Re:Boy I sure will sleep better tonight...
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When things get really tough, do they all join into a giant virus-fighting robot?
Re:Ugh, these aren't viruses...
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They seem to be running down Slashdot's Axis of Evil list for their merkins: SCO, Microsoft, and now the RIAA. We ought to be able to deduce the next MyDumb.n target.
Slashdot could run a poll, but the answer would almost certainly be.. CowboyNeal.
Re:Ugh, these aren't viruses...
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Back then, at lot of them didn't infect executables, but went for boot sectors like STONED. And there are arbitrary EXE infectors around still, but they tend to get noticed and whacked faster than ones that don't.
Oh yeah, that was always a classic. "I have an idea for a game, you could write it and we could split it 50-50." (The "idea" was always at the "this guy on the screen and he does stuff" stage rather than a solid game design.)
That guy with the funny shapes that fall down the screen, boy did we send him packing!
Also from space: "Humble" telescope
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Might as well toss some more space news in. No pictures yet alas.
Tiny telescope exceeds high hopes May detect clouds on distant worlds.
It's a neat little $10 million 50 kilo unit. The best part is that a software upgrade improved the stability 10x. Hopefully there'll be some pictures soon.
At some intersections in Toronto, not only does the walk button work, but unless it's pressed, the walk signal never lights up. (Kind of a pain when the button isn't right at the corner and has a lot of snow around it.) It would be nice if they'd mark the "Cars Prefered" crossings to let people know.
RFTA. "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, shown yesterday in Toronto, says political motives are behind conversions to open-source systems."
By the way, that picture of Steve really needs to be Farked or something. (The print version is much larger and creepier.) "Give me the map and you might walk out of here on human limbs!" or something a Dark Overlord might say to Howard the Penguin.
Why don't they take up heathier real world activities.. like Flash Mobs? (On second thought, if they game like that, their Flash Mobs are unlikely to be happy fun events.)
And it would be nice to do a few trials first. Make a bridge out of it, put a few miles of it up in space. See how the stuff lasts over a couple years under various loads and conditions.
A space elevator is a very messy thing to have an "oops" with.
At least the equipment ended up at auction. Hope none of the biotech "development" ended up in the dumpster out back. Dawn of the Drosophila Melanogaster!
Keep in mind that most RFID tags don't actively transmit. They echo the reader's transmission. Any RFID "detector" could be detected itself from a much longer distance.
You can do better than that. One tag with a processor or hooked to a PDA. Today I am "G.W. Bush" and a bag of chips, scan that suckers. Tomorrow, my name is Legion.
In the February issue of Circuit Cellar, there's an article on RFID tags and how to make your own. (Alas, it's not one of the freebee articles on their web site. Go kill a tree for a good cause.) And once you understand how something works, it's always easier to shove a potato into the works!
Starting from this, building a RFID reader detector should be easy -- know when someone is scanning for tags. After that, if some reader is looking for tags with data, why not give the poor thing some? LOUDLY. Reading the data off of some existing tags should give you an idea of what format data the reader is looking for, especially if they use any CRCs or such to stop someone from feeding the reader arbitrary data. Then feed them arbitrary data. The best part is that you really aren't transmitting with passive RFID, you're just "echoing" the reader's transmission.
The gizmo used in the project is an Atmel e5551. Google for that and you'll find lots of things to read.
Well then, if SCO isn't breaking the GPL, then all they have to is stand there in court and say "We aren't violating Fyodor's copyright. We have a valid licence under the GPL... *oh shit*"
Case closed. SCO would certainly have won that battle. Lost the war however, too bad, so sad.
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When things get really tough, do they all join into a giant virus-fighting robot?
Slashdot could run a poll, but the answer would almost certainly be .. CowboyNeal.
Back then, at lot of them didn't infect executables, but went for boot sectors like STONED. And there are arbitrary EXE infectors around still, but they tend to get noticed and whacked faster than ones that don't.
That guy with the funny shapes that fall down the screen, boy did we send him packing!
It's a neat little $10 million 50 kilo unit. The best part is that a software upgrade improved the stability 10x. Hopefully there'll be some pictures soon.
They should have brought some change for Martian squeegee kids.
That's why they also have those signs. "Mind: The Gap".
At some intersections in Toronto, not only does the walk button work, but unless it's pressed, the walk signal never lights up. (Kind of a pain when the button isn't right at the corner and has a lot of snow around it.) It would be nice if they'd mark the "Cars Prefered" crossings to let people know.
No, I have the larger print version. He looks really really evil. Put a dark hooded robe on him, "Your friends have failed you..."
Believe me, with the big creepy picture of Ballmer in the middle of the page, you know who is speaking.
By the way, that picture of Steve really needs to be Farked or something. (The print version is much larger and creepier.) "Give me the map and you might walk out of here on human limbs!" or something a Dark Overlord might say to Howard the Penguin.
Why don't they take up heathier real world activities .. like Flash Mobs? (On second thought, if they game like that, their Flash Mobs are unlikely to be happy fun events.)
Did someone let Shatner have a window seat again?
How about "Keith Richards"?
And it would be nice to do a few trials first. Make a bridge out of it, put a few miles of it up in space. See how the stuff lasts over a couple years under various loads and conditions. A space elevator is a very messy thing to have an "oops" with.
At least the equipment ended up at auction. Hope none of the biotech "development" ended up in the dumpster out back. Dawn of the Drosophila Melanogaster!
You could do better than normal skydiving with these things.
The B-25 bomber valet parking didn't work too well either.
but I bet that this story should be titled "Fuelless Flight with Vapour Submarine".
It says "G.W. Bush" on my RFID tag, and they're never wrong.
Keep in mind that most RFID tags don't actively transmit. They echo the reader's transmission. Any RFID "detector" could be detected itself from a much longer distance.
You can do better than that. One tag with a processor or hooked to a PDA. Today I am "G.W. Bush" and a bag of chips, scan that suckers. Tomorrow, my name is Legion.
Starting from this, building a RFID reader detector should be easy -- know when someone is scanning for tags. After that, if some reader is looking for tags with data, why not give the poor thing some? LOUDLY. Reading the data off of some existing tags should give you an idea of what format data the reader is looking for, especially if they use any CRCs or such to stop someone from feeding the reader arbitrary data. Then feed them arbitrary data. The best part is that you really aren't transmitting with passive RFID, you're just "echoing" the reader's transmission.
The gizmo used in the project is an Atmel e5551. Google for that and you'll find lots of things to read.
Case closed. SCO would certainly have won that battle. Lost the war however, too bad, so sad.