This is ugly. I hope this is a fake. Maybe even a joke on Steve Job's behalf with the aid of Time and some whacky canadians =).
I want Newtons , N E W T O N S.. not some middle of the line iMacs. If I wanted a cool box that takes up little room I'd have bought a cube with a dvi LCD screen (imho a much more attractive proposition).
One of the more obvious ones is the hideous green painted ex IBM building near the Harbour Bridge exit (city end). It has full cat 5 wiring and (if you want it) centralised Net - BUT as all city apartments you had better have a lot of cash around to be able to afford it..
The only way I'd by that book is if the proceeds go to his family or a major charity. It would be true to D. Adams form for him to hate having unfinished stuff printed. The motive of the publishing company should be questioned.
Not the rolls royce of brands, nothing outside of "K-V-M" is switched BUT the unit (and the cables) produced no ghosting, it works be either pressing the putton on the front of doubletapping scroll lock and then the number of the terminal to switch to. It's also not terribly expensive.
I was the one that first notified telstra about the list and all that jaz after the guy/group (oxyg3n) submitted the list as a story on my site.
Then the story made it to broadband.org.au and then to whirlpool (link in/. article).
Now I have put the latest article up on my site to put some facts back into this thread. No-one can prove that a Bigpond Account server was hacked - what we know is that 69 user account passwords from what predominantly appear to be to be the much troubled Telstra ADSL service have been posted on a number of sites. Just how these passwords were gathered is subject to wild speculation.
The case for a Account server failure
Most (if not all) of the accounts seem to be ADSL accounts - a Trojan should not be so selective (but it could be). There have been a LOT of troubles on the ADSL network - it is not inconceivable that something slipped hough the cracks (if just temporarily).
The case against
69 passwords are wayyyy to few to consitute a large hack - all the posted lists where the same. Once posted these accounts would become useless to the cracker(s) - but not if he/she/they had access to the accounts via remote control clients.
The fact remains that unless one of the affected accounts tells us that they were infected with one of those trojans or Telstra comes clean on the whole thing (hahahaha!) we remain guessing. I'll keep my site up-to-date with the info as I get it.
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Actually there is nothing irrational about it.. Consider the scenario - a lot of people buy low value stock from APPL hoping for upbeat comments from Steve at the "Stevenote". The ideas is that minute the comments occur the stock is supposed to rise a little - but in this case the keynote as was less flamboyant then usual. Hence they offload their stock asap bringing the price down..
There are a lot of daytraders that affect these short term price swings these days. --
This popped up a few days after I posted a similar story on my site =). The question is an important one - a lot of the businesses on the net are closing shop because of the "don't want to pay" mentality that seems to run with the net.
While not necessarily "a bad thing" this mentality can be unfair to content producers out there that are trying to recover what amounts to a fraction of their costs/time.
Scott McClouds article on this is still the most insightfull I have read in a while (perhaps because he operates with the same media as I do). Usually it takes me around 3 hours for each toon I create. Over a 5 day week this amounts to around 2 work days of tooning. Or if we put a value my time of, say, $30/hr that is $450/week in "spent time". Now I do my thing for the love of it.. I have a "regular" day job and am not dependant on cartoon payments but some people may be. As was pointed out what we need is a truely international and "reputable" (since we're dealing with money) Micropayment infrastructure.
Oh don't get me wrong, I love the OS,and I concur - it takes some serious balls to release such a radically different designed OS as your main platform. =) --
Ok here's my thoughts on teh possible improvements he might bring:
Darwin - x86 (no doubt there)
Darwin - Any other Platform
MacOS X- Darwin integration (specifically
Finder->Filesystem)
Kernel drivers (DVD,CD-R/W,DVD-R)
I hope he can also give those guys pointers regarding the Aqua/Quartz speed =\ it needs a little work in that area.
I kind of hope he can suggest some improvemnets to the Gui speed because quite frankly it needs some work there. --
I am not sure weather these "Art Critics" are questioning the process or the result. We need to get away from the medium. I would say that Art is in "the mind of the beholder" - in other words something, anything that is designed to make the viewer think could be art.
