Our 404 generates a normal file not found message unless the requested page was "default.ida" or one of the other IIS exploits, in which case it sends:
Content-type: text/plain
Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks
Sadly, I'm not aware of any virii that would actually get the joke...
So, does this mean the RIAA can be sued out of existance because they are maintaining a centralized database of pirated files available for sharing? It worked against Napster...
>Or perhaps you've hit upon the idea of improving chickens' lives by giving them eyeglasses.
Actually, the point of eyeglasses for chickens is to worsen their vision, not improve it; the purpose being to reduce territorial fighting between roosters in overcrowded coops.
>If the record labels weren't stupid, they would have offered Napster, Morpheus, and the like payola to make artists on their labels appear in searches first.
They do. KaZaA returns paid results on a number of searches (look for gold icons instead of white). While some of it is porn-site samplers, there is also a good bit of new-artist music as well, including some from mid-sized labels like Maverick Records (Madonna's label).
This is a just one of many examples of the industry's desire to have their cake, and eat it (and yours) too. Witness: Sony Music threatening all-out cyberwar against MP3-traders, while Sony Electronics is busy selling portable MP3 players; RIAA demanding that Congress give them carte blanche to hack suspected pirates computers as vigilante justice and calling their customers thieves, while simultaneously being whiny-babies about their own servers being knocked offline by vigilante "hacktivists" and trying to engineer ever-more-heinous means to deny payment to the artists they allege to be protecting.
Also, in areas where Dr. Pepper is bottled by Coke, Pepsi has their own clone product called Mr. Green. It is sold under the Sobe label, and tastes virtually identical (IMO) to Dr. Pepper, with the addition of ginseng extract. Oh, and as the name suggests, it's green*. For contractual reasons(?), it is not offered in areas where Pepsi does the bottling for Dr. Pepper.
*the green color seems to very similar to the color you get by mixing equal parts Pepsi Blue and any caramel-colored beverage. coincidence? applying a failure in one product line to create a new one? you be the judge.
Build Your Own Laser, Phaser, Ion Ray Gun and Other Working Space-Age Projects by Robert E Iannini (1983)
Books In Print shows two active records: ISBN 0-8306-0604-1 ISBN 0-07-156069-6
I have this book (somewhere) and it has all kinds of interesting projects/plans, including a 20mW CO2 laser, and a 6MW(!) pulse generator - I don't recall the duration of the 6MW pulse, so I can't tell you the joule output, but it's enough to explosively vaporize any Radio Shack component of your choice...
That sort of security breach would be quickly detected due to the severe signal attenuation caused by the bird's weight dampening the vibration in the string. However, as this technology grows in popularity and is used over longer distances, the amplification needed to combat degradation from the weight of the string would at some point overcome this means of detection - a possible solution would be to talk so loudly that the resulting vibrations would actually knock the bird off.
This does not address Denial of Service attacks caused by birds attempting to collect bits of the string for nesting material; a preferable solution to both issues would be to run the string inside a conduit with a diameter greater than the maximum amplitude of the carrier waves. Care should be taken to plan ahead and use larger conduits than are currently needed, in order to accomodate future increases in wave size.
Otherwise, everyone will be clamoring for "fatter pipes".
>Ultimately if a lot of people start suing them they will probably shut down the archive to
>public access and only allow researchers to view their original copies on site.
This is pretty much how the WayBack Machine operated until very recently. While you didn't have to be "on site" to access the archives, you *did* have to submit a request explaining what you were researching and why you needed access.
It was only opened to the public in the last year or so.
>The point that folk seem to miss is that the root name server IP addresses are hard coded into the infrastructure.
WTF? The root server addresses are in a config (or "hints") file every time I've set up BIND... and seeing as how the last time was about a week ago, I feel pretty safe in saying that is the current state of things.
Maybe you have a different definition of "hard-coded"?
Also, every set of docs I've ever seen recommend updating your servers root hints file periodically, for precisely this reason (keeping aware of changes in the root servers).
