I for one admire the Russian capability to jury-rig their technology. I have often thought that a combination Russian/American space venture (where both sides were designing and maintaining the technology) would stay up for a long, long, time and be really cool.:)
Before I begin, note that this discussion of religion veers a bit from the topic at hand, IMHO. Now that that's said....
As a Discordian, I am proud to say that we are quite evangelical, and will often pelt unbelievers with Cabbages, Rubber Chickens, or Haddock until they believe. If that don't work, we use logic. To wit (or from it):
'Did you know that God's name is Eris, and that He is a girl?' (if yes, we swear 'em in immediately! None of this wacky "baptism" or "confirmation". That just gives 'em time to run away. If no, on to step two)
'Well, He is, and His name is Eris!' (nine times out of 10, this gets 'em. If not, we try stradgedy...)
'But you must have Faith! I sure feel sorry for anybody who doesn't have faith. You know what happens to people who don't have Faith in Eris, don't you?' (if they don't, we don't cleverly explain that they will be turned into a Precious Mao Button in the Region of Thud. That would just be cruel. Instead we say, whilst wiping a tear from our eye...)
`All right, wiseguy, who do you think did all this, then?' (If they say, 'Nobody, just impersonal forces' We tell them,)
'You're absolutely right! Those impersonal forces have a name, and it is Eris!' (If he still remains obstinate, wonder of wonders, we get sly, and explain to him that sophisticated people like himself recognize that Eris is a Figurative Symbol for an Ineffable Metaphysical Reality and that The Erisian Movement is really more like a poem than like a science and that he is liable to be turned into a Precious Mao Button and Distributed to The Poor in The Region of Thud if he does not get hip. That always does the trick.)
Paraphrased from the Principia Discordia, "A Guide for Erisian Evangelists." All rights reversed.
This therefore proves that up is down, black is white, and CmdrTaco is in reality a Chalupa. Thus spake Zarathusthra.
This is a cool idea. If you hook up your laptop to the network directly, you should have no problems with those universities (those bastiches) that try to limit access to their labs to just students, by implementing some sort of password system. Along your route, I know that Illinois State University in Bloomington has some sort of wierd access policy, and you might have to show a card to get in or something.
Let's get a bunch of folxen together and meet in Springfield (about 4 hours south of Chicago), or maybe Bloomington (I know Springfield better), which is about 3 hours south of Chicago. I have friends in both cities, and I'm certain that we could find something interesting to do. Springfield has the Illinois State Museum, as well as the State Capital and a bunch of historic sites dealing with Abraham Lincoln. E-mail me if you are interested - kpeters@iname.com
I rather think that the original question was regarding IP Masquerading via Linux, and possibly *BSD. It may well be possible via Win98. I won't dispute that, as I don't know. But let's try to stay on topic here.
My question is: why must FTP be in passive mode when it is run from a host on a masqueraded net (the gateway itself excepted, of course)?
I really don't understand this. Why is MP3.com's stock selling so high? Don't get me wrong, I like MP3.com, very much. (Besides, they have Sister Machine Gun). But how are they going to make any money? Are ad revenues that good for them?
Ignore that post. There fnord are no Orbital Mind fnord Control Ray Satellites. The fnord Illuminati only exist in fnord a very weird book fnord by somebody who was fnord probably fried from too fnord much drug use.
Seriously, this sounds like something straight out of Snow Crash. You know, the guys who are constantly uploading images and commentary to this great huge database in the hope that someone will use it, and pay for it?
On the other hand, if this thing ever got to a reasonable price (it's currently listed at around $30K), there'd be a whole lot of geeks wearing these things to cons. I can just see it now....
"Ok, this girl in the chainmail bra is just plain yummy! I hope all you geeks at home are getting a good look at this!"
Of course, that's what *I'd* do, since I'm a lech.:)
A modern httpd has nothing to do with it. Some admins (like myself) would much rather use Lynx on a site that ought to be text-, rather than graphics-intensive. Yes, we won't be able to see all the pretty buttons from all their advertisers. I personally prefer to be able to set things up quickly and efficiently.
Not to belittle your anti-NSI sentiments, for I think NSI are generally right bastards, but you *could* be perceived as a trifle biased, since you do work for register.com.:)
Ahem. Not *all* of us are power hungry when we game. Although... one of my greatest joys is GMing Paranoia....
Hey, why doesn't someone write a Paranoia game for Linux? Not just that old text-adventure one, this one should have graphics! Fully rendered warbots! Transparent Bouncy Bubble Beverage! Hot Fun!
We have the technology...
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"squeak squeak squeak" (we have the technology, we can rebuild him)
"Squeak!" (Oh, no! A bird that eats rats!)
"Sqeak." (I'll handle this!)
Bird flies away with a black eye and a busted-up beak.
Ahem. What I *think* you're all referring to is an old story by Robert Heinlein, entitled "The Man Who Sold the Moon". A good story, and a wonderful insight into the basis of his "Future History" series, but still a story, AFAIK.
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USER: Damn it, Palm! Where is Mr. Lightbody's phone number? I need that, goddammit!
Palm: Hey! Don't blame me for your own idiocy! You never put it in me in the first place, you schmuck!
