The US rifle that the troops used copied the bolt action design used by the German Mauser rifle. The Germans sued, and the US was forced to pay royalties to the Germans for this design.
While the US was fighting the Germans, they were paying royalties for the bolt action on the rifle used to shoot at them.
That's what tickled me. If you believe the hype, every new version of IE is just that, new. Why then does is exploit like this for "all versions of Internet Explorer" except, as you pointed out, IE9?
If there is a really good (technical) reason for this, I'd like to hear it, because it kinda intrigues me that this is possible... kinda like the sharing vulnerability that Win98 had, XP did not have, and then Vista, Win7 and Server 2008 had.
Red had it NOT an application, it is the OS that there supposedly is a lack of commercial applications are for.
And he is an idiot, there are commercial applications for every OS out there, as a good for instance have a look at how many of the really great animated movies are made on Linux platforms right through the production process.
I bet with a little work I can make one that merges into my current desktop wallpaper... Some imagemagic, curl and grep in a script should do nicely...
All works fine on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) as well. It actually looks prettier than Firefox, more polished. Text rendering is fine, forms properly constructed and Gmail looks like Gmail.
I think his main problem is that he uses MacOS *ducks*
I think we are culturally exhausted on the consumer site, but on the production site there is TONS more waiting in the wings.
The problem we have is that the studios decide what we should see, and that means that they push out mostly same-old crap because that has historically made money.
They are loathe to produce really off the wall stuff because it is not safe.
Taking care of the bottom line is killing creativity universally.
Actually that is one of the reasons I generally hold a dim view of IT managers, and managers in general.
Good managers who are not only interested in furthering their own careers are few and far between.
I work for one now, and he wants me to move into managing my current department, I aim to be a manager that breaks the mold of bad self serving managers.
And the question is invariably along the lines of "Hey why can't we access our email?" or "Why is the internet down." as opposed to "Hey were you aware that..."
IT guys are not bloody clairvoyant.
My response is usually either "I wasn't aware that [x or y]" OR "Working on it, talk later, cheers."
"Yes but you should have made sure we made the correct decision. You are an expert in your field why did you not push your position harder?
Should I get another IT guy willing to take responsibility for his department or are you going to make sure we make the correct decisions in the future?
You are an adult, you should be aware that people can make the wrong decisions and be prepared for any eventuality.
Now go and get me a quote on replacement hardware so that I can make a decision and take it up with the MD."
I once took my laptop and used it to set up an Apache + DNS server while replacing a webserver that died. All I did was to post a "Emergency Maintenance" page while we swopped out the server.
Every IT guy who has been in the trenches for 10+ years has "I once" stories. Oftentimes they salvaged hundreds of thousands of rands of damages for the company, or helped mitigate a bad management decision.
The thing is, one of several scenarios invariably happen:
1 - You get no recognition because no one understands what you did. ("Oh, you had another web server running on your laptop, that's dandy!") 2 - You get an accusing look. ("How was it possible that this happened? Sure you fixed it but this should not have happened, make sure it doesn't happen again.") - I saw something like this happen to a senior network admin once, something totally out of IT's control that occurred due to a bad management decision not to buy a spare router. We used an old PC with IPtables to route traffic on a network over a weekend while our suppliers tried to source one. 3 - The dark suit analogy: Doing a good job is like spilling coffee on a dark suit, you feel warm all over, but nobody notices.
Being in IT is a bitch, and management doesn't help - IT is honouring the impossible promises of management to unthankful clients.
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Funny but true, if you rewind to WW1.
The US rifle that the troops used copied the bolt action design used by the German Mauser rifle. The Germans sued, and the US was forced to pay royalties to the Germans for this design.
While the US was fighting the Germans, they were paying royalties for the bolt action on the rifle used to shoot at them.
Ironic, but true.
You use the term "defense" pretty loosely...
Because it relates to patent trolling.
This puts patent trolling in the limelight.
Next time you discuss something like patent trolling with a jock (as if, I know) you will have something relevant to him to refer to.
Cheerleaders are prior art.
And then you go: "But Aunt Bertha, it's Christmas, I can't help you today."
That's what tickled me. If you believe the hype, every new version of IE is just that, new. Why then does is exploit like this for "all versions of Internet Explorer" except, as you pointed out, IE9?
