I still dig the idea of throwing on an immersive headset and completely abandoning the real world for a bit to blast away at baddies in a full 360 degree artificial reality.:(
/bin/finger that girl in the back row of machines.
When I was at college (Lock Haven University in the early 90s) there was a girl on campus named Teresa Watt, one day one of my buddies wanted to show me something. When connected to the RS-6000 he typed in "finger twatt" and it returned all kinds of info about Teresa Watt. I nearly fell over laughing.
Sounds like my girlfriend's kids when I play them at games. Her youngest son started calling me a cheater when I hit him with at 10 piece combo at the YuGiOh fighting game for the PS2.
Probably not, but it would be trivial to show similarity in two binaries if you know where to look.
A similarity won't be enough to get a favorable decision in court. You need to prove infringement. Without being able to legally introduce the source, that isn't going to happen.
When "the people" don't like RFID, they decide to use class envy to get them to change their minds.
Instead of being something that can be used to track us and invade our privacy, they'll frame RFID as a perk that only the rich deserve. This'll make people DEMAND it in everything.
UT seems to be moving more and more towards tribes
Tribes, or Tribes 2? As I'm sure you know, before the "classic" patch, there was a world of difference between the two.
Tribes was the first game that I played that ever lead to me scolding a 30 year old man like he was a 10 year old child for deathmatching in a team game.
I have two, you and George Lucas can have a deep intellectual conversation while sucking on them.
LK
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There may be a sucker born every minute, but I find that rate strikes me as low when watching people snatch up $6 shit-burgers from under a heat lamp at airport food courts. I'm sure the glut of people hanging out in the food court for wifi, who just may need a snack will take a healthy bite (baddum-ching) out of the wifi bill.
At the Pittsburgh airport, you can't get anywhere near the "Air Mall" which includes the food court unless your're a ticketed passenger.
After 9-11 security was tightened considerably. 9 years ago, it wasn't out of the orginary for me to take a trip out to the airport just to hit Electronics Boutique, they had a different selection than their other stores in Pittsburgh.
Now, the only people who are in a position to pick up their WiFi are the one's who have already paid money to one of the airlines. Adding a dollar or two to each ticket would be enough to pay for the access.
So what you're saying is that one of the most powerful governments on the planet (30 years ago) could do things that lay people such as myself can do today...
There has always been the possibility that the evidence could have been tampered with before. Since it is digital this only makes it slightly easier to do.
Slightly? Right now, I can take a picture of myself and make it look like I'm drinking a beer with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush while we all sit around a table at a titty bar. This wasn't possible 30 years ago.
It shouldn't matter however because it is always based on the honesty of the law enforcement official to do what is right.
Law enforcement can not be trusted. They are people, and no matter what the occupation or field of employment a certain percentage of them will be corruptable. I am not willing to risk my freedom on the honesty of people that have already shown me that they are dishonest.
The OJ Simpson trial is something that people love to point to when talking about the failure of our criminal justice system, I point to that same trial to illustrate how police can not be trusted.
The problem is basically a manifestation of there being more than 1 distro of linux and having distro maintainers who have not agreed on a common standard for this stuff. It's Linux's major achilles heal IMHO.
IMO it's one of Linux's two achilles heels. The other is package dependancies. You go to install SomeWidget and the install fails because you need SomeLib-devel, you go to install that and it fails because it depends on SomeLib, you go to install that and it fails because it depends on SomeOtherLib-Devel.so and so on and so on.
I grew up LOVING all things Star Wars. I saw episode IV in a theater, before I was out of diapers. I was Darth Vader for like 6 halloweens in a row. I saw Empire and Jedi during their opening weeks. As soon as the trilogy was first released on VHS I got a copy. I went to the theater to see the "Special Edition" movies. How did Lucas repay people like me, Star Wars fans?
By trying to anally rape us all. First there was that festering piece of feces that we'll just say rhymes with "Mepisode 1". For now, I'll just forget about the announcement about the original trilogy not being released on DVD. Episode 2 was a little better, but Episode 3 better be spec-fucking-tacular to make up for the horror of Episode 1.
I'm not paying a cent for the DVD version of movies that I alreay have. I'll go to blockbuster, rent them, and um... you know...
This cash cow is shutting off the udder. Lucas isn't making another cent off of me.
Btw./me has used less than a year to get hold of 6-7 GB of porn, but movies kinda takes more space than pictures, but if your fine with jpg's thats all fine with me:)
I never even considered that. Ignoring 100 MB that has not yet been sorted, cataloged and files , a little over half of my collection is in movies.
