theSmiler

... Oh wow. And I thought I had it bad :/

kernel for an OS, or nmap.

... o.O We are talking LANs, aren't we? Because LANs have fuck all to do with the ISP... You know what? If DHCP doesn't work, try setting your computers IPs manually. Just make sure they're different IP addresses and you should be fine.

Edit my quote down to the bit you have a problem with please. It's rather long. And no. I, personally, have never seen a cable modem only lease 1 address out at a time (I'm GUESSING that's what you're talking about.), and even so that should be fixable in the modems settings. EDIT: I'm currently using a cheap ADSL modem, and it's doing what i described just fine...

Um... do I have to state the obvious? -He's using wires, so wireless is very much out. -Assuming the cable modem and the PC are connected by a patch cable and not a crossover, the modem has a DHCP server. -Going by the language used, he's not that experienced but is looking for an easy guide. Nothing fancy or costly. So we don't need a router OR a wireless gateway. Geez, people... My recommendation is to buy a little box called a "switch". You can get an 8-port switch for $20-30, usually. You plug the cable modem into the switch, then get as many network cables as you need, and use them to plug your computers into the switch. Voila, shared internet to more than one person. Now, your other question. The reason you can't put in another network card and connect it to another computer using a regular cable is pretty simple when you think about it. The cable has different wires for different things, but you can just think of them as SEND and RECEIVE. When you connect two computers together with a REGULAR cable, the send and receive wires don't match up. However, there's another kind of cable called a CROSSOVER cable, which has the wires on one end switched around so that the send and receive wires DO match up. They're "crossed over", which is where the name came from. The crossover cable is useful for two people sharing the internet, as it's going to be far less costly than a switch, but once you get three or more people it's very inefficient and costly (two cards per PC as opposed to one, apart from the guy on the end of the chain) NOTE: when i say "plug in" i mean with a regular network cable. Not a crossover.

My school admins password was 6uldv8 six-u-el dee-vee-eight. sexual deviant. That was a fun day.

if(substr($_FILES['uploadedFile']['name'], 0, 5)=='index') { echo 'Error message'; //Or, alternatively, change the filename to something random }

"good hacker like template" This'd be your first problem.

Windows XP 320GB IDE Hard Drive P4 2.6Ghz Processor 512 MB DDR RAM Geforce 4 FX5200 GPU Onboard sound and 100Mbps LAN DVD-RW Burner + CD-RW Burner Honestly guys, you don't need that much...

Watch the movie "Hackers" for some great hacking tips.

I upgrade the parts whenever it strikes me to. I've only had one new computer before, and it's been with me for about 4-5 years. I have no plans to upgrade as of yet.

It depends on your demographic. Case mods are popular with teenagers, professional looking cases are for the older people. You should probably offer both, but 75% of your systems should be normal looking cases. You could probably get away with upping the price of the modded cases too...

Transmetropolitan.

So, on the first page, you argue that you can't generalise about "hackers". Then, you argue that generalisations DO exist in relation to "hackers". So which one is it? Are they men or are they supermen? Define hacker. The general public would define them as evil people who want to steal your megabytes. The Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines them as "a computer enthusiast". The hacker community has varying definitions of its own, including, but not limited to "someone who wants to know how something works". While you're at it, define script kiddie. Someone who uses someone elses programs? Someone who runs exploits and then owns a box? Someone who uses something without knowing how it works? I've heard all three a LOT, and I'm fairly sure that makes 99.9% of people with access to a computer script kiddies.

^^^ Didn't get it, so therefore it MUST be wrong.

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10/10 It pays to be interested in programming AND serial killer history

Here's a nice project to get you started: Figure out how to find out where a call is coming from, even if it's displayed as hidden or private on your mobile phone.

I don't believe in hackers. I believe that there are people that enjoy finding out how things work in all subjects. I believe that the term "hacker" has been hijacked by the general population of the world AND the tech field in different ways, with media both presenting "hackers" as superheroes and villians, and the computer community getting distracted by labels, subculture, and a general state of elitism. I do not believe in hats. People are people, and they perform both good actions and bad actions. This isn't Star Wars, people. I believe we should dump the term "hacker" altogether if we want to be taken seriously.

Nevermind. I finished the program, but I realised halfway through i'd need smaller words. And that the obscurity of the words would probably be a drawback. It gets two random words from a dictionary based on the length you specify, and splices them together to create a nifty password that would be easy to remember but hard to use a dictionary attack on.

I need a text file filled with words. Formatting doesn't matter, I can work around it. Here's the catch: I'd like it to be filled with common words AND obscure words. It's for a program i'm working on. Could anyone reccomend something to me other than a search engine?

If the computer is USB bootable, and you have a USB drive, yes. 1. Format the USB drive to be bootable. Like a floppy. 2. Find a program that can be used to read NTFS drives. 3. Use a batch script to automate the entire thing.

I don't think it's a real question. I think it's more like those questions girls ask like, "does my butt look big in this?" where they're not asking for an accurate appraisal of the degree to which a particular item of clothing actually changes the perceived dimensions of their anatomy. Rather they just feel guilty about that huge piece of chocolate cake that they ate the other day and want to be told that they appear attractive. So, yes. theSmiler, you are absolutely correct and your friend is a moron... and no, you're butt doesn't look big in that Hey, just asking for clarification on thinks I thought were set theory.

I know, but the person in question is supposed to know just as much as me. He's studying Games Programming at a University, and I'm studying Computer Systems Engineering at a TAFE.EDIT: Plus, I've only ever used Vista for a few minutes, but in theory I should be right.