I have one question....all that money spent trying to fix the Y2K bug...shouldn't some of it had gone to solar flaring ( or CME ) protecting our information infastucture. The internet/technology was NOWHERE near as widespread as it was during the last solar maximum ( 11 years ago....back in 1989, when the WWW wasn't even a thought at CERN and Mosiac years away for NCSA ). How come nobody ever did anything before? Because like the Y2K bug we haven't thought about it until it's too late. I just hope it's not too bad....of course it might explain why none of Slashdot's images are working;)
Re: Beatniks, Capt. Kirk, and DeCSS
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> I did have one theroy though...don't know if it was brought up before...what if someone posted > a wav file ( because mp3 would be too "underground" ) of them reading the DeCSS > ( as in the DVD program ) source code?
Hahahaha, I had this mental image of a beatnik reciting the DeCSS code as free verse in a smoke-filled, candle-lit coffeehouse as someone plays bongos in the background. Hahahaha.
*LMFAO* Very nice, i actually like that.....as long as William Shatner doesn't mention anything about Priceline dot com at the end of the code;)
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I never said it would be enjoyable or practical...just intresting *LOL* The other alternative was to use a text-to-speech converter:)
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It's actually been at FreshMeat for a good part of the day, it's announcement is here But i just wanted to thank the Cmdr for finally posting the damn thing ( i had only submitted it three times today ) the nice spiel is too damn funny for anyone to pass on:)
( Warning, mildly offtopic thought follows)
I did have one theroy though...don't know if it was brought up before...what if someone posted a wav file ( because mp3 would be to "underground" ) of them reading the DeCSS ( as in the DVD program ) source code?
Sgt Pepper Lame Sig Shamelessly Ripped from Fortune:
I don't think they were licensed per say....specially not DR-DOS, the only thing that/really/ bugged me was DOS's unability to multitask....tho Desqview was quite intresting in that regard:) anyone remember DesQview? I think that was the name... Anyway, I too have fond memories of learning computing on DOS 3.3 and boy...dos 6.2 was cool too....but i've seen the light, and it's a penquin holding a flashlight down the dark tunnel...and i ain't never going back:)
Why couldn't someone port this, or Bleem to the x-box...or hell to the dreamcast ( which uses a WindowsCE developement environment ) and actually make a Playstation emulator for another console...how would that change things? is it even possible, could a regular CD hold the emulator and the game? Just a crazy off the cuff thought...
Naw, they had the 32XE, 64XE, and the 130XE, i had the old 32XE and recently found an 130XE at salvation army, i love it:)
Now Totally Off Topic and MY LAST POST, Bedtime
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And it's "tangent". But it's cool.
GODDAMINT, that's what i typed the first time:) ah well, memories.....those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, yes those were the days...
On to the quiet darkness of slumber, to dream of yesteryear and all the promises it held.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeet Let's see, back in the 80s all i had was an old Atari 32XE that hooked up to my TV, i'd sit there for hours and program in Atari basic and since i had no media i'd lose it the second i turned it off, those were the days. When 2400 baud was BLAZINGLY fast, back when baud and bps really WERE interchangeable. Okay sorry....it's waaaaaaaay to late for me to be posting at slashdot....talk about a tagient(sp?)
The 80s started...20 years ago....just look back at it...20 years ago..wow, long time, but so short in the cosmic scheme of things, and look, just look how times have changed, now personally i don't remember the 80s all that much ( i'm 21 in case you're wondering, i remember more of the 90s then i do the 80s ), but my god does time move fast. Sorry, i just thought this might be a good time to point out how fast time moves and do go catch the moment while you can, i think i'm going to go call my girlfriend and tell her i love her now.
ObOnTopic Comment: The one thing I/do/ remember very well that is on the stamps, is those goddamn cabbagepatch dolls, i was in love with 'em, drove my mother nuts, she actually ended up sewing one together for me ( she's actually pretty good ), but jeez, talk about the more things change the more they stay the same.....Pokemon, Cabbage Patch Dolls.....deja vu anyone?
Console games are NOT meant to be run on off the shelf parts, this thing/will/ flop. When you're playing games on your TV you want a dedicated graphics rendering engine and you just plain want speed and perty pictures. Now, with that out of the way let me say that the line/is/ starting to blur, but i don't know....the "X-Box" sounds an awfully lot like what it's name implies....a pipe dream.
But that's just my opinion;)
I love this book, it's made me who i am today..sad
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I know it's kinda sad really, but i've been waiting for the new version of the jargon file for quite a while now. This book helped me get from the larva stage to...well wherever the hell i am now, it sure helped things make more sense. I actually own the book, and it always teaches, and always always always makes me laugh, a great read, and the appendices are a hoot! GO READ IT NOW! It's like an illumination, after reading it, it all makes sense.
