You gotta love it. When a human being who is completely justified makes an insurance claim, the insurance company really doesn't care if you are a criminal or fraudulent. Literally it's job is to find whatever means possible to deny you the money. They will look to make sure every T is crossed, and will try and screw you over at every occasion. I love how most people pay insurance money, and sit back and relax thinking whatever happens.. they'll be compensated. Think again. The company will find a way to screw you... it's how they stay in business.
The "lie detector" will only make matters worse... christ I get nervous when having my blood pressure taken. There is no way I could pass a lie detector test, even if I was telling the truth.. I'm a nervous irrational human being.
I always thought that the human body had trouble at altitudes above 20,000feet simply because of the lack of airpressure.
Even though he had an oxygen supply would the rapid change of air pressure cause him serious problems? His ears... severe headaches... risk of seizures... yadda ? And what about the guy who dropped from 100,000 feet?
Christ look what happens to a scuba diver if he returns to the surface too quickly... the compressed air in his blood expands to fuck him up:) (although I acknoledge that this is the other way around... returning to a higher air pressure)
Most countries that do business with the states eventually will adapt laws that the states does.
Just look at how quickley copywrite laws spread world wide (although some contries have yet to really enforce it).
What will eventually happen is the spammers will find some un-inhabbited lawless island to do their spamming from, and all we have to do is bomb that island:)
Call me cynical (or just go ahead and mod me down you little fucker), but does anyone else agree that this blog fad will eventually go the way of OS/2 ?
With every new blog related news topic I keep seeing this attitude like it's the holy grail of www. Christ it is just a form of online diary. Granted it has its place, but will it last? Soon it'll be information overload (if you can even call some of the crap I see on blogs information).
My friend and I are trying to develop a special C function library that will allow people to make their own customizable O/S. By using a single function... called the doOperatingSystem Function. Prototyped as follows:
I can't help but wonder (especially with the airliner industry losing serious money) how much they make regular thourough checks of commercial jets? Especially those old ones that have been running non-stop for the last 25 years.
Almost everytime some jet crashes, and 200+ people die in an instant... they end up not having a clue what happened, covering it up, and move along.
troll2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trl) n. A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
I think you fuckers are on the wagon or something.
Logically, just about every step of human invention and evolution is a means to our eventual perfection. We learned to speak, to survive better, we started civilization to survive better. We developed nukes to kill, but it eventually lead to the mutual prospect of distruction, and therefore brought some form of peace after/during the coldwar.
If we are capable of creating a black hole which could suck our entire world into it... statistically, logically it must be a form of evolution. So just sit back and relax, and for those of us who are immortal... be prepared for an eternity of floating in space, planetless... with nothing but your own consiousness to keep you company for the eons it might take for you to bump into a habitable planet.
Why not start by moving youre entire long distance network over to IP?
Quite simply Large monopoly Telco's have invested large amounts of cash in the already existing (and out of date) telephone network, and would rather blow up the planet than see that change. Have a look at this .
Bell , AT&T will start whining to governments for compensation or tax immediatly.
All I'd like to know is when did the government make it a priority to start protecting large corps from the consumers, instead of protecting the consumers from corps.
Is there some kind of rule that slashdotters can't be fashionable? I didn't buy an LCD screen for my living room PC because I thought it was more efficient, or more performance (which it isn't). I got one cuz it looks sweet in my living room. Does this mean I can't also be a Linux "hacker" ?
This seems like a stalling tactic so that Halo 2 has a chance of being released on Xbox BEFORE Halo 1 is released on PC.
If they were planning to port to PC all along (which they said they were)... then only a mental midget would have not bothered to use DirectX etc... Especially since the Xbox uses directx anyways.
If we created a powerful enough gravity field (black hole, at a small distance from earth.. or on earth if we can control it) we could bend space time temporarily at will and have a part of mars and earth coexist. Then pass packets through.... better yet, we could just walk through and hand over the message in person.
Oh who am I kidding... I ICQ my roomates across the hall for gods sake!
Thanks this is the kinda post that makes slashdot fun:)
Main problem with DigiDesign Protools LE 002 is that I use cakewalk, I could errr "find" protools but I am so familiar with cakewalk that I'd rather not switch. IT has pretty much the same basic functionality.
Also, this is the first time I heard anything about Cutting out the "non-essential" ranges of frequencies of the guitar/ bass etc...
