"It is the most secure option among the existing desktop operating systems"
what about OpenBSD?
Yes? What about it?
You know, the headline for all the sec related news should read: "New Secure OS (Not being OpenBSD) Rleased!" or "The Sky is Falling, We'll all be cyber-robbed real soon now (unless you are using OpenBSD)" or "New virus, be very afraid! (OpenBSD users, well.. you're fine)".. You know it just does not make good press;)
Because the first thing I see is: Note: Be sure that you use a modern, non-handicapped browser to access the links below (e.g. disable the NoScript and the likes extensions that try to turn your Web Browser essentially into the 90's Mosaic).
Oh goodie...
Think I'll go with this one;) :... or you might try to download the ISO via bit torrent:
Sigh... they are acquiring association data from the tracked users. These fake users entered 'delhipublicschool40 chdjob' into the Bing search bar, then clicked on a link to 'a Credit Union website'. If they were copying directly from Google, then 100% of honeypot search terms should have worked...
As far as I understood it, the users did not use the Bing search bar. They used Google. So.. You are saying that since they copied it from the *users* using Google then it is ok?
Here is a question for you? How many hours do they expect you to work? How much vacation time? How much sick time?
And if they have been doing this for a while why do people keep working their if it so bad?
I don't really know all the numbers and right now I am too lazy to look it up, but here is the gist of it:
You are expected to to work when they decide they need you, Night and day. An ordinary work week is 37,5 hrs a week[1] (by law, yay Norway), but jurnos and tv/radio people are by and large exempt from that. That is, your employer can make you work more, YMMV. The pay is good even for temps. Overtime is well paid, but the rules are convoluted and the forms are kinda complicated to fill in correctly[2]. Vacation and sick time is the same as everyone with a job in Norway has.
But the real issue is that IF you can get a job with NRK you are pretty much set, they pay really well, have excellent benefits, pension plans etc.. AND you get to work for the most respected broadcaster in Norway. NRK knows this and uses the fact to use or even abuse the temp system for all it is worth, and very few complains in fear of not landing a regular job with the broadcaster.
-RG
[1] I think.. Someone correct me if wrong. [2] I have only worked there as a contractor (in IT - implementing some SGI servers) years ago, and back then the paperwork was staggering, even for me..
According to her, and the workers unions, NRK is screwing and abusing their temp workers (which she was) royally. In Norway the law says that if you are a temp for 4 years you will be granted the benefits and protection of a regular employee. NRK (which is government owned and run) will let a temp work for *almost* 4 years then leave them high and dry. Before your four years are up they will not let you have any say in any matters, expect you to work un"bob"like hours, and keep your mouth shut while not on the air. She basically just had enough and gained a lot of sympathy for it in Norway, where the workers unions have been complaining about these practices by our state owned broadcaster for years.
But rebelling on the air.. Well, ballsy, but not the brightest of moves.
Lets (that is us. The public) be honest. They have always done that. Always!
MS is not to be trusted on anything (unless, of course, they come out with a statement saying: We are making an OS that will kill you and then rape your corpse. Then we would get ads featuring Seinfeld showing you the lighter side of having your corpse raped...) and we know this. They have done it consistently over the years. The broken promises. The corruption. The underhanded dealings. The lies. The theft. The monopoly practices. Jeeze... Honestly. Lets get a show of hands: Who of you, (yes even you; 7-digit-UID MS Fan Boi.) are surprised?
Ah, but you are wrong. They apparently only copyrighted sphynxes and pyramids. which leaves you free to sell your Sphinxes and Piramyds everywhere. Just remember to pay me 1 cent for the first sale, 2 cent for the second sale, 4 cent for the next sale... etc.. No need to thank me.:) In addition to my fee, I only need a pair of 'RoyBan' and an 'Arbani' shirt. apparently they are for sale anywhere in Egypt.
-RG.
PS: And get me some of that V1AGR4 That everyone keeps mailing me about.
The abominable Snowman, Nessie and Santa Claus was just here looking for you.
Supposedly there was some conference you were requested to attend in Neverneverland.
Anyways, Give them a call! And give our regards to Windows Security if you see it while you are there.
Right... So, back on the farm you grew up on. Was there much cutting of human flesh? Or did you just sorta "freelance" in the human flesh cutting business?
who'd thunk it. Where I grew up there was much cutting of pig. Never really made the connection with human flesh though.:)
Sir, allow me to quote the last line of the article referenced in the slashdot story you point to:
Hahahaha Gotcha 1st April
After applying my Awsome Jedi Powers(tm) to this (somewhat badly worded) sentence, I have cunningly concluded that Mr Johansen did not take a job with Apple. I did however, break out in cold sweat for a minute.:)
Maureen O'Gara is the publisher of Maureen O'Gara's Linuxgram(tm) (who would'ave thunk it) and she is an inhabitant of the parallel universe known as Maureen O'Gara's World(tm).
