It's also interesting that the only attack snort missed (yeah, I use it) occured when it wasn't properly configured. That fact was noted in text, but not in the uptime chart.
I switched to linux (Redhat) from 2000 on the desktop and have been very happy. Other than rpm hell, trying to find up-to-date packages for i686, and the fonts I love it. Yes, it has it's annoyances but I like not getting infected by Krez every time some idiot's computer sends it to me. I've been using linux as a server for a while, though. That's what it was intended for, much like windows was made for a single user.
Note: Israel didn't steal anything. The Arabs attacked them and lost. LOST. They got their asses kicked, Israel took some strategic high ground, and thats that. Of course, now they're whining, but they started a war and lost it. Tough luck. Although I suppose you wish that the Arabs had nukes so that the fight would be "fair" the next time the decide to attack a democracy.
I'll play. Ok, I happen to believe that all men are created equal, more or less. At least, whites aren't any better than blacks, etc. I don't think that that can be said for societies, though. Or countries. Some of them flat out suck, and wind up producing terrorists. If many sucky countries happen to share the same religion, you can't bitch when people make the correlation.
Ok, who modded this moron up? Yes, he has a right to free speech. So do I: The PLO is a terrorist organization. They BLOW THINGS UP! Much like the terrorists that flew planes into the trade center.
And yes I know its offtopic.
Palestian is not the opposite of Israeli, it's the opposite of civilised.
No it's not... you just need a better soldering gun and more practice. Oh yeah, and buy a rig that can REMOVE solder as well. Then tinker with a few dead modems to get comfortable, and mod away. The trick is that transistors and chips don't seem to work very well after you heat them to 300 degrees C trying to get solder to stick.
I've always liked the "no user servicable parts inside". At work, I unpacked a UPS with one of those stickers on it. The the battery had gotten unplugged in shipping. Now, if the box had an EULA on it "by opening this you agree not to dissasemble", should I be a criminal? I think that the sticker actually means "people not smart enough to know that the big round things are capacitors or that the large wires going to the tube inside that TV are connected to a flyback transformer should not remove any screws, or they'll wind up in the Darwin awards." I have saved an enormous amount of time and money working on my own hardware, whether that be my pc, my server, or my air conditioner.
Forbids my ass. That EULA doesn't mean anything more than the box it's printed on. Next they'll be saying "it is illegal to put a Tux sticker on an xbox" or "it is illegal to use this case as a flowerpot". Its HARDWARE. Let them try this one in court.
He should have done what most of my friends would do in this situation... call someone who runs linux and ask. Much faster than tech support. Of course, I wind up being tech support for my friends, which is another issue.
How in the hell did it take six hours to get Mozilla working? Either you have a really oddball setup, or were missing something, or were hammered at the time.
And how much bandwidth is really available? And how much is really not being used? With the ISPs raising prices, it's worth asking. Could we just soak up half of the bandwidth to the U.S. dissapearing? If so, the prices are being raised because of speculation on the part of the providers a year or two ago, and not because "abuse" is hurting the service. Just something to think about.
I've actually never shot anyone, shot at anyone, or even pointed mine at anyone. 99% of legally owned "assault rifles" (I'm assuming you're referring to military-style semi-autos) are never fired in anger. Yes, they were designed for that, but that's not how they're used. I think you have a poor analogy here. On the other hand, don't kick my door in the middle of the night with a gun in your hand and I won't have to help change those stastics. Although I'd use a shotgun; it's more efficient.
Hackers created the internet... the government found it useful and assigned some bureucrats to run it... so the hackers went elsewhere. I like the idea...
But, they just loaded up a lot of routers along the way. Are they going to forewarn ISPs that they're about to swamp them? Are they going to reimburse that ISP's customers who couldn't connect? It seems to me that these fucking morons think that Britney Spears CDs should cost money, but bandwidth is just there for them to clog and abuse. If this passes, the first few court cases should be VERY entertaining.
Your chances are zero. None. Zilch. If you DOS a site and admit to it, you'll be the next mafiaboy... but it won't take them as long to find you. On the other hand, if your dad is a congresscritter, and you just signed a promising garage band, and you CLAIM you had an excuse, maybe. Assuming this bullshit ever made into the law. Still, I think people are missing the point here... a DOS attack (assuming that's what the record companies are thinking) burns resources all the way from their machines to the victim's. Are they planning on reimbursing ISPs?
Yeah, but you were listening to NPR. The left wing always rolls over and plays dead first... they think it's safer that way. The media doesn't represent the population, but people think that they do. It's a damn shame. They sure don't represent me.
Yeah, and this is the same industry that wanted an exemption from the "hacking" clause of the patriot act? I don't think their motives are pure, guys... and I wouldn't assume that they're just trying to clog PtP networks with garbage files.
I'm actually fairly happy with Bellsouth's dsl package. (I live in GA). Yes, they do screw things up every now and then but the uptime is better than cable and they don't bother you with this kind on nonsense (at least not yet).
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It's also interesting that the only attack snort missed (yeah, I use it) occured when it wasn't properly configured. That fact was noted in text, but not in the uptime chart.
I switched to linux (Redhat) from 2000 on the desktop and have been very happy. Other than rpm hell, trying to find up-to-date packages for i686, and the fonts I love it. Yes, it has it's annoyances but I like not getting infected by Krez every time some idiot's computer sends it to me. I've been using linux as a server for a while, though. That's what it was intended for, much like windows was made for a single user.
