OP said "as you know we non americans cannot access darpa.mil"
Parent said "It's either mistaken or a liar. That or he's in a country that is actively blocked. UK and Australia can access the site just fine."
You accepted the parent's statement that UK and Australia can access the site.
Argument is not logical: Site X does NOT block UK and Australia. UK and Australian people ARE non-americans. Therefore because the parent is a non-american, he is blocked???
In my original post I mentioned Shoutcast a bit. I probably should explain that a little bit.
Reason I did is because Shoutcast is what I am most familar with. Most solutions I know of (Shoutcast, WMA streaming server, Realmedia, Samba, perhaps ITunes?) use TCP streams to individual listening stations. If you have 5 stations, TCP sends a chunk to station 1, then a chunk to station 2, then a... you get the idea.
Only way I could think of getting TCP streams in sync would be having all computers' clocks synchronized and somehow having a protocol where the client will sync the stream to the time.
I guess that's doable, but with 5 stations on, say a 11 MB wireless network, that seems like it would conjest pretty easily. Also keep in mind that the wireless network will run at the speed of the slowest node, so if you have a computer at the other end of the house only able to connect at 11mb well thats the speed of the network.
I've thought of using GPLed libraries and whatnot to make an app that uses UDP broadcasts to deliver a radio stream.
The problem with shoutcast or whatnot (especially on a wireless network) is that the rooms in the house will not be in sync. It sucks to have two or more different sources with a 1 second difference between/among them. This is because shoutcast uses buffering and I believe it requests dropped packets as well.
Not sure what audio formats would handle dropped packets ok. But with UDP broadcasts over a wireless network, you could theoretically have as many listening stations as you have IPs on the subnet - and they would all be in sync. I don't know of any software out there that does that. I imagine if you want to have different channels being broadcast (for different music in different rooms) that would only be a matter of changing the port. Would be much less network traffic than individual TCP streams to each listening station, but again susceptable to dropped packets.
I'd like to see the source for that. Modifying it to do that sounds like something I might be interested in, but then again with college who knows how long I'd actually end up working on it heh.
Refresh only sometimes fixes the problem. I have tried to refresh several times and each time it would display the same result. It seems almost completely random (and it only happens when clicking to read more).
Later I learned the best workaround is to hold down control and scroll your mouse (control + (plus/minus key works as well). This fixes the problem for me every time.
MandrakeLinux 10.1 + KDE + Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0.
I wonder how a movie of HHGTTG could surpass the book. It just seems that there are things you read about which would be difficult to depict in the movie. How would they depict Vogon poetry for example? If it's supposed to make ears bleed and victims gouge out their eyes, would it be played to the audience? (I doubt anything Hollywood comes up with would have the same effect.. knock on wood)
It's an interesting story, but I can see why you are getting modded offtopic =). You should repost it at a more appropriate time so you wont get modded down and more people will see it.
Heh, I submitted this same news bit many hours before it was posted but I too had my submission rejected.
In my submission, I noted that as a computer repair tech it can be a pain to get CD keys from customers in order to reinstall their OS, and asked the readers if they thought this would really clamp down on piracy or simply cause a support nightmare for users and repair shops.
I haven't even noticed any discussions on this unfortunately. Many posts seem to be assuming that only pirated copies of XP will be affected. From the looks of things, people will have to produce their key and answer some questions for this new Windows Genuine Advantage.
Its really quite frustrating to have to pirate software because of losing the CD key I recieved X years ago. Personally, I think they should ditch keys and activation altogether - high profile software products such as Windows will always be easier to pirate than earn $150 go to the store, and buy. IMO, the only thing keys do is badger legitimate customers into "pirating" software they purchased - I've seen it happen again and again.
The article didn't provide a link to a list of the patents being released. I couldn't find a list on www.OpenSolaris.org either.
This is good news, but I also wonder what Sun had been patenting. I'm sure it consists of some innovative technology patents but I wonder how many of those patents are trivial (i.e. scroll button, one click, menu system, etc). I'd like to take a look at a list of those if anyone found a link.
I haven't watched BG, but with the vulcan chick - I'd say she's a main character. Hell, if Archer died she would supposedly be the new captain.
Enterprise has kinda laid off the "decontamination chamber" bit in Season 4 and I think 3 as well. They have been actually developing T'Pol's character in the fourth season. Though I still think Kirk and Spock were a much better combo than Archer and T'Pol.
Companies might not always be willing to release certain modifications they made to the software.
