and after putting all those extra hours for nothing other than the warm fuzzies of a job well done you're still booted out of the door when it suits the company. Just remember that companies have very little in the way of loyalty to their staff but demand the extras as if by some divine right.
I've made that mistake on a critcal part of the system once, since then I've got in the habit of moving into the directory to be purged, rm -rfv./ and then moving out and rmdir $directory. Marginally less likely to result in a fucked system thanks to fat finger syndrome.
It's not that there is no reverse (there was), however the boring machine is the size of the hole being made (logically enough) whereas the hole which is left behind the machine is smaller thanks to the concrete lining. So there was simply nowhere for it to reverse into.
Yup, separating the 'work' from the 'home' helps, I used to have my workspace in the communal study, while trying to sell the house we made the smallest bedroom into an office (made the room look bigger). Now we've moved I've got an office which is separate from the living areas so I do "go to work", it's just that the commute is about 30 seconds.
Oh yes those buggers (answers door) Me: What are you selling? Annoying Prat (AP): Nothing Me: ok... AP: Can I talk to you about (insert religion) Me: Ok you're selling your religion, bye (shutdoor)
Really should get the broomstick up where it can be seen from the outside....
Given there will be nowhere to dump the heat from the probe (it being surrounded by molton iron and falling into the center of the earth and therefore into a hot environment) a better approach would probably be to design the probe to work effectively at the sort of temperatures it's likely to encounter without relying on a cooling system (which is yet another thing to break anyway).
Like the 747 the B52's have all been upgraded numerous times because it's cheaper and more effective than trying to design something to replace them. Apart from some safety mods (such as the recent lining of the fuel tanks following the Paris crash) Concorde hasn't been upgraded / modified in any significant manner.
Something to remember with some clever work on the questions being asked you can get even those against the war to appear to be in favour of it. For those of you in the UK just look at the various polls on the 24h news channels.
I only got rude to telemarketers when they didn't take the hint or lied
TM: "HI..." ME: No thank you TM: but if.. ME: what part of 'no' was difficult, bugger off.
or
TM: "HI..." ME: If you're trying to sell something don't bother TM: Well if you give me a moment I'm sure you'll be interested... ME: Bugger off
However we don't get any calls now because we're on the UK TPS (telephone preference service) which is the UK telemarketing block list. Apart from the odd company which are stupid beyond the norm and get asked for their company details so I can pass them on to Oftel it works well.
Don't forget the problem of inter-country spamming. The amount of spam I get which is sourced from within the UK is next to nil. Chasing the spammers who've forged my domain in the past will require international legal action and very deep pockets.
Security focus has some information on it, we're seeing shedloads of hits at the moment:(
Re:that "seemingly clueful post"...
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The ISP Orbs uses is hosted on uses Above.net for transit.
The ISP ORBS uses could advertise the Orbs/24 via a different route but they don't
The ISP ORBS uses could use another Transit provider.
The ISP ORBS uses could challenge Above.net's internal filtering of traffic for ORBS.
At the moment what I see is BGP working as designed with the added hiccup of Above.net blocking ORBS traffic within it's own Network
With regard to the article in the Register, they claim that Abovenet and Paul Vixie are one. AFAIK this is incorrect.
Now maybe Above.net shouldn't be filtering the Orbs network internally, and maybe ORBS shouldn't be probing networks where they've been asked not to go.
The 'shitlist' ORBS maintains is not necessarily a bad thing, however their presentation of it and their zones in general sucks big time. If ORBS had taken it's lead from the other RBL type services and provided separate zones to start with listing input, output, manual and 'asked not to test' netblocks as separate entities rather than having a single lookup with differing returns (which until recently wasn't supported in a significant number of MTA's) then many problems would have gone away. However the attitude I saw (IMO) was one of "it's not a problem with ORBS you are using it wrong", which while being technically correct is not exactly helpful.
Another point of contention is the 'full disclosure' policy where all relays which aren't reported as fixed within 30 days is (IMO) just plain stupid, in that it will draw critisim and flak to the list and it's maintainer.
On the positive side the technical side of ORBS is damm good, the DNS lookup method is far more effcient than multiple zones (however as noted above if there isn't support within the community for the method then telling people they're using it wrong is not a method to gaining friends.).
Personally I don't believe that MAPS are out to get ORBS, there has been a mutual non-aggression pact between them for some time. Above.net != MAPS in the same way that ORBS ISP != ORBS
I think you're mixing up two different incidents. As I understand the case itself the post was on the Demon (as well as many others) news server. What I think you're refering to is the mass TOS'ing of Demonites posting to demon.service quoting URL's relating to the case.
I think you're missing the point (IANAL) the ISP is involved when the existance of (potentially) defamatory material on their servers is brought to their attention. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean the medium is exempt from the laws of the country the server is hosted in.
This ruling (as I understand it) does not mean that ISPs in the UK will be required to monitor their spool, however they will have to act when informed of illegal/defamatory material. Rather than just ignoring the problem.
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and after putting all those extra hours for nothing other than the warm fuzzies of a job well done you're still booted out of the door when it suits the company. Just remember that companies have very little in the way of loyalty to their staff but demand the extras as if by some divine right.
Dirac homepage and the Sourceforge pages
As a wise man once wrote, the soul will still be travelling at the speed of an Arcturan megadonkey.
