I don't want to help someone who could help me sell more machines.
Where oh where has all the logic gone? Is this a new MBA course they're teaching? Internet Business Thinking - How to make money by not selling anything. ?!?!!?!?
Yes, it is true, Microsoft actually did write these memos.
They were written by a group of individuals in the DTPOSF department (Distract Those Pesky Open Source Flunkies) and leaked to Slashdot for the purpose of slowing down progress.
By getting all of us to stop what we're doing, comment on how stupid they are and how much they phear us, they have accomplished exactly what they were organized to do - distract us.
So quit your gawking and get back to coding, we have an empire to destroy...
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Dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Windows(tm).
after all, millions of video game players would give their left control-pad thumbs...
I knew there was a reason why other people seemed to be better than I was at Quake. But knowing they had more than one LEFT THUMB makes me realize how handicapped I was in those games...
Cool technology though.. I guess we are getting to that future we were wondering about 10 years ago..
And let's say the viscosity of air is 1 and that of water is 2. Then the energy to push the glider through water is twice as high as it would be in air.
That may all be fine and dandy, and you may be correct in the sense that it would take twice the energy to push this object through the water as oposed to through the air. However, there's a gaping hole to your theory:
The fact that the UAV needs to remain IN THE AIR, while the AUV can just FLOAT greatly reduces the amount of energy it will require. And if you create it with blow tanks and other such technology, that would allow it to remain at a certain depth WITHOUT the need to spend ANY energy, making it even more efficient than the UAV.
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You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got something.
you really should learn more before giving someone money
Well, given the author's claims that it would revolutionize encryption, I think that a 1000th stake in such a product could actually prove to be quite lucrative. Of course, at this point I admit I am making two mistakes, the first one is of believing of such a marvelous invention, and second, believing he would ackwnoledge that I helped!
Either way, I just quit smoking a pack a day, so I have around $35/week to play around with.. $20 to this guy might just be as bad as 4 packs of cigs without the cancerous effects..;)
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A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems.
Just because you patent the information, does not mean that it cannot be made available to the Open Source community. There is plenty of software out there that is available for free for personal use, but requires licensing for business use.
Patenting the software will ensure that *YOU* get some of that dough, while ensuring that *YOU* decide how it is going to be used, and who will use it. If you do not patent it, chances are that someone else will figure out a way to patent something extremely similar to it, and then charge *YOU* to use your software.
If you need some help with the $20k, let me know. I am almost sure you can raise it by asking 1000/.'ers for $20 each.. I know I'll be more than happy to help!
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Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
"If you're going to manipulate small things, you need small tools," says Keith Jackson
And I bet you that if you ask his wife, she has a completely different opinion on the size of the tools!
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Yes, it's early. I need my coffee.. oh yeah, it's humor too!
OVER-REACTING, the American Pasttime...
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Want Freedom?
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· Score: 2
Real Life
Very often we heard of threats. We knew people were being investigated. The FBI kept track of people at home, and the CIA did likewise abroad. Plans were sometimes disrupted by the arrest of a ring-leader.
Computer World
Advisories are sent out. Big gaping holes are found in widely used software. Viruses destroy systems and bring networks to their knees. The CERT sends out advisories. McAfee writes anti-virus software to stop the chaos.
The Reality
What do these two paragraphs have in common? The fact that until something does happen, no one gives a rats butthole. So often we heard the threats, of both acts of terrorism, and of someone having the ability to penetrate our corporate systems. But it's not until it has happened that the people in charge allow themselves to take action. Yes, a knee jerk reaction at that.
Take our rights away! Shut down the network! Monitor all communications of all residents of the country! Do not allow any web surfing to occur any more! Spend whatever it takes to secure our country! Spend whatever it takes to secure our network!
Yes, not everyone is an expert in security, whether it'd be national security, or network/system security. But if your organization is fortunate enough to have a person that knows what they are talking about, do yourself, and your organization a favor. Listen to them! Take their advice and put prophylactic measures in place, so that if/when there is an attack, you are better prepared for it and you don't have to make yourself look like a fool running around like a chicken without it's head when something bad does happen.
Most of all, remember the old cliche "prepare for the worst, but hope for the best". The worst that can happen is that you could be ready for something that never happens.
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This rant is brought to you by your local chapter of Geeks Against Morons in Power.
New Haven, Conn. (OSDNews) -- Federal investigators descended on the front door of SatireWire's Andrew Marlatt armed with search warrants and cease and desist notices.
Marlatt, who just recently announced his retirement from the web site, is now the focus of an investigation focusing on financial dealings with himself. In a memo obtained by OSDNews, we have learned that Mr. Marlatt awarded himself quite a hefty sum of money as a settlement for firing himself. When questioned about it, Mr. Marlatt replied "I had that in my contract. I had told myself that if I ever wanted to quit, I was not going to walk away with nothing. And just because I am taking 100% out of the company should not mean I am trying to steal all it's funds!"
