You miss the point. Anonymity allows dissention without reprisal, and that's a good thing. We're not talking about swapping N*Sync mp3s here, or pirating Windows games, we're talking about the ability to hide in an environment increasingly hostile to hackers. God forbid you should use a barcode reader for reading barcodes of your own choosing, rather than just those in ads the way the manufacturer intended. If such a thing is going to bring you enemies, I say (in the immortal words of Miagi-san): "Best defense: no be there."
Ah, that's true. I thought you meant picking a BBS and using it for all of your distribution. You're right about the logs, but if you upload from public terminals, etc. you should be okay.
The problem is this: if these files are originating at a BBS, the Man can just make that BBS' owner *start* logging or shut down. You can't have a single, stationary point of injection that can be traced to a person any more than you can just post it under your real name, because the effect is the same.
What's needed is a way to set up a "front" site and post your code there, without either being traceable to you, and without ever using the same front site twice. That way they can't catch you when you come back, since you don't.
Mostly, I've been thinking about how one could run a website that is difficult to link to its author. The best I've come up with, though, is something on the order of data-laundering, where you pass your updates down a chain of people (who each only know the person before and after them in the chain) until it gets to someone who uploads it, without ever really knowing where it came from.
The trick to that is that you need a chain of people who trust each other implicitly, as you're basically asking them to enter into what could easily be a conspiracy (since they don't know what they're posting or who authored it).
Well, that may be so, but you're still approximating. If your hardware is playing the closest-match game, you have the same problems of consistency you did when your software was playing it.
I have yet to find a book that really gets into session management. At least one that I've seen does mention that such a thing exists in PHP4, but that's about it. I'm interested in seeing techniques used for handling logins, etc., and in seeing samples and examples of session management in use.
Everything else I've needed to know, the php.net manual has told me.
The reason for encrypting everything you can is a concept called "plausible deniability". If you only encrypt important things, someone can point to encrypted data and say "that's important, he must be up to something, I can tell because it's encrypted." If you encrypt everything, you can deny that any of it (or any given piece of data, more importantly) is at all interesting, and such denial is entirely plausible.
Bah. VMWare will work fine on Slackware... just trick it into thinking you have those rc.d directories it's looking for (or rather, have them, and then delete them after it installs if you so desire) and it'll install fine. It runs nicely on Slack.
Since VMWare is capable or running Linux on Linux, it can be
used for kernel development and other dangerous stuff.
While I might agree with the "other dangerous stuff" part of this statement, using VMWare for kernel development is a Bad Idea(tm). I used it for a little while when I was hacking out some godawful kernel modules, until I discovered that its networking was wonky (to put it mildly).
No, it's not a groundbreaking release. But it was released, and it is news, and this is (at least partially) a news site for people who are interested in this sort of news.
Exo Squad. Continuous plot, plenty of good character development, people died and it sucked when they did.... very good show. I really wish they'd put it out on DVD.
Isn't Eva 0:1 already out? I could swear I've read some reviews complaining about how horrible the transfer was, despite the ten-language sound tracks or something.
Scooby Doo is the biggest pile of shit in animation history. I can't figure out why the hell anyone watches it, except that some moron decided it was "retro" and therefore cool.
Hint: if something's only cool because it's retro, it blows. This has been the case for Scooby Doo, the Brady Bunch, bell bottoms, those stupid calf-length tight pants girls wear, Grease, disco... the list goes on.
Usually, when faced with this type of situation, I just copy the URL and paste it to a wget command line. wget tends to not crap out, and generally has no problems with cgi scripts.
Of course, you have to make sure that you give it the URL that will actually end up transferring you a file, and not a URL that takes you to a fileplanet page or some other such bullshit.
Why? Are there "History of Mechanical Engineering" classes? Or "History of Biological Sciences"?
There aren't, because the important history is taught along with the material in the regular classes. "We know [blah] because [blah] discovered/confirmed it using this experiment/equation."
My Comp. Sci. classes were the same way. We were told all about the origins of the languages we were learning, the historical reasons for various aspects of systems programming, etc. If your classes aren't telling you where all this information is coming from, perhaps you're not at the best of CS schools. (No offense intended.)
The gaming future belongs to the consoles: X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast and Gamecube. Not PC's.
First, you've just made a completely separate argument: namely, that of PCs vs. consoles rather than Linux vs. other OSes.
Second, people have been blathering about how consoles are the future for at least a decade. Funny how I'm running UT on my PC right now, while my Playstation sits idle in the living room.
I keep hearing this term, and was wondering if someone could give a decent explanation of how a "cavitation torpedo" works. Is it as it sounds: A torpedo that moves by wiggling?
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You miss the point. Anonymity allows dissention without reprisal, and that's a good thing. We're not talking about swapping N*Sync mp3s here, or pirating Windows games, we're talking about the ability to hide in an environment increasingly hostile to hackers. God forbid you should use a barcode reader for reading barcodes of your own choosing, rather than just those in ads the way the manufacturer intended. If such a thing is going to bring you enemies, I say (in the immortal words of Miagi-san): "Best defense: no be there."
