In no way did i make reference to the legality of hacking a server. I firmly believe that if convicted, a hacker should be held responsible (financially or otherwise) for any damage he or she causes, much the same as a burglar.
But that still does not dismiss the fact that hacking a server is NOT terrorism. Terrorism is an act that is intended to literally "terrify" a group of people - in this case all American citizens. Infecting an IIS server or someone's Outlook inbox does not terrify anyone except for the end user, a couple of poorly-prepared sysadmins, and Bill Gates. And it only terrifies them becaues they know that they could have easily prevented it.
...if i leave my back door unlocked and hanging wide open, and somebody robs me blind while i sit by and watch them do it, am i a victim of terrorism? Fuck no. Am i a victim of my own poor judgement and stupid decisions? Absolutely. So where does Gates and Co. get off calling this terrorism when they basically invite hackers to do their worst?
Sounds like another desperate attempt at grabbing some public sympathy during a time of crisis. Pity that Microsoft's million-dollar PR department couldn't come up with something better.
...a 1 GHZ processor may not sound like much, even in this dual-core configuration, but keep in mind that this is a RISC processor. None of that Super-mega-ultra-long-50-bazillion-stage pipeline crap that Intel uses to pump up their MHz rating. The article kind of sells this point a little bit short. The RISC architecture allows this processor to do roughly twice as much work in the same amount of time - or, to put it in a more concrete scenario: imagine a pair of 2GHz Pentium 4's running in SMP configuration.
Now that's FAST .
sucks to be a guy named Torvalds right now...
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I'll bet old Linus (that's "His Excellence" to most slashdotters...) is contemplating suicide right now. Or at the very least, he feels like he just got punched REALLY hard, right in the gonads.
Oh well, looks like the boys at RedHat are gonna be putting in some overtime this weekend.
A while back, some really smart dudes discovered that this type of situation can be avoided by means that are far less complex than cracking, hacking, and other DMCA-unfriendly actions...
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT, THEN BACK IT UP. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON A WINDOWS BOX.
...since i've even looked at that counter. I remember back in the day when everyone was fighting over who was really responsible for turning the counter to "1337"...it was like some big "day of eternal remembrance" for us fledgling linux h4x0r5...
you avoid the situation altogether by asking people to bring their own equipment. I know that in your particular situation, this wasn't really a possibility...but hey, that's the disadvantage of using someone else's LAN.
Nvidia only provides one generic open-source driver for xFree86, which supports full 2D acceleration, and supports OpenGL 1.2. From an interview last year with nvidia's Nick Triantos:
"Basically, NVIDIA's drivers cannot be open sourced. They contain several components which are licensed technology, and we have no rights to share that source code with anyone. We do not even provide source code to OpenGL or our kernel module to our board customers"
seems like a reasonable explanation to me. (Interview from theDukeofURL.org.
here it is, directly from Nvidia's website...the cards supported under linux...
TNT
TNT2/TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 M64/M64 Pro
Vanta/Vanta LT
Aladdin TNT2
GeForce 256
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 MX/MX 400/MX 200/MX 100
GeForce2 Ultra
GeForce3
Quadro
Quadro DCC
Quadro2 MXR
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX
I'm sure that if there's an xFree86 driver for the GeForce3, then the new versions will have equal support from the manufacturer. NVidia, surprisingly enough, has always been pretty good about releasing really nice xFree86 drivers for their cards.
who in the HELL charged you $650 for a GeForce 3??? Even if that's in Canadian dollars, that's way more than you should be paying!!!! They RETAIL for about $350 now, and you can find them for under $300 on Pricewatch.
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all you need to do is overclock the memory and processor core a little bit. Should be fairly easy to do, and with very little risk. Check out VoodooFiles for some custom detonator drivers, or for overclocking utilities.
the file system is encrypted, most likely using a proprietary encryption key. If someone booted the drive using a boot disk, they would be able to read anything that is not encrypted on that drive. If they somehow got access to the encryption key, then there is an entirely different type of problem that needs to be addressed.
