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See a Random Slashdot Story From the Last 20 Years (destinyland.net)
An anonymous reader writes: Happy aniversary, Slashdot! To commemorate your 20th year, here's a special web project I created. Every time you reload the page, it pulls up another one of the 162,000 stories Slashdot has posted over the last 20 years -- each time choosing a different story at random.
The original submission has one caveat. If you keep reloading the page long enough, you'll eventually get a story by Jon Katz.
The original submission has one caveat. If you keep reloading the page long enough, you'll eventually get a story by Jon Katz.
Blocked by Adblock (uBlock Origin) - probably that's for the better considering the "usefulness" of this idea.
... and now I feel old.
A government is a body of people notably ungoverned - AC
So many goatse links, penis birds, hot grits down my pants, naked and petrified Natalie Portman, article text trolls
and frosties, so much French Toast m'ladies
And we often wonder why IT has ageism problem.
Thank you - some interesting trips down memory lane (no pun intended) especially when see from the '90s or early 2000s in which speed, memory/disk sizes, resources, etc. which would be totally inadequate now.
Mimetics Inc. Twitter
Seriously, if you want to know what was going on then a Jon Katz article has to be part of it.
For you kids that don't know what I'm talking about, search it.
The main news page naturally presents you with articles we've seen before. Taking it to this extreme is unnecessary.
Never wanting to miss humor and creativity, I always look at the comments at 0 hidden, -1.
However, on these stories, somehow NONE of the = 0 comments appear.
Slashdot rewriting history by removing content?
The original submission has one caveat. If you keep reloading the page long enough, you'll eventually get a story by Jon Katz.
And just when I thought none of the /. editors had any sense of humor remaining.
Or any historical knowledge of the early days of /. , for that matter.
Hopefully he's doing a DISTINCT on the query.
Hey, maybe modern day slashdot should consider that too!
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
... after less than 10 comments. Where are those good'ole days?
The comments are disabled. How else am I suppose to warn people about 9/11, Donald Trump Becoming president, or the nuclear attack on the west coast US. Oh wait, I found the dial.
Sorry... Happy 40th Slashdot.
--Posted on my IBM Temporal Phone 8
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Pretty amusing, especially the older stories (10-20 years). Not so much for the stories themselves, but the reaction of the /. gallery to them (to a Nokia smartphone in 2001: Why the hell does everything need to be connected to the Internet?)
August 14, 2012 @01:39AM (#40981435) Journal
Has Slashdot really devolved to the point where nobody even bothers correcting misuse of the word "hacker" anymore?
While I might love hacking a mars rover. That has no relation to breaking anyone's security.
Shame that Slashdot itself lacks now the programmer skills to do, say,
http://www.slashdot.org/random...
Isn't it?
This is fun. Here's one from 1998. https://slashdot.org/story/98/...
Follow the sfgate link to see the future as it was known by executives at Netscape and AOL.
Most people go online because "they want to communicate and get quick content and information," said Wendy Brown, vice president of electronic commerce at AOL, which has 12 million subscribers. "They don't necessarily go online to buy. A lot of purchases come from impulse buying."
Although Microsoft's Start -- combined with its lucrative e-commerce sites and its control of the desktop -- pose a serious threat to Internet companies that combine content, e-commerce and searching -- such as AOL, Netscape, Yahoo and Excite -- those companies are not about to disappear, said Adam Schoenfeld, an e-commerce analyst at Jupiter Communications in New York.
Where can I get a copy of the database?
Only tried it a couple of times, but the old articles it selected had far more funny comments than anything I've seen on Slashdot recently.
Perhaps the selection mechanism is somehow biased in favor of good articles, even though it claims to be random? For example, it might be favoring articles with more comments?
Freedom = (Meaningful - Coerced) Choice != (Speech | Beer^2), and sad sock puppets' bad mods avail them naught.
It will be a dupe of a dupe anyway.
Slashdot's always been going downhill and it always will be. People have been saying this for twenty years now, so why stop?
have just got destinyland-ed
or is it the other way around?
How does a hosts file work once ad networks and ad exchanges start pseudorandomly generating subdomains? Unlike filtering resolvers such as Pi-hole, a hosts file can't use wildcards.
Works great! There's lists of those from DGA botnets or ad networks etc. https://intel.malwaretech.com/...
https://intel.malwaretech.com/...
https://intel.malwaretech.com/..."
https://intel.malwaretech.com/...
