Boot from external source, crack the users password, remove the security software, all without activating any alarms. Boot off internal drive, use password, steal personal data, wipe drive. Free identity with every laptop!
I doubt it would be affected by firewalls, because the client would just send a signal, and there would be no incoming response. It wouldn't be affected by NATs either, because it could just signal the server and the server records the IP address the signal came from, not what the software sees as its IP. I'm sure you could write a program to do this in a minute. It just records every ping it gets and also receives an encrypted key that is different for each laptop. The client just pings the server and sends its key with it. Keys are automatically assigned from the server on first use.You could probably make a shell script with only a couple commands for the client, and another slightly longer one (due to key assignment) for the server.
No, seriously, I usually do, but a lot of the time it isn't worth the effort. I mean, it is the internet after all. Have you even looked around the place lately? Most of the people aren't exactly native speakers (or speak it at all, despite what they may say).
The English language isn't exactly what I would speak if I had been given a choice. It is really a random blend of a ton of other languages, with so many dialects that we can barely understand each other. Like around here (note awesome phonetical spelling powers!)
"Hey! d'ja-eet yet? Naw, d'jew? Y'ownt to? Aight."
(Hey! Did you eat yet? No. Did you? [Do] you want to? [That is] All right [with me].)
I'm not even getting started on the British. (I had a page marked with British slang, it took hours and hours to read it all, extremely entertaining.)
Perfect for video games where sound lets you find your foes faster than vision. Now, we just need surround video, so I can wheel around to spot a foe before the Master Chief can catch up (for all his strength he sure turns around slow).
B.S. At most of the booths there were iMacs. I only saw a couple of booths with PCs, and the GE booth alone had like 5 iMacs.
The bomb sniffer at the GE booth was nothing like airport security. It was really cool to go through, though kinda slow. You step in and it shoots puffs up compressed air in sequence from your feet to your head and then back to your feet, which felt really odd but not unpleasant. Then you wait for 15 seconds or so till the green light comes on. The guy at the booth said that it could detect drugs too, but they had that feature turned off (I imagine that if it was on, lots of people would have set it off).
Coolest things:
1. Chroino- a small humanoid robot (like a foot tall) with a flexible semi rigid skin. It could get up on its own, dance around, and the skin let it move more fluidly that stiff plastic. Plus it looked really cool (though it could have been a better color).
2. Robot arm DJs- 2 robot arms, each would pick up a record and start randomly scratching it, often taking turns so one could get a new record. Sometimes really cool, sometimes horrible noise. They need to vary between scratching and playing some records, add a microphone so it can sense when it is making noise and adjust, and make them smaller (they looked like they could have swapped their end attachments out and start welding cars together).
3. Motorola booth- tons of the latest mobile phone gagetry, plus tech that turns graphitti into tunes, and some phones that weren't available in the US lst time I checked.
Overall, it was cool, but not cool enough to justify me returning next year (though that is because I live at the beach in Alabama).
Also, I though the scantily clad women were a plus (although they were moderately clothed compared to some of the people around here...).
I imagine that a DS and a Revolution will cost less combined than one of the other consoles alone. If Nintendo keeps its hardware prices down like it did with the Gamecube, then the revolution will probably be $200 at launch (I'm hearing costs for a certain other console to be $400+, and based off the technology, if the xbox 360 has all the hardware it is supposed to, it will have more power than the top of the line PowerMac tower, which starts at $3000). I also see the costs of the DS going down before the revolution is launched, and maybe down again for the launch to promote linked games. So it maybe that you pay, say $100 for the DS and say $200 for the revolution, and you still come in at a hundred less than the other consoles, and for me that means more games! If the other consoles are subsidized serious amounts, then they might cost the same, but who can resist a portable and a console at the same price? (other than fanboys) Do I hear a bundle pack? Bottom line, Nintendo makes money on its consoles, and Sony and MS lose tons of money per console. It doesn't matter if Nintendo has a small market share if they are making more money on their consoles.
And if the DS touch screen is used (say they put it in the hardware to use it like a controller) then you can play games that would otherwise need a mouse. I say this because I have a graphics tablet that is great to use instead of a mouse AND handwriting recognition makes it good for a keyboard (if you don't believe in handwriting recognition, you probably don't have a mac, if anything it is acceptable, even if it could use some polish to work well with the new features of 10.4 Why can't I write in the search box?! I can write anywhere else!
I have a watch that uses tritium to make the hands glow in the dark. The metal case and crystal window on it ensure that it would take extreme force to even expose the hands.
I especially like the part where they say it is safe because the weak radioactive particles can't penetrate the skin, and then they say it is safe enough to implant in the body. "It can't penetrate the skin, but the doctor can take care of that!"
