I just saw Demolition Man this weekend. Before you mod this offtopic:
A) It's fictional.
B) They freeze Sylvester Stallone.
So therefore, it's relevant. Anyways, that's a damn fine movie. You've got the underground fringers living at society's edge, the totalitarian dictator with his Orwellian future, chip implants, memory implant technology. In short, most of the requirements for a good cyberpunk thriller. And, they revere Taco Bell in this future. And a Dennis Leary monologue. What more could you ask for?
And then they add to what they steal and send it back out there. I think the question should be then did Lucas add enough back?
The answer is no! Clearly not! He should have mapped the scrolling text to a sine wave! And added in disco lights! Made the text neon! With a pulsating background!
Oh! Star Wars.. not Star Trek. Sorry, wrong conversation.
I'm thinking Neal's themes, like those of SF in general, are the impact of technology on society. How technology shapes and changes the world we live in.
> Sure you can still be a Linux god and spend 24 > hours downloading an entire distro on your DSL > but it is really not necessary.
Well, that's nice of you to call most Debian users Gods:) Because currently I can't purchase the latest Debian testing dist. at any local Computer MegaStores. And Debian is a great dist., even if it isn't commercially widespread (with the exception of Progeny, which I haven't seen anywhere lately.)
So anyways, the point is, doing a net install of Debian is certainly a religious experience, but that doesn't make us quite gods.. yet.
This is only further proof that hackers and others who break DVD encryption and "steal" the content are crooks and criminals who only harm the real consumers. Because Oz, as we all know, was a prison colony.
Crack is the world's energy need! Yes, your favorite ghetto drug can now provide power for the entire world! If you doubt me kind sir, please consider this. Have you ever lived around a crack infested area? Those jitters, aka the junkie shuffle, aren't a fluke! No indeed, they're positive proof of the perpetual motion principle at work! Yes, all we need is a giant hamster wheel, a lot of crack, and a lot of junkies, and we can power our great nation!
No no, don't laugh. Not only can this solve our energy problems, but we can solve the homeless problems also! Yes, put some food pellets and a water bottle in the cage along with the wheeel, and it's insta Habit-Forming-Trail!
That's one of the bad myths that's lately been propagated about IP. There's still incentive to produce new software. Any technological advantage a business has is going to help them. Software will still get produced. Look at the free software community's output for example. If for some reason applications like bind, sendmail and apache that essentially run the web don't hold weight for you, there's still the examples of commercial thriving in small demand markets. High end graphics and sound applications for example.
Oh, but I do care about IP, and it has nothing to do with cost. It's about control. And it's about the absurd idea that ideas can be owned. In fact, I'm off to patent that one right now.
Hmmmm, a scary alternate universe where IBM is still king. Sounds like a good sci-fi story to me. Night of the Living dead with soul-less suits wandering the earth.
Now that we've replaced IBM with Microsoft, things are much better.
Or wouldn't that be great, if this patch to fix the security problem actually installs a backdoor?
The People: "So, this security patch fixes the
UPNP problem on XP?"
Microsoft: "Oh no, it's called a security patch
because it came from the National
Security Agency. It's supposed to
help national security."
The People: "Oh, I guess that's good. I can use
the Internet again then?"
No, I really don't think that's the case.. but automatic updates are becoming so common that methinks trojan horses are bound to start increasing. So many more opportunities to enter in suspect code. Let's hope it's mostly the good guys exploiting it and not the bad guys.
The book you speak of is most likely the DMS-IV. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
As for OCD and addictive personalities? Well, first the evidence in the literature for an "addictive personality" is very slim. There is no listing for it in the DSM-IV. It's a pop psychology term that early researchers looked in vain for. There is some research that says early childhood hyperactivity may be linked to alcoholism (Hechtman et al., 1984) Same with antisocial personality disorder (Jones, 1968). But not an "addictive personality" type. You're sure to find lots about "addictive personalities" in the self help section though.. lucrative biz that is. Do a search for it and most of the sites you're likely to find are not research sites, but sites selling self help books.
Like most issues in life, it's a mix between many things. In this case environmental to a large degree and genetic to a smaller degree.
Josh
geek w/ a cog. sci. degree. But that shouldn't stop you from doing the research yourself.
ye old references:
Hechtman L, Weiss G, Perlman T (1984), Young adult outcome of hyperactive children who received long-term stimulant treatment. J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 23:26 1-269
Jones, M.C. (1968). Personality correlates and antecedents of drinking patterns in adult males. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,32 2-12.
