Yeah, I took the idea from there. But my approach was the operating system setting the evil bit on program files, not packets. In any case that evil bit joke was awesome:)
1) add to the file system the origin of the file, like an "evil bit". Local (0) = good, internet (1) = bad. Let's call this the "unsafe" bit.
2) Files created by scripts / java applets / your internet browser will ALWAYS have their "unsafe" bit set to 1. Copying files (even with floppies) will also copy their internet bit.
3) Never execute files with the "internet bit" set to one.
So what about executables installed from the internet? You set their internet bit to 0. But here's the catch: They CANNOT set or unset other files' unsafe bits, that's something only the admin can do, with a program by the operating system.
4) applets / scripts / etc cannot read or write files with the "internet bit" set to 0. They can only alter "internet" files.
This will allow applets or scripts to use caches, etc, but they can't make a script and later tell windows shell to run it. This will trigger a security warning, and possibly ban the originating applet / script.
Perhaps adding another bit "operating_system / user program" might improve this even further. os programs can create and alter os or user files, but a user program cannot modify an os file.
Of course, this is only an idea, and i really haven't thought how viable it is.
Sony: Aw, it's so beautiful - wait a minute, isn't this.. Suncomm (smiling evilishly): yes, it is. Sony: But I thought it had a rootkit and you dropped it into the dumpster. Suncomm: Well baby, I went down and patched it for ya. Sony: Aww, you shouldn't have...
Turn on your windows firewall. Then start windows *BEFORE* connecting to the internet. Once you're finished starting windows, connect and download your patches, etc.
Repeat as necessary.
P.S. don't forget to download Firefox for a safer browsing;-)
This really makes me think. I always thought cancer were just defects in cells that caused them to multiply like crazy. But now it turns out that cancer is something like a living being, a parasite invading a host.
So, perhaps cancer IS caused by a virus (like the Human Papiloma virus)? Perhaps this unknown virus managed to implant its genetic code in humans and this was passed to future generations? You know, I'd really like to have someone sequence the genome of cancerous cells. Who knows what other surprises we might find?
Everytime a new discovery like this is found, it gives us more questions than answers.
One of the reasons people used frames was to avoid HAVING TO RELOAD the pages on webapps! And this is what AJAX gives us. (Personally i'd be pretty happy when XUL engines become available for all browsers).
All the aircraft carriers can't stop a few punks with box cutters from hijacking a plane or whatever.
Who needs box cutters when your hands are registered mortal weapons? Any pointy item could be used as a weapon, too. Even a briefcase, notebook or your glasses.
But of course, handcuffing the passengers is a bit too extreme...
I don't want to interrupt, but the Sony guys are between the sword and the wall. The evidence against them is overwhelming, and there is NO POSSIBLE WAY they can win this one (Unless, of course, they end up blaming someone else).
Let's not forget about all of the innovation that has occurred under this "flawed" system.
Yeah but what about the unnecessary complications CREATED BY and the innovations HINDERED BY it?
Like *ahem* EOLAS browser plugin patent, *ahem cough* Amazon's one-click buying *cough cough ahem* Linux patent allegations, *cough cough!* blackberry *COUGH COUGH!* lawsuits against farmers for using patented seeds *COUGH! CHOKE *COUGH* SPIT* (oops, is that blood I'm coughing?) *COUGH* Patents on the human genome *COUGH COUGH! *CHOKE* *DIES*
if Microsoft dominates the private sector, how can you expect a small country NOT to have piracy, given Micro$oft'$ a$toni$hing price$ for their $oftware ?
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Yeah, I took the idea from there. But my approach was the operating system setting the evil bit on program files, not packets. In any case that evil bit joke was awesome :)
1) add to the file system the origin of the file, like an "evil bit". Local (0) = good, internet (1) = bad. Let's call this the "unsafe" bit.
2) Files created by scripts / java applets / your internet browser will ALWAYS have their "unsafe" bit set to 1. Copying files (even with floppies) will also copy their internet bit.
3) Never execute files with the "internet bit" set to one.
So what about executables installed from the internet? You set their internet bit to 0. But here's the catch: They CANNOT set or unset other files' unsafe bits, that's something only the admin can do, with a program by the operating system.
4) applets / scripts / etc cannot read or write files with the "internet bit" set to 0. They can only alter "internet" files.
This will allow applets or scripts to use caches, etc, but they can't make a script and later tell windows shell to run it. This will trigger a security warning, and possibly ban the originating applet / script.
Perhaps adding another bit "operating_system / user program" might improve this even further. os programs can create and alter os or user files, but a user program cannot modify an os file.
Of course, this is only an idea, and i really haven't thought how viable it is.
Sony: Aw, it's so beautiful - wait a minute, isn't this..
Suncomm (smiling evilishly): yes, it is.
Sony: But I thought it had a rootkit and you dropped it into the dumpster.
Suncomm: Well baby, I went down and patched it for ya.
Sony: Aww, you shouldn't have...
OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN!
