That's up to half the RAM on the typical home system [being sold today] It's [over] twice the RAM of the typical home systems I see on a regular basis. Not everybody's doing the upgrade dance.
Stairs: Human legs, brain, and inner ear balancing
Oxymorons / Logical or Mathematical inconsistencies: Human brain to ignore logic
Time Travel: Okay, so the suit can't time travel since it's inorganic, but the pilot can.
at least not in a way that would ever have any influence over a user switching their Desktop OS. I wasn't aware that advocating desktop OS change was a requirement of a mobile device OS. Just because Apple and MS try to use their mobile OS's as leverage doesn't mean everyone wants to.
How can they know not to track you unless they know it's you. Ergo, they have to track in order not to track. Why not just outlaw tracking altogether, since that's the outright effect of this proposed ban.
I really wish the Incredibles hadn't borrowed the overarching plot (and some jokes) from the Watchmen; it's going to make the (supposed) Watchmen movie seem like a ripoff. That they did it with the Fantastic Four is even worse (come on, force fields _and_ invisibility, who are you fooling?).
So, you are supposing step "1" as a given. Ah, Proof that getting down to assumptions is the heart of effective arguing/communication. Yes, that was my assumption.
Considering that a botnet program can be the http requester for step 1, the botnet node is still denied further attempts to create an account for a while (not painful for the whole botnet, but it will slow it down a little). Of course, the steps I listed work best when there's a meatspace user, since bots will follow steps 1-4 religiously, ignoring step 5. They'll still be less offensive per bot-node though. Combine that with mod_security to block egregious attempts at the software-firewall level, and things look better for the webmail providers. Not perfect, but better. Of course, Hotmail probably uses IIS, so no mod_security for it.;-D
Ever hear of cgi? php? even asp? Slowly: dynamically. created. content. The users are using http to start with, so they _have_ to have a browser open (I'll even consider wget for this argument)
1) User attempts to create email account (which is done via http/https).
2) Email provider checks DB to see if requesting IP has had too many failed attempts to crack captcha (or some other botnet-identifying method).
3) Email provider crafts the response page to either be "welcome, sign in please" or "Sorry, too many failed attempts (104 in last two minutes), try again tomorrow. Maybe you have a spyware botnet program running on your computer, attempting to create accounts on our system. Get it checked by a professional."
4) User ignores message and tries another major provider, who does the same thing.
5) User hopefully starts getting concerned.
Think of it like fail2ban or mod_security that creates blocks at the application level instead of at the firewall level.
This works even better if they get a warning message on their already existing email account:
1) User attempts to log in to existing email account (which is done via http/https).
2) Email provider checks DB to see if requesting IP has had too many failed attempts to crack captcha (or some other botnet-identifying method).
3) Email provider crafts the response page to either be "welcome, sign in please" or "There have been too many failed attempts (104 in last two minutes). Maybe you have a spyware botnet program running on your computer, attempting to create accounts on our system. Get it checked by a professional. You may continue to log in, but consider that this supposed spyware may also be logging your keystrokes. If you continue to log in from a computer whose IP continues to be flagged for X more days, your account will be locked for Y days. For more information read our revised EULA:..."
4) User ignores message.
5) User hopefully gets locked out until they clear things up.
If I run a homeless shelter where I give out free food, and a guy keeps bringing a semi-feral dog pack in with him, he's not going to be welcome for long.
Canned response: you have spyware; you're not allowed to create an account on $FOO. Everyone wins, Google/Yahoo/Hotmail get slightly more secure, spambots are identified, and lusers eventually, after several failed attempts clean up their computing habits.
But that means the Secretaries are the ones that click the link. Considering that the Secretaries often have gobs of useful calendar information (and access to the CEO email), this is a _bad_ thing.
The sun costs $0, so even if the best thing you can do is sell the generated power at $0.00001/kWh to a place 500 miles away you make a profit. Only if your power transmission infrastructure creates and repairs itself. We stopped burning wood in trains a while back.
With everything happening in the Civil War series, it seems pretty clear that Tony owns SHIELD and possibly other portions of the U.S. government (possibly because they rely on his proprietary tech). He's been calling a lot of shots and keeping Reed too busy with science to realize what's happening.
Security is not the only responcibility of IT But it is the responsibility IT can get fired / sued for when the %&#@ hits the fan. If I said I allowed random user FOO fiddle with server BAR, and it turned out that the security breach where millions of credit card and SSN records leaked started with server BAR because of FOO, both me and FOO would be FUBAR. FOO might find a job elsewhere, since FOO is probably a great programmer or something. I, however, would have had my professional reputation sullied, and I'd have to start coding for a living... Ech. Ptui!
When someone cuts the lock off their machine to reset the BIOS passwd jumper and reinstalls the OS just so they can install a game or skip the mandated proxy, call your information security and HR folk and get them fired fast. If you give them a warning, they'll only try and be sneakier the next time they do something (like corporate espionage). These people don't belong in an organization; they would feel much more comfortable as lone-wolf contractors, so you're doing them a favor.
Hidden crookedness: Someone sells you a fake gold[Au] statue (mostly lead [Pb]) for the price of a real gold statue, telling you it's pure gold.
Open crookedness: Someone sells you a fake gold[Au] statue (mostly lead [Pb]) for the price of a real gold statue, and he tells you the exact amounts of lead and gold in the statue.
In the second example, you can make an informed decision as to whether you want to purchase.
