I think the interesting thing about the slashdot mod system is that it is very democratic, and hence also shows symptoms of "tyranny of the majority." (Though I may be misusing this term.)
It's not quite right though, as we see. I think the reason the problem is so bad is that people with certain views express opinions, which get modded up. When one gets modded up often, they have good karma, which means more mod points. Then, these people mod up other comments with views similar to their own, and the cycle continues... possibly a fairer system of distributing mod points would cure the problem, but who knows?
If you really like being able to record stuff much the same way tape recorders work, you may want to consider getting a minidisc recorder.
Disclaimer: I know many people complain about ATRAC3, but it's not like it's any better than a portable casette recorder. I find it interesting how many will decry ATRAC3, and how many will make offhand offensive comments about "audiofiles" on the same forum... I can only hope these aren't the same people.
Sigh, I just wrote a long message and then closed the browser tab... here goes again.
First, nice program, it looks huge and very fast. I like to play with CA too, but in java (quite a difference.) I came up with a variation on Conway's which doesn't tend to die of "heat death" as I call it, but it also tends to be a little too chaotic to develop anything real as well.
Here is a link to the Java sim I wrote... My documentation sucks, but if you click on the "Fill" button until it reads "Life2", then click on "Rand" to randomize the states of the cells, and click "Pause" you will see the setup I described above. Clearing the states with "Clear" sets you up to try different setups. For instance the simulation labeled "Rand4" is my try and biological growth.
Anyway, try it out and tell me what you think, except about my UI design...:-D the board is quite a bit smaller than yours, but then again that's Java for you...
Online games have the potential to transform entertainment into a global-community exercise, breaking down borders, cultural and language barriers, and even political prejudices...
Didn't they say that was what the internet was supposed to do?
I agree that that would be nearly impossible to enforce, and that there are always going to be people (probably a fairly high percentage in the porn industry) who will want to hide among the.coms. However, I also feel that opening up a.xxx TLD and doing little or no enforcement would still be a great boon to the internet.
It would at least cut back on the amount of explicit material on the rest of the web, browser filters could take care of.xxx if people don't want it, and I am sure there would be a lot (or at least some) site owners who would voluntarily move to the new TLD.
Not to mention, it would be easier and more convenient to surf porn. Unfortunately, I doubt this will actually happen as such a plan would force people to publicly accept that porn has a legitimate place in society.
If I compress the file, then encrypt the compressed data then finally hide it.
I will try every possible algorithm I know
Ok, so you've found the data from the noise, not an easy task by itself. Then what? Brute force the encryption?
Steganography isn't "security through obscurity," its just obscurity. Which can be useful when not only do you need security, but you don't want people (easily and obviously) knowing you are needing the security. I know the world shouldn't work this way, but sending an encrypted message out in the open screams "I've got a secret," and sometimes even that is enough to get you noticed and in trouble.
That's actually a very interesting point. How would first time shooters ever get into the sport (assuming these kinds were all that were left), without actually buying their own guns? Maybe they'll have special liscenses for ranges to rent out "old style" arms? I bet the liability and hoops for that would be a little much, could this be the end of the sport?
I don't think I actually would describe someone such as yourself "anti-social." Possibly a homebody (much like myself), but otherwise you seem to be a more "social" person that half the people on this damn website.
The importance of being "social" I was trying to stress has more to do with just being nice to people, as opposed to "social connections" and "networking" skills. Getting along with others when one has to is an extreemly important skill, not really related to the amount of social activity done.
I agree with your point whole heartedly, but would like to stress that social skills are essential to a whole lot more than the business environment. I find it somewhat disheartening that so many "geeks" are actually proud of the basement dwelling stereotype they've acquired. We have been social animals for our whole evolution, after all.
Also, the essay is quite good, and short. So, for all of you that haven't, go RTFA for once (disclaimer: I'm notorious for not following my own advice in many aspects.)
I rather like the TinyP2P way of doing things, running small networks connected together by running several simultaneous servers in a directory. I'd possibly like to tinker around with this, but unfortunately I don't know python... do you know of any links to english explanations of what this program is doing?
I bought an older "higher end" MZ-G750 on ebay a couple of years ago, for the purpose of doing some live recording (which I never did.) This model only has analog and optical "real time" recording.
While I have to agree that not being able to get data back off the player and the wait time while recording sucks, I have to say it has been the most reliable thing ever. Once I record a CD to MiniDisc in LP1 format, it's there, and I can't tell the difference from source CD no matter how hard I listen. Also, the player has taken a beating like nothing else - like you said, aluminum (or magnesium or something) case. Also, great battery life, > 30 hours at standard encoding on a AA battery.
Anyway, no real point, just wanted to say something about my experience with MiniDisc. Too bad I missed the HD generation players by a few years when I was shopping around for a portable.
