errors for vertical accuracy rapidly increase with latitudes greater than 65 degrees
Since Cape Wrath (the northenmost point of the mainland) is only at around 58 degrees north, it'll be a wee while before our north-easterly drift takes us into the realms of 65 degrees and increasing errors.
How trolls get modded up to interesting is beyond me.
It's nice to know that Microsoft are listening, but until they stop releasing patches that break their end-users applications and even their own OS, noone will trust them.
I run a couple of production servers on NT4, and am exceedingly wary about patching unless I have a snapshot on our SAN for quick DR.
The last time Microsoft broke my server, I only had a tape backup, and was very embarrassed to have to admit to 3 hours downtime.
Our only serious downtime in 3 years was due to a MS hotfix that hosed our main production server.
Luckily, I'm paranoid and had taken a full system backup, so it only cost us 3 hours.
I'm now even more paranoid, and make sure that only patches that are absolutely necessary are applied.
I think this is probably Microsoft's response to Russ Cooper's rant about Wondows Update last month - at the moment, it sounds more like PR than progress.
Not a troll, but there is no fscking chance of the French^H^H^Hedom adopting this.
You might persuade our lovely Phoney Tony to change our codes, but the French have their own system, and would never allow this sort of disruption to their highly tuned bureaucracy.
The biggest implication of this is - if you're an open source application, exposing your internals to the outside world, and you are using a weak algorithm, then this sort of attack can be carried out on you.
Now I'm a fan of open source, but I'm sure that anyone that writes OSS will be taking this on board, so there's no need to worry.
Just joking, of course - everyone writing an accessible service in OSS needs to read this paper.
Sorry - rant over, but if you expose your internal workings, then clever bastards like these will find a way to tie your server up, unless you know their preferred attacks to start with.
I'd mod this up to make it more visible, but it's not my week, so I can't.
For the record, you aren't fat.
You have, on the other hand, a damn fine trombone.
Thanks for pointing me to sllort's mod guide, though - I'll change my prefs to newest first directly, but still won't ever mod anyone down (I like to reward good posts, and launch a tirade against bad ones).
Scenario - a custom app, running over the Internet with a client talking to a bunch of hand-rolled servers listening on various ports on various boxes.
This is fine for a directly connected client, but can be a total PITA when running thro proxies and firewalls.
The hand-rolled servers all use their own protocols, easily identified by the start of each request.
Ideal solution would be to have the client connect to port 80 for all services, and hand off the sessions dynamically using layer 7 information.
The solution would also need to keep sessions open to each server while the client is logged in.
It's just a simple solution to a problem that was identified far too late in the development cycle...
Plus, I like the idea of layer-7 switching with persistent sessions just ofr the sake of it.
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REAL MEN
have a much better tool for that - it's called....
You lil bitchy trolls have ruined a fine interview by Fyodor, and now you're bitching on every other post.
Wankers.
P.S. My IP is 81.86.161.107
Hack that if you think you're clever enough.
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I remember having a bitching (yes - really, it was - don't get me on the marvellous 2MB 16MHz 286 shit...) 386 setup for CAD - running Windows, it would even (given time) compile VB code.
until I read the howto and realised it's QOS and not layer-7 redirection.
Now that would be useful to have in the kernel.
I know you can do a certain amount with Apache, but to be able to slot a nice little Linux box in where an Alteon would normally sit would be a)cool and b)cheap.
Firstly, it's a real honour to get a response from a 4-figure man.
I admit, I was quite close to trolling, but this discussion and the previous request for questions was flooded with this nonsense, so I responded.
IMHO, Fyodor's attack on this troll was more akin to a practical joke than a criminal act - yes, it was irresponsible, but if someone's calling you a sad wanker all over the place, the minimal retaliation involved in Fyodor's actions is understandable.
What pisses me off is the flood of this crap every time Fyodor comes up, when I'd much rather be reading about useful stuff on network security, host OS identification, etc.
Where I live, there is an incredibly busy road. The city was going to have a man monitor the roads and sit in a booth with cameras to determine which lights they should change when (for better traffic control)
What city is that? Hyderabad?
In the UK, we have computers and road sensors to do that - I've even seen adaptive traffic lights in France, for God's sake!
If you were correct, and it was actually being used in that way, then it wouldn't be a big deal.
The problem is that the cameras referred to aren't the nice automated charge-you-a-fiver congestion charging ones, they're mobile cameras, linked to the PNC and the DVLA database, and the cops are using them in random trawls.
Basically, a cop van sits by the side of a dual carriageway with this camera, with an interception team up ahead. Your plate gets photographed, processed through the database(s), and if your name is flagged up, you're pulled.
Now so long as it's only people actually wanted for an offence that are being pulled, there really isn't an argument.
But what if, rather than the PNC, a not-so-accurate intel database is used?
With the data-mining and network analysis tools that are starting to be used, you could well be in the frame for a pull if you know someone who knows someone who is thought, perhaps, to be a terrorist / drug dealer / corporate thief (OK - only joking about that last one).
Even the PNC isn't infallible, so the use of dodgy data in this situation is a worry.
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wd u lk fries wv that?
Since Cape Wrath (the northenmost point of the mainland) is only at around 58 degrees north, it'll be a wee while before our north-easterly drift takes us into the realms of 65 degrees and increasing errors.
How trolls get modded up to interesting is beyond me.
