My understanding is that if you fill a buffer overflow with random data (or just wrong data) it can cause the kernel to panic if it unexpectedly stumbles upon this incorrect/corrupt data and thus BSODs.
Now, if you are more crafty, you can inject valid code/data rather than panic-inducing random data. This valid code/data could then potentially allow a thorough rooting.
I even found that the tutorial is hit & miss. First in FF, the initially placed pendulum NEVER caught the ball. Being an older PC, I figured I should throw chrome at the problem in-case it was some timing problem. Now the same pendulum catches the ball about 50% of the time.
It's too frustrating to even do the tutorial when you don't even know if the adjustment you have made has helped or not. Bah, looked like it would be fun too!
You know, I was taught at school to not use 'and' after a comma. Now, I don't like that rule as there are times when it just feels necessary. But every time I do it, I get a grating feeling inside due to what I was taught at school.
Now I am sure there is much debate as to whether it is allowable or not, but you used it so I feel it is only right to call you on it, given the nature of your post:)
Like I said, I'm not saying the CD was any good, just that it *did* exist in the 90's. You have to give it to them for at least trying to be with the times. Sure, Encarta was cheap in comparison, but it's content was poor in comparison. As for videos. MPEG4 was only released in '98, as were DVD's ('97 in the US). We had VCD before that. Basically, there was not yet an established video format that would be good for distributing video clips on a CD based encyclopaedia. If there was no video on it (I don't recall if there was or not) it would be perfectly excusable. It was a very different time in the 90's for this stuff...
As for cost, the sales angle for charging so much for it was that it was a great resource for 'research' (i.e. for school/college work) rather than a reference for curiosity. They did not make the switch back then from the old mentality of paying for quality information to the new mentality of information being free and easy to access online.
You have to remember that this new freedom of information mentality was, in the public eye, still in its infancy in the 90's so it's hard to imagine that the worlds premier encyclopaedia company would say 'oh fuckit, lets give all our content away for basically nothing, we didn't need money to survive anyway'. Without precedent of a 'free information' culture, why would any business suddenly give their stuff away for no reason. You need to remember that Wikipedia was not launched until 2001. wikiwikiweb before that was not exactly well known.
My mum used to sell them back in the 90's. I remember that they came out with a CD-ROM version at some point in that timeframe. I do seem to recall though that it was badly implemented, but they were not 'too late'. They just mucked up the implementation.
Gonna be picking up my an old second hand set soon. Not as a serious reference but if there is one thing my mother instilled into me, it was an appreciation of books. A nicely bound set of EB is a nice thing to have on a bookshelf if you have the space. I reckon this set i'll be getitng is just the basic binding though...
Can I just say thanks to BOTH of you guys. I used to use AjaxTerm a while back. More recently, I found a way out on port 22 so don't need anything like that right now.
Even so, I installed GateOne and really quite like it. One thing, however, is that I have not yet got WebSockets (interesting stuff) working with a reverse proxy in Apache so I will have to have a play around with that at some point. I use Apache as my main front-end for any apps to my home stuff using mod_proxy and don't fancy switching it all up to nginx just yet...
And this, quite frankly, scares me shitless. Are we really prepared to head down an evolutionary path where normal stereoscopic vision in the real world is no longer important?
It's still going to suffer the problem whereby your focal plane and triangulation point (Is there a word for where both eyes' 'beams' are pointing to? Sorry for the lame words.) are in the same place, despite the images logically appearing in front of and behind that plane as far as your brain can tell.
I reckon it's this disconnect between what you are seeing and what your eyes are doing that causes the headaches & strain.
There is another thing, connection pooling. Do you really think you are making 100's of thousands of NEW connections per minute on a busy web server to db connection? If it's tuned right, you will be using large connection pools which only need to do a (cached) DNS lookup once they are created. Sure, there will be stale/recycled connections, but nowhere near the levels you are implying.
You are not alone. What will the next one be? "The next iPad"? "The new iPad - 2!"? "The new new iPad"? "The newer iPad"? What happens when someone goes into an Apple Store and asks for the new iPad, do they then get the old one?
Or will it still be "The new iPad" and old ones get renamed? The current 'new iPad' could be renamed to 'The old new iPad'. When talking to someone with the current 'new iPad' after the 'next iPad' comes out, they could say "Yeah, I have the old new iPad, but it was the new iPad when I got it".
Slashdot Mirror
HAHA that makes it even funnier :) I really thought you knew cos you emphasized *no clue* lol.
Thank you, you made me proper chuckle :)
What is it where not only do you not have a Scooby, but you didn't have a Scooby that you didn't have a Scooby? How confusing!
My understanding is that if you fill a buffer overflow with random data (or just wrong data) it can cause the kernel to panic if it unexpectedly stumbles upon this incorrect/corrupt data and thus BSODs.
Now, if you are more crafty, you can inject valid code/data rather than panic-inducing random data. This valid code/data could then potentially allow a thorough rooting.
Hmm, how ironic :(
I think that there was more to it than I thought... I think placing new objects may have a gravitational effect on the ball...
Irony huh... let's see.
*sings* It's like getting the see-heecond post, when all you wanted was the first.
