I have heard the Apple vs PC discussion a lot; however, recently a *nix friend of mine was asking me if the apple or PC hardware was better for a new *nix installation.
I don't know... so now I ask you...
Which hardware would you rather buy for a new home linux system?
1. 911 - Land line 911 is currently the only system available that the cops can find you just by your dialing.
2. Alarm Systems 3. Modems/Fax Machines 4. Tivo/Cable Boxes requiring land line
Currently, the 911 service is the only thing that I can't work around. I HATE our landline company... and we have no other landline company that serves our area.
The true purpose of such a North Korea group might actually be to train their gurus with the latest and greatest information......to keep tabs on their own people!
While it may be difficult to get into large systems here in the United States and do a lot of damage, it it much easier to install backdoors and logging programs.
One large threat to the North Korean government is its own people. Knowing what these people are reading and saying online is a great step in repressing rebellion.
Even the Pentagon says North Korea's hacker academy is probably just propaganda by South Korea.
In other news... we still have not found any weapons of mass destruction In Iraq despite our government telling us that they there.
Even if they do have a hacker school, so what? Like we here in the states do not teach a subset of our military these skills. Hacking is cheap and easy way of causing a lot of damage. It's a smart thing for them to try.
I don't know how an honest question regarding bittorrent can be considered offtopic...
Anyway... do any of you torrent gurus know how to change a tracker? For example, say you have 80.torrent files and the tracker goes down. How do you easily change the tracker to a different one? Is this possible?
Viewing the plain text of the.torrent file... I might think it would be possible. Of course, if I understood the.torrent format I wouldn't be asking...
Could it not be that the linux beowulf cluster is the best solution? Maybe these are two honest researchers stating their opinion... and not really part of Microsoft's plan to overtake the world.
I think everybody--both programmers and users-- figured this would happen. Gnutella first... now WASTE. This is the safest way to do such projects that have COULD have questionable legal and moral aspects.
Now, Nullsoft looks like the jedi ninja creative gurus and AOL looks like the responsible authority figure.
In the grand scheme of things...
good ideas are like a virus. Once they are released, they will keep going and going...
Seems like that a "code cleaning group" would be the most poorly efficient way of accomplishing this.
Now I do not write the cleanest code in the world... but when writing with a group, I can take the time and effort to make ultra clean code--especially if my paycheck depended on it!
Why hire somebody else to do _your_ job?
I've never programmed in a huge group before... so maybe I missing the experience to understand.
"foosball" and "grandmaster" is used in the same paragraph.
Of course, I didn't realize that "table football world champions" actually existed either. Isn't that decided by the last drunken game... "And thhhiss is for the cchampionship ooffff thheee wwwwwooorrllldddd."
Hmmm... while tempted to launch into the whole PC vs Apple debate, currently I don't have the time...
I've got to get down to the pro-choice rally before I go lobby for my right-to-bear arms. After lunch I am attending the pro-captital punishment rally. Then hopefully tonight we can attend the fund raiser for the statue of Al "i invented the internet" Gore.
Here are the flame war rules. Please print them out for later reference.
Bugs like this keep the common microsoft user from installing the latest and greatest updates. They might not understand that their security is troubled until they recent damage; however, they understand this:
"I finally ran windows update... and now I can no longer get on the internet. Crap, I'm never doing that again."
Methinks it's a Microsoft-is-too-huge-syndrome. Microsoft can't test its fixes on every possible configuration; therefore, problems like this will occur. Episodes like this have previously occurred and will occur again.
It's the nature of the beast.
btw, thanks Slashdot. I could have installed that this morning!
Crap, the next time some college kid gets caught trading mp3s, he/she will claim that it's an addiction.
Did you actively trade mp3s?
Yes, but only because I was addicted.
Addicted?
Yes, your honor. it started innocently enough downloading a few phish episodes. Next, I was burning CDs to impress some girls in my class. Everything was fine until the school cut my access.
And then what happened?
I realized that I couldn't live without free music! I downloaded all the p2p clients... but eventually they were all blocked. I used bittorrent to download several albums at once... but slashdot kept running stories about it. Eventually I was reduced to sitting on IRC for hours and hours. Oh, it's horrible.
Couldn't you just buy the music?
Well, I like Michael Bolton.
Ohhhh... I wouldn't be seen buying that crap either. You need 6 weeks of inpatient rehab therapy.
