Mark used his site, TheFacebook.com, to look up members of the site who identified themselves as members of the Crimson. Then he examined a log of failed logins to see if any of the Crimson members had ever entered an incorrect password into TheFacebook.com. If the cases in which they had entered failed logins, Mark tried to use them to access the Crimson members' Harvard email accounts. He successfully accessed two of them.
This is why I always have an "OH &*#$#^!" moment whenever I accidentally enter the wrong password into the wrong form. It's a mad rush to change the password to whatever service/server the password really belongs to. Thankfully, it's usually different usernames...
It's "plenty of fish in the seas". I suppose there is some audible similarity, but let's not loose sight of the big picture by focusing on the details.
*Yes, I threw that "loose" in their instead of "lose" to annoy the pedants. Can you find the other one? Mail a letter to Lord British at Origin Systems detailing your accomplishment!
Practical enough, and the very public knowledge of criminal tendencies would leave criminals fewer places to hide.
And if it's one thing we want to make potentially dangerous ex-cons, it's desperate. No one ever does something insanely stupid when they're desperate.
The thing is, they _know_ that they can create an uncrackable DRM which would help stop piracy: a physical USB dongle and an RSA token. The problem is that doesn't help stop resale, because the physical USB dongle and RSA token can be resold to a new person with the software. So they don't do it, because it's not about piracy.
I love how everyone bashes DRM without thinking of the consequences of not using any.
The consequences? The consequences are we go back to the 1980's-90's software culture, and I'd actually pay money for a computer game again. Sure, there might be annoying wheel-spinners or license keys, but the companies might be able to afford cloth maps again, or wishbringer stones, or paper manuals with associated fluff. As things stand now, I play my old games, and only buy occasional used ones for my Wii and Xbox. The kids who copy computer games from their friends when they have $0 grow up to be adults who buy games when they have $$$$, unless those games don't work. I stopped buying PC games right after Mechwarrior4, because the DRM on that piece of crap wouldn't work in any of the 3 CDROM drives I owned, and MS's tech support said: "go buy another drive; hope it works" I gave it to a friend. Back then I still believed it was anti-piracy copy protection. Now I know it was the beginning of the PC software industry's war on end-users (not customers; their customers are the middle-men like COMPUSA who get stuck with gamebox overstock and sell it at a loss until they go out of business).
After using Linux I don't understand how Windows users put up with the Microsoft updates that frequently fail to install, sometimes require multiple reboots and then still needing to update everything else manually.
Because none of those things are particularly accurate ?
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlexpress/thread/c7d0a234-763b-4f9c-b7ec-3a40df6340a8
Here's the fix, the only way I've gotten this to work. And we've got a lot of machines with Visual Studio where "Everything" was selected (and is actually used), so updating SQL Express is a good idea:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup"/value Resume/type dword/data 0
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.2\Setup"/value Resume/type dword/data 0
Oh, and also shut down the SQL Express Service. Why couldn't these things be built into the patch? Why isn't there a new patch that supersedes the old one that does these things since Microsoft knows about them?
"still needing to update everything else manually." Acrobat Reader and Java updates fail a lot. To update GIMP on Windows, I have to manually download the program again. To update Sysinternals Suite when there's a significant security update, I have to download the zipfile manually from Microsoft. In XP for several years, Microsoft required manual patching of the "disable autorun group policy option that doesn't really disable autorun" bug until major security firms called them on it. Eventually it found its way into Optional Updates (not automatic, because MS decided it wasn't critical).
You can configure a firewall rate limiting statement based on source ip address using ipfw. Then just have an applescript that toggles this than can be run as soon as you notice the computer getting slow.
For bonus points, use fail2ban or similar to detect the slowness from some log or script, and have it apply the ipfw statement for 10 minute intervals.
In pebkac or id10t situations, throttling the user is often the best option. He's just going to complain to daddy that you're preventing him from doing work if you retard his remote file access.
Does anyone actually ever use the default Ubuntu theme? I know whenever I install Gnome the first thing I do is set it to clearlooks.
