This just made me recall a quote from a book I read a while ago:
"What is the most effective Windows NT remote management tool? A car."
- Network Intrusion Detection, An Analyst's Handbook
2nd Edition, 2000
Stephen Northcutt et al, page 147
Don't mean to do some Windows-bashing, but I remember I was laughing out loud when I read that.
At school I was developing a web-based system to register cars getting into the parking lot.
I was amusing myself by using foul language in all the error messages:
"Yeah, f*cking right... can't register it without a f*cking name you piece of sh*t, isn't it obvious?"
"You f*cking ass**le, you didn't put in the license plate number... geez, you're an idiot!"
And so on...
Funny part was, I was heading to make my presentation to the people who were gonna run it... and 15 minutes earlier I remembered I hadn't taken the messages out... had to grep like crazy every curse word I knew... because I didn't remember all the places I had placed them in.
I managed, but I was really nervous that I had missed some and the Physical Plant director could see the program cursing at him when he made a mistake.
Well, there was a story some time ago on/. (too lazy to look it up) about Google complaining it's name being labeled as a verb... because it wouldn't be able to complain for other companies using it, right?
How about:
"Come google with us! At Microsoft Network."
That's where Everything2 comes into play, do a search for "In Soviet Russia" you get:
In Soviet Russia (idea) by Andux (3.6 min) (print) ? 1 C! Sun Dec 08 2002 at 7:08:19
A joke originated by Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff,* which, years later, turned into a meme on Something Awful (thanks, anotherone), and then spread to Fark, where it eventually attained a level of popularity great enough to necessitate filtering. In November of 2002, it was introduced to Slashdot, and by the end of the month had attained a level of popularity rivaling that of CowboyNeal.
Although the joke is often mangled by those looking for cheap laughs and easy karma (as was AYBABTU before it), it's quite possible to create a Soviet Russia for almost any occasion with just a few simple steps:
1. Take a sentence,
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2. switch around the subject and the object (for second person imperative sentences (e.g., "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those."), you will, of course, have to add the subject first),
The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox.
3. ensure that the verb(s) are in the proper tense,
The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox.
4. (optional) remove words and/or change spellink to create effect of Russian accent (or simply trim the superfluous crap),
lazy dog jumps over quick brown fox.
5. prepend "In Soviet Russia," and change punctuation and emphasis to taste.
In Soviet Russia, lazy dog jumps over quick brown fox!
6. Share and Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any losses of karma, tarnished reputations, lynchings, atrocities, or global thermonuclear wars that occur as a result of the use, misuse, or disuse of this writeup. In Soviet Russia, memes node YOU!
*There's some debate as to what the original "Soviet Russia" joke was. Augusta says it was "In Los Angeles, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, the Party can always find YOU," while BrooksMarlin remembers it being "...television watches YOU!" Google and Yakov.com both seem to be silent on the subject.
Well, as long as if asked for a beer it doesn't give me something that tastes almost, but not quite, completely unlike beer... then they're on the right track...
No, seriously, they do, whenever I'm on the road with some friends (geeks and non geeks), we will always be on the lookout for sign posts:
"Hey! We've just crossed Km 2^8 !!"
Just this morning we were in this shop and a friend couldn't help himself telling another:
"Look, you just payed $2^5 in books =)"
"The three-dimensional effect is visible as the viewer looks from side to side or up and down, with viewing angles of over 100 degrees - more than three times that of a conventional hologram."
Will software companies ever get to do this, they seem to be always charging more for their work... and it's cheaper to copy a CD than to copy a processor...
Then again, that's a two way blade, it's easier for people to pirate their software than to pirate their chips...
Judge: "You're not allowed to listen to any kind of music, buy a CD, play a CD, go near a MP3 player or any other contact with music you could be able to have for the following 5 years. By that time, your probation officer will evaluate your status and decide you could start listening to some Britney Spears"
It is said that most people wont wait more than 30 seconds for a webpage to load...
I've seen many webpages loaded with stuff to make it "nicer", I bet coming up with a simple attractive page is more challenging than a robust and attractive webpage.
Though the term "attractive" could mean different to different individuals: "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", so a webpage should be designed to it's public.
Slashdot Mirror
And for an extended "shit happens" review:
Shit Happens
The new one, with Mplayer 0.90_rc5 doesn't show (or at least I didn't notice!!) any delay on the audio.
With 2 and 3 I needed to use:
mplayer -delay -10.9 program0xA3B1____640_dl.mov
mplayer -delay -10.9 detect_640_dl.mov
I get it with wget, it get's cut (and it did several times), it just resumes where it left.
I don't watch TV... but I have seen those in movie trailers and teasers when going to the theater.
"AOL keyword: [insert movie short name here]"
I always thought the pill generated a "nightmare" simulation, the final goal: to scare the shit out of you and wake up from your "dream".
Meanwhile, they're tracking the powerplants to see where there's a "disturbance", so they can find you and go get you.
Just my 2 cents.
p.s. No, I haven't read the article, can't get to it.
Well, if you're worried about your productivity... reading & posting on Slashdot isn't going to help you much ;)
This just made me recall a quote from a book I read a while ago:
"What is the most effective Windows NT remote management tool?
A car."
