I don't want any e-mail of any kind. Those two lines were jumbled together on a comic license plate. I think I'll use the e-mail portion to have more cryptic teasers like this.
Re:Spam is the worst kind of free speech.
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MAPS Sued Again
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In the free speech kingdom, spam sits in its throne of sh*t, right next to banner ads and telemarketing calls. There are ways to avoid even hearing or seeing these, though.
During dinner, if someone calls, just pick up the phone and hang it up. Friends will understand that you're eating, and telemarketers will say, "Damn, let's try the next one on the list!" Personally, my phone has a flash switch right on the handset, so when the caller sounds too much like s/he's promoting a product, I just slide the switch and say, "Oops! Connection problem!"
For banner ads, it's relatively easy: bind the ad picture server's DNS entry to 127.0.0.1 in etc/hosts (don't do this to images.slashdot.org, you'll lose the headline graphics! Besides, those are the ads that you don't mind too much!). The 468x60 gif files will be replaced by a red X icon! You can still click (if the host of the ad is broke), but who cares where it goes! The click is logged, the host is paid, end of story.
As for spam, just look at the subject line. Delete it if it just doesn't jive with something you've sent or requested via e-mail (e.g.: "Speed up you Internet connection with Ponzi Software!!!). Of course, reading those insipid subject lines gets annoying after a while, so that's where MAPS comes in.
Seeing spam isn't as dangerous as hearing "Fire!" in a crowded theater, but it's just as annoying to be fleeced by a moron in this way.
IMHO, a company that sues MAPS is admitting to their support of spam. MAPS was formed to help strengthen the resistance against spammers at the source - the ISP. Because of MAPS, ISPs all over the world now have stronger and more specific anti-spam and e-mail abuse policies (well, except for AOL and MSN, they never seem to catch up to anything).
Also, you might already know about this, but did you ever notice that MAPS is "spam" spelled backwards? Now that's the kind of opposition to spam that I like.
it's updated in realtime. The processes are complete with CPU time, current CPU usage in percent, and memory usage. All that is updated at an adjustable interval (500, 2000, or 4000 milliseconds, or paused). I'd like to see this implemented in the *nix world.
...thanks to new technologies. In DOOM, there were realistic bloodsplats. In Quake, the first 3D rendered gibs, and the head had that very last facial expression on it before bodily explosion. And now, there's Quake 3, with the "so realistic, you can almost touch it" gibs that go SPLAT! The bloodcloud was also born in Quake3; it took a generation of 3D accelerators powerful enough to run hundreds of sprites suspended in the air before that feature was born. I don't miss particle-based blood at all.
Well, I like my NTFS5 with per-file encryption just fine. So far, Linux has nothing that's both as integrated or as versatile as that. Linux seems to follow the Nine Inch Nails lyric, "Dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive."
...in Windows 2000, at least. I don't have any Linux boxes (I LOATHE the word "boxen", I know that Linux started in Europe, but I don't want to talk like them) running right now, so I can't really relate any of this directly to it. When I look at the Task Manager window, at the Processes tab, I see the following: System Idle Process, System, smss.exe, csrss.exe, winlogon.exe, services.exe, lsass.exe, svchost.exe, SPOOLSV.EXE, svchost.exe, regsvc.exe, mstask.exe, winmgmt.exe, IEXPLORE.exe, explorer.exe, taskmgr.exe. The PIDs of those are in ascending order (from 0 to 976). I think that the processes at the top should have higher priority, so httpd would be below ftpd, but above netscape. The OS should try to keep the processes nearer the top running all the time at the best efficiency.
Perhaps, though, this is already being done. Windows 2000 lets me decide whether I want to give priority to background or foreground processes. Since this isn't a server, I chose foreground. Oh well.
Admit it, you probably have moderator points, and you didn't like certain parts of my post, so you're the one who modded me down. Well, next time, read the whole post. There's a reply above that says, "It sounds like a good idea, but..." Isn't that one of the intents of these forums anyway? To stimulate new ideas?
You, sir, are the most bigoted AC/moderator I've ever seen. How dare you moderate solely from prejudice. Never judge a book by its cover.
That's the best way to get striped bass; just go into the shallow areas about 1/4 mile off the shore, and then steer into the waves. The striped bass swim with the waves, so they whiz right by your bait, and (hopefully) strike. After you fight with the ones on the lines, you fire up the motor, and speed ahead of the waves, then turn around and do it all again.
adding on to the above comment, it eats up available file descriptors by leaking them, causing the system to be unusable in three weeks. The Slashdot article on it is here. RedHat has provided a fix, though this is a laughable blunder, since their attempt to "innovate" backfired on them.
...not another damn add-on for an add-on for an add-on. Aren't you sick of running Sawmill for GNOME for Xwindows for Linux?
