This could be implemented in the current DNS system.
DNS has a record called "hinfo" for Hardware Information, however due to security concerns, not many people use them now. The record is just a text string that can be almost anything to discribe the machine including hardware information, physical location, etc.
We could use this record for the IHS information without any changes to the current DNS system.
However, many (most) companies don't enjoy pornography being distributed on their network, on their time.
The target audidence is businesses, weather it be non-profit, for profit, schools, libraries, etc. Perhaps some home users will install this to keep their children away from porn, but I'd be willing to bet the average Slashdotter won't install it. Well, maybe if he/she is really addicted and trying to stop....
At school, if you fail, you have to pay the school to take the class over, or at least take it again, wasting time and effort.
In the real world, how would you like it if you boss said to you "Work harder! You're lazy!" everyday? It would probably make you quit, or at the very least resent working there.
It's your choice: do you want to hear "You stink!" all of the time, or "Good job!"?
I think that both the unimpressive logistics is what made for the impressive launch. Had the PS2 been more available, everyone would be sitting at home, happy with their new PS2, but instead we keep hearing about it since everyone doesn't have and still wants one.
They think that the DVD functionality of the PS2 is the one brilliant move Sony made in this otherwise unimpressive launch.
Woah, wait a minute here. Did these guys miss the PS2 selling for $5,000 on E-Bay? Did anyone else see the video of the release in Japan? The stores were packed!
Considering all of the hype that surrounded it's release (both US and Japan), I would say it was actually a very impressive. Can anyone name any other console that received this much hype at it's launch?
I've been wondering about this issue since 2600 brought it up with the whole verizonsucks.com thing. For those of you who don't know, 2600 found it entertaining that Verizon purchased loads of "anti-Verizon" domains such as verizonsucks.com. So, 2600 purchased verizonreallysucks.com and got hit with a cease and disist.
Anyway, with these kinds of things going on, how can consumers and activists make use of the.sucks top level domain that was proposed by ICANN? I don't enjoy Microsoft, so I scoop up microsoft.sucks when the new domains come out, and what happens? More than likely, Microsoft will sue me for trademake infringment.
I guess my question is how can we (consumers) make use of the.sucks domain (and domain names like the ones in this article) without getting in trouble?
This can (and should be) used by anyone who runs *NIX.
Actually, it's quite simple: It makes sure that when files change, someone is notified. Now, obviously you don't want Tripwire watching your logs (since they change constantly) or/tmp (since anyone can put files in there), but all of your other important area on your drive should be watched. Example: Someone gets root on your box, and they replace/bin/su (switch user, usually to root), with a trojan that has a backdoor. Tripwire will notice that it's not the correct file, and e-mail/page/alert someone.
As for the "policy language" they refer to, that's just another way of saying "a way to tell Tripwire what to watch, how to watch it, and what to do if something has changed".
To put it all in context, here is an example. Note that Tripwire is much more advanced than this, but essentially, this does the same thing: When I first install my system, I patch it, and capture all of the `ls -la` output of my important files to a file. Once an hour, I have a task (cron job) that does the same `ls -la` and compares the output to the original file. If they're different, either I changed something and forgot to update the original file, or someone is up to something. It then sends me an e-mail and I look into it.
I hope that explains what Tripwire does in a nutshell. If you would like more information, let me know.
Will Making Carnivore Open Source Change Anything?
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After reading this article about Carnivore (I didn't know much about it previously), it struck me as strange as to why this should be open sourced.
This will probably be moderated down as flamebait, but hear me out.
The issue that's on everyone's minds here is not what so much what Carnivore can do (we all know it's just a sniffer with a nice interface), but how open it is for abuse. I really don't think that by forcing the FBI to allow us to audit the source that we'll find some spectacular hidden feature, again, it's only a sniffer. Carnivore can do the things a sniffer can do (capture any and all network traffic).
The issue isn't so much the potential for "hidden features", but the potential for abuse by those using it. Could the FBI watch the traffic for all users on a subnet even thought they're only supposed to be watching one user? Yes. Could the FBI do extra things and gather extra information that a normal network sniffer could not? Probably not.
In conclusion, Carnivore's potential for hidden features are what makes in dangerous, but it's potential for abuse by the people who use it is.