Some might say that #2 isn't crooked... so another example set:
Hidden crookedness: Someone sells you cocaine laced with rat poison, and doesn't tell you about it.
Open crookedness: Someone sells you pure cocaine.
Both are illegal (in my country), and thus crooked, but at least one seems more honorable.
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I can pull down twice my weight with my little finger if the pulley system is set up right. Of course, it would take a lot of time and rope.
There's a dude named Shark on the show? Who's left, Adama?
Stairs: Human legs, brain, and inner ear balancing
Oxymorons / Logical or Mathematical inconsistencies: Human brain to ignore logic
Time Travel: Okay, so the suit can't time travel since it's inorganic, but the pilot can.
Um, the year of the linux server was a while back. It's gone past buzzword status and become mainstream practice.
How can they know not to track you unless they know it's you. Ergo, they have to track in order not to track. Why not just outlaw tracking altogether, since that's the outright effect of this proposed ban.
I really wish the Incredibles hadn't borrowed the overarching plot (and some jokes) from the Watchmen; it's going to make the (supposed) Watchmen movie seem like a ripoff. That they did it with the Fantastic Four is even worse (come on, force fields _and_ invisibility, who are you fooling?).
Considering that a botnet program can be the http requester for step 1, the botnet node is still denied further attempts to create an account for a while (not painful for the whole botnet, but it will slow it down a little). Of course, the steps I listed work best when there's a meatspace user, since bots will follow steps 1-4 religiously, ignoring step 5. They'll still be less offensive per bot-node though. Combine that with mod_security to block egregious attempts at the software-firewall level, and things look better for the webmail providers. Not perfect, but better. Of course, Hotmail probably uses IIS, so no mod_security for it.
1) User attempts to create email account (which is done via http/https).
2) Email provider checks DB to see if requesting IP has had too many failed attempts to crack captcha (or some other botnet-identifying method).
3) Email provider crafts the response page to either be "welcome, sign in please" or "Sorry, too many failed attempts (104 in last two minutes), try again tomorrow. Maybe you have a spyware botnet program running on your computer, attempting to create accounts on our system. Get it checked by a professional."
4) User ignores message and tries another major provider, who does the same thing.
5) User hopefully starts getting concerned.
Think of it like fail2ban or mod_security that creates blocks at the application level instead of at the firewall level. This works even better if they get a warning message on their already existing email account:
1) User attempts to log in to existing email account (which is done via http/https). ..."
2) Email provider checks DB to see if requesting IP has had too many failed attempts to crack captcha (or some other botnet-identifying method).
3) Email provider crafts the response page to either be "welcome, sign in please" or "There have been too many failed attempts (104 in last two minutes). Maybe you have a spyware botnet program running on your computer, attempting to create accounts on our system. Get it checked by a professional. You may continue to log in, but consider that this supposed spyware may also be logging your keystrokes. If you continue to log in from a computer whose IP continues to be flagged for X more days, your account will be locked for Y days. For more information read our revised EULA:
4) User ignores message.
5) User hopefully gets locked out until they clear things up.
If I run a homeless shelter where I give out free food, and a guy keeps bringing a semi-feral dog pack in with him, he's not going to be welcome for long.
do NOT welcome our killer asteroid overlord. Prepare the nukes.
Not everything is SMTP on the intarweb.
Of course, the response could also be smtp or even voice, if the meatspace user complains to "customer" service.
Canned response: you have spyware; you're not allowed to create an account on $FOO. Everyone wins, Google/Yahoo/Hotmail get slightly more secure, spambots are identified, and lusers eventually, after several failed attempts clean up their computing habits.
But that means the Secretaries are the ones that click the link. Considering that the Secretaries often have gobs of useful calendar information (and access to the CEO email), this is a _bad_ thing.
Google buttons and guilds for a bit.
Oxymorons / Logical or Mathematical inconsistencies.
Time Travel.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317564,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XV0I6Q70Yw
http://www.blueman.com/
Yeah, I know, the Smurfs are French, but they're communist, so that's the only reason you don't see them in the U.S.
P.S., with Linux, everything can be done with a GUI too (but.. why?), and the internet is one big help file.
With everything happening in the Civil War series, it seems pretty clear that Tony owns SHIELD and possibly other portions of the U.S. government (possibly because they rely on his proprietary tech). He's been calling a lot of shots and keeping Reed too busy with science to realize what's happening.
CYA, my anonymous friend.
When someone cuts the lock off their machine to reset the BIOS passwd jumper and reinstalls the OS just so they can install a game or skip the mandated proxy, call your information security and HR folk and get them fired fast. If you give them a warning, they'll only try and be sneakier the next time they do something (like corporate espionage). These people don't belong in an organization; they would feel much more comfortable as lone-wolf contractors, so you're doing them a favor.
Open crookedness: Someone sells you a fake gold[Au] statue (mostly lead [Pb]) for the price of a real gold statue, and he tells you the exact amounts of lead and gold in the statue.
In the second example, you can make an informed decision as to whether you want to purchase.
Some might say that #2 isn't crooked... so another example set:
Hidden crookedness: Someone sells you cocaine laced with rat poison, and doesn't tell you about it.
Open crookedness: Someone sells you pure cocaine.
Both are illegal (in my country), and thus crooked, but at least one seems more honorable.
They made Zombie Monarch Butterflies, though. RTFGP! Zombie Butterflies are worse than human zombies; they can fly!