The choir part of the music reminds of some other work, I just cant remember the name or who wrote it. Can anybody help me out, I know that I'm shooting in the dark here, but I'm trying to find this work...
I've read countless stories that describe the downfall of western civilzation. They all have one thing in common (more or less): It all starts in a small way, first with rationing of electricity and water, first for few hours, then it will be whole days... Then public transport will break, more and more flights will be cancelled, goods will stop to be available in stores. Then there will be rioting (LA recently had one) etc. etc...
And I'm only 1/2 joking!;)
J.
Since it is a #DEFINE, could it be inside #IFDEF DEBUGS? And why the heck is it a #DEFINE in the C code? I would think that all users would be stored and read from the database? I'm just wandering...
J.
...the "smartest" thing Cliff EVER said on Cheers!
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo
Theory to his buddy Norm. And here's how it went:
"Well ya see Norm, it's like this.... A herd of buffalo can only
move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it
is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.
This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because
the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by
the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way,
the human braincan only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.
Excessive intake of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells, but
naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In
this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain
cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's
why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
As a rule of thumb when making laws (As if I have such experience) Laws are useless unless there are clear and obvious ways of how to uphold them. (Drugs, anybody?) From the article: "...would allow software companies to ban the sale of used software, [...] and even block the publication of critical reviews of their products.."
How are they going to ban me of selling my copy of Age of Empires to my brother for $10?
Word of mouth spreads quickly on the Internet, I can't wait to see how they are going to ban negative reviews
Laws have to be simple enough so people don't have to take their case to court everytime and pay a laywer some X amount of dollar by the hour. (But of course, laywers would love that) In fact, with more complex laws, the state is beginning to look like the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. (Clerks = Laywers, Cardinals = Senates, Big bad corporations = Big bad Feudal lords) There is simply no way that these laws can be upheld, and therefore they are waste of good trees...
Just my 2c
What's with tthis registration thing?
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I don't get it, why would I have to tell the authoroties in advance that I'm going to vote? Could anybody explain the reasons behind this archaic system? Here (Iceland) I walk in to the voting 'office' (usually a scool or something with lot of space) Give a proof who I am (ID) and vote. Could it be more simpler? And I get to vote my president directly, not all this represenitve sillyness. I'm not sure if I want high tech voting system. Yes, it would make it easier to count the votes, but would it make it easier for me? I want to be 100% sure that I can vote, we all know how reliable computers are, at least my 2 feet are pretty darn 100% reliable (yet) and I'm quite comfortable of scribbling 'X' on a piece of paper. I'm sorry, I'm a tech/gadget geek, but I do think that some things should be kept as simple as possible... USA voting system is problematic enough, as if we need to make it even harder/more complex...
HELLÓ! Does nobody here read Astronomy Picture of the Day? It has new picture every day and a detailed description by a professonal astronomer. Put it in a bookmark NOW! And you call yourself geeks, sheesh!
I nominate this to the most useless study of the year. If the keyboard studied is typical, AOL UK estimates that almost 0.318 tonnes of what it calls "keyboard krumbs" will accumulate beneath all keyboards over the space of a year. Gee I feel sooo much better... what a waste of electrons...
Lucifer's Hammer describes this very well, scientists/politicans try to tell people all the time that the comet is going to miss... You can guess the rest:>
J.
Ah, I remember the ARM Assembler. That was real work of art! Then I got exposed to x86 assembler. The horrors! If you want to learn assembler, to it the right way, and get an ARM.
Instead of this stamp-sized mousepad you see on laptops, why not use the mousepad and a finger? Less carpal-tunnel problems, more resolution/space and tap for clicking, etc. Then we could write clever programs to detect gestures, maybe even simple handwriting. Of course feedback would be problematic, I just love the mousewheel in BeOS.
Well DUH! I should be able to play Quake AND using my favorite mp3 player at the same time? Wait, I can do that, just use BeOS. No I can't, no Quake3 available for BeOS. Oh well, yet another reason to keep my w9x partition. As Game OS, W98 sucks. Give me BeOS or Neutrino! J.
Well, I think it's pretty clever (and humourius) to fool the Napster lemmings that way. After all, who is going to monitor what I name my files. If I put b_spears_make_my_boobies_one_more_size.mp3 in my napster folder but it contains my recipie for hot grits pudding, padded with spaces (the file, not the pudding), I'm free to do it. At least he's using a bit more clever way of protesting the leeching than Metallica... Give hime some credit! J.
The way people would most commonly be caught, especially in the case of fling because of the encryption, would be to simply request something illegal, retrieve it, and then bust the admin of the machine that sent you the packets Not quite with freenet. One of the design goals of freenet is you have no idea where the data is stored. I'm not sure how they implement it, have to read (as opposed to skim loosely) the docs again...
Slashdot Mirror
He should only be using mono ascii, using gray characters is cheating!
:)
Thanks, there is always somebody on slashdot that knows :)
The choir part of the music reminds of some other work, I just cant remember the name or who wrote it. Can anybody help me out, I know that I'm shooting in the dark here, but I'm trying to find this work...
