I have had a couple machines infected with non VM based rootkits. Those were bad enough. The only reason I caught them was binaries like netstat were segfaulting. A VM based rootkit would be awful. Servers could run for years with no sign that the host machine is infected.
Ahh, but this case was an attempt to make SCO a lot of money. If they go after a small company and it goes under as a result of the suit, they won't get too much money.
I install security updates as I see the initial advisories posted. If you don't install them right away, they won't get installed and you will end up with situations where old vulnerabilities don't get patched. An old vulnerability got me once and I will do my best not to let that happen again.
If everyone was able to use their broadband like a dedicated 24/7 full speed pipe, you would not have cheaply available Internet Access. There are services that sell dedicated pipes, a 1.5Mbit full duplex T1 runs around $500/month.
I don't know if your ISP uses PPPoE, but most DSL providers are doing an awful amount of encapsulation. I run an ISP network and we had looked into DSL. Our local telco uses PPP over Ethernet over ATM over DSL. That is a lot of overhead, and PPPoE requires a ton of processing power at the aggregator. They may have an overloaded PPPoE aggregator.
The temperature is markedly warmer than last month. The snow is all gone. Everything is turning... GREEN!
On a more serious note, how long of a time period have we been observing the increasing average temperature? I have always been skeptical of global warming because all the people I have talked to that have been around for the last 50 years or so have not noticed any kind of an increase in temperatures. Just 10 years ago or so, we had a very cold and very long winter. I remember it was approx -40 degrees farenheit during Christmas week and it didn't get above 0 for around 2 weeks.
I was wondering if the slashdot community could give me some good opinions/links from both sides of this debate. Thanks.
My point is that something or some being had to exist first. I see no reason why it could not have been God. I am saying that the theory does not have a fatal flaw. It is congruent with evolutionary theory as I know it, (I may be missing something), and it fills the one question evolution cannot answer. How did it all begin?
From what I gather from the article on falsification, it appears to me that theories consiste of falsifiable statements. I do not know what falsifiable statements make up the theory of Intelligent Design. If there are none, then you are indeed correct it should not be labeled as a theory, but instead maybe some soft of a guess or hypothesis. As far as I can tell, there is little better we can do to presume what happenned to start the whole universe ball rolling. I still do not see from the article on falsifiability why we need a prediction to come from the theory. Are there not generally accepted theories which only attempt to explain the reason something is the way it is. We are talking about something that is past tense, so how can a prediction be made. What is the testable prediction made by the "Big Bang" theory? That is how I see ID.
Christianity teaches that God is infinitely simple. The simplest of all beings, as he is existence itself. Even if you don't believe in ID, you must believe in some force that started the whole universe thing. Exactly like you say, ID just names that force as being God./me dons flame retardant suit.
What it brings to the table is an answer to the one thing evolution can't give a better answer to. What started it all. From there we can ponder, why did this being start everything. Human beings do not design something without a reason. Even if that reason is merely entertainment there is still a reason. If there is a reason for the design of the universe, what is it? You are right, this logic leads to religion. Some of the oldest documents known to mankind mention God, I think it is naive to discount the possibility when there is so much evidence.
I agree that all life on this earth adapts. I do not wish to see a society that requires anyone to hold any one opinion. I am glad we live in a free country where we are not required to believe in evolution or intelligent design. Intelligent design does not say evolution did not occur. It leaves room for both possibilities. With both theories, something had to exist first. In the case of evolution it is matter. In the case of ID it is God. All I am saying is that ID makes sense to me. It is logical. It gives existence a purpose, which is an unpopular notion in some groups. I don't wish you to be forced to believe in ID, but it certainly explains one major whole in evolution, what got it all started.
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republic (plural republics)
1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/republic
Don't tell Sen. Ted Stevens. The phrase may be misconstrued.
-90ms hey? They have precognitive online gaming algorithms now?
You're right, war is a stupid metaphor. Make code, not war. Okay, sorry.
Come on, use your imagination here, you're a freaking government!
Hehe, you just used the phrase "use your imagination" and then word government in the same run-on sentence.
