Comment Re:Why "IoT" security is so critical (Score 1) 148
Obligatory Talkie Toaster
This must be how they made the Disaster Area stunt ships
Bad form to reply to myself but I should point out that I mostly agree with the AC I replied to above but his/her post typifies what I believe is the biggest problem we have as a society/civilisation; we are experts in ever increasingly narrow domains of knowledge and are not just profoundly igonorant outside of that domain but as a result we are incapable of understanding our collective shortcomings or syntheisising sustainable solutions to address them.
You said
The issue is not that the engineers on this site don't understand human nature,
and then went on to completely contradict yourself
its that we don't understand how the rest of society can be so clueless of a clear solution path to our energy needs.
In the case of nuclear power, circletimessquare was mostly right, however he doesn't explicitly state that in the case of nuclear power the problems are greatly exacerbated by the time scales involved.
The length of the fuel-cycle is not just longer than a human lifetime, not just longer than the expected lifetime of a even the longest lived corporate entity, but longer than the likely length of our our civilisation.
Given a presumed understanding of human nature it is obvious to anyone who takes the time to really think about it, current nuclear power technologies are not viable.
With that said it is obvious that something needs to be done about our reliance on fossil fuels, and although many alternative energy sources are starting to look promising they are not quite there yet.
Alternate nuclear processes aught to be considered, thorium reactors seem to be the favourite on this site, the technology might be the greatest thing since sliced bread but the significant cohort of posters on this site that preach the virtues of thorium (or fusion for that matter) without any sign that they have considered that there might also be negative imapacts is ironically the reason that whilst I desipse the narrow minded, unelnightened, and ignorant management class that runs our businesses and our societies I still prefer that they run things than a bunch of (fellow) engineers.
With an IQ of 144, I just have to remind myself that 100 is the average, with half the population below and half above
This doesn't help you argument either; it never ceases to amaze that people who are clearly intelligent and work with numbers can place faith in an obviously flawed pseudo-scientific "measurement"
You said
The issue is not that the engineers on this site don't understand human nature,
and then went on to completely contradict yourself
its that we don't understand how the rest of society can be so clueless of a clear solution path to our energy needs.
In the case of nuclear power, circletimessquare was mostly right, however he doesn't explicitly state that in the case of nuclear power the problems are greatly exacerbated by the time scales involved.
The length of the fuel-cycle is not just longer than a human lifetime, not just longer than the expected lifetime of a even the longest lived corporate entity, but longer than the likely length of our our civilisation.
Given a presumed understanding of human nature it is obvious to anyone who takes the time to really think about it, current nuclear power technologies are not viable.
With that said it is obvious that something needs to be done about our reliance on fossil fuels, and although many alternative energy sources are starting to look promising they are not quite there yet.
Alternate nuclear processes aught to be considered, thorium reactors seem to be the favourite on this site, the technology might be the greatest thing since sliced bread but the significant cohort of posters on this site that preach the virtues of thorium (or fusion for that matter) without any sign that they have considered that there might also be negative imapacts is ironically the reason that whilst I desipse the narrow minded, unelnightened, and ignorant management class that runs our businesses and our societies I still prefer that they run things than a bunch of (fellow) engineers.
With an IQ of 144, I just have to remind myself that 100 is the average, with half the population below and half above
This doesn't help you argument either; it never ceases to amaze that people who are clearly intelligent and work with numbers can place faith in an obviously flawed pseudo-scientific "measurement"
Yep, Minix is one of those things where it sounds good in theory, not so much in practice. There's a reason there's no true microkernel designs out there dominating any markets.
Oh really! Is that so?
Doesn't matter. Any processor from Intel after 2011 no longer has the flaw...
Old bug; Intel knew about it in 2010; they fixed in 2011, now its on the frontpage of Slashdot in 2015..
Why is this modded 5 Informative? AC provides no evidence and in fact what AC says is completely untrue. All x86 processors are vulnerable to this kind of attack.
And yet any time someone suggestes stronger regulation the entire IT community comes out up in arms and shouts "free market".
No, the CEOs say that. The rich greedy bastard maximizing executive compensation say that.
The "entire" IT community sure as hell doesn't say that. Many many people have figured out the free market is a fucking fairy tale.
The IT community is not defined by the rich assholes who get heard more often. And I'm sorry, but listening to rich assholes is the fucking problem -- because what they're telling us a self-serving lie.
There is no damned free market.
I agree with your sentiment but it has been my experience that the majority of workers in our industry are very much opposed to government interference of any kind. I am personally opposed to over regulation however I believe that our industry has gotten too much of a free pass over the years and indeed that is why the notion of a "software engineer" is a contradiction-in-terms.
