And the Face book generation can't imagine a life without Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties. Not that email is any better, but if you have half a brain it is.
Keep in mind, I'm not recommending people do this stuff. May or may not be legal. Use at your own discretion.
That's probably the hard part: Finding the pattern of the url/directories. If you can figure out the url pattern by looking at a few, that wouldn't be too bad. 403 forbidden isn't surprising, and is fairly standard.
I don't know if Flash caches images, but if you are going through and viewing them, you may have them cached and can copy them later. I could be wrong, but I don't see any harm in that. I'm no lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, so I wouldn't believe me.
The easiest way to use a perl script would be to use dsniff's urlsnarf to grab all of the urls that contain the directories and or jpegs while you're surfing the comics, and grab them, or use it to guess what the file names are. All URLs you visit will be logged in standard web log format. Then have a perl script parse the logs and download the files. I'm not entirely sure if this is "legal" so, tread at your own risk. Beats examining a bunch of packets by hand or writing a perl script to read packets to find the http request statements.
Tread lightly. If they have an IPS system, it could detect a bunch of incorrect file names as a foot printing attempt and may block you.
In this situation, a man would walk up to the front door of marvel's HQ, debate the morale issue of breaking in, and, depending on who wins the argument, would break in or piss on the door handle and leave.
A geek would do the following: use wireshark to see how it is requested. It is probably just tunneling it over HTTP/HTTPS to avoid firewalls from breaking the flash file. If it is http, no brainer. Look at the requests, find the patterns, write your script.
If it is HTTPS, you could setup a proxy that terminates SSL to see what is being requested(socks/squid may be capable, dunno though), or simply find a swf decompiler to figure out what the requests should be. If you're really board, use something like truss or strace to show system calls which is bound to give you the url. You may even be able to use a strings like program to locate the url if it is in the clear and then guess the full url based on the args sent to the swf. Then, write your perl script.
It just depends on how much time you want to put into it, and how bad you want it. It may not be that dificult. It may be. Flash may store them in your browsers cache? It may not. I have no intention of subscribing, let a lone trying to get copies, but if your browser can render it, it can be done.
HTTP(S) is a very simple and stupid protocol, and most developers are not security concious. They think simple means will deter everyone. I once had a developer hard code shipping in their shopping cart. I pointed out that I can save it to my desktop, modify the page and put a - infront of the value, causing the cart to subtract the shipping instead of add it. They fixed it, sat smuggly at a presentation because I wouldn't be able to thwart their deterant. They left disappointed after I deleted the 2 line java script to obfuscate it, and performed the same action with success.
Are we geeks or are we mice? Would a hacker browse through every page of a web site they were casing, or would they use a web spider program like Teleport Pro, Website Copier, HTTrack, Spiderzilla, etc., etc., to download it and review at their leisure?
Like wise, why would we download everything by hand. If you really want to be a geek, do it for you, write a perl script.
I'm lazy. I don't reinvent the wheel. I just steal it from your car while you're busy figuring out how to do it.
No joke. Where do you work, Auschwitz? I'd definitely tell Lumbergh to shove it, once you find a new job.
I'd be pissed enough that anything I did on my own free time belonged to them, let alone, my next employer. It's companies like this that stifle creative minds.
At least you had the sense to read it, unlike most people who probably signed it.
"It's important for people to take on challenges now and then - even if failing it's a learning experience. If failing all the time - it's just meaning that this person is attempting things that always are too hard or that that particular person hasn't the ability to know his/her own limits."
Any chance you'd do motivational speaking? Say 5 maybe 10 minutes with my kids on the phone?
Of course, here in Merry-land, only way you're getting a right to carry is if you're a woman carrying a large sum of money from point a to b late at night. And that is probably only a 1% chance.
No wonder Baltimore is the murder capital of the world. No one brings mace to a gun fight. Now, if you aren't sure if the person you're robbing has a gun, you're probably going to steer clear.
Of course we also ranked up there with most teens having kids out of wedlock. I bet right to carry states are lower there too thanks to a plethora of shot guns.
Something else most don't think of is people resist change and new ideas.
People are use to physical media. Storage is not reliable, volitiale, and hard to control. People fear their hard drives failing. They will fear, if I sell my laptop, it will still be there and I may not be able to watch it, etc. I have a lot of faith in technology, but at this point in the game, I'd rather have a hardcopy in hand, due to the whole disk failure issue.
