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| 17:25.05 | cboyack | http://orbicule.com/undercover/ |
| 17:33.31 | feutetejsd | that's pretty slick |
| 18:11.34 | wps | that's cool |
| 18:11.45 | wps | is it possible to get past a firmware password on a Mac? |
| 18:21.35 | cboyack | not sure, i think that is the point of a firmware password.. to not be able to get around it :) other than somehow performing a hard reset, but i'm unaware as to if that's possible or not |
| 18:23.02 | cboyack | Password-protecting Open Firmware does not ensure the host cannot be booted in a manner counter to what you intend. An attacker who can open the case of the computer can force a password reset. By adding or removing memory, the host is put into a mode where it is possible to reset the PRAM by pressing Command-Option-P-R at boot time. Once the PRAM is reset three times, the password protection is removed. This quirk in the Open Firmware architecture unders |
| 18:48.52 | feutetejsd | so, undercover is nice until the thief formats your drive. very cool, though |
| 18:57.13 | wps | yup |
| 18:57.40 | wps | what they say is true… there is no security if the person has physical access to your box |
| 18:57.44 | cboyack | i'm guessing it uses IP location technology w/ a mix of VNC. i'd like to check out a demo |
| 19:10.55 | feutetejsd | so have you guys heard about the ping attribute on anchor tags in HTML? Apparently if present, your browser will (if it's enabled to do so) hit the URL(s) specified in teh attribute |
| 19:11.05 | feutetejsd | and apparently it's enabled by default in the latest Firefox |
| 19:11.26 | feutetejsd | I mean the browser will hit the ping URLs when the link is clicked |
| 19:11.40 | cboyack | found here: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/18/1427212 |
| 19:11.48 | feutetejsd | yeah |
| 19:12.01 | wps | what do you mean by hit it? |
| 19:12.17 | feutetejsd | I believe it issues an HTTP GET to the specified URL(s) |
| 19:12.22 | feutetejsd | in the background |
| 19:13.43 | wps | as long as there is a way to enable/disable it and is comes disabled, then I am fine with the "feature" |
| 19:14.03 | cboyack | wps, it is enabled by default in firefox |
| 19:14.12 | cboyack | http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/darin/archives/009594.html |
| 19:14.27 | wps | right… they need to change this |
| 19:17.36 | feutetejsd | hmmmm....didn't do it in my test |
| 19:20.57 | feutetejsd | wps: |
| 19:20.58 | cboyack | interesting comments on the slashdot article |
| 19:20.58 | feutetejsd | For URIs that are HTTP URIs, the requests must be performed using the POST method (with an empty entity body in the request). User agents must ignore any entity bodies returned in the responses, but must honour the HTTP headers — in particular, HTTP cookie headers. [RFC2965] |
| 19:34.34 | feutetejsd | ah....it's not in the current version... it's in the firefox trunk |
| 19:37.28 | feutetejsd | interesting: |
| 19:37.28 | feutetejsd | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319368 |
| 19:37.41 | feutetejsd | the request for the feature says :We should try and do an experimental implementation of <a ping>, to see if there are any unexpected real-world problems. |
| 19:37.58 | feutetejsd | so, sounds like there's a lot more hubbub about this than needed, really |
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| 21:27.52 | wps | ahhhhh! Apple better fix this stupid smart play list my rating bug they introduced in iTunes or I am going to beat someone up! |
| 21:27.57 | wps | :) |
| 21:28.13 | feutetejsd | you tell 'em wps |
| 21:28.25 | wps | ~lart the bug |
| 21:28.33 | wps | what?!?! |
| 21:28.37 | wps | ~lart the bug |
| 21:28.54 | feutetejsd | I liked his first response |
| 21:29.14 | wps | he's a smarty-pants |
| 21:29.20 | feutetejsd | heh |
| 21:29.26 | wps | ~wedgie jbot |
| 21:29.27 | jbot | ACTION hangs jbot from the flag pole by his underwear |
| 21:30.29 | feutetejsd | yeah!! >:) |
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| 22:29.26 | gotfef | hi! is anyone there? |
| 22:29.33 | wps | y |
| 22:29.34 | feutetejsd | hello |
| 22:29.47 | gotfef | i'm trying to fix a problem i'm having with safari |
| 22:29.58 | gotfef | i'm running tiger, and I think it's the latest version |
| 22:30.21 | gotfef | in some websites, I can't see the capital letters Q, R, S, T, U, or V |
| 22:30.33 | feutetejsd | you mean in the text on the page? |
| 22:30.35 | gotfef | yes |
| 22:30.49 | wps | does it happen for all users or just your account? |
| 22:30.53 | feutetejsd | that's odd....and the same sites in another browser such as firefox display properly? |
| 22:30.58 | gotfef | just my account |
| 22:31.21 | gotfef | i haven't tried with firefox- this is a work computer and i can't figure it out |
| 22:31.28 | gotfef | i would have to download ffox |
| 22:31.33 | gotfef | it also happens in excel |
| 22:31.48 | feutetejsd | ah, that would point away from a browser-specific issue |
| 22:32.13 | gotfef | yeah, sorry, my wife just told me it did that too (this is her computer) |
| 22:32.37 | gotfef | i think it might be something to do with corrupted fonts, but i'm not sure |
| 22:33.03 | feutetejsd | if you change the font to something other than the default, does it clear up? |
| 22:33.22 | gotfef | let me check really quick in both safari and excel |
| 22:35.35 | gotfef | well, i can't figure out how to do that in excel (i'm used to windows, sorry!) and it doesn't seem to work in safari |
| 22:37.31 | gotfef | i figured out how to change the font in excel - it's a problem with my Arial font |
| 22:37.46 | gotfef | so maybe there's a bad version of arial somewhere in this user account |
| 22:37.51 | feutetejsd | ah |
| 22:38.00 | feutetejsd | that's an unfortunate font to have a problem with :) |
| 22:38.10 | gotfef | very true :) |
| 22:38.22 | feutetejsd | not sure where to look to correct that.... wps, you have a lot of experience with fonts on Mac...thoughts? |
| 22:38.41 | gotfef | i'll see if spotlight can help |
| 22:39.21 | wps | are there any fonts in ~/Library/Fonts ? |
| 22:39.41 | gotfef | there are a few, actually - i think spotlight found quite a few for me |
| 22:39.58 | gotfef | oh, actually, i've got to go - i didn't realize it was snowing so bad |
| 22:40.07 | wps | a copy of Arial? |
| 22:40.11 | gotfef | thanks for the help! i'll try back again later after playing around with some more fonts |
| 22:40.16 | feutetejsd | d'oh....you'll have to come back and let us know how it went |
| 22:40.20 | gotfef | yes, there were about five copies of arial |
| 22:40.40 | gotfef | okay, i'll let you guys know- thanks again! |
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| 22:41.12 | wps | there's no reason to have Arial in ~/Library/Fonts since it is a system font |
| 22:41.24 | wps | (unless you have variations of it, of course) |
| 22:41.42 | feutetejsd | I have it and a whole load of other fonts in ~/Library/Fonts, and i've never explicitly put them there.... |
| 22:42.48 | wps | do you have MS Office installed? |
| 22:43.28 | feutetejsd | yeah |
| 22:43.33 | feutetejsd | oh, that may be it |
| 22:43.34 | wps | that's why |
| 22:43.44 | feutetejsd | nice |
| 22:45.02 | feutetejsd | weird....most of the fonts in ~/Library/Fonts are 0-byte files |