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As Apposed To..I don't think I would get near it if that gross hand comes with it.
As apposed to it coming a more attractive, yet equally severed, hand?
Blockwars: its multiplayer, try it.
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Medical Advice From Slashdot?IANADr but I'd venture to say that getting medical advice from Slashdot would be about as wise as asking SCO for Legal advice.
Blockwars:go play!
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ICANN Stacks Board - ICANNCEIVABLE!ICANN Stacks Board with Non-Critical Appointees
ICANNABELIEVEIT!
Shouldn't it be ICANNCEIVABLE?
But I'm not sure if that word means what I think it means.
Blockwars: a realtime, multiplayer game. Go!
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12v Power Over CAT5?Power over CAT5 is quite handy, 20m of network cable should be enough to get me out in the sun with cold beer.
Ok, let me get this straight, he's running 12v down a regular ol', totally otherwise normal, completely unmarked, grey piece of unassuming CAT5 cable...
How long until something releases its magic blue smoke?
Blockwars: go play.
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MD5 Checksum, Mirrors, et cetera, for W.A.S.T.EWhile there are a lot of mirror sites that you can download W.A.S.T.E., please make sure that the file or filess you have downloaded is genuine, and not been corrupted.
The MD5 Checksums for the various W.A.S.T.E. files are:e3609e352afba37683c47ce60f9086bb for the waste-setup.exe
554cfa7350333aa4e6eb3b6e24201d80 for the waste-source.zip
5645d0378b5bca6d2cf337686dca9a4d for the waste-source.tar.gz
115d1a2554db4490bdf97b9862df5 a24 for the waste.zipThe Technical Overview for the W.A.S.T.E. package has been coverted into HTML, courtesy of Mr. Lucas Gonze , and it is available at http://gonze.com/waste/WASTE_Design.html
A sourceforge project site has also been set up for the W.A.S.T.E. package. The project site is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/waste/ . It may be empty for the moment, but something will be cooked up very soon.
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The System Is DownIf prostitutes ever wanted to unionize, this may be the time. Just like those Detroit auto workers, they may soon find that they've been replaced by robots...
Kind of puts an entirely different spin on 'having the system go down on you'!
Blockwars: a multiplayer, head to head game similar to Tetris.
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Voice of Experience?School is already too easy, and if you skip any of it you'll be the only one at McDonald's who can't make change! You should be asking your teachers for extra homework!
Help me find a job, win $1000! [macetech.com]
Would this happen to be the voice of experience speaking?
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Under $50??From the Make-an-Orb-Clone-For-Under-$50 site:
TX433 module $6.02
RX433 module $6.02
Shipping (Qkits) $9.17
2 Red LEDs $1.20
2 Green LEDs $2.76
2 Blue LEDs $2.60
Shipping (SuperbrightLEDs) $5.00
PIC16F84A $5.63
Shipping (Digikey) $6.00
Total $44.00
Note: Things like the Taplight, the PIC programmer, the circuit board, and the miscellaneous electronic parts have been omitted because they would have brought the total above $50"Omitted because the would have brought the total above $50"?? Can I do that with my taxes? You know, I only made $nnnn this year... because any more would nock me into the next tax bracket!
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Don't Forget the MaintenancePresumably these will be equipped with an 802.11g-spot?
Yes, except you won't know where to find it, and the equipment will always fake a link light, so even if you think you've found it, you can't be sure.
Don't forget that they also tend to be highly unstable, suffer from monthly outages, and require enough regular maintenance that you'll likely have less time to spend fragging with the guys.
Watch out for the frequently required diamond upgrade too!
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You Never Owned an RC Car, Did You?I liked this up until they started beating the shit out of the car. They literally did all that work to trash the damn thing. They made it do jumps, tried to ski it on two wheels (which eventually made it flip over), rammed it with their trucks, and completely destroyed it. I don't get it. They made this really badass full-size remote controlled car, then they killed it.
You never owned an RC car as a child, did you? Jumping it, skidding, flipping, and generally crashing it is exactly what I (and everyone else I knew) did with them!
I mean, what else are you going to do with an RC car? Practice your road rules and parallel parking skills? Bah!
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Zippy Blue LightsTRON + Linux = "T-Linux"
Damnit, when I saw the headline I was thinking I'd finally get some cool 3D interface with zippy blue lights and neat sound FX!
I'm soooo disappointed. Now I don't even get a angry-spooky-face-in-a-spinning-thing when the kernel panics.
