I did some research this week. I found that on most of my UK credit and debit cards (Santander, MBNA, Barclays, etc) you can effectively disable the contactless feature by damaging the antenna. This is very easy and will NOT affect the Chip-and-PIN feature that s relied upon for ATMs and in-store purchases. (DON'T FOLLOW THOSE STUPID YOUTUBE VIDEOS THAT DRILL OUT THE VISIBLE CHIP!!!).
All you need to do is use a pair of scissors, make a small vertical cut of around 7mm at the top-middle of the card - just above the magnetic stripe. If you look very carefully into the cut you will see 4 or 5 very small wires that have been severed. Job done.
Without the antenna loop, the contactless chip cannot energise and communicate.
I've just been doing this using dansguardian and squid with some extra blacklists+voodoo for a primary school (ages 5-11) these last two weeks. See http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/index.php/Web_Content_Filtering . Personally I find this kind of filtering not completely effective - even the best commercial filters out there are no better in 'protecting' the kids. This was a lot of effort for 100+ children. You probably wouldn't want to go to so much trouble for a home setup. However, the above link does represent a real-life setup and not just a theoretical setup.
Yes, me too. Been using dovecot and Maildir files for years now. Before that I used a different open source IMAP servers (courier, cyrus, and UW imap) but since I used Maildir file format the transition was automatic (I used mbox format before that with UW imap server and conversion was really simple using the mb2maildir perl script). I have used IMAP servers etc for 18 years worth of email. I organise the 250,000 emails into different folders for each year as that makes searching much quicker. It's never let me down yet.
I've used an Acer Revo Intel Atom based nettop. It sucks about 20-30W... I use it as my main desktop which also runs samba, bind, dhcpd, ssh, dovecot and postfix. Works a treat with Fedora11. I had exactly the same motivations and now am saving around $150 per year. The system cost me around $270 including extra 2GB DRAM.
It's not DRM - just Adobe's RTMP streaming - just plain obfuscation with little open source support yet. get_iplayer script will actually download video on-par with the normal quality flash service btw.
I use iplayer-dl, which has been around for a lot longer than get_iplayer.
The fact that hacks like this exist shows the ludicrousness of the BBC's position. It would take almost no effort for them to add a 'Download MP4' link to the iPlayer pages and let people do this officially, but instead they keep releasing new patches that break these things (XORing downloads that go too fast, and so on).
The BBC have to be seen to be trying to stop such non-DRMed content I guess to appease the rights holders.
Also the XORing only happens if you download the content without first getting your cookie whitelisted using two web bugs and then also if you try to download too large a block of data at once (i.e. more than around 60+ MB). Download speed is not a factor. See the Beebhack wiki
BTW: get_iplayer has been around for almost exactly the same time as iplayer-dl (ok 3 days difference!)
Setup a transparent proxy and use dansguardian. I've set this up and had it running for several months. It *easily* supports whitelited/blacklisted sites, domains (using regular expressions even), and mime types. It can also block objectionable content based on keyword groups and ratings etc. Very good indeed.
One of these obligations is to make their programming available to the greatest number of people. This is easy with analogue TV and Radio, since anyone can build a TV or Radio capable of receiving the BBC's content. With the iPlayer, it's different. Imagine I want to build a mobile device that can be used to access iPlayer content. If I'm someone like Apple, then I just release the device and the BBC (for some reason) implement a special-case front-end for my device. But if I'm a small player just entering the market, I can't. This harms innovation in the UK. If the BBC used an open standard, I could create a service that grabbed their content and transcoded it to something that would play on my phone's tiny screen (for example). Or I could transcode it on my PC to play on my 770 easily.
It is not the BBC's job to favour one or more manufacturers in the market. Imagine if they had decided in the '60s that they would only allow Sony TVs to receive colour TV signals. Would you consider this to be acceptable?
You can download it PC and transcode it easily to your 770 - just use get_iplayer ( http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer ). It's an open source / GPL Perl script I develop which pretends to be an Apple iphone and is able to download H.264 BBC iplayer videos (and radio/podcasts) on many OSes...
