Replace the IP with yours. If you don't have a static IP then put in your netblock. I didn't really have break-in but got sick of seeing hundreds of failed attempts in my system log. After I'd put those lines in I don't seem to get any more attacks.
One more thing. In win32, if you disable JavaScript, EVERY TIME you close the reader, you get an annoyoing pop up saying that "Do you want to enable JavaScript from now on?"
There is NO WAY to disable this through the preferences. If anybody has any workarounds, please post the info here.
C.E.
OK, is this is rapidly evolving into a propaganda warfare by Mac fanbois. This is NOT the worldwide top brand list. The linked article is actually is based on an online poll of the readers of a certain magazine. It ends there.
Apple is #43 in the list. See for yourself: http://www.interbrand.com/best_brands_2004.asp. You can see the brand value in US$. An online poll is worthless in determining the brand values.
First, it was suggested that you wrap your newfangled passports in tin foil. Now it's car keys. I guess it's time for Calvin Klein, Gucci, DKNY and other designers to release their line of tin-foil clothing. Or how about clothing with pockets reinforced with tin foil?
Wait, that sounds like a profitable idea./me runs off to patent office.
It is not unusual for Americans to visit Asia to get cheap medical treatment + tourism. One of my uncles claim that the cost savings in medicine itself is enough to cover the ticket price. The drugstores don't ask for prescriptions, and you could buy a year's worth of stash easily. You could even buy Viagra over the counter.
Here's my personal experience from a drugstore in Bangkok. I see this dude walk to the employee of the drugstore and tell him that he has a rash and some other problems. The employee looks at the guy for a minute, and comes up with an ointment and some anti-histamines. The dude pays up and goes off. Cost of consultation = 0. He just paid for the medicine. I don't suppose this happens in the USA.
Heck, even Durex Fetherlites cost $2 for a pack of 10.
Or valves, as British people prefer saying, are making a comeback. Some people
tend to prefer the warm sound produced by tubes. Of course, tubes
were always there in the audio production end, however, tubes are increasingly
being used on the playback end. Somemanufacturers are still
selling tube gear, and they appear to be quite popular.
Although not very cheap, I think that tubes look pretty cool.
Apparently this article is posted by some guy called PornMaster, with the URL pointing to ilikepuffies.com. Anyone has any theories on why this guy should be worried about this issue?
Let's see - I got about 2 hours per day that I can spend on viewing TV. 3 hours on the weekends. 100+ channels. Do the math. I'd like 15 mins of news, 1 hour of entertainment, and 45 mins of Science / Tech programs. News sources are easy to pick. Tech - Discovery, National Geographic, maybe TechTV. Entertainment - Cartoons, Anime, few things like Star Trek, Dark Angel etc. A bit of porn (obvious).
So, would I miss those 90+ channels? Absolutely not. You can keep your Oprah Winfrey show, figureskating championships and Superbowl out of my TV, thank you very much. I won't mind paying the same amount for this because that's what I have time to watch.
Discovering new content? Sure, what are previews and reviews for? Try before you buy is easy to implement. Technology? We already have pretty advanced set top boxes. Infrastructure? It's ready.
I live in a forgotten corner of the world in South Asia. 75% of all channels we get are Indian channels, or "Indianized" channels. We get channels like MTV and HBO, the content of which are "adjusted to meet the local cultural values and sentiments". This means that anything slightly sexy will be removed. No nudity - all boobies are carefully blurred out.
Adult content filtering, I can stand. What I can't stand is all the @#$@# content targeted to the Indian middle class. Why can't I get European MTV? Why not the US version of HBO? How about the UK version of the BBC?
Of course, it's all about advertising. Marketing droids buy the time-slots for ads based on the popularity of a program and the viewers profile. If I match the profile of say, a bunch of university students in Norway, marketeers would have hell-of-a trouble selling Norwegian products in my area...
If you have $4K worth of equipment on you and you walk into a shady neighborhood, you are asking for serious trouble. If you have very good insurance or you're an affluent geek, then this should be a non-issue. For the budget-conscious / paranoid geek, it is a big deal. If you're heading off to a country where crime rates are high, you might consider leaving your precious gear at home.
Here are a few ideas that could save your valuable gear and data.
1. When stepping out of your secure environment (hotel, office whatever) empty your pockets and wallet. Carry enough cash to get around and back comfortably, but leave credit cards, important papers and other stuff at home. If your "lucky charm" is a $2.5K De Beers diamond pendant, leave it home. Trust me, you'll feel lucky. Take off that tacky Rolex as well.
2. All the data you need to carry can be stored in CD-Rs. If you're going on an installation / demonstration, you'll definitely get a computer on site. Live CDs help too. Alternatively, have all the necessary data on your website. If security is an issue, use encryption. I think most places have computers these days, so no use carrying your own.
