"yes kiddies, you will need to write things in the real world, you cant sms,email or im everything."
Dude you're posting to Slashdot, if you plan on working in IT chances are pretty good you NEVER HAVE TO RIGHT ANYTHING! I've been with my company for 5 years and you could fit all the hand written stuff I've done over the past 5 years on a single piece of paper.
They keep you informed about the latest and greatest deals as well as allowing you to comparison shop the item you are looking for.
Also don't be afraid to look at popular sites like ebay.com, half.com and amazon.com. A lot of times you can find a private retailer through amazon that will sell you a used copy of the book / movie / cd / DVD that you are looking for at 50% or better off the new price.
It's not hard to make informed decisions online if you refrain from impulse buying and do a little bit of research.
That's the last thing in the world I want happening in a production environment. Random companies patching random servers with 0 testing. ..
For example look at the service packs from microsoft, many larger companies have yet to, and are unable to roll out service pack one for windows 2003 because they are still putting it through testing to make sure it doesn't break their existing setup. (this isn't to say they haven't patched as microsoft makes hotfixes and patches availble for people in these situations that can be applied as needed).
How many ISP's handle as much email as AOL does? I'm not trying to defend AOL and all of their practices, but honestly I can understand the situation they are in. They just happen to be big enough to get away with things that us smaller guys can't...
Actually I deal with this stuff all the time. I work as a Systems Engineer for a mid-sized ISP in Pittsburgh PA.
These companies aren't impossible to deal with if you simply ask what they need you to do in order allow your mail.
Unfortunately if you choose to go with a $4.95 a month hosting company you're going to run into trouble. Sometimes there is simply nothing you can do when people go with ultra-low cost hosting services who don't respond to spam complaints. You get what you pay for.
If you want some help with your troubles shoot me an email and I'll give you a hand. (slashdot username @ the URL listed).
People bitch and moan about AOL blocking things, but they are easy to work with and willing to white list your mailings.
From a whois of aol.com
Technical Contact:
America Online, Inc.
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, VA 20166
US
Tel. 703 265 4670
Email: domains@aol.net
If you are doing mass mailings you need to setup a feedback loop with AOL in order to track the amount of complaints your mailings are generating. If you keep the complaint level below their set thresh hold you will not have problems with AOL, it's really as simple as that.
I'm surprised it's taken them this long. When one of our customers gets infected with a virus / open proxy / etc... We *gasp* pay attention, shutdown their connection and immediately contact them and help them fix the problem.
It's amazing how quickly you can get your network under control doing this. And 9 times out of 10 the end user is greatful that you were willing to work with them to help them correct the problem.
Fixing infected machines on your network only makes the network a better place for everyone using it.
Good luck with that one is all I'm going to say. Short of them getting a law passed requiring this no ISP in their right mind would turn over information.
We *require* a subpoena signed by a *judge* not a clerk, before we turn over any information.
If he would have kept his mouth shut instead of spouting off to his buddies he would have never gotten caught.
Hopefully he learns his lesson.
If you're going to break the rules/law DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT EVER!
I use IRC everyday at work
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I work as a systems engineer for a large internet service provider in western pa, and I use IRC everyday to chat to co-workers and other admins / engineers for various ISP's all around the country. Ever have a problem with a radius box that you're using to do dial-up authentication? IRC is just about the only place left that you can find people who'll know what the hell your talking about... It's a great place to bounce ideas off of other like-minded / like-employeed people. The other day for example I talked who just took over abuse duties for an ISP in Canada, shared some of my tips and tricks...
So 99% of IRC traffic is bad? Maybe the bandwidth, because text doesn't use much at all... But I would argue there are many that are using it for legit purposes!
You know it seems like the reason this guy got caught was because he was sloppy with his own identity online... If he would have been more careful with the names / icq numbers / people he trusted online, it's very unlikely that he would have gotten caught.
I think he let his greed / ego get in the way when trying to offload this information that he obtained.
