What then would be unacceptable? Regular goatse screenings?
Joking aside, I mostly agree with you. I agree in terms that this would violate our right to privacy. However, this is something that is already commonly done by your peeping toms. Using the Sony Nightshot with a special lens you can already see through certain materials. Honestly I really couldn't tell you how I would feel about this if they passed it. It's not like I would really feel any safer as I already do. In light of a terrorist attack on a plane I feel fairly confident that a passenger (myself included) would take the initiative to take down a terrorist even if a few lives are lost. But screening passengers down to their naked ass won't make the plane any safer. It's not like a terrorist can't make a formidable knife out of a coke can that the stewardess gave him.
Is Skype fairly reliable/stable? How often does it drop calls?
I've never had a problem with Skype. I only have a cell phone and Skype at home so when I'm out my wife has to use Skype as the primary phone. Neither of us prefer to use it though because of the slight delay in voice (which is common with voip.) Never had it drop a call on me though. Overall Skype is pretty good with great quality voice and never dropped calls. Purchasing a phone for it would probably make us more inclined to use it.
I highly recommend using Polycom's line of webcams.
They feature video auto-tracking (camera follows you) as well as PC integration. Using the H.323 standard, these webcams can connect with Netmeeting, Gnome Meeting, other webcams, and much more allowing you to offer conferencing to a wide range of people. With the PC integration you can share your desktop with your client while holding a steady conversation. H.323 also transmits voice as well elimating the need for phones. In our experiences, however, the clarity of voice is not as nice as a standard telephone call over a speakerphone. The unit will plug into either a monitor or television and can be connected directly into an ISDN line or assigned an IP address to receive phone calls.
But is this "UberGeek" keyboard really worth the high price tag?"
No. I achieved the same principle way back in highschool by just simply spray painting my keyboard black. While yes, my typing speed did increase a little and my computer illiterate friends could no longer use my keyboard, I would never spend $79.95USD on a keyboard that I can easily duplicate at home for $10. Who knows, maybe the "Individually Weighted Keyswitches" really make up for the cost. That just doesn't really appeal to me. I could, however, see this sell if the keys were individually backlit with optional dimming.
but how long before it is filled with spam links, ads, ect?
I personally could care less. del.icio.us allows you to become a regsitered member (free) to have your own section of bookmarks. Only you can publish and customize to that section meaning that the only ads that show up will be the ones you put in there. You can then add a live bookmark in Firefox to the rss feed and have the last 30 links available to you anywhere you go. Rather I'm at home or at work I can keep my bookmarks together easily. del.icio.us will then keep a counter on how many people link to the same place and will give you the option of viewing other people's bookmarks who link to the same sites as you. They then take the most linked sites and place them at del.icio.us/popular. The only spam that will show up is the spam that you look for.
Don't watch it again. Movies are not a necessity. You don't need to see them to live. The MPAA has the right to set a price; you have the right to choose to pay it or not. If you choose not to pay the price, then duplicting the content without paying for it is theft.
As shown time and time before, it's not theft. I'm not stealing anything from them.
Another thought: go watch a different great movie
I do. I watch movies all the time. Most of them don't require me to pay a spectating fee to watch it each time. I don't have anything against Star Wars or the sharing of movies. I do have a problem with companies setting the bar to high to view movies regulary as well as people who do not support the artists. My previous post was just more of a rant but still, I feel that we're overcharged for a movie and a popcorn. Of course people are going to pirate it! And when it comes out on DVD I'll purchase it just like I did with the other two Star Wars that I pirated.
But if you want to watch Revenge again...pay the $9.
But why should I have to? I don't want to watch it in a theater again. I don't want to wait untill it comes on on DVD. I want to watch it now and not in a crowded theater. If the MPAA offered the full version available for download at a price, I'd buy it. Or, better yet, preorder the not available DVD and download now to view untill they can ship the DVD.
It's a shame that this has happened, and that Star Wars Ep. III is hardly taking in any money as a result.
Exactly. I have 2 hours left downloading rots. I saw it yesterday in the theaters. Why am I downloading it? Because I'm not up for spending another $9 per person to watch it again. I've seen it and I've supported it. I'll end up buying it when it's released on DVD but untill then I'll watch it on my computer. Go fuck yourself MPAA. You use inaccurate terms and accuse your lack(?) of profit on me.
Full context of original e-mail.
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Hack IIS6 Contest
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· Score: 1, Informative
The site is down so here is the original e-mail he sent out.
Welcome to the HackIIS6.com Contest!
