The main problem is that the "spirit" of hacking is diametrically opposite of what the military is like. Not that that "spirit" mattered much anymore, but it's still why most people get into the area. They usually stay for the money, Which is another thing that works against the military...

So the military is neither attractive to new people who want to get into the field, nor to seasoned veterans who learned just what salaries they can ask for.

Plus, despite money, most "hackers" still have some kind of moral limitations. At least the people I know, and I dare say that, would not easily be convinced that it's ok to blow up some nuclear plant by messing with its computers from afar for the odd chance that some terrorists may be near while killing a few million as collateral damage. Given the international structure of the community, it's very likely you actually know someone in the country that's supposed to be attacked.

It's actually stunning how many people are self proclaimed hacking experts and yet seem to get most of their knowledge about hacking from sensationalist news and Hollywood.

In other words, pay rates will ensure that the government will get what's left after the best and brightest have been hired by the free market.

Ok, so in other words, business as usual.

From a distance, and upwind

No, that's determination and creativity. Determination alone is not enough, which was the point of the GP comment.

By 2001, Handspring was making its last Visor, and Sprint was dumping the modules in a vain attempt to attract the last three or four Visor users to their network, and get something for their investment. The Visor never really took off. But if anyone is interested, I have the second or third OmniRemote module made for it, with a blue LED flashlight in. I got it straight from the maker. I think I also still have a cradle around here. Actually, I think I found my last working [translucent blue, basic] Visor as well. I'm in the midst of recycling all my useless electronics right now, so I've been finding stuff. I have a GRiDPad 2390 with power problems, too. I always meant to get the OS off of it so I could freshly load it onto my GRiDPad 1910, also available. It's got a full-size XT keyboard port hacked in... You might say I am familiar with the devices of the era — except the Newtons, which I admired but could not afford at the time, not the good examples anyway. The low-end ones were poop.

The official explanation is that there is insufficient peering 'twixt Comcast (or $OTHER_ISP) and Google, and that's the congested link.

Of course, other Google services have no such problems at such times, which makes me suspect it's bullshit. But that's still the story.

That's the point, right? If you're not allowed to publish because copyright, then that will hinder the next person's research.

What? No, it isn't. It's very, very easy.

Is that what we're calling Zionism now? At what point does the attempted genocide stop being 'fallout' and become its own thing?

The original law enabled the state to seize the funds, the new law enables the victims of the crimes to sue for the funds with due process. That's really a completely different law.

Wow, it's almost like you're completely ignorant of how networking actually works, and yet still posted on slashdot anyway!

Yes, as long as the firewall is stateful. Otherwise you need protocol support to receive responses.

No, certain protocols are evil, like SIP, and NAT exacerbates that evil. As such, it's not evil, just a massive PITA.

Just look at how well hiring external contractors worked for the NSA!

Look, the military only works if it's staffed by the brainwashed, because its primary goals are not beneficial to humanity.

The VisorPhone originally cost more than a cellphone. Thanks for proving my point.

But that's not what happened here.

That's not what happened here.

Are you a rock?