I just watched the 'complimentary' download from Xbox Live Marketplace of Austin Powers. It looks like Bill is now on par with Robert Wagner as 'Number 2'. Coincidence? I think not.
In other news, Slim is now (apparently) Dr. Evil. Go figure.
"...or could have been included to create a 'false trail' for hackers."
If this really is a honeypot 'password', that'd be pretty cool. They should have some code that will covertly download the entire Jim Neighbors catalog whenever the root password is accessed.
I particularly like the fact that now it will update the estimated travel time instantly. We are going to Southern CA this summer, and I wanted to know how many hours I would be adding to make a detour to visit family. I like how I was able to drag the route around and see the travel time change each time.....
Then don't map from your home. Map from your city. I just enter FROM: Seattle, WA TO: (my destination address) and it works great. I don't really need directions on how to get out of my own driveway and onto the freeway. If I did, I probably shouldn't be driving anywhere....
So how long before people start showing up with truckfuls of circa 1999 servers and claim they're all from their home-based business? In the town where I work they offer free paper recycling for personal and home business use. But invariably the bin is stuffed with paper that is obviously from neither of those sources (i.e. baled and bound paper shreddings, industrially die cut waste).
Where's the raping and pillaging?
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I mean pirates do those things right? And I don't think they hand of free samples; unless those are samples of whoop-ass. Oh, we are talking about software pirates..... nevermind.
I know they were thinking of the mythical monster when the name Hydra was decided upon. But don't any of the geek on the staff read comics? Don't they know that HYDRA is the code name for a global terrorist organization? I mean c'mon! Why don't they just call it Spectre?
Strictly from a support view, I would recommend Dell. Based primarily on my current experience with HP and past experience with Dell. I currently also work for a non-profit, albeit a much larger one. We administrator about 275 servers for school data centers across all of Washington State. I have to call HP support several times a week, and every time I dread it. I get the run around from the 'techs', I am regularly told that our servers are 'not under any warrenty' (I tell them the 300K a month we spend assures me that they are - and usually have to talk to a manger), and of course the language barrier is awful (I believe they are in Costa Rica). Oh and did I mention the voice activated call routing system? That sucks too. It's so NOT fun to have to repeat 'Proliant running Microsoft' out loud into the phone 10 times just to get a human on the phone. Keep in mind we have the *highest* support level offered by HP.
At my last job, I ran a much, much smaller datacenter with only about 6 Dell servers (I use the term data center loosely). There we had what Dell called 'Gold level support'. The fact that I usually spoke with native English speakers was awesome all by itself. But I could usually get a tech on site much faster, and with much less hassle. And we got a direct line to Tier II support.
A few years ago I wanted to impress it on my boss that the human factor is usually one of the weakest in a security model. So, with him in the room, I called HR and said something like 'Hi Sarah! How are you doing? Didn't you just get back from vacation? Did you have a good time? (...more smalltalk ad nauseum...). Anyway, I'm retarted. I just reset my password, but I must of had caps lock on or something because now I can't get it to work. Can you reset it for me again? Thanks!'
No hacking, cracking, phreaking, yadda yadda yadda.
I want to create a bot will do nothing but search for, and then go to, 'illegal' sites. I figure if it hits a few porn sites, maybe an offshore gambling site, and *any* site in Arabic that should be enough. If we get enough of these bot going it should create so much white noise that the g-men couldn't tell the real stuff from the botted stuff. Or maybe I won't. y'know, whatever...
I don't know.... who ever thought that a six-year-old aerial photo of the desert would be practical? But now those Google Earth images are shown on the news as visual aids when they are talking about Iraq or some such. I can see this turning into the equivalent for radio news shows.
I do use it, but only as a junk mail collection bin. When I register for something that I am pretty sure will generate spam for me, I give them my hotmail account. I check it about once a month and look for any legitimate email; and delete the rest.
It's a bit different because the HD-DVD G-men may sued you and your company, while (and this is based on my own experience with Scientology) the Scientology folks will destroy your credit rating, tap your phone, stalk your kids at school, and may just try to harm you physically.
Music downloading types are like electrons. They always take the path of least resistance. You can charge for music downloads, and if it's super easy to do, people will pay it. But if you make the process even slightly more complicated, no one will touch it, even if it's free.
My question is, if a malicious piece of malware get delivered to someone via a Google Ad on my site am I going to get sued? If my AdWords are just a ticking litigious timebomb maybe I should take them down....
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I saw that too. Trying to read that sentence will did gave me a headache.
I just watched the 'complimentary' download from Xbox Live Marketplace of Austin Powers. It looks like Bill is now on par with Robert Wagner as 'Number 2'. Coincidence? I think not.
