Didn't they just replace a few thousand of these PMT's? Could they just put the old ones back in for the time being? Might not be as sensitive, but it's better than not getting any at all!
CNN has a story about botulinum toxin being used to treat back pain. Has anyone ever been treated with this stuff? I've heard it being used for people with twitchy eyelids and other spasms, numbing (read: killing) specific nerve endings. The toxin itself is one of the nastiest neurotoxins around, and sometimes pops up in canned foods. Another article.
Try spreading decss with something like this. You could force-mirror any reasonable size files with this kind of trojan mechanism. 'Educational viruses'. There would be a disadvantage of brutally harsh pr for your cause by media and govt, but it might be balanced by the need for survival of the software or information.
I guess X10 does have other products. It's a disturbing site if you're looking for something tame like devices for handicap remote control and automation.
Bluetooth, whenever it appears in volume, would be a good communication tool for this kind of system. No extra wires. It's supposed to be single-chip capable, cheap (after a bit), and later phases have a range of up to 100m.
What does this have to do with handicap access? This is a site that pushes wireless cameras. They've spammed the entire web, and now they're spamming/.? How much are you guys getting paid for that? I think there must be plenty of relevant sites to link to that actually involve tools for the handicapped.
I wouldn't imagine a resume to solely consist of open source projects. I'm working for a telecom firm now, and they wouldn't be excited if I asked to show a potential future employer some of the proprietary code I've written. For myself, I'd like to get involved in an open source java project, so I can at least point to a wad of code that I've contributed to, and not just rely on the guessing game of an interview for cred. The more I contribute, the better the project gets (hopefully), and the more my work appears throughout the code. If I started my own project, it'd be even better: Team lead. I think at worst employers would find it odd, and ignore it, at best, for the quality experience it probably is. Detroit
Until a couple of years ago I loved these guys. I still hang on to their albums, and get all warm and fuzzy when someone bothers to play them on the radio, but this is really sad. Ulrich must be having trouble on the down payment for his fourth Spanish Villa. Market woes drag him down. So he goes for his fans to get the cash flowing back in. Fuck him. Fuck them all. I've had the black album from the day it came out, but now, I want to watch it burn. I want all of these albums to roast. I want a whole bonfire of metallica albums, big enough to see from L.A. Metallica can't possible suffer from this kind of attention. They can only get stronger. The only ones Metallica screws are its fans, if there are any left. Screw you, you glam rock alternative pansies. There's fifty bands lined up to take your spot, and it's about time they do.
Cryptome has an article on upcoming hearings to reassess the copyright circumvention clause of the DMCA. It has an email address for comments until Mar 31. This is a chance to chip away at the excessive controls on IP by the commercial sector. One could submit suggestions and ideas, especially from bigger groups and experts (relevant testimony to the advantages and drawbacks). Please be responsible and reasonable, though - this looks like a pretty formal process.
Zoid, Is there perhaps a way you could list some id-suggested optimizations that people can do on their linux boxen to improve performance? There are a few 'q3a on linux' pages out there, but you guys have a unique perspective...
Who do advertisers pay right now? Web sites, newspapers, cable networks... The internet should make advertising more direct, like the 'free computer' deal. If an advertiser paid me some fraction of a cent everytime he exposed me to some relevant or 'positioned' product, I would despise the marketing industy a lot less. As is, I have to pay for cable, then still put up with shi**y commercials.
I like the idea of satellite radio. It's ten bucks a month, and no commercials. Now, say there was an option to pay five bucks a month, or perhaps nothing, and yet put up with commercial plugs. Fine. But give me a choice.
d
Re:UFCW - geek version of a union
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Well, 'fraternal' kinda alienates our sisters in the workforce. I imagine the IEEE has a good cross-section of geeks, too; may be underpopulated on the IT end, but they're politically active...
