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  1. Re:Even dumber on Slashback: Apple, Lawyers, Backbones · · Score: 1

    You've got to watch out fot those circles guys. Last week a whole bunch of 'em jumped me on the way to the bank and made away with my weeks takings.

    Turns out they were so full of pi that they were behaving irrationally.

    Shoot the filthy beasts
    .oO0Oo.

  2. Re:When will IPv4 addresses run out? on Pentagon Wants IPv6 by 2008 · · Score: 1

    you have to justify it or else cop for a virtual
    .oO0Oo.

  3. Re:Hey Jamie! You lose! on Above.net Blackholes, Unblackholes Macromedia · · Score: 1

    maybe you just don't get it

    contributior writes
    contribution
    Editor comment
    .oO0Oo.

  4. my kernel takes about 15 minutes on Intel Releases Xeon, Look At Those Kernels Compile · · Score: 1

    but then again I am using plan9
    .oO0Oo.

  5. perception trouble? on Interesting Keyboard/Mouse Combo · · Score: 1

    http://www.asktog.com/readerMail/1999-12ReaderMail .html
    .oO0Oo.

  6. Re:For those about to post on When Aviaks Attack · · Score: 1

    well she does have a VR body - she was much nicer when she was a chubber in her Home & Away debut!
    .oO0Oo.

  7. Re:What they really have in mind. on "Not a Mini-Spy" · · Score: 1

    If it is missing, the mp3 may be identified

    and then what? When did it decome illegal to listen to the mp3 format?
    .oO0Oo.

  8. Re:Well paid? on "Not a Mini-Spy" · · Score: 1

    yeah I can see my gf loving that

    "no dear you said" : cue watch

    actually her step dad once wired up the whole house with hidden tape recorders to spy on his family when he wasn't around. You can imagine how freaked they were when he presented the "evidence".
    .oO0Oo.

  9. Re:For those about to post on When Aviaks Attack · · Score: 1

    It's had a downside for Jaques too. His recent romance with Danni Minogue failed last year, reporting the stories in the UK tha papers quoted Danni as saying (something like) "All he did was play online Dungeons and Dragons games all the time"

    My money is on Everquest but maybe he's a Diablo guy.

    While I've got the opportunity light entertainment cheeky boy duo Ant and Dec from UK TV are also reported Everquest Players. I can't remember which one plays the Female Wood Elf and Which One is the Grumpy Dwarf.
    .oO0Oo.

  10. Re:Many different views on 2600 v. Ford Motors · · Score: 1

    We might have to put our faith in "precedents are there to be broken"


    .oO0Oo.

  11. OFFTOPIC : fortune on Europeans in Western China, 1200 B.C. · · Score: 1

    When a fly lands on the ceiling, does it do a half roll or a half loop?

    Last I read they caught the ceiling with their front legs and were then pivoted onto their other four feet.
    .oO0Oo.

  12. Re:They're coming for me on Digital Surveillance for EC Governments · · Score: 1

    i think my ip address is somewhat more useful than my sig
    .oO0Oo.

  13. Re:Many different views on 2600 v. Ford Motors · · Score: 1

    it may well become illegal to redirect or possibly even link to websites without explicit permission from the website owner

    I seriously doubt it. No right minded person would want that, surely?

    And anyway they love it really. It's some pointles something for people to get wound up about. Lawyers love it, I mean they must enjoy their jobs. It's just a way of draining your enemies of energy.


    .oO0Oo.

  14. Re:Many different views on 2600 v. Ford Motors · · Score: 1

    Imagine what the New York Times would say

    Oh fucking hell! Who the fuck do those those
    fuckers think they're fucking with. Well fuck
    them, we're gonna fucking well get some of our
    fuckers to fuck them over, motherfucker.


    .oO0Oo.

  15. Re:Well, regardless of rights... on 2600 v. Ford Motors · · Score: 1

    slander?

    When I fuck people it's a complement.
    .oO0Oo.

  16. Re:Aw, what a shame... on Digital TV Approaches · · Score: 1

    hehe Eastenders kind of refutes my argument but at least I have a broad choice even from 5 channels and few cable channels I get (Eurosport - the free sports channel).

