Several people have said that our networks should be just like our highway system and that it's your responsible to connect to it, ie driveway/car, and state maintains it. However, is this a good idea? It sure sounds good, but what about the fact that it's a "privilege" to drive. Can my "privilege" to surf be revoked, monitored, or controlled like my driving habits?
Considering that the [major] purpose of the internet is for infomation, do we really want control of our information consolidated into a single entity whether it be government, AOL, or Verison?
Big Brother aside, I don't think that state/gov agencies should be in the business of business.
I refuse to have my reading habits tracked by the Nytimes. They probably think that if I get frustrated enough times by not being able to read their article without signing up, I'll give in and sign up. Screw them. I'll sign up for monitoring just after I have my SSN (IPV6#?) tatooed on the back of my hand!!!
I live in a really small university town, one side to another is a 5min drive. My biggest commute is to Walmart which is 60 miles away one every couple months.
This reminds me of a conversation with a good friend. He thinks that he's just so stomped on by big bussiness. He works and works and just barely makes ends meet. Oh poor Keith. I personally think most of his problems lay in the fact he lives in northern CA! Yes, Keith, it's fucking expensive to live there!! your rent (split between 3 people) is higher than my trailer trash 3 bedroom moble.
He believe's things are sooo bad today.
So, I ask this question: Do you really want to go back to a time when everyone worked the farm, 4:30am-till dark, work. bed, repeat. every day for the rest of your life...which usually ended around 45 for men?
So yes, I work ~50 hrs a week which leaves 118hrs, I sleep 8hrs, leaving 62hrs to play with my son, work on personal projects, etc.
There's alot of professions in this world...maybe those that are unhappy should consider a new one.
Record his phone ringing and set it as the wav to play when he get's e-mail or hits a certain key.
It was done to my boss years ago (with e-mail)...every few minutes he'd answer his phone. What was really funny is that it went almost 30 minutes before he figured out we were screwing with him.
one more thing...set his/her balence to the speaker nearest the phone.
Ok, your either lying or your the typical winders user. I run a wintendo at home because I still like playing Broodwar with a friend after work. I update my system since I'm on a wireless Univ system. I have to reboot every time I update which is usually once a week.
Now, at work I use linux. When I update, I may have to restart a service. I only have to reboot when I upgrade my kernel and even then I can do it at my convience.
Don't mean to sound like an arse, but people that like linux have used windows. Windows users rag on linux because they once saw dos running and think that linux is just dos with a GUI.
When I call you the "typical winders user", I simply mean that your not security conscience and never update. Even the holier-than-thou linux zealots will admit (maybe) that there's as many if not more patches for RH/Mandrake/Deb/etc than windows. The diff is that we pay attention and install them (this is probaly because patches very very rarley break things or cause your system to become unstable/slow).
After re-reading my post maybe "lying" was too harsh...then again, maybe not.
The *only* thing that Windows has over OS X is games.
...two extra mouse buttons, one with scrolling ability.
I haven't used OS X much, but come on...give me more mouse buttons. I want something like five. Map 'em to other commonly used functions like paste in 'rm -rf' to my shell.
Sorry I haven't patched your system today. I have other responsibilities. Like making sure your inbox isn't full of spam/viruses, keeping your network useable by blocking streaming audio mass mp3 downloading, and generally keeping you on the Internet.
If you would like to help us poor lazy/idiot admins maybe I can walk you though patching your system.
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up2date --nox -fu (as root)
oh wait, your probably a winders (L)user. It's not so hard, just visit 5 or 6 web pages, click here/there, accept M$ license and maybe, just maybe, you'll be ok.
Now, in your defense, your probably talking about Code Red type viruses, yes, lazy/idiot sysadmins should patch their systems. But their not much better than users who can't do things on there own.
I think, probably incorrectly, that symantec/norton/et all write the viruses in the first place. After all, how many people would buy a new car if their old one always looked and ran like new and was designed to be 100% reliable for eternity? Ya, it's a poorly spelled conspiracy.
Good point. Although, if the employer tells his next employer "he was hacking". Then make 'em prove it. The paper trail will be on the submitter's side, if he really is blackballed by this, then sue. If I was on the jury I'd award damages only after the first employer was proved to be hampering your future career.
Sorry you were fired but, if you sue and win, you'll get your job back and maybe some back pay. Talk to your employer, have him write you a reference and get a new job. If he won't give you a (good) reference, well, maybe there was more to it than what you were told.
