A year or so ago, I found this little beauty: PassFace Technology -- Give it a try. You click on people's faces to get in.
What was interesting was that in finding that URL, I went back to the site for the first time in over a year, and was able to log-in no problem. I remembered my combination of faces.
I've been using Spamcop for the last 9 months as a reporting tool, but for filtering, I'm a huge fan of SpamAssassin. It's a bit of a bitch to build and install (leaving a vital patch file out of the distribution tar probably isn't the smartest thing to do), but dear god, it does the job right.
Plus, you can configure it to use Spamcop's black-list so you get the benefit of Spamcop's filters too.
Sysadmins/users with an ounce of savvy should check this bad boy out.
They knew about it for months, but haven't fixed it? It affects versions of the operating system going back years? It allows malicious hackers to take complete control over a user's machine?
Bloody Microsoft. Oh, wait... that was two days ago. Hmmm... wonder why this story doesn't have the headline "Another Gaping Sun Security Hole Goes Unpatched".
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Codeguide from Omnicore is absolutely outstanding. Its automatic code help feature is incredible. You can see the errors in your code before trying a compile.
I use Forte, and find it painfully slow, but its Swing forms designer tool is superb (it's a piece of cake to do GridBag layouts!)
CodeGuide is the best I've used in terms of quick, easy code development.
In the spirit of fighting FUD, here is the whole section of the EULA (emphasis added by myself):
2. FrontPage*
(*version corresponding to Office XP)
FrontPage web components. For purposes of this
section, the Software means the FrontPage Web
components, including the MSNBC news headline
compone nt, the MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quote
component, and the MSN Search component.
Installation and Use. You may install and use any
number of copies of the Software on server computers
to provide services as part of your web site on the
Internet that you des ign with FrontPage and that is not
a mobile wireless or interactive television site ("Your
Web Site").
Restrictions. You may not edit or modify the Software
in any manner whatsoever. You may not display any of
the logos that appear in the Software in any manner
that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or license of
Your Web Site by the owners of such logos. If the
Software contains any active links to other sites, you
agree to maintain such active links and not redirect or
modify them. You may not market, distribute,
sublicense, lease or rent the Software on a stand- alone
basis. You may not use the Software in connection
with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC,
Expedia or their products or services, infringe any
intellectual property or other rights of these parties,
violate any state, federal or international law, or
promote racism, hatred, or pornography. You shall not
convert the news headlines in the MSNBC component
into an audio format for redistribution to audio users.
You agree to immediately remove the Software from
Your Web Site if you do not abide by any of these
restrictions after notice.
This does not relate to documents edited with Front Page. It say that you are not allowed to use server-side elements such as the MSN MoneyCentral stock ticker on your website, if you are publishing anti-MS comments.
...since it was announced today that Lexus are joining up with Tivo.
Now, Tivo users will see an icon during Lexus commercials, encouraging them to view TV shows sponsored by Lexus.
So when you're watching The Simpsons, you see an icon during the Lexus commercial, encouraging you to watch the Happy Days marathon, featuring Fonzie selling you Lexuses.
I wanted to work in advertising, but my parents were married.
Last year, at your concert in Boston, you mentioned that you had never managed to successfully download an MP3, and no-one you *knew* had managed to download an MP3.
It is NOT easy to grab a credit card number on-line. Sniffing packets, intercepting e-mails, grabbing cookies, etc. is bloody hard work. Especially since you could spend 5 minutes raking in the bins at your local mall and get 100 numbers.
I am willing to bet $50 that Mr. Schmidt has at some point in the last 6 months handed over his credit card in a restaurant. Doing that is opening up his card number to a wider audience than using it on Amazon.com ever could.
However, it is helluva easy to use a credit card number online, once you have it. Go on, fill in a few forms, and it doesn't matter if you're a 13-year-old boy in Arseville, Tenessee -- you can use that card number from the 70-year-old woman in Alaska who wouldn't know a modem if it bit her on the arse.
Last week, I found a $60 Amazon.com charge on my card which wasn't mine. I don't blame the internet. I don't blame Amazon. I don't blame cookies, SSL, e-mail, or Elvis.
I don't even care that much. So what? I shout a bit, get my $60 back, and carry on like nothing ever happened. No big deal.
This kind of thing has been happening for years on the phone. This is nothing new, except for the sheer volume of fake transactions. But until the card companies make it easier to verify transactions on the fly (see Philip Greenspun's excellent book for a description of how pathetic the whole thing is), it's not going to get better any faster.
This is nothing new. Go to CDDB's Top Ten page. They've gathered the information that the most popular CD played by people in their computers is the Backstreet Boys.
And I don't see any privacy policy. How do you know they're not tracking the IP addresses of every query, building up a tasty wee database of their own?
Real's mistake was to include the GUID with every CD request. And the patch removes this. But their main task of building up a database of who's listening to what can carry on unabated.
Slashdot Mirror
Because TV listings aren't free. Consumers have to pay for TV Guide. Your local newspaper has to pay a supplier. And so does TiVo.
Plus, you're paying for engineers to develop things, such as Ethernet support.
rOD.
Subscribers will no longer see advertisements on the pages -- just "advertorials". Nice.
rOD.
If you're using the forwarding or POP3, then you're not viewing the web-page adverts that are Yahoo's bread & butter.
So you'd be paying not to see adverts. What a zany idea.
rOD.
Why, that wouldn't happen to be this bunch of spyware monkeys, would it?
And your telling me that their email list gathering methods might be unethical? Who'd have thunk it?
rOD.
That page doesn't describe the hack -- You can only access files the user has chosen to make available with it.
rOD.
