You can't block a DDOS at your doorstep; it has to be blocked on the Internet backbone itself.
If the bottleneck is your border router, sure. For many services, I would imagine that the bottleneck hit by a DDoS attack is in the processing, which should be easily mitigated by blocking requests at the border router.
It must have been devastating to Sony's and Microsoft's profits, right? Surely these repeated demonstrations of how fragile their games and networks are would result in fewer people purchasing systems and games.
Yea the conservatives are becoming extremists. That's why I see chants of "What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now", and then a guy drives to NYC and kills 2 cops.
You had conversations with these people about political philosophy? That must have been pretty interesting. Was that before or after the police officers were murdered?
Also, it seems to me that the level of anti-authoritarianism that would lead to murdering police officers is not what the Republicans typically associate with liberals.
Perhaps this is "Corporate Assholes" trying to monetize their investment in their hotel property and make money as most businesses are created to do?
Exactly. What's up with all these people thinking that hotels shouldn't be allowed to do whatever they can to eliminate all possible competition in wireless service. Why do they hate the Free Market?
Rather than treating it as a future potential liability they want to send a message now to the future uberzealous seekers of the fairness: look, the price gouging is our patent protected right, secured by the laws.
A patent doesn't actually grant you the (exclusive) right to do something. Instead, it allows you to prevent anyone else from doing what you've patented. If you patent something that involves an illegal action, you can still be sued/arrested for it.
If someone discovers a heat source at the center of the Earth that has been increasing its heat output lately, then yes, they will have found out that it wasn't caused by human activity.
The point being made was that it's very difficult to predict what discoveries will be made in the future and change our understanding of some scientific topic.
Depending on your point of view, that's actually either a better analogy than you thought, or the complete opposite of what you intended to mean. While no reasonable person would question the existence of gravity, there still isn't a satisfactory explanation for how gravity works.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that it necessarily has to be the FDA. You're certainly right that this would be outside of the FDA's typically mandate. My point was just that the decisions should be made by people with the appropriate education and experience, which isn't the DEA. One post farther up this chain mentioned the FDA and AMA, but I don't think the AMA has the legal authority, which is why I also mentioned the Surgeon General. I'm not sure exactly which agency within the Department of Health would be the best for this.
That's funny. The first definition on Google states "a person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions.", which seems to be a good fit for those who are denying global warming.
No, it isn't a good fit at all. There's a huge difference between "Hey, your models aren't making perfect predictions. It's possibly that you're incorrect about something." and "Climate Change is a liberal conspiracy to turn the fine God-fearing people of the United States into a bunch of commies."
The solution is simple, though. Congress can write a law that says that the FDA and/or Surgeon General decides how to classify drugs, and the DEA can only enforce those decisions. If the DEA really needs emergency classification authority, such a decision can be limited to a duration of 1 year before it must be approved by the FDA (of course, I can't think of why the DEA would be better equipped than the FDA to make emergency decisions).
Now if only something this logical had any chance of getting done by Congress.
And what means are used to detect drivers who are high on pot?
You've never seen anyone high before, have you? Detecting such drivers won't be any more difficult than detecting drivers who are drunk. The same laws most likely apply, as well, since "Driving Under the Influence" probably isn't specifically limited to alcohol.
Yes, such actions are theoretically open to review by congress, but in reality Congress has never denied any DEA action of this nature, and simply rubber stamps whatever the DEA does.
So what you're saying is that it isn't really a failure of the DEA, but a failure of Congress?
I wonder if it depends on your age. I'm in the age range where I was in grade school during the breakup of the USSR, so it was a big deal to learn all of the former USSR states. People older than me might not have learned about the individual states within the USSR.
We've become a nation where a college kid wishing to avoid a final exam can call in a bomb threat to close a campus.
That ship sailed decades ago. We used to be surprised at how well-behaved our high school class was if we made it through the year with only a couple bomb threats.
There's a hell of a lot more fad in life than most people want to admit. For our cars, if we wanted function we'd all be driving minivans with stow-n-go seats.
Those of us who consider fuel efficiency or handling to be part of the functionality wouldn't be driving minivans.
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You can't block a DDOS at your doorstep; it has to be blocked on the Internet backbone itself.
If the bottleneck is your border router, sure. For many services, I would imagine that the bottleneck hit by a DDoS attack is in the processing, which should be easily mitigated by blocking requests at the border router.
It must have been devastating to Sony's and Microsoft's profits, right? Surely these repeated demonstrations of how fragile their games and networks are would result in fewer people purchasing systems and games.
The link to kozmo isn't part of the submission, it was added by the "editor".
So are most pro gamers, so you're not saying much with that statement.
"Oblate spheroid" was not the shape that was being described.
If this was actually happening in the real world, computers would probably be crashing every few minutes.
