"It took incredible discipline, and several months, for me to read it. I studied 20 pages, put it away for a week, and came back for another 20 pages."
Let's see.. Vol.1: 700odd pages. At 20 pages a week, that's just under 3 years, not really characterisable as "several months"...
Researchers at the University of ______ recently pitted a Commodore 64 using a slightly modified version of the well-known Eliza program against an ad executive in the Turing Test, the canonical method of examining artificial intelligence. Details of the results have been withheld, but this reporter has learned that the aging 8-bit machine has since been granted citizenship, while the executive has been fitted to a 19-inch rack and configured to act as a firewall for a small business network.
Nice quote from the Berkeley website:
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"Every technology has a dark side - deal with it."
Good to see responsibility in science is alive and well.
Seriously, how many people routinely modify the resources of their X proggies? If the programmer wants certain UI behaviors to be customizable, she should just add a "Preferences" dialog or the like... Those things are really no better than the Registry in Windoze...
What happens if the Windows registry gets corrupted? Your machine's fscked, never mind your application.
What happens if a.Xdefaults/resources/whatever file gets corrupted? Your application starts up with a perfactly usable set of options.
With marketing, TBWP's budget came out at 1.5 million. That's thirty times what they claim the film actually cost. Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
So how does giving a remote box the ability to execute code on your box qualify as an improvement in security? How long before someone writes a virus that impersonates the admin server?
Whose pants are these?
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
This isn't about access to the standard, it's about access to AOL's servers. Why should they have to give up space and cycles to an MSN-branded messaging service? MS are trying to make it look like AOL are blocking use of the protocol, but they're not. They're trying to stop DOS attacks against their IM servers.
ESR's got the wrong end of the stick. If he's interested in open messaging protocols, he should promote the IETF proposal, or the use of IRC. He shouldn't be wasting everybody's time trumpeting Microsoft's cause, just because it's vaguely similar to a mutated version of his own.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
2. The physical case is huge. Frankly I like that part, because it gives the notebook a nice solid feel (not like those Sony ones which feel as flimsy as a matchbook). It still fits comfortably on a lap, but I think if it were any bigger, it would be uncomfortable.
I've been usung one of the 14" Sonys for a few months now, and it stands up pretty well to a bit of punishment. I don't know about the wafer-thin ones, mind you. I went for one with a built-in CD and floppy, as you only end up carrying them around with you anyway.
But I can see what you mean about the 16" screen. For start, it's going to be unwieldy on a plane unless you're in fat capitalist git class.
Oh, and to CmdrTaco and anyone else thinking of getting one - make sure that you either get a version with an ESS chipset or the Soundblaster extensions to the (Neomagic) audio chipset, as sound's a bitch to get working under Linux with the vanilla Neomagic 256av chipset.
"Or NASA is treating unmanned space flight as the red-headed stepchild, as usual. Never mind that manned spaceflight is expensive, of no scientific value, and crowds out the budget for really useful projects. Astronauts are cool, right? "
Read the articles. ISS and shuttle funding is being shielded from the cuts, and is actually going up, so the losses are concentrated in the scientific programs, and are in fact greater than the 1.x billion figure being quoted.
But you can see the US Congress's point. America needs to divert even more funds to the military, to protect against the planned UN black helicopter invasion of 2003. We're coming for your spleens!
K - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
I thought he saved the movie, to be honest. Those Jedi Knights think they're so smart with their sabres and their mind tricks. Jar Jar kicked more arse than they did and got out without a hole in his belly.
But I also think that Darth Maul about as threatening as a sunburned rabbit with explosive acne, so what do I know.
And the sword-fights sucked. From kendo to swashbuckling in less than two decades. Dire.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
"IRA bombings and assasinations have killed thousands of people over the years"
More like hundreds.
"semtex is apparently as easyly available as peanut butter"
Incorrect.
"female crime reporters are assasinated while stopped in traffic"
This happened once. So using the plural is a bit misleading.
"But ooohhh, mustn't give working mothers a chance (or choice) to defend themselves, got to keep those guns reserved for the criminal elements."
The simple fact is that you're about 70 times more likely to be shot and killed in the US then you are in Britain or Ireland. True, it's unlikely to be for political reasons. Chances are it'll be for the change in your pocket, or because you're wearing the "wrong" colour, or are the "wrong" colour. But that's nothing to be proud of.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
It would be an interesting sway if the modeling world was overtaken by CGI. Then, perhaps, the exploitation of beautiful women all over the world will halt.
I'd worry more about women in general. "Perfect" CG models being held up as an ideal aren't going to do much for the average teenager's body image.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Pity the market leader in such a climate. Red Hat spokeswoman Melissa London laughs at the Microsoft comparison:
"It's so funny -- when was the last time you saw Microsoft make its operating system available for free download and remain committed to that?"
