I've seen some banners which advertise as "young girls", usually with a disclaimer of 18+. I don't know how you really determine the age, but to me they could be anywhere between 15 and 21. How do you determine what's a young-looking 20-something'er, or an old looking mid-teen?
As per the banners themselves, they're fairly frequent on warez sites and other site places.
Well, if you've already run across the content, would it hurt things to check the datestamps on the files, or maybe have the disk copied (DD should work) and the dupe sent to a professional whilst the police may have the original?
Yeah, seems to me that this would be an easy way to railroad somebody. What's to stop an angry coworker/spouse/girlfriend/etc with a grudge from taking 4-5 seconds to copy something from a USB key onto your machine (or just dropping the USB key full of control into your drawer), then calling in a tip to the cops?
I've had crazy ex-girlfriends before (and by crazy, I mean, police restraining order probably-should-be-visiting-a-ward crazy) and it's scary stuff. Heck, a man/women spurned in general is scary stuff... seems to me that it would be easy for somebody to use this stuff to put you over the rocks.
Not safe enough these days. Both my linux and boxen are regularly being sniped at.
I'd also recommend:
a) No root SSHD
b) Denyhosts, with known hosts in hosts.allow
c) Using an alternate SSH port
d) Using a secure password. Alphanumeric with various characters
Even with an OK alphanumeric password, I've seen boxes hacked through brute-force. Already-rooted machines will happily look for others to add to their army. Having a secure OS and failing on (d) is still a good way to invite disaster.
(sorry if I'm preaching to the choir, but I've seen plenty of hacked boxen in both the windows and 'nix/BSD realm lately due to poor security practices).
I've worked in two places where servers (which, despite being a sysadmin, weren't under my watch) were hacked. In both cases, the machines that were compromised has oodles of pirated software and porn uploaded. In the case of the first one, it wouldn't be a terribly bad guess that much of the latter was illegal as well.
So why would a "virus" plant these files? Well, it might not, but what it might do is make your machine into a convenient fileserver or open-proxy for those that wanted to download or view such material.
From what I've seen of those with dual-ethnicity parents, black is a dominant gene, or perhaps it's just that some light genes are less dominant, because most "light" genes (skin, hair-color) tend to be overruled by darker ones.
Actually, I've never seen that shirt before. I suppose it depends on whether the joke is against Obama himself or if that's one of those stupid anti-black things (every now and then around here we get some idiots who put up posters comparing black people to monkeys).
In most places I've been, the number of bumper stickers is also often proportional to the age/price of the vehicle. You don't see many bumper stickers on a new porsche, and most new+expensive vehicle drivers usually aren't the types to jump out and risk their health in a road-rage incident (though to be fair they're more than likely to drive like assholes and cut people off while flipping the bird, inspiring RR in others).
Why not just *add your own stickers amongst them. Bonus points if you put in one that mingles well, so that it sticks around for awhile but is still in a place that gets noticed by other people. Does BushOrChimp have bumper stickers?
*The above is intended as humor and not serious advice...
I've seen a bunch that tend to do between 22-35fps at 640x480. I guess the resolution would determine how small of a 'tracked' object you could use, but what do you need really high FPS/resolution for?
High resolution=tracking smaller details, but most are probably going to be not too hard...
At 30fps, that's about one frame every 33 milliseconds, which is a decent enough refresh for a lot of inputs, and less than some people get as a ping in online gaming.
I don't really see what people are griping about in terms of source, but I suppose it depends on what they're looking for. Having the software open-source would be great (but unlikely). What I'd really like to see though would be an openly available SDK so that people can take advantage of the software.
I think that this might be partly because, by the time a lot of this stuff breaks down, it's somewhat obsolete and a new, bigger model is out.
27" TV breaks after 3 years, don't worry, now you can get a 32" for less than the old one cost.
Your 1.6Ghz Pentium-M laptop died... no worries the new Dual-Core Centrino is $100 less and a whole lot faster.
I find this happens a lot in terms of computer hardware. I have a 2.8Ghz P-4 laptop myself that has been kicking around for longer than expected (HP Pavillion zx7000): drive still works, no dead pixels, etc. I've been thinking on getting a newer laptop for quite awhile but for now I think I'm just going to keep this one until it dies.
