30 years is nothing. You should see my toothbrush. That thing's been through so much history. Passed down through the generations, it was used by one of my ancestors who fought in WW I. Before that it was brought thousands of miles across the ocean by this country's founding fathers. And you know what? It works just as well today as it did back then.
Also of interest is some of the food in my refrigerator. Perhaps it's not as old as the toothbrush, but it's still a wonder of archeological history.
One is the defacto which was introduced with BIND4.mumble, by which you could send a TXT query of 'version.bind' to the nameserver
Just to clarify, the record in question is a chaos record. So, for example, if you wanted to know what server Slashdot's DNS servers are using, you could do something like this:
They claim he sends out spam spreading false and misleading information about various penny stocks.
You mean to tell me that somebody's sending out spam with false and misleading information? Oh, come on now! Surely you're not serious! Next you'll be telling me that people are sending out spam with faked return addresses.
It appears to me that NASA is the agency that tests the waters in the name of science. They're the ones who learn about what it takes to make space travel possible, then it's other groups (defense, commercial, etc) that put that knowledge to use. I believe it was NASA that made such things as satellites possible (communication satellites, weather satellites, spy satellites). I also believe it was a former incarnation of NASA that made supersonic flight a reality. The defense department took the knowledge gained from these early test flights to make supersonic jets commonplace today.
So basically NASA is there to further our understanding of space without a need for profit. With the excessive costs involved in space flight, commercial endeavers will be slow to arrive. Until then, we have NASA. I believe the world is a better place because of them.
I was thinking of the MAME-in-a-box idea as well (plus maybe emulators for the old console games, too) as a way of filling out that 32,000+ number. But then that makes the claim of being the fastest game console seem pretty silly.
Passwords can be seen as a secret used for security. The author also mentions cryptographic keys in the same context. He justifies them by saying that because they can be easily changed, they aren't a great detriment to security. I'm not sure I agree. In the past, the most common way to gain unauthorized access to a machine was through weak passwords. And even if you have a strong password, it may be difficult to know if it becomes compromised.
I've always wished for a system like RSA'a SecurID cards. They give you a password that changes every 60 seconds, and you carry around a token that shows the latest password for you. Unfortunately, such technology is priced out of the range of individuals like me.
You should start with my refrigerator. I've got all kinds of things growing in there.
easy to learn != easy to use
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If you understand Linux well enough, it *is* easy to use. I find it very easy to use, even when doing something unusual that hasn't been designed ahead of time for me. I think the goal of theses "easy to use" Linux distros is really to be "easy to learn". And in this world, "easy to learn" means creating an interface similar to what people already know to shorten the learning curve.
They would have to get the permission of the MAME developers as well. If you read the license that comes with MAME, it forbids distribution together with roms.
I see it a bit like drug testing. If you give a drug to one person and a placebo to another, you can't really draw any conclusions from it since the two people aren't identical. So what you do is conduct the test on a larger population and draw upon the overall differences between the groups. Weather testing could be performed in a similar manner by choosing a number of locations and testing the technology on some now, and some later. If things go well, the results should show an overall difference between the two groups.
Lawsuits are a sign of freedom. They're a sign that the government has decided to leave as much as possible to the free market and the law of contract and tort, and not to come in with a big wet fucking nanny
If freedom is a lack of government (aka, anarchy), just remember that this whole debate is about patents, which are a product of the government. Thus, by your logic, they represent a loss of freedom, and so your whole rant becomes meaningless.
2001: the use of silence when the camera is in a vacuum. Genius. No-one has ever done it since (AFAIK), as it's just not clichéd enough. But it's definitely the most effective use of 'sound' I've ever come across.
I don't know if you've seen any episodes of Firefly, but they also do the silence thing in the vacuum of space. I applaud them for doing it right after all these years of people doing it wrong.
If you get a call from a telemarketer, just interrupt them and say something to the effect of, "can you hold for a sec? Someone's at my front door." When they agree, just set the phone down, or put them on hold or mute (if your phone has that feature), and go back to whatever you were doing. Given enough time, they'll eventually hang up, but in the mean time, they're not bothering anyone else. If enough people did this, there would be fewer calls, at least until they catch on to the trick.
