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Linux copied stuff from Windows? Well, my start button in icewm is an example, very Win95ish.
But, How about some of the various FVWM setups? I have a bunch at my linux files page and some of them have a windows -like start button, and some don't. I run these .fvwm2rc's on Debian, Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake, and Slackware. Only thing these OS's don't have is a BSOD. Very neat way of taking you to a place where you need to restart the machine, rather than leave a mess when an application crashes, and you can't seem to find a process number to kill. Glad to hear that Microsoft is looking at Linux's way of doing things. Shows that Bill Gates is a reasonable man, and able to change things if circumstances warrent. Unlike a lot of managers/bosses, that will go to hell in a handbasket rather than admit they are wrong. I spend money on Microsoft products (XP), and make the most of what they have to offer. Lots of productivity possible using XP, I'll have to admit.

...the RPG Traveler as a kid. I've a hunch that my simulations were as accurate at these.

I couldn't care less about what it costs for the traditional 12 day of Christmas. What I really want to know is what it costs to buy the Bob and Doug Mackenzie 12 Days of Christmas!

After all, in their version they have some actually useful stuff, like french toast, back bacon, toques, comic books, and beer!

Only a hoser would want "Lords a Leaping" and "Swans a Swimming" :) .

Yaz.

Besides, you american's always spend too much on these sort of things. Check out the Canadian 12 days-o-Christmas. I promise you it will cost FAR less, and if you pay in American $, you'll have spent basicly pocket change!

Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!

What'd I say?

If guys like Robert Bussard can't even get serious air-time would Langley-equivalents fare much better than the Wright-equivalents today?

I wrote up some amateur analysis of the potential results of this event, and even though most of it's probably been suggested here already, you might find it interesting.

Is there a moderation along the lines of -1, CopyrightMoron?

After enlisting additional help from a carny weapons designer (Tom Waits -- !!), who contributes such non-lethal devices as Tornado in a Can and a Blame Thrower, they head off to storm Frankenstein's lair.

The before picture is probably surface rendering, which does not take into account the recursive light travel (figure 4 and 5). It is conceptually similar to ray-casting (figure 3). But the process used is different, though and not the same shown in figure 3.

If you look again in the after picture, you will see reflections of the table on the monkey. This is not possible with plain surface rendering, but can be simulated with more complicated methods.

"If you watch Moore's Bowling for Columbine, and see the tapes from the cafeteria, you can see the two of them were enjoying the power of having guns, and had lost it."

Two points on this: 1. Are you implying that they were in control when they spent the weeks before making pipe bombs? Are you implying they were in control when they came to school armed to the teeth and dressed like a member of COBRA? Are you implying they didn't lose control until they made it into the cafeteria? If memory serves, Steven Curnow was their first kill, in the parking lot before they entered the cafeteria. Were they in control then?

2. I refuse to give Michael Moore any shred of credibility, as it has been shown that whole segments of his "documentary" were dramatized. How can I be shocked by his "facts" when I don't know which facts are truly shocking, and which facts were made "shocking" by Moore's design?

"That doesn't change the reaction of the parents and adults in Littleton to the tragedy."

The parents reacted the way they did because the "nerds" were not the victims. I am hesitant to even classify Harris and Kleobold as "nerds", just vile sociopathic rich kid killers. Crying "my Daddy bought me a used BMW and everyone picks on me for it!" does not make you a nerd. If these guys are "nerds" then so is John Wayne Gacy. But I digress. It sounds like you wanted society to say "Bastard jocks, you made the poor unpopular kids go out and kill other poor unpopular kids!" That is not how we work, especially over and event so tragic and pointless. Had they offed themselves with a heartfelt note describing the torment of a used BMW and the mockery that followed, society may have reacted in the way you wanted. But if you go on murder spree, and strike down innocents that did nothing to you, then you are worse than the jocks that you so despise.

"Let's say the two of them were the class president and QB of the football team. But, you know, they were just psycho and loved guns and violence and had twisted adolecent fantasies

I would argue that society would have had the same reaction, and rightly so. Don't expect me to look for the cause of what you such an asshole, if you are an asshole, you are an asshole, and no one except you mother gives a shit why. And she stops doing that when you are six. Do you feel the same way about Al Queda? Were they justified on 9/11?

"These kids were outcasts, and there are reams of depositions to suggest these two were systematically bullied, beat up and tormented."

