Um, yes. I guess I initially misunderstood ReadyBoost, thinking it was a way to add 'RAM' to a system using a USB flash drive. Anyone know of a similar tool for Linux?
Like with a USB flash drive and a regular SATA HDD? Maybe an application that sits in the background, mirroring the contents of the flash drive to the HDD?
Examples: Google Maps, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, etc., and, to greater or lesser extent, Google Earth. All rely on massive computing power connected via the Internet and HTTP.
IOW, didn't the students already have cloud computing? Or is this an implementation of the server side?
I'm sure there's a lot of good American food but it's a fact that most of the world thinks the epitomy of American cuisine is the Big Mac which is why I picked those examples since they illustrate that peoples perception of a national cusine are not necessarily accurate. Point taken.
Only the term ice cream and adding a cone was invented at the Worlds Fair, it's been around an awful lot longer than that and in fact soft ice cream was invented by the English. Also french fries ( chips ) are definitely not an American invention although you guys have put a lot of effort into developing some sort of vile salty, crunchy abomination ! But out of your list, I could list the following as being non-British in origin
Chicken Tikka Masala -- Indian -- claimed to be invented in England, but true origins unknown Balti -- Indian/Pakistani -- claimed to be invented in England, but, again, true origins are unknown
Sponge cake -- only Victorian sponge cake originated in England. Sponge cake probably originated in France or Switzerland.
Roast Lamb/beef/pork -- unknown origin, really. People have been roasting meat from cattle, lambs and pigs for millenia.
Shepherds pie -- while a traditional English dish, I'm told its origins are mostly Scottish. still U.K. anyway.;)
Beer -- Definitely invented in Egypt or Mesopotamia, not England.
McDonald's has historically had the cash to pay lots of actors, big-name sports stars, etc., to promote their product. Do you think that their product is 'engineered' and 'supported correctly?'
And, no, it's not an exception -- it's the rule. Companies make lots of money because they market their product well, no matter how bad that product is. So many companies these days are marketing and sales operations. Mattel doesn't even manufacture their own toys anymore -- all of their production is outsourced to China. That's why there's lead paint in their products. It doesn't matter how good their product is or isn't -- it only matters how well they market it. If you could figure out a way to market sh** well, you'd make a gazillion dollars selling your turds.
I have four words for you: most people are stupid. That's why they fall for the same advertising strategy time and time again. The more intelligent among us just want to know the facts: this is what the product is, this is what it does, this is why you'd want to buy it, and here is where you can buy it and how much it costs. The rest of the slobbering idiots in the world are easily distracted by pretty, shiny objects with glowing reviews by 'real' people or even by paid celebrities. A couple of people have actually told me, for instance, that they bought a Sleep Number bead because Lindsay Wagner said how well it worked for her on TV. C'mon, folks, Lindsay Wagner is a washed up actress with no career left. She said it worked well for her on TV because they paid her lots of money to say it worked well for her on TV. Duh.
Did you guess the shit ones ? They were Hamburgers and Hot Dog "Sausages", cusine which is in fact Americas outstanding contribution to the world. Sure, pick the crappiest contributions.;-) Although I must say that I enjoy an excellent gourmet cheeseburger now and again, some of America's better contributions to the world:
- chili - pizza - New York or Chicago Style (Pizza was never good in Italy until it came to America!) - Philly Cheesesteak - the Coney Island hot dog (hot dog "sausages" with chili, mustard and onion -- mmmmmm!) - 'french' fries (which are really an American invention) - Coney Fries -- french fries covered in chili and cheese sauce - the Ice Cream cone (invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Mo.)
Have you ever tried British food? I wouldn't trust any cookbook originating from or used in the UK, that's 100% pure terrorism right there. For those who have no idea what the parent is talking about, I'll explain. I'm an American, but my family is of British origin, so naturally there are hand-me-down recipes that have survived through the years. British food is the blandist sh** you have ever tasted. Think of some food you've had that's really, really bland. Now multiply the blandness factor by a 100 or so. Now you know what he's talking about. (And Brits are the first to admit that their traditional food is, in fact, quite bland.)
