> "... I think we all realize that some singers sound different -- much different -- live than they do on CD's, but this just seems so, so, what's the word: fake?"
I believe the term you're looking for is Milli Vanilli
Postfix is not easy to use. It is probably the best MTA out there. That is not in question. But to say any proper mail system, such as Postfix, is easy to use is like saying Windows is a secure OS.
There is a steep learning curve with Postfix, just as with most/all other MTAs. And there is probably far less printed documentation out there than there is for Sendmail. But there is a lot of on-line documentation and what comes with the package, although terse, is also quit excellent. The same goes for the people on the mailing list - as long as you RTFM and you're still having a problem, they are glad to help.
You get what you put in. Put in the time and learn Postfix and you'll have an awesome MTA that can do many tricks and isn't plagued by the issues associated with Sendmail.
Interesting how this is the first post under this topic. The legality of it is the first thing that came to your mind when you read about this technology? To me, this is sad. It signals the end of free thinking - all good little robots are running around worrying about compliance.
Obsolete my ass, I just dumped both hashes (on a test account I created just for this purpose) from my standard-install XP box and it cracked the 8-digit password (4 mixed-case letters and 4 numbers) in 2 seconds.
>...The FAA needs to make it clear that these rocket vehicles fall under the jurisdiction of its own Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)...
> "Who would ever, in this time of the greatest interconnectivity in human history, go back to shipping bytes around via snail mail as a preferred means of data transfer? Jim Gray would do it, that's who."
Jim Gray, the sportscaster dude? I never liked that guy - good intuition, huh?
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"Take care of him?" (pulling right thumb from left side of the throat to the right)
"If you have read an introductory book or two about Python programming, but you are far from being an expert, then you will benefit a lot from reading this book. If you are a competent programmer in any other language, you will benefit from this book. If you are an expert Python programmer, you will also benefit from this book."
= No matter what, you will benefit from this book.
Do I hear a "best thing since sliced bread" coming?
Today you can't even compare penultimate-generation athletes with current ones in most sports, specifically because the way "technology" has affected the respective sport. Take Baseball for example - the "technology" is taking as many steroids as you can and hitting the ball out of the park as many times as you can, to make as much money as you can. All while looking like a freak of nature. And the public is okay with this. Little kids are shown these games and brought up to regard these drug-for-more-money users as role models.
Then you have the positive impact of technology. When this doesn't include drugs (hence the dropping of the quotes), a lighter shoe will give an minute edge. It's a natural progression, it shows our technological abilities allow us to scientifically reduce drag/friction/[insert fav force here]/etc. to propell us/the object we are hitting/throwing faster/farther/better/more accuratly.
TV coverage has also improved. But is it all that much interesting? It may be just me, but after watching the same stuff on TV, same teams, same comentators, same network-specific graphics/animations, I am secretly just tired of it all. What am I really watching? I know all the stats, I've got a _much_ better view and overall take on the game than if I were there (esp. in racing sports such as F1). Still, somehow it doesn't feel the same. It doesn't feel like a real event. It feels like I'm sitting in front of a box that shows me products I should buy, masquerading like it's doing me a favor.
Then you have sports that are untouched by technology. Like chess. And how popular is chess? Not very. People are have such "busy" lives these days, they want to watch mindless explosions in movies and drugged freaks flex their muscles in sports. All from the comfort of their couch-potato setting.
Easy fix - get down on your stomach. This way one could probably go well in excess of 100 MPH w/o any problems (although breathing may become difficult if going faster than that). No I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up either.
> Personally, I'm with the 'bulkhead without a door school of thought (The pilots have a seperate external door. That makes it impossible to physically coerce pilots, because you can't get to them. Problem solved.
Better yet, have the pilots either on the ground or in a "chase" airplane. Do not have a cockpit, just move 1st Class where current cockpit is (which can now be called the Big Cock Class). All the control commands would be protected by a secure SSH tunnel and, in the event that link fails, the plane would automatically request landing clearence from the closest airport, then land itself.
