I can't wait the first Katz story about the rash of young males who, after playing this game, are now running around in the desert digging for stuff. Oh. The humanity.
A couple of responses to your post, if you don't mind:
The sysadmin had six months to test the patch. SIX MONTHS. They had plenty of time to see whether it would screw up other code in the system. Heck, six months is plenty of time to let other front-runners test the patch and report any problems that they run into on newsgroups.
Also, if they are not capable of reading the "how to install this patch" documentation then maybe they shouldn't be the admin on important servers like this. It is their job to know how to do this stuff.
"According to Symantec spokesman Yunsun Wee, Symantec issued an alert about Slammer to DeepSight Threat Management System subscribers "at approximately 9 p.m. PST on Friday, Jan. 24."
Most of the rest of the Internet didn't spot Slammer until shortly after midnight EST on Saturday, Jan. 25th."
Heck, Microsoft released a patch to fix this problem in June of 2002. Windows sysadmins had 6 months notice that it was a problem.
I don't mean to sound like a troll or the least bit insensitive, but if the Windows sysadmins aren't keeping their servers patched then that's the sysadmin's fault. The finger of blame should be pointed right at the mirror. Keeping their servers updated and safe is their JOB, unless they have a security specialist, in which case it's their job.
I recall sending an email to the abuse@domain on a spammer once, only to a short while later be the Reply To address in a huge porn spam. Learned my lesson on that one.
Section 501, "Expatriation of Terrorists": This provision, the drafters say, would establish that an American citizen could be expatriated "if, with the intent to relinquish his nationality, he becomes a member of, or provides material support to, a group that the United Stated has designated as a 'terrorist organization'."
Would that include the US government for giving $43 million to the Taliban in May of 2001 for their "War on Drugs" efforts?
Call Gore. I think we just figured out how to evict the squatter.
News of DALNet's decision rocked the NASDAQ exchange today, with Adobe, Macromedia, and Microsoft taking huge hits in value. Stockholders feared that the companies would have to find a new distribution model for their product to make up for the loss of this valuable product channel.
"Update: 02/03 19:56 GMT by T: Apparently not everyone's browser can read http://freedesktop.com, so the initial link up there now sports a "www" as well."
Appreciate that. I'm stuck with this low market-share browser that couldn't handle the URL. Appreciate the bone.
First off, nobody's listening to you because you're posting AC. Anyway...
There has always been an element of people who never bought their music for as long as home-recordable media has been available. My dad used to borrow LP's and record them on reel-to-reel, and, later, I copied friends tapes on cassette. The important issue here is that the vast majority of people out there (you know, the non-Slashdot folks) who aren't going to copy music. Sure, some of them will, but you'd be surprised how important that pretty little book that's inside the CD is to people. They may download enough to make their own CD, but they won't have THE CD.
If the pretty CD booklet isn't enough, then do what groups like Audioslave do and make extra songs available for download to those who own the CD. Either way, the overwhelming majority of folks who buy music are still going to buy it. That is, as long as the product isn't crap and they don't feel like they're being ripped off due to overly-inflated prices.
"Sad to see the article's author flat-out claim that '... a proliferation of free music-swapping services on the Internet has led to a decline in CD sales.'"
Sure it's sad, but as the business sections of the main media rags are little more than Corporate PR publications, is it at all surprising? The company says it, and then the newspaper quit attributing it to the source, thereby trying to pass it off as Fact. As most of the readers don't question what they read, it quickly becomes public opinion.
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All those salesman filter alcohol through their bodies and produce waste fluids, which in turn get processed at the local waste processing facility, which creates water.
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Shit, I've had him on filter for so long that I didn't even notice. Time to check the staledate on the Katz jokes I guess.
I can't wait the first Katz story about the rash of young males who, after playing this game, are now running around in the desert digging for stuff. Oh. The humanity.
A couple of responses to your post, if you don't mind:
The sysadmin had six months to test the patch. SIX MONTHS. They had plenty of time to see whether it would screw up other code in the system. Heck, six months is plenty of time to let other front-runners test the patch and report any problems that they run into on newsgroups.
Also, if they are not capable of reading the "how to install this patch" documentation then maybe they shouldn't be the admin on important servers like this. It is their job to know how to do this stuff.
"According to Symantec spokesman Yunsun Wee, Symantec issued an alert about Slammer to DeepSight Threat Management System subscribers "at approximately 9 p.m. PST on Friday, Jan. 24."