Nobody cares as much about apple hardware if it's not even slightly compatible with any widely accepted software, besides of course what Microsoft decides to throw at it.
Isn't this true of almost all non x86 platforms? I can't name 3 platforms that the same piece of "widely accepted software" run on simply because most "widly accepted software" runs on x86 Windows. You can see this is even more true when you start to hear about all of the applications that Microsoft didn't port to Windows NT for the Alpha processor.
As for a site, I couldn't provide you with one, however I can answer some of your questions.
Socket 7 is the way Pentium and some Cirix and AMD chips as well (ones that were comperable with the Pentium II class). You won't have to worry about this unless you're going to build a cheap, old computer.
As for processors that work in dual configurations, just purchase two Pentium IIIs that run at the same clock speed (ie: 600 MHz, 700 MHz, etc) and you'll be fine. Just be sure that the motherboard you purchase will support the clock speed you purchase.
With RAM, the speed depends on which processor you use on a motherboard. For example, I have a Dual Pentium III 450 motherboard which supports Pentium II and III CPUs from 300 to 600 MHz (remember, if you're going to go dual, the processors have to be the same). If I have a Pentium II processor, I have to use 66 MHz RAM. If I have a Pentium III processor in there, I have to use 100 MHz RAM. In the newer motherboards, it won't be Pentium II as opposed to Pentium III, but clock speeds (ie: 700 MHz must use PC133 RAM and below 700 must use PC100).
But your DNA, renta and fingerprints are still the same. Even if you burn off your fingerprints and poke your eyes out, there's still DNA, something that can never be changed, and that's the beauty of biometrics.:)
More importantly, a smart card with biometric data stored on it...
If Hong Kong has biometric information stored on their smart cards, then more than likely someone could not "become you" since, as most of you know, biometric data is specific to one person.
Because it's humour is far too referential - every joke in it seems to be a reference to some film/book/famous person/song/whatever, which really gets on my tits.
I must concur fully! That's what makes the episodes I listed what I would consider to be "classics". No humor that references topics that will come and go in the next 10 years.
Someone moderate this guy up!:)
Re:My Simpsons takes ...
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You're right, there have been a few good ones.
Trash of the Titans was season 10 (the one coming up this year is 12), and I really enjoyed Treehouse of Horror X (Y2K, The Collector and I Know What You Diddly-Did Last Summer) and Brother's Little Helper.
Again, they pulled the celebrity card (Mark McGuire at the end of Brother's Little Helper and Xena and Tom Arnold (celeb? you make the call) in Treehouse X), but overall, good episodes with great one liners.
Ok, sorry to do this, but I think many Simpsons fans will agree with me.
Lately, the Simpsons has been declining in quality, there's no doubt about it. I feel the reason is rather than good content with story long shows, they're bringing in guest stars to fill the bill. Last season they had Limp Bizkit, Brittany Spears, Mel Gibson, John Goodman and others.
Don't get me wrong, making use of celeberity guests can enhance a show, but when you use them as the primary reason for viewers to tune in, overall show quality degrades.
Remember the classic episodes like Who Shot Mr. Burns Part I and II, Trash of the Titans, Mayored to the Mob, Flamin' Moe's, Dufflessness and $pringfield? Some of them (Trash of the Titans and Flamin' Moe's) had celebrity guests (Steve Martin and Aerosmith respecively), but the overall story and humor were out of this world. Trash of the Titans happens to be my personal favorite.
The other thing is that Matt Groening is now concentrating on Futurama, so he's not doing any of the writing for The Simpsons. Bring Matt back!
Well, that's enough for me. In summary we want content over guest stars!!
What do all of you folks think of the overall direction of The Simpsons (better or worse, and why)?
I saw these a while ago, and have just been itching to post about them.
If you're a UNIX geek (such as myself), checkout SGI's Reality Center Walls. Be sure to checkout the large images of the Reality Center Walls and Reality Center Room. They're awesome, but the price will make you toss your cookies.
HP makes something similar, but I'm having trouble finding it again on their web page. Any idea what it's called guys (and gals)?
I recall reading about time travel (can't cite my source, sorry), and it may be possible, however it would take more energy that we could possibly harness.
