I just work in power generation but here's the way I see it: They've been trying to build more capacity.
In my area we already have a nuclear plant that's been in operation for 38 years. There have been talks about building a coal plant, but it's met fierce opposition by just about everyone over air quality concerns.
While it's true that some new nuclear designs have been under review for quite some time http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert.html they'd still need to get approval for building locations to really get power where it's needed. Also, because no new reactors have been built in 30 years, we've completely lost our infrastructure to make many of the components necessary to complete building of any plants. Probably the most significant component, the vessel and head enclosure, In all of the world there are currently 3 plants (Japan, Russia, China) that can even build them. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf122_heavy_manufacturing_of_power_plants.html
At this time, it's not just the USA that's building nuclear plants. Any plant that you want to build right now is still very likely 10 years away from being built.
There are also natural gas(good), wind(unreliable), and solar plants(not ready) of course. I'll just stop here to prevent tl:dr's.
Unfortunately, if we stop buying their media, they'll simply assume we're stealing it anyways because there is *no way* that their profits should ever shrink. It is the best option and the easiest to implement though and it's the method I've been using for quite some time already.
I couldn't write any response to your post that didn't come off sounding like I was trolling so all I can say is... I'm one of those people that dislike Apple on principle and that I disagree with you about your last statement. In a banana to banana (because you know I hate Apples) comparison I wouldn't pretend to say that Win 7 is on the same level, I'd just flat out say that Win 7 is well above it.
Is the entire leak from a US source or completely in regards to the USA? From what I've read, it likely involves multiple countries. Guess I'll just have to wait and see...
And at my house in rural Virginia: $95 for 768k/512k with a FAP of 600 MB/day. Within a year I'll have fiber passed within 1000ft of my yard and I will likely still not have anything better than I have right now...
There are a lot of excellent points and counterpoints about the use of a swastika. The one thing that immediately jumps out at me is: this game is about war. In war, people equate Nazi and swastika. The use of swastika to show temples on maps makes sense in that context and I don't think anyone would mistake the use in that case.
If you're adamant about reclaiming the swastika and you haven't already found a suitable outlet: http://reclaimtheswastika.com/
Blasphemer! You can't say goddamned like that! Oh no, now I've said goddamned. Oh no! I've said it again.
Ahem...No one, is to stone anyone, until I blow this whistle...Even if they do say Jehovah.
There are many medical conditions that most people confuse as obesity. One such condition is lymphedema. I know more than I wish I knew about it because my wife has primary bilateral lipi lymphedema. She has permanent swelling in both arms and both legs. I'd be willing to bet that you'd take one look at her and say that she's fat by choice. I'm not saying the whole idea is terrible, I think it's actually great. The article only says it's *one* of the criteria that goes into their pay raise equation. As long as there are exceptions to medical conditions I don't see anything wrong with what they're doing.
I used to only have one friend, my mother. To prevent being added to a bad group I had to unfriend her. Now she's yelling at me to come up out of the basement and explain myself...
IAAICT (I am an Instrumentation and Controls Tech)
Stuxnet specifically targets Siemens Simatic Wincc software and associated PLC's. Essentially, the Wincc software is the programming base to interact with the PLC's, which are discreet CPU/memory clusters running optimized code for whatever it is you'd like to do. There are many PLC manufacturers and they use their own programming software to upload/download to their cpu's. The fact that this worm only interacts with Siemens software is not surprising as Siemens is one of the major manufacturers of industrial equipment. I have a large number of Siemens devices all around where I work. I do not use Siemens PLC's though, so I am unaffected by this worm.
This whole thing smells to me like a disgruntled software guy that used to work for Siemens.
I was called to a co-workers office today. He told me that he received an email from someone in our company. He didn't remember the name of someone he had spoken with yesterday and assumed it was the person that he had talked to. He clicked the link and then witnessed the awesomeness that is this exact worm. I got to see the email. It had all the usual signs of being junk/scam/phishing/younameit. I then further continued to giggle as the company posted a warning on our main site page having already shutdown the mail server. By the time he had caught the worm in action it had operated for about 30 seconds and managed to get around 800 messages (and counting) in his outbox before he killed the process.
In the words of Wolfgang Pauli, "you're not even wrong." However, if you wanted to stay open source on Windows, you can do so. The notion that Windows is a toll booth is a bit off the mark also. Right now I'm dual booting Ubuntu and Vista. The only thing I've paid for in the last two years between Windows and Ubuntu is the OS itself. Everything else is open source or provided free of charge by Microsoft or another third party.
Could you please provide an example of an execution that is both quick and painless and does not involve gore? Both lethal injection and gas chambers have been shown to have problems that can lead to painful ends. The guillotine is quick and could be designed with today's technology to be less prone to problems than gas or injection. Bullets are a bit messy and can miss their mark. I believe it would take longer to die from a gunshot to the chest than the guillotine though. In some countries they may run you over with a vehicle, light you on fire, or shoot you directly in the brain. Which of these is the least barbaric for you? Do you have any other suggestions?
