If you combine the death of his wife, the goals (satirical or not) of the organization this guy is a part of, and the fact that he does all this stuff from a lab in a residential area, it seems pretty clear to me that at least *investigating* would be an extremely appropriate thing to do. It appears that's what happened and the fact that they are leveling charges makes me think something was discovered.
Throwing up a lot of quotes of disbelief by various people associated with the projects does little to discount that the whole situation surrounding this guy is more than a bit strange.
This is far from an invasion of personal rights as some of you knee-jerk types would like to paint it...
Exactly. Why do people try to paint this as some huge govt spending project? Oh yeah, they blindly hate Bush... BTW, Kerry has criticized Bush for not implementing a broadband for all policy... of course, the fact that Kerry wants one doesn't make him a moron right?:-)
I use Slackware as often as I can. Usually install it without GUI (barebones as possible), use swaret to keep it up to date (Slackware team is very quick on releasing updates), and then I can compile things by hand and edit config files to my heart's content.
djbdns is great (we use it at my office), but I don't think this BIND "patch problem" is a reason to switch necessarily. Set up correctly, the BIND patch works perfectly (only disable delegation for.com and.net!!).
The djbdns patch (which we also applied), just disables queries to a certain IP address. If that IP address changes, you have to update the IP address in your configuration... so, really, the BIND patch is a little better IMO--when configured correctly.
Yes! Someone mod parent up. This is the way I understood BIND was to be configured. Why would you disable delegation for TLD's not controlled by Verisign??
Well, I don't know what you'll be using the server, but we have a 5.1 box processing about 5000 messages a day (virtual domains, MySQL, SpamAssassin and Anomy Sanitizer). It gets a fair bit of load and I have had zero issues with it whatsoever.
5000 messages a day is fairly light by a lot of standards though, so that is all I can speak to.
This morning around 6:30AM MST, the spam levels on our work server dropped from ~800 spam/hr to ~35/hr. They'd been hovering at the 800 level for more than a week (most are not actualy spam, but "bounces" from SoBig.F faking our domain as the From address). It's staying right around 35 still about 7 hours later..
...so is Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, etc., etc., etc.
Big difference... there would be major international uproar / controversy over someone wiping out any of those nations regardless of how well they could put up a fight. Iceland & co, all have a relatively large number of people living there. Sealand has what, 10?
Besides, if you were an ex-general, and was living in a gun platform, which has repeatedly been attacked by armed forces, don't you think you would have taken some extrodinary measures to secure it? A basketball-court sized fortification would be very difficult to overtake.
First of all, this place wouldn't stand a CHANCE against trained troops from a modern millitary. That said, storming the "fortress" wouldn't even be necessary. Just cut off their supplies, power, whatever and they'd have to surrender eventually. This place would be a cinch to capture if the UK wanted to:)
Posession and use of firearms isn't breaking British laws?
I think he said wholesale... meaning that if these Sealand folks are blatantly violating many many British laws and begin affecting the lives of your average Briton, they'd do something about it. Right now they're being very tolerant.
Always thought those things were way too loud *ducks*
What about the Gateway 2000 Anykey keyboards?? I have one myself that I swiped from the computer lab long ago... love the touch, and the programming features come in pretty handy. Can even remap keys to emulate the "MS keys" if you so desire. Occasionally it will get a little outta whack, so it's handy to have a reference on how to clear the thing if ncessary:)
Exactly... looks as if this wasn't really a hack job after all, simply some spyware on the guy's machine. Just imagine if the FBI or whoever had to investigate each and every one of the supposed-hack attempts that people call in?
Not trolling... but there are two sides to everything..
PNG's do work pretty well across all browsers. Not transparent ones though:( At least the alpha transparency stuff which makes PNG's so cool... (yes I know you can make it work in IE with some extra code)
Ken Thompson has an automobile which he helped design. Unlike most automobiles, it has neither speedometer, nor gas gauge, nor any of the other numerous idiot lights which plague the modern driver. Rather, if the driver makes a mistake, a giant "?" lights up in the center of the dashboard. "The experienced driver," says Thompson, "will usually know what's wrong."
Again, you'd think if the media was so "liberal" they would show civillian casualty numbers which (once again) it appears will end up in the multiple thousands. I haven't heard even ONE PEEP on American television about civillian casualties... Except for when they hit a busload of civiliians with a missile, we heard about THAT "accident." But after the bombing of a residential area where potentially hundreds of civilians could have been affected... nothing. Not one peep.
I certainly have... maybe you're the one asleep? The news always mentions when civilians may or may not have been bombed... when news outlets are accidentally hit, etc. The frustrations you and others have shown is that the media doesn't go into great depth on these things and try to criminalize the US for what is a natural by-product of war.
People like you will find the media biased unless it constantly portrays the US as the evil bully you would like to believe it is.
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If you combine the death of his wife, the goals (satirical or not) of the organization this guy is a part of, and the fact that he does all this stuff from a lab in a residential area, it seems pretty clear to me that at least *investigating* would be an extremely appropriate thing to do. It appears that's what happened and the fact that they are leveling charges makes me think something was discovered.
Throwing up a lot of quotes of disbelief by various people associated with the projects does little to discount that the whole situation surrounding this guy is more than a bit strange.
This is far from an invasion of personal rights as some of you knee-jerk types would like to paint it...
Many of us like to copy & paste from xterms... :)
The best way for Google to accomplish a DDOS if they _really_ wanted to would be to make every search result point to the target website. :)
Now that would be impressive...
I think you should move to China.
Exactly. Why do people try to paint this as some huge govt spending project? Oh yeah, they blindly hate Bush... BTW, Kerry has criticized Bush for not implementing a broadband for all policy... of course, the fact that Kerry wants one doesn't make him a moron right? :-)
Either that or they negotiated a better deal... my DirecTV bill hasn't gone up recently, although I'll be curious to see if it does now.
