Actually, telling people that hackers really can turn your computer into a bomb wasn't that bad an idea. At least people feared that possibility.
Try telling a Windows user who hasn't updated his browser in almost 8 years that evil script kiddies can turn his machine into a spam relay. They won't care because they don't know what it means and what the implications are.
If Windows 7 can't significantly improve that situation, what chance does it have to convince people to move away from Windows XP?"
Um. In my Windows machine (yes, I do have one although it's only used for games) I have 4 Gig RAM and I'm considering upgrading to 6GB.
Windows XP 64 Bit is a piece of trash and being able to address more than 3GB RAM will be the only reason why I'm going to upgrade from XP to Windows 7.
Actually, what interests me most in all of this, is the business model that apple is going to apply (assuming they really buy twitter). Currently, twitter lives on investment money and has no real need for a good business model. At least not yet. But with Apple owning the company, the flow of risk investment money will stop. So what will Apple do to monetize the service?
Actually, the virus strikes people with healthy immune systems, and the causes of death are an immune system overreaction. Translated: People with excellent immune systems are more likely to die than those with weaker ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm
ACTUALLY, you should read the article you're citing:
Recent reports of high mortality among healthy young adults in the 2009 swine flu outbreak has led to speculation that cytokine storms could be responsible for these deaths.[6] However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) has indicated that symptoms reported from this strain so far are similar to those of normal seasonal flu,[7] with the CDC stating that there is "insufficient information to date about clinical complications of this variant of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection."[7]
Second that. I always crimp my Cat6 cables myself.
The ones you buy in the store aren't any better. We all put our pants on one leg at a time...
Maybe use Heat-shrink tubing for more ruggedness (if required) but that's it. Besides, you're upgrading to 20Mbit and you're running Cat6? I'd just use Cat5e since it's easier to crimp and you get about 600-800 Mbps.
ACTUALLY, the methods and applications of neurofeedback are widely disputed and science has yet to proof that everything the neurofeedback practitioners tell us is true.
Thing is, you're basically telling me that if I concentrate too hard, myy brain gets damaged. Without scientific proof that statement opens up a Box of Pandora. Hm... I probably should quit my job to preserve my higher brainfunctions. 8 hours of concentrating a day can't be good.
Coincidentally, members on other websites who wish to remain anonymous are also given the nickname "Anonymous". I'm convinced that has nothing to do with the fact that they wish to stay anonymous but rather that they, too, must be members of a secret and dangerous group called "Anonymous"!
Hangings still happen in a few states. Agreed with your comment, however, it was distasteful and unnecessary what we did to Saddam.
And this adds to it. Of course Saddam commited enough warcrimes to warrant prison for life, but humilitating a prisoner, forcing him to sign his own photo and then hanging him is a distasteful way of dealing justice.
I'm not American and technically you may be right that there is no constitutional right to privacy. However:
"The Constitution does not specifically mention a right to privacy. However, Supreme Court decisions over the years have established that the right to privacy is a basic human right, and as such is protected by virtue of the 9th Amendment. The right to privacy has come to the public's attention via several controversial Supreme Court rulings, including several dealing with contraception (the Griswold and Eisenstadt cases), interracial marriage (the Loving case), and abortion (the well-known Roe v Wade case). In addition, it is said that a right to privacy is inherent in many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, such as the 3rd, the 4th's search and seizure limits, and the 5th's self-incrimination limit."
You're right in that they had the permission of a judge. However, as you can read in your linked article, this is a recent update. The information wasn't available when I wrote my post.
Yes it will. Acquiring the list or being in possession of the list is also illegal. Basically, with the new law, even if you don't look at it, you're storing child pornography (most likely for later use, you filthy bastard).
As i said, it's enough to TRY to acquire the list to get you in jail for as long as the government wants.
And his laptop and an external HD were taken. Police in Europe (at least in Germany and here in Austria) are allowed to raid your house when they believe there is imminent danger to the security of the state or other citizens ("Gefahr im Verzug"). They don't need a judge's permission/order for this. If they don't find anything, they can just file a simple 2 page report and be done with it.
This was used in the case of wikileaks.de - the police didn't read his rights to Mr. Reppe and when he insisted the police add a witness name to the report, they didn't do so.
