I score pharmaceuticals over the phone,
I talk openly about the various pettry crimes I frequently commit in irc, email, weblogs etc. etc.
I've been on the bad side of the tv news, World In Action (uk tv programme like 60 minutes), through the criminal courts, been video taped by the police in the street & fields, had my photo taken by Special Branch, been a company director, been caught shopliting on camera twice!
and here I sit. I do all sorts of things and they aint come knocking yet?
hmm, 3rd party closed source binary video drivers that can crsh the kernel with "error at 12312:x1"
nice and easy to solve
and linux framebuffer stuff
who cares? My servers don't run windows *or* linux. and besides when did I need a framebuffer to run a mail server? It doesn't even have a screen!
"Effective October 1, 2001, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT 4.0, Enterprise Edition, and Windows NT 4.0 Client Access Licenses (CALs), will no longer be available through volume licensing programs"
I maintain DNS entries of the sites I wish not to receive ads from and map them onto a local machine.
I then configure Apache to respond to the requests using mod_perl to strip the paths from the URI and leave me with just the filename.
I then return an image OF MY CHOOSING to be displayed in my browser. I have set of images to choose from with pictures made in various banner sizes from anime / pr0n / abstract / auto-texture generating scripts / mandlebrots / swf files I have made.
It makes online life more interesting and colourful.
By logging your outgoing requests you can even change the graphics for programs like icq & other banner toting stuff.
Some places defeat my plan by using their own hostname (images.slashdot.com is one example) or by using IP addresses. I plan to build an Apache proxy module for these but haven't got round to it yet.
Most of the websites I visit are return visits anyway so you soon get a feel for the ways the ad system works.
By using a DNS & Proxy I can configure not just my workstation but my whoel LAN so it becomes OS/Browser agnostic.
What I do is go connect to the offending box via smb
Usually they have a printer attached to it so I print out a page of A4 with :
"YOU ARE INFECTED WITH NIMDA, SORT IT OUT
here's how : http://www.antivirus.com"
on it in 72 point text
it's working so far
if they don't have a printer then they usually have an open share that's world writable so I leave text files called
you are infected with nimda.txt
and put the url inside them
that's closed a couple too
(I also found a keygen I'd been looking for so that was a bonus)
I'm not sure if nimda resets the passwords but which might not lead to a surprise of how far you can go with
I think you misrepresent the purpose of security. Its role is to
prevent us getting work done. If someone constructs a security
solution that is usable, experts will focus on it like a cat watching
a mouse hole until a fatal flaw is found. This results in three
things: 1) The technology is disabled, making it impossible to work
again. 2) A solution is worked on, distracting people from getting
regular work done. 3) Finally, a new solution is deployed, requiring
people to spend time updating their systems and networks rather than
getting work done. At this point, security has failed because people
are working, so the cat goes back to the hole and in a few days the
mouse emerges and is caught and life returns to normal.
So the rule of security is the following: if you are able to work on
something other than security, your system is insecure.
Linux gaming. Well it's coming along nicely. It's great that Id & Activision have the foresight and altruism to even bother doing this. I applaud them for that, it's almost brave!
RTCW is a great game & I can't wait for the full version, I've been enjoying it all week.
But I have to ask "Is there anything like the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamevoice for Linux?"
I don't mean the voice-over-ip part. I mean the voice control part. You see, seeing as there are 33 or so radio commands in the game it's a fantastic leap forward to be able to strap your headset mike on and operate them via voice.
Instead of typing v 2 1 to call for a medic all I have to do is say "medic", or "cover me" or any of the 33 commands. If I want to change weapons I say "knife" or "pistol" or "grenade" instead of fumbling around for the 1 2 or 4 key.
So is there any voice control software that would easily slot into a Linux setup to do this kind of work? Naturally it hurts to give Microsoft some $ but you can't warez the usb device!
for gaming I use a microsoft sidewinder game-voice
instead of having to remember loads of key-presses i just say (in wolfenstien) :
knife
pistol
gun
grenade
pliers
dynamite
and the weapon i want is in my hands
and I can still use the keys if i need it quicker
plus all of the spoken commands are covered like "yes", "medic", "i need ammo", "cover me" etc. etc.
There's 33 different radio commands and i don't need to remember any of the keypress combos
it works first time
all you have to do is type in the words you want it to recognise, no training or anything
it totally owns
as for the desktop, well, plan9 is a great environment but what makles it so is consistency. That's what's important. The X Window System is fine up to a point but things change from app to app and it get's hard to cope with. If apps can't even keep the same cut, copy & paste rules then it just get's too hard to manage. And before you say "middle mouse" fire up netscape 4.7 and battle away. (& mozilla to a lesser extent).