I've been doing threading in pine for quite a while. You just need to apply the threading patch which is available from various sources on the internet (like http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/info/f ancy.html. I've always wondered why the mainline pine didn't integrate it.
Sweet, a copy of the EULA. Let me see if I can point out the parts I was referring to.
* Consent to Use of Data. You agree that MS and Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may collect and use technical information gathered in any manner as part of the product support services provided to you, if any, related to the SOFTWARE. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may use this information solely to improve products or to provide customized services or technologies to you. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may disclose this information to others, but not in a form that personally identifies you.
Summary: You allow Microsoft to use spyware, etc, to collect information on you and sell it to their affiliates.
* Security Updates. Content providers are using the digital
rights management technology ("Microsoft DRM") contained
in this SOFTWARE to protect the integrity of their
content ("Secure Content") so that their intellectual
property, including copyright, in such content is not
misappropriated. Owners of such Secure Content ("Secure
Content Owners") may, from time to time, request MS,
Microsoft Corporation or their subsidiaries to provide
security related updates to the Microsoft DRM components
of the SOFTWARE ("Security Updates") that may affect
your ability to copy, display and/or play Secure Content
through Microsoft software or third party applications
that utilize Microsoft DRM.
Summary: Microsoft or their subsidaries can install updates to the DRM software on your computer to remove your ability to view/listen to certain content. I guess it doesn't say anything about deleting files, but then again, that could be a way to keep you from viewing/listening to them!
* Internet-Based Services Components. The SOFTWARE contains
components that enable and facilitate the use of certain
Internet-based services. You acknowledge and agree that
MS, Microsoft Corporation or their subsidiaries may
automatically check the version of the SOFTWARE and/or
its components that you are utilizing and may provide
upgrades or supplements to the SOFTWARE that may be
automatically downloaded to your COMPUTER.
Summary: Microsoft may install software on your computer without your acceptance for any purpose.
* Mandatory Activation. THIS SOFTWARE
CONTAINS TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT
ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLICENSED
OR ILLEGAL USE OF THE SOFTWARE.
The license rights granted under this EULA are limited
to the first thirty (30) days after you first run the
SOFTWARE unless you supply information required to
activate your licensed copy in the manner described
during the setup sequence (unless Manufacturer has
activated for you). You can activate the SOFTWARE
through the use of the Internet or telephone; toll
charges may apply. You may also need to reactivate the
SOFTWARE if you modify your HARDWARE or alter the
SOFTWARE.
Summary: You must register within 30 days, or your copy of XP will cease to function. You may need to re-register if change your hardware or software. Also, although not mentioned in the EULA, a quick search reveals sites like http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/activation.htm that say Microsoft will activate a product no more than 8 times.
Although XP may be better from a technical standpoint, the license agreement that comes with it is horrifying. I recently bought a laptop with XP (which I absolutely didn't want), and I decided to boot it up. I was presented with the EULA. It said, among other things, that Microsoft is allowed to collect any information about you with or without your knowledge (think spyware) and sell it to 3rd parties. It also said that they and certain other companies (acting under MS's DRM) can install software and delete files from your system, again, with or without your knowledge. You are also required to register the machine online or the OS will stop working after 30 days. If you change your hardware or re-install the OS, you have to re-register. You are only allowed to re-register something like 10 times before you're required to buy another copy (at $300 a pop). And all this was just in the first 20% or so of the agreement. I didn't have the stomach to read the rest of it, so I blew away the partition and installed Linux.
The point is that if you click "I agree", you're saying that it's okay for anyone to walk all over you, Microsoft or otherwise. That's just not something I could ever agree to. The scary part is that most people don't even read the EULA.
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30 years is nothing. You should see my toothbrush. That thing's been through so much history. Passed down through the generations, it was used by one of my ancestors who fought in WW I. Before that it was brought thousands of miles across the ocean by this country's founding fathers. And you know what? It works just as well today as it did back then.
Also of interest is some of the food in my refrigerator. Perhaps it's not as old as the toothbrush, but it's still a wonder of archeological history.
Sweet, a new computer from Dell. Does it come with a free sample of Marijuana? Dude, you're gettin' some weed!
Ok, that's just cruel.
