Normally you feed it when you let yourself get upset, hostile, or enraged. Since I know it's a deception, I did not let myself get upset. I added my comments for 2 reasons.
Because I suspect that it is a troll, I went ahead and called it out, in hopes to save some other person the misfortune of wasting hours replying to every single attrocious statement.
It did not bother me to comment back, nor do I suspect that this troll will reply. Should he do so, I have no problem ignoring it.
Ok I'm 99% positive that you are trolling. In the unlikely case that you're not, I'm am positive that you are seriously ignorant on what actual hacking it. The malicious, criminal, and intrusive computer user you speak of, is called a cracker. A hacker is someone who possesses some significant intelligence and has a natural curiosity about how things work, and how to build new things with computer systems.
And a few notes...
AMD is an American company. They are not knock-off copies of Intel, their chips are drastically different in design. They just happen to execute x86 code like Intel's.
You don't need a faster graphics card, or faster processor to crack into a system. Most piece of crap computers out there, if used intelligently and expertly, are plenty fast to get the job done. Remember, cracking involves intruding into another system. You don't wreak havoc on your own comp, you break into someone else's and use theirs to rain hell.
Neuromancer is a great book. I've read it before. It also tells you nothing about how to actually break into a computer system. It was written in the 80's, and is a work of fiction. It does bring up some topics like encryption, firewalls, and ICE (synonymous with virus). It does not even mention TCP/IP or packets in the entire book. You need to understand these topics before you can even start to understand how crackers undermine security systems of actual computers. It still a good book to read though.
To be a cracker, one must have some significant intelligence. If your child is smart enough to be one, I'm sure he will be resourceful and find other ways to learn about these things. He won't get it from Neuromancer, or playing Quake (a video game, nothing more). He will also be smart enough to keep you from realizing what he's learned about. He will also be smart enough to avoid using your own house as the platform to crack from. This will get him in trouble. Your child will first find a way to break into another person's computer and then use theirs to launch his cracking attempts.
Finally, try to understand why he would want to break into someone else's computer. Maybe he's not malicious, but just doesn't think that a virtual world is the same as the real world. These are just machines after all. He might simply think of it as a game. Maybe you should try and encourage him to be a good person, and not scare him into being apprehensive for the rest of his life. I assure you, most people who are smart enough to crack into computer systems, are also intelligent enough to have a good deal empathy towards the people who did not get a choice in being idiots. Most of them, definitely not all, have some good will to them. They are good people for the most part.
I could not bring myself to finish reading your article. For one, it is misguided, and two full of wrong information. Do I know everything myself? No. Do I something about most, not all, of the topics you bring up? Yes. I still think that you are just trying to troll though.
It does, but they like to call it copyleft because it basically plays the system to ensure openness, and not restriction. You could say the GPL beat copyright at its own game. Or something like that.
And to compliment your point, even people who keep tabs on the locations of damn near every single item they intereact with still make mistakes. I have wasted hours trying to find something, by looking in a spot I left it last week, but then forgot that I had moved it this week. And so on...
Being hit by a bus would definately impact the productivity of a person, seeing as how they are most likely dead. And when ever you change hands, there is always some turmoil caused by switching into an unfamiliar environment.
I'm not saying that all people with ADD, or who are messy, are neccessearily more productive. There are always anomalies. For the most part, what the article is saying, is that generally people with messy workspaces are generally more productive than the average organized person.
This is also not to say that people with ADD and etc. are better or smarter. None of us had a choice in determining how our minds were built. Some of us got the short end of the stick, looking at life in black and white and through a tunnel. Others got brilliant minds, who can see the world in all its colors and can sense the invisible web of interrelated intricacies that connect our lives together. Each of us, usually, tries our best to work with what we have. We leave our hardware at the gates of whatever afterlife we are going to. There is no pride in looking down upon others here. I'm not trying to lecture to you, I just wanted to let you know that I don't think of myself as more worthy or more valuable than any other person. I try, and make occasional mistakes, to do what I can to make life better for those around me.
There is no less time organizing = more time working, that is a mis-interpretation of the idea.
The idea here is that a 'un-organized' person is not not un-organized. Instead this person's brain is able to keep much better tabs on where things are. Their memory serves as their reference base. Should they need something, they check their memory for its location, and knowing where it is, proceed to retrieve it. The aparant 'chaos' is not really a hindrance to a person who can literally sense where the things in his house are. There is no need to visually organize it, since visually organizing it would be an advantage to spot an item if you don't already know where it is. But since there people already know where the item is, visual organization never crosses their mind.
