Use FAT32. Then you're not limited even by which version of Windows you plug it into. Windows 2000 and XP can't (won't, actually) format a FAT32 parition over 32gb. But they can both read and use a larger one just fine. Theoretically, I've read that you can fdisk and format a bigger parition with a Win98/ME boot disk, but I tried that and for some reason I couldn't do it. However, I did this a couple of days ago on a 80gb partition...
Boot Knoppix, a Gentoo LiveCD, or somesuch other Linux that's running with that drive unmounted...
Run fdisk, make a partition of Win95 type b or c. (I'm not sure if both work; I used LBA and it did fine; I think that's c) Then...
mkfs.vfat -F 32/dev/(your parition)
After that, I mounted it as/storage, then booted into Windows and used a little-known option in Disk Manager to mount the new partition in a directory. (c:\storage) Now I have a place where I can read/write under Windows, Linux, VMWare or even a 9x boot disk. It's not a particularly fast filesystem under Linux, but great for playing MP3s and movies, and nothing's going to really fly on USB.
I'm gonna get flames for this, but oh well... I've tried out many distributions. Anyone who knows me will say that until about six months ago they'd catch me every third weekend or so repartitioning a hard drive to try out some new distro. I've used straight RPM, apt-rpm, urpmi, and various GUI frontends for these from Synaptic to Kpackage. I have no idea how many distro's I've used, but the best guess I can give is "more than ten." I finally settled on Gentoo and I run several boxes with it. The reason for that is none of those ditributions were quite what I wanted. Gentoo is not the way desktop Linux should go for everybody. Probably not even most geeks. But Gentoo doesn't call itself "Linux for Everybody," it's for people who like to do things their way and don't care about how long it takes. I learned more in a week of using Gentoo than in a month with Mandrake, and for that alone I like it. Windows XP isn't going to force anyone to learn the DOS-based CLI and a pretty KDE with every conceivably useful piece of software already configured, installed and running isn't going to teach anyone how to tinker with the nuts and bolts of Linux. Gentoo definitely has its zealots, just like the Mac (Although we're supposed to like the Mac zealots - oops, sorry) but the fact is it's got its place. Everyone should at least install Gentoo once. It's like a boot camp, making you learn things you might have never questioned before. And NO other distribution ever made me want to compile my own kernel, but after I did it once I find myself compiling new kernels just to see what certain things will do. Had I used an "everything-just-works" Redhat kernel I'd have never learned how to make weird hardware work, and I'd have never even known I can take out support for gear I don't have, modularize certain things, compile-in others, and generally tune it for my machines. I'm even using 2.6 kernels now and loving the performance increase. Until Gentoo, the idea of compiling my own kernel and screwing around with my bootloader was a pretty scary idea that I didn't see any benefit to. Yes. Most people don't want to do that. But most popular desktop distributions don't make that neccecssary. That's great, and that's the direction desktop Linux should go, but if we don't have a Gentoo then people like me who've only been at this for a year or two aren't going to learn the things that some of you old hands consider basic skills.
As for Gentoo vs. Debian and whatnot... Well, for every Gentoo zealot I've seen on here making blanket statements about how it's the best, I must have seen three or four slightly more subdued Debian zealots who simply assume everyone already knows that Debian's the One True Linux. (Similarly, I don't see Mac zealots getting flamed every time they open their mouths with one of the three or four pre-recorded phrases they've been taught how to say.) I like Debian. I really do. For a server I'd probably use Debian before Gentoo. For a desktop, I can't imagine using Debian and liking it as much as Gentoo. People say Gentoo is "bleeding-edge" like it's a bad thing, but I want to try new software and Debian really doesn't make that easy. I can change one variable in make.conf and it's not so "bleeding-edge" anymore, but even then I don't have to wait years before someone decides a package is "stable." Some may say that I can live on the edge with Debian too by using the more-uunstable-than-testing, guaranteed-to-smoke-your-box Sid, but even that's sometimes old and inconsistent. I installed Sarge (testing) recently and was kinda pleased to see a 2.5 kernel, (would have rather seen 2.6, as testing a 2.5 isn't helping anyone) but I was shocked to find Mozilla 1.0 in there. That's the difference to me. Even if Gentoo were binary-only I'd use it over Debian. I appreciate Debian's stability but for me it's got its price. In half a year of running four Gentoo machines, their only fuckups have been ones I've caused, so like every operating system there is, it's as stable as I let it be.
