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Wow by segfault7375 · 2001-01-30 01:27 · Score: 1 · on Clever Girl Bess

Jon didn't mention Columbine once.. I'm impressed :)

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Re:Other historical tragedies. by Rafajafar · 2001-01-28 10:25 · Score: 1 · on The Challenger

I think what you are referring to is that anyone of public office may not influence the beliefs of anyone underneath them (staff and students included). If you have a problem with that, take it up with your God, because I would find it offensive (and have...often) to be told that my beliefs are wrong merely on the premise that they are different (I'm kinda atheist, kinda not...but not a wishy-washy agnostic). I have had teachers find out of how I feel on religion and tried to convert me, I've had administrators turn a blind eye when I needed (and deserved) aid, and I've had "christian" students torture me in various ways until I claimed that I wanted Jesus in my heart. People, such as yourself, who have trouble seeing that religious persecution is still very much an issue in our society need to realize that these laws were placed to be enforced for the good of man. I know, it must be hard to see that there are good people who feel that the Bible has some decent morals, but is mostly a tool for governmental control (King James being the most obvious reference). It is your job as a (Insert Country Name) realize that we have rights too. Personally, I would like a little more legislation protecting my rights and would gladly explain more to anyone interested cusce@home.com.

Another problem.. by segfault7375 · 2001-01-27 13:15 · Score: 1 · on Everquesters Suing Sony Over Virtual Ownership

One other thing to consider is the effect on other gamers. What I mean is this: Joe Sixpack buys a level 50 character off Ebay without knowledge of EQ, nor how to play and how to group with others. Then Joe goes on a raid to the Plane of Hate (a nasty place) and proceeds to get the rest of the party killed because he doesn't know how to play his bought character. Many non-EQers see this as no big deal.. A character death, so what.. But what non-EQers don't realize is that at level 50+ a death can mean literally weeks of gameplay down the drain becuase the experience penalty is quite high at those levels. Seg

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Re:a few tips.. by Johann · 2001-01-18 07:03 · Score: 5 · on Is There Still A Contract Market For Programmers?

I cannot stress how much I agree witht Lordrashmi. I am working on a project for my wife's former employer. I did not make them sign a contract (mistake 1) or fully describe the work to be completed on the project (mistake 2). I was stupid in thinking that the project would stay simple. In addition, my wife (an attorney) worked at this company and I was trying to enable her to stream line the tracking legal agreements in a database (the project).

The problems started when she left the company and the scope of the project increased about 500% -- after the accountants wanted their GAP reports tacked into the database.

I wanted to charge more money and they balked because I had given them a number for the original, simple project. We finally settled the amount of the increased project fee, but I ate a lot of hours and learned a hard lesson.

If you are contracting for someone you know - a friend or a spouse's company, do not let your personal relationship cloud your judgement. When push comes to shove and money has to change hands, friendly relationships can sour, so your best protection is to be honest and professional and do not ever accept contract programming without a contract!

The other piece of advice is to describe in great detail what you will deliver and put it in the contract. Then, when they want to add new stuff to the project (they always will want to do this), you will be forced to renegoitate the contract. This protects you and them because you can not do additional stuff they want because it is not in the contract. Alternatively, if you screw up and do not finish the project, they have a legal means to withhold the payment.

P.S. If you want an example contract, email me and I will send you the one I use now.

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life."

More surprising is what they're NOT banning by Phaid · 2001-01-01 23:35 · Score: 2 · on Sprint's Wireless Broadband - And What A TOS!

As a lot of posters have pointed out, this is standard legalese boilerplate for a TOS. It looks a lot like the one for @Home or for any of the big telco DSL providers (SNET, Verizon, BA, PacBell, etc).

I find it interesting that most of those others try to ban multiple computers using the connection at one time. SNET in particular (I used to have their service) goes as far as to say that they don't mind you having their DSL modem hooked into a home LAN, so long as you only use the internet from one PC on that LAN at one time. They are, of course, happy to provide additional IPs for an additional fee...

