I'm a 30 yr old loser. I don't need him to tell me that. I've already fixed the webapp at work, so when my former superviser(who now works in applications) shows it off to the person responsible for hiring, and he says "We're looking for someone with a strong C++ background"... what am I supposed to think. Talent, hard work, the drive to make things more efficient, these are things that are *always* punished. I know this, and I have resolved myself to it.
Still, when they aren't looking, it feels good to make something work right.
Some months ago when I tried it, one of the main index pages boasted of a link to such. I didn't follow it, and it might have led to a slashdotesque "Haha, you perv! No kiddyporn here." troll.
But it's not difficult to see how some would think that's what freenet is about.
Now, if there is anyone out there that lives outside the US, and would like to help me experiment with a different method of anonymous networking, send an email.
Greasemonkey scripts are bound by the same restrictions as any other javascript. That is, javascript from one site can't access anything from another.
Which really sucks for me, I want it to be able to, so that one webapp can pull info from another webapp, without me having to switch back and forth between 5 apps.
But from a security standpoint, it's pretty strict. Barring some cross-site-scripting vulnerability, Greasemonkey doesn't make you unsafe (and even then, such a vulnerability is still an issue, even if you don't install GM).
Yeh. On one hand, I'm thinking that they need to not have any scripts run by default. But then, people would wonder what the extension even does.
Still, this is a fairly obtuse problem, and one that you're not likely to figure out immediately. Not sure what the solution is, to make gm more palatable.
Yes, fixing a broken tool myself during what would otherwise be unusable downtime, that shows a lack of respect for the rules *and* absence of initiative.
Not a problem. If I worked in the same company as you, I'd just fix it myself.
And, in my example, it's not anything that looks like they were working around IE. They just chose sloppy, IE-only javascript syntax, the kind of stuff that was deprecated even in 4.
The solution is obvious. Render the page as a jpeg, and then just have a directory full of jpegs! You can even use server-side image maps for hyperlinks!
For several months, I labored under IE. 20 windows open everywhere, because it has no tabs. Even though I had managed to install Firefox (don't you love apps that don't require registry keys?), it was no help, because the applications department writes javascript that looks like it was squeezed from between Ballmer's asscheeks.
It was difficult. Took me two months of working with greasemonkey, of 3 minutes stolen here, and 5 minutes borrowed there in between calls (did I mention I'm only a phone monkey for a DSL ISP?). But in the end, not only can I use our main webapp in Firefox, it has features that the standard one doesn't. It often helps to shave up to a minute off of calltimes.
Which may be why I'm in trouble for using Firefox at that job. Dunno.
Vax - Check! (Vaxstation 4000) Highend Alpha - Nada.:( (Crappy little Multia not in working order, is all I have.) Exotic CPUs - Check! (MIPS, Sparc, POWER, Clipper) Ancient system - Almost. PDP-11/04 (If it's one of the first 04's then I would have been 1 yr old when it was made. I lost out on my chance at a HP F series 1000, a 1960s computer... the company would rather trash it, than give it away.)
Not a troll. And while I don't claim to understand it myself, I have read that there are non-scifi authors, actual scientists who aren't convinced that this is the case. At least in a few contrived scenarios, it may actually transmit information, though whether this would indeed be FTL is anyone's guess.
If you're really a physicist, make yourself useful and tell me when I can expect my quantum entanglement wireless transcievers, and what kind of bandwidth we're likely to see with first generation technology.
You should be able to run a fairly decent sys7 on that, use ftp/http and so forth. Appletalk connections though, are going to be near impossible though...
BTW, you know you can put as much ram in that thing as some eMachines were selling with as recently as a year ago, right?
Fddi - Check! (and CDDI too!) Cabletron - Check! (Cabletron SmartCELL ZX 155mps ATM switch! SGI Indy and linux server hooked up to it) Extreme Networks - Nada.:( Rackmount Cisco - Check (2514 in third from top position in my HP 30" rack) 10 yr old server - Check! (DEC Prioris XL dual 100mhz machine, my main server/NAT router) 4+ kVA UPS - Almost. (Got it for free, needs new batteries)
As long as we're all bragging, I have a PDP-11/04 that I'm trying to restore and a Vaxstation 4000. My Alpha machine is just a little crappy Multia, that I don't have a copy of Tru64 for.
Oh, and the DECstation? Still need a copy of ultrix/digital unix.
Damn. OS's are hard to come by, thinking about it... I even need irix for my Indy.
Sys6 appletalk is buggy by anyone's call, as I've read. If you do max out the ram, you oughtta be able to do sys7.something, and things will be a bit easier. I didn't have luck with the SCSI/link things myself, had to use a Dayna ethltalk bridge.
