"... an RCMP investigation found he was selling a line of 413 pirated video games..."
Okay, I felt kinda bad for the guy, like maybe he was as old as my dad, and out-of-the-loop in the tech sector, just trying to make a buck. Maybe he didn't know that people no longer had the right to modify their own property. But come on, he didn't know this was illegal either?
"The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for processing signals to remove redundant information thereby making the signals more suitable for transfer through a limited-bandwidth medium. The present invention specifically relates to methods and apparatus useful in video compression systems. Typically, the system determines differences between the current input signals and the previous input signals using mean-square difference signals. These mean-square signals are processed and compared with one or more thresholds for determining one of several modes of operation. After processing in some mode, the processed signals are in the form of digital numbers and these digital numbers are coded, using ordered redundancy coding, and transmitted to a receiver."
"Boxen" is the anglo-saxon way of representing "boxes".
Where have you been? It's pretty commonplace in techie circles.
* (NOT Anglo-Norman as has been said. Normans were french, saxons were german. As french is a romantic language (from romans, not kissy kissy), it uses S for plurals, but those silly german use "en"
** And before you start ragging me about how germans weren't around, or germans were here not there, or that is austria not germany, etc..., german means related. look it up. English is the only language that calls that country anything close to "germany", which just means related people. Austria, Germany, Denmark, they're all german/germaine.
I sent this letter to the kermit project address. Maybe someone here can answer it for me:
--Begin--
Computers are stupid and would not be able to aggregate a name on one page to a snailmail address on another without human help, yet I can't find where King George and this address were listed near each other. Any ideas from which page this name and address were gleaned?
I remember being outraged when I read what happened to this man and his show. It was groundbreaking and hilarious, bold and daring, and I was impressed with Nick for airing it. then the duo (not being a troll, being serious) start acting almost homosexual. Stimpy would dress up like a housewife, etc. this crap really creeped me out. Only later did I learn that these changes happened after Nick ripped the show from the hands of its very creator, for being to gross. I remember nose goblins being one of the complaints. This is nickelodeon for God's sake. and they're decrying body humor? The whole fiasco ultimately turned me off of Nick for good, and I haven't watched it since.
John K, I wish you nothing but prosperity out of the hands of Nick. Keep up the good work!
BTW, where is Spumco.com? (Link is dead but still surfaces in google, unfortunately uncached)
"your PC will keep track of how you work, whom you talk to, what sites you look at, how you make documents and whom you share them with, which data on the network are yours--making all those things easier."
Sounds to me like the only thing that will be easier is direct-marketing to me and keeping a file on me. Of course, this data will be anonymous, right?.....
Has moby even thought of the fact that as long as one's fans are techies and not "e" rolling "clubbing" dropout losers, he will sell less albums than, say, ace of base?
Yeah, like they're gonna learn how to grow computers there!
Hahahahahaha....
A letter sent and a reply recieved...
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He didn't reply to my "then dont put it on the web" remark, but here is his reply...
Sent: Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:16 PM To: ombudsman@npr.org Subject: Permission for linking ?
Are you kidding me? You've got to be either kidding me or stupid. [Probably a little sharp, not reccomended. I just hate this argument.:) -AR]
If you dont want somthing linked to, the solution is simple.
Don't put it on the web!
Kurt Richter
Recieved: From: Jeffrey Dvorkin (JDvorkin@npr.org) Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:30 PM Unfortunately, this is a complicated issue. Moreover, I am not a lawyer. However, a few reasons come quickly to mind. First, the NPR content is noncommercial, and for journalistic reasons NPR does not want commercial entities to use it, whether by link or otherwise, without our consent and then in only limited ways.
Second, we do not want our content associated inappropriately with issue action organizations. So we do not want the People For Left-Handed Fascists (or some such entity) to have a link on their site that somehow might be construed as associating NPR with their mission. People might misunderstand the NPR relationship.
Third, we do not want others by linking to repackage NPR content as all or part of a basis for their own Web radio site. That would be illegal and unfair competition.
Finally, NPR does not completely forbid links, only those which we do not consent to. Upon request we often allow links that do not run afoul of the above problems (and a few others).