The project is *so* supersecret that it appeared on Slashdot three months ago.
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http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/06/2322259.s
rOD.
A year or so ago, I found this little beauty: PassFace Technology -- Give it a try. You click on people's faces to get in.
What was interesting was that in finding that URL, I went back to the site for the first time in over a year, and was able to log-in no problem. I remembered my combination of faces.
There's definitely something to this technology!
rOD.
I've been using Spamcop for the last 9 months as a reporting tool, but for filtering, I'm a huge fan of SpamAssassin. It's a bit of a bitch to build and install (leaving a vital patch file out of the distribution tar probably isn't the smartest thing to do), but dear god, it does the job right.
Plus, you can configure it to use Spamcop's black-list so you get the benefit of Spamcop's filters too.
Sysadmins/users with an ounce of savvy should check this bad boy out.
rOD.
They knew about it for months, but haven't fixed it? It affects versions of the operating system going back years? It allows malicious hackers to take complete control over a user's machine?
Bloody Microsoft. Oh, wait... that was two days ago. Hmmm... wonder why this story doesn't have the headline "Another Gaping Sun Security Hole Goes Unpatched".
rOD.
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/embedded/xp/evalu ation/compare/notlinux.asp.
rOD.
Codeguide from Omnicore is absolutely outstanding. Its automatic code help feature is incredible. You can see the errors in your code before trying a compile.
I use Forte, and find it painfully slow, but its Swing forms designer tool is superb (it's a piece of cake to do GridBag layouts!)
CodeGuide is the best I've used in terms of quick, easy code development.
rOD.
2. FrontPage*
(*version corresponding to Office XP)
FrontPage web components. For purposes of this section, the Software means the FrontPage Web components, including the MSNBC news headline compone nt, the MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quote component, and the MSN Search component.
Installation and Use. You may install and use any number of copies of the Software on server computers to provide services as part of your web site on the Internet that you des ign with FrontPage and that is not a mobile wireless or interactive television site ("Your Web Site").
Restrictions. You may not edit or modify the Software in any manner whatsoever. You may not display any of the logos that appear in the Software in any manner that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or license of Your Web Site by the owners of such logos. If the Software contains any active links to other sites, you agree to maintain such active links and not redirect or modify them. You may not market, distribute, sublicense, lease or rent the Software on a stand- alone basis. You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia or their products or services, infringe any intellectual property or other rights of these parties, violate any state, federal or international law, or promote racism, hatred, or pornography. You shall not convert the news headlines in the MSNBC component into an audio format for redistribution to audio users. You agree to immediately remove the Software from Your Web Site if you do not abide by any of these restrictions after notice.
rOD.
This does not relate to documents edited with Front Page. It say that you are not allowed to use server-side elements such as the MSN MoneyCentral stock ticker on your website, if you are publishing anti-MS comments.
rOD.
Now, Tivo users will see an icon during Lexus commercials, encouraging them to view TV shows sponsored by Lexus.
So when you're watching The Simpsons, you see an icon during the Lexus commercial, encouraging you to watch the Happy Days marathon, featuring Fonzie selling you Lexuses.
I wanted to work in advertising, but my parents were married.
rOD.
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Last year, at your concert in Boston, you mentioned that you had never managed to successfully download an MP3, and no-one you *knew* had managed to download an MP3.
One year later... have you managed yet?
rOD.
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Interesting choice of interviewee... Nesmith has been linked several times with funding a movie version of HHGTTG.
rOD.
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Reminds me of the e-mail address dot@dotat.at
rOD.
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rOD.
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rOD.
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How does the reaction of Slashdot's readers and forums differ from what you experienced when you were loathed on Hotwired?
rOD.
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I'm a Scorpio -- We're not superstitious.
rOD.
I've never heard of any institutions (banks etc) offering 128-bit secure connections outside of the US
They absolutely do. Barclaycard have 128-bit encryption on their servers, which cause International editions of IE to act oddly.
rOD.
It is NOT easy to grab a credit card number on-line. Sniffing packets, intercepting e-mails, grabbing cookies, etc. is bloody hard work. Especially since you could spend 5 minutes raking in the bins at your local mall and get 100 numbers.
I am willing to bet $50 that Mr. Schmidt has at some point in the last 6 months handed over his credit card in a restaurant. Doing that is opening up his card number to a wider audience than using it on Amazon.com ever could.
However, it is helluva easy to use a credit card number online, once you have it. Go on, fill in a few forms, and it doesn't matter if you're a 13-year-old boy in Arseville, Tenessee -- you can use that card number from the 70-year-old woman in Alaska who wouldn't know a modem if it bit her on the arse.
Last week, I found a $60 Amazon.com charge on my card which wasn't mine. I don't blame the internet. I don't blame Amazon. I don't blame cookies, SSL, e-mail, or Elvis.
I don't even care that much. So what? I shout a bit, get my $60 back, and carry on like nothing ever happened. No big deal.
This kind of thing has been happening for years on the phone. This is nothing new, except for the sheer volume of fake transactions. But until the card companies make it easier to verify transactions on the fly (see Philip Greenspun's excellent book for a description of how pathetic the whole thing is), it's not going to get better any faster.
Just don't forget to burn your carbons.
rOD.
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I think this is pretty clearly a data error -- For some reason, it's listing every entry Amazon.com has for "OS".
rOD.
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And I don't see any privacy policy. How do you know they're not tracking the IP addresses of every query, building up a tasty wee database of their own?
Real's mistake was to include the GUID with every CD request. And the patch removes this. But their main task of building up a database of who's listening to what can carry on unabated.
rOD.
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