We currently use a nice little program called IPSentry. www.ipsentry.com It has many plugins for various things such as http monitoring, NT Event log monitoring, mail route checking, smtp/pop3 status checking, and more!
We have now had it for several months and haven't had a complaint with it yet! Very good!
Thnx,
Fuller
What about calculators and math? etc.
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Howdy all!
In High School, I purposely chose NOT to use a calculator for 3 years. The only ones I would occasionally use were basic =-*/ calculators so that I could do long division and multiplication quickly.
Otherwise, I did all forms of slope-intercept form, geometry, Algebra II plus some of the regression formulas by hand!.
I learned a whole lot more from this than if I had chosen to copy the program the teachers gave us to plug into the TI-82+ calculators that everyone was required to buy!
It used to drive my teachers crazy when I wouldn't use a calculator on work.
The only hard part was Physics because of all those formulas, but then, memorize them and you can do those by hand also.
Has anyone else done stuff like this?
Also, I was one of the few people that actually wanted to learn (especially about science/technology/computers).
About Reading, Writing, and Grammar. What's the use of learning Grammar if you can have a Grammar check on the computer. Or Spelling for that matter with Spell Check in all MSFT product!. Why learn how to write if you can use a computer?
Granted that one must learn how to use the computer but one must also not be absolute in one or the other.
What attitude do you give an audience if you are reading Shakespeare when you are reading it off of a screen compared to the old-time book? I believe reading out of book causes a better response from an audience (IMHO)
Howdy!
There is currently at least 1 C(++) port of Freenet in active development. Also, there used to be a node in Python (IIRC) but it is still stuck in the 0.2 world of Freenet. It will be updated in the future most likely.
Thnx,
Fuller
And just how will they find out you are running a Freenet node?
There have been many ideas tossed around on the Freenet mailing lists since this article appeared.
First, Freenet randomly selects an unused port during setup. Will they PortScan from 1.1.1.1-254.254.254.254? and ports 1-65535?
a) that will take forever, b) many admins will get pissed at them.
Second, And more important,
The article states on Page 2
"""People claim if you don't know the original provider on Freenet, you can't do anything," Hill
said. "When all these people are running Freenet, we connect to each one of them, throw in a query and if a particular node responds to that key, we consider that IP address to be infringing. ""
Well, Since the mere action of querying a node for a key can cause information not previously stored on that node to get a copy for it's use, this is Entrapment!! Illegal in all manners!
Third, False nodes running on lower port numbers that may or may not be running on actual freenet node computers will cause an exessive amount of false-positives.
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. Please subscribe to the Freenet mailing lists if you wish to know more about it!
http://freenet.sourceforge.net
or
http://www.freenetproject.org
Does anyone know of a game called Dominions (I last saw it about 6 years ago) It ran on WWIV. Only seen it once. It's sorta like TW2002 and BRE (has combination of both building a planet and also sending out fleets to attack.)
I have an occasional BBS channel up on irc.dal.net as #BBS-Files
Also, irc.thebbs.org has several BBS related chat rooms.
BTW,
Does anyone know of a game called Dominions (I last saw it about 6 years ago) It ran on WWIV. Only seen it once. It's sorta like TW2002 and BRE (has combination of both building a planet and also sending out fleets to attack.)
I play Starsiege: Tribes commonly on a server called FayetteNam! DMZ
and I know that several people who are regulars there are in the Army/Airforce/Marines/Navy/etc.
I believe that games like Tribes or even Command & Conquer/Warcraft/etc. help out minds because they force you to think! Tribes does include death matches/free-for-alls but it is primarily CTF (Capture the Flag). You have to think about Defense and Offense on a variety of levels. In C&C/Warcraft, you have to learn how to setup ambushes/defenses while still being able to have enough units leftover to attack.
We need more of these statistics and real numbers published!
How about getting civic orgs. and education bodies to look at this when they talk about "Zero-Tolerance" stuff? and see how games/etc. have actually helped and not hurt!
My dad ordered ADSL from Earthlink/Mindspring on the 5th of September, I got the DSL modem on the 12th and had it up and fully working by the end of the evening. I was amazed when it worked, it only took 1M30S to d/l all my email for the day. on my 28.8 modem, it would take more than 20M!
Just my $.02
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. I live about about 400' from the local exchange box thingy and 4398' from the Telco CO.
actually, Freenet is able to permanently store items. there are people working on various ways of doing it.
