Mod it with a high-output IR laser diode, and pump up the volume for an entire apartment building by spraying the windows with on/max volume codes. At 3 am.
I think the camera they're using lets them get pictures up close. I thought it looked like a normal pencil-iron with a beat-up tip.
Years ago, I picked up a Weller soldering station when they were on sale. More expensive than a cheap pencil, but well worth it, especially on larger projects. (Just having a solid holder for the iron has probably saved me a few burns.)
Tip: Never solder projects without full-length pants.
The latest free-ish Visual Studio Express stuff stops working in March or so. I'm not sure if apps compiled with them will stop as well. (Possibly it's built into the.NET 2 beta code.)
It wasn't that he refused to talk with them, just that he didn't think he was needed for that meeting. Business discusions were handled by someone else at DRI. (His wife?) IBM expected to meet with the head of the company. And there was the problem when IBM slapped down their standard non-disclosure agreement.
It was a fumble and mismatch of corporate cultures that Bill Gates was quick to take advantage of.
Is this from the same virus line that had a "script kiddie looking for job" string in it? Maybe he's just pissed off because Sasser/Netsky author got one and he didn't?
He should include his full résumé, address and phone number in the next one.
This is the old "Windows-gets-attacked-because-it's-popular" myth.
I think the problem is more Windows-has-more-stupid-users. Okay, stupid is unfair. These are Magic Box users. These are the users who recently installed trojans by opening an email with an attachment, opened the zip attachment with a password, ran the executable trojan in the passworded zipped attachment. (The encrypted zip was to get around virus scanners. I guess the email had directions and the users followed them. *sigh* Figures they'd read those instructions.)
When those Magic Box users and the always-run-as-root department store install get together, it's not going to be a pretty sight.
While all the various trojans, viruses, worms and bots aren't exactly spyware (but can be used that way), I'm sure that all the MyDoom, Sasser, Doomran, etc get lumped into Dell's total.
There's someone who does an organized scan of my ISP's IP space every morning at 8:42 and 9:42 EDT. When I have two DHCP IPs, both get hit with an average of eight bots each trying ports 5554, 1023, 9898 and 445. The IPs it comes from are usually Korean or Japanese. When I listen at the ports, they try various exploits on bots which do listen on those ports to download their own bot software.
I suspect that "8:42 Zombie Charlie" scans a lot more than my ISP's space. So it looks like someone is running a very organized and *punctual* effort to harvest a whole lot of botted machines for unknown purposes. Joy. (Actually, it's kind of fun. I wrote a sound effects program from my firewall, and I drink my coffee listening to the chorus of sounds as the ports are checked. Too bad I can't arrange to be checked a little earlier in the morning.)
Well, it was a bit after late 1991 before the network code was working. Where was the spyware going to report to? (Maybe via UUCP once that was working.)
At least they wouldn't get too many arguments when the ref says "No, you can't swing your two-handed sword or ride your horse in that narrow dungeon corridor."
and pulls out a shotgun, I'm sure that the cart will give a helpful warning, and then after they blow the cart away, the PA system will inform everyone.
"I notice that you have bought duct tape. Other shoppers who have bought that, have also bought baby oil. And might I also suggest a visit to our pet department?"
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Just wait until you get an eBay phisher who asks you to send your biometric data. Now that would be identity theft!
A trickier problem might be: how well does that IR frequency go through window glass?
Wars will still be costly with this virtual battlefield. Think of all the quarters needed to play!
With that setup, think of how many swimming pool ladders they could remove with one command.
Mod it with a high-output IR laser diode, and pump up the volume for an entire apartment building by spraying the windows with on/max volume codes. At 3 am.
I'd be willing to review his résumé for him first. (The $250,000 US for turning him in would be sweet.)
Back in the day, there were lots of VT-100 terminal tricks...
I think the camera they're using lets them get pictures up close. I thought it looked like a normal pencil-iron with a beat-up tip.
Years ago, I picked up a Weller soldering station when they were on sale. More expensive than a cheap pencil, but well worth it, especially on larger projects. (Just having a solid holder for the iron has probably saved me a few burns.)
Tip: Never solder projects without full-length pants.
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The latest free-ish Visual Studio Express stuff stops working in March or so. I'm not sure if apps compiled with them will stop as well. (Possibly it's built into the .NET 2 beta code.)
It was a fumble and mismatch of corporate cultures that Bill Gates was quick to take advantage of.
He should include his full résumé, address and phone number in the next one.
You have no control over what data a web site will send, so the browser has to be able to accept anything without exploits or crashing.
This being Slashdot, I had to RTFA to see in what sense IE was shining. (Shining us on = pulling our legs, con job.)
Were those DVDs legal copies? Maybe the TV was calling the distress frequency to report pirates!
Immunizing does nothing against spyware #2001. It's better to close the entry-point. (Doing both is the safest approach, of course.)
But can't you just see Steve Ballmer thumping his shoe on the table and proclaiming "We will Berry you!"
That's probably why they're scanning from those Korean IP addresses. They probably have loads elsewhere, but they won't lose those for scanning.
I think the problem is more Windows-has-more-stupid-users. Okay, stupid is unfair. These are Magic Box users. These are the users who recently installed trojans by opening an email with an attachment, opened the zip attachment with a password, ran the executable trojan in the passworded zipped attachment. (The encrypted zip was to get around virus scanners. I guess the email had directions and the users followed them. *sigh* Figures they'd read those instructions.)
When those Magic Box users and the always-run-as-root department store install get together, it's not going to be a pretty sight.
There's someone who does an organized scan of my ISP's IP space every morning at 8:42 and 9:42 EDT. When I have two DHCP IPs, both get hit with an average of eight bots each trying ports 5554, 1023, 9898 and 445. The IPs it comes from are usually Korean or Japanese. When I listen at the ports, they try various exploits on bots which do listen on those ports to download their own bot software.
I suspect that "8:42 Zombie Charlie" scans a lot more than my ISP's space. So it looks like someone is running a very organized and *punctual* effort to harvest a whole lot of botted machines for unknown purposes. Joy. (Actually, it's kind of fun. I wrote a sound effects program from my firewall, and I drink my coffee listening to the chorus of sounds as the ports are checked. Too bad I can't arrange to be checked a little earlier in the morning.)
I never had any spyware on Coherent either! :)
Just think of the bill from the demonic power company.
At least they wouldn't get too many arguments when the ref says "No, you can't swing your two-handed sword or ride your horse in that narrow dungeon corridor."
and pulls out a shotgun, I'm sure that the cart will give a helpful warning, and then after they blow the cart away, the PA system will inform everyone.
"I notice that you have bought duct tape. Other shoppers who have bought that, have also bought baby oil. And might I also suggest a visit to our pet department?"