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Text only cache by SuperKendall · 2010-06-17 14:19 · Score: 2, Informative · on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

Even the cache needs tweaking to load.

Text only version.

Slashdotted already? by RenQuanta · 2010-06-17 14:16 · Score: 5, Informative · on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

After just 15 minutes of the story being posted?

Wow, that's gotta be a personal best for /. (or, the site is a wee bit underpowered... ;)

Here's the Google cache in the meanwhile: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

Re:Good! by clarkkent09 · 2010-06-16 09:20 · Score: 2, Informative · on US Sues Oracle Over Alleged Overcharging

I hope you are being sarcastic in your praise of the government. Yes of course they should fight to get more out of our tax dollars but we are talking about a few million here, when the federal government

- loses $25 billion (Yep, lost as in nobody knows what happened to it. Yep, $25 billion)- google "Unreconciled Transactions Affecting the Change in Net Position" section in the Treasury Dept financial report
- wastes $60 billion annually on Medicare fraud. Just wait until Obamacare kicks in.
- spends at least $90 billion on programs that are "ineffective, marginally adequate, or operating under a flawed purpose" (partial audit by the white house)

..etc etc this is just the first 3 examples I found on google with easily linkable references. Here's some more.

Even assuming that ALL of the hundreds of government agencies and spending programs are necessary, there are 100s of billions wasted annually just through inefficiency and carelessness with which those programs are managed.

What about Full body Airport "Security" Scanner by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-16 04:51 · Score: 0 · on San Francisco Requires Cell Phone Radiation Warnings

radiation?

Thanks in advance.

Yours In Domodedovo,
Kilgore Trout

Re:Bad joke by Kiaser+Zohsay · 2010-06-10 01:37 · Score: 1 · on AT&T Leaks Emails Addresses of 114,000 iPad Users

Google Cache is your friend. From the page:

Goatse Security is a wholly owned subsidiary of the GNAA.

As Dave Barry says, I am not making this up.

New Scientist web site is down right now by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-09 07:31 · Score: 0 · on Cory Doctorow On For the Win, Gold Farming, and DRM

Here's the version cached by Google: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pTLaIWOh_tsJ:www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627635.700-cory-doctorow-my-computer-says-no.html%3Ffull%3Dtrue+new+scientist+cory+doctorow+drm&cd=1&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se&client=opera

Re:Impressive by aliquis · 2010-06-01 07:29 · Score: 1 · on Smokescreen, a JavaScript-Based Flash Player

Not possible. On my mac they always used 100% processor power anyway.

Hurray for Apples fast reaction and ability to listen to developers needs... (In this case eventually related to such stupidities as flash on OS X (eventually fixed now if you got the latest versions of both the software and hardware) not decoding H.264 on the GPU.)

This will be moderated troll even if true. And even if it happens time and time over again, like for instance then (cached) Valve commented on gaming on macs (http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/03/valve.apple.isnt.serious/) or then everyone expected to be able to develop applications for the iPhone just to be told that they couldn't, which eventually they fixed and we all know what a huge success it has become. But it was obvious it was a good idea and should had been there since day one. Do you remember the days? I tried google it but I'm too lazy to link anything more than this link about how there was no possibilities for developing third-party apps then but that they had plans to develop in that area.

Dead link fix by masterwit · 2010-05-23 04:47 · Score: 2, Informative · on First Pandora Console Reaches Customer

Lovely accessed denied... just a snapshot of site:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Oa6IgGHvHHUJ:pandorapress.net/+site:pandorapress.net+pandorapress.net&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
That is Google cache version, not really helpful imo.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/20/gp2x-community-system-dubbed-pandora/
There is your engadget version, they always have nice pretty pictures there.

Re:Hint: "For Developers" Means "For Developers" by clone53421 · 2010-05-21 07:06 · Score: 1 · on Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?

According to adblock, it’s somehow loading http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/logos/swf/pacman10-hp-sound.swf.

Re:If a wordpress site dies and noone is around? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-05-21 05:51 · Score: 0 · on Microsoft Dynamics GP "Encrypted" Using Caesar Cipher

Here's a text only cache of the page.

Here's the cached page of the UDF for "decrypting" GP "encrypted" text.

