>When I put in 3ac9bc346d736b4a51d676faa2a08a57 I should get back: *** Trojaned openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz ****
How the bloody hell will it know that? Just changing a couple of bytes in a file will completely change the checksum. There's no way of telling what the file _should_ be from the checksum.
Before mobiles (ok, cell phones) and pagers were popular in the UK, this system was introduced. You basically bought a handset and a subscription, and it was like a little cell phone.
However - they couldn't recieve incoming calls, and to make a call you had to stand underneath a "rabbit" sign. These were located in tube stations, gas stations, in town etc.
Imagine having a cell phone that you could only use inside a phone box! I wonder why they didn't take off?:)
I hate this sort of post - what is it about some people and their hatred on mobiles? OK - so I don't really *need* one, but it's *useful*. In the same way that having a car/computer/internet connectin is *useful*.
If you don't want a mobile (cell phone) cuz you have no one to talk to on it, then just don't!
... except that when the phones negociate with the AUTH center on the network, they send the IMEI, which is the serial number of the mobile station.
When people steal phones, they try and re-flash it to change the IMEI, but this is getting more difficult, and probably very difficult on a PCMCIA based dealy.
Plus, they know where you were when you made the call:)
If you hover over the word "Contest" in the story blurb, it's a doubleclick.net ad link, for OSDN. That's a bit of a sneaky way of getting us to click-through isn't it?
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Why not? At least you can [close|kill|deinstall] an application...
>When I put in 3ac9bc346d736b4a51d676faa2a08a57
I should get back:
*** Trojaned openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz ****
How the bloody hell will it know that? Just changing a couple of bytes in a file will completely change the checksum. There's no way of telling what the file _should_ be from the checksum.
OK, I'll admit I'm not 100% sure about Richard Stallman's personal life, but from what I've heard, I think I can trust /usr/bin/gcc :)
Is that some sort of distribution that's even more bloasted than RedHat??
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Before mobiles (ok, cell phones) and pagers were popular in the UK, this system was introduced. You basically bought a handset and a subscription, and it was like a little cell phone.
:)
However - they couldn't recieve incoming calls, and to make a call you had to stand underneath a "rabbit" sign. These were located in tube stations, gas stations, in town etc.
Imagine having a cell phone that you could only use inside a phone box! I wonder why they didn't take off?
Informative? come on now...!
No - pi is irrational... as far as I know this would be the case for base-n where n is of course an integer.
Is that a "gansta" version of the Charter?
Pobody's Nerfect in Australia!
Um, that was where the Matrix was shot anyway...
That may work, but remember it only takes one person to change the password, and it becomes their own personal account.
But... surely hardware is only there to allow us to run software!
But then on course there's the argument that computers themselves are only there to help us look for pr0n.
Actually, 1 + 1 is 10. In binary.
That's not grammar, that's using the wrong bloody word!
... it's not as if you can buy motherboards that have no BIOS! :)
Or is it just for apps like bochs that need an implementation of a BIOS on software?
I hate this sort of post - what is it about some people and their hatred on mobiles? OK - so I don't really *need* one, but it's *useful*. In the same way that having a car/computer/internet connectin is *useful*.
If you don't want a mobile (cell phone) cuz you have no one to talk to on it, then just don't!
The next model up has a refillable "bee module" which will allow it to shoot bees out of it's mouth to disable intruters.
I'm not sure where you get the bees from, though.
I imagine their target audience does not include households with kids / sticky fingers / biscuits - i would hope not anyway! :)
Yes, my point being that there is *still* an IMEI to track you against, blocking or no blocking... it's still there in the network and in the logs.
... except that when the phones negociate with the AUTH center on the network, they send the IMEI, which is the serial number of the mobile station.
:)
When people steal phones, they try and re-flash it to change the IMEI, but this is getting more difficult, and probably very difficult on a PCMCIA based dealy.
Plus, they know where you were when you made the call
well well well.. they changed it now! Guess they got enough click-thru's already.
If you hover over the word "Contest" in the story blurb, it's a doubleclick.net ad link, for OSDN. That's a bit of a sneaky way of getting us to click-through isn't it?
*kerrrrak* - simpsons "whip cracking" sound...
Two floppies? Wow... you can do on-the-fly floppy copying!
...why?
Or maybe you could stripe files across two floppies for that little bit extra performance!
No... they REALLY did mount a jet plane on a metal column. Of course it's bloody photoshopped :)