there is only one objective: get paid, either in a pre-lawsuit settlement or a post-lawsuit judgement, and thereby vindicating their perspective. The money, and the "points" the money represents, are critical.
Like all "bill collectors", they want you to agree with them in this. "Paying me is the most important thing you can do with your money. A nice, expensive college is optional. Any college at all is optional. Food is optional. Paying me is mandatory."
It's a strong negotiation position, that's all. If you make the mistake of agreeing without pushing back...well...remind me again, who's quickly parted from his money?
I'm actually a little bit surprised part of the *AA's bill collector's spiel didn't start "Do you have life insurance..."
So what you are saying is that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics applies to roach distribution? Interesting. I guess that implies that all available space in the universe will ultimately be populated by roaches.
Yes, it's called "Roach Death". There's a related term involving a proliferation of insects of a different family, Formicidae: Ant-ropy.
i'm also a long time linux user (almost 10 years) and certified solaris administrator, and i can tell you exaclty _why_ a Unix or Unix look-a-like such as GNU/Linux are easiear than windows to clean and restore to a clean, working state: *NIXes are open.
You aren't an AIX administrator, are you?
If, God forefend, something trashes your ODB (Object Database), write it off. Restore from backup media. Hope your last checkpoint doesn't lose you much. Hope the machine even boots right, if some of the device database gets whacked.
Yup, your init scripts, your/etc textfiles...mean NOTHING. It's all in the ODB, and the ODB is the only thing that counts. Lose that...well, again, that's what full-system backups are for, right?
It's the closest thing to a Windows registry I've ever seen in decades in the large-computer biz.
talking about systems not vulnerable to this vuln...
According to the Sun security advisory related to this (thanks SANS Internet Storm Center), Solaris 8 isn't vulnerable, although it comes with Sendmail 8.11.x or 8.12.x (depending on your patch frequency)--versions in the vulnerable range.
I've been a Solaris admin for a long time and I find this to be a rather bizarre inconsistency. Why would Sun claim non-vulnerability when mere cursory examination of installed release shows vulnerability?
Any/.ers with more insight into Sun's reasoning out here? If so, can you share it?
Actually, I don't understand a lot of somethings, but this one thing seems relevant.
FTA:
The Dutch Court's decision is especially noteworthy because it confirms that the conditions of a Creative Commons license automatically apply to the content licensed under it, and bind users of such content even without expressly agreeing to, or having knowledge of, the conditions of the license.
You, the user of the content, are bound by the license without knowing it. How is this different from a shrinkwrap license?
But those are bad, and the CC license is good, and they share the same ambush-applicability feature.
I'm sure it's because I'm too simpleminded to comprehend the difference, but it seems to me that poison for the goose ought to be poison for the gander.
I'm inclined to believe that the blogger intentionally made himself hard to reach to insure his goals.
Which leaves the reporter in a dilemma: report the facts as literally observed, and miss a scoop, or go ahead and read between the lines... and be played like trollmeat.
"He chose...poorly." - Grail Guardian, Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
Tunnel it through SSH on port 443. Works every time and the company can't spy on what you're IMing.
Until they lock down down which systems you can hit at port 443. Are you gonna start port-hopping? Then they get really draconic and employ a total "deny unless permitted" outbound ruleset.
Yeah, it can be limiting. In a way, an organization which does this gets what it deserves: workers buckled into the traces with blinders around their eyes, plodding away. Kinda like a team of draft horses pulling a big ol' wagon, which sucks if your competitors are actually operating in this century.
But since when has that mattered? As long as we're in control, none of the rest matters. MWAHAHAHA!
Sure you can. Do the right thing, while it's still the right thing, not merely the most expedient or most cost-effective or least litigation-exposing thing.
Not only does it contain a transmitter, but the article says it will burn up on re-entry in 3 to 4 years.
I don't personally feel comfortable making forecasts of orbital mechanics based on the acceleration vector of a human golf swing. It's not a particularly predictable energy input, and one good slice might put the golf ball into an slightly eccentric permanent orbit.
Or not. I don't have an intuitive feel of the scale of the energies involved, but if the golf ball's projected orbit will last for years, I would expect there would be a set of hooks or slices which make the golf ball orbit for longer than planned.
I'd like that guarantee in writing, please. Then I'll "drop" the cup with about an 80-RPM roll-axis tumble and see how well it survives landing on its top edge.
Oh, that wasn't in the rules? Which means we're going to abolish all the laws of physics which makes it possible to knock a cup off a surface with a anything but an axial rotation?
It's a toy solution to a toy problem. Let's not oversell it, shall we?
but having the algorithm details is also important.
