No genre ever needed a drubbing more than the teen movie, and it gets what it deserves here.
This may be true, but personally I can think of a genre i'd like to do some drubbing to. I'm desperately searching for some relevance here, and I'm failing. News for Nerds... no. Stuff that Matters.... AahaHAHA.
Story: -1 OffTopic.
If this post was a Troll, it would be untrue.
If this post was Flamebait, I'd expect you to disagree.
If this post was OffTopic, I wouldn't have replied to Jon directly.
Yes, I believe our stealth ship has been around for a while. Sad that we don't have supersonic missiles on ours. I hope the Afghans don't get this new Russian ship and kick our ass.
Expert troll he is, but sadly a little too expert this time. Microsoft can issue false Verisign certificates till the cows come home, but if you only ever trust the one shipped with your computer (like the troll said) then no matter how many other packages signed by "Microsoft Corporation" show up at your computer, you will never install them. If you only trust that one certificate, then someone attempting to trojan your machine must get their trojan signed by the master Microsoft Verisign key. His argument hinges on the assertion that Microsoft would never sign a government trojan.
but now that RAMBUS is getting close to comparable, I don't see what the point is.
The point, in my opinion, is that Rambus has too high of a lawyer-to-engineer ratio for my tastes. I prefer a company that chooses innovation over litigation because I have a lot more faith in their product down the road.
Yep. If we post a story (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) about something VA does, we're corporate (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) whores. If we don't, (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) we're covering something up. It's a sweet deal, being an anonymous whiner griping about a free site.
Michael, let me make sure I understand you correctly. You're saying that you're corporate whores who are covering something up? And that I should buy SourceForge 3.0 now? That's cool, but since the poster you're replying to wasn't actually anonymous, I think you're just trying to troll us.
Wink wink! Seriously though, I think Slashdot is doing a great job of covering everything from proprietary software releases by VA to automated subnet banning on Slashdot. Don't get discouraged; there's going to be a few dissenters in every crowd, except on Slashdot, where everyone is a dissenter. (-;
Thanks for replying frankly, your post was pretty funny.
I hate to rain on your parade, but I believe that while the linked information is Informative, it is not quite On-Topic. The article in question talks about how to fingerprint different exploit strings launched at web servers at the application layer on port 80. The document you linked discusses how to fingerprint the TCP stacks of varying operating systems based on details gleaned from the top 3 layers of the network stack, including timing details, TCP sequence numbers, etc. Specifically it describes how Fyodor's excellent nmap utility fingerprints an Operating System by TCP stack. You may note that you must be "root" to use this capability because you must sniff the raw TCP stream in order to be able to do this. Fingerprinting port 80 exploit strings just requires you to read the http logs...
While fingerprinting an OS is certainly a useful thing, we shouldn't confuse it with a fingerpinting and profiling effort aimed at categorizing and identifying buffer overrun and similar exploits aimed at web servers. Automated run-time detection of these attempts can lead to faster detection and elimination of threats. In addition, this is a passive measure, whereas nmap is an active measure.
These guys are also very open-source unfriendly, but they do provide a solution not on your list. You can also buy a source code license to the Baltimore Toolkit for about ten grand.
Hey, does anyone know if they're going to support dumping debugging information for multi-threaded processes into core files? I'm really tired of not being able to post-mortem debug in gdb. I know the errata kernal drops per-pid cores, but that's not like having real core file support.
Any kernel hackers out there heard whisperings about this?
Verizon pounded Covad into the ground by strangling the technology with problems. Free marketplace my ass. Now that Covad and the CLECs are running out of money Verizon is putting the nail in the coffin with groundless, bogus lawsuits. Read the 100's of posts here: anyone who tried to get DSL from Covad failed due to intentional Verizon negligence.
Falsified bug reports. What about falsified fucking lawsuits! The only upside is that the public is so fed up with Verizon's shit that the cable companies have seized the whole broadband revenue stream away from the RBOCs (baby bells) so they don't get to play.
German company A patents process "bob" in Germany. American company B patents process "bob" in America. B sues A for patent infringement in America, and wins, enforcing it in Germany against B. B sues A in Germany for patent infrigment and wins, enforcing it in America against A.
The end result: no one can use process "bob", and they both go out of business.
This sounds like a great idea to me, bring it on.
I particularly like Stallman's idea of "shopping for laws", where corporations find countries who will sell anything (cough christmas island, tonga,.cx,.tv) pass laws such as justifiable homicide in response to corporate espionage, or maybe patenting the entire idea of the telephone, or making it illegal to register a domain name.
When the first American gets cained in Pancake Ohio in the town square because they were sued in Singapore for spitting gum on the sidewalk, the fit is gonna hit the shan.