Ditto that. Brand new Athlon box, fifteen year old keyboard. Got one at my workstation at the office, got one on the server there, keep a "spacesaver" version (no numpad) in my laptop bag, and have two more for parts. I'm working on building a wireless Model M out of a Logitech board too. =)
M.U.L.E. was available for the Atari... I played it a lot on a friend's 800XL, and then later my 130XE. (Definitely some of the most bizarre hardware hacks I've ever done were with that box.) M.U.L.E. was awesome, but my favorite was Mail Order Monsters. I about pissed myself when I saw an emulator image of it a few years ago. I loaded that thing along with the emu on my Pentium 200 post haste. And then it said "Please flip the disk to Side B."...That was the end of that joyous reunion.
I think parent means Slapper, rather than Slammer. Slammer was an evil, ISP-crippling MS SQL malady which was far more widesperead than 14,000. That number could be about right for Slapper, though Symantec puts it around 3,500.
The only thing you don't get in the non-commercial version is Codweavers' Crossover Office, and YaST is at least as good as the stuff in Mandrake Control Center. If you have a multiheaded system, install Mandrake and try to get it working properly without hacking text files. That hasn't worked right in Mandrake since version 8. Do the same in YaST, and you'll see why I like it.
You're kinda confusing me... You say that SuSE is too commercial, not free, castrated unless you buy it, etc. And then you suggest I _buy_ Mandrake so I won't get the avertisements... Mandrake being all non-commercial, free and whatnot the way SuSE isn't.
If I did have to buy one of them it would be SuSE, simply because if I pay for that I'm getting something extra, and useful like Crossover. If I pay for Mandrake, I get the privilege of having an annoyance removed.
Niiice.... I used to like Mandrake. Good thing I recently discovered SuSE. Guys, if you're looking to become an ex-Mandrake user after this, SuSE rocks. Mandrake's coolness is in its easy configuration, and YaST has that covered.
They think this is gonna help keep the doors open, but I think they just drove the last nail into their own coffin.
Trackman Marble... Oh, yes. I've had three of them. The first one didn't have a wheel and cost $100. When that one broke I got another, with a wheel, for a more sane price. Then when the third broke I got a Logitech Cordless Elite keyboard/mouse combo with a MouseMan Optical. Honestly the only reason I used that for so long is that I didn't want the money to be a waste. When the novelty wore off, I went back to my all-time favorite keyboard and a trackball where I belong. When I went questing for a new trackball I discovered I didn't like the current incarnations of Logitech's. This is how I met my soulmate, a Belkin Trackmaster. It's very precise, got dual scroll, three buttons... It's got a unique layout that took getting used to, but it's great if you have large hands, and I won't be using anything else any time soon. They're very inexpensive so I've got one for work, one at home, and a third in case one breaks. Very nice for Photoshop, which is where I spend much of my work day, and it perfectly compliments my other fetish - the fabled Model M keyboard! The only other pointing device that I might like to have would be this, a Model M derivative with a laptop-style trackpoint so I'd never have to take my hands away from this sexy, sexy piece of buckling-spring wonderment.
Don't like it? Quit AOL. Don't have AOL? Then its not hurting you. Need 100% guarantee that all email will arrive? Don't expect it for $23 a month, get your own mail server. Didn't read the Terms of Service where it says "we try, but shit happens?" then read it next time.
I don't use AOL, and it is hurting me, because I did get my own mail server. I wanted a permanent email address that wouldn't change if I moved, switched ISPs, etc. I wanted to use whatever email client I choose, be it PINE, webmail, Thunderbird or even freakin' Outlook. I didn't want the webmail interface to throw banner ads and spam at me, and I didn't want the domain to be Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, etc. I wanted to choose my username, not just settle for a variation of it that's not already taken. Furthermore, it would be nice if I could actually actually choose the domain name as well. Hell, why not my own name? How about myfirstname@mylastname? And can I be the one who decides at which point between Barney Fife and Gestapo the spam filter should be set? Yes? Great! Let's break out the old P-233 and install Linux! This worked brilliantly until AOL, Earthlink and a few other gargantuous ISPs comprising about half of the Internet decided to ban all incoming email from my server, without even having the decency to bounce my message back, leaving me with a coin-flip's chance of my mails getting through. Why? Because I'm a known spammer? Because I have an open relay? No. My insidious crime was choosing to host it on my cable modem instead of paying twice the money for half the bandwith and getting a "commercial" IP, or putting it on an OC12 at a co-lo and paying at least $200/mo for the maybe ten emails I'd send out on a heavy work day. They could easily, very easily check these IP's they've banned for open relays, but instead they use a tactic that's just as bad as the filters that block the whole continent of Asia! Hell yes. Let them sue AOL, pray they win and that RoadRunner, Earthlink and all the rest listen. Is what I wanted so damned off-the-wall and unreasonable? Heaven forbid that my email should be handled by someone other than our kind and trusted friends at Time Warner and Microsoft...