Cartoonists have been fighting that sort of fight for ages. Is cartooning an artform ? - heck yes! - (read Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud if you think otherwise). These days a few cartoonists (including myself =) ) use Drawing tablets and a variety of software to create what we like to think of as "art" (as well as the traditional tools). Even Scott Adams scans and cleans up his drawings on the computer.
If you created a piece of art on a A4 sheet is it art.. - is it emphasising the form? What about if you had it printed on a 20mx30m board - process and form? How about if you took that same image and painted in in oil on canvas - emphasising process ?.
They will need to realise that the computer is the tool, the process, not the form.
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The way I understand basic economic theory our basic paper (or plastic) currency is a form of "place holder" for hard currency resources. I am guessing that means that the value ofa country should roughly balance out with the total of it's currency in circulation - is that correct?.
Just wondering weather this is so - and then what "gold currency holders" do in case of a dot-crash ? --
Cool stuff from Finland ..
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My theory is that they are so snowed in for most of the year they sit in front of PC's and code. This is just cool. --
Coding is inherently expressive since two different chunks of code can do the exact same thing. Take for example the 7 line perl program recently posted. I would suggest a visual spection of the code would reveal expressiveness. --
Some people set out to commercialise the building blocks of life.. and somehow (insert favourite deity) manages to throw a spanner in the works by adding a twist =).. kinda ironic isn't it. --
Projects like Samba, OpenH323, 1/2 of Enlightenment and a fair few others are why I am still in Australia =)..(yes I know it's a collaborative effort - just good to know we've got some very smart people doing cool things =) not just the "Why whoop your collective butts in sports and we're still all criminals mentality") =) --
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Hahaha that is hillarious - thank you =). But it probably highlights the potential for a hoax =) .. Still it's made my evening =)
This is ugly. I hope this is a fake. Maybe even a joke on Steve Job's behalf with the aid of Time and some whacky canadians =).
.. not some middle of the line iMacs. If I wanted a cool box that takes up little room I'd have bought a cube with a dvi LCD screen (imho a much more attractive proposition).
I want Newtons , N E W T O N S
One of the more obvious ones is the hideous green painted ex IBM building near the Harbour Bridge exit (city end). It has full cat 5 wiring and (if you want it) centralised Net - BUT as all city apartments you had better have a lot of cash around to be able to afford it ..
Imagine teaching you brain stuff directly into neurons .. you simply know it. The Matrix all over =) ..
dd if=/tmp/Alan_Cox_kernel_hacking.img of=/dev/brain
The only way I'd by that book is if the proceeds go to his family or a major charity. It would be true to D. Adams form for him to hate having unfinished stuff printed. The motive of the publishing company should be questioned.
Not the rolls royce of brands, nothing outside of "K-V-M" is switched BUT the unit (and the cables) produced no ghosting, it works be either pressing the putton on the front of doubletapping scroll lock and then the number of the terminal to switch to. It's also not terribly expensive.
We're there passengers in those planes ?
Then the story made it to broadband.org.au and then to whirlpool (link in /. article).
Now I have put the latest article up on my site to put some facts back into this thread. No-one can prove that a Bigpond Account server was hacked - what we know is that 69 user account passwords from what predominantly appear to be to be the much troubled Telstra ADSL service have been posted on a number of sites. Just how these passwords were gathered is subject to wild speculation.
The case for a Account server failure
Most (if not all) of the accounts seem to be ADSL accounts - a Trojan should not be so selective (but it could be). There have been a LOT of troubles on the ADSL network - it is not inconceivable that something slipped hough the cracks (if just temporarily).
The case against
69 passwords are wayyyy to few to consitute a large hack - all the posted lists where the same. Once posted these accounts would become useless to the cracker(s) - but not if he/she/they had access to the accounts via remote control clients.
The fact remains that unless one of the affected accounts tells us that they were infected with one of those trojans or Telstra comes clean on the whole thing (hahahaha!) we remain guessing. I'll keep my site up-to-date with the info as I get it.
