I work for SAIC, and employee ownership is pretty kickass, and the long list of "cool shit" that we do keeps getting larger and larger. My favorite part by far is that since everyone is an owner, the "retard rate" is alot lower - that guy slacking off is costing you money, so everyone busts ass.
Nice disinfo campaign Spook. "oh! We're all Just a bunch of employee-owned nice guys...." Who happen to work for the CIA...yea...right
What's telling (and scary) is how fast you Caught on to the Slashdot article and posted the "We're a bunch of warm an fuzzy guys.... don't worry about us" B.S.
Whether or not this rrealease will finally support the new sexurity headers as put forth in RFC 3514.
A bigger question is why Slashdot hasn't reported this yet? ! Maybe if all the editors weren't so busy Microsoft bashing we could get some REAL news in here!
I never knew Adam of course but I fondly recall his computer. I was a student at OSU at the time and I remember going weekly into the local computer store and gawking at the Osborne there trying to figure out some way to work up enough money to buy one. Twin disk drives (floppy 360Ks WOW!), a computer that you could actually pick up and walk away with !(something I fanatsized about at that computer store) There were no IBM PC's out at the time ( though I had a Bell and Howell Black Apple at home) so Adam's computer was the latest and greatest out there.
The man was a pioneer of the comoputer age and deserves to be remembered.
>1. what happens with Mr. DumbGuy sets up a proxy >on his dialup account, and then doesn't take the >necessary steps to secure it?
Such mail has to be relayed through a larger ISP's SMTP server. Since we've already required that such servers and relays monitor and stop mass mailings then the problem takes care of itself.
>2. if you "legally" require software to contain >certain settings, and that software is open >source, it would be pretty easy to get around >any settings that are "legally" put in place.
No, you miss the point. The software installed at the ISP end is legally required to monitor and disconnect mass mailings - not the client.
>3. what happens when yahoo.com or aol.com get on >that list.
Exactly my point. Such large ISPs are a large part of the problem. Prevent them from relaying message floods
>One of the biggest holes is the fact that most >of the spam comes from sources outside the US. >Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia,etc >all send more spam than open proxies in the US
But at some point it has to be relayed through a US SMTP server. Stop the relaying of message floods from unique users when it encounters teh first US relay. It's that simple. Make it a legal requirement for SMTP server software used in the US
1. Make ISPs themselves *legally* accountable for spam with stiff penalities for spam floods.
If an ISP hasn't applied the appropriate patches to it's software or is maintaining an open mail relay (or letting one of it's users maintain such) then it should be fined - heavily. Great incentive for keeping on the ball or *else*
2. Require *legally* (with stiff penalities yadda yadda) that *all* SMTP server and relay software be required to monitor the number of messages per unit time sent out from each connection or user as appropriate. Require that such monitoring software break the connection after a certain threashold is reached and block the connection/user thereafter. Provision would be made for an exception list to be manually edited for those clients that have a legitimate need.
3. Maintain a publicaly accessible national list of known (ie. caught) spammers to be blacklisted from *all* U.S. ISPs for a set period of time. Make this a legal requirement for all U.S. ISPs
Until it's in actually on the market for $150 then it's VaporWare....just another press release designed to drum up money for someone who has a neat idea....or maybe needs a new Beemer...whatever.
The earliest clear memory that I have is of a family picnic at about 2 or 3 years of age. I remember eating a salimai sandwich near a tree. I also remember the park and the surrounding roads and such. I recall not thinking in words at all but just feelings and I recall being very happy and having a sense of "me" as being seperate from my family or the tree - I know that sounds strange but it's what my first memory is.
I also remember being in a crib and a mobile hanging above it and trying to reach it but the memory is very unclear and I have no idea what age that could be.
Almost all my formerly well paid and experienced friends are out of work now, having been "laid off" and replaced by either far lower paid wage-slaves (in the fullest sense of the word) visa workers or simply by much less experienced and lower paid people.
