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  1. Reminds me of Woz' Wheels of Zeus on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 1

    why did it shut down? too early? too intrusive?

  2. french cafe analogy on Reverse Engineering of a Graphics Format? · · Score: 1

    This might be irrelevant to graphics, but I think french cafe analogy written by Andrew Tridgell who developed Samba is a good reference on how to do reverse engineering (or in his term: network analysis or protocol analysis) in general.

  3. secure tunnel to open proxy? on Iran Cracks Down on Internet Sites · · Score: 1

    I think whatever non-secured mode used, it will be blocked very soonish, because it's easy to catch every plaintext containing those banned URLs or words.
    But is there such a secure tunnel to open proxies? Not questioning technical problem, because I often use ssh tunneling ...

  4. Floating point ops? on The Hardware Behind Echelon Revealed · · Score: 1
    Also, i dont quite realize how important floating point ops are in a data-warehousing application.
    I have a similar question myself. For text pattern matching, we don't need floating point ops IMO. For decryption, we don't need it either. So?
  5. Re:SMTP transparent proxy? on How To Catch A Scammer/Spammer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ok, found two links:
    spampd
    and
    smtpprox
    Anyone can give opinions about those Postifx add-ons?

  6. SMTP transparent proxy? on How To Catch A Scammer/Spammer · · Score: 1
    ... I was proxying smtp and http to postfix and squid ...

    Huh? I thought transparent proxy can only be enabled for HTTP & FTP trough squid et. al. I guess I have to search more info about setting up postfix as a transparent SMTP proxy.
  7. How to create an exploit from patch on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think MS predict cracker's way of thinking:
    1. backup current system
    2. install security patch
    3. compare files
    4. reverse engineer differences & refer to the security advisory
    5. create an exploit
    but:
    what if step 3 was made difficult, say, by obsfuscate the new file, so comparation with old file will result in way to much difference?

    Just an idea ...

  8. Do you know/use Borland Delphi? on Firebird Relational Database 1.5 Final Out · · Score: 1

    If you use Borland Delphi (a Pascal-like language and development environment under Windows), then naturally you use Interbase for its RDBMS server. Then when you want to deploy that system and you need a dedicated database server, you can easily install Interbase on Win or Linux, or even better (IMO), Firebird instead.

  9. Indonesia - Jakarta on Broadband Pricing Across The World? · · Score: 1
    Cable modem, ISP: IM2 (Indosat group), ~500kRp/month = US$60, downstream link can reach around 20kBps(160kbps), upstream not really tested but maybe lower


    Another things I'm interested, do you get a public IP? Are you allowed to serve (web, email, etc)?

  10. Re:I am in Indonesia at the moment on Linux in the Developing World · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Unfortunately, I have been less than impressed with the skill of the IT workforce here (at least one network admin I met didn't know what localhost referred to :P)

    You are very unfortunate indeed, to meet such a network admin like that. But in my experience, there are plenty capable network admins here in Indonesia, especially in Bandung, Jakarta, and most big cities in Java.

    Please don't make generalization from a single fact.

  11. ... Indonesia is being torn up on Newest Scam: Fake Escrow Accounts · · Score: 1

    DON'T send money outside your own country (especially not to Indonesia ;))


    I wan't to cry reading this. I am an Indonesian citizen, and I am not proud of what has done by many thieves here. But I still wish you believe that there are many honest people here in Indonesia which hate those robbers, but can't push government yet to create firmer law to lessen those incidents. But we have been trying to do so.

  12. RedHat needs anesthesia? on Redheads Need More Anesthesia than Others · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why would RedHat need anesthesia?
    Uhh, never mind, I misread the title

  13. Selling a bridge? on Speed Of Light Broken With Off Shelf Components · · Score: 2, Informative

    Today I found this 'selling a bridge' twice, and I can't understand what it means. Is it an idiom?

    I use dictionary.com as my main online dictionary, but up to now, I haven't found a good idiom reference online. Any suggestions?

  14. The end of my world? on Cryptogram: AES Broken? · · Score: 1

    Uh, I was afraid that my boss would fire me tomorrow, because I have chosen the wrong algorithm. But wait, no, he have to wait until at least 2^80-ish days ...

  15. another urband legend entry on Why VHS Was Better · · Score: 2, Informative


    http://www.urbanlegends.com/products/beta_vs_vhs .h tml

  16. Who said supersonic jets are expensive? on Update On The Race To Build A Quiet Supersonic Jet · · Score: 1
    ... the last five were sold to British Airways and Air France for one French franc apiece.

    I'll take two of that please.
  17. The power level isn't too important on Flying Snakes · · Score: 1

    More important thing is how much radiation do we really get, which mainly determined by distance. It is inversely proportional to quadratic distance.

    Back to fyling snakes: what if the snake has tiny 'jets' throughout its skin? :)

  18. Re:Should have been sooner .. on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Linux is quite popular here, especially in universities. We like free things, because most of us are poor. About Debian, two most respected Universities in Indonesia use mostly Debian for servers in their Computer Center. ID-CERT and ID-ccTLD people are in love with Debian too. Outside of those, it's not so popular, not because of disrespect or never-heard-before, but apparently from so little need to do remote box maintenance and so few servers compared to desktop. And of course, Debian mirrors quality is low due to lack of bandwidth :-(

  19. Should have been sooner .. on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    8 days ago, it will be the biggest birthday present for me. What makes me almost cry is, a Debian mirror I maintain can't join this celebration due to hardware error :(

  20. GNU on How Hard is it to Manage Different Unices? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    First thing I do when I start administering Unices is to install GNU utilities. At least this will lessen your headache.

  21. Re:How... on Clockless Computing: The State Of The Art · · Score: 1
    are computers going to know what time it is if they don't have any clocks?


    I believe clock is still needed, but CPU itself doesn't depend on it. OS will surely require clock.
  22. Programming difference? on Clockless Computing: The State Of The Art · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does programming for clockless chip differ to synchronous one? Every links I tried to follow only explain about design, or speed, or power consumption difference.

  23. pcmcia is a good project on Which Open Source Projects Are -Really- Collaborative? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Once I submit a very small config info to make a not-so-popular PCMCIA NIC works, to the project coordinator. He accept my info, although he don't know me.

  24. MapServer is good on Open Source, GIS and Data Visualization? · · Score: 1

    http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ truly open source, support Linux/Apache, most Unices, and Windows family too. -- andika

  25. Re:Nothing new on Review: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' · · Score: 1

    I don't agree. Before CTHD, presentation style is different, like for 'gin-kang' (flying?), usually accompanied by special effect sounds. In CTHD, there are no such 'disturbing' sounds. But I prefer this style much better. -- andika