Ho-hum. Let's you change any password of any user to anything (for instance, blank out the Administrator password) and many other things. It's nice to have, especially at work (and I suppose especially when you're not an actual administrator;-) ).
Okay, so I don't know what you'd do about the encrypted hard drive, but who knows, it may be possible if the encryption is weak enough (you just know that there's someone out there who can break it, or it wouldn't be there).
Ahem. How do you get all the way to that part of my post without seeing that I mentioned that Howie Day was amongst the etree stuff at archive.org.
Also, thank you for using archive.org's easy-to-read format for your list of bands. Perhaps some Linux disro will pick up this layout for their package list.
A while ago, I got into Pearl Jam when I discovered the Pearl Jam 2003 Tour Bit Torrent page. Once I got BT working properly (what with NAT and all), it's really nice. Pearl Jam actually record their own concerts and release them on CDs you can buy on their site. They also allow free trading between fans. So, people get these CDs, and then share the SHorteN files using BitTorrent.
More recently, I've been listening to Howie Day after someone played a bit of his stuff for me. After some searching online, I found that he's in the etree stuff at archive.org (here). So, I've been downloading those as well. Quite an amazing artist. [*]
I've not yet purchased an actual, "real" Howie Day CD, but I did stop by a local used records store (Used Kids on High for those in Columbus) and picked up a couple live PJ sets from Australia and Japan. So, while it was used, and so PJ saw nothing from my purchase, their free trading policy did make someone some money.
So, don't just take what you're given. Also, always look for a band's taping policy -- it may just exist and allow free trading. Sometimes, artists actually sound better in the live format. Howie Day and Pearl Jam(sometimes) in particular.
[*] The really interesting thing about Howie Day is the way he plays. His instrument is just an acoustic guitar. However, he also has these "pedals" or buttons that he can control with his feet. When he presses on one of them, it will loop a bit of what he just played. So, by doing this enough, he can actually jam and harmonize with himself. It's a really nice melding of a classic instrument and some technology that may just interest some Slashdot'ters.
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I see no mention of duct tape in the grandparent's post, so it's pretty safe to say that it's not him.
Actually, the HPaq EVO D510's we've got at work came with a recovery CD that you're supposed to start with and a WinXP Pro CD that you put in during the recovery. If you just put in the XP CD, it boots and installs normally. I'm not sure if it actually works, because there is no key on the CD case, but I have been able to get as far as the point where it asks for the key. I suppose the recovery CD handles that part. If you could find out what the key is that they're using (I doubt it's the FCKGW one), you might be able to install XP clean.
Or, as clean as is possible;-).
Anyway, maybe it's possible to just put in the OS CD, if you get that option with other vendors.
So, when my shortest-path solutions come out oddly for my GIS labs, can I explain in my report that the problem could be that John F. Kennedy Boulevard doesn't actually exist?
You can backup all you like. Without your MOBO you ain't goin' nowhere...
Erm. Without my motherboard, I'm going to the store to buy another one and hook up my old hard drive to it.
Tada! Problem solved!
I'm honestly confused by anyones suggestion that they can physically destroy a computer remotely. Doesn't anyone remember this?!
This is preposterous, and I challenge anyone to try to explain this to a consumer such that it sounds good.
Consumer: "So, if I speed and then run into something really fast, my steering wheel blows up such that it needs replaced, but it expands into a big pillow so that my head is not smashed into it, but rather, I'm more likely to walk away? Cool. On the other hand, if I download The Matrix:Reloaded, my computer is destroyed such that I need a new one? Hmmm."
This is a horrible, horrible video. Two pigs squeal in horror as important men in lab coats use a blowtorch to burn their flesh to a crisp. You probably shouldn't view it; those with a delicate constitution may find it too painful to watch.
That's a pretty strong statement, if you're familiar with rotten.com.
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I've never seen this Baraka movie, but it sounds interesting. Something along those lines (disturbing treatment of animals) was/is featured on rotten.com (a fascinating site, if you can handle it). http://dickweed.rotten.com/german-luau/ has links to video of the torching of a tied up pig. You can hear the pig crying in pain as the videographer zooms in on the blistering skin.
According to the site, this was done by the U.S. military during WW2. As you can see at the Google-cached version.
