Seriously, its much easier using a redirector like I have, why have something like
lsanca1-ar8-055-020.lsanca1.dsl.gtei.net (some fuckin loser who is portscanning my box, have some fun with him if you're bored)
when you can have [name of your choice].d2g.com
I dunno, maybe you get shorter names on att. Its sorta like a free domain name. . .
though perhaps my opinion isn't worth a damn because I stopped watching that putrid shit after the second episode (ooh! goodie! lets learn a language in.... 20 minutes!)
BTW, who is going to top Buffy? (Oh.. fuck they found a place for Britney Spears, tho that might not be that bad...)
But the next thing ubc wants to do is ignite the "supernova".
Next for the lab is what Shotter describes as one of the thorniest problems for nuclear astrophysicists, duplicating the reaction of the isotope oxygen 15, which is believed to be the spark that ignites nova explosions and x-ray bursts.
What can I say, America better not try and invade...:)
The traditional desktop is not dead. Period. Why? Because everybody and their relatives use it. Essentially for the same reason we are using qwerty keyboards and not dvorak.
Now, the idea of multiple desktops isn't a bad idea, but it would be nice to find a program that isn't a bloated piece of crap that does it (hydravision from ati comes to mind, but since bundled software always sucks . ..)
What the authors say is true, you tend to have a bunch of crap on your desktop that you will eventually sort through and put into directories / delete. Pretty much the stuff on there is unusable. Yes, you can have apps and stuff on your desktop, but for the most part, most people organize that into the gnome/kde/apple/start menu (or quicklaunch).
I don't know how many of you have fooled around with litestep (I think it's dead now, I'm not sure) - the skins, by and large are a pain in the ass to use (albeit cool as hell to look at). I suppose things would be different if you made your own "gui overlay", it would make sense. It seems that pretty much any alternative is essentially hierarchically based - i.e. press a button and get a series of options. (click on the foot, apple/? get a list of options) - essentially the "multiple desktop system" is a start menu, albeit with more eye candy.
My windows on my zoomin' fast 700mhz box crapped and I'm sitting here with a copy of windows 2k, xp, rh 7.1, caldera 2.3.. Interesting dilemma.
(writing this on my 486 laptop running win95 WOOT!)
So... What should I go to? I got a better box for games, and I really don't like playing around with linux on a 200mhz 64mb ram machine with a 2 mb vid card.
From those who have - how is koffice compared to the standard MS suite?
What about file compatibility problems (can I take stuff to school?)
Speed - how is star offices speed - I'm assuming x is a lot faster on this box than on the 200, but are there any issues?
Any "major psycotic hatreds"?
Any comments / advice from people who have done the switch?
Thanks.
And you're going to switch to what? 56k? I don't think so.
They are capitalists and are going to milk you because they can - would you give away free money?
How about programming a "hardware abstraction layer" that would interact between the input and the system and the output.
The layer would only allow input to be passed to a specified program, and output would be passed only from that program - encryption would also be used between the input / system / output.
Sort of like an encrypted remote login, except that it would take place within / on the same machine, sorta a basterdized winnt.
It would be a shitload of programming methinks (i.e. a new shell, re-written (or heavily modified) programs) I dunno, I could be full of shit. However, if you would only be using the prog for the encryption of files / sensitive data . . . possibly send output to another device instead of thru the vid card..
Of course, a warrant doesn't necessairly mean that a person has to be notified (I believe the time limit was increased to 3 years), so theoretically, the fbi could get permission to magic lantern a person of interest and then "forget" about it, and continue gathering information well after the investigation is closed.
So now the FBI will be able to catch terrorists even better!
What this country needs is more power and oversight by police agencies - East Germany had it right when "smell samples" were collected in jars so dogs could hunt down disenters.
Of course, this will mean nothing to civil rights because as we all know that the FBI is a trust worthy organization that would never do things that would jeopardize our civil rights by installing key loggers via internet virus (because that would not exactly be targeted eh?.