...Or, "The Tecn Commandments of Windows Security."
I run Linux on my servers, but for compatibility, certain programs I need, etc., etc., my workstations use XP. I haven't patched anything. I don't trust the patches and especially not the Service Packs. They can break things and slow things down. If my box is working, why tempt fate? There are a few, very simple things to do that will keep Windows almost entirely secure:
1 - No scripting host. If you don't need it, kill it.
2 - No Outlook. Outlook is bad. IE is almost as bad. Everyone should know this by now. And if you must use it...
3 - Don't open file attachments from anybody unless you know what the hell they are! Why is this so difficult? Well, it's because people never...
4 - Unhide the file extensions. You wouldn't eat something from a package simply labled "food" without having some clue what's in it, so why double-click an icon without knowing what it will do? Learn what these extensions are, and Google it if you're not sure what a given one means.
5 - Don't use IE if you don't have to. Mozilla's now advanced and stable enough that you should almost never have to use IE to properly view a site. I never have a problem with popups, and I've never had my browser hijacked. Using IE tempts people to break #6...
6 - Read the question before you answer "Yes." Do you walk around at work slackjawed and answering "yes" to every question you're asked without listening? If you weren't specifically looking for what a site wants you to install, chances are you don't need it.
7 - Firewall. Buy a $30 broadband router, build a Linux gateway, enable XP's own, built-in, pre-installed firewall, or get something like Zone Alarm, depending on your needs and/or level of computer literacy.
8 - Don't download software without knowing exactly what it is. Read the license agreement. Sure, I like to check out neat toys on Download.com too, but not if I have to install Gator or GAIN to use them. See #6. Read!
9 - Check your processes. and read what's going on in there. Google each one. This is a pain in the ass the first time, but do it once and then you'll know when something's not supposed to be there.
10 - Watch who gets your email address. Get two. One for ordering/registering things, and one that you only give to real people.
That's it. I run no antivirus software and my system thanks me for it with good performance. I have not loaded a Service Pack, a patch, anything. None of this is difficult. These rules are simple enough for almost anyone to follow, and the major ones are extremely easy.
Actually, for a certain modeler that uses ABS plastic, that's about what the cartridges do cost. Open one up, and it's pretty much a spool of Weed-Eater string with a crude chip that serves as an odometer of sorts to keep you from refilling it with just that.
'Course, the machine's not $150 yet - more like thirty grand.
Thank you! I knew I wasn't the only one! I haven't bought a CD since Napster, I haven't bought a movie since I got a broadband connection, and I don't plan to ever again. The more I hear about these gestapo nazi bastards trying to make an example of people who, like me, are NOT CRIMINALS, the more I download. The ONLY things bad about p2p are the ads on Kazaa, and the leeches who don't share. I download things that I don't even like, just so I can make it easier for others to get it. I've got 80 uploads going on right now through WASTE, where I share about 40 gigs. I will share more when I get a bigger hard drive for the web/ftp server that I'm not supposed to be running on my cable modem, which I share with my neighbor and whoever wants to park close enough to connect to my deliberately wide-open wireless access point. I connect through a router that I got by signing up for an AOL account and cancelling it three hours later. The only piece of software I've ever willingly bought was Broderbund Print Shop for Windows 3.1, and that's only because I couldn't find anything similar for download on a BBS. I did twice pay for Windows licenses, but that was against my will. I'm typing this on a box that was immune to the Microsoft Tax. It dual-boots Linux and a cracked copy of Windows XP, which I use because most of my best 'warez' don't run on WINE, and neither does WASTE. XP is the last version of Windows I'll be using, and I know this because I've experienced the terrible suckage of Longhorn. (Anybody want an ISO?) I even used to steal cable TV, and I'll do it again if I ever discover they're showing something that interests me enough to get working a television again. Flame me all you want, but for every one of you who thinks I'm doing wrong, there are at least two who cracked a smile when they read this, because they do the same things. They're the silent majority and the reason that the RIAA and like organizations can't win this. News like this makes people like me dig their heels in further, and makes more people like me exist - people who feel less and less like they're doing something wrong, and more like they just might be doing what's right.
