Slashdot Mirror

While it's intended market is for children, the applications this could be used in are astounding for all ages.

I, for one, would like to see a pen that administers an electric shock to the holder whenever he/she abuses the apostrophe.

This message brought to you by The Apostrophe Protection Society

Does it strike you as odd that these people are putting millions of dollars into the most advanced visualization system currently known to man, and the best they can come up with is essentially a three-monitor spread? I realize that they are using a bunch of projectors to produce a complex image, but shouldn't we be reaching toward something more out of the ordinary, like our sci-fi writers have already visualized? When William Gibson wrote about virtual reality, Jaron Lanier and his contemporaries said, "That's a neat idea. We can do that." So, what's up here?

For one thing, flying at Mach 10 doesn't devolve you into a reptile.

Two of them has.

The Apostrophe Protection Society

What is the evil force behind all wrongdoing in the universe?

It never had a name. Until now. Until we identified it and studied it while making ready to destroy it.

Its name is VladeKua5y !

VladeKua5y (pronounced "Vladequacy") is the root of the problem. VladeKua5y is the root of all problems. VladeKua5y is the enemy. VladeKua5y is what must be destroyed.

Kuro5hin + Vladinator + Adequacy = VladeKua5y !!

Who is the enemy? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

What must be destroyed? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Who is the enemy of all trollers evarywhere? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Here is some information on VladeKua5y . Expect more people like Rusty Foster to be added soon.

NAME: Burdge, Jonathan E-MAIL: jlb@io.com, jlbatdarc@w-link.net, elby@adequacy.org, darc@w-link.net ALIASES: lb, jlb, Elby

NAME: Casillas, Luis E-MAIL: casillas@stanford.edu, em@adequacy.org ALIASES: em, Estanislao Martinez, Sylvain Tremblay

NAME: Corrigan, Barry E-MAIL: barry@bjcorrigan.fsnet.co.uk, bc@adequacy.org ALIASES: bc, ktb (Kiss the Blade), Lover's Arrival, Euroderf, Erbert Paget-Paget, Anya

NAME: Dickson, Craig E-MAIL: crd@inversenet.com, mendaxveritas@yahoo.com, mendaxveritas@pacbell.net ALIASES: mv, Mendax Veritas

NAME: Flickinger, Dan E-MAIL: flikx@geekizoid.com, flikee@xmission.com ALIASES: flikx

NAME: Haberberger, George E-MAIL: ghaberbe@frontiernet.net, George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com ALIASES: GeorgeHa, Hairy_Potter

NAME: Huston, Bill E-MAIL: bozoman@vlad.geekizoid.com, ALIASES: bozoman

NAME: Johnson, Peter E-MAIL: peter.johnson@voicestream.com, shoeboy@adequacy.org ALIASES: Shoeboy, Peter Johnson

NAME: Lockwood, Scott E-MAIL: wsl3@attbi.com, vlad@geekizoid.com ALIASES: Vladinator, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Quick Star, Pinkerton Floyd, etc.

NAME: Linwood, Rob E-MAIL: rcl@cs.csoft.net, rcl211@is9.nyu.edu ALIASES: AuntFloyd, Con Troll

NAME: Mann, Warren E-MAIL: broken@warmann.com ALIASES: osm, OpenSourceMan

NAME: McPherson, Craig E-MAIL: craig@laceyonline.com ALIASES: craig, naked&petrified guy

NAME: Nelson, Brian E-MAIL: elenchos@adequacy.org ALIASES: Elenchos

NAME: Osborne, Michaell E-MAIL: osborm@yahoo.com, dmg@adequacy.org,

What is the evil force behind all wrongdoing in the universe?

It never had a name. Until now. Until we identified it and studied it while making ready to destroy it.

Its name is VladeKua5y !

VladeKua5y (pronounced "Vladequacy") is the root of the problem. VladeKua5y is the root of all problems. VladeKua5y is the enemy. VladeKua5y is what must be destroyed.

