Ah, of course. It's that PostScript/PDF that makes it go so slow. That's why my 25mhz '040 NeXT has such a slow UI. Oh no wait, it doesn't, it's actually down right snappy.
They aren't the only ones that are evading the GPL by claiming "it's not ready yet."
Check out RsyncX for MacOS X. They continue to refuse to release the source, and I and several of my friends have asked repeatedly. They are also under the impression they don't have to release the source until it's "final," even though they are already distributing a binary version!
You missed the point completely. I'm well aware of Squid and that it can filter. The problem is the only way to get a constantly maintained list of "bad" URLs is to subscribe to one of those proprietary services that is installed on the user's computer. The lists are confidential and there's no way to subscribe to them and somehow import them into Squid.
I'm working at a construction company that's getting ready to go ahead and allow internet access on everyone's desktop. But the guy in charge wants to have some kind of filtering set up before it happens. He doesn't want people goofing off instead of being productive. His way of looking at it is if you come back and catch them after the fact then you've already lost all that money.
I personally don't want to put the filtering on the user's computers. Partly because it leaves it where they can possibly tamper with it, but mostly because it adds some nasty hack to the OS that will no doubt make the computer more crash prone. I'd like to set up all the computers to go through a Linux router with Squid as a transparent proxy, but unfortunately I don't see that being a real option. There's no lists I can subscribe to that I can tie into Squid to keep the filtering up to date.
I'm still searching for something that can do the filtering on a server and off the end user's computer, but so far I haven't found anything. I'd love to find something free, or at least something that runs on Linux, but I just don't see it happening.
I used to run a lab with 30 computers this way. It was actually very easy because of the way the OS worked. There were two important things that made the whole thing work: NetInfo, and being able to do an NFS mount without having to do a mkdir first.
I've seen similarly high tech toys. I have some windups that when knocked over their legs keep moving. Amazing! Not to mention some bump and go toys that backup and change directions after running into a wall. And all with just one motor! Will wonders never cease!
I've released some shareware, and on newsgroups I frequent I've seen people recommend it to other people. Unfortunately they say "Get this, it's freeware." I think a lot of people don't understand the difference.
As far as Joe's concerned, he already pays enough for cable, satellite or whatever. Why does he need to spend even more on his monthly TV bill for a souped-up VCR?
I used to pay a monthly fee for my subscription to TV Guide. No, it's not quite the $9.95 for TiVo, but these days it's getting close. Since I got my TiVo I let my subscription to TV Guide run out. Haven't missed it a bit, and it helped to redirect funds I was already spending.
> Since the average household watches some 7 hours of TV per day
Not since I got my TiVo. I can't believe how much less TV I watch now. I used to sit around in front of the TV watching crap waiting for something interesting to come on, and I would spend hours doing that. Not anymore. I watch just a couple hours a day now because I sit down and watch when I want to and only the stuff I wanted to watch.
If I'm busy doing something, or I'm suddenly in the mood to do something (like say wash the dishes), I can do it and not have to care about what's on or about to come on TV. I can take care of things while I've got the energy, instead of trying to catch my show and then afterward trying to re-find the energy to do whatever it was I wanted to do.
It really is hard to get across to people just how much it changes your TV viewing. My family and friends used to say "I don't watch enough TV to get one." But they've all got one now because I kept going on and on about how great it is. A couple of live demonstrations helped too. And now that they have it, they'd never give it up!
The only way I used to be able to know which day of the week it was was by what shows were on that night. Now with TiVo I have no idea which day of the week it is. Everyday is Saturday. Seriously.:-)
A TiVo really shouldn't be compared to a VCR. It's not like it at all. It's like being the owner of your own TV station. The TiVo is just a buffer for the downlink from the master source.
For anyone that cares, there's a huge archive of Game Shark codes at CheatZilla.com. That site has been around for years, and (at least for SNES and Genesis codes) can convert between various code formats for you.
Not only that, but you could probably get the same results as these digital cameras, for about the same price, by just getting a disposable camera and then taking it to a 1 hour place and having them scan your prints for you too.
In fact, this is probably the way to go. Not only do you get prints and negatives, you also get your digital images, plus the camera is still an ordinary camera that there's nothing to "hack" with. The general consumer isn't going to understand that his pictures are being recorded on film which is later scanned. He just knows "Ooh, I get my pictures on disk! It's digital!"