Yup, irony.
Unless, if it is designed to be inconsistent rather than it just being buggy, then I may be inclined to have more of a play with it...
I even found that the tutorial is hit & miss. First in FF, the initially placed pendulum NEVER caught the ball. Being an older PC, I figured I should throw chrome at the problem in-case it was some timing problem. Now the same pendulum catches the ball about 50% of the time.
It's too frustrating to even do the tutorial when you don't even know if the adjustment you have made has helped or not. Bah, looked like it would be fun too!
Yeah I hate it when paragraphs are started with a lower case letter too :(
Oooh! another one was "Don't start a sentence with 'But'". DOH!
You know, I was taught at school to not use 'and' after a comma. Now, I don't like that rule as there are times when it just feels necessary. But every time I do it, I get a grating feeling inside due to what I was taught at school.
Now I am sure there is much debate as to whether it is allowable or not, but you used it so I feel it is only right to call you on it, given the nature of your post :)
Damn :( I already have 7. If I had that one too I could finally get a Triganic Pu!
I saw it. I caught it by surprise out of the corner of my eye. The little bastard.
Like I said, I'm not saying the CD was any good, just that it *did* exist in the 90's. You have to give it to them for at least trying to be with the times. Sure, Encarta was cheap in comparison, but it's content was poor in comparison. As for videos. MPEG4 was only released in '98, as were DVD's ('97 in the US). We had VCD before that. Basically, there was not yet an established video format that would be good for distributing video clips on a CD based encyclopaedia. If there was no video on it (I don't recall if there was or not) it would be perfectly excusable. It was a very different time in the 90's for this stuff...
As for cost, the sales angle for charging so much for it was that it was a great resource for 'research' (i.e. for school/college work) rather than a reference for curiosity. They did not make the switch back then from the old mentality of paying for quality information to the new mentality of information being free and easy to access online.
You have to remember that this new freedom of information mentality was, in the public eye, still in its infancy in the 90's so it's hard to imagine that the worlds premier encyclopaedia company would say 'oh fuckit, lets give all our content away for basically nothing, we didn't need money to survive anyway'. Without precedent of a 'free information' culture, why would any business suddenly give their stuff away for no reason. You need to remember that Wikipedia was not launched until 2001. wikiwikiweb before that was not exactly well known.
My mum used to sell them back in the 90's. I remember that they came out with a CD-ROM version at some point in that timeframe. I do seem to recall though that it was badly implemented, but they were not 'too late'. They just mucked up the implementation.
Gonna be picking up my an old second hand set soon. Not as a serious reference but if there is one thing my mother instilled into me, it was an appreciation of books. A nicely bound set of EB is a nice thing to have on a bookshelf if you have the space. I reckon this set i'll be getitng is just the basic binding though...
Can I just say thanks to BOTH of you guys. I used to use AjaxTerm a while back. More recently, I found a way out on port 22 so don't need anything like that right now.
Even so, I installed GateOne and really quite like it. One thing, however, is that I have not yet got WebSockets (interesting stuff) working with a reverse proxy in Apache so I will have to have a play around with that at some point. I use Apache as my main front-end for any apps to my home stuff using mod_proxy and don't fancy switching it all up to nginx just yet...
Thank you sirs!
And this, quite frankly, scares me shitless. Are we really prepared to head down an evolutionary path where normal stereoscopic vision in the real world is no longer important?
It's still going to suffer the problem whereby your focal plane and triangulation point (Is there a word for where both eyes' 'beams' are pointing to? Sorry for the lame words.) are in the same place, despite the images logically appearing in front of and behind that plane as far as your brain can tell.
I reckon it's this disconnect between what you are seeing and what your eyes are doing that causes the headaches & strain.
This.
There is another thing, connection pooling. Do you really think you are making 100's of thousands of NEW connections per minute on a busy web server to db connection? If it's tuned right, you will be using large connection pools which only need to do a (cached) DNS lookup once they are created. Sure, there will be stale/recycled connections, but nowhere near the levels you are implying.
And yes, I think Portal/Portal2 is my fave game ever.
Actually, I played Portal a few months ago. After that, I just had to play Portal 2. Then I figured I should check out HL as it's the same universe :)
Just starting on Episode One right now. I feel so... cutting edge :)
Well I solved the problem for me, I am only just now playing Half Life 2. What a great game!!!
Yes, I know... http://xkcd.com/606/
Oh good grief! I didn't realise the comic was *actually* HL2! :)
Tom...
You are not alone. What will the next one be? "The next iPad"? "The new iPad - 2!"? "The new new iPad"? "The newer iPad"? What happens when someone goes into an Apple Store and asks for the new iPad, do they then get the old one?
Or will it still be "The new iPad" and old ones get renamed? The current 'new iPad' could be renamed to 'The old new iPad'. When talking to someone with the current 'new iPad' after the 'next iPad' comes out, they could say "Yeah, I have the old new iPad, but it was the new iPad when I got it".
Granted, I grew up during the transition to metric ... so my height and weight is feet and pounds, but pretty much everything is metric.
Are you a 70s baby early 80s child?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsW0FuDMiH4
With my refrigerator jammer!