1. Yea but does it run Linux? 2. Imagine a beowulf cluster of Pepper Pads! 3. In Soviet Russia the screen touches you! 4.
4a. Design a superior piece of hardware
4b. Include a superior OS
4c. ???
4d. Profit! 5. Netcraft confirms, Pepper Pad is dead! 6. If it doesn't run [KDE/Gnome/desktop of choice] then it sucks!
First of all, it's kind of lame that the company would not give any information about its security procedures, while another source (it would seem) was readily available that details the whole thing.
Second, the Business Advisory Council is (in my opinion) a total crock of shit. I used to work for a company whose CEO won the Business Advisory Council's "Businessman of the Year" award. Let me tell you, the award is (in my opinion) pretty much given to people who donate large sums to the party. Oh did I mention that the company mentioned above is now under the control of a receiver, and is also under investigation by the IRS Criminal Investigvation Division? Oh, did I mention the grand jury preceedings? But I digress......
Remember, you cannot trust anyone, the whole damned system is corrupt, and all parts biased, one way or the other. (The "in my opinion" statements above are merely a CYA thing)
Thats real. Every time I have to drive on the snow/ice i try my damnest to get in front of a real trucker. That way I have, oh lets say a ~90% chance that I wont be creamed when I hafta stop (no evidence to support that, just my opinion).
In fact, I don't even drive on the snow/ice most of the time because of the IDIOTS on the road. I drive a 79 Chevy Caprice, so it's relatively heavy. But, all the fucktards on the road scare the fuck out of me. Someone going 60, coming up behind you on the ice and trying to suddenly to stop, when the normal road condition speed limit is 35 going downhill will put the fear of God into you! I speak from experience on that one:)
The point is, the truckers are held to a FAR higher standard than the rest of us. I know this because I used to be a lumper, but that's another book. Suffice to say, I am in FULL agreement that people who drive "big" vehicles should at the bare minimum have to take some enhanced training.
Kudos to the Mono developers, what they have accomplished is no easy feat!
I just wonder when Microsoft will try to say, "See? We are the innovators. Look at mono! They followed our.NET framework in a desperate attempt to copy it!"
While it may be true that Mono was released after.NET, there is ampleevidence that open source software is far more innovative than anything Microsoft has put out (with the possible exception of this useless piece of trash.
The point is that no matter what massive strides are made here (and they are great, and we are better off for having them), we must remain vigilant against people that would rather dominate the world than contribute to humanity.
I heard that HP was officially suppoting Gnome (the link is 4 yrs old, and I haven't heard anything different. Please correct me if I'm wrong). So much for that! SuSE's support of Gnome is spotty at best. In fact, in the default install of 9.1 Personal (ISO download version) Gnome isnt installed at all. That's really too bad. I saw the screenshots from the previous slashdot article, Gnome 2.8 is looking pretty damn good!
... for using Windows. Bet if he was using Linux and playing games (games on Linux are better anyway) he would have been fine. I'm pretty sure the only reason why I haven't been fired yet is because I use Linux. ctrl+tab moves me to my other desktop, which conviently is running vi with the latest version of our app, and I am sure that I have no spyware installed.
Arthur - If you're reading this -- just kidding! Otherwise, I am completely serious.
Good for you! Maybe if enough people do, the gnome people will stop trying to dictate to us how we should use our computer.
I have always used KDE, so I always sit back and chuckle whenever this topic comes up. It seems like such a waste, devoting all of these developer resources and end-user time to an inferior desktop.
... hacking a 3COM Audrey to do the exact same thing. It runs QNX natively, but I think you can put Linux on it. There are discussions from time to time on AudreyHacking.com but I don't think anyone has (yet).
The Audrey has a touch-screen and IR port built in. You can get em pretty cheap from e-bay, sometimes even new in the box. Since 3COM no longer offers the service that is required to run the Audrey, you can get em fairly readily (noone has any real use for em).
Probably pretty time-consuming to try to hack one to be a remote like TFA describes, but might be worth it for someone willing to expend the energy!:) Oh, and if anyone does, you gotta post about it on Slashdot!