PS: Also, this is the book where i first heard about GEB:EGB and Illuminatus! Two of the best (IMHO) books ever written, if you haven't read them, READ THEM NOW!
This is true, I've always had some ideas for a homebrew car MP3 player, has a bonus my friend actually has the LCD displays from some digital phones, and i always thought those would work quite nicely. hmmmm...i think i'm going to go check out that site right now...thanks:)
Seriously though, it's an intresting concept but in my opinon the 'net is just/way/ to organic to every fit into "continets", what about sites that span them? I can think of some CorpGodNets...or UnderTechNets
<i> But I feel even better now that Slashdot is hiring some professional editors</i>
since when? did anyone else hear the announcement? is this another example of VAndover's "non-influence" and most importantly what's going to happen to Rob and co then? I thought/they/ were the editors.....just curious.
I must admit, it/does/ sound good, VA seems to care, and Andover has already pretty much proven that they have a hands off approach. I really don't think we have much to worry about, besides, if we don't like what we see here we can also go to another site right? right.
Mr. Kuniavsky brings up some/very/ valid points, but one thing he does fail to realize is one of the main reasons OSS groups copy popular commercial interfaces is because that is exactly what they are..../popular/, why do your own research when the multi-billion dollar company has already done it for you? Not to mention this one part irked me:
can't just rely on newsgroups and email as a way of finding out what users want. Most end-users who run into problems will never provide that kind of feedback, and those who do will be a self-selecting group of loudmouth power users.
that/might/ have been true a couple of years ago, but email is now so wildly popular that i'm sure even normal users would respond via email. I mean why not? If it's something that someone wants but they can't do it, email the programmer and say, "Hey I have this great idea". I'm sure we'd/all/ love feedback like that. The reason why this loop isn't there yet is because the installed base of normal users is still quite low, and/that/ is something that still needs to be addressed. Which brings me to my second part, what we really need in the OSS community is a simple, intiuitive STANDARD GUI installment process, we all know that most installs on WinXX look the same and operate the same (ie "D:\setup", etc, etc ). Ones it's easy to install and configure from the GUI goodbye command line, it would need some kind of auto compiling/making routines, but really, how hard would it be to do? Hmmm...maybe that'll be my next project...unless it's already out there, and if it is SOMEONE/please/ point it out to me. In my mind that's what's/really/ missing.
Anyone have any issues getting this to run with a sound blaster live? I keep getting "Can Not Open Audio", but everything else seems to work with the beta drivers from Creative ( yes i/did/ install them ) And it seems to play CDs just fine, but i can't get MP3s to work...simple issue of two totally different methods maybe? ( That's my uninformed guess, that the MP3 has to go though some sort of decoding and that the CDs kind of get decoded through the CDROM and just get piped straight out of the card, but what do i know? ) Ah well, anyone running Linux with an SBLive that has gotten this to work?
First let me say, you earned alot of respect by replying. Secondly, good point, very good point, then how about blocking IPs? But that won't work either, dynamic ip pretty much kills that, and blocking a sub-net would piss to many people off. So then you're left with....nothing i suppose. Oh well.....finally, my question. Why did you do it in the first place?
Has anyone noticed the decline of general manners on the net? I'm not talking about Flames, et al. I'm talking about simple disregard for other people in general. Now, the net was never a clean place, but at least, in general, it was/mature/. And then i see this, someone with waaaay to much time on their hands. Who is, i pray that they are, a prepubesent script kiddie with NOTHING but time on their hands. I use to go on the net to get a mature, intellectual point of view ( I myself am only 20 ), and specifically to slashdot, i lurk here and there, ocassionally posting a relevant tid-bit of information. And then i come here, I'm working on a Saturday for chrissakes, so my day is already shot, and then i have to deal with pages of "Q"s, with a subject of "faqs"? I hope that that person isn't over 14, because if he/she/it is, then we in for some serious trouble. People might say i'm taking this a little too...seriously, but this IS where it starts. Do away with Anonymous Coward for non-registered people please. At least thing the Ops could trace it back to whoever it was and REVOKE thier privlage to post, if only for a short time. and for GOD'S SAKE, someONE moderate that trival down.
*out*
If i don't look at the sig it won't eat me, don't look at the sig
Slashdot Mirror
I have one question....all that money spent trying to fix the Y2K bug...shouldn't some of it had gone to solar flaring ( or CME ) protecting our information infastucture. The internet/technology was NOWHERE near as widespread as it was during the last solar maximum ( 11 years ago....back in 1989, when the WWW wasn't even a thought at CERN and Mosiac years away for NCSA ). How come nobody ever did anything before? Because like the Y2K bug we haven't thought about it until it's too late. I just hope it's not too bad....of course it might explain why none of Slashdot's images are working ;)
> I did have one theroy though...don't know if it was brought up before...what if someone posted
;)
> a wav file ( because mp3 would be too "underground" ) of them reading the DeCSS
> ( as in the DVD program ) source code?