Ah, that's true. I thought you meant picking a BBS and using it for all of your distribution. You're right about the logs, but if you upload from public terminals, etc. you should be okay.
Wow. I'm not a religious man, but I have to say I'm fairly impressed by how well you're doing your job as a Christian. Good work.
The problem is this: if these files are originating at a BBS, the Man can just make that BBS' owner *start* logging or shut down. You can't have a single, stationary point of injection that can be traced to a person any more than you can just post it under your real name, because the effect is the same.
What's needed is a way to set up a "front" site and post your code there, without either being traceable to you, and without ever using the same front site twice. That way they can't catch you when you come back, since you don't.
Mostly, I've been thinking about how one could run a website that is difficult to link to its author. The best I've come up with, though, is something on the order of data-laundering, where you pass your updates down a chain of people (who each only know the person before and after them in the chain) until it gets to someone who uploads it, without ever really knowing where it came from.
The trick to that is that you need a chain of people who trust each other implicitly, as you're basically asking them to enter into what could easily be a conspiracy (since they don't know what they're posting or who authored it).
I can see the charge now: "Conspiracy to Do Something"
You should, perhaps, read the article. Turns out the biggest problem area is 16-bit color.
I would just like to say: way to know your shit!
Well, that may be so, but you're still approximating. If your hardware is playing the closest-match game, you have the same problems of consistency you did when your software was playing it.
That is NOT a great book. It's a kids' book that basically says "if you share with someone, they're just gonna want more."
I didn't realize it til a few years ago, but that's a pretty fucked up children's book, if you ask me. It's cynical and mean, man.
I have yet to find a book that really gets into session management. At least one that I've seen does mention that such a thing exists in PHP4, but that's about it. I'm interested in seeing techniques used for handling logins, etc., and in seeing samples and examples of session management in use.
Everything else I've needed to know, the php.net manual has told me.
The reason for encrypting everything you can is a concept called "plausible deniability". If you only encrypt important things, someone can point to encrypted data and say "that's important, he must be up to something, I can tell because it's encrypted." If you encrypt everything, you can deny that any of it (or any given piece of data, more importantly) is at all interesting, and such denial is entirely plausible.
Bah. VMWare will work fine on Slackware... just trick it into thinking you have those rc.d directories it's looking for (or rather, have them, and then delete them after it installs if you so desire) and it'll install fine. It runs nicely on Slack.
Since VMWare is capable or running Linux on Linux, it can be used for kernel development and other dangerous stuff.
While I might agree with the "other dangerous stuff" part of this statement, using VMWare for kernel development is a Bad Idea(tm). I used it for a little while when I was hacking out some godawful kernel modules, until I discovered that its networking was wonky (to put it mildly).
No, it's not a groundbreaking release. But it was released, and it is news, and this is (at least partially) a news site for people who are interested in this sort of news.
Now piss off.
Maybe you didn't see the sign on the way in, but this is a discussion forum. We discuss things here. That's kinda the point.
Exo Squad. Continuous plot, plenty of good character development, people died and it sucked when they did.... very good show. I really wish they'd put it out on DVD.
Isn't Eva 0:1 already out? I could swear I've read some reviews complaining about how horrible the transfer was, despite the ten-language sound tracks or something.
Scooby Doo is the biggest pile of shit in animation history. I can't figure out why the hell anyone watches it, except that some moron decided it was "retro" and therefore cool.
Hint: if something's only cool because it's retro, it blows. This has been the case for Scooby Doo, the Brady Bunch, bell bottoms, those stupid calf-length tight pants girls wear, Grease, disco... the list goes on.
I think you can throw those "Pros" out. The reason? A convicted felon is a guy who got caught. He ain't that good.
Usually, when faced with this type of situation, I just copy the URL and paste it to a wget command line. wget tends to not crap out, and generally has no problems with cgi scripts.
Of course, you have to make sure that you give it the URL that will actually end up transferring you a file, and not a URL that takes you to a fileplanet page or some other such bullshit.
Why? Are there "History of Mechanical Engineering" classes? Or "History of Biological Sciences"?
There aren't, because the important history is taught along with the material in the regular classes. "We know [blah] because [blah] discovered/confirmed it using this experiment/equation."
My Comp. Sci. classes were the same way. We were told all about the origins of the languages we were learning, the historical reasons for various aspects of systems programming, etc. If your classes aren't telling you where all this information is coming from, perhaps you're not at the best of CS schools. (No offense intended.)
The gaming future belongs to the consoles: X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast and Gamecube. Not PC's.
First, you've just made a completely separate argument: namely, that of PCs vs. consoles rather than Linux vs. other OSes.
Second, people have been blathering about how consoles are the future for at least a decade. Funny how I'm running UT on my PC right now, while my Playstation sits idle in the living room.
Nevermind. "Cavitation" doesn't mean what I thought it did (go dictionary.com!), and thus the article tells me all I need to know.
I keep hearing this term, and was wondering if someone could give a decent explanation of how a "cavitation torpedo" works. Is it as it sounds: A torpedo that moves by wiggling?