Anyway, this particular TOS doesn't address that. Apparently they do offer additional IP's, but they don't forbid things like DSL routers or IP Masquerade.

So basically they're doing what all the other big ISPs are doing. Which is why I'm with a small one.

Re:NiMH batteries by ibirman · 2000-12-24 22:08 · Score: 1 · on Nomad Portable Jukebox MP3 Player Reviewed

Here are a few sites that discuss different types of batteries:

Re:Another disadvantage. by PacerGuy · 2000-12-24 16:37 · Score: 1 · on Scorched Island 3D

Windows has been done - check out my page inside the projects section.

Bah, I've done this before... by PacerGuy · 2000-12-24 16:34 · Score: 1 · on Scorched Island 3D

A bunch of my friends and I were looking for a programming project a while back, something to play around with. We decided to do just what these folks have done, and make a 3D Scorched Earth. Things didn't go quite as planned, and to make a long story short, I ended up making a prototype on my own over the course of a couple days.

There's not much to it, it was just a venue for me to play around with a few things I'd never tried before, but feel free to check it out anyways. It's at my page, inside the projects section. Be sure to let me know what you think!

Bigger Budget? by segfault7375 · 2000-12-24 02:22 · Score: 2 · on Clinton Says NASA's Budget Should Be Increased

Sweet! Maybe now they can buy a slide rule that converts feet to meters! Seg

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I hear... by segfault7375 · 2000-12-20 11:33 · Score: 3 · on A Spot For Beagle On Mars

I hear that the landing site will be 10 meters by 10 meters square, or 30 feet by 30 feet if you're a NASA engineer.

segfaulteq@home.com

Re:Upload caps by .c · 2000-11-26 22:06 · Score: 2 · on Restrictions That @Home Places on Their Customers?

Caps in (and around) Toronto, ON, Canada (rogers@home):

up: 64 kbytes/sec
down: 375 kbytes/sec

I just spent an hour on hold to find this out -- http://rogers.home.com/help doesn't seem to mention this anywhere.

Re:Step away from the crack pipe. by Swift+Kick · 2000-10-20 01:34 · Score: 1 · on Politics, Assassination, and Debates

uhm... neat. In response to your 'educated statement', here's mine:

a) I do have a college degree (EE);
b) I have taken several electives that include social science, political analysis, etc;
c) I also know how to spell (which you seem to having some difficulty doing...).

May I suggest some basic spelling and grammar courses for you, sir? Or maybe you want to lay off the beer, and go for the coke.. it seems to be affecting your reasoning.
By 'real' candidates, I didn't mean candidates that were 'in tune' with the people. I meant candidates which the vast majority of voters will go for simply because they happen to be the representatives of the largest parties. Not to mention that even if Nader got the popular vote, the electoral college would never vote him in (yep, thats right). The electoral college can pretty much vote for whoever they want, w/o necessarily being bound by the 'will of the people' (go here for a good article explaining how things work).
So there you have it. Moderate me as a troll if you want, but the bottom line is: I am a *realist*. Only 2 candidates *really* count in this election, and that's Bush and Gore. Pick your poison, fellas....
PS - I think I'll have a Sapphire & tonic now, guy... with some lime, if you please.

Re:Cool...but I have an idea to make it better. by homer_ca · 2000-08-31 01:39 · Score: 1 · on New Sony Palm, With Removable Memory Stick

Remember this and this? This is what Steve Heckler meant about firewalling MP3s at your home. When they make all the hardware and it all uses memory sticks for storage, it would not be difficult to make memory sticks that refuse to store MP3 files. If you want a future where flash memory cards will work in your open mp3 player support Compactflash and Smartmedia. Sony already has the Music Clip and Memory Stick walkman which only play their "secure" ATRAC3 format. As nice as it would be to have a Palm with 128MB of flash, I'd avoid supporting any Memory Stick device.

See one user's rant here.