It will take some time before downloads are accepted, even if they make redownload available. And if you want to watch it now, and find your kid erased your copy, will you have to wait until enough downloaded so you don't get any pauses and or judders? What if your internet connection is down? Wait is the most offensive four letter word in todays society.
The bandwidth required could also easily DoS a system on a blockbuster new release day. Providers are overloading their coper and fiber. They are not ready for this.
Best Buy had the HD-A2 for $99 yesterday, and Walmart had it for $99 today. I believe it is a fire sale to make room for the HD-A3. I've heard mixed reviews on whether it will stay this price, while supplies last since it's no longer in production, but they have been selling out all over the place. The walmart near me sold out in less then 20 minutes.
The wikipedia definition is incorrect. Both are the exact same resolution. P means progressive, I means interlaced. Just like the difference between 480i and 480p SD signals, it has nothing to do with frame rate, it is how a single frame is drawn. Interlaced means it is drawn in 2 passes, progressive 1, basically meaning i takes half of the bandwidth as p if i is sent with a slight delay, which is why telecom companies broadcast most HD channels in 1080i, and none in p. You probably will never see a broadcast in p. Why broadcast in p when you can let the Set Top Box deinterlace it?
Basically, a still shot of two people talking in 1080i will be indistinguishable from 1080p, as the human eye is amazingly good at filling in what it expects to see, and a shot without movement is geared for this.
However your eye is not geared for a shot of someone leaping across tall buildings while the world blows up around them, which is why it may not be as sharp and may show some potential jaggies on a 1080i display. Supposedly, you can only tell the difference 3% of the time.
On the same note, don't forget that most 1080p TVs worth anything will deinterlace and turn i into p, and many cheaper 1080p TVs only take 1080i inputs and deinterlace it.
This article is really a technology primer, and not what I would consider "building a home theater". Technology is not the only concern. For a "theater", shouldn't you include EVERYTHING like lighting, seating, risers, etc.
Aside from that, they spend more time selling what they chose rather then talking about the different types of technolgies. They mention used, why not mention other used options as well? From demo's I've seen their "Pearl" projector can't touch my Marquee 8500(which is only upper middle of the line in the CRT world). My marque cost 1/2 of what their "used" pearl costs, has a picture just as sharp, if not sharper, much better color, contrast to die for and a much longer lifespan. Not to mention, it came with a $7k rear projection system so you don't even see the airplane in my basement. Man, I love internet classified ads.
In an effort to better mankind, Bruce Schneier traveled back in time and fathered Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Larry Wall, Richard Stevens, and the Arpanet.
Bruce Schneier eats W32/Bagle.bb@mm for breakfast.
Bruce Schneier does not sleep. He prempts everything.
I think the big reason no one will care is because it will probably be some standard qam atsc capable card that gives no access to provider specific things like encrypted pay channels, on demand, etc. That's the reason I have never bought a HD tuner.
The problem is, everyone wants one scapegoat to blame, not two. Responsibility should fall in both courts. Whether you think more should be in the hackers court or police's is up to you.
It's like a car accident. I've heard countless time, even if it isn't your fault, often, you still could have avoided it. Not always the case, but there is some truth to it.
The guy was just lucky he brought a knife to a gun fight, otherwise, someone probably would have been shot.
I'm working on methods to thwart cyber crime as well. I know I haven't provided any thing more than grotesquely vague details lacking any real substance, but just take my word on it.
My daddy could kick your daddy's butt. Can't we all just get along? I'm still trying to figure out how a IT budget article turned into Windows is more/less/as secure as Linux argument.
All's fair in love and war. Nothing they are doing is illegal, and, like all businesses, ebay and those making a living off of it must plan for changes and disaster to come. While, this may or may not be an ethical tactic, it is something that should have been expected since the internet has been evolving into a massive marketing campaign. Not to mention, the sellers still have control of putting together content keeping the user on the page. If I had a nickel for every auction I saw that was a cut an paste generic that keeps the pertinent information for 12 different auctions scattered in obscure places, not only might I have stayed and bought, I'd be rich. You don't have to have a degree in Marketing to see that most sellers are doing a piss poor job.
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And the Face book generation can't imagine a life without Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties. Not that email is any better, but if you have half a brain it is.
Keep in mind, I'm not recommending people do this stuff. May or may not be legal. Use at your own discretion.
That's probably the hard part: Finding the pattern of the url/directories. If you can figure out the url pattern by looking at a few, that wouldn't be too bad. 403 forbidden isn't surprising, and is fairly standard.
