I have the best method of protecting my privacy online... I use a computer belonging to someone else. The internet connection used by that computer is actually being mooched off of someone else (read: gotta love those unsecured wifi access points). I never use online commerce sites, nor do I maintain an email account.
Also, when anyone asks for my name, I tell them that my name is "Bob".
Also, I managed to get sysinstall to skip steps and hang while downloading/unpacking the system files and ports many times.
Been there, done that:-). I've had more than a few installs hosed because of issues like that. The one that I willn't forget is the failed FreeBSD install that almost made my friend's laptop unbootable.
Thus warranting more reinstalls than I ever had to do with Gentoo.
I know about that... at least FreeBSD installs much quicker than Gentoo*. *(Stage 3, fetched from web on a dual t3 internet 2 connection, not using the installer)
Although, it was a true pain to get Zope / Plone installed and stable on FreeBSD. I'd much rather have fun with drivers than getting Zope stable on FreeBSD 5.1. As a side note, I have had my share with driver issues, as I have a Thinkpad T22.
I think installing Gentoo a few times is a great way to get to know your computer.
I couldn't agree more. I have installed gentoo on quite a few machines in my lab over the past few years, and I can't think of a better way to learn about hardware. I never knew the details of fdisk and file systems before installing gentoo either. I also found it interesting to learn a bit about GCC (not enough to become a damn ricer, though).
Learning about this was good as it made me a better admin and research assistant.
Once you think you have it all down, try the FreeBSD installer. It will rock your world. And by rock your world, I mean new levels of RTFM pain. Kind of like going from Sayan to Super Sayan for the first time. Pain and suffering.
I disagree. I played with FreeBSD 5.1 way before I attempted my first Gentoo install. The FreeBSD installer worked nicely on my system and I didn't have to rtfm all that much. Overall, I find FreeBSD installs to be easier and quicker than Gentoo installs (read: non-Gentoo installer installs).
The only problems I've had with FreeBSD are: (1) Updating ports (some of the ports are very old). (2) Installing Java, (3) Getting X11 to work (this isn't FreeBSD's problem, though). None of these problems were permanent, however.
Coke C2 is dead. Coke C2's not pinin'! Coke C2 has passed on! This coke product is no more! It has ceased to be! Coke C2 hass expired and gone to meet 'is maker! Coke C2 is a stiff! Bereft of life, Coke C2 rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch Coke C2 would be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! Coke C2 is off the twig! Coke C2 has kicked the bucket, Coke C2 has shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-COKE PRODUCT!!
As a preface, I am a hard core Computer Science student at Loyola University Chicago. I just finished my bs, and am starting my masters. I graduated high school in 2001, and took AP computer science, but not the AP cs. exam. I am also the acting president of my university's ACM chapter. The following is my opinion, so take it for what it is worth...
I'm a terrible programmer and took this to learn.
Thats ok. It takes years to become a "good" programmer. If anyone tells you to "read this book and do all of the examples... you'll be an expert in no time", spray them (read: the wanker) with mace. Seriously.
In my opinion, play with Python (its easy to learn and also free) for awhile and then give Java another chance. I found that programming in Python helped me to become a better programmer and learn how to think in code. This made java and some other languages easier to work with.
And Collegeboard regulations have made Java the language over C++ since 2002
And for half-way good reasons, IMHO. Many universities do not teach C++ or Pascal as the primary language for most Comp. Sci. departments anymore. Also, C++ is not exactly standardized (read: if you ever had to compile C++ code on Borland, Visual Studio, and GCC... the same code may not always work across the compilers without some tweaking. Throw in multi-platforms too, and this problem is more visable). Finally, Visual Studio or the Borland C++ compiler cost $$ and are limited to certian platforms. Java is free (as well as a number of programming environments) and is mostly multi-platform.
I've never, ever learned a language aside from Java, and I'll probably program everything I make in Java, simply out of familiarity. Undoubtedly, many of my fellow CS AP students taking the exam tomorrow will probably end up doing the same.
Not necessarily so. When I was in high school and took AP computer science, I thought my life was going to be C++ (I was class of '01). I soon found out that my college career would include java, python, xml, c, c++, basic, assembly...
