From the Booby Hatch

From the Booby Hatch
George Smith, 2003-06-23

Senator Orrin Hatch says he wants to destroy music swappers' computers, but what he really means is that kids today have no respect for their elders.

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Sci-Fi From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
AnonymousBlobster

OOooh, where can i get the "toaster" source code? :)))
but, about russian virus 666 - it is true, that the so called 25th frame can do things to sub-counciousness... :\...

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
blacklight (2 replies)

I for one wouldn't mind giving a dose of bad medicine to a cracker from say Russia or Pakistan who tries to break into my systems, on the grounds that since he does not recognize U.S. laws, I am hardly bound by the laws of his country either. Discourtesy for discourtesy.

On the other hand, if the...

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
Anonymous

That is my only beef with the government of the USA. Far as technology awareness goes our reps/senators suck in the tech department... Anyone wanna vote for me to become a ohio congressman? =D

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
Anonymous

...practice flushing the toilet with my toe.

Hahaha, that's too damn funny.

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
Anonymous

Hey, why not mention the "Blue Star" LSD tatoo? Great...now we have legislators pandering in urban legends.

What Sen. Hatch (and the whole rest of the media cartel and their legislative lapdogs) fail to take into account is that if such methods of electronic mayhem actually do come to exist, the...

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
Stephen Elliott <steve@blackiconsulting.com>

I love people like this Senator.......makes the bit-0-crazy I have seem so normal. Kinda like watching the jerry springer show on the days I am not feeling so good so I realize that I don't have it too bad. Thanks fer the laugh mister senator! ...

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Wipe the drive, flash the BIOS 2003-06-23
Nicholas Weaver (1 replies)

Well, wiping the drive and flashing the BIOS is a nasty combination. Wiping the drive is a fairly big headache.

If the motherboard doesn't have a good recovery mechanism, a flashed BIOS will effectively invalidate the motherboard as the BIOSes are soldered-on Flash theses days.

The key is a ...

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Wipe the drive, flash the BIOS 2003-06-25
Anonymous

If sum1 flashed his bios he would have all the more reason to come after pirates/hackers/crackers.cript kiddies/and the rest of us....

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-23
Anonymous

Yes, hang those young vandals from a yard arm. That'll teach 'em.
Maybe then they'll learn to use tax payers money as judiciously as our senators do.

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-24
Anonymous (1 replies)

US citizens need to stop electing idiots....

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-25
Anonymous

>US citizens need to stop electing idiots.

And that of course is the answer, not just to elected officials making ludicrous statements, but to theft of intellectual property as well, since the only way we'll stop electing idiots is to educate the voters....

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Remote-flashing my BIOS 2003-06-25
Anonymous

CIH damages hardware, but its not a remote exploitable thing... The user have to execute an infected binary... Antivirus software should detect such a binary... Will antivirus software allow certain malware?...

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-25
lagrandefoote

So what happens to hatchs plans when some group takes control of trojaned computers and uses them to connect to copyrighted material just to get Hatch's Zero Day Project to permanently destroy the system.

Just a matter of time till the Naked Jennifer Lopez floats around Washington and Zappo! n...

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From the Booby Hatch 2003-06-30
Perry

Sen Hatch, it seems, hates thievery. You seem to approve of theft. Shame on you!...

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