speaking of trivial matters, the way that the "lab geeks" on CSI use pipettes absolutely makes my stomach turn. you don't press the damn thing all the way down, unless you want horribly inaccurate measurements.
http://gwbush.com/ has been parodying Bush since before the last election. (unfortunately, the site is down right now as the maintainers are "too busy working to defeat george bush"). too bad.
yesterday i walked by an atm machine just seconds after a guy left it - his card was still in the machine and it was at the screen where you can either quit (and get your card back) or carry on another transaction. as i have a guilt complex the state of utah, i got his card out and chased him down the sidewalk.
point being: debit/credit cards are insecure in the real world, too!
Why not just go out and stand in front of the RNC's headquarters and block people from entering?
Because you can't. Ever heard of "free-speech zones"? Protestors are fenced in (see: DNC 2004 or, at the very least, fenced off into areas where visibility is low.
This has been happening ever since Bush took office. Wherever he travels, protestors are limited to these free speech zones, where Secret Service agents line the perimeter and arrest anyone who leaves the area (charging them with federal trespassing). Even before 9/11. I've been there, I've seen it happen in very low-profile towns/situations.
i work for a university well known for its graduate science programs. i was talking with a phD student from india the other day, and asked if he was going to return to india after he was finished with his degree. he said - yes - eventually - but that he was going to stay in the u.s. long enough to pay off the debt he had accumulated from grad school.
i also have a graduate degree. of the four american students in the lab i worked in, two of us have gotten degrees (in cell biology) and then have left basic science research to work in other fields.
it's the job of the mail server admin to set security (and virusscan) settings appropriate for his users. and it's the job of the everyday user not to be an idiot by opening unexpected attachments. the REAL problem with machine suceptibility to viruses lies with the *user*, not the software.
Apple has crammed a lot of stuff into the anodized aluminum enclosure of the new iPod mini, and taking it apart is no easy task. I'm an industrial designer with lots of experience pulling back the curtain and meeting the wizard in PDAs, Mp3 players, stereos, watches and all sorts of other gear. I am usually pretty good at it, having not broken something in years (lots of bug hunts for tiny parts on the floor though). Except my brand-new iPod mini, where I screwed up big time... twice!
The Procedure:
Tools needed: (1) Wiha 1.5mm flat head screwdriver (1) Wiha Philips #000 screwdriver (1) Needle nose pliers or medical (Kelly type) hemostats (1) Hair dryer
To help illustrate my disassembly adventure, view the iPod mini autopsy photos and follow along.
To begin with, make sure the 'Hold' button is locked into the ON position (showing orange) to prevent the internal components to be turning on while you are taking it apart.
The plastic top and bottom plates are glued into place with a tacky adhesive that will soften considerably when heated so use the hair dryer on a low setting to heat up the top plate. Work the area until it's very warm to the touch. Now turn the mini around so you're looking at the Apple logo and squeeze the two rounded edges together at the top, causing the enclosure to bow a little bit in the middle. Insert the flat bladed screwdriver between the plastic and the metal (in line directly above the Apple logo) and gently pry the plate straight up. Work around the edges, leaving the area around the 'Hold' button till last. When you finally do get to the 'Hold' button area, pry carefully and pull the plate STRAIGHT up. Behind the 'Hold' button are two plastic standoffs (sort of like tabs) that extend down into the case and push the real switch on and off. If you pry the thing out at an angle, you will break one of these standoffs. That was mistake #1 for me. The actual 'Hold' switch soldiered onto the main board broke, so the 'Hold' switch no longer works.
Now perform the same procedure on the plastic bottom plate. When it is removed, you will see a shiny sheet-metal plate held in place under spring tension by 4 tabs inserted into reliefs machined into the enclosure. At the end of each of these tabs, you will see a round hole. Use the Philips #000 in these holes and carefully pry each tab out of its slot. The sheet-metal plate will come right out.
Next, you need to disconnect a ribbon cable that connects the scroll/click wheel assembly to the main baord. This ribbon cable is on the bottom of the mini on the left hand side. It is orange. You can't miss it. Use the 1.5mm blade screwdriver to pry it apart. If there isn't enough slack in the ribbon cable, don't worry, as long as you get the connector loose, you have done your job here.
