I think lauching a nuclear strike against someone delivering Barney DVDs sounds rather reasonable. I see what you mean, everyone would blame FedEx for consenting to deliver that tripe in the first place...
What you're missing is this: Reading The Fucking Article.
"The posts contained name and contact information, which appears to be valid, and could have been secured as part of an account take over. The posts ALSO appeared to contain credit card information -- however, these credit cards are not associated with financial information on file for these users at eBay or PayPal. "
Ah, a classic/. post then. You know nothing about the subject, you haven't read the article, you have nothing of value to say, yet you insist on posting your ill-informed opinion anyway. Why doesn't this surprise me any more?
Because American teens are the only ones who are able to benefit from / use/deveop with this platform? Recall that this system is intended for developing nations, it's only being made available to the US on the two for one offer as a way of getting more systems to other countries (and ramp up the publicity I guess).
Certification isn't just about paying $100, it's about meeting a standard.
Here's an html version of the MS doc saying what a package must be/do to be certifiable (as 'twere).
I've had to deal with crappy installers (I've created a few of them...) and know that it's much easier to deal with a good one, especially when supporting a large number of machines. That bit of certification can help give a sysadmin confidence that this installation isn't going to be a PITA when it comes to upgrading/removing/conflicts/reboots over a large number of machines.
Are you *trying* to look stupid? Read the damn post - the guy's talking about *Windows* binaries. Not Mac, not Linux, but Windows. I'm sure you love Linux and want the world to know it but all you're doing is making Linux users appear illiterate.
The problem I have is in the quote "Google's existence and success required Microsoft to have been successful previously to create the platform that allowed them to go on and connect people to their search servers."
He's sort of stating the obvious (which is what you're complaining about), but he's also talking bollockss. If Microsoft hadn't existed then Google wouldn't exist in name, but something delivering their serices surely would. Apple could have taken the place of MS, possibly IBM if they hadn't been so rubbish at developing OS2.
Okay, not Apple but OpenOffice. Yes, I'm a bloody fool. Still, they do say:
"This is an alpha test version so that developers and users can find out what works and not, and make comments on how to improve it.
There are a number of things that do not work in this version including, but not limited to:
* You cannot print
* PDF export does not properly work as the text won't show on the page right
* Starting OpenOffice.org from a shared folder does not work
* Copy and paste does not fully work
* OpenOffice.org will crash after quitting
* Some text is not drawn in places like Impress
* Impress will not recognise multiple monitors"
Looks like they consider this an Alpha release they're extending to the public. Seems a bit lazy in some ways, but I guess they're proud of how far they've come...
"Digital preservation still doesn't solve the problem of preserving images on the 1000 year scale"
Well, it's certainly looking at it....
"Reliability modelling for long term digital preservation" : http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/publications/paperlink /Reliability%20modelling.pdf. In case you're too lazy to read the document it specifically talks about keeping a digital archive intact (in terms of hardware failure) over more than 1000 years. I'll grant you that this doesn't look at the format used to store information but use of well documented (open) formats makes life easier.
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 16:36:47 EST
[snip]
"errno.h/signal.h/ioctl.h (and they are
apparently the 2.4.x versions, before we moved some common constants into "asm-generic/errno.h"), and while I haven't analyzed them, I know for a
fact that
- the original errno.h used different error numbers than "original UNIX"
I know this because I cursed it later when it meant that doing things like binary emulation wasn't as trivial - you had to translate the error numbers.
- same goes for "signal.h": while a lot of the standard signals are well
documented (ie "SIGKILL is 9"), historically we had lots of confusion
(ie I think "real UNIX" has SIGBUS at 10, while Linux didn't originally
have any SIGBUS at all, and later put it at 7 which was originally
SIGUNUSED.
So to me it looks like
- yes, Linux obviously has the same signal names and error number names
that UNIX has (so the files certainly have a lot of the same
identifiers)
- but equally clearly they weren't copied from any "real UNIX"." [snip]
In most countries driving while sending a text message is already illegal under something along the lines of "Reckless driving" - that's what this is, after all.
Education really is the key here. Too many people believe they're a "better than average" driver, and not enough think about the consequences their actions could have.
I'm heartily sick of having to avoid drivers using their mobile phone when they aren't paying attention to the road. As a cyclist I know that I'll come off worse in any collision.
Enough random comments. Two days until the end of my job here and I've too much to get done.
"The originator of the crack is on record as saying, "Under no circumstances should anyone sell the key that they generate. I do not support Piracy, this was simply an experiment in which i used to practice my vbscripting. This was just for fun and was a complete accident! sorry for cracking your beautiful operating system BILL GATES." Yeah, right. No one's going to use those keys, are they? That's like putting a bottle of whisky in front of an alcoholic and telling him not to touch it."
While you're learning to read you might want to learn to write, as your post barely made sense.