Kuro5hin + Vladinator + Adequacy = VladeKua5y !!

Who is the enemy? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

What must be destroyed? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Who is the enemy of all trollers evarywhere? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Here is some information on VladeKua5y . Expect more people like Rusty Foster to be added soon.

NAME: Burdge, Jonathan E-MAIL: jlb@io.com, jlbatdarc@w-link.net, elby@adequacy.org, darc@w-link.net ALIASES: lb, jlb, Elby

NAME: Casillas, Luis E-MAIL: casillas@stanford.edu, em@adequacy.org ALIASES: em, Estanislao Martinez, Sylvain Tremblay

NAME: Corrigan, Barry E-MAIL: barry@bjcorrigan.fsnet.co.uk, bc@adequacy.org ALIASES: bc, ktb (Kiss the Blade), Lover's Arrival, Euroderf, Erbert Paget-Paget, Anya

NAME: Dickson, Craig E-MAIL: crd@inversenet.com, mendaxveritas@yahoo.com, mendaxveritas@pacbell.net ALIASES: mv, Mendax Veritas

NAME: Flickinger, Dan E-MAIL: flikx@geekizoid.com, flikee@xmission.com ALIASES: flikx

NAME: Haberberger, George E-MAIL: ghaberbe@frontiernet.net, George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com ALIASES: GeorgeHa, Hairy_Potter

NAME: Huston, Bill E-MAIL: bozoman@vlad.geekizoid.com, ALIASES: bozoman

NAME: Johnson, Peter E-MAIL: peter.johnson@voicestream.com, shoeboy@adequacy.org ALIASES: Shoeboy, Peter Johnson

NAME: Lockwood, Scott E-MAIL: wsl3@attbi.com, vlad@geekizoid.com ALIASES: Vladinator, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Quick Star, Pinkerton Floyd, etc.

NAME: Linwood, Rob E-MAIL: rcl@cs.csoft.net, rcl211@is9.nyu.edu ALIASES: AuntFloyd, Con Troll

NAME: Mann, Warren E-MAIL: broken@warmann.com ALIASES: osm, OpenSourceMan

NAME: McPherson, Craig E-MAIL: craig@laceyonline.com ALIASES: craig, naked&petrified guy

NAME: Nelson, Brian E-MAIL: elenchos@adequacy.org ALIASES: Elenchos

NAME: Osborne, Michaell E-MAIL: osborm@yahoo.com, dmg@adequacy.org,

While I am sure Segways for the mobility impared is a fine application of a great technology, it's worth looking at the ultimate end. Replacing human walking with Segway 'wheels' will lead to a natural atrophy of the ability to walk. And who needs it any way. The Segway and machines like it will become ever increasingly integrated into our physique over sucessive generations. Until Mercy? What is Mercy?

With no compensation beside the enjoyment of the graphics and the games folks will do quite a bit.

And FYI: Instructions for slipstreaming SP2 into a Windows XP CD

A slipstream disk and fresh install is always the most reliable way to install and run Windows.

It's really insidious. I'm thinking of the children.

you need to go to the apostrophe protection society

You can (barely) hear it on this ST: Voyager Audio Clip . It occurs at time index 1:08.

Memories...

I grew up with an Acorn Electron (later moving to Ataris, then PC, then Mac). I always coveted my uncle's BBC Model B and later, his Acorn Archimedes.

Interestingly, these machines used the ARM for *everything*. And still managed to have quite a few great games... Nevryon, f'rex.

RISCOS (from what I remember) was a really intriguing OS. IIRC, it kept applications as "bang bundles" .... in much the same way as Mac OS X uses .app bundles. You could tell an application because its title started with a bang.... !Prefs, for instance.

More stuff about Archies and RISCOS emulation at:
RedSquirrel

That's sensible. Wait til the technology market stabilizes. Always something better coming down the pike, and cheaper, too. I'm still getting by with my Compaq portable, because the laptop sector of the market is nowhere near enough mature. I mean, they don't really have biometrics down yet.

