the main problem i seem to be having is that, when I make an attempt at a beowulf cluster joke or an overlords joke (yes, I know they are lame now, but still amusing if included with an actual post), i get modded as a troll... the remainder of my posts have either been passed over by those with mod points, or were modded +1 funny, informative, or interresting...
problem is, now I can only post twice in 24hours and, as such, am almost afraid to waste one of my 2 daily posts... unless i feel very strongly about something (such as this article), i'm not likely to post anythig anymore... and if i feel strongly enough to post, i am likely not going to be able to formulate my thoughts that clearly and be able to still make the post and have time to continue reading all the day's articles and still have a productive day... example - i've been sitting here on/. for 6 hours straight already today... and this is my 2nd post... just finished reading the articles and posts associated with them (mind you, i only read the one that were of interest to me)... if i took the time to formulate my thoughts as you said above (and I know i should have), my session here today would have taken another hour of my life...
if I could make more than 2 posts a day, i'd more likely make shorter posts... just more of them, attatched to other posts where they would be more relevant...
does Karma time out after a while? will my karma get better if i simply lay off the beowulf clusters and overlord jokes long enough?? and conversely, will someone karma slowly DROP back to none if they have good or excelent karma and don't have any posts modded up for awhile? for fairness, that should be the case... first, it would shut me up for a bit... second, it would protect people who are unfarily modded down (i've seen it before... people have foes on/. and i'm sure some ov those people get mod points from time to time)...
I know this post is OT... moderation is not needed... and those who would consider modding this post down need to read it again.
ahh... here's how I see it... your ISP does not HAVE to offer you service if they don't feel like it... they can cut you off at any moment... of course, they'd have to quit charging you as well...
so...
a GOOD ISP would offer two options... "WE handle the security OUR WAY" or "YOU handle it YOUR WAY"... if you choose the 2nd one they port scan you during your idle times, compare those scans to un-protected systems, and they can cut your service if you are running an unprotected PC because it is THIER NETWORK and they don't want to run the risk of viruses and worms overwhelming THIER NETWORK... THAT IS THIER RIGHT... and that is how I would run my network... you order protected (filter4ed/firewalled) service, you pay a couple bucks more, but you don't need to run a firewall... you order open service, you'd BETTER run a firewall that blocks any and all ports you aren't going to use; or we'll close your account, and you won't be opening one with us again... if every ISP did this, people would either learn about security and let the ISP do it, learn about security and do it themselves, or eventually (and rapidly) be forced off the internet.
I mean, come on... the bandwidth is there in the US for EVERYONE to have a broadband connection... and a damned fast one at that, cheap... it's just that most dialup ISP users (and quite a few broadband users) are infected with so many goddamned vir(ii/uses) that bandwidth use is on average twice what it would be otherwise!
Argue with me... my karma is so shitty I could only reply once... or mod me up and help fix my karma... if you enjoyed this post and have mod points, please mod me up... there's much more where this came from... THANK YOU!
how often have you wanted to listen to ALL OF YOUR MP3s at work? or continue to play a game at work that you started playing at home? or finish a memo at home that you started at work? or download a bunch of apps (OSS and freeware, of course) on a friend's boradband and install them at home? well well well... you could burn this all to CDs... unless you had gigs of MP3s and whatnot or didn't feel like sorting through CDs... imagine, also, installing your OS on your PC, and keeping documents on this portable device... system crash? disk failiure? oh well... reinstall the OS... your docs are all safe and sound... want a backup? GET 2 OF THEM! I'd be willing to bet you can RAID tham... get 8 of them... set up a RAID stripe with 4, and shadow it on the other 4... hell... get 16 and shadow the other 8... now you have 4x the storage, 4x faster, and 4x as reliable since you have 4 copies... and hell...
if you are a teacher... make up lesson plans and worksheets at home... drop this thing onto your desk and your students now have access to it... they take a test and it is saved right onto the device... take it home and grade the test on your PC... can't really do that by today's means, can ya?
oh... and...
