If he could, Stockman said, he'd say so to any small business considering moving to Kern County.
"It's a community of vultures," Stockman said. "When things start going bad, when we're wounded, people begin picking and chewing at us."
As somebody that was born and raised in Kern County, I completely agree with this statement. A little explaining might be in order.
Kern County straddles the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Bakersfield is on the western half. Mojave and Ridgecrest (home of NAWS China Lake and my hometown) is on the eastern half.
Bakersfield has resented for years the fact that all the innovative tech happens in the other half of the county. Bakersfield is primarily made up of unused oil fields, farmland and hicks. Mojave Airport has been the base of operations of quite a number of pretty cool things (The non-stop round-the-world plane Voyager, Rotary Rocket, several of the countries only privately owned military jets). Ridgecrest / China Lake is the Navy's primary weapon development base. The Sidewinder, AMRAAM, HARM and HARPOON missles were all designed at this base. Forget Area51 for seeing weird Govt stuff, check out Echo Range.
My point is, Bakersfield and Kern County regularly bleeds the outlying cities dry in order to support its growing population of LA Gang members, and California rednecks. This whole story about what they are doing to Rotary Rocket doesn't surprise me in the least.
Sending probes out to explore Pluto is a complete waste of money and time. What's out there that we haven't seen elsewhere. I mean, why does NASA need to spend half a billion dollars just to go see Mickey Mouse's dog?
I have heard that researchers are looking into a tool such as this one to train kids to deal with ADD and ADHD. Not sure how helpful it would be, but anything would be better than the automatic prescription of Ritalin.
well, standing on the sidewalk and looking at your neighbors door isn't illegal.
But this is about port scanning, not sniffing. If you were just looking at the door watching for "traffic", then you'd be running a sniffer.
But, if you're running a port scanner, then you'd be walking up to windows and doors and tapping on them, checking to find those that were open and/or unlocked.
Running a sniffer isn't illegal (but it's fun to watch what your neighbors on the cable modem are doing).
I think the weakness itself impairs the integrity of the network, and the taking down of the network to be a crime. The use of the port scanner itself doesn't impair the network.
Does possesion of a tool capable for use in a crime make that possession a crime? Of course not. But, if you walk into a bank with a loaded gun and a ski mask, or if you are caught sneaking around people's houses with a crowbar, I think the police will certainly take a suspicious look at you. Same with repeated and targeted port scanning.
We're treading onto some very thin ice with this subject. I personally use port scanners all the time. But if anybody else on my network is caught using one, then I'm gonna get very suspicious.
The judge ruled that that port scanning tools neither "impair the integrity nor availability of the network."
However, if through the use of a port scanner, a script kiddie finds a weakness in one of your web servers and proceeds to take down your network, then I think it does "impair the integrity nor availability of the network."
It's the equivalent of a burglar checking your doors and windows looking for one that's not locked.
I use portscanning tools all the time on my own network. However, I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit back and let some 12 year old with some software downloaded from Tucows identify every machine in my network and what ports they're using.
Never had it happen though, that's what the firewall's for.
If you're having a problem because your network has a firewall (and a sysadmin with no sense of fun), use this link. It's to the article on the Miami Herald site.
it's DC, they couldn't make it from Wash (state) to NY in two hours on any train, or passenger jet, you'd need an SR-71 for that.
And how many here wouldn't pay several hundred dollars for a cross-country ride in an SR-71? And if you look out the left side of the aircraft, you'll see..... nevermind. You missed it.
Actually, it was stolen from Monty Python. Specifically, the Church Missile sketch (not sure of the exact name of the sketch, but if you've heard it, you know what I mean).
There were also 19,000 ballots that were thrown out because they voted for more than one president. I highly doubt this was some sort of intentional civil disobedience.
Dual presidency! Gore and Bush have to share the desk, the house, and the paycheck. To make a decision, they play rock paper scissors.
Gore vs. Bush in a steel cage. Cheney and Lieberman waiting for the tag. Both houses of Congress on the sidelines threatening to turn the match into a full-on bicameral brawl!
Why limit it to the Dems and Reps? Let's get all the third party candidates in there. Nader, Buchanan, Browne, etc.
It's the ROYAL RUMBLE! of politics. Winner gets the huge belt and the presidency!
And this sure explains why the Democrats, the NAACP, and Jesse Jackson are screaming and crying about the ballots in South Palm Beach
If the old people in Florida can't follow simple directions, then maybe they shouldn't be voting. The ballots here in Ohio are almost identical to the ballots in South Palm Beach. And there's no spike of Buchanan votes here.
When I want to play a game I like a nice long plot/story and I usually can't find that in most "classic" games. Are there any good examples of these games with a novelistic plot?
It sounds like you've never played an Infocom game. No graphics, all text, but some of the better stories out there. Certainly beats the weak storylines of Diablo, Baldur's Gate, and any recent Ultima game. Hitchhiker's Guide, Planetfall, any of the text Zork games, and Deadline (which I'm still trying to finish after 14 years.)
