Keep an eye out for "OfferCompanion". Its possibile it only comes with the versions of gator that tag along on AaudioGalaxy or Snood. Or perhaps they finally removed it.
...is that when you uninstall it, it installs another program under a different name and icon that does the same thing gator does. It takes two uninstalls and reboots to remove it from your system, and how long will it take the average user to notice that unidentified icon among the 20 or so others. If you ask me, this self-replication and concealment is nothing more than a virus disguised as a "legitimate" program in a grey area of the law.
I've had something like this for 6 months. It's just a mobile drive rack in an external 5.25 bay. The drive/mobile dock locks into the mounted rack with a small hex key. It takes about 5 seconds to pull one drive and swap in another and theres no limit to the number of drives I can have ready to boot.
Searching for "mobile rack" on pricewatch I see these things for about $15 w/ S&H.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
I wrote an IRC bot a couple months ago that has some basic chatter features, some of the responses it comes up with sometimes seem extremely intelligent though they're just simple pattern matches. I remember one time in particular where someone asked the bot (with the intention of tripping it up) "What is the meaning of sex, pleasure or reproduction?" The bot retorted with "Don't you know?". Though probably one of the funniest responses it ever gave, it isn't the most intelligent seeming. The code is here (its still got some bugs)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
The most frequently observed celestial object is Earth. Earth is observed regularly for calibration--to make sure that all the charge-coupled detectors (CCDs) are working properly. The images from these "test" observations show no detail.
Just found this on HubbleSite, which is an official Hubble Space Telescope site. <conspiracy theory>Notice it says they don't photograph earth in detail, not that they couldn't, and 'test' is in quotes, as in, "we're just calling them tests".</conspiracy theory> I don't think "they" are watching us, if they are they have way too much time on their hands, but I think someone could present a plausable argument saying otherwise.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Do you always walk around staring up? I rest my case.
Seriously though, it's been said that if the Hubble Space Telescope were placed in New York City, ignoring the curvature of the earth and other interfering factors, it could read the year on a dime in San Fran. Calif. Try proving they can't count the number of hairs on my head from space.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Here it is, I forget exactly what this does, but anyway I put the offending statement back in so I could copy the error. Forgive the indentation, slashdot doesnt allow
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for (int z = 0; z < 2; z++) { // read the bytes til \n
for (int y = 0; ((y > 0 && bytes[y-1] != '\n') || y == 0); y++) {
bytes[y] = GetByte(&hw);
}
cout << "got string " << bytes;
num[z] = atoi(bytes);
memset(bytes, 0, sizeof(bytes));
}
sprintf(bytes, "%i\n", num[0] + num[1]);
cout << "sending " << bytes << endl; // annoying non-ANSI C standard compliant Microsoft... // variables declared in for-loop beginnings are suppose to be local to the loop.
for (int z = 0; ((z > 0 && bytes[z-1] != '\n') || z == 0); z++)
SendByte(&hw, bytes[z]);
The error reads:
D:\myC++\lab7\main.cpp(47) : error C2374: 'z' : redefinition; multiple initialization
D:\myC++\lab7\main.cpp(30) : see declaration of 'z' the problem is solved when one removes the int from the second for loop beginning.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Hmmm... weird. Are you using VC++ 6.0 Enterprise? If so, Perhaps I was thinking of some other language. I'll have to see if i can dig up the code where this happened.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Am I the only one who thinks good ol' ANSI C is just fine?
I prefer C++, but if you consider them similar enough to be counted as the same in this instance, then yeah, I'm with you. Although you can't deny Java's portablity is nice. Last time I tried to port an app written in C++ from Win32 to Linux (or was it the other way around?) I found out Visual C++ 6.0 has a bunch of non-standard compliant ways of doing things. (for instance, variables declared in for loop inits are suppose to be local to the loop, Microsoft apparently disagrees and their compiler reflects it. You get a bunch of redeclaration errors. bleh.)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Only 10 comments have been posted and its already slashdotted.
Warning: Too many connections in db_mysql.inc on line 73
Database error: pconnect(db.berlios.de, widi, $Password) failed.
MySQL Error: ()
Session halted.
I'd ask for a mirror, but for data harvestation, that'd sorta backfire.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Re:How is the pencil-n-paper business these days?
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SJGames Layoffs
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In the past week I've spent 3 full sleepless nights playing D&D 3rd Edition(usually its just every saturday night, but we bumped it up a notch just this week) in a group of 7 people and in a normal week(less D&D) probably as many or more hours playing CounterStrike. I don't "follow the industry", but from casual observation, it seems things are actually on the rise. It appears there are pencil&paper more RPG players than ever. The average players handbook and set of dice run about $20 and $3 respectively. There are published campaigns to play from. Third Edition has followed AOLs example and dumbed the game down slightly. There are new books popping up left and right. Neverwinter Nights is looking like a decent though not perfect port from pen&paper to electrons&wires.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Yes, if we could get.NET working on non-Microsoft platforms, it would be a good thing, but I don't think that the Redmond Redwood will roll over and let this happen without a fight. How difficult would it be to port.NET, if Microsoft is free to add, extend and modify the underlying protocol to break any third-party implementation that may rear its head?
