Actually that is the official Corporate symbol (the "Borg Bill Gates") of Microsoft, if ya went inside the Redmond campus, you would see that symbol EVERYWHERE! That symbol was leaked to the public a few years back.:)
Well nope, they don't "belong" to the gov't. They are PUBLIC DOMAIN. Meaning, they belong to me and every other American. And as far as tax documents, I think the IRS will make a case aganist you for burning official documents. But hey, if you don't care spending the next twenty to twenty-five years at Fort Leavenworth, go ahead and tell the IRS you are doing that.:)
My server running Slackware 8.0 has a AWE32 soundcard in it, and its in the kernel & it works, though, I've unplugged the speakers since (why does a server running in CLI 24/7 need speakers/soundcard anyhow??). I think this goes beyond a Slackware problem and becomes a problem that the user hasn't read the Kernel HOWTO & needs a scapegoat.
Well I have a P1 (166MHz w/ MMX, 24ram) and a Celery 533MHz 320ram and both run slackware, and on the Celery, I use a gui, only cause my baby, runs a lot of other user programs, and using the gui on it would hurt (runs apache and I'm always getting/., a bot or 2, and the service server for a friends irc network).
I agree that it helped AMD to get off thier collective butts. Unlike Intel with the whole P3 PR debacle, ignoring THG. *shrugs* But I never was one who thought Intel took anything bad about thier chips seriously. Also, when one does buy a fast chip, one would think they would also buy a good HSF & make it's on securely before turning on the computer. But I also think the average Joe Sixpack when ordering a computer, and getting delivered, needs to know about making sure the HSF is secured and what not. Like provide documantation thats in plain english on how to make sure, etc.
If I seem to recall, Apple has not made a port of OSX to the intel arch, so you end up buying a really expensive (compared to the intel arch) computer just to use OS X & OS X.1. That seems really counter-productive and silly to me.
Like it has been said before in this thread, there is a difference between a local exploit (which this is) and a remote exploit. Microsoft Windows are very susceptible to remote exploits. While, on the whole, UN*X aren't, unless you don't patch software. And to be frank, while local exploits are bad, remote exploits are even more so, because they can install a backdoor on your boxen without you knowing. Lets see and wait see how many local exploits Windows XP will have. (=
Part of the reason I gave a cracker friend of mine an account on my boxen, to test for local and remote exploits. He'll tell me of the exploit, and I usually patched it within a day of him giving me the news. And if I hadn't trusted him to tell me of the exploits, I wouldn't of given him an account in the first place.
OpenBSD, which is a open sourced OS, is pretty damn secure on defualt install. But anyone who trusts default installs, deserve to get r00ted, whether they be on a UN*X, OS/2, Mac, Microsoft box. Just my $0.02 on the matter.
me: "computer, download me some natalie portman p0rn please"
computer: "Im sorry Dave, I can't do that"
me: "Why not computer?!"
computer: "I am smarter than you, YOU go and do it for ME!"
me: "Ayiee!"
Whoa, big fella. There's two parts here. While RIAA's attempts at lobbying for liability protection is downright bad form, calling this DoS strategy "terrorizing and attacking" is way off the mark.
I guess you haven't paid attention to the current news from the Senate, PATRIOT bill defines HACKING as an act of terrorism, and the bill PASSED the Senate 96-1 (Thank you Sen. Feingold, atleast everyone isn't braindead in the Senate!) So hacking is more than half-way to becoming a terrorist act, seeing how the House dropped thier own anti-terrorist bill in favor of the bill produced by the Senate! Thank you very much.
That is true. As much as I liked TNG, TOS still kicked ass. Though Enterprise is looking very promising, as long as they get rid of that lame opening song.
Nike is a Greek goddess, I visited her temple when I was at the Acropolis. Victory happens to be the roman goddess (but we all know romans stole 95% of the stuff they had from the greeks anyhow...).
You run into the possibility of training criminals and terrorists as well in first aid, self defense, how to use a weapon, etc., etc. And the advocates for more survaillence will win!
I agree with you on the most part. And for the most part, our rights under the Second Amendment, are slowly being erroded under the guise of helping defend and protect Americans.
My 6.4 gig Western Digital drive one day, just stopped spinning. Though I failed to install one module in my kernel (IDE Drive support), it wouldn't explain why my harddrive failed. The BIOS would either see it, or not. I have no idea why it decided to stop spinning, didn't hear any loud noises or bangs. After that experince, I am a little weary about Western Digital drives. My 2.3 OEM drive, is over 4 years old, many many formats, installs, etc, and is still kicking.
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I'm using NAV2002 here with the latest updates n all, and no viruses found in here.
Even the icon for Microsoft stories on Slashdot is absurdly telling of the general sentiment, a ``Borg Bill Gates'', instead of the Windows logo, or something else more officially Microsoft©
:)
Actually that is the official Corporate symbol (the "Borg Bill Gates") of Microsoft, if ya went inside the Redmond campus, you would see that symbol EVERYWHERE! That symbol was leaked to the public a few years back.
Actually MicroSlu^H^H^HSoft did release a PRESS RELEASE stating they DID sit on the hole, quoting it was making sure it was *real* and not a hoax.