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And afaik IE5.01 and 5.5 as a standard install don't install the JVM either but will prompt you with the option to download it if needed.
I doubt this will affect Java much - considering it seems to be moving into the embedded space in any case =).
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There are a lot of daytraders that affect these short term price swings these days.
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Then again perhaps I'll catch that ride on one of those Vogon ships .. which reminds me ... plenty of time to invest some cash in a towel company..
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While not necessarily "a bad thing" this mentality can be unfair to content producers out there that are trying to recover what amounts to a fraction of their costs/time.
Scott McClouds article on this is still the most insightfull I have read in a while (perhaps because he operates with the same media as I do). Usually it takes me around 3 hours for each toon I create. Over a 5 day week this amounts to around 2 work days of tooning. Or if we put a value my time of, say, $30/hr that is $450/week in "spent time". Now I do my thing for the love of it.. I have a "regular" day job and am not dependant on cartoon payments but some people may be. As was pointed out what we need is a truely international and "reputable" (since we're dealing with money) Micropayment infrastructure.
Just my 2c worth...
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Oh don't get me wrong, I love the OS ,and I concur - it takes some serious balls to release such a radically different designed OS as your main platform. =)
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I hope he can also give those guys pointers regarding the Aqua/Quartz speed =\ it needs a little work in that area. I kind of hope he can suggest some improvemnets to the Gui speed because quite frankly it needs some work there.
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Cartoonists have been fighting that sort of fight for ages. Is cartooning an artform ? - heck yes! - (read Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud if you think otherwise). These days a few cartoonists (including myself =) ) use Drawing tablets and a variety of software to create what we like to think of as "art" (as well as the traditional tools). Even Scott Adams scans and cleans up his drawings on the computer.
If you created a piece of art on a A4 sheet is it art .. - is it emphasising the form? What about if you had it printed on a 20mx30m board - process and form? How about if you took that same image and painted in in oil on canvas - emphasising process ?.
They will need to realise that the computer is the tool, the process, not the form.
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Just wondering weather this is so - and then what "gold currency holders" do in case of a dot-crash ?
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My theory is that they are so snowed in for most of the year they sit in front of PC's and code. This is just cool.
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Coding is inherently expressive since two different chunks of code can do the exact same thing. Take for example the 7 line perl program recently posted. I would suggest a visual spection of the code would reveal expressiveness.
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Let's face it .. anything that is connected to the net is a potential target .. if only for DOS attacks.
.. "0wn3d by t045tM45t3r" whitegoods.attrition.org =) ?
In a year or so people will find their toaster cracked and toasts defaced by crackers
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Here is a link to their related patent with some more info on the tech used. Pretty damn cool.
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50 Bucks =) ..
Damn that was a fine show =) ..
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Some people set out to commercialise the building blocks of life .. and somehow (insert favourite deity) manages to throw a spanner in the works by adding a twist =) .. kinda ironic isn't it.
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Get your electrician to lay the cable if you want it neat and haven't got the time (or skill).
Choose decent cable UTP Cat 5 or higher is fine.
Best avoid laying cables in parallel to power.
Use switches not hubs whenever possible - they are cheap these days
Set aside some space to serve as a central place for your server(s)
You can mix media, so Wireless extensions to a wired network might make sense in your building (especially if you'd like to share with the neighbours)
Find your local nerd to help secure your computer if you plan to share an internet connection (especially if it's broadband!)
Keep at least one network game (remember the locations of valuable items on the maps) and a few bottles of coke handy just in case friends drop by
there is probably countless other tips =) ..
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Projects like Samba, OpenH323, 1/2 of Enlightenment and a fair few others are why I am still in Australia =) ..(yes I know it's a collaborative effort - just good to know we've got some very smart people doing cool things =) not just the "Why whoop your collective butts in sports and we're still all criminals mentality") =)
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hmm nope I didn't read the short story .. just kinda liked the premise .. oh and I was younger then =) .. maybe I was easier to impress =)
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