You know, there's this feature in/. where you can mark people as your Foe. Then you can assign them -6 so you never see them again. It's like saying "Shut up I hate you, don't bug me ever again, you twit!" to that person. Not only that, but they get the slap in the face of knowing that you hate them whenever they look in their Freak list.
About them Script Kiddies, the internet's old plight. Goin' all around, usin' hacks they didn't write. Them Script Kiddies lurk the net, as devious little foes. Keep them admins well employed, and keeps them on their toes! When Script Kiddies learn a trick, it makes for one tight spot. If you ain't patched up to date, think again, because you ought. How to be a Script Kiddy, logon the net ad hoc. Google for the hack you want, and start your own havoc.
About them iPod Snobs, don't it make you sick? Goin' all around, enjoyin' they music. They listen on the bus, they listen on the plain. Showin' off for all to see, ain't it just a pain? Look at all those iPod Snobs, owning one is wrong. They can load enough to play three weeks worth of songs! How to be a iPod Snob, it's not very hard. Go to Apple's Store, and charge it on your card.
What if someone sets up a WiFi LAN just for file trading on their block? It's an open network, but there's no ISP at all. What would the RIAA do then, if they even noticed?
Kind of reminds me of my BBS days when you could uuencode files on and share on WWiVnet. Other than the phone company, there was no connectivity. Files could distribute over night by modem (2400 to 19200, yikes!), sometimes hopping multiple nodes, and no one would be the wiser.
About them WiFi Chalkers, ain't they fun to see? Goin' all around, chalkin' them AP! Them resourceful Chalkers, what a useful crowd. Showin' all the world, where the net's allowed. Look at all them WiFi Chalkers, demon drivin' through. AirPort, D-Link, and LinkSys, WEP passphrases too! How to be a WiFi Chalker, it's fun if you know how. Gitcha mobile WiFi kit, and stumble on them now.
This is in reference to "Them Poems" by Mason Williams, circa 1960's. In and of themselves, they have little if anything to do with geekness.
Personally, I'm tired of "In Soviet Russia..." form of humor. You might know I've even tried it. Always a let down in the karma department.
Yes, it is highly excessive. There's probably something wrong with me. However, I'll get bored of this very soon, and I'll move on to other methods of Karma gathering.
About them Modem Linkers, ain't they kinda odd? Goin' on the net, with they little baud. Look at all those Modem Linkers, what a thing to see. Web sites come up really slow, get's lousy Voice/IP. Internet at low bit rates, what a dawgon mess. Load a web site, take a break, while 'pache mods compress. How to be a Modem Linker, don't need a ticket. Get a local ISP, dial up and link it.
About them Java Coders, codin' here and there. Just like Gosling's Keynote said, Java's Everywhere! Them platform neutral Java Coders, runnin' hotspot mode. Keep them classes nice and neat, 'til it turns bytecode. Multi-threaded Runnables, and Serialization, keeps those members all in line, avoiding race condition. How to be a Java Coder, here's thee easy way: Go to sun.com's web site and get the SDK.
About them Open Sourcers, ain't they codin' warriors. Writing under licenses, coded by they lawyers. Some code on a payroll, but usually it's free. BSD to GPL, they code for all to see. Them happy slappy Open Sourcers, they rights shall not be lost. Keeping libs bug free because you just can't beat the cost. How to be an Open Sourcer, there's no hidden catch. Find an open project, 'n submit an open patch.
About them File Swappers, ain't it just wrong? Goin' all around swappin' them songs. Swappin' them Mp3s, and the movies, what the hey? Gettin' nasty threads from the RIAA. Look at those File Swappers tradin' up a torrent Waitin' 'til the fateful day they burst in with a warrant. How to be a File Swapper, don't need a ticket. Get a P2P app, click the file and swap it.
About them Apple Switchers, ain't they well informed goin' to and frow, switchn' they platform. Them banjo pickin' Apple Switchers, see how much they spent? They switch to stop blue screens of death or just to Think Different. Look at all those Apple Switchers, hey they even chicks! Some just switch to make a point, some just for the kicks. How to be an Apple Switcher, if you want to know? Take a trip to Apple's store and pony up the dough.
And crime. The linked article says this happens to genus and crime in young men. Why leave that off the article? Only 10% of Slashdot readers ever read the articles, so leaving that key piece of information off is a little irresponsible, since we know the reader's habits now.
Of course, I don't know why the average Slashdot reader would need to know either fact.
Then there was the Roman communication system. They'd take a torch, two buckets, and a ruler. One person held up the torch while the other person poured the water from one bucket to the other. When the ruler reached a particular mark, they stopped pouring, and lowered the torch.
The remote person who saw the torch would pour water into his own bucket. At that point, both the remote and local buckets were at the same level. The remote person would read the level with his own ruler.
The rulers both had the same pre-written messages, but if they had a lot of time, they could spell out custom messages too.
The most common message transmitted using this system was "asl?"
