I recently heard that some Chinese peasants have taken to collecting cast off computer scrap from dumps and rivers and are now using it in all sorts of ways. Can anyone shed any light on this?
"state residents have stockpiled more than 6 million obsolete monitors and TV sets in their homes."
Not obsolete! I've turned them into fishtanks ala http://mendax.org/article.php?article_id=388 "Scrap"! Bah! Old CD drive = cupholder Old boards can be recycled into clipboards and business card holders. The possibilities for the "junk" are endless.
So is this being given to handlers so that they're better able to direct the dogs? Or is this being used to determine additional areas that might be safe for humans. It doesn't seem like such a map would be too useful in determining stability.
If the candidates can find all this time to stop and campaign at elementary schools, surely it's worth a try to get them to answer some of our questions. Many of us can actually vote AND read above the third grade level.
If somebody stole your sig, you might want to talk to CmdrTaco and the guys. Maybe slashdot's little haxx0r's took off with it. {} and what's-his-face seem like amiable chums, they'll probably be willing to tell you what they did with your sig and then return it, 100% intact.
As an Amercian with a decent grounding in Dutch, let me say that it IS an obscure language. It's not THAT surprising that an American doesn't know. We have to learn about zillions of little countries. Nod off in history class one day and you'll totally miss Germany overrunning Holland.
It has been my experience that most every member of the younger Dutch generations DOES speak English...and Dutch...and possibly French....or German....or any number of another languages. It's impressive.
Photoshop 3.x was a long time ago. I think they're now on 6.0. Photoshop probably blocked it at 3.0 because Photoshop was not originally an Adobe product. Unix isn't Adobe's targetted market, so it got dropped. (Speculation, but makes sense)
On the other hand, Adobe Postscript is Unix based. (the interpreters and such) Seems like a contradiction.
We've got ISP Channel cable here on the SF Penninsula. It's AWFUL. We've wanted to switch to DSL for quite some time, but are barely out of range. Our cable service was down fully half of last month. When we wrote them a nasty note and only paid half the bill, we got no response. Just another bill for the other half. Both Tech. Support and Customer Service will have you on the phone for an hour plus on hold and even once you DO get someone on the phone they (of course) aren't at all helpful.
Avoid Cable Co-op/ISP Channel as a DSL Alternative. You might as well be on dialup.
Ruthie hollers across the house, laughing, "Hey! I've found a neat new hobby for us."
Response: "Woman! We play that game every damn day, only without the help of any GPS."
I blush and twitter nervously and next I know, the guys are talking about putting my key/wallet/cell IN a stash bucket so they can find them more easily AND get help from other stash hunters!
WTF?!?!?!?
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Seems even the prez is cashing in on the online XXX industry.
I think the going figure among/. folks back when this all first came out was that the hardware is pry about $3.00/unit (US) Including develpment costs factored in to some degree. IOW, they're cheap. We dissected one and there isn't miuch to it. A board, a couple pretty lights....
I might be able to help you in the SF area, oddly enough. I take it that you're coming here to take a contract that might go perm?
Ruthie - 1 NT Server, 1 NT Workstation, 1 Mac running OS 9, 2 little cuecats, lots of spare parts,and a Linux box running Red hat (to be sung to the 12 days of Christmas) (geeky enough for ya?)
Kerista was a large polygamous commune type set up in the San Francisco CA area. Everyone shared resources and responsibilities. I think it went defunct in the 80's.
Just don't let some bandwidth issues ruin your new happy little family!
Sealand IS going to be a data haven and cyber-kingdom unlike any other. There was a huge spread in Wired a while back, so I'm going from memory here.
First, some background:
Sealand is actually an old British military installation. For all puposes, think of it like an oil rig type platform out in the middle of the sea between Holland and the U.K. It's just a 3,500? sq. ft. platform with lots of anti-aircraft guns and the like. The Brits abandoned it after WWII and beacuse of it's location etc. when some crazy guy decided to take it over and declare it a soverign nation, Britan laughed and basically left him alone. So now Sealand (as the "king" declared it) is in a very unique position.
Fast Forward to the year 2000 Now add a bunch of venture capitalists and soe enterprising and slightly rebellious nerds and you've got yourself a haven like no other.
The Future for Sealand: Sealand is having massive amounts of hardware etc. brought on board and they're hopping to turn it into cyber mecca. Their touting themselves to customers as a GREAT opportunity for REAL security and REAL autonomy. Sealand is exempt from all laws but their own. Sealand does not allow childporn/corporate espinoge and some things like that, but if the feds ever want to see your email records/etc. and Sealand has them, you're clear. Sealand is going to be RABID about protecting their customers and the digital nation-state they've created.
Maybe someone else still has the article around, but it was quite an interesting read. When hell breaks loose, I'd certainly like these Sealand guys in my corner....
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Actually it's not even how you use it...it's how well your worst user uses it. Just like any security policy.
I used to be part of a company that evaluated companies for security holes on their networks. My job was to do profiling and actually social engineer "weak points". More than 2/3 of the time, our number one reccommendation to increase security had nothing to do with hardware or software really. Companies needed to educate their employees and set up procedures/plans of action against social engineers.
