Yup - I am currently trying to re-install a friend's Toshiba notebook. It is totally hosed and doesn't have any removable media that it can boot from and due to a shitty BIOS, it can't boot from USB either.
The only solution is to set up a RIS system on Linux and do a network install of WinXP via PXE - what a fucking nightmare. After 3 days, I am now at the point where the setup program starts and then halts due to a path problem... Aaaaaarggggghhhh!
The best 'for laptops' distro is always the newest distro - whichever it happens to be - since then it is most likely to have the right drivers! So, presently, I'll recommend Suse.
Well, it is always hard to get things to work on either a really old, or a really new machine. However, I suggest that you install Mandriva 10.2LE and install all the window managers and run KDE when you want fancy screens and IceWM when you want to get things done more quickly.
The rule of thumb is that each year of tertiary education is equivalent to 3 years of industry experience. So with a Masters in Comp-Sci, you are slightly better off than a fresh graduate, but not by much. Certainly not good enough for a senior position, requiring 10 plus years of experience!
Well, actually, you can trust MS with security. They are not inherently evil, depspite many sloshdat posts to the contrary. The only problem is that the security you are going to get, will probably not be very good.
How about a digital picture with embedded data? What about a file that turns into a picture when viewed with Gimp and into a text when viewed with MS Word? Now how about viewing a porn picture file with vi - is it still porn? Is a file a picture only because the filename ends with.jpg? There are many questions about digital pictures that can keep an army of lawyers busy for a while.
I'm sorry, but the Russians already knew that the US had working nukes. They knew about the tests in Nevada and they had their own sysmic records. The US didn't have to prove it to them. It was only the crazies in Japan that needed convincing - they were not serious about surrender - they were stalling for time, until the US made it clear that the 3rd bomb will be on Tokyo. Anyhoo, all those nut cases (on all sides) are gone now...
Not quite - the Nuke Non Proliferation Treaty is a separate thing, but it used to be that the UN Security Council members were the only ones with nukes. Today however, pretty much every country with nuclear power stations also have a few bombs stashed away somewhere as an insurance policy against invasion by a large power.
IPtables has delay capabilities - so you can limit the effect of a DOS, by limiting the number of new connections allowed per second. It doesn't really stop the DOS, but it does take the fun out of it, so the attacker will stop after a while. It also protects against dictionary password attacks, by slowing things down to the point where it is infeasible.
Of course you have the right to defend your property, but there will always be a bunch of weenies who would rather run away and hide behind mommy...
If some machine is attacking your system with a serious denial of service, then you have the right to root that box and halt it. Effectively, you are just turning the other person's machine off and if you would leave it at that, it would be perfectly reasonable.
Well, damn, if "The IT Fepartment (TM)" was doing its job properly, then the viruses, trojans and spam would not reach the users in the first place. There are enough toys out there that can stop the shit.
In Canada the main water supply is usually just slightly above freezing, so just hooking this setup to a trickling faucet would work just as well, without the hassle of a bucket.
Much cheaper: Big block of ice in a baby bath, with a fan blowing over it. (Since you are in Canada, just go outside for more ice - or you could open a window, but that won't be nearly as cool...).
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Yup - I am currently trying to re-install a friend's Toshiba notebook. It is totally hosed and doesn't have any removable media that it can boot from and due to a shitty BIOS, it can't boot from USB either.
The only solution is to set up a RIS system on Linux and do a network install of WinXP via PXE - what a fucking nightmare. After 3 days, I am now at the point where the setup program starts and then halts due to a path problem... Aaaaaarggggghhhh!
I hate fucking windows.
No, you just didn't realize that you had 10,000 pieces of shit running on your computer. Ignorance is bliss...
The best 'for laptops' distro is always the newest distro - whichever it happens to be - since then it is most likely to have the right drivers! So, presently, I'll recommend Suse.
