Of course they'll say he was unbiased. If he was biased in this case they'll have to review ALL the previous cases to make sure that he wasn't influenced for those.It was the only call they could make.
Now I might not agree with their decision but I expect they also know it has a good chance of going forward at appeal and so therefore do not need to address this now.
I've seen many sites change the headers/version replies for various reasons. Hell, anyone using mod security for Apache will default to a different version if they use the community ruleset.One website I know will respond with:
Server: Apache/2.2.0 - However, I know for a fact it is running 2.2.11
That can easily be changed in the mod security ruleset to be anything. Like this: Server: Myfakehttpdtakesovertheworld/1.9
If she refuses to change the number, put an automated answering service on the number which instructs people about the fraud or if they really want to talk to the little old lady to press 1. That way the angry people will get told its all being spoofed and wont make the threats. You can do this fairly easily with Asterisk too. Cost wise, Asterisk is free, the pc is the main cost if there isn't an existing one and you can get the required Asterisk hardware (pstn -> pci card) from Digium.
If the govt won't help then this is the best solution without changing the number.
I guess we will have to wait and see. I expect most will be GPL but they might have a cluster management tool or something which will be how they justify the fees. Alternatively it might all be GPL'd but they'll make the money off support.
I expect Centos will get it if Fedora don't. After all, Centos are just wholesale copies of RedHat Enterprise with the Redhat name removed (per RH's requirements)
I have XP, I installed the patch and I DID NOT get this problem. People claiming it "bricks" their machine are just trying to spread the FUD as its VERY easy to fix with your xp cd (and with zero data loss) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184 will show how.
As for why this didnt get caught by QA, they don't reboot their machines. I rarely do either. Plus I expect they have permissions in place to prevent the overwrite. Plus this is the only patch in the thousands of patches they make for the test server which had this problem. Anyone will tell you the odds of a mistake are bigger the longer you go without making one.
Yep, this is definitely the way to keep the public feeling safe. Tell them something is definitely coming to kill 40 million or more, only 50% of people infected will survive and that there is no cure yet.
I can see the same panic buying of the drugs that can help just like the panic buying of gas masks which happened when someone said that terrorists would use bio/chem weaps.
Well it is most likely (The article didnt confirm this) be in a geosynchronous orbit. That means the satellite stays in a fixed position in the sky relative to the ground. The position of the satellite in space (at an altitude of 22,237 miles) is where the speed of the satellite matches the speed of Earth's rotation.
It is unlikely it performs a faster orbit around the planet as then it would also provide services to the other side of the world.
I block ads using Adblock, a hosts file edit and the firefox popup blocker because:
* Waste of bandwidth - Even on dsl it takes time to download
* Takes up space on screen
* Waste of system resources (although this is minor)
* Not going to buy a product that very instant I see an ad.
* Rarely for things I'm interested in.
* Popups just are too annoying
* If the product is that great I will hear about it through other means
Sorta offtopic, but, "Spiderman 2 was one of the best movie tie-ins"? Hold on, were we watching the same spiderman 2? I wouldnt use "best" for anything in that film.
Oh, and thats a lot of porn a minute! I cant even begin to imagine the costs of the ink for that thing and considering its a cool mil to own I doubt many will be made. Commercial printing companies perhaps, but other than that I dunno.
Well, I just went to their firefox test page and tried it myself. Firefox 1.06 did NOT hang or crash. I have adblock, and the firefox google bar (not the Google's own release one). No error messages, no slow down, nothing.
I suspect if you have IDN switched off (like I do) then nothing happens. I turned it off and I believe new installs are off by default now because of an IDN bug before which allowed you to fake urls.
The temp workaround was to disable IDN but since I dont need it, I didnt enable it.
Yeh I did mention that in an original post but I forgot to hit submit (just preview). There are a number of possible reasons, but all show lack of planning;)
I tried multiple words with simple number replacement for letters like o. The bit of blurb seems to imply this would work but as I've found out it doesnt. The word of choice? "monday".. It did have the "monday" hash in the database so you would think it would have some with numbers as the text says. So lets try "m0nday"... FAILED... Also that counter is being weird jumping from like 128 to 1 then to 50.
Well, I tested it with 2 letters and 2 numbers. I got the hash from a very quick php script I had from years ago. Then when I ran the hash through the site it said the pass is "?????" -- Failed. -- I even got the same hash for the letter/number combo through their site just in case it logs the generated hashes for later. Still failed.
Also that "Total number of cracked hashes" is looking like a random number as it was at 128, then 50, then 1. I know there are some logical answers to it, but all of them, well, silly mistakes.
Possibly, but I think people would still remember him as the open source king even if he got into open sauce since the sauce would be open source too. Would have to be some damn good sauce too. Oh, almighty CowboyNeal, save me from the opening of various sources and sauces!!
Well someone didnt proof read their article or have absolutely no idea about what linux and open source is. From TFA:
Letters demanding US$5000 for use of the Linux name were originally dismissed as a hoax. But according to the Sydney Morning Herald, the
Open Sauce king is dead serious.
Open SAUCE king? Sounds like something I'd put on my cheeseburger and I definitely don't want Linus on my cheeseburger.
Slashdot Mirror
So they have this wonderful new imaging method that can show something unseen until now... and they have no pictures with the article.
Seriously?!
BBC news article: Last Updated: Monday, 16 February 2004, 15:31 GMT
Over 6 years old, slow day slashdot?
