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You guys are doing a great job, keep up the good work Miguel et al.!!!

Who can resist the mascot stuffed Rupert either?

Must everything have meaning?

If it must, here's some info...

Use it as an interjection or a celebratory statement! As in...'Hey! I just upgraded my 56k modem to 1.1 SDSL. w00t! w00t!'. Works every time. True it's an independent clause, but really the best clauses are always independent. w00t.

w00t belongs to gamers the world over. It seems to have been derived from the obselete 'whoot' which essentially is another way to say 'hoot' which itself is a shout or derisive laugh. But others maintain that w00t is the sound several players make while jumping like bunnies in Quake III. Fiction or fact? You decide...

I list my sources

Wow, your right.
New, faster technology is being brought out just to make programmers dumber. Its an evil conspiracy against us all!

Seriously, though, what is your definition of "bloatware"? Lets say I'm writing Quake4. I want to use C++ and lotsa nice OOD that's easier to write, easier to read, easier to expand, easier to debug, and easier to maintain.
Is that "bloatware"?
Sure, I coulda used assembly on the whole thing and it woulda been efficent and fast! You wouldn't need the super hardware!

Hope you don't want to mod it, or me to fix any bugs, though.

Maybe us developers like faster systems so we can implement software with better techniques to make technology grow? Sure it requires a little more hardware, but I wouldn't call it some evil conspiracy.

It doesn't matter what technology is out there, there will always be crap (bloatware).

BTW - You might want to buy this shirt.

Jensen Wireless Internet Audio Transmitter

one piece hooks up to your pc, the other to the rca inputs of your stereo. it will transmit the audio out of your computer to your stereo, and it's only $69 dollars. Mush less of a hassle, no wires, and it achieves the same result- the gig's of mp3's on your computer will play out of your stereo in a hassle free way.

First off, your house has to be networked - this does seriously reduce its saleability! :-)

Secondly, if it can only be controlled effectively through the web interface then you need a computer next to you to select the track, regardless. And if you've got that, why have a separate piece of kit?

First off, your house has to be networked - this does seriously reduce its saleability! :-)

Secondly, if it can only be controlled effectively through the web interface then you need a computer next to you to select the track, regardless. And if you've got that, why have a separate piece of kit?

. . . the geek factor doesn't overweigh the stupidity of this.

Sadly, history shows that this Linus-powered wristwatch will indeed have an audience, no matter how ridiculous a concept it is.

. . . the geek factor doesn't overweigh the stupidity of this.

Sadly, history shows that this Linus-powered wristwatch will indeed have an audience, no matter how ridiculous a concept it is.

. . . the geek factor doesn't overweigh the stupidity of this.

Sadly, history shows that this Linus-powered wristwatch will indeed have an audience, no matter how ridiculous a concept it is.

In the radical Muslem culture, if the community doesn't like someone, they'll amass on the streets and burn flags and effigies of those they target their hate towards.

Here in the geeky section of the western culture, if we don't like someone, we make T-shirts saying so and then go about doctoring photos with the GIMP or Photoshop to make it look like whoever we dislike is guilty of conspiring with muppets.

Some may even go as far as to devote entire editions of their respective websites slandering not only those who we dislike, but the whole damn situation.

A nice contrast if you ask me :)

Will the hottest T-shirt at thinkgeek.com in 2003 be "Legalize Linux" ?

And not a moment too soon, give them hell.
Now go buy your T-shirt.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/57b2.shtml

Waarm Bawls

It's also interesting to check how the internet have expanded just over some years, thinkgeek has some cool maps over how internet looked in the years 1999, 2000 and also for the year 2001. These are graphs of how the Internet might look if you were a packet of data that were sent thru the bulk of the Internet infrastructure.

Also read more about the company Lumeta that has a long-term research project to collect routing data on the Internet, it's called The Internet Mapping Project. They have some information there about how it is done too.

It's also interesting to check how the internet have expanded just over some years, thinkgeek has some cool maps over how internet looked in the years 1999, 2000 and also for the year 2001. These are graphs of how the Internet might look if you were a packet of data that were sent thru the bulk of the Internet infrastructure.