4 years now I think, and the localtalk ISA card still doesn't work reliably. But the machine is a piece of junk, and I'm finally replacing it with something to be proud of, a 4u black rackmount server, that has dual pentium 3s and 17 pci slots (and still an isa slot for the localtalk card!). Hopefully, not hobbled by the old machine and ancient kernel, that will start working too.
As a person who finally got x10 working with his linux box (why would you ever want to use this with a machine that doesn't have crond?), I can say x10 is *very* overrated. There are a few lights that I automate, but most would be just as happy with those outlet timers for $1 for the dollar store.
I have an appliance module on our subwoofer (and lirc with a pb ir remote control thingy makes it remote controllable -- finally). I have another on the cable modem, so I can reboot it remotely, cheap piece of RCA shit. And that's about it.
You can't even get the things for ceiling fans. There are a few hobbyist hacks out there... and I was just thinking about one of my own. But I really want to still be able to pull the chain to turn it on and off too. Can't find anything that does this, for any price.
You damn amiga ethernet owner's are an elitist bunch! Complaining about having to use 10base2, for crying out loud. I have to use arcnet for my 2 amiga 2000's, and the 4000 isn't even on the network at all. (If anyone has the Amiga Doubletalk (localtalk) z2 nic and wants to sell it, let me know...). I finally broke down and bought a Contemporary Control's PCI arcnet for my linux router though.
About the only nic not in the linux machine at this point, is a PCI HIPPI card. But I'm working on building one of those too.
You either need to trade the classic in for a SE/30 with ethernet card, or get a cheap ethernet/localtalk bridge. The localtalk ISA card in a linux machine is a bitch to make work...
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I'm a 30 yr old loser. I don't need him to tell me that. I've already fixed the webapp at work, so when my former superviser(who now works in applications) shows it off to the person responsible for hiring, and he says "We're looking for someone with a strong C++ background"... what am I supposed to think. Talent, hard work, the drive to make things more efficient, these are things that are *always* punished. I know this, and I have resolved myself to it.
Still, when they aren't looking, it feels good to make something work right.
Some months ago when I tried it, one of the main index pages boasted of a link to such. I didn't follow it, and it might have led to a slashdotesque "Haha, you perv! No kiddyporn here." troll.
But it's not difficult to see how some would think that's what freenet is about.
Now, if there is anyone out there that lives outside the US, and would like to help me experiment with a different method of anonymous networking, send an email.
Greasemonkey scripts are bound by the same restrictions as any other javascript. That is, javascript from one site can't access anything from another.
Which really sucks for me, I want it to be able to, so that one webapp can pull info from another webapp, without me having to switch back and forth between 5 apps.
But from a security standpoint, it's pretty strict. Barring some cross-site-scripting vulnerability, Greasemonkey doesn't make you unsafe (and even then, such a vulnerability is still an issue, even if you don't install GM).
Yeh. On one hand, I'm thinking that they need to not have any scripts run by default. But then, people would wonder what the extension even does.
Still, this is a fairly obtuse problem, and one that you're not likely to figure out immediately. Not sure what the solution is, to make gm more palatable.
Yes, fixing a broken tool myself during what would otherwise be unusable downtime, that shows a lack of respect for the rules *and* absence of initiative.
Wait a sec... Roger (my boss), is that you?
Not a problem. If I worked in the same company as you, I'd just fix it myself.
And, in my example, it's not anything that looks like they were working around IE. They just chose sloppy, IE-only javascript syntax, the kind of stuff that was deprecated even in 4.
Hell, I've even found the odd <XMP> tag...
The solution is obvious. Render the page as a jpeg, and then just have a directory full of jpegs! You can even use server-side image maps for hyperlinks!
You know you need to disable those default scripts that come with the extension, right?
Or at least set them so they don't execute on that particular site...
For several months, I labored under IE. 20 windows open everywhere, because it has no tabs. Even though I had managed to install Firefox (don't you love apps that don't require registry keys?), it was no help, because the applications department writes javascript that looks like it was squeezed from between Ballmer's asscheeks.
It was difficult. Took me two months of working with greasemonkey, of 3 minutes stolen here, and 5 minutes borrowed there in between calls (did I mention I'm only a phone monkey for a DSL ISP?). But in the end, not only can I use our main webapp in Firefox, it has features that the standard one doesn't. It often helps to shave up to a minute off of calltimes.
Which may be why I'm in trouble for using Firefox at that job. Dunno.
Vax - Check! (Vaxstation 4000) :( (Crappy little Multia not in working order, is all I have.)
