I agree that those burn marks look fake, but I don't think that the $20 bills are fake. It looks like these guys took pictures of cash being held or sitting on a table, etc. and then put the scorches on with photoshop.
I'll bet anything that MS is just releasing a new version of XP so they can have all of that lovely DRM support built into an OS, since Longhorn is so far off.
When I was hacking for fun (from ages 8-16), technology seemed to relieve my stress. If I had a bad day at school, I could come home and hack, code, build webpages, etc. and feel better.
Now that I develop for a living, technology seems to build my stress level. Sure, I still enjoy what I do, but it seems that the more I have to surround myself with technology, deal with shifts in technology, and keep my products compatible with the latest technology, the more I want to just scream and shove my head into my monitor.
A quick Google search pointed me to this site with statistic about web server software.
The below uses data available on the above link, so don't flame me if it's wrong, this is just for example's sake
In January 2004 there were 31,040,922 Apache web servers on the Internet (let's assume those are all Linux or Un*x boxes). There were 9,675,979 Windows servers on the Internet. Let's say that mi2g's results were correct and 13,654 of the Linux/Un*x boxes are hackable. That makes roughly 4.4 percent of Linux/Un*x boxes hackable. If 2,005 of those Windows boxes are hackable, that makes roughly 2.07 percent of those boxes hackable
While those results (which I wouldn't recommend using for any kind of scientific purpose) still favor Windows (*gag*), it sort of puts things back in perspective
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Also, how many of those Linux boxes had root passwords of "root," "r00t," "toor," or "t00r?"
Last time I reverse engineered a running program, all I got to look at were the x86 assemby instructions and registers, not function names and variable names.
After installing FreeNET and trying it out , I couldn't care less about its claims to be a conduit for freedom of speech. Along those lines, I also couldn't care less about poor, oppressed people in communist countries who aren't allowed to express their views, if they try to express them via FreeNET
FreeNET claims to provide an safe haven for people to exchange information without fear of oppression or censorship. What FreeNET is (whether or not by design) is a "harbor house" of sorts for child pornographers, terrorists, and other criminals.
You may argue (as the FreeNET team does), that a few bad apples are just spoiling the bunch, but next time you log on to FreeNET, count how many of the afforementioned links are available (and towards the top of all the lists).
As far as I'm concerned (and I am not a lawyer, but I have studied the U.S. Constitution in-depth), free speech extends to speech. It does not extend to breaking laws revolving around child endangerment and molestation and civil rights violations and hiding behind it by claiming it's protected by the right to free speech.
In fact, having something like FreeNET tied to the open source community could have a harmfully negative impact upon it. Imagine the FUD campaigns if people started pointing to the material available on FreeNET (sure, they'd be baseless arguments, but they'd be playing on people's emotions). Rebuttal to the FUD might be that such material is freely available from other sources, however that argument would fall short in the eyes of the public because FreeNET is forever tied to the open source community
Just some things to think about before you consider donating (time or money) to the FreeNET project
I can't vouch for the reputation of the site (I've never come across it), but at the moment this is the only other site that appears to have any report on the source leak:
Battlefield 1942 is a *great* multiplayer game, but I think it might go a little fast for a "newbie." Also, I've found --through my experience-- that there are a *lot* of campers and rapers on some of the BF1942 servers.
I'd highly recommend America's Army since it's free, it's fun, and it's multiplatform. It's also easy to find a server with other relative "newbies" since the developers created "high honor" servers quite some time ago (these servers restrict play to "good" players).
"But it does seem like a layer of obscurity to what should otherwise be a secure port. What if someone is sniffing your network? Unlike an encrypted password, they could easily replay this sequence and gain access to your 'hidden' port"
Well, it seems to me that port knocking is just another level of security to be used on top of encrypted passwords.
Port knocking could theoretially make social engineering all that much. For example, Joe Hacker -- pretending to be IT Security Guy -- calls A. Dumbass -- lowly intern -- and cons A,'s password out of him. Since the company's SSH client uses port knocking (assuming Joe Hacker doesn't know that), having A. Dumbass's password does him no good.