Also good are the early Sierra games. They didn't have the graphics, so they had to balance with an awesome story and gameplay.
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If he could, Stockman said, he'd say so to any small business considering moving to Kern County.
"It's a community of vultures," Stockman said. "When things start going bad, when we're wounded, people begin picking and chewing at us."
As somebody that was born and raised in Kern County, I completely agree with this statement. A little explaining might be in order.
Kern County straddles the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Bakersfield is on the western half. Mojave and Ridgecrest (home of NAWS China Lake and my hometown) is on the eastern half.
Bakersfield has resented for years the fact that all the innovative tech happens in the other half of the county. Bakersfield is primarily made up of unused oil fields, farmland and hicks. Mojave Airport has been the base of operations of quite a number of pretty cool things (The non-stop round-the-world plane Voyager, Rotary Rocket, several of the countries only privately owned military jets). Ridgecrest / China Lake is the Navy's primary weapon development base. The Sidewinder, AMRAAM, HARM and HARPOON missles were all designed at this base. Forget Area51 for seeing weird Govt stuff, check out Echo Range.
My point is, Bakersfield and Kern County regularly bleeds the outlying cities dry in order to support its growing population of LA Gang members, and California rednecks. This whole story about what they are doing to Rotary Rocket doesn't surprise me in the least.
Sending probes out to explore Pluto is a complete waste of money and time. What's out there that we haven't seen elsewhere. I mean, why does NASA need to spend half a billion dollars just to go see Mickey Mouse's dog?
I have heard that researchers are looking into a tool such as this one to train kids to deal with ADD and ADHD. Not sure how helpful it would be, but anything would be better than the automatic prescription of Ritalin.
if you watch almost every multiplayer game on the net, there's a sizable minority of players that wouldn't even register on an EEG.
I pay my taxes, I want free donuts!
It's every Linux fan's favorite pasttime. Fun for boys and girls!
But, if you're running a port scanner, then you'd be walking up to windows and doors and tapping on them, checking to find those that were open and/or unlocked.
Running a sniffer isn't illegal (but it's fun to watch what your neighbors on the cable modem are doing).
Does possesion of a tool capable for use in a crime make that possession a crime? Of course not. But, if you walk into a bank with a loaded gun and a ski mask, or if you are caught sneaking around people's houses with a crowbar, I think the police will certainly take a suspicious look at you. Same with repeated and targeted port scanning.
We're treading onto some very thin ice with this subject. I personally use port scanners all the time. But if anybody else on my network is caught using one, then I'm gonna get very suspicious.
However, if through the use of a port scanner, a script kiddie finds a weakness in one of your web servers and proceeds to take down your network, then I think it does "impair the integrity nor availability of the network."
It's the equivalent of a burglar checking your doors and windows looking for one that's not locked.
I use portscanning tools all the time on my own network. However, I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit back and let some 12 year old with some software downloaded from Tucows identify every machine in my network and what ports they're using.
Never had it happen though, that's what the firewall's for.
I would say an oyster, but that's to obvious.
They spoke in front of the Supreme Court today.
Awaiting the Narn Bat Squad to mod me down.
If you're having a problem because your network has a firewall (and a sysadmin with no sense of fun), use this link. It's to the article on the Miami Herald site.
And how many here wouldn't pay several hundred dollars for a cross-country ride in an SR-71?
And if you look out the left side of the aircraft, you'll see..... nevermind. You missed it.
Actually, it was stolen from Monty Python. Specifically, the Church Missile sketch (not sure of the exact name of the sketch, but if you've heard it, you know what I mean).
Not necessarily. You could run Win3.x. Can't leave the astronauts 100 miles up in orbit without Solitaire.
Don't practice your alliteration on me!
Sheesh, I wish for a return to the old days, when things would just blow up.
Will this book tell me what those two four-pairs coming into my wiring closet are? Ameritech couldn't, and the lines are labeled Ameritech.
Dual presidency! Gore and Bush have to share the desk, the house, and the paycheck. To make a decision, they play rock paper scissors.
Why limit it to the Dems and Reps? Let's get all the third party candidates in there. Nader, Buchanan, Browne, etc.
It's the ROYAL RUMBLE! of politics. Winner gets the huge belt and the presidency!
If the old people in Florida can't follow simple directions, then maybe they shouldn't be voting. The ballots here in Ohio are almost identical to the ballots in South Palm Beach. And there's no spike of Buchanan votes here.
Maybe the sun got into their eyes.
those nice young lawyers from the Department of Justice!
It sounds like you've never played an Infocom game. No graphics, all text, but some of the better stories out there. Certainly beats the weak storylines of Diablo, Baldur's Gate, and any recent Ultima game. Hitchhiker's Guide, Planetfall, any of the text Zork games, and Deadline (which I'm still trying to finish after 14 years.)
Also good are the early Sierra games. They didn't have the graphics, so they had to balance with an awesome story and gameplay.
And I'll let you in on a little secret. Plain Old Text is not the same as HTML Formatted.