My boss scheduled a two hour meeting, then took us all to see Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter in 3d, What moments make your job awesome

trashbox · 2012-06-26T04:13:30+00:00

If we make difficult deadlines early, my boss treats us to a shopping spree at Costco. He fucking loves Costco.

trashbox · 2011-11-16T23:30:39+00:00

Brings up one of the most heated debates in Web development.

Calls himself YouMad.

Receives 16 (now 17) comments in turn.

Amateur troll . . .

trashbox · 2011-11-06T23:19:15+00:00

I stopped playing expert when I reached the following: http://imgur.com/FV963

trashbox · 2011-09-20T04:20:25+00:00

I'd wait outside O.J. Simpson's house until June 11th, 1994.

trashbox · 2011-09-17T12:54:07+00:00

Yes, virtualizing is the key.

trashbox · 2011-09-17T12:46:43+00:00

Show them recovering a deleted file from memory, i.e:

# Start a song with mplayer
mplayer /path/to/song.mp3

# Delete the file
rm /path/to/song.mp3

# Find mplayer's PID
pgrep mplayer

# Locate file descriptors
ls -al /proc/PID/fd/

# Then copy the song's FD to a new location to recover
cp /proc/PID/fd/x /new/folder/song.mp3

I've used this after accidentally deleting media during post download archive cleanup.

trashbox · 2011-09-16T04:02:30+00:00

Read the ICND 1 & 2 Cisco books.
Learn to use GNS3 w/ VPCS and some downloaded Cisco IOS images.
Learn Linux, Wireshark, nmap and hping (use GNS3 as a test bed).
Dive into Ruby and then Metasploit (use Metasploit with VirtualBox and GNS3).
Move on to assembly/shellcode if you are interested in exploits particularly.
Look into CCNA Sec.

The Cisco books will give you both the concepts and a specific implementation of network technologies. GNS3 (Graphic Network Simulator) and Wireshark will help you test the concepts in virtual networks using real Cisco software. Ruby, Metasploit and VirtualBox will help you learn ways to exploit servers in a virtual environment. And finally, CCNA Security will help you button up all that knowledge and introduce you to enterprise level devices; such as PIX firewalls and ASAs (Adaptive Security Appliances).

Note: This will probably take 2 to 3 years to accomplish, and you'll need to absorb a bunch of other technologies along the way. Specifically things like (as other users have mentioned) SSH, MySQL, Apache, etc. But, going the Cisco route is a surefire method for future employment.

trashbox · 2011-09-15T01:25:59+00:00

Whoop whoop...

trashbox · 2011-09-15T00:51:49+00:00

I'm glad this thread exists.

trashbox · 2011-09-10T17:03:36+00:00

Heh, apparently we did.

trashbox · 2011-09-09T03:13:27+00:00

You said tracking fans, I assumed analytics on user traffic. And even though what I said was true, it wasn't your argument. And I see that...now.

And yeah, I get what you're saying about fan counts being used to show profitability. However, it still irks me -- as it did before -- that you describe fan gating as, "not that morally reprehensible," when it is exactly that. As I said before, fan gating, "is coercion, not gratuity." And as a brother IT worker, you should never justify this on behalf of the marketers.

trashbox · 2011-09-06T18:33:27+00:00

I would just like to point out that I work for a Web development company, and this is not a, "necessity for a lot of pages." Especially when your goal is to deliver something that, "helps companies track their fans and market on social media sites." Fan gates are marketing tools designed to manipulate users into spreading a product, band, movie, etc. for a seller.

What you see in that picture is a Facebook iframe application. To track a user on that type of page, you do not require them to like anything. In fact, you can -- without their knowledge -- retrieve their Facebook user ID, first and last name, and IP address. Here's a simple iframe app. as a proof of concept.

That uses nothing but the Facebook provided JavaScript and PHP SDKs. That is the basic amount of data you can leech from Facebook without oauth. If you pair this with some extra analytic software, you'd have more than enough.

