--I'd say part of the problem with steganographic "hiding" would be the file-access times. However, this can be made more difficult to detect by using a script that runs "touch" on various random files.
--For that you may need to look to/etc/login.defs:
# Number of significant characters in the password for crypt(). # Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better. # If using MD5 in your PAM configuration, set this higher. # PASS_MAX_LEN 8
--Now I know *that* much, but which package do I have to dpkg-reconfigure to change my password hash method? Anybody know?
o What is the size, in thousands, of the voting population in the UK?
o What is the size, in millions, of the voting population in the US?
--Ok, that's maybe an exaggeration, but you get the point.;-) Not everyone votes, either (given the "quality" of the candidates these days, can ya blame us?) In fact in the last 30 years or so, I'd say the voting population in the US has gone *down* quite a bit.
--Besides, everyone knows that 'Mericans are lazy. We want the results *yesterday,* not 2-3 days from now.:-) Manually hand-counting that many votes is a *HUGE* undertaking, and would delay an already massive process.
--Now -- all that being said, I think your idea has merit; we just need to automate it a little... (G)
--Got a link? I'm tentatively considering asking for a DVD burner for Cmas, and it would be nice to point the family to an inexpensive media provider as well.
> Though the Linux Gazette probably should have paid a token fee just to keep this sort of thing from happening $1 / year ).
--Dude, have you seen Scary Movie 3 yet? They gave Sheen's character a *month* to come up with a $1.50! Do you have any IDEA how hard that kind of cash is to come by?! You don't find it just lying around on the street ya know!
--What do you think LG.net's volunteers are, rich or something??
--Yes, but the POINT is that 2.6 is nowhere near "ready" yet. Some basic and commonly-used features aren't stabilized.
--Sure, around 2.6.5 or so, we can talk about "maintenance-only" mode for 2.4. By that time things will have started settling down; LVM, Nvidia and VMware should have **official** 2.6 software out and working (and that's just my own personal case for not moving to 2.6 yet.)
--Marcelo should give the job to somebody else if he can't make the right decisions for the 2.4 user base.
> The price plunged, falling from $57.50 at 10:46 a.m. to a low of $39.25 at 10:54 a.m. Mr. Goldman said that Gr8Trade officials noticed the trading and notified Nasdaq of a possible problem. A Nasdaq official, who declined to be quoted by name, said Nasdaq contacted the company and was told there was no news to explain the move. It halted trading at 10:58 a.m.
--Twelve-minute response time. That's better than I would ever have thought! Could have been a lot worse.
> BTW, I don't have a lot of pity for the author. He tries to make a point by saying his roving profile got deleted and it caused him to lose 2 weeks of work. Let me just say in my experience I have never gone that long without a commit. The rule I've always gone with is that if the build isn't broken it gets committed. There's really not an excuse, even in early development phases, to not be comitting often. This just sounds lazy.
--Go back and read the article again. They didn't delete the 2nd copy of his roaming profile, they deleted his SOURCE CODE. And the complete **bastard** that made the mistake, DIDN'T CARE because he knew nothing bad would happen to him. People like that deserve the worst possible "bad luck" to happen to THEM. "Oh, gee, guess you didn't see my foot there before you went headlong down the stairs, pal. Better luck next time."
--Read the BOFH archives sometime, it can be therapeutic. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content /30/index.html
--Well, you just better take Sarge with you in case them aliens come a-callin' -- and it's prolly best if ya vote to keep Sid off the station. Take Potatohead along in case ya get hungry.
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--IIRC the "speed limit" for W98 is ~2GHz. However, my 98SE box runs fine with 512MB of RAM.
IIRC:
o It has to do with error-reporting (or the lack of it) in Linux
o Talking to everything as "0,0,0"-type SCSI makes cdrecord easier to port.
Duke Nukem Forever is still "DNF"... :b
--Hey, at least you've never had to use PROFS on a mainframe...
(Altho I have to say it *was* good for quick messages. Very basic however.)
--I've been using reiserfs ever since it was a Suse install option (6.x?) and no problems.
--The choice:
o NO Nvidia driver, if everyone demands "GPL / open source, or nothing!"
o Binary-only driver that *works* - albeit only on industry-standard commodity desktop hardware (x86)
"Alex, I'll take the Lesser of two evils for $0..."
--I'd say part of the problem with steganographic "hiding" would be the file-access times. However, this can be made more difficult to detect by using a script that runs "touch" on various random files.
