Actually, you're wrong. People tend to define their own reality based on their own limited experiences.
My router was Beastie, the mascot for FreeBSD, because it ran...surprise... FreeBSD. I could access it from my computer simply: ssh user@beastie, easier than say ftp>connect username@jsa298 or some random... "6 character" name. Hostnames are case insensitive, just so you know.
Then, I added computer names after songs by the...wait for it... BEASTIE Boys as each computer came online. It was entertaining and I needed hostnames anyway. It wasn't like the thought took more than 30 seconds.
The Windows box ROOTDOWN was a server, accessible via \\ROOTDOWN\share. It's a lot easier than \\83NF93MVK5\share, like manufacturers default to, or easier than say, \\1997 Ford Probe 4-Door\share, like your car example.
People who have no use for hostnames simply don't know *why* they're useful. Just because YOU say they aren't useful because you have no use for them on your 1 PC local LAN don't necessarily make it so.
Let's see, on a REAL corporate network (picture thousands of users), you can't keep your systems named after their users. So you tend to use a naming scheme. Usually numeric in some way if you're really large.
It's a for shit idea to name your servers after their functions, because if someone were to hack your network, especially from the inside, they'd have a roadmap. That's the whole reason for naming schemes.
It doesn't seem strange to me that a self professed hacker who works for a company that codes and writes an OS might know the name of his computer. In fact, it seems odd that he doesn't. I'd think it means he doesn't know his system too well. I know exactly what's on mine. Maybe that's just me. Could be.
I'm guessing you (and several trolls below) aren't network admins. Maybe I've misjudged who the Slashdot community is.
"I haven't paid attention to hostnames in forever"
Anyone else think that sounds so goddamned arrogant? Sorry, but most of us take some pride and laugh about our naming schemes - movies, books, musicians, etc. It sounds like he's condescending to anyone who might be entertained by their hostname.
Frankly, I thought it was an interesting and unique question and would've liked to know the answer.
FYI - my home systems are named "SURESHOT," "ROOTDOWN," "BRASSMONKEY," and "REVERE" and the router was named "BEASTIE" (it was originally running... Get it? I always thought that was kinda cool.
Apologies for the repost, but it seems this will be noted over and over again:
If you download one of the nightly builds, you'll see it's actually fixed in the "trunk," but not in the "branch" 1.0 came from, because it apparently caused too many other flaky reactions.
The good news is that Slashdot WORKS again in the nightlies. If you really want, you can grab a nightly build here and check it out for yourself. They are generally pretty stable, but thy sometimes f with your extensions.
Some of us require browsers for work - web developers, researchers, IT people. Firefox contributes GREATLY to producitivity: tabbed browsing with middle click background-opening is unmatched in IE. It makes google'ing 10 times faster.
Plus, it's so much easier as an IT manager, because IE is a friggin magnet for shit - people end up with so much junk on their computer that DOES come from IE. Exploits are written for IE, and IE is more flawed than any other browser and the security fixes take longer than any other browser.
If you download one of the nightly builds, you'll see it's actually fixed in the "trunk," but not in the "branch" 1.0 came from, because it apparently caused too many other flaky reactions.
The good news is that Slashdot WORKS again in the nightlies. If you really want, you can grab a nightly build here and check it out for yourself. They are generally pretty stable, but thy sometimes f with your extensions.
Or you could just chill out and realize that about half of IT professions say "Sequel," "Sequel Server," and "My-See-Quell."
I say My-Ess-Que-El, but I've always said "Microsoft Sequel Server." I think it's just the culture of your region or something, but there's really no reason to get worked up over it, dude.
I'm pretty sure it DOESN'T stand for multiprocessor.
I seems to recall it being marketed as "mobile processor." But XP, as in Athlon XP, and Windows XP, and FX, as in WinFX and AthlonFX, and Coke c2, etc demonstrate that that type of marketing appears to be effective - or at least, ad execs think so.
Of course Stern has some small percentage of listeners that are professionals. But that's not the issue, is it? Do you really think that the majority of his listeners are?
