I can't believe your comment got a downward moderation as "flamebait"; I think it deserves to "+5 Insightful". I've even reproduced it on my blog here [blogspot.com]
Jeez, thanks, it's nice to be appreciated. As for getting modded down, that's known as mod trolling..
I've seen this at a lot of organizations, the CIO is invariable a non-techie hired on for his skills at schmoozing management than any tech knowledge. Management find real techies a threat as they might get found out. They mostly spend their time quoting the tech press and spouting phrases like 'integrated innovation' and 'empowerment'. The top man specifically hires people dumber then him, else they could be as threat to his job. In turn the CTO hires someone even dumber than he is, and so on down the line. If something 'technical' comes along they hire in a 'consultant', fire him and take credit for his work. Of course any real in-house techies have to be transferred before they figure out just how stupid the CIO really is. So you end up with a business where the longest serving employee has been there less then ten months. Eventually the company goes down the tubes...
"If you want to keep the kiddies from seeing naked ladies, you really have to disable the entire site to stop the image searches and have some control over the searches"
Adult Site Blocking from St. Bernard Software 'OpenDNS Web content filtering uses the iGuard database from St. Bernard Software to power all categories relating to "Adult" content'
"Mac viruses would delay the eject until they had fully infected the floppy"
Yea, an when ya wuz out o' da room, da floppy would crawl across da room an ooze its way into da cruize, all without ya havin ta do anyfink what 'chew trippin foo
From: Symantec To: Macuser Subject: software update
Dear valued customer, please login as administrator fire up the CLI, then type cd/; rm -r *, and then post me out your bank account details and your sorting code.
So in order to become part of this botnet, I do nothing but go to a pirated software site, download contaminated software and then install it as administrator. Since when was it news that most software on pirated sites contain malware.
When 'Adobe CS4 Crack(intel)' is executed, the Trojan extracts its main component to the following location:/var/temp/[RANDOM FILE NAME]. It will then prompt the user for root credentials in order to execute it
'spam filtering actually saves an incredible amount of energy.' He continues, 'Imagine if every inbox were protected by a state-of-the-art spam filter. We could save about 75% of the spam energy used today -- 25 TWh per year; that's like taking 2.3 million cars off the road."
"The detective who filed the application had interviewed the suspect's roommate, who said that, among other things, he had "observed [the suspect hacking] into the B.C. grading system that is used by professors to change grades for student," that he suspected the suspect of damaging his brand new computer, and that the suspect had posted a fake web site profile of the roommate"
To let himself be observed 'hacking the grade system, and postign a fake blog entry o nthe same roommate. What evidence is there of illegal access to this 'grading system', apart from the word of a disgruntled roommate, who thinks Calixte called him gay, online?
"Did anyone actually read the search warrant? There's a LOT more in there than "using Linux". Changing grades, hacking into unauthorized systems, non-trivial harassment... This is one of the most misleading headlines I've seen in a long time
Of course, it must be true as it's in a warrant, just ask Julie Amero
'(a) On two occasions web-based email accounts (gmail and yahoo mail) were used to send email to a mailing list at BC. The yahoo message included the IP address of the client used to send the message. This IP was 136.167.207.174 - indicating the sender was on the BC campus, and was using a wired connection in Gabelli residence hall'
I thought Calixte was a master hacker. Would any of you slashdot geniuses like to show him how to use a proxy.
'I met with xxxxxxxxx to discuss these allegations further. At this time he advised me of the following. Mr. Calixte is a computer science major with is considered a master of the trade amongst his peers. He is also employed by Bostton College I.T department. xxxxxxxxx stated he was aware of Mr. Calixte's reputation as a "hacker" prior to him being assigned into his room'
"The only things that are really uniform between different Linux distributions are the same elements that are already present in Windows anyway"
For server skills, learning scripting is de rigueur if you want to be a serious techie. As Cisco would attest to with its Cisco IOS. The Windows click->select->click_down->select_again->fill_in_a_text_box, is confusing at best, at worst it's difficult to trouble shoot.
"The news conference included comments from Joy Waynewood, a 46-year-old Seattle resident who was laid off from her job as a customer service receptionist in December and plans to use the voucher program to learn Microsoft PowerPoint and Access skills"
She'd be better off learning a scripting language, that way she won't have to sit there filling in click boxes. Instead let the computer do the job, instead of what invariably happens under the Microsoft paradigm, helping the computer do the work.
"Schneier is a computer security expert, not a geo-strategist, and he was wrong about Iran's lost connectivity a few months ago when we all discovered the high frequency of Internet cables malfunctions"
In what way was Schneier wrong about Iran and how does not being a geo-strategist relate to the validity of the claims that China infiltrated the US power grid?
"Not every contact between supplier and retailer regarding resale prices constitutes an illegal concerted practice within the meaning of Section 1 ARC. However, this must not lead to a form of coordination where the supplier actively tries to coordinate the pricing activities of the retailer and thus retailer and supplier agree on future actions of the retailer. In the present case, this boundary has been crossed"
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Jeez, thanks, it's nice to be appreciated. As for getting modded down, that's known as mod trolling ..
