There's simply no way that Blizzard could let them do key checking without sacrificing security.
Do it like Kerberos: Client sends CD Key to blizzard server. Blizzard server sends client a session key. Client connects to bnetd server, sends session key. bnetd server asks blizzard server if session key is valid.
CD Keys are kept confidential, and invalid cd keys are not allowed on the participating bnetd server.
And even if they did, new servers would be constantly springing up that just had is disabled! (Open source...yaaay...)
The RIAA can tell you the solution to that problem: Subpoena the people running the servers, determine the identity of the players on it (and the validity of their CD keys), and if appropriate sue the players for copyright infringement.
People are quick to say that what they did was wrong, but they're never able to say exactly what would have been right.
This is what would be right: punishing people who are performing illegal activities, and not punishing people who are not peroforming illegal activities.
At another (very very large wall st) client, I was delighted to see security and a manager show up and FIRE someone for using outlook. 3 warnings about it and AGAIN, he brought a virus in. They'd figured the cost of each incident and banned it. Bravo!
Who is this legendary wall st client of yours that fires people for using outlook?
Does not knowing the voltage on my home phone line allow telemarketers to use my line to make more calls to other people?
Does not knowing the frequency and bandwidth of my favorite TV channel mean that script kiddies can use my TV to knock TV stations off the air?
Noone cares if you don't know these things because your lack of knowledge does not negatively affect other people.
But when someone gets their brand new Dell on the internet and doesn't know not to hit 'no' when IE asks them if they want to install that cute plugin, or doesn't know not to open that cool new screensaver some nice person in argentina just sent them, or not to buy that discount v1aGr4 they just received a SPECIAL OFFER for means that everyone else has that much more spam in their inboxes every day, and that much more bandwidth is abused by script kiddies DDOSing each other...
It is the same situation for driving cars. It is illegal to drive a car on public roads if you are completely ignorant about how a car works because your ignorance can clearly cause harm to other people. You don't have to know how an automatic transmission works, but you do need to know which pedal slows you down and which speeds you up.
It would be fine if these people could be brought onto the internet in such a way that their lack of knowledge cannot bring any harm to other people's systems.
I've seen benchmarks before showing that UML has a huge performance hit.
In the past year or two, a patch for the host kernel was introduced called SKAS which greatly improves the performance of UMLs running on the patched machine.
There still is a performance hit but itsn't as bad as it used to be.
The 't1 to 10/100 converters' are just common T1 interface boxes that output ethernet instead of 24 voice/data jacks. Data-only T1 interfaces, essentially.
There's no such thing as a 't1 to 10/100 converter'... you must be talking about something which bridges two ethernets over a t1 line.
Anyway, so you had all these 'converters' plus this linux router plugged into one ethernet switch? I hope you weren't relying on the linux router to enforce any kind of security among these remote networks. Assuming they're bridged like I described above, ethernet frames can be sent directly from one remote network to another bypassing your router/firewall.
The war on terrorism isn't effective? That's not what the Iraqis said in the latest poll. They're glad it happened
Yeah, they're glad the invasion of Iraq happened. I would be too if I were an Iraqi. But the invasion of Iraq and the fight against terrorism are two unrelated things.
I agree that terrorists are irrational and can't be reasoned with. But this whole Iraq thing was a total waste of resources that could have been used to fight terrorism.
Can you mix unstable and stable apps together with apt-get?
Yes, as others mentioned. And you might want to check out Debian Backports. It is a repository of packages for debian stable that are newer than what is provided in the stable distribution, but designed to work with stable.
The packages in backports are built to work on stable, so they use the libraries and stuff within stable wherever possible. The package selection is smaller than if you just started pulling stuff from unstable, but the changes to your system and risks to stability are minimal.
This way you don't have to worry about "locked" phones
This isn't quite on topic, but I'm curious. What is the deal with a "locked" phone? You can't just take it to another network and put in a new SIM card? Can they be unlocked? Are they manufactured this way or something?
at's not including the ISDN PRI that you going to have split into 24 different trunks, either...
What do you need PRI for that you can't get with plain old channelized t1?
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'will be available' is not what is being talked about. That has nothing to do with the difference between 'immediately available' and 'available'.
Man: Are you immediately available or available?
Woman: Huh?
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Notice how he said "Availability can be taken to mean either immediate or pending availability" in response to 'What is the difference between the "availablility" and the "immediate availability" of a product?'? 'will be available' is totally irrelevant.
Ignorant, nitpicking asswipe.
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The Macintosh GUIs have been advanced enough to not need two mouse buttons since 1984
You have a funny definition of the word 'advanced'. I mean, windows 3.1 was 'advanced' enough not to need a right mouse button in 1993...
