I wouldn't count on this check too much. The U.S. supreme court ruled that $cientology "religious schooling" couldn't be a tax write-off.
The IRS ignored them, and gave one specific religion a sweetheart deal. Up until now, this hasn't generated more than raised eyebrows. (And the tax courts have been brushing off anyone from other religions who wants equal treatment.)
Those checks only work when there's the will to enforce them.
Look on the bright side: If MBAs are stupidity barometers, you can always use them to measure the heights of buildings. (Since no one would trade for an MBA, you'd have to fall back to the drop/time method.;^)
I'm tired of connecting to my ISP and getting KAZAA probed continously for days afterwards by idiots who don't understand that the dynamic IP address has been reassigned.
Yeah, check around -- It's hard to buy them that small these days!:^)
Heh, I finally decided to clean up my "bone yard" of old computers, and pitch out anything left over when I ran out of hard drives. The last was a 486/66 with a 205M and 82M drive. That 82M drive was the big drive on my multi-user Coherent/Linux 386/25 8M ram BBS machine.
There is something very fscked when a Xenu-damned appliance requires that much power and storage!
More like that with the time-delays involved in RFPing the hardware and software, selecting from the submissions, getting it up and running, testing, meetings, meetings, meetings, OS/2 was the only stable candidate in the early/mid '90's.
The banking industry has a mightly long development pipeline. Now if they'd only switch to Open Source ATMs...:^) (Right about the time porcine aviation happens.)
We're only finding Jovian and up sized masses because they're easier to find than small Earth-sized bodies.
The interesting thing is the number of jovian types that are really close in. "Hot enough to melt the change in their pocket." This might be another artifact of our detection methods -- a close-in jovian is going to cause a larger wobble, and be detected easier.
"What's the value of the stolen goods? Revenues associated with additional IP addresses, for one. Let's say one in 10 of the 5 million U.S. cable modem subscribers are usurping IP addresses without paying the $4.95 per month fee that's typically charged (beyond a pre-specified limit, which varies MSO to MSO.) Right off that bat, that's just shy of $30 million lost, annually."
Ohmygawd! I use lots of IP addresses on my local network. None connect to my ADSL modem, so I don't owe my ISP for them, but according to this I owe *somebody* for the use of those IP addresses!
Are the IP Police going to charge me for using 127.0.0.1 as well?
Oh? And what kind of numbers are you getting with SETI / RC5 cracking? I just got a 486/66 online and the numbers suck -- I guess I should have fixed my ZX-81 (modded for a 32k ram chip).:^)
The whole airport local net was probably accessable from the Internet. *shudder* Landing lights were probably the least damaging thing that could have been done to it!
It'll get worse with the net-capable appliances of the future -- Shutdown all fridges in Boston every Friday the 13th, Code Red for toasters, etc. (Just kidding, I hope!)
Star Wars (EpIV for you damned kids) should have warned them: An unauthorized R2 unit at a docking bay data port shut down all the garbage mashers on the Detention Level... Bad network security on something the size of a small moon!
I guess I'd better not ever try out my prank of taking a highish power IR laser, modulating it with the on/full volume/play codes for most TVs, stereos, VCRs, DVDs -- and then painting a few nearby apartment buildings with it at 3am...
Yes, freedom isn't taken away all at once. It's the death of a thousand cats. (Typo, but I left it.:^)
The standard formula is to start by demonizing some external enemy. (No enemy? Create one immediately!) Therefore short-term measures must be taken to protect the nation. We must work together for the common good.
Then uncover the fact that internal elements are cooperating with the external enemy. Therefore temporary measures must be taken to protect the Fatherland against these traitors.
I was going to continue but Animal Farm said it far better than I could, and Hitler demonstrated it oh too well...
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I don't want a sonic flashlight, I want a sonic screwdriver. How else am I going to reverse the polarity of the neutrino flow?
Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie Make sure you make it with the shiny-side out, and protect your pets too! :^)
I wouldn't count on this check too much. The U.S. supreme court ruled that $cientology "religious schooling" couldn't be a tax write-off.
The IRS ignored them, and gave one specific religion a sweetheart deal. Up until now, this hasn't generated more than raised eyebrows. (And the tax courts have been brushing off anyone from other religions who wants equal treatment.)
Those checks only work when there's the will to enforce them.
Beowulf Cluster sounds like a pretty good name for a band!
Look on the bright side: If MBAs are stupidity barometers, you can always use them to measure the heights of buildings. (Since no one would trade for an MBA, you'd have to fall back to the drop/time method. ;^)
I'm not sure who owns them now, but it used to be that Avalon Hill was the place (mainly non-computer) games went to die.