One is the defacto which was introduced with BIND4.mumble, by which you could send a TXT query of 'version.bind' to the nameserver
Just to clarify, the record in question is a chaos record. So, for example, if you wanted to know what server Slashdot's DNS servers are using, you could do something like this:
dig chaos txt version.bind @ns1.vasoftware.com
They claim he sends out spam spreading false and misleading information about various penny stocks.
You mean to tell me that somebody's sending out spam with false and misleading information? Oh, come on now! Surely you're not serious! Next you'll be telling me that people are sending out spam with faked return addresses.
...and occaisionally ends up as milk squirting out of your nose.
Which is pretty impressive when you're not drinking milk.
im just wondering how you got an "insightful" after clearly stating you didnt read the article
Easy -- the moderators didn't read the article either.
It appears to me that NASA is the agency that tests the waters in the name of science. They're the ones who learn about what it takes to make space travel possible, then it's other groups (defense, commercial, etc) that put that knowledge to use. I believe it was NASA that made such things as satellites possible (communication satellites, weather satellites, spy satellites). I also believe it was a former incarnation of NASA that made supersonic flight a reality. The defense department took the knowledge gained from these early test flights to make supersonic jets commonplace today.
So basically NASA is there to further our understanding of space without a need for profit. With the excessive costs involved in space flight, commercial endeavers will be slow to arrive. Until then, we have NASA. I believe the world is a better place because of them.
It's either fraud, stupidity, or MAME-in-a-box
I was thinking of the MAME-in-a-box idea as well (plus maybe emulators for the old console games, too) as a way of filling out that 32,000+ number. But then that makes the claim of being the fastest game console seem pretty silly.
Doesn't mean it's not true, though.
... because calling it vapor would have been too obvious.
Passwords can be seen as a secret used for security. The author also mentions cryptographic keys in the same context. He justifies them by saying that because they can be easily changed, they aren't a great detriment to security. I'm not sure I agree. In the past, the most common way to gain unauthorized access to a machine was through weak passwords. And even if you have a strong password, it may be difficult to know if it becomes compromised.
I've always wished for a system like RSA'a SecurID cards. They give you a password that changes every 60 seconds, and you carry around a token that shows the latest password for you. Unfortunately, such technology is priced out of the range of individuals like me.
You should start with my refrigerator. I've got all kinds of things growing in there.
If you understand Linux well enough, it *is* easy to use. I find it very easy to use, even when doing something unusual that hasn't been designed ahead of time for me. I think the goal of theses "easy to use" Linux distros is really to be "easy to learn". And in this world, "easy to learn" means creating an interface similar to what people already know to shorten the learning curve.
Intuitiveness == Familiarity
Just my 2 cents.
They would have to get the permission of the MAME developers as well. If you read the license that comes with MAME, it forbids distribution together with roms.
Nah. You're forgetting about the lone moderator who will mark the post "-1 troll". The 6th Microsoft employee will have to be there to counter it.
I see it a bit like drug testing. If you give a drug to one person and a placebo to another, you can't really draw any conclusions from it since the two people aren't identical. So what you do is conduct the test on a larger population and draw upon the overall differences between the groups. Weather testing could be performed in a similar manner by choosing a number of locations and testing the technology on some now, and some later. If things go well, the results should show an overall difference between the two groups.
Lawsuits are a sign of freedom. They're a sign that the government has decided to leave as much as possible to the free market and the law of contract and tort, and not to come in with a big wet fucking nanny
If freedom is a lack of government (aka, anarchy), just remember that this whole debate is about patents, which are a product of the government. Thus, by your logic, they represent a loss of freedom, and so your whole rant becomes meaningless.
What are they going to do, put "if you are this man, click here, you've won a prize!"?
Right on, brother! Too many criminals are without internet access for something like that to work.
2001: the use of silence when the camera is in a vacuum. Genius. No-one has ever done it since (AFAIK), as it's just not clichéd enough. But it's definitely the most effective use of 'sound' I've ever come across.
I don't know if you've seen any episodes of Firefly, but they also do the silence thing in the vacuum of space. I applaud them for doing it right after all these years of people doing it wrong.
I tried to verify that, but got a division by zero error when calculating Apache's performance/price ratio. I guess it just wasn't meant to be known.
