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Comment on None dare call it cracking by olderdog

olderdog — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:36:37 +0000

They never really did. Even when Steve Levy’s book was a best-seller, maybe a few percent of the population knew the difference. But I like the distinction you make because this technique is almost precisely Mitnick’s TCP-hijacking attack in intent (albeit on a different layer and with a less-well-secured protocol and spanning a different kind of dynamic extent; OK, maybe it’s not really like Mitnick’s attack at all except for being man-in-the-middle).

Comment on None dare call it cracking by Robb Topolski

Robb Topolski — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:48:18 +0000

I’d never call it “hacking,” because I know what that honorable activity is. What NebuAd pulls really is more akin to cracking — cracking an app instead of a network system, but cracking none-the-less. But I’d only confuse most people by saying that — it seems like nobody knows what that word means any more.

Robb Topolski
(the guy mentioned above)

Comment on Half the fuel bill sure sounds nice by PelletFan

PelletFan — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:13:55 +0000

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Comment on Send the colony ships now by Dickie Branson

Dickie Branson — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:49:47 +0000

Hold the colonists! You could sustain a forest of 100 million trees with that water. Imagine the carbon offset potential!

Comment on If we forget most of it immediately, it’s not wiretapping either by Phorm UK tech team

Phorm UK tech team — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:36:13 +0000

Hi there
I work for Phorm’s UK team and there is a full transcript of last nights live interview with it’s CEO at http://www.webwise.com/chat
Rgds
PhormUKtechteam

Comment on by olderdog

olderdog — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:46:50 +0000

Absolutely not. I’m just hoping it will be integrated into the main branch of the mapper code…

Comment on by Danilo Cesar

Danilo Cesar — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:07:19 +0000

Sorry, did I commit some mistake?

Please, tell me and I’ll fix it…

Comment on I wish smashlab didn’t suck so badly by olderdog

olderdog — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:02:12 +0000

Oh, and another thing:

Never, ever talk about saving an experiment when what you mean is trying to get a positive outcome. The experiment is what you do to gather data; it succeeds if you get enough data to answer your question, and it fails if you don’t. If the answer to your question is “no, that doesn’t work” the experiment has done just what it was supposed to, and the only thing that needs saving is your sorry credibility.