"skimming" has already happened in the UK, USA and Australia.. where an additional magstripe reader is attached to an ATM, or POS card reader - and some other means is used to capture your PIN (hidden camera or alike). the magstripe data can be used to easily clone a magstripe only card.
the chip & pin approach in the UK introduces a smartcard chip into the mix. the chip makes the card difficult to clone. the chip is a mini computer that will only give up the account identifier when given the PIN signed with a cert that's only in authorised hardware..
I'd say they are designed to make money. The ones I've seen may not be resource hogs - but do make the machine VERY unstable. Shoddily written buy an author that just wants to make money out of ads, spam, ddos, etc..
Trying to work this out.. I don't think Microsoft are actually going to run all these drivers through their labs. It says this about it here:
Obtain a SPC from a commercial CA that issues digital certificates for signing kernel mode code. The list of CAs who provide Software Publishing Certificates (or code signing certificates) that can be used for kernel mode code signing is available at the "Microsoft Cross-certificates for Windows Vista Kernel Mode Code Signing" web page listed in the Resource section at the end of this paper.
So it sounds like just an extra $500 step after you've written your crappy drivers? A certificate means there's traceability back to the company that signed the drivers - but we've already seen phishing sites with SSL certs! Spyware authors are making plenty enough money to cover the cost of the cert. They already don't care about the software getting traced back to them - because of legalese EULAs...
This is pretty much what I do when I rebuild.. Rather than backing everything up on CDRs/external drive, I usually have the luxury of buying a new HD for the fresh install (they are _very very_ cheap these days). Once the fresh install is in place, connect the old drive and drag over all the "data" files (quicken, bookmarks, etc). Run like this for a week or two..
Once you are confident you've moved over everything - format the old drive (if you really want the extra space). Or pull it out and put in somewhere safe for backup.
If you have a look at http://alterslash.org/ you can see a graph of comments over time. Plus an interesting digest version of slashdot + the top comments - its actually got me reading slashdot again after a long hiatus.
yes.. never trust the data. and know all the data that needs to be validated. form fields, cookies, referer, useragent, and one I _bet_ web developers are ignoring - Accept-Language (in IE - Tools > Options > Languages > Add.. > type whatever you want).
if you are using any of these to build up some dynamic SQL - VALIDATE YOUR INPUT! or as other posters have mentioned don't use dynamic SQL, use Stored Procedures and Parameterized Queries...
If you think Microsoft is letting down those who write web applications (particularly cross-browser ones) check the the AJAX features being demoed in Scott Guthrie's ASP.NET + Atlas Tutorial. Very impessive stuff - a cross browser AJAX app written in minutes.
which language are you going to offer as an alternative? you know which one is the best for a large project? - the one you've got large project experience in.
sounds like you'll be carving your boss out as a possible contributor to the project - if you switch languages you'll be responsible for the choice. you can hang yourself in any whizbang language. what matters is experience...
these arguments always come up whenever the OLPC is ever mentioned..
some of my thoughts:
* i don't think this laptop is intended for the poorest people in the world - yet there would be benefits for everyone whenever the middle class in these countries grow and become more influential..
* would people use the same arguments if MIT was aiming to provide textbooks to every child? a $100 laptop would actually be CHEAPER than the production/transportation costs of some textbooks. there's a great deal of children in the world who assemble for schooling 5 days a week - in a school with a MAJOR shortage of teaching materials and staff.
there may even be a 'subversive' effect when children/families suddenly have wikipedia at their fingertip - development of critical thinking. its a well intended gift from the developing world - and nothing is going to change overnight - but that no reason not to try.
my prediction for the near future: we'll be seeing news reports of government troops smashing down doors taking about laptops that've been used for {$imaginary_anti_social_reason}. that'll be when we know tyrannical governments are getting worried about the effects of knowledge and critical thinking..
Are you going to find a movie that the creators are happy to give away for this experiment. Including those whose income is a percentage of the takings?
The buzz created by the experiment is going to taint the results anyways.
Still an interesting idea.. This article: Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica Killed Broadcast TV - talks about Battlestar Galactica and how the delay between the British and US releases left a gap of 3 months for US viewer to grab the show on p2p.