Your telling me after a certain hz I should set everything on the EQ for a guitar to nothing? This wouldn't ruin the natural sound? Remember I'm not doing backstreet boys:) but I do want something crisp too. Also what about compression, should I apply compression as a rule to voice and guitar? it's pretty much a necessity right? (I only use the plugin software compression... not compression pedal on the way in).
Is there a decent Mixer/mic Pre-amp all-in-one style box with a suitable lineout for a soundcard that's in the ~1000$ range? What about those ones that actually plug right into the USB port and feed 1s n' 0s. ?
So far I've seen a million and a half rants concentrating on pro-tools (or insert multitrack/mixing/editing/effects app here... cakewalk,cool edit, etc..).
But this software has almost nothing to do with the true quality (and expense) of recording non digital instruments.
Would anyone be as kind as to fill me (and others) in on these important, and insanely expensive details:
Let's say we are recording a single accoustic guitar track.
What do we need?.. well one sm57 mic on the frethboard, perhaps another further back over the guitar hole. Then maybe a single coil pickup to make it a FULL sound.
430$ 2mics 1 pickup ( I think in canadian dollars)
Then we need a mixer/ pre-amp for the mics/pickup that can line-out to our soundcard.
Anyone have a price on that? I've been using my friends old 4 track which has several XLR ins etc.. It's 800$ and sounds like poop.
Ok so now what soundcard do we need? Does using the stereo inputs of an Audigy2 cut it? no?? What low budget card does?
Third, what about the room? I have nothing but hardwood floors and wood/metal furnature in my apartment. I don't even wanna think what it would take / cost to put foam on the walls.. and carpet a room.
Last, ok so you mix it together, you get your levels right, EQ, you add some reverb here.. some compression there.
What about the rest of the Mastering process? Sweetening the sound? if you think the production proccess ends here, well your wrong. Anyone wanna give me a quick run down on what Mastering is left?
I encourage people to fill in the gaps... I'm no expert. I do know that I've tried and failed to do a proffessional sounding recording, low cost pointers are welcome! I want Brands/Models mentioned!!
I was belitteling the importance of encryption, I was simply saying that the majority of exploits has nothing to do with tcp sniffing, but just run of the mill programming holes.
Which makes ssh just as vulnerable.
Sarcasm is the tool of the weak minded. Say something intelligent, or stfu.
Why would ssh offer less vulerabilities than ftp?? It depends on the client, and a Buffer overflow hole is a buffer overflow hole no matter what protocol you're using.
SSH just ensures plaintext passwords aren't bouncing around your network.
Actually in all honesty... as a 23 year old north american. (Canadian actually)
I've always kinda been fascinated at the German mentality of someone my age there. What is it like living in a Country that was so notorious?
What do they think while playing games like wolfenstein etc?! It's like the past that the whole country wants to forget about.. but the whole world keeps reminding them.
Frankly if I ever bump into germans my age, would it be appropriate to steer clear of ww2 topics?! Cuz I would feel wierd talking about it with them.
first, having the mail server send picture code makes no sense to me. The idea of the picture, is to ensure human interaction before sending the message.
Email already does your points 1 , 2,3
The problem is people don't want to block anonymous email at the cost of rejecting people who aren't on they're list. Wtf are webmasters (who's emails soley consist of the general public) supposed to do? This is why my webmaster email address is a bounce, and the user is forced to fill out a form to msg me.
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was supposed to outline my entire protocol idea in my slashdot post. What was I thinking.... maybe you'd like some perl code too?
A cc I imagine would work by giving the cc line a list of webforms of people you want to cc, then one by one you would have to submit each form (with the body auto filled for you). You would still have to manually type in that special code though.
At least it'll do away with those annoying friends of yours who do nothing but send 100 forwards a day to people:) Christ, that'll be the next hurdle once we abolish spam.
I've repeatedly had to tell my OWN friends "Send me another forward.. and I'll block you"...sad..sad...
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You gotta love it. When a human being who is completely justified makes an insurance claim, the insurance company really doesn't care if you are a criminal or fraudulent. Literally it's job is to find whatever means possible to deny you the money. They will look to make sure every T is crossed, and will try and screw you over at every occasion. I love how most people pay insurance money, and sit back and relax thinking whatever happens.. they'll be compensated. Think again. The company will find a way to screw you... it's how they stay in business.
The "lie detector" will only make matters worse... christ I get nervous when having my blood pressure taken. There is no way I could pass a lie detector test, even if I was telling the truth.. I'm a nervous irrational human being.
yes.. but what about jumping from a pressurized plane, into thin air?
I always thought that the human body had trouble at altitudes above 20,000feet simply because of the lack of airpressure.