If a patch would increase the performance of Software_X by 15%, I don't think the company would be so reluctant to send the patch back to the maintainers.
If a patch implements additional features which mission-critical proprietary/custom company software depend on, I could see the reluctance. Especially if the developers haven't been given enough time to do a full code audit of the security.
If I were making the decision for a company, I would rather go with the GPL since all it requires is that the source be as available as the binary. Who knows what modifications (the company might want to keep secret) will need to be made down the road.
Though this may be getting a little offtopic, I think it is a valid question and should be addressed.
But why are you linux guys so hung up on the admin/user bit?
From what I was able to gather from your post, you are trying to convey to everyone that it should not matter if a user runs under a "Limited" account, or an "Administrator" account (using Windows terminology).
Unix was designed with multiple users in mind. In fact, many system services run under their own user account. The one, all powerful account is 'root', and is normally used only under special circumstances (i.e. installing a software package). Most other times, even the sysadmin logs on to a limited user account.
The theory is, a system service can only do so much damage as it's user account permits. Similarly, a user can only do so much damage as his/her account permits. If there is some hole in MySQL server, and an attacker is able to exploit it, they gain all the privilages of the MySQL user account. The rest of the system should theoretically remain unaffected.
What does this have to do with Windows? In my experience in a computer repair shop, I have fixed XP box after XP box brought to it's knees by viruses and spyware. The removal of these malware programs can prove to be a quite tedious undertaking, because the entire family who owns the computer each has their own Administrator logon account. If the RPC service is comprimised (a la Blaster), it was running with Administrator privileges and the whole system is vulnerable. If a web site exploits a flaw in IE, the whole system is vulnerable because the user runs as Administrator.
Windows XP is simply designed to where home users need to have administrator privilages, otherwise many things will not seem to work right. For example, many DirectX games will not load at all unless run as an Administrator.
So to answer your question, a "stupid" user could only do so much damage with a unix-based security model. Lets imagine a family using a Linux computer. Assuming a 13 year old kid installed a program that secretly contained a keylogger, the keylogger would be powerless against the mother and father. The keylogger could not wedge itself deep down in the system files, therefore cleaning it would be a relatively painless task for a moderately competent user.
In conclusion, I would like to say that the fact you have never had any unexpected malware (spyware, viruses, etc) installed on your windows machine whatsoever is unusual. You are either mistaken, haven't used your computer much, or are both smart AND lucky. This is my understanding of the current state of security affairs as far as Windows and *nix are concerned - if anyone has anything to add, I'd like to hear it.
If they are that gullible, I hope whoever set their computer up did not give them the root password.
At least with most distrobutions, a virus theoretically could only do so much with user-level access. Though I do remember reading a while ago that Lindows (now known as Linspire) had no root password or everything ran as root or something to that effect. I hope they have since changed that.
Why is spyware something that doesn't plague Gnu/Linux systems? A common argument (and somewhat valid) is that Gnu/Linux doesn't have near the market share of Windows.
I would like to add, however, that spyware wouldn't be nearly as effective on Linux machines. It could be removed with ease unless the root password was given. Same goes for web browsing - even if a piece of spyware were designed to exploit some Mozilla flaw, where would it place itself? In the user's home directory? Anyone with basic knowledge of how the logon process works would be able to identify and remove such malware with ease.
Compare that to hours of registry editing, spyware scanner updating and scanning, only to find that it's still not completely gone - followed by a reinstall of the OS in bad cases.
For some reason, I was reminded of a Simpsons episode, where in a flashback from the past, Homer exits the cinema with Marge and talks about the ending of Star Wars ep 3 I think, ruining it for everyone in line.
It would be such a shame if someone downloaded the screener 10 days before release and revealed the ending to him;).
(Though perhaps the movie is based on a book thats been out anyway? I'm not a huge fan so I wouldn't know)
Your father's scalding water scared all the fish away, you insensitive clod!
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Is this a troll?
With a 2.6 GHz Pentium IV (533 FSB) + 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM + 256 MB Nvida Geforce 5200 fx (and NVidia driver) + Mandrake Linux, on games such as Q3, UT2004, EverQuest1+Cedega.. I have quite playable performance. Often my framerates are even greater than my 17" TFT can draw.
1. Install a fresh copy of Microsoft Windows XP on a PC.
2. Connect to the Internet
2a. We will hope that a virus won't cause us too much difficulty.