Since signing up, I've been hitting refresh on the front page every now and then, watching the signed up worldwide number rise from 500-something to over 1000. If my refresh-math is working correctly, the site is currently (sustainably?) adding between 1 and 2 people worldwide every second...
Does it matter? NASA runs windows. Those of you who get the NASA channel through cable know what I'm talking about. You're looking at a graphic of the shuttle's orbit over the earth, and every now and then the task bar refuses to auto-hide, and there's the start button:-P Scary stuff...
The rest of us are, too. On my flights to london, paris, and all over Japan, I've constantly wished there were fewer people flying. My prices may be higher, but the seats would probably be spread out better. Picture me and my fellow 6-footer sharing a 1.5inch wide armrest for 8 hours. Wasn't pretty.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF YOU FLY! it's a statistical certainty! now stay off my flights. :)
>We weren't going to run this, but there were a lot of submissions, so...
Honest, on-topic question. I've submitted some stories that I thought were good. They weren't accepted. I didn't submit this, but I think it's good, too. So I dont waste your time and mine submitting stories you dont want, why/how does this story not fit the profile? Thanks:)
I just want to make sure you know the difference between dumb terminals and thin clients, because it sounds like some people think they're the same thing.
A dumb terminal is a monitor that has a power cord and a serial cord, and a keyboard that plugs into the monitor. All the screen does is display what is sent down the serial cord from the master computer. Not even the keyboard text is displayed unless the master computer has echo on.
A thin client is an actual computer that stores usually just the operating system, and maybe a couple basic apps, ie Call Tracking software, and uses the network for data storage/retrieval.
Aside from that, I dont see how, in this world of windows, we're going to go back to dumb terminals, unless someone makes a win-on-chip terminal, which would be pretty sweet. The serial signals could be retrofitted over 8-pin network architecture, albeit with totally different routers. But goodbye, bootup times:-P But most likely, we're going to stick with thin clients, which are what are used in most call centers, be it progressive insurance or 1-800-EY-HELP3, Ernst and Young's helpdesk. Last I checked, EY used a program over windows called quintus to transact call mgmt over the network, and you could not install any software on the systems or you'd get canned (Not that this stopped anyone). Falls under the definition of a thin client. Progressive uses thin clients (again, using windows) to run a terminal emulator to connect to an AS-400. Thin client. The're everywere already, so this stuff isnt new:-P Sounds like sun is just finally catching up...
I agree wholeheartedly. The only reason I would never buy an ATI card, and the only reason I tell my friends and relatives not to buy one, is the proprietary and buggy drivers. ATI, are you listening?
I'm sorry, but this is not off-topic, and I am not a troll. My on-topic, informative, insightful donation to this topic is that this stuff is crap. Total, absolute crap. And I would really like to know why it deserves to be on the front page of slashdot.
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Wrong, dipshit. As usual, someone brings up the argument of stealing, which doesn't apply WHATSOEVER to any filesharing program, and NEVER WILL. OK? For those of you that think this analogy is smart, think again. It doesnt have my address so they can steal things. It has my address so they can see what I have, and if they like it, they can make an exact replica of it. When I come home, nobody has entered my house and all my stuff is still there.
[T]he media groups claim that counterfeiting and piracy of copyrighted works "fund[s]... terrorism."
Wow!! For a second, I thought they were just being the usual greedy bastards! Now I know they're just doing it to fight terrorism, and I'm for it 100 percent! You should be too, or you're supporting TERRORISTS!
Professionally and concisely contact them through one of the following venues, and let them know that their actions are being observed with disdain by thousands.
Please mod this up so Slashdot can continue to be the efficient political machine it often has been in the past. Just a simple call saying you dont like what they're doing, and mention the details of this situation, should be enough to make them think twice if everybody calls.
And for those that would rather call, including some attorneys with no email address (What's up with that? Hello, 2002? Hello?)