President Bush, speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed concerned regarding such shady dealings and was quoted as saying "this is exactly the type of deals we need to stop. How can it be that someone can work hard to build something, then shut it down and take all the profits? I might need to have the IRS investigate this character!".
Meanwhile, the Slashdot community was both saddened by the news, and upset at the fact Mr. Marlatt had not bought doughnuts for them.
We contacted CowboyNeal via telephone, but were unable to make out what he said over the incredible sobbing noises he was making.
Internet, Aug. 27, 2002 - The Technology Research News (www.trnmag.com), which recently wrote an article on how Net Traffic mimics earthquakes, experienced an earthquake that shattered their networks, and brought down their servers. The earthquake measure 8.4 on the CmdrTaco TEBCF scale (time elapsed before complete failure).
News Correspondent Kimberly Patch had this to say via her cell phone connection: "one minute we're up and working, next thing you know everything just went crazy. People were screaming and running out of the building. I tried to keep calm, but at one point, knowing the magnitude of things, I paniced and ran out of the building screaming bloody murder!"
A representative from OSDN was quoted as saying: "heh.. heh.. umm.. heh heh.. nice huh?".
Calls to slashdot.org were not immediately returned.
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(Score: +1 Funny, +1 Interesting, +1 Too Much Time on Hands)
Let the NSA continue it's research into securing the Linux Kernel. Then they can Certify it for Government Use ONLY.
Now this in my book does not compete with American Companies because as far as I know, there's no one out there who is trying to build a Linux kernel *just* for the government..
Besides, how many of you are going to trust the NSA enough to have a SE Linux box in your home LAN?
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To err is human.. and then there was Microsoft...
It's just that it's going to come in 78 3 1/2 inch floppies.
Of course, since Mac's do not come with floppies any more, this is going to be quite a challange to get it installed on a non-networked system. <snicker>
--- After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
I would hate to be manipulated in a shakedown of my own company
Bruce,
There are plenty of researchers who have contracts with companies, which of course prevents them from publicizing their bug discoveries. One of the most notable ones would be Georgi Guninski and Netscape/AOL. While you and I may have jobs at large companies, why would it be wrong for us to make some money by doing our research and charging companies for our work?
I wrote an email to an individual in response to his BugTraq comments, and in this email I gave him the following example:
When a car manufacturer puts out a car, and some unlucky bastard finds out of a flaw in the vehicle,this unlucky bastard never gets sued for finding this flaw in the car. On the other hand, he might be the one who gets most of the money from a lawsuit of some sort. The rest of the cars just get recalled and the problem fixed.
Software vendors should be held as accountable as car manufacturers, especially if a flaw in their software can cause monetary harm to companies running this software.
HP's attempt at preventing the disclosure of this problem would be equal to Ford and Firestone threatening the families of the crash survivors from making this information public.
Does that seem right to you? My guess is that it doesn't, since you were willing to risk a DMCA debacle on yourself.
The issue is not of liking or disliking HP/Compaq. The issue here is of common sense. Just because you have 12 billion dollars in the bank does not mean you are above the law, and it does not mean that you should be allowed to write crappy code which could cost companies money, and individuals their privacy.
-thrill
--- The world is coming to an end... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!!
Re:Why a social robot?
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Social Robot?
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Recognizing human emotional states and predicting their responses from facial expressions and actions is one of the things humans do best...<snip>... rather than having them try to do things we're GOOD at.
Bwuahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!
Sorry.. but if we're so good at recognizing emotions and predicting responses from facial expressions, then why are there so many divorces? That alone is proof that we SUCK at recognizing each other's needs..
On that note, maybe I'll start work on AICounselor_v1.0Beta.tar.gz now.. I'm sure GRACE would enjoy that module.
--- With all things being equal.. well, no, that's boring..
Slashdot Mirror
... film at 11.
I am a business.
I want to make money.
I make money with every machine I sell.
I want to sell lots of machines.
I don't want to help someone who could help me sell more machines.
Where oh where has all the logic gone? Is this a new MBA course they're teaching? Internet Business Thinking - How to make money by not selling anything. ?!?!!?!?
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Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations:
Negative expectations yield negative results.
Positive expectations yield negative results.
... You'd be better off moving to Linux on your critical enterprise servers.
;)
I don't think MySQL is susceptible to this worm...
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If God had wanted you to go around nude, He would have given you bigger hands.
... everyone already owns at least one copy of Michael Jackson's Thriller album!
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Great minds run in great circles.
Yes, it is true, Microsoft actually did write these memos.
