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Posts by Gabor Laszlo
140 posts • joined Friday 30th March 2007 10:45 GMT
Re: Minimammoths? Minmoths?
Minmoth is already in use:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/info/donate/donation_views/fanciers.jpg
Re: Re: Why not migrate over an OS developed by a UK company Ubuntu/Canonical
[prices are from Munich, Germany]
1. Office spec PC without Windows :300€
Same box with Windows7 Home Premium: 380€
Time to slap a Linux onto said PC and set it up: about 1h, or an average of 20min if done in bulk, counted at 30€/h: 10-30€
(*) That's like saying that without McD we'd have all starved
2. If you're deploying in an organization you'll settle on one distro/dm and stick with it. And if your IT guy is not braindead he'll pick one that's easy to maintain/patch/support (I'm partial to Mint myself, but that's a matter of taste)
Opt for the patdown
when enough people start doing it and the line grows out of control, the outrage will draw enough publicity to change policy.
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I just wanted to find the size limit on the Title field :)
It's the internal SOP guidelines of the CC companies (search for '3D Secure liability shift').
If you get phished, you're likely stuck with the charges, unless you can afford to appeal to Visa's own Court in London (they charge for lodging a complaint, and go from there).
No, that's the point: burden of proof is shifted to the customer.
Posted in Nuke support in UK hits record high
That's actually a good point: who's footing the bill?
Tokamaks are run by universities and research labs, they are fascinating physics experiments one can endlessly fiddle with, and assure the funding of their department for decades.
Polywell is funded by the US Navy, interested in a compact, failsafe power source.
Posted in Nuke support in UK hits record high
Ah, you think a Tokamak will ever break even? I'm betting on Polywell :D
3D Secure
is a new 'feature' on many cards: basically a few marginally effective security measures, but if a card is enrolled in the program (many banks enroll new cards by default, and some sites force customers to enroll in order to buy), the bank can brush off responsibility for any fraudulent transactions onto the customer.
Posted in Nuke support in UK hits record high
The plasma in a fusion reactor is at militorr range pressures, a breach would result in a slight WHOOSH sound of air being SUCKED INTO the reaction chamber, followed immediately by the reaction grinding to a halt as the fusion materials nuclei get scattered off air molecules.
Posted in LCD cartel case claims seven more scalps
it's still pocket change to them. Most electronics are sold at over 200% markup*.
(*) figure based on a discussion I had with a taiwanese sales rep at an expo some years back.
I would prefer a live feed of my food rotating, I usually guestimate the cooking time and turn the oven off by hand a split second before the food would combust.
http://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper
You can block at tag level.
Yea, I heard that about a dozen times by now (thanks, LFMF), but nobody bothers to post the spanish word for 'embarassed', 'avergonzado'
proof
this is not. one of the possible alternative explanations has been invalidated, probably. Others remain.
"We fetch your mail, we route your packets, we guard you while you surf.
Don't fuck with us!"
For the real thing, check this out: http://www.power-laces.com/about
it’s a project by Blake Bevin to produce and market practical PowerLaces (aimed at people with Parkinson’s and other disabilities, but BTTF fans are not excluded:)
Direct Democracy FTW
the Swiss are doing it the sanest way I know of
JITSI
jitsi.org
Posted in A sysadmin's top ten tales of woe
root
one time (and never again) I let myself be persuaded to give root to a developer on a solaris 8. next thing you know, really weird fails: you can ssh in but a lot of the system commands throw errors or just fail outright, not all though. some digging revealed that everything under /usr/lib was gone. Solaris 8 system utils were mostly dynamically linked (which is a design fail in itself - try to fschk /usr after a power fail and you'll see why).
C|N>K
that is all.
If only
Microsoft would do the same thing for IE (but a giant blinky on Google for users of old versions I mean).
consent
buried on page 12 of the site's T&C, in 6p print.
Filtering and the way around it
Use OpenDNS, and you can have it employ a variety of filters - that you select. Or use JAP (http://anonymous-proxy-servers.net) and forget about being filtered forcefully.
Still with the opt out?
Double opt in FTW!
I was just
thinking the same thing :) I'll go check their blog to be sure !
Phantom Edit 3D
I will wait for.
Easy:
for all your mTAN needs, use a mobile just smart enough to receive SMS and no smarter.
Or use NoScript so you don't get XSpwned. Oh and don't give your mobile number to crooks?
such as
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ssd
Posted in Matrix 4 and 5 in works, threatens Keanu
Dezionized
There is a fanedit out there called The Matrix Dezionized (what it says on the tin) thatmolds 2 and 3 into a tense and enjoyable whole. The sex scene was also cut.
Linux Mint Debian Edition
my rolling desktop distro since Sept.
Misleading headline
How many of you read it and thought "Geocities 2.0"?
I'm showing my age ...
Sgroogle.org
'nuff said
Posted in Old PCs: When it's time to die
When you said old PC..
I thought you mean the 5-10 years old PCs and laptops I see every day (I offer PC service as a side business). They get upgraded to the max RAM their little motherboards can carry and reinstalled with Linux Mint (or Puppy, for the _really_ old ones).
Zactly
It's like being forced to pay alimony on the grounds of having a reproductive apparatus. And then getting castrated if you're caught actually using it.
"The CPU then executes it."
On what braindamaged OS/architecture does the CPU just execute stuff you write to memory? Oh, wait... Never mind.
Posted in Czechs stop Google Street View
1.80, more like
Also, use very long exposition times, over 1s, so the faces of people walking my and moving cars would be blurred. That would mean the cars have to stop to take pictures. I would also add a requirement to signal (honk?) before taking a photo, so people have the chance to turn their backs (or moon the camera).
Posted in BOFH: Die, Robot
upgrades
1. plunger - 1$
2. laser pointer - 5$
3. voice synth - 10$
4. EX-TER-MI-NATE!!! - priceless :D
Out of band
My bank uses an SMS to send me the TANs (along with the transaction details), I've yet to see even a theoretical attack against this (short of rooting the bank server itself and/or the HLR). Why is this not SOP?
It used to be called Faviconize Tab
quite handy to save some space on tabs that are always open (gmail, netvibes, whatever). That + setting them Protected so you can't accidentaly close them (e.g. with TabMixPlus, which also allows to open anything not pointing inside the current site in new tabs) and Robert's your uncle.
Posted in 'Freeware' phishing kit dupes s'kiddies
Phishers/script kiddies/pond scum
Please replace any instance of the word 'hackers' in the article with any of the above. These guys don't hack, they just exploit the stupidity of others.
Fujitsu Lifebook T4220
Look it up. I've been using it for years, and this acer still loses to it by any criteria meaningful to my use pattern.
Easy
Just build a stub that puts a bookmark on their homescreen, and put THAT in the store!
Sorry, no "Durrrr'phhhbt" Icon
Posted in Scroogle's future in doubt
Alternatives
JonDonym/JAP: http://anonymous-proxy-servers.net/
TOR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29
Both with the advantage of keeping your IP out of _every_ server log
Posted in Twitter on a ZX Spectrum
ORIC-1
and my cousins ZX-Spectrum. I still have the ORIC in a drawer somewhere. Best keyboard I've seen on any comp its class. Ahh, fond memories of hacking
I never ever see adverts..
thanks to TVTorrents.com
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