It is a long time rumor that the Arpanet (the predecessor to the current day Internet) was designed to survive a nuclear attack which could "disable" a number of nodes. However, taking into account changes which have had to happen with the evolution of the Internet (for example, the closure of 'open relay mail servers' which could have 'bounced' the email around 'dead or unreachable nodes', plus the 'sudden' closure of major backbone providers such as KPNQwest) - do you think the Internet could still survive a major 'node failure'?
I agree with you here. It could be very much likened to the 'technology' used in old computer games and stuff where the manual or cassette inlay card had a "PIN type" number which needed to be entered to have access to the purchased software.
That clip amused you? It scared the bejesus out of me! The idea of being made to "answer a few questions" that 2 anonymous people want to ask just because you've enquired about a couple of books in a library (that just happen to be "no longer available") is spooky...
I agree it's currently looking like a case of 'when' and not 'if'.
Or, they could run something like Kazaa for a few days as a supernode, kill it and then start a nifty easy to write Perl script to listen on port 1214 for connections. Nodes will then try to connect to your 'ex-supernode' for quite a few days - and they'll give you their IP address and their closest supernode address. Simply do a "GET / HTTP/1.1" on each of those IP addresses to get a list of files they are sharing (complete with checksum identifiers) and then do the same to any more supernode ids given to you.
Out of interest, I knocked up a similar script (in Perl) earlier today - and I snarfed over a dozen IP address in under 2 minutes just by emulating the Kazaa server and not making any outgoing connections...
The Registers article gives a bit more information, including links to the ProComp PDF document about the issues (ProComp being the "Sun/Oracle lobby group")
Yes, but if they have confidence in their own products they can afford to over 3 or even 5 years warrant: because they do build the drives to high standards don't they? Or do they build them so they just survive a year to "fleece" the customer - hence why they they can't afford to offer a long term warranty as they _know_ the drive is likely to fail?
I know in the UK there is a service called Shazam which you call up with your mobile phone, point your phone at a 'music source' for around 15 seconds and then you get a text message/SMS back around 30 seconds later showing a) the artist name (handy for 'cover versions) and b) the track name. It also has the facility (if you register) to 'store' your requests on its website and give appropriate links to online music stores.
It seems to work quite alright as well, I tested it by playing 2 tracks at once out my speakers - it correctly identified one of them (I thought it'll fail complete), I've tried it via the radio on a bus - again success, admiteddly it failed in a very crowded and noisy nightclub - but it's still damn good (and resonable cheap) for identifying music.
The claim that they can recognise 1.5million different tracks from just a 15 second second sample - I don't know how they do it though, but I know *I'm* impressed by the technology!
And just think how many problems would be solved by eliminating the user end of everything. Ask yourselves which normally runs most 'stable': two dozen servers in an isolated room where someone visits once a week or so - or a single user end PC that a human uses everyday for menial tasks?
The Matrix and 2001 are 2 films I'm currently thinking of for some reason, and half-a-dozen books... Thing is - if this _is_ going to be the future, will we have the wherewithal/'guts' to stop it from happening? Or will we ("software developers") think "well, I might not agree with the aim but it's _a job_"?
I presume you are thinking of 'Me2' (where Rimmer creates an alternative holographic version of himself) _or_ are you thinking of 'RimmerWorld' (where Rimmer creates 'Real Life' clones of himself) or things like 'TimeSlides' and 'Future Echoes' and 'Statis Leak' (where the crew meet each other) or 'Parallel Universe' and 'The Inquisitor' and 'Demons & Angels' and 'OUROBORUS' (where the crew meet alternative versions of themselves)?
Or have I missed a 'twin plot' Red Dwarf episode? I suppose it depends on the definition of a 'twin plot'....
Maybe. If you can only read plain text (not the HTML rubbish that's going around) then you are safe. If you've got application-specific firewalling setup and restricted your mail client to ports 25 and 110 then you are quite safe... But if you are running something like an unpatched version MS Outlook with your security zone set to 'Local' and no firewalling whatsover - well, it's really your own fault... I'm not MS-bashing here (as I do use the full version of Outlook for my email), but I do do regular updates (Windowsupdate _and_ Office Update sites), have a regularly update firewall+antivirus and double-check all relevant security settings...
It's when you get "targetted" advertisements for penis enlargements and breast enlargements in the same mail download you start wondering about things...
Something like the sig2dat system that is used by very handy sites such as FastTrackMovies. Basically, sig2dat is a Windows program (although Linux variants are now available) which generates a checksum from a media file - which then can be posted on a website. This link uses the custom sig2dat:// protocol which, when clicked on, is picked up by sig2dat which uses the checksum to generate the necessary 'start download' file needed by the FastTrack clients (Kazaa, KazaaLite etc). FTM holds a list of these checksums (which are generated by the file's contents and the length of the file) for a large number of movies/tv programs - allowing you to click on one of the links and get the verified media with 99% certainty (ok, there is a chance that there could be another media file out there with exactly the same checksum, but I haven't encountered it yet).