Also, as for, "maybe we're in the matrix", well that one we could figure out. You could either try to develop your powers of modifying reality (like Neo), or humanity could colonlize space. I have a feeling in a few thousand or million years once humanity is spread out all over the cosmos the "mainframe" running the program won't be able to to handle it and will crash.
Hah, that brings up another point. What happens when they need to reboot this mainframe, take it down for maintaince or it crashes? Does time just stop for us, and then resume later? Is evidence of a system crash those people who go "I have no idea how I got here!" (since usually all data is not consistent after a crash).
Here's some trivia for ya: Back in the 1981 The Pope declared the Big Bang did happen, but God is the one who initiated it and we should search back no further than that.
A reference can be found here which is a conversation between The Pope and Steven Hawking (!). The snippet is taken from Mr. Hawking's wildly popular book A Brief History of Time.
There's only one answer: of course you should vote. It's really not that hard, there are plenty of ways to do it too.
Too lazy to drive to your local polling station and press a few buttons or pull some levers? No problem! Get an absentee ballot. In the county I used to live in a couple months ago, the Democratic Party mailed absentee ballots out to almost everyone in the city just to get them to vote for Gore.
And if that's not easy enough, it's as simple as registering to vote (I had to fill out a half sheet of paper to do so when I renewed my driver's license), and then going to the polling station in your area.
I think everyone should vote, no matter what their reason. Spite for a candidate, actual belief in another candidate or even just to see how many votes Jerry Garcia gets this year.
Vote. It's simple, and the only way we can change who represents the people.
Take a look at almost any electronic device and you'll see a sticker saying something to the effect of "This device compiles with FCC regulation XXXXX and will not cause interferance with other Class 1 electronic devices".
Not only does the US have this regulation, but Canada does as well.
Slashdot Mirror
Theo, what are your general thoughts on the other UNIX variants out there? Is Solaris too slow? Is IRIX waaay insecure?
Also, which UNIXes do you enjoy working with (other than OpenBSD)?
The correct link is here.
This could be implemented in the current DNS system.
DNS has a record called "hinfo" for Hardware Information, however due to security concerns, not many people use them now. The record is just a text string that can be almost anything to discribe the machine including hardware information, physical location, etc.
We could use this record for the IHS information without any changes to the current DNS system.
Comments?
Nothing, nothing at all.
However, many (most) companies don't enjoy pornography being distributed on their network, on their time.
The target audidence is businesses, weather it be non-profit, for profit, schools, libraries, etc. Perhaps some home users will install this to keep their children away from porn, but I'd be willing to bet the average Slashdotter won't install it. Well, maybe if he/she is really addicted and trying to stop....
That's not quite how it works in the real world.
At school, if you fail, you have to pay the school to take the class over, or at least take it again, wasting time and effort.
In the real world, how would you like it if you boss said to you "Work harder! You're lazy!" everyday? It would probably make you quit, or at the very least resent working there.
It's your choice: do you want to hear "You stink!" all of the time, or "Good job!"?
I can't argue with that one bit.
I think that both the unimpressive logistics is what made for the impressive launch. Had the PS2 been more available, everyone would be sitting at home, happy with their new PS2, but instead we keep hearing about it since everyone doesn't have and still wants one.
They think that the DVD functionality of the PS2 is the one brilliant move Sony made in this otherwise unimpressive launch.
Woah, wait a minute here. Did these guys miss the PS2 selling for $5,000 on E-Bay? Did anyone else see the video of the release in Japan? The stores were packed!
Considering all of the hype that surrounded it's release (both US and Japan), I would say it was actually a very impressive. Can anyone name any other console that received this much hype at it's launch?
I've been wondering about this issue since 2600 brought it up with the whole verizonsucks.com thing. For those of you who don't know, 2600 found it entertaining that Verizon purchased loads of "anti-Verizon" domains such as verizonsucks.com. So, 2600 purchased verizonreallysucks.com and got hit with a cease and disist.
.sucks top level domain that was proposed by ICANN? I don't enjoy Microsoft, so I scoop up microsoft.sucks when the new domains come out, and what happens? More than likely, Microsoft will sue me for trademake infringment.
.sucks domain (and domain names like the ones in this article) without getting in trouble?