Take the discussion to its logical conclusion.
Pope Felix the Scurrilous.
Pope Felix the Scurrilous.
I'd like to know just what sort of criteria the producers will have for contestants. Will it be completely physical?
Pope Felix the Scurrilous.
Pope Felix the Scurrilous.
Before I begin, note that this discussion of religion veers a bit from the topic at hand, IMHO. Now that that's said....
As a Discordian, I am proud to say that we are quite evangelical, and will often pelt unbelievers with Cabbages, Rubber Chickens, or Haddock until they believe. If that don't work, we use logic. To wit (or from it):
'Did you know that God's name is Eris, and that He is a girl?' (if yes, we swear 'em in immediately! None of this wacky "baptism" or "confirmation". That just gives 'em time to run away. If no, on to step two)
'Well, He is, and His name is Eris!' (nine times out of 10, this gets 'em. If not, we try stradgedy...)
'But you must have Faith! I sure feel sorry for anybody who doesn't have faith. You know what happens to people who don't have Faith in Eris, don't you?' (if they don't, we don't cleverly explain that they will be turned into a Precious Mao Button in the Region of Thud. That would just be cruel. Instead we say, whilst wiping a tear from our eye...)
`All right, wiseguy, who do you think did all this, then?' (If they say, 'Nobody, just impersonal forces' We tell them,)
'You're absolutely right! Those impersonal forces have a name, and it is Eris!' (If he still remains obstinate, wonder of wonders, we get sly, and explain to him that sophisticated people like himself recognize that Eris is a Figurative Symbol for an Ineffable Metaphysical Reality and that The Erisian Movement is really more like a poem than like a science and that he is liable to be turned into a Precious Mao Button and Distributed to The Poor in The Region of Thud if he does not get hip. That always does the trick.)
Paraphrased from the Principia Discordia, "A Guide for Erisian Evangelists." All rights reversed.
This therefore proves that up is down, black is white, and CmdrTaco is in reality a Chalupa. Thus spake Zarathusthra.
This is a cool idea. If you hook up your laptop to the network directly, you should have no problems with those universities (those bastiches) that try to limit access to their labs to just students, by implementing some sort of password system. Along your route, I know that Illinois State University in Bloomington has some sort of wierd access policy, and you might have to show a card to get in or something.
Let's get a bunch of folxen together and meet in Springfield (about 4 hours south of Chicago), or maybe Bloomington (I know Springfield better), which is about 3 hours south of Chicago. I have friends in both cities, and I'm certain that we could find something interesting to do. Springfield has the Illinois State Museum, as well as the State Capital and a bunch of historic sites dealing with Abraham Lincoln. E-mail me if you are interested - kpeters@iname.com
Ye Pope
I rather think that the original question was regarding IP Masquerading via Linux, and possibly *BSD. It may well be possible via Win98. I won't dispute that, as I don't know. But let's try to stay on topic here.
My question is: why must FTP be in passive mode when it is run from a host on a masqueraded net (the gateway itself excepted, of course)?
I really don't understand this. Why is MP3.com's stock selling so high? Don't get me wrong, I like MP3.com, very much. (Besides, they have Sister Machine Gun). But how are they going to make any money? Are ad revenues that good for them?
Ignore that post. There fnord are no Orbital Mind fnord Control Ray Satellites. The fnord Illuminati only exist in fnord a very weird book fnord by somebody who was fnord probably fried from too fnord much drug use.
Seriously, this sounds like something straight out of Snow Crash. You know, the guys who are constantly uploading images and commentary to this great huge database in the hope that someone will use it, and pay for it?
:)
On the other hand, if this thing ever got to a reasonable price (it's currently listed at around $30K), there'd be a whole lot of geeks wearing these things to cons. I can just see it now....
"Ok, this girl in the chainmail bra is just plain yummy! I hope all you geeks at home are getting a good look at this!"
Of course, that's what *I'd* do, since I'm a lech.
A modern httpd has nothing to do with it. Some admins (like myself) would much rather use Lynx on a site that ought to be text-, rather than graphics-intensive. Yes, we won't be able to see all the pretty buttons from all their advertisers. I personally prefer to be able to set things up quickly and efficiently.
Joquendo:
:)
Not to belittle your anti-NSI sentiments, for I think NSI are generally right bastards, but you *could* be perceived as a trifle biased, since you do work for register.com.
Ahem. Not *all* of us are power hungry when we game. Although... one of my greatest joys is GMing Paranoia....
Hey, why doesn't someone write a Paranoia game for Linux? Not just that old text-adventure one, this one should have graphics! Fully rendered warbots! Transparent Bouncy Bubble Beverage! Hot Fun!
"squeak squeak squeak"
(we have the technology, we can rebuild him)
"Squeak!"
(Oh, no! A bird that eats rats!)
"Sqeak."
(I'll handle this!)
Bird flies away with a black eye and a busted-up beak.
The Bionic Rat. Coming soon to UPN!
Ahem. What I *think* you're all referring to is an old story by Robert Heinlein, entitled "The Man Who Sold the Moon". A good story, and a wonderful insight into the basis of his "Future History" series, but still a story, AFAIK.
They're dead.... *giggle*