Well, why, it *is* possible indeed, according to the specs in the manual. If you bought a starship and both the manual and the ship dealer clearly state it can reach warp 8, you could sue them if it didn't.

Yes, warp 8 is possible, but not recommended, as the Federation imposed warp 4.7 as a limit for most ships, after Enterprise 1701-D encountered subspace ruptures in a highly travelled area of space in the Alpha Quadrant. If you travel faster than this, you can cause these ruptures - and get fined.

Maybe you find this and this interesting.

Be careful... Drive safely and boldly where no man has gone before

One step closer to a universal translator.

Will the motor companies become the next RIAA when it is possible to make a perfect copy of any car? What will Coca-Cola say when I can nano-replicate coke from water and hydrocarbons?

They'll probably just say that your Coke tastes like Pepsi or something.

Seriously, I think exact duplication of an item will probably be a bit tricky, even with nanomanufacturing. Many /. readers are probably familiar with Star Trek replicators, and the more anal among us probably remember that most replicators can't get foodstuffs perfectly right due to "resolution" limitations. It may just be their way to prevent replicating living beings, but it makes sense.

Making an exact duplicate of a given object would require exact knowledge of that object's state - certainly down to the bonds between its atoms, possibly down to the spin of its electrons (or even smaller parts!) That oft-quoted Heisenberg uncertainty principle means that, once we get to that level, we won't be able to learn the exact state of an item. It probably doesn't matter for your Coke, but it might matter for the metallic structure of the can it's in. Duplicating the metallurgical qualities of a car's engine block, or the electric properties of a silicon chip, may be beyond what nanotech can do.

With that fact in mind, the manufacturers may still be able to produce a better product than your homemade knock-off. If that's true, than manufacturers won't be limited to making money off of patents, copyrights, and licensing.

(By the way, a very funny webcomic set in the 31st century, Schlock Mercenary, considered and dealt with this issue. I've linked a specific relevant strip here.)

The drawing was hidden by collector Leoni because of the crude doodles of a walking penis with a tail, a hairy anus and a keyhole vagina on the same page.

Which roleplaying games existed before 1974? AFAIK, the only rules you could find before that were for miniature wargamming, which is what D&D evolved out of. In fact, the very first edition (not AD&D, but rather the old 1974 booklets) had two distinct combat rules. You could use the old Chainmail rules, or the new D&D rules to run combats.

BTW, Dave Arneson is presumably responsible for the whole hit tables and negative armor class thing. He supposedly got that from an old naval wargame. He and Gary Gygax were buddies back then.

If you're genuinely curious about the whole story behind D&D (including the ugly, dirty side dealing with money and publishers), check out the Gary Gygax interview in the last couple issues of the OD&DITIES fanzine

Wonder what an older version of the Darth Vader uniform will look like?

Something like this?

Heh, this is the same ship as the local passenger ferry here on the Isle of Man - the Seacat (There are actually two designs: the Seacat and the Seacat Rapide - see the photos here, here and here. To pull a quick excerpt from the above link:

"Built by InCat Australia for Sea Containers in Tasmania, SeaCat was the worlds' first vehicle-carrying catamaran. The original 74 metre craft have subsequently been joined by a new 81 metre length SeaCat design, also built by InCat."

I hope Microsoft aren't taking inspiration from the British comedy show "The Fast Show"'s 'Channel 9' sketches.... :o)

For those of you who are wondering what I'm on about... see here, and here, and here, and here, and here....... Scorchio!

Bring out the gimp

Bring out the gimp.

this is an insane conversation

Here, take a walk down memory lane: http://www.firstibmclone.fsnet.co.uk/

I remember doing this kind of crap in high school to make my papers X pages long.

during it's cruse

*hides from the APC*

Would have been better if you would have taken a few minute to do some searchingyourself before spouting off but here is an article on the parents original playstation info

Original Playstation info

And don't forget "it's Sunday edition". Got to have at least one incorrect apostrophe in every post. But help is at hand:

• Apostrophe Protection Society
• apostrophell

or alternativly, (1) wrap Roy Orbison in saran wrap.

