If you run a dual-boot machine with Windows and Linux, what's keeping a virus from accessing your Linux partition and infecting ls and friends?
After all, Windows couldn't care less about Linux filesystem security. And there are utilities that access ext2-partitions from Windows, there are probably malicious virus programmers that can pull off the same trick.
Yes, I know, the infestation would still take place through Windows, but what would a developer of a virus cleaner see as more important: Protecting Linux users, of which most are geeks who can take care of their computers without such software, thus no source of revenue, or fine-tune the Windows-related parts of their software?
I have a DSL line. In the ads they brag about you being able to be online 24/7.
As very few people are awake 24/7, I suppose that means you may also download when not in front of the computer. I, and most of my friends on similar connections, do.
When I read about people (for instance in Australia) getting their bandwidth reduced (or receive a bill, termination of service and similar) for excessive usage within their regular bandwidth, that would in my case be a breach of contract by the ISP.
So, does your contracts contain something along the lines of 'Well, we told you 768/384, but that's actually a lie. If you use your bought and paid for bandwidth, we'll punish you'? In my country that doesn't exist, at least that I know of.
I'd be thankful for any enlightenment regarding this...
Gotta love replying to yoursself... Anyway, a little update:
The institution in question have received a large collection of his work, and it's all catalogued in the base. They estimate it to about four man-years to do it again. The base was made by a norwegian researcher with the assistance of a computer technician. The technician probably selected the password, hope he was not very security-conscious...
The database is from Dbase 4, I don't know how the security is on that format. It contains data about the norwegian linguist Ivar Aasen. For those interested in giving it a try, just search on norwegian pages to find the directors email address (name in another post). He's received quite a few emails already... (No, won't give the address here, pity the one who gets his email published on Slashdot).
Please excuse crappy english, save your grammatic flames.
Well, of course it's not REAL random, the unit contains nothing like a radioactive rnd-generator... But, I think what they mean is that you have "random with history", so that what plays is pseudorandom, not just a shuffled list. A song can be played twice in a row by coincidence.
What I'd like more is weighted random, for instance: If I listen to an entire song instead of skipping it, that song is more likely to be played again. This would probably call for modification to the playlist format though, storing the "points" or whatever for each song. Excuse crappy English. My $/50
I get the joke, just a little addon:
An american mobster actually tried to change his fingerprints the hard way back in the twenties, when they started to become a mainstream method of identification (fingerprints, not mobsters). He "burnt" his fingers with acid, to regrow new prints. Spent three weeks in extreme pain, just to find that his old prints grew back...
The only way to "change" your fingerprint is to get a flesh wound at your fingertip, so scar tissue grows. Probably wouldn't be a valid fingerprint to the automated tools, though.
Yes, I totally agree to that part about the CD's.
They are mixed to get the most relative volume out of the format, i.e. especially for hit singles aimed at radio play, where a song gets played at 80-100 % of the total volume to make it more 'penetrating'. Sounds awful.
Anyway, those claiming to hear the 'ditigal' noise in the sound on a CD invariably fail in a properly performed double blind test...
As for the opinions about mp3 here, I think it's possible to get transparent quality (impossible to tell the difference from CD in a blind test) with about 200-220 KBit VBR. Check out this blind-test at http://www.heise.de/ct/00/06/092/default.shtml (it's in german, explanation of the test for those who don't want to use Babel Fish here http://users.belgacom.net/gc247244/quality.htm).
The r3mix is, by the way, a very good site dedicated to making reasonably small mp3's without losing 'transparency'.
Ok, this might be a little OT with regards to the article, but interesting when you look at the discussion going on here.
Linux is supposed to have been made so simple.. I am a newbie in Linux, but has lots'a experience since the C64 days... Still, while installing the drivers for my G400 Dualhead mgapdesk fucked up the XF86Config-4 file 4 (four) times, had to reinstall every time...
Why not? The British conspired to make Hitler lose his power over the German people by bribing a gardener delivering vegetables to Hitler's kitchen.
He was supposed to inject female hormones in them to make Hitler appear more feminine and thus loose his appeal. The gardener probably didn't have the guts to do it, as Hitler never lost his mustache... Cool idea though
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Seems to me it is not as much of a problem.
Exercise:
Put your fingers at the keypad.
Now press the button you intuitively think it's the upper left.
Is it so hard for a program to say 'upper left' ?
On a side note:
If you run a dual-boot machine with Windows and Linux, what's keeping a virus from accessing your Linux partition and infecting ls and friends?
After all, Windows couldn't care less about Linux filesystem security. And there are utilities that access ext2-partitions from Windows, there are probably malicious virus programmers that can pull off the same trick.