Bah... I have high blood pressure and heart paliptations. Have for years, and I'm 23. I drink at least three pots a day of stout New Orleans style coffee with chicory. When I can't get that, it's Code Red Mountain Dew. (Diet - the sugar jacks me up.) Since the time I first noticed a real and true caffeine addiction, I also observed an evening-out of my heart rate, and more normal blood pressure. Been off my blood pressure meds for two years now, feel great. Unless I don't get my coffee. Then my blood pressure and hear rate get crazy.
So, to summarize... You slip me decaf and I don't notice, and at least one of us is gonna die. Fortunately, decaf in its current incarnation taste like shit, and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
Yes. Yes I do. And I would dearly love to rampantly distribute them as well. In fact I think they'd make interesting and unique background music for the l33t intro screens that I use to replace the credits when I rip DixV movies for Gnutella and Kazaa. He'll get more exposure that way too! Everybody wins!
Moses' Stone tablets - Beta
Old Testament - Release
New Testament - Service Pack 1
Dead Sea Scrolls - CVS commit gone wrong
Quran - Fork
Book of Mormon - Dubious patch
Dianetics - RISC port
Let the Flames Begin.
It'd probably be better if it were an two-part jacket; the shock generating core and different shells with different styles with conducting patches in the right places so they'd have a variety of jackets for different days.
Maybe if they have the production done by Nokia...
...Assuming they can understand them. The only times I've ever looked up lyrics online were when I'd hear something unintelligible in a song and get curious. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this.
And these sites can't be all bad for the companies and artists. Meg Lee Chin is a good example in my case. I thought her music was pretty good, but I had no idea what she was singing about. When I looked up the lyrics, I became a fan. I'd even buy an album now if I did that sort of thing. I'd definitely pay to see a concert, but probably not if that bad ol' lyrics site hadn't helped me get interested.
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When I was in high school, I had an AOL account. I knew there were other ways to get online, but I actually liked AOL. There actually was "value added" AOL content at the time, and among those were the chatrooms. I used them, and the forums, a good bit. I later on learned that creating a user profile had become a bad idea, because that put you in the Member Directory, which spambots used to get addresses. Pity, because the directory was a good thing at first. The chat rooms were too. You had to dig around to find good ones, but they were there. Now, because of people like you wanting to make a buck by annoying people by the millions, an AOL user can't go into a publicly listed room or even a private one with a non-random title, without instantly becoming a spam target.
It's been a long time since I used the account regularly, but I still have that account. I use it when I'm out of town, because no matter where you are, you'll usually find an access number. Not for email though. Never for email. Sometimes I'll go into my inbox though to show people what eight years' worth of abuse from people like you has done to it...
I log in, and the box is full. Every time. I start my demonstration by deleting about twenty or thirty emails, and then we watch. After a minute, I refresh it. One or two more emails. Another minute, same thing. Wait five minutes and there are at least ten new messages. Wait half an hour, and the box is full again.
Thanks, asshole.
But I do admire your courage in posting non-AC that you used to do this. And I thank you for giving me an opportinuty to actually speak to one of you. I wish your email address wasn't hidden, but I do see a URL. In glancing at your page I don't see an email address, but I do see a form on your page for sending messages to your cell phone.
Fortunately, I don't care enough about it to do anything with that, but I did want to point that little detail out for every one of the good folks on Slashdot to see...
I wonder if a semi-unification of writing and speech, like unifying the writing of sylables (something like "nite" instead of "night") would help the iliteracy problem in the US in any way.
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Use FAT32. Then you're not limited even by which version of Windows you plug it into. Windows 2000 and XP can't (won't, actually) format a FAT32 parition over 32gb. But they can both read and use a larger one just fine. Theoretically, I've read that you can fdisk and format a bigger parition with a Win98/ME boot disk, but I tried that and for some reason I couldn't do it. However, I did this a couple of days ago on a 80gb partition...
