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Comment Re:Upgrades. (Score 1) 212

by dainichi (#35595558) Attached to: Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3's

(You know you've made a bad decision when it results in being sued by the US government! OK, well, *I* would know it--not so sure about the flaming fucktards running Sony right now...)

Nah, they wouldn't know a Bad Idea(TM) If it came up to them, married their only daughter and left a flaming pile of s**t on their desk.

Comment It depends on your definition of "language" (Score 1) 674

by dainichi (#33085750) Attached to: How many languages do you speak on a daily basis?
At this point I'm working on a project that is requiring c++ and Java, and being an American, my native tongue is English. So, with that in mind, I am speaking 3 languages on a daily basis. On the other hand, I am fairly fluent in C, C++, Java, 8PIC Assembler, Motorola 68K Assembler, Verilog, PHP, Perl, and probably a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

Comment Re:Let the rationalizations begin (Score 1) 1115

by dainichi (#32864858) Attached to: Has Any Creative Work Failed Because of Piracy?

I have no issue with copyrights and I agree that 12 to 24 years is probably a good range. I thought the original poster was attacking resale and my response was geared that way. Artists should get paid for each original copy they sell.

There's the kicker. I fully agree that artists, for whatever definition is popular today, should be compensated for their work, but only on the original copies. You or I could make the next "better mousetrap" and start selling them, but do you expect to get paid multiple times for each mousetrap you make? NO! SO why is it that these "artists" think they can?
Security

Submission + - Foxit One-Ups Adobe in Blocking PDF Attack Tactic (computerworld.com)

Submitted by CWmike
CWmike writes: Foxit Software, the developer of a rival PDF viewer to Adobe's vulnerability-plagued Reader, released an update on Tuesday that blocks some attacks with a 'safe mode' that's switched on by default. Foxit Reader 3.3 for Windows' 'Trust Manager' blocks all external commands that may be tucked into a PDF document. 'The Foxit Reader 3.3 enables users to allow or deny unauthorized actions and data transmission, including URL connection, attachment PDF actions, and JavaScript functions,' the update's accompanying text explains. Last week, several security companies warned of a major malware campaign that tried to dupe users into opening rigged PDFs that exploited an unpatched design flaw in the PDF format, one attackers could use to infect users of Adobe's and Foxit's software. That flaw in the PDF specification's '/Launch' function was disclosed in late March by Belgium security researcher Didier Stevens, who demonstrated how he could abuse the feature to run malware embedded in a PDF document. He also reported he had figured out how to change Adobe Reader's warning to enhance the scam.
The Courts

Submission + - Court: RapidShare doesn't need to filter uploads (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: Yesterday RapidShare announced ( http://rapidshare.com/news.html ) that it triumphed in its appeal over copyright holders who demanded that the service take more steps to control online infringement. Because RapidShare does not make uploaded files publicly available (those who upload them can control access), the court found that it could not be held liable for distribution and that running filename filters on all uploads would produce too many false positives.

In addition, the appeals court took aim at several filtering schemes. Blocking all files of a certain type (such as RAR files) was deemed inappropriate, since a file type has no bearing on the legality of an upload. Scanning by IP address was also tossed, because numerous people can use a single IP address. File name filtering tells you nothing about the contents of a file, so that was tossed. Even content scanning was problematic, as the court noted that this would just lead to encrypted files. Besides, even if you could know that a file was copyrighted, it could still be a legal "private backup" not distributed to anyone else.

ARS Technica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/court-rapidshare-doesnt-need-to-filter-uploads.ars

Comment What about Radar? (Score 1) 515

by dainichi (#28863251) Attached to: English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy
So, Why haven't we heard of people with cell phone allergies, or Air traffic control radar allergies? It does operate in the range of interest, and it tends to output massive amounts of energy, so, i see no reason why it would be any different from wifi.
Windows

Submission + - Even Newer Windows 7 Build 7600 Claims to be RTM (tomshardware.com)

Submitted by
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam writes: "Leaked builds of Windows 7 hitting file sharing networks are claiming to be "very, very possible FINAL RTM build." More than one piracy scene group today released iso disc images that bear the build string and filename "7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso." It's unclear how different this is from build 7600 that leaked onto the internet last Sunday, though the filename indicates that it was compiled on July 13, 2009 at 12:55 p.m., making it a few days newer than the one previously leaked."
The Internet

Submission + - Music industry wants cut of Pirate Bay sale (cnet.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: The music industry will attempt to seize money paid to acquire the Pirate Bay, according to a high-level music industry source and a spokesman for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group representing the music industry worldwide.

Global Gaming Factory, a Swedish software company, made big news two weeks ago by announcing that it would acquire the Pirate Bay, the popular outlaw file-sharing site, for $7.8 million.

Since then the company has been touting a new business model and even hiring executives, such as Wayne Rosso, the former Grokster president, to legally obtain content from film and music industries.

What remains to be seen is how that sale might be affected by attempts by the music industry to collect the $3.6 million damages that a court in Sweden awarded it in April.

Alex Jacob, a spokesman for the IFPI, said that the group has always intended to collect the damages award, but now, should the sale go through, music execs know that the original Pirate Bay operators have access to the money.

CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10288495-93.html
Security

Submission + - Free rainbow tables looking for new admin (freerainbowtables.com)

Submitted by lee
lee writes: After almost three years online, the admin of Free Rainbow Tables has decided to call it a day, citing a lack of time to keep it running (I'm sure that you all know a rainbow table is essentially a giant list of precomputed hashes). This is a shame, as the site is a useful resource for those occasions when you really need an existing password exposing rather than simply changing it; being a Windows admin, this site has come in very handy in the past! The currently computed tables weigh in at well over half a terabyte, are available as torrents from the site, or from a couple of mirrors (and alternatives are available). As well as being useful in that you can download your own copies of the tables, the site also has a downloadable client that'll put your idle cycles to work computing ever-greater tables, and a space-saving format for storing the tables. It's not all bad news though — he is willing to hand over source code if you wish to take over, though I suspect hosting is not included!

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