To be fair, I keep good care of my machine by regularly dusting it out to make sure all the fans are running, not blocking the intakes etc. After seeing how a lot of people handle their electronic equipment I'd say that cheap manufacture is only part of the problem.
I'd say that it's actually a bit of both. IMHO, the constitution (of the US, or the rough equivalent in other countries) seems to be a set of parameters or boundaries for interaction between the government and its citizens.
Anyone wanting to avoid detection could just follow what my German-speaking grandparents do when they don't want us kids listening into the conversation: randomly switch languages on different topics (though I think that this is sometimes also because some concepts are also easier to portray in a given language).
Random switches between languages would probably confuse the heck out of filters guessing compressed data. That or you could just learn Russian... I don't think they *have* any simple-syllable words in Russian:-)
copy legally purchased music onto other devices, such as MP3 players or cell phones
Right. Unless that music has DRM. For those that don't already have it, future versions will. Compact discs will all be "protected" just like DVD's, just to make it illegal to copy them.
So in other words, they'll nail you even if you don't have any pirated stuff on your computer, but rather if you happened to have limewire or bittorrent installed it's indicative of automatic guilt. How convenient for them.
Selling placebos as the real thing, or drugs that may contain the real thing (but in doses that are dangerous) is still illegal.
While the actual pills may not contain a substance that is "illegal", the manner in which they are presented is. Kinda like how alcohol is legal, but it can only be sold under certain conditions (and not to minors, etc).
Unless you are going with a very "loose" definition of bribe wherein it is offered as an incentive for a desired action/behavior (e.g. telling your kids they'll get a new toy if they up their grades), bribery is generally defined as offering an item of value/desire in order to obtain an illegal/immoral advantage.
Nothing illegal is being done here. I'd also say that - unless you're adverse in general to being paid for your work - nothing immoral is being done either.
Aside from my regular job, I fix computers. For friends and family, I often do it for free. For others, I may or may not do it unless my workload and the offerings make it worth my while. It's not a bribe, it's recognition that the service has a value.
I remember reading an article where this came up. Basically, they interviewed a bunch of people on why they wanted a big SUV-type vehicle. In addition to the space, the tough guys wanted a "tough car", and the soccer-mom types wanted something that would be more resilient in an accident.
However, when they tested things out, it was found that the SUV's did fare better in front/rear collisions, but in many cases were more likely to flip or roll in the case of a side impact. Handling in many cases was also worse, meaning that they were more likely to actually become involved in an accident.
So yes, the SUV might not get crushed, but it will happily roll over and flip into a ditch or off a cliff in cases where a smaller vehicle might now.
The problem is, who is really behind it. Yes, it could be the China government. It could be Chinese crime syndicates. It could be that - being they have a huge population (even though only a percentage is internet-connected) with known issues in regards to keeping boxen secure - there are a shitload of p0wn3d machines being abused. It could be that hackers like to work out of China because of lacking/difficult enforcement.
I couldn't say what the decision would have been in the case of the Sears catalog, and I wasn't in the jury that found this guy guilty. Personally, I probably would have tried to get a psychiatric evaluation done on the guy, but I'm not sure that would have been an option. Can juries recommend that somebody facing a prison term instead be assessed and booked for psychiatric evaluation?
Then I guess that's all you'd find, and a jury would have to strongly consider that no evidence of abuse was found (if the police still wished to proceed, though likely they might).
I wonder if - in cases like these - that while authority to jail the guy might not exist, he could still be required to seek counseling or perhaps some form of monitoring. That might seem harsh to some, but it seems that this guy's fantasies are targeted at particular individuals who might very well be at risk.
Sometimes that which separates fantasy and reality is just lack of opportunity.
Seems more because he was photoshopping kids into porn. More specifically kids he knew. While I'm no legal expert (and thus can't argue on the outcome of the trial), I'd say that this would at the very least be grounds for a pretty thorough investigation.
