So, no one will ever be able to use 100% of the PS3 power! Regardless of what 100% really means...
How could this be a good thing? Why would they say this at all?
Does this mean that Sony is admitting that they broke one of the golden rules of console development by not making the PS3 easy to develop games for?
Does this mean Sony is admitting that the Xbox360 is easier to develop for?
Are they saying that the PS3 is so powerful no one could ever make use of all the PS3's potential? If so, why make such a device? This fly's right into the face of what made the PlayStation legacy so good.
Any one remember the lessons learned with the Sega Saturn? Wasn't Sony on the leading edge of that curve, oh, so many years ago?
What is Sony really saying? What is wrong with Sony?
With their bizarre marketing campaigns, root kits and expensive low-res movies on UMD it's starting to look like Sony is going senile.
No specialization. No individual attention. Too many students per teacher. Bullying is allowed under the pretext of free speech. School administrators often lack any kind of sociology or psychology skills. Teachers often get paid poorly. Institutions and teaching materials are out of date and or poorly maintained. Funding problems (just to keep the schools open)
And these were only problems that were present when I went to highschool school 15 years ago.
Today they have all of the above plus: Real threat of serious harm or injury. Severe mental abuse. Lack of art and music education. Lack of physical fitness education.
I would rather work too than suffer from PTSD at the age of 16 in Highschool! lol
I agree with you and take it a step further Require that firmware makers include stronger security mechanisms and using them as a required default setup value.
As a potential hacker I launched 4 viruses and downloaded 4 gigs of MP3's using your network. All traceable back to you. I spoofed my mac address thank you.
No someone else will be coming at you because they think you are the perpetrator of a crime you didn't commit. Secure your network or suffer the consequences.
The least we can ask is that firmware makers make encryption required setup value.
This is an incredibly ignorant position. Enforce using strong encryption at the firmware level is the only option. If you don't hackers will continue to have their day.
Wireless networks should not be able to be setup without encryption. As it stands now anyone wanting to release virus's or download anything can do so by driving up to almost any hotel in the US.
Any resident with an unencrypted network is subject to their network being used for -any- purpose.
Firmware makers should be required to make encryption a default setup value. Period.
Hackers and mal contents need not worry about their actions.
I am not sure if this logic holds so well anymore.
One example: A user goes to a site that he/she trusts time and time again. Then its compromised without anyone's immediate knowledge.
The user goes clicking about her/his business feeling snug as a bug in rug. But what they don't know, and never will, is that they have been bitten. Then that machine carries the infection to every machine that machine touches.
My point is that you can't blame users for turning the keys in the ignition if some assassin has come in the night and fused a bomb to the battery.
Root kits are in a realm of their own. Do not compare them to any virus or malware. This is Pandora's box and even the most savvy tech is at great risk.
"When is the time going to be ripe a private shit isn't really private anymore?"
Good Question
Who has oversight? What are the priorities? When does data expire? How is it deleted?
In my opinion it's only a matter of time before mass identity theft takes place, possibly forcing hundreds of thousands, perhaps more, out of the market place.
The bottom line is that you have to police your personal information yourself. If you don't want your private parts online for everyone to see then don't post them there. Treat the internet and its play grounds like a public park. Alternately, if your ready to have your private life blown out of context, go right ahead.
I agree Ed.
It's really not hard to understand how an empire can rise from a democracy.
What we have here in the good old USA is a homegrown ultra religious oligarchy
fed by an out of control capitalist economy.
A Top Secret Clearance requires a 10 year back ground investigation. (Maybe it's changed but as far as know this is what I went through)
And yes they look at -everything- they can. And talk to everyone who -might- know you. So for anyone applying for this kind of clearance this should not be unexpected. After all, people's lives are on the line. It's that critical.
My best advice is to just tell the truth about everything. Don't hide anything, that's what will get you in trouble. It's an integrity check. If you don't have it, you won't get it.
If the scope of the investigation was out of context with the position he was seeking then that's another problem all together. Perhaps even a violation of the person's civil rights.
A clearly written certified letter to the attorney general of the state in which he resides would be a very strong way to follow through on the legality of the background investigation in question.
However, if anyone thinks that McCarthy style Witch Hunts cant happen in today's "post 911 world" Then let you be the one.
"Don't prey on children and don't plan terrorist acts and you'll be fine."
The danger with this is not what they want to do with the today
Its will they want to do with it tomorrow?
Times change, people change, people die and the future suffers our decisions.
Who will over see the collection?
Who gets access?
Where will this data be stored?
When will the data expire?
I have used a Swiki (Squeak Wiki) for the last 4 years to organize IT/IS information. While it is a fantastic resource from an organizational standpoint for many reasons, In my experience it works as good as your people's incentive to input the information. Ownership of information like "HowTo's" are an issue with some technical employees.
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So, no one will ever be able to use 100% of the PS3 power!
Regardless of what 100% really means...
How could this be a good thing?
Why would they say this at all?
Does this mean that Sony is admitting that they broke one of the golden rules of console development
by not making the PS3 easy to develop games for?
Does this mean Sony is admitting that the Xbox360 is easier to develop for?
Are they saying that the PS3 is so powerful no one could ever make use of all the PS3's potential?
If so, why make such a device?
This fly's right into the face of what made the PlayStation legacy so good.
Any one remember the lessons learned with the Sega Saturn?
Wasn't Sony on the leading edge of that curve, oh, so many years ago?
What is Sony really saying?
What is wrong with Sony?
With their bizarre marketing campaigns, root kits
and expensive low-res movies on UMD it's starting to look like Sony is going senile.
No specialization.
No individual attention.
Too many students per teacher.
Bullying is allowed under the pretext of free speech.
