However, any hacker who actually wanted in your network could do so in seconds:
1. Listen for a unicast frame to determine a valid MAC address on the network.
Ummm...how, exactly, are they going to do this without being on the network? Mac filtering will keep them off the network unless they are an incredibly lucky guesser or have a lot of spare time on their hands.
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Which makes this whole thing pretty pointless. If you don't want people to 'netstumble' you, don't beacon and pick some obscure (non dictionary) name for your ssid. Sheesh.
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I actually know how to do this myself using the lirc project, but I have better things to do with my time than write that particular piece of code.
Back on topic...I can see this as being useful on a local network in a college dorm or apartment complex...cool if you could have the washer/drier lock itself until you log in and unlock it to keep ppl from throwing your still wet clothes all over the place. Checking status would be very nice too.
putting it on the public Internet probably isn't the greatest idea in the world though.
Even more interesting, since it is usually very easy to change it and then turn off SSID broadcasts on the access point, rendering stuff like netstumbler pretty much ineffective. All this basic security without even using wep.
How about retooling your business plan to provide services and products that people want. Saying that the only successful businesses that use the web are web-only companies (such as porn) is like saying that the only successful businesses that use the highway are truck stops, motels, and Cracker Barrels.
Well, can you name a single business that is a web-only business that has been successful that is *NOT* porn or Ebay?
Those two things fit the 'model' well, so they are successful. Mail order shops did their thing b4 the web, but the web lets them do more, b/c the model fits.
Seems like a great way to give yourself the RSI that slashdotters love to complain about from time to time.
I prefer if I want to open a tab, for example.
and what about browsing on a device where a mouse is a pain in the ass? My libretto is run pretty exclusively by keyboard shortcuts because using the mouse isn't an option in most circumstances where I use the libretto.
The OS/2 version of netscape was doing this back around 1996-1997.
It's easy to have objects from different programs all be used between programs when you have a real object oriented engine. I sure wish we had WPS for linux, and that programs were coded to it. Or at least have gnome and kde stop trying to mimic the idiocy that is the windoze interface and be more like os/2 was or taligent could have been.
Apple's advertisements in popular magazines bother me. I read one while waiting in the doctor's office the other day where there is a letter from a switcher praising the mac for not 'blue screening' all the time.
the problem was, that the ad was hardware focused. Blue screens are an OS issue. They were comparing hardware to software, which made absolutely no sense to anybody who knows better.
It would be nice if they had the balls to say OS-X is better than WIndows, and not that it's better than a 'pc'.
Before I die of shame, I can at least proudly say that I use PuTTY to connect to a *nix box for my mail, which I read and write in PINE...please, don't revoke my nerd credentials.
Putty's ok (but no support for RSA auth in scp, last I checked). But since you aren't using ssh under cygwin, your nerd credentials are on probation.
Really, porn has been the only true 'web business model' i've seen that works. Other things that work are mail order...but those businesses can exist without the internet, and in most cases their sites are just easier ways to order than on the phone (the company existed fine before the Internet became popular).
IIRC, ultima underworld was out just before wolf3d, and had a more realistic (albeit slower) 3d engine. The speed didn't matter as much as it was an adventure vs. a shooter.
Toshiba libretto + 20GB hard drive = great portable multimedia machine
It's even fast enough to play mpeg video at full screen with the new XVideo stuff in the neomagic driver.
I wouldn't try to run with it, but it fits perfectly in the area just above my gearshift in the mazda protege. Couple that with an 'aux' adapter for the car stereo and I'm good to go (has anybody reverse-engineereed and created schematics for the hardware used to control/send messages from a kenwood head unit to cd-changer? being able to control the libretto from the head unit would be GREAT!)
In addition, I can have maps/etc on other screens while driving to a destination. Very nice little setup without a lot of custom hardware/software (I just use xmms with my full collection queued at all times, and if there is a song I want to hear, just 'j' 'typetty typetty type' and I get the desired song)
As with all the other things that piss off the RIAA. This would be a great thing to have, as I could buy tapes less expensively than CD's, and then record them to MP3. Nifty.
Too bad CD's are at least 3x more expensive than they should be. If they came down to around $8-$10 a piece, I'd be inclined to actually buy the stuff...mostly to replace what I had as a kid on tapes..also to replace the stuff I had stolen.
Do I own the music or the medium when I buy a CD? Why can't I go to a store with only my receipt and get a new CD when one becomes ruined or stolen, or god-forbid, a new format comes out and I'd like to take advantage of it with the music I have already purchased.
Nifty little device, but it wouldn't have a whole lot of use if the RIAA would get its head out of its ass.
Well, the problem is that before long this stuff will possibly make it difficult, at best, to do things like record your own stuff (kid's recitals, plays, races, ball games, etc).
Not a very nice thing to think of, where I don't have the right to record my own history.