After loosing tons of money over this, the companies finally realise that they have to listen to consumers.
More like - they'll turn around and blame piracy for all the money they lost. Which will be half true - as p**sed off consumers turn to p2p for content that _doesn't_ shove commercials down their throat!
you'd _hope_ a site with an SSL cert also means someone mature enough to be called a 'certificate authority' has their details on hand. i can't find the details in the article - how did the phisher pay for this cert? with a stolen credit card? if so, maybe certificate authorities should have some better anti-fraud measures in place.
definitely not as dangerous - and yes the advanced user knows that. for the vast majority any new prompt doesn't mean anything.. 'This site is being redirected to a non-SSL site', etc, etc.. it definitely a balance between educating new web users, and restricting the web/browsers to give an experience that doesn't require these sort of decisions. the activex prompt is an _extreme_ example of this! "oh, yeah - we realise activex is executable, and could do anything. so we'll (by default) require the publishers to sign the exe - and we'll prompt the users. there fixed."
"requesting permission from the user" sounds a lot like the way activex works. "Click 'OK' to DOWNLOAD this AWESOME SOUTHPARK clock for YOUR DESKTOP!". The majority of users don't know what they are clicking 'ok' to, making the whole browsing experience very uncertain to them..
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I know that in Australia you can buy a laptop from your pre-tax income - called a salary sacrifice. So the laptop effectively becomes half price. You cannot do this with a desktop because it has be something you are going to use between work and home. Maybe other countries have these tax benefits that only apply to laptops?
I've got a feeling 'desktop replacement' laptops are being made just that extra bit popular because of this tax dodge...
so many memories... there was a version of Descent that came with my mate's Creative 3D-Blaster (s3virge - i think?). that wasn't really any different.
i remember quake was the first game I had that didn't 'support' the PC speaker!:)
recently an email discussion with a friend about dinner brought up a local steakhouse: "I'm Angus". which must've caused gmail to serve up several ads on "Genuine Angus Semen"!!
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..can you grab a snow dome for my niece? there's bound to be a gift shop?
"skimming" has already happened in the UK, USA and Australia.. where an additional magstripe reader is attached to an ATM, or POS card reader - and some other means is used to capture your PIN (hidden camera or alike). the magstripe data can be used to easily clone a magstripe only card.
the chip & pin approach in the UK introduces a smartcard chip into the mix. the chip makes the card difficult to clone. the chip is a mini computer that will only give up the account identifier when given the PIN signed with a cert that's only in authorised hardware..
I'd say they are designed to make money. The ones I've seen may not be resource hogs - but do make the machine VERY unstable. Shoddily written buy an author that just wants to make money out of ads, spam, ddos, etc..
Trying to work this out.. I don't think Microsoft are actually going to run all these drivers through their labs. It says this about it here:
So it sounds like just an extra $500 step after you've written your crappy drivers? A certificate means there's traceability back to the company that signed the drivers - but we've already seen phishing sites with SSL certs! Spyware authors are making plenty enough money to cover the cost of the cert. They already don't care about the software getting traced back to them - because of legalese EULAs...
artifical feces has already been done by a Belgian artist:
http://www.cloaca.be/machines.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Delvoye
This is pretty much what I do when I rebuild.. Rather than backing everything up on CDRs/external drive, I usually have the luxury of buying a new HD for the fresh install (they are _very very_ cheap these days). Once the fresh install is in place, connect the old drive and drag over all the "data" files (quicken, bookmarks, etc). Run like this for a week or two..
Once you are confident you've moved over everything - format the old drive (if you really want the extra space). Or pull it out and put in somewhere safe for backup.
If you have a look at http://alterslash.org/ you can see a graph of comments over time. Plus an interesting digest version of slashdot + the top comments - its actually got me reading slashdot again after a long hiatus.
yes.. never trust the data. and know all the data that needs to be validated. form fields, cookies, referer, useragent, and one I _bet_ web developers are ignoring - Accept-Language (in IE - Tools > Options > Languages > Add.. > type whatever you want).
if you are using any of these to build up some dynamic SQL - VALIDATE YOUR INPUT! or as other posters have mentioned don't use dynamic SQL, use Stored Procedures and Parameterized Queries...