This reminds me of how data is collected for SETI@Home:
After the data is recorded onto tapes at Arecibo, they are shipped back to the SETI@home lab in Berkeley, California. The data are then broken up into workunits, which are sent out to the client screensaver program for candidate signal detection. So far, SETI@home has generated 189,598,882 workunits from the data received from Arecibo. SETI@home has split 1,139 tapes, meaning that the average tape yields 166,709 workunits. This is somewhat lower than the optimal yield of roughly 200,000 workunits per tape because of radio frequency interference, gaps in recording, problems with the recording equipment, etc.
I think a work unit is 65,536 bytes. Even if it takes a week to ship one tape, you can't beat that throughput! But the latency is the worst.
How do you know it's automated? For all you know, there's some room of people huddled around a bank of phones each with a computer. You know, the guys who work at the music stores who serve the same function? What do they call those guys?
When you pick up a pen in your own home, does the pen have a chain on it to remind you not to walk away with it? Maybe the refrigerator pen would, but a vast majority of pens in your home will not come with a chain because you don't want them.
That's what these DRMs remind me of. They're *supposed* to be a gentle reminder for you to not break the law yet allow fair use. The idea that you can circumvent a DRM and get in trouble is ludicrous, to me.
It's like my pen analogy. If you went to the store to buy a pen and *all* of the pens had chains on them, you'd have to buy a pen with a chain on it. Would you have to use the chain? Could you remove the chain? You certainly could remove the chain from your own pen.
I don't understand how fair use got so screwed up like this. Hey, shouldn't this article be on yro.slashdot.org?
This might be an opportunity for a someone in the US to handle shipping for people outside the US. They could also proxy returns, if they felt adventurous. Sure, they'd be exposing themselves to the aforementioned fraud, but if the business plan was well designed, there could be profit.
That just leaves services like iTunes. I'm sure Apple would not take too kindly to that service being proxied. But what's the harm in a merchandise proxy service? Not that I'm too interested in getting into that. Sounds too complicated for me (read: I'm just the idea man:).
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Get bent.
/. where you can mark people as your Foe. Then you can assign them -6 so you never see them again. It's like saying "Shut up I hate you, don't bug me ever again, you twit!" to that person. Not only that, but they get the slap in the face of knowing that you hate them whenever they look in their Freak list.
You know, there's this feature in
About them Script Kiddies,
the internet's old plight.
Goin' all around,
usin' hacks they didn't write.
Them Script Kiddies lurk the net,
as devious little foes.
Keep them admins well employed,
and keeps them on their toes!
When Script Kiddies learn a trick,
it makes for one tight spot.
If you ain't patched up to date,
think again, because you ought.
How to be a Script Kiddy,
logon the net ad hoc.
Google for the hack you want,
and start your own havoc.
2. They can limit VPC to use only windows products. This pushes their software over the competitors.
That alone would kill VPC.
About them iPod Snobs,
don't it make you sick?
Goin' all around,
enjoyin' they music.
They listen on the bus,
they listen on the plain.
Showin' off for all to see,
ain't it just a pain?
Look at all those iPod Snobs,
owning one is wrong.
They can load enough to play
three weeks worth of songs!
How to be a iPod Snob,
it's not very hard.
Go to Apple's Store,
and charge it on your card.
What if someone sets up a WiFi LAN just for file trading on their block? It's an open network, but there's no ISP at all. What would the RIAA do then, if they even noticed?
Kind of reminds me of my BBS days when you could uuencode files on and share on WWiVnet. Other than the phone company, there was no connectivity. Files could distribute over night by modem (2400 to 19200, yikes!), sometimes hopping multiple nodes, and no one would be the wiser.
About them WiFi Chalkers,
ain't they fun to see?
Goin' all around,
chalkin' them AP!
Them resourceful Chalkers,
what a useful crowd.
Showin' all the world,
where the net's allowed.
Look at all them WiFi Chalkers,
demon drivin' through.
AirPort, D-Link, and LinkSys,
WEP passphrases too!
How to be a WiFi Chalker,
it's fun if you know how.
Gitcha mobile WiFi kit,
and stumble on them now.
This is in reference to "Them Poems" by Mason Williams, circa 1960's. In and of themselves, they have little if anything to do with geekness.
..." form of humor. You might know I've even tried it. Always a let down in the karma department.
Personally, I'm tired of "In Soviet Russia
Yes, it is highly excessive. There's probably something wrong with me. However, I'll get bored of this very soon, and I'll move on to other methods of Karma gathering.
About them Modem Linkers,
ain't they kinda odd?
Goin' on the net,
with they little baud.
Look at all those Modem Linkers,
what a thing to see.
Web sites come up really slow,
get's lousy Voice/IP.
Internet at low bit rates,
what a dawgon mess.
Load a web site, take a break,
while 'pache mods compress.
How to be a Modem Linker,
don't need a ticket.
Get a local ISP,
dial up and link it.
About them Java Coders,
codin' here and there.
Just like Gosling's Keynote said,
Java's Everywhere!
Them platform neutral Java Coders,
runnin' hotspot mode.
