No, it just means that while they can show that someone made the file available, they need to actually prove that somebody else really downloaded these files.
Might be time to make a security model that stops a firewall application from writing to the Harddisk or deleting files. Why should it after all?
Maybe for storing logs and preferences?
Perhaps even a delete mechanism that doesn't allow destruction of data without a password.
Now a "make clean" will be a keyboard-bound process, yay!
I'm not minimizing the problem, but I think the solution won't be as simple. Right now, the only way I see to solve (at least partially) the problem is "bug free". Not necessarily for the hole system (which would be impossible), but I think it's realistic for everyone to have a hardware firewall will a minimal amount of code which can really be bug-free. That should at least get rid of most worms. After that, you still have to get rid of viruses.
Are you willing to bet a large amount of money (or jail time) that your computer will *never* be compromised. What if a worm before a patch is available. If you compare to cars, you'd have to say that you're responsible for what happens to your car even if it's been sabotaged.
Hey, sounds like a good business model: write a good virtualizer that defeats DRM, get bought by MS:-) Actually, I was more thinking about an open-source project. Right now, there isn't much progress on that road, but it could change if lots of people decide it's worth it (I don't think a virtualizer is do much more difficult to write than a Kernel, an X server,...).
As for required windows updates, they still can't really it on you if your virtual machine is not connected on a network... and they can't "upgrade" the DRM format so that it requires the update otherwise, they'll *really* piss off too many people and the DRM scheme will fail by itself.
Who has published "something similar" of which you speak?
Oh, I never sasid it existed *today*, just that it's probably doable. Also, in case of an emulation vs. emulation detection race, the advantage is clearly with the emulators, since you can always use older versions of OSs for which detection didn't work with the emulation you're using.
Well, what you say i true in general, except that sometimes you want someone who's not only a good programmer, but really knows a particular language. Becoming really good at C++ or Java still takes a lot of time because you always need to adapt the way you actually think about problems.
Rule #1: May I remind you that said unsafe data is also manipulated by the kernel and glibc. Are you suggesting those get converted in Java too? Oh, and with a badly written Java app, it's also possible to do all kinds of things (just not buffer overflows).
Rule #2: Ever heard of "bind to port and then change uid"?
I'm sure many people who don't understand these issues will flame me or say I am trolling, but oh well, someone needs to keep bringing this up until it sinks in.
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Most likely, it'll make less errors than the number of mistakes you're going to make because you're flooded in spam. Given a mailbox with 1000 spam and 1000 ham, I'm pretty sure I'll mess up a couple times while trying to delete only the spam.
This ought to be the most ridiculous C/R image I've seen. I've converted it to black and white simply by putting a threshold around the light gray (can be coded with 2 lines of C). From there, since all letters are identical, you can use simple pattern matching and get 100% recognition. The image is even saved as png to make things even simpler (jpeg would at least have introduced some quality loss).
Worldcom is known as a very smart company. Its employees are all selected through an interview process designed to select the best and brightest minds. The threat of termination always hangs over the heads of Worldcom employees. This encourages the best performance from Worldcom employees because subpar performance leads to being kicked out to the streets, especially in these bad economic times.
I don't know the real answers, but here are a few guesses: 1) wipers == one extra thing that will break 2) not worth it (as you mentioned) 3) The dust sticks on the panels (most likely)
While the Chernobyl reactor were really unsafe, there's still a danger currently. Also, you're mentioning France, but they've had many problems with nuclear plants too (had to shut down several reactors IICR). Now, about nuclear power being clean and safe, I wouldn't go that far. The main problem is that nobody has yet found a solution for all the waste (both used fuel and exposed material). The problem is that some of that stuff stays dangerous for thousands of years. We've only been using this stuff for a couple decades. Just imagine in a couple thousand years having to deal with 100 times the amount of radioactive stuff we have today. It probably won't be as cheap. Of course, many things can happen since then, but it's still dangerous to rely on "future technology will solve it".
While I agree that the actions were questionable, I still doubt it qualifies as (criminal) extortion. I think the Sheriff's department is abusing its position of force by going that far.
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I can't stand sales pitches either. At least now I know I'm not the only one :) Thanks!
No, it just means that while they can show that someone made the file available, they need to actually prove that somebody else really downloaded these files.
There should be a way to meta-mod that (Score:2, Informative) as "funny".
500 trillion * 1 femto second is 0.5 Joule
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That's one strike against you
I suppose you'll explain how Dresden was contributing to the war effort?
You forget c) which is more important: it's illegal unless you get permission first.
