Then perhaps I should be looking for another way to make a living? Just a thought boys and girls, but the "think about the poor XYZ" arguement can be used by almost anything. Yes, somebody is going to lose out on this.
Personally, I'd rather pick up garbage or hand out cheeseburgers than do telemarketing, at least those are a public server. And yes, with the abuse you probably taking by pissing off people on a daily basis, plunging those clogged-up toilets might even be a better living as well. Gee, imagine that, looking for jobs that, while less sophisticated, are less offensive to the general public.
Thanks. Last time I made my linux boxen really secure, I was testing what various parts of the firewall script on an old box (script not written by me, and I'm replacing the box) did.
Well, after putting an exit after "/sbin/iptables -F INPUT -j DROP" and a few following lines, I was happily rushing back to the main office after my SSH connection was dropped people people could notice that internet was being "difficult."
Sometimes you can make things too secure, although in truth there's no better place to start than a default-deny policy:-)
All east coast power generating stations, from nuclear reactors to hydroelectric dams, have suddenly decided to switch to Linux. When asked for the reason behind this decision, the response was:
"Well, erm, it was because of bl*cough* erm, I mean just a financial decision from the boys upstairs, I don't know anything about it"
The estimate I mentioned were "at the current cost of gas."
Anyone who doesn't expect gas prices to go higher in the next 5 years raise their hand?
You, in the back, what's your name? Oh just scratching an itch? Alrighty then.
As the cost of gas gets higher, the value and appeal of lower-consumption vehicles will increase. Of course, in the future I'd also assume that they could make newer models more efficient for both power and consumption. How about that previous/. article about harnessing the energy from vibration?
It depends on perhaps how long you want to keep the vehicle. From what I remember reading, saving at the current cost of gas wouldn't pay off the additional cost of a hybrid vehicle until after 5-10 years.
If you're in it for environmental reasons, and/or want to keep the car while, go for it. Otherwise, a nice lightweight non-hyrbrid toyota will still get good gas milage and even my 88 Camry had plenty of zoom (note: standard not woosy auto).
Wait until IBM has their own squad of cute cheerleaders, I'll root for 'em then. They've got a few legal tackles going already, and SCO is fumbling the ball right now...
If Microsoft is forced to pay off Eolas, doesn't that mean they've paid for the patent
As I understand it, they're forced to pay Eolas for the previous "use" that violated the patent (like rent up to now).
Future use would require licensing the patent from Eolas, on Eolas's terms.
Somewhat like the arguement: If somebody gets fined for littering, does that mean they've got a free pass for future littering. Answer is of course, nope.
If every time you opened a browser window, it had something that you had to click as "on" (like a checkbox in a convenient place) to enable the plugins, or even various plugins.
Not only convenient for ignoring flash when one wanted to, but not quite so "seamless" as always automagically playing them. Would that work?
I have my distro and moreover my OS, I'd just like good tools that could assist in making it more secure.
Arguements of: Switch to OS/Distro X aren't going to affect most people, unless it's somebody without a working box. Showing them tools/docs on making their boxen more secure might though...
Get the flash player package
Unzip it: tar -zxvf flashpackage.tar.gz (or just.tgz)
or tar -xvf flashpackage.tar
or tar --bzip -xvf flashpackage.tar.bz
goto the install folder
If you have an install script, such as flashplayer-installer, just run it: ./flashplayer-installer
(and make sure to specify the path to the directory that holds the "plugins" subdir for mozilla).
or
Copy the shared object file over: cp libflashplayer.so/path/to/mozilla/plugins
Something that hasn't been brought up to my knowledge. Getting sued is one thing, but if you didn't end up getting a settlement and *were* nailed in court would you end up with a criminal record? Is this penalty a legal *fine*, or simple a civil action?
With a legal charge+fine, this may end netting you not only a nasty legal blil but also a criminal record?
If I had a legal copy of a piece of literary material (small book, poem, etc) and I left it out somewhere somebody could find/copy it, is that legal? What if somebody copied it but was also licensed to do so (e.g. they had bought a copy, but maybe dropped coffee on it and some of the words were mangled)?