I've had commercial experience with using inkjet printers with retrofitted continuous flow systems attached. Basically you can get a cheapish Epson inkjet ($300+) and attach this kit for another, say, $200 and then you can attach ink bottles upto 5 litres per colour. It works out very much cheaper than cartidges and the heads don't block because of drying and having not to changing cartridges at all. Each colour can be purchased separately in various sizes. This option is so much cheaper than dyesub printers and better photo quality than colour LASERs.
One such system can be found at: http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=htm l/cob ra.html
I think Lyson make another but it just maybe another OEM product from the first link.
I have a Netgear Wireless Access Point WG602 (802.11g/b - current) - this runs Linux - no mention of this anywhere on their support or download site. Seems also to use GPL'ed code - Don't upgrade to the latest version (1.5.xx) or you'll not be able to telnet into it... Funny they released a version without command line capability after the Linksys affair!
What about Watchguard - all of their vClass and Firebox III firewall appliance range use Linux with GPL'ed bits and pieces - they used to provide the GPL'ed bits on a website for the FireboxII range a few years ago - now that seems to have gone away?!
Is there any reason why the collective open source movement couldn't buyout SCO and then place a non-hostile board in control and firing the f******s that are there at present. Such a buy out could be used to massive advantage in the future and specifically could open source the System V source.
I believe that the case is exactly the opposite in the United Kingdom; The Telcos actually pay the ISPs on a usage basis. It's a kind of profit share from the call charged to the user. For example: user connect for 10 minutes to an ISP; ISP gets part of that 10 minutes local call charge in payment. Lets face it, when per minute call charges are in force, the telcos are making loads of profits on the internet boom.
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I did some research this week. I found that on most of my UK credit and debit cards (Santander, MBNA, Barclays, etc) you can effectively disable the contactless feature by damaging the antenna. This is very easy and will NOT affect the Chip-and-PIN feature that s relied upon for ATMs and in-store purchases. (DON'T FOLLOW THOSE STUPID YOUTUBE VIDEOS THAT DRILL OUT THE VISIBLE CHIP!!!).
All you need to do is use a pair of scissors, make a small vertical cut of around 7mm at the top-middle of the card - just above the magnetic stripe. If you look very carefully into the cut you will see 4 or 5 very small wires that have been severed. Job done.
Without the antenna loop, the contactless chip cannot energise and communicate.
See my blog post on this in more detail: http://linuxcentre.net/disabling-contactless-cards
I've just been doing this using dansguardian and squid with some extra blacklists+voodoo for a primary school (ages 5-11) these last two weeks. See http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/index.php/Web_Content_Filtering . Personally I find this kind of filtering not completely effective - even the best commercial filters out there are no better in 'protecting' the kids. This was a lot of effort for 100+ children. You probably wouldn't want to go to so much trouble for a home setup. However, the above link does represent a real-life setup and not just a theoretical setup.
I worked on this project for a Primary school. It's worked well for >2 years for 120 pupils.
http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/
The parts about automatically resetting the homedir after reboot is probably of interest to you.
http://linuxcentre.net/wiki/index.php/Detailed_Maverick_Meerkat_OS_Netbook_Customisation below Home_Directory_Synchronisation
xrdp on Linux works for me - not quite as fast as NX but certainly better then VNC variants I have tried.
Yes, me too. Been using dovecot and Maildir files for years now. Before that I used a different open source IMAP servers (courier, cyrus, and UW imap) but since I used Maildir file format the transition was automatic (I used mbox format before that with UW imap server and conversion was really simple using the mb2maildir perl script). I have used IMAP servers etc for 18 years worth of email. I organise the 250,000 emails into different folders for each year as that makes searching much quicker. It's never let me down yet.
I've used an Acer Revo Intel Atom based nettop. It sucks about 20-30W... I use it as my main desktop which also runs samba, bind, dhcpd, ssh, dovecot and postfix. Works a treat with Fedora11. I had exactly the same motivations and now am saving around $150 per year. The system cost me around $270 including extra 2GB DRAM.
