Geez! Blair-witch ruined the movies for me... is this going to ruin my sports-tv experience too? Motion sickness is hell... I love roller coasters, but damn if they don't make me puke. I guess I'm in the minority have-to-look-out-the-front-of-the-car group here, but does rugby really need this? They way crap moves I doubt its going to be very fun to watch.
If there's a steadycam or fish-eye lens, it might help... with fish-eye you can see who had their hands on the ball!
We get this too! That has been our major reason for getting the tele-zapper. Its in front of me as I type here... Anyway... short tone... I dunno... we still get the ghost calls, but less frequently.
As a programming consultant, it turns out that the majority of my client base uses this. Not a big deal really with email, but it does make you think.
This incident went completely unsupported. Not that any support would really make a difference since obviously it was a bad problem (maybe they're trying to save face?). At least we should know what is going on, tho.
Perhaps persistent database connections aren't the greatest idea for the Slashdot Effect? I'm not sure... anyone care to comment?
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Much like abortion, race, or other grey areas, the tools to comit crimes have been a constant source of public outcry.
Guns. Guns kill. Sometimes in defence, sometimes in malice, or sometimes in sport.
It's a shoot the messenger sort of mentality. Like when something bad happens, you always like "If only I......" and this is what our culture is having to deal with.
In a lot of senses its a mute point to remove tools in order to curtail. Water, food, and a toothpick can all kill you given certain circumstances. The real issue becomes drawing lines which given the history of world will never remain constant (Surveying has errors let alone whole countries are being redrawn or are in dispute all the time!).
Perhaps, much like that killer "water" we all drink, it will eventually become of less of an issue. For instance, it will become more accepted that hacking information is free, and what we'll really go after are those doing DDOS (once everyone knows what the heck that is).
We live in a world where an amature is nothing because of the proliferation of the corporations. Survival of the fittest gave out long ago. We just have too many people, and unlike previous generations, we're all in touch! That means the big guy knows he's big, and knows you know it too!
What's Marvin doing looking for HAL? I didn't think he cared about ANYTHING... shouldn't he be moping about off somewhere calling HAL stupid 'cause his name sounds stupid?
Yeah I would have to agree. The resulting situation is a lot of labor-time costs. Although, this would usually be at the start of a project, as a good open-source unix-based solution would require less messing around during production. However, your result is a *custom* solution.
... that this is a better idea, than say, having all that multimedia crap on your computer a la 'ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon'... this way you have a dedicated device for all of your media needs. With its own processor.
...that in cr/hacking terms, most readers of 2600 are pussies (so to say). That is actually the point to some extent.
Reading about underground technology is probably the most stimulating form of reading that I know of. Slashdot often deals with such a broad story range (.com funnies to extreme details about a complex emerging technology) and can often only cater to specific audiences (like today's jabber and UDDI stories), where as 2600's technical stuff is so watered down one can usually easily understand the basic concepts.
So, even tho it might be a simple magazine for simple minds and occasionally those that are prone to be idiots are idiots and try things in 2600, atleast the forum is there. They've always looked for writers, and I think Eric Corely is probably the last true old-media free-speach technology journalist.
I have been extremely resistant to organization... I love organization when it exists, but the process of organization often does get in the way.
I'm sure a lot of/. readers are in the same boat, but what is wrong with organization? We all agree that if our tools are in the toolbox things are better... we know that for people to consume our communication, it too must be organized. Is organization so wrong?
I do agree with you. I *feel* my life when I'm not organized... its a great sense to feel how I'm doing financially by keeping it in my head, and its good to get into hyper-focus mode and acheive something intricate and involved by being able to *feel* what needs to be done.
Not by lists, procedures, timetables, order of operations, etc, but by being in tune...
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Perhaps I should have more organization. Often I'm inhibited when I loose information, or my means of not looking things up is missing. I think that perhaps my mind works more like a relational database or XML, and when it gets to heart of the matter, perhaps us geek-types should just learn RDBMS or XML and implement that uniformly across all of our data keeping.
I agree with your statement that conformity and insane non-intuitive organization can be a hinderence, but the problem still lies in "how do we make sense of the madness?" For organized people, organization works (even if it is a crutch) and the rest of us will just have to *feel* it.
...yeah I used to hang out in this section of book store when I was like 13. You'll probably find this book right next to the Unauthorized Biography of Led Zeppelin, and the behind-the-scenes tour of 'Friends', which of course has questions like "what do you do when you're not filming 'Friends'" and other investigative reporting.
I would say watching the behind-the-scenes on DVD and hearing the hoopla over the "amazing effects [they got from the GAP]" was enough for me.
Hey this is just like basic cable TV. Back in the day it took little for ya to learn what to do with a splitter and some coax cable. Well, welcome to the big ride.
This reminds me a lot of DSS (DirecTV) and their constant efforts to battle pirates. We live in an age where the business model of "Give away the razor, but sell the blades" holds fast. Continuing support is the ONLY way to rack in the big cash with very expensive technological products (er... and I don't mean the Gillete Mach 3).
Essentially, we are no longer buying products (as this article suggests), but rather so many forces have FORCED us into continuing service and support for any kind of product: razors, soft contact lens, hell CLOTHING needs washed heheh... well that's a weird example, but clothing is a great example of a product that is not perfect. It gets dirty. It needs washed. Its counter-productive to anticipate everything that could be spilled on it (although I think I read they're working on that).
... about computer things... does that make me cool too? Like this guy who wrote this book?
Actually, this sort of thing is what we need more of in computer documentation. Compare the fluid vast documentation of say, PHP, to the rigid cold nothing that is MySQL. Stories, fables, whatever... it worked in the past to convey complex ideas, and we must as a whole develop man pages for masses.
