I wanted that because it's fun to look at sometimes.
I like to trust people.
Most people don't abuse it.
The reason sometimes you had trouble and sometimes you didn't was the drupal filter. The blink tag is blocked and is labelled as evil (as it's annoying ass should be).
To place in context what my day was about:
A friend of mine running chromebob.com got rooted by the lupper worm or something similiar. I know this becuase I grepped his logs and found the same traces as the lupper shows. These exploits are due to an XMLRPC exploit. He and I have been concerned about security lately but haven't had much time due to work to actually finish our project. Err, I've swapped out etherpunk right now or I'd show you the wiki things for the OpenBSD guide (goto gentoo-wiki.org and search for virtual. I wrote that article, or most of it -- this is what the OpenBSD guide is based off of except for LDAP instead of MySQL).
Anways, I get a call with him saying that he thinks he's rooted because he sees '/tmp/...' and '/tmp/..' (the/tmp/.. is listed twice, indicating it's a file and it's owned by apache:apache while the main one is owned by root of course, beucase it would be the / partition). Anyways, we've been focusing on that all day. So worm was on my mind. I later say someone made an account to do those things. I've had people search for my adult stuff and for other things like what you did, I just let them do their things. It didn't bother me that much. While I do realize you have some better CSS skills than I, I was actually dissappointed it was just cosmetic and fixed by dropping that ID in MySQL. So, you see, you got me all excited thinking I had a live one on the line and I was going to just tug the line and see how things went becuase the server is going to be decommissioned anyways. Now I'm wishing I hadn't of purged that cache, I would have loved to hear whatever sound that was. I've seen that animation before, but usually on fark.com.
Following your logic, you should be defacing wikipedia.
Unlike most people, I'm actually taking responsiblity for my fuck up here. I got lazy, caught with my pants down. No way to rationlize that. Thusly, I'm taking this approach.
I believe those comments should be able to post whatever they want related to the book.
If it's "That book fucking sucks" then that's right. They don't have to justify it. However, that author does reserve the right to *TRY* and sue you.
I think libel and slander are usually taken too far and thusly are abused too often. While I think they should exist, I wish their was some punishment for abusing it. Something I have learned: The law is merely a tool to get what you deserve (as far as the law is concenered). It has no ethics or morals. It doesn't care. It (arguably) has no bias (IE: color doesn't matter if you kill someone, it's still murder). Granted this issues isn't that black and white... but still.
hehe, you obviously don't see the other parts of the site -- which are restricted.
Etherpunk started off as a project / hobby / something to kill time -- nothing more.
It just kinda grew slowly.
So, I'm not all dissappointed by what happened. Shit happens. I got lazy and caught with my pants down. I deserve it.
hehe, Drupal sites have become fairly popular to hack lately.
Or better yet here is the list of those getting hit by the Lupper worm.
Wow, I hooked a live on here. Schweet mother of god. *pulls in*
Ok, let's make the reality check. You haven't really accomplished anything. Except what? Me going to OpenBSD? I was working on that already?
You have proven to my Microsoft fundy here, that Linux is just as insecure as Windows. Why? Becuase Drupal runs on both of those OS's. And to his fundamentalist ass, he believes that.
Unlike many of the people here, I like to focus on other things than update all 300+ software pieces that Gentoo thinks I need.
And yes, you are a dick. You could have replied with something intersting and started a debate. You could have emailed me and said something about my lack of... vigilance. Instead, you attempted to boaster your E-Penis size and try to make yourself think you are cool... or something. In less than a few hours I had that content removed and (some of) the issues fixed.
So, apparantly you are online right now. How about we have a chat.
Choose a medium (other than MSN --- and don't get me started on that).
I'm off to consume fiene and work on the BSD boxen.
Freedom is speech only applies to the government. For example: Bush says we can't say "Bush sucks". That would be illegal on his part.
However, I can tell you that you can't say anything bad about my website or I will sue you. I can sue you. Now, whether or not I will win is arguable and all depends on if you are telling the truth or not (libel, right? or is libel spoken? bah humbug).
Anways, you get the point. Welcome to America. Anyone can sue anyone -- but they aren't gurranteed to win. In US the squeeky wheel concept applies.
You are correct in many ways, however the usefullness of a product is *entirely* on the documentation *if* it's a complex project.
Example 1: Microsoft Windows API isn't documented well. Does this mean it sucks? No. I've seen some *really* cool stuff out there.
Example 2: Apache is flexible and has allot of documentation. Does this mean Apache is good? No. Their documentation is too complex. But this doesn't mean Apache sucks. It just means that using the more complex parts of it gets difficult.
Example 3: PHP is documented well and is flexible. Does this mean it's good? Heck yeah. You can even leave comments if it forgets something or you think something should be clarified better.
