If my, and many of my friend's, experiences of Richard Morrell are any indication, the reviewer got off lightly with "That doesn't matter". There's not even an expletive in there. I'm sure many other users here would back me up on this: Richard Morrell is like RMS but without the charm or patience. Smoothwall, however, is very good stuff. It runs excellently on a battered old 486 and is the ideal solution if you are looking to share a DSL/Cable connection, at any level from a simple home LAN to a hosted domain
It appears that Bernard Shiffman sent
email to several people trying to solcit employment via spam, and when they replied to
him, asking him to stop, and reporting the spam to his ISP he threatend them with a lawsuit.
Bernard Shifman... One f.. I (and I'm sure everyone who read that page) wants this story to appear on Bernie's egosurfing searches for many years to come...
I can't believe people like this exist.. I used to work in HR, and "spec" resumes went in a big pile to be looked at if we could be bothered, but I'd never consider sending a de-personalised email to a *list* of addresses... And if that list includes a non-HR address at a university hundreds of miles away, and he has as little nous as he demonstrated in those emails, I sincerely hope he never gets offered employment over anyone else ever. Jeez, it's enough to make baby Jesus cry
Ben^3Why couldn't I have signed up after 31 more people?
Spielberg's movie AI had a game, also covered on/., to promote it that in my opinion, and that of the majority of the other players I know, was much better than Majestic (and free). This paradigm of online interaction and collaberation is very hot, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see more and more (free or not) of these things springing up. Roll on, I say.
Have you played Syndicate Wars? Made in about 96 I think, featured a weapon called "satellite rain" where corporate satellites could release tungsten (I think) rods and rain them down on a hardened target in a one-off blitx
I use MSN messenger (because all of my colleages do), but I do not have a passport. I signed up using my standard email address (as recently as last month) and have never agreed to the PassPort t+c's.
Therefore, if the PassPort terms and conditions apply to messenger, surely they are being applied to me without my express written consent?
... you pays your money, you get your dreams. It's the american way. This guy has shown real determination to get into space, and if the russians are willing to allow him honorary cosmonaut status and train him up, that's their business.
I heard he cried when the Mir crashed, and he obviously has a contract with Baikonur. Let the guy up there, set the precedant. As long as he is demonstrably not a risk to his fellow shipmates, what's the big deal?
Ben^3 (saving those pennies, dreaming the dream)
Re:Probably not going to happen
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Also, dvd playback will NOT be an option on the Game Cube, and Nintendo has said that they'll market this as a gaming-only machine. Well, that rules out the CASUAL gamers, who would rather buy a gaming unit WITH dvd playback instead of two seperate machines. Not a good move on Nintendo's part, especially since I know people who were sold on the PS2 simply because of the dvd playback.
Using bluetooth, you could LAN onto any buildings in-built information system, keeping track of train times for instance, or ordering tickets for the cinema standing in the lobby.
Use it as a citrix or remote terminal server client. Sit in your front room, use your desktop from the other room.
Put a face on that doll you've got using animated-gifs or pngs...
Friend showed me this article which quotes Sega insiders as denying a link to the PS2 or development of PS2 games, but won't deny there are big changes coming.
CCTV is pretty widespread over here now, and yes, it is widely welcomed. It provides a feeling of safety and monitoring that many people welcome.
But to compare the keeping of DNA records on every citizen ever questioned by the police is an affront to our civil liberties, such as they are nowadays. I do not want the government to hold my incredibly rare personal make-up anywhere. The chances of mis-identification by DNA and the ability to abuse these data scares me.
The main reason some (esp 1st gen) DVDs can't read CDRs is precisely to do with the reflectivity. The reflective index of a DVD is typically about 35% that of a (silver) CD. The reflective index of a CDR is.... about 35% that of a (silver) CD.
I did a training course on mobile (in-car) dvd at pioneer a while back, and they were on about just this problem. The newer machines, those with two lasers or with a holographic-laser diode set, have no trouble.
However, this doesn't seem to be the case with Sony on this model. I have never seen a unit list CD-R as a standard not supported, and IMO this has to be aimed at the piracy issue. Sony == Columbia Studios == Sony Music, don't forget.
Unfortunately this company only operates in Hull, a small town/city (apologies to the hull crew)which is the only place in the UK that has escaped the BT monopoly.
Britain should be at the forefront of high speed internet access due to our small physical size and extensive telephone network
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If my, and many of my friend's, experiences of Richard Morrell are any indication, the reviewer got off lightly with "That doesn't matter". There's not even an expletive in there. I'm sure many other users here would back me up on this: Richard Morrell is like RMS but without the charm or patience. Smoothwall, however, is very good stuff. It runs excellently on a battered old 486 and is the ideal solution if you are looking to share a DSL/Cable connection, at any level from a simple home LAN to a hosted domain
Bernard Shifman... One f.. I (and I'm sure everyone who read that page) wants this story to appear on Bernie's egosurfing searches for many years to come...
I can't believe people like this exist.. I used to work in HR, and "spec" resumes went in a big pile to be looked at if we could be bothered, but I'd never consider sending a de-personalised email to a *list* of addresses... And if that list includes a non-HR address at a university hundreds of miles away, and he has as little nous as he demonstrated in those emails, I sincerely hope he never gets offered employment over anyone else ever. Jeez, it's enough to make baby Jesus cry
Ben^3 Why couldn't I have signed up after 31 more people?
