Something like this is part of the mythos of Tales of the Afternow. In the storyline, because so much of the world is covered by draconian copyright laws and DRM, attempting to dodge the restrictions is a punishable, sometimes capital offense (as is creating unlicensed works).
The Cruxshadows use a pair of Mac laptops for sequencing and sampling (I think) on stage. Operation: Reinformation use computers extensively in their act (the last time I saw them, they used a Commodore-64 as their MIDI sequencer, and a second C-64 with a joystick as one of their synthesizers instead of a keyboard). There is also a horror-pop act out of Pittsburgh called Nyarlathotep who jam in realtime on laptops during their shows.
If he's running Tor as a client and not an exit or routing node, then he isn't. Tor doesn't work like Skype - running the daemon does not immediately mean that you're helping to transmit the traffic of other Tor users. The article says nothing about Cesarini setting up a node of either kind, only that he was using it in client mode.
1) Code can be figured out, comments can be written. A PITA, to be sure, but certainly not impossible.
2) This also sucks, but again spaghetti code can be figured out and rewritten in a straightforward fashion.
3) Uh-oh. This is a real problem. Time to brush up on reverse engineering.
The way things usually go, option number 3 is probably what will result - it means more time and effort required to figure out how it works, and that's not necessarily something many people are willing to do.
A password with the requirements you've outlined is pretty easy to generate and remember: myPASSWORD33fitsHERE999
American English words, a couple of digits, mixed capitalization without looking too much like l33tspeak and it doesn't look like line noise. Someone running a password cracker would have to try every combination of words in their dictionary file with multiple attempts for capitalization and numeric sequences mixed in, a data set that contains too many permutations to feasibly try.
Just don't write it down anywhere. It would be easier to steal the little sticky-note under the keyboard than it would to brute-force it.
TOR and PGP/GPG.. enough people have mentioned them that I will only touch on them in passing. No sense in beating a dead horse.
Encrypt whatever traffic you can. If you can set up SSH tunnels to connect to a proxy server that connects to the TOR network or FreeNet, do so. Just remember that not all of the ingress/egress points you will contact will be friendly.
Use webmail sites to set up disposable e-mail addresses. Hushmail is good for encrypted webmail, unless you don't mind writing all of your e-mails offline, encrypting them, and attaching them to webmail messages.
Don't leave any sensitive information laying around on your computers' hard drives (who on Slashdot has only one computer?) that isnt' encrypted. PGP or GPG are good for encryption.. encrypted filesystems are useful, too. Set up encrypted swap partitions if you are able to so that sensitive data can't be written to disk for possible retrieval. Consider removable storage: Encrypt files and move them to a USB key, compact flash card, or something else to get them off the Net entirely. Use secure erase programmes (like shred) to erase the originals.
Consider filling up the file systems of your hard drives with junk (copy a big file from the OS, like the kernel image until the filesystem is full, erase the copies, do it again) to scramble the latent data in slack space.
Don't let your web browser accept every cookie it's offered. It doesn't take much time to look at a popup window when you go to Foomail.com, see that the cookie would be from drax.bar.com, and hit "Don't set cookie for this site ever."
Set up another user account on the computer you do all of your web browsing on and browse from there. Write a little script that securely erases the contents of that user's home directory every time you log off or power down the machine.
Erase your cookies and browser history periodically.
Less scrupulous folks might want to consider using the world's largest wireless hotspot (ESSID 'LINKSYS') for their less savory activities. Remember that this is probably illegal in your area. Or go to a library or a local coffee shop that offers free wireless.
You do realise that TOR protects you only as much as your endpoints let you, right? Look at this.
They don't have to be nice and blank out the interesting characters... neither does anyone else running (or compromising and altering) TOR endpoints.
Is mtrupe in charge of deciding who does and doesn't get to take CS classes at his college? Probably not.
Is mtrupe looking at applicants and saying "You're black, so you're not going to be allowed to the the CS classes you signed up for?" Highly doubtful.
Is mtrupe looking at the folks in the classes he takes and mentally classifying them according to superficial physiology? Yes, he just said he was.
Is mtrupe saying only that his counts of people based on superficial physiology are skewed in one direction or another? Yes.
Does that make mtrupe racist? Not necessarily - he's just counting people. Does that make numbers racist?
Don't forget batch downloading and your terminal program automatically starting the download instead of waiting for the user to supply a path and filename. It always sucked to walk away to get a cup of coffee and forgetting that Xmodem was waiting for a response...
