Secure IDE, says Abit, has a special decoder without a special key, and that means hard drives can "never be opened by anyone".
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I guess that is the pinnacle of security, not being able to be opened by ANYONE! Download all the files you want -- don't worry, you won't be able to opened them. WTF?
There are very strict laws regarding the use and storage of any student information. A student's personal data (SSN, Address, on campus phone #) must be kept private at all costs.
When word got out that some departments were using AIM to send student information between employees, a lot of people got very nervous.
To fix this situation, we set up an internal SSL'd Jabber Server. Even though the rules are clear, some people still try to use AIM.
In this situation, for those employees who are working with this student data, it would not be outrageous to make sure that there is no way that this data could be sent over a connection through AOL's servers.
The burden of proof is on the University to make sure that this information is being used and stored in a manner consistent with the law. To be extra 100% sure, the best way to solve this issue is to block access to IM services.
The best way that I would think of doing this is just to firewall off all the machines from the internet, and have the machines use a web proxy for outside web access. If a user uses the proxy to run their MSN client, it would be fairly easy to spot in the logs of the proxy server.
This is not BS. It doesn't matter if you "Trust" someone or not -- this is the real world. High schools are anal with their students because high school students are uncivilized beasties. Businesses and the like are anal because they get in deep shit if an employee mistakenly pastes some sort of information in the wrong application.
It's not petty -- in fact, in both situations, High Schools and Businesses have liability that isn't exactly trivial. I would say that this situation is the exact oppisate of petty.
I'm sorry the Department of Anal Cleanliness and Post-Urinary Shaking hasn't stopped the skid marks from appearing in your shorts -- or those embarassing spots on the front of your khakis, but sometimes you just have to take some initiative.
Seriously, the government is here to help, but they can't do EVERYTHING. You must try to meet them at least part-way. No, the IRS won't do your taxes for you, but they will give you the information to help you learn how to do them. No, your congressman won't come to your house and listen to you bitch, but he will let you come to his office and bitch to someone. What has the Government done for me? I got my passport by the time I needed it, the FAA made sure that not too many panes ran into each other when I flew recently, and the DOT builds nice big highways for us to waste gas on. No, the government isn't perfect, but it's definately not the worst.
There's corruption everywhere, we're just better at it than most. What's wrong with jughandles? Are they ineffective? Did one prevent you from making a left or a SAFE u-turn? Maybe you're just jealous.
Yes, all the richest people in the world made all their money by working for someone else! You are so smart! You should start working on your billions right now by flipping burgers at McD's.
Our traffic laws don't defy reason, but they are much more difficult to "grasp" for out-of-towners. Such examples as the "Thinkingman's road" the NJ Turnpike -- no mile-based exit-numbers here. Basically, if you're from out of town, and on our highways, stick to the right lane, and learn how to merge.
No guggenheim, no met, no moma (ok its in queens) no museum mile? I am outraged!
The museum mile is 5th Avenue from 82nd to 104th streets. There are nine great museums, and probably more small ones that I don't know about.
You'll be in New York. Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's a lot more than pictures on walls -- they've got a fully restored full-size Egyptian temple as well as some other killer exhibits.
Go to the Guggenheim, and enjoy the spiral walkway.
Go to the neue galerie and feel high class.
Then, when you get sick of it all, go to the MOTHER of all museums, the American Natural History Museum, at Central Park West and 79th street. This museum is so big, it's got its own subway stop.
Finally, even though it may not be nyu-proof anymore, go to smalls jazz club, a not-so-pretentious jazz club that features $10 sets of live jazz every night, all nice.
libel n. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
I'm not sure if an SEC web complaint form could be considered a publication.
A publication is generally considered to be created for wide consumption. The SEC complaint is more like a private letter. Note that the information you send through that link is kept private -- read that as not being released to the public. Even if it could, you need to prove real damages, and I doubt your complaint would cause any significant monetary damages for SCO.
Last time I checked, it wasn't "against the rules" for anyone to file an SEC complaint. They're a government agency, they're here to work for US! These things are taken seriously. If they notice that a lot of people are having issues, it will get more man-hours than some tool getting ripped off by a boiler room.
Look on the page, where does it tell you that only people with a REALLY GOOD REASON are allowed to fill out the form?
