he was arrested, kept in night for a jail and deported. Now that's barbaric(...)
Countries tend to be very picky about people entering their borders. I think there's some kind of macho-ego culture or something at work in the immigration department. I felt it less when entering Europe, but it's definitely strong when entering Israel or the US.
If you think this is barbaric, take a look at this. This, yes, is horrific.
On the contrary. If the source code for windows NT was open to the public, this hole would have been patched a long time ago, possibly even before an exploit. But of course, I'm just stating the obvious here...
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That would save me some bucks this Valentine's Day...
Rather than an injection (ugh) that makes someone love me, I'd rather have a painless spray that makes ladies want to have casual and immediate sex with me.
While 30 day paid vacations seem commonplace in a number of countries, I'd say 2 to 3 weeks is the rule of thumb in the US. There's also the dreaded "sick days" that force people to make lame excuses to use, or else they'll lose them.
They made you think they work too little, but in fact it is you (and I) that work too much.
I couldn't agree more. I use two and they work beautifully. No more need to dangerously look over my shoulder when changing lanes. Make sure you buy the ones made of *glass*. Some plastic ones will just lose the reflective tint over time.
I'd also prefer Shoutcast of even plain mp3 at lower quality. However, bear in mind that you're not locked out if you use Linux. Just download mplayerplug-in and be happy (you need MPlayer, obviously). This also has the added advantage of allowing you to see pretty much anything that requires WMP, such as AtomFilms and others.
After careful consideration, and based on recent media coverage of the events involving the SCO group claiming ownership of code in the Linux 2.4 kernels, plus the fact that to this date no tangible evidence has been presented in a court of law, we understand that SCO's upper management has been under the influence of recreational drugs for a considerable amount of time and thus, should not be taken seriously.
Under these premises, we'll transfer further threatening letters to our security experts, Corleone & Corleone inc for further appreciation and action.
I don't want to eat anything that's eaten something harmful to me, as that substance could be present in high enough concentrations to make me sick, or dead.
Even though I agree with you that fish we eat may eat the GloFish (and this is bad), I also think that if we go down your road we'll starve to death. Name something that is not fed/irrigated with something harmful or at least questionable these days...
Microsoft started a $300 million marketing campaign 14 months ago to attract dial-up users, and has decided to abandon that effort.
Does it mean we'll get rid of the obnoxious butterfly commercials? I've never used their service and I do not intend to, but those commercials make me feel like grabbing the remote and turning off the TV immediately.
Far from me to leave my fellow slashdotians out of this one. But unfortunately, the aforementioned domain is not even registered anymore. At least, I think she learned something from the event.
This reminds me something that happened last year (2002) at the Office. Once our two-year receptionist decided to quit, the management realized that it was easier and cheaper to hire a temp for the task. The first temp lasted one week, the second two weeks and the third was at the time going apparently well. Three weeks after the new temp was in place, rumors started circulating that she had a "semi-nudie" site on the internet. After paying lunch to some shady characters, I finally managed to see the site. It showed pictures of the lady in skimpy underwear, with some very useful and desirable bodily attributes on display. Unfortunately, for her, the news about her site was well-known at the time, and she got sacked "not for being half-naked", according to the brass, but for "divulging such information at the work environment..."
And here I am, saying that we should have sacked the management instead and hired more temps...
She's doing something that's illegal where she lives, and she's posting to the Internet photos of herself doing it. She's providing them with the EVIDENCE they need to convict her.
This is a no-brainer.
Of course it is a no-brainer. Or, even after seeing all those attributes do you still expect her to need brains?
I would ask somebody to inflate your doll with helium. Then I would release the beast in some dignified public place with very high celing - like bank or opera house
Would you call a bank a dignified place? I for myself don't think banks are a decent place for inflatable dolls.
It's interesting that Outlook forces you to use Outlook Express as a usenet client, rather than having the functionality built in. This is fairly typical Microsoft practise when they want to be able to sell you something, yet still say the functionality via open standards is available.
If you think this is bad, wait until you see their "web-mail" thingie that requires you to have MS-Outlook installed in your computer... Have you seen that one? It's just plain "brilliant"...
The new Outlook 2003 has this exact capability - a checkbox on one of the Options dialogs allows you to convert and read all email as plain text. If you want to view a particular email in it's original format, Outlook provides a quick link to do just that. Another nice feature is that it won't download the images unless you explicitly ask to see them.
Yes, that, until some bozo sends you an "important" email saying "my comments in red"...
HTML email is evil and vile... It's power to the unwashed, so they can embellish their content-poor emails.
The chick who played Starbuck was great. She must have watched the original a hundred times. She had Dirk's grin, head movements and general cockiness down to a T.
