Re:sobig.M kills blacklists?
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There are already blacklists for dynamic IP ranges. Seeing as most home users are dynamic IP, and don't send mail except through their mail server, blacklisting them will stop a lot of junk (at least until the virus writers start sending through the ISP's SMTP server).
I've never really liked Dean Markley strings, and Elixirs are way overrated. They claim to last so long, but hardly last any longer than any other strings I've used. Not enough to be worth the price, anyway.
The fact that a worm disabled safety systems at a nuclear power plant, or the fact that the safety systems at a nuclear power plant are depending on windows.
Ummmmm.....who modded this up? Silicon isn't a metal either. The whole point of a semiconductor is it insulates until you make it conduct. And if the resistance when conducting is magnitudes greater than that of silicon, then it wouldn't exactly have better thermal properties, would it?
The problem with current tech support is that there are so many clueless users calling in that people who have a real problem can't get any help. Perhaps what we need is a central database of "user competence" so that tech companies can automagically send people who know what they are doing past the first tier of "is your computer on" support guys.
I'm with you on this one, but things appear to be moving ahead by leaps and bounds lately. Ardour is now in beta releases, we have jack and ladspa (which are totally AWESOME), theres a number of midi sequencers that do a pretty good job. So far, RME's multitrack cards seem to have the best support. What I'm really waiting on now is support for mLAN (firewire interfaces like the Firestation). From what I've heard, Alsa mLAN drivers are in the works.
Sure it can be done, but for the most part it won't be necessary. With more availability of IP's, people won't have to stick everything behind one anymore. You could still have everything behind a firewall that doesn't allow incoming connections and have each machine on a seperate internet-routeable IP.
OT, but in commercial lighting systems, green means off and red means on. I've never figured why they chose to do that. Confuses the heck out of a lot of people.
Re:unfair - but true for me at least in the past
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That depends on if the rm -rf was unintentional and you want to ^C it....
Cheaper than software? What if the software is free? What keylogger software is there that costs money anyway? And what kind of person would purchase a keylogger, license it under their name, and install it on a public terminal?
Unless of course that lookup table contains not just dictionary words, but all alphanumeric combinations. Which I'm pretty sure is what they are doing. In any case, if your password is not in their list, they have certainly narrowed things down a lot.
You grab the password hash off the network with a sniffer. Then you can work at cracking it for as long as you like.
For all those whining about XFree86....
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1) As many have said over and over, XFree86 is not slow. It runs great on a 486. Try using a faster WM.
2) Transparancy/hardware rendering. For some reason people think XFree86 needs to be tossed out completely in order to get this. Check out this interview statement from David Dawes (XFree86 developer):
David Dawes: There has been some work on a new rendering model for XFree86 that provides some more advance composition techniques (including transparency), this currently being implemented in software. For XFree86 5.0 we'll be investigating this as part of our review of rendering models, and seeing if a hardware implementation would not be more appropriate.
Re:Comparision of projects
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I have no problem with alternatives....but why do you think X so urgently needs replacing?
Am I the only one who feels that phone manufacturers have gotten the totally wrong idea? I mean, why don't they work on making a cell phone that doesn't sound like garbage instead of making a cell phone that has 2 ultra crappy cameras and a color screen? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the purpose of a phone was to talk to people. The "normal" features make sense (text messages, vibrate, etc), but all this PDA, camera, web, junk is kind of ridiculous.
It doesn't matter if MS "gives away its OS to dealers". The fact is that you have been given a license. You should be entitled to fair use of that license.
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There are already blacklists for dynamic IP ranges. Seeing as most home users are dynamic IP, and don't send mail except through their mail server, blacklisting them will stop a lot of junk (at least until the virus writers start sending through the ISP's SMTP server).
I've never really liked Dean Markley strings, and Elixirs are way overrated. They claim to last so long, but hardly last any longer than any other strings I've used. Not enough to be worth the price, anyway.
Have you ever tried Eagle? I haven't used PCAD, but Eagle is definately WAY superior to Electronics Workbench (UGH).
The fact that a worm disabled safety systems at a nuclear power plant, or the fact that the safety systems at a nuclear power plant are depending on windows.
Agreed. Certainly we would go after someone who sells a program that is actually a trojan that sends all your information for identity theft purposes.
If the problem is people stealing software, then just do a better job of catching them sneaking out of future shop with a bunch of boxed cds.
Well I'm Canadian, and my only thought was that it was too many people with air conditioners.
I'm a Linux user, and when I use Windows I can't tell I'm using it. My typical usage goes as follows:
1. download putty
2. use putty to connect to linux machine
3. fullscreen
As long as Windows doesn't spontaneously bluescreen due to errors in "3rd party code", you'd never know the difference!
Ummmmm.....who modded this up? Silicon isn't a metal either. The whole point of a semiconductor is it insulates until you make it conduct. And if the resistance when conducting is magnitudes greater than that of silicon, then it wouldn't exactly have better thermal properties, would it?
The problem with current tech support is that there are so many clueless users calling in that people who have a real problem can't get any help. Perhaps what we need is a central database of "user competence" so that tech companies can automagically send people who know what they are doing past the first tier of "is your computer on" support guys.
I'm with you on this one, but things appear to be moving ahead by leaps and bounds lately. Ardour is now in beta releases, we have jack and ladspa (which are totally AWESOME), theres a number of midi sequencers that do a pretty good job. So far, RME's multitrack cards seem to have the best support. What I'm really waiting on now is support for mLAN (firewire interfaces like the Firestation). From what I've heard, Alsa mLAN drivers are in the works.
info bash
that's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard. And it's about on par for /.
Would it work? Yes. Does it suck? Yes. Would I ever give any money to an ISP that did this? NO!!!!
yes.
Sure it can be done, but for the most part it won't be necessary. With more availability of IP's, people won't have to stick everything behind one anymore. You could still have everything behind a firewall that doesn't allow incoming connections and have each machine on a seperate internet-routeable IP.
OT, but in commercial lighting systems, green means off and red means on. I've never figured why they chose to do that. Confuses the heck out of a lot of people.
That depends on if the rm -rf was unintentional and you want to ^C it....
Cheaper than software? What if the software is free? What keylogger software is there that costs money anyway? And what kind of person would purchase a keylogger, license it under their name, and install it on a public terminal?
Unless of course that lookup table contains not just dictionary words, but all alphanumeric combinations. Which I'm pretty sure is what they are doing. In any case, if your password is not in their list, they have certainly narrowed things down a lot.
You grab the password hash off the network with a sniffer. Then you can work at cracking it for as long as you like.
1) As many have said over and over, XFree86 is not slow. It runs great on a 486. Try using a faster WM.
2) Transparancy/hardware rendering. For some reason people think XFree86 needs to be tossed out completely in order to get this. Check out this interview statement from David Dawes (XFree86 developer):
David Dawes: There has been some work on a new rendering model for XFree86 that provides some more advance composition techniques (including transparency), this currently being implemented in software. For XFree86 5.0 we'll be investigating this as part of our review of rendering models, and seeing if a hardware implementation would not be more appropriate.
I have no problem with alternatives....but why do you think X so urgently needs replacing?
Am I the only one who feels that phone manufacturers have gotten the totally wrong idea? I mean, why don't they work on making a cell phone that doesn't sound like garbage instead of making a cell phone that has 2 ultra crappy cameras and a color screen? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the purpose of a phone was to talk to people. The "normal" features make sense (text messages, vibrate, etc), but all this PDA, camera, web, junk is kind of ridiculous.
It doesn't matter if MS "gives away its OS to dealers". The fact is that you have been given a license. You should be entitled to fair use of that license.