How can biking take the same amount of time as driving in any place besides the most congested of areas? Ok, if you live in London or NYC, then it might be faster for YOU, but I doubt that most people's commute would be faster going half the speed or slower.
This has been brought up before, but this is an egregious waste of resources. Why would you consider using FRESH, potable, treated water to cool your room? Many parts of the world are under water shortages, so it seems to me that you would want to conserve water and find other alternatives. Also, if you start pulling a few hundred gallons a day more than you normally do, you'll have the Water Company on you pretty quickly -- they don't like huge sinks like this. Needless to say, cooling in this manner is also illegal in most states in the US.
Unless you were drafted during the Vietnam conflict or earlier (if you were, obviously ignore this), no one forced you into the Armed Forces. It was your own decision! That means you look like a total fool when you try to pull that "I served, so I deserve to have my ass wiped" garbage.
Also, your holier than thou attitude doesn't exactly help people's opinions of the military these days. Maybe if you didn't believe that you were better than the general population, people might have more sympathy for you and your cause.
Funny, I've met many of my elected officials from house to senate to state leg. to govenor to mayor. It's not that hard to set up a meeting if you write a letter enough in advance, and have a good reason for meeting them -- or just being in the right place at the right time.
How will you fulfill your degree requirements if you can not grasp the concepts involved in discrete math? That's like saying that an English major will do fine as long as they ignore all those pesky writing courses. There are just some areas of study where you have to "pay your dues" or get out. Into social sciences? Better get used to statistics! Design and architecture students need to learn some engineering. Music geeks need to learn music theory. While it is true that anyone CAN learn just about anything, there are subjects of study that will be just about impossible to some people. Just because you can "learn" a subject doesn't mean you have a grasp of it, or the working knowledge of it that higher-level CS classes demand. Instead of wasting time and getting frustrated over a subject that is not your cup of tea, perhaps theres something that's more suited for you.
I don't see where anyone was claiming that a CS major is "superior in intellect" to anyone -- they know different things. As mentioned above, some people's brains don't do discrete math in the way it has to be done. That's life. Being mature about life means accepting that you are not cut out for something, and maybe even finding out what you're really good at. Not being able to hack discrete math doesn't make you a bad person, nor does it make you "stupid", and no one's debating this.
With that said, if our OP really has issues with discrete math, he will have little hope for advancing in the CS field beyond a certain point. Remember, CS is more than regurgitating C code.
What percentage of people cannot vote? How rich are these people?
Liberal leanings aside, you are correct in saying that you can change the direction of the government, but it's not as easy as writing your congressman. It takes YEARS for any significant change to even register on the political radar. Public participation is not a magic route to a utopian society.
A few points? I got ~$500 off the current (As of 7/9) price for a T40 with a Pentium M 1.3 with my stockholder discount. I'd like the $500 thank you very much.
If you're looking for a desktop replacement, you have a point. (Though almost all the Dell Inspirons we have gotten in the past year or so have needed some sort of service, and 0 of the IBM's needed anything...Obviously YMMV) If you're looking for a truly portable computer, you probably don't need to have a CD burner attached and running at all times. I'd gladly take an external CD/DVD drive if it saved me a bit of weight.
Coolness: Thin, light, good on batteries, Pentium M rules, IBM build quality, angled shape and black color makes me think i have the stealth fighter of laptops
Suckiness: No linux support for integrated intel pro/wireless 802.11b card (that's about my only qualm)
I'm pretty sick of all the fat 30 pound blobs of plastic that compaq et al are regurgitating. They all feel like they'll bend in half if you don't hold them with two hands. You can sign your willie's death warrant unless you put something to protect you from the heat generated by these fatties. The IBM T40 was a breath of fresh air to me. If you're leet and own IBM stock, you can even knock a few hundred off the price. Of course, I also love the look of Volvo 240's, so your tastes may be different.
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Secure IDE, says Abit, has a special decoder without a special key, and that means hard drives can "never be opened by anyone".
...
I guess that is the pinnacle of security, not being able to be opened by ANYONE! Download all the files you want -- don't worry, you won't be able to opened them. WTF?
Case in point:
I work for a large state university.
There are very strict laws regarding the use and storage of any student information. A student's personal data (SSN, Address, on campus phone #) must be kept private at all costs.
