I had the original Master System, and the Genesis too. I always liked the games for the Sega better than my cousin's (who lived with us) Nintendo.
The style of games for the Sega have always been "cooler" in my opinion. Not that Nintendo didn't make great hardware, it just seams like they don't like to put out anything thats not suitable for someone under 7. There was only 1 game I ever did enjoy on Nintendo (No, not Super Mario Brothers!). If Sega does get bought out, I hope that the game base that they put out doesn't get revamped to fit Nintendo's normal style.
I have a friend who has been through a similiar position.
We both worked as Unix admins, him being the senior admin, and myself being the junior admin.
Due to turmoil that I'm not going to go into, several people quit, including the Network Manager and the Director over the division. He got promoted to Network Manager, which he didn't want, then a short time later got promoted to Director, when the original replacement Director left. He hated the idea of being in a managerial position, and I know its stressful work for him. But, he's done alot for the people who work under him. And, he has the guts to stand up and try to change the bad things, since he now actually has input as a manager, unlike the usual "worker bees".
All in all, even though he hated the promotion, and is a stressful position (hence why managers make more money), he's done a good job. The switch to management is stressful and confusing at first, but I think if you are good at what you do now, and care about the group of people you work with, then it you will be able to do alot of good.
No its worse than a troll, its a well meaning but somewhat clueless person. I find it absolutely amazing what is going on in this country that people don't know about.. things that are so way out, so shockingly horrible, and nobody seems to care. The media doesn't publish things, and only special interest groups are able to spread the word to their members, which then attempt to alert the rest of the population, get shot down for being quacks and extremists.
I've been a fan of OS/2 as well, and used it to run my multi line BBS "back in the day".
The OS/2 community is alot like the Linux community, except the OS isn't open sourced. Thats actually one thing I liked about it, because people ran it because they liked it, unlike your typical Windows user who uses it because it came with their computer, and they think Windows is their own choice.
Hell no I will not pay higher taxes so NASA gets more money. What I support is cutting other budgets that are a complete waste of money and getting NASA to stop being so wasteful.
Third party space companies are making innovations for much cheaper than NASA can. While I do agree that we should continue to support NASA, and thats one government agency that I don't mind my taxes going towards, it still suffers from "big government institution pains". I've heard of many ex-NASA employees going off on their own building rockets and such because they couldn't get anything done at NASA, without wasting millions of dollars.
Something has to be done to streamline NASA, if we want to accomplish the things that we want to do with space...
I don't see them merging.. I see them clashing.
I watched an interesting show about the gaming industry, and how they just about refuse to do any of their music/acting work in Hollywood.
I think that its more likely that more and more animated/CG like Titan AE will come out, making Hollywood compete with itself. The gaming industry is the "New Rich", with Hollywood being the "Old Rich", which usually means they will be outcasts from each other.
I someone agree with you on this... someone who has threatened to hack you and then proceeds to port scan you is more of a potential problem than random scanning. But, the only legal issue I have is the threat in of itself. Thats more of a conspiracy type crime, which I feel should not be treated as a true crime, but more "watched" after.
NO, YOU ARE MISTAKEN. Its more like seeing which house in the neighborhood HAVE DOORS. I do not agree with your theory that portscanning is tresspassing of computer hardware. Now, if the person were to portscan and THEN use that information to attempt to hack into a system, then yeah, that should be illegal.
Its people like you who are going to end up getting all books banned because they contain information that could possibly lead to some criminal act.
It is not the legal system that doesn't get it. This is finally someone who see's that portscanning in itself is not the criminal act.
If the software is far enough along that the application is usable, then it would be a good idea to have it available in binary format. I LOVE screen shots, as it helps me see what I'm about to download... especially nice with games.
It isn't that difficult to have a tar.gz file with the binaries, its not like you haven't compiled it yourself to test it. While it may be one of this little annoying things that have to be done, it helps the program more user friendly. I don't know how many times I've downloaded a basic Linux program that I couldn't get to compile due to missing pieces that if the author had just compiled it beforehand, it would have worked out of the box.