Good Comp. Science departments do not lock down to one language. To do so is a best foolish, and at worse the cause of un-hireable students.
It seems to me that Sun pretty much owns the upcoming generation of programmers at this point.
I disagree. New programmers are being taught Java because it is very similar to other established and popular language. If you can program java, learning C#, C++, C, some of the.net languages... is relatively simple because they all are related.
Why, oh why would they want to open-source it
It is Sun's language, they'll do what they want to. For my work, I couldn't care less. I use the Blackdown JDK for my limited java work.
This sounds like a case of a "hobby gone obsession gone job" to me. It most likely started as "Hey, I think it would be cool if..." and then after countless hours, became the finished product and a job.
Now that I think of it, I should do a full scale rendition of the NHL 2005 Playoffs in Lego.
As I understand, companies like Dannon still use IE 5.5 due to the fact they have custom applications that aren't compatible with newer versions of I.E.
Using a generator to force secure passwords may be the most insecure thing I've ever heard suggested to improve security.
I agree. I believe that trusting an algorithm to produce a "random" password is foolish because it is at best "pseudo random". The passwords generated aren't always good. In any case, all passwords can be brute forced given enough time and firepower.
Besides, 99% of security compromises aren't through guessed passwords anyway
I would also add escalation of privelages, backdoors, and of course, stupid administrator tricks (the "hey, no one would want to hack us... we aren't important enough" or "telnet, wtf uses telnet... we are safe!" kind of tricks).
The problem with this is that Windows Live does not support any browsers besides IE 6, does not support POP or IMAP, and does not support email forwarding.
That is a rather big set of problems...
How many corporate environments as well as universities (and students, too) are still using older versions of IE?
How many students want to be locked into using a web interface exclusively, especially when they use Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird, Pine, Elm... as their preferred mail client? Its a bigger problem when you have students who only use Macs or Linux and refuse to touch Microsoft products.
Of course, how many students just have their.edu email accounts forwarded to gmail or other email service so that they don't have yet another email account to manage?
At this time, it seems like Microsoft is copying Google's idea of doing organizational email hosting, but without the choice of platforms and other niceness.
I agree, but the parent didn't specify "recreational use".
As for the drugs you list, most people who have used those drugs will likely tell you that they hardly fall under the "recreational" category.
I have family members and close friends who take some of those medications that were listed in my previous post. I totally understand that they are serious drugs, and can have serious effects.
Being a college student myself, I can speculate that one of the following will occur: (1) College students would find a way to make it in Chem lab. (2) If it was available by perscription only, there would be a person who would act as a source on campus just for the sheer profit of it.
So, tell me *AA, what benefit does your DRM supposedly have to me, your customer?
As a random person immitating the *AA: "It stops PIRACY*. Illegal downloads cost us multiples of infinity in profits, costing us our bonuses ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H the end consumer more... Hey, shiny object over there!"
DRM doesn't benefit the end consumer, it benefits the owner of the media "protected" by the DRM.
*PIRACY (BY U.S. CITIZEN) - Whoever, being a citizen of the U.S., commits any murder or robbery, or any act of hostility against the U.S., or against any citizen thereof, on the high seas, under color of any commission from any foreign prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any person, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. 18 USC
"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
I've been really happy with the windows versions of the following programs:
-OpenOffice and MS Office. (Both are great suites and I use them BOTH) -SSH and Putty -Snort (Snort == IDS happiness for me) -Eclipse (Gotta program somewhere, and Visual Studio isn't viable for me) -BlueJ (Good on Windows for beginners Java programming -PyDev (Python plugin for Eclipse) -Python and Java (Duh!) -IIS (I **love** Apache and Postfix/Qmail... but IIS can be happy too) -Gaim (Good Schtuff) -Spark Messenger (The Windows version rocks for chatting on Jabber) -Firefox (Duh! IE and Opera are nice, but I prefer Firefox) -Winamp (It really whips the llama's ass) -Quicktime and iTunes (Super Schweet Software) -Photoshop and Gimp (I use both) -Norton Ghost (Bailed my ass out a few times!) -Solitare and Freecell (obvious!)
