And for THAT I'm telling about the/. moderation bugs.
Mr Neil - you have two bugs in/. code that allow people to have perpetual moderation rights. If someone gets moderation ability and doesnt use ALL of the moderations, they keep the ability until they do use them all at one time. This is also true for metamoderation. I believe this is being used by certain individuals to unfailrly influence/. moderation.
So lets get this straight - you have a dome shaped cam with speakers and the cam is remote controlled so it moves? So you can remotely control it to look at people and speak to them through it's speakers?
You just want to say "Tee chuta hhat yudd!" to people dont you?
Quite obviously, because a lawyer's BS spiel will not work on a logical mind set. They want people they can manipulate emotionally. It's all BS in my opinion - I'd never do jury duty willingly. Whats the point if ultimately a judge can instruct the jury on what verdict to give?
What you do is get CNN to write a story about what should be done about "crack pots". By doing this you get the label "crack pot" out there in the public knowledge and it's automatically associated with anyone who disputes NASA.
Speaking of which, have you locked your fridge recently? How about your oven? Your closet? Do you have locks on everything you own? You dont, do you?
If my fridge were exposed to the outside world, then I would lock it. I don't need to lock it because it is within my house, and my house is locked. My house is acting as a security provider in this scenario.
Well I dont either, and I dont use a firewall or anti virus or anything... and guess what, no computer problems whatsoever...
You're not trusted with anything important are you?
Unfortunately this is a fact of IT - there are those who because they dont understand the need for IT security, means that you are reduced to working at their level.
How many times have you heard this one?
(Regarding a server that is connected to the net for FTP / SSH) "But who would want to hack our server?"
I've often found that lusers actually do understand security concepts, however as soon as a computer is concerned they are thrown out of the window. For example:
Me: "Tell me - do you drive a car?" Luser: "Yes" Me: "And does anyone have a specific grudge against you? Would they specifically want to steal your car?" Luser: "No!" Me:"So do you lock your car after you park it somewhere? Luser: "Of course I do!" Me: "So if no one wants to steal your car, why do you lock it?
I've found they can't answer that one.
The real issue is that people just cant use computers. What would solve the problem would be some form of transparent biometric authentication. Think about how we as human beings authenticate people - we do it all the time from speaking to friends on the phone, to making a transaction at the bank. If speaking to someone you know, you dont use a password - you know what your friend looks, sounds and behaves like, and this is used for "authentication". With a bank, you may not know the person you are about to hand over all your cash to, however because the bank is a big building in the location it's in, you know that it can be "trusted" due to it's physical location.
Regarding passwords with Windows 2000 there are alternatives to this. The simple one is let them have no password, but make it so that their account can only log on from their computer. That will seriously limit the abuse that can happen. Alternatively just quietly delete all your CEO's MP3's and mail abusive messages and pr0n using his account - he'll soon wake up.
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Use a slightly different spelling of your name (or insert a random letter as a middle initial) whenever you sugn up for things like game company loyalty cards etc. ensure that you tick the "do not spam me" box on the form. Keep a record of which spelling you used where.
Wait for the obligatory AOL CD to come through the door with the misspelling, look up who supplied it, then sue them under the UK Data Protection Act 1984 law for disclosing your information.
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Tell that to the thousands of people who have spent thousands of dollars on OS9 apps.
And for THAT I'm telling about the /. moderation bugs.
/. code that allow people to have perpetual moderation rights. If someone gets moderation ability and doesnt use ALL of the moderations, they keep the ability until they do use them all at one time. This is also true for metamoderation. I believe this is being used by certain individuals to unfailrly influence /. moderation.
Mr Neil - you have two bugs in
"Troll"?? You philistine! Don't you know your Star Wars quotes??
So lets get this straight - you have a dome shaped cam with speakers and the cam is remote controlled so it moves? So you can remotely control it to look at people and speak to them through it's speakers?
You just want to say "Tee chuta hhat yudd!" to people dont you?
Quite obviously, because a lawyer's BS spiel will not work on a logical mind set. They want people they can manipulate emotionally. It's all BS in my opinion - I'd never do jury duty willingly. Whats the point if ultimately a judge can instruct the jury on what verdict to give?
I remember a quote from somewhere regarding trial by jury - it went something like:
"...being tried by twelve people who were not even smart enough to get out of jury duty"
I have a server running WinMX that I use my iBook with terminal services client to control.
