No, see, Windows Update has security signatures on all of its packages. Plus, you are discounting that the auto-update feature is only available Windows ME and XP, and even so, it doesn't automatically install updates unless you explicitly set it to. That really narrows down the population. Don't forget all the corporate users who are subject to Windows Update corporate edition, where the admin decides which updates to install.
On the other hand, how many people are running Kazaa in comparison (on Win95, for example)? A lot more. What is worrysome is the corporate user running Kazaa behind an improperly set firewall. If he is on a large pipe, that can spell trouble. Imagine that problem multiplied by the number of users running Kazaa. Can you say "imagine a Beowulf cluster of DoS zombies?"
This guy lives in the Bay Area (notice the BART train go past his backyard in the pictures?) Now, from my rudimentary knowledge of geology, the Bay Area is susceptible to earthquakes on a regular basis. Could this spell possible trouble for a home-built monorail?
[Lyle Lanley] Well sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail! What'd I say?
[Ned Flanders] Monorail!
[Lyle] What's it called?
[Patty & Selma] Monorail!
[Lyle] That's right, monorail!
[All chant] Monorail, monorail, monorail...
[Ms Hoover] I hear those things are awfully loud!
[Lyle] It glides as softly as a cloud!
[Apu] Is there a chance the track could bend?
[Lyle] Not on your life, my Hindu friend!
[Barney] What about us braindead slobs?
[Lyle] You'll be given cushy jobs!
[Grandpa] Were you sent here by the devil?
[Lyle] No, good sir, I'm on the level.
[Chief Wiggum] The ring came off my pudding can.
[Lyle] Take my pen knife, my good man! I swear it's Springfield's only choice; Throw up your hands and raise your voice! Monorail! What's it called? Monorail! Once again! Monorail!
[Marge] But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
[Bart] Sorry, mom, the mob has spoken!
[All] Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
[Homer] Mono- d'oh!
Re:People have too much time on their hands
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So what you're saying he learned a lot about writing web servers for GameBoy Advance? Great, I hope that information helps him in life.
That is sooo not practical. The lag would be unbearable. You're better off playing chess with someone in Europe by writing your each individual move on paper, putting it in a glass bottle, and throwing it into the North Atlantic.
Wrong! The motto of true engineers is "do something the easiest and most cost-efficient way" and in the least amount of time. Obviously working for hour upon hour to write a web server for a freakin' Game Boy that no one will use will ever fit any of those categories. Remember, there has to be a need for something too.
People have too much time on their hands
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Why?!? This is oddly reminicent of the legOS web server for your Lego® Mindstorms kit. I mean, I guess it's cool, but what have you proved? You can write a TCP/IP stack for some processor on some platform? Yeah, we all _know_ that can be done, but, why waste your time doing something useless? It's not like someone is going to throw out their NT or Linux server and replace with a GameBoy Advance or Lego brick anytime soon.. er... ever! There is simply no use for this in the world. There, it had to be said.
Here is a readme for ACMAINT. It is open source, as its source is publicly accessable and located here. There is a homemade software license in the file headers, which basically says give us credit where credit is due... no GPL constraints, etc. (Makes me wonder why people actually bind themselves to the GPL anyway; whatever happened to good old "I trust you with the source and you won't rip me off." Anyway...) It looks like it requires a dedicated database server to do its operations, according to the article linked above. However, it is a very conveinent solution to what the original article was indicating (he never said he was using Kerberos). The plus for ACMAINT is that is works with pretty much any Unix; Solaris is used heavily in its primary implementation, though.
About PC-RDist, I believe that they are sticking with it for WinXP last time I checked. Which, although nice, sucks as it flushes and refreshes the registry at logout, a feature, although nice, takes about 5 minutes.
I apologize for the lack of details but I don't know any of the specifics on whether or not it is a central password file or different servers all keep a current copy of the same file.