I don't know if Flash caches images, but if you are going through and viewing them, you may have them cached and can copy them later. I could be wrong, but I don't see any harm in that. I'm no lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, so I wouldn't believe me.
The easiest way to use a perl script would be to use dsniff's urlsnarf to grab all of the urls that contain the directories and or jpegs while you're surfing the comics, and grab them, or use it to guess what the file names are. All URLs you visit will be logged in standard web log format. Then have a perl script parse the logs and download the files. I'm not entirely sure if this is "legal" so, tread at your own risk. Beats examining a bunch of packets by hand or writing a perl script to read packets to find the http request statements.
Tread lightly. If they have an IPS system, it could detect a bunch of incorrect file names as a foot printing attempt and may block you.
First off, I said geek, not man.
In this situation, a man would walk up to the front door of marvel's HQ, debate the morale issue of breaking in, and, depending on who wins the argument, would break in or piss on the door handle and leave.
A geek would do the following: use wireshark to see how it is requested. It is probably just tunneling it over HTTP/HTTPS to avoid firewalls from breaking the flash file. If it is http, no brainer. Look at the requests, find the patterns, write your script.
If it is HTTPS, you could setup a proxy that terminates SSL to see what is being requested(socks/squid may be capable, dunno though), or simply find a swf decompiler to figure out what the requests should be. If you're really board, use something like truss or strace to show system calls which is bound to give you the url. You may even be able to use a strings like program to locate the url if it is in the clear and then guess the full url based on the args sent to the swf. Then, write your perl script.
It just depends on how much time you want to put into it, and how bad you want it. It may not be that dificult. It may be. Flash may store them in your browsers cache? It may not. I have no intention of subscribing, let a lone trying to get copies, but if your browser can render it, it can be done.
HTTP(S) is a very simple and stupid protocol, and most developers are not security concious. They think simple means will deter everyone. I once had a developer hard code shipping in their shopping cart. I pointed out that I can save it to my desktop, modify the page and put a - infront of the value, causing the cart to subtract the shipping instead of add it. They fixed it, sat smuggly at a presentation because I wouldn't be able to thwart their deterant. They left disappointed after I deleted the 2 line java script to obfuscate it, and performed the same action with success.
Are we geeks or are we mice? Would a hacker browse through every page of a web site they were casing, or would they use a web spider program like Teleport Pro, Website Copier, HTTrack, Spiderzilla, etc., etc., to download it and review at their leisure?
Like wise, why would we download everything by hand. If you really want to be a geek, do it for you, write a perl script.
I'm lazy. I don't reinvent the wheel. I just steal it from your car while you're busy figuring out how to do it.
No joke. Where do you work, Auschwitz? I'd definitely tell Lumbergh to shove it, once you find a new job.
I'd be pissed enough that anything I did on my own free time belonged to them, let alone, my next employer. It's companies like this that stifle creative minds.
At least you had the sense to read it, unlike most people who probably signed it.
When are they going to acknowledge Sept. 19th, Talk Like a Pirate day.
If you've ever seen History of the World Part 1, you'd know that stenography was used to hide Mel Brooks in the painting.
"It's important for people to take on challenges now and then - even if failing it's a learning experience. If failing all the time - it's just meaning that this person is attempting things that always are too hard or that that particular person hasn't the ability to know his/her own limits."
Any chance you'd do motivational speaking? Say 5 maybe 10 minutes with my kids on the phone?
And I bet the crime rates in Utah are pretty low.
Of course, here in Merry-land, only way you're getting a right to carry is if you're a woman carrying a large sum of money from point a to b late at night. And that is probably only a 1% chance.
No wonder Baltimore is the murder capital of the world. No one brings mace to a gun fight. Now, if you aren't sure if the person you're robbing has a gun, you're probably going to steer clear.
Of course we also ranked up there with most teens having kids out of wedlock. I bet right to carry states are lower there too thanks to a plethora of shot guns.
Something else most don't think of is people resist change and new ideas.
People are use to physical media. Storage is not reliable, volitiale, and hard to control. People fear their hard drives failing. They will fear, if I sell my laptop, it will still be there and I may not be able to watch it, etc. I have a lot of faith in technology, but at this point in the game, I'd rather have a hardcopy in hand, due to the whole disk failure issue.
It will take some time before downloads are accepted, even if they make redownload available. And if you want to watch it now, and find your kid erased your copy, will you have to wait until enough downloaded so you don't get any pauses and or judders? What if your internet connection is down? Wait is the most offensive four letter word in todays society.