Just some things to think about. Recently I've been working on a guide for getting OpenBSD with Apache/LDAP/PHP/a bunch of common stuff. It's been very tough due to lack of documentation. Especially LDAP, fucking A that's been tough. I even have three books and barely know where I'm going. I feel like a baby... naked.. or something.
The leap to just too difficult sometimes, and this can (and sometimes should) discourage people from using it as a real solution. If a boss finds out you've spent 4 days trying to learn *insert feature of the week here*, he's going to be pissed. The key is _good_ documentation. Good documentation is tough to write though...
I've only gotten Sendmail working once (on Slackware 9.1). After that I went Postfix becuase it was easier and felt beter documented. At the time I was a serious noob at the internet thing (as far as getting services running) so I should probably go back and see if anything has changed or if I'm just better than before?
You're damnded straight I want it to be a criminal offense. Why? INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY! In a civil suit, it's allot harder to defend yourself. In a criminal suit, it's allot harder to convict you.
Due to the RIAA's previous... mistakes, is it *at all* possible, you are a mistake too? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I think you'll find the RIAA can't be truste dand thusly my client can't be convivted for something that can't be reasonably proven.
So you see, the bill sounds pretty to the $$$ companies, but in reality, it will be *allot* more expensive on their part to prove you did it.
Now, since it's a criminal matter, police can get involved too.
I'll openly admit I download movies and songs. I'll also openly admit that onces that don't suck, I buy. I'm sorry but OVA is just *way* too expensive to buy just to find out I get 3 (if I'm lucky) episodes *and* the show sucks. Sorry hun, ain't cuttin' it. I try before I buy. *ESPECIALLY* if this is a criminal matter, sue me. I'd love to see the jury's face when they see how much I've bought in the past two years becuase I've found I liked a series. Yeah, the industry loses *some* money, but they make allot more once I find an anime series I really like (and can *prove* I like it versus taking a chance).
My response: FUCK YEAH, make copyright infringment illegal as a criminal offense. Prove I did it.
I'm not a zoologist, however if I had to venture a guess: The snouts lengths increased as it began eawting more water based creaters than land based. Fish would seem allot easier to catch and eat (this saving energy) than a bear or whatever.
Having a longer snout would also make it harder to close if it catches something at the bare end of it's teeth -- since it's something small like fish, it doesn't matter. But if it's a bigger animal (like a Dinosaur), I would assume that having a smaller but more potent (size matters here, just inversly) would be *much* more beneficial.
They are cold blooded creatures, so the more energy they save -- the better off they are.
I know I'm preaching to the choir.. but anyways, isn't this what game rating are for?
I mean, come on. You can't buy porn until your an "adult" and yet.. parents buy their children these games that are labeled for 18+? Personally, I don't think their is a problem with it, however the label is clrealy being not used (who's fault is that for not reading?).
Next step: Taco Bell and it's health (or lackthereof) in food.
Although, on the flip side, a parent might say "well, I can't read *every* warning when I go shopping" and they would be right -- I mean, how often do you really read those EULA's?
hmm... so what to do... what to do... I don't see how "ultra violent" (like say... Doom 3 or GTA) isn't labeled like porn and guns. Well, guns aren't as serious where I'm from; Everyone and their pet fish has one (Texas here, baby -- oh yeah).
True Story: I flung a frisbee in a neighbors lawn (at night time) and he ended up jumping out of his house with his side arm pointed at me (I was 12 at the time and though it was more funny than dangerous).
Ok, I've done this twice so far. Once is for the company I work for. ~ 50 users. When we first got a server (about a week before I was hired) it had *everything* all in one. Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, ISA Server (say what you want, we never got hacked), Website, and file server. They were warned by three people on how even if it is secure, it's not a reliable solution for the long run. Low and behold, a year later we start getting misc slowness, problems here and there. The problem was it was just over used and all that Microsoft software wasn't designed to be an all-in-one (that's what SBS is for) so weird shut cropped up. Long story short, we ended up splitting into three servers and still have a little weirdness from that single mistake. Fucking sucks, but it works enough.
I'm also doing an all-in-one solution for a 5 man company. Go ahead and tell them they need 4-5 servers to do that and it'll cost them $20,000 for hardware and time and watch them laugh at your face. I chose SBS for them. Still happy.
I'm currently developing an OpenBSD solution (which is getting close to being done for the bulk of it, now the fun stuff begins) (becuase Linux is too much over head for the people I sell too -- ever try and update a Gentoo box? Don't! It's about as bad as getting root'ed) so I can save on money *and* get people security. While I think the Microsoft solutions are pretty secure (becuase of ISA -- one of the few things they did right), they are very $$$. About half of the price is software. If I can eliminate that and either pocket it some of that *and* save the customers, we both make out.
