So, maybe public schools can just offer a theology class. You don't have to take it, have it cover all types of religion, and teach about creation. Theology is actually quite interesting and I think this whole fundamentalist problem we have now is due to that the only theological education these people are getting is from crooked priests and pastors.
While I tend to agree with you that your idea is a solution, I don't think it's a very good one. It's the same problem with the 10 Commandment displays and all the other religions court-battles going on right now: if you accept one religion, you have to accept all. That includes unpopular ones like Satanism, for example, which I'm sure those in Kansas would just love to have taught in their schools. And that doesn't even begin to touch the requirements for having classes on Atheism/Agnosticism (sp?).
So, I think your solution isn't a very good one, I don't have one that's better. Why? Because if there was a good solution, it would have been found sometime in the past few thousand years during all the other religions arguments/battles/wars/etc.
Bill Gates went to high school years ago. That may make him an "authority" on the high school he went to, when he went to it. It does not make him an authority on high schools across the nation today.
If you want to talk education standards and practices, why not listen to someone that actually works in the field? Even then, you'd only get their narrow perspective, but at least they have stepped-foot in a high school in recent years for something other than a photo-op.
Just a note from a Huntsvillian: there are actually two Saturn V's on display in the Huntsville area. The one getting the big bucks for restoration is within Huntsville city limits on the grounds of the US Space and Rocket Center.
The other is actually at a state-owned rest stop on I-65, 20 or so miles north-west (as the crow flies) of Huntsville. It's at the welcome-center when crossing the Alabama/Tennessee border.
While the rocket on display at the USSRC may need restoration, the one at the rest-stop is in awful shape. Too bad the state is too cash-scrapped to even think about touching that one.
If you bother reading the results, you will see that the 'false positives' are nearly explained as such. Giant informs you that the programs could be used as spyware and lets you know they are isntalled on the system.
You're assuming people READ what their computer is telling them. If they bothered to read the text, they most likely wouldn't HAVE spyware in the first place.
Only Fox News can find a way to talk about terrorism when it comes to hacking an election system. If the title of the story were "Bad Things That Could Happen This November", I could understand the garbage about terrorism in the article. Give me a break, though--talking about terrorism in an article titled "Touchscreen Hack Effort Called 'Monkey Business'"?! *ONLY* Fox News would try this...
Did you bother reading all of the original story then the article it was linked to?
The original story says: "... including a wireless-G range extender, a wireless switch, wireless network attached storage and even a new Boingo co-branded wireless-G router..."
While the article the story linked to describes a "Network attached storage with the Linksys NSLU2 Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives". One of the features of said device is "Connects to wired LAN (not wireless)".
While I do agree with your sentiment about the insecurity of 802.11x, I think you missed the entire point...
Finally! I can quit my day job, declare myself a Professional Gamer, and get a tax write off on my professional expenses: new PC's, all the games, and more!
I know the parent post asked for funny stories about people calling Tech Support, but I've got a few similar ones instead.
I work Desktop Support and Network Administration for a national non-profit. We receive quite a few funny calls, but here's a few of the best over the past week:
Me: Desktop Support, how can I help you? Caller1: I need help. Me: OK, what can I help you with? Caller1: Well, I just need your help, will you please come down and help me? Me: Sure. I'll be right down.
I get to their office and ask what they need help with:
Caller1: Well, I had a stack full of papers on my desk... Me: And... ? Caller1: Well, they fell behind my desk. Me: And you need my help because... Caller: Well, you're Desktop Support, aren't you? I need help moving my Desktop so I can get the papers out from behind them.
Different call, this one long-distance from John Q. Public. A bit longer, not as funny--just really stupid:
Caller2: Do you work on your website? Me: Yep. What can I help you with? Caller2: Well, I'm having problems accessing a document on your website. Me: OK, what document? Caller2: I don't know. Me: Okkaaayyy... Well, what section of our website is it in? Caller2: I don't know. Me: Well, I'll see what I can do. Caller2: When do you think you'll have it fixed? Me: Well, considering you can't tell me what the problem is, I'm not really certain. Caller2: Do you think it's possible that you'll have it fixed in the next hour? Me: Well, it's possible. But it's also possible that it will take a week to fix. If you can't tell me the problem, I'll have to search through every document on our site. After I search through all of the documents, I may or may not even have the same problem that you're having, so I may not even be able to identify it... Caller2: OK, well, if you can have it fixed in an hour, I'd be really thankful. If you could, would you please call me in an hour and give me a status update? Me: Uhm, why don't you just check back periodically to see if it's fixed? Caller2: Well, I can't. I'm leaving my office in an hour. Me: OK, well, I'll try my best, but to brutally honest, I don't think I can have it fixed in an hour. Caller2: Why not? Me: Well, you can't tell me the problem, I can't really fix the problem. Caller2: Fine! Here's the problem: Me: Ah! OK. That makes things easier. I'll get right on it.