All my media content (all copyright free, naturally) is centrally held on the server.
Does it matter what platform ones software runs on so long as it works? You use the best tool for the job. The Mac isn't it when it comes to P2P.
What you do is get CNN to write a story about what should be done about "crack pots". By doing this you get the label "crack pot" out there in the public knowledge and it's automatically associated with anyone who disputes NASA.
Quite clever really.
So now we are going to be thieves for not moving our mouse over certain areas of our own screens.
Lynx looks more attractive every day. It'll all go full circle I tell you.
If you would like to see this type of delivery of shows continue and flourish, please respect our taping policy and don't abuse the system.
Whoops - looks like the only restriction is if you copy the recordings to tape - I guess distributing the MP3's isn't against the rules then...
I think there should be some special facial expression that users have to do as a password.
Hey it might be a silly idea but it would be damned funny to watch.
You can't solve a non-technical problem with a technical solution.
Just how wrong can one person be?
I wouldnt mind, but not only has it been covered TWICE by /. already, it was BECAUSE it was on /. that the article referenced was even written!!!!
ARRGGHHH!!!!
Speaking of which, have you locked your fridge recently? How about your oven? Your closet? Do you have locks on everything you own? You dont, do you?
If my fridge were exposed to the outside world, then I would lock it. I don't need to lock it because it is within my house, and my house is locked. My house is acting as a security provider in this scenario.
Well I dont either, and I dont use a firewall or anti virus or anything... and guess what, no computer problems whatsoever...
You're not trusted with anything important are you?
Whether you are BOFH or BOIH is depending on whether you make people suffering or people make you suffering. :)
;)
Heh - quite
If they think it's expensive to run now, just wait until they get the repair bill after it's been run with no security for a while.
Unfortunately this is a fact of IT - there are those who because they dont understand the need for IT security, means that you are reduced to working at their level.
How many times have you heard this one?
(Regarding a server that is connected to the net for FTP / SSH) "But who would want to hack our server?"
I've often found that lusers actually do understand security concepts, however as soon as a computer is concerned they are thrown out of the window. For example:
Me: "Tell me - do you drive a car?"
Luser: "Yes"
Me: "And does anyone have a specific grudge against you? Would they specifically want to steal your car?"
Luser: "No!"
Me:"So do you lock your car after you park it somewhere?
Luser: "Of course I do!"
Me: "So if no one wants to steal your car, why do you lock it?
I've found they can't answer that one.
The real issue is that people just cant use computers. What would solve the problem would be some form of transparent biometric authentication. Think about how we as human beings authenticate people - we do it all the time from speaking to friends on the phone, to making a transaction at the bank. If speaking to someone you know, you dont use a password - you know what your friend looks, sounds and behaves like, and this is used for "authentication". With a bank, you may not know the person you are about to hand over all your cash to, however because the bank is a big building in the location it's in, you know that it can be "trusted" due to it's physical location.
Regarding passwords with Windows 2000 there are alternatives to this. The simple one is let them have no password, but make it so that their account can only log on from their computer. That will seriously limit the abuse that can happen. Alternatively just quietly delete all your CEO's MP3's and mail abusive messages and pr0n using his account - he'll soon wake up.
That's BOFH.
I should know - I am one. I even have a PFY.
You've just got a new web proxy haven't you?
Turning payphones into WiFi hotspots has been done for some time now in London; it's just not advertised. If you know how, you can use the bandwidth.
Not sure they quite meant it to be used this way...
Have you ever tried talking to Intuit "support"?
They they just ignore you.
Use a slightly different spelling of your name (or insert a random letter as a middle initial) whenever you sugn up for things like game company loyalty cards etc. ensure that you tick the "do not spam me" box on the form. Keep a record of which spelling you used where.
Wait for the obligatory AOL CD to come through the door with the misspelling, look up who supplied it, then sue them under the UK Data Protection Act 1984 law for disclosing your information.
I like this. Easy to use software that is genuinely useful in a well presented form. Well done.
They say it should be backward compatible with current hardware.
Yeah - they say that now while there is undoubtebly development cash around - who wants to bet it won't be once it's released?
Good point - in that case, shouldn't Apple be able to sue themselves over the "Classic" emulation in OSX?