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| 2001/1/31 [Uncategorized] UID:20476 Activity:nil 50%like:20477 |
1/30 What's an "open question"? Thanks. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Uncategorized] UID:20477 Activity:high 50%like:20476 |
1/30 What's an "open question"? Thanks. -- non-native English speaker
\_ no difinitive answer
\_ one that hasn't been solved
\_ this is the right one.
\_ He might also be talking about an "open-ended question," which
grade school teachers call essay prompts these days. It's
basically a question that has no right answer but can be answered
intelligently nonetheless.
[all wrong answers purged. let's try to be helpful sometimes.]
\_ Thanks for all the help!
\_ Thanks for all the help! So "Is there life outside of earth?" is
an open question, while "Should we extend BART to San Jose?" is an
open-ended question.
\_ well... most of terrestrial life is "outside" the earth... |
| 2001/1/31 [Computer/SW/Database, Computer/Networking] UID:20478 Activity:kinda low |
1/30 Arg. I upgraded from BIND 8.2.2 to 8.2.3 (you wouldn't think that
would cause problems) and now i'm getting all kinds of errors
when it tries to load the db files! Can anyone point me to an
example of the new format. Thanks.
\_ New format? My files worked fine. I did the make all;make install
and copied named-xfer into my chroot'd named home, killed and
restarted named and it ran perfectly. Maybe you could post a few
of the errors you're getting? Please don't post more than a few
lines.
\_ Thanks, but i figured it out. 8.2.2 was allowing me to
get away with " ( " on its own line and 8.2.3 requires
it on the line above - as does 9. (feel free to delete
this thread now, or i'll do it tomorrow)
\_ Why put ( on it's own line anyway? Aesthetics? |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Academia/Berkeley] UID:20479 Activity:very high |
1/30 link:www.bayarea.com/c/breaking/docs/002024.htm Columbine style attack on De Anza diverted. Has Berkeley safety gotten better through the years (after Henry's hostage situation) \_ Now they shoot students before they go berserk based on a personality profile provided by NOW. \_ De Anza sucks. This only proves that shit like this happens more in community college and the like. It rarely happens in Stanford or MIT or Caltech. \_ De Anza has a bunch of MIT, Cal, Stanford undergrads during the summer. Also lots of Bay Area residents from these schools take self-help classes at De Anza. \_ From the MIT/tech people I've met, I'd say these are where the truly unbalanced folks go. \_ yeah. sometimes they say things like "I want to meet you at triple rock at 8 pm" and what they really mean is "If there is anywhere in the world i'm going to be at saturday at 8pm it's not going to be triple rock." Inconsistency foreshadows a derange mind. \_ Oh Great Clueless One, you were blown off. And the ugly part is you don't even realise that. \_ hear, hear! \_ The Unabomber (UC Berkeley person) hit Cory Hall and other places before, didn't he? \_ Yes, a bomb went off in Cory Hall. One poor fellow lost some fingers and I think the rest of his hand as well. \_ De Anza has hella fine women. Remember, quality of women is inversely proportional to quality of school. \_ Supposedly, Berkeley has good looking guys. Does that mean that all the guys in Berkeley are idiots and the girls are smart? \_ No, no, no! These good looking men are obviously gay; they are an exception to this rule. Stare at them a little longer, and you'll find out on your own soon enough. \_ The guy lives several blocks from me. Nice to know I have sane neighbors. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:20480 Activity:moderate |
1/30 In NT, when I try to open or delete a file and it says "The process
cannot access the file because it is being used by another process",
is there a way to find out which process is using the file? Thx.
\_ lsof
\_ handleex.exe, http://www.sysinternals.com
\_ Is Filemon from the same site better for this purpose?
\_ reboot
\_ That won't find out and it also won't release the file if
the file is opened again at startup or login. If you
don't know what you're tal-- nevermind. It's the motd.
Go right ahead.
\_ If you don't know, you're Tal. -- talg #1 fan.
\_ chill. the answer is meant as a joke.
