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you can force /.'s editors to come clean about their ethical lapses,

Also on your site, you say that editors are unqualified. That would mean incompetent, not malicious.

I figure this is on topic since we're talking about CYOA, but here's some of the more "bastard" choose your own adventure stories online. New Orleans World Trade Center

I can't believe nobody posted these already.

I figure this is on topic since we're talking about CYOA, but here's some of the more "bastard" choose your own adventure stories online. New Orleans World Trade Center

I can't believe nobody posted these already.

Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr Notice that in the comments someone says, "I saw this on Slashdot a while ago". And that name? Clearly a reference to a thread-ending historical figure. QED

Dude, that joke hasn't been funny for years. (I mean why didn't you pull out BSD is dying?)

http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/ 6/19/05641/7357

Intimates that the BSD was used as the basis, if not copy & pasted.

But thanks, it made me look up the subject for real.

As I said, not "all their own work".

If you re-read my post without your angry glasses on, you'll see it doesn't say what you think it does.

I will only say this, that if the measure before us should pass [...] there will soon be a remedy, though of a very objectionable kind. Just as the absurd acts which prohibited the sale of game were virtually repealed by the poacher, just as many absurd revenue acts have been virtually repealed by the smuggler, so will this law be virtually repealed by piratical booksellers. At present the holder of copyright has the public feeling on his side. Those who invade copyright are regarded as knaves who take the bread out of the mouths of deserving men.
[...]
Pass this law: and that feeling is at an end. Men very different from the present race of piratical booksellers will soon infringe this intolerable monopoly. Great masses of capital will be constantly employed in the violation of the law. Every art will be employed to evade legal pursuit; and the whole nation will be in the plot.
[...]
Remember too that, when once it ceases to be considered as wrong and discreditable to invade literary property, no person can say where the invasion will stop. The public seldom makes nice distinctions. The wholesome copyright which now exists will share in the disgrace and danger of the new copyright which you are about to create. And you will find that, in attempting to impose unreasonable restraints on the reprinting of the works of the dead, you have, to a great extent, annulled those restraints which now prevent men from pillaging and defrauding the living.

This isn't much of a howto but more of a success story on how much of a pushover small claims can be:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/5/15/114512/034

I thought it was fairly informative even though there was a settlement.

...would someone find what the parent wrote "Insightful".

Microsoft bought the TCP stack for Windows NT4 from a company called Spider Systems. The stack that they bought happened to be based on the BSD stack. They later rewrote the TCP stack from scratch for Win2k.

So it was Spider Systems that used (not stole) the BSD TCP stack - not Microsoft.

...would be that copy of the Windows 2k source code that is running around freely on your favorite p2p network !

Humour apart :
ReactOS and Wine would be closest thing to a Linux of Microsoft (namely an opensource implementation of a NT compatible system).
But they aren't done by Microsoft.

Note: I didn't check the ed2k links, I don't know if they are fake or guenuine

Does the US ever ship anyone overseas for trial ?

The US likes to deport Canadian Citizens to Syria even though they only arrived in the US for a stop-over flight back to Canada.

The short free online novel The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect goes into the same concepts you bring up.

In the novel, all humans are made immortal and are given literally anything and everything they want (except death). Some people choose to become eternally wired vegetables, and others become uber-sadomasochists to curb off boredom.

Heh, social engineering is a technique that essentially all humans are vulnerable to. Also, phone companies are actually one of the top targets of social engineering. That combination makes for a pretty high likelihood of peoples' phone-line-related data to be effectively public domain...

There isn't really much way to be "secure" against social engineering because it exploits the one system you can't secure - the human mind. I know people who do this sort of stuff (I don't mean theft though heh) for fun on a fairly regular basis and they can all screw with pretty much any person. It's really amazing how easily you can manipulate someone of any personality type, actually. heh.

The only people who I've found to be highly resistant to any sort of social engineering are the type of people who know how to do it as well. It requires a certain mindset to be able to catch on to when a person might be trying to manipulate you. Unfortunately that sort of mindset usually involves always having a certain amount of suspicion towards peoples' statements all the time...

Some reading material:

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1527

http://www.morehouse.org/hin/blckcrwl/hack/soceng. txt

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/6/3/223758/2267

http://rf-web.tamu.edu/security/secguide/V1comput/ Social.htm

etc. etc..

Whoa...can I get a reference for this one? I've never seen this one before.