Not exactly. The LDAP server (ie slapd) is a server that answers requests for LDAP clients. But the backend database can still be anything. In my slapd.conf it's set to ldbm, but you could use a relational database if you wanted. Here's a snippet from the configuration file to point that out:
#
# ldbm database definitions
#
# The backend type, ldbm, is the default standard
database ldbm
PostgreSQL already has support for hierarchical data. I've messed with it a bit, and it's nice. Unfortunately, there's a few problems. Number one is that if you want to keep your project completely portable, you should probably store it in a relational format, just because more databases store that way.
Is there any work on mapping OO models to relational? Surely there exists some sort of mathematical relationship between the two.
I also had a problem with people stating that XML will never dictate the structure of the database backend. This is fairly naive. Object models often times are a more natural representation of the structure of a problem domain. So why try to squash that to a relational model if you lose information in the process?
Or if you're losing efficiency by converting back in forth? If you do it enough, it only makes sense to put it on a lower level. Either with a data binding framework like castor or in the database server itself. Fuck, if nothing else, it'd be a good reason to push/sell the newest version of a DB server .
While there aren't RTS games or even strategy games, I think they're great examples of what this article is thinking of. Advance Wars for the GBA is eating up a lot of my time right now, and Panzer General was one of my fav. turn based wargames.
If you're looking for those types of game in a RTS game, you're looking in the wrong place.
RTS gamers aren't geeks.. Now grognards/wargamers, those are geeks.
Just like CDDB would lose their subscriber base really fast? Sure, FreeDB is here now, but let's not forget history. CDDB was also started for altruistic reasons. There's that word again. Altruism. For a paranoid geek, it's a suspect word.
I noticed my line going crazy this morning, and after checking the apache logs, saw a bunch of shit. So I wrote these scripts to automatically add the IIS hosts to the ipchains table.
apache.sh:
#!/bin/sh
ALOG=/var/log/apache/access.log
declare -a PATT=('/winnt/system32/cmd' 'GET\/default.ida')
declare -a SP=('Some\ new\ IIS\ exploit' 'CodeRed\ worm')
#let i=0
# Parse apache log for some new freaking IIS exploit
for sploit in "${PATT[@]}" ;
do
#echo "${SP[$i]}"
cat $ALOG | grep "$sploit" | cut -f 1 -d ' ' |./sortip.sh | uniq
#((i++))
#echo
done
# add new chain for http idiots
if [ ! "`ipchains -L | grep 'Chain web'`" ]
then ipchains -N web
fi
# go through the list of idiots, adding a rule to DENY all packs to port 80
for ip in $(./apache.sh |./sortip.sh | uniq) ;
do
if [ ! "`ipchains -L -n | grep '$sploit'`" ]
then ipchains -v -A web -p TCP -s "$ip"/32 -d $IPADDR www -j DENY
# then echo "$ip"
fi
done
sortip.sh:
#!/bin/sh
sort -t '.' -g -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4
If you're running Apache, the following directives will log all the requests to a different file:
Hope that helps! The apache logging is based on ideas from another post on here, but the rest is my own. Feel free to modify and share.
Josh
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I think the bigger issue that most slashdoters are concerned about is that the mp3 codec is encumbered by Fraunhofer patents. It's not an open standard, but one that a company owns.
Josh
Yes, I really did mean slashdoters.. it's funny, laugh:)
So here's a question I've been wondering about for a while. How many geeks consider themselves to be in polyamorous/polygamous relationships? I definitely see a higher percentage in the wiccan community, and I think I see it in the geek culture too.
I'm not advocating polygamous relationships, and I'm not criticizing them either. I'd just like to see what fellow geeks think.
Slashdot Mirror
I just saw Demolition Man this weekend. Before you mod this offtopic:
A) It's fictional.
B) They freeze Sylvester Stallone.
So therefore, it's relevant. Anyways, that's a damn fine movie. You've got the underground fringers living at society's edge, the totalitarian dictator with his Orwellian future, chip implants, memory implant technology. In short, most of the requirements for a good cyberpunk thriller. And, they revere Taco Bell in this future. And a Dennis Leary monologue. What more could you ask for?
Josh
And then they add to what they steal and send it back out there. I think the question should be then did Lucas add enough back?
The answer is no! Clearly not! He should have mapped the scrolling text to a sine wave! And added in disco lights! Made the text neon! With a pulsating background!
Oh! Star Wars.. not Star Trek. Sorry, wrong conversation.