There's not really any such thing as an intutitive interface, it's consistency that wins.
Imagine getting into a different car and having to work out which pedal did what!
Which isn't a free web server, they should have paid plenty of $ to run it, they should be held responsible when it all goes wrong.
reminds me of a story back when i owned an ISP.
User bought 1 million email addresses or some amount and promptly spammed them all. When the flood of stuff came back (rejected addresses, flames etc.) we had to cope with it. We sent them an invoice for our incurred costs (as mentioned in our ToS) and they whined "but i didn't know".
Well, tough.
"I didn't know asbestos was poisonous" doesn't wash in court why should "but I didn't know" work for internet based damage?
(ok the net is hardly life and death [usually] but you get my meaning)
Slashdot Mirror
I score pharmaceuticals over the phone,
I talk openly about the various pettry crimes I frequently commit in irc, email, weblogs etc. etc.
I've been on the bad side of the tv news, World In Action (uk tv programme like 60 minutes), through the criminal courts, been video taped by the police in the street & fields, had my photo taken by Special Branch, been a company director, been caught shopliting on camera twice!
and here I sit. I do all sorts of things and they aint come knocking yet?
What are they waiting for?
come on pigs come and do your worst
a friend of a friend
i don't how or why but i was told that he wasn't supposed to sell them. it's not stolen so i don't know why
seems to have missed a few
:)
1 masturbating or 3 sex
2 cooking / eating
2 getting to / from work (not me though
Do you really feel the need for a living room terminal?
Actually yes I do. In fact I have one.
I've got one of those little boxes from the seat in front in Business Class.
Touch screen, 486 (with a p75 overdrive @ 150Mhz), 100Mbps nic, 800x600
I find it very useful. It can control the music around the house, show me a tv guide, etc. etc.
I mostly use it for IRC while watching TV
I used to have full size PC in the room but with desk & chair & big monitor etc. I find it too intrusive in my little house
having said that for $600 I'd want it to do more than be an irc & tv guide box! I paid $100 for my thing
ah, well there you go then problem solved.
Seattle must be a nightmare place to live.
Is everyone there so devious?
No wonder the radio station has a shrink on every day!
but not only 'not support' but new users 'cannot be added'
at least with free software Per Seat Licensing won't come up and bite me when the next version is out
It says I can't have any more users.
which means if I want to expand my super stable NT setup I cannot add more users. I'll be forced to upgrade and retrain.
hmm, 3rd party closed source binary video drivers that can crsh the kernel with "error at 12312:x1"
nice and easy to solve
and linux framebuffer stuff
who cares? My servers don't run windows *or* linux. and besides when did I need a framebuffer to run a mail server? It doesn't even have a screen!
1. video drivers in the kernel
2. NT4 is no longer a microsoft product see here
"Effective October 1, 2001, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT 4.0, Enterprise Edition, and Windows NT 4.0 Client Access Licenses (CALs), will no longer be available through volume licensing programs"
skwid
video drivers in the kernel
need i say more
here's what I do :
I maintain DNS entries of the sites I wish not to receive ads from and map them onto a local machine.
I then configure Apache to respond to the requests using mod_perl to strip the paths from the URI and leave me with just the filename.
I then return an image OF MY CHOOSING to be displayed in my browser. I have set of images to choose from with pictures made in various banner sizes from anime / pr0n / abstract / auto-texture generating scripts / mandlebrots / swf files I have made.
It makes online life more interesting and colourful.
By logging your outgoing requests you can even change the graphics for programs like icq & other banner toting stuff.
Some places defeat my plan by using their own hostname (images.slashdot.com is one example) or by using IP addresses. I plan to build an Apache proxy module for these but haven't got round to it yet.
Most of the websites I visit are return visits anyway so you soon get a feel for the ways the ad system works.
By using a DNS & Proxy I can configure not just my workstation but my whoel LAN so it becomes OS/Browser agnostic.
