, TF fictitious A says it was Russians. Russians are aliens, aren't they? I mean, unless you live in Russia?
Relax, the story's bullshit. It's a Windows worm that infected Windows laptops and NASA says is a "minor nuisance." Windows worms don't affect *nix and Kaspersky didn't say that, TFA's bullshitting author (the anti-Linux troll/MS shill who submitted the story) did.
I think the GP's in trouble... they probably tasered him and dragged him away already.
This story is factually incorrect and refers to an incident a number of years ago.
It isn't "factually incorrect," It's fiction. The only thing they got right was the fact there there was an infection (a Windows worm, not a Linux virus) and it wasn't the first time. A lot of laptops up there run Windows and that's what was infected.
The article's author, who submitted the fictitious story, is an anti-Linux troll who has submitted (spammed) a lot of articles to slashdot and made exactly three comments since he's been here. His story contradicts every other source on this story, the guy's a lying troll.
Strange, Stuxnet is a Windows program
The article was fiction, made up out of whole cloth. I googled, and what David Gilbert says contradicts Wired and Space.com on every detail. It not only isn't stuxnet, it isn't a virus; it's the W32.Gammima.AG worm, a worm that steals credentials for online games. It isn't the ISS's first infection and it's only a nuisance.
That article is the worst piece of shit on the internet, everything except the fact that the ISS was infected contradicts what space.com and everyone else says, including that Linux bullshit. The entire article was made up, including SCADA being infected and that the Russians brought it up there. It infected Windows laptops, Not the SDADA, it's a minor nuisance and it isn't the first time there were viruses on the ISS.
Don't believe everything you read, kids. Check different sources. Gilbert's story is fiction and he should hang his head in shame. Stallman and Linus should sue him for slander.
But I'm too lazy for TFA
Don't bother, it's garbage. Linux has nothing to do with it, it isn't affecting C&C (NASA says it's simply a nuisance) and TFA got every single thing wrong. It's a worm, not a virus. They don't know how it got there, there are both Linux and Windows laptops up there and NASA says they have to check all the Windows (not Linux since it's a Windows worm) laptops for it.
From now on I'm checking closer before voting stories up. Any story posted by DavidGilbert99 gets downvoted by me. David Gilbert, article author and submitter, is a troll. ibTimes should fire him, that article is pure unadulterated bullshit, see here.
TFA was bad, I read it. I wish I'd read it before I voted in the firehose :(
Sorry, guys. That one line "As these systems are based on Linux, they are open to infection" discredits the author and the rest of the article. Since Windows viruses like the Stuxnet virus they say infected the station, Linux has nothing to do with it.
Wondering if it even happened I googled. space.com:
It has nothing to do with Linux, TFA is either a troll or an MS shill. The submitter should be ashamed of himself for submitting such a piss-poor article (and I'm ashamed I voted before reading). TFA linked in the summary is garbage. It didn't even get the damned virus right. There are far better accounts, including the one I linked above.
the world population is becoming increasingly mobile
[citation needed]
There are still people without internet access. I use snail mail to mail physical checks to pay my bills, and get those bills via snail mail.
You don't have to pay to receive snail mail, but you do to get email. When the government provides everyone with a free internet connection and email address, then you can start talking about getting rid of snail mail.
But first you'll have to pass a constitutional amendment. The Constitution demands the USPS, have you read that document?
Unless your stove is broken, all the pollution goes out through the flue. No more smoke inside than with a gas or oil furnace.
Yes, and that's a good thing.
Agreed, I have the DVD right next to Asimov's books on my bookshelf.
I didn't really notice product placement except the shoes, but it did fit the character. It was no worse than the McDonald's in The Fifth Element, that fit, too. Hell, someone reading my book might think I was paid by Guinness, as that's the brand the protagonists in the book drink. Also, they didn't make the mistake that 2001 made when they used an airline logo when the airline no longer existed in the real year 2001, since his shoes are vintage.
Now, the ring tone in Kirk's vintage Corvette annoyed me, that took away from the immersion.
I'm more bothered with movies that make up brands for beer, soda, etc. That takes away from the realism, unless it's sci-fi set in the future.
After all, you have to take into consideration the energy expended in gathering and transporting the urine to the robot.
Your robot is also your urinal. No energy expended in transportation or gathering, any expended energy is already expended.
"u gotta"? Jesus, kid, that's annoying. Please stop posting from your phone.
I wish that guy would register an account, I got a chuckle from it. +1 funny, wish that mod point were real.
Indeed, my great uncle started smoking at age 12, quit at age 82 and lived to age 92. But when I was a kid, my friend's Camel-smoking father died at age 35 from lung cancer.
No, but they have electric heat, which comes from coal-fired generators.
Fireplaces are indeed smoky, but wood stoves aren't. If you can smell your wood stove it's defective. I've never smelled smoke in Mike's house and he has a large house with a really big stove heating it.
Bullshit, government regulations aren't absorbing growth, the god damned greedy, selfish rich are. In 1970 a CEO earned 14 times as much as a janitor, now he "earns" 400 times as much. We need more regulation, not less, starting with a far higher minimum wage. Ours is pathetic compared to the rest of the industrialized world.
The AC doesn't understand how government works. The legislature writes the laws, the executive branch writes the rules based on the law. It's working the way it was designed to. Don't like it? Amend the Constitution.
The EPA came about because of legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Nixon. Sheesh, who modded that ignorance up?
Maybe the EPA and most the rest of the federal government needs to be cut down to a fraction of its bloated size
Were you alive before the EPA existed? I was. I grew up two miles from a Monsanto plant. Cars had no AC back then but you still rolled the windows up on a blistering hot summer day when you drove past because the air burned your lungs. If you think the invisible hand of the free market will reduce pollution you're delusional. My dad had a 1964 VW bug when I was a kid, it got maybe 20 mpg on the highway. My 2002 Concorde gets 30+ and it's a big comfortable sedan. The EPA is saving me money.
This isn't a new rule, it's a tiny tightening of an old rule. It's a reduction from 15ppm to 12ppm. They're not making you throw your stove out, they're saying you can't sell an old stove. Who trades their wood stove in??
This is much ado about nothing. That said, I wish they'd tighten up the rules about maintaining school buses. Those things belch diesel smoke and stink badly. They're a hell of a lot worse than wood stoves.
Ever driven past a gasoline refinery? If you think the EPA is bloated you either own a lot of oil and coal stock or have been deluded by those who do. IMO the EPA isn't doing enough.
Whoever it lands on will certainly get the ultimate lesson in gravity.
Yes, it would be a grave situation.
If anyone seriously thinks this is a threat, buy a lottery ticket.
I saw a really weird shooting star once while traveling. It was shooting upwards, was a really bright green, and flashed as it went.
The next day I read in the paper that the Russians had thrown a very large old computer out of the MIR. This one ought to be a hell of a shooting star if it comes down at night anywhere where anyone can see it.