I remember I read about it some time ago, but I cannot remember where. A quick Google for "Bill Gates" and "dumpster" turned up an interview with Bill Gates where this was mentioned.

Really? Because klash gave that article the treatment it deserved better than I ever could.

Moshe Zadka said it better than I ever could.

Aw working in IRAQ isn't that bad. at least you take in $80k tax free (about the same as making $125k w/ taxes assuming single male, no deductions, getting fucked by uncle sam)

Add another Slashdot victom here. I used to get mod points weekly. After I complained about Michael (and got a post of mine instantly modded from +3 down to -1), I haven't seen them since.

Overall, I find it odd that CmdrTaco complains about Digg censorship, when Slashdot itself has its own glaring examples. For example, check out this thread where every single comment was modded down to -1. Even worse, once when a thread was knocked down to -1, those who mod up anything, *anything* in that thread no longer get mod points.

Hi. I represent anti-slash. We have entered into sacred jihad against slashdot's editors to expose their censorship. We operate through informative posts such as this one and by trolling to discredit the site.

Consider the following evidence against the infidels: anti-slash (http://anti-slash.org/) has recently compiled a library of injustices that precisely document the abuses of slashdot's editors. From the stupidity to the censorship, you can view and share the facts all recorded in one place. Consider especially the case of the infamous slashdot troll investigation post.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to invite you to use the database tool. With this database of highly-moderated slashdot posts, you can repost and gain carma for future jihad operations, and suck up mod points and pollute the meta-moderation system. These disruptive activities help lower slashdot's already low signal-to-noise ratio and further discredit the editors.

In sacred jihad,

jihadi_31337

I've always found the /etc/ to be the funniest part of that path.

This is one of the telltale remaints of the BSD-derived TCP/IP stack that NT/XP uses.

Although the stack itself has been heavily modified, using /etc/ as the location for the hosts file still remains, along with other little hints -- ftp.exe is almost identical to the BSD FTP utility. BSD also gets properly credited in the XP copyright notice

This is point defense. It's cool, but it's not a force field; more like a 'sensor net.' Proximity field. Whatever, insert your favorite bastardized sci-fi term.

THIS is a force field, and it's 4 years old:

You sound like one of the IBM folks that hire unqualified people and remarket them for outlandish amounts of money

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/9/27/95759/4240

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/26/175722/727

So how about DRM that let's YOU do whatever you want with it?

Because there's no such thing. (Except for very small values of 'whatever you want'.) Here's a post I made on another site explaning why:

There's no such thing as 'reasonable' DRM

One of the common rationales for some forms of DRM is that they're 'reasonable': they let you do most of the things you'd want to. But IMO that's just an illusion: no form of DRM is reasonable, and no form can ever be completely reasonable.

And yes, I do have a rational reason for thinking that, even though at present it seems to be an extreme position: the 'default' access to any copy-protected material will always be to prevent copying. And ultimately, it's that 'default' access which matters.

There are lots of ways you could try to access DRM-protected material: you could present it in a variety of applications on your desktop computer (media players, book readers, or whatever depending on the type of material); you could copy it to another machine; you could copy it to a handheld machine and try to present it there; you could convert it to a different format; and so on. And these access methods will always increase: people will always be coming up with new applications, devices, formats, ways of accessing the material. Therefore, any DRM scheme must not only address the current access methods, but also future ones too. So there are basically two possible types of DRM: those which allow access in specific ways and prevent everything else (the no-access default), and those which prevent access in specific ways and allow everything else (the full-access default).

Now, that second type is in practice unworkable, because it would then be possible to come up with a new access method, and use that to convert the material into another DRM-free form, effectively removing the DRM and rendering it useless. So, any practical DRM scheme must prevent all access other than that it specifically allows.

And that's what makes DRM so harmful. It's future-unproofed, blocking any cool new technologies which come along. It's inaccessible, blocking many (or all) existing technologies used by people with disabilities. It relies upon the company providing the right software and/or access codes. It's non-portable, blocking most other hardware platforms, operating systems, or devices. And it always will be so, because that's the nature of DRM: to block 'everything else'.

Take, for example, a form of DRM that's actually fairly reasonable and non-restrictive: Apple's FairPlay system, which is used for tracks bought from the iTunes Music Store. It lets you authorise up to 5 computers to play those tracks, along with all iPods synced to them. You can even burn copies to CD. Sounds pretty fair.