Re:Not yet... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-08-30 00:26 · Score: 3 · on More Threats From The MPAA

Working environment by AaronW · 2000-08-19 01:03 · Score: 1 · on What Kind of Office Space Do You Want to Work In?

I work in a cubical, like most places. In fact, *everyone* from the CEO on down works in a cubical. This isn't a tiny company either. Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to present any problems. There are "team rooms" located all over the place for impromptu meetings and private phone rooms (which we call interview rooms :) also well placed. Desk space is spacious. I have no problems with 3 computers and a number of pieces of test equipment in my cubical. The lighting is also pretty good, no glaring flourescent lights directly overhead.

Asthetically the place is OK. Plants are located all over the place. The only thing I miss is at my last company one wall of my cubical was windows. It would be really nice where I am now since we're right across the street from a large regional park/nature reserve in the crouded Silicon Valley. I also wish they had free softdrinks. Until they do I make due with my .

Re:If you want to play the ROMs by Anonymous Coward · 2000-08-17 16:47 · Score: 1 · on Old Atari Design Docs Online

If you can figure out how to make the bankswitching work, it shouldn't be that hard.
See Here for details.

Failing that you could always use a Starpath Supercharger to run 2/4k images.

Oh, yes and I am also in the progress of writing an Atari 2600 emulator for MESS a multiple machine emulator based on MAME, but emulating gaming consoles and computers and anything else with a CPU really ;)

As a side note, why hasn't this emulator had an editorial. MAME seems to have had a few Editorials on slashdot, but I would have thought that MESS would have been right up slashdot's street, emulating some truly geeky machines and all that ;)

Now, I do know that there are one or two MESS'ers who will probably read this, so how's about submitting an editorial or two eh? (I'm looking at you Spirilis amongst others ;)

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lpopman posting as AC because he can't get to his account right now

This is not @home but Comcast that is doing this by mharlow · 2000-08-15 04:20 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

I have checked the @home AUP (http://www.home.com/support/aup/) and it says nothing about VPN's... this looks to be more like comcasts doing than @home's....

Re:SCREENSHOTS by bonehead · 2000-08-15 02:47 · Score: 2 · on AOL For Linux Leaks Out

Screenshot of my KDE desktop with the AOL client running is here.

Only shows the login screen since I don't actually have an AOL account.

IP masq, proxy, all servers on Shaw@Home. by Sergeant+Rock · 2000-08-14 03:05 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

IP masquerading is still not prohibited, meaning that you can run an Internet gateway using Linux or some other system and have an internal network use it as a gateway to the Internet. @Home only allows two extra IPs, as far as I know, and I think they would prefer to use those IPs on more customers, though I could be wrong.

Actually, in Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Shaw@Home has already killed this. IP masq, proxies, etc is prohibited in their ToS. They have also disallowed all servers on their client machines. And they will come after you - it has already started happening.

Sarge

All servers prohibited by Shaw@Home. by Sergeant+Rock · 2000-08-14 02:57 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

Actually, Shaw@Home expressly prohibits running any servers on their network. See this link to their Service Agreement for more info.

Personally, I have already had trouble with Shaw, but I was able to get around their bungling. I did drop running my servers, but I'm not very impressed with their new ToS. Thankfully Calgary has 4+ high-speed ISP alternatives.

Sarge

Like a pack of wild dogs by pauldy · 2000-08-14 01:24 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

I looked all over and I couldn't find any reference that this was anything other than a comcast specific TOS agreement. I dug around the actual @home site and this is what I've found.

http://www.home.com/support/aup/

Have we become so hungry for controversy that we atack @home for something that with a little research is so obviously not their problem. Though they lend their name to the product I'm sure that a majority of what goes on with the services is left up to the cable provider.

I use @home so I read through the user agreement and guess what. I found it to be very lenient and common sence oriented. Also after reading between the lines I'm a lot less scared of being kicked off the service for doing what I do every day than when I started reading this thread listening to all the people who have failed to educate themselves on the topic.