/dev/(your parition)
/storage, then booted into Windows and used a little-known option in Disk Manager to mount the new partition in a directory. (c:\storage) Now I have a place where I can read/write under Windows, Linux, VMWare or even a 9x boot disk. It's not a particularly fast filesystem under Linux, but great for playing MP3s and movies, and nothing's going to really fly on USB.
Boot Knoppix, a Gentoo LiveCD, or somesuch other Linux that's running with that drive unmounted...
Run fdisk, make a partition of Win95 type b or c. (I'm not sure if both work; I used LBA and it did fine; I think that's c) Then...
mkfs.vfat -F 32
After that, I mounted it as
I'm gonna get flames for this, but oh well... I've tried out many distributions. Anyone who knows me will say that until about six months ago they'd catch me every third weekend or so repartitioning a hard drive to try out some new distro. I've used straight RPM, apt-rpm, urpmi, and various GUI frontends for these from Synaptic to Kpackage. I have no idea how many distro's I've used, but the best guess I can give is "more than ten." I finally settled on Gentoo and I run several boxes with it. The reason for that is none of those ditributions were quite what I wanted. Gentoo is not the way desktop Linux should go for everybody. Probably not even most geeks. But Gentoo doesn't call itself "Linux for Everybody," it's for people who like to do things their way and don't care about how long it takes. I learned more in a week of using Gentoo than in a month with Mandrake, and for that alone I like it. Windows XP isn't going to force anyone to learn the DOS-based CLI and a pretty KDE with every conceivably useful piece of software already configured, installed and running isn't going to teach anyone how to tinker with the nuts and bolts of Linux. Gentoo definitely has its zealots, just like the Mac (Although we're supposed to like the Mac zealots - oops, sorry) but the fact is it's got its place. Everyone should at least install Gentoo once. It's like a boot camp, making you learn things you might have never questioned before. And NO other distribution ever made me want to compile my own kernel, but after I did it once I find myself compiling new kernels just to see what certain things will do. Had I used an "everything-just-works" Redhat kernel I'd have never learned how to make weird hardware work, and I'd have never even known I can take out support for gear I don't have, modularize certain things, compile-in others, and generally tune it for my machines. I'm even using 2.6 kernels now and loving the performance increase. Until Gentoo, the idea of compiling my own kernel and screwing around with my bootloader was a pretty scary idea that I didn't see any benefit to. Yes. Most people don't want to do that. But most popular desktop distributions don't make that neccecssary. That's great, and that's the direction desktop Linux should go, but if we don't have a Gentoo then people like me who've only been at this for a year or two aren't going to learn the things that some of you old hands consider basic skills.
As for Gentoo vs. Debian and whatnot... Well, for every Gentoo zealot I've seen on here making blanket statements about how it's the best, I must have seen three or four slightly more subdued Debian zealots who simply assume everyone already knows that Debian's the One True Linux. (Similarly, I don't see Mac zealots getting flamed every time they open their mouths with one of the three or four pre-recorded phrases they've been taught how to say.) I like Debian. I really do. For a server I'd probably use Debian before Gentoo. For a desktop, I can't imagine using Debian and liking it as much as Gentoo. People say Gentoo is "bleeding-edge" like it's a bad thing, but I want to try new software and Debian really doesn't make that easy. I can change one variable in make.conf and it's not so "bleeding-edge" anymore, but even then I don't have to wait years before someone decides a package is "stable." Some may say that I can live on the edge with Debian too by using the more-uunstable-than-testing, guaranteed-to-smoke-your-box Sid, but even that's sometimes old and inconsistent. I installed Sarge (testing) recently and was kinda pleased to see a 2.5 kernel, (would have rather seen 2.6, as testing a 2.5 isn't helping anyone) but I was shocked to find Mozilla 1.0 in there. That's the difference to me. Even if Gentoo were binary-only I'd use it over Debian. I appreciate Debian's stability but for me it's got its price. In half a year of running four Gentoo machines, their only fuckups have been ones I've caused, so like every operating system there is, it's as stable as I let it be.
