Thank you. Gizmodo is a heap of shit and reading that article (which didn't bother referencing the title of the paper or any of the authors, or linking to anything else but other Gizmodo fluff pieces) made me cry.
"By definition, it only 'catches' compromises AFTER THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL."
So if I download "leetwarez.rar" from the intertubes and my AV program flags it as a known trojan, at which point was my system compromised? Was it BEFORE or AFTER I didn't run the infected program?
McAfee needs to get their shit together for plain old virus scanning before they start talking about a technology that's "a lot faster than traditional methodologies." The last time I used their scanner it failed to pick up multiple 2- and 3-year-old trojans that were in my BugTraq mailing list attachment directory. Two other virus scanners had no issue. Yay, Artemis can overlook malicious code twice as fast as the competition!
...just don't come crying to me when the union--after having gladly taken your money every two weeks in return for getting you a paltry night shift differential--tells you to fuck off when you ask about job placement options after the company lays off 60% of its workforce in an effort to bolster failing stock prices.
Hi, Lucent and Communications Workers of America! Not that I'm naming names or anything. At least, I'm pretty sure I didn't mention Carly Fiorina in there anywhere.
"I'd be inclined to count that as merely 'trying'."
As I recall, the stay wasn't lifted until DC16 was over, which means the city of Boston most likely accomplished its goal. This is a similar tactic to that of cops when they arrest protesters and later drop all charges, having accomplished the goal of getting the protesters away from whatever they were protesting.
In the end, this is a semi-anonymous message board and no one really cares. I don't know what your other post was about, but this whining from you will make me much less receptive to whatever it was you had to say in it. That shouldn't matter to you, but I suspect it will anyway.
"Clinical tests of this approach, which has never been tried in a multimedia self-help format"
This is from a standalone DOS program released at least 10 years ago:
"WELCOME TO OUR MOOD DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM
The ®MDBO Internet Mental Health Mood Disorder Diagnostic Program allows either a patient, informant, or therapist to diagnose the following mood disorders:
* Major Depression * Dysthymia
* Bipolar Disorder * Cyclothymia
* Organic Mood Disorder
Each disorder is diagnosed in accordance with the diagnostic criteria specified by the American Psychiatric Association."
"'It has the potential to undermine the economies of the Internet,' said Mike Zaneis, vice president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau."
Go kill yourself, you worthless festering sore on society's anus.
The advertising industry could have been responsible from the start, but they chose to incur a backlash of end users who got sick of sneaky tactics like popups and pop-unders. Advertisers who whine that end users no longer tolerate ads make me laugh.
Seriously, choke on your failure and die. You fuck.
Yes, the democrats have certainly done all they can to reverse the trend in the last two years, from Nancy Pelosi's "impeachment is off the table" all the way through congress "considering" a ban on lead in toys (what's to consider, guys?). I'm voting a straight "none of the above" ticket this time around, thanks.
Sure. Find a cause worth fighting for. The distribution of small chunks of metal is pretty fucking irrelevant in the long run. I'll wager that if you dig deep enough you'll find China doing things much more worthy of complaining about. If you really have to have something to complain about, that is.
"I also faked several UFO photos that MUFON thought were genuine.
To be fair, you can fool MUFON with a promotional frisbee and poorly whistled "engine" sounds. But yeah, the point that you don't need software to manipulate photos is well taken.
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I'd be happy just to get a little lube at this point.
I don't doubt it. Windows 2K3 routinely takes upwards of 6 minutes to shut down/POST/reboot a server farm composed of 8-core, 32GB boxes where I work.
"'Why waste that kind of processing power on a desktop?' [. . .] (when) will it run a server OS like Linux?"
I would hazard a guess that "Windows HPC Server 2008" is probably a server OS. But for a Cray OS, I don't see what's wrong with IRIX.
Thank you. Gizmodo is a heap of shit and reading that article (which didn't bother referencing the title of the paper or any of the authors, or linking to anything else but other Gizmodo fluff pieces) made me cry.
"To summarize"
Don't bother, troll.
Spore's DRM was so effective that the cracked version was leaked only *3* days prior to retail. The game companies are making progress!
In other news, George Lucas was overheard mumbling "fucking geeks."
"By definition, it only 'catches' compromises AFTER THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL."
