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  1. Re:I am not a Win S2K3 admin, but on Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 SP1 · · Score: 1

    I dont think so. Anyone putting a windows server on the internet without a hardware firewall deserves what they get.

    And internally, certain ports have to be open to work. These will have to open on the new firewall, which means the firewall does dick.

  2. Price Tag??? on MS to Trade Passwords for 2-Factor Authentication · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whats the price tag going to be on this?
    Last time I looked at RSA, it was somewhere around $40,000 for 100 people.

  3. Whats your custom section? on Google Adds News Personalization · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I created a custom section that searches for movies. What has everyone else added?

  4. Just blocked UPX at the gateway on Symantec Antivirus May Execute Virus Code · · Score: 1

    One more thing in my massive list of blocked attachments.

  5. Easy concept on Spamfighting Since the Death of MakeLoveNotSpam? · · Score: 1

    It seems easy enough.
    1. Central hubs who collect spam
    2. Each client has a unique email address that the hubs forward spam to.
    3. The client pipes the email through grep and uses netcat to download all .jpg and .gif files. The client waits 2-3 minutes and does it again.

  6. How long for Sys Admins to patch on New Vulnerability Affects All Browsers · · Score: 1

    This should be interesting.

    I predict firefox will get the patch out first, but the next question is how long until everyone in your org is patched?

    With IE, I can push 2-3 buttons and everyone will be patched within a day.

    With firefox.....

  7. $6,000 !!! No thanks. on Get Your Broadcast TV Anywhere · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Thats a bit pricey IMO.

    You could buy a copy of win2k3 and enable streaming video + a $30 ati wonder card and do the same thing....

  8. Re:French Imperialist Bullies Disliked worldwide on EU Intent on Hosting International Fusion Reactor · · Score: 1

    Exactally. I've never heard of anyone liking the french. They dont even like themselves do they.

    What a miserable bunch they are...

  9. The french want it, let them have it on EU Intent on Hosting International Fusion Reactor · · Score: -1, Troll

    The french want it, let them have it.

    So when they're working with their legs crossed sipping tea, working short work weeks, and the thing gets hit my terrorist, we can hear their stupid accent as they beg us to help them.

    F the french.

  10. Re:Warning Label on Humans in America 25,000 Years Ago? · · Score: 1

    Good point. There are many open questions that would lead one to conclude evolution may not right.

    Here are some questions to ask yourself. There are more holes, but this is a good start:
    http://science.howstuffworks.com/evolution 7.htm

    - "Question 1: How Does Evolution Add Information?"
    "How can point mutations create new chromosomes or lengthen a strand of DNA? It is interesting to note that, in all of the selective breeding in dogs, there has been no change to the basic dog genome."

    - "Question 2: How Can Evolution Be So Quick?"
    "Let's take Carl Sagan's statement that "A characteristic period for the emergence of one advanced species from another is perhaps a hundred thousand years, and very often the difference in behavior between closely related species -- say, lions and tigers -- does not seem very great." In 65 million years, there are only 650 periods of 100,000 years -- that's 650 "ticks" of the evolutionary clock.

    Imagine trying to start with an opossum and get to an elephant in 650 increments or less, even if every increment were perfect. An elephant's brain is hundreds of times bigger than an opossum's, containing hundreds of times more neurons, all perfectly wired. An elephant's trunk is a perfectly formed prehensile appendage containing 150,000 muscle elements... "

    - "Question 3: Where Did the First Living Cell Come From?"
    "Could life arise spontaneously? If you read How Cells Work, you can see that even a primitive cell like an E. coli bacteria -- one of the simplest life forms in existence today -- is amazingly complex. Following the E. coli model, a cell would have to contain at an absolute minimum:

    A cell wall of some sort to contain the cell
    A genetic blueprint for the cell (in the form of DNA)
    An enzyme capable of copying information out of the genetic blueprint to manufacture new proteins and enzymes
    An enzyme capable of manufacturing new enzymes, along with all of the building blocks for those enzymes
    An enzyme that can build cell walls
    An enzyme able to copy the genetic material in preparation for cell splitting (reproduction)
    An enzyme or enzymes able to take care of all of the other operations of splitting one cell into two to implement reproduction (For example, something has to get the second copy of the genetic material separated from the first, and then the cell wall has to split and seal over in the two new cells.)
    Enzymes able to manufacture energy molecules to power all of the previously mentioned enzymes "

    "To try to imagine a primordial cell with these capabilities spontaneously creating itself, ..... "

  11. Hacked CNN Advertisments on First JPEG Virus Posted To Usenet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what happens when someone hacks the ad server that cnn or google uses, and puts this jpeg up?

    Millions of instant zombies.

    Thats f*cking scarry....