I remember LORD.. it used to be one of the biggest attractions on BBSes in my NPA. I was always more of a fan of Tradewars 2002, NetRunner, and Barneysplat, though.
Come to think of it, there are still a few websites out there offering connections to running LORD games via a PHP interface or Java client...
There is a petition posted on Petition Online to have the Homeland Security bill amended to be less invasive of personal privacy, viz, disallowing the TIA initiative. Take a look at it.
On Max Headroom. Some of the terminals the controllers used in the Network-23 building were manual typewriters that had been retrofitted with microswitches to serve as computer consoles.
I think it's interesting how the article does not talk about being in the prime of your life and the amazing possibilities around you, but being in the prime of your spending life and not having enough money to throw around. Life's not about buying things, it's about what you can do and where you can go.
Just a few thoughts on what went on at the DRM workshop. First, assuming that the NYfFU really were heckling Jack Valenti (I wasn't there, I can't confirm it, which is why I say 'really were'), they were in the wrong. If you want to be given respect you have to show respect, and that's not the way to go about it. The fact that the open source movement wasn't allowed to be properly represented there (i.e., on the panel) is bull, pure and simple. They should have been there but they could have further discredited the notion of fair use making piracy easier, which puts the MPAA at a disadvantage. Showing respect to get respect cuts both ways.
All in all, I think it should have been planned a little bit better. From the reports in this article it sounds like the underdogs didn't have a clear plan of action or a clear idea of what they wanted to say. Those on the panel presenting, however, should have given the open source and fair use crowds a chance, though.
Exploring tunnels, rooftops, et al has been a traditional pastime at many colleges with a strong geek culture.. MIT; CMU; probably RIT (only visited there)...
..on one hand, Microsoft doesn't want to make available some of its APIs because they're so buggy (security-wise) that to bring them to light would risk national security. On the other hand, they want the United States government to rely upon those same APIs???
I was thinking more along the lines of putting a resistor in-line with each LED to limit the current reaching them, hence lessening the light they kick out. Though they do sound like they'd make a nifty nightlight.
Well.. it did make sense to me. Thank God that there are movies that *some* ppl dont understand and some do. Natural selection:)))
That's the nature of any story, though.. there are those who understand and those who have to work at it, just like anything else... it took me a while to get my head wrapped around it but eventually I think I got everything.
There is actually a good deal that's complicated about it, but part of that is the interpretation you put to certain events in the series. Are you on the SEL mailing list?
A friend of mine said this about Serial Experiments Lain: "Even though I watched the whole way through, I felt like I'd missed a few episodes in between each one."
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Something like this is part of the mythos of Tales of the Afternow. In the storyline, because so much of the world is covered by draconian copyright laws and DRM, attempting to dodge the restrictions is a punishable, sometimes capital offense (as is creating unlicensed works).
The Cruxshadows use a pair of Mac laptops for sequencing and sampling (I think) on stage. Operation: Reinformation use computers extensively in their act (the last time I saw them, they used a Commodore-64 as their MIDI sequencer, and a second C-64 with a joystick as one of their synthesizers instead of a keyboard). There is also a horror-pop act out of Pittsburgh called Nyarlathotep who jam in realtime on laptops during their shows.
If he's running Tor as a client and not an exit or routing node, then he isn't. Tor doesn't work like Skype - running the daemon does not immediately mean that you're helping to transmit the traffic of other Tor users. The article says nothing about Cesarini setting up a node of either kind, only that he was using it in client mode.
1) Code can be figured out, comments can be written. A PITA, to be sure, but certainly not impossible.
2) This also sucks, but again spaghetti code can be figured out and rewritten in a straightforward fashion.
3) Uh-oh. This is a real problem. Time to brush up on reverse engineering.
The way things usually go, option number 3 is probably what will result - it means more time and effort required to figure out how it works, and that's not necessarily something many people are willing to do.
American English words, a couple of digits, mixed capitalization without looking too much like l33tspeak and it doesn't look like line noise. Someone running a password cracker would have to try every combination of words in their dictionary file with multiple attempts for capitalization and numeric sequences mixed in, a data set that contains too many permutations to feasibly try.
Just don't write it down anywhere. It would be easier to steal the little sticky-note under the keyboard than it would to brute-force it.
