As others have said, the sites will store this number along with the card no and expiry date - making it pretty pointless.
Smartcards will hopefully change this situation however. Type an amount on a keypad on the card, plus the companies code number - and it can generate a number to use for withdrawing the given amount by the given company. Anyone who steals the data wouldnt be able to use it because the authentication code will only be valid for a given amount and company.
Kinda sketchy on details I know, but you get the idea.
I'm assuming the schedules are automatically updated based on how far behind or ahead on schedule the buses are. In aus at least, the buses have little transmitters or whatever which are picked up by recievers in the road, and the LED displays at major bus stops are updated with this information. I'm guessing the web page he is pulling this info from is also updated dynamically like this.
Actually, as another poster pointed out, it is probably more to do with the fact that the games sold in China will probably be a lot cheaper - and mixed with a lot of pirated games. IF the newset console is readily available in China, the pirated games to go along with it will crop up very quick. Thus, people in USA/Australia/Europe would rather import games/pirated games from China, because the latest games for the latest console would be readily available.
Pirating catridges isn't that difficult, and has been done for some time.
What possible use does a robot have for tits? - or hair, or fingernails etc. They were designed like this to trick humans into believing they are humans.
A hot buxom blonde is more convincingly human than some 6 foot Arnie. Besides, the T3000, or whatever the liquid metal guy was, could turn into anything, including I guess a chick - strange that he always took the form of some menacing cop which the others could identify. oh well.
Yeah, actually the installer itself is ~ok, though its a bitch with regards to dependencies etc, and trying to go back and make changes. My problem was mostly related to bad media, poor CD-Drive - Ive used burnt windows CD's to install without running into a problem - but Red Hat has always barfed - and doesn't let you recover at all.
Well, I guess I'm unlucky then. I've only installed XP once, and IE hung the machine during install while trying to download all the critical updates and security patches. During install! On a completely fresh machine!!
This may be because of a faulty network driver, or something else specific to your particular setup. Or, you could just be unlucky..:P I'm not trying to deny people have problems with Windows, 'cause they obviously do - its a complicated piece of software, made of thousands of different components, not all made by Microsoft. - its going to happen.
But just because someone has had a problem intalling/using windows, and has had no problem installing/using Linux - doesn't make it the rule. I for one, have never successfuly installed a copy of Red Hat first time round since 5.0 to 8.0 - but have never had a problem with Windows. - but other people have probably had the reverse experience.
I have X crash on me a hellava lot more than XP. In fact, I don't think Ive ever had XP crash. But hey, everyone is claiming how unstable it is, so I guess I'm just lucky (?).
Sure you can run some of the cool GNU apps under Windows with this, but quite likely not all of them.
But you can run all of the windows apps under Windows- something not really possible under Linux. I guess my point is, under Windows you can run the Windows apps and most free/open/ported apps. Under Linux, you can only run the free/open/ported apps.
its not just the apps that one uses to decide whether to go with Linux and GNU free/open software
No, but it is a very major factor. In fact, for a lot of people, it is the deciding factor. They use a computer to use the applications - so those applications need to be available and up to standard.
This is a really great way to show people the benefits of free software and get them ready for transitioning to linux
Either that, or they will realise that it is not Linux that is providing this 'great software', but GNU, and it is also available on Windows. So why bother to switch when they can have the best of both worlds: Good GUI, and all the same free GNU software thats available under Linux.
And what if you have a compromised kernel? Even if the binary on the disk is 'clean', and md5's ok on any box, when loaded and run on the compromised system any code could be run.
But how can the kernel be compromised by just d/ling a binary you ask?...Exactly, it can't, the same with md5. If someone has managed to compromise md5 on your machine, youve got more problems than not being able to verify d/ld files, your machine has already been rooted.
So eventually these guys will realise that radioation patients set off the alarms, so the real terrorists will know what to say when they really are carrying radioactive material.
Sure.... and when everybody else stops, I'll set up shop as a spammer and live like a king because there would be no other spam, so I would get an excellent ROI. It won't stop like that, believe me.
sites like www.sharereactor.com and www.jigle.com are doing a lot to help this. A quick browse of those sites, and experiencing d/l a popular file from the network, and you'll realise they are actually quite popular, esp amongst people that actually share. Its design also means less leeches, so for every person on the network, equals about 100 or something like Kazaa.
yep, and theyre taking advantage of this too. They are making banners that look like popup windows hosting images which look like fake windows error messages. whew. People see the fake error message, and assume its in a 'genuine' popup window, so they try close the 'outer' window, which is in fact a clickable image... bah. I hope they all burn for that crap.
It also helps that there are a lot of free/better alternatives. People hate popups, so they would never sign up with a site that floods them with that crap.
But with 'Your computer is insecure, download this update - Yes/No' type popup crap, ppl dont have another alternative because the warning is fraudulent to begin with. Its been proven an ineffective way of advertising, or tricking ppl into signing up for stuff. But it can work for tricking ppl into downloading dialers/spyware etc.