Turn the mini over, looking back into the top, you will see two tiny philips head screws on either side of another metal plate. Remove these with the #000 screwdriver carefully and put them in a safe place (don't drop these on the floor, you will never see them again).
Now comes the fun part - gently push on the 30 pin connector at the bottom of the mini and all of the main components (on an assembly I call the component sled) will slide right out the top. It is a bit tight, but if you meet major resistance, back off and INSURE you have the ribbon cable disconnected. This is where I messed up and killed my iPod mini, I forgot to check and I pushed with all my might, ripping the ribbon cable off of the male connector. Oops.
The component sled contains nearly all of the iPod's internals; the main circuit board, battery, LCD display and hard drive. While the LCD is held onto the ma inboard with 4 plastic tabs, the battery and HD are held in place simply by the tight packing within the enclosure. Feel free to disconnect the battery or remove the HD, they simply unplug from the main board. The LCD disconnects from th
heh, we do that as well...except we drill the holes before the platters are removed and then plug the drives up to a power supply to spin for about 30 seconds.
i work for a teaching hospital and had two maxtor external drives (with loads of sensitive information on them) go bad. i couldn't destroy the drives (as is policy) or the warranty would be voided. maxtor support referred me to this page that explains their policy on cleaning confidential drives. of course, policies are nothing without implementation...but it put my boss' mind at ease, anyway.
i guess we just have to wait until the next dissertation is classified. because, you know, all information of any interest should be suppressed! anyone who thinks otherwise is a terrorist!
after you know you're infected, boot into windows. disable dcom via dcomcnfg -> components -> computers -> my computer properties. reboot into windows and use stinger or some other tool to get rid of the worm...then download the windows patches. if you need DCOM, turn it on. most users won't.
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speaking of trivial matters, the way that the "lab geeks" on CSI use pipettes absolutely makes my stomach turn. you don't press the damn thing all the way down, unless you want horribly inaccurate measurements.
http://gwbush.com/ has been parodying Bush since before the last election. (unfortunately, the site is down right now as the maintainers are "too busy working to defeat george bush"). too bad.
yesterday i walked by an atm machine just seconds after a guy left it - his card was still in the machine and it was at the screen where you can either quit (and get your card back) or carry on another transaction. as i have a guilt complex the state of utah, i got his card out and chased him down the sidewalk.
point being: debit/credit cards are insecure in the real world, too!
Why not just go out and stand in front of the RNC's headquarters and block people from entering? Because you can't. Ever heard of "free-speech zones"? Protestors are fenced in (see: DNC 2004 or, at the very least, fenced off into areas where visibility is low. This has been happening ever since Bush took office. Wherever he travels, protestors are limited to these free speech zones, where Secret Service agents line the perimeter and arrest anyone who leaves the area (charging them with federal trespassing). Even before 9/11. I've been there, I've seen it happen in very low-profile towns/situations.
it won't haunt him for the rest of his life, if he's in the States and under 18. Juvenile records are sealed at 18.
but if i disable active scripting, i won't be able to access the windows update site! what's a girl to do?? ;)
i work for a university well known for its graduate science programs. i was talking with a phD student from india the other day, and asked if he was going to return to india after he was finished with his degree. he said - yes - eventually - but that he was going to stay in the u.s. long enough to pay off the debt he had accumulated from grad school.
i also have a graduate degree. of the four american students in the lab i worked in, two of us have gotten degrees (in cell biology) and then have left basic science research to work in other fields.
it's called elaphantiasis...
it's the job of the mail server admin to set security (and virusscan) settings appropriate for his users. and it's the job of the everyday user not to be an idiot by opening unexpected attachments. the REAL problem with machine suceptibility to viruses lies with the *user*, not the software.
what they DIDN'T mention in the story was the fact that the bills were held together with a paperclip...
Taking apart the iPod mini
February 23, 2004
By Greg Koenig
Apple has crammed a lot of stuff into the anodized aluminum enclosure of the new iPod mini, and taking it apart is no easy task. I'm an industrial designer with lots of experience pulling back the curtain and meeting the wizard in PDAs, Mp3 players, stereos, watches and all sorts of other gear. I am usually pretty good at it, having not broken something in years (lots of bug hunts for tiny parts on the floor though). Except my brand-new iPod mini, where I screwed up big time... twice!
