from some friends who go to rpi. alot of people use irc who are not script kiddies.
This guy did nothing wrong, and will never be convicted of doing anything wrong, yet he will summarily punished. When his computers come back, they will be wiped clean of all of his data, including school projects and whatever other projects he was working on. He will have crummy grades this semester (since he projects are gone) and will have to buy his books again.
He will never receive any compensation for his time or his losses stemming from this incident.
This is a great example of how america is transforming into a police state. The most disgusting thing is that most people either don't give a damn or say something like "he's just a script kiddie", etc.
Someday you will be violated by our out of control government, and then you'll understand what a travesty this incident is. You'll probaly wonder why they call it "The Department of Justice" too.
Before you laugh at the prospect of a nuclear anti-aircraft missile, think of the even more scenario that they were to have been used in.
If hundreds of soviet bombers are approaching the continental US or Europe to obliterate your nation, the threat of EMP or fallout is somewhat minimized.
Since the USA and Canada has thousands of square miles of airspace to defend, and a very limited number of interceptors, nuclear weapons kinda make sense (in an insane kind of way)
The Russians, btw, spent billions of dollars developing the most advanced air defense network on earth. Scattered throughout the Soviet Union were thousands of SAM emplacements and interceptor squadrons. I believe the US had 4 or 5 Nike-Hercules SAM emplacements and 6 Interceptor squadrons.
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What are you thinking posting drivel like this on Slashdot????
Don't you know that Linux is the ideal os for every computer, from S/390's to wristwatches. Once the 2.4 kernel gets released you'll be able to install linux on your left big toe.
That's why large scale multiprocesser machines like IBM and SGI use NUMA instead of SMP. NUMA uses crossbar switching to dedicate portions of memory to each cpu. Basically, it eliminates the system bus; you can also mix and match cpu's.
Your point makes alot of sense, except for one problem -- Slashdot groupthink believes that management is for losers, and the perl hacker is the most noble of men.
Taco boy is a product of this group mentality, and will allow his creation to eventually wither and die.
I am really sick of reading these stories too, but remeber that our Lord and Savior, Linus is 'employed' by Transmeta!
Transmeta is a nice company that has lost billions of dollars in their 4 year history. They are going to put those evil, profitable chip companies like Intel and AMD out of business.
Transmeta is going to change everything. The Crusoe is soo amazing it will simulate p3's sparcs, powerpc, and a kitchen blender at the same time! It actually generates electricity and will probaly improve your sex life too. You can even build a beowulf cluster of S/390's in your basement, all thanks to Transmeta and the miracle Crusoe chip, aka mircoprocessor-o-matic.
If you are stupid enough to use slashdot stories to support any sort of business decision, your time would be better spent filling out job applications at McDonalds.
'My' particular bug http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?i d=17988 is caused by a sheer lack of testing. I have encountered at least four other people who cannot boot with PCMCIA drivers on their Toshiba notebook pc's.
I can't complain though, it's my my own fault for wasting a saturday afternoon installing a.0 release. Then again, there is no excuse for shipping an os that kernel panics when you boot up!
He could try using vmware or a similar product. If his machines have alot of RAM it may work well.
There is also a program that allows you to exert remote control over a Unix shell session. Sun uses it for tech support. I do not remember the name of it though.
FYI, most enterprises in Russia are owned by either the Russian gov't or consortiums of former KGB and Communist Party officals (aka organized crime)
Free market nations in south america such as brazil, argentina and costa rica and made enormous strides as foreign investment began to supersede the ultra-conservative elite who exterted economic control.
Countries like boliva, columbia, and guatemala suffer from alot of civil and military unrest.
But Netmeeting does exactly what you want to do, if you can swallow your pride and use an MS product.
I use netmeeting to collaborate with colleagues scattered across the usa. Of course it works best with MS office, so it may not be as useful for you.
What apps do you use?
