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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Password Cracking with Rainbowcrack and Rainbow Tables �
Password Cracking with Rainbowcrack and Rainbow Tables �: "Password Cracking with Rainbowcrack and Rainbow Tables
Darknet spilled these bits on February 27th 2006 @ 4:49 am General Hacking, Hacking Tools
What is RainbowCrack & Rainbow Tables?
RainbowCrack is a general propose implementation of Philippe Oechslin’s faster time-memory trade-off technique."
Fanout and fanterm - run commands on multiple remote machines at once
Fanout and fanterm - run commands on multiple remote machines at once: "Fanout and Fanterm - introduction
Fanout and fanterm are two utilities that allow you to run commands on multiple machines. The difference is that fanout only runs non-interactive commands (like dd, cat, adduser, uname -a, etc.) and pipelines built of these. The output is collected into a single display that can be viewed by less or redirected to a file.
Fanterm, on the other hand, allows you to run interactive text mode commands on multiple machines at the same time. Your keystrokes are sent to a shell or application running on each of the target systems. The output from each system is shown in a seperate xterm.
See below for examples and sample output."
Linux.com | My sysadmin toolbox
Linux.com | My sysadmin toolbox: "My sysadmin toolbox
Friday February 24, 2006 (09:01 AM GMT)
By: Adam Williamson
I'm only an amateur systems administrator, but I'm also terribly lazy, so I do have a few good tools in my toolbox.
I work for Mandriva. However, all these tools except Urpmi are available and usable on any distribution. Even Urpmi could potentially work on any distribution, if you set up a correct package source."
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun - Sunday Times - Times Online
Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun - Sunday Times - Times Online: "A study by the World Health Organisation found that natural blonds are likely to be extinct within 200 years because there are too few people carrying the blond gene. According to the WHO study, the last natural blond is likely to be born in Finland during 2202."
Propeller Page
Propeller Page: "This product has not yet been released. Official details will continue to be updated and posted on this site as the release approaches. We appreciate your interest in Propeller chips and tools.
Please note: Any information posted elsewhere has not been released by Parallax. Pricing has not yet been determined.
New Parallax Design Required Years of R&D
What can you do with eight 32-bit processors (COGs) in one chip? Real simultaneous multi-processing! The new Propeller chip is the result of our internal design team working for eight years straight.
The Propeller chip was designed at the transistor level by schematic using our own Altera Stratix tools to prototype. Propeller is programmed in both a high-level language, called Spin�, and low-level (assembly) language. With the set of pre-built Parallax �objects� for video, mice, keyboards, RF, LCDs, stepper motors and sensors your Propeller Application is a matter of high-level integration."
Derren Brown - Trick of the mind - Are you feeling sleepy?
Derren Brown - Trick of the mind - Are you feeling sleepy?: "All through the series, people mysteriously fall asleep in public phone boxes. Have they fallen prey to a disease or am I carrying out some trick of the mind on the other end of the line? There are two factors at work here.
First, the group of people subjected to the stunt are particularly suggestible. I know this simply because they chose to answer a public phone that happened to be ringing as they walked past. Most people would ignore it, assuming it was nothing to do with them.
Secondly, once the person answers, I immediately bombard them with a rapid set of confusing instructions and facts. I do this for several minutes without giving give them a break, then follow it by telling them to fall asleep. As seen on the shows, this works.
Public speakers often capitalise on the same response. Have you ever listened to a politician giving rapid-fire statistics so fast that the audience can't possibly take them in, only to end the speech with a simple, memorable phrase? The soundbite comes as such a relief after all those facts and figures that this is all the listeners remember."
OiNK :: Details for torrent "Metallica - ALL ALBUMS (not nuked this time) [1981-2003/FLAC/lossless]"
OiNK :: Details for torrent "Metallica - ALL ALBUMS (not nuked this time) [1981-2003/FLAC/lossless]": "Metallica - ALL ALBUMS (not nuked this time) [1981-2003/FLAC/lossless]"
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Learning the Basics of the C Programming Language - OSNews.com
Learning the Basics of the C Programming Language - OSNews.com: "'This website will provide you with lessons and quality material to learn basics of C language programming in just a few days. All you have to do read trough my lessons. You will notice I'm putting new lessons up every day or two. It would be practical if you had Visual Studio installed on your computer and used it parallel to these lessons, but it isn't neccessary.'"
