>... or they be Finnished for sure... maybe be flemished, too. >-- >Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
Wouldn't that be "Linux... Departing the Sun(rise), accelerating exponentially"?
The physics behind the design seem plausable. Only question is does it run linux?
Reader seems to be able to overwrite the current version, but if you have damaged version of older reader installed(5,6,7) you have serious issues trying to get rid of those things.
Does anyone have good resources for removing old versions of adobe reader manually?
Adobe website comes pretty much empty when looking for cleanup tools.
All you need is a call to certain point of disk to run the code right?
Remember that almost all current Windows systems reserve 1-8Mb space for converting the drive to dynamic disk.
8Mb is likely enough to run almost fullblown virtual machine, atleast versatile enough to hide beneath the "primary" os and act as a spam/ddos drone/keylogging trojan unnoticed.
Sure, it'll eat some resources sitting there, but your average Joe/Jill won't really notice that. They just curse their damn slow computer.
Why masquerade? You replace the binaries which show running processes with section of code hiding your-malware-process. Since the host is compromised, it's highly unlikely running tripwire or some such anyways which might reveal process replacing.
We've tried deploying vista in a corporate environment, but were forced to switch back running XP. Our company uses 3D design software which has been certified "designed for windows vista" for almost a year now.
Only problem is, that the particular software doesn't work on vista! (business edition) At SP0 level, the design program installs, but doesn't start. We tried upgrading to latest SP4 version of the software, and now it doesn't even install properly. After spending +40 hours trying to get it to work, the support team responded to our request and told us to forget running on vista before next version which will be available somewhere 2Q2008.
Long story short.. We cannot deploy an operating system which disables us from doing our core business, 3d modelling and design. Good thing we bought XP with volume licensing so we can freely switch our new workstations preloaded with vista back to XP and actually get some work done.
I just noticed today that Vista business edition companied by office install and recovery files for hp laptop leaves you with almost 400,000 files on your hd.
Drunk employee? Sounds like someone has been installing several instances of windows. Like anyone would do that sober.. maybe their cable management was really bad and he just staggered into wrong corridor?
If given choice, I'd buy new computer without any OS at all and run linux on it, but if I had to choose between microsoft systems, I'd buy XP SP2 over Vista anytime. XP is just much more tested, stable and user friendly than Vista.
Vista does not offer anything which would benefit home users by upgrading. Like all other MS operating systems, Vista won't be useable before service pack X, where x seems to range from 1 to 6.
Is not haiku(beos) open source? Take the features and port to linux. New scheduler rules them all. Speed improvements would increase the desktop performance. As they would increase performance with services.
> The problem comes when the SSN is the only piece of information you need to take control over someone's life. There should be some more basic checks put in place to ensure the person is who they claim to be.
I cannot think of any way to take any control of someones life just by knowing someones SSN. You can't sell properity, take a loan or apply for a credit card without showing valid photo ID.
You can't order another photo ID with your picture either, since the bureau who grants valid IDs has the original persons picture in their records already. And you need valid ID or a family member with valid ID to collect that new ID to begin with. Simply faking an ID isn't that easy either, it has several layers of security, embossing, tiny intentional misspellings etc. Most modern cards even have chip already, so you'd have to know what to clone there aswell.
But then again.. this is how things are done in Finland, maybe they dont ask for ID anywhere in States.
You know, Dr Phil is common joke in Europe. He's excellent sample of generic level of education in US. You can be a retard and still manage to be called a Dr.
I'm not sure if anyone in US takes him seriously, but here you'd take Conan O'Brien more seriously than Phil.
WTF? car with 100,000 miles is still rather new.
Here in Finland, average car age is about 7 years and normal mileage is closer to 250,000 miles when the car is closing the end of lifespan.
Time for the US to execute a "phased redeployment" away from the Internet.
Or perhaps DoD should have secondary network physically separated from internet, where workstations with important data are kept. These workstations wouldn't be allowed direct access to internet, instead you'd have another computer sitting next to them, and if you need to move data between, you do it by burning it on dvd or using usb drive.
Didn't look if they actually use that kind of system but I would assume they do. It would be idiotic to keep anything sensitive on machines which are connected to internet even if they have good firewalls sitting between.