Unfortunately you won't be able to view the videos as dickweed.rotten.com seems to be down and they are not in the WayBack Machine. Hopefully dickweed will return.
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Lame. You need to break out of your shell and find some more original material.
I've read a lot of comments like this on Slashdot, so this one isn't necessarily directed at you, flacco.
Recently, I received the Cosmos series on DVD (aside: Region 0, "fully international"!) as a birthday gift. In one of the early episodes (2 or 3) , Sagan discussed the differences between astrology (think: Zodiac) and astronomy (think: real). Back in the early days of such things, before they were two separate concepts, people used to try to predict things based on what the constellations were. So, if something bad happened the last time such-and-such constellations were aligned, maybe the same thing would happen again. Kings would personally pick out their astrologers, so they would get nice ones. If things didn't go as the astrologer planned, they'd fudge records.
Anyway, the quote that stuck with me which Sagan said with a smile was: "A good way to overthrow a regime was to predict its downfall."
Things never change, eh? (Bush v. Saddam, Slashdot v. Microsoft, etc.)
I had to look up the exact quote. You may wish to read more about the part of Cosmos about which I wrote here.
Ah, so it doesn't save the last-viewed page/tabs so that you can start over where you left off last time. Sort of like a "hibernation" mode for your browser.
Slashdot Mirror
From http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/10/14569.shtml: http://www.emptylogic.com/suprnova/torrents/451/li sts.tgz.torrent
Enjoy!
'ello. I am Giselle, 'ze French Bitch [wha-tshh!]
So, a bunch of guys sit around in a circle and beat it?
And in order to increase transmission times, we just add more glossy magazines.
You could use that to link up with Carl Sagan. Surely they've evolved wireless tech that's backward-compatible to 802.11b in his galaxy by now.
change the admin password
;-) ).
Ho-hum. Let's you change any password of any user to anything (for instance, blank out the Administrator password) and many other things. It's nice to have, especially at work (and I suppose especially when you're not an actual administrator
Okay, so I don't know what you'd do about the encrypted hard drive, but who knows, it may be possible if the encryption is weak enough (you just know that there's someone out there who can break it, or it wouldn't be there).
Ahem. How do you get all the way to that part of my post without seeing that I mentioned that Howie Day was amongst the etree stuff at archive.org.
Also, thank you for using archive.org's easy-to-read format for your list of bands. Perhaps some Linux disro will pick up this layout for their package list.
Regarding downloading freely-available music:
A while ago, I got into Pearl Jam when I discovered the Pearl Jam 2003 Tour Bit Torrent page. Once I got BT working properly (what with NAT and all), it's really nice. Pearl Jam actually record their own concerts and release them on CDs you can buy on their site. They also allow free trading between fans. So, people get these CDs, and then share the SHorteN files using BitTorrent.
More recently, I've been listening to Howie Day after someone played a bit of his stuff for me. After some searching online, I found that he's in the etree stuff at archive.org (here). So, I've been downloading those as well. Quite an amazing artist. [*]
I've not yet purchased an actual, "real" Howie Day CD, but I did stop by a local used records store (Used Kids on High for those in Columbus) and picked up a couple live PJ sets from Australia and Japan. So, while it was used, and so PJ saw nothing from my purchase, their free trading policy did make someone some money.
So, don't just take what you're given. Also, always look for a band's taping policy -- it may just exist and allow free trading. Sometimes, artists actually sound better in the live format. Howie Day and Pearl Jam(sometimes) in particular.
[*] The really interesting thing about Howie Day is the way he plays. His instrument is just an acoustic guitar. However, he also has these "pedals" or buttons that he can control with his feet. When he presses on one of them, it will loop a bit of what he just played. So, by doing this enough, he can actually jam and harmonize with himself. It's a really nice melding of a classic instrument and some technology that may just interest some Slashdot'ters.
I see no mention of duct tape in the grandparent's post, so it's pretty safe to say that it's not him.
Actually, the HPaq EVO D510's we've got at work came with a recovery CD that you're supposed to start with and a WinXP Pro CD that you put in during the recovery. If you just put in the XP CD, it boots and installs normally. I'm not sure if it actually works, because there is no key on the CD case, but I have been able to get as far as the point where it asks for the key. I suppose the recovery CD handles that part. If you could find out what the key is that they're using (I doubt it's the FCKGW one), you might be able to install XP clean.