I'm not an 'authority' on this, but I feel comfortable speaking on it since 1.) I have ADD, and 2.) I can relate and understand this kind of multitasking the brain does in other people with ADD.
I'm trying my damnest to not support the RIAA. It's been a couple years since I've purchased a cd now. Fuck iTunes. Hell, it's been a couple of years since I've spent money on music.
Triad (search for "torrent" and "tryad"), is one album that I know of that is released to the public under a creative commons license -- meaning that the makers of Tryad want people to share and distribute their album freely and without charge.
Keep fighting it man, you're not alone in this one.
Good point. I was being facetious in my earlier post though...I can't stand the thought of people spending huge amounts of money for 'new' hardware, or trying to put a price on everything. I'm more of a poor man's linux enthusiast, =D
But I definately agree with you, linux is a very different animal from MS windows.
No,figures don't lie. But figures without a context are useless.
For example, I saw this commercial that said "Over 60% of Americans are now in debt". Which is a true statement. But when he used the word 'now' it makes sound like an urgent problem. like saying, "It's now Thursday."
But 60% of Americans in debt?? Oh wait, they were counting people who had a mortgage on a house, which most people don't think of as debt, but simply making payments on the loan.
Twisted out of context to hell and back? You betcha! Besides, everyone knows it's cheaper to run windows than linux. With windows, you sell your soul to microsoft as a down payment, thereby lowering the overall cost of enslavement...um...I mean ownership.
"Who retains what rights to which code" can become a sufficiently complicated question without bringing the umpteen F/OSS licenses out there into the mix. If the developers can duplicate what already exists in F/OSSland for less money than the legal team can unravel the rights, then staying proprietary is the right decision. I bet a better decision would be to say "fuck it!", and let Humanity retain the rights to the code.
Or how about you try and do what you can to help reform the fucked up government we have. If you believe that you cannot stop it, then you won't even try. But the United States Government is not a force of God, it is full of people. Get rid of the people who want to treat everyone as scum, leave only those who are willing to give the average joe a chance to be a good citizen.
How many times have you heard of some group of people being treated like criminals, only to then fulfill that prophecy and resort to criminal acts -- in retaliation for being stigmatized by others?
You could spend all day worrying about how you look in the eyes of others sending encrypted emails, but the right to privacy exists for a reason. The founders of this country realized that people are people, regardless of their country of origin. They knew that to get along with each other, we needed to work together, but we also needed to keep some parts of our lives to ourselves. The act of keeping something private should not be made into a despicable act by anyone of authority. Do not let them trick you into thinking they are right. Decide for yourself if you think privacy is an immoral act, or a neccessary step to ensuring a stable society.
We should not let up on developing stronger encryption, but I believe that we could eliminate much of the concern if we look at who we are keeping this information from. In all totalitarian societies, where the individual has absolutely no rights nor privacy, does the society continue on stabily? Do things work out all nice and neat in the end? Or is there revolution, uprising, and violence? Do you think we are somehow special, and will not see the same horrors? Once you remove a person's only safeguard from being plunged below the surface of a reality he does not want to share, he will act like the animal you portray him to be.
Most of the people walking out on the street are not out to get you. For those that are, I believe that most are suffering a mental torment that they do not want. Do you think that a child molester takes pride in what he does? Or maybe does he hate the fact that his brain gives him pleasure from such a sinister act, and he can't stop himself from acting upon it. That maybe he would give the world to be a normal person if only he could make that trade? I'm not saying that we should let him babysit our kids...but we should not burn him at the stake for a condition that is not entirely his fault. Shit happens. When you see a mentally fucked up person, know that they could have been a regular person, but shit happened to them, and see how they suffer from it. Be glad it did not happen to you, show some empathy for those not as lucky. Try and help them overcome their disorder.
Our founding fathers realized the mistake made over and over again by various governments of the past, and knew that they must avoid it if they can. Privacy is essential to a stable way of life -- do not let it slip out of your grasp. Do not let the government draft away your integrity with their criminalizing legislation. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past, lest we want to share the fate of those who suffered through it. I urge you to do all that you can to keep privacy as an essential part of life. I even urge you to fight for it, but only if you must. And above all, I urge you to not think of other people as potential scumbags, but like yourself -- uncertain of the future, hopefull of a peaceful life, concerned about the welfare of others, and a good person at heart.
It's not even the same as that, because driving more than 20 MPH lower than the posted speed limit is illegal. That's not quite true. It depends on, for a few things, the state you're in, interstate vs. municiple streets, etc.