HotelNIX is my idea to have stories contributed from the public that convey complex computer programming or administrative tasks in clear, easy to relate stories. I need help with developing a submission/content management system. Anyone interested?
A nice package that I could install... A firewall/802.11b combination. I plug in the cable modem ethernet in one port, and in the other 2 ports, my local protected network, and then a place to put in the 802.11b base device. That way those around me can have internet access through my connection.
Obviously, there's lot of things that can be done. Perhaps a free-net situation where I have to fill out a form with a copy of my driver's license to an address and then I get my Radius username and password. Hello? Universities? Computer User Groups? I guess now is the time.
How's about all those nifty HAM operators who wanted to collectively put up repeaters? This could be cheaper.
...Is very nice, in fact in my Sig for a while I've been listing my VoiceXML app that lets you execute your non-outputting maintainance scripts over the phone so long as they are accessable on the web. Go to http://phone.sourceforge.net for that service.
It is very easy to program, and well, just plain fun. The possibilities are endless. You should all try it?
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If there's a steadycam or fish-eye lens, it might help... with fish-eye you can see who had their hands on the ball!
We get this too! That has been our major reason for getting the tele-zapper. Its in front of me as I type here... Anyway... short tone... I dunno... we still get the ghost calls, but less frequently.
dude! yup.... first thing I thought of and now we got this nasty cold front just sitting on me!
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This incident went completely unsupported. Not that any support would really make a difference since obviously it was a bad problem (maybe they're trying to save face?). At least we should know what is going on, tho.
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Guns. Guns kill. Sometimes in defence, sometimes in malice, or sometimes in sport.
It's a shoot the messenger sort of mentality. Like when something bad happens, you always like "If only I......" and this is what our culture is having to deal with.
In a lot of senses its a mute point to remove tools in order to curtail. Water, food, and a toothpick can all kill you given certain circumstances. The real issue becomes drawing lines which given the history of world will never remain constant (Surveying has errors let alone whole countries are being redrawn or are in dispute all the time!).
Perhaps, much like that killer "water" we all drink, it will eventually become of less of an issue. For instance, it will become more accepted that hacking information is free, and what we'll really go after are those doing DDOS (once everyone knows what the heck that is).
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see the similarities?
coincidence?!?!? i think not ;)
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Reading about underground technology is probably the most stimulating form of reading that I know of. Slashdot often deals with such a broad story range (.com funnies to extreme details about a complex emerging technology) and can often only cater to specific audiences (like today's jabber and UDDI stories), where as 2600's technical stuff is so watered down one can usually easily understand the basic concepts.
So, even tho it might be a simple magazine for simple minds and occasionally those that are prone to be idiots are idiots and try things in 2600, atleast the forum is there. They've always looked for writers, and I think Eric Corely is probably the last true old-media free-speach technology journalist.
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I'm sure a lot of /. readers are in the same boat, but what is wrong with organization? We all agree that if our tools are in the toolbox things are better... we know that for people to consume our communication, it too must be organized. Is organization so wrong?
I do agree with you. I *feel* my life when I'm not organized... its a great sense to feel how I'm doing financially by keeping it in my head, and its good to get into hyper-focus mode and acheive something intricate and involved by being able to *feel* what needs to be done.
Not by lists, procedures, timetables, order of operations, etc, but by being in tune...
OR
Perhaps I should have more organization. Often I'm inhibited when I loose information, or my means of not looking things up is missing. I think that perhaps my mind works more like a relational database or XML, and when it gets to heart of the matter, perhaps us geek-types should just learn RDBMS or XML and implement that uniformly across all of our data keeping.
I agree with your statement that conformity and insane non-intuitive organization can be a hinderence, but the problem still lies in "how do we make sense of the madness?" For organized people, organization works (even if it is a crutch) and the rest of us will just have to *feel* it.
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I would say watching the behind-the-scenes on DVD and hearing the hoopla over the "amazing effects [they got from the GAP]" was enough for me.
So, sorry, you can't milk me anymore ;)
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This reminds me a lot of DSS (DirecTV) and their constant efforts to battle pirates. We live in an age where the business model of "Give away the razor, but sell the blades" holds fast. Continuing support is the ONLY way to rack in the big cash with very expensive technological products (er... and I don't mean the Gillete Mach 3).
Essentially, we are no longer buying products (as this article suggests), but rather so many forces have FORCED us into continuing service and support for any kind of product: razors, soft contact lens, hell CLOTHING needs washed heheh... well that's a weird example, but clothing is a great example of a product that is not perfect. It gets dirty. It needs washed. Its counter-productive to anticipate everything that could be spilled on it (although I think I read they're working on that).
So, welcome to more of the same.
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Actually, this sort of thing is what we need more of in computer documentation. Compare the fluid vast documentation of say, PHP, to the rigid cold nothing that is MySQL. Stories, fables, whatever... it worked in the past to convey complex ideas, and we must as a whole develop man pages for masses.
HotelNIX is my idea to have stories contributed from the public that convey complex computer programming or administrative tasks in clear, easy to relate stories. I need help with developing a submission/content management system. Anyone interested?
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Obviously, there's lot of things that can be done. Perhaps a free-net situation where I have to fill out a form with a copy of my driver's license to an address and then I get my Radius username and password. Hello? Universities? Computer User Groups? I guess now is the time.
How's about all those nifty HAM operators who wanted to collectively put up repeaters? This could be cheaper.
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It is very easy to program, and well, just plain fun. The possibilities are endless. You should all try it?
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