>> I can't run SFC any more
> Did you get married?:)
No, SFC 1 won't run under WinXP and I refuse to create another boot for that. I might play it on the AuxCon now that I'm shifting more power down the local food chain.
So use the TARDIS cloister bell. (Although that should probably be reserved for events like the end of the universe.)
A number of years ago, the free version of Zone Alarm had a Windows sound event which I set to the raise shields sound from Star Fleet Command. These days it would be playing constantly. (I can't run SFC any more, but I keep all the wav files. My You'veGotMail is a Klingon yellow alert.)
I was curious about all the Sasser mutants and such trying to hit my port 445, so I whipped up a program to open the port and see if they were trying to say anything. (Boring, they want my end to say something first.) I used the text-to-speech to have it say "Poink!" when it opened the port and "Splat!" when it closed. When a few hit at the same time, it's "Poink! Poink! Poink! Splat! Splat! Splat!". Almost as entertaining as having a few beers out back listening to the bug-zapper. (It would be better if my end sent a buffer-overflow to crash attempted attacks, but too much work.)
Knowing Piers Anthony's policy of not writing a book until it's been sold, I think the movie to follow was as done a deal as anything in Hollyweird ever is.
Over the course of the War's last year, the air balloons traveled as far east as Michigan in the U.S., Manitoba in Canada and as far south as Mexico.
There might be 714 sixty year-old bombs in that area, so you're within that zone, immediately get up, then quickly and carefully leave! Don't stop to pack, hurry!;)
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Who cares about ballons?
Biowarfare was the big worry. As a carrier for a livestock or agriculture disease (or even people), one successful payload could have caused a lot of disruption. Look at what one case of Mad Cow disease did recently. The allies were certainly doing their own research into stuff like Rinderpest and delivery systems, so they knew it was possible.
Hmm, interesting. I just Googled and rinderpest to check the spelling. I was about to search on "rinderpest biowarfare" and it occured to me that if I was running things (eek), I'd make sure searches like that got filed somewhere.
Japan was launching a weapon where the only way they could know if it worked at all was through feedback from the American press. (Barring agents, and since the balloons were landing any old place, it wouldn't be worth exposing a spy network to make vague reports.)
It's all endless shades of grey. Censorship is bad, but so is getting a special explosive delivery because the local radio station broadcast that it would be lovely bomber-flying weather tonight over the railway switching yard.
There's a big difference between censoring news that would directly aid the enemy, and news that will make the people in charge look bad in the polls. Sadly, the people in charge rarely see that difference.
I thought some of the ballast was seawater. The navy had a large collection of samples (mainly pre-war) from various ports and could identify the launch location that way. I could see sand being shipped with the assembled balloon some distance to the launch location, but not water.
You still have to ship the payloads up to orbit. That's a lot of work for little results. (Although water-balloons from orbit might be fun.) Maybe we should be on guard against people converting those Origami Folding Robots over to war-production?
Of course, the Scientologists are jealous of the Gideons and want to move in on their action. Yep, that's what I want to see when I settle down for a relaxing stay at the Bates motel. [Cue creepy music.]
Yeah, P2P! Only make it so that some P2P users are superusers. They could keep track of lists of users to make finding things easier. I guess there'd have to been some kind of hierarchy of superusers too--that way when someone tries to find other user, the request could go up to the top and then down to the correct system.
Wouldn't that be a cool system and much better than this DNS stuff?
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> Did you get married?
No, SFC 1 won't run under WinXP and I refuse to create another boot for that. I might play it on the AuxCon now that I'm shifting more power down the local food chain.
Drug dealers are suing a Brazilian official for defamation, after he compared their business practices to Microsoft's.
No. Because there's an 8th guy, you have to add more management and that's going to slow everyone down. ;)
With this, it'll be "OMG, THE HAXOR IS FIRING PHASERS!" I can just imagine the incident report notation at the ISP: "Goober With Dolby Firewall".
A number of years ago, the free version of Zone Alarm had a Windows sound event which I set to the raise shields sound from Star Fleet Command. These days it would be playing constantly. (I can't run SFC any more, but I keep all the wav files. My You'veGotMail is a Klingon yellow alert.)
Or varying it depending on the source IP address. (The sound I'd use for stuff coming from Florida RoadRunner-space would not sound like a windchime!)
I was curious about all the Sasser mutants and such trying to hit my port 445, so I whipped up a program to open the port and see if they were trying to say anything. (Boring, they want my end to say something first.) I used the text-to-speech to have it say "Poink!" when it opened the port and "Splat!" when it closed. When a few hit at the same time, it's "Poink! Poink! Poink! Splat! Splat! Splat!". Almost as entertaining as having a few beers out back listening to the bug-zapper. (It would be better if my end sent a buffer-overflow to crash attempted attacks, but too much work.)
Knowing Piers Anthony's policy of not writing a book until it's been sold, I think the movie to follow was as done a deal as anything in Hollyweird ever is.
To play a character with multiple personalities, don't you need at least one to start with? :)
Biowarfare was the big worry. As a carrier for a livestock or agriculture disease (or even people), one successful payload could have caused a lot of disruption. Look at what one case of Mad Cow disease did recently. The allies were certainly doing their own research into stuff like Rinderpest and delivery systems, so they knew it was possible.
Hmm, interesting. I just Googled and rinderpest to check the spelling. I was about to search on "rinderpest biowarfare" and it occured to me that if I was running things (eek), I'd make sure searches like that got filed somewhere.
It's all endless shades of grey. Censorship is bad, but so is getting a special explosive delivery because the local radio station broadcast that it would be lovely bomber-flying weather tonight over the railway switching yard.
There's a big difference between censoring news that would directly aid the enemy, and news that will make the people in charge look bad in the polls. Sadly, the people in charge rarely see that difference.
I thought some of the ballast was seawater. The navy had a large collection of samples (mainly pre-war) from various ports and could identify the launch location that way. I could see sand being shipped with the assembled balloon some distance to the launch location, but not water.
You still have to ship the payloads up to orbit. That's a lot of work for little results. (Although water-balloons from orbit might be fun.) Maybe we should be on guard against people converting those Origami Folding Robots over to war-production?
Or even using ships from one race of baddies for another race of baddies because they lost the model. But gee, no one would do that! ;^P
It'll take them that long to do a find/replace on Open Office?
Whatever the moderators are smoking, it can't be frop! ;)
No more than a fish disdains a bicycle.
Weird old uncle "Bob". Sits there smoking his pipe and smiling all the time.
Of course, the Scientologists are jealous of the Gideons and want to move in on their action. Yep, that's what I want to see when I settle down for a relaxing stay at the Bates motel. [Cue creepy music.]
Go for the deluxe model .. a flying cathedral!
Now that he's become a drummer in a rock band, can we all pray for a Spinal Tap moment?
And don't forget the protective aspects verses strangers with 'penis-melting Zionist robot combs'. You just can't be too careful these days!
Wouldn't that be a cool system and much better than this DNS stuff?
Well, it's not like he said UUCP or anything. Oops.