3. Long travel time? Get a paperback. Losing a $5 paperback vs. $250 ipod - do the math. I've noticed that it can be hard finishing a paperback in a busy 1 week road trip because too many things come up. Besides, I don't see why anyone needs to have their lifetime's music collection with them in a trip.
4. Digital camera - what's wrong with film? Scanned film from an Olympus Stylus Epic (~$85) can beat the quality of any $800 digital camera. Batteries go for a long time, and you won't worry about cables, chargers, NiMH batteries and memory space. You can buy film and batteries in most places.
5. Phone - Any cheap-o GSM phone will do. Just buy a "SIM card" from a local provider. Skip SMS and stick with email. Internet cafes can be found in most areas. I'm assuming you'd be heading out of the USA, so finding GSM would be easy.
In summary, travel light, keep gadget count to a minimum, and ensure the safety of your precious gear and data. If you're facing the wrong end of a gun, losing a paperback, few CD-Rs, and $200 worth of gear is an experience you can live with. $4K? That would hurt.
Of course, if you are a high profile geek who *needs* to have $4K worth of gear wherever you go, you could probably afford a bodyguard in hostile environments.
First of all, porn isn't meant to be as realistic as possible. We watch porn being fully aware that this stuff isn't real. It's a way to experience fantasies... it kind of ends there. Porn does not replace real sex all together - it complements it.
Let's look at your points:
1. Androids - We already have Real Dolls. A reporter actually had sex with a real doll and documented his feelings in nerve.com. No, I won't post the link - go look it up there if you're interested. Bottom line - it's weird and freaky. If it moves and talks, it's going to be outright scary.
2. "True" Virtual Reality - Maybe, but it's not going to replace 2D porn in a hurry. I'd keep an eye on this one though.
3. Smell / Taste - I don't think so. Is there anyone else who finds the concept of smelling / tasting another unknown person (although a celebrity) gross? FYI, flavor and beauty may not be correlated.
4. Personal Video Players - We already have this stuff. What we don't have is a good quality, consumer grade "personal display", i.e. stuff like the Xybernaut (TV screen in your sunglasses). I believe that personal displays will bring about a revolution but porn would have little to do with it.
5. Stain proof clothing / Genetics - WTF?!
Looking at your point 1, 2 and 3 it appears that you're trying to get replace sex completely. That is not the main concept here. I think that the development in porn industry is going to be not technological. It'd more towards the "subject" of the content. Examples:
a. Customized porn: Some sites offer this. It's like you choose the theme, setting, models, dialogues, name of characters and the story. They act this out for you. Right now it's quite expensive and is only offered by sites that has really weird content (fetish / bondage). I guess this will pick up.
b. Similar to a, but more "community" oriented. Maybe some sort of an moderation style system where the best user-submitted story gets acted out. Or, photo shoot for models / themes with top votes from users. Scoop / Slashcode anyone?
c. Porn for couples: Eventually people get laid. Till date, porn is mostly a guy thing. Now what happens when you feel like watching porn with your S/O? You're not going to watch "4 on 1 DD sluts" with your girlfriend, right? It think the next trend is going to be porn for couples.
d. End of stereotyped porn as we know it. Girls won't keep their high heels on, all acts won't have oral sex, guys won't look like zombies grown in vats, and the movie won't end with money shots. There's too much content in this theme and nobody would be willing to pay for this anymore.
Movies are shot in films for real reasons. Look
here for details. Scroll down to "Recommendations" for the explanation. If you have time, read the entire article... pretty interesting.
Look at morningafterpill.org. It appears to be a propaganda site for American Life League (ALL.org - some pro-life / anti-abortion group) and contains no useful information whatsoever. It does nothing except to screw with the minds of people looking for serious information, and probably cause un/ill-informed teens in thinking that they're doing something ethically questionable.
This is the last place to look at when you've got a situation at hand - and it comes up as the first link when you google for "morning after pill". Shouldn't these guys be charged for seriously misleading people?
BTW, this site has all the correct information about this topic. In case you didn't know, Emmergency Contraception (EC) is a method of birth control when something bad happens, like your rubber breaking.
...have a look at their specs page. This thing weighs 910 gms, and is quite large. In fact, it is larger / heavier then laptops like Fujitsu, Sony or JVC models discussed previously.
I wonder why these guys didn't consider the form factor. Sounds like a good alternative to input a lot of data on the go.
It doesn't look pretty either. Imagine carrying this around in a business meeting...
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This goes in /etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
sshd,sshdfwd-X11: 192.168.0.1
This goes in
sshd,sshdfwd-X11: ALL
Replace the IP with yours. If you don't have a static IP then put in your netblock. I didn't really have break-in but got sick of seeing hundreds of failed attempts in my system log. After I'd put those lines in I don't seem to get any more attacks.
C.E.