It has shared calendar, resource scheduling, email&contacts etc, it even syncs with your palm.
But if you need something more professional, just take out your wallet and go for groupwise
Linux works just fine in corporate networks. It's exchange, outlook and their nonstandard quirks which are causing the problems. Just replace those and you're golden.
Satellite TV encryption is dynamic. Got the keys? They just got revoked. Worked out the encryption? A download just changed it.
Ever heard of card serving and softCAM? It completely bypasses the need to write in keys. Even if your keys get revoked while watching, the card client reauthenticates against the stream with new keys realtime. All you need is someone with legit card and sat box with network connectivity.
No need to clone cards, when you can "clone" the entire authentication module.
Neither format should be considered cracked until a standalone software player could play all disks (independent of an online key database)
Nothing is preventing you from remastering and burning a copy of your original bluray/hddvd. Since you can read out the data, just make another disk and leave the box unchecked which asks "encrypt data for copyright purposes?" and it'll play on any player. Remastering allows you to cut away annoying fbi warnings, trailers etc unwanted crap from the movies which you own and paid for.
Both formats aren't really cracked, but since it allows creating backups, it does what's neccessary for most people. Everyone hates plastic disks which cost $30 and are ruined by small scratches.
Windows Vista Ultimate +3 games(well you get hearts, minesweeper and solitaire..) $450 (above does not include any hardware, add $1500 for semi-decent gaming system)
Microsoft Xbox 360 core ($299) + 3 games of your choice (~$150) $450
Nintendo Wii ($250) + 3 games of your choice ($150) $400
Sony playstation 3 basic ($499)+ 3 games of your choice ($150) $650 (add $1000 for semi-decent tv for consoles)
Truly great gaming platform, no doubt.. You could buy x360, wii and decent tv and still have some money to spare, where your vista rig doesn't even have any games yet.
How about charging with induction instead using power cord?
Place coil in garage floor and park the car on top. Car has matching coil which then charges the battery. (though this might not be very efficient way to move current..)
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>... or they be Finnished for sure... maybe be flemished, too.
>--
>Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
Wouldn't that be "Linux... Departing the Sun(rise), accelerating exponentially"?
The physics behind the design seem plausable.
Only question is does it run linux?
Now it turns Aero on and changes my pretty black background? fuking hell.
Reader seems to be able to overwrite the current version, but if you have damaged version of older reader installed(5,6,7) you have serious issues trying to get rid of those things.
Does anyone have good resources for removing old versions of adobe reader manually?
Adobe website comes pretty much empty when looking for cleanup tools.
> A modern computing system is not one that is run from the DOS commandline
Windows 2008 server core is not modern enough for you then? It is run from DOS(actually powershell) commandline.
All you need is a call to certain point of disk to run the code right?
Remember that almost all current Windows systems reserve 1-8Mb space for converting the drive to dynamic disk.
8Mb is likely enough to run almost fullblown virtual machine, atleast versatile enough to hide beneath the "primary" os and act as a spam/ddos drone/keylogging trojan unnoticed.
Sure, it'll eat some resources sitting there, but your average Joe/Jill won't really notice that. They just curse their damn slow computer.
They already have that covered.
Could be nice feature for lotus to read out loud the title of the email when arriving instead playing that minder sound.
Then again.. after few ENLARGE YOUR PENIS!! emails, I'd probably turn that feature off..
> Given that you've already compromised the host,
Why masquerade?
You replace the binaries which show running processes with section of code hiding your-malware-process.
Since the host is compromised, it's highly unlikely running tripwire or some such anyways which might reveal process replacing.
Isn't it better that they removed the logo?
Otherwise it might appear to some person watching that the ramblings were actually created by harvard.
> It also appears that the Malicious Software Removal Tool doesn't require validation either.
Fixed your link.
We've tried deploying vista in a corporate environment, but were forced to switch back running XP.
Our company uses 3D design software which has been certified "designed for windows vista" for almost a year now.
Only problem is, that the particular software doesn't work on vista! (business edition)
At SP0 level, the design program installs, but doesn't start.
We tried upgrading to latest SP4 version of the software, and now it doesn't even install properly.