ZDNet
Linux Secuirty
*shrugs*
Well nope, they don't "belong" to the gov't. They are PUBLIC DOMAIN. Meaning, they belong to me and every other American. And as far as tax documents, I think the IRS will make a case aganist you for burning official documents. But hey, if you don't care spending the next twenty to twenty-five years at Fort Leavenworth, go ahead and tell the IRS you are doing that. :)
You too? LOL and here I thought I was the only one with that problem.
My server running Slackware 8.0 has a AWE32 soundcard in it, and its in the kernel & it works, though, I've unplugged the speakers since (why does a server running in CLI 24/7 need speakers/soundcard anyhow??). I think this goes beyond a Slackware problem and becomes a problem that the user hasn't read the Kernel HOWTO & needs a scapegoat.
Well I have a P1 (166MHz w/ MMX, 24ram) and a Celery 533MHz 320ram and both run slackware, and on the Celery, I use a gui, only cause my baby, runs a lot of other user programs, and using the gui on it would hurt (runs apache and I'm always getting /., a bot or 2, and the service server for a friends irc network).
A couple quotes I've seen online..
> Linux is not user-friendly.
It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
-- Seen somewhere on the net
Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is user friendly. It just happens to be selective on who it makes friendship with
And I agree, that Slackware is very user-friendly and is very picky about who it chooses as it's friends.
/me running Slackware since 1999
I agree that it helped AMD to get off thier collective butts. Unlike Intel with the whole P3 PR debacle, ignoring THG. *shrugs* But I never was one who thought Intel took anything bad about thier chips seriously. Also, when one does buy a fast chip, one would think they would also buy a good HSF & make it's on securely before turning on the computer. But I also think the average Joe Sixpack when ordering a computer, and getting delivered, needs to know about making sure the HSF is secured and what not. Like provide documantation thats in plain english on how to make sure, etc.
Ahh yea, but Sklyarov was inside the US when the Feds arrested him (:
NeXT? they went out in the 90s I think. And the pervious version of OS X, would of been Mac OS 9...
If I seem to recall, Apple has not made a port of OSX to the intel arch, so you end up buying a really expensive (compared to the intel arch) computer just to use OS X & OS X.1. That seems really counter-productive and silly to me.
Like it has been said before in this thread, there is a difference between a local exploit (which this is) and a remote exploit. Microsoft Windows are very susceptible to remote exploits. While, on the whole, UN*X aren't, unless you don't patch software. And to be frank, while local exploits are bad, remote exploits are even more so, because they can install a backdoor on your boxen without you knowing. Lets see and wait see how many local exploits Windows XP will have. (=
Part of the reason I gave a cracker friend of mine an account on my boxen, to test for local and remote exploits. He'll tell me of the exploit, and I usually patched it within a day of him giving me the news. And if I hadn't trusted him to tell me of the exploits, I wouldn't of given him an account in the first place.
I'll bite. What does a religion haveta to wif a OS kernel ? (=
OpenBSD, which is a open sourced OS, is pretty damn secure on defualt install. But anyone who trusts default installs, deserve to get r00ted, whether they be on a UN*X, OS/2, Mac, Microsoft box. Just my $0.02 on the matter.
me: "computer, download me some natalie portman p0rn please"
computer: "Im sorry Dave, I can't do that"
me: "Why not computer?!"
computer: "I am smarter than you, YOU go and do it for ME!"
me: "Ayiee!"
Whoa, big fella. There's two parts here. While RIAA's attempts at lobbying for liability protection is downright bad form, calling this DoS strategy "terrorizing and attacking" is way off the mark.
I guess you haven't paid attention to the current news from the Senate, PATRIOT bill defines HACKING as an act of terrorism, and the bill PASSED the Senate 96-1 (Thank you Sen. Feingold, atleast everyone isn't braindead in the Senate!) So hacking is more than half-way to becoming a terrorist act, seeing how the House dropped thier own anti-terrorist bill in favor of the bill produced by the Senate! Thank you very much.
That is true. As much as I liked TNG, TOS still kicked ass. Though Enterprise is looking very promising, as long as they get rid of that lame opening song.
I believe it is a religion, if you think of Ken Thompson, Linus Trovalds and (either Alan Cox or ESR, sorry no rms) as the holy trinty. :)
Nike is a Greek goddess, I visited her temple when I was at the Acropolis. Victory happens to be the roman goddess (but we all know romans stole 95% of the stuff they had from the greeks anyhow...).
hmm
it should be (Devil's Advocate) (/Devil's Advocate) around my first part of the statement.
You run into the possibility of training criminals and terrorists as well in first aid, self defense, how to use a weapon, etc., etc. And the advocates for more survaillence will win!
I agree with you on the most part. And for the most part, our rights under the Second Amendment, are slowly being erroded under the guise of helping defend and protect Americans.
My 6.4 gig Western Digital drive one day, just stopped spinning. Though I failed to install one module in my kernel (IDE Drive support), it wouldn't explain why my harddrive failed. The BIOS would either see it, or not. I have no idea why it decided to stop spinning, didn't hear any loud noises or bangs. After that experince, I am a little weary about Western Digital drives. My 2.3 OEM drive, is over 4 years old, many many formats, installs, etc, and is still kicking.
is this better? :P