Starting May 2nd and going until June 8th, the server located at http://www.hackiis6.com/ will welcome hackers to attack it. If you can deface the web site or capture the "hidden" document, you win an X-box! Read contest rules for what does and doesn't constitute a successful hack. We've tried to be as realistic as possible in what constitutes a successful hack, and in mimicking a basic HTML and ASP.NET web site.
For the most part, almost anything reasonable constitutes a successful attack except for a massive network denial of service attack against the IIS 6 or its host provider. Not that doing a successful DoS attack wouldn't be a problem in the real world...it would be...but we aren't testing that. We want to test the security of Windows Server 2003, IIS, and other Microsoft applications. So, please, respect this one rule of the contest so everyone can have a chance at claiming the prize.
Questions and Prizes If you have questions, send an email to admin@hackiis6.com. If you want to claim a prize, send your email, with the details listed in the official rules to prizes@hackiis6.com.
Contest Summary We are going to start the contest for the first two weeks with the very basic, static HTML web site that you are now reading. Two weeks later, we'll add an ASP.NET web site and a back-end SQL server to add more flavor and give more area to attack. We started with the basic site to prove that Microsoft's Internet Information Service (IIS) and Windows Server 2003 is secure by itself. This is to satisfy the purists who thinking hacking ASP.NET is hacking an application and not the server. So, if you've got skillz in one area versus the other, you'll have a chance to try both attack types.
Once the contest stops on June 8th, we will announce the winner(s) at the upcoming June Microsoft Tech.Ed conference.
The Setup This server is running Windows Server 2003, Service Pack1, with all current publicly-released patches and hotfixes installed (we ran Windows Update and MBSA just like a real admin would do). We installed IIS 6.0. and then we followed the basic recommendations (http://www.microsoft.com/technet /security/prodtec h/IIS.mspx) suggested by Microsoft. I added a few tweaks here and there, to put my personal mark on the site, but nothing extraordinary.
There is no non-Microsoft software involved with the exception of the host's router/firewall, which would be normal in most environments. We want to make this a test of Microsoft software.
Why a hacking contest? To have fun! Sure there will be critics who say sponsoring a hacking contest proves nothing. If the IIS server remains unbroken, it still doesn't mean that IIS is really "secure." True, and if I wasn't the contest's team leader, I'd probably be the first one to yell that out. Hacking contests rarely prove something is secure, although it only takes a single successful hack to prove something is unsecure.
So why do it? There are very few places on the Internet where hackers, good and bad, can hack legally. Windows IT Pro thought the contest would be a fun way to interact with the hacker community (they realize most hackers have good intentions) and bring some attention to Windows IT Pro (of course, they'll disavow all responsibility and blame me solely if the server gets hacked).
So, welcome to the contest! Hack away. If the IIS server goes unhacked during the extended time period, it might not mean that IIS is "unhackable", but if it does survive the contest it might convince a few people that it is a relatively secure web server platform. After all, over 20% of the Internet relies on it, including some of the largest web sites in the world.
Happy Hacking,
Roger A. Grimes Contributing editor, Windows IT Pro Magazine
...Longhorn...Team 99....how do they come up with these unusual names?
My favorite quote FTA (and I'm not making this up):
"Longhorn got its name from the bar that's between Whistler and Blackcomb up in British Columbia. 99 is the road you drive from my house to get up to the Longhorn bar. So, Team 99 is the team that'll take us to Longhorn's launch," he said.
From the NY Times article: As Jolene Blalock, who played the Vulcan officer T'Pol on "Enterprise," explained: "The stories lacked intriguing content. They were boring." A lifelong "Star Trek" fan, Ms. Blalock said she was dismayed by early "Enterprise" scripts that seemed to ignore basic tenets of the franchise's chronology, and that offered revealing costumes instead of character development. "The audience isn't stupid," she said.
Bingo. That is exactly what is wrong with Enterprise. I'm personally a fan of it, new to the trek series (always liked the movies), but I knew that this was different from the theme of the previous shows and movies. I never really liked the any of the series but Enterprise was an exception. Maybe it is because of the unusuality of it that cought my attention. Still, the lack of character development and cheesy scripts in the begining seasons (those that I really didn't watch) was enough to drive almost anyone away. I really didn't get into it until it's fourth season. Oh well, sad to see it go but maybe a break will bring in new creativity. Or, perhaps they'll just finally let Star Trek die after 30? years.
Haha, didn't expect you to respond.
I was more of joking about your data being a hoax.
Good job on the "lights" and nice report on your traffic. Any update on if your setting up your interactive light for real this time?