It's not DRM - just Adobe's RTMP streaming - just plain obfuscation with little open source support yet. get_iplayer script will actually download video on-par with the normal quality flash service btw.
I use iplayer-dl, which has been around for a lot longer than get_iplayer.
The fact that hacks like this exist shows the ludicrousness of the BBC's position. It would take almost no effort for them to add a 'Download MP4' link to the iPlayer pages and let people do this officially, but instead they keep releasing new patches that break these things (XORing downloads that go too fast, and so on).
The BBC have to be seen to be trying to stop such non-DRMed content I guess to appease the rights holders.
Also the XORing only happens if you download the content without first getting your cookie whitelisted using two web bugs and then also if you try to download too large a block of data at once (i.e. more than around 60+ MB). Download speed is not a factor. See the Beebhack wiki
BTW: get_iplayer has been around for almost exactly the same time as iplayer-dl (ok 3 days difference!)
Setup a transparent proxy and use dansguardian. I've set this up and had it running for several months. It *easily* supports whitelited/blacklisted sites, domains (using regular expressions even), and mime types. It can also block objectionable content based on keyword groups and ratings etc. Very good indeed.
One of these obligations is to make their programming available to the greatest number of people. This is easy with analogue TV and Radio, since anyone can build a TV or Radio capable of receiving the BBC's content. With the iPlayer, it's different. Imagine I want to build a mobile device that can be used to access iPlayer content. If I'm someone like Apple, then I just release the device and the BBC (for some reason) implement a special-case front-end for my device. But if I'm a small player just entering the market, I can't. This harms innovation in the UK. If the BBC used an open standard, I could create a service that grabbed their content and transcoded it to something that would play on my phone's tiny screen (for example). Or I could transcode it on my PC to play on my 770 easily.
It is not the BBC's job to favour one or more manufacturers in the market. Imagine if they had decided in the '60s that they would only allow Sony TVs to receive colour TV signals. Would you consider this to be acceptable?
You can download it PC and transcode it easily to your 770 - just use get_iplayer ( http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer ). It's an open source / GPL Perl script I develop which pretends to be an Apple iphone and is able to download H.264 BBC iplayer videos (and radio/podcasts) on many OSes...
I've had commercial experience with using inkjet printers with retrofitted continuous flow systems attached. Basically you can get a cheapish Epson inkjet ($300+) and attach this kit for another, say, $200 and then you can attach ink bottles upto 5 litres per colour. It works out very much cheaper than cartidges and the heads don't block because of drying and having not to changing cartridges at all.
m l/cob ra.html
Each colour can be purchased separately in various sizes. This option is so much cheaper than dyesub printers and better photo quality than colour LASERs.
One such system can be found at:
http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=ht
I think Lyson make another but it just maybe another OEM product from the first link.
I have a Netgear Wireless Access Point WG602 (802.11g/b - current) - this runs Linux - no mention of this anywhere on their support or download site. Seems also to use GPL'ed code - Don't upgrade to the latest version (1.5.xx) or you'll not be able to telnet into it... Funny they released a version without command line capability after the Linksys affair!
What about Watchguard - all of their vClass and Firebox III firewall appliance range use Linux with GPL'ed bits and pieces - they used to provide the GPL'ed bits on a website for the FireboxII range a few years ago - now that seems to have gone away?!
Phil
Is there any reason why the collective open source movement couldn't buyout SCO and then place a non-hostile board in control and firing the f******s that are there at present. Such a buy out could be used to massive advantage in the future and specifically could open source the System V source.
Any thoughts?
I believe that the case is exactly the opposite in the United Kingdom; The Telcos actually pay the ISPs on a usage basis. It's a kind of profit share from the call charged to the user. For example: user connect for 10 minutes to an ISP; ISP gets part of that 10 minutes local call charge in payment. Lets face it, when per minute call charges are in force, the telcos are making loads of profits on the internet boom.