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Not infinitely recursive? by dmarien · 2002-06-20 05:52 · Score: 2, Funny · on What's It Like to be Google's Boss Techie?

Why can't I find a cache'd version of this page anywhere? if the live cache'd version goes down, and there's no cache'd cache'd version, whatever will we do? :)

Re:Targetted searching is needed, never mind size by shepd · 2002-06-17 02:54 · Score: 1 · on AllTheWeb Claims Bigger Index Than Google

Search smarter, not harder! :-)

Re:why so keen on earth-sized? by RetroGeek · 2002-06-13 08:58 · Score: 1 · on Planetary System Similar to Sol

you've got potentially a 1% increase in gravity

From 9.8 m/s2 to 9.9 m/s2? That's not very much.

Moreover there is a gravity variance between sea level, and Mount Everest

"Careful experiments would tell you that g = 9.80 m/s2 at sea level but g = 9.77 m/s2 on top of Mount Everest."

Re:possible use... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-11 02:44 · Score: 0 · on IBM Reinvents Punch Cards

Uh, no. Current, lots of turns, explosive collapse of magnetic field. Ta-da ...
emp artillery

Re:My pet peeve over used books... by Target+Drone · 2002-06-10 05:49 · Score: 2 · on Used Books: An Actual Internet Success Story

Anyone know of any online bookstores that at least check a few pages of used books for highlighter marks and the like, and mention if they found any in the book description?

A quick search on Google for "used books" highlighter rating. Returns a couple sites such as Book Court and Powells which rate their books. I'm sure if you search a bit harder you can find more sites.

Australia government trying to fix elections? by BlackTriangle · 2002-06-09 06:25 · Score: 0 · on Australia Plans More Spying on Citizens

Last time in 1975 they had American support, but looks like they decided to go it alone this time.

Well, maybe by twilight30 · 2002-06-06 09:49 · Score: 2 · on Security Through Obsolescence

From the article: ' You never read about this kind of "security through obscurity," which can just as correctly be called "security through obsolescence." Despite this lack of publicity, it may be as effective a tactic as any other, and it can be implemented without spending a dime. '

Most people will know this, but I have to quote Jamie Zawinski: But as we all know, Linux is only free if your time has no value, and I find that my time is better spent doing things other than the endless moving-target-upgrade dance...

... which raises an interesting point: If you are spending time to do this, aren't you investing -- perhaps even wasting -- a lot of it hoping that your machine is beyond reach or unknown? Is that amount of effort really worth nothing? If someone succeeds in breaking the barrier, all that conscious thinking will have gone to waste, as the end result is still 'I have a cracked machine'. With current software, you have some recourse. It may always be true that the need for endless-upgrades will persist. I don't think this sounds like an alternative.

I could be wrong, but the knowledge and practical experience needed to try something like this looks to be of little worth to the people who'd want to do it.

Re:Not Surprising by RetroGeek · 2002-06-05 05:02 · Score: 1 · on Open Source Developed by Individuals, Not Large Groups

Ah yes, the

- Mythical
- Man
- Month

strikes again.

Re:Oil supply runs dry! Story at 11! by Anonymous+C0wherder · 2002-05-30 11:26 · Score: 1 · on Iceland to Voluntarily Go Oil Free in 30-40 Years

Hell we're just starting to process the tar sands in Alberta

Yeah, I was informed a couple of weeks ago that our (Alberta) current drought situation is being assisted by oil companies pumping our H2O reserves into the ground to get the oil out & that water isn't being replentished (fast enough). Any truth that that?? kuz it sure is dry. Anyone have a link to something like that? I did a quick search but alas, the mighty Google didn't find me any info so far.

Also, the Banff hot springs has been operating on town water for like 8 months or so now and not H20 served up from the depths. The "actual" hot springs appear to be dry at the moment.

Cached Version Fix by Grip3n · 2002-05-29 12:34 · Score: 2, Informative · on DARPA Project Babylon: Universal Translator

Looks like the link to the Google cache version of the document is in error. Here is the correct link

Toner Pirates by Target+Drone · 2002-05-29 09:06 · Score: 1 · on HP Must Defend Half-Empty "Economy" Ink Cartridges

They're called "toner pirates". I heard the way they get you is by calling up and saying that they are selling toner at a 50% discount for only $200. This won't work with any medium to large size company but it works great with a Mom and Pop shop where the poor secretary who doesn't have a clue what toner costs thinks she is saving the company money and orders it.