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Hot and Bothered?Laptops aren't truly portable until you can stand to sit with one on your lap for more than 30 minutes.
Wait a sec... isn't getting all hot and bothered down there supposed to be a good thing?
What? It's not? Do what with a girl?.....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh I get it! So you're saying I've had it all wrong all this time? Damn...
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Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!"Model Rocketry Enthusiasts' Hobby Goes Up in Smoke...."
I'll bet that pun goes over some people's heads.....Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Please use fewer 'bad joke' and 'puns'. Try adding some content.:)
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Ohh That Poor CommodoreA link off the Contiki Screen Shots page listed:
The first two screen shots are actually historical - they show a Commodore 64 web browser browsing web pages served by a Commodore 64 web server*sniff* Hmmm, do I smell burning plastic? Ahh yes, there melts another C64 powersupply.
Oh well, it died an honorable death. Damn
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Must Be To Protect the Dominant Population: SheepRelevant fact: The population of N.Z. is about 4,000,000
Whereas NZ has a population of 43.1 million .
Glad to hear someone is finally thinking of the sheep!
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Existing Laws Cover That!!Sites like the two above should be censored from the Internet, as well as hardcore porn sites and sites that promote child endangerment, software piracy, and violence.
If you are in favor of sites that expose children in erotic sex acts or that promote killing people, you are the one with the problem, not me.No, it's people like you who are the problem!
The danger with cencorship is who decides what is right and what is wrong? Your idea of acceptable may be very different from mine. Who's right?
American's love their guns on TV. Europeans tend to prefer skin. Personally I think the Europeans have that one right.
Your argument about Kiddie Porn and Child Endangerment, software piracy, and violence, are already covered by existing laws . They don't need extra regulations to make them illegal... they already are!
I am in favor of being able to conduct myself as I see fit, as long as I do not break any existing laws, whether you like what I have to say or not. It's called free speech and it's a fundamental freedom. Nobody says you have to listen to me. But don't you dare to shut me up because it upsets you!
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Common Carrier Status!!Argh, this kind of thing is really the wrong direction to be taking things.
Personally I believe that ISP's should be given the same common carrier status as phone companies: they are not liable for any content traveling through their system.
This would not prevent them from being able to act against persons violating the law. Ie: kiddy porn is illegal in most countries. If you try to host kiddy porn, you are breaking existing laws and can be nailed with traditional laws and warrants.
Not hosting the content on the ISP? Then why should the ISP be responsible for someone elses actions? Help them find the source, sure, but again under already established laws.
If you arrange to have someone killed via the phone that does not make Ma Bell an accessory to murder.
If when planning terrorist activities any carrier could be held liable then I'd save to say it's time to lock up every phone & cellular company - they're aiding and abetting terrorism!
So why should it be different for the net and ISP's?
Protect the children?? When are we going to protect ourselves from this ridiculousness?!
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Bad Things With LasersWhile I've had a few interesting experiences with computers and bad things happening, the most fun have been with high power lasers.
One particular gig I was working on in Morocco for a New Years gig was one commedy of errors:
We're in the middle of the desert, on an island, trying to run lasers off a wacky generator. Worse the eletrics are completely non-standard and wiring codes have been thrown out the window. Just because a cable is green doesn't actually mean it was ground!
To add to the fun our control gear was all 110v, while the laser is two-phase, all connected via transformers to a 220 generator. Well somewhere along the lines our live and neutral lines crossed when being patched into the laser. Lasers exciters humm, but that's about it. THIS laser started making some nice crackling noises and generating ozone. Bad bad bad. Flipped the wires real fast and tried it again. Amazingly it still worked.
Worse was firing up the copper vapor. The plan was to shoot the beam out the top of the tower of this old Kasbar that sat on this island. We were going to fire it right at midnight on new years. Carrying that damned thing intro ruins was entertaining all by itself... but the real joy came when we went to the Kasbar 20min to midnight to fire it up (it has a 12minute heating cycle before you get real beams from it).
We arrive and behold: the person who had ran the 220v run had wired a *male* connector on the end. Yup, 220v's live dangling at the end of the wire. Of course the laser also had a male connector.
I highly recommend against trying to strip and splice a 5watt laser into a live 220v circuit. The sparks were pretty though. It was the only way to get the damn thing wired in time to get the beam shooting out for midnight. Incredibly it worked... and none of us got hurt.