As a network administrator for a medium-sized medical office, I have recently been migrating users of Microsoft Office 2000 to OpenOffice.org 1.1.0, and MSSQL to MySQL.
So far adoption of OpenOffice.org has been going better than I had expected.
Personally, I don't use game consoles as PCs, although I do use some PCs to emulate game consoles.
As long as the platform is stable, has good graphics technologies, and a good selection of games, then does it really matter what platform it utilizes?
Or is the platform choice more than that?
Teen hacker avoids jail sentence
A UK teenager who hacked into a US Government laboratory's computer network has been ordered to serve 200 hours community service.
Joseph McElroy used the lab's computers for films and music taken from the net.
Southwark Crown Court waived a demand for 21,000 in damages as it ruled that McElroy could not pay the fine.
The June 2002 intrusion by the Exeter University student sparked a full-scale alert at the Chicago laboratory, which researches high-energy particles.
Fearing a terrorist attack, the computer was closed down for three days and the US Department of Energy, which oversees the safety of the country's nuclear weapons, sounded a full-scale alert.
'Green light'
The 19-year-old from east London had admitted hacking into the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
He took advantage of a flaw in the lab's authentication system and used the company's network bandwidth to download and store hundreds of gigabytes of copyrighted film and music files.
Judge Andrew Goymer decided against sending McElroy behind bars as he had not accessed classified material on the network and had not intended to cause harm.
He told the student he ought to "think yourself lucky" he was not going to prison.
"Computers are an important feature of life in the 21st century," said Judge Goymer.
"Government, industry and commerce, as well as a whole variety of other institutions, depend upon the integrity and reliability of their computers in order that their proper and legitimate activities can be carried on."
The judge said it was important that the "wrong message is not sent out to anybody else who is tempted to behave in this way".
But security experts have expressed disappointment at the leniency of the verdict.
"The McElroy hacking case highlights an increasingly common practice in the online world - unfortunately for him, he picked the wrong bandwidth to steal," said David Williamson, director of sales at security firm Ubizen.
"It is very worrying that appropriate compensation or a custodial sentence has not been issued in this case.
"Hacking is still illegal and as a self-confessed serial hacker, McElroy and the hacker community at large will view this outcome as a green light to break the law."
I subscribe to an email list from www.insecure.org, as I'm sure several of us/.'ers do. Anyway, recently there was an article that summarized that according to the FBI, quite a lot of viruses, worms, and spam can supposedly be traced to organized crime.
Apparently Eastern Europe seems to be a hub for this activity, according to that report.
"This is a good opportunity for Windows users to migrate to a free desktop."
As a relative Linux newbie, what are the fundamental differences between Gnome and KDE? What makes one better than the other, is it the bundled applications? The overall stability of the environment? The eye-candy?
Seriously, I am not trolling or trying to fan any flames, but I am just curious.
That is a very respectable move. In these ages of increased security, there is a trade off - That being, rights for security. With current news of TCPA, etc. it's nice to see someone take a stand.
Slashdot Mirror
How about using a smartcard for system logon and decryption of an AES database with your passwords?
http://keepass.sourceforge.net looks like it has potential.
Earlier posted about here on Slashdot, I think Freemind may be just what the poster needs.
As a network administrator for a medium-sized medical office, I have recently been migrating users of Microsoft Office 2000 to OpenOffice.org 1.1.0, and MSSQL to MySQL. So far adoption of OpenOffice.org has been going better than I had expected.
I thought I was the only one to make that connection after viewing those photos. Truly haunting.
Anyone else read the headline as "Anatomy of Game Developers" ?
I always knew they were put together differently!!
Especially those Running with Sissors guys!!
Personally, I don't use game consoles as PCs, although I do use some PCs to emulate game consoles. As long as the platform is stable, has good graphics technologies, and a good selection of games, then does it really matter what platform it utilizes? Or is the platform choice more than that?
Thank you for the clarification, I wasn't aware of any difference.
I would think Verdana or Tahoma would be a much better solution. Times New Roman is SOOO Windows 3.1! :)
Teen hacker avoids jail sentence A UK teenager who hacked into a US Government laboratory's computer network has been ordered to serve 200 hours community service. Joseph McElroy used the lab's computers for films and music taken from the net. Southwark Crown Court waived a demand for 21,000 in damages as it ruled that McElroy could not pay the fine. The June 2002 intrusion by the Exeter University student sparked a full-scale alert at the Chicago laboratory, which researches high-energy particles. Fearing a terrorist attack, the computer was closed down for three days and the US Department of Energy, which oversees the safety of the country's nuclear weapons, sounded a full-scale alert. 'Green light' The 19-year-old from east London had admitted hacking into the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He took advantage of a flaw in the lab's authentication system and used the company's network bandwidth to download and store hundreds of gigabytes of copyrighted film and music files. Judge Andrew Goymer decided against sending McElroy behind bars as he had not accessed classified material on the network and had not intended to cause harm. He told the student he ought to "think yourself lucky" he was not going to prison. "Computers are an important feature of life in the 21st century," said Judge Goymer. "Government, industry and commerce, as well as a whole variety of other institutions, depend upon the integrity and reliability of their computers in order that their proper and legitimate activities can be carried on." The judge said it was important that the "wrong message is not sent out to anybody else who is tempted to behave in this way". But security experts have expressed disappointment at the leniency of the verdict. "The McElroy hacking case highlights an increasingly common practice in the online world - unfortunately for him, he picked the wrong bandwidth to steal," said David Williamson, director of sales at security firm Ubizen. "It is very worrying that appropriate compensation or a custodial sentence has not been issued in this case. "Hacking is still illegal and as a self-confessed serial hacker, McElroy and the hacker community at large will view this outcome as a green light to break the law."
And the link to that article, in case anyone is interested: http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/sfonline/colu mnists-item.pl?id=215
I suppose this is a case of money (M) and morals (Mo). Now, if M>Mo... Profit!!
I subscribe to an email list from www.insecure.org, as I'm sure several of us /.'ers do. Anyway, recently there was an article that summarized that according to the FBI, quite a lot of viruses, worms, and spam can supposedly be traced to organized crime.
Apparently Eastern Europe seems to be a hub for this activity, according to that report.
Both SCO and Microsoft were/are offering $250,000 USD for the arrest and conviction of the MyDoom author.
"This is a good opportunity for Windows users to migrate to a free desktop." As a relative Linux newbie, what are the fundamental differences between Gnome and KDE? What makes one better than the other, is it the bundled applications? The overall stability of the environment? The eye-candy? Seriously, I am not trolling or trying to fan any flames, but I am just curious.
That is a very respectable move. In these ages of increased security, there is a trade off - That being, rights for security. With current news of TCPA, etc. it's nice to see someone take a stand.