Slog - Comments on The Week in Geek http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek OMFG! It's the Stranger's first ever Week in Geek! Geek quiz: If you know why this photo is funny, you win. VOIP safe, for now -- Appeals court issues a stay in Verizon v. Vonage, but the future of cheap internet phone calls is in doubt. Fuck Verizon. China scans students -- Chinese college uses fingerprint scanners to take roll, attendance rises to 95 percent. Continuing their strategy of entering markets 5 years late (see Zune, the), Microsoft takes aim at Adobe's Flash. Storage Porn -- Ooh, baby. Despite the inexcusable use of the word "faire", Maker Faire participants make... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:20:23 -0800 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:58:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by longball Is it the "404 page not found" error message refernce?

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704209 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:25:10 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 I think "porn storage" would be more accurate.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704211 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:27:22 -0800 Comment by Nick OMEGA

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704212 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:28:51 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @1 - Yup. I should also add that if you think it's actually funny, you lose.

@2 - All storage is porn storage.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704215 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:29:36 -0800 Comment by Cindy Yay! This is my favorite new feature on Slog. Please make sure there's more This Week in Geek!

]]> Cindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704216 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:30:00 -0800 Comment by Sean Damn you, longball! Believe my words, your reign as top geek will soon come to an end.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704218 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:30:30 -0800 Comment by Andy sudo lsof -i | grep LISTEN

There are lots of other variants, depending on your OS. "netstat -a | grep LISTEN" should work on both Linux and MacOS even without sudo access. On Linux, you can also do "sudo netstat -lp" to get ports listening and the processes they're attached to. On Windows, you can do "netstat -a | find "LISTEN" " (the quotes around LISTEN are required for Windows's find command).

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704219 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:33:48 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @7 - I include the sudo because many (if not most) servers run under root, so running the command without sudo won't really give you the full story.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704221 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:36:21 -0800 Comment by Gomez 404 RUNS NOT FOUND.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704222 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:37:24 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 That Jodie Foster video reminds me of the time when I was watching A Very Long Engagement for the second or third time and realized suddenly that Jodie Foster was in it.

o_O

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704224 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:39:24 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn Your Geek Quiz is too easy. I AM NOT A GEEK!

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704227 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:44:14 -0800 Comment by unixpunx sudo lsof -i | grep LISTENIt's like your reading my history!]]> unixpunx http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704231 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:45:29 -0800 Comment by Sam Nice 404 reference but it wasn't really funny.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704244 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:03:41 -0800 Comment by Carollani I like how page boy-Jodie is tapping her left foot while the others tap their right in the end. It makes the triplets seem more authentic. Heh.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704266 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:30:55 -0800 Comment by el ganador IDK, that Jodie Foster vid is creepy. But now I know she's been speaking fluent French for years. Good for her.

]]> el ganador http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704269 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:36:00 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn Etymology, from Wikipedia:

It is commonly believed that the word "geek" originates with side-show "circus geeks" — performers at carnivals who swallow various live animals, such as live insects. Sometimes this would extend to biting the heads off of snakes, chickens, or other living animals.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704271 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:36:29 -0800 Comment by LezGal I am still in love with Jodie Foster and perhaps even more now. I can't explain it, maybe because this is so incredibly geeky.

]]> LezGal http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704282 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:49:08 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC I can't even believe you fuckers didn't mention Stephen Hawking's low-gravity flight today. Geeks ain't s'posed to be stupid...

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704283 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:49:28 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @18 - mentioned yesterday. down boy.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704287 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:53:51 -0800 Comment by rtw Candleshoe-era Jodie Foster! Candleshoe, by the way, is the BEST MOVIE EVER.

]]> rtw http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704307 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:16:42 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus She attended the French School in the Westwood (UCLA) area of Los Angeles. Essentially, all of her middle and high school classes were taught in French. So, yeah, she's been fluent for quite some time. I think half her family lives in France now. But even then, a young dyke in training - butch clothing and loves songs sung to herself. Kidding.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704331 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:44:39 -0800 Comment by it wasn't andrew sullivan that yahoo 404 was cool this morning. when i saw it on digg. unless erica was digging around flickr and just happened to find it.

]]> it wasn't andrew sullivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704368 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:24:27 -0800 Comment by Rich Jensen Geek week forever!

]]> Rich Jensen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704527 Tech Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:54:39 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @22 - Oh no. I can't believe I posted something online that was online somewhere else first. How embarrassing for me.

You do realize that this is the whole point of digg, no?

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/the_week_in_geek#c704580 Tech Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:58:39 -0800