I think it started today. I know it wasn't on last night.
You might not have seen it, but earlier today a script was copying comments from stories and posting them in the wrong story. I saw one story that had comments from three other stories in it. It confused the hell out of me. At first I thought people were replying to someone's sig, so I turned them back on and checked. Then I thought maybe there was a bug in the code that was causing it. Overall, it was rather annoying, but kind of funny. I'd give the idiot that did a point for being creative.
But if we can load our mind into a computer, we should be able to reload it into another brain. Could this lead to people constantly growing clones of themselves so they can be 20-25 years old for eternity?
I don't know about DHS, but I just looked at some of my old military uniforms. The hat was made by Sekri, in southeast Kentucky. They apparently make quite a few pieces of the uniforms, but I don't feel like digging it all out to figure out what. The pants were made by Propper Industries. I couldn't find a location for them.
The "default" way to use this is to find a site you'd use all the time and have your ID stored there. If that site folds, oh well. What happens to the.Net Passport your parents have now if Microsoft decides to ditch Passport?
People who don't want to trust another site, like you and many other geeks, could run their own servers.
Running 32bit apps in a Debian (or Debian based, like Ubuntu) 64bit distro is a bit odd. The system installs the 64bit libraries, but not the 32bit. And because of the way it installs them, you can't install the 32bit as well. The "solution" is to have a 32bit chroot. I think this happens because the 64bit libs are in/lib, whereas every other 64bit distro uses/lib64 for 64bit, and/lib for 32bit.
So there is a way for people to still send without putting up money. That seems better.
Although, I thought I heard somewhere that spammers were using porn sites to get around this kind of stuff. For example, the porn customer just has to type in the letters/numbers and they get an hour access free.
I guess you're thinking of requiring a BIOS password to boot the machine, in which case you're right, my trick does nothing for that. Although I would imagine that not many administrators would do that. I for one want my servers to be able to reboot on their own if need be.
1) Carry in my own laptop. 2) Shutdown target machine. 3) Remove hard drive. 4) Place in USB drive enclosure. 5) Mount from laptop and change password. 6) Replace the drive in the target computer.
Personally, I like to get it all, but tagged for easy filtering in the client. A great example is GMail's interface. All potential spam is in a separate "folder" where I can skim through it at a rate of 50 messages every 5 seconds. If something legit is missed, it's my fault.
I dislike the setup they're forcing at work, and if fact I've whitelisted everything addressed to me at the server. I've gotten 27 spams in the one year I've worked here, so it's not been a problem.
If I understand correctly, which I might not, this is how it will work: spammer sends me an e-mail, I mark it as spam and receive money, spammer gets a notice so he can remove me from his list.
What's to stop me from biting the cost of a large mailing, collecting all those notices, and reselling them to other spammers as a list of verified active addresses? My customers could use the lists in a country not on board with the idea, since this will require legislation to enact (which is a problem too obvious to need explanation.)
Seems like a major problem, but I'll wait until the paper is released before making my final judgement.
...only poorly setup web-based email apps or client apps (or bad sysadmins) keep email from you...
In defense of all admins in my situation: sometimes management forces you to be that way. I tried tagging e-mails with [POSSIBLE SPAM] in the subject line instead of deleting them, and was told to turn it off because they didn't like it. And no, personal inbox rules weren't considered a valid option.
But how do you differentiate uploaders from downloaders on a P2P network where you become an uploader (of specific chunks) the moment you start downloading?
You don't, because everyone is an uploader in that case.
Maybe in a different version, such as on Linux. I also have yet to die on the first click in Windows, but I've never seen another version that did this same thing.
When I was a smoker, I would have killed for a job that had that setup. While I enjoyed the smoke breaks, having to get up and walk outside was annoying.
I can't believe that I had to slog all the way to the bottom before someone mentioned the most obvious caveat in doing this! Mineral oil, alcohol, acetone, what do they have in common? They're potent oxidizers! They'll eat anything organic. Wait until the oil (or whatever) eats through the styrofoam and dumps itself onto the carpet. It could be really fun with the more volitile stuff, let it drip down to where there's a pilot light, then wait for the vapor pressure to build...
Of course you could get to find out how long a PC can run after the PC boards delaminate and the plastic packages melt. After it does quit, you could sell it as high-tech art. I see the potential for making real profit on this!
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My capcha was jmarxdy. I think Slashdot is trying to brainwash me into communism.
That's odd, cause I'm getting them with my account. Maybe it's based on karma level or something, mine's only "positive" right now. What's yours.
I think it started today. I know it wasn't on last night.
You might not have seen it, but earlier today a script was copying comments from stories and posting them in the wrong story. I saw one story that had comments from three other stories in it. It confused the hell out of me. At first I thought people were replying to someone's sig, so I turned them back on and checked. Then I thought maybe there was a bug in the code that was causing it. Overall, it was rather annoying, but kind of funny. I'd give the idiot that did a point for being creative.
