...I can't think of any vulnerability that was widely exploited before Microsoft issued a patch for it. They've usually been fairly prompt in releasing patches to vulnerabilities they're notified of, and those which they discover in house.
That's off the top of my head, the best way to post on Slashdot:-)
1) Not sure where you are, but in most places it's 160 chars/msg.
2) Almost all providers charge a "termination cost" per message entering their network (UK providers charge 3p per terminated message). Unlimited deals rely on the fact that most text messages generate a response, thus bringing that revenue back.
Never mind VoIP; you're missing the incredibly cheap cost of international POTS calls originating from the UK. I can get 1 penny per minute (~1.6c/min) as an end-user to make calls to the USA (and Australia, France, etc). If I was a bulk business user, I'm sure I could get an even better price.
I'm writing in regard to the recent article on your website:
Linux cyber-battle turns nasty (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3457823.stm)
The article seems remarkably poorly written, both with respect to the facts (and more importantly, the unknowns, which the author takes it upon himself to stab at regardless), and also in light of the inflammatory language he uses throughout the piece. It seems to be what is known as "trolling" on the internet: a deliberate attempt to raise the ire of an audience. Perhaps a commercial news organization might relish this approach, because for them, more readers equate to more revenue; but for the BBC, it's a thorough disappointment.
I won't detail the inaccuracies, as I'm sure you already have countless letters along those lines, but please don't let another such embarassingly low quality piece slip into your otherwise excellent reporting.
It says in the article that "Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin and 3" are all doing this.
There is no other network in the UK - and indeed, Virgin don't even have their own network: they re-sell T-Mobile's airtime and use their masts. Therefore, voting with your wallet (as you probably intended to say:-) would involve buying a SIM card from another country to use at huge cost here.
Not quite as simple as you might think:-)
But seriously, WAP is a thing of the past. I have full connectivity on my SE P800 using GPRS, and browse the web using Opera, use putty, vnc, etc. Most phones coming out today support GPRS and Java, so you can just get a java browser and set the proxy and woohoo - no censorship. WAP phones have never been successful, and this is a bit of a non-story.
Ideal Computing, for one, is bundling OO. They're up in Bruntsfield (big yellow and blue shop). They're nice, but a little overpriced for components compared to Silicon Group down in Dalry.
Then I could simply redirect it to/dev/null and throw up another image with a new address. Anyone who initially corresponds through that address is given my "real" address anyway.
Rational Rose doesn't "only run" under Windows. I've personally used it on Solaris, and I see that they now have a Linux version out too. The Solaris version had a slightly sluggish GUI, but nothing to really complain about.
CEOs are not the visionaries, generally - what would be far more interesting would be to gather some of the leading engineers from these companies, and ask them how they thought the market would progress over the next few years.
Speaking of, uh, denial of service...the site's quickly turning into a smoking ruin from where I'm standing. If it had been text only, it might have survived, but all the mathematical symbols are done using images (is that big O or big uh-O;-) so the server is choking...
I'd like to put forward this Turing machine, implemented using the rules of Conway's game of Life. It astounded me when I first saw it, and it astounds me still. Have a look at some of the components using the provided applet. If you've ever played with Life, you'll know how hard it is to create anything non-random at all.
Sweetcode often has interesting pieces of programming too.
I just got the XP build, and I can't really see how it bloated to 13mb already. I'll have assume that there's a really large API behind the scenes, because the interface is little more than a MyFirstCalendarApp.vb
Oh and 10 seconds saw me crashing it too, just like the other poster.
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not all that fond of them filtering results based on where people are searching from.
And they take all manner of porn ads but the only alcohol related ads are for hangover cures - so exploiting messed up men and women is ok, but exploiting your own liver is not?
The terrorists' goal is to plant a bomb and defend it until it explodes; the counter-terrorists must defuse the device or prevent it from being placed. If and when the charge is planted, a text message goes out to all players: "Someone set us up the bomb."
Someone's pulling yer leg, mate. Did you even play the game?
(Proper phrase is, of course, "The bomb has been planted")
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...I can't think of any vulnerability that was widely exploited before Microsoft issued a patch for it. They've usually been fairly prompt in releasing patches to vulnerabilities they're notified of, and those which they discover in house.
:-)
That's off the top of my head, the best way to post on Slashdot
1) Not sure where you are, but in most places it's 160 chars/msg.
2) Almost all providers charge a "termination cost" per message entering their network (UK providers charge 3p per terminated message). Unlimited deals rely on the fact that most text messages generate a response, thus bringing that revenue back.
Well wouldja believe it?
k it/tools/existing/dumpel-o.asp
:-)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/res
Nice and convenient and it even works
What am i missing here?