3. Browse the web for a little while with Internet Explorer.
4. Watch spyware magically appear on your computer without your permission (we will assume using a fresh install of Windows XP and Internet Explorer is not considered giving permission).
5. Sue. It would probably be best to pick on the smaller spyware companies first (stay away from Microsoft until you have the resources to fight their armada of lawyers).
It doesn't matter how willing to deal with a crisis someone is in dire circumstances. Otherwise the circumstance probably wasn't dire. I never said our dispatching services are top notch, just that they are important.
it's still NOT a substitute for being willing to deal with a crisis yourself
What if the car wreck was in a rural area? The driver completely trapped, losing blood and conciousness. I imagine the driver would certainly want to get in touch with a dispatcher pronto.
There are many cases where you can't simply will your way out of a tough spot. What if you spashed a chemical in your eyes and cannot see? Sure, running water over your eyes is a prudent thing to do, but it would be better to grab your phone on the way to the sink and make a call (when you're blind, you have to dial by feeling and can't look in a phone book) while you flush your eyes.
Or what if a robber shot you before you shot him and then made off? Or you both got shot? I'd want to have an ambulance on its way ASAP.
Owning a gun, taking self defence classes, learning CPR.. those all can help you in some emergency situations. But sometimes when one is alone and on the brink of incapacitation one has to simply depend on someone else or die.
We are writing to inform you that we have recently filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the individuals responsible for operating the website lokitorrent.com...
They are raising money because the MPAA is dragging them to court. I suspect that the alternative to court (which is offered at the end of the letter) would be a demand for cash for out of court settlement - nothing more than a shakedown. Kind of like a grade school bully demanding lunch money or else...
Does anyone know what sort of regulations were in question?
Right now, it seems that only the FCC has the authority to regulate. I just hope that when there is an emergency I will be able to get connected to a dispacher quickly.
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1. Find a stupid bank.
2. Your user name is: fhsgfdsgsfg" OR current_funds > 1000000000
3. Your password is: gsfdbgchgfhd" OR 1==1
4. ???
5. Profit!
OP said "as you know we non americans cannot access darpa.mil"
Parent said "It's either mistaken or a liar. That or he's in a country that is actively blocked. UK and Australia can access the site just fine."
You accepted the parent's statement that UK and Australia can access the site.
Argument is not logical:
Site X does NOT block UK and Australia.
UK and Australian people ARE non-americans.
Therefore because the parent is a non-american, he is blocked???
In my original post I mentioned Shoutcast a bit. I probably should explain that a little bit.
Reason I did is because Shoutcast is what I am most familar with. Most solutions I know of (Shoutcast, WMA streaming server, Realmedia, Samba, perhaps ITunes?) use TCP streams to individual listening stations. If you have 5 stations, TCP sends a chunk to station 1, then a chunk to station 2, then a... you get the idea.
Only way I could think of getting TCP streams in sync would be having all computers' clocks synchronized and somehow having a protocol where the client will sync the stream to the time.
I guess that's doable, but with 5 stations on, say a 11 MB wireless network, that seems like it would conjest pretty easily. Also keep in mind that the wireless network will run at the speed of the slowest node, so if you have a computer at the other end of the house only able to connect at 11mb well thats the speed of the network.
I've thought of using GPLed libraries and whatnot to make an app that uses UDP broadcasts to deliver a radio stream.
The problem with shoutcast or whatnot (especially on a wireless network) is that the rooms in the house will not be in sync. It sucks to have two or more different sources with a 1 second difference between/among them. This is because shoutcast uses buffering and I believe it requests dropped packets as well.
Not sure what audio formats would handle dropped packets ok. But with UDP broadcasts over a wireless network, you could theoretically have as many listening stations as you have IPs on the subnet - and they would all be in sync. I don't know of any software out there that does that. I imagine if you want to have different channels being broadcast (for different music in different rooms) that would only be a matter of changing the port. Would be much less network traffic than individual TCP streams to each listening station, but again susceptable to dropped packets.
I'd like to see the source for that. Modifying it to do that sounds like something I might be interested in, but then again with college who knows how long I'd actually end up working on it heh.
All that air pollution coming from Microsoft isn't a result of a manufacturing process.
Refresh only sometimes fixes the problem. I have tried to refresh several times and each time it would display the same result. It seems almost completely random (and it only happens when clicking to read more).
Later I learned the best workaround is to hold down control and scroll your mouse (control + (plus/minus key works as well). This fixes the problem for me every time.
