I mean, doesn't anyone feel the same way? It feels kinda good. No one says "...the elite masses of Windows users..." - Generally, that expression is reservered for the "elite few," as in, "...the elite few of Linux users..." - I like being apart of that group. If a person is a unaware, they will ramble on about some cool Windoze setup they have and then try to shine me on about asking what I have at home. When I say, "I don't run Windows" - the familiar confounded and confused reaction ensues, "...you don't run Windows??" they say. Actually, it gets me out of a lot of free troubleshooting! They will tell me about some problem and go on and on... then after thier problem description and eventual solicitation for advice/help.. I'll just say, "I don't run Windows! Sorry!" That excuse would no longer be valid if Linux were popular! So please, for the sake of many of us out here that don't want to bother with these clueless 1users... keep Linux SACRED!
After doing some research, I found out that MySpace lives in a single Class C IP block, (This may change over time, but as of now this info is accurate.) Simply add this to your firewall rules to block and your set! MySpace IP Block: ------------------ 63.208.226.0/24
Agreed! News Flash: China is a SOCIALIST country!! I think people forget this or at least ignore it (specially politicians and business folk). True, they are looking more and more capitalist these days, but hello! It's still a socialist nation! Why should any of this be news to anyone!?
This is something that has been of great concern to me and I would appreciate any and all follow up comments on the matter. I work now as a Sys Admin, and have been working as a Sys Admin since '98. Until about 3 or 4 years ago... I enjoyed a stable job at a decent wage... but now I am working for scraps, for chump change... and I have concluded that I must get my degree because no one respects my nearly 10 years of experience and flawless work ethic as much as a degree. So, I am in the process of going to school and have a couple years to go to obtain my BS in CS. My dilemma is, I am paying my own way here and the cost out of my pocket to complete the program will be around $40k, all told. Will it be worth it? I mean, will I really be making an acceptable wage when I finally grad? Current trends are mildly alarming. What do you guys think?
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Wrong! 'Social' means interacting with a person! Not a MySQL Database!!
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I'm all for this and from TFA, this sounds like a great thing (and lots of fun!) However, using the information gleaned here to apply to real-world situations is lacking in one MAJOR area: They neglect the aspect of social hacking. That is to say, attempting to gain access to a computer system through it's weakest link: THE USERS!
It's one thing to pit technical skill againt the threat of hacking, but it's been done over and over, all that technical skill accounts for nothing if you have a user that has his/her password written down on a sticky - on thier MONITOR!
Users must be educated and kept up to task on things like this, and it's my opinion that the IT/Security industry does not place enough emphasis in that arena, And to thier detriment...
Seriously though, thats really a function of the app in question. If you don't like the app, then switch! An obvious complaint from the M$ crowd is, "but I need Office!" Thats why there is Open Office And similarly, there exists alternatives to mostly every other app out there. You don't like it, then switch!
Really good documentary! Seriously, you know you are a TRUE nerd when you witness an autonomous vehicle actually complete a race like this... and a tear comes to your eye! Really, I got misty-eyed watching this!!
From TFA: "-- instant messaging, for one, hasn't foundered despite the difficulty of turning its popularity into profits."
God-damned American capitalist bullshit! This guy and many like him think that if it does not make money or turn a profit, then it's not worth doing. HOGWASH! This guy has NO idea where the Internet came from and obviously has NO idea where it is going.
P.S. I'm an American and LOVE America, it's just getting hard to defend these days...