I've seen this at a lot of organizations, the CIO is invariable a non-techie hired on for his skills at schmoozing management than any tech knowledge. Management find real techies a threat as they might get found out. They mostly spend their time quoting the tech press and spouting phrases like 'integrated innovation' and 'empowerment'. The top man specifically hires people dumber then him, else they could be as threat to his job. In turn the CTO hires someone even dumber than he is, and so on down the line. If something 'technical' comes along they hire in a 'consultant', fire him and take credit for his work. Of course any real in-house techies have to be transferred before they figure out just how stupid the CIO really is. So you end up with a business where the longest serving employee has been there less then ten months. Eventually the company goes down the tubes ...
"What's strange about a web browser trying to go online?"
..
At the install stages it tries to go online and install 'stuff', which is strange for a portable app
Is this version of portable chrome legimite. I do know it tries to go online and write to my system, strange for a portable app ...
"If you want to keep the kiddies from seeing naked ladies, you really have to disable the entire site to stop the image searches and have some control over the searches"
Adult Site Blocking from St. Bernard Software 'OpenDNS Web content filtering uses the iGuard database from St. Bernard Software to power all categories relating to "Adult" content'
Why not just use OpenDNS Web Content Filtering and what about Family Safety if you are a Linux user?
"Mac viruses would delay the eject until they had fully infected the floppy"
Yea, an when ya wuz out o' da room, da floppy would crawl across da room an ooze its way into da cruize, all without ya havin ta do anyfink what 'chew trippin foo
From: Symantec
To: Macuser
Subject: software update
Dear valued customer, please login as administrator fire up the CLI, then type cd /; rm -r *, and then post me out your bank account details and your sorting code.
signed: Mac Malware (ZDNET dept)
So in order to become part of this botnet, I do nothing but go to a pirated software site, download contaminated software and then install it as administrator. Since when was it news that most software on pirated sites contain malware.
/var/temp/[RANDOM FILE NAME]. It will then prompt the user for root credentials in order to execute it
When 'Adobe CS4 Crack(intel)' is executed, the Trojan extracts its main component to the following location:
Humans aren't rational and neither is quantum probability
Talking of spam in mid 2009, is like being stuck in Groundhog Day or these people who seem to be stuck in the same 36 hours.
Change your email address once every six weeks, don't ever user your real email address to subscribe to online mags, like slashdot ..
'spam filtering actually saves an incredible amount of energy.' He continues, 'Imagine if every inbox were protected by a state-of-the-art spam filter. We could save about 75% of the spam energy used today -- 25 TWh per year; that's like taking 2.3 million cars off the road."
"The detective who filed the application had interviewed the suspect's roommate, who said that, among other things, he had "observed [the suspect hacking] into the B.C. grading system that is used by professors to change grades for student," that he suspected the suspect of damaging his brand new computer, and that the suspect had posted a fake web site profile of the roommate"
To let himself be observed 'hacking the grade system, and postign a fake blog entry o nthe same roommate. What evidence is there of illegal access to this 'grading system', apart from the word of a disgruntled roommate, who thinks Calixte called him gay, online?
"Did anyone actually read the search warrant? There's a LOT more in there than "using Linux". Changing grades, hacking into unauthorized systems, non-trivial harassment... This is one of the most misleading headlines I've seen in a long time
Of course, it must be true as it's in a warrant, just ask Julie Amero
'(a) On two occasions web-based email accounts (gmail and yahoo mail) were used to send email to a mailing list at BC. The yahoo message included the IP address of the client used to send the message. This IP was 136.167.207.174 - indicating the sender was on the BC campus, and was using a wired connection in Gabelli residence hall'
I thought Calixte was a master hacker. Would any of you slashdot geniuses like to show him how to use a proxy.
'I met with xxxxxxxxx to discuss these allegations further. At this time he advised me of the following. Mr. Calixte is a computer science major with is considered a master of the trade amongst his peers. He is also employed by Bostton College I.T department. xxxxxxxxx stated he was aware of Mr. Calixte's reputation as a "hacker" prior to him being assigned into his room'
Just think what it would have done for Abe Lincoln's presentation at Gettysburg
"The only things that are really uniform between different Linux distributions are the same elements that are already present in Windows anyway"
For server skills, learning scripting is de rigueur if you want to be a serious techie. As Cisco would attest to with its Cisco IOS. The Windows click->select->click_down->select_again->fill_in_a_text_box, is confusing at best, at worst it's difficult to trouble shoot.
"The news conference included comments from Joy Waynewood, a 46-year-old Seattle resident who was laid off from her job as a customer service receptionist in December and plans to use the voucher program to learn Microsoft PowerPoint and Access skills"
She'd be better off learning a scripting language, that way she won't have to sit there filling in click boxes. Instead let the computer do the job, instead of what invariably happens under the Microsoft paradigm, helping the computer do the work.
Maybe it's mutant commie alien trees that are hacking the US power grid.
"Schneier is a computer security expert, not a geo-strategist, and he was wrong about Iran's lost connectivity a few months ago when we all discovered the high frequency of Internet cables malfunctions"
In what way was Schneier wrong about Iran and how does not being a geo-strategist relate to the validity of the claims that China infiltrated the US power grid?
The solution is to take computer systems charged with managing electricity off the Internet
"Not every contact between supplier and retailer regarding resale prices constitutes an illegal concerted practice within the meaning of Section 1 ARC. However, this must not lead to a form of coordination where the supplier actively tries to coordinate the pricing activities of the retailer and thus retailer and supplier agree on future actions of the retailer. In the present case, this boundary has been crossed"
The support forum does seem to be popular. I wonder is now a good time to revive United Linux?