The biggest problem with Linux is how an underling module can corrupt the whole system. GNOME crashing steals 15 seconds of CPU time while the core gets dumped. Then, there's the now infamous problem with rhnsd halting the entire system after three weeks. An add-on process to ext-2 or jfs would mean another thing bogging down the system. It's akin to the proliferation of the tray icons on a Windows 9X system.
Linux needs to have a module priority system that prevents pathetic processes from taking down the entire system. This would avoid situations where a new Mozilla or Netscape beta segfaulting would require a restart
...what the hell happened to A3D? Since Creative bought their asse[t]s, they have done nothing with the API itself. It was assumed that A3D would be integrated into Creative soundcards, but instead, Creative released "5.1" versions of their Live series two weeks ago. As far as I know, they have done nothing to the current Aureal drivers for Windows 2000 (which are now at beta build 49) and Linux (that is, if they even exist). I have tried to contact them, but that's like sending a message in a bottle; they just never seem to respond. I fear that I may have to build a better soundcard myself; I'm sure that in 6 or 7 years, Creative will still be in its position of "aloof king of soundcards."
Be it a dog, cat, fish, or even a bird, pets can help melt the stress away. When they're not being funny as hell, they're relaxing when you pet them (well, not the fish, but it's fun to watch them swim around). My cockatiel does some funny things, and sometimes he sits on my head while I play Counter-Strike. I'm surprised that he isn't making machine-gun sounds yet.
Think of it: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, the NSA and the FBI use wiretapping all over the US. Wiretapping is usually the very first action taken against a suspect to attempt to incriminate him/her. The same might happen soon with e-mail and submitted forms. Perhaps the CIA has already developed a way to crack 128-bit encryption for the purpose of enlarging Carnivore's scope. If this is the case, I fear that some hackers might isolate this utility and use it against other sites.
I think that we should lock Bush and Gore in a computer room and have them jump into a Quake 3 fragfest for 4 straight hours. Maybe that'll desensitize them and help prevent them from bitching about the Internet violence "issue".
If there were such a superlative in my high school yearbook, I would have been elected, "Most Likely to go Columbine." The week after the incident there (April vacation was on during 4/20), I had numerous people asking me, "Dude, are you going to go crazy with a gun in the hallways?" There were also the taunts of, "Where's your hitlist?" and "Where's your trenchcoat?". However, that subsided, as they didn't want to risk anything. I like it when fear turns out to be your most powerful and peaceful weapon.
The sad political truth is that access to the Net, the Web and broadband equals creativity, confidence and opportunity. If American schoolchildren were provided the same kind of bandwidth college students are, just imagine the kind of creative technological outpouring they might be capable of, not only in primary and secondary schools, but by the time they hit colleges and universities.
Good point. My high school currently manages its network better than my college does (mainly due to some older hardware and the staunch opposition to upgrading to Windows 2000 at my college). I feel that a revolt similar to the college rebellions in the 60's might be in order soon. Rage against the Machine's "Testify" music video shows the disgusting similarity between Bush and Gore. Even in my hometown, the rift is showing: there's a referendum on the ballot as to whether the state will start funding a renovation of middle schools. My estimation is that everyone who is not above 10 years out of high school will vote yes, while all the voters over 35 will vote no. The rest is a toss-up, depending on whether they've seen what a dump one of the middle schools has become lately. I think that this is a lucid example of the rift between generations that is growing wider by the day.
"rentaghost sent us a sharky bit about a mouse feedback device that actually connects to your audio output to the mouse to add vibrations. It's OS independant too."
Okay, first off, it's "independent, as in "independent clause"; not independant, as in "Independant Worm Saloon".
Why not just buy an extra subwoofer to place under the table which has the mousepad? Or even better, an extra subwoofer strategically placed under the chair for that special gut-thumping experience? Personally, I have two 1-meter speakers (with 8-inch woofers) on each end of my room. It sounds excellent when playing Quake 1 and Quake 3 (Q2 never had enough bass), as well as Counter-Strike.
Well, now that you brought it up, sure. Why not have a laptop that can FFT a SETI@Home unit in 2 hours? That can compute the lightmap to 9plats (my custom Q3 level that's only 400K in file size but is also 1/5 of a mile wide) in 4 hours? I'm game for that - even if I have to plug it in everywhere or have only a 1.5 hour battery life.
I think this thing might go to the Gift Graveyard (be it the attic or the city landfill) all over the US. This thing looks more like an executive brown-nosing gift, from the price and implied demographic target. I think that after the Furby incident, the whole of American society has been spooked away from robotic toys. Like someone earlier brought up, this "companion" could just be a very cute espionage device.