Also read more about the company Lumeta that has a long-term research project to collect routing data on the Internet, it's called The Internet Mapping Project. They have some information there about how it is done too.

It's also interesting to check how the internet have expanded just over some years, thinkgeek has some cool maps over how internet looked in the years 1999, 2000 and also for the year 2001. These are graphs of how the Internet might look if you were a packet of data that were sent thru the bulk of the Internet infrastructure.

Also read more about the company Lumeta that has a long-term research project to collect routing data on the Internet, it's called The Internet Mapping Project. They have some information there about how it is done too.

It's also interesting to check how the internet have expanded just over some years, thinkgeek has some cool maps over how internet looked in the years 1999, 2000 and also for the year 2001. These are graphs of how the Internet might look if you were a packet of data that were sent thru the bulk of the Internet infrastructure.

Also read more about the company Lumeta that has a long-term research project to collect routing data on the Internet, it's called The Internet Mapping Project. They have some information there about how it is done too.

(Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs! Don't forget the http://!)

Try this link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/573c.shtm l

While I'm typing this in, I'm reading the this ad for Think Geek. See, I don't block banner ads. But sometimes I am tempted to when I see ads like this one.

The kinds of ads I want to block are the obtrusive ones. Pop-ups, pop-unders, monster-box, and jump-through ads are NOT designed that way to get around blocking software. If the software was working, they too would be blocked. Instead, what they are designed to do is get people to SEE them when they are otherwise busy. TV is a passive medium. Sure, sometimes people take a bathroom break, or run to the frig, during the commercials. Yet free TV is surviving, even with competition from more networks, all the channels you can get on cable, and of course the internet. So the ads must be working since the TV stations and networks are still on the air. That's because TV is mostly passive, and enough people are too lazy to get off the couch when the commercials do come on, that ads do make impressions. You can't click on them, but eventually they effect your thoughts, and your buying patterns. It's not instant gratification for the advertisers, but it's working, and working well.

The internet is different. People are focused when they get online (else they'd plop back down on the couch and watch TV). They have some idea what they want from the internet and try to get it. Advertising on the internet has to compete with whatever it is the user is focused on. There's no time out to get their attention. People don't click through very often because that diverts them from their goal. Maybe if there was a one-click way to save an ad and come back to it later when you are ready for it, more people might. I know I would. It probably wouldn't be enough.

But advertisers weren't expecting the same results the get from TV to come from the internet. They were expecting more. For decades advertisers wanted some way to get a faster and more accurate check on how well ads work. When the internet came along, they saw it as a gold mine, but not for making subconscious psychological impressions on our buying habits, but rather, to track us, count us, and know what works to influence us and what doesn't. This is the big reason they started with click-throughs ... to count how many people saw the ad and showed some interest. Auditing was an auxiliary advantage.

But people also resist. And as I said before, they are focused on something else. The kind of feedback the advertisers want is too quick to get a valid response. Just this morning I saw an ad for a product from IBM that piqued my interest. But I didn't click on the ad, because I was still looking for something else. About 20 minutes later I went over to IBM to find out more. But I just typed the domain and went direct. So some web site didn't get a fraction of a penny all because the model is wrong.

And now we have intrusive ads. They try harder and harder to get us to react ... and react RIGHT NOW. And it's not really so much because they can't wait 20 minutes to sell us something, but rather because the immediacy is the only way to measure us, track us, and count us. If they have to wait 20 minutes for me to type in a web site name and visit them, they have no idea which ad campaign brought me in. The internet seemed like this was just the thing to do this, but they also forgot about some things, including the fact that people are going to be (often intensely) focused when online. So ultimately it doesn't work very well, and they are still trying to beat this dead horse.

And intrusive ads are annoying. They do divert people when they want to be focused, and people get pissed off. This is why I believe most people are tempted to start blocking ads. The more intrusive they get, the more people will want to block them, either to avoid the annoyance, or to protect their privacy (more collateral damage). Michael was right on the mark for the title for this Slashdot article. It is a war, and it is escalating.

