#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2004, 2005

last updated at 2004-12-14 23:57

TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA - it's not just a good idea, it's the LAW

Bram smiles as the MPAA freaks out
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 23:57

Retired Army colonel, 70, sent to Afghanistan
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 23:09

coderman: o/~ you can check out, but you can never leave! o/~
coderman: ... so how bout that draft?
coderman: i should note that his service is voluntary; he could have refused the offer

Multiple locally as well as remotely exploitable bugs have been found in the Linux IGMP networking module and the corresponding user API.
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 22:42

coderman: SWEEEEET
coderman: Version: 2.4 up to and including 2.4.28, 2.6 up to and including 2.6.9
coderman: "(1) It is quite obvious that moving around all kernel memory following a kmalloc'ated buffer is a bad idea. However if done very carefully this may give a local attacker elevated privileges."
coderman: heh, looks like this is mainly an issue for SMP machines

Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 22:36

coderman: how i'd love some choice jack valenti quotes about now.
coderman: you know, bittorrent raping dead babies and such

It begins...
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 22:05

coderman: " Early this morning National Bureau of Investigation and BSA have busted finnish BitTorrent link site Finreactor for distributing copyrighted material worth of million euros. NBI raided the admins homes today and seized all the computer equipment and storage media for further investigation, but released the suspects shortly after the raid."

http://www.mpaa.org/CurrentReleases/2004_12_14_WwdeP2PActions.pdf
posted by Zerodhero at 2004-12-14 21:46

Zerodhero: Offical Statement on Suing Bittorent, Edonkey and the like from MPAA evil doers
burtonator: play with fire.......
Zerodhero: we don't need to water, let the MPAA burn

http://www.delkin.com/delkin_products_archival_gold.html
posted by silentfury at 2004-12-14 20:10

Download VHDL source for a Brainf*ck CPU
posted by aminorex at 2004-12-14 18:36

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etech/
posted by Zerodhero at 2004-12-14 18:02

Zerodhero: Oreilly Emerging Technology Conference
Zerodhero: Registration now open!
coderman: sweet, how much ass hooking do i need to do to cover the $1,500 registration fee?
Zerodhero: fake beign a full time student and it is a 65% discount

Why are people so fucking retarded at times? It is one of those great mysteries...
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 17:59

coderman: "This “end-to-end” fantasy is simply historical revisionism, and we need to nip it in the bud before it does any more damage."
coderman: actually, we need to kick you in the brain, leading to a fatal subdermal hematoma that unencumbers the world of your sophistry.

If we all hate consumerism, how come we can’t stop shopping?
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 17:22

Zerodhero: Cuase we need stuff!
coderman: "What we see in films like American Beauty and Fight Club is not actually a critique of consumerism; it’s merely a restatement of the “critique of mass society” that has been around since the 1950s."
coderman: "The two are not the same. In fact, the critique of mass society has been one of the most powerful forces driving consumerism for more than 40 years."
coderman: yeah, so blow up credit reporting agencies instead goddamnit
coderman: with the fat from all those liposuction patients turned to nitroglycerine
nene: and funded by proceeds from selling soap made with the same
coderman: i eat babies as a statement of my non-conformism

MPAA to serve lawsuits on BitTorrent servers
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 17:17

coderman: another reporting of the incoming assault
nene: Ignoring, of course, that the BitTorrent tracker doesn't actually host anything illegal whatsoever
coderman: welcome the the strange legal wormhole that is vicarious and contributory copyright infringement liability
nene: which conveniently ignores the fact that the tracker, nor the people running it, have any idea what's actually in any of the content encapsulated by a torrent
Zerodhero: But they are gonna sue anways!

Marine Chooses Wedding Ring Over Finger
posted by Mutiny at 2004-12-14 17:00

Mutiny: VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) - When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger.
Mutiny: With his approval, doctors severed his finger, but somehow in the chaos that followed, they lost his ring.
Zerodhero: Dumb ass

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20041214_070452.html
posted by Zerodhero at 2004-12-14 16:35

Zerodhero: One more horseman of the big buisness apoclypse mounts up
Zerodhero: MPAA Goes after Bit torrent

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date=2004-02-23
posted by Zerodhero at 2004-12-14 07:21

Zerodhero: more stupid people

Mind Hacks
posted by ruchira at 2004-12-14 04:13

EEG for the rest of us!
posted by ruchira at 2004-12-14 04:11

THE BITTORRENT P2P FILE-SHARING SYSTEM: MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS
posted by coderman at 2004-12-14 04:07

coderman: "Only 9,219 out of 53,883 peers (17 %) have an uptime longer than one hour after they finished downloading."
coderman: "We now focus on the system?s reaction to the sudden popularity of a single (new) file. This phenomenon is also called the flashcrowd effect."
coderman: "[we selected - the Lord of the Rings III movie with size 1.87 GByte - because it uses a tracker which provides access to detailed statistics"
coderman: "During the first five days, no peer finished downloading the file and the injector of the file was continuously online. This long time period provides a clear opportunity to identify copyright violators."
coderman: "Clearly, decentralization is an unsolved issue that needs further research." - oh yes. my favorite problem in fact
albo: listen to me bot
albo: listen to me bot
coderman: (pdf2html by google cache)

http://news.com.com/New+worry+for+phones+tight+pants/2100-1039_3-5481680.html
posted by wmf at 2004-12-14 03:21

wmf: cue obligatory " is that a phone in your pocket..." jokes
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