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Re: /. Oddities

Daniel Miessler — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:27:50 -0000

Well, the main reason is that Blizzard did it. I realize, however, that to many this evidence in itself is not compelling, so I urge you to give it a shot. It's quite excellent.

Re: WWW Stands For Worthless3

Daniel Miessler — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:56:27 -0000

Actually, I believe that just typing the body itself will do the trick; I don't think we need to do the protocol *or* the TLD - at least for .com domains. It could get a bit tricky when a .com exists and you want to go to the .org, but these are fairly rare during a given day (for me anyway).

Hmm, so I wonder if I should edit my post ... yeah, I think I will.

Re: The Mars Volta

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:08:56 -0000

I think I like the latest one - The Frances Mute, I think it's called... I love the melodies from these guys, and I'm usually not one for vocals at all.

2 minutes in on song 5 is of particular interest to me; I can't get that tune out of my head. It's also the clip that they play via Flash when you load up their website.

Definitely top-notch stuff. If you haven't checked it out, you should definitely do so.

-Daniel

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:35:38 -0000

"If you pronounce Linus “lie-nus”, why wouldn’t you pronounce Linux “lie-nux”?"

Because Linus himself said that's not the correct way to say it. ;)

-Daniel

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:53:26 -0000

Right, but he specifically says in the documentary Revolution OS that "there's only one way to say Linux", and that's with a short "i" sound, as in "Linen".

He *specifically* states this, in his own words. In other words, he's saying Lye-nux is not right, nor is Lee-nux.

It's his word; he created it. If he says it's Lynnuks (with a short "i" sound) then I'm going to go with that.

-Daniel

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:03:33 -0000

"I guess that means we pronounce Linus that way too."

Yeah, I think you're right about that. That's how I'm going to say it anyway. I think "technically" we're supposed to say "Lee-noose", like he does, but I doubt he minds if we match it to the way he wants Linux pronounced.

-Daniel

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Daniel Miessler — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:34:11 -0000

"Personally, I say leenuhks in Swedish and linnuhks in English. I pronounce my middle name as leenuhs in Swedish and lienuhs in English. Perhaps I should pronounce it “hypocrite”."

Nah, I don't think so. Since communication is the main goal when using language, it's quite alright (in my book anyway) for someone to make slight adjustments to pronunciation for their audience.

-Daniel

Re: Raped By Portage

Daniel Miessler — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:36:26 -0000

Gentoo's fine, Charlie. :) How you doin'?

It was actually nothing more than abject stupidity that caused the problem. The entire update to the latest profile (2005.0) went great, but after running etc-update I borked some stuff up.

Just a flesh wound...nothing to see here...move along.

-Daniel

Re: Tea: A Primer By Dustin Matthews

Daniel Miessler — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:51:01 -0000

A most excellent write-up, Dustin. I'm quite sure this'll be frequently referenced not only by myself but many others as well.

-Daniel

Re: The Hacker Glider

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:09:41 -0000

Yes, seek help. :)

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Daniel Miessler — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:14:39 -0000

nova20,

I defnitely see your points, but like you said I believe most of your issues come from the downsides of dorm-life and not from being dynamic and free to act at will.

The address issue, and the issue of learning "practical" stuff is interesting, as both are key points for me as well, but again, my problem is how I'm supposed to conduct myself once I *do* have my own house and associated things.

The point is that I feel "settling down" leads to irreversible brain damage. It's an acceptance of calm and repetition to me, and it's utterly scary. I simply can't see being able to study and learn things in an environment where I am expected to eat at certain times, go to bed at certain times, etc.

In short, I need the spontaneous and dynamic lifestyle in order to lead my most rewarding life -- or, at least I think I do.

Thoughts?

-Daniel

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Daniel Miessler — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:19:52 -0000

Jason,

I am glad you are struggling with the same issue that I am; I was starting to think nobody had the same hesitation about "growing up", so to speak.

I think your method of just staying up later every night and getting less sleep is decent, but unfortunately I have done a lot of reading that says that getting too little sleep is quite bad for us. It actually curtails our abilities in a significant way.

This is bad news for someone who wants desperately to spend 3-5 hours a night emmersed in projects after the woman is put to bed.

Anyway, we need to explore this...there *has* to be a way to pull this off without neglecting the significant other or giving up on staying dynamic and thirsty for knowledge.