I'm tired of connecting to my ISP and getting KAZAA probed continously for days afterwards by idiots who don't understand that the dynamic IP address has been reassigned.
Yeah, check around -- It's hard to buy them that small these days! :^)
Heh, I finally decided to clean up my "bone yard" of old computers, and pitch out anything left over when I ran out of hard drives. The last was a 486/66 with a 205M and 82M drive. That 82M drive was the big drive on my multi-user Coherent/Linux 386/25 8M ram BBS machine.
There is something very fscked when a Xenu-damned appliance requires that much power and storage!
More like that with the time-delays involved in RFPing the hardware and software, selecting from the submissions, getting it up and running, testing, meetings, meetings, meetings, OS/2 was the only stable candidate in the early/mid '90's.
:^) (Right about the time porcine aviation happens.)
The banking industry has a mightly long development pipeline. Now if they'd only switch to Open Source ATMs...
We're only finding Jovian and up sized masses because they're easier to find than small Earth-sized bodies.
The interesting thing is the number of jovian types that are really close in. "Hot enough to melt the change in their pocket." This might be another artifact of our detection methods -- a close-in jovian is going to cause a larger wobble, and be detected easier.
Oh for a big telescope on the Moon!
"What's the value of the stolen goods? Revenues associated with additional IP addresses, for one. Let's say one in 10 of the 5 million U.S. cable modem subscribers are usurping IP addresses without paying the $4.95 per month fee that's typically charged (beyond a pre-specified limit, which varies MSO to MSO.) Right off that bat, that's just shy of $30 million lost, annually."
Ohmygawd! I use lots of IP addresses on my local network. None connect to my ADSL modem, so I don't owe my ISP for them, but according to this I owe *somebody* for the use of those IP addresses!
Are the IP Police going to charge me for using 127.0.0.1 as well?
It's called GEM. (The Atari ST used GEM-68k over TOS.)
Oh? And what kind of numbers are you getting with SETI / RC5 cracking? I just got a 486/66 online and the numbers suck -- I guess I should have fixed my ZX-81 (modded for a 32k ram chip). :^)
Now I can use my bed as an input device. I suppose someone could write a BedOS, but it would have to use a different metaphor than desktop/windows.
Hell, why doesn't McAfee just include FBI-Orifice in their install package? Might as well save time...
Only if FBI-Orifice actively phones home. (Which would probably red-light at the firewall. Of course, when they polled, it would do the same.)
I wonder how fast organized crime will switch?
Remind me to never open "Here's the important info you requested" email from AFriend@fbi.gov
I can see the next two Sci-Fi series now:
- StarFleet's Most Exciting Chases
- When Klingons Go Wild
Oh yeah, and several stupid "reality TV" dating/elimination shows. (But with aliens)
Maybe they'll turn TROOPS into a series...
It was 5000' not 5000m. Say! Do you work for NASA by any chance? :^)
Of course that makes the remaining job even harder. What he's got now is just a big model rocket.
Lovely, Code Red for aircars and airplanes... (And no jokes about Windows, someone could have done the same to unpatched RedHat)
The issue is that with life-critical systems, security and failure-modes have to be taken seriously . (I admit that I'm not too serious at times.)
When are Chinese going to shut down their spammers! Crush them with tanks, or subject them to the death of a thousand cats!
You didn't mention TRON or War Games. :^)
The whole airport local net was probably accessable from the Internet. *shudder* Landing lights were probably the least damaging thing that could have been done to it!
It'll get worse with the net-capable appliances of the future -- Shutdown all fridges in Boston every Friday the 13th, Code Red for toasters, etc. (Just kidding, I hope!)
Star Wars (EpIV for you damned kids) should have warned them: An unauthorized R2 unit at a docking bay data port shut down all the garbage mashers on the Detention Level... Bad network security on something the size of a small moon!
I guess I'd better not ever try out my prank of taking a highish power IR laser, modulating it with the on/full volume/play codes for most TVs, stereos, VCRs, DVDs -- and then painting a few nearby apartment buildings with it at 3am...
Yes, freedom isn't taken away all at once. It's the death of a thousand cats. (Typo, but I left it. :^)
The standard formula is to start by demonizing some external enemy. (No enemy? Create one immediately!) Therefore short-term measures must be taken to protect the nation. We must work together for the common good.
Then uncover the fact that internal elements are cooperating with the external enemy. Therefore temporary measures must be taken to protect the Fatherland against these traitors.
I was going to continue but Animal Farm said it far better than I could, and Hitler demonstrated it oh too well...
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