Hahahaha, I had this mental image of a beatnik reciting the DeCSS code as free verse in a smoke-filled, candle-lit coffeehouse as someone
plays bongos in the background. Hahahaha.
*LMFAO* Very nice, i actually like that.....as long as William Shatner doesn't mention anything about Priceline dot com at the end of the code
I never said it would be enjoyable or practical...just intresting *LOL* The other alternative was to use a text-to-speech converter :)
It's actually been at FreshMeat for a good part of the day, it's announcement is here But i just wanted to thank the Cmdr for finally posting the damn thing ( i had only submitted it three times today ) the nice spiel is too damn funny for anyone to pass on :)
( Warning, mildly offtopic thought follows)
I did have one theroy though...don't know if it was brought up before...what if someone posted a wav file ( because mp3 would be to "underground" ) of them reading the DeCSS ( as in the DVD program ) source code?
Sgt Pepper
Lame Sig Shamelessly Ripped from
Fortune:
A mind is a wonderful thing to waste.
I don't think they were licensed per say....specially not DR-DOS, the only thing that /really/ bugged me was DOS's unability to multitask....tho Desqview was quite intresting in that regard :) anyone remember DesQview? I think that was the name... Anyway, I too have fond memories of learning computing on DOS 3.3 and boy...dos 6.2 was cool too....but i've seen the light, and it's a penquin holding a flashlight down the dark tunnel...and i ain't never going back :)
with much of the world having been held hostage to the dismal operating system DOS for more than a
decade.
DOS = Dismal Operating System *LMFAO* I love it....any bets on that being done intentionally?
Sgt Pepper
Lame Sig Shamelessly Ripped from
Fortune:
A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.
Why couldn't someone port this, or Bleem to the x-box...or hell to the dreamcast ( which uses a WindowsCE developement environment ) and actually make a Playstation emulator for another console...how would that change things? is it even possible, could a regular CD hold the emulator and the game? Just a crazy off the cuff thought...
Naw, they had the 32XE, 64XE, and the 130XE, i had the old 32XE and recently found an 130XE at salvation army, i love it :)
And it's "tangent". But it's cool.
:) ah well, memories.....those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, yes those were the days...
:)
GODDAMINT, that's what i typed the first time
On to the quiet darkness of slumber, to dream of yesteryear and all the promises it held.
Night!
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeet Let's see, back in the 80s all i had was an old Atari 32XE that hooked up to my TV, i'd sit there for hours and program in Atari basic and since i had no media i'd lose it the second i turned it off, those were the days. When 2400 baud was BLAZINGLY fast, back when baud and bps really WERE interchangeable. Okay sorry....it's waaaaaaaay to late for me to be posting at slashdot....talk about a tagient(sp?)
The 80s started...20 years ago....just look back at it...20 years ago..wow, long time, but so short in the cosmic scheme of things, and look, just look how times have changed, now personally i don't remember the 80s all that much ( i'm 21 in case you're wondering, i remember more of the 90s then i do the 80s ), but my god does time move fast. Sorry, i just thought this might be a good time to point out how fast time moves and do go catch the moment while you can, i think i'm going to go call my girlfriend and tell her i love her now.
/do/ remember very well that is on the stamps, is those goddamn cabbagepatch dolls, i was in love with 'em, drove my mother nuts, she actually ended up sewing one together for me ( she's actually pretty good ), but jeez, talk about the more things change the more they stay the same.....Pokemon, Cabbage Patch Dolls.....deja vu anyone?
ObOnTopic Comment: The one thing I
*out*
Console games are NOT meant to be run on off the shelf parts, this thing /will/ flop. When you're playing games on your TV you want a dedicated graphics rendering engine and you just plain want speed and perty pictures. Now, with that out of the way let me say that the line /is/ starting to blur, but i don't know....the "X-Box" sounds an awfully lot like what it's name implies....a pipe dream.
;)
But that's just my opinion
I know it's kinda sad really, but i've been waiting for the new version of the jargon file for quite a while now. This book helped me get from the larva stage to...well wherever the hell i am now, it sure helped things make more sense. I actually own the book, and it always teaches, and always always always makes me laugh, a great read, and the appendices are a hoot! GO READ IT NOW! It's like an illumination, after reading it, it all makes sense.
PS: Also, this is the book where i first heard about GEB:EGB and Illuminatus! Two of the best (IMHO) books ever written, if you haven't read them, READ THEM NOW!
