sucks up twice, thrice, a dozen times the bandwidth of the original worm
Nice to talk out your ass. yes they are annoying, but lets go over some numbers from my system I run:
I run a MailMarshal 5.5 system. It is configured to block all executable attachments. A blocked attachment is parked for 7 days and a text only notification without attaching the original message is sent back to the "sender". If the sender replies according to the instructions (which is to add 1 randomly generated 6 letter word to the subject and delete it from the body) then the original message is released and the sender added to the MailMarshal whitelist so they get no more messages. Our McAfee virus scanner is after it and just deletes any virii that get through. Now for the numbers:
1. MyDoom emails in: 411
2. Bandwidth of said emails at 32.3KB average: 106202 Kb transferred
3. Automated replies I sent out: 398
4. Bandwidth of replies (original message NOT attached) at 1.7KB: 5,412Kb
5. Amount of emails in that were replies from other companies mistakenly saying my users had sent them the virus: 239
6. Bandwidth at 33.8KB = 64,626Kb
So, I've sent out nearly twice as many blocked message notifications than the other with an option to whitelist receivers that are mistakenly ID'd. My emails have taken 11x LESS bandwidth as their error messages and nearly 20x less than the virus messages themselves.
The problem isn't necessarily always the software and hype without research is even worse.
heh, point taken. I have a job, but it's more support maintenance than creation. The litigation is because my former partner took the company's bank account and disappeared. The original investors are suing him, not me.
I don't need the job, but I would prefer to get into programming rather than server maintenance and preferably on a newer company where I could help guide than a drone in a larger place. It wasn't exactly meant to be a resume submittal.:)
I'm not much of a manager. I owned my own company before. My partner stole a bunch of stuff and there is currently litigation against him pendinf. If someone wants to start a software system, I'll code. I'm not much for free coding (so don't suggest sourceforge) seeing as I need to pay rent and stuff. I currently do freelance coding for various people as well as work full time running mail servers and anti-spam software for a large Architectural and Telecommunications firm.
Just a little addendum on the language. Mac is scottish, Mc is Irish. Both from the Gaelic roots. When the britons and normans came in, it switched to O' for their language (middle english) for "of". So, Darl McBride is "Darl, son of Bride" whereas Darl O'Assbag would be "Darl, of Assbag".
The average healthy human eye is most responsive to blue and yellow and least responsive to red. This is the reason you see red and blue lights in dim-lit areas. Blue lights stand out more and are easier to read whereas red-lights cause shorter term night and/or flash blindness[1]. This why you see redlights come on in emergancy situations in things like submarines, powerplants, etc. It's more gentle on the eyes.
For more information, try taking this course on human-machine interaction. The first 1/3rd of the course is how the eyes and ears work and basic perception modelling.
-Ab
[1] Night/fash blindness is what accurs when you get spot images in your eyes from extremely bright light, such as a camera flash, looking at the sun, turning on the bathroom light when you wake up in the middle of the night to relieve yourself, or walking outside after a fresh snow. It is caused by your pupil allowing too much light in at once and your retinal cells (mostly rods in this case) releasing too much neurotransmitters and not having enough to replace, rendering them incapable of sending more out until their supply has been replenished.
Yes, they showed the shit episode, but they did show the movie, "Southpark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" as well. They showed it complete this past fall 4 days in a row from midnight to 2am each night without comercials or censor. They even included the dildo scene between Saddam and Satan (as would be implied by showing it uncensored and complete).
I signed up for TCI@HOME back in '97 when it was first offered in this area. I got the second connection in the city and signed up for an "unlimited, uncapped service". When They tried to cap me 2 years later, I pulled out the contract. Eventually they got around it by selling the service to AT&T. AT&T cancelled all service for a month, then restarted it. Anyone wanting in, had to buy a new contract. Sucked but it was the way around it.
Now, if they could get 911 calls to trace to a location on cell phone, they'd have something.
They can. The company I work for does it up and down the east coast. It's called "Phase II Compliance". Phase I is getting auto-magic locations from land-line 911 calls. Phase II is cell phone geo-location. The phone companies all have the ability, it's the local 911 call-centers that don't. (That and getting the phone companies to play nicely with each other and co-operate is like getting the Israelis and the Palestinians to share.)
You can appeal any verdict in the US. You need to have a reason to appeal though, such as a potential mis-trial, tampered evidence, new evidence, etc. If there are no anomolies or grounds for retrial, the appeal is denied.
