Comment Re:42.8GB ZIP (Score 2) 193
Even if IA has some bizarre exception to copyright law, you don't, so seeding that embedded copy of MK4 or Time Crisis is not completely without risk.
Comment Re:Might as well download an existing torrent (Score 1, Insightful) 193
To clarfy:
These games still have commercial value. If rights holders turned a blind eye, they would be effectively permitting commercial exploitation of the ROMs (and yes, people still pay to play them). Good news for some, perhaps, but bad for the few remaining amusement companies operating licensed machines, and bad for the rights holders who will find themselves facing competition from their own games. Also, if they don't defend the trademark violations they could find their properties in the public domain. While I'd love to be able to legally print and sell Pac Man t-shirts without licensing, I can't see that happening.
Oh, and if historical value mattered, Disney wouldn't still be successfully enforcing their copyright over the Silly Symphonies.
Whoever it ws at IA that thought 'oh, they won't care' is in for a rude awakening I suspect...
Comment Might as well download an existing torrent (Score 0) 193
it's no less 'legal' than the archive.org copy. That said, I've seen Capcom take down MAME arcades so it won't be up there long I'm sure...
Comment Re:64 GB ECC 32 consumer, pcie vs. sata. compare H (Score 1) 804
tbh most flaky ubuilds are because of bad static electricity mitigation, bad CPU mounts or bad grounding.
its more complicated than you think.
Submission + - Snapchat Users Phone Numbers Exposed To Hackers (theguardian.com)
beaverdownunder writes: From the Guardian:
Snapchat users’ phone numbers may be exposed to hackers due to an unresolved security vulnerability, according to a new report released by a group of Australian hackers.
Snapchat is a social media program that allows users to send pictures to each other that disappear within 10 seconds. Users can create profiles with detailed personal information and add friends that can view the photos a user shares.
But Gibson Security, a group of anonymous hackers from Australia, has published a new report with detailed coding that they say shows how a vulnerability can be exploited to reveal phone numbers of users, as well as their privacy settings.
Snapchat users’ phone numbers may be exposed to hackers due to an unresolved security vulnerability, according to a new report released by a group of Australian hackers.
Snapchat is a social media program that allows users to send pictures to each other that disappear within 10 seconds. Users can create profiles with detailed personal information and add friends that can view the photos a user shares.
But Gibson Security, a group of anonymous hackers from Australia, has published a new report with detailed coding that they say shows how a vulnerability can be exploited to reveal phone numbers of users, as well as their privacy settings.
Comment Interesting co-incidence... (Score 1) 112
...that this story was followed with "can you trust your router" -- my router can't kill me!
Submission + - Apple Misled Aussies On Consumer Rights (theguardian.com)
beaverdownunder writes: Despite a 2011 law requiring retailers to provide a refund option for faulty goods, and free repairs to items reasonably expected to still function properly (this part of the law is intentionally ambiguous), Apple steadfastly stuck to its AppleCare program, denying warranty repairs to units more than one year old (without the purchase of an extension) and only offering replacement or credit for DOA items.
Apple has promised to compensate all Australian customers who were charged for repairs during the last two years, and make the terms of the law clear on the Australian Apple website. How this will affect company warranty policy is unclear — under the law, consumers could be entitled to repairs for the life of the product (barring damage, of course). What is the acceptable 'life' of an iPad? A MacBook?
Apple has promised to compensate all Australian customers who were charged for repairs during the last two years, and make the terms of the law clear on the Australian Apple website. How this will affect company warranty policy is unclear — under the law, consumers could be entitled to repairs for the life of the product (barring damage, of course). What is the acceptable 'life' of an iPad? A MacBook?