Also, I read in an AJC technology article that there is a group that is archiving the Internet. (something like 3TB and counting last I saw it almost 6 months ago) sorry don't have link.
also, check out www.archivists.org and also
http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.html
for Encoded Archival Description format.
I'll be using Linux and custom programing in C to build my R2D2 like robot.
It will also use various PIC/etc. microcontrollers to control a few certain items.
eventually I hope to make it more autonomous and to where I tell it where to go (via gui map) and it will get there on it's own.
Is anyone else doing stuff like this?
off hand I know of the various R2D2 groups, Project-Borg, etc on www.egroups.com
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. my original idea was for a battle-bot but I'm beginning to edge away from that idea.
Howdy all!
I forgot in my last post to mention the South-Eastern 2600 group meetins!
http://www.se2600.org
the 404/770/678 area meets at Lenox Mall in the food court. (check site for more details)
also, the "678 social hacker group" occasionally takes trips to various Sushi restraunts(?)/etc.
Thnx,
Fuller
I just thought that I'd tell you about the 3 hacker related cons in the Southeast!
First, Summercon is usually the beginning of June/summer, it is more social than actual learning.
http://www.summercon.org
Next is Phreaknic v4.0 Coming up the first weekend in November in Nashville Tn!
http://www.phreaknic.org
(ps. they hadn't heard about Freaknik in Atl when they started this 4 years ago!)
Also, check out the upcoming @lanta.Con held on the first weekend of April!
http://www.atlantacon.org
Also, about a geek house. my house will soon become something sorta similiar. (all these damn old computers have to be used somehow, why not Freenet nodes/file-servers?)
About Atl. um, if you want a different pace of life from Buckhead, come over to Marietta/Cobb County. (as long as you don't live in East Cobb) you will have parks/etc yet high tech, malls (town-center and Cumberland) and being right near I75 and Highway 41!
Hey! goto http://www.mambox.com/mamboxletter.htm this is copied off of their site! From: Jason Moh, Director of Product Marketing To: All MAMBO-X P300 Enthusiasts Date: March 21, 2000 I have been receiving an average of 300 emails a day. 90% of them are asking me "When is the release date?" and "Why is it taking so long?" I would like to return all emails and explain what's going on but that's impossible when I receive 300 emails a day. I also hesitate to respond because I am more frustrated than all of the MP3 enthusiasts that are not able to purchase the Mambo-X. I am frustrated because whenever the factory notified us of the shipping date, something always came up. I just took a trip to the factory overseas. I saw the actual sample working. I think the best answer for "why" is that we developed Mambo-X from the ground up. As a result, it has taken much longer than we expected. We did once think about abandoning this project, but the overwhelming response from the MP3 enthusiasts resellers made us focus and move on; even though it has been delayed and delayed. Now we come to a point where I must lay out the facts. The mechanical sample was already done and working samples, as of today, are in assembly. The first scheduled production will be the week of April 17th. In other words, the factory will start shipping later that week. Once the mechanical sample is completed, it means that most of the development is done and we shall let the working samples do the fine-tuning. I saw the mechanical sample, so the shipping date is not far away. I sincerely apologize for any anxiety, confusion, or concerns that all of you, the MP3 enthusiasts, have put up with during the Mambo-X development. Once again, thank you for your support. Sincerely, Jason Moh Director of Product Marketing Tagram System Corporation Thnx, Fuller
Hey all! On DALNet IRC network, I have created a channel, #BBS-Files Come and chat about the good times of BBSing! I'm not always there, but it might be an interesting congregating point. I do have a few other @'s that may be there from time to time. Thnx Fuller ps, I will be having a file server online from time to time. pps. I know this isn't exactly on-topic, just on a similiar topic.
Hey all! I was just thinking that if this became available, mp3.com could sell their whole site on this, and we wouldn't need download.com, winfiles.com, cdrom.com, and all the other file repositories on the internet anymore. Thnx Fuller
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What better way is there to demonstrate Freenet's usefullness than in situations like this?
Thnx.
Howdy all!
We currently use a nice little program called IPSentry. www.ipsentry.com It has many plugins for various things such as http monitoring, NT Event log monitoring, mail route checking, smtp/pop3 status checking, and more!
We have now had it for several months and haven't had a complaint with it yet! Very good!
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy all!
In High School, I purposely chose NOT to use a calculator for 3 years. The only ones I would occasionally use were basic =-*/ calculators so that I could do long division and multiplication quickly.
