It would be neat to have a software test-bench for this. Something like a crobots or Robocode engine that allows maps to be used and "equipment" to be added to the bot.
Has anyone done anything like this? I'd think that it would be an obvious application. (Now that I've thought of it.:^) Perhaps the "bots shooting each other" was too neat an idea?
But they are called storm pipes for a reason -- Always check the weather forecast before exploring. And even if you are covertly exploring, make sure someone knows where you are and your timetable. (Obvious perhaps, but safety first!)
How is the parent a troll? I always hated installing a new version of Visual C++ (hot off the press from MS) because I knew that I would immediately have to download 80M+ patches. (And another set a few weeks later.) And then there's the issue making sure each developer's machine has the same set of patches. (And don't get me going about mismatched "system" DLLs at client sites.)
Perhaps, but when laws against spam are being created, you have to keep your eye on the pea under those shells. Always look at what they define as spam. Sharp's Corollary to Rule #1: Spammers attempt to re-define "spamming" as that which they do not do.
Any bets that political spam by "responsible" organizations isn't defined as spam? The DMA lobby also makes sure that their "targeted marketing" isn't spam either.
You have to be careful when saying "spammers". There's the spammers like Al Ralsky, who have no political pull, and then there's the Direct Media Advertising lobby which does. What's the difference? The DMA defines what they do as "not spam".
The DMA wants laws that outlaw the penis-pill spammers, while preserving the utility of your inbox as an advertising medium for their targeted important message, and outlaw any filtering/blocking of that message. (In other words, they want to allow their main-sleeze spam.:^)
Might? I'm sure the supply of idiots is vast, if not limitless. (And if they run out, I'm sure that no one will complain when they chop the last one down.)
Is McDonalds in Hawaii still serving Spam for breakfast? That sounds like a good meal to start the day! (In Canada they added "heathy" greenie stuff to their menu. If I wanted healthy, I doubt I'd eat there to start with. Come to think of it, I don't.)
Until the Patriot Act, the NSA weren't supposed to listen in on Americans, but they bent that rule quite a bit. And they did cut a deals where they got friendly agencies of other countries to return favours by doing it for them. (At least the was the situation cira The Puzzle Palace.)
I certainly didn't expect 6 mods used on that post. It was just a brain-fart of past memories. Although, it was perhaps my first awakening to the idea that if you have this huge system for routing things and you tell it a simple lie, you can control it. Ironic if my hacker roots have railroad beginings. (MIT TMRC ref.)
Hmm, hacking (dark side, evil!) UPC codes by applying your own sticker to the product? That would be wrong.
And I wonder what the railroad "ping" time is to the left-coast these days?
Couldn't be. Besides resolving to colo110a.ash01.pccwbtn.net, that IP address was probably on the CD some spammer offered me which had "over 30 million" IP addresses on it. (For the slow at brain, that was IP addresses, not email addresses. 4 bytes, do the math.)
Dear [0.0.0.1] I am contacting you with a confidential offer...
The idea of Gray code is that only one bit changes at a time. I believe it was originally designed for conductive contact brushes. You didn't want a brief spike when going from 011 to 100 and getting 110 or 101.
(I know you got it, I'm just just explaining why Gray code exists.)
I always thought those PaperByte books with barcode program listings were cute. (I still have my BASEX compiler one.) Of course, nobody had readers back then, and I had to enter 8k in hex, with only 3 keying errors, we had it rough...
Couldn't find it, I wanted to estimate the size of a Linux distro in Paperbyte form. Ow!
Back in school, when they took us on a field trip where railway people explained the switching yard and routing system for cars, I always liked the idea of having my own (disgused) car and hacking the system by changing the code on the side.
Spammers don't want your information. They just want open proxies and your netconnection (until you get blocked/your ISP cuts you off). And then there's the worms.
Protecting your information is good, but you also have to be a good net neighbour.
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Has anyone done anything like this? I'd think that it would be an obvious application. (Now that I've thought of it. :^) Perhaps the "bots shooting each other" was too neat an idea?
But they are called storm pipes for a reason -- Always check the weather forecast before exploring. And even if you are covertly exploring, make sure someone knows where you are and your timetable. (Obvious perhaps, but safety first!)
Does that mean the process of being a novelist involves eating your way up the food-chain until you either die or are excreted back to the bottom? :^)
Any truth to the rumour that there's a sequence near the end that reads "477 UR B453-P41R5"? Mother Nature is a harsh h4x0r...
Don't worry, they'll only meet Pakkled drones. "We need things to make us go. Resistance is .. a pretty hard word."
How is the parent a troll? I always hated installing a new version of Visual C++ (hot off the press from MS) because I knew that I would immediately have to download 80M+ patches. (And another set a few weeks later.) And then there's the issue making sure each developer's machine has the same set of patches. (And don't get me going about mismatched "system" DLLs at client sites.)
Any bets that political spam by "responsible" organizations isn't defined as spam? The DMA lobby also makes sure that their "targeted marketing" isn't spam either.
The DMA wants laws that outlaw the penis-pill spammers, while preserving the utility of your inbox as an advertising medium for their targeted important message, and outlaw any filtering/blocking of that message. (In other words, they want to allow their main-sleeze spam. :^)
Is he still looking for a GNU/girlfriend?
Might? I'm sure the supply of idiots is vast, if not limitless. (And if they run out, I'm sure that no one will complain when they chop the last one down.)
What's the current exchange rate of points to quatloos?
Is McDonalds in Hawaii still serving Spam for breakfast? That sounds like a good meal to start the day! (In Canada they added "heathy" greenie stuff to their menu. If I wanted healthy, I doubt I'd eat there to start with. Come to think of it, I don't.)
Until the Patriot Act, the NSA weren't supposed to listen in on Americans, but they bent that rule quite a bit. And they did cut a deals where they got friendly agencies of other countries to return favours by doing it for them. (At least the was the situation cira The Puzzle Palace.)
The story web page had two "Action Cancelled" panels. I guess they were fron DoubleClick or something? (Routes to 0.0.0.0 here.)
They aren't allowed to do domestic operations. Hey, stop laughing!
Hmm, hacking (dark side, evil!) UPC codes by applying your own sticker to the product? That would be wrong.
And I wonder what the railroad "ping" time is to the left-coast these days?
Dear [0.0.0.1] I am contacting you with a confidential offer...
I see Win98 from here. I 0wn3z that box, crappy security! I'm still having no joy probing 0.0.0.0 which is the home server of the Cabal [tinc].
(I know you got it, I'm just just explaining why Gray code exists.)
Couldn't find it, I wanted to estimate the size of a Linux distro in Paperbyte form. Ow!
I've read that a nuclear-armed sidecar creates politeness. (Perhaps we should test the phrase "A [nuclear] armed society is a polite society"? :^)
This was before I'd seen a computer. :^)
Or you could be like this guy: Man puts faith in name tag After all, not everyone carries a barcode reader.
But serious, I wonder how planes cope when the aurora kicks up during a Great Circle route? Now there's RFI!
Protecting your information is good, but you also have to be a good net neighbour.