Friday, February 24, 2006
Linux.com | Linux distros for older hardware
Linux.com | Linux distros for older hardware: "Distribution Reviews
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Linux distros for older hardware
Friday February 24, 2006 (03:01 PM GMT)
By: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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Microsoft lately has been challenging Linux's suitability for older hardware, so it seems like a good time to look at Linux distributions that can run on older machines. I took six distributions for a test run on an old machine, and also tried software that turns old hardware into a thin client. The bottom line: Linux is still quite suitable for older hardware. It might not turn your aging PC into a powerhouse, but it will extend its lifespan considerably.
For these tests, I dug out Igor, an old PC that had been collecting dust in my closet. Igor is a Pentium II 233MHz machine with 64MB of RAM, an 8x CD-ROM drive, a 3GB hard drive, and an integrated ATI 3D Rage Pro video card with 4MB of video RAM. You can run Linux on older and slower machines, but this is the most under-powered machine I had available.
Next, I selected a handful of lightweight Linux distributions that looked promising, and started downloading. The distributions ranged from popular 'mainstream' distros such as Slackware and Debian to distros that are specifically developed for lightweight machines, such as Damn Small Linux (DSL). I apologize in advance if your favorite lightweight distro is not represented here."
gizmag Article: The world’s most advanced LCD TV - 56-inch and 3840 x 2160 pixels
gizmag Article: The world’s most advanced LCD TV - 56-inch and 3840 x 2160 pixels: "The world’s most advanced LCD TV - 56-inch and 3840 x 2160 pixels
(link to this article)
February 24, 2006 Taiwanese Chi Mei Optoelectronics is a name you may not know, despite the company being the third largest LCD TV panel supplier in the world. At CEBIT in Hannover in mid-March, the company will display the world’s first 56-inch LCD TV panel. Perhaps more startling than the size of the mega-telly is the definition which is known as Quad Full High Definition (QFHD) with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and an astonishing 8.29 million pixels."
People's Daily Online -- Roundup: media convergence opens new perspective to solve piracy: scholar
People's Daily Online -- Roundup: media convergence opens new perspective to solve piracy: scholar: "Roundup: media convergence opens new perspective to solve piracy: scholar
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While piracy of music and movies on the Internet has caused increasing losses to the producers, scholars here hold that the entertainment industry will gain rather than lose through technology development, especially in an age of media convergence.
'Many people think digital technology is dangerous (for entertainment industry), but it's also an opportunity,' Gino Yu, chairman of Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association, told a press conference on Tuesday.
With the development of technology, boundaries of different media will become more blurred and thus open a broader market for intellectual products which traditionally are applied to one entertainment media only, the scholar told Xinhua.
Yu, an associate professor, is also director of the Digital Entertainment and Game Development Multimedia Innovation Center of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Taking computer game as an example, Yu noted how the game developers can make more money through using the same plot and characters for movie production, cartoon books, toys, music and the contents of the third-generation mobile (3G) service, besides the income through game software sales.
Even the Bit-Torrent (BT or peer-to-peer) file-sharing program used by the pirates to download film copy will be useful to make more money.
The BT program has attracted a huge number of online pirates, for it always speeds up the piracy procedure for each movie when there're more people downloading the same copy at the same time."
SanDisk 512MB MicroSD/TransFlash Card Flash Media - Retail at Newegg.com
SanDisk 512MB MicroSD/TransFlash Card Flash Media - Retail at Newegg.com
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Kyocera PC Mobility - Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router Technical Specs
Kyocera PC Mobility - Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router Technical Specs: "# WAN Interface:
1xEV-DO PC Card or 1xEV-DO USB phone
Please refer to your service provider for detailed feature information and service terms.