Couldn't they just have a clause in the licenses saying something to the effect of "This service may only be used from a Microsoft OS using a Microsoft.NET client."? You have to access their servers right? and in order to do that, you have to accept their terms of service. It'd basically be the lazy approach to breaking third party implementations.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
I've honestly wondered about that for years. It's like putting a child in front of a cookie jar and saying, "Now don't eat any before you've had your dinner", and leaving the room. Other than the obvious legal issues, whats stopping anti-virus software companies from producing virii? I can't think of a single factor other than ethics, which we all know isn't on most businesses' priority lists. Releasing a virus by some untracable means and being the first company to cure many such virii would generate quite the revenue stream at minimum risk(assume the method used to release the virus is almost completely detectable, which is very possible in this world).
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
...Trend Micro, a Tokyo-based computer-virus company...
So now we have companies that produce computer virii? How do they make a profit? They must get kick-backs from anti-virus software companies... grrrr...
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Uh, have you checked how many people are playing Quake3, the multiplayer-only game versus how many people are playing Half-Life, the FPS with the best single player game/story I've ever played. A quick check of the numbers on GameSpy.com shows, right now, there are 4,715 people playing Quake3, and a massive 64,317 playing Half-Life. That only includes people playing online. And just for comparison, Unreal Tournament is in second place behind Half-Life with 5,962 players. Half-Life has three times as many players as the rest of all the other games on the stats page combined. Rumor has it that id Software has been talking to various mod teams asking them what they'd need in order to "de-throne" CounterStrike.
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Re:All the wonderful things Quake gave us:
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Five Years of Quake
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When I cleaned out original system I had Quake2 on (P120, maybe 32 megs), the game's directory with all the mods I had was taking up something like a third of the 2 gig drive.
the CD had not more than 30 or 40 MB of files Quake's full install: 75 MB, Quake2's full install: 400 MB. (just checked both)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Slashdot Mirror
where are they going to put the fourth nail in the logo?
Earthsiege 1 & 2
Battledrome
Thank you. If you like that one you might get a kick out of a couple other ones some other people found.
Doesn't he mean "chunk" of code? Little Freudian slip there? :)
Keep an eye out for "OfferCompanion". Its possibile it only comes with the versions of gator that tag along on AaudioGalaxy or Snood. Or perhaps they finally removed it.
...is that when you uninstall it, it installs another program under a different name and icon that does the same thing gator does. It takes two uninstalls and reboots to remove it from your system, and how long will it take the average user to notice that unidentified icon among the 20 or so others. If you ask me, this self-replication and concealment is nothing more than a virus disguised as a "legitimate" program in a grey area of the law.
Searching for "mobile rack" on pricewatch I see these things for about $15 w/ S&H.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Ever heard of Linux?
How about Windows?
I rest my case.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Just found this on HubbleSite, which is an official Hubble Space Telescope site. <conspiracy theory>Notice it says they don't photograph earth in detail, not that they couldn't, and 'test' is in quotes, as in, "we're just calling them tests".</conspiracy theory> I don't think "they" are watching us, if they are they have way too much time on their hands, but I think someone could present a plausable argument saying otherwise.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Seriously though, it's been said that if the Hubble Space Telescope were placed in New York City, ignoring the curvature of the earth and other interfering factors, it could read the year on a dime in San Fran. Calif. Try proving they can't count the number of hairs on my head from space.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
I prefer C++, but if you consider them similar enough to be counted as the same in this instance, then yeah, I'm with you. Although you can't deny Java's portablity is nice. Last time I tried to port an app written in C++ from Win32 to Linux (or was it the other way around?) I found out Visual C++ 6.0 has a bunch of non-standard compliant ways of doing things. (for instance, variables declared in for loop inits are suppose to be local to the loop, Microsoft apparently disagrees and their compiler reflects it. You get a bunch of redeclaration errors. bleh.)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Warning: Too many connections in db_mysql.inc on line 73
Database error: pconnect(db.berlios.de, widi, $Password) failed.
MySQL Error: ()
Session halted.
I'd ask for a mirror, but for data harvestation, that'd sorta backfire.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Yup. It's called Gamblers Ruin.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
rogain
Uh... Okay...
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Couldn't they just have a clause in the licenses saying something to the effect of "This service may only be used from a Microsoft OS using a Microsoft .NET client."? You have to access their servers right? and in order to do that, you have to accept their terms of service. It'd basically be the lazy approach to breaking third party implementations.
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
Other than the obvious legal issues, whats stopping anti-virus software companies from producing virii? I can't think of a single factor other than ethics, which we all know isn't on most businesses' priority lists. Releasing a virus by some untracable means and being the first company to cure many such virii would generate quite the revenue stream at minimum risk(assume the method used to release the virus is almost completely detectable, which is very possible in this world).
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
So now we have companies that produce computer virii? How do they make a profit? They must get kick-backs from anti-virus software companies... grrrr...
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
the CD had not more than 30 or 40 MB of files
Quake's full install: 75 MB, Quake2's full install: 400 MB. (just checked both)
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"
"// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"