They use a program called actmaint, which I think is custom written. What happens is when you change your password using passwd at a unix prompt, it activates actmaint to go and propagate your password though all the Sun systems, all the Windows NT domains, all the Windows 2000 domains, and the custom NIS authentication (how do they authenticate the Macs to a Sun box, hmmm?) and other Unix systems across campus (like the engineering machines) that are linked to your password. This allows the regular Purdue network to be kept separately maintained from say, the engineering systems, but allows you to have a common password for conveinence. How does PC-RDist fit into this? It doesn't as far as I know; it is activated when a reboot is initiated to keep the hard drive data in a consistent fashion (i.e., all data you added is removed, all data you changed / deleted since login is replaced). Try the new WinXP stations to prove this; you have to login to a domain controller before it can auth you to a Sun box. _That_ may be using kerberos, but as fas as actmaint goes, it's not using kerberos tickets cause there are a significant number of Windows NT 4 machines out there (like the ones running student services...) that the passwords have to sync to, and kerberos didn't come out till Win2k.
But like I said, I think actmaint is an in-house custom written program, so your argument is moot:).
Real, live, breathing, human girls prove to be more 'realistic' than their virtual counterparts. Story at 11.
Jesus Christ, I needed a NYTimes (free reg) article to tell me this? Please. This is like saying "real girls prove to offer more love than your curled fist." No shit. People will continue to play video games forever, but nothing will replace a walk ouside in the fresh air.
What the hell are you babbling about? What exactly is stopping YOU from installing Leenux on your Presario? (Let's not get into why you own a Presario in the first place...). That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard... it's like saying there is a law that says that you can't wipe your ass with white toilet paper, just blue. Quit being such a weenie, and grow up. Remember, you can install Leenux on your 'b0x'... erm... Presario if you want to, but don't go looking to Compaq for support! It's like saying you replaced the default radio in your car with an aftermarket radio, but you go back to your dealer when it breaks and expecting help.
You're kidding me, right? They just figured this out?!? I don't want to sound like a prick, but I removed this right away (along with clicktilluwin) back in the day when I used to actually run KazAA. Key is to MAKE SURE YOU ARE RUNNING A SOFTWARE FIREWALL. I recommend Tiny Personal Firewall. Cause it's free, small, fast, runs as a service, and highly configurable, and it's just plain ol' Windows forms, not that ooey-gooey-let's-dress-this-up-with-pretty-picture s type of software firewall. Only problem is that it can't compute the MD5 for network programs that you are running off a samba share, but that is not a big problem. Anyway, during the Kazaa install, it's amazing to see how many programs actually try to access the net. You basically have to sandbox the installer, it's pathetic. ClickTillUWin used to launch from a RAR SFX package hidden well within your %temp% directory, and there was always the BDE program in question, to which I never agreed to install. But it's there anyway, and you need to remove it. If I remember correctly, it installs something else after you uninstall it, or that may be clicktilluwin, so don't quote me on that. But those propagating "un"-installers are downright sneaky.
Re:KDE 3.0 Scoop
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People who are trying to prove the unthinkable... like, say, for instance, that KDE "is not a Windows copycat, although all the graphics and widgets and common controls seem to indicate that..."
Slashdot Mirror
I believe I've seen this before...
Next thing you know, we're gonna hear about Cobalt suing this guy...
No, see, Windows Update has security signatures on all of its packages. Plus, you are discounting that the auto-update feature is only available Windows ME and XP, and even so, it doesn't automatically install updates unless you explicitly set it to. That really narrows down the population. Don't forget all the corporate users who are subject to Windows Update corporate edition, where the admin decides which updates to install.
On the other hand, how many people are running Kazaa in comparison (on Win95, for example)? A lot more. What is worrysome is the corporate user running Kazaa behind an improperly set firewall. If he is on a large pipe, that can spell trouble. Imagine that problem multiplied by the number of users running Kazaa. Can you say "imagine a Beowulf cluster of DoS zombies?"
Word has it they are working on a new version of NCSA Mosaic for OS/2, considering they are living in a time machine.