So, basically, I agree with you. I'm in the same boat. It would be nice to do work for a large firm so I could do things ideally, but I'm small fry... for now.:P
For those intersted, I also ported the Gentoo Virtual Mail Server guide to BSD, but this one uses LDAP instead of MySQL. I also have it doing virtual web serving as well.
http://etherpunk.com/knowbase/index.php/OpenBSD_3. 7_Guide
Why did I choose OpenBSD? Becuase many moons and seasons ago I didn't update my Gentoo boxen. So I decided to update and found nearly a gazillion things (ok, not really, but more than 1 screen's worth) of updates. What's worse, is I let it automagicallyupdate my conf files (I was smart enough to back everything up before theupdate) but it replaced them with default settings (of course, we can't expect anything smart, now can we? although it does get awfully complicated). That day I decided I wanted something that I didn't have to update that often. My desires weren't that complicated, I don't need bleeding edge -- in comes OpenBSD.
Fin.
Are you telling me Linux never fixes possible kernel exploits? Even less than OpenBSD? You have a false sense of security -- which is far worse than the alternative.
I disagree, Linux is usually more secure. However the problem is that people say Linux is secure. Their is a difference between being secure and "more secure than another operating system". One implies a false sense of security.
We chose Microsoft at my emplyoers place. Why? Becuase anyone can do it. For a small business, they can't afford a highly trained professional just to add a stinking user or make minor changes. Yeah, ideally you want a highly trained professional -- but unless the Linux Zealots are willing to work *for free* then the prhase of "put up and shut up" comes to mind... sadly, they don't shut up.
I've come to the following conclusion: If you can afford to take the time configuring Linux *and* have someone always around *and* a backup to that person, then Linux *might* be the way to go.
I like OpenBSD... it's becoming more and more pracitcal everyday without the fear of infections.
Oh, and Chevy is better.;-)
But seriously, everyone should remember: Your operating system is a TOOL, not a religion. When you die, it doesn't go with you. It can only make your life better or worse. Everyone has a different need (otherwise, why be human? just be a drone? and we all just love drones, don't we?).
The only real complaint I have isn't towards windows, but towards the OEM's.
I *hate* it when they sell sysems that aren't designed for the OS. By that, I mean they sell a 40GB hdd (with some insanely low speed), a Celeron processor, and 128MB of memory.
You can't put antivirus on that. You can't do shit on that other than email and surf the net -- but that's not what they tell you. They just say it's a "bargain" deal and people don't know any better.
This ruins the Windows image. Of a basic Linux distro doesn't have this problem, it doesn't do half as much stuff while the OS/WM is running.
As time has proven, both OS'es are getting fatter and fatter, eventually Linux will lose the argument that they are signifigantly more lean (while they may still be more lean than Windows, it won't be a huge gap like it is now due to current lack of software users can run) becuase they themselves will have Money, Office, IM, Antivirus, Imagine (Ghost type, not graphics type), Firewall, Weather Tracker, etc.
While I've never used a mac (other than 12+ years ago) I *really* love their philosphy for hardware. They don't let the customers fuck themselves.
Yes, it *looks* more expensive, but it's not. Compare it to a computer of the same classification from Dell, HP/Compaq, or Gateway. It's the same price.
I agree. I think the problem is, we have *ALLOT* more space in America than they do in Europe. It takes 3 days to travel across Texas, alone. THREE FREAKING DAYS.
I had a friend of mine who recently went to Scotland on a trip. He said that his Ford Ranger (smallest truck Ford makes) couldn't fit in their parking spots.
On a side, and also intersting, note he said that the number one selling vehicle in the world was the Ford F-150. This is from US's sales alone. Europe apparantly doesn't even sell them.
Personally, I drive an X-Terra. I love it. I've done lots of things in it: * Pull jet ski's * Take 2 other big fully grown adults, plus 1 other average (does such a thing exists?) adult * Had sex in it, while pulled over in the road, during a storm * Slept in it near a river * Take 14+ hour trips in it, with several friends and luggage, and firewood * Been on the beach with it (well, two beaches allowed us to drive on it, apparantly some don't) * Been at the beach (had to change clothes in it becuase they closed at 6pm... 6-freaking-pm... the hell?) * Survived an 18-wheeler wreck (well, we weren't going *THAT* fast) with it * Been places a car couldn't get becuase it would have been too low (IE: lots of water)
The only thing that really ticks me off is when people say that SUV's need to be taxxed more than normal cars. The reality is that *THEY ARE*. The tax is already in the gas. Really, read those labels at the pump.
I'm from Texas... and this statement is *very* true. It pertains to the south mostly though... Heritage I guess... fear of change? Fuck if I know... A few of my friends are pagan... and can't so it out in the open for fear of bad things happening (IE: house getting burned / them getting killed / etc).
And all the competitions have the same offer.
So, what, go work at a 7-11?
No thanks.