So I'll have to admit this kid to the hospital for acute p2p withdrawl and treatment. I'll have to slowly wean him off, introduce him to MTV and radio again, etc. Yuck.
1. Let's cheaply (free!) allow everyone to get a product that they love. 2. Let's completely block access to all sources of this product. 3. Let's sell the product. 4. (Ah, shucks... you know what comes here.)
I have always wondered if seeding an OS out in the world really helps business all that much. I agree that it makes common sense; however, I have never seen the proof.
For example, Apple flooded the school systems 15 years ago with pretty good little systems. They were used to teach typing, accounting, and basic computer skills... What did all that effort earn Apple?
Not much in my opinion. Maybe it always works... maybe the Apple episode is the exception.
Risking Karma here... I am predominately a windows user; however, I cheer for linux as much as humanly possible. I think the competition is wonderful for the consumer and the market.
Because after I previewed it, it looked like a "Karma Whore" post to me. So as prophylaxis against the potential flamebait, I wanted to post it AC. But I couldn't, so I didn't.
[35.4] How can I decompile an executable program back into C++ source code?
You gotta be kidding, right?
Here are a few of the many reasons this is not even remotely feasible:
* What makes you think the program was written in C++ to begin with?
* Even if you are sure it was originally written (at least partially) in C++,
which one of the gazillion C++ compilers produced it?
* Even if you know the compiler, which particular version of the compiler was
used?
* Even if you know the compiler's manufacturer and version number, what
compile-time options were used?
* Even if you know the compiler's manufacturer and version number and
compile-time options, what third party libraries were linked-in, and what
was their version?
* Even if you know all that stuff, most executables have had their debugging
information stripped out, so the resulting decompiled code will be totally
unreadable.
* Even if you know everything about the compiler, manufacturer, version
number, compile-time options, third party libraries, and debugging
information, the cost of writing a decompiler that works with even one
particular compiler and has even a modest success rate at generating code
would be significant -- on the par with writing the compiler itself from
scratch.
But the biggest question is not how you can decompile someone's code, but why do you want to do this? If you're trying to reverse-engineer someone else's code, shame on you; go find honest work. If you're trying to recover from losing your own source, the best suggestion I have is to make better backups next time.
I would have posted AC but that have me blocked out for some reason...
Slashdot Mirror
I have heard the Apple vs PC discussion a lot; however, recently a *nix friend of mine was asking me if the apple or PC hardware was better for a new *nix installation.
I don't know... so now I ask you...
Which hardware would you rather buy for a new home linux system?
Thanks in advance...
Davak
Reasons not to switch to cell-only:
Currently, the 911 service is the only thing that I can't work around. I HATE our landline company... and we have no other landline company that serves our area.
Davak
Faq on the Game
The links in the FAQ however now point to p0rn.
Here's the famous shockwave and song.
Davak
Wwwwwoooaaaahhhhh, everybody!
Just because I said that does not mean that I do not feel we needed to go into Iraq.
My point was the following:
Regarding any topic, our government is not always knowledgeable nor honest.
Please do not assume my political views...
Davak
The true purpose of such a North Korea group might actually be to train their gurus with the latest and greatest information... ...to keep tabs on their own people!
While it may be difficult to get into large systems here in the United States and do a lot of damage, it it much easier to install backdoors and logging programs.
One large threat to the North Korean government is its own people. Knowing what these people are reading and saying online is a great step in repressing rebellion.
Davak
In other news... we still have not found any weapons of mass destruction In Iraq despite our government telling us that they there.
Even if they do have a hacker school, so what? Like we here in the states do not teach a subset of our military these skills. Hacking is cheap and easy way of causing a lot of damage. It's a smart thing for them to try.
Davak
I don't know how an honest question regarding bittorrent can be considered offtopic...
.torrent files and the tracker goes down. How do you easily change the tracker to a different one? Is this possible?
.torrent file... I might think it would be possible. Of course, if I understood the .torrent format I wouldn't be asking...
u nc e4:infod5:filesld6:lengthi167e4:pathl15:MD5SUMS-ft p.md5eed6:lengthi668991488e4:pathl21:shrike-i386-d isc1.isoeed6:lengthi677511168e4:pathl21:shrike-i38 6-disc2.isoeed6:lengthi508592128e4:pathl21:shrike- i386-disc3.isoeee4:name7:redhat912:piece lengthi1048576e6:pieces35400:
.torrent file can not be understood in plain text.
