If they're that big, I suppose you're right. I haven't bought a game in a few years. Don't play too much, don't download movies or anything so I actually have unpartitioned space on most of my drives.
Anyone remember when a single gig drive cost 4 figures and was the size of your lunchbox? I do. Maybe I'm stuck in a different decade, but I think Raptors are pretty cheap and 74GB quite big...
>> Dude, if you can get a server/network which lets you email 5,000,000 messages in 5 minutes then I am pretty sure he can get a server/network to handle them.
Umm, no. I don't see anything about methods in TFA, but wouldn't you launch the attack from multiple IPs across multiple address blocks. Like, you know, a "distributed" DOS?
>> Which just means they're wholly liable if the sigs don't match
Perhaps they've decided the cost of checking and preserving sigs to defend against chargebacks is less then the cost of sucking up the chargebacks?- accept a certain level of loss and roll it into the fees yhou charge paying customers.
Not on this planet. Have you ever _used_ a credit card? The clerks don't look, don't care. You could write "Osama bin stolen" on the slip and they'd never notice..
Doesn't the U.S. Navy paint all its' hulls with a really nasty paint to kill off/prevent encrustation? If my faded memory serves it was a cost saver - smooth hulls require less power to go the same speed...
AC, I didn't say at any point the law had merit or his prosecution made sense. RTFA, then go reread the posts.
Dumb law or not, he was prosecuted and in all likelihood _would not have been_ had he been straight with the police from the outset.
>> This case effectively redefines hacking to typing on your computer keyboard.
That's basically what I said first time, AC. The point of my first post was essentially: this guy got convicted due to dishonesty and _now_ you have precedent of this dumb law being enforced.
Yeah, It would make sense. In the real world, you get convicted of things based on the judge's perception of you as a person.
My point in this case is that the judge apparently had the grounds under UK law to convict him, but could have shown mercy and discharged without conviction or found innocent. He chose not to do this because (according to the article at least) the defendent lied to police.
If you take the time to RTFA, the judge says as much about the case - Defendent was a normal citizen, clean record and would have been found innocent, except he changed his initial statement to police.
It's not so much that the perception of dishonesty convicted him, but prevented the judge in exercising his discretion to give it a pass..
>> Today I'm disgusted and depressed by the technical illiteracy not only of the police and justice system
Let's assume for a moment the judge didn't have _any_ technical knowledge.
What he did know was that the defendant had lied to police while making his initial statement . I'm pretty sure the judge felt he was on familiar ground at that point. That is what got him convicted, not the technical aspects.
Not only has this cost a man his job, but you luck Brits now have a case to be used as precedent. Better not type any URLS in manually, you might accidentally "hack" a system...
Mod parent up. - The level of discussionn is pretty dismal in this thread.
Turning anything over to the UN seems like a bad idea to me, but saying "we invented it; fuck off" or "we have the strongest military so you can't take it away" are hardly eloquent or compelling arguments.
Better to trot out the track record of the UN and then ask, "Is this who should run the show?".
I don't think ICANN is perfect, but I'm positive I don't want it handed to the UN.
People won't remember which fingers are "good" and "bad" - you'll get tonnes of false alerts. Ask your helpdesk guy how many people (the same ones) call in every monday for a reset - It's depressing.
I don't think using a single digit for a password/token is too bright either, for a couple reasons:
1. If you lose a password, it can be changed. If the algorythm that turns your fingerprint into a hash is cracked you're screwed - you can't get the helpdesk to "reset" your fingers. Perhaps change to different digit, but you can only do that nine times before you're taking off shoes and socks..
2. Pretty far fetched, but this actually happened to me: what if you lose your fingerprint? I got my hand caught in something, and lost the end of a digit. If that was my password, I'd be SOL. What kind of hoops would I need to jump through to change to a different finger? What if you lose all of your fingers. Could someone carry a prosethic token or get manual overrides on every login?
I think the whole biometric password idea is neat, but fatally flawed.
