There is absolutely no way, even if you had a MASSIVE array of them, that you could observe the light emitted by these LEDs with the naked eye. A standard LED emits many millions upon millions of photons every second, whilst these only emit a single one.
"I would like to hear about reasons why there is no effort to expand the capabilities of websites with language-plugins"
Probably because as a concept it just plain sucks. Why the hell do we need to add even more to our web browsers when what we have at present is already hugely bloated? Even Java applets almost go too far, but I suppose they make up the functionality that is needed and would only be duplicated by implementing even more client side scripting support.
"The right approach is to decompress ontlogogical entropism. You have to do this, or all you're left with is a lot of noise!"
This is not necessarily the case. If, as cited most notably by Hans Durghstein, we were to apply a series of semi-ontological entropy matrices to the decompression algorithm, we could effectively increase the speed of the retrograde inverses before they're due to be transposed!
When Mononoke was released here in Melbourne, Australia I can recall seeing the trailers for it in some cinemas. One thing that I, in my deranged way, found hillarious was the fact that while the "star voices" were being displayed, the cinema had projected "Original Japanese Dialogue - English Subtitles" below the screen;)
I'm glad I was never forced to sit through the bullshit redubbing that occurs all to often. Why can't people just be a little less lazy - it's not like it's stressful to read a few lines of dialogue when they're printed on the screen that you're looking at anyway. (Unless you're blind of course, in which case stick with the dubs;)
At my school, and many others here in Melbourne Australia, the whole student populous has their own personal laptop. In general, there's not a huge benefit. The only class I use it for is Information Systems (for coding in Java - ugh), and occasionally Physics (recording results, drawing graphs).
What can I say about compulsory student-laptop programmes in general? I don't see them as a good thing. I think an optional scheme would be much better, as there are plenty of people who hardly ever use their laptops, or have access to desktop computers at home that are perfectly suitable for what they need to do (write an essay, for example). On top of this many famalies cannot afford to shell out $2-3k for a decent laptop.
At my school they have a deal with a computer supplier which offers a 1 year parts, 3 year labour warranty, plus insurance, plus software at a not-too-unreasonable price. Twice a week or so they send out a technician to service the broken laptops, and we also have about three 'notebook service technicians' that look after staff and student problems. The system, in general, works pretty well.
They have several default install disk images that they stick on every laptop - this consists of Windows 98, drivers, Office 97, and a few curriculum-based software programmes. They don't really care if you install the OS of your choice (I personally run Slackware on mine), as long as you don't get up to any mischief. (In fact, they recently took down the MAC addresses of everyone's network cards due to some ARP spoofing that was going on - little do they realise I'm only an 'ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx...' away from anonymity)
Many posters have commented on the breakability of laptops when put in this kind of environment. In the beginning this was a bit of a problem, but the Toshiba laptops that they reccommend generally serve us pretty well. I've had my 440cdx fall out of my locker a couple of times with the only damage being a cracked case. I'd estimate that, from a student body of 800 or so, only 20 LCDs would be replaced in one year. Not too bad, really.
In any case, it's good to see the Yanks are catching up to where we've been for the past 6 years;)
I know more people who've ended up 4 years behind because of sport obsession than those who're behind because of video games. Anything that's enjoyable can be a distraction to an already disenchanted student.
There is one _massive_ improvement that Digital Video offers over film, and that is cost. Film costs tens of dollars per minute - video is rediculously cheap in comparison.
Re:IRC DOES need security..
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Secure IRC?
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Simple solution:
ssh to a box _outside_ work, and irc in. After that there's no way that a) they can sniff you, or b) they can prove that you're on irc;)
I've got an Apple Mac Plus, and another in the mail (through ebay). It's amazing how flexible those babies still are. (tcp/ip over ppp to access www, etc)
"is it a bit odd to be reporting on the disappearance of items that never existed in the first place".
On a more serious note, it's not really very odd at all. They're not really reporting the disappeareance of imaginary items, they're reporting the fact that certain values in an online database have suddenly gone awry. Hardly an 'odd' occurrence at all.
Zmodem was actually pretty good, but what whipped it's arse was HSLink. HSLink was absolutely great, it allowed you to chat to the sysop whilst transferring completely error-free, really really fast.
What'd be the fun in that? It'd just be a completely accurate computer generated representation of yourself - the real you would become obsolete;)
On a more serious note though, the trolling you do is a valuable service, and I doubt whether it could ever be automated accurately. Keep it real, bro, troll on!
Very frequently virii are named after some distinct portion of the code/scheme employed. A couple of examples:
The 'Melissa' virus named after the subject line (or was it sender?).
The 'Stoned' virus, after the 'Your computer is stoned!' message displayed on boot time.
The 'Concept' word macro virus, named simply after the macro itself. (Which was named 'concept' as it was a proof of concept virus)
And there are heaps more.
The point is, though, that if one wanted to write a virus that could scan for its own name on news sites, all one would have to do would be put some unique, memorable name or catchphrase somewhere within their infection/payload scheme. From there it would be trivial to predict what it would be labeled by the media...
Slashdot Mirror
There is absolutely no way, even if you had a MASSIVE array of them, that you could observe the light emitted by these LEDs with the naked eye. A standard LED emits many millions upon millions of photons every second, whilst these only emit a single one.
Shut up you whinging prat. There's no conspiracy here.
heh heh
clever in a simple way
Yeah, from what I gather at Defcon (and other "hacker" conferences) they actually try to spread knowledge!
"The real unitron has Slashdot ID 5733, but doesn't rate an impostor."
I've seen this hundreds of times, but what the hell does it mean?
