I grew up in libraries, historical archives, and research centers. Still, I look up almost everything on the internet and never gave other sources a second thought until the past few months. Now I get to re-discover these places and it feels like I'm a kid again.
If he has gone to such lengths, it is likely he already has his license. My father (a pilot) spends a lot of time using Flight Simulator, and I don't see anything here to suggest the author is not himself a licensed aviator.
As for the cost, it's ridiculous to conclude that all the hardware was bought for the dedicated task of setting up his simulator. Shit, how many of us here have that much hardware lying around? Many of us could piece together something simlar from the parts scattered around our respective apartments/homes/parent's basements...
MSN Blocks port 25... for a few weeks, then doesn't. Then does only very specific circumstances, then changes their mind or changes the circumstances. All the while their pop/smtp servers go up and down faster than sailor on shore leave, and they move everyone over to their shitty web-based mail because pop3 is "old and unreliable." In the end, though, they just roll them over to webmail whithout telling anyone.
Some people get a bit better range with their WAP-11's. Of course, you have to make your own antenna (or buy one).
Personally, I've never touched the WAP-11, but I do use the BEFW11S4-AT, and haven't had any problems for it.
As for this vulnerability, it's pretty much a non-issue. So some script-kiddie crashes your router. What do you do? Hit the reset button. There you go, now you're up and running again. Maybe it will even be enough of a lesson for you to go out and update the firmware, then disable remote management (which I've never even seen enabled by default on ANY of linksys' routers).
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To me, that seems like a really stupid, short-sighted way to approach the problem. If Java is the best solution for them (which I think it would be), then why not move to an operating system that properly supports it?
Why hamstring yourself to an inferior solution just because you don't want to give up FreeBSD? That's like complaining that your Pinto is too slow -- but you'd rather fill it with Premium gas to get a little performance boost instead of getting a better car.
Their presentation was quite reassuring to me, beacuse I prefer using JSP/servlets for web applications. If the only drawback they could find was the thread performance of FreeBSD, then I'm sure my applications will be fine for speed and scalibility (assuming I code them well). All I need is a good OS to back me up.
To extend that metaphor a little, it's worth nothing that they would be putting premium gas into their FREE car when they could go out and get better FREE car.
Most of the spam may be coming from overseas now, but at least in some of these countries it is far more likely that one could actually pass a law to sodomize the offender witha baseball bat.
Not all programmers are long-haired, shorts-wearing, basement-dwelling shut-ins. Some of us do go outside, get in brawls, have sex (with women, no less), and play sports.
Plus, a typical programmer would have learned all (s)he needs to know about the stupidity of human behaviour after attending a public highschool.
While I was reading the articles, I kept imagining this voice in the back of my head. It took me a while to place it, but I did: The voice of reason. Finally! Maybe people will calm the hell down before all the really damaging laws are passed.
The internet is so old-skool! Try dead trees!
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Offline-only content? I remember, back in the day and when the internet was all new and shiny, people used to offer special online-only content. My, we seem to have come full circle, haven't we?
This would an excellent project with which to combine a racing wheel. I could hook up the PS2, sit in front of a 51" tv, and be even more convniced that I am actually driving.
Sure, CD-Rs are lovely, but the existing tariffs are absurd. The proposed tariffs are even more insulting. It would take more time to burn a Word document onto CD than it would take to copy to a floppy. Also, there is the fact that transferring a 60kb document on a CD is overkill.
You could always replace them with better people... Me, for example. Sure, I may not be the world's best C programmer (though I'm not bad), I atleast have enough common sense not to sit on my ass and do nothing in a job I would be lucky to have in this crappy job market.
I agree with you. DVDs not struggling. Let's face it, they're pretty well established at this point. Also it's not like one can go out and say "screw DVD, I'll get myself a VCD player!" When you're shopping for home electronics, they're one-in-the-same.
Personally, I think VCDs are great for home use. Now if only I didn't have to pay the copyright levy to distrubute VCDs of my grandfather's 80th birthday party to my relatives...
I'm in the same boat, well not really. I'm actually graduating from college in a few weeks. I really want to be a Systems Administrator, though. The program I am completing was mainly geared towards churning out programmers, but there were a few courses in which I learned a lot about system administration.
I think that getting your college degree/diploma/whatever would be your best option. It looks good on a resume, it shows you can stick to something hard, and it's fun. A lot of places won't even look at you if you don't have some sort of post-secondary education. You can also get co-op work in the sys-admin field. Nothing beats having a team of people hunt down jobs for you. Then when you graduate you have an eduaction AND experience.
Now, since they went out of their way to have a nice acronym, couldn't they have gone all the way? Change 'Vovida' to 'Vocal' and you have yourself a nice recursive acronym.
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I think we've all learned from Fry that after the 100th cup time slows (or your perception of time) and you can rescue your friends.
Coffee doesn't kill, it saves!
Is there any reason why there are no P4 or AMD mini-ITX mobos around?
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None, really.
One need only follow a link on mini-itx.com to find P4 mini-itx motherboards. They're a little more expensive than VIA's products, though.
http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC.htm#Indus
SCO, and most Linux fans, don't have the skill to do it. Most Linux fans would realize how stupid it would be.
It only takes one Linux fan with both the skill to do it and no mental safeguards to ruin it for everyone.
