Till some dogs get hollowed out; Wilford Brimley stops eating oatmeal and starts kickin ass and taking names; and the only guy we can count on has a gigantic foam cowboy hat.
"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off whatever it is."
Detectives will tell you the reason a lot of criminals get caught is because they have this attitude. Or they think they're too smart - that no one would ever bother to Luminol the inside of their car...
So what happens when something you've done, something you thought - becomes illegal? And what happens when they do have the time and the means? Will you just hand it to them?
Call me paranoid, fearful, whatever - but I'd rather put up a fight.
1) Are you virulently Open Source? 2) Do you want any large coporation to get their asses sued for using your code? 3) Are you hot?
If you're willing to have it look cheesy...
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I don't know how good you are with electronics, but an old keyboard, a dremel, and a controller from a used game shop works great.
I dremelled out a sega genesis (joystick) controller (cost: $8 - can't find a picture - they're HUGE) for a cheapie emu machine for a friend, and wired it to a keyboard encoder (cost: free, if ripped from an old keyboard lying around) a la this keyboard hack FAQ (check under "hacking a keyboard").
It looks cheesy - didn't bother to hide the keyboard controller inside the joystick case, even though it's probably big enough for a briq in there...
Didn't take that much soldering. Hardest part was tracing the keyboard leads over mylar and dremeling the joystick PCB so it wasn't common ground anymore.
Anyway - don't know if this is acceptible, if whoever is getting it is too picky, and you're not confident about your skills, maybe not...
The plan of action for the attempted contact---aim for the biggest piece.
Seeing as previous attempts to contact the probe by aiming at Sammy Hagar's hairpiece only succeeded in making him smoke and reminisce about being in Van Halen, scientists finally relented and tried this.
"Cool and smooth, I don't know how I dealt with those bastards that kept asking 'this mouse?' without going Postal" -- Satisfied customer.
And now you too can try it, for the low low price of a single aluminum hardball bat. Spun aluminum with a non-slip rubber grip means never having to say "For all that is good and holy it does not optimize your connection!"
That maybe they are running very important applications in the background? Hmm?
I cannot stand to sit there for hours while my 40,000 Ween bootlegs download. I can only have my spyware collect so much surfing information before I have to walk around a bit.
Seriously though, a lot of people only know how to shut them off by whizzing on them.
Look, the studies have been done, and everyone knows that this is infeasable. As the fear level drops, the urge to eat brains increases at an alarming rate.
As Napoleon said, "An army marches on its stomach", and there is just not enough brains in the world to have a whole zombie army.
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Till some dogs get hollowed out; Wilford Brimley stops eating oatmeal and starts kickin ass and taking names; and the only guy we can count on has a gigantic foam cowboy hat.
"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off whatever it is."
Detectives will tell you the reason a lot of criminals get caught is because they have this attitude. Or they think they're too smart - that no one would ever bother to Luminol the inside of their car...
So what happens when something you've done, something you thought - becomes illegal? And what happens when they do have the time and the means? Will you just hand it to them?
Call me paranoid, fearful, whatever - but I'd rather put up a fight.
Watch me restrain myself. ...
Still watching?
What's that, Eeky?
Jimmy fell down the well? Lead the way! Go on, boy. No! Not the cheese! SNAP! Oh, the humanity!
1) Are you virulently Open Source?
2) Do you want any large coporation to get their asses sued for using your code?
3) Are you hot?
I don't know how good you are with electronics, but an old keyboard, a dremel, and a controller from a used game shop works great.
I dremelled out a sega genesis (joystick) controller (cost: $8 - can't find a picture - they're HUGE) for a cheapie emu machine for a friend, and wired it to a keyboard encoder (cost: free, if ripped from an old keyboard lying around) a la this keyboard hack FAQ (check under "hacking a keyboard").
It looks cheesy - didn't bother to hide the keyboard controller inside the joystick case, even though it's probably big enough for a briq in there...
Didn't take that much soldering. Hardest part was tracing the keyboard leads over mylar and dremeling the joystick PCB so it wasn't common ground anymore.
Anyway - don't know if this is acceptible, if whoever is getting it is too picky, and you're not confident about your skills, maybe not...
I wouldn't be so sure. So far, no one, and I mean NO ONE can seem to spell "goat sex" right. What is that, like 7 letters?
Shh!
I couldn't say anything up in the subject line, because, well -- they might be watching.
We in the underground of the One Good Site support you. When the rising up of the Quality Posts is upon Us, you will be asked to make a Sacrifice.
Until then, keep the Faith.
What's your price for privacy?
With a price point in the 15-17 dollar range, you'd be a sucker not to! Folks, you haven't seen deals like this since the 50s!
a bobble head doll
Did it come with any accessories?
Millions of C64 page requests flood the register article!
Not to flame too hard, but the Illiad didn't require DSL. ;)
I was reading the poster being the one begrudging. Who's to say that soccer moms aren't made more efficient by the minivan?
Good and Evil were just a construct of human consciousness. Silly me.
They're a product of search engine ad revenues. Well, now I get it.
Does Google have a book out? It seems level headed and fairly moral. I wouldn't mind reading its other philisophical treaties.
some poor folk spend their money unwisely on entertainment, and other nonessentials
I'm guessing you posted from a computer, yes? Let's not cast stones here.
Loud noise immediately following is DARPAs collective forehead-slap.
Emulate it baby, yesss!
Rowr!
Today's reminiscing begins... Today.
So including information for someone else's benefit, that would have to be researched anyway in order to understand a subject, is unimportant now, just because I'm a busy man?
A few old video games had good ones, but I don't remember their names ...
Tempest was probably the most well-known.
Here is how to make one. In the Emu/Arcade scene they're called "spinners". Have fun!
See? I can be informative. Creepy.
The plan of action for the attempted contact---aim for the biggest piece.
Seeing as previous attempts to contact the probe by aiming at Sammy Hagar's hairpiece only succeeded in making him smoke and reminisce about being in Van Halen, scientists finally relented and tried this.
Going Postal?
Yes, going Postal. It's hot, it's new, it's... Satisfying.
"Cool and smooth, I don't know how I dealt with those bastards that kept asking 'this mouse?' without going Postal" -- Satisfied customer.
And now you too can try it, for the low low price of a single aluminum hardball bat. Spun aluminum with a non-slip rubber grip means never having to say "For all that is good and holy it does not optimize your connection!"
That maybe they are running very important applications in the background? Hmm?
I cannot stand to sit there for hours while my 40,000 Ween bootlegs download. I can only have my spyware collect so much surfing information before I have to walk around a bit.
Seriously though, a lot of people only know how to shut them off by whizzing on them.
I so told you that Microsoft was a trend-setter.
You owe me a buck, man.
I didn't know we could also ask Slashdot stuff that may not even have an answer! This is awesome!
Do you feel the community, people? Because I am totally feeling it right now.
There are so many things I'd like to know...
(waits for the inevitible)
Look, the studies have been done, and everyone knows that this is infeasable. As the fear level drops, the urge to eat brains increases at an alarming rate.
As Napoleon said, "An army marches on its stomach", and there is just not enough brains in the world to have a whole zombie army.