Engineers are legally responsible for thier errors. Even the very small niches such as process control and biomedical the functionality of software is indemnified by a "real" engineer as a component of a larger system.
How is it still legal for these companies to advertise and sell a whole product but only deliver part of it?
Because they have all the power, can simply change the fucking terms of service as they see fit, and have the fucking politicians in their pockets to ensure they can get away with it.
Honestly, are you expecting a fair situation in which the consumer actually gets input on this shit?
You might as well ask a Ferengi for favorable financing terms. If he gives them to you, they're not favorable.
Why do we keep acting like we're surprised by any of this crap? Unless people start changing laws to shift the balance away from corporations, this is all you'll ever get.
And yet any time someone suggestes stronger regulation the entire IT community comes out up in arms and shouts "free market".
The greatest strength of the IT industry is that it's essentially unregulated allowing it to be nimble and to take risks.
The greatest weakness of the IT industry is that it's essentially unregulated allowing companies to shit all over thier customers.
the best & worst (fake history & heritage) ones are kept from us,, bushwhacked hoodwinked & woollyeyed we comply;;; http://www.abc.net.au/religion...
The derp is strong with this one
Interesting choice of name, though: The Impact Team (TIT). What were they thing of?
Breasts obviously!
...as revenge porn?
It's rather ironic that no one's default scapegoat is the ungodly atheist.
In what way is it ironic?
It could actually be true no doubt but it seems to me that this is just another salvo in the character assassination of Edward Snowden.
Even if it were true all it does is show the absolute incompetence of our intelligence agencies and the malfeasance of our political representatives; this is the worst thing about the unfettered collection of personal data by government and business alike, namely the lack of protection from the misuse and exposure of the information collected. Our collective governments and parliaments worldwide have been asleep at the wheel for the last 30 years, that is those that aren't actively involved in the process.
Does every slashdot thread have to become about Greece?
> Post about France
> Involves international law
> Possible clickbait headline
>
> Greece?
If the one who writes things about the cultural differences between France/Europe and USA, in a story about France/Europe trying to mess with a USA company, in a mostly American site like Slashdot, is a Greek (like i am), yes... i believe that i must mention my nationality (and i would not mind if everyone else did that - i find it "cultural honest" when i do it, plus i struggle with my English and i feel bad, so i mention it as a "don't be hard with me, i try!") - If you read my post you may understand that even while i am a Greek/European, i blame France/Greece/Europe, so this "have to become about Greece" you write is not exactly what you may think.
I think that the cultural differences between a Greek like me, a French, an American (like most people here), effect ANY discussion (even about systemd!) - can you please answer me this question: do you think my nationality is unrelated to THIS discusion, or you just object because i mention my nationality very often? Thank you very much Sir.
Beta won't be the death of slashdot; this retard will be!
Reading this reply to me, plus your reply in the other story, where you call me not just a "retard" but a "fascistic retard", i understand that you are in love with me! Am i right or am i right?
You know what is the sad thing about Slashdot (the "death of slashdot" to use your words)? That i constantly get down-modded for answering up-modded comments about my low IQ... it is like Slashdoters have a problem with retards... i always thought that Slashdoters were libtards! Come on Slashdot, where is your libtarded compassion to retards...
Perhaps I've got you all wrong... maybe you're just a very advanced version of Mark V. Shaney
OK, I've worked in the industry for a very long time now, and it can be 'fun' for the few bits where you actually get to prototype or work on the bulk of the features. That takes 10 percent of the time. The rest of the time you are going to be trying to find obscure bugs, introduced by crappy programmers rushing to get features out. Meanwhile you will be micro-managed through the 'agile' process asking you to account for every hour of your time. Then we will throw ill defined features at you, and expect them to be done within this two week time period, and be shocked when you reach the end of two weeks, and they are not done. This is usually due to the fact that meanwhile 16 support tickets were also thrown at you that are all critical in nature. Then you have those late night calls with your Indian counter parts that you can barely understand or stay awake for. But it is fun!
I don't know what planet these people live on. It is a tough career with crazy deadlines and weird policies. You have to constantly keep up on the latest trends, or you will be viewed as 'too old' for the job. Meanwhile, computers never sleep, nor do they expect you to. You have to push back constantly to maintain your personal time.
That said, I love computers. I love programming. I just don't love the industry as it is now. There is a reason that most women don't want in. They may in fact be much smarter than men in this regards.
Possibly one of the most insightful comments here in a very long time
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