Who hasn't been systematically bullied and beat up at some point of their lives? Being beat up and bullied is justification for what they did? I would say that systematically, murdering, and bombing people is a little bit worse than being bullied. As far as your point about them being outcasts is concerned, have you ever stopped and thought that maybe they were just unlikeable. I have seen interviews with the group called the "Trenchcoat Mafia", and even they said they didn't like these guys. When you are outcast from the outcast, you need to take a look at yourself. When the whole world has a problem with you, maybe it isn't the whole world with the problem.

All kinds of shit came out... ...ban first person shooters... ...vilification of Manson and German Industrial Bands..."

This was going on before Columbine, and will continue to go on after Columbine. It is unrelated. Columbine certainly added another tenant to their arguements, but it didn't start anything. In the 50's they wanted to ban comic books.

"THey went the opposite way and reinforced that the football team players..."

Are you sure your perception of this wasn't just because of a little pro-"nerd" anti-jock bias on your part?

As for the rest of your post, I fail to see any correlation. What doe

I have always had a problem with statements like these. People say the "jocks" were responsible for Harris and Klebold, yet few of the murdered high schoolers were jocks.

Were they tormented by big bad Steven Curnow? I'll bet Cassie Bernall was just a nightmare during gym class. Probably old William Sanders gave one mean swirlie as well.

It is possible that they were tormented for being nerds, geeks, weird, etc. But how can shooting up 13 year old freshmen be used to justify this behavior?

They are worse than scum, and they deserve to rot in hell for their behavior. No excuses can be made.

I have always had a problem with statements like these. People say the "jocks" were responsible for Harris and Klebold, yet few of the murdered high schoolers were jocks.

Were they tormented by big bad Steven Curnow? I'll bet Cassie Bernall was just a nightmare during gym class. Probably old William Sanders gave one mean swirlie as well.

It is possible that they were tormented for being nerds, geeks, weird, etc. But how can shooting up 13 year old freshmen be used to justify this behavior?

They are worse than scum, and they deserve to rot in hell for their behavior. No excuses can be made.

I have always had a problem with statements like these. People say the "jocks" were responsible for Harris and Klebold, yet few of the murdered high schoolers were jocks.

Were they tormented by big bad Steven Curnow? I'll bet Cassie Bernall was just a nightmare during gym class. Probably old William Sanders gave one mean swirlie as well.

It is possible that they were tormented for being nerds, geeks, weird, etc. But how can shooting up 13 year old freshmen be used to justify this behavior?

They are worse than scum, and they deserve to rot in hell for their behavior. No excuses can be made.

--xPhase

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Ow. That was mean. Slashdot is also rampant with people shooting their mouths off without a modicum of research. At least I try.

I'm probably going to get modded down for this, but here we go...

While I'm ignorant of a great many things, illiterate I am not. In fact, one of my chief interests is history. I also have a tendency to include a certain flippancy into most comments I write. This makes it more likely that I "it" was intended, don't you think?

I'm also a pedant, and something of what you call a "grammar nazi" (horrible term).

Go easy, and if you're going to utter a stereotype, make sure your subject is a member to the class.

Eibhear

Bluetooth sales sudden spiked because it was being included in new mobile phones. Same for MP3 playback. My mobile can play MP3s, though I only use the ability for ringtones. And with some extra software my phone can play Ogg Vorbis files too. If everyone with a Series 60 phone installed OggPlay, would the number of portable devices capable of playing Ogg Vorbis files be considered to have gone up?

But we know that Senator Lieberman is Palpatine. Right here is the documentation.

Here
Here
and here
For starters.

Your Minolta's SLR mirror is sticking to the light seals, which decay over the years and become adhesive. Likewise, the rubber shutter plane becomes sticky, and that can cause shutter delay on some models (the XG begin particularly sensitive to this). The XD series (XD-5, XD-7 and XD-11) used a titanium shutter, which needs light lubrication but which hasn't got the sticking issue mentioned. The XD series, as well as the later X series, are much lighter than the brick heavy SR-T series. Check out Garry's cameras for repairs and tuneups.

On eBay, these cameras range from $50 to $100 with a 50mm f/1.7 lens.

The meter battery is very, very hard to find, as it is a 1.35v mercury cell (which is now banned - too many ended up in landfills). Several options exist to work around this. Zinc-air (Wein) cells work at almost the same voltage (1.4v), but wear out after six months of use. The meter system can be recalibrated by a relatively lightly skilled electronics geek to work with 1.5v silver cells. And there is a product that encapsulates the v76 series silver cells and which drops the voltage of the 1.5v cell to the mercury's 1.35v.

