This would probably be opposed by the FBI, CIA, and NSA, due to the fact that it would undermine the entire motive behind Carnivore: to hold people responsible for their actions on the Internet, and to log e-mails and chatrooms all over the parts of the Internet under their jurisdiction.
Big Brother is watching you, your honor. He is watching us all, and he is preparing to incarcerate me for what I just typed. I'm not afraid, though; I win either way, either as a martyr or a hero.
Seriously, use Solaris for what it was designe for: serving. That is, unless it's an UltraSPARC workstation which you're talking about; however, I've seen those things utilized as servers (it ain't pretty on the tracert log!).
Why don't you just assign a Win2k box with IE 5.0 as a web browser? Aside from not crashing, you can also debug javascript to make sure it is seen the same way in all platforms. Personally, my Win2K machine has never crashed due to IE5 (though I have seen cursor freezes due to Javascript programmers making stupid mistakes with their syntax). I use IE 5.0, because I'm refusing to upgrade to a newer version until I find a real reason (like IE6 being developed with even more speed optimizations while maintaining the same [or better] level of stability and HTML/JSP/PHP/perl/ASP compliance).
Here's a good one from those same guys who did the "To Steer a Mir" song. This one features a parody of Al Gore, singing "Put Ten Grand in the Hand." (don't know if that's a parody of a classic, but funny nonetheless). http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/gore-puttengrand.mp 3
This MP3 is perfectly legal; it was referenced from their website.
This was a song made up by The Capitol Steps Sing this to the tune of that rain in the plains of Spain song from "My Fair Lady." (text in Times is Boris Yeltsin, cosmonauts sing in a different font)
To steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!
Comrades have got it?
Comrades have got it!
To steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!
How will we get from there to here?
We will steer, we will steer!
Yeah, and what is crystal clear?
Our beer! Our beer!
Ya!
To Steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!
Houston, we have a drinking problem!
Objects in Mir are nearer than they appear!!!
You've never heard of traceroute (tracert)? Well, let me be the lucky one to educate you on it. Tracert is an extended pinging utility that traces where the connection to a specific server goes along its way. It's in all the Windows versions, and I think it's in Linux (after all, where did Windows get ping, telnet, ftp, and hosts?). Here's the syntax:
tracert [-h x] [server's IP]
where "server's IP" is the IP address in question, and -h sets the maximum hops to take (x being the number of maximum hops). The hops switch really helps if your connection is being tossed around.
Here's a sample printout of a tracert:
E:\>tracert authorize.quake3arena.com
Tracing route to authorize.quake3arena.com [192.246.40.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 30 ms 30 ms 20 ms 10.9.2.1
2 30 ms 20 ms 30 ms 151.203.4.66
3 30 ms 40 ms 31 ms 205.171.38.161
4 30 ms 41 ms 30 ms jfk-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.30.85]
5 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms wdc-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.5.235]
6 30 ms 40 ms 40 ms wdc-core-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.6]
7 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms wdc-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.70]
8 40 ms 40 ms 50 ms 205.171.4.238
9 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms sl-bb20-rly-4-3.sprintlink.net [144.232.14.13]
10 30 ms 50 ms 50 ms sl-bb21-rly-13-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.25.18]
and so on, and so on, and so on, until the server's IP is finally reached. Tracert is really helpful for finding out which server is slowing down the connection.
Seriously, not a thing you've said about Windows 2000 is true. I've changed IP addresses, gone from static to DHCP and back, and I never had to reboot. Hell, I didn't have to do anything except click "OK"; Win2k logged off and on by itself. That never happens in Linux.
The service pack is one conglomerated patch dealing with all the recent updates to everything Win2K. Get the service pack, and everything in Win2K is updated to whenever the SP was released. And of course you have to reboot after a service pack change! Sometimes, they update something in the kernel.