WARNING: Link contains the new goatse. Mod parent down.
One more thing. In win32, if you disable JavaScript, EVERY TIME you close the reader, you get an annoyoing pop up saying that "Do you want to enable JavaScript from now on?" There is NO WAY to disable this through the preferences. If anybody has any workarounds, please post the info here. C.E.
I am unaware of any x86 solution including a CDROM that comes at such a small footprint. Do you know of any?
OK, is this is rapidly evolving into a propaganda warfare by Mac fanbois. This is NOT the worldwide top brand list. The linked article is actually is based on an online poll of the readers of a certain magazine. It ends there.
6.DISNEYB ORO
The REAL leading brands in 2004 was:
1.COCA-COLA
2.MICROSOFT
3.IBM
4.GE
5.INTEL
7.McDONALDS
8.NOKIA
9.TOYOTA
10.MARL
Apple is #43 in the list. See for yourself: http://www.interbrand.com/best_brands_2004.asp. You can see the brand value in US$. An online poll is worthless in determining the brand values.
First, it was suggested that you wrap your newfangled passports in tin foil. Now it's car keys. I guess it's time for Calvin Klein, Gucci, DKNY and other designers to release their line of tin-foil clothing. Or how about clothing with pockets reinforced with tin foil?
/me runs off to patent office.
Wait, that sounds like a profitable idea.
It is not unusual for Americans to visit Asia to get cheap medical treatment + tourism. One of my uncles claim that the cost savings in medicine itself is enough to cover the ticket price. The drugstores don't ask for prescriptions, and you could buy a year's worth of stash easily. You could even buy Viagra over the counter.
Here's my personal experience from a drugstore in Bangkok. I see this dude walk to the employee of the drugstore and tell him that he has a rash and some other problems. The employee looks at the guy for a minute, and comes up with an ointment and some anti-histamines. The dude pays up and goes off. Cost of consultation = 0. He just paid for the medicine. I don't suppose this happens in the USA.
Heck, even Durex Fetherlites cost $2 for a pack of 10.
Or valves, as British people prefer saying, are making a comeback. Some people tend to prefer the warm sound produced by tubes. Of course, tubes were always there in the audio production end, however, tubes are increasingly being used on the playback end. Some manufacturers are still selling tube gear, and they appear to be quite popular.
Although not very cheap, I think that tubes look pretty cool.
USA is not even in the top 10. Where are you getting your information?
Look at this report published in CNN on 14 June 2004. You can see that the most expensive cities in the USA are New York (#12) and LA (#27).
Not what you expected, eh?
Apparently this article is posted by some guy called PornMaster, with the URL pointing to ilikepuffies.com. Anyone has any theories on why this guy should be worried about this issue?
C.E.
How about pay-per program?
Let's see - I got about 2 hours per day that I can spend on viewing TV. 3 hours on the weekends.
100+ channels. Do the math.
I'd like 15 mins of news, 1 hour of entertainment, and 45 mins of Science / Tech programs.
News sources are easy to pick.
Tech - Discovery, National Geographic, maybe TechTV.
Entertainment - Cartoons, Anime, few things like Star Trek, Dark Angel etc.
A bit of porn (obvious).
So, would I miss those 90+ channels? Absolutely not. You can keep your Oprah Winfrey show, figureskating championships and Superbowl out of my TV, thank you very much. I won't mind paying the same amount for this because that's what I have time to watch.
Discovering new content? Sure, what are previews and reviews for? Try before you buy is easy to implement.
Technology? We already have pretty advanced set top boxes.
Infrastructure? It's ready.
Bring it on.
Amen to that, brother
I live in a forgotten corner of the world in South Asia. 75% of all channels we get are Indian channels, or "Indianized" channels. We get channels like MTV and HBO, the content of which are "adjusted to meet the local cultural values and sentiments". This means that anything slightly sexy will be removed. No nudity - all boobies are carefully blurred out.
Adult content filtering, I can stand. What I can't stand is all the @#$@# content targeted to the Indian middle class. Why can't I get European MTV? Why not the US version of HBO? How about the UK version of the BBC?
Of course, it's all about advertising. Marketing droids buy the time-slots for ads based on the popularity of a program and the viewers profile. If I match the profile of say, a bunch of university students in Norway, marketeers would have hell-of-a trouble selling Norwegian products in my area...
C.E.
If you have $4K worth of equipment on you and you walk into a shady neighborhood, you are asking for serious trouble. If you have very good insurance or you're an affluent geek, then this should be a non-issue. For the budget-conscious / paranoid geek, it is a big deal. If you're heading off to a country where crime rates are high, you might consider leaving your precious gear at home.
Here are a few ideas that could save your valuable gear and data.
