Wow! You've got a copy too? That's great. Mine are loaded on my Windows computer right now. They plainly show aliens in the background. Too bad I can't watch them anymore since loading this security patch.
You hit the nail on the head. We lay people do not know how the system works. And we should. That said, I know I lack the means to go to law school nor can I afford to study law full time. Do you know any resource for us ordinary people to study law in an informal setting? Or at least something that will offset the lessons learned from TV crime dramas and pop literature.
I've been using an old laptop for an Internet DNS and web server (static pages only) for about three years now. It runs under Debian and I haven't had a single problem with it since it went in. The battery has kept it up when the power went out without a hitch (everything else is on an UPS). I used the laptop as an emergency replacement when the power supplies went out of both of my DNS servers at the same time.
I keep meaning to replace it, but it keeps working just fine. (I did get another box up as secondary DNS.) It is plenty fast, the hard disc was replaced once under warrenty then again a couple of months before it got pressed into service so I have some worry about the hardware lasting. But I put in a high quality drive--better than the warranty replacement--and it shows no signs of having a problem. And finally, a nice thing is that the laptop server is quiet and doesn't take up much room.
I recommend it, just watch out for hardware failures, if it is critical, get a spare. It's a good use for an old system.
My thirty years experience does not get me interviews when the job listing says "B.S. or B.A. in computing or related field required." Sigh. If they would only talk to me they would know what I can do. IBM once introduced me as the "best APL programmer west of the Mississippi." (Yeah, that was a long time ago, but it happened.)
I've been making good money, but not as an employee--no one wants to talk to me when they find I have no degree--but as a consultant. It seems contracting is all I can do now if I want to get paid more than the kid that just last week was saying "You want fries with that?"
Yeah, but you get to answer the phone with: "Hello, Doctor Shajenko here." So I guess you can call yourself doctor as much as you want. Of course, instead of eight years in school, you can acomplish the same result by "buying" an inexpensive Doctor of Divinity from the Universal Life Church. $35.00 instead of eight years study. What a bargain!
GPL has never been designed to be a business friendly licence.
You say that like it's true. It isn't.
GPL is very business friendly. It is not so much software business friendly, but were I a manufacturing plant operator, I'd like to be able to improve and share the software that runs my business. If my associates agree to do the same we can get something that's better for all of us. It's like sharing better steel formulations to build bigger rooms with which to do our work, which is not making better steel. We all benefit.
has it also been mathematically proven impossible to socially engineer?
Give me some time with the guy in charge of the program, a wooden chair, some duct tape, a pair of pliers, and a ball peen hammer. I'll tell you exactly what the program does.
A cutting torch works by heating the metal to red hot and then blasting a stream of oxygen causing the metal to actually burn away. In safes and high security locks they use stainless steel which does not burn like regular steel and iron. The cutting torch will get it hot, but it will not burn the metal away in that pretty shower of sparks. You can, however get it really hot with the torch and then use a chisel to cut the metal away; it just takes a while.
Oh well, just google for MIT guide to lockpicking. You'll find lots of copies.
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I used to make keys to the school locks from those street-sweeper bristles. I'd fold them over to match the lock, use wire to hold them in place, and file notches in them to match the keys.
Of course, I also used them for my picks. They are great for the tension wrenches. I still have some I made at least 30 years ago.
Kind of like Microsoft networking where a shared resource with a name ending with a $ is not to be displayed. If you look at the shares on a Microsoft client, it doesn't show them. If you look with Samba's smbclient you see them. They're there and advertised, it's the client's job to ignore ones it shouldn't show to you.
No surprise it doesn't work with caller ID either. Someone will create a work-around every time some bone-headed idea like this comes along.
Actually you'd better not lie to the cops. That's a seperate crime, at least in California, under PC148. Lying about your name is a seperate offence as well under PC148.9. So you're better of just being quiet, after you tell your name of course.
Yah, downside to writing in this format. No one can see you smile. Next time I'll add a smiley. I added the comment because *I* didn't realize the drips were intentional until I read the article. I'm still impressed by the control and overall quality they are able to get out of a spray can. It's way better than I can do.
The Simpsons reference might have helped but yeah, I'd have missed it anyway.
How about RTFpdf? The drips were actually painted, they're not drips at all. Although they did get drips on some of their testing, the big "drips" in that image were purely intentional.
Several distributions already have auto patching available. RedHat, by default, has an icon on the screen that lets you know whenever updates are available. You can even set it up to automatically download and install them if you trust RedHat that much. Or check out autodld (search for it) to do automatic updates to any RPM based system.
Funny thing happened to me this morning. I got an email from RedHat telling me that one of my systems hadn't checked in to see if there were updates for a while (it's a laptop that isn't often on the Internet). They wanted to remind me that it should either get the updates or they will assume it is no longer in use and delete it from their files. I sure can't imagine Microsoft doing that.
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Wow! You've got a copy too? That's great. Mine are loaded on my Windows computer right now. They plainly show aliens in the background. Too bad I can't watch them anymore since loading this security patch.
Amen.
You hit the nail on the head. We lay people do not know how the system works. And we should. That said, I know I lack the means to go to law school nor can I afford to study law full time. Do you know any resource for us ordinary people to study law in an informal setting? Or at least something that will offset the lessons learned from TV crime dramas and pop literature.
