A massive, national mobilization of FBI agents was reported today by sources speaking on condition of anonymity. While officially the situation is classified, the source said there was a massive DOS attack of every major government site.
"We don't believe this to be the work of ametures." said the source, "The attack was highly organized - thousands of users, from all over the globe, using a special form of denial of service attack called the 'Slashdot Effect'."
The government has been keeping an eye on the hacker portal "Slashdot", at http://slashdot.org/, for quite some time, stating that it is always the best place to find out what the next big illegal thing is, whether it be irritating the MPAA, RIAA, or disrupting critical government networks.
President Bush is quoted as saying something inconsequental, ignorant, and stupid, as usual.
I just don't think we'd let them get over here. It's hard for me to envision a land battle on US Soil, unless its a civil war, which is just as unlikely.
A white man once asked a native american what they called america before europeans took it over.
"Ours".
I don't have as much native american in me as I would like to have. The last person in my family who isn't pasty-white is my maternal grandfather, but he's certainly not red. There's some european influence on his side. And my fathers family is totally white bread.
With that said, i really and truly admire the native ways. Sometimes, the simplicity and style of their lives really appeals to me, their respect for the earth and, in most cases, the lives of others. While our great, great, great, great, great, great grandfathers were taking over the place, we should have taken the time to learn a little bit about the "savage natives".
Honestly i'm surprised bush didn't drop the bomb on Afghanistan. He strikes me as the kind of guy who would do it - he's got his Captain Crunch spy decoder ring on, and enjoys being the drama queen (activating cold war reserve gov't..)
It'll be interesting in 40 years or so when the white house Gee Dubya Shrubya mp3's are released. Perhaps more anti-semetic nuclear-toting hothead "republican" action!
I was thinking of writing, as a joke-RFC, something similar. Behavior Modification through Strategic Voltage Application.
In which an RFC-Standard protocol would be implemented in all computer operating systems. Electrodes embedded in keyboard keys and mice (optionally, seats) would be wired to the building. Upon the user doing something stupid, for instance, opening an e-mail they were explicitly told via e-mail and domain-wide net send not to open, current of varying intensity can be applied to the user.
This would of course need to be scripted for use in most environments.
Unfortunately, i'd be too tempted to hack the system at my former employer. -angst-.
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A-Freaking-men. I don't type using the home row method - and when i did, it did hurt. i let my hands float where they want to be.
when i sit down, my fingers are usually on asdfjop'. From there, they fly all over the place. Posture has a lot to do with how comfortable you are typing, i think. I've used the same desk with the extendable writing surfaces to either side for -years-. The desk is in awful shape. I Need to refinish it, if i ever get another job:(. But it has a nice built in footrest, and those writing surfaces support my elbows only about 3/4ths of an inch below the keyboard. The only pain in my body is my lower back:( but i doubt that has anything to do with typing.. more likely it has to do with me sitting on my fat rear 16 hours a day in front of the keyboard, drinking soda's and eating junk food.:(
Where are the slashdotters who go to the universities? I garuntee that those EULA's are tight. Plus, i believe there are cultural barriers between the kind of person who would be interested in OS Research, and the kind of person who hangs out on Slashdot (or, at least those who make a habit of posting.) Just my observation.
The old maxim "Those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know" usually holds true around here.
So...
Quit.. Yer... BITCHIN.. If you REALLY want to look at/dis MS source code, perhaps you should just go to school. About 2 years into it perhaps you'll realize you're taking life a BIT too seriously.
From the page:
Microsoft® makes source code to Microsoft operating system products like Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows CE available to universities and other "not-for-profit" research institutions at no charge. Currently, there are over 100 universities worldwide with our source licenses.
is now people want MORE for LESS. Most jobs you see advertised now are for, say, a Systems Administrator versed in Solaris [ok], AIX [ok], IRIX [ok], Linux [Alright...], MCSE Certified [Okay, i can see all of the above for Sr. Level..] almost-DBA Level oracle knowlede [ ditto.. ] J2EE [WTF?!@] 10 years experience [Righto] a Bachelors [!] and some_unheardof_application_that_nobody_uses [Broadvision!]. For $35,000/yr.
A tad exaggerated maybe.. but thats where its going. I got a job april of last year, and the conditions are less than ideal. I come in making as a UNIX administrator what I made as a helpdesk rep at one of my first jobs. I felt insulted. [but, i didnt have much choice].
In the book "The universe in a nutshell" by Stephen Hawking, he notes that humans developing inside an artificial womb would be able to develop larger brains. (of course, larger brains != more intelligence.. )
Stay away from Linux if you want to be taken seriously by investors. Stay away from samba - Get a windows (NT4 on the cheap) solution for your domain needs. A *nix box will suffice for most everything else.
I suggest one of the Free BSD's.. Make sure you take in the political and long term financial ramifications of any decision you make.
A plexiglass case
held together with clear plastic thumbscrews
with a clear plastic PCB, using some sort of clear conductor.. Silicon chips so thin that they are translucent encased in a thermally conductive clear material..