Never mind VoIP; you're missing the incredibly cheap cost of international POTS calls originating from the UK. I can get 1 penny per minute (~1.6c/min) as an end-user to make calls to the USA (and Australia, France, etc). If I was a bulk business user, I'm sure I could get an even better price.
5% of 63000 is 3150.
:-)
(c.f. Bugfest! Win2000 has 63,000 defects!
Sir,
I'm writing in regard to the recent article on your website:
Linux cyber-battle turns nasty (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3457823.stm)
The article seems remarkably poorly written, both with respect to the facts (and more importantly, the unknowns, which the author takes it upon himself to stab at regardless), and also in light of the inflammatory language he uses throughout the piece. It seems to be what is known as "trolling" on the internet: a deliberate attempt to raise the ire of an audience. Perhaps a commercial news organization might relish this approach, because for them, more readers equate to more revenue; but for the BBC, it's a thorough disappointment.
I won't detail the inaccuracies, as I'm sure you already have countless letters along those lines, but please don't let another such embarassingly low quality piece slip into your otherwise excellent reporting.
Yours faithfully,
It says in the article that "Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin and 3" are all doing this.
:-) would involve buying a SIM card from another country to use at huge cost here.
:-)
There is no other network in the UK - and indeed, Virgin don't even have their own network: they re-sell T-Mobile's airtime and use their masts. Therefore, voting with your wallet (as you probably intended to say
Not quite as simple as you might think
But seriously, WAP is a thing of the past. I have full connectivity on my SE P800 using GPRS, and browse the web using Opera, use putty, vnc, etc. Most phones coming out today support GPRS and Java, so you can just get a java browser and set the proxy and woohoo - no censorship. WAP phones have never been successful, and this is a bit of a non-story.
Ideal Computing, for one, is bundling OO. They're up in Bruntsfield (big yellow and blue shop). They're nice, but a little overpriced for components compared to Silicon Group down in Dalry.
Then I could simply redirect it to /dev/null and throw up another image with a new address. Anyone who initially corresponds through that address is given my "real" address anyway.
As the other poster said, though, you are an ass.
Not a throwaway domain, but:
;-)
http://xult.org/email.html
Surprisingly few spams have arrived. I suppose the page isn't that high traffic.... yet
Alternatively, the Wayback Machine has it with some images, but much older:
a yamanet.or.jp/jun/fs/glareshield-main-e.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20020219202626/www.wak
...Niagara Mohawk expects to be able to deliver a sufficient supply of electricity to meet customers' needs throughout the summer months.
e ws.html#2
From http://www.niagaramohawk.com/house/homenews/homen
Make sure to tell whoever you're calling that they can return your call for 1p/min (CAD$0.02/min).
:-)
Telecoms have improved since '95, indeed
Rational Rose doesn't "only run" under Windows. I've personally used it on Solaris, and I see that they now have a Linux version out too. The Solaris version had a slightly sluggish GUI, but nothing to really complain about.
Check out the supported platforms page
CEOs are not the visionaries, generally - what would be far more interesting would be to gather some of the leading engineers from these companies, and ask them how they thought the market would progress over the next few years.
Speaking of, uh, denial of service...the site's quickly turning into a smoking ruin from where I'm standing. If it had been text only, it might have survived, but all the mathematical symbols are done using images (is that big O or big uh-O ;-) so the server is choking...
Bring on the MathML.
I'd like to put forward this Turing machine, implemented using the rules of Conway's game of Life. It astounded me when I first saw it, and it astounds me still. Have a look at some of the components using the provided applet. If you've ever played with Life, you'll know how hard it is to create anything non-random at all.
Sweetcode often has interesting pieces of programming too.
Superbad has been knocking around since 1997, and is a pretty decent attempt at web art.
You can sort of click-drag on the weekly calendar, to add an appointment. It's not totally non-interactive :-)
Nothing to see here, move on, move on.
I just got the XP build, and I can't really see how it bloated to 13mb already. I'll have assume that there's a really large API behind the scenes, because the interface is little more than a MyFirstCalendarApp.vb
Oh and 10 seconds saw me crashing it too, just like the other poster.
Still, it's 0.1, so I'm not grumbling yet.
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not all that fond of them filtering results based on where people are searching from.
And they take all manner of porn ads but the only alcohol related ads are for hangover cures - so exploiting messed up men and women is ok, but exploiting your own liver is not?
Yahoo will not be attempting to void SBC's claim any time soon:
http://sbc.yahoo.com/
It's been available for the 7650 for quite some time now.
Religiously. Just never seen those mods, I guess.
From the article, talking about CS:
The terrorists' goal is to plant a bomb and defend it until it explodes; the counter-terrorists must defuse the device or prevent it from being placed. If and when the charge is planted, a text message goes out to all players: "Someone set us up the bomb."
Someone's pulling yer leg, mate. Did you even play the game?
(Proper phrase is, of course, "The bomb has been planted")