Interesting how Kahle talks about the top 10,000 sites getting 80% of the web's traffic... But what does that say for Alexa when his site can somehow handle 30TerraBytes of crap, but can't handle a little traffic boost from/.
My oven can cook a turkey twice as fast now that I'm running ME. I've also noticed that my answering machine now picks up on the 2nd ring, instead of the 4th ring when I was using Win98.
If ME is that good, I think whistler might be able to end world hunger, or stop inner city violence. I love microsoft.
There's a guy at the office that has the nastiest keyboard I've ever seen. Not only does it smell bad, but there is a thick layer of slimy silly-putty-like stuff covering all the keys... food residue? I had the luxury of editing some code on his machine today and it's a great way to boost productivity, ala "I need to finish to get away from this keyboard!!".
In the meantime, IE users can turn off the browser's scripting capabilities, on which IE persistence depends.
The first thing to do immediately after installing ie5+ (before it uploads the contents of your hard drive to microsoft;) is to disable scripting support! We've learned this from past experience with the never ending barrage of virii (viruses for the layman) that are in reality scripting exploits!! Since 'persistence' depends on scripting support, can we assume it's a virus? Maybe. Maybe not. The best bet is to not use m$ software. Period.
So to safely distribute DeCSS: make up your own form of scrambling. Distribute DeCSS and
your own associated copyrighted content (say an essay about how you feel about the case) scrambled with your form scrambler. Distribute the descrambling tool separately
Why make up my own scrambler... can't I just scramble it with DeCSS? Then, could I legally distribute my DeCSS code to descramble the DeCSS code? Oooh... think of the possibilities... it's like... ummm... trying to create a black hole by sucking up a vacuum cleaner with itself.
I hope that english will be obsolete in 52001, and human beings will advance to being able to use C++ as a spoken language. Think about it.. not only would one be able to share ideas via spoken language, but one could share logic as well.
--cr@ckwhore
Just think... the ancient egyptians and sumerians before them were probably working on a similar project thousands of years ago... somebody in a discussion forum probably brought up the notion that future people wouldn't be able to decipher their language, so they left us with the "lowest common denominator", visual cave drawings that we barely understand. In modern times we actually understand sanskrit (language of sumerians) better than symbolic drawings.
On that notion, we're only talking about a few thousand years ago. 50,000 years!! Wow is that ambitious! I can't even comprehend what 50,000 years will do with human evolution. Given the fact that our technology is growing at an exponential rate, 50,000 years from now, human beings may be creating our own universes. Perhaps we will be able to spawn life as well. 50,000 years from now, can we realistically expect evolved human beings to be able to read our "data"? I doubt it. Even if they could read the data, should the medium survive 50,000 years of the harshest environment known to man, I doubt they'd be able to understand it. However, maybe my lack of perception is what makes me think they wouldn't be able to understand our message from the distant past.
Sure, I'll be happy to contribute to it. I guess, there is a small chance that it could mean something in the future. Is that really the point? Or is it that I FEEL as though I'm going to leave an impression on a distant future generation.
I'm sure that almost every./ reader has experienced the dork next door begging for your help. You know, the guy that constantly destroys his PC and is generally dangerous with a mouse?
This law is written right into that person's lap. Most of these ignorant, "bought my pc because it came with aol", consumers can't make the determination to distinguish whether a problem is a result of the OS rather than the hardware. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "this computer is a piece of sh*t", when the more correct phrase is "win98 is a piece of sh*t".
So, should we expect to see a deluge of law suits filed by people who crash the software they use, and simply believe they were sold a "lemon" PC? Interesting to think about. Where is the line drawn between a PC and the bundled software distribued with it?
Now, go fix your neighbors PC and do the right thing. Install Linux.
Aucbvax.1365
fa.arpa-bboard
utzoo!duke!mhtsa!eagle!ucbvax!WESTINE@USC-ISIF
Tue May 19 16:46:46 1981
RFC 780 now available
A new RFC is now available in the NIC online library at SRI-KL.
