I am in complete agreement with you. I was literally half asleep when I wrote what I wrote (I had just got out of bed and was about to get ready for a day at work).
I've always felt that NoScript is a band-aid solution to security.
I would use something like you suggested, and if my programming skills were competent enough, I'd probably even contribute to/start such a project. However I think that for performance reasons, it would have to be mainline within the browser and not an addon.
Although I don't know what your implementation, or even what server-side language or database you use... I'll comment.
- For the sake of simplicity, add 2 columns to the table you want to be able to lock. Call them `lk` (lock) and `lkts` (lock timestamp). - When a user is currently editing the row/document/whatever it is, have an icon of a lock or something to display in the list if someone is currently editing it. - When generating the list of 'documents'(/whatever it is), check `lkts` and compare it to the current time. If it is stale (5 mins old), clear it and allow people to edit it. Always allow users to view the data. - When a user clicks on the 'Edit' button, change the `lk` column to 1 and `lkts` to the current timestamp (UNIX_TIMESTAMP under sane DB's) - Use RPC or XML-RPC to save the document periodically (every 60 seconds or so). Every save, update the `lkts` with a fresh timestamp. - When the user clicks "Save and Exit" or "Save and Continue", have it submit the form the old fashioned way, save the data, and set `lk` and `lkts` to 0. - Use Javascript to detect how long of a period of time passes for of no-activity. If it goes on past, say, 10 minutes, submit the form (thereby clearing `lk` and `lkts` and allowing other users in to edit)
This is bottom-of-the-barrel designed for simplicity. No security or anything in mind, but simply something that will work even after a browser crash or someone leaves the computer with a 'document' open and walks away.
Disclaimer: Just worked 14 hours. Very tired, don't want to go into any more detail. If this makes absolutely no sense to anybody, please discard this message.
The problem is mainly thought to affect the 60GB launch model
This doesn't exactly help me much. First thing I did was replaced my hard drive when I bought it. It's now a 160GB PS3. (upgraded because I upgraded my laptop to a 320GB drive, and the 120GB drive was just sitting around)
According to Wikipedia there were two different 60GB models. One for North America and one for Europe.
So which one is it? Europe? North America? Both? (note the article is from the BBC == Europe)
Actually, the article says that FTP passwords were used. Meaning they were probably sniffed either on FTP Users personal computer, or over the wire somewhere between the user and the server on one of the hops, which could be dangerous.
Absolutely. It also mentions that they were FTP passwords. FTP is all in cleartext, no encryption or obfuscation.
There is SFTP. But I don't know many providers that offer it. I avoid FTP in all cases and use SSH and SSHFS to talk to and transfer files to and from my servers.
I also use Linux on my home machines (including my laptop).
I generally agree with what you are saying, but you are missing two little tiny things: 1) You don't need a patent to sell a product. 2) If you are already making and selling a product, no one can jump in and buy a patent for it and try to sue you (well, they can try). You should have prior art and proper documentation of when you invented and started selling said product just in case. The patent will get canned and lawsuit will rule in your favour.
I don't play video games but I wanted to chime in on the television, radio, and internet comment.
Television - I don't have cable nor can I pick up FTA channels because of where I live. The internet can fill this void very easily. I have a subscription to MegaVideo to watch the few shows I enjoy, otherwise I will rent/buy the DVD set when it comes out.
Radio - I have Sirius. All music stations are Ad Free. However I can't seem to get a hold on my addiction to Howard Stern, Bubba The Love Sponge or Jay Thomas.. so I do hear ads on channel 100 & 101. I don't mind because I know the talent needs their breaks to go to the washroom, etc. etc.
Internet - Adblock Plus is my best friend here. Works awesome. I know some people don't use Firefox, but that's not my problem.
Is there any way to tunnel my wifi connections over SSH?
Like, can I leave my router on no-encryption, use MAC address/SSID to connect, then use SSH to secure the whole connection between my netbook and my router? I use a home-built router running pfSense.
But if I don't have quarters in the house (you americans are nutty with how much you rely on the 25 cent coin!), then you have to go to the bank. Or a change machine (or keep a jar and constantly worry about filling it with quarters). That sounds like a lot more work then walking a whole half block. Oh the horror!
I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. The City I live in has parking meters that take change (some take loonies and toonies, too!) I dunno but it's just something about carrying a couple of twenty dollar bills around for the exchange of goods and services. Usually it results in receiving "change." Said change can usually be stored somewhere. A pocket or a car cup-holder.
That little magic strip on your Debit or Credit Card doesn't always work. They can wear out or the debit/credit machine can crap out. Imagine filling your car up, going in and finding the machine doesn't work and there is no ATM around (unlikely to you, sure -- but it happens A LOT around here). Cash is the only way. You can't just drive off to a bank to get money. And if you go and move your car out of the way they will probably call the police. Pay-at-the-pump machines exist and are just becoming common around here.