This should be classified under "what-will-these-retards-come-up-with-next"
I guess when you make bland-ass products that only contribute to obesity, it's important to get your name in the news every now and then (wow, I just called/. news - lol) by any means possible.
> With failures like this mounting up, it's obvious why the government is so reluctant to spend more money on NASA projects. We need a victory of some sort to convince the government to give NASA the money they need.
I think we first need to get The Chimp and his people out of office. As long as we have greedy people in office NASA won't get $$$, since that money can be spent on semi-automatic guns for "hunting."
I would venture to say that most of us/.ters are pro- space exploration in general. And there's a lot of ppl like us who don't necessarily visit/. everyday. Most people under 35 (may be off +-5 years) are in one way or another in touch with tech, and "get it" when it comes to why space is important, unlike trying to explain it to someone who's 80 and has never left their home state.
Problem with people like us is that we're pretty lazy when it comes to do anything to speak up for ourselves. Some of us are deeply into tech (i.e. kernel hacking) but completely miss out on making a political stand of any kind. Until that changes, we'll have more Chimps in the White House that will cut NASA's funding.
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> " ... I think we all realize that some singers sound different -- much different -- live than they do on CD's, but this just seems so, so, what's the word: fake?"
I believe the term you're looking for is Milli Vanilli
This was a nice surprise for me at 2:30 AM!
And of course, it's in Korean ;)
Postfix is not easy to use. It is probably the best MTA out there. That is not in question. But to say any proper mail system, such as Postfix, is easy to use is like saying Windows is a secure OS.
There is a steep learning curve with Postfix, just as with most/all other MTAs. And there is probably far less printed documentation out there than there is for Sendmail. But there is a lot of on-line documentation and what comes with the package, although terse, is also quit excellent. The same goes for the people on the mailing list - as long as you RTFM and you're still having a problem, they are glad to help.
You get what you put in. Put in the time and learn Postfix and you'll have an awesome MTA that can do many tricks and isn't plagued by the issues associated with Sendmail.
For a moment there when I 1st read the title I thought /. started speaking ebonics ;)
Neither the OP _nor_ the moderator think it important to note in front-page post that the box was compromised in _March_ 2003? Jeez, is this /. or -.?
> "'We believe it is necessary for Linux customers to properly license SCO's IP if they are running Linux 2.4 kernel..."
That's OK SCO, I have my own IP address - I do not want to "license" yours.
Interesting how this is the first post under this topic. The legality of it is the first thing that came to your mind when you read about this technology? To me, this is sad. It signals the end of free thinking - all good little robots are running around worrying about compliance.
Welcome, user, to the Microsoft Bob Historical Society!
If ever there was an idea that was doomed from the start, it has to be Microsoft Bob. That name. It just doesn't sound right.
> This hack is obsolte
Obsolete my ass, I just dumped both hashes (on a test account I created just for this purpose) from my standard-install XP box and it cracked the 8-digit password (4 mixed-case letters and 4 numbers) in 2 seconds.
> ...The FAA needs to make it clear that these rocket vehicles fall under the jurisdiction of its own Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)...
Wow, now that's a counterintuitive acronym.
AOL lays off 50 Microsoft coders
> "Who would ever, in this time of the greatest interconnectivity in human history, go back to shipping bytes around via snail mail as a preferred means of data transfer? Jim Gray would do it, that's who."
Jim Gray, the sportscaster dude? I never liked that guy - good intuition, huh?
---
"Take care of him?" (pulling right thumb from left side of the throat to the right)
"If you have read an introductory book or two about Python programming, but you are far from being an expert, then you will benefit a lot from reading this book. If you are a competent programmer in any other language, you will benefit from this book. If you are an expert Python programmer, you will also benefit from this book."
= No matter what, you will benefit from this book.
Do I hear a "best thing since sliced bread" coming?
