Mine started about a week ago with several bounced messages from yahoo.com. What did I do?
1. Safely followed the link in the message to the website hosted on a DSL line from Belize (Mortage Refinance) 2. Looked for contact info (none, just a phone 900#) 3. Did a whois on the domain (all bogus info) 4. Contacted the domain registrar with the bogus info and a quote from their terms of service. 5. Asked that the domain be suspended until contact info is provide.
1. User id10t buys a new Gateway with music installed 2. id10t downloads Kaaza and procedes to share their entire hard drive 3. Johnny Hacker downloads the watermarked music and cracks it 4. Johnny puts it back on Kaaza unencrypted(but still watermarked) for the world(and the RIAA) to see 5. User id10t is charged
Finally stupitity will be a criminal offense. Of course it could be Grandma going to jail. I would like to see that prosecuted.
Will the DMCA takedown provision extended to copyrighted faces? "Rip his face off, he looks just like me". Will the megacorps be able to sneak into our houses and look at our photo albums looking for infringment? Will Al Queida develop a f2f (face to face) network to fool Tom Ridge and his merry band? Can I go faceless for halloween?
I think it might be time for my new invention: The DCMA razor! Takes a picture of your face and checks it against it's database Shaves Close Removes your features if you look like Tom Cruise (don't worry, the average/. reader has nothing to fear)
We need to get him where it hurts, the checkbook. He very likely has a static IP address. Rather than redirecting to dev/null return them to sender with interest (mabye a 3meg attachment that repeats "We do not want or accept mail of this type" over and over). As he is paying for bandwidth, fill it with as much of his 'product' as possible. Let him pay for it.
"STUF-FIT rust proof copper meshing for sealing rodent entry points. STUF-FIT is a copper mesh (no rust) cloth that is stuffed into openings to keep out all kinds of pests. When tightly packed into a gap, crack or weep hole, the copper mesh resists being pulled out. STUF-FIT permanence makes it the perfect choice for access control. The roll is 20 feet long and 6 inches wide, double folded."
Cast some of this in clear acrylic and you have a rf solution that looks cool too.
In other news the website http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ has been crashed by unknown terriosts from the shadowy 'slashdot' organization. This massive 'Denial of Service' attack, know as the 'Slashdot Effect', is the orginizations trademark, much feared by webmasters and network engineers everywhere.
Geez. This is like sending out virus attachments to people in hopes of getting them to buy your anti-virus software.
I got a virus notification spam from RAV antivirus (a cleaning notice and a 'virus' both from their servers). They even spoofed the postmaster@xxx.com email address to notify me the 'virus' was cleaned.
Imagine finding a root hole in these after they install a couple hundred in your area. Using a computer-controlled antenna array you aim 40 or 50 of them at your coffee cup, warm brew all day.
The key element is the antenna -- more specifically, an electronically steered, planar-phased array of hundreds of antennas connected to a high-speed processor running Linux.
Forget DOS attacks. Elite hackers will now microwave their enemies. All you need to do is sneak a wireless card into a pen or something and turn it on in 'very' promicious mode and poof.
if they developed such a weapon, would it be as potent during day as during night? for instance, my laser pointer can shine around 200 metres at night, but only 5-10 metres during the day. based on that observation, this might only have a limited effect during the day?
What you see is a signal to noise effect. Scatteded daylight reduces the apparent strength of the beam without reducing the actual strength. Try this experiment: 1: Get in the car an get on the highway 2: Roll down the windows 3: Set the radio volume to a comfortable level 4: Roll up the windows The radio will sound apparently louder because the amount of noise is reduced. The actual amount of sound the radio puts out does not change. Science is cool.
I have an Alesis Nanoverb that I use for sound design work. You can get them on Ebay for under $100. Acording to the specs you can get over 1200ms delay per channel (loop left out to right in for 2400ms or about 2.5 seconds). Correcting the delay involves turning a nice analog knob.
