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  1. Re:MSN's new search will be HUGE... on Microsoft Employee Allegedly Hacked AltaVista · · Score: 2, Informative
    The FAQ for the MSNBot. Of particluar interest:
    How do I prevent MSNBot from crawling some or all of my website?
    The robots.txt file is used to prevent web crawlers from accessing a web site. The format of the robots.txt file is specified in The Robot Exclusion Standard. MSNBot analyzes all instances where the User-Agent is specified as either "msnbot" or "*". Based on this, MSNBot crawls only the web pages that allow it to do so.
  2. Franchises on Washington Mutual Patents the Bank Branch · · Score: 1
    The San Francisco Chronicle reports that it may be the first time the USPTO has awarded a patent for the design of a retail store/presence.
    Great, now every franchise theme bar and restaurant is going to rush out and file for a patent.
  3. Re:Can I Supersize That? on Wired on McBride · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd rather not have my McBride supersized, thankyou.

  4. Re:Yet Another Distro on Slackware 10.0 Officially Released · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Please, keep these garage basement projects out of the news...
    Apple and a few other large computer companies started out in a garage. Google started in a dorm room. So what's your point?
  5. Re:Was This Not Obvious? on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link? · · Score: 1

    Ken Brown was seen by the Tannenbaum questioning CS students after his interview. Everyone is assuming that the references to the mysterious "Finnish programmer" is nothing more than quotes from a CS student, who may or may not be able to tell the difference between UNIX source code and a bubble sort.

  6. Re:Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 on Pentagon Seeks A Loophole In The Privacy Act · · Score: 1
    Intelligence oversite is covered under Executive Order 12333. The Army has a good web site explaining intelligence oversight. The military is subject to more oversight than you think.

    I did search through the bill again and didn't see any references to EO 12333. My guess (this is only a guess) is that EO 12333 and the Posse Comitatus Act are specifically not mentioned to avoid drawing any attention to the fact that this ACT tries to circumvent or remove the limitations that those two impose. Mentioning them would get the media's attention who would then start talking about the abuses of the FBI and the military in the 60's and 70's, which was the reason President Reagan issued EO 12333. But his is just a guess.

  7. Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 on Pentagon Seeks A Loophole In The Privacy Act · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I just did a quick search of the bill and didn't see anything mentioning the overturning of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, or any references to it at all.

    The Posse Comitatus Act is what currently prevents the military from being used for law enforcement purposes.

  8. Nothing New Here on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1
    blah...blah...blah...CIRCUMSTANCES have twice required me...blah...blah...health-care plan accreditation...blah...blah...how different universities granted diplomas and certificates...blah...blah...CIO...blah...blah..th e IT world is filled with certified, credentialed and accredited idiots...blah...blah...blah...certifications bad, mmmkay?!...blah...blah...blah
    So what's the answer? College degrees? There have been a few news stories recently on how people are using diploma mills to get better jobs and pay raises. Job experience? How many people here DON'T fudge a little on their resumes. An extra year of experience here, a little more responsibility there, how are they going to know what I did at some dot bomb that no longer exists....

    HR still has the same problems as before, weeding through the large stacks of resumes to find the best person for the job. Nothing new here.

    *waves hand in air* This is not the informative article that you were looking for. You can go about your business. Move along, move along...

  9. Re:netcat anyone? on phpstack - A TCP/IP Stack and Web Server in PHP · · Score: 1

    Cool, thanks.