If the company knows they are offering *illegal* contracts, then that's their problem when they can't enforce it.
That's what this case is going to dispute.
If, I said I would give you a *million* dollars to be my sex slave for a year (IE: prositiution) in Texas, and 6 months later you ran.
What could I do in retaliation? Nothing.
It was illegal in the first place and my own damned fault.
There are other ways at getting back, but Google (apparantly) isn't wanting to play that game and Microsoft is pissed becuase Google isn't playing by the rules everyone else is.
Google is trying the Do No Evil route, or so I'd like to believe (it's a hope, right?).
Not all contracts are enforceable though.
If I put a gun to your head and make you sign something to be my sex slave for the rest of your life, you aren't legally bound to it.
Just my two cents.
I don't know enough to make a real decision though.
I've been intersted in writting the code.
Orginally I was wanting to do it from Knoppix or some CD based distro, but it seems very annoying to write to an NTFS system, especially post-SP2.
If there was someone willing to get me the ability to hack the Windows registry from Linux, I would gradly help with my time.
I may just write it in C#.. I dunno.
Feeel free to email me.
(my responses are as I think of them -- so things may jump subjects *really* quickly, sorry)
What I'd like to see is the PDA's like in Quake3.
They would pretty much be a laptop (or at least as powerful). My problem with using a laptop is that it's not as effecient to get things done.
I say that, what I mean is it's not as effecient for *me*.
Being I'm a broke mutha-chuka, I can't afford a mosterous thing.
I'm currently looking at:
HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC - Phone Edition.
I think it has what I want.
Perhaps is laptops had a dedicated section of flash memory, to store programs so they launch faster -- then I might be intersted. I know some laptops have this feature though.. mine doesn't.:(
What I would *love* to see is some kind of PDA with a full docking station that would equate to a computer (DVD, CD Burner, Video, Audio, etc) -- so would just throw it in the craddle and *poof* there is your computer. --or-- you would take it out and *poof* here is your PDA.
The problem? I think to get that kind of power would make the PDA's a nuclear reactor (or as hot, anyways). Ok, so I exaggerated a bit. I would love to work for a company helping design PDA'
I *really* enjoyed the article and it helped me decide what PDA I wanted (becuase I didn't have a real clue).
Stupid question though: What kind of games are they talking about? Pong? Doom? Doom3? Quake?
You see, I've decided to go back to college. I want something that will help me. I also want something I can develop on (For example, write a program that will help average my grades and classes I've taken). I want one to wake up and tell me: Hey, look you idiot! Take your meds! *BUZZZZZZZZZ*. It's a plus if it doubles as a cell phone (the less I carry, the better). I want it to sync with my laptop as well, and I want my laptop to be able to hold the same information -- so that my information can't get out dated easily.
A laptop is too phsycially big for me to carry around. I say that, what I mean is I don't want to carry a backpack or a breif case *everywhere* i go. Plus I need that space for books and stuff.
Then again, I've only owned 15" notebooks and bigger.. so perhaps I may not be able to realize how small laptops really are.
Hmm, I guess I'll have to stop by Best Buy to see.
While I realize you are joking, the most biggest problem with laptop's is that it takes too long turning them off and on (even with hibernate).
I've been looking into a PDA again lately (my last one was a Zaurus -- my mistake was wanting something to tweak instead of getting something that Just Works (TM)).
Laptop's don't have writting recogniztion built-in. Zaurus had it, but It Sucked Badly (TM), especially with my nasty handwritting (but IPAQ seemed to recognize most of my stuff).
Laptop's can't be woken up for Alarms to alert you to goto place X or whatnot.
How would it change anything?
OSS and Microsoft software is just a tool, nothing more.
For example, I can still use giFT for connecting to the P2P networks. But from what I infer from your post, I'm apparantly legal or a good guy or whatever.
When is this community going to learn that it's not the OS you use that matters. It's if you get the job done.
Then again, I *am* in the "Ford is better than Chevy" crowd.. where Chevy says the same thing.
*sigh*
If you want a *REALLY* good time travel movie that has zero action in it but still kicks ass then you should watch Primer.
You may need to watch it a couple time to really understand what is going on.
Their are those that are saying that you don't have to kill, you only have to (insert thing here).
According to this theory, you wouldn't be able to do that thing -- time prevented it. Or it happens but that's the way it happened in your past and you didn't know it.
For example, you delay your xxx-parents for a single second (becuase sperm is random). This isn't possible. Either something would stop it from happening or it did happen in your past, according to this theory.
Two bits to think about.
