eric_arrr

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by eric_arrr 9y ago
Business Town's take on this point is as colorful as it is succinct: http://welcometobusinesstown.tumblr.com/post/115950267726/bu...
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by eric_arrr 9y ago
Fellow obscure BBS software author here. Mine was Apocalypse / ApX (a hack of Havok, which was a hack of something else, which was a hack of Emulex/2, which I think was a hack of Forum?), around '92. I, too, remember recruiti
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
I've got your prospectus right here: http://rameznaam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Welcome-to-t...
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
I kept thinking Seveneves would adapt wonderfully as a three-season television series, with one season for each part of the book. Oh, those season finales!
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
Since you're a REAMDE fan, I'll let you in on a secret: The character of Peter is largely based on 3ric Johanson, who just happens to have been in the news this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11703350
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
The silver one was presumed his, but not confirmed as such. But Bill being Bill, he might be collecting them. :)
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
Bill might well drive a Model X and any number of other cars -- his daily was an armored mid-90's Lexus LS for many years -- but if there's a Porsche 959 parked at the south Kirkland Burgermaster, the odds are overwhelming that it
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
A couple of fun things hidden (or not exactly) in this video: There's no missing a couple of Neal's swordfighting buddies at 1:07. Wondering where the camera stand is? Look for its reflection in the window behind Bill at 1:52. Wha
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
Wrong -- we could move the earth closer to the sun. Or make the sun burn hotter. Either way, totally possible. /s ;)
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
What's puzzling here is that Wright proceeds with his charades as though he somehow knows the real Satoshi will not emerge to call him out on it. (There is some precedent for this: a long-dormant account controlled by the real Satoshi
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the law as it applies to material omissions from search warrants: https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/imported_files/tra...
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by eric_arrr 10y ago
Yes, there is. See Franks v. Delaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks_v._Delaware The instant case is one of material omission rather than false statement, but there is a substantial amount of case law recognizin
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by eric_arrr 12y ago
To my own slight surprise, as I began reading the article, I realized: I know Mike. Didn't know he was into hunting scammers, though. It's easier to find him than you think, if you know how to access ordinary public records. But
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by eric_arrr 14y ago
I'm not sure where I appeared to contradict myself in my earlier posts, so I'm unsure how to clarify this for you. Best I can do is this: Here is a link to a variation of the "image" file which is the subject of this post: https://dl.dropb
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by eric_arrr 14y ago
Andy, you're very confused.
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by eric_arrr 14y ago
Yeah, what jack-r-abbit said: the point is you've got malicious script embedded in a page from somebody else's web site, so you have access to cookies and can inspect and/or manipulate the user's session arbitrarily.
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by eric_arrr 14y ago
You can also use this trick to launch cross-site script attacks against sites that allow you to upload images. Step 1: upload the "image" to the site. Let the site do whatever it does to ensure it has received a valid image. Nine validators