Don't like that analogy? How about a restaurant? You can't pre-pay at a restaurant and as you are eating the machine breaks. You and whoever you are with do not have cash. You are SOL now, aren't you?
I always keep a couple twenties and change in my wallet just in case. Again, I'm sure it's not a problem in a lot of places, but it does happen.:-)
It doesn't address any portion of the questions being asked. I think an Offtopic would be more deserved.
On topic: I think that mrchaotica should just build a small HTPC. You can pick up a small ITX board for about $200. It would feature an Intel Atom N330 and a GeForce 9400M with HDMI output. Buy a cheap ITX chassis and use a USB flash drive for OS (or small 1.8" SSD HDD).
I built mine 6 months ago for about $400 + hard drives (3x1500GB drives). I've even built my own media center software which will one day be released on SourceForge.
Just want to point out that early models releasted in Nov. 2006 had hardware support for PS2 games by embedding the the Emotion Engine CPU into the PS3. The EE CPU is the same processor in the PS2.
I missed the boat on those, but I don't own any PS2 games so it wasn't a big deal to me. A good friend of mine managed to pick one up and had a large collection of PS2 games, and as far as I know hasn't had any issues with them not working.
So, what's next? Can we look forward to fighting the Kool-Aid Man and zombified Mars bars in Uncharted
If they were to start advertising like that, I think it would be welcome in a sense. I don't like the idea of a fullscreen ad taking up my screen when the game is loading (although it's not as though I have anything better to look at while loading).
If companies got really creative and were to add in special characters that pop in from time to time it could be more entertaining and feel less like they were cramming advertising down my retinas.
Picture a giant Sour-Patch man skateboarding as a competitor in a Tony Hawk Game. Or a Coca-Cola bottle skiing down the hill in Winter Sports 2.
Entertainment and advertising all combined into one may be fun and enjoyable. And may upset less people here at Slashdot.
1) does it force the use of RPM? Some prefer DEB, or even ebuilds. 2) potential for HyperVM, Virtualbox, etc images? Would be nice to see them. 3) kernels? what about kernels? Can you config your own? How about patches?
If it can't do these, it sounds like it's more of a toy for new comers. Not saying that's a bad thing, it just won't be as useful as I had hoped.
It is in most corporate environments. I can bring any hardware I want to work (I love my ergonomic keyboard), as long as it works in Windows XP out of the box. No driver downloads/installs allowed.
I have absolutely never, ever had a keyboard or mouse not work under Linux with zero configuration. Ever.
If you have a keyboard and/or mouse that doesn't work, it's because it does not work. By that I mean a hardware malfunction.
I've gone through a few wireless keyboard/mouse sets, wired usb, wired ps/2, serial, etc.
Bluetooth will require the Bluez Linux Bluetooth stack and a little bit of configuration.
When I bought my MSI Wind, I decided to upgrade the HDD to a 320GB merely because I wanted the faster 7200rpm and because it was fairly cheap. I then put the old drive in my PS3 so it didn't go to waste. The old drive from the PS3 is now my OS drive for my Media Center.
I think with all of my utilities and OS it's taking up maybe 6GB? There's probably some music on there, too.
I keep all of my media on my Media Center and that is because its in my living room. Music, TV Shows, Movies, etc are all on there. That's where I enjoy my media.
I don't think you're seeing the point. It's not just the perspective.
Some people just don't like to play games where the objective is "shoot stuff".
There's a reason some people (hell, a lot of people) still prefer to play board games. They certainly can be more fun, especially given that they are usually targeted at groups of people.
I think this is what Nintendo got right. Fun games for groups of people.
You may not agree, but anyone with kids (or have non-neglecting parents) understands the value that a board game (or Wii game) can bring.
I wonder if I can buy a Mac from Amazon and get a refund for OS X because I wanted to run Windows on it.
From what I've read/heard, you are paying for the hardware and the hardware only. As Apple is a "hardware company." OS X is a freebie according to this logic many Slashdot users like to profess.
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I am in complete agreement with you. I was literally half asleep when I wrote what I wrote (I had just got out of bed and was about to get ready for a day at work).
I've always felt that NoScript is a band-aid solution to security.
I would use something like you suggested, and if my programming skills were competent enough, I'd probably even contribute to/start such a project. However I think that for performance reasons, it would have to be mainline within the browser and not an addon.
"NoScript FTW!" comments commencing in 3... 2... 1...
I skimmed the FAQ on the first link, and it seems reddit is responsible for not scrubbing input.
Next!
Just want to point out that only 46% of the US sugar production comes from Sugar Cane. Majority (54%) comes from beets.
