I thought we had already discussed that we should all move away from SSH1 and use SSH2... As advised by SecurityPortal, I upgraded my server and clients to SSH2. I for one am feeling safe, now, at least for the few next weelks/months...
He, those were probably just some pissed-off web surfers who had forgotten their Slashdot passwords.
Maybe CowboyNeal should add a password word recovery sentence on the login page...
Why would you turn off scripting? What are you afraid of?
I personally turn off scripting only when a web app don't want to take my keyboard's random noise (sample: sdljadfgaskug) when I am prompted for my phone number or zip code and I don't want to give them away. I found that 90 % of the scripts my browser runs are useful (pop-up helps, location tips, Java LiveConnect, image preloading,...), 8 % are slightly restrictive but might have their use (zip code verification, password pre-check,...), and 2 % are a nuisance (pop windows that porn-jack you, lost of navigation bars,...). All in all, IMHO, there are more benefits than inconvenients.
Moreover let's say someone is succesfully using the username and IP to identify me. And let's further assume he wants to sue me because I am sharing a file called "Metallica-DownloadThis.mp3". My question is: How does he know there is indeed a copyrighted song in this file? It might just be my latest dumped core that I automatically rename to Metallica-DownloadThis.mp3 because the band pissed me off or I think it is funny. In that context, having a file called Metallica-DownloadThis.mp3 and sharing it though Napster or Gnutella is perfectly legal.
... Unless someone wants to copyright the content of my core file. Of course.
OK. Let's first suppose that the moderators had found your story interesting. They would have moderated up your intial comment, eventhough it has clearly a Trollish content. That positive moderation would have granted you some extra Karma points. And that would have been the first time that a blatant Troll would have gotten some Karma points.
Now let's also suppose that you explicitly did it for that exact reason... Hence, my post.
we would use a form of blowfish encryption for a configuration file that's super easy to decrypt. Because of the nature of the product, the content would be sniffable when being sent upstream anyhow, so we made the encryption just strong enough to resist a notepad surfer.
Try this one:
for(i = 0; < length; i++) bytes[i] ^= 0xff;
It is ultra-fast, symetric, and patent-free (but we might have to check with Amazon about that).
What does this mean in human-readable and international terms? I am no US layer. Why is this a victory for the giant software manufacturer?
Anyway, their Victory is not that clear to me. We'll see what the next days will reveal.
Turn into a senior consultant ... *sight* ...
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Background: I'm usually working on short term projects that last a couple of weeks amd where a small dedicated team strives to demonstrate the feasibility of a future greater project, with possibly $$$,$$$.$$ income.
In that short time frame, we sometimes ask BIG companies to help us with their product and send one of their experts for 2 or 3 days. They call that a senior consultant. The guy we get is always either a god-damned genius, or a politically-correct looser. Chances of getting one or the other are usually even.
I said "politically correct" because those 9am-5pm consultant can always answer your questions... but only if they have a phone nearby or a XYZ Messenger running in the background.
I can not believe that their managers don't know they are out of the game. I'm pretty sure those big companies are willingly keeping them in their "expert" pool. Even if some customers are not happy with their performance, this brings too many dollard$ every day.
So, if you like a 9-5 schedule, are good at slideware or colorful object diagrams that you don't pretend to implement, and have an address book full of junior consultants who know a lot more of what is used nowadays, aim straight at a Senior Consultant carreer in one of those BIG companies.
Which companies? Well, without naming them, B3A5Y5 and HAL for example.
Add to that a love story between two characters that had no chemistry whatsoever, mix in some glaring continuity errors, add a dash of fight scenes that would make an anime director blush, stir, and simmer for two hours, and you have a recipe for a seriously mediocre film.
You forgot one small element that is continuously adding to the mediocrity of this movie:
blatant advertisement.
