No, no. Continue moving! This is what wardriving really is!
Now we can hold competitions: one AP driving around, several contestants trying to break into a machine in that car while they have to be in a certain proximity to have a connection to it. Sweet!
I think a lot of network admins will breath a sigh of partial relief when they see the Password Helper. There will always be the "[kids_name]123" password people, but there are a decent number of users who want something secure but easy to remember, and to know roughly how secure a particular password is.
No, you don't understand. This tool asks you the name of your child and then adds a number from a certain pool to it. The pool contains numbers like '111','321' and '123'.
In any case, that's lame that it runs as a J2ME app. I read stuff right now on my phone, and it's straight html and you can actually work with it, where the Jap J2ME apps are probably drm'ed to hell and back.
Jup, but these J2ME apps allow some e-book reading enhancements like auto-scrolling and such.
What happens when some crazy guy with AIDS starts shooting his blood at people and infecting them?
Good point. I really hope there needs be some proximity while 'injecting'. In that case it wouldn't really be different from an HIV patient attacking you with a needle.
And do you all think that it will stay that way for ever? Remember Gmail's POP3 release? They said: "This service is free, for now.".
The problem is that too many Slashdotters don't see Google as a commercial company. Sure it's great that they take OpenSource seriously. Sure it's great that they are trying to outdo Microsoft. But they are still a company and they still want to make a profit.
If Google News comes out of beta it wouldn't surprise me if the page would include google ads.
i think they are trying to puch the commercial skype platform in favor of an open standard, like enum. the great ease-of-use combined with well-thought technology (nat traversal, codec) may very well succeed, if there is no open source alternative established with the same features.
No, marketing is the magic word. If you have big bucks to spend on marketing, you're much more likely to succeed. Open source projects generally don't have any money at all, so they are always behind the commercial ones. Why is Microsoft still scoring big time, even though Linux is a better OS in many aspects? Money!
Of course I know about the exceptions, like Firefox' ad campagnes supported by users.
Or rather: The RIAA/MPAA goons invented/distorted the story in order to create a public outcry against Sharman networks ("the heartless bastards! they profited from the catastrophe for their own selfish goals"), but screwed up with the timing.
will Kazaa's bad reputation affect VOIP in general?
No, because VOIP is more than Skype. Even if VOIP would equal Skype, I still don't think Kazaa could hurt Skype's reputation. Most people see Kazaa and Skype as different things, and in fact, they are different things. And they don't see Kazaa as a Bad Thing(TM).
Do you think that John Doe cares that Kazaa comes with spyware? Of course not, he hardly knows what spyware is. All he knows that he wants to download some pr0n and that his daughter wants to download the new CD of Britney Spears.
Also, John Doe wants to make cheap calls. As cheap as possible. Thus, Skype. He takes the spyware for granted. Only people like you and me (and all the other Slashdot readers) do care about it, but we are not really your average computer user, unfortunately.
So, if I got this right, Dispatch phoned the Red Cross two days before the catastrophe occurred for which the alleged trust fund was set up? What the hell. I smell a rat here.
Yeah, I see what you mean there brother! Now all the pieces fall together: Sharman Networks is behind the Christmas Tsunami disaster! The bastards!
the rest of the population might not even know the bug exists until a patch is released (moreso, you might not even know what the bug was)
And you seriously think system administrators are taking the time to actually patch systems against a bug they know nothing about?
Because when a patch gets released and there will be an advisory coming with it, malicious cr4x0rz *will* know where the bug is and how to exploit it. So, your plan leaves no choice but to stop releasing kernel advisories.
Okay, let's ignore the treaty and think about this for a minute:
Although it might seem that we (the world) are researching space for a long long time, we still know very little about it. There's so much more to explore. Let's put these 'my dick is bigger' games aside and work together on our efforts to understand space. Hell, even if we don't work together it's still wiser to spend the money on research than on guns.
Ever consider that Google is a business and has the right to choose what they want to include themselves?
Jup, that's right. But keep in mind that the consumer has also a right: the right to choose. So, if Google does censor its spider index, the consumer has the right to know that and based on that information may choose to continue using Google, or may start using another search engine. Remember that Google has only admitted censoring its index in the past after someone said 'Hey, I can't find page "blabla" using Google'. It would be better if they announced censoring on the forehand.
Seriously though, this book is written by three Microsoft security researchers, I guess that said enough.
Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups. You consider the security researchers incompetent because they are (or were) part of the Microsoft team? So, because some Linux kernel coders make mistakes which lead to 'r00t3d' boxes, all Linux kernel coders are incompetent?
I think you're thinking a little bit simplistic here.
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I think that's because the people who do have the brains to decently code a virus (so not without a DIY-virus-in-3-steps kit) also have to brains to understand what will happen when it's released in the wild. And they do know that's not good for anyone.
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No, no. Continue moving! This is what wardriving really is!
Now we can hold competitions: one AP driving around, several contestants trying to break into a machine in that car while they have to be in a certain proximity to have a connection to it. Sweet!
I think a lot of network admins will breath a sigh of partial relief when they see the Password Helper. There will always be the "[kids_name]123" password people, but there are a decent number of users who want something secure but easy to remember, and to know roughly how secure a particular password is.
No, you don't understand. This tool asks you the name of your child and then adds a number from a certain pool to it. The pool contains numbers like '111','321' and '123'.
In any case, that's lame that it runs as a J2ME app. I read stuff right now on my phone, and it's straight html and you can actually work with it, where the Jap J2ME apps are probably drm'ed to hell and back.
Jup, but these J2ME apps allow some e-book reading enhancements like auto-scrolling and such.