But you're blind, you're not going to be able to use visual (WWW) media anymore!
WWW is not a visual media, it is and information media. All HTML is about is describing how to display information. Content should be able to be seperated from code.
No, it's like he's blind and he's suing because he's unable to use a visual medium.
It's like I open a restraunt and build an 8" curb around it with no cuts. I can say it enhances the beauty of my property, but it is an unnatural barrier to some people. If I changed my restraunt to a website and called the curb Flash it is the same thing.
If he wants information about airline flights he can *pick up a phone and call*.
Sure he can't eat in my restraunt, but he can use the drive through, it's the same thing right?
According to the P2P Crime Prevention Act, property owners would have the right to disable, interfere with, block, or otherwise impair an individual that they suspect is using their property without permission. The bill doesn't specify what techniques--such as baseball bats, brass nuckles, lawn inplements, or pits full of sharpened sticks--would be permissible. It does say that a property defender should not kill, but it limits the right of anyone subject to an assault to sue if they are accidentally killed.
I waste 2 hours watching a crappy film, I get to break into the box office and steal $100 (2hrs @$50 ea). The term were are missing in this arguement is Vigilante. Heck let's make this kind of selfhelp the law of the land! If someone breaks into your house you can find them and beat the crap out of them, protected by law. We promise not to abuse them that are not criminals,
According to Webster (Mostly) Main Entry: problematic Pronunciation: "prä-bl&-'ma-tik Variant(s): or problematical/-ti-k&l/ Function: adjective Date: 1609 1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE 2 : expressing or supporting a possibility synonym see DOUBTFUL 3 : launching shards of flaming polycarbonate embeded into the area around the head and neck - problematically/-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
You should file for a lien on the eventual "product". That should get their attention quickly. The "mechanics lein" allows you to collect your pay and expensenses and if necessary, to liquidate their asset (your code) in the 'real' world. If intellectual property is actually 'real' property it should work. Or at least get some lawyers all twisted up. Of course IANAL.
I have always wanted a automated roof turrent with a flame thrower and a couple of 50cal machine guns. Add buttons to the steering wheel and a Blue Thunder style eyetracking system and we are all set. This would actually give the oppurtunity to eliminate distrations.
I reccomend the dishwasher. Open the laptop and place in face down on the top rack. Add some Cascade and clean away. I will also get all those crumbs and Mountain Dew spots off the keyboard.
SD
Same old song different singer
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Want Freedom?
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· Score: 1, Redundant
First they came for the Muslims and I said nothing because I was not Muslim. Next they rounded up the homosexuals and I stood aside because I was not gay. The Athiests left quietly while I averted my eyes. When they came for the copywright violators and the bussiness model damagers I hide in the basement. When they came for me, I looked around for someone to stand with me, but there was no one left.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe that a bigger hammer is all that's needed to win the spam wars.
Who's with me?
Got a product/service for me to try? Send me a message.
SD
Rush the stores. Stock up now before it is to late!
The open fields of the USA will feel my wrath as I assult them with my cardboard tubes. (My @#$%@$% parachutes always get stuck).
Good thing I have plenty of ducttape and plastic sheeting for emergeny repairs.
When they came for me there was no one left to speak.
SD
Mine started about a week ago with several bounced messages from yahoo.com. What did I do?
1. Safely followed the link in the message to the website hosted on a DSL line from Belize (Mortage Refinance)
2. Looked for contact info (none, just a phone 900#)
3. Did a whois on the domain (all bogus info)
4. Contacted the domain registrar with the bogus info and a quote from their terms of service.
5. Asked that the domain be suspended until contact info is provide.
Did it work? Not yet but I have hope.
SD
Will the next computer you personally buy implement these features?
Who will you give access to your machine (Microsoft, RIAA, MPAA, Homeland Security)?
When the thought police come to round up us 'Criminals' that will not give up our 'untrusted' systems will you be able to sleep at night?
