Recently I wrote a slick web front-end (Iceflow) to a queuing system for IceS, an audio source client for the Icecast streaming music server. I haven't packaged up the code and released it yet -- I've been meaning to -- but if you email me (find my address on my website), I'll tell you more about it and send the code your way.
It only deals with music, but Icecast apparently supports video streaming now, so with some changes it could support video too, I imagine.
I'm taking Latin II in high school right now (high school instruction ususally goes up to Latin V). In my biology class, Latin has helped me figure out the meaning of some words because I know (or can guess) the meanings based on the Latin words they are derived from. Also, a lot of times my Latin class teaches me more about English than my English class does, which is just not right.;-) Anyway, I really enjoy taking Latin, and it is actually fairly easy to learn because there aren't so many fscking exceptions to the rules like in English! (I do particularly despise the third declension though...)
I've just spent the past 30 minutes trying desperately to find out how uninstall the radialcontext XPI so I can have my Moz back. Here's how to manually uninstall it (all of this happens in the chrome directory of the mozilla install dir):
Move the directories overlayinfo and radialcontext to some temporary spot in case you mess up and need them back again
Create backup copies of the files install-chrome.txt and chrome.rdf
Now remove the last line of the file installed-chrome.txt. It should look like this:
1) It won't play smoothly on a P3 500 laptop (with 384 meg of RAM and an ATI Rage Mobility). Blizzard usually tries to get the low-end of the market. Not any longer
If anyone else besides me is wondering if Warcraft III will work with their video card, Blizzard has provided a video card tester.
Below is a paragraph on page 113 in the book "Modern Structured Analysis" by Edward Yourdon.
Software errors range form the sublime to the ridiculous. A trivial error might consist of output (results) that are correct, but not printed or
formatted quite as neatly and tidily as the user desires. A moderately
serious software error might include a case where the system refuses to
acknowledge certain kinds of inputs, but the end user can find some way to
circumvent the probelm. Serious errors are those that cause the entire
program to stop working, with an associated major loss of money or human
life. Examples of some serious software-related errors that have been
documented over the years include the following assortment:
In 1979 the SAC/NORAD (Strategic Air Command/North American Air
Defense) system recorded fifty false alerts, including a simulated
attack whose output accidentally triggered a live "scramble".
An error in the F16 flight simulation program caused the plane to flip
upside down whenever it crossed the equator.
An F18 missile thrust while it was still clamped to the plane, causing
the plane to lose 20,000 feet in altitude.
The train doors on the computer-controlled San Francisco BART system
somethimes open on long legs between stations.
A NORAD alert from the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS)
detected the moon as an incoming missile.
The Vancouver Stock Index lost 574 points over a 22-month period
because of roundoff errors (e.g., rounding off 3.14159 to 3.1416).
On November 28, 1079, an Air New Zealand flight crashed into a
mountain; later investigation showed that an error in the computer
course data had been observed and fixed, but the pilot had never been
informed.
I go to work every day to build great products that people are going to love.
Uh-huh, sure, like I'm going to believe that. Myself and everyone I know has problems with the products produced by M$. Maybe many people don't hate their products, but they sure don't love them either. I'm just disgusted, and the sad fact is that he probably actually believes what he's saying....ugh....
There is a cool video there of the stuff going off.
Well there was a cool video of the stuff going off, now it's just a 16K file stating
Our apologies, but due to the overwhelming popularity of this video, we've had to temporarily remove it, pending accommodations for the traffic we're receiving.
I guess all the geeks wanted to see the nanotubes burst into flames...
CRAY INC. OFFERS WORLD'S HIGHEST-CAPABILITY EXPANSION MEMORY/DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM
System Can Transfer 100 Copies of Human Genome Per Second and Quickly Handle Other Very Large,
Data-Intensive Problems
SEATTLE (April 8, 2002) - Cray Inc. (Nasdaq NM: CRAY) today announced the availability of the world's highest-capability
expansion memory and data transfer system. The new system, compatible with Cray SV1e and Cray SV1ex supercomputers,
includes a 224-gigabyte Solid State Disk (SSD) with a data transfer rate of 80 gigabytes per second-800 or more times
faster than the 10- to 100-megabytes/second speeds typical with today's disk servers.