Phew! Good thing we have you to make us Stern listeners feel like valuable citizens! Thanks for humoring us!:):):):):):)
I can agree with that. Of course, I could respond "In a free country, you have a right called TUNING OUT."
Read the constitution. You'll find you don't have a right to NOT be offended. Don't listen to the channel it's on if you think it's smut. Isn't that just as fair an argument? You don't like it so it should be banished to pay-for land and I CAN'T listen to it without an entry fee?
Actually, partner, what I was referring to was his calling it stupid. What makes me nuts? That in this country, it's en vogue to speak up every time you DON'T like something. After all, with political correctness being what it is, the loudest voice seems to win, even when the result is curtailing freedom. If you followed this, you'd know the backstory with the (what seems like) corruption between ClearChannel, the Bush campaign, and the sudden interest the FCC has in Stern, who, by the way, has been broadcasting for over 20 years. Why do they ride his ass now? He used to be so much more risque.
Didn't you mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it? The parent post was worthless. I could give two shits if he doesn't like it. This is about rights and freedom. Not personal preference.
Wanring: Rant ahead. Mod me down if you like, but it doesn't change the facts.
It's really sad for me to read this. Not the article - the comments.
Slashdot peeps generally tend to be well educated and be very possessive of their rights. American/.ers tend to protect their freedoms, witness the reaction to the PATRIOT Act.
But any self-respecting American with any love for the bill of rights and their own liberties SHOULD be in support of Howard Stern. He embodies the freedom we founded our country on - he takes it to an extreme, which makes a point: we exercise freedom to different degrees because we are the land of the free. Well, were, before this administration.
Anyway, the saddest part are the comments that say "I never listened to Stern and think he's the scum of the earth," which is roughly equavalent to the ignorance of saying "I don't know any black people, but I dislike them all."
Listen and make up your own mind. Don't be worthless simps who THINK they know what Stern is about. I've listened to Stern for years. He pushes the boundary of what can be said on radio, but in ANY dorm in my college you could've found worse language every single night. The show is harmless and it's enjoyed by millions. Be a responsible parent to your kids and we won't have to scrub the airwaves and forfeit our freedoms.
Thta's your right as a consumer, go ahead and exercise it.
I expect you're the type who thinks that ANYTHING he doesn't like is stupid. And the millions who make Stern #1 in almost every market across the US, they must be stupid blue collar shitheads, right?
You know, it's idiotic shit like this that makes me nuts about America. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it offensive, doesn't mean it should be outlawed, and doesn't mean it's "stupid." You should be RALLYING for Stern to stay on the radio because it's YOUR RIGHTS as an American you're forfeiting otherwise.
I don't condone abortion, but I'm pro-choice. I don't condone flag burning, but I certainly support the right to do it.
It means that when Microsoft tries to smush this market, like they have everything else, they will introduce a player that obviously will not play MP3, Vorbis, or any other non-DRM format. The question is, will anyone buy it?
The RIAA and MPAA hve done an incredible amount to UNDO what was purposely done - allow the consumer to copy their own stuff. But thanks to Billy G & co, there's this new notion of licensing vs. purchasing. So how long until you don't "buy" your CDs, you "license use of them?"
The whole thing stinks. This is bad news for the rights of the consumer.
I was going to mod you troll, but then I realized, maybe better to explain to you that you can set preferences in your account settings to ignore the politics section.
Do that, and then you won't have to worry about us liberals getting in the way of your video game updates.
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For the record, I submitted the article, and that was NOT my headline. It was changed pre-posting.
"Format hard drive
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
and call me in the morning"
That might work for one of the Debian developers, but not here. Pat's doctor has to configure him cell by cell.
Actually, you're wrong. People tend to define their own reality based on their own limited experiences.
...surprise... FreeBSD. I could access it from my computer simply: ssh user@beastie, easier than say ftp>connect username@jsa298 or some random... "6 character" name. Hostnames are case insensitive, just so you know.
...wait for it... BEASTIE Boys as each computer came online. It was entertaining and I needed hostnames anyway. It wasn't like the thought took more than 30 seconds.