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Soap_box: Why is it that everyone that slightly screwed by anyone always want's to sue? Did you invest all your money in a dot-gone? Sitting on your butt just wishing someone farts in your general direction? Most people hate lawyer's, not as people but for what they do, get money for people who were "wronged" and generally soft and weak. Grow some skin./Soap_box ____
We use Packeteer at our University to keep (L)users from sucking all our bandwidth with streaming audio and P2P stuff. Nice web interface and easy to configure. Not cheap.
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Considering that the [major] purpose of the internet is for infomation, do we really want control of our information consolidated into a single entity whether it be government, AOL, or Verison?
Big Brother aside, I don't think that state/gov agencies should be in the business of business.
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fill the fridge = wife.
He believe's things are sooo bad today.
So, I ask this question: Do you really want to go back to a time when everyone worked the farm, 4:30am-till dark, work. bed, repeat. every day for the rest of your life...which usually ended around 45 for men?
So yes, I work ~50 hrs a week which leaves 118hrs, I sleep 8hrs, leaving 62hrs to play with my son, work on personal projects, etc.
There's alot of professions in this world...maybe those that are unhappy should consider a new one.
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ya. ok it's a bad 2001 shot.
It was done to my boss years ago (with e-mail)...every few minutes he'd answer his phone. What was really funny is that it went almost 30 minutes before he figured out we were screwing with him.
one more thing...set his/her balence to the speaker nearest the phone.
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What are you people thinking? What will replace Samba? What will replace M$ if Samba kills it before it goes away?
Samba is far more stable and much easier to use/secure than NT4 ever was and W2K ever will be.
I can only assume you have no idea what your talking about and your experience with PDC/BDC's extends only as far as a /. article.
go away, you make us look bad.
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Ok, your either lying or your the typical winders user. I run a wintendo at home because I still like playing Broodwar with a friend after work. I update my system since I'm on a wireless Univ system. I have to reboot every time I update which is usually once a week.
Now, at work I use linux. When I update, I may have to restart a service. I only have to reboot when I upgrade my kernel and even then I can do it at my convience.
Don't mean to sound like an arse, but people that like linux have used windows. Windows users rag on linux because they once saw dos running and think that linux is just dos with a GUI.
When I call you the "typical winders user", I simply mean that your not security conscience and never update. Even the holier-than-thou linux zealots will admit (maybe) that there's as many if not more patches for RH/Mandrake/Deb/etc than windows. The diff is that we pay attention and install them (this is probaly because patches very very rarley break things or cause your system to become unstable/slow).
After re-reading my post maybe "lying" was too harsh...then again, maybe not.
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I haven't used OS X much, but come on...give me more mouse buttons. I want something like five. Map 'em to other commonly used functions like paste in 'rm -rf' to my shell.
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This is not a flame. It's an honest attempt to help
Using VI(m-enhanced) is really easy. Install it, read a short demo. Then you'll wonder how you ever used pico.
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btw, are you self employed?
Sorry I haven't patched your system today. I have other responsibilities. Like making sure your inbox isn't full of spam/viruses, keeping your network useable by blocking streaming audio mass mp3 downloading, and generally keeping you on the Internet.
If you would like to help us poor lazy/idiot admins maybe I can walk you though patching your system.
Type:
up2date --nox -fu (as root)
oh wait, your probably a winders (L)user. It's not so hard, just visit 5 or 6 web pages, click here/there, accept M$ license and maybe, just maybe, you'll be ok.
Now, in your defense, your probably talking about Code Red type viruses, yes, lazy/idiot sysadmins should patch their systems. But their not much better than users who can't do things on there own.
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Sorry you were fired but, if you sue and win, you'll get your job back and maybe some back pay. Talk to your employer, have him write you a reference and get a new job. If he won't give you a (good) reference, well, maybe there was more to it than what you were told.
/Soap_box
now...
Soap_box: Why is it that everyone that slightly screwed by anyone always want's to sue? Did you invest all your money in a dot-gone? Sitting on your butt just wishing someone farts in your general direction?
Most people hate lawyer's, not as people but for what they do, get money for people who were "wronged" and generally soft and weak. Grow some skin.
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Like windows.
It's going to the Galeon's myportal:
We use Packeteer at our University to keep (L)users from sucking all our bandwidth with streaming audio and P2P stuff. Nice web interface and easy to configure. Not cheap.