So are a lot of other people. Funny thing is, if I left my real name, phone number, and email address in my.plan, I'm sure it wouldn't make the/. home page.
I'm sure I'll get modded down for this, but someone please explain to me how this is newsworthy. This type target profiling happens every hour of every day. And yes, it happens to governemnt networks also (more so than non-govt. networks). The only difference is, most of the people doing this type of thing don't make press-releases about it.
By the way, I'm developing a news site which will ridicule and bash every possible aspect of *nix, for no reason at all.
Microsoft friendly comments will get modded up, and *nix friendly comments will get modded down, so no one sees them, kinda the opposite of what happens here.
Hmmm... The RedHat 7.2 errata page shows no less than 37 vulnerabilities in RedHat's latest. Why is it that there's no/. story about most of those?
Assuming that true nerds don't use Windows, like many insist, this (see above) is the real "News for nerds, stuff that matters".
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[russian commie govt. guy voice] Nyet! You veel not vork on dees painstation device! You veel vork on our voice recognition software instead! [/russian commie govt. guy voice]
I say these guys should develop whatever they want. If you feel there's a great need for voice recognition software or better ergonomic designs, why don't you get off slashdot for a while, and go develop some better voice recognition software or better ergonomic designs yourself?
Who are you to say that these people shouldn't make something because there's a need for something else?
Here's an idea: We should all stop this 'computer' nonsense we're so busy with because there's many more pressing issues in the world today. Effective immediately, we are all to stop whatever we're doing, and help find a cure for cancer/eliminate crime/etc.
Geez...some people can really read whatever they want into a post.
My nationality and political views should not be under scrutiny here.
The point I was trying to make is that for several months now there's been hour long news reports: "Why do they hate us?" and similar stories. When the WTC fell, many were surprised, asking "How could this happen to us, the greatest nation on earth?"
Well this is how it could happen. Piss people off, and they react. It's a simple fact of nature. If you provoke someone, you had better be prepared for the consequences.
I said nothing indicating that I have some hated for Americans as some of you have suggested. Or that the WTC falling was simply concrete crumbling without the loss of life, as others have insinuated. I seethe just as much as everyone else at those responsible for this horrid act.
But the fact remains: If you push, you had better be prepared when the little guy pushes back. On Sept 11, 2001, America was not prepared.
You want to know why "they" hate us? This is why. The US government likes to impose it's omnipoent will on whoever it pleases. This makes people angry. Wen people are angry, they tend to become violent.
Bottom line: Stop reading into my post that Im some sort of anti-american, because I'm not. Some people asked a question, and I gave an answer.
And for God's sake, grow a set of balls and stop posting as AC.
And here we (USA) go, getting right back into the swing of things, just like pre 9/11/01.
I find it fascinating that people like the Bush family can't figure out why America is globally hated.
"Sorry, you are not allowed to have strong encryption, supercomputers, nuclear weapons, shoes, food, oil, etc. Why? Because we are the USA, and we said so........"
(...a few years later...)
"Boo-hoo....I don't understand why these people are so mad at us...I don't understand why they would blow up our landmarks..."
Why is this flaimbait? I guess "flaimbait" should be changed to "disagrees with popular opinion".
Believe me, I'm plenty tired of this "fuckstick" too, and I'm glad I didn't vote for him.
Who is the USA to say who can and can't have knowledge? Supercomputers, Nuclear bombs, etc.?
Is the US God? I think not. If someone in India is smart enough to figure out how to make a nuclear bomb, who are we to say anything against it?
Anyway, your post is right on the mark, and I agree completely.
Funny thing is, I'm not a Linux zealot by any means. I know very little about linux. BTW, if there is a manual to read on satellite security practices, I'd like to know where to find it.
I'm just saying: Why was it that the poster was selected to be the 'satellite commander' at his company? What is it that he has that the other candidates did not have? Evidently knowledge about security practices is not one of the requirements. Where do I apply?
Do yourself a favor and check out the satellite listings on monster.com and see how much those guys are pulling down per year. Then tell yourself that they shouldn't have to know what they're doing.
So if your into the whole open source open knowledge bullshit that telling him how to do his job would entail, then it just naturally follows that he should *NOT* be getting a paycheck, right? His salary should be distributed among those who gave him information, right? If that's the case, then yeah, *I'll* RTFM and get back to you on how to hack a satellite. You just get my check in the mail.
