Hi all,
Here's some other issues. If you've ever come across these.exe files (for testing reasons of course), you might notice that the company used what could be the favorite installer of many people using win32 slashdotters.
*** 1. Is there some sort of re-poisoning that Nullsoft can create so that future NSIS installers won't be allowed to do mean things like this (y'all are a lot smarter than me... I might suggest some way of coersing the installer to have any active spyware monitors check the files being installed)
*** 2. Is it possible that legit programs in the future using the NSIS installer might become a false-positive for spyware.
Maybe the smart kids at Nullsoft might have answers/suggestions/etc.
Steve
"Nooooooo!"
Remember the language of the DMCA
Section 103 (reworded slightly for context):
It is illegal to bypass technological measures to used by the copyright owners to protect their works. So if the copyright owner hides their intellectual property in a castle surrounded by fire, using a helicopter to storm the castle to listen your work is illegal. (I know, strange example)
Both Hymn and PyMusique violate the DMCA, and that's why the DMCA needs revision, since it's measures are too vaguely worded. The End.
I work as tech support at a law school (2nd tier I think) and many of the professors cannot give up wordperfect, and so we have to keep it on their machines. It has to do with some sort of Revel Codes functionality that word doesnt have (at least a mature version of it).
Legal documents have to have an incredibly specific format that you spend semesters learning in law school. I've heard that some judges throw out documents that aren't formatted perfectly, though it sounds more like a scare story that the professors tell.
BTW if Corel is reading this, get yer damn env. variables correct. Corel stores temp file locations in user profiles so that it you can't install it easily to a multi-user computer (e.g. lab computer). Versions wp10 wp11 and wp12 all have this problem.
Lawers are crotchy... like old men unwilling to change. I can't tell you how long it took one of our professors to quit using DOS and move up to the machine that we gave him with w2k on it. He still has the F1-F12 code reference slip taped to his keyboard. Some people never let go.
I though that M$ was the owner of Sonic Foundry products back in the day. My lame late-night googling skills are not helping. Anyone care to help?
(oh now Im going to get it for defending m$. Ha! That's life)
Well then what about Sparks malt liquor? As a musician, I can testify to the Sparks, where drinking it gets you to loosen up but you don't stoner out and write drone-ish song.
http://www.drinksparks.com/
Ya gotta love how the can is painted to look like an orange battery, with the positive and negative terminals.
My hat off to ASUS. My old K6 450 (in an ASUS mobo) was trashed by the US postal service (hats off). The case looked like a small bomb had blown all the 5.25 inch drives out of the case, and the case had clearly been dropped from 5+ feet high since the case had a +-15 parallelogram look from the side. I switched it on and bent the case back into shape long enough to boot to win98. So a new case was in order. For some reason, the new at case had the hdd and power indicator lights coming from the powersupply. Somehow I managed to get the mobo pins right since the mobo caught fire and the plastic sheath melted right off the wire (and the apartment smelled for a day). I figured that I'd give it another shot, and got it right. It spent its sunset days doing photoshop (v4.0) for my brother's self-imposed music gig promotion. Only moore's law was able to destroy that mobo.
Howdy all,
I'm a full time tech/sysadmin at the USF law grad complex, and I was able to donate 4 machines (5 cpus) that day. The UT2004 lan party that I stayed with for a little while was fun.
Though there was a fair amount of organizational victories and failures, there was a high amount of business donation, and it seemed like the community responded with a pretty small pile of computers. I would guess the one thing missing was a feeling of community input to the project. I would like to see another bay area flashmobsupercomputer with an elected board in charge of the project instead of it being in the hands of an encumbered (both politcally for inside USF and out).
If we take the time to talk more about standards implemented, and make sure that the community can have a chance to contribute, I think top 500 is a realistic goal.
PS. if you look at the photos, you'll notice at least have of the net connections and tables are empty. Feel free to send me questions and I'll answer them as best as I can.
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Hi all, Here's some other issues. If you've ever come across these .exe files (for testing reasons of course), you might notice that the company used what could be the favorite installer of many people using win32 slashdotters.