In other news, Slim is now (apparently) Dr. Evil. Go figure.
Oh yeah, this is TOTALLY the same thing.... NOT!
I particularly like the fact that now it will update the estimated travel time instantly. We are going to Southern CA this summer, and I wanted to know how many hours I would be adding to make a detour to visit family. I like how I was able to drag the route around and see the travel time change each time.....
Then don't map from your home. Map from your city. I just enter FROM: Seattle, WA TO: (my destination address) and it works great. I don't really need directions on how to get out of my own driveway and onto the freeway. If I did, I probably shouldn't be driving anywhere....
So how long before people start showing up with truckfuls of circa 1999 servers and claim they're all from their home-based business? In the town where I work they offer free paper recycling for personal and home business use. But invariably the bin is stuffed with paper that is obviously from neither of those sources (i.e. baled and bound paper shreddings, industrially die cut waste).
"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul" - Tycho Brahe
Or, for you visual learners out there: A Picture
I mean pirates do those things right? And I don't think they hand of free samples; unless those are samples of whoop-ass. Oh, we are talking about software pirates..... nevermind.
I know they were thinking of the mythical monster when the name Hydra was decided upon. But don't any of the geek on the staff read comics? Don't they know that HYDRA is the code name for a global terrorist organization? I mean c'mon! Why don't they just call it Spectre?
Strictly from a support view, I would recommend Dell. Based primarily on my current experience with HP and past experience with Dell. I currently also work for a non-profit, albeit a much larger one. We administrator about 275 servers for school data centers across all of Washington State. I have to call HP support several times a week, and every time I dread it. I get the run around from the 'techs', I am regularly told that our servers are 'not under any warrenty' (I tell them the 300K a month we spend assures me that they are - and usually have to talk to a manger), and of course the language barrier is awful (I believe they are in Costa Rica). Oh and did I mention the voice activated call routing system? That sucks too. It's so NOT fun to have to repeat 'Proliant running Microsoft' out loud into the phone 10 times just to get a human on the phone. Keep in mind we have the *highest* support level offered by HP.
At my last job, I ran a much, much smaller datacenter with only about 6 Dell servers (I use the term data center loosely). There we had what Dell called 'Gold level support'. The fact that I usually spoke with native English speakers was awesome all by itself. But I could usually get a tech on site much faster, and with much less hassle. And we got a direct line to Tier II support.
hmm. I guess you could say that "935GB ought to be enough for anybody".
Note to future self: remember when 1 terabyte was considered a lot of storage? those were the days....
The boss was suprised. But, no, Sarah stayed employed. But we did have a *intensive* company meeting regarding security later that month.
Classy.
A few years ago I wanted to impress it on my boss that the human factor is usually one of the weakest in a security model. So, with him in the room, I called HR and said something like 'Hi Sarah! How are you doing? Didn't you just get back from vacation? Did you have a good time? (...more smalltalk ad nauseum...). Anyway, I'm retarted. I just reset my password, but I must of had caps lock on or something because now I can't get it to work. Can you reset it for me again? Thanks!' No hacking, cracking, phreaking, yadda yadda yadda.
I want to create a bot will do nothing but search for, and then go to, 'illegal' sites. I figure if it hits a few porn sites, maybe an offshore gambling site, and *any* site in Arabic that should be enough. If we get enough of these bot going it should create so much white noise that the g-men couldn't tell the real stuff from the botted stuff. Or maybe I won't. y'know, whatever...
I don't know.... who ever thought that a six-year-old aerial photo of the desert would be practical? But now those Google Earth images are shown on the news as visual aids when they are talking about Iraq or some such. I can see this turning into the equivalent for radio news shows.
I will just go back to the old fashioned ad-skip method:
First break, make a sandwich. Second break, get a drink and/or take a leak. Third break, take a dump.
I do use it, but only as a junk mail collection bin. When I register for something that I am pretty sure will generate spam for me, I give them my hotmail account. I check it about once a month and look for any legitimate email; and delete the rest.
It's a bit different because the HD-DVD G-men may sued you and your company, while (and this is based on my own experience with Scientology) the Scientology folks will destroy your credit rating, tap your phone, stalk your kids at school, and may just try to harm you physically.
Right on brother! Now one other question. How do you get pink paint off a frog?
Yeah, yeah I know. But that just sounds goofy...
You can download music legally using BitTorrent, can't you?
Music downloading types are like electrons. They always take the path of least resistance. You can charge for music downloads, and if it's super easy to do, people will pay it. But if you make the process even slightly more complicated, no one will touch it, even if it's free.
My question is, if a malicious piece of malware get delivered to someone via a Google Ad on my site am I going to get sued? If my AdWords are just a ticking litigious timebomb maybe I should take them down....