Is it necessary to disclose such potential conflicts of interest in so surley a manner? These clarifications are not a "favor" for the uninitiated, they are made in the interests of full disclosure; standards that all good reporting must adhere to.
I think it is just tounge in cheek. The disclosure is there for those that want it, and the humor is there for those of us that need it. Remember, Slashdot has to compete for return visits with places like Fark and Kiro5hun.
I feel the effects of this all the time, and I am not old yet. I have been asked for years, "What if you get hit by a Mack truck?" Now, I would say that in the last five years, things with Linux have standardized to the point where my Linux stuff could be outsourced. But, how do you replace intimate knowledge of network layout, homegrown code, machine function, and how to get around policies to get things done?
I do not know which person said this, but someone once uttered, regarding the demise of mainframes, "You cannot replace a bull with 10,000 chickens."
To some extent, I do see the PC going the way of the buffalo. Citrix and other thin-client models are becoming more popular, especially as a way to more easily manage security. The rise of Linux as a business operating system is allowing more centralization too. The workstation (not just PC) is becoming expendible.
Breaks are times I can pick to be "less-productive". I am way too busy to be non-productive. Perhaps that is because I own a company, and therefore have more incentive than just working for one. But, I can look back at previous employers and say that my work ethic is no different today than then.
My wife laughs and says that I work from 8 to 5 and 9 to 3 most days. I usually work all day, although I do enjoy long lunch meetings, come home for dinner, television, Scrabble, and other assorted "wife time", then go back to work when she scoots off for a bath and then bed.
Ten years ago, the biggest trouble I was having selling Linux solutions was the support issue. My rebuttal then was, "How often do you call Sun, Microsoft, or Novell?" Now, there are tons of company support outlets, and Linux is much more accepted by businesses. But, the focus has now shifted to, "Who can I get to support this?" Quality support people can be difficult to find. Of course, I hate always hearing that I might get hit by a Mack truck...
In Australia, to root something is to have sexual intercourse with it. So, chatting with some chick about rooting her box may get you a slap. You should buy her a drink first.
Where I learned this. Well, about the rooting, not about the smoothing over chicks.
Microsoft-ds? No kids, that's not the Double Screen version, that's probably "Directory Services". LDAP. Your authentication. Block that internally and you're SOL. So if it gets into your internal LAN, you're powerless to block it off, other than to shut down the entire LAN, clean all of the systems without plugging back into the LAN, and bring the whole thing back up.
Just so you know, Windows domain and directory authentication is over tcp 389. As for 445, that is for file sharing via CIFS. CIFS is the next gen past SMB (which used 137, 138 and 139).
Ta-da. One power supply, four quiet drives, one case, software RAID-5 easily swappable with 2 dedicated fans per drive, looks professional, comparatively quiet, with the benefit of included scalable SMP workstation. And.7TB to boot. Or get a PCI EIDE raid card compatible with both Linux and Windows and go to town with RAID-0 and 1TB.
Don't forget the best part about the above is the fact that you would have a warranty!
Or, does anyone do something similar using a log watching program? I would really like to know, now that I have SSH firewalled off so restrictive and my open boxes get more than 1,000 invalid user hits per day.
Everything should be positive about this last film. The film got a bump on the MPAA ratings for violence, which means there will be plenty of action. It shows Natalie Portman preggers, which has been a male fantasy for some time (but men wouldn't watch her in that Wal-Mart movie). And, Jar Jar has very little screen time.
This is all well and good (ha ha), but seriously, no legislation makes sense here in the states to control the Internet because I can just download from some overseas source or even post content there to be shared. I want to state, however, that I own more than 400 DVD movies and 1,000+ music discs. So, I am not the problem, but am rather illustrating that this legislation does nothing to curb the pirating and sales and online distribution that comes from the Asian Pacific or Europe.
I wish that the technology channel actually had programs on technology like this. This could also work on Modern Marvels on History Channel. It would also work nicely on Discovery or PBS. It is time for television programming to amaze me again!
..rootkits for Linux are also a bitch to find and get rid of. It's only because we have had this risk for longer that we have good tools to find, remove and otherwise manage the risk... but how many Linux users actually do this?