I have my computer crunching numbers for seti@home when I am at work.
Looking beyond our horizions for intelligent life strikes me as a worthwhile pursuit, plus I am sure somebody could use all of the processed radio data to learn something new (besides aliens) about the universe someday.
During the last recession a few years ago studies like this were warning us that we would all work in multiple careers over the course of our lives.
What is wrong with this? I'm a DBA, and to be perfectly honest with you, if I was a DBA or Unix System guru or whatever at age forty I'd drop dead of a heart attack at 41. Unlike some people here, I have no time to read Slashdot at work and have plenty of things to do.
IT jobs are stressful. When major systems die or have problems at 3am, somebody needs to fix it! NOW! I see nothing wrong with turning into a farmer or a gourmet cook or even a politician later on in life!
When I tell my extended family, most of whom are unionized blue-collar workers and civil servants, that I love my crazy job they stare at me like I am insane. But at this stage in my life, I am in the right place, I'm learning alot, and when that changes I will leave.
People flock to the computer industry because they want to make a good living; it is no secret that the high-tech industry has fueled economic expansion of the last two decades. But many of my co-workers are 'just there', they have no passion for their work, no curiosity about what makes stuff work. These people cannot be happy in their jobs, and will leave someday and pursue other things.
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I have read several articles in the past few weeks indicating that Apple is considering a move to an Intel-based platform.
So if you want to pay more for *inferior* hardware now you'll just have to go buy a *Sun* workstation.
What do you mean?
The crusoe actually generates electricity from air. It's also invisible.
You can't expect a splash from unproven technology that you cant get.
Transmeta is a big scam. If Linus Tordvalds did not 'work' for them, you would have never heard of them.
Bitch about the electoral college all you want, but the reason why Harry Browne or Nader or some other lunatic won't win is very simple.
Nobody will vote for them. These people doing good on Slashdot polls has no bearing on reality.
from some friends who go to rpi. alot of people use irc who are not script kiddies.
This guy did nothing wrong, and will never be convicted of doing anything wrong, yet he will summarily punished. When his computers come back, they will be wiped clean of all of his data, including school projects and whatever other projects he was working on. He will have crummy grades this semester (since he projects are gone) and will have to buy his books again.
He will never receive any compensation for his time or his losses stemming from this incident.
This is a great example of how america is transforming into a police state. The most disgusting thing is that most people either don't give a damn or say something like "he's just a script kiddie", etc.
Someday you will be violated by our out of control government, and then you'll understand what a travesty this incident is. You'll probaly wonder why they call it "The Department of Justice" too.
Actually they'd probaly "y0 d00Dz, /\/\$ 0771c3 50u4c3 c0D3z"
I'm sure MS uses Cisco PIX firewalls, not some ghetto 486 with openbsd
The chip isn't like a baseball glove man, you don't "break it in"
it stores the last several instructions in cache. i predict that this chip will be a pos for a year or two, after they tweak the design further
Before you laugh at the prospect of a nuclear anti-aircraft missile, think of the even more scenario that they were to have been used in.
If hundreds of soviet bombers are approaching the continental US or Europe to obliterate your nation, the threat of EMP or fallout is somewhat minimized.
Since the USA and Canada has thousands of square miles of airspace to defend, and a very limited number of interceptors, nuclear weapons kinda make sense (in an insane kind of way)
The Russians, btw, spent billions of dollars developing the most advanced air defense network on earth. Scattered throughout the Soviet Union were thousands of SAM emplacements and interceptor squadrons. I believe the US had 4 or 5 Nike-Hercules SAM emplacements and 6 Interceptor squadrons.
What are you thinking posting drivel like this on Slashdot????
Don't you know that Linux is the ideal os for every computer, from S/390's to wristwatches. Once the 2.4 kernel gets released you'll be able to install linux on your left big toe.
If you cut and pasted from a calculator, you were probaly using Windows. And you should be shot immediately.