Keep them classes nice and neat,
'til it turns bytecode.
Multi-threaded Runnables,
and Serialization,
keeps those members all in line,
avoiding race condition.
How to be a Java Coder,
here's thee easy way:
Go to sun.com's web site
and get the SDK.
About them Open Sourcers,
ain't they codin' warriors.
Writing under licenses,
coded by they lawyers.
Some code on a payroll,
but usually it's free.
BSD to GPL,
they code for all to see.
Them happy slappy Open Sourcers,
they rights shall not be lost.
Keeping libs bug free because
you just can't beat the cost.
How to be an Open Sourcer,
there's no hidden catch.
Find an open project,
'n submit an open patch.
Maybe it all depends on what your definition of the word is is.
Yeah, it's supposed to be threats but threads kind of works too. I'm correcting my personal archive to threats.
Thanks for your eloquent critique.
About them File Swappers,
ain't it just wrong?
Goin' all around
swappin' them songs.
Swappin' them Mp3s,
and the movies, what the hey?
Gettin' nasty threads
from the RIAA.
Look at those File Swappers
tradin' up a torrent
Waitin' 'til the fateful day
they burst in with a warrant.
How to be a File Swapper,
don't need a ticket.
Get a P2P app,
click the file and swap it.
About them Apple Switchers,
ain't they well informed
goin' to and frow,
switchn' they platform.
Them banjo pickin' Apple Switchers,
see how much they spent?
They switch to stop blue screens of death
or just to Think Different.
Look at all those Apple Switchers,
hey they even chicks!
Some just switch to make a point,
some just for the kicks.
How to be an Apple Switcher,
if you want to know?
Take a trip to Apple's store
and pony up the dough.
Maybe he's married?
;-) Damn spell check. It doesn't help when the misspelt word ends up being another valid word. I hate it when that happens.
Yup, with children
And crime. The linked article says this happens to genus and crime in young men. Why leave that off the article? Only 10% of Slashdot readers ever read the articles, so leaving that key piece of information off is a little irresponsible, since we know the reader's habits now.
Of course, I don't know why the average Slashdot reader would need to know either fact.
Then there was the Roman communication system. They'd take a torch, two buckets, and a ruler. One person held up the torch while the other person poured the water from one bucket to the other. When the ruler reached a particular mark, they stopped pouring, and lowered the torch.
The remote person who saw the torch would pour water into his own bucket. At that point, both the remote and local buckets were at the same level. The remote person would read the level with his own ruler.
The rulers both had the same pre-written messages, but if they had a lot of time, they could spell out custom messages too.
The most common message transmitted using this system was "asl?"
In Java, you're allowed to have:
++c++ ;
It only takes one geek. And he/she will just write an Ask Slashdot article anyway.
This reminds me of how data is collected for SETI@Home:
After the data is recorded onto tapes at Arecibo, they are shipped back to the SETI@home lab in Berkeley, California. The data are then broken up into workunits, which are sent out to the client screensaver program for candidate signal detection. So far, SETI@home has generated 189,598,882 workunits from the data received from Arecibo. SETI@home has split 1,139 tapes, meaning that the average tape yields 166,709 workunits. This is somewhat lower than the optimal yield of roughly 200,000 workunits per tape because of radio frequency interference, gaps in recording, problems with the recording equipment, etc.
I think a work unit is 65,536 bytes. Even if it takes a week to ship one tape, you can't beat that throughput! But the latency is the worst.
Just for the fun of it, someone should come up with the bluebox tone as a ringer. The redbox sounded pretty cool too.
Not that there's any use for that sort of thing these days...unless you find youself on an old 1ESS switch...even then.
It's automated...
How do you know it's automated? For all you know, there's some room of people huddled around a bank of phones each with a computer. You know, the guys who work at the music stores who serve the same function? What do they call those guys?
When you pick up a pen in your own home, does the pen have a chain on it to remind you not to walk away with it? Maybe the refrigerator pen would, but a vast majority of pens in your home will not come with a chain because you don't want them.
That's what these DRMs remind me of. They're *supposed* to be a gentle reminder for you to not break the law yet allow fair use. The idea that you can circumvent a DRM and get in trouble is ludicrous, to me.
It's like my pen analogy. If you went to the store to buy a pen and *all* of the pens had chains on them, you'd have to buy a pen with a chain on it. Would you have to use the chain? Could you remove the chain? You certainly could remove the chain from your own pen.
I don't understand how fair use got so screwed up like this. Hey, shouldn't this article be on yro.slashdot.org?
This might be an opportunity for a someone in the US to handle shipping for people outside the US. They could also proxy returns, if they felt adventurous. Sure, they'd be exposing themselves to the aforementioned fraud, but if the business plan was well designed, there could be profit.
:).
That just leaves services like iTunes. I'm sure Apple would not take too kindly to that service being proxied. But what's the harm in a merchandise proxy service? Not that I'm too interested in getting into that. Sounds too complicated for me (read: I'm just the idea man