APK
P.S.=> Addtionally hosts do FAR more than any other SINGLE "so-called 'solution'" by far & for FAR less resources consumed (PROOF->) https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55450477 natively (not ILLOGICALLY "Bolting on 'MoAr'" that does less & with greater complexity for room for breakdown OR exploitation)... apk
See subject & this link Tepples - DGA botnets are tracked & useable in hosts https://www.google.com/search?q=DGA+Botnet+tracker&hl=en&gbv=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW2dGH2pTXAhXB54MKHdbVA1QQgwMIEw/ & IF advertisers try it? They'll be tracked too...
APK
P.S.=> You SURPRISE me Tepples - Never thought I'd be 'attacked' by YOU of all people but by now? You'd think anyone trying to "get the better of me" always lose & end up w/ egg on their faces... apk
Malware using a "domain generation algorithm" contains a formula to deterministically calculate registrable domains* that the botnet operator will register in the near future. Those can be predicted through the method described in the paper, and it's rate-limited by the non-zero price of registering a domain, so you might see a new domain every day or so.
The same cannot be said of subdomains,* such 94c22ef3.bigbucksads.example, 08e7061d.bigbucksads.example, 3c068f47.bigbucksads.example, and 0327f573.bigbucksads.example. These are generated in real time and resolved using wildcard DNS, as it costs effectively nothing to register 4.2 billion distinct subdomains of an already existing domain. In fact, the Sandstorm framework uses the subdomain to hold a randomly generated session ID.
* A "public suffix" is one of the labels in Mozilla's Public Suffix List, such as org. A "registrable domain" is defined as a domain name that contains exactly one more label than a public suffix, such as slashdot.org. A "subdomain" is a domain name that contains at least one more label than a registrable domain, such as hardware.slashdot.org.
See subject: These aren't dead https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55451455/ those botnets are most likely dead then is all.
APK
P.S.=> They were ones I used in the past. I wouldn't have bookmarked them otherwise... apk
Tepples I've demonstrated there are trackers of DGA botnets & I've used them before. Question: WHAT HAVE YOU YOURSELF BUILT THAT DOES A BETTER JOB THAN MY PROGRAM DOES vs. TONS OF THREATS or otherwise are harmful to others online?
* Your "point" is moot & you KNOW it per my last post's evidence of DGA trackers online I've used (live OR dead in both posts) - I can easily produce proof of MY words & deeds - HOW ABOUT YOU talker?
I can bring up DOZENS more (I don't think you can show even 1, & certainly NOT BEFORE I did any of what I can put out).
APK
P.S.=> I hope you liked TRYING to "take potshots" @ me - NOW? It's MY TURN to take 1 @ you & I don't think you measure up vs. that question above... apk
You can generate domains all day: Pay 4 'em - they better have some SERIOUS "$" to pay for 1,000's to millions of them (not practical or EVEN POSSIBLE for most doing it).
* That's ALWAYS been a HUGE 'downside' of DGA botnets - 99.999% of those doing it do NOT have the money to cover all the registrations... period.
APK
P.S.=> That is, UNLESS they are state-sponsored (or some sicko millionaire, I mean, why take that risk if you ALREADY are wealthy?) - no Tepples - it's NOT for everyone & not a game many can truly afford... apk
That was awesome, I just read an article about Apple dropping support for Palm Pilots in iTunes.
Can Pi-Hole speed you up like resolving like a FASTER remote DNS via hardcoded favorite sites you spend most time at online? Not afaik!
HOSTS CAN!
* Ask your "loaded question" you already knew the answer to but I'll still CUT YOU TO SHREDS Tepples - easily.
(KEEP SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND Tepples - Especially for DGA domains that'll be sinkholed (when used in malware))
APK
P.S.=> Let's see: From a LOGICAL standpoint, you have to buy a Raspberry Pi board right? You have to pay more power for it too to power it... Illogic logic abounds in your statement & the facts surrounding it I just noted (as well as flexibility hosts beat Pi on AND HOSTS ARE NATIVE & FREE too - Pi is not afaik)! apk
Can Pi-Hole speed you up like resolving like a FASTER remote DNS via hardcoded favorite sites you spend most time at online? Not afaik!
HOSTS CAN!
* Ask your "loaded question" you already knew the answer to but I'll still CUT YOU TO SHREDS Tepples - easily.
(KEEP SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND Tepples - Especially for DGA domains that'll be sinkholed (when used in malware))
More "Flexible"? Yea - making you fold/unfold your WALLET to buy things YOU DO NOT NEED vs. hosts, lol!
Flexible? Hosts can act as a resolver speeding you up - Pi doesn't!
APK
P.S.=> Let's see: From a LOGICAL standpoint, you have to buy a Raspberry Pi board right? You have to pay more power for it too to power it... Illogic logic abounds in your statement & the facts surrounding it I just noted (as well as flexibility hosts beat Pi on AND HOSTS ARE NATIVE & FREE too - Pi is not afaik)! apk
Buying domains & Pi = wasted money vs. free hosts: DGA's also get sinkholed & shotdown. Hosts are free & though no 'wildcards'?