How is this different from having a user with visible files on kazaa? Is it illegal for me to have a piece of paper visible where somebody can copy, or only for somebody who doesn't own rights to copy it? There's a line here somewher, just don't know where it is.
I've got a switched hub at home which has recently started exhibiting very bizarre behaviour, sending huge streams of packets even though the connected machines shouldn't be sending data.
Shouldn't meaning that any machine I plug (3 different OS's) into the switch and it starts a blazing trail of packets. Plug it into itself (normal port into uplink port) and it blazes away too. A reboot fixes it.
I haven't figured out the cause yet, or why... but it often seems to start with a lot of data passing through the uplink port (which is connected to the ADSL modem), making me wonder if I'm receiving some form of odd packet that causes the thing to go haywire. It's also started around the same time on two days 11:00pm+, with anytime before that having it operating without issue.
Anyone else had an issue like this... it could just by dying but otherwise I'd wonder if I can firmware upgrade my switch?
Really, you don't even need a P2. I had a little P233MMX that worked fine (power consumption nominal, as was noise as it ran nicely with just a heatsink and no CPU fan).
Ah, the days when you didn't need a heatsink the size of the eiffel tower and a fan capable of running a hovercraft... old machines do just fine for Routers/NAT and save power/noise/heat too.
Being allowed to ping your server is quite often convenient if you're having weird issues. Rather, you can restrict the addresses a PING is allowed from, or put in anti ping-flood rules (which is what I assume you are worried about).
If your firewall is a NAT type, run a software firewall on your desktops
The primary reason I love my NAT box is that ZoneAlarm and others also slow down my PC net connection, and cause other oddities.Having a proper NAT box means you shouldn't need another firewall (unless you just NAT to allow multiple PC's online).
We're using Courier and it's been wonderful. It also has SSL components such as Courier-SSL which work nicely if you want your email to make it to your inbox nice 'n safe:-)
It's not about the money, it's not about the individual spammer, it's about a little thing called precedent
In the end it's about winning in court - and a $250,000 win in court would be would more than twice that in settlement. Spammers, time to duck and cover, because I see only more of this type of legal retaliation in the future.
according to stats, a lot more people share music than do spam, and eliminating the major spammers would probably contribute a lot more to killing spam than sueing a bunch of 12-year-olds would to killing P2P.
RIAA has bigger resources, but also a much larger spread target
You assume that most of said sites are in the US, while I get the impression that while some are (and do get busted), many are also offshore in places where US enforcement isn't able to function.
It's not a matter of whether it's legal in the country doing the hosting, it's the matter of what a legislative pain-in-the-ass it can be to get anything done about it... and in some countries it is still, unfortunately, legal (or, in more cases, I believe the age of legality varies).
So really, blocking is just fine, at least until the site can be taken care of on a more permanent basis.
Actually, the American Dream (TM) is still the same... get a bunch of cash, a nice house, raise some kids, etc.
However, the American Way has now shifted to lawsuits and bullshit, at least for some people, as opposed to the old-fashioned method of actually earning stuff.
Almost everyone would like a nice big house and a few toys, but an increasing amount of idiots prefer to gain thus at the expense of others (which in the end, is at the expense of everyone)
I think this only counts for a certain period. basically up to when your slim sales-margin isn't beating the cost of R&D, development etc. I don't think it means the hardware itself costs more than the sale price.
Eventually, the R&D costs are paid off, and even with a smaller profit margin (lowered console price) you'll see a good profit for a high sales margin (assuming that most of these make it off the shelf)
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Then perhaps I should be looking for another way to make a living? Just a thought boys and girls, but the "think about the poor XYZ" arguement can be used by almost anything. Yes, somebody is going to lose out on this.
Personally, I'd rather pick up garbage or hand out cheeseburgers than do telemarketing, at least those are a public server. And yes, with the abuse you probably taking by pissing off people on a daily basis, plunging those clogged-up toilets might even be a better living as well. Gee, imagine that, looking for jobs that, while less sophisticated, are less offensive to the general public.