From the article: "An unpleasant sign of how technology can be used today. Some HR person has as much courage as a Taiwanese mobo maker standing up to Intel."
And right there in the page is a GIANT ad for motherboards, and the Intel processors that are put on them. The motherboards are made by Tyan, which has an office (among many other places) in Taiwan.
Is it just me, or did this meme seem to spring up almost overnight, like a week ago? Was it while I was away for Thanksgiving?
Further, what is the deal with it? Unless I am missing something (which I hope I am) this is the dumbest recurring joke I've seen on slashdot, after the trolls I mean. Where'd it come from?
I'm rather suprised nobody has said anything here yet.
Basically you just need to put a resistor in series with the LED and battery, to keep the LED from burning out. LED's are a type of diode, which means that one side of the LED must be connected to negative, and one to positive or the current just won't flow.
To find out the resistor value you need, you can use the formula descibed on this Diyaudio page. It also has some info for using multiple LED's in serial. If you have any more questions just leave a reply - I'm no electrical engineer but the Doll house lights thing isn't too big a deal, particularly considering the amount of enjoyment your daughter will get from such a simple hack!
Oh by the way, your local radio shack (if you have those) sells LED's and resistors individually, the forward voltage referred to on the diyaudio page will be listed on the back of the package.
I thought shred sounded like the coolest thing since sliced bread, so I decided to check out the manpage. It will probably still work for shredding whole partitions, but a word to the wise might be in order for those looking to just shred individual files:
"....CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the filesystem overwrites data in place. This is the traditional way to do things, but many modern filesystem designs do not satisfy this assumption. The following are examples of filesystems on which shred is not effective:
*log-structured or journaled filesystem, such as those supplied with AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, Ext3, etc.)...."
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I think the interesting thing about the slashdot mod system is that it is very democratic, and hence also shows symptoms of "tyranny of the majority." (Though I may be misusing this term.)
It's not quite right though, as we see. I think the reason the problem is so bad is that people with certain views express opinions, which get modded up. When one gets modded up often, they have good karma, which means more mod points. Then, these people mod up other comments with views similar to their own, and the cycle continues... possibly a fairer system of distributing mod points would cure the problem, but who knows?
If you really like being able to record stuff much the same way tape recorders work, you may want to consider getting a minidisc recorder.
Disclaimer: I know many people complain about ATRAC3, but it's not like it's any better than a portable casette recorder. I find it interesting how many will decry ATRAC3, and how many will make offhand offensive comments about "audiofiles" on the same forum... I can only hope these aren't the same people.
Sigh, I just wrote a long message and then closed the browser tab... here goes again.
:-D the board is quite a bit smaller than yours, but then again that's Java for you...
First, nice program, it looks huge and very fast. I like to play with CA too, but in java (quite a difference.) I came up with a variation on Conway's which doesn't tend to die of "heat death" as I call it, but it also tends to be a little too chaotic to develop anything real as well.
Here is a link to the Java sim I wrote... My documentation sucks, but if you click on the "Fill" button until it reads "Life2", then click on "Rand" to randomize the states of the cells, and click "Pause" you will see the setup I described above. Clearing the states with "Clear" sets you up to try different setups. For instance the simulation labeled "Rand4" is my try and biological growth.
Anyway, try it out and tell me what you think, except about my UI design...
Online games have the potential to transform entertainment into a global-community exercise, breaking down borders, cultural and language barriers, and even political prejudices...
Didn't they say that was what the internet was supposed to do?
So long as knit picking is where it's at... I think you meant muzzle loader.
Hmmm, not exaclty sure if this is what you mean by "volumetric spirit flow rate," but just so you know alcohol is metabolized in a linear fashion.
I agree that that would be nearly impossible to enforce, and that there are always going to be people (probably a fairly high percentage in the porn industry) who will want to hide among the .coms. However, I also feel that opening up a .xxx TLD and doing little or no enforcement would still be a great boon to the internet.
.xxx if people don't want it, and I am sure there would be a lot (or at least some) site owners who would voluntarily move to the new TLD.
It would at least cut back on the amount of explicit material on the rest of the web, browser filters could take care of
Not to mention, it would be easier and more convenient to surf porn. Unfortunately, I doubt this will actually happen as such a plan would force people to publicly accept that porn has a legitimate place in society.
No need to demolish perfectly useful equipment for small parts (3.5mm stereo jack) any more my friend...
Just buy a few from Digi-Key and be set for life!
Stay in the city ... for your own safety stay away from urban areas.
... aaannd I'm confused.
If I compress the file, then encrypt the compressed data then finally hide it.
I will try every possible algorithm I know
Ok, so you've found the data from the noise, not an easy task by itself. Then what? Brute force the encryption?
