I wonder what he thinks about spam that promises that Bill Gates will send him money if he spreads the spam to all his friends.
The latest version promises free trips but the only thing that's gone around the world so far is the spam.
The email claimed that BA and Microsoft were tracking the email, and for every five people that recipients forwarded it to, they would receive a free return flight to London from any destination in the world or, if flying from London, to any Asian destination.
If the email was sent to 10 people, there was the opportunity to fly around the world free.
People still use individual letters for type-setting? I thought the Big Boys used gizmos that cast pages to order or something funky. (My knowledge of printing stops at fannish Gestetner machines.)
No matter what the method, if you're out of ink/toner, you're SOL. (I remember being disappointed that laser printers didn't actually burn the letters on to the page.)
My apartment building always has interesting printing tech left out back by the dumpsters. Once there was an IBM line-printer. I was tempted, but it had an IBM "standard" connector, so I passed. I did pick up the Smith-Corona daisy-wheel typewriter because it has a semi-standard serial port on the back. 12cps and a spelling-checker, woo! (I'll probably dump^w donate it to my parents. Easier than trying to bring them up to speed on even a turn-key computer setup, and I hate tossing working equipment.)
Getting back on topic, I wonder how an Inca "knot-printer" would work? The colours could work like an inkjet, but they'd have to go to a symbolic representation of knots eventually. Too bad we can't see what might have happened with them after a few thousand years -- if anything. I'm re-reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. (Slowly, several pages at bed time knock me right out.)
I'm afraid C0DEBABE is likely to be an undefined value. Come to think of it, it's just as well. What if you disagreed about something basic in coding? Far better a neo who will be impressed by my large.. coding skills.:^P
I misread the article. They're using hydrogen, although there have been projects to use other stuff. There's a difference between using different fuels and impurities. Pure ethanol alchohol makes a mighty fine fuel if you don't have to diddle with fuel injectors and timing. (But what a waste!)
Maybe we should look at steam cars while we're waiting?:^P
The running life is great. Bummer about the fragile part, but I'm sure they'll work on that now that it runs. One nice thing about fuel cells is that they usually aren't too picky about what they eat. If built for gasoline, probably anything vaguely close will do.
What I wonder about is what sort of power these things produce. Can they directly drive an electric car, or would they need a battery to handle surges during acceleration?
I was going to check to see if anyone had the domain happy.birthday.to.me (using DNS to check), but the TLD.me hasn't been handed out to anyone from what I can tell.
Port 224? I don't recall any article mentioning port numbers, other than the program trying services not available. As for what those ports are used for, God and the IANA knows, like here (Of course, since there are no assigned l33t haxor ports, they tend to use whatever they want to.)
We have only observed the trojan on Linux systems to date. However, the
program itself is quite portable to other unix variants, so it is
possible if not likely
that it may also exist on other unix distributions. It is also possible
that the 'original' trojan is Windows-based.
And how does the trojan even get installed in the first place? Solving that one should be a large part of this puzzle.
That's it, I'm switching to Win/XP where they're very experienced with network security problems. Oh wait, that's "they're very experienced by network security problems". Never mind.
It's about the movie industry, but Fatal Subtraction is a good look at how these sorts of industries play numbers games. (Coming to America was a $350-million-grossing movie never earned "net profits".)
Oh I know that. But given all those clues, the full keyspace might not have to be explored. I'm too lazy to get out my copy of Cryptography and Data Security (old but a classic) right now.
With most other companies, I'd say that you're right. Even knowing the public key and the algorithm wouldn't be enough to reduce the probable time required to find the private key.
But.. this is Microsoft. With all the fsckups in network and password security, are you saying that they finally got it right on a game console?
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Sure it sucks, but at least be accurate.
The latest version promises free trips but the only thing that's gone around the world so far is the spam.
Oh, I don't think this troll is just confused. All of the above?
What does Sun's Java have to do with open source and the GPL?
No matter what the method, if you're out of ink/toner, you're SOL. (I remember being disappointed that laser printers didn't actually burn the letters on to the page.)
My apartment building always has interesting printing tech left out back by the dumpsters. Once there was an IBM line-printer. I was tempted, but it had an IBM "standard" connector, so I passed. I did pick up the Smith-Corona daisy-wheel typewriter because it has a semi-standard serial port on the back. 12cps and a spelling-checker, woo! (I'll probably dump^w donate it to my parents. Easier than trying to bring them up to speed on even a turn-key computer setup, and I hate tossing working equipment.)
Getting back on topic, I wonder how an Inca "knot-printer" would work? The colours could work like an inkjet, but they'd have to go to a symbolic representation of knots eventually. Too bad we can't see what might have happened with them after a few thousand years -- if anything. I'm re-reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. (Slowly, several pages at bed time knock me right out.)
I'm afraid C0DEBABE is likely to be an undefined value. Come to think of it, it's just as well. What if you disagreed about something basic in coding? Far better a neo who will be impressed by my large .. coding skills. :^P
Maybe we should look at steam cars while we're waiting? :^P
Unicorns won't work for a transportation policy because it would depend on a large supply of mythical virgins. Then again, this is Slashdot.
What I wonder about is what sort of power these things produce. Can they directly drive an electric car, or would they need a battery to handle surges during acceleration?
What if you're type-setting a book page, and you run out of E's? (Or 3's since they're reversed.)
The RIAA can play That Achy-Breaky Heart over and over and over...
Exactly, but it does cause a double-take the first time it turns up.
Amazing, well fsck.me!
Port 224? I don't recall any article mentioning port numbers, other than the program trying services not available. As for what those ports are used for, God and the IANA knows, like here (Of course, since there are no assigned l33t haxor ports, they tend to use whatever they want to.)
No, like in Little Shop of Horrors (remake). That guy sure looks like plant food to me.
Great, organized crime on both sides of the fight, that would be interesting.
I imagine if you leave DEADBEEF in your code for a few days, it turns into BADF00D.
And how does the trojan even get installed in the first place? Solving that one should be a large part of this puzzle.
That's it, I'm switching to Win/XP where they're very experienced with network security problems. Oh wait, that's "they're very experienced by network security problems". Never mind.
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It's no stranger than that hex sequence BADF00D that keeps cropping up in MS code.
Enh, Case is an anti-hero, or at least a dyspeptic one. I say we need a Hiro Protagonist!
It's about the movie industry, but Fatal Subtraction is a good look at how these sorts of industries play numbers games. (Coming to America was a $350-million-grossing movie never earned "net profits".)
Oh I know that. But given all those clues, the full keyspace might not have to be explored. I'm too lazy to get out my copy of Cryptography and Data Security (old but a classic) right now.
The fact that a mod chip is even possible makes it sound like their protection is not exactly secure and sealed.
But .. this is Microsoft. With all the fsckups in network and password security, are you saying that they finally got it right on a game console?