Larry Flint was found innocent and the prosecution appealed to the supreme court, which upheld the decision.
Wow, things really have changed since I moved out of PA. A decade ago not having a Joe Paterno shrine in your dining room was just cause for deportation to New Jersey.
It still is. The parent is being served his papers as we speak.
btw, gotta love Jersey. The only state in the union where you can drive into for free, but you have to pay to get out of.
Ketosis is a side effect of an IMPROPERLY followed Atkin's diet. Part of that is because Dr. Atkin's released enough of his diet to hook people. They start phase I (carb starving) and see immediate results then they never move onto Phase II (Carb stepping) or Phase III (Carb maintenance). Because most people don't read enough to know how or why slow their weight loss down, they tend to fail the diet and gain it all back or worse, do severe damage to themselves.
Also, anyone that does a diet, the FIRST thing you should do is talk to your doctor. I did the Atkins and lost 34 pounds in 31 days (310 to 276). I went back to my doctor for my monthly check-up and she took me off of it and did blood tests. My test came back fine and I was greenlighted to go back on it, but I haven't yet. I've been off of it for 6 months and put 12 pounds back on.
At the same time, my girlfriend was told to stay off of the Atkin's diet because she had a really bad kidney infection when she was a freshman in college. She spent 3 days in the hospital and has a lot of scarring on hers. Her body can't process the ketone byproducts of fatty-acid metabolism. (she also pees every other hour like clockwork). Because she can't do the Atkin's, I've chosen not to go back on it. It makes it a bit inconvenient to cook meals.
Well, I'm allergic to soy (and soy based products) as well as peanuts (and based products). So, I'm making up for the animals you aren't eating cause it's about all I can eat.
Are you sure they both do? I only ask because at work we put a block at the router to aol.com (for internal reasons) and this killed MapQuest as well. This seems to indicate that they get their maps from Aol... or at least redirect through AOL first.
However, I'm an English major; when I notice a weak plot or a missing link, I get the subconscious "yellow flag."
However, when I hear that someone is an english major, I get a subconscious "yellow flag" that says, "Warning: Incoming Bullshit Alert! Take evasive action!"
Well, that or, "Yes, i would like some fries with that."
-Ab
ps. It's sarcasm, or, to quote Homer, "It's funny 'cause it's true..."
I agree. In college I've failed 2 seperate courses (digital systems and linear programming) with 90+ averages on the exams and final projects. I didn't do a single homework assignment. Even though the first class, homework was worth 20% of the final and the second class it was only worth 10%. I didn't need to do the homework to understand the material.
The first teacher accused me of cheating. I went to see her and she refused to budget even after offering to take an oral quiz in front of her. I filed a petition with the faculty senate, which was denied because she decided to go back to China.
The second teacher was was my academic advisor and was pissed that I never went to Friday classes. It was my only class on fridays and it was at 9am and over a mile walk frm my apartment. Fridays were "turn in your homework" day and I enver bothered. I prefered to sleep in. He used the rule that says that professors may adjust a grade based on their impression of the students demonstrated knowledge of the subject and not solely based on graded scores. Basically, he used the rule that lets you go argue for a better grade to say that I demonstrated no real understanding of the material because I got 0s on all 15 homeworks. Prick.
At the risk of being branded a troll or otherwise modded unfavorably, I would give them some form of MS operating system IF AND ONLY IF MS gave it to them for free, or at a much reduced price (i.e. part of their justice department settlement). Now hear me out for a moment as to why before tar and feathering me:
1. These are 6th graders. Given the results of what happened in my 6th grade through 12 grade, only about half are going to college. Of those, only half are going to major universities. The rest will be going to tech or community colleges. Even the ones that goto college, the majority of their computer use during school and after graduation will most likely be software run on MS systems. The point of school is to prepare children for the rest of their lives. As much as I'd like to see a revolution and topple the MicroSoft monopoly, is it fair to these kids to put them at a disadvantage for jobs such as secretary, CAD Tech, Architect, Wireless Engineer, office administrator, or some sort of lab tech because they are unfamiliar with MS systems, which run 99% of these machines and software? Giving them some other OS puts them ata disadvantage at getting into their respectiev field by making them predisposed towards other systems. It is along the lines of teaching ebonics to a child and wondering why they don't interview well.