After spending +40 hours trying to get it to work, the support team responded to our request and told us to forget
running on vista before next version which will be available somewhere 2Q2008.
Long story short.. We cannot deploy an operating system which disables us from doing our core business, 3d modelling and design.
Good thing we bought XP with volume licensing so we can freely switch our new workstations preloaded with vista back to XP
and actually get some work done.
I just noticed today that Vista business edition companied by office install and recovery files for hp laptop leaves you with almost 400,000 files on your hd.
Drunk employee?
Sounds like someone has been installing several instances of windows.
Like anyone would do that sober.. maybe their cable management was really bad and he just staggered into wrong corridor?
If given choice, I'd buy new computer without any OS at all and run linux on it, but if I had to choose between microsoft systems, I'd buy XP SP2 over Vista anytime.
XP is just much more tested, stable and user friendly than Vista.
Vista does not offer anything which would benefit home users by upgrading.
Like all other MS operating systems, Vista won't be useable before service pack X,
where x seems to range from 1 to 6.
Is not haiku(beos) open source?
Take the features and port to linux.
New scheduler rules them all.
Speed improvements would increase the desktop performance.
As they would increase performance with services.
How are marvell drivers for solaris?
On linux those marvell chips seem to drop more packets than santa claus on christmas eve.
> The problem comes when the SSN is the only piece of information you need to take control over someone's life. There should be some more basic checks put in place to ensure the person is who they claim to be.
I cannot think of any way to take any control of someones life just by knowing someones SSN.
You can't sell properity, take a loan or apply for a credit card without showing valid photo ID.
You can't order another photo ID with your picture either, since the bureau who grants valid IDs has the original persons picture in their records already. And you need valid ID or a family member with valid ID to collect that new ID to begin with.
Simply faking an ID isn't that easy either, it has several layers of security, embossing, tiny intentional misspellings etc.
Most modern cards even have chip already, so you'd have to know what to clone there aswell.
But then again.. this is how things are done in Finland, maybe they dont ask for ID anywhere in States.
You know, Dr Phil is common joke in Europe.
He's excellent sample of generic level of education in US.
You can be a retard and still manage to be called a Dr.
I'm not sure if anyone in US takes him seriously, but here you'd take Conan O'Brien more seriously than Phil.
Here in Finland, average car age is about 7 years and normal mileage is closer to 250,000 miles when the car is closing the end of lifespan.
Ever tried opengroupware?
It has shared calendar, resource scheduling, email&contacts etc, it even syncs with your palm.
But if you need something more professional, just take out your wallet and go for groupwise
Linux works just fine in corporate networks. It's exchange, outlook and their nonstandard quirks which are causing the problems.
Just replace those and you're golden.
Ever heard of card serving and softCAM?
It completely bypasses the need to write in keys. Even if your keys get revoked while watching, the card client reauthenticates against the stream with new keys realtime.
All you need is someone with legit card and sat box with network connectivity.
No need to clone cards, when you can "clone" the entire authentication module.
Nothing is preventing you from remastering and burning a copy of your original bluray/hddvd. Since you can read out the data, just make another disk and leave the box unchecked which asks "encrypt data for copyright purposes?" and it'll play on any player.
Remastering allows you to cut away annoying fbi warnings, trailers etc unwanted crap from the movies which you own and paid for.
Both formats aren't really cracked, but since it allows creating backups, it does what's neccessary for most people.
Everyone hates plastic disks which cost $30 and are ruined by small scratches.
> It's a great gaming OS
Windows Vista Ultimate +3 games(well you get hearts, minesweeper and solitaire..) $450
(above does not include any hardware, add $1500 for semi-decent gaming system)
Microsoft Xbox 360 core ($299) + 3 games of your choice (~$150) $450
Nintendo Wii ($250) + 3 games of your choice ($150) $400
Sony playstation 3 basic ($499)+ 3 games of your choice ($150) $650
(add $1000 for semi-decent tv for consoles)
Truly great gaming platform, no doubt..
You could buy x360, wii and decent tv and still have some money to spare, where your vista rig doesn't even have any games yet.
How about charging with induction instead using power cord?
Place coil in garage floor and park the car on top. Car has matching coil which then charges the battery.
(though this might not be very efficient way to move current..)