I seriously doubt that it was the "system administrator" who gave out the female player's password. It was more likely some guy in Singapore making $2.50/day to answer phone calls.
Then again, do every call center rep has access to see the plaintext password? This shouldn't be the case, as it opens the possibility for internal theft. And when it is subcontracted to a thid party, there's even more temptation.
It's only a matter of time until the GNU community catches up with admin tools too.
That's true. Unfortunately, "a matter of time" is as undefined as "someday".
In the meantime, those who can't wait have to put up with Sun.
Solaris, on the other hand, is an acquired taste depending on what your first exposure to Unix was.
My current favorite manga, which is very popular among business man, is about banking business
If it's not too intrusive, can you give us the name of said manga? I don't particularly read comics or manga, but I will at least give new reading materials a try.
You have the right idea and I have often wanted to do this. Downloading a file from multiple users (swarming or whatever) would do wonders for package distribution also (think freebsd ports and the like).
What Kazaa needs is to implement a checksum system to verify the authenticity of the files. I never download executables from Kazaa, either as individual files or as part of a zip, iso, whatever for fear that they might be poisoned. I'd rather trust a slower but trusted ftp/http server.
Even if you are the most selfish bastard that has ever replied to an email, consider this:
No matter how smart you are (or think you are), the Chinese goverment (and virtually every goverment) has far more resources than you. So unless you work for another intelligence agency, they might be able to track you down and send someone to knock at your door. Things can get ugly from there.
"They are not for commercial use, but to stir discussion" (not a direct quote). Yup, just like a bad piece of performance art.
Seriously, the only cure for bad mobile phone habits is common courtesy.
I don't mind people using them in public places, but I regard those with loud ring tones and those who feels like the entire restaurant *must* know of them closing a million dollar deal, the same way I regard those who don't mind picking their nose of spitting in public.
Well... maybe he doesn't know about a great concept called "Calling Party Pays". I've owned a cell phone for some time now, and I never had to pay for received messages or calls.
I used to work for an ISP where the policy was to inform the sysadmin, and if the complains against him/her were too many, disconnect it. However, if the customer was a large one (say... a public entity) and, as usual, had no one clueful enough to fix the problem, the bosses would send someone over from our office to help fix it...
"But sir... I know nothing of exchange!"
"No matter, go over there and run some antivirus or something"
"...sigh..."
I've ever since moved on to greener pastures. Still, my belief is that if there's no one at the offending site that can solve the problem, leave them alone unless they ask for help and pay you for your services.
I had exactly the same problem, only I wasn't trying to delete my page. In the end, I just bought a domain and hosted my page somewhere else. I *was* going to host my domain with Yahoo, up that point.
There's just no way to contact Yahoo customer service.
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I guess there's no accounting for taste...
Minority Report had great effects, so did "The One". They were both rehashes of "The Matrix" and they both had more plotholes than you can shake a cheese grater at, and the both had endings sooo corny that everyone left the theater groaning.
We're getting movies made that are pre-edited for tv showings, now. I miss the Bond from the actual stories (remember books?), which at least pretended to have Bond barely scrape through, and which showed far more grey in the world.
Ever since Timothy Dalton entered the Bond franchise, every movie has been just an excuse for product placement (remember Bollinger or whatever it is called?).
Indeed. Those of us with *old* machines that still serve some function (and I'm talking about 486) are delighted to know that older, less demanding kernel versions are still maintained.
Slashdot network engineers (armchair and professional): do you think the answer to having a massive and unreliable network is to build a second identical network?
I'm the armchair kind. But I wouldn't this solution have led to TWO identical networks down? Whatever triggered the problem in network A could easily be present in netork B?
Unfortunately, downtimes are not fun in a hospital. In other places, it means that we can goof off and blame it on the IT department.
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+5 Funny!!!
Dang, where are my mod points when I need them...
Hell yeah! Block Hotmail!
I seriously doubt that it was the "system administrator" who gave out the female player's password. It was more likely some guy in Singapore making $2.50/day to answer phone calls.
Then again, do every call center rep has access to see the plaintext password? This shouldn't be the case, as it opens the possibility for internal theft. And when it is subcontracted to a thid party, there's even more temptation.
Gahh! I can't get the image of Piccard with a hat made of fruit dancing to Samba Music out of my head...
...Not going to Rio this year...