Probably the same five who spool logs to another sever as well as write-only tape and run everything in chroot I suspect.
You should never trust a compromised system. Reinstallation is the logical step after backing up the suspect system and finding a known good backup of the clean system. The big problem is the likelyhood of this happening. I have seen poorly secured *nix boxen get rooted, but have seen way more Windows machines catch a computer cold.
The obscure registry and assinine DLL structure, coupled with incomplete process lists and poorly-defined startup parameters make most spyware impossible to scrape off a system to date.
All science text books should have the following sticker:
Science is the gathering ideas through standard processes. Constant review changes science as we draw better conclusions to hypothese from the data gathered. Of course, there is always some asshat out there that will say all discoveries are the work of the devil.
What kills me is that these people think all scientists and doctors working on new technologies are simply mislead and need to find their way to perform work to glorify their creator. This has always been the case, as churches in the past have been against things such as a heliocentric solar system, vaccination, organ donation, psychology, world exploration, ending slavery, etc. That is, they were against it until they were losing membership to accepted practice. These people will tell you that modern physics is a bunch of hooey and then use their cell phone to call the hospital to arrange their MRI. They think doctors are inferior to the laying-on of hands, but rush to get flu shots and cancer treatments.
But hey, if intelligent design is going to be brought up, I think we should examine which idea is more intelligent...
a perfect creation goes awry and God is powerless to fix it unless a son is born to die and is expected to return to end the world all-together, and we were originally formed from clay and we were already wiped out by a flood so an old drunk and his family could cause 'evolution' of various races so there would be turmoil, just to find out that most souls are bound to arrive in a place where God is absent?
There were these Titans and then Zeus tricked one Titan into thinking he was eaten, but it was really just a big rock....thunderbolts...Hercules...etc
Xenu...blah...blah...blah...90 million years ago...blah...blah...blah
etc
etc
There are just too many stories. No one provides more evidence than any other that one is better evident than any other.
Nobody believes that Microsoft focuses on security. Nobody.
They do, and they market that very well. I recently saw an eighteen-wheeler pull through major cities showcasing Microsoft security products. Every business owner I spoke with that has had considerable expenses due to Microsoft's insecurities was amazed at their products. What I find most interesting is when a peer of mine went to a Microsoft propaganda seminar, they suggested the purchase of a Linksys router/firewall to place before their high-dollar security system. When asked what OS this equipment used, the speaker proudly mentioned Linux.
The problem is age-old though. Viruses and Trojans would seemingly not exist without Microsoft. Certainly, there would not be a need for anti-virus products because the numbers would be manageable enough via infrequent patching. Therefore, Microsoft is the problem.
For those interested, check out this source code. Virus and Trojan problems seem to just gravitate toward Microsoft products. So, Microsoft is the problem.
Internet use blamed for daily television viewing drop of 18 minutes
Shouldn't it just say, "Home computer use up since birth of Internet" or "Internet usage up since Net becomes more interactive"? It doesn't matter anyway, my life is in complete ruins and I blow the bell curve. I watch more television since getting cable and DVR, and my Internet has increased as well. My work attendance average is what suffers...
Why are you including GNU but not IBM? Who is doing the actual work here? It's IBM that is putting forth the effort and resources, not GNU. And if you are trying to be "fair", the name should be more along the lines of "IBM 970/Linux with some plenty of BSD code and some GNU code". Yeah, the "ls" command might be GNU's but the TCP stack sure as hell isn't.
Forgive me. How about */* since just about everyone has contributed to this by dreaming up computing, making microprocessors, writing software, developing hardware, or purchasing them (thus funding future development)?
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I think it is just tounge in cheek. The disclosure is there for those that want it, and the humor is there for those of us that need it. Remember, Slashdot has to compete for return visits with places like Fark and Kiro5hun.
I feel the effects of this all the time, and I am not old yet. I have been asked for years, "What if you get hit by a Mack truck?" Now, I would say that in the last five years, things with Linux have standardized to the point where my Linux stuff could be outsourced. But, how do you replace intimate knowledge of network layout, homegrown code, machine function, and how to get around policies to get things done?
