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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:31 pm

Is a really fun class, we get to query the imdb movies. So we can do stuff to find the worst rated movies of all time. and stuff like that.

Also we watch videos that involve cooking steak with a blow torch, and random things along those lines.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:06 pm

I liked Databases, but I preferred Security. We got to watch a video about tennis balls and RSA.

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:47 pm

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I liked Databases, but I preferred Security. We got to watch a video about tennis balls and RSA.

I might end up taking the 4th year course on security. Our third year courses are still a little bit the University picking for us.

Though so far for electives comp sci course I'm taking digital logic and then next semester programming languages. Though that could easily change if I find something else that fits my timetable.

though note to self try steak cooked with a blow torch.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:43 pm

What the hell is a course on security? O.O

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:36 pm

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What the hell is a course on security? O.O

Computer security.

so transmitting data that can't be decoded by just anyone. Building firewalls, Hacking the governments firewalls.

That kind of thing.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:17 pm

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What the hell is a course on security? O.O

pretty much what cool4 said

We learned about the common techniques used by hackers and ways to prevent them(it gave me a lot of respect for hackers. that s**t is hard). We also spent a lot of time on encryption algorithms. We even learned how to pick locks (to teach us that it doesn't matter how secure your computer is if someone can physically steal it). One of the students gave his final presentation on a hacked Xbox (no, his presentation wasn't about Xboxes; he hooked the Xbox to a projector to show us his powerpoint).

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:55 pm

Why the hell would they teach you all that? Are they trying to make more hackers and stuff? O.O

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:46 am

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Why the hell would they teach you all that? Are they trying to make more hackers and stuff? O.O

Because not all hackers are bad?, and they need people that can build secure features in just about everything. And they need people to be professional hackers so they can test out the security of a thing and make it even more secure.

Say

Programmer A builds a firewall to protect Secret Government Files.
If Programmer B tries his Hardest to Hack it using his security hacking skills and fails.
Programmer A;s firewall is good
If Programmer B can get at the Secret Government Files then It's clearly a bad security system.

Being a professional Hacker is a real thing, and they really aren't all that bad.

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:22 pm

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Why the hell would they teach you all that? Are they trying to make more hackers and stuff? O.O

Because not all hackers are bad?, and they need people that can build secure features in just about everything. And they need people to be professional hackers so they can test out the security of a thing and make it even more secure.

Say

Programmer A builds a firewall to protect Secret Government Files.
If Programmer B tries his Hardest to Hack it using his security hacking skills and fails.
Programmer A;s firewall is good
If Programmer B can get at the Secret Government Files then It's clearly a bad security system.

Being a professional Hacker is a real thing, and they really aren't all that bad.

Some of your class mates may use what they learned for evil. O.O

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:30 pm

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Some of your class mates may use what they learned for evil. O.O

Med and chem students could use what they learn to poison people and make it look like an accident. They have to learn what's poisonous. And law students could learn to get around laws. They have to intimately know the laws. Engineers could make buildings that will fall apart. They have to know how much stress it could take.
Do you want me to go on?

Everything can be used for evil. Being a pessimist is bad for your health, so stop it.

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:59 pm

That's why they have oaths, and give engineers rings that promise they won't use stuff for evil.

and well for the rest of us, they just hope we're going to use everything for good.

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:10 am

Theres too much spyware, bad web sites, and viruses everywhere. O.O

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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:43 am

Most of those are from script kiddies, not actual programmers.

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