Man that ain't no lie. I watched some of those Video Game Vixen shows, with that lame VH1 guy hosting. Seanbaby, you're website is probably one of the 5 funniest in the history of the web, but damn dude, stay off the TV.
He's right about the AOL/DUN thing. Probably they've changed it since then, but we used to get computers into the CompUSSR I worked at with "AOL Dial Up Adapter" just wreaking havoc on the machine. Standard practice was to completely blow away DUN and reinstall from scratch, and that only worked if you'd eaten Lucky Charms that morning.
Maybe we could get a few undercard matches as well?
Windows v. Linux, quickest from blank disk to running system
vi v. emacs, first to edit a 10 page document
RMS v. Bruce Perens, which person does the audience kill first
The thing is though Zotob really didn't happen to have anything to do with students going back to school. It was just coincidental timing that Microsoft released info on MS05-039 in August, that screamed "Exploit Me" to the entire world.
Choppy, second-rate video games designed for cell phones...
This is why I never understood the fascination with N-Gage. Whoo! I'm playing Tony Hawk and Splinter Cell on my game machine/cell phone/whatever! Even though it looks like ass! Damn, some of the commercials they used to run for that thing, showing shots of the actual gameplay......You had better graphics on a Nintendo.
Congratulations, you have surely broken some kind of record for the most Redundant and Obvious comment ever to be posted to Slashdot. Expect your +5 Insightful shortly.
So instead of letting private companies eventually wise up and write their software to take into account/be able to deal with leap seconds, let's fuck with the entire way we measure time on a global scale. Way to go government.
Matrix Online has three world servers now? Down from only nine? Damn, that's horrible. How can they even afford to run the servers with that few players?
That's pretty funny. Accuse Scott McCloud of not being informative, and back it up with a PA cartoon.
Scott is wrong (and right) about a lot when it comes to the future of online comics, but in the case of the "Seduction of the Innocent" thing, he's exactly right in how it went down. Congress isn't going to fuck around when it comes to things like this, and even though they may be doing it for all the wrong reasons, that doesn't change the fact that something will likely be done. The video games industry and the ESBR needs to get their shit together and quick, before Congress blows the whole industry out of the water.
The bottom line is that somebody at Rockstar needs to have their ass handed to them for this, and in a very public manner. When Congressional committees start using phrases like "peddle sexually explicit material to our youth" the shit is about ready to hit the fan.
Dear Universities, Think Tanks, Consulting Agencies, and all other interested parties:
I would like to apply for the job of "Guy that pulls numbers out of his ass". I feel that my ability to pull numbers out of my ass qualifies me as an excellent candidate for this position. To demonstrate, please allow me to give some examples:
$4.3 Billion
$350k per year
$20.34 for every person in the United States
Please note how I was effortlessly able to adjust the meanings of the ass-pulled numbers by adding descriptive phrases, while still distancing the numbers from any real facts or statistics. I realize that it takes more than pulling numbers out of my ass to succeed in todays competitive white paper/consulting/propoganda market, and feel that I can be a great benefit to your company.
Oh but see, you have an "existing business relationship" with them, since this one time you bought batteries at Target with your Bank of America Visa credit card, Bank of America sold your student loan and personal information to Wells Fargo, who sold it to Sallie Mae, who sold it's list of customers to Fannie Mae, who shares a database with several mortage companies, some of whom use cold calling to drum up business during the winter months.
How dare you not recognize the legitimate and in no way phony "existing business relationship". How do you expect Bruno's Mortgage and High Interest Loans to not communicate with you, their (possible, potential, maybe if they're drunk when we call, three times removed) customer?
Using the same analogy, though, you don't necessarily want your burglar alarm calling the cops every time someone tries to open a door on your house that you know is locked, or looks in a window.
All too often I look back at month old logs and see "hey, that's cool, somone was trying to hack us"
This is why you need to review your logs on a daily basis, or at the very least keep a monitoring program of some kind open that you check once in a while throughout the day. Ideally you've got someone who's entire job this is, but unless you're business is of sufficient size this isn't really feasible or necessary. Automatic monitoring/notification is nice, but shouldn't be relied on totally.
Actually the CNN obit of him mentions that while the idea of being seen and remembered only as Scotty did bother him for a while, he eventually came to terms with it and embraced it thanks to sage advice from his barber.
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Yes but as someone already mentioned, a virus that destroys the computer it infects does not make it to 75% of computers.
"Sean Baby" is enough to make me throw up
Man that ain't no lie. I watched some of those Video Game Vixen shows, with that lame VH1 guy hosting. Seanbaby, you're website is probably one of the 5 funniest in the history of the web, but damn dude, stay off the TV.
Lol zealot, what part of "I don't care about running homebrew apps" didn't you understand?
What is you're experience in setting up a secure computer and is it better to have a vendor do it, or yourself?
