"Excuse me sir, may we come in?"
"Who are you?"
"We're from the CPUC"
"The who?"
"The California Public Utilities Commision."
"Come again?"
"Sir, we have a court order - you have to reboot your computer."
...I'm guessing you coule have named this one better, timothy: "CPUC Tells Northpoint to Restart Network" is kinda misleading...
There are five auctions (at this time) all for about a buck each, no bids no any of them (only one is marked 'new'), and all but one say something like: "Yes, this could possibly be a real piece of the Mir space station"... so they're all unverified as well as being trash picked from the sea.
Ok, so GAIM is another aol contender... any news on Tik?...I'm an ICQ person myself, just beginning to dabble in the world of AIM. I've used AOL's official java client tiktoc for soooo long that Tik is a wonderful alternative. How are these two players effected?
I have friends that get 7mbps in boston. Your maximum speed relys on what service you have, how much you pay, and (mostly) how close you are to your service's routing station.
I've seen DSL get as fast as 7mbps while cable modems get as fast as a T1 (or in some cases, slightly faster - I have a friend who beta-tested it years ago).
The real difference is that Cable modems are variable speeds, a lot like a shared T1, while DSL is guaranteed throughput at the speed you pay for. If you pay for 128kbps, you get it (anything slower is the other side's fault). There are different types of DSL as well, differing on max speed and upstream (server) speed. DSLreports.com has a good review of DSL speeds, stating "A T1 has long been the favourite line to host a corporate server on, and the top SDSL speed is the same as a T1, and the top ADSL speeds are a lot faster than T1"
Slashdot had an article a while ago that pointed at a good dsl vs cable overview at salon.com.
The website just seemed to have pretty pictures. Not that that's a bad thing, but they need some statistics if they want real interest as a product (else be branded as vaporware). Was anybody more successful than I at finding the thing's stats? I want to know processor speed, RAM, and HDD space especially when using the monitor as a stand-alone tablet.
If I use this, I need lots of disk space on the tablet since my horrid handwriting is unrecognizable by any software... I'd just save each page as an image or a bunch of strokes. Naturally, I'd need at least 50 pages like that. Preferrably about 150+.
Interplay only had (and has) the rights to Forgotten Realms (and Planescape I think) games. That's why other companies have put out other D&D games. I'm a bit out of date on that department, but I am very sure Interplay still retains the rights to Forgotten Realms (which includes Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Menzoberranzan, Kara-Tur, Neverwinter, and many other places).
Many people attribute most of T&J's success to Hanna-Barbara. Sure, they were geniuses, creating much of the most-loved animated classic characters, but Tom and Jerry was a different stroke for them. Chuck Jones, the guy behind Merry Mellodies at Warner Brothers, was the man who made Tom and Jerry really grand. Once television was the wave, Jones came in. Older Tom & Jerry (still great) isn't him... the art we're all used to is Chuck Jones, not William Hanna. The vision was Hanna's (and what a vision!)
that new interface looks like a skin to me... and yet Microsoft still hasn't thought of a skinnable UI. pretty sad, especially given how ugly the new default look is....then again, WindowBlinds is alway an option.
In this age of sheltered youths, I wonder what is in store. In the future, if there is more censorship (or perhaps if we just keep on this course), what will the kids raised on Barney and Teletubbies be like as adults? Will a policeman feint at the sight of blood? Will a teacher run away when unable to stop a fight in class? Will fear of terrorism rein? Violence has always been a part of entertainment. It shouldn't be the only form of entertainment, but it definately should be out there. Is censorship really the only way to promote nonviolent games? Why can't somebody just make a good movie or game without as much violence and other objectional materials?
Browser size and color depth can be auto-detected by a few neat javascript methods: just highlight this text and pop it into your browser's location bar (and hit enter):
javascript:alert('You are using ' + navigator.appName + ' ' + parseInt(navigator.appVersion) + '\nYour resulution is ' + screen.width + 'x' + screen.height + 'x' + screen.colorDepth + '\n This browser window is ' + outerWidth + 'x' + outerHeight);
(slashdot filters this out when I make it a link, but it is normally possible)
Connection speed can be determined by a java applet that sends packets back and forth.
Cellphones send this information already, since they are otherwise nearly impossible to surf with.
The question we have to ask is: Do we always WANT sites to determine what we want? If my browser window is really small and i go to a site with a lot of information, should it load specialized for a small window or should I make my window bigger?
anybody know how ati's website knows i'm using mozilla?
this seems to be where the browser is defined. this is the main site. I can't find the code that determines anything other than mac vs pc ie vs ns.