"Given that these two craters haven't been covered by sand even though they are surrounded by sand ripples on a flat plain lends support to the idea that they're fairly recent."
You forgot to mention FTA:
"Of course, recent might mean any time from yesterday to 100 million years ago."
Yeah, I was there last week. Not a bad blog. One of the better ones out there. However he fails to mention his appearence on Jerry Springer and the real reason why noone understands him. Hes not really a bad guy, he just has issues that noone understands.
I too have complained about how the emails sent in to the editors are just simply ignored. However, on a strange note, yesterday I sent an e-mail correcting a typo in the mysterious future and acutally got a response and they fixed it! They're not ignoring all of our e-mails.
E-mail for those nonbelievers:
Mark:
Sharp eye! Thanks for noting that one.
Tim
On 4/27/05, Mark Owen wrote:
> A measurement of almost 900 neutrons per second was *observer*.
>
> Should be *observed*
>
Why? For legally time shifting my shows so I may watch them later? The whole debate about time shifting is a huge gray area when it comes to the Internet. I have seen this discussed several times and noone has come to a conclusion. I suspect it won't be considered illegal untill a judge says it is.
This bill is aimed at people who distribute movies *PRIOR* to their televised airing, release date, etc. RTFA.
I did. And then I went a step further and read the actual law. Try reading it sometime before you troll.
1. IN GENERAL- Any person who willfully infringes a copyright shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, if the infringement was committed:
C. by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution.
So much for distribution of television shows online. Almost all of them will eventually release a DVD of the series (commercial
distribution) therefore anyone posting last nights tv show as a torrent will be a criminal.
Slashdot Mirror
It was eventually found along with Luke's arm which was then used to clone an evil Luke.
Oh, that's right, you don't have one...
Thats what I keep telling my wife.
What then would be unacceptable?
Regular goatse screenings?
Joking aside, I mostly agree with you. I agree in terms that this would violate our right to privacy. However, this is something that is already commonly done by your peeping toms. Using the Sony Nightshot with a special lens you can already see through certain materials. Honestly I really couldn't tell you how I would feel about this if they passed it. It's not like I would really feel any safer as I already do. In light of a terrorist attack on a plane I feel fairly confident that a passenger (myself included) would take the initiative to take down a terrorist even if a few lives are lost. But screening passengers down to their naked ass won't make the plane any safer. It's not like a terrorist can't make a formidable knife out of a coke can that the stewardess gave him.
Is Skype fairly reliable/stable? How often does it drop calls?
I've never had a problem with Skype. I only have a cell phone and Skype at home so when I'm out my wife has to use Skype as the primary phone. Neither of us prefer to use it though because of the slight delay in voice (which is common with voip.) Never had it drop a call on me though. Overall Skype is pretty good with great quality voice and never dropped calls. Purchasing a phone for it would probably make us more inclined to use it.
I highly recommend using Polycom's line of webcams.
They feature video auto-tracking (camera follows you) as well as PC integration. Using the H.323 standard, these webcams can connect with Netmeeting, Gnome Meeting, other webcams, and much more allowing you to offer conferencing to a wide range of people. With the PC integration you can share your desktop with your client while holding a steady conversation. H.323 also transmits voice as well elimating the need for phones. In our experiences, however, the clarity of voice is not as nice as a standard telephone call over a speakerphone. The unit will plug into either a monitor or television and can be connected directly into an ISDN line or assigned an IP address to receive phone calls.
But is this "UberGeek" keyboard really worth the high price tag?"
No. I achieved the same principle way back in highschool by just simply spray painting my keyboard black. While yes, my typing speed did increase a little and my computer illiterate friends could no longer use my keyboard, I would never spend $79.95USD on a keyboard that I can easily duplicate at home for $10. Who knows, maybe the "Individually Weighted Keyswitches" really make up for the cost. That just doesn't really appeal to me. I could, however, see this sell if the keys were individually backlit with optional dimming.
Maybe not a shark's head, but it definatly looks like something that would be on the death star.
Wow. A troll on Slashdot who has nothing better to do on a weekend. You words move me so much...
I personally could care less. del.icio.us allows you to become a regsitered member (free) to have your own section of bookmarks. Only you can publish and customize to that section meaning that the only ads that show up will be the ones you put in there. You can then add a live bookmark in Firefox to the rss feed and have the last 30 links available to you anywhere you go. Rather I'm at home or at work I can keep my bookmarks together easily. del.icio.us will then keep a counter on how many people link to the same place and will give you the option of viewing other people's bookmarks who link to the same sites as you. They then take the most linked sites and place them at del.icio.us/popular. The only spam that will show up is the spam that you look for.
