User: sysrequest

Re:What about the Linux version?

On: Tribes 1 And Tribes 2 Free Downloads Available

chances are good that it will. i have both the windows and the linux version and i only ever used the account created with the windows version to playing in linux.

the cd key is just a one time thing to create an account anyway, after that, you just log into the account.

i dont even think the account or authentication server know whether you're using windows or linux. i vaguely remember loki having a user poll asking them to implement some code to figure out whether someone is using the linux version or not, and if i remember correctly, people objected for whatever reason, so they didn't really know how big their userbase was, or, for instance, whether someone just downloaded the linux version somewhere and used their windows account (copies sold vs. copies used to play online).

just no telemarketers please

On: Cell Numbers To Be Added To 411

i don't really mind if i'm listed on 411. having switched from my home phone to cell to avoid telemarketers, i would like for others to be able to get in touch with me without telling them my new number one by one. as long as there are laws in place for telemarketers to not be able to spam me with more crap on my cell phone.

help NASA out!

On: Slashback: Slammer, Frames, Pop-Ups

Help those poor, overworked and underpaid NASA analysts out. Upload some pr0n.

Re:i wrote a really simple one

On: Shell Simulation Via CGI

yikes, i was a bit too fast.

i wanted to rename the "pwd" vars to "cwd" since it'd be correcter as it's the 'current working directory' and pwd is just the command to print it out. in my haste i forgot to change some $pwds to $cwd. so now instead of getting flamed for using a funky naming convention i'll now get flamed for being unable to release properly working code. that's what i get for trying to be perfect, bleh :)

i wrote a really simple one

On: Shell Simulation Via CGI

it certainly is't powerful, but i just needed a quick way to create symlinks on a phpwebhosting hosted site without ssh access (which they do have as well, upon request)

#!/usr/local/bin/php
<?php
if (
($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] != 'myusername') ||
($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] != 'mypassword')
)
{
header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"go away.\" ");
header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
exit();
}

if ($_POST['pwd'])
{
$cwd = 'cd '.$_POST['cwd'].';';
}
else
{
$cwd = substr(`pwd`,0,-1);
}

if ($_POST['cmd'])
{
$cmd = $_POST['cmd'];
exec($cwd.$cmd.';pwd',$resultrows);

$cwd = array_pop($resultrows);

echo '<PRE>';
foreach($resultrows as $row)
{
echo("$row\n");
}
echo '</PRE>';

}

?>
<HR SIZE="1">
<FORM NAME="command" METHOD="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="cwd" VALUE="<?=$cwd?>">
<?=$pwd?>/ $ <INPUT STYLE="border-width:1px; border-color: #000000;" TYPE="TEXT" NAME="cmd" VALUE="<?=//$cmd?>">
</FORM>
<SCRIPT>
document. forms.command.cmd.focus();
</SCRIPT>

Re:ICQ seems big in the MMORPG crowd

On: AIM And ICQ to be Integrated

gamers like it because icq doesn't just pop up windows, it can just notify you via the systray.

aim pops up a window, and if you're in the middle of a game, chances are you'll get mad. :)

i use trillian for just that reason. when someone sends me an im, my systray flashes.

Re:be Very careful with this release

On: Darwin 6.0.2 for x86 Released

it comes down to the same thing, but i'd express it as "darwin will only support one mouse button". disabling sounds like darwin is going to reprogram and break my mouse or something.

i love this

On: Smallest Possible ELF Executable?

it may not be all TOO practical, since a lot of people try to ensure that their program runs on multiple architectures and platforms, but I also miss the old (DOS) days when the demo scene tried to optimize their intros to fit a half an hour of entertainment into 64k, with full sound blaster support. the registers of the vga cards were abused to no end, lightening fast assembler procedures were optimized either for size, or for speed by unrolling loops, etc.

while that isn't practical anymore these days, a LOT of code has become very sloppy. More than once have i stumbled over some college kids c app that was supposed to demonstrate linked lists, and instead, it was using one class with an array.

programming is an art, like acting. many try and are good enough for some purposes, but only a selected few are masters. sounds pretty damn philosophical, don't read too much into it :)

GPGDisk?

On: Zimmermann Suggests Freeing PGP Source

The only piece I really use is the PGPdisk feature. Creating a totally encrypted virtual harddrive is very cool.

I create 649 / 699 MB PGPdisks, fill them with my 'backups', "unmount" them, and then burn them onto CD. Voila, encrypted CD contents. Works beautifully.

It would be the coolest thing in the world if GPG was able to mount the same PGPdisks. Heck, even using other filesystems should be possible.

It's great for keeping data private (as long as the encryption will hold, a couple of years longer maybe).

Once GPG can at least mount and hopefully also create "GPGdisks", I'll ditch PGP.

prior art?

On: Copyright Battle Over Nothing

as rediculous as this may sound, couldn't someone claim prior art?

"I've been silent long before that"

Or is that something that only works with patents?

poor MS

On: A Web Browser in Your BIOS?

We are complaining about computers being bundled with MS Windows. If this turns into a standard bios, because of it's cool features etc., I wonder how Microsoft feels not being able to get rid of Linux without destroying the BIOS.

Furthermore, if the BIOS has web browsing capabilities, and maybe even e-mailing capabilities, it may be the perfect [BI]OS for some people. There may not be a need for yet another OS to run on top of it.

But yea, a bit bloated for being "just" a BIOS, isn't it? As long as it's rock solid it shouldn't matter though.

Re:Swan Song....

On: Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers

except that you're mixing this one up with whitney houston ;-)

Darn!

On: Microsoft, zlib, and Security Flaws

"[...]but does point out that since zlib is not GPL'd they are under no obligation to release the source code to any of their products."

Darn, and I thought they were caught with their pants down.

But to me it still is interesting that a company that is trying to stomp every competitor, and is spreading so much FUD about any sort of free or open software is using it themselves. (We all knew that, I just thought I'd emphasize it again.)

Re:Wow. Imagine a beowolf clus...

On: Towards an Internet-Scale Operating System

only that your silly beowulf cluster is most likely going to pale in comparison.

Special

On: Modular Robots

I can't wait until these things get mass-produced and more intelligent.

Soon we'll have to hunt robot mosquitos and spiders with the fly swatter -- or possibly with a hammer if these damn things keep repairing themselves.

Sounds great!

On: RMS Asks Miguel to Explain Himself

I was sorta confused when reading about GNOME using .NET. Now, I read an excerpt from the article:

"Stallman only learned of de Icaza's intentions to slip the Mono project - based on Microsoft's .NET framework - into Gnome as "the natural technology upgrade" when asked by the audience."

when I read the comment someone made about RMS living under a rock. And to be honest, I think this is one of the best moves GNOME could make:

Mono was created as an open-source answer to Microsoft's .NET, right? So how well will Mono do if nobody is using it?! That's why GNOME _should_ go with Mono. The more applications will use Mono, the sooner headlines will be "Use Mono, it's even better than .NET!"