Unlike security vulnerabilities that gain access to your files and keyboard, this only gets access to your phone calls. This means that the hackers would need a very powerful machine to both monitor and save important calls and a means of automating the scanning of calls.
It's simply not cost effective to listen in on every call. It's much better to gain file or keyboard access and let Perl scan the logs for interesting data.
Why should he be held responsible? The XSS is just plaintext code. It has no meaning unless someone executes it.
If TPB can't be held responsible for simply providing links to illegal downloads, surely this kid shouldn't be held responsible for writing up some XML style sheets.
A 17 year old is old enough to understand the ramifications of his actions to a reasonable extent. He no doubt understood that releasing a worm like that would be met with an unfavorable reaction. But he did it anyway. In this sense, he is a potential menace to the Internet.
However, he is still in his formative years. His abilities could be nurtured in productive directions and we could have the next Edward Dijkstra in the making.
So do we punish him and turn him to the Dark Side? Or do we show him love and respect and turn him? There is still good in him. I can feel it.
This type of interaction is what used to be part of the Letters to the Editor section of the newspaper. Before we could spam online forums with our unmoderated comments, newspapers used to publish the best responses to their stories on the old Opinion page.
Nowadays, with that removal of editorial moderation, we are exposed directly to the effluvium and vitriol that was so carefully screened away from our eyes in those old days. Whether this is a good thing or not, I don't know.
What I do know is that opinions of low or nil value are exposed to the light of day. With this shining light most of these errant posters are shouted down and pummeled (figuratively) by right-thinking mainstream posters.
Whether this represents a significant change is debatable, though. Whereas unpublished letters to the editor forced these people to seek out each other underground, the new method still forces these posters to seek out forums where they are the majority. Perhaps it is Slashdot with its geeks and nerds. Or it is Free Republic with its right wingers, or its counterpart LGF. On the extreme ends you have StormFront and the ADL.
The result is a polarization of the web, people talking only to themselves, and less of a conversation than before. When you become a "troll" for holding a contrary opinion, how easy it is to decide to seek out communities that support you rather than shout you down.
Maybe "puppetmasters" was a bit strongly phrased, but there is no secret here. I don't have any specific information because I do not work for MS. I only know people who do and I don't want to pose any risk to them for telling me what they know.
This, like many things that go on behind closed doors, is simply not apparent because it hasn't been publicized. Now, if you ask me to vouch for what I've been told, then we're at a standstill, because I can only tell you that I believe them because I don't have any reason not to.
Would you believe if I told you the names of the Mormon leaders who visited? Would you believe if I told you the names of the management visited? Would you believe if I gave you the dates and times of the meetings between them?
Seriously. What would convince you? Because if I were incredulous, those things wouldn't convince me. They are just pieces of information that could be gleaned from the web or completely made up.
So here's the problem. You either go on living in your incredulity or you accept that perhaps there was something going on behind the scenes that is not public knowledge. It's no skin off my back either way.
The unspoken reality at Microsoft is that there is a large minority of Mormons working in and around Microsoft. While something like caffeinated drinks can be overlooked, something as potent and mind-altering as alcohol is a spit in the face of the Mormon employees.
There is no doubt that some pressure was brought to bear against management when this pub was announced, and though it hasn't been publicized, the Washington state Mormon leaders have been visiting the campus to lobby against the pub.
It sucks for the people who own and work at the pub, but in a silently ultra-religious state like WA, it's no surprise that on of the largest local employers bows to the commands of the puppet masters.
Unlike the US, British television is very limited. Hence, when a standout show comes along, it really takes off. Sometimes the show is incredibly good and breaks across cultural boundaries like Monty Python's Flying Circus. Other times the standout show simply can't compete with American television, like Absolutely Fabulous.
So how about Red Dwarf? It has lots of fans, but if it were to be played on American network TV, how well would it fare?
No one ever sat down, planned out a beautiful piece of art, then executed it according to plan. At least nothing worthy of the name art.
