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chazandchaz | 10 years ago | on: Virus on Police Body Cameras

I came across this because we ordered two demo units for a development project. Both devices were new out of the box and infected the PC the moment you opened the camera on your PC. Pretty scary to think that these cameras are in tons of US Police Departments. These cameras were actually recommended to us by several Chiefs of Police we were working in various parts of the country.

chazandchaz | 11 years ago | on: The day I left my son in the car

Is this story fiction?

The last line of the article reads: "Kim Brooks' fiction has appeared in Five Chapters, Glimmer Train, One Story, Epoch, and other journals. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she teaches writing and is at work on a novel. You can follow her on Twitter @KA_Brooks."

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: Oracle kills third-party JD Edwards reference website

There is no reason any site should shut down like this, if it is in fact a very valuable resource. The owner could/should just move the site to a tor hidden service. At very least offer up a dump of the data so someone else could run with it.

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: Coinbase user emails and full names leaked

"You’ll find that user enumeration is possible on Facebook, Google, Dropbox, and nearly every other major internet site."

I love this. Look these silly free social sites do it, so it must be ok. Anyone know if BofA or WellsFargo allow user enumeration?

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: "BitHack" Hackathon by Coinbase

"All materials submitted in connection with this Contest will not be returned. By participating, you agree to be bound by these Rules including all eligibility requirements. Participants acknowledge and agree that all entry materials submitted in connection with this competition are submitted on a non-confidential basis and may be used by Coinbase, its agents, subsidiaries, and related companies, for advertising and promotional purposes. Coinbase reserves all rights, including the right to edit, publish, use, adapt, and modify proper names, likenesses, and photographs for advertising and promotional purposes in all media (including, but not limited to, the internet) without additional compensation, expect where prohibited by law." -http://bithackathon.com/terms.html

This seems like a pretty brilliant way to get tons of apps for only 18k

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: Winning at Candy Crush

This is one of my favorite exercises. I started out in a similar situation where it was necessary to get an .net app to act differently. The feeling of accomplishment was completely different than regular development. Now reverse engineering is a hobby I am very passionate about.

It's also incredibly insightful as a developer to see how crappy code can exist in very expensive software.

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: Coin

knucklebusters (card imprinting machines) are not required or even recommended by processors. The tide had turned on imprinting in the majority of industries.

chazandchaz | 12 years ago | on: Windows 8.1 now available

I feel the Windows+X menu is a disaster. It is the worse UI for a menu ever. Is it a traditional start menu? a context menu? It feels really out of place with the entire Windows 8 UI. You want a shortcut to the Control Panel? Device Manager? Event Viewer? Let's just throw it on the start/context menu! The whole Windows+X menu seems like it was added by an engineer and was completely overlooked by the design team.

chazandchaz | 14 years ago | on: No way I am calling you for a price

Appassure does this. It is annoying. Their pricing isn't bad, comparatively. I didn't call them for two years. I knew there product was tits, but thought they would through me into a boiler room sales pitch. Dell bought them, decided to call. Turns out the price isnt negotiable and hasn't changed in 18 months. Big loss on their end.
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