Yes they have something remarkebly like Citrix... its called X Windows. Maybe you've heard of it? Basically Citrix was built on top of X for non Unix systems... There is a Citrix plugin for X Windows to connect to a Citrix server... so even if you need to run Windows apps, you have can Windows Citrix server with Linux desktops... saving you tons of money per client.
Linux on the desktop is not the best solution for alot of the times, but it IS a good solution for many small to medium businesses. Even some areas of big companies (like the one I work at) could benefit from Linux on the desktop for some specialized users... (ie, they only use a couple inhouse developed apps)
Not that I agree with giving them money, but look at it this way, they are a poor nation, barely able to pay to run the current setup. The expenditure required to build a new plant outways the cost of the currently barely maintainable system. I DO NOT want my tax dollars going to fix their problem, but you do have to realize that they are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Good point. I hadn't even though of that as a possibility, but that would seem to make good sense... but then in reality, this is one of those "Good ol' boys" clubs that has tons of cash and wants everything exactly their way, and they are willing to burn anybody who stands in their way, even if it could actually bring them more revenue.
Apple has to protect its copyright's, so that it can maintain them. If they didn't enforce their copyrights, they could possibly lose future battles against copyright infringers that were actually doing something "serious" against them, like making iMac clones and selling them as real iMacs.
I don't agree... a website is a great way for a citizen to get information (if done right) about the agency, or how to do XYZ, like filing a tax return, etc. (The IRS's site is fairly confusing, however, but at least all the info is there)
Having a website allows people to get self service, cutting down on the hassle of dealing with an agency. (California lets you renew your car tag online, but in Florida we get to stand in a line for two hours to be told we didn't bring everything we needed.
Florida's Sunbiz site is a good example of how not to do it. I have a heck of a time searching for information.
Some things that I like in a site... organize data so that you can find information no more than 2 or 3 categories deep. (2 preferred) Also, make a navigation bar that lets you get back to the different parts of the site, without having to back track. Sun Microsystems isn't a government site, but has lots of information that is fairly well organized in the manner I mentioned above.
You know, it just figures Microsoft would pull something like this. This is an obvious attemp at getting them to stop publishing "damaging" information about Microsoft. This is EXACTLY why I can't stand Microsoft. Alot of people say "You hate Microsoft because they make lots of money and you're just a Linux zealot." BUT it is not that at all, its that 1) All Microsoft cares about is their image and profits. Yes, I realize that companies are in business to make money, but they also have a responsibility to those who are paying them, and to the greater community. Microsoft could care less about the companies they pay them money, just as long as they keep paying them money.
I think social engineering is a much needed skill. Those who have it will definately prosper.
Ways to use social engineering: For good, for evil, for questionable, for illegal, and legal. Some of these overlap, but not always in the obvious way. ie, using SE to get a company to use your services as a computer contractor, even though another may be cheaper and have better existing resources, is legal, good for your company, but questionable in the way you present yourself.
SE is simply convincing others to accept your projected view. A lawyer at a trial is social engineering the judge and jury. A salesman is social engineering customers so think they want a product. Its all just hacking the system called social interaction.
I agree with you on that. Filesystem layout does become a problem, especially with Redhat, since it was designed to be managed with a GUI, not by a real admin.
But, All config files are all under/etc or a subdirectory. It can be frustrating from one box to the next, but generally not hard. A decent sysadmin can go from any Linux box to another without too much difficulty.
Notice I said decent. Alot of people running around like MCSE's claiming they know Linux because they used it for their home quake III server, and then go to Debian and can't figure a damn thing out.
Interesting enough though, my coworker has Solaris background, and he tried Redhat, and thought it sucked. I got him to try Debian, and it was more laid out like Solaris, filesystem wise.
Even with all these different gui tools, LINUX has not changed. When you learn to manage a system by using a specific gui tool, and switch machines, you aren't used to the new gui tool, not the OS. These tools are designed for people who don't know how to actually administer their own system.
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I had the original Master System, and the Genesis too. I always liked the games for the Sega better than my cousin's (who lived with us) Nintendo.