I've been using an old laptop for an Internet DNS and web server (static pages only) for about three years now. It runs under Debian and I haven't had a single problem with it since it went in. The battery has kept it up when the power went out without a hitch (everything else is on an UPS). I used the laptop as an emergency replacement when the power supplies went out of both of my DNS servers at the same time.
I keep meaning to replace it, but it keeps working just fine. (I did get another box up as secondary DNS.) It is plenty fast, the hard disc was replaced once under warrenty then again a couple of months before it got pressed into service so I have some worry about the hardware lasting. But I put in a high quality drive--better than the warranty replacement--and it shows no signs of having a problem. And finally, a nice thing is that the laptop server is quiet and doesn't take up much room.
I recommend it, just watch out for hardware failures, if it is critical, get a spare. It's a good use for an old system.
Good luck.
In other news, 3D Realms announced they will be releasing Duke Nukem Forever as soon as it's ready.
Oh man. Where's the spoiler warning on this one. Now I'll know the strippers become aliens when I play Duke Nukem 3D.
Amen, Brother!
My thirty years experience does not get me interviews when the job listing says "B.S. or B.A. in computing or related field required." Sigh. If they would only talk to me they would know what I can do. IBM once introduced me as the "best APL programmer west of the Mississippi." (Yeah, that was a long time ago, but it happened.)
I've been making good money, but not as an employee--no one wants to talk to me when they find I have no degree--but as a consultant. It seems contracting is all I can do now if I want to get paid more than the kid that just last week was saying "You want fries with that?"
Yeah, but you get to answer the phone with: "Hello, Doctor Shajenko here." So I guess you can call yourself doctor as much as you want. Of course, instead of eight years in school, you can acomplish the same result by "buying" an inexpensive Doctor of Divinity from the Universal Life Church. $35.00 instead of eight years study. What a bargain!
>I don't think you can go around selling Mozilla-branded items without permission from the Mozilla folks.
Correct.
And the license gives you that very permission. At least for the software--you'll have to work out the T-shirt merchandizing some other way.
GPL is very business friendly. It is not so much software business friendly, but were I a manufacturing plant operator, I'd like to be able to improve and share the software that runs my business. If my associates agree to do the same we can get something that's better for all of us. It's like sharing better steel formulations to build bigger rooms with which to do our work, which is not making better steel. We all benefit.
Actually, well, no you can't.
A cutting torch works by heating the metal to red hot and then blasting a stream of oxygen causing the metal to actually burn away. In safes and high security locks they use stainless steel which does not burn like regular steel and iron. The cutting torch will get it hot, but it will not burn the metal away in that pretty shower of sparks. You can, however get it really hot with the torch and then use a chisel to cut the metal away; it just takes a while.
Boy, it sure is. D'oh.
Oh well, just google for MIT guide to lockpicking. You'll find lots of copies.
I used to make keys to the school locks from those street-sweeper bristles. I'd fold them over to match the lock, use wire to hold them in place, and file notches in them to match the keys.
Of course, I also used them for my picks. They are great for the tension wrenches. I still have some I made at least 30 years ago.
You might also check out Ted the Tool's on-line book called the "MIT Guide to Lock Picking" found here among lots of other places.
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And now I've violated copyright too!
Kind of like Microsoft networking where a shared resource with a name ending with a $ is not to be displayed. If you look at the shares on a Microsoft client, it doesn't show them. If you look with Samba's smbclient you see them. They're there and advertised, it's the client's job to ignore ones it shouldn't show to you.
No surprise it doesn't work with caller ID either. Someone will create a work-around every time some bone-headed idea like this comes along.
How about Cheops-ng? Or even the original Cheops?
Comdex will be back 'cause thats where the big announcement will be made. So we should expect Comdex to return as soon as Duke Nukem Forever is ready!
Actually you'd better not lie to the cops. That's a seperate crime, at least in California, under PC148. Lying about your name is a seperate offence as well under PC148.9. So you're better of just being quiet, after you tell your name of course.
Ah! So it's a windows problem. I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! It's always their fault!
Yah, downside to writing in this format. No one can see you smile. Next time I'll add a smiley. I added the comment because *I* didn't realize the drips were intentional until I read the article. I'm still impressed by the control and overall quality they are able to get out of a spray can. It's way better than I can do.
The Simpsons reference might have helped but yeah, I'd have missed it anyway.
How about RTFpdf? The drips were actually painted, they're not drips at all. Although they did get drips on some of their testing, the big "drips" in that image were purely intentional.
I want one.
Yeah, you're missing something.
Several distributions already have auto patching available. RedHat, by default, has an icon on the screen that lets you know whenever updates are available. You can even set it up to automatically download and install them if you trust RedHat that much. Or check out autodld (search for it) to do automatic updates to any RPM based system.
Funny thing happened to me this morning. I got an email from RedHat telling me that one of my systems hadn't checked in to see if there were updates for a while (it's a laptop that isn't often on the Internet). They wanted to remind me that it should either get the updates or they will assume it is no longer in use and delete it from their files. I sure can't imagine Microsoft doing that.