2. There are more apps available for MS systems than Linux systems, free or not. This has been part of the Linix/OSS community's myself inclded) problem. There just isn't enough software out there to compete. Too much of what is available is for niche power users and not for general public consumption. Now we are talking about the Dells, and not the Apples, because Apple pretty much has the market cornered on educational software and classroom integration.
Given the opportunity, I would set up a dual boot system to expose them to a second, different OS. Probably RedHat or SlackWare for their simplicity. I know I was raised in my school on Apple IIe and nothing else. EVERYTHING we had from the time I was in 4th grade till I graduated in '94 was Apple IIe. It made for a rough transisition when I went to college and had to relearn everything on VMS systems, Windows, DOS, and MacOS. I consider myself rather tech oriented, but it was still somewhat of a learning curve to use a mouse for the first time, or to program in a GUI.
just my $.02. Mod me down if you like, but I jst speak my perceived version of the truth.
While I'm sitting in the woods a bear rushes at me. A drunken, red-neck, child-molesting, thieving, republican, windows praising, DRM supporting catholic priest shoots the bear and saves my life... I'm going to be appreciative... whether or not he shot the bear to save me, or to take home as a trophy.
You take your blessings where you can get them. Tomorrow, the TelCos may do something different to make me hate them. Today I like them. That's the bitch about life... things change and so must people if they want to keep up.
You do realize that the industry is under no obligation whatsoever to package the music in the format you want, nor to make ripping mp3s easy.
You are correct, but in the same vein, I am under no obligation to give money to the music industry unless they give me a good quality recording both technically (sound quality) and artisticly (more than 1 or 2 good tracks per CD) in the format I want/need at a price I deem resonable and worthwhile. Otherwise, I keep my money and spend it on other forms of entertainment.
Heh, My landlord did the same thing, till one day he found out that, since I live alone, I tend to walk around in various states of undress. I happened to be getting out of the shower and walking to the living room to turn on the TV while I got dressed and he walked in with someone to show the apartment to. I just looked at them and said, "Dunno what you want, but unless you get the fuck out now, you're gonna see a fat, nekkid man** kick the shit out of you." I've gotten phone calls ever since anytime the landlord is even coming to the building.:)
-Ab
** I'm 6'4", 285#, a part-time bouncer at a sports bar and an ex-minor league hockey player.
Slashdot Mirror
sucks up twice, thrice, a dozen times the bandwidth of the original worm
Nice to talk out your ass. yes they are annoying, but lets go over some numbers from my system I run:
I run a MailMarshal 5.5 system. It is configured to block all executable attachments. A blocked attachment is parked for 7 days and a text only notification without attaching the original message is sent back to the "sender". If the sender replies according to the instructions (which is to add 1 randomly generated 6 letter word to the subject and delete it from the body) then the original message is released and the sender added to the MailMarshal whitelist so they get no more messages. Our McAfee virus scanner is after it and just deletes any virii that get through. Now for the numbers:
1. MyDoom emails in: 411
2. Bandwidth of said emails at 32.3KB average: 106202 Kb transferred
3. Automated replies I sent out: 398
4. Bandwidth of replies (original message NOT attached) at 1.7KB: 5,412Kb
5. Amount of emails in that were replies from other companies mistakenly saying my users had sent them the virus: 239
6. Bandwidth at 33.8KB = 64,626Kb
So, I've sent out nearly twice as many blocked message notifications than the other with an option to whitelist receivers that are mistakenly ID'd. My emails have taken 11x LESS bandwidth as their error messages and nearly 20x less than the virus messages themselves.
The problem isn't necessarily always the software and hype without research is even worse.
-Ab
heh, point taken. I have a job, but it's more support maintenance than creation. The litigation is because my former partner took the company's bank account and disappeared. The original investors are suing him, not me.
:)
I don't need the job, but I would prefer to get into programming rather than server maintenance and preferably on a newer company where I could help guide than a drone in a larger place. It wasn't exactly meant to be a resume submittal.
-Ab
I'm not much of a manager. I owned my own company before. My partner stole a bunch of stuff and there is currently litigation against him pendinf. If someone wants to start a software system, I'll code. I'm not much for free coding (so don't suggest sourceforge) seeing as I need to pay rent and stuff. I currently do freelance coding for various people as well as work full time running mail servers and anti-spam software for a large Architectural and Telecommunications firm.