In MI2, it is so-ooo obvious it gets your mind of the main track every 15 minutes. Using the Porsche Boxter and Audi TT is OK because you definitely need them if you want a sexy car chase, but why is there such an obvious zoom on the inboard Motorolla mobile? It doesn't contribute anything to the overall plot! And where is the need for an AVIS truck in the middle of a motorbike pursuit? At least in The Matrix, they used the Nokia to get in synch for the phone-teleportation, and in James Bond, when Pier accidently rams into the Avis Rental shop, he tells the guard he is returning his BMW!
Yes, it's alright to put commercial products in a movie, but please use them, don't show them. Now we have a MI2 that looks like The Truman Show: full of blatant advertisements. But unlike the Truman Show, here it is not funny at all.
CGI development is arguably the worst use of Java you might ever choose. While Java has tons of advantages and nice features, it is not designed for being used in CGI. The launch of a new JVM for each new request will bring your server to its knees in a couple of minutes. If you are serious about server-side Java programming, use Servlets, JSPs, Gatekeeper, etc... but definitely not CGI.
Someone might argue that you could develop a fast-cgi module allowing you better performance of Java CGI apps, but I guess it will only be used in labs and universities, never on production servers. And this would never be a good, comfortable solution. You'll always have to check those static fields and member fields, too much afraid of (un)predictable side effects and memory problems. No, the right choice would definitely be Servlet.
Check this nice comparison table for performance tests (and more) between servlets, cgi and fast-cgi.
At least we had support for Macintosh at that time...
Now the FAQ says Mac support is under investigation and that FreeBSD won't be supported. Of coursen that's not new, but what a pity. And don't even ask about BeOS.
But don't take me wrong, I'm a big StarOffice supporter (I use it on Solaris@work, and linux@home), I just wish Sun made StarOffice a bit more multi-platform, as it used to be in the past...
Don't put his name on spammer lists, but rather send a few thousand spams using his email address!
Then, once your smtp server cools down after that first stress test, pay a few visits to the alt.bin.* NG and post a couple of replies again using his mailing address.
Finally, to be sure he will experience with everything we had to go through in the last few years, create him an online mail account with a random password and forward all incoming emails to his real address. Subscribe him to most online news and throw the password away!
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I thought we had already discussed that we should all move away from SSH1 and use SSH2... As advised by SecurityPortal, I upgraded my server and clients to SSH2. I for one am feeling safe, now, at least for the few next weelks/months...
That's supposed to be *funny*, no? Not Interesting or Insightful... Or maybe I missed something.
No, it just means a large portion of the /. readers who are interested in this poll aren't in the US.
Maybe CowboyNeal should add a password word recovery sentence on the login page...
Choose your recovery sentence:
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What's your favorite Web site?
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What's your MAC address?
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What's your favorite QuickSort implementation?
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What's the content of your last "core dunped"?
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Do you like grits?
Enter your answer:Why would you turn off scripting? What are you afraid of? ...), 8 % are slightly restrictive but might have their use (zip code verification, password pre-check, ...), and 2 % are a nuisance (pop windows that porn-jack you, lost of navigation bars, ...). All in all, IMHO, there are more benefits than inconvenients.
I personally turn off scripting only when a web app don't want to take my keyboard's random noise (sample: sdljadfgaskug) when I am prompted for my phone number or zip code and I don't want to give them away. I found that 90 % of the scripts my browser runs are useful (pop-up helps, location tips, Java LiveConnect, image preloading,
You have choosen to download a file from this location
What would you like to do with this file?
[Select with Up Arrow and Enter]
This consulting company is going to make a lot of money.
E={"a","b","c","d"}
#E=4
E contains 4 elements, hence E's Cardinal equals 4.
It might just be my latest dumped core that I automatically rename to Metallica-DownloadThis.mp3 because the band pissed me off or I think it is funny. In that context, having a file called Metallica-DownloadThis.mp3 and sharing it though Napster or Gnutella is perfectly legal.
Yep, sure.