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I wanted that because it's fun to look at sometimes. I like to trust people. Most people don't abuse it. The reason sometimes you had trouble and sometimes you didn't was the drupal filter. The blink tag is blocked and is labelled as evil (as it's annoying ass should be). To place in context what my day was about: A friend of mine running chromebob.com got rooted by the lupper worm or something similiar. I know this becuase I grepped his logs and found the same traces as the lupper shows. These exploits are due to an XMLRPC exploit. He and I have been concerned about security lately but haven't had much time due to work to actually finish our project. Err, I've swapped out etherpunk right now or I'd show you the wiki things for the OpenBSD guide (goto gentoo-wiki.org and search for virtual. I wrote that article, or most of it -- this is what the OpenBSD guide is based off of except for LDAP instead of MySQL). Anways, I get a call with him saying that he thinks he's rooted because he sees '/tmp/...' and '/tmp/..' (the /tmp/.. is listed twice, indicating it's a file and it's owned by apache:apache while the main one is owned by root of course, beucase it would be the / partition). Anyways, we've been focusing on that all day. So worm was on my mind. I later say someone made an account to do those things. I've had people search for my adult stuff and for other things like what you did, I just let them do their things. It didn't bother me that much. While I do realize you have some better CSS skills than I, I was actually dissappointed it was just cosmetic and fixed by dropping that ID in MySQL. So, you see, you got me all excited thinking I had a live one on the line and I was going to just tug the line and see how things went becuase the server is going to be decommissioned anyways. Now I'm wishing I hadn't of purged that cache, I would have loved to hear whatever sound that was. I've seen that animation before, but usually on fark.com.
Following your logic, you should be defacing wikipedia.
Unlike most people, I'm actually taking responsiblity for my fuck up here. I got lazy, caught with my pants down. No way to rationlize that. Thusly, I'm taking this approach.
I believe those comments should be able to post whatever they want related to the book. If it's "That book fucking sucks" then that's right. They don't have to justify it. However, that author does reserve the right to *TRY* and sue you. I think libel and slander are usually taken too far and thusly are abused too often. While I think they should exist, I wish their was some punishment for abusing it. Something I have learned: The law is merely a tool to get what you deserve (as far as the law is concenered). It has no ethics or morals. It doesn't care. It (arguably) has no bias (IE: color doesn't matter if you kill someone, it's still murder). Granted this issues isn't that black and white... but still.
hehe, you obviously don't see the other parts of the site -- which are restricted. Etherpunk started off as a project / hobby / something to kill time -- nothing more. It just kinda grew slowly. So, I'm not all dissappointed by what happened. Shit happens. I got lazy and caught with my pants down. I deserve it.
hehe, Drupal sites have become fairly popular to hack lately. Or better yet here is the list of those getting hit by the Lupper worm. Wow, I hooked a live on here. Schweet mother of god. *pulls in* Ok, let's make the reality check. You haven't really accomplished anything. Except what? Me going to OpenBSD? I was working on that already? You have proven to my Microsoft fundy here, that Linux is just as insecure as Windows. Why? Becuase Drupal runs on both of those OS's. And to his fundamentalist ass, he believes that. Unlike many of the people here, I like to focus on other things than update all 300+ software pieces that Gentoo thinks I need. And yes, you are a dick. You could have replied with something intersting and started a debate. You could have emailed me and said something about my lack of... vigilance. Instead, you attempted to boaster your E-Penis size and try to make yourself think you are cool... or something. In less than a few hours I had that content removed and (some of) the issues fixed. So, apparantly you are online right now. How about we have a chat. Choose a medium (other than MSN --- and don't get me started on that). I'm off to consume fiene and work on the BSD boxen.
Freedom is speech only applies to the government.
For example: Bush says we can't say "Bush sucks".
That would be illegal on his part.
However, I can tell you that you can't say anything bad about my website or I will sue you.
I can sue you.
Now, whether or not I will win is arguable and all depends on if you are telling the truth or not (libel, right? or is libel spoken? bah humbug).
Anways, you get the point.
Welcome to America. Anyone can sue anyone -- but they aren't gurranteed to win. In US the squeeky wheel concept applies.
You are correct in many ways, however the usefullness of a product is *entirely* on the documentation *if* it's a complex project.
Example 1: Microsoft Windows API isn't documented well. Does this mean it sucks? No. I've seen some *really* cool stuff out there.
Example 2: Apache is flexible and has allot of documentation. Does this mean Apache is good? No. Their documentation is too complex. But this doesn't mean Apache sucks. It just means that using the more complex parts of it gets difficult.
Example 3: PHP is documented well and is flexible. Does this mean it's good? Heck yeah. You can even leave comments if it forgets something or you think something should be clarified better.
Just some things to think about.
Recently I've been working on a guide for getting OpenBSD with Apache/LDAP/PHP/a bunch of common stuff. It's been very tough due to lack of documentation. Especially LDAP, fucking A that's been tough. I even have three books and barely know where I'm going. I feel like a baby... naked.. or something.