Ditto that. Brand new Athlon box, fifteen year old keyboard. Got one at my workstation at the office, got one on the server there, keep a "spacesaver" version (no numpad) in my laptop bag, and have two more for parts. I'm working on building a wireless Model M out of a Logitech board too. =)
M.U.L.E. was available for the Atari... I played it a lot on a friend's 800XL, and then later my 130XE. (Definitely some of the most bizarre hardware hacks I've ever done were with that box.) M.U.L.E. was awesome, but my favorite was Mail Order Monsters. I about pissed myself when I saw an emulator image of it a few years ago. I loaded that thing along with the emu on my Pentium 200 post haste. And then it said "Please flip the disk to Side B." ...That was the end of that joyous reunion.
I think parent means Slapper, rather than Slammer. Slammer was an evil, ISP-crippling MS SQL malady which was far more widesperead than 14,000. That number could be about right for Slapper, though Symantec puts it around 3,500.
The only thing you don't get in the non-commercial version is Codweavers' Crossover Office, and YaST is at least as good as the stuff in Mandrake Control Center. If you have a multiheaded system, install Mandrake and try to get it working properly without hacking text files. That hasn't worked right in Mandrake since version 8. Do the same in YaST, and you'll see why I like it.
You're kinda confusing me... You say that SuSE is too commercial, not free, castrated unless you buy it, etc. And then you suggest I _buy_ Mandrake so I won't get the avertisements... Mandrake being all non-commercial, free and whatnot the way SuSE isn't.
If I did have to buy one of them it would be SuSE, simply because if I pay for that I'm getting something extra, and useful like Crossover. If I pay for Mandrake, I get the privilege of having an annoyance removed.
Yeah.... So if you actually buy the boxed distro, you get no ads. That's cute. They've actually found a way for people to start pirating Linux.
Niiice.... I used to like Mandrake. Good thing I recently discovered SuSE. Guys, if you're looking to become an ex-Mandrake user after this, SuSE rocks. Mandrake's coolness is in its easy configuration, and YaST has that covered.
They think this is gonna help keep the doors open, but I think they just drove the last nail into their own coffin.
Trackman Marble... Oh, yes. I've had three of them. The first one didn't have a wheel and cost $100. When that one broke I got another, with a wheel, for a more sane price. Then when the third broke I got a Logitech Cordless Elite keyboard/mouse combo with a MouseMan Optical. Honestly the only reason I used that for so long is that I didn't want the money to be a waste. When the novelty wore off, I went back to my all-time favorite keyboard and a trackball where I belong. When I went questing for a new trackball I discovered I didn't like the current incarnations of Logitech's. This is how I met my soulmate, a Belkin Trackmaster. It's very precise, got dual scroll, three buttons... It's got a unique layout that took getting used to, but it's great if you have large hands, and I won't be using anything else any time soon. They're very inexpensive so I've got one for work, one at home, and a third in case one breaks. Very nice for Photoshop, which is where I spend much of my work day, and it perfectly compliments my other fetish - the fabled Model M keyboard! The only other pointing device that I might like to have would be this, a Model M derivative with a laptop-style trackpoint so I'd never have to take my hands away from this sexy, sexy piece of buckling-spring wonderment.
Unfortunately, that generally means a beep from the PC speaker...
Don't like it? Quit AOL. Don't have AOL? Then its not hurting you. Need 100% guarantee that all email will arrive? Don't expect it for $23 a month, get your own mail server. Didn't read the Terms of Service where it says "we try, but shit happens?" then read it next time.
I don't use AOL, and it is hurting me, because I did get my own mail server. I wanted a permanent email address that wouldn't change if I moved, switched ISPs, etc. I wanted to use whatever email client I choose, be it PINE, webmail, Thunderbird or even freakin' Outlook. I didn't want the webmail interface to throw banner ads and spam at me, and I didn't want the domain to be Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, etc. I wanted to choose my username, not just settle for a variation of it that's not already taken. Furthermore, it would be nice if I could actually actually choose the domain name as well. Hell, why not my own name? How about myfirstname@mylastname? And can I be the one who decides at which point between Barney Fife and Gestapo the spam filter should be set? Yes? Great! Let's break out the old P-233 and install Linux! This worked brilliantly until AOL, Earthlink and a few other gargantuous ISPs comprising about half of the Internet decided to ban all incoming email from my server, without even having the decency to bounce my message back, leaving me with a coin-flip's chance of my mails getting through. Why? Because I'm a known spammer? Because I have an open relay? No. My insidious crime was choosing to host it on my cable modem instead of paying twice the money for half the bandwith and getting a "commercial" IP, or putting it on an OC12 at a co-lo and paying at least $200/mo for the maybe ten emails I'd send out on a heavy work day. They could easily, very easily check these IP's they've banned for open relays, but instead they use a tactic that's just as bad as the filters that block the whole continent of Asia! Hell yes. Let them sue AOL, pray they win and that RoadRunner, Earthlink and all the rest listen. Is what I wanted so damned off-the-wall and unreasonable? Heaven forbid that my email should be handled by someone other than our kind and trusted friends at Time Warner and Microsoft...