A great many IT workers are getting OUT of that rat race (including myself) and going back to school to learn other professions. I COMPLETELY agree with you that the greedy CEOs and other board members have completely gutted their own companies and transferred the money to themselves and I completely AGREE that the Dot-Com crash of 2001 is only a portent of things to come with the overall American economy.
As for me, I COMPLETELY refuse to work my butt off (no matter how highly paid) for the Fortune 500 any more in order to increase the value of the stock options of some schmuck at the top. I just got a job at a lower salary (half of what I used to make which is still pretty good) at a non-profit and am going to night school to be an RN.
When the economy crashes in another 7 ot 10 years look for me at the bottom of the sky-scrapers selling hot-dogs to the crowd as they watch those assholes come flying out the windows.
Yah...
Reading a c-64 disk or a an ancient mac floppy...that something I need for sure right now...guess I'll be puting off buying that 80.11a wireless router untill I can get my hands on one of these puppies...
Yah...
ESD is just another buzzword until you actually understand what it is that you want. What DO you want?
Do you want to deliver upgrades or patches?
Do you want to tie your system into a point of sale mechanism?
Are you worried about security? (you should be)
What security mechanisms are you able to implement?
How many people will download your software each day? Each hour? How many do you expect to do so next year?
What platforms will your target audience be running?
I could go on and on....but my point is that you cannot go to anyone, even "America's Best and Brightest" (whereever they are) and ask for a one-size-fits-all solution to a software delivery system - even if you do have a fancy buzzword like ESD to make it sound sort of sexy.
You first step here (AS ALWAYS) is to define your specifications. You can *start* with the questions above but if you haven't thought of 4 times that many yourself in your specs then you don't really know what you want... and hence can be offered no real solution.
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Nice disinfo campaign Spook. "oh! We're all Just a bunch of employee-owned nice guys
What's telling (and scary) is how fast you Caught on to the Slashdot article and posted the "We're a bunch of warm an fuzzy guys.... don't worry about us" B.S.
ttp://www.theinformationminister.com/press.php?ID
Touche! (g)
"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
It's about time that Slashdot editors finally got off their asses and reported in this - all the other geek boards that I read did so days ago!
My question is: Will enough of these new packet headers coming in affect my Beowolf cluster?
Whether or not this rrealease will finally support the new sexurity headers as put forth in RFC 3514.
A bigger question is why Slashdot hasn't reported this yet? ! Maybe if all the editors weren't so busy Microsoft bashing we could get some REAL news in here!
I never knew Adam of course but I fondly recall his computer. I was a student at OSU at the time and I remember going weekly into the local computer store and gawking at the Osborne there trying to figure out some way to work up enough money to buy one. Twin disk drives (floppy 360Ks WOW!), a computer that you could actually pick up and walk away with !(something I fanatsized about at that computer store) There were no IBM PC's out at the time ( though I had a Bell and Howell Black Apple at home) so Adam's computer was the latest and greatest out there.
The man was a pioneer of the comoputer age and deserves to be remembered.
Pax Requium Adam.
>1. what happens with Mr. DumbGuy sets up a proxy >on his dialup account, and then doesn't take the >necessary steps to secure it?
,etc >all send more spam than open proxies in the US
Such mail has to be relayed through a larger ISP's SMTP server. Since we've already required that such servers and relays monitor and stop mass mailings then the problem takes care of itself.
>2. if you "legally" require software to contain >certain settings, and that software is open >source, it would be pretty easy to get around >any settings that are "legally" put in place.
No, you miss the point. The software installed at the ISP end is legally required to monitor and disconnect mass mailings - not the client.
>3. what happens when yahoo.com or aol.com get on >that list.