I grew up in libraries, historical archives, and research centers. Still, I look up almost everything on the internet and never gave other sources a second thought until the past few months. Now I get to re-discover these places and it feels like I'm a kid again.
Your mileage may vary.
If he has gone to such lengths, it is likely he already has his license. My father (a pilot) spends a lot of time using Flight Simulator, and I don't see anything here to suggest the author is not himself a licensed aviator.
As for the cost, it's ridiculous to conclude that all the hardware was bought for the dedicated task of setting up his simulator. Shit, how many of us here have that much hardware lying around? Many of us could piece together something simlar from the parts scattered around our respective apartments/homes/parent's basements...
MSN Blocks port 25... for a few weeks, then doesn't. Then does only very specific circumstances, then changes their mind or changes the circumstances. All the while their pop/smtp servers go up and down faster than sailor on shore leave, and they move everyone over to their shitty web-based mail because pop3 is "old and unreliable." In the end, though, they just roll them over to webmail whithout telling anyone.
Life in MSN tech support is a fucking riot.
Boo hoo.
(a humad transcribing what I had written probably would have thought the same thing.)
Was that a typo, or bad handwriting recognition?
Some people get a bit better range with their WAP-11's. Of course, you have to make your own antenna (or buy one).
Personally, I've never touched the WAP-11, but I do use the BEFW11S4-AT, and haven't had any problems for it.
As for this vulnerability, it's pretty much a non-issue. So some script-kiddie crashes your router. What do you do? Hit the reset button. There you go, now you're up and running again. Maybe it will even be enough of a lesson for you to go out and update the firmware, then disable remote management (which I've never even seen enabled by default on ANY of linksys' routers).
To me, that seems like a really stupid, short-sighted way to approach the problem. If Java is the best solution for them (which I think it would be), then why not move to an operating system that properly supports it?
Why hamstring yourself to an inferior solution just because you don't want to give up FreeBSD? That's like complaining that your Pinto is too slow -- but you'd rather fill it with Premium gas to get a little performance boost instead of getting a better car.
Their presentation was quite reassuring to me, beacuse I prefer using JSP/servlets for web applications. If the only drawback they could find was the thread performance of FreeBSD, then I'm sure my applications will be fine for speed and scalibility (assuming I code them well). All I need is a good OS to back me up.
To extend that metaphor a little, it's worth nothing that they would be putting premium gas into their FREE car when they could go out and get better FREE car.
I hate to think what would a 3-ton vehicle would do in a collision at 300+ kph. Maybe all the extra passengers will cushion the impact.
Most of the spam may be coming from overseas now, but at least in some of these countries it is far more likely that one could actually pass a law to sodomize the offender witha baseball bat.
Maybe you could manage a shuttle SS51, or is that still too heavy for you?
Cyber terrorism is just like cyber sex: Not as satisfying as the real thing, and typically leaves one in a sticky mess.
Not all programmers are long-haired, shorts-wearing, basement-dwelling shut-ins. Some of us do go outside, get in brawls, have sex (with women, no less), and play sports.
Plus, a typical programmer would have learned all (s)he needs to know about the stupidity of human behaviour after attending a public highschool.
While I was reading the articles, I kept imagining this voice in the back of my head. It took me a while to place it, but I did: The voice of reason. Finally! Maybe people will calm the hell down before all the really damaging laws are passed.
Offline-only content? I remember, back in the day and when the internet was all new and shiny, people used to offer special online-only content. My, we seem to have come full circle, haven't we?
This would an excellent project with which to combine a racing wheel. I could hook up the PS2, sit in front of a 51" tv, and be even more convniced that I am actually driving.
Sure, CD-Rs are lovely, but the existing tariffs are absurd. The proposed tariffs are even more insulting. It would take more time to burn a Word document onto CD than it would take to copy to a floppy. Also, there is the fact that transferring a 60kb document on a CD is overkill.
You could always replace them with better people... Me, for example. Sure, I may not be the world's best C programmer (though I'm not bad), I atleast have enough common sense not to sit on my ass and do nothing in a job I would be lucky to have in this crappy job market.
I agree with you. DVDs not struggling. Let's face it, they're pretty well established at this point. Also it's not like one can go out and say "screw DVD, I'll get myself a VCD player!" When you're shopping for home electronics, they're one-in-the-same.
Personally, I think VCDs are great for home use. Now if only I didn't have to pay the copyright levy to distrubute VCDs of my grandfather's 80th birthday party to my relatives...
in the wallet!
I remember playing the first sim city game with nothing but railroads. Of course, a lot has changed since then.
I'm in the same boat, well not really. I'm actually graduating from college in a few weeks. I really want to be a Systems Administrator, though. The program I am completing was mainly geared towards churning out programmers, but there were a few courses in which I learned a lot about system administration.
I think that getting your college degree/diploma/whatever would be your best option. It looks good on a resume, it shows you can stick to something hard, and it's fun. A lot of places won't even look at you if you don't have some sort of post-secondary education. You can also get co-op work in the sys-admin field. Nothing beats having a team of people hunt down jobs for you. Then when you graduate you have an eduaction AND experience.
Now, since they went out of their way to have a nice acronym, couldn't they have gone all the way? Change 'Vovida' to 'Vocal' and you have yourself a nice recursive acronym.