A server is not secure, the password file is publicly accessible, from that the server is publicly accessible, from that the company's insecure internal network/ customer credit card data is accessible...
I think it's clear that this would not be OK under the law, and don't give me the argument that you 'choose' to share via Kazaa/Gnutella/etc. but an insecure server/network 'just happens' (what about all those people with open windows file sharing, am I ok to scan them?).
"They are using the sharing software itself to get the lists."
Although they are not installing anything on the sharer's computers they are using automated bots to do their indexing (unless a thousand lawyers at a thousand keyboards running a thousand version of Kazaa, not lite, generating millions in advertising revenue for... oh, wait...)
This may or may not make a difference, but remember that Kazaa got Google to remove results for Kazaa Lite under the DMCA... so... just how do those automated indexing bots work again? (is there a potential lawsuit by Kazaa in there somewhere? especially since the bots must be putting some load onto the network (I know it's decentralized, but still)).
open office for os x is something I try to run at home, but c'mon - running work stuff under X11 (or that proper GUI beta they had - still there?) is just not an option.
Once again, it's just not quite there in terms of functionality, yet.
A lot of the data here comes in form of.xls's, which it's a lot easier to load directly into Excel and extract data from there. Also, ripping data off webpages (betfair.com say), which are not HTML or XML, but Excel parses the copy-paste's nicely (setting these things up in open office would take at least twice as long).
I'm not saying it's impossible to in open office - with enough effort it is - but ease of setting this up is important (more important than principle).
/remembers the load of automated spreadsheets left at Bloomberg loading indices and calculating spreads...
I feel for you, as I do for whoever has to look at my patches/additions made from '97 to 2000 when they upgrade to XP (shudders).
But then again, this creates a job for someone:)
Anyway, the stuff I'm scripting now is for loading/calculations the purpose of which had better become obsolete by the time I leave and a further upgrade is made ('permanent' stuff is done in C++ and is not dependent on functionality of office).
An important feature is the VB scripting in Excel, at least for me, and being able to issue commands to other applications from within these scripts. This may very well be ignorance on my part - but is there anything else that would allow to do this as easily?
This is for QUICK and EASY scripts - so don't tell me to use something I can't record scripts directly in and easily debug (if I want powerfull I'll code it in C). Also, it would be nice if it ran on Windows and Mac without modifications to the scripts.
However I guess these features will be of little use to me once I can't have access to my Excel files/scripts unless I pay a hefty license fee to Microsoft every year.
"It reminds me of those games where you have a marble and have to make it fall in the hole in the middle of a big plate - you always overshoot the hole and end up on the other end."
See, you've come up with a game application yourself! The phones will have an electronic 'marble' game.
Seriously, I don't see why they suggested the car driving game - the marble game simulator is clearly a better example.
Posted by michael on Sunday June 01, @12:56AM
from the advanced-topics dept.
dss902 writes "We (Department of Computer Science, Rice University) present a new class of low-bandwidth denial of service attacks that exploit algorithmic deficiencies in many common applications' data structures... Using bandwidth less than a typical dialup modem, we can bring a dedicated Bro server to its knees; after six minutes of carefully chosen packets, our Bro server was dropping as much as 71% of its traffic and consuming all of its CPU. We show how modern universal hashing techniques can yield performance comparable to commonplace hash functions while being provably secure against these attacks."
And they will know that this person is the origin how exactly? Oh, maybe the file created/modification dates are the other great technical advancement by the RIAA (c'mon that would hardly stand in court).
All hashes tell them is that N numbers of the song out there (almost certainly) originated from the same source, and you are possession of one of them. Then again 'number of sources' in Kazaa, Gnutella, eDonkey, etc. already tells me this...
Do you think companies should not be publicly listed then? Since ownership of stock by executives gives an incentive to manipulate financial results...
casinoonnet.com (888.com) tried/is lobbying the US to PAY tax on their online gambling operation - but the elected officials don't want the money since accepting tax would make online gambling legal and they think it's morally wrong...
On the drawback side: www.drho888.com - a different company
"why the gambling houses don't care"
Why do we get accounts with bookmakers closed down after betting regularly and making steady gains over time?
Did you ever get to predicting true probabilities of a win? Or did you just focus on hedging the public's bets (set prices given volume so that the house wins regardless of outcome)?
