I can't agree with that. I did what you said, and I even interviewed with TekSystems recruiter in person. I heard absolutely nothing from them nor the Virginia state. Surely there's a lot of companies trying to find people, but most of them are looking for something like a 5 years "ENTRY LEVEL" Java Developer or SAP administrator, whereas I only have 2 years of industrial experiences. Those human resources always think a person's skills improve as the years go, they had never seen what I see - people who write shitty codes continue writing shitty codes no matter how much work they have done.
Those worm http scan are nothing comparing to some of those stupid ssh brute force attempts showing up in my log, just to show you a few lines of it: ============== Oct 30 09:18:19 bsd sshd[76757]: Illegal user a from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:24 bsd sshd[76759]: Illegal user b from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:29 bsd sshd[76761]: Illegal user c from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:35 bsd sshd[76763]: Illegal user d from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:40 bsd sshd[76765]: Illegal user e from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:47 bsd sshd[76767]: Illegal user f from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:18:52 bsd sshd[76769]: Illegal user g from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:19:01 bsd sshd[76771]: Illegal user h from 61.135.145.252 Oct 30 09:19:07 bsd sshd[76773]: Illegal user i from 61.135.145.252 ============== I am wondering what the hell that brute-force guy was thinking - those usernames usually would not mean anything, and they just simply trigger alarms
I agree to your critics of the intelligent designer advocates. The same reasoning that they use can be used to deny every aspects of science studies. For example, if you ask "Why does it rain" - the intelligent designers can just answer "because God makes it happen". Imagine if you ask Microsoft tech support "why is my Windows XP crashed?", and they answer "due to the act of God"...
In the middle age, people would go crazy if you tell them that not all the stars and planets are revolved around the Earth (nowadays, at least we know that Venus and Mercury don't). As a christian, I see that how people totally rejects evolution is not a big difference from that middle age belief. I think the problem is that we are too ignorant, thinking we already understand every part of God's works based on literal understanding.
Being raised in a Catholic environment, maybe I can shed some light on this topic.
The controversy is on whether God created us just as how we look nowaday. As archaeologists have proven from what they dug out, the people in the history has a bit different in body shapes compare to how we look like now. When the Bible said God created the man in His image, it does not necessary mean the physical appearance. I believe His image that God created us has something to do with our souls, and it is what distinguished us from those monkeys and apes.
Those who insisted on intelligent design-ism (as in anti-evolution) nowadays is actually no difference from those who claimed that earth is the center of universe in the middle age. Why can't we Christians just open up our mind and clear up our misunderstandings of God's words?
I was graduated from a reformed Christian college, and I am so proud that at least some of our professors are not stuck with that anti-evolution thing.
The problem is that they always have cheaper labors like those in China and India as a backup. Though I really like to be in the IT field, but then we are treated worse than those in other fields.
Due to the recent release of more advanced and secure OpenBSD 3.8, I suspect that NetBSD 2.1 is stealing codes from OpenBSD. Oh wait, both of them were derived from the same codebase and are under BSD license...
Does that mean I can finally do something like ln -s filename1 filename2 via GNU Utilities for Win32 under Windows Vista? coz last time I used ln in WinXP, it says: ln: symbolic links are not supported on this system
Not to mention that Microsoft did a big part (writing / customizing an operating system) for IBM. I failed to see what essential project Google did for Microsoft.
It could also be some corrupted kernel files, or loaded rootkits.
Even a decent administrator might not locate rootkits on his system for sure, how can you expect a know-a-little one can?
I have seen system administrators / root who NEVER ever read system logs and system maintenance e-mails. In other words, they don't know one of their hardware is failing / having parity errors.
I've worked for an ISP, and they had a Pentium II 300Mhz that was taking care of a number of customer e-mail accounts and dialup. That box was constantly under heavy load and it would be stable for at least half an year. Imagine doing the same thing with Windows (any version of Windows) on that same box.
Sometimes you cannot blame Linux for system instability. There are certain hardware which runs better in Windows. When the vendors send samples to Microsoft for certification, it could be possible that Microsoft add codes to workaround hardware flaws. Those same flaws, on the other hand, might not be disclosured to Linux or other open-sourced operating system.
How would you explain that some ACPI-supported hardware would not work at all with Linux, while others can, given that the hardware should function in the same specs and standards?
Here it comes Microsoft, who innovates by copying what Google is doing. I mean, that action is ok as long as they don't call themselves an innovative company. Damn shame, damn shame.
Personally, I found it unnecessary to explain all the technical details of what I am doing to my manager. The time that I waste to repeat what I was doing in verbal form to the manager can be used to produce something more useful. In addition, I don't think he would like to get into that detail. What he needs, and only needs to know, is the outcome of my work and how it contribute to the organization.
Exactly. The httpd-access.log can only prove that your computer had download the torrent. It may serve as a supplementary information on where you got the torrent for that illegal download. Only the dumbest jury will find it persuasive to prove an illegal movie download / copyright infringement.
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I can't agree with that.
I did what you said, and I even interviewed with TekSystems recruiter in person. I heard absolutely nothing from them nor the Virginia state. Surely there's a lot of companies trying to find people, but most of them are looking for something like a 5 years "ENTRY LEVEL" Java Developer or SAP administrator, whereas I only have 2 years of industrial experiences.
Those human resources always think a person's skills improve as the years go, they had never seen what I see - people who write shitty codes continue writing shitty codes no matter how much work they have done.
