- Alcohol can't be purchased (for carry out) on Sundays. God does not want you to carry out a beer on Sunday. You can buy it in an establishment that serves food though, god is cool with that.
- The last known lynching of a black man was performed here.
- You may not drive without wearing a seatbelt. In the past a cop could not pull you over for lack of a seatbelt alone but now he can. Hurry, this will soon be declared unconstitutional!
- Until early last year you could be pulled over at a randomly placed 'drug check point' and have your vehicle searched. You missed this one, the constitution got to it first.
- In keeping with our curtain theme, the taps and liquor bottles must be hidden by a curtain in establishments that permit minors. Most ignore this law (notable exception: Macri's deli in Bloomington) because it is seldom enforced.
- You can gamble legally, but only if you are floating on water or participaring in the state sponsored lottery. As with his rules regarding alcohol, god is very detailed, but also very haphazard.
- Our speed limits are 65 mph on the highway, unless you are within sight of a building. We slow you back down to 55 mph because we don't want you going too fast through 'populated' areas.
- In Indianapolis you can see a minor league baseball game. Police officers often attend these games, get drunk, then beat the shit out of our citizens downtown.
- We have a number of parks, but several are 'Dog Parks'. That means that they are primarily designed for dogs, This was the idea of our video game mayor.
Please visit our state and enjoy all we have to offer.
165 on the new RR is pretty tame. The older one was light in the tail at that speed but the new one rides like it is bigger than it really is is. Actually, gas mileage for most sport bikes (dunno about Harleys) is down into the compact car range. When I bought my RR last month the only bike I saw touting gas mileage was a BMW tourer that listed around 45mpg. You gotta sacrifice something to get a rear tire wider than most sedans.
This is just the market evolving. Back in the Phrack days hackers had to get arrested first, then when they got out a company would offer them a sweet job. A couple of years ago a bunch of hackers began calling themselves 'white hat' and started their own security consulting firms. This latest stage allows the lowly script kiddies a shot at going legit.
I don't work for the FTC but the way they seem to see the free computer deals is that the customer doesn't get jack for free. They have to pay for internet access (21.95 for Snail Network) that they would be ignorant enough to pay to AOL anyway once the got their free trial disk. Most of the things Best Buy does aren't the most moral, but they always explain (no matter how dim witted the employee) that they have to pay for internet access and the free trial is automatically converted to a paid membership unless they provide written cancellation notice in advance.
Somehow I doubt the FTC will be convinced that, because the scam is explained in fine grained detail, it is an acceptable practice.
Actually, lots of people lose data to these kiddie scripts. I won't make the argument that the sole reason they lost it is because they are using Windows but it is obvious that the platform is just not designed around a decent security model. At least not decent for the purpose it is serving in most companies. As for DoS attacks, the Zombies no doubt included scores of Win boxes. In Slashdot's case (but not in all of the DoS cases) the server that got packeted was a BSD Unix but that really says very little about its security, it fell over because it couldn't handle the bandwidth (or some part fell over, I don't recall whether it was the wall or the router or what). No one wiped any of the drives with a script that someone got in their Inbox.
If you were looking to use Supercalc why would you buy a TI/99 in the first place? By the same token you wouldn't build a *nix box if you want apps that are only written for Windows. If all you want is a bunch of apps then yes, Windows 9X is a delightful way to get that. If you don't want them wiped by a 13 year old who 'owns you' then you'd better not plug it in to a public line.
I think what gets lost a lot of the time is the distinction between a server and a desktop. Servers, regardless of who wrote the OS, shouldn't have a big pile of apps. Want to serve HTML? Build a box, put a *nix and Apache on it, secure it, then plug in. Want to have a scanner and three printers and a burner and a GeForce and Quake and Solitare and an animated picture of your Grandma on the desktop? Build a Windows box and live with the inevitable HD wipe and reinstall that comes with it.
If you spent $80 on a Linux book then you not only made a wise investment in your education, you're still ahead by about $10 over a copy of Windows 98. Even further if you would have bought a copy of NT, further still had you needed to call MS tech support instead of looking through Bugzilla. Consider yourself lucky that you aren't trying to build a server cluster because the prices just go up from here. Also, now that your hardware is working you'll probably make up that 3 hours in the next month or so because you aren't going to have to reboot every two days when you GPF. I make a living in practice with both MS software and *nix. A game developer no doubt has it much easier writing for Windows than for Linux (probably a few million more customers). Many people here are trying to change that, which I think would qualify as advancing the state of the art as it relates to the search for a better OS. Some people are just here to complain. Sometimes the people who actually do work will complain.
