including hyperlinks to pages that contain offensive content.
I find this part very disturbing, since the content of an externally linked website is outside of my control. Say i link to the NYTimes from my website, and the NYT would publish an article that would be considered "offensive content", I would be at fault?
Sure, it's geeky to have lots of computers and servers and ups' all over the place, but do you people actually use all those things?
i can imagine two workstations would be handy (although you can only use one at a time), and one webserver / router or whatever, and maybe a notebook and a handheld, but that's about it. What's the use of all the other computers and servers? I recall the last power failure i noticed was like a year ago, so it's not like i'd really need a ups. Besides, the more computers that are connected to it, the shorter the thing will hold.
So tell me: what is the point of having more than, like 2 computers in one house?
You may have noticed that the net has a lot of servers, like webservers, dns servers, proxies and such. Those are the kind of servers that are checked like, ones a week if they don't malfunction, are online 24/7, have a static ip, lots of bandwidth, and so much traffic that a little extra will go by unnoticed. Besides that, the ability to quickly propagate code patches would make it nearly impossible to install security patches on a system that is already infected.
There is little point in having the worms detect when to go into turbo mode, since such a command could be quickly relayed trought the network. And ofcourse there is a chance that some of the worms would switch to turbo mode prematurely, leading to early detection.
i find the idea of the worm spidering for new hosts rather interesting; obviously, it's a nearly ideal way to find other webservers. Also, since any host on the web has a reference to a dns server, it's very easy for any worm to find at least one of those. Once a dns server is compromised, the worm has a fairly complete and realtime list of webservers, with very few bad addresses. This way, many hosts may be infected with very little host- and portscanning.
If such a superworm would ever get out in the wild, it may be very hard or nearly impossible to stop it.
Here's what i think about cracking this encryption scheme:
1) start program with original disk
2) attach debugging session
3) let the program run until it tries to run the decrypted code (shouldn't be to hard, since they have to do some kind of trick to run code which is in the data segment of the running program (the decryption program in this case))
4) save the block in the data segment (you have access, remember, you're running a debug session) to disk as whatever.exe
5) have another cup of coffee and go to sleep as it is early in the morning
Here is a link to a related story on slashdot from last month.
An electromagnetic field working on a superconductor would cause the electron to move faster, which would create a greater gravitational force on the superconductor.
It is not quite clear to me why that would happen, perhaps someone with more insight into elementry physics could (try to) explain this?
How about using radio waves to charge the battery? Like, using a antenna (possibly the one that's already in the phone) and some very simple circuitry (L/C ring) get energy from strong radio waves. This ought to be enough to charge the battery since it will be generating energy all the time.
I'm just not sure if you could get this approved, since it may be interfering with the radio transmission you're tapping into.
This is pretty much how those "incoming call" lights (on the back of a pen) work.
I suppose it could be one of the fins, but my guess is they had a partial engine blowout, where a part of the nozzle is blown away, and the thrust is no longer directed downwards, but at a (fairly sharp) angle (like, partially down and to one side of the rocket).
The curve in the picture at the top of the page (in the BBC article) just seems to tight to be caused by faulty fins alone. It looks like the aircraft turned 180 degrees while traveling a distance of perhaps 5 times it's own length.
You just can't make such a sharp turn with only control surfaces.
That's exacly my point: it's more and more shifting towards technology and away from sports.
It's not the sporter that's winning, it's the technology. Although i have to admit this is not as bad as the things they do to speed skaters. (the new-and-improved air strips (special strips on the suits to reduce air turbulance) are no longer allowed in races)
i think F1 racing is the ultimate non-sport (no offence to those who do like it). I think winning has very little to do with the driver, who only has to hit the throttle and keep the car on the road, and much more with the supporting team. You can win or lose a race in the pitstop. I mean, what is the difference between the first and second place, for instance? It's usually like less than a second. If you can reduce the time a pitstop takes by like a quarter of a second (by removing the gas tank safety cap, for instance;-) ), that could just make the difference between first and second place. I don't think that classifies as sport.