But if we can load our mind into a computer, we should be able to reload it into another brain. Could this lead to people constantly growing clones of themselves so they can be 20-25 years old for eternity?
Sorry to reply to myself, but I tracked down Propper Industries. They have plants in the US and Dominican Republic.
I don't know about DHS, but I just looked at some of my old military uniforms. The hat was made by Sekri, in southeast Kentucky. They apparently make quite a few pieces of the uniforms, but I don't feel like digging it all out to figure out what. The pants were made by Propper Industries. I couldn't find a location for them.
That's the worst part. I've been reading it for years, and can't think of a single post that was even 1/100th as weird as this.
This has to be, by the widest margin ever, the most bizarre Slashdot post I have ever seen.
The "default" way to use this is to find a site you'd use all the time and have your ID stored there. If that site folds, oh well. What happens to the .Net Passport your parents have now if Microsoft decides to ditch Passport?
People who don't want to trust another site, like you and many other geeks, could run their own servers.
Running 32bit apps in a Debian (or Debian based, like Ubuntu) 64bit distro is a bit odd. The system installs the 64bit libraries, but not the 32bit. And because of the way it installs them, you can't install the 32bit as well. The "solution" is to have a 32bit chroot. I think this happens because the 64bit libs are in /lib, whereas every other 64bit distro uses /lib64 for 64bit, and /lib for 32bit.
So there is a way for people to still send without putting up money. That seems better. Although, I thought I heard somewhere that spammers were using porn sites to get around this kind of stuff. For example, the porn customer just has to type in the letters/numbers and they get an hour access free.
I guess you're thinking of requiring a BIOS password to boot the machine, in which case you're right, my trick does nothing for that. Although I would imagine that not many administrators would do that. I for one want my servers to be able to reboot on their own if need be.
Solution to BIOS password:
1) Carry in my own laptop.
2) Shutdown target machine.
3) Remove hard drive.
4) Place in USB drive enclosure.
5) Mount from laptop and change password.
6) Replace the drive in the target computer.
No offense taken, just felt it had to be said.
Personally, I like to get it all, but tagged for easy filtering in the client. A great example is GMail's interface. All potential spam is in a separate "folder" where I can skim through it at a rate of 50 messages every 5 seconds. If something legit is missed, it's my fault.
I dislike the setup they're forcing at work, and if fact I've whitelisted everything addressed to me at the server. I've gotten 27 spams in the one year I've worked here, so it's not been a problem.
If I understand correctly, which I might not, this is how it will work: spammer sends me an e-mail, I mark it as spam and receive money, spammer gets a notice so he can remove me from his list.
What's to stop me from biting the cost of a large mailing, collecting all those notices, and reselling them to other spammers as a list of verified active addresses? My customers could use the lists in a country not on board with the idea, since this will require legislation to enact (which is a problem too obvious to need explanation.)
Seems like a major problem, but I'll wait until the paper is released before making my final judgement.
You're pretty sharp. Yes, it was a conclusion. That's why I said "actually."
And I am fully aware of his background. It doesn't change the fact that his idea is retarted.
In defense of all admins in my situation: sometimes management forces you to be that way. I tried tagging e-mails with [POSSIBLE SPAM] in the subject line instead of deleting them, and was told to turn it off because they didn't like it. And no, personal inbox rules weren't considered a valid option.
Actually, based on his theory here, he doesn't.
You don't, because everyone is an uploader in that case.
Maybe in a different version, such as on Linux. I also have yet to die on the first click in Windows, but I've never seen another version that did this same thing.
I did that same thing when I quit smoking, because I missed the breaks.
I used to make sure I exhaled a huge breath of smoke at anyone who gave me a fake cough. It sometimes gets them to leave.
I get plenty of BANG moments on the toilet, but they usually lead to me taking Immodium AD, not a breakthrough in my work.
Seriously though, I know what you mean. I get eureka moments like that while driving, usually on my way home from work.
When I was a smoker, I would have killed for a job that had that setup. While I enjoyed the smoke breaks, having to get up and walk outside was annoying.
I can't believe that I had to slog all the way to the bottom before someone mentioned the most obvious caveat in doing this! Mineral oil, alcohol, acetone, what do they have in common? They're potent oxidizers! They'll eat anything organic. Wait until the oil (or whatever) eats through the styrofoam and dumps itself onto the carpet. It could be really fun with the more volitile stuff, let it drip down to where there's a pilot light, then wait for the vapor pressure to build... Of course you could get to find out how long a PC can run after the PC boards delaminate and the plastic packages melt. After it does quit, you could sell it as high-tech art. I see the potential for making real profit on this!