The man has already made his intention clear. He is going to fleece all of you for as long as possible, then get you to buy it in another format, be it DVD, PPV over the web, video, Laserdisc, etc. How about this for an idea. *Don't buy it.* Yup, sorry to burst any bubbles here, but it's an average sci-fi film at most, and nowhere near as good as the Matrix from last year. With regard to the whole mythos, I collected the figures, bought the chewing gum, bought the comics, but after the disappointment of ROTJ(which I suspected was in trouble after the renaming from Revenge to Return), I figured the films would never be as good as I hoped. And I grew up. TPM might be a trainspotters dream, but it's not a very good movie.
I was under the impression that the Hitachi processor in the Dreamcast was water cooled. IIRC, it was supposed to be prototype only, but the one I have (European, so it would be the third or so revision of the system) it seems to make a sound indicative of an internal watercooler when I switch it on.
The official line (at least last time I heard) was that they used it to upload software updates. What I don't see is why do they need a decoder card when all the information could be uploaded through the phone line?
IIRC, the box uses the phoneline to dial up and check the revision of the firmware, then pulls a new revision down from the satellite if it needs to, the phone connection times are pretty short. An itemised phone bill infers that it has only phoned home twice in the past three months voluntarily. I did check email on it, but then found I could get it via the web, so there isn't much point in using the digibox. I can pay 2p per minute for email via Sky, or nothing per minute for email via bt, which would you choose? I think the decoder card is for authentication purposes, if your key doesn't fit, you don't get to watch Stargate or any other American re-runs you might enjoy until you pay, then the 'allow viewing' signal is sent over the satellite. The phone line is just too slow to do this properly. Mind you, given the rapid response of the people at sky, it might be faster doing it this way...
In the UK, one of the conditions of having a Sky-Digital set top box is that you must connect it to a telephone line.
The stipulation is that it must been connected for the first year you own it, then you can do what you like with the box. If you were quick and got one last year when the free box deal started, before interactive adverts and rudimentary click-tracking were introduced, you should be in a postion to disconnect it from the phone line if you so desire.
Quite what information is transmitted back-to-base over this link is unclear, although it's a safe bet they're tracking their slave^W customers' viewing habits.
There are strong rumours that they are monitoring habits, but all they learn from me is:- 1. The phone line is connected to the internet most of the time. 2. As soon as the adverts start, I channel hop for three minutes, then come back to the programming. Sky themselves are especially bad for putting adverts on at the same time each hour, and with a bit of practice, you can avoid most of them. Considering that they have also joined forces with TIVO or replay, it's not unreasonable to fast forward through adverts in anything you might record. I think the possibility of banner ads during programming might be more of a concern, since at least one of their channels is trying to look like a webpage, but there is always junkbuster and I'm sure it will take account of these issues.
The Crypt algorithm for the QNX operating system was just cracked. QNX runs on banks computers, ATM's, Medical Equipment, and the almighty i-opener. Source code is there if you're interested.
Bank Computers, ATMS & Medical Equipment? I would like to think that all the customers affected by an insecurity have been contacted and have had the opportunity to fix the code, or install a more secure version of crypt, but I doubt it. The crack was posted 4 days ago and I doubt any hospitals that might be running QNX will have updated their systems. A webserver security hole might be something we can all laugh about, and write ponderous essays if we feel that way inclined, but to post an exploit that potentially threatens lives is irresponsible to say the least.
If that link wasn't posted, perhaps the Hospital I.T. department could have ensured that the dialysis machine wouldn't have been rooted.
It doesn't mention Mauchly & Eckert either, I assume they are inferring that Stibitz predated both teams, as his system(CNC?) was demonstrated in 1940, whereas the ABC was demonstrated in 1941, IIRC.
No, this actually happend a while ago (I think it was 1997 or so). I remember that after Netscape put the big Mozilla on top, they attached a sticker that said: Netscape 73%, IE 23%:)
The string also appears in the DLL Mtd2lv.dll, which is installed in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSDesigners98\. I think is installed by Visual Studio Enterprise Edition, but this DLL is a lot bigger, namely 514Kb over 7Kb. Does anyone know how to exploit it yet, though?