....but my gut says "vendor", if for no other reason than a little CYA.
He's right about the AOL/DUN thing. Probably they've changed it since then, but we used to get computers into the CompUSSR I worked at with "AOL Dial Up Adapter" just wreaking havoc on the machine. Standard practice was to completely blow away DUN and reinstall from scratch, and that only worked if you'd eaten Lucky Charms that morning.
Maybe we could get a few undercard matches as well?
Windows v. Linux, quickest from blank disk to running system
vi v. emacs, first to edit a 10 page document
RMS v. Bruce Perens, which person does the audience kill first
The thing is though Zotob really didn't happen to have anything to do with students going back to school. It was just coincidental timing that Microsoft released info on MS05-039 in August, that screamed "Exploit Me" to the entire world.
But.....
Choppy, second-rate video games designed for cell phones...
This is why I never understood the fascination with N-Gage. Whoo! I'm playing Tony Hawk and Splinter Cell on my game machine/cell phone/whatever! Even though it looks like ass! Damn, some of the commercials they used to run for that thing, showing shots of the actual gameplay......You had better graphics on a Nintendo.
It's not a conspiracy theory if that is really what is happening.
I agree, it's high time K5 got it's shit together.
Goddamn it, who let a rational, level-headed person in here?
Congratulations, you have surely broken some kind of record for the most Redundant and Obvious comment ever to be posted to Slashdot. Expect your +5 Insightful shortly.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Cocknocker
Best. Credit. Evar.
So instead of letting private companies eventually wise up and write their software to take into account/be able to deal with leap seconds, let's fuck with the entire way we measure time on a global scale. Way to go government.
Matrix Online has three world servers now? Down from only nine? Damn, that's horrible. How can they even afford to run the servers with that few players?
That's pretty funny. Accuse Scott McCloud of not being informative, and back it up with a PA cartoon.
Scott is wrong (and right) about a lot when it comes to the future of online comics, but in the case of the "Seduction of the Innocent" thing, he's exactly right in how it went down. Congress isn't going to fuck around when it comes to things like this, and even though they may be doing it for all the wrong reasons, that doesn't change the fact that something will likely be done. The video games industry and the ESBR needs to get their shit together and quick, before Congress blows the whole industry out of the water.
The bottom line is that somebody at Rockstar needs to have their ass handed to them for this, and in a very public manner. When Congressional committees start using phrases like "peddle sexually explicit material to our youth" the shit is about ready to hit the fan.
You win.
Dear Universities, Think Tanks, Consulting Agencies, and all other interested parties:
I would like to apply for the job of "Guy that pulls numbers out of his ass". I feel that my ability to pull numbers out of my ass qualifies me as an excellent candidate for this position. To demonstrate, please allow me to give some examples:
$4.3 Billion
$350k per year
$20.34 for every person in the United States
Please note how I was effortlessly able to adjust the meanings of the ass-pulled numbers by adding descriptive phrases, while still distancing the numbers from any real facts or statistics. I realize that it takes more than pulling numbers out of my ass to succeed in todays competitive white paper/consulting/propoganda market, and feel that I can be a great benefit to your company.
Eat Bagle Bites.
Play World of Warcraft.
Jerk off to Slutomax After Dark.
There, I just predicted the Friday and Saturday nights of 75% of Slashdot.
Exactly. Bitch, whine, moan, but in the end we'll take it just like every other time.
I don't know which is funnier; your statement, or the guy that gave you a +1 Insightful.
Oh but see, you have an "existing business relationship" with them, since this one time you bought batteries at Target with your Bank of America Visa credit card, Bank of America sold your student loan and personal information to Wells Fargo, who sold it to Sallie Mae, who sold it's list of customers to Fannie Mae, who shares a database with several mortage companies, some of whom use cold calling to drum up business during the winter months.
How dare you not recognize the legitimate and in no way phony "existing business relationship". How do you expect Bruno's Mortgage and High Interest Loans to not communicate with you, their (possible, potential, maybe if they're drunk when we call, three times removed) customer?
Using the same analogy, though, you don't necessarily want your burglar alarm calling the cops every time someone tries to open a door on your house that you know is locked, or looks in a window.
All too often I look back at month old logs and see "hey, that's cool, somone was trying to hack us"
This is why you need to review your logs on a daily basis, or at the very least keep a monitoring program of some kind open that you check once in a while throughout the day. Ideally you've got someone who's entire job this is, but unless you're business is of sufficient size this isn't really feasible or necessary. Automatic monitoring/notification is nice, but shouldn't be relied on totally.
Oops, make that his dentist. His barber was the one that told him to grow the 'stache apparently.
Actually the CNN obit of him mentions that while the idea of being seen and remembered only as Scotty did bother him for a while, he eventually came to terms with it and embraced it thanks to sage advice from his barber.