Here's one thing that Linux has never had, ever since its inception: dynamic swap file settings. Of course, this is because of the nature of Linux, since the swap file is really a partition. But it's fun running 7 copies of Quake 3 Arena and using up 1.2GB of RAM (320MB of that physical). Ever tried that in Linux? Hell no.
Don't forget, Dell hates it when you erase the operating system; if I'm right, the warranty will be void unless the installed OS was offered with the model. Ask them about these specifics.
And yes, it is funny how a subject can change so weirdly. After all, you're the one who forced me to start talking about Win2k.
Then why don't you just do a tracert to winamp.com and slashdot.org and subtract the ping times from the total time? You did graduate from elementary school, didn't you?
Yes, but have you ever seen the triviality of the IIS bugs? They pale in comparison to the bugs in Apache. It's like the patient that complains that his hand hurts when he flips the bird; the solution is incredibly trivial: DON'T FLIP THE BIRD!
Once again, a bible thumper trying to make a mountain out of an anthill.
Ah, but you forget something: most, if not all, of the IIS holes are already documented. This means you can make all the changes in one session, and reboot ONCE. As for Apache, there's always bugs/holes/orifices being found, and Apache has a new patch at least twice every month. To my knowledge, IIS5 has been patched ONCE (in Win2k SP1). Regarding the service packs, that is moot for now in Windows 2000 Advanced server (and soon, Datacenter Server!). There is ONE service pack for Win2K. Despite what you think, there are many systems upgrading to Windows 2000. The Dell machine ships with that, so that's why the hit count is so high.
Also, regarding changes to NT, haven't you seen 2000 yet? Many changes which required a restart in NT4 now only require a restart of the specific process, just as in Linux/BSD.
One more funny thing: All the manhole covers in Boston say "BSD". Kinda reminds me of BSD's place in the computer world.:-)
That's an awfully big difference between Apache and IIS (100,000 hits versus 1,000,000 hits, respectively). Considering the MANY issues with Apache versus the few holes in IIS, it's clear who the winner is, and the Linux crowd is afraid to admit that.
Remember, a web server is only as good as the software it's running. Also, configuration makes a big difference, too. With only a few tweaks, most (if not all) of the security holes in IIS are covered. As for Apache, you always have to upgrade the entire server (can you say downtime?), and maybe even the Linux/BSD kernel (can you say MORE downtime?).
The 1/4 figure comes from the servlets at www.winamp.com taking 10 seconds to load, as opposed to the Slashdot perl scripts taking 2.5 seconds to execute.
Seriously, he is the epitome of everything that is wrong with ICANN. Every day, the AOL servers are either hacked or tampered with by the resident L337 H4X0Rs lurking on the AOL network. AOL is the official laughing stock of the Internet; in "Weird" Al Yankovic's song, "All about the Pentiums," there's a line which says something like "...and you go and post me like some brain-dead AOL'er." IMHO, AOL should be shut down and replaced with a standardized dial-up ISP.
"Don't people use common sense anymore? is it not the purpose of products and applications to fill out some function or full fill some need of their users?"
I wholeheartedly agree with that. Just take a look at my signature below:
GNU isn't Unix
Microsoft VM for Java isn't Sun Java
Linus Torvalds isn't God
Creative isn't Aureal
IRC isn't ICQ
UT netcode isn't efficient
AFCArchvile isn't insane
Seriously, this is attempting to profit from ancient glitz that was retired years ago. Personally, I'd hate to see a 3-D anything that forces the client to perform the compilation process (see also: Javascript). It would be like having to download the.map file for Quake3 and then waiting hours on end just to have it compute the stinking lightmap! I can't wait for DOOM3; imagine, real-time lighting! Shorter map build times!
"It takes much of the power of C++, adds an excellent standard library, and lets you ignore the low-level and worry about design. And it's the most purely OO language in use."
As any yacht captain will tell you, you'll never lead the pack with a full load of bilgewater. The same is true in programming languages: if you don't get down-and-dirty with the low-level, the end result is guaranteed to be inefficient. This is why the naïve Java programmers can never build anything low-lag with a JDK.