For example: I can bring my car to a dead stop, legally, on a city street. If I go to the interstate, I must go at least 40 mph.
This has nothing to do with sensible driving, but the legality of it. If I drove 40 mph on the interstate I would greatly endanger everyone from going painfully slow.
The ninja would win. But it would be a short lived victory, because the space/time continuum would then proceed to fold in upon itself and take the universe with it.
You're either racist or you're not. I didn't think that kind of thing works in a direction. Oh of course you can directionalize your racism. You can be racist towards mexicans, but not whites. See, it's directional.
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Ok, I'm joking. I'm not really racist, and can't stand people who are, and especially when they are righteous about it.
=D
I got off of work, smoked up, read my previous response, and have no idea why I wrote it like that. That kind of hostility is uneary to read, and I'm sorry I overreacted to you. I now see what you are saying, and yes we have an ideal we can't seem to be able to meet. It would be nice to see it happen but practical reality sets in, and the imporobable is obvious. But, my bad for being an ass. I don't hold a grudge against you, and don't know why I was so aggressive.
The rest of us are happy to learn what we can in school, learn even more in our off time, go to college, and get a good-paying job we enjoy. The rest of us? So you're speaking for everyone else, and everyone else is happy with education...amazing, I don't get that feeling at all.
If you ever expected public education to inspire creativity, or do anything creative at all, then the fault is yours for having high expectations. Fault? What fault? That's like saying If you ever wanted to make a difference in this fucked up, chaotic world, then it's your fault for being a hopeful douche bag. If you're going to 'blame' me for wanting things to be different, then fine - blame me. Point your finger and accuse me of defying the norm. Drive your anchor deep into the ground and hold me back with your traditions. The future is coming and progress follows it. Things will be different. You can point your finger and show the world how times are changing and all the evil that follows it. You could also do what you can to make that change happen in your lifetime.
What the fuck ever. Public Education is dying a pathetic death in the name of pragmaticism. It doesn't prepare you for the 'real life'. The life you experience in school is real, there is no fabrication of reality.
Our society has painted a picture of an industrial and business run economy, and education is just to fill the gap?. Well fuck, let's go tell our ancestors thanks for burning on the cross for opening up the minds of people, but unfortunately your views on reality don't fill the gap, so we're gonna brush past your teachings in school so we can live as slaves to business.
All the bright minds of the past, who dreamed of Humanity finally trying to shoot for the stars, would be so proud to see life today. We're doing the same shit we were 600 years ago, but with more advanced technology, and the same pragmatic attitude towards it all.
Why is serving in the military something to be ashamed of anyway? Stop right there.
You argued a point I did not state. I said that people sometimes do things and then learn afterwards that maybe there was a better way. I said this because a lot of people seem to think that if you stood for something in the past, you must stand for it now. This completely ignores the fact that sometimes people do things and then realize afterwards the mistakes they made. This is life, not an attack on the military.
The OP didn't say that the coworker recognized Gallagher. If he did, it was rather rude; if he didn't, it's just a funny coincidence. Working at a video store and telling a customer that no one ever rents these movies implies that the customer is an oddity and has very crappy tastes. Yeah, I'd say it's rude.
If I flipped off a blind man, and everyone around laughed, but no one made a remark -- Would the blind man be hurt? Would it still be rude? You might consider not the consequences of an action, but the motivation for doing so. You then might find that maybe people do things that hurt others by accident. And sometimes harmless actions are manifested by sinister motives. It's not as black and white as She didn't know who he was, so no it wasn't rude. Gallagher was still hurt, regardless if the co-worker realized her harm.
So.. you're stupid and moronic? Maybe he's learned from his actions in the military. Maybe he was a young man at the time, and only after seeing the horrors of war, realized that all the fighting was stupid and moronic.
Maybe some people do things and then learn afterwards the folley of their actions. Maybe this is called maturation. But what the hell do I know?
I'm fairly certain that you have no idea as to the real nature of this tracking system. You speak as if it's somehow ok for others to trample the rights of the populace. I encourage you to read this book. http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/1/
Why is it that authors, singers, actors, etc feel the need to get political? Are we enveloped in a society where it is expected that if you have any leverage, you push your beliefs on other people? Maybe it's, he's a person. He is just like you and me in that he is a member of the human race. Should he want to give his thoughts on politics, who are you to tell him, 'no, stick to writing your books, your place in society does not condone political speaking.'
maybe you should reflect on why it is you have a problem, instead of pushing your beliefs about his lack of political worth on all of slashdot.
btw, I'm not saying that you cannot post here, or that you're totally wrong. I'm a person and I make mistakes in my thinking just like everyone else. =D
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And a few notes...
