I did not think I could placidly endure another gleaming salesman tell me that I had to have quadraphony sound, coming at me from all directions. I have never felt any urge to stand in the middle of a group of musicians. They belong over there, damn it, and I belong over here, listening to what they are doing over there. Music that enfolds you, coming from some undetectable set of sources, is gimmicky, unreal, and eminently forgettable.
If I see an indie game I wish to buy, and it just came out, I'll buy it. (Assuming no Steam.)
But from now on, if I want to buy it but it's a year or two old, I'll figure it'll be in Humble Bundle soon enough, with no DRM and possibly a Linux version, and thus won't buy it from the developers.
This makes me less likely to buy indie games. I paid full price for Gratuitous Space Battles not six weeks ago.
At least the Trine 2 page warns me: "Linux and DRM free versions will be added to Humble Store purchases in 2012." (Which is why I'm waiting on it. Screw Steam-spyware.)
The only problem is, you need some Linux skills to use it. Last time I applied it, it missed the Windows partition and I had to go in and manually mount it.
If I were better with rolling Linux LiveCDs, I would add more scanners and set it up to run out of X
This already exists... I went to community college for about $300-$400 a semester, including books, supplies and parking. What, just because it's on the internet, it's a new concept?
God, I love flashing out from under active systems. tldr: Hooray for updates that break wireless and then the whole router. Also, how moronic is it to have the default wireless config be "ddwrt" SSID with no security and no password?
I heard about this on Wednesday, but made sure I had remote admin off [why, God, why would you ever have that on unless you're doing weird voodoo with a wireless point NATting inside your internal network?] and sailed on, planning to takedown and flash sometime Saturday.
This news pushed it to the top of my cut list. People, I know this is old hat to many of you, but backup, backup, backup. I had in hand before I started:
* Settings backed up. * A copy of the old firmware * A copy of the new firmware
First flash seemed to go just fine, router said it was rebooting... and then didn't. Uptime still read 20 days. Issued web GUI reboot command... nothing.
Went to the closet, unplugged, replugged. Correct version confirmed, traffic flowing... wireless vanished. What the hell. Went in, redid all the wireless settings. Nope. But I do have a Linksys_SES_blahblah network in view. Nah. Couldn't be.
Unplugged the router again... nope, the SES net is still on the air. Good. Plugged the router back in... "ddwrt" net appears. Aw crap. Plugged the laptop in and changed the password and took the (unpassworded, unencrypted) net off the air. Fuck, that's a moronic default config.
To make a long story less long: flashed back to v24-sp1, reapplied my saved config, flashed the new config, it broke AGAIN. Thought for a minute, applied saved state, crossed fingers... and everything worked. Phew.
Now I have to go around unconfusing all the laptops. Desktops should be fine, since they (hopefully) didn't re-DHCP while the router was at 192.168.1.1...
a) successful sports team = lots of tickets being sold, playoff tickets, memorabilia, etc, etc, leading to lots of tax revenue and a "healthy" local economy. (read: one in which lots of money is flowing)
b) if the salesman takes the client to the ballgame in the corporate luxury box, it makes the client far more likely to buy if the home team wins.
[admin to IT] Do it. [Competent IT with minimal people skills] No, and here's why [admin to IT] (tuning out the blah blah techspeak] I just told you to do it. Sales has already told the customer we're doing it. [IT to Admin] But it's unsafe. [admin to IT] It's your job to make it safe. Do it or get fired. [IT] Grumble grumble fuck you. I have documentation that says this wasn't my fault.
Six months later, the shit hits the fan:
[Upper Admin] We've accepted [Admin's] resignation. He will be taking early retirement with full pension. As far as you, [IT], you're fired. Security will escort you from the building. We'll go through the stuff in your desk and ship anything that's not ours to you.
[IT] But... my documentation...
[UA] We don't care.
Oh, and if you're in this situation, good luck finding a new job with either a) a gap in your employment history or b) a poisonous reference. Not That I Would Know Or Anything. Grumble grumble fuck them.
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The person who does the "official" Windows build of XChat charges for it as well.
The / and \ used on the C64 are much more 45* angles than the console / and \, making it look pretty.
Oh, and since they're adjacent in PETSCII, you can print out either one randomly with a neat little line of code. That's it.
Could do the same in C with
putchar((random(2)-1) ? 47 : 92);
if int random(int max) were defined to return a random integer from 0 to max.
I did not think I could placidly endure another gleaming salesman tell me that I had to have quadraphony sound, coming at me from all directions. I have never felt any urge to stand in the middle of a group of musicians. They belong over there, damn it, and I belong over here, listening to what they are doing over there. Music that enfolds you, coming from some undetectable set of sources, is gimmicky, unreal, and eminently forgettable.
-- John D MacDonald, _The Dreadful Lemon Sky_
If I see an indie game I wish to buy, and it just came out, I'll buy it. (Assuming no Steam.)
But from now on, if I want to buy it but it's a year or two old, I'll figure it'll be in Humble Bundle soon enough, with no DRM and possibly a Linux version, and thus won't buy it from the developers.