They were written by a group of individuals in the DTPOSF department (Distract Those Pesky Open Source Flunkies) and leaked to Slashdot for the purpose of slowing down progress.
By getting all of us to stop what we're doing, comment on how stupid they are and how much they phear us, they have accomplished exactly what they were organized to do - distract us.
So quit your gawking and get back to coding, we have an empire to destroy...
---
Dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Windows(tm).
after all, millions of video game players would give their left control-pad thumbs...
I knew there was a reason why other people seemed to be better than I was at Quake. But knowing they had more than one LEFT THUMB makes me realize how handicapped I was in those games...
Cool technology though.. I guess we are getting to that future we were wondering about 10 years ago..
---
Schizophrenia beats being alone.
And let's say the viscosity of air is 1 and that of water is 2. Then the energy to push the glider through water is twice as high as it would be in air.
That may all be fine and dandy, and you may be correct in the sense that it would take twice the energy to push this object through the water as oposed to through the air. However, there's a gaping hole to your theory:
The fact that the UAV needs to remain IN THE AIR, while the AUV can just FLOAT greatly reduces the amount of energy it will require. And if you create it with blow tanks and other such technology, that would allow it to remain at a certain depth WITHOUT the need to spend ANY energy, making it even more efficient than the UAV.
---
You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got something.
you really should learn more before giving someone money
;)
Well, given the author's claims that it would revolutionize encryption, I think that a 1000th stake in such a product could actually prove to be quite lucrative. Of course, at this point I admit I am making two mistakes, the first one is of believing of such a marvelous invention, and second, believing he would ackwnoledge that I helped!
Either way, I just quit smoking a pack a day, so I have around $35/week to play around with.. $20 to this guy might just be as bad as 4 packs of cigs without the cancerous effects..
---
A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems.
Just because you patent the information, does not mean that it cannot be made available to the Open Source community. There is plenty of software out there that is available for free for personal use, but requires licensing for business use.
/.'ers for $20 each.. I know I'll be more than happy to help!
Patenting the software will ensure that *YOU* get some of that dough, while ensuring that *YOU* decide how it is going to be used, and who will use it. If you do not patent it, chances are that someone else will figure out a way to patent something extremely similar to it, and then charge *YOU* to use your software.
If you need some help with the $20k, let me know. I am almost sure you can raise it by asking 1000
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Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
You are correct.. it is service. I guess I'll go restart my SMTPd daemon instead.. ;)
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Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #19:
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies have been performed on dead people.
How bout DNS Server?
Although I've never really liked M$, I did work as an NT admin for a while. So with that in mind, I'll say "welcome aboard!", glad to have you! ;)
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"We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"
Maybe LucasFilms is more your take. I hear they're doing nifty things with Linux boxes up there..
;)
Of course, I've also heard you can make thousands working from home with HerbaLife..
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Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, manage.
"If you're going to manipulate small things, you need small tools," says Keith Jackson
And I bet you that if you ask his wife, she has a completely different opinion on the size of the tools!
---
Yes, it's early. I need my coffee.. oh yeah, it's humor too!
Real Life
Very often we heard of threats. We knew people were being investigated. The FBI kept track of people at home, and the CIA did likewise abroad. Plans were sometimes disrupted by the arrest of a ring-leader.
Computer World
Advisories are sent out. Big gaping holes are found in widely used software. Viruses destroy systems and bring networks to their knees. The CERT sends out advisories. McAfee writes anti-virus software to stop the chaos.
The Reality
What do these two paragraphs have in common? The fact that until something does happen, no one gives a rats butthole. So often we heard the threats, of both acts of terrorism, and of someone having the ability to penetrate our corporate systems. But it's not until it has happened that the people in charge allow themselves to take action. Yes, a knee jerk reaction at that.
Take our rights away! Shut down the network! Monitor all communications of all residents of the country! Do not allow any web surfing to occur any more! Spend whatever it takes to secure our country! Spend whatever it takes to secure our network!
Yes, not everyone is an expert in security, whether it'd be national security, or network/system security. But if your organization is fortunate enough to have a person that knows what they are talking about, do yourself, and your organization a favor. Listen to them! Take their advice and put prophylactic measures in place, so that if/when there is an attack, you are better prepared for it and you don't have to make yourself look like a fool running around like a chicken without it's head when something bad does happen.
Most of all, remember the old cliche "prepare for the worst, but hope for the best". The worst that can happen is that you could be ready for something that never happens.
---
This rant is brought to you by your local chapter of Geeks Against Morons in Power.
New Haven, Conn. (OSDNews) -- Federal investigators descended on the front door of SatireWire's Andrew Marlatt armed with search warrants and cease and desist notices.