The leap to just too difficult sometimes, and this can (and sometimes should) discourage people from using it as a real solution. If a boss finds out you've spent 4 days trying to learn *insert feature of the week here*, he's going to be pissed. The key is _good_ documentation. Good documentation is tough to write though...
I've only gotten Sendmail working once (on Slackware 9.1). After that I went Postfix becuase it was easier and felt beter documented. At the time I was a serious noob at the internet thing (as far as getting services running) so I should probably go back and see if anything has changed or if I'm just better than before?
You're damnded straight I want it to be a criminal offense.
Why? INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!
In a civil suit, it's allot harder to defend yourself.
In a criminal suit, it's allot harder to convict you.
Due to the RIAA's previous... mistakes, is it *at all* possible, you are a mistake too? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I think you'll find the RIAA can't be truste dand thusly my client can't be convivted for something that can't be reasonably proven.
So you see, the bill sounds pretty to the $$$ companies, but in reality, it will be *allot* more expensive on their part to prove you did it.
Now, since it's a criminal matter, police can get involved too.
I'll openly admit I download movies and songs.
I'll also openly admit that onces that don't suck, I buy.
I'm sorry but OVA is just *way* too expensive to buy just to find out I get 3 (if I'm lucky) episodes *and* the show sucks. Sorry hun, ain't cuttin' it.
I try before I buy.
*ESPECIALLY* if this is a criminal matter, sue me. I'd love to see the jury's face when they see how much I've bought in the past two years becuase I've found I liked a series. Yeah, the industry loses *some* money, but they make allot more once I find an anime series I really like (and can *prove* I like it versus taking a chance).
My response: FUCK YEAH, make copyright infringment illegal as a criminal offense. Prove I did it.
I'm not a zoologist, however if I had to venture a guess:
The snouts lengths increased as it began eawting more water based creaters than land based. Fish would seem allot easier to catch and eat (this saving energy) than a bear or whatever.
Having a longer snout would also make it harder to close if it catches something at the bare end of it's teeth -- since it's something small like fish, it doesn't matter. But if it's a bigger animal (like a Dinosaur), I would assume that having a smaller but more potent (size matters here, just inversly) would be *much* more beneficial.
They are cold blooded creatures, so the more energy they save -- the better off they are.
This is just a guess on my part though.
I know I'm preaching to the choir.. but anyways, isn't this what game rating are for?
I mean, come on. You can't buy porn until your an "adult" and yet.. parents buy their children these games that are labeled for 18+?
Personally, I don't think their is a problem with it, however the label is clrealy being not used (who's fault is that for not reading?).
Next step: Taco Bell and it's health (or lackthereof) in food.
Although, on the flip side, a parent might say "well, I can't read *every* warning when I go shopping" and they would be right -- I mean, how often do you really read those EULA's?
hmm... so what to do... what to do...
I don't see how "ultra violent" (like say... Doom 3 or GTA) isn't labeled like porn and guns. Well, guns aren't as serious where I'm from; Everyone and their pet fish has one (Texas here, baby -- oh yeah).
True Story: I flung a frisbee in a neighbors lawn (at night time) and he ended up jumping out of his house with his side arm pointed at me (I was 12 at the time and though it was more funny than dangerous).
Land of the free baby...
Ok, I've done this twice so far.
:P
Once is for the company I work for. ~ 50 users.
When we first got a server (about a week before I was hired) it had *everything* all in one. Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, ISA Server (say what you want, we never got hacked), Website, and file server.
They were warned by three people on how even if it is secure, it's not a reliable solution for the long run.
Low and behold, a year later we start getting misc slowness, problems here and there. The problem was it was just over used and all that Microsoft software wasn't designed to be an all-in-one (that's what SBS is for) so weird shut cropped up.
Long story short, we ended up splitting into three servers and still have a little weirdness from that single mistake. Fucking sucks, but it works enough.
I'm also doing an all-in-one solution for a 5 man company. Go ahead and tell them they need 4-5 servers to do that and it'll cost them $20,000 for hardware and time and watch them laugh at your face. I chose SBS for them. Still happy.
I'm currently developing an OpenBSD solution (which is getting close to being done for the bulk of it, now the fun stuff begins) (becuase Linux is too much over head for the people I sell too -- ever try and update a Gentoo box? Don't! It's about as bad as getting root'ed) so I can save on money *and* get people security. While I think the Microsoft solutions are pretty secure (becuase of ISA -- one of the few things they did right), they are very $$$. About half of the price is software. If I can eliminate that and either pocket it some of that *and* save the customers, we both make out.
So, basically, I agree with you. I'm in the same boat. It would be nice to do work for a large firm so I could do things ideally, but I'm small fry... for now.