I've read countless stories that describe the downfall of western civilzation. They all have one thing in common (more or less): It all starts in a small way, first with rationing of electricity and water, first for few hours, then it will be whole days... Then public transport will break, more and more flights will be cancelled, goods will stop to be available in stores. Then there will be rioting (LA recently had one) etc. etc... ;)
And I'm only 1/2 joking!
J.
Since it is a #DEFINE, could it be inside #IFDEF DEBUGS? And why the heck is it a #DEFINE in the C code? I would think that all users would be stored and read from the database? I'm just wandering...
J.
...the "smartest" thing Cliff EVER said on Cheers!
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo
Theory to his buddy Norm. And here's how it went:
"Well ya see Norm, it's like this.... A herd of buffalo can only
move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it
is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.
This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because
the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by
the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way,
the human braincan only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.
Excessive intake of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells, but
naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In
this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain
cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's
why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Made me chuckle... :)
J.
- How are they going to ban me of selling my copy of Age of Empires to my brother for $10?
- Word of mouth spreads quickly on the Internet, I can't wait to see how they are going to ban negative reviews
Laws have to be simple enough so people don't have to take their case to court everytime and pay a laywer some X amount of dollar by the hour. (But of course, laywers would love that) In fact, with more complex laws, the state is beginning to look like the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. (Clerks = Laywers, Cardinals = Senates, Big bad corporations = Big bad Feudal lords) There is simply no way that these laws can be upheld, and therefore they are waste of good trees...Just my 2c
I don't get it, why would I have to tell the authoroties in advance that I'm going to vote? Could anybody explain the reasons behind this archaic system? Here (Iceland) I walk in to the voting 'office' (usually a scool or something with lot of space) Give a proof who I am (ID) and vote. Could it be more simpler? And I get to vote my president directly, not all this represenitve sillyness. I'm not sure if I want high tech voting system. Yes, it would make it easier to count the votes, but would it make it easier for me? I want to be 100% sure that I can vote, we all know how reliable computers are, at least my 2 feet are pretty darn 100% reliable (yet) and I'm quite comfortable of scribbling 'X' on a piece of paper. I'm sorry, I'm a tech/gadget geek, but I do think that some things should be kept as simple as possible... USA voting system is problematic enough, as if we need to make it even harder/more complex...
HELLÓ! Does nobody here read Astronomy Picture of the Day? It has new picture every day and a detailed description by a professonal astronomer. Put it in a bookmark NOW! And you call yourself geeks, sheesh!
An average monitor refreshes in 60hz, not Mhz, take a look at the article you pointed to yourself... :)
I nominate this to the most useless study of the year. If the keyboard studied is typical, AOL UK estimates that almost 0.318 tonnes of what it calls "keyboard krumbs" will accumulate beneath all keyboards over the space of a year. Gee I feel sooo much better... what a waste of electrons...
If this isn't the geekiest thing I have ever seen!
An industry that feels it needs to tax POTENTIAL customers to guarantee its future revenue stream has serious problems It says it all...
Lucifer's Hammer describes this very well, scientists/politicans try to tell people all the time that the comet is going to miss... You can guess the rest :>
J.
Sorry, couldn't resist...
Is there a region code for space?
Can I have that one? Please?
Do they give them electroshock each time the kid looks away from the monitor? :>
J.
Ah, I remember the ARM Assembler. That was real work of art! Then I got exposed to x86 assembler. The horrors! If you want to learn assembler, to it the right way, and get an ARM.
Instead of this stamp-sized mousepad you see on laptops, why not use the mousepad and a finger? Less carpal-tunnel problems, more resolution/space and tap for clicking, etc. Then we could write clever programs to detect gestures, maybe even simple handwriting. Of course feedback would be problematic, I just love the mousewheel in BeOS.
Well DUH! I should be able to play Quake AND using my favorite mp3 player at the same time? Wait, I can do that, just use BeOS. No I can't, no Quake3 available for BeOS. Oh well, yet another reason to keep my w9x partition. As Game OS, W98 sucks. Give me BeOS or Neutrino!
J.
Can we please? Movies/Cartoon/Anmie, Movies/Tv/Sucks... nah, would be too much like usenet... (remember usenet?) :)
J.
Well, I think it's pretty clever (and humourius) to fool the Napster lemmings that way. After all, who is going to monitor what I name my files. If I put b_spears_make_my_boobies_one_more_size.mp3 in my napster folder but it contains my recipie for hot grits pudding, padded with spaces (the file, not the pudding), I'm free to do it. At least he's using a bit more clever way of protesting the leeching than Metallica...
Give hime some credit!
J.
The way people would most commonly be caught, especially in the case of fling because of the encryption, would be to simply request something illegal, retrieve it, and then bust the admin of the machine that sent you the packets
Not quite with freenet. One of the design goals of freenet is you have no idea where the data is stored. I'm not sure how they implement it, have to read (as opposed to skim loosely) the docs again...