Let face it. Just how good a searchengine is technically is only part of the story. The other part is how much advertising, cookies, links to 'buy a book about whatever on amazon' and all that will they throw at you? You get the idea. This is imho what killed off altavista and loads of other search engines. If people get annoyed enough, are thrown into a portal, or just plain have to wait too long for all that crap to load, they just won't go there.
If they don't get that right, Google has little to fear.
Looks like a probable scenario. What I predict will happen is that the PHB's won't want to pay more for knowledge and hire more expensive admins. They'll cover their asses and move to.NET. You sell your soul, but at least you'll get the updates stuffed down your throat. Did you really think all those infected boxes in china and turkey and poland have payed for their license? Well, I don't.
The problem is not just that IIS is a vulnerable piece of crap. The problem is the point and click admins who can only run setup and never ever will check for patches.
So you ditch IIS and install Apache. Do you honestly think that the guy who couldn't be bothered to update it will be bothered to check for Apache vulnerabilities and fixes?
Yes, because you will have to ditch that guy! And your new unix-savvy admin will be more expensive.
Oh well, only a matter of time before they think of that. The product is only as good as it's admin, and certainly not better.
Re:How to manage popup windows in the new Mozilla
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Cool. Just what we needed.
But is it in the interface? I'll be damned if I'm going to talk my mother through this.
Re:I saw that Reuters story earlier
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Code Red III
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Actually I am of the honest opinion that the best way of reaching those people is disconnecting them.
Which will not work very well if they're on a dynamic ip pool.
So why is anyone surprised if large cable/dsl networks start blocking webservers? It's brutal, but at least that'll reach them.
Re:Why code red is still around
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Get a clue. That's a proxy server passing on the request for an infected client.
Mind you, you can configure those to not pass on Code Red requests. Which might be a Good Idea.
Pah. Just run it on vnc, that'll work fine. Just do a search on vnc at freshmeat.net and you'll find what you need to run X apps on your server.
There are other X-servers (actually technically a bit of a different thing) out there, too. Some of them cost money.
OK, You can use tcpdump and/or ethereal to check traffic over your interface. Be ready for rpm dependency resolution hell, but any decent distro should have all the neccessary packages. Ethereal is the damned good GUI thing sitting on top of tcpdump, and it will tell you straightaway what is going on.
And I will now duck for all those people who will tell you you shouldn't install X on anything connected to the internet. Do a man on tcpdump to see what switch will save traffic to text-readable file.
Pro: You control the hardware. And the disto. So you can deliver a stable, working system.
Con: Hey, there's a new kernel out! Oh, look! The second Mandrake freq! Damn it's all broken now. Let's call support. What? I lose support as soon as I change anything? And shouldn'nt you have told my rm -rf / is a bad thing? Your support sucks! I'll never buy a Dell again!
We are dealing with the average corporate customer/IT dept ("Oh no. Not another one with that Linux thing") here.
I don't think Dells are bad, and I think that they decided that supporting Dells to the level of getting the customer satisfied was just not a valuable proposition.
I've got a Dell at work. It works fine. It runs Windows. In Vmware.
Nonono.
Dutch is some sort of German.
Portuguese is some sort of Spanish.
Whatever they speak in the usa is some sort of English.
Oh damn. That last one is true. And now all the brits will get mad.
Brilliant! Even if allegedly French. Also has the advantage of not reminding you of an american president. Three times. No, waffwaffwaff is the way to go. Here doggie! Good boy!
Research Firm looking for quick hit
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Buried in email?
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In a slowing economy, where businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and increase productivity, simply cutting out unnecessary e-mail will have an immediate impact.
What a load of crap. Looks like the "research firm" Gartner is suffering from a slowing economy itself and needs a quick shot in the arm.
Oi! Doesn't the preview button work anymore?
On a tangent: Did you know that whores in ancient Pompei had "follow me" on the soles of their shoes? In Latin, I assume, and I doubt if they were running.
Still, makes you wonder what's new in the world.