  12. Solution - US corps employ certain % US employees on An Independent Study on Offshoring IT? · · Score: 1

    One solution is simple.

    To be considered a US corporation, the corporation must employ a certain percentage of US employees. Say 90% or so.

    When they lose US status, they should have to pay extra taxes to 'import' their products to the US.

    The gov uses these taxes to fund new projects, and to give tax breaks to good standing US companies, hence recreating some of the lost jobs.

  13. ALL jobs effected... on An Independent Study on Offshoring IT? · · Score: 1

    I think one thing people overlook is will kill or hurt all jobs for all countries. Not just programming in the US like the media portrays.

    Right now, programming, engineering, HR, accounting, and call centers are being outsourced.

    When there are no more public accountants in the us, what will these people do for a living.... They will go into a new field. This means all fields will have more workers then they need, and thus all fields of work will face lower wages and less job security.

    Next, why would a big corp, after pushing hr, accounting, call centers, and engineering, not just go ahead and move everything to another country? Theres NO reason not too.

    When that happens, what other jobs will be lost? Window washers, janitors, vending machine stockers, etc, etc, etc...

  14. Salary = supply vs. demand. Double the supply..... on An Independent Study on Offshoring IT? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The money you make is a result of supply vs demand. When most of the engineers/programmers/etc are employeed throughout the world, the salary will be good, and all developed countries will be fine. When you add in a new country out of nowhere, the supply increases, the demand for any ONE person is lessoned, and thus the salary lowers. This HURTS ALL developed countries. It only helps emerging countries. Is Japan and europe worried about this too?

  15. Re:PRoblem is I only have wep on 80% of WiFi Networks are still Insecure, Kismet Author Says · · Score: 1

    Obviously you haven't tryed hacking wep password lately. With newer cards, weak packets are not sent out, make traditional methods of hacking wep EXTREMELY hard. I collected over 70million encrypted packets over a 24 hour period, and could NOT break the wep key which I had set to all lowercase "a"

  16. wep is secure? on Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking · · Score: 1

    I've been trying to hack wep for days in my test lab. With newer network cards, it seems wep is more secure than people give it credit for. After over 100million encrypted packets, I had 0 interesting packets....

  17. Firefox has more holes? on Microsoft to Issue Out-of-Cycle Patch for IE · · Score: 0

    It looks like firefox has TONS of holes in it. "This list is too long for Bugzilla's little mind; the Next/Prev/First/Last buttons won't appear on individual bugs. " http://tinyurl.com/69tfl

  18. I'm always underpaid on InfoWorld 2004 Salary Survey Results · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hate looking at these things. They always show I'm underpaid.

  19. Networks hosted in India. Log in via citrix. on The Future of SysAdmins' Positions · · Score: 1

    Yes, the sysadmin job could be a thing of the past. All it would take is for big companies to open up in india offering to host your entire network of x% less.

  20. Re: Add a weight for email from cable ip blocks on Infected Windows PCs Now Source Of 80% Of Spam · · Score: 1

    Spam vendors should add a weight to any email from cable/dsl ip blocks. Dont block them outright, but being from these addresses should add as much weight as a single accourance of the word viagra would.

  21. Because NTFS disks actually get used on Measuring Fragmentation in HFS+ · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Since NTFS disks are likely to hold more than 3 applications....

  22. Re:Could this put google out of business on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 1

    You pretend to know a lot, but you dont seem to. Are we using snapshot, how much casche do we have, how redundant is our system, how many HBAs do we use how many fiber switched, etc. For you to say we overpaid is ignorant. The brains of the unit is where most of the money is. Each 173gb scsi drive is around $2,000. Thus we could go to 1TB for around $55,000. Assuming we dont want snapshot, etc.

  23. Re:Could this put google out of business on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 1

    Obviously you're shopping for SANs right now, so you know.... It doesnt matter if most people use it all up or not. Multiply millions of users times just 100megs. Thats TONS of money in hardware. I think you would be safe to say, if they offer 1000 times more space that hotmail, its going to cost at least 100 times more money to run it.

  24. Could this put google out of business on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 1

    I know how expensive storage is. I'm buying a $50,000 SAN that holds 500Gigs of storage. To back that up I use a $30,000 tape library. How can google do this and not go out of business?

  25. Whos going to buy the Porsche 10 years from now on IT Outsourcing Need Not Threaten Our Future · · Score: 1

    "Engineering in Germany is known for its precision. Japan is recognized for continuous improvement of products (as American automakers have learned all too well). America's technological strength is based on innovation. Of these three, I'll take innovation for the most enduring competitive advantage." Germany does engineering well because we buy their porsches. When america loses its middle and upper middle class, porsche may just go out of business.