Since when is Linux Red Hat's operating system? Bit arrogant, that. I suppose you could argue that it's a question of semantics, but the point has to be made. A distribution is not an operating system. Almost all of what's on a Red Hat CD is freely available elsewhere.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Hacking, Cracking, Phreaking, Interviews, Speakers, Hacker Jepoardy, Hacker Death Match, Babes of DEF CON, HNC Goes Wild in Las Vegas, Capture the Flag, DEF CON Social Engineering Contest.... also Watch the Dark Tangent fight to the death in Hacker Death Match!!
But maybe I have missed the talk "The evolution of FreeBSD internals since 4.4BSD", in the program.
Along with:
How to use BSD to set up a firewall/gateway,
Overview of activities at the Nomad Mobile Research Centre,
Macintosh Security,
IPv6: Who/What/When/Where/How/Why,
The United States Army. The ethics/morality/practicality/patriotism of hacking,
....and so on and so forth. I'd be there in a minute, if it wasn't for my current limited cashflow and the fact that I hate Vegas.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Obviously you missed the whole hormone-laced beef thing: EU - "Umm, we don't want to import this beef. We've had it tested and it's hazardous to our health."
US - "You insult my hono(u)r! I kill you!"
EU - "No, really, it's poisonous. We'll take any beef but this, no questions asked."
US - "If you mock my beef you mock my family! I kill you!"
The US govt is scared shitless of Europe developing a comparable software industry. One reason for the M$ trial is that the quality of their product has dropped so low that it's viable target. Any move to ignore US patents would probably move up the whole invasion of Europe thing by at least a decade (joke!).
> Work on those reading skills, son. The effort will repay itself.
Well he's got a point - unless Bryar can come up with a way to nuke every copy of the free(speech) spellcheckers out there, and find a faster distribution channel than ftp://your.local.sunsite/, he's never going to pay for that Z3. Not through distributing spellcheckers anyway.
K. - How come there's an "open source" entry in the
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"It took incredible discipline, and several months, for me to read it. I studied 20 pages,
put it away for a week, and came back for another 20 pages."
Let's see.. Vol.1: 700odd pages. At 20 pages
a week, that's just under 3 years, not really
characterisable as "several months"...
K.
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K.
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"Every technology has a dark side - deal with it."
Good to see responsibility in science is alive
and well.
K.
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You don't even need good hardware
Ah, but with good hardware, I've found that a
DOS attack leaves the system especially
susceptible.
(I'm so dead when the girlf reads this)
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Seriously, how many people routinely modify the resources of their X proggies? If the programmer wants certain UI behaviors to be customizable, she should just add a "Preferences" dialog or the like... Those things are really no better than the Registry in Windoze...
.Xdefaults/resources/whatever
What happens if the Windows registry gets corrupted? Your machine's fscked, never mind your application.
What happens if a
file gets corrupted? Your application starts up with a perfactly usable set of options.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
%s/30,000/1.5 million including marketing/g
How come there's an "open source" entry in the
With marketing, TBWP's budget came out
at 1.5 million. That's thirty times what
they claim the film actually cost. Ever
get the feeling you've been cheated?
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
So how does giving a remote box the ability
to execute code on your box qualify as an
improvement in security? How long before someone
writes a virus that impersonates the admin
server?
Whose pants are these?
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
How about XNX - XNX, Not X-windows?
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Also, the subject appears to confuse the assignment with the equality test
It could be valid - he's assigning real work to
Bruce, and testing ESR's motives ^_^
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
This isn't about access to the standard,
it's about access to AOL's servers. Why should
they have to give up space and cycles to an
MSN-branded messaging service? MS are trying
to make it look like AOL are blocking use of
the protocol, but they're not. They're
trying to stop DOS attacks against their IM
servers.
ESR's got the wrong end of the stick. If he's
interested in open messaging protocols, he
should promote the IETF proposal, or the use
of IRC. He shouldn't be wasting everybody's
time trumpeting Microsoft's cause, just
because it's vaguely similar to a mutated
version of his own.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
2. The physical case is huge. Frankly I like that part, because it gives the notebook a nice solid feel (not like those Sony ones which feel as flimsy as a matchbook). It still fits comfortably on a lap, but I think if it were any bigger, it would be uncomfortable.
I've been usung one of the 14" Sonys for
a few months now, and it stands up pretty
well to a bit of punishment. I don't know about
the wafer-thin ones, mind you. I went for one
with a built-in CD and floppy, as you only end up
carrying them around with you anyway.
But I can see what you mean about the 16" screen.
For start, it's going to be unwieldy on a plane
unless you're in fat capitalist git class.