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Availability can be taken to mean either immediate or pending availability. For example, Unreal Tournament 2004 will be available in stores March 15th
Then ureal tournament 2004 is not available. If today were march 15th, then it would be available. But today isn't march 15th, its march 9th, so it is not availble. Something is either available or it isn't.
Does anyone know where I could pick up some A/UX install disks/CDs? 10 years ago I've always wanted to play with A/UX... After reading this I'd love to try it out on one of my old macs just for nostalgia...
Why? It's horrible for website navigation and it's pitiful for games.
Not trolling, I just don't get Flash. The only good thing about it is all the flash ads that I don't have to see or even download since I don't run flash.
I don't like flash much either. Much of what it is used for is crap.
But there are some good uses, like educational diagrams. Here's a perfect example: how a car transmission works. You can even play with the gearshift and see what happens. Stuff like this is the only reason I have flash installed.
But doesn't Outlook 2003 have MS' nasty DRM technology built into it?
I've stuck with Office XP for this very reason, and I'm not sure I plan to upgrade to the next version, leapfrog to 2004, or ever use Office again past 2002 (XP). Basically the inclusion of DRM just puts a freeze on the program for me since I don't like being told what to do with my $400 program.
Why do you have issues with the DRM? You already have to ask microsoft's permission to use your $400 program after you paid for it every time you install it ("activation"). If you don't have issues with that, DRM shouldn't be too hard for you to swallow.
There's lots of evidence.. every time somebody is healed by God, that is a sign for others, so you can call that evidence. I've never heard of Shiva healing anyone.
Who are some people who were healed by the Christian god, and what proof do they have that these healings were done by that god and no other?
I got stuck several times of Death Row, but eventually figured out a plan
The easiest way to do this one is to get one of Diaz's invulnerable white Admirals. In one of the first missions of the game, then one where you cover the drug deal, Diaz and his people will pull up in white admirals. They are invulnerable. Fail the mission, steal one, park it in a garage (make sure you buy a garage first...)
You have to be careful where you put it or it will disappear when the mission starts.
If you leave the car door open when you exit, the car will not disappear no matter where you put it. To leave the door open I think you either hold your move controls in any direction away from the car or the enter/exit car button as you're exiting.
Just get something hot enough to melt the steel close enough. When the steel gets thin enough, stop melting and cut the rest of the way in so you don't destroy the contents.
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There's simply no way that Blizzard could let them do key checking without sacrificing security.
Do it like Kerberos: Client sends CD Key to blizzard server. Blizzard server sends client a session key. Client connects to bnetd server, sends session key. bnetd server asks blizzard server if session key is valid.
CD Keys are kept confidential, and invalid cd keys are not allowed on the participating bnetd server.
And even if they did, new servers would be constantly springing up that just had is disabled! (Open source...yaaay...)
The RIAA can tell you the solution to that problem: Subpoena the people running the servers, determine the identity of the players on it (and the validity of their CD keys), and if appropriate sue the players for copyright infringement.
People are quick to say that what they did was wrong, but they're never able to say exactly what would have been right.
This is what would be right: punishing people who are performing illegal activities, and not punishing people who are not peroforming illegal activities.
At another (very very large wall st) client, I was delighted to see security and a manager show up and FIRE someone for using outlook. 3 warnings about it and AGAIN, he brought a virus in. They'd figured the cost of each incident and banned it. Bravo!
Who is this legendary wall st client of yours that fires people for using outlook?
And how can I get a job in their IT dept...
Does not knowing the voltage on my home phone line allow telemarketers to use my line to make more calls to other people?
Does not knowing the frequency and bandwidth of my favorite TV channel mean that script kiddies can use my TV to knock TV stations off the air?
Noone cares if you don't know these things because your lack of knowledge does not negatively affect other people.
But when someone gets their brand new Dell on the internet and doesn't know not to hit 'no' when IE asks them if they want to install that cute plugin, or doesn't know not to open that cool new screensaver some nice person in argentina just sent them, or not to buy that discount v1aGr4 they just received a SPECIAL OFFER for means that everyone else has that much more spam in their inboxes every day, and that much more bandwidth is abused by script kiddies DDOSing each other...
It is the same situation for driving cars. It is illegal to drive a car on public roads if you are completely ignorant about how a car works because your ignorance can clearly cause harm to other people. You don't have to know how an automatic transmission works, but you do need to know which pedal slows you down and which speeds you up.
It would be fine if these people could be brought onto the internet in such a way that their lack of knowledge cannot bring any harm to other people's systems.
I've seen benchmarks before showing that UML has a huge performance hit.
