Interestingly enough, there were a couple CSI episodes that argued both sides of debate about police screwups, malicious or otherwise.
One episode follows Catherine Willows' discovery that a detective planted a suspect's blood on evidence to "help the evidence along along." The moral? Malicious tampering is possible.
Another episode dealt with a hollywood-actor-now-suspect paying to have his own guy in the CSI labs, watching and documenting every step, looking for screwups and ways to discredit CSIs and the evidence they processed. The moral? Nobody's perfect. If you look hard enough, you'll find mistakes in anyone's work.
I don't remember that particular scene; I only watched the movie once. However, there's no reason you couldn't recognize a POSIX-based filesystem from any visual representation of a filesystem.
There's a couple of ways to get a 3D representation of the Linux filesystem. XCruise is one. Another is TDFSB.
Granted, I haven't found any that were better as tools than as games, though XCruise could conceivably be used to learn some low-level things about how your filesystem is organized.
The version number I saw when I went to "Help->About" said 4.95.x, which I later confirmed to be the same version number I saw if I went to "Start->Settings->Control Panel->System".
It certainly didn't say "1.0" or "2.0" or even "4.0" in a splash screen. This would have been in late 1997. It couldn't have been IE 4, for two reasons: First, I was running IE 3 at home, and IE 3 supported things that this machine's copy of IE did not. (IIRC, frames was one of the things that didn't work.) Second, my school district hadn't updated the software on that machine for over a year. IE 4 wasn't out yet.
Netscape imploded due to some bad management decisions that moved them away from releasing Netscape 5. (I recall reading something about it being a specific executive's bad judgement and character that led to it.)
They didn't skip a version number, at least, internally. Netscape 5 was in development, but was postponed, worked on some more, and released, much later, as Netscape 6. But by then, Internet Explorer was the de facto browsing standard.
As an aside, the first version if IE I used was 4.950.something; it was bundled with the first versions of Windows 95. The first version of IE I used that had a similar naming system to Netscape's was IE 3.0.
When I was in middle school, I subscribed to the Digi-Key catalog by mail just because there was a lot of fascinating stuff to see...everything from connectors and cables to semiconductor devices to embedded computers to prototyping tools and software.
Make damn sure you know how to administer a Linux box before you try to push it as a solution to company problems. If you slip up in something, and services go down, everyone will blame you and your newfangled box.
On the other hand, if services on a Windows server go down, people are only mildly irritated, 'cause they're used to it.
How, exactly, is it that people can site approximately accurate statistics about antiquated non-PC/Mac hardware, yet still get mixed up about the timeline of relatively recent PC-class hardware?
The 300MHz Pentium II came out in 1997. Near as I can find, the newest 3D accelerator was the Voodoo Rush.
By contrast, my machines at home, both 750MHz Durons, came out in 2000, and came with Riva TNT2s.
Scary to think it might not be a coincidence that Novell didn't pound SCO until they settled with Microsoft./me wonders what was in that settlement aside from half a billion dollars and Novell's not supporting the European antitrust issue. Or what wasn't in that settlement that Novell wanted in there.
Assuming it's really about terrorists, the "Bad guys" already know the hardware was seized. An organization that depends on secrecy to survive would treat this as an infection, and cauterize the wound. (Meaning, eliminate the infection by dissociating themselves from it, and anyone that links them to it.)
So, if it's really a part of an investigation, they fucked up big time by not slapping IndyMedia with some sort of silencing order before news of the confiscation became public.
Last night, I watched two Microsoft videos about their daily cycle. One video for "NT 5.0" (Windows 2000), and one for "Whistler" (Windows XP)... One of the things they do is test a large variety of hardware for "maximum compatibility."
I'm imagining them testing an unsecured Longhorn installation with 802.16 wireless hardware. And I'm imaging the tech media headlines shortly thereafter.
...but my mother now works in the campus IT department. I currently work on campus as a student tutor.
They just released new policies in the student worker handbook that are intended as preventative maintenance against nepotism. As it is, I'm quietly walking on a fine line, simply due to the fact that we currently work in the same room.:(
Tuition isn't free for me, but I do get $400 off every semester, which is approximately half the bill before books.
Of course, this doesn't even consider the problem that nations who know they can't defeat us and will be be destroyed by our nuclear weapons, might not simply in the end consider the suicide bomber strategy and simply build a very large, very dirty bomb that will so fill the atmosphere with Sr 90 and Pu that nothing would survive no matter where it was detonated. No space-based weapons system would be able to counter-act or intercept such a weapon.
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Interestingly enough, there were a couple CSI episodes that argued both sides of debate about police screwups, malicious or otherwise.
One episode follows Catherine Willows' discovery that a detective planted a suspect's blood on evidence to "help the evidence along along." The moral? Malicious tampering is possible.
Another episode dealt with a hollywood-actor-now-suspect paying to have his own guy in the CSI labs, watching and documenting every step, looking for screwups and ways to discredit CSIs and the evidence they processed. The moral? Nobody's perfect. If you look hard enough, you'll find mistakes in anyone's work.
I don't remember that particular scene; I only watched the movie once. However, there's no reason you couldn't recognize a POSIX-based filesystem from any visual representation of a filesystem.