Anyway, with these kinds of things going on, how can consumers and activists make use of the
I guess my question is how can we (consumers) make use of the
This can (and should be) used by anyone who runs *NIX.
/tmp (since anyone can put files in there), but all of your other important area on your drive should be watched. Example: Someone gets root on your box, and they replace /bin/su (switch user, usually to root), with a trojan that has a backdoor. Tripwire will notice that it's not the correct file, and e-mail/page/alert someone.
Actually, it's quite simple: It makes sure that when files change, someone is notified. Now, obviously you don't want Tripwire watching your logs (since they change constantly) or
As for the "policy language" they refer to, that's just another way of saying "a way to tell Tripwire what to watch, how to watch it, and what to do if something has changed".
To put it all in context, here is an example. Note that Tripwire is much more advanced than this, but essentially, this does the same thing: When I first install my system, I patch it, and capture all of the `ls -la` output of my important files to a file. Once an hour, I have a task (cron job) that does the same `ls -la` and compares the output to the original file. If they're different, either I changed something and forgot to update the original file, or someone is up to something. It then sends me an e-mail and I look into it.
I hope that explains what Tripwire does in a nutshell. If you would like more information, let me know.
After reading this article about Carnivore (I didn't know much about it previously), it struck me as strange as to why this should be open sourced.
This will probably be moderated down as flamebait, but hear me out.
The issue that's on everyone's minds here is not what so much what Carnivore can do (we all know it's just a sniffer with a nice interface), but how open it is for abuse. I really don't think that by forcing the FBI to allow us to audit the source that we'll find some spectacular hidden feature, again, it's only a sniffer. Carnivore can do the things a sniffer can do (capture any and all network traffic).
The issue isn't so much the potential for "hidden features", but the potential for abuse by those using it. Could the FBI watch the traffic for all users on a subnet even thought they're only supposed to be watching one user? Yes. Could the FBI do extra things and gather extra information that a normal network sniffer could not? Probably not.
In conclusion, Carnivore's potential for hidden features are what makes in dangerous, but it's potential for abuse by the people who use it is.
Nobody cares as much about apple hardware if it's not even slightly compatible with any widely accepted software, besides of course what Microsoft decides to throw at it.
Isn't this true of almost all non x86 platforms? I can't name 3 platforms that the same piece of "widely accepted software" run on simply because most "widly accepted software" runs on x86 Windows. You can see this is even more true when you start to hear about all of the applications that Microsoft didn't port to Windows NT for the Alpha processor.
Whoops, a small update to my post.
When you're searching for CPUs for a dual processor board, they have to be the same speed and class.
Thus, you couldn't make a dual processor machine with a Pentium II 450 and a Pentium III 450.
As for a site, I couldn't provide you with one, however I can answer some of your questions.
Socket 7 is the way Pentium and some Cirix and AMD chips as well (ones that were comperable with the Pentium II class). You won't have to worry about this unless you're going to build a cheap, old computer.
As for processors that work in dual configurations, just purchase two Pentium IIIs that run at the same clock speed (ie: 600 MHz, 700 MHz, etc) and you'll be fine. Just be sure that the motherboard you purchase will support the clock speed you purchase.
With RAM, the speed depends on which processor you use on a motherboard. For example, I have a Dual Pentium III 450 motherboard which supports Pentium II and III CPUs from 300 to 600 MHz (remember, if you're going to go dual, the processors have to be the same). If I have a Pentium II processor, I have to use 66 MHz RAM. If I have a Pentium III processor in there, I have to use 100 MHz RAM. In the newer motherboards, it won't be Pentium II as opposed to Pentium III, but clock speeds (ie: 700 MHz must use PC133 RAM and below 700 must use PC100).
But your DNA, renta and fingerprints are still the same. Even if you burn off your fingerprints and poke your eyes out, there's still DNA, something that can never be changed, and that's the beauty of biometrics. :)
More importantly, a smart card with biometric data stored on it...
If Hong Kong has biometric information stored on their smart cards, then more than likely someone could not "become you" since, as most of you know, biometric data is specific to one person.
Because it's humour is far too referential - every joke in it seems to be a reference to some film/book/famous person/song/whatever, which really gets on my tits.