It would seem to me that retailers SHOULD be storing the credit card data because there has to be some type of audit trail available. After all, people need to be able to track down credit card fraud, etc. I'm guessing that the credit card companies store this data as well, though, but they probably only store the amount of the transaction, card number and date, whereas the retailers would have the records of what was purchased, on what date, who rang up the transaction, etc.
What's the difference between the USPTO selling void patents and a conman selling famous landmarks? Is it a case on caveat emptor or would the con artist be prosecuted? I hadn't heard that the USPTO was 'selling' patents, personally. Perhaps charging filing fees (which you pay whether you are granted a patent or not), yes, but AFAIK, they don't take money to award a patent. Are you implying that the USPTO was taking payoffs?
As far as the conman goes, it's mostly a civil matter. You can't sell what you don't own.
Is there any way to avoid this? I don't even want to do it once a week, because: a) I might forget, and it's a chore, and b) I'm not sure what to look for. I might get alerted because of something or other that would generate a false positive (e.g. a new configuration on a bittorrent or IRC program). You could use a log analyzing tool like Splunk. Splunk is commercialware, but you can always download the demo version. Additionally, there might be some f/oss tools, but I'm afraid you'll have to SFTW because I don't use such tools.
A sibling poster mentioned Tripwire. How handy is that? I tried installing it when I first started with Linux, back in the days of Mandrake 9.0, but it got to be too much of a hassle installing, and I was never sure when to be or not to be suspicious of minor changes. For example, if I try out new kUbuntu packages all the time, then toss them aside if I'm not interested, would it cause problems with Tripwire? Any modification to any file tripwire is set to look at will result in warnings being issued from it.
Also, I run a Linksys router flashed with DD-WRT. It's great protection for my Linux box, but I worry about the router itself. Since the router's image is read only, simply resetting the router will kick off any intruders. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with DD-WRT, because I have V5 LinkSys WRT54G router, and, FWIU, these images don't work with that variety and attempting to install them is likely to brick the router.
As for netfilter, take a look at the documentation, especially the tutorials listed on that page. Netfilter is not as hard to work with from the command-line as it looks. The syntax looks daunting, but, trust me, it's really not that bad. You need to understand something about networks and writing shell scripts, but I'm guessing if you're building netfilter rule tables with Guarddog, you have at least some idea of what you're doing.
Also, I don't know if the router can log the connections Yes. Netfilter supports this functionality by creating LOG rules.
Or, like I said, disallow password authentication. This prevents brute force password attacks as well. I carry around my OpenSSH RSA keys on a USB memory stick I wear around my neck, so I can get in via SSH no matter what.
Yes. You should Here's what I do. (I guess you could say these are some security tips for those running Linux boxes at home and leaving them up on the Net):
Run a hardware NAT firewall/router. Any ol' Linksys, Dlink or Netgear thang will do. Just remember it's not the be all and end all to security problems.
Open as few ports as absolutely possible. I have nothing open on my router except port 22 and BitTorrent, and I don't leave BitTorrent running all the time
Check your logs at least once a day. Look for any suspicious signs -- missing log entries, ssh connects you weren't expecting, services running that you don't normally have running, NICs going into promiscuous mode unexpectedly, excessive mail being pumped through any MTAs, etc.
When running OpenSSH, I disallow password authentication. This prevents problems with users due to the use of stupid passwords. My sshd only accepts a valid RSA key exchange as acceptable authorization.
Regularly update and run rootkit checkers. These are not be all end all, but they help spot obvious rootkits
Make cron jobs that regularly scan your system for unusual permissions -- world writeable, binaries that are setuid, etc. and for suspicious files. There are programs and scripts that will do this for you. STFW or check with your distro.
Perform MD5 checking on your files and executables, espcially.
Regularly check your/etc/passwd and/etc/group files for new or unusual entries.