M
great,
I'm banned from my local nnightclub for fighting with nazis
I'm banned from my local supermarket for shoplifting
and now I'm banned from Amerikkka
woohoo
I've gone through my logs and found quite a few
What I do is go connect to the offending box via smb
Usually they have a printer attached to it so I print out a page of A4 with :
"YOU ARE INFECTED WITH NIMDA, SORT IT OUT
here's how : http://www.antivirus.com"
on it in 72 point text
it's working so far
if they don't have a printer then they usually have an open share that's world writable so I leave text files called
you are infected with nimda.txt
and put the url inside them
that's closed a couple too
(I also found a keygen I'd been looking for so that was a bonus)
I'm not sure if nimda resets the passwords but which might not lead to a surprise of how far you can go with
un : adminsitrator
pw :
have fun
from the plan 9 mailing list :
I think you misrepresent the purpose of security. Its role is to
prevent us getting work done. If someone constructs a security
solution that is usable, experts will focus on it like a cat watching
a mouse hole until a fatal flaw is found. This results in three
things: 1) The technology is disabled, making it impossible to work
again. 2) A solution is worked on, distracting people from getting
regular work done. 3) Finally, a new solution is deployed, requiring
people to spend time updating their systems and networks rather than
getting work done. At this point, security has failed because people
are working, so the cat goes back to the hole and in a few days the
mouse emerges and is caught and life returns to normal.
So the rule of security is the following: if you are able to work on
something other than security, your system is insecure.
-rob [Pike]
they could've made the page work properly
the mouse overs highlight the wrong text for me
and the page is too darn wide to fit on my 1280 screen!
Hi,
Linux gaming. Well it's coming along nicely. It's great that Id & Activision have the foresight and altruism to even bother doing this. I applaud them for that, it's almost brave!
RTCW is a great game & I can't wait for the full version, I've been enjoying it all week.
But I have to ask "Is there anything like the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamevoice for Linux?"
I don't mean the voice-over-ip part. I mean the voice control part. You see, seeing as there are 33 or so radio commands in the game it's a fantastic leap forward to be able to strap your headset mike on and operate them via voice.
Instead of typing v 2 1 to call for a medic all I have to do is say "medic", or "cover me" or any of the 33 commands. If I want to change weapons I say "knife" or "pistol" or "grenade" instead of fumbling around for the 1 2 or 4 key.
So is there any voice control software that would easily slot into a Linux setup to do this kind of work? Naturally it hurts to give Microsoft some $ but you can't warez the usb device!
yup, I know I'm right - I'm a plan9 user
for gaming I use a microsoft sidewinder game-voice
instead of having to remember loads of key-presses i just say (in wolfenstien) :
knife
pistol
gun
grenade
pliers
dynamite
and the weapon i want is in my hands
and I can still use the keys if i need it quicker
plus all of the spoken commands are covered like "yes", "medic", "i need ammo", "cover me" etc. etc.
There's 33 different radio commands and i don't need to remember any of the keypress combos
it works first time
all you have to do is type in the words you want it to recognise, no training or anything
it totally owns
as for the desktop, well, plan9 is a great environment but what makles it so is consistency. That's what's important. The X Window System is fine up to a point but things change from app to app and it get's hard to cope with. If apps can't even keep the same cut, copy & paste rules then it just get's too hard to manage. And before you say "middle mouse" fire up netscape 4.7 and battle away. (& mozilla to a lesser extent).
There's not really any such thing as an intutitive interface, it's consistency that wins.
Imagine getting into a different car and having to work out which pedal did what!
reverse engineer?
but plan9 is open source already!
i doubt it but that's another story
here's a tip get a good accountancy team
we had £25k of outstanding debt at the end of two years
I was technical director so the MD sacked me in a belt tightening move!
so why is he running an industrial targetted web server?
but they are running IIS
Which isn't a free web server, they should have paid plenty of $ to run it, they should be held responsible when it all goes wrong.
reminds me of a story back when i owned an ISP.
User bought 1 million email addresses or some amount and promptly spammed them all. When the flood of stuff came back (rejected addresses, flames etc.) we had to cope with it. We sent them an invoice for our incurred costs (as mentioned in our ToS) and they whined "but i didn't know".
Well, tough.
"I didn't know asbestos was poisonous" doesn't wash in court why should "but I didn't know" work for internet based damage?
(ok the net is hardly life and death [usually] but you get my meaning)
what, like this one
but what use is a firewall against this?
If you are running IIS as your webserver you let port 80 through the firewall and into IIS and thus expose yourself.
hehe i meant to get round to reading that
:)
maybe i shouldn't bother
yeah I thought it was all cgi until thursday
i do feel sorry for these guys though (if it's real)
wired coup
In Ian M. Banks s.f. books members of The Culture often have drones that follow them around and record everything that happens to them.
How would we feel, I wonder, if everyone constantly had everything they did or said available to everyone else to review.
Would we all turn into pious puritans or everyone and all revealed as the grubby, imperfect humans we no doubt are?
as KRS-One put it :
"Everything you do in private is illegal,
Everything is legal if the government can see you."