A fan with clear plastic blades..
Personally, I just want a full tower, in the dimensions 1 x 4 x 9 (x 16 x 25..), painted black, that makes no sound.
Well, this big-iron Unix admin still laughs at Linux in most cases. And with several years and several certifications behind me, I feel completely justified in doing so. (Yes, Virgina, education and certifications matter in the real world, using linux on your PC since you were 14 usually doesn't)
The reason I dislike Linux is partially based in technical reasons, but mainly, its the user base. Every linux "admin" i've met is an egotistical, arrogant, biased, letting-RMS-think-for-him zealot who wants to replace every desktop in an organization with Linux and StarOffice. In other words, all the admins i've met are out of touch with reality.
Ellison probably caused major coronary fluctuations in his sysadmin staff when he announced that. Remember that not all that Ellison says rings true - Remember.. "Oracle is Unbreakable!". And larry is also at the mercy, more or less, of his stockholders.
I find the trolls more entertaining nowadays. I probably should stop coming to slashdot. After all, I am the equivalent of one who has lost the faith due to the preacher. An atheist in a baptist church, so to speak.
I'd like to know why it seems the visible majority of slashdot seems to think they have a right to get everything for free? Perhaps they don't realize they are helping to burn the economy..
So.. Could I patent my process of splicing firefly and baboon genes into human DNA, to make someone's butt glow technicolor-like whenever they're excited?
Slashdot Mirror
AnalogOS STOP 0x00000001:e d from RonJeremy.o
Disgusting_Cross_Reference(RMS_Naked)
Referenc
By Pedro@0xSLASHDOT
Purging Stomach... OK
Purging Memory.... OK
Eliminating Pedro. OK
{cerebrum} ok _
Good god.. I do see your point, in both items.
In the linux.hr photo.. why do i get the feeling there's a HUGE hookah under the table..
And all this time, *I* thought he was supposed to be in a mental institution :)
Pentagon (AP)
A massive, national mobilization of FBI agents was reported today by sources speaking on condition of anonymity. While officially the situation is classified, the source said there was a massive DOS attack of every major government site.
"We don't believe this to be the work of ametures." said the source, "The attack was highly organized - thousands of users, from all over the globe, using a special form of denial of service attack called the 'Slashdot Effect'."
The government has been keeping an eye on the hacker portal "Slashdot", at http://slashdot.org/, for quite some time, stating that it is always the best place to find out what the next big illegal thing is, whether it be irritating the MPAA, RIAA, or disrupting critical government networks.
President Bush is quoted as saying something inconsequental, ignorant, and stupid, as usual.
I agree with you.
I just don't think we'd let them get over here. It's hard for me to envision a land battle on US Soil, unless its a civil war, which is just as unlikely.
A white man once asked a native american what they called america before europeans took it over.
"Ours".
I don't have as much native american in me as I would like to have. The last person in my family who isn't pasty-white is my maternal grandfather, but he's certainly not red. There's some european influence on his side. And my fathers family is totally white bread.
With that said, i really and truly admire the native ways. Sometimes, the simplicity and style of their lives really appeals to me, their respect for the earth and, in most cases, the lives of others. While our great, great, great, great, great, great grandfathers were taking over the place, we should have taken the time to learn a little bit about the "savage natives".
grr.
Honestly i'm surprised bush didn't drop the bomb on Afghanistan. He strikes me as the kind of guy who would do it - he's got his Captain Crunch spy decoder ring on, and enjoys being the drama queen (activating cold war reserve gov't..)
It'll be interesting in 40 years or so when the white house Gee Dubya Shrubya mp3's are released. Perhaps more anti-semetic nuclear-toting hothead "republican" action!
Just my $0.02, Taxed 15 ways.
Mr. President, We can not afford a supercomputer simulation gap!
Seriously. We haven't detonated a nuclear warhead since September 23rd, 1992, an underground test called "Divider".
And I am disgusted by our government from time to time also. But my political views are.. well, too political, even for slashdot.
I was thinking of writing, as a joke-RFC, something similar. Behavior Modification through Strategic Voltage Application.
In which an RFC-Standard protocol would be implemented in all computer operating systems. Electrodes embedded in keyboard keys and mice (optionally, seats) would be wired to the building. Upon the user doing something stupid, for instance, opening an e-mail they were explicitly told via e-mail and domain-wide net send not to open, current of varying intensity can be applied to the user.
This would of course need to be scripted for use in most environments.
Unfortunately, i'd be too tempted to hack the system at my former employer. -angst-.
A-Freaking-men. I don't type using the home row method - and when i did, it did hurt. i let my hands float where they want to be.
