Surely they understand that they're alienating any base of support they may have... If they're writing these worms for bragging rights, none of their peers will have anything to do with them. With this in mind, perhaps the release of the worm could somehow be traced back to companies with a manifested interest in shutting down P2P?
Now, I know everyone loves P2P, but why is this something new? Yahoo messenger, AIM, and MSN all provide the same functionality when it comes to voice chat with other users. Skype is just a dedicated voice chat client, with a smaller user base than any of the other current chat clients. Now, if Skype made some users share their modems (yes, I hear some people still use those things), then it would be a true P2P interface to the local phone system, which I believe is the only thing that could give Skype a real chance. Any thoughts on this?
That article was SUCH an inspiration to me... I've got a block of magnesium coming in the mail, to act as an ignitor:D The rest is just aluminum filings and rust. *cackles with glee at the thought of indulging his pyromaniacal tendencies*
The caffeine in coke is mixed with a very great deal of phosphoric acid... 48 cans of phosphoric acid will do bad things to a person, regardless of whatever else comes with it.
He may have thought he was doing what was best for his company, but he didn't consider the long-term implications. In the end, he would have benefited himself and his company more by helping to prevent the legitimacy of SCO's anti-open-source position. Short term pain, for long term good. As the Bene-Gesserite say, it's what makes the difference between a human and an animal:P
I actually wrote several polymorphic viruses in QBasic (not stupid enough to release them though, but they did eat one of my computers by accident once) The problem with BASIC is it's hard to get any good infection rate when the only reproduction method involves floppy disks...
I have written several viruses (not released into the wild), and the reason I did was because it was an act of creation. If you ever build something, and watch it go out on its own and do things, you'd know that it feels good, sort of like being a parent. The feeling of having created something is quite intense. Now, on the other hand, for kiddies the motivation is recognition/bragging rights, plain and simple. For a real virus writer/artist, the goals are much more altruistic.
This is a very interesting idea... Still, how do you propose to deal with the privacy issues? Having a limited number of trusted servers makes it a lot easier for communications to be monitored.
I'd say it depends on the music. For example, when I'm coding, I listen to classical music that's been remixed with techno (Bond, Vanessa Mae). The classical logic elements and the high bpm of the techno are a perfect combination for keeping the logic portions of my brain functioning, and keeping me awake. I've solved problems twice as fast while on the music, and with some pretty nice code too if I may say so myself...
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Surely they understand that they're alienating any base of support they may have... If they're writing these worms for bragging rights, none of their peers will have anything to do with them. With this in mind, perhaps the release of the worm could somehow be traced back to companies with a manifested interest in shutting down P2P?
Now, I know everyone loves P2P, but why is this something new? Yahoo messenger, AIM, and MSN all provide the same functionality when it comes to voice chat with other users. Skype is just a dedicated voice chat client, with a smaller user base than any of the other current chat clients. Now, if Skype made some users share their modems (yes, I hear some people still use those things), then it would be a true P2P interface to the local phone system, which I believe is the only thing that could give Skype a real chance. Any thoughts on this?
Does Claudia Black still fit into her PeaceKeeper outfit? Enquiring not-so-queers REALLY want to know...
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That article was SUCH an inspiration to me... I've got a block of magnesium coming in the mail, to act as an ignitor :D The rest is just aluminum filings and rust. *cackles with glee at the thought of indulging his pyromaniacal tendencies*
Mod +1 insightful, please.
I'm part Irish, you insensitive clod... and part Scottish too. I ain't no dumbass neither...
The caffeine in coke is mixed with a very great deal of phosphoric acid... 48 cans of phosphoric acid will do bad things to a person, regardless of whatever else comes with it.
He may have thought he was doing what was best for his company, but he didn't consider the long-term implications. In the end, he would have benefited himself and his company more by helping to prevent the legitimacy of SCO's anti-open-source position. Short term pain, for long term good. As the Bene-Gesserite say, it's what makes the difference between a human and an animal :P
- Demosthenes
McAfee ate all my security tools. Bummer. Now, I turn it off whenever I run something like nMap.
grrr... must remember that < is not the same as <
Without second-order differential equations to solve the spring-damper equations, your car would not have decent shock absorbers...
I actually wrote several polymorphic viruses in QBasic (not stupid enough to release them though, but they did eat one of my computers by accident once) The problem with BASIC is it's hard to get any good infection rate when the only reproduction method involves floppy disks...
I have written several viruses (not released into the wild), and the reason I did was because it was an act of creation. If you ever build something, and watch it go out on its own and do things, you'd know that it feels good, sort of like being a parent. The feeling of having created something is quite intense. Now, on the other hand, for kiddies the motivation is recognition/bragging rights, plain and simple. For a real virus writer/artist, the goals are much more altruistic.
I pwnz0r j00 n00b. FOMG :D
uhh... a 4... in binary... middle finger, anyone?
Never, ever, set to vibrate :D
This is a very interesting idea... Still, how do you propose to deal with the privacy issues? Having a limited number of trusted servers makes it a lot easier for communications to be monitored.
So that's why it's so warm in Florida... so many spammer PCs running! :D
I'd say it depends on the music. For example, when I'm coding, I listen to classical music that's been remixed with techno (Bond, Vanessa Mae). The classical logic elements and the high bpm of the techno are a perfect combination for keeping the logic portions of my brain functioning, and keeping me awake. I've solved problems twice as fast while on the music, and with some pretty nice code too if I may say so myself...
Well at least you found a good use for the 486...
Yeah, Ernest was awesome :D I was very sad to hear that he died... Quite an original performer, did you know he did Shakespearean acting roles too?