I wonder what his montly electricity fee looks like...
The open source database company says it is 'fixing 10 years of critcism in one release'
If they can fix 10 years of criticiscm in one release, why couldn't do that before? Or maybe in several fixes rolled out within the 10 years?
Yeah, i suspected that they are filtering based on it, but i still don't get why?
Because this is free advertisement for them.
Now all you need to do is set the referrer of your browser/proxy/whatever-technique to Google News and you can browse NYT freely...
Maybe because... an MP3 player doesn't NEED a freaking OS?
,br> Do you really think an MP3 player is able to decode and play the files out of nowhere?
What happens when some crazy guy with AIDS starts shooting his blood at people and infecting them?
Good point. I really hope there needs be some proximity while 'injecting'. In that case it wouldn't really be different from an HIV patient attacking you with a needle.
And do you all think that it will stay that way for ever? Remember Gmail's POP3 release? They said: "This service is free, for now.".
The problem is that too many Slashdotters don't see Google as a commercial company. Sure it's great that they take OpenSource seriously. Sure it's great that they are trying to outdo Microsoft. But they are still a company and they still want to make a profit.
If Google News comes out of beta it wouldn't surprise me if the page would include google ads.
What Damages? Google doesnt make a cent off Google news.
Hahahaha, nice troll, I'll bite. What about the Google ads? Do you think the companies advertised there get that service for free?
Ohhh, you're begin in Japan.. tonight! Big in Japan!
i think they are trying to puch the commercial skype platform in favor of an open standard, like enum. the great ease-of-use combined with well-thought technology (nat traversal, codec) may very well succeed, if there is no open source alternative established with the same features.
No, marketing is the magic word. If you have big bucks to spend on marketing, you're much more likely to succeed. Open source projects generally don't have any money at all, so they are always behind the commercial ones. Why is Microsoft still scoring big time, even though Linux is a better OS in many aspects? Money!
Of course I know about the exceptions, like Firefox' ad campagnes supported by users.
Or rather: The RIAA/MPAA goons invented/distorted the story in order to create a public outcry against Sharman networks ("the heartless bastards! they profited from the catastrophe for their own selfish goals"), but screwed up with the timing.
I was joking, laugh!
will Kazaa's bad reputation affect VOIP in general?
No, because VOIP is more than Skype. Even if VOIP would equal Skype, I still don't think Kazaa could hurt Skype's reputation. Most people see Kazaa and Skype as different things, and in fact, they are different things. And they don't see Kazaa as a Bad Thing(TM).
Do you think that John Doe cares that Kazaa comes with spyware? Of course not, he hardly knows what spyware is. All he knows that he wants to download some pr0n and that his daughter wants to download the new CD of Britney Spears.
Also, John Doe wants to make cheap calls. As cheap as possible. Thus, Skype. He takes the spyware for granted. Only people like you and me (and all the other Slashdot readers) do care about it, but we are not really your average computer user, unfortunately.
How is it better than cdrdao?
Even if it weren't any better, wouldn't you consider it a good thing that another company is seeing Linux as a desktop operating system?
So, if I got this right, Dispatch phoned the Red Cross two days before the catastrophe occurred for which the alleged trust fund was set up? What the hell. I smell a rat here.
Yeah, I see what you mean there brother! Now all the pieces fall together: Sharman Networks is behind the Christmas Tsunami disaster! The bastards!
the rest of the population might not even know the bug exists until a patch is released (moreso, you might not even know what the bug was)
And you seriously think system administrators are taking the time to actually patch systems against a bug they know nothing about?
Because when a patch gets released and there will be an advisory coming with it, malicious cr4x0rz *will* know where the bug is and how to exploit it. So, your plan leaves no choice but to stop releasing kernel advisories.
No one cares but fat greasy nerds like yourself.
So, you're reading a news website for nerds and you comment on a comment which you don't care about and you still dare to call the OP a nerd?
You, sir, just made my day.
From current *nix systems we have today, such a grid proves very useful, especially in the serving arena.
Keep in mind though that Windows clusters are existing. Of course this is not the same, but it's not like all servers are single-machines.
Mail me at rastakid [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll invite you to Gmail so you can sign up for it today too!
Google: 1,000 MBytes
It's actually 1,024 Mbytes (1 Gbyte), although Google displays 1,000 Mbytes. I don't really know why, perhaps to avoid confusing less-techie users.
Okay, let's ignore the treaty and think about this for a minute:
Although it might seem that we (the world) are researching space for a long long time, we still know very little about it. There's so much more to explore. Let's put these 'my dick is bigger' games aside and work together on our efforts to understand space. Hell, even if we don't work together it's still wiser to spend the money on research than on guns.
Ever consider that Google is a business and has the right to choose what they want to include themselves?
Jup, that's right. But keep in mind that the consumer has also a right: the right to choose. So, if Google does censor its spider index, the consumer has the right to know that and based on that information may choose to continue using Google, or may start using another search engine.
Remember that Google has only admitted censoring its index in the past after someone said 'Hey, I can't find page "blabla" using Google'. It would be better if they announced censoring on the forehand.
Seriously though, this book is written by three Microsoft security researchers, I guess that said enough.
Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups. You consider the security researchers incompetent because they are (or were) part of the Microsoft team?
So, because some Linux kernel coders make mistakes which lead to 'r00t3d' boxes, all Linux kernel coders are incompetent?
I think you're thinking a little bit simplistic here.
I think that's because the people who do have the brains to decently code a virus (so not without a DIY-virus-in-3-steps kit) also have to brains to understand what will happen when it's released in the wild. And they do know that's not good for anyone.