Outside the NDA, what are the odds on you sending us the code then:)
I actually work in semi-pro gambling - and the system is nowhere as crooked as you suggest (here in the UK at least). With the growth of exchanges (betfair.com, etc.) pretty much anyone can bet and/or lay - so there isn't any 'territory' to speak of. But then again that's what happens when you have 0% (recreational) gambling tax and an (electronic) gambling industry that is regulated by the FSA (sportingindex.com, and other complex bet semi-exchanges). The only problem is that traditional bookies close accounts if you win continuously (since they loose) and so do some exchanges if you trade heavily against their opening prices - but then again NYSE specialists wouldn't let you offload a load of, whatever, at the opening bell either.
And to reply to the grandparent - it pays better not to be the bookie buy to bet against bookies/markets, that way you decide which bets you want to make. While if you are the bookie your customers decide which of your bets to take up (see the difference? - you ultimately suffer less due to bad decisions - you still do, but not as much).
There is no easy money, but plenty of money does come from inefficient markets.
Keep in mind that gambling is not necessarily connected to crime, in fact it's not that much different than the stock market. Then again you are probably confused from living in the US where it seems both are. - sorry couldn't pass this up, now to reply to one of those 'god says gambling is wrong' people
Wasn't there something about future articles being blocked out in robot files at NYT? And death announcement articles form the 'future' (pre written) being searchable via Google?
Ahh, but better yet are the false positives when it gets disconnected etc.
I think it would be more useful for monitoring (heart beat up, irregular - shove into a database, data-mine, look for high risk 'patterns') rather than notifying people of your death.
But the real apple news item for today is MS Office for mac being split into three versions, and VPC + Windows XP (2K I could understand, but this is just twisted) being bundled with the professional edition.
Slashdot Mirror
A server is not secure, the password file is publicly accessible, from that the server is publicly accessible, from that the company's insecure internal network/ customer credit card data is accessible...
I think it's clear that this would not be OK under the law, and don't give me the argument that you 'choose' to share via Kazaa/Gnutella/etc. but an insecure server/network 'just happens' (what about all those people with open windows file sharing, am I ok to scan them?).
"They are using the sharing software itself to get the lists."
Although they are not installing anything on the sharer's computers they are using automated bots to do their indexing (unless a thousand lawyers at a thousand keyboards running a thousand version of Kazaa, not lite, generating millions in advertising revenue for... oh, wait...)
This may or may not make a difference, but remember that Kazaa got Google to remove results for Kazaa Lite under the DMCA... so... just how do those automated indexing bots work again? (is there a potential lawsuit by Kazaa in there somewhere? especially since the bots must be putting some load onto the network (I know it's decentralized, but still)).
Just move to Canada, you get free DirecTV there too.
open office for os x is something I try to run at home, but c'mon - running work stuff under X11 (or that proper GUI beta they had - still there?) is just not an option.
Once again, it's just not quite there in terms of functionality, yet.
A lot of the data here comes in form of .xls's, which it's a lot easier to load directly into Excel and extract data from there. Also, ripping data off webpages (betfair.com say), which are not HTML or XML, but Excel parses the copy-paste's nicely (setting these things up in open office would take at least twice as long).
I'm not saying it's impossible to in open office - with enough effort it is - but ease of setting this up is important (more important than principle).
Hmm, WordPerfect for OS X...
With a decent spreadsheet...
I'll have the trout though.
/remembers the load of automated spreadsheets left at Bloomberg loading indices and calculating spreads...
:)
I feel for you, as I do for whoever has to look at my patches/additions made from '97 to 2000 when they upgrade to XP (shudders).
But then again, this creates a job for someone
Anyway, the stuff I'm scripting now is for loading/calculations the purpose of which had better become obsolete by the time I leave and a further upgrade is made ('permanent' stuff is done in C++ and is not dependent on functionality of office).
An important feature is the VB scripting in Excel, at least for me, and being able to issue commands to other applications from within these scripts. This may very well be ignorance on my part - but is there anything else that would allow to do this as easily?
This is for QUICK and EASY scripts - so don't tell me to use something I can't record scripts directly in and easily debug (if I want powerfull I'll code it in C). Also, it would be nice if it ran on Windows and Mac without modifications to the scripts.
However I guess these features will be of little use to me once I can't have access to my Excel files/scripts unless I pay a hefty license fee to Microsoft every year.
Could we please see a video of the said cockroaches spawning in your kitchen?
/imagines a monster respawning in doom
Mod parent down, the software is free, and there is an built in help system. (flamebait?)