Anyway... do any of you torrent gurus know how to change a tracker? For example, say you have 80
Viewing the plain text of the
Quote:
d8:announce37:http://f.scarywater.net:8080/anno
End Quote
After this prelude of text, the rest of the
Can this plain text be edited so all the tracker files not have to be rebuilt?
Davak
My question would have been...
How do you feel about slashdot crushing every torrent web site and tracker everytime it runs a story on your program?
Davak
Could it not be that the linux beowulf cluster is the best solution? Maybe these are two honest researchers stating their opinion... and not really part of Microsoft's plan to overtake the world.
Davak
I do not know why this is a surprise to anyone...
I think everybody--both programmers and users-- figured this would happen. Gnutella first... now WASTE. This is the safest way to do such projects that have COULD have questionable legal and moral aspects.
Now, Nullsoft looks like the jedi ninja creative gurus and AOL looks like the responsible authority figure.
In the grand scheme of things...
good ideas are like a virus. Once they are released, they will keep going and going...
Davak
Seems like that a "code cleaning group" would be the most poorly efficient way of accomplishing this.
Now I do not write the cleanest code in the world... but when writing with a group, I can take the time and effort to make ultra clean code--especially if my paycheck depended on it!
Why hire somebody else to do _your_ job?
I've never programmed in a huge group before... so maybe I missing the experience to understand.
Davak
What is the world coming to when...
"foosball" and "grandmaster" is used in the same paragraph.
Of course, I didn't realize that "table football world champions" actually existed either. Isn't that decided by the last drunken game... "And thhhiss is for the cchampionship ooffff thheee wwwwwooorrllldddd."
Davak
When the update occurs, XP makes a new restore point.
If you are ever having problems after an update... just roll the system back. Easy.
Restore Point Link
DavaK
Mod this up. +1 Insightful
Davak
Hmmm... while tempted to launch into the whole PC vs Apple debate, currently I don't have the time...
I've got to get down to the pro-choice rally before I go lobby for my right-to-bear arms. After lunch I am attending the pro-captital punishment rally. Then hopefully tonight we can attend the fund raiser for the statue of Al "i invented the internet" Gore.
Here are the flame war rules. Please print them out for later reference.
Davak (in asbestos underwear)
This is not good for the average consumer.
Bugs like this keep the common microsoft user from installing the latest and greatest updates. They might not understand that their security is troubled until they recent damage; however, they understand this:
"I finally ran windows update... and now I can no longer get on the internet. Crap, I'm never doing that again."
Methinks it's a Microsoft-is-too-huge-syndrome. Microsoft can't test its fixes on every possible configuration; therefore, problems like this will occur. Episodes like this have previously occurred and will occur again.
It's the nature of the beast.
btw, thanks Slashdot. I could have installed that this morning!
Davak
When are the divx and xvid players coming out?
Putting mp3 abilities on many recent electronics devices was a wonderful idea. I just wondering why DVD players do not support these formats yet.
Heck, doesn't some DVD players even accept Microsoft video files?
Davak
So I'll have to admit this kid to the hospital for acute p2p withdrawl and treatment. I'll have to slowly wean him off, introduce him to MTV and radio again, etc. Yuck.
Davak
This guy is thinking!
1. Let's cheaply (free!) allow everyone to get a product that they love.
2. Let's completely block access to all sources of this product.
3. Let's sell the product.
4. (Ah, shucks... you know what comes here.)
Davak
I have always wondered if seeding an OS out in the world really helps business all that much. I agree that it makes common sense; however, I have never seen the proof.
For example, Apple flooded the school systems 15 years ago with pretty good little systems. They were used to teach typing, accounting, and basic computer skills... What did all that effort earn Apple?
Not much in my opinion. Maybe it always works... maybe the Apple episode is the exception.
Risking Karma here... I am predominately a windows user; however, I cheer for linux as much as humanly possible. I think the competition is wonderful for the consumer and the market.
Davak
That's all.
Davak
btw... the C++ FAQ quote and the code link have nothing to do with each other... I should have made that a little clearer. Sorry. Davak
Here is some code that supposedly decomplies... not that I've tried it.
Quote from the FAQ:
I would have posted AC but that have me blocked out for some reason...
Davak
Sadly... we have probably already seeded Mars with bacteria.
Links here and here.
Luckily, unique bacteria trapped on Mars should have far different DNA that our earth-created bugs.
Davak
Davak