That was back when it was illegal to connect your own devices to the phone network - I dimly remember my parents getting a bootleg Sony answering machine and having "a friend" come wire it in with RJ-11 jacks (most phones were still hardwired) so that it could be unplugged and hidden if Ma Bell's not-so-secret police came snooping. The upshot of this was that you had to LEASE phones from the phone company instead of just buying them like we do now. This is also why old-timey modems used acoustic couplers to interface with the phone's handset instead of simply plugging into the wall. Fortunately they were deregulated around the time I got into computers, so my first modem (300 baud on a Commodore 64) didn't have any funny couplers to deal with.
Some of these regulations regarding how many phones you are allowed to connect to one line still exist, but they relate to the amount of power the ringer can draw, and since most everything has electronic ringers (with a "ringer equivalency" of 0.3 or less; ie the load = 0.3 x draw of an old mechanical bell ringer) you'd need like 10 phones on one line to hit any snags.
(PS to young'uns - this wasn't that long ago - I'm under 30 - but if you're under 18, then yeah, it was before you were born)
I was particularly amused when I got one of these ads trying to sell me their "increase your traffic" service... for a disused domain name, complete with a screen shot of my "this domain is no longer in use" message in red bold print.
I didn't even bother to complain that time, since the entertainment value outweighed the annoyance.
As far as the copyright issue goes, since they only sent it to (perceived) copyright holder, I doubt any complaint along those lines would stand up in court.
In the one month I spent working in a dept. store warehouse (between computer jobs), I routinely watched UPS personnel throwing cases marked "Extremely Fragile - 24% Lead Crystal" 10 feet off the back of their truck onto our concrete loading dock.
While their ability to throw these 50 pound boxes this distance was impressive, it was outdone by the number of broken shards they managed to create inside the boxes. These were very well packed boxes from the manufacturers, too - each item bubblewrapped inside divided wells in the inner box, which was then put into a larger box with 2 inches of expanded urethane foam injected into the space between the boxes.
At my next job (at a computer repair shop) we eventually refused to purchase from vendors that insisted on shipping UPS due to the condition in which our merchandise arrived. We switched to RPS (now FedEx) and our rate of "defective" motherboards, hard drives, etc. dropped something like 80%.
Actually, the "buildings" are document icons. Try typing the other numbers in WingDings; several of them could look like buildings if you wanted them to.
This is a little freaky, but not new - it was pointed out long ago (in internet time, anyway) that "NYC" in WingDings is a skull&crossbones, a Star of David, and a thumbs-up sign.
This being Slashdot though, I'm sure someone will blame Microsoft for the attacks (to distract everyone from the antitrust suit) and hold this up as evidence. Actually, someone probably already has, and I just missed it.
Your suggestion assumes the Jews WANT to immigrate to the US. That's not really the case; many American Jews emigrate BACK to Israel because in their belief system, it is a HOLY LAND. That's probably the one thing they and the Palestinians agree on.
> americans are too racist to let that happen.
If you're referring to Jews specifically, I think the term is "anti-Semitic", but after all the posts I've seen talking about "sand n*****rs", I guess either term works. But there is just as much unfounded(?) ethnic hatred on that side of the ocean as there is here, probably more if you go by percentage of population.
The USA is frequently referred to as a "great Zionist oppressor", etc., but most Americans probably don't even know what Zionism is. I'm not really clear on what it means, myself, except that is has to do with Jews. But would that stop [insert fanatic group here] from killing me if they had a chance? No, just the opposite - they'd say my death was my own fault for not paying more attention to what my government is doing in my name, and to some extent, they'd be right.
> > I say we increase our support of Israel ten-fold
Instead of "sending a message" by blindly upping support for those who fight our perceived enemies, we need to take a closer look at the messages we're already sending. If we decide they're the right messages, then maybe we do need to send them louder. But if not... well, we can't act surprised when shit like this happens; it's not like we just suddenly realized "Oh, gee, the [ Palestinians | fundamentalist Muslims | Koreans | Chinese ] don't like us much, do they?"
