I'm a "greenie" and in favour of building modern nuclear power plants in Australia. I see that as being more realistic - and likely - that Australian's kicking the energy habit. Green != anti-nuclear.
The big problem with a lot of OSS project sites is the lack of basic information about what the software even *IS*.
Hence sites like freshmeat.net - my first port of call if I know the kind of application I want, but not which one (or even what the available options are.)
Maybe I'm getting cynical, this has the distinct smell of astroturf. How "Ohloh" can you go?
It might be fully open source, but it isn't fully working yet. From their Wiki:
What ntfsmount can do?
Resize files. (Always work.)
Create files and hardlinks. (This will either succeed or it will be refused, 50-50% at the moment. Up to about 10 files can be created in a directory.)
Create directories. (Same as above.)
Remove files/directories (Works fine or removal will be refused, 90-10% at the moment.)
Operate with special Interix files (symlinks, devices, FIFOs and sockets.)
At least it is unlikely to cause filesystem corruption now.
John the Ripper most likely. Great tool - recovered the root password for a SGI box a friend bought on eBay in less than a second (your password may vary.)
Why do you need to edit out the material? DVD players offer a "parental lock" facility already (for appropriately encoded discs): scenes (chapters?) and/or the disc won't play if its classification exceeds that set in the parental lock.
In pre-DVD days, such a feature was called a parent... Apparently kids don't have those any more?
Microsoft will have a market share of 0% as they negotiate their deals--expect them to pay more per song than Apple for recent "hit" music.
They still have their desktop monopoly as leverage, which may well trump Apples music monopoly. A bit of carrot (loss-leading price subsidies?) and stick ("we might drop DRM in Media Player n+1") will see the RIAA toe the line.
I heard it was a security release; upgrading will cause your Mac to be put "... in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'" (with apologies to Douglas Adams.)
If you think the rest of the English speaking world is going to follow this stupidity, think again. Which "intelligent designer" thought it would be a good idea to have a language that looks like it's been written in crayon?! I guess Dubya will be happy when his "nucular missles" r speld rite...
(OT: Do American bibles still use the archaic language forms e.g. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's spelling system", or have they been "modernised"?)
Directors at Daimler-Benz and Chrysler have announced an agreement to adopt English as the preferred language for communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, Directors at Chrysler conceded that English spelling has some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase in plan. In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c."
Also the hard "c" will be replaced with "k." Not only will this klear up konfusion, but komputers kan have 1 less letter. There will be a growing kompany enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f." This will make words like "fotograf" 20 persent shorter.
In the third year, Daimler-Khrysler akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible.
Daimler-Khrysler will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always been a determent to akkurate spelling. Also, all will agree that the horrible mess of silent "e's" in the language is disgrakeful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, people will be resepetive to steps such as replaking "th" with "z" and "w" by "v".
During ze fifz year, ze unekessary "o" kan be dropped from vords kontaining "ou", and similiar khanges vuld of kors be applied to all ozer kombinations of letters.
After zis fifz year, ve vill hav a really sensible vriten style. Zere vill be no more trubls or diffikultis and employee's vill find it easy to komunikat viz each ozer.
Ov kourse all suppliers vill be expekted to svitsh to zis for all business kommuniktion via Daimler-Khrysler.
If we don't have a First past the post system then what do you call it?
The Commonwealth House of Representatives (Lower House) uses Preferential Voting, with full transfer of preferences.
The Commonwealth Senate (Upper House) uses Proportional Representation (Single Transferable Vote), with group ticket voting ("above-the-line" voting.)
See page 24 of this document for the systems used for state elections.
That, of course, can't be true, because it is a violation of US monoply laws (it locks the use of MS Office to the use of Windows). Since it is ridiculous to presume that a company would so blatantly ignore laws, this cannot be the case.
The obvious answer here is that the president is really, really desperate for PR. There's no good reason for NASA to launch the shuttle over the July Fourth holiday weekend...
I've got one - a kick-arse fireworks display (though preferably not of the Challenger variety.)
My favourites are the LOTR Special Extended DVD editions. Not one, but *four* commentary tracks: director and writers, design team, production/post-production teams, and the cast. You have to wade through some crap (e.g. Orlando Bloom gushing about how wonderful everyone was), but the behind-the-scenes stuff gives interesting insight into the nuts and bolts of film-making.