RFC 780:
Title: Mail Transfer Protocol
Author: S. Sluizer and J. Postel
Pages : 43
pathname: [SRI-KL]RFC780.TXT
Defines the new Mail Transfer Protocol (MTP) to be used for
Internet Text Mail. Designed to be used with both TCP and NCP.
Public access files may be copied from the NIC library at SRI-KL
via FTP with username NICGUEST and password ARPA.
I'm not sure if you were really trying to be funny or are actually serious.
If you're serious, check out RapidQ... forget the others, especially Xbasic. Xbasic is limited.
RapidQ is a semi-object oriented language, that is a sort of hybrid between Basic and C++...you can code just about anything you want, and compile it for solaris, BSD, linux, m$windows, etc... including GUI, Text, or CGI apps. (single executibles for you windows fans!)
I've been using it in it's Beta form for over a year now and have been testing and participating in it's development. It's a closed source language, open licensing and is FREEWARE. It's extremely stable as well.
Seriously, I'm entering the contest and writing in RapidQ.
I watched this (it should have higher ratings than survivor) and it's very cool! I'm actually considering building one of my own... that desire will probably wear off in a week, but I may as well waste my own cpu cycles thinking about it.
I checked out their website and read the rules. They recommend using PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) transceivers to minimize interference among the many controllers around the competition. There is NOT any rule about hacking the PCM signal of your opponent!! Whadda'ya think? How about a bot that uses some high tech weaponry, rather than saw blades and missles. Let's get smart here...
Anyway, I like this show and I think it should stay around for a while. The website mentioned that 16 more episodes are scheduled for the upcoming tournament in November, somewhere in Las Vegas.
I'm surprised nobody is commenting on it, but am I the only one to notice the anti-linux bias in this article?
The first 1/2 of the article is filled with terms describing linux as "drab" and scary for most users... the author even goes so far as to say that gnome is an attemp to make Linux seem like M$Windows! The author is obviously not completely informed about Linux/X/Gnome, because he even made gnome sound like it's the first GUI for linux... as if Linux is soooo scary that it didn't even have a gui until now!
I'm surprised this article didn't first appear in the internal M$ corporate newsletter. I don't really appreciate the negative spin on this... linux, and especially Gnome are far superior to m$ and everyone knows it. I'd like to see an article with a spin leaning the other way.
As we all know, the media contradicts itself on a daily basis. They even go as far as to *gasp* LIE! What really surprises me is the lack of coverage about this latest Micro$oft security hole! You're absolutely right that Red Hat and the open source community as a whole came under frivolous attack over the piranha issue. The Microsoft SQL 7.0 default password problem is probably more dangerous and more widespread then piranha. For that we can thank the widespread use of Micro$oft's top of the line, high quality, efficient, bug free NT operating system. (sarcasm detected)
Let's look at how the media is contradicting themselves on this issue.
Remember the extreme media coverage during the Microsoft trials? Remember how it was in the top stories for weeks? Understand how it is the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT that is fighting Micro$oft? Why is the media giving them a free pass now, when we all know that the media is the little darling child of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? Does this make any sense?!?! NO!!
An anology: today you're supposed to stop at red lights and go on green. Tomorrow is a different day... perhaps we will stop on green and go on red. See what I mean?
Conclusion: The media has simply stuck itself in another contradiction that the mass blithering idiotic public won't see or understand. I like the theory that somehow Micro$oft is being carried under the wings of the media to hide this major security flaw. But of course, that doesn't make sense because the media is on the Government's side attacking Micro$oft... one would think that they would be all over this like a pack of rapid dogs! Where's the sanity?
Perhaps we can assume that Micro$oft has the ability to buy media coverage, or buy the lack of it. Perhaps they paid the media to focus on piranha. Perhaps they paid the media to ignore SQL 7.0. Perhaps I'm not a micro$oft fan... actually, it's definite and I haven't been for a long time.
As horrible as the office in the story sounds, the office I work in is exactly the opposite and hurts just as bad.
Florescent lighting lights the entire office. The ceiling is composed of a white-ish gray drop tile ceiling, the floor is covered with a short bluish-gray carpet, and to finish the whole "gray" decor theme, every inch of every wall is gray.