This really makes you wonder about the guys you never hear about, the ones that don't get caught.:-/
"I think I've replaced more mobo's to handle larger drives than I have to support faster CPUs."
I'm sure there will be a PCI card that you can tie into, these type of monster size drives aren't typically used because of their speed, they're used for storage of various things.
If it were about performance you're probably not going to use this style of drive anyways. When your storage needs aren't limited by size persay but by I/O, you'd be better off investing the money in a scsi solution. Especially if you were in an enterprise situation you'd go with a NAS device. There are some pretty kick ass models out there that offer a lot of storage, and massive I/O for around a 100k.
In a home environment you'd be better off running some dual or quad scsi drives in some sort of raid array.:-)
You know you joke about this, but it took serious effort on my part to ignore the IRC window / Instant Messages / Email Program to actually get through this article. I actually switched away from it 2 times to look at something else but forced myself back to it.
I love technology, but it definately has some kind of effect on you (I don't know if it's good or bad), for example as of recently I can no longer sit and watch television, I get anxious sitting there trying to watch it, or I fall asleep. The only thing I can sit through is NFL football, but even then I end up getting up probably 10 times during the game.
Considering that Oracle made 10.30B last year alone, I think this is probably a wise investment for them. PeopleSoft's software fits nicely within the framework that Oracle is already able to build and offer to it's customers. This move will surely broaden the markets with which Oracle can move into and deploy their products...
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For the same reasons you have to go to college to get that stupid piece of paper.
"yes kiddies, you will need to write things in the real world, you cant sms,email or im everything."
Dude you're posting to Slashdot, if you plan on working in IT chances are pretty good you NEVER HAVE TO RIGHT ANYTHING! I've been with my company for 5 years and you could fit all the hand written stuff I've done over the past 5 years on a single piece of paper.
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#not sure what, but it looks important.
This is why you should use deal sites such as -
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Rage3d.com/deals
Slickdeals.net
Pricewatch.co
Pricegrabber.com
Froogle.google.com
They keep you informed about the latest and greatest deals as well as allowing you to comparison shop the item you are looking for.
Also don't be afraid to look at popular sites like ebay.com, half.com and amazon.com. A lot of times you can find a private retailer through amazon that will sell you a used copy of the book / movie / cd / DVD that you are looking for at 50% or better off the new price.
It's not hard to make informed decisions online if you refrain from impulse buying and do a little bit of research.
I work for an ISP my whole day is spent reading email. That's how I interact with tech support / sales / the rest of the company.
:-P
They know better then to call the engineers, we hate that.
I seriously hope you are joking.
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That's the last thing in the world I want happening in a production environment. Random companies patching random servers with 0 testing. .
For example look at the service packs from microsoft, many larger companies have yet to, and are unable to roll out service pack one for windows 2003 because they are still putting it through testing to make sure it doesn't break their existing setup. (this isn't to say they haven't patched as microsoft makes hotfixes and patches availble for people in these situations that can be applied as needed).
They finally found a use for those dell keyboards that come with every order!
there has been patches out that let you bring up a new kernel without having to reboot for sometime now!
I admit, booting the system to "what is your bidding my master", sounds appealing."...
You boot your system more then once?
How many ISP's handle as much email as AOL does? I'm not trying to defend AOL and all of their practices, but honestly I can understand the situation they are in. They just happen to be big enough to get away with things that us smaller guys can't...
Actually I deal with this stuff all the time. I work as a Systems Engineer for a mid-sized ISP in Pittsburgh PA.
These companies aren't impossible to deal with if you simply ask what they need you to do in order allow your mail.
Unfortunately if you choose to go with a $4.95 a month hosting company you're going to run into trouble. Sometimes there is simply nothing you can do when people go with ultra-low cost hosting services who don't respond to spam complaints. You get what you pay for.
If you want some help with your troubles shoot me an email and I'll give you a hand. (slashdot username @ the URL listed).
People bitch and moan about AOL blocking things, but they are easy to work with and willing to white list your mailings.
From a whois of aol.com
Technical Contact:
America Online, Inc.