For those intersted, I also ported the Gentoo Virtual Mail Server guide to BSD, but this one uses LDAP instead of MySQL. I also have it doing virtual web serving as well. http://etherpunk.com/knowbase/index.php/OpenBSD_3. 7_Guide
Why did I choose OpenBSD? Becuase many moons and seasons ago I didn't update my Gentoo boxen. So I decided to update and found nearly a gazillion things (ok, not really, but more than 1 screen's worth) of updates. What's worse, is I let it automagicallyupdate my conf files (I was smart enough to back everything up before theupdate) but it replaced them with default settings (of course, we can't expect anything smart, now can we? although it does get awfully complicated). That day I decided I wanted something that I didn't have to update that often. My desires weren't that complicated, I don't need bleeding edge -- in comes OpenBSD.
Fin.
I wrote a guide on how to make your own CD from FTP in Linux.
M aking_A_CD_From_FTP
I'm in the process of writting for how to do it in Windows.
Check it out and lemme know if something sucks:
http://etherpunk.com/knowbase/index.php/OpenBSD:_
Are you telling me Linux never fixes possible kernel exploits? Even less than OpenBSD?
You have a false sense of security -- which is far worse than the alternative.
I disagree, Linux is usually more secure. However the problem is that people say Linux is secure. Their is a difference between being secure and "more secure than another operating system". One implies a false sense of security.
;-)
We chose Microsoft at my emplyoers place. Why? Becuase anyone can do it. For a small business, they can't afford a highly trained professional just to add a stinking user or make minor changes. Yeah, ideally you want a highly trained professional -- but unless the Linux Zealots are willing to work *for free* then the prhase of "put up and shut up" comes to mind... sadly, they don't shut up.
I've come to the following conclusion: If you can afford to take the time configuring Linux *and* have someone always around *and* a backup to that person, then Linux *might* be the way to go.
I like OpenBSD... it's becoming more and more pracitcal everyday without the fear of infections.
Oh, and Chevy is better.
But seriously, everyone should remember: Your operating system is a TOOL, not a religion. When you die, it doesn't go with you. It can only make your life better or worse. Everyone has a different need (otherwise, why be human? just be a drone? and we all just love drones, don't we?).
I'll be modded to hell for this blasphemous post.
The only real complaint I have isn't towards windows, but towards the OEM's.
I *hate* it when they sell sysems that aren't designed for the OS. By that, I mean they sell a 40GB hdd (with some insanely low speed), a Celeron processor, and 128MB of memory.
You can't put antivirus on that. You can't do shit on that other than email and surf the net -- but that's not what they tell you. They just say it's a "bargain" deal and people don't know any better.
This ruins the Windows image. Of a basic Linux distro doesn't have this problem, it doesn't do half as much stuff while the OS/WM is running.
As time has proven, both OS'es are getting fatter and fatter, eventually Linux will lose the argument that they are signifigantly more lean (while they may still be more lean than Windows, it won't be a huge gap like it is now due to current lack of software users can run) becuase they themselves will have Money, Office, IM, Antivirus, Imagine (Ghost type, not graphics type), Firewall, Weather Tracker, etc.
While I've never used a mac (other than 12+ years ago) I *really* love their philosphy for hardware. They don't let the customers fuck themselves.
Yes, it *looks* more expensive, but it's not. Compare it to a computer of the same classification from Dell, HP/Compaq, or Gateway. It's the same price.
So yeah, that's my complaint.
I agree.
I think the problem is, we have *ALLOT* more space in America than they do in Europe.
It takes 3 days to travel across Texas, alone. THREE FREAKING DAYS.
I had a friend of mine who recently went to Scotland on a trip. He said that his Ford Ranger (smallest truck Ford makes) couldn't fit in their parking spots.
On a side, and also intersting, note he said that the number one selling vehicle in the world was the Ford F-150. This is from US's sales alone. Europe apparantly doesn't even sell them.
Personally, I drive an X-Terra.
I love it. I've done lots of things in it:
* Pull jet ski's
* Take 2 other big fully grown adults, plus 1 other average (does such a thing exists?) adult
* Had sex in it, while pulled over in the road, during a storm
* Slept in it near a river
* Take 14+ hour trips in it, with several friends and luggage, and firewood
* Been on the beach with it (well, two beaches allowed us to drive on it, apparantly some don't)
* Been at the beach (had to change clothes in it becuase they closed at 6pm... 6-freaking-pm... the hell?)
* Survived an 18-wheeler wreck (well, we weren't going *THAT* fast) with it
* Been places a car couldn't get becuase it would have been too low (IE: lots of water)
The only thing that really ticks me off is when people say that SUV's need to be taxxed more than normal cars. The reality is that *THEY ARE*. The tax is already in the gas. Really, read those labels at the pump.
And umm, I could fit Linux on it. (joking)
No, the reason guns aren't outlawed is becuase we have an amendment static we can have them.
Ironicially, the reason for this amendment was in case we needed to act against our own government and we would be able to defend ourselves.
