1) You've got to keep your firewalls up to date with the rest of your software
2) Don't build a maginot line that a hacker can plow through and then discover that Paris has no more defenses. Good security is always a series of obstacles, as many obstacles that you can put in the way. Not one of them will be perfect, but enough obstacles that are sufficiently difficult will keep a hacker out. So use that Linksys router. And run a router on each box. And make sure that your subnet isn't routable or addressable from the outside. And make sure your external facing machines are firewalled from your internal network. And make sure that your patches are up to date. And scan your internal network often to make sure than no funny ports are open. And read the advisories. And run a virus scanner. And don't use Outlook for a mail client. And don't forget to use that nmap against your external network interface frequently; if that means getting an Earthlink account just for scanning your network from the outside then do it.
Most payloads don't need people around. It's stupid to risk people when they aren't necessary.
A capsule or vehicle that is smaller can be made more robust. If it's on top of the rocket and not too big, an escape rocket can be attached that will increase the opportunities to get people back alive from an accident.
We can use the existing SRB boosters from the shuttle to form the basis of a heavy lift vehicle. With those I bet we could easily build a booster that could triple the lift capacity of the current shuttle or Titan IV rockets. Lifting larger and more completely assembled sections of the ISS to orbit would have saved a dump truck full of money.
Surely someone will know who I'm talking about. She was featured prominently in many ads in Computer Shopper, going by various names - Kathy, Susie, etc.
She was a blond, longish hair, with a telephone operator's headset and a silly smile. I seem to recall her being common on CDW or Micro Warehouse ads.
I think that particular stock photo set the record for reuse.
Thanks, so seldom do I get feedback on it, that your attentions are most needed and most wanted. The beauty of my little system of scripts is that I can completely change how the entire site looks by modifying exactly one template file.
My website at http://www.pdrap.org uses code generation. All my pages are static html, and are generated by a Python script that I wrote from a source+template. The source directory is organized the same way that the site is organized.
When I want to add a new page or section, I just make a new directory and drop a document into it. When I want to add photos to my photo album, I just make a directory and drop my photos into it. The script takes care of everything else. It reads the source directory, generates new pages into a cache area. Then I use the unison program (rsync protocol) to put all the changed pages into the web server directory.
The end result is that I can add whatever I want to my website without having to write html, or run any CGI, javascript, or anything like that on the webserver.
The images were taken as part of an operational test of the infrared array camera. It will take about a month to fully focus and fine-tune the telescope and cool it to optimal operating temperature, so these early images will not be as sharp or polished as future pictures.
More important than all those things: choosing the proper lane. Things are so bad around here that I find that if I get into the slow lane I can pass all the slow cars loitering in the passing lane at high speed.
You're right. Don't know where I read that Titan was going out of service. I remember thinking it was odd at the time, because the IV is still quite new. Thanks for the info.
Titan is retired, they aren't going to launch any more Titan IV's.
We should be making a new capsule based system. It can be a reusable capsule, and it would be a lot cheaper than the shuttle. Our current Atlas and Delta rockets could launch it easily. Atlas used to be a man-rated booster, and it could be again. The Deltas are descended from the Thor ICBM, and haven't been man-rated in the past, but with their impressive record no doubt could be.
We should not be carrying payloads with the astronauts. They should be launched separately. With a capsule design, we would (re)gain the ability to recover the astronauts in case of a vehicle failure, and it would put the people where they belong: at the top of the rocket. Both failures of the STS can be directly attributed to the fact that the shuttle and the boosters are placed side-by-side. A regular rocket can be remarkably robust. If you doubt that, check out the accounts of the Skylab launch.
The reason is that these companies are using Linux for a reason. Don't look at the situation as "us" and "companies". The companies are users too. They choose Linux sometimes for the same reasons that we choose Linux.
What are those reasons? The ability to get a great product for low cost, the ability to change that product, and the ability to distribute the modified product.