If I had concentrated on movies instead, I suppose that I could see my collection being much larger.
Sounds to me an awful lot like the IV drug user who claims to never have gotten a disease because he always rinses his needles. Why get an AIDS or Hepatitis test if your needles are always clean?
I keep my machines patches, and I keep my AV up to date. My first virus infestation came from buying (not downloading), but buying shareware from a reputable company. Oddly enough, my first antivirus software came from these same people.
And also proved how many users aren't running any anti-virus at all.
A good friend of mine, whom I at one time thought was a savvy computer user, does not run any anti-virus software on his machine. He runs Norton AV on his wife's machine, mount's his C drive over their network and uses her machine to scan his.
I've tried on numerous occasions to persuade him that this is NOT a good way to operate. I had to copy some patches from him once, and NAV lit up like a Christmas tree.
As hard as I work to prevent it, sometimes my machine gets infected. I do whatever I need to so that my virus defs remain current. I can't imagine the thought processes that lead a person to think that anti-virus software isn't necessary. Since my first invection with NVIR-A and NVIR-B over a decade ago, I have always made sure that my protection was up to date.
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I still dig the idea of throwing on an immersive headset and completely abandoning the real world for a bit to blast away at baddies in a full 360 degree artificial reality. :(
I always wanted to watch a VR porno.
LK
I'm confused. Mac and Linux can run games? What is this world coming to?!
Charles Barkley said "You know things are screwed up with America when the best rapper is white and the best golfer is black"
Next will come human sacrifices, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
LK
/bin/finger that girl in the back row of machines.
When I was at college (Lock Haven University in the early 90s) there was a girl on campus named Teresa Watt, one day one of my buddies wanted to show me something. When connected to the RS-6000 he typed in "finger twatt" and it returned all kinds of info about Teresa Watt. I nearly fell over laughing.
LK
Look at whats happening in the SCO case.
SCO is making a lot of noise. Not much else is happening in the case.
LK
No, but it might be enough get a DA to get a subpoena for Microsoft's source and backups to prove compliance.
IANAL, but it's well established case law that you can't use illegal means to gain evidence.
You need proof before you can subpoena anything.
LK
Sounds like my girlfriend's kids when I play them at games. Her youngest son started calling me a cheater when I hit him with at 10 piece combo at the YuGiOh fighting game for the PS2.
LK
Probably not, but it would be trivial to show similarity in two binaries if you know where to look.
A similarity won't be enough to get a favorable decision in court. You need to prove infringement. Without being able to legally introduce the source, that isn't going to happen.
LK
If we find GPL code in here, Bill's going to get a good SCOing himself.
Not necessarily. You'll never get a court to admit stolen source code as evidence.
LK
Microsoft is sooooo obviously trying to pull an SCO here.
This isn't the first time that Windows Source Code was "leaked". I don't remember them trying anything shady last time.
If you work on any Open Source project, DO NOT LOOK!
Try to prove that someone looked.
LK
When "the people" don't like RFID, they decide to use class envy to get them to change their minds.
Instead of being something that can be used to track us and invade our privacy, they'll frame RFID as a perk that only the rich deserve. This'll make people DEMAND it in everything.
Not for me, thanks anyway.
LK
if I want to fulfill those fantasies about hot older women, I need to brush up on the Literati and Conasta Skillz?
LK
UT seems to be moving more and more towards tribes
Tribes, or Tribes 2? As I'm sure you know, before the "classic" patch, there was a world of difference between the two.
Tribes was the first game that I played that ever lead to me scolding a 30 year old man like he was a 10 year old child for deathmatching in a team game.
LK
As a employee of a large content provider, what current options are out there for groups that want to deploy protected content on Linux?
Um... convince your superiors that they shouldn't treat all of their customers like potential thieves.
In all honesty, it will probably be a waste of money rivalling Circuit City's DIVX. Linux users are not likely to adopt a system that employs "DRM".
LK
I have two, you and George Lucas can have a deep intellectual conversation while sucking on them.
LK
There may be a sucker born every minute, but I find that rate strikes me as low when watching people snatch up $6 shit-burgers from under a heat lamp at airport food courts. I'm sure the glut of people hanging out in the food court for wifi, who just may need a snack will take a healthy bite (baddum-ching) out of the wifi bill.
At the Pittsburgh airport, you can't get anywhere near the "Air Mall" which includes the food court unless your're a ticketed passenger.
