hehehehe yeah I guess, but had I been wearing the black hat I'd probably have poked around a bit more before I'd run something like that - especially something that was still wearing the name 'trapshell'... %)
I imagine that yep, this person isn't savvy enough to not use html email, and they slipped a web bug into the email. Hell I'd try it just on the off chance, and it looks like it paid off for your Feds that time...
I've had one case where a friend and I were writing a boobytrapped shell on a Linux box, to use as the login shell for a suspected system cracker, and he logged in, saw the new shell (which we hadn't quite installed yet) and RAN THE BLOODY THING FOR US! We got all the data we needed to track him down right there and then, phoned his ISP and got him shut off on the spot.
So - yes, even the more savvy often do really really stupid things...
... I would already be saying something along the lines of "Sorry, no can deal with idiots" and leaving them to find a source of politically correct hard drives...
Hang on a moment - "hard" and "floppy" could be taken to be sexually pejorative or connotative, so maybe they also want machines that only have CD ROM drives. Provided they can get over the fact that these devices run on a "bus," which might confuse users of our transportation services, so perhaps we'd better have machines without busses either.
And the term "memory" could be offensive to people with Alzheimer's (and offensive to people with Alzheimer's) so maybe just leave that out too okay?
Ummm what else is there in this Pandora's box of a PC? A "colour" monitor? Ooops... Oh this is all so difficult, let me just have a pad of paper and some crayons instead!
Sorry folks, but this is just a troll isn't it? Isn't it?
I've often thought that idle lights should have a speed camera type sensor on them, and if there's a vehicle approaching from just one direction, change the lights to give them a green wave - EXCEPT in the case of vehicles exceeding the speed limit, in which case the lights should always drop an immediate red.
When I first thought of this, speed detectors were microwave and couldn't discriminate between one or more cars, but now with smart computing and cheap cameras, every set of lights could have speed/positional sensing, decide how many cars were at each direction, and set the green accordingly.
An unfortunate downside would be that any car whose image moved farther than the predetermined distance for the local speed would be automatically photographed and get a speeding fine as well as getting stuck at a red light - but then, speeding in built-up areas where the lights are is bad anyway.
But think of it - every set of lights would have inbuilt speed cameras, inbuilt redlight cameras, and be able to adjust traffic flow precisely for local conditions. Build in a link to a central database and you could preload lights with best strategies based on learned traffic behaviour...
So yeap - it's very Big Brother, but it would save petrol, save engine and brake wear on cars, save driver patience, and save lives too. Worth a thought.
Just a thought - I can buy a Lexmark Z32 here in Australia for $160AUD, and it comes with a set of cartridges. I can buy a set of cartridges for about $120 the set.
I believe the printer companies sell their printers at close-to-the-bone or loss prices, and I don't like their attitude to me putting whatever refill I like in the printer I've bought. How can I make my displeasure known? Hmmm...
If I just throw out the whole printer once the cartridges are empty, that only costs me $40 more than buying new cartridges. Because the printer manufacturer is using the printer almost as a loss leader, if I buy a printer with cartridges, I have now got A) a spare printer (or a printer I can just throw away) and B) if everyone does it, maybe manufacturers of those cheap printers will hurt, and realise that people don't WANT to be screwed for printer supplies.
I realise there's a bit of an ecological burden involved in throwing away a printer every three months, but there's the beauty of the thing, I can actually sell the printer to Cash Converters or a salvage firm and recoup that $40 gap as well...
Not only that, but our retard friend is going to cause all those mobile phones to emit MORE RF because, losing the signal from the cell, they'll crank up their power in an attempt to reach the next closest cell.
i agree, it sux that something opens a max window over your desktop without asking permission, chews up cpu without asking permission, and then fscks up as soon as you click on it and has to be killed by hand.
shame textarc, shame!
you can be sure whom i'll never consider for anything whatsoever, ever again...
Upsides:
Has four decks capable of recording video, digital video, or digital data. 255 slots for tapes, so plenty of storage. And is built for this kind of usage.
