And maybe a sticker [easy to remove so i dont get a bollocking] saying something like "And THIS is what you put at the heart of your company's network?"
I dont have much call to go to Wimbledon though...
If they put Scumware onto my system, then they lose any and all potential respect. I'm using Audiogalaxy as my example here, which is a shame because its actually a damn good program. I specifically went carefully through each and every page of the installation procedure to avoid spyware. I then had to manually remove a very stubborn app called "whagent", a.k.a WebHancer Customer Companion. I thought I was clean until the above story appeared on/., although it's not a new subject.
As it is, I'd be happy to pay a reasonable fee for AG without spyware, since it is a very useful and easy program. I don't mind supplying a little non-personal info such as basic system specs, rough location (UK), maybe some simple program logs for development purposes and the like. I'm happy to reveal info to assist the development of better products that people are happy to pay for, but what sorta whacked-out crackhead-run company makes money like that?;-)
If china wanted to attack the USA [or anywhere else] then they'd send out some email viruses. There's more than enough dumbasses on the net that would open it up and unwittingly launch the attacks on China's behalf. Carnivore could be used to filter them, if they [guvverment] tried.
OTOH, direct packet attacks are a different kettle of fish. The only glimmer of hope is that the NSA [or other three-letter-agency] had Cisco equipment riddled with backdoors, just like MS Software. Hell, well all know they've done worse...
What with all the frivolous naming lawsuits flying around, d'you reckon we'll see a bit of lawsuit menage a trois with the likes of Apple and Nintendo?
Those whose wealth is far in excess of their common sense. Like the.com guy who just went into space for £15million ($?).
If he had any common sense he would play it like the graphics chip market; wait until they start going to the moon and get his Earth Orbit Superdeal at a fifth of the price it was 6 months previous.
A prime cut: "The non-adaware-killing RadLight was compiled 5 seconds after the adaware-killing
version.
Uhhh... One simple program or one shit-hot computer he's got there. If only I had [less than] 5 second compiles at college, I'd never have had time to fill the server with all that pr0n. He's been fiddling with the system clock or spent a few minutes in UltraEdit. Expecting me to believe otherwise is an insult.
...about yet another source of radiation hanging around my balls. Presumably the radiation output varies with bandwidth usage, and I dont want some leech roasting my love spuds. That's one Denial Of Service we can all do without.
My old dodgy Nokia 3210 is quite enough, thankyouverymuch.
AFAIK, some/all are programmed to print SPECIMEN or whatever over banknotes, since high-end laser copiers process the image digitally.
As many toys have shown us, whatever is programmed in can usually be programmed out. Although it would likeley not be fisher-price simple... Swearing furbys = bad. Counterfeiting = very very bad. As in copyright violation bad.
Computers versus Pissed Up Me (TM)?... No contest. Kingston Uni is a few miles from me, and I've walked it before, while somewhat drunk. The Uni is on the way to Surbiton train station too, which is my usual post-pissup stagger route.
A pint or 2 in the case, a bottle to the UPS, innocence restored.
Ok serious bit...
The cameras around Kingston don't bother me. I hardly notice them to be honest. KUT [... Upon Thames] is pretty safe compared to most places, so I guess if they tune it up around there, it'll go fucking mental when it's switched on around [insert dodgy london bourough here].
Another interesting thing is that a computer, assuming it's responsibly programmed, cannot be racist. The bahaviour/skin colour stats should be interesting.
Well, I have a Sleep/Downtime replacement called "Coffee". It's relatively portable, lasts ages in it's pre-prepared form (may even be consumed in this form at a pinch), and only 5 minutes preparation time can replace up to 12 hours of Sleep. (Alternatives available)
Besides, as soon as I clocked the title I was worried. No more rebooting doesn't make much odds to *nix users. but while the average Joe Luser may not contribute jack shit to the Open Source community, money is money. Ask an average user (Box from high street chain, OEM windows install, clueless) "What ticks you off about Windows?" and none will say "The built in privacy violations. None will say "The bloated binaries." (hey, this thing is slow, better spunk away another grand on another one!) None will say "The attrocious security blunders". None will say "Contributing to a competitor-strangling monopoly."