E. Freedom from Discrimination and Sexual Harassment. Students have a right to be free from illegal discrimination and sexual harassment. University policy prohibits discrimination, harassment or prejudicial treatment of a student because of his/her race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or status as an individual with a disability, disabled veteran, or veteran of the Vietnam era.
If I were a university administrator, taking down this site would be like shooting fish in a barrel. They don't have to be troubled by the fact that the administrator didn't write the offending posts, that's just an administrative detail to them.
The question is whether they're living up to part D of the student rights in expelling him:
D. Due Process. Students have a right to due process in any disciplinary matter involving the possibility of substantial sanctions. This includes a right to be heard, a right to decision and review by impartial persons or bodies, and a right to adequate notice.
But since we haven't been provided any of the details as to the charges he's facing, we can't really speak to that.
"I'm also suspended indefinately, and face immediate expulsion from the University."
I'm confused by the fact that you seem to be putting ownership of the site and your possible expulsion in the same bag. To me, the two issues are very different. Graduating is way more important. And as long as they've got that paper over you, they are God. Don't ever think the law comes into play. My advice is to suck it up, write an apology, secretly get what legal & PR advice you can afford, and do whatever it takes to get your degree.
Once you're gone, you can worry about starting up the site again, and who owns it, and whatnot. Once you're out of the state's jurisdiction, have a lawyer, and anonymous hosting in, say, Sealand, you can be as big a pain in the ass to them as you want. Right now you're a bug they can crush. The only chance you've got is to apologize and make them look bad in the public eye for expelling an innocent student.
You need that degree, man. You don't want to start over, trust me.
P.S. some more detail on the actual charges, any acceptable use policies you may or may not have violated, etc., would be useful to us readers.
The FDA has very, very strict rules on what can go on the labels and packages of food, right down to minimum point sizes of fonts.
That's right. They strictly enforce their "no-labelling" policy for genetically modified (GM) foods. You're not allowed to label your Frankenfoods, nor are you allowed to label your food as "non-genetically modified". In short, the FDA has made it illegal for the consumer to tell the difference. Which is why 70% of the produce (by mass) sold in the United States is untested genetically spliced food.
To learn more about how the FDA (Monsanto's marketing department) is out to poison the public, read this book.
Strict standards. Heh. Like anyone cares. Movie PR, food PR, industry PR, it's all the same - programming.
Hey, I hate to be the first to whine about this, but:
When will YDL 2.0 be available for download?
Monday, June 25th. Why the wait? YDL 2.0 was over a year in development. An expensive undertaking by any standards, we were determined to produce the finest PowerPC Linux distribution available with one of the easiest installers for any platform. And now we ask for your support. Please purchase YDL 2.0 from our resellers or our online Store when it becomes available on the 29th of May.
Does anyone know where the portion of the GPL that reads that if you modify the source code, that you must release the source code to the public after you've sold it for a while is?
I'm having trouble finding it. Not that I have a problem with them making money, or charging for the media, I'm just hoping that our lurking GPL experts can clarify this one for me.
NOTE: I am NOT accusing them of a GPL violation. I'm asking a question. Please don't flame me, I burn easily.
Er, um, the "amount of data you can access" is the total amount of addressable memory, that is, not the total number of memory addresses but the total number of addressable bits. Since the word length changes to 64, you've gone from (2^32)*32 addressable bits on a 32-bit machine to (2^64)*64 bits on a theoretically maxed out 64 bit machine (may I live to see the day).
So technically, CNN was wrong by a factor of
(8589934592 - 4) or 8589934588 times. Their percent error can be calculated as (8589934588/8589934592) or 99.99999995343387126922607421875% (ok, yes, I rounded).
In short, CNN was nearly 100% wrong.
But you already knew that, right?
Slashdot Mirror
No genre ever needed a drubbing more than the teen movie, and it gets what it deserves here.
This may be true, but personally I can think of a genre i'd like to do some drubbing to. I'm desperately searching for some relevance here, and I'm failing. News for Nerds... no. Stuff that Matters.... AahaHAHA.
Story: -1 OffTopic.
If this post was a Troll, it would be untrue.
If this post was Flamebait, I'd expect you to disagree.
If this post was OffTopic, I wouldn't have replied to Jon directly.
Yes, I believe our stealth ship has been around for a while. Sad that we don't have supersonic missiles on ours. I hope the Afghans don't get this new Russian ship and kick our ass.
Expert troll he is, but sadly a little too expert this time. Microsoft can issue false Verisign certificates till the cows come home, but if you only ever trust the one shipped with your computer (like the troll said) then no matter how many other packages signed by "Microsoft Corporation" show up at your computer, you will never install them. If you only trust that one certificate, then someone attempting to trojan your machine must get their trojan signed by the master Microsoft Verisign key. His argument hinges on the assertion that Microsoft would never sign a government trojan.