Oh, and to CmdrTaco and anyone else thinking of
getting one - make sure that you either get
a version with an ESS chipset or the Soundblaster
extensions to the (Neomagic) audio chipset, as
sound's a bitch to get working under Linux with
the vanilla Neomagic 256av chipset.
K.
-
How come there's an "open source" entry in the
"Or NASA is treating unmanned space flight as the red-headed stepchild, as usual. Never mind that manned spaceflight is expensive, of no scientific value, and crowds out the budget for really useful projects. Astronauts are cool, right? "
Read the articles. ISS and shuttle funding is
being shielded from the cuts, and is actually
going up, so the losses are concentrated in
the scientific programs, and are in fact
greater than the 1.x billion figure being
quoted.
But you can see the US Congress's point. America
needs to divert even more funds to the military,
to protect against the planned UN black
helicopter invasion of 2003. We're coming for
your spleens!
K
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Will I get ********.com out in time?
"Better not tell you now"
[repeat question]
Will I get ********.com out in time?
"The answer is no"
Will I get ********.com out with a delay of less than a week?
"Outlook not so good"
I'm just hoping it's giving its opinion on
mail clients.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
I thought he saved the movie, to be honest. Those
Jedi Knights think they're so smart with their
sabres and their mind tricks. Jar Jar kicked more
arse than they did and got out without a hole in his belly.
But I also think that Darth Maul about as threatening as a sunburned rabbit with explosive
acne, so what do I know.
And the sword-fights sucked. From kendo to
swashbuckling in less than two decades.
Dire.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Yep, that's war. It ain't funny, but it is the thru!
Idiot. We're not at war with the UK.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
"IRA bombings and assasinations have killed thousands of people over the years"
More like hundreds.
"semtex is apparently as easyly available as peanut butter"
Incorrect.
"female crime reporters are assasinated while stopped in traffic"
This happened once. So using the plural is a bit
misleading.
"But ooohhh, mustn't give working mothers a chance (or choice) to defend themselves, got to keep those guns reserved for the criminal elements."
The simple fact is that you're about 70 times
more likely to be shot and killed in the US then
you are in Britain or Ireland. True, it's
unlikely to be for political reasons. Chances
are it'll be for the change in your pocket, or
because you're wearing the "wrong" colour, or
are the "wrong" colour. But that's nothing to
be proud of.
K.
-
How come there's an "open source" entry in the
It would be an interesting sway if the modeling world was overtaken by CGI. Then, perhaps, the exploitation of beautiful women all over the world will halt.
I'd worry more about women in general. "Perfect" CG models being held up as an ideal aren't going to do much for the average teenager's body image.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Pity the market leader in such a climate. Red Hat
spokeswoman Melissa London laughs at the Microsoft comparison:
"It's so funny -- when was the last time you saw Microsoft make its operating system available for free download and remain committed to that?"
Since when is Linux Red Hat's operating system?
Bit arrogant, that. I suppose you could argue
that it's a question of semantics, but the point
has to be made. A distribution is not an
operating system. Almost all of what's on a Red
Hat CD is freely available elsewhere.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
"People who do real work don't bother with Defcon."
Fetchmail and hyperbole - what's the pay like?
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
cypherpunks and cypherpunks
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Hacking, Cracking, Phreaking, Interviews, Speakers, Hacker Jepoardy, Hacker Death Match,
Babes of DEF CON, HNC Goes Wild in Las Vegas, Capture the Flag, DEF CON Social
Engineering Contest.... also Watch the Dark Tangent fight to the death in Hacker Death
Match!!
But maybe I have missed the talk "The evolution of FreeBSD internals since 4.4BSD", in the
program.
Along with:
....and so on and so forth. I'd be there in a minute, if it wasn't for my current limited cashflow and the fact that I hate Vegas.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the
Obviously you missed the whole hormone-laced beef
thing:
EU - "Umm, we don't want to import this beef. We've had it tested and it's hazardous to our
health."
US - "You insult my hono(u)r! I kill you!"
EU - "No, really, it's poisonous. We'll take any
beef but this, no questions asked."
US - "If you mock my beef you mock my family! I
kill you!"
The US govt is scared shitless of Europe
developing a comparable software industry. One
reason for the M$ trial is that the quality of
their product has dropped so low that it's viable
target. Any move to ignore US patents would
probably move up the whole invasion of Europe
thing by at least a decade (joke!).
K.
-
How come there's an "open source" entry in the
> Work on those reading skills, son. The effort will repay itself.
Well he's got a point - unless Bryar can come up
with a way to nuke every copy of the free(speech)
spellcheckers out there, and find a faster distribution
channel than ftp://your.local.sunsite/, he's
never going to pay for that Z3. Not through
distributing spellcheckers anyway.
K.
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How come there's an "open source" entry in the