Why on earth not? Let's say several could be around five or so. So that's five orders of magnitude, 100,000. So do you really maintain that it's not possible to have 10,000,000 x 100,000 = 1,000,000,000,000 (1 x 10^12) keys? I don't the nature of the Vista licence key, but if they're using 25 alphanumerics that's 35^25 possible keys. That's a big number, c. 4 x 10^38 - now I doubt anyone here knows the ratio of valid keys to possible keys, but I dare say that 1 x 10^12 would fit in...
So what it come down to is that by attempting to expose someone else's ignorance you merely display your own.
And I'm sure someone else is about to say roughly the same about me, any time now;-)
You only need pay if your TV (box, laptop, PCI card) is attached to the aerial. Damn difficult to prove without a warrant. Asfter all, you can always detact the coaxial and coil it up to the wall if you ever decide to let them in. Takes a couple of minutes while your other half delays them at the door. Then say you just use the TV for DVDs and games consoles.
As it happens I truly believe that people who avoid paying this are dishonest scum and deserve a right royal twatting. There you go.
The reality is that the impression your CV and covering letter give makes a real difference. Decent presentation can help you get past the first sifting stage.
It's like turning up to your interview well dressed and clean (shock horror) will give a better impression than that grease spattered slob top you're wearing right now. Yes, I'm talking to you, lard boy!
The BIG KEY to getting a job at interview stage is this: Let the interviewer know that they'll look good if they employ you. How you appear to the interviewer(s) could make or break you, and this applies to every tiny clue. Writing, personal presentation, body language, language skills. Yes, your tech skills are important but you'll find that honing your communication skills will help you let them know that you're the best option.
Okay, you might now say "I don't want to work for a crap company that values my appearance over my experience". The only response can be "Enter the real world".
Well, it looked like you read the article - until you stated that "As the article shows, their main connection is a unidirectional 300 baud ship-to-shore link."
The artcle did not state that this is the case for the type 45 destroyers, merely for the Vanguard class subs. It *did* say that the destroyers had many network links and that RN base security can be rubbish (and gave a link to a BBC article on a Sun reporter gaining access to an aircraft carrier - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5032516.s tm).
While I agree that W2k can be hardened when used properly, I have doubts that it's necessarily the best option.
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I think lauching a nuclear strike against someone delivering Barney DVDs sounds rather reasonable. I see what you mean, everyone would blame FedEx for consenting to deliver that tripe in the first place...
Just have to make the tubes large enough to stuff parcels down them....
"The posts contained name and contact information, which appears to be valid, and could have been secured as part of an account take over. The posts ALSO appeared to contain credit card information -- however, these credit cards are not associated with financial information on file for these users at eBay or PayPal. "
Ah, a classic /. post then. You know nothing about the subject, you haven't read the article, you have nothing of value to say, yet you insist on posting your ill-informed opinion anyway. Why doesn't this surprise me any more?
Because American teens are the only ones who are able to benefit from / use /deveop with this platform? Recall that this system is intended for developing nations, it's only being made available to the US on the two for one offer as a way of getting more systems to other countries (and ramp up the publicity I guess).
Is that meant to be funny, or do you really just plain not understand anything about this scheme?
Apologies, thank you for correcting me!
I've had to deal with crappy installers (I've created a few of them...) and know that it's much easier to deal with a good one, especially when supporting a large number of machines. That bit of certification can help give a sysadmin confidence that this installation isn't going to be a PITA when it comes to upgrading/removing/conflicts/reboots over a large number of machines.
Does that help at all?
Are you *trying* to look stupid? Read the damn post - the guy's talking about *Windows* binaries. Not Mac, not Linux, but Windows. I'm sure you love Linux and want the world to know it but all you're doing is making Linux users appear illiterate.
He's sort of stating the obvious (which is what you're complaining about), but he's also talking bollockss. If Microsoft hadn't existed then Google wouldn't exist in name, but something delivering their serices surely would. Apple could have taken the place of MS, possibly IBM if they hadn't been so rubbish at developing OS2.
"This is an alpha test version so that developers and users can find out what works and not, and make comments on how to improve it.
There are a number of things that do not work in this version including, but not limited to:
* You cannot print
* PDF export does not properly work as the text won't show on the page right
* Starting OpenOffice.org from a shared folder does not work
* Copy and paste does not fully work
* OpenOffice.org will crash after quitting
* Some text is not drawn in places like Impress
* Impress will not recognise multiple monitors"
Looks like they consider this an Alpha release they're extending to the public. Seems a bit lazy in some ways, but I guess they're proud of how far they've come...
I guess Apple have decided to move on. Get with the times, grey one!
Well, it's certainly looking at it....k /Reliability%20modelling.pdf.
"Reliability modelling for long term digital preservation" : http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/publications/paperlin
In case you're too lazy to read the document it specifically talks about keeping a digital archive intact (in terms of hardware failure) over more than 1000 years. I'll grant you that this doesn't look at the format used to store information but use of well documented (open) formats makes life easier.