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Boot from external source, crack the users password, remove the security software, all without activating any alarms. Boot off internal drive, use password, steal personal data, wipe drive. Free identity with every laptop!
I doubt it would be affected by firewalls, because the client would just send a signal, and there would be no incoming response. It wouldn't be affected by NATs either, because it could just signal the server and the server records the IP address the signal came from, not what the software sees as its IP. I'm sure you could write a program to do this in a minute. It just records every ping it gets and also receives an encrypted key that is different for each laptop. The client just pings the server and sends its key with it. Keys are automatically assigned from the server on first use.You could probably make a shell script with only a couple commands for the client, and another slightly longer one (due to key assignment) for the server.
No, seriously, I usually do, but a lot of the time it isn't worth the effort. I mean, it is the internet after all. Have you even looked around the place lately? Most of the people aren't exactly native speakers (or speak it at all, despite what they may say). The English language isn't exactly what I would speak if I had been given a choice. It is really a random blend of a ton of other languages, with so many dialects that we can barely understand each other. Like around here (note awesome phonetical spelling powers!) "Hey! d'ja-eet yet? Naw, d'jew? Y'ownt to? Aight." (Hey! Did you eat yet? No. Did you? [Do] you want to? [That is] All right [with me].) I'm not even getting started on the British. (I had a page marked with British slang, it took hours and hours to read it all, extremely entertaining.)
Perfect for video games where sound lets you find your foes faster than vision. Now, we just need surround video, so I can wheel around to spot a foe before the Master Chief can catch up (for all his strength he sure turns around slow).
B.S. At most of the booths there were iMacs. I only saw a couple of booths with PCs, and the GE booth alone had like 5 iMacs. The bomb sniffer at the GE booth was nothing like airport security. It was really cool to go through, though kinda slow. You step in and it shoots puffs up compressed air in sequence from your feet to your head and then back to your feet, which felt really odd but not unpleasant. Then you wait for 15 seconds or so till the green light comes on. The guy at the booth said that it could detect drugs too, but they had that feature turned off (I imagine that if it was on, lots of people would have set it off). Coolest things: 1. Chroino- a small humanoid robot (like a foot tall) with a flexible semi rigid skin. It could get up on its own, dance around, and the skin let it move more fluidly that stiff plastic. Plus it looked really cool (though it could have been a better color). 2. Robot arm DJs- 2 robot arms, each would pick up a record and start randomly scratching it, often taking turns so one could get a new record. Sometimes really cool, sometimes horrible noise. They need to vary between scratching and playing some records, add a microphone so it can sense when it is making noise and adjust, and make them smaller (they looked like they could have swapped their end attachments out and start welding cars together). 3. Motorola booth- tons of the latest mobile phone gagetry, plus tech that turns graphitti into tunes, and some phones that weren't available in the US lst time I checked. Overall, it was cool, but not cool enough to justify me returning next year (though that is because I live at the beach in Alabama). Also, I though the scantily clad women were a plus (although they were moderately clothed compared to some of the people around here...).
I imagine that a DS and a Revolution will cost less combined than one of the other consoles alone. If Nintendo keeps its hardware prices down like it did with the Gamecube, then the revolution will probably be $200 at launch (I'm hearing costs for a certain other console to be $400+, and based off the technology, if the xbox 360 has all the hardware it is supposed to, it will have more power than the top of the line PowerMac tower, which starts at $3000). I also see the costs of the DS going down before the revolution is launched, and maybe down again for the launch to promote linked games. So it maybe that you pay, say $100 for the DS and say $200 for the revolution, and you still come in at a hundred less than the other consoles, and for me that means more games! If the other consoles are subsidized serious amounts, then they might cost the same, but who can resist a portable and a console at the same price? (other than fanboys) Do I hear a bundle pack? Bottom line, Nintendo makes money on its consoles, and Sony and MS lose tons of money per console. It doesn't matter if Nintendo has a small market share if they are making more money on their consoles. And if the DS touch screen is used (say they put it in the hardware to use it like a controller) then you can play games that would otherwise need a mouse. I say this because I have a graphics tablet that is great to use instead of a mouse AND handwriting recognition makes it good for a keyboard (if you don't believe in handwriting recognition, you probably don't have a mac, if anything it is acceptable, even if it could use some polish to work well with the new features of 10.4 Why can't I write in the search box?! I can write anywhere else!
I have a watch that uses tritium to make the hands glow in the dark. The metal case and crystal window on it ensure that it would take extreme force to even expose the hands. I especially like the part where they say it is safe because the weak radioactive particles can't penetrate the skin, and then they say it is safe enough to implant in the body. "It can't penetrate the skin, but the doctor can take care of that!"