# Compatible with the following 32 bit 1xEV-DO PC Cards:
Kyocera KPC650, Sierra AC580, Novatel 620
# Compatible with the following 1xEV-DO USB phones:
Kyocera KX18 (Tethered Data is currently unavailable using KR1 Mobile Router with Amp'd Mobile), Samsung SCH-A890, Audiovox CDM-8940
# LAN Interface:
WiFi� - 802.11b & g with antenna
4 Ethernet ports
# Indicator LEDs:
Power, Status, WAN (1x EV-DO), WLAN, Local Network, Phone
# Device Management:
Web-based Browser - Internet Explorer v6, Netscape Navigator v6 or other JavaScript-enabled browsers
# Wireless Security:
64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption, WPA-PSK authentication (WiFi Protected Access - Pre-shared Key Mode)
# LAN Security:
NAT with DHCP, PPTP VPN Pass-through, MAC Filtering, IP Filtering, Filter Scheduling
# Size:
8.5 in x 5.3 in x 1.3 in (215 mm x 135 mm x 32 mm)
# Weight:
0.9 lb (450 g)
# Operating Temperature:
32� to 131�F (0� to 55�C)"
Free Software Magazine - 64 Studio
Free Software Magazine - 64 Studio: "64 Studio
Building a native 64-bit creative distribution
By Daniel James
Creative computer applications are a niche, and a relatively small one at that. Even brand-leading proprietary software companies like Steinberg, the developers of the long-established Cubase music sequencer, have been recently bought out. Consolidation in the creative application market has seen Adobe buy Syntrillium, who created Cool Edit, Avid buy Digidesign and Apple buy Logic—and there are plenty of other examples. What this means is that a handful of multinational companies could now effectively monopolise the gateway to creative expression, at least as far as computers are concerned. This might not be an issue if it were not for the wide proliferation of powerful, general purpose computer hardware in the first world.
In addition, the internet, and by extension the personal computer, are now the principal channel for distribution of creative works in many fields. Proprietary tools on the creative desktop mean proprietary formats will dominate the internet, now that it is no longer a purely textual medium. The landscape today for “industry standard” creative software on the proprietary platforms looks a bit like this:"
Wireless Internet EVDO kyocera kpc650 Linux Driver
Wireless Internet EVDO kyocera kpc650 Linux Driver: "evdo-linux-kpc650-v650-driver.doc "
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Strange startkeylogger IRC/Norton Bug - HM2K
Strange startkeylogger IRC/Norton Bug - HM2K: "Strange startkeylogger IRC/Norton Bug
I'm not quite sure what the problem is with this, but I'm told its a problem with norton personal firewall.
When you type 'startkeylogger' in a populated IRC channel you will notice that many of the clients in the channel quit, with the quit message: 'Read error: Connection reset by peer'.
Fun Fun Fun!"
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
MPlayer - The Movie Player
MPlayer - The Movie Player: "MPlayer Features
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies..
Another great feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too! Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the Siemens DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood .
MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big antialiased shaded subtitles and visual feedback for keyboard controls. European/ISO 8859-1,2 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic and Korean fonts are supported along with 12 subtitle formats (MicroDVD, SubRip, OGM, SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle, JACOsub, PJS and our own: MPsub). DVD subtitles (SPU streams, VOBsub and Closed Captions) are supported as well."
Index of /cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/bt-dvd
Index of /cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/bt-dvd: "Index of /cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/bt-dvd
Icon Name Last modified Size [DIR] Parent Directory -
[ ] debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-1.iso.torrent 13-Jun-2005 23:45 350K
[ ] debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-2.iso.torrent 13-Jun-2005 23:46 269K "
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Linux.com - Software-RAID HOWTO: Performance, Tools & General Bone-headed Questions
Linux.com - Software-RAID HOWTO: Performance, Tools & General Bone-headed Questions: "# Q: Are there performance tools?
A: There is also a new utility called iotrace in the linux/iotrace directory. It reads /proc/io-trace and analyses/plots it's output. If you feel your system's block IO performance is too low, just look at the iotrace output."
Debian -- AMD64 Port
Debian -- AMD64 Port: "Debian on AMD64
This page is meant to assist users and Debian developers running Debian GNU/Linux on the AMD64 architecture. Here, you will find information about the current status of the port, which machines are publically accessible by developers, where to discuss development of the port, where to get further information about Debian porters, and pointers to more information.
Current Status
The unofficial stable release of the Debian AMD64 port was released by the porting team on June 8th, 2005.
The testing and unstable releases of the AMD64 port are currently waiting to be included into the official Debian archive. The Debian-amd64 archive is currently hosted on amd64.debian.net. The port consists of kernels for all AMD 64bit CPUs with AMD64 extension and all Intel CPUs with EM64T extension, and a common 64bit userspace.
The stable release of the unofficial port is based on unpatched Sarge sources and has full security support by the Debian Security Team. The Debian-Backports and -Volatile services are fully supported, too."