Just yesterday, I saw a Japanese game on the PlayStation demo machine. I called over my friend Josh, who has learned Japanese, and asked him if he could translate the title screen. He didn't remember the proper name, but he translated literally: "I am the chef." This game puts the player in the position of diner chef. You have to boil ramen and cut vegetables. You even have to pour the bee... ahem, sake the right way. Is it just me, or does this seem like Sony has developed a covert way of hypnotizing the American children into servitude? I'd be very paranoid if the "Chin'PokoMon" scenario became reality.
Lycos has always been slow for me, though. Strange, since the Lycos HQ in Waltham is only 14 miles away from me as the crow flies. Hope Hemos is having a better time with it.
Personally, I like SpeedStep. With the Crusoe, you're going slow as hell all the time, because at a 600MHz clock, it performs like a P2 350. However, with the P3 SpeedStep, it limits itself to 500, then jumps up to the proper clock when you're plugged in. Also, you can override SpeedStep if you happen to get an extended battery pack or a weird long-life big-ass hybrid battery (I've heard of them on cameras, they should be useful for laptops). Of course, AMD won't be able to compete on the laptop front with Intel because the K6-2 just isn't fast enough, and the Athlon draws too much power. I've heard talk of a low-power Athlon for laptops, but I'll believe that when I see it.
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I don't want any e-mail of any kind. Those two lines were jumbled together on a comic license plate. I think I'll use the e-mail portion to have more cryptic teasers like this.
During dinner, if someone calls, just pick up the phone and hang it up. Friends will understand that you're eating, and telemarketers will say, "Damn, let's try the next one on the list!" Personally, my phone has a flash switch right on the handset, so when the caller sounds too much like s/he's promoting a product, I just slide the switch and say, "Oops! Connection problem!"
For banner ads, it's relatively easy: bind the ad picture server's DNS entry to 127.0.0.1 in etc/hosts (don't do this to images.slashdot.org, you'll lose the headline graphics! Besides, those are the ads that you don't mind too much!). The 468x60 gif files will be replaced by a red X icon! You can still click (if the host of the ad is broke), but who cares where it goes! The click is logged, the host is paid, end of story.
As for spam, just look at the subject line. Delete it if it just doesn't jive with something you've sent or requested via e-mail (e.g.: "Speed up you Internet connection with Ponzi Software!!!). Of course, reading those insipid subject lines gets annoying after a while, so that's where MAPS comes in.
Seeing spam isn't as dangerous as hearing "Fire!" in a crowded theater, but it's just as annoying to be fleeced by a moron in this way.
Or an even smaller european country - like Liechtenstein or Luxembourg.
Also, you might already know about this, but did you ever notice that MAPS is "spam" spelled backwards? Now that's the kind of opposition to spam that I like.
it's updated in realtime. The processes are complete with CPU time, current CPU usage in percent, and memory usage. All that is updated at an adjustable interval (500, 2000, or 4000 milliseconds, or paused). I'd like to see this implemented in the *nix world.
...thanks to new technologies. In DOOM, there were realistic bloodsplats. In Quake, the first 3D rendered gibs, and the head had that very last facial expression on it before bodily explosion. And now, there's Quake 3, with the "so realistic, you can almost touch it" gibs that go SPLAT! The bloodcloud was also born in Quake3; it took a generation of 3D accelerators powerful enough to run hundreds of sprites suspended in the air before that feature was born. I don't miss particle-based blood at all.
Well, I like my NTFS5 with per-file encryption just fine. So far, Linux has nothing that's both as integrated or as versatile as that. Linux seems to follow the Nine Inch Nails lyric, "Dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive."
Yes, it's true. Usually, I'm running around with a shotgun in my dreams. The other details are kinda vague, as dreams are.
Perhaps, though, this is already being done. Windows 2000 lets me decide whether I want to give priority to background or foreground processes. Since this isn't a server, I chose foreground. Oh well.
You, sir, are the most bigoted AC/moderator I've ever seen. How dare you moderate solely from prejudice. Never judge a book by its cover.
That's the best way to get striped bass; just go into the shallow areas about 1/4 mile off the shore, and then steer into the waves. The striped bass swim with the waves, so they whiz right by your bait, and (hopefully) strike. After you fight with the ones on the lines, you fire up the motor, and speed ahead of the waves, then turn around and do it all again.
adding on to the above comment, it eats up available file descriptors by leaking them, causing the system to be unusable in three weeks. The Slashdot article on it is here. RedHat has provided a fix, though this is a laughable blunder, since their attempt to "innovate" backfired on them.
The biggest problem with Linux is how an underling module can corrupt the whole system. GNOME crashing steals 15 seconds of CPU time while the core gets dumped. Then, there's the now infamous problem with rhnsd halting the entire system after three weeks. An add-on process to ext-2 or jfs would mean another thing bogging down the system. It's akin to the proliferation of the tray icons on a Windows 9X system.