P.S. I know the spelling sucks it's a discusion not my doctorial thesis.

Looks to be just Comcast, not all of @Home by Anonymous Coward · 2000-08-14 00:38 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

I pulled this from the @Home AUP at http://www.home.com/aup/:

You may not run a server in connection with the @Home residential service, nor may you provide network services to others via the @Home residential service. The @Home residential service includes personal Webspace accounts for publishing personal Web pages. Examples of prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, and dhcp, and multi-user interactive forums. For information about @Work products for commercial or network services purposes, including commercial-grade remote LAN access, please see http://work.home.net.

There's nothing here that prohibits VPNs...

Not just Comcast by Dor · 2000-08-14 00:13 · Score: 3 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

I use Cox@Home and they also have this provision.

From the Cox@Home User Agreement:

8. Prohibited Uses of the Service; Indemnity.
Customer shall not use the Equipment or the Service directly or indirectly to:

m. use a VPN (virtual private network) or VPN tunneling protocol;

Here's the link to it.

However; I looked at the @Home Acceptable Use Policy and they didn't have anything specific about VPNs.

I've liked my service so far, but if they try and enforce this, I'll have to switch to DSL (Man I HATE Southwestern Bell) because I have to be able to VPN into work. I really think they are shooting themselves in the foot with this, although it may end up being something they never enforce. I'm not going to start worrying about it untill they do. And if/when they do enforce it, then that will be $40/mo less revenue for them from me.

So? Anyone reading /. is already in violation by overshoot · 2000-08-14 00:09 · Score: 2 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

Big whoop. The @Home AUP already prohibits connecting any servers to their network, and they go to considerable pain to make it clear that they're not just talking web, ftp, etc. If any of your computers are listening to any TCP ports you're in violation.

Since they don't (can't?) enforce this most people aren't bothered by it in the least. A few of us have hangups about making agreements with the intent to violate the terms, so we avoid @Home. Not that there aren't plenty of reasons to avoid them without ethical excuses...

Comcast != @Home by Jerrry · 2000-08-13 23:44 · Score: 1 · on @Home Stops Allowing VPNs

Although the /. headline reads "@Home Stops Allowing VPNs", this is misleading.

While Comcast's new AUP explicitely forbids VPNs, there's nothing in the @Home AUP that does so. See

home.com/support/aup/

ATT@Home tried to implement a new AUP with a similar VPN restriction in the Bay Area over a year ago, but the massive outcry quickly resulted in @Home withdrawing the new AUP, replacing it with the old one, which didn't have the VPN restriction.

Mountains, molehills, and CNet by Stealth+Dave · 2000-08-01 07:42 · Score: 1 · on CNET And MozOffice: Mountains And Molehills?

With regards to roca, I think that he may have read a little too quickly through the CNet article. The assumption that the article is based entirely on this news thread is well refuted by CNet's quotes from MozOffice project leader, James Russell, and his web site on the subject.

Also, neither the article nor the MozOffice web site (or roca himself, to be fair) implies that MozOffice is a part of the Mozilla project. It is a separate project which plans to use the Gecko engine and Star Office's existing code (soon to be open-sourced) to create a cross-platform office suite. Claims that this project will further delay Mozilla are simply misinformed.

- Stealth Dave

But it is happening!!! by hexx · 2000-08-01 06:21 · Score: 1 · on CNET And MozOffice: Mountains And Molehills?

cnet links to the following URL:
MozOffice.org
This means that the project is happening.
It may never come to fruition, but it's in the works.

Try Chicago by Chas · 2000-06-29 13:48 · Score: 1 · on Techie Friendly Towns, Worldwide?

The Chicagoland area is positively sprouting positions for technical workers. They're one of the fastest growing VC areas outside of Silicon Valley. There's a a huge technical corridor stretching from Joliet nearly to the Illinois/Wisconsin border.

Not to mention that Chicago's NAP sees more traffic coming through than ANYWHERE else on the planet.