I could not bring myself to finish reading your article. For one, it is misguided, and two full of wrong information. Do I know everything myself? No. Do I something about most, not all, of the topics you bring up? Yes. I still think that you are just trying to troll though.
It does, but they like to call it copyleft because it basically plays the system to ensure openness, and not restriction. You could say the GPL beat copyright at its own game. Or something like that.
And to compliment your point, even people who keep tabs on the locations of damn near every single item they intereact with still make mistakes. I have wasted hours trying to find something, by looking in a spot I left it last week, but then forgot that I had moved it this week. And so on...
Being hit by a bus would definately impact the productivity of a person, seeing as how they are most likely dead. And when ever you change hands, there is always some turmoil caused by switching into an unfamiliar environment.
I'm not saying that all people with ADD, or who are messy, are neccessearily more productive. There are always anomalies. For the most part, what the article is saying, is that generally people with messy workspaces are generally more productive than the average organized person.
This is also not to say that people with ADD and etc. are better or smarter. None of us had a choice in determining how our minds were built. Some of us got the short end of the stick, looking at life in black and white and through a tunnel. Others got brilliant minds, who can see the world in all its colors and can sense the invisible web of interrelated intricacies that connect our lives together. Each of us, usually, tries our best to work with what we have. We leave our hardware at the gates of whatever afterlife we are going to. There is no pride in looking down upon others here. I'm not trying to lecture to you, I just wanted to let you know that I don't think of myself as more worthy or more valuable than any other person. I try, and make occasional mistakes, to do what I can to make life better for those around me.
There is no less time organizing = more time working, that is a mis-interpretation of the idea.
The idea here is that a 'un-organized' person is not not un-organized. Instead this person's brain is able to keep much better tabs on where things are. Their memory serves as their reference base. Should they need something, they check their memory for its location, and knowing where it is, proceed to retrieve it. The aparant 'chaos' is not really a hindrance to a person who can literally sense where the things in his house are. There is no need to visually organize it, since visually organizing it would be an advantage to spot an item if you don't already know where it is. But since there people already know where the item is, visual organization never crosses their mind.
I'm not an 'authority' on this, but I feel comfortable speaking on it since 1.) I have ADD, and 2.) I can relate and understand this kind of multitasking the brain does in other people with ADD.
I hope that explains it better. =D
Triad (search for "torrent" and "tryad"), is one album that I know of that is released to the public under a creative commons license -- meaning that the makers of Tryad want people to share and distribute their album freely and without charge.
Keep fighting it man, you're not alone in this one.
But I definately agree with you, linux is a very different animal from MS windows.
For example, I saw this commercial that said "Over 60% of Americans are now in debt". Which is a true statement. But when he used the word 'now' it makes sound like an urgent problem. like saying, "It's now Thursday."
But 60% of Americans in debt?? Oh wait, they were counting people who had a mortgage on a house, which most people don't think of as debt, but simply making payments on the loan.
Twisted out of context to hell and back? You betcha! Besides, everyone knows it's cheaper to run windows than linux. With windows, you sell your soul to microsoft as a down payment, thereby lowering the overall cost of enslavement...um...I mean ownership.
Maybe I missed something...
No really, I want IPv6 too. It's supposed to be the Internet, not the huge glob of Intranets.
How many times have you heard of some group of people being treated like criminals, only to then fulfill that prophecy and resort to criminal acts -- in retaliation for being stigmatized by others?
You could spend all day worrying about how you look in the eyes of others sending encrypted emails, but the right to privacy exists for a reason. The founders of this country realized that people are people, regardless of their country of origin. They knew that to get along with each other, we needed to work together, but we also needed to keep some parts of our lives to ourselves. The act of keeping something private should not be made into a despicable act by anyone of authority. Do not let them trick you into thinking they are right. Decide for yourself if you think privacy is an immoral act, or a neccessary step to ensuring a stable society.
We should not let up on developing stronger encryption, but I believe that we could eliminate much of the concern if we look at who we are keeping this information from. In all totalitarian societies, where the individual has absolutely no rights nor privacy, does the society continue on stabily? Do things work out all nice and neat in the end? Or is there revolution, uprising, and violence? Do you think we are somehow special, and will not see the same horrors? Once you remove a person's only safeguard from being plunged below the surface of a reality he does not want to share, he will act like the animal you portray him to be.