I'm on gray overload. Gray is such a bland, neutral color... typical of many stuffy offices where people live "neutral", uneventful lives.
So here I am, working in a color deprivated environment, no wall decorations allowed, a place where the green colored power light on my box is a pleasure to look at.
We don't have an "anti-clutter" policy. I have a rather large desk (it is gray) and I keep a large amount of "stuff" piled on it... programming references, database layout bibles, software specs, etc...
Here's a suggestion: get a laptop and work on the couch in your office's lobby! Not only is it relaxing, comfortable, but it may also make a statement!
Does anybody find it strange that the BBC is reporting breaking news from NASA? The BBC?!?! What?
Despite that... this is very cool! NORAD already tracks thousands of pieces of space debris, which are very threatening to space travel, and someday, space-living.
I'm curious whether this technology is related to the decade of research for the "Star Wars" defense initiative?
I agree that RemarQ is the #1 web based newsreader... It's awesome for reading complete threads.
Somebody should build another newsreader with the same type of thread layout... unfortunately, I don't have time or resources to do so. Anybody feel like it?
I just boughta cheap ($129 us dollars) box the other day from egghead.com... it's basically a 200mhz, 64MB RAM, diskless box with linux on a 16MB flash rom. It's a kick-ass little box, perfectly setup to be a webserver, etc... How much cheaper does the "Linux in a box" project need to get? Is $129 enough? If so, contact fujitsu, the MFG of this box.
Slashdot Mirror
I have a huge pile of AOL cds... Hey, lets built a battlebot!
--cr@ckwhore
get Helix Gnome.
Interesting how Kahle talks about the top 10,000 sites getting 80% of the web's traffic... But what does that say for Alexa when his site can somehow handle 30TerraBytes of crap, but can't handle a little traffic boost from /.
cheers
--cr@chwore
Say what? Well, I know what you mean.
My oven can cook a turkey twice as fast now that I'm running ME. I've also noticed that my answering machine now picks up on the 2nd ring, instead of the 4th ring when I was using Win98.
If ME is that good, I think whistler might be able to end world hunger, or stop inner city violence. I love microsoft.
Seriously man... get linux.
--cr@ckwhore
There's a guy at the office that has the nastiest keyboard I've ever seen. Not only does it smell bad, but there is a thick layer of slimy silly-putty-like stuff covering all the keys... food residue? I had the luxury of editing some code on his machine today and it's a great way to boost productivity, ala "I need to finish to get away from this keyboard!!".
Enjoy
--ChrisB
In the meantime, IE users can turn off the browser's scripting capabilities, on which IE persistence depends.
The first thing to do immediately after installing ie5+ (before it uploads the contents of your hard drive to microsoft ;) is to disable scripting support! We've learned this from past experience with the never ending barrage of virii (viruses for the layman) that are in reality scripting exploits!! Since 'persistence' depends on scripting support, can we assume it's a virus? Maybe. Maybe not. The best bet is to not use m$ software. Period.
This really stinks.
--cr@ckwhore
Why make up my own scrambler... can't I just scramble it with DeCSS? Then, could I legally distribute my DeCSS code to descramble the DeCSS code? Oooh... think of the possibilities... it's like... ummm... trying to create a black hole by sucking up a vacuum cleaner with itself.
--cr@ckwhwore
I hope that english will be obsolete in 52001, and human beings will advance to being able to use C++ as a spoken language. Think about it.. not only would one be able to share ideas via spoken language, but one could share logic as well. --cr@ckwhore
Just think... the ancient egyptians and sumerians before them were probably working on a similar project thousands of years ago... somebody in a discussion forum probably brought up the notion that future people wouldn't be able to decipher their language, so they left us with the "lowest common denominator", visual cave drawings that we barely understand. In modern times we actually understand sanskrit (language of sumerians) better than symbolic drawings.
