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Corel Cache. by bfizzle · 2005-10-24 10:18 · Score: 5, Informative · on Looking-Glass Based Distro Reviewed

http://www.tuxmachines.org.nyud.net:8090/gallery/l g3d

Coral cache by holy+zarquon's+singi · 2005-10-23 23:15 · Score: 1 · on Browser Stats For The BBC Homepage

http://www.currybet.net.nyud.net:8090/articles/use r_agents/index.php, but that seems to be /.'d also.

Re:Mirror by Jugalator · 2005-10-23 23:09 · Score: 3, Informative · on Browser Stats For The BBC Homepage

Damn, disregard that post... As usual they've split it into pages...

Only nyud.net links may help then, although my experiences with those aren't the best and why I tried to avoid it in the first case.

Re:1. Theramin 2. Girls 3. Genuine geek by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-22 11:50 · Score: 0 · on Geeky Gadgets for Halloween Parties?

For the second part; something like this (not entirely work safe)? Yes, I did have to sell my soul for that, yes it was worth it, and yes everyone in the photo has given permission for the photo to be distributed.

Mirror, Mirror by SeaFox · 2005-10-22 05:02 · Score: 1 · on The Best Science Photographs of 2005

You could have posted a Coral Cache with your post instead of asking someone else to make a mirror.

As an owner of pet rats... by MourningBlade · 2005-10-21 22:33 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Rat Cunning May Allow For Island Colonization

Let me just say that this is not surprising (it is, however, neat). They're mischief, they're wily, and they're single-minded.

Most people, when they think at all of it, would place the rat near the mouse, the gerbil, and the hamster in intelligence. Play with a (socialized) rat for about 5 minutes and you'll see that that isn't the case at all: they're curious about their surroundings, they mess with things to see what they are (new things in my apartment are thoroughly inspected by the rats...whether I'd rather they did or not), and they have a concept of hiding as a means to an end[1].

Also, for such a small creature, they are very hardy and cope well with infirmity. I had a rat who took a nasty fall and sprained a forepaw to where she couldn't use it for about two weeks. Since their food was on one level, water on another, and nest on yet another - with the only way between levels to climb the walls of the cage or jump - I was going to move everything to the ground area when I saw her get up to the top level of the cage (cage is about 4' high) by jumping, grabbing the bars, scrambling 3-legged up the side, jump at the level and grab the ledge with her right side paws, and swing her body onto the ledge...to grab a piece of dried macaroni and casually jump to the bottom. No issue.

This is the norm for rats: they can lose a paw, lose inner ear functioning (ear infections can do that to them), be in a fair amount of pain, and they'll keep going. In fact, rat owners are cautioned that you need to check your rat for cuts and such because they won't make noise to let you know - the noise would betray them to predators[2].

They have an excellent sense of smell and are good at foraging. Also, unlike many other hoarding animals, rats tend to remember where their stashes are. I gave the rats a ritz cracker apiece one night. About an hour later when I thought they'd eaten them, I let them out to play. Two weeks later I'm watching TV when the rats haul their ritz crackers out of some unknown nook in the apartment and leave crumbs on my couch. Also, they don't gorge: they have a concept of "saving for later" - you can keep a full bowl of food for them no problem. The only question of whether or not they'll get fat is whether they like their wheel.

That's probably enough rat propaganda except to say that domestic fancy rats are incredibly cute and love people. a picture to give you an idea of the cute factor.

[1] - many animals that hide do so whenever threatened or fearful. They stop what they were doing, and they hide. When the threat is perceived to be over, they stop hiding. Rats join coyotes and a few other animals in that they understand "cover" - getting close enough to check something out without being observed.

[2] - that is, unless you have a little drama queen who squeaks and fusses whenever you do anything that wasn't her idea. I'd imagine that's a domestic trait.

At least it still works by carambola5 · 2005-10-21 08:40 · Score: 3, Insightful · on iPod Nano Scratches Result In Suit

Complaining about a few scratches?!? How about running over it twice with a car and still playing music on it?

