EFF used to have an office in Washington. Given the relatively small pot of honey (around $1 million) they have to work with on an annual basis, however, eventually they found it more productive to legislate through litigation rather than lobbying.
It makes perfect sense when you think about who they go up against. Big media, big industry, big government, big money. Swift, underpaid non-profit lawyers have a far better chance in the courtroom than swift, underpaid lobbyists would have in Gucci Gulch.
In addition, being in San Francisco allows EFF to connect to that freaky activist hippy vibe community. Also helps that some of the world's largest/wealthiest/most-sympathetic-to-their-cause companies are located within 50 miles of EFF's offices down in the Mission.
Makes pretty goddamned good sense to be in San Francisco rather than Washington, if you ask me. They used to have a one-person-show liasing in DC for them after they moved to SF, but as far as I know, that "office" of the EFF is now gone. And as far as volunteers go, the EFF usually has more in-house than it knows what to do with. It'd be far better to give/raise money for the organization than volunteer your webmastering or Linux skizznils to the cause.
I believe the slowest Pentium II ever made was 233MHz. Perhaps the problems you're having are somehow related to the fact that a 200MHz Pentium II never existed...?:)
The University of Michigan's CITI group does indeed have a bundle 'o info and programs available for applications of a Smartcard environment if you're interested.
Though I have to say I enjoy being able to login without one here at the moment, but maybe that's just me.
Perhaps not the easiest-bought-at-Office-Depot solution, but I've found something that works wonders. An old friend of mine actually did the dirty work on it, and I inherited the thing when he graduated college.
You get a hold of a large piece of thick, bevelled glass (3/4" thick.) As big as you want, but keep in mind this stuff's heavy. Then you get some cinder blocks/bricks/felt on top [so you don't scratch the glass] and you're all set.
Looks dang sharp, it's solid, never shakes, and correctly supported holds a few thousand pounds. The paine of glass was about $150, and the bricks under $1/a piece.
Here's a picture of mine, if you're interested. Good stuff.
Grab an account with a large university if they'll let you. A lot of public ones have very high standards when it comes to uptime and reliability, and are top-notch when it comes to privacy and the like. Witness the stance a majority of the large universities have taken on Napster, for instance - they haven't folded under pressure from the RIAA.
'Sides, a lot of shit in the university environment is run by students, who often have much more of a clue than your standard MCSE (what's it stand for again? Oh yeah, Must Consult Someone Experienced...) "Sure, it might be sad that the engineers on campus have no life, but hell, uptime is great!"
I know when I graduate from Michigan I'm going to maintain my e-mail account. All I have to do is shell out some $$$ each year to keep it active (switching from "student" to "alumni.")
Of course, I guess you could at look at it like I'm paying a bit of $$$ right now to have great internet access, with a free education as a bonus... hmmm...
Be fair, there are quite a few video arcades in Amsterdam. Weird thing is, though, they're really quite expensive... at least in comparison to video arcades that I'm used to in the States.
Which I guess makes sense, since who the hell would go to a video arcade, especially when one coniders that the average cost for a "suck and fuck" in Amsterdam is $25 and the average price for an ounce of weed is like $10? Suddenly, video arcades don't seem as much fun anymore...
If you ever get the chance, check out the club "FUN" in New York City, underneath the Manhattan bridge. They play movies on the TALL walls there, as well as Playstation, Dreamcast, etc. It's a riot playing the new version of Frogger when Frogger is approximately 4 feet tall. Gotta love it.
Hate to say it, but I'd really only consider it if it a) worked pretty well and b) looked good, like almost every car cd/tape player out there right now does. Otherwise, it'd just look shoddy and corrupt the otherwise decent dash of my car.:)
I personally haven't a clue where nanotech is going to lead us, or if it turns out to be real viable or not (at least in our lifetimes.) Sure, I have grand visions of tiny robots that can clean our arterial walls and clean up oil spills, but hey, who knows, right?
Anyway, I think if you want a good piece of sci-fi that outlines some of the enchanting possibilities that may lay before us with nanotechnology, I'd really recommend giving The Diamond Age a good lookover.
Ever why it's called nanotechnology, by the way? Isn't taking "billionths" and sticking it in front of -technology kind of arbitrary?:)
It's fine and all to have this poll posted on slashdot, but by more/less encouraging slashdot readers to vote on it, aren't we unfairly skewing the results?
Sure, internet polls shouldn't be taken seriously anyway due to the nature in which they are conducted, but I think it would be fair to say that the "typical slashdot reader" is more likely to be anti-Microsoft (not because he/she has a better chance of being a Linux user, of course, but merely because he/she is more educated - yeah, that's the ticket!) than "an ordinary person," whatever exactly that is.
Not that I'm not all about using the slashdot effect to meet our needs or anything. That I did not say.
Quick, everyone, place your orders for RAM tonight before it goes up in price tomorrow!:)
Actually, it might not be such a bad idea... I just checked pricewatch and it's only $175/128MB PC100 DIMM... they might raise the price tomorrow yet still honor orders made tonight, perhaps. Worth a shot if you need RAM, anyway... myself, I'm waiting 'til [hopefully] prices drop to around $0.50/MB again. That was nice.
Unfortunately, as we have all learned when our parents used to say "we'll do it tomororw, honey," tomorrow never comes. For some odd reason, it always seems to get pushed back a day.
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Anyone still using Lynx deserves to be arrested!
Not that anyone has to believe me, but I'm in one of Saddam's old palaces here in Baghdad. :)
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EFF used to have an office in Washington. Given the relatively small pot of honey (around $1 million) they have to work with on an annual basis, however, eventually they found it more productive to legislate through litigation rather than lobbying.
e companies are located within 50 miles of EFF's offices down in the Mission.
