Lawlet: Blade
Lawlet: Take +c off
@Blade_Serpent: What are you going to DO if I take it off
Lawlet: Wait until no one's looking, then subject your eyes to the text equivelant of a old man vomiting lucky charms & crayola everywhere, BLade.
T: That script should need two keys at opposite ends of the room and Congressional authorization.

De aici.

Inca una de pe /.

Uuuhhhhh....I really hate to burst your reality bubble there, bud, but there is a reason why all the Linux servers aren't getting pwned and the Windows desktops are. It is because they have these things called server admins and they are usually pretty damned smart. They are also really anal retentive when it comes to anything security related. With good reason, after all they are getting paid the big bucks to be. Meet Glenn. Say hi Glenn (I'm busy, go away) not a very social creature, Glenn is a Linux server admin. He spends most of his time on security websites and learning about the latest nasty when he isn't testing a new tweak on the test server to see if he can get an extra .05% performance under load. In his free time he enjoys black hat conferences, which his employer is happy to pay him to attend.

Now we are going to meet an average Windows desktop user. Meet Velma. say hi Velma (Hi Y'all!) isn't she sweet? Little Velma works at the local insurance agency. they love her there because she can take one look at a customer and without looking up a shred of paperwork say something like this "Hi Bob! How's your oldest girl? You know she's about ready to get her learner's permit so I've already looked up the most affordable coverage for her. Does she have really good grades? She can get an extra discount if she does" and so on. Little Velma is really good at generating sales. She is sweet and friendly and always knows your name and remembers all about your family. Everybody loves little Velma.

/cue ominous music......But we here in the PC business have a nickname for little Velma, one that she don't know about but is well earned it is....the disaster area! Dum dum dum! That is because little Velma is the trusting kind of sort, and on a computer that equals danger. Let's watch as little Velma interacts with her friendly neighborhood PC repairman, a big but lovable biker looking chap known on the net as hairyfeet.../feet/Now Velma, we have talked about this. you shouldn't mess with email attachments, I don't care who they are from. And if it is a .zip that you have to put a password to open it is a virus and you shouldn't touch it! /Velma/ But my bff Kim sent me this! See there is her name and everything! I'm sure it will be safe! /feet/Velma look, it is an executable and NOT happy puppy pictures! Do NOT run that! /Velma/ Oh, you worry too much. My bff Kim wouldn't send me anything bad. (inputs password, runs .exe, porn popups start flooding the screen while the network gets pounded) ooops. /feet/ ....... [roflposters.com]

And now you have seen an actual demonstration of why Linux is safe on servers. It is safe on servers because it is administered by guys like Glenn, say goodbye Glenn (I'm busy!) and does NOT have any Velma types mucking it up. Say goodbye Velma (Bye Y'all!). If you were to let Velma and all her friends loose on Linux if they didn't break them immediately they would become spambots in no time. It is because the malware writers have already figured out how to use a sinister concept called social engineering to target Velma and her types VERY effectively. Glenn isn't very social (Bite Me!) and is a naturally cynical creature and therefor social engineering really isn't an effective tool on his type. This is why Linux can enjoy the freedom to operate on some many servers across America without the constant malware like poor Velma gets. Tune in next week when we meet Bob, the Windows network admin, also known as the "where the hell is the damned disk?" guy.

Sursa.

Cu ce mi-am umplut timpul

Păi, într-o lună, am câştigat calificările la un concurs de overclocking, mi-am luat hardware-ul/premiu pentru finală(CPU AMD X4 940 + Asus M3A78-T: quad core la 3GHz şi placa de bază aferentă - pentru profani). Şi aseară am arestat locul 1 în lume în 3DMark2001 la categoria mea.

Idei de 1 aprilie

What's the worst could happen?