Some common feeds:
Don't watch it again. Movies are not a necessity. You don't need to see them to live. The MPAA has the right to set a price; you have the right to choose to pay it or not. If you choose not to pay the price, then duplicting the content without paying for it is theft.
As shown time and time before, it's not theft. I'm not stealing anything from them.
Another thought: go watch a different great movie
I do. I watch movies all the time. Most of them don't require me to pay a spectating fee to watch it each time. I don't have anything against Star Wars or the sharing of movies. I do have a problem with companies setting the bar to high to view movies regulary as well as people who do not support the artists. My previous post was just more of a rant but still, I feel that we're overcharged for a movie and a popcorn. Of course people are going to pirate it! And when it comes out on DVD I'll purchase it just like I did with the other two Star Wars that I pirated.
But if you want to watch Revenge again...pay the $9.
But why should I have to? I don't want to watch it in a theater again. I don't want to wait untill it comes on on DVD. I want to watch it now and not in a crowded theater. If the MPAA offered the full version available for download at a price, I'd buy it. Or, better yet, preorder the not available DVD and download now to view untill they can ship the DVD.
It's a shame that this has happened, and that Star Wars Ep. III is hardly taking in any money as a result.
Exactly. I have 2 hours left downloading rots. I saw it yesterday in the theaters. Why am I downloading it? Because I'm not up for spending another $9 per person to watch it again. I've seen it and I've supported it. I'll end up buying it when it's released on DVD but untill then I'll watch it on my computer. Go fuck yourself MPAA. You use inaccurate terms and accuse your lack(?) of profit on me.
The miracles of photoshop never cease to amaze.
Then it must have been someone at Google or whoever it was they purchased the imagery from...
Except for the fact that water is corrosive...
The site is down so here is the original e-mail he sent out.
t /security/prodtec h/IIS.mspx) suggested
.
Welcome to the HackIIS6.com Contest!
Starting May 2nd and going until June 8th, the server located at
http://www.hackiis6.com/ will welcome hackers to attack it. If you can
deface the web site or capture the "hidden" document, you win an X-box!
Read contest rules for what does and doesn't constitute a successful
hack. We've tried to be as realistic as possible in what constitutes a
successful hack, and in mimicking a basic HTML and ASP.NET web site.
For the most part, almost anything reasonable constitutes a successful
attack except for a massive network denial of service attack against the
IIS 6 or its host provider. Not that doing a successful DoS attack
wouldn't be a problem in the real world...it would be...but we aren't
testing that. We want to test the security of Windows Server 2003, IIS,
and other Microsoft applications. So, please, respect this one rule of
the contest so everyone can have a chance at claiming the prize.
Questions and Prizes
If you have questions, send an email to admin@hackiis6.com. If you want
to claim a prize, send your email, with the details listed in the
official rules to prizes@hackiis6.com.
Contest Summary
We are going to start the contest for the first two weeks with the very
basic, static HTML web site that you are now reading. Two weeks later,
we'll add an ASP.NET web site and a back-end SQL server to add more
flavor and give more area to attack. We started with the basic site to
prove that Microsoft's Internet Information Service (IIS) and Windows
Server 2003 is secure by itself. This is to satisfy the purists who
thinking hacking ASP.NET is hacking an application and not the server.
So, if you've got skillz in one area versus the other, you'll have a
chance to try both attack types.
Once the contest stops on June 8th, we will announce the winner(s) at
the upcoming June Microsoft Tech.Ed conference.
The Setup
This server is running Windows Server 2003, Service Pack1, with all
current publicly-released patches and hotfixes installed (we ran Windows
Update and MBSA just like a real admin would do). We installed IIS 6.0.
and then we followed the basic recommendations
(http://www.microsoft.com/techne
by Microsoft. I added a few tweaks here and there, to put my personal
mark on the site, but nothing extraordinary.
There is no non-Microsoft software involved with the exception of the
host's router/firewall, which would be normal in most environments. We
want to make this a test of Microsoft software.
Why a hacking contest?
To have fun! Sure there will be critics who say sponsoring a hacking
contest proves nothing. If the IIS server remains unbroken, it still
doesn't mean that IIS is really "secure." True, and if I wasn't the
contest's team leader, I'd probably be the first one to yell that out.
Hacking contests rarely prove something is secure, although it only
takes a single successful hack to prove something is unsecure.