As it turns out, in typical Microsoft fashion, our provider's ASP engine crapped out. 99% of our site is straight HTML, but this page was ASP, so it wasn't easily noticed.
Last one (long again, sorry): One of our other Network Admins is anal about clamping down on our own users--I must admin, it's not entirely without reason. Anyway, he decides he's going to teach himself the web interface of our firewall (a piece of crap FW, at that), and he does. Well, in a fit of frustration with our users, he clamps down all outgoing traffic, restricting all outgoing traffic but basic ports: he leaves open 80, 22, 110, etc. He doesn't tell anyone about this.
Well, a day after the clamp-down, we start getting message-not-sent errors from Exchange. I start scratching my head and check the outbound SMTP queue--there's over 1500 e-mails waiting to be sent! I try telnetting out over port 25 to many different valid mail servers, with no luck.
I ask the other Network Admin guy if he made any changes to the network lately. Of course, he says no.
Thinking our ISP made another screw-up, I call their tech support number and describe our problems, asking if anyone else has reported similar issues. He says no, but suggests we reset our router. The other Network Admin runs and reboots the router, and I'm immediately disconnected from the Tech Support guy: we're on VOIP. After yelling at the other admin, I wait for my phone to come back up and ca
I'm sure that this outlandish idea will prove a bit successful, but the fact that it's a witch hunt is undeniable. I was just wondering if the Pinkerton Corp. was willing to offer the same "cash and goodies" to the innocent victims of this invasion of privacy. Since when is it a crime to be different? Would someone have turned Einstein in for looking different?
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So, maybe public schools can just offer a theology class. You don't have to take it, have it cover all types of religion, and teach about creation. Theology is actually quite interesting and I think this whole fundamentalist problem we have now is due to that the only theological education these people are getting is from crooked priests and pastors.
While I tend to agree with you that your idea is a solution, I don't think it's a very good one. It's the same problem with the 10 Commandment displays and all the other religions court-battles going on right now: if you accept one religion, you have to accept all. That includes unpopular ones like Satanism, for example, which I'm sure those in Kansas would just love to have taught in their schools. And that doesn't even begin to touch the requirements for having classes on Atheism/Agnosticism (sp?).
So, I think your solution isn't a very good one, I don't have one that's better. Why? Because if there was a good solution, it would have been found sometime in the past few thousand years during all the other religions arguments/battles/wars/etc.
Bill Gates went to high school years ago. That may make him an "authority" on the high school he went to, when he went to it. It does not make him an authority on high schools across the nation today.
If you want to talk education standards and practices, why not listen to someone that actually works in the field? Even then, you'd only get their narrow perspective, but at least they have stepped-foot in a high school in recent years for something other than a photo-op.
Why should we listen to a college dropout talk about the importance of education?
I agree that it is important, but what makes a college dropout an authority on education?
Cash strapped, even.
Just a note from a Huntsvillian: there are actually two Saturn V's on display in the Huntsville area. The one getting the big bucks for restoration is within Huntsville city limits on the grounds of the US Space and Rocket Center.
The other is actually at a state-owned rest stop on I-65, 20 or so miles north-west (as the crow flies) of Huntsville. It's at the welcome-center when crossing the Alabama/Tennessee border.
While the rocket on display at the USSRC may need restoration, the one at the rest-stop is in awful shape. Too bad the state is too cash-scrapped to even think about touching that one.
If you bother reading the results, you will see that the 'false positives' are nearly explained as such. Giant informs you that the programs could be used as spyware and lets you know they are isntalled on the system.
You're assuming people READ what their computer is telling them. If they bothered to read the text, they most likely wouldn't HAVE spyware in the first place.
My boss will now know with 1000x the accuracy exactly how late I am. Wonderful!
Smart Cars coming to the US and UK? WOOHOO! No more bad Southern drivers!
Only Fox News can find a way to talk about terrorism when it comes to hacking an election system. If the title of the story were "Bad Things That Could Happen This November", I could understand the garbage about terrorism in the article. Give me a break, though--talking about terrorism in an article titled "Touchscreen Hack Effort Called 'Monkey Business'"?! *ONLY* Fox News would try this ...