I'm thinking Neal's themes, like those of SF in general, are the impact of technology on society. How technology shapes and changes the world we live in.
Josh
> Sure you can still be a Linux god and spend 24 > hours downloading an entire distro on your DSL > but it is really not necessary.
:) Because currently I can't purchase the latest Debian testing dist. at any local Computer MegaStores. And Debian is a great dist., even if it isn't commercially widespread (with the exception of Progeny, which I haven't seen anywhere lately.)
Well, that's nice of you to call most Debian users Gods
So anyways, the point is, doing a net install of Debian is certainly a religious experience, but that doesn't make us quite gods.. yet.
Josh
This is only further proof that hackers and others who break DVD encryption and "steal" the content are crooks and criminals who only harm the real consumers. Because Oz, as we all know, was a prison colony.
Josh
"Irish Inventor Says Cracks World's Energy Needs"
Crack is the world's energy need! Yes, your favorite ghetto drug can now provide power for the entire world! If you doubt me kind sir, please consider this. Have you ever lived around a crack infested area? Those jitters, aka the junkie shuffle, aren't a fluke! No indeed, they're positive proof of the perpetual motion principle at work! Yes, all we need is a giant hamster wheel, a lot of crack, and a lot of junkies, and we can power our great nation!
No no, don't laugh. Not only can this solve our energy problems, but we can solve the homeless problems also! Yes, put some food pellets and a water bottle in the cage along with the wheeel, and it's insta Habit-Forming-Trail!
Josh
That's one of the bad myths that's lately been propagated about IP. There's still incentive to produce new software. Any technological advantage a business has is going to help them. Software will still get produced. Look at the free software community's output for example. If for some reason applications like bind, sendmail and apache that essentially run the web don't hold weight for you, there's still the examples of commercial thriving in small demand markets. High end graphics and sound applications for example.
Oh, but I do care about IP, and it has nothing to do with cost. It's about control. And it's about the absurd idea that ideas can be owned. In fact, I'm off to patent that one right now.
Josh
Hmmmm, a scary alternate universe where IBM is still king. Sounds like a good sci-fi story to me. Night of the Living dead with soul-less suits wandering the earth.
Now that we've replaced IBM with Microsoft, things are much better.
Josh
depends on how you define copy. Damn those semantics. Language is the weapon of lawyers.
Josh
Or wouldn't that be great, if this patch to fix the security problem actually installs a backdoor?
The People: "So, this security patch fixes the
UPNP problem on XP?"
Microsoft: "Oh no, it's called a security patch
because it came from the National
Security Agency. It's supposed to
help national security."
The People: "Oh, I guess that's good. I can use
the Internet again then?"
No, I really don't think that's the case.. but automatic updates are becoming so common that methinks trojan horses are bound to start increasing. So many more opportunities to enter in suspect code. Let's hope it's mostly the good guys exploiting it and not the bad guys.
Josh
Josh
Reflections on Trusting Trust
Josh
Funny, I thought it was about heroin
With Afghanistan one of the number one exporters for Afghanistan, why haven't we heard ANY anti-drug rhetoric from the administration?
Josh
The book you speak of is most likely the DMS-IV. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
As for OCD and addictive personalities? Well, first the evidence in the literature for an "addictive personality" is very slim. There is no listing for it in the DSM-IV. It's a pop psychology term that early researchers looked in vain for. There is some research that says early childhood hyperactivity may be linked to alcoholism (Hechtman et al., 1984) Same with antisocial personality disorder (Jones, 1968). But not an "addictive personality" type. You're sure to find lots about "addictive personalities" in the self help section though.. lucrative biz that is. Do a search for it and most of the sites you're likely to find are not research sites, but sites selling self help books.
Like most issues in life, it's a mix between many things. In this case environmental to a large degree and genetic to a smaller degree.
Josh
geek w/ a cog. sci. degree. But that shouldn't stop you from doing the research yourself.
ye old references:
Hechtman L, Weiss G, Perlman T (1984), Young adult outcome of hyperactive children who received long-term stimulant treatment. J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 23:26 1-269
Jones, M.C. (1968). Personality correlates and antecedents of drinking patterns in adult males. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,32 2-12.
Not exactly. The LDAP server (ie slapd) is a server that answers requests for LDAP clients. But the backend database can still be anything. In my slapd.conf it's set to ldbm, but you could use a relational database if you wanted. Here's a snippet from the configuration file to point that out:
#
# ldbm database definitions
#
# The backend type, ldbm, is the default standard
database ldbm
Josh
PostgreSQL already has support for hierarchical data. I've messed with it a bit, and it's nice. Unfortunately, there's a few problems. Number one is that if you want to keep your project completely portable, you should probably store it in a relational format, just because more databases store that way.