By the same logic: More people are running Windows so does that mean that expertise is more widely available?
There are actually large packs of morons roaming around masquerading as Windows experts, they outnumber the real experts. (If you've ever worked extensively with a bunch of MCSEs this quickly becomes obvious)
I think the point is that they have one really good BSD guy. That makes BSD expertise 'more available' to Slashdot than whatever else.
The company I work for uses Norton and enables 'virus like activity' detection on all of the desktops. It is essentially useless. You'd think registry editing by a VB script would quality...nope. It might offer a little protection from anything that writes directly to a boot sector but that is so 'old tech' that anything that tries probably already appears in the virus list.
You forgot 8. Put holograms on everything. Mouse cables; Manuals; Teddy Ruxpin; etc. Maybe print the entire EULA on a hologram to render it untreadable by humans.
I got thrown out of a Best Buy once because I told a customer than the salesman was a chump.
The customer was buying a 56kbit modem and the salesman was telling him how he'd be able to connect at 56kBytes, nodding yes to questions like "I can download a 1MB file in less than 20 seconds?"
Hope that yor smart fridge doesn't run an OS from Microsoft. Imagine how lame it would be to have to reboot your whole house every time you bought groceries: "What do you mean this brand of cheese requires an updated cheese driver? I can't reboot now I have guests over!"
The Morris worm was released in 1988 (or thereabouts). Unix appears to have been doing endless sidestepping for over 20 years while MS has stood in front of the bus countless times in that same period.
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Actually, dude wrote that the post was "anything but flamebait". That means that it is something other than flamebait, a sentiment with which I agree.
Learning to use the break tag in your posts is very cool.
- Alcohol can't be purchased (for carry out) on Sundays. God does not want you to carry out a beer on Sunday. You can buy it in an establishment that serves food though, god is cool with that.
- The last known lynching of a black man was performed here.
- You may not drive without wearing a seatbelt. In the past a cop could not pull you over for lack of a seatbelt alone but now he can. Hurry, this will soon be declared unconstitutional!
- Until early last year you could be pulled over at a randomly placed 'drug check point' and have your vehicle searched. You missed this one, the constitution got to it first.
- In keeping with our curtain theme, the taps and liquor bottles must be hidden by a curtain in establishments that permit minors. Most ignore this law (notable exception: Macri's deli in Bloomington) because it is seldom enforced.
- You can gamble legally, but only if you are floating on water or participaring in the state sponsored lottery. As with his rules regarding alcohol, god is very detailed, but also very haphazard.
- Our speed limits are 65 mph on the highway, unless you are within sight of a building. We slow you back down to 55 mph because we don't want you going too fast through 'populated' areas.
- In Indianapolis you can see a minor league baseball game. Police officers often attend these games, get drunk, then beat the shit out of our citizens downtown.
- We have a number of parks, but several are 'Dog Parks'. That means that they are primarily designed for dogs, This was the idea of our video game mayor.
Please visit our state and enjoy all we have to offer.
165 on the new RR is pretty tame. The older one was light in the tail at that speed but the new one rides like it is bigger than it really is is.
Actually, gas mileage for most sport bikes (dunno about Harleys) is down into the compact car range. When I bought my RR last month the only bike I saw touting gas mileage was a BMW tourer that listed around 45mpg. You gotta sacrifice something to get a rear tire wider than most sedans.
Yeah, the only thing that can provide that kind of power is a bolt of lightning. Unfortunately, you never know when or where one is going to strike.
Indeed, I think the problem is on their end.
Yeahm but imagine how much more interesting that kind of crime would make those 'reality' cop shows.
Bought that new Slim Shady LP eh?
This is just the market evolving. Back in the Phrack days hackers had to get arrested first, then when they got out a company would offer them a sweet job. A couple of years ago a bunch of hackers began calling themselves 'white hat' and started their own security consulting firms. This latest stage allows the lowly script kiddies a shot at going legit.
I don't work for the FTC but the way they seem to see the free computer deals is that the customer doesn't get jack for free. They have to pay for internet access (21.95 for Snail Network) that they would be ignorant enough to pay to AOL anyway once the got their free trial disk. Most of the things Best Buy does aren't the most moral, but they always explain (no matter how dim witted the employee) that they have to pay for internet access and the free trial is automatically converted to a paid membership unless they provide written cancellation notice in advance.