But it still has a no-access default (while it's working as designed, anyway). You can't use any other software to edit the tags. You can't split or join tracks. You can't play them on any other MP3 (or AAC) player. You can't convert them to lower-bitrate versions. You can't convert them to whatever cool new format comes along and offers the same sound quality at a fraction of the filesize. You can't do anything other than the few things they specifically allow, even though those other things might be completely legal and moral for you to do, or might become so at some point in the future!

This is why I think there can never be a completely 'reasonable' form of DRM. There will always be new forms of access that the creators didn't think of. And DRM will always block them. And we will all suffer. Sooner or later, people will learn this. I hope it's sooner.

Sorry sir but there is no place for meta-commentary on Slashdot. I suggest you take your pseudo-intellectualism and go here

Does this sound farmilliar at all?
For those not in the know, there's a somewhat similar site to slashdot called Kuro5hin, and a bunch of people from k5 fucked off and created a competing site, called husi (no Url because it sucks). Back when husi first started there were a whole bunch of messages very much like this one plastered on k5. coincidence? Or mabye this is just a standard guerilla warfare tactic of modern companies?

• Sensitivity.
• A sense of humor.
• HTML skills

a.k.a. Kuro5hin.

You mean like Cavalier Telephone?

Then again, the people in charge do still run it as if they were a telephone company, instead of an internet one...

You can also Opt Out by calling 1-888-5-OPTOUT.

While I love and frequently use JustReader on my Zaurus, I'd still say a PDA isn't ideal for some types of books. Comics, technical manuals with lots of drawings, etc. still benefit from a larger screen or from old fashioned paper.

However, I'd take it over paper anyday for your everyday novel or novella. On that same note, everyone with access to a decent eBook reader should grab LocalRoger's Passages stories. They really are astoundingly well writen, given the medium (k5).

His latest story, with links to his earlier ones.

It's called Kuro5hin.org

I have no problem finding public terminals in libraries, friends houses and coffeeshops that I can boot from a USB key or a businesscard CD, so perversely don't take my laptop on the road. I could be rendered homeless tomorrow and my clients wouldn't notice. It's a barely perceptible but immensely powerful change in the world - net access isn't ubiquitous, but it can be found for free or at nominal cost just about anywhere in the developed (or even semi-developed) world, as easily found as a public restroom or a dumpster full of yesterday's bagels. People like the homeless guy are as much a part of the information age as the rest of us. That's world-changing stuff that no-one really notices.

And why is the personal blog from someone (apparently minor) linked from the main page? He didn't say anything ground-breaking that hasn't been said here by /. commenters.

If this were on k5, I could at least -1 him directly and call it a day. Now all I can do is block Zonk.

I respect your good intentions, w.r.t. conservation and what not, but in the end, your attitude will only contribute to the problem, which needs a more active solution. As to manipulating nature, perhaps you need to expand your horizons a bit. It's been done, and it works.

This guy makes for an interesting goolge search.

Disappointed about not having anyone to arrest they arrest everyone at K-Mart. They actually practiced at a Wendy's restraunt the week before. I believe with the mayor and police chief watching. They even arrested families that had a receipt showing that they were waiting for food, for tresspassing. In order to crack down on groups of youths collecting in high crime areas where they might cause trouble. They needed a scapegoat, and so after the backlash, it became the officer in charge at the scene decided to do it on his own. The test a Wendy's was determined to be an "unrelated" incident

And we can be sure that he would protect are constitution rights. Just like he would for his own officers. So why not put the cameras in. You can't talk to anyone if you criticize my department

But he just wants to make sure that everyone is not breaking the law. Unless they are an illegal immigrant. The police chief has issued a direct order to police that they cannot enforce any immigration laws because it creates to much political conflict with city officals getting relected. I just have trouble with the police being told they cannot enforce a law. At this point the Police chief has become lawmaker & enforcer. If they want the illegal immigrants to stay, they need to change the laws, not give the police chief the right to do whatever he wants.

