I completely agree with what the article states - romanian science is in free fall. But it is wrong about some facts.
In charge of Romanian education and research are two gentlemen - Mihnea Costoiu (Ministry of Research, close to Ecaterina Andronescu - and according to his resume he got his PhD in 6 months - CV and more info at http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-13845257-cine-este-mihnea-costoiu-propus-ministru-cercetarii.htm ) and Remus Pricopie (Ministry of Education, former rector at SNSPA, National School for Political and Administrative Science).
Before that, we had The Ministry of Education and Research as a single entity - and in the past 10 years we had over 12 different ministers in charge. Every one of them tried to radically change everything while actually changing nothing. Ecaterina Andorenscu was the longest lasting and did the most harm.
The only real change was through a law in 2011, passed by Daniel Funeriu - which got obliterated indeed during the short reign of Ecaterina Andronescu in 2012.
There are many things to tell - but the conclusion is this: we are in deep sh*t and sinking.
that it has been released ? I checked their website for a release date - nothing. I really want to purchase this phone, but will probably forget about it by the time it gets released:) Any suggestions ?
I was thinking of something light-weight with a long-lasting battery and that doesn't overheat so much. Power is not that important, as it probably wouldn't be used for games, but mosty for some text editing, google and email.
I dont want to troll, but wasnt this the same thing with windows ? They have a larger share of the desktop, ofcourse it gets more attacks. Same goes for linux and servers. How should I put it... Unix(Linux) is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are. Dan
A very successful lawyer parked his brand-new Lexus in front of his office, ready to show it off to his colleagues. As he got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore off the door on the driver's side of the Lexus. He immediately grabbed his cell phone, dialed 911, and within minutes a policeman pulled up. Before the officer had a chance to ask any questions, the lawyer started screaming hysterically. His Lexus, which he had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter what the body shop did to it. When the lawyer finally wound down from his ranting and raving, the officer shook his head in disgust and disbelief. "I can't believe how materialistic you lawyers are," he said. "You are so focused on your possessions that you don't notice anything else." "How can you say such a thing?" asked the lawyer. The cop replied, "Don't you know that your left arm is missing from the elbow down? It must have been torn off when the truck hit you." "My God!" screamed the lawyer. "Where's my Rolex?"
Without RedHat or SuSe, we would probably have some other distros being in the same spot. RedHat and SuSe arent special in any way - they just had better market plans, and recived better support. Dont forget Mandrake in France, though. Just because SuSe is being heavily used in Germany doesnt mean it is being in used all over Europe. Dan
If I understand right, 4444 is the port the exploit for the DCOM bug connects to.
I updated all my systems,and firewalled 135/139/445(UDP and TCP) and 4444(TCP).
I know I am gonna get modded down for this,but if you dont have already, I suggest you fix this ASAP.
You can get the fix from here for windows 2000, and here for windows xp.
Well - why dont you go somewhere else since you dont like us posting here ? As long as I can post ANYTHING here without any constrains - why wouldnt I?
For the mods out there, this isnt ment to be a troll or flamebait. Dan
Look at apples' slashdot posts this year.
Yestarday,slashdot had
this.
Last week ago,we had this,this,and a bit before that,we had THIS!
All of those posts had many replys,so,i wonder,are Geeks(TM) starting to like apple's computers/software ?
Consider what they've acomplieshed in the last years:
- Made nice hardware, growing in leaps and bounds as the market for those things matures (pc133, yes it was late, and yes, it's slower than DDR, but hey, better than pc100), nice processors, removing all relic hardware as necessary (USB instead of ADB, etc). Apple has always done this.
- Making the powerbook g4 was the next step, making a laptop just slightly less powerful than a desktop, *AND* has a battery life to speak of.
- Good software: OS X. BSD core. No need for them to figure out how to reinvent the wheel with their crappy old OS's--Simply change a few widgets, and call it Darwin, then add a GUI, and Voila! instant OS. With a *LOT* of software available, not to mention the 20 billion BSD hackers, the people that'll keep the Darwin OS up to snuff.
- Totally reengineered interface--Finally a command line that doesn't suck! And for that matter, a GUI that doesn't suck! And multitasking! And all sorts of neat widgets that make techies and non-techies alike scream out "I WANT ONE!"
- Giving computers to schools, making great leaps in hardware, standardizing their video system. I see this as a incredibly brilliant move for Steve Jobs.
All in all, more power to them... They may live, they may struggle, or they may die. They are pushing the user's into a whole new realm:
DVD-R's in affordable systems, laptops that don't suck, and keeping up with technology a lot better than they used to.
