1. Partition Magic - PM comes in handy more than you'd think. If you're in a Win32 environment and have more than one disk or partition, it's an absolute must-have. Great for transferring data, arranging partition, etc., etc. And let's be honest--the shiny little GUI is just way more convenient than disk druid/FDISK/whatever.
2. Mozilla Firebird - I'm sure I won't be the first or last to mention it, but it more than deserves the recognition. It's essentially a more compact version of Mozilla. Free, obviously, and comes with built-in pop-up blocking, tabbed browing, and pretty much anything else you can imagine via extensions. Far and away the superior compared to IE, and generally better than the default 'nix mozilla variants as well.
3. Mozilla Thunderbird - The companion (though standalone) email client to Firebird. Fairly robust, easy to use, etc. And without all the security hassle of Outlook;).
4. Virus scanner - Trend Micro has an excellent (free) online virus scanner/sweeper available here [trendmicro.com]. McAfee/Norton and their ilk are, I find, grossly intruisive and generally a pain in the ass. No, an online scanner doesn't have the advantage of constant vigilance, but that shouldn't be a problem for a security-minded user.
5. WINE - WINE [winehq.com] is no doubt known to you, but one can't underestimate its usefullness. At the very least, it's a big timesaver for situations when you're booted into Linux, but want to run a Win32 app.
If you've got a contract for a set price for a set amount of bandwith, the fuckers should honor it. It shouldn't matter what the bandwith was used for, they signed up to provide it. Stupid fuckers
Indeed, they'd be legally bound to honor said contract.
However, I've yet to hear of a cable provider that mentions a guaranteed amount of bandwidth in their contracts.
Indeed, most go out of their way to say something to the effect of "USER may experience up to XMb down/XMb up. However, USER acknowledges that this suggestion is in no way of guarantee of bandwidth."
Actually, you do regenerate brain cells, in a process called neurogenesis.
Neurogenesis occurs throughout the life of an individual--so, while your 3 day bender may kill off a bunch of cells, your constantly growing new ones.
In fact, there's a growing amount of support for the theory that inhibition of the neurogenesis process (for whatever reason) is what causes depression.
I live in Toledo. I have a close family member that works in a fairly high-up government position. Also, one of my friends was one of the kids caught in the sweep. As such, I'd like to correct a few misconceptions.
1. There was no 'gun drawn storm', or whatever. In fact, the FBI was not involved in the actual arrests. They simply worked with Buckeye cable to gather evidence, etc.
2. The FBI became involved because 'theft of services', 'wire fraud', etc., are federal crimes. While I believe Buckeye was overzealous (they could've just warned the users), this clearly wasn't a matter for civil courts.
3. Everyone seems to want to jump down the ISP's throat here, but everyone seems to forget that bandwidth isn't magically created from air. If you're uncapping bandwidth, the extra speed comes from somewhere (e.g., your neighbors). Sometimes corporations aren't doing things just to be evil.
4. This happened a few months ago, and was posted here [slashdot.org].
I loathe the RIAA etc. as much as the next geek, but what hellhole do you people live in that CD's cost 18 dollars? Ok, Canada aside.
Prices from local media play (shitty pop stuff, I know):
Avril Lavigne - Let Go - 14 dollars Linkin Park - Reanimation - 14 dollars James Taylor - October Road - 14 dollars Santana - Shaman - 15 dollars
Less popular, though better, stuff:
Angel's Egg - Gong - 13 dollars Erpland - Ozric Tentacles - 13 dollars Close To The Edge - Yes - 13 dollars Leftoverture - Kansas - 11 dollars
And so on and so forth. If you want to make a case against the RIAA, by all means, do so. But please stop artificially inflating CD prices. It just hurts ones credibility, in the end.
Pointy bullets exist now (cop killers, as they're called). They're very innaccurate, and have a very low range. Bullets are they shape they are for a reason.
I live in Toledo, and a good friend of mine was one of the people targeted.
