When IE 7 wants to save a file to the user's desktop, for instance, it must first "ask" the broker if it can do this. The broker is written in such a way that all actions require the user to confirm this is OK via a dialog box. If the user says it's OK the broker completes the action on behalf of IE 7.
Wait, so I right click an image, choose "save to desktop", and then a dialog will come up asking me if I "really want to" do that?
You know, my usual response to dialog boxes like that is something along the lines of: "No, I was just clicking that button for the hell of it. I didn't want to actually do anything." (with a nice sarcastic tone)....
If that's really what using IE (and Vista) is going to be like, well, damn, I'm just that much more glad I bought an iBook last month instead of a Windows-based laptop.
dude.. Showcase shows stuff like that ALL THE TIME at 9pm or even earlier! Hell, completely nude people in some kind of "sex documentary", and it's like, 8:00 PM.
I actually find it pretty odd (can they really show this on TV at this time of day??), but there you have it....
I wonder if CBS can file a lawsuit in response, for copyright infringement. Think about how many thousands of people just watched that good 3 minutes of CBS' copyrighted footage! heh...
Um, they're getting fined 3.6 million for "suggesting" a "teenage orgy"?
What about shows like Family Guy which have untold amounts of adult-oriented innuendo and jokes??! I can't see this as a legitimate endeavour whatsoever...
I'd search for more material but it's not really worth my time. Regardless, putting something on the net does not make it public domain, legally. I'm guessing you mean that, realistically speaking, anyone can copy anything on the net all they want. However, that's not whatsoever how things work in a legal sense.
The entity "at fault" here is the US government for essentially trying to overstep their legal restrictions.
Google isn't causing the US DoJ to act that way simply because Google logs detailed statistics.
That logic is just as flawed as saying rape is justifiable because "those girls shouldn't look so good in the first place", "she chose to dress like a slut so that's what she gets", etc.
Like I keep seeing quoted in the news articles about this whole thing - Your privacy will be invaded bit by bit, in a gradual, not-so-harsh manner. But in the future you'll look back and realize what has happened...
"It is subject to government scrutiny when you type something into Google."
Oh, what? So my internet browsing habits are subject to scrutiny by foreign governments? I live in Canada. IMHO the US government should keep the hell out of my personal information completely, and should have not even the slightest rights to ever know of such information unless I actually enter their country. Otherwise, GTFO...
Dude. Not only is your root password two characters long, you just posted it on slashdot??!?/me thinks we won't hear from danpsmith for a while... but he'll be back with a longer root password!;)
Dude. The fact is, news sites around the world are saying "Mac OS X system hacked by some guy on the net", when they should be saying something more like "Mac OS X user locally escalated priveleges using unpublished exploit".
It's a very well accepted fact that there's nearly no way to protect from local privelege escalation. It happens all the time, and new exploits are constantly found. The kind of access you need to use a machine to a reasonable extent (locally, at the console) means you'll always be able to find ways to escalate your priveleges.
"The original test was to see if a regular local user could elevate its privileges to admin."
Actually, the original "test" was something along the lines of "See if you can get into my machine and erase everything, over the network connection. Oh yeah here's an SSH login if you want." Read the FAQ.
I've thought of this so many times... it is why I don't use plaintext protocols unless I really need to, when I am on some random person's wireless network.
Even then, imagine someone having some really advanced software that will pick up on me trying to establish an SSL (or otherwise encrypted) session, and execute a MITM (man-in-the-middle) attack, entirely automatically?
Man, that would be a damned cool piece of software to have on my network router...
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When IE 7 wants to save a file to the user's desktop, for instance, it must first "ask" the broker if it can do this. The broker is written in such a way that all actions require the user to confirm this is OK via a dialog box. If the user says it's OK the broker completes the action on behalf of IE 7.
Wait, so I right click an image, choose "save to desktop", and then a dialog will come up asking me if I "really want to" do that?
You know, my usual response to dialog boxes like that is something along the lines of: "No, I was just clicking that button for the hell of it. I didn't want to actually do anything." (with a nice sarcastic tone)....
If that's really what using IE (and Vista) is going to be like, well, damn, I'm just that much more glad I bought an iBook last month instead of a Windows-based laptop.
TV network, might be Canada-only.. idunno. Hmm, yeah. upon further research: http://www.showcase.ca/
Well, here's one my girlfriend and I play all the time, although it's Mac-only:
:)
http://www.mcsebi.com/bb2.php
Bub & Bob 2, a damned good port of Bubble Bobble, for Mac OS X
Plays better than any other Bubble Bobble port for PC that I've ever played (is it just me or are the ones for Windows totally shitty?)...