Port knocking definitely shouldn't be used in place of traditional security methods, but could turn out to be a usefuly security measure.
I love my Motorola 720. I use damn near all the features. With its address book and calendar, it's replaced my PDA. Since I can grab games and send e-mail (for the cost of my air time minutes), I don't need to dig my laptop out of its bag to amuse myself or keep up on intra-office communication while I'm stuck at O'Hare for hours on end.
Plus, considering I got it for only $50 more than the "free" phone Verizon was giving out with the contracts, the deal was even sweeter.
If you've already got the (huge) monitor sitting around, then you may as well go for it. Plus, you can make your own DVR that would be integrated with your "TV."
I've got Comcast cable and I hate it (I live in an apartment so a dish is not an option, unfortunately). It's terribly expensive and I don't get many channels. If I want to get the digital cable box (with no digital subscription) it's an extra $10 a month. So, I'd basically be paying $120 a year for the privillege of being able to order pay per view movies at $5 a pop.
My parents have Direct TV (or DirecTV, whatever) and have no problems with it. They pay the same amount I do (about $45) and get about 100 more channels (around 160 total) and have two receivers (bedroom and living room). They also pay for Tivo service.
My parents also live in a *very* windy valley (daily winds during the summer of 35mph with gusts up to 65mph) and have never lost their signal due to weather. The only time they've lost their signal was due to a programming error on behalf of Direct TV (one time in 3 years).
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I'm not blaming the editors, per se, just willing to get a troll rating so I can vent :)
Well, I'd love to RTFA, but I can't seem to get past that damned ad. Probably should let Salon add a cookie, but why would I?
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I hate it when Slashdot articles require me to enable cookies or sign my life away to view the source story (like NY Times stories).
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I agree that those burn marks look fake, but I don't think that the $20 bills are fake. It looks like these guys took pictures of cash being held or sitting on a table, etc. and then put the scorches on with photoshop.
This picture looks particularly fake
I'll bet anything that MS is just releasing a new version of XP so they can have all of that lovely DRM support built into an OS, since Longhorn is so far off.
When I was hacking for fun (from ages 8-16), technology seemed to relieve my stress. If I had a bad day at school, I could come home and hack, code, build webpages, etc. and feel better.
Now that I develop for a living, technology seems to build my stress level. Sure, I still enjoy what I do, but it seems that the more I have to surround myself with technology, deal with shifts in technology, and keep my products compatible with the latest technology, the more I want to just scream and shove my head into my monitor.
HAH!
No other comment, that's it. I just read the article and all I could do was scream "HAH!" at the top of my lungs
If you don't have time to sit down and enjoy a book, maybe you need to "timeshift" some free time so you can take another look at your priorities.
Isn't SUSE not free (as in beer) anymore, thereby making it different from free (as in beer) Linux distros?
A quick Google search pointed me to this site with statistic about web server software.
The below uses data available on the above link, so don't flame me if it's wrong, this is just for example's sake
In January 2004 there were 31,040,922 Apache web servers on the Internet (let's assume those are all Linux or Un*x boxes). There were 9,675,979 Windows servers on the Internet. Let's say that mi2g's results were correct and 13,654 of the Linux/Un*x boxes are hackable. That makes roughly 4.4 percent of Linux/Un*x boxes hackable. If 2,005 of those Windows boxes are hackable, that makes roughly 2.07 percent of those boxes hackable
While those results (which I wouldn't recommend using for any kind of scientific purpose) still favor Windows (*gag*), it sort of puts things back in perspective
.Also, how many of those Linux boxes had root passwords of "root," "r00t," "toor," or "t00r?"
Last time I reverse engineered a running program, all I got to look at were the x86 assemby instructions and registers, not function names and variable names.
Obfuscate THAT!
After installing FreeNET and trying it out , I couldn't care less about its claims to be a conduit for freedom of speech. Along those lines, I also couldn't care less about poor, oppressed people in communist countries who aren't allowed to express their views, if they try to express them via FreeNET
FreeNET claims to provide an safe haven for people to exchange information without fear of oppression or censorship. What FreeNET is (whether or not by design) is a "harbor house" of sorts for child pornographers, terrorists, and other criminals.
