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Coral Cache of the Mirror dot cache, Just for kicks.

hehe, i'd mod you up, but since i have no mod points, i will earn some karma :)

coral cache:
http://uncyclopedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wiki/Ipod_Na no_200gb_Instructions

Coral Cache of the article

Coral Cache Stop breaking Uncyclopedia you heathens.

Yes, this was completely meant to be iPod product placement. Also, the link itself definitely doesn't mention the battery life thing at all. Good eye.

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Try this link.

Just to let you know, that 3D is possible on most java phones
with my embryonic diet3d library :
http://rzr.online.fr.nyud.net:8090/java.htm

OK lot of work to be done to be M3G compliant... (btw, i am open to contribs)

But what is bugging me : is J2ME the only alternative to WinCE or symbian ?
since most Linux handset doesnt not provide other API (beside QTopia and his friends)

Coral cache

The server has been pwned. Coral Cache works.

on http://www.turbogears.org.nyud.net:8090/docs/wiki2 0/page4.html

should not it be:

2 def save(self, pagename, data, submit, new):
3 hub.begin()
4 if new == True:
5 page = Page(pagename=pagename, data=data)
6 else:
7 page = Page.byPagename(pagename)
8 page.data = data

Better use the Coral, althought it has its shortcomings also, like the weird port number (bad for some corporate firewalls).

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So it isn't unusual at all that their site did not get Slashdotted. Even if they were using Squid it wouldn't be of much help since Slashdotting mainly sucks up your upstream provider's bandwidth, dynamic content or not.

You forgot to put the colons into those URLs:
http://www.turbogears.org.nyud.net:8090/
http://www.rubyonrails.org.nyud.net:8090/

You forgot to put the colons into those URLs:
http://www.turbogears.org.nyud.net:8090/
http://www.rubyonrails.org.nyud.net:8090/

...check out VirtualPrivacyMachine. DamnSmallLinux made completely anonymous with Tor.

Here or use the Firefox extension.

The weird thing is that for a project in a technical writing class two years ago (2002), I wrote a report on exoskeletons. It was more about the writing practice than being "factual." What did we call our company? Cyberdyne Systems. We thought it was hilarious. Plenty of other inside jokes in that paper.

"Strap-on Strength -- Exoskeleton Feasability"
Report
Presentation:

The weird thing is that for a project in a technical writing class two years ago (2002), I wrote a report on exoskeletons. It was more about the writing practice than being "factual." What did we call our company? Cyberdyne Systems. We thought it was hilarious. Plenty of other inside jokes in that paper.

"Strap-on Strength -- Exoskeleton Feasability"
Report
Presentation:

Let us give thanks to the FSM for this miracle.

If the link is slow use the Coral Cache link.

Video coverage here (there's a whole bunch. The overview, stanley and ghostrider ones are awesome!):

http://www.cartv.com.nyud.net:8090/content/researc h/channels/index.cfm/channel/cartv_video/action/sh owvideo/vid/e_0145/vcat/Event/
NQE final paper:

http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/NQEfinal1.pdf

And more announcements can be found on:

http://www.grandchallenge.org/

Also, a good summary of things that have been happening can be found in the discussion forum:

https://dtsn.darpa.mil/grandc/forum/topic.asp?topi c_id=1636&forum_id=30&Topic_Title=NQE&forum_title= Grand+Challenge+Event&M=False&S=