Hosts = free, eat & use less power, RAM, CPU & other forms of I/O than ANY other single "so-called 'solution'" yet do MORE, natively (cost nothing) & are the easiest to edit for users.
Hosts can SPEED YOU UP faster than remote DNS too - can Pi? No.
(KEEP SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND Tepples - Especially for DGA domains that'll be sinkholed (when used in malware))
APK
P.S.=> * Ask your "loaded question" you already knew the answer to but I'll still CUT YOU TO SHREDS Tepples - easily - you boys try "shoot me down" but end up getting SHOT, lol... apk
Can Pi-Hole protect you vs. DNS down, dns requestlog trackers, DNS redirects, get you past dns blocking, & speed you up like hosts can via hardcoded sites you spend most time @ online?
HELL NO!
You also spend money on Pi - hosts = free.
Keep registering those DGA domains (that get sinkholed fast too, lol)... it's doing you WONDERS!
APK
P.S.=> You LOSE/FAIL, tepples... badly! apk
Can Pi-Hole protect you vs. DNS down, dns requestlog trackers, DNS redirects, get you past dns blocking, & speed you up like hosts can via hardcoded sites you spend most time @ online?
HELL NO!
You also spend money on Pi - hosts = free.
Keep registering those DGA domains (that get sinkholed fast too, lol)... it's doing you WONDERS!
APK
P.S.=> You LOSE/FAIL, tepples - badly! apk
You appear confused.
You mention buying DGA domains, presumably before the author of a piece of client-side malware does. This is a tactic that some law enforcement organizations have used to fight client-side malware. This tactic costs money for each domain, as you correctly mention.
But I was not referring to this tactic. I was referring to a hosts-evasion technique that can be executed for the price of one domain. An advertisement network operator buys one domain and creates a practically unbounded number of subdomains under this domain. This costs the price of one domain and has absolutely nothing to do with a DGA, nor with "SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND".
The reason the author of client-side malware registers multiple domains in the first place instead of registering one domain and creating subdomains is that law enforcement can more easily seize one domain than multiple domains. But because tracking users from site to site with a third-party cookie is not (currently) a crime, the ad network operators are not concerned about domain seizure. Therefore, the ad network operators save money by registering one domain and creating subdomains.
Do you require a live proof of concept using wildcard DNS and subdomain generation?
Can Pi-Hole protect you vs. DNS down, dns requestlog trackers, DNS redirects, get you past dns blocking, & speed you up like hosts can via hardcoded sites you spend most time @ online?
HELL NO!
You also spend money on Pi - hosts = free!
Keep registering those DGA domains (that get sinkholed fast too, lol)... it's doing you WONDERS!
APK
P.S.=> You LOSE/FAIL, tepples... badly! apk
Can Pi-Hole protect you vs. DNS down, dns requestlog trackers, DNS redirects, get you past dns blocking, & speed you up like hosts can via hardcoded sites you spend most time @ online?
HELL NO!
You also spend money on Pi - hosts = free.
Keep registering those DGA domains (that get sinkholed fast too, lol)... it's doing you WONDERS!
APK
P.S.=> You LOSE/FAIL, tepples - very badly! apk
What do I need it for? Hosts do everything I need which is MORE than Pi does 7:1 https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55453761/ for less & ZERO cost
Your "1" so-called 'point' is NULLIFIED by DGA tracker lists that DO exist & I've shown you that proving it!
LMAO - just like DGA? Your "theoretical BULLSHIT" on ads doing it IS useless & unreal - they'd be tracked JUST LIKE DGA botnets are (& registering domains for them COST "$" no questions asked).
APK
P.S.=> Your "Illogic logic" is astounding - "Bolting on 'MoAr'" vs. using what you already have in hosts that do MORE for FAR LESS cost & power etc. IS illogical... apk
Tepples, prove all these antivirus proving me safe wrong here https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/ (self checking code vs. infection of program built-in it)
* You've done BETTER, talker? Hell no... & I never released my sourcecode - NO FORKS OF MY APP DONE BY OTHERS AS MALICIOUS DOPPLEGANGERS EXIST!
APK
P.S.=> You took a shot @ me? I blow you down, BOTH barrels, like a shotgun blast 7:1 chump https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55453761/
You learn to read false accusation maker - there are NO dopplegangers of my code (I won't release it) https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55453837 + my code is PROVEN safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/ + it's been AUDITED proven safe by Malwarebytes' employees also!