Cablemodem and DSL services are emerging in the area (Ye God! There's so many DSL companies advertising out here now it's disgusting!) For cable, look at AT&T, MediaOne, and @Home. For listings of DSL providers, just hit 2Wire.com

How much you make depends on what you know. Decent wages for a tech support drone at an ISP is about $9-11(USC) an hour. Some positions down at the law firms downtown pay as much as $40K a year for people with basic techsup skills, some Unix experience, and some network experience.

Housing can be anywhere between $500-900 for a 1 bedroom apartment. Between $750-1200 for a 2 bedroom. (Not sure for 3.)

Depending on how far out you live, and what neighborhoods, actually buying a house may be cheaper. In Berwyn, the median price of a house is about $140K (some condos go for around $50K).

Further south in Downer's Grove/Darien, housing is in the $180-200K range, with condos going for between $60-100K.

If you live out further west in areas like Plainfield (starting to build up), housing starts around $120K and goes up from there.

The only major hassle in Chicago is the traffic. They have 5 major tollways, and 4 major freeways. And right now, they're working on most of them (hopefully to be done by the end of this year). For night-shift workers, this isn't too bad. For 9-5'ers and evening workers, it can be a big hassle.

Also, parking downtown is disgustingly expensive. Luckily there's a decent rail system in Chicago with several major lines (IIRC all of them are now open nearly 24/7).

There's two major airports for commuting (O'Hare and Midway). Midway is undergoing major construction right now to add a huge parking structure, and additional terminals.

Hope this helps.

Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!

Power usage? No problems here. by mttlg · 2000-06-20 00:57 · Score: 1 · on Gigabyte Matchbook Drives From IBM

Let me guess, you're trying to use alkalines in your digital camera, right? If so, then don't blame the batteries for your mistake. With decent (1400-1600mAH) NiMH batteries you can usually get at least an hour or two of continuous use out of most digital cameras. When they run down, you just swap them out and recharge them. Two sets of batteries and a good charger (like the Maha C204F) can easily meet your power needs with a digital camera for about 500 charges each. In my experience, the Microdrive has had very little impact on battery life - I can still get between 50 and 100 pictures with the LCD on continuously and normal flash, zoom, and autofocus use. For batteries and chargers, go to Thomas Distributing. You may also want to look at the Batteries message board at the Digital Camera Resource Page or Andy Baird's batteries page.

Mirror setup in the event the the links are taken by Viruz · 2000-06-13 04:42 · Score: 4 · on Adobe Sues MacNN Over Photoshop Article

Here are the Links:

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And A mirror in the event they are removed Right here

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Incase of /. effect. by Viruz · 2000-06-12 09:28 · Score: 1 · on Latest Eazel Screenshots

Click here

I have set up a mirror
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A story. by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-06-08 00:10 · Score: 2 · on Copyrant

Four years ago, I purchased the computer I'm typing this on now. It was pretty damn near top-of-the-line for its time; a Pentium II 266 with a 6.4 GB HD and Windows 95. (I didn't know any better at the time, and I was a heavy gamer back then, so Win95 to me was revolutionary. So shoot me.) I didn't get a CD with the computer, just a copy of the CD on the hard drive. I had to return the computer a few days later due to a defective hard drive, but the next HD also had the CD copy on it. Fast-forward two years, I'm interested in learning Linux, so I made a back-up copy of the CD files on a Zip disk. Last September, I used that backup disk to reinstall Windows after wiping and repartitioning the drive.

If I understand what I've learned over the past six months correctly, then the act of making that backup disk was illegal under the EULA that I never had to click through the first time I got the computer since Windows was already preinstalled!

Another thing; just before returning the computer due to the defective drive, I had an interesting phone conversation with the guy who built the computer. When I asked about reformatting and reinstalling, he asked if "I had bought the CD". This escaped me, as I said "Yes, I have Windows" - it was on the drive, remember. After a couple repetitions, it dawned on me what he meant. And now, something else dawns on me - didn't I already pay for one copy of Windows? Would I have had to pay for two copies of Windows in order to be able to legally reinstall the OS after exercising my right to format my hard drive and do with it as I wish?