In this world there are Rainbows and Unicorns and green grass and a large castle where King Darl(c) sits on his throne waiting for his princess Maureen. Today they are having her favourite for dinner; a big hot steaming plate of Cock O'Darl(tm), the only thing she will eat up completly.
While she is dancing through the grass towards the castle she can not help but think about all the nasties that live beyond the Great Forest of Lawyers. In the dreaded land of The Real World where there are Groklaw'ers, Slashdotters, PJ's and the worst of them all The Penguin. Lately the meanies have started to assault the castle with Thruth, Facts and Reason, allthough they have countered the assaults with Lies, FUD and Hearsay, the attacks has not diminished at all.
Oh, well. She will not think about that now. Soon she will crawl up on his lap, feel his gun pressing against her and feel his respect for her growing in his pants. Later, after dinner, maybe he'll talk to her about the Book of Mormon(r)(c)(tm) and why lying for personal gain is good. She can hardly wait...
One other thing that's come up more over the last 12 months is this notion of indemnification [against patent and copyright claims]. More and more customers are asking us, "Help me understand what you do from an indemnification perspective versus HP or IBM or Red Hat or Novell." That's weighing into decisions more and more.... Customers began introducing it and asking me about it more than I was introducing it to them. And I began to say, "Wow. We really stand behind our technology in a pretty aggressive way. We should make sure that we get credit for that compared to Linux in many ways."
Indeed, My guess is that this started right after you "funded" SCO's litigations and started to pantent every damn thing under the sun.
And you are surprised customers brought up something you brought on? Puhleeze..
And I had to write something to that effect at the end. I don't know if it is just me, but the entire survey felt.. Leading somehow. Like I was led in one direction.
But then again, I'm a Sysadmin. I'm paranoid, bitter and evil by definition.
R.G.
I Think this was possible on Doom as well..
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Sort of.
You needed two or more computers and and a network (or serial cable). You could start Doom on all machines with a parameter stating what POV each monitor should have. Anyways my memory is failing me, maybe someone else remembers.
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"It is the most secure option among the existing desktop operating systems"
what about OpenBSD?
Yes? What about it?
You know, the headline for all the sec related news should read: "New Secure OS (Not being OpenBSD) Rleased!" or "The Sky is Falling, We'll all be cyber-robbed real soon now (unless you are using OpenBSD)" or "New virus, be very afraid! (OpenBSD users, well.. you're fine)".. ;)
You know it just does not make good press
HTH, HAND.
-RG.
Because the first thing I see is:
Note: Be sure that you use a modern, non-handicapped browser to access the links below (e.g. disable the NoScript and the likes extensions that try to turn your Web Browser essentially into the 90's Mosaic).
Oh goodie...
Think I'll go with this one ;) : ... or you might try to download the ISO via bit torrent:
Sigh... they are acquiring association data from the tracked users. These fake users entered 'delhipublicschool40 chdjob' into the Bing search bar, then clicked on a link to 'a Credit Union website'. If they were copying directly from Google, then 100% of honeypot search terms should have worked...
As far as I understood it, the users did not use the Bing search bar. They used Google.
So.. You are saying that since they copied it from the *users* using Google then it is ok?
-RG
And.. are these swallows unladen?
Slashdot has been getting harder lately..
-RG.
Here is a question for you?
How many hours do they expect you to work?
How much vacation time?
How much sick time?
And if they have been doing this for a while why do people keep working their if it so bad?
I don't really know all the numbers and right now I am too lazy to look it up, but here is the gist of it:
You are expected to to work when they decide they need you, Night and day.
An ordinary work week is 37,5 hrs a week[1] (by law, yay Norway), but jurnos and tv/radio people are by and large exempt from that. That is, your employer can make you work more, YMMV.
The pay is good even for temps. Overtime is well paid, but the rules are convoluted and the forms are kinda complicated to fill in correctly[2].
Vacation and sick time is the same as everyone with a job in Norway has.
But the real issue is that IF you can get a job with NRK you are pretty much set, they pay really well, have excellent benefits, pension plans etc.. AND you get to work for the most respected broadcaster in Norway.
NRK knows this and uses the fact to use or even abuse the temp system for all it is worth, and very few complains in fear of not landing a regular job with the broadcaster.
-RG
[1] I think.. Someone correct me if wrong.
[2] I have only worked there as a contractor (in IT - implementing some SGI servers) years ago, and back then the paperwork was staggering, even for me..
According to her, and the workers unions, NRK is screwing and abusing their temp workers (which she was) royally.
In Norway the law says that if you are a temp for 4 years you will be granted the benefits and protection of a regular employee. NRK (which is government owned and run) will let a temp work for *almost* 4 years then leave them high and dry.
Before your four years are up they will not let you have any say in any matters, expect you to work un"bob"like hours, and keep your mouth shut while not on the air. She basically just had enough and gained a lot of sympathy for it in Norway, where the workers unions have been complaining about these practices by our state owned broadcaster for years.