I, for one, welcome our linux-running web-serving harddisk-packing pocket-sized ultimate-wireless-friggin-storage-device overlords...
hrmm... I used the preview button and the line was there... i posted it and the line disappeared... between the two "paragraphs" was the following line:
problem is, the general public is... so this will work...
they realize that they can't track down and stop everyone so they are hoping that the general public is stupid enough to turn themselves in so they can now periodically stop by for an "illegal file check"...
right on... don't buy the CDs... you like a song, LEGALLY record it from the radio! You pay for radio by listening to commercials, and can record from the radio ALL DAY LONG if you wish!
Don't wanna buy CDs? get a good FM antenna and an FM tuner card (Leadtek WinFast TV 2000 XP is a good card with a TV and FM tuner, as well as S-Video and composite input for about $70US) and record directly to MP3 on your HD for FREE. The RIAA can't do shit about it, those fuckers, and they'll get pissed as hell about it when you tout your collection in the form of a web-based directory of all the songs you've ripped off the airwaves (which you could probably legally make available on the web provided that you don't charge for the downloads -- or if you do, you charge only what the bandwidth costs you)
/.ers -- run with this
RIAA - put that in your profit-pipe and smoke it, FUCKERS!
you also must take into effect the fact that some people (a friend of mine -- yes, I know, having friends is very un-/.-ish -- for example) buy only music CDs, and burn EVERYTHING, even data, to them.
yes, and WinE, once it works as well as it should, will speed up the change to linux, as people can still use their windoze only apps until something comes around that can handle the documents created by said apps... they can still use linux even before those apps come along...
but it does little against worms that require no user interaction to infect the PC, like Blaster.
Actually, blaster (and other worms) required exactly the opposite... a LACK of user interaction... the LACK of willingness of the user to educate themselves and keep up a firewall, turn off unnecesary services, to learn exactly what a worm or virus is, and even to learn to turn the damn thing off and on properly (yes, my girlfriend's mother uses a computer, but someone else has to turn it on and off for her... she's afraid to do it herself in case she does it wrong)! the LACK of proper use and updating of antivirus software... the LACK of proper use and application of patches... the LACK of actually watching the news (or reading... the information usually get out a whole day or two faster on the 'net) to find out if there are any new worms or vir(ii/uses) and what to do to protect themselves or get rid of the virus if they already have it...
You are very much right... not every virus or worm requires user interaction... but almost all of them thrive on LACK OF IT.
END USERS are the cause of ALL of these problems... Proof? I have NEVER had a virus (that wasn't intentionally installed) on my PC, regardless of OS... I did allow a friend to test a virus on my PC the day before I was going to wipe it clean and start over anyway... mainly because it would wipe it for me (and wipe the floppy it was on, including the source, so he couldn't distro it)... he was pissed but he got over it once he realised I saved him from a few good assfuckings in prison...
I don't care what OS you are using, if you don't keep it up to date, or if you do stupid shit on it, you WILL get a worm or a virus... I check WU daily for updates (I know... WORK... ehh... I don't like work)... and run a good AND FREE antivirus program, AntiVir, which I also keep up to date. UPDATE YOUR OS, RUN AN AV APP, UPDATE THAT... AT LEAST WEEKLY, DAILY IF YOU CAN!
the ONE GOOD THING about AOL... they charge for internat access, thier IM system originated from that service... and AIM was thier way to keep customers who said "I like your service, but don't want to get another chat thingy to talk to people that don't has AOL" (spoken/typed like a true AOLer.. lol). so, you see, AOL see that it is in thier best interest to keep it froo or people outside of AOL will quit using it, people using AOL will quit using it, and AOL goes bye-bye.
actually, i forget where i saw it, but some guy epoxied a 3x3" copper bolwk to an Athlon 1800+ (i think... may have been a slower chip, tho) and set a frying pan on it and cooked an egg with it... lol... egg actually cooked, too... and he ATE IT!
