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Linux, Jim Carrey and whatnot |
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Written by Paul van Jaarsveld
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 |
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Okay. We got a movie and made some home made Nachos tonight. The origanum was finished, so I used sweet basil mixed with pesto parmesan. Added a dash of tuna and some fresh avo, and I forgot the Mayo. Bliss. Anyhooo.
The movie is called "Yes man!" from JK and I must say, it fundamentally sucks. I must be honest, the part I was looking out to, they actually edited out of the movie! That was the Rollerblade suits. The whole reason why I chose the movie was because I thought it would be funny and several people told me how good it is. WHAT?! Are you Crazy?! Well, YES! Don't get it, it sucks. (Except for the roller scates.)
I have to say. Linux is really taking the business world by storm. One thing lead to another, and I am currently working on converting another client's offices entirely to Linux. I did not have to do much convincing, the client basically begged me to do the transition from Windows to Linux because they have been plagued by a series of malware and it was discovered that one PC was sending so many emails from that network that the ISP was capping thew number if emails allowed to be sent per hour. Their cap starts at 400 emails per hour, you you can add two and two. Or shall I say 200 and 200?
Somebody random also phoned me. The lady bought her mom in the retirement village one of these little netbooks and she wanted the thing to use dialup. The catch was that it is a Linux based laptop .They had to buy an external USB modem for it, and then two computer shops struggled to get the modem up and running. Eventually, after the second guy could not figure it out anymore, the first computer shop gave my number to the people... Setting up the modem was easy and I had it up in a couple of minutes. All of a sudden I have become the local Linux specialist. All of a sudden I realise that with a little knowledge and experience with Linux, I can provide real solutions for real people. Can you emagine? A Niche market nobody has filled! Oh, and I am going to fill it.
Remember when GEEK used to be uncool and dislectic?! Well, times changed.
I am so full of myself. I surf AND and am a Geek. (No for real man. Waves. http://www.jbaysurfcam.com)
Whatever
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Linux Overcomes Windows once again |
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Written by Paul van Jaarsveld
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 |
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 I had a post a while back about installing a Linux Distro for a client. (A blog entry about special characters in Linux)
I ended up sticking with SUSE Linux, because most things worked for me out of the box and it seemed more stable on the setup with KDE 4 (The window manager)
At one point a couple of weeks ago, the owner of the agency contacted
me and said that they want me to remove Linux and install Windows once
again! Why?!
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Dalai Lama's office hacked, NATO, Gov embassies |
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Written by Paul van Jaarsveld
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Monday, 30 March 2009 |
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I read this story off CNN from one of my Newsfeeds this monring.
People ask me why I prefer to use Linux. Here's one of the reasons:
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Nearly 1,300 computers in more
than 100 countries have been attacked and have become part of a
computer espionage network apparently based in China, security experts
alleged in two reports Sunday.
The network was discovered after computers at the Dalai Lama's office were hacked, researchers say.
Computers -- including machines at NATO, governments and embassies --
are infected with software that lets attackers gain complete control of
them, according to the reports. One was issued by the University of
Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies in conjunction with the
Ottawa, Canada-based think tank The SecDev Group; the second came from
the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Researchers
have dubbed the network GhostNet. The network can not only search a
computer but see and hear the people using it, according to the
Canadian report.
"GhostNet is capable of taking full control of
infected computers, including searching and downloading specific files,
and covertly operating attached devices, including microphones and web
cameras," the report says.
The discovery of GhostNet grew out of suspicions that the office of the Dalai Lama had been hacked.
His staff sent a foreign diplomat an e-mail invitation to meet the
Tibetan spiritual leader, but before the Dalai Lama's people could
follow up with a phone call, "the diplomat's office was contacted by
the Chinese government and warned not to go ahead with the meeting," according to the Cambridge report.
The question is: WERE THEY USING WINDOWS BY ANY CHANCE? OUTLOOK MAYBE ANYBODY?
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