It's only a matter of time until the GNU community catches up with admin tools too.
That's true. Unfortunately, "a matter of time" is as undefined as "someday".
In the meantime, those who can't wait have to put up with Sun.
Solaris, on the other hand, is an acquired taste depending on what your first exposure to Unix was.
but I dont need something that looks nice
Yup, but a lot of people need something that looks nice. Witness the popularity of the iMAC since its inception.
In a household were form doesn't follow function this is a big issue.
My current favorite manga, which is very popular among business man, is about banking business
If it's not too intrusive, can you give us the name of said manga? I don't particularly read comics or manga, but I will at least give new reading materials a try.
Thanks
You have the right idea and I have often wanted to do this. Downloading a file from multiple users (swarming or whatever) would do wonders for package distribution also (think freebsd ports and the like).
What Kazaa needs is to implement a checksum system to verify the authenticity of the files. I never download executables from Kazaa, either as individual files or as part of a zip, iso, whatever for fear that they might be poisoned. I'd rather trust a slower but trusted ftp/http server.
File swappers are already commiting theft. This changes nothing except that it spells out the the sentences you could get.
Even if this law didn't exist, and the feds raid your house and take your mp3 filled drive away, you are still going to be indicted.
Geez, Louise, some people just don't have a sense of humor.
Even if you are the most selfish bastard that has ever replied to an email, consider this:
No matter how smart you are (or think you are), the Chinese goverment (and virtually every goverment) has far more resources than you. So unless you work for another intelligence agency, they might be able to track you down and send someone to knock at your door. Things can get ugly from there.
Paranoid? Who, me?
"They are not for commercial use, but to stir discussion" (not a direct quote). Yup, just like a bad piece of performance art.
Seriously, the only cure for bad mobile phone habits is common courtesy.
I don't mind people using them in public places, but I regard those with loud ring tones and those who feels like the entire restaurant *must* know of them closing a million dollar deal, the same way I regard those who don't mind picking their nose of spitting in public.
all so that CostaRicans can use less pesticides, make more money from all of us banana loving Westerners
;-) (smiley here for humor impaired moderators)
You mean CostaRicans aren't westerners??? Boy, my knowledge of geography must be *way* outdated.
Well... maybe he doesn't know about a great concept called "Calling Party Pays". I've owned a cell phone for some time now, and I never had to pay for received messages or calls.
I used to work for an ISP where the policy was to inform the sysadmin, and if the complains against him/her were too many, disconnect it. However, if the customer was a large one (say... a public entity) and, as usual, had no one clueful enough to fix the problem, the bosses would send someone over from our office to help fix it...
"But sir... I know nothing of exchange!"
"No matter, go over there and run some antivirus or something"
"...sigh..."
I've ever since moved on to greener pastures. Still, my belief is that if there's no one at the offending site that can solve the problem, leave them alone unless they ask for help and pay you for your services.
Blessed are those that get to pick and choose where to work.
I would consider wearing a tie a small price to pay in order to increase work conditions, salary, etc.
Luckily, I don't have to, in my current job (but then, I don't deal with customers either).
I had exactly the same problem, only I wasn't trying to delete my page. In the end, I just bought a domain and hosted my page somewhere else. I *was* going to host my domain with Yahoo, up that point.
There's just no way to contact Yahoo customer service.
I guess there's no accounting for taste...
Minority Report had great effects, so did "The One". They were both rehashes of "The Matrix" and they both had more plotholes than you can shake a cheese grater at, and the both had endings sooo corny that everyone left the theater groaning.
I followed your link to the ebay result, and too bad I don't have mod points. +1 funny!
Ever since Timothy Dalton entered the Bond franchise, every movie has been just an excuse for product placement (remember Bollinger or whatever it is called?).
Indeed. Those of us with *old* machines that still serve some function (and I'm talking about 486) are delighted to know that older, less demanding kernel versions are still maintained.
HA! They'll both fail when they meet in the middle!!!
MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
I'm the armchair kind. But I wouldn't this solution have led to TWO identical networks down? Whatever triggered the problem in network A could easily be present in netork B?
Unfortunately, downtimes are not fun in a hospital. In other places, it means that we can goof off and blame it on the IT department.
Ok, time to stop trolling...
I don't think I can top that... but do you remember the first 14.4 internal modems that came in TWO boards... yup, two slots for the modem.