If anyone else has seen/done this, please provide a link... make more effiscient use of your CPY... instead of fighting off the heat, welcome it... cooke with it, heat a room with it, replace your heatsink with a small lava lamp, whatever... WELCOME HOTTER PROOCESSORS... maybe the diamond processors (whenever that technology hits) will be able to withstand the heat and actually be useful to spin the turbines on a generator so you REALLY only need the power supply to start the computer (like you only need the battery to START your car.. then the alternator takes over)... kaybe... some day... lol... "Yeah... can you test my alternator? My PC won't start"
oh yeah... I have no heatsink, have a small baking tray full of cookies sitting on my Athlon... and no, no the cupcake only takes 30sec... faster than a REAL oven, if I'm not mistaken...
most of the time, they play the good ol' "You didn't purchase the software, you purchased the media it resides on, the manual, and the package, as well as the right to use the software after agreeing to the EULA" card.
"Your honor, I was intoxicated when I cliked the 'I Agree' button".
In fact, Torvalds was probably right... Any SCO could get away with this... Clauses in the contract between them and IBM allowing IBM to retain certain rights to the code under thier patents could be nullified because "They're smoking crack" and they likely were intoxicated by the crack when they signed into the contracts.
Sad to think about it that way, but Linus may have just saved SCO's ass with that remark if it holds up in court.
P.S. : SCO - By using this defense, you hereby agree to pay me 50% of all GROSS profit for the 50 years following its use.
furthermore, once you open a box, you can't return the software (only exchange for the same item, in case of defective media. once you pop the CD in and read the EULA, it's FAR FAR FAR too late to disagree with it. you're already out whatever money you just paid for the software... even worse, the stickers that read "Removing this label indicates acceptance of the End User License Agreement." which is in a.txt file on the CD, the sleeve for which is sealed shut by the label . you can't even open the CD to read the fucking license vefore you agree with it!
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thank you for your response and advice.
/. for 6 hours straight already today... and this is my 2nd post... just finished reading the articles and posts associated with them (mind you, i only read the one that were of interest to me)... if i took the time to formulate my thoughts as you said above (and I know i should have), my session here today would have taken another hour of my life...
/. and i'm sure some ov those people get mod points from time to time)...
the main problem i seem to be having is that, when I make an attempt at a beowulf cluster joke or an overlords joke (yes, I know they are lame now, but still amusing if included with an actual post), i get modded as a troll... the remainder of my posts have either been passed over by those with mod points, or were modded +1 funny, informative, or interresting...
problem is, now I can only post twice in 24hours and, as such, am almost afraid to waste one of my 2 daily posts... unless i feel very strongly about something (such as this article), i'm not likely to post anythig anymore... and if i feel strongly enough to post, i am likely not going to be able to formulate my thoughts that clearly and be able to still make the post and have time to continue reading all the day's articles and still have a productive day... example - i've been sitting here on
if I could make more than 2 posts a day, i'd more likely make shorter posts... just more of them, attatched to other posts where they would be more relevant...
does Karma time out after a while? will my karma get better if i simply lay off the beowulf clusters and overlord jokes long enough?? and conversely, will someone karma slowly DROP back to none if they have good or excelent karma and don't have any posts modded up for awhile? for fairness, that should be the case... first, it would shut me up for a bit... second, it would protect people who are unfarily modded down (i've seen it before... people have foes on
I know this post is OT... moderation is not needed... and those who would consider modding this post down need to read it again.
thank you for your time
ahh... here's how I see it... your ISP does not HAVE to offer you service if they don't feel like it... they can cut you off at any moment... of course, they'd have to quit charging you as well... so... a GOOD ISP would offer two options... "WE handle the security OUR WAY" or "YOU handle it YOUR WAY"... if you choose the 2nd one they port scan you during your idle times, compare those scans to un-protected systems, and they can cut your service if you are running an unprotected PC because it is THIER NETWORK and they don't want to run the risk of viruses and worms overwhelming THIER NETWORK... THAT IS THIER RIGHT... and that is how I would run my network... you order protected (filter4ed/firewalled) service, you pay a couple bucks more, but you don't need to run a firewall... you order open service, you'd BETTER run a firewall that blocks any and all ports you aren't going to use; or we'll close your account, and you won't be opening one with us again... if every ISP did this, people would either learn about security and let the ISP do it, learn about security and do it themselves, or eventually (and rapidly) be forced off the internet.
