I swear to God I'm not a newbie... I've been working with linux for a few years, and still learn something new every day. I tried to be a good boy and verify the gpg signature, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Got a link for a how-to? Google doesn't turn up much of anything useful at openssh.com or gnupg.org.
I've got GPG installed, a private/public keypair created for myself, now what?
Heh. "...go insane trying to get Karma: 50". That's funny. Find the right time to post to a story (when it's got <100 comments) and a relatively on-topic post maybe sprinkled with some relevant links that contribute to the story, and it's damned easy to reach the cap. Of course I'm sure you know this too.
Then again, it's just as easy to make an inflammatory comment that gets you moderated to oblivion, LOL [that particular comment & my attitude toward CmdrTaco still remain]
Until a recent/. thread, I didn't realize there was such a tool as Fetchmail. This makes it exceedingly easy to use SpamAssassin.
I thought that since I didn't own/administer the mail server for my address that I couldn't get spamassassin installed or even use it in any way. But if you use Fetchmail on your OWN box, it pops/sends from your pop account on the remote machine to your address on the local machine, where you can use all the spamassassin & procmail stuff you want.
I didn't think that I could ever get SpamAssassin working for me, but after getting fetchmail working and a few Perl module installs later, SpamAssassin is tagging those nasty spams for easy filtering. It's great
For those who use MySQL or other database systems with PHP, I highly recommend using the ADOdb Database Library for PHP. It's feature-rich, robust, and has a smaller and smaller footprint with nearly every successive version. I use it all over the place, and it's very very handy. Sure, there are other abstraction libraries out there, but this one takes the cake, IMO. Check out all the supported database drivers!
Well, here in the US, I've worked at numerous stores handling cash, and I can tell you that "knowing who's on the face of a bill" and bill color definitely has a effect on the ability to counterfeit. Some small-time counterfeit attempts will try to do things like cut single corners off a $20 or $50 and then put those high-denomination corners onto the body of a smaller-denomination bill, like a $5 or something.
It's not a high-volume method of counterfeiting, but some people will give it a shot anyhow. Now if the colors of different denominations change, surely you'll notice if the corner of a bill is an entirely different color from the body of the bill. It's not such a bad idea.
Otherwise an inattentive clerk might look only at the corner of the bill to determine the denomination, and won't notice that, "Hey, waitta minute, why is Lincoln on the face of the $50 bill?" Sure, you can also read the "FIFTY DOLLARS" printed on the body of the bill as well, but colors would definitely help.
I'm not a server admin by trade, so I don't get involved with mail server administration duties all too often. Can someone suggest some links to mail-server based AV software for Sendmail, Qmail, others?
I often end up providing "tech support" to those who know I'm a "computer guy". None of their hosts use server-based AV software, but I'd like to send them some links.
Yes, quite CLEARLY it's only for those who've got some cash to blow. If you've got a modest-sized Intranet site, I would highly recommend htDig. I've installed and configured it in several places and it works like a charm. Best of all, it's GPLed!
Sure, it doesn't have all the fancy matching algorithms used by Google, but it does a damned good job nonetheless.
I think it's a gift option that's always overlooked, primarily because the buyer isn't sure what the recipient would want. But I've always believed that books can be a timeless gift, treasured for years. Whether it be fiction, non-fiction, reference, or a little of each, I know that I always appreciate books. Heck, go to FatBrain to find a huge collection of technical books, or maybe to ThinkGeek for options like fiction, non-fiction, programming reference, and so on. And if you're not sure, DO get a gift certificate for your loved one at a bookstore (or even for the aforementioned websites!). Then they can pick out the books themselves, and they can't hardly go wrong.
wv is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files. It can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats. (These are the file formats known internally as Word 9, 8, 7 and 6.) There is some support for reading earlier formats as well: Word 2 docs are converted to plaintext.
Every time there's a Slashdot article about putting a laser (on the moon | in orbit | on another satellite), someone says, "Ooooh, but what about its use as a weapon? The rest of the world ain't gonna go for this!"
The truth of the matter is that the amount of energy needed by an "outer-space laser" to be an effective weapon would be so great, and the cost of this outerspace weapon so great, that it would not be feasible. Why on earth would a government put an unquestionably more expensive space-laser-weapon in orbit if conventional weapons ("daisycutter", anyone?) are already so very effective?