Re:If a wordpress site dies and noone is around? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-05-21 05:51 · Score: 0 · on Microsoft Dynamics GP "Encrypted" Using Caesar Cipher

Here's a text only cache of the page.

Here's the cached page of the UDF for "decrypting" GP "encrypted" text.

If a wordpress site dies and noone is around? by stoolpigeon · 2010-05-21 03:52 · Score: 4, Informative · on Microsoft Dynamics GP "Encrypted" Using Caesar Cipher

Here's a text only cache of the page.

Re:Takes me back... by nigelo · 2010-05-17 04:47 · Score: 1 · on Seagate Confirms 3TB Hard Drive

Hard drives? We used to boot off paper tape:

"A 'boot' process could be initiated from the paper tape reader which forced a nine word read (9x48 bits or 72 6-bit characters) into main store addresses zero through eight. On termination the program counter was set to zero and the instruction fetch sequence executed. The boot program could then call longer routines."

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NEYYdUMQ2DEJ:www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res18.htm+icl+1900+paper+tape+boot+loader&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk

Bzzzt. Still Wrong. by itomato · 2010-05-14 14:49 · Score: 1 · on Best Solutions For Massive Home Hard Drive Storage?

Backblaze uses, and specifies (it's not a kit, BTW - just a parts list) , which is among the design choices deemed 'flawed' by many.

If it suits your needs, great. Protocase and Newegg would like your business. If it doesn't make the 'quality' cut, SuperMicro sells nice stuff.

If not, a suitable JBOD solution hunt isn't exactly news.

Cherrypal website now useless by drinkypoo · 2010-05-14 02:35 · Score: 4, Informative · on Cherrypal Mini-Laptop Now Runs Android

The link takes me to a login/register page, I registered, and still can't log in. From where I'm sitting, Cherrypal is solely a spam information harvesting site. No links to a "Cherrypal Asia" exist on the products page. Had to hit the google cache to get information. I have budget for another netbook and would consider one if only I could log in.

The Israeli voting system is unfairly maligned by Anonymous Coward · 2010-05-10 04:44 · Score: 0 · on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software

What most people don't understand is while most countries have only two blocs, Israel has seven blocs, maybe four if you squint real hard. The system is unstable because the country is divided, not the other way around! And even this instability is exaggerated. Israel had 15 elections from 1945 to 2001. In comparison, the UK, Norway and France had.. 15 elections (figure 11 - yes, I know it doesn't count parliamentary replacement of PM which is why Italy looks too good, but that happened only once in Israel's history and at the end the ruling coalition kept its position).

PR guarantees that everyone is represented and that the government is legitimate and has majority support. Given the history of the Middle East and Israel, this is more than enough.

Re:Slashdotted already :( by The+MAZZTer · 2010-05-04 02:46 · Score: 2, Informative · on Top 10 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do

Re:What about the presumption of innocence? by ClioCJS · 2010-04-29 03:01 · Score: 1 · on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers

We're not doing nothing. We deport tons - I just read we deport 5000 *white* immigrants last year from non-Mexico countries. But the law is unconstitutional, and will be found as such.

HEY LOOK! As of day 1, they detained an American Citizen for not having his birth certificate on him. I don't know about you, but -- I found out the hard way, if you lose your certificate, you actually can't get a new one. The state will sell you a certificate of live birth for $50, and you can't use it to get either a social security card or a driver's license. And you can't use a driver's license to get a social security card either. Fortunately I ended up finding mine, but the only way I was able to even get a driver's license renewal was via my passport [which I applied for before losing my birth certificate for months]. I had to wait for it to come [several weeks], and finally I could drink in a bar again. So no, people shouldn't be carrying their birth certificates with them everywhere they go; they should be locked in a fireproof safe like mine now is.

The site is "slashdotted" right now, so check it on google cache http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GuF4PXTjMlkJ:guanabee.com/2010/04/american-truck-driver-illegal-alien-arizona-sb1070/+a+man+who+was+born+in+Fresno+was+jailed+because+he+did+not+have+a+birth+certificate+with+him.&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Yup. This wouldn't have happened previously, but now happens under existing law.

Thank you for being annoying enough to respond long enough that abuse managed to actually happen before our conversation is over. Reality: A great argument winner.

