Do you really think the avarage luser has the interest, or intellectual capacity to grasp the concept of "open source" or even "sofware". Iv'e worked with senior helpdesk people that thought that Windblows was a part of their computer and when I tried to explain the difference between "operating system" and "computer hardware" I could see that I was describing motercycle riding to an octopus, dont bother, tell them it's cheap and use slang and monosyllables where possible.
Get a used 20mhz triggered sweep scope for around $100/120.00, there cheap and nobody wants them anymore, used to be used in TV repair etc. Nobody fixes TV's anymore.
Iv'e got an idea, how's about some poor white trash crackers, like me cause the same kind of trouble that the eminent Professor did? They can't get anything from guys like us, we can gum up the greedy bastards forever. But we need guys like the Prof. for guidance as we are much too busy with drugs, booze and prostitutes to notice anything like this
Personally I think that "middle class bonding" is a myth, Iv'e lived on the same block twelve years and I still don't know anybody's name. Still, the fact is Geeks are antisocial and probably will always will be.
Is das nisht ein capitalist swinehund, ja das ist ein imperialist swine, camptown racetrack sing this song, doodah doodah, camptown racetrack sing this song oh doodah day..... help! I've fallen and I can't get up! Hmmmmm, better apply for a federal bailout.
Hey, I'm old enough to be your daddy, and I've been working with Unix since just after it stopped being Multics. And the only good a degree will do you is to get you in the door, some of the most useless bastards Iv'e ever encountered had degrees, and almost without exception the best and brightest did not. And as to wanting to be a Sysadmin, if you like driving in to work at 3am just because BB is malfunctioning etc, more power to you!
Guess what, the crucial "anchor points" that the software looks for are the corners of the eyes (4) and the tip of the nose (1), if you wear large sun glasses it can't tell who you are because the algorithim needs a minimum of three eye corners plus the nose to generate a result.
The chin and cheekbones are unimportant as they can be covered by facial hair, also know that the cameras are located high up and a broad brimmed hat would unobtrusively hide the forehead and eyes from the software.
I also think it's time that we emulate the Tuareg peoples of the Sahara and cover our faces with cloth!
The USA has the largest prision population in the world, period. There are people in the US that have been held "awaiting trial" for as long as fifteen years in extreme cases. And people still come here to escape opression?
I fully support the right to own anything than protects us from a tyranical government, I hate to burst your bubble but...
In the late 50's and through the early 60's a little known and less admitted to program was started by the US Government, "the garden plot" it's stated goal is to "make impossible the seizing or holding of stratigic US cities" In short buried under every major American city there is a well hidden thermonuclear device, that in the event of invasion or revolution they can be detonated. Your guns won't help against the dark empire!
I'm sorry to inform you that the tragic demise of 70+ percent of native american peoples was done not by violence but by the plethora of hidious deseases brought by the completely unwashed 15th and sixteenth century sailors that landed on the eastern parts of north and south America. Smallpox, Gonnoreah (excuse my spelling), TB, etc.
By the time of the American revolution the population of native peoples had shrunk signifigantly.
In the good old USA, cops kill hunderds of people every year "by mistake" the relatives can sue, but few win as most of the deaths occur in very poor areas and the families can't afford good representation. Personally I think that the police use poor (black/hispanic) people as marksmanship training aids, alas, you can't defend yourself or what happened in pennsylvania twenty or so years ago will happen to you, they (the police) will simply fire bomb the whole neighborhood.
Time to recognize that in the 21st century no matter where you live that "human rights" are an illusion and you exist only as a convinience (and nusance) to govenment(s).
I had at one time wanted to visit GB as a tourist but what with Orwells vision coming true I think I'll just hide under a bush somewhere in Montana with a rifle and a night vision scope and watch out for black helicopters.
Guess what is the most useless piece of paper on the planet right after used toilet paper..... Yes that's right! an MCSE certificate. After having gone through this exercise in stupidity I would be very leary of any certification program that could be crammed for and did not require years of real world experience to qualify for.
Except for empty headed HR people who interview via a script (you know, the ones who ask about Lye-nux) nobody bases a Sysadmin hiring desision on a certification. Any Cert you get will mostly be used to impress the suits in the front office and the boyz and girlz on the help desk.
We need to learn more about this (gain access to the hardware) to find out a way to disable this threat to liberty. From the article that I just read it seems that the encryptation information is stored on the media itself on "hidden tracks". Am I ignorant or would an unconditional low level format wipe the offending tracks?
It'll be fun to try!
Wait till it's some industry giant like Cisco.com or IBM.com that has sombody claim their place in "Cyberspace" (I hate that term), and we'll see how the URL becomes "property" very fast!
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Do you really think the avarage luser has the interest, or intellectual capacity to grasp the concept of "open source" or even "sofware". Iv'e worked with senior helpdesk people that thought that Windblows was a part of their computer and when I tried to explain the difference between "operating system" and "computer hardware" I could see that I was describing motercycle riding to an octopus, dont bother, tell them it's cheap and use slang and monosyllables where possible.
Duhhh, dot you belong to de anti-defecation league?