Otherwise, I did all forms of slope-intercept form, geometry, Algebra II plus some of the regression formulas by hand!.
I learned a whole lot more from this than if I had chosen to copy the program the teachers gave us to plug into the TI-82+ calculators that everyone was required to buy!
It used to drive my teachers crazy when I wouldn't use a calculator on work.
The only hard part was Physics because of all those formulas, but then, memorize them and you can do those by hand also.
Has anyone else done stuff like this?
Also, I was one of the few people that actually wanted to learn (especially about science/technology/computers).
About Reading, Writing, and Grammar. What's the use of learning Grammar if you can have a Grammar check on the computer. Or Spelling for that matter with Spell Check in all MSFT product!. Why learn how to write if you can use a computer?
Granted that one must learn how to use the computer but one must also not be absolute in one or the other.
What attitude do you give an audience if you are reading Shakespeare when you are reading it off of a screen compared to the old-time book? I believe reading out of book causes a better response from an audience (IMHO)
These are just a few of my ideas.
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy all!
I'm still waiting for FMD-ROM!
Vapor-ware for 2000?
perhaps in 2001 it will become real!
Thnx,
Fuller
check out http://www.c-3d.net
Howdy!
There is currently works in progress for some plugins for both IE and Netscape.
oh, and the URI for anything is Freenet:KSK@index.html (or CHK or SSK or SVK) etc.
Currently, FProxy is a decent interface for your browser!
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy! There is currently at least 1 C(++) port of Freenet in active development. Also, there used to be a node in Python (IIRC) but it is still stuck in the 0.2 world of Freenet. It will be updated in the future most likely. Thnx, Fuller
Howdy!
And just how will they find out you are running a Freenet node?
There have been many ideas tossed around on the Freenet mailing lists since this article appeared.
First, Freenet randomly selects an unused port during setup. Will they PortScan from 1.1.1.1-254.254.254.254? and ports 1-65535?
a) that will take forever, b) many admins will get pissed at them.
Second, And more important,
The article states on Page 2
"""People claim if you don't know the original provider on Freenet, you can't do anything," Hill
said. "When all these people are running Freenet, we connect to each one of them, throw in a query and if a particular node responds to that key, we consider that IP address to be infringing. ""
Well, Since the mere action of querying a node for a key can cause information not previously stored on that node to get a copy for it's use, this is Entrapment!! Illegal in all manners!
Third, False nodes running on lower port numbers that may or may not be running on actual freenet node computers will cause an exessive amount of false-positives.
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. Please subscribe to the Freenet mailing lists if you wish to know more about it!
http://freenet.sourceforge.net
or
http://www.freenetproject.org
Does anyone know of a game called Dominions (I last saw it about 6 years ago) It ran on WWIV. Only seen it once. It's sorta like TW2002 and BRE (has combination of both building a planet and also sending out fleets to attack.)
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy all!
I have an occasional BBS channel up on irc.dal.net as #BBS-Files
Also, irc.thebbs.org has several BBS related chat rooms.
BTW,
Does anyone know of a game called Dominions (I last saw it about 6 years ago) It ran on WWIV. Only seen it once. It's sorta like TW2002 and BRE (has combination of both building a planet and also sending out fleets to attack.)
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy all!
I play Starsiege: Tribes commonly on a server called FayetteNam! DMZ
and I know that several people who are regulars there are in the Army/Airforce/Marines/Navy/etc.
I believe that games like Tribes or even Command & Conquer/Warcraft/etc. help out minds because they force you to think! Tribes does include death matches/free-for-alls but it is primarily CTF (Capture the Flag). You have to think about Defense and Offense on a variety of levels. In C&C/Warcraft, you have to learn how to setup ambushes/defenses while still being able to have enough units leftover to attack.
Just my $.02 (or more)
Thnx,
We need more of these statistics and real numbers published!
How about getting civic orgs. and education bodies to look at this when they talk about "Zero-Tolerance" stuff? and see how games/etc. have actually helped and not hurt!
Thnx,
Howdy all!
My dad ordered ADSL from Earthlink/Mindspring on the 5th of September, I got the DSL modem on the 12th and had it up and fully working by the end of the evening. I was amazed when it worked, it only took 1M30S to d/l all my email for the day. on my 28.8 modem, it would take more than 20M!
Just my $.02
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. I live about about 400' from the local exchange box thingy and 4398' from the Telco CO.
Howdy all!
This is where Freenet can help!
Already it has Newsgroups, private subspaces/etc.