A company that makes a device, such as a robot, isn't in the operating system business. Even if the extensions that allow Linux to run on robots don't get into the vanilla kernel, it's still a benefit to cause those extensions to be released under the GPL.
To continue using the robot example, if Sony make a robot running Linux, and releases their patches for the robot Linux kernel, then Samsung could use the robot Linux as the foundation for the Samsung robot. And vice-versa. The reason that these companies win in that situation is that they are not in the business of selling Linux, and Sony and Samsung do not compete on the basis of how bad-ass their Linux product is. They compete in the robot marketplace.
It makes perfect sense for these two companies to cooperate on the Linux kernel, because they don't compete there. It would not make sense for these two companies to GPL the applications that distinguish their individual robots however. If Sony were to make special modifications to the Linux kernel that implemented trade secret robot algorithms, they would be doing something wrong; those pieces belong in user space, not kernel space.
I noticed you as as a newcomer to my freaks list (you marked me as a foe). I can usually figure out why most people who mark me as foes, but I just read through some of your comments and it's not obvious to me where you might disagree with me. I usually do tit-for-tat when it comes to that sort of thing, but in this case it doesn't make sense.
Anyone manage to get the text of the article before the server died? It would be nice to say something insightful, instead of just saying that I don't know what he's talking about. The Internet isn't a network, it's a network of networks. In other words, it's balkanized by definition.
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That wasn't just some woman, that was a LAWYER. Big mistake. I wish the news would follow up on that story more.
Duh, I made a mistake. Don't run a router on each box. Run a FIREWALL on each box. Ipchains or Iptables or whatever.
1) You've got to keep your firewalls up to date with the rest of your software
2) Don't build a maginot line that a hacker can plow through and then discover that Paris has no more defenses. Good security is always a series of obstacles, as many obstacles that you can put in the way. Not one of them will be perfect, but enough obstacles that are sufficiently difficult will keep a hacker out. So use that Linksys router. And run a router on each box. And make sure that your subnet isn't routable or addressable from the outside. And make sure your external facing machines are firewalled from your internal network. And make sure that your patches are up to date. And scan your internal network often to make sure than no funny ports are open. And read the advisories. And run a virus scanner. And don't use Outlook for a mail client. And don't forget to use that nmap against your external network interface frequently; if that means getting an Earthlink account just for scanning your network from the outside then do it.
I think I've been blacklisted from AOL and Earthlink.
You're complaining about this?
In all seriousness, if you're getting blacklisted because of Sobig mails, then you're really better off without dealing with those people.
a few days ago.
Most payloads don't need people around. It's stupid to risk people when they aren't necessary.
A capsule or vehicle that is smaller can be made more robust. If it's on top of the rocket and not too big, an escape rocket can be attached that will increase the opportunities to get people back alive from an accident.
We can use the existing SRB boosters from the shuttle to form the basis of a heavy lift vehicle. With those I bet we could easily build a booster that could triple the lift capacity of the current shuttle or Titan IV rockets. Lifting larger and more completely assembled sections of the ISS to orbit would have saved a dump truck full of money.
Now that you mention it, you forgot to capitalize the first letter of your first fragmentary sentence. Your attitude could use some work as well.
You're right, links don't have spaces in them. But what you posted wasn't a link. Links can be clicked on. If you want a link, use the 'a' tag.
Surely someone will know who I'm talking about. She was featured prominently in many ads in Computer Shopper, going by various names - Kathy, Susie, etc.
She was a blond, longish hair, with a telephone operator's headset and a silly smile. I seem to recall her being common on CDW or Micro Warehouse ads.
I think that particular stock photo set the record for reuse.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little laptop too!
Ballmer, I have a feeling we're not in Redmond anymore.
Close your eyes and click your mouse button three times.
There's no place like $HOME
Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Linus. I said come back tomorrow.
You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of the RIAA, sneered at Microsoft and chuckled at SCO.
How would you like it if someone came along and bluescreened your server?
Read what my medal says: "SCO SUCKS". Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth?