I agree with fred that this should not be determined by the website. I would love for mozilla to be able to dynamically change how it identifies itself (but apparently the mozilla team disagrees). Regional detection, which was originally done soley for tragetting local ads, is not as easily within our control (as it is done by traceroute and cooperation of internet and backbone providers.
fred makes a good point. let the user choose what is best for the user!
I found it VERY hard to download this yesterday; the "download" link simply points to a page that views it as an EMBED command....Due to the Akamai naming scheme, the/. lameness filter prevents me from directly posting it, so here's a link to a file that contains only a link:
THIS is the kind of news that should be reported, not "some guy shot some clerk on the other side of this state" or "it might snow in [distant state] tonight."
Shame on all of you for only looking at the bad effects of such technology. Should we not accept cellphones because they distract drivers? This is more than internet for the car! (And it works in cars anyway; see my streaming mp3 example below....who needs a car cd changer now?)
I want this technology on my handheld device. I want this technology to give me net access in an apartment building that only allows one ISP to wire the building (making it that ISP or nothing)...
THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BREAK MONOPOLIES!
I have long awaited a way to get a better net connection at home and to be able to have a palmtop computer that streams mp3s from my multi-gig collection at home. My ideal portable computer fits in my pocket, has color, doubles as a wireless phone, streams mp3s, and streams other information (such as the internet). This is now all possible.
Think of it; 32 or 64 megs of RAM suddenly loses all meaning when you have a fast connection to a hundred gigs! Put this technology on an iPaq and just see what happens!
I noticed that the faq is down (blank). I have been using mozilla for over a year now (and at least 8-10mo as primary browser), relying on nightly builds for the latest-gratest.
When 0.8 was announced, I decided to go with it, downloading my first milestone since...M16 probably. I noticed that it was VERY buggy. It now seems to me that the most stable builds of mozilla are the last nightly before a milestone. why? I thought the whole point of the nightly builds was to test out new features, not to wait for a milestone to churn them out... milestones are supposed to be the most stable, not the least!
I wanted to look in the FAQ for an explanation of when/why milestones are marked for release and what the process is as a whole. Since it isn't in the FAQ, could the/. community help me out here?
most definately. more and more people nowadays are diagnosed (or could/should be) with ADD. Take a look at today's 900mph children's television shows, both educational (like sesame street) and not (like pokemon), and you will find some REALLY fast-paced programming. the gaming industry seems to have picked up on this trend (faster=hold attention longer).
I happen to love turn-based games. If my heart starts pounding faster, I simply play it faster....And I'm one of those coulda/shoulda been diagnosed with ADD. go figure.
According to Consumer Reports, there is no difference between 900MHz and 2.4GHz regarding range. It is therefore much cheaper and makes more sense to get a 900MHz DSS (Digital Spread Spectrum) phone. The Panasonic 2.4GHz phones are not even digital, offering NO PRIVACY. They use what is called Spread Spectrum Technology (SST) which is still analog. I would recommend getting a 900MHz phone (which you already know works in your environment) with DSS. You will notice increased range... the same increase you would notice with a 2.4GHz phone.
Unfortunately, this may prove a reality....not neccesarily for the US, but for desperate nations. Recall that the article stated the only part of the WWII Pacific battles not predicted were the kamikazi subs. This is exactly what you are describing. When blue is beating down red, red may decide to knock out some of blue's more vulnerable satellites by ramming them with kamikazi espianage satellites.
Well, remember that much of the real details were not revealed. They also mentioned knocking out communication satillites. This is VERY dangerous. By the time this kind of warfare comes about, the internet itself will be at least partially dependent on satellite backbones. To ensure safe communications, governments (esp. rogue governments like Red) will do their communications encrypted over the internet. To knock out communications would mean knocking out the internet. Is this fair? In this, the Age of Communication, where we thrive on and require instantaneous news and communciation, is it at all fair that we should lose communication for a US Air Force (or Space Corps) 'show of force?'
Slashdot Mirror
"Excuse me sir, may we come in?"
"Who are you?"
"We're from the CPUC"
"The who?"
"The California Public Utilities Commision."
"Come again?"
"Sir, we have a court order - you have to reboot your computer."
...I'm guessing you coule have named this one better, timothy: "CPUC Tells Northpoint to Restart Network" is kinda misleading...
> eBay has had various MIR Pieces for days...
... so they're all unverified as well as being trash picked from the sea.