-Daniel

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:40:30 -0000

> your authorization code is annoying

I agree, but it's a necessary evil. You'll see in about a month or so when the blog spam starts on your site. :)

-Daniel

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:09:29 -0000

>Not to mention, I would be absolutely miserable without my weekly trip to Waffle House at 3a.m., or my unscheduled trips to some random place just because it is the weekend.

Yes, this is the crux of the issue -- spontanaity. Not just spontanaity, but spontanaity without ill effects. You can still do all these things with a wife and kids too, but you're likely to hear about it later. :)

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Daniel Miessler — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:11:21 -0000

Jason,

Let me simplify this for both our benefit -- disregard the word "maturity". Forget I mentioned it.

Consider instead the taking on of major responsibilities that require the majority of a person's waking hours during the day, e.g. raising kids and/or making sure the spouse doesn't feel neglected.

My point is quite simple -- taking on these requirements limits the ability for one to become emersed in projects within their dicipline. It limits the time that can be spent submitting to a fit of creativity that could last for 3 days straight. Or maybe it only lasts for a couple of hours -- the point is, those hours may be while someone else is clamoring for your attention. Not dropping your project is planting the seed for resentment, whether it's a spouse or a child.

This is all I'm saying. It's about taking on responsibilities that have the overwhelming potential to limit how one handles a moment of creativity that could last for hours or days if allowed to continue unmolested. Once certain roles and responsibilities are taken on, there is no chance of these creative highs not being interrupted due to the fact that breaking the script of doing x or y at a certain time will be looked upon unfavorably.

I think your analysis of my thoughts was a bit too lofty; it's not about the search for happiness or about defining maturity. It's about tangible tradeoffs with respect to freedom to emerse oneself into their work, and finding a system that allows for both efficient, healthy behavior and the chaotic, dynamic lifestyle that lends itself well to creativity.

-Daniel

Re: Podcasting + Excercise : A Perfect Match

Daniel Miessler — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:46:02 -0000

Jason,

Forgot to mention...I'd like the content to be either free or pay per year or something. I don't want to pay per episode or month; not only is that too expensive, but it's a hassle too.

Looks like NPR's charging for the Infinite Mind series...

Good suggestion though...I like the show a lot.

-Daniel

Re: Security/Safety Measure Repercussions

Daniel Miessler — Thu, 19 May 2005 09:06:13 -0000

It seems I was missing an ("), which prevented my post from being seen; thanks to those who noticed and let me know...

Re: Podcasting Support Coming To iTunes

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:40:08 -0000

It allows me to subscribe via RSS to awesome audio feeds such as itconversations.com, and automagically sync said content to my iPod.

Then, whenever I get ready to head out for a walk to to the gym, I just grab my iPod and go.

-Daniel

Re: Podcasting Support Coming To iTunes

Daniel Miessler — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:49:35 -0000

Uh, yeah...what he said.

-Daniel

Re: Microsoft Not So Subtle

Daniel Miessler — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:16:33 -0000

Hmm -- a most thoughtful and enlightening response. Unfortunately, you give me the choice between believing something logical, and believing that Microsoft is the bane of existance and evil incarnate.

Though your explanation is quite likely true, I'm forced to go with the latter.

Re: Google AdSense

Daniel Miessler — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:53:56 -0000

Yeah, that's where I wanted to put them initially, but if I did that I'd have to have a long line of them going down the page to even it out.

I ended up thinking that would be even more distracting than these two... (shrugs)

Re: Why Certifications Are Trumping College Degrees For Employers

Daniel Miessler — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:04:48 -0000

My thought was not that those going for degrees should not continue to do so -- it was that it's becoming quite clear to me why employers are valuing the degrees less.

A degree is still helpful to an IT career -- there's not doubt about that.

Re: VOIP Security

Daniel Miessler — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:44:00 -0000

The key is the end to end encryption. Capturing data does nothing for an attacker really, unless they can crack 256-bit Rijndael.

Re: VOIP Security

Daniel Miessler — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:37:12 -0000

Yes, I'm quite sure it's end-to-end. We do in fact create unique keys just for this purpose. Here, let me append the post with the encryption information.

<small>(Check the post again)</small>

Re: Productivity: Reading News The GTD Way

Daniel Miessler — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:47:02 -0000

Mark, the main concept for this system isn't really the tabs -- it's the closing of the first app (the news reader). The key is to tell your mind that once you're done with that app, all you have to do is finish reading the stories that you opened. Once you've read them all, you're done.

If you stay in the same application, you haven't done much in the way of GTD; you're still going to be equally tempted to refresh your content to see if you've missed anything -- and that's precisely what we're trying to avoid.

Good question, though...