:)
I must concur fully! That's what makes the episodes I listed what I would consider to be "classics". No humor that references topics that will come and go in the next 10 years.
Someone moderate this guy up!
You're right, there have been a few good ones.
Trash of the Titans was season 10 (the one coming up this year is 12), and I really enjoyed Treehouse of Horror X (Y2K, The Collector and I Know What You Diddly-Did Last Summer) and Brother's Little Helper.
Again, they pulled the celebrity card (Mark McGuire at the end of Brother's Little Helper and Xena and Tom Arnold (celeb? you make the call) in Treehouse X), but overall, good episodes with great one liners.
Haha, trying to get the first gay man in the White House, eh?
Ok, sorry to do this, but I think many Simpsons fans will agree with me.
Lately, the Simpsons has been declining in quality, there's no doubt about it. I feel the reason is rather than good content with story long shows, they're bringing in guest stars to fill the bill. Last season they had Limp Bizkit, Brittany Spears, Mel Gibson, John Goodman and others.
Don't get me wrong, making use of celeberity guests can enhance a show, but when you use them as the primary reason for viewers to tune in, overall show quality degrades.
Remember the classic episodes like Who Shot Mr. Burns Part I and II, Trash of the Titans, Mayored to the Mob, Flamin' Moe's, Dufflessness and $pringfield? Some of them (Trash of the Titans and Flamin' Moe's) had celebrity guests (Steve Martin and Aerosmith respecively), but the overall story and humor were out of this world. Trash of the Titans happens to be my personal favorite.
The other thing is that Matt Groening is now concentrating on Futurama, so he's not doing any of the writing for The Simpsons. Bring Matt back!
Well, that's enough for me. In summary we want content over guest stars!!
What do all of you folks think of the overall direction of The Simpsons (better or worse, and why)?
I saw these a while ago, and have just been itching to post about them.
If you're a UNIX geek (such as myself), checkout SGI's Reality Center Walls. Be sure to checkout the large images of the Reality Center Walls and Reality Center Room. They're awesome, but the price will make you toss your cookies.
HP makes something similar, but I'm having trouble finding it again on their web page. Any idea what it's called guys (and gals)?
Well, kind of sort of.
I recall reading about time travel (can't cite my source, sorry), and it may be possible, however it would take more energy that we could possibly harness.
Also, as for, "maybe we're in the matrix", well that one we could figure out. You could either try to develop your powers of modifying reality (like Neo), or humanity could colonlize space. I have a feeling in a few thousand or million years once humanity is spread out all over the cosmos the "mainframe" running the program won't be able to to handle it and will crash.
Hah, that brings up another point. What happens when they need to reboot this mainframe, take it down for maintaince or it crashes? Does time just stop for us, and then resume later? Is evidence of a system crash those people who go "I have no idea how I got here!" (since usually all data is not consistent after a crash).
Here's some trivia for ya: Back in the 1981 The Pope declared the Big Bang did happen, but God is the one who initiated it and we should search back no further than that.
A reference can be found here which is a conversation between The Pope and Steven Hawking (!). The snippet is taken from Mr. Hawking's wildly popular book A Brief History of Time.
Come Jon, what kind of a question is this?
There's only one answer: of course you should vote. It's really not that hard, there are plenty of ways to do it too.
Too lazy to drive to your local polling station and press a few buttons or pull some levers? No problem! Get an absentee ballot. In the county I used to live in a couple months ago, the Democratic Party mailed absentee ballots out to almost everyone in the city just to get them to vote for Gore.
And if that's not easy enough, it's as simple as registering to vote (I had to fill out a half sheet of paper to do so when I renewed my driver's license), and then going to the polling station in your area.
I think everyone should vote, no matter what their reason. Spite for a candidate, actual belief in another candidate or even just to see how many votes Jerry Garcia gets this year.
Vote. It's simple, and the only way we can change who represents the people.
...and wacky speculation in the interest of expanding your mind and his own.
Are you sure this wasn't written by Timothy Leary?
Actually, it won't.
Take a look at almost any electronic device and you'll see a sticker saying something to the effect of "This device compiles with FCC regulation XXXXX and will not cause interferance with other Class 1 electronic devices".
Not only does the US have this regulation, but Canada does as well.