There are five auctions (at this time) all for about a buck each, no bids no any of them (only one is marked 'new'), and all but one say something like: "Yes, this could possibly be a real piece of the Mir space station"
Ok, so GAIM is another aol contender... any news on Tik? ...I'm an ICQ person myself, just beginning to dabble in the world of AIM. I've used AOL's official java client tiktoc for soooo long that Tik is a wonderful alternative. How are these two players effected?
> See here for details.
/. vs Kuro5hin and ... ~. wins? what a great plug for Smokedot! Hoorah for the little guy!
It's
I have friends that get 7mbps in boston. Your maximum speed relys on what service you have, how much you pay, and (mostly) how close you are to your service's routing station.
I've seen DSL get as fast as 7mbps while cable modems get as fast as a T1 (or in some cases, slightly faster - I have a friend who beta-tested it years ago).
The real difference is that Cable modems are variable speeds, a lot like a shared T1, while DSL is guaranteed throughput at the speed you pay for. If you pay for 128kbps, you get it (anything slower is the other side's fault). There are different types of DSL as well, differing on max speed and upstream (server) speed. DSLreports.com has a good review of DSL speeds, stating "A T1 has long been the favourite line to host a corporate server on, and the top SDSL speed is the same as a T1, and the top ADSL speeds are a lot faster than T1"
Slashdot had an article a while ago that pointed at a good dsl vs cable overview at salon.com.
...since obviously every unsigned artist in the world is recognized by the music industry... oh wait.
The website just seemed to have pretty pictures. Not that that's a bad thing, but they need some statistics if they want real interest as a product (else be branded as vaporware). Was anybody more successful than I at finding the thing's stats? I want to know processor speed, RAM, and HDD space especially when using the monitor as a stand-alone tablet.
If I use this, I need lots of disk space on the tablet since my horrid handwriting is unrecognizable by any software... I'd just save each page as an image or a bunch of strokes. Naturally, I'd need at least 50 pages like that. Preferrably about 150+.
Interplay only had (and has) the rights to Forgotten Realms (and Planescape I think) games. That's why other companies have put out other D&D games. I'm a bit out of date on that department, but I am very sure Interplay still retains the rights to Forgotten Realms (which includes Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Menzoberranzan, Kara-Tur, Neverwinter, and many other places).
Many people attribute most of T&J's success to Hanna-Barbara. Sure, they were geniuses, creating much of the most-loved animated classic characters, but Tom and Jerry was a different stroke for them. Chuck Jones, the guy behind Merry Mellodies at Warner Brothers, was the man who made Tom and Jerry really grand. Once television was the wave, Jones came in. Older Tom & Jerry (still great) isn't him... the art we're all used to is Chuck Jones, not William Hanna. The vision was Hanna's (and what a vision!)
that new interface looks like a skin to me... and yet Microsoft still hasn't thought of a skinnable UI. pretty sad, especially given how ugly the new default look is. ...then again, WindowBlinds is alway an option.
In this age of sheltered youths, I wonder what is in store. In the future, if there is more censorship (or perhaps if we just keep on this course), what will the kids raised on Barney and Teletubbies be like as adults? Will a policeman feint at the sight of blood? Will a teacher run away when unable to stop a fight in class? Will fear of terrorism rein? Violence has always been a part of entertainment. It shouldn't be the only form of entertainment, but it definately should be out there. Is censorship really the only way to promote nonviolent games? Why can't somebody just make a good movie or game without as much violence and other objectional materials?
Browser size and color depth can be auto-detected by a few neat javascript methods: just highlight this text and pop it into your browser's location bar (and hit enter):
javascript:alert('You are using ' + navigator.appName + ' ' + parseInt(navigator.appVersion) + '\nYour resulution is ' + screen.width + 'x' + screen.height + 'x' + screen.colorDepth + '\n This browser window is ' + outerWidth + 'x' + outerHeight);
(slashdot filters this out when I make it a link, but it is normally possible)
Connection speed can be determined by a java applet that sends packets back and forth. Cellphones send this information already, since they are otherwise nearly impossible to surf with.
The question we have to ask is: Do we always WANT sites to determine what we want? If my browser window is really small and i go to a site with a lot of information, should it load specialized for a small window or should I make my window bigger?
anybody know how ati's website knows i'm using mozilla?
this seems to be where the browser is defined. this is the main site. I can't find the code that determines anything other than mac vs pc ie vs ns.
I agree with fred that this should not be determined by the website. I would love for mozilla to be able to dynamically change how it identifies itself (but apparently the mozilla team disagrees). Regional detection, which was originally done soley for tragetting local ads, is not as easily within our control (as it is done by traceroute and cooperation of internet and backbone providers.
fred makes a good point. let the user choose what is best for the user!