--Aha, the Evil bit strikes again!!
--For that you may need to look to /etc/login.defs:
# Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
# Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.
# If using MD5 in your PAM configuration, set this higher.
#
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
--Now I know *that* much, but which package do I have to dpkg-reconfigure to change my password hash method? Anybody know?
--Anyone here got info on how to convert existing Debian crypt() passwords to MD5 or Kerberos w/o hours of work? (Serious question.)
--Every time I hear that phrase said in a movie, I always think: "Sucks to be Will..."
--I hope people do realize that there is a Slashbox available for Cringely...? That's how I noticed it.
o What is the size, in thousands, of the voting population in the UK?
;-) Not everyone votes, either (given the "quality" of the candidates these days, can ya blame us?) In fact in the last 30 years or so, I'd say the voting population in the US has gone *down* quite a bit.
:-) Manually hand-counting that many votes is a *HUGE* undertaking, and would delay an already massive process.
o What is the size, in millions, of the voting population in the US?
--Ok, that's maybe an exaggeration, but you get the point.
--Besides, everyone knows that 'Mericans are lazy. We want the results *yesterday,* not 2-3 days from now.
--Now -- all that being said, I think your idea has merit; we just need to automate it a little... (G)
--As a LinuxGazette dot NET supporter (The Original, baby!), I refuse to click on any links that would give SSC any "hits." Call it a boycott.
--Yes, I'm serious. Thanks for putting it up tho.
--Got a link? I'm tentatively considering asking for a DVD burner for Cmas, and it would be nice to point the family to an inexpensive media provider as well.
--I'll second the vote for LWN. Consistently good content.
> Though the Linux Gazette probably should have paid a token fee just to keep this sort of thing from happening $1 / year ).
;-)
--Dude, have you seen Scary Movie 3 yet? They gave Sheen's character a *month* to come up with a $1.50! Do you have any IDEA how hard that kind of cash is to come by?! You don't find it just lying around on the street ya know!
--What do you think LG.net's volunteers are, rich or something??
YHBT. PPTF. TYFP.
HAND.
--I hear ya; It's best when the party is:
o Thrown on a Friday night
o Optional.
--Yes, but the POINT is that 2.6 is nowhere near "ready" yet. Some basic and commonly-used features aren't stabilized.
--Sure, around 2.6.5 or so, we can talk about "maintenance-only" mode for 2.4. By that time things will have started settling down; LVM, Nvidia and VMware should have **official** 2.6 software out and working (and that's just my own personal case for not moving to 2.6 yet.)
--Marcelo should give the job to somebody else if he can't make the right decisions for the 2.4 user base.
--Agreed. I think 2.4 needs a new maintainer, MT is *way* too conservative and takes too long between updates -- even when they're security-related.
--Honestly, I couldn't do his job - but there must be _somebody_ out there who can do a *better* job of managing 2.4 releases and features.
--I'm pretty sure you can do this with "save session" in KDE.
--You have to give them some props:
> The price plunged, falling from $57.50 at 10:46 a.m. to a low of $39.25 at 10:54 a.m. Mr. Goldman said that Gr8Trade officials noticed the trading and notified Nasdaq of a possible problem. A Nasdaq official, who declined to be quoted by name, said Nasdaq contacted the company and was told there was no news to explain the move. It halted trading at 10:58 a.m.
--Twelve-minute response time. That's better than I would ever have thought! Could have been a lot worse.
> BTW, I don't have a lot of pity for the author. He tries to make a point by saying his roving profile got deleted and it caused him to lose 2 weeks of work. Let me just say in my experience I have never gone that long without a commit. The rule I've always gone with is that if the build isn't broken it gets committed. There's really not an excuse, even in early development phases, to not be comitting often. This just sounds lazy.
t /30/index.html
--Go back and read the article again. They didn't delete the 2nd copy of his roaming profile, they deleted his SOURCE CODE. And the complete **bastard** that made the mistake, DIDN'T CARE because he knew nothing bad would happen to him. People like that deserve the worst possible "bad luck" to happen to THEM. "Oh, gee, guess you didn't see my foot there before you went headlong down the stairs, pal. Better luck next time."
--Read the BOFH archives sometime, it can be therapeutic.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/conten
--Well, you just better take Sarge with you in case them aliens come a-callin' -- and it's prolly best if ya vote to keep Sid off the station. Take Potatohead along in case ya get hungry.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/
"Get your ass to Mars."
(warbled) "Twwwooo wwweeeeks"