*cough* Am I the only one that thinks those two sentences are psycho-sexually loaded? If you don't care how big it is.... 15-16" is fine...
Hmm.. I think I'd better stop reading the UF listserv... I'm gettin' all these funny thoughts in my head.... NURSE - I need my pills.. I having ONE OF THOSE DAMNED FITS AGAIN! =)
Well no. Actually you make them go away by releasing a draft copy, whereupon the marketing department throws it out because it doesn't meet market demands, so you design a new one, then management throws it out because it's too expensive, so you go back and design *another* prototype, and the government likes it, but wants it in a stylish black case instead of a dull grey one... after which you actually get to build the damn thing.. which takes three months longer.. and by the time you actually get it out on the 'net it'll be out of date because BackOrifice 2001 has hit the streets and includes all the functionality of Wiretap 2000 - Spookish Pack 1. Did I mention their NIC card was built to military standards and hence weighs 450 lbs and glows in the dark?
Oh great... now I gotta listen to all the techs next door talk about how much bigger THEIR screen is than everybody else's. It's like penis envy for geeks. Is it any suprise they're both measured down to the 1/10th of an inch? =)
Ummm... yes, that's what the paper says. What does this have to do with my position that the IETF needs to be burned before it wakes up and goes back to it's original charter of creating reliable protocols? They're engineers, afterall, not spooks.
This is the FBI. We've recently gotten word of a new kind of internet protocol called 'dns'. We require that you immediately install backdoors into the protocol so we can secretly monitor all dns communication. It is not relevant that information in dns servers are publically available. This will be done at once. We will not provide assistance to you to do this. Thank you for your continued compliance.
Sorry.. given the proxmimity to the wiretapping article.. *somebody* had to do it! =)
Sure, let the IETF build in wiretapping stuff. I think they need to fail horribly before they stop doing stupid things like that. For one, if it's at the protocol level it will be exploited. Alot. Remember source-routing? Notice how everybody even remotely concerned about security has it disabled, and infact under linux and most UN*X implimentations require you to specifically enable it?
Secondly, why should we care? Anyone doing anything illicit will be using encryption anyway. So catching criminals isn't the issue here. Hell, I frequently use PGP for stuff that I don't consider sensitive - like sending source back and fourth between my friends. The only use for a wiretapping protocol will be to let the l335 h4x0r d00ds have a reign of terror on the 'net.
I say to hell with the IETF - Let the chips fall where they may (and they will fall!).
*snickers* You obviously don't know how fast extended regular expressions (regrex) are. More computing resources go into managing a listserv than any intelligent filtering schema that uses regex matching.
And as to 'responsible' ISP - I'd love to. alas, my provider is Mediaone, US West hasn't deployed DSL here, and there are no other high-speed internet solutions. Shall I go back to 28.8k?
The answer to your question is a resounding 'no'. Parallelism is a neat way to program, but alot of processing simply can't be done remotely due to the latencies and whatnot involved. A beowulf is largely useless if you're playing Quake. However, a beowulf might be useful if you were running a quake server. The reason being that there's too much latency to have the graphics processed remotely instead of locally. I know this isn't the best example, but it works.
In the same fashion that a GUI can't do everything a CLI can do (and vice versa), you must choose the best tool for the job - not necessarily the 'trendiest' one.
Or not. You see, I have several e-mail addresses through my ISP, and have a few pseudonyms I go under. My problem is that my ISP (Mediaone) has decided to attach your full name to your e-mail address.. regardless of what/you/ set. This wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that somebody switched my full name and password around - so whenever I send mail through their relay, my password shows up on in the #$@! headers. Yes, I've called... they deny that's happening.
So much for 'smart' relays. I'd settle for 'smart' admins.
I think that our government just made finding a way to easily factor primes alot more important.
In other news *cough* unrelated news, a friend of mine has a program that uses a genetic algo to reverse-engineer formulas... which will be released under GPL once we get the client/server protocol stuff done (that's my job!) ala distributed.net. I'm rather hopeful that we'll be able to extract a factoring algo from it within several months' time. No, I don't have a link, no I won't release any info on it, and no, you can't have the source until the bloody thing works and we get a patent on it. =)
The RBL sucks. There, I said it - and no pun intended. Most of the spam I get isn't blocked by it. Second, alot of ISP's subscribe to the DUL - which has the unfortunate effect of making my e-mail from my home box here (on a dialup) impossible to deliver to some locations. So I'm alittle pissed - In the process of trying to find and neutralize spammers, they've broken several rules of netiquette - most importantly the one that says that it's a peer to peer network. Gee.. I don't feel like a peer right now - I need to go spend $1500/mo to get the 'right' connection so they take my mail seriously.