Yes. One of my jobs a while back was to install and test bajillions of OSes (including many Linux distros), so I quickly stopped tweaking the default settings on my own computers. That said, I do change the compiz desktop to use the cube to impress the ladies, and it helps me keep desktops straight since I'm spatially oriented.
Brown and orange at least look good together, like gold or wheat (they finally moved away from baby poop brown and used more orange in the last few releases). Purple and orange look like domestic violence.
There is a giant terminological double-standard, just like how we say "the Obama administration" but we always say "the $unpopularleader regime" It's way to hide the true nature of the acts, as well as make everyone feel better.
I don't say "the Obama regime" I call it an Administration too.
*Morally*, giving it to the people who will use it wisely is the right thing to do. The same thing with legally and pedantically. Otherwise, why not auction the passwords off to the highest bidder or buy some television time to announce them to the world?
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In the U.S. press, it would be portrayed as:
"Three allegedEVIL HACKERS were arrested today for allegedly HACKING MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS! ZOMG!" And then they'd go to the person's home, and knock on the door. If no one answered, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If a family member came to the door but said the accused wasn't there, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If the accused were seen and questioned, but said they couldn't comment on the case, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If a dog farted, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter... allegedly
I'm just pointing out his moral responsibility. He should allow access to the network to its rightful owners in a manner that doesn't put it at risk from those without the right to access it.
Then he should wait until they hire someone to replace him and give *him* the passwords. Sysadmins keep middle-management types from getting carte blanche access for very good reasons, especially when politics are involved. We've all played D&D and read comic books; we understand the Paladin mindset.
No, it's more like leaving your car with a valet. Then, when your nephew comes to pick up the vehicle, he refuses because your nephew isn't you.
Did you die and leave the car to your nephew in your will? Did the nephew buy the car from you and now own the title? If not then the valet is doing the right thing.
Rules aren't created for the sole purpose of being destroyed (like crash test dummies or firearms targets). Rules are meant to be followed. Breaking them sometimes makes sense if the rules are written poorly. Creating laws with an intent to enforce them randomly invites corruption on the part of the state (they can supress one class of people or specific people), and invites disregard for law and society in citizens. Observe U.S. traffic patterns for an example: driving 10-15 miles per hour over the speed limit is common, even in 15/20/30mph zones.
Part of the reason these laws exist is to deal with run-off. When it rains, road grease, soap, lawn fertilizers, dog crap, etc. all run-off into the street and then into the storm drains.
Road grease goes directly from road to drain in a residential setting. Soap? Same thing (probably driveway to road to drain). Dog Crap? Do your duty: pick up doody. I could understand this being about soil erosion though. If so, the law is written incorrectly.
'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."
A mind bogglingly stupid thing to say. Prosecution is always done with taxpayer's money. It's not funny, it's downright scary that anyone can make such a moronic comment. The reason 'Quan Ha' does it is of course a lack of real arguments... (A very well known type of tactic for certain people, i.e. a certain personality)
He's probably from a culture where "taxes" are protection money or bribes.
Some operating systems have volume management tools that do let you get a great deal more specific about where data is written. Normally, I'm a Linux or Wintel guy, but I have managed some AIX boxes a few times and from setting up a large one once I recall that it's logical volume manager allowed you to create volumes on the SCSI drive systems that were very specific about how and what part of the drive was used. You could specific, for example, that a particular volume use only the outer tracks (or inner or middle I suppose) of the drives -- in addition to a great many options for raid striping and transaction logs and so on.
What linux distros have you used where you can't specify where your partitions reside?
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Mark used his site, TheFacebook.com, to look up members of the site who identified themselves as members of the Crimson. Then he examined a log of failed logins to see if any of the Crimson members had ever entered an incorrect password into TheFacebook.com. If the cases in which they had entered failed logins, Mark tried to use them to access the Crimson members' Harvard email accounts. He successfully accessed two of them.
This is why I always have an "OH &*#$#^!" moment whenever I accidentally enter the wrong password into the wrong form. It's a mad rush to change the password to whatever service/server the password really belongs to. Thankfully, it's usually different usernames...