BUCHACA, JOHN D. & HENRI CHARMASSON 1545 HOTEL CIRCLE SOUTH SUITE 150 SAN DIEGO, CA USA 92108 619-294-2922
Kathleen M. Walker 3421 Thorn Street San Diego, California 92104 Phone Number: 619-255-0987 Fax Number: 619-255-0986 kwalkerlaw@cox.net
Luce Forward Hamilton Scripps Phone: (619) 236-1414 Fax: (619) 232-8311 600 West Broadway, Suite 2600 San Diego, CA 92101
And finally, their technical advisor: CHI Research Inc. 10 White Horse Pike Haddon Heights, NJ 08035 USA Phone (856) 546-0600 Fax (856) 546-9633 email: info@chiresearch.com
I dont think that's fair to say. Kids are being exposed to computers way earlier than you and I were, and I started programming in basic at age 7 or 8. The IBM PCjr booted up to BASIC, and that was it. So I took out the book and typed in the example programs and learned what they did, and now at age 24, I'm a programmer. It is a very dangerous thing to state such a strong statement about something you appear to know so little about, i.e. computers do no better for kids than nintendo. Please be more careful. Somebody might believe you.
As a programmer, I do need them. I program in C, VB, and for web-based applications, on top of VB for ASPs, i use HTML, VBSCript, and JScript, and every now and then I would like another programmer's idea/perspective on how to tackle a particular task, or simply for a refresher of particular commands for the more complex tasks, ie database access or whatever.
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"... an RCMP investigation found he was selling a line of 413 pirated video games ..."
Okay, I felt kinda bad for the guy, like maybe he was as old as my dad, and out-of-the-loop in the tech sector, just trying to make a buck. Maybe he didn't know that people no longer had the right to modify their own property. But come on, he didn't know this was illegal either?
Found here, filed October 6, 1987.
First paragraph:
"The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for processing signals to remove redundant information thereby making the signals more suitable for transfer through a limited-bandwidth medium. The present invention specifically relates to methods and apparatus useful in video compression systems. Typically, the system determines differences between the current input signals and the previous input signals using mean-square difference signals. These mean-square signals are processed and compared with one or more thresholds for determining one of several modes of operation. After processing in some mode, the processed signals are in the form of digital numbers and these digital numbers are coded, using ordered redundancy coding, and transmitted to a receiver."
I wish at least trolls could be right sometimes.
Go to altavista and translate BOXEN from german to english, and see what you get.
It's not a new made-up english word. It's just from a different language. Deal.
"Boxen" is the anglo-saxon way of representing "boxes".
:)
Where have you been? It's pretty commonplace in techie circles.
* (NOT Anglo-Norman as has been said. Normans were french, saxons were german. As french is a romantic language (from romans, not kissy kissy), it uses S for plurals, but those silly german use "en"
** And before you start ragging me about how germans weren't around, or germans were here not there, or that is austria not germany, etc..., german means related. look it up. English is the only language that calls that country anything close to "germany", which just means related people. Austria, Germany, Denmark, they're all german/germaine.
So concludes this lesson
Their perspective here.
I sent this letter to the kermit project address. Maybe someone here can answer it for me:
:)
--Begin--
Computers are stupid and would not be able to aggregate a name on one page to a snailmail address on another without human help, yet I can't find where King George and this address were listed near each other. Any ideas from which page this name and address were gleaned?
thx
very funny otherwise
I remember being outraged when I read what happened to this man and his show. It was groundbreaking and hilarious, bold and daring, and I was impressed with Nick for airing it. then the duo (not being a troll, being serious) start acting almost homosexual. Stimpy would dress up like a housewife, etc. this crap really creeped me out. Only later did I learn that these changes happened after Nick ripped the show from the hands of its very creator, for being to gross. I remember nose goblins being one of the complaints. This is nickelodeon for God's sake. and they're decrying body humor? The whole fiasco ultimately turned me off of Nick for good, and I haven't watched it since.
:)
John K, I wish you nothing but prosperity out of the hands of Nick. Keep up the good work!
BTW, where is Spumco.com? (Link is dead but still surfaces in google, unfortunately uncached)
Well, I hope that brings some of you up to date
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"your PC will keep track of how you work, whom you talk to, what sites you look at, how you make documents and whom you share them with, which data on the network are yours--making all those things easier."
