The oldest and easiest way to circumvent copy protection schemes is to use a JMP opcode. A debugger, and about 5 minutes of examination is all it takes. What in god's name are these people thinking? Copy protection has never worked, and it never will.
I always thought this was illegal. I remember back in 1991 when I basically just discovered the internet, I had second thoughts about port scanning. I can see a single probe being not such a big deal, on a single port. However, since P2P is such a big thing, and lilly padding is becoming the way of the future, it seems as if it could all be automated.
It is theoretically possible to block IP scanning almost instantaneously, if there was a protocol that traded information with other clients when it was abused.
Although I'm not a physics expert, I do know that there are more forces involved with a travelling car than simple line of sight movement. There are vertical transitions (which can of course be converted to electricity), side to side movements, again, easily converted to electricity. All of these things can be harnessed to provide at least a small amount of recharging power. I'm not saying that this is a perpetual motion concept, I'm just saying that SOME of the energy of movement can be re-used.
I did some reading about this project, and it seems to be a matter of using the already existing mechanical energy involved in momentum (kind of like a flywheel--a flywheel stores energy), to recharge the batteries. Sounds like a really good idea to me. I'm sure the big car makers have already tried this, though, and deemed it unworkable.
The idea is perfectly sound. It's no different than charging a watch battery or spring with the energy involved in walking, or a windup radio. It's called energy recycling.
I don't think anyone but the slashdot editor claimed anything about perpetual motion. This concept has been around for quite a while.
I belive dragons are supposed to be fire-breathing, not fire-farting.
Pretty funny. An extremely dry gizzard could produce static electricity. Enough to ignite methane, especially if there was a mixture of oxygen and methane, which could happen due to a large number of anatomical oddities. Not only that, but methane can be ignited chemically; it doesn't have to be electrically.
That's an interesting idea, now that I think about it. A relatively low voltage can ignite methane. Methane is produced naturally by the body by waste products. Maybe a fire breathing dragon wouldn't be genetically impossible, after all.
Click the link on their web site (http://www.doc-witness.com/tech.htm) on the 'Customers and Strategic Partners' link. I assume the words 'under construction' on a web site basically means, hey I'm not really worried about public relations.:)
Maybe the concept of a P2P network could be harnessed in order to fight spam. For each spam tagged as actual spam by a real human, by a ridiculously large CRC (1024 bit or something--to rule out possibly tagging innocent mail), the CRC could be traded via the P2P network. Automatic updating, almost instantly. A client could be written in about 2k of code.
Interacting with the email client would be another story, but just an idea.
The only problem I can think of would be sabotage. Anyone could tag legitimate mass mailings as spam (such as a mailing list).
From the FAQ:
What if lightning strikes the ribbon?
The best way to deal with lightning is to avoid it hence the proposed location of the ribbon is in an area that receives little to no lightning.
This is why I always install lightning rods barefoot, sopping wet, with no gloves or clothes on, by a tree that just got struck by lightning.
Are you kidding? You're asking every single person in the world to roll back their technology over 100 years.
No, actually, it was a thought experiment. I'm not asking anyone to do that.
How would ANYONE get around?
1. Why does anyone need to 'get around'? Until the last 100 years, everyone basically remained in an area of a few square miles for most of their lives. To believe that you cannot survive without a petroleum burning device is incredibly absurd. Look at monkeys, and tell me I'm wrong.
2. Walk
The majority of the population would have a hard time getting to and from a grocery store, typically located several miles from their home. For most people, walking that far would be an all-day proposition, or out of the question entirely.
I don't know about you, but walking a few miles to a store doesn't take all day. The issue of walking to a grocery store in the first place is a moot point, since if there were no distribution channels for mass produced food, you'd be forced to produce your OWN.
Those who can't care for themselves are already cared for by others, so the disabled and elderly have their bases covered for the most part. Our society is not so unethical that in such an experiment, we would just abandon those in need.
In short, the economy would completely shut down, thousands of people would die, and your "interesting study" would have a disastrous effect on the world.
First, I didn't mention the world. Second, if my experiment came about from an uncontrollable event, you would probably be the first to die. The fact is, is that not only I could survive, but so could you, and all of the underprivileged people who cannot help themselves.
It is inconceivable that people think that we NEED mass produced foods and trains, trucks, cars, or even a horse and buggy to survive.
A more interesting study would be to stop all petroleum based engines for a month (including jets), and measure the impact on the climate. People are so narrow minded (let's study how the climate changes when the remaining DC-10s are removed from the airways).
Alas, this will never happen, because people are addicted to their lifestyles. I would be happy to discard all conveniences so that a study like that might be done. I realize that it would have some serious side effects, but I think everyone could get through it.
