By opening the plastic wrapping and reading the last few words, you enter into an agreement with Miffles. This agreement places restrictions on your use of Miffles' "Socks" such as:
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We hope you enjoy using Miffles' "Socks". Tough shit if you don't.
You find it worrying that they have a relatively large portion of the drive dedicated to correcting errors, and yet complain that it's a high figure for something meant to be reliable?
How else is it meant to be reliable (in the sense of data integrity?) ? What's a better way to ensure data integrity?
No, no, hackers would be better served in downloading this top secret "Linux" operating system of theirs that they seem to love so much and distributing it to thousands of people across the globe! Maybe even for free?
It is also a fortunate fact that since Earthstation5 protects you from the RIAA lawsuits and hackers by hiding your ip address, the exploit program he wrote can only be used against your own computer, which he states in his exploit. If you want to delete files from your own computer, we feel you have the right to do that.
augustz:
How does 'hiding' your IP address help?
It doesn't. He's full of shit - and I bet he's dumb enough to believe that shit.
He screwed up rather badly, it's just a shame he isn't man enough to pull his finger out of his ass and take the blame for what's obviously a horrendous security problem.
He's right about one thing though: it's not spyware - it's an exploitable security hole. Probably one that should come to the immediate attention of their '15 million' users.
I'm curious - how can it be determined without the benefit of source code for ES5 that the exploit isn't just a horrendous oversight instead of a malicious pre-meditated function of the software?
Well, I'm curious - what more proof do you want?
The FD post made it clear that a particular function of the ES5 software ("0Ch, sub-function 07h") caused the behaviour. That's a completely separate function that seems to have the sole purpose of deleting files remotely. The likelyhood of such code ever getting near the network/command interpreter accidentally is rather slim.
Maybe if it occurred as part of another function I could believe it was accidental, but not when it's on its own. If that makes any sense;)
While I too disagree with the 'conspiracy theory' story behind all this, it seems to me from the information given that they've got blood on their hands.
It seems that the crowd is totally against someone like SCO suing for what they believe are their rights, but god help a company that TRIES to comply with the GPL.. they will be burnt at the stake for a mis-step.
The only thing worse than a vocal opponent to the GPL is a sneaky, backstabbing opponent to the GPL.
Python offers support similar to what you're talking about, with:
from library import something
Where library is a python module and something is a class/function/module within that module.
That said, somebody else has already pointed out that certain C++ linkers usually throw in only what's necessary in the end anyway, so it's no biggie.
I agree with your point only on the level that it would be nice to see which header a certain function/class comes from without having to search. Other than that, it's really not a problem.
I misread this article at first. I kept substituting the word 'memory' with 'brain' for some reason...
Just so the rest of you are crystal, this article is not about little lights that flash when you think about stuff.
How cool it would be to get on a bus and see a row of guys wearing these flashing lights on their foreheads, which in turn are flickering wildly as they nervously glance over at the blonde a few rows in front:P
We in the Open Source group continue to believe in technology as a way of driving customer interest and demand.
Open Source Group... it may just be coincidence, but Open Source Group has the same number of syllables as Canopy Group. Further, both have the word 'Group' in there. And if you rearrange the letters of the Open Source Group anagram, you get SGO.
I bet SCO are playing both sides of the war in some twisted plot to wrangle the reigns of righteousness away from the... err... righteousness-doers. With lightsabres. Much like that nasty Palpatine fellow.
*phew* and here I was thinking I was the only one this side of The Penguin who enjoyed the occasional raunchy cow orgy.
SCO: I cannot begin to convey my deepest thanks. Your courageous bovine bravado was just what I needed to hear, and no longer will I look shamefully down when I'm amongst the 'others' in the paddock.
I'm yet to see an IDE that has the power to automate the generation of web service proxy classes via WSDL ala VS.NET.
I think axis comes with command line tools for something like this, but it really doesn't get any easier than VS.NET.
But then you could argue that J2EE isn't necessarily web service based, preferring EJBs to SOAP and web services. Well, that's fine. If you only want to work in Java (and, of course - sometimes you do). But isn't that lock in?
This lame weasel has been publicly boasting about his escapades for over a year now. It's about time the authorities caught up with him. I suppose that they will use this as another reason why Andy Griffith and Barney Fife need the Patriot Act.
While I don't directly agree with your statement, it's a fair point. It was only a matter of time before somebody decided that it was time to say "Stop".