Basically it's just spreading fear among the people. The problem is, since the blacklists contain links to child pornography pages, you're not allowed to publish the list, as you would also make links to child pornography publicly available. Which is the whole point of the black list:
The government could just take down the child porn sites. But instead they create filters and blacklists for those pages as well as other websites that might be against their ideals. You're not allowed to check those lists for any illegitimate censorship because then you would also look at child porn. You're also not allowed to distribute them. Voila! They successfully used peoples hatred agains child pornography to censor anything they want.
Use the modified one, SRWare. If you don't want to, there's always privoxy.
Or, if you don't want to maintain a HOSTS file yourself, but still don't want any other software, there's this excellent ad-server list which can be downloaded in all kinds of formats (yes, even as a HOSTS file). If you're REALLY lazy, you can use this link along with a 1 line shell script and a crontab entry (or windows scheduler or whatever it's called) to automate updating your HOSTS file.
So they pay their fines and promise never to do it again. Still, I liked the demonstration. It's good for educating the not so technically inclined people among us.
Seeing someone else changing things on your computer, even if it's just the wallpaper is pretty scary for many people. More so than hearing anonymous reports about botnets and how their computer could be infected too. If you actually see it happen, you're more likely to be more cautious in the future.
They assume the theory that says it exists is correct. Let's just assume the particle does in fact exist.
How can you then devise a strategy that has a 96% chance of finding the particle with unlimited time (or time required to execute said strategy). If I can give a number to the chance of finding it, I can also devise 1-n other strategies that cover the remaining 4% and thus have 2-n strategies which in total give me a 100% chance of finding the particle.
What I'm saying is, once I know the exact chances of finding something with strategy A, I also need to know which other strategy or strategies could cover the remaining percentage.
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Actually, telling people that hackers really can turn your computer into a bomb wasn't that bad an idea. At least people feared that possibility.
Try telling a Windows user who hasn't updated his browser in almost 8 years that evil script kiddies can turn his machine into a spam relay. They won't care because they don't know what it means and what the implications are.
I'm speaking from experience here...
Wait... are you saying that Windows 7 is going to run this VM too? Will I be better off with XP 64? Oo
If Windows 7 can't significantly improve that situation, what chance does it have to convince people to move away from Windows XP?"
Um. In my Windows machine (yes, I do have one although it's only used for games) I have 4 Gig RAM and I'm considering upgrading to 6GB. Windows XP 64 Bit is a piece of trash and being able to address more than 3GB RAM will be the only reason why I'm going to upgrade from XP to Windows 7.
Actually, what interests me most in all of this, is the business model that apple is going to apply (assuming they really buy twitter). Currently, twitter lives on investment money and has no real need for a good business model. At least not yet. But with Apple owning the company, the flow of risk investment money will stop. So what will Apple do to monetize the service?
Actually, the virus strikes people with healthy immune systems, and the causes of death are an immune system overreaction. Translated: People with excellent immune systems are more likely to die than those with weaker ones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm
ACTUALLY, you should read the article you're citing:
Recent reports of high mortality among healthy young adults in the 2009 swine flu outbreak has led to speculation that cytokine storms could be responsible for these deaths.[6] However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) has indicated that symptoms reported from this strain so far are similar to those of normal seasonal flu,[7] with the CDC stating that there is "insufficient information to date about clinical complications of this variant of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection."[7]
Clearly, you are one confused man.
Who is?
I bow my head to you, sir... didn't see that one coming.
Second that. I always crimp my Cat6 cables myself. The ones you buy in the store aren't any better. We all put our pants on one leg at a time... Maybe use Heat-shrink tubing for more ruggedness (if required) but that's it. Besides, you're upgrading to 20Mbit and you're running Cat6? I'd just use Cat5e since it's easier to crimp and you get about 600-800 Mbps.
ACTUALLY, the methods and applications of neurofeedback are widely disputed and science has yet to proof that everything the neurofeedback practitioners tell us is true. Thing is, you're basically telling me that if I concentrate too hard, myy brain gets damaged. Without scientific proof that statement opens up a Box of Pandora. Hm... I probably should quit my job to preserve my higher brainfunctions. 8 hours of concentrating a day can't be good.
Since when were protests "terrorism"?
Since the day when being "tortured" requires you to suffer from organ failure or death.
Coincidentally, members on other websites who wish to remain anonymous are also given the nickname "Anonymous". I'm convinced that has nothing to do with the fact that they wish to stay anonymous but rather that they, too, must be members of a secret and dangerous group called "Anonymous"!