Don't run NIS -- it's inherently insecure. You should be using OpenLDAP if you need directory authorization on your network.
the law The law? *eyebrow raised* They don't have the law, nor do they need it. NSA and CIA agents break the laws of multiple countries (including the USA) every day. The agencies tell their agents that if they get arrested, the agency will disavow all knowledge of their activity, and, in some cases, whether or not they were even an agent.
Did you read the article snippet I quoted? Microsoft wants you to authorize them to release the data. HIPAA allows for the release of medical records with the patient's authorization. But even if you consider that HIPAA release has to say what records you authorizing for release, and who you are authorizing them to be released to -- if people even read the form they are signing -- I also make the point in my post that this information is all in one place and can be stolen, especially given Microsoft's stellar track record regarding security.
It would be pretty ironic if that got used against Iran. I assume, unlike the other two posters, that you are referring to the recent comments by the Iranian President given at Columbia University.
Here's a fact of human sexuality: hetero- vs. homosexuality traits in human beings, like lots of other traits in biology and life sciences, exists on bell curve: About 10% are truely purely heterosexual, 10% are purely homosexual, and most people lie somewhere in between, with varying degrees of preferring one over the other.
So, despite the Iranian President's remarks, Iran most certainly does have homosexuals. Statistically speaking, it should be somewhere around 10% of his population.
Full disclosure: my wife is psychologist with degrees from a prestigious school.
After all, until Firefox implements some kind of MSHTML.DLL replacement scheme (would this be so difficult, really?), it is not possible to completely remove Internet Explorer from a standard Windows system (WinXP Lite etc. notwithstanding) and have it still function the same way....
Someone should port the Wine MSHTML.DLL back to Windows.. and have it use Gecko, Actually, mshtml.dll.so identifies itself as "Wine Gecko", and there are references to Mozilla functions (such as 'NS_InitXPCOM2' already, so I'm sure that it already uses Mozilla libraries and code. IOW, most of this work is already done. All that would be needed is to port this to Windows.
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Right. That's like setting up swap on USB disk. But that's not what I was talking about.
Um, yes. I guess I initially misunderstood ReadyBoost, thinking it was a way to add 'RAM' to a system using a USB flash drive. Anyone know of a similar tool for Linux?
But with USB 2.0, still potentially faster than a bare HDD, right?
Like with a USB flash drive and a regular SATA HDD? Maybe an application that sits in the background, mirroring the contents of the flash drive to the HDD?
Examples: Google Maps, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, etc., and, to greater or lesser extent, Google Earth. All rely on massive computing power connected via the Internet and HTTP.
IOW, didn't the students already have cloud computing? Or is this an implementation of the server side?
Chicken Tikka Masala -- Indian -- claimed to be invented in England, but true origins unknown
Balti -- Indian/Pakistani -- claimed to be invented in England, but, again, true origins are unknown
Sponge cake -- only Victorian sponge cake originated in England. Sponge cake probably originated in France or Switzerland.
Roast Lamb/beef/pork -- unknown origin, really. People have been roasting meat from cattle, lambs and pigs for millenia.
Shepherds pie -- while a traditional English dish, I'm told its origins are mostly Scottish. still U.K. anyway.
Beer -- Definitely invented in Egypt or Mesopotamia, not England.
McDonald's has historically had the cash to pay lots of actors, big-name sports stars, etc., to promote their product. Do you think that their product is 'engineered' and 'supported correctly?'
And, no, it's not an exception -- it's the rule. Companies make lots of money because they market their product well, no matter how bad that product is. So many companies these days are marketing and sales operations. Mattel doesn't even manufacture their own toys anymore -- all of their production is outsourced to China. That's why there's lead paint in their products. It doesn't matter how good their product is or isn't -- it only matters how well they market it. If you could figure out a way to market sh** well, you'd make a gazillion dollars selling your turds.