My router was Beastie, the mascot for FreeBSD, because it ran
Then, I added computer names after songs by the
The Windows box ROOTDOWN was a server, accessible via \\ROOTDOWN\share. It's a lot easier than \\83NF93MVK5\share, like manufacturers default to, or easier than say, \\1997 Ford Probe 4-Door\share, like your car example.
People who have no use for hostnames simply don't know *why* they're useful. Just because YOU say they aren't useful because you have no use for them on your 1 PC local LAN don't necessarily make it so.
Let's see, on a REAL corporate network (picture thousands of users), you can't keep your systems named after their users. So you tend to use a naming scheme. Usually numeric in some way if you're really large.
It's a for shit idea to name your servers after their functions, because if someone were to hack your network, especially from the inside, they'd have a roadmap. That's the whole reason for naming schemes.
It doesn't seem strange to me that a self professed hacker who works for a company that codes and writes an OS might know the name of his computer. In fact, it seems odd that he doesn't. I'd think it means he doesn't know his system too well. I know exactly what's on mine. Maybe that's just me. Could be.
I'm guessing you (and several trolls below) aren't network admins. Maybe I've misjudged who the Slashdot community is.
Who is a bigger loser? The guy who reads and responds to an article on Slashdot or the asshat who has to respond to tell him he's a loser? Fag.
Are you not allowed to say ANYTHING negative without being modded troll?
"I haven't paid attention to hostnames in forever"
Anyone else think that sounds so goddamned arrogant? Sorry, but most of us take some pride and laugh about our naming schemes - movies, books, musicians, etc. It sounds like he's condescending to anyone who might be entertained by their hostname.
Frankly, I thought it was an interesting and unique question and would've liked to know the answer.
FYI - my home systems are named "SURESHOT," "ROOTDOWN," "BRASSMONKEY," and "REVERE" and the router was named "BEASTIE" (it was originally running... Get it? I always thought that was kinda cool.
Nvu is your answer.
Apologies for the repost, but it seems this will be noted over and over again:
If you download one of the nightly builds, you'll see it's actually fixed in the "trunk," but not in the "branch" 1.0 came from, because it apparently caused too many other flaky reactions.
bug 264913
bug 217527
The good news is that Slashdot WORKS again in the nightlies. If you really want, you can grab a nightly build here and check it out for yourself. They are generally pretty stable, but thy sometimes f with your extensions.
Some of us require browsers for work - web developers, researchers, IT people. Firefox contributes GREATLY to producitivity: tabbed browsing with middle click background-opening is unmatched in IE. It makes google'ing 10 times faster.
Plus, it's so much easier as an IT manager, because IE is a friggin magnet for shit - people end up with so much junk on their computer that DOES come from IE. Exploits are written for IE, and IE is more flawed than any other browser and the security fixes take longer than any other browser.
Maybe you SHOULD care!
If you download one of the nightly builds, you'll see it's actually fixed in the "trunk," but not in the "branch" 1.0 came from, because it apparently caused too many other flaky reactions.
bug 264913
bug 217527
The good news is that Slashdot WORKS again in the nightlies. If you really want, you can grab a nightly build here and check it out for yourself. They are generally pretty stable, but thy sometimes f with your extensions.
Turd Sandwich is Bush, Giant Douche is Kerry. Kyle is a more likely Kerry voter, and Cartman is definitely a republican.
Of course, he did say a vote for Turd Sandwich is "a vote for change."
Or you could just chill out and realize that about half of IT professions say "Sequel," "Sequel Server," and "My-See-Quell."
I say My-Ess-Que-El, but I've always said "Microsoft Sequel Server." I think it's just the culture of your region or something, but there's really no reason to get worked up over it, dude.
I remember a long time ago they actually told you how to pronounce it on their website.
Axtually, that was Postgres.
Journalistic integrity?
Research?
You must be new here.
I'm pretty sure it DOESN'T stand for multiprocessor.
I seems to recall it being marketed as "mobile processor." But XP, as in Athlon XP, and Windows XP, and FX, as in WinFX and AthlonFX, and Coke c2, etc demonstrate that that type of marketing appears to be effective - or at least, ad execs think so.
It will be OfficeFX and OfficeFX Server.
Just like Longhorn will be WindowsFX.
