So you suspect that your paswords are crackable? Here's an obvious idea: Every week run a 4 hour crack attempt on your password database. Users who come up with bad passwords must change them upon the next log in. If a user can't pick a decent password 3 times in a row, then a random password is assigned to them (or you pick one for them).
What is wrong with you people? It would be SO easy to build a FOOLPROOF PC recovery system. Here's what I'd do in two easys steps (if I was a paranoid loser):
1) I run a cable modem. Because of this the phone line is never plugged in. Create a script that dials the modem to 911 after 2 hours of inactivity and play a recorded message stating that the system was stolen and to call you at home for details, etc. All 911 calls are recorded, caller ID'ed and taken seriously. Instant thief ID.
2) Install Back Orifice! It does everything you could ask it to do when a user gets online. Easy and proven effective. If for some reason the 911 trick fails or the cops aren't amused, you'll always have this a a backdoor.
Think about this for a minute. The basic design of speakers as a sound producing device has remain unchanged since it was invented nearly 100 years ago. The flat piezo screens are really no different: a big flat sheets of [whatever] vibrates to produce sound.
What's wrong with that you say? Well first of all, as some people have already pointed out, the smaller they get the worse the sound is. Small speakers just can't produce the same bass that our ears can hear. And no matter what you make them out of it will always be that way if you use the standard old vibrating film design. Period.
What we need is a REAL revolutionary design change in the loudspeaker. A speaker with no moving parts. A speaker that simply vibrates the air without having to vibrate some part of it's anatomy at the same time.
I'm no engineer, but a mass of ionized air could easily be vibrated by use of electro-magnets without any direct physical contact. Since there is no direct physical manipulation of the air with a solid object, all the limitations of size and sound can be eliminated. Also, why do cheap speakers sound bad? It's bacause of the cheap materials used to vibrate the air. With no materials used to vibrate the air (only electricity) sound quality can be greatly improved as well.
Any electrical/sound engineers care to comment? I give you my invitation to steal my IP as long as I get the first samples!:)
Did anybody channel surfing happen past the Discovery Channel yesterday? Or maybe it was the Learning Channel...
Any way, they were broacasting some shows upside down and claiming it was a technical difficulty. Every few minutes they would scroll an important looking message along the bottom explaining it and suggesting that you turn you TV upside down or something. As the show progressed the suggestions got more and more outlandish. At one point they recommended that you stand on your head and bark like a dog.
I love it when big corporations get in on the fun. Who remembers what Taco Bell did a few years ago? I remember that it was damn funny, but I don't remember exactly what it was.
It costs $810 for McAfee's Total Virus Defense Suite plus man hours to maintain it. If people aren't protecting themselves, then you might as well calculate the cost of earthquakes or floods. Virus attacks are an Internet act of nature. You either prepare yourself ahead of time, or you're a bloody fool.
I've used CIHost in a variety of functions for a long time now. Very good in my experience.
They had a huge server outage a few months back and the president himself wrote a letter to all the domain holders regarding it. I don't expect that it would happen again.
It says that the parents are threatening legal action to protect his college chances. I'd have to say that this sort of thing is exactly the sort of thing that gets kids INTO presegious colleges. It clearly shows his ability to think outside of the box and on his own.
There's an old saying in the acting industry. "The best way to get a job out of acting college is to get thrown out of one".
WHAT cool LINUX games? Since when did LINUX get cool games before Windows?
And another thing (I admit I didn't read the article yet), but file access from a CD is going to be dog slow. That doesn't sound like fun too me.
Introducing, the MICROSOFT Force Feedback Marital Aid series of HUD devices!!!
For couples who have difficulty pleasing each other we proudly bring you the Vibrating Intellimouse and Vibrating Intellimouse Pro. By using our specially designed training software (standard on all new Compaqs) you will be able to train yourself to touch your mate in all the right ways. Point, click, and drag your way to better sex. The mouse tells you when you're doing it right!
