Linux is not really ready for prime on the desktop
Uhoh, better not tell my work Desktop that...
$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 25 00:26:11 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Windows actually won't run on this machine (except as a virtual)...it has 2 8-core processors, 16 cores total, and 24 GB worth of memory, and in order to run Windows on it, I have to run Windows 2008/2012 server...no way for what I use it for.
I've been using MintBoxes at home, and so far I've not had any problems with people familiar with Windows switching to Linux Mint (after all, web works the same way.)
Apparently, in Georgia, stupidity is a prerequisite for the job of congresman...
For further support of your argument, I believe it was Hank Johnson (D-GA) who was worried Guam (an island) would capsize if 5,000 Marines were moved from Okinawa (another island) to Guam.
However, I'd open up your argument in suggesting that it is all congresscritters, not just those from GA, who have a prerequisite for stupidity. In fact, I think it may be safe to say that it is a prerequisite for all public office.
Maybe the best option is to point out the problem and leave it at that.
Normally, I'd agree with you.
But my statement remains, that in some cases pointing out the problem isn't enough. People pointed out that the world trade center was vulnerable to airplane strikes before 9/11. People also pointed out that O-Rings were failing on the Shuttle Rocket Boosters before the Challenger incident, or pointing out that the foam used on the shuttle was tearing tiles off the shuttle before the Columbia incident. Unfortunately, in some cases, the only way to get someone to do something is when tragedy strikes. From personal experience, there were a number of times that the companies I exposed problems for ignored me until I pointed it out, along with exploit code (even after I responsibly disclosed the issue to them ahead of time.)
Entering and copying files was totally unnecessary and what landed this douche in prison.
And I totally agree, though the jury is still out as to whether this, or something else, landed this douche in prison.
Your analogy can only hold so far, because while your home's security flaws affect only you and your family, while AT&T's affect millions of people.
Yeah, what he said.
Though I'd note that you have absolutely no requirement, contractually or legally, to not ignore your neighbors warning. If the alarm company or the police ignore the warning, than that is their problem. However, just like everything else including being a hero or saving someone's life, if you don't want to get involved there is nothing legally or contractually required for you to get involved. Most police departments *don't* want you to get involved, unless it is to call them and let them know that the alarm is going off.
However, if you were to point out a weakness in the alarm system installed in everyone's homes, I'd prefer to know it so I can make the necessary changes instead of being blissfully unaware of the problem and unable to fix it.
Yeah, but it is always fun when it backfires on them. I know a couple school teachers that can never sit on another jury because they were part of a "deadlocked" jury. If there is one thing that gets you removed quicker than an Engineer or libertarian, it is someone who sat on a jury that deadlocked.
So why don't the lawyers who expect to lose want to throw in a wild card to improve their chances? I think it's because they don't understand probability and can't evaluate situations dispassionately.
There is a difference between exposing and exploiting. Exposing a security flaw in my home means telling me it's possible to gain entry through a dog door or unlocked second story window. Exploiting is gaining entry to my home and going into my file cabinet and copying my files.
Yes, but the problem is, unless you exploit the flaw, the company will just say it is a theoretical flaw that has no practical implications and thus is not worth their time and effort to fix. Been there, done that.
Not that this gentleman did the right thing, but in some cases, the only way to show that the flaw is real and is something they need to fix is to show them how easy it is to exploit and what the damages are.
They usually call it a 'job offer' but yeah, pretty much.
As someone who has exposed stuff in the past, be wary of the job offer or the bribe. If you aren't a member of the establishment, taking a job offer or a bribe may be seen as extortion.
I had one company that wanted to pay me off to make me go away and stop bothering them. I had no problem "working with them" but my personal beliefs and the attitudes of my then current employer steered me away from taking any money from them. After working with them for a while, I got the impression from one of their engineers that the company was kinda hoping that I would have taken the money so that they could have had me prosecuted/fired from my job.
Who gets screened out? The ignorant and the honest.
I kinda wish they would have a three strikes and you're out program for jury selection nationwide. California has the one strike and your out, which the jury administrators hate but which works so well for me.
Being an Engineer/Scientist, and a Libertarian, the only way I ever get selected on a jury is when the lawyers aren't paying attention (or are planning to plead guilty anyway.) Usually I am challenged, sometimes the first challenged in a jury pool. I always feel like the nerd on the playground...nobody wants me for their jury, but yet they keep calling me in (because I show up knowing that it is a privilege to do so.) In the 21 times I've been called in for jury duty, the three or four dozen cases, I've sat on two juries (both in which I played a limited role.) I don't know why the courts hate engineers and libertarians so much, but it seems like they think those people have already made up their minds, unlike school teachers and philosophers.