There's always a way around security...it just depends on how much that data is worth. And if it's worth so much that someone would be willing to manually decrypt an entire HDD, then maybe that data shouldn't be on a laptop in the first place.
well, if the fingerprint recognition is used at the BIOS level (i assume that it would), then the boot disk would still require fingerprint recognition in order to work.
...when all you really have to do is set a strong BIOS boot password. Of course, even that can be reset by clearing the CMOS, but i'm sure this fingerprint recognition system works the same way.
This should definitely add to the FUD-factor at your local Best Buy, though...i can see it now:
Salesman: But if you don't have fingerprint recognition, ANYONE can get into your private personal super-top-secretest files!!! Even TERRORISTS!!!!
thermoelectric batteries are totally new... You're talking about kineto-electric batteries - the ones that charge when you shake them or otherwise move them about.
...for instance, pacemakers and artifical organs. The latest breed of artificial hearts has to be charged through the skin several times a week. With a few improvements to this new design, the mechanical heart could be TRULY self-contained. A very practical and useful application if you ask me...
as far as bandwidth is concerned, when i worked for Sprint PCS, they were throwing around the "144 kbps" number for a long time. This was supposedly going to be the first step toward full 1.5 Mbps downstream about 2-3 years from now. But then again, with Sprint, everything was just talk, talk, talk... they were supposedly going to have their first 3G cells in place by early August, but they fell through on that promise.
However, once the spectrum disputes are over and the major players are back to their money-grubbing game, i'm guessing 144 kbps - 320 kbps would be the entry level bandwidth here in the states, mostly because it would require the least amount of transitional work in the packet switching department...
that's absolutely right...but i just cannot fathom WHY the RIAA would think that restrictive practices like this would actually INCREASE their profits. Proprietary standards might be "where the money is" in their eyes, but it seems like they don't even realize that the CUSTOMERS are where the money is REALLY at. They push bullshit measures over on the unsuspecting public, and just expect them to eat it up.
I've seen some really STUPID business practices during the past ten years, but i SWEAR TO GOD there have been none more idiotic than those of the RIAA. They are literally shooting themselves in their feet OVER and OVER AGAIN, and they act like they don't even realize it!!!
why not use a NON-proprietary standard instead of MP3 or WMA???? Why does everything have to be so controlled and so restrictive? They've obviously got a decent idea here (putting compressed digital copies of the CDDA tracks on the same disc as the music), but they've got their heads up their asses in the implementation.
The RIAA managed to accept and OPEN standard known as Red Book for production of CD's...why can't they just create another OPEN standard for digital music for use on PC's and portables?
(All rhetorical questions, naturally...everyone knows why they aren't doing it...)
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In no way did i make reference to the legality of hacking a server. I firmly believe that if convicted, a hacker should be held responsible (financially or otherwise) for any damage he or she causes, much the same as a burglar.
But that still does not dismiss the fact that hacking a server is NOT terrorism. Terrorism is an act that is intended to literally "terrify" a group of people - in this case all American citizens. Infecting an IIS server or someone's Outlook inbox does not terrify anyone except for the end user, a couple of poorly-prepared sysadmins, and Bill Gates. And it only terrifies them becaues they know that they could have easily prevented it.
...if i leave my back door unlocked and hanging wide open, and somebody robs me blind while i sit by and watch them do it, am i a victim of terrorism? Fuck no. Am i a victim of my own poor judgement and stupid decisions? Absolutely. So where does Gates and Co. get off calling this terrorism when they basically invite hackers to do their worst?
Sounds like another desperate attempt at grabbing some public sympathy during a time of crisis. Pity that Microsoft's million-dollar PR department couldn't come up with something better.
...a 1 GHZ processor may not sound like much, even in this dual-core configuration, but keep in mind that this is a RISC processor. None of that Super-mega-ultra-long-50-bazillion-stage pipeline crap that Intel uses to pump up their MHz rating. The article kind of sells this point a little bit short. The RISC architecture allows this processor to do roughly twice as much work in the same amount of time - or, to put it in a more concrete scenario: imagine a pair of 2GHz Pentium 4's running in SMP configuration.
Now that's FAST .