When word got out that some departments were using AIM to send student information between employees, a lot of people got very nervous.
To fix this situation, we set up an internal SSL'd Jabber Server. Even though the rules are clear, some people still try to use AIM.
In this situation, for those employees who are working with this student data, it would not be outrageous to make sure that there is no way that this data could be sent over a connection through AOL's servers.
The burden of proof is on the University to make sure that this information is being used and stored in a manner consistent with the law. To be extra 100% sure, the best way to solve this issue is to block access to IM services.
The best way that I would think of doing this is just to firewall off all the machines from the internet, and have the machines use a web proxy for outside web access. If a user uses the proxy to run their MSN client, it would be fairly easy to spot in the logs of the proxy server.
This is not BS. It doesn't matter if you "Trust" someone or not -- this is the real world. High schools are anal with their students because high school students are uncivilized beasties. Businesses and the like are anal because they get in deep shit if an employee mistakenly pastes some sort of information in the wrong application.
It's not petty -- in fact, in both situations, High Schools and Businesses have liability that isn't exactly trivial. I would say that this situation is the exact oppisate of petty.
History is also full of people who overestimated technology! PETS.com anyone?
NJ being the best state in the Union, everyone wants to live there -- hence the crowding.
You can never have enough beer, you must be one of those religious types.
I'm sorry the Department of Anal Cleanliness and Post-Urinary Shaking hasn't stopped the skid marks from appearing in your shorts -- or those embarassing spots on the front of your khakis, but sometimes you just have to take some initiative.
Seriously, the government is here to help, but they can't do EVERYTHING. You must try to meet them at least part-way. No, the IRS won't do your taxes for you, but they will give you the information to help you learn how to do them. No, your congressman won't come to your house and listen to you bitch, but he will let you come to his office and bitch to someone. What has the Government done for me? I got my passport by the time I needed it, the FAA made sure that not too many panes ran into each other when I flew recently, and the DOT builds nice big highways for us to waste gas on. No, the government isn't perfect, but it's definately not the worst.
There's corruption everywhere, we're just better at it than most. What's wrong with jughandles? Are they ineffective? Did one prevent you from making a left or a SAFE u-turn? Maybe you're just jealous.
How terrible! A world full of goatses!
Yes, all the richest people in the world made all their money by working for someone else! You are so smart! You should start working on your billions right now by flipping burgers at McD's.
Our traffic laws don't defy reason, but they are much more difficult to "grasp" for out-of-towners. Such examples as the "Thinkingman's road" the NJ Turnpike -- no mile-based exit-numbers here. Basically, if you're from out of town, and on our highways, stick to the right lane, and learn how to merge.
No guggenheim, no met, no moma (ok its in queens) no museum mile? I am outraged!
The museum mile is 5th Avenue from 82nd to 104th streets. There are nine great museums, and probably more small ones that I don't know about.
You'll be in New York. Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's a lot more than pictures on walls -- they've got a fully restored full-size Egyptian temple as well as some other killer exhibits.
Go to the Guggenheim, and enjoy the spiral walkway.
Go to the neue galerie and feel high class.
Then, when you get sick of it all, go to the MOTHER of all museums, the American Natural History Museum, at Central Park West and 79th street. This museum is so big, it's got its own subway stop.
Finally, even though it may not be nyu-proof anymore, go to smalls jazz club, a not-so-pretentious jazz club that features $10 sets of live jazz every night, all nice.
http://www.smallsjazz.com
libel n. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
I'm not sure if an SEC web complaint form could be considered a publication.
A publication is generally considered to be created for wide consumption. The SEC complaint is more like a private letter. Note that the information you send through that link is kept private -- read that as not being released to the public. Even if it could, you need to prove real damages, and I doubt your complaint would cause any significant monetary damages for SCO.
Last time I checked, it wasn't "against the rules" for anyone to file an SEC complaint. They're a government agency, they're here to work for US! These things are taken seriously. If they notice that a lot of people are having issues, it will get more man-hours than some tool getting ripped off by a boiler room.
Look on the page, where does it tell you that only people with a REALLY GOOD REASON are allowed to fill out the form?
How can biking take the same amount of time as driving in any place besides the most congested of areas? Ok, if you live in London or NYC, then it might be faster for YOU, but I doubt that most people's commute would be faster going half the speed or slower.