I have had a couple machines infected with non VM based rootkits. Those were bad enough. The only reason I caught them was binaries like netstat were segfaulting. A VM based rootkit would be awful. Servers could run for years with no sign that the host machine is infected.
Microsoft's way of saying, "Let them eat cake!"
I will have a beowulf cluster of linux microwaves. That will help protect my microwave from DDoS.
When I saw the title of the article I thought they meant the body spray. ;-)
Scissors ;-)
Ahh, but this case was an attempt to make SCO a lot of money. If they go after a small company and it goes under as a result of the suit, they won't get too much money.
Valve is just taking the same approach as the players. "All ur CS 4r3 b3l0ng t0 us."
They would lose the computers used to count the computers used to count the people.
Does it run OpenOffice?
I install security updates as I see the initial advisories posted. If you don't install them right away, they won't get installed and you will end up with situations where old vulnerabilities don't get patched. An old vulnerability got me once and I will do my best not to let that happen again.
If everyone was able to use their broadband like a dedicated 24/7 full speed pipe, you would not have cheaply available Internet Access. There are services that sell dedicated pipes, a 1.5Mbit full duplex T1 runs around $500/month.
The defendants are trying to mislead the court!
Their site is down right now. ;-)
http://cnn.com/
I don't know if your ISP uses PPPoE, but most DSL providers are doing an awful amount of encapsulation. I run an ISP network and we had looked into DSL. Our local telco uses PPP over Ethernet over ATM over DSL. That is a lot of overhead, and PPPoE requires a ton of processing power at the aggregator. They may have an overloaded PPPoE aggregator.
The temperature is markedly warmer than last month. The snow is all gone. Everything is turning... GREEN!
On a more serious note, how long of a time period have we been observing the increasing average temperature? I have always been skeptical of global warming because all the people I have talked to that have been around for the last 50 years or so have not noticed any kind of an increase in temperatures. Just 10 years ago or so, we had a very cold and very long winter. I remember it was approx -40 degrees farenheit during Christmas week and it didn't get above 0 for around 2 weeks.
I was wondering if the slashdot community could give me some good opinions/links from both sides of this debate. Thanks.
My point is that something or some being had to exist first. I see no reason why it could not have been God. I am saying that the theory does not have a fatal flaw. It is congruent with evolutionary theory as I know it, (I may be missing something), and it fills the one question evolution cannot answer. How did it all begin?
From what I gather from the article on falsification, it appears to me that theories consiste of falsifiable statements. I do not know what falsifiable statements make up the theory of Intelligent Design. If there are none, then you are indeed correct it should not be labeled as a theory, but instead maybe some soft of a guess or hypothesis. As far as I can tell, there is little better we can do to presume what happenned to start the whole universe ball rolling. I still do not see from the article on falsifiability why we need a prediction to come from the theory. Are there not generally accepted theories which only attempt to explain the reason something is the way it is. We are talking about something that is past tense, so how can a prediction be made. What is the testable prediction made by the "Big Bang" theory? That is how I see ID.
Christianity teaches that God is infinitely simple. The simplest of all beings, as he is existence itself. Even if you don't believe in ID, you must believe in some force that started the whole universe thing. Exactly like you say, ID just names that force as being God. /me dons flame retardant suit.
What it brings to the table is an answer to the one thing evolution can't give a better answer to. What started it all. From there we can ponder, why did this being start everything. Human beings do not design something without a reason. Even if that reason is merely entertainment there is still a reason. If there is a reason for the design of the universe, what is it? You are right, this logic leads to religion. Some of the oldest documents known to mankind mention God, I think it is naive to discount the possibility when there is so much evidence.
I agree that all life on this earth adapts. I do not wish to see a society that requires anyone to hold any one opinion. I am glad we live in a free country where we are not required to believe in evolution or intelligent design. Intelligent design does not say evolution did not occur. It leaves room for both possibilities. With both theories, something had to exist first. In the case of evolution it is matter. In the case of ID it is God. All I am saying is that ID makes sense to me. It is logical. It gives existence a purpose, which is an unpopular notion in some groups. I don't wish you to be forced to believe in ID, but it certainly explains one major whole in evolution, what got it all started.