But rebelling on the air.. Well, ballsy, but not the brightest of moves.
-RG.
Hah!
You clearly haven't seen the Homeboy Sights from Birdman Weapons Systems (Your friend in tha Ghetto®)
http://www.thegunzone.com/glock/glock-gag.html
HTH, HAND.
-RG.
I agree. Now, lets try to get the plural to of it to be "twats".
Lets (that is us. The public) be honest.
They have always done that. Always!
MS is not to be trusted on anything (unless, of course, they come out with a statement saying: We are making an OS that will kill you and then rape your corpse. Then we would get ads featuring Seinfeld showing you the lighter side of having your corpse raped...) and we know this. They have done it consistently over the years.
The broken promises. The corruption. The underhanded dealings. The lies. The theft. The monopoly practices. Jeeze...
Honestly. Lets get a show of hands: Who of you, (yes even you; 7-digit-UID MS Fan Boi.) are surprised?
-RG.
see hack a day Not to mention awfully similar to this.
-RG.
Ah, but you are wrong. They apparently only copyrighted sphynxes and pyramids. :) In addition to my fee, I only need a pair of 'RoyBan' and an 'Arbani' shirt. apparently they are for sale anywhere in Egypt.
which leaves you free to sell your Sphinxes and Piramyds everywhere.
Just remember to pay me 1 cent for the first sale, 2 cent for the second sale, 4 cent for the next sale... etc..
No need to thank me.
-RG.
PS: And get me some of that V1AGR4 That everyone keeps mailing me about.
Who parsed the opening credits as: "Crackpot"?
Until I realized it was a foreign alphabet and then I parsed it as "Cockpot"...
Apparently I need help.
I have worked for [big] movie studios and you are unfortunately very right.
oh, how I wish you weren't!
(before you ask.. accounting software is my game...)
-RG.
The abominable Snowman, Nessie and Santa Claus was just here looking for you. Supposedly there was some conference you were requested to attend in Neverneverland.
Anyways, Give them a call! And give our regards to Windows Security if you see it while you are there.
Rgds,
-RG.
Right...
:)
So, back on the farm you grew up on. Was there much cutting of human flesh? Or did you just sorta "freelance" in the human flesh cutting business?
who'd thunk it. Where I grew up there was much cutting of pig. Never really made the connection with human flesh though.
-RG.
Greg_ValveOLS, is that you?
.. things from your EA account while you were playing battlefield2.
We have detected some.. eh
Please supply me with your EA account details.
Oh. And your mothers credit card details while your at it..
Thanks,
EA Support Team.
Yes.. Or you can use this link :
_ striegel/how_i_failed_the_turing_test_2005_09_04_1 3_26_29
http://www.blogcadre.com.nyud.net:8090/blog/jason
who actually work.
HTH, HAND.
-RG.
After applying my Awsome Jedi Powers(tm) to this (somewhat badly worded) sentence, I have cunningly concluded that Mr Johansen did not take a job with Apple.
I did however, break out in cold sweat for a minute.
phew,
-RG.
HTH, HAND.
-RG.
Maureen O'Gara is the publisher of Maureen O'Gara's Linuxgram(tm) (who would'ave thunk it) and she is an inhabitant of the parallel universe known as Maureen O'Gara's World(tm).
In this world there are Rainbows and Unicorns and green grass and a large castle where King Darl(c) sits on his throne waiting for his princess Maureen.
Today they are having her favourite for dinner; a big hot steaming plate of Cock O'Darl(tm), the only thing she will eat up completly.
While she is dancing through the grass towards the castle she can not help but think about all the nasties that live beyond the Great Forest of Lawyers. In the dreaded land of The Real World where there are Groklaw'ers, Slashdotters, PJ's and the worst of them all The Penguin. Lately the meanies have started to assault the castle with Thruth, Facts and Reason, allthough they have countered the assaults with Lies, FUD and Hearsay, the attacks has not diminished at all.
Oh, well. She will not think about that now. Soon she will crawl up on his lap, feel his gun pressing against her and feel his respect for her growing in his pants. Later, after dinner, maybe he'll talk to her about the Book of Mormon(r)(c)(tm) and why lying for personal gain is good. She can hardly wait...
Sorry, I'm just starting to get fed up...
-RG
Indeed, My guess is that this started right after you "funded" SCO's litigations and started to pantent every damn thing under the sun.
And you are surprised customers brought up something you brought on? Puhleeze..
-RG.
Yes, This one struck me as well.
And I had to write something to that effect at the end.
I don't know if it is just me, but the entire survey felt.. Leading somehow. Like I was led in one direction.
But then again, I'm a Sysadmin. I'm paranoid, bitter and evil by definition.
R.G.
Sort of.
You needed two or more computers and and a network (or serial cable). You could start Doom on all machines with a parameter stating what POV each monitor should have. Anyways my memory is failing me, maybe someone else remembers.
cheers.
-RG.