Help you? Gosh, I'd be pretty proud if I had a child that age wanting to actually figure that stuff out. Too many kids today think they are talented b/c they can make doom levels or whatever instead of actually building something on their own from scratch. Let him create, dad!
Mastering 3d vector based engines isn't the problem. Making them run fast enough on a 386..ahh..that was difficult.
Oddly enough, I didn't make the connection between linear algebra and 3d graphics until I had a spaceflight dynamics course in college...then it hit me...this satellite equation stuff is exactly what I could use to do 3d graphics on the pc...Cool!:)
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Why is the parent modded as a troll? It's the truth, and quite disturbing. If these guys want to mimic anything it should be OS/2's WPS.
From the last paragraph:
Ummm...how, exactly, are they going to do this without being on the network? Mac filtering will keep them off the network unless they are an incredibly lucky guesser or have a lot of spare time on their hands.
Which makes this whole thing pretty pointless. If you don't want people to 'netstumble' you, don't beacon and pick some obscure (non dictionary) name for your ssid. Sheesh.
I actually know how to do this myself using the lirc project, but I have better things to do with my time than write that particular piece of code.
Back on topic...I can see this as being useful on a local network in a college dorm or apartment complex...cool if you could have the washer/drier lock itself until you log in and unlock it to keep ppl from throwing your still wet clothes all over the place. Checking status would be very nice too.
putting it on the public Internet probably isn't the greatest idea in the world though.
Even more interesting, since it is usually very easy to change it and then turn off SSID broadcasts on the access point, rendering stuff like netstumbler pretty much ineffective. All this basic security without even using wep.
Well, can you name a single business that is a web-only business that has been successful that is *NOT* porn or Ebay?
Those two things fit the 'model' well, so they are successful. Mail order shops did their thing b4 the web, but the web lets them do more, b/c the model fits.
except perhaps strong encryption and authentication?
Try it with a laptop eraser-head pointer and tell me how much you still like it.
I prefer if I want to open a tab, for example.
and what about browsing on a device where a mouse is a pain in the ass? My libretto is run pretty exclusively by keyboard shortcuts because using the mouse isn't an option in most circumstances where I use the libretto.
It's easy to have objects from different programs all be used between programs when you have a real object oriented engine. I sure wish we had WPS for linux, and that programs were coded to it. Or at least have gnome and kde stop trying to mimic the idiocy that is the windoze interface and be more like os/2 was or taligent could have been.
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the problem was, that the ad was hardware focused. Blue screens are an OS issue. They were comparing hardware to software, which made absolutely no sense to anybody who knows better.
It would be nice if they had the balls to say OS-X is better than WIndows, and not that it's better than a 'pc'.
Putty's ok (but no support for RSA auth in scp, last I checked). But since you aren't using ssh under cygwin, your nerd credentials are on probation.
Really. This guy is right. It's no big deal. Just ask Dmitry Sklyarov.
What about the linux version? (RTCW kicks ass in linux, btw...as does quake3)
Ahh! Sweet and Sour Pork! God Damned you Americans!
Really, porn has been the only true 'web business model' i've seen that works. Other things that work are mail order...but those businesses can exist without the internet, and in most cases their sites are just easier ways to order than on the phone (the company existed fine before the Internet became popular).
Sounds like a major pita to me.
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It's even fast enough to play mpeg video at full screen with the new XVideo stuff in the neomagic driver.
I wouldn't try to run with it, but it fits perfectly in the area just above my gearshift in the mazda protege. Couple that with an 'aux' adapter for the car stereo and I'm good to go (has anybody reverse-engineereed and created schematics for the hardware used to control/send messages from a kenwood head unit to cd-changer? being able to control the libretto from the head unit would be GREAT!)
In addition, I can have maps/etc on other screens while driving to a destination. Very nice little setup without a lot of custom hardware/software (I just use xmms with my full collection queued at all times, and if there is a song I want to hear, just 'j' 'typetty typetty type' and I get the desired song)
Too bad CD's are at least 3x more expensive than they should be. If they came down to around $8-$10 a piece, I'd be inclined to actually buy the stuff...mostly to replace what I had as a kid on tapes..also to replace the stuff I had stolen.
Do I own the music or the medium when I buy a CD? Why can't I go to a store with only my receipt and get a new CD when one becomes ruined or stolen, or god-forbid, a new format comes out and I'd like to take advantage of it with the music I have already purchased.
Nifty little device, but it wouldn't have a whole lot of use if the RIAA would get its head out of its ass.
Not a very nice thing to think of, where I don't have the right to record my own history.
Help you? Gosh, I'd be pretty proud if I had a child that age wanting to actually figure that stuff out. Too many kids today think they are talented b/c they can make doom levels or whatever instead of actually building something on their own from scratch. Let him create, dad!
Oddly enough, I didn't make the connection between linear algebra and 3d graphics until I had a spaceflight dynamics course in college...then it hit me...this satellite equation stuff is exactly what I could use to do 3d graphics on the pc...Cool! :)