> I can tell you that it involves placing a call to an 800 number, waiting about 1 to 2 minutes for a rep to answer, reading them a number, them reading you back a number, and you're done. No questions asked.
Wow! All that!? When I upgrade my Linux box, I just turn the power back on and it works.
If you read one of RMS's documents that comes with emacs (the one that's C-h p, maybe), you'll note that he did in fact have to put root passwords on the machines after they went to a proprietary OS:)
You just made me realize something -- it's super easy to intercept X events. It's easy to see what events a Gtk or Qt password box would generate. Just filter for those and *boom* instant passwords. On a local machine, you would just setup a daemon that reads from/tmp/.X11-unix/X0 and rerelays them to the X server. Reomtely, it's even easier!
The problem is with things like read and read, as in "I read slashdot twenty times a day", and "I read that article yesterday." How will the computer know the context? (The data that tells you that is later on in the sentence, and if the data isn't buffered...).
Well, sure, and probably better (I won't mention anything about shell scripts because that's The Bad Thing Of The Day right now)... but iTunes looks cooler with that spinning nuke thingy...
> Note also the ruling of the court that distribution of the DeCSS source code is NOT illegal. . . at the moment.
Yeah I know... but it's a good example. And the friggin' kernel exploit in not DMCA affected. If it is then chmod is a circumvention device (for root). Should we eliminate root?
Wrong. The DMCA only makes it illegal to circumvent encryption that protects compyright. Like the CSS that protectes copyrighted DVD's. That's why DeCSS is illegal, it's a circumvention device. Talking about DeCSS is illegal too aparently...
There's no encryption code that I know of that was affected, so someone's just being stupid here (Cox talking out his ass? I dunno...).
Yes, because nobody is forcing to use your code. Besides, how can a computer force you to be religious?
Debian GNU/Linux stable
jon login: root
Password:
Do you read the Bible 37 times or more a week? no
Oops! Bad response at 0x4b856
Rebooting in 180 seconds...
Slashdot Mirror
> I can tell you that it involves placing a call to an 800 number, waiting about 1 to 2 minutes for a rep to answer, reading them a number, them reading you back a number, and you're done. No questions asked.
Wow! All that!? When I upgrade my Linux box, I just turn the power back on and it works.
could you post a link, please?
If you read one of RMS's documents that comes with emacs (the one that's C-h p, maybe), you'll note that he did in fact have to put root passwords on the machines after they went to a proprietary OS :)
Here or here
You just made me realize something -- it's super easy to intercept X events. It's easy to see what events a Gtk or Qt password box would generate. Just filter for those and *boom* instant passwords. On a local machine, you would just setup a daemon that reads from /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 and rerelays them to the X server. Reomtely, it's even easier!
It's easy to see why Bush likes China so much -- they give him all his ideas!
no, it doesn't. you still have to patch. EXT3 is introduced in 2.2.15pre2
gotta love reinterpret_cast(expression) :-D
Obviously not, judging by some certain IIS exploits last summer :)
Strangely, ever since the "first conversion", the DNS has been sloooow. And it still is. What gives? (I'm on a T3 here, so it can't be on this end ;)
not to mention preentive multitasking, protected memory, etc.
> What chip are you running your OS on? I bet its an Intel chip, or an intel-clone (AMD)
:)
Nope, G3/233
Right, technically thinkgeek.com sells the slashdot stuff. Cool loophole :)
The problem is with things like read and read, as in "I read slashdot twenty times a day", and "I read that article yesterday." How will the computer know the context? (The data that tells you that is later on in the sentence, and if the data isn't buffered...).
I imagine mandarin has the same problems.
make clean dep, please
> Do the command line tools do that?
Well, sure, and probably better (I won't mention anything about shell scripts because that's The Bad Thing Of The Day right now)... but iTunes looks cooler with that spinning nuke thingy...
Fuck them? I think I'll pass....
I'll tell you... Debian GNU/Linux (or GNU/Hurd) would never have this problem :-D
Interesting thought. Maybe it's not a conincidence that I like Japanese and RPN calculators? (Darn the TI-89... so confusing ;)
M-x w3c works fine ;)
Heh, so what happens if you use an interperted language? It's human readable and machine readable :)
> Note also the ruling of the court that distribution of the DeCSS source code is NOT illegal. . . at the moment.
Yeah I know... but it's a good example. And the friggin' kernel exploit in not DMCA affected. If it is then chmod is a circumvention device (for root). Should we eliminate root?
No no no it doesn't! Read my previous post on what's illegal under the DMCA. Hint: this has nothing to do with it!!!!
Wrong. The DMCA only makes it illegal to circumvent encryption that protects compyright. Like the CSS that protectes copyrighted DVD's. That's why DeCSS is illegal, it's a circumvention device. Talking about DeCSS is illegal too aparently...
There's no encryption code that I know of that was affected, so someone's just being stupid here (Cox talking out his ass? I dunno...).
Yes, because nobody is forcing to use your code. Besides, how can a computer force you to be religious?
Debian GNU/Linux stable
jon login: root
Password:
Do you read the Bible 37 times or more a week? no
Oops! Bad response at 0x4b856
Rebooting in 180 seconds...