-Ab
Just a little addendum on the language. Mac is scottish, Mc is Irish. Both from the Gaelic roots. When the britons and normans came in, it switched to O' for their language (middle english) for "of". So, Darl McBride is "Darl, son of Bride" whereas Darl O'Assbag would be "Darl, of Assbag".
-Ab
You are not entirely correct.
The average healthy human eye is most responsive to blue and yellow and least responsive to red. This is the reason you see red and blue lights in dim-lit areas. Blue lights stand out more and are easier to read whereas red-lights cause shorter term night and/or flash blindness[1]. This why you see redlights come on in emergancy situations in things like submarines, powerplants, etc. It's more gentle on the eyes.
For more information, try taking this course on human-machine interaction. The first 1/3rd of the course is how the eyes and ears work and basic perception modelling.
-Ab
[1] Night/fash blindness is what accurs when you get spot images in your eyes from extremely bright light, such as a camera flash, looking at the sun, turning on the bathroom light when you wake up in the middle of the night to relieve yourself, or walking outside after a fresh snow. It is caused by your pupil allowing too much light in at once and your retinal cells (mostly rods in this case) releasing too much neurotransmitters and not having enough to replace, rendering them incapable of sending more out until their supply has been replenished.
Yes, they showed the shit episode, but they did show the movie, "Southpark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" as well. They showed it complete this past fall 4 days in a row from midnight to 2am each night without comercials or censor. They even included the dildo scene between Saddam and Satan (as would be implied by showing it uncensored and complete).
-Ab
I signed up for TCI@HOME back in '97 when it was first offered in this area. I got the second connection in the city and signed up for an "unlimited, uncapped service". When They tried to cap me 2 years later, I pulled out the contract. Eventually they got around it by selling the service to AT&T. AT&T cancelled all service for a month, then restarted it. Anyone wanting in, had to buy a new contract. Sucked but it was the way around it.
-Ab
Off-topic this ;)
We do consulting for Lee County, FL E911 system. Small world. Eh?
I prefer IM to email. You can reach me as abmoraz at any of the major 4 IMs (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, or ICQ).
-Ab
Yes, we are. You are just referencing the wireless parts of the phases. There are wired requirements as well (which are mandated by the government).
;)
Mind if I ask where your E911 call center is?
Extra bonus point for using PSAP in a post
-Ab
Now, if they could get 911 calls to trace to a location on cell phone, they'd have something.
They can. The company I work for does it up and down the east coast. It's called "Phase II Compliance". Phase I is getting auto-magic locations from land-line 911 calls. Phase II is cell phone geo-location. The phone companies all have the ability, it's the local 911 call-centers that don't. (That and getting the phone companies to play nicely with each other and co-operate is like getting the Israelis and the Palestinians to share.)
-Ab
wrong
You can appeal any verdict in the US. You need to have a reason to appeal though, such as a potential mis-trial, tampered evidence, new evidence, etc. If there are no anomolies or grounds for retrial, the appeal is denied.
Larry Flint was found innocent and the prosecution appealed to the supreme court, which upheld the decision.
Know the laws before quoting them.
-Ab
I saw this guy and his "band" in some TV interview at least a decade ago.
Funny, according to their website, they were formed in 1996.
Nice try troll. What are the letters again? Oh yeah: YHBT. YHL. HAND.
-Ab.
Obviouslly you've never lived in Penn State's West Halls.
-Ab
Wow, things really have changed since I moved out of PA. A decade ago not having a Joe Paterno shrine in your dining room was just cause for deportation to New Jersey.
It still is. The parent is being served his papers as we speak.
btw, gotta love Jersey. The only state in the union where you can drive into for free, but you have to pay to get out of.
-Ab (proud State College Resident)
Ketosis is a side effect of an IMPROPERLY followed Atkin's diet. Part of that is because Dr. Atkin's released enough of his diet to hook people. They start phase I (carb starving) and see immediate results then they never move onto Phase II (Carb stepping) or Phase III (Carb maintenance). Because most people don't read enough to know how or why slow their weight loss down, they tend to fail the diet and gain it all back or worse, do severe damage to themselves.
Also, anyone that does a diet, the FIRST thing you should do is talk to your doctor. I did the Atkins and lost 34 pounds in 31 days (310 to 276). I went back to my doctor for my monthly check-up and she took me off of it and did blood tests. My test came back fine and I was greenlighted to go back on it, but I haven't yet. I've been off of it for 6 months and put 12 pounds back on.
