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General Software Discussion / Re: Why did WinRAR Unplugged (portable Winrar version) get discontinued?

« Last post by Renegade on January 25, 2013, 01:49 AM »

^^ For a moment there, I thought you had a picture of Burak and me. I don't.

I do have lots of pictures from SIC 2010 here though:

http://renegademinds...yID/199/Default.aspx
http://renegademinds...yID/200/Default.aspx
http://renegademinds...yID/201/Default.aspx

While many people probably won't recognize the faces, they'd surely recognize the brands. Nico and Roger from Bits du Jour are in a few there. Emura from EmEditor is in another. Greg from Tucows. A bunch of people from Digital River. (I'm the one with the Mohawk haircut. )

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Living Room / Re: Download All 270 JS Bach Organ Works For Free

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 11:45 PM »

Woohoo~!

Thanks for posting that!

I'm actually more fond of his harpsichord music, but organ comes in a darn close second~!

(And just to be a bigotted and pigheaded snob, Bach kicks any other Classical or Baroque composers ass~! )

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Living Room / Re: The end of FreewareBB

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 09:37 PM »

He did post something to that effect back in 2010. Link here.

Maybe somebody saw it and didn't notice the date?

-40hz (January 24, 2013, 09:21 PM)

Nope. It wasn't that. It was clearly the home page and a different letter entirely.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why did WinRAR Unplugged (portable Winrar version) get discontinued?

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 09:19 PM »

Since you know the guy, any info about why they have two very different websites for the same product? 

-superboyac (January 24, 2013, 09:17 PM)

I'm not exactly sure, but Burak told me that they had a hard time and failed to get winrar.com as some fellow was squatting on it.

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Living Room / Re: The end of FreewareBB

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 09:18 PM »

That's odd. I checked the page before, saw the note, and it was clear that it was shut down.

Maybe he had a change of heart or was just having a bad day.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why did WinRAR Unplugged (portable Winrar version) get discontinued?

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 08:08 PM »

I'm not very surprised.

I've met Burak - the fellow who runs WinRar - and he struck me as a smart business fellow.

The compression market is one of the most crowded and most competitive out there. You have to be borderline insane to want to get into it. Last I checked, the typical broad keywords you need to turn up in a search are more competitive than broad porn keywords. Literally. It is THAT competitive.

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Living Room / Re: Computer science student expelled for testing university software security

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 09:09 AM »

^^ StoicJoker - It's always wonderful to hear you call a spade a spade.   You do it with style!

-Renegade (January 24, 2013, 08:10 AM)

@Ren -

"Admiration -- our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."  - Ambrose Bierce

 

-40hz (January 24, 2013, 08:47 AM)

You probably expect me to be all modest now, eh? Pfft. Modesty is a fault, and I have no faults. (@SJ - take that as a compliment! )

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Living Room / Re: Computer science student expelled for testing university software security

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 08:10 AM »

^^ StoicJoker - It's always wonderful to hear you call a spade a spade.   You do it with style!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 05:55 AM »

Again, one of those things that you just don't know where to post, but it's so darn funny...

Where is the world is it legal to drink & drive? If you said Ireland, you'd be right!

http://www.huffingto...edlinkusaolp00000003

The Kerry County Council in southwest Ireland has passed a controversial measure that could make it legal for some rural drivers to get behind the wheel after knocking back a few stiff drinks.

 While only three council members voted "no" on the proposed legislation, five apparently support the creation of special permits for driving in sparsely populated areas while intoxicated, according to the Guardian.

Nationwide, Ireland has been cracking down on drunken driving, according to Irish news outlet Independent.ie, which reports that drivers are now allowed only 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, "equivalent to drinking less than one pint of beer." But permits proposed in the Kerry measure would allow rural residents to consume "two or three drinks," per the Guardian.

Councillor Danny Healy-Rae , who spearheaded the motion, claimed that citizens drinking and driving in rural areas had "never killed anyone" and argued that the permits would actually help prevent "a lot of them falling into depression," reports Irish news site TheJournal.ie.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 05:28 AM »

 

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Living Room / Re: Why touch screens will never rule the world

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 05:21 AM »

That can help if you have fat fingers.

-Renegade (January 24, 2013, 05:09 AM)

Thanks - but I haven't got fat fingers, its just not possible to be totally precise with a finger compared to a mouse pointer.

-Carol Haynes (January 24, 2013, 05:17 AM)

Oh - Sorry Carol. That wasn't directed at you. That was just a general comment that I figured most regular users wouldn't know.

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Living Room / Re: Why touch screens will never rule the world

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 05:09 AM »

On your mobile device, check the "Developer" settings. Some have an option to "trace" finger motions so you can see where your "hit" is and where it goes as you drag. That can help if you have fat fingers.

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Living Room / Re: The end of FreewareBB

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 01:44 AM »

Ouch. That's painful. I kind of understand where he's coming from though. I've shut down sites before, and will be shutting down a couple more. It's never fun, and especially when it's a larger ongoing effort, heartbreaking.

