i’d say b is the more likely choice. i’ve had ups deliver my packages to the wrong house several times. try asking around.

Posted at 12:47 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by robot parker

the windows thing i noticed a while ago but even though they dont let u download they still let u see the name of the file and then u can just google it

Posted at 12:53 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by Pipercraven

windows problem… solved:

http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/archive/2005/07/27/1026.aspx

Posted at 1:04 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by gary

you guys messed up and forgot to out my name next to the wi-fi light.

Posted at 1:33 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by weirdguy0101

see you at defcon. i get in at about 10:30 am on thurs too. :)

Posted at 1:42 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by Ben

this is why i can’t stand ups or fedex. they are pretty irresponsible. i’ve had the best luck with usps. at work we ship very expensive audio equipment usps, and we’ve only once had something get damaged, because the customer didn’t pack it correctly.

Posted at 2:11 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by drk421

you can pick up copies of windows at target for the same price as microsofts “discount”. i wish microsoft would just give up. the os sucks and so do they. get a better idea. to bad that will never happen thanx to contracts with dell and the uneducated majority.

Posted at 4:40 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by Muhzark

i heard there is a “manage add-ons” trick for ie that can get around the wga, but i cant find any info on it. anyone know anything about this??

Posted at 5:10 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by Sensesfail

the move of microsoft was inevitable, some day it had to be done. i think this was quite a bad move in microsofts part, since now users with pirated copies of windows are forced to either buy windows (paying $) or switch to something else possibly a variety of linux. one more people start using linux they will get used to it, and the chance that they will stick to it also increases. they will also prefer to use linux at their workplaces where it might actually stop paying for windows now and using linux.

watch windows share drop, linux/mac share grow.

Posted at 6:55 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by janitha karunaratne

that wi-fi light is a cool idea.
and ms copy protection fails again. figures. lol.

Posted at 7:06 pm on Jul 27th, 2005 by ry

micro$oft and the plan they have, already circumvented (never takes long for their security schemes), they’re not even requireing a detected pirated copy be purchased, they’re basically using it as a scare tactic ad. same as a magazine sending you subscription renewals disguised as strongly worded bills. no teeth.

Posted at 12:33 am on Jul 28th, 2005 by carpespasm

omg…that wifi from a ligtbulb socket if freaking genius! i dont think i would have ever thought of drawing energy from a lighbulb socket to power an AP. Props to Rob Flickenger!

Posted at 3:00 am on Jul 28th, 2005 by freakshow

to do the manage add-ons trick, open ie go to toolsinternet options and on the “programs” tab click “manage add-ons” then scroll down to the WGA activeX add-on and disable it, ok everything closed and vwahlah(however you spell that) no more pirate copy checks. well at least for now till m$ takes a dif route to block the dl’s.

Posted at 10:44 am on Jul 28th, 2005 by Kno One

the light bulb AP was cool, but they were pretty sketchy on the details of how they got the internet connection to the AP. i think they piped it in over the power line, but they didn’t mention how they did that. anyone care to elaborate on that part. cool hack though.

Posted at 1:37 pm on Jul 28th, 2005 by carpespasm

I think the wi-fi light is just an extender.

Posted at 3:31 pm on Jul 28th, 2005 by weirdguy0101

Where are you guys going to be located at DefCon. Are you going to have a table in the vendor area?

Posted at 3:39 pm on Jul 28th, 2005 by spam

Just a comment on the cell tower site, as a network engineer who works at a major wirless carrier I thought I’d check this out and compare it to our internal database/map tools… It turns out that site is missing a lot of towers, and that’s just from the carrier I work for. So I did some asking around internally, it turns out that carriers only have to report locations to the FCC because of FAA regulations, and as such the towers listed are only those above a certain height where they would need identification for aircraft. Any micro sites (like those on top of street lights or buildings) are not listed in the FCCs db, and this constitutes a large number of sites.

Posted at 4:07 pm on Jul 29th, 2005 by doog