But the director... by Amarantine · 2010-04-20 18:51 · Score: 1 · on EFF Assails YouTube For Removing "Downfall" Parodies

...said he LOVES the parodies! Read this on fok.nl (and translated here from dutch).

Re:I was glad to hear this by dschl · 2010-04-14 09:02 · Score: 3, Informative · on Turbine Responds To DDO Community Protest

I think that management had a rosy picture in their minds, that was dispelled by the cruel, harsh light of reality. The original post appears to only live in Google's cache. Unclassy.

Here's the full link from the DDO forums front page (obtained from google cache):

Get More FREE Turbine Points with New Offer Wall!
April 12, 2010
Want to get your hands on more Turbine Points? Visit my.ddo.com/getpoints, log in, and check out the latest offers from our friends at SuperRewards. Simply complete a qualifying offer and SuperRewards will credit your account with Turbine Points* to use in the DDO Store! This new feature is just another way for players to get points in addition to earning them in-game or buying them directly. Unlike earning or buying points, however, players may complete offers right on the website and do not need to be logged into the game.
This new feature is an addition to our current DDO Store system and does not replace the existing ways you already get points. We will continue to add new offer providers and payment methods in the coming months - if you have a preferred payment method, we’ll probably support it. For now, the fastest and easiest way to get guaranteed points is still to buy them in the DDO Store directly from Turbine.
Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What is the offer wall?
A. The offer wall at my.ddo.com is a feature that allows players to earn Turbine Points for completing offers from various Offer Vendors.
Q. What’s an offer?
A. An offer is an advertisement for a product or service that typically requires you to perform an action. That may include registering for a newsletter, signing up for a subscription service, or buying a product. Offers may also include market research such as surveys, online focus groups, and more.
Q. Do I have to do this?
A. Of course not! This system is provided as a service to those who would like more Turbine points and who prefer not to pay for them in the traditional fashion.
Q. What about my personal information? Is it safe?
A. We do not share any personal information with the offer vendor other than an anonymous unique ID and an e-mail address for your receipt to be sent to. This information is not transmitted unless you participate in the offer wall system. You may be (and probably will be) asked to provide additional information to complete an offer. Turbine has no way to control what happens with that information or how it is handled. We recommend that you use your discretion when signing up for offers. As always, protecting your privacy requires vigilance.
Q. Where is SuperRewards’ Privacy Policy located?
A. Online at http://www.superrewards-offers.com/super/privacy
Q. I have a problem with X Offer or Y Offer Advertiser. What do I do?
A. Turbine provides no direct support for issues with our offer providers. If you have an issue with something related to the offer system please direct your inquiries to the Offer Vendor.
Q. Who is the Offer Vendor?
A. Our first partner in this program is SuperRewards. Their support information may be found at http://www.srpoints.com/help
Q. I have more questions. Who do I talk to?
A. The detailed service FAQ for the offer wall is in our public KB at http://na6.salesforce.com/_ui/selfservice/pkb/PublicKnowledgeSolution/d?orgId=00D8000000

With so many sightings (around the world)... by clone53421 · 2010-04-13 05:02 · Score: 1 · on Professor Says UFO Studies Should Be Taught At Universities

I’d think they could get an actual picture of a UFO for TFS.

(The picture came from here – translated from Dutch to English.)

Hobbit=2032, LOTR=2049 by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-12 05:36 · Score: 0 · on Hollywood's Growing Obsession With Philip K. Dick

J.R.R.Tolkien died in 1973 so thats just over halfway into the post-death years of life+70

Hobbit goes public domain under US law in 2032, and with the new edition in 1966 it may be 2061. Lord of The Rings was published 1954/55 so it runs out 2049 unless the 1966 edition extended it to 2061 again. So, I would say it's 2032 for Hobbit and 2049 for LOTR and then the oldest editions become public domain.
Source
Google's cache, because the site wasn't responding for me.

Re:Get rid of them entirely by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-09 05:33 · Score: 0 · on Wall St. Trading Servers To Power Off-Hour Clouds?

http://www.thetradenews.com/trading-venues/exchanges/3276
BLNK offers participants the ability to divert orders destined for the primary markets onto the Nasdaq OMX Europe order book for up to 25 milliseconds before being routed on to their destination.