A lot of negative vibe here! I would have thought the opposite - that is the idea that Internet 'radio', free of commercials and free to listen to would be WIDELY embraced by the Slahdot crowd... but wow! I saw an argument that questioned why anyone would listen to a stream when you had mp3's and such on your local machine? That is SO closed minded! Why, to discover NEW music, you idiot! Not only that, there is a special connection to OTHER listeners, other listeners that obviously have the same taste and are WITNESSING what you are... right now! So, how is it to live in a cave then? Sheesh! The other argument that tweaks me is "I don't want to listen to what other people (DJ's) are playing, I want to listen to what *I* want to listen to." Fair enough. But again, CLOSED minded. Music is ART; sir, and ART is a process of DISCOVERY. Go back to your CAVE, and btw, what the HELL are you doing posting on Slashdot anyway!? Unbelievable! I support Internet streaming (and yes, with my wallet) because it is worth it to me, to not be subject to the rediculous nature of commercial radio. Internet streaming was born out of the idea that is does NOT take lots of money and equipement to share ideas (music, in this case) - the sharing of ideas and information! Anybody? Anyone with a sense of reasoning getting this?? Btw, for you non-haters: http://www.shoutcast.com/
This guy is a dick that's out for some $$$ no matter who gets screwed. Plain and simple. I mean, come'on... he's from Louisiana, he can't really have a steady income in the first place! -Ponga
Are you insane? Do you live on this planet? Have you even heard of this company, called Apple???
I suppose the story about the individual that sued McDonalds over the hot coffee spilt in his/her lap you posted, "Could this be the demise of McDonalds?"
How about this:
ALL sending mail servers must have a special DNS record. Similar to an MX, we'll call it an SX record.
So, when a host contacts my mail server, I query DNS, "Does 1.2.3.4 have an SX record?" The reply will be 1 or 0, yes or no. DNS replies with 1.. "okay, mail will be accepted", DNS replies with 0, "Sorry, your not an authorized mail server!"
This will cut down on zombies FOR SURE, because Joe Clueless Cable-User does not have access to Comcast's DNS servers. Therefore, ONLY ligit organizations will have SX records (those that have control over thier DNS.)
This WILL cut down on SPAM and virus garbage, I'm sure you would agree.
The flaw, is that the spammers that DO have DNS systems as well, can add SX records to thier hearts content... and to that, we can reply on our standard mechanisms.
I use strict SMTP, spamhaus RBL and Postgrey, myself.
Horray for Postfix!!! But still, smtp needs some help and I think this would do it.
-Ponga
Where I live, car dealerships employ the following tactics to get you to ultimatly give them money (buy a car.)
*Balloons, flags, etc.
*Holding "Special Sales Events" every day of they year, it seems
*Shiney trucks with thier hoods propped open with signs that read "S-A-L-E"
*Inflateable gorrillas/other animals
*Trucks that the bed has been converted into a mobile billboard drive around town
*"Get a Free TV with a test drive!"
Point is, these are all marketing gimmicks, whose SOLE purpose is to ultimatly get YOUR money. PERIOD. These are just Internet GIMMICKS.
Nothing to see here, please move along...
If you are the seller, you have the advantage. You have every ability to ensure that the payment you recieve is genuine before you ship the item
You sir/madame, are talking out of your ass.
I sold an item on eBay once and everything appeared as normal. The buyer paid with a CC via PayPal, I recieved my money and everything was fine.
THREE weeks latter, PayPal TAKES that money back (-$450 charge on my PayPal account) and claimed the CC used to purchase my item was stolen...
Now, how the HELL am I supposed to know that!?
DOWN with eBay, I say!!!
I loved eBay.
Used it all the time and had a spotless reputation. Up until I sold a certain item which everything appeared to be normal. Then PayPal notifies me a few weeks latter that the CC used to purcahse my item was 'stolen' and promptly reclaimed 'thier' money. Unbelievable! There was NO way for me to know this let alone prevent it, yet PayPal (which is a div of eBay) took my money anyway!
Last transaction I ever did on eBay. PayPal are a bunch of thieves and eBay does nothing about it.
I hate eBay.
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Ya, I saw that once earlier today... wierd. I did a refresh and all was normal again...