If so...what a pile of stinking, smelly bullshit. I'm glad I switched almost completely over to a more free OS. As little as I trust government (I'm a Canadian; I know all about government contempt for citizens), it's a good thing the US judicial system is laying the smack down on MS; with Gates' tactics and ambitions, we could have been very close to a situation where the only choice was Microsoft and its self-serving, consumer-abusing licenses, whether we wanted alternatives or not.

This is also the reason I continue to mirror copies of DeCSS and CPHack (not the files Matt Skala wrote, Eddy Jansson's GPL'd software). I don't know who gave people with more money the right to limit my own freedoms. I'll respect copyrights; just don't put stupid, profit-serving restrictions on me.

I also forwarded this article to several of my friends and family, and encouraged them to do the same. I'll do what I can to spread the knowledge.

Also...can I mirror this article on my own site? I'd love to host it there for the rare visitor to see.

Unexplainable Truths... by Darlok · 2000-05-01 09:17 · Score: 3 · on Forget The Pentium, Hack The 68K

Okay, what IS it about folks taking an old junk computer, spending more money on parts than they would on a NEW computer, cramming the stuff into the old case and making the news?!? When's the last time you heard of someone gutting a transistor radio so they could fill it with the innards of a new Denon 5.1 system? Or perhaps disassembling grandma's old Underwood typewriter and jiggering an IBM Electromatic into the shell?

Not often...

Why? Because it's cooler to keep them around! How many of you have old Commodore 64's or ColecoVisions that still work? Would you gut it to get a Pentium III crammed in there? Heck no! It's more froody to show it off in working condition during dinner parties...

... or at least do something even more sheik and turn it into a fishtank, or perhaps rig that floppy drive that made the "ZZZzzzzzz-cla-click!" noise to dispense Post-It notes.

My point is, the whole reason this is cool and noteworthy is that the old Mac-in-the-boxes were classics. You could turn it into a two-bottle beer cooler using some copper tubing and an air conditioner pump and people would still stand up and take notice because it's nostalgic.

So, let's all Here-Here! for the Mac-in-the-boxes. But, can we perhaps stop throwing a party everytime someone jams something inside that doesn't belong there?

I made a Peltier fridge by AaronW · 2000-04-09 22:56 · Score: 2 · on Everything Is Cooler With A Peltier

I recently finished a fridge I made out of a styrofoam ice chest and a peltier device. It works pretty good. I have a picture here. I use it to keep sodas in at work.

Re:How Unfortunate by Anonymous Coward · 2000-03-21 05:11 · Score: 0 · on NVidia and Linux Troubles

Frank LaMonica wrote 3D Vendors and the Path to Open Source in which he provides some insight(no pun intended) into why video card companies act as they do.

Hidden Methods: The Good and the Bad

3D vendors believe that if they were to release all of their intellectual property in open source form that a new competitor would immediately use that IP as the basis of its own future products, without having to have incurred the high cost of development. The underlying technology does not become obsolete as it does with so many other computer technologies. This belief is the primary reason 3D vendors, from the application level down to the device driver level, reject requests to open the source code or specifications to their products. Each vendor has developed its own unique approach and long term plan for its own ongoing 3D development. The unique longevity of 3D technology and the high cost of entry requires a different approach by 3D vendors in the open source market.

To solve the problem you must understand the problem.

theron

Nothing here yet. by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-20 00:34 · Score: 1 · on Mattel/Cyber Patrol Censors Critics Again

So far, I haven't received any "cease and desist" letters for my mirror . Perhaps the Microsystems people haven't figured out how to e-mail me yet, or they're not willing to go after another Canadian citizen, or "the cheque's in the mail."