Hangings still happen in a few states. Agreed with your comment, however, it was distasteful and unnecessary what we did to Saddam.
And this adds to it. Of course Saddam commited enough warcrimes to warrant prison for life, but humilitating a prisoner, forcing him to sign his own photo and then hanging him is a distasteful way of dealing justice.
You think they're going to fix the
There is a great website, tweetCC, that allows you to license your twitter posts (should you use that service) under a Creative Commons license.
I'm not American and technically you may be right that there is no constitutional right to privacy. However:
"The Constitution does not specifically mention a right to privacy. However, Supreme Court decisions over the years have established that the right to privacy is a basic human right, and as such is protected by virtue of the 9th Amendment. The right to privacy has come to the public's attention via several controversial Supreme Court rulings, including several dealing with contraception (the Griswold and Eisenstadt cases), interracial marriage (the Loving case), and abortion (the well-known Roe v Wade case). In addition, it is said that a right to privacy is inherent in many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, such as the 3rd, the 4th's search and seizure limits, and the 5th's self-incrimination limit."
You could also GZIP it first!
No. The old heise.de article said they didn't have a warrant. The original article on wikileaks.org also claimed thed didn't have a warrant.
Correction: they DID have a warrant. The original articles just claimed that the warrant wasn't sanctioned by a judge.
You're right in that they had the permission of a judge. However, as you can read in your linked article, this is a recent update. The information wasn't available when I wrote my post.
Yes it will. Acquiring the list or being in possession of the list is also illegal. Basically, with the new law, even if you don't look at it, you're storing child pornography (most likely for later use, you filthy bastard).
As i said, it's enough to TRY to acquire the list to get you in jail for as long as the government wants.
You don't understand. LOOKING at the list is illegal and punishable by up to 15 years of jailtime. The list is classified.
Worse. Since January 1st, there is a new law which even makes TRYING to acquire the list by ANY means punishable.
And his laptop and an external HD were taken. Police in Europe (at least in Germany and here in Austria) are allowed to raid your house when they believe there is imminent danger to the security of the state or other citizens ("Gefahr im Verzug"). They don't need a judge's permission/order for this. If they don't find anything, they can just file a simple 2 page report and be done with it.
This was used in the case of wikileaks.de - the police didn't read his rights to Mr. Reppe and when he insisted the police add a witness name to the report, they didn't do so.
Basically it's just spreading fear among the people. The problem is, since the blacklists contain links to child pornography pages, you're not allowed to publish the list, as you would also make links to child pornography publicly available. Which is the whole point of the black list:
The government could just take down the child porn sites. But instead they create filters and blacklists for those pages as well as other websites that might be against their ideals. You're not allowed to check those lists for any illegitimate censorship because then you would also look at child porn. You're also not allowed to distribute them. Voila! They successfully used peoples hatred agains child pornography to censor anything they want.
Why do these "marriage is so harsh" sort of jokes always get moderated as "insightful"...
Apparently you've never been married.
Use the modified one, SRWare. If you don't want to, there's always privoxy.
Or, if you don't want to maintain a HOSTS file yourself, but still don't want any other software, there's this excellent ad-server list which can be downloaded in all kinds of formats (yes, even as a HOSTS file). If you're REALLY lazy, you can use this link along with a 1 line shell script and a crontab entry (or windows scheduler or whatever it's called) to automate updating your HOSTS file.
So they pay their fines and promise never to do it again. Still, I liked the demonstration. It's good for educating the not so technically inclined people among us.
Seeing someone else changing things on your computer, even if it's just the wallpaper is pretty scary for many people. More so than hearing anonymous reports about botnets and how their computer could be infected too. If you actually see it happen, you're more likely to be more cautious in the future.
I don't get it.
They assume the theory that says it exists is correct. Let's just assume the particle does in fact exist.
How can you then devise a strategy that has a 96% chance of finding the particle with unlimited time (or time required to execute said strategy). If I can give a number to the chance of finding it, I can also devise 1-n other strategies that cover the remaining 4% and thus have 2-n strategies which in total give me a 100% chance of finding the particle.
What I'm saying is, once I know the exact chances of finding something with strategy A, I also need to know which other strategy or strategies could cover the remaining percentage.