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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 28, 2016, 05:05 PM »

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Web link causes Safari crashes, device reboots on iOS and Mac

-Arizona Hot (January 27, 2016, 10:33 AM)

While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..

-Stoic Joker (January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM)

I thought this was a joke because the article says it happens on iOS and Mac, and I assumed IE and Edge were not on those OSes.

-Deozaan (January 28, 2016, 04:49 PM)

No it's a completely OS agnostic browser based attack that can/will take out the browser on any OS. It's just - hysterical IMO - that the (untouchable...) Apple crowd gets to enjoy a complete OS crash...instead of just a browser crash.

On Windows using FF I tried loading the malicious page from a private mode session, and it crashed both it and the non private mode instance of the browser at the same (instantaneous) time.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Kerberos and VMs and NLB

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 28, 2016, 12:28 PM »

Good chance 40 and I could be of some help.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 28, 2016, 06:22 AM »

While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..

-Stoic Joker (January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM)

Have any users lost time when this happens to their computer.

-Arizona Hot (January 28, 2016, 12:52 AM)

...I have no idea. I just thought it was to good an opportunity to pass up, so I tossed a copy of the exploit code on one of our intranet webservers and had a go at it. Industry whipping boy IE was the obvious first choice, with - arguably Beta - Edge being a close second. Neither of which even as much as blinked at the codes shenanigans. So since FF hadn't been mentioned in anything I'd read, I gave it a shot, and it froze/crashed instantly.

The resulting browser crashing link that the code produces is below (mangled just a bit so it doesn't go live here):

hxxp://crashsafari/0123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667668669670671672673674675676677678679680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720721722

It looks like a fairly straightforward - lack of input validation - overflow exploit. I guess not everybody likes to learn from other peoples (MS/IE) mistakes.. *Shrug*

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM »

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Web link causes Safari crashes, device reboots on iOS and Mac

-Arizona Hot (January 27, 2016, 10:33 AM)

While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..

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

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 27, 2016, 11:46 AM »

With Cortana, Microsoft is “scroogled” in new Windows 10 spyware scare  Computerworld

-Arizona Hot (January 27, 2016, 10:13 AM)

I think they're way off in the weeds with that entire piece. The issue isn't that part of the OS is digging through all you stuff, the indexing service has been doing that since Win2k. The problem is that it's sharing everything it finds with the MS Mothership...and that part is completely unacceptable.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 27, 2016, 06:28 AM »

I'm embarrassed to admit that I was staring at the white circles in each of these pictures thinking each circle was a separate die, and I was rather bewildered at how I couldn't tell any of them apart!

-Deozaan (January 27, 2016, 12:31 AM)

(You are not alone..) That one threw me for a minute too. I had to scroll down a bit to recognize the pattern.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 03:56 PM »

Yes, I phrased that badly...but I'm at work/rushing a bit..

The intent was - as you stated - for it to be the bottom of something (I like the bird cage look in the pic), and it's curvature would/should center the die for the camera (theory..).

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 01:13 PM »

Especially if the bottom funneled the (single) die down to a smaller more predictable area. having a smaller (say 1-2 inch diameter) bottom area (think of a CUP shape or upside-down cone), it would be able to rest closer to bottom of base.

-mouser (January 25, 2016, 12:59 PM)

A 2-4 diopter curve (assuming the front is 0/1) should make for a sufficient "cup".

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 12:57 PM »

Or for a controlled impact bottom camera type configuration:

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 12:08 PM »

Plastic dice aren't that heavy...so as long as the dice aren't made of metal or glass, the CR39 lens/base should hold up just fine. I've worn glasses for years, and they're surprisingly hard to scratch.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 11:18 AM »

The unsurfaced CR39 lens blanks are almost an inch thick to start with, so you can pretty much pick what you want for thickness to screw into or glue onto. Actually I was thinking - Steampunk - go with the cup style roller from your video, get the edge of the lens beveled, and use an eyeglass frame style mount to put the lens in the bottom of the - lightly polished/brushed brass - cup.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 06:56 AM »

BITCOIN: TOO BIG TO FAIL

-Renegade (January 24, 2016, 12:36 AM)

I bet they used to say that about the Knights Templar ... Until the first Friday the 13th rolled around.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 25, 2016, 06:52 AM »

QuoteI was thinking camera from the bottom using lightly smoked glass might make the extra non-relevant - yet visible - faces easier to ignore.i don't know enough about optics, but maybe someone who does could shed some light on the question of whether it's possible to create a glass "surface" (lens?) that had the effect of making something the details of an object laying flat against it very clear, but rapidly blurring anything that was even a couple of millimeters away...

-mouser (January 24, 2016, 04:05 PM)

It's been a while since I worked in optical - like over a decade... But if you have an (eyeglass) optical surfacing lab in your area. You should be able to get them to surface a custom CR39 (very high grade plastic) lens for you. The blanks are (IIRC) ~3" in diameter before they are cut down into the eyeglass frames - so there's a good bit of material to work with.

