Why are they not using CAPTCHA or similar bot spotting measures ?, the days of just accepting a naked form post are long gone, even your lowly Wordpress installation has the option for comments thanks to bots, you would think the GOV would know this.
I thought Sony Professional was the industry standard for TV cameras, video mixing consoles, and a whole heap of professional film/tv/radio/audio/studio products, i don't think they would exit a market that they have massive saturation in.
not to stereotype but the clue to him being a douchebag is in his surname. week after week day after day the same name styles crop up whenever trouble is happening, coincidence ?
actually the zones are grouped according to location not levels "Internet" "Local Intranet" "Trusted Sites" "Restricted Sites " "My Computer" (the hidden one) each one can be customised security wise to taste, its just a matter of setting it up (if plugging a leaking dam with fingers is any good)
but if this person is a "security researcher" then he should really be surfing/investigating potentially badsites through a VM in something other than IE (unless he is looking to get exploited on purpose), i mean really, is installing Firefox, Noscript, UserAgent Changer, and Adblock+ for an "expert" that hard ? even setting up a VM is only a 10 minute thing on Windows (and they are all free) 1 infection and he can revert to a snapshot and sniff/capture _all_ the activity the malware does with ease. Of course if he was that bothered about his security/banking he would boot off a Live CD to rule out any kernel level winsock sniffers on his desktop (lets hope his router isnt compromised egh), but meh.
they are called "zones" put sites you trust in "trusted sites" and once you dont in "restricted"
you can configure each of the zones (there are 5 but only 4 visible) security settings to however paranoid or trusting you are of the sites you visit, each setting is independent
eg turn off script on normal internet surfing but only allowing certain sites to use
i noticed this today and its a good idea though the most complaints i hear from my customers (uk) when i point out how Google maps works and how to use it is the accuracy of driving directions, and so they tell me after using that they still prefer to use Mapquest/AA even though their visualisation of mapping is inferior to Google's, fancy draggable routes mean nothing if the directions are wrong or inadequate for route navigation and so i cant really argue with them because its true (in my/customers experience) while calculating directions is a very complex task (1 way systems, roundabouts, roads closed etc) i think this is a challenge that Google could excel at
why not just use two mics, one to record the ambient noise (positioned away from the voice mic) the other to record the voice (headset) then as you have two signals just subtract the ambient noise signal from the heaset signal , voila clean headset mic audio
works for music too, you could control your music player by voice even when its playing loud (at a party) by removing the music signal from the mic signal
Does anyone know of a spyware removal program that kills shared object files?
not a program per say, but this works great as a Firefox extension, works on all the main platforms too.
The author states the reason such an extension exists and provides links to marketeers bragging about how they can beat cookie deleters by using the capability, of course if you combine this extension with the Flashblock extension they rarely get the chance to abuse the localstore
actually they mentioned in the program that books where approx £100+ per year per student so the eSlates where actually cheaper to run (power came from solar) presumably they got a deal for bulk purchasing from HP on the iPaqs (plus its good PR for HP)
no registry or local disk writing, plays Xvid/DivX etc, the only thing is a lack of a decent and small filesize gui, but iam sure that will come in time, works great with autorun.inf and (CD|DVD)Rw?
You know, people need to visit that Soviet Venera Mission you posted link to really appreciate what space exploration is, 14 probes ! they kept failing and they just built another one,(can you imagine that today ?) those russians kept plugging away till they got a decent mission dataset (a pic + data:-) over 20 years, do we (mankind) have any long term serious goals like that?, or are we still bent on sending people (human vanity) to mars ?, is it really that important to get boots there ? would the time and effort be best spent exploring other worlds/planets in more detail first ? just think what we can do with cutting edge 2005 technology if we put our minds (and the funds) to it.
written by a totally blind programmer (and you thought C++ and asm was hard) not open source but dedication like that deserves some kind of cash reward and OSS wont pay the bills, so support him, his customers and the great work he does
BullfighterTM is software that runs in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, within Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP. It works a lot like the spelling and grammar checker in those applications, but focuses on jargon and readability.
