hehe nice one. The top hack would be to fiddle your 200-page postscript document to spot if it was being run by ghostscript and only print one page, yet when being run by a genuine Adobe interpreter on a PS printer to print the full 200 pages, yet only be billed for the one page counted by the gs thing!
My problem with hardware page counters is how to determine when to query the printer. Surely the printer will cache up as much of the print job as it can and as soon as it has then the spooler will think its done, and if you get a pagecount then the printer wont have done all the pages.
I really think there has to be some way of the printer saying 'I've just finished job XXX, and I printed YYY pages' in order to do it reliably.
PostScript is a programming language. The 'showpage' could be embedded in a loop, or more likely in a function that the software inserts at the end of a page. A 200 page file might only have one showpage.
To count the number of pages in a PostScript file you'll have to run it through a PostScript interpreter (e.g. GhostScript) and get it to count the pages. You'll then have to send the PS to the printer (or if you have a non-PS printer driven by GS you could count the pages and spit the GS output to the printer simultaneously).
Printers with hardware page counters are a better bet - get the page count, print the job, get the page count, subtract.
Oh no, there's a security problem in everybody's favourite jungle 'n' cave sideways scroller! Hang on to that rope too long and it deletes all your files!
Oh, "Security Flaws may be Pitfall For Microsoft". I really must stop speed-reading everything...
On exhibit at the New York MoMA Feb 8 - May 6 2001
I saw this website months and months ago. Is Slashdot really 'news for nerds' or is it just 'links from people who didnt see this stuff ages ago'?
The vehicle itself seems to just be a promotional vehicle for www.unicat.net, a company that seem to make custom Unimogs. The various modules for the Maximog - plane, boat, time-machine, are as much vapourware as a 100:1 lossless compression program.
If video games influenced behaviour then all the kids brought up on PacMan would these days be running around to repetitive computer-generated music and popping strange power-pills.... Ummm....
My default expansion for 'PCB' is Printed Circuit Board - especially when I see a story on Slashdot! Just to let everyone know this is about Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls - I think thats two carbon rings with lots of chlorine in there.
And don't use a mobile phone. Article in today's Guardian newspaper on mobile phone tracking. A journalist eventually got a list from his mobile provider telling him which mobile masts his calls connected to, but the company wouldn't tell him the location of the masts!
Remember that if your mobile is switched on it 'squawks' every couple of minutes so the system knows where you are. Even if you dont make any calls 'they' can still track you.
And also if people say "If you haven't done anything why are you avoiding surveillance cameras?", then reply with "If I haven't done anything why do the cameras need to see me?".
All that energy should be going into your domestic hot water system. I reckon a machine left on all day could heat up enough water for a shower. But how many overclocking geeks shower daily?
The reason windows apps can happily install binaries in any directory is because they then go install their shortcuts in the Start menu, or the desktop. Of course if you want to run one from a command line interpreter you're pretty stuck.
So now my windows Start menu has 1000 items in it, but at least they are arranged hierarchically in 850 vendor program groups...
Then John has been hoaxed by this guy for years. I'm not saying one way or the other, but just pointing out this is more than just a chain email being sent round, unless its by someone who has known John's communication with Junis and crafted it in such a manner.
Its John's recollection of an earlier mail saying he was obsessed with Linux - maybe he once had an x86 box, or knew someone who has. I was obsessed with Vax/VMS many years ago, doesn't mean I had an 11/750 in my bedroom.
Easy on the 'Hoax!' shouts...
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John says: "Junis, a computer geek obsessed with Linux, had first e-mailed me years ago while I was writing for Hotwired."
If you got a random email from someone you've never heard of from a.af domain then yes, you could be suspicious, but if John has known this guy for years then he's in a better position to judge than we are.
Although Mornington Crescent is played strictly for laughs, and the unknown 'rules' are part of the humour. Tree-fluid is played much more seriously, with deliberate malicious intent. The rules are also much simpler!
Holiday destinations are holiday destinations. They're not meant for working. They're meant for holidaying. Its your holiday. Stop working.
Of course business hotels with internet access are expensive - they're for business. Most people on holiday don't want to work.