It was nice when California chose the one day, one trial system. At least I don't have to keep coming back to be rejected...
Although I do like a good spreadsheet, I admittedly can't keep up with people that tap phone lines to win.
Spoken like a true Eve Online player...
If you ever need to find someone truly afraid of shadows, all you need to do is find someone who's played the game within a player corporation (not run by themselves.) I played for a year and a half within an NPC/PC owned by myself, and 1 year in a player run corporation, and during that time in the player run corporation, I had the most fun and yet the least fun playing the game. Spies are everywhere! Even my best friends in the game were kept at an arms distance. I can't believe how paranoid I got in that game...gave it up because the drama was getting to me.
That is not what AC said, was it. He said the CIA didn't have to take the oath, in which I was saying that they did. 5 USC 3331 covers civilians for all three branches of government and the military. It comes from Article IV of the Constitution.
As for congresscritters, politicians aren't particularly known for their honesty. The old adage goes, "How do you tell if a politician is lying? Their lips are moving." They have also been known to take bribes and kickbacks. I find it hard to believe that most bureaucrats would not take their oath seriously, but then again, I am sure there are some (particularly those lobbied by the entertainment industry.)
However, I don't use my tv very often (it is 5 months since I last turned it on!) and I do not have a landline so an "interesting consumer behaviour" I express.
I was having the same problem. I only turned it on for background noise while working on the computer or doing the dishes or other things, and I quickly realized my $92 I was spending on cable was really being a waste. After all, I could play a DVD which cost $15 once instead of $92 compounded over time. I cut the cable out and only had internet (which caused my internet cost to increase by $10, unbundled,) but I'd move to another ISP (come on Google Fiber,) in a heartbeat given the number of times in the last two weeks my internet has gone down due to unscheduled maintenance or problems (they always seem to want to upsell you to business class internet when you call about their crappy uptime, don't they?)
but why is it that people can't think about anything other than people on the same political ideological spectrum?
Rose colored glasses?
However, I truly believe that censorship is an anathema to individual rights and freedom. Those who believe in personal freedom would view censorship as the ultimate evil (except, of course, when it is censoring themselves to avoid conflict with others.) The moment I take it upon myself to censor someone elses speech, I have discounted their individual rights in favor of my own, and there is only one word for that, tyranny. However, those with more statist opinions would view that as the good of the many outweigh the good of the few, which I have never subscribed to (except in life threatening circumstances, where the few volunteer to save the many.)
Actually that's not correct unless you are saying that by reading everything the government creates you can then:
* read everything the government creates about other people
* they can read everything the government creates about you
I see the problem, but it isn't the one you see. The government shouldn't be creating things about its citizens. That is the problem. The fact that the government, many times against its own laws, creates massive databases about its people is the biggest problem in this case.
I don't have a problem with the government knowing where I live, or what demographic I fit into (census type stuff,) but I have a real problem with big government building entire databases on me I have no access to and don't know about.
Tried to say it before but the comment got flagged for moderation, not sure why, maybe I accidentally used some kind of trigger word.
I suspect it was the combination of a link with the text being the same as the link, and the shortness of the post. The computer probably thought it was SPAM, but Mike or his daemons are good at getting moderated comments posted.
Eh, I already used Schadenfreude this last weekend expressing myself over the Simcity 2013 launch fail.
That too. We can agree that both parties are pricks that deserve everything coming their way.
I hope to see others scared off because of this.
Certainly. I have nothing against people enforcing their copyright, though I'd love to see copyright brought back to 1790 standards instead of what we have today. But this was a get rich scheme that benefited corrupt lawyers at the expense of the public. However, like Righthaven before, I suspect another group is forming to do something similar as we speak. There is no shortage of fraudsters and con artists.
As a side note, anyone else think this is like lawyer porn? You know someone is going to get completely and ruthlessly fucked in this case.
I don't know about lawyer porn, but the schadenfreude is well deserved in this one. It is nice when bad things happen to very bad people. They saw this as a license to print money...by extorting people who may or may not have committed copyright infringement, but felt it was better to pay off the lawyers than spend the money on a lawyer and a court appearance where they could possibly lose a lot more money. And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for that meddling judge and the defense lawyer too.