You may argue (as the FreeNET team does), that a few bad apples are just spoiling the bunch, but next time you log on to FreeNET, count how many of the afforementioned links are available (and towards the top of all the lists).
As far as I'm concerned (and I am not a lawyer, but I have studied the U.S. Constitution in-depth), free speech extends to speech. It does not extend to breaking laws revolving around child endangerment and molestation and civil rights violations and hiding behind it by claiming it's protected by the right to free speech.
In fact, having something like FreeNET tied to the open source community could have a harmfully negative impact upon it. Imagine the FUD campaigns if people started pointing to the material available on FreeNET (sure, they'd be baseless arguments, but they'd be playing on people's emotions). Rebuttal to the FUD might be that such material is freely available from other sources, however that argument would fall short in the eyes of the public because FreeNET is forever tied to the open source community
Just some things to think about before you consider donating (time or money) to the FreeNET project
Judging by all the flames the past SCO stories have generated, shouldn't this article itself be flagged as flamebait?
Anybody been able to verify this torrent yet? I can't run bittorrent at work...:(
I can't vouch for the reputation of the site (I've never come across it), but at the moment this is the only other site that appears to have any report on the source leak:
http://itvibe.com/default.aspx?NewsID=1283
I'd like to look at it to make myself feel better about my own code.
I'm going to force slashdot to shutdown since I've been called the mods called me a troll once.
Battlefield 1942 is a *great* multiplayer game, but I think it might go a little fast for a "newbie." Also, I've found --through my experience-- that there are a *lot* of campers and rapers on some of the BF1942 servers.
I'd highly recommend America's Army since it's free, it's fun, and it's multiplatform. It's also easy to find a server with other relative "newbies" since the developers created "high honor" servers quite some time ago (these servers restrict play to "good" players).
I'd have to say it was 1995...I think I was procuring some software for my calculus class.
"While that idea might be more accurately stated as 'When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will accidentally shoot their own kids...'"
Pity. You had to go and ruin a beautifully insightful post with completely off-topic political rhetoric.
Pity. Now my posting is going to be tagged as "troll."
"But it does seem like a layer of obscurity to what should otherwise be a secure port. What if someone is sniffing your network? Unlike an encrypted password, they could easily replay this sequence and gain access to your 'hidden' port"
Well, it seems to me that port knocking is just another level of security to be used on top of encrypted passwords.
Port knocking could theoretially make social engineering all that much. For example, Joe Hacker -- pretending to be IT Security Guy -- calls A. Dumbass -- lowly intern -- and cons A,'s password out of him. Since the company's SSH client uses port knocking (assuming Joe Hacker doesn't know that), having A. Dumbass's password does him no good.
Port knocking definitely shouldn't be used in place of traditional security methods, but could turn out to be a usefuly security measure.
Wasn't there a 64-bit version of Windows NT?
I love my Motorola 720. I use damn near all the features. With its address book and calendar, it's replaced my PDA. Since I can grab games and send e-mail (for the cost of my air time minutes), I don't need to dig my laptop out of its bag to amuse myself or keep up on intra-office communication while I'm stuck at O'Hare for hours on end.
Plus, considering I got it for only $50 more than the "free" phone Verizon was giving out with the contracts, the deal was even sweeter.
If you've already got the (huge) monitor sitting around, then you may as well go for it. Plus, you can make your own DVR that would be integrated with your "TV."
I've got Comcast cable and I hate it (I live in an apartment so a dish is not an option, unfortunately). It's terribly expensive and I don't get many channels. If I want to get the digital cable box (with no digital subscription) it's an extra $10 a month. So, I'd basically be paying $120 a year for the privillege of being able to order pay per view movies at $5 a pop.
My parents have Direct TV (or DirecTV, whatever) and have no problems with it. They pay the same amount I do (about $45) and get about 100 more channels (around 160 total) and have two receivers (bedroom and living room). They also pay for Tivo service.
My parents also live in a *very* windy valley (daily winds during the summer of 35mph with gusts up to 65mph) and have never lost their signal due to weather. The only time they've lost their signal was due to a programming error on behalf of Direct TV (one time in 3 years).