The field-upgradeable SSD system can hold 27 copies of the Human Genome and transfer data at a rate equivalent to 100
Human Genomes per second. With their 32-gigabyte central memories and the new SSD system, Cray SV1 series supercomputers
now provide up to a quarter terabyte of ultrafast memory. They can also be linked to a virtually unlimited number of
standard disk servers for additional capacity, and to other computer systems via high-speed networking.
"With the new SSD system, Cray SV1 series supercomputers can handle extremely large, data-intensive problems with
unprecedented speed, convenience and cost-effectiveness," said Jerry Loe, Cray vice president of worldwide sales
and service. "This will be particularly useful in bioinformatics, and for complex automotive and aerospace applications."
The Cray SV1 series, named "Best Supercomputer" in 2001 by the readers of Scientific Computing & Instrumentation magazine,
includes special hardware features for bioinformatics.
"With the new SSD, bioinformaticists will be able to work with several copies of the Human Genome at a time, or perform
whole genome comparisons, or pursue drug design and discovery, without wasting valuable compute time waiting for standard
disk data transfers," said Jef Dawson, Cray's manager of bioinformatics development and marketing. "The SSD can keep up
with the Cray SV1 parallel supercomputers' processors, which perform up to 12 operations per clock cycle."
Dawson said the SSD will benefit virtually any application requiring large data sets. "The popular automotive application
MSC/Nastran ran 2.5 times faster using the new SSD capability. Applications that run 'out of core,' including the
popular GAUSSIAN chemistry codes, are also well suited to the SSD. You can think of the SSD as the world's biggest
cache memory, or the world's biggest I/O buffer. Either way, it offers the world a new capability."
For more information on the Cray SV1ex series, visit www.cray.com or contact your local Cray sales representative.
Um, I think you mean photos 713 and 714. Other than that, you seem to be right, the same person is even standing in the doorway! But he's bound to have screwed up in a few places, I mean, it was 3,304 miles afterall, so cut him some slack.
I am amused by the warning at the bottom of the second link:
"WARNING!: U.S. Government Computer: If you are not authorized to access
this system, disconnect now. You should have no expectation of privacy. By continuing, you consent to your keystrokes and data content being monitored. This message required by NASA GSFC CIO."
I especially like the "You should have no expectation of privacy" part, at least they're honest about it...:-)
My favorite line from the Discover article is "To the ancient Greeks, the oracle at Delphi was the voice of Apollo. To Jelle de Boer, the oracle was more likely an ordinary woman high on hydrocarbons."
The flexCD is non-toxic and may be used with food items
Dimensions
flexCD 80
flexCD 80 is ~140 microns thick (almost 1/10 the thickness of a rigid CD)
The flexCD 80 weighs ~.6 grams (less than 1/10 the weight of a rigid CD)
flexCD 80 measures 8cm in diameter
flexCD 80 holds up to 200 megabyts of multimedia information without any
loss in quality
flexCD 120
flexCD 120 is ~140 microns thick (almost 1/10 the thickness of a rigid CD)
The flexCD 120 weighs ~1.3 grams
flexCD 120 measures almost 12cm in diameter
Extras
flexCDs are available in various configural variations (such as a star,
heart, square)
A self-adhesive confection makes the product ready for mounting
applications
Print Options include overprinting, 4c, wallpaper/pattern printing
Adapter
The flexCD adapter consists of two pieces. The top piece is made from polystyrene and can be overprinted much like a rigid CD. The bottom piece is made from transparent polycarbonate (same material used in rigid CDs).
The adapter weighs approx. 17.5 grams
The adapter is 12cm in diameter (the same diameter of a rigid CD)
This site has exceeded its limit of 3 Gigabytes of transfer for the month. You may buy extra Gigabytes of transfer by logging in to the user menu and choosing "upgrade".
This is just great. Perfect. Anyone who didn't get to the site before it was/.-ed is now not going to be able to get it until the end of the month unless he buys more bandwidth.
Before you give them anything, have them sign an agreement that they will destroy any material they receive from you in 45 days. If you find they are using your information after 45 days, you can take them to court and show the court their signatures. IANAL so I don't know if this would work very well or not, but it's an idea.