I mean, come on... the bandwidth is there in the US for EVERYONE to have a broadband connection... and a damned fast one at that, cheap... it's just that most dialup ISP users (and quite a few broadband users) are infected with so many goddamned vir(ii/uses) that bandwidth use is on average twice what it would be otherwise!
Argue with me... my karma is so shitty I could only reply once... or mod me up and help fix my karma... if you enjoyed this post and have mod points, please mod me up... there's much more where this came from... THANK YOU!
let's analyze SCO's stock symbol... S(ucks)COX... ok??
and I forgot... err... nah... i guess... the RAID of 16 of them would almost count as a... oh fuck it... here goes...
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
how often have you wanted to listen to ALL OF YOUR MP3s at work? or continue to play a game at work that you started playing at home? or finish a memo at home that you started at work? or download a bunch of apps (OSS and freeware, of course) on a friend's boradband and install them at home? well well well... you could burn this all to CDs... unless you had gigs of MP3s and whatnot or didn't feel like sorting through CDs... imagine, also, installing your OS on your PC, and keeping documents on this portable device... system crash? disk failiure? oh well... reinstall the OS... your docs are all safe and sound... want a backup? GET 2 OF THEM! I'd be willing to bet you can RAID tham... get 8 of them... set up a RAID stripe with 4, and shadow it on the other 4... hell... get 16 and shadow the other 8... now you have 4x the storage, 4x faster, and 4x as reliable since you have 4 copies... and hell...
if you are a teacher... make up lesson plans and worksheets at home... drop this thing onto your desk and your students now have access to it... they take a test and it is saved right onto the device... take it home and grade the test on your PC... can't really do that by today's means, can ya?
oh... and...
I, for one, welcome our linux-running web-serving harddisk-packing pocket-sized ultimate-wireless-friggin-storage-device overlords...
hrmm... I used the preview button and the line was there... i posted it and the line disappeared... between the two "paragraphs" was the following line:
problem is, the general public is... so this will work...
they realize that they can't track down and stop everyone so they are hoping that the general public is stupid enough to turn themselves in so they can now periodically stop by for an "illegal file check"...
FUCKERS!
A beowulf cluster of these could have kept them down for a month or two...
right on... don't buy the CDs... you like a song, LEGALLY record it from the radio! You pay for radio by listening to commercials, and can record from the radio ALL DAY LONG if you wish!
/.ers -- run with this
Don't wanna buy CDs? get a good FM antenna and an FM tuner card (Leadtek WinFast TV 2000 XP is a good card with a TV and FM tuner, as well as S-Video and composite input for about $70US) and record directly to MP3 on your HD for FREE. The RIAA can't do shit about it, those fuckers, and they'll get pissed as hell about it when you tout your collection in the form of a web-based directory of all the songs you've ripped off the airwaves (which you could probably legally make available on the web provided that you don't charge for the downloads -- or if you do, you charge only what the bandwidth costs you)
RIAA - put that in your profit-pipe and smoke it, FUCKERS!
you also must take into effect the fact that some people (a friend of mine -- yes, I know, having friends is very un-/.-ish -- for example) buy only music CDs, and burn EVERYTHING, even data, to them.
...welcome our new gyro-phone overlords...
Please, master!?!?!? Don't tiltme!!!!
yes, and WinE, once it works as well as it should, will speed up the change to linux, as people can still use their windoze only apps until something comes around that can handle the documents created by said apps... they can still use linux even before those apps come along...
but it does little against worms that require no user interaction to infect the PC, like Blaster.
Actually, blaster (and other worms) required exactly the opposite... a LACK of user interaction... the LACK of willingness of the user to educate themselves and keep up a firewall, turn off unnecesary services, to learn exactly what a worm or virus is, and even to learn to turn the damn thing off and on properly (yes, my girlfriend's mother uses a computer, but someone else has to turn it on and off for her... she's afraid to do it herself in case she does it wrong)! the LACK of proper use and updating of antivirus software... the LACK of proper use and application of patches... the LACK of actually watching the news (or reading... the information usually get out a whole day or two faster on the 'net) to find out if there are any new worms or vir(ii/uses) and what to do to protect themselves or get rid of the virus if they already have it...
