People tend to loose sight of the fact that Seti@Home is for scientific purposes, and get caught up in the statisitics of it all.
Perhaps it is time that these distributed computing projects made the statistics a bit more anonymous, to weed out the ego-strokers. That way, the people participating would be doing so purely for the scientific purposes, and would have no motivation for cheating.
Sure, that might turn away some people, but it would go a long way toward making the results more accurate.
You were asked by the CEO to delete a message that the CEO himself sent. If the CEO asked you to delete messages from *someone else*, or to otherwise mess with other communications, that would certainly be an ethical issue, but that is not the case.
The corporate email system is not the US postal service, and deleting an email is not against the law (we aren't talking about tampering with evidence here). In fact, as a SysAdmin it certainly is within your capabilities and duties.
It seems like you were trying to teach the CEO a lesson (don't send hot-headed emails) by refusing his request. Instead, you were the one who was taught a lesson by being fired. Judging by the fact you are Asking Slashdot, it is one you probably haven't yet learned.
"Numerous serious security problems in Office 97 have not been patched and Microsoft won't patch it anymore."
Maybe so. But it is certainly likely (based on Microsoft's hideous security record) that numerous serious security problems exist in Office 2000 and XP. Some have been found, but are likely unpatched on many systems. Many more problems probably remain undiscovered.
The point is, simply using the latest software doesn't necessarily improve your security. You might be even more at risk, since someone could be taking advantage of discovered but undisclosed security bugs without your knowledge.
... or maybe your Schizophrenia is much worse than the simulation.
... or maybe someone has hacked your computer and is feeding you a less disturbing realaudio stream.
... or maybe...
The FBI field office in San Diego has just issued the following warning:
"If you see strange symbols floating in the sky above your corporate office, this might mean your wireless networks have been targeted by hackers or terrorists. Be sure to secure you wireless networks and contact the FBI immediately."
Well, the sad thing is that I don't think there really is a good solution for the consumer.
Sure, punishing Palm with a lawsuit might bring some satisfaction. But the end result will likely bring little or no relief to the people suckered into buying an m130 that only does 12 bit color.
If Palm wanted to do the right thing, they would offer cash back (not a coupon toward future purchases) to anyone who bought an m130. Of course it will probably be cheaper for them to simply settle a lawsuit.
What would be great is if the FTC stepped in and smacked Palm down hard for false advertising. Palm gets a nice fine, and the lawyers don't get rich. And Nelson gets to say "HA HA!"
By the time a class action suit is settled, the lawyer(s) will have collected gobs of cash. Meanwhile, the class members end up with a fscking $10 off coupon for some Palm accessories. Yeah... sign me up!
Microsoft employed a great deal of monkeys and typewriters as part of their original business plan to develop encryption technologies, but accidentally developed Windows instead. Ironically, much to their embarrassment, Windows ended up with very little in the way of security or encryption.
"H2K2 announces last minute updates to the schedule for Sunday, July 14"
Sunday July 14 - Penntop South
14:00 Google is your friend: Using search engines to locate confidential information (such as AT&T HRID's) 15:00 Forging credentials: Hacking email address lists to plant bogus information 16:00 Social Engineering
Ok, call me a troll, but we already have an excellent fusion reactor available....
IT'S CALLED THE SUN!!!
While developing our own down-to-earth version might be a noble goal, it seems to me money would be better spent developing more efficient ways to harness the free energy we already have available.
Incentally, I agree with the numerous posters who've said in effect that: Yes, Yucca Mt. may not be the perfect place, but it is the best place we have available.
My brother and I scrounged every cent we could find (bottle & can deposits, paper route, etc) to save up for Space Invaders. Used to play that for hours on end. Anyone remember how to do the "double bullet" hack?
Jerry : So were going to make the Post Office pay for my new stereo? Kramer : It's just a write off for them. Jerry : How is it a write off? Kramer : They just write it off. Jerry : Write it off what? Kramer : Jerry all these big companies they write off everything. Jerry : You don't even know what a write off is. Kramer : Do you? Jerry : No. I don't. Kramer : But they do and they are the ones writing it off. Jerry : I wish I just had the last twenty seconds of my life back.
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It's sad too see that even civilizations far more advanced than ours still have problems with spammers.
Oh...you said galaxy-SPANNING. Nevermind.
Perhaps it is time that these distributed computing projects made the statistics a bit more anonymous, to weed out the ego-strokers. That way, the people participating would be doing so purely for the scientific purposes, and would have no motivation for cheating.
Sure, that might turn away some people, but it would go a long way toward making the results more accurate.
"He moved to Texas, so there was no real resolution."
:-)
Guess AT&T won that round
Real Deadheads don't buy albums. They listen to their bootleg tapes.
And if you couldn't guess by the domain name, there is tons of hacking info too.
How is this an ethical issue?