Marlatt, who just recently announced his retirement from the web site, is now the focus of an investigation focusing on financial dealings with himself. In a memo obtained by OSDNews, we have learned that Mr. Marlatt awarded himself quite a hefty sum of money as a settlement for firing himself. When questioned about it, Mr. Marlatt replied "I had that in my contract. I had told myself that if I ever wanted to quit, I was not going to walk away with nothing. And just because I am taking 100% out of the company should not mean I am trying to steal all it's funds!"
President Bush, speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed concerned regarding such shady dealings and was quoted as saying "this is exactly the type of deals we need to stop. How can it be that someone can work hard to build something, then shut it down and take all the profits? I might need to have the IRS investigate this character!".
Meanwhile, the Slashdot community was both saddened by the news, and upset at the fact Mr. Marlatt had not bought doughnuts for them.
We contacted CowboyNeal via telephone, but were unable to make out what he said over the incredible sobbing noises he was making.
---
Thank you Andrew! You made us all laugh!
Internet, Aug. 27, 2002 - The Technology Research News (www.trnmag.com), which recently wrote an article on how Net Traffic mimics earthquakes, experienced an earthquake that shattered their networks, and brought down their servers. The earthquake measure 8.4 on the CmdrTaco TEBCF scale (time elapsed before complete failure).
News Correspondent Kimberly Patch had this to say via her cell phone connection: "one minute we're up and working, next thing you know everything just went crazy. People were screaming and running out of the building. I tried to keep calm, but at one point, knowing the magnitude of things, I paniced and ran out of the building screaming bloody murder!"
A representative from OSDN was quoted as saying: "heh.. heh.. umm.. heh heh.. nice huh?".
Calls to slashdot.org were not immediately returned.
---
(Score: +1 Funny, +1 Interesting, +1 Too Much Time on Hands)
holy shit you guys
have you lost your mind today?
or are you stupid?
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If a President doesn't do it to his wife, he'll do it to his country.
Let the NSA continue it's research into securing the Linux Kernel. Then they can Certify it for Government Use ONLY.
Now this in my book does not compete with American Companies because as far as I know, there's no one out there who is trying to build a Linux kernel *just* for the government..
Besides, how many of you are going to trust the NSA enough to have a SE Linux box in your home LAN?
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To err is human.. and then there was Microsoft...
"Next booth I visited was Trolltech's"
/. trolls were so well organized to have their own company...
Wow.. didn't know the
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It is very difficult to prophesy, especially when it pertains to the future.
How does DMR stand for Digital Remastering?
Maybe it stands for Digital Movie Remastering?
As for my choice of movies to watch on Imax.. hmmm.. I think any James Bond movie would be great! Imagine all those chase scenes...
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It is bad luck to be superstitious.
May have been weak, but at least I did it without wimping out and posting anonymously..
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You will be surprised by a loud noise.
It's just that it's going to come in 78 3 1/2 inch floppies.
Of course, since Mac's do not come with floppies any more, this is going to be quite a challange to get it installed on a non-networked system. <snicker>
---
After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
I would hate to be manipulated in a shakedown of my own company
... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!!
Bruce,
There are plenty of researchers who have contracts with companies, which of course prevents them from publicizing their bug discoveries. One of the most notable ones would be Georgi Guninski and Netscape/AOL. While you and I may have jobs at large companies, why would it be wrong for us to make some money by doing our research and charging companies for our work?
I wrote an email to an individual in response to his BugTraq comments, and in this email I gave him the following example:
When a car manufacturer puts out a car, and some unlucky bastard finds out of a flaw in the vehicle,this unlucky bastard never gets sued for finding this flaw in the car. On the other hand, he might be the one who gets most of the money from a lawsuit of some sort. The rest of the cars just get recalled and the problem fixed.
Software vendors should be held as accountable as car manufacturers, especially if a flaw in their software can cause monetary harm to companies running this software.
HP's attempt at preventing the disclosure of this problem would be equal to Ford and Firestone threatening the families of the crash survivors from making this information public.
Does that seem right to you? My guess is that it doesn't, since you were willing to risk a DMCA debacle on yourself.
The issue is not of liking or disliking HP/Compaq. The issue here is of common sense. Just because you have 12 billion dollars in the bank does not mean you are above the law, and it does not mean that you should be allowed to write crappy code which could cost companies money, and individuals their privacy.
-thrill
---
The world is coming to an end
Recognizing human emotional states and predicting their responses from facial expressions and actions is one of the things humans do best ...<snip>... rather than having them try to do things we're GOOD at.
Bwuahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!
Sorry.. but if we're so good at recognizing emotions and predicting responses from facial expressions, then why are there so many divorces? That alone is proof that we SUCK at recognizing each other's needs..
On that note, maybe I'll start work on AICounselor_v1.0Beta.tar.gz now.. I'm sure GRACE would enjoy that module.
---
With all things being equal.. well, no, that's boring..