I don't know about the rest of the world, but personally, I believe that the best way to keep your kids from viewing things you dont want them to view is to SUPERVISE them when they are on the internet. If this means not giving them the password to your ISP or going so far as to password the BIOS on the computer so they cant even boot it up, then so be it. Parents have gotten way too lazy when dealing with their kids IMHO. You wouldnt let your 10 year old kid walk into an adult bookstore, but letting them wander the internet unaccompanied is just fine it seems these days. But, OH NO, that would be an invasion of their privacy......
This gives me lots of warm fuzzies for HP. We have recently started using HP servers and high end workstations here in the software development company I work for and have been rather impressed with the fact that RedHat Linux 9 works without modification on all of this hardware. Now this support for the linux community just makes me more certain that we were correct in choosing them for our hardware source.
Ray Moore Lead Tech/Sysadmin NetHarmonix, Inc. Burlington, VT USA
Man in black suit with bulge under left armpit, "Such data, if it ever existed, would be classified and you wouldnt know about it anyhow. And if we did tell you, we would have to kill you first."
"But the open-source and Linux community also needs to be reasonable, so while we feel the evidence overwhelmingly supports our stance that Linux is not an unauthorized derivative of Unix, we want to be able to look at the offending code without prejudicing our future careers and so that we can remove any offending code, even if that is a million lines," Jeff Gerhardt, an active member of the community told eWEEK on Monday.
Seems to me that it wasn't SCO making the claim of a million lines but Gerhardt making a statement, and he is from the other side of the tracks, with the open source/Linux community. Someone needs to read the article that they are linking to before posting it for us to tear apart!
really? Ive been working with id10T users for way too many years. If it can be messed up, they WILL find a way. But IT department time and cost has to be weighed out against printer downtime, cost, cartridge cost, and boss view. Personally, I just handle it myself in most cases. I do have a couple of trusted employees who can change a cartridge without supervision, but they are the exception, not the rule.
I have a major problem with this. I do not download music. The majority of the music I listen to is on casette tapes. I own perhaps 6 really purchased music CDs. The rest are dupes from casettes that I purchased years ago. I am even in the process of collecting 8-track tapes of real music to convert to CD but I will not share them. I will keep the tapes of the origional music to prove that I purchased them. I have absolutely no desire to pay for someone else's music downloads. Yea, I rant a bit but what the heck, I can afford to. Oh, and I listen to both kinds of music, Country AND Western.
Anyone ever read "Have SpaceSuit Will Travel" by Henlein? Only, the runner up got a space suit instead of the trip. OK, so it wasnt a tv show but it was a contest to win a space trip. Lets commercialize space travel, then we can all go!
Im gonna go around setting up computers with wireless access points on them with reverse hack and slash software so that when people hack in and try to use the nonexistant bandwidth there the computer reverse hacks and wipes their system as a warning! Muahahahaha!
Yes, companies should lock down their networks. I have done so myself by pulling the plug on my wireless access point until I can find a real good solution that suits me and my users.
No, warchalking itself isnt, IMHO, unlawful, unless there are specific laws against the graffiti or such where it is done. {Until the great and powerful OZ,,err,,government enacts a law or three making it unlawful.)
Maybe, just maybe, actually using that bandwidth that you find open to the public from a private network is unlawful. This could be as much a social issue as a legal one. People doing it are not being good citizens perhaps, by "stealing" bandwidth from others. Naughty Naughty. Just as someone else said, if you leave something out on the sidewalk, dont come back later and complain that it has vanished.
Anyhow, I'm beginning to babble so I'll sign off now with one last thought. Perhaps we should look into ALL THREE halves of the situation here!
I've done the Honeypot from home, but filled mine with killer bees instead. I used vmware to setup a honeypot machine running linux with a nice little samba server setup, and semilocked down. It was, however, filled with hundreds of programs and bullsnot documents all infected with one or more windows or dos viruses. I actually had someone email me and complain that my web server was virus infected and that it had caused major problems on their network when an employee of theirs had visited my website. They were threatening legal action and such. I replied to them that I didnt run a web server and that someone from their IP had hacked my machine. Several days later I got an apologetic email that also said the offending employee was no longer in their employ. I love my honeypot!
JUNKYARD WARS?!?! Oh My GLUB. That is as fakey and presetup as pro wrestling. Lets turn them free in a real junkyard, not one where all the pieces are laid out for them and the group leaders already know what they are going to build and out of what before the show starts. Sheesh.
Why go miniITX? How about use a bot system thats already out there. Lego Mindstorms Robotics has a fully funcitonal robotic controller and pieces parts ready to go. I have built my own bots to battle against each other with mindstorms and have had fun with it but cant find anybody else around my area who does lego robots. I have, however, seen mention on the internet about lego bot contests.
I suppose next you are going to try to convince us that pro wrestling and football arent all preplanned...oh, wait, mebbe thats just wrestling, or is it? I dunno..anyhow,,,life goes on.
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Can you say Software Crash? I knew you could.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
I don't know about the rest of the world, but personally, I believe that the best way to keep your kids from viewing things you dont want them to view is to SUPERVISE them when they are on the internet. If this means not giving them the password to your ISP or going so far as to password the BIOS on the computer so they cant even boot it up, then so be it. Parents have gotten way too lazy when dealing with their kids IMHO. You wouldnt let your 10 year old kid walk into an adult bookstore, but letting them wander the internet unaccompanied is just fine it seems these days. But, OH NO, that would be an invasion of their privacy......
that said
Get Moose and Squirrel!
