If you are worried, you shouldn't store stuff on work computers at all. Keystroke loggers to catch the password, remote desktop to view where you click or which file you use. Face it, if you don't own the computer (and I mean control), you don't have any security in the face of people like Simon.
Nothing says Apple Fan then a user name like Apple Acolyte.
Unless they are commenting about that Music Company, iTunes wasn't it? Or unless they enjoy playing with snakes with strange naked women (mind you that does sound like fun). Insert other comments here (preferably funny).
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(Along with anarchy and freedom. But I think the subject is more likely just now.)
I had the recent misfortune to forget the password to an encrypted file. It has stuff that isn't that important or/and can be replaced, but the point is, it takes time to replace this sort of stuff (if it can be replaced). The reason is simply, running on a laptop, if it falls into someone elses hands (and they manage to get past the various passwords (reset the BIOS, insert KNOPPIX away you go)) I don't really want them to have that stuff.
I know it is possible to make a back up of the head of the file (or partition), and in the case you do forget the password you can simply replace the head with the back up (with a known password). However, I didn't do that.
I do, however, know the approximate password (where is x is a number or character or blank), it is something like xxxsomewordxxx. Having a dictionary and brute force attack ability on the password would potentially recover my stuff with little effort (have you ever tried typing in hundreds of different passwords? Changing one byte at a time! It sucks). It would also have the added advantage of telling a user if they have a poor password (though I guess you don't really need this system to do that).
I know it is Free Software, and as such I really should either program it myself or pay (or whatever) someone else to do it for me. But I'm not a very good programmer, and my languages (Java and PHP) aren't really relevant I don't think. I also don't have the (people) networks to contact people who might know how to do it.
Shit happens, take greater care next time.
The moral of the story? Be sure to back your stuff up. And make sure you have a non-encrypted copy somewhere if it is important that someone else know about it if you die (or something else happens). And also write your password down. (That is another thing, a whole bunch of passwords are in that file! For things like Internet banking and so on. Damn it.)
Added to what the other people have said, in GNU/Linux, you have to use a command line. Which gets added to the history. And if you don't know how to delete the history (or if you don't know it exists)...
Actually, GNOME by default, has "Applications" and "Actions" (and at least under Ubuntu "Places"). It is much more logical then clicking "Start" to shutdown the computer.
Why don't you try it sometime instead of just making random comments like that?
>in a free society, telcos have the liberty and *duty* to tell the police to sod off and come back with a proper warrant.
Funny how for poor people, black people, Muslims or whomever (and often times these overlap) this doesn't work. If you tell the cops to sod off, they arrest you for whatever damn thing they please. After all, what is going to happen? They can search you without a warrant, and if you refuse, they arrest you then search you. Most you can do is log the incidents, and then shoot the fuckers concerned come the revolution.
(Personal story, not really related to above except how the cops will arrest you for no good reason and have nothing happen to them. I was at a protest, we were on the footpath. (The cops were conveniently blocking the street for us.) I was arrested and later charged with "fail/refuse to comply with police direction", basically I didn't "move on" when told to. I was later slapped with three other charges (one of which can only apply to the driver of a vehicle!) and offered the chance to plead to one of the minor traffic offences and have the rest dropped. I refused and surprise surprise (after spending hundreds of dollars on plane tickets flying around the country (was arrested not in my home state)) the charges were dropped the day before the court case. Because, at a protest, you don't have to move on. If I tried to sue for wrongful arrest, I would have had to deal with all the crap of getting a lawyer, more flying around and I wouldn't have got any compensation for flights or with the fucking shit I had. Because the cops were "just doing their job".)
Funny thing is, the cops don't see it that way. Neither do the judges.
If you get caught, you will be punished. And that is the way the world works. (Though the cops won't be for breaking the law, at the most a slap on the wrist.)
There are so many stupid laws out there (or even times when they needed apply) that you can get arrested whether you think you are obeying the law or not. Actually, you can get arrested even if you aren't doing anything wrong. The cops can arrest you for whatever reason they won't. And if they get hauled before a caught for wrongful arrest, "whoops we thought he/she/it was this murder/rapist/child molester that we were after".
