vi is the only remotely usable text editor that is guaranteed to be available on any Unix box.
And I have heard that ed is the only text editor that is guaranteed to be available on any Unix box (even on the relatively rare *NIXes that don't come with vi...)
Of course, that's not "remotely usable", it's in fact pretty far from casual usability, so you are still correct =)
EuroNews is also running this story (they don't have it on the web page though)... I thought I would never hear the day when news readers use the expression "warez group"! =)
Anyone know when this technology is coming to Australia?
...or Europe or the rest of the world in general?
Or at least the Linux folks should hurry the TV card support. mp1e & rtealmost works for VideoCD quality recording. For now, I need to boot to Win98 to do digital recordings of TV programs (with VirtualDub, TMPGEnc and Nero) - and none of those programs are scriptable! All I'd need would be something to capture into.avis and something to encode them as MPEG...
how many DVDs do you own where you can't skip the fscking Coke commercial before you watch the flick?
Gawd... "Thoze Krazy Amerikans" have "unskippable" commercials in DVDs.
If they would start putting those bloody things to DVDs here, it'd be a riot, *riot* I say, a real bloodbath in the video stores. And the downfall of the civilization would start... =)
(I have a bunch of (R2 and R0) DVDs here, and two of them have trailers of some other movies in extras menus. That's about as much advertising as they have...)
For finding me these sweet K'NEX battlemech sets. Screw christmas, I'm getting the Timberwolf (the *right* name for a madcat:) ) for myself.
(cries) Hmph! I wish they would sell that sort of stuff here, too... (and USAn webstores quite possibly won't send stuff with cash-on-delivery to this distant corner of the world.)
Infinitely cool, thanks for the link!
I'll probably buy a huge load of Legos and build my own Timber Wolf some day...
I declare a batchall. I bet I can run circles around you and pick off limbs from afar with my scat MLASER boat. whatta ya' say?
I never refuse a challenge, even less so a challenge from a self-proclaimed coward! Couple of LRM strikes from afar, PPC hits with that gentle old softening effect, and finishing it off with lasers...
And I would like to advise you to reconsider that limb part. Reap my legs, and I will blow your cockpit away... I have sometimes had need to resort to such unpleasant methods.
(Oh, and kids, do not try this in MW computer games, though - leg damage is much more inhibiting there. Implementors have not focused enough on game rules, just improved the graphics and sounds...)
I thought that was the oldest server, when did they appear?
I thought the oldest IRC server, in pedantic sense, was tolsun.oulu.fi, a SUN box that now sits in University of Oulu computer museum...
...and mind you, that machine was not taken down because of network abuse - there were two reasons for its ruination, actually: 1) it could easily be replaced with a 386 running Linux to increase its general performance, and 2) some idiot lost the power source wiring diagram when they took it down for maintenance one day.
EFnet is the first "separate" IRC network, yes, but the old IRCNet is still up and running, and is one of the most popular mostly-European networks. (Some say that's infortunate...)
(Well, at least irc.oulu.fi works just fine for me =)
"Windows 95 as produced for the OEM channel includes a version of Java technology that Microsoft has not been able to manufacture since March 31, 2001. Given that inventory supplies are limited, Microsoft notified OEMs in March 2001 that we would continue to license Windows 95 only through the end of November 2001."
Hmm, I thought Java wasn't too well "tied" to the OS at the time, is its removal really that hard? Couple of years ago I bought a CD-ROM of AmigaOS for emulator use, and all "third-party" stuff was removed very successfully... =)
and how does Ogg Tarkin fit into all of this, now that there is an 'open source' codec?
Well, Ogg Tarkin codec (at code or even specification level) doesn't seem to exist as of yet. =( Last time I checked, they had debate on which "technologies" to use.
I'm not an expert on Ogg things, but I was under the impression Ogg stream format could be used to contain mostly any data, not just Vorbis-encoded audio. (there's some overviews of it...) VP3 for video and Vorbis for sound wrapped into Ogg stream, anyone?
(Not sure how VFW or Qt codec-encoded data can be fitted to the Ogg world...)
MPEG is far from death at this time. Sure, it may not be a perfect streaming solution (lack of streaming framework and high CPU use if no encoder hardware is used), but for video storage it's great.
I mean, it's not like my DVD player would suddently play Sorenson QT. Or Windows Media. Nay, they play MPEG and AAC data.
They're teaching the fine art of "hacking", which is according to them, "breaking into systems". The true term for that is "cracking", and if they don't know the proper name of what they are teaching, how can anyone possibly take them seriously about the content they are teaching?
Man, these French l33t kiddies sure know how to troll - and you bit the bait.
How do you enrage a bunch of hackers? Call crackers "hackers" or cracking "hacking". Soon, thousands of hackers will (more or less sensitively) correct you.
That's the oldest trick in the book!
Also, I would think that "the fine art of hacking" would cost more to learn than a mere $60.
Yep, if I'd hire a security consultant, this would not be a place where I'd start looking from...
ACTION="mailto:...". Those guys can't even get fucked to install SSL!