Isn't that why you get that *fat* satellite commander paycheck? I'm sure someone here could tell you, but really, if you're not competent to do your job, why should you have it?
These "I dunno how to do my job so I'll ask Slashdot" posts are getting really tired.
I'm tired of people making loads more money than me, when they really don't know squat about what they're doing.
Seroiusly, why should your company pay you to do a job if you don't know how to do it? Why don't they just fire your ass and "Ask Slashdot" themselves?
Careful.
I was once flamed to high hell for even using KDE and windows in the same sentence. I also am a WM junkie and agree wholeheartedly with your post.
Man, I wish I could get a job like you. If I don't know how to do my job, I'll just ask on slashdot. After all, that's what open source is all about, right? Using other people's donated knowledge to make yourself look smart for the boss, while at the same time earning loads of $$$ for your company and their clients.
Notice at the bottom of the article, the author's email address "Ellis299@aol.com". Well, that explains the mentality at work here.
I think the brunt of this article is talking about "stealing IP addresses". i don't know about you all, but my ISP (ATT@home) gives me one single IP address. It is issued via DHCP, and is dependant on the MAC address of my router. If I don't give them my MAC address or I cange it, poof! I just lost my access. AFAIK this is common proctice in the industry.
While I have 9 machines, router included currently running behind my calbe modem, I would like this "Leslie Ellis" schmo to come and tell me how exactly I'm stealing IP addresses. Last time I checked, the 192.168 network, was private and non-routeable. Considering that the IP's I'm using are non-routeable, how is it that the ISP can "own" them and therefore claim I'm "stealing" them and also charge me extra to use them?
You can't blame this on Windows. Not this time, buster!
While this is true, it really has nothing to do with Windows. It has everything to do with the installer/uninstaller program.
*nix install / uninstall programs could be just as sloppy at removing files, but would you then call *nix sloppy? I think not.
The fact is, the responsibility of removing files during an uninstall rests on the uninstall program, and the schmo who wrote it, not the Operating System.
In this day and age, I think most of us have more important things to worry about than wheather the disadvantaged poor kids will be using Microsoft or non-Microsoft products.
Really, who gives a shit! I mean, why not just say:
"Wow, that's really a nice thing to do for kids who would otherwise probably not get a chance to use a computer."
and go on about your business? I have really come full circle in this whole anti-Microsoft thing. I liked and used MS products, then abandoned them in favor of their *nix counterparts. Lately, though, I've come to realize what a load of crap most of the *nix software is.
The fact is, the Internet, and computer software in general are not some magical thing that doesn't have to follow the rules like the rest of the world. Companies like Microsoft are in this business to make money, and frankly Bill Gates does an extremely good job at making money. His company makes a product that people want, and he has every right to promote it and try to get people to buy it. Just like any other product.
People, you need to realize that just because a company actually wants you to *pay* for something, that doesnt' automatically make it illegal. I mean, why should they be a company if they can't make any money?
Getting back on topic, I think it's great that Microsoft is doing this, as it will give a chance to kids who wouldn't otherwise have one.
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Government types are morons....
.plan, I'm sure it wouldn't make the /. home page.
So are a lot of other people.
Funny thing is, if I left my real name, phone number, and email address in my
I'm sure I'll get modded down for this, but someone please explain to me how this is newsworthy. This type target profiling happens every hour of every day. And yes, it happens to governemnt networks also (more so than non-govt. networks). The only difference is, most of the people doing this type of thing don't make press-releases about it.
Move on, nothing to see here.
By the way, I'm developing a news site which will ridicule and bash every possible aspect of *nix, for no reason at all.
Microsoft friendly comments will get modded up, and *nix friendly comments will get modded down, so no one sees them, kinda the opposite of what happens here.
Oh, now we're talking about Microsoft OSs in general? I compared RedHat 7.2 (RedHat's latest version) with WindowsXP (Microsoft's latest version).
It's unfair to compare RedHat 7.2 (RedHat's latest version) with every version of Windows. Or are you saying that WindowsXP has 65000 bugs?
According to your logic, I should go back and get the number of bugs for *every* version of *nix ever released, and I'm sure it'll top 65000.