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Living Room / Re: A tale of Apple greed, or a startup gone a-whoring?

« Last post by Renegade on January 24, 2013, 12:30 AM »

Thanks for posting that. I think I'll go pop a few Xanax now to cheer myself up.

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Living Room / Re: Would a 41 megapixel camera get you to buy a Windows 8 phone?

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 09:09 PM »

Wow. Sounds pretty good. Not sure that I'd want one though as it's running Symbian. In other news, there's a Firefox phone coming out as well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: switch black and white in tiff files

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 08:47 PM »

Black is white and white is black? 

Gotta say, it's almost comical.

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Living Room / Re: Computer science student expelled for testing university software security

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 09:25 AM »

^^ From that article:

“Shelling happens frequently on busy public servers – standard operating procedure in any professional organization is to assume the attack has successfully rooted the operating system and bleach the server outright, alerting anyone who has credentials on the box or website and begin again, usually on a new domain/IP and patched architecture.”

“Doing otherwise indicates a complete disregard for the privacy of every user and every other admin on the domain as demanded by federal and provincial law.”

I'm missing what the domain has to do with anything.

Could one of the sysadmins here explain how DNS resolution compromises a server? (Well, other than MTM and all that - which seems to me like a different issue.)

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 06:19 AM »

I tripped across this video -- Slayer's "Criminally Insane" done as an animated cartoon. It's hilarious!

Even if you don't like Slayer, you might like the cartoon.

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General Software Discussion / Re: switch black and white in tiff files

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 02:30 AM »

Oh - another thing - are the TIFFs multi-page images or single images?

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General Software Discussion / Re: switch black and white in tiff files

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 02:27 AM »

Not a solution, but an idea - would you be able to write a script in the GIMP or Photoshop to do it?

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Living Room / Re: Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz dies at 26

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 02:06 AM »

(see attachment in previous post)
Can't really argue with this...

-wraith808 (January 22, 2013, 09:49 AM)

+1

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 02:03 AM »

^ yeah, the heart is a German(ic) thing. Crescent moon American.

https://pinterest.co...jeanlogan/outhouses/

-tomos (January 22, 2013, 04:32 AM)

Hearts and crescent moons on an outhouse? Wouldn't a log make more sense? Errr... actually, a moon does make sense. And the heart would make more sense if it were upside-down.

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Living Room / Re: Computer science student expelled for testing university software security

« Last post by Renegade on January 23, 2013, 01:52 AM »

Let's see who they might try to throw under a bus as a sacrificial lamb.

-IainB (January 23, 2013, 01:35 AM)

No doubt!

I'm also interested to see what happens later for that professor that voted against expelling Hamed. If public opinion holds, he'll be vindicated for his lone vote. What sort of publicity will it generate for him?

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Living Room / Re: Java's Deceptive Installation

« Last post by Renegade on January 22, 2013, 11:27 PM »

Just install the developer version! No crap in there~!

-Renegade (January 22, 2013, 09:33 PM)

No automatic updates there either, unfortunately.

-Krishean (January 22, 2013, 10:25 PM)

But you do get notifications automatically.

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Living Room / Re: Computer science student expelled for testing university software security

« Last post by Renegade on January 22, 2013, 11:22 PM »

Wow... if that's the real series of events, I withdraw my statement that he did anything wrong.  This timeline is pretty damning.

-wraith808 (January 22, 2013, 11:11 PM)

Quite. This entry seems to be the most contentious one there:

October 26th

Hamed is informed that Skytech has fixed the holes in Omnivox and that the site is now secure. Excited by their rapid response, he logs on to the test server the College provided him to run an Acrunetix scan. The scan shows no vulnerabilities but Skytech is alerted to its use and calls Dawson College to get the name of the “culprit”. Dawson College hands over Hamed’s number and Skytech calls him at 9PM. They threaten to call the RCMP on him and warn that he may face a year in jail for his actions. Hamed explains that he was part of the team that found the initial hole and that his intent was just to ensure the data was truly secure. They ask him to provide any bugs he may have found  by October 28th. He does so under condition that they agree to not sue them and in return he will not disclose any of what he found to anybody.

So he's provided with a test server, uses it, and Hell breaks loose.

The summary makes it all sound much more damning:

In sum,

- Hamed exchanged emails with Mr. Paradis where it was expressed that his actions on September 21st were irresponsible.
- Hamed never received a Cease & Desist letter.
- Hamed never received an official written warning.
- Hamed was thanked for bringing vulnerabilities to light on October 24th.
- Hamed was given access to a test server on October 24th.
- Hamed was asked to only use the test server when at Dawson.
- Hamed was eager to verify the updated security of Omnivox on October 26th and performed tests from his home.
- Hamed immediately stopped scanning the system upon receiving a call from the CEO of Skytech.
- Hamed was not granted the right to speak directly with the members of the Computer Science faculty before they voted on his expulsion.