I know they've seen the site; four different computers from Microsystems accessed the mirror through Slashdot twice on Friday - once around 9:30 AM EST, the other around 1:30 PM. Ahh, the beauty of access logs...oh, and thanks to the guy at Qualcomm who downloaded cp4break.zip at 12:30 PM today - glad to know you're part of the conspiracy of light:)

C'mon boys - I didn't get my DeCSS attack lawyer letter. I want my letter!

Yet Another Software Mirror by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-15 13:37 · Score: 1 · on Mattel Dislikes Being Embarrassed (UPDATED)

May as well start putting up mirrors of the software now, before it gets banned and the authors get arrested for copyright infringement, or license infringement, or stupidity infringement, or some damned thing.

Original site - essay + software
My mirror

Yet Another Software Mirror by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-15 13:37 · Score: 1 · on Mattel Dislikes Being Embarrassed (UPDATED)

May as well start putting up mirrors of the software now, before it gets banned and the authors get arrested for copyright infringement, or license infringement, or stupidity infringement, or some damned thing.

Original site - essay + software
My mirror

Re:CRACK IS BAD! DON'T USE IF POSTING... by Quintus · 2000-03-10 12:31 · Score: 1 · on Motorola Introduces Home Cable Modem/Router

Well, I have Rogers/Wave (Rogers=local cable monopoly;) cable in sunny Toronto ;-) and my experience has been that the bottleneck clearly isn't at my end. The average HTTP server gives me ~40 Kbytes, apple.com trailers ~90, really nice sites ~100. My current record holder is Real.com at about 140 kbytes, which works out to c. 1120 kbits (ah, but one megabit is actually 1024 kbits, forget this in my original post), so a little above DSL.

On their website Rogers/Wave have some blurb about their architecture which is overly abstruse and reassuringly vague. visit rogers.home.com for their take.

As far as the actual box goes, both Rogers and the manufacturer, Terayon, are deliberately vague. Rogers seem to imply that the limitation was the 10mbit ethernet connector card... But they used a 100mbit one... (Rogers are a particularly unimpressive breed of monopoly. I won't hazard my TOS and your patience by narrating my experiences with them, but they were positively Heller-esque at times). My 4mbit figure is taken from various books on networking in general I've read, and seems to be generally accepted as a baseline (at least for non-tech purposes). And I did mention that Cable varies quite significantly.

Really, if anyone was smoking crack it was the guy who made sweeping comments about specific 1mbit technology implementations when everyone knows there are a) a few impl.s and b) other (xDSL, cable, etc.) techs. about. No worries, though. :)

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

What the Faarooq? by Platinum+Dragon · 2000-03-06 06:12 · Score: 5 · on Godzilla vs. Mecha-Quickies

That purity test...called me a Microserf.

A MICROSERF!

Just for that, I'm going to whore the article I submitted last week, but didn't get posted. It's at my website; now to find out if I can see the Slashdot effect in action.

I hope JonKatz comments on it, or I'm going to kill him. And pour hot grits down his pants.

Of course, this article is going to get moderated down, because the moderators always moderate down dissenting viewpoints, right? Especially if they're Microserfs like I supposedly am.:)

...must go customize Slashboxes now...wonder what Slashdot looks like...

Re:Wow by seanb · 2000-03-01 08:45 · Score: 1 · on Mozilla Milestone 14 Awaits

No, but that is an interesting link. I was able t find it in the mozilla source. I put up a jpg version here

thoughts: by bons · 2000-02-23 00:57 · Score: 1 · on Would You Ever Read A Newspaper Again?

Read a newspaper: Do you mean printed or online? There are a lot of papers online. Some of these links will point you to some of them. The biggest collection I know of belong to The Paperboy , The Internet Public Library, and Ultimate News Links.

Local Papers are commonly biased in their reporting. Online papers are too. The advantage with online papers is that you can either find one that matches your bias or compare and contrast in an effort to find the truth. Papers from a foreign country are extremely important, as they'll allow you a perspective on your own country that is impossible to get from non-imported print media.

