After searching state corporation records [state.nv.us], we find "VX2 Corporation" in Nevada. Address is "PO Box 21703, Las Vegas, NV, 89107", which isn't too helpful. The company president is listed as "Maurice O'Bannon".
Looking up "Maurice O'Bannon" in Google, we find that name associated with a major Internet fraud case [ftc.gov] in Nevada and California involving $37 million of phony credit card charges which resulted in jail time [keytlaw.com] for some of the participants.
Uh oh. Spyware from people involved with credit card fraud is big trouble. This needs to be followed up with law enforcement.
important after all, so micheal, what do you have to say to that? just another spyware story?
Stories like this remind me of when my mother's friend's son got a cable modem in his room a few years ago, and suddenly was unable to get up at any reasonable time in the morning to go to school. Since they thought I was a computer expert, I was quizzed if the cable modem could be emitting "bad ions" that were damaging his health. I didn't have the heart to say that it wasn't bad ions, just staying up late downloading porn and playing Quake that was the problem.
So how exactly does this work? If you're a business in that area, do they send you a "card", and demand you reply with a statement saying that you're 100% compliant or they'll sue the pants off of you?
Everyone get out there and buy a Philips product of some sort, doesn't matter what, it's just important you tell Philips what you did and why. Showing a tangible result will only encourage them in the future.
It's little known, but Philips makes sound cards too. The best one they have is the Philips Acoustic Edge, which is better than that Audigy shit.
i'm a tad concerned about the posts i made in the early 90's when i was an asshole know it all teenager coming back to haunt me... i wish google never uncovered those... i cringe when i read them now...
Me too, my first usenet post after months and months of lurking was a troll-posing-as-an-expert in rec.arts.startrek.current when I was 13. Either that or in the usenet oracle newsgroup (alt.oracle ?).
So anyone who is going to leak something, take notice: at the very least, reformat the message (in MS Word!), run it through a punctuation checker. Or retype it entirely from a printed copy (and say it's a retyped transcribed version to be honest).
Of course he could vary a word randomly and track it this way too.
Yes, you just need to add noise-dampening panels to the sides of the case.
A lot of the noise you hear when the case is closed is the case resonating at the 1/2, 1 and 2 * wavelengths of the sound coming off of the cooling equipment (the fans tend to put off white noise of many wavelengths).
You just gotta make sure you aren't obstructing the airflow. I'm going to do this myself, and on my case, you can put panels on the left and right, top and bottom without obstructing airflow. Front and back have to remain unblocked, although the front is possible to do too if room is left where the built-in vent areas are. Worse designed cases may make this impossible.
The stuff I'm going to use goes for about $4 per square foot, and is about 1/4 inch thick.
If you can't get this type of noise-reducing panel from your local computer retailer, go to a hardware store and get drop ceiling tile, as thin as possible (preferably 1/4 inch if they make it), cut it to size, and glue it into your panels.
Could you use the large "greenhouse" below to grow something that would not normally be sustainable? I guess it would take a small amount of the energy out, but it might be worth it.
If not, at least plant a forest, so that you have more heat capacity to work with over night when the sun is down.
With the track record of AOL, the last thing we need is people running software similar to AoHeLL on the new authentication system, and hijacking people's accounts.
Seriously, though, I doubt you could get a strong enough signal out of it for a decent broadcast (and if you can, you're probably glowing in the dark already). You'd be better off just bolting a big chunk of metal to the roof and doing things the old-fashioned way.
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After searching state corporation records [state.nv.us], we find "VX2 Corporation" in Nevada. Address is "PO Box 21703, Las Vegas, NV, 89107", which isn't too helpful. The company president is listed as "Maurice O'Bannon".
Looking up "Maurice O'Bannon" in Google, we find that name associated with a major Internet fraud case [ftc.gov] in Nevada and California involving $37 million of phony credit card charges which resulted in jail time [keytlaw.com] for some of the participants.
Uh oh. Spyware from people involved with credit card fraud is big trouble. This needs to be followed up with law enforcement.
important after all, so micheal, what do you have to say to that? just another spyware story?
they better put this in slashback...