Well, it is always hard to get things to work on either a really old, or a really new machine. However, I suggest that you install Mandriva 10.2LE and install all the window managers and run KDE when you want fancy screens and IceWM when you want to get things done more quickly.
The rule of thumb is that each year of tertiary education is equivalent to 3 years of industry experience. So with a Masters in Comp-Sci, you are slightly better off than a fresh graduate, but not by much. Certainly not good enough for a senior position, requiring 10 plus years of experience!
Well, actually, you can trust MS with security. They are not inherently evil, depspite many sloshdat posts to the contrary. The only problem is that the security you are going to get, will probably not be very good.
Everyone is using it - and he feels like he has lost out - poor boy...
How about a digital picture with embedded data? .jpg?
What about a file that turns into a picture when viewed with Gimp and into a text when viewed with MS Word?
Now how about viewing a porn picture file with vi - is it still porn?
Is a file a picture only because the filename ends with
There are many questions about digital pictures that can keep an army of lawyers busy for a while.
"never once been hacked, infected, or adwared"
I guess your Windows box is behind a very good Linux firewall router. Kudos to Linksys...
I'm sorry, but the Russians already knew that the US had working nukes. They knew about the tests in Nevada and they had their own sysmic records. The US didn't have to prove it to them. It was only the crazies in Japan that needed convincing - they were not serious about surrender - they were stalling for time, until the US made it clear that the 3rd bomb will be on Tokyo. Anyhoo, all those nut cases (on all sides) are gone now...
Not quite - the Nuke Non Proliferation Treaty is a separate thing, but it used to be that the UN Security Council members were the only ones with nukes. Today however, pretty much every country with nuclear power stations also have a few bombs stashed away somewhere as an insurance policy against invasion by a large power.
Not dumb - troll...
The war in the Pacific Rim was not just between the USA and Japan. That is a horrible, horrible simplification. Japan invaded all its neighbours!
By bombing Japan, the US avoided having to clean up hundreds (if not thousands) of islands and hundreds of cities, over an immense area.
Ask any Chinese or Korean person to explain the history to you and whether they think ending the war quickly was a good idea or not.
Japan had a bunch of religious nutcases in control and the bombs shocked everyone back to reality.
in both countries - gonna be cramped - only pillows on the floor for seats and paper bulkheads... ;-)
No, this the ultimate self defense:
http://www.redsoldier.com/
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/default.asp
http://www.remington.com/default
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/
IPtables has delay capabilities - so you can limit the effect of a DOS, by limiting the number of new connections allowed per second. It doesn't really stop the DOS, but it does take the fun out of it, so the attacker will stop after a while. It also protects against dictionary password attacks, by slowing things down to the point where it is infeasible.
Of course you have the right to defend your property, but there will always be a bunch of weenies who would rather run away and hide behind mommy...
If some machine is attacking your system with a serious denial of service, then you have the right to root that box and halt it. Effectively, you are just turning the other person's machine off and if you would leave it at that, it would be perfectly reasonable.
Maybe you haven't noticed, but the current version of Mandriva is a 10.2LE. So you are complaining about old schtuff.
Well, damn, if "The IT Fepartment (TM)" was doing its job properly, then the viruses, trojans and spam would not reach the users in the first place. There are enough toys out there that can stop the shit.
Yeah, Windoze users have all the fun. I haven't seen a virus in years and even way back then, they would not run.
because it limits the use of FOSS.
I fully support the BSA in their endeavors.
things tend to bounce if they are stale enough and you drop them far enough.
Dude, it is summer. You don't need the snow boots and parka anymore...
In Canada the main water supply is usually just slightly above freezing, so just hooking this setup to a trickling faucet would work just as well, without the hassle of a bucket.
A common farm aircon, is to put a sprinkler on the roof. That cools the whole house down.
Much cheaper: Big block of ice in a baby bath, with a fan blowing over it. (Since you are in Canada, just go outside for more ice - or you could open a window, but that won't be nearly as cool...).