Not to mention the last episode, where they simply killed off all the remaining characters (excepting Blake himself... they just faded out right after he had been captured). Not many shows have the guts to do that.
I think you mean Avon. We got to see Blake killed.
Just in the time that's passed since I posted that last comment the hit rate has climbed to two or three every minute. I really hope this peaks soon, as otherwise this pipe's going to be completely clogged by tomorrow.
Waaaah! No/.! I'll have to go back to working or something!
I can't think of a situation where it would be a waste of time (read money for you biz folks) to apply a patch to a server. Unless you think it takes less time ($$) to restore your machines or rebuild your machines if they get compromised.
Even then, one thing this worm has done a good job of highlighting is that it's not just a waste of your resources if you don't patch your servers. I'm seeing a lot of my bandwidth being eaten up because other people are too lazy/incompetent/ignorant to administer their systems properly.
Well, I'm monitoring the firewall logs for a class C subnet right now, and I'm seeing a hit every two minutes on average. It's not as bad as the 19th of last month, but it's been building steadily throughout the day. I got no hits between 00:00 and 09:00 BST, but they started shortly after that and have been escalating slowly.
I'm hoping this is the peak right now, as the last wave ate up a third of the incoming bandwidth on my company's Internet pipe at its height.
No, no! You know the drill! If there's any chance that he'll end up as a marketeer we have to drive a stake through his heart, decapitate him and bury the remains at a crossroads at midnight.
There may be something involving salt as well, but maybe I'm just I'm just thinking about tequila.
except for the minor detail that perl is also available under the artistic license, which is amazingly much like the BSD license.
RTFL:) It's dual licensed.
$ perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.
What is this "perl"? I looked all over Microsoft's website and I couldn't find where to download it. Must only be available to beta testers.
At the risk of ruining a good joke, Microsoft do distribute Perl, or at least they used to. It's on the NT 4 resource kit. Dunno about the Win2K one, though - I haven't managed to summon the enthusiasm to look.
I assume they'll leave it off the XP resource kit, though, in case it infects the rest of the software on the CD with that pernicious GPL virus.
Slightly (OK, very) OT, but your subject reminded me of a wonderful report that came through the IBM Infoman heldesk software I used back in my days of *shudder* corporate IT support. Infoman had a very limited length description field for each ticket, which made it difficult to input a meaningful description. I can't remember what the exact fault was in this case, but the description in the summary field read:
I don't think you'll find many news sites that use static pages - almost all of them will have the stories stored in a database and apply a template to them as they're served up. Adding the meta tags should just be a question of changing a script or two.
Not that any of this excuses having to add the sodding tags in the first place...
That would be kind of counter-productive in the long term, as you would just end up blocking ~80% of the browsing public from your site without really letting them know more than the fact that your site doesn't support their browser. This is more likely to inform their opinion of your site than their browser.
What may be more effective is to throw up an irritating dialogue box warning people that if they have smart tags enabled the content of your site may not be displayed as intended, along with instructions about how to disable them.
If enough sites did something like this it would at least raise some degree of public awareness.
This sounds fairly similar to the idea of the BBC license fee in the UK. By raising money directly from viewers, the BBC is sponsored without the need for adverts, which makes for much less irritating television and radio. In practice they derive more revenue from the sale of videos, foreign distribution rights and tie-ins with magazines.
Of course in this case the problem is that the payment is mandatory if you own a television set...
There was a probably apocryphal story I was told many years ago by the then editor of a big SF mag. Apparently a sales clerk in a branch of Barnes & Nobel (or similar) was asked by a customer for ten copies of the latest Mission Earth epic. After being told that they only had five in stock the customer looked confused, said "Oh. I was told to buy ten," and left the store.
I mean, how can a website like slashdot hope to fight the good fight against a bunch of brainwashed zealots who'se religion is to take as much money as they can from their members.
Larynxes can be used to replicate many kinds of copyrighted information; not just music...
Gawd help me, but I read that as "Laxatives can be used to replicate many kinds of copyrighted material". Unfortunately, haveing heard a bit of current chart music, I fear my first impression may have been right.
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Not to mention the last episode, where they simply killed off all the remaining characters (excepting Blake himself... they just faded out right after he had been captured). Not many shows have the guts to do that.
I think you mean Avon. We got to see Blake killed.
Just in the time that's passed since I posted that last comment the hit rate has climbed to two or three every minute. I really hope this peaks soon, as otherwise this pipe's going to be completely clogged by tomorrow.
Waaaah! No /.! I'll have to go back to working or something!
I can't think of a situation where it would be a waste of time (read money for you biz folks) to apply a patch to a server. Unless you think it takes less time ($$) to restore your machines or rebuild your machines if they get compromised.
Even then, one thing this worm has done a good job of highlighting is that it's not just a waste of your resources if you don't patch your servers. I'm seeing a lot of my bandwidth being eaten up because other people are too lazy/incompetent/ignorant to administer their systems properly.