BTW, grow a set of balls insttead of posting AC.
Hmmm... /. story about most of those?
The RedHat 7.2 errata page shows no less than 37 vulnerabilities in RedHat's latest. Why is it that there's no
Assuming that true nerds don't use Windows, like many insist, this (see above) is the real
"News for nerds, stuff that matters".
[russian commie govt. guy voice]
Nyet!
You veel not vork on dees painstation device!
You veel vork on our voice recognition software instead!
[/russian commie govt. guy voice]
I say these guys should develop whatever they want. If you feel there's a great need for voice recognition software or better ergonomic designs, why don't you get off slashdot for a while, and go develop some better voice recognition software or better ergonomic designs yourself?
Who are you to say that these people shouldn't make something because there's a need for something else?
Here's an idea: We should all stop this 'computer' nonsense we're so busy with because there's many more pressing issues in the world today. Effective immediately, we are all to stop whatever we're doing, and help find a cure for cancer/eliminate crime/etc.
Get off your high horse, dipshit.
Uncrackable, perhaps...
UnSlashdotable, hell no!
Burn, baby burn!
On another note, I wonder if a good slashdotting could be considered ddos in court?
"...you may be getting spam phone calls"
"...you will have to use...e-mail filters to keep phone spam free..."
How is an email filter going to keep a phone call from coming in?
I get the point, but it would really help credibility if the text made sense logically.
Encryption on HDTV...
Encryption on audio CDs...
Region coding on DVDs...
I think it's high time to look into viable, high quality analog alternatives.
If I can hear the aution CD with my ears, it can be copied in analog format.
If I can see the DVD playing on my TV, it can be copied in analog format.
If you use high quality components, and know what you're doing, an analog duplicate shouldn't be too hard to make.
The problems come whan you try to copy *from* an analog source. Something about copying a copy of a copy of a copy, etc.
Geez...some people can really read whatever they want into a post.
My nationality and political views should not be under scrutiny here.
The point I was trying to make is that for several months now there's been hour long news reports: "Why do they hate us?" and similar stories. When the WTC fell, many were surprised, asking "How could this happen to us, the greatest nation on earth?"
Well this is how it could happen. Piss people off, and they react. It's a simple fact of nature. If you provoke someone, you had better be prepared for the consequences.
I said nothing indicating that I have some hated for Americans as some of you have suggested. Or that the WTC falling was simply concrete crumbling without the loss of life, as others have insinuated. I seethe just as much as everyone else at those responsible for this horrid act.
But the fact remains: If you push, you had better be prepared when the little guy pushes back. On Sept 11, 2001, America was not prepared.
You want to know why "they" hate us? This is why. The US government likes to impose it's omnipoent will on whoever it pleases. This makes people angry. Wen people are angry, they tend to become violent.
Bottom line: Stop reading into my post that Im some sort of anti-american, because I'm not. Some people asked a question, and I gave an answer.
And for God's sake, grow a set of balls and stop posting as AC.
And here we (USA) go, getting right back into the swing of things, just like pre 9/11/01.
I find it fascinating that people like the Bush family can't figure out why America is globally hated.
"Sorry, you are not allowed to have strong encryption, supercomputers, nuclear weapons, shoes, food, oil, etc. Why? Because we are the USA, and we said so........"
(...a few years later...)
"Boo-hoo....I don't understand why these people are so mad at us...I don't understand why they would blow up our landmarks..."
Right on!
Why is this flaimbait? I guess "flaimbait" should be changed to "disagrees with popular opinion".
Believe me, I'm plenty tired of this "fuckstick" too, and I'm glad I didn't vote for him.
Who is the USA to say who can and can't have knowledge? Supercomputers, Nuclear bombs, etc.?
Is the US God? I think not. If someone in India is smart enough to figure out how to make a nuclear bomb, who are we to say anything against it?
Anyway, your post is right on the mark, and I agree completely.
Funny thing is, I'm not a Linux zealot by any means. I know very little about linux. BTW, if there is a manual to read on satellite security practices, I'd like to know where to find it.
I'm just saying: Why was it that the poster was selected to be the 'satellite commander' at his company? What is it that he has that the other candidates did not have? Evidently knowledge about security practices is not one of the requirements. Where do I apply?
