once u've got ur usb devices (peripherals) attached, superglue the empty ones...or use fevicol. anything that would require someone to use a screw driver/knife to get the hardened gum out of the the ports. hopefully, someone having a go at their pc with a knife isn't considered normal...well, not at the office anyway, and would be noticed.
u'd also have to use a strong adhesive to make sure the devices already connected can't be _replaced_ with pen drives, etc. for temporary IP theft accessibility.
ps: there are alternatives to superglue. whatever u do use, just make sure there isn't some household thing they can use to disolve it easily.
post-preview edit: u could try looking for or making a program that makes loud noises on the PC speaker* if a device is attached or removed after having "saved" the hardware "profile".
*: i know that can be turned off so make sure ur program un-mutes and goes to max volume.
unfortunately, most outsourcing credit card companies (biggest ones included) don't bother with that. entire credit card number is always available, so is the entire SSN. last 4 digits is only what's asked, it's always available in it's entirety.
There are what seems to be very few safeguards to prevent the theft of someone's information.
very true.
...including companies that were mishandling the information
as far as mis-handling of personal information is concerned, the credit card company is to blame. when u call and "verify" ur personal info, u're asked for name, phone num, *last 4 digits of ur SSN*, etc. well, the associate handling the call sees alot more than u know. ALL the information u've given the company is available. eg. ur SSN...the full thing. u're given the impression the handler doesn't know, but they do. even in a situation where it's not required to see/know all that info, it's all available "by default". there's no requirement to wait for a specific situation before accessing details. it's already there. it's like this at all call centres.
hence, it can't really be logged (it is audio-visually recorded but there's nothing not-allowed about accessed info). guess what they do log...sales pitches. probably so that the company can catch ppl falsely signing up customers for programs/offers OR tell the customer he/she did say yes to an offer so all charges are valid.
ppl who've been around longer and have had time to "bond" with the parent (cc) company's ppl usually have skills/info they shouldn't have. things like that should remain with the parent company...regardless of the location of either of them.
i'm sure there's some fine print somewhere that says signing up for a card gives them the right to do almost anything with ur data short of public announcements.
tip: fees are waived/reduced only if u ask for it;-)
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instead of adjusting the screen to the movements of the PowerBook...have it lunge at u everytime someone fires a rocket.
or if u want to stick to the technology at hand, u could use it to control the flight of the redeemer.
heck, if u run fast enough, u can make it go faster...just don't jump the railings if u're more than 10-15 floors up. u'll lose too many health points.
which would be better understood by all if they knew that 1 au (Astronomical Unit) is the approx distance between the earth and the sun (approximately 150 million km or 93 million miles).
so 10 light yrs is 632,396.717 times the distance between the earth and the sun.
Correction: 6.57x10^5 times (above by Ced_Ex) is 657,000 times.
so that's more than 600,000 au (or more than 600,000 times the dist. between...)
i doubt most ppl have an idea of how far that is. not to make it any clearer, here are some other distances ppl would have little idea of, to compare:
Proxima Centauri (the nearest star) is ~268,000 AU away from the Sun
As of February 2005, Voyager 1 (the farthest human-made object) is 94 AU from the Sun. (no chance of surviving the quake if 10 light yrs away)
The mean diameter of the Solar system, including the Oort cloud, is ~100,000 AU.
yes, the pane is used well...but would be un-required for all normal authentic connections.
and if the tab/window gets focus (either auto or manual), the js box will show in the foreground to that. so there won't be much use of the pane since u know which site is calling it...assuming u aren't vulnerable to the idn spoofing bug of course;-)
2) The problem is that an inactive tab can launch an HTTP authentication prompt, which appears to be displayed by a website in another tab. This may be exploited to trick a user into entering some sensitive information (e.g. user credentials).
i always wanted that modal dialog to be made non- and only appear for that tab (when it's in focus).
i doubt this would've prevented the bug. but the page it was appearing for would be obvious. a possible hack to that could be...have a javascript window which is already open make the connection. in that case, even if the js window is shown, with the browser most likely behind it, it wouldn't be obvious. could fix that too:P by outlining the window/tab that calls it. of course, even that could...
...is coz most companies still don't get the OSS business model. in fact, the only reason it's even happening now is coz the rest of the world has already implemented it...and made a reasonbly big deal of their success and improved everything (performance, cost savings, development turn-around time, etc).
considering india is supposed to have tons and tons of programmers/IT ppl...it sure has taken a long time to pick up on OSS. u c, only a minority are proficient in non-m$ languages/environments.
j2ee et al still rock the boats of most corporates.
which is why i keep function names for hashing as variables. as long as u're using one piece of info, just keep changing the hash name from a config file.
even if the info is from more than one var, it can be used as a combo of variables that function would have access to. change the combo in config. if the language doesn't permit it, include a header file who's contents are changed. this would have to be done over time anyways, as new crypto algos are discovered/invented(?). use foocrypt_func(N, x1, x2...xN)
to upgrade, alter table and update (if there's a db), change function_var value, info vars. re-compile headers if req for foocrypt_func.
Don't turn this into a "we can finally rip Steam out of HL2" issue. It's completely irrelevant.
i'm sure ppl are edging on this...but "ripping steam out of HL2" may be something that solves the problem. if u really need broadband and not just a dial-up, saying internet connection is misleading
the choices should've been strip or re-fund consumer upon return (of goods) like this.
for the future, a non-lawyer-like-asterisk (if that's possible) next to it and/or a description would be good.
since almost everything is specified as min and recommended eg. 2 GHz min, (2.5 rec) 128 MB RAM (256 rec), 40 GB HDisk..., why not this? needless to point out, the min has to work so saying 56k conctn probably won't do...atleast not for anything more than authentication, updates _not_ included.
