Actually that's not entirely true. It's my understanding under the Patriot Act it is possible for law enforcement to obtain this type of information with either no subpoena or a very simple one which wouldn't be subject to judicial review. Of course up until this point neither the dmca or thie patriot act have been challenged much in court, so who know's what might happen.
It was amended to the Patriot act like many other things before it was finalized, because no one would actually oppose the patriot act, and it everyone knew it would be approved quickly. The actual regulations concerning gambling fall under the "Bank Secrecy Act" part of the bill. More details can be found here.
Even around the crappiest game in an arcade or bar you can find people betting money against each other. Expanding this to fps seems like a natural extension assuming they can make sure cheating/boting/etc is kept out as much as possible. Presumably they'll be hosting the games themselves to make the server secure at least. Finally a real way to put your money where your mouth is, literally:)
I've seen a few listed over the past couple articles, but none of them seem to work. Anyone have one that really does have the cnn newsfeed for people like me stuck at work and tired of constantly clicking refresh?:)
From the article, "It would sniff incoming E-mail and determine first whether a message is part of a recipient-defined whitelist of approved addresses. Those messages not on the list then would be scoured for a 10-digit code obtained from one of two sources"
The point is that since most of the emails that you send legimately are to people you've already emailed before, you wouldn't have to pay. On the other hand spammers that blindly email out to millions of people would...
Yes, I don't know what I would do if they raised the price on getting a 2 foot long penis, or any of the other crap they spam me with daily. In fact I can't think of one product/service that I've gotten a spam about that I would even consider buying.
In fact, you might even have to pay for it to be unlisted. From the article, "Individual carriers would determine whether subscribers would have to pay to be unlisted."
As the article says, "The centralized database of wireless numbers would be off limits to telemarketers, and consumers would be able to choose whether to have their numbers listed or unlisted, according to people familiar with the process." Just choose to be unlisted.
It'll probably be the same as normal listing, in general its the account owner, but most times you can request a different name if you really want. As far as 4 people, pick one:)
I was always under the impression that an insecure server was more responsible for web defacing then an incorrectly configured/secured apache installation. I can understand misconfigured or poorly written cgi programs, but that aside how typical is this compared to a system compromised by other means?
Any easy way to temporaily disable flash in IE?
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This is kind of offtopic, but with a lot of sites using flash for ads that adblockers don't seem to block well, is there a way to disable it temporaily easily? I've seen some sites that show how to get rid of it, but that just brings up a popup anytime you go to a site with it. I swear 95% of the flash out there now is crap, but the other 5% is cool games I want to play:)
Advertising does work, or it wouldn't be such a huge market. Even if you don't actively pay attention to the ads on the radio or tv a lot of times you'll still pick a bit from it. Ever hum the song from some stupid ad? Also it gets the company/product name out which helps a lot. I think I read that if email spam gets a return of.025% it's considered successful. Working with such small success ratios to be considered effective if you personally never click on an ad it doesn't really change its effectiveness:)
A majority of the people receiving this will probably just disable their uploads because they don't know any better. I'm sure there will be ways around it, but for the majority of the users I'm sure this letter, and a simple filter will probably get rid of a reasonable amount of traffic. It would be funny if this was just ended up being a strongly worded warning and they didn't even implement any filters, but most users turned off their file sharing:)
Since he admits that in its current form there is no way the bill would be passed, what would have to be changed to be passed?
The article hints that one of the problems might be lack of clearly defined techniques could be used to fight a p2p node.
Are there any "valid" techniques, at least valid as far as congress would be concerned to fight individual nodes, or the p2p networks themselves that could be used to fight against supposed violations of this bill.
Also, does this bill specify what proof if any has to exist before these attacks could take place? Could you sue someone excerising the powers give by this if it did get passed?
"The poor ranking of the United States (17th) is mainly because of the number of journalists arrested or imprisoned there. Arrests are often because they refuse to reveal their sources in court. Also, since the 11 September attacks, several journalists have been arrested for crossing security lines at some official buildings."
It would have been interested to see if there is a copy of these ratings pre-september 11th. I'm not sure if an entire countries freedom of the press should be based on the single most catastrophic to happen to it in recent history.