Linux needs to have a module priority system that prevents pathetic processes from taking down the entire system. This would avoid situations where a new Mozilla or Netscape beta segfaulting would require a restart
...what the hell happened to A3D? Since Creative bought their asse[t]s, they have done nothing with the API itself. It was assumed that A3D would be integrated into Creative soundcards, but instead, Creative released "5.1" versions of their Live series two weeks ago. As far as I know, they have done nothing to the current Aureal drivers for Windows 2000 (which are now at beta build 49) and Linux (that is, if they even exist). I have tried to contact them, but that's like sending a message in a bottle; they just never seem to respond. I fear that I may have to build a better soundcard myself; I'm sure that in 6 or 7 years, Creative will still be in its position of "aloof king of soundcards."
Be it a dog, cat, fish, or even a bird, pets can help melt the stress away. When they're not being funny as hell, they're relaxing when you pet them (well, not the fish, but it's fun to watch them swim around). My cockatiel does some funny things, and sometimes he sits on my head while I play Counter-Strike. I'm surprised that he isn't making machine-gun sounds yet.
Think of it: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, the NSA and the FBI use wiretapping all over the US. Wiretapping is usually the very first action taken against a suspect to attempt to incriminate him/her. The same might happen soon with e-mail and submitted forms. Perhaps the CIA has already developed a way to crack 128-bit encryption for the purpose of enlarging Carnivore's scope. If this is the case, I fear that some hackers might isolate this utility and use it against other sites.
Okay, so in the future, cows and horses will have a Handspring on the back of their neck? Weird.
Actually, that wouldn't be too bad for cowboys and cattle ranchers. However, what happens when slaughtering time comes?
If there were such a superlative in my high school yearbook, I would have been elected, "Most Likely to go Columbine." The week after the incident there (April vacation was on during 4/20), I had numerous people asking me, "Dude, are you going to go crazy with a gun in the hallways?" There were also the taunts of, "Where's your hitlist?" and "Where's your trenchcoat?". However, that subsided, as they didn't want to risk anything. I like it when fear turns out to be your most powerful and peaceful weapon.
"When I die, I want to be buried, not cremated, so I can leave one lasting impression on the world."
Good point. My high school currently manages its network better than my college does (mainly due to some older hardware and the staunch opposition to upgrading to Windows 2000 at my college). I feel that a revolt similar to the college rebellions in the 60's might be in order soon. Rage against the Machine's "Testify" music video shows the disgusting similarity between Bush and Gore. Even in my hometown, the rift is showing: there's a referendum on the ballot as to whether the state will start funding a renovation of middle schools. My estimation is that everyone who is not above 10 years out of high school will vote yes, while all the voters over 35 will vote no. The rest is a toss-up, depending on whether they've seen what a dump one of the middle schools has become lately. I think that this is a lucid example of the rift between generations that is growing wider by the day.
Okay, first off, it's "independent, as in "independent clause"; not independant, as in "Independant Worm Saloon".
Why not just buy an extra subwoofer to place under the table which has the mousepad? Or even better, an extra subwoofer strategically placed under the chair for that special gut-thumping experience? Personally, I have two 1-meter speakers (with 8-inch woofers) on each end of my room. It sounds excellent when playing Quake 1 and Quake 3 (Q2 never had enough bass), as well as Counter-Strike.
Well, now that you brought it up, sure. Why not have a laptop that can FFT a SETI@Home unit in 2 hours? That can compute the lightmap to 9plats (my custom Q3 level that's only 400K in file size but is also 1/5 of a mile wide) in 4 hours? I'm game for that - even if I have to plug it in everywhere or have only a 1.5 hour battery life.
Just yesterday, I saw a Japanese game on the PlayStation demo machine. I called over my friend Josh, who has learned Japanese, and asked him if he could translate the title screen. He didn't remember the proper name, but he translated literally: "I am the chef." This game puts the player in the position of diner chef. You have to boil ramen and cut vegetables. You even have to pour the bee... ahem, sake the right way. Is it just me, or does this seem like Sony has developed a covert way of hypnotizing the American children into servitude? I'd be very paranoid if the "Chin'PokoMon" scenario became reality.
Lycos has always been slow for me, though. Strange, since the Lycos HQ in Waltham is only 14 miles away from me as the crow flies. Hope Hemos is having a better time with it.
Personally, I like SpeedStep. With the Crusoe, you're going slow as hell all the time, because at a 600MHz clock, it performs like a P2 350. However, with the P3 SpeedStep, it limits itself to 500, then jumps up to the proper clock when you're plugged in. Also, you can override SpeedStep if you happen to get an extended battery pack or a weird long-life big-ass hybrid battery (I've heard of them on cameras, they should be useful for laptops). Of course, AMD won't be able to compete on the laptop front with Intel because the K6-2 just isn't fast enough, and the Athlon draws too much power. I've heard talk of a low-power Athlon for laptops, but I'll believe that when I see it.