It's crashes. Every time I've asked, anyway. Crashes are what tick off the ordinary Joe Luser. Losing work, watching scandisk (To quote Jack Dee, a mainstream comedian: "I didn't shutdown from the start menu because you crashed!), ruining marriage. Well maybe not the last one. But in a world without rebooting, how the hell are we going to sell *nix to the tech-clueless Windoze crowd? Face it, even "Free" software needs capital.
Yeah I hog bandwidth, all 512Kbit for a few hours most days, but not warez, and only a little MP3/pr0n. It's almost exclusiveley (legal) ISO's, just go here and look at the list on the left. I'm not gonna do what I did a year ago; try a few distros (inc BeOS:), think "Nah, this is too much to learn, I'll never master it", and go back to limping along in Windows. And smoking pot.
Ah, oh yeah, bandwidth charges... Well, 11Gb so far this month. NTL are £11billion in debt so I'm getting what I can, while I can, before a bandwidth cap/excess charge rears it's ugly head.
Yeah, activities like this are what might cause this, but considering that £11bn works out around £3500 per customer then there must have been some serious boardroom balls-ups somewhere along the line. Anyway, I'll be done soon, I promise:-)
On the other hand, NTL have 3 different speeds available in my area:
128kbit = £14.99/month
512kbit = £24.99 (what I use, does an ISO in just under 3 hours)
1Mbit = £49.99 *drools*
It's a 12-month minimum contract, which is fair enough. One cool thing is that I can still change the speed to meet my requirements, although when it comes to ease of use, it's a fine line between getting what I want from NTL customer service and doing a goatse.
So I think it's fair to pay for the bandwidth you use as long as those that don't use it get an equivalent discount in the other direction. You can't have it both ways.
I see it working out that 128kbit makes it reasonable for people to switch from dialup services, especially if they have a dedicated phone line for it. Granted, with patience you can do an ISO, but most people on this service simply will not bother with that sorta stuff. Even if they did, the load would be spread to off-peak times so that it does not slow down peak times significantly, which would cause NTL to have to invest in a fatter backbone connection. I see these users as partly subsidising the 512Kbit/1Mb users.
The occasional ISO taster such as me will strain it at times, but not too often. AFAIK my upstream is only 256Kbit, so that rules out any serious servers, not that I'd run any myself. As for MP3's, I'm a copyright theif, not a musical charity.:P
The 1MB service is overkill for most residential users. It appeals to businesses, meaning that it will be busier during the day rather than in the evening. That definiteley helps to smooth out bandwidth usage.
The bandwidth usage of customers on a certain package will tend to be decided by what activities are practical at that speed.
Thou shalt not fuXx0r with thy system's core components unless flanked by thy trusty backup.
I'm sure you know that now though, but for the benefit of the younger, less patient readers... You can never trust anything to do a good job of something as extreme as that without risk. It most likeley said "ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR DATA" in the EULA at least...
Compressed genomes? Lossless I hope. I'd hate to see the compression "artifacts"...
I'm no expert, but wouldn't it need a fat wedge of CPU cycles to [de]compress that data?
That said, my 386SX 16Mhz (R.I.P) had a compressed disk, but even that was only about 2x the actual space, max.
Theres no doubt about who they're marketing this to though. And these companies are filing patents on every genome they find, often without even knowing what they do! Not that it makes any difference whether they know or not, I DON'T WANT A PATENT ON MY/dev/body/*!! Thankyouverymuch.
The site is at least pleasant to use. However, owing to a 10gb of BSD/Linux ISO's (all less than 1 week old) I've yet to try this distro. O blessed be the bandwidth!
Ali
Just gotta add this choice quote...
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From the specs:
Video Resolution/Built-in LCD Display
800 x 600 in landscape mode
600 x 800 in portrait mode
I hear that certain states have passed laws to allow the medicinal prescription of cannabis... Can/will it skin up? wash bongs? perhaps feature a coin-op machine for the essentials? (papers, baccy, lighters, etc.)