My bet would be that it was some management type that had no real idea what actually happenned, heard the word 'hack' and in the next breath, said 'lawsuit'. But, as any good/.er, I haven't read the article. So hey.
It's all very noble to rant on about the ideals of using standards. But when it comes down to it, you do what works. It may not be nice, it may not be standards compliant, but if it works - then god damn it, it's good enough.
Besides, I highly doubt the OP was implying 'firebird only' sites.
OpenOffice 1.1RCx produces files that can't be opened by OpenOffice 1.0.
While you can argue "But it's a different version", I would think that a basic sxw document with little more than numbered lists and the odd font change would be backwards/forwards compatible.
Apparrently not. Oh well. OpenOffice 1.1RC3 for Linux has almost finished downloading, so I'll quit my bitching soon.
But, we have had some problems with it. One day, it kept popping up a stupid dialog saying that the computer is too hot and that if we don't cool it down fast then we'll have to shut it off. Yeah, like we're just going to turn off all our gas pumps in the middle of rush hour (the busiest time of day).
What, would you rather it just packed up shop and died quietly?
Later that same day, it popped up with a stupid message saying that had automatically downloaded and installed updates and patches for us. Seeing that message made me cringe, I was so worried that the patch might have broken something and rendered the entire gas station useless. *shudder*
Since you're so worried about it, I hope you turned this feature off, then - but perhaps it's just as well, since it probably installed the RPC DCOM fix for you: right?
Which leads me to wonder, as an earlier post did: why on earth is this system sitting connected to the Internet?
Slashdot Mirror
Don't have a link to send these idiots to to teach them grammar, but you know I wish I did.
Worst. Sentence. Ever.
Slashdot: The blind leading the blind.
Nerds? On Slashdot?
You're shitting me?!
What's next, I wonder?
Miffles "Socks" EULA
By opening the plastic wrapping and reading the last few words, you enter into an agreement with Miffles. This agreement places restrictions on your use of Miffles' "Socks" such as:
We hope you enjoy using Miffles' "Socks". Tough shit if you don't.
ARIA
My god - it's just the RIAA with the letters changed around! I knew I smelt conspiracy.
GAIM stopped working for me, so I downloaded AMSN - and it works brilliantly. Kinda scary how similar it looks to the original MSNM client!
But yeah, if you're experiencing problems with GAIM, maybe try your luck with AMSN.
Am I the only dyslexic fool who saw this and read "Happy Third Party to Buy OpenOffice.Org" ??
Good God ... I hope so.
You find it worrying that they have a relatively large portion of the drive dedicated to correcting errors, and yet complain that it's a high figure for something meant to be reliable?
How else is it meant to be reliable (in the sense of data integrity?) ? What's a better way to ensure data integrity?
No, no, hackers would be better served in downloading this top secret "Linux" operating system of theirs that they seem to love so much and distributing it to thousands of people across the globe! Maybe even for free?
How cool would that be?
Article:
It is also a fortunate fact that since Earthstation5 protects you from the RIAA lawsuits and hackers by hiding your ip address, the exploit program he wrote can only be used against your own computer, which he states in his exploit. If you want to delete files from your own computer, we feel you have the right to do that.
augustz:
How does 'hiding' your IP address help?
It doesn't. He's full of shit - and I bet he's dumb enough to believe that shit.
He screwed up rather badly, it's just a shame he isn't man enough to pull his finger out of his ass and take the blame for what's obviously a horrendous security problem.
He's right about one thing though: it's not spyware - it's an exploitable security hole. Probably one that should come to the immediate attention of their '15 million' users.
I'm curious - how can it be determined without the benefit of source code for ES5 that the exploit isn't just a horrendous oversight instead of a malicious pre-meditated function of the software?
Well, I'm curious - what more proof do you want?
The FD post made it clear that a particular function of the ES5 software ("0Ch, sub-function 07h") caused the behaviour. That's a completely separate function that seems to have the sole purpose of deleting files remotely. The likelyhood of such code ever getting near the network/command interpreter accidentally is rather slim.
Maybe if it occurred as part of another function I could believe it was accidental, but not when it's on its own. If that makes any sense ;)
While I too disagree with the 'conspiracy theory' story behind all this, it seems to me from the information given that they've got blood on their hands.
