Well, I don't know how old the phone switch that AT&T has out here is, but it's definitely not rural. That said, it would be fun trying to dial into AOL using a party line...
Oh, it's still around. In fact, Debian even maintains a distribution for it. That said, my understanding is that stability and performance are still rather miserable.
I actually have a friend of mine that's still running Windows Me and - get this - accesses the Internet via an AOL dial-up account. When I asked him why he doesn't just get DSL or some other form of broadband, he said, "If I do that, I'll get viruses faster!" I really couldn't argue with that.
It's not all bad, though. When he asked me to install AOL on his computer (under protest, mind you) and get him set up, I set up AOL to use pulse-dialing (think old-school rotary phone) when making its calls. It turns out that, once set, you can't unset that, so, every time he tries to get on to the Internet at home, he has to sit there and wait... "TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK... TICK-TICK-TICK... TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK..." and so on for about 45 seconds or so. I told him it was my way of getting even.
You have a better way of monitoring their diet? Besides, after they're done analyzing their excretions, they can then dissect them in biology class with the owl pellets.
I was leaning toward the Vista Cruiser, though, you have to admit, the Colt Vista was an interesting concept. Strange looking, to be sure, but no worse than a Nissan Axxess.
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Well, sure, but you have to admit, "7" is a much better name than "Vista". I mean, "Vista" reminds me of an old station wagon, while "7" reminds me of the only reason to watch old Star Trek: Voyager reruns. That alone makes it worth my while!
I used to do this and, for a couple of years, it worked pretty well. Then I discovered a rootkit that installed itself as a system driver, which then led to me doing an eyeball check on the filenames in the %WINDOWS%\system32 folder. After discovering at least a few dozen "sydfh43423.sys"-esque files, I realized it was time to just give up on cleaning machines and go straight to wipe/reformat.
The other problem with the above method is that, unless you're really patient, you're not going to remove the hooks out of the registry (Offline Registry Editor is better than nothing, but still...). This means, at best, you'll end up with a bunch of "C:\WINDOWS\system32\asd438v95.exe missing" errors when you first boot up, and, at worst, you'll end up running that neat little.bin file hiding in your Local Settings file that started this mess in the first place. Honestly, your best bet these days is to just wipe and reload - it's the one cleaning method they haven't found a way to compromise... at least, not yet.
Reading is essentially a fancy wrapper around speaking and memorization. That is really old tech, and needs no restatement. Also, technology is essentially a fancy wrapper around labor and material. That is really old tech, and needs no reworking.
Ars had a pretty good article on the subject. Fast-forward to page 8 of the review and go from there - they touch on LLVM, C blocks, and how Grand Central Dispatch works.
I'm saving the planet too, but I'm having a hell of a time restoring from backup. Do you have any idea how long it takes to un-tar a file the size of Earth?
Even that's not right. He only chose to allocate funding to the embryonic stem cell lines that were already being researched. Before he did that, no lines were receiving federal funding. More details can be found here and here. Note that there was never a point during the Bush administration when working on non-authorized lines would have been illegal - in fact, California had a research institute set up to explore them.
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I was of the understanding that revenge is a dish best served cold... and it's very cold... ON THE MOON!
You can do that in Windows, too. You just have to use software restrictions policies. They've been around in some form since at least Windows XP.
For me, it's been 19 years.
Well, I don't know how old the phone switch that AT&T has out here is, but it's definitely not rural. That said, it would be fun trying to dial into AOL using a party line...
I'll be sure to let him know you think so.
Oh, it's still around. In fact, Debian even maintains a distribution for it. That said, my understanding is that stability and performance are still rather miserable.
I actually have a friend of mine that's still running Windows Me and - get this - accesses the Internet via an AOL dial-up account. When I asked him why he doesn't just get DSL or some other form of broadband, he said, "If I do that, I'll get viruses faster!" I really couldn't argue with that.
It's not all bad, though. When he asked me to install AOL on his computer (under protest, mind you) and get him set up, I set up AOL to use pulse-dialing (think old-school rotary phone) when making its calls. It turns out that, once set, you can't unset that, so, every time he tries to get on to the Internet at home, he has to sit there and wait... "TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK... TICK-TICK-TICK... TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK-TICK..." and so on for about 45 seconds or so. I told him it was my way of getting even.
You have a better way of monitoring their diet? Besides, after they're done analyzing their excretions, they can then dissect them in biology class with the owl pellets.
I was leaning toward the Vista Cruiser, though, you have to admit, the Colt Vista was an interesting concept. Strange looking, to be sure, but no worse than a Nissan Axxess.
So... it's Perl? Dear God... we are through the looking glass!
Knowing our luck, they'll get confused and use Red Flag Linux instead.
You're overthinking this:
An unidentified country wants access to your nuclear secrets
Don't allow the country access unless they are an ally or they have offered campaign contributions.
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We either need to look tough on national security or the unions just paid us off to start a tariff war.
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We have received enough in campaign contributions to buy off some positive press when this story breaks.
From the halls of 1 Microsoft Way,
To the shores of Sammamish...
Well, sure, but you have to admit, "7" is a much better name than "Vista". I mean, "Vista" reminds me of an old station wagon, while "7" reminds me of the only reason to watch old Star Trek: Voyager reruns. That alone makes it worth my while!
I was fired for buying IBM, you insensitive clod!
The Columbus Free Democrat wants you to Remember the Maine!
(We must defeat the Spanish menace!)
I used to do this and, for a couple of years, it worked pretty well. Then I discovered a rootkit that installed itself as a system driver, which then led to me doing an eyeball check on the filenames in the %WINDOWS%\system32 folder. After discovering at least a few dozen "sydfh43423.sys"-esque files, I realized it was time to just give up on cleaning machines and go straight to wipe/reformat.
.bin file hiding in your Local Settings file that started this mess in the first place. Honestly, your best bet these days is to just wipe and reload - it's the one cleaning method they haven't found a way to compromise... at least, not yet.
The other problem with the above method is that, unless you're really patient, you're not going to remove the hooks out of the registry (Offline Registry Editor is better than nothing, but still...). This means, at best, you'll end up with a bunch of "C:\WINDOWS\system32\asd438v95.exe missing" errors when you first boot up, and, at worst, you'll end up running that neat little
Reading is essentially a fancy wrapper around speaking and memorization. That is really old tech, and needs no restatement. Also, technology is essentially a fancy wrapper around labor and material. That is really old tech, and needs no reworking.
This is all running on kernel 2.6.31, right?
Ars had a pretty good article on the subject. Fast-forward to page 8 of the review and go from there - they touch on LLVM, C blocks, and how Grand Central Dispatch works.
Nah - that's a man-in-the-middle attack. A DoS attack would involve large flocks of pigeons visiting the data destination at the same time.
jfjklwe89045j qwe[9556]j\4db95asdl;werpiou12345;
What, no banana? Screw this - I'm never commenting again!
I'm saving the planet too, but I'm having a hell of a time restoring from backup. Do you have any idea how long it takes to un-tar a file the size of Earth?
That's the 20th Century spirit!
Even that's not right. He only chose to allocate funding to the embryonic stem cell lines that were already being researched. Before he did that, no lines were receiving federal funding. More details can be found here and here. Note that there was never a point during the Bush administration when working on non-authorized lines would have been illegal - in fact, California had a research institute set up to explore them.