I wrote most a long post and just deleted it. really what it sums to is:
Be honest
As long as you are truly qualified for your job, I think honesty is the best path. Own up to whatever mistakes you make and be straight forward about your disagreements. When you've earned management's trust your word will be treated like gold when compared with the coworkers busy shafting one another. When management hands you a job that is not feasible, they'll at least stop and listen to why. Most importantly, when someone tries to push blame on you or your team, you can usually lay it to rest with a couple sentences.
>> it's been around the corner fro what? Half a decade?
longer than that. I can remember working in the park, on a picnic table with my luggable 10+ years ago. I thought it was incredible then, because it did nearly everything my desktop did.
There was no way one of those luggables would replace desktops for the $$$ then and I think we're at about the same level of equality today - good desktops are significantly cheaper than good laptops. Most people won't pay more money for "nearly as good" unless they need that mobility.
I'll believe the death of the desktop when I see it.
In all seriousness dude, don't let that stop you. I work with plenty of well educated people who aren't too bright. A powerful drive to succeed and a sociopathic disregard for everyone else's well being seems to carry them through.
I think there are many folks earning serious cash at jobs they hate. What could be better than using it eventually to subsidize a lifestyle/career-choice you enjoy?
I don't plan to quit working until I'm dead, but I do plan to at some point to be able to employ myself on my own terms _without_ taking a big drop in quality of life. It won't happen for years yet, but it will happen.
Some people wait for the lottery win and some people work to make it happen. That guy's mom has all my respect for making it happen.
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>> It's not a "shortcut"
hey, If I can type one character into the address bar and hit enter, it's a shortcut for me.
Funny, I get paypal for "x" every time. We must be using different datacenters for google.
If you're usinf FF, try typing "x" into your browser and hit enter. (No it doesn't go to tubgirl or goatse)
I don't know how much x.com cost them, but it's a pretty cool shortcut - I use it all the time..
>> that's not "filing a review"
No, but it's damn funny...
>> a new videogame is more than 6gb
If they're that big, I suppose you're right. I haven't bought a game in a few years. Don't play too much, don't download movies or anything so I actually have unpartitioned space on most of my drives.
Guess my screen name is appropriate.
>> Go to France, cocksucking piece of shit.
You do know the "war of independence" involved a little French help don't you?
cost is relative.
Anyone remember when a single gig drive cost 4 figures and was the size of your lunchbox? I do. Maybe I'm stuck in a different decade, but I think Raptors are pretty cheap and 74GB quite big...
>> Dude, if you can get a server/network which lets you email 5,000,000 messages in 5 minutes then I am pretty sure he can get a server/network to handle them.
Umm, no. I don't see anything about methods in TFA, but wouldn't you launch the attack from multiple IPs across multiple address blocks. Like, you know, a "distributed" DOS?
Only one outcome to that scenario...
>> Which just means they're wholly liable if the sigs don't match
Perhaps they've decided the cost of checking and preserving sigs to defend against chargebacks is less then the cost of sucking up the chargebacks?- accept a certain level of loss and roll it into the fees yhou charge paying customers.
Hmm. I've been asked for ID _once_ in the past ten or so years. I guess YMMV.
>> you still need some sort of matching signature
Not on this planet. Have you ever _used_ a credit card? The clerks don't look, don't care. You could write "Osama bin stolen" on the slip and they'd never notice..
>> barnacles etc..
Doesn't the U.S. Navy paint all its' hulls with a really nasty paint to kill off/prevent encrustation? If my faded memory serves it was a cost saver - smooth hulls require less power to go the same speed...
AC, I didn't say at any point the law had merit or his prosecution made sense. RTFA, then go reread the posts.
Dumb law or not, he was prosecuted and in all likelihood _would not have been_ had he been straight with the police from the outset.
>> This case effectively redefines hacking to typing on your computer keyboard.
That's basically what I said first time, AC. The point of my first post was essentially: this guy got convicted due to dishonesty and _now_ you have precedent of this dumb law being enforced.
Yeah, It would make sense. In the real world, you get convicted of things based on the judge's perception of you as a person.
My point in this case is that the judge apparently had the grounds under UK law to convict him, but could have shown mercy and discharged without conviction or found innocent. He chose not to do this because (according to the article at least) the defendent lied to police.