Anyhow. The talk of how unions are bad isn't very progressive (for lack of a good vocab). Old school unions were formed often in industries made up of big factories with thousands of workers, and they could shut the places down by striking as a whole. IT geeks are more individually stocked at companies and aren't as directly concerned with job security as with conditions and political representation. So what could our version of a union do? It could be political in a very geekly generic sense (since I doubt we'd agree on many specific, complex issues): fight FUD and the hype BS that bureaucrats feed the public, address whatever gov't/industry actions are in the interest of the majority. (I can already see the flames leaping). There must be a way for members to compromise on key issues, allowing room for differing opinions, and giving all member groups access to what could be a very loud voice in Washington. If we can't agree or even tolerate varied opinions, then we'll be seen as the juveniles that America already thinks we are.
In the workforce, it's doubtful anyone is interested in wage setting for our salaried positions that are doing pretty well in thefree market. But the organization could side with a member on individual cases of bias, possibly providing legal advice or assistance. It would provide members with whatever companies don't (especially temps/consultants): health plans, insurance, access to industry stats, individual company policies and history of employees' treatment, whatever we can think of and implement.
There would also have to be some form of support for the organization. Even if it's as small as one person redirecting all of our emails, someone will have to be full-time, and someone else will have to pay him/her. Companies sure as hell won't do this for us, so we will have to ask some pittance of dues from our members' coffers, which, filled at an average $18/hr, shouldn't be too badly damaged.
High school students are an interesting twist. Maybe do like the IEEE does but stretch student membership (perhaps at no charge to them) and representation down to pre-college, protecting the geeks of the future. Somehow. Exposing the foolishness of some schools' policies would help, but in a more proactive, helpful way, we could serve as advisors to schools on tech policies and 'special students' needs.' Hmm. Have to be careful about that one...
Well, I hope some organization comes of this - if we stay open minded it could eventually get sculpted into something pretty cool.
But 'on the market' won't be (as some reports suggest) until early/mid 2000. K7, PIIIs will be near a GHz by then, and with SMP, they're not exactly being left in the dust. Though I do like the specs, and if they can keep it under $400 it'll be good speed for da money.
these midcraft people are at least nervy. They have the balls to say that they'll redo the tests... if linus helps them. I think that's great, only if they get bill to come and config the nt box.
the tiebreaker could be linus and bill mud wrestling for the title of software king!
unless I'm waaay off, MPEG is the Motion Picture something Group and their Layer three sound compression is a standard, right? If anything, apple bought fraunhofer's(sp) algorithm for the codec.
I don't see much in either.plan about problems with linux. They have to have some issues, like driver/ glide issues, something.
ALSO: Is this damn game multithreaded or not? The general opinion was on yes, then the Man porting glide to linux says no. And will there be any way around it no q3a or glide smp support? Pmesa?
150 megs sounds nice to me. just change the compression algorithm on the rom, eh? Someone must have thought of this and why it should not be or it would. Eh?
If there is a movie made about mitnick and shimomura, using the proper names of both, and intentionally misrepresenting the facts, can mitnick sure for defamation? Four years is really a long time to spend for breaking and entering, too. Rapists don't get that long.
guess it's not a joke... there's an awfully long writeup on his site about the situation. Long enough to be whining, actually. He goes off on aol and remarks on the good ol days... Is mozilla doing that badly, or is this a pr stunt?
The Simpsons definitely preached. Even in its peak, it would have an occasional episode where Lisa would stand in front of SimpsonTV and tell everyone what (I guess we're censored now)s they are. Then they all feel bad and go home. Then there was the episode lately that ended with homer eating his pet lobster. I missed the moral of that one....
yeah. there's a kernel option for an additional term-only head, in 2.2.x at least...
I heard cormack was working on multi-head for q3a. I think I might become something horrible if I had three, four monitors surrounding me during ctf. dribble, dribble, slurp.
I'd like to get the newer cards, but also not spend weeks trying to get both the 2d and 3d going. If someone would provide a plug and play package for that, I'd pay good money. Wait, I mean, I'd support their open source project...;)
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Didn't they just replace a few thousand of these PMT's? Could they just put the old ones back in for the time being? Might not be as sensitive, but it's better than not getting any at all!
poof
CNN has a story about botulinum toxin being used to treat back pain. Has anyone ever been treated with this stuff? I've heard it being used for people with twitchy eyelids and other spasms, numbing (read: killing) specific nerve endings. The toxin itself is one of the nastiest neurotoxins around, and sometimes pops up in canned foods. Another article.