The object here is to get the (camera facing base curve as close to 0 as possible so the back side can be slightly cupped - say a 2-ish diopter curve. this will help to gently coax the die to land in the center...and push anything outside the directly contacting surfaces out of focus helping to blur/hide it. Also the use of a polaroid (sunglass lens) might make it an even better hide for the edges ... and/or just help hide the camera/look cool.

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

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 24, 2016, 01:40 PM »

(Y)um... What weather map??

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 24, 2016, 01:34 PM »

Camera looking down vs camera from underneath

-mouser (January 20, 2016, 06:04 AM)

Given the frequent use of 8 sided dice in you screen shots, I was thinking camera from the bottom using lightly smoked glass might make the extra non-relevant - yet visible - faces easier to ignore.

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Living Room / Re: What other forums do you participate in?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 24, 2016, 01:28 PM »

I dropped out of circulation IRL years ago, and...
Being more than just a bit of a misanthrope...I'm really only active here.

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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 20, 2016, 04:52 PM »

^

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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 20, 2016, 07:36 AM »

...First, what I'd like is a nice sandbox to run scenarios through with zero real consequences. That would rock~!
________________________

-Renegade (January 19, 2016, 09:58 PM)

I think you might be confusing what seems to happen in what we see as "the world around us" with a concept called "reality".
This is the sandbox.

-IainB (January 20, 2016, 12:15 AM)

I gotta go with Iain on this ... We're Totally in an Abandonware Beta Fork.

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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 19, 2016, 11:12 AM »

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 18, 2016, 02:44 PM »

Then I think I misunderstood...sorry about that. 

-Shades (January 16, 2016, 06:25 AM)

That's Okay man, apparently...

Yesterday Windows f*****g 10 forcibly rebooted on me for an update.

-Renegade (January 17, 2016, 12:41 AM)

Renegade missed my post about how to disable auto reboot too..

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 16, 2016, 07:55 AM »

Personally I wish the Son-of-a-Bitch would have kept his freaking teeth shut. I was about to do a selloff, but now I can't without screwing myself through the floor.

-Stoic Joker (January 15, 2016, 11:30 AM)

The SOB is not being paid by the banksters. Yep. Them. Literally.

-Renegade (January 15, 2016, 11:06 PM)

ftfy - Fun and games aside.. I've been working towards something for the past 3 years that I was finally going to pull the trigger on for my birthday Tuesday. I was willing to take a small loss to get the project off the ground, but now it's simply not going to be possible for the foreseeable future - until these idiots finish their petty little pissing contest.

I'm going to stop here...before I devolve into a tirade of profanity. because I am currently at a level of anger that can only be adequately described as unhealthy.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 15, 2016, 12:57 PM »

I want to see what Renegade thinks.  Especially in the light of that troubling PDF he directed us to a bit ago.

-wraith808 (January 15, 2016, 11:44 AM)

Me too, I'm just afraid by the time he chimes in it'll be under $200. I hate to 'Panic Sale' the coin, but I'm really really tired of the waiting game...and I have other things - being held up by it - that need to get done.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 15, 2016, 11:30 AM »

I don't use Bitcoin, but I came across this article which has some pretty dire statements about it:

  - The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment

I don't know enough about the workings of Bitcoin to know if the article is a good one or not, but it sure sounds like he knows what he's talking about.  I'm interested in what you guys think.

-mwb1100 (January 15, 2016, 10:59 AM)

Article released ~21 hours ago.
Bitcoin price tanks ~20 hours ago.

Coincidence?? ...I think not.

Personally I wish the Son-of-a-Bitch would have kept his freaking teeth shut. I was about to do a selloff, but now I can't without screwing myself through the floor.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 15, 2016, 07:09 AM »

Today, after weeks of telling Windows to f*** off because I don't want to reboot for updates, it finally told me to go f*** myself and rebooted in the middle of me doing shit.

Windows 10 is <insert the most vile, inhuman, violent, sick, twisted, evil stuff you can possibly imagine here />.

I just have no words for how horrible this entire lunacy is. (I do have the words, but I'll spare you.)

-Renegade (January 14, 2016, 10:23 PM)

Group Policy: No Auto Reboot For Logged On Users is your friend.

Gpedit.msc:
Computer Configuration
. Administrative Template
... Windows Components
..... Windows Update

^Do on local machine even in a domain environment (werked 4 me!).

For the Home Version there is a registry based equivalent (I haven't tried):

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Living Room / Re: The hilarity of utter ignorance

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 14, 2016, 06:36 AM »

“The fact is that, although the new software may enhance privacy for some users, it severely hampers law enforcement’s ability to aid victims. All of the evidence contained in smartphones and similar devices will be lost to law enforcement, so long as the criminals take the precaution of protecting their devices with passcodes.

-The Article

I do believe that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Bottom line is these pricks have become so friggin lazy that they now expect conviction to be served up neatly packaged on a silver package ... Instead of making them have to do any 'Real Police Work'. Shit by that logic, it's a bloody miracle that they ever managed to arrest anyone back in the 70's - pre technology - dark ages.

Fear mongering and security theater, that's all they give us for protection these days ... Idiots.