Then it's a good thing my principles differ greatly than yours. There's no way to tell how many lives I have saved by taking the lives of others. For all I know, yours was one of them. In other words....don't worry I'll take care of it so you can sleep well tonight.
Even within Google's policy there's nothing that says "the bug reporter should ask for or receive a timetable for bugfixes". It does say "We take security issues seriously and will respond swiftly to fix verifiable security issues. Some of our products are complex and take time to update. When properly notified of legitimate issues, we'll do our best to acknowledge your emailed report, assign resources to investigate the issue, and fix potential problems as quickly as possible." Ormandy could have simply made a post about how he felt about MS's bug handling procedures. He chose the wrong way to do so.
It seems to me that Ormandy did not follow all the rules of responsible disclosure as defined by Microsoft and injected some of his own (or Googles) rules into the process that is already established at Microsoft. Here's the link to MS's responsible disclosure site: http://www.microsoft.com/security/msrc/collaboration/ecostrat.aspx
Absent is any mention of a timetable from MS's site. MS's procedure is the result of talks in 2001-2002 with multiple vendors as to how they were going to handle reporting of bugs/exploits. If Google handles their bugs differently, that's Google's business. Ormandy would have been kept in the loop regarding the time table for the fix but he took it upon himself to bypass the whole procedure.
I deal with the type of user you're describing. One of the more recent "funnies" that I had was a guy showed me how bad the companies site filtering was by doing a Google search for a porn site at work. He said, "See? McAfee safesearch says it's ok!" He's smart enough to at least ask questions once in a while, but he's the exception to the rule.
I've got another guy who turned automatic updates off because he heard it was better that way. He didn't understand that the guy that said it was actually reading the patch notes to see what it affected before deciding whether or not to apply it. By the time he brought his PC in to me to clean it up from all the malware and viruses that infected his machine it was far too late for a cleanup.
How do you educate people on computer security when they don't want to learn? The only other option is rights restrictions across the board, but then it may become even more time consuming than just cleaning up the mess they make because they don't know what they're doing!
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I had to look up some info on what exact precedents have been made in courts regarding this. So, here it is...
http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2007/01/20/recording-the-radio-is-legal-recording-satellite-radio-is-illegal/
Satellite radio is illegal to record, while standard radio is in the clear.
The main argument being standard radio is more lossy. Not a very good argument IMHO.
I just work in power generation but here's the way I see it: They've been trying to build more capacity.
In my area we already have a nuclear plant that's been in operation for 38 years. There have been talks about building a coal plant, but it's met fierce opposition by just about everyone over air quality concerns.
While it's true that some new nuclear designs have been under review for quite some time http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert.html they'd still need to get approval for building locations to really get power where it's needed. Also, because no new reactors have been built in 30 years, we've completely lost our infrastructure to make many of the components necessary to complete building of any plants. Probably the most significant component, the vessel and head enclosure, In all of the world there are currently 3 plants (Japan, Russia, China) that can even build them. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf122_heavy_manufacturing_of_power_plants.html
At this time, it's not just the USA that's building nuclear plants. Any plant that you want to build right now is still very likely 10 years away from being built.
There are also natural gas(good), wind(unreliable), and solar plants(not ready) of course. I'll just stop here to prevent tl:dr's.
Unfortunately, if we stop buying their media, they'll simply assume we're stealing it anyways because there is *no way* that their profits should ever shrink. It is the best option and the easiest to implement though and it's the method I've been using for quite some time already.
I couldn't write any response to your post that didn't come off sounding like I was trolling so all I can say is...
I'm one of those people that dislike Apple on principle and that I disagree with you about your last statement. In a banana to banana (because you know I hate Apples) comparison I wouldn't pretend to say that Win 7 is on the same level, I'd just flat out say that Win 7 is well above it.
Is the entire leak from a US source or completely in regards to the USA? From what I've read, it likely involves multiple countries. Guess I'll just have to wait and see...
And now we just need one roadrunner released to keep the wiley coyote population in check.
And at my house in rural Virginia: $95 for 768k/512k with a FAP of 600 MB/day. Within a year I'll have fiber passed within 1000ft of my yard and I will likely still not have anything better than I have right now...
There are a lot of excellent points and counterpoints about the use of a swastika. The one thing that immediately jumps out at me is: this game is about war. In war, people equate Nazi and swastika. The use of swastika to show temples on maps makes sense in that context and I don't think anyone would mistake the use in that case.
If you're adamant about reclaiming the swastika and you haven't already found a suitable outlet: http://reclaimtheswastika.com/
Blasphemer! You can't say goddamned like that! Oh no, now I've said goddamned. Oh no! I've said it again. Ahem...No one, is to stone anyone, until I blow this whistle...Even if they do say Jehovah.