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Jeff
Try spreading decss with something like this. You could force-mirror any reasonable size files with this kind of trojan mechanism. 'Educational viruses'. There would be a disadvantage of brutally harsh pr for your cause by media and govt, but it might be balanced by the need for survival of the software or information.
... . . .
I guess X10 does have other products. It's a disturbing site if you're looking for something tame like devices for handicap remote control and automation.
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Bluetooth, whenever it appears in volume, would be a good communication tool for this kind of system. No extra wires. It's supposed to be single-chip capable, cheap (after a bit), and later phases have a range of up to 100m.
Home automation/control site:
hometoys
What does this have to do with handicap access? This is a site that pushes wireless cameras. They've spammed the entire web, and now they're spamming /.? How much are you guys getting paid for that? I think there must be plenty of relevant sites to link to that actually involve tools for the handicapped.
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Detroit
I wouldn't imagine a resume to solely consist of open source projects. I'm working for a telecom firm now, and they wouldn't be excited if I asked to show a potential future employer some of the proprietary code I've written. For myself, I'd like to get involved in an open source java project, so I can at least point to a wad of code that I've contributed to, and not just rely on the guessing game of an interview for cred. The more I contribute, the better the project gets (hopefully), and the more my work appears throughout the code. If I started my own project, it'd be even better: Team lead. I think at worst employers would find it odd, and ignore it, at best, for the quality experience it probably is. Detroit
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Until a couple of years ago I loved these guys. I still hang on to their albums, and get all warm and fuzzy when someone bothers to play them on the radio, but this is really sad. Ulrich must be having trouble on the down payment for his fourth Spanish Villa. Market woes drag him down. So he goes for his fans to get the cash flowing back in. Fuck him. Fuck them all. I've had the black album from the day it came out, but now, I want to watch it burn. I want all of these albums to roast. I want a whole bonfire of metallica albums, big enough to see from L.A.
... . . .
Metallica can't possible suffer from this kind of attention. They can only get stronger. The only ones Metallica screws are its fans, if there are any left. Screw you, you glam rock alternative pansies. There's fifty bands lined up to take your spot, and it's about time they do.
Cryptome has an article on upcoming hearings to reassess the copyright circumvention clause of the DMCA. It has an email address for comments until Mar 31. This is a chance to chip away at the excessive controls on IP by the commercial sector. One could submit suggestions and ideas, especially from bigger groups and experts (relevant testimony to the advantages and drawbacks). Please be responsible and reasonable, though - this looks like a pretty formal process.
... . . .
Zoid,
Is there perhaps a way you could list some id-suggested optimizations that people can do on their linux boxen to improve performance? There are a few 'q3a on linux' pages out there, but you guys have a unique perspective...
d
Who do advertisers pay right now? Web sites, newspapers, cable networks... The internet should make advertising more direct, like the 'free computer' deal. If an advertiser paid me some fraction of a cent everytime he exposed me to some relevant or 'positioned' product, I would despise the marketing industy a lot less. As is, I have to pay for cable, then still put up with shi**y commercials.
I like the idea of satellite radio. It's ten bucks a month, and no commercials. Now, say there was an option to pay five bucks a month, or perhaps nothing, and yet put up with commercial plugs. Fine. But give me a choice.
d
Well, 'fraternal' kinda alienates our sisters in the workforce. I imagine the IEEE has a good cross-section of geeks, too; may be underpopulated on the IT end, but they're politically active...
Anyhow. The talk of how unions are bad isn't very progressive (for lack of a good vocab). Old school unions were formed often in industries made up of big factories with thousands of workers, and they could shut the places down by striking as a whole. IT geeks are more individually stocked at companies and aren't as directly concerned with job security as with conditions and political representation. So what could our version of a union do? It could be political in a very geekly generic sense (since I doubt we'd agree on many specific, complex issues): fight FUD and the hype BS that bureaucrats feed the public, address whatever gov't/industry actions are in the interest of the majority. (I can already see the flames leaping). There must be a way for members to compromise on key issues, allowing room for differing opinions, and giving all member groups access to what could be a very loud voice in Washington. If we can't agree or even tolerate varied opinions, then we'll be seen as the juveniles that America already thinks we are.