Jurnalul zilei de ieri:
M-am trezit la 8:50 ca sa descopar ca telefonul avea data setata cu 2 zile in urma, prin urmare nu a incercat sa ma deranjeze "sambata" dimineata ca sa ma duc la munca. Am ajuns la 10. Trebuia la 8. Dar sa revenim pe firul actiunii: astept tramvaiul 20. 20 de minute! Dupa care ma urc in 635 si merg pana la Pta Virgiliu, cobor, imi iau covrigi, si mai astept 10 minute acelasi tramvai. Pe la Pta Victoriei vad un tip ce seamana a controlor si mi se aprinde beculetul: "oare abonamentul meu mai e valabil?" Mda, pe chitanta scrie ca a fost, pana ieri. Ma dau jos inainte sa-mi ceara cineva explicatii. Iau metroul pana la 1 Mai, ies, imi iau vreo 3 bilete si urc in 20 pana la munca. Unde nu se intampla nimic extraordinar in afara faptului ca imi transfer 300 de lei in contul curent, ca tot nu mai aveam bani pe card. Si ca mi se confirma existenta in stoc a unei carcase Centurion590, deci iar voi ramane fara bani pe card.

Fast forward.
Plec la 5:30 de la munca, cu directia EvoMag(metrou Costin Georgian, capatul pamantului). Unde ajung si oamenii descopera ca a mea carcasa nu mai exista fizic la ei. Pentru ca a luat-o curierul din greseala! Ma uit urat la ei(si atat, n-am spus nimic licentios/jignitor/whatever) si stabilim ca ma vor suna mai tarziu si cel tarziu in aceasta dimineata imi voi putea lua carcasa. Resemnat, ma urc in metrou, dar nu merg decat pana la Unirii, fiindca ma suna tipul de la EvoMag sa ma anunte ca au recuperat carcasa. Si ma intorc. Si nu pot lua carcasa pentru ca POS-ul lor refuza plata(fonduri insuficiente cica). Strang din dinti, injur in cand, si cobor la bancomatul BRD de jos. Useless, fonduri insuficiente. Traversez la Raiffeisen visavis si fac o interogare de sold: mda, aia 300 de lei trasferati azi au disparut. Ma scarp in cap ca ca prostu' si imi dau seama ca n-am facut nicio tranzactie, deci ar trebui sa fie acolo fiecare leut. Sun la numarul de pe card si sunt intampinat cu "Ne pare rau, dar datorit unei indisponibilitati temporare a sistemului nu pot verifica contul dvs. Reveniti peste 10-25 minute. Va pot ajuta cu altceva?" E evident ca peste o ora alt operator mi-a zis aproximativ acelasi lucru. Sun la EvoMag sa le zic sa nu ma mai astepte si plec spre casa, plin de nervi, cu gandul sa-mi comanda o pizza si o bere, sa ma uit la un episod din Bones si sa ma culc.

Fast forward.
If you didn't saw that comming, tipul de la Pizza Cotroceni mi-a adus comanda(in mai putin de 20 de minute!). Si bonul altcuiva, care avea vreo 10 lei in plus. Pe care eu i-am platit, inainte sa ma uit la bon. Hei, cel putin mi-a adus ce am cerut...
So, what's the worst could happen today?

update: am primit un mai de la sefu', adresat mie si colegilor mei:

Pana la sosirea celor 170 routere se vor rezolva numai urgentele… adica numai Remus munceste J.

Hai să (e)migrăm

The French national police force, the Gendarmerie Nationale, has spoken about their migration away from the Windows platform to Linux. Estimated to have already saved the force 50 Million Euros, the migration is due to be completed on all 90,000 workstations by 2015. Of the move, Lt. Col. Guimard had this comment: "Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users. Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority."

Sursa: slashdot

Windows 7

Azi am reușit să arunc un Win7 beta pe unul dintre calculatoarele de la muncă. Configurația nu e tocmai recentă, dar speram să meargă: Prescott 640(3,2GHz, Hyperthreading), 2x512MB, video nVidia 7300or something. O fi el beta, dar mi se pare groaznic: se mișcă încetișor, nu e foarte responsiv, îți lasă impresia unei întârzieri între click și rezultat. Mai tre' să mă lămuresc și de ce unul idntre nucleele logice sare în mod constant de 20% load...
O să încerc să-l folosesc câteva zile, poate găsesc și un antivirus care se poate instala pe el și mai vedem(deși cred că și virușii au probleme de compatibilitate).

Fuck it, un restart durează juma' de an!