Wait 'til someone tries to patent this. That would be a nice bit of "previous art" to bring forward.
Ah, yes, it's wednesday again. A new Onion out.
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Really, that was my first reaction to the word e-cliner. Just goes to show that fiction better run hard; reality is catching up.
And that's what it looks like to me.
Can't show investors a profit, let's see if they fall for the "innovative" things we do. Next keyword: revolutionize.
Emperor's clothes and all that.
Yes, but if IP wants to talk to, say, 211.258.128.128, it doesnt ask any computer it can connect to "Hey, would you happen to be 211.258.128.128 ?" until somebody says yes. Looks like you're confusing the words distributed and switched.
Ahem. Not always. Remember a company called Symantec? In spite of a huge internal program to drive stock price up ("Moving Forward" or some other newspeak thing. Still got a t-shirt somewhere.) stock kept hovering around 11 or 14 dollar or something. CEO Gordon Eubanks resigns (Well, by that time I had resigned as well) and stock goes vooom. Looks like that was exactly what was everybody had been waiting for.
I venture to guess/postulate that this question was a "cunning plan" to attract attention and IPO interest.
Guy posts under easily identifiable name. I put 2 and 2 together and take a look at www.meconomy.com. Woohooo, a "infomediary" startup in "stealth mode", with a product real soon.
What better place to advertise this than on slashdot? It's not just for people involved in the technical side of computing these days now, you know.
Oh well, back to Mortyr. There's something 'bout the game I like, even if I'm generally considered to be a nice person. I like alsatians, could that be it?
What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? bilingual What do you call someone who speaks 1 language? English What do you call somone who speaks no language? American.
Oh well, looks like another day of hard work done. Back to the beer.
Re:Mozilla... Mozirra... proper pronunciation?
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And I would assume you mean the proper pronunciation in your language, mind you.
Pronounce "moe-zilla" in dutch, and you end up sounding like a cow while giving the impression that there's a very tired zilla around somewhere. It'd probably be best described as "moo-zilla" in your language.
Slashdot Mirror
Ah yes. Here we go again:
login: slashdotid
pass: slashdot
Let face it. Just how good a searchengine is technically is only part of the story. The other part is how much advertising, cookies, links to 'buy a book about whatever on amazon' and all that will they throw at you? You get the idea. This is imho what killed off altavista and loads of other search engines. If people get annoyed enough, are thrown into a portal, or just plain have to wait too long for all that crap to load, they just won't go there.
If they don't get that right, Google has little to fear.
Would you mind if I raise a point about an apparent misspelling? It seems you may have wanted to say "employees" Of course, I could be wrong.
Looks like a probable scenario. What I predict will happen is that the PHB's won't want to pay more for knowledge and hire more expensive admins. They'll cover their asses and move to .NET. You sell your soul, but at least you'll get the updates stuffed down your throat. Did you really think all those infected boxes in china and turkey and poland have payed for their license? Well, I don't.
The problem is not just that IIS is a vulnerable piece of crap. The problem is the point and click admins who can only run setup and never ever will check for patches.
So you ditch IIS and install Apache. Do you honestly think that the guy who couldn't be bothered to update it will be bothered to check for Apache vulnerabilities and fixes?
Yes, because you will have to ditch that guy! And your new unix-savvy admin will be more expensive.
Oh well, only a matter of time before they think of that. The product is only as good as it's admin, and certainly not better.
But is it in the interface? I'll be damned if I'm going to talk my mother through this.
Which will not work very well if they're on a dynamic ip pool.
So why is anyone surprised if large cable/dsl networks start blocking webservers? It's brutal, but at least that'll reach them.
Mind you, you can configure those to not pass on Code Red requests. Which might be a Good Idea.
Pah. Just run it on vnc, that'll work fine. Just do a search on vnc at freshmeat.net and you'll find what you need to run X apps on your server.
There are other X-servers (actually technically a bit of a different thing) out there, too. Some of them cost money.