I recently learned that Darl McBride is a "devout mormon"
You mean "deviant moron" right?
It seems that the crowd is totally against someone like SCO suing for what they believe are their rights, but god help a company that TRIES to comply with the GPL.. they will be burnt at the stake for a mis-step.
The only thing worse than a vocal opponent to the GPL is a sneaky, backstabbing opponent to the GPL.
Python offers support similar to what you're talking about, with:
from library import something
Where library is a python module and something is a class/function/module within that module.
That said, somebody else has already pointed out that certain C++ linkers usually throw in only what's necessary in the end anyway, so it's no biggie.
I agree with your point only on the level that it would be nice to see which header a certain function/class comes from without having to search. Other than that, it's really not a problem.
- TL
I misread this article at first. I kept substituting the word 'memory' with 'brain' for some reason ...
:P
Just so the rest of you are crystal, this article is not about little lights that flash when you think about stuff.
How cool it would be to get on a bus and see a row of guys wearing these flashing lights on their foreheads, which in turn are flickering wildly as they nervously glance over at the blonde a few rows in front
We in the Open Source group continue to believe in technology as a way of driving customer interest and demand.
Open Source Group ... it may just be coincidence, but Open Source Group has the same number of syllables as Canopy Group. Further, both have the word 'Group' in there. And if you rearrange the letters of the Open Source Group anagram, you get SGO.
I bet SCO are playing both sides of the war in some twisted plot to wrangle the reigns of righteousness away from the ... err ... righteousness-doers. With lightsabres. Much like that nasty Palpatine fellow.
*phew* and here I was thinking I was the only one this side of The Penguin who enjoyed the occasional raunchy cow orgy.
SCO: I cannot begin to convey my deepest thanks. Your courageous bovine bravado was just what I needed to hear, and no longer will I look shamefully down when I'm amongst the 'others' in the paddock.
I'm yet to see an IDE that has the power to automate the generation of web service proxy classes via WSDL ala VS.NET.
I think axis comes with command line tools for something like this, but it really doesn't get any easier than VS.NET.
But then you could argue that J2EE isn't necessarily web service based, preferring EJBs to SOAP and web services. Well, that's fine. If you only want to work in Java (and, of course - sometimes you do). But isn't that lock in?
- TL
Guns don't kill people. Games kill people.
are lamo.
This lame weasel has been publicly boasting about his escapades for over a year now. It's about time the authorities caught up with him. I suppose that they will use this as another reason why Andy Griffith and Barney Fife need the Patriot Act.
While I don't directly agree with your statement, it's a fair point. It was only a matter of time before somebody decided that it was time to say "Stop".
My bet would be that it was some management type that had no real idea what actually happenned, heard the word 'hack' and in the next breath, said 'lawsuit'. But, as any good /.er, I haven't read the article. So hey.
i have not little wanker
me either, but I don't go around bragging about it.
Basically Mono's FAQ trashes DotGNU and Mono at every chance.
They trash their own software??? Harsh! :P
Make sites that are STANDARDS-compliant.
It's all very noble to rant on about the ideals of using standards. But when it comes down to it, you do what works. It may not be nice, it may not be standards compliant, but if it works - then god damn it, it's good enough.
Besides, I highly doubt the OP was implying 'firebird only' sites.
Cheers to that.
OpenOffice 1.1RCx produces files that can't be opened by OpenOffice 1.0.
While you can argue "But it's a different version", I would think that a basic sxw document with little more than numbered lists and the odd font change would be backwards/forwards compatible.
Apparrently not. Oh well. OpenOffice 1.1RC3 for Linux has almost finished downloading, so I'll quit my bitching soon.
But, we have had some problems with it. One day, it kept popping up a stupid dialog saying that the computer is too hot and that if we don't cool it down fast then we'll have to shut it off. Yeah, like we're just going to turn off all our gas pumps in the middle of rush hour (the busiest time of day).
What, would you rather it just packed up shop and died quietly?
Later that same day, it popped up with a stupid message saying that had automatically downloaded and installed updates and patches for us. Seeing that message made me cringe, I was so worried that the patch might have broken something and rendered the entire gas station useless. *shudder*
Since you're so worried about it, I hope you turned this feature off, then - but perhaps it's just as well, since it probably installed the RPC DCOM fix for you: right?
Which leads me to wonder, as an earlier post did: why on earth is this system sitting connected to the Internet?