On that notion, we're only talking about a few thousand years ago. 50,000 years!! Wow is that ambitious! I can't even comprehend what 50,000 years will do with human evolution. Given the fact that our technology is growing at an exponential rate, 50,000 years from now, human beings may be creating our own universes. Perhaps we will be able to spawn life as well. 50,000 years from now, can we realistically expect evolved human beings to be able to read our "data"? I doubt it. Even if they could read the data, should the medium survive 50,000 years of the harshest environment known to man, I doubt they'd be able to understand it. However, maybe my lack of perception is what makes me think they wouldn't be able to understand our message from the distant past.
Sure, I'll be happy to contribute to it. I guess, there is a small chance that it could mean something in the future. Is that really the point? Or is it that I FEEL as though I'm going to leave an impression on a distant future generation.
--cr@ckwhore
Very interesting quote... if I start quoting out my web design like this, can I really get $2m for some ALT tags?
A web design quote might look like this:
META tags = $540,000
IMG ALT tags = $2,000,000
A HREF tags = $45,000,000
TITLE tags = $30,000 per page
hmmm.. somebody's getting ripped off.
--cr@ckwhore
I'm sure that almost every ./ reader has experienced the dork next door begging for your help. You know, the guy that constantly destroys his PC and is generally dangerous with a mouse?
This law is written right into that person's lap. Most of these ignorant, "bought my pc because it came with aol", consumers can't make the determination to distinguish whether a problem is a result of the OS rather than the hardware. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "this computer is a piece of sh*t", when the more correct phrase is "win98 is a piece of sh*t".
So, should we expect to see a deluge of law suits filed by people who crash the software they use, and simply believe they were sold a "lemon" PC? Interesting to think about. Where is the line drawn between a PC and the bundled software distribued with it?
Now, go fix your neighbors PC and do the right thing. Install Linux.
--cr@ckwhore
This is awesome... who knew? Check out this post:
Aucbvax.1365
fa.arpa-bboard
utzoo!duke!mhtsa!eagle!ucbvax!WESTINE@USC-ISIF
Tue May 19 16:46:46 1981
RFC 780 now available
A new RFC is now available in the NIC online library at SRI-KL.
RFC 780:
Title: Mail Transfer Protocol
Author: S. Sluizer and J. Postel
Pages : 43
pathname: [SRI-KL]RFC780.TXT
Defines the new Mail Transfer Protocol (MTP) to be used for
Internet Text Mail. Designed to be used with both TCP and NCP.
Public access files may be copied from the NIC library at SRI-KL
via FTP with username NICGUEST and password ARPA.
--jon.
--Cr@ckwhore
I'm not sure if you were really trying to be funny or are actually serious.
If you're serious, check out RapidQ... forget the others, especially Xbasic. Xbasic is limited.
RapidQ is a semi-object oriented language, that is a sort of hybrid between Basic and C++...you can code just about anything you want, and compile it for solaris, BSD, linux, m$windows, etc... including GUI, Text, or CGI apps. (single executibles for you windows fans!)
I've been using it in it's Beta form for over a year now and have been testing and participating in it's development. It's a closed source language, open licensing and is FREEWARE. It's extremely stable as well.
Seriously, I'm entering the contest and writing in RapidQ.
Check it out http://www.basicguru.com/abc/rapidq
--cr@ckwhore
I watched this (it should have higher ratings than survivor) and it's very cool! I'm actually considering building one of my own... that desire will probably wear off in a week, but I may as well waste my own cpu cycles thinking about it.
I checked out their website and read the rules. They recommend using PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) transceivers to minimize interference among the many controllers around the competition. There is NOT any rule about hacking the PCM signal of your opponent!! Whadda'ya think? How about a bot that uses some high tech weaponry, rather than saw blades and missles. Let's get smart here...
Anyway, I like this show and I think it should stay around for a while. The website mentioned that 16 more episodes are scheduled for the upcoming tournament in November, somewhere in Las Vegas.
--cr@ckwhore
I'm surprised nobody is commenting on it, but am I the only one to notice the anti-linux bias in this article?
The first 1/2 of the article is filled with terms describing linux as "drab" and scary for most users... the author even goes so far as to say that gnome is an attemp to make Linux seem like M$Windows! The author is obviously not completely informed about Linux/X/Gnome, because he even made gnome sound like it's the first GUI for linux... as if Linux is soooo scary that it didn't even have a gui until now!