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I've seen some banners which advertise as "young girls", usually with a disclaimer of 18+. I don't know how you really determine the age, but to me they could be anywhere between 15 and 21. How do you determine what's a young-looking 20-something'er, or an old looking mid-teen?
As per the banners themselves, they're fairly frequent on warez sites and other site places.
Well, if you've already run across the content, would it hurt things to check the datestamps on the files, or maybe have the disk copied (DD should work) and the dupe sent to a professional whilst the police may have the original?
Yeah, seems to me that this would be an easy way to railroad somebody. What's to stop an angry coworker/spouse/girlfriend/etc with a grudge from taking 4-5 seconds to copy something from a USB key onto your machine (or just dropping the USB key full of control into your drawer), then calling in a tip to the cops?
I've had crazy ex-girlfriends before (and by crazy, I mean, police restraining order probably-should-be-visiting-a-ward crazy) and it's scary stuff. Heck, a man/women spurned in general is scary stuff... seems to me that it would be easy for somebody to use this stuff to put you over the rocks.
Not safe enough these days. Both my linux and boxen are regularly being sniped at.
I'd also recommend:
a) No root SSHD
b) Denyhosts, with known hosts in hosts.allow
c) Using an alternate SSH port
d) Using a secure password. Alphanumeric with various characters
Even with an OK alphanumeric password, I've seen boxes hacked through brute-force. Already-rooted machines will happily look for others to add to their army. Having a secure OS and failing on (d) is still a good way to invite disaster.
(sorry if I'm preaching to the choir, but I've seen plenty of hacked boxen in both the windows and 'nix/BSD realm lately due to poor security practices).
I've worked in two places where servers (which, despite being a sysadmin, weren't under my watch) were hacked. In both cases, the machines that were compromised has oodles of pirated software and porn uploaded. In the case of the first one, it wouldn't be a terribly bad guess that much of the latter was illegal as well.
So why would a "virus" plant these files? Well, it might not, but what it might do is make your machine into a convenient fileserver or open-proxy for those that wanted to download or view such material.
From what I've seen of those with dual-ethnicity parents, black is a dominant gene, or perhaps it's just that some light genes are less dominant, because most "light" genes (skin, hair-color) tend to be overruled by darker ones.
Actually, I've never seen that shirt before. I suppose it depends on whether the joke is against Obama himself or if that's one of those stupid anti-black things (every now and then around here we get some idiots who put up posters comparing black people to monkeys).
Plenty of Americans believe the government is full of BS. They just also believe that "somebody else" will take care of the issue for them.
In most places I've been, the number of bumper stickers is also often proportional to the age/price of the vehicle. You don't see many bumper stickers on a new porsche, and most new+expensive vehicle drivers usually aren't the types to jump out and risk their health in a road-rage incident (though to be fair they're more than likely to drive like assholes and cut people off while flipping the bird, inspiring RR in others).
Why not just *add your own stickers amongst them. Bonus points if you put in one that mingles well, so that it sticks around for awhile but is still in a place that gets noticed by other people. Does BushOrChimp have bumper stickers?
*The above is intended as humor and not serious advice...
I've seen a bunch that tend to do between 22-35fps at 640x480. I guess the resolution would determine how small of a 'tracked' object you could use, but what do you need really high FPS/resolution for?
High resolution=tracking smaller details, but most are probably going to be not too hard...
At 30fps, that's about one frame every 33 milliseconds, which is a decent enough refresh for a lot of inputs, and less than some people get as a ping in online gaming.
My question is: What software do you use? I remember looking for a WinCE SSH/Putty client without luck awhile back.
I don't really see what people are griping about in terms of source, but I suppose it depends on what they're looking for. Having the software open-source would be great (but unlikely). What I'd really like to see though would be an openly available SDK so that people can take advantage of the software.
I think that this might be partly because, by the time a lot of this stuff breaks down, it's somewhat obsolete and a new, bigger model is out.
27" TV breaks after 3 years, don't worry, now you can get a 32" for less than the old one cost.
Your 1.6Ghz Pentium-M laptop died... no worries the new Dual-Core Centrino is $100 less and a whole lot faster.