You mean attackers have been exploiting this ever since Windows 95?
The jobless? The disenfranchised? The dispossessed? The poor, the hungry, the downtrodden?
Or is it just getting better for the corporate, the military, and everyone else who loves to lick Obama's boot?
You too can be successful! Just lick that boot! Lick it good.
This type of comment says a lot about the people who agree with it. When the headline says "The World", they only talk about the United States.
Yea the conservatives are becoming extremists. That's why I see chants of "What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now", and then a guy drives to NYC and kills 2 cops.
You had conversations with these people about political philosophy? That must have been pretty interesting. Was that before or after the police officers were murdered?
Also, it seems to me that the level of anti-authoritarianism that would lead to murdering police officers is not what the Republicans typically associate with liberals.
Perhaps this is "Corporate Assholes" trying to monetize their investment in their hotel property and make money as most businesses are created to do?
Exactly. What's up with all these people thinking that hotels shouldn't be allowed to do whatever they can to eliminate all possible competition in wireless service. Why do they hate the Free Market?
Rather than treating it as a future potential liability they want to send a message now to the future uberzealous seekers of the fairness: look, the price gouging is our patent protected right, secured by the laws.
A patent doesn't actually grant you the (exclusive) right to do something. Instead, it allows you to prevent anyone else from doing what you've patented. If you patent something that involves an illegal action, you can still be sued/arrested for it.
Nah, we don't need amps. We just require more Vespene gas.
...until all of quantum physics is reduced to a three-second advertising jingle that anyone can understand.
I've collapsed, and I can't get up!
If someone discovers a heat source at the center of the Earth that has been increasing its heat output lately, then yes, they will have found out that it wasn't caused by human activity.
The point being made was that it's very difficult to predict what discoveries will be made in the future and change our understanding of some scientific topic.
Depending on your point of view, that's actually either a better analogy than you thought, or the complete opposite of what you intended to mean. While no reasonable person would question the existence of gravity, there still isn't a satisfactory explanation for how gravity works.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that it necessarily has to be the FDA. You're certainly right that this would be outside of the FDA's typically mandate. My point was just that the decisions should be made by people with the appropriate education and experience, which isn't the DEA. One post farther up this chain mentioned the FDA and AMA, but I don't think the AMA has the legal authority, which is why I also mentioned the Surgeon General. I'm not sure exactly which agency within the Department of Health would be the best for this.
That's funny. The first definition on Google states "a person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions.", which seems to be a good fit for those who are denying global warming.
No, it isn't a good fit at all. There's a huge difference between "Hey, your models aren't making perfect predictions. It's possibly that you're incorrect about something." and "Climate Change is a liberal conspiracy to turn the fine God-fearing people of the United States into a bunch of commies."
The solution is simple, though. Congress can write a law that says that the FDA and/or Surgeon General decides how to classify drugs, and the DEA can only enforce those decisions. If the DEA really needs emergency classification authority, such a decision can be limited to a duration of 1 year before it must be approved by the FDA (of course, I can't think of why the DEA would be better equipped than the FDA to make emergency decisions).
Now if only something this logical had any chance of getting done by Congress.
And what means are used to detect drivers who are high on pot?
You've never seen anyone high before, have you? Detecting such drivers won't be any more difficult than detecting drivers who are drunk. The same laws most likely apply, as well, since "Driving Under the Influence" probably isn't specifically limited to alcohol.
Yes, such actions are theoretically open to review by congress, but in reality Congress has never denied any DEA action of this nature, and simply rubber stamps whatever the DEA does.
So what you're saying is that it isn't really a failure of the DEA, but a failure of Congress?
Sounds like a plan.
Products are for suckers.
They should focus on social clouds for wearable augmented reality drones.
Dude, "wearable augmented reality drone" sounds like a fucking awesome product.
I wonder if it depends on your age. I'm in the age range where I was in grade school during the breakup of the USSR, so it was a big deal to learn all of the former USSR states. People older than me might not have learned about the individual states within the USSR.
We've become a nation where a college kid wishing to avoid a final exam can call in a bomb threat to close a campus.
That ship sailed decades ago. We used to be surprised at how well-behaved our high school class was if we made it through the year with only a couple bomb threats.
Hey thanks for not making a huge deal out of castros death
I think I'm missing part of this joke, because Castro isn't dead...
See, that part of the agreement has been working just fine.
You know what, forget the DNS and blackjack.
And then we no longer have an internet (international network)
Of course we would. We might even end up with quite a few internets. The downside, of course, is that the Internet would be kind of broken.
There's a hell of a lot more fad in life than most people want to admit. For our cars, if we wanted function we'd all be driving minivans with stow-n-go seats.
Those of us who consider fuel efficiency or handling to be part of the functionality wouldn't be driving minivans.