An old news from kuro5hin here:

Netsukuku the Anarchical Parallel Internet
Freaknet, Netsukuku is a new p2p routing system, which will be utilised to build a worldwide distributed, anonymous and anarchical network, separated from the Internet, without the support of any servers, ISPs or authority controls. In a p2p network every node acts as a router, therefore in order to solve the problem of computing and storing the routes for 2^128 nodes, Netsukuku makes use of a new meta-algorithm, which exploits the chaos to avoid cpu consumption and fractals to keep the map of the whole net constantly under the size of 2Kb. Netsukuku includes also the Abnormal Netsukuku Domain Name Anarchy, a non hierarchical and decentralised system of hostnames management which replaces the DNS. It runs on GNU/Linux.>>

The site of the project is: http://netsukuku.freaknet.org

Just quickly, you can find out more about the Peak oil background in a good article Peak Oil, the Next Big Thing and the follow on alternatives (nukes anyone?) in Peak Oil: the next big thing. (Part Two.)

Just quickly, you can find out more about the Peak oil background in a good article Peak Oil, the Next Big Thing and the follow on alternatives (nukes anyone?) in Peak Oil: the next big thing. (Part Two.)

How did I do it?

Simple:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/16/13579/3506

I track my email carefully, I use unique email aliases for all the websites I visit, I use special aliases for the mailing lists I'm on, I provide images to interpret for people trying to contact me, and I give out my "real" email address to close friends and family *only*.

I haven't been sent a spam that I couldn't immediately block--permanently--ever since I implemented this scheme. It was bliss turning off bogofilter for the last time. It was sheer delight when I no longer had to comb through spam- and hamlists for false positive or negatives.

I removed myself entirely from the spam/anti-spam wars. I have transcended the drudgery that those people put themselves through, and the best part? My now nonexistent spam filters never sort real emails into a spambin where they're neglected.

My simple idea: Allow me to set it to meeting/movie/restaurant/polite/quiet mode for a set period; thus I don't need to (remember to) change it back because it will be automatic. I've missed a lot of calls from friends because the phone is on vibrate and sitting on a sofa cushion, ten hours after a meeting for which I silenced it. (And then left it on the meeting room table during the meeting, so that any vibrationss were amplified. D'oh!)

The false dilemma between science (or more specifically, evolution) and belief in a creator (or more specifically Christianity) is old, tired, and ready to go. I actually wrote a related article on this over at Kuro5hin just this morning.

I'm not sure where this idea came from that if we understand the physical mechanisms that are working in our universe, that we have somehow moved away from God. If you believe in God, you must believe he created all these mechanisms. God could very well have created evolution itself as the best means to give rise to complex life. Isn't it flattering and respectful to learn about the world God created?

Cheers.

[Accusation that bash.org plagiarized kuro5hin.org first]

There are numerous studies which indicate that latest T. gondii cyst infection produces a noticeable drop in motor skills and intelligence. I wrote an article on this over at K5 a couple weeks ago. One of the comments linked to a study which showed a significant increase in risk of traffic accidents for those with latent T. gondii infection.

However, the notion that this is a "mind control" parasite in humans is completely off base. A previous study showed that mice infected with T. gondii had increased risk of cat predation. Researchers believe that may be caused by increased dopamine levels in mouse brains as a result. But that is still speculative.

I could add that I submitted this story to /. almost three weeks ago and was rejected within an hour... but that would be off topic.

There are numerous studies which indicate that latest T. gondii cyst infection produces a noticeable drop in motor skills and intelligence. I wrote an article on this over at K5 a couple weeks ago. One of the comments linked to a study which showed a significant increase in risk of traffic accidents for those with latent T. gondii infection.

However, the notion that this is a "mind control" parasite in humans is completely off base. A previous study showed that mice infected with T. gondii had increased risk of cat predation. Researchers believe that may be caused by increased dopamine levels in mouse brains as a result. But that is still speculative.

I could add that I submitted this story to /. almost three weeks ago and was rejected within an hour... but that would be off topic.

A citation from the article: T. gondii cyst infection appeared to decrease novelty seeking behaviors and reduce psycho-motor intelligence in men.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/

We need a giant space lens to alter the sunlight hitting Earth. We can really control global warming that way.

There is a parasite that changes a rat's behaviour so that the rat can be hunted by a cat more easily. Some scientist report that the parasite also affects humans, for example, citing the story Parasite infection from cat shit linked to schizophrenia, T. gondii cyst infection appeared to decrease novelty seeking behaviors and reduce psycho-motor intelligence in men.

You think that's impressive? Read my kuro5hin diaries where I talk about how to actually index the photos (start with Part I first). I'm actually turning it into a website, and have started beta testing, so if you want a free account....