But the thing I wanted to mention, mainly, is that there is a bigger picture. It's not just airplanes that affect our world.
This is *not* an issue with operating systems; it's an issue of hardware. People have been doing this for years. I recall dialing into my own BBS years ago, testing stuff like this.
Even with the s2=255 "patch", it's still easy enough to get around. Blame the Hayes command set, not Microsoft or the licensees of the Hayes command set. It's a fundamental *hardware* bug. It shouldn't have to be fixed in software.
The fundamental issue here is greed. Copyright and patent laws protect financial interests, which is fine by me. Everyone should be compensated for the work(s) they produce. However, to create a machine that produces feces (which, IMHO, *is* art), does not justify incredible compensation, and neither does being a dictatorial oversight committee (RIAA/MPAA) for artists who are not at all interested in the business aspect of their work. The RIAA, as you all know, is not interested in protecting the interests of their artists. They are protecting their own. See below.
Basically, a true artist, (again, IMHO), is not interested in money. It corrupts and degenerates emotional inspiration.
The money spent bribing congress to support rising drug costs is an analog of this issue. Money is a tool of morality (or lack thereof), and it is exponentially powerful.
Morality, however, is merely a human construct. It irks me that people don't realize how greedy they really are. Copyright and patent owners will fight till they're dead to protect their work. Why? Money.
It's interesting that until the last hundred years or so, people wouldn't make a dime from their artwork (music, painting, etc) unless they were dead. With technology today, some have been given license to make millions of dollars and trash hotel rooms. Art should be about emotional release, not financing your petty desires. Especially not financing your petty desires vicariously through the artists who you knew would give you an autograph.
is that the commercial entities (including a university), finance a study of something that should be patently clear in the first place. The people who petitioned for this study already knew the conclusion. I hate to complain, but the financiers involved in this study should be at least somewhat knowledgable of computers and the security risks involved when you put a monkey in front of one.
The people who conducted this study took the easy way out; they didn't think of something worthwhile to research. They simply wanted their names on an 'official study', and it's in PDF format, so it must be official.
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The oldest and easiest way to circumvent copy protection schemes is to use a JMP opcode. A debugger, and about 5 minutes of examination is all it takes. What in god's name are these people thinking? Copy protection has never worked, and it never will.
It doesn't make for great art. That stuff is putrid. I certainly hope that her artwork is what my voice looks like.
I always thought this was illegal. I remember back in 1991 when I basically just discovered the internet, I had second thoughts about port scanning. I can see a single probe being not such a big deal, on a single port. However, since P2P is such a big thing, and lilly padding is becoming the way of the future, it seems as if it could all be automated.
It is theoretically possible to block IP scanning almost instantaneously, if there was a protocol that traded information with other clients when it was abused.
Just an idea.
Although I'm not a physics expert, I do know that there are more forces involved with a travelling car than simple line of sight movement. There are vertical transitions (which can of course be converted to electricity), side to side movements, again, easily converted to electricity. All of these things can be harnessed to provide at least a small amount of recharging power. I'm not saying that this is a perpetual motion concept, I'm just saying that SOME of the energy of movement can be re-used.
I did some reading about this project, and it seems to be a matter of using the already existing mechanical energy involved in momentum (kind of like a flywheel--a flywheel stores energy), to recharge the batteries. Sounds like a really good idea to me. I'm sure the big car makers have already tried this, though, and deemed it unworkable.
The idea is perfectly sound. It's no different than charging a watch battery or spring with the energy involved in walking, or a windup radio. It's called energy recycling.
I don't think anyone but the slashdot editor claimed anything about perpetual motion. This concept has been around for quite a while.
No shit. How the FUCK is that offtopic? New moderators, please.
I belive dragons are supposed to be fire-breathing, not fire-farting.
Pretty funny. An extremely dry gizzard could produce static electricity. Enough to ignite methane, especially if there was a mixture of oxygen and methane, which could happen due to a large number of anatomical oddities. Not only that, but methane can be ignited chemically; it doesn't have to be electrically.
That's an interesting idea, now that I think about it. A relatively low voltage can ignite methane. Methane is produced naturally by the body by waste products. Maybe a fire breathing dragon wouldn't be genetically impossible, after all.
Click the link on their web site (http://www.doc-witness.com/tech.htm) on the 'Customers and Strategic Partners' link. I assume the words 'under construction' on a web site basically means, hey I'm not really worried about public relations. :)
Maybe the concept of a P2P network could be harnessed in order to fight spam. For each spam tagged as actual spam by a real human, by a ridiculously large CRC (1024 bit or something--to rule out possibly tagging innocent mail), the CRC could be traded via the P2P network. Automatic updating, almost instantly. A client could be written in about 2k of code.