"I would like to hear about reasons why there is no effort to expand the capabilities of websites with language-plugins"
Probably because as a concept it just plain sucks. Why the hell do we need to add even more to our web browsers when what we have at present is already hugely bloated? Even Java applets almost go too far, but I suppose they make up the functionality that is needed and would only be duplicated by implementing even more client side scripting support.
Or, check out my more advanced trojan:
;)
int main() {
return doStuff();
}
Can't even see it
"The right approach is to decompress ontlogogical entropism. You have to do this, or all you're left with is a lot of noise!"
This is not necessarily the case. If, as cited most notably by Hans Durghstein, we were to apply a series of semi-ontological entropy matrices to the decompression algorithm, we could effectively increase the speed of the retrograde inverses before they're due to be transposed!
We musn't forget our history, gentlemen.
I don't see how this is a bad thing. Sure, they're probably _using_ Linux for marketing, but at the same time they promote and develop for Linux.
It's a win-win situation for both the Linux community and IBM.
When Mononoke was released here in Melbourne, Australia I can recall seeing the trailers for it in some cinemas. One thing that I, in my deranged way, found hillarious was the fact that while the "star voices" were being displayed, the cinema had projected "Original Japanese Dialogue - English Subtitles" below the screen ;)
;)
I'm glad I was never forced to sit through the bullshit redubbing that occurs all to often. Why can't people just be a little less lazy - it's not like it's stressful to read a few lines of dialogue when they're printed on the screen that you're looking at anyway. (Unless you're blind of course, in which case stick with the dubs
"There's only one pair of Australian film critics I bother listening to. The other "critics" have no idea what they're doing."
I sincerely hope you're not talking about "The Movie Show"'s pair of twits. They are a couple of the least intelligent people I've ever seen.
At my school, and many others here in Melbourne Australia, the whole student populous has their own personal laptop. In general, there's not a huge benefit. The only class I use it for is Information Systems (for coding in Java - ugh), and occasionally Physics (recording results, drawing graphs).
;)
What can I say about compulsory student-laptop programmes in general? I don't see them as a good thing. I think an optional scheme would be much better, as there are plenty of people who hardly ever use their laptops, or have access to desktop computers at home that are perfectly suitable for what they need to do (write an essay, for example). On top of this many famalies cannot afford to shell out $2-3k for a decent laptop.
At my school they have a deal with a computer supplier which offers a 1 year parts, 3 year labour warranty, plus insurance, plus software at a not-too-unreasonable price. Twice a week or so they send out a technician to service the broken laptops, and we also have about three 'notebook service technicians' that look after staff and student problems. The system, in general, works pretty well.
They have several default install disk images that they stick on every laptop - this consists of Windows 98, drivers, Office 97, and a few curriculum-based software programmes. They don't really care if you install the OS of your choice (I personally run Slackware on mine), as long as you don't get up to any mischief. (In fact, they recently took down the MAC addresses of everyone's network cards due to some ARP spoofing that was going on - little do they realise I'm only an 'ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx...' away from anonymity)
Many posters have commented on the breakability of laptops when put in this kind of environment. In the beginning this was a bit of a problem, but the Toshiba laptops that they reccommend generally serve us pretty well. I've had my 440cdx fall out of my locker a couple of times with the only damage being a cracked case. I'd estimate that, from a student body of 800 or so, only 20 LCDs would be replaced in one year. Not too bad, really.
In any case, it's good to see the Yanks are catching up to where we've been for the past 6 years
A mirror of which is available here.
I know more people who've ended up 4 years behind because of sport obsession than those who're behind because of video games. Anything that's enjoyable can be a distraction to an already disenchanted student.
I, too, send my thanks.
/. that way? You couldn't even follow threads.
The way they were archived was a complete fuck-up. Does ANYBODY read
In any case, thanks and cheers.
There is one _massive_ improvement that Digital Video offers over film, and that is cost. Film costs tens of dollars per minute - video is rediculously cheap in comparison.
Simple solution:
;)
ssh to a box _outside_ work, and irc in. After that there's no way that a) they can sniff you, or b) they can prove that you're on irc
I've got an Apple Mac Plus, and another in the mail (through ebay). It's amazing how flexible those babies still are. (tcp/ip over ppp to access www, etc)
"is it a bit odd to be reporting on the disappearance of items that never existed in the first place".
On a more serious note, it's not really very odd at all. They're not really reporting the disappeareance of imaginary items, they're reporting the fact that certain values in an online database have suddenly gone awry. Hardly an 'odd' occurrence at all.
Zmodem was actually pretty good, but what whipped it's arse was HSLink. HSLink was absolutely great, it allowed you to chat to the sysop whilst transferring completely error-free, really really fast.
Ahh, back in the day. *sigh*
What'd be the fun in that? It'd just be a completely accurate computer generated representation of yourself - the real you would become obsolete ;)
On a more serious note though, the trolling you do is a valuable service, and I doubt whether it could ever be automated accurately. Keep it real, bro, troll on!
I already have, but I've decided not to use it ;)
Actually, it's configurable to be able to do anything from 'First Post!' to 'Imagine a Beowulf...' to 'Jon Katz sucks!!'
Yes, I was very bored.
"It's either buy Outlook "
Outlook Express is free with IE.
Me too. I've never, ever recieved a mail-worm-trojan-virus-whatever in my 10 years of internet use.
Weird.
- The 'Melissa' virus named after the subject line (or was it sender?).
- The 'Stoned' virus, after the 'Your computer is stoned!' message displayed on boot time.
- The 'Concept' word macro virus, named simply after the macro itself. (Which was named 'concept' as it was a proof of concept virus)
And there are heaps more.The point is, though, that if one wanted to write a virus that could scan for its own name on news sites, all one would have to do would be put some unique, memorable name or catchphrase somewhere within their infection/payload scheme. From there it would be trivial to predict what it would be labeled by the media...