I for one welcome our dusty monoatomic hydrogen overlords.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
DOH!
I forgot!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
This gives me lots of warm fuzzies for HP. We have recently started using HP servers and high end workstations here in the software development company I work for and have been rather impressed with the fact that RedHat Linux 9 works without modification on all of this hardware. Now this support for the linux community just makes me more certain that we were correct in choosing them for our hardware source.
Ray Moore
Lead Tech/Sysadmin
NetHarmonix, Inc.
Burlington, VT USA
Man in black suit with bulge under left armpit, "Such data, if it ever existed, would be classified and you wouldnt know about it anyhow. And if we did tell you, we would have to kill you first."
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
good catch..hehe
"But the open-source and Linux community also needs to be reasonable, so while we feel the evidence overwhelmingly supports our stance that Linux is not an unauthorized derivative of Unix, we want to be able to look at the offending code without prejudicing our future careers and so that we can remove any offending code, even if that is a million lines," Jeff Gerhardt, an active member of the community told eWEEK on Monday.
Seems to me that it wasn't SCO making the claim of a million lines but Gerhardt making a statement, and he is from the other side of the tracks, with the open source/Linux community. Someone needs to read the article that they are linking to before posting it for us to tear apart!
Heck, I didnt realize there were that many lines of code in Linux, much less in SCO Unix..sheesh...
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
but I said Human Beings.....lawyer...hmm..different classification in the Galactic Lifeform Classification handbook.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
(unless of course we ship all the lawyers to some other planet first)
Ok, I dont see this as a major stumbling block, nor do I know of any human beings who would object too much.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
really? Ive been working with id10T users for way too many years. If it can be messed up, they WILL find a way. But IT department time and cost has to be weighed out against printer downtime, cost, cartridge cost, and boss view. Personally, I just handle it myself in most cases. I do have a couple of trusted employees who can change a cartridge without supervision, but they are the exception, not the rule.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
how about "Thou shalt not teach thy PARENTS the sins of anonymous e-mail" ????
I have a major problem with this. I do not download music. The majority of the music I listen to is on casette tapes. I own perhaps 6 really purchased music CDs. The rest are dupes from casettes that I purchased years ago. I am even in the process of collecting 8-track tapes of real music to convert to CD but I will not share them. I will keep the tapes of the origional music to prove that I purchased them. I have absolutely no desire to pay for someone else's music downloads. Yea, I rant a bit but what the heck, I can afford to. Oh, and I listen to both kinds of music, Country AND Western.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Anyone ever read "Have SpaceSuit Will Travel" by Henlein? Only, the runner up got a space suit instead of the trip. OK, so it wasnt a tv show but it was a contest to win a space trip. Lets commercialize space travel, then we can all go!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
In the end, there will be only monopolies!
For computers, Microsoft.
For restaurants, Taco Bell.
If you dont believe me, watch Demolition Man!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Im gonna go around setting up computers with wireless access points on them with reverse hack and slash software so that when people hack in and try to use the nonexistant bandwidth there the computer reverse hacks and wipes their system as a warning! Muahahahaha!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Yes, and thank you. My mother in Istanbul certainly enjoyed our 90 minute phone conversation the other night.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Yes, companies should lock down their networks. I have done so myself by pulling the plug on my wireless access point until I can find a real good solution that suits me and my users.
No, warchalking itself isnt, IMHO, unlawful, unless there are specific laws against the graffiti or such where it is done. {Until the great and powerful OZ,,err,,government enacts a law or three making it unlawful.)
Maybe, just maybe, actually using that bandwidth that you find open to the public from a private network is unlawful. This could be as much a social issue as a legal one. People doing it are not being good citizens perhaps, by "stealing" bandwidth from others. Naughty Naughty. Just as someone else said, if you leave something out on the sidewalk, dont come back later and complain that it has vanished.
Anyhow, I'm beginning to babble so I'll sign off now with one last thought. Perhaps we should look into ALL THREE halves of the situation here!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Just because its the work of the devil doesnt mean its all bad!
"Satan, God's OTHER Son!"
I've done the Honeypot from home, but filled mine with killer bees instead. I used vmware to setup a honeypot machine running linux with a nice little samba server setup, and semilocked down. It was, however, filled with hundreds of programs and bullsnot documents all infected with one or more windows or dos viruses. I actually had someone email me and complain that my web server was virus infected and that it had caused major problems on their network when an employee of theirs had visited my website. They were threatening legal action and such. I replied to them that I didnt run a web server and that someone from their IP had hacked my machine. Several days later I got an apologetic email that also said the offending employee was no longer in their employ. I love my honeypot!
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
JUNKYARD WARS?!?! Oh My GLUB. That is as fakey and presetup as pro wrestling. Lets turn them free in a real junkyard, not one where all the pieces are laid out for them and the group leaders already know what they are going to build and out of what before the show starts. Sheesh.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
Why go miniITX? How about use a bot system thats already out there. Lego Mindstorms Robotics has a fully funcitonal robotic controller and pieces parts ready to go. I have built my own bots to battle against each other with mindstorms and have had fun with it but cant find anybody else around my area who does lego robots. I have, however, seen mention on the internet about lego bot contests.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"
*splurf* and *laugh!*
{splurf is when you read something and suddenly burst out laughing while drinking and "splurf" your drink all over your monitor)
"Get Moose and Squirrel"
Innovative?
I suppose next you are going to try to convince us that pro wrestling and football arent all preplanned...oh, wait, mebbe thats just wrestling, or is it? I dunno..anyhow,,,life goes on.
"Get Moose and Squirrel!"