I admittedly don't know what I'm talking about, but I believe that a quieter engine would produce a smaller sonic boom- thus, if the scramjet is quieter, it may have a smaller boom.
Somebody correct me if my assumptions are completely off.
If I have a gun in the house and somebody uses it to kill somebody, am I charged with murder If you leave a pile of guns on your front porch, you most certainly can be charged as an accessory, or for negligence.
Within a P2P network, the total amount of uploading and downloading is the same. For every packet downloaded by someone, that packet was uploaded by someone. While I agree with your point, I should nitpick and note that the total amount of uploading and downloading is only the same if the size of the network is constant. That is very likely not the case, though I don't know any actual statistics to back my claim up.
Don't we see that happening is almost all other kinds of business ? At least were I live, all mom-and-pop ISPs eventually closed their doors too. I think I'll blame the music stores to destroying the ISP business model. Why would you want Internet if you can just go to a store and buy your music ? That's what I like about slashdot. You were making sense up until there, then BAM!
I mostly just get irritated by the dashboard. Don't get me wrong- I used it a lot for the first few weeks I had it, and it worked great, but I really just never found a real use for it. I don't think I've looked at it in 6 months, and then only because I accidentally hit f12.
Nor am I a lawyer, or even Swedish, but from the extensive reading I've done on TPB, you're dead wrong.
My understanding is that in Swedish law, hosting the.torrents is NOT the same as hosting the bits, regardless of the effect. In fact this is precisely what has allowed TPB to continue operating despite heavy political pressure, illegal police raids, and plentiful legal threats from American and other companies who feel that their rights are being violated.
Not to be contrary for the sake of contrariness, but for the sake of argument, it's far worse than nothing- it exploits one side's trust for a marginal improvement in the other side's false sense of security. It is trivial to circumvent if you've been rooted and ultimately leads to bad press if you're a big enough company to be noticed (I don't need to bring up Sony). That alone would negate any positive effects and then some.
A good book leaves you hanging at the end of the chapter, so you can't wait to get back to it. Same with the story in a good game- I don't game a lot anymore, but that was why I couldn't stop Diablo II. Just as you finish up a quest, it gives you the next one. Save game and go to bed or go find out what new evil lurks in the newly unlocked map?
there's a good reason that was the last game I really got into. I dont have time to take more than a few weeks in a row off work anymore.
so this method is *sort of* useful as long as it doesn't get too popular. then tomorrow I update my rootkit, send patches to all my owned hosts, and make millions off the stolen credit card numbers and personal information.
Actually the studio musician (I'm assuming guest artist here) has already been paid for their studio time by the record company- with funds taken from the artist's "advance".
Probably it's not a bad sample. I don't trust any web designer that doesn't read A List Apart At my company, there's a lot of designers who don't read A List Apart. There's also a lot of designers who are very bad at it. I wouldn't hire my company to design a web site.
My point is, this is not a representative sample. Maybe representative of the good designers, but definitely not of all designers.
Well, then you run into issues with colour blindness. So there would have to be precautions for that, as well. Um... My understanding is that the point of the color-coding is to facilitate faster sorting. I would expect the ballot to have words printed on it as well.
"The survey results also revealed that for each dollar spent on security, about 42 cents goes toward technology product purchases. In general, 17 cents goes toward security-related processes; 15 cents covers training; 12 cents for assessments; and 9 cents pays for certification. The balance goes to other items."
That solves the problem of people rooting your box. Now address these ones:
Stupid users Information Disclosure Fires, floods and nuclear apocalyps keeping the source tree for your new video game from going public That hard copy of the company directory that just got thrown in the dumpster out back the list goes on and on...
There's a lot more to security than keeping the script kiddies off your web server.
As the head of my company's security department, the problem does not lie with Windows.
I am no fan of Microsoft- after much fighting with my boss over it, I'm the only person in a mid-sized web design company running Linux on his desktop, but the core problem has nothing to do with Windows- at least not solely.