So if I download "leetwarez.rar" from the intertubes and my AV program flags it as a known trojan, at which point was my system compromised? Was it BEFORE or AFTER I didn't run the infected program?
McAfee needs to get their shit together for plain old virus scanning before they start talking about a technology that's "a lot faster than traditional methodologies." The last time I used their scanner it failed to pick up multiple 2- and 3-year-old trojans that were in my BugTraq mailing list attachment directory. Two other virus scanners had no issue. Yay, Artemis can overlook malicious code twice as fast as the competition!
The only AV suite worse than McAfee is Norton.
...just don't come crying to me when the union--after having gladly taken your money every two weeks in return for getting you a paltry night shift differential--tells you to fuck off when you ask about job placement options after the company lays off 60% of its workforce in an effort to bolster failing stock prices.
Hi, Lucent and Communications Workers of America! Not that I'm naming names or anything. At least, I'm pretty sure I didn't mention Carly Fiorina in there anywhere.
"Trekkies are incensed."
I hope the hotel owners are prepared for a lengthy barrage of Klingon insults. They'll rue the day.
"I'd be inclined to count that as merely 'trying'."
As I recall, the stay wasn't lifted until DC16 was over, which means the city of Boston most likely accomplished its goal. This is a similar tactic to that of cops when they arrest protesters and later drop all charges, having accomplished the goal of getting the protesters away from whatever they were protesting.
"Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band?"
MC Hawking or the Minibosses are each geeky bands you can have at your wedding, but I'm not sure what you mean by "meaningful."
Summary? What summary?
"under a 1913 law, test kits that are used only after an animal is killed still constitute 'diagnosis' and 'treatment'"
"Quick, man, that cow is stone dead! Treat it!"
"There is no treatment for death, sir."
(cow explodes; clip of Ladies' Auxiliary Club applauding)
"It's happening with subway passes in US cities such as Boston, which tried to prevent some hackers from presenting their paper at Defcon."
Boston *did* prevent some hackers from presenting their paper at Defcon.
In the end, this is a semi-anonymous message board and no one really cares. I don't know what your other post was about, but this whining from you will make me much less receptive to whatever it was you had to say in it. That shouldn't matter to you, but I suspect it will anyway.
So if I prefer a black background, I can steal Windows without bothering with cracks and workarounds? Pirate Bay, here I come!
Weed improves your reflexes.
Who knew?
"that Firefox requires extensions for."
Firefox was designed as a lightweight browser that blah blah, fuck this, I'm not feeding the troll. Mark this down as redundant.
"Clinical tests of this approach, which has never been tried in a multimedia self-help format"
This is from a standalone DOS program released at least 10 years ago:
"WELCOME TO OUR MOOD DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM
The ®MDBO Internet Mental Health Mood Disorder Diagnostic Program allows either
a patient, informant, or therapist to diagnose the following mood disorders:
* Major Depression * Dysthymia
* Bipolar Disorder * Cyclothymia
* Organic Mood Disorder
Each disorder is diagnosed in accordance with the diagnostic criteria
specified by the American Psychiatric Association."
"'It has the potential to undermine the economies of the Internet,' said Mike Zaneis, vice president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau."
Go kill yourself, you worthless festering sore on society's anus.
The advertising industry could have been responsible from the start, but they chose to incur a backlash of end users who got sick of sneaky tactics like popups and pop-unders. Advertisers who whine that end users no longer tolerate ads make me laugh.
Seriously, choke on your failure and die. You fuck.
"Think it's impossible to see four-dimensional objects? These videos will show you otherwise."
No they won't. Submitter needs to learn math.
Yes, the democrats have certainly done all they can to reverse the trend in the last two years, from Nancy Pelosi's "impeachment is off the table" all the way through congress "considering" a ban on lead in toys (what's to consider, guys?). I'm voting a straight "none of the above" ticket this time around, thanks.
"Suggestions?"
Sure. Find a cause worth fighting for. The distribution of small chunks of metal is pretty fucking irrelevant in the long run. I'll wager that if you dig deep enough you'll find China doing things much more worthy of complaining about. If you really have to have something to complain about, that is.
"I also faked several UFO photos that MUFON thought were genuine.
To be fair, you can fool MUFON with a promotional frisbee and poorly whistled "engine" sounds. But yeah, the point that you don't need software to manipulate photos is well taken.