The trouble with LCD iMacs is the education market. Schools don't buy iMacs just because they are cheaper than iBooks, they buy them because they are more durable.The abuse that a computer takes in a school setting is enough to make me cringe.
Still, I like the idea of having a LCD iMac. It would be cool for me, I'm just not sure that it will work in the education market. (Yeah, I know. Maine bought 38,600 iBooks recently. Still, most schools buy iMacs.)
Despite that,are we facing an Apple come back?
Think about what they've done in the past couple years:
- Nice hardware, growing in leaps and bounds as the market for those things matures (pc133, yes it was late, and yes, it's slower than DDR, but hey, better than pc100), nice processors, removing all relic hardware as necessary (USB instead of ADB, etc). Apple has always done this.
- Making the powerbook g4 was the next step, making a laptop just slightly less powerful than a desktop, *AND* has a battery life to speak of.
- Nice software: OS X. BSD core. No need for them to figure out how to reinvent the wheel with their crappy old OS's--Simply change a few widgets, and call it Darwin, then add a GUI, and Voila! instant OS. With a *LOT* of software available, not to mention the 20 billion BSD hackers, the people that'll keep the Darwin OS up to snuff.
- Totally reengineered interface--Finally a command line that doesn't suck! And for that matter, a GUI that doesn't suck! And multitasking! And all sorts of neat widgets that make techies and non-techies alike scream out "I WANT ONE!"
- Giving computers to schools, making great leaps in hardware, standardizing their video system. I see this as a incredibly brilliant move for Jobs.
All in all, more power to them... They may live, they may struggle, or they may die. They are pushing the user's into a whole new realm; DVD-
R's in affordable systems, laptops that don't suck, and keeping up with technology a lot better than they used to.
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I completely agree with what the article states - romanian science is in free fall. But it is wrong about some facts.
In charge of Romanian education and research are two gentlemen - Mihnea Costoiu (Ministry of Research, close to Ecaterina Andronescu - and according to his resume he got his PhD in 6 months - CV and more info at http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-13845257-cine-este-mihnea-costoiu-propus-ministru-cercetarii.htm ) and Remus Pricopie (Ministry of Education, former rector at SNSPA, National School for Political and Administrative Science).
Before that, we had The Ministry of Education and Research as a single entity - and in the past 10 years we had over 12 different ministers in charge. Every one of them tried to radically change everything while actually changing nothing. Ecaterina Andorenscu was the longest lasting and did the most harm.
The only real change was through a law in 2011, passed by Daniel Funeriu - which got obliterated indeed during the short reign of Ecaterina Andronescu in 2012.
There are many things to tell - but the conclusion is this: we are in deep sh*t and sinking.
that it has been released ? :)
I checked their website for a release date - nothing.
I really want to purchase this phone, but will probably forget about it by the time it gets released
Any suggestions ?
Dan
What laptop would you suggest ?
I was thinking of something light-weight with a long-lasting battery and that doesn't overheat so much.
Power is not that important, as it probably wouldn't be used for games, but mosty for some text editing, google and email.
Any suggestions ?
There's Chinese proverb that states: many laws make many criminals.
How long do you think it will take before someone decides to code something that checks all of the google links?
OK, but can it learn from mistakes? But how often can you do it on your own, without any outside help ?
Dont forget - they say they dont want to switch - maybe some actually cant pay for it.
Dan
Sure, why not? They'd just have to distribute the source code as well.
No no no, you got it all wrong.
They would have to distribute the GPLed source code as well.
Dan
I dont want to troll, but wasnt this the same thing with windows ? They have a larger share of the desktop, ofcourse it gets more attacks. ... Unix(Linux) is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.
Same goes for linux and servers.
How should I put it
Dan
Nobody asked this yet, and it amazes me.
Where do you guys fileshare?
I currently use SoulSeek and BitTorrent with SuprNova.
I dont get it.
Why would you slow yourself down from getting a security patch in production?
There are some things you need to do ASAP.
Here is the original:
A very successful lawyer parked his brand-new Lexus in front of his office, ready to show it off to his colleagues. As he got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore off the door on the driver's side of the Lexus. He immediately grabbed his cell phone, dialed 911, and within minutes a policeman pulled up. Before the officer had a chance to ask any questions, the lawyer started screaming hysterically. His Lexus, which he had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter what the body shop did to it.
When the lawyer finally wound down from his ranting and raving, the officer shook his head in disgust and disbelief. "I can't believe how materialistic you lawyers are," he said. "You are so focused on your possessions that you don't notice anything else."
"How can you say such a thing?" asked the lawyer.
The cop replied, "Don't you know that your left arm is missing from the elbow down? It must have been torn off when the truck hit you."
