Computers & Technology 2

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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1668542 - Posted: 22 Apr 2015, 17:58:52 UTC - in response to Message 1668449. That has been highlighted precisely because the code is open to inspection by others to check. So why didn't they check before it was committed? No eyes? No control? No one legally responsible? Now we have that bug code in thousands of applications from thousands of developers. It isn't a library that an O/S vendor can patch the bug away. Each and every one of the application developers has to recompile his application and get a new version out. Just hope it isn't burned on a ROM in a box that can't be flashed. Open Source = brickware ID: 1668542 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 1668546 - Posted: 22 Apr 2015, 18:05:42 UTC - in response to Message 1668541. Last modified: 22 Apr 2015, 18:14:48 UTC Oh dear... Yet Another Windows vs Linux "discussion" A Linux distribution (often called a distro for short) is an operating system made as a software collection based on the Linux kernel and, often, on a package management system. There are hundreds of theme... Windows distrubutions are called versions... Yeah, sad isn't it? I'm just wondering what would "those evangelists" be sprouting if Linux had not existed? Computers are "nice" little tools... Compuerised stock market manipulation "This is an amazing insight into the way computers have completely transformed the stock market business." ...& all running Linux :-) ID: 1668546 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1668551 - Posted: 22 Apr 2015, 18:19:17 UTC - in response to Message 1668546. Yeah, sad isn't it? I'm just wondering what would "those evangelists" be sprouting if Linux had not existed? Before the IT age they were called used car dealers. ID: 1668551 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20283 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1669380 - Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 13:38:11 UTC - in response to Message 1668551. Yeah, sad isn't it? I'm just wondering what would "those evangelists" be sprouting if Linux had not existed? Before the IT age they were called used car dealers. Just like this example?... Ballmer sells windows1.0 Amazing how that all started as the big push to sell solitaire all "bundled in" "for free"... Have times changed?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1669380 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20283 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1669383 - Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 13:48:45 UTC Last modified: 24 Apr 2015, 13:51:43 UTC Heading for a train crash that is just waiting to happen: Rail signal upgrade 'could be hacked to cause crashes' A hi-tech signalling system that will eventually control all of Britain's trains could potentially be hacked to cause a serious crash... ... plans to replace ageing signal lights with new computers could leave the rail network exposed to cyber-attacks... ... part of the reason that transport systems had not already been hacked as frequently as financial institutions and media organisations was that much of the technology involved was currently too old to be vulnerable. All of that will change in the coming years, as aircraft, cars and trains become progressively more computerised and connected... The "too old to be vulnerable" is very important... If there are not the features in there to be exploited in the first place, then such features cannot be exploited! Why add internet complexity for the sake of attackers to attack?! My safety-critical exposure has always been to design "fail-safe" systems where any fault forces the system into a safe state. Or rather, everything has to pass a positive check/test before allowing (continued) operation. And full kudos if you can achieve a system that is intrinsically safe that needs positive action for operation that then fundamentally will fall/fail back to intrinsically safe. Railway electrical signalling and mechanical interlocks are expensive and cumbersome and inflexible but then again, they have proven to be very safe precisely because they are localized, independent, cumbersome and inflexible... No electronics or internet needed... IT is what we allow it to be, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1669383 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1669396 - Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 14:26:16 UTC - in response to Message 1669380. Last modified: 24 Apr 2015, 14:26:33 UTC Just like this example?... Ballmer sells windows1.0 Amazing how that all started as the big push to sell solitaire all "bundled in" "for free"... Yes. Ballmer has a used car dealer jacket:) ID: 1669396 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1669505 - Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 20:33:09 UTC O/S War: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/24/android_google_maps_urinate_apple/ ID: 1669505 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1669511 - Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 20:45:12 UTC - in response to Message 1669505. O/S War: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/24/android_google_maps_urinate_apple/ Well Add some fancy acronyms and you are home free:) ID: 1669511 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20283 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1669630 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 0:50:04 UTC - in response to Message 1669396. Last modified: 25 Apr 2015, 0:51:43 UTC Here we go with the euphemistically named "Trusted Computing" revamped take 2: Windows 10 Device Guard: Microsoft's effort to keep malware off PCs ... Device Guard, when enabled by an administrator, checks to see if each and every application is cryptographically signed by Microsoft as a trusted binary before it is allowed to run... ... Device Guard will approve trusted universal apps on Windows 10 desktops, tablets and phones. Applications available from the Windows Store will be signed off and ready to run via Device Guard. Enterprises with legacy apps can send hashes of the executables to Redmond to be signed... Really? Sign off all your hardware and software to Redmond?! I wonder how much that will cost?!... I also wonder when the embuggarance of UEFI becomes "mandatory" as 'required' by Redmond?... Really, there can be no other OS but the one OS? IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1669630 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1669635 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 1:03:21 UTC - in response to Message 1669630. Really, there can be no other OS but the one OS? Oh My God. Of course not. There is only