"Spam is push, not pull like software. It clogs bandwidth, which I pay for, it clogs hard drive space on my mail server, and it also is one of the biggest reasons why e-mail viruses are even still around."
Just how does spam contribute to the spreading of viruses? So far I've never received a virus-infected spam mail...
One thing your comment didn't cast light on - does the Flash file need to be in the form of a standalone executable, or is it enough for it to be an.swf-file that is run locally to use this function?
Technically even the outlook 'worms' are not viruses as they require user to run the offending attachment in order to propagate.
Well, about 10 years ago, every virus had to be run in order to propagate. There was no such thing as automatic execution then (Except when you left a floppy in the drive at bootup). So Outlook viruses are indeed entitled to their 'virus' name.
The reason this might work is because 99,99% of the data you are surrounded with from day to day are NOT truly random - things like images and sound are nearly random in their nature, but neither of them are truly random. (Because in that case you'd be looking at an image of static and listening to white noise.)
So even though their algorithms won't work on truly random data it will work on the 99,99% that are not that random - and if they're correct in what they say, they've developed new techniques for exploiting this un-randomness. I still don't believe their 100:1 ratios are belivable, but if they are only 5% better than the current best algorithms, that's still a major step forward.
This has been done for some years now at certain sites - I think I remember that ICraveTV.com had a system that only let Canadian users in. Also, before crypto restrictions were lifted, you couldn't download the 128-bit versions of software if you were obviously from outside U.S./Canada.
The problem (or benefits, if you are the circumventing type) with this, however, is that I guess it will be mostly based on the TLD the user come from, which is often highly unreliable. But, if such filtering is enough to satisfy the demands of restrictive countries, I'm all for it. (Example: the nazi auctions at Yahoo could be rendered inaccessible to everybody from an.fr domain. It won't really hold people out if they are determined to get in, but common people will be 'spared' from those auctions)
Used with moderation, this could be a much better solution than the endless legal battle mentioned in the article. The article is in fact very good, explaining all aspects of the way things are moving.
And for all the freedom-of-speech people out there: That freedom comes with responsibility. Nobody with a sane mind would call a wrestling champion names. The same goes for the online world. (But in the Yahoo case it's infact the inverse - somebody telling the wrestler (Yahoo) to shut up will suffer the consequences. I still think they could resolve it in a better way though.)
But the duck-billed platypus (MS C#) came even earlier, because it birthed the chicken (mono).
And the chicken has made many eggs (programs) so far, but this is the first time a fertile egg (the compiler has been born) has been laid, which can produce another chicken without the aid of that dreaded platypus.
I saw an idea mentioned here earlier - that you are able to edit your posts as long as long as they haven't been moderated or replied to. That would prevent somebody from goatse-ing a +5 post or changing arguments in the middle of a discussion while still allowing for some editing if you made a spelling or formatting mistake.
The producers of Into the Shadows are a alive and well, but has renamed themselves to Starbreeze Studios. They have yet to release a game at all, so they could be the next Ion Storm, but if they haven't lost their previous skills (They designed Crystal Dreams I and II (very good demos from a technical point of view) and the awesome FastTracker II composer software) they could still surprise a bit.
Or, they might end up like their companions in Future Crew who formed a hardware company which for several years now have promised that they'll make a graphics chip that can outperform everything else on the market.
But I hope both of them (Both Starbreeze and Bitboys) manage to deliver. That'd be awesome.
Oh. About Prey? Well, rumors are 3DRealms are working on a second game to come after Duke Nukem Forever - even if it's not Prey, I bet it's something based off the Prey engine.
That has been a thought I've considered for some time - if you have a server that plays the game at 320x240, use some kind of good compression (divx4 maybe?) and have an interactive player on the other side, you would have the equivalence of Terminal Services for games. Not that feasible now, but think about the future, where you might rent games on a per-hour basis...
Perhaps I should patent this and call up some VCs...
...is to have a lot of friends over here, drink and party for the last few hours of 2001 and then go out (even though it's FAR below freezing point) and watch the fireworks, giving everybody greetings and hugs as we pass into the next year.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
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Interesting thing is, that here in Norway, some of the 'evidence' in a poison murder case was that his web history (Gathered from his OWN computer, thankfully) showed up searches for 'murder', 'Thallium' (a strong poison), 'identify', 'traceability' and 'tissue'.
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"Spam is push, not pull like software. It clogs bandwidth, which I pay for, it clogs hard drive space on my mail server, and it also is one of the biggest reasons why e-mail viruses are even still around."
Just how does spam contribute to the spreading of viruses? So far I've never received a virus-infected spam mail...
But adequately disclaimered and everything - it's not even made into a link. You have to deliberately cut and paste the link to see what's there.
One thing your comment didn't cast light on - does the Flash file need to be in the form of a standalone executable, or is it enough for it to be an .swf-file that is run locally to use this function?
NewsFactor have an article today about how viruses and worms get named. That's probably what you're looking for.
(But, what it comes down to is that the name should not credit the worm author, neither in anyway glorifies creating destructive code.)
Technically even the outlook 'worms' are not viruses as they require user to run the offending attachment in order to propagate.