• Movie 1 1.8MB
• Movie 2 1.8MB
• Movie 3 20 MB

• Movie 1 1.8MB
• Movie 2 1.8MB
• Movie 3 20 MB

I'm sure some people have some ideas....

You know what every guy is thinking...some sweet shots of your neighborhood babe suntanning!

I believe this is already the case. I believe that artists/radio stations can use samples (shorter than 30 seconds i think) without having to pay for them.

This is one of the myths about copyright that just won't go away.
Fact is, you are wrong.

Oh, you mean like the Satellaview for the Super Famicom ( Japan only )? Or how about the Sega Channel subscription cable gaming service launched in the US?

Hardly a unique concept, and never a smashing success.

I suppose you could make it fly today, but until you sell your gaming console CHEAP AND COMPLETE with internet access, you cannot get rid of the traditional distribution model.

Reminds me of Species 8472 from Star Trek Voyager

not trying to bash here, but this kind of seems like a waste. this guy obviously has some good coding skills so there has to be something more useful he could create other than an app that looks like DOS. maybe i'm a jerk, but this doesn't look like it is advancing linux very much.

windows 1.0 screenshots

Or even better, wrap Roy Orbison in clingfilm!

This is a fun site

I thought that the Gnome Invasion had something to do with the Gnome Liberation Front, and I just could not understand why Slashdot would be interested in them.

Not to mention these guys.

...and you will see that the author of the paper being discused in the article, a Dr Philip Stott, is really juat an right-wing anti-enviromentalists pro-GMO goon. See:
http://www.probiotech.fsnet.co.uk

He's even quoted on the Ultra conservative EviroTruth website:
http://www.envirotruth.org/myth1b.cfm

More info about Stott can be found here.

I suspect they're fried six ways from Sunday, to use the legal jargon. I was watching and counting rip-offs for amusement. Mind you, I think they did an excellent job recreating the original. Gene would be pleased. Truly difficult would be to count the novelties.

Humorless greedbag Paramount, on the other hand... 6 years ago they threatened a few dozen fan sites to drop their image and .wav collections in order to increase traffic to their for-profit official Trek site. (I assume they backed off?)

The rule is that derivative works are part of the original copyright. Some things like parodies are fiar use exceptions. Critically, the work need not mimic the original to nonetheless be derivative, rather it need only evoke the original in style or appearance or whatever. Here, the sight of the ship -- with music -- was more than enough. Even the door-slide effect sounds the same.

One of the tests is "substitution" -- could the new work displace demand for the original in the marketplace, or reduce the market for derivatives (such as by saturation)? Here, sure; they've basically produced a low-budget sequel, not that the original was high-budget.

Then there's trademark.... They could go to town here.

Disclaimer: I think the work is really cool, but wish they had applied their talents to either getting permission or coming up with new material. In case the lawyers come, I suggest the producers begin making their own Klingon® weaponry.

Rocket packs can be hazardous to your health in more ways than the obvious.

Photoshop Elements? What a joke!! Yeah, and my moped can kick the crap out of a Ducati SS800. Have you even used Photoshop Elements?

Real Photoshop is $610 per seat unless you want to get into volume licensing.

NAME: Burdge, Jonathan E-MAIL: jlb@io.com , jlbatdarc@w-link.net , elby@adequacy.org , darc@w-link.net ALIASES: lb, jlb, Elby

NAME: Casillas, Luis E-MAIL: casillas@stanford.edu , em@adequacy.org ALIASES: em, Estanislao Martinez, Sylvain Tremblay

NAME: Corrigan, Barry E-MAIL: barry@bjcorrigan.fsnet.co.uk , bc@adequacy.org ALIASES: bc, ktb (Kiss the Blade), Lover's Arrival, Euroderf, Erbert Paget-Paget, Anya