Impression ads do work on the internet. They may not work quite as well as on TV or radio, but when well done, people will remember things they have seen. If advertisers would just give up the misguided quest for the holy grail of immediate tracking data, maybe they could get some advertising that really brings interested and paying customers ... eventually.

Let's make some profit out of Nimda :)

Like T-shirts...
"I've been attacked by Nimda and all I got whas this T-shirt"
"Chicks dig Nimda"
"(front:)IIS (back:) you are dumb"

Or posters...
"Internet map of Nimda infected domains"
New 'Inc DeMotivators' poster :"Suicidal" with a kind of Nimda showing.

We should inform Thinkgeek of this nifty plan :)))

As such, when someone nominally competent complains that they're innocent, we fall somewhere in between experience and expectation of everyone else's fear of us, and side with the nerd. I think it's a totally natural response on our part (as well as my totally natural response to want to email the DOJ to say I hope they throw the book at him, in part for deceiving all us Good Knights of the Routing Tables).

I don't think this guy should put us on guard too much; we rely as a community on free information flow and starting to mistrust each other will hamper that. The small exceptions (such as this one) where we get egg on our face and have to recover, I think, are worth the continued cohesion of the community. After all, we're smart enough to mentally correct for the few rotten apples to avoid cognitively spoiling the entire barrel, unlike the rest of the world, right?

... is of course the S l a s h d o t E f f e c t.

Sooo... congresscritters are thinking of passing a nasty ole law? Rob could just threaten to post a story like "An anonymous coward writes: Streaming video of Natalie Portmans hot grit's posted to the US Congress Web site. "([sic] - TacoLexicon in force. my real grammar is better.)

Congress would naturally cave in and meet all our demands. Well, maybe not RMS's...

I suspect that you already know the answer,

You're right, I already know they'll tell me to fsck off.

but it demonstrates how far our government has come from simply keeping law and order.

It also forms a reasonable defense, both de jure and de facto, as any hacking prosecution can be considered selective prosecution. If I report hacking attempts, ones which carry a life sentence (I order from ThinkGeek, ergo my pc is involved in interstate commerce), and my complaints aren't even investigated while they zealously go after someone who 0wN's someone's boxen, how can this not be considered selective prosecution?

can I get it on thinkgeek? But seriously it looks pretty cool. I'd like to try one out and see how easy it is to use.

Now, we need to get the surgeon this shirt to commemorate the moment...

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that's what in it for you. hailstorm is essentially a platform to host components (like EJBs). passport makes it possible for components in hailstorm to exchange exposed data so that they can interoperate.

an example. if your bank uses hailstorm and you authenticate with passport and amazon.com uses hailstorm and passport authentication - you would be able to (once your've authenticated with passport) just click buy and amazon's components could invoke components on your bank with your passport id and say "give me the money now".

i know you can save your profile and everything on amazon and so you may still ask "so what's in it for me". that was just the first example that came to mind and if you can see the advantages of such an interoperative infrastructure then here.

and, yes, there are probably risks and stuff involved but lets let it evolve and give it a chance.

Get him one of these for Christmas.

If mandatory government key escrow actually would help prevent terrorism, I think I would be happy to give up that small liberty to save thousands of lives. But will it really help? Of course not! As Tuesday's attacks have shown, terrorists are anything but stupid. They can just snag an old version of PGP from somewhere, along with some steganography software to conceal the very use of encryption. I'm even willing to bet that there's at least one person in every major terrorist organization who could whip up a simple RSA implementation. And picture-based stega is almost impossible to detect. As the saying goes, "Outlaw encryption, and only outlaws will use encryption."

I dont know whats up. But all these links are not working for me. Does anyone else have that problem?? Anyway one of the best places to get the current internet map is from Think Geek but thats just me.

Think of the impact this will have on the blow-up-dolls-for-geeks market. Now you can program your night time friend to do what you like it to do. I wonder if think geek will have these soon?