- Network Intrusion Detection, An Analyst's Handbook
2nd Edition, 2000
Stephen Northcutt et al, page 147
Don't mean to do some Windows-bashing, but I remember I was laughing out loud when I read that.
At school I was developing a web-based system to register cars getting into the parking lot.
I was amusing myself by using foul language in all the error messages:
"Yeah, f*cking right... can't register it without a f*cking name you piece of sh*t, isn't it obvious?"
"You f*cking ass**le, you didn't put in the license plate number... geez, you're an idiot!"
And so on...
Funny part was, I was heading to make my presentation to the people who were gonna run it... and 15 minutes earlier I remembered I hadn't taken the messages out... had to grep like crazy every curse word I knew... because I didn't remember all the places I had placed them in.
I managed, but I was really nervous that I had missed some and the Physical Plant director could see the program cursing at him when he made a mistake.
Well, there was a story some time ago on /. (too lazy to look it up) about Google complaining it's name being labeled as a verb... because it wouldn't be able to complain for other companies using it, right?
How about:
"Come google with us! At Microsoft Network."
>I attribute the moan hoax to the schemings of the
>cheese industry. If we knew the truth,
>international cheese prices would plummet.
Oh! So what China wants is to mine cheese from the moon, so they can have another product to sell us!
Now everything seems to fall into place...
That's where Everything2 comes into play, do a search for "In Soviet Russia" you get:
In Soviet Russia
(idea) by Andux (3.6 min) (print) ? 1 C! Sun Dec 08 2002 at 7:08:19
A joke originated by Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff,* which, years later, turned into a meme on Something Awful (thanks, anotherone), and then spread to Fark, where it eventually attained a level of popularity great enough to necessitate filtering. In November of 2002, it was introduced to Slashdot, and by the end of the month had attained a level of popularity rivaling that of CowboyNeal.
Although the joke is often mangled by those looking for cheap laughs and easy karma (as was AYBABTU before it), it's quite possible to create a Soviet Russia for almost any occasion with just a few simple steps:
1. Take a sentence,
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2. switch around the subject and the object (for second person imperative sentences (e.g., "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those."), you will, of course, have to add the subject first),
The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox.
3. ensure that the verb(s) are in the proper tense,
The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox.
4. (optional) remove words and/or change spellink to create effect of Russian accent (or simply trim the superfluous crap),
lazy dog jumps over quick brown fox.
5. prepend "In Soviet Russia," and change punctuation and emphasis to taste.
In Soviet Russia, lazy dog jumps over quick brown fox!
6. Share and Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any losses of karma, tarnished reputations, lynchings, atrocities, or global thermonuclear wars that occur as a result of the use, misuse, or disuse of this writeup.
In Soviet Russia, memes node YOU!
*There's some debate as to what the original "Soviet Russia" joke was. Augusta says it was "In Los Angeles, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, the Party can always find YOU," while BrooksMarlin remembers it being "...television watches YOU!" Google and Yakov.com both seem to be silent on the subject.
Well, as long as if asked for a beer it doesn't give me something that tastes almost, but not quite, completely unlike beer... then they're on the right track...
awww... I hate ketchup, it's more like tomato marmelade...
The proper way to eat fries (chips) is with vinegar!
Hmmm... fish & chips... salt & vinegar!
Something like "lembas meat" =)
It can keep you full for days...
So, he'd make a good Arthur Dent?
Numbers that stand out to me:
. .
0,1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096..
I've never known why, they just sort of do...
No, seriously, they do, whenever I'm on the road with some friends (geeks and non geeks), we will always be on the lookout for sign posts:
"Hey! We've just crossed Km 2^8 !!"
Just this morning we were in this shop and a friend couldn't help himself telling another:
"Look, you just payed $2^5 in books =)"
Some of them get it... some of them don't...
Which makes it really convenient for him... I mean not buying it... he can point the finger and complain, without any physicall evidence.
SETI signals, space noise ambience... how about:
/proc/kcore > /dev/dsp
cat
Now, that's something different =)
From the site, and I quote:
"The three-dimensional effect is visible as the viewer looks from side to side or up and down, with viewing angles of over 100 degrees - more than three times that of a conventional hologram."
So, it's not a "walk-around" thing.
Will software companies ever get to do this, they seem to be always charging more for their work... and it's cheaper to copy a CD than to copy a processor...
Then again, that's a two way blade, it's easier for people to pirate their software than to pirate their chips...
Judge: "You're not allowed to listen to any kind of music, buy a CD, play a CD, go near a MP3 player or any other contact with music you could be able to have for the following 5 years. By that time, your probation officer will evaluate your status and decide you could start listening to some Britney Spears"
Though I agree that it is sort of useless, it doesn't take the coolnes away, hehe =)
Speaking of coolnes, I'd think a better enhancement for Beer Mugs would be to fix them up with some of these and keep your beer cold all the time...
Bears have a very good sense of smell, that could make sniffing packets a whole lot more effective =)
Puting your interfaces in promiscous mode while plugged into RealDoll could cause the network to missbehave.
It is said that most people wont wait more than 30 seconds for a webpage to load...
I've seen many webpages loaded with stuff to make it "nicer", I bet coming up with a simple attractive page is more challenging than a robust and attractive webpage.
Though the term "attractive" could mean different to different individuals: "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", so a webpage should be designed to it's public.