Keep in mind that Microsoft did not invent the technology behind "CLR". Raise your hand if you know what an "executable file" is? When was that invented... late 60's perhaps?
Lets take all of our spams on a daily basis and put 'em into a large database for analysis, and output cool statistics. Would Larry Ellison like to help with this one?
Then parhaps, the FTC/FBI could use the data as a tool for investigation in order to link paterns in the database to their respective spamlords.
The weather stamp is a project kit based on the Basic Stamp microcontroller. If you're not familiar with the Basic Stamps, they're easy to program and very versatile. The weather station is good for a few measurements and only costs between $30 and $50.
If I put a piece of copper on my motherboard, took a picture of it, and claimed it was an overclocked Athlon t-bird running at 6 gHz cooled by moon rocks, would it get posted?
I don't think the ads are from Yahoo... If you follow the news links, most go to external sites. Some of those external sites have pop-up ads, not yahoo. Simple.
Familiar with the concept of packet insertion? Just for giggles, try a traceroute to your favorite AOL server and note the number of hops traversed. Any one of these can be used as a point of packet insertion.
There are plenty of ways the problem can still be exploited. AOL has simply made it a bit more difficult, but not impossible.
One of the biggest problems in the world of computer security world is thinking that a problem isn't going to be exploited because of its difficulty or obscurity. This has been proven time and time again when the most obscure little security holes get exploited repeatedly.
Here's the deal with AOL... since everything runs through centralized servers, they've been able to apply filters to catch erroneous message packets.
Big deal!!
Their "fix" is roughly equivalent to using duct tape as a contraceptive. Its just not right.
They havn't changed the fact that there is a buffer overflow in the IM client. This means that AIM users (using the official client) are still vulnerable. AOL has simply made it a bit more obscure, and we all know that security through obscurity is not secure at all.
Really interesting! I'm in the same exact situation... I started programming at a young age (10 yrs old) and now I'm 25. I went to school in the medical field, so I don't have a formal CS degree... although I am employed as a software developer, I am going to need advancement in my career soon.
Since I've been doing this since a child, all those programming years in my mind count toward my total experience. I truly *know* how these systems work, probably more than somebody with a degree, simply on the principle that I'm self taught and had to discover how these systems work, rather than being told how they work.
Believe it or not, but in my daily experiences with CS professionals, self taught individuals are usually more competent and knowledgeable than those with formal CS education.
I'm sure some of you already know about wheresgeorge.com... but if not, its a really fun thing to do. Get an account, and voluntarily track your own bills by entering the serial numbers. Each bill gets marked, and hopefully somebody else will see it and enter the serial numbers again. I've had a bit of fun with it, seeing my bills travel around the country.
But seriously though, one of the benefits of using paper currency is its anonymity. I buy my copy of 2600 every quarter with plain cash, just because I"m ultra paranoid. Hard currency is used in ways that will boggle the mind, so its somewhat hard to believe the problems that would arrise from money tracking here in the US.
Why does it matter? The way I see things in an ideal world, when I purchase a network connection from an ISP, it shouldn't matter how I use it. If my ISP started to regulate my network activities to that extend, I'd go find another ISP with no bullsh*t.
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Keep in mind that Microsoft did not invent the technology behind "CLR". Raise your hand if you know what an "executable file" is? When was that invented... late 60's perhaps?
Lets take all of our spams on a daily basis and put 'em into a large database for analysis, and output cool statistics. Would Larry Ellison like to help with this one?
Then parhaps, the FTC/FBI could use the data as a tool for investigation in order to link paterns in the database to their respective spamlords.
Does this remind anybody else of the "1 million child recorder concert" episode of South Park?
For those unfamiliar, you can read the LGPL at the following URL:
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http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.h
Check out www.weatherstamp.com.
The weather stamp is a project kit based on the Basic Stamp microcontroller. If you're not familiar with the Basic Stamps, they're easy to program and very versatile. The weather station is good for a few measurements and only costs between $30 and $50.
This isn't a new idea... Red Hat has been shipping graphical LILO interfaces for a while.