Steganography isn't "security through obscurity," its just obscurity. Which can be useful when not only do you need security, but you don't want people (easily and obviously) knowing you are needing the security. I know the world shouldn't work this way, but sending an encrypted message out in the open screams "I've got a secret," and sometimes even that is enough to get you noticed and in trouble.
Maybe the same motives applied for inventing this toaster...
I don't really have anything to say, I just thought you might like a reply that wasn't troll or flamebait.
That's actually a very interesting point. How would first time shooters ever get into the sport (assuming these kinds were all that were left), without actually buying their own guns? Maybe they'll have special liscenses for ranges to rent out "old style" arms? I bet the liability and hoops for that would be a little much, could this be the end of the sport?
I don't think I actually would describe someone such as yourself "anti-social." Possibly a homebody (much like myself), but otherwise you seem to be a more "social" person that half the people on this damn website.
The importance of being "social" I was trying to stress has more to do with just being nice to people, as opposed to "social connections" and "networking" skills. Getting along with others when one has to is an extreemly important skill, not really related to the amount of social activity done.
I agree with your point whole heartedly, but would like to stress that social skills are essential to a whole lot more than the business environment. I find it somewhat disheartening that so many "geeks" are actually proud of the basement dwelling stereotype they've acquired. We have been social animals for our whole evolution, after all.
Also, the essay is quite good, and short. So, for all of you that haven't, go RTFA for once (disclaimer: I'm notorious for not following my own advice in many aspects.)
I do know how to knit. NOW who's the stupid one?!?
:-D
It is a shame that our "corrections system" is more about vengeance and politics, isn't it?
Here's a nice article: http://www.reason.com/sullum/042304.shtml entitled "Pill Sham - A man seeking pain relief gets 25 years for drug trafficking."
So could one "practice" as much as they want on a car, or even repaint my car as often as I non-permanently dye my hair?
The little bit of info I found on these paints says they're permament, hmmm. Where do you get yours?
I rather like the TinyP2P way of doing things, running small networks connected together by running several simultaneous servers in a directory. I'd possibly like to tinker around with this, but unfortunately I don't know python... do you know of any links to english explanations of what this program is doing?
;-)
Or.... maybe I should just learn Python
I bought an older "higher end" MZ-G750 on ebay a couple of years ago, for the purpose of doing some live recording (which I never did.) This model only has analog and optical "real time" recording.
While I have to agree that not being able to get data back off the player and the wait time while recording sucks, I have to say it has been the most reliable thing ever. Once I record a CD to MiniDisc in LP1 format, it's there, and I can't tell the difference from source CD no matter how hard I listen. Also, the player has taken a beating like nothing else - like you said, aluminum (or magnesium or something) case. Also, great battery life, > 30 hours at standard encoding on a AA battery.
Anyway, no real point, just wanted to say something about my experience with MiniDisc. Too bad I missed the HD generation players by a few years when I was shopping around for a portable.
Quote not from the "article," but from page linked to by parent post.
From the article: "An unpleasant sign of how technology can be used today. Some HR person has as much courage as a Taiwanese mobo maker standing up to Intel."
And right there in the page is a GIANT ad for motherboards, and the Intel processors that are put on them. The motherboards are made by Tyan, which has an office (among many other places) in Taiwan.
Is that irony? I can never remember.
Is it just me, or did this meme seem to spring up almost overnight, like a week ago? Was it while I was away for Thanksgiving?
Further, what is the deal with it? Unless I am missing something (which I hope I am) this is the dumbest recurring joke I've seen on slashdot, after the trolls I mean. Where'd it come from?
I'm rather suprised nobody has said anything here yet.
Basically you just need to put a resistor in series with the LED and battery, to keep the LED from burning out. LED's are a type of diode, which means that one side of the LED must be connected to negative, and one to positive or the current just won't flow.
To find out the resistor value you need, you can use the formula descibed on this Diyaudio page. It also has some info for using multiple LED's in serial. If you have any more questions just leave a reply - I'm no electrical engineer but the Doll house lights thing isn't too big a deal, particularly considering the amount of enjoyment your daughter will get from such a simple hack!
Oh by the way, your local radio shack (if you have those) sells LED's and resistors individually, the forward voltage referred to on the diyaudio page will be listed on the back of the package.
I thought shred sounded like the coolest thing since sliced bread, so I decided to check out the manpage. It will probably still work for shredding whole partitions, but a word to the wise might be in order for those looking to just shred individual files:
...."
"....CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the filesystem overwrites data in place. This is the traditional way to do things, but many modern filesystem designs do not satisfy this assumption. The following are examples of filesystems on which shred is not effective:
*log-structured or journaled filesystem, such as those supplied with AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, Ext3, etc.)