Connect the iPod to power (either the adaptor or computer) and hold down both "play" and "menu" at the same time for about 5 seconds (I believe). The Apple logo should appear. This essentially zaps the iPod's RAM (or is it ROM, I don't actually know) and changes all settings to factory default. I've had problems solved this way on my 5gb iPod, but, having only used it on a Mac, I've never run into your specific problem.
For all the problems I have with AOL, I have yet to recieve spim on it. ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN have all given me spim, but not AIM. It's possible that it's a function of the fact that I don't use the AOL client, but who knows.
Few professional programmers would share the view that writing a virus is difficult, she said, but for a teenager just becoming familiar with computers, simply finding a virus writing kit and creating a working program was a complex task.
I think some distinction must be drawn here between a virus and a worm. It's not difficult to write worms which exploit "features" of Outlook Express. This is NOT a virus. Viruses duplicate via files or disks. Worms duplicate over a network. How hard is it to write a polymorphic VBS worm? Takes about an hour and a half. The Chernobyl virus? Much longer. I also see Blaster as a relatively worthwile piece of code. Exploiting a buffer overflow may be overdone, but it did prove a point... patch or die.
I think the issue here is how far people are willing to go. ESR has said that the DoS attacks against SCO were done by "one of us," meaning someone in the open-source community, assumedly someone highly respected. I saw the author of this email to say that we have to be careful not to let one bad apple spoil the barrel. An example is the Haymarket Square Riots, which began as a peaceful demonstration for labor unions, and ended badly because some anonymous anarchist decided to throw a homemade bomb into the crowd.
I don't currently have Linux on any of my computers, but I have in the past, and I use it on my university computers. I also support Linux and normally choose open-source software over commercial alternatives. I am very outspoken about this, but I would by no means kill or be killed for open source software. The author is cautioning against such people. If someone is willing to blow up Microsoft or SCO headquarters, they cannot be seen as anything but terrorists. Another example is the Blaster worm, which apparently was intended as a DDoS against Microsoft by flooding its mailservers. This is terrorism! It doesn't matter what the intentions are, or the fact that Microsoft should have patched long before it became a problem.
The open-source movement was originally seen as a bunch of nerds with nothing better to do, and it has become at least recognized if not respected by business, and is even becoming a household term. We can't let open-source become another term like "hacker" that has been demonized to the extent that anyone who uses Linux gets put on a list at the FBI.
I'm a big fan of iTunes and my iPod. Something about having all my CDs, internet radio, and all the music of other people with iTunes in my dorm is just attractive to me. I'm hoping Windows users will adopt iTunes, being able to listen to their shared libraries would be nice.
Why does anyone have the god-given right to tell me what I can't study? I've cracked encryption before for the purpose of learning how it works. Why? Because I want to LEARN about cryptography and security.
Think of it this way: KFC's 11 secret herbs and spices aren't patented. If I have good enough tastebuds and can figure out what they are, it's not illegal for me to tell people what they are. Why would it be? It's the same thing.
Well, this all depends on the OS. For Windows, I've heard good things on my mud about gmud. For UNIX, tintin++ is pretty good. It's a newer build of a classic client. In Mac OS X, which is what I use, Cantrip is so far my favorite. It has all the features you would expect from a MUD client (ANSI, command history, aliases, triggers, macros), plus one HUGE advantage: Perl scriptability. I have one Perl script running all my speedwalks. It also makes simple botting/automation quite simple if you're familiar with Perl.
You're ruining life for the small server owners. One little thing gets slashdotted and all of a sudden it takes 2 minutes to load a screenshot.
Ah, hell, keep up the good work.
The "Reply to this" link doesn't solve this problem nearly as well as the box with the "X" in it in the top-right corner of the Internet Explorer window.