Thanks. Last time I made my linux boxen really secure, I was testing what various parts of the firewall script on an old box (script not written by me, and I'm replacing the box) did.
:-)
Well, after putting an exit after "/sbin/iptables -F INPUT -j DROP" and a few following lines, I was happily rushing back to the main office after my SSH connection was dropped people people could notice that internet was being "difficult."
Sometimes you can make things too secure, although in truth there's no better place to start than a default-deny policy
East coast switches to linux powered servers
All east coast power generating stations, from nuclear reactors to hydroelectric dams, have suddenly decided to switch to Linux. When asked for the reason behind this decision, the response was:
"Well, erm, it was because of bl*cough* erm, I mean just a financial decision from the boys upstairs, I don't know anything about it"
Though I find that the iceWM distro of Morphix is a bit nicer than whatever current desktop they are running on the primary (some variety of KDE).
From what I remember, morphix in the light variety fits onto a mini-CD (those wallet-sized ones) with a small GUI.
The estimate I mentioned were "at the current cost of gas."
/. article about harnessing the energy from vibration?
Anyone who doesn't expect gas prices to go higher in the next 5 years raise their hand?
You, in the back, what's your name? Oh just scratching an itch? Alrighty then.
As the cost of gas gets higher, the value and appeal of lower-consumption vehicles will increase. Of course, in the future I'd also assume that they could make newer models more efficient for both power and consumption. How about that previous
It depends on perhaps how long you want to keep the vehicle. From what I remember reading, saving at the current cost of gas wouldn't pay off the additional cost of a hybrid vehicle until after 5-10 years.
If you're in it for environmental reasons, and/or want to keep the car while, go for it. Otherwise, a nice lightweight non-hyrbrid toyota will still get good gas milage and even my 88 Camry had plenty of zoom (note: standard not woosy auto).
Wait until IBM has their own squad of cute cheerleaders, I'll root for 'em then. They've got a few legal tackles going already, and SCO is fumbling the ball right now...
If Microsoft is forced to pay off Eolas, doesn't that mean they've paid for the patent
As I understand it, they're forced to pay Eolas for the previous "use" that violated the patent (like rent up to now).
Future use would require licensing the patent from Eolas, on Eolas's terms.
Somewhat like the arguement: If somebody gets fined for littering, does that mean they've got a free pass for future littering. Answer is of course, nope.
If every time you opened a browser window, it had something that you had to click as "on" (like a checkbox in a convenient place) to enable the plugins, or even various plugins.
Not only convenient for ignoring flash when one wanted to, but not quite so "seamless" as always automagically playing them. Would that work?
I have my distro and moreover my OS, I'd just like good tools that could assist in making it more secure.
Arguements of: Switch to OS/Distro X aren't going to affect most people, unless it's somebody without a working box. Showing them tools/docs on making their boxen more secure might though...
Get the flash player package .tgz)
./flashplayer-installer
/path/to/mozilla/plugins
Unzip it:
tar -zxvf flashpackage.tar.gz (or just
or
tar -xvf flashpackage.tar
or
tar --bzip -xvf flashpackage.tar.bz
goto the install folder
If you have an install script, such as flashplayer-installer, just run it:
(and make sure to specify the path to the directory that holds the "plugins" subdir for mozilla).
or
Copy the shared object file over:
cp libflashplayer.so
SELinux? If you describe a useful tool, please link as well for those of thus who may be interested...
Something that hasn't been brought up to my knowledge. Getting sued is one thing, but if you didn't end up getting a settlement and *were* nailed in court would you end up with a criminal record? Is this penalty a legal *fine*, or simple a civil action?
With a legal charge+fine, this may end netting you not only a nasty legal blil but also a criminal record?
If I had a legal copy of a piece of literary material (small book, poem, etc) and I left it out somewhere somebody could find/copy it, is that legal? What if somebody copied it but was also licensed to do so (e.g. they had bought a copy, but maybe dropped coffee on it and some of the words were mangled)?
