This is more along the lines of what I was interested in...
What the editor stripped from my article submission was this:
This sort of borderline-harassment raises an interesting question: with billions of dollars on the line, and the 'pure evil' of those who stand to lose it, how long will it be before someone takes a page from the Tony Soprano playbook and TPB headquarters mysteriously burns down or one of the admins has an 'unfortunate accident'? Though the question strikes me as a bit sensationalistic, a part of me marvels that it hasn't happened already.
My (not so great) experience with Miro
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In the process of recently setting up an HTPC I have tried a number of different softwares and frontends to try to get an integrated media environment, with limited success.
My experience with Miro, in particular, was not too great. I found that it's torrent downloading was erratic, bandwidth throttling was impossible, and most importantly, with Miro running in the background, VLC player (Miro also uses VLC to show video) encountered a number of problems that created audio and video artifacts in whatever I was watching. This could only be soved by shutting down Miro and relaunching my video.
Ultimately I uninstalled Miro and am happily using Azureus with the RSS Feed Scanner plugin to automate tv downloads using tvrss.net feeds. The only downside to this is not having listings showing me what I've already watched and what is new.... but I can live with that.
I've played a great many 'cutting edge' games over the last decade, pushing my PC to the limits with graphics etc etc etc.... But for some reason, for the last 15 years I've always come back to my MUD at the end of the day.
When all is said and done, there is no technological substitute for a vivid imagination.
If you're looking for Windows type rescue disks, go one step further and check out the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - http://www.ubcd4win.com/
It is BartPE bundled with all of the most useful utils, includeing antivirus, antispyware, file manager, disk diags etc etc etc.
The attempt was to brute force VNC server running on a Windows 2000 server box. Because the attempt came from withing the same city, and because there aren't too many VNC worms out there (though there are some) I made the assumption that there was probably an actual person behind it.
Also, I used a reverse DNS lookup to see where the IP address resolved, so I don't think it was NAT'd through a firewall.
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This is more along the lines of what I was interested in...
What the editor stripped from my article submission was this:
This sort of borderline-harassment raises an interesting question: with billions of dollars on the line, and the 'pure evil' of those who stand to lose it, how long will it be before someone takes a page from the Tony Soprano playbook and TPB headquarters mysteriously burns down or one of the admins has an 'unfortunate accident'? Though the question strikes me as a bit sensationalistic, a part of me marvels that it hasn't happened already.
In the process of recently setting up an HTPC I have tried a number of different softwares and frontends to try to get an integrated media environment, with limited success. My experience with Miro, in particular, was not too great. I found that it's torrent downloading was erratic, bandwidth throttling was impossible, and most importantly, with Miro running in the background, VLC player (Miro also uses VLC to show video) encountered a number of problems that created audio and video artifacts in whatever I was watching. This could only be soved by shutting down Miro and relaunching my video. Ultimately I uninstalled Miro and am happily using Azureus with the RSS Feed Scanner plugin to automate tv downloads using tvrss.net feeds. The only downside to this is not having listings showing me what I've already watched and what is new.... but I can live with that.
Or Moral Decay (http://www.playdecay.com)
I've played a great many 'cutting edge' games over the last decade, pushing my PC to the limits with graphics etc etc etc....
But for some reason, for the last 15 years I've always come back to my MUD at the end of the day.
When all is said and done, there is no technological substitute for a vivid imagination.
-Scavenger
People don't just come together and do things without incentive.
There's this 'movement', maybe you've heard of it, Free Open Source Software.....
If you're looking for Windows type rescue disks, go one step further and check out the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - http://www.ubcd4win.com/ It is BartPE bundled with all of the most useful utils, includeing antivirus, antispyware, file manager, disk diags etc etc etc.
Yes, I'm sure whistleblower laws will work wonders against an angered corperation, government, or criminal organization....
The attempt was to brute force VNC server running on a Windows 2000 server box. Because the attempt came from withing the same city, and because there aren't too many VNC worms out there (though there are some) I made the assumption that there was probably an actual person behind it. Also, I used a reverse DNS lookup to see where the IP address resolved, so I don't think it was NAT'd through a firewall.