School administrators often lack any kind of sociology or psychology skills.
Teachers often get paid poorly.
Institutions and teaching materials are out of date and or poorly maintained.
Funding problems (just to keep the schools open)
And these were only problems that were present when I went to highschool school 15 years ago.
Today they have all of the above plus:
Real threat of serious harm or injury.
Severe mental abuse.
Lack of art and music education.
Lack of physical fitness education.
I would rather work too than suffer from PTSD at the age of 16 in Highschool! lol
What a load of crap.
"industrial psychologist Carl Greenberg"
Thank you Mr. Greenberg for helping solidify such a Myopic view of our credit system and what its "says" about people.
Let you be the one.
For anyone else who doesn't know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IND-CCA2
I agree with you and take it a step further
Require that firmware makers include stronger security mechanisms and using them as a required default setup value.
So lets just advocate more of the same?
A mac address is easy to spoof
lol!
When its open I am the owner
then I am gone
catch me if you can
People are being sued.
Havent you heard of the RIAA?
Thank you for leaving your wireless access point open btw
I love down loading all sorts of illegal stuff using the network you paid for.
catch me, then prove it, if you can.
Awesome!
As a potential hacker I launched 4 viruses and downloaded 4 gigs of MP3's using your network.
All traceable back to you.
I spoofed my mac address
thank you.
So are you in favor of setting up a "wired" network with a pubilc IP and open file shares?
That's what an open wireless network is.
Why encourage recklessness with week setup options when installing a wireless network?
No someone else will be coming at you because they think you are the perpetrator of a crime you didn't commit.
Secure your network or suffer the consequences.
The least we can ask is that firmware makers make encryption required setup value.
This is an incredibly ignorant position.
Enforce using strong encryption at the firmware level is the only option.
If you don't hackers will continue to have their day.
What other option is there?
Wireless networks should not be able to be setup without encryption.
As it stands now anyone wanting to release virus's or download anything can do so by driving up to almost any hotel in the US.
Any resident with an unencrypted network is subject to their network being used for -any- purpose.
Firmware makers should be required to make encryption a default setup value.
Period.
Hackers and mal contents need not worry about their actions.
I smell coffee...
This is just beaking my heart.
"You have to start it!
I am not sure if this logic holds so well anymore.
One example:
A user goes to a site that he/she trusts time and time again.
Then its compromised without anyone's immediate knowledge.
The user goes clicking about her/his business feeling snug as a bug in rug.
But what they don't know, and never will, is that they have been bitten.
Then that machine carries the infection to every machine that machine touches.
My point is that you can't blame users for turning the keys in the ignition
if some assassin has come in the night and fused a bomb to the battery.
Root kits are in a realm of their own.
Do not compare them to any virus or malware.
This is Pandora's box and even the most savvy tech is at great risk.
"When is the time going to be ripe a private shit isn't really private anymore?"
Good Question
Who has oversight?
What are the priorities?
When does data expire?
How is it deleted?
In my opinion it's only a matter of time before mass identity theft takes place,
possibly forcing hundreds of thousands, perhaps more, out of the market place.
The bottom line is that you have to police your personal information yourself.
If you don't want your private parts online for everyone to see then don't post them there.
Treat the internet and its play grounds like a public park.
Alternately, if your ready to have your private life blown out of context, go right ahead.
I agree Ed. It's really not hard to understand how an empire can rise from a democracy. What we have here in the good old USA is a homegrown ultra religious oligarchy fed by an out of control capitalist economy.
A Top Secret Clearance requires a 10 year back ground investigation.
(Maybe it's changed but as far as know this is what I went through)
And yes they look at -everything- they can.
And talk to everyone who -might- know you.
So for anyone applying for this kind of clearance this should not be unexpected.
After all, people's lives are on the line.
It's that critical.
My best advice is to just tell the truth about everything.
Don't hide anything, that's what will get you in trouble.
It's an integrity check.
If you don't have it, you won't get it.
If the scope of the investigation was out of context with the position he was seeking then that's another problem all together.
Perhaps even a violation of the person's civil rights.
A clearly written certified letter to the attorney general of the state in which he resides would be a very strong way to follow through on the legality of the background investigation in question.
However, if anyone thinks that McCarthy style Witch Hunts cant happen in today's "post 911 world"
Then let you be the one.
Right On!
More focus on hacking something worth while.
Like Unix!
If anything this should show the American people just how bad of a problem managing stored personal information can be.
And the Feds want a lot more.
I am a vet and this makes me sick to my stomach.
Do you want the same?
Just support the warehousing of information without any plan, oversight or security.
People of religion have been studying science for decades.
There is no disparity.
Those who seek conflict only search to reaffirm their own personal beliefs about the world.
The "debate" deserves parody.
They are using marketing gimmicks that most technophiles have been seeing for years.
They are advertising both the up and down speeds combined into one number.
Most residential circuits are not symmetric meaning that the up and down speeds are different.
So they add up both the upload and download rates
and then call that the *Speed* of the internet connection you are paying for.
After all what do they know, they are marketers who care nothing except for that green stuff in your wallet?
All hail the ignorant consumer.
"Don't prey on children and don't plan terrorist acts and you'll be fine." The danger with this is not what they want to do with the today Its will they want to do with it tomorrow? Times change, people change, people die and the future suffers our decisions. Who will over see the collection? Who gets access? Where will this data be stored? When will the data expire?
I have used a Swiki (Squeak Wiki) for the last 4 years to organize IT/IS information.
While it is a fantastic resource from an organizational standpoint for many reasons,
In my experience it works as good as your people's incentive to input the information.
Ownership of information like "HowTo's" are an issue with some technical employees.