Fibonacci would be an excelent choice for some polls. Please don't disregard.

I've talked with the 0-day authors and they said that RoR had (or have, I don't remember) the same kind of vulnerability reported in ASP.NET. The problem is that using encrypted but not signed content allows an attacker to decrypt it (check out the authors' paper for details, it is really cool).

I already did it. It didn't work out. You can read on my blog for details (automatic english translation> )

Thank God (and Torvalds) for Linux. There won't be any spyware on my machine.

Only if you're not installing binary blobs, i.e. drivers (*cough* nVidia *cough*) in the kernel and closed source programs (*cough* Flashplayer *cough*). And who knows what's lurking inside your closed-source BIOS (both on the motherboard and in network adapters)? I'm not saying that those binary blogs contain spyware, but I have no way (short of reverse-engineering them) to be sure they don't... and never will on subsequent updates.

Lots of notebooks come with a rootkit in their BIOS that receives instructions from a website. For details check the work of Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco here and here. Disclaimer: I work with them at Core Security Technologies.

I think you accidentally all your drugs.

Compile error in line 1.

From TFA:

An exploit writer at Core Security Technologies has discovered a serious vulnerability that exposes users of Microsoft's Virtual PC virtualization software to malicious hacker attacks.

I would like to add that the exploit writer at Core Security Technologies that discovered this vulnerability is Nicolás Economou and congratulate him on the great work he has made.

Disclaimer: I also work at Core

In K&R C functions that do not specify the return type have int as the return type.

The objective is to have better browsers and more choices than Internet Explorer 5. Right now there are several browsers gaining mark-share: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, Konqueror. If the problem with Firefox funding is a consequence of having a lot of browser choices, I would like to just say:

Congratulations Mozilla Foundation, you made it

Please mod parent insightful.

The Three Laws Of Robotics

1. Robots couldn't really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? "Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at all costs because I couldn't possibly plug in the charger all on my own." Shut the fuck up.
2. Robots do not want to have sex with you. Are you listening, Japan? I don't have a clever comparative simile for this, because frankly you bags of meat will fuck bicycles if they're laying down and not putting up a fight. Just stop it. There is no robot on Earth that wants to see a bag of meat with a small prong on the end approaching it with a can of WD-40 and a hopeful smile. And don't get me started on that terrifying hole that squeezes out more bags of meat.
3. What, you can't count higher than three? We're expected to save your miserable lives, suffer being dressed in cheap schoolgirl costumes while you pollute any and all cavities you can find and do your maths for you? It's a miracle you people survived long enough to build us. You can go now.

On a related note, I think final car safety tests should be performed with the CEOs of the car company inside the car.

When romans inaugurated their bridges, the architect was below them. They lasted two thousand years.

By supporting the pirate industry, they give jobs and new opportunities to the local people. But this is not the only reason why we should support them. They do an amazing job reverting the global warming. Every ecologically responsible person should invest in this stock exchange.

In unrelated news, it is rumored that the Rainbow Warrior will join their fleet.

Please mod parent insightful (or informative) and not funny. Thank you very much.

Mode parent insightful. He is showing how this "shellcode" would look like.