A couple of months ago, he uncapped his modem for 1-2 weeks, then stopped. The FBI showed up yesterday, with warrant, etc, and confiscated his modem and 3 of his computers.
He IS being prosecuted, along with the others, for wire fraud (federal offense, which is why the FBI was involved). As he's a minor, and was cooperative, the agents said he'd probably get away with just probation. Who can say for the adults, though?
By the way, he said he was getting about 4Mb a sec for the two weeks--I don't know about the others.
With the current catch-22 bandwidth dilemma most sites are having, this navigation scheme is absolutely ingenious.
Someone visits the site, realizes how pretty/cool/etc. it is, can't find their way around, ands leaves. So they get all the praise, without all the bandwidth!
From the article:
Forty-seven percent of the academic geneticists who asked other colleagues for information, data and materials related to published research were turned down...
Coincidentally, a vast percentage improvement over their collective attempts at dating.
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For a moment, I confused Andy with Don Hertzfeldt.
I'm such a consumer whore.
In no particular order:
;).
1. Partition Magic - PM comes in handy more than you'd think. If you're in a Win32 environment and have more than one disk or partition, it's an absolute must-have. Great for transferring data, arranging partition, etc., etc. And let's be honest--the shiny little GUI is just way more convenient than disk druid/FDISK/whatever.
2. Mozilla Firebird - I'm sure I won't be the first or last to mention it, but it more than deserves the recognition. It's essentially a more compact version of Mozilla. Free, obviously, and comes with built-in pop-up blocking, tabbed browing, and pretty much anything else you can imagine via extensions. Far and away the superior compared to IE, and generally better than the default 'nix mozilla variants as well.
3. Mozilla Thunderbird - The companion (though standalone) email client to Firebird. Fairly robust, easy to use, etc. And without all the security hassle of Outlook
4. Virus scanner - Trend Micro has an excellent (free) online virus scanner/sweeper available here [trendmicro.com]. McAfee/Norton and their ilk are, I find, grossly intruisive and generally a pain in the ass. No, an online scanner doesn't have the advantage of constant vigilance, but that shouldn't be a problem for a security-minded user.
5. WINE - WINE [winehq.com] is no doubt known to you, but one can't underestimate its usefullness. At the very least, it's a big timesaver for situations when you're booted into Linux, but want to run a Win32 app.
If you've got a contract for a set price for a set amount of bandwith, the fuckers should honor it. It shouldn't matter what the bandwith was used for, they signed up to provide it. Stupid fuckers
Indeed, they'd be legally bound to honor said contract.
However, I've yet to hear of a cable provider that mentions a guaranteed amount of bandwidth in their contracts.
Indeed, most go out of their way to say something to the effect of "USER may experience up to XMb down/XMb up. However, USER acknowledges that this suggestion is in no way of guarantee of bandwidth."
The local cable monopoly is about as much of a utility company as the local whorehouse. ...though arguably with more fuckers.
Metallica can't sue you, as they don't control the rights to their works on the CDs that were put out by (whatever RIAA label).
The label owns the rights.
Actually, you do regenerate brain cells, in a process called neurogenesis.
Neurogenesis occurs throughout the life of an individual--so, while your 3 day bender may kill off a bunch of cells, your constantly growing new ones.
In fact, there's a growing amount of support for the theory that inhibition of the neurogenesis process (for whatever reason) is what causes depression.
So why ride them in the first place? I mean, better safe than sorry right?
...wow, can they make our web surfing experience any worse?
Three words:
CowboyNeal bestiality ads.
I'm going to go scrub my brain with brillo now.
Funny because a colony of Ants is kind of like Mother Nature's Beowulf Cluster.
Also, please don't mod me into oblivion for making a lame joke =)
I live in Toledo. I have a close family member that works in a fairly high-up government position. Also, one of my friends was one of the kids caught in the sweep. As such, I'd like to correct a few misconceptions.
1. There was no 'gun drawn storm', or whatever. In fact, the FBI was not involved in the actual arrests. They simply worked with Buckeye cable to gather evidence, etc.