Here's some more goodies in the same style:
Other Park Wars stuff by 2MuchTime Ltd
Planet Terror's Platrix (Matrix/South Park) (direct download)
StanzHouse South Park Matrix (different than above) (direct download)
A slew of others including Bigger, Longer, Uncut
I found it VERY hard to download this yesterday; the "download" link simply points to a page that views it as an EMBED command. ...Due to the Akamai naming scheme, the /. lameness filter prevents me from directly posting it, so here's a link to a file that contains only a link:
This is a (faster) link to the actual movie (@Akamai via parkwars.com)
Or go to the official site in one click here (can't directly download though)
uh, their best series was "The Sentinel" which isn't exactly popular.
maybe they're making it just so that they can later develop a spinoff called "Sim-sons."
Here [http://www.csm.astate.edu/Ninept.html] is a more visual definition of a nine-point circle for people like me who are much more visually oriented.
THIS is the kind of news that should be reported, not "some guy shot some clerk on the other side of this state" or "it might snow in [distant state] tonight."
timothy posted this 12 hours late. ah well. i suppose the big day won't be for another 14 years (9:26 on 3/14/15).
happy b-day, al!
hey, shouldn't this have been under the "science" catagory? it'd get the birthday boy's pic right there.
Shame on all of you for only looking at the bad effects of such technology. Should we not accept cellphones because they distract drivers? This is more than internet for the car! (And it works in cars anyway; see my streaming mp3 example below. ...who needs a car cd changer now?)
...
I want this technology on my handheld device. I want this technology to give me net access in an apartment building that only allows one ISP to wire the building (making it that ISP or nothing)
THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BREAK MONOPOLIES!
I have long awaited a way to get a better net connection at home and to be able to have a palmtop computer that streams mp3s from my multi-gig collection at home. My ideal portable computer fits in my pocket, has color, doubles as a wireless phone, streams mp3s, and streams other information (such as the internet). This is now all possible.
Think of it; 32 or 64 megs of RAM suddenly loses all meaning when you have a fast connection to a hundred gigs! Put this technology on an iPaq and just see what happens!
I noticed that the faq is down (blank). I have been using mozilla for over a year now (and at least 8-10mo as primary browser), relying on nightly builds for the latest-gratest.
...M16 probably. I noticed that it was VERY buggy. It now seems to me that the most stable builds of mozilla are the last nightly before a milestone. why? I thought the whole point of the nightly builds was to test out new features, not to wait for a milestone to churn them out... milestones are supposed to be the most stable, not the least!
/. community help me out here?
When 0.8 was announced, I decided to go with it, downloading my first milestone since
I wanted to look in the FAQ for an explanation of when/why milestones are marked for release and what the process is as a whole. Since it isn't in the FAQ, could the
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? I'm bored! Can we go home now?
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most definately. more and more people nowadays are diagnosed (or could/should be) with ADD. Take a look at today's 900mph children's television shows, both educational (like sesame street) and not (like pokemon), and you will find some REALLY fast-paced programming. the gaming industry seems to have picked up on this trend (faster=hold attention longer).
...And I'm one of those coulda/shoulda been diagnosed with ADD. go figure.
I happen to love turn-based games. If my heart starts pounding faster, I simply play it faster.
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According to Consumer Reports, there is no difference between 900MHz and 2.4GHz regarding range. It is therefore much cheaper and makes more sense to get a 900MHz DSS (Digital Spread Spectrum) phone. The Panasonic 2.4GHz phones are not even digital, offering NO PRIVACY. They use what is called Spread Spectrum Technology (SST) which is still analog. I would recommend getting a 900MHz phone (which you already know works in your environment) with DSS. You will notice increased range ... the same increase you would notice with a 2.4GHz phone.
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Unfortunately, this may prove a reality. ...not neccesarily for the US, but for desperate nations. Recall that the article stated the only part of the WWII Pacific battles not predicted were the kamikazi subs. This is exactly what you are describing. When blue is beating down red, red may decide to knock out some of blue's more vulnerable satellites by ramming them with kamikazi espianage satellites.
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Well, remember that much of the real details were not revealed. They also mentioned knocking out communication satillites. This is VERY dangerous. By the time this kind of warfare comes about, the internet itself will be at least partially dependent on satellite backbones. To ensure safe communications, governments (esp. rogue governments like Red) will do their communications encrypted over the internet. To knock out communications would mean knocking out the internet. Is this fair? In this, the Age of Communication, where we thrive on and require instantaneous news and communciation, is it at all fair that we should lose communication for a US Air Force (or Space Corps) 'show of force?'
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