Recently announced, a small telecom company in the town of Dingle in the Republic of Ireland has released their own version of the the BlackBerry. Their product, called the DingleBerry is expected to hang in while the products of thier international competitors are wiped away.
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I have the best method of protecting my privacy online... I use a computer belonging to someone else. The internet connection used by that computer is actually being mooched off of someone else (read: gotta love those unsecured wifi access points). I never use online commerce sites, nor do I maintain an email account.
Also, when anyone asks for my name, I tell them that my name is "Bob".
(btw... my post is supposed to be a joke)
Been there, done that
I know about that... at least FreeBSD installs much quicker than Gentoo*. *(Stage 3, fetched from web on a dual t3 internet 2 connection, not using the installer)
Although, it was a true pain to get Zope / Plone installed and stable on FreeBSD. I'd much rather have fun with drivers than getting Zope stable on FreeBSD 5.1. As a side note, I have had my share with driver issues, as I have a Thinkpad T22.
Yes, I know. I'm happy that Java is available again for FreeBSD.
I couldn't agree more. I have installed gentoo on quite a few machines in my lab over the past few years, and I can't think of a better way to learn about hardware. I never knew the details of fdisk and file systems before installing gentoo either. I also found it interesting to learn a bit about GCC (not enough to become a damn ricer, though).
Learning about this was good as it made me a better admin and research assistant.
I disagree. I played with FreeBSD 5.1 way before I attempted my first Gentoo install. The FreeBSD installer worked nicely on my system and I didn't have to rtfm all that much. Overall, I find FreeBSD installs to be easier and quicker than Gentoo installs (read: non-Gentoo installer installs).
The only problems I've had with FreeBSD are: (1) Updating ports (some of the ports are very old). (2) Installing Java, (3) Getting X11 to work (this isn't FreeBSD's problem, though). None of these problems were permanent, however.
Soon I will try running Gentoo on top of FreeBSD.
Coke C2 is dead. Coke C2's not pinin'! Coke C2 has passed on! This coke product is no more! It has ceased to be! Coke C2 hass expired and gone to meet 'is maker! Coke C2 is a stiff! Bereft of life, Coke C2 rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch Coke C2 would be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! Coke C2 is off the twig! Coke C2 has kicked the bucket, Coke C2 has shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-COKE PRODUCT!!
Ok... I may have gone a bit far there with the dead parrot sketch, but according to Wikipedia, its going out... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_C2
Coke Blak, however is another option
coffee is good for your every day coding runs... but power programmers on a mission drink multiple shots of straight up espresso.
Thats ok. It takes years to become a "good" programmer. If anyone tells you to "read this book and do all of the examples... you'll be an expert in no time", spray them (read: the wanker) with mace. Seriously.
In my opinion, play with Python (its easy to learn and also free) for awhile and then give Java another chance. I found that programming in Python helped me to become a better programmer and learn how to think in code. This made java and some other languages easier to work with.
And for half-way good reasons, IMHO. Many universities do not teach C++ or Pascal as the primary language for most Comp. Sci. departments anymore. Also, C++ is not exactly standardized (read: if you ever had to compile C++ code on Borland, Visual Studio, and GCC... the same code may not always work across the compilers without some tweaking. Throw in multi-platforms too, and this problem is more visable). Finally, Visual Studio or the Borland C++ compiler cost $$ and are limited to certian platforms. Java is free (as well as a number of programming environments) and is mostly multi-platform.
Not necessarily so. When I was in high school and took AP computer science, I thought my life was going to be C++ (I was class of '01). I soon found out that my college career would include java, python, xml, c, c++, basic, assembly...
Good Comp. Science departments do not lock down to one language. To do so is a best foolish, and at worse the cause of un-hireable students.
I disagree. New programmers are being taught Java because it is very similar to other established and popular language. If you can program java, learning C#, C++, C, some of the
It is Sun's language, they'll do what they want to. For my work, I couldn't care less. I use the Blackdown JDK for my limited java work.
Because.