OK. Let's first suppose that the moderators had found your story interesting. They would have moderated up your intial comment, eventhough it has clearly a Trollish content. That positive moderation would have granted you some extra Karma points. And that would have been the first time that a blatant Troll would have gotten some Karma points.
Now let's also suppose that you explicitly did it for that exact reason... Hence, my post.
You are just trying to turn your Troll into an Off-Topic or Interesting with +2 or +3, aren't you?
Sorry for that one.
But I did check the URL in the preview before posting. I swear it!
I don't know what went wrong.
Why is this a victory for the giant software manufacturer?
Anyway, their Victory is not that clear to me. We'll see what the next days will reveal.
In that short time frame, we sometimes ask BIG companies to help us with their product and send one of their experts for 2 or 3 days. They call that a senior consultant. The guy we get is always either a god-damned genius, or a politically-correct looser. Chances of getting one or the other are usually even.
I said "politically correct" because those 9am-5pm consultant can always answer your questions... but only if they have a phone nearby or a XYZ Messenger running in the background.
I can not believe that their managers don't know they are out of the game. I'm pretty sure those big companies are willingly keeping them in their "expert" pool. Even if some customers are not happy with their performance, this brings too many dollard$ every day.
So, if you like a 9-5 schedule, are good at slideware or colorful object diagrams that you don't pretend to implement, and have an address book full of junior consultants who know a lot more of what is used nowadays, aim straight at a Senior Consultant carreer in one of those BIG companies.
Sorry. It had to be said.
You forgot one small element that is continuously adding to the mediocrity of this movie:
In MI2, it is so-ooo obvious it gets your mind of the main track every 15 minutes. Using the Porsche Boxter and Audi TT is OK because you definitely need them if you want a sexy car chase, but why is there such an obvious zoom on the inboard Motorolla mobile? It doesn't contribute anything to the overall plot! And where is the need for an AVIS truck in the middle of a motorbike pursuit? At least in The Matrix, they used the Nokia to get in synch for the phone-teleportation, and in James Bond, when Pier accidently rams into the Avis Rental shop, he tells the guard he is returning his BMW!
Yes, it's alright to put commercial products in a movie, but please use them, don't show them. Now we have a MI2 that looks like The Truman Show: full of blatant advertisements. But unlike the Truman Show, here it is not funny at all.
CGI development is arguably the worst use of Java you might ever choose. While Java has tons of advantages and nice features, it is not designed for being used in CGI. The launch of a new JVM for each new request will bring your server to its knees in a couple of minutes.
If you are serious about server-side Java programming, use Servlets, JSPs, Gatekeeper, etc... but definitely not CGI.
Someone might argue that you could develop a fast-cgi module allowing you better performance of Java CGI apps, but I guess it will only be used in labs and universities, never on production servers. And this would never be a good, comfortable solution. You'll always have to check those static fields and member fields, too much afraid of (un)predictable side effects and memory problems. No, the right choice would definitely be Servlet.
Check this nice comparison table for performance tests (and more) between servlets, cgi and fast-cgi.
What? They even included fdisk int it ?!
Now the FAQ says Mac support is under investigation and that FreeBSD won't be supported. Of coursen that's not new, but what a pity. And don't even ask about BeOS.
But don't take me wrong, I'm a big StarOffice supporter (I use it on Solaris@work, and linux@home), I just wish Sun made StarOffice a bit more multi-platform, as it used to be in the past...
Indeed. I've just sent myself an email from Netscape Messenger 6, and here is what I got:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; N; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; m14) Netscape6/6.0b1
And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla!"
Then, once your smtp server cools down after that first stress test, pay a few visits to the alt.bin.* NG and post a couple of replies again using his mailing address.
Finally, to be sure he will experience with everything we had to go through in the last few years, create him an online mail account with a random password and forward all incoming emails to his real address. Subscribe him to most online news and throw the password away!
Good, that's a start.
Now, do you have any advice on how to enable Firewall support and HTTP Tunneling?
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