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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: "Information Warfare"
At 12:32 PM 3/6/2004, Brian Bruns wrote: I think the company's name Symbiot, which is apparently a witty contraction of two English words, says it all:Lovely. So not only do we now have to fend off attacks from script kiddies and packet monkies, we now have to fend off attacks from idiot sysadmins who set this tool up and allow it to go all out on supposed 'attacks' against their systems. Main Entry: sym�bi�o�sis Pronunciation: "sim-bE-'O-s&s, -"bI- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural sym�bi�o�ses /-"sEz/ Etymology: New Latin, from German Symbiose, from Greek symbiOsis state of living together, from symbioun to live together, from symbios living together, from syn- + bios life -- more at QUICK 1 : the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms 2 : the intimate living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually beneficial relationship; especially : MUTUALISM 3 : a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups) <the symbiosis... between the resident population and the immigrants -- John Geipel> - sym�bi�ot�ic /-'�-tik/ adjective - sym�bi�ot�i�cal�ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb Main Entry: id�i�ot Pronunciation: 'i-dE-&t Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ydiote, from Latin idiota ignorant person, from Greek idiOtEs one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from idios one's own, private; akin to Latin suus one's own -- more at SUICIDE 1 usually offensive : a person affected with idiocy 2 : a foolish or stupid person - idiot adjective It is apparently a system to allow idiots to live together with other idiots. I'm assuming that one of the idiots is the device manufacturer and the other is the customer. :) -Robert Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com | 888-TELLURIAN | 973-300-9211 "Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one." - Francis Jeffrey
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