The style of games for the Sega have always been "cooler" in my opinion. Not that Nintendo didn't make great hardware, it just seams like they don't like to put out anything thats not suitable for someone under 7. There was only 1 game I ever did enjoy on Nintendo (No, not Super Mario Brothers!). If Sega does get bought out, I hope that the game base that they put out doesn't get revamped to fit Nintendo's normal style.
I have a friend who has been through a similiar position.
We both worked as Unix admins, him being the senior admin, and myself being the junior admin.
Due to turmoil that I'm not going to go into, several people quit, including the Network Manager and the Director over the division. He got promoted to Network Manager, which he didn't want, then a short time later got promoted to Director, when the original replacement Director left. He hated the idea of being in a managerial position, and I know its stressful work for him. But, he's done alot for the people who work under him. And, he has the guts to stand up and try to change the bad things, since he now actually has input as a manager, unlike the usual "worker bees".
All in all, even though he hated the promotion, and is a stressful position (hence why managers make more money), he's done a good job. The switch to management is stressful and confusing at first, but I think if you are good at what you do now, and care about the group of people you work with, then it you will be able to do alot of good.
No its worse than a troll, its a well meaning but somewhat clueless person. I find it absolutely amazing what is going on in this country that people don't know about.. things that are so way out, so shockingly horrible, and nobody seems to care. The media doesn't publish things, and only special interest groups are able to spread the word to their members, which then attempt to alert the rest of the population, get shot down for being quacks and extremists.
If you look closely at the design, it only needs the two motors for each unit.. when combined as an assembled unit, it has much more mobility.
I've been a fan of OS/2 as well, and used it to run my multi line BBS "back in the day".
The OS/2 community is alot like the Linux community, except the OS isn't open sourced. Thats actually one thing I liked about it, because people ran it because they liked it, unlike your typical Windows user who uses it because it came with their computer, and they think Windows is their own choice.
Hell no I will not pay higher taxes so NASA gets more money. What I support is cutting other budgets that are a complete waste of money and getting NASA to stop being so wasteful.
Third party space companies are making innovations for much cheaper than NASA can. While I do agree that we should continue to support NASA, and thats one government agency that I don't mind my taxes going towards, it still suffers from "big government institution pains". I've heard of many ex-NASA employees going off on their own building rockets and such because they couldn't get anything done at NASA, without wasting millions of dollars.
Something has to be done to streamline NASA, if we want to accomplish the things that we want to do with space...
I don't see them merging.. I see them clashing.
I watched an interesting show about the gaming industry, and how they just about refuse to do any of their music/acting work in Hollywood.
I think that its more likely that more and more animated/CG like Titan AE will come out, making Hollywood compete with itself. The gaming industry is the "New Rich", with Hollywood being the "Old Rich", which usually means they will be outcasts from each other.
Seems to me the person was reading 3 different slashdot stories and made one response to try to fit all three.
Hey, you never know with some people.
I someone agree with you on this... someone who has threatened to hack you and then proceeds to port scan you is more of a potential problem than random scanning. But, the only legal issue I have is the threat in of itself. Thats more of a conspiracy type crime, which I feel should not be treated as a true crime, but more "watched" after.
As a "good service provider", checking out potential problems should be the normal duty, not something that you claim as damage.
NO, YOU ARE MISTAKEN. Its more like seeing which house in the neighborhood HAVE DOORS. I do not agree with your theory that portscanning is tresspassing of computer hardware. Now, if the person were to portscan and THEN use that information to attempt to hack into a system, then yeah, that should be illegal.
Its people like you who are going to end up getting all books banned because they contain information that could possibly lead to some criminal act.
It is not the legal system that doesn't get it. This is finally someone who see's that portscanning in itself is not the criminal act.
If the software is far enough along that the application is usable, then it would be a good idea to have it available in binary format. I LOVE screen shots, as it helps me see what I'm about to download... especially nice with games.
It isn't that difficult to have a tar.gz file with the binaries, its not like you haven't compiled it yourself to test it. While it may be one of this little annoying things that have to be done, it helps the program more user friendly. I don't know how many times I've downloaded a basic Linux program that I couldn't get to compile due to missing pieces that if the author had just compiled it beforehand, it would have worked out of the box.