;-).
Or, as clean as is possible
Anyway, maybe it's possible to just put in the OS CD, if you get that option with other vendors.
So, when my shortest-path solutions come out oddly for my GIS labs, can I explain in my report that the problem could be that John F. Kennedy Boulevard doesn't actually exist?
Dead CPU, dead motherboard. Where's the dead HDD? That's where all my illegal music/movies are!
You can backup all you like. Without your MOBO you ain't goin' nowhere...
Erm. Without my motherboard, I'm going to the store to buy another one and hook up my old hard drive to it.
Tada! Problem solved!
I'm honestly confused by anyones suggestion that they can physically destroy a computer remotely. Doesn't anyone remember this?!
This is preposterous, and I challenge anyone to try to explain this to a consumer such that it sounds good.
Consumer: "So, if I speed and then run into something really fast, my steering wheel blows up such that it needs replaced, but it expands into a big pillow so that my head is not smashed into it, but rather, I'm more likely to walk away? Cool. On the other hand, if I download The Matrix:Reloaded, my computer is destroyed such that I need a new one? Hmmm."
Good luck with that one!
You're questioning a hackers reasoning for doing something?
There generally doesn't need to be a reason. He had an itch and scratched it.
From rotten.com:
That's a pretty strong statement, if you're familiar with rotten.com.
I've never seen this Baraka movie, but it sounds interesting. Something along those lines (disturbing treatment of animals) was/is featured on rotten.com (a fascinating site, if you can handle it). http://dickweed.rotten.com/german-luau/ has links to video of the torching of a tied up pig. You can hear the pig crying in pain as the videographer zooms in on the blistering skin.
According to the site, this was done by the U.S. military during WW2. As you can see at the Google-cached version.
Unfortunately you won't be able to view the videos as dickweed.rotten.com seems to be down and they are not in the WayBack Machine. Hopefully dickweed will return.
Lame. You need to break out of your shell and find some more original material.
Yeah. The paper towels that I use to dry my hands are thicker and softer than the toilet paper that I use to wipe my butt. Eh!?
BTW, nice UID.
I guess we're lucky. Where I go to school and work, they give us what I like to call half-ply toilet paper.
You end up using a longer strip to make up for its lack of plys.
Three-Received? What's that?
Ohhh! I see.. Ill-Received. Perhaps Poorly-Received would have been a better choice of words. But, then this wouldn't be Slashdot.
I've read a lot of comments like this on Slashdot, so this one isn't necessarily directed at you, flacco.
Recently, I received the Cosmos series on DVD (aside: Region 0, "fully international"!) as a birthday gift. In one of the early episodes (2 or 3) , Sagan discussed the differences between astrology (think: Zodiac) and astronomy (think: real). Back in the early days of such things, before they were two separate concepts, people used to try to predict things based on what the constellations were. So, if something bad happened the last time such-and-such constellations were aligned, maybe the same thing would happen again. Kings would personally pick out their astrologers, so they would get nice ones. If things didn't go as the astrologer planned, they'd fudge records.
Anyway, the quote that stuck with me which Sagan said with a smile was: "A good way to overthrow a regime was to predict its downfall."
Things never change, eh? (Bush v. Saddam, Slashdot v. Microsoft, etc.)
I had to look up the exact quote. You may wish to read more about the part of Cosmos about which I wrote here.
Sure, if you steal the bleach. We're not stealing here, we're counterfeiting!
Ah, so it doesn't save the last-viewed page/tabs so that you can start over where you left off last time. Sort of like a "hibernation" mode for your browser.
What do you use to get Mozilla to open up with "all [your] web pages at once"?
Does this work if Mozilla crashes or you close the window unexpectedly? I've done that before with several tabs of pages in which I was interested.
What were all those people doing SCUBA diving, dog-walking, and sleeping when they should have been hard at work?!
Please google for that string.
:-(.
http://www.rvt007.com/vasectomy/faq.htm
That's where I got the quote, but making it a link goes over the 120 char limit