Ever thought of offering alternative data access services other than HTML ? examples of other successful community driven sites such as IMDB can be queried via email (in a structured way) and a huge number of applications are now built upon these capabilities alone, ever thought of offering up the data in alternative formats (XML/SOAP/TELNET/TXT etc etc) so clever programmers can create applications that could utilise the data in new and interesting ways ?
i use NTL and my own server to send/recieve email (i have a small mailing list and use IMDB's email interface plus having incoming disposable email addy's are great in stopping spam), and every so often they test my mail server and port scan for an open relay/sendmail exploits (looking at the logs) and every possible trick to try and get my server to authenticate and relay mail to them, of course iam locked down like a vicars ass so there is no problem (although aol and some domains reject and force me to use ntl's smtp) so far they have been great as an ISP for respecting responsible admins (they even have a dedicated linux newsgroup) so it would be bloody annoying (fsked off) if they locked it down as i dont have an NTL pop3 account or an external server to tunnel to
it always could,its just hidden in the depths of config, ok type about:config in your urlbar scroll down to image.animation_mode double click on the entry and change the string from normal to once
maybe "3rd parties" is too broad a description as "other skype users communicating" were specifically identified in section 3 of the EULA , the "third parties" later on effectivly overides this so why bother mentioning skpe users specifically earlier ? exactly which 3rd parties are which ?
but this highlights the trust issue with Skype, even the first poster said "spyware on pocket pc's !!" because thats instantly what comes to mind when mentioning these people in the tech community.
perhaps cos we know their history of exploiting and abusing their users with what seems like contempt to the highest bidder that their new "free" projects are even deemed suspicious and subject to scrunity, after all these guys made spyware into why JoeShmoes families computer keeps crashing and still doesnt know why Google has 5 porn popups because he installed something he heard about on some RIAA newstory, is that how we are going to encourage more people to use computers ?
whats to say they have changed ? i really hope its genuine and they have left all their previous dodgy shenannigans behind them, im totally up for people who want nothing more than to provide a good product, just as long as you aint the product;) can lepoards really change their spots ? we shall see in time no doubt...
You acknowledge that certain functions in the Skype Software are only available to paid subscribers after a free trial period of the Skype Software and Services (the "Free Trial Period") ends. After the Free Trial Period ends, you will be presented with the option to subscribe to the Subscription Services. If you do not wish to subscribe, you acknowledge that you can not access functions and services only available to paid subscribers. To subscribe to the Subscription Services you must agree to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Services.
then they effectivly go on to say you ok them from any spyware concerns but unknown 3rd parties will have access to your machine
(c) THE SKYPE SOFTWARE IS UTILIZED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THIRD PARTIES WHICH ARE UNRELATED TO SKYPER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INSTALLATION OF THE SKYPE SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH SKYPER THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR COMPUTER ("OUTSIDE PARTIES"). YOU AGREE THAT SKYPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LOSS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER
why are we giving this time again ? next up on slashdot Gator/Claria bring you free VOIP ?
they had a machine that would give them money and all they did was use media player ? Diebold got off lightly!.
they [evil student] could of written a keylogger/pin reader/card cloner/data capture using the on-board vbscript/wscript language, (full access to filesystem and shell), build in a network check so as soon as the machine detects a network connection (as the students said it wasnt connected to anything presume at some point it will be connected to a network by an engineer or repairman) it trys to post the captured data to some.random.location.com, install it as a system service so it runs automatically in the background , even schedule it to run at specific times and you have one totally compromised machine
would of taken an hour max of programming time, maybe 15min if all you had to do was type it in and not compose it.
scary that not only is the software Windows but it has its own built in programming enviroment with access to every program on that machine including network access, and the only tool you need is notepad.