  10. Re:netcat anyone? on phpstack - A TCP/IP Stack and Web Server in PHP · · Score: 1
    $ hping2 193.10.67.151 -p 80 -c 1
    HPING 193.10.67.151 (eth0 193.10.67.151): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes
    len=46 ip=192.10.67.151 ttl=23 id=51763 sport=80 flags=SA seq=0 win=512 win=512 rtt=5065.1 ms

    --- 193.10.67.151 hping statistic ---
    1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max = 5065.1/5065.1/5065.1 ms

    $ hping2 192.10.67.151 -p 80 -S -c 1 -f -d 2500
    HPING 193.10.67.151 (eth0 193.10.67.151): S set, 40 headers + 2500 data bytes

    --- 193.10.67.151 hping statistic ---
    1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.0 ms
    That empressive TCP/IP stack needs some work. No fragment support at the moment. Other oddities:
    # tcpdump -i eth0 -nnvvS 'host 193.10.67.151'
    . . .
    13:54:30.053367 193.10.67.151.80 > 192.168.1.1.2147: FP 0:1425(1425) ack 2382167965 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 23532, len 1465)
    13:54:35.242675 193.10.67.151.8080 > 192.168.1.1.2148: S [tcp sum ok] 4294967295:4294967295(0) ack 2392440222 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 4518, len 40)
    13:54:39.124440 193.10.67.151.8080 > 192.168.1.1.2148: FP 0:934(934) ack 2392440599 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 4521, len 974)
    . . .
    13:54:47.981212 193.10.67.151.8081 > 192.168.1.1.2149: FP 0:1372(1372) ack 2397444212 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 47388, len 1412)
    13:54:48.117491 193.10.67.151.8082 > 192.168.1.1.2150: FP 0:993(993) ack 2391281921 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 41127, len 1033)
    13:54:48.272026 193.10.67.151.8083 > 192.168.1.1.2151: FP 0:1301(1301) ack 2395014045 win 5840 (DF) (ttl 25, id 44490, len 1341)
    . . .
    The flags FIN and PUSH are set when the data is transferd. So which is it? PUSH data or end the connection. The server also sets the sequence number to 0 every time it sends data. Before you start saying how great it is that someone did a TCP/IP stack in PHP, look at it first to make sure that the implemetation doesn't look like it was done by a fifth grader.
  11. netcat anyone? on phpstack - A TCP/IP Stack and Web Server in PHP · · Score: 2, Interesting
    $ telnet 193.10.67.151 80
    Trying 193.10.67.151...
    Connected to 193.10.67.151.
    Escape character is '^]'.

    HTTP/1.0 200 OK
    Content-type: text/html
    Server: phpstack 1.0 (http://www.sics.se/~adam/phpstack/)

    [html]
    [h ead][title]The phpstack demo server[/title][/head]
    [link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://193.10.67.151:8080/style.css"]
    [body ]
    . . .
    . . .
    All I did was hit 'enter' after the connection was established without typing in the GET command. He could have saved some time and used netcat.
  12. Re:Ummmmm on EBay Yanks Auction For Schwarzenegger's DNA · · Score: 1
    The seller indicated she or he had seen Schwarzenegger discard the lozenge at a recent public event and had retrieved it.
    Nevermind, I should have read the article first. This sounds like something that happened to Marilyn Manson. He cut himself during a concert and cleaned up the bloody mess backstage. The president of one of his fan clubs grabbed the bloody paper towels (or whatever they were) and kept them.

    Sick people....

  13. Ummmmm on EBay Yanks Auction For Schwarzenegger's DNA · · Score: 1

    If the seller fished it out of a garbage can, then how does he know it actually belongs to Arnold Schwarzenegger? Half eating a cough drop sounds like something a kid would do.

  14. Business Plan on Microsoft Blames Anti-trust Legal Fees for Price Increases · · Score: 2, Funny

    1: Run other companies out of business and become a monopoly
    2: Profit
    3: Get sued for Anit-trust violations
    4: Pass legal fees and damages on to the customer
    5: Profit
    6: Have customers sign up for free software upgrade license agreement for large $SUM
    7: Release new software AFTER said agreement expires
    8: Profit
    9: Extend, Embrace, . . .

    How do I get in on this?

