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Slashback: Sorveteria, Rockets, Anger
How is this sanguine? peterb writes "Slashdot has previously reported on Eve Andersson's whitewash of Ars Digita. Her screed placed responsibility for all the problems fully on the shoulders of the Venture Capitalists, while ignoring the role of those that asked the VCs for money. Ars Digita's Michael Yoon has a somewhat more sanguine and less hysterical version of the same story."
I wonder if shoulder chips can be recycled as fuel ...
All them perls don't come cheap. dogma01 writes "It's been almost a year since I submitted this story on Slashdot about the Perl Foundation Fund Drive. With a new year there has been a new round of grants. Every dime helps improve the community and bring us one step closer to Perl6. Please donate here."
The largest model is actually the one that's currently in use. joshamania writes "I knew when I saw the first post about the 'largest scale model of the solar system' I should have piped up. The second post has driven me over the edge. I call shenanigans! The Maine model is not the largest, and Peoria, IL, my hometown, has had the largest model for many years now, the Pluto model (in Kewanee, IL) being over 60 miles away from the sun model. In fact, a bicycle tour of the model is organized every summer and reoccurs in August."
Still at maximum. Danta writes "As the QNX site seems to have received an indirect slashdotting, here is a BitTorrent link to the free version of the QNX OS."
And what's in your makefile? JediTrainer writes "Community backlash begins! The author of Nmap has decided to remove all support of the SCO operating system as of version 3.28. Quoting the changelog, 'SCO operating systems are no longer supported due to their recent (and absurd) attacks against Linux and IBM. Bug reports relating to UnixWare will be ignored, or possibly even laughed at derisively. Note that I have no reason to believe anyone has ever used Nmap on SCO systems. Unixware sucks.'"
Speaking of backlash ... Ransak writes "Speak out! Space-Rockets.com has started a letter/fax campaign to sway political opinion, but needs your help! This hobby enjoyed by thousands of future scientists and astronaunts has been put in serious jeopardy by bad legislation. Senator Herb Kohl was one of the coauthors of the Safe Explosives Act, who not surprisingly, is blocking an amendment to ease restrictions on model rocketry. Wisconson geeks, take note of your Senators actions!"
... and speaking of rockets: BuR4N writes "The x-prize foundation has decided not to accept an application from a Budapest based team called GCT (Gravity Control Technologies) due to their highly questionable proposal. GCT pitched a "propellantless propulsion technology" that quote "is capable of controlling gravity for flight". Here is the full story. It would be very interesting to hear from the scientific community if this is just silliness or something that eventually could lead anywhere.."
I hope these guys don't take up making ham sandwiches. acidblood writes "Following up on yesterday's story concerning ice cream and liquid nitrogen, it appears someone was keen to try it out, and this is the result."
I can't tell from the page when exactly this was made. Whether it was truly in response to Gray's recipe or not, this site certainly provides more amusing visual aids.
The medium is the message, or something like that. LineNoiz writes "There is an interesting article over at MSNBC outlining Metallica's attempt to take advantage of the internet as a music distribution medium. It seems their newest album 'St. Anger' has a code on it which can be used to access their "Audio Vault" where users can download MP3 recordings of live concerts. The site's motto? 'Download. Burn. Share. Kick Ass.' Is this just a flagrant attempt to recapture the interest of the thousands of fans they lost in their battle with Napster, or a genuine good idea?"
Readers may recall this interview with Metallica's Lars Ulrich.
Midnight Commander team seem to be doing the same thing
Lars is a fucking twit. If the decline in the quality of Icca's music over the last 6+ years has not disgusted their fans hopefully the public display of idiocy by one of the band members has. I used to go to Metallica concerts and buy their albums, not since Lars opened his retarded mouth.
The amateur rocketry scene is in danger because of idiots like Ashcroft and Sen Hatch. read this They think somehow that amateur rocketry clubs are breeding grounds for terrorists to make homemade SAMs and man-pads. The only problem w/ that ass-umption is that amateur rocketry societies and rules *exists* to make rocketry safer. If you want terrorist training in making rockets from metal, etc... you're probably going to go to Hamas, Al-qaida, etc.: you're not going to go to an amateur rocketry club meeting in podunk, ohio. Our nimrods at the doj, atf, etc. just want to outlaw a hobby because of the remote possibility that some lonely crazy is going to build rockets for some artillery strike or something. Let's outlaw guns, gasoline and matches while we're at it then. Shit, you can't even get rocket motors via UPS anymore, and you need a license to do anything. It sounds like raising the bar in an erosive way like 2nd ammendment, prohibition, abortion rights, etc. I wonder if any of the X-Prize peeps had the ATFE breathing down their necks.
The biggest trick the devil pulled was letting lawyers become politicians so they can write the laws.