After 9-11 security was tightened considerably. 9 years ago, it wasn't out of the orginary for me to take a trip out to the airport just to hit Electronics Boutique, they had a different selection than their other stores in Pittsburgh.
Now, the only people who are in a position to pick up their WiFi are the one's who have already paid money to one of the airlines. Adding a dollar or two to each ticket would be enough to pay for the access.
LK
I'd suggest any competent photographer who understands and has control of the full process would be able to manipulate photographs.
I am not a photographer. I have worked as a graphic artist though, one of the first things I learned was how to manipulate photos.
LK
So what you're saying is that one of the most powerful governments on the planet (30 years ago) could do things that lay people such as myself can do today...
it was. it was slightly harder but it still was possible.
OK, I'll concede that it was *possible* 30 years ago, but it was a LOT more difficult then than it is now.
LK
There has always been the possibility that the evidence could have been tampered with before. Since it is digital this only makes it slightly easier to do.
Slightly? Right now, I can take a picture of myself and make it look like I'm drinking a beer with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush while we all sit around a table at a titty bar. This wasn't possible 30 years ago.
It shouldn't matter however because it is always based on the honesty of the law enforcement official to do what is right.
Law enforcement can not be trusted. They are people, and no matter what the occupation or field of employment a certain percentage of them will be corruptable. I am not willing to risk my freedom on the honesty of people that have already shown me that they are dishonest.
The OJ Simpson trial is something that people love to point to when talking about the failure of our criminal justice system, I point to that same trial to illustrate how police can not be trusted.
LK
The problem is basically a manifestation of there being more than 1 distro of linux and having distro maintainers who have not agreed on a common standard for this stuff. It's Linux's major achilles heal IMHO.
IMO it's one of Linux's two achilles heels. The other is package dependancies. You go to install SomeWidget and the install fails because you need SomeLib-devel, you go to install that and it fails because it depends on SomeLib, you go to install that and it fails because it depends on SomeOtherLib-Devel.so and so on and so on.
It's a royal pain in the ass.
LK
I grew up LOVING all things Star Wars. I saw episode IV in a theater, before I was out of diapers. I was Darth Vader for like 6 halloweens in a row. I saw Empire and Jedi during their opening weeks. As soon as the trilogy was first released on VHS I got a copy. I went to the theater to see the "Special Edition" movies. How did Lucas repay people like me, Star Wars fans?
By trying to anally rape us all. First there was that festering piece of feces that we'll just say rhymes with "Mepisode 1". For now, I'll just forget about the announcement about the original trilogy not being released on DVD. Episode 2 was a little better, but Episode 3 better be spec-fucking-tacular to make up for the horror of Episode 1.
I'm not paying a cent for the DVD version of movies that I alreay have. I'll go to blockbuster, rent them, and um... you know...
This cash cow is shutting off the udder. Lucas isn't making another cent off of me.
LK
Btw. /me has used less than a year to get hold of 6-7 GB of porn, but movies kinda takes more space than pictures, but if your fine with jpg's thats all fine with me :)
I never even considered that. Ignoring 100 MB that has not yet been sorted, cataloged and files , a little over half of my collection is in movies.
If I had concentrated on movies instead, I suppose that I could see my collection being much larger.
LK
Ignorance truly is bliss huh?
Sounds to me an awful lot like the IV drug user who claims to never have gotten a disease because he always rinses his needles. Why get an AIDS or Hepatitis test if your needles are always clean?
I keep my machines patches, and I keep my AV up to date. My first virus infestation came from buying (not downloading), but buying shareware from a reputable company. Oddly enough, my first antivirus software came from these same people.
LK
And also proved how many users aren't running any anti-virus at all.
A good friend of mine, whom I at one time thought was a savvy computer user, does not run any anti-virus software on his machine. He runs Norton AV on his wife's machine, mount's his C drive over their network and uses her machine to scan his.
I've tried on numerous occasions to persuade him that this is NOT a good way to operate. I had to copy some patches from him once, and NAV lit up like a Christmas tree.
As hard as I work to prevent it, sometimes my machine gets infected. I do whatever I need to so that my virus defs remain current. I can't imagine the thought processes that lead a person to think that anti-virus software isn't necessary. Since my first invection with NVIR-A and NVIR-B over a decade ago, I have always made sure that my protection was up to date.
LK
Relax das fuhrer, murderers and rapists sometimes don't get 10 years in jail. I think public flogging would be a good punishment for these people.
This asshole never vandalized another piece of property in Singapore.
LK