Most of the rest of the Internet didn't spot Slammer until shortly after midnight EST on Saturday, Jan. 25th."
Uhh...that's about the same time isn't it Sparky?
Heck, Microsoft released a patch to fix this problem in June of 2002. Windows sysadmins had 6 months notice that it was a problem.
I don't mean to sound like a troll or the least bit insensitive, but if the Windows sysadmins aren't keeping their servers patched then that's the sysadmin's fault. The finger of blame should be pointed right at the mirror. Keeping their servers updated and safe is their JOB, unless they have a security specialist, in which case it's their job.
I recall sending an email to the abuse@domain on a spammer once, only to a short while later be the Reply To address in a huge porn spam. Learned my lesson on that one.
"Get off it, Rob. Nobody here cares about your obsession with big-eyed pumpkin headed screamers."
That quote right there was priceless. Thank you very much for making me laugh.
So then this article that appeared in the LA Times in May of 2001 is incorrect? This article was published long before hating the Taliban was vogue.
Let's hope that somewhere out there a terrorist is about to be arrested, and when the agents break down his door he is reading a Katz column.
Laugh. This Patriot Act II followup can make it that bad, if the government wants to use it that way.
"Me: Too stupid to remember to close my tags."
There, I said it myself before someone else got it. Gotta remember that preview option.
Section 501, "Expatriation of Terrorists": This provision, the drafters say, would establish that an American citizen could be expatriated "if, with the intent to relinquish his nationality, he becomes a member of, or provides material support to, a group that the United Stated has designated as a 'terrorist organization'."
Would that include the US government for giving $43 million to the Taliban in May of 2001 for their "War on Drugs" efforts?
Call Gore. I think we just figured out how to evict the squatter.
When he went to filter out Katz stories he must have set it so that he's filtering everyone but his own.
News of DALNet's decision rocked the NASDAQ exchange today, with Adobe, Macromedia, and Microsoft taking huge hits in value. Stockholders feared that the companies would have to find a new distribution model for their product to make up for the loss of this valuable product channel.
"Update: 02/03 19:56 GMT by T: Apparently not everyone's browser can read http://freedesktop.com, so the initial link up there now sports a "www" as well."
Appreciate that. I'm stuck with this low market-share browser that couldn't handle the URL. Appreciate the bone.
Kind of awesome being that close to greatness, isn't it? :D
There's a running list of probable music pirates being created here. Each person listed has admitted to music piracy, and is offering themself to be taken to Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
First off, nobody's listening to you because you're posting AC. Anyway...
There has always been an element of people who never bought their music for as long as home-recordable media has been available. My dad used to borrow LP's and record them on reel-to-reel, and, later, I copied friends tapes on cassette. The important issue here is that the vast majority of people out there (you know, the non-Slashdot folks) who aren't going to copy music. Sure, some of them will, but you'd be surprised how important that pretty little book that's inside the CD is to people. They may download enough to make their own CD, but they won't have THE CD.
If the pretty CD booklet isn't enough, then do what groups like Audioslave do and make extra songs available for download to those who own the CD. Either way, the overwhelming majority of folks who buy music are still going to buy it. That is, as long as the product isn't crap and they don't feel like they're being ripped off due to overly-inflated prices.
Maybe Maxis was a little too accurate in simulating life?
Is there one of those little copy-protect tabs on /.? If so, someone please pry that sucker off so we can avoid future copies.
Okay, now explain that to Joe Home computer user. Yeah, that's the same problem that Apple is having.
Apple may be better, but the race is in the numbers, no matter how invalid they are.
Don't underestimate the power of the RIAA, eh?
"Sad to see the article's author flat-out claim that '... a proliferation of free music-swapping services on the Internet has led to a decline in CD sales.'"
Sure it's sad, but as the business sections of the main media rags are little more than Corporate PR publications, is it at all surprising? The company says it, and then the newspaper quit attributing it to the source, thereby trying to pass it off as Fact. As most of the readers don't question what they read, it quickly becomes public opinion.
Mmmmmmmmmmm...TurMadden.
All those salesman filter alcohol through their bodies and produce waste fluids, which in turn get processed at the local waste processing facility, which creates water.
See? Renewable resources at work.
Competition with the pirated stuff down the street for $4 does tend to keep the price low.