MandrakeLinux 10.1 + KDE + Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0.
I for one welcome our new female monkey porn dealing researcher overlords!
I wonder how a movie of HHGTTG could surpass the book. It just seems that there are things you read about which would be difficult to depict in the movie. How would they depict Vogon poetry for example? If it's supposed to make ears bleed and victims gouge out their eyes, would it be played to the audience? (I doubt anything Hollywood comes up with would have the same effect.. knock on wood)
Still, I'll probably go see it.
It's an interesting story, but I can see why you are getting modded offtopic =). You should repost it at a more appropriate time so you wont get modded down and more people will see it.
Heh, I submitted this same news bit many hours before it was posted but I too had my submission rejected.
In my submission, I noted that as a computer repair tech it can be a pain to get CD keys from customers in order to reinstall their OS, and asked the readers if they thought this would really clamp down on piracy or simply cause a support nightmare for users and repair shops.
I haven't even noticed any discussions on this unfortunately. Many posts seem to be assuming that only pirated copies of XP will be affected. From the looks of things, people will have to produce their key and answer some questions for this new Windows Genuine Advantage.
Its really quite frustrating to have to pirate software because of losing the CD key I recieved X years ago. Personally, I think they should ditch keys and activation altogether - high profile software products such as Windows will always be easier to pirate than earn $150 go to the store, and buy. IMO, the only thing keys do is badger legitimate customers into "pirating" software they purchased - I've seen it happen again and again.
The article didn't provide a link to a list of the patents being released. I couldn't find a list on www.OpenSolaris.org either.
This is good news, but I also wonder what Sun had been patenting. I'm sure it consists of some innovative technology patents but I wonder how many of those patents are trivial (i.e. scroll button, one click, menu system, etc). I'd like to take a look at a list of those if anyone found a link.
I haven't watched BG, but with the vulcan chick - I'd say she's a main character. Hell, if Archer died she would supposedly be the new captain.
Enterprise has kinda laid off the "decontamination chamber" bit in Season 4 and I think 3 as well. They have been actually developing T'Pol's character in the fourth season. Though I still think Kirk and Spock were a much better combo than Archer and T'Pol.
Exactly.
Companies might not always be willing to release certain modifications they made to the software.
If a patch would increase the performance of Software_X by 15%, I don't think the company would be so reluctant to send the patch back to the maintainers.
If a patch implements additional features which mission-critical proprietary/custom company software depend on, I could see the reluctance. Especially if the developers haven't been given enough time to do a full code audit of the security.
If I were making the decision for a company, I would rather go with the GPL since all it requires is that the source be as available as the binary. Who knows what modifications (the company might want to keep secret) will need to be made down the road.
Judging by your user name, it seems you are using outdated technology. x86 can no longer get the first post!
Though this may be getting a little offtopic, I think it is a valid question and should be addressed.
But why are you linux guys so hung up on the admin/user bit?
From what I was able to gather from your post, you are trying to convey to everyone that it should not matter if a user runs under a "Limited" account, or an "Administrator" account (using Windows terminology).
Unix was designed with multiple users in mind. In fact, many system services run under their own user account. The one, all powerful account is 'root', and is normally used only under special circumstances (i.e. installing a software package). Most other times, even the sysadmin logs on to a limited user account.
The theory is, a system service can only do so much damage as it's user account permits. Similarly, a user can only do so much damage as his/her account permits. If there is some hole in MySQL server, and an attacker is able to exploit it, they gain all the privilages of the MySQL user account. The rest of the system should theoretically remain unaffected.
What does this have to do with Windows? In my experience in a computer repair shop, I have fixed XP box after XP box brought to it's knees by viruses and spyware. The removal of these malware programs can prove to be a quite tedious undertaking, because the entire family who owns the computer each has their own Administrator logon account. If the RPC service is comprimised (a la Blaster), it was running with Administrator privileges and the whole system is vulnerable. If a web site exploits a flaw in IE, the whole system is vulnerable because the user runs as Administrator.
Windows XP is simply designed to where home users need to have administrator privilages, otherwise many things will not seem to work right. For example, many DirectX games will not load at all unless run as an Administrator.
So to answer your question, a "stupid" user could only do so much damage with a unix-based security model. Lets imagine a family using a Linux computer. Assuming a 13 year old kid installed a program that secretly contained a keylogger, the keylogger would be powerless against the mother and father. The keylogger could not wedge itself deep down in the system files, therefore cleaning it would be a relatively painless task for a moderately competent user.