It makes perfect sense when you think about who they go up against. Big media, big industry, big government, big money. Swift, underpaid non-profit lawyers have a far better chance in the courtroom than swift, underpaid lobbyists would have in Gucci Gulch.
In addition, being in San Francisco allows EFF to connect to that freaky activist hippy vibe community. Also helps that some of the world's largest/wealthiest/most-sympathetic-to-their-caus
Makes pretty goddamned good sense to be in San Francisco rather than Washington, if you ask me. They used to have a one-person-show liasing in DC for them after they moved to SF, but as far as I know, that "office" of the EFF is now gone. And as far as volunteers go, the EFF usually has more in-house than it knows what to do with. It'd be far better to give/raise money for the organization than volunteer your webmastering or Linux skizznils to the cause.
I believe the slowest Pentium II ever made was 233MHz. Perhaps the problems you're having are somehow related to the fact that a 200MHz Pentium II never existed...? :)
The University of Michigan's CITI group does indeed have a bundle 'o info and programs available for applications of a Smartcard environment if you're interested.
Though I have to say I enjoy being able to login without one here at the moment, but maybe that's just me.
Perhaps not the easiest-bought-at-Office-Depot solution, but I've found something that works wonders. An old friend of mine actually did the dirty work on it, and I inherited the thing when he graduated college.
You get a hold of a large piece of thick, bevelled glass (3/4" thick.) As big as you want, but keep in mind this stuff's heavy. Then you get some cinder blocks/bricks/felt on top [so you don't scratch the glass] and you're all set.
Looks dang sharp, it's solid, never shakes, and correctly supported holds a few thousand pounds. The paine of glass was about $150, and the bricks under $1/a piece.
Here's a picture of mine, if you're interested. Good stuff.
mp3 format, open audio licensed.
Grab an account with a large university if they'll let you. A lot of public ones have very high standards when it comes to uptime and reliability, and are top-notch when it comes to privacy and the like. Witness the stance a majority of the large universities have taken on Napster, for instance - they haven't folded under pressure from the RIAA.
'Sides, a lot of shit in the university environment is run by students, who often have much more of a clue than your standard MCSE (what's it stand for again? Oh yeah, Must Consult Someone Experienced...) "Sure, it might be sad that the engineers on campus have no life, but hell, uptime is great!"
I know when I graduate from Michigan I'm going to maintain my e-mail account. All I have to do is shell out some $$$ each year to keep it active (switching from "student" to "alumni.")
Of course, I guess you could at look at it like I'm paying a bit of $$$ right now to have great internet access, with a free education as a bonus... hmmm...
Be fair, there are quite a few video arcades in Amsterdam. Weird thing is, though, they're really quite expensive... at least in comparison to video arcades that I'm used to in the States.
Which I guess makes sense, since who the hell would go to a video arcade, especially when one coniders that the average cost for a "suck and fuck" in Amsterdam is $25 and the average price for an ounce of weed is like $10? Suddenly, video arcades don't seem as much fun anymore...
If you ever get the chance, check out the club "FUN" in New York City, underneath the Manhattan bridge. They play movies on the TALL walls there, as well as Playstation, Dreamcast, etc. It's a riot playing the new version of Frogger when Frogger is approximately 4 feet tall. Gotta love it.
Hate to say it, but I'd really only consider it if it a) worked pretty well and b) looked good, like almost every car cd/tape player out there right now does. Otherwise, it'd just look shoddy and corrupt the otherwise decent dash of my car. :)
I personally haven't a clue where nanotech is going to lead us, or if it turns out to be real viable or not (at least in our lifetimes.) Sure, I have grand visions of tiny robots that can clean our arterial walls and clean up oil spills, but hey, who knows, right?
:)
Anyway, I think if you want a good piece of sci-fi that outlines some of the enchanting possibilities that may lay before us with nanotechnology, I'd really recommend giving The Diamond Age a good lookover.
Ever why it's called nanotechnology, by the way? Isn't taking "billionths" and sticking it in front of -technology kind of arbitrary?
Excellent Windows utility to keep all passwords... http://www.counterpane.com/passsafe.html
It's fine and all to have this poll posted on slashdot, but by more/less encouraging slashdot readers to vote on it, aren't we unfairly skewing the results?
Sure, internet polls shouldn't be taken seriously anyway due to the nature in which they are conducted, but I think it would be fair to say that the "typical slashdot reader" is more likely to be anti-Microsoft (not because he/she has a better chance of being a Linux user, of course, but merely because he/she is more educated - yeah, that's the ticket!) than "an ordinary person," whatever exactly that is.
Not that I'm not all about using the slashdot effect to meet our needs or anything. That I did not say.
Kind of reminds me of that guy in Contact before he moved into space station Mir...
Quick, everyone, place your orders for RAM tonight before it goes up in price tomorrow! :)
Actually, it might not be such a bad idea... I just checked pricewatch and it's only $175/128MB PC100 DIMM... they might raise the price tomorrow yet still honor orders made tonight, perhaps. Worth a shot if you need RAM, anyway... myself, I'm waiting 'til [hopefully] prices drop to around $0.50/MB again. That was nice.
Remember: Only a ninja can kill another ninja.
"Where are we going tomorrow?" -- Apple
Unfortunately, as we have all learned when our parents used to say "we'll do it tomororw, honey," tomorrow never comes. For some odd reason, it always seems to get pushed back a day.
Only a ninja can kill another ninja.
But remember, Hemos:
Only a ninja can kill another ninja.