Well stated, and I particularly agree with your sentiments regarding ST:TMP. When it came out, I watched it on the big screen 7 times before it left the theatres, and enjoyed it immensely every time. I found it to be fresh, insightful, and thought-provoking, while supplying mind-boggling special effects (for the time), in most cases superior to those seen in a movie called Star Wars that had been released 2 years prior.
The coffee machines at my office run SUSE. They have 8" touchscreens, and it's kinda fun to reboot them and watch SUSE load up all the device drivers, etc., before finally starting the main "gimme Java" fullscreen application.
This is not only heinous, but ridiculous. The "back door" keys are to be held by the corporations that produce the encryption software, so you can safely assume that these keys WILL be compromised and used by criminals to decrypt your legitimate communications and steal your data. You will no longer be able to presume (if you do now, that is;-) that your online banking activities, for example, are safe because of the use of SSL.
And what about encrypted peer-to-peer networks? Many of these are open source (Freenet and GnuNet spring to mind), so who is going to hold the keys for these? Obviously the government would have to hold those keys themselves, but then how do you compile the programs without having access to the backdoor keys?
This travesty will undoubtedly be enacted, because the sheep will all chant the "terrorism" mantra. Those of us who care should at least write our congress-critters and let them know what we think, however.
And what about cops who happen to work in a cold climate? I can see it now, during a routine traffic stop in mid-winter:
"Hey, that nutcase just pulled a gunlike object out from under his seat! I better take my gloves off so I can get my own weapon out just in case he decides to..." *BLAM*
You're right - it's NOT flamebait. None of the Nvidia drivers have worked right for me since the 30.xx series. Sure, the 40.xx drivers are faster, but they make most OpenGL games unplayable because they don't render a lot of stuff correctly. Who wants to shoot gray-and-white Gnaars?!? And jeez, WTF hasn't Nvidia gotten the refresh-rate problem fixed yet? 60Hz?!?!? When was the last time you saw someone with a friggin' GeForce4 running with a monitor that only supports 60Hz? Luckily there are some 3rd-party registry patch utilities that'll let you fix the refresh rate problem, but egad, this should be built in to the drivers! [daily rant-job complete - no errors]
...if some of you youngsters are curious about the funny-looking chain-like dohickeys hanging down in photo 10, they're exactly that: chains. They lightly brush the surface of the paper as it cruises by to dissipate static electricity, which helps the paper to stack properly.
It's not a faggy nickname, it's simply the opcode for the NOP (no-op) instruction on Intel x86 CPUs.
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Here's an easier way: Set up a Zebedee tunnel between your work and home machine (http://www.winton.org.uk/zebedee/). It compresses and encrypts all traffic. Zebedee is open-source, and there are compiled versions for Linux and Windows. I've been using it to tunnel between WinNT and Win2K machines for about a year now, and it works great.
We should Vegas-ize our bills. Maybe put porn on them depicting what you can get for each denomination. Heck, that'd be a public (pubic?) service for some of the furriners that visit here... (Of course, this wouldn't work for anything under a $50, unless you dig carrying around a pocketfull of crackwhores)
Already got the CO2 inhaler/O2 exhalers - they're called "trees". Unfortunately, they don't breathe very fast, so you need quite a few of them to match up with one human.
Agreed, although Paul was a whiny _kid_ when he first arrived on Arrakis (in the book). He matured very quickly after the Gom Jabbar incident.
In the miniseries, he whines his way through the whole thing. Had me rooting for Feyd...
And why the hell couldn't they get Chani to use Paul's sietch nickname, Usul(sp?)?? Just because they're on a budget doesn't mean they have to be downright sloppy...
Well, yeah, but *boy* was it fun.
You haven't lived until you've modified the original Adventure (written in Fortran IV) for your own devious purposes, nearly burned up a 300 baud DecWriter printing it out, and then tried to smuggle it out of the lab on a huge spool of paper tape spewed from a TTY Model 33.
It does seem reasonable, but according to DNA it's not the case. Here's a DNA quote listed in the douglas-adams-FAQ (21May96): "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story."