This is the only followup I could find (Google Cache)

The practice has fallen out of favor since the SEC said they planned to ban the practice, but flash orders haven't dissappeared yet.

Re:I can beat that ... by JackieBrown · 2010-04-06 22:43 · Score: 1 · on After 27 Years, a New High Score For Asteroids

I meant to post to the results (English translation is sort of silly for numbers but here it is anyways.)

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.heise.de/ct/creativ/08/02/ergebnisse/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.heise.de/ct/creativ/08/02/%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjw6A3AwpFzs_l7NjJC07akp3jftA

A lot of people... by nazariuskappertaal · 2010-04-05 18:57 · Score: 1 · on OpenTTD 1.0.0 Released

...with a lot of time on their hands. Like slashdot; without the productivity. Link's down for me: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://eming.com/en/openttd-1-0-0-released/&hl=en&strip=1

Re:RAID by bernywork · 2010-03-31 11:43 · Score: 1 · on Yale Delays Move To Gmail

BigTable perhaps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigTable

http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/labs.google.com/en//papers/bigtable-osdi06.pdf

So, each email segment (What you see as each email in your gmail web interface) would probably be assigned a docID which would then be put into bigtable which then went onto a gfs partition / shard.

Cached Link by jacob1984 · 2010-03-29 06:10 · Score: 1 · on 15 Years of Microsoft Bob

Seems to be gone on my end. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://technologizer.com/2010/03/29/microsoft-bob/&safe=strict

Re:Price isn't everything by j-turkey · 2010-03-23 07:40 · Score: 3, Informative · on SSD Price Drops Signaling End of Spinning Media?

obligatory link to Google study/data.

Re:XS4ALL by RogerWilco · 2010-03-14 15:01 · Score: 2, Informative · on Filter Vendor Agrees Aussie Censorship Can't Work As Promised

I've made a translation based upon your link of the page I link to:

Position of XS4ALL on (il)legal downloading:

Now everyone has access to a broadband Internet connection, consumers changed how they interact with entertainment, music and movies because they themselves can now download and watch whenever and wherever they want. Because the entertainment industry still has not sufficiently adapted to the changes that the Internet brings, many consumers download without paying. To prevent this, there are people calling for ISPs to enforce automatic tracking software to inspect and filter al the contents of Internet and email traffic of their customers. Every citizen on the Internet would get permanent control of a police-type robot and to who is not compliant, the Internet would be closed.

Artists have a natural right to compensation for their work, but it is highly undesirable to require ISPs to take on a role of law enforcement and investigate any e-mail, search, or travel picture sent to their Internet customers. That would be a severe breach of fundamental rights to privacy and confidentiality of communications, information and freedom of speech.

XS4ALL therefore urges all parties in their election program to take a stand for the protection of civilians, and to force the entertainment industry to a new business model that fits the current time, instead of criminalizing citizens massively by siding with an industry who refuses to meet a real - but new - consumer demand.

To help all parties to carry the debate wisely, XS4ALL has sent information to the Houses of Parliament, the Ministries of Justice and Economic Affairs and the program committees of political parties to clarify the legal and technical risks of the current plans. The report and accompanying letter can be downloaded here.
Report
accompanying letter

Re:XS4ALL by RogerWilco · 2010-03-14 15:01 · Score: 2, Informative · on Filter Vendor Agrees Aussie Censorship Can't Work As Promised

I've made a translation based upon your link of the page I link to:

Position of XS4ALL on (il)legal downloading:

Now everyone has access to a broadband Internet connection, consumers changed how they interact with entertainment, music and movies because they themselves can now download and watch whenever and wherever they want. Because the entertainment industry still has not sufficiently adapted to the changes that the Internet brings, many consumers download without paying. To prevent this, there are people calling for ISPs to enforce automatic tracking software to inspect and filter al the contents of Internet and email traffic of their customers. Every citizen on the Internet would get permanent control of a police-type robot and to who is not compliant, the Internet would be closed.

Artists have a natural right to compensation for their work, but it is highly undesirable to require ISPs to take on a role of law enforcement and investigate any e-mail, search, or travel picture sent to their Internet customers. That would be a severe breach of fundamental rights to privacy and confidentiality of communications, information and freedom of speech.