1. Buy defective SONY CD for 2 cents. :D
2. Paint it and add a nice suction cup for cars
3. ???
4. Profit!!
And being an native speaker of English doesn't necessarily mean you can sing understandable songs! :)
... so s?l?l?y"
:(
Example: Madonna
As heard on the radio:
"?ai? ?oes?ai?
Which could be interpreted as:
"Can't do spice... so silly"
But in reality, what she meant to say was:
"Time goes by... so slowly"
And perhaps an appropriate expression for this would be:
(t|c)(i|ai)(me|n)(t|) (g|d|b)o.? s(p|b)(i|ai)(ce|s|) so s.?(l|)+(i|y)
AH HAH! I get it now! They made the singers sing that way to ENCRYPT their lyrics! Darn, the RIAA is smarter than we thought
Haven't the idiots learned?
Yesterday: Let's bring down song sites! (And the music downloads went P2P)
Then: Let's bring down kazaa! (And the mp3 went to underground p2p)
Today: Let's bring down lyrics sites! (Guess what'll happen next?)
RIAA, just don't say I didn't warn you... *smiles*
Heh, the same was said about IE6's window() bug.
Remember: If it segfaults your program, it might as well make it execute code!
Turn on your windows firewall. Then start windows *BEFORE* connecting to the internet. Once you're finished starting windows, connect and download your patches, etc.
;-)
Repeat as necessary.
P.S. don't forget to download Firefox for a safer browsing
And yet he was a pioneer of the hacker culture we /.'ers are so proud of. Blue boxes, anyone?
This really makes me think. I always thought cancer were just defects in cells that caused them to multiply like crazy. But now it turns out that cancer is something like a living being, a parasite invading a host.
So, perhaps cancer IS caused by a virus (like the Human Papiloma virus)? Perhaps this unknown virus managed to implant its genetic code in humans and this was passed to future generations? You know, I'd really like to have someone sequence the genome of cancerous cells. Who knows what other surprises we might find?
Everytime a new discovery like this is found, it gives us more questions than answers.
Terminal metastatic cancer that's contagious would be worse.
You mean like the Human Papiloma Virus that affects millions of women every year?
specialization. Want to be #1 in the industry? Find a niche. Then adapt your webpage content / headers / etc to that niche.
Other than that, I still don't get what's the big deal with "SEO", like if it was some kind of keyword hacking crap.
Imagine a japanese doctor takes a recipe there, adds a bit of japanese herbs and claims it her own?
the recipe IS her own in this case. Who knows what side effects will the japanese herbs will have on the traditional recipe.
One of the reasons people used frames was to avoid HAVING TO RELOAD the pages on webapps! And this is what AJAX gives us. (Personally i'd be pretty happy when XUL engines become available for all browsers).
so KFC now means Kentucky Fried Chip?
*ducks*
"Hey, what does this link - AH!!!! THE GOA***!!! MY EYES!!!!"
If that's not TERROR, I don't know what it is.
All the aircraft carriers can't stop a few punks with box cutters from hijacking a plane or whatever.
Who needs box cutters when your hands are registered mortal weapons? Any pointy item could be used as a weapon, too. Even a briefcase, notebook or your glasses.
But of course, handcuffing the passengers is a bit too extreme...
Since the original posting the rat has got pretty old.
One? I thought they were TWO rats! Narf!
...in level flight. It's landing a plane that poses a bit more of a challenge.
Dr. Henry Jones: "Junior, I didn't know you could fly a plane!"
Indy: "Fly? Yes! Land? NO!"
(Ah... memories)
They only have to put a NOCACHE directive in their server. Don't askme how, IANAWA (I Am Not A Web Admin), but it can be done.
This way their content cannot be reproduced without having to pay a subscription. IMHO, they're only making a scene because they're stupid.
I don't want to interrupt, but the Sony guys are between the sword and the wall. The evidence against them is overwhelming, and there is NO POSSIBLE WAY they can win this one (Unless, of course, they end up blaming someone else).
Then again, IANAL. But at least the EFF guys are.
IBM vs. Microsoft: The new battle.
Coming soon to your local theater.
(Steve Ballmer: Except in Massachusetts!)
Let's not forget about all of the innovation that has occurred under this "flawed" system.
Yeah but what about the unnecessary complications CREATED BY and the innovations HINDERED BY it?
Like *ahem* EOLAS browser plugin patent, *ahem cough* Amazon's one-click buying *cough cough ahem* Linux patent allegations, *cough cough!* blackberry *COUGH COUGH!* lawsuits against farmers for using patented seeds *COUGH! CHOKE *COUGH* SPIT* (oops, is that blood I'm coughing?) *COUGH* Patents on the human genome *COUGH COUGH! *CHOKE* *DIES*
R.I.P. Technological innovation
if Microsoft dominates the private sector, how can you expect a small country NOT to have piracy, given Micro$oft'$ a$toni$hing price$ for their $oftware ?
Demand Bill Gates to serve as human support for your XBOX's power supply.
:D
Best of both worlds!