Isn't this just a rehash of every other bug they've announce this year, in a slightly different permutation? Next month, I expect they'll announce that frames within a DSHTML portion of a popup window can be loaded from non-trusted domains.
It cracks me up, because they probably have an obsessive/compulsive, socially-maligned programmer within Secunia that just delights spending 16 hours a day trying to twist the browsers into doing what he wants. And then Secunia announces these flaws to save their reputation because nothing else is going on.
A little chuckle from the Pentagon in the article: '...anyone can opt out of the system by providing detailed personal information that will be kept in a separate suppression file. That file will be matched with the full database regularly to ensure that those who do not wish to be contacted are not, according to the Pentagon.
For anyone who wonders why this would be necessary, let me give an example.
CapitalOne got it into their heads that they should send me a credit card application every week. After spending an hour trying to track down a telephone number that would let me speak with a CSR without having an account number, I asked them to stop mailing me. The CSR rep replied that the system takes 12 to 16 weeks to fully honor a request to not receive offers! Which is pretty funny, because I asked the rep "so if I sign up for the credit card today, you can take my name off the list, but if I just want you to stop sending me junk that someone can use to steal my identity, it takes 4 months?!?!" He didn't have a good answer.
Anyways, as soon as I move to a new address three months later, I started receiving two offers from CapitalOne every week! They obvious match solely on name and address.
I just don't feel like going through the same bollux again to get my address off the list. Sheesh.
You know, you raise a good point of course, but this exact point has been brought up and examined in about 5,000 previous posts regarding this story and prior stories.
I think RMS should just come up with a succinct "this example demonstrates exactly how the patent system is broken" reply, which/.ers can then copy and paste into their posts as a show of solidarity.
If you send a text message to an e-mail address scrawled in paint on a subway advertisement or on a sidewalk, for example, you could get some digital pop art on your phone in return.
C'mon, this is soooo last generation. I propose some new forms of "interactive art":
Murderesqueism
- murder victims left in public places with hyperlinks or other obscure clues left on the body.
Popup Exhibitionism
- beautiful women with URLS and other monikers tatooed over their abdomen, chest, and derriere, exposed at random times, with no provocation, to strangers.
Licensism
- the replacement of random car license plates with cleverly crafted URLS or AOL screen names.
Or, instead of trying to legitimatize vandalism, we can simply use RFID sticks for everything. IMHO, that would be cooler, because you'd have no idea of a sticker contained embedded data until you tried to scan it.
Going backpacking through various cities whilst lugging around a laptop isn't very convenient.
Buy a Sony Clie PEG-UX50. It's a clamshell PDA that has Wifi and bluetooth, a camera, and even a keyboard! Although, it's no longer sold in US, and is fairly expensive.
Failing that, you could always buy a cheap PDA with Wifi, and hit a hotspot. Much better to spend the $200-$300 than risk providing your financial info from a public terminal.
advise, verb: to give advice. The king advised me not to make rude comments about his wife.
advice, noun: a recommendation or suggestion designed to aide. I took the king's advice, and made rude comments about his mother instead.
advisement, noun: careful consideration, deliberation; OR the act or process of advising. "You did not take my request under advisement, so therefore I will execute you," said the King.
In your example, "ap2523ril" would be highly guessable but "mat35ri9ar21ch" would not ("march" is the password in this example.) And this has nothing to do with how strong the password is.
...all Hollywood movies and TV shows never allow the characters to use a mouse.
I'm impressed how those guys can use the keyboard to rotate around and zoom 3D graphics in realtime, and then apply some amazing pixel-sharpening processing algorithm, all by using keyboard commands.
I've often wondered how they could do this so quickly. Especially when they literally have to type everything they want into a text field on the screen. For example, "search for drivers license of all bad guys within last two days".
I mean, it's a search engine - you don't have to type "search" into the text field!!!
what many say could be Apples greatest folly, and a blow to Linux.
So Dvorak, who is an idiot, claims that Linux will die because of this move. Remember, he's the guy who claimed that Microsoft will die in less than 10 years. And since when does "Dvorak" constitute "many"?
And now every fucking Mac article has to mention how "Macs on Intel" are a blow to Linux.
How about this. I propose that you blow Linux, instead of blowing all that nonsense hot air that has absolutely no merit.
and only absolute ignorant fuckbrains even talk about the mouse button count anymore
Haha, you talked about the mouse button count.
Besides, there's something fundamentally flawed with a default manufacturer's mouse which requires you to click to whole damn thing. If I wanted exercise, I wouldn't be sitting at the computer.
$1 billion damages? honestly - how do they come up with these figures?
Easy. Human life is "priceless", and think about how many sys admins killed themselves after getting fired for letting a UFO spook break into their systems.
Anyways, at least this guy was using his power for good. At least, we hope. Maybe he planted fake evidence of WMD in Iraq.
If Linux enthousiasts don't want Mac OSX on Intel to become a threat for the future of Linux Desktop, they must rethink the concept of Desktop has we know it today.
Oh yeah? Why is that? Why does it matter if Mac OSX uses Intel or PowerPC or Transmeta for that matter? Apple will still lock their platform, still charge too much for accessories (such as RAM), still take 20 years to develop a 2-button mouse.
Tell me, fearmonger, why should I start running down the streets in panic?
As you'd expect this opens the frame in a new tab where you can easily see the URL.
I've tried this for a few sites, and most of them redirect the browser to a page where the whole frameset loads again. I'm guessing the referer changes when you use this option.