People are being too obsessive about the "status" the iPod gives the owner, and not realizing that it's a damn solid product.

OMG, LOOK AT TFA! O.o by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-10-21 05:01 · Score: 1 · on 419 Emails From A Cultural Perspective

After writing the above post and clicking to read the article, look what I found on the banner ad!

It really must be a weird coincidence... a newspaper talking about SCAM, and such a blatant ad on the side. And it has a "CLICK NOW!" on it.
Somebody shoot me.

First Post And... by ploss · 2005-10-20 23:50 · Score: 1, Informative · on Tier One ISPs Dying

Only a handful of posts and everything's back online again. See for yourself here (link from TFA)...

http://scoreboard.keynote.com/scoreboard/Main.aspx ?Login=Y&Username=public&Password=public[coralized ]

Seems like a non-event.

CoralCache of Bittorrent list, with magnets by IBitOBear · 2005-10-20 18:32 · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released

CoralCache Link To P2P Downloads

CoralCache Link to regular downloads

For Azureus Users:

The Linux magnet is magnet:?xt=urn:btih:SD36UE42IMPAKVUXAXRF3FQH4QYM23 FS

The Windows magnet is magnet:?xt=urn:btih:DD3CA4757LNNLEMGSQIN5JMPK23B62 NB

For whatever reason, the SlashDot system _adds_ a space before the last two letters. Take that out when you pase the links. (e.g. it isn't "23FB", it's "23FB").

To use this, start Azureus and then File->Open->Location (or ctrl+L) and paste the magnet string into the dialog box.

CoralCache of Bittorrent list, with magnets by IBitOBear · 2005-10-20 18:32 · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released

CoralCache Link To P2P Downloads

CoralCache Link to regular downloads

For Azureus Users:

The Linux magnet is magnet:?xt=urn:btih:SD36UE42IMPAKVUXAXRF3FQH4QYM23 FS

The Windows magnet is magnet:?xt=urn:btih:DD3CA4757LNNLEMGSQIN5JMPK23B62 NB

For whatever reason, the SlashDot system _adds_ a space before the last two letters. Take that out when you pase the links. (e.g. it isn't "23FB", it's "23FB").

To use this, start Azureus and then File->Open->Location (or ctrl+L) and paste the magnet string into the dialog box.

Pffft... by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-10-20 16:04 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Ancient Greek Computer Reconstructed

Clearly the ancient Greeks had mechanical technology beyond even modern capabilities!

HAH! That's NOTHING! What you must see, is their Orichalcum robots!

Re:Article Text (in case of /.) by HunterZ · 2005-10-20 05:36 · Score: 2, Funny · on The Future of Wireless Connectivity

And here's a Coral Cache link to the same error page:
http://www.cooltechzone.com.nyud.net:8090/index.ph p?option=content&task=view&id=1891

Mercedes Benz by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-10-19 09:36 · Score: 4, Informative · on Honda Fuel Cell Concept with Home H2 Refueling

Mercedes-Benz also has a prototype. Their concept car will be available for production around 2015, using a fuelcell+lithium ion combo.

Coral cache by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-19 06:48 · Score: 0 · on TransGaming Releases Fast Software 3D Rendering

http://www.transgaming.com.nyud.net:8090/swiftshad er.php

signote by crabpeople · 2005-10-19 04:09 · Score: 1 · on Intel Dual Core Xeon Benchmarked

--
Submitters: Use Coral Cache!
Before: website.com/path
After: website.com.nyud.net:8090/path

just a note on your sig,
as you can see the following link
http://www.gamepc.com.nyud.net:8090/labs/view_cont ent.asp?id=paxville&page=1

is also slashdotted. why do people think that mirrors can handle the load when the main site cant? you do realize if everyone started linking ALL their stories to coral cache, coral cache would have to bare the load of every slashdot story right? how long do you think they would foot the bill for that. 1 maybe 2 days?

