There's an easier way. You can hand mod_access netblocks and more. This method will avoid eating cycles with mod_rewrite. If you can put it in your conf instead of.htaccess, you'll save even more time/processing. Just put it in for your doc root. From my httpd.conf:
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/"> # BRYN'S DENIALS # allresearch.com deny from 209.73.228.160/28 # branddimensions.com user-agent: BDFetch deny from 204.92.59.0/24 # cyveillance.com deny from 63.148.99.224/27 deny from 65.118.41.192/27 # www.markwatch.com user-agent: markwatch deny from 204.62.224.0/22 deny from 204.62.228.0/23 deny from 206.190.160.0/19 # nameprotect.com user-agent: NPBot deny from 12.40.85.0/24 deny from 12.148.196.128/25 deny from 12.148.209.192/26 deny from 12.175.0.32/28 # rocketinfo.com deny from 209.167.132.224/28 # END BRYN'S DENIALS </Directory>
Now I gotta look up IPs for these clowns... damn copyright ambulance chasers... arin.net here I come!
Fuck, why don't we just ban the research and development of new things?
No need to ban them. I filed a patent on "Method for Development of New Things". By the way, I've trademarked the words "New" and "Things" as well. You should get your cease and desist served to you any time now.
for those who keep up on these types of absurdities: "New 2.0?" "iThings?" "eCrap?":-]
So apparently, Slashdotters are 100% behind software piracy. I'll let John Carmack know that nobody around here will be paying him for his work anymore.
So if you mix an chicken and an orange, you get plywood? What? Your conclusion is as nonsensical as your argument.
First of all, if the post started with a score of one and got modded +4 to the maximum of 5 you're saying that those 4 moderators represent the over two million slashdot accounts? (or at least the 1,7170,889 that registered before you did - we'll keep it simple for you) Secondly, you conclude that not wanting to give Microsoft money somehow equates to not wanting to give Carmack money?
Frankly, I don't want to give MS any more money (though I don't want their products anymore either). I've gladly given id Software loads of cash. I'd estimate I've given them at least $500 already - AT LEAST. If John were standing next to me, I would gladly hand him the money in my wallet too because he's a good programmer, a good man and has been generous with his creations. He's given me quite a bit in the forms of entertainment, platforms to explore my own creativity and knowledge. I bet John wouldn't even accept the money handed straight to him from my wallet unless he needed it. In my book, I still owe him. Can you say the same for MS? (You estabilished the one to many comparison, not me.)
All of this accusatory bluster for a discussion about how, in fact, MS is actively shooting themselves in the foot. Tell me, when was the last time Carmack did that?
Next time you think of posting, think of your user name and spare us from the spuious FUD "Overly Critical Guy". Don't post until you can calm down and get off the soapbox.
Everyone else: I know I just fed a troll, but sometimes you just gotta put your foot down.
Eh, sorry for not getting this. What is "self moderation"?
Hitting the "No Karma Bonus" and "No Subscriber Bonus" checkboxes. Thus the comment will start with a score of one and can easily be modded to oblivion by a single moderator. I've got the karma to burn (no pun intended from the conversation). As to the rest of he conversation, I don't have a chance for a lengthy response now, but I added you as a friend. perhaps the conversation will continue another day.
Getting offtopic here, so no self moderation. Then again, it seems religion and government often intertwine - especially in times of fear (perpetuated and natural).
Being a person who had not kown religion until being thrown into Catholic school, I have often looked at the bible through various translations. A good resource for this is The Bible Browser's Online Parallel Bible or what I like to call "The Gospel According to Geek". The entry for Like:22-36 is a fine example. All modern versions of the bible are represented together. Then there are links to modern foreign languages, Greek (including a couple of antient dialects), Commented/Ministry versions and finally a lexicon so you can look at what you would interpret the words to mean. It's interesting to read in this manner because the biases and directions of various translations can be compared easily - as can the similrities. Sometimes this can also put the slant into the open when browsing through entire chapters.