Exactly my point. Such large ISPs are a large part of the problem. Prevent them from relaying message floods
>One of the biggest holes is the fact that most >of the spam comes from sources outside the US. >Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia
But at some point it has to be relayed through a US SMTP server. Stop the relaying of message floods from unique users when it encounters teh first US relay. It's that simple. Make it a legal requirement for SMTP server software used in the US
1. Make ISPs themselves *legally* accountable for spam with stiff penalities for spam floods.
If an ISP hasn't applied the appropriate patches to it's software or is maintaining an open mail relay (or letting one of it's users maintain such) then it should be fined - heavily. Great incentive for keeping on the ball or *else*
2. Require *legally* (with stiff penalities yadda yadda) that *all* SMTP server and relay software be required to monitor the number of messages per unit time sent out from each connection or user as appropriate. Require that such monitoring software break the connection after a certain threashold is reached and block the connection/user thereafter. Provision would be made for an exception list to be manually edited for those clients that have a legitimate need.
3. Maintain a publicaly accessible national list of known (ie. caught) spammers to be blacklisted from *all* U.S. ISPs for a set period of time. Make this a legal requirement for all U.S. ISPs
If it seems too good to be true...it probably is.
Until it's in actually on the market for $150 then it's VaporWare....just another press release designed to drum up money for someone who has a neat idea....or maybe needs a new Beemer...whatever.
>Confusing the two exhibits not a warm-and-fuzzy
>concern for the inclusion of women so much as a
>writer's or speaker's ignorance.
TechnoGirl is willing to bet heavily that "Captainclever" is single.
I also remember being in a crib and a mobile hanging above it and trying to reach it but the memory is very unclear and I have no idea what age that could be.
Hear! Hear!
:)
Succintly and very well put!
Almost all my formerly well paid and experienced friends are out of work now, having been "laid off" and replaced by either far lower paid wage-slaves (in the fullest sense of the word) visa workers or simply by much less experienced and lower paid people.
A great many IT workers are getting OUT of that rat race (including myself) and going back to school to learn other professions. I COMPLETELY agree with you that the greedy CEOs and other board members have completely gutted their own companies and transferred the money to themselves and I completely AGREE that the Dot-Com crash of 2001 is only a portent of things to come with the overall American economy.
As for me, I COMPLETELY refuse to work my butt off (no matter how highly paid) for the Fortune 500 any more in order to increase the value of the stock options of some schmuck at the top. I just got a job at a lower salary (half of what I used to make which is still pretty good) at a non-profit and am going to night school to be an RN.
When the economy crashes in another 7 ot 10 years look for me at the bottom of the sky-scrapers selling hot-dogs to the crowd as they watch those assholes come flying out the windows.
Yeah...I'll be smiling too
Yah... Reading a c-64 disk or a an ancient mac floppy...that something I need for sure right now ...guess I'll be puting off buying that 80.11a wireless router untill I can get my hands on one of these puppies...
Yah...
A lasuit against Ebay itself since they have acquired PayPal?
FWIW I will worte to paypal and express my extreme dissatisfaction with this turn of events.
Bets of luck to you guys!
Do you want to deliver upgrades or patches?
Do you want to tie your system into a point of sale mechanism?
Are you worried about security? (you should be)
What security mechanisms are you able to implement?
How many people will download your software each day? Each hour? How many do you expect to do so next year?
What platforms will your target audience be running?
I could go on and on....but my point is that you cannot go to anyone, even "America's Best and Brightest" (whereever they are) and ask for a one-size-fits-all solution to a software delivery system - even if you do have a fancy buzzword like ESD to make it sound sort of sexy.
You first step here (AS ALWAYS) is to define your specifications. You can *start* with the questions above but if you haven't thought of 4 times that many yourself in your specs then you don't really know what you want... and hence can be offered no real solution.
Thank you for the funny modifier hint!!!!!!!
It *was* getting tedious - I took your advice
Here's the actual paper:
....the problem is that an hour later your application still wants more.
Ohhhhh....
,
... stock options I'll be invokin' !
SuperParaMagnetic limit Seagate says they've broken,
The bad news is our data bits will sometimes not be loadin'
If Seagate markets it loud enough next quarter will be smokin' !
So...SuperParaMagnetic Limit
Cassette type MP3 players have been out for nearly two years now.
Why is this "news"?
P.S. 8-track fromat is dead - I'll submit the article later OK?