I mean, doesn't anyone feel the same way? It feels kinda good. No one says "...the elite masses of Windows users..." - Generally, that expression is reservered for the "elite few," as in, "...the elite few of Linux users..." - I like being apart of that group. If a person is a unaware, they will ramble on about some cool Windoze setup they have and then try to shine me on about asking what I have at home. When I say, "I don't run Windows" - the familiar confounded and confused reaction ensues, "...you don't run Windows??" they say. Actually, it gets me out of a lot of free troubleshooting! They will tell me about some problem and go on and on... then after thier problem description and eventual solicitation for advice/help.. I'll just say, "I don't run Windows! Sorry!" That excuse would no longer be valid if Linux were popular! So please, for the sake of many of us out here that don't want to bother with these clueless 1users... keep Linux SACRED!
After doing some research, I found out that MySpace lives in a single Class C IP block, (This may change over time, but as of now this info is accurate.)
Simply add this to your firewall rules to block and your set!
MySpace IP Block:
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63.208.226.0/24
-
-Ponga
Agreed! News Flash: China is a SOCIALIST country!! I think people forget this or at least ignore it (specially politicians and business folk). True, they are looking more and more capitalist these days, but hello! It's still a socialist nation! Why should any of this be news to anyone!?
This is something that has been of great concern to me and I would appreciate any and all follow up comments on the matter.
I work now as a Sys Admin, and have been working as a Sys Admin since '98. Until about 3 or 4 years ago... I enjoyed a stable job at a decent wage... but now I am working for scraps, for chump change... and I have concluded that I must get my degree because no one respects my nearly 10 years of experience and flawless work ethic as much as a degree. So, I am in the process of going to school and have a couple years to go to obtain my BS in CS.
My dilemma is, I am paying my own way here and the cost out of my pocket to complete the program will be around $40k, all told. Will it be worth it? I mean, will I really be making an acceptable wage when I finally grad? Current trends are mildly alarming. What do you guys think?
Wrong! 'Social' means interacting with a person! Not a MySQL Database!!
I'm all for this and from TFA, this sounds like a great thing (and lots of fun!) However, using the information gleaned here to apply to real-world situations is lacking in one MAJOR area: They neglect the aspect of social hacking. That is to say, attempting to gain access to a computer system through it's weakest link: THE USERS!
It's one thing to pit technical skill againt the threat of hacking, but it's been done over and over, all that technical skill accounts for nothing if you have a user that has his/her password written down on a sticky - on thier MONITOR!
Users must be educated and kept up to task on things like this, and it's my opinion that the IT/Security industry does not place enough emphasis in that arena, And to thier detriment...
Seriously though, thats really a function of the app in question. If you don't like the app, then switch! An obvious complaint from the M$ crowd is, "but I need Office!" Thats why there is Open Office
And similarly, there exists alternatives to mostly every other app out there. You don't like it, then switch!
Obviously!
Really good documentary! Seriously, you know you are a TRUE nerd when you witness an autonomous vehicle actually complete a race like this... and a tear comes to your eye! Really, I got misty-eyed watching this!!
1. Insert CD.
2. Click OK.
3. Done.
Please MOD UP, +5 Funny (but true!!)
"Beware the Ides of March..." in case you did not know, is from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.
Put this line in your zone definition:
recursion no;
Problem solved.
From TFA: "-- instant messaging, for one, hasn't foundered despite the difficulty of turning its popularity into profits."
God-damned American capitalist bullshit!
This guy and many like him think that if it does not make money or turn a profit, then it's not worth doing. HOGWASH!
This guy has NO idea where the Internet came from and obviously has NO idea where it is going.
P.S. I'm an American and LOVE America, it's just getting hard to defend these days...
A lot of negative vibe here! I would have thought the opposite - that is the idea that Internet 'radio', free of commercials and free to listen to would be WIDELY embraced by the Slahdot crowd... but wow!
I saw an argument that questioned why anyone would listen to a stream when you had mp3's and such on your local machine? That is SO closed minded! Why, to discover NEW music, you idiot! Not only that, there is a special connection to OTHER listeners, other listeners that obviously have the same taste and are WITNESSING what you are... right now! So, how is it to live in a cave then? Sheesh!