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dont talk about SOAP around here unless it comes with the BEHIND EARS and DEODORANT patches, getting past the WATER compiler is hard enough for this lot,wait till they see the BATH and SHOWER mod's
i dunno having a high precision spinning lump of magnetised iron that can be rendered totally useless if you encounter a magnetic field (very common in modern life, think loudspeakers, motors,fridges,microwaves,cars etc) just seems as if its asking for trouble really, especially in a mobile device
solidstate while not perfect (max writes is quite low and size is expensive) is a far more durable medium , its silent , its faster than a hard drive, its small, no microscopic moving parts to go wrong, no weird gyroscope effects due to having a spinning wheel at 4000rpm when you move it (ie players) its well suited for mobile storage, i can see why its popular
i think perhaps its not used everywhere though because of the size/price/reliability ratio, spinning iron is so much cheaper but has all the disadvantages
i have a 256kb cfcard on my desk from 95 and now we can get 512mb and 1gb cards so the size is getting there, just not as quick or as cheap as magnetic media when 1gb will only fit 3 mp3 albums and 1 DivX movie that 300$ card seems rather expensive compared to the spinning lump way
with a little more hacking instead of using gas you could use a diesel generator (engine) converted to run on vegetable oil, while its not as green as a hand crank, its from a renewable source and recycling oil that would usually be disposed of (by restaurants so its more or less free):)
It'd be funny if it happened, even as a marketing ploy.
You mean it hasn't happened already ?, all i can hear on the big radio stations and tv are "professional kareoke people" aka "manufactured pop" singing a bad cover of a song that another band from 1980 wrote (inspired by a 1970's band) because the record company can't be bothered to nurture real talent because they now deem its too financially "risky" better to go with what we know right ?
now as a result you have the odd phenomonon of "manufactured garage bands" as in bands that are designed to look like "real" bands (like in the pub/club variety) but really they are completly assembled by a marketing team and dont usually write/play their music (meaning covers) or subcontract it out to "real" songwriters all because "real talent" is too risky
so yep im pretty convinced thats it !, you have heard it all, for the rest of your life you are going to listen to basically the same songs from the same 60-90 eras repeaded ad infinitum, until you end up hating that song and can no longer tolerate it, if its a bad song tough shit, it will be played to you regardless until you do like/buy it (if you play something enough for long enough they will like it MTV method)
same goes for movies too, have all the tales really all been told ? i could go on but i won't, looking at the this centuries film output and what they are planning in the future, i don't hold a lot of confidence.
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Why are they not using CAPTCHA or similar bot spotting measures ?, the days of just accepting a naked form post are long gone, even your lowly Wordpress installation has the option for comments thanks to bots, you would think the GOV would know this.
different heat intensity, the older the colder, work backwards and you have your order (assuming its a keypad)
I thought Sony Professional was the industry standard for TV cameras, video mixing consoles, and a whole heap of professional film/tv/radio/audio/studio products, i don't think they would exit a market that they have massive saturation in.
not to stereotype but the clue to him being a douchebag is in his surname.
week after week day after day the same name styles crop up whenever trouble is happening, coincidence ?
this guy created a whole site because of the problem and the iPhones inability to block/stop such behaviour
http://i-phone-home.blogspot.com/
actually the zones are grouped according to location not levels
"Internet" "Local Intranet" "Trusted Sites" "Restricted Sites " "My Computer" (the hidden one)
each one can be customised security wise to taste, its just a matter of setting it up (if plugging a leaking dam with fingers is any good)
but if this person is a "security researcher" then he should really be surfing/investigating potentially badsites through a VM in something other than IE (unless he is looking to get exploited on purpose), i mean really, is installing Firefox, Noscript, UserAgent Changer, and Adblock+ for an "expert" that hard ?
even setting up a VM is only a 10 minute thing on Windows (and they are all free) 1 infection and he can revert to a snapshot and sniff/capture _all_ the activity the malware does with ease.
Of course if he was that bothered about his security/banking he would boot off a Live CD to rule out any kernel level winsock sniffers on his desktop (lets hope his router isnt compromised egh), but meh.