    It's my feeling that Eastenders is propaganda. The people in it have absolutely no capacity for conflict resolution spending their lives in constant turmoil. Any disagreements are solved by violence or verbal abuse leading to dominance and submission rather than cooperation and harmony. It's painful to watch.


    .oO0Oo.

  17. All of it's uses are legitimate on EFF Seeks Examples Of Legit P2P Use · · Score: 1

    nt
    .oO0Oo.

  18. Re:Aw, what a shame... on Digital TV Approaches · · Score: 1

    I don't live in America

    our TV contains many educational and informative programmes not 24/7 runs of Cops or WWF.

    Right now at prime 21.20 I'm watching a programme about the archeology of Ealy Cathederal.

    (and they were using a BBC Computer to plot the curves of changes in magnetic polarity - notice that. A National bid to computerise the youth. UK computing culture owes much to this project.)

    Newspapers! pah,
    .oO0Oo.

  19. Re:*sigh* on Digital Surveillance for EC Governments · · Score: 1

    your bad tape forgets redunancy.

    At the moment my connection goes through many, many providers. The law would be no use if it was just the website logs that were kept. It's when ALL the isp's keep logs about ALL traffic that the power comes along.

    I already have a proxy server forced on me by ntl: which is a right pain sometimes.
    .oO0Oo.

  20. They're coming for me on Digital Surveillance for EC Governments · · Score: 1

    So how can I fight it?
    Direct Encryption? No, I have to hand over my key or face prison.

    I think the only way to even attempt to defeat this is via data hiding. It's funny that the methods that the RIAA etc. are suing to prevent me watching TV shows when I choose are very similar to the methods I might use to prevent the spooks spooking.

    Time to get tunneling me thinks.

    .oO0Oo.

  21. Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation on Digital TV Approaches · · Score: 2

    My grandfather, my father and now me all paid for the BBC. We paid for the programs to be made and the infastructure to be constructed.

    It is a service paid for collectively by television owners on a non-profit basis. We pay for the programs to be made and transmitted to our houses for our use. My licence covers equipment capable of recieving transmitted signals not televisions. This covers time-shifting and program recording for whatever use.

    Now the big players want to violate my investment.

    Well fuck them.

    People make programs.
    People make music.
    There will always be entertainment available in your local area whatever they do.

    The ONLY countermeasure we can take is to not buy their shit.

    Break the encryption and distribute the tools necessary for watching it just for good measure.

    Without our previous consumption these people would be nothing. Ok I like the stuff they've made, thanks and all that but when they take the piss you either fight them or opt out.


    .oO0Oo.

  22. Re:Aw, what a shame... on Digital TV Approaches · · Score: 1

    "If you want entertainment, then just read a book"

    what if I want news or education?

    the BBc motto is "Nation shall speak unto nation"
    not "You lot will be entertained at our convenience"
    My grandfather, my father and now me paid the BBC to uphold the values they espouse but the screw is now turning and the vision we financed is being removed and replaced with some other draconian thing at the behest of the movie studios.

    I pay directly to have programs made and transmitted to me. So what if I record them to watch later, that's what I paid for.
    .oO0Oo.

  23. Re:Two Words: EM Pulse!!! on Do You Have Your 'Crisis Week'? · · Score: 1

    there probably wouldn't be any electricty anyway but..

    put your server in a lead lined case of you're that concerned. People need a Quaker server in times of nuclear war
    .oO0Oo.

  24. Re:The Real Thing on Do You Have Your 'Crisis Week'? · · Score: 1

    "Oh, and internet access for the whole network is through a single 64K ISDN line."

    you are so spoiled. I ran an ISP with 50 users on a 64k line for 6 months

    The COUNTRY of Gambia has
    International Bandwidth (Kbps): 128

    from http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/index.html

    I picked Gambia because it had 64k the last time I looked. They must be well pleased with the upgrade!


    .oO0Oo.

  25. Re:Wish my company would on Do You Have Your 'Crisis Week'? · · Score: 1

    well take a look at security focus

    www.securityfocus.com

    And see all the holes and exploits available for your system. That should be a start
    .oO0Oo.