...Or, "The Tecn Commandments of Windows Security."
I run Linux on my servers, but for compatibility, certain programs I need, etc., etc., my workstations use XP. I haven't patched anything. I don't trust the patches and especially not the Service Packs. They can break things and slow things down. If my box is working, why tempt fate? There are a few, very simple things to do that will keep Windows almost entirely secure:
1 - No scripting host. If you don't need it, kill it.
2 - No Outlook. Outlook is bad. IE is almost as bad. Everyone should know this by now. And if you must use it...
3 - Don't open file attachments from anybody unless you know what the hell they are! Why is this so difficult? Well, it's because people never...
4 - Unhide the file extensions. You wouldn't eat something from a package simply labled "food" without having some clue what's in it, so why double-click an icon without knowing what it will do? Learn what these extensions are, and Google it if you're not sure what a given one means.
5 - Don't use IE if you don't have to. Mozilla's now advanced and stable enough that you should almost never have to use IE to properly view a site. I never have a problem with popups, and I've never had my browser hijacked. Using IE tempts people to break #6...
6 - Read the question before you answer "Yes." Do you walk around at work slackjawed and answering "yes" to every question you're asked without listening? If you weren't specifically looking for what a site wants you to install, chances are you don't need it.
7 - Firewall. Buy a $30 broadband router, build a Linux gateway, enable XP's own, built-in, pre-installed firewall, or get something like Zone Alarm, depending on your needs and/or level of computer literacy.
8 - Don't download software without knowing exactly what it is. Read the license agreement. Sure, I like to check out neat toys on Download.com too, but not if I have to install Gator or GAIN to use them. See #6. Read!
9 - Check your processes. and read what's going on in there. Google each one. This is a pain in the ass the first time, but do it once and then you'll know when something's not supposed to be there.
10 - Watch who gets your email address. Get two. One for ordering/registering things, and one that you only give to real people.
That's it. I run no antivirus software and my system thanks me for it with good performance. I have not loaded a Service Pack, a patch, anything. None of this is difficult. These rules are simple enough for almost anyone to follow, and the major ones are extremely easy.
Oh - Almost forgot - It's Linux-powered! =)
Actually, for a certain modeler that uses ABS plastic, that's about what the cartridges do cost. Open one up, and it's pretty much a spool of Weed-Eater string with a crude chip that serves as an odometer of sorts to keep you from refilling it with just that.
'Course, the machine's not $150 yet - more like thirty grand.
Precisely why I cut out all the credits when I ripped the TS release to DivX and put it on Kazaa...
Thank you! I knew I wasn't the only one! I haven't bought a CD since Napster, I haven't bought a movie since I got a broadband connection, and I don't plan to ever again. The more I hear about these gestapo nazi bastards trying to make an example of people who, like me, are NOT CRIMINALS, the more I download. The ONLY things bad about p2p are the ads on Kazaa, and the leeches who don't share. I download things that I don't even like, just so I can make it easier for others to get it. I've got 80 uploads going on right now through WASTE, where I share about 40 gigs. I will share more when I get a bigger hard drive for the web/ftp server that I'm not supposed to be running on my cable modem, which I share with my neighbor and whoever wants to park close enough to connect to my deliberately wide-open wireless access point. I connect through a router that I got by signing up for an AOL account and cancelling it three hours later. The only piece of software I've ever willingly bought was Broderbund Print Shop for Windows 3.1, and that's only because I couldn't find anything similar for download on a BBS. I did twice pay for Windows licenses, but that was against my will. I'm typing this on a box that was immune to the Microsoft Tax. It dual-boots Linux and a cracked copy of Windows XP, which I use because most of my best 'warez' don't run on WINE, and neither does WASTE. XP is the last version of Windows I'll be using, and I know this because I've experienced the terrible suckage of Longhorn. (Anybody want an ISO?) I even used to steal cable TV, and I'll do it again if I ever discover they're showing something that interests me enough to get working a television again. Flame me all you want, but for every one of you who thinks I'm doing wrong, there are at least two who cracked a smile when they read this, because they do the same things. They're the silent majority and the reason that the RIAA and like organizations can't win this. News like this makes people like me dig their heels in further, and makes more people like me exist - people who feel less and less like they're doing something wrong, and more like they just might be doing what's right.