Interacting with the email client would be another story, but just an idea.
The only problem I can think of would be sabotage. Anyone could tag legitimate mass mailings as spam (such as a mailing list).
Any comments on this idea?
From the FAQ: What if lightning strikes the ribbon? The best way to deal with lightning is to avoid it hence the proposed location of the ribbon is in an area that receives little to no lightning. This is why I always install lightning rods barefoot, sopping wet, with no gloves or clothes on, by a tree that just got struck by lightning.
Are you kidding? You're asking every single person in the world to roll back their technology over 100 years.
No, actually, it was a thought experiment. I'm not asking anyone to do that.
How would ANYONE get around?
1. Why does anyone need to 'get around'? Until the last 100 years, everyone basically remained in an area of a few square miles for most of their lives. To believe that you cannot survive without a petroleum burning device is incredibly absurd. Look at monkeys, and tell me I'm wrong.
2. Walk
The majority of the population would have a hard time getting to and from a grocery store, typically located several miles from their home. For most people, walking that far would be an all-day proposition, or out of the question entirely.
I don't know about you, but walking a few miles to a store doesn't take all day. The issue of walking to a grocery store in the first place is a moot point, since if there were no distribution channels for mass produced food, you'd be forced to produce your OWN.
Those who can't care for themselves are already cared for by others, so the disabled and elderly have their bases covered for the most part. Our society is not so unethical that in such an experiment, we would just abandon those in need.
In short, the economy would completely shut down, thousands of people would die, and your "interesting study" would have a disastrous effect on the world.
First, I didn't mention the world. Second, if my experiment came about from an uncontrollable event, you would probably be the first to die. The fact is, is that not only I could survive, but so could you, and all of the underprivileged people who cannot help themselves.
It is inconceivable that people think that we NEED mass produced foods and trains, trucks, cars, or even a horse and buggy to survive.
Have a good one.
Christ, I get a troll mod, *and* get called stupid. You all *think* you need cars, and grocery stores, but you do NOT. - that is a period.
A more interesting study would be to stop all petroleum based engines for a month (including jets), and measure the impact on the climate. People are so narrow minded (let's study how the climate changes when the remaining DC-10s are removed from the airways). Alas, this will never happen, because people are addicted to their lifestyles. I would be happy to discard all conveniences so that a study like that might be done. I realize that it would have some serious side effects, but I think everyone could get through it. But the thing I wanted to mention, mainly, is that there is a bigger picture. It's not just airplanes that affect our world.
Did a micron suddenly become a trademark?
This is *not* an issue with operating systems; it's an issue of hardware. People have been doing this for years. I recall dialing into my own BBS years ago, testing stuff like this.
Even with the s2=255 "patch", it's still easy enough to get around. Blame the Hayes command set, not Microsoft or the licensees of the Hayes command set. It's a fundamental *hardware* bug. It shouldn't have to be fixed in software.
A bit off-topic, but what the hell.
The fundamental issue here is greed. Copyright and patent laws protect financial interests, which is fine by me. Everyone should be compensated for the work(s) they produce. However, to create a machine that produces feces (which, IMHO, *is* art), does not justify incredible compensation, and neither does being a dictatorial oversight committee (RIAA/MPAA) for artists who are not at all interested in the business aspect of their work. The RIAA, as you all know, is not interested in protecting the interests of their artists. They are protecting their own. See below.
Basically, a true artist, (again, IMHO), is not interested in money. It corrupts and degenerates emotional inspiration.
The money spent bribing congress to support rising drug costs is an analog of this issue. Money is a tool of morality (or lack thereof), and it is exponentially powerful.
Morality, however, is merely a human construct. It irks me that people don't realize how greedy they really are. Copyright and patent owners will fight till they're dead to protect their work. Why? Money.
It's interesting that until the last hundred years or so, people wouldn't make a dime from their artwork (music, painting, etc) unless they were dead. With technology today, some have been given license to make millions of dollars and trash hotel rooms. Art should be about emotional release, not financing your petty desires. Especially not financing your petty desires vicariously through the artists who you knew would give you an autograph.
Life is emotion. Use it wisely.
is that the commercial entities (including a university), finance a study of something that should be patently clear in the first place. The people who petitioned for this study already knew the conclusion. I hate to complain, but the financiers involved in this study should be at least somewhat knowledgable of computers and the security risks involved when you put a monkey in front of one. The people who conducted this study took the easy way out; they didn't think of something worthwhile to research. They simply wanted their names on an 'official study', and it's in PDF format, so it must be official.