NAME: Dickson, Craig E-MAIL: crd@inversenet.com , mendaxveritas@yahoo.com , mendaxveritas@pacbell.net ALIASES: mv, Mendax Veritas

NAME: Flickinger, Dan E-MAIL: flikx@geekizoid.com , flikee@xmission.com ALIASES: flikx

NAME: Haberberger, George E-MAIL: ghaberbe@frontiernet.net , George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com ALIASES: GeorgeHa, Hairy_Potter

NAME: Huston, Bill E-MAIL: bozoman@vlad.geekizoid.com , ALIASES: bozoman

NAME: Johnson, Peter E-MAIL: peter.johnson@voicestream.com , shoeboy@adequacy.org ALIASES: Shoeboy, Peter Johnson

NAME: Lockwood, Scott E-MAIL: wsl3@attbi.com , vlad@geekizoid.com ALIASES: Vladinator, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Quick Star, Pinkerton Floyd, etc.

NAME: Linwood, Rob E-MAIL: rcl@cs.csoft.net , rcl211@is9.nyu.edu ALIASES: AuntFloyd, Con Troll

NAME: Mann, Warren E-MAIL: broken@warmann.com ALIASES: osm, OpenSourceMan

NAME: McPherson, Craig E-MAIL: craig@laceyonline.com ALIASES: craig, naked&petrified guy

NAME: Nelson, Brian E-MAIL: elenchos@adequacy.org ALIASES: Elenchos

NAME: Osborne, Michaell E-MAIL: osborm@yahoo.com , dmg@adequacy.org , michaellosborne@netscapeonline.co.uk ALIASES: dmg, Dumb Marketing Guy, Lord Hugh Toppingham

NAME: Sassaman, Esther E-MAIL: esther@antioch.edu , perdida@adequacy.org , reva_altamira@yahoo.com ALIASES: Perdida, Reva Altamira, etc.

NAME: Skinner, James E-MAIL: spiralx@spazmail.com , spiralx@adequacy.org ALIASES: SpiralX, Manifold, Jon Erikson

NAME: Stanton, Matt E-MAIL: matt@madeforchina.com , serf@adequacy.org ALIASES: Serf

NAME: Zikowski, Zachary E-MAIL: zikzak@io.com , zikzak@adequacy.org ALIASES: Zikzak, kp

What is the evil force behind all wrongdoing in the universe?

It never had a name. Until now. Until we identified it and studied it while making ready to destroy it.

Its name is VladeKua5y !

VladeKua5y (pronounced "Vladequacy") is the root of the problem. VladeKua5y is the root of all problems. VladeKua5y is the enemy. VladeKua5y is what must be destroyed.

Kuro5hin + Vladinator + Adequacy = VladeKua5y !!

Who is the enemy? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

What must be destroyed? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Who is the enemy of all trollers evarywhere? VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y ! VladeKua5y !

Here is some information on VladeKua5y . Expect more people like Rusty Foster to be added soon.

NAME: Burdge, Jonathan E-MAIL: jlb@io.com, jlbatdarc@w-link.net, elby@adequacy.org, darc@w-link.net ALIASES: lb, jlb, Elby

NAME: Casillas, Luis E-MAIL: casillas@stanford.edu, em@adequacy.org ALIASES: em, Estanislao Martinez, Sylvain Tremblay

NAME: Corrigan, Barry E-MAIL: barry@bjcorrigan.fsnet.co.uk, bc@adequacy.org ALIASES: bc, ktb (Kiss the Blade), Lover's Arrival, Euroderf, Erbert Paget-Paget, Anya

NAME: Dickson, Craig E-MAIL: crd@inversenet.com, mendaxveritas@yahoo.com, mendaxveritas@pacbell.net ALIASES: mv, Mendax Veritas

NAME: Flickinger, Dan E-MAIL: flikx@geekizoid.com, flikee@xmission.com ALIASES: flikx

NAME: Haberberger, George E-MAIL: ghaberbe@frontiernet.net, George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com ALIASES: GeorgeHa, Hairy_Potter

NAME: Huston, Bill E-MAIL: bozoman@vlad.geekizoid.com, ALIASES: bozoman

NAME: Johnson, Peter E-MAIL: peter.johnson@voicestream.com, shoeboy@adequacy.org ALIASES: Shoeboy, Peter Johnson

NAME: Lockwood, Scott E-MAIL: wsl3@attbi.com, vlad@geekizoid.com ALIASES: Vladinator, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Quick Star, Pinkerton Floyd, etc.

