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    New Tattoo

    in Everything Else

    Posted · Edited by Machstorm

    Some of them look at it as art which it is and they want to have art on their body. I'd rather have it mean something other than "It's a good piece of art", but that's just me.

    BTW, I am going to get more done next week. Hopefully the dragon can be done and then the background on the next visit

    New Tattoo

    in Everything Else

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    Unfortunately, when you join the military you pretty much sign your rights away and that takes a lot of courage to do that. The Tattoo issue has to be sorted out by chain of command and until it is people with tattoos will always be treated like that. Remember when you sign up Uncle Sam owns you and you have to follow orders.

    New Tattoo

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    It has a personal meaning to me. A tattoo should symbolize something or it should at least mean something to you. People that get one because it will look cool, although their prerogative, is not the best reason to get a tattoo.

    Student Accomodation - Got A Router And Could Use A Hand

    in Questions

    Posted · Edited by Machstorm

    LOL, when I worked for a university, one of my jobs was hunting for people who'd setup wireless AP's. When I found one, because I wasn't allowed to enter the flat without being invited, we used to unplug the entire flat from the switch. Just an FYI, hide the SSID at least, or name it after any nearby businesses.

    I know what you mean I used to work for the IT department at local university. We used to catch people left and right and turn them off at the switch as well. Some of the Admins will go around the dorms with Wifi finding devices and if that signal is triangulated at you dorm then by by internet. The Campus that I worked at is the same campus where I am taking a major in Information Assurance and Forensics. Not that it should have any correlation at all with any anonymous take downs of any unsecured wireless routers on campus. ^_^

    What Phone Should I Have?

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    So I know this is popular and all but I just want an opinion on this situation. I currently have an Iphone 3G, I got for free a year and some months ago that my father found (and turned in). Its been good, but I was looking at a new phone. I really wanted the iphone 4 (as money on apps and all but I think I got my moneys worth out of them) but the restrictions on it are a pain. So what do you suggest? heres the thing;

    I'm on ATT

    I need a camera, good quality and if possible video

    I was hoping for either android or windows mobile as i know the app selection is good

    Under 250 if possible

    the last thing is customization, the one thing I hate about the iphone, I WANT my own ringtones! For voicemail, each contact, new message, new mail, etc.

    I'm going to find some links for phones I like but for some reason, I can't post links or ANYTHING in this box. I'm basically typing blindly

    (plox fix this)

    I ditched my iPhone and bought a Samsung Captivate and I love it. Its expensive to buy it out right, but I got a deal from Samsung since I was an iPhone customer and paid $50 with contract and I still get to keep my Unlimited Data plan, woot!

    Episode 7x18

    in Hak5

    Posted

    Anyone had any experience with these:-

    http://fit-pc.co.uk/

    They look very good, ideal for this project (well overkill, but hey) as long as the driver support is there.

    I have an old Compaq monitor, just imagining sticking it in a frame with one of those and having my router on the wall :lol:

    I can only imagine all the evil that could be done with a router that small with dual a gigabit interface.

    I wonder if it could fit into a pineapple?

    Episode 7x18

    in Hak5

    Posted · Edited by Machstorm

    Long time no see guys. I am building my own mini-ITX router using a dual core Atom 333 board from ASUS http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=DOQqfPDClKd1VPkC and a Case that I found on newegg which should fits like a glove http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811325002

    It was pretty slim pickin's out there so I will have to work with what I have found. Just the thought of a dual core router it awesome. Anyway I'll post more about it when I can get it to work. And speaking of work this Router Monkey has a lot to do.

    Darpa: U.S. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk

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    So......in short because education is failing and ending up creating large amounts of idiots, America is screwed internationally?

    Sounds about right for a lot of countries to be honest.

    Nah, I tell you what it is. When I see kids enrolling into cyber security they end up not getting the bachelors, because it is "Too much work" which is just an excuse because they are lazy and want to get money the quick and easy way of which aside from standing on the street corner, there is none. There are few like me that understand that it does take hard work to get what we want. It's the students who are failing because of their own lazyness.