Numbers-wise, you aren't getting "pure cane sugar" as you mentioned.
Source. 3rd bullet from the bottom.
Although I don't know what your implementation, or even what server-side language or database you use... I'll comment.
- For the sake of simplicity, add 2 columns to the table you want to be able to lock. Call them `lk` (lock) and `lkts` (lock timestamp).
- When a user is currently editing the row/document/whatever it is, have an icon of a lock or something to display in the list if someone is currently editing it.
- When generating the list of 'documents'(/whatever it is), check `lkts` and compare it to the current time. If it is stale (5 mins old), clear it and allow people to edit it. Always allow users to view the data.
- When a user clicks on the 'Edit' button, change the `lk` column to 1 and `lkts` to the current timestamp (UNIX_TIMESTAMP under sane DB's)
- Use RPC or XML-RPC to save the document periodically (every 60 seconds or so). Every save, update the `lkts` with a fresh timestamp.
- When the user clicks "Save and Exit" or "Save and Continue", have it submit the form the old fashioned way, save the data, and set `lk` and `lkts` to 0.
- Use Javascript to detect how long of a period of time passes for of no-activity. If it goes on past, say, 10 minutes, submit the form (thereby clearing `lk` and `lkts` and allowing other users in to edit)
This is bottom-of-the-barrel designed for simplicity. No security or anything in mind, but simply something that will work even after a browser crash or someone leaves the computer with a 'document' open and walks away.
Disclaimer: Just worked 14 hours. Very tired, don't want to go into any more detail. If this makes absolutely no sense to anybody, please discard this message.
The problem is mainly thought to affect the 60GB launch model
This doesn't exactly help me much. First thing I did was replaced my hard drive when I bought it. It's now a 160GB PS3. (upgraded because I upgraded my laptop to a 320GB drive, and the 120GB drive was just sitting around)
According to Wikipedia there were two different 60GB models. One for North America and one for Europe.
So which one is it? Europe? North America? Both? (note the article is from the BBC == Europe)
Actually, the article says that FTP passwords were used. Meaning they were probably sniffed either on FTP Users personal computer, or over the wire somewhere between the user and the server on one of the hops, which could be dangerous.
Moral of the story, use SSH!
Absolutely. It also mentions that they were FTP passwords. FTP is all in cleartext, no encryption or obfuscation.
There is SFTP. But I don't know many providers that offer it. I avoid FTP in all cases and use SSH and SSHFS to talk to and transfer files to and from my servers.
I also use Linux on my home machines (including my laptop).
I generally agree with what you are saying, but you are missing two little tiny things:
1) You don't need a patent to sell a product.
2) If you are already making and selling a product, no one can jump in and buy a patent for it and try to sue you (well, they can try). You should have prior art and proper documentation of when you invented and started selling said product just in case. The patent will get canned and lawsuit will rule in your favour.
Disclaimer: IANAL.
I don't play video games but I wanted to chime in on the television, radio, and internet comment.
Television - I don't have cable nor can I pick up FTA channels because of where I live. The internet can fill this void very easily. I have a subscription to MegaVideo to watch the few shows I enjoy, otherwise I will rent/buy the DVD set when it comes out.
Radio - I have Sirius. All music stations are Ad Free. However I can't seem to get a hold on my addiction to Howard Stern, Bubba The Love Sponge or Jay Thomas.. so I do hear ads on channel 100 & 101. I don't mind because I know the talent needs their breaks to go to the washroom, etc. etc.
Internet - Adblock Plus is my best friend here. Works awesome. I know some people don't use Firefox, but that's not my problem.
Yes, because remember kids, nothing good has ever come from military funded research. You know, like the internet...
I agree. The Internet is a horrible place. You should never go there.
Is there any way to tunnel my wifi connections over SSH?
Like, can I leave my router on no-encryption, use MAC address/SSID to connect, then use SSH to secure the whole connection between my netbook and my router?
I use a home-built router running pfSense.
Any input would be great. :-)
But if I don't have quarters in the house (you americans are nutty with how much you rely on the 25 cent coin!), then you have to go to the bank. Or a change machine (or keep a jar and constantly worry about filling it with quarters). That sounds like a lot more work then walking a whole half block. Oh the horror!
I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. The City I live in has parking meters that take change (some take loonies and toonies, too!)
I dunno but it's just something about carrying a couple of twenty dollar bills around for the exchange of goods and services. Usually it results in receiving "change." Said change can usually be stored somewhere. A pocket or a car cup-holder.
That little magic strip on your Debit or Credit Card doesn't always work. They can wear out or the debit/credit machine can crap out. Imagine filling your car up, going in and finding the machine doesn't work and there is no ATM around (unlikely to you, sure -- but it happens A LOT around here). Cash is the only way. You can't just drive off to a bank to get money. And if you go and move your car out of the way they will probably call the police.
