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U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again
IO ERROR writes "The U.S. District Court ordered the Department of Interior to take all its systems offline for the third time, saying that its systems were too insecure to be left open. Among the systems to go offline are those that process payments owed to American Indians and Internet access in schools on Indian reservations. DOI employees cannot use the Web or send or receive e-mail."
Damnit, there goes my plan to leech off their p2p network...
"Why are you watching the washing machine?"
"I love entertainment, as long as it's clean"
DOI employees cannot use the Web or send or receive e-mail.
:)
*thinks about what he does at work*
So they're letting everybody go home early then?
Pale Face let any brave look inside open teepee. You call it security, we call it maize.
There goes my sweet FTP server with the 0 day warez and the fat pipe!
Seems rather appropriate. What software are they running?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Simpson, whose verbal gaffes are also legendary, pulled another one Sunday visiting the White House, our sources say. The singer was introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton and gushed: "You've done a nice job decorating the White House."
Source: washingtonpost.com
Department of Inferior?
There are 10 kinds of people in the world > > Those who understand binary and those who don't
That's cool. We'll just keep the casino money.
I emailed the Department of the Interior, pointing out that they should consider selling any unsolicited copies of software so as to not waste the value of gifts. They shouldn't use gift material as that bypasses the intent of normal acquisition processes.
Now I know why I got no response...
Coincidentally, The Dept of the Interior actually does decorate the White House.
"its systems were too insecure to be left open"
Well, I feel sorry for the systems. It is really rough working for the government and having self esteem issues. If I worked for the gov't, I would be a little insecure my self : P
Is MTV getting hard up for programming ideas or what?
"(g) No Refusal Gift Acceptance Policy
All Department of the Interior employees may accept gifts offered to them by representatives of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Organizations, Insular and foreign governments when refusal to accept such gifts would be likely to cause offense or embarrassment or otherwise adversely affect relations with the United States."
If irony was made of strawberries, we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now.
... to worry about security.
[Jessica] Simpson, whose verbal gaffes are also legendary, pulled another one Sunday visiting the White House, our sources say. The singer was introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton and gushed: "You've done a nice job decorating the White House.
(source, near the bottom, after W. refers to the Ford Theatre as the Lincoln Theatre.)
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
Dept. of Homeland Security, meet Dept. of Homeland In-Security.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Not to mention credit bureau's, the BMV (or DMZ depending on your state), etc. etc.. Stop spreading your FUD
I've heard stories about people in Korea not seeing their family members for 50 years because of the DMZ, but I never realized they were just waiting in line for their driver's license. And I thought is was bad wasting a Saturday afternoon at the DMV/MVD/BMV/whatever. Guess I shouldn't complain.
Rank Presidents by th
Fake some IDs, listen to employee conversations at a nearby bar after work, sleep with employees and get them to tell secrets, go through trash, make phone calls, take photos, plant bugs, rob, steal, cheat, lie.....
Let me guess, you work for the Interior Department? Nice try.
There's some irony in Wyatt Earp setting the record straight here :)
The computers are down for uh... (maintenance? No we cant say that... used it in 1980...)
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uh... (For updating to a new accounting system for this very account? Damn, used that in '92... there's got to be a good excuse here somewhere... I know!..)
Oh, yeah it's a security issue! That's it, a security issue... can't mess with security now, can we? Not after 9-11!...
(Good one!)
Yes, we'll get back to you about that $700,000,000.00 we owe you after all of this is sorted out...
Oh, sure. As soon as possible...
Don't worry about it, we've got everything under control. Thanks for being so understanding...
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, your access is going to be out for a while...
That's right, no email, no web...
Yes, there'll be no distance learning at the schools either for the time being...
Really, that's not fair. Why don't you people just hire more teachers?
What's that?
$700 Million?
It's funny how technical problems always plague the DOI every time this issue comes up.
Read, L