Although the idea of sitting by the pool with a wireless laptop might be appealing, you will get a terrible tanline on your lap.
Enjoy your holiday without work. Use the local internet cafes to check your email for a while, but those CVS checkins can wait. You might even be more productive when you get back, after a nice rest. That's what I tell the boss.
Another simple game. Can be played verbally or written on paper if silence is needed, or email if distance is a problem.
First person {says|writes|emails} "Tree". Second person does "Fluid". First person does "Tree". Second person goes "Fluid". And so on.
Until someone says "Sap!" at which point they are declared the winner.
Of course you could win every round by just saying "Sap!" first time, but that would be boring. The skill is saying "Sap!" on the go before your opponent wants to say it, thus causing the maximum amount of annoyance to them! It is very rewarding to get through about ten echoes of 'Tree - Fluid' and then hit 'Sap!' and have the other person go "I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT!!!". Ahh, satisfaction. Similarly there is great pain in being 'Sapped' just as you are about to say it.
When played face-to-face there can be a lot of psychology and body-language involved. Look for any sign of hesitation in your opponent, that's normally a sign of an impending 'Sap'. Have no mercy, hit back straightaway.
Strangely I cant find any web sites devoted to Tree-Fluid...
About: IServerd implements the ICQ V3 groupware protocol, and supports the V5 protocol. It is targeted for corporate use. Currently you can use the Groupware clients from Mirabilis, and V5 clients: ICQ99a, ICQ99b, CenterICQ, Licq, and Micq with this server.
But after 78 petabytes have been transferred your first disk develops a hardware fault. And your backup disk now has a half-backed-up filesystem so corrupted that you cant get the data back!
You need three 144 petabyte drives to do HD backup - backup A to B and then A to C alternately. Verify the backup and you should always have at least one consistent file system.
Hey, I just said all this in a message to an 'Ask Slashdot':)
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hehe nice one. The top hack would be to fiddle your 200-page postscript document to spot if it was being run by ghostscript and only print one page, yet when being run by a genuine Adobe interpreter on a PS printer to print the full 200 pages, yet only be billed for the one page counted by the gs thing!
My problem with hardware page counters is how to determine when to query the printer. Surely the printer will cache up as much of the print job as it can and as soon as it has then the spooler will think its done, and if you get a pagecount then the printer wont have done all the pages.
I really think there has to be some way of the printer saying 'I've just finished job XXX, and I printed YYY pages' in order to do it reliably.
Baz
To count the number of pages in a PostScript file you'll have to run it through a PostScript interpreter (e.g. GhostScript) and get it to count the pages. You'll then have to send the PS to the printer (or if you have a non-PS printer driven by GS you could count the pages and spit the GS output to the printer simultaneously).
Printers with hardware page counters are a better bet - get the page count, print the job, get the page count, subtract.
Baz
Seeking Search Engine Perfection
Well worth a read.
Oh no, there's a security problem in everybody's favourite jungle 'n' cave sideways scroller! Hang on to that rope too long and it deletes all your files!
Oh, "Security Flaws may be Pitfall For Microsoft". I really must stop speed-reading everything...
I saw this website months and months ago. Is Slashdot really 'news for nerds' or is it just 'links from people who didnt see this stuff ages ago'?
The vehicle itself seems to just be a promotional vehicle for www.unicat.net, a company that seem to make custom Unimogs. The various modules for the Maximog - plane, boat, time-machine, are as much vapourware as a 100:1 lossless compression program.
If video games influenced behaviour then all the kids brought up on PacMan would these days be running around to repetitive computer-generated music and popping strange power-pills.... Ummm....
My default expansion for 'PCB' is Printed Circuit Board - especially when I see a story on Slashdot! Just to let everyone know this is about Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls - I think thats two carbon rings with lots of chlorine in there.
Baz
Or maybe this one, which doesn't get the upper case GNU and seems more of an aside than an attempt to credit GNU properly...
When did RMS make his declaration on this subject?
Baz
... its not changed to VA GNU/Linux.
Baz
I dont think its the desire to win at all costs anymore. Its the desire to win at less cost than the amount of sponsorship you might get from Nikidas.
Lots of pictures of naked penguins, but I only read it for the articles. Honest.
