Everybody says that you will get tons of spam to the e-mail addy you use in registering a domain. I still haven't received ONE piece of spam to the address I used...
I forget how to do it in NT based systems, but in windows 95 and 98 you could edit %WINDOWS_DIR%/win.ini and find the line saying "shell=explorer.exe" and change it to something else. "shell=appIneedTOgetMYworkDONE.exe"
IIRC, this would make it sort of like a kiosk. If they used the three finger salute to kill it, windows would restart it, same if they killed it any other way (exiting, maybe).
In 2000/XP I think it's a registry entry to change this. Then all you need to do us lockdown the task manager (no new tasks) and you've got yourself a working solution.
"And yes, I'm willing to surrender some degree of security, either real or imagined, for that modicum of privacy."
So what? The government says "We're putting cameras up, it'll make the city safer." The majority of people will be pleased with this. The government doesn't care if you don't like it, it's the majority they care about.
"Let's put it in more neutral terms. Suppose you have one person who fanatically claims that vi is the best editor, and another who just as fanatically claims that EMACS is best [...]"
"but we could conquer & rebuild Afghanistan & Iraq"
Yes, but where are the American soldiers now? Not in Afghanistan. It's the Canadian soldiers that are staying and trying to help the Afghani (sp?) people, but in the minds of most Americans, I'm sure it was the American soldiers that did all that work in Afghanistan...
"Also, do I really need to point out that Kerry actually has fought in a war and is a decorated veteran,"
I would just like to point out, that since he has been in a war, that it is likely that he would be less likely to send the troops to war for inane reasons.
"I started by inserting the CPU backwards. It emitted a large puff of smoke and a horrible squealing sound. Surprizingly enough after correcting the CPU orientation it still worked."
My dad did that. He pulled the CPU back out and find a fair sized hole had been blown in it.
Requiring an executable flag to be set on a file before it can be executed, rather than executing all files that end in.scr,.exe,.com, etc. no matter where they came from?
"Afghanistan was won and lost by Afghan warlords - pretty much the same ones who have always been there. There was some minor American involvement, but it was hardly very dramatic."
If anything, the Canadians have done MUCH more in Afghanistan than the Americans. The Canadian troops are still over there, I think.
I send an e-mail, I know first of all, it's going to hit my SMTP server (which I happen to trust:) ), then, it will hit my ISP's network, where someone could sniff it, it will hit several other networks (where someone could sniff it again), it will hit another mail server, where the admin could read it, or due to lax security possibly other people. Then, it must be transferred from the server to the users machine, it could be sniffed on the way. Then, you still have the problem of the users machine being insecure (either network-wise or physically). There are simply too many ways that your e-mail could be read in-transit to even begin to think this is secure at all. Anything important should be sent via a diffirent method or encrypted.
Personally, if the ISP of some admin in a foreign country really wants to read the e-mail I just sent to a friend describing how his new web site should be done for him in a few days, be my guest.
(I was bored one day and installed the user agent switcher... Based off the firefox agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.8")
PS: Yes, I know I am a nerd, but you know, this being Slashdot and all?
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No, no, no!
If he had taken both, he'd have no more heartburn!
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Since I'm young enough not to have taken any real history classes (and I can't think of anything off the top of my head), what has Canada done?
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Everybody says that you will get tons of spam to the e-mail addy you use in registering a domain. I still haven't received ONE piece of spam to the address I used...
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Password on CMOS and boot order set to IDE-0,FLOPPY,CDROM?
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I forget how to do it in NT based systems, but in windows 95 and 98 you could edit %WINDOWS_DIR%/win.ini and find the line saying "shell=explorer.exe" and change it to something else. "shell=appIneedTOgetMYworkDONE.exe"
IIRC, this would make it sort of like a kiosk. If they used the three finger salute to kill it, windows would restart it, same if they killed it any other way (exiting, maybe).
In 2000/XP I think it's a registry entry to change this. Then all you need to do us lockdown the task manager (no new tasks) and you've got yourself a working solution.
ND
Well, I know the forumula for determining a truly good movie, not making one.