Well, about 10 years ago, every virus had to be run in order to propagate. There was no such thing as automatic execution then (Except when you left a floppy in the drive at bootup). So Outlook viruses are indeed entitled to their 'virus' name.
So I guess deleting or hiding all your vbs, .vbe, .js, .jse, .css, .wsh, .sct, .hta, .jpg, .jpeg, .wav, .txt, .gif, .doc, .htm, .html, .xls, .ini, .bat, .com, .avi, .qt, .mpg, .mpeg, .cpp, .c, .h, .swd, .psd, .wri, .mp3, and .mp2-files doesn't count as a pretty hefty payload?
That would probably be Microsoft, with bugs in their nearly-absent documentation, no?
The reason this might work is because 99,99% of the data you are surrounded with from day to day are NOT truly random - things like images and sound are nearly random in their nature, but neither of them are truly random. (Because in that case you'd be looking at an image of static and listening to white noise.)
So even though their algorithms won't work on truly random data it will work on the 99,99% that are not that random - and if they're correct in what they say, they've developed new techniques for exploiting this un-randomness. I still don't believe their 100:1 ratios are belivable, but if they are only 5% better than the current best algorithms, that's still a major step forward.
Thanks for correcting me. I never used it myself, so I guessed out from my (bad) memory...
Sorta. Nice to see it working. :)
This has been done for some years now at certain sites - I think I remember that ICraveTV.com had a system that only let Canadian users in. Also, before crypto restrictions were lifted, you couldn't download the 128-bit versions of software if you were obviously from outside U.S./Canada.
.fr domain. It won't really hold people out if they are determined to get in, but common people will be 'spared' from those auctions)
The problem (or benefits, if you are the circumventing type) with this, however, is that I guess it will be mostly based on the TLD the user come from, which is often highly unreliable. But, if such filtering is enough to satisfy the demands of restrictive countries, I'm all for it. (Example: the nazi auctions at Yahoo could be rendered inaccessible to everybody from an
Used with moderation, this could be a much better solution than the endless legal battle mentioned in the article. The article is in fact very good, explaining all aspects of the way things are moving.
And for all the freedom-of-speech people out there: That freedom comes with responsibility. Nobody with a sane mind would call a wrestling champion names. The same goes for the online world. (But in the Yahoo case it's infact the inverse - somebody telling the wrestler (Yahoo) to shut up will suffer the consequences. I still think they could resolve it in a better way though.)
No.
It is written in Visual Basic
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But the duck-billed platypus (MS C#) came even earlier, because it birthed the chicken (mono).
And the chicken has made many eggs (programs) so far, but this is the first time a fertile egg (the compiler has been born) has been laid, which can produce another chicken without the aid of that dreaded platypus.
It means the compiler has reached its Break-even-point, which is a very important milestone in compiler/language developement.
When going to my 'Fans' page it says:
"You are either loved by all or just invisible."
Shouldn't this be changed to:
"You are either loved by nobody or just invisible."
since nobody have me added as their friends yet?
I saw an idea mentioned here earlier - that you are able to edit your posts as long as long as they haven't been moderated or replied to. That would prevent somebody from goatse-ing a +5 post or changing arguments in the middle of a discussion while still allowing for some editing if you made a spelling or formatting mistake.
Well, the page's not developed by them, so I guess they're mostly working on the game.
The producers of Into the Shadows are a alive and well, but has renamed themselves to Starbreeze Studios. They have yet to release a game at all, so they could be the next Ion Storm, but if they haven't lost their previous skills (They designed Crystal Dreams I and II (very good demos from a technical point of view) and the awesome FastTracker II composer software) they could still surprise a bit.
Or, they might end up like their companions in Future Crew who formed a hardware company which for several years now have promised that they'll make a graphics chip that can outperform everything else on the market.
But I hope both of them (Both Starbreeze and Bitboys) manage to deliver. That'd be awesome.
Oh. About Prey? Well, rumors are 3DRealms are working on a second game to come after Duke Nukem Forever - even if it's not Prey, I bet it's something based off the Prey engine.
Not offtopic.
Stupid, stupid moderators.
And it would be even more impressive if they used TCP/IP over Avian Carriers for the network connection.
The ping times would suck, though.
That has been a thought I've considered for some time - if you have a server that plays the game at 320x240, use some kind of good compression (divx4 maybe?) and have an interactive player on the other side, you would have the equivalence of Terminal Services for games. Not that feasible now, but think about the future, where you might rent games on a per-hour basis...
Perhaps I should patent this and call up some VCs...
...is to have a lot of friends over here, drink and party for the last few hours of 2001 and then go out (even though it's FAR below freezing point) and watch the fireworks, giving everybody greetings and hugs as we pass into the next year.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
Interesting thing is, that here in Norway, some of the 'evidence' in a poison murder case was that his web history (Gathered from his OWN computer, thankfully) showed up searches for 'murder', 'Thallium' (a strong poison), 'identify', 'traceability' and 'tissue'.
The article can be found here (Norwegian only)
Oh...in what exact way was that comment redundant? Tell me anywhere else on /. this has been mentioned?
And at the same time, they're ignoring submissions about FBI trying to get hold of the Badtrans keylogs.
Figures.