Aside from the practical reasons, the political fallout of using a orbiting laser weapon would be astronomical.
Donate NOW, before the New Year, and not only will those non-profit organizations benefit, but you have another itemized tax deduction for the year 2001. It's a smart move!
When will Slashdot fall? (Troll -1)
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This will get modded as a troll, I'm sure, but I think this is a question worth asking: When might Slashdot fall?
It seems that the biggest and baddest of companies have a difficult time paying the bandwidth bills when they become popular.
Do you think the economy will turn around in time to save Slashdot from a similar fate?
It's quite a silly comment, "... set up to blast incoming space debris and not, of course, anyone here on Earth".
Even if the laser were powerful/accurate enough to do this, why "on earth" would we use an insanely expensive weapon such as a lunar-based laser to strike a target on the ground? It's simply ridiculous when you consider that there are far more cost-effective ground-based ways to do this. Anyone who talks about using these from space, I think, has not considered this.
Yeah, replying to my own comment is lame, I know.
My last comment about a Mozilla filter was silly, because I realized that it only works in IE thus far. I can only hope this remains the case.
Well, it appears that United Virtualities has trademarked the name "Shoshkele". Maybe if we're lucky, that means they've attempted to patent the advertisement method and will hence enforce it, resulting in fewer companies overall that would use this type of obtrusive advertising? Ha - we could only wish. From their webpage,
"Please note that the demos showcased on this page are Flash 4 based. This is done for confidentiality reasons. If you need to test the functionality of final release Shoshkeles (TM) please contact us."
So they're showing us demos in Flash 4 so that people can't "view source" to rip off the code? Meaning that the ads are actually NOT Flash 4 but something else, perhaps, as they say that the ads don't actually require any plugin.
I'm thinking that sooner or later, people will start ripping off this ad style, and they're not going to call it a "Shoshkele". Unless UV patents this ad method, (and IANAL) I don't see how they can keep others from ripping them off. Besides, I've already seen annoying ads like these on weather.com.
Now all we need is a filter for this sort of crap in Mozilla and I'll go back to using it.
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In all honesty, I think this is due to
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I swear to God I'm not a newbie... I've been working with linux for a few years, and still learn something new every day. I tried to be a good boy and verify the gpg signature, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Got a link for a how-to? Google doesn't turn up much of anything useful at openssh.com or gnupg.org.
I've got GPG installed, a private/public keypair created for myself, now what?
Now that I can actually see happening. How far will we be from this in just a few years?
Heh. "...go insane trying to get Karma: 50".
That's funny. Find the right time to post to a story (when it's got <100 comments) and a relatively on-topic post maybe sprinkled with some relevant links that contribute to the story, and it's damned easy to reach the cap. Of course I'm sure you know this too.
Then again, it's just as easy to make an inflammatory comment that gets you moderated to oblivion, LOL
[that particular comment & my attitude toward CmdrTaco still remain]
Until a recent /. thread, I didn't realize there was such a tool as Fetchmail. This makes it exceedingly easy to use SpamAssassin.
I thought that since I didn't own/administer the mail server for my address that I couldn't get spamassassin installed or even use it in any way. But if you use Fetchmail on your OWN box, it pops/sends from your pop account on the remote machine to your address on the local machine, where you can use all the spamassassin & procmail stuff you want.
I didn't think that I could ever get SpamAssassin working for me, but after getting fetchmail working and a few Perl module installs later, SpamAssassin is tagging those nasty spams for easy filtering. It's great
For those who use MySQL or other database systems with PHP, I highly recommend using the ADOdb Database Library for PHP. It's feature-rich, robust, and has a smaller and smaller footprint with nearly every successive version. I use it all over the place, and it's very very handy. Sure, there are other abstraction libraries out there, but this one takes the cake, IMO. Check out all the supported database drivers!
Well, here in the US, I've worked at numerous stores handling cash, and I can tell you that "knowing who's on the face of a bill" and bill color definitely has a effect on the ability to counterfeit. Some small-time counterfeit attempts will try to do things like cut single corners off a $20 or $50 and then put those high-denomination corners onto the body of a smaller-denomination bill, like a $5 or something.