That's what I meant.
This makes me less likely to buy indie games. I paid full price for Gratuitous Space Battles not six weeks ago.
At least the Trine 2 page warns me: "Linux and DRM free versions will be added to Humble Store purchases in 2012." (Which is why I'm waiting on it. Screw Steam-spyware.)
Because they care more about cool features than security. See: Windows XP pre SP2.
Look up the Freespace SCP. You can get the original games (for the data files) off gog.com for $10 each.
I've never been a fan of Flash/Java/Javascript/ActiveX.
Let random webpages run arbitary code on my computer? Sounds like a great idea!
Some marketeer must have come up with that one.
"Portion of this graph that looks like Pac-Man."
I'm surprised Slashdot compiler doesn't bitch that I call strlen() on every loop iteration.
Wow. When I got bored with having to write it for the 12th damn time, all I did was this:
My favorite of these were the old Comcast ads.
The ones that said something alone the lines of " Unlimited internet! Download music and more!"
The point of a netbook is size and weight, not speed. More power is nice, but the creep up towards 12" screens is annoying.
> ... because people with depression must wear black on the outside, as black as they feel on the inside.
I hear they seem a little 'strange'.
As far as cleaning up after this crap, I've been relying on Trinity a lot. LiveCD, boots, mounts and scans. http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12
The only problem is, you need some Linux skills to use it. Last time I applied it, it missed the Windows partition and I had to go in and manually mount it.
If I were better with rolling Linux LiveCDs, I would add more scanners and set it up to run out of X
Attempted murder? Now honestly what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted -c-h-e-m-i-s-t-r-y- peace?
10 yrs ago, $11/credit, used books for ~$30-$50 (math books about $75). I'm having issues looking up the current fees.
This already exists... I went to community college for about $300-$400 a semester, including books, supplies and parking. What, just because it's on the internet, it's a new concept?
Oh. RIGHT...
My external IP works from inside too.
Wow. This is the first time that that old fearmongering "Your computer is BROADCASTING an IP ADDRESS!" ad makes sense. :V
God, I love flashing out from under active systems. tldr: Hooray for updates that break wireless and then the whole router. Also, how moronic is it to have the default wireless config be "ddwrt" SSID with no security and no password?
I heard about this on Wednesday, but made sure I had remote admin off [why, God, why would you ever have that on unless you're doing weird voodoo with a wireless point NATting inside your internal network?] and sailed on, planning to takedown and flash sometime Saturday.
This news pushed it to the top of my cut list. People, I know this is old hat to many of you, but backup, backup, backup. I had in hand before I started:
* Settings backed up.
* A copy of the old firmware
* A copy of the new firmware
First flash seemed to go just fine, router said it was rebooting... and then didn't. Uptime still read 20 days. Issued web GUI reboot command... nothing.
Went to the closet, unplugged, replugged. Correct version confirmed, traffic flowing... wireless vanished. What the hell. Went in, redid all the wireless settings. Nope. But I do have a Linksys_SES_blahblah network in view. Nah. Couldn't be.
Unplugged the router again... nope, the SES net is still on the air. Good. Plugged the router back in... "ddwrt" net appears. Aw crap. Plugged the laptop in and changed the password and took the (unpassworded, unencrypted) net off the air. Fuck, that's a moronic default config.
To make a long story less long: flashed back to v24-sp1, reapplied my saved config, flashed the new config, it broke AGAIN. Thought for a minute, applied saved state, crossed fingers... and everything worked. Phew.
Now I have to go around unconfusing all the laptops. Desktops should be fine, since they (hopefully) didn't re-DHCP while the router was at 192.168.1.1 ...
Judge doesn't get tech, nothing to see here. Move along.
Huh. /Someone/ has been playing too much of that nifty little toy The Falling Sand Game and calling it research.
Dude. I am bookmarking this. I am showing it to people. And the next time I have mod points, I'm tracking down your posts.
Off the top of my head:
a) successful sports team = lots of tickets being sold, playoff tickets, memorabilia, etc, etc, leading to lots of tax revenue and a "healthy" local economy. (read: one in which lots of money is flowing)
b) if the salesman takes the client to the ballgame in the corporate luxury box, it makes the client far more likely to buy if the home team wins.
[admin to IT] Do it.
[Competent IT with minimal people skills] No, and here's why
[admin to IT] (tuning out the blah blah techspeak] I just told you to do it. Sales has already told the customer we're doing it.
[IT to Admin] But it's unsafe.
[admin to IT] It's your job to make it safe. Do it or get fired.
[IT] Grumble grumble fuck you. I have documentation that says this wasn't my fault.
Six months later, the shit hits the fan:
[Upper Admin] We've accepted [Admin's] resignation. He will be taking early retirement with full pension. As far as you, [IT], you're fired. Security will escort you from the building. We'll go through the stuff in your desk and ship anything that's not ours to you.
[IT] But... my documentation...
[UA] We don't care.
Oh, and if you're in this situation, good luck finding a new job with either a) a gap in your employment history or b) a poisonous reference. Not That I Would Know Or Anything. Grumble grumble fuck them.