Yes, OS X still comes with TextEdit. I use TextEdit for innumerable things... hacking out quick perl scripts (big ones I only trust to Emacs), any quick plaintext files I need get done, etc. Possibly its best feature is dual native support for straight ASCII and beautiful (in the eye of the beholder, of course) RTF. This is the primary reason I use TextEdit over BBEdit Lite (or TextWrangler) for plaintext editing. It's thin, it's good, it's not Project Builder.
This is a different thing, however. The.tk,.tv, and.dk TLDs are owned by specific countries (I can't remember exactly which). The specific subdomains are rented out for cheap, or free, along with banner ads, so the countries make revenue. Annoying, yes. Unethical, possibly. Against RFC... probably. But they own those TLDs, and can do whatever they want with them. Verisign does not own.com and.net. They are on contract from the US Federal Government to run the root nameservers for.com and.net.
It's compression, people. You can't compare bitrates between two different compression algorithms. For instance, a completely uncompressed, straight off the waveform WAV file is about 44khz*16 bits per cycle*2 channels ~= 1400 kbps. In SHN format, which uses lossless compression, the file will sound exactly the same and be at about 700 kbps, more or less. 99% the same quality in MPEG I Layer 3 will be about 384 kbps.
Quality != bitrate. What they're trying to do here is find an algorithm that only uses 65,536 bits of compressed data for every second of uncompressed data and sounds as good as 128k.
Well, now soemcompany.com points to stockroom.com, "Sex Toys and Bondage Gear."
But alskdjflasdkfj.com:25 responds to VRFY president@whitehouse.gov and returns 250 OK.
I just noticed that SMTP is open on 64.94.110.11.
So if I mistakenly send email to ceo@soemcompany.com... that would bog down verisign's mailserver.
Hmm... given that spam crawlers will most likely parse addresses like user@NOSPAMdomain.tld, they're going to get massive amounts of spam that previously was never sent because the DNS didn't resolve.
This problem may take care of itself.
and no one would have a problem convicting this woman of manslaughter. Just about anything can be addictive, however, most of these things also have legitimate uses. Most people would not say a poker game between friends is anything to be worried about, but if you leave your child in the car to play poker and she dies, you are responsible.
For everyone who is hopelessly addicted to MMORPGs, there are tens if not hundreds more who simply use them for entertainment. The problem here is not the games themselves, but people who are truly sick.
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...I'll tell them to leave my premises or they will be shot. If they don't leave, they will be shot.
Connect the iPod to power (either the adaptor or computer) and hold down both "play" and "menu" at the same time for about 5 seconds (I believe). The Apple logo should appear. This essentially zaps the iPod's RAM (or is it ROM, I don't actually know) and changes all settings to factory default. I've had problems solved this way on my 5gb iPod, but, having only used it on a Mac, I've never run into your specific problem.
For all the problems I have with AOL, I have yet to recieve spim on it. ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN have all given me spim, but not AIM. It's possible that it's a function of the fact that I don't use the AOL client, but who knows.
I think some distinction must be drawn here between a virus and a worm. It's not difficult to write worms which exploit "features" of Outlook Express. This is NOT a virus. Viruses duplicate via files or disks. Worms duplicate over a network. How hard is it to write a polymorphic VBS worm? Takes about an hour and a half. The Chernobyl virus? Much longer. I also see Blaster as a relatively worthwile piece of code. Exploiting a buffer overflow may be overdone, but it did prove a point... patch or die.
the real winner: masturbating /.ers.
people who write massive security holes into their code and don't fix them until 3 months after the vulnerability is published?
and let loose the dogs of war.
Can we say... Linux port???
I don't currently have Linux on any of my computers, but I have in the past, and I use it on my university computers. I also support Linux and normally choose open-source software over commercial alternatives. I am very outspoken about this, but I would by no means kill or be killed for open source software. The author is cautioning against such people. If someone is willing to blow up Microsoft or SCO headquarters, they cannot be seen as anything but terrorists. Another example is the Blaster worm, which apparently was intended as a DDoS against Microsoft by flooding its mailservers. This is terrorism! It doesn't matter what the intentions are, or the fact that Microsoft should have patched long before it became a problem.