You say you only obey some laws (and nobody (dead people?) obeys all the laws), do you also accept punishment if you are caught breaking those laws? Do you think that the legal system justifies support?
I don't. I break the law when I think I can get away with it (and where it will benifet me and so on) and I try not to get caught. Fuck "civil disobedience", I'm not a martyr.
I recall seeing a study a while back, from Germany I believe. I can't link it to you I'm sorry.
But anyway, they found people who hadn't used a computer for ages (since DOS or earlier) or who hadn't used a desktop machine (ATMs don't count). They set them in front of a computer. One group had Windows, one GNOME.
GNOME was easier to pick up for those people.
Also, there are shit loads of people who have never used a computer, they are either young (and getting younger) or in a poor country. But they are out there.
Haven't you read those usability studies that say that having to read a wide screen is shit awful. Why do you think that newspaper columns are not as wide as the newspaper? (Apart from saving paper.)
Anyway, I didn't find that hard to read, in fact it was easy and pleasant to read. Do you like having text that is as wide as your monitor? 'Cause I don't.
>2. Make sure that you point out that learning linux isn't as easy as windows. Really. Do it. Please.
One, have you ever sat two people who have never used a computer before (or never since "good" old DOS days anyway) and tried to teach them whichever MS Windows and GNOME & KDE on GNU/Linux? No? Why do you make such stupid comments then?
Honestly, the inconsistencies in Windows means that it is harder to learn to use then GNOME. Sure, for people who have only ever had experience with Windows, GNOME (and MacOS come to think of it, speaking from personal experience of helping people here) isn't that easy to use. But it is, once you are used to it.
Oh, and talking of copy and paste, the only problem I have (and it isn't that big a deal) is that you have to keep the window open that you want to copy from. I don't think you have to do that in KDE, but other things make GNOME more preferable for me.
Well, I meant dropping the bombs and having them explode, but hey.
And I am a cynic, when it comes to the government and military.
They had only ever exploded one of these new type of super weapons before. They had two different types though. People wanted to see how the two types compared, and what effect they had on an actual city. It also forced the Japanese to surrender earlier and unconditionally (when otherwise the USSR might have been able to get troops to Japan). One other reason was also to show off to the USSR. Don't mess with us, stick to our agreements about dividing Europe, and we won't use these new weapons on you. But that was a minor third compared to the two main reasons, I am sure.
What the fuck? Are you on some strange drug or something?
I'm curious. On the one hand they claim to be defenders of freedom (freedom of speech too, one would suppose). On the other hand they keep condemning the use of torture. Let's see if they put their money where their mouth is and allow unregulated violence, torture, unregulated *everything* on TV. That's freedom. Anything else is hypocracy. (Oh and please, right wing, the deregulation bit applies to you too) One, I assume you are a yank (if not, then this doesn't necessarily apply), in which case your definition of left and right is fucked in the first place (if you want capitalism, you are to the right, no matter how big a government you want). Two, being for freedom automatically means being against torture. Talking as if the two are somehow opposed is stupid. It is more likely the conservative and puritans who are going to be opposed to freedom and support torture. Third, I support no censorship, I think that any thing should be allowed on TV, radio etc. With however, a few restrictions (oh noes, he's being hypocritical 'cause he just said he supported no censorship, but now he is talking about censoring shit). The first is, no platform for fascists and other scum. Any media *I* control will not allow intolerance. The second has to do with how the violence or whatever is filmed. If it is actual real killing or violence (intended to be fiction), or real child molestation (rather then computer graphics or similar) then I also oppose that.
What it comes down to really though is this, I'm not about to tell you what to do with your bit of media (well, unless you are a capitalist scum, in which case I would say, "Hand it over fucker. This is now the people's media", but ignoring such cases...).
No worries M. Coward. I hope you enjoy your day as well. Actually, talking about bullshit, I don't have a bull. But can I interest you in some of my shit? If yes, I'll take some photos and upload them for you. Fine matured shit.
