I don't necessarily advocate the advesarial method, I do however try to stimulate creativity in dealing with situations which at first seem to be capable of only one response. Sometimes, the simple approach can be seen glinting in the red light of rage....."Stimpy!! I feel great!.. I'm so HAPPY when I'm Angry!!....
Block all ports for a short time, say a couple of hours. See who whines, and quiz them gently (over a low heat). Apply look of deep concern. Mutter about security issues. Restore ports with/without throttling. Continue randomly. Rinse. Repeat.
Eventually try to get culprits to complain officially. Drop on culprits like ton of dung. Read riot act and hang them out to dry. Continue until world domination is complete. Exterminate! Exterminate! eXT... OOPS, GOT CARRIED AWAY...anyway, you get the idea, annoy and then scare the critters..
Dynamite the NT proxy and install linux and squid. It takes a little config, but you won't regret it. I did this where I am connected on broadband and got an extra 45% bandwidth/time improvement over the NT proxy/firewall, plus it NEVER crashes.
See Arthur C Clarke's "The Light of Other Days" in which one character refers to lawsuits that ruined PC manufacturers after users developed tumors from sitting next to XXGhz PCs in unshielded cases. (set in the not-too-distant future, of course.. SO- don't buy a plastic tower!!
In the end, religion and science will merge, as different aspects of the same thing.
After all, it does say..."the geek will inherit the earth.."
~~~~~/B
But The Newest Is Not Always The Best (tm)
Compare a 1970, say, Encyclopaedia Brittanica* with the latest full colour, multimedia super-glossy edition in terms of detail. Perhaps some of the facts are outdated, or rather superceded, but they are there...not just a crayola representation or data-reduced soundbite.
* insert favourite popular reference work here.
I read this whole thread 3 days ago, and now I'm too/. ed by the whole thing to post, now that it's all appeared.
Oh..I didn't see THIS post..
it's by me...?!?!
Turbo(t) lasers are green due to the lasing effectof phosphorescent bugs in rotting fish entrails. (The silent 't' is missing in the dialects employed in the S.W Galaxy, which is indeed far, far away......)
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64k!! Luxury!! 12k 486 Debian (and a dos partition for a laff)
Alright. Apart from the quarks AND the leptons... what have the Romans ever done for us??
"'Ere! That bloody strangelet just took my arm orf!!"
"Are you injured?"
"Nah. It's just a scratch."
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Alcogels. I like the blackcurrant flavor ones.
Petrified. Mmmmm.
Don't forget to tape the highlights to show at morning assembly....;->
A good, ominous login banner often starts the day with a nice level of FUD concerning Big Brother- makes the naughty users think twice...
I don't necessarily advocate the advesarial method, I do however try to stimulate creativity in dealing with situations which at first seem to be capable of only one response. Sometimes, the simple approach can be seen glinting in the red light of rage....."Stimpy!! I feel great!.. I'm so HAPPY when I'm Angry!!....
Block all ports for a short time, say a couple of hours. See who whines, and quiz them gently (over a low heat). Apply look of deep concern. Mutter about security issues. Restore ports with/without throttling. Continue randomly. Rinse. Repeat. Eventually try to get culprits to complain officially. Drop on culprits like ton of dung. Read riot act and hang them out to dry. Continue until world domination is complete. Exterminate! Exterminate! eXT... OOPS, GOT CARRIED AWAY...anyway, you get the idea, annoy and then scare the critters..
Dynamite the NT proxy and install linux and squid. It takes a little config, but you won't regret it. I did this where I am connected on broadband and got an extra 45% bandwidth/time improvement over the NT proxy/firewall, plus it NEVER crashes.
See Arthur C Clarke's "The Light of Other Days" in which one character refers to lawsuits that ruined PC manufacturers after users developed tumors from sitting next to XXGhz PCs in unshielded cases. (set in the not-too-distant future, of course.. SO- don't buy a plastic tower!!
Er, I don't think that 'having your cake and eating it' and 'let them eat cake' are connected. Sorry. Just my sic mind...
Maybe he was taking a lead from Captain James.T. "give us a kiss" Kirk, and was boldly going??
Beowu....what?. Oh. Yes, I was just leaving...I'll get my coat.
In the end, religion and science will merge, as different aspects of the same thing. After all, it does say..."the geek will inherit the earth.." ~~~~~/B
But The Newest Is Not Always The Best (tm) Compare a 1970, say, Encyclopaedia Brittanica* with the latest full colour, multimedia super-glossy edition in terms of detail. Perhaps some of the facts are outdated, or rather superceded, but they are there...not just a crayola representation or data-reduced soundbite. * insert favourite popular reference work here.
I read this whole thread 3 days ago, and now I'm too /. ed by the whole thing to post, now that it's all appeared.
Oh..I didn't see THIS post..
it's by me...?!?!
Turbo(t) lasers are green due to the lasing effectof phosphorescent bugs in rotting fish entrails. (The silent 't' is missing in the dialects employed in the S.W Galaxy, which is indeed far, far away......) html TextScrollUpStartTinyEndBig (c LucasHTMLInc)