Most of the groups that hate the US do so because of our interference in their way of life. We think we're doing the right thing. They think they are. Just shuffling around the people who agree with us won't fix it. We have to look at how much we want to try and force our ways on everyone else, and how much flak we're willing to take for it.
(sorry for combining two replies, but the rants started overlapping, even though the original messages had opposite views)
Cafe Press makes shirts on demand for anyone that signs up a "store" (including a lot of Linux shirts) - they did not create this product. While it is a massively tasteless extreme of capitalist endeavor for someone to try and make a buck off of this, make sure you focus your anger correctly.
1st admendment says they can say it, but also that you can bitch and moan.
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You would probably want to review Sections 3 & 4 of their Member Agreement before writing.
They do not review items prior to posting, but reserve the right to remove "offensive" items.
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Or better yet: The Word Processor Of The Gods
(my fave Stephen King short story...)
Our 404 generates a normal file not found message unless the requested page was "default.ida" or one of the other IIS exploits, in which case it sends:
Content-type: text/plain
Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
Sadly, I'm not aware of any virii that would actually get the joke...
So, does this mean the RIAA can be sued out of existance because they are maintaining a centralized database of pirated files available for sharing? It worked against Napster...
FYI - This is not only the NFL, nor is it new.
Baseball games have been followed by a similar disclaimer since the early days of radio.
Actually, the point of eyeglasses for chickens is to worsen their vision, not improve it; the purpose being to reduce territorial fighting between roosters in overcrowded coops.
To be really silly, you need to patent contact lenses for chickens: http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/chickens/
yes, you're right that (19 + 17)/2 != 18.5. however, that equation assumes equal numbers of male and female test subjects.
algebraicly, we see that (19m + 17f)/(m+f) = 18 only if m=f. the average can easily be 18.5 so long as male subjects outnumber females 3 to 1.
no, it was Soylent Green.
They do. KaZaA returns paid results on a number of searches (look for gold icons instead of white). While some of it is porn-site samplers, there is also a good bit of new-artist music as well, including some from mid-sized labels like Maverick Records (Madonna's label).
This is a just one of many examples of the industry's desire to have their cake, and eat it (and yours) too. Witness: Sony Music threatening all-out cyberwar against MP3-traders, while Sony Electronics is busy selling portable MP3 players; RIAA demanding that Congress give them carte blanche to hack suspected pirates computers as vigilante justice and calling their customers thieves, while simultaneously being whiny-babies about their own servers being knocked offline by vigilante "hacktivists" and trying to engineer ever-more-heinous means to deny payment to the artists they allege to be protecting.
Also, in areas where Dr. Pepper is bottled by Coke, Pepsi has their own clone product called Mr. Green. It is sold under the Sobe label, and tastes virtually identical (IMO) to Dr. Pepper, with the addition of ginseng extract. Oh, and as the name suggests, it's green*. For contractual reasons(?), it is not offered in areas where Pepsi does the bottling for Dr. Pepper.
*the green color seems to very similar to the color you get by mixing equal parts Pepsi Blue and any caramel-colored beverage. coincidence? applying a failure in one product line to create a new one? you be the judge.
by Robert E Iannini (1983)
Books In Print shows two active records:
ISBN 0-8306-0604-1
ISBN 0-07-156069-6
I have this book (somewhere) and it has all kinds of interesting projects/plans, including a 20mW CO2 laser, and a 6MW(!) pulse generator - I don't recall the duration of the 6MW pulse, so I can't tell you the joule output, but it's enough to explosively vaporize any Radio Shack component of your choice...
What about the fearsome "Hampster-style"?
This does not address Denial of Service attacks caused by birds attempting to collect bits of the string for nesting material; a preferable solution to both issues would be to run the string inside a conduit with a diameter greater than the maximum amplitude of the carrier waves. Care should be taken to plan ahead and use larger conduits than are currently needed, in order to accomodate future increases in wave size.
Otherwise, everyone will be clamoring for "fatter pipes".
>public access and only allow researchers to view their original copies on site.
This is pretty much how the WayBack Machine operated until very recently. While you didn't have to be "on site" to access the archives, you *did* have to submit a request explaining what you were researching and why you needed access. It was only opened to the public in the last year or so.