SD
Stuff them into body bags and dump them on Phillip Morris's front step.
SD
Ponder this if you will:
1. User id10t buys a new Gateway with music installed
2. id10t downloads Kaaza and procedes to share their entire hard drive
3. Johnny Hacker downloads the watermarked music and cracks it
4. Johnny puts it back on Kaaza unencrypted(but still watermarked) for the world(and the RIAA) to see
5. User id10t is charged
Finally stupitity will be a criminal offense. Of course it could be Grandma going to jail. I would like to see that prosecuted.
SD
Will the DMCA takedown provision extended to copyrighted faces? "Rip his face off, he looks just like me". Will the megacorps be able to sneak into our houses and look at our photo albums looking for infringment? Will Al Queida develop a f2f (face to face) network to fool Tom Ridge and his merry band? Can I go faceless for halloween?
/. reader has nothing to fear)
I think it might be time for my new invention:
The DCMA razor!
Takes a picture of your face and checks it against it's database
Shaves Close
Removes your features if you look like Tom Cruise
(don't worry, the average
Profit!?
SD
We need to get him where it hurts, the checkbook. He very likely has a static IP address. Rather than redirecting to dev/null return them to sender with interest (mabye a 3meg attachment that repeats "We do not want or accept mail of this type" over and over). As he is paying for bandwidth, fill it with as much of his 'product' as possible. Let him pay for it.
SD
Let's consider this a moment:
Privacy is a lack of personal data freely accessable.
Computers have hard drives and yours is full of personal data (yes, your midget porn collection says something about you).
IE make it simple for you or anyone else to format your hard drive.
Once the data is gone, your privacy is ensured!
SD
Try your local OKRIN man. Seriously.
Copper Mesh, 20ft. roll $9.95
"STUF-FIT rust proof copper meshing for sealing rodent entry points. STUF-FIT is a copper mesh (no rust) cloth that is stuffed into openings to keep out all kinds of pests. When tightly packed into a gap, crack or weep hole, the copper mesh resists being pulled out. STUF-FIT permanence makes it the perfect choice for access control. The roll is 20 feet long and 6 inches wide, double folded."
Cast some of this in clear acrylic and you have a rf solution that looks cool too.
SD
In other news the website http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ has been crashed by unknown terriosts from the shadowy 'slashdot' organization. This massive 'Denial of Service' attack, know as the 'Slashdot Effect', is the orginizations trademark, much feared by webmasters and network engineers everywhere.
SD
Geez. This is like sending out virus attachments to people in hopes of getting them to buy your anti-virus software.
I got a virus notification spam from RAV antivirus (a cleaning notice and a 'virus' both from their servers). They even spoofed the postmaster@xxx.com email address to notify me the 'virus' was cleaned.
SD
Imagine finding a root hole in these after they install a couple hundred in your area. Using a computer-controlled antenna array you aim 40 or 50 of them at your coffee cup, warm brew all day.
The key element is the antenna -- more specifically, an electronically steered, planar-phased array of hundreds of antennas connected to a high-speed processor running Linux.
Forget DOS attacks. Elite hackers will now microwave their enemies. All you need to do is sneak a wireless card into a pen or something and turn it on in 'very' promicious mode and poof.
Merry Christmas
SD
Qoute the poster:
if they developed such a weapon, would it be as potent during day as during night?
for instance, my laser pointer can shine around 200 metres at night, but only 5-10 metres during the day.
based on that observation, this might only have a limited effect during the day?
What you see is a signal to noise effect. Scatteded daylight reduces the apparent strength of the beam without reducing the actual strength. Try this experiment:
1: Get in the car an get on the highway
2: Roll down the windows
3: Set the radio volume to a comfortable level
4: Roll up the windows
The radio will sound apparently louder because the amount of noise is reduced. The actual amount of sound the radio puts out does not change. Science is cool.