("Baritone voice")
Hey Ned, what'll^H^H^H will it be tonight?
Got any Purple Haze? Have I fuck, you are third from the end of my shift.
White widow? Are you deaf? Stop pissing me around!... Sorry, I get a little cranky on a low battery.
Super Afghan? I aint sold an ounce of that shit since September, so I chucked it last week.
Bugger. You want some resin?
OK gimme a Henry. *clunk, whirr, hiss, click.*
Ta. Can you save me a bit of decent shit tomorrow night? You know the rules!
I'll sort you out a can of WD40. Fsck you. What sorta box do you think I am?
Resin's all you've got, aint it? Affirmative.
*Emptys bong into vent slot* Error. Core dumped. Please alert hospital cleaning staff.
As already mentioned here, amongst the no-brainer Simpsons quotes, this would get old. Quickly. With kids, this would get old. Still quickly. Despite it being cool from a technical/elbow grease point of view, I'm just not stimulated. It dosnt make me jealous. And it wouldnt be worth the hassle with the missus.
For me, it has to be *fanfare* the DIY Wall Of Death(tm)... Bring it on!
Timber: Like I can be fucked to bang out a quote? Well, call it a grand (British Pound Ster£ing!) with my staff discount. Bike: Call it £300. Safety Gear: Are you taking the piss? (Note to kids: Not big, not clever. Heh.) Planning Permission: Free, upon acceptance of application. [AFAIK] Bribes for Planning Permission: Around here you'd be looking at about 10 grand for something like that. "Around here" is in my info. Kids: Priceless!
Hey that's a point, my loins are currently fruitless... Can I borrow your kids? No? Ok then.
Ali
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A local computer shop gave me a spare backplane for all the ports when I came in looking for one. Sweet!
That is the mark of a cool local computer store, just the type I like.:) I don't use CEX or Maplin unless I've got no choice.
And one other thing... Is that a bottle of hand cream by his monitor? Heh.
Speaking from experience, if one or both routers are unable to handle 100% of your bandwidth, its best to alternate, therefore sharing the load, and leaving both properly saturated, swapping when you recieve an ICMP Source Quench Error.
If you can get full bandwidth into one, constantly, then the other can be taken offline for servicing (cleaning out, diagnostics, supervised self-test, etc...).
If you've broadcast all your data, you can just lie back and watch them synchronise. Most satisfying.:)
Ali
Slashdot Mirror
Prick at work, will be beaten brutally.
effpee ppl
And maybe a sticker [easy to remove so i dont get a bollocking] saying something like "And THIS is what you put at the heart of your company's network?"
I dont have much call to go to Wimbledon though...
If they put Scumware onto my system, then they lose any and all potential respect. I'm using Audiogalaxy as my example here, which is a shame because its actually a damn good program. I specifically went carefully through each and every page of the installation procedure to avoid spyware. I then had to manually remove a very stubborn app called "whagent", a.k.a WebHancer Customer Companion. I thought I was clean until the above story appeared on
As it is, I'd be happy to pay a reasonable fee for AG without spyware, since it is a very useful and easy program. I don't mind supplying a little non-personal info such as basic system specs, rough location (UK), maybe some simple program logs for development purposes and the like. I'm happy to reveal info to assist the development of better products that people are happy to pay for, but what sorta whacked-out crackhead-run company makes money like that? ;-)
Ali
If china wanted to attack the USA [or anywhere else] then they'd send out some email viruses. There's more than enough dumbasses on the net that would open it up and unwittingly launch the attacks on China's behalf. Carnivore could be used to filter them, if they [guvverment] tried.
OTOH, direct packet attacks are a different kettle of fish. The only glimmer of hope is that the NSA [or other three-letter-agency] had Cisco equipment riddled with backdoors, just like MS Software. Hell, well all know they've done worse...
Ali
Then take a few days sick leave for the chipped teeth and bleeding gums ;-)
Ali
Just a thought.
If he had any common sense he would play it like the graphics chip market; wait until they start going to the moon and get his Earth Orbit Superdeal at a fifth of the price it was 6 months previous.