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
LED Throwies
LED Throwies: "User Tags
resistor
LEDThrowies
Graffiti
Fi5e
Eyebeam
GraffitiResearchLab
Q
LED
Added By
Q-Branch
February 14, 2006
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Some rights reserved
Contribute
related project
upload images
bugs...
Intro LED Throwies
Developed by the Graffiti Research Lab, LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials."
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Windows XP/2000 Commands and Tools
Windows XP/2000 Commands and Tools: "Windows XP/2000 Commands & Tools
By Joshua Erdman
Digital Foundation
Here's the ultimate Windows XP/2000 command list that will make any Linux user feel at home at the command prompt. A lot of these commands are intended for administrating a network, but they are great for savvy home users as well. We even listed which OS you need for these commands."
Cardboard Domes - Homepage: Constructing Cardboard Geodesic Domes That Will Survive Burning Man and the Black Rock Desert
Cardboard Domes - Homepage: Constructing Cardboard Geodesic Domes That Will Survive Burning Man and the Black Rock Desert: "This site was designed in response to people asking us how we made our domes and who were interested in making their own.
The design was borrowed from a 1973 edition of Popular Science and was improved upon to meet the rigors of the Black Rock Desert. "
Monday, February 13, 2006
TechEBlog � WR-07 - A Real Transformer
TechEBlog � WR-07 - A Real Transformer: "We have seen the future and it’s the “WR-07″, a real transforming robot."
Sunday, February 12, 2006
rfsd: ReiserDriver
rfsd: ReiserDriver: "ReiserDriver is an Installable File System Driver (IFSD) that allows ReiserFS partitions to be accessed under Windows. The project is currently in development, with a final release scheduled for August 9th, 2005."
Face transformer image upload
Face transformer image upload: "Face Transformer Image Upload
Please select a JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) or GIF (.gif) image on your computer that you want to transform."
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System: "DShield is Famous
Published: 2006-02-06,
Last Updated: 2006-02-06 15:29:07 UTC by Marcus Sachs (Version: 1)
A little over a week ago the President of the United States visited the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Maryland. The visit came on the heels of allegations that domestic eavesdropping laws were broken, and that the administration had exceeded its authorized powers. We aren't going to pick sides on that one but there was a really nice photo that showed up in the Washington Post as part of the story that we should all be proud of. When I first saw it, I thought:"
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Fading Roses & Raging Viruses
Fading Roses & Raging Viruses: "February 5, 2006
AJAX Design Patterns
Snyke wrote this terribly early in the morning:
By now the entire World has heard about AJAX, even those who don’t care about Web-Development have seen the potential of this new technology. Everybody is tired of endless introductions on how cool AJAX is and those endless lists of good examples like Google Suggest, GMail and alike, so I decided to cut a long story short and jump right into the real tutorial."
Intel� IT Manager Game
Intel� IT Manager Game: "The IT manager - overworked and underappreciated. You know the story. Back in school, always the last to be picked for football, but the first one they ran to when they accidentally deleted a homework assignment. Not much has changed since then. But the fact is it takes a special skill set to manage an IT department. As IT manager you need to monitor industry trends and administer mission-critical resources for an entire company. At the same time, you have to manage increasingly tighter budgets - finding ways to do more with less - and possess the people skills to oversee staff and run interference with top decision makers.
The Intel� IT Manager Game tests your entire skill set - people management, resource allocation, strategic analysis and planning. It also tests your courage under fire - can you stand up to the scrutiny of top management along with that of your peers in the industry? Will the decisions you make result in breathtaking profits or devastating losses? Will you enjoy the sweet taste of victory or the bitter agony of defeat? Are you destined for management glory or will you be the kid sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the bell to ring? "
NationMaster.com - Categories
NationMaster.com - Categories: "NationMaster currently has more than 5700 different statistics and for ease of use, we've split them into many intuitive categories. Here is a listing of the categories we have and the kind of graphs you'll find in each section."
How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux system
How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux system: "How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux system
Step by step guide to install Postfix
Ubuntu Postfix Courier IMAP MySQL Amavisd-new SpamAssassin ClamAV SASL TLS SquirrelMail Postgrey
Easy to follow howto on setting up a mail server with unlimited users and domains, with IMAP/Pop access, anti-spam, anti-virus, secure authentication, encrypted traffic, web mail interface and more.