SD
Get a digital effects module with a delay feature
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I have an Alesis Nanoverb that I use for sound design work. You can get them on Ebay for under $100. Acording to the specs you can get over 1200ms delay per channel (loop left out to right in for 2400ms or about 2.5 seconds). Correcting the delay involves turning a nice analog knob.
The Alesis QuadraVerb has a full 5 seconds of delay per channel and should do the trick for you for about $130
SD
Airscanning? Scannetting? Scandriving? Probing? WiScanning? AirSniffing? Airdunking? AirPorting? AirProbing? ScannerDriving?
Sniffing for an air biscuit!
Packetmunching.
Tasting the Ether.
Looking for someone peeing into the wind.
Lilypad hopping.
SD
A couple of points:
But you're blind, you're not going to be able to use visual (WWW) media anymore!
WWW is not a visual media, it is and information media. All HTML is about is describing how to display information. Content should be able to be seperated from code.
No, it's like he's blind and he's suing because he's unable to use a visual medium.
It's like I open a restraunt and build an 8" curb around it with no cuts. I can say it enhances the beauty of my property, but it is an unnatural barrier to some people. If I changed my restraunt to a website and called the curb Flash it is the same thing.
If he wants information about airline flights he can *pick up a phone and call*.
Sure he can't eat in my restraunt, but he can use the drive through, it's the same thing right?
SD
According to the P2P Crime Prevention Act, property owners would have the right to disable, interfere with, block, or otherwise impair an individual that they suspect is using their property without permission. The bill doesn't specify what techniques--such as baseball bats, brass nuckles, lawn inplements, or pits full of sharpened sticks--would be permissible. It does say that a property defender should not kill, but it limits the right of anyone subject to an assault to sue if they are accidentally killed.
SD
I vote yes with one amendment:
I waste 2 hours watching a crappy film, I get to break into the box office and steal $100 (2hrs @$50 ea). The term were are missing in this arguement is Vigilante. Heck let's make this kind of selfhelp the law of the land! If someone breaks into your house you can find them and beat the crap out of them, protected by law. We promise not to abuse them that are not criminals,
CD
According to Webster (Mostly) /-ti-k&l/ /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Main Entry: problematic
Pronunciation: "prä-bl&-'ma-tik
Variant(s): or problematical
Function: adjective
Date: 1609
1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE
2 : expressing or supporting a possibility
synonym see DOUBTFUL
3 : launching shards of flaming polycarbonate embeded into the area around the head and neck
- problematically
SD
You should file for a lien on the eventual "product". That should get their attention quickly. The "mechanics lein" allows you to collect your pay and expensenses and if necessary, to liquidate their asset (your code) in the 'real' world. If intellectual property is actually 'real' property it should work. Or at least get some lawyers all twisted up. Of course IANAL.
SD
I have always wanted a automated roof turrent with a flame thrower and a couple of 50cal machine guns. Add buttons to the steering wheel and a Blue Thunder style eyetracking system and we are all set. This would actually give the oppurtunity to eliminate distrations.
SD
I reccomend the dishwasher. Open the laptop and place in face down on the top rack. Add some Cascade and clean away. I will also get all those crumbs and Mountain Dew spots off the keyboard.
SD
First they came for the Muslims and I said nothing because I was not Muslim. Next they rounded up the homosexuals and I stood aside because I was not gay. The Athiests left quietly while I averted my eyes. When they came for the copywright violators and the bussiness model damagers I hide in the basement. When they came for me, I looked around for someone to stand with me, but there was no one left.
SD
Ok, so Palm should just refund the 4 bits to everyone who bought the m130. Hell, it's only 50 cents, what's the big deal? :)
Start 'New Math'
Thats 4 bits per pixel @ 12.5 cents each.
160x160 = 256000 Pixels.
$12800 per unit
Minus layer fees for the class action suite $12799.50 per unit
Equals $.50 rebate coupon for a per user
Right on AC Brother
SD