Try Google for more info.

1 down 1000 to go. by Target+Drone · 2002-05-28 07:39 · Score: 1 · on Steffi Graf Wins Case Vs. Microsoft

The problem for her though is that the Internet never forgets. Acording to google she still has to get the picture removed from at least a 1000 more sites.

Re:Speaking as a California state worker: by jo42 · 2002-05-24 12:37 · Score: 1 · on California Hax0red

123-45-6789
DL1234567
1/1/42
Ms. Gates
Pick One

Stats from Google by Malc · 2002-05-24 02:30 · Score: 2, Informative · on Mozilla RC3 Released

Google has some information. Netscape 6+/Mozilla is too insignificant to register in its own category.

Off-topic aside: when I go to google.com, it redirects to google.ca (hence my link). Google's up to something. They don't know my geographical location from any cookie information, etc as this is a clean install of Mozilla 1 RC3.

Re:interference.. by ergo98 · 2002-05-22 14:23 · Score: 1 · on Building a Wireless Network for an Apartment Complex?

He's talking about 802.11a though, which operates at 5Ghz and is far less polluted (not to mention much faster, and with a comparable range in real life tests).

Offtopic: I have "s" as a nickname for Slashdot in Opera (so I enter s in the address bar and it brings me to Slashdot), but every now and then I forget to hit F2 and put "s" in Google (which happens to be my homepage). I find the first result (searching on the letter "s") rather hilarious given the context...conspiracy?

Google cache by ergo98 · 2002-05-21 14:51 · Score: 5, Informative · on DMCA Attacks: NAI Tells Sites To Remove PGP (Updated)

The google cache of the directory in question (that incited NAI to send the cease and desist) can be found at http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:2PdJtPM6n0QC:c rypto.radiusnet.net/archive/pgp/+&hl=en. Immediately I see products that were in the NAI distribution of PGP (commercial) but aren't in the freeware version (such as PGP Disk). Is this just a case of a copyright violation (and possible outright piracy to the tune of "warez" sites) being defended as something else? I could be very much mistaken, but not all of PGP was made freeware, and even no longer sold products maintain intellectual property that the company has every right to maintain control of for future use.

Fine. Want some links? by Cletus+the+yokel · 2002-05-21 10:50 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part III

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?Arti cleID=2828
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/10/micro soft_school/index2.html
http://www.microsoft.com/education/downloads/licen sing/BSALetter.doc (Sorry, I know, MS Word)

OK, so I can't find any links specifically relating to the above story. But seriously, finding stories on how BSA screws over schools is (no pun intended) child's play.

The wonders of Google by freeweed · 2002-05-21 09:54 · Score: 2 · on Overture Search Terms Showcase Piracy Desire

Some pretty interesting results, if you ask me.

Re:The NW Wasn't the First Battle for Public Schoo by Target+Drone · 2002-05-21 08:51 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part III

I'm having a hell of a time finding any info on Iowa migrating to Linux. I've tried these searches on Google:

You'd think that if they migrated 12,000 users to Linux almost a year ago that someone would have written an article or something.

I suspect that the Iowa schools just migrated some/all of their servers to Linux and the article neglected to mention that "completely dumped Microsoft" meant that they completely dumped IIS in favor of Apache on Linux.

Re:The NW Wasn't the First Battle for Public Schoo by Target+Drone · 2002-05-21 08:51 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part III

I'm having a hell of a time finding any info on Iowa migrating to Linux. I've tried these searches on Google:

You'd think that if they migrated 12,000 users to Linux almost a year ago that someone would have written an article or something.

I suspect that the Iowa schools just migrated some/all of their servers to Linux and the article neglected to mention that "completely dumped Microsoft" meant that they completely dumped IIS in favor of Apache on Linux.

Re:Now what are they trying to hide? by Admiral+Burrito · 2002-05-20 11:10 · Score: 2 · on MS Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source

I figure if Microsoft code was handling anything important, we'd be dead already.

Do you consider an Aegis cruiser "something important"? That's a bit dated now, of course. Hopefully they would've learned their lesson back then. (Yeah, right.)

