I have OpenBSD on my firewall and main work machine. Encrypted
partitions too. GPG everything. My Windows 2000 game machine is locked tight
and on a DMZ without IE being used. My monitor is wrapped in tinfoil,
naturally, with a small cutout just large enough to have a 640x480 window
viewable. I wrapped my mouse in tinfoil but that made it hard to use so I
cut a hole in the bottom which allowed the light to hit the desk surface.
Problem there was the desk was wrapped in tinfoil, too. So I made my own
mousepad because I don't trust the ones made by The Man. It's made from a
dead rabbit I found on the street. I flattened it out and dehydrated it.
When I need a random number I pinch some fur and pull. however many strands
of fur I get in that pull is the random number I use. Of course I need a new
mousepad every few weeks as I never reuse the same tuft of fur twice. Never
trust the PRNG in any OS, even OpenBSD. Theo is watching. Speaking of
that, the other day I was installing OpenBSD 3.6 on a new machine and then I
realized... CDs are a form of RFID tag. The unique bit patterns on them can
be detected from space. So I wrap my CDs in tinfoil when not in use.
Speaking of tinfoil, I find it best to buy the cheapest stuff from dollar
stores. They don't usually use the UPC barcoding at those places. Just "$1..
$1.. $1..". Barcode readers don't use OpenBSD but I think Theo is trying to
get in there. Speaking of barcodes, the other day I pulled a package of gum
from my pocket and the person I was with said "Ohh... Spearmint!" I ran
away. He obviously has a remote UPC scanner and knew that I had spearmint
gum. He says the wrapper was in plain site but I think that's just an
excuse.
eDonkey was a closed protocol, the eMule folks reverse engineered it and now we have a slew of wonderful open source clients for that network. In fact I don't know of anyone that uses the "authentic" eDonkey client.
I don't think Apple is embracing it. They're providing compatibility to a clunkier interface but that opens them up to the zillions of unix/linux apps available. Most of the software that runs in X11 wouldn't be considered competing packages.
The world's four biggest consumer electronics companies have agreed
to start using a common method to protect digital music and video against
piracy and illegal copying
So? Companies have conspired touse other methods before: CSS for DVD, Macrovision[0] for VHS & DVD, all sorts of failed software schemes, etc.
How will this make things tougher? If anything there will be more avenues of
attack on the system. If you can play it, you can copy it.
[0] yeah, I know Macrovision is a company that
licenses their scheme but it's widely used across brands.
C'mon, you think this moron is going to learn his lesson and start hiring Americans?
You assume the outsourcing was contracted outside of the US, I made a point of saying "contractor's location". In fact we don't know where the original place is. If you do a whois on the domain of the submitter you'd see it's based in Canada.
1: Stop payment on cheque.
2: Demand refund of deposit.
3: Get one return ticket to contractor's location via Expedia.
4: If 1 or 2 fail send return ticket to "IcePick" Vinnie.
5: Pick up Vinnie at airport in a couple of days.
6: Take money home and count it or enjoy photos of mangled corpse(s).
7: ???
8: Profit!!!
Bah, you know what I mean.;) I remember Q-Who and the intro to the Borg but until seeing the finale (in Season 2 you say) I always thought it was just a "Fear what's way out there" kind of thing... Then >bam It really did send a chill down my spine, I think that was one of the best moments in the Trek universe ever.
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I have OpenBSD on my firewall and main work machine. Encrypted partitions too. GPG everything. My Windows 2000 game machine is locked tight and on a DMZ without IE being used. My monitor is wrapped in tinfoil, naturally, with a small cutout just large enough to have a 640x480 window viewable. I wrapped my mouse in tinfoil but that made it hard to use so I cut a hole in the bottom which allowed the light to hit the desk surface. Problem there was the desk was wrapped in tinfoil, too. So I made my own mousepad because I don't trust the ones made by The Man. It's made from a dead rabbit I found on the street. I flattened it out and dehydrated it. When I need a random number I pinch some fur and pull. however many strands of fur I get in that pull is the random number I use. Of course I need a new mousepad every few weeks as I never reuse the same tuft of fur twice. Never trust the PRNG in any OS, even OpenBSD. Theo is watching. Speaking of that, the other day I was installing OpenBSD 3.6 on a new machine and then I realized... CDs are a form of RFID tag. The unique bit patterns on them can be detected from space. So I wrap my CDs in tinfoil when not in use. Speaking of tinfoil, I find it best to buy the cheapest stuff from dollar stores. They don't usually use the UPC barcoding at those places. Just "$1.. $1.. $1..". Barcode readers don't use OpenBSD but I think Theo is trying to get in there. Speaking of barcodes, the other day I pulled a package of gum from my pocket and the person I was with said "Ohh... Spearmint!" I ran away. He obviously has a remote UPC scanner and knew that I had spearmint gum. He says the wrapper was in plain site but I think that's just an excuse.