one God:) ID: 1669635 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1669663 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 3:37:58 UTC - in response to Message 1669630. I also wonder when the embuggarance of UEFI becomes "mandatory" as 'required' by Redmond?... Ah, poor baby. Linux can't see machines, even when it is free. But, are you going to answer http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=73851&postid=1668542 maybe the answers are the answer to Redmond ..... ID: 1669663 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1669728 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 9:52:17 UTC Last modified: 25 Apr 2015, 10:02:30 UTC How to hack a car. http://www.wired.com/2014/08/wireless-car-hack/ Someone remember BeOS? BeOS is an operating system for personal computers first developed by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was built for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing modular I/O bandwidth, pervasive multithreading, preemptive multitasking and a 64-bit journaling file system known as BFS. The BeOS GUI was developed on the principles of clarity and a clean, uncluttered design. BeOS was positioned as a multimedia platform which could be used by a substantial population of desktop users and a competitor to Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. However, it was ultimately unable to achieve a significant market share and proved commercially unviable for Be Inc. The company was acquired by Palm Inc. and today BeOS is mainly used and developed by a small population of enthusiasts. The open-source OS Haiku, a complete reimplementation of BeOS, is designed to start up where BeOS left off. Alpha 4 of Haiku was released in November 2012.[3] ID: 1669728 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20283 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1674533 - Posted: 7 May 2015, 0:31:45 UTC How to break free of the "Mafia" media 'industry' extortion and shackles?... International Day Against DRM: May, 6th 2015 Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) harms almost everyone, but most people have never heard of it. Today is one of our best opportunities to change that. There are people around the world coming together to say that we will not tolerate the remote deletions, unethical surveillance, and invasive restrictions of DRM... Large parts of our very culture CENSORED?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1674533 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1674579 - Posted: 7 May 2015, 4:51:11 UTC - in response to Message 1674533. Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) harms almost everyone, but most people have never heard of it. Today is one of our best opportunities to change that. There are people around the world coming together to say that we will not tolerate the remote deletions, unethical surveillance, and invasive restrictions of DRM... I am so glad to hear that there are people who do not want to waste their time chained to a computer and want to experience the real word outside. We need more of them. ID: 1674579 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1674635 - Posted: 7 May 2015, 8:56:12 UTC - in response to Message 1674533. Last modified: 7 May 2015, 9:22:43 UTC International Day Against DRM: May, 6th 2015 [i]Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) harms almost everyone, but most people have never heard of it. Today is one of our best opportunities to change that. Large parts of our very culture CENSORED?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin I didn't know this... Extremely tight controls, high pricing, e-books without ownershipâ€¦ as I sit here, I have to wonder, was DRM put into place because publishers think the library lending model is theft and our readers are thieves? That Music and Movies are restricted I know but books:(:((: No wonder that eduction is going down... But as they say. Knowledge is Power. ID: 1674635 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1674720 - Posted: 7 May 2015, 15:27:28 UTC - in response to Message 1674693. International Day Against DRM: May, 6th 2015 [i]Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) harms almost everyone, but most people have never heard of it. Today is one of our best opportunities to change that. Large parts of our very culture CENSORED?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin I didn't know this... Extremely tight controls, high pricing, e-books without ownershipâ€¦ as I sit here, I have to wonder, was DRM put into place because publishers think the library lending model is theft and our readers are thieves? That Music and Movies are restricted I know but books:(:((: No wonder that eduction is going down... But as they say. Knowledge is Power. Without Money and Guns, Knowledge is... Yes. Theft is a crime... ID: 1674720 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1674769 - Posted: 7 May 2015, 17:50:31 UTC - in response to Message 1674762. Last modified: 7 May 2015, 17:51:10 UTC I didn't know this... Extremely tight controls, high pricing, e-books without ownershipâ€¦ as I sit here, I have to wonder, was DRM put into place because publishers think the library lending model is theft and our readers are thieves? That Music and Movies are restricted I know but books:(:((: No wonder that eduction is going down... But as they say. Knowledge is Power. Without Money and Guns, Knowledge is... Yes. Theft is a crime... Unless those with Money/Power, make The Laws. Oh.... I forgot.... They do. LOL:) ID: 1674769 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 1680515 - Posted: 16 May 2015, 18:05:29 UTC Interesting, but could it be worrying? ID: 1680515 ·

janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1680535 - Posted: 16 May 2015, 19:37:49 UTC - in response to Message 1680532. Last modified: 16 May 2015, 19:38:58 UTC Large parts of our very culture CENSORED?... Ermmm IT is what we allow it to be... Martin ____________ See new freedom: Mageia4 Linux Voice See & try out your OS Freedom! The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3) Windows seems to be in your private world? Ermmm, Ermmm Windows is not a computer. It's a Operating System! IT is what we allow it to be... ID: 1680535 ·

Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3	Message 1681021 - Posted: 18 May 2015, 12:44:08 UTC I just finished watching a good doco made by BBC 2014 . It is called Inside The Dark Web . Government are sometimes there own enemy's , hahahahahahahahahahaaha Who was behind the Tor , Onion network ? The N.S.A taps the internet looking for terrorist , but whom has now allowed them to become anonymous and impossible to find ???? hahahahahaha ID: 1681021 ·

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