This sounds like a case of a "hobby gone obsession gone job" to me. It most likely started as "Hey, I think it would be cool if..." and then after countless hours, became the finished product and a job.
Now that I think of it, I should do a full scale rendition of the NHL 2005 Playoffs in Lego.
Shit, I knew I forgot to do something this year. Well, I have about 2 weeks left before I graduate (seriously) from Loyola Chicago.
Who-hoo! Does this mean I can graduate with honors now that I'm on the Dean's List?
Because.
As I understand, companies like Dannon still use IE 5.5 due to the fact they have custom applications that aren't compatible with newer versions of I.E.
I agree. I believe that trusting an algorithm to produce a "random" password is foolish because it is at best "pseudo random". The passwords generated aren't always good. In any case, all passwords can be brute forced given enough time and firepower.
I would also add escalation of privelages, backdoors, and of course, stupid administrator tricks (the "hey, no one would want to hack us... we aren't important enough" or "telnet, wtf uses telnet... we are safe!" kind of tricks).
That is a rather big set of problems...
How many corporate environments as well as universities (and students, too) are still using older versions of IE?
How many students want to be locked into using a web interface exclusively, especially when they use Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird, Pine, Elm... as their preferred mail client? Its a bigger problem when you have students who only use Macs or Linux and refuse to touch Microsoft products.
Of course, how many students just have their
At this time, it seems like Microsoft is copying Google's idea of doing organizational email hosting, but without the choice of platforms and other niceness.
Ok, so about how many full installs of Duke Nukem Forever will fit on a 750 gig drive?
For more information concerning the solitaire encryption algorithm, see either http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html or read Cryptonomicon.
To see all of the problems concerning the solitaire algorithm, see http://www.ciphergoth.org/crypto/solitaire/
Hey, at least it doesn't have as many crashes as Windows ME install (with or without patches).
I have family members and close friends who take some of those medications that were listed in my previous post. I totally understand that they are serious drugs, and can have serious effects.
Hmmm... lets see: Prozac, Ritalin, Celexa, Lexapro, Paxil, Pexeva, Zoloft, Elavil, Norpramin, Tofranil, Aventyl, Pamelor, Wellbutrin, Cymbalta, Effexor...
Being a college student myself, I can speculate that one of the following will occur: (1) College students would find a way to make it in Chem lab. (2) If it was available by perscription only, there would be a person who would act as a source on campus just for the sheer profit of it.
As a random person immitating the *AA: "It stops PIRACY*. Illegal downloads cost us multiples of infinity in profits, costing us our bonuses ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H the end consumer more... Hey, shiny object over there!"
DRM doesn't benefit the end consumer, it benefits the owner of the media "protected" by the DRM.
*PIRACY (BY U.S. CITIZEN) - Whoever, being a citizen of the U.S., commits any murder or robbery, or any act of hostility against the U.S., or against any citizen thereof, on the high seas, under color of any commission from any foreign prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any person, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. 18 USC
Ok, the obligatoty entire Python quote...
"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
I've been really happy with the windows versions of the following programs:
-OpenOffice and MS Office. (Both are great suites and I use them BOTH)
-SSH and Putty
-Snort (Snort == IDS happiness for me)
-Eclipse (Gotta program somewhere, and Visual Studio isn't viable for me)
-BlueJ (Good on Windows for beginners Java programming
-PyDev (Python plugin for Eclipse)
-Python and Java (Duh!)
-IIS (I **love** Apache and Postfix/Qmail... but IIS can be happy too)
-Gaim (Good Schtuff)
-Spark Messenger (The Windows version rocks for chatting on Jabber)
-Firefox (Duh! IE and Opera are nice, but I prefer Firefox)
-Winamp (It really whips the llama's ass)
-Quicktime and iTunes (Super Schweet Software)
-Photoshop and Gimp (I use both)
-Norton Ghost (Bailed my ass out a few times!)
-Solitare and Freecell (obvious!)
Recently announced, a small telecom company in the town of Dingle in the Republic of Ireland has released their own version of the the BlackBerry. Their product, called the DingleBerry is expected to hang in while the products of thier international competitors are wiped away.