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312 .2/1241.html
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 16:36:47 EST
[snip]
"errno.h/signal.h/ioctl.h (and they are apparently the 2.4.x versions, before we moved some common constants into "asm-generic/errno.h"), and while I haven't analyzed them, I know for a fact that
- the original errno.h used different error numbers than "original UNIX"
I know this because I cursed it later when it meant that doing things like binary emulation wasn't as trivial - you had to translate the error numbers.
- same goes for "signal.h": while a lot of the standard signals are well documented (ie "SIGKILL is 9"), historically we had lots of confusion (ie I think "real UNIX" has SIGBUS at 10, while Linux didn't originally have any SIGBUS at all, and later put it at 7 which was originally SIGUNUSED.
So to me it looks like
- yes, Linux obviously has the same signal names and error number names that UNIX has (so the files certainly have a lot of the same identifiers)
- but equally clearly they weren't copied from any "real UNIX"."
[snip]
Google says:
1 9204117AA5r65o&show=7-322k"
"Web Results 1 - 10 of about 47,000 for "distroy the world". (0.44 seconds)
Did you mean: "destroy the world"
Yahoo! Answers - how can i distroy the world?27 answers - Yahoo! Answers - how can i distroy the world?
http://answers.yahoo.ca/question/index?qid=200701
There's a Canadian plot beating you to it!
Worried about something?
In most countries driving while sending a text message is already illegal under something along the lines of "Reckless driving" - that's what this is, after all.
Education really is the key here. Too many people believe they're a "better than average" driver, and not enough think about the consequences their actions could have.
I'm heartily sick of having to avoid drivers using their mobile phone when they aren't paying attention to the road. As a cyclist I know that I'll come off worse in any collision.
Enough random comments. Two days until the end of my job here and I've too much to get done.
"The originator of the crack is on record as saying, "Under no circumstances should anyone sell the key that they generate. I do not support Piracy, this was simply an experiment in which i used to practice my vbscripting. This was just for fun and was a complete accident! sorry for cracking your beautiful operating system BILL GATES." Yeah, right. No one's going to use those keys, are they? That's like putting a bottle of whisky in front of an alcoholic and telling him not to touch it." While you're learning to read you might want to learn to write, as your post barely made sense.
Oh, note the Inquirer article that the original article links to:
7 954
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
"Vista activation crackers are criminals".
Yup, it's on the web, so it must be true.
Why on earth not? Let's say several could be around five or so. So that's five orders of magnitude, 100,000. So do you really maintain that it's not possible to have 10,000,000 x 100,000 = 1,000,000,000,000 (1 x 10^12) keys? I don't the nature of the Vista licence key, but if they're using 25 alphanumerics that's 35^25 possible keys. That's a big number, c. 4 x 10^38 - now I doubt anyone here knows the ratio of valid keys to possible keys, but I dare say that 1 x 10^12 would fit in...
;-)
So what it come down to is that by attempting to expose someone else's ignorance you merely display your own.
And I'm sure someone else is about to say roughly the same about me, any time now
I guess you don't work for a commercial software company then. It's theft. Theft is wrong. Fuck the thieves.
No.
You only need pay if your TV (box, laptop, PCI card) is attached to the aerial. Damn difficult to prove without a warrant. Asfter all, you can always detact the coaxial and coil it up to the wall if you ever decide to let them in. Takes a couple of minutes while your other half delays them at the door. Then say you just use the TV for DVDs and games consoles.
As it happens I truly believe that people who avoid paying this are dishonest scum and deserve a right royal twatting. There you go.
The reality is that the impression your CV and covering letter give makes a real difference. Decent presentation can help you get past the first sifting stage.
It's like turning up to your interview well dressed and clean (shock horror) will give a better impression than that grease spattered slob top you're wearing right now. Yes, I'm talking to you, lard boy!
The BIG KEY to getting a job at interview stage is this:
Let the interviewer know that they'll look good if they employ you. How you appear to the interviewer(s) could make or break you, and this applies to every tiny clue. Writing, personal presentation, body language, language skills. Yes, your tech skills are important but you'll find that honing your communication skills will help you let them know that you're the best option.
Okay, you might now say "I don't want to work for a crap company that values my appearance over my experience". The only response can be "Enter the real world".
Well, it looked like you read the article - until you stated that "As the article shows, their main connection is a unidirectional 300 baud ship-to-shore link." The artcle did not state that this is the case for the type 45 destroyers, merely for the Vanguard class subs. It *did* say that the destroyers had many network links and that RN base security can be rubbish (and gave a link to a BBC article on a Sun reporter gaining access to an aircraft carrier - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5032516.s tm).
While I agree that W2k can be hardened when used properly, I have doubts that it's necessarily the best option.
I beg your pardon - I guess I missed the sarcasm. Oops.