And as for the back tick, all the 1337 d00dz use it to open quotes using straight ASCII: ``Linus said, `real men don't make backups,' but you have to,'' quiped the SysAdmin.
I thought Big Brother, in general, referred to your government tracking your movements/actions.
I was thinking the same thing, and was going to comment along those lines. But once this data has been collected & stored somewhere, what's to stop it from being subpoena, or otherwise leaked outside of it's intended use? It really does get down to the point that once someone starts taking notes on your behavior, that information can end up anywhere.
It's up to the consumer to discourage these practices with their dollars; the regulars with privacy in mind will either not be photographed or will find new watering holes.
When I was a kid we had to write with old-school ink and we were grateful.
Bah. When I was a kid, we used to write 6 miles up hill every day, trudging through snow as the temperature reached 106 degrees, using our blood as we didn't have any of this new-fangled "ink" crap.
HA! I love the sight of a tiny chick sitting in a Ford Excursion, just barely able to see over the steering wheel.
... and dents and scratches all over the truck from the many fender-benders.
Oh, oh... or all the k3wl SUVs stranded all over the highway during a snow storm. Yes, 4WD will keep you moving; that doesn't mean you're going to have absolute control at 70 MPH in a blizzard. It's great to carefully pilot my Saturn past SUVs in ditches or tettering over the center median divider.
First, the vast majority of people in Hoboken use mass transit; we're just across the river from NYC, minutes away from Jersey City & Newark via train.
Second, the density of bars & taverns in Hoboken is greater than anywhere else in New Jersey; after work, there's no great rush to get home and drive anywhere.
First, I justify reading/. as a means of keeping up with security issues and other could-be important tech news.
But in my capacity as "Vice President, Technology" at a really small trucking company, "technology" includes fixing the fence around the yard, installing air conditioners, running and maintaining the snow plow, and explaining why italic bold underlining is really just too much formating to make a point.
About ten years ago, some ammunition manufacturer (Speer?) began marketing a "counterterrorism bullet."
Possibly frangible bullets? I remember reading about using them in airline and urban applications; the bullet fragments quickly after hitting a hard surface, reducing the chance of putting a hole in a pressurized cabin, or hitting someone in the next apartment.
Speaking of messing with an established identity... most people I know still refer to their Palm devices as "Palm Pilots", and that term hasn't been officially used for what, 4 years now?
I don't understand the worries about electronic voting machines; they are just so convenient. I'm building one myself that uses the "poll" section of SlashCode, so that my fellow neighbors can vote (and comment) with out leaving their webTV's.
As they say in Hudson County, NJ... "Vote early, vote often".
The average luser will want an IP (just like a phone number) for each device.
No, the average user doesn't want an IP address or anything specific at all; he just wants it all to work. It is cake to setup up a wireless, or even a wired, network with little more than plugging together some consumer devices and maybe clicking around a webpage.* Telling your gateway "I have two refrigerators, here are there model #'s" would be just as easy.
*Yes, it's a lot harder to setup up a secure wireless network, but it appears that few outside of this circle have the know-how to, or even care about, doing so.
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Sure does... a $2 bill will get you a $20 lap dance from just about any exotic dancer...
up, down, and ``straight to eleven''.
Are you on crack? Back in '94, you'd miss a lot of websites if you didn't have a <~> key; take http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/~khockenb/ as an example.
And as for the back tick, all the 1337 d00dz use it to open quotes using straight ASCII:
``Linus said, `real men don't make backups,' but you have to,'' quiped the SysAdmin.
I was thinking the same thing, and was going to comment along those lines. But once this data has been collected & stored somewhere, what's to stop it from being subpoena, or otherwise leaked outside of it's intended use? It really does get down to the point that once someone starts taking notes on your behavior, that information can end up anywhere.
It's up to the consumer to discourage these practices with their dollars; the regulars with privacy in mind will either not be photographed or will find new watering holes.
RT: FAQ Manager? Surely, this most be some kinda geek spoof...
Bah. When I was a kid, we used to write 6 miles up hill every day, trudging through snow as the temperature reached 106 degrees, using our blood as we didn't have any of this new-fangled "ink" crap.
Sure it does... why, just imagine a Beowulf clus... uhm, nevermind.
and in other news...
Theo de Raadt & Linus Torvalds have both left their pet projects to start coding for Plan 9, another great operating system that never was.
HA! I love the sight of a tiny chick sitting in a Ford Excursion, just barely able to see over the steering wheel.
... and dents and scratches all over the truck from the many fender-benders.
Oh, oh... or all the k3wl SUVs stranded all over the highway during a snow storm. Yes, 4WD will keep you moving; that doesn't mean you're going to have absolute control at 70 MPH in a blizzard. It's great to carefully pilot my Saturn past SUVs in ditches or tettering over the center median divider.
First, the vast majority of people in Hoboken use mass transit; we're just across the river from NYC, minutes away from Jersey City & Newark via train.
Second, the density of bars & taverns in Hoboken is greater than anywhere else in New Jersey; after work, there's no great rush to get home and drive anywhere.
First, I justify reading /. as a means of keeping up with security issues and other could-be important tech news.
But in my capacity as "Vice President, Technology" at a really small trucking company, "technology" includes fixing the fence around the yard, installing air conditioners, running and maintaining the snow plow, and explaining why italic bold underlining is really just too much formating to make a point.
... until your internet access goes down.
Who needs a business plan? Just make sure that the numbered item before "profit" is "???".
Possibly frangible bullets? I remember reading about using them in airline and urban applications; the bullet fragments quickly after hitting a hard surface, reducing the chance of putting a hole in a pressurized cabin, or hitting someone in the next apartment.
I hope Colt seeks approval for some of their .45 semi-autos. When confronted with terrorists, I can't think of anything else I'd rather have.
Well, besides my blankie and my mommy, anyway.
Really? Then I hope no drug dealers get busted in front of my house, on the sidewalk I am legally obligated to maintain.
Wait a second... does that mean I'm not going to be seeing a 10Tb/sec on my Token Ring LAN?
My private key leaked for a bit, but a shot at the clinic helped that.
I mean, it wasn't SPEWing or anything, just a little leak...
best quote from the Knowspam.net interview:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html
Enter the latest in Trolling techniques: "It's cheaper at Amazon!"
I guess the best reply is:
"You must be new here! We don't buy from Amazon."
Sure, align Arnold with emacs... but what about Georgy's answer? "Both!" She certainly does have a career in politics ahead of her...
Speaking of messing with an established identity... most people I know still refer to their Palm devices as "Palm Pilots", and that term hasn't been officially used for what, 4 years now?
I don't understand the worries about electronic voting machines; they are just so convenient. I'm building one myself that uses the "poll" section of SlashCode, so that my fellow neighbors can vote (and comment) with out leaving their webTV's.
As they say in Hudson County, NJ... "Vote early, vote often".
No, the average user doesn't want an IP address or anything specific at all; he just wants it all to work. It is cake to setup up a wireless, or even a wired, network with little more than plugging together some consumer devices and maybe clicking around a webpage.* Telling your gateway "I have two refrigerators, here are there model #'s" would be just as easy.
*Yes, it's a lot harder to setup up a secure wireless network, but it appears that few outside of this circle have the know-how to, or even care about, doing so.