They weren't accidents. You don't "accidentally" drop a couple of nuclear bombs on a country.
They were dropped quite deliberately for a couple of (main) reasons, one was that certain individuals in the chain of command wanted to see what happened, the second was to prevent the USSR from occupying Japan (or even part of it) as happened in Europe.
IF we have to have nuclear power (and I fail to see any good arguments for it, and I'm not going to argue this point so don't even bother), I would not be adverse to simply putting it in rockets and shooting towards the nearest star.
We could build them cheaply (they don't have to re-enter the atmosphere) and I think safely enough (lots of experience building rockets that don't fall apart when *leaving* Earth) not to have to worry.
But, I'm an intelligent environmentalist, there are lots of crazies out there who wouldn't support such a solution, and they tend to be louder then me. Shit happens.
>Windows user won't switch without pain or epiphany
But GNOME comes with Epiphany! And I discovered that it also has a bunch of plugins/extensions ala Firefix (on a Debian based system such as Ubuntu, do a search in the packages).
Based on Debian (which didn't want to detect my HD when installing from a CD, and went I "debootstrapped" it from Knoppix also had problems, one of which was not detecting my Intel Wireless). GNOME (by far the best GUI I have ever used, and it keeps getting better, I like the MacOS 10 one, but GNOME is better). Being based on Debian it has a really nice easy way to install software. Everything integrates really nicely (install WINE, can run Windows programs straight away, install Java, can use Java applets now). Evolution integrates with the clock!
GNOME and APT are the main reasons, but it can detect my wireless (using admittedly, the non-free Intel drivers) and is really fucking easy to use.
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If you are worried, you shouldn't store stuff on work computers at all. Keystroke loggers to catch the password, remote desktop to view where you click or which file you use. Face it, if you don't own the computer (and I mean control), you don't have any security in the face of people like Simon.
Nothing says Apple Fan then a user name like Apple Acolyte.
Unless they are commenting about that Music Company, iTunes wasn't it? Or unless they enjoy playing with snakes with strange naked women (mind you that does sound like fun). Insert other comments here (preferably funny).
(Along with anarchy and freedom. But I think the subject is more likely just now.)
I had the recent misfortune to forget the password to an encrypted file. It has stuff that isn't that important or/and can be replaced, but the point is, it takes time to replace this sort of stuff (if it can be replaced). The reason is simply, running on a laptop, if it falls into someone elses hands (and they manage to get past the various passwords (reset the BIOS, insert KNOPPIX away you go)) I don't really want them to have that stuff.
I know it is possible to make a back up of the head of the file (or partition), and in the case you do forget the password you can simply replace the head with the back up (with a known password). However, I didn't do that.
I do, however, know the approximate password (where is x is a number or character or blank), it is something like xxxsomewordxxx. Having a dictionary and brute force attack ability on the password would potentially recover my stuff with little effort (have you ever tried typing in hundreds of different passwords? Changing one byte at a time! It sucks). It would also have the added advantage of telling a user if they have a poor password (though I guess you don't really need this system to do that).
I know it is Free Software, and as such I really should either program it myself or pay (or whatever) someone else to do it for me. But I'm not a very good programmer, and my languages (Java and PHP) aren't really relevant I don't think. I also don't have the (people) networks to contact people who might know how to do it.
Shit happens, take greater care next time.
The moral of the story? Be sure to back your stuff up. And make sure you have a non-encrypted copy somewhere if it is important that someone else know about it if you die (or something else happens). And also write your password down. (That is another thing, a whole bunch of passwords are in that file! For things like Internet banking and so on. Damn it.)
Added to what the other people have said, in GNU/Linux, you have to use a command line. Which gets added to the history. And if you don't know how to delete the history (or if you don't know it exists) ...
Skyhooks perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhooks
Actually, GNOME by default, has "Applications" and "Actions" (and at least under Ubuntu "Places"). It is much more logical then clicking "Start" to shutdown the computer.
Why don't you try it sometime instead of just making random comments like that?
>in a free society, telcos have the liberty and *duty* to tell the police to sod off and come back with a proper warrant.