*** 1. Is there some sort of re-poisoning that Nullsoft can create so that future NSIS installers won't be allowed to do mean things like this (y'all are a lot smarter than me... I might suggest some way of coersing the installer to have any active spyware monitors check the files being installed)
*** 2. Is it possible that legit programs in the future using the NSIS installer might become a false-positive for spyware.
Maybe the smart kids at Nullsoft might have answers/suggestions/etc.
Steve
"Nooooooo!"
Remember the language of the DMCA Section 103 (reworded slightly for context): It is illegal to bypass technological measures to used by the copyright owners to protect their works. So if the copyright owner hides their intellectual property in a castle surrounded by fire, using a helicopter to storm the castle to listen your work is illegal. (I know, strange example) Both Hymn and PyMusique violate the DMCA, and that's why the DMCA needs revision, since it's measures are too vaguely worded. The End.
I work as tech support at a law school (2nd tier I think) and many of the professors cannot give up wordperfect, and so we have to keep it on their machines. It has to do with some sort of Revel Codes functionality that word doesnt have (at least a mature version of it). Legal documents have to have an incredibly specific format that you spend semesters learning in law school. I've heard that some judges throw out documents that aren't formatted perfectly, though it sounds more like a scare story that the professors tell. BTW if Corel is reading this, get yer damn env. variables correct. Corel stores temp file locations in user profiles so that it you can't install it easily to a multi-user computer (e.g. lab computer). Versions wp10 wp11 and wp12 all have this problem. Lawers are crotchy... like old men unwilling to change. I can't tell you how long it took one of our professors to quit using DOS and move up to the machine that we gave him with w2k on it. He still has the F1-F12 code reference slip taped to his keyboard. Some people never let go.
I though that M$ was the owner of Sonic Foundry products back in the day. My lame late-night googling skills are not helping. Anyone care to help? (oh now Im going to get it for defending m$. Ha! That's life)
Good point... as of right now I can ALSO testify that you still hangover when drinking sparks. Big surprise.
;-P
Ah my hangovers added to the Annals of Slashdot history. Woohoo. hehe
Well then what about Sparks malt liquor? As a musician, I can testify to the Sparks, where drinking it gets you to loosen up but you don't stoner out and write drone-ish song. http://www.drinksparks.com/ Ya gotta love how the can is painted to look like an orange battery, with the positive and negative terminals.
My hat off to ASUS. My old K6 450 (in an ASUS mobo) was trashed by the US postal service (hats off). The case looked like a small bomb had blown all the 5.25 inch drives out of the case, and the case had clearly been dropped from 5+ feet high since the case had a +-15 parallelogram look from the side. I switched it on and bent the case back into shape long enough to boot to win98. So a new case was in order. For some reason, the new at case had the hdd and power indicator lights coming from the powersupply. Somehow I managed to get the mobo pins right since the mobo caught fire and the plastic sheath melted right off the wire (and the apartment smelled for a day). I figured that I'd give it another shot, and got it right. It spent its sunset days doing photoshop (v4.0) for my brother's self-imposed music gig promotion. Only moore's law was able to destroy that mobo.
Howdy all,
I'm a full time tech/sysadmin at the USF law grad complex, and I was able to donate 4 machines (5 cpus) that day. The UT2004 lan party that I stayed with for a little while was fun.
Though there was a fair amount of organizational victories and failures, there was a high amount of business donation, and it seemed like the community responded with a pretty small pile of computers. I would guess the one thing missing was a feeling of community input to the project. I would like to see another bay area flashmobsupercomputer with an elected board in charge of the project instead of it being in the hands of an encumbered (both politcally for inside USF and out).
If we take the time to talk more about standards implemented, and make sure that the community can have a chance to contribute, I think top 500 is a realistic goal.
PS. if you look at the photos, you'll notice at least have of the net connections and tables are empty. Feel free to send me questions and I'll answer them as best as I can.
I didn't see anyone mention that... "crash and burn!" also: boondock saints bowfinger waking life Steve