If you get a call from a telemarketer, just interrupt them and say something to the effect of, "can you hold for a sec? Someone's at my front door." When they agree, just set the phone down, or put them on hold or mute (if your phone has that feature), and go back to whatever you were doing. Given enough time, they'll eventually hang up, but in the mean time, they're not bothering anyone else. If enough people did this, there would be fewer calls, at least until they catch on to the trick.
I've been doing threading in pine for quite a while. You just need to apply the threading patch which is available from various sources on the internet (like http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/info/f ancy.html. I've always wondered why the mainline pine didn't integrate it.
HAH! I just hax0r3d your box, dood! And I formatted your hard drive! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Now if I could just figure out why my box died in the process.
Sweet, a copy of the EULA. Let me see if I can point out the parts I was referring to.
* Consent to Use of Data. You agree that MS and Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may collect and use technical information gathered in any manner as part of the product support services provided to you, if any, related to the SOFTWARE. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may use this information solely to improve products or to provide customized services or technologies to you. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may disclose this information to others, but not in a form that personally identifies you.
Summary: You allow Microsoft to use spyware, etc, to collect information on you and sell it to their affiliates.
* Security Updates. Content providers are using the digital rights management technology ("Microsoft DRM") contained in this SOFTWARE to protect the integrity of their content ("Secure Content") so that their intellectual property, including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated. Owners of such Secure Content ("Secure Content Owners") may, from time to time, request MS, Microsoft Corporation or their subsidiaries to provide security related updates to the Microsoft DRM components of the SOFTWARE ("Security Updates") that may affect your ability to copy, display and/or play Secure Content through Microsoft software or third party applications that utilize Microsoft DRM.
Summary: Microsoft or their subsidaries can install updates to the DRM software on your computer to remove your ability to view/listen to certain content. I guess it doesn't say anything about deleting files, but then again, that could be a way to keep you from viewing/listening to them!
* Internet-Based Services Components. The SOFTWARE contains components that enable and facilitate the use of certain Internet-based services. You acknowledge and agree that MS, Microsoft Corporation or their subsidiaries may automatically check the version of the SOFTWARE and/or its components that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or supplements to the SOFTWARE that may be automatically downloaded to your COMPUTER.
Summary: Microsoft may install software on your computer without your acceptance for any purpose.
* Mandatory Activation. THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLICENSED OR ILLEGAL USE OF THE SOFTWARE. The license rights granted under this EULA are limited to the first thirty (30) days after you first run the SOFTWARE unless you supply information required to activate your licensed copy in the manner described during the setup sequence (unless Manufacturer has activated for you). You can activate the SOFTWARE through the use of the Internet or telephone; toll charges may apply. You may also need to reactivate the SOFTWARE if you modify your HARDWARE or alter the SOFTWARE.
Summary: You must register within 30 days, or your copy of XP will cease to function. You may need to re-register if change your hardware or software. Also, although not mentioned in the EULA, a quick search reveals sites like http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/activation.htm that say Microsoft will activate a product no more than 8 times.
So, do you still consider my post FUD?
Although XP may be better from a technical standpoint, the license agreement that comes with it is horrifying. I recently bought a laptop with XP (which I absolutely didn't want), and I decided to boot it up. I was presented with the EULA. It said, among other things, that Microsoft is allowed to collect any information about you with or without your knowledge (think spyware) and sell it to 3rd parties. It also said that they and certain other companies (acting under MS's DRM) can install software and delete files from your system, again, with or without your knowledge. You are also required to register the machine online or the OS will stop working after 30 days. If you change your hardware or re-install the OS, you have to re-register. You are only allowed to re-register something like 10 times before you're required to buy another copy (at $300 a pop). And all this was just in the first 20% or so of the agreement. I didn't have the stomach to read the rest of it, so I blew away the partition and installed Linux.
The point is that if you click "I agree", you're saying that it's okay for anyone to walk all over you, Microsoft or otherwise. That's just not something I could ever agree to. The scary part is that most people don't even read the EULA.
I don't normally post to slashdot
Ah, come on, Anonymous Coward, I see posts from you all the time.
Sorry, couldn't resist.