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by Vespasian 12y ago
Wow, thank you so much for mentioning this project (never heard of it before). I absolutely loved RC2 when I was younger and if I can get this to run with the GOG version I will be certainly do my share to bring it back as open source.
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by Vespasian 12y ago
To sad that so much work is likely to vanish within a few days. But they probably knew what was coming.
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by Vespasian 12y ago
Maybe Ballmer was overkill in this situation. While I could see a local (German or even Bavarian since their German Headquarter is just out of Munich) manager with connections to members of the council being able to influence their decision
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by Vespasian 13y ago
Well for me the university knowledge which I'm (still) gaining is sometimes a good starting point to learn more on my own. The specialised sub field of CS I'm currently into is not that wide spread and it helps to have some of the
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by Vespasian 13y ago
The passwords did not come from the database (which should only have hashes stored) but from the http request send by the client during login (originally this was transmitted encrypted but leaked out due to the bug).
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by Vespasian 13y ago
But wouldn't that allow a simple subpoena to get access to everything? Certainly it's the best bet against criminals
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by Vespasian 13y ago
Hmm I don't like the idea of involving a third (untrusted party) with what could be basically the key to your whole online identity. I would love to see a system which allows your heirs to access online accounts without having to fear
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by Vespasian 13y ago
It's certainly true that the manufacturer should have no say over what you do with your car (if they had what would stop them from going the way of the printer industry and force you to only use their tires etc). I might have misused t
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by Vespasian 13y ago
I think there is a difference between hacking (or even exploring) something like a phone, game console or router and a car, plane or any other thing that can immediately put in danger the live and health of many unrelated persons. Therefore
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by Vespasian 13y ago
Disclaimer: Highly biased of course ;) Speaking as a glider pilot in training, its hard to beat the feeling of winch launch or the rising in a thermal column. Flying small planes connects you to the elements while still leaving you in contr
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by Vespasian 13y ago
Here in Germany, nearly everyone in my Contact list with a Smartphone got it. Even though there are relatively cheap plans for unlimited SMS available.
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The Law You Won't Be Told (youtube.com)
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by Vespasian 13y ago
Well, where I live the (last) names are at the bell at the building entrance as well as the bell at apartments doors
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by Vespasian 13y ago
All tokens distributed by banks I've seen until now here display the amount and the receivers account number prior to generating the transaction confirmation number. So you can double check that everything is correct
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by Vespasian 13y ago
While that are definitely a valid concerns I prefer that closed undocumented system over others that have actively been used to steal money(sometimes even undetected for some days). The probability that a virus infects my computer is (even
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by Vespasian 13y ago
While I don't know about the situation elsewhere in the world, here in Germany most banks retired the single use codes (called TANS or (if indexed) iTans) quite some years ago for being insecure. Most online banking will now require a
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by Vespasian 13y ago
It might be interesting to know that Andrea Rossi has a history with "breakthrough" discoveries and inventions. His former company Petroldragon was disbanded after they dumped over 70.000 tons of toxic waste (and probably their me