Most of the people walking out on the street are not out to get you. For those that are, I believe that most are suffering a mental torment that they do not want. Do you think that a child molester takes pride in what he does? Or maybe does he hate the fact that his brain gives him pleasure from such a sinister act, and he can't stop himself from acting upon it. That maybe he would give the world to be a normal person if only he could make that trade? I'm not saying that we should let him babysit our kids...but we should not burn him at the stake for a condition that is not entirely his fault. Shit happens. When you see a mentally fucked up person, know that they could have been a regular person, but shit happened to them, and see how they suffer from it. Be glad it did not happen to you, show some empathy for those not as lucky. Try and help them overcome their disorder.
Our founding fathers realized the mistake made over and over again by various governments of the past, and knew that they must avoid it if they can. Privacy is essential to a stable way of life -- do not let it slip out of your grasp. Do not let the government draft away your integrity with their criminalizing legislation. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past, lest we want to share the fate of those who suffered through it. I urge you to do all that you can to keep privacy as an essential part of life. I even urge you to fight for it, but only if you must. And above all, I urge you to not think of other people as potential scumbags, but like yourself -- uncertain of the future, hopefull of a peaceful life, concerned about the welfare of others, and a good person at heart.
um...he did.
For example: I can bring my car to a dead stop, legally, on a city street. If I go to the interstate, I must go at least 40 mph.
This has nothing to do with sensible driving, but the legality of it. If I drove 40 mph on the interstate I would greatly endanger everyone from going painfully slow.
Damn...that's some good argument logic. /applaud
The ninja would win. But it would be a short lived victory, because the space/time continuum would then proceed to fold in upon itself and take the universe with it.
Ok, I'm joking. I'm not really racist, and can't stand people who are, and especially when they are righteous about it. =D
I got off of work, smoked up, read my previous response, and have no idea why I wrote it like that. That kind of hostility is uneary to read, and I'm sorry I overreacted to you. I now see what you are saying, and yes we have an ideal we can't seem to be able to meet. It would be nice to see it happen but practical reality sets in, and the imporobable is obvious. But, my bad for being an ass. I don't hold a grudge against you, and don't know why I was so aggressive.
If you ever expected public education to inspire creativity, or do anything creative at all, then the fault is yours for having high expectations. Fault? What fault? That's like saying If you ever wanted to make a difference in this fucked up, chaotic world, then it's your fault for being a hopeful douche bag. If you're going to 'blame' me for wanting things to be different, then fine - blame me. Point your finger and accuse me of defying the norm. Drive your anchor deep into the ground and hold me back with your traditions. The future is coming and progress follows it. Things will be different. You can point your finger and show the world how times are changing and all the evil that follows it. You could also do what you can to make that change happen in your lifetime.
Our society has painted a picture of an industrial and business run economy, and education is just to fill the gap?. Well fuck, let's go tell our ancestors thanks for burning on the cross for opening up the minds of people, but unfortunately your views on reality don't fill the gap, so we're gonna brush past your teachings in school so we can live as slaves to business.
All the bright minds of the past, who dreamed of Humanity finally trying to shoot for the stars, would be so proud to see life today. We're doing the same shit we were 600 years ago, but with more advanced technology, and the same pragmatic attitude towards it all.
You argued a point I did not state. I said that people sometimes do things and then learn afterwards that maybe there was a better way. I said this because a lot of people seem to think that if you stood for something in the past, you must stand for it now. This completely ignores the fact that sometimes people do things and then realize afterwards the mistakes they made. This is life, not an attack on the military.
If I flipped off a blind man, and everyone around laughed, but no one made a remark -- Would the blind man be hurt? Would it still be rude? You might consider not the consequences of an action, but the motivation for doing so. You then might find that maybe people do things that hurt others by accident. And sometimes harmless actions are manifested by sinister motives. It's not as black and white as She didn't know who he was, so no it wasn't rude. Gallagher was still hurt, regardless if the co-worker realized her harm.
Maybe some people do things and then learn afterwards the folley of their actions. Maybe this is called maturation. But what the hell do I know?
I'm fairly certain that you have no idea as to the real nature of this tracking system. You speak as if it's somehow ok for others to trample the rights of the populace. I encourage you to read this book. http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/1/
maybe you should reflect on why it is you have a problem, instead of pushing your beliefs about his lack of political worth on all of slashdot.
btw, I'm not saying that you cannot post here, or that you're totally wrong. I'm a person and I make mistakes in my thinking just like everyone else. =D