I'm pretty sure you got the numbering wrong. There is no rule 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_6:_There_Is_No_Rule_6
-CMP On 12/21/05, Chad Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >7) All system administrators must have at least two major character > >flaws, of which one must be pomposity. The other is recommended to be > >some sort of physical defect, including obesity or poor eyesight. > > > >And I'm not really confident as to whether #7 is a law of Hollywood or > >a Law of Nature. > > Pretty much going to have to agree with Shane on this oen except for number > 7. Surpisingly enough my only "Law of Nature" charcter flaw is the need to > kill some stupid user who pisses me off by asking me if there password is in > caps or not. 8-) > > Chad > > > On 12/21/05, Shane O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Haven't you guys ever seen a Hollywood-created high-tech blockbuster? > > There are a few key rules that must be followed: > > > > 1) Must show blinking command prompt. Preferrably, command prompt from > > a VAX > > 2) All commands must be actual commands in DOS 3.3+ > > 2a) One exception to rule 2 is that "login" is a universally > > acceptable command > > 2b) "login" has only two possible responses: "Access Denied" or a > > half-screen ASCII art banner of the system name or government > > department to whom the system belongs > > 3) Regardless of the year, all screen shots must be of a Macintosh > > Classic running any of System 6.8 through 7.2 > > 3a) This is especially critical of system errors or if the system > > has been hacked, in which case, the screen shot must be of the "system > > bomb" from System 6.8 > > 4) All computers are capable of accessing and freezing full-motion > > video streams. Preferrably, all graphical images are viewed in a new > > window created on top of a monochromatic full-screen command-line > > interface (See #1 above). > > 4a) All graphics, regardless of original source, can be "zoomed in" > > and the smallest, blurriest detail in the original image can be > > expanded by at least 10x at greater clarity than the original image. > > 4b) This should be used as much with license plates and taxi cab > > badge numbers as possible--even if it's not central to the plot > > 5) All Wide-Area Network technologies should be referred to as a "T-1". > > 6) Any data, regardless of how or where it's been stored and how it > > has been deleted, is at least partially recoverable. > > 7) All system administrators must have at least two major character > > flaws, of which one must be pomposity. The other is recommended to be > > some sort of physical defect, including obesity or poor eyesight. > > > > And I'm not really confident as to whether #7 is a law of Hollywood or > > a Law of Nature. > > > > > > Shane O. > > > > > > On 12/21/05, Chad Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No no no... Ya see Microshaft is too easy to hack due to the amount of > > > patches folks forget to put on there systems. Cisco will throw there > > > product in there and as a sub plot of the movie there will be thieves > > trying > > > to get a hold of the cracked cisco IOS that made the headlines many > > months > > > ago. > > > > > > On 12/21/05, Barry Gaskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Except I bet that microsoft probably paid them to have these secure > > > > systems running on windows. The linux community does not have any > > money > > > > to > > > > pay for product placement in movies. So I bet you will not see any > > > > pengiuns > > > > > > > > - Barry > > > > > > > > On 12/21/05, Ian Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > > > See, here I was thinking, wow, Firewall The Movie! Now I can finally > > > > > see, in cinematic quality, what like as iptables is really like! > > > > > > > > > > Rats. > > > > > > > > > > ~ian > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 21, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Alan Porter wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Chad Thomsen said the following: > > > > > > > > > > > >> http://firewallmovie.warnerbros.com/ > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Looks interesting. Wonder when it will be out? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll wait for the sequel, "OpenVPN". > > > > > > > > > > > > Denzel Washington must generate a 1024-bit SSL certificate > > > > > > to tunnel into the intranet of his former employer, a defense > > > > > > contractor that is about to sell the US Air Force a shipment > > > > > > of missiles that have a serious Y2K software glitch. Meanwhile, > > > > > > terrorists from Tajikistan have planted spyware on his laptop. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can he close the endless stream of pr0n pop-ups in time to > > > > > > restore mouse focus on his Putty session? Or will he get > > > > > > distracted and order some Human Growth Hormone from a phishing > > > > > > site? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <gag> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/ > > > > > > trilug > > > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : > > http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) > > > > > > > > > > iD8DBQFDqY4G+FffxLd58tQRApL8AJ9xWFtGJ1DMmFmsexFZBHBeBdQ1cACfZVEh > > > > > CmmKkfh30WVLQq6cB3pIc6c= > > > > > =KPXQ > > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > -- > > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > Shane O. > > ======== > > Shane O'Donnell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ==================== > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Cristobal M. 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