One problem I see is that today there is a too low signal-noise ratio in the web. Five years ago, if you went to 10 random sites, you would almost certainly find something interesting to see.
Today, there's simply too much noise. I also used to stay hours surfing at random on the web. These days I just read Freshmeat and Slashdot, and follow some links in the articles or posted by readers; if I try to search for something, chances are I'll end up with some site wich adds nothing new.
I think you're right, much of this is also because people stopped linking pages. The web is split apart in huge useless portals, and the good small pages are lost in the middle. Perhaps we should call it World Wide Ocean[1], because it seems that it's just that: a place with big continents and small islands, all unconnected.
[1] even better: Panthalassa, the one ocean that surrounded Pangea.
I know how you feel. But here's my advice: install a freenet proxy, and take a look at the web pages that exist there. You'll find that the "magic" of the old internet is still around.
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Once a friend of mine copied my work, that I gave him so he would print it for me. It was a MS Word file, and he copied a whole exercise with ctrl-c, ctrl-v.
We used different fonts, with different sizes. He was so lazy, but so lazy that he even didn't change the font!
That's why I use LaTeX now. Everytime someone asks me just to see my work, I handle them a postscript file and a diskette with GV for Windows.:)
the telescope can take clear pictures (I have one, but it was given to me on the condition that I not distribute it) of large stellar objects 50 billon lightyears away
Please explain this to me. It would take 50 billion years to the light to travel from that object to Earth. IIRC, the universe is only 15 billion years old, so how can you have a picture of one of these objects?
You know, law is strange there in the US. I always hear people saying that they can't confront bug companies because they don't have the money. I'm just curious, but don't you have free lawyers there, paid by the government? Or they are so bad that they are out of question?
Could someone explain how can you make justice this way?
If anything had happened to it, the east and west coasts would have been unable to communicate, even though there were several logical paths between mae-east and mae-west.
Of course you can't talk to Mae West, she's been dead for more than 20 years!
Suppose you have a red hat, and you're the last to guess. The first person to guess is wearing a blue hat, and the second a red one.
You three know that if the two hats you can see are of the same color, chances are that your hat is of a different color. This will happen more than 50% of the time.
If the first person to guess sees your red hat, and the other person's red hat, he may well guess that his hat is blue, based on (2). The second person will see your red hat, and the blue hat, and based on (2) he'll say his hat is red. And so will you.
Of course, this is an specific example where the first to guess must have a hat of different color from the other two. And, everyone must be aware of (2). But in this specific example, it's better to give the answers in sequence.
One thing that I always wanted to do is to burn one of those small CDs (credit card shaped) with my GnuPG private key. I feel really insecure by leaving it in my ~/.gnupg directory.
I don't understand why everybody keeps slagging on MS. I'm currently running Windows 2000 Server as my webserver in the corner of my room; it runs Apache, an FTPdaemon, and ActivePerl, and has had an uptime of almost 3 months, completely error free.
Yes, but what we are trying to say is that with Linux your webserver could be a simple 486.
...is a NIC/hub. You plug it in a free PCI/ISA slot, and it has 3 or 4 RJ-45 slots so you can also use it as hub. Anyone seen something like this? Maybe I should writing to www.shouldexist.org.
Two children per two people is indeed the same as one child per person, but I think most people would take 'per couple' to imply some sort of relationship between the people involved. The number of 'couples' as normally understood is clearly different to half the number of individuals.
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One problem I see is that today there is a too low signal-noise ratio in the web. Five years ago, if you went to 10 random sites, you would almost certainly find something interesting to see.
Today, there's simply too much noise. I also used to stay hours surfing at random on the web. These days I just read Freshmeat and Slashdot, and follow some links in the articles or posted by readers; if I try to search for something, chances are I'll end up with some site wich adds nothing new.
I think you're right, much of this is also because people stopped linking pages. The web is split apart in huge useless portals, and the good small pages are lost in the middle. Perhaps we should call it World Wide Ocean[1], because it seems that it's just that: a place with big continents and small islands, all unconnected.