But that's okay, because ACTION="mailto:..." has an undefined behavior! If the form even can't work on the browser side, no sensitive data will be sent over the network unencrypted anyway! They are truly l33t! =)
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Here in the UK they have been putting plasma screens in motorway service stations to show adverts and bits of news and travel info.
I was there when the server rebooted. It showed a Windows 2000 desktop with an error message in a dialog box.
Well, a small town I used to live in had a cable channel. They used to run ads for the more expensive channel packages there.
Year later, they just started running a small, 10-second black-and-white animation that - well - made no sense in any context. (I don't remember what it said, but I tell you, the message didn't really make much sense. Next time I go visiting, I'll start an intellectual discussion on should that be called Dada or Surrealism... it was bit of a both, I guess.)
I doubt anyone watched the channel for ads. I doubt anyone watched the channel for that animation either.
Well, last time I looked, it had a Windows NT desktop, with the "multimedia show" folder open. (Can't remember which type of file it was...)
You can't even rely on it to run a short, black and white animation reliably... =)
I'm not too sure about the reasons of opening up the source now, do they think they can get anything back, or generate a flood of "renewed interest" in it?
Legacy applications.
You know, I'm always thrilled to hear that there's free DOS versions floating around - mostly because a) I have a bunch of really cool DOS games and b) Microsoft did the right thing and tossed DOS aboard, but regrettably this means I can't upgrade to WinXP until I find other way to get to DOS to play games.
Currently I regrettably need to use Win98 to do actual work, and as you know, upgrade to WinXP might do wonders because that OS isn't that good for actual work... (I wish Linux video capture and editing gets a lot easier soon, at the moment it's still pretty painful... Can't apt-get install task-complete-video-editing-environment =)
Also, these OSes serve as an examples of how to make operating systems - or, in case of DOS, how not to make an OS =)
You know, they do not rely on users to do the translation. They have several highly trained employees to do the job. The message you are looking at is, by all accounts, likely to be just an internal message for these people, who have a pressing need to edit the files!
* Superior user interface - I'll probaly get flamed here, but I prefer the freeciv interface.
Hey, one of the local gaming mags reviewed Freeciv in May, and they too said that in some respects Freeciv's interface rocks when compared to Civ2 and CTP series.
Why? Civ1-style top-down view is very clear and unambiguous way of displaying the map, compared to the isometric maps in Civ2. (They actually complained about the screenshots of some development version that had an isometric view...)
And one of the biggest things I needed to get used to when I got Civ2 was the isometric map...
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And I have heard that ed is the only text editor that is guaranteed to be available on any Unix box (even on the relatively rare *NIXes that don't come with vi...)
Of course, that's not "remotely usable", it's in fact pretty far from casual usability, so you are still correct =)
EuroNews is also running this story (they don't have it on the web page though)... I thought I would never hear the day when news readers use the expression "warez group"! =)
...or Europe or the rest of the world in general?
Or at least the Linux folks should hurry the TV card support. mp1e & rte almost works for VideoCD quality recording. For now, I need to boot to Win98 to do digital recordings of TV programs (with VirtualDub, TMPGEnc and Nero) - and none of those programs are scriptable! All I'd need would be something to capture into .avis and something to encode them as MPEG...
Gawd... "Thoze Krazy Amerikans" have "unskippable" commercials in DVDs.
If they would start putting those bloody things to DVDs here, it'd be a riot, *riot* I say, a real bloodbath in the video stores. And the downfall of the civilization would start... =)
(I have a bunch of (R2 and R0) DVDs here, and two of them have trailers of some other movies in extras menus. That's about as much advertising as they have...)
(cries) Hmph! I wish they would sell that sort of stuff here, too... (and USAn webstores quite possibly won't send stuff with cash-on-delivery to this distant corner of the world.)
Infinitely cool, thanks for the link!
I'll probably buy a huge load of Legos and build my own Timber Wolf some day...
I never refuse a challenge, even less so a challenge from a self-proclaimed coward! Couple of LRM strikes from afar, PPC hits with that gentle old softening effect, and finishing it off with lasers...
And I would like to advise you to reconsider that limb part. Reap my legs, and I will blow your cockpit away... I have sometimes had need to resort to such unpleasant methods.
(Oh, and kids, do not try this in MW computer games, though - leg damage is much more inhibiting there. Implementors have not focused enough on game rules, just improved the graphics and sounds...)
Uh... "Shadow Cat" listed as one of the most dangerous toys?
It's only a 45-ton 'mech, for God's sake!
Every now and then my Timber Wolf steps on those things and I won't even notice anything special happens!
I thought the oldest IRC server, in pedantic sense, was tolsun.oulu.fi, a SUN box that now sits in University of Oulu computer museum...
...and mind you, that machine was not taken down because of network abuse - there were two reasons for its ruination, actually: 1) it could easily be replaced with a 386 running Linux to increase its general performance, and 2) some idiot lost the power source wiring diagram when they took it down for maintenance one day.