In conclusion, I would like to say that the fact you have never had any unexpected malware (spyware, viruses, etc) installed on your windows machine whatsoever is unusual. You are either mistaken, haven't used your computer much, or are both smart AND lucky. This is my understanding of the current state of security affairs as far as Windows and *nix are concerned - if anyone has anything to add, I'd like to hear it.
If they are that gullible, I hope whoever set their computer up did not give them the root password.
At least with most distrobutions, a virus theoretically could only do so much with user-level access. Though I do remember reading a while ago that Lindows (now known as Linspire) had no root password or everything ran as root or something to that effect. I hope they have since changed that.
Why is spyware something that doesn't plague Gnu/Linux systems? A common argument (and somewhat valid) is that Gnu/Linux doesn't have near the market share of Windows.
I would like to add, however, that spyware wouldn't be nearly as effective on Linux machines. It could be removed with ease unless the root password was given. Same goes for web browsing - even if a piece of spyware were designed to exploit some Mozilla flaw, where would it place itself? In the user's home directory? Anyone with basic knowledge of how the logon process works would be able to identify and remove such malware with ease.
Compare that to hours of registry editing, spyware scanner updating and scanning, only to find that it's still not completely gone - followed by a reinstall of the OS in bad cases.
For some reason, I was reminded of a Simpsons episode, where in a flashback from the past, Homer exits the cinema with Marge and talks about the ending of Star Wars ep 3 I think, ruining it for everyone in line.
;).
It would be such a shame if someone downloaded the screener 10 days before release and revealed the ending to him
(Though perhaps the movie is based on a book thats been out anyway? I'm not a huge fan so I wouldn't know)
Your father's scalding water scared all the fish away, you insensitive clod!
Is this a troll?
With a 2.6 GHz Pentium IV (533 FSB) + 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM + 256 MB Nvida Geforce 5200 fx (and NVidia driver) + Mandrake Linux, on games such as Q3, UT2004, EverQuest1+Cedega.. I have quite playable performance. Often my framerates are even greater than my 17" TFT can draw.
The RIAA ad campaign has put out another announcement:
When your not consuming
You're supporting COMMUNISM.
Like its predecessor, it had a devilish looking man and a hammer and sickle.
You're making it to complicated. Why not instead:
1. Install a fresh copy of Microsoft Windows XP on a PC.
2. Connect to the Internet
2a. We will hope that a virus won't cause us too much difficulty.
3. Browse the web for a little while with Internet Explorer.
4. Watch spyware magically appear on your computer without your permission (we will assume using a fresh install of Windows XP and Internet Explorer is not considered giving permission).
5. Sue. It would probably be best to pick on the smaller spyware companies first (stay away from Microsoft until you have the resources to fight their armada of lawyers).
I think you missed my point.
It doesn't matter how willing to deal with a crisis someone is in dire circumstances. Otherwise the circumstance probably wasn't dire. I never said our dispatching services are top notch, just that they are important.
it's still NOT a substitute for being willing to deal with a crisis yourself
What if the car wreck was in a rural area? The driver completely trapped, losing blood and conciousness. I imagine the driver would certainly want to get in touch with a dispatcher pronto.
There are many cases where you can't simply will your way out of a tough spot. What if you spashed a chemical in your eyes and cannot see? Sure, running water over your eyes is a prudent thing to do, but it would be better to grab your phone on the way to the sink and make a call (when you're blind, you have to dial by feeling and can't look in a phone book) while you flush your eyes.
Or what if a robber shot you before you shot him and then made off? Or you both got shot? I'd want to have an ambulance on its way ASAP.
Owning a gun, taking self defence classes, learning CPR.. those all can help you in some emergency situations. But sometimes when one is alone and on the brink of incapacitation one has to simply depend on someone else or die.
From the C&D letter:
We are writing to inform you that we have recently filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the individuals responsible for operating the website lokitorrent.com...
They are raising money because the MPAA is dragging them to court. I suspect that the alternative to court (which is offered at the end of the letter) would be a demand for cash for out of court settlement - nothing more than a shakedown. Kind of like a grade school bully demanding lunch money or else...
Do you really think you can rely on emergency services even when you have POTS ?
In dire circumstances, it is sometimes the only thing one can rely on.
Does anyone know what sort of regulations were in question?
Right now, it seems that only the FCC has the authority to regulate. I just hope that when there is an emergency I will be able to get connected to a dispacher quickly.