All inspiration comes in flashes, and it is frequently in times of great stress that the best inspiration comes. After inspiration comes implementation, and that can take a while and be methodical.
But what better than to keep the environment of inspiration for as long as possible, even during the implementation? You gain the benefit of the first inspiration as well as subsequent innovations because the pressure remains high.
Art isn't for the weak. It is created by the strong under great periods of pain. It is only by coming through that pain and finally seeing the greatness of the art afterward that an artist can truly be happy.
"Study skin" == skins meant for studying. "study skin collections" == collections of skins meant for studying. "natural history museum study skin collections" == collections of skins meant for studying owned by natural history museum.
It was submitted by a "grrlscientist", so they auto-approve it. They can't afford to miss the chance of getting a tissue sample by rejecting stories with no point.
it will be heavily ironic if the extra copies of XP and Office sold due to crafty copy protection end up not being worth $388 million.
XP was released in 2001. 400 million copies were in use by 2006. Assuming a paltry $1 profit on every copy sold (it's way higher, but just for the sake of argument), they have already broken even 3 years ago.
That doesn't even include the Office cash cow.
Sorry, it is actually anti-ironic. Anironic. The opposite of ironic. Cinori. Aronic.
What you are saying would be true if you are only looking at symptoms. Take the common cold for example. You wouldn't say that the viral infection is pretty minor compared to the sneezing and runny nose symptoms, I hope. One is the cause and the other is the symptom. It makes more sense to attack the cause to avoid having to attack symptoms.
Yes, in the short term, the damage has already been inflicted and symptoms do need to be addressed. However, this doesn't preclude us from also attacking with vigor the root cause of many of our modern day afflictions, namely bacteria.
One of the leading health concerns is household mold and staph. The inhalation of these over years of exposure leaves the body weakened and infected. In very bad cases it can lead to pneumonia and in the worst case staph infections which lead to amputation.
If they can find a way to reduce or eliminate bacteria growth in the home, they are halfway to eliminating disease in Western nations.
Isn't that the same reason America has no standard nuclear power plant design? Unlike France and Canada which have safe and plentiful nuclear power plants based on a standard design, America's nuke plants are always built using the "latest and greatest".
Which means, of course, that they are also very expensive to build and operate.
people need to stop worrying about whether or not something is or is not "socialist"
I live in a small rural cul de sac. The road is about 40cm lower than my garage, so my driveway is runs downhill a ways before reaching the street. Most of the homes around here have the same sort of thing.
In the winter time, when it gets very icy, I've seen many of neighbors lose control of their cars and run off into the grass or in the worst case hit a tree near the sidewalk. In every single case, the drivers felt like they could successfully guide their vehicle down the ramp, but it always ends up the same. The first few feet seem okay, but soon afterward gravity kicks in and the tires lose their grip.
That we should disregard labels and accept some socialist ideas is exactly what I would expect a communist or a wet-behind-the-ears college kid to say. It reminds of my driveway in the winter. It's like an icy ramp. Once you start out on the path, there's no turning back until you lose all control and crash into your neighbor's fence and tear up his tulip bed.
Yes, it may be a little socialist in some respects, it really forces a good thing onto the people with very little downside except short term funding issues.
If you think that short term funding issues should take precedence over long term societal growth, then by all means reject this proposal. But it should be noted that that sort of short term thinking is what led to the collapse of the American auto industry and the subsequent begging for bailouts.
It is forward looking policies that brought Korea and Japan to the forefront of broadband technology. With every new home wired for fiber and existing lines being replaced at a rate of 3 miles per hour, these Asian countries have already made investments that Western countries should have been making 10 years ago when the DotCom boom was in full effect and money was plentiful.
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Unlike security vulnerabilities that gain access to your files and keyboard, this only gets access to your phone calls. This means that the hackers would need a very powerful machine to both monitor and save important calls and a means of automating the scanning of calls.
It's simply not cost effective to listen in on every call. It's much better to gain file or keyboard access and let Perl scan the logs for interesting data.