MOD PARENT UP
MOD PARENT DOWN
MOD PARENT UP.
It's exchanges like these that you miss if you're not reading at -1. I laughed out loud.
BTW: MOD PARENT UP.
...gamers are still going to play...
Well, right now it seems only the pirates are still going to play, while those legitimate customers will not.
It's a TRAP! Only the pirates are playing, so much the easier to identify them...
It's, "..can't see the forest for the trees".
It's "plenty of fish in the seas". I suppose there is some audible similarity, but let's not loose sight of the big picture by focusing on the details.
*Yes, I threw that "loose" in their instead of "lose" to annoy the pedants. Can you find the other one? Mail a letter to Lord British at Origin Systems detailing your accomplishment!
SARAH PALIN WILL NOT HAVE SEX WITH YOU.
Bill Clinton set the bar other politicians have to reach.
Practical enough, and the very public knowledge of criminal tendencies would leave criminals fewer places to hide.
And if it's one thing we want to make potentially dangerous ex-cons, it's desperate. No one ever does something insanely stupid when they're desperate.
My first console was a Fairchild. IMO, best console controller until the Wiimote. My first computer was a Trash 80. C64s were for the cool kids.
The thing is, they _know_ that they can create an uncrackable DRM which would help stop piracy: a physical USB dongle and an RSA token. The problem is that doesn't help stop resale, because the physical USB dongle and RSA token can be resold to a new person with the software. So they don't do it, because it's not about piracy.
I love how everyone bashes DRM without thinking of the consequences of not using any.
The consequences? The consequences are we go back to the 1980's-90's software culture, and I'd actually pay money for a computer game again. Sure, there might be annoying wheel-spinners or license keys, but the companies might be able to afford cloth maps again, or wishbringer stones, or paper manuals with associated fluff. As things stand now, I play my old games, and only buy occasional used ones for my Wii and Xbox. The kids who copy computer games from their friends when they have $0 grow up to be adults who buy games when they have $$$$, unless those games don't work. I stopped buying PC games right after Mechwarrior4, because the DRM on that piece of crap wouldn't work in any of the 3 CDROM drives I owned, and MS's tech support said: "go buy another drive; hope it works" I gave it to a friend. Back then I still believed it was anti-piracy copy protection. Now I know it was the beginning of the PC software industry's war on end-users (not customers; their customers are the middle-men like COMPUSA who get stuck with gamebox overstock and sell it at a loss until they go out of business).
After using Linux I don't understand how Windows users put up with the Microsoft updates that frequently fail to install, sometimes require multiple reboots and then still needing to update everything else manually.
Because none of those things are particularly accurate ?
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlexpress/thread/c7d0a234-763b-4f9c-b7ec-3a40df6340a8 /value Resume /type dword /data 0 /value Resume /type dword /data 0
Here's the fix, the only way I've gotten this to work. And we've got a lot of machines with Visual Studio where "Everything" was selected (and is actually used), so updating SQL Express is a good idea:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup"
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.2\Setup"
Oh, and also shut down the SQL Express Service. Why couldn't these things be built into the patch? Why isn't there a new patch that supersedes the old one that does these things since Microsoft knows about them?
"still needing to update everything else manually." Acrobat Reader and Java updates fail a lot. To update GIMP on Windows, I have to manually download the program again. To update Sysinternals Suite when there's a significant security update, I have to download the zipfile manually from Microsoft. In XP for several years, Microsoft required manual patching of the "disable autorun group policy option that doesn't really disable autorun" bug until major security firms called them on it. Eventually it found its way into Optional Updates (not automatic, because MS decided it wasn't critical).
You can configure a firewall rate limiting statement based on source ip address using ipfw. Then just have an applescript that toggles this than can be run as soon as you notice the computer getting slow.
For bonus points, use fail2ban or similar to detect the slowness from some log or script, and have it apply the ipfw statement for 10 minute intervals.
In pebkac or id10t situations, throttling the user is often the best option. He's just going to complain to daddy that you're preventing him from doing work if you retard his remote file access.