Google Cache by quantaman · 2002-05-09 12:42 · Score: 2 · on Danese Cooper (of Sun) Finally Answers

Here's the Google cache incase the site gets /.ed ;)

Re:Please Read by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-08 11:28 · Score: 0 · on Why Doesn't Sci-Fi Hit the Bestseller Lists?

This.

Re:Ananova by CaseyB · 2002-04-29 14:43 · Score: 3, Informative · on Back on TV: Max Headroom

Actually, it was just plain old makeup against a bluescreen for the backdrop.

Re:News To Me by Shadarr · 2002-04-29 06:44 · Score: 1 · on Linux "is not piracy" Says Microsoft Lawyer

Well yeah, you can easily find 3.4 million sites with Google, but I'd be very surprised if any of them contain actual pirated software.

A whole day? by JediTrainer · 2002-04-29 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny · on Linux "is not piracy" Says Microsoft Lawyer

It took them a whole day?

Geez. A quick Google search on 'warez' yields not merely a million, but 4,290,000 sites!

Search took 0.04 seconds. How much are they paying these guys?

Google's cache for Jesux by Zenithal · 2002-04-23 01:45 · Score: 1 · on Apple Deals with Devil, Communists

Not suprisingly, Jesux has gone over its bandwidth cap.

Here's a link to the google cache for it

Google cache by awptic · 2002-04-19 17:12 · Score: 5, Informative · on Establishing the Maximum Speed of a CD-ROM Drive

The google cache for this page is here

Re:What about searches coming from Canada? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-04-13 03:56 · Score: 0 · on Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns

google.ca has the same message, it's not exempted from the DCMA.

tit for tat by geoswan · 2002-04-11 02:56 · Score: 3, Insightful · on Simulating Societies

In the eighties a guy named Robert Axelrod ran a tournament. Participants submitted computer programs, that were to interact with one another. The "society" they simulated was very simple. They could use any strategy to play the "prisoner's dilemma".

The program that ended up as the most successful was also the simplest. University of Toronto Game Theorist Anatol Rappaport had submitted a program he called tit for tat. Tit for tat initially cooperated with all the other players. In subsequent turns if the other player it was interacting with had defected last turn, it defected this turn. If the other player had cooperated last turn it cooperated this turn.

Yes, the interactions between people are very complicated, and this game is very simple. Still food for thought though.

Re:Destroying the telemarketing industry. by quantaman · 2002-04-10 03:25 · Score: 2 · on How To Profit From Telemarketing

Great idea, one problem though.
Mr. Feynman doesn't exist!

He doesn't? He's one of the worlds leading physicists, I'm reading one of his books right now! Now research will be slowed to a crawl because he will be eternaly tormented by telemarketers!!
Damn you! Damn you all to hell!!

Concrete Toboggans by ParisTG · 2002-04-09 23:44 · Score: 3, Interesting · on The Huntsville Concrete Rocket

Several Universities around here build concrete toboggans. Take a look, it's actually quite intersting.

Re:Why always blame the scriptkiddies? by Soko · 2002-04-09 12:08 · Score: 3, Informative · on DoS Attacks Persisting, On The Rise

Why does everyone allways accuse the scriptkiddies of performing DOS attacks - or worse they call it hacking a server with a DOS attack?

I mean it takes some cunningness to 0wn a couple of hundred machines with a simple dail-up aol account..

Some one needs to brush up on thier definitions:

Script Kiddie n. (skript kiddee): A person who uses software tools written by someone else to exploit known security exploits in operating systems and/or server software. A person who poses as being knowlegeable about computers and how these exploits affect said computers. See JeffK.

And cunningness? To use Goolge? Come on. 3 pages into that search and I'd be in fear of my NT machines, were they not patched and behind an industrial strength firewall.

Some companies hire blackhat people to DOS their competitors once in a while, think of mail-servers. Other groups DOS certain sites because of their ethical/political/religious backgrounds.

So you want me to think that groups like these morons are capable of formulating a root exploit in order to DOS thier enemies? Right.I don't know of anyone who has half a brain that would help them do such a thing. Ergo, if they've zombied servers for DOS attacks, they're 5kr1p7 k1dd13z.