:) (although I acknoledge that this is the other way around... returning to a higher air pressure)
Even though he had an oxygen supply would the rapid change of air pressure cause him serious problems? His ears... severe headaches... risk of seizures... yadda ? And what about the guy who dropped from 100,000 feet?
Christ look what happens to a scuba diver if he returns to the surface too quickly... the compressed air in his blood expands to fuck him up
Most countries that do business with the states eventually will adapt laws that the states does.
:)
Just look at how quickley copywrite laws spread world wide (although some contries have yet to really enforce it).
What will eventually happen is the spammers will find some un-inhabbited lawless island to do their spamming from, and all we have to do is bomb that island
Call me cynical (or just go ahead and mod me down you little fucker), but does anyone else agree that this blog fad will eventually go the way of OS/2 ?
With every new blog related news topic I keep seeing this attitude like it's the holy grail of www. Christ it is just a form of online diary. Granted it has its place, but will it last? Soon it'll be information overload (if you can even call some of the crap I see on blogs information).
My friend and I are trying to develop a special C function library that will allow people to make their own customizable O/S. By using a single function... called the doOperatingSystem Function. Prototyped as follows:
void doOperatingSystem(char *name,char *color);
Pretty snazzy huh?!
Conspiracy theorists are only fed by government denials. Look what happened to NASA when they started to talk back at Moon landing doubters.
zuchini
I can't help but wonder (especially with the airliner industry losing serious money) how much they make regular thourough checks of commercial jets? Especially those old ones that have been running non-stop for the last 25 years.
Almost everytime some jet crashes, and 200+ people die in an instant... they end up not having a clue what happened, covering it up, and move along.
Cocksuckers.
troll2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trl)
n.
A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
I think you fuckers are on the wagon or something.
Logically, just about every step of human invention and evolution is a means to our eventual perfection. We learned to speak, to survive better, we started civilization to survive better. We developed nukes to kill, but it eventually lead to the mutual prospect of distruction, and therefore brought some form of peace after/during the coldwar.
If we are capable of creating a black hole which could suck our entire world into it... statistically, logically it must be a form of evolution. So just sit back and relax, and for those of us who are immortal... be prepared for an eternity of floating in space, planetless... with nothing but your own consiousness to keep you company for the eons it might take for you to bump into a habitable planet.
-- noodle
Why not start by moving youre entire long distance network over to IP?
Quite simply Large monopoly Telco's have invested large amounts of cash in the already existing (and out of date) telephone network, and would rather blow up the planet than see that change. Have a look at this .
Bell , AT&T will start whining to governments for compensation or tax immediatly.
All I'd like to know is when did the government make it a priority to start protecting large corps from the consumers, instead of protecting the consumers from corps.
I wonder if I can sue the company if my cat needs therapy after a few weeks of this robot zooming around my floor.
Is there some kind of rule that slashdotters can't be fashionable? I didn't buy an LCD screen for my living room PC because I thought it was more efficient, or more performance (which it isn't). I got one cuz it looks sweet in my living room. Does this mean I can't also be a Linux "hacker" ?
This seems like a stalling tactic so that Halo 2 has a chance of being released on Xbox BEFORE Halo 1 is released on PC.
If they were planning to port to PC all along (which they said they were)... then only a mental midget would have not bothered to use DirectX etc... Especially since the Xbox uses directx anyways.
This vids certainly are a reminder of the great job Bunjie did with the models and texturing etc...
A little off topic, but does anyone have a clue about Halo coming on PC? I'm not sure what to believe anymore.
Oh and I highly recommend people read the lil FAQ on the Red vs Blue site... tis funny.
--
Well... we can go around the problem.
If we created a powerful enough gravity field (black hole, at a small distance from earth.. or on earth if we can control it) we could bend space time temporarily at will and have a part of mars and earth coexist. Then pass packets through.... better yet, we could just walk through and hand over the message in person.
Oh who am I kidding... I ICQ my roomates across the hall for gods sake!
--Zuchini
Thanks this is the kinda post that makes slashdot fun :)
:) but I do want something crisp too. Also what about compression, should I apply compression as a rule to voice and guitar? it's pretty much a necessity right? (I only use the plugin software compression... not compression pedal on the way in).
Main problem with DigiDesign Protools LE 002 is that I use cakewalk, I could errr "find" protools but I am so familiar with cakewalk that I'd rather not switch. IT has pretty much the same basic functionality.
Also, this is the first time I heard anything about Cutting out the "non-essential" ranges of frequencies of the guitar/ bass etc...
