Slashback: Arch, Bubbles, Keystrokes

Slashback with updates tonight on keystroke tracking (but not spying), OddTodd's interesting approach to unemployment, cold fusion, and an appeal from the Arch folks. Read on below for the details.

This research could still lead to new and powerful sink cleansers. mrsalty writes "A topic of brief and skeptical discussion back in april, Sonoluminescence as a fusion catalyst seems to be circling the drain. According to this BBC News article, new research shows that the collapsing bubbles' temperatures fall a bit short of that needed for fusion. A bit in this case being a few million degrees."

Discretion is sometimes the better part of avoiding attention. stinky wizzleteats writes: "Looks like OddTodd got off on charges that he defrauded the State of New York by starting www.oddtodd.com (Laid Off Land) while receiving unemployment payments. I didn't know he was only getting 67% of the take (his provider was getting the rest, which sort of explains why the site didn't get /.ed when the first story about him was run."

Try explaining this one to your parents. Earlier this year, we posted about Project Dolphin, an effort to measure the number of keystrokes you make as you IRC, email, program, whatever. Now, Wes N. a.k.a c3 writes with a largish update from the project's homepage, excerpting:

To this end, Dolphin has found itself its own dedicated server that serves as a home that is now (finally) suitably equipped to handle the growth we want to see, and fully expect. Previous participants will notice that this site itself has been fully redesigned and revamped toward a more professional look, while remaining commercial free in the original spirit of the project.

At the very core, this is a research project for its designers. It's made by geeks and it's made for geeks. The positive feedback received over the last few months since its initial launch has ensured that it will continue along it's current path of growth in the spirit of fun and experimentation for the forseeable future. (end from website) The new version of project-dolphin's Pulse is due to come out any time now. The new version is supposed to have a few bug fixes and how loads of new features. to check how the progress is coming along check out The development website some of the new features include . Typing Activity tab, Keystroke Frequencies chart , and alot of other neat stuff check it out on the website or goto irc.project-dolphin.net #projectdolphin on IRC."

"Arch" is adjective, verb and noun in one. When it comes to replacing CVS, Subversion is not the only game in town. We posted in May about the even-more-ambitious arch revision control system. Now, bshanks writes: "Tom Lord, the author of the revolutionary arch revision control system (slashdot article here), needs some monetary help."

Comments

Keystokecounter!

[Daath]

That is wierd and funny! Now I've typed 57... No 66... No 75... No 84... Eeeerh, 98... DAMN nevermind...

Re:Keystokecounter!

[friscolr]

at the dot, the keystroke count will be 50 --- .

(mad props to the time-phone-lady)

About the cold fusion claims.

[Dthoma]

"...new research shows that the collapsing bubbles' temperatures fall a bit short of that needed for fusion."

Hands up if you saw this coming from the start.

Re:About the cold fusion claims.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

*Raises hand*

Still, would have been cool.

Re:About the cold fusion claims.

[ErikTheRed]

Shit, I'm just happy I no longer have to fear my girlfriend accidentally vaporizing the city when she takes a bubble bath.

Re:About the cold fusion claims.

[Kerinsky]

It IS cool, it would have been hot.

About the keystroke counting

[Dthoma]

Just had a look at Project Dolphin's top typers. Someone called "magictiti" has typed 24,535,976 keystrokes since he began on 31st May. That's 56 days in all, with 438,142 keystrokes a day.

This person has been typing an average of 305 keystrokes a minute since May 31.

THAT'S 5.1 KEYSTROKES A SECOND, NON STOP, FOR TWO MONTHS.

And you thought that you didn't have a life.

Re:About the keystroke counting

[magictiti]

> Just had a look at Project Dolphin's top typers. Someone called "magictiti" has typed 24,535,976 keystrokes since he began on 31st May. That's 56 days in all, with 438,142 keystrokes a day.

> This person has been typing an average of 305 keystrokes a minute since May 31.

> THAT'S 5.1 KEYSTROKES A SECOND, NON STOP, FOR TWO MONTHS.

> And you thought that you didn't have a life.

Actually, most of that time was spenth replying to slashdot posts. I copy the entire message by hand first before I begin to write. You'd be amazed what you're capable of when you don't try to spellcheck, grammar check, or anything-proof your typing.

-magictiti
It's all in the wrist.

Re:About the keystroke counting

[Artifex]

Actually, most of that time was spenth replying to slashdot posts. I copy the entire message by hand first before I begin to write. You'd be amazed what you're capable of when you don't try to spellcheck, grammar check, or anything-proof your typing.

How many times have you been asked what's so magic? =)

From the Pulse User's guide.

[Dthoma]

"WARNING: Continued use of Pulse has been known to be psychologically addictive. After prolonged use of this software, not having it loaded may make you feel slightly "empty", and as though you are wasting your keystrokes for every key you type that is not being counted.

This warning is stated only half in jest."

They were right. RIGHT, I tells you! I just...can't...stop...pressing...the...buttons.... AAAH!GHGH!

If you think that's bad...

[Myco]

At least keystrokes are sometimes productive. Check out The Kill Everyone Project for a truly pointless exercise in mouse-click-counting. I used to be in the top 100, before those were all in the millions.

Advice for Tom Lord

[Stephen VanDahm]

"Tom Lord, the author of the revolutionary arch revision control system . . . needs some monetary help."

He should just make a website or something.

Steve

Little Timmy

[Anonymous Coward]

Little Timmy has a terminal disease. But a large corporation has pledged to donate $0.000000000000001 to fulfill Little Timmy's (TM)for every keystroke you make wish. You help by typing 23 hours a day, leaving a book over your keyboard,etc.