As far as Christianity is concerned, where in the Bible does it say life only exists / was created on earth?
I use Slackware as often as I can. Usually install it without GUI (barebones as possible), use swaret to keep it up to date (Slackware team is very quick on releasing updates), and then I can compile things by hand and edit config files to my heart's content.
Long live Slackware!
djbdns is great (we use it at my office), but I don't think this BIND "patch problem" is a reason to switch necessarily. Set up correctly, the BIND patch works perfectly (only disable delegation for .com and .net!!).
The djbdns patch (which we also applied), just disables queries to a certain IP address. If that IP address changes, you have to update the IP address in your configuration... so, really, the BIND patch is a little better IMO--when configured correctly.
Lotsa other reasons to use djbdns though...
Yes! Someone mod parent up. This is the way I understood BIND was to be configured. Why would you disable delegation for TLD's not controlled by Verisign??
No need to blast the patch...
Well, I don't know what you'll be using the server, but we have a 5.1 box processing about 5000 messages a day (virtual domains, MySQL, SpamAssassin and Anomy Sanitizer). It gets a fair bit of load and I have had zero issues with it whatsoever.
5000 messages a day is fairly light by a lot of standards though, so that is all I can speak to.
No, more like...
1. NDA
2. ?????
3. ?????
4. ?????
Check these out. If you're using SpamAssassin or a SpamAssassin powered tool (like SAProxy), these catch most all of the notifications...
This morning around 6:30AM MST, the spam levels on our work server dropped from ~800 spam/hr to ~35/hr. They'd been hovering at the 800 level for more than a week (most are not actualy spam, but "bounces" from SoBig.F faking our domain as the From address). It's staying right around 35 still about 7 hours later..
Not complaining, but very strange nonetheless!
I'm using the following SA rule with some decent success. Obviously it needs to be modified to include the additional subject lines...
/.*details$/i /X-MailScanner:.*Found to be clean/i
header __SUBJ_DETAILS Subject =~
header __MAIL_SCANNER ALL =~
meta DETAILS_SPAM (__SUBJ_DETAILS && __MAIL_SCANNER)
describe DETAILS_SPAM Hijacked b0xen - details spam.
score DETAILS_SPAM 5.0
"If Sealand irritates anyone sufficiently, they're toast."
Big difference... there would be major international uproar / controversy over someone wiping out any of those nations regardless of how well they could put up a fight. Iceland & co, all have a relatively large number of people living there. Sealand has what, 10?
No one would give a damn if Sealand went under
Besides, if you were an ex-general, and was living in a gun platform, which has repeatedly been attacked by armed forces, don't you think you would have taken some extrodinary measures to secure it? A basketball-court sized fortification would be very difficult to overtake.
:)
First of all, this place wouldn't stand a CHANCE against trained troops from a modern millitary. That said, storming the "fortress" wouldn't even be necessary. Just cut off their supplies, power, whatever and they'd have to surrender eventually. This place would be a cinch to capture if the UK wanted to
Posession and use of firearms isn't breaking British laws?
I think he said wholesale... meaning that if these Sealand folks are blatantly violating many many British laws and begin affecting the lives of your average Briton, they'd do something about it. Right now they're being very tolerant.
Hmm I also found this:
Residents of Vermont, Arizona, Tennessee and Puerto Rico are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
I wonder why..
Anyone have any real answers? I live in Arizona and actually work at a T-Shirt company... what's wrong with Zonies participating???
Always thought those things were way too loud *ducks*
:)
. htm
What about the Gateway 2000 Anykey keyboards?? I have one myself that I swiped from the computer lab long ago... love the touch, and the programming features come in pretty handy. Can even remap keys to emulate the "MS keys" if you so desire. Occasionally it will get a little outta whack, so it's handy to have a reference on how to clear the thing if ncessary
http://emerson13.home.att.net/AnyKey_Instructions
Exactly... looks as if this wasn't really a hack job after all, simply some spyware on the guy's machine. Just imagine if the FBI or whoever had to investigate each and every one of the supposed-hack attempts that people call in?
Not trolling... but there are two sides to everything..
PNG's do work pretty well across all browsers. Not transparent ones though :( At least the alpha transparency stuff which makes PNG's so cool... (yes I know you can make it work in IE with some extra code)
his last, as opposed to first, post?
He hasn't posted in a while, but it was hardly his last post!
Ken Thompson has an automobile which he helped design. Unlike
most automobiles, it has neither speedometer, nor gas gauge, nor
any of the other numerous idiot lights which plague the modern
driver. Rather, if the driver makes a mistake, a giant "?" lights up in
the center of the dashboard. "The experienced driver," says Thompson,
"will usually know what's wrong."
Why is this marked troll? It's a good point... if you have zero income, you don't really have to pay any taxes now do you? :)
Zero expenses is besides the point, but at least we know you can't write anything off from your zero income.
Weird!
Again, you'd think if the media was so "liberal" they would show civillian casualty numbers which (once again) it appears will end up in the multiple thousands. I haven't heard even ONE PEEP on American television about civillian casualties... Except for when they hit a busload of civiliians with a missile, we heard about THAT "accident." But after the bombing of a residential area where potentially hundreds of civilians could have been affected... nothing. Not one peep.
I certainly have... maybe you're the one asleep? The news always mentions when civilians may or may not have been bombed... when news outlets are accidentally hit, etc. The frustrations you and others have shown is that the media doesn't go into great depth on these things and try to criminalize the US for what is a natural by-product of war.
People like you will find the media biased unless it constantly portrays the US as the evil bully you would like to believe it is.
Bye bye karma, but someone had to say it!