That would explain why I get emails about "Jenny and her HOT Asian Whore-Friends!", "XXX Man-On-Man Action!", and "Getting Down On The Farm!" all in the same day.
If you were planning on getting as many Troll posts as possible, congrats. Where to start?
This is supposed to be a poem? Come on, it's childish gibberish at best,...
I suppose the works of James Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Dr. Seuss and countless others fall into the same boat?
While I do support artistic expression, even the ones I find offensive or dimwitted, I also support the right of companies to limit their services as they see fit.
Actually, the only meaningful comment in your post. Yes, Google has the right to stop displaying his ads/poetry. Of course, it has nothing to do with the artistic expression the author was expressing... Google ads are for ads, and their system (automatically or manually) rejected his postings. When Google writes an automated art recognition system (hopefully they'll sell you a license), things might change.
At least suspend them pending further review, and possibly see where the artist is going with it.
"Yeah... hello? Will? Bob, your agent here. I've been looking over the first few pages of this new play of yours, what's it called again?... Hamlet. I must say, kinda dark don't you think? This mopey kid, wandering around... uncles killing brothers and marrying their wives... this lame ghost conceit to move the plot along. I have to say, I think you're losing your edge a bit, Billy. Not sure where you're going with this. The publishers think you should take a break for a while, maybe a nice Norweigian cruise or something, eh?... No, no... we'll call *you*. Yeah... buh-bye."
Since a large number of people may find at least the first two offensive...
Oh my god! They used the word vagina! Call the police! Get a grip, bud.
I haven't read the whole page, just the top part,...
No comment.
If I searched for "dream" and got a link about peeing into the wind, I wouldn't be to impressed with the service.
Depends on the kinds of dreams you have, I suppose.
The screenshots look horrible, like someone just bought a book to figure out their war3z copy of 3D-Studio. They've used new music and, personally, the old theme song was one of the best game themes at the time. Oh yeah, and it looks like the HoRSE in question is the offspring of an AT-ST from The Empire Strikes Back.
Those three reasons (plus the fact that Shrapnel Games' can't even get the survey on their site to work, and the music folks' site spits out ASP errors) are enough to turn me off. I'd rather dust off my C64 or Atari (or fire up an emulator) and play the original.
(Or I could dig out the floppy disk with the "inspired by MULE" game I wrote in Atari BASIC. Looks like it would be as much fun.)
by losing the floppy disk bay. Who uses floppy disks anymore anyway?
Replace that with a 2x20 LCD screen, though, and maybe you could keep it. (Although Matrix Orbital and Crystal Fontz don't seem to make LCDs for the floppy bay.. dunnno why not)
It's interesting... all the television commericials for Rogers and Bell (DSL service) talk about downloading the music you want, the videos you want, playing the network games with friends, etc., etc..
Exactly the bandwidth-hogging uses they are now trying to clamp down on.
I wonder if they will change their advertisments too.
... that screen grab is kinda hard to look at after a while.
Hopefully this can be configured like Windows seems to be, and not AA fonts below a certain size (seems to be 12pt). Below that size, things look clearer to me non-AA.
One advantage to the Pandora case that immediately comes to mind: two 5.25" bays at the front means one for a DVD/CD-ROM, and the other for an LCD insert from Matrix Orbital or Crystal Fontz (although, I doubt they make cool translucent inserts... time to get a Dremel!).
Why they don't make an LCD insert for a 3.5" drive bay is beyond me...
IE handles files in an odd mish-mash of looking at the Content-Type sometimes for some purposes, looking at file extension sometimes for some purposes. It's hardly surprising that the bug-hunter in the above story has found a way to feed it a Content-Type at odds with the file extension - the Content-Type may be innocuous, but the extension says "execute me", so when the "integrated" IE engine gets ahold of it, the malicious content is automatically executed.
Where is the exploit in this? Any user with half a brain (not many, I know) will see that this supposed text file ends with ".exe" or something. That's a trigger right there.
AFAICT, IE relies soley on the file extension when deciding whether or not to execute a file.
You can try and tell it that.exe files are text/plain... in which case you get the prompt, and then Windows opens the executible in Notepad.
You can try and tell it that.txt files are application/octet-stream... in which case they are still displayed as text in your browser.
The only way I can think of making this work would be to change the MIME types on the client machine (i.e. Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types). And I'm pretty damn sure that's not possible via plain-Jane HTML.
Any adept person could make a bunch of these with parts from the local Home Depot, too.