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Research In Motion (RIM) and Reliance IndiaMobile (RIM) will have a trademark battle.
both advertise and market as RIM/RIM.
though...IR is nice to get numbers on/off ur phone.
my nokia 3330 just died after almost 4 good years of service. now i'm using a sony ericsson Z200...it was lying around unsed. it's VERY annoying.
(reminds me of the 'yes, dear' episode i saw last week...greg buys a sports car...the chics dig it...turns out it's a chic car.)
i miss my seimens s6.
...do they mean the whole planet or just the US and/or Europe?
ymmv. mho.
sidenote:
alternatives to windows...yes (better).
alternatives to
alternatives to google search...???
once u've got ur usb devices (peripherals) attached, superglue the empty ones...or use fevicol. anything that would require someone to use a screw driver/knife to get the hardened gum out of the the ports. hopefully, someone having a go at their pc with a knife isn't considered normal...well, not at the office anyway, and would be noticed.
u'd also have to use a strong adhesive to make sure the devices already connected can't be _replaced_ with pen drives, etc. for temporary IP theft accessibility.
ps: there are alternatives to superglue. whatever u do use, just make sure there isn't some household thing they can use to disolve it easily.
post-preview edit: u could try looking for or making a program that makes loud noises on the PC speaker* if a device is attached or removed after having "saved" the hardware "profile".
*: i know that can be turned off so make sure ur program un-mutes and goes to max volume.
unfortunately, most outsourcing credit card companies (biggest ones included) don't bother with that. entire credit card number is always available, so is the entire SSN. last 4 digits is only what's asked, it's always available in it's entirety.
hence, it can't really be logged (it is audio-visually recorded but there's nothing not-allowed about accessed info). guess what they do log...sales pitches. probably so that the company can catch ppl falsely signing up customers for programs/offers OR tell the customer he/she did say yes to an offer so all charges are valid.
ppl who've been around longer and have had time to "bond" with the parent (cc) company's ppl usually have skills/info they shouldn't have. things like that should remain with the parent company...regardless of the location of either of them.
i'm sure there's some fine print somewhere that says signing up for a card gives them the right to do almost anything with ur data short of public announcements.
tip: fees are waived/reduced only if u ask for it
farscape didn't go past season 2 on axn in india. it's already over now and they still haven't aired s3.
hi Mike
or is it Pixel...?
instead of adjusting the screen to the movements of the PowerBook...have it lunge at u everytime someone fires a rocket.
or if u want to stick to the technology at hand, u could use it to control the flight of the redeemer.
heck, if u run fast enough, u can make it go faster...just don't jump the railings if u're more than 10-15 floors up. u'll lose too many health points.
lol
which would be better understood by all if they knew that 1 au (Astronomical Unit) is the approx distance between the earth and the sun (approximately 150 million km or 93 million miles).
so 10 light yrs is 632,396.717 times the distance between the earth and the sun.
Correction: 6.57x10^5 times (above by Ced_Ex) is 657,000 times.
so that's more than 600,000 au (or more than 600,000 times the dist. between...)
i doubt most ppl have an idea of how far that is. not to make it any clearer, here are some other distances ppl would have little idea of, to compare:
yes, the pane is used well...but would be un-required for all normal authentic connections.
;-)
and if the tab/window gets focus (either auto or manual), the js box will show in the foreground to that. so there won't be much use of the pane since u know which site is calling it...assuming u aren't vulnerable to the idn spoofing bug of course
i agree... and
i always wanted that modal dialog to be made non- and only appear for that tab (when it's in focus).
i doubt this would've prevented the bug. but the page it was appearing for would be obvious. a possible hack to that could be...have a javascript window which is already open make the connection. in that case, even if the js window is shown, with the browser most likely behind it, it wouldn't be obvious. could fix that too
...is coz most companies still don't get the OSS business model. in fact, the only reason it's even happening now is coz the rest of the world has already implemented it...and made a reasonbly big deal of their success and improved everything (performance, cost savings, development turn-around time, etc).
considering india is supposed to have tons and tons of programmers/IT ppl...it sure has taken a long time to pick up on OSS. u c, only a minority are proficient in non-m$ languages/environments.
j2ee et al still rock the boats of most corporates.
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which is why i keep function names for hashing as variables. as long as u're using one piece of info, just keep changing the hash name from a config file.
even if the info is from more than one var, it can be used as a combo of variables that function would have access to. change the combo in config. if the language doesn't permit it, include a header file who's contents are changed. this would have to be done over time anyways, as new crypto algos are discovered/invented(?). use foocrypt_func(N, x1, x2...xN)
to upgrade, alter table and update (if there's a db), change function_var value, info vars. re-compile headers if req for foocrypt_func.
the choices should've been strip or re-fund consumer upon return (of goods) like this.
for the future, a non-lawyer-like-asterisk (if that's possible) next to it and/or a description would be good.
since almost everything is specified as min and recommended eg. 2 GHz min, (2.5 rec) 128 MB RAM (256 rec), 40 GB HDisk..., why not this? needless to point out, the min has to work so saying 56k conctn probably won't do...atleast not for anything more than authentication, updates _not_ included.
(dated feb 2002)
hack i've ever seen.
not that i've seen that many.
[turns and pisses in the corner]