Have you seen the "Making Of" of this mini-series? They have individual interviews with most of the main actors and some actors from the old series. They put Dirk Benedict (the "old" Starbuck) face to face with Katee Sackhoff (the "new" Starbuck). Guess where was the encounter? At Starbuck's (The Coffee Shop), of course. It's funny that Dirk starts hitting on Kate almost instantly (well, wouldn't you if you had the same opportunity?) I think she learned a lot about being Starbuck right there.
(...)Machines just do what they are programmed to do without regard to individual circumstance, and without being able to offer any assistance in true emergencies(...)
Hey! You have just described 90% of all cops I've seen!
Absolutely. But unless you are microsoft, this person should probably have other roles as well, or he would probably spend most of the time twiddling his thumbs...
Yes, sure! That person would also be the main sysadmin. It's a good idea to have this person involved in each new project early, to avoid the "we-do-not-have-time-to-fix-it-now" syndrome.
But that's exactly the point. Developers should have their own little playground to play in, where security should not be the primary focus. If you are concerned about security, make the computers in the development lab join a private network that is separate from the company lan.
Then everybody will be happy. You won't get calls from developers who are more than happy to fix their own troubles. Developers won't have to deal with you. So, what's the problem?
It's not as simple as you think. In one of my previous jobs, I found out a few days after I joined that everybody in the building had the root password. The results of this were obvious: None of the 40 or so servers (spread across the country) would stay up or manageable for more than 20 days.
And how this came to be? Simple: The development team had one "playserver" where they had the root password, which I understand is necessary in order to solve problems immediately during the development cycle. Unfortunately, this also creates a new problem that is very hard to solve: The systems depend on root access to function properly. The reasons for this are many and varied, starting with incorrect permissions, programs that listened on the low ports and even expect scripts with the root password in them (world readable, of course).
It was a complete nightmare to solve this. First, the same lazy guy who coded something that depends on root would cry wolf saying that we should mess with something that is working (for him, of course, as I got called in the middle of the night many times to solve "mysterious" problems like disappearing files in/bin, etc). Second, as long as root is available, people will always take the path of least resistance and code applications based on the environment found in the playserver.
I had two hard years, but eventually managed to clear out the situation.
So, my advice is: Have your coders with their playboxes, but name a sysadmin as a "deployment mananger". This person will choose where each file goes, the permissions, the ports and these things. This not only saves a lot of problems in the future, but also guarantees that certain resources are used in a consistent way, like printers, mount points, etc.
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he was arrested, kept in night for a jail and deported. Now that's barbaric(...)
Countries tend to be very picky about people entering their borders. I think there's some kind of macho-ego culture or something at work in the immigration department. I felt it less when entering Europe, but it's definitely strong when entering Israel or the US.
If you think this is barbaric, take a look at this. This, yes, is horrific.
On the contrary. If the source code for windows NT was open to the public, this hole would have been patched a long time ago, possibly even before an exploit. But of course, I'm just stating the obvious here...
That would save me some bucks this Valentine's Day...
Rather than an injection (ugh) that makes someone love me, I'd rather have a painless spray that makes ladies want to have casual and immediate sex with me.
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That, yes, would rule.
While 30 day paid vacations seem commonplace in a number of countries, I'd say 2 to 3 weeks is the rule of thumb in the US. There's also the dreaded "sick days" that force people to make lame excuses to use, or else they'll lose them.
They made you think they work too little, but in fact it is you (and I) that work too much.
I couldn't agree more. I use two and they work beautifully. No more need to dangerously look over my shoulder when changing lanes. Make sure you buy the ones made of *glass*. Some plastic ones will just lose the reflective tint over time.
I'd also prefer Shoutcast of even plain mp3 at lower quality. However, bear in mind that you're not locked out if you use Linux. Just download mplayerplug-in and be happy (you need MPlayer, obviously). This also has the added advantage of allowing you to see pretty much anything that requires WMP, such as AtomFilms and others.
Buyukkokten!
Even worse... The name sounds like "Buy You a Cock or Ten", or something similar... So, never complain about your name again...
Dear [Insert foo&bar SCO lawyer's name here]
After careful consideration, and based on recent media coverage of the events involving the SCO group claiming ownership of code in the Linux 2.4 kernels, plus the fact that to this date no tangible evidence has been presented in a court of law, we understand that SCO's upper management has been under the influence of recreational drugs for a considerable amount of time and thus, should not be taken seriously.
Under these premises, we'll transfer further threatening letters to our security experts, Corleone & Corleone inc for further appreciation and action.
Kind Regards,
[Insert your name here]
How many times he heard his mom screaming "STOP PLAYING WITH THE FOOD!"
I don't want to eat anything that's eaten something harmful to me, as that substance could be present in high enough concentrations to make me sick, or dead.
Even though I agree with you that fish we eat may eat the GloFish (and this is bad), I also think that if we go down your road we'll starve to death. Name something that is not fed/irrigated with something harmful or at least questionable these days...
