Re: P2P Encrypted VOIP

2003-10-14 Thread Bill Stewart
Here's the Privacy section from the Skype FAQ: http://www.skype.com/help_faq.html Skype has been discussed a bit. The big problems are - It's a proprietary protocol they're not documenting, so there's no way to tell if it would be any good if they've implemented it properly,

Re: Monkeys Control Robotic Arm With Brain Implants

2003-10-14 Thread Steve Schear
A pointer to the original journal article http://www.plos.org/downloads/plbi-01-02-carmena.pdf steve

Re: clicking on ads = funding terrorists

2003-10-14 Thread Bill Stewart
Subject: US State Department extends FTO list to include Internet sites http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031010-112733-8086r.htm Excerpted from politech. Consider the 1st Amend implications, and how clicking on a banner ad (which automatically would pay the source site) makes you a

Re: P2P Encrypted VOIP

2003-10-14 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Guerry Semones wrote: I caught the announcement this morning from Skype concerning their P2P-based VOIP (free) product. Apparently this is the Kazaa founder's new company. The communications are supposed to be encrypted, etc., etc. This was mentioned on a SepakFreely

Re: Software protection scheme may boost new game sales

2003-10-14 Thread Jamie Lawrence
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Sunder wrote: Ok, so I finally bothered to read said article. I assumed that they had [..] a copy of a game from a friend, and it crashes on you all the time, would you think it's because the copy is bad, or because the software is as buggy as a Microsoft product? How

Re: Software protection scheme may boost new game sales

2003-10-14 Thread Anonymous
Sunder wrote: The only way that this could work is if they put up some sort of splash screen at some point to let the luser know that the program isn't buggy, but that the copy protection noticed it's a backup. After all, if you get a copy of a game from a friend, and it crashes on you all

Re: clicking on ads = funding terrorists

2003-10-14 Thread Tim May
On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 02:10 AM, Bill Stewart wrote: Subject: US State Department extends FTO list to include Internet sites http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031010-112733-8086r.htm Excerpted from politech. Consider the 1st Amend implications, and how clicking on a banner ad

Test of BIOS Spyware

2003-10-14 Thread John Young
We received the note below about spyware allegedly created for a Maryland agency with code which needs to be tested. We'd appreciate feedback on the note and the code. Beware of a sting. The code: http://cryptome.org/ExpCode.ASM - The note: CPR Tools Inc. of Labelle, Florida is engaged

Re: Test of BIOS Spyware

2003-10-14 Thread Ralf-P. Weinmann
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:44:20PM -0700, John Young wrote: We received the note below about spyware allegedly created for a Maryland agency with code which needs to be tested. We'd appreciate feedback on the note and the code. Beware of a sting. The code: http://cryptome.org/ExpCode.ASM

Re: Test of BIOS Spyware

2003-10-14 Thread Ralf-P. Weinmann
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:44:20PM -0700, John Young wrote: We received the note below about spyware allegedly created for a Maryland agency with code which needs to be tested. We'd appreciate feedback on the note and the code. Beware of a sting. The code: http://cryptome.org/ExpCode.ASM