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A post by Espina reads:
Hi! ...stopped by the NQE last week and this whole Tuesday and I must say that all the work accomplished on all the AGVs was very impressive. ...for those who couldn't be there the following bots all had runs in the morning session: "Mojavaton, DAD, CIMAR, Insight Racing, Golem Group, ENSCO, Princeton, MonsterMoto, Team Jefferson, UCF,, AION, Cajunbot, Banzai, Gray Team, Mitre Meteorites, Virginia Tech Grand Challenge Team, Austin Robot, Desert Buckeyes." All had full runs except five. Majavaton and Insight Racing which both collided with a vehicle/obstacle within 100 yards of the finish line. Aion decided to skip the course and circle back directly to the finish line but a K- rail barrier refused to co-operate. The UCF bot went walkabout on the back 40 towards the NASCAR track and Austin Robotics got sulky in the first loop when the crowd left for lunch during its run. MonsterMoto was given a restart because a chase truck encroached on the route near the start. ...according to some team members from Ensco, the afternoon session was a chance for the teams "on the cusp" to improve their standings. Austin Robotics, CajunBot, VT, Team Banzai, Mojavaton, the Mitre Group, and the Gray Team all had additional runs. ...Mojavaton, VT, Mitre (had two) and the Gray Team all had full runs. The Gray Team had two runs but was unable to to get GPS back after the tunnel on the first run so they made a few adjustments and had a stellar 2nd run. It seemed like a time/constelation problem. CajunBot made it to the last Obstacle/vehicle to the chagrin of the crowd. Team Banzai froze contemplating a witch's hat on a downhill transition at the end of the first loop and Austin Robotics lost GPS (and its way) after the tunnel... ...after that the best of the rest ran (Autonosys, Blue Team, Overbot, Indiana Robotic NAV, BJB Engineering, Team Juggernaut, Autonomous Vehicle Systems, Team Tormenta, Indy Robot Racing, Terra Engineering, PVHA Road Warriors, CyberRider, AI Motorvators, Team Underdawg. )with most of the teams wiping out the first barrier, and/or re-arranging the hay bales at the tunnel entrance, colliding with the tunnel entrance and losing GPS after the tunnel. However, IT, from AI motorvaters had a full run on the shortened RDDF and TerraHawk made it thru most of the hard parts. Overbot ran very thoroughly and cautiously but froze on the downhill transition. ...if any of this information is incorrect please feel free to fix...I could be suffering the effects of sunstroke... ...anyhow, good luck all and I admire dedication of all of the teams on completing an AGV. ...see y'all in Primm, Espina

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http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:9hxx796XGNMJ: online.thinkfree.com/+&hl=en (Google's cache)

http://online.thinkfree.com/ (Spare them please!)

This sounds to me like they're fighting the symptoms, not the problem. Worms can only spread successfully because of the sorry state of software security. If we fix that, we will not only get rid of worms, but also of other problems, such as targeted attacks for information theft. Using better languages to write software in can eliminate the bulk of security problems we're currently seeing. Security through diversity and not relying on known insecure software also help.

Here.

Cached link:

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One coral cache mirror fresh off the server.

http://www.hothardware.com.nyud.net:8090/viewartic le.cfm?page=1&articleid=734&cid=2

http://www.hothardware.com.nyud.net:8090/viewartic le.cfm?articleid=734&cid=2

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Fuck you for being useless, Slashdot!

As another post says, use a coral link. Just add .nyud.net:8090 to the URL.
So if you have an URL like this http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html coral link would be http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov.nyud.net:8090/photo/a erogel.html

Argh, posts like yours piss me off.

``I want something that:
I turn on and it works.''

That's more true of Linux than of Windows. How much maintenance do you need to do on a Windows box to keep it working, and how much maintenance do you need to do on a Linux box to keep it working?

``When I want to configure something, there is a GUI that is easily found.''

Many things have GUIs. Some don't. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have a good reason for bringing up that point.

``works consistently across all distros.''

Why? As long as you pick one distro and stick with it, this will never be an issue. Wanting anything to be consistent across distros is asking the impossible; the whole point in having all these distros is that they do things differently.

``I don't care about .rpm vs redhat vs whatever 'new, improved, way' of packaging programs to install there is. I don't care about .rpm vs redhat vs whatever 'new, improved, way' of packaging programs to install there is. I don't care about journaling file systems. As a user why should I have to care?''

That's perfectly fine. You don't have to care. But then don't go blaming "Linux" when things don't work exactly the way you want. After all, if you don't care, you might end up making the wrong choices. Packaging does work better on Debian than on most other distros, and journaling filesystems do provide faster crash recovery than non-journaling ones.

``Isn't it the responsibility of the computer to keep track of such details?''

No. You're talking about choices. You are offered the freedom to mix and match and create the system that suits you best. If you don't want to think about these choices, just grab a distro like Ubuntu, in which the choices have been made for you. However, there's no way "the computer" is going to make these choices for you (well, unless somebody builds in a randomizer in the installer, maybe).