Yeah but Michael accepted the story. "irishdaze" is probably one of Roland Piquepalle's nom de plumes...
But if you didn't really donate that makes you dishonest. You shouldn't be using any P2P stuff if you're dishonest...
eDonkey was a closed protocol, the eMule folks reverse engineered it and now we have a slew of wonderful open source clients for that network. In fact I don't know of anyone that uses the "authentic" eDonkey client.
Uh oh... You dared to slam Rolly. Prepare for the wrath of Mikey and his infinite mod points.
Lube thy anus.
Mikey and Rolly,
sittin' in a tree.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Does he know the identity of the goatse.cx guy? No? Then he doesn't know everything.
he ability to create your own 'torrents' is what will really set this service apart.
Azureus, a Java BitTorrent client, makes it a snap for the user to create torrents.
Give it time.
I don't think Apple is embracing it. They're providing compatibility to a clunkier interface but that opens them up to the zillions of unix/linux apps available. Most of the software that runs in X11 wouldn't be considered competing packages.
The world's four biggest consumer electronics companies have agreed to start using a common method to protect digital music and video against piracy and illegal copying
So? Companies have conspired touse other methods before: CSS for DVD, Macrovision[0] for VHS & DVD, all sorts of failed software schemes, etc. How will this make things tougher? If anything there will be more avenues of attack on the system. If you can play it, you can copy it.
[0] yeah, I know Macrovision is a company that licenses their scheme but it's widely used across brands.
egrep "(^f.{5}g$|^b.{3}h$)" /usr/share/dict/words returns some interesting results. "flowing broth" could fit. Please elaborate.
hahaha oh man I wish I had mod points for you ;)
Locking up an emergency button defeats the purpose.
So I shouldn't have my fire extinguishers under lock and key? Whoops...
They usually are in a server room. They're for emergencies. Ours have red cages around them and a BIG RED SIGN, you have to basically punch them.
C'mon, you think this moron is going to learn his lesson and start hiring Americans?
You assume the outsourcing was contracted outside of the US, I made a point of saying "contractor's location". In fact we don't know where the original place is. If you do a whois on the domain of the submitter you'd see it's based in Canada.
1: Stop payment on cheque.
2: Demand refund of deposit.
3: Get one return ticket to contractor's location via Expedia.
4: If 1 or 2 fail send return ticket to "IcePick" Vinnie.
5: Pick up Vinnie at airport in a couple of days.
6: Take money home and count it or enjoy photos of mangled corpse(s).
7: ???
8: Profit!!!
Taco ignores all emails about his beloved $20K-a-year staff
Is that all they make? References? Really, it's not worth getting out of bed for that.
Amazon doesn't have a listing for "My Life as a C... Oh wait a sec..
If I could live forever in a 25 year old body that would be nice too.
I like living in a 33 year old body, but then she has to get up and go to work.
This is one reason that SS is fundamentally flawed.
Failing to take into account that people live forever and could collect SS in perpetuity is hardly "fundamentally flawed"
If I hear the phrase "We are the lazy generation" one more friggin time I'm gonna
Too lazy to think about what you're going to do?
Video on Demand over IP
It's called "BitTorrent".
Bah, you know what I mean. ;) I remember Q-Who and the intro to the Borg but until seeing the finale (in Season 2 you say) I always thought it was just a "Fear what's way out there" kind of thing... Then >bam
It really did send a chill down my spine, I think that was one of the best moments in the Trek universe ever.