Bah... I have high blood pressure and heart paliptations. Have for years, and I'm 23. I drink at least three pots a day of stout New Orleans style coffee with chicory. When I can't get that, it's Code Red Mountain Dew. (Diet - the sugar jacks me up.) Since the time I first noticed a real and true caffeine addiction, I also observed an evening-out of my heart rate, and more normal blood pressure. Been off my blood pressure meds for two years now, feel great. Unless I don't get my coffee. Then my blood pressure and hear rate get crazy.
So, to summarize... You slip me decaf and I don't notice, and at least one of us is gonna die. Fortunately, decaf in its current incarnation taste like shit, and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
Yes. Yes I do. And I would dearly love to rampantly distribute them as well. In fact I think they'd make interesting and unique background music for the l33t intro screens that I use to replace the credits when I rip DixV movies for Gnutella and Kazaa. He'll get more exposure that way too! Everybody wins!
Moses' Stone tablets - Beta Old Testament - Release New Testament - Service Pack 1 Dead Sea Scrolls - CVS commit gone wrong Quran - Fork Book of Mormon - Dubious patch Dianetics - RISC port Let the Flames Begin.
It'd probably be better if it were an two-part jacket; the shock generating core and different shells with different styles with conducting patches in the right places so they'd have a variety of jackets for different days.
Maybe if they have the production done by Nokia...
Only two out of five have failed.
Two out of six...
Atlantis, Discovery, Enterprise, Endeavor, Challenger and Columbia.
Oh, that's a great idea! How about a flashing red popup window, that says "Your computer may have a VIRUS! Punch the monkey to remove it!"
...Would you click it?
...Assuming they can understand them. The only times I've ever looked up lyrics online were when I'd hear something unintelligible in a song and get curious. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this.
And these sites can't be all bad for the companies and artists. Meg Lee Chin is a good example in my case. I thought her music was pretty good, but I had no idea what she was singing about. When I looked up the lyrics, I became a fan. I'd even buy an album now if I did that sort of thing. I'd definitely pay to see a concert, but probably not if that bad ol' lyrics site hadn't helped me get interested.
When I was in high school, I had an AOL account. I knew there were other ways to get online, but I actually liked AOL. There actually was "value added" AOL content at the time, and among those were the chatrooms. I used them, and the forums, a good bit. I later on learned that creating a user profile had become a bad idea, because that put you in the Member Directory, which spambots used to get addresses. Pity, because the directory was a good thing at first. The chat rooms were too. You had to dig around to find good ones, but they were there. Now, because of people like you wanting to make a buck by annoying people by the millions, an AOL user can't go into a publicly listed room or even a private one with a non-random title, without instantly becoming a spam target.
It's been a long time since I used the account regularly, but I still have that account. I use it when I'm out of town, because no matter where you are, you'll usually find an access number. Not for email though. Never for email. Sometimes I'll go into my inbox though to show people what eight years' worth of abuse from people like you has done to it...
I log in, and the box is full. Every time. I start my demonstration by deleting about twenty or thirty emails, and then we watch. After a minute, I refresh it. One or two more emails. Another minute, same thing. Wait five minutes and there are at least ten new messages. Wait half an hour, and the box is full again.
Thanks, asshole.
But I do admire your courage in posting non-AC that you used to do this. And I thank you for giving me an opportinuty to actually speak to one of you. I wish your email address wasn't hidden, but I do see a URL. In glancing at your page I don't see an email address, but I do see a form on your page for sending messages to your cell phone.
Fortunately, I don't care enough about it to do anything with that, but I did want to point that little detail out for every one of the good folks on Slashdot to see...
I wonder if a semi-unification of writing and speech, like unifying the writing of sylables (something like "nite" instead of "night") would help the iliteracy problem in the US in any way.
Great! Let's GPL the idea and call it GNUspeak.