I'd have to agree with that as I blocked a couple/16s this morning that were spamming the hell out of a client. Knocked out a couple/12s from Korea as well. Annoying bastards...
Actually... I read the wikipedia article someone linked to previously and I'd have to say you explained it much more clearly in quite a few less words. Bravo!
Well what if the Bible is just a bunch of made up stories that make people feel better about living and dying? In all honesty that's all I can see it as... not that there's anything wrong with that.
I just think people tend to go overboard when others don't "believe".
I'd say a non-us host would be the first step. Perhaps a country that truly protects freedom of speech and wouldn't be coerced into shutting it down...
We certainly could use a name with some meaning. What would be debated is what is REALLY TRULY the perfect aims a nation should have and ideas on how to head in those directions versus repeating historic directions where we already know where the path ends....
It is always true in any case. With each inch we give up they'll take a mile. Haven't you noticed the trend? It's just one thing after another. Quite frankly I'm not afraid of any terrorists but our own government. What with all the scandals, lies, propaganda, secrets, renditions, concentration camps, wiretapping, crowd control devices... who the hell else can match that? A friggen terrorist is nothing in comparison.
As a side note, I don't believe the 'terrorism' was real. At least it wasn't real in the sense that anyone in power on 9/11 at least knew it was coming and directly enabled it to happen.
Instead of posting innumerable comments on slashdot about how we're all screwed, why don't we start up a new site to debate all the issues going on and decide on what actions we can take to fix it? Anyone with me?
Ahhh yes... but you seemingly forgot that this administration cares little for the Constitution which in effect means they care very little about piddly little laws such as this.
I'm not so sure Qwest is so innocent. Can someone explain to me why they would be switching people all over their networks? When I first signed up for dsl thru Qwest I had a say 68.x.x.x ip... a couple months later I was put on a 207.x.x.x ip... then again a couple months later I was at a 106.x.x.x... Those aren't the real ip subnets, but the point is, why would I be jumped all over the damn place like that? Usually ISPs set up their ip subnets according to some certain criteria such as geographic location, correct? Why in the world would the be moving massive amounts of people all over the network like that?
Perhaps it's an invalid conclusion but I assumed they were doing the same shit AT&T has already done... cutting people over to the NSA watchboxes...
look for UFOs in pictures and on tv. Try to do that next time... look on the bright side tho.. you might actually receive some messages from outerspace while you're in the hole for the next 10 years. I bet Kevin could agree with that...
Yet, the we you speak of most likely doesn't include the illegal immigrants who are out there in the strawberry fields working 12 hours a day for a pittance...
Surprisingly though, coming from Houston - the fattest city in America - I'd say the mexicans were most definately the fattest people I've seen. They work hard but they eat harder.
This is why I still visit slashdot after all these years. What you said was very well put together and I applaud you. I don't agree with the parent user that Google is in the most evil business in the world and I expect many of you out there would feel the same. I expected to see a mish-mash of nasty comments and dirty slams but instead found only your comment. You refuted his obfuscated point very nicely.
It's pretty hard to run a tech oriented business ya know. I worked for Time Warner once upon a time as a tier 1 tech. Basically we were just customer fodder. I knew more than the "have you reset your modem" drivel, but I was not ALLOWED to go beyond that because that's what the tier 2 and tier 3 techs were for. So in a sense, we were automatons with human voices that were supposed to try to pick up sales on every call from every jim-bob down the street who threatens to kill me because he can't watch his nascar racing at 3 in the morning.
Machines can't yet do that. And when they can, many people will be out of a shitty job they never wanted.
I think the reason game movies stink is because they don't show the familiar things you see in the game. You've got this world in your mind created from your interactions and what you've seen and done. The movie always strays vastly from this world. The character does too many things you wouldn't do, and things just don't look and feel the same. They spend too much time on bullshit dialogue and less time on the action and the points of the game that make it so much fun.
I think if you're going to make a movie on a game, you should be researching what people do in the game that appeals so greatly and then model the movie on that. People might think it's like watching a replay of their glory games, but who wouldn't want to see a live action movie about that time in counter strike when you were the last guy alive and took on 6 guys with a usp and they all had aks and sniper rifles... I sure as hell would!
You know, having so many rules might narrow down the crack time as well, if you know what they are. Obviously if you can get a huge dictionary, you won't need to try any combination of characters with a word in it. You won't need anything less than 8 characters, and you'll have to try at least one capital letter and a number, but most people will probably use two. People tend to like symmetry even in their passwords because it makes it easier to remember one half of something and then just spit it out again backwards. The non-alphanumeric character is kinda the stickler though. My best guess is that it will either be in the middle of the password or at the very end... probably by someone getting frustrated on their 10th attempt to set the password and finally figuring out what a non-alphanumeric key is.
But I'm not saying it's not a good idea. I just wanted to point out that the more rules you have to make your passwords secure, the less secure they may become.
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I'd have to agree with that as I blocked a couple /16s this morning that were spamming the hell out of a client. Knocked out a couple /12s from Korea as well. Annoying bastards...
What about "By clicking here you confirm that you're 18 or older"?
Just beating them to the punch.
I sure hope you don't attract them to Iowa... they'd probably drop by here and pick me up too...
Actually... I read the wikipedia article someone linked to previously and I'd have to say you explained it much more clearly in quite a few less words. Bravo!