Seems to me that it would be more likely that someone on a residential ISP's netblock would be infected. Which also leads me to believe that it's not netblocks, but individual IP addresses. If someone on the office network is infected, and you all are NATed, then it would be blocking your individual IP.
I hate to say this, but I almost hope my office IP gets banned. We have a/27 block from our ISP, and I can easily change our NAT IP address. That would be a fantastic way to test the theory!
What version of whois are you using? With v. 3.2.2 I get the following:
[erich@erich erich]$ whois google.com [Querying whois.internic.net] [Redirected to whois.alldomains.com] [Querying whois.alldomains.com] [whois.alldomains.com] All domains.com - The Leader in Corporate Domain Management
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dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506181499
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Apparently it only throws an error when trying to search for an e-mail address (it also looks like they are using at least some degree of intelligence to determine if you are or not)
The following queries generate the error: email example.com email@example.com
HOWEVER, the following does *not* generate an error: name@example.com
My guess is that they are filtering queries based upon what the virus searches for. Good for them!
is returning 503 errors on all queries submitted from certain locations
Is that geographic locations, IP blocks, or what? I can use Google just fine at the moment, but have heard of trouble in California (I am in Colorado). TFA gives no details. Anyone have answers?
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well, that's pretty fucking convincing. sad days we live in......
... that we will finally have OK/Cancel buttons in the usual (correct) places in the Qt version of Firefox!
Oops, forgot one:
7. I don't have a Pepper OR a Pad, you insensitive clod!!
1. Yea but does it run Linux?
2. Imagine a beowulf cluster of Pepper Pads!
3. In Soviet Russia the screen touches you!
4.
4a. Design a superior piece of hardware
4b. Include a superior OS
4c. ???
4d. Profit!
5. Netcraft confirms, Pepper Pad is dead!
6. If it doesn't run [KDE/Gnome/desktop of choice] then it sucks!
There, I think that about covers it!
First of all, it's kind of lame that the company would not give any information about its security procedures, while another source (it would seem) was readily available that details the whole thing.
Second, the Business Advisory Council is (in my opinion) a total crock of shit. I used to work for a company whose CEO won the Business Advisory Council's "Businessman of the Year" award. Let me tell you, the award is (in my opinion) pretty much given to people who donate large sums to the party. Oh did I mention that the company mentioned above is now under the control of a receiver, and is also under investigation by the IRS Criminal Investigvation Division? Oh, did I mention the grand jury preceedings? But I digress......
Remember, you cannot trust anyone, the whole damned system is corrupt, and all parts biased, one way or the other. (The "in my opinion" statements above are merely a CYA thing)
Thats real. Every time I have to drive on the snow/ice i try my damnest to get in front of a real trucker. That way I have, oh lets say a ~90% chance that I wont be creamed when I hafta stop (no evidence to support that, just my opinion).
:)
In fact, I don't even drive on the snow/ice most of the time because of the IDIOTS on the road. I drive a 79 Chevy Caprice, so it's relatively heavy. But, all the fucktards on the road scare the fuck out of me. Someone going 60, coming up behind you on the ice and trying to suddenly to stop, when the normal road condition speed limit is 35 going downhill will put the fear of God into you! I speak from experience on that one
The point is, the truckers are held to a FAR higher standard than the rest of us. I know this because I used to be a lumper, but that's another book. Suffice to say, I am in FULL agreement that people who drive "big" vehicles should at the bare minimum have to take some enhanced training.
So... uh... what are the other two buttons for?
;)
Whateeeeeeeever you want em to do
Kudos to the Mono developers, what they have accomplished is no easy feat!
.NET framework in a desperate attempt to copy it!"
.NET, there is ample evidence that open source software is far more innovative than anything Microsoft has put out (with the possible exception of this useless piece of trash.
I just wonder when Microsoft will try to say, "See? We are the innovators. Look at mono! They followed our
While it may be true that Mono was released after
The point is that no matter what massive strides are made here (and they are great, and we are better off for having them), we must remain vigilant against people that would rather dominate the world than contribute to humanity.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of people telling you to RTFA!