The only cryptosystem protected by hiding the algorithm is a weak one. Strong systems flaunt their mathematical foundations, daring all to attack them--and survive that rigorous, even hostile, examination.
Coddle the weak and guarantee pwnage. The weak system, used unquestioningly, will fall easily to black-box examination of ciphertext or other system artifacts. And the users will not know!
But you'll have the Devil's own time getting the authorities there to permit you to host decadent and indecent Western media... at least, where their own citizens could get to it.
No, it would be amazingly appropriate. The core of true Christian philosophy is the value and freedom of the individual and her private relationship with God.
I'm just annoyed that so many have soiled the heart of Christ's work by wrapping their fear and power-hunger in the trappings of faith and patriotism. And by so doing, ruining the good reputation of the sincere version of both of those.
I rejoice that the growing totalitarianism has been momentarily forestalled. Keep up the good work, ladies and gentlemen of the U. S. Senate.
ps: WTF's a "baptist voice"? We have individual voices, you know. Because we're individuals, right?
Sounds like someone's been trolling "alt." again. On the other hand, offtopic crap is less than one posting in 50 on the groups I subscribe, like comp.os.cpm
In fact, many usenet groups are the diametric opposite of/.: topical, current, interesting, relatively troll-free, and almost completely dupeless. The groups in question are often populated by 'net old-timers, not the cl00less n00bies (i.e., anyone who discovered teh Intarweb after about 1990) that give most of the rest of the net its unsavory character.
Sad, really sad. The ISP featured in TFA is just cheap and afraid of *AA.
You wanna get rid of viruses and invitations to unspeakable acts of sexual depravity? Shut down the mail servers.
...legitimate is that a multinational corporation put it on your computer, not a criminal organization.
(From TFA)
It's an interesting insight, but it also misses an equally crucial point: The two (multinational corp, criminal org) are not mutually exclusive. And, in this case, that they are the same thing.
I haven't bought Sony in some time, and I'm absolutely not going to now. It's a shame the BMG is part of their label, since some really decent acts (IMHO) are signed with them. I'll live, of course. I hope those artists find a good way to get out from under their contracts and escape their indenture with such a thoroughly evil organization.
No, you got the question right. However, because of your quite evident nervousness, we're going to have to ask you to step aside over here and talk to TSA Special Investigative Agent Vinny.
oh and yeah, the middle ship is waiting for you just over there."
A few million years ago, it would have been Golgafrincham Colonization Arc "B". Where there are nice clean telephone receivers. And well-styled hair. YAAAAY!
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Like all "bill collectors", they want you to agree with them in this. "Paying me is the most important thing you can do with your money. A nice, expensive college is optional. Any college at all is optional. Food is optional. Paying me is mandatory."
It's a strong negotiation position, that's all. If you make the mistake of agreeing without pushing back...well...remind me again, who's quickly parted from his money?
I'm actually a little bit surprised part of the *AA's bill collector's spiel didn't start "Do you have life insurance..."
Yes, it's called "Roach Death". There's a related term involving a proliferation of insects of a different family, Formicidae: Ant-ropy.
You aren't an AIX administrator, are you?
If, God forefend, something trashes your ODB (Object Database), write it off. Restore from backup media. Hope your last checkpoint doesn't lose you much. Hope the machine even boots right, if some of the device database gets whacked.
Yup, your init scripts, your /etc textfiles...mean NOTHING. It's all in the ODB, and the ODB is the only thing that counts. Lose that...well, again, that's what full-system backups are for, right?
It's the closest thing to a Windows registry I've ever seen in decades in the large-computer biz.
According to the Sun security advisory related to this (thanks SANS Internet Storm Center), Solaris 8 isn't vulnerable, although it comes with Sendmail 8.11.x or 8.12.x (depending on your patch frequency)--versions in the vulnerable range.
I've been a Solaris admin for a long time and I find this to be a rather bizarre inconsistency. Why would Sun claim non-vulnerability when mere cursory examination of installed release shows vulnerability?
Any /.ers with more insight into Sun's reasoning out here? If so, can you share it?
smart investors buy pharma stocks, because Microsoft is gonna need a lot of analgesics!
FTA:
The Dutch Court's decision is especially noteworthy because it confirms that the conditions of a Creative Commons license automatically apply to the content licensed under it, and bind users of such content even without expressly agreeing to, or having knowledge of, the conditions of the license.
You, the user of the content, are bound by the license without knowing it. How is this different from a shrinkwrap license?
But those are bad, and the CC license is good, and they share the same ambush-applicability feature.
I'm sure it's because I'm too simpleminded to comprehend the difference, but it seems to me that poison for the goose ought to be poison for the gander.
Which leaves the reporter in a dilemma: report the facts as literally observed, and miss a scoop, or go ahead and read between the lines... and be played like trollmeat.
