What you're worried about is no different than existing DDOS schemes. People are _already_ cracking machines and DDOSing from them -- regardless of the particular service that each node was compromised with. And DOSing node software already exists, so the existence of this software is nothing special to worry about.
I dropped out of school a month and a half after my first semester started. I thought it might be at least a *bit* better than high school, but I was just as depressed and disgusted with education as I was in high school. Right now I'm working at a boring job doing web monkeying, but I'm making enough money to support myself, and I'm not depressed. In a couple of years I'm probably going to move near some of my friends and start a consulting business with the software we write.
Since you're already almost out of school, you'll be in a much better position than I am, but I know I'll be having fun; how about you? Whatever you do, find a job you *want* to do. You're still in school, and CS education at school sucks, don't let it make you think your life after school will suck.
Don't forget that switching from MS to Linux, especially at a big shop, will cost mucho denero. Not only will they have to put manhours into it, but they may also have to hire new people to do it. Chris Armstrong
That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a good few hours. What the heck could you expect to learn from porting a game to a different environment? please. Chris Armstrong
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What you're worried about is no different than existing DDOS schemes. People are _already_ cracking machines and DDOSing from them -- regardless of the particular service that each node was compromised with. And DOSing node software already exists, so the existence of this software is nothing special to worry about.
I dropped out of school a month and a half after my first semester started. I thought it might be at least a *bit* better than high school, but I was just as depressed and disgusted with education as I was in high school. Right now I'm working at a boring job doing web monkeying, but I'm making enough money to support myself, and I'm not depressed. In a couple of years I'm probably going to move near some of my friends and start a consulting business with the software we write.
Since you're already almost out of school, you'll be in a much better position than I am, but I know I'll be having fun; how about you? Whatever you do, find a job you *want* to do. You're still in school, and CS education at school sucks, don't let it make you think your life after school will suck.
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Scott Adams: author of Dilbert.
'nuff said.
Chris Armstrong
Don't forget that switching from MS to Linux, especially at a big shop, will cost mucho denero. Not only will they have to put manhours into it, but they may also have to hire new people to do it.
Chris Armstrong
jesus christ, lighten up.
Chris Armstrong
That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a good few hours. What the heck could you expect to learn from porting a game to a different environment? please.
Chris Armstrong
normal geeks as in science, math, band, chorus geeks, just like me. :>
Chris Armstrong
At the high school I go to, there are plenty of "normal" female geeks, but about 99% of them don't even like to *use* computers. Sad.
Chris Armstrong
Chris Armstrong
Seems like several of the messages already posted could've been answered before the fact simply by reading the Rules or the FAQ.
Chris Armstrong
It's just the first phase. Code comes later.
Chris Armstrong
Uhh. This is software we're talking about here, not a government of the people.