I do not know which person said this, but someone once uttered, regarding the demise of mainframes, "You cannot replace a bull with 10,000 chickens."
To some extent, I do see the PC going the way of the buffalo. Citrix and other thin-client models are becoming more popular, especially as a way to more easily manage security. The rise of Linux as a business operating system is allowing more centralization too. The workstation (not just PC) is becoming expendible.
My wife laughs and says that I work from 8 to 5 and 9 to 3 most days. I usually work all day, although I do enjoy long lunch meetings, come home for dinner, television, Scrabble, and other assorted "wife time", then go back to work when she scoots off for a bath and then bed.
Where I learned this. Well, about the rooting, not about the smoothing over chicks.
Just so you know, Windows domain and directory authentication is over tcp 389. As for 445, that is for file sharing via CIFS. CIFS is the next gen past SMB (which used 137, 138 and 139).
Don't forget the best part about the above is the fact that you would have a warranty!
LoginFailureTracking On
LoginFailureAttempts 3
LoginFailureShell "/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -s %1 -j DROP"
Oh, I need this or something like:
InvalidUserLockoutCount 3
InvalidUserLockoutByIP yes
InvalidUserLockoutResetSeconds 120
Or, does anyone do something similar using a log watching program? I would really like to know, now that I have SSH firewalled off so restrictive and my open boxes get more than 1,000 invalid user hits per day.
I guess that is why it was called "vaporwear" instead.
I wish that the technology channel actually had programs on technology like this. This could also work on Modern Marvels on History Channel. It would also work nicely on Discovery or PBS. It is time for television programming to amaze me again!
You should never trust a compromised system. Reinstallation is the logical step after backing up the suspect system and finding a known good backup of the clean system. The big problem is the likelyhood of this happening. I have seen poorly secured *nix boxen get rooted, but have seen way more Windows machines catch a computer cold.
Ask the British if they are Southern Scots...
Solaris and Irix come from Unix too. Is IBM just the target because of their wealth or contribution to Linux or both?
What kills me is that these people think all scientists and doctors working on new technologies are simply mislead and need to find their way to perform work to glorify their creator. This has always been the case, as churches in the past have been against things such as a heliocentric solar system, vaccination, organ donation, psychology, world exploration, ending slavery, etc. That is, they were against it until they were losing membership to accepted practice. These people will tell you that modern physics is a bunch of hooey and then use their cell phone to call the hospital to arrange their MRI. They think doctors are inferior to the laying-on of hands, but rush to get flu shots and cancer treatments.
But hey, if intelligent design is going to be brought up, I think we should examine which idea is more intelligent...
There are just too many stories. No one provides more evidence than any other that one is better evident than any other.
Fifty to 100 million? Why the hell was he a help desk worker? Why wasn't he out blowing money on yachts and jets and basketball teams?
They do, and they market that very well. I recently saw an eighteen-wheeler pull through major cities showcasing Microsoft security products. Every business owner I spoke with that has had considerable expenses due to Microsoft's insecurities was amazed at their products. What I find most interesting is when a peer of mine went to a Microsoft propaganda seminar, they suggested the purchase of a Linksys router/firewall to place before their high-dollar security system. When asked what OS this equipment used, the speaker proudly mentioned Linux.
The problem is age-old though. Viruses and Trojans would seemingly not exist without Microsoft. Certainly, there would not be a need for anti-virus products because the numbers would be manageable enough via infrequent patching. Therefore, Microsoft is the problem.
For those interested, check out this source code. Virus and Trojan problems seem to just gravitate toward Microsoft products. So, Microsoft is the problem.
Shouldn't it just say, "Home computer use up since birth of Internet" or "Internet usage up since Net becomes more interactive"? It doesn't matter anyway, my life is in complete ruins and I blow the bell curve. I watch more television since getting cable and DVR, and my Internet has increased as well. My work attendance average is what suffers...
Forgive me. How about */* since just about everyone has contributed to this by dreaming up computing, making microprocessors, writing software, developing hardware, or purchasing them (thus funding future development)?