Hrm, the entire listing is in one of the links there:
"worldwide press freedom index"
Nicely enough its in english:)
Incase it gets/.'ed here are the top few:
Rank Country
1 Finland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Netherlands
5 Canada
6 Ireland
7 Germany
- Portugal
- Sweden
10 Denmark
11 France
12 Australia
- Belgium
14 Slovenia
15 Costa Rica
- Switzerland
17 United States
18 Hong Kong
19 Greece
20 Ecuador
Saw this a while ago, looks like it could be fun: Slap:If your like me you run firewall software that tells you when someone tries to access your system. Sometimes I respond with a few packets of my own just to let them know that I am paying attention. I wrote Slap to make responding to these access attempts easier and more entertaining. Just enter the IP address of the person you wish to slap and click on the Slap button. The program will attempt to access all the ports in the list and send them a packet with a personal message. (The default message is 'Leave Me Alone!') Slap integrates with Black Ice and Zone Alarm and can use information received from these software firewalls to "Auto Slap" intruders and add their attacks to your list of responses. --Here is a cool Wav file to use with this.
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I realize the parent comment was a joke, but..
Check out United Devices if you're interesting in a distributed project that is fighting cancer.
Actually that's not entirely true. It's my understanding under the Patriot Act it is possible for law enforcement to obtain this type of information with either no subpoena or a very simple one which wouldn't be subject to judicial review. Of course up until this point neither the dmca or thie patriot act have been challenged much in court, so who know's what might happen.
It was amended to the Patriot act like many other things before it was finalized, because no one would actually oppose the patriot act, and it everyone knew it would be approved quickly. The actual regulations concerning gambling fall under the "Bank Secrecy Act" part of the bill. More details can be found here.
Even around the crappiest game in an arcade or bar you can find people betting money against each other. Expanding this to fps seems like a natural extension assuming they can make sure cheating/boting/etc is kept out as much as possible. Presumably they'll be hosting the games themselves to make the server secure at least. Finally a real way to put your money where your mouth is, literally :)
The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act This site gives a bit more background into why it was considered necessary, as well as examples of how it is to be implemented.
cool, thanks a lot
I've seen a few listed over the past couple articles, but none of them seem to work. Anyone have one that really does have the cnn newsfeed for people like me stuck at work and tired of constantly clicking refresh? :)
From the article, "It would sniff incoming E-mail and determine first whether a message is part of a recipient-defined whitelist of approved addresses. Those messages not on the list then would be scoured for a 10-digit code obtained from one of two sources" The point is that since most of the emails that you send legimately are to people you've already emailed before, you wouldn't have to pay. On the other hand spammers that blindly email out to millions of people would...
Yes, I don't know what I would do if they raised the price on getting a 2 foot long penis, or any of the other crap they spam me with daily. In fact I can't think of one product/service that I've gotten a spam about that I would even consider buying.
In fact, you might even have to pay for it to be unlisted. From the article, "Individual carriers would determine whether subscribers would have to pay to be unlisted."
As the article says, "The centralized database of wireless numbers would be off limits to telemarketers, and consumers would be able to choose whether to have their numbers listed or unlisted, according to people familiar with the process." Just choose to be unlisted.
It'll probably be the same as normal listing, in general its the account owner, but most times you can request a different name if you really want. As far as 4 people, pick one :)
I was always under the impression that an insecure server was more responsible for web defacing then an incorrectly configured/secured apache installation. I can understand misconfigured or poorly written cgi programs, but that aside how typical is this compared to a system compromised by other means?
This is kind of offtopic, but with a lot of sites using flash for ads that adblockers don't seem to block well, is there a way to disable it temporaily easily? I've seen some sites that show how to get rid of it, but that just brings up a popup anytime you go to a site with it. I swear 95% of the flash out there now is crap, but the other 5% is cool games I want to play :)
Yeah, you've been missing out for a trip of a lifetime to disneyworld, and all kinds of other important calls...
Advertising does work, or it wouldn't be such a huge market. Even if you don't actively pay attention to the ads on the radio or tv a lot of times you'll still pick a bit from it. Ever hum the song from some stupid ad? Also it gets the company/product name out which helps a lot. I think I read that if email spam gets a return of .025% it's considered successful. Working with such small success ratios to be considered effective if you personally never click on an ad it doesn't really change its effectiveness :)
Almost, but.. Microsoft's Home Of Tomorrow Has No Bathroom :)
A majority of the people receiving this will probably just disable their uploads because they don't know any better. I'm sure there will be ways around it, but for the majority of the users I'm sure this letter, and a simple filter will probably get rid of a reasonable amount of traffic. It would be funny if this was just ended up being a strongly worded warning and they didn't even implement any filters, but most users turned off their file sharing :)
Since he admits that in its current form there is no way the bill would be passed, what would have to be changed to be passed?