The FBI is also trust worthy, they would never, for example, abuse the justice system by, say using RICO (anti-organized crime) laws to punish pesky protesting environmentalists, or arbitrarily ask nearly all muslim students in the USA to come in for interviews (and chase them down if they don't come by) - or even threaten to reveal that a person charged with a crime is gay (and cause his suicide)
And they would never do anything like compile a list of "persons of interest" and maintain a dossier on each person in the USA that has been charged (not convicted) of a crime), as well as all immigrants in the USA (they did a mighty fine fucking job lately eh?)
Don't worry, the FBI will protect you in the future because of their new powers!
BTW, would it be in a anti-virus company's best interest to reveal that their software has programmed defects? I dunno. . .
So we have our state trained monkeys investigating the really "important" cases.
I agree that the feds tend to abuse whatever powers that they are given (i.e. Rico bullshit), but it would be nice to have people who have a bit more pull than the local pd investigating crimes.
Did you know that you can get off on murder in 3 years?
The FBI should be actually doing their jobs and hunting down murderers, rapists and people who actually hurt other people instead of hunting down people who write programs to piss people off.
Put shit into comparison for a second.
. . .
propose to create holographic images of objects concealed in a spherical chamber. Ideally, a small opening in the chamber wall permits light to enter, but lets no light out. The photons in a beam of light directed through the hole scatter from the enclosed object, and ultimately strike the inner wall of the chamber (see figure).
So it's not sealed, but a small opening. I dunno if I want people making holes in my luggage.
Well, considering that under new federal regulations the grunt security screeners have to be US Citizens, but the national guardsmen who walk around airports with fully loaded, full auto M-16's don't have to be. . .
Anyways, enough with government fuckups. BTW, you mentioned the peeps that were hacking into the ms servers for 3 months before being detected - keep in mind that this is the people who were caught and that we heard about, and since it is not in MS's best interests to say they had been ass fucked by hackers . . .
hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!
Seriously though, this is rather ominous.
Take MS's awesome track record and keep it in mind, this isn't going to be a MS flame on their fucked security though. He was an advisor, which meant people didn't necessairly listen to him.
Now, we all know that the new guy will be completely impartial? Right?
Bullshit, not only does the DOJ let MS go damn near scott free, but now the white house appoints a former employee to tell them how to work security.
Great, name him "Director of Computer Honesty" too, rename the DOJ to "The Ministry of Peace" to keep with the theme (or was it truth, it's been a while since I read the book).
You know, this might not be that bad - if sysadmins can't patch their servers because the government doesn't allow publication of exploits, it will make hackers / skript kiddies jobs easier. It will escalate to a point where there will be so much bullshit, that sysadmins will all just post their shit anyways, consequences be damned - or just host exploits in Rwanda, Iraq, or some other nation.
This is not to say that his experience will be a total fuckup - he does have a few interesting ideas, and I think that he realizes that what is under his control can never be broken into, which is nice (a realist, instead of some bitch from marketing).
His administration will be a mix of good and bad things, though his support of ammending the freedom of information act certainly makes my worried.
They need each other, they don't want to play with each other.
What are we gonna say?
Fuck 'em - they deserve each other, though it would be nice to see the game come out. I hate it when adults act like children, damn....
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
provided to you by verizon and painfully easy to remember.
I'm still shocked about how this is happening in the USA. I mean, if it happened in some eastern bloc country, or some nation in Africa that is very corrupt / piss poor, I could understand, but here?
No offense to people in those countries, btw, it seems that the telecommunications infrastructure in most countries is beter than that of the usa.
I honestly don't understand why the service costs so much in the usa - In BC, Canada, 1.5mb down / 768 up, 2 static ip's for $40 a month CANADIAN! Here, I pay $55ish for a whole 768dn / 100k up, a dynamic ip and shitty ping. WTF. The Canadian dollar is worth less, so it stands to reason that the equipment costs more for the Canadian providers (because they take in canadian $, not us $) . . .
bah, at least my dsl provider looks like they will be in service for the next month or so....
