Sony's using rootkits again (apparently)
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A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics Inc. installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged today, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony's music arm two years ago when researchers discovered that its copy protection software used rootkit-like technologies.[^] Petunias* - that's all I can say! * And a 5 for the first person to get the reference.
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A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics Inc. installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged today, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony's music arm two years ago when researchers discovered that its copy protection software used rootkit-like technologies.[^] Petunias* - that's all I can say! * And a 5 for the first person to get the reference.
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Falling whales... splat... 42
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Falling whales... splat... 42
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
you beat me by a minute doh!!! :laugh:
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Falling whales... splat... 42
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
You got the five for citing other references to the same source, which was, of course, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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You got the five for citing other references to the same source, which was, of course, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Having read all 6 volumes, it's difficult to remember which contains which tale. They all run together after a dozen readings or so.:)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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you beat me by a minute doh!!! :laugh:
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
;P My post had a tailwind. A very hot one.;)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Having read all 6 volumes, it's difficult to remember which contains which tale. They all run together after a dozen readings or so.:)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Roger Wright wrote:
Having read all 6 volumes
I presume one of these was written posthumously because he only wrote an increasingly inaccurately named trilogy of 5 books while he was alive.
Roger Wright wrote:
it's difficult to remember which contains which tale
The first one. On the Heart of Gold just after engaging the Infinite Improbability Drive without any safe guards. The petunias think "Oh, no! Not again!"
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Roger Wright wrote:
Having read all 6 volumes
I presume one of these was written posthumously because he only wrote an increasingly inaccurately named trilogy of 5 books while he was alive.
Roger Wright wrote:
it's difficult to remember which contains which tale
The first one. On the Heart of Gold just after engaging the Infinite Improbability Drive without any safe guards. The petunias think "Oh, no! Not again!"
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Glasgow: Agile in the Enterprise Vs. ISVs, db4o: An Embeddable Database Engine for Object-Oriented Environments, Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services ... My website
There was a sixth story, "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe" attached to a special edition containing all five of the original novels.:rolleyes:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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There was a sixth story, "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe" attached to a special edition containing all five of the original novels.:rolleyes:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Ah... I thought that was just a short story that appeared in another publication. I don't remember it coming with any collection of books.
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A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics Inc. installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged today, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony's music arm two years ago when researchers discovered that its copy protection software used rootkit-like technologies.[^] Petunias* - that's all I can say! * And a 5 for the first person to get the reference.
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Oh no, not again ;)
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There was a sixth story, "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe" attached to a special edition containing all five of the original novels.:rolleyes:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I must have bought the same special edition... :)
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Roger Wright wrote:
Having read all 6 volumes
I presume one of these was written posthumously because he only wrote an increasingly inaccurately named trilogy of 5 books while he was alive.
Roger Wright wrote:
it's difficult to remember which contains which tale
The first one. On the Heart of Gold just after engaging the Infinite Improbability Drive without any safe guards. The petunias think "Oh, no! Not again!"
Upcoming FREE developer events: * Glasgow: Agile in the Enterprise Vs. ISVs, db4o: An Embeddable Database Engine for Object-Oriented Environments, Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services ... My website
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Having read all 6 volumes, it's difficult to remember which contains which tale. They all run together after a dozen readings or so.:)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
But have you read the "Original Radio Scripts"?