Couldn't a (newer) P2P app just use two different algorithms to do the checksum? Assuming both use very different schemas, even if one is compromised (like MD5), the other would not be? Not sure how computationally expensive the checksums are, but if this kind of sabotage becomes commonplace, it would make for an easy fix.
Maybe it's just me, but it looks more inspired from Fallout, than HL2 (other than the huge logo, of course). Especially the front buttons, rust, and yellow/black warning lines.
Although a good idea, it's not enough. We have to work around the bugs, because most people won't upgrade their browsers, regardless of any patches or better versions that are out there. If you don't work around them, people will complain that your site is ugly, nonfunctional, etc.
I toy I absolutely loved as a kid was the 200-in-1 Electronics Lab. It's basically just a bunch of raw electronics bits (diodes, transistors, resistors, a small numerical display, etc) all hookup up to little springs, a whole bunch of wires to connect pieces together, and a huge book with simple projects and diagrams on how to create little "apps".
Hours of fun playing around with basic-level electronics, and you get to learn some stuff too!
You used to see them all the time at Radio Shack and other stores, but I haven't seen one in person in over a decade. There are also different "sizes", but I can't recall what they are.
What horrible luck they have - first getting laid off, and then at the one moment they get massive free exposure to their plight, they can't capitalize on the thousands of nostalgic/.ers who may have given them a buck or two on impulse.
What I don't get, besides the big hoopla over copyright or privacy concerns, is why this is so newsworthy. Why does the fact that it's a digital media card make it any more important than finding someone's developed photos, left in a cab, and posting those on the net.
Yes, but it's when the good times turn into bad ones that they'll begin actually using their patent portfolio aggressively to keep their share value up. If you thought SCO was bad...
If they didn't press it on LZW in GIFs, they could have lost the ability to press it in those other lines.
You don't have to actively enforce patents. You can pick and choose your battles when defending them. This is how IBM, Microsoft, Apple, etc. are able to maintain huge patent portfolios, without constantly defending them.
It's trademarks that you are required to defend, or you may lose them.
Medicare pays for surgery and leg braces, but not amputation and prosthesis as he still has limited mobility and it's not life-threatening.
Guy decides to get money for new legs and point out inadequacies in the US healthcare system by selling tickets to watch him amputate his own legs with a guillotine
I don't believe he ever went through with it, due to a lack of interest and legal problems. But it could have just been a scam...
You know, if we had recruiters for Pharmaceuticals standing outside of colleges offering new graduates 10.2 million over 3 years, then cancer would have been cured 10 years ago. Why do athletes, that contribute NOTHING to society, get paid the most?
And where would that kind of money come from? Pharmaceutical companies already charge and arm and a leg for their fancy new drugs - and I imagine they're already working at capacity.
And I don't want to spend $50 a ticket to watch a team of scientists working in a stadium...
I personally use "screen" (mentioned many times in these comments) with btdownloadcurses.py. (Though I use Shad0w's experimental client instead of the stock one - more info is displayed).
This allows you to run a whole bunch of separate torrents, and allows you to detach the entire session and relogin from another box without interrupting the downloads (or worrying about dropping an ssh connection or whatever).
This is a good time to remind folks of the Distributed Proofreaders project, now the largest contributor to Project Gutenberg, where anyone can take a scanned page and compare it to the OCR output to check for errors. Sign up and give it a go - all browser based, and actually quite addictive.:)
Get involved and help keep out-of-print and out-of-copyright books around forever.
Ah, but what Microsoft is keenly aware of is that selling the "beer" argument to the unwashed masses is far easier than selling the "freedom" aspect. The business world, and most regular people's worlds, revolves around money. Although some managers may realize that vendor lock-in is a bad thing, most would still rank bottom-line cost as more important.
What they conveniently tend to leave out is the number of remote vulnerabilities, as well as how many actual exploits exist for said vulnerabilities.
I'd venture a guess that for every 10 security patches I apply on my Linux box, only 1 of those deals with a remote exploit. The rest are for local users gaining root priviledges, which are still certainly serious, but not nearly as much so since a cracker would still need to gain access to the machine, and no respectable server machine allows generic users online.
My experience with Windows patches would place it nearer the 50% mark. (Of course, these numbers are just off the top of my head - YMMV).
Is this a plugin or something for phpBB - I just upgraded to 2.0.8, and it's not an option I can find anywhere.
And even using the email activation (which I'm reluctant to do - I could really care less if I have a valid email address from my users), the member list still lists off new unactivated users.