For the record: Today, I'm spiritual but not religious or adhering to any faith. I have found my own path. To me, at the least Christ (the man) was a wise and just man, whom I wouldn't mind using as a role model. It's what people have done in his name through the ages that makes me reject dogma (or any other spiritual leaders for that matter). It seems after a spiritual leader dies, someone will try to seize upon their followers for personal gain perverting the memory of the spiritual leader. I'm watching the future of Scientology with a definitely morbid Fascination waiting for this pattern to play out more. It seems to be a rare thing to witness;D
and treat that "royalty charge" as a blanket license to their entire library.
There are plenty of no-name, not-pushed, ripped-off, hung-to-dry signed acts over the years that would love some turnabout as well.
It's always the professional theif (major label) that accuses someone else of stealing so it would seem. Let's even the odds. The artists version of what that moran Doug Morris said:
In the words of a member of a small yet signed band, "These [companies] are just repositories for stolen [ideas/talents], and they all know it,. So it's time to get [what they already owe us] for it."
Eventually, the domain was getting hit with nearly 1500 spam messages a day, and I shut down my mail server service.
Greylisting could clear that up in a jiffy. My server was getting a few thousand spams a day (peaked at over 2000 in an hour at one point). It was getting so that the machine was constanly churning spamassassin and not much else could get CPU. Worse: my filters/learning were getting poisoned. I installed greylisting and the problems all went away. If you aren't running your server ask your provider for it. Most server apps have a plugin or something similar for it nowadays.
I have a physical version of this somewhere, but it was easy enough to google a PDF. I give you Write Only Memory (WOM). It's a joke so old, it has a Wikipedia page.
I've given this a lot of thought and time over the years actually. The conclusion? I don't know. There's either too many trade-offs or differing but equivalent moral quandries for every destination I've thought of. At least some of the most obvious countries (the UK, Canada et al) are starting to suffer some of what we've seen here in the US. Misery, company and all that.
Good question. If you find an answer, let me know.
All incoming e-mail is reformatted. Attachments are converted to.odf or.png, as appropriate. Stuff that can't be converted is dropped. HTML is parsed, checked for syntax, and Javascript dropped.
A utility I use on my server's admin accounts is a simple ~10 line PHP script run by the input filter via Xmail. It just runs strip_tags() on the body text of the email after which I drop non-image attachments. This basically makes sure all of my admin mail is text at SMTP. I originally did it because I was using a text-only reader for that mail at one point, but I've never thought of it as a security measure until you brought up your points. I wonder what my users would think of that...
For all of the bad things that could be said of Netware (there were many), let's not forget that without it MS may have never advanced networking and infrastructure to the point they have (keep reading before you say "bah!"). Novell was THE competition for MS during the 90s. I worked in a blended NW/NT environment during the late 90s and from my vantage point the competition was fierce. For that, I say thank you. To those in doubt: Think of MS security then think of what it could have become without Novell as a competitor - shudder if you must. Rest well Ray.
To let the thugs know there's money coming out so they know to beat you for it.
almost... It plays a happy tune to cheer them up so they don't beat you so badly. That's why it has the trill. It's been proven that trills put those about to commit assault into a better mood and end up just committing battery... or something
She replied that
a) the fictional TV shows generally get as much wrong with their medicine as movies with tech themes get technology wrong and
b) no one wants to watch a show consisting of a bunch of web geeks sitting in front of their computers all day.
You could kill two birds with one stone and watch any version of CSI - especially CSI:Miami (dead bird pun intended). Even the department budgets in those shows have accountants cringing at how unrealistic the shows are;)
Since when did Web 2.0 = forgetting all about usability and going with 'it looks minimal, so therefore cool'
It may look minimal, but it's a monster of table driven madness. Viewing the source reveals that they are thinking of W2.0 in the marketing and social sense only. The page validation shows that their programmers don't really give a care what HTML is and how relates to W2.0 in the first place. There's not even a doctype declared. A textbook of W2.0 design my ass. Movietally is more of a textbook example of jumping on a marketing bandwagon and ignoring how to actually code symantically.
I personally got a chuckle out of the repetitive use of judiciously... why thank you Microsoft, I thought it would've been better to use certain functionallity foolishly!
Rule 12 1/2 should have been: Use judiciously judiciously.
Just because he approved the action to sting the reporter, he didn't necessairily know what the means were.
Where I come from, we call that Plausible Deniability. It keeps our best elitists from getting their hands all grubby with the details or criminal charges. After all, repercussions are for the riff-raff.