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Well stated, and I particularly agree with your sentiments regarding ST:TMP. When it came out, I watched it on the big screen 7 times before it left the theatres, and enjoyed it immensely every time. I found it to be fresh, insightful, and thought-provoking, while supplying mind-boggling special effects (for the time), in most cases superior to those seen in a movie called Star Wars that had been released 2 years prior.
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Two (or four) words: DVD Plan.
The coffee machines at my office run SUSE. They have 8" touchscreens, and it's kinda fun to reboot them and watch SUSE load up all the device drivers, etc., before finally starting the main "gimme Java" fullscreen application.
This is not only heinous, but ridiculous. The "back door" keys are to be held by the corporations that produce the encryption software, so you can safely assume that these keys WILL be compromised and used by criminals to decrypt your legitimate communications and steal your data. You will no longer be able to presume (if you do now, that is ;-) that your online banking activities, for example, are safe because of the use of SSL.
And what about encrypted peer-to-peer networks? Many of these are open source (Freenet and GnuNet spring to mind), so who is going to hold the keys for these? Obviously the government would have to hold those keys themselves, but then how do you compile the programs without having access to the backdoor keys?
This travesty will undoubtedly be enacted, because the sheep will all chant the "terrorism" mantra. Those of us who care should at least write our congress-critters and let them know what we think, however.
Here's some more info on Thresh (Dennis Fong):
http://www.links.net/vita/gx/dennis/
I watched his Q2 demos back in the day, and they were friggin' unbelievable.
According to the Indy website, this is an error on AVG's part. They have contacted AVG's author regarding this issue.
And what about cops who happen to work in a cold climate? I can see it now, during a routine traffic stop in mid-winter:
"Hey, that nutcase just pulled a gunlike object out from under his seat! I better take my gloves off so I can get my own weapon out just in case he decides to..." *BLAM*
Er, no. Find a slot for Jeri Ryan, and I'm there...
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You're right - it's NOT flamebait. None of the Nvidia drivers have worked right for me since the 30.xx series. Sure, the 40.xx drivers are faster, but they make most OpenGL games unplayable because they don't render a lot of stuff correctly. Who wants to shoot gray-and-white Gnaars?!? And jeez, WTF hasn't Nvidia gotten the refresh-rate problem fixed yet? 60Hz?!?!? When was the last time you saw someone with a friggin' GeForce4 running with a monitor that only supports 60Hz? Luckily there are some 3rd-party registry patch utilities that'll let you fix the refresh rate problem, but egad, this should be built in to the drivers!
[daily rant-job complete - no errors]
...if some of you youngsters are curious about the funny-looking chain-like dohickeys hanging down in photo 10, they're exactly that: chains. They lightly brush the surface of the paper as it cruises by to dissipate static electricity, which helps the paper to stack properly.
It's not a faggy nickname, it's simply the opcode for the NOP (no-op) instruction on Intel x86 CPUs.
Here's an easier way: Set up a Zebedee tunnel between your work and home machine (http://www.winton.org.uk/zebedee/). It compresses and encrypts all traffic. Zebedee is open-source, and there are compiled versions for Linux and Windows. I've been using it to tunnel between WinNT and Win2K machines for about a year now, and it works great.
We should Vegas-ize our bills. Maybe put porn on them depicting what you can get for each denomination. Heck, that'd be a public (pubic?) service for some of the furriners that visit here...
(Of course, this wouldn't work for anything under a $50, unless you dig carrying around a pocketfull of crackwhores)
Already got the CO2 inhaler/O2 exhalers - they're called "trees". Unfortunately, they don't breathe very fast, so you need quite a few of them to match up with one human.
...I almost spilled beer in my cornflakes! :-))
And why the hell couldn't they get Chani to use Paul's sietch nickname, Usul(sp?)?? Just because they're on a budget doesn't mean they have to be downright sloppy...
Well, yeah, but *boy* was it fun. You haven't lived until you've modified the original Adventure (written in Fortran IV) for your own devious purposes, nearly burned up a 300 baud DecWriter printing it out, and then tried to smuggle it out of the lab on a huge spool of paper tape spewed from a TTY Model 33.
It does seem reasonable, but according to DNA it's not the case. Here's a DNA quote listed in the douglas-adams-FAQ (21May96):
"The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story."