I masterbate wif a sliderule, I hear banjo music!
Let's all flame about how much we all hate da gummermint.
I've been contracting for over eight years now and my advise is W2, that's the only way you can be assured of getting paid.
Get a used 20mhz triggered sweep scope for around $100/120.00, there cheap and nobody wants them anymore, used to be used in TV repair etc. Nobody fixes TV's anymore.
It's about time, I still use OS/2 and it fills me with joy to know that somebody is still keeping it alive!
Hey!
Iv'e got an idea, how's about some poor white trash crackers, like me cause the same kind of trouble that the eminent Professor did? They can't get anything from guys like us, we can gum up the greedy bastards forever. But we need guys like the Prof. for guidance as we are much too busy with drugs, booze and prostitutes to notice anything like this
Personally I think that "middle class bonding" is a myth, Iv'e lived on the same block twelve years and I still don't know anybody's name. Still, the fact is Geeks are antisocial and probably will always will be.
Is das nisht ein capitalist swinehund, ja das ist ein imperialist swine, camptown racetrack sing this song, doodah doodah, camptown racetrack sing this song oh doodah day..... help! I've fallen and I can't get up! Hmmmmm, better apply for a federal bailout.
Hey, I'm old enough to be your daddy, and I've been working with Unix since just after it stopped being Multics. And the only good a degree will do you is to get you in the door, some of the most useless bastards Iv'e ever encountered had degrees, and almost without exception the best and brightest did not. And as to wanting to be a Sysadmin, if you like driving in to work at 3am just because BB is malfunctioning etc, more power to you!
For $6.00/month
usenetserver.com
Tons of groups, guaranteed anonymity.
One slightly black quarter does not a windfall make, 0.95 cheers for RedHat! Let us spray that it keeps growing.
Guess what, the crucial "anchor points" that the software looks for are the corners of the eyes (4) and the tip of the nose (1), if you wear large sun glasses it can't tell who you are because the algorithim needs a minimum of three eye corners plus the nose to generate a result. The chin and cheekbones are unimportant as they can be covered by facial hair, also know that the cameras are located high up and a broad brimmed hat would unobtrusively hide the forehead and eyes from the software. I also think it's time that we emulate the Tuareg peoples of the Sahara and cover our faces with cloth!
The USA has the largest prision population in the world, period. There are people in the US that have been held "awaiting trial" for as long as fifteen years in extreme cases. And people still come here to escape opression?
You anti-semite dirtpile, I'd like to rip your head off and shove it up your ass!
I fully support the right to own anything than protects us from a tyranical government, I hate to burst your bubble but... In the late 50's and through the early 60's a little known and less admitted to program was started by the US Government, "the garden plot" it's stated goal is to "make impossible the seizing or holding of stratigic US cities" In short buried under every major American city there is a well hidden thermonuclear device, that in the event of invasion or revolution they can be detonated. Your guns won't help against the dark empire!
I'm sorry to inform you that the tragic demise of 70+ percent of native american peoples was done not by violence but by the plethora of hidious deseases brought by the completely unwashed 15th and sixteenth century sailors that landed on the eastern parts of north and south America. Smallpox, Gonnoreah (excuse my spelling), TB, etc. By the time of the American revolution the population of native peoples had shrunk signifigantly.
In the good old USA, cops kill hunderds of people every year "by mistake" the relatives can sue, but few win as most of the deaths occur in very poor areas and the families can't afford good representation. Personally I think that the police use poor (black/hispanic) people as marksmanship training aids, alas, you can't defend yourself or what happened in pennsylvania twenty or so years ago will happen to you, they (the police) will simply fire bomb the whole neighborhood.
Time to recognize that in the 21st century no matter where you live that "human rights" are an illusion and you exist only as a convinience (and nusance) to govenment(s). I had at one time wanted to visit GB as a tourist but what with Orwells vision coming true I think I'll just hide under a bush somewhere in Montana with a rifle and a night vision scope and watch out for black helicopters.
Speaking of Red Hat, (if you installed and configured the X stuff and the approp. libraries) you would type, init 5 and hit
Guess what is the most useless piece of paper on the planet right after used toilet paper..... Yes that's right! an MCSE certificate. After having gone through this exercise in stupidity I would be very leary of any certification program that could be crammed for and did not require years of real world experience to qualify for. Except for empty headed HR people who interview via a script (you know, the ones who ask about Lye-nux) nobody bases a Sysadmin hiring desision on a certification. Any Cert you get will mostly be used to impress the suits in the front office and the boyz and girlz on the help desk.
Bravo! Let's boycott the bastards until we find a way to defeat this shitty technology!
We need to learn more about this (gain access to the hardware) to find out a way to disable this threat to liberty. From the article that I just read it seems that the encryptation information is stored on the media itself on "hidden tracks". Am I ignorant or would an unconditional low level format wipe the offending tracks? It'll be fun to try!
Wait till it's some industry giant like Cisco.com or IBM.com that has sombody claim their place in "Cyberspace" (I hate that term), and we'll see how the URL becomes "property" very fast!