Yes, I know, the infestation would still take place through Windows, but what would a developer of a virus cleaner see as more important: Protecting Linux users, of which most are geeks who can take care of their computers without such software, thus no source of revenue, or fine-tune the Windows-related parts of their software?
There is no country called Bulgravia.
Neither did Alien54 state that there is.
I wouldn't choose to use Scientology terms to give an example, but Bulgravia is actually defined as a geographical area, more info here.
One of the bashers actually indicated that he can use google, only not very well...
I have a DSL line. In the ads they brag about you being able to be online 24/7. As very few people are awake 24/7, I suppose that means you may also download when not in front of the computer. I, and most of my friends on similar connections, do.
When I read about people (for instance in Australia) getting their bandwidth reduced (or receive a bill, termination of service and similar) for excessive usage within their regular bandwidth, that would in my case be a breach of contract by the ISP.
So, does your contracts contain something along the lines of 'Well, we told you 768/384, but that's actually a lie. If you use your bought and paid for bandwidth, we'll punish you'? In my country that doesn't exist, at least that I know of.
I'd be thankful for any enlightenment regarding this...
I attend an University College in Norway, and we are allowed (by 'quiet consent', not explicitly) to play on the LAN in the computer labs.
As long as we do it when few people are using the labs for school work, which is usually in the evenings, we're fine.
With P4's, heaps of ram, and Geforce2 gfx cards it's a blast to gather your friends for a round of CS or Ghost Recon after hours...
Please excuse bad English
Gotta love replying to yoursself... Anyway, a little update:
The institution in question have received a large collection of his work, and it's all catalogued in the base. They estimate it to about four man-years to do it again. The base was made by a norwegian researcher with the assistance of a computer technician. The technician probably selected the password, hope he was not very security-conscious...
A little info:
The database is from Dbase 4, I don't know how the security is on that format. It contains data about the norwegian linguist Ivar Aasen. For those interested in giving it a try, just search on norwegian pages to find the directors email address (name in another post). He's received quite a few emails already... (No, won't give the address here, pity the one who gets his email published on Slashdot).
Please excuse crappy english, save your grammatic flames.
Well, of course it's not REAL random, the unit contains nothing like a radioactive rnd-generator... But, I think what they mean is that you have "random with history", so that what plays is pseudorandom, not just a shuffled list. A song can be played twice in a row by coincidence.
What I'd like more is weighted random, for instance: If I listen to an entire song instead of skipping it, that song is more likely to be played again. This would probably call for modification to the playlist format though, storing the "points" or whatever for each song. Excuse crappy English. My $/50
I get the joke, just a little addon: An american mobster actually tried to change his fingerprints the hard way back in the twenties, when they started to become a mainstream method of identification (fingerprints, not mobsters). He "burnt" his fingers with acid, to regrow new prints. Spent three weeks in extreme pain, just to find that his old prints grew back...
The only way to "change" your fingerprint is to get a flesh wound at your fingertip, so scar tissue grows. Probably wouldn't be a valid fingerprint to the automated tools, though.
Excuse my less-than-perfect english
Yes, I totally agree to that part about the CD's.
They are mixed to get the most relative volume out of the format, i.e. especially for hit singles aimed at radio play, where a song gets played at 80-100 % of the total volume to make it more 'penetrating'. Sounds awful.
Anyway, those claiming to hear the 'ditigal' noise in the sound on a CD invariably fail in a properly performed double blind test...
As for the opinions about mp3 here, I think it's possible to get transparent quality (impossible to tell the difference from CD in a blind test) with about 200-220 KBit VBR. Check out this blind-test at http://www.heise.de/ct/00/06/092/default.shtml (it's in german, explanation of the test for those who don't want to use Babel Fish here http://users.belgacom.net/gc247244/quality.htm).
The r3mix is, by the way, a very good site dedicated to making reasonably small mp3's without losing 'transparency'.
Ok, this might be a little OT with regards to the article, but interesting when you look at the discussion going on here.
I sure hope it isn't windows... BSOD gets a whole new meaning....
Linux is supposed to have been made so simple.. I am a newbie in Linux, but has lots'a experience since the C64 days... Still, while installing the drivers for my G400 Dualhead mgapdesk fucked up the XF86Config-4 file 4 (four) times, had to reinstall every time...
Why not? The British conspired to make Hitler lose his power over the German people by bribing a gardener delivering vegetables to Hitler's kitchen.
He was supposed to inject female hormones in them to make Hitler appear more feminine and thus loose his appeal.
The gardener probably didn't have the guts to do it, as Hitler never lost his mustache... Cool idea though