Bit of history. Admittedly the StrongARM is made by Intel now (after they brought Digital who previously made it), but the ARM core technology inside it is still (c) ARM Plc who are a totally independent company selling to a wide variety of chipset manufacturers. ARM, themselves, are NOT owned by Intel.
Apple, IIRC, have around a 25% share in ARM (Advanced RISC Machines, but used to be Acorn RISC Machines when they started out, but Acorn has been 'defunct' for 2yrs+ now as soon as it was realised that the Acorn Group PLCs share of ARM was worth more than the total share value of Acorn:( ).
StrongARM chips were originally used in desktop machines, I've got a 202Mhz SA in my Acorn RISC PC desktop machine - admittedly it's around 7 years old now, but in it's day it was a damn good machine: Acorn themselves (not ARM) weren't very good in marketing...
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I take it you were after a '+1 Funny' there:)
ANY search engine service that deliberately ignores META information deserves to be boycotted.
As soon as it became well known that Altavista 'paid attention' to meta content="description" and content="keywords", people started abusing them big time. I edit for the ODP where, when you 'add a site' internally, the system automatically brings up the content="description" of the site (if there is one). Most of them are just keyword filled spam which has no relevance to the site (however, some like the BBC news are just perfect - but they aren't 'trying' for high search engine rankings).
get you a 404-Not Found
Guess what? The web is a 'dynamic' medium which changes every day. The Google database, on average, updates every 28-30 days (a few 'select' sites - usually news sites - are updated and reindexed on a much more regular basis but they are the exception and not the rule). For example: A site that was 'spidered' by Google on the 1st of the month will be in the index on the 29th of the month will still show up in the index on the 27th of the following month - but may well have gone 404d in the mean time. Don't blame Google - but webmasters that don't know how to use '403 redirects' correctly. But then again, you do usually have the chance of using the 'Google Cache' to see what 'Google saw' at the point of indexing.
Check out the Computer Misuse Act - basically, you'll first be breaking into their system (breach of part 2), then you'll be making unauthorised modification of their files (breach of part 3). You'll be looking around 5 years imprisionment and possible a fine.
Hmm, Jesus vs David Copperfield in Southpark... DeBeers vs Lifegem on Slashdot... Life imitating art or life becoming art?
Anyways, the men in white jackets are coming to take me away now - and they seem to muttering something about an Engineers Thumb and pressure...
Ok, imagine it as "hacking" an online bank system. No physical money was stolen from the account - but the bank is still responsilble for the missing monies (unless, of course, some bozo gave out their credientals and the bank can prove within reasonable doubt that was the way the hacker did the deed).
Maybe he's got one of those annoying machines that we had at my old employers. Basically, every time it was rebooted it'll just hang saying "Press F2 to continue" halfway through the BIOS boot. This meant that while we could remotely reboot the box (via VNC) we still had to wander over to the server room at the other end of the building to press a single key for the box to come back up.
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It is a long time rumor that the Arpanet (the predecessor to the current day Internet) was designed to survive a nuclear attack which could "disable" a number of nodes. However, taking into account changes which have had to happen with the evolution of the Internet (for example, the closure of 'open relay mail servers' which could have 'bounced' the email around 'dead or unreachable nodes', plus the 'sudden' closure of major backbone providers such as KPNQwest) - do you think the Internet could still survive a major 'node failure'?
I agree with you here. It could be very much likened to the 'technology' used in old computer games and stuff where the manual or cassette inlay card had a "PIN type" number which needed to be entered to have access to the purchased software.
Pssst: http://www.fasttrackmovies.com may be able to help you there.... Have a read (and, hopefully contribute) to the forum as well..
But like here in the UK, you can have sex at 16, but you aren't allowed to watch a movie with people having graphic sex until you are 18....
How about the 'out-out-takes'? Like the myxomatous scene in Bambi? And _that_ scene in Mary Poppins?
That clip amused you? It scared the bejesus out of me! The idea of being made to "answer a few questions" that 2 anonymous people want to ask just because you've enquired about a couple of books in a library (that just happen to be "no longer available") is spooky...
I agree it's currently looking like a case of 'when' and not 'if'.
Out of interest, I knocked up a similar script (in Perl) earlier today - and I snarfed over a dozen IP address in under 2 minutes just by emulating the Kazaa server and not making any outgoing connections...
The Registers article gives a bit more information, including links to the ProComp PDF document about the issues (ProComp being the "Sun/Oracle lobby group")
Yes, but if they have confidence in their own products they can afford to over 3 or even 5 years warrant: because they do build the drives to high standards don't they? Or do they build them so they just survive a year to "fleece" the customer - hence why they they can't afford to offer a long term warranty as they _know_ the drive is likely to fail?
You mean just like Google?
It's 33 months not years.
I know in the UK there is a service called Shazam which you call up with your mobile phone, point your phone at a 'music source' for around 15 seconds and then you get a text message/SMS back around 30 seconds later showing a) the artist name (handy for 'cover versions) and b) the track name. It also has the facility (if you register) to 'store' your requests on its website and give appropriate links to online music stores.
