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VerizonMath: Verizon doesn't know Dollars from Cents
Topic: Miscellaneous
6:09 am EST, Dec 9, 2006
Yep. I saw this as well, and basically, I am astonished that that many people can't manage a problem that would be the sort of thing you'd give a third grade student as a math problem for their unit conversion homework.
Congressman that sponsored 10 commandments bill asked to name the 10 commandments
Topic: Miscellaneous
4:16 am EDT, Jun 25, 2006
I suspect this might shed some light on why it is we have such an ethics problem in gov't. If they can't actually recite the Ten Commandments, how can they possibly be expected to adhere to them?
As a consequence of that experience, I intend to provide the following instructions to students (until something changes):
1. If you find strange behaviors that may indicate that a web site is vulnerable, don’t try to confirm if it’s actually vulnerable.
2. Try to avoid using that system as much as is reasonable.
3. Don’t tell anyone (including me), don’t try to impress anyone, don’t brag that you’re smart because you found an issue, and don’t make innuendos. However much I wish I could, I can’t keep your anonymity and protect you from police questioning (where you may incriminate yourself), a police investigation gone awry and miscarriages of justice. We all want to do the right thing, and help people we perceive as in danger. However, you shouldn’t help when it puts you at the same or greater risk. The risk of being accused of felonies and having to defend yourself in court (as if you had the money to hire a lawyer — you’re a student!) is just too high. Moreover, this is a web site, an application; real people are not in physical danger. Forget about it.
4. Delete any evidence that you knew about this problem. You are not responsible for that web site, it’s not your problem — you have no reason to keep any such evidence. Go on with your life.
5. If you decide to report it against my advice, don’t tell or ask me anything about it. I’ve exhausted my limited pool of bravery — as other people would put it, I’ve experienced a chilling effect. Despite the possible benefits to the university and society at large, I’m intimidated by the possible consequences to my career, bank account and sanity. I agree with HD Moore, as far as production web sites are concerned: “There is no way to report a vulnerability safely”.
Here's four videos which, although containing no actual nudity or sex of any kind, is basically, porn. You will drool.
If you use Linux, and particularly if you use Gnome, the URL links to four videos you want to see. These videos demo the new XGL code that Novell is bringing to Linux, which is part of the technology that is the reason Microsoft is so hot and bothered to get Vista's new interface into the eyes of the press.
Since most users judge an operating system by the eyecandy of it's desktop, rather than it's history of security or reliability, this stuff is going to make XP's interface look like pre-2000 crapware.
This will be a very good year for Linux eye-candy.