One. This is not the point, this is a sidetrack. Who cares how many Dreamcasts have or haven't sold? We are talking about Big Business Being Bullies here.
Two. "Something better" did come out - look for something called MP3 when you get your head back out...
Three. Isn't ISO actually more often associated with Standards than with Sega? How come Sega can claim ISO when that venerable body was around for at least an aeon before Sega?
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hehehehe yeah I guess, but had I been wearing the black hat I'd probably have poked around a bit more before I'd run something like that - especially something that was still wearing the name 'trapshell'... %)
I imagine that yep, this person isn't savvy enough to not use html email, and they slipped a web bug into the email. Hell I'd try it just on the off chance, and it looks like it paid off for your Feds that time...
I've had one case where a friend and I were writing a boobytrapped shell on a Linux box, to use as the login shell for a suspected system cracker, and he logged in, saw the new shell (which we hadn't quite installed yet) and RAN THE BLOODY THING FOR US! We got all the data we needed to track him down right there and then, phoned his ISP and got him shut off on the spot.
So - yes, even the more savvy often do really really stupid things...
By a buncha west australians...
Hang on a moment - "hard" and "floppy" could be taken to be sexually pejorative or connotative, so maybe they also want machines that only have CD ROM drives. Provided they can get over the fact that these devices run on a "bus," which might confuse users of our transportation services, so perhaps we'd better have machines without busses either.
And the term "memory" could be offensive to people with Alzheimer's (and offensive to people with Alzheimer's) so maybe just leave that out too okay?
Ummm what else is there in this Pandora's box of a PC? A "colour" monitor? Ooops... Oh this is all so difficult, let me just have a pad of paper and some crayons instead!
Sorry folks, but this is just a troll isn't it? Isn't it?
Please tell me this is a troll!
When I first thought of this, speed detectors were microwave and couldn't discriminate between one or more cars, but now with smart computing and cheap cameras, every set of lights could have speed/positional sensing, decide how many cars were at each direction, and set the green accordingly.
An unfortunate downside would be that any car whose image moved farther than the predetermined distance for the local speed would be automatically photographed and get a speeding fine as well as getting stuck at a red light - but then, speeding in built-up areas where the lights are is bad anyway.
But think of it - every set of lights would have inbuilt speed cameras, inbuilt redlight cameras, and be able to adjust traffic flow precisely for local conditions. Build in a link to a central database and you could preload lights with best strategies based on learned traffic behaviour...
So yeap - it's very Big Brother, but it would save petrol, save engine and brake wear on cars, save driver patience, and save lives too. Worth a thought.
I believe the printer companies sell their printers at close-to-the-bone or loss prices, and I don't like their attitude to me putting whatever refill I like in the printer I've bought. How can I make my displeasure known? Hmmm...
If I just throw out the whole printer once the cartridges are empty, that only costs me $40 more than buying new cartridges. Because the printer manufacturer is using the printer almost as a loss leader, if I buy a printer with cartridges, I have now got A) a spare printer (or a printer I can just throw away) and B) if everyone does it, maybe manufacturers of those cheap printers will hurt, and realise that people don't WANT to be screwed for printer supplies.
I realise there's a bit of an ecological burden involved in throwing away a printer every three months, but there's the beauty of the thing, I can actually sell the printer to Cash Converters or a salvage firm and recoup that $40 gap as well...
Bewdiful!
Double loser.
shame textarc, shame!
you can be sure whom i'll never consider for anything whatsoever, ever again...
Upsides:
Has four decks capable of recording video, digital video, or digital data. 255 slots for tapes, so plenty of storage. And is built for this kind of usage.
Downside:
Think megabucks...
Lawyers don't have kids. Duh.
Two. "Something better" did come out - look for something called MP3 when you get your head back out...
Three. Isn't ISO actually more often associated with Standards than with Sega? How come Sega can claim ISO when that venerable body was around for at least an aeon before Sega?
... maybe I'm getting them confused with the manual or the warranty.
http://foia.fbi.gov/alpha.htm foia == freedom of information act, right? So I get "HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden Internet Explorer" .....