:(. But it has a nice built in footrest, and those writing surfaces support my elbows only about 3/4ths of an inch below the keyboard. The only pain in my body is my lower back :( but i doubt that has anything to do with typing.. more likely it has to do with me sitting on my fat rear 16 hours a day in front of the keyboard, drinking soda's and eating junk food. :(
when i sit down, my fingers are usually on asdfjop'. From there, they fly all over the place. Posture has a lot to do with how comfortable you are typing, i think. I've used the same desk with the extendable writing surfaces to either side for -years-. The desk is in awful shape. I Need to refinish it, if i ever get another job
you didn't just give a bunch of undersexed, over hormonal, arrogant teenagers instructions on how to build a DANGEROUS WEAPON, now, did you?
-ugh-
:)
Where are the slashdotters who go to the universities? I garuntee that those EULA's are tight. Plus, i believe there are cultural barriers between the kind of person who would be interested in OS Research, and the kind of person who hangs out on Slashdot (or, at least those who make a habit of posting.) Just my observation.
The old maxim "Those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know" usually holds true around here.
Microsoft Research Source Code
So...
Quit.. Yer... BITCHIN.. If you REALLY want to look at/dis MS source code, perhaps you should just go to school. About 2 years into it perhaps you'll realize you're taking life a BIT too seriously.
From the page:
Microsoft® makes source code to Microsoft operating system products like Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows CE available to universities and other "not-for-profit" research institutions at no charge. Currently, there are over 100 universities worldwide with our source licenses.
And the cost of the certifications:
(USD)
$256 A+ (When i took it, at least)
$875 MCSE
$300 Books (Decent estimate..)
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$1431 Which is about a good portion of a months salary with that position, probably.
is now people want MORE for LESS. Most jobs you see advertised now are for, say, a Systems Administrator versed in Solaris [ok], AIX [ok], IRIX [ok], Linux [Alright...], MCSE Certified [Okay, i can see all of the above for Sr. Level..] almost-DBA Level oracle knowlede [ ditto.. ] J2EE [WTF?!@] 10 years experience [Righto] a Bachelors [!] and some_unheardof_application_that_nobody_uses [Broadvision!]. For $35,000/yr.
A tad exaggerated maybe.. but thats where its going. I got a job april of last year, and the conditions are less than ideal. I come in making as a UNIX administrator what I made as a helpdesk rep at one of my first jobs. I felt insulted. [but, i didnt have much choice].
You may wish to abstract "mind" vs "brain".
In the book "The universe in a nutshell" by Stephen Hawking, he notes that humans developing inside an artificial womb would be able to develop larger brains. (of course, larger brains != more intelligence.. )
Stay away from Linux if you want to be taken seriously by investors. Stay away from samba - Get a windows (NT4 on the cheap) solution for your domain needs. A *nix box will suffice for most everything else.
I suggest one of the Free BSD's.. Make sure you take in the political and long term financial ramifications of any decision you make.
$0.02, not flamebait, nor troll.
A plexiglass case
held together with clear plastic thumbscrews
with a clear plastic PCB, using some sort of clear conductor.. Silicon chips so thin that they are translucent encased in a thermally conductive clear material..
A fan with clear plastic blades..
Personally, I just want a full tower, in the dimensions 1 x 4 x 9 (x 16 x 25..), painted black, that makes no sound.
Actually, having a different opinion here is okay, as long as the opinion is pro-linux or anti-microsoft.
Kind of like freedom of religion is acceptable in america, as long as that religion is Christianity.
(Note the allegory requires you to accept the fact that the judging party is a small, but visible, minority.)
Well, this big-iron Unix admin still laughs at Linux in most cases. And with several years and several certifications behind me, I feel completely justified in doing so. (Yes, Virgina, education and certifications matter in the real world, using linux on your PC since you were 14 usually doesn't)
The reason I dislike Linux is partially based in technical reasons, but mainly, its the user base. Every linux "admin" i've met is an egotistical, arrogant, biased, letting-RMS-think-for-him zealot who wants to replace every desktop in an organization with Linux and StarOffice. In other words, all the admins i've met are out of touch with reality.
Ellison probably caused major coronary fluctuations in his sysadmin staff when he announced that. Remember that not all that Ellison says rings true - Remember.. "Oracle is Unbreakable!". And larry is also at the mercy, more or less, of his stockholders.
I find the trolls more entertaining nowadays. I probably should stop coming to slashdot. After all, I am the equivalent of one who has lost the faith due to the preacher. An atheist in a baptist church, so to speak.
(Please cram any arrogant comments)
RMS? Without being loudmouthed and opinionated? What kind of world do you live in? ( And whats the interest rate? I'd like to buy a house..)
its barely ready for the enterprise, except to replace more-or-less-dead legacy unixes such as SCO and DGUX.
Boss, will you allow me to install linux on this 32-way SPARC box?
Boss? BOSS?! QUICK, SOMEONE CALL THE PARAMEDICS!
I'd like to know why it seems the visible majority of slashdot seems to think they have a right to get everything for free? Perhaps they don't realize they are helping to burn the economy..
So.. Could I patent my process of splicing firefly and baboon genes into human DNA, to make someone's butt glow technicolor-like whenever they're excited?