All the kids that took CS to become "Hackers" found out that it was often a very less than honorable profession. Since their underinflated ego didn't like the name "programmer", they started to lift the term hacker for themselve, and replace the negative with the label cracker.
Those of us that were there, and awake during the late 70's and early 80's know exactly what a "hacker" is.
"Cracker" may be more appropriate these days, but it is the "bastardised" definition, not the other way around.
This guy decided to prove that you can easily build your own cruise missile with a budget of US$5,000. Check out what happened to this guy once he completed the project....."
So I visited the guys website, where his FAQ mentions a 2003 Slashdotting... and the last update was July of 2004.
Yeah. digg.com is really tearing/. a new one on timeliness...
Interesting legal question re:Supreme Court ruling
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P2P and TV
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So if BitTorrent isn't promoting that they can be used to spread copyright material...
Can John Rogers be sued for his obvious "tongue-in-cheek" admonishment of people who downloaded copyrighted material?
In a nutshell, if Software Company X releases a P2P software program and does all it should to discourage the distribution of "illegal" material, can Joe User get sued for posting in a blog, in a news story, etc that it can still be used for that goal?
What will replace the space shuttle fleet?
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CONTRACTORS!
Seriously. I recently returned from a tour in the middle east. Damn near everything is contracted out: food, showers, embarkation/debarkation. With an increasing number of viable "space" start-ups, it isn't hard to imagine that NASA hasn't announced a shuttle replacement because they're waiting for these guys (or gals) to come up with a cheap alternative that they can purchase time on.
You eliminate a large chunk of the paperwork when a sig on the dotted line passes the logistics to someone else.
The Star Flops section got me to wondering about a 33 1/3 record that was released many moons ago called "Encounter on Ord Mandell", that occured between IV and V. Why is it the internet is rife with copies of the Christmas special, but I can't seem to track down audio of this (supposedly good) peice of Star Wars history?
We've inadvertently discovered the next big thing, that is now in the throws of being pushed to far, and will eventually implode on itself.
Leaving a couple thousand people, with no jobs skills, flooding the unemployment system. (Not to mention the kids that want to follow in their footsteps up to a full decade after the buzz has passed.)
And all the while, my mother will still be laughing... "I told you playing Nintendo all the time would lead you NOWHERE!"
Slashdot Mirror
...in 3... 2... 1...
(Come one, you know you want to!)
Just curious... at first glance they all look to be publicly held.
It seems as if every method of handling all the major subsystems of an OS has been patented by someone and/or his brother.
Honestly, this thing has patent lawsuit written all over it, and no one outside Microsoft has even seen a lick of code yet.
To all of you that thought an outdated version of the OS was actually "leaked".
:-)
Congrats, Apple just made you an unpaid security consultant.
Given the topics I've had rejected, it must all be a matter of which mod catches your submission.
:-)
I don't know if the one that got through had anything to do with me using Firefox instead of IE to submit it.
It's AWESOM-O!
Butters would be thrilled.
...do we need a remake of Starship Troopers already?
"Hackers" cracked systems.
Then came the early 90's.
All the kids that took CS to become "Hackers" found out that it was often a very less than honorable profession. Since their underinflated ego didn't like the name "programmer", they started to lift the term hacker for themselve, and replace the negative with the label cracker.
Those of us that were there, and awake during the late 70's and early 80's know exactly what a "hacker" is.
"Cracker" may be more appropriate these days, but it is the "bastardised" definition, not the other way around.
Well, I paid them a visit and saw this....
/. a new one on timeliness...
"A DIY Cruise Missile
submitted by Blangy 1 day 1 hour ago (via http://www.interestingprojects.../
This guy decided to prove that you can easily build your own cruise missile with a budget of US$5,000. Check out what happened to this guy once he completed the project....."
So I visited the guys website, where his FAQ mentions a 2003 Slashdotting... and the last update was July of 2004.
Yeah. digg.com is really tearing
Steve Robinson sneezing, and hundreds of tiles slowly peeling away towards space...
that Joe Wilson outed his own wife in 2002.
w ww.mideasti.org/html/bio-wilson.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030720060539/http://
Then we'll be on to something. :-)
but... well... yes I am...
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So if BitTorrent isn't promoting that they can be used to spread copyright material...
Can John Rogers be sued for his obvious "tongue-in-cheek" admonishment of people who downloaded copyrighted material?
In a nutshell, if Software Company X releases a P2P software program and does all it should to discourage the distribution of "illegal" material, can Joe User get sued for posting in a blog, in a news story, etc that it can still be used for that goal?
CONTRACTORS!
Seriously. I recently returned from a tour in the middle east. Damn near everything is contracted out: food, showers, embarkation/debarkation. With an increasing number of viable "space" start-ups, it isn't hard to imagine that NASA hasn't announced a shuttle replacement because they're waiting for these guys (or gals) to come up with a cheap alternative that they can purchase time on.
You eliminate a large chunk of the paperwork when a sig on the dotted line passes the logistics to someone else.
Care of Lester.
:-)
(You know the SLASHDOT MASTERCARD is just around the corner.
The Star Flops section got me to wondering about a 33 1/3 record that was released many moons ago called "Encounter on Ord Mandell", that occured between IV and V. Why is it the internet is rife with copies of the Christmas special, but I can't seem to track down audio of this (supposedly good) peice of Star Wars history?
And I'm sure more hours than that were spent trying to clean this up... try him for murder.
It won't be the Dems... the average laptop won't fit down their pants.
Next Stop: Redmond. :-)
"Make it so, Number 1"
I can see the Yahoo engineers trying it now.
You can Whittle while you work?
(sorry.)
...to drive traffic (Get it? Car - traffic?!) to howstuffworks.com?
It must be a slooooow news day.
We've inadvertently discovered the next big thing, that is now in the throws of being pushed to far, and will eventually implode on itself.
Leaving a couple thousand people, with no jobs skills, flooding the unemployment system. (Not to mention the kids that want to follow in their footsteps up to a full decade after the buzz has passed.)
And all the while, my mother will still be laughing... "I told you playing Nintendo all the time would lead you NOWHERE!"