"The overwhelming majority of computer users in this world cou;dn't care less about the OS. All they care about is the apps..."
"And please don't make the mistake of assuming that the apps on Linux are good enough. They're not, simply because even the ones do as much as the best of breed Windows apps are different, and therefore require a learning curve, something mainstream users detest. They don't want to learn about computers or OS's or even apps, they just want to do stuff with a computer."
Then why not just run MS Windows if that's the case???
"It's nothing new but a good
summary of the neverending copyright discussion"
Exactly so. After reading this article I don't understand why this is considered "newsworthy". I can see this being a "slashback" article - but this is just a commentary on what's been going on with the DMCA.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the reason I went over to Linux was to get a stable operating system that was reliable.
Over the years alot of great apps such as GiMP, StarOffice, etc.. have come along to keep people like me from going back towards using MS Windows.
I don't understand the point of installing MS Windows to run ontop of linux. Sure - it's fun from a software hacker's point of view - but in all sense it is almost a step in the wrong direction.
I'm not discounting the MS oper sys's - they have their place in the world - but for me I can't see the point. I run Linux as an ALTERNATIVE to running MS Windows...
Could someone please intelligently explain the point to this?
The MEDIA lobbied to get DMCA passed through congress... they know it's a shady law.
After the whole DeCSS thing, the public opinion swayed against the DMCA...
So it makes sense that the media isn't giving a nanosecond towards Dmitri.... they don't want any more bad press about their DMCA.
Once people realize that the DMCA is a violation of our US constitution - people will fight to get rid of it! The media doesn't want to lose their golden sword!
I just have to say this...
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Imagine bionic nurses giving you a spongebath!!!
(and no - I'm not going to mention a beow*lf cluster of those bionic nurses...)
It's been said by many many times: Linux makes an excellent antivirus tool. Why? Well, because...it's Linux.
What kind of logic is this??? Linux (like any OS) is susceptable to virii. It's just that the people writing the malicious code are designing their app to work on MS Outlook because it's a common mail client. If there was a growing TREND towards the use of another mail cleint, they'd find the exploitables of said client and write their code to accomodate the exploitables.
How about taking it a step further and having you Linux box scan all incoming e-mail for virisus? See Amavis and others.
Platform aside - whether you're using Linux/BSD/*NIX, NT or Netware... whatever... proactivity of the network admin is the key. A proactive admin would have scanners in place and have libraries updated on a frequent basis to help stop these incidents from happening.
Unfortunately, most companies will not give money to a budget for a PROACTIVE network admin... but they're the first to CRY when their PC's been whiped out...
It's all about knowing your operating environs and being proactive... not about just putting linux on an old PII and using it as a mailserver. If an admin doesn't know squat about Linux and puts an "out of the box" Redhat w/Qmail install online - they'll have more problems to worry about than a virus.
Mr. Smith 24 Drinks too much, smokes too much, loses $1000 a nite on gambling and another $1000 on whores.
Mr Jones 53 Drinks too much, smokes too much, loses $1000 a nite at slot machines and another $1000 on whores.
etc....
Re:"This is not happening. This is not happening."
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Faust7 wrote:
"2) The Consortium alien invasion / mytharc ends (primarily) with all the main baddies getting torched in a hanger. Effectively, the threat of a
"V"-like global alien invasion, which was introduced as a potential threat in the 4th season and created a palpable urgency for a few seasons
following, was neutralized simply by killing off two dozen old white men that drank brandy with Cancerman. "
This was never stated - only implied. The Consortium figure heads died in that fire - but the Consortium was made up of hundreds (maybe thousands) of people across the globe. Surely they weren't ALL killed....
I always believed that the Consortium would come back... with different figureheads... and the fact that CSM was still around, I would beg to differ that the Consortium ceased to exist.
The alien invasion? Well - I guess it's still up in the air... there was hints about such an invasion when Scully was pregnant... (and what was that all about??)
And now Fox Mulder is a deadbeat dad to Dana's new baby. How are they gonna kill Fox off for good???
Hell - he came to life after being dead and BURIED for 3 months. When a person dies, they DRAIN all their fluids, break their spine so they don't sit up in the coffin, and replace their drained fluids with EMBALMING FLUID. So HOW could Mulder still be alive?!?
You're right tho - the show is now a hollow self-parody of what it started out to be.
I'm Another Disgusted Fan(tm)
After reading this book, download a copy of Stronghold from C2.net/Redhat.
It's really robust and built quite well. Ported over to multiple platforms, too.
If you run a business, it's worth the $99 for the license. Otherwise it's a great build of Apache w/SSL that's fun to evaluate.