.....
Sounds to me like the only thing that will be easier is direct-marketing to me and keeping a file on me. Of course, this data will be anonymous, right?
Has moby even thought of the fact that as long as one's fans are techies and not "e" rolling "clubbing" dropout losers, he will sell less albums than, say, ace of base?
Moby, you perform to a niche market. Get over it.
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Yeah, like they're gonna learn how to grow computers there!
Hahahahahaha....
He didn't reply to my "then dont put it on the web" remark, but here is his reply...
:) -AR]
Sent:
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:16 PM
To: ombudsman@npr.org
Subject: Permission for linking ?
Are you kidding me? You've got to be either kidding me or stupid. [Probably a little sharp, not reccomended. I just hate this argument.
If you dont want somthing linked to, the solution is simple.
Don't put it on the web!
Kurt Richter
Recieved:
From: Jeffrey Dvorkin (JDvorkin@npr.org)
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:30 PM
Unfortunately, this is a complicated issue. Moreover, I am not a lawyer. However, a few reasons come quickly to mind. First, the NPR content is noncommercial, and for journalistic reasons NPR does not want commercial entities to use it, whether by link or otherwise, without our consent and then in only limited ways.
Second, we do not want our content associated inappropriately with issue action organizations. So we do not want the People For Left-Handed Fascists (or some such entity) to have a link on their site that somehow might be construed as associating NPR with their mission. People might misunderstand the NPR relationship.
Third, we do not want others by linking to repackage NPR content as all or part of a basis for their own Web radio site. That would be illegal and unfair competition.
Finally, NPR does not completely forbid links, only those which we do not consent to. Upon request we often allow links that do not run afoul of the above problems (and a few others).
NPR Ombudsman
Since signing up, I've been hitting refresh on the front page every now and then, watching the signed up worldwide number rise from 500-something to over 1000. If my refresh-math is working correctly, the site is currently (sustainably?) adding between 1 and 2 people worldwide every second...
:)
Cant wait to see some of ya
Aye
>Are they running Microsoft Windows(tm)?
:-P Scary stuff...
Does it matter? NASA runs windows. Those of you who get the NASA channel through cable know what I'm talking about. You're looking at a graphic of the shuttle's orbit over the earth, and every now and then the task bar refuses to auto-hide, and there's the start button
The rest of us are, too. On my flights to london, paris, and all over Japan, I've constantly wished there were fewer people flying. My prices may be higher, but the seats would probably be spread out better. Picture me and my fellow 6-footer sharing a 1.5inch wide armrest for 8 hours. Wasn't pretty.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF YOU FLY! it's a statistical certainty! now stay off my flights.
:)
>We weren't going to run this, but there were a lot of submissions, so ...
:)
Honest, on-topic question. I've submitted some stories that I thought were good. They weren't accepted. I didn't submit this, but I think it's good, too. So I dont waste your time and mine submitting stories you dont want, why/how does this story not fit the profile? Thanks
I just want to make sure you know the difference between dumb terminals and thin clients, because it sounds like some people think they're the same thing. :-P But most likely, we're going to stick with thin clients, which are what are used in most call centers, be it progressive insurance or 1-800-EY-HELP3, Ernst and Young's helpdesk. Last I checked, EY used a program over windows called quintus to transact call mgmt over the network, and you could not install any software on the systems or you'd get canned (Not that this stopped anyone). Falls under the definition of a thin client. Progressive uses thin clients (again, using windows) to run a terminal emulator to connect to an AS-400. Thin client. The're everywere already, so this stuff isnt new :-P Sounds like sun is just finally catching up...
A dumb terminal is a monitor that has a power cord and a serial cord, and a keyboard that plugs into the monitor. All the screen does is display what is sent down the serial cord from the master computer. Not even the keyboard text is displayed unless the master computer has echo on.
A thin client is an actual computer that stores usually just the operating system, and maybe a couple basic apps, ie Call Tracking software, and uses the network for data storage/retrieval.