So anyway, I pwned some warez, but new games are teh sux. I used emule to rip some complete albums for a friend, and while I was at it: I grabbed some gameboy advanced roms. And I did it all at Panera's Bread so the RIAA can't trace me.
A chat translation might be:
awho-pwned warez 2day-t3h h07 games 6. 1@mer n33dz 3mool ripz, 1 pwned GBA ROMz 2. l33chd w1f1 at Panera's Bread -RIAA no tracey. 1337!
I wonder what these objects look like when exported to an object file. Will they still look as natural if you import them into your favorite Quake map or blender world?
Here's a shot of a bunny rabbit I was playing with imported into Maya. I threw a sphere eye into the Teddy mesh for giggles. Teddy saves OBJ files (OBJ is a standard text file format created by Alias - now Autodesk). Almost any 3D software can import OBJ files including Blender. Teddy creates poly tris, so you might get some game tools to compile raw teddy meshes if you dared.
It seems that the meshes it creates are pretty symetrical with a middle row of vertices. This means that what you create can be cut in half and mirrored to create truly symetrical meshes easily. In my bunny example, I only created one ear so that I can just duplicate it on the other side for matching ears (not done in the screenshot).
The meshes Teddy creates do need cleanup though as it wastes a lot of polys where things converge (look at the bottom tip of the bunny's nose). I would consider Teddy a decent tool to brainstorm ideas, however there will still be plenty of work to do inside your 3D software of choice. Using it as a tool to create organic primitives is another option. I'm going to keep it in the toolbox, but it's not a replacement for other software.
Oddly enough, that also fixed both of these "exploits" for me. Now I get "The plug-in required by this 'URI' action is not available. Blah blah blah". Thanks for the link.
Perhaps you didn't realize that the FCC Chairman at that time (Michael Powell) was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Somebody rate the parent comment as flamebait.
Damn there's a lot of "facts" being thrown around in this thread. From the Wikipedia article on Michael Powell:
President George W. Bush designated him chairman of the commission on 22 January 2001. (then at the end of the article) Powell resigned as Chairman of the FCC on January 21, 2005.
He was followed by Kevin Martin. According to his WP entry:
Martin worked several years for Wiley, Rein & Fielding, "Rated Top Telecommunications Lobbyists" according to an article on their website. The firm represents the Bells as well as Viacom/CBS, Gannett, Belo, Emmis, Gray Television, and Motorola.
. Thus, the current and most recent former Chairmen of the FCC have been both Bush appointees, Republicans and the current one is a former media company lobbyist.
They have to choose whether they want to spend it on advertising or on real-world goods that they get to keep, so they still have to decide whether they're likely to get more than a dollar back from their posts.
Or they can just assume that they need more stolen credit cards to cover the cost. Taking $1 from someone's account is probably easier than big ticket items anyway since it might not even be noticed by the card's owner, so the card can just be left alone for a month or so then used to get goods.
The poster stated that the ARTICLE was "old news," not the Slashdot post.
TFA was dated today. News of it hit the all of the news agencies this morning. The oldest article I could find about it was on September 4 after a news search. Google hasn't even announced it yet on their Press Center yet. I'd say that's pretty fresh still.
Slashdot Mirror
To all Affected Parties,
Have at it. We'll be right by your side when you (WILL!) need us.
Gleefully awaiting our retainer,
The Lawyers
There's also the Data API.
No need to ban them. I filed a patent on "Method for Development of New Things". By the way, I've trademarked the words "New" and "Things" as well. You should get your cease and desist served to you any time now.
for those who keep up on these types of absurdities: "New 2.0?" "iThings?" "eCrap?" :-]
So if you mix an chicken and an orange, you get plywood? What? Your conclusion is as nonsensical as your argument.
First of all, if the post started with a score of one and got modded +4 to the maximum of 5 you're saying that those 4 moderators represent the over two million slashdot accounts? (or at least the 1,7170,889 that registered before you did - we'll keep it simple for you) Secondly, you conclude that not wanting to give Microsoft money somehow equates to not wanting to give Carmack money?