I wasnt able to follow that link, some anti-leech crap. anyway... what I did get was a popup unlike any Ive seen before.
What it was was a DHTML image, made to look like a regular popup window, enclosed in it was another "error message window" image. Hence clicking the 'X' of the outer "window" triggered the click event. bastards.
Well this may be a little drastic for some, but I think it is a step in the right direction. The future of fighting spam wont be about flagging illegitimate mail, but prioitising legitimate mail.
Hence the use of HashCash to allow a sender a standard method to prioritise his/her mail on the recievers end, without any challenge response or prior corespondance. It wont be required at first, but after awhile, people that dont do it will start to see that their mail gets ignored unless they do. For mass mailers of course, using HashCash isn't practical.
Does anyone know the reason why this was removed from RedHat 8? It wa included in 7.x and maybe 6, but was surprisingly absent from 8, even though lynx was present. I was personally annoyed by this, as links is my favourite text based browser, and it was quite hard to find to download. (try searching for 'links browser' and see how many irrelevant hits turn up:P)
Wouldnt it be nice if the remote management actually allowed you to remotely manage the router/modem, to be able to flash the firmware - the name does seem to suggest that. That way, everyone who was vulnerable, would be all those who could be immediately fixed.
Its my understanding the leaked alpha version is the demo. So really its just a pre-release of something which is going to be free to download anyway. So theres not much harm done, other than the usual problems of people running beta software.
What happens when someone spills coffee on the HD? Wouldnt it be better to use something like NFS to mirror a system, this way you not only have two controllers, but also two HD's. Wouldnt that make more sense?
Like the other poster said, you could use something like VMWare to make use of it. Otherwise, if you can run Linux or something on the 'other' machine, you could format the media to ext3/FAT or some other filesystem Linux has support for, which allows you to shift files between different systems supporting Linux/Other OS without a network.
Did anyone else notice the ad.doubleclick link which puts you through to the NY times article? Its been changed now to a direct link, but I wonder how much the original poster made with that trick. tsk tsk.
Something like XML would compress quite well though, so they would probably introduce some kind of 'compiled/compressed XML file' and the specs of how to decompress it. Similar to their compiled HTML format for help files. It would require an intermediate parsing step before it could be used in perl scripts etc though.
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As others have said, the sites will store this number along with the card no and expiry date - making it pretty pointless.
Smartcards will hopefully change this situation however. Type an amount on a keypad on the card, plus the companies code number - and it can generate a number to use for withdrawing the given amount by the given company. Anyone who steals the data wouldnt be able to use it because the authentication code will only be valid for a given amount and company.
Kinda sketchy on details I know, but you get the idea.
I'm assuming the schedules are automatically updated based on how far behind or ahead on schedule the buses are. In aus at least, the buses have little transmitters or whatever which are picked up by recievers in the road, and the LED displays at major bus stops are updated with this information. I'm guessing the web page he is pulling this info from is also updated dynamically like this.
Once Java was created, Microsoft realized that if it took off, many programs would no longer require Windows anymore to run.
.net framework then... and release a port for freeBSD and the specs to implement it under other OS's.
Makes you wonder why they would create the
Actually, as another poster pointed out, it is probably more to do with the fact that the games sold in China will probably be a lot cheaper - and mixed with a lot of pirated games. IF the newset console is readily available in China, the pirated games to go along with it will crop up very quick. Thus, people in USA/Australia/Europe would rather import games/pirated games from China, because the latest games for the latest console would be readily available.
Pirating catridges isn't that difficult, and has been done for some time.
What possible use does a robot have for tits? - or hair, or fingernails etc. They were designed like this to trick humans into believing they are humans.
A hot buxom blonde is more convincingly human than some 6 foot Arnie. Besides, the T3000, or whatever the liquid metal guy was, could turn into anything, including I guess a chick - strange that he always took the form of some menacing cop which the others could identify. oh well.
Yeah, actually the installer itself is ~ok, though its a bitch with regards to dependencies etc, and trying to go back and make changes. My problem was mostly related to bad media, poor CD-Drive - Ive used burnt windows CD's to install without running into a problem - but Red Hat has always barfed - and doesn't let you recover at all.
Well, I guess I'm unlucky then. I've only installed XP once, and IE hung the machine during install while trying to download all the critical updates and security patches. During install! On a completely fresh machine!!
:P I'm not trying to deny people have problems with Windows, 'cause they obviously do - its a complicated piece of software, made of thousands of different components, not all made by Microsoft. - its going to happen.
This may be because of a faulty network driver, or something else specific to your particular setup. Or, you could just be unlucky..
But just because someone has had a problem intalling/using windows, and has had no problem installing/using Linux - doesn't make it the rule. I for one, have never successfuly installed a copy of Red Hat first time round since 5.0 to 8.0 - but have never had a problem with Windows. - but other people have probably had the reverse experience.
What about stability?