Funny how for poor people, black people, Muslims or whomever (and often times these overlap) this doesn't work. If you tell the cops to sod off, they arrest you for whatever damn thing they please. After all, what is going to happen? They can search you without a warrant, and if you refuse, they arrest you then search you. Most you can do is log the incidents, and then shoot the fuckers concerned come the revolution.
(Personal story, not really related to above except how the cops will arrest you for no good reason and have nothing happen to them. I was at a protest, we were on the footpath. (The cops were conveniently blocking the street for us.) I was arrested and later charged with "fail/refuse to comply with police direction", basically I didn't "move on" when told to. I was later slapped with three other charges (one of which can only apply to the driver of a vehicle!) and offered the chance to plead to one of the minor traffic offences and have the rest dropped. I refused and surprise surprise (after spending hundreds of dollars on plane tickets flying around the country (was arrested not in my home state)) the charges were dropped the day before the court case. Because, at a protest, you don't have to move on. If I tried to sue for wrongful arrest, I would have had to deal with all the crap of getting a lawyer, more flying around and I wouldn't have got any compensation for flights or with the fucking shit I had. Because the cops were "just doing their job".)
Funny thing is, the cops don't see it that way. Neither do the judges.
If you get caught, you will be punished. And that is the way the world works. (Though the cops won't be for breaking the law, at the most a slap on the wrist.)
There are so many stupid laws out there (or even times when they needed apply) that you can get arrested whether you think you are obeying the law or not. Actually, you can get arrested even if you aren't doing anything wrong. The cops can arrest you for whatever reason they won't. And if they get hauled before a caught for wrongful arrest, "whoops we thought he/she/it was this murder/rapist/child molester that we were after".
You say you only obey some laws (and nobody (dead people?) obeys all the laws), do you also accept punishment if you are caught breaking those laws? Do you think that the legal system justifies support?
I don't. I break the law when I think I can get away with it (and where it will benifet me and so on) and I try not to get caught. Fuck "civil disobedience", I'm not a martyr.
So ..., just to make clear. You are a pacifist yes? Because the army and the police each hurt other people all the time.
Not saying I disagree with you, but unless you are a pacifist, you can't really make a statement like that.
Also, what about in self defence?
I'm sure you could make an argument about the lesser wrongness, but I won't buy it.
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I recall seeing a study a while back, from Germany I believe. I can't link it to you I'm sorry.
But anyway, they found people who hadn't used a computer for ages (since DOS or earlier) or who hadn't used a desktop machine (ATMs don't count). They set them in front of a computer. One group had Windows, one GNOME.
GNOME was easier to pick up for those people.
Also, there are shit loads of people who have never used a computer, they are either young (and getting younger) or in a poor country. But they are out there.
Haven't you read those usability studies that say that having to read a wide screen is shit awful.
Why do you think that newspaper columns are not as wide as the newspaper? (Apart from saving paper.)
Anyway, I didn't find that hard to read, in fact it was easy and pleasant to read. Do you like having text that is as wide as your monitor? 'Cause I don't.
On a point of pedantry, I believe the phrase refers to the speed at which things goes. Though I could be wrong.
How the fuck do you get off saying this?
>2. Make sure that you point out that learning linux isn't as easy as windows. Really. Do it. Please.
One, have you ever sat two people who have never used a computer before (or never since "good" old DOS days anyway) and tried to teach them whichever MS Windows and GNOME & KDE on GNU/Linux? No? Why do you make such stupid comments then?
Honestly, the inconsistencies in Windows means that it is harder to learn to use then GNOME. Sure, for people who have only ever had experience with Windows, GNOME (and MacOS come to think of it, speaking from personal experience of helping people here) isn't that easy to use. But it is, once you are used to it.
Oh, and talking of copy and paste, the only problem I have (and it isn't that big a deal) is that you have to keep the window open that you want to copy from. I don't think you have to do that in KDE, but other things make GNOME more preferable for me.
Well, I meant dropping the bombs and having them explode, but hey.
And I am a cynic, when it comes to the government and military.