  15. 46 More Days!! on Olsen Twins Sue Acclaim For Unpaid Royalties · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Maybe if SCO owned something to enforce on SCO's Biggest Investor Admits It Loves IP Lawsuits · · Score: 5, Insightful
    A Baystar Capital spokesperson has finally admitted, directly and on the record to NewsForge reporter Chris Preimesberger, that they believe SCO's only viable asset is the potential proceeds of lawsuits against Linux users and vendors. 'We're looking for the best return we can, and we think the focus should be on IP licensing (and enforcement),' said BayStar spokesman Bob McGrath.
    That might be true if SCO actually owned something in UNIX that they could enforce. But Novell owns the copyrights, The Open Group owns the trademark, and SCO doesn't hold any patents on UNIX. Not to mention that 95% of the profits from licensing enforcement that they currently do goes directly to Novell.
  17. Someone's a Little Confused on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The guy sounds a little confused. He thinks the creation of the Internet, GPS satellites, and SELinux by the DoD is a good thing. But then he's ashamed of going to LUG meetings because of what's going on in Iraq. He's just using his status of being a president of a LUG to get some attention to voice his opinions. It's too bad he points to Linux and tries to use it as his excuse.

  18. Trademark for "Priceless" on AmEx vs. rec.humor.funny · · Score: 5, Informative

    Word Mark PRICELESS
    Goods and Services IC 036. US 100 101 102. G & S: Financial services, namely, providing credit card, debit card, charge card and stored value smart card services, prepaid telephone calling card services, cash disbursement, and transaction authorization and settlement services. FIRST USE: 19980200. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980200
    Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
    Serial Number 75658792
    Filing Date March 11, 1999
    Current Filing Basis 1A
    Original Filing Basis 1A
    Published for Opposition November 30, 1999
    Registration Number 2370508
    Registration Date July 25, 2000
    Owner (REGISTRANT) MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED CORPORATION DELAWARE 2000 Purchase Street Purchase NEW YORK 105772509
    Attorney of Record COLM J DOBBYN
    Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
    Register PRINCIPAL
    Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

  19. Re:The more things change... on The Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide · · Score: 1

    History is bound to repeat itself. Everyone hates Microsoft they way IBM was hated 20 years ago. Imagine in 20 years when everyone is on Microsoft's side and there is someone new to hate.

  20. Lawsuit waiting to happen on Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment? · · Score: 1

    The vulters^H^H^H^H^H^H lawyers are going to be tripping over each other when the next accident occurs at that intersection.

  21. Re:"70 percent of the world's data" on IBM's Mainframe Dinosaur Turns 40 · · Score: 1
    From NSA's website about a career in Computer Science: Consider acres of hardware

    The US government is the largest user of mainframes. If IBM says that 70% of the world's data is stored on them, I'm inclined to believe there's some truth to that statement.

  22. GPL Infringement? on IBM Files For Declaratory Judgement In SCO Case · · Score: 5, Interesting
    34. The viability of SCO's product offerings has depended in large measure upon the efforts of the open-source community in enhancing products and making them compatible for use across multiple software and hardware platforms. Indeed, SCO incorporated certain code licensed pursuant to the GPL into its proprietary UNIX products. SCO has also relied on independent developers in the open-source community, such as Linus Torvalds, in order to release upgrades of SCO' s Linux-based products.
    Is IBM suggesting that they have found out during discovery that SCO is infringing on the GPL?
  23. Re:More SCO News on SCO Uses 3rd Parties To Spread Claims In Germany · · Score: 2, Interesting
    This could be the big one folks. It'll probably take another month for any kind of ruling,
    From IBM's Motion to Amend Counterclaims:
    Undersigned counsel hash conferred with counsel for and counsel for SCO has stated that SCO does not oppose the filing counterclaims, subject only to its right to respond to the amended counterclaims in the ordinary course ( , by answer or motion to dismiss).
    I have a feeling that it will take longer than a month.
  24. More SCO News on SCO Uses 3rd Parties To Spread Claims In Germany · · Score: 5, Informative
  25. Re:muggings on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers · · Score: 1
    Concealed carry permits are easy to get in some states. It looks like it's easy to get one in Georgia.

    http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/StateLaws.aspx?ST=GA