If you think Microsoft is letting down those who write web applications (particularly cross-browser ones) check the the AJAX features being demoed in Scott Guthrie's ASP.NET + Atlas Tutorial. Very impessive stuff - a cross browser AJAX app written in minutes.
Try count how many times he says 'go ahead'.which language are you going to offer as an alternative? you know which one is the best for a large project? - the one you've got large project experience in. sounds like you'll be carving your boss out as a possible contributor to the project - if you switch languages you'll be responsible for the choice. you can hang yourself in any whizbang language. what matters is experience...
these arguments always come up whenever the OLPC is ever mentioned.. some of my thoughts: * i don't think this laptop is intended for the poorest people in the world - yet there would be benefits for everyone whenever the middle class in these countries grow and become more influential.. * would people use the same arguments if MIT was aiming to provide textbooks to every child? a $100 laptop would actually be CHEAPER than the production/transportation costs of some textbooks. there's a great deal of children in the world who assemble for schooling 5 days a week - in a school with a MAJOR shortage of teaching materials and staff. there may even be a 'subversive' effect when children/families suddenly have wikipedia at their fingertip - development of critical thinking. its a well intended gift from the developing world - and nothing is going to change overnight - but that no reason not to try. my prediction for the near future: we'll be seeing news reports of government troops smashing down doors taking about laptops that've been used for {$imaginary_anti_social_reason}. that'll be when we know tyrannical governments are getting worried about the effects of knowledge and critical thinking..
- Are you going to find a movie that the creators are happy to give away for this experiment. Including those whose income is a percentage of the takings?
- The buzz created by the experiment is going to taint the results anyways.
Still an interesting idea.. This article: Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica Killed Broadcast TV - talks about Battlestar Galactica and how the delay between the British and US releases left a gap of 3 months for US viewer to grab the show on p2p.i remember Robie Jr.. which was like a remote control car - which has a robot shaped inflatable on it..
thank you =- you did exactly what I was thinking, i didn't get as far as the google search..
is that anything like BC bud?
"Car! Find me all nearby M-class gas stations."
you'd _hope_ a site with an SSL cert also means someone mature enough to be called a 'certificate authority' has their details on hand. i can't find the details in the article - how did the phisher pay for this cert? with a stolen credit card? if so, maybe certificate authorities should have some better anti-fraud measures in place.
definitely not as dangerous - and yes the advanced user knows that. for the vast majority any new prompt doesn't mean anything.. 'This site is being redirected to a non-SSL site', etc, etc.. it definitely a balance between educating new web users, and restricting the web/browsers to give an experience that doesn't require these sort of decisions. the activex prompt is an _extreme_ example of this! "oh, yeah - we realise activex is executable, and could do anything. so we'll (by default) require the publishers to sign the exe - and we'll prompt the users. there fixed."
"requesting permission from the user" sounds a lot like the way activex works. "Click 'OK' to DOWNLOAD this AWESOME SOUTHPARK clock for YOUR DESKTOP!". The majority of users don't know what they are clicking 'ok' to, making the whole browsing experience very uncertain to them..
I was pretty impressed with Courseware for .NET and C#. C# Tutorial looks like it'd be good for a developer to come up to speed on the language, and Application Development with C# and .NET covers the major APIs of the framework (plus more).
Then again, sometimes it's easier having a book you can read in bed, on the train, etc, etc..
I know that in Australia you can buy a laptop from your pre-tax income - called a salary sacrifice. So the laptop effectively becomes half price. You cannot do this with a desktop because it has be something you are going to use between work and home. Maybe other countries have these tax benefits that only apply to laptops? I've got a feeling 'desktop replacement' laptops are being made just that extra bit popular because of this tax dodge...
so many memories... there was a version of Descent that came with my mate's Creative 3D-Blaster (s3virge - i think?). that wasn't really any different. i remember quake was the first game I had that didn't 'support' the PC speaker! :)
recently an email discussion with a friend about dinner brought up a local steakhouse: "I'm Angus". which must've caused gmail to serve up several ads on "Genuine Angus Semen"!!