For kicks, install Server and then set it up as a DC (also install active directory). It will take about 45 minutes to boot - if you think I'm bullshitting you, try it out, you can uninstall later.
Hmmm. PPro 200, 128mb ram, scsi - you don't have a hp vectra xu 6/200 box by any chance? I want to find an old p 200 so I can plug it in to have dual processors, any ideas on archaic stuff like this?
Achtung! HALT!
Ve haf veys of you spellink ze vord "Peek" properly!
Ve kan do it my vay or my vay! Ha Ha Ha (How do Germans laugh?)
- Grammar Nazi['s secret friend]
Glorious Protector of The Fourth Reich
Holder of the Esteemed Order of Grammar
Re: your comment, especially your analogy about an old mainframe - what happens in the industry - boss tells you to put windows 2000 on the NT 3.51 server without buying any new hardware... anyways.
However, RMS has demanded a recount in 13 counties, claiming that media bias that he is not a team player has offset the public's perception of him, and thus cost him the election.
Reports have come from a source close to Stallman saying that he is stomping up and down his office and muttering " No? NO!?!!? I invented the fuckin' GUI!!"
Just drop their packets at your border router. If none of BT's customers can reach anyone on AOL, UUNET, SPRINT, and so on, they'll start bleeding money, and they'll have to sue for peace.
--
Why do you sue for peace? (I know that is the proper expression, but it is just weird)
Just a thought: More than 90% of the species that ever lived on this planet are dead.
We didn't kill them. . .
In this case, we made the species go extinct, so perhaps we have some responsibility to recreate the species, but I'd rather see resources spent on something else like curing diseases, etc.
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Seriously, its much easier using a redirector like I have, why have something like
lsanca1-ar8-055-020.lsanca1.dsl.gtei.net (some fuckin loser who is portscanning my box, have some fun with him if you're bored)
when you can have [name of your choice].d2g.com
I dunno, maybe you get shorter names on att. Its sorta like a free domain name. . .
Enterprise = anti-trek.
.... 20 minutes!)
'nuff said.
though perhaps my opinion isn't worth a damn because I stopped watching that putrid shit after the second episode (ooh! goodie! lets learn a language in
BTW, who is going to top Buffy? (Oh.. fuck they found a place for Britney Spears, tho that might not be that bad...)
But the next thing ubc wants to do is ignite the "supernova".
:)
Next for the lab is what Shotter describes as one of the thorniest problems for nuclear astrophysicists, duplicating the reaction of the isotope oxygen 15, which is believed to be the spark that ignites nova explosions and x-ray bursts.
What can I say, America better not try and invade...
The traditional desktop is not dead. Period. Why? Because everybody and their relatives use it. Essentially for the same reason we are using qwerty keyboards and not dvorak.
.)
Now, the idea of multiple desktops isn't a bad idea, but it would be nice to find a program that isn't a bloated piece of crap that does it (hydravision from ati comes to mind, but since bundled software always sucks . .
What the authors say is true, you tend to have a bunch of crap on your desktop that you will eventually sort through and put into directories / delete. Pretty much the stuff on there is unusable. Yes, you can have apps and stuff on your desktop, but for the most part, most people organize that into the gnome/kde/apple/start menu (or quicklaunch).
I don't know how many of you have fooled around with litestep (I think it's dead now, I'm not sure) - the skins, by and large are a pain in the ass to use (albeit cool as hell to look at). I suppose things would be different if you made your own "gui overlay", it would make sense. It seems that pretty much any alternative is essentially hierarchically based - i.e. press a button and get a series of options. (click on the foot, apple/? get a list of options) - essentially the "multiple desktop system" is a start menu, albeit with more eye candy.
Anyways . . .
My windows on my zoomin' fast 700mhz box crapped and I'm sitting here with a copy of windows 2k, xp, rh 7.1, caldera 2.3.. Interesting dilemma.
