That really is too bad. The series definitely went down hill, but I kept reading it, waiting for it all to wrap up with book 12. I hope it can get finished.
There is no god damn this should be allowed. A company tracking me through GPS and through the calls I dial, all while sending ads to me? Does anyone else see the potential for abuse, if this gets cracked, allowing stalkers to use the GPS signal to see where people go, or see who someone calls?
I hope Starcraft 2 will at least stick to the general premise of the original Starcraft and Brood Wars. These were two absolutely incredible games, and I've wasted many hours beating these games.
I'm running 3/4 of a gig, and I've never had Firefox crash. And I have BOINC running all the time. My CPU is spinning pretty high all the time, and I tend to have a good bit of my RAM being used all the time. So I don't know what you're doing wrong dude.
The school has decided to suspend the teacher and assistant principle in charge of the "drill" were suspended. IMHO, I don't think that's any where near severe enough. And not to mention the fact that one of them was an assistant principal. You'd think he'd have slightly better judgement. Apparently that's not taught in Tennessee (I kid).
And in an effort to see what happens when you try to access the 12 "super bad" websites on a DOD computer at work, I present you with the official redirect.
Headquarters Marine Corps Command, Control, Communications & Computers
You have attempted to access a site which has been blocked in accordance with Marine Corps and DoN policy governing the appropriate use of government information systems.
For more information, or if you believe you have received this notice in error, please contact your local Information Assurance Manager (IAM).
This is the same as the issue I discussed in another article here
Yeah, I can definitely think of a few things that would be more important. I don't know, hunger, the war on TERROR!!!111!!oneone, people with out food, etc.
This article really is pretty fuckin weak. I only downloaded one of the big bad 4 "best" extensions. Seriously, be a little more inventive. Four extensions does not equal "OMGZ best EVAR!!!11111!!!1!" list.
You do make a lot of great points. Up until recently the workstations being locked wasn't true, at least with the Marine Corps. With the change-over to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), that all changed. New computers, new restrictions. With my old computer, I had it cracked, and was running Firefox, and was an Admin on every computer in my shop. It's always good to get in good with the tech guys. But like I said, this is all gone.
And yes, everything is encrypted now. We're even using crypto logins. We have to log in using a PIN based off of our ID cards. It's much more secure, with out a doubt.
As for user training, like I said, from my experience, it's very low. I've never had any sort of training. Everything I've learned was picked up along the way.
And I agree that disabling websites is a definite help, despite irritating people like me. But for the lusers who don't know any better, it's definitely a good thing. Also, the fact that our networks are completely isolated is a major plus. I spent about 2 years as a Maintenance Data Analyst working with a UNIX based system, and couldn't even ping that system from my home internet, despite being on base.
And as for patches, we're on a slightly different system than what you discussed. We're basically given software pushes, updated whenever the main network feels we need it. It's out of the hands of base support people.
After looking through all this, I do have to agree with you that we are pretty secure. It's definitely a fairly isolated system.
As an active duty US Marine, I honestly feel that the big problem is the Windows culture, including the fact that the majority of the Marine Corps is using Windows 2000, with IE 6. Of course, it's viewed as too difficult to use XP, or at least that's the excuse. And until then, IE 7 will never be seen by the Marine Corps. And of course, user training is incredibly low. The majority of users know very little about computers, and don't get much training, if any at all.
I'm definitely not surprised that the DoD got an "F" on security.
A far off alien culture sees a third-rate planet called EARTH inhabitied by primitive beings. After a few open atmosphere concerts (Earthling Aid) and a telethon (Dough for Doh!), they raise enough money to send an engineering fleet to ask the earthlings what they want built.
Due to some translation errors, and an over active project manager's ego, a simple request for a small pond to keep water for a herd of goats gets "innovated" into a series of pyramids that can be seen from far away. The rest is history. To me, this theory seems to make the most sense.
Be glad you don't have the network restrictions I have at work. I know very few people have heard of the infamous Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), but they are infamous for blocking everything they possibly can. The majority of proxy servers are blocked, as well as anything they deem "unproductive" while at work (MySpace, webmail, etc.). They basically block anything they don't want us looking at.
The good thing is that they give us about 10 Mbps downloads.
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It's about motherfucking time the real world caught up with the fucking military.
Filthy bullshit! I published this in my journal on the 13th.
These music industry people are out of their minds.
