because nigeria is the most corrupt country in the entire world. #1 on the list. the government is totally completely mind-blowingly corrupt. no other country even comes close to the corruption of nigeria.
that is why the scams overwhelmingly come from nigeria and nowhere else.
Cisco has been busy lately expending lots of effort and manpower suing researchers and sending razorblade equipped armies on censorship assaults -- they can't be bothered with your frivolous problems.
Furthermore, it's likely that Lynn broke no law (save possible civil violations of contract and/or trade secret provisions), so any FBI investigation, if not over already, is moot.
It is not moot. The fact cisco was a cock enough to file a criminal complaint speaks volumes, and is highly relevant to the discussion at hand.
Cisco knew the shitstorm that would ensue should they try to file it, knew there was no basis to the complain, and they went and filed it anyway. It also speaks volumes about cisco's stupidity.
gamedev is just about the worst possible place to solicit for linux developers. the people in the forums there are barely competent enough to install a distro, let alone compile anything. (the entire gamedev site is pretty noobish really).
there are much better places to go -- gamedev is a waste of time. other/. posters have made good suggestions (icculus, rentacoder, etc).
Not only was the error message completely bogus, but microsoft went to significant lengths to try to encrypt the detection code. This is known as the infamous "AARD" code. It was discovered by Geoff Chappell and Andrew Schulman wrote about it in Dr. Dobbs' journal.
In the antitrust trials, evidence (internal emails) were uncovered which proved this was a deliberate move on the part of microsoft.
an email from Phil Barrett (lead developer of windows 3.1):
heh, heh, heh . . . my proposal is to have bambi refuse to run this alien OS ? Comments ? The approach we take is to detect dr 6 and refuse to load.
There are other examples and evidence, but this is one of the most damning.
If you have a problem with it then why not join the 'people making the decisions' so you can make decisions too. Or share your vast intelligence with them so they will make the 'right decision'.
You could probably make a living selling data snarfed from used disks/tapes off ebay.
I picked up some "blank" used DLT tapes from ebay. These "blanks" contained a filesystem backup for the online store of a multibillion dollar corporation.
Why get so worried about personal data being stolen by l337 h4x0rz through the intarweb? All they need to do is buy a bunch of used media off ebay -- much easier.
the problem is while cisco is sitting on their laurels, the bad guys (the chinese haxx0rs who brought the exploit to lynn's attention) are already exploiting this.
security on a lazy schedule convenient to cisco, is no security at all. i'm upset with cisco, not lynn.
someone is confusing the fact the shuttle is transported cross country on the back of a jumbo jet with the idea the shuttle could be launched from one. (it can't, and nothing really could either.)
it's not a last minute kludge, it was designed from the very beginning that way.
I also like the fact they didnt have a computer guidance system because it was "too expensive"... so the flights pitched and rolled all over the place. Nice.
I contacted the officer asking for clarification of his claim:
bani: Er, what exact law makes cantennas illegal? I'd seriously like to know.
bob_lozito: Bad quote.
bani: is there an accurate transcript or recording available?
bob_lozito: Not sure. Either way, it is not illegal and if I inferred it, I was wrong. I have had so many emails concerning this, it is getting to the point that I cannot get any work done.
I cannot reply to all of you but am trying to do the best I can.
He admitted he was wrong, maybe we can cut him some slack?
"You end up lusting after more and more complex security measures," he says. "It was like a game. I loved computer games. I still do. It was like a real game. It was addictive. Hugely addictive."
It's more fun to fuck with the system than argue with it.
Deliberately inserting fraudulent data or noise into the system with the knowledge you're fucking up the system is worth the few seconds of making up bullshit numbers. Takes only a few seconds of effort on your part, but causes them endless headaches.
Plus you get the 'damn cable' with little fuss, and the smug knowledge the info they have on file is useless.
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because nigeria is the most corrupt country in the entire world. #1 on the list. the government is totally completely mind-blowingly corrupt. no other country even comes close to the corruption of nigeria.
that is why the scams overwhelmingly come from nigeria and nowhere else.
so if someone calls up to use you to relay to the white house in order to make death threats against the president, you have to do it?
you do realize you'd be the one ending up in prison...
double, triple his prison sentence. judges take a very dim view of criminals who commit further crimes while incarcerated.
in my book, dropped frames = decreased quality.
Nope. Wrongo. You only get trapped if you try to use an exploit on that site. You don't get trapped by merely visiting the page.
You have to be doing something deliberately malicious in order to get caught by the honeypot.