The Procedure:
Tools needed:
(1) Wiha 1.5mm flat head screwdriver
(1) Wiha Philips #000 screwdriver
(1) Needle nose pliers or medical (Kelly type) hemostats
(1) Hair dryer
To help illustrate my disassembly adventure, view the iPod mini autopsy photos and follow along.
To begin with, make sure the 'Hold' button is locked into the ON position (showing orange) to prevent the internal components to be turning on while you are taking it apart.
The plastic top and bottom plates are glued into place with a tacky adhesive that will soften considerably when heated so use the hair dryer on a low setting to heat up the top plate. Work the area until it's very warm to the touch. Now turn the mini around so you're looking at the Apple logo and squeeze the two rounded edges together at the top, causing the enclosure to bow a little bit in the middle. Insert the flat bladed screwdriver between the plastic and the metal (in line directly above the Apple logo) and gently pry the plate straight up. Work around the edges, leaving the area around the 'Hold' button till last. When you finally do get to the 'Hold' button area, pry carefully and pull the plate STRAIGHT up. Behind the 'Hold' button are two plastic standoffs (sort of like tabs) that extend down into the case and push the real switch on and off. If you pry the thing out at an angle, you will break one of these standoffs. That was mistake #1 for me. The actual 'Hold' switch soldiered onto the main board broke, so the 'Hold' switch no longer works.
Now perform the same procedure on the plastic bottom plate. When it is removed, you will see a shiny sheet-metal plate held in place under spring tension by 4 tabs inserted into reliefs machined into the enclosure. At the end of each of these tabs, you will see a round hole. Use the Philips #000 in these holes and carefully pry each tab out of its slot. The sheet-metal plate will come right out.
Next, you need to disconnect a ribbon cable that connects the scroll/click wheel assembly to the main baord. This ribbon cable is on the bottom of the mini on the left hand side. It is orange. You can't miss it. Use the 1.5mm blade screwdriver to pry it apart. If there isn't enough slack in the ribbon cable, don't worry, as long as you get the connector loose, you have done your job here.
Turn the mini over, looking back into the top, you will see two tiny philips head screws on either side of another metal plate. Remove these with the #000 screwdriver carefully and put them in a safe place (don't drop these on the floor, you will never see them again).
Now comes the fun part - gently push on the 30 pin connector at the bottom of the mini and all of the main components (on an assembly I call the component sled) will slide right out the top. It is a bit tight, but if you meet major resistance, back off and INSURE you have the ribbon cable disconnected. This is where I messed up and killed my iPod mini, I forgot to check and I pushed with all my might, ripping the ribbon cable off of the male connector. Oops.
The component sled contains nearly all of the iPod's internals; the main circuit board, battery, LCD display and hard drive. While the LCD is held onto the ma inboard with 4 plastic tabs, the battery and HD are held in place simply by the tight packing within the enclosure. Feel free to disconnect the battery or remove the HD, they simply unplug from the main board. The LCD disconnects from th
no, that's SMOKING bud...
a rose by any other name smells the same...
heh, we do that as well...except we drill the holes before the platters are removed and then plug the drives up to a power supply to spin for about 30 seconds.
really wreaks havoc on the platters...
i work for a teaching hospital and had two maxtor external drives (with loads of sensitive information on them) go bad. i couldn't destroy the drives (as is policy) or the warranty would be voided. maxtor support referred me to this page that explains their policy on cleaning confidential drives. of course, policies are nothing without implementation...but it put my boss' mind at ease, anyway.
This report was generated by a Cloud of Rabid Attack Elephants for headblur (692256).
i guess we just have to wait until the next dissertation is classified. because, you know, all information of any interest should be suppressed! anyone who thinks otherwise is a terrorist!
after you know you're infected, boot into windows. disable dcom via dcomcnfg -> components -> computers -> my computer properties. reboot into windows and use stinger or some other tool to get rid of the worm...then download the windows patches. if you need DCOM, turn it on. most users won't.