It's simple. It's the same thing that caused the power blackout in the Northeast US a few years ago. Manowar
Hooray for helping the cause (albeit slightly prematurely). I've already stolen his whole catalog.
That really is too bad. The series definitely went down hill, but I kept reading it, waiting for it all to wrap up with book 12. I hope it can get finished.
There is no god damn this should be allowed. A company tracking me through GPS and through the calls I dial, all while sending ads to me? Does anyone else see the potential for abuse, if this gets cracked, allowing stalkers to use the GPS signal to see where people go, or see who someone calls?
I think that Prince is doing a great thing. This will sell more Prince CD's.
I hope Starcraft 2 will at least stick to the general premise of the original Starcraft and Brood Wars. These were two absolutely incredible games, and I've wasted many hours beating these games.
Let's only hope.
This is an awesome idea!!!!1!one!OMGZponiez Oh wait, no it's not. This is almost as bad as the Real ID.
I'm running 3/4 of a gig, and I've never had Firefox crash. And I have BOINC running all the time. My CPU is spinning pretty high all the time, and I tend to have a good bit of my RAM being used all the time. So I don't know what you're doing wrong dude.
So they basically came up with a collective "I don't know *shrug*". This is fucking weak.
The school has decided to suspend the teacher and assistant principle in charge of the "drill" were suspended. IMHO, I don't think that's any where near severe enough. And not to mention the fact that one of them was an assistant principal. You'd think he'd have slightly better judgement. Apparently that's not taught in Tennessee (I kid).
You have attempted to access a site which has been blocked in accordance with Marine Corps and DoN policy governing the appropriate use of government information systems.
For more information, or if you believe you have received this notice in error, please contact your local Information Assurance Manager (IAM).
This is the same as the issue I discussed in another article here
Yeah, I can definitely think of a few things that would be more important. I don't know, hunger, the war on TERROR!!!111!!oneone, people with out food, etc.
I can hear the voice and everything. And even worse, I can see some dimwitted boss using this study as justification to do that.
Yeah, never heard of any of these either. I seem to care pretty much none about this. Just enough to comment on it.
Ummmm, you said it's a "suspicious cloud" over a "chemical plant"? You ever stop to think that it could be "smoke"? That's what it looks like to me.
This article really is pretty fuckin weak. I only downloaded one of the big bad 4 "best" extensions. Seriously, be a little more inventive. Four extensions does not equal "OMGZ best EVAR!!!11111!!!1!" list.
I think it's a rule. Pretty sure I saw it once.
You do make a lot of great points. Up until recently the workstations being locked wasn't true, at least with the Marine Corps. With the change-over to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), that all changed. New computers, new restrictions. With my old computer, I had it cracked, and was running Firefox, and was an Admin on every computer in my shop. It's always good to get in good with the tech guys. But like I said, this is all gone. And yes, everything is encrypted now. We're even using crypto logins. We have to log in using a PIN based off of our ID cards. It's much more secure, with out a doubt. As for user training, like I said, from my experience, it's very low. I've never had any sort of training. Everything I've learned was picked up along the way. And I agree that disabling websites is a definite help, despite irritating people like me. But for the lusers who don't know any better, it's definitely a good thing. Also, the fact that our networks are completely isolated is a major plus. I spent about 2 years as a Maintenance Data Analyst working with a UNIX based system, and couldn't even ping that system from my home internet, despite being on base. And as for patches, we're on a slightly different system than what you discussed. We're basically given software pushes, updated whenever the main network feels we need it. It's out of the hands of base support people. After looking through all this, I do have to agree with you that we are pretty secure. It's definitely a fairly isolated system.
As an active duty US Marine, I honestly feel that the big problem is the Windows culture, including the fact that the majority of the Marine Corps is using Windows 2000, with IE 6. Of course, it's viewed as too difficult to use XP, or at least that's the excuse. And until then, IE 7 will never be seen by the Marine Corps. And of course, user training is incredibly low. The majority of users know very little about computers, and don't get much training, if any at all. I'm definitely not surprised that the DoD got an "F" on security.
Did no one see this: Availability: Likely Everything from the email has availabilities like this.
Be glad you don't have the network restrictions I have at work. I know very few people have heard of the infamous Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), but they are infamous for blocking everything they possibly can. The majority of proxy servers are blocked, as well as anything they deem "unproductive" while at work (MySpace, webmail, etc.). They basically block anything they don't want us looking at.
The good thing is that they give us about 10 Mbps downloads.