Also available!!! The Microsoft CueCat Force Feedback USB dildo, powered by Direct-seX. This foxy feline is sure to make it's way into your heart... and your bed.;-) Use the special red laser tracking system to target your mate's "favorite" bar codes.
Yeaaaah, baby!
I don't believe that I'm the only one who's seen the half-hour long CueCat informercial! Has no one else seen this?
It is the this really creepy (makes X-Files seem normal) half-hour long brain washing explaining how "the Cat" will forever change the face of the Internet (for the mindless dullards on AOL maybe). Click here for the list of times you can be brainwashed too!
During the 30 Minutes Hate they actually say corporate buzz words like "Information synergy for total Internet access". All I can say is WTF?
But if you watch the commercial (bring a friend), you will quickly understand whay they are SOOOO uptight about us hacking the little red light puking pussy. It is very very clear that they are spending TONS of cash in an attempt to saturate every Internet houshold with one of these things to corner their piece of directed advertising. During the "show" they demostrate "actuall users" (with brain slugs) using the Cat to scan everything from their breakfast cereal to golf clubs.
Plus, if you stop by your hand Radio Shack you can get even more Cue accessories for your Cat that will hook your TV directly to your computer. That's right, they are paying big bucks to several TV shows so that they can continue to gather information about what you're watching in an attempt to better focus advertising to you. They are not going to stop hounding us about hacking this thing for a long, long time. BAsically until they go bankrupt or are declared the new Big Brother, which ever comes first.
Also, has anybody noticed how much the IOC web site SUCKS ASS??!!!!
You go there looking for scores and schedules and ALL the informamtion is a day old, sometimes TWO days old!! Some sports aren't even covered!!!!! WTF? I can't use enough explatives and exclamation points to demonstrate how bad the site is and how much of a Nazi inspired group of holes I think they are.
How about an MP3 decoder that will pump out music from an earphone jack? Then you could copy songs onto compact flash cards from your CF reader and pop them in! What the hell do I want to talk to my Palm for anyway?
Oh wait, Palms don't have CF slots or audio out jacks. Just another way in which the Psion is superior I guess (neener, neener). In fact, you've been able to talk to Psions for years now with the *built-in* software.
May the flames start now...:-)
I just want to know how they are scanning the stuff so quickly! Or maybe it's not so quick.
I mean, think about that. If they can just wave a ComCat barcode scanner (not really) over your face and determine if your DNA matches against some database, then we're a little closer to Big Brother than I'm comfy with. And I'm not talking about some lame TV show...
Those mercandise scanners at the music store could scan your ass as you walk in and they start watching you if your DNA matches a known shoplifter from a database. The possibilities are endless.
How about a car that recognizes it's owner by touch. Would only have to put your hand on the door handle and it opens up just for you...
Okay, I'm being paranoid. I'll go eat lunch now and I'll feel better. I suppose if I actually read the article I'd feel foolish (oops, too late).
Hasn't anybody here heard of peltier coolers? They use electric power to suck the heat from one side of their surface and transfer it to the other. The temperature difference from one side to the other can be as much as 120 degrees or more.
The only problem is that since they do run on electricity, they do generate a tiny amount of heat themselves. Meaning your fan had better be running, or else the insides of your case are going to go into meltdown (okay, that might be an exageration, but if your fan fails, you'll definitly be toast).
Most people put one in between the CPU and the heatsink. However, I was wondering why more heatsink companyies don't integrate them into their designs? You could have one mounted to contact the CPU, and four others pointed sideways inside the heatsink itself to transfer this heat radially away from the "hot point" of the CPU. This would not only remove heat from the CPU more efficiently, but would also distibute the heat through the heatsink better.
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So you suspect that your paswords are crackable? Here's an obvious idea: Every week run a 4 hour crack attempt on your password database. Users who come up with bad passwords must change them upon the next log in. If a user can't pick a decent password 3 times in a row, then a random password is assigned to them (or you pick one for them).
