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fuse: 3A and 13A what difference

dattebayo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:19 +0800

is it smaller ampereage = safer ?
can use 13A fuse for computer plugs? can or not
laptop plugs normally use 5A

Securitypro: Snow Leopard less secure than Vista

dattebayo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:50 +0800

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Apple may be spending millions on ads touting that Macs are safer than Windows-based PCs, but a prominent security researcher claims that released Snow Leopard is less secure than either Vista or Windows 7. It's time for Apple to spend serious money on security, rather than marketing.

Computerworld reports that security pro Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators, and co-author of the Mac Hacker's Handbook and the winner of two consecutive "Pwn2own" hacking contests claims that "Snow Leopard's more secure than Leopard, but it's not as secure as Vista or Windows 7."

Computerworld reports that Miller claims that

Apple missed a golden opportunity to lock down Snow Leopard when it again failed to fully implement security technology that Microsoft perfected nearly three years ago in Windows Vista.

The security hole that Miller says Apple ignored, according to Computerworld, is address space layout randomization (ASLR) which "randomly assigns data to memory to make it tougher for attackers to determine the location of critical operating system functions, and thus make it harder for them to craft reliable exploits."

Miller complains that Apple didn't bother to address the issue in Snow Leopard, saying

"Apple didn't change anything. It's the exact same ASLR as in Leopard, which means it's not very good."

This isn't the first time that Miller has called Apple to task for its lack of interest in security. Two years ago, he and several other researchers criticized Apple's release of Leopard because it also didn't do anything about ALR. He said, according to Computerworld:

"I hoped Snow Leopard would do full ASLR, but it doesn't. I don't understand why they didn't. But Apple missed an opportunity with Snow Leopard."

He does say, though, that Apple did plug some other security holes with Snow Leopard, including some in QuickTime. And he is pleased that Apple revamped DEP (data execution prevention), which is a security technology used in Vista.

Miller adds that for now, a Mac user is much less liable to get attacked than a Windows user, but that's not because Snow Leopard is more secure than Windows. In fact, he says, it's less secure than either Vista or Windows 7. There simply aren't enough Mac users to make it worth hackers' efforts to attack Macs, he says. Computerworld quotes him as saying:

"It's harder to write exploits for Windows than the Mac, but all you see are Windows exploits. That's because if [the hacker] can hit 90% of the machines out there, that's all he's gonna do. It's not worth him nearly doubling his work just to get that last 10%."

As I've said before, it's time for Apple to finally get serious about security. It's willing to spend millions for ads touting what it claims is the Mac's superior security to Windows machines --- but not willing to actually do the work to make sure that's really the case.

sauce cili

sauce belachan

Nasi ayam unker

dattebayo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:47:28 +0800

QUOTE(vkeong @ Nov 18 2009, 02:14 PM)

unker is from: http://www.sbestfood.com/goodyear.htm
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is unker a singaporean? how much unker earn per day? net worth got 7 digit sing dollar or not? how many mistress unker got? unker got any naise below 20 daughter?

facebook app that

dattebayo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:21:35 +0800

got any app like this?

i sked ppl install that kind of app, then will know i always stalk them

siapa ada beli maxis

dattebayo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:55 +0800

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Shares of Maxis, which were actively traded, rose 40sen against its reference price of RM5. Mudajaya Group Bhd and EON Capital Bhd continue to attract interest after significant improvements to their respective quarterly results released last week.

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...30&sec=business

how people make those 'snoring' noise

dattebayo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:12:46 +0800

those sounds like snoring, but its not snoring, they are not sleeping, usually only guys got it

heard that many times from the same guy sitting at my back, quite annoying, thinking of just giving him some tight slap to stop his snoring

i dunno how to make these noise, is it because of clogging nose? why these ppl kenot breath using mouth

onhold

dattebayo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:47:37 +0800

Sale is put on hold until further notice

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sarawak tak da rasuah?

dattebayo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:51:34 +0800

i thought its an epic, mana tau go inside, tarak rasuah pun

[WTS]

dattebayo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:02:18 +0800

thread put on hold

thinking first

old /k/fags, now go search your oldest post

dattebayo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:05:59 +0800

search ur own post, click the most behind page, and browse the posts page by page from the back

what would you think, feeling silly, sohai, immature?

or thinking you have become worse than before?

people change from time to time, our changes reflected in our posts

cum cum share share

i will check the posts history from some random repliers here

iPod touch or PSP Go

dattebayo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:57:02 +0800

thesedays iPod touchy is getting more and more games, many known games are ported into iPod touch like MGS, Resident evil, rockband, NFS

although graphic not as good as PSP, but they are cheaper than PSP games, but PSP is good for RPG and platformer which cannot be done using touch screen

if let u choose, which one u want?

both device can't ahem ahem

ipod touch is cheaper than PSP Go by RM100+, 8GB should be enough to store many games and musics, so no need 32GB

do /k/ believe MS Security Essentials

dattebayo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:45:33 +0800

Kaspersky alrdy expired liao, RM18 key alrdy not permitted to sell liao, so I try this Security essentials, FOC, so try lo
so far it can detect the malware hidden inside keygens and software cracks, I think its ok
how /k/ think?

PC games serial number

dattebayo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:54:50 +0800

Garage sales here stated

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It is not recommended to purchase 2nd hand PC games. Especially games which require CD-key registration (eg. Left 4 Dead, Dawn of War 2). These games may have had their serial keys compromised. Buyer discretion is advised.

this applies to many other games? like EA's titles such as NFS:S and FIFA series?

so this means 2nd hand PC game cannot play online, once the 1st owner had registered the cd-key?

laptop RMA

dattebayo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:48:03 +0800

when going to RMA the laptop, can I take out the HDD before let it stay there for few days? I sked I becum the next Edison Chen, kthxbye.

HP Tower

dattebayo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:12 +0800

going there tomorrow to repair laptop screen problem, the surrounding area there got parking or no, can park inside boh?

closed

dattebayo — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:28:54 +0800

Uncharted 2, preferably R3

Offer me your price, pls also indicate whether or not the DLC code has been redeemed

COD location: Sg Long, Cheras, Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, Mid Valley

priority for those able to COD in Sg Long, Cheras, Cyberjaya

PM me if interested, tq

what is the Malay name for 大學嶺 in Serdang

dattebayo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:43:47 +0800

大學嶺

call what in Malay, near where as well?

now screamyx super fast

dattebayo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:25:26 +0800

ntv7 now showing

dattebayo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:18:57 +0800

watch now.. very touching
very sensationalizing
the host mandarin very cun too

Klang bak kut teh

dattebayo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:22 +0800

is it directly accessible from the KTM station?

do they do lunch hour business?