Perhaps now we'll start seeing browsers and encryption improving each other and themselves at a better rate than they use to be. I'm tired of reinstalling Win98, and I'm tired of having to go to Windows Update to get a 128-bit version of IE5. My hat goes off to the Mozilla team.
Spammers are the lowest form of life on this planet, right next to single celled plant forms and Brandon Palmer.
$600,000 isn't going to hurt them in the least. What we need to do is hunt them down in the dark of night like the vicious bastards they are. I supposed we'd need licenses, taxes, and designated hunting seasons, but believe you me, the revenue is there.
I won't be happy until every last one of them has been wiped off the face of the earth for all time.
Think I'm too harsh? Try reading my e-mail sometime. And then hand me my gun.
I know I'm not alone here when I say this, but I was an above-average student with nonexistent social skills in school. I was quiet, unassuming, and my internal organs were very easy on the knuckles of the bigger kids.
According to this FBI profile, I am a dangerous individual. Excuse me? I beg your fscking pardon?!? I fail to see how a 90-pound weakling is more dangerous in the eyes of the FBI than the football team captain who considered my head to be the proper resting place for his fist for four years. The FBI profile would consider him to be well-adjusted: the wholesome model of American fscking decency. I have a big problem with this.
I was tortured. I was never chained to a wall or had bamboo shoots stuck up my fingernails, but I was literally tortured in both the physical and mental capacities. To insinuate that the problem lies with me is an outrage. I, like most of the people who fall into this category, wished then and now only to be left alone. We don't bother people. We don't pick fights, and when we do get into one, it's because Beef Armstrong and his buddies are looking to pound somebody whether they they can defend themselves or not.
If the FBI would look at what turns these mild-mannered geeks into vicious, bloodthirsty killers, they would see one thing: redirecting the anger that's poured onto them. The profile's point about coming from a broken home wouldn't help the issue, but a lot of it comes just from being someone's punching bag in school.
Since I wasn't a big tough guy, I got beaten up. I didn't fight back. Later, I'd ice my bruises and play Doom for a few hours. It made me feel better, specifically because I was turning the hatred that I felt inside out, into the game. That wasn't a cyberdemon I just roasted, it was the guy who gave me a sprained arm. Are you -- or anyone -- going to tell me that I shouldn't visualize that? Am I wrong to superimpose in my mind myself killing a monster in my real life over myself killing a monster in a computer game? This raises the point I want to make: if it is wrong, how wrong is it? More wrong than the guy who beat me up? This is the comparison of imaginary violence over real violence. Real violence is wrong, plain and simple. Imaginary violence is a crime against no one. Who is to blame? Me or my bully? That's not a hard choice to make, and it's time for the FBI realize the ramifications of this.
Instead of setting up a checklist trying to figure out who's going to snap, take a look at what's making them snap.
The profile that the FBI issues is a checklist for finding all the punching bags in America and wagging a bony finger at them. "Don't you even think about getting violent! We've got our eyes on you!" Then the same administrators and educators that think you're the next Columbine will turn around and throw a pep rally for the football team and give them all undeserving B's in chemistry so they'll be able to play at the State Finals this year.
Then they'll thank God that they put a stop to that small, quiet little boy before anyone got hurt.
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The "Ask Slashdot" flow of questions must be getting thin when the guys decide that "Which BSD should I use?" is a) news for nerds or b) stuff that matters.
Sure, sure. Which flavor you choose certainly does matter. That fact is not in debate. My problem is with this even getting mentioned here.
Come on, people. This question gets asked a gazillion times a month on each and every one of the comp.unix.bsd.* newsgroups. I don't want to resort to petty name-calling, but anyone who asks/. for help in picking a BSD needs to get a clue before he gets the idea to move up in the UNIX world.
Each of the main candidates -- he specifically wants a free x86-compatible, so that basically leaves Free, Open, and Net -- have representative websites that fully explain their pros and cons. If this person is so clueless so as to require help from/. on perhaps even just getting these URLs, let alone figuring out the differences between the systems, he definitely should not be getting into BSD.
My point, if there is one to be made, is that this individual is asking everyone for directions because he doesn't feel like reading his map.
