You're not the only one who got this message... Dash also noted how saying that everyone was special was the same as saying that nobody was, and echoed again when Syndrome noted how that once he sold his super inventions everyone would be super, and that nobody would be.
You didn't have to be born with super powers to become a super... Syndrome worked his way there. There were also common themes about exercising the gifts you're given (Violet not being able to do the force fields without practice).
Oddly enough, I was going to start a similar project for SHA and MD5 hashes. Sure, the DB would be huge... But huge is easily dealt with. At 4 gigabytes per DVD-R (I know, I'm such a n00b, haven't gone dual-layer yet),.zip allowing compression to 2/3rds of disk space, that's about 64 million passwords per DVD.
One DVD could easily handle: Every Zip Every 7-digit phone number Every word in the dictionary (Upper, lower, and Capitalized)
Move up to a 2 disc set and get: Every date
With a little work it'd probably be possible to do names as well.
If you really want to brute force it: Every possible password 8 characters or less could fit on a petabyte of storage. Expensive for your average geek, but how much do you want to bet that there's some government agency that did it on a lark?
Neither of you can spell, and you cannot mod the same thread in which you leave a comment.
Spelling: Big fucking deal. There's enough to be discussed without having to attack something so superficial.
Moderation: I was just providing discussion in counterpoint. I often have mod points, though I don't know.
Voting: Maybe, but there's always hope of an upset. The more secure a region is, the more hope there is of mobilizing the minority party to make things happen.
I've heard a lot of discussion that Osama wants so-and-so in power, all because of these new tapes. It makes great media, but people who are doing these kinds of conjectures forget that Osama doesn't give a crap.
Osama Bin Ladin does NOT CARE who our president is. He will continue to be a threat to the people of our nation. Either major candidate will keep him on the run, and neither will let up (If for no reason other than good press if they catch him).
So why did Osama release the tapes? For exactly what he's been given: Air time. For a few days, he and the Taliban have been gracing newspapers, radios and TVs. He's succesfully produced A reminder that he's out there, healthy, and able to strike again. It is also these kinds of messages that result in terrorist recruits. It's all about the free publicity.
What, slashdotting wasn't enough, so now we're including their e-mail address so we can mailbomb them too? I mean, I know we're a secret socity trying to destroy the Internet one website at a time... But come ON! That's just EVIL.
Ok, OpenOffice.org proved to be too large for me to really use, so I hopped over to the GIMP instead. I grabbed a copy of their source, and created a text file that appended all of the c files I could find in one directory... About 750k.
I took the "English with lots of punctuation", and copied the.xml file. It turns out that using their little interface for creating a language is a PITA, and just copying an existing file works pretty well. I tweaked it to change the name of the language, and point to the right training document.
It needs a little work, because there's no way to tell the difference between a space and an underscore, but for the most part it works pretty well. As a fairly quick test, I'd call it a great success.
I also did the same thing using PHP. Similar results. I got a chuckle when I was able to visually see the probability of me typing _POST or _REQUEST after any $.
Pretty neat. Slower than typing, but it has some interesting possibilities.
Well, it looks like the site is slashdotted. But if you still feel like giving away money to a good cause, I'm trying to raise funds to make dracosoftware.com a non-profit (So I don't have to worry about justifying running my hobby the same way I do now), and open-sourcing all my software.
Or you could just give me money because I'm cute. Really. Cute like a button, that's me! (Prances around like rudolph) I'm cute! She think's I'm cute!
~D
dracolytch@yahoo.com
Is it just me, or does the RAM limit seem a bit on the low side. Sure, it's enough for now, but in 2 or 3 years, having a ceiling that low would prove to be a headache.
Let's see here, if you go for the old tin-foil belief that the virus companies write the virii to create a need for their software, and the attacks are real... Hmmm.
It's the damn Microsoft Installer. The real program's under 100k, but the.msi bullshit is insane. Don't have the money for a real installer, and I don't know of any open source onces that do.net stuff easily. Ugh.
Methane gas is also a byproduct of decompisition, and can be found in considerable quantities at landfills, amongst other places. Sure, it's not the end-all solution, but it's a good step forward.
