cant ping external website

[Keith Clark]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Keith Clark wrote:
>   
>> Res wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Res wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Luke Militello wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>>>> PROMPT> sudo nmap -sU -P0 -v -p 53 132.230.200.200
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Starting Nmap 4.53 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2008-09-23 08:32 EDT
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> maybe use synaptic to get rid of nmap, since as usual ubuntus
>>>>> version is so ancient, 'use the source, Luke' :)   current nmap is 4.75
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> What on earth does that have to do with ANYTHING?  The OP can't reach 
>>>> the
>>>> net - the version of nmap he has isn't going to help that in the 
>>>> slightest.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> ur right, so we are all just imagining his posts here arent we. *sigh*
>>> and it has everything to do with it,  if you follow nmaps development, 
>>> which you obviously don't, so my comment is not applicable to you, so 
>>> who the F do you think you are coming out with dipshit statements anyway.
>>>
>>> Oh and for those it was intended for.. 4.76 was released a few hours ago.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> As a relative noob I would like to make a comment here about this mail 
>> list.  I see a lot of messages in answer to peoples questions, which is 
>> a good thing, but then I see a ton of fighting after that about the best 
>> advice/methods of help.  That is not such a good thing.
>>
>>     
>
>
> I don't see it as 'fighting' so much as it's a very hardcore discussion. 
>   There are no right ways of doing things, but if we were to take those 
> discussions off-list I think that would be more of a disservice as it 
> keeps the n00bs from seeing things in more than one way and making up 
> their own minds on what's best for them.
>
> Yes, it gets heated at times.  But that passion is why we got into this 
> career in the first place.  :)
>
>
>   
Point taken.

Keith

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: keithclark.vcf
Type: text/x-vcard
Size: 245 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20080923/e2889d3c/attachment.vcf>