Your telling me after a certain hz I should set everything on the EQ for a guitar to nothing? This wouldn't ruin the natural sound? Remember I'm not doing backstreet boys
Is there a decent Mixer/mic Pre-amp all-in-one style box with a suitable lineout for a soundcard that's in the ~1000$ range? What about those ones that actually plug right into the USB port and feed 1s n' 0s. ?
So far I've seen a million and a half rants concentrating on pro-tools (or insert multitrack/mixing/editing/effects app here... cakewalk,cool edit, etc..).
.. well one sm57 mic on the frethboard, perhaps another further back over the guitar hole. Then maybe a single coil pickup to make it a FULL sound.
But this software has almost nothing to do with the true quality (and expense) of recording non digital instruments.
Would anyone be as kind as to fill me (and others) in on these important, and insanely expensive details:
Let's say we are recording a single accoustic guitar track.
What do we need?
430$ 2mics 1 pickup ( I think in canadian dollars)
Then we need a mixer/ pre-amp for the mics/pickup that can line-out to our soundcard.
Anyone have a price on that? I've been using my friends old 4 track which has several XLR ins etc.. It's 800$ and sounds like poop.
Ok so now what soundcard do we need? Does using the stereo inputs of an Audigy2 cut it? no?? What low budget card does?
Third, what about the room? I have nothing but hardwood floors and wood/metal furnature in my apartment. I don't even wanna think what it would take / cost to put foam on the walls.. and carpet a room.
Last, ok so you mix it together, you get your levels right, EQ, you add some reverb here.. some compression there.
What about the rest of the Mastering process? Sweetening the sound? if you think the production proccess ends here, well your wrong. Anyone wanna give me a quick run down on what Mastering is left?
I encourage people to fill in the gaps... I'm no expert. I do know that I've tried and failed to do a proffessional sounding recording, low cost pointers are welcome! I want Brands/Models mentioned!!
--zuchini
I was belitteling the importance of encryption, I was simply saying that the majority of exploits has nothing to do with tcp sniffing, but just run of the mill programming holes.
Which makes ssh just as vulnerable.
Sarcasm is the tool of the weak minded.
Say something intelligent, or stfu.
Why would ssh offer less vulerabilities than ftp?? It depends on the client, and a Buffer overflow hole is a buffer overflow hole no matter what protocol you're using.
SSH just ensures plaintext passwords aren't bouncing around your network.
-- I have SARS , hold your breath.
Actually in all honesty... as a 23 year old north american. (Canadian actually)
I've always kinda been fascinated at the German mentality of someone my age there. What is it like living in a Country that was so notorious?
What do they think while playing games like wolfenstein etc?! It's like the past that the whole country wants to forget about.. but the whole world keeps reminding them.
Frankly if I ever bump into germans my age, would it be appropriate to steer clear of ww2 topics?! Cuz I would feel wierd talking about it with them.
--Zuchini
first, having the mail server send picture code makes no sense to me. The idea of the picture, is to ensure human interaction before sending the message. Email already does your points 1 , 2 ,3
The problem is people don't want to block anonymous email at the cost of rejecting people who aren't on they're list. Wtf are webmasters (who's emails soley consist of the general public) supposed to do? This is why my webmaster email address is a bounce, and the user is forced to fill out a form to msg me.
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was supposed to outline my entire protocol idea in my slashdot post. What was I thinking.... maybe you'd like some perl code too?
:) Christ, that'll be the next hurdle once we abolish spam.
...sad..sad...
A cc I imagine would work by giving the cc line a list of webforms of people you want to cc, then one by one you would have to submit each form (with the body auto filled for you). You would still have to manually type in that special code though.
At least it'll do away with those annoying friends of yours who do nothing but send 100 forwards a day to people
I've repeatedly had to tell my OWN friends "Send me another forward.. and I'll block you"
Technology will improve and it will be less likely that peoples PDAs will not be connected.
:)
As soon as you introduce some form of "auto-messaging", then you have opened the door to spam.
That little extra bit of human work is what it takes to solve the problem... a lot better than all the money and bandwidth wasted on spam.
And I say fuck the blind, let them use the phone
--Zuchini
P.S. My apologies if you're blind.
I have seen implementations of the coded msg hidden in a gif that make it next to impossible for optical character recognition to work.
You can use visual effects that only make it readable to the human eye.
And "now replaced an email client with a web browser" is pretty much all it takes to do away with spam. You don't have to tell me the obvious.