Stories like this remind me of when my mother's friend's son got a cable modem in his room a few years ago, and suddenly was unable to get up at any reasonable time in the morning to go to school. Since they thought I was a computer expert, I was quizzed if the cable modem could be emitting "bad ions" that were damaging his health. I didn't have the heart to say that it wasn't bad ions, just staying up late downloading porn and playing Quake that was the problem.
Are you kidding? He'd freak out at all the radio telescope dishes, and insist the CIA was using them to mind control him.
I'm pretty sure that the "Demo" is this: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/ tours/demos/default.asp on a CD, i.e. a bunch of AVI files probably with an auto-execing viewer.
So under what terms do they force this audit? Is this part of the large site license agreements that companies sign onto?
mod the parent of this up. mod this post down
uh oh, they're coming for you now--posting on /. taunting them is probably the easiest way to get hassled. ;)
So how exactly does this work? If you're a business in that area, do they send you a "card", and demand you reply with a statement saying that you're 100% compliant or they'll sue the pants off of you?
Everyone get out there and buy a Philips product of some sort, doesn't matter what, it's just important you tell Philips what you did and why. Showing a tangible result will only encourage them in the future.
It's little known, but Philips makes sound cards too. The best one they have is the Philips Acoustic Edge, which is better than that Audigy shit.
http://www.pcsound.philips.com/flash_intro.html
i'm a tad concerned about the posts i made in the early 90's when i was an asshole know it all teenager coming back to haunt me... i wish google never uncovered those... i cringe when i read them now...
Me too, my first usenet post after months and months of lurking was a troll-posing-as-an-expert in rec.arts.startrek.current when I was 13. Either that or in the usenet oracle newsgroup (alt.oracle ?).
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So anyone who is going to leak something, take notice: at the very least, reformat the message (in MS Word!), run it through a punctuation checker. Or retype it entirely from a printed copy (and say it's a retyped transcribed version to be honest).
Of course he could vary a word randomly and track it this way too.
Too bad this Cactus system didn't become the standard before this was discovered, then RIAA would be a laughingstock.
A little note, the stuff I'm using is the "V-block VB-2" paneling.
Just search for that on Yahoo for more information.
Yes, you just need to add noise-dampening panels to the sides of the case.
A lot of the noise you hear when the case is closed is the case resonating at the 1/2, 1 and 2 * wavelengths of the sound coming off of the cooling equipment (the fans tend to put off white noise of many wavelengths).
You just gotta make sure you aren't obstructing the airflow. I'm going to do this myself, and on my case, you can put panels on the left and right, top and bottom without obstructing airflow. Front and back have to remain unblocked, although the front is possible to do too if room is left where the built-in vent areas are. Worse designed cases may make this impossible.
The stuff I'm going to use goes for about $4 per square foot, and is about 1/4 inch thick.
If you can't get this type of noise-reducing panel from your local computer retailer, go to a hardware store and get drop ceiling tile, as thin as possible (preferably 1/4 inch if they make it), cut it to size, and glue it into your panels.
Now you can steal electricity and internet access from your neighbor at the same time when you sneak that extension cord into their outdoor outlet!
Or alternatively, the FBI can install a data tap by plugging in.
Could you use the large "greenhouse" below to grow something that would not normally be sustainable? I guess it would take a small amount of the energy out, but it might be worth it.
If not, at least plant a forest, so that you have more heat capacity to work with over night when the sun is down.
AOHELL was an AOL account hacking program.
With the track record of AOL, the last thing we need is people running software similar to AoHeLL on the new authentication system, and hijacking people's accounts.
Imagine a beowulf of these, though...
Back when the Hp-48G or GX was new, there were lots of games released with music...
I bet there is a rash of laptop thievery from hotel's with lots of COMDEX attendees.
You can see more of these examples of lights and case windows on PC's here.
Gotta love their only-major-recording-company-produced-CD's are legal argument at the end.
Hammer is going to be unveiled today as well.