they are called "zones" put sites you trust in "trusted sites" and once you dont in "restricted" you can configure each of the zones (there are 5 but only 4 visible) security settings to however paranoid or trusting you are of the sites you visit, each setting is independent eg turn off script on normal internet surfing but only allowing certain sites to use
i noticed this today and its a good idea though the most complaints i hear from my customers (uk) when i point out how Google maps works and how to use it is the accuracy of driving directions, and so they tell me after using that they still prefer to use Mapquest/AA even though their visualisation of mapping is inferior to Google's, fancy draggable routes mean nothing if the directions are wrong or inadequate for route navigation and so i cant really argue with them because its true (in my/customers experience)
while calculating directions is a very complex task (1 way systems, roundabouts, roads closed etc) i think this is a challenge that Google could excel at
why not just use two mics, one to record the ambient noise (positioned away from the voice mic) the other to record the voice (headset) then as you have two signals just subtract the ambient noise signal from the heaset signal , voila clean headset mic audio
works for music too, you could control your music player by voice even when its playing loud (at a party) by removing the music signal from the mic signal
-AJS
Does anyone know of a spyware removal program that kills shared object files?
not a program per say, but this works great as a Firefox extension, works on all the main platforms too.
The author states the reason such an extension exists and provides links to marketeers bragging about how they can beat cookie deleters by using the capability, of course if you combine this extension with the Flashblock extension they rarely get the chance to abuse the localstore
actually they mentioned in the program that books where approx £100+ per year per student so the eSlates where actually cheaper to run (power came from solar) presumably they got a deal for bulk purchasing from HP on the iPaqs (plus its good PR for HP)
no registry or local disk writing, plays Xvid/DivX etc, the only thing is a lack of a decent and small filesize gui, but iam sure that will come in time, works great with autorun.inf and (CD|DVD)Rw?
http://csant.info/mplayer
and
http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
You know, people need to visit that Soviet Venera Mission you posted link to really appreciate what space exploration is, 14 probes ! they kept failing and they just built another one
http://gamesfortheblind.com/
written by a totally blind programmer (and you thought C++ and asm was hard)
not open source but dedication like that deserves some kind of cash reward and OSS wont pay the bills, so support him, his customers and the great work he does
Funny i know, but actually such an app actually exists
Deloitte & Touche's Bullfighter
BullfighterTM is software that runs in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, within Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP. It works a lot like the spelling and grammar checker in those applications, but focuses on jargon and readability.
Ever thought of offering alternative data access services other than HTML ?
examples of other successful community driven sites such as IMDB can be queried via email (in a structured way) and a huge number of applications are now built upon these capabilities alone, ever thought of offering up the data in alternative formats (XML/SOAP/TELNET/TXT etc etc) so clever programmers can create applications that could utilise the data in new and interesting ways ?
i use NTL and my own server to send/recieve email (i have a small mailing list and use IMDB's email interface plus having incoming disposable email addy's are great in stopping spam), and every so often they test my mail server and port scan for an open relay/sendmail exploits (looking at the logs) and every possible trick to try and get my server to authenticate and relay mail to them, of course iam locked down like a vicars ass so there is no problem (although aol and some domains reject and force me to use ntl's smtp)
so far they have been great as an ISP for respecting responsible admins (they even have a dedicated linux newsgroup) so it would be bloody annoying (fsked off) if they locked it down as i dont have an NTL pop3 account or an external server to tunnel to
Can Firefox disable animated images now?
it always could,its just hidden in the depths of config, ok
type about:config in your urlbar
scroll down to
image.animation_mode
double click on the entry and change the string from
normal
to
once
click ok , and you should be good to go
maybe "3rd parties" is too broad a description as "other skype users communicating" were specifically identified in section 3 of the EULA , the "third parties" later on effectivly overides this so why bother mentioning skpe users specifically earlier ? exactly which 3rd parties are which ?
but this highlights the trust issue with Skype, even the first poster said "spyware on pocket pc's !!"
because thats instantly what comes to mind when mentioning these people in the tech community.
perhaps cos we know their history of exploiting and abusing their users with what seems like contempt to the highest bidder that their new "free" projects are even deemed suspicious and subject to scrunity, after all these guys made spyware into why JoeShmoes families computer keeps crashing and still doesnt know why Google has 5 porn popups because he installed something he heard about on some RIAA newstory, is that how we are going to encourage more people to use computers ?