\_ This is Berkeley. That wasn't funny. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Computer/SW/Database, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:20481 Activity:high |
1/31 Wow, I just found out my company's software got cracked by crackers.
A bit disheartening, but got me thinking, is there any commercial
software out there that has been found to be uncrackable?
\_ Just found out? The moment the software was published it was
cracked. Probably took someone about 30 seconds between sips of
Coke and Oreo cookies. And no, if the whole binary runs on the
local machine it can be cracked. You can make it really annoying
but that only increases the challenge for the crackers and makes
your paying customers really pissed off. Software protection is
only good to keep the casual pirates at bay and doesn't even do
that very well. Let it go, move on. They wouldn't have paid for
it anyway.
\_ Any non-commercial? Or are you trying to say only non open-source
software can be cracked?
\_ open source software can be commercial
\_ I have yet to see a successful crack on Mathematica. But the
protection scheme really sucks since the password changes based
on your hardware config (hard disk size, ethernet card #, etc)
I paid for the software but found its copy protection mech
really annoying.
\_ Only idiots release software with copy protection.
\- what do you mean by "cracking MMa"? i got around the licensing
stuff in 1988 or so with adb. --psb
\_ Incidentally, there is a working crack to Office 2000 SR-1.
\_ Why do you need to crack Office 2000? Just install the same CD
onto tens of machines.
\_ Please read: SR-1. Come back and try again.
\_ I see. What does SR-1 have that prevents someone from
installing on multiple machines?
\_ Apply the SR-1 patch and see for yourself. The
less destructive approach is to look for articles
on Whistler's anti-piracy scheme, which was rolled
into the SR-1 update for Office 2000.
\_ Only idiots release software with copy protection. People who
are inclined to pay for software will, those who are not will
go to http://russiancd.com or something and get fully cracked versions
for $50.
\_ Our software sells for $29.99. That would be dumb. -orig poster
\_ Okay, what I ment is your software + all M$ software +
all Adobe Software + Oracle 8 + AutoCad + ProE + your
favorite software for $50 from http://russiancd.com
\_ It isn't about price. And anyway, your software and 20+
others are getting squeezed on the same CD for $9.99. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Uncategorized] UID:20482 Activity:nil |
1/31 What's a "shared call drivers" and how does it improve dispatch? |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Recreation/Dating] UID:20483 Activity:nil |
1/31 http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/01/30/agebias/index.html Age bias in tech article. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Uncategorized] UID:20484 Activity:nil |
1/30 \_ Thanks, but i figured it out. 8.2.2 was allowing me to
get away with " ( " on its own line and 8.2.3 requires
it on the line above - as does 9. (feel free to delete
this thread now, or i'll do it tomorrow)
\_ Why put ( on it's own line anyway? Aesthetics?
\_ Random Neural activity. That's just how i happened to
type it for the first domain. All others were just
basically copies. |
| 2001/1/31-2/1 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:20485 Activity:very high 57%like:20472 |
1/31 Regarding the Soda MkV bios password, why not just reset BIOS?
\_ i could, but it's old and may not like it so if there's a
less invasive method, i'm all up for it, otherwise i will
\_ sign your fucking posts paolo
\_ Check for a bios password hack on the net. Never know....
\_ what kind of bozo would put a BIOS password on a
machine in a machine room
\_ One who knows just how many other people have
access to the machine room and just how often
some of them fail to make sure the door closes
all the way when they leave.
\_ get a fucking clue
\_ Uhm, yeah, and? A bios password will
somehow save you? Sigh... find a crack
or hack for it on the net. And oh yeah,
as the above said, get a fucking clue.
\_ umm, judging by the posters present
difficulty, i'd say Yeah a bios pwd.
may save you. Not everyone has the
same skill set and sometimes just
making things a bit more difficult for
an intruder is all it takes. There are
plenty of people who just check for
unlocked doors. I bet you leave yours
unlocked, because, hell, they can always
break a window.
\_ never said it would save you, just that
being in the machine room doesn't make
it any more or less useful to set one
than a machine left in a public place. |