How is this different from having a user with visible files on kazaa? Is it illegal for me to have a piece of paper visible where somebody can copy, or only for somebody who doesn't own rights to copy it? There's a line here somewher, just don't know where it is.
Kazaa's claims to be able to access "free" music are valid. It just doesn't mention that the majority of music on kazaa is copyrighted...
Really, what we need is a category that designates music as free/indie, and then allow users to search for legal/indie/free music.
I've got a switched hub at home which has recently started exhibiting very bizarre behaviour, sending huge streams of packets even though the connected machines shouldn't be sending data.
Shouldn't meaning that any machine I plug (3 different OS's) into the switch and it starts a blazing trail of packets. Plug it into itself (normal port into uplink port) and it blazes away too. A reboot fixes it.
I haven't figured out the cause yet, or why... but it often seems to start with a lot of data passing through the uplink port (which is connected to the ADSL modem), making me wonder if I'm receiving some form of odd packet that causes the thing to go haywire. It's also started around the same time on two days 11:00pm+, with anytime before that having it operating without issue.
Anyone else had an issue like this... it could just by dying but otherwise I'd wonder if I can firmware upgrade my switch?
Really, you don't even need a P2. I had a little P233MMX that worked fine (power consumption nominal, as was noise as it ran nicely with just a heatsink and no CPU fan).
Ah, the days when you didn't need a heatsink the size of the eiffel tower and a fan capable of running a hovercraft... old machines do just fine for Routers/NAT and save power/noise/heat too.
Never allow PING
Being allowed to ping your server is quite often convenient if you're having weird issues. Rather, you can restrict the addresses a PING is allowed from, or put in anti ping-flood rules (which is what I assume you are worried about).
If your firewall is a NAT type, run a software firewall on your desktops
The primary reason I love my NAT box is that ZoneAlarm and others also slow down my PC net connection, and cause other oddities.Having a proper NAT box means you shouldn't need another firewall (unless you just NAT to allow multiple PC's online).
We're using Courier and it's been wonderful. It also has SSL components such as Courier-SSL which work nicely if you want your email to make it to your inbox nice 'n safe :-)
It's not about the money, it's not about the individual spammer, it's about a little thing called precedent
In the end it's about winning in court - and a $250,000 win in court would be would more than twice that in settlement. Spammers, time to duck and cover, because I see only more of this type of legal retaliation in the future.
according to stats, a lot more people share music than do spam, and eliminating the major spammers would probably contribute a lot more to killing spam than sueing a bunch of 12-year-olds would to killing P2P.
RIAA has bigger resources, but also a much larger spread target
Don't even ask about what happens for the penis enlargement senders
They are sent to Federal PMINTA Prisons, and their cellmates are given viagara and enlargment pills that work?
You assume that most of said sites are in the US, while I get the impression that while some are (and do get busted), many are also offshore in places where US enforcement isn't able to function.
It's not a matter of whether it's legal in the country doing the hosting, it's the matter of what a legislative pain-in-the-ass it can be to get anything done about it... and in some countries it is still, unfortunately, legal (or, in more cases, I believe the age of legality varies).
So really, blocking is just fine, at least until the site can be taken care of on a more permanent basis.
Actually, the American Dream (TM) is still the same. .. get a bunch of cash, a nice house, raise some kids, etc.
However, the American Way has now shifted to lawsuits and bullshit, at least for some people, as opposed to the old-fashioned method of actually earning stuff.
Almost everyone would like a nice big house and a few toys, but an increasing amount of idiots prefer to gain thus at the expense of others (which in the end, is at the expense of everyone)
I think this only counts for a certain period. basically up to when your slim sales-margin isn't beating the cost of R&D, development etc. I don't think it means the hardware itself costs more than the sale price.
Eventually, the R&D costs are paid off, and even with a smaller profit margin (lowered console price) you'll see a good profit for a high sales margin (assuming that most of these make it off the shelf)