I skimmed the PDF of the Stabilised Vegas implementation and felt rather unenlightened, but your explanation is much more intelligible.
It's nice to know that Microsoft are listening, but until they stop releasing patches that break their end-users applications and even their own OS, noone will trust them.
I run a couple of production servers on NT4, and am exceedingly wary about patching unless I have a snapshot on our SAN for quick DR.
The last time Microsoft broke my server, I only had a tape backup, and was very embarrassed to have to admit to 3 hours downtime.
Our only serious downtime in 3 years was due to a MS hotfix that hosed our main production server.
Luckily, I'm paranoid and had taken a full system backup, so it only cost us 3 hours.
I'm now even more paranoid, and make sure that only patches that are absolutely necessary are applied.
I think this is probably Microsoft's response to Russ Cooper's rant about Wondows Update last month - at the moment, it sounds more like PR than progress.
I just put the turntable signal into the microphone input, and take the signal from the line out.
I do have to set the MD to record, and then press pause, but it's cheaper than getting a preamp as well...
It's not ideal, but it's probably as good as Radio Shack kit...
over here, design types use Macs a lot (then switch to various flavours of CAD if they actually need to design something physical).
This guy designs the tools the design crowd work with.
Of course he's going to win.
Not a troll, but there is no fscking chance of the French^H^H^Hedom adopting this.
You might persuade our lovely Phoney Tony to change our codes, but the French have their own system, and would never allow this sort of disruption to their highly tuned bureaucracy.
OTOH, how about F0UT3 58U5H for the Elysee?
It took me about two years to feel comfortable with a mouse, and I still use the keyboard shortcuts where possible.
Keach, playing a cop, turns into a half-man-half-lizard after smoking too much high grade gear.
Funny as fuck.
The biggest implication of this is - if you're an open source application, exposing your internals to the outside world, and you are using a weak algorithm, then this sort of attack can be carried out on you.
Now I'm a fan of open source, but I'm sure that anyone that writes OSS will be taking this on board, so there's no need to worry.
Just joking, of course - everyone writing an accessible service in OSS needs to read this paper.
Sorry - rant over, but if you expose your internal workings, then clever bastards like these will find a way to tie your server up, unless you know their preferred attacks to start with.
I'd mod this up to make it more visible, but it's not my week, so I can't.
For the record, you aren't fat .
You have, on the other hand, a damn fine trombone.
Thanks for pointing me to sllort's mod guide, though - I'll change my prefs to newest first directly, but still won't ever mod anyone down (I like to reward good posts, and launch a tirade against bad ones).
Keep it real, girl!
Like, she's totally vacant, and the RIAA are, like, soooooo grody..
Barf out, gag me with a spoon.
This is fine for a directly connected client, but can be a total PITA when running thro proxies and firewalls.
The hand-rolled servers all use their own protocols, easily identified by the start of each request.
Ideal solution would be to have the client connect to port 80 for all services, and hand off the sessions dynamically using layer 7 information.
The solution would also need to keep sessions open to each server while the client is logged in.
It's just a simple solution to a problem that was identified far too late in the development cycle...
Plus, I like the idea of layer-7 switching with persistent sessions just ofr the sake of it.
REAL MEN
have a much better tool for that - it's called....
a wife.
They're much better at all that fiddly shit...
You lil bitchy trolls have ruined a fine interview by Fyodor, and now you're bitching on every other post.
Wankers.
P.S. My IP is 81.86.161.107
Hack that if you think you're clever enough.
I preferred Autolisp, though...
What I really want is to be able to redirect based on packet data, rather than port number.
If you can tell me how to do this on LVS, then I'd be much obliged - I can't see how to do it...
Now that would be useful to have in the kernel.
I know you can do a certain amount with Apache, but to be able to slot a nice little Linux box in where an Alteon would normally sit would be a)cool and b)cheap.
I admit, I was quite close to trolling, but this discussion and the previous request for questions was flooded with this nonsense, so I responded.
IMHO, Fyodor's attack on this troll was more akin to a practical joke than a criminal act - yes, it was irresponsible, but if someone's calling you a sad wanker all over the place, the minimal retaliation involved in Fyodor's actions is understandable.
What pisses me off is the flood of this crap every time Fyodor comes up, when I'd much rather be reading about useful stuff on network security, host OS identification, etc.
Just my two pennworth...
What city is that? Hyderabad?
In the UK, we have computers and road sensors to do that - I've even seen adaptive traffic lights in France, for God's sake!
The problem is that the cameras referred to aren't the nice automated charge-you-a-fiver congestion charging ones, they're mobile cameras, linked to the PNC and the DVLA database, and the cops are using them in random trawls.
Basically, a cop van sits by the side of a dual carriageway with this camera, with an interception team up ahead. Your plate gets photographed, processed through the database(s), and if your name is flagged up, you're pulled.
Now so long as it's only people actually wanted for an offence that are being pulled, there really isn't an argument.
But what if, rather than the PNC, a not-so-accurate intel database is used?
With the data-mining and network analysis tools that are starting to be used, you could well be in the frame for a pull if you know someone who knows someone who is thought, perhaps, to be a terrorist / drug dealer / corporate thief (OK - only joking about that last one).
Even the PNC isn't infallible, so the use of dodgy data in this situation is a worry.
I actually do prefer big hairy lasses ;)