There are many medical conditions that most people confuse as obesity. One such condition is lymphedema. I know more than I wish I knew about it because my wife has primary bilateral lipi lymphedema. She has permanent swelling in both arms and both legs. I'd be willing to bet that you'd take one look at her and say that she's fat by choice. I'm not saying the whole idea is terrible, I think it's actually great. The article only says it's *one* of the criteria that goes into their pay raise equation. As long as there are exceptions to medical conditions I don't see anything wrong with what they're doing.
I'm sure this will make my 768kbps down and 512kbps up seem so much more snappier.
I used to only have one friend, my mother. To prevent being added to a bad group I had to unfriend her. Now she's yelling at me to come up out of the basement and explain myself...
IAAICT (I am an Instrumentation and Controls Tech)
Stuxnet specifically targets Siemens Simatic Wincc software and associated PLC's. Essentially, the Wincc software is the programming base to interact with the PLC's, which are discreet CPU/memory clusters running optimized code for whatever it is you'd like to do. There are many PLC manufacturers and they use their own programming software to upload/download to their cpu's. The fact that this worm only interacts with Siemens software is not surprising as Siemens is one of the major manufacturers of industrial equipment. I have a large number of Siemens devices all around where I work. I do not use Siemens PLC's though, so I am unaffected by this worm.
This whole thing smells to me like a disgruntled software guy that used to work for Siemens.
I was called to a co-workers office today. He told me that he received an email from someone in our company. He didn't remember the name of someone he had spoken with yesterday and assumed it was the person that he had talked to. He clicked the link and then witnessed the awesomeness that is this exact worm. I got to see the email. It had all the usual signs of being junk/scam/phishing/younameit. I then further continued to giggle as the company posted a warning on our main site page having already shutdown the mail server. By the time he had caught the worm in action it had operated for about 30 seconds and managed to get around 800 messages (and counting) in his outbox before he killed the process.
In the words of Wolfgang Pauli, "you're not even wrong." However, if you wanted to stay open source on Windows, you can do so. The notion that Windows is a toll booth is a bit off the mark also. Right now I'm dual booting Ubuntu and Vista. The only thing I've paid for in the last two years between Windows and Ubuntu is the OS itself. Everything else is open source or provided free of charge by Microsoft or another third party.
Could you please provide an example of an execution that is both quick and painless and does not involve gore? Both lethal injection and gas chambers have been shown to have problems that can lead to painful ends. The guillotine is quick and could be designed with today's technology to be less prone to problems than gas or injection. Bullets are a bit messy and can miss their mark. I believe it would take longer to die from a gunshot to the chest than the guillotine though. In some countries they may run you over with a vehicle, light you on fire, or shoot you directly in the brain. Which of these is the least barbaric for you? Do you have any other suggestions?
Then it's a good thing my principles differ greatly than yours. There's no way to tell how many lives I have saved by taking the lives of others. For all I know, yours was one of them. In other words....don't worry I'll take care of it so you can sleep well tonight.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Even within Google's policy there's nothing that says "the bug reporter should ask for or receive a timetable for bugfixes". It does say "We take security issues seriously and will respond swiftly to fix verifiable security issues. Some of our products are complex and take time to update. When properly notified of legitimate issues, we'll do our best to acknowledge your emailed report, assign resources to investigate the issue, and fix potential problems as quickly as possible." Ormandy could have simply made a post about how he felt about MS's bug handling procedures. He chose the wrong way to do so.
It seems to me that Ormandy did not follow all the rules of responsible disclosure as defined by Microsoft and injected some of his own (or Googles) rules into the process that is already established at Microsoft. Here's the link to MS's responsible disclosure site:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/msrc/collaboration/ecostrat.aspx
Absent is any mention of a timetable from MS's site. MS's procedure is the result of talks in 2001-2002 with multiple vendors as to how they were going to handle reporting of bugs/exploits. If Google handles their bugs differently, that's Google's business. Ormandy would have been kept in the loop regarding the time table for the fix but he took it upon himself to bypass the whole procedure.
I'm one of "us" as well. I haven't bought anything Sony in about 9 years.
Except the social networking sites that he used could have been used to discuss how/when/where to distribute the leak. It's all part of discovery.
I can confurm, exactly what iz stated, here.
A course I'm currently taking requires frequent posting in threads created by the other students. The grammar is truly a sight to see.
I deal with the type of user you're describing. One of the more recent "funnies" that I had was a guy showed me how bad the companies site filtering was by doing a Google search for a porn site at work. He said, "See? McAfee safesearch says it's ok!" He's smart enough to at least ask questions once in a while, but he's the exception to the rule.
I've got another guy who turned automatic updates off because he heard it was better that way. He didn't understand that the guy that said it was actually reading the patch notes to see what it affected before deciding whether or not to apply it. By the time he brought his PC in to me to clean it up from all the malware and viruses that infected his machine it was far too late for a cleanup.
How do you educate people on computer security when they don't want to learn? The only other option is rights restrictions across the board, but then it may become even more time consuming than just cleaning up the mess they make because they don't know what they're doing!
Now that was extremely well put.