"There were hackers from Denmark, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Thailand... Every night."
'I'd instant-message them, using WordPad, with a bit of a political diatribe. You know, I'd leave a message on their desktop that read, 'Secret government is blah blah blah."'
'Browser Privacy is different from "clear private data when Firefox closes" in that apparently it protects you WHILE you are browsing'
Appariently the protection consists of a white/black of selected sites that the browser deems unsafe. Do these subscription feeds require a fee.
"Depending on your web browsing activity and sites visited, the amount of time it can take before such content is automatically blocked can vary widely. However, at any time, you can customize which third-party content is blocked or allowed though subscribing to InPrivate allow and block feeds"
"I'm curious as to if that level of "private browsing" will make it into a full FF release as I believe Firefox's largest supporter (Google) wouldn't want it in. Can they use that leverage to stop it? and will they?"
I wonder will "private browsing" work with Hotmail, or will their be exceptions burried within the app. Besides, it's irrelevent as I have full control over my computer, not Mozilla or Google.. or Microsoft:)
"I never quite undershood how any firefox user thinks it's normal that you'd have to get extentions to do so many simple tasks.."
Yea, selecting 'Tools->add-ons->Get Extensions' is so much more complicated..:)
'I love when firefox gets updated, and she says "Well we just got (x new feature)". And I can reply, "About time, I've been using that for a year now."'
What 'features' are you refering to that have been around now for a year, apart from 'automatic crash recovery' and 'browser privacy' ?
Personally, I never needed to discuss browser 'features' across the breakfast table ..:)
"New features include.. automatic crash recovery.. and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3"
What's tools->clear private data.. 'Always clear my private data when I close Firefox'
and.. why does Firefox prompt me with:
Firefix - Restore Previous Session
Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. YOu can restore the tabs and windows from your previous sessions, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page you were viewing.
"the ground controls uploads and downloads of files.. Email is move by copying Outlook PST files"
This is interesting, do you have any citations or an actual URL to a NASA site that describes the technical details?
Like hows does clicking 'SEND' translate into downloading a PST file, are the files syncronized, when a new PST file is uploaded does it overwrite the old one, is there a different file for each laptop/user, how is syncronization maintained?
"You're being difficult. Anyone can see this is a cross-platform virus"
How terribly mildly amusing..
On the Sarah Jane Adventures the other day, they had to 'reboot the communications grid' because of a 'virus'.. it's entered the lexicon.. like people have come to think 'computer viruses are somehow normal..
"The virus did make it onto more than one laptop -- suggesting that it spread via some sort of intranet on the space station or via a thumb drive"
"The International Space Station has no direct internet access, but astronauts can send and receive mail though a KU band data link also used for data and video transfer, according to Humphries"
"Everything is scanned before it goes up, so it's an indirect connection," Humphries said.
What exactly is scanned, what form does the scanning take, how technically does scanning make it an indirect connection. If it's an indirect connection then why the need for scanning..
"The Ku-band system is the primary return link for International Space Station (ISS) video and payload data transmitted in digital format to the ground..
.. Like the S-band system, the Ku-band systemdoes not inspect the data passing through it.
--
I'm terribly sorry chaps, but speculation from slashdot readers don't count..:)
Come on slashdot, don't be twee, what Operating System does this 'computer virus' need to run on.. Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP..
What method do the 'cyber crooks' utilize in gathering the stolen credit cards in the first place ?
"I managed to acquire an account on this exclusive service, and found some 78,628 individual MasterCard and Visa credit and debit accounts for sale at various prices there"
"Doesn't it read a bit more like they're trying to block google analytics"
I block Google Analytics because the page seems to hang on it, same with most third party advert sites. The main site seems to hang while downloading from some advert site, waiting on DoubleClick etc. Now if they incorporated this 'stuff' into a static page it would most probably improve my viewing experience and I would haven't to go to the trouble of blocking the adverts.:)
Downloading thirty elements just to view a 6x4 inch square of text.. where's the INNOVA~1 in that:)
No, I'm not going to click on that advert on the top of the page..:)
"Every time you buy a product, you're paying a little extra fee to be advertised to"
You mean, the people who buy the product pay for the adverts I watch and don't buy the product.
I can't think of the last time I spontainously bought something from an advert. I have gone looking to buy contact lenses. A totally grating experience. No I don't want to see your vast collection of models, where can I enter my eys specifications, select a price and click buy. Like I'm already there, I'm ready to buy, I don't want to watch any advertising, here's my money, I thought you people studies physiology..:)
I too agree with the msg, the advertisers don't seem to be getting it. I guess next they'll embed Digital Adversising Management (DAM) into the OS and make it a felony crime to interfere with it..