Just to let everyone know, since Tuesday, XO has been shutting off port 80 to *everyone*, whether they are infected or not. We don't run any NT servers at all, and there's no chance we've been infected by the new worm. I've been hassling with them for a long time trying to get them to unblock port 80 on our BUSINESS ACCOUNT, but to no avail.
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At a company I worked at a few years ago, there was one particular customer who liked to bug tech support just to have someone to talk to. He'd ask the most inane questions, then when he got the answer, he'd generally say "Why would I want to do that?" in reference to what he was asking us how to do in the first place!
It got old and so we set up a psuedo tech support person and had that person handle all his tech support. We would send his email through Eliza (the one in emacs) and then take Eliza's responses and send it back to him. This seemed to keep him satisfied, and kept our tech support from getting aggravated by him.
What you want to do is something like this. This is for (t)csh. Everytime you spawn another shell, your prompt will extend a little, so you can immediately tell that you're one shell deeper. That way when you exit, you won't exit too many times.
Back when I used to admin a college lab, this was the default for all new student accounts. It worked well since part of their lab use required the use of script so they could get transcripts of their program in action.
if( ${?prompt} ) then
if (! $?PROMPT) setenv PROMPT
if (`whoami` == "root") then
setenv PROMPT ${PROMPT}\#
else
setenv PROMPT ${PROMPT}>
endif
set host=`hostname -s`
set prompt="${host}${PROMPT} "
fi
Yes, concrete ships were made way back during WWI. There were three ships built in Oakland in 1917, but they were never used. One of them is sunk at Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz, Ca. You can read a little more about it here.
It's not completely worthless. I've used them as flashlights while looking inside my computer to make sure the jumper settings are correct and the LED face plate connectors are turned the right way.
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Ah, of course. It's that PostScript/PDF that makes it go so slow. That's why my 25mhz '040 NeXT has such a slow UI. Oh no wait, it doesn't, it's actually down right snappy.
That throws out your theory.
They aren't the only ones that are evading the GPL by claiming "it's not ready yet."
Check out RsyncX for MacOS X. They continue to refuse to release the source, and I and several of my friends have asked repeatedly. They are also under the impression they don't have to release the source until it's "final," even though they are already distributing a binary version!
You missed the point completely. I'm well aware of Squid and that it can filter. The problem is the only way to get a constantly maintained list of "bad" URLs is to subscribe to one of those proprietary services that is installed on the user's computer. The lists are confidential and there's no way to subscribe to them and somehow import them into Squid.
I'm working at a construction company that's getting ready to go ahead and allow internet access on everyone's desktop. But the guy in charge wants to have some kind of filtering set up before it happens. He doesn't want people goofing off instead of being productive. His way of looking at it is if you come back and catch them after the fact then you've already lost all that money.
I personally don't want to put the filtering on the user's computers. Partly because it leaves it where they can possibly tamper with it, but mostly because it adds some nasty hack to the OS that will no doubt make the computer more crash prone. I'd like to set up all the computers to go through a Linux router with Squid as a transparent proxy, but unfortunately I don't see that being a real option. There's no lists I can subscribe to that I can tie into Squid to keep the filtering up to date.
I'm still searching for something that can do the filtering on a server and off the end user's computer, but so far I haven't found anything. I'd love to find something free, or at least something that runs on Linux, but I just don't see it happening.
Larry, Darryl, and Darryl.
Why your unlimited bandwidth claim is bullshit.
I used to run a lab with 30 computers this way. It was actually very easy because of the way the OS worked. There were two important things that made the whole thing work: NetInfo, and being able to do an NFS mount without having to do a mkdir first.
I've seen similarly high tech toys. I have some windups that when knocked over their legs keep moving. Amazing! Not to mention some bump and go toys that backup and change directions after running into a wall. And all with just one motor! Will wonders never cease!
Yep, that's my problem exactly. I have no problem coming up with cool ideas, but without marketing it's hard to even get them noticed!
I've released some shareware, and on newsgroups I frequent I've seen people recommend it to other people. Unfortunately they say "Get this, it's freeware." I think a lot of people don't understand the difference.
