Truth is a defense for libel. So long as the blogger in question has not made any actual false statements, and has couched all opinions as such, rather than as facts--then he should STFU and GBTW.
But then, if he's a patent troll, he's rather defined as "not being able to STFU and do something useful," now, is he? The lawyer is preparing to SLAPP him silly. That's the motus operandi: Even if everything he says is true, he still has to pay for lawyer fees, take time off to appear in court etc...
Looking for technical details... anyone? Having not read TFA or anything about this, let me venture some educated guesses:
- The URI for the pics are based on a timestamp
- The URI for the pics are based on a sequential number
-... a combination of the above
- The pics are not access-controlled in any other way than not being listed on a user's page
The hack was discovered when a user cut and pasted the URI of one of his private pictures, noticed one of the above and attempted to change a digit of the URI, then automated the process with a garden variety for() loop.
Crappy analogy: Even unlisted telephone numbers can be discovered by telemarketing wardialers.
A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
Especially in emails that address a lot of complicated things in one mail, and require a response to each (rather than 'who wants lunch?'), it's *so* much easier to follow the style:
[blah blah blah]
Now, which one of those is easier to understand? The one that says:
Read receipt notification: Your message was deleted without being read.
Why don't you use WPA? It's 1000x better than WEP. I have a crusty old PDA which knows nothing about WPA.
The asshole that wants to crack it will need much more time, and as such will be discouraged even more There are open default and linksys APs right next to mine. Why bother with mine?
The hidden SSID and WEP encryption is meant as a polite message to white hat hackers that I'd rather they not use my AP as my bandwidth is metered by my ISP.
If you are an asshole who will hack and pwn my AP anyway then you're no better than the thief with the crowbar that smashes car windows to steal CDs and the spare change in coin boxes. If I'm lucky enough to be home as you do this, I'll grab my camera and a baseball bat to record your feats and your license plate, then use the baseball bat to smash your laptop to bits.
//Internet tough guy
When's the last time AMD motherboard and CPUs have been manufactured in the US? AFAIK, they're all fab'd in Taiwan or China.
These parts may never have entered of left the United States at all.
[...] I am in Canada and it doesn't look as though it is as illegal here to copy DVD's (I have not actually looked that deep into it). Not for long... Better get informed.
My first optical cable did look pretty cool after my cat had worked on it for a week or so--little red lights peeking through along the whole length of the cord.
Consider hooking the cable shielding to a electric fence module. That'll cure that feline's propensity for cable nibbling right quick. But the important thing is... does the optical cable still work? If not you might have to replace the cable -- or the cat.
On some imageboards (which shall remain anonymous), a common trick is to password-protect a RAR file and append it to a an image (cat foo.jpg bar.rar > baz.jpg). Most RAR utilities skip right over the image data and only extract the RAR file. Except that
COPY/B mudkip.jpg + an_hero.rar lulz.jpg
is NOT steganography. It's a sort of naive covert channel.
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... or the reversed T arrow keys layout.
Ahh the nostalgia... TAC-2 was THE joystick. Bollocks. THIS was the joystick. 100% leaf switches.
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I had to install a 50 workstation LAN with UTP cabling and hand-crimped 50 ohm terminating resistors onto RJ11 plugs.
Uphill.
Both ways
We call that 'Intranet' nowadays.
But then, if he's a patent troll, he's rather defined as "not being able to STFU and do something useful," now, is he? The lawyer is preparing to SLAPP him silly. That's the motus operandi: Even if everything he says is true, he still has to pay for lawyer fees, take time off to appear in court etc...
- The URI for the pics are based on a timestamp ... a combination of the above
- The URI for the pics are based on a sequential number
-
- The pics are not access-controlled in any other way than not being listed on a user's page
The hack was discovered when a user cut and pasted the URI of one of his private pictures, noticed one of the above and attempted to change a digit of the URI, then automated the process with a garden variety for() loop.
Crappy analogy: Even unlisted telephone numbers can be discovered by telemarketing wardialers.
A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
Especially in emails that address a lot of complicated things in one mail, and require a response to each (rather than 'who wants lunch?'), it's *so* much easier to follow the style: [blah blah blah]
Now, which one of those is easier to understand? The one that says: Read receipt notification: Your message was deleted without being read.
The hidden SSID and WEP encryption is meant as a polite message to white hat hackers that I'd rather they not use my AP as my bandwidth is metered by my ISP.
If you are an asshole who will hack and pwn my AP anyway then you're no better than the thief with the crowbar that smashes car windows to steal CDs and the spare change in coin boxes. If I'm lucky enough to be home as you do this, I'll grab my camera and a baseball bat to record your feats and your license plate, then use the baseball bat to smash your laptop to bits.
//Internet tough guy
You know who else liked National Identification?
What's the term for a conversation that inevitably degenerated towards a 1984 analogy? (Orwell-specific Godwin's law?)
How big/heavy of a wall-wart will be required to pump the 50 to 100 A of current to do that?
When's the last time AMD motherboard and CPUs have been manufactured in the US? AFAIK, they're all fab'd in Taiwan or China. These parts may never have entered of left the United States at all.
ANAKIN
I want to go.
about ...
QUI-GON
Then, pack your things. We haven't much time.
ANAKIN
Yipee!!
Remeber that song from Sinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U. That's right. His too. And I think it's called l33tsp33k.
Consider hooking the cable shielding to a electric fence module. That'll cure that feline's propensity for cable nibbling right quick. But the important thing is... does the optical cable still work? If not you might have to replace the cable -- or the cat.
Pool's closed
due to an ongoing criminal investigation.
Never understood the correlation between beads and flashing breasts until now ...
take the opportunity to click on Zero Punctuation: The Orange Box
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