Actually I play Solitaire and Minesweeper clones on my Linux box at work all time.. they look so alike that most people think my Linux box is Windows.
Yes they have something remarkebly like Citrix... its called X Windows. Maybe you've heard of it? Basically Citrix was built on top of X for non Unix systems... There is a Citrix plugin for X Windows to connect to a Citrix server... so even if you need to run Windows apps, you have can Windows Citrix server with Linux desktops... saving you tons of money per client.
Linux on the desktop is not the best solution for alot of the times, but it IS a good solution for many small to medium businesses. Even some areas of big companies (like the one I work at) could benefit from Linux on the desktop for some specialized users... (ie, they only use a couple inhouse developed apps)
Not that I agree with giving them money, but look at it this way, they are a poor nation, barely able to pay to run the current setup. The expenditure required to build a new plant outways the cost of the currently barely maintainable system. I DO NOT want my tax dollars going to fix their problem, but you do have to realize that they are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Good point. I hadn't even though of that as a possibility, but that would seem to make good sense... but then in reality, this is one of those "Good ol' boys" clubs that has tons of cash and wants everything exactly their way, and they are willing to burn anybody who stands in their way, even if it could actually bring them more revenue.
Apple has to protect its copyright's, so that it can maintain them. If they didn't enforce their copyrights, they could possibly lose future battles against copyright infringers that were actually doing something "serious" against them, like making iMac clones and selling them as real iMacs.
I don't agree... a website is a great way for a citizen to get information (if done right) about the agency, or how to do XYZ, like filing a tax return, etc. (The IRS's site is fairly confusing, however, but at least all the info is there)
Having a website allows people to get self service, cutting down on the hassle of dealing with an agency. (California lets you renew your car tag online, but in Florida we get to stand in a line for two hours to be told we didn't bring everything we needed.
Florida's Sunbiz site is a good example of how not to do it. I have a heck of a time searching for information.
Some things that I like in a site... organize data so that you can find information no more than 2 or 3 categories deep. (2 preferred) Also, make a navigation bar that lets you get back to the different parts of the site, without having to back track. Sun Microsystems isn't a government site, but has lots of information that is fairly well organized in the manner I mentioned above.
You know, it just figures Microsoft would pull something like this. This is an obvious attemp at getting them to stop publishing "damaging" information about Microsoft. This is EXACTLY why I can't stand Microsoft. Alot of people say "You hate Microsoft because they make lots of money and you're just a Linux zealot." BUT it is not that at all, its that 1) All Microsoft cares about is their image and profits. Yes, I realize that companies are in business to make money, but they also have a responsibility to those who are paying them, and to the greater community. Microsoft could care less about the companies they pay them money, just as long as they keep paying them money.
I think social engineering is a much needed skill. Those who have it will definately prosper.
Ways to use social engineering:
For good, for evil, for questionable, for illegal, and legal. Some of these overlap, but not always in the obvious way.
ie, using SE to get a company to use your services as a computer contractor, even though another may be cheaper and have better existing resources, is legal, good for your company, but questionable in the way you present yourself.
SE is simply convincing others to accept your projected view. A lawyer at a trial is social engineering the judge and jury. A salesman is social engineering customers so think they want a product. Its all just hacking the system called social interaction.
I agree with you on that. Filesystem layout does become a problem, especially with Redhat, since it was designed to be managed with a GUI, not by a real admin.
/etc or a subdirectory. It can be frustrating from one box to the next, but generally not hard. A decent sysadmin can go from any Linux box to another without too much difficulty.
But, All config files are all under
Notice I said decent. Alot of people running around like MCSE's claiming they know Linux because they used it for their home quake III server, and then go to Debian and can't figure a damn thing out.
Interesting enough though, my coworker has Solaris background, and he tried Redhat, and thought it sucked. I got him to try Debian, and it was more laid out like Solaris, filesystem wise.
IMT2000 == "empty 2000" - sounds like a good vapor ware product to me.
Even with all these different gui tools, LINUX has not changed.
When you learn to manage a system by using a specific gui tool, and switch machines, you aren't used to the new gui tool, not the OS.
These tools are designed for people who don't know how to actually administer their own system.