I'm surprised this article didn't first appear in the internal M$ corporate newsletter. I don't really appreciate the negative spin on this... linux, and especially Gnome are far superior to m$ and everyone knows it. I'd like to see an article with a spin leaning the other way.
--cr@ckwhore
You make my point! Thanks
vote.com rushlimbaugh.com drudgereport.com newsmax.com
Say what? You've got boogers around your mouse ball? That's your problem. Not ours.
--CrackwhoreAs we all know, the media contradicts itself on a daily basis. They even go as far as to *gasp* LIE! What really surprises me is the lack of coverage about this latest Micro$oft security hole! You're absolutely right that Red Hat and the open source community as a whole came under frivolous attack over the piranha issue. The Microsoft SQL 7.0 default password problem is probably more dangerous and more widespread then piranha. For that we can thank the widespread use of Micro$oft's top of the line, high quality, efficient, bug free NT operating system. (sarcasm detected)
Let's look at how the media is contradicting themselves on this issue.
Remember the extreme media coverage during the Microsoft trials? Remember how it was in the top stories for weeks? Understand how it is the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT that is fighting Micro$oft? Why is the media giving them a free pass now, when we all know that the media is the little darling child of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? Does this make any sense?!?! NO!!
An anology: today you're supposed to stop at red lights and go on green. Tomorrow is a different day... perhaps we will stop on green and go on red. See what I mean?
Conclusion: The media has simply stuck itself in another contradiction that the mass blithering idiotic public won't see or understand. I like the theory that somehow Micro$oft is being carried under the wings of the media to hide this major security flaw. But of course, that doesn't make sense because the media is on the Government's side attacking Micro$oft... one would think that they would be all over this like a pack of rapid dogs! Where's the sanity?
Perhaps we can assume that Micro$oft has the ability to buy media coverage, or buy the lack of it. Perhaps they paid the media to focus on piranha. Perhaps they paid the media to ignore SQL 7.0. Perhaps I'm not a micro$oft fan... actually, it's definite and I haven't been for a long time.
--cr@ckwhore
As horrible as the office in the story sounds, the office I work in is exactly the opposite and hurts just as bad.
Florescent lighting lights the entire office. The ceiling is composed of a white-ish gray drop tile ceiling, the floor is covered with a short bluish-gray carpet, and to finish the whole "gray" decor theme, every inch of every wall is gray.
I'm on gray overload. Gray is such a bland, neutral color... typical of many stuffy offices where people live "neutral", uneventful lives.
So here I am, working in a color deprivated environment, no wall decorations allowed, a place where the green colored power light on my box is a pleasure to look at.
We don't have an "anti-clutter" policy. I have a rather large desk (it is gray) and I keep a large amount of "stuff" piled on it... programming references, database layout bibles, software specs, etc...
Here's a suggestion: get a laptop and work on the couch in your office's lobby! Not only is it relaxing, comfortable, but it may also make a statement!
Regards
--Cr@ckwhore
(Stay away from GRAY)
ahhhhhh... sweet movie
Does anybody find it strange that the BBC is reporting breaking news from NASA? The BBC?!?! What?
Despite that... this is very cool! NORAD already tracks thousands of pieces of space debris, which are very threatening to space travel, and someday, space-living.
I'm curious whether this technology is related to the decade of research for the "Star Wars" defense initiative?
--cr@ckwhore
I agree that RemarQ is the #1 web based newsreader... It's awesome for reading complete threads.
Somebody should build another newsreader with the same type of thread layout... unfortunately, I don't have time or resources to do so. Anybody feel like it?
--cr@ckwhore
I just boughta cheap ($129 us dollars) box the other day from egghead.com... it's basically a 200mhz, 64MB RAM, diskless box with linux on a 16MB flash rom. It's a kick-ass little box, perfectly setup to be a webserver, etc... How much cheaper does the "Linux in a box" project need to get? Is $129 enough? If so, contact fujitsu, the MFG of this box.
--cr@ckwhore
Sounds like a router waiting to happen...
--cr@ckwhore