Ali
You don't have permission to access
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Apache/1.3.19 Server at www.radlight.net Port 80
My comment: Heh.
Ali
Big Steaming Pile Of Bull Shit
A prime cut: "The non-adaware-killing RadLight was compiled 5 seconds after the adaware-killing version.
Uhhh... One simple program or one shit-hot computer he's got there. If only I had [less than] 5 second compiles at college, I'd never have had time to fill the server with all that pr0n. He's been fiddling with the system clock or spent a few minutes in UltraEdit. Expecting me to believe otherwise is an insult.
...about yet another source of radiation hanging around my balls. Presumably the radiation output varies with bandwidth usage, and I dont want some leech roasting my love spuds. That's one Denial Of Service we can all do without.
My old dodgy Nokia 3210 is quite enough, thankyouverymuch.
Ali
AFAIK, some/all are programmed to print SPECIMEN or whatever over banknotes, since high-end laser copiers process the image digitally.
As many toys have shown us, whatever is programmed in can usually be programmed out. Although it would likeley not be fisher-price simple... Swearing furbys = bad. Counterfeiting = very very bad. As in copyright violation bad.
Ali
A pint or 2 in the case, a bottle to the UPS, innocence restored.
Ok serious bit...
The cameras around Kingston don't bother me. I hardly notice them to be honest. KUT [... Upon Thames] is pretty safe compared to most places, so I guess if they tune it up around there, it'll go fucking mental when it's switched on around [insert dodgy london bourough here].
Another interesting thing is that a computer, assuming it's responsibly programmed, cannot be racist. The bahaviour/skin colour stats should be interesting.
Ali
Well, I have a Sleep/Downtime replacement called "Coffee". It's relatively portable, lasts ages in it's pre-prepared form (may even be consumed in this form at a pinch), and only 5 minutes preparation time can replace up to 12 hours of Sleep. (Alternatives available)
Besides, as soon as I clocked the title I was worried. No more rebooting doesn't make much odds to *nix users. but while the average Joe Luser may not contribute jack shit to the Open Source community, money is money. Ask an average user (Box from high street chain, OEM windows install, clueless) "What ticks you off about Windows?" and none will say "The built in privacy violations. None will say "The bloated binaries." (hey, this thing is slow, better spunk away another grand on another one!) None will say "The attrocious security blunders". None will say "Contributing to a competitor-strangling monopoly."
It's crashes. Every time I've asked, anyway. Crashes are what tick off the ordinary Joe Luser. Losing work, watching scandisk (To quote Jack Dee, a mainstream comedian: "I didn't shutdown from the start menu because you crashed!), ruining marriage. Well maybe not the last one. But in a world without rebooting, how the hell are we going to sell *nix to the tech-clueless Windoze crowd? Face it, even "Free" software needs capital.
Ali
Yeah I hog bandwidth, all 512Kbit for a few hours most days, but not warez, and only a little MP3/pr0n. It's almost exclusiveley (legal) ISO's, just go here and look at the list on the left. I'm not gonna do what I did a year ago; try a few distros (inc BeOS
Ah, oh yeah, bandwidth charges... Well, 11Gb so far this month. NTL are £11billion in debt so I'm getting what I can, while I can, before a bandwidth cap/excess charge rears it's ugly head.
Yeah, activities like this are what might cause this, but considering that £11bn works out around £3500 per customer then there must have been some serious boardroom balls-ups somewhere along the line. Anyway, I'll be done soon, I promise :-)
On the other hand, NTL have 3 different speeds available in my area:
128kbit = £14.99/month
512kbit = £24.99 (what I use, does an ISO in just under 3 hours)
1Mbit = £49.99 *drools*
It's a 12-month minimum contract, which is fair enough. One cool thing is that I can still change the speed to meet my requirements, although when it comes to ease of use, it's a fine line between getting what I want from NTL customer service and doing a goatse.
So I think it's fair to pay for the bandwidth you use as long as those that don't use it get an equivalent discount in the other direction. You can't have it both ways.