Sorry. Rant over. I feel calmer now
Well, I'm monitoring the firewall logs for a class C subnet right now, and I'm seeing a hit every two minutes on average. It's not as bad as the 19th of last month, but it's been building steadily throughout the day. I got no hits between 00:00 and 09:00 BST, but they started shortly after that and have been escalating slowly.
I'm hoping this is the peak right now, as the last wave ate up a third of the incoming bandwidth on my company's Internet pipe at its height.
No, no! You know the drill! If there's any chance that he'll end up as a marketeer we have to drive a stake through his heart, decapitate him and bury the remains at a crossroads at midnight.
There may be something involving salt as well, but maybe I'm just I'm just thinking about tequila.
Ooooh, bugger, you're right. I should obviously wait until after my eyes have opened in the morning before posting. Apologies for being a dickhead.
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except for the minor detail that perl is also available under the artistic license, which is amazingly much like the BSD license.
RTFL :) It's dual licensed.
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What is this "perl"? I looked all over Microsoft's website and I couldn't find where to download it. Must only be available to beta testers.
At the risk of ruining a good joke, Microsoft do distribute Perl, or at least they used to. It's on the NT 4 resource kit. Dunno about the Win2K one, though - I haven't managed to summon the enthusiasm to look.
I assume they'll leave it off the XP resource kit, though, in case it infects the rest of the software on the CD with that pernicious GPL virus.
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Great! I have a Web server running IIS that I would be happy to donate...
Very kind of you, but I think you'll find that thanks to the advanced remote administration features in IIS, you don't have to actively donate it. :)
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Ever heard of a Pine virus?
Nah. The closest I can think of is Dutch Elm Disease.
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Slightly (OK, very) OT, but your subject reminded me of a wonderful report that came through the IBM Infoman heldesk software I used back in my days of *shudder* corporate IT support. Infoman had a very limited length description field for each ticket, which made it difficult to input a meaningful description. I can't remember what the exact fault was in this case, but the description in the summary field read:
User reports that text has been trunca
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Someone should develop an Open Source park bench.
Yeah! Then we could compare the performance of the two through a series of benchmarks.
Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'll go quietly.
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I'm sorry - but I don't see where the BSA should be able to install any software on a machine at my company.
You could always demand to see the license for it before allowing them to install it. I mean, you wouldn't want to be breaking the law or anything...
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I think you had it right first time. They seem to be actively trying to screw us in the media.
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I don't think you'll find many news sites that use static pages - almost all of them will have the stories stored in a database and apply a template to them as they're served up. Adding the meta tags should just be a question of changing a script or two.
Not that any of this excuses having to add the sodding tags in the first place...
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That would be kind of counter-productive in the long term, as you would just end up blocking ~80% of the browsing public from your site without really letting them know more than the fact that your site doesn't support their browser. This is more likely to inform their opinion of your site than their browser.
What may be more effective is to throw up an irritating dialogue box warning people that if they have smart tags enabled the content of your site may not be displayed as intended, along with instructions about how to disable them.
If enough sites did something like this it would at least raise some degree of public awareness.
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That way, after another 10 years, the web will be choking under the weight of 6.871947e+11 porn sites...
Yeah, but you'll only have to visit the one site. The rest will open up automatically in separate pop-up windows.
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I think just to be safe you should add:
5. Repeat
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If moderators show interest by modding up this post, I'll even make it available under the GNU license.
Buy this post or we shoot this GNU? *grin*--
This sounds fairly similar to the idea of the BBC license fee in the UK. By raising money directly from viewers, the BBC is sponsored without the need for adverts, which makes for much less irritating television and radio. In practice they derive more revenue from the sale of videos, foreign distribution rights and tie-ins with magazines.
Of course in this case the problem is that the payment is mandatory if you own a television set...
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I was just thinking that I'd pay $30 a year for a goatse.cx free version of /. I wonder if trolls can be bought...
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There was a probably apocryphal story I was told many years ago by the then editor of a big SF mag. Apparently a sales clerk in a branch of Barnes & Nobel (or similar) was asked by a customer for ten copies of the latest Mission Earth epic. After being told that they only had five in stock the customer looked confused, said "Oh. I was told to buy ten," and left the store.
I so want to believe that happened.
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I mean, how can a website like slashdot hope to fight the good fight against a bunch of brainwashed zealots who'se religion is to take as much money as they can from their members.
Hey, they managed to stand up to Microsoft.--
Larynxes can be used to replicate many kinds of copyrighted information; not just music...
Gawd help me, but I read that as "Laxatives can be used to replicate many kinds of copyrighted material". Unfortunately, haveing heard a bit of current chart music, I fear my first impression may have been right.
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Gee, how can you accuse the poor guy of not getting it when he comes out with insightful comments like:
Well, it's the open source concept, but one notch better, because the source wouldn't be open ...
What could be finer than open source software to which you don't have the source? Sounds like an even better idea than decaf.
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