"It reminds me of those games where you have a marble and have to make it fall in the hole in the middle of a big plate - you always overshoot the hole and end up on the other end."
See, you've come up with a game application yourself! The phones will have an electronic 'marble' game.
Seriously, I don't see why they suggested the car driving game - the marble game simulator is clearly a better example.
This may be a mac thing, or maybe everyone else just likes the MSN adds, or wants to support Microsoft's advertising revenue.
But the "View" menu has an option you can check/uncheck called "Promotional Pane". Is it OK with you if I uncheck it?
Hmm, I'll read it next time :)
What is this with the Rice University doing so much research into low bandwidth DoS attacks?
Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity
dupe
Dupe!
DUPE!!!
Posted by michael on Sunday June 01, @12:56AM from the advanced-topics dept. dss902 writes "We (Department of Computer Science, Rice University) present a new class of low-bandwidth denial of service attacks that exploit algorithmic deficiencies in many common applications' data structures... Using bandwidth less than a typical dialup modem, we can bring a dedicated Bro server to its knees; after six minutes of carefully chosen packets, our Bro server was dropping as much as 71% of its traffic and consuming all of its CPU. We show how modern universal hashing techniques can yield performance comparable to commonplace hash functions while being provably secure against these attacks."
And they will know that this person is the origin how exactly? Oh, maybe the file created/modification dates are the other great technical advancement by the RIAA (c'mon that would hardly stand in court).
All hashes tell them is that N numbers of the song out there (almost certainly) originated from the same source, and you are possession of one of them. Then again 'number of sources' in Kazaa, Gnutella, eDonkey, etc. already tells me this...
Do you think companies should not be publicly listed then? Since ownership of stock by executives gives an incentive to manipulate financial results...
Oh, I forget...
casinoonnet.com (888.com) tried/is lobbying the US to PAY tax on their online gambling operation - but the elected officials don't want the money since accepting tax would make online gambling legal and they think it's morally wrong...
On the drawback side: www.drho888.com - a different company
"why the gambling houses don't care"
:)
Why do we get accounts with bookmakers closed down after betting regularly and making steady gains over time?
Did you ever get to predicting true probabilities of a win? Or did you just focus on hedging the public's bets (set prices given volume so that the house wins regardless of outcome)?
Outside the NDA, what are the odds on you sending us the code then
I actually work in semi-pro gambling - and the system is nowhere as crooked as you suggest (here in the UK at least). With the growth of exchanges (betfair.com, etc.) pretty much anyone can bet and/or lay - so there isn't any 'territory' to speak of. But then again that's what happens when you have 0% (recreational) gambling tax and an (electronic) gambling industry that is regulated by the FSA (sportingindex.com, and other complex bet semi-exchanges). The only problem is that traditional bookies close accounts if you win continuously (since they loose) and so do some exchanges if you trade heavily against their opening prices - but then again NYSE specialists wouldn't let you offload a load of, whatever, at the opening bell either.
And to reply to the grandparent - it pays better not to be the bookie buy to bet against bookies/markets, that way you decide which bets you want to make. While if you are the bookie your customers decide which of your bets to take up (see the difference? - you ultimately suffer less due to bad decisions - you still do, but not as much).
There is no easy money, but plenty of money does come from inefficient markets.
Keep in mind that gambling is not necessarily connected to crime, in fact it's not that much different than the stock market. Then again you are probably confused from living in the US where it seems both are. - sorry couldn't pass this up, now to reply to one of those 'god says gambling is wrong' people
Freedom of speech?
:P
Parody?
Humorous (note) criticism of the government?
Oh, I forget, you live in the US... that's not allowed anymore
Wasn't there something about future articles being blocked out in robot files at NYT? And death announcement articles form the 'future' (pre written) being searchable via Google?
Somebody post the link(s)...
Ahh, but better yet are the false positives when it gets disconnected etc.
I think it would be more useful for monitoring (heart beat up, irregular - shove into a database, data-mine, look for high risk 'patterns') rather than notifying people of your death.
But the real apple news item for today is MS Office for mac being split into three versions, and VPC + Windows XP (2K I could understand, but this is just twisted) being bundled with the professional edition.
Hmm, more like clippy having escaped office into the real world - quick, KILL IT, KILL IT!!!
10 years is probably too optimistic, I agree it can be implemented by then, but it'll likely be more annoying than usefull for quite a bit longer.
Let the looting begin!