hey, not a bad idea.. Sounds like a cross of a keyboard and sound card. A microphone device that can translate your voice to text, and it outputs text into where you plug your keyboard in. OS independant, usable most anywhere a keyboard can be used. Boy would it fool typing tutors, and alt-ctrl-delete is no longer a three finger salute but.. hopefully you can bind words to key combinations.. bind "reset" to alt-ctrl-delete, instead of saying "hold alt hold ctrl hold delete release" or something as silly..
When I used to dial-up to digex and irc from there, I would use IRC and my username would be: axjc734ddda@access#.digex.net I asked what the trash username was about, and they explained it to me. It was encrypted. Only Digex has the key. That way digex could keep their users anonymous & when trouble set in, could decrypt the username back to what it really was and punish the user. I bet IRC could do that. Except they would probably need a 'shared private key' otherwise you could evade bans by changing servers...
Show me a 'chatroom' where your IP is _not_ published? They'll just send out your message as black text on white background then at then end switch to white on white to hide it from your eye. Now pick up your mouse, highlight the chat and viola, everyone's IP.
Oh boy, this post is off-topic. But there are about 9 posts in this thread and two are missing t's! that's 22.2% (2/9). C'mon Slashdo! We like our t's.
i remember a few years ago on IRC i'd find some people looking for netsex, and you pretended to be a 13 year old girl and have interesting netsex with them and then after the kinky show you announce that you're really a 16 year old boy to freak'em out. But this is killer, you know, instead of "haha! look, i'm a 16 year old male! fooled you, pervert!" it's "haha! i'm an undercover agent! fooled you, criminal!" The paid ones always take it a little further than most...
I think we need someone to read the regulation and report how it affects free software and open source software. If I write a crypto program I don't intend on selling it. How weak must it be to export? Is the approval free? It's an act of good for netscape, i suppose.
Atleast the bloat isn't built directly into the program.:) Free software bloat is removable.. not that I ever had to take that stuff out, i choose what i put in.
Which brings me to a point, how can you call it bloat if you want it? It doesn't come with that stuff installed, so it isn't bloat.
Say I read an amazing post and moderate it up to +5, then some bozo comes along and moderates it down to -1 flaimbait.. then someone with m2 points see's -1 on it, thinks that's a bad choice--who gets the m2 karma points? Same deal if I moderate a post up to 4, then someone else comes by and puts it up to 5, then M2 is put upon that post, who gets the M2, me (who used 2-3 mod points) or the last person(who just did 1)? or perhaps you spread it out evenly on how many points each moderator used..but then my first example the 'good' moderator still gets about 1/2 the bad-points.
I assume you use Lynx. microsoft.com/security is built not to work with Lynx. Netscape will do it but it might require a reload. I assume MSIE works perfectly. This pisses me off. >:P
Could someone be a dear and post this page to slashdot?
Alan could just as easily go to the comments section of the story where you should your questions, then he could read it and reply to more questions. Nothing is stopping you. Everything is out in the open.:) I'm sure/. wouldn't deny a second interview from Alan.
Is there going to be any work before or during Linux 3.1 to make kernels 'hot-swappable'? Finally getting rid of the one reason to reboot a machine. Or perhaps even work on just an ultra-fast-reboot. I'm sure some software wouldn't need to be killed. Even a way to just select processes you don't want killed during a kernel upgrade.
Yes, debian is very nice with it's package management. But I have a HUGE PROBLEM with adding software to my system not on debians list.
If I install my own library, or anything another package might depend on, i have to pray debian will recognize it as an answer to that dependency. Even with alien, i pray about it. That gets very annoying.
Also, there does not appear to be a simple way to install packages from source (atleast, not that i've seen in docs.) This helps a hell of a lot when I don't have X and want to install Nethack. Why would i want nethack to require X libs when I'm only going to run it from the console?
apt-find would be godly if i could pick a package, go into an 'expert mode' and modify the config.h file, and then it downloads, compiles and installs.
Reading the sci.crypt FAQ's it gives you tips on cracking encrypted text.
One of those is by using information you know that's contained in the encrypted text, which is very simple to get. On the web, it's simple. Take amazon.com for example, everybody sends the same static information, but different dynamic information. Static being 'CC#:', 'Full Name:', 'Address:', 'Phone Number:', etc. and dynamic being what follows these. So right there you have _that much_ information, and when you think about it you can get most of those things I listed above. If the person is targetted, it's even simpler. I know I write my address the same on-line as i do on snail mail. My full name can be on my return address. Phone number is no sweat. Credit card number is one of the few things the cracker needs.
Not to mention how unsecure lots of web sales sites are. BEFORE YOU SEND YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER TO A WEB SITE READ THE WEB PAGES' SOURCE CODE TO SEE HOW IT'S HANDLED.. This is very good practice. I've seen countless times sites with https saving order forms in text files that are chmod'd wrong. Even some that are E-Mail'd. One of the most secure ways is to be put into a database, they might even be encrypted to boot.
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hey, not a bad idea.. Sounds like a cross of a keyboard and sound card. .. hopefully you can bind words to key combinations..
A microphone device that can translate your voice to text, and it outputs text into where you plug your keyboard in.
OS independant, usable most anywhere a keyboard can be used. Boy would it fool typing tutors, and alt-ctrl-delete is no longer a three finger salute but
bind "reset" to alt-ctrl-delete, instead of saying "hold alt hold ctrl hold delete release" or something as silly..
I know this post will be reduntant, but congrats Theo. It's about time you got support!