The bandwidth required could also easily DoS a system on a blockbuster new release day. Providers are overloading their coper and fiber. They are not ready for this.
Best Buy had the HD-A2 for $99 yesterday, and Walmart had it for $99 today. I believe it is a fire sale to make room for the HD-A3. I've heard mixed reviews on whether it will stay this price, while supplies last since it's no longer in production, but they have been selling out all over the place. The walmart near me sold out in less then 20 minutes.
Just to clarify the 2 passes 1 pass, p draws the entire image in 1 pass, and i typically draws every other line in 2 passes.
The wikipedia definition is incorrect. Both are the exact same resolution. P means progressive, I means interlaced. Just like the difference between 480i and 480p SD signals, it has nothing to do with frame rate, it is how a single frame is drawn. Interlaced means it is drawn in 2 passes, progressive 1, basically meaning i takes half of the bandwidth as p if i is sent with a slight delay, which is why telecom companies broadcast most HD channels in 1080i, and none in p. You probably will never see a broadcast in p. Why broadcast in p when you can let the Set Top Box deinterlace it?
Basically, a still shot of two people talking in 1080i will be indistinguishable from 1080p, as the human eye is amazingly good at filling in what it expects to see, and a shot without movement is geared for this.
However your eye is not geared for a shot of someone leaping across tall buildings while the world blows up around them, which is why it may not be as sharp and may show some potential jaggies on a 1080i display. Supposedly, you can only tell the difference 3% of the time.
On the same note, don't forget that most 1080p TVs worth anything will deinterlace and turn i into p, and many cheaper 1080p TVs only take 1080i inputs and deinterlace it.
This article is really a technology primer, and not what I would consider "building a home theater". Technology is not the only concern. For a "theater", shouldn't you include EVERYTHING like lighting, seating, risers, etc.
Aside from that, they spend more time selling what they chose rather then talking about the different types of technolgies. They mention used, why not mention other used options as well? From demo's I've seen their "Pearl" projector can't touch my Marquee 8500(which is only upper middle of the line in the CRT world). My marque cost 1/2 of what their "used" pearl costs, has a picture just as sharp, if not sharper, much better color, contrast to die for and a much longer lifespan. Not to mention, it came with a $7k rear projection system so you don't even see the airplane in my basement. Man, I love internet classified ads.
It does means those dumb enough to vacation in a country where the dollar is down are poorer.
Bruce Schneier cracked BD+ in 3.14159265 seconds.
In an effort to better mankind, Bruce Schneier traveled back in time and fathered Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Larry Wall, Richard Stevens, and the Arpanet.
Bruce Schneier eats W32/Bagle.bb@mm for breakfast.
Bruce Schneier does not sleep. He prempts everything.
I think the big reason no one will care is because it will probably be some standard qam atsc capable card that gives no access to provider specific things like encrypted pay channels, on demand, etc. That's the reason I have never bought a HD tuner.
The problem is, everyone wants one scapegoat to blame, not two. Responsibility should fall in both courts. Whether you think more should be in the hackers court or police's is up to you.
It's like a car accident. I've heard countless time, even if it isn't your fault, often, you still could have avoided it. Not always the case, but there is some truth to it.
The guy was just lucky he brought a knife to a gun fight, otherwise, someone probably would have been shot.
Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea
I'm working on methods to thwart cyber crime as well. I know I haven't provided any thing more than grotesquely vague details lacking any real substance, but just take my word on it.
Is anyone surprised that a big business swears there is no problem until they have a solution.
Not saying I like it, but I found it easier then a prostitute with no legs. Really gives me a lot of faith in those who flip my burgers.
I'm a doctor, not a casting director, however, he doesn't look like someone capable of banging any life form in the galaxy.
My daddy could kick your daddy's butt. Can't we all just get along? I'm still trying to figure out how a IT budget article turned into Windows is more/less/as secure as Linux argument.
All's fair in love and war. Nothing they are doing is illegal, and, like all businesses, ebay and those making a living off of it must plan for changes and disaster to come. While, this may or may not be an ethical tactic, it is something that should have been expected since the internet has been evolving into a massive marketing campaign. Not to mention, the sellers still have control of putting together content keeping the user on the page. If I had a nickel for every auction I saw that was a cut an paste generic that keeps the pertinent information for 12 different auctions scattered in obscure places, not only might I have stayed and bought, I'd be rich. You don't have to have a degree in Marketing to see that most sellers are doing a piss poor job.