I found this little gem while watching a video on IronGeek, and I gotta say, it has gotten far too little coverage. Basically it will allow you to create a virtual CD drive and mount an ISO or other CD image as though it were in your physical optical drive. I now present to you the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP. No more using Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools! Why is it that everything Microsoft does right is ignored or lost in old documentation that no one reads? Sometimes they really do make some good stuff.
Jan
18
A North Dakota judge issued a ruling in Sierra Corporate Design v. Ritz that has some pretty stunning implications about the use of the "host -l" command when accessing DNS records. In the judgment (which was prepared by the plaintiff's counsel and sent to the judge), the use of the "host -l" command is tantamount to computer hijacking and hacking.
Okay, now this is just absolutely ridiculous. Accessing public information has become a crime? Just because this spam-sending piece of shit was too stupid to cover his ass? Jesus. Probably shouldn't say all that - he might sue me. This is almost as good as the guy sending angry emails to the CentOS developers about hacking his website with their default installation page.
Nope, still no content. None. Not even a little bit. Scraping the bottom of the barrel. Nothing.
Jan
15
Hacking Democracy on Google Video.
Apparently, our corporate overlords are able to determine elections now, in addition to their other nifty powers (wire tapping us without legal repercussions, amassing our financial data and then letting it be stolen, etc). Now, I don't vote, but if I did, I would be outraged!
Jan
14
A teenage boy who hacked into a Polish tram system used it like "a giant train set", causing chaos and derailing four vehicles. The 14-year-old, described by his teachers as a model pupil and an electronics "genius", adapted a television remote control so it could change track points in the city of Lodz. Twelve people were injured in one derailment, and the boy is suspected of having been involved in several similar incidents.
I probably shouldn't laugh at this, but it amazes me that to this day, no one seems to really understand how security works. Security works by fucking around with things until they break, then fixing them, and starting the process over again. The war on terror could be won by a bunch of school children like this one - for either side.
Jan
8
There is a sad truth to the world today. I am part of a dying breed of people known as "shell users." We are an old-fashioned bunch, preferring the warm glow of a green screen full of text over the cold blockiness of a graphical interface. We use ssh, scp, and even occassionally ftp. Back in the days before high-speed connections ("broadband"), we would dial up during off-hours to avoid being slammed with huge phone bills. The whole "Microsoft Windows" fad will fade away sooner or later, but in the interim, our kind is facing extinction.
I just thought this was brilliant. Basically, the guy wants to find a wife who will bear him a child to whom he can teach the ways of the terminal. Personally, I think we need more parents willing to teach their children the ways.
In unrelated news, I still don't have anything to write about, so my only content will probably continue to come from StumbleUpon. Sorry 