For those of us who already use Stronghold, this book looks like a great reference book - a must have. I'll be sure to get a copy.
Now that AMD's new cpu core (Palomino) will run over 20% cooler than the Athlon, I wonder how long it will take for this chip to actually APPEAR in a laptop?
And I wonder which corporations that make laptops (IBM, Dell, etc) will make a product line with the new AMD cpu?
I would love to see some "uptime" tests between the P4 and the Athlon, with temperatures and all.
Not necessarily true for all unions, or for all locals. A union (and especially a LOCAL) are as strong as it's membership. It'd be nice to have an IT union. I'd love to have 40 hour work weeks, get overtime for any time over my 8 hour day. Time and a half for saturdays, double time for sundays, and double time and a half for vacation days that I am forced to work (and triple time for anything over 8 hours on that forced work day on a holiday).
Most IT people work more than a 40 hour week, including myself. Reward - pre-ipo stock options?
NO THANKS - SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
Yeah, some things about unions aren't great - but for someone who's worked both sides of the fence, I could definately see the benefits of unionization of some IT jobs, especially the "lower level" jobs such as technicians.
I submitted this story 2 days ago and it was "rejected". I mentioned this in another thread that was neither "news" or "stuff that matters" (it wasn't even humor) - and I was modded down for being a "troll".
Sometimes I don't understand/.
Anyway - re: this exploit - I am suprised that MS never saw this one coming... and I wonder how many corporations who are "too cheap" to hire REAL tech people will suffer the consequences of their frugality due to this overflow.
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"The overwhelming majority of computer users in this world cou;dn't care less about the OS. All they care about is the apps..."
"And please don't make the mistake of assuming that the apps on Linux are good enough. They're not, simply because even the ones do as much as the best of breed Windows apps are different, and therefore require a learning curve, something mainstream users detest. They don't want to learn about computers or OS's or even apps, they just want to do stuff with a computer."
Then why not just run MS Windows if that's the case???
"It's nothing new but a good summary of the neverending copyright discussion"
Exactly so. After reading this article I don't understand why this is considered "newsworthy". I can see this being a "slashback" article - but this is just a commentary on what's been going on with the DMCA.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the reason I went over to Linux was to get a stable operating system that was reliable.
Over the years alot of great apps such as GiMP, StarOffice, etc.. have come along to keep people like me from going back towards using MS Windows.
I don't understand the point of installing MS Windows to run ontop of linux. Sure - it's fun from a software hacker's point of view - but in all sense it is almost a step in the wrong direction.
I'm not discounting the MS oper sys's - they have their place in the world - but for me I can't see the point. I run Linux as an ALTERNATIVE to running MS Windows...
Could someone please intelligently explain the point to this?
Thanks.
http://www.eff.org/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/ barlow_0296.declaration
or click here.
The MEDIA lobbied to get DMCA passed through congress... they know it's a shady law.
After the whole DeCSS thing, the public opinion swayed against the DMCA...
So it makes sense that the media isn't giving a nanosecond towards Dmitri.... they don't want any more bad press about their DMCA.
Once people realize that the DMCA is a violation of our US constitution - people will fight to get rid of it! The media doesn't want to lose their golden sword!
Imagine bionic nurses giving you a spongebath!!!
(and no - I'm not going to mention a beow*lf cluster of those bionic nurses...)
It's been said by many many times: Linux makes an excellent antivirus tool. Why? Well, because...it's Linux.
What kind of logic is this??? Linux (like any OS) is susceptable to virii. It's just that the people writing the malicious code are designing their app to work on MS Outlook because it's a common mail client. If there was a growing TREND towards the use of another mail cleint, they'd find the exploitables of said client and write their code to accomodate the exploitables.
How about taking it a step further and having you Linux box scan all incoming e-mail for virisus? See Amavis and others.
Platform aside - whether you're using Linux/BSD/*NIX, NT or Netware... whatever... proactivity of the network admin is the key. A proactive admin would have scanners in place and have libraries updated on a frequent basis to help stop these incidents from happening.
Unfortunately, most companies will not give money to a budget for a PROACTIVE network admin... but they're the first to CRY when their PC's been whiped out...
It's all about knowing your operating environs and being proactive... not about just putting linux on an old PII and using it as a mailserver. If an admin doesn't know squat about Linux and puts an "out of the box" Redhat w/Qmail install online - they'll have more problems to worry about than a virus.
I hear if you call Adobe they'll exchange that FREE KEVIN for an older FREE JAMES BROWN.
But the FREE JAMES BROWN is no longer supported, and only runs on Win95/98. There are no plans to cross-platform to Linux, either.