Frankly, if you need to ask/. for help in picking a distribution, you should not be allowed to have a distribution. UNIX is hard. Sure, Linux looks like UNIX and feels like UNIX, but it's not UNIX. If you can't even figure out on your own which BSD to get, you're going to have a hell of a time learning it. I suppose you'll just get another Ask Slashdot on your problem then, hmm? "Ask Slashdot: What's CVSup? Do I need to install it? What's DES? Who are Regents and why do they own my operating system?"
And as for you, Cliff. My God. How could you let Slashdot get turned into a message board for fscking newbies? In all politeless, you dropped the ball on this one. Next time, try to show a little bit of integrity in your work and remember that there plenty of places on the Internet that have answered this exact question before. Poodle Fang needs help, sure, but not from us.
I can't remember where, but I seem to remember someone having old TEMPEST-compliant boxes for sale. I'm almost willing to buy one, if not for the utility than for the durability: the pics I saw showed the case to be like a tank. Does anyone have a link or an offer they could make?
I never mentioned BO or BO2K. In fact, I didn't say anything about whether or not they're "legitimate adminstration tool" programmers or "anarchists" or "revolutionaries." I said they point out flaws in products.
You very clearly state that software such as PCAnywhere and Carbon Copy exist for the exact same purposes that BO2K does. BO2K, though, has been designed to be rendered transparent.
The Windows memory environment clearly allows a remote admin tool like this to stay resident with no clear footprint. Is this the fault of the cDc? Or is it the fault of the Windows programmers who've decided to leave just such a security violation in every operating system they've released in the past five years?
To restate my point: the cDc points out serious flaws in seriously flawed software. They wouldn't find these exploits if they didn't exist. They seem to be very fond of OpenBSD, which, you'll notice, is not supported by BO2K.
Some people love 'em. Some people hate 'em. I congratulate them on doing a job no software firm wants to admit even exists: finding serious flaws in seriously flawed products.
Geeks cannot be heroes to the public for one simple reason: comprehension. You will never hear a bunch of nubile cheerleaders tittering over the captain of the math club. They won't adore him because they don't understand him.
Instead, geeks have their own heroes. You'd be surprised by how many "normal people" (heretofore known as "norms") on the street don't known who Linus is. Come on -- we're familiar with him on a first name basis, and these norms don't even known who he is! "Linux -- is that some kind of fabric softener?"
Geeks make their own heroes. And to the geeks, their heroes *are* geeks. While geeks can appreciate "norm" heroes like Maya Angelou and (insert generic professional athlete here), it very rarely it the other way around. You will be hard-pressed to walk into a shopping mall and find a single shirt for sale with a Linux distro logo on it. Professional sports jackets? They'll have them out the wazoo. Why?
Because sports are easy to relate to. The rules aren't too complicated and it's something you can do with your dad on a weekend. Technology is usually expensive and intricate. We all understand what it's like being the only one in the family who can program the VCR. Most norms don't find programming VCRs fun or interesting. They'd rather just tape the Big Game and watch it. Only we geeks understand what's involved -- what's vital -- in becoming a geek hero. It takes brains: lots of brains, and an understanding of how things work, which, frankly, most norms lack. That's why they're norms.
And that's why *they* work for *us*. === Remember when "Truth, Justice, & the American Way"
I'm working to fix the problem. Here's my alpha solution, which is weak at best:
Downloading the file from Netscape is useless. It pulls up garbled text instead of saving it to disk. Saving it to disk will (as you've seen already) cause a GPF.
Using a download manager helps. I used GetRight and everything ran smoothly. You can get a copy of GetRight from Headlight Software's webpage, http://www.headlightsw.com/ This still doesn't solve the problem, but it does offer a mediocre workaround.
I think the problem here may be that the server is my friend's, and is not configured to handle RealMedia. If anyone has a suggestion on how I can fix the situation, I'd be glad to hear it. Until then, I'll just keep working on a fix on my own.
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Perhaps now we'll start seeing browsers and encryption improving each other and themselves at a better rate than they use to be. I'm tired of reinstalling Win98, and I'm tired of having to go to Windows Update to get a 128-bit version of IE5. My hat goes off to the Mozilla team.