Why should he be held responsible? The XSS is just plaintext code. It has no meaning unless someone executes it.
If TPB can't be held responsible for simply providing links to illegal downloads, surely this kid shouldn't be held responsible for writing up some XML style sheets.
A 17 year old is old enough to understand the ramifications of his actions to a reasonable extent. He no doubt understood that releasing a worm like that would be met with an unfavorable reaction. But he did it anyway. In this sense, he is a potential menace to the Internet.
However, he is still in his formative years. His abilities could be nurtured in productive directions and we could have the next Edward Dijkstra in the making.
So do we punish him and turn him to the Dark Side? Or do we show him love and respect and turn him? There is still good in him. I can feel it.
This type of interaction is what used to be part of the Letters to the Editor section of the newspaper. Before we could spam online forums with our unmoderated comments, newspapers used to publish the best responses to their stories on the old Opinion page.
Nowadays, with that removal of editorial moderation, we are exposed directly to the effluvium and vitriol that was so carefully screened away from our eyes in those old days. Whether this is a good thing or not, I don't know.
What I do know is that opinions of low or nil value are exposed to the light of day. With this shining light most of these errant posters are shouted down and pummeled (figuratively) by right-thinking mainstream posters.
Whether this represents a significant change is debatable, though. Whereas unpublished letters to the editor forced these people to seek out each other underground, the new method still forces these posters to seek out forums where they are the majority. Perhaps it is Slashdot with its geeks and nerds. Or it is Free Republic with its right wingers, or its counterpart LGF. On the extreme ends you have StormFront and the ADL.
The result is a polarization of the web, people talking only to themselves, and less of a conversation than before. When you become a "troll" for holding a contrary opinion, how easy it is to decide to seek out communities that support you rather than shout you down.
Maybe "puppetmasters" was a bit strongly phrased, but there is no secret here. I don't have any specific information because I do not work for MS. I only know people who do and I don't want to pose any risk to them for telling me what they know.
This, like many things that go on behind closed doors, is simply not apparent because it hasn't been publicized. Now, if you ask me to vouch for what I've been told, then we're at a standstill, because I can only tell you that I believe them because I don't have any reason not to.
What would that proof need to consist of?
Would you believe if I told you the names of the Mormon leaders who visited? Would you believe if I told you the names of the management visited? Would you believe if I gave you the dates and times of the meetings between them?
Seriously. What would convince you? Because if I were incredulous, those things wouldn't convince me. They are just pieces of information that could be gleaned from the web or completely made up.
So here's the problem. You either go on living in your incredulity or you accept that perhaps there was something going on behind the scenes that is not public knowledge. It's no skin off my back either way.
I haven't said that MS isn't screwing the pub investors.
But why do you think MS suddenly had a change of heart? How does the pub affect anything on Microsoft's bottom line?
The unspoken reality at Microsoft is that there is a large minority of Mormons working in and around Microsoft. While something like caffeinated drinks can be overlooked, something as potent and mind-altering as alcohol is a spit in the face of the Mormon employees.
There is no doubt that some pressure was brought to bear against management when this pub was announced, and though it hasn't been publicized, the Washington state Mormon leaders have been visiting the campus to lobby against the pub.
It sucks for the people who own and work at the pub, but in a silently ultra-religious state like WA, it's no surprise that on of the largest local employers bows to the commands of the puppet masters.
Eaten by a grue. What a terrible way to go.
Neither was Sanford & Son particularly "nice".
You mean GoodPoetryGuy, I'm sure.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Fondle my wee wee
And I'll massage your woo woo.
Let's see that old heap create something as romantic as that!
Unlike the US, British television is very limited. Hence, when a standout show comes along, it really takes off. Sometimes the show is incredibly good and breaks across cultural boundaries like Monty Python's Flying Circus. Other times the standout show simply can't compete with American television, like Absolutely Fabulous.
So how about Red Dwarf? It has lots of fans, but if it were to be played on American network TV, how well would it fare?
YAFPS
I want one with a fleshlight installed for my penis and massage rollers for my legs and back.
