Steve, Not to continue with the overrated MCSE glorification and *nix Gods rant... but thats a good rant, not pointless.
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:15, Stephen Clowater wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On August 19, 2003 05:10 pm, Schmehl, Paul L wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bryan K. Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:46 AM > > > To: 'Byron Copeland'; 'Ron DuFresne'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] [Fwd: Edwards AFB shut down by > > > W32Blaster] (fwd) > > > > > > > That is a load of B.S. if I ever heard it. > > > > > > I can attest to the fact that this is indeed.... NOT BS... > > > > > > True, there are a bunch of MCSE's that are on top of > > > things....however, there are way too many scam artists with > > > MCSE's who only give a damn about getting a bigger consulting > > > fee than securing their customer's networks. > > > > And of course there isn't a single *nix consultant around who isn't > > worth his/her weight in gold and doing an absolutely fabulous job...... > > <pointless rant> > > You know I have been telling that to people, but the problem is, if a company > runs a windows networks, they start wearing "windows Blinds" ie, if windows > cant do it that it _must_ be _impossible_ to do in a production enviornment. > > Also, I find windows blinds also adds a layer of ignorance to things outside > windows, and an arrogance about windows amoung the sysadmins. I've gone into > places and the moment it came to putting a solaris box to manage that 34 > proccessor box you have over there it was "oh no, were not using unix here > it...<random factually incorrect execuse goes here>" > > And the people who run unix networks, well, the sysadmins usally are spolied. > They can leave that solaris box running 34 proccessors in the corner, and > have any other box talk to it without trouble. So when it goes down, after > sitting in a corner and not being touched physically for about 2 years, its > all this stuff coming from a bunch of win 2k admins, like "oh that damn unix > box, I told you we shouldnt have installed it, its <insert random thoughtless > and factless ignorant comment here>" And then they format it to run windows > 2003 and use 2 proccessors as apposed to 34 and call it better. > > So the bottom line? Windwos is a virus and it infects sysadmins into just > making shit up to ramify their choice of windows because they cant figure out > *inx because it dosnt have the point and click interface. *sigh* There, thats > my rant for the day :) > > </pointless rant> > > > > > Shitty people come in all shapes and sizes and infest every profession. > > They're as unavoidable as air. > > > > Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Adjunct Information Security Officer > > The University of Texas at Dallas > > AVIEN Founding Member > > http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > - -- > - - > > ****************************************************************************** > Stephen Clowater > > > Bart: You know, Grampa kinda smells like that trunk in the garage > where the bottom's all wet. > > Lisa: Nuh-uh, he smells more like a photo lab. > > Homer: Stop it, both of you! Grampa smells like a regular old man, > which is more like a hallway in a hospital. > > Old Money > > The 3 case C++ function to determine the meaning of life: > > char *meaingOfLife(){ > > #ifdef _REALITY_ > char *Meaning_of_your_life=System("grep -i "meaning of life" (arts_student) ? > /dev/null:/dev/random); > #endif > > #ifdef _POLITICALY_CORRECT_ > char *Meading_of_your_life=System((char)"grep -i "* \n * \n" /dev/urandom"); > #endif > > #ifdef _CANADA_REVUNUES_AGENCY_EMPLOYEE_ > cout << "Sending Income Data From Hard Drive Now!\n"; > System("dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda"); > #endif > > return Meaning_of_your_life; > > } > > ***************************************************************************** > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/Q4KUcyHa6bMWAzYRAnmWAJ467X21sppQTByhKw5u/sxP5pfVyQCfd8lA > Ek5Y3O2LayyzHy1Ej5tSWUQ= > =rbE3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