Yeah, Win32 is the basis of many versions of Windows, but it's clear that lettering is the current marketing buzz (Windows XP, Athlon MP, etc).
You just gave me an idea.
1) Write your bookmarks into an RSS feed. You should be able to use a nice web page to populate a db and dynamically generate RSS from it.
2) Use Firefox 1.0PR, which has "live bookmarks."
3) Add the RSS feed to your Mozilla bookmarks once per machine.
Wham! Instant sync'ed bookmarks stored on your own webserver, dynamically generated each time you use them.
Of course Stern has some small percentage of listeners that are professionals. But that's not the issue, is it? Do you really think that the majority of his listeners are?
:):):):):):)
Phew! Good thing we have you to make us Stern listeners feel like valuable citizens! Thanks for humoring us!
I can agree with that. Of course, I could respond "In a free country, you have a right called TUNING OUT."
Read the constitution. You'll find you don't have a right to NOT be offended. Don't listen to the channel it's on if you think it's smut. Isn't that just as fair an argument? You don't like it so it should be banished to pay-for land and I CAN'T listen to it without an entry fee?
Does that seem fair?
Actually, partner, what I was referring to was his calling it stupid. What makes me nuts? That in this country, it's en vogue to speak up every time you DON'T like something. After all, with political correctness being what it is, the loudest voice seems to win, even when the result is curtailing freedom. If you followed this, you'd know the backstory with the (what seems like) corruption between ClearChannel, the Bush campaign, and the sudden interest the FCC has in Stern, who, by the way, has been broadcasting for over 20 years. Why do they ride his ass now? He used to be so much more risque.
Didn't you mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it? The parent post was worthless. I could give two shits if he doesn't like it. This is about rights and freedom. Not personal preference.
Wanring: Rant ahead. Mod me down if you like, but it doesn't change the facts.
/.ers tend to protect their freedoms, witness the reaction to the PATRIOT Act.
It's really sad for me to read this. Not the article - the comments.
Slashdot peeps generally tend to be well educated and be very possessive of their rights. American
But any self-respecting American with any love for the bill of rights and their own liberties SHOULD be in support of Howard Stern. He embodies the freedom we founded our country on - he takes it to an extreme, which makes a point: we exercise freedom to different degrees because we are the land of the free. Well, were, before this administration.
Anyway, the saddest part are the comments that say "I never listened to Stern and think he's the scum of the earth," which is roughly equavalent to the ignorance of saying "I don't know any black people, but I dislike them all."
Listen and make up your own mind. Don't be worthless simps who THINK they know what Stern is about. I've listened to Stern for years. He pushes the boundary of what can be said on radio, but in ANY dorm in my college you could've found worse language every single night. The show is harmless and it's enjoyed by millions. Be a responsible parent to your kids and we won't have to scrub the airwaves and forfeit our freedoms.
Thta's your right as a consumer, go ahead and exercise it.
I expect you're the type who thinks that ANYTHING he doesn't like is stupid. And the millions who make Stern #1 in almost every market across the US, they must be stupid blue collar shitheads, right?
You know, it's idiotic shit like this that makes me nuts about America. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it offensive, doesn't mean it should be outlawed, and doesn't mean it's "stupid." You should be RALLYING for Stern to stay on the radio because it's YOUR RIGHTS as an American you're forfeiting otherwise.
I don't condone abortion, but I'm pro-choice.
I don't condone flag burning, but I certainly support the right to do it.
Catch my drift, Mr. Didactic?
It means that when Microsoft tries to smush this market, like they have everything else, they will introduce a player that obviously will not play MP3, Vorbis, or any other non-DRM format. The question is, will anyone buy it?
The RIAA and MPAA hve done an incredible amount to UNDO what was purposely done - allow the consumer to copy their own stuff. But thanks to Billy G & co, there's this new notion of licensing vs. purchasing. So how long until you don't "buy" your CDs, you "license use of them?"
The whole thing stinks. This is bad news for the rights of the consumer.
I was going to mod you troll, but then I realized, maybe better to explain to you that you can set preferences in your account settings to ignore the politics section.
Do that, and then you won't have to worry about us liberals getting in the way of your video game updates.