Aside from that, I dont see how, in this world of windows, we're going to go back to dumb terminals, unless someone makes a win-on-chip terminal, which would be pretty sweet. The serial signals could be retrofitted over 8-pin network architecture, albeit with totally different routers. But goodbye, bootup times
I agree wholeheartedly. The only reason I would never buy an ATI card, and the only reason I tell my friends and relatives not to buy one, is the proprietary and buggy drivers. ATI, are you listening?
You've obviously never been to Japan. That should read, "Now I can make Japanese schoolgirls shudder with delight when I tell them my intentions!"
:)
Man, they love us. Tokyo was good to me
I'm sorry, but this is not off-topic, and I am not a troll. My on-topic, informative, insightful donation to this topic is that this stuff is crap. Total, absolute crap. And I would really like to know why it deserves to be on the front page of slashdot.
Wrong, dipshit. As usual, someone brings up the argument of stealing, which doesn't apply WHATSOEVER to any filesharing program, and NEVER WILL. OK? For those of you that think this analogy is smart, think again. It doesnt have my address so they can steal things. It has my address so they can see what I have, and if they like it, they can make an exact replica of it. When I come home, nobody has entered my house and all my stuff is still there.
Am I wrong here? Help me out...
[T]he media groups claim that counterfeiting and piracy of copyrighted works "fund[s] ... terrorism."
Wow!! For a second, I thought they were just being the usual greedy bastards! Now I know they're just doing it to fight terrorism, and I'm for it 100 percent! You should be too, or you're supporting TERRORISTS!
Professionally and concisely contact them through one of the following venues, and let them know that their actions are being observed with disdain by thousands.
Please mod this up so Slashdot can continue to be the efficient political machine it often has been in the past. Just a simple call saying you dont like what they're doing, and mention the details of this situation, should be enough to make them think twice if everybody calls.
Here are the contacts, from http://www.panip.com/corpinfo.htm:
Mailing Address:
PanIP
329 Laurel Street
San Diego, California 92101-1630 USA
Telephone: 858-454-7095
Email: rmercado37@yahoo.com (really professional...)
Fax: 858-454-4358
The following lawyers help them in their tirade. CC and call them all. I'll begin with a copyable email list. The rest need to be contacted by phone:
webmaster@lyonlyon.com, kwalkerlaw@cox.net, info@chiresearch.com
And for those that would rather call, including some attorneys with no email address (What's up with that? Hello, 2002? Hello?)
BUCHACA, JOHN D. & HENRI CHARMASSON
1545 HOTEL CIRCLE SOUTH
SUITE 150
SAN DIEGO, CA USA 92108
619-294-2922
Kathleen M. Walker
3421 Thorn Street
San Diego, California 92104
Phone Number: 619-255-0987
Fax Number: 619-255-0986
kwalkerlaw@cox.net
Luce Forward Hamilton Scripps
Phone: (619) 236-1414
Fax: (619) 232-8311
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101
And finally, their technical advisor:
CHI Research Inc.
10 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035 USA
Phone (856) 546-0600
Fax (856) 546-9633
email: info@chiresearch.com
I dont think that's fair to say. Kids are being exposed to computers way earlier than you and I were, and I started programming in basic at age 7 or 8. The IBM PCjr booted up to BASIC, and that was it. So I took out the book and typed in the example programs and learned what they did, and now at age 24, I'm a programmer. It is a very dangerous thing to state such a strong statement about something you appear to know so little about, i.e. computers do no better for kids than nintendo. Please be more careful. Somebody might believe you.
As a programmer, I do need them. I program in C, VB, and for web-based applications, on top of VB for ASPs, i use HTML, VBSCript, and JScript, and every now and then I would like another programmer's idea/perspective on how to tackle a particular task, or simply for a refresher of particular commands for the more complex tasks, ie database access or whatever.
Let them know how you feel! Make their phones ring non-stop! Be calm and collected and professional!
Northlake Ga (Store #513)
4145 Lavista Rd northlake Square
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: 770-939-7660
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00am-9:00pm
Sun 11:00am-6:00pm