A great move for this company too. I know I respect them now..
And not to forget, sknuprehpyc - sknuprehpyc
needless to say, it's backwards.. but it does work on NYT, too.
When I used to dial-up to digex and irc from there, I would use IRC and my username would be: axjc734ddda@access#.digex.net
I asked what the trash username was about, and they explained it to me. It was encrypted. Only Digex has the key. That way digex could keep their users anonymous & when trouble set in, could decrypt the username back to what it really was and punish the user.
I bet IRC could do that. Except they would probably need a 'shared private key' otherwise you could evade bans by changing servers...
Show me a 'chatroom' where your IP is _not_ published? They'll just send out your message as black text on white background then at then end switch to white on white to hide it from your eye.
Now pick up your mouse, highlight the chat and viola, everyone's IP.
Earth? Harmless.. It's the other things in the book i'm curious about. :)
Oh boy, this post is off-topic. But there are about 9 posts in this thread and two are missing t's! that's 22.2% (2/9).
C'mon Slashdo! We like our t's.
Oh dear, oh dear. It appears your t in stories has disappeared ttoo! Gack, nevermind. I found it.
i remember a few years ago on IRC i'd find some people looking for netsex, and you pretended to be a 13 year old girl and have interesting netsex with them and then after the kinky show you announce that you're really a 16 year old boy to freak'em out.
But this is killer, you know, instead of "haha! look, i'm a 16 year old male! fooled you, pervert!" it's "haha! i'm an undercover agent! fooled you, criminal!"
The paid ones always take it a little further than most...
Banner adds? Heck no! Haven't you heard...
Rob Malda action figures!
I think you've just earned yourself the World's Greatest Mom^H^H^HSlashdot Poster mug. :)
I think we need someone to read the regulation and report how it affects free software and open source software.
If I write a crypto program I don't intend on selling it. How weak must it be to export? Is the approval free?
It's an act of good for netscape, i suppose.
Atleast it's a start. :)
..and they named it 'Floyd'.
Atleast the bloat isn't built directly into the program. :) Free software bloat is removable.. not that I ever had to take that stuff out, i choose what i put in.
Which brings me to a point, how can you call it bloat if you want it? It doesn't come with that stuff installed, so it isn't bloat.
Atleast Linus uses the M$ Window license money for good use. I'd love to trade my useless M$ licenses in for food...
hmmm, but what is a tyop? Did they invade the press release?
Say I read an amazing post and moderate it up to +5, then some bozo comes along and moderates it down to -1 flaimbait.. then someone with m2 points see's -1 on it, thinks that's a bad choice--who gets the m2 karma points?
Same deal if I moderate a post up to 4, then someone else comes by and puts it up to 5, then M2 is put upon that post, who gets the M2, me (who used 2-3 mod points) or the last person(who just did 1)?
or perhaps you spread it out evenly on how many points each moderator used..but then my first example the 'good' moderator still gets about 1/2 the bad-points.
I assume you use Lynx. microsoft.com/security is built not to work with Lynx. Netscape will do it but it might require a reload. I assume MSIE works perfectly. This pisses me off. >:P
Could someone be a dear and post this page to slashdot?
Oh dear, watch out for Microsoft buying Greyhound.
Erg, even my bad gramar is out the in open. :P s/should/put
Alan could just as easily go to the comments section of the story where you should your questions, then he could read it and reply to more questions. Nothing is stopping you. Everything is out in the open. :) I'm sure /. wouldn't deny a second interview from Alan.
Is there going to be any work before or during Linux 3.1 to make kernels 'hot-swappable'? Finally getting rid of the one reason to reboot a machine. Or perhaps even work on just an ultra-fast-reboot. I'm sure some software wouldn't need to be killed. Even a way to just select processes you don't want killed during a kernel upgrade.
Cheers on your achievements,
Yes, debian is very nice with it's package management. But I have a HUGE PROBLEM with adding software to my system not on debians list.
If I install my own library, or anything another package might depend on, i have to pray debian will recognize it as an answer to that dependency. Even with alien, i pray about it. That gets very annoying.
Also, there does not appear to be a simple way to install packages from source (atleast, not that i've seen in docs.) This helps a hell of a lot when I don't have X and want to install Nethack. Why would i want nethack to require X libs when I'm only going to run it from the console?
apt-find would be godly if i could pick a package, go into an 'expert mode' and modify the config.h file, and then it downloads, compiles and installs.
true-random? can someone confirm this? I have always thought any non-hardware randomizer to be pseudo-random.
Reading the sci.crypt FAQ's it gives you tips on cracking encrypted text.
One of those is by using information you know that's contained in the encrypted text, which is very simple to get.
On the web, it's simple. Take amazon.com for example, everybody sends the same static information, but different dynamic information.
Static being 'CC#:', 'Full Name:', 'Address:', 'Phone Number:', etc. and dynamic being what follows these.
So right there you have _that much_ information, and when you think about it you can get most of those things I listed above.
If the person is targetted, it's even simpler. I know I write my address the same on-line as i do on snail mail. My full name can be on my return address. Phone number is no sweat. Credit card number is one of the few things the cracker needs.
Not to mention how unsecure lots of web sales sites are. BEFORE YOU SEND YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER TO A WEB SITE READ THE WEB PAGES' SOURCE CODE TO SEE HOW IT'S HANDLED.. This is very good practice.
I've seen countless times sites with https saving order forms in text files that are chmod'd wrong. Even some that are E-Mail'd. One of the most secure ways is to be put into a database, they might even be encrypted to boot.