I am not "punishing" SCO users, just refraining from spending my free time supporting a platform whose vendor has taken Linux hostage as part of their scorched-earth greenmail campaign. Why should I? Also note that I have not (as of now) intentionally broken Nmap on that platform. I just won't spend my time providing free support. Nmap is Open Source, so SCO users can support/maintain it themselves if they care enough.
Like many Slashdot readers, I have been following the SCO updates, their press releases, SEC filings such as their latest 10Q, etc. The more I read, the more absurd their case seems. Yet despite the utter lack of evidence from SCO and their increasing signs of desperation, Wall Street is still believes in them(!). Why? Now I realize the market isn't always rational, and certainly has no conscience. But the disconnect is still surprising. Many people obviously still believe SCO has a case. For this reason, I believe continued publicity and research is called for. Removing Nmap support for SCO systems is just one of my tiny efforts in this area.
-Fyodor
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(page title: Ice Cream Parlor -196C LLC)
Do not try to do this at home, ok?
How to make ice cream in 5 minutes.
"Marco, I want some ice cream"
Lucas going to buy the ingredients.
The X ingredient (hahaha, nitrogen)
Fill it up, mister!
Safety gear
Making the ice cream.
Now, it only needs to be frozen... hahaha
hehehe...
More nitrogen.
"Keep stirring, Dili."
There's smoke coming out. It's cold.
Done. One minute later it is ready.
Let's taste it...
Hummmm....
Done. It's good. You can eat it now!
Repeat: do not try to do this at home.
Gee, I *really* need to find something better to do when idle....
A translation of the "sorveteria" guys. I guess when I finish it their server will have melted down with /. .
Title: Sorveteria -196C LTDA
Ice Cream Shop -320F Inc
(Actually, LTDA is "limitada", a limited liability company).
0 - Nao tente isso em casa ok? Como fazer um sorvete em 5 minutos.
Don't try this at home, ok? How to make ice cream in 5 minutes.
1 - "Marco, quero sorvete".
"Marco, I want ice cream".
2 - Lucas indo comprar ingredientes.
Lucas going to buy ingredients.
3 - O ingrediente X (hohohoh, nitrogenio)
The ingredient X (hohohoh, nitrogen)
4 - "Completa ai, tio!"
"Fill it up, man!"
5 - Equipamento de seguranca.
Safety gear.
6 - Fazendo a massa...
Making the mass.
I'm not sure if English "mass" have the same meaning as Portuguese "massa", but you can look at the picture and guess what it is.
7 - Pronto, agora sà falta congelar hohoho..
Done, now we only have to freeze it hohoho...
8 - "heheheh"
9 - Mais nitrogenio...
More nitrogen...
10 - "Vai mechendo, Dili."
"Keep moving it, Dili."
(btw, it should be "mexendo" not "mechendo")
11 - Sai fumaÃa. Ã gelado.
Smoke goes out. It's cold.
12 - Pronto. 1 minuto depois ta pronto.
Done. 1 minute later it's done.
(This is a pun with a famous Brazilian lamen jingle).
13 - Vamos provar...
Let's try it...
14 - "Hummmm"
"Hmmmmm"
15 - "Pronto, tà bom, podem comer!"
"It's done, it's good, you may eat!"
16 - Repito: nao tente isso em casa.
I repeat: don't try this at home.
Prescriptive grammar:linguistics
The Sorveteria [ice cream maker] Slashdot story is an example of Brazilians being Brazilian. If it looks like fun, Brazilians will try it.
Here is a translation:
Don't try this at home, okay?
How to make ice cream in 5 minutes.
"Marco, I want ice cream."
Lucas going to buy ingredients.
The ingredient X. Ho ho ho, nitrogen. [In Portuguese, it rhymes.]
"Fill it up, uncle!" [They don't know the name of the man selling liquid nitrogen, so they call him uncle.]
Security Equipment. [The Brazilians obviously work in a laboratory, because they have all the necessary gear.]
Making the mixture...
Ready, now we only lack the freezing, ho ho ho.
"heh heh heh"
More nitrogen... [In this frame we see that they are at home, and several people are watching and waiting.]
"Mix it, Dili."
Smoke comes out. It is frozen.
Ready. 1 minute after, it is ready.
We will try...
"Hmmmmmmm"
"Ready, it is good, we are able to eat!"
Repeated: Don't try this at home. [Unless you work in a laboratory, and have a lot of experience with liquid nitrogen.]
"The Maine model is not the largest, and Peoria, IL, my hometown, has had the largest model for many years now, the Pluto model (in Kewanee, IL) being over 60 miles away from the sun model."
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Maybe 60 **km**, but *not* 60 miles.
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Both the Lakeview IL model and the Maine model have SunPluto distances of about 40 miles. (64km).
Lakeview Jupiter: 45" diameter
Maine Jupiter: 61.4" diameter
Lakeview Scale: 1:140,000,000
Maine Scale: 1:93,000,000
Lakeview Earth: 4" diameter
Maine Earth: 5.5" diameter
Go Maine!
Go Illinois!
Go Sweden!