You are very much right... not every virus or worm requires user interaction... but almost all of them thrive on LACK OF IT.
replace a couple DSP chips and hack it into a DSL modem...
"Now, where's my soldering iron?!"
END USERS are the cause of ALL of these problems... Proof? I have NEVER had a virus (that wasn't intentionally installed) on my PC, regardless of OS... I did allow a friend to test a virus on my PC the day before I was going to wipe it clean and start over anyway... mainly because it would wipe it for me (and wipe the floppy it was on, including the source, so he couldn't distro it)... he was pissed but he got over it once he realised I saved him from a few good assfuckings in prison...
I don't care what OS you are using, if you don't keep it up to date, or if you do stupid shit on it, you WILL get a worm or a virus... I check WU daily for updates (I know... WORK... ehh... I don't like work)... and run a good AND FREE antivirus program, AntiVir, which I also keep up to date. UPDATE YOUR OS, RUN AN AV APP, UPDATE THAT... AT LEAST WEEKLY, DAILY IF YOU CAN!
Any questions?
the ONE GOOD THING about AOL... they charge for internat access, thier IM system originated from that service... and AIM was thier way to keep customers who said "I like your service, but don't want to get another chat thingy to talk to people that don't has AOL" (spoken/typed like a true AOLer.. lol). so, you see, AOL see that it is in thier best interest to keep it froo or people outside of AOL will quit using it, people using AOL will quit using it, and AOL goes bye-bye.
... welcome our... oh wait... I hate MACs...
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actually, that post was meant for "Screw Lava..."
What I meant to post here was:
I have a lava lamp, and I'm engaged, thank you very much...
actually, i forget where i saw it, but some guy epoxied a 3x3" copper bolwk to an Athlon 1800+ (i think... may have been a slower chip, tho) and set a frying pan on it and cooked an egg with it... lol... egg actually cooked, too... and he ATE IT!
If anyone else has seen/done this, please provide a link... make more effiscient use of your CPY... instead of fighting off the heat, welcome it... cooke with it, heat a room with it, replace your heatsink with a small lava lamp, whatever... WELCOME HOTTER PROOCESSORS... maybe the diamond processors (whenever that technology hits) will be able to withstand the heat and actually be useful to spin the turbines on a generator so you REALLY only need the power supply to start the computer (like you only need the battery to START your car.. then the alternator takes over)... kaybe... some day... lol... "Yeah... can you test my alternator? My PC won't start"
oh yeah... I have no heatsink, have a small baking tray full of cookies sitting on my Athlon... and no, no the cupcake only takes 30sec... faster than a REAL oven, if I'm not mistaken...
LOL
most of the time, they play the good ol' "You didn't purchase the software, you purchased the media it resides on, the manual, and the package, as well as the right to use the software after agreeing to the EULA" card.
got good and drunk, then install the software...
"Your honor, I was intoxicated when I cliked the 'I Agree' button".
In fact, Torvalds was probably right... Any SCO could get away with this... Clauses in the contract between them and IBM allowing IBM to retain certain rights to the code under thier patents could be nullified because "They're smoking crack" and they likely were intoxicated by the crack when they signed into the contracts.
Sad to think about it that way, but Linus may have just saved SCO's ass with that remark if it holds up in court.
P.S. : SCO - By using this defense, you hereby agree to pay me 50% of all GROSS profit for the 50 years following its use.
furthermore, once you open a box, you can't return the software (only exchange for the same item, in case of defective media. once you pop the CD in and read the EULA, it's FAR FAR FAR too late to disagree with it. you're already out whatever money you just paid for the software... even worse, the stickers that read "Removing this label indicates acceptance of the End User License Agreement." which is in a .txt file on the CD, the sleeve for which is sealed shut by the label . you can't even open the CD to read the fucking license vefore you agree with it!
i got 80085 and 455!!!
run a traceroute on gudlyf's bag of chips and find the guy using the anal dildo he stole the barcode from...