And I will now duck for all those people who will tell you you shouldn't install X on anything connected to the internet. Do a man on tcpdump to see what switch will save traffic to text-readable file.
Enjoy
Pro: You control the hardware. And the disto. So you can deliver a stable, working system.
Con: Hey, there's a new kernel out! Oh, look! The second Mandrake freq! Damn it's all broken now. Let's call support. What? I lose support as soon as I change anything? And shouldn'nt you have told my rm -rf / is a bad thing? Your support sucks! I'll never buy a Dell again!
We are dealing with the average corporate customer/IT dept ("Oh no. Not another one with that Linux thing") here.
I don't think Dells are bad, and I think that they decided that supporting Dells to the level of getting the customer satisfied was just not a valuable proposition.
I've got a Dell at work. It works fine. It runs Windows. In Vmware.
Nonono.
Dutch is some sort of German.
Portuguese is some sort of Spanish.
Whatever they speak in the usa is some sort of English.
Oh damn. That last one is true. And now all the brits will get mad.
Brilliant! Even if allegedly French. Also has the advantage of not reminding you of an american president. Three times. No, waffwaffwaff is the way to go. Here doggie! Good boy!
In a slowing economy, where businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and increase productivity, simply cutting out unnecessary e-mail will have an immediate impact. What a load of crap. Looks like the "research firm" Gartner is suffering from a slowing economy itself and needs a quick shot in the arm. Oi! Doesn't the preview button work anymore?
>Are you saying that a country can gain territory >from another by expanding its borders?
Well, ehm.. One way or another, purchasing or using the tank method, that pretty much sums it up!
On a tangent: Did you know that whores in ancient Pompei had "follow me" on the soles of their shoes? In Latin, I assume, and I doubt if they were running.
Still, makes you wonder what's new in the world.
Wait 'til someone tries to patent this. That would be a nice bit of "previous art" to bring forward.
Really, that was my first reaction to the word e-cliner. Just goes to show that fiction better run hard; reality is catching up.
So if this is an e-cliner, what's a cliner then?
And that's what it looks like to me.
Can't show investors a profit, let's see if they fall for the "innovative" things we do. Next keyword: revolutionize.
Emperor's clothes and all that.
Oh well. Happy new year, everybody!
Which explains how he got laid, and you sound bitter.
Yes, but if IP wants to talk to, say, 211.258.128.128, it doesnt ask any computer it can connect to "Hey, would you happen to be 211.258.128.128 ?" until somebody says yes. Looks like you're confusing the words distributed and switched.
"Rooting" is what happens to ip packets.
"Row-ting" is what happens to french armies.
There, no problem, my pleasure. Glad to have cleared that up. Til next time, that is.
Ahem. Not always. Remember a company called Symantec? In spite of a huge internal program to drive stock price up ("Moving Forward" or some other newspeak thing. Still got a t-shirt somewhere.) stock kept hovering around 11 or 14 dollar or something. CEO Gordon Eubanks resigns (Well, by that time I had resigned as well) and stock goes vooom. Looks like that was exactly what was everybody had been waiting for.
I venture to guess/postulate that this question was a "cunning plan" to attract attention and IPO interest.
Guy posts under easily identifiable name. I put 2 and 2 together and take a look at www.meconomy.com. Woohooo, a "infomediary" startup in "stealth mode", with a product real soon.
What better place to advertise this than on slashdot? It's not just for people involved in the technical side of computing these days now, you know.
Oh well, back to Mortyr. There's something 'bout the game I like, even if I'm generally considered to be a nice person. I like alsatians, could that be it?
Actually, the better version of the joke is:
What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? bilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 1 language? English
What do you call somone who speaks no language? American.
Oh well, looks like another day of hard work done. Back to the beer.
And I would assume you mean the proper pronunciation in your language, mind you.
Pronounce "moe-zilla" in dutch, and you end up sounding like a cow while giving the impression that there's a very tired zilla around somewhere. It'd probably be best described as "moo-zilla" in your language.