Does anyone actually ever use the default Ubuntu theme? I know whenever I install Gnome the first thing I do is set it to clearlooks.
Yes. One of my jobs a while back was to install and test bajillions of OSes (including many Linux distros), so I quickly stopped tweaking the default settings on my own computers. That said, I do change the compiz desktop to use the cube to impress the ladies, and it helps me keep desktops straight since I'm spatially oriented.
Brown and orange at least look good together, like gold or wheat (they finally moved away from baby poop brown and used more orange in the last few releases). Purple and orange look like domestic violence.
North Korean standards of "new". It takes their engineers a decade to completely remove all of the NSA and Chinese backdoors from the hardware.
There is a giant terminological double-standard, just like how we say "the Obama administration" but we always say "the $unpopularleader regime" It's way to hide the true nature of the acts, as well as make everyone feel better.
I don't say "the Obama regime" I call it an Administration too.
*Morally*, giving it to the people who will use it wisely is the right thing to do. The same thing with legally and pedantically. Otherwise, why not auction the passwords off to the highest bidder or buy some television time to announce them to the world?
In the U.S. press, it would be portrayed as:
"Three alleged EVIL HACKERS were arrested today for allegedly HACKING MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS! ZOMG!" And then they'd go to the person's home, and knock on the door. If no one answered, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If a family member came to the door but said the accused wasn't there, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If the accused were seen and questioned, but said they couldn't comment on the case, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter. If a dog farted, that would be taken as damning evidence by the reporter...
allegedly
I'm just pointing out his moral responsibility. He should allow access to the network to its rightful owners in a manner that doesn't put it at risk from those without the right to access it.
Then he should wait until they hire someone to replace him and give *him* the passwords. Sysadmins keep middle-management types from getting carte blanche access for very good reasons, especially when politics are involved. We've all played D&D and read comic books; we understand the Paladin mindset.
No, it's more like leaving your car with a valet. Then, when your nephew comes to pick up the vehicle, he refuses because your nephew isn't you.
Did you die and leave the car to your nephew in your will? Did the nephew buy the car from you and now own the title? If not then the valet is doing the right thing.
In the end, rules are meant to be broken.
Rules aren't created for the sole purpose of being destroyed (like crash test dummies or firearms targets). Rules are meant to be followed. Breaking them sometimes makes sense if the rules are written poorly. Creating laws with an intent to enforce them randomly invites corruption on the part of the state (they can supress one class of people or specific people), and invites disregard for law and society in citizens. Observe U.S. traffic patterns for an example: driving 10-15 miles per hour over the speed limit is common, even in 15/20/30mph zones.
Part of the reason these laws exist is to deal with run-off. When it rains, road grease, soap, lawn fertilizers, dog crap, etc. all run-off into the street and then into the storm drains.
Road grease goes directly from road to drain in a residential setting. Soap? Same thing (probably driveway to road to drain). Dog Crap? Do your duty: pick up doody. I could understand this being about soil erosion though. If so, the law is written incorrectly.
What annoyed me was this:
'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."
A mind bogglingly stupid thing to say. Prosecution is always done with taxpayer's money. It's not funny, it's downright scary that anyone can make such a moronic comment. The reason 'Quan Ha' does it is of course a lack of real arguments... (A very well known type of tactic for certain people, i.e. a certain personality)
He's probably from a culture where "taxes" are protection money or bribes.
I would love to hear why the submitter thinks he needs to write directly to the platter.
I bet he wants access to the magical free space he hears is on every drive but is invisible because of the evil error correction schemes.
Some operating systems have volume management tools that do let you get a great deal more specific about where data is written. Normally, I'm a Linux or Wintel guy, but I have managed some AIX boxes a few times and from setting up a large one once I recall that it's logical volume manager allowed you to create volumes on the SCSI drive systems that were very specific about how and what part of the drive was used. You could specific, for example, that a particular volume use only the outer tracks (or inner or middle I suppose) of the drives -- in addition to a great many options for raid striping and transaction logs and so on.
What linux distros have you used where you can't specify where your partitions reside?