Did you bother reading all of the original story then the article it was linked to?
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The original story says: "... including a wireless-G range extender, a wireless switch, wireless network attached storage and even a new Boingo co-branded wireless-G router
While the article the story linked to describes a "Network attached storage with the Linksys NSLU2 Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives". One of the features of said device is "Connects to wired LAN (not wireless)".
While I do agree with your sentiment about the insecurity of 802.11x, I think you missed the entire point
Anybody else notice that the network attached storage specifically says it's *NOT* wireless?
Finally! I can quit my day job, declare myself a Professional Gamer, and get a tax write off on my professional expenses: new PC's, all the games, and more!
Sounds good, but I think I'll keep my day job.
I know the parent post asked for funny stories about people calling Tech Support, but I've got a few similar ones instead.
... ... ? ...
... Well, what section of our website is it in? ...
I work Desktop Support and Network Administration for a national non-profit. We receive quite a few funny calls, but here's a few of the best over the past week:
Me: Desktop Support, how can I help you?
Caller1: I need help.
Me: OK, what can I help you with?
Caller1: Well, I just need your help, will you please come down and help me?
Me: Sure. I'll be right down.
I get to their office and ask what they need help with:
Caller1: Well, I had a stack full of papers on my desk
Me: And
Caller1: Well, they fell behind my desk.
Me: And you need my help because
Caller: Well, you're Desktop Support, aren't you? I need help moving my Desktop so I can get the papers out from behind them.
Different call, this one long-distance from John Q. Public. A bit longer, not as funny--just really stupid:
Caller2: Do you work on your website?
Me: Yep. What can I help you with?
Caller2: Well, I'm having problems accessing a document on your website.
Me: OK, what document?
Caller2: I don't know.
Me: Okkaaayyy
Caller2: I don't know.
Me: Well, I'll see what I can do.
Caller2: When do you think you'll have it fixed?
Me: Well, considering you can't tell me what the problem is, I'm not really certain.
Caller2: Do you think it's possible that you'll have it fixed in the next hour?
Me: Well, it's possible. But it's also possible that it will take a week to fix. If you can't tell me the problem, I'll have to search through every document on our site. After I search through all of the documents, I may or may not even have the same problem that you're having, so I may not even be able to identify it
Caller2: OK, well, if you can have it fixed in an hour, I'd be really thankful. If you could, would you please call me in an hour and give me a status update?
Me: Uhm, why don't you just check back periodically to see if it's fixed?
Caller2: Well, I can't. I'm leaving my office in an hour.
Me: OK, well, I'll try my best, but to brutally honest, I don't think I can have it fixed in an hour.
Caller2: Why not?
Me: Well, you can't tell me the problem, I can't really fix the problem.
Caller2: Fine! Here's the problem:
Me: Ah! OK. That makes things easier. I'll get right on it.
As it turns out, in typical Microsoft fashion, our provider's ASP engine crapped out. 99% of our site is straight HTML, but this page was ASP, so it wasn't easily noticed.
Last one (long again, sorry):
One of our other Network Admins is anal about clamping down on our own users--I must admin, it's not entirely without reason. Anyway, he decides he's going to teach himself the web interface of our firewall (a piece of crap FW, at that), and he does. Well, in a fit of frustration with our users, he clamps down all outgoing traffic, restricting all outgoing traffic but basic ports: he leaves open 80, 22, 110, etc. He doesn't tell anyone about this.
Well, a day after the clamp-down, we start getting message-not-sent errors from Exchange. I start scratching my head and check the outbound SMTP queue--there's over 1500 e-mails waiting to be sent! I try telnetting out over port 25 to many different valid mail servers, with no luck.
I ask the other Network Admin guy if he made any changes to the network lately. Of course, he says no.
Thinking our ISP made another screw-up, I call their tech support number and describe our problems, asking if anyone else has reported similar issues. He says no, but suggests we reset our router. The other Network Admin runs and reboots the router, and I'm immediately disconnected from the Tech Support guy: we're on VOIP. After yelling at the other admin, I wait for my phone to come back up and ca
2001-03-17 11:18:01 is my guess.
I'm sure that this outlandish idea will prove a bit successful, but the fact that it's a witch hunt is undeniable. I was just wondering if the Pinkerton Corp. was willing to offer the same "cash and goodies" to the innocent victims of this invasion of privacy. Since when is it a crime to be different? Would someone have turned Einstein in for looking different?
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