In the past year or two, a patch for the host kernel was introduced called SKAS which greatly improves the performance of UMLs running on the patched machine.
There still is a performance hit but itsn't as bad as it used to be.
The 't1 to 10/100 converters' are just common T1 interface boxes that output ethernet instead of 24 voice/data jacks. Data-only T1 interfaces, essentially.
There's no such thing as a 't1 to 10/100 converter'... you must be talking about something which bridges two ethernets over a t1 line.
Anyway, so you had all these 'converters' plus this linux router plugged into one ethernet switch? I hope you weren't relying on the linux router to enforce any kind of security among these remote networks. Assuming they're bridged like I described above, ethernet frames can be sent directly from one remote network to another bypassing your router/firewall.
The war on terrorism isn't effective? That's not what the Iraqis said in the latest poll. They're glad it happened
Yeah, they're glad the invasion of Iraq happened. I would be too if I were an Iraqi. But the invasion of Iraq and the fight against terrorism are two unrelated things.
I agree that terrorists are irrational and can't be reasoned with. But this whole Iraq thing was a total waste of resources that could have been used to fight terrorism.
Nations of terrorists? Where? Iraq? LOL...
Can you mix unstable and stable apps together with apt-get?
Yes, as others mentioned. And you might want to check out Debian Backports. It is a repository of packages for debian stable that are newer than what is provided in the stable distribution, but designed to work with stable.
The packages in backports are built to work on stable, so they use the libraries and stuff within stable wherever possible. The package selection is smaller than if you just started pulling stuff from unstable, but the changes to your system and risks to stability are minimal.
Boohoo, Debian doesn't support terrorism. Get over it
Guess they better remove all American localizations too then... Ted Kaczynski, Timothy McVeigh...
DDL statements are unlogged on most dbmsses...
This way you don't have to worry about "locked" phones
This isn't quite on topic, but I'm curious. What is the deal with a "locked" phone? You can't just take it to another network and put in a new SIM card? Can they be unlocked? Are they manufactured this way or something?
at's not including the ISDN PRI that you going to have split into 24 different trunks, either...
What do you need PRI for that you can't get with plain old channelized t1?
'will be available' is not what is being talked about. That has nothing to do with the difference between 'immediately available' and 'available'.
Man: Are you immediately available or available?
Woman: Huh?
Notice how he said "Availability can be taken to mean either immediate or pending availability" in response to 'What is the difference between the "availablility" and the "immediate availability" of a product?'? 'will be available' is totally irrelevant.
Ignorant, nitpicking asswipe.
The Macintosh GUIs have been advanced enough to not need two mouse buttons since 1984
You have a funny definition of the word 'advanced'. I mean, windows 3.1 was 'advanced' enough not to need a right mouse button in 1993...
Then ureal tournament 2004 is not available. If today were march 15th, then it would be available. But today isn't march 15th, its march 9th, so it is not availble. Something is either available or it isn't.
I finnally found it. Now I just need a copy of Toast for windows so I can burn these images... if anyone wants to trade... :)
Does anyone know where I could pick up some A/UX install disks/CDs? 10 years ago I've always wanted to play with A/UX... After reading this I'd love to try it out on one of my old macs just for nostalgia...
I don't like flash much either. Much of what it is used for is crap.
But there are some good uses, like educational diagrams. Here's a perfect example: how a car transmission works. You can even play with the gearshift and see what happens. Stuff like this is the only reason I have flash installed.
Why do you have issues with the DRM? You already have to ask microsoft's permission to use your $400 program after you paid for it every time you install it ("activation"). If you don't have issues with that, DRM shouldn't be too hard for you to swallow.
There's lots of evidence.. every time somebody is healed by God, that is a sign for others, so you can call that evidence. I've never heard of Shiva healing anyone.
Who are some people who were healed by the Christian god, and what proof do they have that these healings were done by that god and no other?
I got stuck several times of Death Row, but eventually figured out a plan
The easiest way to do this one is to get one of Diaz's invulnerable white Admirals. In one of the first missions of the game, then one where you cover the drug deal, Diaz and his people will pull up in white admirals. They are invulnerable. Fail the mission, steal one, park it in a garage (make sure you buy a garage first...)
You have to be careful where you put it or it will disappear when the mission starts.
If you leave the car door open when you exit, the car will not disappear no matter where you put it. To leave the door open I think you either hold your move controls in any direction away from the car or the enter/exit car button as you're exiting.
why is worth always measured in money?
It isn't.
Its just that the people who sell food, housing, electricity and water usually measure the value of that stuff in money.
You're still doing it the hard way.
Just get something hot enough to melt the steel close enough. When the steel gets thin enough, stop melting and cut the rest of the way in so you don't destroy the contents.