Infact, I just may do that... and save the shipping.
All very nice but ...
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When are electronic device manufacturers going to stop making power cords with huge "wall wart" transformers?
It is becoming increasingly annoying to have to get power bars on power bars because some device (your hub, external Zip drive, speakers, etc.) takes up the space of two or more outlets.
A much smarter decision (which is used on laptops, and on some synth equipment) is to put the transformer in the middle of the power cable, with the proprietary little jack on one end and a regular two or three prong male plug on the other.
I read the above post and did a bit of digging. One URL that has specs on the Roopaq is here.
My thoughts... I was one of the early buyers of the Genica MP3 CD player, and I have to say that their products are not too good:
- the battery life is about 4 hours (3 trips to and from work for me)
- the antishock is about 10sec, but kinda sporadic
- equalizer only works for CDs, not MP3 CDs
- the earbuds seriously suck
- the earphone jack on the unit is sensitive to the direction the plug goes in (i.e., somethings probably loose inside already, and I don't jog with the thing)
Why do I mention all this? Basically to warn people away from Genica's products. Sure, the Roopaq looks good at $110 or whatever. Keep in mind that on top of that you need to buy the harddrive. And new earphones.
And who needs an "IR card-sized remote control" for a portable device? Sure, I'll walk around in public, clicking a remote at my pants. I won't look strange at all.
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Reboot.ca and the Linux Volunteer Group have been around for quite a while.
They do good work.
They can't tell me your sexual preference ...
That would explain why I get emails about "Jenny and her HOT Asian Whore-Friends!", "XXX Man-On-Man Action!", and "Getting Down On The Farm!" all in the same day.
All those people in garbarge-strewn empty lots, talking to the wall may be up to more than you think!
... I thought this was another article about the color of the universe changing.
Again.
If you were planning on getting as many Troll posts as possible, congrats. Where to start?
...
... Google ads are for ads, and their system (automatically or manually) rejected his postings. When Google writes an automated art recognition system (hopefully they'll sell you a license), things might change.
... hello? Will? Bob, your agent here. I've been looking over the first few pages of this new play of yours, what's it called again? ... Hamlet. I must say, kinda dark don't you think? This mopey kid, wandering around ... uncles killing brothers and marrying their wives ... this lame ghost conceit to move the plot along. I have to say, I think you're losing your edge a bit, Billy. Not sure where you're going with this. The publishers think you should take a break for a while, maybe a nice Norweigian cruise or something, eh? ... No, no ... we'll call *you*. Yeah ... buh-bye."
...
...
This is supposed to be a poem? Come on, it's childish gibberish at best,
I suppose the works of James Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Dr. Seuss and countless others fall into the same boat?
While I do support artistic expression, even the ones I find offensive or dimwitted, I also support the right of companies to limit their services as they see fit.
Actually, the only meaningful comment in your post. Yes, Google has the right to stop displaying his ads/poetry. Of course, it has nothing to do with the artistic expression the author was expressing
At least suspend them pending further review, and possibly see where the artist is going with it.
"Yeah
Since a large number of people may find at least the first two offensive
Oh my god! They used the word vagina! Call the police! Get a grip, bud.
I haven't read the whole page, just the top part,
No comment.
If I searched for "dream" and got a link about peeing into the wind, I wouldn't be to impressed with the service.
Depends on the kinds of dreams you have, I suppose.
... and not a very good one at that, it appears.
The screenshots look horrible, like someone just bought a book to figure out their war3z copy of 3D-Studio. They've used new music and, personally, the old theme song was one of the best game themes at the time. Oh yeah, and it looks like the HoRSE in question is the offspring of an AT-ST from The Empire Strikes Back.
Those three reasons (plus the fact that Shrapnel Games' can't even get the survey on their site to work, and the music folks' site spits out ASP errors) are enough to turn me off. I'd rather dust off my C64 or Atari (or fire up an emulator) and play the original.
(Or I could dig out the floppy disk with the "inspired by MULE" game I wrote in Atari BASIC. Looks like it would be as much fun.)
Next: Is Globalism good or evil?
... claiming otherwise doesn't really promote any healthy discussion.
Jon seems to be falling victim to myopia himself. I'm pretty damn sure globalism can be both "good" and "evil".
If things could be painting in only black and white, we wouldn't have invented colour TVs.
Everything is grey
IIRC, using WHOIS information for email marketing is against ICANN rules. Using it for snail-mail is, unfortunately, not.
by losing the floppy disk bay. Who uses floppy disks anymore anyway?