Makes you wonder what ever happened to those Apple ][ developers...
This guy lives in the Bay Area (notice the BART train go past his backyard in the pictures?) Now, from my rudimentary knowledge of geology, the Bay Area is susceptible to earthquakes on a regular basis. Could this spell possible trouble for a home-built monorail?
You're kidding me. Sounds more of an idea from this town....
The name's Lanley. Lyle Lanley.
Click here!
(to be sung in the key of C...)
[Lyle Lanley] Well sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car monorail! What'd I say?
[Ned Flanders] Monorail!
[Lyle] What's it called?
[Patty & Selma] Monorail!
[Lyle] That's right, monorail!
[All chant] Monorail, monorail, monorail...
[Ms Hoover] I hear those things are awfully loud!
[Lyle] It glides as softly as a cloud!
[Apu] Is there a chance the track could bend?
[Lyle] Not on your life, my Hindu friend!
[Barney] What about us braindead slobs?
[Lyle] You'll be given cushy jobs!
[Grandpa] Were you sent here by the devil?
[Lyle] No, good sir, I'm on the level.
[Chief Wiggum] The ring came off my pudding can.
[Lyle] Take my pen knife, my good man!
I swear it's Springfield's only choice;
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
Monorail!
What's it called?
Monorail!
Once again!
Monorail!
[Marge] But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
[Bart] Sorry, mom, the mob has spoken!
[All] Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
[Homer] Mono- d'oh!
So what you're saying he learned a lot about writing web servers for GameBoy Advance? Great, I hope that information helps him in life.
That is sooo not practical. The lag would be unbearable. You're better off playing chess with someone in Europe by writing your each individual move on paper, putting it in a glass bottle, and throwing it into the North Atlantic.
Wrong! The motto of true engineers is "do something the easiest and most cost-efficient way" and in the least amount of time. Obviously working for hour upon hour to write a web server for a freakin' Game Boy that no one will use will ever fit any of those categories. Remember, there has to be a need for something too.
Why?!? This is oddly reminicent of the legOS web server for your Lego® Mindstorms kit. I mean, I guess it's cool, but what have you proved? You can write a TCP/IP stack for some processor on some platform? Yeah, we all _know_ that can be done, but, why waste your time doing something useless? It's not like someone is going to throw out their NT or Linux server and replace with a GameBoy Advance or Lego brick anytime soon.. er... ever! There is simply no use for this in the world. There, it had to be said.
Wonder how fast it gets Slashdotted!
its actually ACMAINT, not ACTMAINT (most people confuse those).
No wonder I couldn't find any literature on it!
Here is a link to a paper describing ACMAINT (Z'd PostScript format)
Here is a readme for ACMAINT. It is open source, as its source is publicly accessable and located here. There is a homemade software license in the file headers, which basically says give us credit where credit is due... no GPL constraints, etc. (Makes me wonder why people actually bind themselves to the GPL anyway; whatever happened to good old "I trust you with the source and you won't rip me off." Anyway...) It looks like it requires a dedicated database server to do its operations, according to the article linked above. However, it is a very conveinent solution to what the original article was indicating (he never said he was using Kerberos). The plus for ACMAINT is that is works with pretty much any Unix; Solaris is used heavily in its primary implementation, though.
About PC-RDist, I believe that they are sticking with it for WinXP last time I checked. Which, although nice, sucks as it flushes and refreshes the registry at logout, a feature, although nice, takes about 5 minutes.
I apologize for the lack of details but I don't know any of the specifics on whether or not it is a central password file or different servers all keep a current copy of the same file.
:).