And from the properties dialog:- Microsoft Design Tool - Link View It's installed by Front Page Server Extensions 3.0. 'The FrontPage Extensions manage design-time Web permissions using the underlying security model of the host operating system on the server.' From MSDN
A request to fetch the source code for an ASP file without processing, for example, to view the links in that file, is handled by that Web's dvwssr.dll.
Presumably the magic phrase can override permissions to expose the source code. It's::$DATA all over again.
Hello, any moderators who haven't spent their load in 10 seconds around? This should be interesting at the very least... It's a fair point, but I guess the only things round here are tumbleweed now...
The web operates over the http:// protocol, and this is not going to last forever, as the web is not the be-all and end-all of content provision. IIRC, the path the IETF is following infers that the tv:// protocol is more likely to be important for broadband delivery, similarly phone:// and fax:// will count more than the TLD does. Which has the most visual impact tv://aol.com or http://aol.tv? If I were in Tuvalo, I'd be laughing at the shortsighted fool, while rolling around in a pile of money.
"If there's going to be a Big Brother in the United States, it's going to be us. It's going to be the FBI." What more is there to say?
Much as the ideal of 'Big Brother' seems to be a menace, it shouldn't be the real concern, it should be little brother. Not a global spy, but a local spy, I think you all should be concerned about your local ISP spying on you, not necessarily the government. After all, in a big picture, you might be noise, but locally you are the signal...
England? Try Scotland or Wales, they have real mountains there. Surely Snowdonia or Ben Nevis would be better suited, considering the Linux crowd has always faced an uphill battle, why not try a real challenge? #8^P
If you set up a simulated environment, e.g. The Matrix, and someone notices, they are likely to do their damndest to get out of the honeypot, then f**k up the rest of your system. Additionally, two points spring to mind:- 1. Define 'hacker'. As a slashdot editor, you shuold know better. 2. Isn't a honeypot considered entrapment?
Judge Dredd started out as a British comic book, didn't he?
Yup, still going strong too, considering Sylvester Stallone/Danny Cannon damn near killed the entire franchise. I would apportion the blame on Stallone, but Demolition Man was the film that Dredd should have been, and a lot of the problems with the Dredd movie were down to bad direction, not just Sly's 'Uh Um Duh Lauw' dialog. Mind you, there was also the issue of executives not wanting a villain that was 'too scary', vis-a-vis Judge Death.
By supporting Napster, he is supporting our right to give out (and maybe even sell) PE stuff.
The inference seems to be that he does not own his back catalog, I don't think Chuck is going to object to music that he created, but does not own, being spread through the Napster network. However, to be fair, if you like something, buy it. Chuck should be able to get his 000.1c royalties from a purchase.
Reading between the lines, it seems to infer that the user configuration is all stored on the client machine. Wouldn't it be reasonable to store a checksum/hash of the client config each time they log off, and compare this when they log back in? If anyone has modified their characters, it should be feasible to kick them until they rollback their modifications. Or are the servers just incapable of determining what is happening to any character and leaving all the info on the client?
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The man has already made his intention clear.
He is going to fleece all of you for as long as possible, then get you to buy it in another format, be it DVD, PPV over the web, video, Laserdisc, etc.
How about this for an idea. *Don't buy it.*
Yup, sorry to burst any bubbles here, but it's an average sci-fi film at most, and nowhere near as good as the Matrix from last year. With regard to the whole mythos, I collected the figures, bought the chewing gum, bought the comics, but after the disappointment of ROTJ(which I suspected was in trouble after the renaming from Revenge to Return), I figured the films would never be as good as I hoped. And I grew up.
TPM might be a trainspotters dream, but it's not a very good movie.
I was under the impression that the Hitachi processor in the Dreamcast was water cooled. IIRC, it was supposed to be prototype only, but the one I have (European, so it would be the third or so revision of the system) it seems to make a sound indicative of an internal watercooler when I switch it on.
I think the decoder card is for authentication purposes, if your key doesn't fit, you don't get to watch Stargate or any other American re-runs you might enjoy until you pay, then the 'allow viewing' signal is sent over the satellite. The phone line is just too slow to do this properly. Mind you, given the rapid response of the people at sky, it might be faster doing it this way...