So why do it? There are very few places on the Internet where hackers,
good and bad, can hack legally. Windows IT Pro thought the contest would
be a fun way to interact with the hacker community (they realize most
hackers have good intentions) and bring some attention to Windows IT Pro
(of course, they'll disavow all responsibility and blame me solely if
the server gets hacked)
So, welcome to the contest! Hack away. If the IIS server goes unhacked
during the extended time period, it might not mean that IIS is
"unhackable", but if it does survive the contest it might convince a few
people that it is a relatively secure web server platform. After all,
over 20% of the Internet relies on it, including some of the largest web
sites in the world.
Happy Hacking,
Roger A. Grimes
Contributing editor, Windows IT Pro Magazine
video conferencing.. the politically correct way to say, streaming porn
Ever see that Sony commercial?
...Longhorn...Team 99....how do they come up with these unusual names?
My favorite quote FTA (and I'm not making this up):
"Longhorn got its name from the bar that's between Whistler and Blackcomb up in British Columbia. 99 is the road you drive from my house to get up to the Longhorn bar. So, Team 99 is the team that'll take us to Longhorn's launch," he said.
And people make fun of Linux names!
From the NY Times article:
As Jolene Blalock, who played the Vulcan officer T'Pol on "Enterprise," explained: "The stories lacked intriguing content. They were boring." A lifelong "Star Trek" fan, Ms. Blalock said she was dismayed by early "Enterprise" scripts that seemed to ignore basic tenets of the franchise's chronology, and that offered revealing costumes instead of character development. "The audience isn't stupid," she said.
Bingo. That is exactly what is wrong with Enterprise. I'm personally a fan of it, new to the trek series (always liked the movies), but I knew that this was different from the theme of the previous shows and movies. I never really liked the any of the series but Enterprise was an exception. Maybe it is because of the unusuality of it that cought my attention. Still, the lack of character development and cheesy scripts in the begining seasons (those that I really didn't watch) was enough to drive almost anyone away. I really didn't get into it until it's fourth season. Oh well, sad to see it go but maybe a break will bring in new creativity. Or, perhaps they'll just finally let Star Trek die after 30? years.
Haha, didn't expect you to respond.
I was more of joking about your data being a hoax.
Good job on the "lights" and nice report on your traffic. Any update on if your setting up your interactive light for real this time?
Does anyone actually know how many visits slashdot gives a site that is on posted on the front page? any guesses?
;)
The guy who did the Christmas and Haloween lights prank did a rather nice analysis on the incoming bandwidth from Slashdot and other media sites.
Pasted below is Slashdot's statistics:
5 min: 781
10 min: 1,604
1 hour: 11,699
2 hours: 21,651
4 hours: 35,895
8 hours: 53,720
24 hours: 90,607
2 days: 94,830
week: 98,054
month: 117,210
Take it with a grain of salt though...the analysis might be another hoax
"Given that these two craters haven't been covered by sand even though they are surrounded by sand ripples on a flat plain lends support to the idea that they're fairly recent."
You forgot to mention FTA:
"Of course, recent might mean any time from yesterday to 100 million years ago."
Yeah, I was there last week. Not a bad blog. One of the better ones out there. However he fails to mention his appearence on Jerry Springer and the real reason why noone understands him. Hes not really a bad guy, he just has issues that noone understands.
I too have complained about how the emails sent in to the editors are just simply ignored. However, on a strange note, yesterday I sent an e-mail correcting a typo in the mysterious future and acutally got a response and they fixed it! They're not ignoring all of our e-mails.
E-mail for those nonbelievers:
Mark:
Sharp eye! Thanks for noting that one.
Tim
On 4/27/05, Mark Owen wrote:
> A measurement of almost 900 neutrons per second was *observer*.
>
> Should be *observed*
>
--
>>>> edges are interesting
Uhhh last I checked you already were a criminal.
Why? For legally time shifting my shows so I may watch them later? The whole debate about time shifting is a huge gray area when it comes to the Internet. I have seen this discussed several times and noone has come to a conclusion. I suspect it won't be considered illegal untill a judge says it is.
This bill is aimed at people who distribute movies *PRIOR* to their televised airing, release date, etc. RTFA.
I did. And then I went a step further and read the actual law. Try reading it sometime before you troll.
From S.167RH, Title I, Sec 103. which can be found under the Text of Legislation:
a. Criminal Infringement
1. IN GENERAL- Any person who willfully infringes a copyright shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, if the infringement was committed:
C. by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution.
So much for distribution of television shows online. Almost all of them will eventually release a DVD of the series (commercial distribution) therefore anyone posting last nights tv show as a torrent will be a criminal.