It was the Rafflesia...
Microsoft started a $300 million marketing campaign 14 months ago to attract dial-up users, and has decided to abandon that effort.
Does it mean we'll get rid of the obnoxious butterfly commercials? I've never used their service and I do not intend to, but those commercials make me feel like grabbing the remote and turning off the TV immediately.
but no link for us? :P
Far from me to leave my fellow slashdotians out of this one. But unfortunately, the aforementioned domain is not even registered anymore. At least, I think she learned something from the event.
This reminds me something that happened last year (2002) at the Office. Once our two-year receptionist decided to quit, the management realized that it was easier and cheaper to hire a temp for the task. The first temp lasted one week, the second two weeks and the third was at the time going apparently well. Three weeks after the new temp was in place, rumors started circulating that she had a "semi-nudie" site on the internet. After paying lunch to some shady characters, I finally managed to see the site. It showed pictures of the lady in skimpy underwear, with some very useful and desirable bodily attributes on display. Unfortunately, for her, the news about her site was well-known at the time, and she got sacked "not for being half-naked", according to the brass, but for "divulging such information at the work environment..."
And here I am, saying that we should have sacked the management instead and hired more temps...
She's doing something that's illegal where she lives, and she's posting to the Internet photos of herself doing it. She's providing them with the EVIDENCE they need to convict her.
This is a no-brainer.
Of course it is a no-brainer. Or, even after seeing all those attributes do you still expect her to need brains?
I would ask somebody to inflate your doll with helium. Then I would release the beast in some dignified public place with very high celing - like bank or opera house
Would you call a bank a dignified place? I for myself don't think banks are a decent place for inflatable dolls.
It's interesting that Outlook forces you to use Outlook Express as a usenet client, rather than having the functionality built in. This is fairly typical Microsoft practise when they want to be able to sell you something, yet still say the functionality via open standards is available.
If you think this is bad, wait until you see their "web-mail" thingie that requires you to have MS-Outlook installed in your computer... Have you seen that one? It's just plain "brilliant"...
The new Outlook 2003 has this exact capability - a checkbox on one of the Options dialogs allows you to convert and read all email as plain text. If you want to view a particular email in it's original format, Outlook provides a quick link to do just that. Another nice feature is that it won't download the images unless you explicitly ask to see them.
Yes, that, until some bozo sends you an "important" email saying "my comments in red"...
HTML email is evil and vile... It's power to the unwashed, so they can embellish their content-poor emails.
I think she will. Just don't run with them...
And PS: do not jump on your bed either...
Have you seen the "Making Of" of this mini-series? They have individual interviews with most of the main actors and some actors from the old series. They put Dirk Benedict (the "old" Starbuck) face to face with Katee Sackhoff (the "new" Starbuck). Guess where was the encounter? At Starbuck's (The Coffee Shop), of course. It's funny that Dirk starts hitting on Kate almost instantly (well, wouldn't you if you had the same opportunity?) I think she learned a lot about being Starbuck right there.
You mean "Model 6" hallucination? Regardless of the name you give to that, I want one implanted in my brain right now.
Hey! You have just described 90% of all cops I've seen!
Yes, sure! That person would also be the main sysadmin. It's a good idea to have this person involved in each new project early, to avoid the "we-do-not-have-time-to-fix-it-now" syndrome.
But that's exactly the point. Developers should have their own little playground to play in, where security should not be the primary focus. If you are concerned about security, make the computers in the development lab join a private network that is separate from the company lan.
Then everybody will be happy. You won't get calls from developers who are more than happy to fix their own troubles. Developers won't have to deal with you. So, what's the problem?
It's not as simple as you think. In one of my previous jobs, I found out a few days after I joined that everybody in the building had the root password. The results of this were obvious: None of the 40 or so servers (spread across the country) would stay up or manageable for more than 20 days.
And how this came to be? Simple: The development team had one "playserver" where they had the root password, which I understand is necessary in order to solve problems immediately during the development cycle. Unfortunately, this also creates a new problem that is very hard to solve: The systems depend on root access to function properly. The reasons for this are many and varied, starting with incorrect permissions, programs that listened on the low ports and even expect scripts with the root password in them (world readable, of course).
It was a complete nightmare to solve this. First, the same lazy guy who coded something that depends on root would cry wolf saying that we should mess with something that is working (for him, of course, as I got called in the middle of the night many times to solve "mysterious" problems like disappearing files in
I had two hard years, but eventually managed to clear out the situation.
So, my advice is: Have your coders with their playboxes, but name a sysadmin as a "deployment mananger". This person will choose where each file goes, the permissions, the ports and these things. This not only saves a lot of problems in the future, but also guarantees that certain resources are used in a consistent way, like printers, mount points, etc.