I did take the AC's suggestion and blocked the memberlist in my robots.txt, so at least their spam attempts won't be fruitful, but it still inflates my database with bogus users. Annoying.
I host my own little phpBB boards for friends and family, but it is open to the world. Recently I've noticed spammers registering users for the sole purpose of being included in the "member list", with a corresponding link back to whatever site they wish to promote. They'll never actually post anything, but they've obviously automated the sign-up procedure as I get a new member every day or so, and google will eventually find the member list link.
And of course there are still sites that list EVERY referer in their logs somewhere on their site, so spammers have been adding their site URLs to their bot's user agent string. It's amazing the lengths these people will go to spam google.
Sure hope they can find a nice, elegant solution to this.
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Couldn't a (newer) P2P app just use two different algorithms to do the checksum? Assuming both use very different schemas, even if one is compromised (like MD5), the other would not be? Not sure how computationally expensive the checksums are, but if this kind of sabotage becomes commonplace, it would make for an easy fix.
Maybe it's just me, but it looks more inspired from Fallout, than HL2 (other than the huge logo, of course). Especially the front buttons, rust, and yellow/black warning lines.
Although a good idea, it's not enough. We have to work around the bugs, because most people won't upgrade their browsers, regardless of any patches or better versions that are out there. If you don't work around them, people will complain that your site is ugly, nonfunctional, etc.
Hours of fun playing around with basic-level electronics, and you get to learn some stuff too!
You used to see them all the time at Radio Shack and other stores, but I haven't seen one in person in over a decade. There are also different "sizes", but I can't recall what they are.
Whoops... sorry for the double post - /.'s giving me a bunch of 503's, so I re-typed it. Please mod this (and my parent post) down as redundant.
According to snopes.com, it's a sure thing! ;-)
According to snopes.com, it's already a sure thing! ;-)
What horrible luck they have - first getting laid off, and then at the one moment they get massive free exposure to their plight, they can't capitalize on the thousands of nostalgic /.ers who may have given them a buck or two on impulse.
[Patty and Selma on working at the DMV]
Patty: Some days, we don't let the line move at all.
Selma: Yeah, we call those weekdays.
What I don't get, besides the big hoopla over copyright or privacy concerns, is why this is so newsworthy. Why does the fact that it's a digital media card make it any more important than finding someone's developed photos, left in a cab, and posting those on the net.
Yes, but it's when the good times turn into bad ones that they'll begin actually using their patent portfolio aggressively to keep their share value up. If you thought SCO was bad...
It's trademarks that you are required to defend, or you may lose them.
A short synopsis:
I don't believe he ever went through with it, due to a lack of interest and legal problems. But it could have just been a scam...
... have purchased well over 300 blank CD-Rs!
And where would that kind of money come from? Pharmaceutical companies already charge and arm and a leg for their fancy new drugs - and I imagine they're already working at capacity.
And I don't want to spend $50 a ticket to watch a team of scientists working in a stadium...
This allows you to run a whole bunch of separate torrents, and allows you to detach the entire session and relogin from another box without interrupting the downloads (or worrying about dropping an ssh connection or whatever).
Frrrrraaap! "Excuse me! ... I have a call."
Get involved and help keep out-of-print and out-of-copyright books around forever.
Ah, but what Microsoft is keenly aware of is that selling the "beer" argument to the unwashed masses is far easier than selling the "freedom" aspect. The business world, and most regular people's worlds, revolves around money. Although some managers may realize that vendor lock-in is a bad thing, most would still rank bottom-line cost as more important.
I'd venture a guess that for every 10 security patches I apply on my Linux box, only 1 of those deals with a remote exploit. The rest are for local users gaining root priviledges, which are still certainly serious, but not nearly as much so since a cracker would still need to gain access to the machine, and no respectable server machine allows generic users online.
My experience with Windows patches would place it nearer the 50% mark. (Of course, these numbers are just off the top of my head - YMMV).
And even using the email activation (which I'm reluctant to do - I could really care less if I have a valid email address from my users), the member list still lists off new unactivated users.
I did take the AC's suggestion and blocked the memberlist in my robots.txt, so at least their spam attempts won't be fruitful, but it still inflates my database with bogus users. Annoying.
And of course there are still sites that list EVERY referer in their logs somewhere on their site, so spammers have been adding their site URLs to their bot's user agent string. It's amazing the lengths these people will go to spam google.
Sure hope they can find a nice, elegant solution to this.
Cary Sherman = President of RIAA (Music)