1. When stepping out of your secure environment (hotel, office whatever) empty your pockets and wallet. Carry enough cash to get around and back comfortably, but leave credit cards, important papers and other stuff at home. If your "lucky charm" is a $2.5K De Beers diamond pendant, leave it home. Trust me, you'll feel lucky. Take off that tacky Rolex as well.
2. All the data you need to carry can be stored in CD-Rs. If you're going on an installation / demonstration, you'll definitely get a computer on site. Live CDs help too. Alternatively, have all the necessary data on your website. If security is an issue, use encryption. I think most places have computers these days, so no use carrying your own.
3. Long travel time? Get a paperback. Losing a $5 paperback vs. $250 ipod - do the math. I've noticed that it can be hard finishing a paperback in a busy 1 week road trip because too many things come up. Besides, I don't see why anyone needs to have their lifetime's music collection with them in a trip.
4. Digital camera - what's wrong with film? Scanned film from an Olympus Stylus Epic (~$85) can beat the quality of any $800 digital camera. Batteries go for a long time, and you won't worry about cables, chargers, NiMH batteries and memory space. You can buy film and batteries in most places.
5. Phone - Any cheap-o GSM phone will do. Just buy a "SIM card" from a local provider. Skip SMS and stick with email. Internet cafes can be found in most areas. I'm assuming you'd be heading out of the USA, so finding GSM would be easy.
In summary, travel light, keep gadget count to a minimum, and ensure the safety of your precious gear and data. If you're facing the wrong end of a gun, losing a paperback, few CD-Rs, and $200 worth of gear is an experience you can live with. $4K? That would hurt.
Of course, if you are a high profile geek who *needs* to have $4K worth of gear wherever you go, you could probably afford a bodyguard in hostile environments.
C.E.
I have different ideas about this.
First of all, porn isn't meant to be as realistic as possible. We watch porn being fully aware that this stuff isn't real. It's a way to experience fantasies... it kind of ends there. Porn does not replace real sex all together - it complements it.
Let's look at your points:
1. Androids - We already have Real Dolls. A reporter actually had sex with a real doll and documented his feelings in nerve.com. No, I won't post the link - go look it up there if you're interested. Bottom line - it's weird and freaky. If it moves and talks, it's going to be outright scary.
2. "True" Virtual Reality - Maybe, but it's not going to replace 2D porn in a hurry. I'd keep an eye on this one though.
3. Smell / Taste - I don't think so. Is there anyone else who finds the concept of smelling / tasting another unknown person (although a celebrity) gross? FYI, flavor and beauty may not be correlated.
4. Personal Video Players - We already have this stuff. What we don't have is a good quality, consumer grade "personal display", i.e. stuff like the Xybernaut (TV screen in your sunglasses). I believe that personal displays will bring about a revolution but porn would have little to do with it.
5. Stain proof clothing / Genetics - WTF?!
Looking at your point 1, 2 and 3 it appears that you're trying to get replace sex completely. That is not the main concept here. I think that the development in porn industry is going to be not technological. It'd more towards the "subject" of the content. Examples:
a. Customized porn: Some sites offer this. It's like you choose the theme, setting, models, dialogues, name of characters and the story. They act this out for you. Right now it's quite expensive and is only offered by sites that has really weird content (fetish / bondage). I guess this will pick up.
b. Similar to a, but more "community" oriented. Maybe some sort of an moderation style system where the best user-submitted story gets acted out. Or, photo shoot for models / themes with top votes from users. Scoop / Slashcode anyone?
c. Porn for couples: Eventually people get laid. Till date, porn is mostly a guy thing. Now what happens when you feel like watching porn with your S/O? You're not going to watch "4 on 1 DD sluts" with your girlfriend, right? It think the next trend is going to be porn for couples.
d. End of stereotyped porn as we know it. Girls won't keep their high heels on, all acts won't have oral sex, guys won't look like zombies grown in vats, and the movie won't end with money shots. There's too much content in this theme and nobody would be willing to pay for this anymore.
Movies are shot in films for real reasons. Look here for details. Scroll down to "Recommendations" for the explanation. If you have time, read the entire article... pretty interesting.
This is the last place to look at when you've got a situation at hand - and it comes up as the first link when you google for "morning after pill". Shouldn't these guys be charged for seriously misleading people?
BTW, this site has all the correct information about this topic. In case you didn't know, Emmergency Contraception (EC) is a method of birth control when something bad happens, like your rubber breaking.
Who the hell realy cares? I'm not a subscriber and when I say this trash it had zero comments. Please crosspost this to plastic.com.
...have a look at their specs page. This thing weighs 910 gms, and is quite large. In fact, it is larger / heavier then laptops like Fujitsu, Sony or JVC models discussed previously.
I wonder why these guys didn't consider the form factor. Sounds like a good alternative to input a lot of data on the go.
It doesn't look pretty either. Imagine carrying this around in a business meeting...