I see it working out that 128kbit makes it reasonable for people to switch from dialup services, especially if they have a dedicated phone line for it. Granted, with patience you can do an ISO, but most people on this service simply will not bother with that sorta stuff. Even if they did, the load would be spread to off-peak times so that it does not slow down peak times significantly, which would cause NTL to have to invest in a fatter backbone connection. I see these users as partly subsidising the 512Kbit/1Mb users.
The occasional ISO taster such as me will strain it at times, but not too often. AFAIK my upstream is only 256Kbit, so that rules out any serious servers, not that I'd run any myself. As for MP3's, I'm a copyright theif, not a musical charity. :P
The 1MB service is overkill for most residential users. It appeals to businesses, meaning that it will be busier during the day rather than in the evening. That definiteley helps to smooth out bandwidth usage.
The bandwidth usage of customers on a certain package will tend to be decided by what activities are practical at that speed.
Ali
Thou shalt not fuXx0r with thy system's core components unless flanked by thy trusty backup.
I'm sure you know that now though, but for the benefit of the younger, less patient readers... You can never trust anything to do a good job of something as extreme as that without risk. It most likeley said "ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR DATA" in the EULA at least...
You do read your EULAs, right? ;-)
Ali
Compressed genomes? Lossless I hope. I'd hate to see the compression "artifacts"...
I'm no expert, but wouldn't it need a fat wedge of CPU cycles to [de]compress that data?
That said, my 386SX 16Mhz (R.I.P) had a compressed disk, but even that was only about 2x the actual space, max.
Theres no doubt about who they're marketing this to though. And these companies are filing patents on every genome they find, often without even knowing what they do! Not that it makes any difference whether they know or not, I DON'T WANT A PATENT ON MY /dev/body/*!! Thankyouverymuch.
Ali
The site is at least pleasant to use. However, owing to a 10gb of BSD/Linux ISO's (all less than 1 week old) I've yet to try this distro. O blessed be the bandwidth!
Ali
Video Resolution/Built-in LCD Display
800 x 600 in landscape mode
600 x 800 in portrait mode
Duh.
("Baritone voice") Hey Ned, what'll^H^H^H will it be tonight?
Got any Purple Haze?
Have I fuck, you are third from the end of my shift.
White widow?
Are you deaf? Stop pissing me around!... Sorry, I get a little cranky on a low battery.
Super Afghan?
I aint sold an ounce of that shit since September, so I chucked it last week.
Bugger.
You want some resin?
OK gimme a Henry.
*clunk, whirr, hiss, click.*
Ta. Can you save me a bit of decent shit tomorrow night?
You know the rules!
I'll sort you out a can of WD40.
Fsck you. What sorta box do you think I am?
Resin's all you've got, aint it?
Affirmative.
*Emptys bong into vent slot*
Error. Core dumped. Please alert hospital cleaning staff.
As already mentioned here, amongst the no-brainer Simpsons quotes, this would get old. Quickly. With kids, this would get old. Still quickly. Despite it being cool from a technical/elbow grease point of view, I'm just not stimulated. It dosnt make me jealous. And it wouldnt be worth the hassle with the missus.
For me, it has to be *fanfare* the DIY Wall Of Death(tm)... Bring it on!
Timber: Like I can be fucked to bang out a quote? Well, call it a grand (British Pound Ster£ing!) with my staff discount.
Bike: Call it £300.
Safety Gear: Are you taking the piss? (Note to kids: Not big, not clever. Heh.)
Planning Permission: Free, upon acceptance of application. [AFAIK]
Bribes for Planning Permission: Around here you'd be looking at about 10 grand for something like that. "Around here" is in my info.
Kids: Priceless!
Hey that's a point, my loins are currently fruitless... Can I borrow your kids? No? Ok then.
Ali
That is the mark of a cool local computer store, just the type I like. :) I don't use CEX or Maplin unless I've got no choice.
And one other thing... Is that a bottle of hand cream by his monitor? Heh.
Ali
If you can get full bandwidth into one, constantly, then the other can be taken offline for servicing (cleaning out, diagnostics, supervised self-test, etc...).
If you've broadcast all your data, you can just lie back and watch them synchronise. Most satisfying. :)
Ali