I have X crash on me a hellava lot more than XP. In fact, I don't think Ive ever had XP crash. But hey, everyone is claiming how unstable it is, so I guess I'm just lucky (?).
Sure you can run some of the cool GNU apps under Windows with this, but quite likely not all of them.
But you can run all of the windows apps under Windows- something not really possible under Linux. I guess my point is, under Windows you can run the Windows apps and most free/open/ported apps. Under Linux, you can only run the free/open/ported apps.
its not just the apps that one uses to decide whether to go with Linux and GNU free/open software
No, but it is a very major factor. In fact, for a lot of people, it is the deciding factor. They use a computer to use the applications - so those applications need to be available and up to standard.
This is a really great way to show people the benefits of free software and get them ready for transitioning to linux
Either that, or they will realise that it is not Linux that is providing this 'great software', but GNU, and it is also available on Windows. So why bother to switch when they can have the best of both worlds: Good GUI, and all the same free GNU software thats available under Linux.
Andrew Tridgell's notes on hacking the TiVo, including his various hacks for the device. Also, TiVo hacking FAQ may be of interest.
And what if you have a compromised kernel? Even if the binary on the disk is 'clean', and md5's ok on any box, when loaded and run on the compromised system any code could be run.
But how can the kernel be compromised by just d/ling a binary you ask?...Exactly, it can't, the same with md5. If someone has managed to compromise md5 on your machine, youve got more problems than not being able to verify d/ld files, your machine has already been rooted.
So eventually these guys will realise that radioation patients set off the alarms, so the real terrorists will know what to say when they really are carrying radioactive material.
Sure.... and when everybody else stops, I'll set up shop as a spammer and live like a king because there would be no other spam, so I would get an excellent ROI. It won't stop like that, believe me.
sites like www.sharereactor.com and www.jigle.com are doing a lot to help this. A quick browse of those sites, and experiencing d/l a popular file from the network, and you'll realise they are actually quite popular, esp amongst people that actually share. Its design also means less leeches, so for every person on the network, equals about 100 or something like Kazaa.
yep, and theyre taking advantage of this too. They are making banners that look like popup windows hosting images which look like fake windows error messages. whew. People see the fake error message, and assume its in a 'genuine' popup window, so they try close the 'outer' window, which is in fact a clickable image... bah. I hope they all burn for that crap.
It also helps that there are a lot of free/better alternatives. People hate popups, so they would never sign up with a site that floods them with that crap. But with 'Your computer is insecure, download this update - Yes/No' type popup crap, ppl dont have another alternative because the warning is fraudulent to begin with. Its been proven an ineffective way of advertising, or tricking ppl into signing up for stuff. But it can work for tricking ppl into downloading dialers/spyware etc.
I wasnt able to follow that link, some anti-leech crap. anyway... what I did get was a popup unlike any Ive seen before.
What it was was a DHTML image, made to look like a regular popup window, enclosed in it was another "error message window" image. Hence clicking the 'X' of the outer "window" triggered the click event. bastards.
Well this may be a little drastic for some, but I think it is a step in the right direction. The future of fighting spam wont be about flagging illegitimate mail, but prioitising legitimate mail.
Hence the use of HashCash to allow a sender a standard method to prioritise his/her mail on the recievers end, without any challenge response or prior corespondance. It wont be required at first, but after awhile, people that dont do it will start to see that their mail gets ignored unless they do. For mass mailers of course, using HashCash isn't practical.
Just my 2c.
Does anyone know the reason why this was removed from RedHat 8? It wa included in 7.x and maybe 6, but was surprisingly absent from 8, even though lynx was present. I was personally annoyed by this, as links is my favourite text based browser, and it was quite hard to find to download. (try searching for 'links browser' and see how many irrelevant hits turn up :P)
Wouldnt it be nice if the remote management actually allowed you to remotely manage the router/modem, to be able to flash the firmware - the name does seem to suggest that. That way, everyone who was vulnerable, would be all those who could be immediately fixed.
Its my understanding the leaked alpha version is the demo. So really its just a pre-release of something which is going to be free to download anyway. So theres not much harm done, other than the usual problems of people running beta software.
What happens when someone spills coffee on the HD? Wouldnt it be better to use something like NFS to mirror a system, this way you not only have two controllers, but also two HD's. Wouldnt that make more sense?
Like the other poster said, you could use something like VMWare to make use of it. Otherwise, if you can run Linux or something on the 'other' machine, you could format the media to ext3/FAT or some other filesystem Linux has support for, which allows you to shift files between different systems supporting Linux/Other OS without a network.
Did anyone else notice the ad.doubleclick link which puts you through to the NY times article? Its been changed now to a direct link, but I wonder how much the original poster made with that trick. tsk tsk.
Something like XML would compress quite well though, so they would probably introduce some kind of 'compiled/compressed XML file' and the specs of how to decompress it. Similar to their compiled HTML format for help files. It would require an intermediate parsing step before it could be used in perl scripts etc though.