I do like the Frame Info option, though. I didn't know it existed, and it's quite useful.
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They especially don't have to choose if they decide to say with Windows. I love marketing speak.
It cracks me up, because they probably have an obsessive/compulsive, socially-maligned programmer within Secunia that just delights spending 16 hours a day trying to twist the browsers into doing what he wants. And then Secunia announces these flaws to save their reputation because nothing else is going on.
For anyone who wonders why this would be necessary, let me give an example.
CapitalOne got it into their heads that they should send me a credit card application every week. After spending an hour trying to track down a telephone number that would let me speak with a CSR without having an account number, I asked them to stop mailing me. The CSR rep replied that the system takes 12 to 16 weeks to fully honor a request to not receive offers! Which is pretty funny, because I asked the rep "so if I sign up for the credit card today, you can take my name off the list, but if I just want you to stop sending me junk that someone can use to steal my identity, it takes 4 months?!?!" He didn't have a good answer.
Anyways, as soon as I move to a new address three months later, I started receiving two offers from CapitalOne every week! They obvious match solely on name and address.
I just don't feel like going through the same bollux again to get my address off the list. Sheesh.
I think RMS should just come up with a succinct "this example demonstrates exactly how the patent system is broken" reply, which /.ers can then copy and paste into their posts as a show of solidarity.
Since when do patents contain precise technical definitions?
Mod parent up. Liberals have all the mod points right now.
lol no one has a f'in sense of humor in this place.
I just tried to download it, but it asked me for my social security number!!!
C'mon, this is soooo last generation. I propose some new forms of "interactive art":
- Murderesqueism
- - murder victims left in public places with hyperlinks or other obscure clues left on the body.
- Popup Exhibitionism
- - beautiful women with URLS and other monikers tatooed over their abdomen, chest, and derriere, exposed at random times, with no provocation, to strangers.
- Licensism
- - the replacement of random car license plates with cleverly crafted URLS or AOL screen names.
Or, instead of trying to legitimatize vandalism, we can simply use RFID sticks for everything. IMHO, that would be cooler, because you'd have no idea of a sticker contained embedded data until you tried to scan it.Hah, for $3000! And they're made of thin metal which scratches if you look at them wrong.
Buy a Sony Clie PEG-UX50. It's a clamshell PDA that has Wifi and bluetooth, a camera, and even a keyboard! Although, it's no longer sold in US, and is fairly expensive.
Failing that, you could always buy a cheap PDA with Wifi, and hit a hotspot. Much better to spend the $200-$300 than risk providing your financial info from a public terminal.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX YZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_+=;:'",/?~`\|
Hope I didn't miss anything!
My passwords are really secure - they use characters that aren't even on the keyboard!
BTW, can anyone tell my why register.com limits your password to 8 characters? Seems counter-secure.
advise, verb: to give advice. The king advised me not to make rude comments about his wife.
advice, noun: a recommendation or suggestion designed to aide. I took the king's advice, and made rude comments about his mother instead.
advisement, noun: careful consideration, deliberation; OR the act or process of advising. "You did not take my request under advisement, so therefore I will execute you," said the King.
In your example, "ap2523ril" would be highly guessable but "mat35ri9ar21ch" would not ("march" is the password in this example.) And this has nothing to do with how strong the password is.
I'm impressed how those guys can use the keyboard to rotate around and zoom 3D graphics in realtime, and then apply some amazing pixel-sharpening processing algorithm, all by using keyboard commands.
I've often wondered how they could do this so quickly. Especially when they literally have to type everything they want into a text field on the screen. For example, "search for drivers license of all bad guys within last two days".
I mean, it's a search engine - you don't have to type "search" into the text field!!!
That wasn't flour, it was cocaine! Why do you think he was doing it?
World's Biggest Spam Recipient
So Dvorak, who is an idiot, claims that Linux will die because of this move. Remember, he's the guy who claimed that Microsoft will die in less than 10 years. And since when does "Dvorak" constitute "many"?
And now every fucking Mac article has to mention how "Macs on Intel" are a blow to Linux.
How about this. I propose that you blow Linux, instead of blowing all that nonsense hot air that has absolutely no merit.
How come this article wasn't entitled, "World's Biggest Media Company by Stock Market Value"???
That's because a judge or jury can't award damages in the amount of "priceless".
Haha, you talked about the mouse button count.
Besides, there's something fundamentally flawed with a default manufacturer's mouse which requires you to click to whole damn thing. If I wanted exercise, I wouldn't be sitting at the computer.
Easy. Human life is "priceless", and think about how many sys admins killed themselves after getting fired for letting a UFO spook break into their systems.
Anyways, at least this guy was using his power for good. At least, we hope. Maybe he planted fake evidence of WMD in Iraq.
Oh yeah? Why is that? Why does it matter if Mac OSX uses Intel or PowerPC or Transmeta for that matter? Apple will still lock their platform, still charge too much for accessories (such as RAM), still take 20 years to develop a 2-button mouse.
Tell me, fearmonger, why should I start running down the streets in panic?
Yeah, everyone I know wishes they could still use Windows 95.
As you'd expect this opens the frame in a new tab where you can easily see the URL.
I've tried this for a few sites, and most of them redirect the browser to a page where the whole frameset loads again. I'm guessing the referer changes when you use this option.
I do like the Frame Info option, though. I didn't know it existed, and it's quite useful.