Is there any work on mapping OO models to relational? Surely there exists some sort of mathematical relationship between the two.
I also had a problem with people stating that XML will never dictate the structure of the database backend. This is fairly naive. Object models often times are a more natural representation of the structure of a problem domain. So why try to squash that to a relational model if you lose information in the process?
Or if you're losing efficiency by converting back in forth? If you do it enough, it only makes sense to put it on a lower level. Either with a data binding framework like castor or in the database server itself. Fuck, if nothing else, it'd be a good reason to push/sell the newest version of a DB server .
Josh
While there aren't RTS games or even strategy games, I think they're great examples of what this article is thinking of. Advance Wars for the GBA is eating up a lot of my time right now, and Panzer General was one of my fav. turn based wargames.
If you're looking for those types of game in a RTS game, you're looking in the wrong place.
RTS gamers aren't geeks.. Now grognards/wargamers, those are geeks.
Josh
Just like CDDB would lose their subscriber base really fast? Sure, FreeDB is here now, but let's not forget history. CDDB was also started for altruistic reasons. There's that word again. Altruism. For a paranoid geek, it's a suspect word.
Josh
doh, there are
Who can forget the countless times their favorite mailing list has been flooded with Me too! messages.
It's great how their are hierarchies of recognition and respect depending on what your e-mail addy is.
Me too!
Josh
and no doubt they have an army of Mr. Slant's behind them.
Josh
And fleshy.. don't forget the fleshy. Shiny and fleshy gooooooood.
Gruevy
Ooops, add this to the end of your current CustomLog statements for access.log and the others: env=!idiots
/var/log/apache/referer.log referer env=!idiots
So for example:
CustomLog
Grue
I noticed my line going crazy this morning, and after checking the apache logs, saw a bunch of shit. So I wrote these scripts to automatically add the IIS hosts to the ipchains table.
/default.ida')
./sortip.sh | uniq
/var/log/kern.log | gawk '{ print $12; }' | cut -d ':' -f 1 > b.tmp
./sortip.sh | uniq) ;
/var/log/apache/idiots.log formofidiots env=idiots
apache.sh:
#!/bin/sh
ALOG=/var/log/apache/access.log
declare -a PATT=('/winnt/system32/cmd' 'GET\
declare -a SP=('Some\ new\ IIS\ exploit' 'CodeRed\ worm')
#let i=0
# Parse apache log for some new freaking IIS exploit
for sploit in "${PATT[@]}" ;
do
#echo "${SP[$i]}"
cat $ALOG | grep "$sploit" | cut -f 1 -d ' ' |
#((i++))
#echo
done
addrules.sh:#!/bin/sh
IPADDR=`hostname -i`
#grep 'DENY'
# add new chain for http idiots
if [ ! "`ipchains -L | grep 'Chain web'`" ]
then ipchains -N web
fi
# go through the list of idiots, adding a rule to DENY all packs to port 80
for ip in $(./apache.sh |
do
if [ ! "`ipchains -L -n | grep '$sploit'`" ]
then ipchains -v -A web -p TCP -s "$ip"/32 -d $IPADDR www -j DENY
# then echo "$ip"
fi
done
sortip.sh:
#!/bin/sh
sort -t '.' -g -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4
If you're running Apache, the following directives will log all the requests to a different file:
# CustomLog with idiot IIS users
SetEnvIf Request_URI "winnt" idiots
SetEnvIf Request_URI "root.exe" idiots
SetEnvIf Request_URI "default.ida" idiots
SetEnvIf Request_URI "c+dir" idiots
LogFormat "%h %t \"%r\"" formofidiots
CustomLog
Hope that helps! The apache logging is based on ideas from another post on here, but the rest is my own. Feel free to modify and share.
Josh
I think the bigger issue that most slashdoters are concerned about is that the mp3 codec is encumbered by Fraunhofer patents. It's not an open standard, but one that a company owns.
:)
Josh
Yes, I really did mean slashdoters.. it's funny, laugh
So here's a question I've been wondering about for a while. How many geeks consider themselves to be in polyamorous/polygamous relationships? I definitely see a higher percentage in the wiccan community, and I think I see it in the geek culture too.
I'm not advocating polygamous relationships, and I'm not criticizing them either. I'd just like to see what fellow geeks think.
Josh