This line of Minolta works with the MC or MD series lenses, the latter ("Metered Diaphram") required for full automatic operation with the XD and X series (e.g. XD-5, XD-11, XG, X-700, etc.) bodies. Look for Minolta Rokkor lenses -- they are very high quality lenses. A 28mm, 50mm and 135mm will provide a great range of lenses for an amateur photographer.

The only major problem with older Minolta cameras is the light seals decay and become sticky over the years. It costs around $40 to have them replaced by a competent camera repair store, but they are harder and harder to find. Check out Garry's repair site for help.

See if you can find a photography class at the local college. I took one 40 years ago, and they taught me to develop my own film. Also, your camera store might have classes, or know where one is held. Professional instruction in photography will give you a lot from the hobby later on. You can have both digital and film cameras. Movies are something else. Stick with still photography, until you know all the basics. You will then, after some classes, be able to spot the errors in any photograph, and become a better photographer in the process. I have a small series of digital images at this address that were taken with an early digital camera, in 1997. At least with a digital camera, you can share your pictures via the web quickly. There are some film processors that will develop your film and give you a CD, to do the same thing.

Don't NASA engineers ever watch Star Trek or buy the Blue Prints for the ships? Geeeez... The solution to this problem is trivial, all NASA needs to do is equip the ship with a deflector array to protect the ship from stray radiation , debris, and high energy cosmic particles.

I think an alternate solution to this problem is to develop a cloaking device since it acts as a lens and diverts electromagnetic radiation around the ship instead of through it. However, NASA probably isn't up to cloaking devices just yet and should probably stick with the deflector array.

Don't NASA engineers ever watch Star Trek or buy the Blue Prints for the ships? Geeeez... The solution to this problem is trivial, all NASA needs to do is equip the ship with a deflector array to protect the ship from stray radiation , debris, and high energy cosmic particles.

I think an alternate solution to this problem is to develop a cloaking device since it acts as a lens and diverts electromagnetic radiation around the ship instead of through it. However, NASA probably isn't up to cloaking devices just yet and should probably stick with the deflector array.

Don't NASA engineers ever watch Star Trek or buy the Blue Prints for the ships? Geeeez... The solution to this problem is trivial, all NASA needs to do is equip the ship with a deflector array to protect the ship from stray radiation , debris, and high energy cosmic particles.

I think an alternate solution to this problem is to develop a cloaking device since it acts as a lens and diverts electromagnetic radiation around the ship instead of through it. However, NASA probably isn't up to cloaking devices just yet and should probably stick with the deflector array.

We must Pave The Earth!!

Oops, the list is here.

Evangelion
RahXephon
Robotech
Gundam

(Call) Mr. Plow.
That's my name!
That name again is Mr. Plow.

Under a number of the message postings from the SCOX message board under yahoo, I stumbled upon this little link that might be of interest to some... http://www.geocities.com/gspot_licker/AncientUnix. pdf.

The funny thing about the letter is that its dated 2002, so not too long ago when SCO made this announcement publically and openly.

-- M

My favorite in the "found humor" category was from an article by a physicist during the Star Wars anti-missile debates of the early 80's. This guy referred to SDI as "literally pie in the sky". This conjurs up images of orbitting coconut cream pies preparing to smack incoming missiles in the face...

A google search for the phrase "literally pie in the sky" actually comes up with several examples, including this, which is about meteor defense.

Full account here

Hey! I didn't realize that the Comic Book Guy did book reviews on Slashdot. Welcome!

Entertaining and informative review. I'll be sure to avoid this one. Honor Harrington [shudder]

anyone remember the iOpener?

totally hacked

Consider second: the most powerful political position in the world was decided by a margin that is substantially smaller than the number of /. lurkers currently nodding and saying "Yeah, Voting SUXX0RS".

For those of you interested in what it might be about here is the script.

Here are your links regarding the post of historical retort:

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Treaty of Versailles

Napoleon poisoned

Battle for Saipan-Japanese were no pushovers

Presidential Election of 1876

British burn Washington D.C. in 1814"

George Washington hammers the Brits

Also, please note that British propaganda against Napoleon was at least as strident as the American propaganda against Saddam Hussein.

Shorthand is decidedly different from the quick writing (as you've described). Shorthand was not really used to shorten written conversation but as a stopgap measure to accurately take dictation. There are several variants on both, as briefly covered here.