The problem comes down to several things:
Incompetence of users: This is the only place the the end OS really makes a difference, but all in all, I'd rather see the morons using Windows than Linux, just because they are already familiar with it. It's pretty tough to convince the uppers to retrain an entire company. That time and effort could in fact be better spent working on virus protection, network monitoring, etc., which any responsible security team still needs to do.
Pre-existing infrastructure: Companies start small, usually with the IT department consisting of a guy who sort of knows how to build computers. As the company grows, the infrastructure is forced to expand with it. Generally, this invlolves hacks and patching things together until it reaches a breaking point and a real network engineer is brought in. The problem there is that he still needs to keep everything up and running. You can't exactly take down a network, lead/customer management database, external web applications, etc, rebuild them all from scratch, then move everybody over. If the company can't maintain a baseline of functionality, than a security/network overhaul won't do anybody any good.
Cluelessness of management: Spending money on security rarely affect's the company's bottom end directly. The only way to get them to take security seriously is to show them what it will cost them to not do so. This isn't as hard as it sounds though- if you can convince upper management to participate in creating company security policy, you can start to show them that A) security involves not just confidentiality, but also availability and integrity of assets- two aspects that are far more critical, particularly in upper management's eyes. B) Protection of those assets is the responsibility of management. Hiring a security guy will do no good unless he has support from the top. When something goes wrong, they may have a patsy, but they suddenly won't have that database of customer information.
It's nice to hear that companies are spending 20% of IT budgets on security, though I don't believe it. Regardless, there is definitely a positive trend. The companies are starting to realize that security isn't something you can pick up for the price of a firewall and a pentest- it's a cyclical process involving constant auditing, defining and refining processes in all aspects of the company (which is why management support is so critical), and most importantly, fixing problems WITHOUT interrupting the normal flow of business.
The fact that religious experiences can be induced is not news and will do nothing but piss people off. The intelligent religious people will rightly say that it proves nothing- perhaps this is the API God uses to create those experiences. The nutty religious people will simultaneusly condemn this research and deny that it exists. The "Science trumps god" group will see this as yet another nail in God's coffin.
The funny thing about it is that everybody but the nutjobs can be right.
I'm an atheist, but if you can show me conclusive proof that God, an omnipotent being, does not exist, I'll buy you a drink.
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I'm more worried about the people who practice Squirrel injection.
I've heard it's quite a rush though.
I admittedly don't know what I'm talking about, but I believe that a quieter engine would produce a smaller sonic boom- thus, if the scramjet is quieter, it may have a smaller boom.
Somebody correct me if my assumptions are completely off.
Sure keeps me on my toes.
I mostly just get irritated by the dashboard. Don't get me wrong- I used it a lot for the first few weeks I had it, and it worked great, but I really just never found a real use for it. I don't think I've looked at it in 6 months, and then only because I accidentally hit f12.
Shiny! I am compiling as I type.
they came for the bakers,
I remained silent
I get a bit nauseous around the smell of yeast
they came for the musicians,
I remained silent
I think they are full of shite
When they came for me
I changed my business model and made millions
Nor am I a lawyer, or even Swedish, but from the extensive reading I've done on TPB, you're dead wrong.
.torrents is NOT the same as hosting the bits, regardless of the effect. In fact this is precisely what has allowed TPB to continue operating despite heavy political pressure, illegal police raids, and plentiful legal threats from American and other companies who feel that their rights are being violated.
My understanding is that in Swedish law, hosting the
Not to be contrary for the sake of contrariness, but for the sake of argument, it's far worse than nothing- it exploits one side's trust for a marginal improvement in the other side's false sense of security. It is trivial to circumvent if you've been rooted and ultimately leads to bad press if you're a big enough company to be noticed (I don't need to bring up Sony). That alone would negate any positive effects and then some.
A good book leaves you hanging at the end of the chapter, so you can't wait to get back to it. Same with the story in a good game- I don't game a lot anymore, but that was why I couldn't stop Diablo II. Just as you finish up a quest, it gives you the next one. Save game and go to bed or go find out what new evil lurks in the newly unlocked map?
there's a good reason that was the last game I really got into. I dont have time to take more than a few weeks in a row off work anymore.
so this method is *sort of* useful as long as it doesn't get too popular. then tomorrow I update my rootkit, send patches to all my owned hosts, and make millions off the stolen credit card numbers and personal information.