At the same time, my girlfriend was told to stay off of the Atkin's diet because she had a really bad kidney infection when she was a freshman in college. She spent 3 days in the hospital and has a lot of scarring on hers. Her body can't process the ketone byproducts of fatty-acid metabolism. (she also pees every other hour like clockwork). Because she can't do the Atkin's, I've chosen not to go back on it. It makes it a bit inconvenient to cook meals.
-Ab
Well, I'm allergic to soy (and soy based products) as well as peanuts (and based products). So, I'm making up for the animals you aren't eating cause it's about all I can eat.
-Ab
Are you sure they both do? I only ask because at work we put a block at the router to aol.com (for internal reasons) and this killed MapQuest as well. This seems to indicate that they get their maps from Aol ... or at least redirect through AOL first.
-Ab
However, I'm an English major; when I notice a weak plot or a missing link, I get the subconscious "yellow flag."
However, when I hear that someone is an english major, I get a subconscious "yellow flag" that says, "Warning: Incoming Bullshit Alert! Take evasive action!"
Well, that or, "Yes, i would like some fries with that."
-Ab
ps. It's sarcasm, or, to quote Homer, "It's funny 'cause it's true..."
I agree. In college I've failed 2 seperate courses (digital systems and linear programming) with 90+ averages on the exams and final projects. I didn't do a single homework assignment. Even though the first class, homework was worth 20% of the final and the second class it was only worth 10%. I didn't need to do the homework to understand the material.
The first teacher accused me of cheating. I went to see her and she refused to budget even after offering to take an oral quiz in front of her. I filed a petition with the faculty senate, which was denied because she decided to go back to China.
The second teacher was was my academic advisor and was pissed that I never went to Friday classes. It was my only class on fridays and it was at 9am and over a mile walk frm my apartment. Fridays were "turn in your homework" day and I enver bothered. I prefered to sleep in. He used the rule that says that professors may adjust a grade based on their impression of the students demonstrated knowledge of the subject and not solely based on graded scores. Basically, he used the rule that lets you go argue for a better grade to say that I demonstrated no real understanding of the material because I got 0s on all 15 homeworks. Prick.
-Ab
Given the opportunity, I would set up a dual boot system to expose them to a second, different OS. Probably RedHat or SlackWare for their simplicity. I know I was raised in my school on Apple IIe and nothing else. EVERYTHING we had from the time I was in 4th grade till I graduated in '94 was Apple IIe. It made for a rough transisition when I went to college and had to relearn everything on VMS systems, Windows, DOS, and MacOS. I consider myself rather tech oriented, but it was still somewhat of a learning curve to use a mouse for the first time, or to program in a GUI.
just my $.02. Mod me down if you like, but I jst speak my perceived version of the truth.
-Ab
Q: Why do the Scotts wear kilts?
A: Sheep can hear a zipper a mile away.
Q: Why do the English wear pants?
A: Goats are deaf
-Ab
While I'm sitting in the woods a bear rushes at me. A drunken, red-neck, child-molesting, thieving, republican, windows praising, DRM supporting catholic priest shoots the bear and saves my life ... I'm going to be appreciative ... whether or not he shot the bear to save me, or to take home as a trophy.
... things change and so must people if they want to keep up.
You take your blessings where you can get them. Tomorrow, the TelCos may do something different to make me hate them. Today I like them. That's the bitch about life
-Ab
You do realize that the industry is under no obligation whatsoever to package the music in the format you want, nor to make ripping mp3s easy.
You are correct, but in the same vein, I am under no obligation to give money to the music industry unless they give me a good quality recording both technically (sound quality) and artisticly (more than 1 or 2 good tracks per CD) in the format I want/need at a price I deem resonable and worthwhile. Otherwise, I keep my money and spend it on other forms of entertainment.
-Ab
Heh, My landlord did the same thing, till one day he found out that, since I live alone, I tend to walk around in various states of undress. I happened to be getting out of the shower and walking to the living room to turn on the TV while I got dressed and he walked in with someone to show the apartment to. I just looked at them and said, "Dunno what you want, but unless you get the fuck out now, you're gonna see a fat, nekkid man** kick the shit out of you." I've gotten phone calls ever since anytime the landlord is even coming to the building. :)
-Ab
** I'm 6'4", 285#, a part-time bouncer at a sports bar and an ex-minor league hockey player.
Ok, who's getting fired at the BBC for accidently releasing next year's April Fool's story early?
-Ab