If that bot doesn't have a SuperMaxx - 8 Shot or a Bungee Blaster embedded... I don't want it!

If that bot doesn't have a SuperMaxx - 8 Shot or a Bungee Blaster embedded... I don't want it!

I'm going to buy myself a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt from thinkgeek. I'm glad that the company donates less than half of the proceeds from the sale to freeing Dmitry.

I can't wait to walk down the street in my Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt, repelling the babes. It's not only pointless, it's ugly too! When people ask me, "Who's Dmitry Skylarov?" and I tell them, I can't wait to see their faces fall, as they realise they've wasted five minutes of their life on a listening to a total loser.

I'm kissing my already pathetic social life goodbye. I'm buying a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt. Join me?

I'm going to buy myself a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt from thinkgeek. I'm glad that the company donates less than half of the proceeds from the sale to freeing Dmitry.

I can't wait to walk down the street in my Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt, repelling the babes. It's not only pointless, it's ugly too! When people ask me, "Who's Dmitry Skylarov?" and I tell them, I can't wait to see their faces fall, as they realise they've wasted five minutes of their life on a listening to a total loser.

I'm kissing my already pathetic social life goodbye. I'm buying a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt. Join me?

I'm going to buy myself a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt from thinkgeek. I'm glad that the company donates less than half of the proceeds from the sale to freeing Dmitry.

I can't wait to walk down the street in my Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt, repelling the babes. It's not only pointless, it's ugly too! When people ask me, "Who's Dmitry Skylarov?" and I tell them, I can't wait to see their faces fall, as they realise they've wasted five minutes of their life on a listening to a total loser.

I'm kissing my already pathetic social life goodbye. I'm buying a Free Dmity Skylarov T-shirt. Join me?

No offense to you slashdot editors, but you guys have no idea what life in a cube farm is like. It isn't all that bad...

Add some desktop items and toys from a good place (like thinkgeek), maybe a nice Aeron chair, and everything is peachy for your day to day work.

Hick town eh?

Oh yeah, way out there in Fairfax County.

Funny, we have the NRO, one of the largest airports in the US, an 802.11b wireless network, SGI, a linux users group, and an Intel datacenter, not to mention also having a boatload of linux careers. Oh yeah, and don't forget that MAE-East often gets cut by cows chewing on the fiber out here in hickville. Oh, I forgot some little things like ThinkGeek, NSI, and ARIN.
Oh yeah, and that hick high school is getting me my CCNA.

I'm not even going to mention AOL, Erols, or the CIA.

But you get the picture.

- Cary

Buy your Free Dimitry T-Shirt at Think Geek. The EFF gets about half.

Picked up a set of these from thinkgeek. They stream analog from a 1/8" stereo jack to RCA jacks. Works fine. At $69 it's hard to beat.

Since I have wireless ethernet too, I can control the output on the server from my laptop anywhere in the house (or outside).

Turtle beach makes (or just distributes?) a similar device. More details are available at TG. This one officially supports windows only, but linux support is available (through samba, if I remember correctly). Uses ethernet or regular phone lines..

One of these with an 802.11 wireless ethernet card would be perfect...

I like the demotivational posters from
Despair, Inc, also available from Thinkgeek.

ThinkGeek

your cubicle is a relfection of you. with the help of thinkgeek, unamerican.org, some free gifts from penguin computing, and a few local milwaukee touches, i think i've turned my messy cube into a comfy relfection of myself.

now if only the cleaning ladies would stop throwing away my java jackets so i could turn them in for free coffee...

Everyone knows that java's been underlying program development in all languages. After all, computer scientists are machines for turning caffeine into algorithms, right?

Spending 12 hours a day as a drone in a small enclosed space, surrounded by other drones in their small enclosed spaces? Add a Luminglass to your cube to complete the effect.

You can get them here at ThinkGeek.com.

More specifically, the shirt you are looking for is this one right here.

You can get them here at ThinkGeek.com.

More specifically, the shirt you are looking for is this one right here.