From the site: "Creature Feature - click here for exciting images"
Shouldn't that read "Dead Creature Feature - click here for images of the dead creatures [that we killed]"?
Haha, quite a bit late - unless you want to wish me that for the 4th of July too ;)
> suug (Swiss Unix User Group) means "suuck" in swedish.
;)
As it does in Romanian!
I know this comment is not very useful (unless you're taking up Romanian), but it's a "nice hack"
Today you can't even compare penultimate-generation athletes with current ones in most sports, specifically because the way "technology" has affected the respective sport. Take Baseball for example - the "technology" is taking as many steroids as you can and hitting the ball out of the park as many times as you can, to make as much money as you can. All while looking like a freak of nature. And the public is okay with this. Little kids are shown these games and brought up to regard these drug-for-more-money users as role models.
Then you have the positive impact of technology. When this doesn't include drugs (hence the dropping of the quotes), a lighter shoe will give an minute edge. It's a natural progression, it shows our technological abilities allow us to scientifically reduce drag/friction/[insert fav force here]/etc. to propell us/the object we are hitting/throwing faster/farther/better/more accuratly.
TV coverage has also improved. But is it all that much interesting? It may be just me, but after watching the same stuff on TV, same teams, same comentators, same network-specific graphics/animations, I am secretly just tired of it all. What am I really watching? I know all the stats, I've got a _much_ better view and overall take on the game than if I were there (esp. in racing sports such as F1). Still, somehow it doesn't feel the same. It doesn't feel like a real event. It feels like I'm sitting in front of a box that shows me products I should buy, masquerading like it's doing me a favor.
Then you have sports that are untouched by technology. Like chess. And how popular is chess? Not very. People are have such "busy" lives these days, they want to watch mindless explosions in movies and drugged freaks flex their muscles in sports. All from the comfort of their couch-potato setting.
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Easy fix - get down on your stomach. This way one could probably go well in excess of 100 MPH w/o any problems (although breathing may become difficult if going faster than that). No I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up either.
OR
Seats!
> Personally, I'm with the 'bulkhead without a door school of thought (The pilots have a seperate external door. That makes it impossible to physically coerce pilots, because you can't get to them. Problem solved.
Better yet, have the pilots either on the ground or in a "chase" airplane. Do not have a cockpit, just move 1st Class where current cockpit is (which can now be called the Big Cock Class). All the control commands would be protected by a secure SSH tunnel and, in the event that link fails, the plane would automatically request landing clearence from the closest airport, then land itself.
This should be classified under "what-will-these-retards-come-up-with-next"
/. news - lol) by any means possible.
I guess when you make bland-ass products that only contribute to obesity, it's important to get your name in the news every now and then (wow, I just called
Hehe, my point was that it actually did kinda make sense - that's why it surprised me, i.e. companies actually doing things that make sense ;)
Can we send The Chimp into orbit and then tell him the Heisenberg Compensator is broken and we can't bring him back until he fixes it?
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Am I the only one who read this as
Web Firms Choose Profit Over Piracy
Now that would've been worthy news.
> With failures like this mounting up, it's obvious why the government is so reluctant to spend more money on NASA projects. We need a victory of some sort to convince the government to give NASA the money they need.
/.ters are pro- space exploration in general. And there's a lot of ppl like us who don't necessarily visit /. everyday. Most people under 35 (may be off +-5 years) are in one way or another in touch with tech, and "get it" when it comes to why space is important, unlike trying to explain it to someone who's 80 and has never left their home state.
I think we first need to get The Chimp and his people out of office. As long as we have greedy people in office NASA won't get $$$, since that money can be spent on semi-automatic guns for "hunting."
I would venture to say that most of us
Problem with people like us is that we're pretty lazy when it comes to do anything to speak up for ourselves. Some of us are deeply into tech (i.e. kernel hacking) but completely miss out on making a political stand of any kind. Until that changes, we'll have more Chimps in the White House that will cut NASA's funding.