"It's almost as bad as going to the bathroom during commercials when you're watching tv!"
The remote control killed advertising on tv, it's just they haven't realized it yet. Same as, they think the Web is just like television, interrupt the viewer (end-user) and demand - you look at my advert right now. The web isn't like television, got the msg yet, innovators..:)
How about neither Microsoft or the 'Interactive Advertising Bureau' deciding what I see on my screen. If they didn't make the advertisments so intrusive, I wouldn't have to go to the trouble of blocking them. Who ever invented the talking advert should have his hands nailed to a car fender and driven up and down a motorway.
Allow me to explain: I'm trying to read the text on the screen and a f*****g audio jingle pops up, highly compressed over-emphasised audio -- it grates, don't you realize that adverts that grate don't sell..
What laws are invoked by the DHS in putting people onto this list and not allowing them to fly. I mean there is a law, isn't there. Now how about getting onto a no-water-boarding list..:)
"What of the risk to Microsoft's own customers from continuing to use Microsoft's demonstratively more insecure products?"
Yea, what imdemnification does the software provider give to the end user in such an eventuality. I mean, after all, they do imdemnify you against getting sued (by who), as long as you use a 'covered' product..
Someone got hold of an admin acount, someone wrote a script to automate the downloading of the entire database. No-one noticed until the details popped up for sale on the web..
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Fucking DOH !
"I've watched three IT admins get escorted out of the building"
.. :)
You're talking b****x
:) dhdhdhdhgff
How is accessing passwordless machines 'hacking'?
... Every night."
"There were hackers from Denmark, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Thailand
'I'd instant-message them, using WordPad, with a bit of a political diatribe. You know, I'd leave a message on their desktop that read, 'Secret government is blah blah blah."'
'Browser Privacy is different from "clear private data when Firefox closes" in that apparently it protects you WHILE you are browsing'
..
.. or Microsoft :)
Appariently the protection consists of a white/black of selected sites that the browser deems unsafe. Do these subscription feeds require a fee.
"Depending on your web browsing activity and sites visited, the amount of time it can take before such content is automatically blocked can vary widely. However, at any time, you can customize which third-party content is blocked or allowed though subscribing to InPrivate allow and block feeds"
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"I'm curious as to if that level of "private browsing" will make it into a full FF release as I believe Firefox's largest supporter (Google) wouldn't want it in. Can they use that leverage to stop it? and will they?"
I wonder will "private browsing" work with Hotmail, or will their be exceptions burried within the app. Besides, it's irrelevent as I have full control over my computer, not Mozilla or Google
"I don't have to time to try to hunt down all the extensions to replicate Opera's standard functionality"
What functionality would that be, and why don't you just click on Tools->Add-ons->Get Extensions ?
"in Firefox, where an applet loading in one tab can lock the entire application"
Interesting, is this reported on the Bugzilla site ?
"I never quite undershood how any firefox user thinks it's normal that you'd have to get extentions to do so many simple tasks .."
.. :)
.:)
Yea, selecting 'Tools->add-ons->Get Extensions' is so much more complicated
'I love when firefox gets updated, and she says "Well we just got (x new feature)". And I can reply, "About time, I've been using that for a year now."'
What 'features' are you refering to that have been around now for a year, apart from 'automatic crash recovery' and 'browser privacy' ?
Personally, I never needed to discuss browser 'features' across the breakfast table .
"New features include .. automatic crash recovery .. and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3"
.. 'Always clear my private data when I close Firefox'
.. why does Firefox prompt me with:
What's tools->clear private data
and
Firefix - Restore Previous Session
Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. YOu can restore the tabs and windows from your previous sessions, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page you were viewing.
| Restore Session | | Start New Session |
See .. I can be 'funny' too ...
"the ground controls uploads and downloads of files .. Email is move by copying Outlook PST files"
This is interesting, do you have any citations or an actual URL to a NASA site that describes the technical details?
Like hows does clicking 'SEND' translate into downloading a PST file, are the files syncronized, when a new PST file is uploaded does it overwrite the old one, is there a different file for each laptop/user, how is syncronization maintained?
"You're being difficult. Anyone can see this is a cross-platform virus"
..
.. it's entered the lexicon .. like people have come to think ' computer viruses are somehow normal ..