They had only ever exploded one of these new type of super weapons before. They had two different types though. People wanted to see how the two types compared, and what effect they had on an actual city. It also forced the Japanese to surrender earlier and unconditionally (when otherwise the USSR might have been able to get troops to Japan). One other reason was also to show off to the USSR. Don't mess with us, stick to our agreements about dividing Europe, and we won't use these new weapons on you. But that was a minor third compared to the two main reasons, I am sure.
What the fuck? Are you on some strange drug or something?
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I'm curious. On the one hand they claim to be defenders of freedom (freedom of speech too, one would suppose). On the other hand they keep condemning the use of torture. Let's see if they put their money where their mouth is and allow unregulated violence, torture, unregulated *everything* on TV. That's freedom. Anything else is hypocracy.
(Oh and please, right wing, the deregulation bit applies to you too)
One, I assume you are a yank (if not, then this doesn't necessarily apply), in which case your definition of left and right is fucked in the first place (if you want capitalism, you are to the right, no matter how big a government you want).
Two, being for freedom automatically means being against torture. Talking as if the two are somehow opposed is stupid. It is more likely the conservative and puritans who are going to be opposed to freedom and support torture.
Third, I support no censorship, I think that any thing should be allowed on TV, radio etc. With however, a few restrictions (oh noes, he's being hypocritical 'cause he just said he supported no censorship, but now he is talking about censoring shit). The first is, no platform for fascists and other scum. Any media *I* control will not allow intolerance. The second has to do with how the violence or whatever is filmed. If it is actual real killing or violence (intended to be fiction), or real child molestation (rather then computer graphics or similar) then I also oppose that.
What it comes down to really though is this, I'm not about to tell you what to do with your bit of media (well, unless you are a capitalist scum, in which case I would say, "Hand it over fucker. This is now the people's media", but ignoring such cases
True, but it is spelt correctly in my URL link that is under my name. And that is good enough for me. :)
No worries M. Coward. I hope you enjoy your day as well. Actually, talking about bullshit, I don't have a bull. But can I interest you in some of my shit? If yes, I'll take some photos and upload them for you. Fine matured shit.
With Registerfly. Glad to see they finally get what they deserve.
(The problem was around December last year and was fixed without the help of Registerfly. Fuck 'em.)
They weren't accidents. You don't "accidentally" drop a couple of nuclear bombs on a country.
They were dropped quite deliberately for a couple of (main) reasons, one was that certain individuals in the chain of command wanted to see what happened, the second was to prevent the USSR from occupying Japan (or even part of it) as happened in Europe.
Sure, but what do I care?
Actually, more to the point, the government exists make it implement safety standards, it does it for other industries.
Yes well. That may be a good point. (And I meant "not real sciences" in my first post. Preview damn it!)
IF we have to have nuclear power (and I fail to see any good arguments for it, and I'm not going to argue this point so don't even bother), I would not be adverse to simply putting it in rockets and shooting towards the nearest star.
We could build them cheaply (they don't have to re-enter the atmosphere) and I think safely enough (lots of experience building rockets that don't fall apart when *leaving* Earth) not to have to worry.
But, I'm an intelligent environmentalist, there are lots of crazies out there who wouldn't support such a solution, and they tend to be louder then me. Shit happens.
>Windows user won't switch without pain or epiphany
But GNOME comes with Epiphany! And I discovered that it also has a bunch of plugins/extensions ala Firefix (on a Debian based system such as Ubuntu, do a search in the packages).
Based on Debian (which didn't want to detect my HD when installing from a CD, and went I "debootstrapped" it from Knoppix also had problems, one of which was not detecting my Intel Wireless). GNOME (by far the best GUI I have ever used, and it keeps getting better, I like the MacOS 10 one, but GNOME is better). Being based on Debian it has a really nice easy way to install software. Everything integrates really nicely (install WINE, can run Windows programs straight away, install Java, can use Java applets now). Evolution integrates with the clock!
GNOME and APT are the main reasons, but it can detect my wireless (using admittedly, the non-free Intel drivers) and is really fucking easy to use.