Boo, hiss! Go use something like intelligent filtering. It works a helluva lot better than the RBL, and innocent people aren't caught in the line of fire.
. There, I said it - and no pun intended. Most of the spam I get isn't blocked by it. Second, alot of ISP's subscribe to the DUL - which has the unfortunate effect of making my e-mail from my home box here (on a dialup) impossible to deliver to some locations. So I'm alittle pissed - In the process of trying to find and neutralize spammers, they've broken several rules of netiquette - most importantly the one that says that it's a peer to peer network. Gee.. I don't feel like a peer right now - I need to go spend $1500/mo to get the 'right' connection so they take my mail seriously.
Boo, hiss! Go use something like intelligent filtering. It works a helluva lot better than the RBL, and innocent people aren't caught in the line of fire.
The red frenzied penguin ate Malda's shortsink. Pleased to be reportink to the predesignated posting site immediately for multiple slashdotinks!! And do not touch da blinkin lights!
If the DOJ is prosecuting, then Microsoft ought to be entitled to exhaust all possible legal remedies - including a long drawn-out appeals process. That's how it works for private citizens. I think MS is guilty as h*** but they're still entitled the same protections you and I enjoy, IMO. However, IANAL.
Well, that's pretty cool.. but I'm alittle suspicious. I know that many switch manufacturers will create a 48 port do-it-all managed switch.. but the reality is the backplane of the switch can only handle 2-3gb/s of data.. which if you're running all your ports at 100, and under full load, will start dropping packets.
I wonder what they mean by "terabyte" speeds. I would be more concerned about latency (How fast does it handle complex filtering rules, or NAT / load balancing?) and the maximum/effective/ bandwidth...
Just because you quoted Webster's doesn't imply your position is any more tenable than it was an hour ago. The legal community will not disintegrate if Westlaw disappeared, although it's an invaluable research tool for lawyers. The chemist community will not vanish if funding for the next particle accelerator is denied. The quantum physicists only exist when you are directly observing them, so their existance is debatable.
You're arguing over semantics - there is no 'slashdot community', because slashdot is a website. There is no 'jennicam community', although it's a popular site. There is no 'cnn community', although that is a heavily-traffic'd site.
As to your crack that I should 'open my mind up', considering that you a) don't know me and b) haven't cited anything beyond this article to support your position (isolated cases aren't representative of the whole), I find that remark ludicrous in the extreme. Taking personal pot-shots at me isn't going to strengthen your position, nor does it make you look good. About you calling me a troll - it seems like a case of the kettle calling the pot black.
I won't be replying to any further posts on this topic - it's a waste of bandwidth and time. Goodbye.
Tomorrow slashdot servers explode, sending bit rubble and debris far into the ATM clouds. Several hours later Rob Malda, in his boxers, logs in and discovers the servers are gone.
Has the community vanished without a trace?
No. That's because slashdot isn't a community - it's a website. It just happens that alot of people read it each day, and communicate with each other using it. Would it be a loss if this happens? Yup. I for one like to boast about my high karma on/. *g* But slashdot is not a community in and of itself. Understand the distinction I'm making.
I like uf because it pokes fun at anyone and everyone - ESR, RMS, and most especially Microsoft. There are no "sacred" things illiad won't joke about. The term "open sores" was first seen on UF courtesy of one of my friend's submissions to the site. UF isn't just Illiad off in his own world - he really does take stories from fans and mold them into the comic strip. My desk at work here is decked out in Userfriendly strips - usually the "disgruntled tech" ones.;^)
I'd recommend it to anyone who needs alittle humor in their day to day dealings with lusers, marketdroids, and the usual things that crop up for 'net-centered businesses. Go read it now. Pass it around the office. If nobody's read it there, prepare to watch productivity for the entire office drop to new lows as they're infected by the UF productivity virus!
It's some good stuff, man. The first one is free... and I can hook you up with the newest stuff every morning... =)
I agree with you completely. I couldn't find a more deserving person than JV for being ignored - he sensationalizes, goes trolling, frequently and intentionally misrepresents key issues, and has even made personal slams against people who question him. This guy needs to learn what "journalistic integrity" means.
I say we flat out ignore him - he's of no value to the community. The only thing he does is stir up trouble and act as the town provocateur.
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*cough* Am I the only one that thinks those two sentences are psycho-sexually loaded? If you don't care how big it is.... 15-16" is fine...
Hmm.. I think I'd better stop reading the UF listserv... I'm gettin' all these funny thoughts in my head.... NURSE - I need my pills.. I having ONE OF THOSE DAMNED FITS AGAIN! =)
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Ummm... let go of the degauss button.
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Smart ass. =) I'd prefer if my screen *cough* wasn't the roll-up model. You know... I like my screens hard.. and so to the systems I *cough* service.