I've made that mistake on a critcal part of the system once, since then I've got in the habit of moving into the directory to be purged, rm -rfv ./ and then moving out and rmdir $directory. Marginally less likely to result in a fucked system thanks to fat finger syndrome.
Forget the TV version it was crap, the original Radio broadcasts however were (and still are) wonderful.
It's not that there is no reverse (there was), however the boring machine is the size of the hole being made (logically enough) whereas the hole which is left behind the machine is smaller thanks to the concrete lining. So there was simply nowhere for it to reverse into.
Yup, separating the 'work' from the 'home' helps, I used to have my workspace in the communal study, while trying to sell the house we made the smallest bedroom into an office (made the room look bigger). Now we've moved I've got an office which is separate from the living areas so I do "go to work", it's just that the commute is about 30 seconds.
and when that virus hops from AU to another part of the world and decimates the cane toad population there would it still be a good thing?
That's because you're using a cut down version of the saying the full version of which is "you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar".
Meaning that you're more likely to keep someone's attention with clear polite language than lambasting them with insults and the like.
Oh yes those buggers
(answers door)
Me: What are you selling?
Annoying Prat (AP): Nothing
Me: ok...
AP: Can I talk to you about (insert religion)
Me: Ok you're selling your religion, bye (shutdoor)
Really should get the broomstick up where it can be seen from the outside....
Because it's a typo, the normal contraction of the third book is "RotK".
Given there will be nowhere to dump the heat from the probe (it being surrounded by molton iron and falling into the center of the earth and therefore into a hot environment) a better approach would probably be to design the probe to work effectively at the sort of temperatures it's likely to encounter without relying on a cooling system (which is yet another thing to break anyway).
Like the 747 the B52's have all been upgraded numerous times because it's cheaper and more effective than trying to design something to replace them. Apart from some safety mods (such as the recent lining of the fuel tanks following the Paris crash) Concorde hasn't been upgraded / modified in any significant manner.
Something to remember with some clever work on the questions being asked you can get even those against the war to appear to be in favour of it. For those of you in the UK just look at the various polls on the 24h news channels.
I only got rude to telemarketers when they didn't take the hint or lied
TM: "HI..."
ME: No thank you
TM: but if..
ME: what part of 'no' was difficult, bugger off.
or
TM: "HI..."
ME: If you're trying to sell something don't bother
TM: Well if you give me a moment I'm sure you'll be interested...
ME: Bugger off
However we don't get any calls now because we're on the UK TPS (telephone preference service) which is the UK telemarketing block list. Apart from the odd company which are stupid beyond the norm and get asked for their company details so I can pass them on to Oftel it works well.
Not forgetting that if the information is unencrypted then it may be possible for unauthorised people to read personal information.
Don't forget the problem of inter-country spamming. The amount of spam I get which is sourced from within the UK is next to nil. Chasing the spammers who've forged my domain in the past will require international legal action and very deep pockets.
The filters here have caught next to nothing from nimda's email vector, sircam is still a far bigger threat and problem out there.
Security focus has some information on it, we're seeing shedloads of hits at the moment :(
At the moment what I see is BGP working as designed with the added hiccup of Above.net blocking ORBS traffic within it's own Network
With regard to the article in the Register, they claim that Abovenet and Paul Vixie are one. AFAIK this is incorrect.
Now maybe Above.net shouldn't be filtering the Orbs network internally, and maybe ORBS shouldn't be probing networks where they've been asked not to go.
The 'shitlist' ORBS maintains is not necessarily a bad thing, however their presentation of it and their zones in general sucks big time. If ORBS had taken it's lead from the other RBL type services and provided separate zones to start with listing input, output, manual and 'asked not to test' netblocks as separate entities rather than having a single lookup with differing returns (which until recently wasn't supported in a significant number of MTA's) then many problems would have gone away. However the attitude I saw (IMO) was one of "it's not a problem with ORBS you are using it wrong", which while being technically correct is not exactly helpful.
Another point of contention is the 'full disclosure' policy where all relays which aren't reported as fixed within 30 days is (IMO) just plain stupid, in that it will draw critisim and flak to the list and it's maintainer.
On the positive side the technical side of ORBS is damm good, the DNS lookup method is far more effcient than multiple zones (however as noted above if there isn't support within the community for the method then telling people they're using it wrong is not a method to gaining friends.).
Personally I don't believe that MAPS are out to get ORBS, there has been a mutual non-aggression pact between them for some time. Above.net != MAPS in the same way that ORBS ISP != ORBS
I think you're mixing up two different incidents. As I understand the case itself the post was on the Demon (as well as many others) news server. What I think you're refering to is the mass TOS'ing of Demonites posting to demon.service quoting URL's relating to the case.
s/hampster/hamster/
Always take the 'p' out of hamster....
Unfortunately a lot of people seem to think that 'free speach' means that they are entitled to say/do what they like without any come back...
Welcome to planet earth.
I think you're missing the point (IANAL) the ISP is involved when the existance of (potentially) defamatory material on their servers is brought to their attention. Just because it's the Internet doesn't mean the medium is exempt from the laws of the country the server is hosted in.
This ruling (as I understand it) does not mean that ISPs in the UK will be required to monitor their spool, however they will have to act when informed of illegal/defamatory material. Rather than just ignoring the problem.