The article hints that one of the problems might be lack of clearly defined techniques could be used to fight a p2p node.
Are there any "valid" techniques, at least valid as far as congress would be concerned to fight individual nodes, or the p2p networks themselves that could be used to fight against supposed violations of this bill.
Also, does this bill specify what proof if any has to exist before these attacks could take place? Could you sue someone excerising the powers give by this if it did get passed?
There is one setup for United Devices, check out slashdot team.
In case the article gets /.'ed
Rank Country 1 Finland - Iceland - Norway - Netherlands 5 Canada
6 Ireland 7 Germany - Portugal - Sweden 10 Denmark 11 France
12 Australia - Belgium 14 Slovenia 15 Costa Rica - Switzerland
17 United States 18 Hong Kong 19 Greece 20 Ecuador 21 Benin
- United Kingdom - Uruguay 24 Chili - Hungary 26 South Africa
- Austria - Japan 29 Spain - Poland 31 Namibia
32 Paraguay 33 Croatia - El Salvador 35 Taïwan 36 Mauritius
- Peru 38 Bulgaria 39 South Korea 40 Italy 41 Czech Republic
42 Argentina 43 Bosnia and Herzegovia - Mali 45 Romania 46 Cape Verde
47 Senegal 48 Bolivia 49 Nigeria - Panama 51 Sri Lanka
52 Uganda 53 Niger 54 Brazil 55 Ivory Coast 56 Lebanon
57 Indonesia 58 Comoros - Gabon 60 Yugoslavia - Seychelles 62 Tanzania
63 Central African Republic 64 Gambia 65 Madagascar - Thailand 67 Bahrain - Ghana
69 Congo 70 Mozambique 71 Cambodia 72 Burundi - Mongolia
- Sierra Leone 75 Kenya - Mexico 77 Venezuela 78 Kuwait
79 Guinea 80 India 81 Zambia 82 Palestinian National Authority 83 Guatemala
84 Malawi 85 Burkina Faso 86 Tajikistan 87 Chad 88 Cameroun
89 Morocco - Philippines - Swaziland 92 Israel 93 Angola
94 Guinea-Bissau 95 Algeria 96 Djibouti 97 Togo 98 Kyrgyzstan
99 Jordan - Turkey 101 Azerbaijan - Egypt 103 Yemen
104 Afghanistan 105 Sudan 106 Haiti 107 Ethiopia - Rwanda
109 Liberia 110 Malaysia 111 Brunei 112 Ukraine 113 Democratic Republic of the Congo
114 Colombia 115 Mauritania 116 Kazakhstan 117 Equatorial Guinea 118 Bangladesh
119 Pakistan 120 Uzbekistan 121 Russia 122 Iran - Zimbabwe
124 Belarus 125 Saudi Arabia 126 Syria 127 Népal 128 Tunisia
129 Lybia 130 Irak 131 Viet Nam 132 Eritrea 133 Laos
134 Cuba 135 Bhutan 136 Turkmenistan 137 Burma 138 China 139 North Korea
It would have been interested to see if there is a copy of these ratings pre-september 11th. I'm not sure if an entire countries freedom of the press should be based on the single most catastrophic to happen to it in recent history.
Hrm, the entire listing is in one of the links there: "worldwide press freedom index" Nicely enough its in english :)
/.'ed here are the top few:
Incase it gets
Rank Country 1 Finland - Iceland - Norway - Netherlands 5 Canada 6 Ireland 7 Germany - Portugal - Sweden 10 Denmark 11 France 12 Australia - Belgium 14 Slovenia 15 Costa Rica - Switzerland 17 United States 18 Hong Kong 19 Greece 20 Ecuador
Personally I like United Devices although there is a bit of controversy surrounding them. Check out their faq.
Saw this a while ago, looks like it could be fun:
Slap:If your like me you run firewall software that tells you when someone tries to access your system. Sometimes I respond with a few packets of my own just to let them know that I am paying attention. I wrote Slap to make responding to these access attempts easier and more entertaining. Just enter the IP address of the person you wish to slap and click on the Slap button. The program will attempt to access all the ports in the list and send them a packet with a personal message. (The default message is 'Leave Me Alone!') Slap integrates with Black Ice and Zone Alarm and can use information received from these software firewalls to "Auto Slap" intruders and add their attacks to your list of responses. --Here is a cool Wav file to use with this.