"He chose...poorly." - Grail Guardian, Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
I like the old net mantra for this. "YHBT. YHL. HAND."
Until they lock down down which systems you can hit at port 443. Are you gonna start port-hopping? Then they get really draconic and employ a total "deny unless permitted" outbound ruleset.
Yeah, it can be limiting. In a way, an organization which does this gets what it deserves: workers buckled into the traces with blinders around their eyes, plodding away. Kinda like a team of draft horses pulling a big ol' wagon, which sucks if your competitors are actually operating in this century.
But since when has that mattered? As long as we're in control, none of the rest matters. MWAHAHAHA!
Sure you can. Do the right thing, while it's still the right thing, not merely the most expedient or most cost-effective or least litigation-exposing thing.
Doesn't take much. Just a little integrity.
"Anonymous Coward" is a pseudonym for Inigo Montoya.
I don't personally feel comfortable making forecasts of orbital mechanics based on the acceleration vector of a human golf swing. It's not a particularly predictable energy input, and one good slice might put the golf ball into an slightly eccentric permanent orbit.
Or not. I don't have an intuitive feel of the scale of the energies involved, but if the golf ball's projected orbit will last for years, I would expect there would be a set of hooks or slices which make the golf ball orbit for longer than planned.
IANARS*, of course.
*IANA Rocket Scientist
I'd like that guarantee in writing, please. Then I'll "drop" the cup with about an 80-RPM roll-axis tumble and see how well it survives landing on its top edge.
Oh, that wasn't in the rules? Which means we're going to abolish all the laws of physics which makes it possible to knock a cup off a surface with a anything but an axial rotation?
It's a toy solution to a toy problem. Let's not oversell it, shall we?
Antigravity?
One or two swallows (European) grasping a bit of string with the egg tied into it?
Sheesh. Yup, the fanbois have left. Now the rest of us can get some work done.
I feel bad for the Python and RoR guys, though. The hypemeisters are definitely not the crowd you want crashing your party.
The only cryptosystem protected by hiding the algorithm is a weak one. Strong systems flaunt their mathematical foundations, daring all to attack them--and survive that rigorous, even hostile, examination.
Coddle the weak and guarantee pwnage. The weak system, used unquestioningly, will fall easily to black-box examination of ciphertext or other system artifacts. And the users will not know!
Well, at -40 Kelvin it would matter, because you would have defeated the laws of thermodynamics.
Obviously, Need for Speed Underground 2 .
No, not on a game console. I mean fighting my way through holiday interstate and city traffic.
But you'll have the Devil's own time getting the authorities there to permit you to host decadent and indecent Western media... at least, where their own citizens could get to it.
I'm just annoyed that so many have soiled the heart of Christ's work by wrapping their fear and power-hunger in the trappings of faith and patriotism. And by so doing, ruining the good reputation of the sincere version of both of those.
I rejoice that the growing totalitarianism has been momentarily forestalled. Keep up the good work, ladies and gentlemen of the U. S. Senate.
ps: WTF's a "baptist voice"? We have individual voices, you know. Because we're individuals, right?
And those problems are solved by inter-species sex.
So, yes, this series is about as geek as it gets. Either technofetish or exotic alien sex.
Sounds like someone's been trolling "alt." again. On the other hand, offtopic crap is less than one posting in 50 on the groups I subscribe, like comp.os.cpm
In fact, many usenet groups are the diametric opposite of /.: topical, current, interesting, relatively troll-free, and almost completely dupeless. The groups in question are often populated by 'net old-timers, not the cl00less n00bies (i.e., anyone who discovered teh Intarweb after about 1990) that give most of the rest of the net its unsavory character.
Sad, really sad. The ISP featured in TFA is just cheap and afraid of *AA.
You wanna get rid of viruses and invitations to unspeakable acts of sexual depravity? Shut down the mail servers.
(From TFA)
It's an interesting insight, but it also misses an equally crucial point: The two (multinational corp, criminal org) are not mutually exclusive. And, in this case, that they are the same thing.
I haven't bought Sony in some time, and I'm absolutely not going to now. It's a shame the BMG is part of their label, since some really decent acts (IMHO) are signed with them. I'll live, of course. I hope those artists find a good way to get out from under their contracts and escape their indenture with such a thoroughly evil organization.
No, you got the question right. However, because of your quite evident nervousness, we're going to have to ask you to step aside over here and talk to TSA Special Investigative Agent Vinny.
A few million years ago, it would have been Golgafrincham Colonization Arc "B". Where there are nice clean telephone receivers. And well-styled hair. YAAAAY!
Well maybe if someplace besides thinkgeek.com made something worth more than 10% of our wardrobe...