"If Java is so "inefficient", I'm curious why it's supplanted Perl and ASP in both the UNIX and NT environments I've worked in."
Okay, reality check time: Java is at the bottom of the database barrel as far as performance and reliability go. Just see winamp.com's database structure (that is, if the site is running at all!). They use Java servlets. The average latency for a query on a 60K/sec connection is 10250ms; four times as slow as PHP, ASP, and Perl.
My suggestion to you is to take those blinders off, stop trying to say "Sun Solaris 7!" with the effeminate lisp, and start learning some worthwhile database APIs.
Seriously, in a library, you could have the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and then have it all routed to a horde of adequately networked SMP machines by this thing.
IMHO, this thing has no place in standalone systems (unless you want to run up to the attic and code away while still connected to your computer). I like having my monstrous full-tower right beside the monitor, opened up in all its glory.
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Big Brother is watching you, your honor. He is watching us all, and he is preparing to incarcerate me for what I just typed. I'm not afraid, though; I win either way, either as a martyr or a hero.
I'm one of the Windows 2000 Geeks of the Week
Why don't you just assign a Win2k box with IE 5.0 as a web browser? Aside from not crashing, you can also debug javascript to make sure it is seen the same way in all platforms. Personally, my Win2K machine has never crashed due to IE5 (though I have seen cursor freezes due to Javascript programmers making stupid mistakes with their syntax). I use IE 5.0, because I'm refusing to upgrade to a newer version until I find a real reason (like IE6 being developed with even more speed optimizations while maintaining the same [or better] level of stability and HTML/JSP/PHP/perl/ASP compliance).
so your point is moot. Just look at your e-mail address: @ura-tokyo.co.jp. As far as we can tell, you might be Norio Ohaga in disguise!
Malda probably thought it was "über-pimp!" Seriously, isn't the nose ring a little too much?
This MP3 is perfectly legal; it was referenced from their website.
To steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!
Comrades have got it? Comrades have got it! To steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!How will we get from there to here?
We will steer, we will steer! Yeah, and what is crystal clear? Our beer! Our beer! Ya!To Steer a Mir, you clearly need a beer!
Houston, we have a drinking problem! Objects in Mir are nearer than they appear!!!Seriously, we have to take a stand somehow against Sony's infringement on our culture (however conglomerated it is). We must stop Sony's attempt to "Japanize" American culture, before our children turn into this. One quote comes to mind when thinking about the resistance to Sony's Japanizing attempts: "Sushi? Where I come from, we call that stuff bait!"
tracert [-h x] [server's IP]
where "server's IP" is the IP address in question, and -h sets the maximum hops to take (x being the number of maximum hops). The hops switch really helps if your connection is being tossed around.
Here's a sample printout of a tracert:
E:\>tracert authorize.quake3arena.com
Tracing route to authorize.quake3arena.com [192.246.40.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:1 30 ms 30 ms 20 ms 10.9.2.1
2 30 ms 20 ms 30 ms 151.203.4.66 3 30 ms 40 ms 31 ms 205.171.38.161 4 30 ms 41 ms 30 ms jfk-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.30.85] 5 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms wdc-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.5.235] 6 30 ms 40 ms 40 ms wdc-core-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.6] 7 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms wdc-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.70] 8 40 ms 40 ms 50 ms 205.171.4.238 9 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms sl-bb20-rly-4-3.sprintlink.net [144.232.14.13] 10 30 ms 50 ms 50 ms sl-bb21-rly-13-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.25.18]and so on, and so on, and so on, until the server's IP is finally reached. Tracert is really helpful for finding out which server is slowing down the connection.
The service pack is one conglomerated patch dealing with all the recent updates to everything Win2K. Get the service pack, and everything in Win2K is updated to whenever the SP was released. And of course you have to reboot after a service pack change! Sometimes, they update something in the kernel.