The process of printing means the news is old (by modern standards) by the time I read it. Why would I want to read old news? (Or as Wired put it a few years ago, "Wired is Tired.")

I live in Omaha. The paper used to be close to useless due to biased content, however they have adapted nicely. I can search and find news articles and, more importantly, search the classifieds. The last one makes my ad much more valuable and it makes looking for an item or a job much easier. If I want an exercise bike, I can search a few weeks of newspapers quickly and easily.

I'll read the newsmagazines (such as Time and Newsweek) when someone can convince me they've started to put out issues without faked photos and with accurate content. The last few times I looked at one they were covering Columbine and the Seattle W.T.O. events. The bias and partial coverage of the events in their reporting made the article worthless.

If print news wants to compete with online news they must base themselves off of the two advantages they have over the online community. Those advantages are portability and locality. This means that they need to quit paying for news feeds (a.p., etc.), improve local editorials and news articles, and decrease the size and cost of the paper. In addition, an online mirror (as described above) has its uses, especially for classifieds. Finally, there are services a paper can do well that the internet doesn't. Comics, crosswords, and Advice columns (bathroom reading) are still better in papers than online. Expand your comics/crossword section. Cover local sports and local politics heavily. Contain content aimed at your entire community. Contain editorials that are controversial.

Newspapers have long held an effective monopoly in many areas. They have grown weak and really are not good at dealing with competition. Some papers are wonderful, but many are utter drek.

Realize that many local news teams have used humor to stay sucessful. Consider it.

News is news. It is a list of the facts regarding a situation. They should not contain opinions. Editorials are editorials. They are opinions that contain news as a basis for the opinions. John Katz writes editorials that use news as support. (good). Taco writes news that contains editorials (bad). If newspapers could learn to remove bias and sensationalism from their reporting they would do a lot better. (And if they think we don't see it then their only blinding themselves.)

A friend of mine has gone out on a camera crew with the Daily Show. The method is simple. Interview someone for 2 to three hours and throw in a really oddball question after the first hour or so and every half hour after that. The person doesn't realize that the whole purpose of the interview is the few odd questions so they do their best to answer them and end up looking like an idiot. What's sad is that it seems that the real news does much the same thing. They blow rolls of film, including a number of staged shots for many articles. As a result, we've grown used to it and it has ceased to have an impact on us. Papers do it. We know they do it. We've seen them do it. Therefore we cease to trust them. Why would I pay to read news I don't trust?

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Thoughts... by bons · 2000-02-21 03:46 · Score: 5 · on LonelyNet (Part Two)

I find it humorous that a source for education is claiming the net is keeping people apart while a home for the occasionally ignorant (aol) is advertising using the net to keep people together.

Oddly enough, despite the often held belief that computers and internet are for the young, it's the elderly who are really getting their money's worth. The internet allows those people unable to get around easily to meet and talk to people of similar ages and with similar experiences. When you reach an age where most of your friends have passed on it's nice to have a place where you can make new friends.

Yes. I no longer meet my neighbors. Thanks to the internet I am able to keep in touch with friends who actually know who Voltaire is. I can discuss my latest problems with my child with my friends two time zones away, who also have a child of the same age. I can communicate with people of a similar mind and IQ regardless of their age, race, religion, profession, or location. I can have my opinions challenged and even rated on Slashdot.

I met my wife on a WWIV BBS. If it hadn't been for the interaction we obviously didn't have over the modem lines I would have never married her...

I live in Nebraska. My son (age 7 months) has grandparents in Washington and Seattle. We have friends and family all over the U.S. (plus a few Aussies). I can put his latest photos on his web page and everyone can see him without me trying to send photos all over heck and creation.

I have come to a conclusion. The study at Standford was done by human beings, and published on the interent. As I have not had physical contact with these human beings, I cannot possibly be considered to have interacted with them. Therefore I cannot have been influenced by them. Therefore I cannot consider myself to have been informed by their research. Therefore their study is meaningless to me and to all others who have seen it.

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