[1] even better: Panthalassa, the one ocean that surrounded Pangea.
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I know how you feel. But here's my advice: install a freenet proxy, and take a look at the web pages that exist there. You'll find that the "magic" of the old internet is still around.
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the ethics are debateable, but its incredible to think someone actually did take the time to make a 'good' virus.
Well, if you have people who actually do take the time to make bad viruses... this is not surprising at all. At least it's constructive work. :)
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What if it were Apple making a "FuckLinux" website which pointed to Microsoft? I'm sure they'd be an uproar.
www.IHateLinux.com
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(I've just finished reading "So long, and thanks for all the fish" yesterday. I feel really sad.)
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Spoil warning!
"I think there is no HHG6. Adams wrote Mostly Harmless with a pretty solid ending. <Ending withdrawn>"
Hey!!! Not everyone here has read all his books! I've just finished "So Long..." and "Mostly Harmless" was my next book!!!
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So it's time for RMS to start using "GNU/GNU/Linux".
It's all part of RMS's strategy: we'll now call it "only" GNU/Linux...
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Once a friend of mine copied my work, that I gave him so he would print it for me. It was a MS Word file, and he copied a whole exercise with ctrl-c, ctrl-v.
We used different fonts, with different sizes. He was so lazy, but so lazy that he even didn't change the font!
That's why I use LaTeX now. Everytime someone asks me just to see my work, I handle them a postscript file and a diskette with GV for Windows. :)
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the telescope can take clear pictures (I have one, but it was given to me on the condition that I not distribute it) of large stellar objects 50 billon lightyears away
Please explain this to me. It would take 50 billion years to the light to travel from that object to Earth. IIRC, the universe is only 15 billion years old, so how can you have a picture of one of these objects?
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You know, law is strange there in the US. I always hear people saying that they can't confront bug companies because they don't have the money. I'm just curious, but don't you have free lawyers there, paid by the government? Or they are so bad that they are out of question?
Could someone explain how can you make justice this way?
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If anything had happened to it, the east and west coasts would have been unable to communicate, even though there were several logical paths between mae-east and mae-west.
Of course you can't talk to Mae West, she's been dead for more than 20 years!
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Where did I leave those new speakers?
RASG!!!
Damn...
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Not true. Picture this.
Of course, this is an specific example where the first to guess must have a hat of different color from the other two. And, everyone must be aware of (2). But in this specific example, it's better to give the answers in sequence.
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I don't understand why everybody keeps slagging on MS. I'm currently running Windows 2000 Server as my webserver in the corner of my room; it runs Apache, an FTPdaemon, and ActivePerl, and has had an uptime of almost 3 months, completely error free. Yes, but what we are trying to say is that with Linux your webserver could be a simple 486.
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If something is obvious, it does not need to be reverse-engineered, and I would seriously doubt it will fall under the DMCA.
You mean, something as obvious as the Cue Cat protocol? :)
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>>The first rule of Geek Mafia is you do not talk about Geek Mafia.
>>The second rule of Geek Mafia is you do not talk about Geek Mafia.
>i already own the patent on the idea of a geek mafia
How did you patent it if you cant talk about it?
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>Every week on Slashdot there is some kind of new patent
>>There is an easy solution. Just check the slashbox setting for the patent category.
Wow, and if I uncheck the plane crashes slashbox, airplanes will stop falling?
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WINE is a recursive algorithm for "Wine Is Not an Emulator. (bold mine)
And Im sure algorithm is an acronym to Association of Lesbian and Gay Owners from the Rochester Institute of Technology for Healthcare Management
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As Long as they don't clone Rosanne Barr, Jon Katz (sorry jon) or Barbera Striesand(sp?), they can Clone away!!!
Of course you can always get a CowBoyNeal clone for US$ 1.99 !!!
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Two children per two people is indeed the same as one child per person, but I think most people would take 'per couple' to imply some sort of relationship between the people involved. The number of 'couples' as normally understood is clearly different to half the number of individuals.
Yes, I think you're right...
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