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Dendriet is a network of musicians in The Hague (.nl) that perform with networked electronic and acoustic instruments. The word dendriet, or dendrite, is also the name for the receptors of a nervecell. Dendrites are typically branching branches. You'll find these fractal shapes in ice, in metal chrystals in limestone, and likewise, in our performance setups. Please do check out our homepage by clicking the stone. You too are invited to join the discussions.
10.4.04
Aslaug performed in "Het Paard van Troje" and now...
there's a Trojan Horse for Mac OSX. It works like this: files like mp3 files have tags to store artist- and legal information in. It now appears you can put code in it as well. The file is not really an mp3, but an .app that could delete your user files and leave dirty socks on the table when your mother comes, all while playing a song. Maybe the sollution is as simple as this: turn off the hide ".app" file extension and the trojan_horse.mp3.app will reveal it's nature. Note there's no virus yet, but merely a a method to distribute dirty code, invented by a company that sells security software. So still, you shouldn't install a viruschecker on OSX, unless it's for religious reasons.
It would be a perfect tool for the RIAA and Brein to track mp3 swarming over the p2p networks, though. Release a mp3.app in the wild, and let it phone home when it is played. "Look at this, nobody is sharing the bloody file, every body is buying the cd!" - "yeah, man. It's a stupid song. This is what happens to stupid songs."
It would be a perfect tool for the RIAA and Brein to track mp3 swarming over the p2p networks, though. Release a mp3.app in the wild, and let it phone home when it is played. "Look at this, nobody is sharing the bloody file, every body is buying the cd!" - "yeah, man. It's a stupid song. This is what happens to stupid songs."
