>I'm just wondering when we're going to start putting in ram for the >sake of having more ram. Won't more ram eventually become unnecessary >with all the bottlenecks computers have?
>as an office policy to stick to 'the hammer' it makes hiring >replacements that much easier. you only need to look for a new >hammerman rather then a full blown carpenter.
It makes sense until the office-full of hammerheads wastes days bashing at a problem that could be solved by a screwdriver in 15 minutes.
My mental picture of the virus "olden days" is boot sector viruses, or viruses that spread by appending 867 bytes of hand-hacked ASM to.COM files.
The vast majority of the target machines weren't networked, and would never be exploitable. It was a different mindset- mischief, not building an army of zombies.
This idea has been floating around for years, I saw it discussed online during the first wave of.DOC viruses.
I guess the motivation for writing these things has changed or something. I don't understand the mentality, but apparently it's not about being destructive these days. There were some truly evil old-school MSDOS viruses, i.e.
fumble and dbase.
Maybe all the "talented" guys are actually making money from their spambots, and don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg or something. Still, it would only take one anarchist, I'm amazed it hasn't happened yet.
>if you study the material propoerly - does force you to cover topics >that you might otherwise ignore.
Yeah, but the MCSE focuses on some really stupid minutia, and ignores a lot of important things.
Quick, what's the maximum length of an IDE cable?
Many moons ago, before the MCSE became popular, I sat down and did a sample test for the MSDOS exam. I failed, because I had never used whatver lame backup utility was bundled with DOS 6.22, and there were several questions about it.
I immediately got my co-worker the DOS guru to write the sample test, which he of course failed, for the same reason.
That's the only time I've ever heard anyone refer to the bundled DOS backup utility - a topic best ignored.
You're right that wargames sell better if the player can use American troops.
There are noteable exceptions, like the massively sucessful Panzer General, which only allowed you to play as the Germans. If you played skilfully, you crushed continental Europe and Britain before the Americans even joined the war. The optimum plot line had you invading America.
The Eastern Front is a popular wargaming setting. I love the Russian/German tank battles of Combat Mission and Close Combat.
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A lot of product documentation is in HTML these days, often with foolish javascript/ActiveX menus, index etc.
Having a functional browser on your server is not completely insane, especially in a small shop.
True, but these home users will never upgrade their OS to XP, or bother to install patches.
You're talking about this:
And I'm talking about this:SpamAssassin on Win32 is an afterthought at best.
The Win32 stuff is provided as a courtesy. I don't think they really expect anyone to use it, since it is so much easier to install on *nix.
Are you running spamd?
/w 32MB of RAM. Performance was OK once I started using spamd.
My old mailserver was a 233MMX
>I'm just wondering when we're going to start putting in ram for the
>sake of having more ram. Won't more ram eventually become unnecessary
>with all the bottlenecks computers have?
man top
man iostat
man vmstat
man netstat
>as an office policy to stick to 'the hammer' it makes hiring
>replacements that much easier. you only need to look for a new
>hammerman rather then a full blown carpenter.
It makes sense until the office-full of hammerheads wastes days bashing at a problem that could be solved by a screwdriver in 15 minutes.
Do you have any idea how many proxies there are in the world?
I'm a grouchy old dinosaur.
.COM files.
My mental picture of the virus "olden days" is boot sector viruses, or viruses that spread by appending 867 bytes of hand-hacked ASM to
The vast majority of the target machines weren't networked, and would never be exploitable. It was a different mindset- mischief, not building an army of zombies.
I guess the motivation for writing these things has changed or something. I don't understand the mentality, but apparently it's not about being destructive these days. There were some truly evil old-school MSDOS viruses, i.e. fumble and dbase.
Maybe all the "talented" guys are actually making money from their spambots, and don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg or something. Still, it would only take one anarchist, I'm amazed it hasn't happened yet.
/me takes bow
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.
I expect version 2.0 will do ARP poisoning.
I'm waiting for a virus that greps all your documents for each name in your address book.
If a document contains a person's name, email it to them.
I can see it now, salary spreadsheets and confidential memos flying around to the very people who are not allowed to see them...
>if you study the material propoerly - does force you to cover topics
>that you might otherwise ignore.
Yeah, but the MCSE focuses on some really stupid minutia, and ignores a lot of important things.
Quick, what's the maximum length of an IDE cable?
Many moons ago, before the MCSE became popular, I sat down and did a sample test for the MSDOS exam. I failed, because I had never used whatver lame backup utility was bundled with DOS 6.22, and there were several questions about it.
I immediately got my co-worker the DOS guru to write the sample test, which he of course failed, for the same reason.
That's the only time I've ever heard anyone refer to the bundled DOS backup utility - a topic best ignored.
> simply informing the students how to properly setup the access point
> so as not to interfere
Let me guess - you've never had to do tech support for students, have you?
Lawyers micro-bill their time.
If you phone them and talk for 2 minutes, they bill you 0.1 hour.
If they print documents, make photocopies, or fax something related to your file, they bill you for it.
I doubt anyone wants to diddle with that many spreadsheet entries each and every day.
Kids today. A lot of people probably think you're kidding.
You're right that wargames sell better if the player can use American troops.
There are noteable exceptions, like the massively sucessful Panzer General, which only allowed you to play as the Germans. If you played skilfully, you crushed continental Europe and Britain before the Americans even joined the war. The optimum plot line had you invading America.
The Eastern Front is a popular wargaming setting. I love the Russian/German tank battles of Combat Mission and Close Combat.
There's a DOS mode virus checker, some RAM checkers, Linux rescue boot disks, partition tools, HD wipers, and all kinds of good stuff.
Hell, you may consider putting the compressed ISO on your key, 'tis only 57MB.
catdoc.
A hottie in our CS classes was a recycler.
She passed in her boyfriend's old assignments. She had the Midas touch, B's magically became A's.
>Some people enjoy living in dorms for the community experience
Rent a tiny house with 5 or 6 other guys.
All the chaos and substance abuse, none of the rules or lame events.
I'd love to get my hands on an IBM 3270 and turn it into a fishtank. I'd paint the inside of the case black, and use a green backlight.
>Wow, using the dollar sign like that, you know M$FT, is very clever and
>gives your words a lot of credibility *rolls eyes*
Almost as clever as commenting on it for the zillionth time.
Sort of like the Doom/Doom2 demos - the only difference between the demo and the full game was the WADs (data files).