This has been brought up before, but this is an egregious waste of resources. Why would you consider using FRESH, potable, treated water to cool your room? Many parts of the world are under water shortages, so it seems to me that you would want to conserve water and find other alternatives. Also, if you start pulling a few hundred gallons a day more than you normally do, you'll have the Water Company on you pretty quickly -- they don't like huge sinks like this. Needless to say, cooling in this manner is also illegal in most states in the US.
Unless you were drafted during the Vietnam conflict or earlier (if you were, obviously ignore this), no one forced you into the Armed Forces. It was your own decision! That means you look like a total fool when you try to pull that "I served, so I deserve to have my ass wiped" garbage.
Also, your holier than thou attitude doesn't exactly help people's opinions of the military these days. Maybe if you didn't believe that you were better than the general population, people might have more sympathy for you and your cause.
Funny, I've met many of my elected officials from house to senate to state leg. to govenor to mayor. It's not that hard to set up a meeting if you write a letter enough in advance, and have a good reason for meeting them -- or just being in the right place at the right time.
On the server:
/etc/exports
/mnt/music
echo "/leethaxor/music *(ro)" >>
exportfs -a
On the client:
mount haxor:/leethaxor/music
Was that so hard? Should work for linux and OSx unless OSX sucks. I'm sure there's graphical interfaces for Win32 and OS9.
When I see kids educating themselves via the discordant voices of the web, I laugh when they quote horribly inaccurate sources.
How will you fulfill your degree requirements if you can not grasp the concepts involved in discrete math? That's like saying that an English major will do fine as long as they ignore all those pesky writing courses. There are just some areas of study where you have to "pay your dues" or get out. Into social sciences? Better get used to statistics! Design and architecture students need to learn some engineering. Music geeks need to learn music theory. While it is true that anyone CAN learn just about anything, there are subjects of study that will be just about impossible to some people. Just because you can "learn" a subject doesn't mean you have a grasp of it, or the working knowledge of it that higher-level CS classes demand. Instead of wasting time and getting frustrated over a subject that is not your cup of tea, perhaps theres something that's more suited for you.
I don't see where anyone was claiming that a CS major is "superior in intellect" to anyone -- they know different things. As mentioned above, some people's brains don't do discrete math in the way it has to be done. That's life. Being mature about life means accepting that you are not cut out for something, and maybe even finding out what you're really good at. Not being able to hack discrete math doesn't make you a bad person, nor does it make you "stupid", and no one's debating this.
With that said, if our OP really has issues with discrete math, he will have little hope for advancing in the CS field beyond a certain point. Remember, CS is more than regurgitating C code.
What percentage of people cannot vote? How rich are these people?
Liberal leanings aside, you are correct in saying that you can change the direction of the government, but it's not as easy as writing your congressman. It takes YEARS for any significant change to even register on the political radar. Public participation is not a magic route to a utopian society.
>> It is a thousand times easier to find bugs that have been found.
Spoken like a true politician!
A few points? I got ~$500 off the current (As of 7/9) price for a T40 with a Pentium M 1.3 with my stockholder discount. I'd like the $500 thank you very much.
If you're looking for a desktop replacement, you have a point. (Though almost all the Dell Inspirons we have gotten in the past year or so have needed some sort of service, and 0 of the IBM's needed anything...Obviously YMMV) If you're looking for a truly portable computer, you probably don't need to have a CD burner attached and running at all times. I'd gladly take an external CD/DVD drive if it saved me a bit of weight.
I just got a Thinkpad T40.
Coolness: Thin, light, good on batteries, Pentium M rules, IBM build quality, angled shape and black color makes me think i have the stealth fighter of laptops
Suckiness: No linux support for integrated intel pro/wireless 802.11b card (that's about my only qualm)
I'm pretty sick of all the fat 30 pound blobs of plastic that compaq et al are regurgitating. They all feel like they'll bend in half if you don't hold them with two hands. You can sign your willie's death warrant unless you put something to protect you from the heat generated by these fatties. The IBM T40 was a breath of fresh air to me. If you're leet and own IBM stock, you can even knock a few hundred off the price. Of course, I also love the look of Volvo 240's, so your tastes may be different.