It will also include Browser plugins soon.!
People are working on Mail integration!
Thnx
actually, Freenet is able to permanently store items. there are people working on various ways of doing it.
Also, I read in an AJC technology article that there is a group that is archiving the Internet. (something like 3TB and counting last I saw it almost 6 months ago) sorry don't have link.
also, check out www.archivists.org and also
http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.html
for Encoded Archival Description format.
Thnx,
Fuller
Howdy all!
I'll be using Linux and custom programing in C to build my R2D2 like robot.
It will also use various PIC/etc. microcontrollers to control a few certain items.
eventually I hope to make it more autonomous and to where I tell it where to go (via gui map) and it will get there on it's own.
Is anyone else doing stuff like this?
off hand I know of the various R2D2 groups, Project-Borg, etc on www.egroups.com
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. my original idea was for a battle-bot but I'm beginning to edge away from that idea.
Howdy all! I forgot in my last post to mention the South-Eastern 2600 group meetins! http://www.se2600.org the 404/770/678 area meets at Lenox Mall in the food court. (check site for more details) also, the "678 social hacker group" occasionally takes trips to various Sushi restraunts(?)/etc. Thnx, Fuller
Howdy all!
I just thought that I'd tell you about the 3 hacker related cons in the Southeast!
First, Summercon is usually the beginning of June/summer, it is more social than actual learning.
http://www.summercon.org
Next is Phreaknic v4.0 Coming up the first weekend in November in Nashville Tn!
http://www.phreaknic.org
(ps. they hadn't heard about Freaknik in Atl when they started this 4 years ago!)
Also, check out the upcoming @lanta.Con held on the first weekend of April!
http://www.atlantacon.org
Also, about a geek house. my house will soon become something sorta similiar. (all these damn old computers have to be used somehow, why not Freenet nodes/file-servers?)
About Atl. um, if you want a different pace of life from Buckhead, come over to Marietta/Cobb County. (as long as you don't live in East Cobb) you will have parks/etc yet high tech, malls (town-center and Cumberland) and being right near I75 and Highway 41!
Thnx
Fuller
Howdy!
I was just thinking!
This is where Freenet and other p2p and distributed sharing programs will and can help!
Thnx,
Fuller
ps. http://freenet.sourceforge.net
http://www.mirc.com
http://www.forteinc.com
http://www.deja.com
http://www.google.com (their cached pages are wonderful!)
Hey! goto http://www.mambox.com/mamboxletter.htm this is copied off of their site! From: Jason Moh, Director of Product Marketing To: All MAMBO-X P300 Enthusiasts Date: March 21, 2000 I have been receiving an average of 300 emails a day. 90% of them are asking me "When is the release date?" and "Why is it taking so long?" I would like to return all emails and explain what's going on but that's impossible when I receive 300 emails a day. I also hesitate to respond because I am more frustrated than all of the MP3 enthusiasts that are not able to purchase the Mambo-X. I am frustrated because whenever the factory notified us of the shipping date, something always came up. I just took a trip to the factory overseas. I saw the actual sample working. I think the best answer for "why" is that we developed Mambo-X from the ground up. As a result, it has taken much longer than we expected. We did once think about abandoning this project, but the overwhelming response from the MP3 enthusiasts resellers made us focus and move on; even though it has been delayed and delayed. Now we come to a point where I must lay out the facts. The mechanical sample was already done and working samples, as of today, are in assembly. The first scheduled production will be the week of April 17th. In other words, the factory will start shipping later that week. Once the mechanical sample is completed, it means that most of the development is done and we shall let the working samples do the fine-tuning. I saw the mechanical sample, so the shipping date is not far away. I sincerely apologize for any anxiety, confusion, or concerns that all of you, the MP3 enthusiasts, have put up with during the Mambo-X development. Once again, thank you for your support. Sincerely, Jason Moh Director of Product Marketing Tagram System Corporation Thnx, Fuller
Hey all! On DALNet IRC network, I have created a channel, #BBS-Files Come and chat about the good times of BBSing! I'm not always there, but it might be an interesting congregating point. I do have a few other @'s that may be there from time to time. Thnx Fuller ps, I will be having a file server online from time to time. pps. I know this isn't exactly on-topic, just on a similiar topic.
Hey all! I was just thinking that if this became available, mp3.com could sell their whole site on this, and we wouldn't need download.com, winfiles.com, cdrom.com, and all the other file repositories on the internet anymore. Thnx Fuller