That won't work well for an unmodded xbox though. You'd have to make it a paid download, and then show people how to get around xbox security for a burned dvd to work, or how to run a copied game from off of the xbox HD. They're trapped in their own copy protrection.
If I remember correctly, Halo 2 has already gone gold. It'll be difficult to increase the speed of a release at this point. There are a lot of logistical factors that they'll have to overcome to increase production for an immediate release.
If they DO release sooner, and there aren't enough copies, that will also cause a case where people will go to the 'net for the game.
For all the geeks that don't have balance enough for a skateboard, are convinced that a scooter isn't dorky enough, believe that bicycles are generally too damn cheap, and are too lazy for any of the above.
Really what this sounds like is giving the Open Source guys some weapons in the Patent Cold War, where almost any company could start a litigation WWIII.
While it's a sad statement, it's probably good to have at this point. Without it, it's only a matter of time before MS or someone else tries to litigate RedHat or similar to fiscal obilivion.
I'd prefer the market weren't in this situation, mind you (And Novell probably does too), but all things considered, it's probably a good thing to have.
Now, let's just hope Novell stays relatively beneficent.
Why in the world do you have your e-mail address with those stupid h's in it to prevent e-mail harvesters, and then IMMEDIATELY provide a URL to your home page that has your e-mail address in clear text???
Slashdot Mirror
I think the actor they chose to play the cyclops-alike was pretty rotten.
(Ducks, runs!)
~D
You're not the only one who got this message... Dash also noted how saying that everyone was special was the same as saying that nobody was, and echoed again when Syndrome noted how that once he sold his super inventions everyone would be super, and that nobody would be.
You didn't have to be born with super powers to become a super... Syndrome worked his way there. There were also common themes about exercising the gifts you're given (Violet not being able to do the force fields without practice).
~D
What's the big surprise? This just means that actions are taking place in public with spyware that people have suspected with virii for years.
Just because they're wearing tin foil doesn't mean that they might not have a point.
~D
Oddly enough, I was going to start a similar project for SHA and MD5 hashes. Sure, the DB would be huge... But huge is easily dealt with. At 4 gigabytes per DVD-R (I know, I'm such a n00b, haven't gone dual-layer yet), .zip allowing compression to 2/3rds of disk space, that's about 64 million passwords per DVD.
One DVD could easily handle:
Every Zip
Every 7-digit phone number
Every word in the dictionary (Upper, lower, and Capitalized)
Move up to a 2 disc set and get:
Every date
With a little work it'd probably be possible to do names as well.
If you really want to brute force it:
Every possible password 8 characters or less could fit on a petabyte of storage. Expensive for your average geek, but how much do you want to bet that there's some government agency that did it on a lark?
~D
Neither of you can spell, and you cannot mod the same thread in which you leave a comment.
Spelling: Big fucking deal. There's enough to be discussed without having to attack something so superficial.
Moderation: I was just providing discussion in counterpoint. I often have mod points, though I don't know.
Voting: Maybe, but there's always hope of an upset. The more secure a region is, the more hope there is of mobilizing the minority party to make things happen.
~D
I've heard a lot of discussion that Osama wants so-and-so in power, all because of these new tapes. It makes great media, but people who are doing these kinds of conjectures forget that Osama doesn't give a crap.
Osama Bin Ladin does NOT CARE who our president is. He will continue to be a threat to the people of our nation. Either major candidate will keep him on the run, and neither will let up (If for no reason other than good press if they catch him).
So why did Osama release the tapes? For exactly what he's been given: Air time. For a few days, he and the Taliban have been gracing newspapers, radios and TVs. He's succesfully produced A reminder that he's out there, healthy, and able to strike again. It is also these kinds of messages that result in terrorist recruits. It's all about the free publicity.
~D
Unfortunately for you, as a member of the unwashed masses, it is my job to show when I'm dispelased by using my mod points. ;)
:)
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
~D
What, slashdotting wasn't enough, so now we're including their e-mail address so we can mailbomb them too? I mean, I know we're a secret socity trying to destroy the Internet one website at a time... But come ON! That's just EVIL.
~D
Forget water cooling, someone grab a fire extinguisher... That server's toast.