Built-in stuff is not good. Modular is good. Easy to replace. What do you do when the screen sprouting out of your cantaloupe-shaped computer dies?
Note: Israel didn't steal anything. The Arabs attacked them and lost. LOST. They got their asses kicked, Israel took some strategic high ground, and thats that. Of course, now they're whining, but they started a war and lost it. Tough luck. Although I suppose you wish that the Arabs had nukes so that the fight would be "fair" the next time the decide to attack a democracy.
I'll play. Ok, I happen to believe that all men are created equal, more or less. At least, whites aren't any better than blacks, etc. I don't think that that can be said for societies, though. Or countries. Some of them flat out suck, and wind up producing terrorists. If many sucky countries happen to share the same religion, you can't bitch when people make the correlation.
You know, it's not only games that use OpenGL... a lot of engineering software does too.
Ok, who modded this moron up? Yes, he has a right to free speech. So do I: The PLO is a terrorist organization. They BLOW THINGS UP! Much like the terrorists that flew planes into the trade center. And yes I know its offtopic. Palestian is not the opposite of Israeli, it's the opposite of civilised.
No it's not... you just need a better soldering gun and more practice. Oh yeah, and buy a rig that can REMOVE solder as well. Then tinker with a few dead modems to get comfortable, and mod away. The trick is that transistors and chips don't seem to work very well after you heat them to 300 degrees C trying to get solder to stick.
I've always liked the "no user servicable parts inside". At work, I unpacked a UPS with one of those stickers on it. The the battery had gotten unplugged in shipping. Now, if the box had an EULA on it "by opening this you agree not to dissasemble", should I be a criminal? I think that the sticker actually means "people not smart enough to know that the big round things are capacitors or that the large wires going to the tube inside that TV are connected to a flyback transformer should not remove any screws, or they'll wind up in the Darwin awards." I have saved an enormous amount of time and money working on my own hardware, whether that be my pc, my server, or my air conditioner.
Forbids my ass. That EULA doesn't mean anything more than the box it's printed on. Next they'll be saying "it is illegal to put a Tux sticker on an xbox" or "it is illegal to use this case as a flowerpot". Its HARDWARE. Let them try this one in court.
How, exactly, is an EULA supposed to apply to HARDWARE? Sort of like, can Ford require me to buy only Firestone tires when they give me keys?
And, isn't MS charging for patches these days?
He should have done what most of my friends would do in this situation... call someone who runs linux and ask. Much faster than tech support. Of course, I wind up being tech support for my friends, which is another issue.
How in the hell did it take six hours to get Mozilla working? Either you have a really oddball setup, or were missing something, or were hammered at the time.
Speaking of Quest, anyone else get hit by their "previously unbilled calls" Y2K bug? They need to get their shit together. And yes, I dropped them.
And how much bandwidth is really available? And how much is really not being used? With the ISPs raising prices, it's worth asking. Could we just soak up half of the bandwidth to the U.S. dissapearing? If so, the prices are being raised because of speculation on the part of the providers a year or two ago, and not because "abuse" is hurting the service. Just something to think about.
The same pit-o-cash they dip into when they need to hire a lawyer to sue your ass of for file sharing, or a different pit-o-cash?
I've actually never shot anyone, shot at anyone, or even pointed mine at anyone. 99% of legally owned "assault rifles" (I'm assuming you're referring to military-style semi-autos) are never fired in anger. Yes, they were designed for that, but that's not how they're used. I think you have a poor analogy here. On the other hand, don't kick my door in the middle of the night with a gun in your hand and I won't have to help change those stastics. Although I'd use a shotgun; it's more efficient.
"Desktop running stable as a server" doesn't quite make sense. You've got your business on an out-of-warranty Compaq, or something?
Hackers created the internet... the government found it useful and assigned some bureucrats to run it... so the hackers went elsewhere. I like the idea...
But, they just loaded up a lot of routers along the way. Are they going to forewarn ISPs that they're about to swamp them? Are they going to reimburse that ISP's customers who couldn't connect? It seems to me that these fucking morons think that Britney Spears CDs should cost money, but bandwidth is just there for them to clog and abuse. If this passes, the first few court cases should be VERY entertaining.
Your chances are zero. None. Zilch. If you DOS a site and admit to it, you'll be the next mafiaboy... but it won't take them as long to find you. On the other hand, if your dad is a congresscritter, and you just signed a promising garage band, and you CLAIM you had an excuse, maybe. Assuming this bullshit ever made into the law. Still, I think people are missing the point here... a DOS attack (assuming that's what the record companies are thinking) burns resources all the way from their machines to the victim's. Are they planning on reimbursing ISPs?
Yeah, but you were listening to NPR. The left wing always rolls over and plays dead first... they think it's safer that way. The media doesn't represent the population, but people think that they do. It's a damn shame. They sure don't represent me.
Yeah, and this is the same industry that wanted an exemption from the "hacking" clause of the patriot act? I don't think their motives are pure, guys... and I wouldn't assume that they're just trying to clog PtP networks with garbage files.
I'm actually fairly happy with Bellsouth's dsl package. (I live in GA). Yes, they do screw things up every now and then but the uptime is better than cable and they don't bother you with this kind on nonsense (at least not yet).