How about this conspiracy theorists? Does this in effect give m$ a media monopoly to cover the trial in its own self interest? Hmmm
Somebody had to mention it.
Well, technically its not really a "tabletop". More aptly, it should be called a "table-in".
And on another note...
If I put a piece of copper on my motherboard, took a picture of it, and claimed it was an overclocked Athlon t-bird running at 6 gHz cooled by moon rocks, would it get posted?
Great! A picture. Wow. I want some details!!! Pretty lame post, since its only a picture, and a link to a nasty japanese web site.
What a tease.
Of course 'rm -R *' isn't enough...
... you need '-f'!
Yeah, thats better.
I don't think the ads are from Yahoo... If you follow the news links, most go to external sites. Some of those external sites have pop-up ads, not yahoo. Simple.
I want to name it "tuna", because a can of tuna tastes better with dolphin.
Cookbook for a good time:
/etc/inittab
...
1. Edit
2. Change default runlevel to 6
3. Reboot
4. Reboot
5. Reboot
6. Reboot
7. Reboot
8.
Familiar with the concept of packet insertion? Just for giggles, try a traceroute to your favorite AOL server and note the number of hops traversed. Any one of these can be used as a point of packet insertion.
There are plenty of ways the problem can still be exploited. AOL has simply made it a bit more difficult, but not impossible.
One of the biggest problems in the world of computer security world is thinking that a problem isn't going to be exploited because of its difficulty or obscurity. This has been proven time and time again when the most obscure little security holes get exploited repeatedly.
Here's the deal with AOL... since everything runs through centralized servers, they've been able to apply filters to catch erroneous message packets.
Big deal!!
Their "fix" is roughly equivalent to using duct tape as a contraceptive. Its just not right.
They havn't changed the fact that there is a buffer overflow in the IM client. This means that AIM users (using the official client) are still vulnerable. AOL has simply made it a bit more obscure, and we all know that security through obscurity is not secure at all.
While this technology is cool, I think they should have put more money into R&D on RFC1149.
For those unfamiliar with RFC1149, here are the details: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html
Its probably a bit slower than barbed wire, but damn it... its more fun!
Really interesting! I'm in the same exact situation... I started programming at a young age (10 yrs old) and now I'm 25. I went to school in the medical field, so I don't have a formal CS degree... although I am employed as a software developer, I am going to need advancement in my career soon.
Since I've been doing this since a child, all those programming years in my mind count toward my total experience. I truly *know* how these systems work, probably more than somebody with a degree, simply on the principle that I'm self taught and had to discover how these systems work, rather than being told how they work.
Believe it or not, but in my daily experiences with CS professionals, self taught individuals are usually more competent and knowledgeable than those with formal CS education.
I'm hoping to find a fast track to a degree also.
I'm sure some of you already know about wheresgeorge.com... but if not, its a really fun thing to do. Get an account, and voluntarily track your own bills by entering the serial numbers. Each bill gets marked, and hopefully somebody else will see it and enter the serial numbers again. I've had a bit of fun with it, seeing my bills travel around the country.
But seriously though, one of the benefits of using paper currency is its anonymity. I buy my copy of 2600 every quarter with plain cash, just because I"m ultra paranoid. Hard currency is used in ways that will boggle the mind, so its somewhat hard to believe the problems that would arrise from money tracking here in the US.
Its probably unconstitutional anyway.
Whoa! You mean Christmas is a religious holiday!?!?
I had no idea! I thought it was all about the celebration of buying stuff. Word.
Haaaa Haaa
last time I checked, these afganhis were hacking and downloading movies with a commodore 64 (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/17/20420 7&mode=thread)
...no other explanation needed.
"Animated Philosophy and Religion," taught by Kimberly Blessing...
Seriously though?
I didn't say anything about cable access... simply "ISP" in general, because the same could be applied to a dial-up ISP.
Alternatives to cable? Yep. DSL, Wireless, or even 2 strand barbed wire like those guys in australia outback devised.
Why does it matter? The way I see things in an ideal world, when I purchase a network connection from an ISP, it shouldn't matter how I use it. If my ISP started to regulate my network activities to that extend, I'd go find another ISP with no bullsh*t.