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Oh great... now I gotta listen to all the techs next door talk about how much bigger THEIR screen is than everybody else's. It's like penis envy for geeks. Is it any suprise they're both measured down to the 1/10th of an inch? =)
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Ummm... yes, that's what the paper says. What does this have to do with my position that the IETF needs to be burned before it wakes up and goes back to it's original charter of creating reliable protocols? They're engineers, afterall, not spooks.
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This is the FBI. We've recently gotten word of a new kind of internet protocol called 'dns'. We require that you immediately install backdoors into the protocol so we can secretly monitor all dns communication. It is not relevant that information in dns servers are publically available. This will be done at once. We will not provide assistance to you to do this. Thank you for your continued compliance.
Sorry.. given the proxmimity to the wiretapping article.. *somebody* had to do it! =)
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Secondly, why should we care? Anyone doing anything illicit will be using encryption anyway. So catching criminals isn't the issue here. Hell, I frequently use PGP for stuff that I don't consider sensitive - like sending source back and fourth between my friends. The only use for a wiretapping protocol will be to let the l335 h4x0r d00ds have a reign of terror on the 'net.
I say to hell with the IETF - Let the chips fall where they may (and they will fall!).--
And as to 'responsible' ISP - I'd love to. alas, my provider is Mediaone, US West hasn't deployed DSL here, and there are no other high-speed internet solutions. Shall I go back to 28.8k?
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In the same fashion that a GUI can't do everything a CLI can do (and vice versa), you must choose the best tool for the job - not necessarily the 'trendiest' one.
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What an excellent prize! 10,000 gyros. I could live off of those for years! Oh.. wait.. they said 'Euros'. Pfft. Nevermind. *sniffle* =)
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Yes, but you know what I mean - two primes, multiply them together, it's hard to factor the result.
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So much for 'smart' relays. I'd settle for 'smart' admins.
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In other news *cough* unrelated news, a friend of mine has a program that uses a genetic algo to reverse-engineer formulas... which will be released under GPL once we get the client/server protocol stuff done (that's my job!) ala distributed.net. I'm rather hopeful that we'll be able to extract a factoring algo from it within several months' time. No, I don't have a link, no I won't release any info on it, and no, you can't have the source until the bloody thing works and we get a patent on it. =)
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Boo, hiss! Go use something like intelligent filtering. It works a helluva lot better than the RBL, and innocent people aren't caught in the line of fire.
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Boo, hiss! Go use something like intelligent filtering. It works a helluva lot better than the RBL, and innocent people aren't caught in the line of fire.
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The red frenzied penguin ate Malda's shortsink. Pleased to be reportink to the predesignated posting site immediately for multiple slashdotinks!! And do not touch da blinkin lights!
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If the DOJ is prosecuting, then Microsoft ought to be entitled to exhaust all possible legal remedies - including a long drawn-out appeals process. That's how it works for private citizens. I think MS is guilty as h*** but they're still entitled the same protections you and I enjoy, IMO. However, IANAL.
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I wonder what they mean by "terabyte" speeds. I would be more concerned about latency (How fast does it handle complex filtering rules, or NAT / load balancing?) and the maximum /effective/ bandwidth...
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You're arguing over semantics - there is no 'slashdot community', because slashdot is a website. There is no 'jennicam community', although it's a popular site. There is no 'cnn community', although that is a heavily-traffic'd site.
As to your crack that I should 'open my mind up', considering that you a) don't know me and b) haven't cited anything beyond this article to support your position (isolated cases aren't representative of the whole), I find that remark ludicrous in the extreme. Taking personal pot-shots at me isn't going to strengthen your position, nor does it make you look good. About you calling me a troll - it seems like a case of the kettle calling the pot black.
I won't be replying to any further posts on this topic - it's a waste of bandwidth and time. Goodbye.
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Has the community vanished without a trace?
No. That's because slashdot isn't a community - it's a website. It just happens that alot of people read it each day, and communicate with each other using it. Would it be a loss if this happens? Yup. I for one like to boast about my high karma on--
I'd recommend it to anyone who needs alittle humor in their day to day dealings with lusers, marketdroids, and the usual things that crop up for 'net-centered businesses. Go read it now. Pass it around the office. If nobody's read it there, prepare to watch productivity for the entire office drop to new lows as they're infected by the UF productivity virus!
It's some good stuff, man. The first one is free... and I can hook you up with the newest stuff every morning... =)
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Yes, well... that was in jest, as you no doubt guessed. This use, however, is serious.
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Yes, in the same fashion as talking about rape makes me a rapist...
What community are you talking about? The slashdot community?No. I'm referring to the hacker / security communities. Slashdot readership doesn't count as it's own community...
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I say we flat out ignore him - he's of no value to the community. The only thing he does is stir up trouble and act as the town provocateur.
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