*wrinkles her nose* Ewww....arachnids.....
(I use hairspray and an Aim and Flame lol)
So if air is defined as: the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (Merriam Webster) should we really be calling it compressed air? Boy, does the stuff smell! *is reminded of "Whip-its*
If only I'd used the dictionary this often in college...:-)
But the dust justifies playing with the can of compressed air! After a friend's orange juice accident involving my printer I'm a)not convinced that "case" helped one iota! and b) Still very careful to keep my water/coffee/bawls/Mountain Dew (or other carbonated beverage) out of spill range.
That being said...why do they put those "cup holders" in the cases that slide out when I press that button? Perfect size for a cup! *g*
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You've got flower! *groan*
There has to be something to this......
OSU instate - 3K Out of state - 18K IIRC
Nicely put, indeed.
I recently heard that some Chinese peasants have taken to collecting cast off computer scrap from dumps and rivers and are now using it in all sorts of ways. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Not obsolete! I've turned them into fishtanks ala http://mendax.org/article.php?article_id=388 "Scrap"! Bah! Old CD drive = cupholder Old boards can be recycled into clipboards and business card holders. The possibilities for the "junk" are endless.
http://boston.com/news/packages/underattack/galler ies/dogs/1.htm
So is this being given to handlers so that they're better able to direct the dogs? Or is this being used to determine additional areas that might be safe for humans. It doesn't seem like such a map would be too useful in determining stability.
If the candidates can find all this time to stop and campaign at elementary schools, surely it's worth a try to get them to answer some of our questions. Many of us can actually vote AND read above the third grade level.
my karma whoring ways?
If somebody stole your sig, you might want to talk to CmdrTaco and the guys. Maybe slashdot's little haxx0r's took off with it. {} and what's-his-face seem like amiable chums, they'll probably be willing to tell you what they did with your sig and then return it, 100% intact.
-- Liefs, Ruthie (not my real name, my REAL name is a little too unique. haha)
It has been my experience that most every member of the younger Dutch generations DOES speak English...and Dutch...and possibly French....or German....or any number of another languages. It's impressive.
On the other hand, Adobe Postscript is Unix based. (the interpreters and such) Seems like a contradiction.
Avoid Cable Co-op/ISP Channel as a DSL Alternative. You might as well be on dialup.
Response: "Woman! We play that game every damn day, only without the help of any GPS."
I blush and twitter nervously and next I know, the guys are talking about putting my key/wallet/cell IN a stash bucket so they can find them more easily AND get help from other stash hunters!
WTF?!?!?!?
Seems even the prez is cashing in on the online XXX industry.
I think the going figure among /. folks back when this all first came out was that the hardware is pry about $3.00/unit (US) Including develpment costs factored in to some degree. IOW, they're cheap. We dissected one and there isn't miuch to it. A board, a couple pretty lights....
Ruthie - 1 NT Server, 1 NT Workstation, 1 Mac running OS 9, 2 little cuecats, lots of spare parts,and a Linux box running Red hat (to be sung to the 12 days of Christmas) (geeky enough for ya?)
ruthie
Just don't let some bandwidth issues ruin your new happy little family!
The place is called Sealand. Not an island tho' a structure. I posted more about it...
First, some background:
Sealand is actually an old British military installation. For all puposes, think of it like an oil rig type platform out in the middle of the sea between Holland and the U.K. It's just a 3,500? sq. ft. platform with lots of anti-aircraft guns and the like. The Brits abandoned it after WWII and beacuse of it's location etc. when some crazy guy decided to take it over and declare it a soverign nation, Britan laughed and basically left him alone. So now Sealand (as the "king" declared it) is in a very unique position.
Fast Forward to the year 2000
Now add a bunch of venture capitalists and soe enterprising and slightly rebellious nerds and you've got yourself a haven like no other.
The Future for Sealand:
Sealand is having massive amounts of hardware etc. brought on board and they're hopping to turn it into cyber mecca. Their touting themselves to customers as a GREAT opportunity for REAL security and REAL autonomy. Sealand is exempt from all laws but their own. Sealand does not allow childporn/corporate espinoge and some things like that, but if the feds ever want to see your email records/etc. and Sealand has them, you're clear. Sealand is going to be RABID about protecting their customers and the digital nation-state they've created.
Maybe someone else still has the article around, but it was quite an interesting read. When hell breaks loose, I'd certainly like these Sealand guys in my corner....
I used to be part of a company that evaluated companies for security holes on their networks. My job was to do profiling and actually social engineer "weak points". More than 2/3 of the time, our number one reccommendation to increase security had nothing to do with hardware or software really. Companies needed to educate their employees and set up procedures/plans of action against social engineers.
Certainly the MacAquarium will be on the list...
Maybe I'll be able to gather ideas about what to do with my P3 and case...ya know....seeing as the P4 isn't compatible and all....
So if air is defined as: the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (Merriam Webster) should we really be calling it compressed air? Boy, does the stuff smell! *is reminded of "Whip-its*
If only I'd used the dictionary this often in college... :-)
That being said...why do they put those "cup holders" in the cases that slide out when I press that button? Perfect size for a cup! *g*