Based on an Ubuntu distribution platform, but instructions are distro generic.
postfix
4th edition
Author Ivar Abrahamsen
Last Update: 2005-12-21"
Monday, February 06, 2006
BattleStar Galactica Season 2 Episode 14 � Torrentspy.com
BattleStar Galactica Season 2 Episode 14 � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E15 WS DSR XviD LOKi eztv � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E15 WS DSR XviD LOKi eztv � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E14 Black Market Videoseed com iPod � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E14 Black Market Videoseed com iPod � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E13 WS DSRip PROPER XviD SFM � Torrentspy.com
Battlestar Galactica S02E13 WS DSRip PROPER XviD SFM � Torrentspy.com
AtariBoy � The IT Crowd Episode 2
AtariBoy � The IT Crowd Episode 2: "I watch the second episode last night, even better than the first one, this is turning out to be the best TV show since Darkplace! It seems that most americans dont really get the britsh humor of it, but everyone that i know that has seen it loved it!
Homepage
It looks like both Episode 1 & 2 have been taken off the offical Channel four site until next week, the video page is still there, although it is not linked on the site. You can view it here. There are a few extras and behind the scenes too, although they only work in Internet Explorer."
Game List - Linux Gamer Guide - StrangeGamer.com
Game List - Linux Gamer Guide - StrangeGamer.com: "Introduction
Welcome to the new and improved Game List! Paradoxially, there are no longer any games listed here. Instead, this page now acts as a gateway to the extensive category systems that we use here at the Linux Gaming Wiki. You can browse by Genre, Licence, or Type of game. These categories are, by their very nature, up to date with all of our game pages. If you find that we have missed a game, please feel free to add it to the Wiki!!"
UDPixel 2.1 - udpix.free.fr
UDPixel 2.1 - udpix.free.fr: "Description:
This program helps to locate and fix LCD screens dead pixels.
You can fix the stuck pixels by calling them to do rapid changes. You need to run this program for a couple of hours. There is no warranty on the result, but you don't really have anything to lose trying it out. Good luck."
priceless.com - Film Festival
priceless.com - Film Festival
macgyver returns in a mastercard superbowl commericial
What to do with the empty Whisky/glass bottles; Whisky PC by MetkuMods - Because you love your hardware!
What to do with the empty Whisky/glass bottles; Whisky PC by MetkuMods - Because you love your hardware!: "I already had a powerful computer setup so I wanted something more quiet, small and low power consumptioning to function as a basic home server. I love to tinker with hardware etc. so I wanted to make something quite unique for a case. I have seen many nice and creative cases before but none of them were made out of a bottle. In November I bought an industrial 3.5' SBC board (with Socket370). For the project I selected a 1.5 litre Ballantine's bottle for case. That was the proper size and shape for the task at hand."
Sunday, February 05, 2006
SPEED
SPEED: "Speed-Reading Techniques
I was a Bible college student when one of our chapels featured a guest speaker who taught us how to speed-read. At the time I didn't need the skill since most collateral reading assignments in my courses were under 500 pages, but I started practicing just for the fun of it -- sort of like a private parlor game. However all that changed when I wound up in graduate school at Princeton Seminary and several Profs. expected me to read several thousand pages of collateral along with the five or six textbooks. That's when I got serious about speed reading. Here is the collection of what I practiced then, and picked up since. The first thing I had to do was toss away the reading myths I had held so long."
Quantum Framework
Quantum Framework: "Quantum Framework™ (QF) is a reusable event-driven application framework for executing concurrent state machines specifically designed for real-time embedded (RTE) systems. QF applications consist of independent elements called active objects that collaborate to collectively deliver the intended functionality. Active objects in QF are encapsulated tasks (each embedding an event queue and a state machine) that communicate with one another asynchronously by sending and receiving events. Within an active object, events are processed sequentially in a run-to-completion (RTC) fashion, while QF encapsulates all the details of thread-safe event exchange and queuing. QF is designed to work with Quantum Event Processor (QEP) and a scheduler/RTOS of your choice."
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Security Configuration Guides
Security Configuration Guides: "NSA initiatives in enhancing software security cover both proprietary and open source software, and we have successfully used both proprietary and open source models in our research activities. NSA's work to enhance the security of software is motivated by one simple consideration: use our resources as efficiently as possible to give NSA's customers the best possible security options in the most widely employed products. The objective of the NSA research program is to develop technologic advances that can be shared with the software development community through a variety of transfer mechanisms. NSA does not favor or promote any specific software product or business model. Rather, NSA is promoting enhanced security."
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