Back to running: i think varying the air pressure and oxygen level during the training is ok. But other devices to build more muscles (like the "high-frequency neuro-mechanical stimulator") cross the line, in my opinion.
And i thought sports where all about having fun. Would anybody care to explain how this makes running more fun? I can't imagine how these runners still can be proud when they win a race, knowing that they won not because they are better or worked harder, but because they have better technology.
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I find this part very disturbing, since the content of an externally linked website is outside of my control. Say i link to the NYTimes from my website, and the NYT would publish an article that would be considered "offensive content", I would be at fault?
Nice! that means it's only a matter of waiting.
i can imagine two workstations would be handy (although you can only use one at a time), and one webserver / router or whatever, and maybe a notebook and a handheld, but that's about it. What's the use of all the other computers and servers? I recall the last power failure i noticed was like a year ago, so it's not like i'd really need a ups. Besides, the more computers that are connected to it, the shorter the thing will hold.
So tell me: what is the point of having more than, like 2 computers in one house?
There is little point in having the worms detect when to go into turbo mode, since such a command could be quickly relayed trought the network. And ofcourse there is a chance that some of the worms would switch to turbo mode prematurely, leading to early detection.
i find the idea of the worm spidering for new hosts rather interesting; obviously, it's a nearly ideal way to find other webservers. Also, since any host on the web has a reference to a dns server, it's very easy for any worm to find at least one of those. Once a dns server is compromised, the worm has a fairly complete and realtime list of webservers, with very few bad addresses. This way, many hosts may be infected with very little host- and portscanning.
If such a superworm would ever get out in the wild, it may be very hard or nearly impossible to stop it.
1) start program with original disk
2) attach debugging session
3) let the program run until it tries to run the decrypted code (shouldn't be to hard, since they have to do some kind of trick to run code which is in the data segment of the running program (the decryption program in this case))
4) save the block in the data segment (you have access, remember, you're running a debug session) to disk as whatever.exe
5) have another cup of coffee and go to sleep as it is early in the morning
It is not quite clear to me why that would happen, perhaps someone with more insight into elementry physics could (try to) explain this?
I'm just not sure if you could get this approved, since it may be interfering with the radio transmission you're tapping into.
This is pretty much how those "incoming call" lights (on the back of a pen) work.
The curve in the picture at the top of the page (in the BBC article) just seems to tight to be caused by faulty fins alone. It looks like the aircraft turned 180 degrees while traveling a distance of perhaps 5 times it's own length.
You just can't make such a sharp turn with only control surfaces.
If we start stuffing these things with Athlons and GForce 4's, they'll just end up playing Counterstrike up there.
It's not the sporter that's winning, it's the technology. Although i have to admit this is not as bad as the things they do to speed skaters. (the new-and-improved air strips (special strips on the suits to reduce air turbulance) are no longer allowed in races)
i think F1 racing is the ultimate non-sport (no offence to those who do like it). I think winning has very little to do with the driver, who only has to hit the throttle and keep the car on the road, and much more with the supporting team. You can win or lose a race in the pitstop. I mean, what is the difference between the first and second place, for instance? It's usually like less than a second. If you can reduce the time a pitstop takes by like a quarter of a second (by removing the gas tank safety cap, for instance ;-) ), that could just make the difference between first and second place. I don't think that classifies as sport.
Back to running: i think varying the air pressure and oxygen level during the training is ok. But other devices to build more muscles (like the "high-frequency neuro-mechanical stimulator") cross the line, in my opinion.
And i thought sports where all about having fun. Would anybody care to explain how this makes running more fun? I can't imagine how these runners still can be proud when they win a race, knowing that they won not because they are better or worked harder, but because they have better technology.
just calling it "cheating"? it's helping the runners perform better by external aids. It's just as bad as dope, if you ask me.