Baz
And don't use a mobile phone. Article in today's Guardian newspaper on mobile phone tracking. A journalist eventually got a list from his mobile provider telling him which mobile masts his calls connected to, but the company wouldn't tell him the location of the masts!
Remember that if your mobile is switched on it 'squawks' every couple of minutes so the system knows where you are. Even if you dont make any calls 'they' can still track you.
And also if people say "If you haven't done anything why are you avoiding surveillance cameras?", then reply with "If I haven't done anything why do the cameras need to see me?".
Baz
All that energy should be going into your domestic hot water system. I reckon a machine left on all day could heat up enough water for a shower. But how many overclocking geeks shower daily?
The reason windows apps can happily install binaries in any directory is because they then go install their shortcuts in the Start menu, or the desktop. Of course if you want to run one from a command line interpreter you're pretty stuck.
So now my windows Start menu has 1000 items in it, but at least they are arranged hierarchically in 850 vendor program groups...
Baz
Then John has been hoaxed by this guy for years. I'm not saying one way or the other, but just pointing out this is more than just a chain email being sent round, unless its by someone who has known John's communication with Junis and crafted it in such a manner.
Its John's recollection of an earlier mail saying he was obsessed with Linux - maybe he once had an x86 box, or knew someone who has. I was obsessed with Vax/VMS many years ago, doesn't mean I had an 11/750 in my bedroom.
John says: "Junis, a computer geek obsessed with Linux, had first e-mailed me years ago while I was writing for Hotwired."
.af domain then yes, you could be suspicious, but if John has known this guy for years then he's in a better position to judge than we are.
If you got a random email from someone you've never heard of from a
Baz
I bet the artificial liver doesn't taste as nice with some fava beans and a nice chianti...
Although Mornington Crescent is played strictly for laughs, and the unknown 'rules' are part of the humour. Tree-fluid is played much more seriously, with deliberate malicious intent. The rules are also much simpler!
Baz
Holiday destinations are holiday destinations. They're not meant for working. They're meant for holidaying. Its your holiday. Stop working.
Of course business hotels with internet access are expensive - they're for business. Most people on holiday don't want to work.
Although the idea of sitting by the pool with a wireless laptop might be appealing, you will get a terrible tanline on your lap.
Enjoy your holiday without work. Use the local internet cafes to check your email for a while, but those CVS checkins can wait. You might even be more productive when you get back, after a nice rest. That's what I tell the boss.
Baz
Another simple game. Can be played verbally or written on paper if silence is needed, or email if distance is a problem.
First person {says|writes|emails} "Tree". Second person does "Fluid". First person does "Tree". Second person goes "Fluid". And so on.
Until someone says "Sap!" at which point they are declared the winner.
Of course you could win every round by just saying "Sap!" first time, but that would be boring. The skill is saying "Sap!" on the go before your opponent wants to say it, thus causing the maximum amount of annoyance to them! It is very rewarding to get through about ten echoes of 'Tree - Fluid' and then hit 'Sap!' and have the other person go "I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT!!!". Ahh, satisfaction. Similarly there is great pain in being 'Sapped' just as you are about to say it.
When played face-to-face there can be a lot of psychology and body-language involved. Look for any sign of hesitation in your opponent, that's normally a sign of an impending 'Sap'. Have no mercy, hit back straightaway.
Strangely I cant find any web sites devoted to Tree-Fluid...
Baz
"Cox, who also works for Red Hat, in Durham, N.C., and lives in Swansea, Wales."
http://freshmeat.net/projects/iserverd/
About: IServerd implements the ICQ V3 groupware protocol, and supports the V5 protocol. It is targeted for corporate use. Currently you can use the Groupware clients from Mirabilis, and V5 clients: ICQ99a, ICQ99b, CenterICQ, Licq, and Micq with this server.
Baz
But after 78 petabytes have been transferred your first disk develops a hardware fault. And your backup disk now has a half-backed-up filesystem so corrupted that you cant get the data back!
:)
You need three 144 petabyte drives to do HD backup - backup A to B and then A to C alternately. Verify the backup and you should always have at least one consistent file system.
Hey, I just said all this in a message to an 'Ask Slashdot'
Baz