Poor guy, he never deserved this! *stifles a laugh* Karma baby!
Of course they'll say he was unbiased. If he was biased in this case they'll have to review ALL the previous cases to make sure that he wasn't influenced for those.It was the only call they could make.
Now I might not agree with their decision but I expect they also know it has a good chance of going forward at appeal and so therefore do not need to address this now.
I've seen many sites change the headers/version replies for various reasons. Hell, anyone using mod security for Apache will default to a different version if they use the community ruleset.One website I know will respond with:
Server: Apache/2.2.0 - However, I know for a fact it is running 2.2.11
That can easily be changed in the mod security ruleset to be anything. Like this: Server: Myfakehttpdtakesovertheworld/1.9
I'd bet it is just apache.
If she refuses to change the number, put an automated answering service on the number which instructs people about the fraud or if they really want to talk to the little old lady to press 1. That way the angry people will get told its all being spoofed and wont make the threats. You can do this fairly easily with Asterisk too. Cost wise, Asterisk is free, the pc is the main cost if there isn't an existing one and you can get the required Asterisk hardware (pstn -> pci card) from Digium.
If the govt won't help then this is the best solution without changing the number.
I guess we will have to wait and see. I expect most will be GPL but they might have a cluster management tool or something which will be how they justify the fees. Alternatively it might all be GPL'd but they'll make the money off support.
I expect Centos will get it if Fedora don't. After all, Centos are just wholesale copies of RedHat Enterprise with the Redhat name removed (per RH's requirements)
New pass: "Gagged" It meets the no more than 6 letters condition.
I have XP, I installed the patch and I DID NOT get this problem. People claiming it "bricks" their machine are just trying to spread the FUD as its VERY easy to fix with your xp cd (and with zero data loss) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184 will show how.
As for why this didnt get caught by QA, they don't reboot their machines. I rarely do either. Plus I expect they have permissions in place to prevent the overwrite. Plus this is the only patch in the thousands of patches they make for the test server which had this problem. Anyone will tell you the odds of a mistake are bigger the longer you go without making one.
Yep, this is definitely the way to keep the public feeling safe. Tell them something is definitely coming to kill 40 million or more, only 50% of people infected will survive and that there is no cure yet.
I can see the same panic buying of the drugs that can help just like the panic buying of gas masks which happened when someone said that terrorists would use bio/chem weaps.
Well it is most likely (The article didnt confirm this) be in a geosynchronous orbit. That means the satellite stays in a fixed position in the sky relative to the ground. The position of the satellite in space (at an altitude of 22,237 miles) is where the speed of the satellite matches the speed of Earth's rotation. It is unlikely it performs a faster orbit around the planet as then it would also provide services to the other side of the world.
"Virtual offices".. yeh ok, we all know it will be used for porn, porn and more porn. 3G porn on the go!
I block ads using Adblock, a hosts file edit and the firefox popup blocker because:
* Waste of bandwidth - Even on dsl it takes time to download
* Takes up space on screen
* Waste of system resources (although this is minor)
* Not going to buy a product that very instant I see an ad.
* Rarely for things I'm interested in.
* Popups just are too annoying
* If the product is that great I will hear about it through other means
Those are some of the reasons I can think of.
Sorta offtopic, but, "Spiderman 2 was one of the best movie tie-ins"? Hold on, were we watching the same spiderman 2? I wouldnt use "best" for anything in that film.
Oh, and thats a lot of porn a minute! I cant even begin to imagine the costs of the ink for that thing and considering its a cool mil to own I doubt many will be made. Commercial printing companies perhaps, but other than that I dunno.
Where are the photos of this beast. I dont want to go looking through the ibm site and almost every tech I know likes to see new toys.
Well, I just went to their firefox test page and tried it myself. Firefox 1.06 did NOT hang or crash. I have adblock, and the firefox google bar (not the Google's own release one). No error messages, no slow down, nothing.
I suspect if you have IDN switched off (like I do) then nothing happens. I turned it off and I believe new installs are off by default now because of an IDN bug before which allowed you to fake urls. The temp workaround was to disable IDN but since I dont need it, I didnt enable it.
Seems like its already toast so he will be busy fixing it.
Nope, we've managed to take down sites with just the slashdot subscribers only. So before any comments have been posted.
Yeh I did mention that in an original post but I forgot to hit submit (just preview). There are a number of possible reasons, but all show lack of planning ;)
I tried multiple words with simple number replacement for letters like o. The bit of blurb seems to imply this would work but as I've found out it doesnt. The word of choice? "monday".. It did have the "monday" hash in the database so you would think it would have some with numbers as the text says. So lets try "m0nday"... FAILED... Also that counter is being weird jumping from like 128 to 1 then to 50.
Well, I tested it with 2 letters and 2 numbers. I got the hash from a very quick php script I had from years ago. Then when I ran the hash through the site it said the pass is "?????" -- Failed. -- I even got the same hash for the letter/number combo through their site just in case it logs the generated hashes for later. Still failed.
Also that "Total number of cracked hashes" is looking like a random number as it was at 128, then 50, then 1. I know there are some logical answers to it, but all of them, well, silly mistakes.
Possibly, but I think people would still remember him as the open source king even if he got into open sauce since the sauce would be open source too. Would have to be some damn good sauce too. Oh, almighty CowboyNeal, save me from the opening of various sources and sauces!!