If you take the time to RTFA, the judge says as much about the case - Defendent was a normal citizen, clean record and would have been found innocent, except he changed his initial statement to police.
It's not so much that the perception of dishonesty convicted him, but prevented the judge in exercising his discretion to give it a pass..
>> Today I'm disgusted and depressed by the technical illiteracy not only of the police and justice system
Let's assume for a moment the judge didn't have _any_ technical knowledge.
What he did know was that the defendant had lied to police while making his initial statement . I'm pretty sure the judge felt he was on familiar ground at that point. That is what got him convicted, not the technical aspects.
Not only has this cost a man his job, but you luck Brits now have a case to be used as precedent. Better not type any URLS in manually, you might accidentally "hack" a system...
Mod parent up. - The level of discussionn is pretty dismal in this thread.
Turning anything over to the UN seems like a bad idea to me, but saying "we invented it; fuck off" or "we have the strongest military so you can't take it away" are hardly eloquent or compelling arguments.
Better to trot out the track record of the UN and then ask, "Is this who should run the show?".
I don't think ICANN is perfect, but I'm positive I don't want it handed to the UN.
You opted out of the fingerprint???
;-)
I bet they took your prints off the next tax return.
Interesting idea, but I don't think it will work.
People won't remember which fingers are "good" and "bad" - you'll get tonnes of false alerts. Ask your helpdesk guy how many people (the same ones) call in every monday for a reset - It's depressing.
I don't think using a single digit for a password/token is too bright either, for a couple reasons:
1. If you lose a password, it can be changed. If the algorythm that turns your fingerprint into a hash is cracked you're screwed - you can't get the helpdesk to "reset" your fingers. Perhaps change to different digit, but you can only do that nine times before you're taking off shoes and socks..
2. Pretty far fetched, but this actually happened to me: what if you lose your fingerprint? I got my hand caught in something, and lost the end of a digit. If that was my password, I'd be SOL. What kind of hoops would I need to jump through to change to a different finger? What if you lose all of your fingers. Could someone carry a prosethic token or get manual overrides on every login?
I think the whole biometric password idea is neat, but fatally flawed.
>> When dealing with management, be insincere.
gotta disagree with this one.
I wrote most a long post and just deleted it. really what it sums to is:
Be honest
As long as you are truly qualified for your job, I think honesty is the best path. Own up to whatever mistakes you make and be straight forward about your disagreements. When you've earned management's trust your word will be treated like gold when compared with the coworkers busy shafting one another. When management hands you a job that is not feasible, they'll at least stop and listen to why. Most importantly, when someone tries to push blame on you or your team, you can usually lay it to rest with a couple sentences.
Nothing beats being trusted.
>> Ok -- this is Slashdot -- I think we all understand the 7-layer model.
dude, this _is_ slashdot. Half your audience is thinking "pastry" when you say "7-layer"
>> it's been around the corner fro what? Half a decade?
longer than that. I can remember working in the park, on a picnic table with my luggable 10+ years ago. I thought it was incredible then, because it did nearly everything my desktop did.
There was no way one of those luggables would replace desktops for the $$$ then and I think we're at about the same level of equality today - good desktops are significantly cheaper than good laptops. Most people won't pay more money for "nearly as good" unless they need that mobility.
I'll believe the death of the desktop when I see it.
>> You've never passed a class in basic physics
Actually, I got 96% in 'basic physics', but don't let that stop you from talking out of your ass. This is slashdot after all.
>> We're not all geniuses like you
In all seriousness dude, don't let that stop you. I work with plenty of well educated people who aren't too bright. A powerful drive to succeed and a sociopathic disregard for everyone else's well being seems to carry them through.
I think there are many folks earning serious cash at jobs they hate. What could be better than using it eventually to subsidize a lifestyle/career-choice you enjoy?
I don't plan to quit working until I'm dead, but I do plan to at some point to be able to employ myself on my own terms _without_ taking a big drop in quality of life. It won't happen for years yet, but it will happen.
Some people wait for the lottery win and some people work to make it happen. That guy's mom has all my respect for making it happen.
>> We are dealing with very simple physics here.
You've never played nine-ball for money have you? Banging one object into another doesn't always have predictable results.