Spielberg's movie AI had a game, also covered on /., to promote it that in my opinion, and that of the majority of the other players I know, was much better than Majestic (and free). This paradigm of online interaction and collaberation is very hot, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see more and more (free or not) of these things springing up. Roll on, I say.
That'd be 5 seconds then...
Ben^3 (pedant)
Gah, that's what you get for installing Win2K... Lost cookies and a bad password meaning no Karma for this lowly techie...
Bah
Ben^3 (Kicking himself)
Have you played Syndicate Wars? Made in about 96 I think, featured a weapon called "satellite rain" where corporate satellites could release tungsten (I think) rods and rain them down on a hardened target in a one-off blitx
I use MSN messenger (because all of my colleages do), but I do not have a passport. I signed up using my standard email address (as recently as last month) and have never agreed to the PassPort t+c's.
Therefore, if the PassPort terms and conditions apply to messenger, surely they are being applied to me without my express written consent?
Ben^3
... you pays your money, you get your dreams. It's the american way. This guy has shown real determination to get into space, and if the russians are willing to allow him honorary cosmonaut status and train him up, that's their business.
I heard he cried when the Mir crashed, and he obviously has a contract with Baikonur. Let the guy up there, set the precedant. As long as he is demonstrably not a risk to his fellow shipmates, what's the big deal?
Ben^3 (saving those pennies, dreaming the dream)
Bzzt. Wrong. Matsushita is bringing out a DVD playing GC.
Ben^3
IIRC, matsushita is licensed to make a GameCube with a full size DVD drive, that will play DVD-Video as well as having all the GC gubbins inside.
Bit of a bizarre strategy I know, but not one without precedent (see the LG 3DO)
Ben^3
Using bluetooth, you could LAN onto any buildings in-built information system, keeping track of train times for instance, or ordering tickets for the cinema standing in the lobby.
Use it as a citrix or remote terminal server client. Sit in your front room, use your desktop from the other room.
Put a face on that doll you've got using animated-gifs or pngs...
Ben^3
*cough* lives under norwegian bridges *cough*
Ben^3 (in a whimsical mood)
Friend showed me this article which quotes Sega insiders as denying a link to the PS2 or development of PS2 games, but won't deny there are big changes coming.
Ben^3CCTV is pretty widespread over here now, and yes, it is widely welcomed. It provides a feeling of safety and monitoring that many people welcome.
But to compare the keeping of DNA records on every citizen ever questioned by the police is an affront to our civil liberties, such as they are nowadays. I do not want the government to hold my incredibly rare personal make-up anywhere. The chances of mis-identification by DNA and the ability to abuse these data scares me.
Judging by my experiences in KFC and Burger King, the freind would have to say "It's , is that alright?" in order to keep the lawyers away
Ben^3In no way should you click here, this is for novelty use only, delete it after 24 hours, etc.
Ben^3If you want to look at cool modern-day intel. stuff, the GCHQ website is actually pretty detailed.
The largest LAN in Europe, one of the highest data storage capacities in the world, and free healthcare =)
Also, they seem to think they can pass secret instructions to spies the world over by inserting 'random' bold tags on one of their pages
Ben^3Well, my DVD player is a Wharfedale from Tescos (supermarket). It cost me £180, and plays CDRs no problems at all.
Bzzzt.
The main reason some (esp 1st gen) DVDs can't read CDRs is precisely to do with the reflectivity. The reflective index of a DVD is typically about 35% that of a (silver) CD. The reflective index of a CDR is.... about 35% that of a (silver) CD.
I did a training course on mobile (in-car) dvd at pioneer a while back, and they were on about just this problem. The newer machines, those with two lasers or with a holographic-laser diode set, have no trouble.
However, this doesn't seem to be the case with Sony on this model. I have never seen a unit list CD-R as a standard not supported, and IMO this has to be aimed at the piracy issue. Sony == Columbia Studios == Sony Music, don't forget.
Ben^3Actually, there's a hack here to change the battery and keep the contents of the board.
Although, gotta say, I'd rather do it with a PSU and bigger same-voltage battery. Keep it alive for a bit longer.
Ben^3You make a good point about how there is a strong case for secrecy in government. Far too often there's a clarion call for the government to tell all.
Government is FOR the people, not BY the people. We invite leaders to take office, and they govern for us.
Ben^3DeadMedia.org appears to be dead. It is a late website
Has the /. effect ever hit a more ironically named website?
Ben^3 (chortling merrily)Yes, Kingston Communications are doing ADSL, and doing it very well.
Unfortunately this company only operates in Hull, a small town/city (apologies to the hull crew)which is the only place in the UK that has escaped the BT monopoly.
Britain should be at the forefront of high speed internet access due to our small physical size and extensive telephone network
Ben^3 (cussing the BT)Read that headline and had a vision of chartered merchant shipping delivering packets by the container-load.
ping http://slashdot.org
ping reply: 4-6 weeks, depending on weather
Must... get... head sorted
Ben^3 (Hey, at least it's not by Virgin Trains)