Thanks, so seldom do I get feedback on it, that your attentions are most needed and most wanted. The beauty of my little system of scripts is that I can completely change how the entire site looks by modifying exactly one template file.
My website at http://www.pdrap.org uses code generation. All my pages are static html, and are generated by a Python script that I wrote from a source+template. The source directory is organized the same way that the site is organized.
When I want to add a new page or section, I just make a new directory and drop a document into it. When I want to add photos to my photo album, I just make a directory and drop my photos into it. The script takes care of everything else. It reads the source directory, generates new pages into a cache area. Then I use the unison program (rsync protocol) to put all the changed pages into the web server directory.
The end result is that I can add whatever I want to my website without having to write html, or run any CGI, javascript, or anything like that on the webserver.
I lost my D256 so that's kind of hard.
Answer: Lots of land, no pesky Indians. Also, no water and no air. That about sums it up.
Please name your invention the tubular valvistor. Thanks.
Just remember to unwind the stack completely. One twist left MUST be followed by one twist right. Very important.
If I remember my lessons from school correctly, I'd guess than King Ramsis is a pharaoh by profession.
More important than all those things: choosing the proper lane. Things are so bad around here that I find that if I get into the slow lane I can pass all the slow cars loitering in the passing lane at high speed.
You're right. Don't know where I read that Titan was going out of service. I remember thinking it was odd at the time, because the IV is still quite new. Thanks for the info.
Titan is retired, they aren't going to launch any more Titan IV's.
We should be making a new capsule based system. It can be a reusable capsule, and it would be a lot cheaper than the shuttle. Our current Atlas and Delta rockets could launch it easily. Atlas used to be a man-rated booster, and it could be again. The Deltas are descended from the Thor ICBM, and haven't been man-rated in the past, but with their impressive record no doubt could be.
We should not be carrying payloads with the astronauts. They should be launched separately. With a capsule design, we would (re)gain the ability to recover the astronauts in case of a vehicle failure, and it would put the people where they belong: at the top of the rocket. Both failures of the STS can be directly attributed to the fact that the shuttle and the boosters are placed side-by-side. A regular rocket can be remarkably robust. If you doubt that, check out the accounts of the Skylab launch.
I'm not fat, and I'm not even big boned.
The reason is that these companies are using Linux for a reason. Don't look at the situation as "us" and "companies". The companies are users too. They choose Linux sometimes for the same reasons that we choose Linux.
What are those reasons? The ability to get a great product for low cost, the ability to change that product, and the ability to distribute the modified product.
A company that makes a device, such as a robot, isn't in the operating system business. Even if the extensions that allow Linux to run on robots don't get into the vanilla kernel, it's still a benefit to cause those extensions to be released under the GPL.
To continue using the robot example, if Sony make a robot running Linux, and releases their patches for the robot Linux kernel, then Samsung could use the robot Linux as the foundation for the Samsung robot. And vice-versa. The reason that these companies win in that situation is that they are not in the business of selling Linux, and Sony and Samsung do not compete on the basis of how bad-ass their Linux product is. They compete in the robot marketplace.
It makes perfect sense for these two companies to cooperate on the Linux kernel, because they don't compete there. It would not make sense for these two companies to GPL the applications that distinguish their individual robots however. If Sony were to make special modifications to the Linux kernel that implemented trade secret robot algorithms, they would be doing something wrong; those pieces belong in user space, not kernel space.
I noticed you as as a newcomer to my freaks list (you marked me as a foe). I can usually figure out why most people who mark me as foes, but I just read through some of your comments and it's not obvious to me where you might disagree with me. I usually do tit-for-tat when it comes to that sort of thing, but in this case it doesn't make sense.
So, why am I your foe?
He STOLE that karma from me. Ripped it out of my fingers!
Anyone manage to get the text of the article before the server died? It would be nice to say something insightful, instead of just saying that I don't know what he's talking about. The Internet isn't a network, it's a network of networks. In other words, it's balkanized by definition.