Personally I never heard of the company "Green" before. Did you? Anyway, they seem to have a wide range of rather interesting products. Today we take a look at two of them; The Crystal Optical Mouse and the Finger Mouse.
Let's take a closer look at the Crystal Optical Mouse.
As we all know, most mice come with 2 or 3 buttons and a scroll wheel. Well, times change:). Green decided to try something new and they developed a buttonless mouse.
How does it work? The top part of the mouse is one shell. You have to move the shell to the right or the left to click. Here's a picture to clear it up:
Colorcase.be has this mouse in two different colors; black and purple. I have to warn you though, the black one isn't really black. It's rather "smoked", which is even sweeter:).
When I first started to use this mouse it felt really weird. Especially because you have to swing the mouse to the left and the right to click. After using it for a couple of hours it was a piece of cake. It's a great mouse, but defenitly not suited for a real gamer. It takes to much time to click and you can't right click and left click at the same time. So if you work in an office all day and you want to try something new, try this mouse. If you are a hardcore gamer; leave it alone.
What about the ergonomics? Well, to be honest, in the beginning this mouse is a little hard on you wrist. But when you get used to it that problem will not occure again!
This mouse (if you can call it a mouse) was especially developed for powerpoint presentation. With a normal mouse or trackball it's rather hard, when making a presentation, to switch between screens. Thanks to this innovative mouse you can say goodbye to that problem.
For notebook users (filler, filler, filler, filler)
For children's tutorial operations (filler, filler, filler, filler)
Special Elegant design (filler, filler, filler, filler)
Wrist and finger muscle harmless design (filler, filler, filler, filler)
A lighting LED when power by computer (filler, filler, filler, filler)
Cursor movement is activated by thumb (filler, filler, filler, filler)
USB/PS2 (filler, filler, filler, filler)
Measurements: L x H x H= 98 x 45 x 75mm (filler, filler, filler, filler)
(image of mouse) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
As you can see by the specification list, the main purpose of the Finger Mouse is to make presentations and laptop use easier. But if you have a laptop I wouldn't recommend this mouse. This mouse is a really awesome sollution for people who have to make a lot of presentations!
This mouse performs very well and looks really sweet. It costs 48, that's about 52USD, but it's sure worth the money. I would recommend it to anyone who has to work with a PC whole day, because it is fun to use. But to all gamers, stay away from this mouse:).
Finger Mouse:
This mouse is perfect for Powerpoint presentations. But that's its only purpose, don't try to use it for something else. This mouse is available for 40EUR, about 43USD.
You can download additional drivers for the Crystal Optical Mouse here.
I keep seeing people say that all you have to do is locate and destroy the tags. The only problem is that the government could make it a crime to destroy the tags in items you buy. I don't think they will, but enough big companies pressing, et cetera might get them to do something of the sorts. Of course many wouldn't pay heed to such a law, but it's just a thought...
"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way fascinating to cats, and to any other animal with a chase instinct."
Slashdot Mirror
It only deals with music, but Icecast apparently supports video streaming now, so with some changes it could support video too, I imagine.
The google cache of the cryptome page.
I'm taking Latin II in high school right now (high school instruction ususally goes up to Latin V). In my biology class, Latin has helped me figure out the meaning of some words because I know (or can guess) the meanings based on the Latin words they are derived from. Also, a lot of times my Latin class teaches me more about English than my English class does, which is just not right. ;-) Anyway, I really enjoy taking Latin, and it is actually fairly easy to learn because there aren't so many fscking exceptions to the rules like in English! (I do particularly despise the third declension though...)
I've just spent the past 30 minutes trying desperately to find out how uninstall the radialcontext XPI so I can have my Moz back. Here's how to manually uninstall it (all of this happens in the chrome directory of the mozilla install dir):
Note: the directory overlayinfo will be recreated when you run mozilla, but it will now contain the information you want
Just curious, where are you planning to open these centres?
Oh god, the humour, it hurts. Stop. Please.
Below is a paragraph on page 113 in the book "Modern Structured Analysis" by Edward Yourdon.