We bust this out on the iBook at the coffee shop and play for hours whilst ingesting tasty coffee etc.. fun stuff!
dude.. Showcase shows stuff like that ALL THE TIME at 9pm or even earlier! Hell, completely nude people in some kind of "sex documentary", and it's like, 8:00 PM.
I actually find it pretty odd (can they really show this on TV at this time of day??), but there you have it....
I wonder if CBS can file a lawsuit in response, for copyright infringement. Think about how many thousands of people just watched that good 3 minutes of CBS' copyrighted footage! heh...
Um, they're getting fined 3.6 million for "suggesting" a "teenage orgy"?
What about shows like Family Guy which have untold amounts of adult-oriented innuendo and jokes??! I can't see this as a legitimate endeavour whatsoever...
"Intel promises to make content easier to buy than it is to pirate."
hahaha
GL HF TTYL ^_^
Well, idunno if I'd call Apple's DRM "really restrictive"..
" What do you currently use? Because installing Windows isn't this easy."
;)
Yeah, see, he's using a Mac.
"I am a total newbie to linux"
;)
Wow... you're new here, aren't you?
"It's EA's right to make a game that claims whatever they wish, as long as that claim isn't outright slanderous."
;)
For some reason I started thinking of Postal 2... heheh
rofl.. nice :D
Okay there, uninformed anonymous troll.
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Read #3.
I'd search for more material but it's not really worth my time. Regardless, putting something on the net does not make it public domain, legally. I'm guessing you mean that, realistically speaking, anyone can copy anything on the net all they want. However, that's not whatsoever how things work in a legal sense.
No, that's thoroughly unreasonable.
The entity "at fault" here is the US government for essentially trying to overstep their legal restrictions.
Google isn't causing the US DoJ to act that way simply because Google logs detailed statistics.
That logic is just as flawed as saying rape is justifiable because "those girls shouldn't look so good in the first place", "she chose to dress like a slut so that's what she gets", etc.
Like I keep seeing quoted in the news articles about this whole thing - Your privacy will be invaded bit by bit, in a gradual, not-so-harsh manner. But in the future you'll look back and realize what has happened...
"It is subject to government scrutiny when you type something into Google."
...
Oh, what? So my internet browsing habits are subject to scrutiny by foreign governments? I live in Canada. IMHO the US government should keep the hell out of my personal information completely, and should have not even the slightest rights to ever know of such information unless I actually enter their country. Otherwise, GTFO
err, registration?? pfff... no need to waste your time.
http://www.bugmenot.com/view.php?url=www.pqhp.com
have fun...
Wow, is it just me or does the game description sound a lot like Maxis' old game SimEarth ?!
My root password is "go"
/me thinks we won't hear from danpsmith for a while... but he'll be back with a longer root password! ;)
Dude. Not only is your root password two characters long, you just posted it on slashdot??!?
roflmao dude, LOLLED at my work desk... hahah
Funny... 0 results... :) I guess Google reads Slashdot...
Dude. The fact is, news sites around the world are saying "Mac OS X system hacked by some guy on the net", when they should be saying something more like "Mac OS X user locally escalated priveleges using unpublished exploit".
It's a very well accepted fact that there's nearly no way to protect from local privelege escalation. It happens all the time, and new exploits are constantly found. The kind of access you need to use a machine to a reasonable extent (locally, at the console) means you'll always be able to find ways to escalate your priveleges.
"The original test was to see if a regular local user could elevate its privileges to admin."
Actually, the original "test" was something along the lines of "See if you can get into my machine and erase everything, over the network connection. Oh yeah here's an SSH login if you want." Read the FAQ.
Curious.. does it operate as one huge-ass LAN? Could you play a network game with your buddy across the city, using this wireless network?
That's about the most key point that I'd be interested in seeing in a citywide wireless network...
Easy, dude. Write up the specs, hop onto someone's open wireless network, and post the file online from there. ;)
I've thought of this so many times... it is why I don't use plaintext protocols unless I really need to, when I am on some random person's wireless network.
Even then, imagine someone having some really advanced software that will pick up on me trying to establish an SSL (or otherwise encrypted) session, and execute a MITM (man-in-the-middle) attack, entirely automatically?
Man, that would be a damned cool piece of software to have on my network router...