Even more confusing when you read it as "Vista vs. Casio", and look forward to a story about a digital watch being forced to run Vista and bursting into flames:(
It's like asking if enough people misspelled "lose" as "loose", would the definition of the word "loose" change as a result?
Oh, it will, given time. And the apostrophe will die out.
And if one more person suggests that I "email hr.twit@dumbass.company in the first instance" I swear I'll buy a rifle.
Certainly in the UK, flashing the headlights is legal, specifically as a way to "alert other road users to your presence".
If I'm flying up the outside lane and someone's out there doing 10-15mph less than I am, a quick flash-flash "Hello, I'm here" to get his attention - while he still has time to move out of the way - makes it easier for both of us. That holds true whether or not either of us is above or below the speed limit.
Sitting on someone's bumper and blinding them is a different kettle of fish, I'll grant you, but flashing your headlights at someone is not necessarily dangerous. Nor does it necessarily make one a prick.
My little brother claims to have a variation on your rocks technique - though I've never tried it myself. YMMV.
Use gummi bears instead - lick them and throw them out the sunroof. They apparently hit the tailgater's windshield at 60, 70, whatever and are effectively glued in place. (Bro claims it'll burn out the motor on the guy's wipers if he tries to remove them that way - I dunno.)
I hear a lot of my friends complaining about nocturnal tailgaters - particularly, as you say, the SUV-type things. And yet, a lot of them give me a blank stare when I suggest that they use the anti-dazzle feature of their rear-view mirror.
"You see that thing for hanging the furry dice off of? Flick it."
"Wow..."
Unless they're lucky enough to learn after work in a high-latitude winter, most people will never drive in the dark with an instructor. Which is pretty scary, when you think about it.
It would be just as much a problem with any other piece of software, Microsoft Windows or not, pirated or not.
I agree. The risk is there with Vista, Photoshop, anything.
Nemetroid's view seemed to be that the pirates deserve everything they get - and you won't get much argument from me on that point - but that view doesn't take into account the consequences for the rest of us. It's unlikely that today's "malware" is going to screw around with only the machine it's installed on. Perhaps my original comment was too specific.
What about everyone else on the Internet who gets DDoSed or spammed by this malware? Last time I checked, I was on the Internet - for me, therefore, this is a problem.
If you ever do get the chance, just remember the basic rule of any pen test:
Get permission first or you'll end up in a world of trouble. Given the likely circumstances of this particular test, I strongly recommend that you cover your ass.
File a report afterwards, or your mark may never know you were in there - with this target, and especially with your particular toolset, such an outcome is especially likely.:P
Yes, I have mod points, but this seemed like more fun:)
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Even more confusing when you read it as "Vista vs. Casio", and look forward to a story about a digital watch being forced to run Vista and bursting into flames :(
It'd take a while... use a lot of breath... in fact, by the time I'd finished, she'd probably be fully inflated!
With all the privacy concerns around here, I'd've thought a cookie-cutter laptop would be a good thing...
...I was just arson about!
Yeah, but youdonthack. Sorry :P
First post and we're already into the bad car analogies. :P
It's like asking if enough people misspelled "lose" as "loose", would the definition of the word "loose" change as a result? Oh, it will, given time. And the apostrophe will die out. And if one more person suggests that I "email hr.twit@dumbass.company in the first instance" I swear I'll buy a rifle.
Let's make it in olive green and sell it for ten times as much!
Certainly in the UK, flashing the headlights is legal, specifically as a way to "alert other road users to your presence".
If I'm flying up the outside lane and someone's out there doing 10-15mph less than I am, a quick flash-flash "Hello, I'm here" to get his attention - while he still has time to move out of the way - makes it easier for both of us. That holds true whether or not either of us is above or below the speed limit.
Sitting on someone's bumper and blinding them is a different kettle of fish, I'll grant you, but flashing your headlights at someone is not necessarily dangerous. Nor does it necessarily make one a prick.
...especially if you've plumbed the rear washer to spray brake fluid from your back bumper :D
My little brother claims to have a variation on your rocks technique - though I've never tried it myself. YMMV.
Use gummi bears instead - lick them and throw them out the sunroof. They apparently hit the tailgater's windshield at 60, 70, whatever and are effectively glued in place. (Bro claims it'll burn out the motor on the guy's wipers if he tries to remove them that way - I dunno.)
Ah - I usually get the bastards so close that I can't see their lights in the side mirrors!
...but at least it happened to a BMW. :D
I hear a lot of my friends complaining about nocturnal tailgaters - particularly, as you say, the SUV-type things. And yet, a lot of them give me a blank stare when I suggest that they use the anti-dazzle feature of their rear-view mirror.
"You see that thing for hanging the furry dice off of? Flick it."
"Wow..."
Unless they're lucky enough to learn after work in a high-latitude winter, most people will never drive in the dark with an instructor. Which is pretty scary, when you think about it.
Re:I love tailgaters! (Score:2) by bmwm3nut (556681)
:)
Nothing personal, BTW
Especially BMWs.
(I have a tow-ball.)
If the state authorities wanted to listen in on a conservation, they'd be bugging the Ranger Service instead of me anyway...
It would be just as much a problem with any other piece of software, Microsoft Windows or not, pirated or not.
I agree. The risk is there with Vista, Photoshop, anything.
Nemetroid's view seemed to be that the pirates deserve everything they get - and you won't get much argument from me on that point - but that view doesn't take into account the consequences for the rest of us. It's unlikely that today's "malware" is going to screw around with only the machine it's installed on. Perhaps my original comment was too specific.
Yes.
What about everyone else on the Internet who gets DDoSed or spammed by this malware? Last time I checked, I was on the Internet - for me, therefore, this is a problem.
- Get permission first or you'll end up in a world of trouble. Given the likely circumstances of this particular test, I strongly recommend that you cover your ass.
- File a report afterwards, or your mark may never know you were in there - with this target, and especially with your particular toolset, such an outcome is especially likely.
:P
Yes, I have mod points, but this seemed like more funHa! I won't mod you up then!
new versions make it easier to get pictures of our cameras
You don't need Windows for that, you need Mirrors!
They're half-way to being a sh!t-hot company. Just need to work on the "hot".
Like, OMFG, developers, developers, developers, friend me LOL...
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