.. dunnno why not)
Replace that with a 2x20 LCD screen, though, and maybe you could keep it. (Although Matrix Orbital and Crystal Fontz don't seem to make LCDs for the floppy bay
When does it start comming out in fruity colors?
How about now.
A nice procmail rule to filter emails with too many foreign characters can be found here.
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/.'s lameness filter prevents me from posting the code here.
I was going to post: "Imagine ... now they can start their own little beowulf cluster".
Congrats!
It's interesting ... all the television commericials for Rogers and Bell (DSL service) talk about downloading the music you want, the videos you want, playing the network games with friends, etc., etc..
Exactly the bandwidth-hogging uses they are now trying to clamp down on.
I wonder if they will change their advertisments too.
... that screen grab is kinda hard to look at after a while.
Hopefully this can be configured like Windows seems to be, and not AA fonts below a certain size (seems to be 12pt). Below that size, things look clearer to me non-AA.
But that's just IMHO.
- reduced cost of hardware (since you can generally do more with less hardware using OSS)
And read up on all those articles about Largo, Florida.Heck, you could get a couple of rolls of real wallpaper printed and BINGO, you've got a 96" flatscreen LCD panel for your home.
One advantage to the Pandora case that immediately comes to mind: two 5.25" bays at the front means one for a DVD/CD-ROM, and the other for an LCD insert from Matrix Orbital or Crystal Fontz (although, I doubt they make cool translucent inserts ... time to get a Dremel!).
...
Why they don't make an LCD insert for a 3.5" drive bay is beyond me
Billing the side which initiates a TCP connection would be a reasonable first approximation.
That'll put all the bandwidth suppliers to the pr0n industry out of business PDQ.
So Microsoft *really* wants me to quit smoking, eh?
Read the original post closely:
.exe files are text/plain ... in which case you get the prompt, and then Windows opens the executible in Notepad.
.txt files are application/octet-stream ... in which case they are still displayed as text in your browser.
IE handles files in an odd mish-mash of looking at the Content-Type sometimes for some purposes, looking at file extension sometimes for some purposes. It's hardly surprising that the bug-hunter in the above story has found a way to feed it a Content-Type at odds with the file extension - the Content-Type may be innocuous, but the extension says "execute me", so when the "integrated" IE engine gets ahold of it, the malicious content is automatically executed.
Where is the exploit in this? Any user with half a brain (not many, I know) will see that this supposed text file ends with ".exe" or something. That's a trigger right there.
AFAICT, IE relies soley on the file extension when deciding whether or not to execute a file.
You can try and tell it that
You can try and tell it that
The only way I can think of making this work would be to change the MIME types on the client machine (i.e. Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types). And I'm pretty damn sure that's not possible via plain-Jane HTML.
As the french say: Trés cool.
... and save the shipping.
Any adept person could make a bunch of these with parts from the local Home Depot, too.
Infact, I just may do that
When are electronic device manufacturers going to stop making power cords with huge "wall wart" transformers?
It is becoming increasingly annoying to have to get power bars on power bars because some device (your hub, external Zip drive, speakers, etc.) takes up the space of two or more outlets.
A much smarter decision (which is used on laptops, and on some synth equipment) is to put the transformer in the middle of the power cable, with the proprietary little jack on one end and a regular two or three prong male plug on the other.
Wall warts are ugly!
I read the above post and did a bit of digging. One URL that has specs on the Roopaq is here.
... I was one of the early buyers of the Genica MP3 CD player, and I have to say that their products are not too good:
...
My thoughts
- the battery life is about 4 hours (3 trips to and from work for me)
- the antishock is about 10sec, but kinda sporadic
- equalizer only works for CDs, not MP3 CDs
- the earbuds seriously suck
- the earphone jack on the unit is sensitive to the direction the plug goes in (i.e., somethings probably loose inside already, and I don't jog with the thing)
Why do I mention all this? Basically to warn people away from Genica's products. Sure, the Roopaq looks good at $110 or whatever. Keep in mind that on top of that you need to buy the harddrive. And new earphones.
And who needs an "IR card-sized remote control" for a portable device? Sure, I'll walk around in public, clicking a remote at my pants. I won't look strange at all.
Caveat emptor
Oh, and they're a not-for-profit.
Which means they'll be around for *how* long?
Idiots probably don't know how to use the Thesaurus in MS Word anyway.