EFnet is the first "separate" IRC network, yes, but the old IRCNet is still up and running, and is one of the most popular mostly-European networks. (Some say that's infortunate...)
(Well, at least irc.oulu.fi works just fine for me =)
Well, not exactly wrinkle - but don't forget metal fatigue...
Umm, no... This was near Cuba, and R'lyeh is in Pacific Ocean.
My best guess is that some dæmonic creature from the depths of On2's Marketing Department ate them...
MS explains it (somehow):
"Windows 95 as produced for the OEM channel includes a version of Java technology that Microsoft has not been able to manufacture since March 31, 2001. Given that inventory supplies are limited, Microsoft notified OEMs in March 2001 that we would continue to license Windows 95 only through the end of November 2001."
Hmm, I thought Java wasn't too well "tied" to the OS at the time, is its removal really that hard? Couple of years ago I bought a CD-ROM of AmigaOS for emulator use, and all "third-party" stuff was removed very successfully... =)
Well, Ogg Tarkin codec (at code or even specification level) doesn't seem to exist as of yet. =( Last time I checked, they had debate on which "technologies" to use.
I'm not an expert on Ogg things, but I was under the impression Ogg stream format could be used to contain mostly any data, not just Vorbis-encoded audio. (there's some overviews of it...) VP3 for video and Vorbis for sound wrapped into Ogg stream, anyone?
(Not sure how VFW or Qt codec-encoded data can be fitted to the Ogg world...)
Well, I didn't need to look too far!...
MPEG is far from death at this time. Sure, it may not be a perfect streaming solution (lack of streaming framework and high CPU use if no encoder hardware is used), but for video storage it's great.
I mean, it's not like my DVD player would suddently play Sorenson QT. Or Windows Media. Nay, they play MPEG and AAC data.
Hmm, Yet Another Open Source License. Since it's somewhat verbose, I have to ask, does it really meet DFSG or OSD requirements?
(Or maybe OSI won't approve the license only because Slashdotters are bored of "OSI approves xxxx license, no one cares" headlines =)
Of course, how can we forget the nice, kind words on the same subject? =)
Man, these French l33t kiddies sure know how to troll - and you bit the bait.
How do you enrage a bunch of hackers? Call crackers "hackers" or cracking "hacking". Soon, thousands of hackers will (more or less sensitively) correct you.
That's the oldest trick in the book!
Yep, if I'd hire a security consultant, this would not be a place where I'd start looking from...
But that's okay, because ACTION="mailto:..." has an undefined behavior! If the form even can't work on the browser side, no sensitive data will be sent over the network unencrypted anyway! They are truly l33t! =)
Well, a small town I used to live in had a cable channel. They used to run ads for the more expensive channel packages there.
Year later, they just started running a small, 10-second black-and-white animation that - well - made no sense in any context. (I don't remember what it said, but I tell you, the message didn't really make much sense. Next time I go visiting, I'll start an intellectual discussion on should that be called Dada or Surrealism... it was bit of a both, I guess.)
I doubt anyone watched the channel for ads. I doubt anyone watched the channel for that animation either.
Well, last time I looked, it had a Windows NT desktop, with the "multimedia show" folder open. (Can't remember which type of file it was...)
You can't even rely on it to run a short, black and white animation reliably... =)
Legacy applications.
You know, I'm always thrilled to hear that there's free DOS versions floating around - mostly because a) I have a bunch of really cool DOS games and b) Microsoft did the right thing and tossed DOS aboard, but regrettably this means I can't upgrade to WinXP until I find other way to get to DOS to play games.
Currently I regrettably need to use Win98 to do actual work, and as you know, upgrade to WinXP might do wonders because that OS isn't that good for actual work... (I wish Linux video capture and editing gets a lot easier soon, at the moment it's still pretty painful... Can't apt-get install task-complete-video-editing-environment =)
Also, these OSes serve as an examples of how to make operating systems - or, in case of DOS, how not to make an OS =)
Uh, Nautilus has a folder contents zooming feature - and individually resizable icons, too!
Dropping my home directory to 50% zoom certainly helps...
Yes. (Is this normal, then? Was the other card faulty when it showed stuff much faster? =)
Can't really remember right now (uptime 3 days), but I think it may have been.
Now in comparison, this seems pretty fast - in the text mode.
When using frame buffer mode, it's considerably slower than the other card when using frame buffer.
You know, they do not rely on users to do the translation. They have several highly trained employees to do the job. The message you are looking at is, by all accounts, likely to be just an internal message for these people, who have a pressing need to edit the files!
I have seen similar messages in many games...
...and to correct myself: Yeah, the Freeciv client I just tried now has an isometric view. Curses! Now they ruined the game!
Hey, one of the local gaming mags reviewed Freeciv in May, and they too said that in some respects Freeciv's interface rocks when compared to Civ2 and CTP series.
Why? Civ1-style top-down view is very clear and unambiguous way of displaying the map, compared to the isometric maps in Civ2. (They actually complained about the screenshots of some development version that had an isometric view...)
And one of the biggest things I needed to get used to when I got Civ2 was the isometric map...