TOR and PGP/GPG.. enough people have mentioned them that I will only touch on them in passing. No sense in beating a dead horse. Encrypt whatever traffic you can. If you can set up SSH tunnels to connect to a proxy server that connects to the TOR network or FreeNet, do so. Just remember that not all of the ingress/egress points you will contact will be friendly. Use webmail sites to set up disposable e-mail addresses. Hushmail is good for encrypted webmail, unless you don't mind writing all of your e-mails offline, encrypting them, and attaching them to webmail messages. Don't leave any sensitive information laying around on your computers' hard drives (who on Slashdot has only one computer?) that isnt' encrypted. PGP or GPG are good for encryption.. encrypted filesystems are useful, too. Set up encrypted swap partitions if you are able to so that sensitive data can't be written to disk for possible retrieval. Consider removable storage: Encrypt files and move them to a USB key, compact flash card, or something else to get them off the Net entirely. Use secure erase programmes (like shred) to erase the originals. Consider filling up the file systems of your hard drives with junk (copy a big file from the OS, like the kernel image until the filesystem is full, erase the copies, do it again) to scramble the latent data in slack space. Don't let your web browser accept every cookie it's offered. It doesn't take much time to look at a popup window when you go to Foomail.com, see that the cookie would be from drax.bar.com, and hit "Don't set cookie for this site ever." Set up another user account on the computer you do all of your web browsing on and browse from there. Write a little script that securely erases the contents of that user's home directory every time you log off or power down the machine. Erase your cookies and browser history periodically. Less scrupulous folks might want to consider using the world's largest wireless hotspot (ESSID 'LINKSYS') for their less savory activities. Remember that this is probably illegal in your area. Or go to a library or a local coffee shop that offers free wireless.
You do realise that TOR protects you only as much as your endpoints let you, right? Look at this. They don't have to be nice and blank out the interesting characters... neither does anyone else running (or compromising and altering) TOR endpoints.
Give them to Goodwill or the Salvation army and get a tax deduction on them.
Is mtrupe in charge of deciding who does and doesn't get to take CS classes at his college? Probably not. Is mtrupe looking at applicants and saying "You're black, so you're not going to be allowed to the the CS classes you signed up for?" Highly doubtful. Is mtrupe looking at the folks in the classes he takes and mentally classifying them according to superficial physiology? Yes, he just said he was. Is mtrupe saying only that his counts of people based on superficial physiology are skewed in one direction or another? Yes. Does that make mtrupe racist? Not necessarily - he's just counting people. Does that make numbers racist?
Don't forget not having to spent lots of money to replace it if you drop it by accident.
Don't forget batch downloading and your terminal program automatically starting the download instead of waiting for the user to supply a path and filename. It always sucked to walk away to get a cup of coffee and forgetting that Xmodem was waiting for a response...
I remember LORD.. it used to be one of the biggest attractions on BBSes in my NPA. I was always more of a fan of Tradewars 2002, NetRunner, and Barneysplat, though.
Come to think of it, there are still a few websites out there offering connections to running LORD games via a PHP interface or Java client...
There is a petition posted on Petition Online to have the Homeland Security bill amended to be less invasive of personal privacy, viz, disallowing the TIA initiative. Take a look at it.
On Max Headroom. Some of the terminals the controllers used in the Network-23 building were manual typewriters that had been retrofitted with microswitches to serve as computer consoles.
Maybe I'm just old fashioned.
I would have modified a 3.5-to-5.25 inch drive bay sled to hold the hotsync stand but that's just me... the acrylic gives it a certain look of class.
All in all, I think it should have been planned a little bit better. From the reports in this article it sounds like the underdogs didn't have a clear plan of action or a clear idea of what they wanted to say. Those on the panel presenting, however, should have given the open source and fair use crowds a chance, though.
Thanks for the compliment, Weave. It wasn't easy pulling that one off...
Exploring tunnels, rooftops, et al has been a traditional pastime at many colleges with a strong geek culture.. MIT; CMU; probably RIT (only visited there)...
Scary - life's starting to imitate sci-fi more and more.
What the hell are they thinking??
Bloodsport, starring Jean-Claude van Damme.
I was thinking more along the lines of putting a resistor in-line with each LED to limit the current reaching them, hence lessening the light they kick out. Though they do sound like they'd make a nifty nightlight.
That's the nature of any story, though.. there are those who understand and those who have to work at it, just like anything else... it took me a while to get my head wrapped around it but eventually I think I got everything.
There is actually a good deal that's complicated about it, but part of that is the interpretation you put to certain events in the series. Are you on the SEL mailing list?
A friend of mine said this about Serial Experiments Lain: "Even though I watched the whole way through, I felt like I'd missed a few episodes in between each one."