The only thing that's missing is the outtakes and gag reels. There must be at least a DVD's worth - how 'bout it, Pete?
Add loud stereos/subwoofers to the list, too. If I can hear the loud doof-doof from halfway down the street, how on earth could you concentrate inside the car?
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I'm a "greenie" and in favour of building modern nuclear power plants in Australia. I see that as being more realistic - and likely - that Australian's kicking the energy habit. Green != anti-nuclear.
"Dob, dob, dob" indeed.
OT, but interesting is HP's interactive relighting of the Antikythera Mechanism.
But to be fair, he might never have done that if it hadn't been for those damned ancient Greeks with their abacus...
A mere abacus - mention it not. Try the Antikythera mechanism.
Yeah, I screwed up the link. Use this if you can't figure it out for yourself.
The big problem with a lot of OSS project sites is the lack of basic information about what the software even *IS*.
Hence sites like freshmeat.net - my first port of call if I know the kind of application I want, but not which one (or even what the available options are.)
Maybe I'm getting cynical, this has the distinct smell of astroturf. How "Ohloh" can you go?
At least it is unlikely to cause filesystem corruption now.
John the Ripper most likely. Great tool - recovered the root password for a SGI box a friend bought on eBay in less than a second (your password may vary.)
There was this little incident in Europe's "capital", Brussels, about eight years ago...I still get the giggles when I think about it.
"Belgium, man! BELGIUM!"
They just don't make photons like they use to...
If you were travelling at the speed of light for billions of years, you'd get tired too.
Why do you need to edit out the material? DVD players offer a "parental lock" facility already (for appropriately encoded discs): scenes (chapters?) and/or the disc won't play if its classification exceeds that set in the parental lock.
In pre-DVD days, such a feature was called a parent... Apparently kids don't have those any more?
Hence the aptly named "codpiece".
The link is here: http://www.ic3.gov/
Obviously the FBI don't watch "The Bill". IC3 is the abbreviation used by London police for a black person (e.g. "IC3 male").
Do they call the Terrorism Complaint Center www.ic6.gov?
More like a FUD.
Microsoft will have a market share of 0% as they negotiate their deals--expect them to pay more per song than Apple for recent "hit" music.
They still have their desktop monopoly as leverage, which may well trump Apples music monopoly. A bit of carrot (loss-leading price subsidies?) and stick ("we might drop DRM in Media Player n+1") will see the RIAA toe the line.
It f*cking kills iPods. Possibly by throwing chairs at them.
Errrr... there's no such thing.
I know, which is why I asked about American bibles not the "American Bible".
I heard it was a security release; upgrading will cause your Mac to be put "... in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'" (with apologies to Douglas Adams.)
(OT: Do American bibles still use the archaic language forms e.g. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's spelling system", or have they been "modernised"?)
If we don't have a First past the post system then what do you call it?
The Commonwealth House of Representatives (Lower House) uses Preferential Voting, with full transfer of preferences.
The Commonwealth Senate (Upper House) uses Proportional Representation (Single Transferable Vote), with group ticket voting ("above-the-line" voting.)
See page 24 of this document for the systems used for state elections.
Not to harsh on you ...
I won't be harsh on you - obviously you've installed the adjective->verb rewiring package.
That, of course, can't be true, because it is a violation of US monoply laws (it locks the use of MS Office to the use of Windows). Since it is ridiculous to presume that a company would so blatantly ignore laws, this cannot be the case.
You must be new here.
The obvious answer here is that the president is really, really desperate for PR. There's no good reason for NASA to launch the shuttle over the July Fourth holiday weekend ...
I've got one - a kick-arse fireworks display (though preferably not of the Challenger variety.)
My favourites are the LOTR Special Extended DVD editions. Not one, but *four* commentary tracks: director and writers, design team, production/post-production teams, and the cast. You have to wade through some crap (e.g. Orlando Bloom gushing about how wonderful everyone was), but the behind-the-scenes stuff gives interesting insight into the nuts and bolts of film-making.
The only thing that's missing is the outtakes and gag reels. There must be at least a DVD's worth - how 'bout it, Pete?
Add loud stereos/subwoofers to the list, too. If I can hear the loud doof-doof from halfway down the street, how on earth could you concentrate inside the car?