That's why large scale multiprocesser machines like IBM and SGI use NUMA instead of SMP. NUMA uses crossbar switching to dedicate portions of memory to each cpu. Basically, it eliminates the system bus; you can also mix and match cpu's.
Check it out:
http://www.sgi.com/origin/3000/numaflex.html
Your point makes alot of sense, except for one problem -- Slashdot groupthink believes that management is for losers, and the perl hacker is the most noble of men.
Taco boy is a product of this group mentality, and will allow his creation to eventually wither and die.
>Not to be a jackass, but is this sarcastic?
If I said that I would give my left nut for the slashdot crusier, would you ask the same question?
I am really sick of reading these stories too, but remeber that our Lord and Savior, Linus is 'employed' by Transmeta!
Transmeta is a nice company that has lost billions of dollars in their 4 year history. They are going to put those evil, profitable chip companies like Intel and AMD out of business.
Transmeta is going to change everything. The Crusoe is soo amazing it will simulate p3's sparcs, powerpc, and a kitchen blender at the same time! It actually generates electricity and will probaly improve your sex life too. You can even build a beowulf cluster of S/390's in your basement, all thanks to Transmeta and the miracle Crusoe chip, aka mircoprocessor-o-matic.
If you are stupid enough to use slashdot stories to support any sort of business decision, your time would be better spent filling out job applications at McDonalds.
'My' particular bug http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?i d=17988 is caused by a sheer lack of testing. I have encountered at least four other people who cannot boot with PCMCIA drivers on their Toshiba notebook pc's.
.0 release. Then again, there is no excuse for shipping an os that kernel panics when you boot up!
I can't complain though, it's my my own fault for wasting a saturday afternoon installing a
He could try using vmware or a similar product. If his machines have alot of RAM it may work well.
There is also a program that allows you to exert remote control over a Unix shell session. Sun uses it for tech support. I do not remember the name of it though.
FYI, most enterprises in Russia are owned by either the Russian gov't or consortiums of former KGB and Communist Party officals (aka organized crime)
Free market nations in south america such as brazil, argentina and costa rica and made enormous strides as foreign investment began to supersede the ultra-conservative elite who exterted economic control.
Countries like boliva, columbia, and guatemala suffer from alot of civil and military unrest.
But Netmeeting does exactly what you want to do, if you can swallow your pride and use an MS product. I use netmeeting to collaborate with colleagues scattered across the usa. Of course it works best with MS office, so it may not be as useful for you. What apps do you use?
I have my computer crunching numbers for seti@home when I am at work. Looking beyond our horizions for intelligent life strikes me as a worthwhile pursuit, plus I am sure somebody could use all of the processed radio data to learn something new (besides aliens) about the universe someday.
Take over the damn moon then.
We took the entire western us from other countries, why not claim the moon?
This is just a hoax
During the last recession a few years ago studies like this were warning us that we would all work in multiple careers over the course of our lives.
What is wrong with this? I'm a DBA, and to be perfectly honest with you, if I was a DBA or Unix System guru or whatever at age forty I'd drop dead of a heart attack at 41. Unlike some people here, I have no time to read Slashdot at work and have plenty of things to do.
IT jobs are stressful. When major systems die or have problems at 3am, somebody needs to fix it! NOW! I see nothing wrong with turning into a farmer or a gourmet cook or even a politician later on in life!
When I tell my extended family, most of whom are unionized blue-collar workers and civil servants, that I love my crazy job they stare at me like I am insane. But at this stage in my life, I am in the right place, I'm learning alot, and when that changes I will leave.
People flock to the computer industry because they want to make a good living; it is no secret that the high-tech industry has fueled economic expansion of the last two decades. But many of my co-workers are 'just there', they have no passion for their work, no curiosity about what makes stuff work. These people cannot be happy in their jobs, and will leave someday and pursue other things.
My question is: Whats wrong with that?
I probaly would not but from them