Pay-at-the-pump machines exist and are just becoming common around here.
Don't like that analogy? How about a restaurant? You can't pre-pay at a restaurant and as you are eating the machine breaks. You and whoever you are with do not have cash. You are SOL now, aren't you?
I always keep a couple twenties and change in my wallet just in case. Again, I'm sure it's not a problem in a lot of places, but it does happen. :-)
I guess everyone from Canada won't have any issues!
I've got a feeling it will all be Compressed Win32 Binaries.
Because _nothing_ can go wrong with that... right?
I have no clue why this is modded Informative.
It doesn't address any portion of the questions being asked. I think an Offtopic would be more deserved.
On topic:
I think that mrchaotica should just build a small HTPC. You can pick up a small ITX board for about $200. It would feature an Intel Atom N330 and a GeForce 9400M with HDMI output.
Buy a cheap ITX chassis and use a USB flash drive for OS (or small 1.8" SSD HDD).
I built mine 6 months ago for about $400 + hard drives (3x1500GB drives). I've even built my own media center software which will one day be released on SourceForge.
Just want to point out that early models releasted in Nov. 2006 had hardware support for PS2 games by embedding the the Emotion Engine CPU into the PS3. The EE CPU is the same processor in the PS2.
I missed the boat on those, but I don't own any PS2 games so it wasn't a big deal to me. A good friend of mine managed to pick one up and had a large collection of PS2 games, and as far as I know hasn't had any issues with them not working.
I truly pity anyone who really thinks FileZilla is the best FTP client out there. Why don't more people worship The Perfection That Is WinSCP? :(
People still use FTP and/or SCP?
SSHFS FTW!
Precisely.
I don't understand this 'PC vs Mac' bullshit. It's all the same hardware (now, anyway).
What about those of us who use Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Plan9 as our day-to-day OS. Are they not running on "PC's"?
So, what's next? Can we look forward to fighting the Kool-Aid Man and zombified Mars bars in Uncharted
If they were to start advertising like that, I think it would be welcome in a sense. I don't like the idea of a fullscreen ad taking up my screen when the game is loading (although it's not as though I have anything better to look at while loading).
If companies got really creative and were to add in special characters that pop in from time to time it could be more entertaining and feel less like they were cramming advertising down my retinas.
Picture a giant Sour-Patch man skateboarding as a competitor in a Tony Hawk Game. Or a Coca-Cola bottle skiing down the hill in Winter Sports 2.
Entertainment and advertising all combined into one may be fun and enjoyable. And may upset less people here at Slashdot.
1) does it force the use of RPM? Some prefer DEB, or even ebuilds.
2) potential for HyperVM, Virtualbox, etc images? Would be nice to see them.
3) kernels? what about kernels? Can you config your own? How about patches?
If it can't do these, it sounds like it's more of a toy for new comers. Not saying that's a bad thing, it just won't be as useful as I had hoped.
Cornflicker?
No, it's C-o-n-f-i-c-k-e-r:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker
It is in most corporate environments. I can bring any hardware I want to work (I love my ergonomic keyboard), as long as it works in Windows XP out of the box. No driver downloads/installs allowed.
I have absolutely never, ever had a keyboard or mouse not work under Linux with zero configuration.
Ever.
If you have a keyboard and/or mouse that doesn't work, it's because it does not work. By that I mean a hardware malfunction.
I've gone through a few wireless keyboard/mouse sets, wired usb, wired ps/2, serial, etc.
Bluetooth will require the Bluez Linux Bluetooth stack and a little bit of configuration.
I have the same thought.
When I bought my MSI Wind, I decided to upgrade the HDD to a 320GB merely because I wanted the faster 7200rpm and because it was fairly cheap. I then put the old drive in my PS3 so it didn't go to waste. The old drive from the PS3 is now my OS drive for my Media Center.
I think with all of my utilities and OS it's taking up maybe 6GB? There's probably some music on there, too.
I keep all of my media on my Media Center and that is because its in my living room. Music, TV Shows, Movies, etc are all on there. That's where I enjoy my media.
I don't think you're seeing the point. It's not just the perspective.
Some people just don't like to play games where the objective is "shoot stuff".
There's a reason some people (hell, a lot of people) still prefer to play board games. They certainly can be more fun, especially given that they are usually targeted at groups of people.
I think this is what Nintendo got right. Fun games for groups of people.
You may not agree, but anyone with kids (or have non-neglecting parents) understands the value that a board game (or Wii game) can bring.
From what I've read/heard, you are paying for the hardware and the hardware only. As Apple is a "hardware company." OS X is a freebie according to this logic many Slashdot users like to profess.