It seems to work quite alright as well, I tested it by playing 2 tracks at once out my speakers - it correctly identified one of them (I thought it'll fail complete), I've tried it via the radio on a bus - again success, admiteddly it failed in a very crowded and noisy nightclub - but it's still damn good (and resonable cheap) for identifying music.
The claim that they can recognise 1.5million different tracks from just a 15 second second sample - I don't know how they do it though, but I know *I'm* impressed by the technology!
And just think how many problems would be solved by eliminating the user end of everything. Ask yourselves which normally runs most 'stable': two dozen servers in an isolated room where someone visits once a week or so - or a single user end PC that a human uses everyday for menial tasks?
The Matrix and 2001 are 2 films I'm currently thinking of for some reason, and half-a-dozen books... Thing is - if this _is_ going to be the future, will we have the wherewithal/'guts' to stop it from happening? Or will we ("software developers") think "well, I might not agree with the aim but it's _a job_"?
I presume you are thinking of 'Me2' (where Rimmer creates an alternative holographic version of himself) _or_ are you thinking of 'RimmerWorld' (where Rimmer creates 'Real Life' clones of himself) or things like 'TimeSlides' and 'Future Echoes' and 'Statis Leak' (where the crew meet each other) or 'Parallel Universe' and 'The Inquisitor' and 'Demons & Angels' and 'OUROBORUS' (where the crew meet alternative versions of themselves)?
Or have I missed a 'twin plot' Red Dwarf episode? I suppose it depends on the definition of a 'twin plot'....
Maybe. If you can only read plain text (not the HTML rubbish that's going around) then you are safe. If you've got application-specific firewalling setup and restricted your mail client to ports 25 and 110 then you are quite safe... But if you are running something like an unpatched version MS Outlook with your security zone set to 'Local' and no firewalling whatsover - well, it's really your own fault... I'm not MS-bashing here (as I do use the full version of Outlook for my email), but I do do regular updates (Windowsupdate _and_ Office Update sites), have a regularly update firewall+antivirus and double-check all relevant security settings...
It's when you get "targetted" advertisements for penis enlargements and breast enlargements in the same mail download you start wondering about things...
Something like the sig2dat system that is used by very handy sites such as FastTrackMovies. Basically, sig2dat is a Windows program (although Linux variants are now available) which generates a checksum from a media file - which then can be posted on a website. This link uses the custom sig2dat:// protocol which, when clicked on, is picked up by sig2dat which uses the checksum to generate the necessary 'start download' file needed by the FastTrack clients (Kazaa, KazaaLite etc). FTM holds a list of these checksums (which are generated by the file's contents and the length of the file) for a large number of movies/tv programs - allowing you to click on one of the links and get the verified media with 99% certainty (ok, there is a chance that there could be another media file out there with exactly the same checksum, but I haven't encountered it yet).
Bit of history. Admittedly the StrongARM is made by Intel now (after they brought Digital who previously made it), but the ARM core technology inside it is still (c) ARM Plc who are a totally independent company selling to a wide variety of chipset manufacturers. ARM, themselves, are NOT owned by Intel. :( ).
Apple, IIRC, have around a 25% share in ARM (Advanced RISC Machines, but used to be Acorn RISC Machines when they started out, but Acorn has been 'defunct' for 2yrs+ now as soon as it was realised that the Acorn Group PLCs share of ARM was worth more than the total share value of Acorn
StrongARM chips were originally used in desktop machines, I've got a 202Mhz SA in my Acorn RISC PC desktop machine - admittedly it's around 7 years old now, but in it's day it was a damn good machine: Acorn themselves (not ARM) weren't very good in marketing...
And if it is against the Laws Of Physics - who's going to come after you? Mwhhaaa- watch the RIAA chase me over time!!!
Check out the Computer Misuse Act - basically, you'll first be breaking into their system (breach of part 2), then you'll be making unauthorised modification of their files (breach of part 3). You'll be looking around 5 years imprisionment and possible a fine.
Hmm, Jesus vs David Copperfield in Southpark... DeBeers vs Lifegem on Slashdot... Life imitating art or life becoming art?
Anyways, the men in white jackets are coming to take me away now - and they seem to muttering something about an Engineers Thumb and pressure...
Ok, imagine it as "hacking" an online bank system. No physical money was stolen from the account - but the bank is still responsilble for the missing monies (unless, of course, some bozo gave out their credientals and the bank can prove within reasonable doubt that was the way the hacker did the deed).
Alcatel made my DSL modem and seem to be in the market of making data communication products.
Maybe he's got one of those annoying machines that we had at my old employers. Basically, every time it was rebooted it'll just hang saying "Press F2 to continue" halfway through the BIOS boot. This meant that while we could remotely reboot the box (via VNC) we still had to wander over to the server room at the other end of the building to press a single key for the box to come back up.