Not out yet? I've been running Solaris 10 for at least six months. Lots of people are in the beta program and it is not unreasonable to think that someone somewhere would have done a comparison between the two. In fact, there are some rather striking differences between them that you would not necessarily expect as a Solaris 9 user.
Oh... I'm sorry. Did I miss a story where Fox news used forged documents to smear a politician during the run-up to an election? If you want to slam fox news for having a starboard list, that's fine, but let's keep at least a little perspective here. There's a difference between having a particular political orientation that shows in your work (all the news organizations lean one way or the other) and using forged documents as the basis of a 60 Minutes installment.
Yes. I know. ( (Defending Fox News) == (Bad) ).I'm burning Karma today and I couldn't care less.
I'm also worried about the fact that they are trying to limit anonymity. That is one of the staples of the entire concept of the Internet, isn't it?
Um... No. It isn't. Near as I can tell, the whole anonymity thing is a pretty late comer to the Internet scene. I think it's more reasonable to say that authentication and authorization (the exact opposite of anonymity) is a staple concept.
Logins, passwords, email addresses, the ident protocol... Lots of things exist precisely to avoid anonymous traffic.
PS. Now see here? I'm torn. Do I want to sling an insult at little creeps who think they have a "right" to anonymous file sharing, then post AC for irony, or do I want to keep my post sincere and shoot for the karma? Decisions, decisions, decisions...
Like when do we discuss the 1000+ US soldiers that have died because Bush lied?
Like, when do we _STOP_ discussing them?
Seriously... Can you "Anybody but Bush" folks not endure one single conversation on any topic without bringing up Iraq? Believe it or not, Iraq is not the only thing to discuss this election season. WTF does Iraq have to do with forged documents being used in an attempt to interfere with a presidential election? You people are like Walter.
Walter Sobchak : I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking document...
Dude : I don't see any connection to Iraq, Walter.
Supply and demand doesn't work. Markets require government regulation and support in order to bring lower prices to the consumer. Clearly what needs to happen here is that the government will regulate the LCD industry and subsidise LCD monitors for the "working class". Pretty soon, you will be able to use food stamps to buy government approved LCD devices.
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
I dont' know what planet you live on, but there are plenty of jobs available for the taking here on Earth. In fact, the very nature of this story indicates that the subject was able to find a new job upon leaving his old one. Heck. It was even in his very narrow chosen career field. I've personally turned down more than one job offer because I couldn't come to terms with the company's lawyer(s) over contract terms. I'm currently employed and doing just fine under very agreeable contract terms and still doing what I love.
Lippo group was Charlie Tree's deal IIRC. There was also Jon Wong hauling in the bags of cash and Algore doing fundraisers at Bhudist temples *ahem*. There was the move of export controls from the DoD to the DoC effectively selling the Chineese our technology. There were missle strikes at key strategic targes such as an aspirin factory in the Sudan that just happened to coincide with major embarrasing press coverage of scandals. The whole thing with the BJ was not just about lying to a Grand Jury and nitpicking the word "is", it was about using political power to deny a specific civilian individual their day in court (Paula Jones wasn't famous for a nose job. That came later). There were smears and character assasinations the likes of which the Kerry folks are just now learning to appreciate let alone attempt. That dude was bad news in so many ways.
Open source brings up another point - how can an agency prepare for an attack, even knowing how they'll get attacked, if the OS/proggie vendor hasn't a patch out for it yet...
It depends on the vulnerability, now, doesn't it? For example, If you knew about a problem with a particular library that, for example, handled PNG files, and you were using any software whether open or closed with no patch in the forseable future, you can do things like have your web proxies drop PNG images.
There are often ways of mitigating risks from vulnerabilites before the patch is out.
This gets to the whole heart of the "full disclosure" debate.
Forgive my use of the "royal you" in the following rant. Rant not directed at the parent poster, but at the idea in general.
Although I can see the argument that some sort of electronic attack on the RNC cold be a valid form of civil disobedience
It's a valid form of stupidity. We all know that the feds are worried about something going down during the conventions. That's why the DNC had so much security. Electronic attacks are (like it or not) considered a form of terrorism. You're pissed at the current administration for enacting laws that make electronic attacks severely punishable because "hacking is not a crime" or "information wants to have sex with me" or whatever stupid cliche you're stuck to this week. So what do you do about it? Commiting what is going to be portrayed as an act of terror precisely when and where it was predicted one will take place is no way to get the means of delivery declassified as worthy of special consideration. All it would do is give Mr. Ashcroft and friends an excuse to say "See? We told you we need to crack down on these computer guys, and this President is commited to doing just that!" Seriously... What kind of idiot would think that somebody who managed to get themselves elected POTUS would _NOT_ be able to spin such an event in their favor? We're talking about politics here, afterall.