Shzaam@! No more bad passwords!
Some real AMERICAN toilet technology...
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What is wrong with you people? It would be SO easy to build a FOOLPROOF PC recovery system. Here's what I'd do in two easys steps (if I was a paranoid loser):
1) I run a cable modem. Because of this the phone line is never plugged in. Create a script that dials the modem to 911 after 2 hours of inactivity and play a recorded message stating that the system was stolen and to call you at home for details, etc. All 911 calls are recorded, caller ID'ed and taken seriously. Instant thief ID.
2) Install Back Orifice! It does everything you could ask it to do when a user gets online. Easy and proven effective. If for some reason the 911 trick fails or the cops aren't amused, you'll always have this a a backdoor.
Think about this for a minute. The basic design of speakers as a sound producing device has remain unchanged since it was invented nearly 100 years ago. The flat piezo screens are really no different: a big flat sheets of [whatever] vibrates to produce sound.
:)
What's wrong with that you say? Well first of all, as some people have already pointed out, the smaller they get the worse the sound is. Small speakers just can't produce the same bass that our ears can hear. And no matter what you make them out of it will always be that way if you use the standard old vibrating film design. Period.
What we need is a REAL revolutionary design change in the loudspeaker. A speaker with no moving parts. A speaker that simply vibrates the air without having to vibrate some part of it's anatomy at the same time.
I'm no engineer, but a mass of ionized air could easily be vibrated by use of electro-magnets without any direct physical contact. Since there is no direct physical manipulation of the air with a solid object, all the limitations of size and sound can be eliminated. Also, why do cheap speakers sound bad? It's bacause of the cheap materials used to vibrate the air. With no materials used to vibrate the air (only electricity) sound quality can be greatly improved as well.
Any electrical/sound engineers care to comment? I give you my invitation to steal my IP as long as I get the first samples!
Did anybody channel surfing happen past the Discovery Channel yesterday? Or maybe it was the Learning Channel... Any way, they were broacasting some shows upside down and claiming it was a technical difficulty. Every few minutes they would scroll an important looking message along the bottom explaining it and suggesting that you turn you TV upside down or something. As the show progressed the suggestions got more and more outlandish. At one point they recommended that you stand on your head and bark like a dog. I love it when big corporations get in on the fun. Who remembers what Taco Bell did a few years ago? I remember that it was damn funny, but I don't remember exactly what it was.
I think they should send Tito Jackson into space just to piss this guy off.
It costs $810 for McAfee's Total Virus Defense Suite plus man hours to maintain it. If people aren't protecting themselves, then you might as well calculate the cost of earthquakes or floods. Virus attacks are an Internet act of nature. You either prepare yourself ahead of time, or you're a bloody fool.
I've used CIHost in a variety of functions for a long time now. Very good in my experience.
They had a huge server outage a few months back and the president himself wrote a letter to all the domain holders regarding it. I don't expect that it would happen again.
It says that the parents are threatening legal action to protect his college chances. I'd have to say that this sort of thing is exactly the sort of thing that gets kids INTO presegious colleges. It clearly shows his ability to think outside of the box and on his own.
There's an old saying in the acting industry. "The best way to get a job out of acting college is to get thrown out of one".
WHAT cool LINUX games? Since when did LINUX get cool games before Windows?
And another thing (I admit I didn't read the article yet), but file access from a CD is going to be dog slow. That doesn't sound like fun too me.
Introducing, the MICROSOFT Force Feedback Marital Aid series of HUD devices!!! For couples who have difficulty pleasing each other we proudly bring you the Vibrating Intellimouse and Vibrating Intellimouse Pro. By using our specially designed training software (standard on all new Compaqs) you will be able to train yourself to touch your mate in all the right ways. Point, click, and drag your way to better sex. The mouse tells you when you're doing it right! Also available!!! The Microsoft CueCat Force Feedback USB dildo, powered by Direct-seX. This foxy feline is sure to make it's way into your heart... and your bed. ;-) Use the special red laser tracking system to target your mate's "favorite" bar codes.