Might be time to make a security model that stops a firewall application from writing to the Harddisk or deleting files. Why should it after all?
Maybe for storing logs and preferences?
Perhaps even a delete mechanism that doesn't allow destruction of data without a password.
Now a "make clean" will be a keyboard-bound process, yay!
I'm not minimizing the problem, but I think the solution won't be as simple. Right now, the only way I see to solve (at least partially) the problem is "bug free". Not necessarily for the hole system (which would be impossible), but I think it's realistic for everyone to have a hardware firewall will a minimal amount of code which can really be bug-free. That should at least get rid of most worms. After that, you still have to get rid of viruses.
Are you willing to bet a large amount of money (or jail time) that your computer will *never* be compromised. What if a worm before a patch is available. If you compare to cars, you'd have to say that you're responsible for what happens to your car even if it's been sabotaged.
Hey, sounds like a good business model: write a good virtualizer that defeats DRM, get bought by MS :-) Actually, I was more thinking about an open-source project. Right now, there isn't much progress on that road, but it could change if lots of people decide it's worth it (I don't think a virtualizer is do much more difficult to write than a Kernel, an X server, ...).
As for required windows updates, they still can't really it on you if your virtual machine is not connected on a network... and they can't "upgrade" the DRM format so that it requires the update otherwise, they'll *really* piss off too many people and the DRM scheme will fail by itself.
Who has published "something similar" of which you speak?
Oh, I never sasid it existed *today*, just that it's probably doable. Also, in case of an emulation vs. emulation detection race, the advantage is clearly with the emulators, since you can always use older versions of OSs for which detection didn't work with the emulation you're using.
that's why I said "or something similar".
Then the solution is vmware or something similar... until there's DRM crap directly in your CPU.
Well, what you say i true in general, except that sometimes you want someone who's not only a good programmer, but really knows a particular language. Becoming really good at C++ or Java still takes a lot of time because you always need to adapt the way you actually think about problems.
Even worse, I heard the only US president to be in office during World War II was a democrat.
Sure. I heard Bush is soon going to introduce the idea of pre-preemptive strikes, allowing the US to nuke countries that don't exist yet.
I definitely think you should post your idea on lkml. I'm sure they'll like it ;-)
Rule #1: May I remind you that said unsafe data is also manipulated by the kernel and glibc. Are you suggesting those get converted in Java too? Oh, and with a badly written Java app, it's also possible to do all kinds of things (just not buffer overflows).
Rule #2: Ever heard of "bind to port and then change uid"?
I'm sure many people who don't understand these issues will flame me or say I am trolling, but oh well, someone needs to keep bringing this up until it sinks in.
Thanks for enlightening us all.
Anyone knows if this will make it into Core 2?
Most likely, it'll make less errors than the number of mistakes you're going to make because you're flooded in spam. Given a mailbox with 1000 spam and 1000 ham, I'm pretty sure I'll mess up a couple times while trying to delete only the spam.
This ought to be the most ridiculous C/R image I've seen. I've converted it to black and white simply by putting a threshold around the light gray (can be coded with 2 lines of C). From there, since all letters are identical, you can use simple pattern matching and get 100% recognition. The image is even saved as png to make things even simpler (jpeg would at least have introduced some quality loss).
Worldcom is known as a very smart company. Its employees are all selected through an interview process designed to select the best and brightest minds. The threat of termination always hangs over the heads of Worldcom employees. This encourages the best performance from Worldcom employees because subpar performance leads to being kicked out to the streets, especially in these bad economic times.
So who to believe?..
I don't know the real answers, but here are a few guesses:
1) wipers == one extra thing that will break
2) not worth it (as you mentioned)
3) The dust sticks on the panels (most likely)
While the Chernobyl reactor were really unsafe, there's still a danger currently. Also, you're mentioning France, but they've had many problems with nuclear plants too (had to shut down several reactors IICR). Now, about nuclear power being clean and safe, I wouldn't go that far. The main problem is that nobody has yet found a solution for all the waste (both used fuel and exposed material). The problem is that some of that stuff stays dangerous for thousands of years. We've only been using this stuff for a couple decades. Just imagine in a couple thousand years having to deal with 100 times the amount of radioactive stuff we have today. It probably won't be as cheap. Of course, many things can happen since then, but it's still dangerous to rely on "future technology will solve it".
While I agree that the actions were questionable, I still doubt it qualifies as (criminal) extortion. I think the Sheriff's department is abusing its position of force by going that far.
In the case of MS, I'd say it's more like:
1. Profit
2. More profit
3. Block XFree86