They use a program called actmaint, which I think is custom written. What happens is when you change your password using passwd at a unix prompt, it activates actmaint to go and propagate your password though all the Sun systems, all the Windows NT domains, all the Windows 2000 domains, and the custom NIS authentication (how do they authenticate the Macs to a Sun box, hmmm?) and other Unix systems across campus (like the engineering machines) that are linked to your password. This allows the regular Purdue network to be kept separately maintained from say, the engineering systems, but allows you to have a common password for conveinence. How does PC-RDist fit into this? It doesn't as far as I know; it is activated when a reboot is initiated to keep the hard drive data in a consistent fashion (i.e., all data you added is removed, all data you changed / deleted since login is replaced). Try the new WinXP stations to prove this; you have to login to a domain controller before it can auth you to a Sun box. _That_ may be using kerberos, but as fas as actmaint goes, it's not using kerberos tickets cause there are a significant number of Windows NT 4 machines out there (like the ones running student services...) that the passwords have to sync to, and kerberos didn't come out till Win2k.
But like I said, I think actmaint is an in-house custom written program, so your argument is moot
Real, live, breathing, human girls prove to be more 'realistic' than their virtual counterparts. Story at 11.
Jesus Christ, I needed a NYTimes (free reg) article to tell me this? Please. This is like saying "real girls prove to offer more love than your curled fist." No shit. People will continue to play video games forever, but nothing will replace a walk ouside in the fresh air.
Not to spoil it for you or anything, but the ++ and -- operators actually yield more optimized object code ;-)
Example of open source at its best:
Changes since 2.0.32-beta:
*) connection.c: changed ++j to j++ in an attempt to fix a bug in mod_rewrite [Brian Pane]
*) connection.c: changed ++i to ++j in honor of myself [Joe Orton]
*) connection.c: fuck you guys, ++i is better [Justin Erenkrantz]
*) connection.c: changed i += 1 to i++ for better performance [Graham Leggett]
*) connection.c: changed i = i + 1 to i += 1 [Ian Holsman]
[...]
Man invents automobile.
Man builds automobile.
Man adds digital data bus to automobile.
Man discovers that you can snoop on automobile's digital data busses.
Man succeeds.
Man discovers no useful information from snooping automobile's digital data bus.
Logical conclusion: Man has too much time on his hands.
What the hell are you babbling about? What exactly is stopping YOU from installing Leenux on your Presario? (Let's not get into why you own a Presario in the first place...). That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard... it's like saying there is a law that says that you can't wipe your ass with white toilet paper, just blue. Quit being such a weenie, and grow up. Remember, you can install Leenux on your 'b0x'... erm... Presario if you want to, but don't go looking to Compaq for support! It's like saying you replaced the default radio in your car with an aftermarket radio, but you go back to your dealer when it breaks and expecting help.
You're kidding me, right? They just figured this out?!? I don't want to sound like a prick, but I removed this right away (along with clicktilluwin) back in the day when I used to actually run KazAA. Key is to MAKE SURE YOU ARE RUNNING A SOFTWARE FIREWALL. I recommend Tiny Personal Firewall. Cause it's free, small, fast, runs as a service, and highly configurable, and it's just plain ol' Windows forms, not that ooey-gooey-let's-dress-this-up-with-pretty-picture s type of software firewall. Only problem is that it can't compute the MD5 for network programs that you are running off a samba share, but that is not a big problem. Anyway, during the Kazaa install, it's amazing to see how many programs actually try to access the net. You basically have to sandbox the installer, it's pathetic. ClickTillUWin used to launch from a RAR SFX package hidden well within your %temp% directory, and there was always the BDE program in question, to which I never agreed to install. But it's there anyway, and you need to remove it. If I remember correctly, it installs something else after you uninstall it, or that may be clicktilluwin, so don't quote me on that. But those propagating "un"-installers are downright sneaky.
Whatever happened to just a plain ol' 14 inch CRT and a pair of those 3D glasses from 7-11 back in the day?
That's a hilarious analogy... I love that commercial! [Click here for Petchow]
Like, um, say, the hardest to read Hello, World! program ever written?
People who are trying to prove the unthinkable... like, say, for instance, that KDE "is not a Windows copycat, although all the graphics and widgets and common controls seem to indicate that..."
SOAP on a ROPE!!