FTFY, though, the manner of implosion depends on the type of Supernova, as Type IA supernovae actually start when the white dwarf tries to start back up with carbon-oxygen fusion producing more energy than the star can handle, causing a very large explosion as a result, but no initial implosion. The only way a white dwarf supernova could involve an implosion is if it merged with a star, which would cause a standard Type II Supernova.
There should be a law/bill/whatev that says no law can target protocols above layer 2. All Internet traffic shall only be viewed as data amounts and not types of data.
I'd be happier just cutting out the middle-man and go for a law that outlaws taxing the internet entirely (except it already exists in two separate forms.)
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Uhoh, better not tell my work Desktop that...
$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 25 00:26:11 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Windows actually won't run on this machine (except as a virtual)...it has 2 8-core processors, 16 cores total, and 24 GB worth of memory, and in order to run Windows on it, I have to run Windows 2008/2012 server...no way for what I use it for.
I've been using MintBoxes at home, and so far I've not had any problems with people familiar with Windows switching to Linux Mint (after all, web works the same way.)
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For further support of your argument, I believe it was Hank Johnson (D-GA) who was worried Guam (an island) would capsize if 5,000 Marines were moved from Okinawa (another island) to Guam.
However, I'd open up your argument in suggesting that it is all congresscritters, not just those from GA, who have a prerequisite for stupidity. In fact, I think it may be safe to say that it is a prerequisite for all public office.
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Normally, I'd agree with you.
But my statement remains, that in some cases pointing out the problem isn't enough. People pointed out that the world trade center was vulnerable to airplane strikes before 9/11. People also pointed out that O-Rings were failing on the Shuttle Rocket Boosters before the Challenger incident, or pointing out that the foam used on the shuttle was tearing tiles off the shuttle before the Columbia incident. Unfortunately, in some cases, the only way to get someone to do something is when tragedy strikes. From personal experience, there were a number of times that the companies I exposed problems for ignored me until I pointed it out, along with exploit code (even after I responsibly disclosed the issue to them ahead of time.)
Entering and copying files was totally unnecessary and what landed this douche in prison.
And I totally agree, though the jury is still out as to whether this, or something else, landed this douche in prison.
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Yeah, what he said.
Though I'd note that you have absolutely no requirement, contractually or legally, to not ignore your neighbors warning. If the alarm company or the police ignore the warning, than that is their problem. However, just like everything else including being a hero or saving someone's life, if you don't want to get involved there is nothing legally or contractually required for you to get involved. Most police departments *don't* want you to get involved, unless it is to call them and let them know that the alarm is going off.
However, if you were to point out a weakness in the alarm system installed in everyone's homes, I'd prefer to know it so I can make the necessary changes instead of being blissfully unaware of the problem and unable to fix it.
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Yeah, but it is always fun when it backfires on them. I know a couple school teachers that can never sit on another jury because they were part of a "deadlocked" jury. If there is one thing that gets you removed quicker than an Engineer or libertarian, it is someone who sat on a jury that deadlocked.
So why don't the lawyers who expect to lose want to throw in a wild card to improve their chances? I think it's because they don't understand probability and can't evaluate situations dispassionately.
I guess that makes me feel better...
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Yes, but the problem is, unless you exploit the flaw, the company will just say it is a theoretical flaw that has no practical implications and thus is not worth their time and effort to fix. Been there, done that.
Not that this gentleman did the right thing, but in some cases, the only way to show that the flaw is real and is something they need to fix is to show them how easy it is to exploit and what the damages are.
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As someone who has exposed stuff in the past, be wary of the job offer or the bribe. If you aren't a member of the establishment, taking a job offer or a bribe may be seen as extortion.
I had one company that wanted to pay me off to make me go away and stop bothering them. I had no problem "working with them" but my personal beliefs and the attitudes of my then current employer steered me away from taking any money from them. After working with them for a while, I got the impression from one of their engineers that the company was kinda hoping that I would have taken the money so that they could have had me prosecuted/fired from my job.
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I kinda wish they would have a three strikes and you're out program for jury selection nationwide. California has the one strike and your out, which the jury administrators hate but which works so well for me.
Being an Engineer/Scientist, and a Libertarian, the only way I ever get selected on a jury is when the lawyers aren't paying attention (or are planning to plead guilty anyway.) Usually I am challenged, sometimes the first challenged in a jury pool. I always feel like the nerd on the playground...nobody wants me for their jury, but yet they keep calling me in (because I show up knowing that it is a privilege to do so.) In the 21 times I've been called in for jury duty, the three or four dozen cases, I've sat on two juries (both in which I played a limited role.) I don't know why the courts hate engineers and libertarians so much, but it seems like they think those people have already made up their minds, unlike school teachers and philosophers.