System Can Transfer 100 Copies of Human Genome Per Second and Quickly Handle Other Very Large, Data-Intensive Problems
SEATTLE (April 8, 2002) - Cray Inc. (Nasdaq NM: CRAY) today announced the availability of the world's highest-capability expansion memory and data transfer system. The new system, compatible with Cray SV1e and Cray SV1ex supercomputers, includes a 224-gigabyte Solid State Disk (SSD) with a data transfer rate of 80 gigabytes per second-800 or more times faster than the 10- to 100-megabytes/second speeds typical with today's disk servers.
The field-upgradeable SSD system can hold 27 copies of the Human Genome and transfer data at a rate equivalent to 100 Human Genomes per second. With their 32-gigabyte central memories and the new SSD system, Cray SV1 series supercomputers now provide up to a quarter terabyte of ultrafast memory. They can also be linked to a virtually unlimited number of standard disk servers for additional capacity, and to other computer systems via high-speed networking.
"With the new SSD system, Cray SV1 series supercomputers can handle extremely large, data-intensive problems with unprecedented speed, convenience and cost-effectiveness," said Jerry Loe, Cray vice president of worldwide sales and service. "This will be particularly useful in bioinformatics, and for complex automotive and aerospace applications." The Cray SV1 series, named "Best Supercomputer" in 2001 by the readers of Scientific Computing & Instrumentation magazine, includes special hardware features for bioinformatics.
"With the new SSD, bioinformaticists will be able to work with several copies of the Human Genome at a time, or perform whole genome comparisons, or pursue drug design and discovery, without wasting valuable compute time waiting for standard disk data transfers," said Jef Dawson, Cray's manager of bioinformatics development and marketing. "The SSD can keep up with the Cray SV1 parallel supercomputers' processors, which perform up to 12 operations per clock cycle."
Dawson said the SSD will benefit virtually any application requiring large data sets. "The popular automotive application MSC/Nastran ran 2.5 times faster using the new SSD capability. Applications that run 'out of core,' including the popular GAUSSIAN chemistry codes, are also well suited to the SSD. You can think of the SSD as the world's biggest cache memory, or the world's biggest I/O buffer. Either way, it offers the world a new capability."
For more information on the Cray SV1ex series, visit www.cray.com or contact your local Cray sales representative.
Um, I think you mean photos 713 and 714 . Other than that, you seem to be right, the same person is even standing in the doorway! But he's bound to have screwed up in a few places, I mean, it was 3,304 miles afterall, so cut him some slack.
My favorite line from the Discover article is "To the ancient Greeks, the oracle at Delphi was the voice of Apollo. To Jelle de Boer, the oracle was more likely an ordinary woman high on hydrocarbons."
Material
Polyester foil
Vacuum Vaporized Aluminum
Polymer based lacquer
Print
The flexCD is non-toxic and may be used with food items
Dimensions
flexCD 80
flexCD 80 is ~140 microns thick (almost 1/10 the thickness of a rigid CD)
The flexCD 80 weighs ~.6 grams (less than 1/10 the weight of a rigid CD)
flexCD 80 measures 8cm in diameter
flexCD 80 holds up to 200 megabyts of multimedia information without any loss in quality
flexCD 120
flexCD 120 is ~140 microns thick (almost 1/10 the thickness of a rigid CD)
The flexCD 120 weighs ~1.3 grams
flexCD 120 measures almost 12cm in diameter
Extras
flexCDs are available in various configural variations (such as a star, heart, square)
A self-adhesive confection makes the product ready for mounting applications
Print Options include overprinting, 4c, wallpaper/pattern printing
Adapter
The flexCD adapter consists of two pieces. The top piece is made from polystyrene and can be overprinted much like a rigid CD. The bottom piece is made from transparent polycarbonate (same material used in rigid CDs).
The adapter weighs approx. 17.5 grams
The adapter is 12cm in diameter (the same diameter of a rigid CD)
The flexCD adapter is approx. 1.5mm thick
I wouldn't mind a little karma... ;-)
*walks out in disgust*
Slightly OT, but the Register has an article about using Google as an "attack engine".
"Awwww, what a cute teddy bear! His eye's even light up!" (reaches out and grabs bear, ripping out cables in the process)
"Nooooooooooooooooo! Not my game of Quake!"
