A buddy of mine works for a company that designs software for use in police cruisers and the stations. They can also cross-reference data between other systems.
To access the master server where all of the cross-referenced data is aggregated, you need one of those tokens. For the uninformed, it's a small device about the size of a flash drive with a constantly rotating number that is in sync with an encryption scheme on the server. It rotates every 30-60 seconds as I recall.
If it's good enough to secure the loads of personal information that's sure to be contained in said records, than why don't our banks employ such a system? It would certainly go a long way towards reducing fraud IMO.
All of you guys who talk about anonymity and encryption... wouldn't the people who made such a virus be smart enough to use it?
I mean, what are they going to say? "I got the info from saltyballs6669@yahoo.com.
Trace the IPs? Libraries (as in books), Internet Cafes, distribution via Zombie Computers. How long would it take for the FBI to break down some poor old lady's front door because her comp was a zombie?
Really, I think it would be pretty impossible in a situation like this. I mean, how often are virus authors (or the criminals who use them) caught?
The scary thing is that stuff like this could be used as a justification for working against the anonymous Internet.
Yep. The most I've seen uTorrent stray over its allocated 160 KB/sec up (60 KB/sec during peak hours) is 1-2 KB/sec for a brief second before getting slammed back down.
I haven't had XP Bluescreen in like... years? Yeah, Explorer might crash. It auto-restarts. It might also freeze - Three finger salute the process and run it again via the Task Manager.
In a weird way, I kinda miss the blue screen. It's like how a woman misses her abusive ex-boyfriend.
There's lots of Rock/Hip-Hop options. Obligatory, Linkin Park (who has a song in Rock Band 2). One I'd love to see is It's Going Down by the X-ecutioners
A travesty, sir, that the Neo Geo is not listed among those.
It would be cool if they hit up places like RetroZone (Full disclosure: run by a friend of an acquaintance) for added retro kick.
It would be cool to see those old NES time-based coin-op machines, too... the ones with a bunch of games loaded up, and every quarter equaled a few minutes of playtime. It turned non-arcade games into arcade games instantly.
Ever see Lord of War? If a Terminator was ever set loose in Africa, as soon as someone found out he was made of scrappable metal he would have been stripped bare.
Unfortunately, the Russians were unable to allocate gyros and other mechanisms for the golf-swinging arm of the robot in their design, so their funding was heavily slashed.
Sure is hard to buy a pre-built machine without Vista on it.
That's why you don't buy a pre-built machine.
My friend's girlfriend bought a computer with Vista on it. Big surprise, XP drivers didn't exist for the critical portions (audio, video, networking) when I installed XP over it. Bigger surprise - the "generic driver packs" that companies have been using for years (like ATI's Catlyst) got everything working just fine. It runs a lot smoother now.
If you have a picture of a kid a day before his 18th birthday and a day after, what's the huge difference that makes you a heinous pervert vs. just another horney guy?
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A buddy of mine works for a company that designs software for use in police cruisers and the stations. They can also cross-reference data between other systems.
To access the master server where all of the cross-referenced data is aggregated, you need one of those tokens. For the uninformed, it's a small device about the size of a flash drive with a constantly rotating number that is in sync with an encryption scheme on the server. It rotates every 30-60 seconds as I recall.
If it's good enough to secure the loads of personal information that's sure to be contained in said records, than why don't our banks employ such a system? It would certainly go a long way towards reducing fraud IMO.
All of you guys who talk about anonymity and encryption... wouldn't the people who made such a virus be smart enough to use it?
I mean, what are they going to say? "I got the info from saltyballs6669@yahoo.com.
Trace the IPs? Libraries (as in books), Internet Cafes, distribution via Zombie Computers. How long would it take for the FBI to break down some poor old lady's front door because her comp was a zombie?
Really, I think it would be pretty impossible in a situation like this. I mean, how often are virus authors (or the criminals who use them) caught?
The scary thing is that stuff like this could be used as a justification for working against the anonymous Internet.
No, but I'd bet they put a lot of smartphones in the hands of people who wouldn't have otherwise purchased them thanks to their marketing.
It's making your stomach unsettled?
there's absolutely no reason to use a proprietary connector for what is basically just a USB port.
What about shameless profiteering?
Why let someone buy a $10 mini USB to USB cable from Best Buy when they can buy a $15 proprietary cable from YOUR company?
It's the formal name for a party at a Leper Colony.
They awarded trademark rights to "green-gold" to Qualitex.
So the Packers pay Qualitex a royalty or somethin' to use the colors?
Can you write it again as a car analogy? I'm lost here.
Yep. The most I've seen uTorrent stray over its allocated 160 KB/sec up (60 KB/sec during peak hours) is 1-2 KB/sec for a brief second before getting slammed back down.
I haven't had XP Bluescreen in like... years? Yeah, Explorer might crash. It auto-restarts. It might also freeze - Three finger salute the process and run it again via the Task Manager.
In a weird way, I kinda miss the blue screen. It's like how a woman misses her abusive ex-boyfriend.
Um, Beastie Boys?
There's lots of Rock/Hip-Hop options. Obligatory, Linkin Park (who has a song in Rock Band 2). One I'd love to see is It's Going Down by the X-ecutioners
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A travesty, sir, that the Neo Geo is not listed among those.
It would be cool if they hit up places like RetroZone (Full disclosure: run by a friend of an acquaintance) for added retro kick.
It would be cool to see those old NES time-based coin-op machines, too... the ones with a bunch of games loaded up, and every quarter equaled a few minutes of playtime. It turned non-arcade games into arcade games instantly.
Usually those things going inside of you are battery-powered, not plug-ins...
Ever see Lord of War? If a Terminator was ever set loose in Africa, as soon as someone found out he was made of scrappable metal he would have been stripped bare.
The problem is the heroin business doesn't have any senators in its pocket. Yet.
He's a Twitter Shitter!
And aging rock guitarists.
It's also the reason Google's execs are buying condoms.
Unfortunately, the Russians were unable to allocate gyros and other mechanisms for the golf-swinging arm of the robot in their design, so their funding was heavily slashed.
Hmmm, I wrote "who's" instead of "whose." Well, there's a reason I wasn't an English major as an undergrad I guess...
Don't feel so bad about it. It's rather easy to get a degree as an English major. Hell, they have a whole roll of them in the men's lavatory.
You forgot to tell him to get off your lawn.
Sure is hard to buy a pre-built machine without Vista on it.
That's why you don't buy a pre-built machine.
My friend's girlfriend bought a computer with Vista on it. Big surprise, XP drivers didn't exist for the critical portions (audio, video, networking) when I installed XP over it. Bigger surprise - the "generic driver packs" that companies have been using for years (like ATI's Catlyst) got everything working just fine. It runs a lot smoother now.
If you have a picture of a kid a day before his 18th birthday and a day after, what's the huge difference that makes you a heinous pervert vs. just another horney guy?
FThe Law.
Because we all have a slew of choices readily available to us.
For some reason I read the end of that link as "Stone Age Tayzonday".