If it didn't work that way, it would be a bug that caused a crash, not arbitrary code execution, and we wouldn't be having this discussion. Not every vulnerability that leads to code execution is deliberate, is it? Without looking at the source, how can anyone claim to be certain this is deliberate?
Certain? Hard to say, but one of the incriminating things is that with length == 1, the original processing cannot continue in the WMF. With the length wrong, parsing of rest of the file in the main thread is toast. The only possible continued execution flow is in the started abortproc thread.
More like being in a deep sleep then suddenly being woken up with an air horn and having a test slammed in front of you immediately. You know, kind of like freshman year at college.
That's a start, but I don't think it really demonstrates anything except that a tracker indicated that a file with a particular tag/name exists on a particular machine. Really no proof at all that the file does exist, and if it does, that it is an infringing copy of a copyrighted work. In order to obtain tangible evidence, they would have to download the file from her computer and then demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that she does not have a legal right to have that copy.
Now if a person has made a legal copy of a CD that they own and placed that copy in their shared directory, are they committing infringement? If I leave a book on a table for a moment and someone else photocopies it, did I infringe the copyright? What if I post a notice on a bulletin board that says that I will leave my copy of the book of the table for a couple of hours tomorrow?
I am also curious about the legal status of things if I own a copy of the track in question by virtue of having purchased the CD, but choose to obtain a digital copy of that track via p2p because the CD drive on my machine is broken right now. Am I still infringing if I don't make it available to anyone, just leech it from the p2p network?
They intend to demonstrate that you possess a copy of the file that infringes the copyright by
Finding the file on your machine via the p2p trackers/indices, indicating that the p2p network knows about the file on your box
Downloading the file from your machine (ie you have a copy in your shared directory)
Comparing the file that they downloaded from your machine to one that is currently available on the p2p network.
For p2p to work, the files on the network must be available on peer machines. As a peer, you cannot tell which connections from the network are people you want to participate with and which might be undesirable connections. This is the weak link in the process and if they can get everyone to shutdown their shared directories, then they win.
This seems like a very clever end run by the prosecutors involved and is a critical case for hardware modding. From what I read in TFA, they have these guys dead to rights on the pirated games. Tacking on the DMCA lets the prosecution set a very desirable precedent in a federal court. The defense is going to have a difficult time separating out the charges, explaining to a jury of their peers or a judge why it doesn't apply, and getting a not guilty verdict on the DMCA related charges. It will be interesting to see if the prosecution is willing to settle the case or if they push for a trial. This will let us see what their real agenda is.
At least he got his equipment returned. In the US he would probably have to file in court to get his confiscated equipment back even though no charges were filed.
It amazes me how much effort people will put into complaining about how whatever they were looking for was missing from Wikipedia, but they won't take the time or
effort to add it themselves.
If the information wasn't there and you took the time to research it somewhere else, take a couple of minutes more and add the entry. Make the effort to make it better. Maybe next time what you are looking for will be there because someone else also took the time.
And if you want to see the series as it evolved, you should watch the discs in order 3,1,2.
Disc 3 has the original pilot and the shorts that ran early on MTV.
Disc 1 has the first full length episodes directed by Peter Shung.
Disc 2 has the remaining full length episodes directed by Howard Baker.
Disc 3 also has featurettes that go into background detail of the series which I found interesting. The director commentary is interesting to listen to as well, especially on the original shorts.
And a movie done directly from the original animated series would have almost certainly earned an NC-17 rating! When you consider the time frame that this series aired, it was quite out there.
It doesn't have to work. It just has to be a unique, nonobvious way of building a perpetual motion machine that no one has thought of before.
Deciding whether it will work/sell or not is the job of venture capitalists.
I really don't think it helps that some of the terms used for the tools, such as Dodge and Burn, are artifacts from analog darkroom photo processing techniques. These were introduced to ease the transition for photographers from film based to digital photography. At this point they could probably be renamed to something that makes a bit more sense. It could be a configuration choice which labels/buttons/flyouts you wanted to see.
