just put a message on the first boot screen that says they must send copies of the Live CD to 7 friends and family within one week or they'll have bad luck... like Timmy Tomelson in Desmodo, Nebrasksa who didn't believe the curse and was sued by the RIAA, for illegally downloading copies of John Tesh at the Red Rocks or Bostuli Smith of New Townslope, New Hampshire whose liquid cooled beowulf cluster sprung a leak destroying his systems, and rendering his attempt to compile a complete Gentoo distributin in record time (less than 3 weeks) an utter failure.
I'm hoping this will make it into the drafts of GPL 3.
Since you're all about spreading the good news of Linux to one and all make sure you include the tennants of this radical faith.
As the disk starts, make sure there is screen that clearly states this is a Linux installation, not BSD, because BSD is dead and gone.
When they login, ask them if they'd like a beowulf cluster of these... the only choice they should have is yes.
Background picture on desktop is a bowl of hot grits.
The first time they login they must choose between KDE or Gnome. Let them know they must choose wisely, or suffer the wrath of many a legion of nerds and geeks (don't tell them either choice offends the legion).
After the Linux bootloaders starts up the real OS, make sure they know their running an Emacs box, and that has nothing to do with the six (vi) editor they've heard so much about.
the chastity thong, a secure impenetrable and fashionable undergarment for young ladies concerned about fashion, and fathers concerned about young men.
The new Humvee looks similar to the APC from Aliens. Granted the picture of the new humvee is in its travel mode, but there are still some obvious similarities.
You idiot. Bruce Campbell doesn't need any money. He gets more than enough income from his soup business, and sales of the Brisco County Jr. series on DVD. What a renissance man.
I totally agree with you, Raimi ruined Star Wars. That guy will add a chainsaw to a handless arm faster than Dr. Evil will add laser beams to some freakin' sharks.
Make it crappier and those who liked the crappy originals will like it even more?
Not true. While the acting in the original Star Wars trilogy was crappy, the prequals managed to lower the bar to the point where it became very destracting. I became uncomfortable, feeling as if I had paid to see digitally enhanced dress reharsals.
The previous seasons (and CSI: Miami) are on DVD. Rent them. DVD TV is way better then broadcast TV. No annoying commercials. No one week wait between episodes.
If anyone knows a producer let me know. I've got a great idea for an geek show that everyone would love. The show would be called Extreme Coders. It would be totally unique, at the beginning of each show a manager would come into the coders microscopic cubicle covered with Dilbert comics, old Coke cans, and roach fodder. The manager would ask for some type of outrageous project (e.g. fix all the security holes in Windows ASAP!). Then the coder would start to work... as the show progressed requirements would change, the system would crash, bugs would have to be chased down. You can see how exciting this could be...a nd then... but you ask, what's the extreme part? The entire show would be shot over the programer's shoulder, as if you, the viewer, were his XP coding partner reviewing his code. It's sure fire winner.
The good news is that once Extreme Coders is successful, there is plenty of room for spin-offs. Extreme Coders: India would be the first spin-off.
- An expedition of archaeologists on Earth discover an Aztec temple hidden under the Antarctic circle, housing a host of Alien creatures. A group of five coming-of-age Predators have also come to the temple, as it has long been a training ground for their race. From there on, it's Aliens vs. Predators, with the humans caught in the middle. -
On second thought you really could be on to something here. The reason people expend so much time and energy writing viruses is because they have time and energy to expend. So if we forced everyone to work in the mines for 15 hours a day, they would have no energy, and no time. Problem solved.
Yes yes... and why do people troll? If we could only figure out why they do it, we could prevent it, and if we can prevent it, isn't it our own responsibility to do so, so by not doing so we have enabled others to troll... so next time you read a troll, remember you made them do it you lazy society killing miscreant. Insensitive clod is too good of an insult for you.
This is another example of Microsoft offering too much in the WinAPI without doing adequate security checking. The exploit utilizes a function in VBScript, unique to IE, intended for system administration scripts. A sample is provided below.
'Sample will provide a handle back to the local box. The object provides several methods for manipulating the box. <script language="vbscript">
objMyBox = TakeOverXPBoxen(me)
objMyBox.RunArbitraryCode("...") </script>
What is really concerning is that the 'TakeOverXPBoxen' function accepts hostname or IP address strings.
I hate to rant, but this type of poor security checking is pathetic. Surely they should have known that all they would have needed to do was check the evil bit on the remote transfers to see if the data was safe or not. Someone in the OS community would have done this.
You do have to hand it to Microsoft though, the code is very easy to implement and quite elegant if you ask me.
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Free? It's a $699 value.
The RFC, the server, or the client?
Knopix! Its the new coal!