Why do I have to give up comfort to gain the benefits of the suit?
No one ever sat down, planned out a beautiful piece of art, then executed it according to plan. At least nothing worthy of the name art.
All inspiration comes in flashes, and it is frequently in times of great stress that the best inspiration comes. After inspiration comes implementation, and that can take a while and be methodical.
But what better than to keep the environment of inspiration for as long as possible, even during the implementation? You gain the benefit of the first inspiration as well as subsequent innovations because the pressure remains high.
Art isn't for the weak. It is created by the strong under great periods of pain. It is only by coming through that pain and finally seeing the greatness of the art afterward that an artist can truly be happy.
You aren't parsing correctly.
natural history museum study skin collections
"Study skin" == skins meant for studying.
"study skin collections" == collections of skins meant for studying.
"natural history museum study skin collections" == collections of skins meant for studying owned by natural history museum.
It was submitted by a "grrlscientist", so they auto-approve it. They can't afford to miss the chance of getting a tissue sample by rejecting stories with no point.
it will be heavily ironic if the extra copies of XP and Office sold due to crafty copy protection end up not being worth $388 million.
XP was released in 2001. 400 million copies were in use by 2006. Assuming a paltry $1 profit on every copy sold (it's way higher, but just for the sake of argument), they have already broken even 3 years ago.
That doesn't even include the Office cash cow.
Sorry, it is actually anti-ironic. Anironic. The opposite of ironic. Cinori. Aronic.
I prefer the grammatically correct "swanged".
What you are saying would be true if you are only looking at symptoms. Take the common cold for example. You wouldn't say that the viral infection is pretty minor compared to the sneezing and runny nose symptoms, I hope. One is the cause and the other is the symptom. It makes more sense to attack the cause to avoid having to attack symptoms.
Yes, in the short term, the damage has already been inflicted and symptoms do need to be addressed. However, this doesn't preclude us from also attacking with vigor the root cause of many of our modern day afflictions, namely bacteria.
One of the leading health concerns is household mold and staph. The inhalation of these over years of exposure leaves the body weakened and infected. In very bad cases it can lead to pneumonia and in the worst case staph infections which lead to amputation.
If they can find a way to reduce or eliminate bacteria growth in the home, they are halfway to eliminating disease in Western nations.
Isn't that the same reason America has no standard nuclear power plant design? Unlike France and Canada which have safe and plentiful nuclear power plants based on a standard design, America's nuke plants are always built using the "latest and greatest".
Which means, of course, that they are also very expensive to build and operate.
people need to stop worrying about whether or not something is or is not "socialist"
I live in a small rural cul de sac. The road is about 40cm lower than my garage, so my driveway is runs downhill a ways before reaching the street. Most of the homes around here have the same sort of thing.
In the winter time, when it gets very icy, I've seen many of neighbors lose control of their cars and run off into the grass or in the worst case hit a tree near the sidewalk. In every single case, the drivers felt like they could successfully guide their vehicle down the ramp, but it always ends up the same. The first few feet seem okay, but soon afterward gravity kicks in and the tires lose their grip.
That we should disregard labels and accept some socialist ideas is exactly what I would expect a communist or a wet-behind-the-ears college kid to say. It reminds of my driveway in the winter. It's like an icy ramp. Once you start out on the path, there's no turning back until you lose all control and crash into your neighbor's fence and tear up his tulip bed.
Yes, it may be a little socialist in some respects, it really forces a good thing onto the people with very little downside except short term funding issues.
If you think that short term funding issues should take precedence over long term societal growth, then by all means reject this proposal. But it should be noted that that sort of short term thinking is what led to the collapse of the American auto industry and the subsequent begging for bailouts.
It is forward looking policies that brought Korea and Japan to the forefront of broadband technology. With every new home wired for fiber and existing lines being replaced at a rate of 3 miles per hour, these Asian countries have already made investments that Western countries should have been making 10 years ago when the DotCom boom was in full effect and money was plentiful.