``Its not better for me as a user if I have to learn all about the differences.''

I think that's debatable. I'd argue that the more you know about your system, the more pleasurable your experience with it will be. However, you don't _have_ to learn about all these differences. Once again, if you don't care, just grab any distro that doesn't offer you choices and stop whining. And if chosing a distro is too much trouble for you, just grab Ubuntu, it's generally considered good for people who just want things to work.

``If I have to be a sys admin to get my document to print this is bad.''

In that case you're in luck; Ubuntu (and I suppose other distros) comes with a whole slew of printer drivers installed by default, so all you need to do is plug in your printer and yo're all set. No hard stuff like inserting driver CDs and all that.

``Unfortunately, the indifference to the user who does not want to RTFM permeates Linux''

I can perfectly understand how people wouldn't be happy with the nth luser who comes in bitching that they don't know how stuff works and demands others to solve his problems for him. Frankly, I really don't care if you like Linux or not.

I do care about you spreading FUD about Linux and convincing other people with your lies. See also my essay Linux Superstitions Exposed; it addresses some of the more persistant false criticisms of Linux.

``P.P.S. And I would really love it if Microsoft's desktop market share 50% but it will not happen until Linux developers decide that ease of use matters.''

No, that's not what it depends on. Even if Linux is superior on every count, that doesn't mean people are going to switch, just because they can't be bothered. Largely, that's exactly how the current situation is. And there's nothing wrong with that; if people prefer to stick with their current OS, they have every right to.

Note, also, that Linux developers don't work on Linux

The article mentions BartPE.
A great product in its own right, there's also a different project that builds on BartPE.
Mostly its just included a bunch of add-ons and applications to make the CD better from the start.
http://www.ubcd4win.com.nyud.net:8090/
Ultimate BootCD for Windows.
Don't confuse it with the Ultimate Boot CD.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com.nyud.net:8090/
The UBCD is DOS based, but has quite a few diagnostic apps that would do well in any technofiles toolbox.

UBCD4Win includes a window manager ("shell") to make it look like windows (BartPE by default only has a small start button), includes several antivirus applications, email apps, web browsers, tons more. :)

The article mentions BartPE.
A great product in its own right, there's also a different project that builds on BartPE.
Mostly its just included a bunch of add-ons and applications to make the CD better from the start.
http://www.ubcd4win.com.nyud.net:8090/
Ultimate BootCD for Windows.
Don't confuse it with the Ultimate Boot CD.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com.nyud.net:8090/
The UBCD is DOS based, but has quite a few diagnostic apps that would do well in any technofiles toolbox.

UBCD4Win includes a window manager ("shell") to make it look like windows (BartPE by default only has a small start button), includes several antivirus applications, email apps, web browsers, tons more. :)

Ok, I'll be open: I don't think it will be quite as bad as I outlined, but it's far from impossible. After all, you _are_ really talking about storing documents on a computer outside your control, that you can only access through software outside your control.

``Only accessible to a program on some other org's computer? Huh? As if this sort of project would include proprietary formats? Don't be silly. If anything of this scale and design would include something as verbose it would never work, and besides these companies know better, particularly giants like Google or Yahoo.''

They don't have to use proprietary formats to make the information inaccessible to you. They only need to make sure the only way to access it is through their application, and then they can control your access to the information by controlling your access to the application.

I don't think your argument that these companies would never do that holds water. There are plenty of examples of companies that offered a service for free, and then started charging for subscriptions, especially on the web.

Last time I checked (a long time ago, to be sure), the only way to access a Yahoo! Mail mailbox without using their web interface was to PAY them for POP3 access, so they are certainly not above locking customers into their application and making them pay for standard features.

Also, keep in mind that Google is no longer the same Google that we have all come to love. They are now publicly held, which means that (supposedly profit-oriented) shareholders can now exert control over company policy.

``What's your definition of a 3rd party?''

There is you (1st party), the documents you want to get at (the 2nd party), and the company that controls your access to the documents (the 3rd party). Maybe my choice of words was unfortunate, but that's what I meant.

``How about your computer at work?''