So basically, he was right, and you were wrong.
Wait, who's the troll again?
But they forgot the most important one!
first post to mention Slashdot.
First post to mention Slashdot.org
The fools!
but now that RAMBUS is getting close to comparable, I don't see what the point is.
The point, in my opinion, is that Rambus has too high of a lawyer-to-engineer ratio for my tastes. I prefer a company that chooses innovation over litigation because I have a lot more faith in their product down the road.
Yep. If we post a story (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) about something VA does, we're corporate (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) whores. If we don't, (BUY SOURCEFORGE 3.0 NOW) we're covering something up. It's a sweet deal, being an anonymous whiner griping about a free site.
Michael, let me make sure I understand you correctly. You're saying that you're corporate whores who are covering something up? And that I should buy SourceForge 3.0 now? That's cool, but since the poster you're replying to wasn't actually anonymous, I think you're just trying to troll us.
Wink wink! Seriously though, I think Slashdot is doing a great job of covering everything from proprietary software releases by VA to automated subnet banning on Slashdot. Don't get discouraged; there's going to be a few dissenters in every crowd, except on Slashdot, where everyone is a dissenter. (-;
Thanks for replying frankly, your post was pretty funny.
I hate to rain on your parade, but I believe that while the linked information is Informative, it is not quite On-Topic. The article in question talks about how to fingerprint different exploit strings launched at web servers at the application layer on port 80. The document you linked discusses how to fingerprint the TCP stacks of varying operating systems based on details gleaned from the top 3 layers of the network stack, including timing details, TCP sequence numbers, etc. Specifically it describes how Fyodor's excellent nmap utility fingerprints an Operating System by TCP stack. You may note that you must be "root" to use this capability because you must sniff the raw TCP stream in order to be able to do this. Fingerprinting port 80 exploit strings just requires you to read the http logs...
While fingerprinting an OS is certainly a useful thing, we shouldn't confuse it with a fingerpinting and profiling effort aimed at categorizing and identifying buffer overrun and similar exploits aimed at web servers. Automated run-time detection of these attempts can lead to faster detection and elimination of threats. In addition, this is a passive measure, whereas nmap is an active measure.
These guys are also very open-source unfriendly, but they do provide a solution not on your list. You can also buy a source code license to the Baltimore Toolkit for about ten grand.
Better to split than stagnate.
True, look at the success of the "Gnome vs. KDE" split.
Carnivore Server is a set of Perl scripts running on top of tcpdump
You know, sadly, this is probably far more sophisticated than the actual Carnivore system.
Good grief.
I just came across this, but, um, 700 comments? I've been here for three years. Do you just post something every time you feel like it?
Someone moderate this guy down till he posts at -1, so I don't have to read it.
700 posts! God, I just can't get over it. Maybe he has a posting problem?
So, is the Department of Justice now banned from using Frontpage to publish Jackson's Findings of Fact?
Hey, does anyone know if they're going to support dumping debugging information for multi-threaded processes into core files? I'm really tired of not being able to post-mortem debug in gdb. I know the errata kernal drops per-pid cores, but that's not like having real core file support.
Any kernel hackers out there heard whisperings about this?
Is that party as in beer, or free as in party?
Shit, I'm drunk already.
OSDN uses Windows 2000 as its web server.
Shouldn't they check the license compliance on that?
Covad Faked DSL Trouble For Verizon
Um, right words, wrong order. The headline was:
Verizon Faked DSL! Trouble For Covad!
Verizon pounded Covad into the ground by strangling the technology with problems. Free marketplace my ass. Now that Covad and the CLECs are running out of money Verizon is putting the nail in the coffin with groundless, bogus lawsuits. Read the 100's of posts here: anyone who tried to get DSL from Covad failed due to intentional Verizon negligence.
Falsified bug reports. What about falsified fucking lawsuits! The only upside is that the public is so fed up with Verizon's shit that the cable companies have seized the whole broadband revenue stream away from the RBOCs (baby bells) so they don't get to play.
Scenario:
.cx, .tv) pass laws such as justifiable homicide in response to corporate espionage, or maybe patenting the entire idea of the telephone, or making it illegal to register a domain name.
German company A patents process "bob" in Germany. American company B patents process "bob" in America. B sues A for patent infringement in America, and wins, enforcing it in Germany against B. B sues A in Germany for patent infrigment and wins, enforcing it in America against A.
The end result: no one can use process "bob", and they both go out of business.
This sounds like a great idea to me, bring it on.