Here's one thing that Linux has never had, ever since its inception: dynamic swap file settings. Of course, this is because of the nature of Linux, since the swap file is really a partition. But it's fun running 7 copies of Quake 3 Arena and using up 1.2GB of RAM (320MB of that physical). Ever tried that in Linux? Hell no.
Don't forget, Dell hates it when you erase the operating system; if I'm right, the warranty will be void unless the installed OS was offered with the model. Ask them about these specifics.
And yes, it is funny how a subject can change so weirdly. After all, you're the one who forced me to start talking about Win2k.
Then why don't you just do a tracert to winamp.com and slashdot.org and subtract the ping times from the total time? You did graduate from elementary school, didn't you?
Once again, a bible thumper trying to make a mountain out of an anthill.
I shall have to edit a line in your post to be Win2K compatible:
NT... change ip address (no reboot)... install service pack 1 (reboot: 2 minutes)... IIS patch found, installing (terminate IIS, patch, restart IIS)... DONE.
Get with the times, NT4 is dead as far as an NT web server goes. How about a one-step solution:
Buy Windows 2000 Datacenter Server... DONE!
Too expensive, you say? Then you shouldn't even be in the web server business!Also, regarding changes to NT, haven't you seen 2000 yet? Many changes which required a restart in NT4 now only require a restart of the specific process, just as in Linux/BSD.
One more funny thing: All the manhole covers in Boston say "BSD". Kinda reminds me of BSD's place in the computer world. :-)
Remember, a web server is only as good as the software it's running. Also, configuration makes a big difference, too. With only a few tweaks, most (if not all) of the security holes in IIS are covered. As for Apache, you always have to upgrade the entire server (can you say downtime?), and maybe even the Linux/BSD kernel (can you say MORE downtime?).
The 1/4 figure comes from the servlets at www.winamp.com taking 10 seconds to load, as opposed to the Slashdot perl scripts taking 2.5 seconds to execute.
I'm LOSING karma with this one, not gaining it. I do need some deficit, otherwise I'll make an Icarian flight.
Seriously, he is the epitome of everything that is wrong with ICANN. Every day, the AOL servers are either hacked or tampered with by the resident L337 H4X0Rs lurking on the AOL network. AOL is the official laughing stock of the Internet; in "Weird" Al Yankovic's song, "All about the Pentiums," there's a line which says something like "...and you go and post me like some brain-dead AOL'er." IMHO, AOL should be shut down and replaced with a standardized dial-up ISP.
I wholeheartedly agree with that. Just take a look at my signature below:
Well, duh, that's what tracert and telnet are for!
GNU isn't Unix Microsoft VM for Java isn't Sun Java Linus Torvalds isn't God Creative isn't Aureal IRC isn't ICQ UT netcode isn't efficient AFCArchvile isn't insane
Seriously, this is attempting to profit from ancient glitz that was retired years ago. Personally, I'd hate to see a 3-D anything that forces the client to perform the compilation process (see also: Javascript). It would be like having to download the .map file for Quake3 and then waiting hours on end just to have it compute the stinking lightmap! I can't wait for DOOM3; imagine, real-time lighting! Shorter map build times!
I gave you a good example, isn't that enough? Go get the stopwatch and start browsing!
As any yacht captain will tell you, you'll never lead the pack with a full load of bilgewater. The same is true in programming languages: if you don't get down-and-dirty with the low-level, the end result is guaranteed to be inefficient. This is why the naïve Java programmers can never build anything low-lag with a JDK.
Okay, reality check time: Java is at the bottom of the database barrel as far as performance and reliability go. Just see winamp.com's database structure (that is, if the site is running at all!). They use Java servlets. The average latency for a query on a 60K/sec connection is 10250ms; four times as slow as PHP, ASP, and Perl.
My suggestion to you is to take those blinders off, stop trying to say "Sun Solaris 7!" with the effeminate lisp, and start learning some worthwhile database APIs.
IMHO, this thing has no place in standalone systems (unless you want to run up to the attic and code away while still connected to your computer). I like having my monstrous full-tower right beside the monitor, opened up in all its glory.