I always withhold my number, and Demon Internet always answer.
Mind you, this is the level of service I expect for my 10 ukPounds a month. I still think my net access is worth paying for.
Incidently, reason I withhold my number is that years ago I had been on the net all night, and about an hour after I disconnected, the phone went. I picked it up (at 4am!), and realised I was being called by a computer. Freaked me out so bad at the time I have always from that point withheld my number, although I'm old and wise enough now to realise it was probably a misdialled fax-call:-)
My girlfriend looks on gazingly as I'm checking out the latest vulnerabilities! Thinks my security job is the coolest thing...
In fact, most people I meet here in Scotland think anti-cracking is a great job. It's just a case of dropping the geek persona, and tell 'em how much you surf the "underground" looking for news.
I remember when Demon Internet actually changed their main site to "demon.net", and was suitably impressed at the time: it seemed like some order was being restored to the jungle that is DNS. I realise now this was a complete waste of time, and even when we get.banc.shop.pr0n etc. nothing will change either! I'm still holding out for.sukkas! which I expect will be transferred to Mr T;-)
What's new is that they never actually used this to advertise their applications before! Next up we'll have headlines like "MS Team up with BO2K to offer full home-working systems"
.... meant to mean "supplier of network infrastructure" i.e. ISPs and the like? Another stoopid hijacking of names, which just leads to more confusion. *sigh*
It's been about 7 years since I went near Postscript.... and the only reason was to program flashy interfaces using the Hyperlook GUI developer, by the Turin Institute. Damn near broke my poor Scottish drink-soaked brain! I mean reverse-stack notation for gods sake?! It was enough to turn me into the l337 consultant I am today mind you;-)
I remember paying 100 quid for a second hand 4MB SIMM for my am*ga back in the dark old days. You kiddies don't know the half of it! [disclaimer: just ignore this, it's my first post and I had to get it out of my system]
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128kb is pathetic no matter how you go about getting it.
... a sizeable city by anyone's standards :-)
:-)
You, my friend, should try living here in Scotland. I praise the Sun god "Ra" every day that I get connected at 49333!
This isn't somewhere in the Highlands either, it's Glasgow
Anyway: it's Friday night. I should be out chasing "burdz"
I always withhold my number, and Demon Internet always answer.
:-)
Mind you, this is the level of service I expect for my 10 ukPounds a month. I still think my net access is worth paying for.
Incidently, reason I withhold my number is that years ago I had been on the net all night, and about an hour after I disconnected, the phone went. I picked it up (at 4am!), and realised I was being called by a computer. Freaked me out so bad at the time I have always from that point withheld my number, although I'm old and wise enough now to realise it was probably a misdialled fax-call
I'll second that.
My girlfriend looks on gazingly as I'm checking out the latest vulnerabilities! Thinks my security job is the coolest thing...
In fact, most people I meet here in Scotland think anti-cracking is a great job. It's just a case of dropping the geek persona, and tell 'em how much you surf the "underground" looking for news.
No, the servers will be 0wn3d by some 13 year-old k1dd1e!
I remember when Demon Internet actually changed their main site to "demon.net", and was suitably impressed at the time: it seemed like some order was being restored to the jungle that is DNS. .banc .shop .pr0n etc. nothing will change either! .sukkas! which I expect will be transferred to Mr T ;-)
I realise now this was a complete waste of time, and even when we get
I'm still holding out for
What's new is that they never actually used this to advertise their applications before!
Next up we'll have headlines like "MS Team up with BO2K to offer full home-working systems"
.... meant to mean "supplier of network infrastructure" i.e. ISPs and the like?
Another stoopid hijacking of names, which just leads to more confusion. *sigh*
Knowing the big MS, it probably means *anyone* can use your computer from anywhere in the world!
It's been about 7 years since I went near Postscript .... and the only reason was to program flashy interfaces using the Hyperlook GUI developer, by the Turin Institute. ;-)
Damn near broke my poor Scottish drink-soaked brain! I mean reverse-stack notation for gods sake?!
It was enough to turn me into the l337 consultant I am today mind you
You try looking at a core dump on a Unisys 2200/500 mainframe .... probably gets dumped onto 17 tapes across 10 EMC Storage Silos ;-)
You actually look at core dumps ?! That is almost as bad as my old boss making me program in Postscript ....
I remember paying 100 quid for a second hand 4MB SIMM for my am*ga back in the dark old days. You kiddies don't know the half of it!
[disclaimer: just ignore this, it's my first post and I had to get it out of my system]