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, VA 20166
US
Tel. 703 265 4670
Email: domains@aol.net
If you are doing mass mailings you need to setup a feedback loop with AOL in order to track the amount of complaints your mailings are generating. If you keep the complaint level below their set thresh hold you will not have problems with AOL, it's really as simple as that.
One tape backup tape. Appears to be functional, bought from local shipping company at auction. :-P
I'm surprised it's taken them this long. When one of our customers gets infected with a virus / open proxy / etc... We *gasp* pay attention, shutdown their connection and immediately contact them and help them fix the problem.
It's amazing how quickly you can get your network under control doing this. And 9 times out of 10 the end user is greatful that you were willing to work with them to help them correct the problem.
Fixing infected machines on your network only makes the network a better place for everyone using it.
It'll be on the form that gets faxed over by the police / fbi / whoever.
Good luck with that one is all I'm going to say. Short of them getting a law passed requiring this no ISP in their right mind would turn over information.
We *require* a subpoena signed by a *judge* not a clerk, before we turn over any information.
There's a lot of places around PA, that no longer require a signature at all for purchases under like $20 or so... Starbucks is one such place...
I'm not sure I understand % of time per week on the internet as a good qualifier. I would imagine they have to be considering other factors as well.
I work as a Systems Engineer for an ISP, I'm on the Internet 40+ hours a week because of work, then maybe an addtional 5 to 10 of my own spare time.
I would hardly consider myself an addict as I lead a normal life outside of work, go out with friends and family, yada yada...
I for one say down with those pesky humans!!!
:-P
Give the earth back to the rabbits!
If he would have kept his mouth shut instead of spouting off to his buddies he would have never gotten caught.
Hopefully he learns his lesson.
If you're going to break the rules/law DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT EVER!
I work as a systems engineer for a large internet service provider in western pa, and I use IRC everyday to chat to co-workers and other admins / engineers for various ISP's all around the country. Ever have a problem with a radius box that you're using to do dial-up authentication? IRC is just about the only place left that you can find people who'll know what the hell your talking about... It's a great place to bounce ideas off of other like-minded / like-employeed people. The other day for example I talked who just took over abuse duties for an ISP in Canada, shared some of my tips and tricks...
So 99% of IRC traffic is bad? Maybe the bandwidth, because text doesn't use much at all... But I would argue there are many that are using it for legit purposes!
You know it seems like the reason this guy got caught was because he was sloppy with his own identity online... If he would have been more careful with the names / icq numbers / people he trusted online, it's very unlikely that he would have gotten caught.
:-/
I think he let his greed / ego get in the way when trying to offload this information that he obtained.
This really makes you wonder about the guys you never hear about, the ones that don't get caught.
"I think I've replaced more mobo's to handle larger drives than I have to support faster CPUs."
:-)
I'm sure there will be a PCI card that you can tie into, these type of monster size drives aren't typically used because of their speed, they're used for storage of various things.
If it were about performance you're probably not going to use this style of drive anyways. When your storage needs aren't limited by size persay but by I/O, you'd be better off investing the money in a scsi solution. Especially if you were in an enterprise situation you'd go with a NAS device. There are some pretty kick ass models out there that offer a lot of storage, and massive I/O for around a 100k.
In a home environment you'd be better off running some dual or quad scsi drives in some sort of raid array.
You know you joke about this, but it took serious effort on my part to ignore the IRC window / Instant Messages / Email Program to actually get through this article. I actually switched away from it 2 times to look at something else but forced myself back to it.
I love technology, but it definately has some kind of effect on you (I don't know if it's good or bad), for example as of recently I can no longer sit and watch television, I get anxious sitting there trying to watch it, or I fall asleep. The only thing I can sit through is NFL football, but even then I end up getting up probably 10 times during the game.
Considering that Oracle made 10.30B last year alone, I think this is probably a wise investment for them. PeopleSoft's software fits nicely within the framework that Oracle is already able to build and offer to it's customers. This move will surely broaden the markets with which Oracle can move into and deploy their products...