You remind me of the years that Microsoft put X on everything. Say, ActiveX, DirectX,...
I don't get your point.
Shouldn't it be:
s/I/We/g
My brain stores a copy of the music, shall I destroy it?
Ya, last time I checked, the slogan becomes "It's a sorry".
Those worm http scan are nothing comparing to some of those stupid ssh brute force attempts showing up in my log, just to show you a few lines of it:
==============
Oct 30 09:18:19 bsd sshd[76757]: Illegal user a from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:24 bsd sshd[76759]: Illegal user b from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:29 bsd sshd[76761]: Illegal user c from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:35 bsd sshd[76763]: Illegal user d from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:40 bsd sshd[76765]: Illegal user e from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:47 bsd sshd[76767]: Illegal user f from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:18:52 bsd sshd[76769]: Illegal user g from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:19:01 bsd sshd[76771]: Illegal user h from 61.135.145.252
Oct 30 09:19:07 bsd sshd[76773]: Illegal user i from 61.135.145.252
==============
I am wondering what the hell that brute-force guy was thinking - those usernames usually would not mean anything, and they just simply trigger alarms
I agree to your critics of the intelligent designer advocates. The same reasoning that they use can be used to deny every aspects of science studies.
For example, if you ask "Why does it rain" - the intelligent designers can just answer "because God makes it happen".
Imagine if you ask Microsoft tech support "why is my Windows XP crashed?", and they answer "due to the act of God"...
In the middle age, people would go crazy if you tell them that not all the stars and planets are revolved around the Earth (nowadays, at least we know that Venus and Mercury don't).
As a christian, I see that how people totally rejects evolution is not a big difference from that middle age belief.
I think the problem is that we are too ignorant, thinking we already understand every part of God's works based on literal understanding.
Being raised in a Catholic environment, maybe I can shed some light on this topic.
The controversy is on whether God created us just as how we look nowaday. As archaeologists have proven from what they dug out, the people in the history has a bit different in body shapes compare to how we look like now. When the Bible said God created the man in His image, it does not necessary mean the physical appearance. I believe His image that God created us has something to do with our souls, and it is what distinguished us from those monkeys and apes.
Those who insisted on intelligent design-ism (as in anti-evolution) nowadays is actually no difference from those who claimed that earth is the center of universe in the middle age. Why can't we Christians just open up our mind and clear up our misunderstandings of God's words?
I was graduated from a reformed Christian college, and I am so proud that at least some of our professors are not stuck with that anti-evolution thing.
The problem is that they always have cheaper labors like those in China and India as a backup. Though I really like to be in the IT field, but then we are treated worse than those in other fields.
Due to the recent release of more advanced and secure OpenBSD 3.8, I suspect that NetBSD 2.1 is stealing codes from OpenBSD.
Oh wait, both of them were derived from the same codebase and are under BSD license...
Can't RMS just come up with a beta version, we will see how good / bad it is.
FYI, you should prove by hash function like using both md5sum and sha1 or even sha256.
Don't worry, my friend.
I'm sure that next version of Windows (Vista?) will have that pre-installed for you.
Does that mean I can finally do something like
ln -s filename1 filename2
via GNU Utilities for Win32 under Windows Vista?
coz last time I used ln in WinXP, it says:
ln: symbolic links are not supported on this system
Welcome to slashdot, where most moderators are clueless monkeys.
Because most H1B holders plan to apply for green card or even become American citizens eventually?
Not to mention that Microsoft did a big part (writing / customizing an operating system) for IBM. I failed to see what essential project Google did for Microsoft.
Do you really know how far he is / was?
Most of the time you don't really know until you get there.
It could also be some corrupted kernel files, or loaded rootkits.
Even a decent administrator might not locate rootkits on his system for sure, how can you expect a know-a-little one can?
I have seen system administrators / root who NEVER ever read system logs and system maintenance e-mails. In other words, they don't know one of their hardware is failing / having parity errors.
I've worked for an ISP, and they had a Pentium II 300Mhz that was taking care of a number of customer e-mail accounts and dialup. That box was constantly under heavy load and it would be stable for at least half an year. Imagine doing the same thing with Windows (any version of Windows) on that same box.
Sometimes you cannot blame Linux for system instability. There are certain hardware which runs better in Windows. When the vendors send samples to Microsoft for certification, it could be possible that Microsoft add codes to workaround hardware flaws. Those same flaws, on the other hand, might not be disclosured to Linux or other open-sourced operating system.
How would you explain that some ACPI-supported hardware would not work at all with Linux, while others can, given that the hardware should function in the same specs and standards?
Here it comes Microsoft, who innovates by copying what Google is doing. I mean, that action is ok as long as they don't call themselves an innovative company.
Damn shame, damn shame.
Personally, I found it unnecessary to explain all the technical details of what I am doing to my manager. The time that I waste to repeat what I was doing in verbal form to the manager can be used to produce something more useful. In addition, I don't think he would like to get into that detail.
What he needs, and only needs to know, is the outcome of my work and how it contribute to the organization.
Correct.
Managers, IT or not, are responsible for managing $stuff. They are not there to do the same job as the tech.
There is a Chinese saying going like this:
If you don't know how to do stuff, you teach.
If you can't teach, you manage.
which is so true -- the manager don't do the stuff
Exactly.
The httpd-access.log can only prove that your computer had download the torrent. It may serve as a supplementary information on where you got the torrent for that illegal download. Only the dumbest jury will find it persuasive to prove an illegal movie download / copyright infringement.