I find this happens a lot in terms of computer hardware. I have a 2.8Ghz P-4 laptop myself that has been kicking around for longer than expected (HP Pavillion zx7000): drive still works, no dead pixels, etc. I've been thinking on getting a newer laptop for quite awhile but for now I think I'm just going to keep this one until it dies.
To be fair, I keep good care of my machine by regularly dusting it out to make sure all the fans are running, not blocking the intakes etc. After seeing how a lot of people handle their electronic equipment I'd say that cheap manufacture is only part of the problem.
I'd say that it's actually a bit of both. IMHO, the constitution (of the US, or the rough equivalent in other countries) seems to be a set of parameters or boundaries for interaction between the government and its citizens.
Anyone wanting to avoid detection could just follow what my German-speaking grandparents do when they don't want us kids listening into the conversation: randomly switch languages on different topics (though I think that this is sometimes also because some concepts are also easier to portray in a given language).
:-)
Random switches between languages would probably confuse the heck out of filters guessing compressed data. That or you could just learn Russian... I don't think they *have* any simple-syllable words in Russian
copy legally purchased music onto other devices, such as MP3 players or cell phones
Right. Unless that music has DRM. For those that don't already have it, future versions will. Compact discs will all be "protected" just like DVD's, just to make it illegal to copy them.
So in other words, they'll nail you even if you don't have any pirated stuff on your computer, but rather if you happened to have limewire or bittorrent installed it's indicative of automatic guilt. How convenient for them.
Selling placebos as the real thing, or drugs that may contain the real thing (but in doses that are dangerous) is still illegal.
While the actual pills may not contain a substance that is "illegal", the manner in which they are presented is. Kinda like how alcohol is legal, but it can only be sold under certain conditions (and not to minors, etc).
Unless you are going with a very "loose" definition of bribe wherein it is offered as an incentive for a desired action/behavior (e.g. telling your kids they'll get a new toy if they up their grades), bribery is generally defined as offering an item of value/desire in order to obtain an illegal/immoral advantage.
Nothing illegal is being done here. I'd also say that - unless you're adverse in general to being paid for your work - nothing immoral is being done either.
Aside from my regular job, I fix computers. For friends and family, I often do it for free. For others, I may or may not do it unless my workload and the offerings make it worth my while. It's not a bribe, it's recognition that the service has a value.
I remember reading an article where this came up. Basically, they interviewed a bunch of people on why they wanted a big SUV-type vehicle. In addition to the space, the tough guys wanted a "tough car", and the soccer-mom types wanted something that would be more resilient in an accident.
However, when they tested things out, it was found that the SUV's did fare better in front/rear collisions, but in many cases were more likely to flip or roll in the case of a side impact. Handling in many cases was also worse, meaning that they were more likely to actually become involved in an accident.
So yes, the SUV might not get crushed, but it will happily roll over and flip into a ditch or off a cliff in cases where a smaller vehicle might now.
The problem is, who is really behind it. Yes, it could be the China government. It could be Chinese crime syndicates. It could be that - being they have a huge population (even though only a percentage is internet-connected) with known issues in regards to keeping boxen secure - there are a shitload of p0wn3d machines being abused. It could be that hackers like to work out of China because of lacking/difficult enforcement.
I couldn't say what the decision would have been in the case of the Sears catalog, and I wasn't in the jury that found this guy guilty. Personally, I probably would have tried to get a psychiatric evaluation done on the guy, but I'm not sure that would have been an option. Can juries recommend that somebody facing a prison term instead be assessed and booked for psychiatric evaluation?
Then I guess that's all you'd find, and a jury would have to strongly consider that no evidence of abuse was found (if the police still wished to proceed, though likely they might).
I wonder if - in cases like these - that while authority to jail the guy might not exist, he could still be required to seek counseling or perhaps some form of monitoring. That might seem harsh to some, but it seems that this guy's fantasies are targeted at particular individuals who might very well be at risk.
Sometimes that which separates fantasy and reality is just lack of opportunity.
Seems more because he was photoshopping kids into porn. More specifically kids he knew. While I'm no legal expert (and thus can't argue on the outcome of the trial), I'd say that this would at the very least be grounds for a pretty thorough investigation.