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Spammers are the lowest form of life on this planet, right next to single celled plant forms and Brandon Palmer.
$600,000 isn't going to hurt them in the least. What we need to do is hunt them down in the dark of night like the vicious bastards they are. I supposed we'd need licenses, taxes, and designated hunting seasons, but believe you me, the revenue is there.
I won't be happy until every last one of them has been wiped off the face of the earth for all time.
Think I'm too harsh? Try reading my e-mail sometime. And then hand me my gun.
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I know I'm not alone here when I say this, but I was an above-average student with nonexistent social skills in school. I was quiet, unassuming, and my internal organs were very easy on the knuckles of the bigger kids.
According to this FBI profile, I am a dangerous individual. Excuse me? I beg your fscking pardon?!? I fail to see how a 90-pound weakling is more dangerous in the eyes of the FBI than the football team captain who considered my head to be the proper resting place for his fist for four years. The FBI profile would consider him to be well-adjusted: the wholesome model of American fscking decency. I have a big problem with this.
I was tortured. I was never chained to a wall or had bamboo shoots stuck up my fingernails, but I was literally tortured in both the physical and mental capacities. To insinuate that the problem lies with me is an outrage. I, like most of the people who fall into this category, wished then and now only to be left alone. We don't bother people. We don't pick fights, and when we do get into one, it's because Beef Armstrong and his buddies are looking to pound somebody whether they they can defend themselves or not.
If the FBI would look at what turns these mild-mannered geeks into vicious, bloodthirsty killers, they would see one thing: redirecting the anger that's poured onto them. The profile's point about coming from a broken home wouldn't help the issue, but a lot of it comes just from being someone's punching bag in school.
Since I wasn't a big tough guy, I got beaten up. I didn't fight back. Later, I'd ice my bruises and play Doom for a few hours. It made me feel better, specifically because I was turning the hatred that I felt inside out, into the game. That wasn't a cyberdemon I just roasted, it was the guy who gave me a sprained arm. Are you -- or anyone -- going to tell me that I shouldn't visualize that? Am I wrong to superimpose in my mind myself killing a monster in my real life over myself killing a monster in a computer game? This raises the point I want to make: if it is wrong, how wrong is it? More wrong than the guy who beat me up? This is the comparison of imaginary violence over real violence. Real violence is wrong, plain and simple. Imaginary violence is a crime against no one. Who is to blame? Me or my bully? That's not a hard choice to make, and it's time for the FBI realize the ramifications of this.
Instead of setting up a checklist trying to figure out who's going to snap, take a look at what's making them snap.
The profile that the FBI issues is a checklist for finding all the punching bags in America and wagging a bony finger at them. "Don't you even think about getting violent! We've got our eyes on you!" Then the same administrators and educators that think you're the next Columbine will turn around and throw a pep rally for the football team and give them all undeserving B's in chemistry so they'll be able to play at the State Finals this year.
Then they'll thank God that they put a stop to that small, quiet little boy before anyone got hurt.
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The "Ask Slashdot" flow of questions must be getting thin when the guys decide that "Which BSD should I use?" is a) news for nerds or b) stuff that matters.
/. for help in picking a BSD needs to get a clue before he gets the idea to move up in the UNIX world.
/. on perhaps even just getting these URLs, let alone figuring out the differences between the systems, he definitely should not be getting into BSD.
/. for help in picking a distribution, you should not be allowed to have a distribution. UNIX is hard. Sure, Linux looks like UNIX and feels like UNIX, but it's not UNIX. If you can't even figure out on your own which BSD to get, you're going to have a hell of a time learning it. I suppose you'll just get another Ask Slashdot on your problem then, hmm? "Ask Slashdot: What's CVSup? Do I need to install it? What's DES? Who are Regents and why do they own my operating system?"
Sure, sure. Which flavor you choose certainly does matter. That fact is not in debate. My problem is with this even getting mentioned here.