Do yourself a favor and check out the satellite listings on monster.com and see how much those guys are pulling down per year. Then tell yourself that they shouldn't have to know what they're doing.
So if your into the whole open source open knowledge bullshit that telling him how to do his job would entail, then it just naturally follows that he should *NOT* be getting a paycheck, right? His salary should be distributed among those who gave him information, right? If that's the case, then yeah, *I'll* RTFM and get back to you on how to hack a satellite. You just get my check in the mail.
We should we tell you?
Isn't that why you get that *fat* satellite commander paycheck? I'm sure someone here could tell you, but really, if you're not competent to do your job, why should you have it?
These "I dunno how to do my job so I'll ask Slashdot" posts are getting really tired.
I'm tired of people making loads more money than me, when they really don't know squat about what they're doing.
Seroiusly, why should your company pay you to do a job if you don't know how to do it? Why don't they just fire your ass and "Ask Slashdot" themselves?
Careful.
I was once flamed to high hell for even using KDE and windows in the same sentence. I also am a WM junkie and agree wholeheartedly with your post.
Good job.
Sure it's possible, but why should I tell you.
Man, I wish I could get a job like you. If I don't know how to do my job, I'll just ask on slashdot. After all, that's what open source is all about, right? Using other people's donated knowledge to make yourself look smart for the boss, while at the same time earning loads of $$$ for your company and their clients.
Get a life, and an education.
I thought I was the only one who noticed that.
I guess ms qc dept is as good as the rest of the company.
Hacker?
I thought it was a truck driver. So if I use SMS I can call myself a hacker? Kewl!
Yes, you're right.
I wasn't complaining about the story, just commenting that it's starting to get bad, what with all of these companies not blocking magic lantern.
Geez.1
Does this:
www.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/24/232424
look familiar?
Notice at the bottom of the article, the author's email address "Ellis299@aol.com". Well, that explains the mentality at work here.
I think the brunt of this article is talking about "stealing IP addresses". i don't know about you all, but my ISP (ATT@home) gives me one single IP address. It is issued via DHCP, and is dependant on the MAC address of my router. If I don't give them my MAC address or I cange it, poof! I just lost my access. AFAIK this is common proctice in the industry.
While I have 9 machines, router included currently running behind my calbe modem, I would like this "Leslie Ellis" schmo to come and tell me how exactly I'm stealing IP addresses. Last time I checked, the 192.168 network, was private and non-routeable. Considering that the IP's I'm using are non-routeable, how is it that the ISP can "own" them and therefore claim I'm "stealing" them and also charge me extra to use them?
The key word here is "Windows".
Third party parograms rarely go into these folders.
You can't blame this on Windows. Not this time, buster!
While this is true, it really has nothing to do with Windows. It has everything to do with the installer/uninstaller program.
*nix install / uninstall programs could be just as sloppy at removing files, but would you then call *nix sloppy? I think not.
The fact is, the responsibility of removing files during an uninstall rests on the uninstall program, and the schmo who wrote it, not the Operating System.
Since when do binaries go in the System or System32 directory?
Havent you heard of \Program Files?
In this day and age, I think most of us have more important things to worry about than wheather the disadvantaged poor kids will be using Microsoft or non-Microsoft products.
Really, who gives a shit! I mean, why not just say:
"Wow, that's really a nice thing to do for kids who would otherwise probably not get a chance to use a computer."
and go on about your business? I have really come full circle in this whole anti-Microsoft thing. I liked and used MS products, then abandoned them in favor of their *nix counterparts. Lately, though, I've come to realize what a load of crap most of the *nix software is.
The fact is, the Internet, and computer software in general are not some magical thing that doesn't have to follow the rules like the rest of the world. Companies like Microsoft are in this business to make money, and frankly Bill Gates does an extremely good job at making money. His company makes a product that people want, and he has every right to promote it and try to get people to buy it. Just like any other product.
People, you need to realize that just because a company actually wants you to *pay* for something, that doesnt' automatically make it illegal. I mean, why should they be a company if they can't make any money?
Getting back on topic, I think it's great that Microsoft is doing this, as it will give a chance to kids who wouldn't otherwise have one.
So Saudis and Chinese are not "thinking" people yet?
Speaking of "thinking people", it sounds like you have a lot to learn.