How terribly mildly amusing
On the Sarah Jane Adventures the other day, they had to 'reboot the communications grid' because of a 'virus'
"The virus did make it onto more than one laptop -- suggesting that it spread via some sort of intranet on the space station or via a thumb drive"
..
..
.. Like the S-band system, the Ku-band system does not inspect the data passing through it.
.. :)
"The International Space Station has no direct internet access, but astronauts can send and receive mail though a KU band data link also used for data and video transfer, according to Humphries"
'That means the space station laptops are not connected to the net, according to Humphries'
"Everything is scanned before it goes up, so it's an indirect connection," Humphries said.
What exactly is scanned, what form does the scanning take, how technically does scanning make it an indirect connection. If it's an indirect connection then why the need for scanning
"The Ku-band system is the primary return link for International Space Station (ISS) video and payload data transmitted in digital format to the ground
--
I'm terribly sorry chaps, but speculation from slashdot readers don't count
"The laptops have no net connection .."
..
..
..
.. speculation by a slashdot reader don't count ..
So, how do they send/receive email
"The laptops infected with the virus were used to run nutritional programs and let the astronauts periodically send e-mail back to Earth"
So, they do have a net connection
"The laptops carried by astronauts reportedly do not have any anti-virus software on them to prevent infection"
So how did they detect the 'infection' by the Gammima.AG worm
"The ISS has no direct net connection"
How do the laptops send/recieve email
--
"We are having a hard time understanding the how and why, but everything is working", Commander Bill Sheperd Feb 2001
Come on slashdot, don't be twee, what Operating System does this 'computer virus' need to run on .. Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP ..
"Imagine how crappy your day would be if your legs ran out of batteries .. It's just fucking hilarious"
...
Imagine what it is like not being able to walk for the past twenty years - you sick ignorant fuck
What method do the 'cyber crooks' utilize in gathering the stolen credit cards in the first place ?
"I managed to acquire an account on this exclusive service, and found some 78,628 individual MasterCard and Visa credit and debit accounts for sale at various prices there"
"Doesn't it read a bit more like they're trying to block google analytics"
.:)
.. where's the INNOVA~1 in that :)
.. :)
I block Google Analytics because the page seems to hang on it, same with most third party advert sites. The main site seems to hang while downloading from some advert site, waiting on DoubleClick etc. Now if they incorporated this 'stuff' into a static page it would most probably improve my viewing experience and I would haven't to go to the trouble of blocking the adverts
Downloading thirty elements just to view a 6x4 inch square of text
No, I'm not going to click on that advert on the top of the page
"Every time you buy a product, you're paying a little extra fee to be advertised to"
.. :)
You mean, the people who buy the product pay for the adverts I watch and don't buy the product.
I can't think of the last time I spontainously bought something from an advert. I have gone looking to buy contact lenses. A totally grating experience. No I don't want to see your vast collection of models, where can I enter my eys specifications, select a price and click buy. Like I'm already there, I'm ready to buy, I don't want to watch any advertising, here's my money, I thought you people studies physiology
I too agree with the msg, the advertisers don't seem to be getting it. I guess next they'll embed Digital Adversising Management (DAM) into the OS and make it a felony crime to interfere with it ..
"It's almost as bad as going to the bathroom during commercials when you're watching tv!"
.. :)
The remote control killed advertising on tv, it's just they haven't realized it yet. Same as, they think the Web is just like television, interrupt the viewer (end-user) and demand - you look at my advert right now. The web isn't like television, got the msg yet, innovators
How about neither Microsoft or the 'Interactive Advertising Bureau' deciding what I see on my screen. If they didn't make the advertisments so intrusive, I wouldn't have to go to the trouble of blocking them. Who ever invented the talking advert should have his hands nailed to a car fender and driven up and down a motorway.
Allow me to explain: I'm trying to read the text on the screen and a f*****g audio jingle pops up, highly compressed over-emphasised audio -- it grates, don't you realize that adverts that grate don't sell ..
What laws are invoked by the DHS in putting people onto this list and not allowing them to fly. I mean there is a law, isn't there. Now how about getting onto a no-water-boarding list .. :)
"What of the risk to Microsoft's own customers from continuing to use Microsoft's demonstratively more insecure products?"
..
Yea, what imdemnification does the software provider give to the end user in such an eventuality. I mean, after all, they do imdemnify you against getting sued (by who), as long as you use a 'covered' product
Someone got hold of an admin acount, someone wrote a script to automate the downloading of the entire database. No-one noticed until the details popped up for sale on the web ..