[DUG] Checksums

2010-01-21 Thread Marshland Engineering
Does anyone know about checksums ? I'm reverse engineering some CNC code and I can't seem to find out how it works. R2230223010499B9F900031367D94000277F4F00 R2230223010499B9F900031367D940004F7F2700 Note the format seems to

Re: [DUG] Offtopic - but....

2010-01-21 Thread John Bird
The main difference to other vulnerabilities is that this one resulted in a significant breach and IP theft from many (30+) Hi-Tech firms. They also used the Christmas breaks, when many security staff who may have normally spotted something were on holidays or short-staffed. For PR reasons

Re: [DUG] Offtopic - but....

2010-01-21 Thread John Bird
Some more background about IE security holes. -Symantec report several hundred sites now have variants of the IE attack installed. Some are well known dynamic DNS sites. This add urgency to installing updates. -The link below reports Microsoft knew of this exploit 3 months ago - (but had

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Alan Rose
I think a quick play with seek co nz will tell you the story of where Delphi is heading here in NZ. Delphi keyed in as a keyword only returned 6 entries (in Auck only) and I doubt most are referring to Delphi as a major language as well. Forget how good Delphi is as a RAD tool I think its sad it

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Leigh Wanstead
What can I do? Regards Leigh -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Alan Rose Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:42 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Alan Rose
Don't know, do you know how to play the Last Post Ha ha just kidding, sorry if my last post sounds negative but the trend of Delphi use for new development in NZ is worrying. I'm not sure what the trend is overseas however. -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz

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2010-01-21 Thread Jeremy North
Just got a email from for MS TechNet partners. Just thought I'd pass it on... ... [bold]The facts to date: . There have been a very limited number of targeted attacks against a small number of corporations. . Attacks seen to date are only effective against Internet Explorer 6. . Attacks are NOT

Re: [DUG] Offtopic - but....

2010-01-21 Thread John Bird
That may now be changing... http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/187413/widespread_attacks_exploit_newly_patched_ie_bug.html John . Attacks are NOT widespread. ... Thus far we are NOT seeing attacks focused on consumers. ___ NZ Borland

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Leigh Wanstead
I read this url. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1objectid=10621612 I worried about if I need to face such situation as a programmer. Have a nice day Regards Leigh -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Sean Cross
Learn another programming language. Even if you never need to use it, it's still good for your skills. Regards   Sean Cross CIO   Catalyst Risk Management PO Box 230 Napier 4140 DDI: 06-8340362 Mobile: 021270 3466   Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz   Offices in Auckland, Hamilton,

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Gary T. Benner
[Reply] HI all At 11:52 on 22/01/2010 Leigh wrote What can I do? We addressed this issue many years ago around the time of Delphi 3, then there were a number of Delphi 1 programmers ( 16bit remember ) who were being kept in the 16bit world ( Delphi 1 )supporting large corporate apps

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Paul A Norman
That last offer from E was not too bad, still a bit too high, and came at a bad time of year, - not a good time for the cash flow to make an investment / purchase like that. Even though it means I slip from eligibility for upgrades (having managed to convince folk here to get 2005 as our last

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread PDS - John
I think Delphi is a good tool, however the changes between upgrades have not been very exiting at all. I guess it all depends on what you wanna do with Delphi as a whole and if you can justify the cost of upgrading at all. John -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Matthew Comb
I think if Delphi had concentrated less on attempting to achieve exciting, and more on achieving stability and core functionality they would have done a whole heap better. How can you be branching out onto mobile spaces, and apple environments if you can't even do webservices properly Matt.

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

2010-01-21 Thread Alister Christie
I've been reading the Passionate Programmer http://www.pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer and been finding it quite good. It's basically a self development book for geeks. I've been reading it on my ebook reader and almost finished it. There is plenty of good advice in it.