Your bs "theoreticals" = 'unreality' lol https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55453797/ BLOWN AWAY as IF ads do DGA (they do NOT)?
Yes - They will be tracked as I've proven DGA botnets are - you lose on ALL fronts, period.
* You're asking people to SPEND MONEY on a Raspberry Pi (costs) which, feel free to correct me Pi-Hole REQUIRES a Pi, registering domains (cost) & HOSTS DO THE JOB FOR LESS power & cost + do more natively for FREE!
Lastly above ALL else perhaps? You = all talk, no action - I do NOT see YOU doing better YOURSELF as I can easily prove (even /.ers liking + using MY ware - not yours).
APK
P.S.=> Face facts - Don't try get "street cred" with me, or you get BLOWN DOWN by your OWN "Illogic logic" of "Bolting on 'MoAr'" when it's not needed... apk
"Oh, and last I checked, your application wasn't free software either for fear of malicious forks" - by tepples ( 727027 ) on Sunday October 29, 2017 @01:56PM (#55453641)
See subject: My software is 100% free no cost too Tepples & is proven safe as can be by 58 reputable sources https://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11284751&cid=55454035/
RaspberryPI's & Linux boxes COST MONEY & so does registering Domains! THEY ALSO EAT MORE POWER stupidly - this IS the CO$T of "Bolting on 'MoAr'" illogic-logic you use!
(Hosts = FREE & are native, cost nothing & neither does my ware & work using WHAT YOU NATIVELY HAVE ALREADY - easily migrated across entire LAN/WAN nodes SO NOT A CENTRAL POINT OF EXPLOIT or FAIL via domain level root access acl permitted admins to do via scripts of MANY kinds - not a SINGLE point of FAIL like routers have proven to be BUGS GALORE or inefficient wrecks like DNS full of bugs also))\
APK
P.S.=> Un-FUCKING-believable - RESORTING TO LIES Tepples? It's that OR YOU ARE ILLITERATE! apk
last I checked [slashdot.org], your application wasn't free software either for fear of malicious forks.
My software is 100% free no cost
Your application is available without charge; I'm not disputing this. I'm disputing that it's "free" in one sense commonly used on Slashdot over the past 20 years. As you wrote in #55453837:
This attitude toward forks contradicts how the GNU project and the Debian project define "free software". See "What is free software?" and "Debian Free Software Guidelines".
RaspberryPI's & Linux boxes COST MONEY
So does a Windows license for running your application. Or do you consider Wine a fully supported platform?
See subject: As in ZERO COST. Raspberry Pi & Pi-Hole = "Bolt on 'MoAr'" illogic-logic. Hosts are native & minus power or "$" cost.
APK
Tepples, I'm not increasing complexity (increases odds of breakdown or exploit - not just cost) you are by "Bolting on 'MoAr'" (illogically imo), period - & for what? Hosts do the job!
Yes, in reality (not 'theoretical phantasy' which ANYONE can do), I've shown there are DGA trackers - BUT ADS AREN'T DONE THAT WAY but would get tracked too as DGA botnets are/were (by proof of DGA tracker sites I put up).
* I am not just 'theorizing' like you are either - what I state has been done for REAL!
(Sure, Windows costs (sub 100) - an ENTIRE MACHINE COSTS to run Pi-Hole @ least 5x MORE NEW - maybe 3x not new considering depreciation (things break on older ones, raising costs in replacement parts) - your power costs on multiple added systems adds STILL more... a Raspberry Pi board costs too so your costs would be larger inevitably due to complexity (room for exploit & breakdown often results due to complexity))
APK
P.S.=> Do what you like - I do NOT like arguing with you @ all (you're an "odd one" for me - @ times you champion me, others not, lol) but see subject - you are increasing power use, costs, & complexity... apk
See subject: I see scripts & it works only due to the DNS filter dnsmasq (in other words complexity galore as I stated & not even creating code themself as I have from scratch completely that is a SINGLE PIECE of true stand-alone executable code equivalent to roughly 14++ *NIX commands).
Couple that w/ a Raspberry Pi board & drivers? Even more complexity.
(Their team didn't really create anything new or original - I've seen scripts like that like MAD online that do the same job, albeit, by diff. means than dnsmasq usage (hosts usually OR firewalls populated datalists for blocking etc.)).
* Care to comment?
APK
P.S.=> IMITATION = Sincerest form of flattery (I've had my program out a LOT longer & that's not counting me having it here PRIVATELY since oh, 2002 or so (& before that using DB engines like Access 1st circa 1997, then w/ a few character mode Delphi apps for import, sort/dedup, filter 1998-2000 that I 'stiched together' into GUI form 2001 onward iirc) ... apk