Bummer!

Wasted a lot of time today doing anything but work. This is very destructive. No one who expects to succeed would lack this kind of discipline.

Heard this from the prof while watching AI lecture video ... "Eating your own dog food..." what does it mean?

It means to use your own software that you write on a daily basis, just like your end customers would. Joel's Definition

Finally cleared my Machine Learning lectures! The next one will be out pretty soon, and there is still so much homework and readings to catchup on.

Ganbatte!

Secure Your Machines Folks!

It's interesting how many times you are being hacked daily when you have a machine connected to the Internet via broadband ... Here are some logs ... hopefully this will guide some readers to secure their own machines and remove those simple logins if you really want to leave your machine connected to the Internet.

[Edit: This entry is a bit too long. Trimming ...]

 Authentication Failures:
    nobody (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    root (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 18 Time(s)
    adm (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    apache (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    mysql (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    games (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    mail (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 6 Time(s)
    news (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)
    ftp (bluejay.sanasys.com ): 1 Time(s)


Failed logins from these:
 adm/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 apache/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 ftp/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 games/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 mail/password from 65.122.184.1: 6 Time(s)
 mysql/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 news/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 nobody/password from 65.122.184.1: 1 Time(s)
 root/password from 65.122.184.1: 18 Time(s)


**Unmatched Entries**
Illegal user admin from 65.122.184.1
Illegal user test from 65.122.184.1
Illegal user guest from 65.122.184.1
Illegal user webmaster from 65.122.184.1
Illegal user oracle from 65.122.184.1
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Illegal user michael from 65.122.184.1 -- By GOLLY! George Michael!  

Another Quote

GREAT SPIRITS HAVE ALWAYS ENCOUNTERED VIOLENT OPPOSITION FROM MEDIOCRE MINDS - ALBERT EINSTEIN

Quote of the Day

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you need is someone who'll take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.