It was nice when California chose the one day, one trial system. At least I don't have to keep coming back to be rejected...
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Spoken like a true Eve Online player...
If you ever need to find someone truly afraid of shadows, all you need to do is find someone who's played the game within a player corporation (not run by themselves.) I played for a year and a half within an NPC/PC owned by myself, and 1 year in a player run corporation, and during that time in the player run corporation, I had the most fun and yet the least fun playing the game. Spies are everywhere! Even my best friends in the game were kept at an arms distance. I can't believe how paranoid I got in that game...gave it up because the drama was getting to me.
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That is not what AC said, was it. He said the CIA didn't have to take the oath, in which I was saying that they did. 5 USC 3331 covers civilians for all three branches of government and the military. It comes from Article IV of the Constitution.
As for congresscritters, politicians aren't particularly known for their honesty. The old adage goes, "How do you tell if a politician is lying? Their lips are moving." They have also been known to take bribes and kickbacks. I find it hard to believe that most bureaucrats would not take their oath seriously, but then again, I am sure there are some (particularly those lobbied by the entertainment industry.)
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I believe Ken wanted to be implanted with a womb so that he could have the Judge's babies.
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Uhm...I'll just leave this here for you.
5 USC 3331 - Civilian Oath of Office.
All US Government Civilians take an oath of office when they are hired, and are bound to that oath.
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I was having the same problem. I only turned it on for background noise while working on the computer or doing the dishes or other things, and I quickly realized my $92 I was spending on cable was really being a waste. After all, I could play a DVD which cost $15 once instead of $92 compounded over time. I cut the cable out and only had internet (which caused my internet cost to increase by $10, unbundled,) but I'd move to another ISP (come on Google Fiber,) in a heartbeat given the number of times in the last two weeks my internet has gone down due to unscheduled maintenance or problems (they always seem to want to upsell you to business class internet when you call about their crappy uptime, don't they?)
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Rose colored glasses?
However, I truly believe that censorship is an anathema to individual rights and freedom. Those who believe in personal freedom would view censorship as the ultimate evil (except, of course, when it is censoring themselves to avoid conflict with others.) The moment I take it upon myself to censor someone elses speech, I have discounted their individual rights in favor of my own, and there is only one word for that, tyranny. However, those with more statist opinions would view that as the good of the many outweigh the good of the few, which I have never subscribed to (except in life threatening circumstances, where the few volunteer to save the many.)
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* read everything the government creates about other people
* they can read everything the government creates about you
I see the problem, but it isn't the one you see. The government shouldn't be creating things about its citizens. That is the problem. The fact that the government, many times against its own laws, creates massive databases about its people is the biggest problem in this case.
I don't have a problem with the government knowing where I live, or what demographic I fit into (census type stuff,) but I have a real problem with big government building entire databases on me I have no access to and don't know about.
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I suspect it was the combination of a link with the text being the same as the link, and the shortness of the post. The computer probably thought it was SPAM, but Mike or his daemons are good at getting moderated comments posted.
Its a never ending war with those SPAM bots.
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That too. We can agree that both parties are pricks that deserve everything coming their way.
I hope to see others scared off because of this.
Certainly. I have nothing against people enforcing their copyright, though I'd love to see copyright brought back to 1790 standards instead of what we have today. But this was a get rich scheme that benefited corrupt lawyers at the expense of the public. However, like Righthaven before, I suspect another group is forming to do something similar as we speak. There is no shortage of fraudsters and con artists.
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I don't know about lawyer porn, but the schadenfreude is well deserved in this one. It is nice when bad things happen to very bad people. They saw this as a license to print money...by extorting people who may or may not have committed copyright infringement, but felt it was better to pay off the lawyers than spend the money on a lawyer and a court appearance where they could possibly lose a lot more money. And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for that meddling judge and the defense lawyer too.
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FTFY, though, the manner of implosion depends on the type of Supernova, as Type IA supernovae actually start when the white dwarf tries to start back up with carbon-oxygen fusion producing more energy than the star can handle, causing a very large explosion as a result, but no initial implosion. The only way a white dwarf supernova could involve an implosion is if it merged with a star, which would cause a standard Type II Supernova.
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I'd be happier just cutting out the middle-man and go for a law that outlaws taxing the internet entirely (except it already exists in two separate forms.)
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