Highend Alpha - Nada.
Exotic CPUs - Check! (MIPS, Sparc, POWER, Clipper)
Ancient system - Almost. PDP-11/04 (If it's one of the first 04's then I would have been 1 yr old when it was made. I lost out on my chance at a HP F series 1000, a 1960s computer... the company would rather trash it, than give it away.)
What's my score?
That sounds kind of dumb, actually.
Doubt it's easy, doubt that it's anything we might do in the next 100,000 years. But I also doubt it's impossible.
Which is really besides the point, when you think about it. FTL was an irrelevant detail. It's not necessarily a quality of QE information transfer.
Not a troll. And while I don't claim to understand it myself, I have read that there are non-scifi authors, actual scientists who aren't convinced that this is the case. At least in a few contrived scenarios, it may actually transmit information, though whether this would indeed be FTL is anyone's guess.
About 13,000 miles, I think. Give or take.
If you're really a physicist, make yourself useful and tell me when I can expect my quantum entanglement wireless transcievers, and what kind of bandwidth we're likely to see with first generation technology.
I think you have to find that stupid DEC config floppy image, and run the config, the regular bios screen only has about half of the options it has.
I have two SE's myself, both with ethernet cards. Only 2 megs in each though, and can't be bothered to actually max them out at 4megs.
You should be able to run a fairly decent sys7 on that, use ftp/http and so forth. Appletalk connections though, are going to be near impossible though...
BTW, you know you can put as much ram in that thing as some eMachines were selling with as recently as a year ago, right?
Fddi - Check! (and CDDI too!) :(
Cabletron - Check! (Cabletron SmartCELL ZX 155mps ATM switch! SGI Indy and linux server hooked up to it)
Extreme Networks - Nada.
Rackmount Cisco - Check (2514 in third from top position in my HP 30" rack)
10 yr old server - Check! (DEC Prioris XL dual 100mhz machine, my main server/NAT router)
4+ kVA UPS - Almost. (Got it for free, needs new batteries)
What's my score?
Yes, because most people only learn lessons after being raped by Bubba in Prison, or Plaintiff's counsel in the courtroom.
Let's financially ruin the guy, after all, the MPAA was financially ruined too!
As long as we're all bragging, I have a PDP-11/04 that I'm trying to restore and a Vaxstation 4000. My Alpha machine is just a little crappy Multia, that I don't have a copy of Tru64 for.
Oh, and the DECstation? Still need a copy of ultrix/digital unix.
Damn. OS's are hard to come by, thinking about it... I even need irix for my Indy.
Sys6 appletalk is buggy by anyone's call, as I've read. If you do max out the ram, you oughtta be able to do sys7.something, and things will be a bit easier. I didn't have luck with the SCSI/link things myself, had to use a Dayna ethltalk bridge.
4 years now I think, and the localtalk ISA card still doesn't work reliably. But the machine is a piece of junk, and I'm finally replacing it with something to be proud of, a 4u black rackmount server, that has dual pentium 3s and 17 pci slots (and still an isa slot for the localtalk card!). Hopefully, not hobbled by the old machine and ancient kernel, that will start working too.
Oh, and nice taste in distros, btw.
As a person who finally got x10 working with his linux box (why would you ever want to use this with a machine that doesn't have crond?), I can say x10 is *very* overrated. There are a few lights that I automate, but most would be just as happy with those outlet timers for $1 for the dollar store.
I have an appliance module on our subwoofer (and lirc with a pb ir remote control thingy makes it remote controllable -- finally). I have another on the cable modem, so I can reboot it remotely, cheap piece of RCA shit. And that's about it.
You can't even get the things for ceiling fans. There are a few hobbyist hacks out there... and I was just thinking about one of my own. But I really want to still be able to pull the chain to turn it on and off too. Can't find anything that does this, for any price.
We really need a better home automation protocol.
You damn amiga ethernet owner's are an elitist bunch! Complaining about having to use 10base2, for crying out loud. I have to use arcnet for my 2 amiga 2000's, and the 4000 isn't even on the network at all. (If anyone has the Amiga Doubletalk (localtalk) z2 nic and wants to sell it, let me know...). I finally broke down and bought a Contemporary Control's PCI arcnet for my linux router though.
About the only nic not in the linux machine at this point, is a PCI HIPPI card. But I'm working on building one of those too.
You either need to trade the classic in for a SE/30 with ethernet card, or get a cheap ethernet/localtalk bridge. The localtalk ISA card in a linux machine is a bitch to make work...
Anyone knows if the nagra2 (yellow) cards are hacked?