Frankly, I don't want to give MS any more money (though I don't want their products anymore either). I've gladly given id Software loads of cash. I'd estimate I've given them at least $500 already - AT LEAST. If John were standing next to me, I would gladly hand him the money in my wallet too because he's a good programmer, a good man and has been generous with his creations. He's given me quite a bit in the forms of entertainment, platforms to explore my own creativity and knowledge. I bet John wouldn't even accept the money handed straight to him from my wallet unless he needed it. In my book, I still owe him. Can you say the same for MS? (You estabilished the one to many comparison, not me.)
All of this accusatory bluster for a discussion about how, in fact, MS is actively shooting themselves in the foot. Tell me, when was the last time Carmack did that?
Next time you think of posting, think of your user name and spare us from the spuious FUD "Overly Critical Guy". Don't post until you can calm down and get off the soapbox.
Everyone else: I know I just fed a troll, but sometimes you just gotta put your foot down.
Getting offtopic here, so no self moderation. Then again, it seems religion and government often intertwine - especially in times of fear (perpetuated and natural).
Being a person who had not kown religion until being thrown into Catholic school, I have often looked at the bible through various translations. A good resource for this is The Bible Browser's Online Parallel Bible or what I like to call "The Gospel According to Geek". The entry for Like:22-36 is a fine example. All modern versions of the bible are represented together. Then there are links to modern foreign languages, Greek (including a couple of antient dialects), Commented/Ministry versions and finally a lexicon so you can look at what you would interpret the words to mean. It's interesting to read in this manner because the biases and directions of various translations can be compared easily - as can the similrities. Sometimes this can also put the slant into the open when browsing through entire chapters.
For the record: Today, I'm spiritual but not religious or adhering to any faith. I have found my own path. To me, at the least Christ (the man) was a wise and just man, whom I wouldn't mind using as a role model. It's what people have done in his name through the ages that makes me reject dogma (or any other spiritual leaders for that matter). It seems after a spiritual leader dies, someone will try to seize upon their followers for personal gain perverting the memory of the spiritual leader. I'm watching the future of Scientology with a definitely morbid Fascination waiting for this pattern to play out more. It seems to be a rare thing to witness ;D
There are plenty of no-name, not-pushed, ripped-off, hung-to-dry signed acts over the years that would love some turnabout as well. It's always the professional theif (major label) that accuses someone else of stealing so it would seem. Let's even the odds. The artists version of what that moran Doug Morris said:
I have a physical version of this somewhere, but it was easy enough to google a PDF. I give you Write Only Memory (WOM). It's a joke so old, it has a Wikipedia page.
I've given this a lot of thought and time over the years actually. The conclusion? I don't know. There's either too many trade-offs or differing but equivalent moral quandries for every destination I've thought of. At least some of the most obvious countries (the UK, Canada et al) are starting to suffer some of what we've seen here in the US. Misery, company and all that.
Good question. If you find an answer, let me know.
For all of the bad things that could be said of Netware (there were many), let's not forget that without it MS may have never advanced networking and infrastructure to the point they have (keep reading before you say "bah!"). Novell was THE competition for MS during the 90s. I worked in a blended NW/NT environment during the late 90s and from my vantage point the competition was fierce. For that, I say thank you. To those in doubt: Think of MS security then think of what it could have become without Novell as a competitor - shudder if you must. Rest well Ray.
Here's a shot of a bunny rabbit I was playing with imported into Maya. I threw a sphere eye into the Teddy mesh for giggles. Teddy saves OBJ files (OBJ is a standard text file format created by Alias - now Autodesk). Almost any 3D software can import OBJ files including Blender. Teddy creates poly tris, so you might get some game tools to compile raw teddy meshes if you dared.
It seems that the meshes it creates are pretty symetrical with a middle row of vertices. This means that what you create can be cut in half and mirrored to create truly symetrical meshes easily. In my bunny example, I only created one ear so that I can just duplicate it on the other side for matching ears (not done in the screenshot).
The meshes Teddy creates do need cleanup though as it wastes a lot of polys where things converge (look at the bottom tip of the bunny's nose). I would consider Teddy a decent tool to brainstorm ideas, however there will still be plenty of work to do inside your 3D software of choice. Using it as a tool to create organic primitives is another option. I'm going to keep it in the toolbox, but it's not a replacement for other software.