In brief, though, most shorthand systems do not look anything like longhand. They're phonetically based and each stroke generally represents a consonant sound. The consonants are then embellished with vowel digraphs because most words can be constructed with only consonants (same principle used in many spellcheck systems).

The idea is to be able to get all the details quickly and then to transcribe your notes to make a full reproduction of the original. To this end, most systems (gregg, teeline, quickwriting) are not capable of reproducing the full longhand vocabulary and are more or less used for transcribing exclusively. Almost every system was designed to be used by reporters, secretaries, clerks, and others who could be educated in the system. None that I know of were designed to make writing easier (the Korean system is, but that's not really a shorthand system).

Shorthand writing systems were obsoleted in practice by the stenography machines used in courtrooms today. I believe the machines operate under the same principle, but I haven't looked into it. The rise of electronic typewriters and computers, which allowed extremely fast typing has risen to somewhat fill the role shorthand played in secretarial work. Journalism schools rarely teach shorthand any more and they usually teach the Gregg system.

Someone without training would be completely unable to read shorthand. It looks absolutely foreign.

For Tolkien fans, the Tengwar system (flowing script used for decoration in the LOTR books) works similarly to many shorthand systems. It can be used to represent quite a few languages, including English.

Why write this? I am fascinated by writing systems, particularly neat looking ones. I've wanted my own secret writing system since childhood but never was motivated/creative enough to invent my own. I've taken up Pitman Shorthand (which can serve as a full writing systm) as an acceptable substitute. With only a few thousand writers in the world, and most of them over 60 at that, it's secret enough for me.

Maglev trains and Flying Cars.

Ok the Moller thing is a stretch, but 500+ kph trains are a reality.

One of many links: A Bullshit Detection Guide

The correct link is http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4855/bs.htm ; the page is titled "A BullSh-- detection Guide" so I hadn't found it in a google search, either (usually my first line of defense for bad URLs)

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of post

Listen to The Industrial Factory every Sunday night from 8PM - 10PM EST on 90.3 WERS in Boston!

In the meanwhile, my original page has been mirrored at this page by a kind soul.

The pajhome source code is arguably prettier than mine, and should almost always be used, rather than mine.
To my defense, mine was developed and works under netscape 2.0, which probably makes it the first md5 implementation in javascript ever.
I have a nagging feeling pajhome's version requires at least NS3/IE3, although I haven't checked that.

At the time, after I benchmarked it and realized how slow it was to run at the time, I had serious second-thoughts about its usefulness (the 7 hashes test on the page above would take 10 to 15 seconds to run on some very reasonable desktop hardware.)
Things have gotten better, both on the CPU and the javascript speed front, and it does make a lot of sense now to use it for password submissions if you don't want to take the extra cost of SSL.

Military forces around the world have long had vehicles similar to the Warthog. There's the Desert Patrol Vehicle, the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle, and plenty others. The idea is hardly a new one.

And secondly, what are Americons?

I think they're a splinter group of Destructicons which had some philosophical differences with Megatron. They've been having some trouble with Terrorcons lately.

And secondly, what are Americons?

I think they're a splinter group of Destructicons which had some philosophical differences with Megatron. They've been having some trouble with Terrorcons lately.

Check out Stone Faces Gazetteer

Some of these, especially the sleeping giants and one particular offshore head, are downright eerie.

Oh but it's worse than that. The opt-out provision only applies to the specific company being advertised. Start a new shell company (maybe $50 in some states, less in the carribean) and you can spam everyone all over again, 100% legally. Plus you've got all those freshly confirmed addresses!

In fact, I don't think the law prohibits selling your opt-out list to other spammers, for use as their new spam list. Isn't life grand?

• no private right of action. 99.98% of spammers don't cause $5000+ worth of damage and therefore will never be prosecuted by the FBI or FTC. Individuals, companies, and probably even state governments will have to take it up the ass.
• Meanwhile, the big names on ROKSO will know how to abuse the loopholes free and clear.
• Nulls out all existing state spam laws, most of which are stronger than this crap.

The land that you call Israel was the homeland of The the Canaanites and Phoenicians. The Torah, Bible, and archealogical evidence support this. The Torah and Bible state that the Hebrews ethnically cleansed the land of the Canaanites. You know, like Hitler tried to do to the Jews.

So maybe you should drop the Nazi crap and stop the hate.