The open-source movement was originally seen as a bunch of nerds with nothing better to do, and it has become at least recognized if not respected by business, and is even becoming a household term. We can't let open-source become another term like "hacker" that has been demonized to the extent that anyone who uses Linux gets put on a list at the FBI.
I'm a big fan of iTunes and my iPod. Something about having all my CDs, internet radio, and all the music of other people with iTunes in my dorm is just attractive to me. I'm hoping Windows users will adopt iTunes, being able to listen to their shared libraries would be nice.
That there are no replies above my current threshold (4).
It's a good day to be a Mac man.
OpenFT will become more popular. Everybody bust out their copies of giFTd.
Think of it this way: KFC's 11 secret herbs and spices aren't patented. If I have good enough tastebuds and can figure out what they are, it's not illegal for me to tell people what they are. Why would it be? It's the same thing.
SCO "City to City Tour" (%s/City to City/Farewell/g)
Well, this all depends on the OS. For Windows, I've heard good things on my mud about gmud. For UNIX, tintin++ is pretty good. It's a newer build of a classic client. In Mac OS X, which is what I use, Cantrip is so far my favorite. It has all the features you would expect from a MUD client (ANSI, command history, aliases, triggers, macros), plus one HUGE advantage: Perl scriptability. I have one Perl script running all my speedwalks. It also makes simple botting/automation quite simple if you're familiar with Perl.
You're ruining life for the small server owners. One little thing gets slashdotted and all of a sudden it takes 2 minutes to load a screenshot. Ah, hell, keep up the good work.
The "Reply to this" link doesn't solve this problem nearly as well as the box with the "X" in it in the top-right corner of the Internet Explorer window.
No one forced you to read it.
Yes, OS X still comes with TextEdit. I use TextEdit for innumerable things... hacking out quick perl scripts (big ones I only trust to Emacs), any quick plaintext files I need get done, etc. Possibly its best feature is dual native support for straight ASCII and beautiful (in the eye of the beholder, of course) RTF. This is the primary reason I use TextEdit over BBEdit Lite (or TextWrangler) for plaintext editing. It's thin, it's good, it's not Project Builder.
http://verisignsucks.tv
http://verisignsucks.dk
This is a different thing, however. The .tk, .tv, and .dk TLDs are owned by specific countries (I can't remember exactly which). The specific subdomains are rented out for cheap, or free, along with banner ads, so the countries make revenue. Annoying, yes. Unethical, possibly. Against RFC... probably. But they own those TLDs, and can do whatever they want with them. Verisign does not own .com and .net. They are on contract from the US Federal Government to run the root nameservers for .com and .net.
Quality != bitrate. What they're trying to do here is find an algorithm that only uses 65,536 bits of compressed data for every second of uncompressed data and sounds as good as 128k.
bash-2.05a$ ./fuckverisign.csh > /dev/null &
[1] 8856
bash-2.05a$ /usr/games/banner yay
Well, now soemcompany.com points to stockroom.com, "Sex Toys and Bondage Gear." But alskdjflasdkfj.com:25 responds to VRFY president@whitehouse.gov and returns 250 OK.
I just noticed that SMTP is open on 64.94.110.11. So if I mistakenly send email to ceo@soemcompany.com... that would bog down verisign's mailserver. Hmm... given that spam crawlers will most likely parse addresses like user@NOSPAMdomain.tld, they're going to get massive amounts of spam that previously was never sent because the DNS didn't resolve. This problem may take care of itself.
and no one would have a problem convicting this woman of manslaughter. Just about anything can be addictive, however, most of these things also have legitimate uses. Most people would not say a poker game between friends is anything to be worried about, but if you leave your child in the car to play poker and she dies, you are responsible. For everyone who is hopelessly addicted to MMORPGs, there are tens if not hundreds more who simply use them for entertainment. The problem here is not the games themselves, but people who are truly sick.