Come on, people. This question gets asked a gazillion times a month on each and every one of the comp.unix.bsd.* newsgroups. I don't want to resort to petty name-calling, but anyone who asks
Each of the main candidates -- he specifically wants a free x86-compatible, so that basically leaves Free, Open, and Net -- have representative websites that fully explain their pros and cons. If this person is so clueless so as to require help from
My point, if there is one to be made, is that this individual is asking everyone for directions because he doesn't feel like reading his map.
Frankly, if you need to ask
And as for you, Cliff. My God. How could you let Slashdot get turned into a message board for fscking newbies? In all politeless, you dropped the ball on this one. Next time, try to show a little bit of integrity in your work and remember that there plenty of places on the Internet that have answered this exact question before. Poodle Fang needs help, sure, but not from us.
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I can't remember where, but I seem to remember someone having old TEMPEST-compliant boxes for sale. I'm almost willing to buy one, if not for the utility than for the durability: the pics I saw showed the case to be like a tank. Does anyone have a link or an offer they could make?
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I never mentioned BO or BO2K. In fact, I didn't say anything about whether or not they're "legitimate adminstration tool" programmers or "anarchists" or "revolutionaries." I said they point out flaws in products.
You very clearly state that software such as PCAnywhere and Carbon Copy exist for the exact same purposes that BO2K does. BO2K, though, has been designed to be rendered transparent.
The Windows memory environment clearly allows a remote admin tool like this to stay resident with no clear footprint. Is this the fault of the cDc? Or is it the fault of the Windows programmers who've decided to leave just such a security violation in every operating system they've released in the past five years?
To restate my point: the cDc points out serious flaws in seriously flawed software. They wouldn't find these exploits if they didn't exist. They seem to be very fond of OpenBSD, which, you'll notice, is not supported by BO2K.
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Some people love 'em. Some people hate 'em. I congratulate them on doing a job no software firm wants to admit even exists: finding serious flaws in seriously flawed products.
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Geeks cannot be heroes to the public for one simple reason: comprehension. You will never hear a bunch of nubile cheerleaders tittering over the captain of the math club. They won't adore him because they don't understand him.
Instead, geeks have their own heroes. You'd be surprised by how many "normal people" (heretofore known as "norms") on the street don't known who Linus is. Come on -- we're familiar with him on a first name basis, and these norms don't even known who he is! "Linux -- is that some kind of fabric softener?"
Geeks make their own heroes. And to the geeks, their heroes *are* geeks. While geeks can appreciate "norm" heroes like Maya Angelou and (insert generic professional athlete here), it very rarely it the other way around. You will be hard-pressed to walk into a shopping mall and find a single shirt for sale with a Linux distro logo on it. Professional sports jackets? They'll have them out the wazoo. Why?
Because sports are easy to relate to. The rules aren't too complicated and it's something you can do with your dad on a weekend. Technology is usually expensive and intricate. We all understand what it's like being the only one in the family who can program the VCR. Most norms don't find programming VCRs fun or interesting. They'd rather just tape the Big Game and watch it. Only we geeks understand what's involved -- what's vital -- in becoming a geek hero. It takes brains: lots of brains, and an understanding of how things work, which, frankly, most norms lack. That's why they're norms.
And that's why *they* work for *us*.
===
Remember when "Truth, Justice, & the American Way"
I'm working to fix the problem. Here's my alpha solution, which is weak at best:
Downloading the file from Netscape is useless. It pulls up garbled text instead of saving it to disk. Saving it to disk will (as you've seen already) cause a GPF.
Using a download manager helps. I used GetRight and everything ran smoothly. You can get a copy of GetRight from Headlight Software's webpage, http://www.headlightsw.com/ This still doesn't solve the problem, but it does offer a mediocre workaround.
I think the problem here may be that the server is my friend's, and is not configured to handle RealMedia. If anyone has a suggestion on how I can fix the situation, I'd be glad to hear it. Until then, I'll just keep working on a fix on my own.
Kinda. I managed to get the RealPlayer version of it. It's 8.0 megs, so don't everyone crash the server all at once: http://monk.student.cwru.edu/~betts/weirdal_starwa rs/wierdal_starwars.rm If anyone knows a way to save RTSP media to disk, please let me know.