Seriously though, the linked article goes into a lot of detail about what a beowulf cluster is.
I heard that HP was officially suppoting Gnome (the link is 4 yrs old, and I haven't heard anything different. Please correct me if I'm wrong). So much for that! SuSE's support of Gnome is spotty at best. In fact, in the default install of 9.1 Personal (ISO download version) Gnome isnt installed at all. That's really too bad. I saw the screenshots from the previous slashdot article, Gnome 2.8 is looking pretty damn good!
md5 and tripwire :) plus he doesnt have either my user password, or the root password.
... for using Windows. Bet if he was using Linux and playing games (games on Linux are better anyway) he would have been fine. I'm pretty sure the only reason why I haven't been fired yet is because I use Linux. ctrl+tab moves me to my other desktop, which conviently is running vi with the latest version of our app, and I am sure that I have no spyware installed.
Arthur - If you're reading this -- just kidding! Otherwise, I am completely serious.
I did fix the problem though; I switched to KDE.
Good for you! Maybe if enough people do, the gnome people will stop trying to dictate to us how we should use our computer.
I have always used KDE, so I always sit back and chuckle whenever this topic comes up. It seems like such a waste, devoting all of these developer resources and end-user time to an inferior desktop.
hey shut the fuck up u stupid nigger
Missing Options:
- Ken Brown (of Samizdat fame)
- Darl McBride
- It was me, you insensitive clod!
Is there a good reason they make built in batteries instead of removables?
So they can shaft you for another $700
... hacking a 3COM Audrey to do the exact same thing. It runs QNX natively, but I think you can put Linux on it. There are discussions from time to time on AudreyHacking.com but I don't think anyone has (yet).
:) Oh, and if anyone does, you gotta post about it on Slashdot!
The Audrey has a touch-screen and IR port built in. You can get em pretty cheap from e-bay, sometimes even new in the box. Since 3COM no longer offers the service that is required to run the Audrey, you can get em fairly readily (noone has any real use for em).
Probably pretty time-consuming to try to hack one to be a remote like TFA describes, but might be worth it for someone willing to expend the energy!
shit, i think ill go camp out in front of comp-usa and wait for longhorn!
Seems to me that it would be more likely that someone on a residential ISP's netblock would be infected. Which also leads me to believe that it's not netblocks, but individual IP addresses. If someone on the office network is infected, and you all are NATed, then it would be blocking your individual IP.
/27 block from our ISP, and I can easily change our NAT IP address. That would be a fantastic way to test the theory!
I hate to say this, but I almost hope my office IP gets banned. We have a
What version of whois are you using? With v. 3.2.2 I get the following:
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[erich@erich erich]$ whois google.com
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.alldomains.com]
[Querying whois.alldomains.com]
[whois.alldomains.com]
Al
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does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree
that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no
circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise
support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or
solicitations via e-mail (spam); or (2) enable high volume, automated,
electronic processes that apply to Alldomains.com (or its systems).
Alldomains.com reserves the right to modify these terms at any time.
By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy.
Registrant:
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Domain Name: google.com
Registrar Name: Alldomains.com
Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-1340142) Google Inc.
2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US
dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506181499
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-1340144) Google Inc.
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dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506181499
Created on..............: 1997-Sep-15.
Expires on..............: 2011-Sep-14.
Record last updated on..: 2003-Apr-07 10:42:46.
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Drag. I can use Google just fine, save for the strings I mention in the OP.
Apparently it only throws an error when trying to search for an e-mail address (it also looks like they are using at least some degree of intelligence to determine if you are or not)
The following queries generate the error:
email example.com
email@example.com
HOWEVER, the following does *not* generate an error:
name@example.com
My guess is that they are filtering queries based upon what the virus searches for. Good for them!
is returning 503 errors on all queries submitted from certain locations
Is that geographic locations, IP blocks, or what? I can use Google just fine at the moment, but have heard of trouble in California (I am in Colorado). TFA gives no details. Anyone have answers?
Yea, I'm with you. The last thing I wanna hear at a red light is Britney Spears! :-)
Well, if you apply that to Microsoft, then it is true :-)