PRICELESS!
just put a message on the first boot screen that says they must send copies of the Live CD to 7 friends and family within one week or they'll have bad luck... like Timmy Tomelson in Desmodo, Nebrasksa who didn't believe the curse and was sued by the RIAA, for illegally downloading copies of John Tesh at the Red Rocks or Bostuli Smith of New Townslope, New Hampshire whose liquid cooled beowulf cluster sprung a leak destroying his systems, and rendering his attempt to compile a complete Gentoo distributin in record time (less than 3 weeks) an utter failure.
I'm hoping this will make it into the drafts of GPL 3.
Since you're all about spreading the good news of Linux to one and all make sure you include the tennants of this radical faith.
As the disk starts, make sure there is screen that clearly states this is a Linux installation, not BSD, because BSD is dead and gone.
When they login, ask them if they'd like a beowulf cluster of these... the only choice they should have is yes.
Background picture on desktop is a bowl of hot grits.
The first time they login they must choose between KDE or Gnome. Let them know they must choose wisely, or suffer the wrath of many a legion of nerds and geeks (don't tell them either choice offends the legion).
After the Linux bootloaders starts up the real OS, make sure they know their running an Emacs box, and that has nothing to do with the six (vi) editor they've heard so much about.
I'd skip the Linux live CD and give a charitable donation to The Human Fund instead. It's much more meaningful.
the chastity thong, a secure impenetrable and fashionable undergarment for young ladies concerned about fashion, and fathers concerned about young men.
Rumor has it that Google will release their own distribution of Emacs, the most powerful Operating System available.
beowulf vs. ActiveGrids... fanboys, take your corners.
Can you use Postgres ... without extreme pain?
Since this post is clearly just a breeding ground for flamewars... the answer is NO.
The new Humvee looks similar to the APC from Aliens. Granted the picture of the new humvee is in its travel mode, but there are still some obvious similarities.
You idiot. Bruce Campbell doesn't need any money. He gets more than enough income from his soup business, and sales of the Brisco County Jr. series on DVD. What a renissance man.
I totally agree with you, Raimi ruined Star Wars. That guy will add a chainsaw to a handless arm faster than Dr. Evil will add laser beams to some freakin' sharks.
Ding ding ding ding! You've won the Evil Dead movie title guessing contest. Evil Dead 4: Evil Dead Again.
Make it crappier and those who liked the crappy originals will like it even more?
Not true. While the acting in the original Star Wars trilogy was crappy, the prequals managed to lower the bar to the point where it became very destracting. I became uncomfortable, feeling as if I had paid to see digitally enhanced dress reharsals.
emacs as my OS of choice.
The previous seasons (and CSI: Miami) are on DVD. Rent them. DVD TV is way better then broadcast TV. No annoying commercials. No one week wait between episodes.
If anyone knows a producer let me know. I've got a great idea for an geek show that everyone would love. The show would be called Extreme Coders. It would be totally unique, at the beginning of each show a manager would come into the coders microscopic cubicle covered with Dilbert comics, old Coke cans, and roach fodder. The manager would ask for some type of outrageous project (e.g. fix all the security holes in Windows ASAP!). Then the coder would start to work... as the show progressed requirements would change, the system would crash, bugs would have to be chased down. You can see how exciting this could be...a nd then... but you ask, what's the extreme part? The entire show would be shot over the programer's shoulder, as if you, the viewer, were his XP coding partner reviewing his code. It's sure fire winner.
The good news is that once Extreme Coders is successful, there is plenty of room for spin-offs. Extreme Coders: India would be the first spin-off.
and people think they have the stamina to erect a 60 mile space elevator?
Ah yes... terrorists with a really large pair of scissors!
there was even a documentary about their findings. Here's a clip from the article and link for more info.
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An expedition of archaeologists on Earth discover an Aztec temple hidden under the Antarctic circle, housing a host of Alien creatures. A group of five coming-of-age Predators have also come to the temple, as it has long been a training ground for their race. From there on, it's Aliens vs. Predators, with the humans caught in the middle.
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On second thought you really could be on to something here. The reason people expend so much time and energy writing viruses is because they have time and energy to expend. So if we forced everyone to work in the mines for 15 hours a day, they would have no energy, and no time. Problem solved.
On a side note, I doubt anyone from EA writes viruses.
Yes yes... and why do people troll? If we could only figure out why they do it, we could prevent it, and if we can prevent it, isn't it our own responsibility to do so, so by not doing so we have enabled others to troll... so next time you read a troll, remember you made them do it you lazy society killing miscreant. Insensitive clod is too good of an insult for you.
not THE Internet?
I hate to rant, but this type of poor security checking is pathetic. Surely they should have known that all they would have needed to do was check the evil bit on the remote transfers to see if the data was safe or not. Someone in the OS community would have done this.
You do have to hand it to Microsoft though, the code is very easy to implement and quite elegant if you ask me.