I'm from Texas... and this statement is *very* true.
It pertains to the south mostly though...
Heritage I guess... fear of change?
Fuck if I know...
A few of my friends are pagan... and can't so it out in the open for fear of bad things happening (IE: house getting burned / them getting killed / etc).
And all the competitions have the same offer. So, what, go work at a 7-11? No thanks. If the company knows they are offering *illegal* contracts, then that's their problem when they can't enforce it. That's what this case is going to dispute. If, I said I would give you a *million* dollars to be my sex slave for a year (IE: prositiution) in Texas, and 6 months later you ran. What could I do in retaliation? Nothing. It was illegal in the first place and my own damned fault. There are other ways at getting back, but Google (apparantly) isn't wanting to play that game and Microsoft is pissed becuase Google isn't playing by the rules everyone else is. Google is trying the Do No Evil route, or so I'd like to believe (it's a hope, right?).
Not all contracts are enforceable though. If I put a gun to your head and make you sign something to be my sex slave for the rest of your life, you aren't legally bound to it. Just my two cents. I don't know enough to make a real decision though.
I've been intersted in writting the code. Orginally I was wanting to do it from Knoppix or some CD based distro, but it seems very annoying to write to an NTFS system, especially post-SP2. If there was someone willing to get me the ability to hack the Windows registry from Linux, I would gradly help with my time. I may just write it in C#.. I dunno. Feeel free to email me.
(my responses are as I think of them -- so things may jump subjects *really* quickly, sorry)
:(
What I'd like to see is the PDA's like in Quake3. They would pretty much be a laptop (or at least as powerful). My problem with using a laptop is that it's not as effecient to get things done. I say that, what I mean is it's not as effecient for *me*.
Being I'm a broke mutha-chuka, I can't afford a mosterous thing. I'm currently looking at: HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC - Phone Edition. I think it has what I want.
Perhaps is laptops had a dedicated section of flash memory, to store programs so they launch faster -- then I might be intersted. I know some laptops have this feature though.. mine doesn't.
What I would *love* to see is some kind of PDA with a full docking station that would equate to a computer (DVD, CD Burner, Video, Audio, etc) -- so would just throw it in the craddle and *poof* there is your computer. --or-- you would take it out and *poof* here is your PDA. The problem? I think to get that kind of power would make the PDA's a nuclear reactor (or as hot, anyways). Ok, so I exaggerated a bit. I would love to work for a company helping design PDA'
I *really* enjoyed the article and it helped me decide what PDA I wanted (becuase I didn't have a real clue).
Stupid question though: What kind of games are they talking about? Pong? Doom? Doom3? Quake?
You see, I've decided to go back to college. I want something that will help me. I also want something I can develop on (For example, write a program that will help average my grades and classes I've taken). I want one to wake up and tell me: Hey, look you idiot! Take your meds! *BUZZZZZZZZZ*. It's a plus if it doubles as a cell phone (the less I carry, the better). I want it to sync with my laptop as well, and I want my laptop to be able to hold the same information -- so that my information can't get out dated easily.
A laptop is too phsycially big for me to carry around. I say that, what I mean is I don't want to carry a backpack or a breif case *everywhere* i go. Plus I need that space for books and stuff.
Then again, I've only owned 15" notebooks and bigger.. so perhaps I may not be able to realize how small laptops really are. Hmm, I guess I'll have to stop by Best Buy to see.
While I realize you are joking, the most biggest problem with laptop's is that it takes too long turning them off and on (even with hibernate). I've been looking into a PDA again lately (my last one was a Zaurus -- my mistake was wanting something to tweak instead of getting something that Just Works (TM)). Laptop's don't have writting recogniztion built-in. Zaurus had it, but It Sucked Badly (TM), especially with my nasty handwritting (but IPAQ seemed to recognize most of my stuff). Laptop's can't be woken up for Alarms to alert you to goto place X or whatnot.
How would it change anything? OSS and Microsoft software is just a tool, nothing more. For example, I can still use giFT for connecting to the P2P networks. But from what I infer from your post, I'm apparantly legal or a good guy or whatever. When is this community going to learn that it's not the OS you use that matters. It's if you get the job done. Then again, I *am* in the "Ford is better than Chevy" crowd.. where Chevy says the same thing. *sigh*
If you want a *REALLY* good time travel movie that has zero action in it but still kicks ass then you should watch Primer. You may need to watch it a couple time to really understand what is going on. Their are those that are saying that you don't have to kill, you only have to (insert thing here). According to this theory, you wouldn't be able to do that thing -- time prevented it. Or it happens but that's the way it happened in your past and you didn't know it. For example, you delay your xxx-parents for a single second (becuase sperm is random). This isn't possible. Either something would stop it from happening or it did happen in your past, according to this theory. Two bits to think about.