There's a couple of ways to get a 3D representation of the Linux filesystem. XCruise is one. Another is TDFSB.
Granted, I haven't found any that were better as tools than as games, though XCruise could conceivably be used to learn some low-level things about how your filesystem is organized.
Yeah, you don't get much more scientifically accurate than the X-Files. ;)
Isn't "what" my DOS version?
Not sure what you're referring to.
The version number I saw when I went to "Help->About" said 4.95.x, which I later confirmed to be the same version number I saw if I went to "Start->Settings->Control Panel->System".
It certainly didn't say "1.0" or "2.0" or even "4.0" in a splash screen. This would have been in late 1997. It couldn't have been IE 4, for two reasons: First, I was running IE 3 at home, and IE 3 supported things that this machine's copy of IE did not. (IIRC, frames was one of the things that didn't work.) Second, my school district hadn't updated the software on that machine for over a year. IE 4 wasn't out yet.
Netscape imploded due to some bad management decisions that moved them away from releasing Netscape 5. (I recall reading something about it being a specific executive's bad judgement and character that led to it.)
They didn't skip a version number, at least, internally. Netscape 5 was in development, but was postponed, worked on some more, and released, much later, as Netscape 6. But by then, Internet Explorer was the de facto browsing standard.
As an aside, the first version if IE I used was 4.950.something; it was bundled with the first versions of Windows 95. The first version of IE I used that had a similar naming system to Netscape's was IE 3.0.
My strongest memory is of the bundled parrot program telling my stepmother, "Shut Up!" when she spoke into the mike. Classic... :)
...efforts to improve the grammar of forum posters.
How does waging a hopeless battle feel?
- The RIAA tips off the FBI about the Music Man's massive piracy effort.
- The FBI raids his home and confiscates his hardware.
- ...
- The FBI returns the hardware, but it's been thoroughly abused, and is now useless.
In the end, the RIAA wouldn't own the hardware, but they could still make it unusable to the owner.When I was in middle school, I subscribed to the Digi-Key catalog by mail just because there was a lot of fascinating stuff to see...everything from connectors and cables to semiconductor devices to embedded computers to prototyping tools and software.
You can get their catalog in PDF format here.
Make damn sure you know how to administer a Linux box before you try to push it as a solution to company problems. If you slip up in something, and services go down, everyone will blame you and your newfangled box.
On the other hand, if services on a Windows server go down, people are only mildly irritated, 'cause they're used to it.
Who said I wanted to leave? :)
How, exactly, is it that people can site approximately accurate statistics about antiquated non-PC/Mac hardware, yet still get mixed up about the timeline of relatively recent PC-class hardware?
The 300MHz Pentium II came out in 1997. Near as I can find, the newest 3D accelerator was the Voodoo Rush.
By contrast, my machines at home, both 750MHz Durons, came out in 2000, and came with Riva TNT2s.
Scary to think it might not be a coincidence that Novell didn't pound SCO until they settled with Microsoft. /me wonders what was in that settlement aside from half a billion dollars and Novell's not supporting the European antitrust issue. Or what wasn't in that settlement that Novell wanted in there.
"Go home" yourself. I've been glued to this terminal for over four years; I'm not leaving Slashdot yet!
I have to find a local group that plays Paranoia.
Assuming it's really about terrorists, the "Bad guys" already know the hardware was seized. An organization that depends on secrecy to survive would treat this as an infection, and cauterize the wound. (Meaning, eliminate the infection by dissociating themselves from it, and anyone that links them to it.)
So, if it's really a part of an investigation, they fucked up big time by not slapping IndyMedia with some sort of silencing order before news of the confiscation became public.
To the cynic in me, it's a clear-cut case of abuse.
But, with me as devil's advocate, you really can't prove it until a FOIA request is successful.
Enter the cynic again: That'll be in about four to eight years.
Last night, I watched two Microsoft videos about their daily cycle. One video for "NT 5.0" (Windows 2000), and one for "Whistler" (Windows XP)... One of the things they do is test a large variety of hardware for "maximum compatibility."
I'm imagining them testing an unsecured Longhorn installation with 802.16 wireless hardware. And I'm imaging the tech media headlines shortly thereafter.
The thing of it is, I want my gmail/webmail to remain synced with my USB key-based Thunderbird. Can I configure POP3 to do that?
...but my mother now works in the campus IT department. I currently work on campus as a student tutor.
:(
They just released new policies in the student worker handbook that are intended as preventative maintenance against nepotism. As it is, I'm quietly walking on a fine line, simply due to the fact that we currently work in the same room.
Tuition isn't free for me, but I do get $400 off every semester, which is approximately half the bill before books.
Tell him about identity theft and credit ratings, and he might start caring.
My computers were bought new in 2000, so they're four years old. And they run FireFox just fine.
*whoosh*
Sorry...that was supposed to be a humorous quote from a humorous movie.
Of course, this doesn't even consider the problem that nations who know they can't defeat us and will be be destroyed by our nuclear weapons, might not simply in the end consider the suicide bomber strategy and simply build a very large, very dirty bomb that will so fill the atmosphere with Sr 90 and Pu that nothing would survive no matter where it was detonated. No space-based weapons system would be able to counter-act or intercept such a weapon.
We must not allow a doomsday weapon gap!