*out*
This is true, I've always had some ideas for a homebrew car MP3 player, has a bonus my friend actually has the LCD displays from some digital phones, and i always thought those would work quite nicely. hmmmm...i think i'm going to go check out that site right now...thanks :)
Seriously...this could be some /cool/ tech, the line fades between radio and streaming audio...when does the car in dash version come out?
SARCASM ALERT
/way/ to organic to every fit into "continets", what about sites that span them? I can think of some CorpGodNets...or UnderTechNets
I love you man!
But i know i can't have your bud light
That was the bestest valentine's day present ever
SARCASM ALERT OFF
Seriously though, it's an intresting concept but in my opinon the 'net is just
/this/ got attention:
/they/ were the editors.....just curious.
<i> But I feel even better now that Slashdot
is hiring some professional editors</i>
since when? did anyone else hear the announcement? is this another example of VAndover's "non-influence" and most importantly what's going to happen to Rob and co then? I thought
I must admit, it /does/ sound good, VA seems to care, and Andover has already pretty much proven that they have a hands off approach. I really don't think we have much to worry about, besides, if we don't like what we see here we can also go to another site right? right.
I definatly agree with the sentiment for StarCraft, but i'd also like to see Ultima9, not to mention WarCraft :)
Mr. Kuniavsky brings up some /very/ valid points, but one thing he does fail to realize is
/might/ have been true a couple of years ago, but email is now so wildly popular that /all/ love feedback like that. The reason why this loop isn't /that/ is /please/ point it out to me. In my mind that's what's /really/ missing.
one of the main reasons OSS groups copy popular commercial interfaces is because that is
exactly what they are..../popular/, why do your own research when the multi-billion dollar
company has already done it for you? Not to mention this one part irked me:
can't just rely on newsgroups
and email as a way of finding out what users want.
Most end-users who run into problems will never
provide that kind of feedback, and those who do will
be a self-selecting group of loudmouth power users.
that
i'm sure even normal users would respond via email. I mean why not? If it's something
that someone wants but they can't do it, email the programmer and say, "Hey I have this
great idea". I'm sure we'd
there yet is because the installed base of normal users is still quite low, and
something that still needs to be addressed. Which brings me to my second part, what we
really need in the OSS community is a simple, intiuitive STANDARD GUI installment process,
we all know that most installs on WinXX look the same and operate the same (ie "D:\setup",
etc, etc ). Ones it's easy to install and configure from the GUI goodbye command line, it
would need some kind of auto compiling/making routines, but really, how hard would it be to
do? Hmmm...maybe that'll be my next project...unless it's already out there, and if it is
SOMEONE
What does this contact do?*BBZZZZZZZZT*
Anyone have any issues getting this to run with a sound blaster live? I keep getting "Can Not Open Audio", but everything else seems to work with the beta drivers from Creative ( yes i /did/ install them ) And it seems to play CDs just fine, but i can't get MP3s to work...simple issue of two totally different methods maybe? ( That's my uninformed guess, that the MP3 has to go though some sort of decoding and that the CDs kind of get decoded through the CDROM and just get piped straight out of the card, but what do i know? ) Ah well, anyone running Linux with an SBLive that has gotten this to work?
this sig is not here
First let me say, you earned alot of respect by replying. Secondly, good point, very good point, then how about blocking IPs? But that won't work either, dynamic ip pretty much kills that, and blocking a sub-net would piss to many people off. So then you're left with....nothing i suppose. Oh well.....finally, my question. Why did you do it in the first place?
BTW, so i'm not totally moderated off topic, anyone have a REAL pic of these things? And maybe a link to the manafacturer?
Has anyone noticed the decline of general manners on the net? I'm not talking about Flames, et al. I'm talking about simple disregard for other people in general. Now, the net was never a clean place, but at least, in general, it was /mature/. And then i see this, someone with waaaay to much time on their hands. Who is, i pray that they are, a prepubesent script kiddie with NOTHING but time on their hands. I use to go on the net to get a mature, intellectual point of view ( I myself am only 20 ), and specifically to slashdot, i lurk here and there, ocassionally posting a relevant tid-bit of information. And then i come here, I'm working on a Saturday for chrissakes, so my day is already shot, and then i have to deal with pages of "Q"s, with a subject of "faqs"? I hope that that person isn't over 14, because if he/she/it is, then we in for some serious trouble. People might say i'm taking this a little too...seriously, but this IS where it starts. Do away with Anonymous Coward for non-registered people please. At least thing the Ops could trace it back to whoever it was and REVOKE thier privlage to post, if only for a short time. and for GOD'S SAKE, someONE moderate that trival down.
*out*
If i don't look at the sig it won't eat me, don't look at the sig
email pegge@mpaa.org and ask to have your mirror of DeCSS be added to the list of "Related Sites", see if we can get the MPAA to sue itself.
*note: This is the ONLY email contact i could find on the entire MPAA website, guess they don't like feedback, imagine that*