A bunch of athletes should get together and start the "Non-Sucky-World-Sporting-Events" (You can't call it Olympics because everyone knows IOC invented Ancient Greece) ----
I don't think things like Linux and Apache count in this situation, you never hear someone say "That Linux user railed my root! He must be using an aimbot!"
A magnifying glass refracts too. "Magnif"ing. "Magnif"ied. Get it? ----
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Fact: Rocket Jumping was originally a bug. IT was a 'quirk' in the wya the physics worked in Quake 1, they knew about it before release but ID decided to leave it in, and it has been in Q2 and Q3... ----
I'd think that they'd be on pretty shaky ground with their superiors after Gnutella came to be... i doubt the AOL higher ups like this stunt either ----
If only DC played upon how interesting this would be to techies instead of saying "NO! NO TECHIES ALLOWED!"
Maybe if the software came with an SDK and had major customizability, but was advertisment-supported... that would be cool. Instead they throw away large sums of money in the pursuit of a dollar. ----
Are you implying her shorts aren't normally short, and her shirt isn't normally tight? Do they even make shirts that *wouldn't* be tight on Lara Croft? ----
I'm just saying it's more difficult to crack a 'black box' encryption then one that you know >EXACTLY how it works. ----
Re:Hacking, Cracking, my opinion.
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Okay, I may have used some wrong terms, but on Slashdot at least "hackers" and "Crackers" are given differnet meanings, the term "Crackers" used for both malicious hackers ("Let's go hack into the nuclear contrl system!") and Script Kiddies ("Let's go run a stupid little program!")
when the term Crackers itself implies they're doign work. People who run DDOS programs or winnuke aren't cracking anything. ----
Hacking, Cracking, my opinion.
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A lot of people here talk about "We're hackers, the bad ones are Crackers blah blah blah" but does the average script kiddie (or worse, remeber during WInNuke time?) even deserve the name "Cracker"? They aren't cracking anything. They aren't doing anthing but typing a few numbers and dots into a program - calling them Crackers makes them seem like they're actually DOING something instead of the program doing all the work. I suggest that the term "Cracker" be used only for malicious hackers, ones who actuallky spend the time to figure out how to/write/ these programs, crack software, and break into comps with sweat and elbow greese instead of drool. "Script Kiddies" is a good term, but a shorter one should be put into use- one thats rooted in a instead of a noun. Perhaps "Whackers"? or "Exec'ers" or something?
Hacker: One who hacks for good.
Cracker: one who hacks for evil.
Whacker: One who just pushes a button for evil.
And finally, to fit with the 'cker' theme..
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America is actually two continents- North and South.
And the "United States of America" i far more multilingual then even Canada, which offically hsa two languages (Despite the fact that most people DO speak English predominantly or at least very, very well)
And in case anyone is wondering.. English indeed does suck. It is a horribly twisted language lacking any way to even put some things to words and full of convoluted rules and things like silent letters. Know the 'n' sound? To make that you can start a word with so many different letters it's funny.. gn, pn, etc. I speak only English, but it is of my opinion that many things in the language just don't make ANY sense at all. Why do we need a synonyms and various other literary 'forms'? I mean, couldn't we have come up with ANOTHER way to handle "Their/They're/There"? Is there any reason that they all have to sound the same to confuse people? ----
Re:Can someone tell me...
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169 19 186 82 168 138 77
COnverted to Ascii..
_ (device control) (vertical box).... well since the first three are crap, my guess is that it means nothing. ----
Unfortunately "Throwing out all the eggs" is a very common way of dealing with problems. Remember in grade school? One or two kids is loud, and then th eteacher says "One more word, and you'll all have to stay after class" anmd then one of those students says something screwing everyone else in the process ----
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A bunch of athletes should get together and start the "Non-Sucky-World-Sporting-Events" (You can't call it Olympics because everyone knows IOC invented Ancient Greece)
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I don't think things like Linux and Apache count in this situation, you never hear someone say "That Linux user railed my root! He must be using an aimbot!"
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A magnifying glass refracts too. "Magnif"ing. "Magnif"ied. Get it?