I have four words for you: most people are stupid. That's why they fall for the same advertising strategy time and time again. The more intelligent among us just want to know the facts: this is what the product is, this is what it does, this is why you'd want to buy it, and here is where you can buy it and how much it costs. The rest of the slobbering idiots in the world are easily distracted by pretty, shiny objects with glowing reviews by 'real' people or even by paid celebrities. A couple of people have actually told me, for instance, that they bought a Sleep Number bead because Lindsay Wagner said how well it worked for her on TV. C'mon, folks, Lindsay Wagner is a washed up actress with no career left. She said it worked well for her on TV because they paid her lots of money to say it worked well for her on TV. Duh.
- chili
- pizza - New York or Chicago Style (Pizza was never good in Italy until it came to America!)
- Philly Cheesesteak
- the Coney Island hot dog (hot dog "sausages" with chili, mustard and onion -- mmmmmm!)
- 'french' fries (which are really an American invention)
- Coney Fries -- french fries covered in chili and cheese sauce
- the Ice Cream cone (invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Mo.)
See what I mean? You just made my point! :-D
Considering the film has a budget of $100 million and Steven Moffat recently signed on to write the screenplay, I'm guessing it's going to happen.
It would seem to me that retailers SHOULD be storing the credit card data because there has to be some type of audit trail available. After all, people need to be able to track down credit card fraud, etc. I'm guessing that the credit card companies store this data as well, though, but they probably only store the amount of the transaction, card number and date, whereas the retailers would have the records of what was purchased, on what date, who rang up the transaction, etc.
Who needs asteroids? We have sharks!!! With friggin' lasers!!!
As far as the conman goes, it's mostly a civil matter. You can't sell what you don't own.
As for netfilter, take a look at the documentation, especially the tutorials listed on that page. Netfilter is not as hard to work with from the command-line as it looks. The syntax looks daunting, but, trust me, it's really not that bad. You need to understand something about networks and writing shell scripts, but I'm guessing if you're building netfilter rule tables with Guarddog, you have at least some idea of what you're doing. Also, I don't know if the router can log the connections Yes. Netfilter supports this functionality by creating LOG rules.
Or, like I said, disallow password authentication. This prevents brute force password attacks as well. I carry around my OpenSSH RSA keys on a USB memory stick I wear around my neck, so I can get in via SSH no matter what.
Oh, and I almost forgot -- KEEP your FRIGGIN' SECURITY PATCHES up-to-date.
Did you read the article snippet I quoted? Microsoft wants you to authorize them to release the data. HIPAA allows for the release of medical records with the patient's authorization. But even if you consider that HIPAA release has to say what records you authorizing for release, and who you are authorizing them to be released to -- if people even read the form they are signing -- I also make the point in my post that this information is all in one place and can be stolen, especially given Microsoft's stellar track record regarding security.
Here's a fact of human sexuality: hetero- vs. homosexuality traits in human beings, like lots of other traits in biology and life sciences, exists on bell curve: About 10% are truely purely heterosexual, 10% are purely homosexual, and most people lie somewhere in between, with varying degrees of preferring one over the other.
So, despite the Iranian President's remarks, Iran most certainly does have homosexuals. Statistically speaking, it should be somewhere around 10% of his population.
Full disclosure: my wife is psychologist with degrees from a prestigious school.
Someone should port the Wine MSHTML.DLL back to Windows.. and have it use Gecko, Actually, mshtml.dll.so identifies itself as "Wine Gecko", and there are references to Mozilla functions (such as 'NS_InitXPCOM2' already, so I'm sure that it already uses Mozilla libraries and code. IOW, most of this work is already done. All that would be needed is to port this to Windows.
by Mister Whirly (964219) Alter Relationship on Thursday October 04, @04:00PM (#20857053)
(http://localhost/)
You had better pack a small bag and go. THEY are already on THEIR way to your house as I type this. GO! NOW! That's okay! You'll never get a chance to type that! As we speak, we are launching a MASSIVE DDOS attack against you linked-to host! We.......
Hey! Waitaminute!
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