Its just funny how everyone thinks "USE TEH MIRRARS!!!!!1" is the solution to slashdotting, when really there is no defence.

Coral cache link by Freggy · 2005-10-19 03:28 · Score: 5, Informative · on Intel Dual Core Xeon Benchmarked

http://www.gamepc.com.nyud.net:8090/labs/view_cont ent.asp?id=paxville&page=1

Seems it's slashdotted already after 8 posts. Finally when will all slashdot-links be coralized automatically?

Coral Cache Link by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-18 12:50 · Score: 0 · on Federal Court Shuts Down Pay As You Go Wireless

Site hammered already. Here's the CCDN link: http://rcrnews.com.nyud.net:8090/news.cms?newsId=2 4526

Re:Where's the game? by Luuvitonen · 2005-10-18 09:53 · Score: 1, Informative · on Jack Thompson Calls Cops on Penny-Arcade

There supposedly was one GTA mod in http://hellfish.gtajunkies.com/Story.html, but the site is down ... no dns records or nothing.

Another text game can be found here: http://oghc.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/

Mirror by personman21 · 2005-10-18 07:51 · Score: 1 · on Jack Thompson Rescinds Offer

For the only down link http://hellfish.gtajunkies.com.nyud.net:8090/Story .html

--MIRROR / CACHE-- by AyeRoxor! · 2005-10-18 01:42 · Score: 1 · on Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked

http://www.eff.org.nyud.net:8090/news/archives/200 5_10.php#004063

Okay, mighty slashdot. Now in your refusal to implement coral cache, you're impeding EFF from garnering donations. When will you be sated?

Re:DIY by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-10-17 05:41 · Score: 1 · on Gaiman on MP3 Audio Books, Mirrormask

I still wonder if it's not already a potentially serious issue to listen to an audio novel while driving your car. You're paying attention to the movie, not to the driving. After all, weren't cellphones (even hands-free) found dangerous while driving?

Just submitted this other OpenBSD article..... by rsax · 2005-10-17 04:58 · Score: 5, Insightful · on Lyrics for OpenBSD 3.8 Song Out

Hopefully it will get accepted as it is more interesting than 3.8 song lyrics.

OpenBSD 3.8 will be released on November 1st which will offer a number of new features. Among the new features are several changes to the network stack that help reduce the imapact of DoS attacks. SecurityFocus conducted an interview with three of the project's developers in which they share more details about the upcoming release and this new significant change. Check it out and then please support a fine open source project!

Just submitted this other OpenBSD article..... by rsax · 2005-10-17 04:58 · Score: 5, Insightful · on Lyrics for OpenBSD 3.8 Song Out

Hopefully it will get accepted as it is more interesting than 3.8 song lyrics.

OpenBSD 3.8 will be released on November 1st which will offer a number of new features. Among the new features are several changes to the network stack that help reduce the imapact of DoS attacks. SecurityFocus conducted an interview with three of the project's developers in which they share more details about the upcoming release and this new significant change. Check it out and then please support a fine open source project!

Obligatory comic link by Spy+der+Mann · 2005-10-16 11:30 · Score: 3, Funny · on Britain's MI6 Opens Its First Website

Hackers army
(Courtesy of Bilo and Nano )

Come On Editors by nmb3000 · 2005-10-16 08:49 · Score: 4, Insightful · on Magnetic Field Thruster Developed

I know it's Sunday, but lets think a little. Why the heck link directly to a Babelfish translation making the poor fishy run the page through the translator for every Slashdot visitor?

USE CORAL CACHE and create a Fish-friendly copy!

It's not ignorance anymore editors, it's pure arrogance. "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Yeah, so you direct the tsunami that is Slashdot. Ooh, aah, wow. Altavista doesn't even get any ad-generated revenue. This is what will make people block specific referrers. I know if I was the webmaster for Altavista, Babel would not allow references from slashdot.org anymore.

Gaming comics to the rescue! by Jesus_666 · 2005-10-16 05:45 · Score: 3, Interesting · on Is There a Future for Indie Games?