The computer at work is controlled either by me, or by an organization that would not have any reasonable incentive to block my access to my documents (assuming that I store only work-related documents on their computer). The 3rd party above does have such an incentive; namely locking me out if I don't pay.

``You said yourself it's a pain to access it--wouldn't it be great to have it anywhere there is a web browser?''

That's the core point. Of course, a web-based editing application is great as long as you have access to it. The problem is that, as soon as you can no longer access it, you not only lose access to the application, but also the documents that you created with it (assuming your only way to access them was through the application).

If you had them stored locally, even if you lost the ability to run the application to open them, you could (in theory) use a different application for the same task.

``Readable to boot?''

That's not a given.

``Able to edit your old documents because the app can read old
formats?''

That's not a given either. You are completely at the mercy of the service provider. If they switch to an incompatible application overnight and don't offer you access to the old application, you can't do anything to stop them. If you had the documents and the application locally, you could still use the old application to access your documents.

Once again, I am not saying that the future _will_ be this black, just that the possibilities for abuse are enormous. Note that, while many of my points rely on you not having access to the documents themselves (only the app), having this access is no guarantee all will be well. If you had such access, you'd probably have to explicitly download the documents to get local copies. If the provider locks you out, you still lose all documents you didn't download.

``News flash: The lock-in occured in 1997 with Office 97, the defacto standard.''

Wrong. The lock in started long before that. Every closed format or

``Not only do they tend to lack explicitly separate data and code''

Where do you get that idea from? True, you can store functions in variables and pass them as arguments, but that doesn't mean that you don't know what's code and what's data anymore. The function body is code, the pointer to that body is data.

``but they more-or-less depend on the ability to construct functions dynamically, as data, and then invoke them as code.''

They don't really depend on that. It's a possibility, but most often functions constructed at run time will use code that is already known at compile time (and thus would already have been generated). In the cases where you really construct new code at run-time, you'll have to do some trickery; but you still don't need to have any part of memory be both writable (data) and executably (code) at the same time.

Also, arguably, Scheme doesn't need this kind of protection, because the sort of bugs that this heap protection scheme protects against simply aren't possible in Scheme programs. C and C++ are actually among the few languages in popular use that suffer from these vulnerabilities. See also my essay about the subject. Although the examples it gives use C and Common Lisp, they are almost equally applicable if you substitute C++ and Scheme.

For real security, don't use C. I've advocated this many times before, and have recently written a new essay about how better programming languages can lead to better software. Although this essay isn't entirely focused on security, it does demonstrate that some of the most common security bugs simply cannot occur using, in this case, Common Lisp instead of C.

http://www.communitytechnology.org.nyud.net:8090/d atabases/screenshots/mywebos.gif

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http://www.cthulhulives.org.nyud.net:8090/store/st ore.lasso?1=product&2=8
http://www.cthulhulives.org.nyud.net:8090/toc.html

These links do not go over standard port 80 and so may not work behind company firewalls

Coralized links

http://www.cthulhulives.org.nyud.net:8090/store/st ore.lasso?1=product&2=8
http://www.cthulhulives.org.nyud.net:8090/toc.html

These links do not go over standard port 80 and so may not work behind company firewalls

Coral cache: http://blogs.msdn.com.nyud.net:8090/brian_jones/ar chive/2005/10/01/476067.aspx MirrorDot: http://mirrordot.org/stories/8cd3958d23ab9ac3dfb87 d8f52b8722a/index.html

And a Coral Cache link for the home page. (Could an admin edit the link in the story proper to match, please?)

Well, some primates are definitely intelligent. After all, have you ever had this done to you at the zoo?

Neat post, but that last part will never happen. At least, not until Apple Records no longer holds the Apple trademark, which by the way is still involved in litigation with Apple.

For anyone who missed out on this glorious webcomic:
http://www.undefined.net.nyud.net:8090/1/0/

Obligatory wiki LiNK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/

I really recommend the noob by Gianna Masetti.

http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ (Coral)

Your typical noob in your typical MMORPG.

The part about the fabled orb of power was hilarious (be sure to read the scenes after).

I really recommend the noob by Gianna Masetti.

http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ (Coral)

Your typical noob in your typical MMORPG.

The part about the fabled orb of power was hilarious (be sure to read the scenes after).