In related news, you can improve security on your computer by installing my super-special-anti-hacker plugin.
If you've already been rooted, there's no plugin you can use to improve security...
Actually the studio musician (I'm assuming guest artist here) has already been paid for their studio time by the record company- with funds taken from the artist's "advance".
Somebody explain how this is a) useful b) acurate c) practical or d) ethical. I'll settle for any one answer.
Now that there's a bridge, it's not hard.
did overweight people figure out how to get their death rate under 100%?
yeah, niche peripherals like dance floors and guitar simulators will never take off.
My point is, this is not a representative sample. Maybe representative of the good designers, but definitely not of all designers.
Too bad I burened up all my mod points earlier today. You may have just started a new inner-office chain letter.
FTA:
"The survey results also revealed that for each dollar spent on security, about 42 cents goes toward technology product purchases. In general, 17 cents goes toward security-related processes; 15 cents covers training; 12 cents for assessments; and 9 cents pays for certification. The balance goes to other items."
That solves the problem of people rooting your box. Now address these ones:
Stupid users
Information Disclosure
Fires, floods and nuclear apocalyps
keeping the source tree for your new video game from going public
That hard copy of the company directory that just got thrown in the dumpster out back
the list goes on and on...
There's a lot more to security than keeping the script kiddies off your web server.
As the head of my company's security department, the problem does not lie with Windows.
I am no fan of Microsoft- after much fighting with my boss over it, I'm the only person in a mid-sized web design company running Linux on his desktop, but the core problem has nothing to do with Windows- at least not solely.
The problem comes down to several things:
Incompetence of users: This is the only place the the end OS really makes a difference, but all in all, I'd rather see the morons using Windows than Linux, just because they are already familiar with it. It's pretty tough to convince the uppers to retrain an entire company. That time and effort could in fact be better spent working on virus protection, network monitoring, etc., which any responsible security team still needs to do.
Pre-existing infrastructure: Companies start small, usually with the IT department consisting of a guy who sort of knows how to build computers. As the company grows, the infrastructure is forced to expand with it. Generally, this invlolves hacks and patching things together until it reaches a breaking point and a real network engineer is brought in. The problem there is that he still needs to keep everything up and running. You can't exactly take down a network, lead/customer management database, external web applications, etc, rebuild them all from scratch, then move everybody over. If the company can't maintain a baseline of functionality, than a security/network overhaul won't do anybody any good.
Cluelessness of management: Spending money on security rarely affect's the company's bottom end directly. The only way to get them to take security seriously is to show them what it will cost them to not do so. This isn't as hard as it sounds though- if you can convince upper management to participate in creating company security policy, you can start to show them that A) security involves not just confidentiality, but also availability and integrity of assets- two aspects that are far more critical, particularly in upper management's eyes. B) Protection of those assets is the responsibility of management. Hiring a security guy will do no good unless he has support from the top. When something goes wrong, they may have a patsy, but they suddenly won't have that database of customer information.
It's nice to hear that companies are spending 20% of IT budgets on security, though I don't believe it. Regardless, there is definitely a positive trend. The companies are starting to realize that security isn't something you can pick up for the price of a firewall and a pentest- it's a cyclical process involving constant auditing, defining and refining processes in all aspects of the company (which is why management support is so critical), and most importantly, fixing problems WITHOUT interrupting the normal flow of business.
The fact that religious experiences can be induced is not news and will do nothing but piss people off. The intelligent religious people will rightly say that it proves nothing- perhaps this is the API God uses to create those experiences. The nutty religious people will simultaneusly condemn this research and deny that it exists. The "Science trumps god" group will see this as yet another nail in God's coffin.
The funny thing about it is that everybody but the nutjobs can be right.
I'm an atheist, but if you can show me conclusive proof that God, an omnipotent being, does not exist, I'll buy you a drink.