I'll bet old Linus (that's "His Excellence" to most slashdotters...) is contemplating suicide right now. Or at the very least, he feels like he just got punched REALLY hard, right in the gonads.
Oh well, looks like the boys at RedHat are gonna be putting in some overtime this weekend.
A while back, some really smart dudes discovered that this type of situation can be avoided by means that are far less complex than cracking, hacking, and other DMCA-unfriendly actions...
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT, THEN BACK IT UP. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ON A WINDOWS BOX.
Pure genius, if you ask me...
tags, friend, so don't blame me...blame slashcode.
Doesn't this annoncement mean that they're not out of the hardware biz at all???
However do you mince words so well, oh Hemos?
...since i've even looked at that counter. I remember back in the day when everyone was fighting over who was really responsible for turning the counter to "1337"...it was like some big "day of eternal remembrance" for us fledgling linux h4x0r5...
I can't imagine what we'll be seeing tomorrow...
CmdrTaco Arrested with Pants Around Ankles, Stalking Frightened Co-Eds
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you avoid the situation altogether by asking people to bring their own equipment. I know that in your particular situation, this wasn't really a possibility...but hey, that's the disadvantage of using someone else's LAN.
"Basically, NVIDIA's drivers cannot be open sourced. They contain several components which are licensed technology, and we have no rights to share that source code with anyone. We do not even provide source code to OpenGL or our kernel module to our board customers"
seems like a reasonable explanation to me. (Interview from theDukeofURL.org.
TNT
TNT2/TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 M64/M64 Pro
Vanta/Vanta LT
Aladdin TNT2
GeForce 256
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 MX/MX 400/MX 200/MX 100
GeForce2 Ultra
GeForce3
Quadro
Quadro DCC
Quadro2 MXR
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX
I'm sure that if there's an xFree86 driver for the GeForce3, then the new versions will have equal support from the manufacturer. NVidia, surprisingly enough, has always been pretty good about releasing really nice xFree86 drivers for their cards.
whoa!! that canadian money is getting WAY out of hand!
who in the HELL charged you $650 for a GeForce 3??? Even if that's in Canadian dollars, that's way more than you should be paying!!!! They RETAIL for about $350 now, and you can find them for under $300 on Pricewatch.
all you need to do is overclock the memory and processor core a little bit. Should be fairly easy to do, and with very little risk. Check out VoodooFiles for some custom detonator drivers, or for overclocking utilities.
There's always a way around security...it just depends on how much that data is worth. And if it's worth so much that someone would be willing to manually decrypt an entire HDD, then maybe that data shouldn't be on a laptop in the first place.
well, if the fingerprint recognition is used at the BIOS level (i assume that it would), then the boot disk would still require fingerprint recognition in order to work.
This should definitely add to the FUD-factor at your local Best Buy, though...i can see it now:
Salesman: But if you don't have fingerprint recognition, ANYONE can get into your private personal super-top-secretest files!!! Even TERRORISTS!!!!
Customer: I'll take fifteen of 'em!!!
from my original post:
"...With a few improvements to this new design, the mechanical heart could be TRULY self-contained..."
A few letters come to mind...RTFP.
thermoelectric batteries are totally new...
You're talking about kineto-electric batteries - the ones that charge when you shake them or otherwise move them about.
...for instance, pacemakers and artifical organs. The latest breed of artificial hearts has to be charged through the skin several times a week. With a few improvements to this new design, the mechanical heart could be TRULY self-contained. A very practical and useful application if you ask me...
However, once the spectrum disputes are over and the major players are back to their money-grubbing game, i'm guessing 144 kbps - 320 kbps would be the entry level bandwidth here in the states, mostly because it would require the least amount of transitional work in the packet switching department...
I've seen some really STUPID business practices during the past ten years, but i SWEAR TO GOD there have been none more idiotic than those of the RIAA. They are literally shooting themselves in their feet OVER and OVER AGAIN, and they act like they don't even realize it!!!
so you put it on two discs...
The RIAA managed to accept and OPEN standard known as Red Book for production of CD's...why can't they just create another OPEN standard for digital music for use on PC's and portables?
(All rhetorical questions, naturally...everyone knows why they aren't doing it...)