Well what if the Bible is just a bunch of made up stories that make people feel better about living and dying? In all honesty that's all I can see it as... not that there's anything wrong with that.
I just think people tend to go overboard when others don't "believe".
Its true. If it's not in the bible then wtf? Ohhhhh that's right.. they'll just say, oh well that part of the bible wasn't included.
So we can finally tell the creationists to STFU once and for all.
I'd say a non-us host would be the first step. Perhaps a country that truly protects freedom of speech and wouldn't be coerced into shutting it down...
We certainly could use a name with some meaning. What would be debated is what is REALLY TRULY the perfect aims a nation should have and ideas on how to head in those directions versus repeating historic directions where we already know where the path ends....
It is always true in any case. With each inch we give up they'll take a mile. Haven't you noticed the trend? It's just one thing after another. Quite frankly I'm not afraid of any terrorists but our own government. What with all the scandals, lies, propaganda, secrets, renditions, concentration camps, wiretapping, crowd control devices... who the hell else can match that? A friggen terrorist is nothing in comparison.
As a side note, I don't believe the 'terrorism' was real. At least it wasn't real in the sense that anyone in power on 9/11 at least knew it was coming and directly enabled it to happen.
I believe you're referring to 10...
Instead of posting innumerable comments on slashdot about how we're all screwed, why don't we start up a new site to debate all the issues going on and decide on what actions we can take to fix it? Anyone with me?
Ahhh yes... but you seemingly forgot that this administration cares little for the Constitution which in effect means they care very little about piddly little laws such as this.
I'm not so sure Qwest is so innocent. Can someone explain to me why they would be switching people all over their networks? When I first signed up for dsl thru Qwest I had a say 68.x.x.x ip... a couple months later I was put on a 207.x.x.x ip... then again a couple months later I was at a 106.x.x.x... Those aren't the real ip subnets, but the point is, why would I be jumped all over the damn place like that? Usually ISPs set up their ip subnets according to some certain criteria such as geographic location, correct? Why in the world would the be moving massive amounts of people all over the network like that?
Perhaps it's an invalid conclusion but I assumed they were doing the same shit AT&T has already done... cutting people over to the NSA watchboxes...
look for UFOs in pictures and on tv. Try to do that next time... look on the bright side tho.. you might actually receive some messages from outerspace while you're in the hole for the next 10 years. I bet Kevin could agree with that...
Actually you made that extremely funny. I read it thinking wtf as I read your comment. That made it hilarious.
Yet, the we you speak of most likely doesn't include the illegal immigrants who are out there in the strawberry fields working 12 hours a day for a pittance...
Surprisingly though, coming from Houston - the fattest city in America - I'd say the mexicans were most definately the fattest people I've seen. They work hard but they eat harder.
Hot or Cold
Bright or Dark
Sane or Insane
There are always two extremes to any choice but that doesn't limit the gamut of your decisions.
This is why I still visit slashdot after all these years. What you said was very well put together and I applaud you. I don't agree with the parent user that Google is in the most evil business in the world and I expect many of you out there would feel the same. I expected to see a mish-mash of nasty comments and dirty slams but instead found only your comment. You refuted his obfuscated point very nicely.
I wish it always worked like this.
That doesn't make any sense to me... what are you saying?
It's pretty hard to run a tech oriented business ya know. I worked for Time Warner once upon a time as a tier 1 tech. Basically we were just customer fodder. I knew more than the "have you reset your modem" drivel, but I was not ALLOWED to go beyond that because that's what the tier 2 and tier 3 techs were for. So in a sense, we were automatons with human voices that were supposed to try to pick up sales on every call from every jim-bob down the street who threatens to kill me because he can't watch his nascar racing at 3 in the morning.
Machines can't yet do that. And when they can, many people will be out of a shitty job they never wanted.
-1 Flamebait. Heh. For all of us who have been and are currently in tech support roles where we're required to talk on the phone. >:|
I'm all in with "I for one welcome our feminine symbology overlords".
I think the reason game movies stink is because they don't show the familiar things you see in the game. You've got this world in your mind created from your interactions and what you've seen and done. The movie always strays vastly from this world. The character does too many things you wouldn't do, and things just don't look and feel the same. They spend too much time on bullshit dialogue and less time on the action and the points of the game that make it so much fun.
I think if you're going to make a movie on a game, you should be researching what people do in the game that appeals so greatly and then model the movie on that. People might think it's like watching a replay of their glory games, but who wouldn't want to see a live action movie about that time in counter strike when you were the last guy alive and took on 6 guys with a usp and they all had aks and sniper rifles... I sure as hell would!
You know, having so many rules might narrow down the crack time as well, if you know what they are. Obviously if you can get a huge dictionary, you won't need to try any combination of characters with a word in it. You won't need anything less than 8 characters, and you'll have to try at least one capital letter and a number, but most people will probably use two. People tend to like symmetry even in their passwords because it makes it easier to remember one half of something and then just spit it out again backwards. The non-alphanumeric character is kinda the stickler though. My best guess is that it will either be in the middle of the password or at the very end... probably by someone getting frustrated on their 10th attempt to set the password and finally figuring out what a non-alphanumeric key is.
But I'm not saying it's not a good idea. I just wanted to point out that the more rules you have to make your passwords secure, the less secure they may become.