A truly good movie is one where you sit there for a moment at the end, reflect on the story, then wish it wasn't over.
ND
I see your four pairs of glasses and raise you two broken noses!
(And yes, I am serious. I got quite a reputation for it, also.)
ND
"And yes, I'm willing to surrender some degree of security, either real or imagined, for that modicum of privacy."
So what? The government says "We're putting cameras up, it'll make the city safer." The majority of people will be pleased with this. The government doesn't care if you don't like it, it's the majority they care about.
"Let's put it in more neutral terms. Suppose you have one person who fanatically claims that vi is the best editor, and another who just as fanatically claims that EMACS is best [...]"
Only on Slashdot...
Just write that in all caps and it begins to look like the letters I have been getting from that nice Nigerian widow...
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"but we could conquer & rebuild Afghanistan & Iraq"
Yes, but where are the American soldiers now? Not in Afghanistan. It's the Canadian soldiers that are staying and trying to help the Afghani (sp?) people, but in the minds of most Americans, I'm sure it was the American soldiers that did all that work in Afghanistan...
ND
"Also, do I really need to point out that Kerry actually has fought in a war and is a decorated veteran,"
I would just like to point out, that since he has been in a war, that it is likely that he would be less likely to send the troops to war for inane reasons.
ND
Firefox 9.1 doesn't crash. It loads fast as usual.
ND
"and the page whould have to load on IE 2.0"
Well, I must give him credit. His page loads on NCSA Mosaic and the diffirence is not very noticible. The site is still easy to use.
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"I started by inserting the CPU backwards. It emitted a large puff of smoke and a horrible squealing sound. Surprizingly enough after correcting the CPU orientation it still worked."
My dad did that. He pulled the CPU back out and find a fair sized hole had been blown in it.
ND
How about sitting around trying to get system that just had it's hard-drive fail working at 2 am.
/*
"Hmm, ok. Now I just have to empty this directory..."
rm -rf
How that / snuck in before the *, I will never know...
ND
Requiring an executable flag to be set on a file before it can be executed, rather than executing all files that end in .scr, .exe, .com, etc. no matter where they came from?
ND
"Afghanistan was won and lost by Afghan warlords - pretty much the same ones who have always been there. There was some minor American involvement, but it was hardly very dramatic."
If anything, the Canadians have done MUCH more in Afghanistan than the Americans. The Canadian troops are still over there, I think.
ND
If you were running for president you'd have my vote...
No kidding. I wish someone would give me a damn sniper rifle so I could 'solve' this problem...
ND
Umm... I guess I shouldn't mention my 47 digit password then, right?
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define:sex
"(I'm glad my root password is 16 chars long)"
I count 28 digits for my root password: "mOdoviNcismodOvincEris521252"
So this means they couldn't crack mine, I assume?
(For the curious, "Modo Vincis, Modo Vinceris" = "You win some, you lose some.")
ND
May I ask what the big deal is?
:) ), then, it will hit my ISP's network, where someone could sniff it, it will hit several other networks (where someone could sniff it again), it will hit another mail server, where the admin could read it, or due to lax security possibly other people. Then, it must be transferred from the server to the users machine, it could be sniffed on the way. Then, you still have the problem of the users machine being insecure (either network-wise or physically). There are simply too many ways that your e-mail could be read in-transit to even begin to think this is secure at all. Anything important should be sent via a diffirent method or encrypted.
I send an e-mail, I know first of all, it's going to hit my SMTP server (which I happen to trust
Personally, if the ISP of some admin in a foreign country really wants to read the e-mail I just sent to a friend describing how his new web site should be done for him in a few days, be my guest.
ND
Yeah, what about the zero wing browser? Never heard of it? Look in your web logs for it's user agent:
"AllYour/BaseAre (Bel; on; g; to-US; ma:k.e) your/time SomebodySetUsUp/TheBomb"
(I was bored one day and installed the user agent switcher... Based off the firefox agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.8")
PS: Yes, I know I am a nerd, but you know, this being Slashdot and all?
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