The honeypot just pretends to be something vulnerable in hopes of attracting criminals to attack it.
Cisco has been busy lately expending lots of effort and manpower suing researchers and sending razorblade equipped armies on censorship assaults -- they can't be bothered with your frivolous problems.
Furthermore, it's likely that Lynn broke no law (save possible civil violations of contract and/or trade secret provisions), so any FBI investigation, if not over already, is moot.
It is not moot. The fact cisco was a cock enough to file a criminal complaint speaks volumes, and is highly relevant to the discussion at hand.
Cisco knew the shitstorm that would ensue should they try to file it, knew there was no basis to the complain, and they went and filed it anyway. It also speaks volumes about cisco's stupidity.
gamedev is just about the worst possible place to solicit for linux developers. the people in the forums there are barely competent enough to install a distro, let alone compile anything. (the entire gamedev site is pretty noobish really).
/. posters have made good suggestions (icculus, rentacoder, etc).
there are much better places to go -- gamedev is a waste of time. other
Not only was the error message completely bogus, but microsoft went to significant lengths to try to encrypt the detection code. This is known as the infamous "AARD" code. It was discovered by Geoff Chappell and Andrew Schulman wrote about it in Dr. Dobbs' journal.
In the antitrust trials, evidence (internal emails) were uncovered which proved this was a deliberate move on the part of microsoft.
an email from Phil Barrett (lead developer of windows 3.1):
There are other examples and evidence, but this is one of the most damning.
most 802.11b devices only transmit around 30mw-50mw. 300mw is considerably more :)
with directional antennas you can get quite a lot of gain (20-30db). 300mw lets you punch that pretty far.
If you have a problem with it then why not join the 'people making the decisions' so you can make decisions too. Or share your vast intelligence with them so they will make the 'right decision'.
Your armchair rant is cute but pointless.
Maybe they were already doing that for some time, and decided they had all the info they needed and the sites had outlived their usefulness.
no they dont.
You could probably make a living selling data snarfed from used disks/tapes off ebay.
I picked up some "blank" used DLT tapes from ebay. These "blanks" contained a filesystem backup for the online store of a multibillion dollar corporation.
Why get so worried about personal data being stolen by l337 h4x0rz through the intarweb? All they need to do is buy a bunch of used media off ebay -- much easier.
It has lots of explicit sex in graphic detail. Lots of rape, even watersports. Pretty freaky shit.
Tax the bible? Fine by me.
thats not the trailer download link. thats the mov metafile.
no. cisco uses 68k and mips. embarassingly low end ones too. cisco has never been particularly generous with cpu.
the problem is while cisco is sitting on their laurels, the bad guys (the chinese haxx0rs who brought the exploit to lynn's attention) are already exploiting this.
security on a lazy schedule convenient to cisco, is no security at all. i'm upset with cisco, not lynn.
not true.
someone is confusing the fact the shuttle is transported cross country on the back of a jumbo jet with the idea the shuttle could be launched from one. (it can't, and nothing really could either.)
it's not a last minute kludge, it was designed from the very beginning that way.
I also like the fact they didnt have a computer guidance system because it was "too expensive"... so the flights pitched and rolled all over the place. Nice.
I contacted the officer asking for clarification of his claim:
bani: Er, what exact law makes cantennas illegal? I'd seriously like to know.
bob_lozito: Bad quote.
bani: is there an accurate transcript or recording available?
bob_lozito: Not sure. Either way, it is not illegal and if I inferred it, I was
wrong. I have had so many emails concerning this, it is getting to the
point that I cannot get any work done.
I cannot reply to all of you but am trying to do the best I can.
He admitted he was wrong, maybe we can cut him some slack?
"You end up lusting after more and more complex security measures," he says. "It was like a game. I loved computer games. I still do. It was like a real game. It was addictive. Hugely addictive."
All I can say is...
Game over man, game ooooover!
an RBL populated with the tor master list.
a BGP feed of tor hosts.
anyone game?
its fascinating to see how many 7-11's there are in japan... they're a "landmark" on google maps.
i recall reading somewhere that there's more 7-11's in japan than in the US...
It's more fun to fuck with the system than argue with it.
Deliberately inserting fraudulent data or noise into the system with the knowledge you're fucking up the system is worth the few seconds of making up bullshit numbers. Takes only a few seconds of effort on your part, but causes them endless headaches.
Plus you get the 'damn cable' with little fuss, and the smug knowledge the info they have on file is useless.