Yeaaaah, baby!
Don't give Microsoft any ideas.
I don't believe that I'm the only one who's seen the half-hour long CueCat informercial! Has no one else seen this?
It is the this really creepy (makes X-Files seem normal) half-hour long brain washing explaining how "the Cat" will forever change the face of the Internet (for the mindless dullards on AOL maybe). Click here for the list of times you can be brainwashed too!
During the 30 Minutes Hate they actually say corporate buzz words like "Information synergy for total Internet access". All I can say is WTF?
But if you watch the commercial (bring a friend), you will quickly understand whay they are SOOOO uptight about us hacking the little red light puking pussy. It is very very clear that they are spending TONS of cash in an attempt to saturate every Internet houshold with one of these things to corner their piece of directed advertising. During the "show" they demostrate "actuall users" (with brain slugs) using the Cat to scan everything from their breakfast cereal to golf clubs.
Plus, if you stop by your hand Radio Shack you can get even more Cue accessories for your Cat that will hook your TV directly to your computer. That's right, they are paying big bucks to several TV shows so that they can continue to gather information about what you're watching in an attempt to better focus advertising to you. They are not going to stop hounding us about hacking this thing for a long, long time. BAsically until they go bankrupt or are declared the new Big Brother, which ever comes first.
Also, has anybody noticed how much the IOC web site SUCKS ASS??!!!! You go there looking for scores and schedules and ALL the informamtion is a day old, sometimes TWO days old!! Some sports aren't even covered!!!!! WTF? I can't use enough explatives and exclamation points to demonstrate how bad the site is and how much of a Nazi inspired group of holes I think they are.
...as long aa I don't have to hack my girlfriend's pants... "oooh baby... ooh yeahh..... NOOOOOO!!! 128-bit encyption!!!!!"
How about an MP3 decoder that will pump out music from an earphone jack? Then you could copy songs onto compact flash cards from your CF reader and pop them in! What the hell do I want to talk to my Palm for anyway? Oh wait, Palms don't have CF slots or audio out jacks. Just another way in which the Psion is superior I guess (neener, neener). In fact, you've been able to talk to Psions for years now with the *built-in* software. May the flames start now... :-)
I just want to know how they are scanning the stuff so quickly! Or maybe it's not so quick. I mean, think about that. If they can just wave a ComCat barcode scanner (not really) over your face and determine if your DNA matches against some database, then we're a little closer to Big Brother than I'm comfy with. And I'm not talking about some lame TV show... Those mercandise scanners at the music store could scan your ass as you walk in and they start watching you if your DNA matches a known shoplifter from a database. The possibilities are endless. How about a car that recognizes it's owner by touch. Would only have to put your hand on the door handle and it opens up just for you... Okay, I'm being paranoid. I'll go eat lunch now and I'll feel better. I suppose if I actually read the article I'd feel foolish (oops, too late).
Hasn't anybody here heard of peltier coolers? They use electric power to suck the heat from one side of their surface and transfer it to the other. The temperature difference from one side to the other can be as much as 120 degrees or more. The only problem is that since they do run on electricity, they do generate a tiny amount of heat themselves. Meaning your fan had better be running, or else the insides of your case are going to go into meltdown (okay, that might be an exageration, but if your fan fails, you'll definitly be toast). Most people put one in between the CPU and the heatsink. However, I was wondering why more heatsink companyies don't integrate them into their designs? You could have one mounted to contact the CPU, and four others pointed sideways inside the heatsink itself to transfer this heat radially away from the "hot point" of the CPU. This would not only remove heat from the CPU more efficiently, but would also distibute the heat through the heatsink better.
Anything to get all these flabby-ass geeks off their asses and outside is okay by me. If it takes Quake on wheels, then so be it.
Does this make my neighbor's dog a packet sniffer?