(writing this on my 486 laptop running win95 WOOT!)
So... What should I go to? I got a better box for games, and I really don't like playing around with linux on a 200mhz 64mb ram machine with a 2 mb vid card.
From those who have - how is koffice compared to the standard MS suite?
What about file compatibility problems (can I take stuff to school?)
Speed - how is star offices speed - I'm assuming x is a lot faster on this box than on the 200, but are there any issues?
Any "major psycotic hatreds"?
Any comments / advice from people who have done the switch?
Thanks.
(website down because 2k is down)
All links seem down, mirror?
And you're going to switch to what? 56k? I don't think so.
They are capitalists and are going to milk you because they can - would you give away free money?
How about programming a "hardware abstraction layer" that would interact between the input and the system and the output.
The layer would only allow input to be passed to a specified program, and output would be passed only from that program - encryption would also be used between the input / system / output.
Sort of like an encrypted remote login, except that it would take place within / on the same machine, sorta a basterdized winnt.
It would be a shitload of programming methinks (i.e. a new shell, re-written (or heavily modified) programs) I dunno, I could be full of shit. However, if you would only be using the prog for the encryption of files / sensitive data . . . possibly send output to another device instead of thru the vid card..
Of course, a warrant doesn't necessairly mean that a person has to be notified (I believe the time limit was increased to 3 years), so theoretically, the fbi could get permission to magic lantern a person of interest and then "forget" about it, and continue gathering information well after the investigation is closed.
So now the FBI will be able to catch terrorists even better!
What this country needs is more power and oversight by police agencies - East Germany had it right when "smell samples" were collected in jars so dogs could hunt down disenters.
Of course, this will mean nothing to civil rights because as we all know that the FBI is a trust worthy organization that would never do things that would jeopardize our civil rights by installing key loggers via internet virus (because that would not exactly be targeted eh?.
The FBI is also trust worthy, they would never, for example, abuse the justice system by, say using RICO (anti-organized crime) laws to punish pesky protesting environmentalists, or arbitrarily ask nearly all muslim students in the USA to come in for interviews (and chase them down if they don't come by) - or even threaten to reveal that a person charged with a crime is gay (and cause his suicide)
And they would never do anything like compile a list of "persons of interest" and maintain a dossier on each person in the USA that has been charged (not convicted) of a crime), as well as all immigrants in the USA (they did a mighty fine fucking job lately eh?)
Don't worry, the FBI will protect you in the future because of their new powers!
BTW, would it be in a anti-virus company's best interest to reveal that their software has programmed defects? I dunno. . .
So we have our state trained monkeys investigating the really "important" cases.
I agree that the feds tend to abuse whatever powers that they are given (i.e. Rico bullshit), but it would be nice to have people who have a bit more pull than the local pd investigating crimes.
Did you know that you can get off on murder in 3 years?
The FBI should be actually doing their jobs and hunting down murderers, rapists and people who actually hurt other people instead of hunting down people who write programs to piss people off.
Put shit into comparison for a second.
. . .
propose to create holographic images of objects concealed in a spherical chamber. Ideally, a small opening in the chamber wall permits light to enter, but lets no light out. The photons in a beam of light directed through the hole scatter from the enclosed object, and ultimately strike the inner wall of the chamber (see figure).
So it's not sealed, but a small opening. I dunno if I want people making holes in my luggage.
Well, considering that under new federal regulations the grunt security screeners have to be US Citizens, but the national guardsmen who walk around airports with fully loaded, full auto M-16's don't have to be. . .
Anyways, enough with government fuckups. BTW, you mentioned the peeps that were hacking into the ms servers for 3 months before being detected - keep in mind that this is the people who were caught and that we heard about, and since it is not in MS's best interests to say they had been ass fucked by hackers . . .
hahahahahhahahahahaha!!!
Seriously though, this is rather ominous.
