Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
azurelunatic) wrote2003-08-19 01:17 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-08-19 01:17 pm
School
Zoomed out the door late this morning, and had to zoom back for my umbrella, it was that grey and delightful. The first drops started sprinkling down on my around by the Jiffy Lube (or whatever the hell that is) place. I was delighted, despite the backed-up cars waiting for fuel.
Played around on the computers in the network lab. Sandstrom had us do packet-sniffing from the linux box. I fired Carmen up and was unable to find Ethereal. Dammit. So instead, I wound up using tethereal from the command line. (Clever me! I still don't know what I ran to find that, but somehow my hands knew. Or Naomi knew, which I think far more likely.
We continued with the lab, and I was explaining all the packets to Sam2. (I found one of the first packets, "Who has 192.168.1.2? Tell 192.168.1.2." hilarious. "Who am I? Tell me!" )
Eventually, Sandstrom came along, and remarked that we were doing it wrong. We were doing it on the command line, not in the GUI. We didn't have the GUI. (He seemed reasonably amused/happy that we were doing it like this -- hacker heritage.) He helped us find, and then install, the GUI. Then we did it again. Sam2 is starting to get it. (I can read packets fairly easily so far -- it's fun.)
Class was also fun. We talked about firewalls and what to do with them and how to do them. I guess I've ceased to consider that class 'work' -- because all it really is is playing around and learning fun stuff and then a few quizzes and homework.
Wound up playing, not napping. Bad Fayoumis. For the last half hour before Lit, wandered around with Mr. President, who was nervous about his upcoming interview for the upstairs lab guy position. The hyper was boiling off him. I mentioned how much he physically reminded me of Darkside, initially. (They're nothing alike otherwise, which is just as well for my sanity.) I got lunch (from school, sigh) and then went to Lit. Mr. President was introduced to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mi_wounded_soul, who does definitely ping my gaydar. (Yakky?) Much amusing conversation was had wherein three different people were thinking of a different guy when Mr. Prez. referred to "him" in a sentence.
In Lit, we discussed some Steinbeck. Tracy and I have taken to forming our own little discussion group. Much fun. I'm glad I read fast... and I'm glad I already have read Heart of Darkness, which is to be discussed in two weeks.
Now, I go and pick up the Little Fayoumis, and then we get to listen to Burns go on at some length regarding databases. AYDBABTM!
Played around on the computers in the network lab. Sandstrom had us do packet-sniffing from the linux box. I fired Carmen up and was unable to find Ethereal. Dammit. So instead, I wound up using tethereal from the command line. (Clever me! I still don't know what I ran to find that, but somehow my hands knew. Or Naomi knew, which I think far more likely.
We continued with the lab, and I was explaining all the packets to Sam2. (I found one of the first packets, "Who has 192.168.1.2? Tell 192.168.1.2." hilarious. "Who am I? Tell me!" )
Eventually, Sandstrom came along, and remarked that we were doing it wrong. We were doing it on the command line, not in the GUI. We didn't have the GUI. (He seemed reasonably amused/happy that we were doing it like this -- hacker heritage.) He helped us find, and then install, the GUI. Then we did it again. Sam2 is starting to get it. (I can read packets fairly easily so far -- it's fun.)
Class was also fun. We talked about firewalls and what to do with them and how to do them. I guess I've ceased to consider that class 'work' -- because all it really is is playing around and learning fun stuff and then a few quizzes and homework.
Wound up playing, not napping. Bad Fayoumis. For the last half hour before Lit, wandered around with Mr. President, who was nervous about his upcoming interview for the upstairs lab guy position. The hyper was boiling off him. I mentioned how much he physically reminded me of Darkside, initially. (They're nothing alike otherwise, which is just as well for my sanity.) I got lunch (from school, sigh) and then went to Lit. Mr. President was introduced to
mi_wounded_soul, who does definitely ping my gaydar. (Yakky?) Much amusing conversation was had wherein three different people were thinking of a different guy when Mr. Prez. referred to "him" in a sentence. In Lit, we discussed some Steinbeck. Tracy and I have taken to forming our own little discussion group. Much fun. I'm glad I read fast... and I'm glad I already have read Heart of Darkness, which is to be discussed in two weeks.
Now, I go and pick up the Little Fayoumis, and then we get to listen to Burns go on at some length regarding databases. AYDBABTM!
no subject
sudo apt-get install etherealinto a terminal window.(I have 'fink' installed, which is a port of the Debian package stuff to Mac OS X. 'apt-get install' is the Debian command for 'download something and install it'.)
It's pretty big. Appears to be around a 10MB download.
Not that I've got much to sniff on this network, of course...
no subject
Whee.
...I feel Geek Pride today.
no subject
Then, for more amusement, I powered up my laptop and watched what a ping flood looks like. ;o)