Windows NE, eh? What's that stand for, "Not Evil"? Or perhaps "Not Enough". :-)
~ thebabelfish
Before you give them anything, have them sign an agreement that they will destroy any material they receive from you in 45 days. If you find they are using your information after 45 days, you can take them to court and show the court their signatures. IANAL so I don't know if this would work very well or not, but it's an idea.
According to the IMDB, both The Matrix Reloaded (the second one) and The Matrix Revolutions (the third one) are coming out in 2003.
I originally thought they were coming out this year, but I suppose not.
Here's the article for those who can't reach it. Sorry for the freakin' filler, I hate the lameness filter.
Introduction (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Personally I never heard of the company "Green" before. Did you? Anyway, they seem to have a wide range of rather interesting products. Today we take a look at two of them; The Crystal Optical Mouse and the Finger Mouse.
(image of packaging) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)These products are provided by Colorcase.be.
Crystal Optical Mouse (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Let's take a closer look at the Crystal Optical Mouse.
As we all know, most mice come with 2 or 3 buttons and a scroll wheel. Well, times change :). Green decided to try something new and they developed a buttonless mouse.
How does it work? The top part of the mouse is one shell. You have to move the shell to the right or the left to click. Here's a picture to clear it up:
(image of mouse, (c) Green)Specs Crystal Optical (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Colorcase.be has this mouse in two different colors; black and purple. I have to warn you though, the black one isn't really black. It's rather "smoked", which is even sweeter :).
(image of both mice next to each other) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)Specs (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Experience Crystal Optical (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
When I first started to use this mouse it felt really weird. Especially because you have to swing the mouse to the left and the right to click. After using it for a couple of hours it was a piece of cake. It's a great mouse, but defenitly not suited for a real gamer. It takes to much time to click and you can't right click and left click at the same time. So if you work in an office all day and you want to try something new, try this mouse. If you are a hardcore gamer; leave it alone.
(image showing the smoked/transparant effect) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)(image of above but in the dark) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
What about the ergonomics? Well, to be honest, in the beginning this mouse is a little hard on you wrist. But when you get used to it that problem will not occure again!
Finger Mouse (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
This mouse (if you can call it a mouse) was especially developed for powerpoint presentation. With a normal mouse or trackball it's rather hard, when making a presentation, to switch between screens. Thanks to this innovative mouse you can say goodbye to that problem.
(image of the finger mouse) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)Specs Finger Mouse (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Let's see what this little mouse has to offer.
Specs: (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
- For notebook users (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- For children's tutorial operations (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- Special Elegant design (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- Wrist and finger muscle harmless design (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- A lighting LED when power by computer (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- Cursor movement is activated by thumb (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- USB/PS2 (filler, filler, filler, filler)
- Measurements: L x H x H= 98 x 45 x 75mm (filler, filler, filler, filler)
(image of mouse) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)As you can see by the specification list, the main purpose of the Finger Mouse is to make presentations and laptop use easier. But if you have a laptop I wouldn't recommend this mouse. This mouse is a really awesome sollution for people who have to make a lot of presentations!
Here's how to hold it:
(image of mouse being held) (filler, filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)Conclusion (stupid filler, filler, filler, filler, filler)
Crystal Optical Mouse:
This mouse performs very well and looks really sweet. It costs 48, that's about 52USD, but it's sure worth the money. I would recommend it to anyone who has to work with a PC whole day, because it is fun to use. But to all gamers, stay away from this mouse :).
Finger Mouse:
This mouse is perfect for Powerpoint presentations. But that's its only purpose, don't try to use it for something else. This mouse is available for 40EUR, about 43USD.
You can download additional drivers for the Crystal Optical Mouse here.
I keep seeing people say that all you have to do is locate and destroy the tags. The only problem is that the government could make it a crime to destroy the tags in items you buy. I don't think they will, but enough big companies pressing, et cetera might get them to do something of the sorts. Of course many wouldn't pay heed to such a law, but it's just a thought...
A patent on a "method of exercising a cat" using a laser pointer. Purely rediculous.
"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way fascinating to cats, and to any other animal with a chase instinct."