    Darpa: U.S. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk

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    "Darpa’s worried that America’s “ability to compete in the increasingly internationalized stage will be hindered without college graduates with the ability to understand and innovate cutting edge technologies in the decades to come…. Finding the right people with increasingly specialized talent is becoming more difficult and will continue to add risk to a wide range of DoD [Department of Defense] systems that include software development.”

    http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/da...-security-risk/

    Admin. rights on library pc's.

    in Hacks & Mods

    Posted

    I need to know what kind of program i can install on my 16g flashdrive that will allow me to have administrator rights on libraries computers.Becouse mainly i have this math on my cd that i dl'ed to my flashdrive but i put it in a locked batch flie but i can't unlock it,any help would be great,i can't even play world of warcraft i got on my flashdrive lol...

    I just don't see where you get off thinking that you should have Admin rights? Seriously why do you think you need to play WoW on a library PC? Can't you wait until you get home? You should think about what you are doing too since what you are talking about is violating Local, State, and Federal laws. Just for doing what you are thinking about can land you in prison for around 5+ years (Depending on where you live) and some heavy fines. Oh and if you are under 18 your parents will probably have to pay those fines.

    Here's a thought get a portable (Notebook) and find a hot spot that way you can Play WoW and use that Math CD. It beats breaking the law and its a system that you have Admin rights to.

    I had a fun time busting kids like you when I worked at the university. I used to downgrade the USB drivers to USB 1.0 just to keep people from playing games off of their flash drives while they were in Lab.

    Anti-Virus you get what you pay for

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    ROFL, Yea I think you were dropped on your head cause Norton's is horrible. You dont have to be "leet" to use Norton's and how the hell do you "use" Norton's any better than someone else unless said person was completely technologically ignorant? I mean seriously its just a few settings and anyone who can use google can properly set up Norton's (if you could call it that) with little trouble.

    Also Norton's is horrible for false positives and I have actually used Norton's to scan files that I know to be infected after AVG, Trend Micro, and Avast all reported it (not all false positive's because I purposely put the virus on the machine running under VMware) while your wonderful Norton's found NOTHING <-- all Norton's does other than use up resources (and dont give me that crap about it not being up to date because it was). dr0p is also right about the uninstall. Most of the time you have to run at least 3 uninstallers to "remove" all the different crap Norton's installs and even then it somehow runs on startup (not in the taskbar but does show up as a process if you run process explorer).

    Well anyway I personally use AVG Free and it works great because I dont go to malicious sites looking for Trojans and Spyware. Any customer who wants something better than AVG Free I will offer Trend Micro or Panda but I personally Prefer Trend Micro because its easier for "normal" people to use and panda tends to slow down the machine but both do a great job.

    F**k Norton's!

    I said nothing about being "leet" to use Norton. Although I am inclined to think that you were dropped on your head by the way you ended your burning missive. Just because I said I know more about Norton than most people does not make me "leet". I just know from experience and a whole lot of research to know how to resolve problems with Norton and other pay anti Virus's.

    Also which version of Norton are you talking about? you seem to be leaving out details just to emphasize your irrational hatred for said product.

    As far as a "lower detection rate" again which version are you referring to.

    I also noticed that you said that Norton was a resource hog however you don't mind it When panda slows down your system?

    Lastly you do have one hell of an inferiority complex to be that disturbed or outraged at a post when someone shows a proficiency towards products you hate.

    Drop , are you referring to Norton system works 2006 or 2007 with Norton Go Back? If you are I understand your frustration many users had a hell of a time uninstalling that. Although I don't think Go back is used anymore if that's the case.

    I do admit thought Norton does not like some of my network security programs (password crackers) to begin with. Although I have not run into any problems (yet) with programs I created.

    For the most part if anyone has an issue with Norton or McAfee installed on their system I can usually help because I deal with them on a daily basis.

    Silentknight329, I have Norton System Works 2009 installed and it is far better than previous versions. I have noticed a smaller install foot print and less services running in the background. Also the New versions of McAfee and PC Cillin are quite good too

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