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Fact: Rocket Jumping was originally a bug. IT was a 'quirk' in the wya the physics worked in Quake 1, they knew about it before release but ID decided to leave it in, and it has been in Q2 and Q3...
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We, the users and those who edit the code of OS software, act as 'testers' as well as users.
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Coming soon the Yellow Screen of Death, and the Star Wars Screen of Death, and the Technoindustrial Screen of Death, and the...
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IT's so dense that it could pass itself off as a Slashdot troll.
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Since when has microsoft cared about products that work?
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No more technicolor neon black light effect Batman movies!
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I'd think that they'd be on pretty shaky ground with their superiors after Gnutella came to be... i doubt the AOL higher ups like this stunt either
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Is it just me or would hte ultimat eslashdot post be about a Redhat version of CueCat drivers in mp3 format violating the GPL using DeCSS?
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If only DC played upon how interesting this would be to techies instead of saying "NO! NO TECHIES ALLOWED!"
Maybe if the software came with an SDK and had major customizability, but was advertisment-supported... that would be cool. Instead they throw away large sums of money in the pursuit of a dollar.
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All right. I'll have to keep this in mind in the future.
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Are you implying her shorts aren't normally short, and her shirt isn't normally tight? Do they even make shirts that *wouldn't* be tight on Lara Croft?
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Of course. Look at Tomb Raider.
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I'm just saying it's more difficult to crack a 'black box' encryption then one that you know >EXACTLY how it works.
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Okay, I may have used some wrong terms, but on Slashdot at least "hackers" and "Crackers" are given differnet meanings, the term "Crackers" used for both malicious hackers ("Let's go hack into the nuclear contrl system!") and Script Kiddies ("Let's go run a stupid little program!")
when the term Crackers itself implies they're doign work. People who run DDOS programs or winnuke aren't cracking anything.
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A lot of people here talk about "We're hackers, the bad ones are Crackers blah blah blah" but does the average script kiddie (or worse, remeber during WInNuke time?) even deserve the name "Cracker"? They aren't cracking anything. They aren't doing anthing but typing a few numbers and dots into a program - calling them Crackers makes them seem like they're actually DOING something instead of the program doing all the work. I suggest that the term "Cracker" be used only for malicious hackers, ones who actuallky spend the time to figure out how to /write/ these programs, crack software, and break into comps with sweat and elbow greese instead of drool. "Script Kiddies" is a good term, but a shorter one should be put into use- one thats rooted in a instead of a noun. Perhaps "Whackers"? or "Exec'ers" or something?
Hacker: One who hacks for good.
Cracker: one who hacks for evil.
Whacker: One who just pushes a button for evil.
And finally, to fit with the 'cker' theme..
Mac-er: One who just pushes a button for good.
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What's with all the processor stuff recently?(Pentium 4 problems! Intel roadmap! 1.6 athlon!)
Did I miss something?
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Emulating a blak hole requires you just download the right ROM dump.
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In order to make a black hole emulator, it would hvae to suck profusely.
(Yes, that's a horrible joke.)
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America is actually two continents- North and South.
And the "United States of America" i far more multilingual then even Canada, which offically hsa two languages (Despite the fact that most people DO speak English predominantly or at least very, very well)
And in case anyone is wondering.. English indeed does suck. It is a horribly twisted language lacking any way to even put some things to words and full of convoluted rules and things like silent letters. Know the 'n' sound? To make that you can start a word with so many different letters it's funny.. gn, pn, etc. I speak only English, but it is of my opinion that many things in the language just don't make ANY sense at all. Why do we need a synonyms and various other literary 'forms'? I mean, couldn't we have come up with ANOTHER way to handle "Their/They're/There"? Is there any reason that they all have to sound the same to confuse people?
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In Base 10:
.... well since the first three are crap, my guess is that it means nothing.
169 19 186 82 168 138 77
COnverted to Ascii..
_ (device control) (vertical box)
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I should hope that a refridgerator-sized generator has less emissions then an entire power plant!
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Unfortunately "Throwing out all the eggs" is a very common way of dealing with problems. Remember in grade school? One or two kids is loud, and then th eteacher says "One more word, and you'll all have to stay after class" anmd then one of those students says something screwing everyone else in the process
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