Somehow I doubt the FTC will be convinced that, because the scam is explained in fine grained detail, it is an acceptable practice.
BeOS smokes the GPS display unit in my truck when benckmarked for 3D performance.
Damn straight. At the time most email virii do their damage there are no virus definitions available to screen for them.
Actually, lots of people lose data to these kiddie scripts. I won't make the argument that the sole reason they lost it is because they are using Windows but it is obvious that the platform is just not designed around a decent security model. At least not decent for the purpose it is serving in most companies. As for DoS attacks, the Zombies no doubt included scores of Win boxes. In Slashdot's case (but not in all of the DoS cases) the server that got packeted was a BSD Unix but that really says very little about its security, it fell over because it couldn't handle the bandwidth (or some part fell over, I don't recall whether it was the wall or the router or what). No one wiped any of the drives with a script that someone got in their Inbox.
If you were looking to use Supercalc why would you buy a TI/99 in the first place? By the same token you wouldn't build a *nix box if you want apps that are only written for Windows. If all you want is a bunch of apps then yes, Windows 9X is a delightful way to get that. If you don't want them wiped by a 13 year old who 'owns you' then you'd better not plug it in to a public line.
I think what gets lost a lot of the time is the distinction between a server and a desktop. Servers, regardless of who wrote the OS, shouldn't have a big pile of apps. Want to serve HTML? Build a box, put a *nix and Apache on it, secure it, then plug in. Want to have a scanner and three printers and a burner and a GeForce and Quake and Solitare and an animated picture of your Grandma on the desktop? Build a Windows box and live with the inevitable HD wipe and reinstall that comes with it.
If you spent $80 on a Linux book then you not only made a wise investment in your education, you're still ahead by about $10 over a copy of Windows 98. Even further if you would have bought a copy of NT, further still had you needed to call MS tech support instead of looking through Bugzilla. Consider yourself lucky that you aren't trying to build a server cluster because the prices just go up from here. Also, now that your hardware is working you'll probably make up that 3 hours in the next month or so because you aren't going to have to reboot every two days when you GPF.
I make a living in practice with both MS software and *nix. A game developer no doubt has it much easier writing for Windows than for Linux (probably a few million more customers). Many people here are trying to change that, which I think would qualify as advancing the state of the art as it relates to the search for a better OS. Some people are just here to complain. Sometimes the people who actually do work will complain.
By the same logic:
More people are running Windows so does that mean that expertise is more widely available?
There are actually large packs of morons roaming around masquerading as Windows experts, they outnumber the real experts. (If you've ever worked extensively with a bunch of MCSEs this quickly becomes obvious)
I think the point is that they have one really good BSD guy. That makes BSD expertise 'more available' to Slashdot than whatever else.
Thats called 'innovation'
It always strikes me as funny when people give out both the specs of their machine and the color of its case.
I can't wait until Compaq comes out with the 'Eddie Bauer' desktop. The general public will slip into full blown cluelessness soon after.
The company I work for uses Norton and enables 'virus like activity' detection on all of the desktops.
It is essentially useless. You'd think registry editing by a VB script would quality...nope. It might offer a little protection from anything that writes directly to a boot sector but that is so 'old tech' that anything that tries probably already appears in the virus list.
What with the ease of scripting who'd bother?
You forgot 8. Put holograms on everything. Mouse cables; Manuals; Teddy Ruxpin; etc. Maybe print the entire EULA on a hologram to render it untreadable by humans.
I got thrown out of a Best Buy once because I told a customer than the salesman was a chump.
The customer was buying a 56kbit modem and the salesman was telling him how he'd be able to connect at 56kBytes, nodding yes to questions like "I can download a 1MB file in less than 20 seconds?"
Hope that yor smart fridge doesn't run an OS from Microsoft. Imagine how lame it would be to have to reboot your whole house every time you bought groceries: "What do you mean this brand of cheese requires an updated cheese driver? I can't reboot now I have guests over!"
Unless your phone was a hopped up terminal emulator.
The Morris worm was released in 1988 (or thereabouts). Unix appears to have been doing endless sidestepping for over 20 years while MS has stood in front of the bus countless times in that same period.