It's not a high-volume method of counterfeiting, but some people will give it a shot anyhow. Now if the colors of different denominations change, surely you'll notice if the corner of a bill is an entirely different color from the body of the bill. It's not such a bad idea.
Otherwise an inattentive clerk might look only at the corner of the bill to determine the denomination, and won't notice that, "Hey, waitta minute, why is Lincoln on the face of the $50 bill?" Sure, you can also read the "FIFTY DOLLARS" printed on the body of the bill as well, but colors would definitely help.
Truly, life indeed imitates art(satire). Microsoft Bundles Worm with IIS .
It's a good thing that Sony is stepping up to the plate.
I'm not a server admin by trade, so I don't get involved with mail server administration duties all too often. Can someone suggest some links to mail-server based AV software for Sendmail, Qmail, others?
I often end up providing "tech support" to those who know I'm a "computer guy". None of their hosts use server-based AV software, but I'd like to send them some links.
But until then, why would someone who is being treated as a second-class citizen care a whim to give you a dime? Lift the fucking RTBL ban already.
Mod me down. It's only Karma.
Mod this up! Indeed, this is a HORRIBLE script, stupid idea, lame lame lame.
This would be a great way to introduce a really NASTY security hole into your site by using this script.
Yes, quite CLEARLY it's only for those who've got some cash to blow. If you've got a modest-sized Intranet site, I would highly recommend htDig. I've installed and configured it in several places and it works like a charm. Best of all, it's GPLed! Sure, it doesn't have all the fancy matching algorithms used by Google, but it does a damned good job nonetheless.
I think it's a gift option that's always overlooked, primarily because the buyer isn't sure what the recipient would want. But I've always believed that books can be a timeless gift, treasured for years. Whether it be fiction, non-fiction, reference, or a little of each, I know that I always appreciate books. Heck, go to FatBrain to find a huge collection of technical books, or maybe to ThinkGeek for options like fiction, non-fiction, programming reference, and so on. And if you're not sure, DO get a gift certificate for your loved one at a bookstore (or even for the aforementioned websites!). Then they can pick out the books themselves, and they can't hardly go wrong.
Well, Microsoft and Panasonic have already developed a Pay-Per-Use DVD player. It should be the wave of the future.
I think these guys are getting dangerously close to cause irreparable harm to the universe as discussed here.
Every time there's a Slashdot article about putting a laser (on the moon | in orbit | on another satellite), someone says, "Ooooh, but what about its use as a weapon? The rest of the world ain't gonna go for this!"
The truth of the matter is that the amount of energy needed by an "outer-space laser" to be an effective weapon would be so great, and the cost of this outerspace weapon so great, that it would not be feasible. Why on earth would a government put an unquestionably more expensive space-laser-weapon in orbit if conventional weapons ("daisycutter", anyone?) are already so very effective?
Aside from the practical reasons, the political fallout of using a orbiting laser weapon would be astronomical.
Let's be serious, okay?
Donate NOW, before the New Year, and not only will those non-profit organizations benefit, but you have another itemized tax deduction for the year 2001. It's a smart move!
It seems that the biggest and baddest of companies have a difficult time paying the bandwidth bills when they become popular.
Do you think the economy will turn around in time to save Slashdot from a similar fate?
Actually, Sun has adopted Passport after Microsoft adopted Liberty Alliance. And if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you...
It's quite a silly comment, "... set up to blast incoming space debris and not, of course, anyone here on Earth".
Even if the laser were powerful/accurate enough to do this, why "on earth" would we use an insanely expensive weapon such as a lunar-based laser to strike a target on the ground? It's simply ridiculous when you consider that there are far more cost-effective ground-based ways to do this. Anyone who talks about using these from space, I think, has not considered this.
I'm thinking that sooner or later, people will start ripping off this ad style, and they're not going to call it a "Shoshkele". Unless UV patents this ad method, (and IANAL) I don't see how they can keep others from ripping them off. Besides, I've already seen annoying ads like these on weather.com.
Now all we need is a filter for this sort of crap in Mozilla and I'll go back to using it.