NAME: Linwood, Rob E-MAIL: rcl@cs.csoft.net, rcl211@is9.nyu.edu ALIASES: AuntFloyd, Con Troll

NAME: Mann, Warren E-MAIL: broken@warmann.com ALIASES: osm, OpenSourceMan

NAME: McPherson, Craig E-MAIL: craig@laceyonline.com ALIASES: craig, naked&petrified guy

NAME: Nelson, Brian E-MAIL: elenchos@adequacy.org ALIASES: Elenchos

NAME: Osborne, Michaell E-MAIL: osborm@yahoo.com, dmg@adequacy.org, michaellosborne@netscapeonline.co.uk ALIASES: dmg, Dumb Marketing Guy, Lord Hugh Toppingham

NAME: Sassaman, Esther E-MAIL: esther@antioch.edu, perdida@adequacy.org, reva_altamira@yahoo.com ALIASES: Perdida, Reva Altamira, etc.

NAME: Skinner, James E-MAIL: spiralx@spazmail.com, spiralx@adequacy.org ALIASES: SpiralX, Manifold, Jon Erikson

NAME: Stanton, Matt E-MAIL: matt@madeforchina.com, serf@adequacy.org ALIASES: Serf

NAME: Zikowski, Zachary E-MAIL: zikzak@io.com, zikzak@adequacy.org ALIASES: Zikzak, kp

NAME: ???, Ernie E-MAIL: trollmastah@hotmail.com ALIASES: Trollmastah

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
It's coming.
You are not ready.
You can't stop it.
TROLLING BEGINS:
January 1st, 2003. 11:59PM.
It's coming.

SEELE loves yuo!!!

Since the 15th century there has been what is known as a "duty to retreat" in England. The principle states that it is better to retreat from a potentially violent situation and have one's pride injured than to physically injure the other person. Unfortunately, this means that even if you are a victim of robbery, you have a duty to attempt to escape from the robber instead of trying to fight him. If you kill a robber or burglar in "self-defense" in England, you are charged with murder if you didn't retreat "at least to the wall at one's back." There used to be a "castle exception" to the retreat rule in England that states that a homeowner need not retreat when attacked in his own residence, but there now is no castle exception in England. This is evidenced by the total prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons in England in 1953. Offensive meaning the opposite of defensive. This includes practically anything, certainly a pocketknife, dirk, or dagger, truncheon, axe, tomahawk, etc. England does not condone the use of weapons to ward off attackers. Therefore, anyone who carries a concealed pistol or revolver is certainly not justified in brandishing or shooting someone who robs him in England.

In this great country of ours (USA), there is no duty to retreat in most jurisdictions. However, some jurisdictions, notably some New England states, do require retreat when possible and retain the castle exception. One example of a very violence-friendly law is California, which states that deadly force may be used in defense of oneself or others anywhere, at anytime, when the victim reasonably believes that deadly force is necessary to avoid death, serious bodily injury, or the commission of any violent felony by the perpetrator. In practice, this may prevent criminals from robbing people as they know they could be shot and killed legally. Certainly this suggests that the "wave of violent crime" in the UK is not the result of a gun ban, but is partially the result of a centuries-old rule that favors violent criminals.

What people should be saying is that there is a public policy interest in not having a retreat rule and in not prosecuting people who kill in self-defense, so that criminals will actually be afraid of getting hurt when they rob people. Make sense?