...with 500 proof-of-purchases from any ADOBE product.
:)
For the first 100 people we'll throw in 2 FREE MUMIA's and a FREE KEVIN
This is a country that thinks Jerry Lewis and David Hasselhof is quality entertainment.
I'm not sure how this would affect the Mandrake IPO, but it will either be REALLY good or REALLY bad.
Good luck Mandrake - I hope you know what you're doing...
oh wait...
:)
Free Dmitry!!!!
and one Free Mumia with 3 UPC codes or 100 bazooka joe comics too
I remember anon.penet.fi
Didn't the Church of Scientology have them shut down???
Frank: What kinda beer do ya drink kid?
Kid: Heineken.
Frank: Heineken??? F**k that sh*t - PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!!
(I just got Blue Velvet on DVD last week - and Dennis Hopper's performance as Frank is one of his best - and that's my favorite line from the movie!)
And I'd imagine the data is redundant.
Mr. Smith 24 Drinks too much, smokes too much, loses $1000 a nite on gambling and another $1000 on whores.
Mr Jones 53 Drinks too much, smokes too much, loses $1000 a nite at slot machines and another $1000 on whores.
etc....
Faust7 wrote: "2) The Consortium alien invasion / mytharc ends (primarily) with all the main baddies getting torched in a hanger. Effectively, the threat of a "V"-like global alien invasion, which was introduced as a potential threat in the 4th season and created a palpable urgency for a few seasons following, was neutralized simply by killing off two dozen old white men that drank brandy with Cancerman. " This was never stated - only implied. The Consortium figure heads died in that fire - but the Consortium was made up of hundreds (maybe thousands) of people across the globe. Surely they weren't ALL killed.... I always believed that the Consortium would come back... with different figureheads... and the fact that CSM was still around, I would beg to differ that the Consortium ceased to exist. The alien invasion? Well - I guess it's still up in the air... there was hints about such an invasion when Scully was pregnant... (and what was that all about??) And now Fox Mulder is a deadbeat dad to Dana's new baby. How are they gonna kill Fox off for good??? Hell - he came to life after being dead and BURIED for 3 months. When a person dies, they DRAIN all their fluids, break their spine so they don't sit up in the coffin, and replace their drained fluids with EMBALMING FLUID. So HOW could Mulder still be alive?!? You're right tho - the show is now a hollow self-parody of what it started out to be. I'm Another Disgusted Fan(tm)
If you run a business, it's worth the $99 for the license. Otherwise it's a great build of Apache w/SSL that's fun to evaluate.
For those of us who already use Stronghold, this book looks like a great reference book - a must have. I'll be sure to get a copy.
I would recommend having 2 for fault tolerance.
There's nothing worse than running out of beer!
I don't think you read what I wrote.
But then again, you're just another AC.
AMD's cpu's are less expensive and give a MUCH better performance for their price than an Intel PIII or PIV.
Now that AMD's new cpu core (Palomino) will run over 20% cooler than the Athlon, I wonder how long it will take for this chip to actually APPEAR in a laptop?
And I wonder which corporations that make laptops (IBM, Dell, etc) will make a product line with the new AMD cpu?
I would love to see some "uptime" tests between the P4 and the Athlon, with temperatures and all.
Not necessarily true for all unions, or for all locals. A union (and especially a LOCAL) are as strong as it's membership. It'd be nice to have an IT union. I'd love to have 40 hour work weeks, get overtime for any time over my 8 hour day. Time and a half for saturdays, double time for sundays, and double time and a half for vacation days that I am forced to work (and triple time for anything over 8 hours on that forced work day on a holiday).
Most IT people work more than a 40 hour week, including myself. Reward - pre-ipo stock options?
NO THANKS - SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
Yeah, some things about unions aren't great - but for someone who's worked both sides of the fence, I could definately see the benefits of unionization of some IT jobs, especially the "lower level" jobs such as technicians.
...and I can't find shoes that go with magnetic patent suits.
I always thought that we'd have tubes for travel by 2001. Kinda like the elevators in the Jetsons cartoon.
I know they've been using abandoned mail ducts for running copper coax and fiber.
This was a good article! This was news for nerds and stuff that matters!
I question his reporting abilities, ethics and integrity after the Mitnick ordeal.
I submitted this story 2 days ago and it was "rejected". I mentioned this in another thread that was neither "news" or "stuff that matters" (it wasn't even humor) - and I was modded down for being a "troll".
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Sometimes I don't understand
Anyway - re: this exploit - I am suprised that MS never saw this one coming... and I wonder how many corporations who are "too cheap" to hire REAL tech people will suffer the consequences of their frugality due to this overflow.