I'm sorry. I was trying to stay out of this one. I really was. Unfortunately, I can't let this one slide. Those evil vilinous scum sucking pig dogs who use modchips to play pirated games (which I personally think should not be allowed) are not endangering the population at large. "The profit margin of Sony's game software sales division" != "The greater good". A law that infringes the rights of many individulas who have a legitimate use for the modchip purely to protect the profit margin of one or two companies seems unjust to me. For that reason, a law making the ownership of the games without a legal license from the copyright owner would make sense to me, but this one does not.
Yes, give up the iPod, and give the mugger the headphones too. In fact, hand him a few other other things that he would want, and while he is juggling all of these, take his knife, and run
To heck with that. Take his knife, stab him with it, and get your stuff back.
Also I think this is a good news post simply because it helps to show we're not Anti-windows bias. We report security problems on ALL os's.
Um... Yeah. Because this is where I go for all the breaking news in the HP-UX or AIX world, right? Sorry. Half the crowd is pro-windows biased, half the crowd is anti-windows biased and half the crowd lies by saying they aren't biased either way. You only hear about the OSs that make for a good holy war on/. because if you don't have a bunch of biased zealots running around screaming, what fun is it? That means you will only ever hear about windows problems from the anti-windows dorks, and the most common Open Source operating systems' problems from the pro-windows dorks.
Don't kid yourself into believing that/. a) is unbiased, or b) reports on the full set of "stuff that matters".
Heh. My last 3 job offers and 5 interviews came from recruiters who told me that the line "Has never seen the TV show 'Friends'" in my resume moved it to the top of the stack. It's the last line of the resume in part of the "Other Interesting Facts" section. They said it was way too rare to meet a Unix guy with a sense of humor to pass up the chance.
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Not out yet? I've been running Solaris 10 for at least six months. Lots of people are in the beta program and it is not unreasonable to think that someone somewhere would have done a comparison between the two. In fact, there are some rather striking differences between them that you would not necessarily expect as a Solaris 9 user.
Oh... I'm sorry. Did I miss a story where Fox news used forged documents to smear a politician during the run-up to an election? If you want to slam fox news for having a starboard list, that's fine, but let's keep at least a little perspective here. There's a difference between having a particular political orientation that shows in your work (all the news organizations lean one way or the other) and using forged documents as the basis of a 60 Minutes installment.
Yes. I know. ( (Defending Fox News) == (Bad) ).I'm burning Karma today and I couldn't care less.
I'm also worried about the fact that they are trying to limit anonymity. That is one of the staples of the entire concept of the Internet, isn't it?
Um... No. It isn't. Near as I can tell, the whole anonymity thing is a pretty late comer to the Internet scene. I think it's more reasonable to say that authentication and authorization (the exact opposite of anonymity) is a staple concept.
Logins, passwords, email addresses, the ident protocol... Lots of things exist precisely to avoid anonymous traffic.
PS. Now see here? I'm torn. Do I want to sling an insult at little creeps who think they have a "right" to anonymous file sharing, then post AC for irony, or do I want to keep my post sincere and shoot for the karma? Decisions, decisions, decisions...
Like when do we discuss the 1000+ US soldiers that have died because Bush lied?
Like, when do we _STOP_ discussing them?
Seriously... Can you "Anybody but Bush" folks not endure one single conversation on any topic without bringing up Iraq? Believe it or not, Iraq is not the only thing to discuss this election season. WTF does Iraq have to do with forged documents being used in an attempt to interfere with a presidential election?
You people are like Walter.
Walter Sobchak : I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking document...
Dude : I don't see any connection to Iraq, Walter.
Supply and demand doesn't work. Markets require government regulation and support in order to bring lower prices to the consumer. Clearly what needs to happen here is that the government will regulate the LCD industry and subsidise LCD monitors for the "working class". Pretty soon, you will be able to use food stamps to buy government approved LCD devices.
Yet another candidate for the moderation "-1: didn't get the joke"
THANK YOU!
:)
I'm glad I was not the only person to notice that.
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
I dont' know what planet you live on, but there are plenty of jobs available for the taking here on Earth. In fact, the very nature of this story indicates that the subject was able to find a new job upon leaving his old one. Heck. It was even in his very narrow chosen career field. I've personally turned down more than one job offer because I couldn't come to terms with the company's lawyer(s) over contract terms. I'm currently employed and doing just fine under very agreeable contract terms and still doing what I love.