Submission + - Public Citizen sues KlearGear.com for $75,000 over $3500 fine... 1
BUL2294 writes: Public Citizen has followed through on their threat to sue KlearGear.com over their decision to "fine" Utah resident John Palmer $3500 over a negative review posted by his wife, Jennifer Palmer. The review, posted to RipoffReport.com in 2009 when the $20 order was not received & the couple had difficulties in getting a refund, was made 3 years before a "non-disparagement" clause was added to KlearGear's Terms of Sale and Use, to which all customers agree to before purchasing from them. In 2012, KlearGear informed credit reporting agencies of the $3500 "debt", sent a debt collection agency against the Palmers, and validated the "debt" to credit reporting agencies (adding a $50 dispute charge) when John Palmer attempted to dispute it. Since then, the Palmers have had difficulties obtaining credit, which included going 3 weeks without heat while trying to obtain a new furnace. KlearGear has publicly stated on KUTV and CNN that the fine was valid and would stand. Now, on behalf of the Palmers, Public Citizen is suing KlearGear 'after KlearGear.com ignored a Nov. 25 demand letter sent by Public Citizen on behalf of the Palmers requesting that KlearGear.com contact the relevant credit agencies immediately and inform them that the debt it had reported concerning John was in error. The letter also asked for compensation of $75,000 and permanent removal of the “non-disparagement clause” from its website’s terms of use. // Today’s complaint seeks punitive damages as well as damages for the economic, emotional and other harms that the Palmers suffered as a result of KlearGear.com’s actions.'
Submission + - Scientists extract RSA key from GnuPG using sound of CPU (tau.ac.il)
kthreadd writes: In their research paper titled RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir and Eran Tromer et. all. present a method for extracting decryption keys from the GnuPG security suite using an interesting side-channel attack. By analysing the acoustic sound made by the CPU they were able to extract a 4096 bit RSA key in about an hour. A modern mobile phone placed next to the computer is sufficient to carry out the attack, but up to four meters have been successfully tested using specially designed microphones.
Comment Are you serious? (Score 1) 575
F**k GitHub.
I don't care if the project's a joke -- that's not their call.
A bunch of trolls thought GitHub could be provoked to take sides and guesswhat? they did!
Great job.
Comment Re:Sounds like it worked (Score 1) 324
The real story-behind-the-story is developers threatened to test their abilities on launch and quit if the tests failed.
Which they are well within their rights to do. But it wouldve meant many apps wouldnt have worked without connectivity for example, which would have been bad for the ecosystem.
iOS is a different case, with a richer demographic and more paid apps. Free Android app developers need that usage data, not necessarily to sell it, but to be agile.
Sure there's sometimes blatant abuse but that's better solved with refinements in the Google Play agreement (particularly regarding fine location data.)
Comment Don't like it, don't use it. (Score 1) 324
Enough said, really...
Comment "Too dumb to code..." (Score 1) 445
It's not the guys who say this, depressingly I've found it's women (at least down here in Australia) that commonly lament that they (feel they) are mentally incapable of tackling programming. =/ Of course, typically nobody challenges those assertions.
I suppose what's needed is a bit of public education. Sure, coding is a logical thing at its core, but a whole lot of creativity goes into producing great code as well.
Maybe the solution is to popularise pair programming more?
Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night 424
cartechboy writes "The Tesla Model S, for all its technical and design wizardry, has a dirty little secret: Its a vampire. The car has an odd and substantial appetite for kilowatt-hours even when turned off and parked. This phenomenon has been dubbed the 'vampire' draw, and Tesla promised long ago to fix this issue with a software update. Well, a few software updates have come and gone since then, and the Model S is still a vampire sucking down energy when it's shut down. While this is a concern for many Model S owners and would be owners, the larger question becomes: After nine months, and multiple software updates,why can't Tesla fix this known issue? Tesla has recognized the issue and said a fix would come, yet the latest fix is only a tiny improvement — and the problem remains unsolved. Is Tesla stumped? Can the issue be fixed?"
Submission + - Happy 50th Doctor Who! (bbc.co.uk)
beaverdownunder writes: To commemorate 50 years of the Tardis, today the BBC is airing a 75 minute special finally revealing the secrets of the Time War.
What did you think off the special? And what's your fondest memory of Who? And what about that Capaldi guy?
What did you think off the special? And what's your fondest memory of Who? And what about that Capaldi guy?