XS4ALL therefore urges all parties in their election program to take a stand for the protection of civilians, and to force the entertainment industry to a new business model that fits the current time, instead of criminalizing citizens massively by siding with an industry who refuses to meet a real - but new - consumer demand.

To help all parties to carry the debate wisely, XS4ALL has sent information to the Houses of Parliament, the Ministries of Justice and Economic Affairs and the program committees of political parties to clarify the legal and technical risks of the current plans. The report and accompanying letter can be downloaded here.
Report
accompanying letter

Re:663:13 !? by lordholm · 2010-03-10 06:31 · Score: 1 · on EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote

That is a good question, http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/65374/pvv--europa-moet-acta-tegenhouden.html#source=news_overview
English version here:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/65374/pvv--europa-moet-acta-tegenhouden.html%23source%3Dnews_overview&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhFg6Snqu6B-En7s9sHYbDhEdrr0Q
suggest that PVV are also against ACTA.

Both parties are in general against the Union, so I assume they are just voting no to everything placed for a vote by the parliament.

Company Site by smitty777 · 2010-01-13 05:55 · Score: 1 · on Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams

For those of you that can read Cyrillic, here is the company web site.

This will hurt China severely by mattr · 2010-01-12 16:18 · Score: 1 · on Google Hacked, May Pull Out of China

It sounds like there is a lot more information that has not been disclosed yet. It almost sounds like the Chinese government is somehow implicated in the attack, which would sound incredible if it didn't include the personal information of dissidents.

I will be attending a financial conference in Hong Kong this month. Just last week I asked a Japanese government executive negotiating with China is it really safe to invest there? As I am considering now.

You can be sure this topic will be one of the top issues discussed. It is very unfortunate indeed and is bound to involve disclosures from other companies in China as well, especially once they investigate the attacks on their own infrastructure.

Personally I hope that information about the vulnerabilities exploited will be shared so that other companies can patch their systems too.
This is quite a chilling incident and ratchets up the perceived risk of investment in China.

Incidentally I found something about Google leaving Japan in a blog post linked from the Google China homepage. Chinese Google Translate to English.

Boy the IEA sounds so trustworthy...wait... by Anarchduke · 2009-12-16 17:32 · Score: 3, Informative · on Russians Claim More Climate Data Was Manipulated

The author of the source article, ahem.. BLOG, seems to be trying to masquerade as a reputable journalist, yet he isn't. His personal website (BLOG) contains nothing except climate skeptic material for at least 7 pages back in his history, then a couple of confusing paragraphs that might make sense to one of his next door neighbors, then back to the climate skeptic material again.

The source material seemed a little suspect, so with the aid of Google Translate, I attempted to understand a bit about the Russian IEA Mr. Delingpole quotes so freely. The IEA, or Institute of Economic Analysis, is hardly an expert on climate science. The first article on the IEA's website says:

new: scientific consensus on climate issues does not exist - Novaya Gazeta, December 16, 2009
- Instead of articulating and prosecution of false targets political leaders gathered in Copenhagen should concentrate on the other - to develop policies that promote more effective human adaptation to climate change, economic growth, the development of free trade, protection of property rights, strengthen democracy.

This hardly seems to be an unbiased website, so I thought I would dig deeper. The article the IEA quoted is also fairly suspect, since it goes into detail and reveals the inherently anti "global warming" bias of the source.

Adoption of the "Arctic ice melt" is outdated. Instead of reducing the area of ice cover in the Arctic is actually observed in 1979-2007 gg. In recent years its growth has come. In those same years saw an increase in the Antarctic ice sheet.

"Excessive prices for oil and food" to a certain extent the result of policy restrictions on the use of hydrocarbons, the effect of extrusion from the structure of arable food crops through improved crop plants from which ethanol is produced to replace hydrocarbons as fuel. In other words, it is recommended that treatment policy ensures "high prices for oil and food, leading to chaos awaiting us in the future."

I shouldn't have to point out the satellite photos of Arctic Ice and how it has shrunk, or how Polar Bears are in real danger of extinction because of the loss of their frozen habitat.
This drivel seems to come right out of the climate skeptic/big business lobbyist handbook. Normally, I wouldn't bother to respond, but the author's Russian source got me interested enough to investigate. As I suspected, its bullshit.

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