You were asked by the CEO to delete a message that the CEO himself sent. If the CEO asked you to delete messages from *someone else*, or to otherwise mess with other communications, that would certainly be an ethical issue, but that is not the case.
The corporate email system is not the US postal service, and deleting an email is not against the law (we aren't talking about tampering with evidence here). In fact, as a SysAdmin it certainly is within your capabilities and duties.
It seems like you were trying to teach the CEO a lesson (don't send hot-headed emails) by refusing his request. Instead, you were the one who was taught a lesson by being fired. Judging by the fact you are Asking Slashdot, it is one you probably haven't yet learned.
I think he was referring to the next generation Tivo that lets you pause, rewind, and FAST FORWARD live TV. Now *that* would be a cool feature.
Caution: Use could result in widespread "Lone Gunmen" postings.
What are you, some kind of terrorist?
"Numerous serious security problems in Office 97 have not been patched and Microsoft won't patch it anymore."
Maybe so. But it is certainly likely (based on Microsoft's hideous security record) that numerous serious security problems exist in Office 2000 and XP. Some have been found, but are likely unpatched on many systems. Many more problems probably remain undiscovered.
The point is, simply using the latest software doesn't necessarily improve your security. You might be even more at risk, since someone could be taking advantage of discovered but undisclosed security bugs without your knowledge.
Music heard playing at Intel...
"...We're just waiting for the hammer to fall"
(from "Hammer to Fall" by Queen)
"Is this on Slashdot because its about spam?"
No, no. It's because [according to Netcraft] the site runs on Linux:
The site banthespam.com is running Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.10 OpenSSL/0.9.6c mod_perl/1.27 mod_macro/1.1.2 on Linux.
... or maybe your Schizophrenia is much worse than the simulation.
... or maybe someone has hacked your computer and is feeding you a less disturbing realaudio stream.
... or maybe...
The FBI field office in San Diego has just issued the following warning:
"If you see strange symbols floating in the sky above your corporate office, this might mean your wireless networks have been targeted by hackers or terrorists. Be sure to secure you wireless networks and contact the FBI immediately."
5. Profit!
Well, the sad thing is that I don't think there really is a good solution for the consumer.
Sure, punishing Palm with a lawsuit might bring some satisfaction. But the end result will likely bring little or no relief to the people suckered into buying an m130 that only does 12 bit color.
If Palm wanted to do the right thing, they would offer cash back (not a coupon toward future purchases) to anyone who bought an m130. Of course it will probably be cheaper for them to simply settle a lawsuit.
What would be great is if the FTC stepped in and smacked Palm down hard for false advertising.
Palm gets a nice fine, and the lawyers don't get rich. And Nelson gets to say "HA HA!"
What a waste of time (unless you are a lawyer).
By the time a class action suit is settled, the lawyer(s) will have collected gobs of cash.
Meanwhile, the class members end up with a fscking $10 off coupon for some Palm accessories.
Yeah... sign me up!
"Soylent Green is SPAMMERS!!!!"
Damn! I'm already using my Speak&Spell in my intergalatic communicator.
Guess I'll have to go hunting for another one on Ebay.
Well, with all the Windows people switching to Macs, it'll probably be a wash anyhow ;-)
Microsoft employed a great deal of monkeys and typewriters as part of their original business plan to develop encryption technologies, but accidentally developed Windows instead. Ironically, much to their embarrassment, Windows ended up with very little in the way of security or encryption.
This just in...
"H2K2 announces last minute updates to the schedule for Sunday, July 14"
Sunday July 14 - Penntop South
14:00 Google is your friend: Using search engines to locate confidential information (such as AT&T HRID's)
15:00 Forging credentials: Hacking email address lists to plant bogus information
16:00 Social Engineering
Ok, call me a troll, but we already have an excellent fusion reactor available....
IT'S CALLED THE SUN!!!
While developing our own down-to-earth version might be a noble goal, it seems to me money would be better spent developing more efficient ways to harness the free energy we already have available.
Incentally, I agree with the numerous posters who've said in effect that: Yes, Yucca Mt. may not be the perfect place, but it is the best place we have available.
Britney??? Is that you?
Damn straight! That game rocked.
My brother and I scrounged every cent we could find (bottle & can deposits, paper route, etc) to save up for Space Invaders. Used to play that for hours on end. Anyone remember how to do the "double bullet" hack?
Ahhh, the memories.....
Jerry : So were going to make the Post Office pay for my new stereo?
Kramer : It's just a write off for them.
Jerry : How is it a write off?
Kramer : They just write it off.
Jerry : Write it off what?
Kramer : Jerry all these big companies they write off everything.
Jerry : You don't even know what a write off is.
Kramer : Do you?
Jerry : No. I don't.
Kramer : But they do and they are the ones writing it off.
Jerry : I wish I just had the last twenty seconds of my life back.