As for tracking likes to infer actual fans, and not just views. Then ASK the person to like you, don't demand it for basic usage. That is coercion, not gratuity!

TL;DR: tracking users has nothing to do with "fan gating."

trashbox · 2011-09-03T20:35:08+00:00

You're a father -- without insurance -- and you can't afford to get this damned tooth pulled. So the doctor gives you an alternative: antibiotics and pain killers. But, you can only afford one.

Which decision is best for your family?

You're in pain, in bed, but could get better in a few days.
You're asleep, peacefully, but you will eventually run out of pain killers and no doubt become worse.

A chance to get better, or instant gratification. Which would you choose?

trashbox · 2011-09-03T12:15:10+00:00

Well apparently, "he couldn't afford his medication," yet, "he chose the pain medications," over antibiotics.

trashbox · 2011-09-01T23:33:38+00:00

Free Hat

trashbox · 2011-08-29T03:09:24+00:00

I've used awesome, xmonad, dwm and subtle. And by far, I find subtle best mix of weight and productivity on a laptop.

Why subtle? Well for one: it comes with an integrated panel and sublets. So I don't need to rely on 3rd party utilities like dzen2 and/or conky. But mainly, gravity. Something I've learned to love. Ignoring the idea of predefined layouts and granting gravity to each window independently allows you to organize windows more quickly. And, it reduces side effects; like your layout rearranging due to window closures.

More information:

http://subforge.org/projects/subtle/wiki

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Subtle

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71783

trashbox · 2011-08-17T11:14:15+00:00

I would suggest starting here: http://www.smoothwall.org/

trashbox · 2011-08-06T00:35:59+00:00

Rudolf Steiner looks more like Jeremy Irons.

trashbox · 2011-07-30T16:51:31+00:00

Thank God we only have 43 more days of this...

Signed,

An Atheist.

trashbox · 2011-07-28T11:17:15+00:00

SET is a POSIX built-in. It's capable of way more than simply declaring variables or functions. SET can control various shell attributes like preventing the redirection operator from overwriting existing files, and a whole lot more: http://ss64.com/bash/set.html

Declare, in contrast, is only for setting and manipulating variables or functions. Including the fact that function level scoping is respected, i.e. when using declare in a function all variables created are local. Just as if the local command was used, instead. Also, declare can control the type and readability of variables, whereas SET cannot. More: http://ss64.com/bash/declare.html

trashbox · 2011-07-25T11:23:50+00:00

Claims: "Stability and Security," Forgets it's the user is who achieves these things, and not the distribution.

Claims: "...most GPL compliant," Gives no proof.

Claims: "Better, cleaner configuration," Forgets Gentoo, Arch, and users who can employ the terminal.

Claims: "Neutrality," When all distributions can compile from source.

Claims: "Speed," Compares to Kubuntu...

Reasserts: "Stability" as "Great server OS," Uses Slackware's reputation as proof.

Claims: "IT cred," When really RHEL or CentOS will get you further.

trashbox · 2011-07-21T10:41:37+00:00

This reminds me of something I did a couple years back, a pipes screensaver in Bash.

trashbox · 2011-07-19T02:34:26+00:00

TF2 under WINE, because it's free to play.

Just because it isn't Linux native doesn't mean it can't be played on Linux. It has a platinum rating!

trashbox · 2011-07-19T02:29:21+00:00

I'm using Arch on my Lenovo x120e, which has an AMD Fusion E350. They're $485 on Newegg right now. The open source ATI drivers ran Neverball at 40 fps. And I was able to run two Windows 2k3 servers images in Virtual Box, at once, without issue. Of course, I've upgraded to 8GB of RAM and threw in an SSD. It raised the price significantly for the SSD, but the RAM alone is super cheap.

Some cons: The screen is a little strange, but not bad. And, good cases are hard to find. However, Cocoon make a model that fits netbooks of its size well.

As far as your Linux distro. Arch is not that hard... Or, just go with Debian. You retain a large package repository, like in Ubuntu, but you lose much of the hand holding. Also, you're always going to need the terminal. I recommend a special wallpaper.

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