So now all of a sudden every "malicious" computer user is a scriptkiddie?

Not all, but most are. There are a few Black Hats out there who can pick apart any system they choose with tools of thier own creation. Those are the people who can strike terror into a network admin's heart - they find things that aren't known security holes, and are therefore almost impossible to stop.

The only scriptkiddies in these stories are the journalists that form their conclusions according to a certain script that's allways used when it's a story about something "evil" with computers.

See the definition above.

Geez, you're defensive. Wonder why....

Soko

The problem with pay for placement search engines by Cyclone66 · 2002-04-06 01:56 · Score: 1 · on Overture Sues Google Over Pay-for-Placement Patent

Is that they give you no relevant results compared to others.

Re:It's too bad Iomega is dying anyway by OsamaBinLager · 2002-04-02 08:56 · Score: -1 · on Iomega's New Unix (Optional) NAS Appliance

Out of my ass :) You realize any source I have is likely to be inflamatory and inaccurate,but here you are:

Persians have highest income rate and grad rate, blah blah. No evidence given, but what the hell :) (Persian chicks are hot too. God I love my girlfriend *G*)

Claims that Zoroastrians (Zoroastrianism is the original religion of Persia) have the highest per capita income in the world

OK I'm tired now, but all the links I found are like those above, total nonsense. I'm sorry, but I don't have the facts. Common sense tells you that Jews have the highest income, Persians are well known for their snobbery (god bless em) so they act as if they have the highest income, and peoples of British descent have the most combined power through centuries of exporting profits from colonies.

Re:It's too bad Iomega is dying anyway by OsamaBinLager · 2002-04-02 08:56 · Score: -1 · on Iomega's New Unix (Optional) NAS Appliance

Out of my ass :) You realize any source I have is likely to be inflamatory and inaccurate,but here you are:

Persians have highest income rate and grad rate, blah blah. No evidence given, but what the hell :) (Persian chicks are hot too. God I love my girlfriend *G*)

Claims that Zoroastrians (Zoroastrianism is the original religion of Persia) have the highest per capita income in the world

OK I'm tired now, but all the links I found are like those above, total nonsense. I'm sorry, but I don't have the facts. Common sense tells you that Jews have the highest income, Persians are well known for their snobbery (god bless em) so they act as if they have the highest income, and peoples of British descent have the most combined power through centuries of exporting profits from colonies.

Iomega.. by PopeAlien · 2002-04-02 07:35 · Score: 4, Flamebait · on Iomega's New Unix (Optional) NAS Appliance

Mmm. Boy I hope these aren't susceptible to the click of death. Ah yes, the reliability of the zip disk..

Hooray! by ShaniaTwain · 2002-03-21 14:49 · Score: 5, Insightful · on Google Relists Operation Clambake

A success story for the freedom geeks! I couldn't believe the original story when I read it.. I mean do we give people the power to remove any and all criticism from the web (or from the search engines, effectively removing it from the web.) What about the number one search result for "Chevy Avalanche Reviews".. That review is definately not positive, its downright negative. Should we ban it if it makes Chevrolet unhappy?

El Google Cache by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-19 05:42 · Score: 0 · on 7 Years of 3D Graphics

Click here for the google cache of the main page. I hope this works.

MSNBC reports that BSD IS DYING by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-15 05:18 · Score: -1, Troll · on NetBSD 1.5ZB

The front headline on MSNBC this morning was the breaking news that BSD IS DYING. For those of you too lazy to look it up on Google, here's a copy of the article:

You don't have to be Kreskin to predict BSD's future -- what's left of it, that is. The opinions of an overenthusiastic fan base who are blind to the harsh realities of BSD's demise don't change the fact that BSD IS DYING.

It should be obvious that anyone currently using a BSD OS should switch to a superior one (such as Windows 3.1, CP/M or Commodore BASIC) before it's too late because BSD IS DYING and you can easily go down with the ship when it finally breaks into two and sinks to the bottom of the free software ocean like the titanic failure that it is.

It's a combination of terrible hardware support, unuseable utilities and a pathetic application base (which unskilled, kludgy attempts at Linux emulation have failed to remedy) that have led to the death of BSD. Everyone, get out while you still can because BSD IS DYING.