In the workforce, it's doubtful anyone is interested in wage setting for our salaried positions that are doing pretty well in thefree market. But the organization could side with a member on individual cases of bias, possibly providing legal advice or assistance. It would provide members with whatever companies don't (especially temps/consultants): health plans, insurance, access to industry stats, individual company policies and history of employees' treatment, whatever we can think of and implement.
There would also have to be some form of support for the organization. Even if it's as small as one person redirecting all of our emails, someone will have to be full-time, and someone else will have to pay him/her. Companies sure as hell won't do this for us, so we will have to ask some pittance of dues from our members' coffers, which, filled at an average $18/hr, shouldn't be too badly damaged.
High school students are an interesting twist. Maybe do like the IEEE does but stretch student membership (perhaps at no charge to them) and representation down to pre-college, protecting the geeks of the future. Somehow. Exposing the foolishness of some schools' policies would help, but in a more proactive, helpful way, we could serve as advisors to schools on tech policies and 'special students' needs.' Hmm. Have to be careful about that one...
Well, I hope some organization comes of this - if we stay open minded it could eventually get sculpted into something pretty cool.
jeff
nope. no qt4. no wmp. no G2 player for linux, either.
Could someone do a conversion? Maybe write up a nice stable algorithm this afternoon for qt4?
d
But 'on the market' won't be (as some reports suggest) until early/mid 2000. K7, PIIIs will be near a GHz by then, and with SMP, they're not exactly being left in the dust. Though I do like the specs, and if they can keep it under $400 it'll be good speed for da money.
d
these midcraft people are at least nervy. They have the balls to say that they'll redo the tests... if linus helps them. I think that's great, only if they get bill to come and config the nt box.
the tiebreaker could be linus and bill mud wrestling for the title of software king!
d
unless I'm waaay off, MPEG is the Motion Picture something Group and their Layer three sound compression is a standard, right? If anything, apple bought fraunhofer's(sp) algorithm for the codec.
d
I don't see much in either .plan about problems with linux. They have to have some issues, like driver/ glide issues, something.
ALSO: Is this damn game multithreaded or not? The general opinion was on yes, then the Man porting glide to linux says no. And will there be any way around it no q3a or glide smp support? Pmesa?
grr
d
150 megs sounds nice to me. just change the compression algorithm on the rom, eh? Someone must have thought of this and why it should not be or it would. Eh?
d
what happens when you get 8000 self-addressed stamped envelopes?
d
will seti@home support smp? The only way I see how to get the other processor used is to run another copy of setiathome.
d
If there is a movie made about mitnick and shimomura, using the proper names of both, and intentionally misrepresenting the facts, can mitnick sure for defamation? Four years is really a long time to spend for breaking and entering, too. Rapists don't get that long.
d
guess it's not a joke... there's an awfully long
writeup on his site about the situation. Long
enough to be whining, actually. He goes off on
aol and remarks on the good ol days... Is mozilla
doing that badly, or is this a pr stunt?
d
yeah. Where is their download? This IS linux, isn't it?
d
"I'll whip your pretty little dog with my GNUattorney!"
The Simpsons definitely preached. Even in its peak, it would have an occasional episode where Lisa would stand in front of SimpsonTV and tell everyone what (I guess we're censored now)s they are. Then they all feel bad and go home. Then there was the episode lately that ended with homer eating his pet lobster. I missed the moral of that one....
d
yeah. there's a kernel option for an additional term-only head, in 2.2.x at least...
I heard cormack was working on multi-head for q3a. I think I might become something horrible if I had three, four monitors surrounding me during ctf. dribble, dribble, slurp.
d
I'd like to get the newer cards, but also not spend weeks trying to get both the 2d and 3d going. If someone would provide a plug and play package for that, I'd pay good money. Wait, I mean, I'd support their open source project... ;)
d