whats to say they have changed ? i really hope its genuine and they have left all their previous dodgy shenannigans behind them, im totally up for people who want nothing more than to provide a good product, just as long as you aint the product
how about its not free? , check out the EULA
You acknowledge that certain functions in the Skype Software are only available to paid subscribers after a free trial period of the Skype Software and Services (the "Free Trial Period") ends. After the Free Trial Period ends, you will be presented with the option to subscribe to the Subscription Services. If you do not wish to subscribe, you acknowledge that you can not access functions and services only available to paid subscribers. To subscribe to the Subscription Services you must agree to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Services.
then they effectivly go on to say you ok them from any spyware concerns but unknown 3rd parties will have access to your machine
(c) THE SKYPE SOFTWARE IS UTILIZED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THIRD PARTIES WHICH ARE UNRELATED TO SKYPER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INSTALLATION OF THE SKYPE SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH SKYPER THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR COMPUTER ("OUTSIDE PARTIES"). YOU AGREE THAT SKYPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LOSS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER
why are we giving this time again ? next up on slashdot Gator/Claria bring you free VOIP ?
too honest
they had a machine that would give them money and all they did was use media player ? Diebold got off lightly!.
they [evil student] could of written a keylogger/pin reader/card cloner/data capture using the on-board vbscript/wscript language, (full access to filesystem and shell), build in a network check so as soon as the machine detects a network connection (as the students said it wasnt connected to anything presume at some point it will be connected to a network by an engineer or repairman) it trys to post the captured data to some.random.location.com, install it as a system service so it runs automatically in the background , even schedule it to run at specific times and you have one totally compromised machine
would of taken an hour max of programming time, maybe 15min if all you had to do was type it in and not compose it.
scary that not only is the software Windows but it has its own built in programming enviroment with access to every program on that machine including network access, and the only tool you need is notepad.
dont talk about SOAP around here unless it comes with the BEHIND EARS and DEODORANT patches, getting past the WATER compiler is hard enough for this lot
i dunno having a high precision spinning lump of magnetised iron that can be rendered totally useless if you encounter a magnetic field (very common in modern life, think loudspeakers, motors,fridges,microwaves,cars etc) just seems as if its asking for trouble really, especially in a mobile device
solidstate while not perfect (max writes is quite low and size is expensive) is a far more durable medium , its silent , its faster than a hard drive, its small, no microscopic moving parts to go wrong, no weird gyroscope effects due to having a spinning wheel at 4000rpm when you move it (ie players) its well suited for mobile storage, i can see why its popular
i think perhaps its not used everywhere though because of the size/price/reliability ratio, spinning iron is so much cheaper but has all the disadvantages
i have a 256kb cfcard on my desk from 95 and now we can get 512mb and 1gb cards so the size is getting there, just not as quick or as cheap as magnetic media
when 1gb will only fit 3 mp3 albums and 1 DivX movie that 300$ card seems rather expensive compared to the spinning lump way
I'd just invest in a good gas-powered generator
with a little more hacking instead of using gas you could use a diesel generator (engine) converted to run on vegetable oil, while its not as green as a hand crank, its from a renewable source and recycling oil that would usually be disposed of (by restaurants so its more or less free)
"no more new music for you!"
It'd be funny if it happened, even as a marketing ploy.
You mean it hasn't happened already ?, all i can hear on the big radio stations and tv are "professional kareoke people" aka "manufactured pop" singing a bad cover of a song that another band from 1980 wrote (inspired by a 1970's band) because the record company can't be bothered to nurture real talent because they now deem its too financially "risky" better to go with what we know right ?
now as a result you have the odd phenomonon of "manufactured garage bands" as in bands that are designed to look like "real" bands (like in the pub/club variety) but really they are completly assembled by a marketing team and dont usually write/play their music (meaning covers) or subcontract it out to "real" songwriters all because "real talent" is too risky
so yep im pretty convinced thats it !, you have heard it all, for the rest of your life you are going to listen to basically the same songs from the same 60-90 eras repeaded ad infinitum, until you end up hating that song and can no longer tolerate it, if its a bad song tough shit, it will be played to you regardless until you do like/buy it (if you play something enough for long enough they will like it MTV method)
same goes for movies too, have all the tales really all been told ? i could go on but i won't, looking at the this centuries film output and what they are planning in the future, i don't hold a lot of confidence.
marketing is clever at being stupid