On a different subtopic, Photoshop is a high level and very powerful tool, yet camera manufacturers will include SE versions of it with their digital cameras. Mom just wants to tweak her photos a bit but Photoshop is what came with the camera so that must be the correct tool, right? Guess who gets the support call?
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I can't wait until the try to send a bill to Microsoft for the windows update content.
The point is that you would have to program your Linux machine to behave like this whereas the Windows machine comes configured this way by default.
Saves on battery too. I don't know why you wouldn't turn off the wireless card when you weren't using it anyway.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Certain? Hard to say, but one of the incriminating things is that with length == 1, the original processing cannot continue in the WMF. With the length wrong, parsing of rest of the file in the main thread is toast. The only possible continued execution flow is in the started abortproc thread.
More like being in a deep sleep then suddenly being woken up with an air horn and having a test slammed in front of you immediately. You know, kind of like freshman year at college.
I would guess that it has something to do with those who don't wake up so quickly being killed off.
No, it just took a briefcase full of research grant money and a couple of years.
I do. Not intentionally, that's just how it usually works out.
Can we just mod this clause redundant with the following from the submission:
The Register has an article about ...
By "it" do you mean this article, this issue, or slashdot? Seems equally applicable to all of the above.
Now if a person has made a legal copy of a CD that they own and placed that copy in their shared directory, are they committing infringement? If I leave a book on a table for a moment and someone else photocopies it, did I infringe the copyright? What if I post a notice on a bulletin board that says that I will leave my copy of the book of the table for a couple of hours tomorrow?
I am also curious about the legal status of things if I own a copy of the track in question by virtue of having purchased the CD, but choose to obtain a digital copy of that track via p2p because the CD drive on my machine is broken right now. Am I still infringing if I don't make it available to anyone, just leech it from the p2p network?
They intend to demonstrate that you possess a copy of the file that infringes the copyright by
For p2p to work, the files on the network must be available on peer machines. As a peer, you cannot tell which connections from the network are people you want to participate with and which might be undesirable connections. This is the weak link in the process and if they can get everyone to shutdown their shared directories, then they win.
This seems like a very clever end run by the prosecutors involved and is a critical case for hardware modding. From what I read in TFA, they have these guys dead to rights on the pirated games. Tacking on the DMCA lets the prosecution set a very desirable precedent in a federal court. The defense is going to have a difficult time separating out the charges, explaining to a jury of their peers or a judge why it doesn't apply, and getting a not guilty verdict on the DMCA related charges. It will be interesting to see if the prosecution is willing to settle the case or if they push for a trial. This will let us see what their real agenda is.
If the server detects that the browser is IE, automatically issue a redirect to the firefox download page!
Doesn't that assume they support it to start with?
At least he got his equipment returned. In the US he would probably have to file in court to get his confiscated equipment back even though no charges were filed.
It amazes me how much effort people will put into complaining about how whatever they were looking for was missing from Wikipedia, but they won't take the time or effort to add it themselves.
If the information wasn't there and you took the time to research it somewhere else, take a couple of minutes more and add the entry. Make the effort to make it better. Maybe next time what you are looking for will be there because someone else also took the time.
I'm sure some enterprising individual will make sure that it is.
- Disc 3 has the original pilot and the shorts that ran early on MTV.
- Disc 1 has the first full length episodes directed by Peter Shung.
- Disc 2 has the remaining full length episodes directed by Howard Baker.
Disc 3 also has featurettes that go into background detail of the series which I found interesting. The director commentary is interesting to listen to as well, especially on the original shorts.And a movie done directly from the original animated series would have almost certainly earned an NC-17 rating! When you consider the time frame that this series aired, it was quite out there.
It doesn't have to work. It just has to be a unique, nonobvious way of building a perpetual motion machine that no one has thought of before.
Deciding whether it will work/sell or not is the job of venture capitalists.
and two days after and six days after...
Oh wait, the beta test program just began.
On a different subtopic, Photoshop is a high level and very powerful tool, yet camera manufacturers will include SE versions of it with their digital cameras. Mom just wants to tweak her photos a bit but Photoshop is what came with the camera so that must be the correct tool, right? Guess who gets the support call?
I think I will send Dvorak one of those Staples "easy" buttons. Maybe that will make things all better for him.