If there is a really good (technical) reason for this, I'd like to hear it, because it kinda intrigues me that this is possible... kinda like the sharing vulnerability that Win98 had, XP did not have, and then Vista, Win7 and Server 2008 had.
Exactly what I thought...
jIH ta'laHbe' Har chaH tuH vaj Sum dressing chaH Dung rur !
Red had it NOT an application, it is the OS that there supposedly is a lack of commercial applications are for.
And he is an idiot, there are commercial applications for every OS out there, as a good for instance have a look at how many of the really great animated movies are made on Linux platforms right through the production process.
Dying argument.
I would have been extra impressed if it was automated and took the setting from something like this site online:
http://www.geekandproud.net/terror/
Or, for the less ernified among us: http://www.terror-alert.com/
I bet with a little work I can make one that merges into my current desktop wallpaper... Some imagemagic, curl and grep in a script should do nicely...
Same here in South Africa.
All works fine on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) as well. It actually looks prettier than Firefox, more polished. Text rendering is fine, forms properly constructed and Gmail looks like Gmail.
I think his main problem is that he uses MacOS *ducks*
I'm waiting for someone to take the logs from their servers and post the IP addresses of those taking part in the DDOS in the public domain.
If anonymous are so much for freedom of information then they should have no problem with this information becoming public.
Where They...
*Puts on Sunglasses*
Licensed Copies?
YYYEEAAAAHHHHHhhhhh!
I think we are culturally exhausted on the consumer site, but on the production site there is TONS more waiting in the wings.
The problem we have is that the studios decide what we should see, and that means that they push out mostly same-old crap because that has historically made money.
They are loathe to produce really off the wall stuff because it is not safe.
Taking care of the bottom line is killing creativity universally.
Well they found at least one of you so far...
He moved on to another company.
Actually that is one of the reasons I generally hold a dim view of IT managers, and managers in general.
Good managers who are not only interested in furthering their own careers are few and far between.
I work for one now, and he wants me to move into managing my current department, I aim to be a manager that breaks the mold of bad self serving managers.
Frankly it is a bit daunting :-)
And the question is invariably along the lines of "Hey why can't we access our email?" or "Why is the internet down." as opposed to "Hey were you aware that..."
IT guys are not bloody clairvoyant.
My response is usually either "I wasn't aware that [x or y]" OR "Working on it, talk later, cheers."
"Yes but you should have made sure we made the correct decision. You are an expert in your field why did you not push your position harder?
Should I get another IT guy willing to take responsibility for his department or are you going to make sure we make the correct decisions in the future?
You are an adult, you should be aware that people can make the wrong decisions and be prepared for any eventuality.
Now go and get me a quote on replacement hardware so that I can make a decision and take it up with the MD."
Verbatim.
30% of /. would try to mate with her with no success...
The rest would never even think of trying.
Lemme guess, you are not in IT huh. Or an IT manager.
I once took my laptop and used it to set up an Apache + DNS server while replacing a webserver that died. All I did was to post a "Emergency Maintenance" page while we swopped out the server.
Every IT guy who has been in the trenches for 10+ years has "I once" stories. Oftentimes they salvaged hundreds of thousands of rands of damages for the company, or helped mitigate a bad management decision.
The thing is, one of several scenarios invariably happen:
1 - You get no recognition because no one understands what you did. ("Oh, you had another web server running on your laptop, that's dandy!")
2 - You get an accusing look. ("How was it possible that this happened? Sure you fixed it but this should not have happened, make sure it doesn't happen again.") - I saw something like this happen to a senior network admin once, something totally out of IT's control that occurred due to a bad management decision not to buy a spare router. We used an old PC with IPtables to route traffic on a network over a weekend while our suppliers tried to source one.
3 - The dark suit analogy: Doing a good job is like spilling coffee on a dark suit, you feel warm all over, but nobody notices.
Being in IT is a bitch, and management doesn't help - IT is honouring the impossible promises of management to unthankful clients.
You could actually do that with the older Athlon chips too.
Nice lawn btw.
2008 called. It wants to know how you like your three wolf moon shirt.
That's what I thought.
Anything that floats can be sunk.
If you had an island that would be more practical...