~D
Ok, OpenOffice.org proved to be too large for me to really use, so I hopped over to the GIMP instead. I grabbed a copy of their source, and created a text file that appended all of the c files I could find in one directory... About 750k.
.xml file. It turns out that using their little interface for creating a language is a PITA, and just copying an existing file works pretty well. I tweaked it to change the name of the language, and point to the right training document.
I took the "English with lots of punctuation", and copied the
It needs a little work, because there's no way to tell the difference between a space and an underscore, but for the most part it works pretty well. As a fairly quick test, I'd call it a great success.
I also did the same thing using PHP. Similar results. I got a chuckle when I was able to visually see the probability of me typing _POST or _REQUEST after any $.
Pretty neat. Slower than typing, but it has some interesting possibilities.
~D
Looks like you can train this thing by giving it large amounts of text in the language of your choice.
I'm going to pop over to OpenOffice.org, and use their source to create a training document.
Stay tuned for details.
~D
(Watches webserver go up in flames, stops stopwatch)
We've only posted 23 comments and the server's already a smouldering ruin. I think it's a record.
You'd think they would have learned from the first time....
~D
Well, it looks like the site is slashdotted. But if you still feel like giving away money to a good cause, I'm trying to raise funds to make dracosoftware.com a non-profit (So I don't have to worry about justifying running my hobby the same way I do now), and open-sourcing all my software. Or you could just give me money because I'm cute. Really. Cute like a button, that's me! (Prances around like rudolph) I'm cute! She think's I'm cute! ~D dracolytch@yahoo.com
Is it just me, or does the RAM limit seem a bit on the low side. Sure, it's enough for now, but in 2 or 3 years, having a ceiling that low would prove to be a headache.
~D
Let's see here, if you go for the old tin-foil belief that the virus companies write the virii to create a need for their software, and the attacks are real... Hmmm.
F-Secure: Check
Symantec: Check
Trend Micro: Check
McAfee: Check
So that leaves... grisoft, Avast, and a couple dozen smaller companies. It's a conspiracy! THE BASTARDS!
~D
It's the damn Microsoft Installer. The real program's under 100k, but the .msi bullshit is insane. Don't have the money for a real installer, and I don't know of any open source onces that do .net stuff easily. Ugh.
Suggestions are always welcome.
~D
Methane gas is also a byproduct of decompisition, and can be found in considerable quantities at landfills, amongst other places. Sure, it's not the end-all solution, but it's a good step forward.
~D
Why pick sides, or say who is less evil? The more they pound on each other, the less energy/funds they will have to abuse me.
~D
YOU need a copy of Pirate Speak! A free and wonderfully pointless program to create pirate-y insults. (Designed for users of YoHoHo Puzzle Pirates)
http://www.dracosoftware.com/software.php
~D
That won't work well for an unmodded xbox though. You'd have to make it a paid download, and then show people how to get around xbox security for a burned dvd to work, or how to run a copied game from off of the xbox HD. They're trapped in their own copy protrection.
~D
If I remember correctly, Halo 2 has already gone gold. It'll be difficult to increase the speed of a release at this point. There are a lot of logistical factors that they'll have to overcome to increase production for an immediate release.
If they DO release sooner, and there aren't enough copies, that will also cause a case where people will go to the 'net for the game.
~D
I knew someone would say that. That's why I conciously went back and put that "generally" in there. ;)
~D
For all the geeks that don't have balance enough for a skateboard, are convinced that a scooter isn't dorky enough, believe that bicycles are generally too damn cheap, and are too lazy for any of the above.
~D
Really what this sounds like is giving the Open Source guys some weapons in the Patent Cold War, where almost any company could start a litigation WWIII.
While it's a sad statement, it's probably good to have at this point. Without it, it's only a matter of time before MS or someone else tries to litigate RedHat or similar to fiscal obilivion.
I'd prefer the market weren't in this situation, mind you (And Novell probably does too), but all things considered, it's probably a good thing to have.
Now, let's just hope Novell stays relatively beneficent.
~D
Why in the world do you have your e-mail address with those stupid h's in it to prevent e-mail harvesters, and then IMMEDIATELY provide a URL to your home page that has your e-mail address in clear text???
~D