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11/17/2004

My Firewall Said So

11/17/2004 10:26:00 pm
Well I've just come back from my first lecture at uni.
Yay.

Having said that I must complain about the stupid questions and observations people make at uni.

For instance. One guy was convinced that the Australian Government was hacking his computer and that everyone should beware!

His evidence. He has a "Good firewall" and it said the Australian Government was trying to hack him 150 times while he was viewing a website of the Government.

It's obviously apparent to even the most dim witted individual with an intelligence that is marginally measurable that he's a moron. If he knew anything technical about computers he'd have said what his firewall was, the type of attack, it's IP origin, the registered owner of that IP. Whether there was a server associated with the IP OR at the very least the page he was viewing at the time.

But no just "My firewall said so".
 Comments (7)
# 11/17/2004 11:31:00 pm
Blogger Foobear
Not everyone knows about computers. One day, you'll realise that... maybe.
The word IP is mostly foreign to people. Mohammad removed his firewall because it kept on annoying him.
 
# 11/18/2004 12:40:00 am
Blogger Unknown
It has little to do with how much people know about computers and everything about shutting up if you don't have a clue.

Stragenly I've managed to avoid converstions with people like that at uni. Michael...
 
# 11/18/2004 12:54:00 am
Blogger Foobear
Point. It's dangerous knowledge to think you know something. My statement was more in regards to: "It's obviously apparent to even the most dim witted individual with an intelligence that is marginally measurable that he's a moron." The innuendo is that he's a moron because he doesn't know about computers, not because he can't shut his flap. Besides, anyone who's ever had mature age students in their class knows that they are all fucking annoying (I'm assuming this guy's mature age, but I think it's a fair assumption, since Mike's prolly going to classes which have Mature age students in them, and the fact that the guy is a dick just nails it).
Michael's encounters these people because he's doing law, what are you doing at uni Paulo?
 
# 11/18/2004 12:59:00 am
Blogger Unknown
I didn't say I never see them, just that I know better than to talk to them. Don't waste your time talking to people wearing tinfoil hats.
 
# 11/18/2004 01:04:00 am
Blogger Foobear
ah. I was under the impression that the dude blurted it out in the lecture/tutorial.
 
# 11/18/2004 10:49:00 pm
Blogger Michael
Some clarification is in order me thinks.

Firstly I never talked to the guy. He brought it up with the head of the LEC whom was doing a second introduction at the beginning of legel institutions lecture. The guy carried on with it for a while even when the LEC guy pointed out the wipespread proliforation of worms.

His main point seemed to be that the Australian Government was "Hacking" his computer.

Secondly he was still going on about it today outside of class to some other students and offered no new information.

Basically the guy was trying to show off and trying to scare people at the same time using buzzwords. He did this without any proper research or independantly verifiable evidence making his claims completly unsubstantiatable. In case I made up a word it is replaceable the last two words with "complete bullshit".

I was about to say something to the guy. Ie; ask a few questions to find out the validity of his claims but I thought better of it and moved on.
 
# 11/18/2004 10:51:00 pm
Blogger Michael
Oh yeah he was mature aged =P
 

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