The other argument that tweaks me is "I don't want to listen to what other people (DJ's) are playing, I want to listen to what *I* want to listen to." Fair enough. But again, CLOSED minded. Music is ART; sir, and ART is a process of DISCOVERY. Go back to your CAVE, and btw, what the HELL are you doing posting on Slashdot anyway!?
Unbelievable! I support Internet streaming (and yes, with my wallet) because it is worth it to me, to not be subject to the rediculous nature of commercial radio. Internet streaming was born out of the idea that is does NOT take lots of money and equipement to share ideas (music, in this case) - the sharing of ideas and information! Anybody? Anyone with a sense of reasoning getting this??
Btw, for you non-haters: http://www.shoutcast.com/
This guy is a dick that's out for some $$$ no matter who gets screwed. Plain and simple. I mean, come'on... he's from Louisiana, he can't really have a steady income in the first place!
-Ponga
Could this be the demise of Apple?
Are you insane? Do you live on this planet? Have you even heard of this company, called Apple???
I suppose the story about the individual that sued McDonalds over the hot coffee spilt in his/her lap you posted, "Could this be the demise of McDonalds?"
+5 Insightful!?!?
Sheesh.
Now it's even EASIER for me to spend time on the clock not doing anything productive.
Thanks Slashdot!!
No kidding, what a waste of time reading all those sincere and thought provoking replies!
Kari... oh baby!
How about this: ALL sending mail servers must have a special DNS record. Similar to an MX, we'll call it an SX record. So, when a host contacts my mail server, I query DNS, "Does 1.2.3.4 have an SX record?" The reply will be 1 or 0, yes or no. DNS replies with 1.. "okay, mail will be accepted", DNS replies with 0, "Sorry, your not an authorized mail server!" This will cut down on zombies FOR SURE, because Joe Clueless Cable-User does not have access to Comcast's DNS servers. Therefore, ONLY ligit organizations will have SX records (those that have control over thier DNS.) This WILL cut down on SPAM and virus garbage, I'm sure you would agree. The flaw, is that the spammers that DO have DNS systems as well, can add SX records to thier hearts content... and to that, we can reply on our standard mechanisms. I use strict SMTP, spamhaus RBL and Postgrey, myself. Horray for Postfix!!! But still, smtp needs some help and I think this would do it. -Ponga
-- way cool software development info. free - as in beer (whatever that means ;-)
..uhhh.... Anyone want to get this one?
Where I live, car dealerships employ the following tactics to get you to ultimatly give them money (buy a car.) *Balloons, flags, etc. *Holding "Special Sales Events" every day of they year, it seems *Shiney trucks with thier hoods propped open with signs that read "S-A-L-E" *Inflateable gorrillas/other animals *Trucks that the bed has been converted into a mobile billboard drive around town *"Get a Free TV with a test drive!" Point is, these are all marketing gimmicks, whose SOLE purpose is to ultimatly get YOUR money. PERIOD. These are just Internet GIMMICKS. Nothing to see here, please move along...
If you are the seller, you have the advantage. You have every ability to ensure that the payment you recieve is genuine before you ship the item You sir/madame, are talking out of your ass. I sold an item on eBay once and everything appeared as normal. The buyer paid with a CC via PayPal, I recieved my money and everything was fine. THREE weeks latter, PayPal TAKES that money back (-$450 charge on my PayPal account) and claimed the CC used to purchase my item was stolen... Now, how the HELL am I supposed to know that!? DOWN with eBay, I say!!!
I loved eBay. Used it all the time and had a spotless reputation. Up until I sold a certain item which everything appeared to be normal. Then PayPal notifies me a few weeks latter that the CC used to purcahse my item was 'stolen' and promptly reclaimed 'thier' money. Unbelievable! There was NO way for me to know this let alone prevent it, yet PayPal (which is a div of eBay) took my money anyway! Last transaction I ever did on eBay. PayPal are a bunch of thieves and eBay does nothing about it. I hate eBay.
I thought it was
1. Read books about IP on Friday nights
2. ???
3. Profit!