@AviD Perhaps, dunno because it was the first season and I only watched it when it came out, so a while ago. Wasn't there another part with mannequins?
@AviD I've mentioned it a few times prolly that I got the feeling SE is getting more trolls (in a broad sense) in the last few months than it used to. It's not just on Sec.SE either ... but I can't see in stats I have access to if that also means the traffic increased, which might explain it
On smaller sites, we can still turn around some of them so they start posting better quality stuff (always nice to see actually), and bombard crap with whatever it takes to get rid of it. It's just somewhat easier there, but here they just don't stop, you get rid of one, two... and three new will come.
@AviD What do you mean? Like getting a call early in the morning and some business contact asking you for info that he/she can't find in the emails that you sent?
Why was it designed to have the most finicky parser ever made?
When queried via .NET APIs it's a trial and error process to get queries to work, queries that work fine in SQL Developer.
> the important question isn't why Oracle tools suck so much ass, as many things engage in copious ass-suction. The important question is how tools that suck so much ass can command such a high price. Because I can write shitty tools... I just can't get morons to fork over 6 and 7 figures for permission to use my shitty tools. – HopelessN00b
@Ladadadada You thought so? I was just a bit bored during my morning coffee so I thought to ask a lighthearted question. There's quite many good ones around tho, with some excellent answers. And we're trying to keep things interesting in meta too, check that too (mostly collections of stuff that don't fit on the main site)
@TildalWave no, it's actually my favorite time of the year. I regularly get free money from the government (ok, actually it is getting back money they shouldn't have taken to begin with, but I prefer to think of it the former way)
> Questions asking us to break the security of a specific system for you are off-topic unless they demonstrate an understanding of the concepts involved and clearly identify a specific problem.
sadly, this may actually be one of the last years I get big returns though. Going forward I'm going to have business income and student loan interest is going to start disappearing, though I will pick up some housing and child related credits
but they tend to be better at estimating those credits in to payroll deductions
well, here I could either complicate and pay taxes more precisely (however that's called, but it's "the complicated accounting") or you pay maximum and claim the rest yearly with your tax report
obviously, I know nothing about accounting ... even words fail me LOL
when 2500 of income disappears to student loan interest and another grand and a half or so disappears to business assets I suddenly have almost 2 grand coming back to me this year
granted, with a baby on the way, it's all going straight to that
As reported by Reuters, Flatulent cows start fire at German dairy farm - police
Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed on Monday, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said.
High levels of the gas had built up in the structure in the central...
@AJHenderson The whole year, I believe. I've heard of some couples inducing labor early near the end of December strictly for the purpose of getting the exemption for that year.
I wonder how much the federal budget (and the IRS) would shrink if we switched over to a flat tax like I've heard some suggest - where there's no income tax, just sales tax.
it would probably increase defense spending to avoid a revolt when people actually realized how much tax they are paying
not that we are particularly high compared to some other countries, but the average American has no clue how much of their income goes to the government
when you factor it all together
the amount hidden behind payroll taxes that the employer pays and the way taxes are spread out over things like sales tax and property tax and income tax and corporate tax, etc, etc
you consolidate that all in to a single sales tax and there will be serious sticker shock
the average American sadly cares more about their TV shows and what the talking head on their news channel of choice says than they do about what is actually happening in the country or world
as long as they are entertained, they don't really care about much
Dunno how much my employer pays, but my cut of income tax is usually around 25% - then again, I don't claim any deductions on my W-4 so, I get a good hunk of that back in the end. Add in sales tax and it comes around 32%. So, effectively a third of my income goes to The Man, at least until tax return season rolls around.
@Ladadadada Hahaha brilliant! It might be even true, who knows. Maybe you'll get someone that's equipped with data on how much methane can be released by a cow at some period of time and calculate the risk (size of the barn and its doors / windows would play a crucial role too when that gas buildup would ignite) :)
and even among the occasional American's that care about what is going on, the majority of them would still rather vote for bad choice on the left or bad choice on the right
without looking hard enough to see that the right and the left aren't even different any more
we have a single party system in the US that only differentiates on silly peripheral issues
@Ladadadada Ah you see in south Germany they might be, at least the old ones because during the Austria-Hungary monarchy, farmers paid taxes depending on the size of the windows on the building, so they were building them really small not to pay much of it. you can see such barns here too, since we were part of that empire.
Of course, during the Austria-Hungary empire, they didn't really use electricity in barns ... not in those of farmers that had problems affording to pay taxes at least
Hey all, I was told you guys might be able to answer a question about international travel.
I'm planning to visit South Africa this December, I was wondering if it's fairly easy/normal to get a multiple day layover in a transfer country (Amsterdam in this case) so I can see the city
I work with sensitive sites that handle financial information, my code protects more than four billion pounds of assets.
All of our sites have a logout button and in addition use HttpOnly, Secure, Session cookies to maintain a user's session. Although we expect users to click the "Logout" butto...
@Pheonixblade9 I think it would be better asking this in Travel.SE main chat. From my experience tho no, but you might have problems booking flights like so with any discount online, so a trip to your first travel agent might be in order. But don't take my word for it, ask the Travel guys
Oh there's loads of other stuff to see there besides the cliché tourist attractions, especially for someone that's never been to the old continent before.
Probably depends what you're into but I definitely wouldn't wanna miss the art galleries / museums and just enjoy the street ambience. For me the latter isn't much different than in my hometown but I always hear Americans saying how different that is to what they're used to back home. Just taking it easy can be a lot of fun IMO
Does anyone know if there is any software that MiTM's a client's connection and edits their packets so that the server they connect to thinks they only support a weak ciphershuite (downgrading an SSL connection)? I think this type of attack exists, but haven't the slightest idea how to do it.
we don't do software recommendations on the main site, because they tend to be a matter of opinion and the answers change quickly
someone might answer you in chat though
and you can ask for help on doing the attack (e.g. what packets you need to change, how you need to set up your network to carry it out, that kind of stuff)
A recent blog post from Ivan Ristić (expert extraordinaire on all things SSL) says:
all major browsers are susceptible to protocol downgrade attacks; an active MITM can simulate failure conditions and force all browsers to back off from attempting to negotiate TLS 1.2, making them fall back a...
Why was it designed to have the most finicky parser ever made?
When queried via .NET APIs it's a trial and error process to get queries to work, queries that work fine in SQL Developer.
As reported by Reuters, Flatulent cows start fire at German dairy farm - police
Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed on Monday, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said.
High levels of the gas had built up in the structure in the central...
I work with sensitive sites that handle financial information, my code protects more than four billion pounds of assets.
All of our sites have a logout button and in addition use HttpOnly, Secure, Session cookies to maintain a user's session. Although we expect users to click the "Logout" butto...
A recent blog post from Ivan Ristić (expert extraordinaire on all things SSL) says:
all major browsers are susceptible to protocol downgrade attacks; an active MITM can simulate failure conditions and force all browsers to back off from attempting to negotiate TLS 1.2, making them fall back a...