I guess I should opt to post crappy ungrammatical, misspelled posts next time... ;-)
WTF? The root server addresses are in a config (or "hints") file every time I've set up BIND... and seeing as how the last time was about a week ago, I feel pretty safe in saying that is the current state of things.
Maybe you have a different definition of "hard-coded"?
Also, every set of docs I've ever seen recommend updating your servers root hints file periodically, for precisely this reason (keeping aware of changes in the root servers).
Some of these regulations regarding how many phones you are allowed to connect to one line still exist, but they relate to the amount of power the ringer can draw, and since most everything has electronic ringers (with a "ringer equivalency" of 0.3 or less; ie the load = 0.3 x draw of an old mechanical bell ringer) you'd need like 10 phones on one line to hit any snags.
(PS to young'uns - this wasn't that long ago - I'm under 30 - but if you're under 18, then yeah, it was before you were born)
I didn't even bother to complain that time, since the entertainment value outweighed the annoyance.
As far as the copyright issue goes, since they only sent it to (perceived) copyright holder, I doubt any complaint along those lines would stand up in court.
While their ability to throw these 50 pound boxes this distance was impressive, it was outdone by the number of broken shards they managed to create inside the boxes. These were very well packed boxes from the manufacturers, too - each item bubblewrapped inside divided wells in the inner box, which was then put into a larger box with 2 inches of expanded urethane foam injected into the space between the boxes.
At my next job (at a computer repair shop) we eventually refused to purchase from vendors that insisted on shipping UPS due to the condition in which our merchandise arrived. We switched to RPS (now FedEx) and our rate of "defective" motherboards, hard drives, etc. dropped something like 80%.
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This is a little freaky, but not new - it was pointed out long ago (in internet time, anyway) that "NYC" in WingDings is a skull&crossbones, a Star of David, and a thumbs-up sign.
This being Slashdot though, I'm sure someone will blame Microsoft for the attacks (to distract everyone from the antitrust suit) and hold this up as evidence. Actually, someone probably already has, and I just missed it.
Your suggestion assumes the Jews WANT to immigrate to the US. That's not really the case; many American Jews emigrate BACK to Israel because in their belief system, it is a HOLY LAND. That's probably the one thing they and the Palestinians agree on.
> americans are too racist to let that happen.
If you're referring to Jews specifically, I think the term is "anti-Semitic", but after all the posts I've seen talking about "sand n*****rs", I guess either term works. But there is just as much unfounded(?) ethnic hatred on that side of the ocean as there is here, probably more if you go by percentage of population.
The USA is frequently referred to as a "great Zionist oppressor", etc., but most Americans probably don't even know what Zionism is. I'm not really clear on what it means, myself, except that is has to do with Jews. But would that stop [insert fanatic group here] from killing me if they had a chance? No, just the opposite - they'd say my death was my own fault for not paying more attention to what my government is doing in my name, and to some extent, they'd be right.
> > I say we increase our support of Israel ten-fold
Instead of "sending a message" by blindly upping support for those who fight our perceived enemies, we need to take a closer look at the messages we're already sending. If we decide they're the right messages, then maybe we do need to send them louder. But if not... well, we can't act surprised when shit like this happens; it's not like we just suddenly realized "Oh, gee, the [ Palestinians | fundamentalist Muslims | Koreans | Chinese ] don't like us much, do they?"
Most of the groups that hate the US do so because of our interference in their way of life. We think we're doing the right thing. They think they are. Just shuffling around the people who agree with us won't fix it. We have to look at how much we want to try and force our ways on everyone else, and how much flak we're willing to take for it.
(sorry for combining two replies, but the rants started overlapping, even though the original messages had opposite views)
1st admendment says they can say it, but also that you can bitch and moan.
service@cafepress.com
product number 1468594
You would probably want to review Sections 3 & 4 of their Member Agreement before writing.
They do not review items prior to posting, but reserve the right to remove "offensive" items.
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/2 048256&mode=nocomment