There are strong rumours that they are monitoring habits, but all they learn from me is:-
1. The phone line is connected to the internet most of the time.
2. As soon as the adverts start, I channel hop for three minutes, then come back to the programming.
Sky themselves are especially bad for putting adverts on at the same time each hour, and with a bit of practice, you can avoid most of them.
Considering that they have also joined forces with TIVO or replay, it's not unreasonable to fast forward through adverts in anything you might record. I think the possibility of banner ads during programming might be more of a concern, since at least one of their channels is trying to look like a webpage, but there is always junkbuster and I'm sure it will take account of these issues.
The crack was posted 4 days ago and I doubt any hospitals that might be running QNX will have updated their systems.
A webserver security hole might be something we can all laugh about, and write ponderous essays if we feel that way inclined, but to post an exploit that potentially threatens lives is irresponsible to say the least.
It doesn't mention Mauchly & Eckert either, I assume they are inferring that Stibitz predated both teams, as his system(CNC?) was demonstrated in 1940, whereas the ABC was demonstrated in 1941, IIRC.
The string also appears in the DLL Mtd2lv.dll, which is installed in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSDesigners98\. I think is installed by Visual Studio Enterprise Edition, but this DLL is a lot bigger, namely 514Kb over 7Kb.
Does anyone know how to exploit it yet, though?
Microsoft Design Tool - Link View
It's installed by Front Page Server Extensions 3.0. 'The FrontPage Extensions manage design-time Web permissions using the underlying security model of the host operating system on the server.'
From MSDN
Presumably the magic phrase can override permissions to expose the source code. It's
There was also Fantastic Voyage with Raquel Welsh & Donald Pleasance, but I guess I'm showimh my age by even *mentioning* this movie...
I would guess it's the GUI they're annoyed by, I doubt it's the hardware.
And if they win this one, I'm sure they'll go after Xerox Parc next.
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Hello, any moderators who haven't spent their load in 10 seconds around?
This should be interesting at the very least...
It's a fair point, but I guess the only things round here are tumbleweed now...
The web operates over the http:// protocol, and this is not going to last forever, as the web is not the be-all and end-all of content provision. IIRC, the path the IETF is following infers that the tv:// protocol is more likely to be important for broadband delivery, similarly phone:// and fax:// will count more than the TLD does.
Which has the most visual impact
tv://aol.com or http://aol.tv?
If I were in Tuvalo, I'd be laughing at the shortsighted fool, while rolling around in a pile of money.
England?
Try Scotland or Wales, they have real mountains there.
Surely Snowdonia or Ben Nevis would be better suited, considering the Linux crowd has always faced an uphill battle, why not try a real challenge?
#8^P
If you set up a simulated environment, e.g. The Matrix, and someone notices, they are likely to do their damndest to get out of the honeypot, then f**k up the rest of your system.
Additionally, two points spring to mind:-
1. Define 'hacker'. As a slashdot editor, you shuold know better. 2. Isn't a honeypot considered entrapment?
I would apportion the blame on Stallone, but Demolition Man was the film that Dredd should have been, and a lot of the problems with the Dredd movie were down to bad direction, not just Sly's 'Uh Um Duh Lauw' dialog. Mind you, there was also the issue of executives not wanting a villain that was 'too scary', vis-a-vis Judge Death.
However, to be fair, if you like something, buy it.
Chuck should be able to get his 000.1c royalties from a purchase.
Comparing this:- All in all, Celera plans to do the same process with four other people. to this: - The three million fly fragments are sampled from the gene-rich regions of the genome (about 120 million letters). For a simple genome there is a larger sampling, but for a more complex creature there is a smaller sampling. Doesn't this seem a bit of an oversight? OK, you might be able to improve your processes, but this doesn't seem to scale. Much like quickly typing nonsense in an attempt to grab that elusive first post...
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Reading between the lines, it seems to infer that the user configuration is all stored on the client machine. Wouldn't it be reasonable to store a checksum/hash of the client config each time they log off, and compare this when they log back in? If anyone has modified their characters, it should be feasible to kick them until they rollback their modifications. Or are the servers just incapable of determining what is happening to any character and leaving all the info on the client?