Take MS's awesome track record and keep it in mind, this isn't going to be a MS flame on their fucked security though. He was an advisor, which meant people didn't necessairly listen to him.
Now, we all know that the new guy will be completely impartial? Right?
Bullshit, not only does the DOJ let MS go damn near scott free, but now the white house appoints a former employee to tell them how to work security.
Great, name him "Director of Computer Honesty" too, rename the DOJ to "The Ministry of Peace" to keep with the theme (or was it truth, it's been a while since I read the book).
You know, this might not be that bad - if sysadmins can't patch their servers because the government doesn't allow publication of exploits, it will make hackers / skript kiddies jobs easier. It will escalate to a point where there will be so much bullshit, that sysadmins will all just post their shit anyways, consequences be damned - or just host exploits in Rwanda, Iraq, or some other nation.
This is not to say that his experience will be a total fuckup - he does have a few interesting ideas, and I think that he realizes that what is under his control can never be broken into, which is nice (a realist, instead of some bitch from marketing).
His administration will be a mix of good and bad things, though his support of ammending the freedom of information act certainly makes my worried.
They need each other, they don't want to play with each other.
What are we gonna say?
Fuck 'em - they deserve each other, though it would be nice to see the game come out. I hate it when adults act like children, damn....
of course, unless you know /.'s ip, the above info is kinda useless. . .
smacks self.
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
provided to you by verizon and painfully easy to remember.
I'm still shocked about how this is happening in the USA. I mean, if it happened in some eastern bloc country, or some nation in Africa that is very corrupt / piss poor, I could understand, but here?
No offense to people in those countries, btw, it seems that the telecommunications infrastructure in most countries is beter than that of the usa.
I honestly don't understand why the service costs so much in the usa - In BC, Canada, 1.5mb down / 768 up, 2 static ip's for $40 a month CANADIAN! Here, I pay $55ish for a whole 768dn / 100k up, a dynamic ip and shitty ping. WTF. The Canadian dollar is worth less, so it stands to reason that the equipment costs more for the Canadian providers (because they take in canadian $, not us $) . . .
bah, at least my dsl provider looks like they will be in service for the next month or so....
Fucking Cool.
Although my 48port 10/100 managed switch that is serving as the base of my monitor is a little cooler.
For kicks, install Server and then set it up as a DC (also install active directory). It will take about 45 minutes to boot - if you think I'm bullshitting you, try it out, you can uninstall later.
Hmmm. PPro 200, 128mb ram, scsi - you don't have a hp vectra xu 6/200 box by any chance? I want to find an old p 200 so I can plug it in to have dual processors, any ideas on archaic stuff like this?
Achtung! HALT!
Ve haf veys of you spellink ze vord "Peek" properly!
Ve kan do it my vay or my vay! Ha Ha Ha (How do Germans laugh?)
- Grammar Nazi['s secret friend]
Glorious Protector of The Fourth Reich
Holder of the Esteemed Order of Grammar
Re: your comment, especially your analogy about an old mainframe - what happens in the industry - boss tells you to put windows 2000 on the NT 3.51 server without buying any new hardware... anyways.
However, RMS has demanded a recount in 13 counties, claiming that media bias that he is not a team player has offset the public's perception of him, and thus cost him the election.
Reports have come from a source close to Stallman saying that he is stomping up and down his office and muttering " No? NO!?!!? I invented the fuckin' GUI!!"
More at 10.
Just drop their packets at your border router. If none of BT's customers can reach anyone on AOL, UUNET, SPRINT, and so on, they'll start bleeding money, and they'll have to sue for peace.
--
Why do you sue for peace? (I know that is the proper expression, but it is just weird)
Gives Blue Screen of Death a whole new meaning.
Just a thought: More than 90% of the species that ever lived on this planet are dead.
We didn't kill them. . .
In this case, we made the species go extinct, so perhaps we have some responsibility to recreate the species, but I'd rather see resources spent on something else like curing diseases, etc.