"hackers" have been congregating on IRC since its inception, and IRC was made famous at the time of the Kevin Mitnick pursue.
At any rate, anyone that has a clue knows that any communication passing through an IRC server (whether its a public message, and/msg, with the exception of a DCC p2p connection) can be monitored.
What makes you think the FBI/CIA/NSA/{insert your favourite intelligence agency here} isn't already peered to all the IRC networks and patiently sifting through all the conversation logs? This is not rocket science.
why are people surprised? this is what I don't get
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Dubya announced that he will personally power wind powered devices by passing wind.
"Dave, what are you doing?"
I wonder what happens if the TV falls *in* the Jacuzzi.
All that money you saved goes down the drain.
The most accurate method right now, and least intrusive is Iris scans.
What you want is to have a False Acceptance Rate and False and False Rejection Rate percentage equal.
For further reading, check out the Open CISSP study guide site section for the Access Control Systems and Methodology CBK section.
At any rate, anyone that has a clue knows that any communication passing through an IRC server (whether its a public message, and /msg, with the exception of a DCC p2p connection) can be monitored.
What makes you think the FBI/CIA/NSA/{insert your favourite intelligence agency here} isn't already peered to all the IRC networks and patiently sifting through all the conversation logs? This is not rocket science.
why are people surprised? this is what I don't get
PigeonPoop.
It's great! makes me proud to be a Canadian.
Thank goodness for this type of research.
Maybe we Canadians say "eh", but at least we don't say "huh" with that annoying Bill & Ted's excellent adventure kind of accent.
And at any rate, we have whatever we want the way we want to because we kicked US ass in both the men's and women's hockey tournaments. Eat that!
when there are better solutions out there?
No no no...
you *can* distribute OpenBSD however you like.
The original OpenBSD CD *layout* is Copyrighted by Theo.
Nothing stops anyone from downloading everything off of the FTP servers, and creating your own ISO image.
I don't recommend using HTMLDOC for any professional task..
All your documents need to be written in simple
HTML, and conversion to PDFs is a PITA: Sometimes tables don't work, fonts fuck up, etc...
Avoid.
Antarctica...
But apparently there aren't too many bars over there, and they have nasty weather too.
How about moving north of the border to Canada?
Well, you didn't have to wait for it since last year, when the NIC computer came out, one of Larry's brainchilds.
what!?
A security flaw in a Microsoft OS!?
Surely, you must be jesting.
And this is newsworthy?