Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 08:45:54 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVIDIA... issues of [deep state] graphics resolved? Message-ID: <caf62992-5498-e4f7-4650-6bb146a06fa0@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <MWHPR04MB0495197EA1EE97B545275DAA80560@MWHPR04MB0495.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> References: <FD9E5184-75D6-42CD-8D97-C15071F57706@council124.org> <MWHPR04MB0495197EA1EE97B545275DAA80560@MWHPR04MB0495.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
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Sorry about top posting. Could we stop any political discussions on technical mail list? I am on neither of your sides, still there should be other placed for discussions like that. Valeri On 4/2/19 6:46 AM, Carmel NY wrote: > On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 23:48:10 -0700, Frank stated: > >> I've seen many older "issue" statements re: non-supported NVIDIA >> graphics systyems. For instance, on my Dell Precision 5820 >> Workstation, Ubuntu 16.04 interfered with window manager logins so >> that it would always rest mid-logion and come back to the same login >> input box. >> >> Unfortunately, there is not an immediate "resolved" status nearby >> those issue postings. So, did it also occur in some ways w/r/t FreeBSD? >> >> Who knows what the independent-contracting CIA and computer-invasive >> NVIDIA are really up to.: >> >> "NVIDIA, the microprocessor manufacturer that powers much of >> the world’s gaming and cloud needs, will also join hands in >> this unlikely partnership between a retail giant, a government >> funded tech firm and the CIA. NVIDIA will provide the deep >> learning training needed by the AI system that will process >> billions of images collected by SpaceNet and turn it into >> “actionable intelligence.” - fropm >> <https://1reddrop.com/2016/08/27/amazon-help-cia-spy-earth-space/>; >> >> "In 2016, it was revealed that DigitalGlobe was working with >> CIA chipmaker NVIDIA and Amazon Web Services to create an >> AI-run satellite surveillance network known as Spacenet." -- >> from >> <https://disobedientmedia.com/2019/03/intelligence-contractors-make-new-attempt-to-provoke-tensions-with-north-korea/>; >> >> I am avoiding their "graphics" systems. >> Is its "issue list" resolved (or better-hidden, like Microsoft's >> backdoor spyware) for newer platforms? I suspect that not supporting >> drivers for older systems is a bit like [cr]Apple killing off the X in >> MacOSX, along with all non-proprietary security tools like Doorstop X >> Suite. "That would be telling." [The Prisoner] >> >> This getting "fixed" oddly seems like "fixing a dog does to the dog... >> more like forcing manufactured issues resolution "code" closer to >> where OS security lives? I'm not "paranoid... just experienced. >> >> thanks, >> frank > > No Frank, I would classify you as “delusional.” Of course, I do applaud > you for qualifying your statements and or conclusions by backing them > up with data you found on the always reliable Internet. > > Seriously Frank, virtually every time I hear one of these “conspiracy” > theories I just roll my eyes. Of probably the thousands I have heard > over my lifetime, from fake moon landings, assassinations labeled > suicides, etcetera, less than a dozen were accompanied by actual, > verifiable documentation. In case after case, the supporting > documentation was always some obscure web site, or “Somebody told me,” > or “Everybody knows its true,” ad Infinitum. Of course, I am sure that > in your case, you have spent months (years) using Wireshark or a tool > of your choice to inspect every bit coming in or leaving your PC, as > well as inspecting every line of available code, so that you could > factually support your conclusions. > > In any case Frank, you have a right to live your life as you choose. If > living in fear turns you on, then that is cool. Personally, I have > always required actual proof before I choose a path to follow. However, > I do want to warn you about the new danger of eating bananas. It has > been confirmed by a friend of mine who saw it on the Internet, quoted > by an unknown source, that they are implanting bananas with > microsensors that will transmit your DNA profile back to a hidden site > somewhere north of the equator. This data will be used to develop a > mind-controlling drug that can be transmitted wirelessly to your > Medulla oblongata to force mind control on you. I absolutely know this > is true. You can trust me. > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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