I particularly like Stallman's idea of "shopping for laws", where corporations find countries who will sell anything (cough christmas island, tonga,
When the first American gets cained in Pancake Ohio in the town square because they were sued in Singapore for spitting gum on the sidewalk, the fit is gonna hit the shan.
I can't wait.
If they think stealth technology is useless, what's up with their stealth web page? I can't see it to save my life...
It was just proven today that I did not send the threat at all. So I'm more or less in the clear on that just from things that transpired this day.
well, good. i hope that you end up graduating successfully. past that, i hope you continue to raise hell. good luck.
For those of you who are wondering what the administration is all upset about, I give you what I believe to be my first clue about that.
Follow their Network Connection Acceptable Use Policy to their Information Resources Policy to their Student Rights Section and read this:
E. Freedom from Discrimination and Sexual Harassment. Students have a right to be free from illegal discrimination and sexual harassment. University policy prohibits discrimination, harassment or prejudicial treatment of a student because of his/her race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or status as an individual with a disability, disabled veteran, or veteran of the Vietnam era.
If I were a university administrator, taking down this site would be like shooting fish in a barrel. They don't have to be troubled by the fact that the administrator didn't write the offending posts, that's just an administrative detail to them.
The question is whether they're living up to part D of the student rights in expelling him:
D. Due Process. Students have a right to due process in any disciplinary matter involving the possibility of substantial sanctions. This includes a right to be heard, a right to decision and review by impartial persons or bodies, and a right to adequate notice.
But since we haven't been provided any of the details as to the charges he's facing, we can't really speak to that.
"I'm also suspended indefinately, and face immediate expulsion from the University."
I'm confused by the fact that you seem to be putting ownership of the site and your possible expulsion in the same bag. To me, the two issues are very different. Graduating is way more important. And as long as they've got that paper over you, they are God. Don't ever think the law comes into play. My advice is to suck it up, write an apology, secretly get what legal & PR advice you can afford, and do whatever it takes to get your degree.
Once you're gone, you can worry about starting up the site again, and who owns it, and whatnot. Once you're out of the state's jurisdiction, have a lawyer, and anonymous hosting in, say, Sealand, you can be as big a pain in the ass to them as you want. Right now you're a bug they can crush. The only chance you've got is to apologize and make them look bad in the public eye for expelling an innocent student.
You need that degree, man. You don't want to start over, trust me.
P.S. some more detail on the actual charges, any acceptable use policies you may or may not have violated, etc., would be useful to us readers.
The FDA has very, very strict rules on what can go on the labels and packages of food, right down to minimum point sizes of fonts.
That's right. They strictly enforce their "no-labelling" policy for genetically modified (GM) foods. You're not allowed to label your Frankenfoods, nor are you allowed to label your food as "non-genetically modified". In short, the FDA has made it illegal for the consumer to tell the difference. Which is why 70% of the produce (by mass) sold in the United States is untested genetically spliced food.
To learn more about how the FDA (Monsanto's marketing department) is out to poison the public, read this book.
Strict standards. Heh. Like anyone cares. Movie PR, food PR, industry PR, it's all the same - programming.
Hey, I hate to be the first to whine about this, but:
When will YDL 2.0 be available for download?
Monday, June 25th. Why the wait? YDL 2.0 was over a year in development. An expensive undertaking by any standards, we were determined to produce the finest PowerPC Linux distribution available with one of the easiest installers for any platform. And now we ask for your support. Please purchase YDL 2.0 from our resellers or our online Store when it becomes available on the 29th of May.
Does anyone know where the portion of the GPL that reads that if you modify the source code, that you must release the source code to the public after you've sold it for a while is?
I'm having trouble finding it. Not that I have a problem with them making money, or charging for the media, I'm just hoping that our lurking GPL experts can clarify this one for me.
NOTE: I am NOT accusing them of a GPL violation. I'm asking a question. Please don't flame me, I burn easily.
actually, CNN changed the article after it was published.
/.
so the real question is, does CNN read
?
scary.
Er, um, the "amount of data you can access" is the total amount of addressable memory, that is, not the total number of memory addresses but the total number of addressable bits. Since the word length changes to 64, you've gone from (2^32)*32 addressable bits on a 32-bit machine to (2^64)*64 bits on a theoretically maxed out 64 bit machine (may I live to see the day).
To follow this to it's 100% anal conclusion,
(2^64)/(2^32) = 4294967296.
((2^64)*64)/((2^32)*32) = 8589934592.
So technically, CNN was wrong by a factor of
(8589934592 - 4) or 8589934588 times. Their percent error can be calculated as (8589934588/8589934592) or 99.99999995343387126922607421875% (ok, yes, I rounded).
In short, CNN was nearly 100% wrong.
But you already knew that, right?