"My God!" screamed the lawyer. "Where's my Rolex?"
Without RedHat or SuSe, we would probably have some other distros being in the same spot.
RedHat and SuSe arent special in any way - they just had better market plans, and recived better support.
Dont forget Mandrake in France, though. Just because SuSe is being heavily used in Germany doesnt mean it is being in used all over Europe.
Dan
I can see all the slashdot geeks wearing tshirts with "Free Robin Hood", and freerobinhood.com selling stickers.
To be serious now, even though it will cause enough traffic, with each box gettin fixed,we get less traffic from blaster
If I understand right, 4444 is the port the exploit for the DCOM bug connects to.
/* port 4444 bindshell */
I updated all my systems,and firewalled 135/139/445(UDP and TCP) and 4444(TCP).
I know I am gonna get modded down for this,but if you dont have already, I suggest you fix this ASAP.
You can get the fix from here for windows 2000, and here for windows xp.
The exploit has it in the code:
target_ip.sin_port = htons(4444);
Also, notice the comment about the shell code:
Dan
Security consultant
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Well - why dont you go somewhere else since you dont like us posting here ? As long as I can post ANYTHING here without any constrains - why wouldnt I?
For the mods out there, this isnt ment to be a troll or flamebait.
Dan
Look at apples' slashdot posts this year. Yestarday,slashdot had this.
Last week ago,we had this,this,and a bit before that,we had THIS!
All of those posts had many replys,so,i wonder,are Geeks(TM) starting to like apple's computers/software ?
Consider what they've acomplieshed in the last years:
- Made nice hardware, growing in leaps and bounds as the market for those things matures (pc133, yes it was late, and yes, it's slower than DDR, but hey, better than pc100), nice processors, removing all relic hardware as necessary (USB instead of ADB, etc). Apple has always done this.
- Making the powerbook g4 was the next step, making a laptop just slightly less powerful than a desktop, *AND* has a battery life to speak of.
- Good software: OS X. BSD core. No need for them to figure out how to reinvent the wheel with their crappy old OS's--Simply change a few widgets, and call it Darwin, then add a GUI, and Voila! instant OS. With a *LOT* of software available, not to mention the 20 billion BSD hackers, the people that'll keep the Darwin OS up to snuff.
- Totally reengineered interface--Finally a command line that doesn't suck! And for that matter, a GUI that doesn't suck! And multitasking! And all sorts of neat widgets that make techies and non-techies alike scream out "I WANT ONE!"
- Giving computers to schools, making great leaps in hardware, standardizing their video system. I see this as a incredibly brilliant move for Steve Jobs.
All in all, more power to them... They may live, they may struggle, or they may die. They are pushing the user's into a whole new realm: DVD-R's in affordable systems, laptops that don't suck, and keeping up with technology a lot better than they used to.
Maybe they will start sending us even MORE spam!
Next spam I recive,ill sue M$ for it!
The trouble with LCD iMacs is the education market. Schools don't buy iMacs just because they are cheaper than iBooks, they buy them because they are more durable.The abuse that a computer takes in a school setting is enough to make me cringe.
Still, I like the idea of having a LCD iMac. It would be cool for me, I'm just not sure that it will work in the education market. (Yeah, I know. Maine bought 38,600 iBooks recently. Still, most schools buy iMacs.)
Despite that,are we facing an Apple come back?
Think about what they've done in the past couple years:
- Nice hardware, growing in leaps and bounds as the market for those things matures (pc133, yes it was late, and yes, it's slower than DDR, but hey, better than pc100), nice processors, removing all relic hardware as necessary (USB instead of ADB, etc). Apple has always done this.
- Making the powerbook g4 was the next step, making a laptop just slightly less powerful than a desktop, *AND* has a battery life to speak of.
- Nice software: OS X. BSD core. No need for them to figure out how to reinvent the wheel with their crappy old OS's--Simply change a few widgets, and call it Darwin, then add a GUI, and Voila! instant OS. With a *LOT* of software available, not to mention the 20 billion BSD hackers, the people that'll keep the Darwin OS up to snuff.
- Totally reengineered interface--Finally a command line that doesn't suck! And for that matter, a GUI that doesn't suck! And multitasking! And all sorts of neat widgets that make techies and non-techies alike scream out "I WANT ONE!"
- Giving computers to schools, making great leaps in hardware, standardizing their video system. I see this as a incredibly brilliant move for Jobs.
All in all, more power to them... They may live, they may struggle, or they may die. They are pushing the user's into a whole new realm; DVD-
R's in affordable systems, laptops that don't suck, and keeping up with technology a lot better than they used to.