Which is why it's a good idea for indie developers to know their audience and advertise appropriately. Moonpod, for example, has ads for Starscape (a really nice shoot-em-up/management mix) displayed with gaming related comics like Ctrl+Alt+Del or 8-bit Theater - people who read those comics are likely to be interested in obscure and/or old-school-like games and having the advertisement on the site also serves as some kind of approval by the artists - after all, if they wouldn't like the game they wouldn't advertise it, right? (Actually, concerning how pissy web artists can get I'd figure that the probability of them knowing what games they're advertising for is quite high.)

Independent companies often produce stuff that is in some way superior what you usually get - one example would be Decker (Coral Cache), a graphically unimpressive freeware game for Windows that just happens to be the best simulation of breaking into computers in the Shadowrun world. Please don't click the link unless you really are interested, it's a private site and has a lot of images up front.
However, these innovative or otherwise extremely cool games need to be advertised to the right people. The usual gaming magazine reader will not be interested in games that deviate from the well-known genres like Uplink. But gaming geeks, "real" gamers and the like might want to know about it - which is where specialized advertising comes into play. If a company advertises with the bigger gaming comics it can reach a decent audience that is most likely more interested in their work than the average gamer. If they manage to get mentioned on Penny Arcade it's jackpot... And as Tycho is fond of letting the world know of obscure games he likes just getting PA to notice them might be a way of generating sales.

Indie game companies will always be able to reach an interested audience as long as there are internet celebrities who are willing to display their banner/discuss their latest game. It's not the megabuck business that mainstream gaming is, but there is an ecological niche for games that are just too far out for the regular gamer.

Yes there is by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-16 04:09 · Score: 0 · on Is There a Future for Indie Games?

If an indie developer manages to create a game based on a innovative and interesting concept, he can live of it. An example (I'm just a player) for that kind of game is Clonk. Innovative and funny with great multiplayer support. Although it's closed source there's a linux version floating around the official boards. (Screenshot)

Yes there is by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-16 04:09 · Score: 0 · on Is There a Future for Indie Games?

If an indie developer manages to create a game based on a innovative and interesting concept, he can live of it. An example (I'm just a player) for that kind of game is Clonk. Innovative and funny with great multiplayer support. Although it's closed source there's a linux version floating around the official boards. (Screenshot)

Re:I've seen one of those..... by kevinstansell · 2005-10-15 04:17 · Score: 1 · on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU

That's strange... I just asked some friends online to click on the link, and it seems that it only works for half of them. It worked for me last night but this morning it is blocking my request..

Anyway, I'm sorry about the blogger link. Here is a working picture of the VIA Graphics Chip.

On a funny side note, I did a google search on the VIA Graphics chip serial number, and the top result is a website selling Viagra.

- Kevin Stansell

Re:Mirror anyone? by x86eon · 2005-10-14 16:36 · Score: 1 · on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU

Try Coral: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu.nyud.net:8090/creature s/

More Information on Coral

Coral Cache by Frankie70 · 2005-10-14 15:28 · Score: 1 · on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU

Here
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu.nyud.net:8090/creature s/index.html

Everything isn't cached yet, I think.
Dogbert is, Diet Slice is. Haven't checked anything else.

Mirror by noth(a)nk.you · 2005-10-14 13:06 · Score: 1, Redundant · on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU

Nyud.net Mirror:

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu.nyud.net:8090/creature s/

Re:Graphical Evolution chart? by Jesus_666 · 2005-10-14 03:32 · Score: 1 · on Dinosaur Forces Rethink Of Flight's Evolution

Here you are. ;)

samy is my hero by zippity8 · 2005-10-14 01:42 · Score: 4, Informative · on Cross-Site Scripting Worm Floods MySpace

Turns out that he just used the fact that (not trying to start a flame war here) IE and some versions of Safari allow javascript tags within CSS.

Samy's info on the topic (coral)
His explanation of how it works