As far as Joe's concerned, he already pays enough for cable, satellite or whatever. Why does he need to spend even more on his monthly TV bill for a souped-up VCR?
I used to pay a monthly fee for my subscription to TV Guide. No, it's not quite the $9.95 for TiVo, but these days it's getting close. Since I got my TiVo I let my subscription to TV Guide run out. Haven't missed it a bit, and it helped to redirect funds I was already spending.
I really love my TiVo and I'd never give it up, but I wish TiVo had a way to undo TNN's amazing squish technology.
> Since the average household watches some 7 hours of TV per day
:-)
Not since I got my TiVo. I can't believe how much less TV I watch now. I used to sit around in front of the TV watching crap waiting for something interesting to come on, and I would spend hours doing that. Not anymore. I watch just a couple hours a day now because I sit down and watch when I want to and only the stuff I wanted to watch.
If I'm busy doing something, or I'm suddenly in the mood to do something (like say wash the dishes), I can do it and not have to care about what's on or about to come on TV. I can take care of things while I've got the energy, instead of trying to catch my show and then afterward trying to re-find the energy to do whatever it was I wanted to do.
It really is hard to get across to people just how much it changes your TV viewing. My family and friends used to say "I don't watch enough TV to get one." But they've all got one now because I kept going on and on about how great it is. A couple of live demonstrations helped too. And now that they have it, they'd never give it up!
The only way I used to be able to know which day of the week it was was by what shows were on that night. Now with TiVo I have no idea which day of the week it is. Everyday is Saturday. Seriously.
A TiVo really shouldn't be compared to a VCR. It's not like it at all. It's like being the owner of your own TV station. The TiVo is just a buffer for the downlink from the master source.
So does this mean I can go to the USPS to get a CD that will let me run XP free for 1000 hours for 45 days? No credit card required?
For anyone that cares, there's a huge archive of Game Shark codes at CheatZilla.com. That site has been around for years, and (at least for SNES and Genesis codes) can convert between various code formats for you.
Not only that, but you could probably get the same results as these digital cameras, for about the same price, by just getting a disposable camera and then taking it to a 1 hour place and having them scan your prints for you too.
In fact, this is probably the way to go. Not only do you get prints and negatives, you also get your digital images, plus the camera is still an ordinary camera that there's nothing to "hack" with. The general consumer isn't going to understand that his pictures are being recorded on film which is later scanned. He just knows "Ooh, I get my pictures on disk! It's digital!"
Just to let everyone know, since Tuesday, XO has been shutting off port 80 to *everyone*, whether they are infected or not. We don't run any NT servers at all, and there's no chance we've been infected by the new worm. I've been hassling with them for a long time trying to get them to unblock port 80 on our BUSINESS ACCOUNT, but to no avail.
At a company I worked at a few years ago, there was one particular customer who liked to bug tech support just to have someone to talk to. He'd ask the most inane questions, then when he got the answer, he'd generally say "Why would I want to do that?" in reference to what he was asking us how to do in the first place!
It got old and so we set up a psuedo tech support person and had that person handle all his tech support. We would send his email through Eliza (the one in emacs) and then take Eliza's responses and send it back to him. This seemed to keep him satisfied, and kept our tech support from getting aggravated by him.
No, no, no! We need more K'Nex!
What you want to do is something like this. This is for (t)csh. Everytime you spawn another shell, your prompt will extend a little, so you can immediately tell that you're one shell deeper. That way when you exit, you won't exit too many times.
Back when I used to admin a college lab, this was the default for all new student accounts. It worked well since part of their lab use required the use of script so they could get transcripts of their program in action.
Yes, concrete ships were made way back during WWI. There were three ships built in Oakland in 1917, but they were never used. One of them is sunk at Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz, Ca. You can read a little more about it here.
Is LEGO better than K'Nex?
It's not completely worthless. I've used them as flashlights while looking inside my computer to make sure the jumper settings are correct and the LED face plate connectors are turned the right way.
It's up to $10 million?!?!? Maybe I should put stupid.fuc.kz up for auction!
I've already made an irc client that is very much a lookalike of AIM. You can find it at http://www.fozztexx.com/Fixxm.
There's a version for Windoze, MacOS X, and OPENSTEP 4.2. I'll port it to Linux if they ever get around to making a usable GNUstep.