2. The FBI became involved because 'theft of services', 'wire fraud', etc., are federal crimes. While I believe Buckeye was overzealous (they could've just warned the users), this clearly wasn't a matter for civil courts.
3. Everyone seems to want to jump down the ISP's throat here, but everyone seems to forget that bandwidth isn't magically created from air. If you're uncapping bandwidth, the extra speed comes from somewhere (e.g., your neighbors). Sometimes corporations aren't doing things just to be evil.
4. This happened a few months ago, and was posted here
[slashdot.org].
5. George Runner is funny =) Coffee mate, heh.
I loathe the RIAA etc. as much as the next geek, but what hellhole do you people live in that CD's cost 18 dollars? Ok, Canada aside.
Prices from local media play (shitty pop stuff, I know):
Avril Lavigne - Let Go - 14 dollars
Linkin Park - Reanimation - 14 dollars
James Taylor - October Road - 14 dollars
Santana - Shaman - 15 dollars
Less popular, though better, stuff:
Angel's Egg - Gong - 13 dollars
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles - 13 dollars
Close To The Edge - Yes - 13 dollars
Leftoverture - Kansas - 11 dollars
And so on and so forth. If you want to make a case against the RIAA, by all means, do so. But please stop artificially inflating CD prices. It just hurts ones credibility, in the end.
While we're on the subject of cooking, why don't you whip up a real server for the cookbook?
Honestly--putting something on geocities and linking to it from slashdot...
Less time in culinary class, more time in networking 101.
BnetD is in trouble because it allows users to play with pirated copies of the software, not because the re-created Blizzard's code.
It's admirable that you find time to criticize people on /., when you're obviously so busy solving the problem of world hunger.
Pointy bullets exist now (cop killers, as they're called). They're very innaccurate, and have a very low range. Bullets are they shape they are for a reason.
I live in Toledo, and a good friend of mine was one of the people targeted.
A couple of months ago, he uncapped his modem for 1-2 weeks, then stopped. The FBI showed up yesterday, with warrant, etc, and confiscated his modem and 3 of his computers.
He IS being prosecuted, along with the others, for wire fraud (federal offense, which is why the FBI was involved). As he's a minor, and was cooperative, the agents said he'd probably get away with just probation. Who can say for the adults, though?
By the way, he said he was getting about 4Mb a sec for the two weeks--I don't know about the others.
90125 was just bad. I suppose it may have been good for pop, but it was BAD for "Yes".
Yes, that may be elitist. But it's right.
Unfortunately, since the Jedi Mind trick only works on the weak of mind, it will be useless against the McDonalds employe---oh. Wait.
Never mind.
With the current catch-22 bandwidth dilemma most sites are having, this navigation scheme is absolutely ingenious.
Someone visits the site, realizes how pretty/cool/etc. it is, can't find their way around, ands leaves. So they get all the praise, without all the bandwidth!
Looks like I'll be stuck here on Earth for awhile.
Not if you get drunk and manage to lie/cheat your way onto a ship.
From the article:
Forty-seven percent of the academic geneticists who asked other colleagues for information, data and materials related to published research were turned down...
Coincidentally, a vast percentage improvement over their collective attempts at dating.
Yea, I hate when I get drunk and wake up next to some random OS.
*booooo* Lame joke.
Well GARSH!
Let's see, few responses here:
1. I'm honored that you think enough of me to bother!
2. You've waaaay too much time on your hands.
3. If you have kids, they hate you, don't they?
4. Mod's to the post don't lie! (haha)
5. I'd care, but I'm too busy having sex with your mother! *zing!*
AMD Guy: Hehe..check out my incredible new processor. It's called the Hammer! What do you have in your box?
Intel Guy: Oh..er..I have a *unintelligible*
AMD Guy: What is that? Mumblican? Speak up!
Intel Guy: *coughYamhill*
AMD Guy: YAMHILL? Buwhahahahaha! Intel marketing loves you!
Intel Guy: *cry*
At 5c a share it's no pension fund in Florida yet
No, but I hear Enron is looking for buyers.