Lippo group was Charlie Tree's deal IIRC. There was also Jon Wong hauling in the bags of cash and Algore doing fundraisers at Bhudist temples *ahem*. There was the move of export controls from the DoD to the DoC effectively selling the Chineese our technology. There were missle strikes at key strategic targes such as an aspirin factory in the Sudan that just happened to coincide with major embarrasing press coverage of scandals. The whole thing with the BJ was not just about lying to a Grand Jury and nitpicking the word "is", it was about using political power to deny a specific civilian individual their day in court (Paula Jones wasn't famous for a nose job. That came later). There were smears and character assasinations the likes of which the Kerry folks are just now learning to appreciate let alone attempt. That dude was bad news in so many ways.
Open source brings up another point - how can an agency prepare for an attack, even knowing how they'll get attacked, if the OS/proggie vendor hasn't a patch out for it yet...
It depends on the vulnerability, now, doesn't it? For example, If you knew about a problem with a particular library that, for example, handled PNG files, and you were using any software whether open or closed with no patch in the forseable future, you can do things like have your web proxies drop PNG images.
There are often ways of mitigating risks from vulnerabilites before the patch is out.
This gets to the whole heart of the "full disclosure" debate.
Forgive my use of the "royal you" in the following rant. Rant not directed at the parent poster, but at the idea in general.
Although I can see the argument that some sort of electronic attack on the RNC cold be a valid form of civil disobedience
It's a valid form of stupidity. We all know that the feds are worried about something going down during the conventions. That's why the DNC had so much security. Electronic attacks are (like it or not) considered a form of terrorism. You're pissed at the current administration for enacting laws that make electronic attacks severely punishable because "hacking is not a crime" or "information wants to have sex with me" or whatever stupid cliche you're stuck to this week. So what do you do about it? Commiting what is going to be portrayed as an act of terror precisely when and where it was predicted one will take place is no way to get the means of delivery declassified as worthy of special consideration. All it would do is give Mr. Ashcroft and friends an excuse to say "See? We told you we need to crack down on these computer guys, and this President is commited to doing just that!" Seriously... What kind of idiot would think that somebody who managed to get themselves elected POTUS would _NOT_ be able to spin such an event in their favor? We're talking about politics here, afterall.
Cool. That's a great plan. Worked no end of wonders on drugs. ;)
I'm sorry. I was trying to stay out of this one. I really was. Unfortunately, I can't let this one slide. Those evil vilinous scum sucking pig dogs who use modchips to play pirated games (which I personally think should not be allowed) are not endangering the population at large. "The profit margin of Sony's game software sales division" != "The greater good". A law that infringes the rights of many individulas who have a legitimate use for the modchip purely to protect the profit margin of one or two companies seems unjust to me. For that reason, a law making the ownership of the games without a legal license from the copyright owner would make sense to me, but this one does not.
Someone please mod parent up "+1 In yo face, biznatch!" *grin*
w0000t! Does this mean they'll have the money for the moon base?
Wow! This should be +5 Funny! I can't believe not one single person got the joke.
Admitting to being gay would be about as threatening as admitting that you were fond of frozen yogurt.
Isn't that the same thing? *blink*
Yes, give up the iPod, and give the mugger the headphones too. In fact, hand him a few other other things that he would want, and while he is juggling all of these, take his knife, and run
To heck with that. Take his knife, stab him with it, and get your stuff back.
Run... Pfffth! Indeed!
Also I think this is a good news post simply because it helps to show we're not Anti-windows bias. We report security problems on ALL os's.
/. because if you don't have a bunch of biased zealots running around screaming, what fun is it? That means you will only ever hear about windows problems from the anti-windows dorks, and the most common Open Source operating systems' problems from the pro-windows dorks.
/. a) is unbiased, or b) reports on the full set of "stuff that matters".
Um... Yeah. Because this is where I go for all the breaking news in the HP-UX or AIX world, right? Sorry. Half the crowd is pro-windows biased, half the crowd is anti-windows biased and half the crowd lies by saying they aren't biased either way. You only hear about the OSs that make for a good holy war on
Don't kid yourself into believing that
#!/bin/sh
/dev/null
/dev/null > $1
:D
mv $1
You do that. I'll cat
We'll see who wins.
Obviously you're not a female. Even the best contraception methods aren't 100% reliable.
I can think of one that is.
4th and 70?
:)
Holy crap, your team sucks
My team is the Bears. It's a wonder they still have the ball.
Heh. My last 3 job offers and 5 interviews came from recruiters who told me that the line "Has never seen the TV show 'Friends'" in my resume moved it to the top of the stack. It's the last line of the resume in part of the "Other Interesting Facts" section. They said it was way too rare to meet a Unix guy with a sense of humor to pass up the chance.
regardless of the merrit of your post, nobody is going to mod up Adolph Hitler. Sorry.
What was that you were saying about the importance of a name?
Why don't they just stop the blades from spinning? Wouldn't that solve the whole problem?