I spent a good hour this weekend going through 2004 emails, of which four!! were real messages.
My company's mail server was filled and not accepting new messages. I've not had too much problem with spam before (I use yahoo mail, mac Mail, and Thunderbird on the 'Mail PC') My settings are off on the PC, set to not delete messages fast enough.
I finally realized the rage that most/.ers display at spammers - I found mysellf wanting to personally kill each spammer.
The title of this article is "The Life of a Spammer" - If the anger I felt this weekend is similar to others, I'm thinking the title should be "The Very Short, and Very Painful Life of a Spammer After Being Beaten By Angry People Who Don't Need A Larger Penis, Like the Interest Rate They Currently Have, And Don't Need Another Copy of Norton SystemWorks."
Let me preface this with the statement: Reality TV is dumb, and I don't watch it. Thanks.
On to the point. I happened to be doing some computer/photo work over at my inlaws, where the reality show 'Average Joe' was on. It was the 'big, final, show', where the chick is picking between a rich nerd, and the sterotypical 'handsome guy'.
As I was in the same room as this, I witnessed the ending where the chick picks the 'handsome guy' (who actually lives in his parent's basement) over the rich nerd (who was not unattractive, but slightly goofy)
I had predicted that 'whoever was the biggest assole will be chosen' - the nerd seemed sensitive and not an asshole at all - but the money was throwing off the equation. 'Handsome guy' was actually more average from what I saw; by the definite lack of personality.
Somewhere I lost the point, but I haven't had enough coffee. Needless to say, the show left me with a sour feeeling.
The moral of the story: Rich nerds still don't get the girl, if they're competing against generic 'handsome guys'.
I'm married, but I'm stunningly handsome;) , and rich some of the time, and a nerd. I met my wife at a rock show I was playing, so go figure.
It did get really quiet around there. I'm sure that everyone was gathered around to see if he really was going to click 'Submit'.
Overheard whispers: "He's not going do it" "Yes, he is - you didn't see last months rant against one button mice?" "I dare you" "I bet his ethernet cables not plugged in" "It's been a pleasure working with you" "I knew he was an idiot, but nobody's that dumb" "Didn't his last article get taken out by the Melissa virus?"
I know someone who just finished school to be a copyright/patent lawyer. He *immediately* was offered a 3 figure salary, and is now working and living in New York City.
If only the lawyer-maiming business was so lucrative.
Why is it when a bug is found in software it's fixed (with notable exceptions), but when bad laws are written, they're left to afflict everyone?
It's time to Open Source law, and require politicians to be picked randomly with a term limit of 2 years.
Why not go halfsies with the other base? Let's have a little international work-together-tude, rather than haven't-seen-another-person-in-months-and-forgot how-to-display-human-kindness-ism.
If the guy is expected to pay for the cost of shipping the plane out (what the hell? Are we the Chinese? "NO! You cannot fly it out, it is an insult."), let him pay for the cost of shipping the fuel and a box of Krispie Kremes instead, and let him get the hell out of there.
If the guy is saying, 'hey gimme some gas but I can't pay sorry', then that's a different matter.
Lastly, WTF do the bases do if their fuel shipment is late OR DOESN'T COME? What the hell is their 'contingency plan'? I don't expect them to have tons of extras or surplus blow up dolls, but it seems to me that having someone 'drop by' would be in the 'plan'.
Hell, I keep an extra beer in the fridge for just that occasion, and I'm not even a world superpower.
"The US actually don't run a gas station in Antarctica... and nor does New Zealand," Antarctica New Zealand Chief Executive Lou Sanson told the Associated Press news agency.
Sell him the gas at a markup, give him a bill for the food and shelter, and call it a day. No reason to be dicks about it; you din't have to pull him out of the water, or track him down on some ice floe.
He landed at your base.
Shit, if it was Peter Jackson, you'd be asking if he'd like his massage with full release at 3 or 4 pm...
That would be swell, new games built off the old engines by people who love them. It sure would be nice for the shortsighted people at Interplay to release a 'level editor' for Fallout/2. I would so love to make my own storyline.
Of course they won't, since that wouldn't make them any $$$. (and it probably is an ugly kludge, too.) Bastards.
I've been looking for the mac versions of Fallout since I got my PB. Anyone know where I could find them?
The bright side is that we can look forward to more Final Fantasy/Serious Sam ripoffs. Huzzah!
I just can't grasp it. Sure, I RTFM, posted in the forums, etc, but I haven't been able to get a handle on it. The install goes smoothly, but configuring it seems to be anything but slick. It's like the answers just slip through my fingers and I'm left featureless software. I thought the forums would help, but they've been a blank slate with no feedback.
At least there hasn't been any friction with my boss about this. I just hope in the future, they polish up the documentation, rather than gloss over the important parts.
This is not a troll, but I've looked at encryption many times and wondered what I needed it for. Sure, I probably have secrets like anyone else - but what do Slashdotters need to encrypt? Bank records? Isn't that info on the bank's pc, unencrypted? Diaries? I'm pretty forthcoming, so there's not alot I wouldn't tell someone else, but for others, why wouldn't a password do? Most of what is in a diary could be constructed from your behavior in public, or just asking around.
Of course, if I lived in China and was plotting a demonstration, I'd need to hide that info. Or bank heist details.
Currently, encryption is used freestanding by people with something to hide - and is viewed by 'the masses' as a terrorist/theft/dishonest tool. Why isn't encryption used in *everything*? I appreciate the need for encryption, but until it is everywhere and easy to use, it will have a black cloud hanging over it. Which makes it much easier for those who would like to abuse their powers (cough *Ash*cough) to pass laws restricting the use. Thereby reinforcing its reputation as a tool for people who have something (bad, ohohoh very bad) to hide.
Seriously, I've always been more fascinated by things that aren't 'just' lego sculpture. Try this, or this
As for buildings and 'industrial stuff, This site is pretty nifty,
this is rather impressive as buildings go, as well as (w0w) this. And what the hell am I still doing up?
When pressed for his opinion of this new bill, Arnold replied, "Eet's naht ah roomor. Moe-vie pie-rates ave bin sced-ooled foe der-min-ay-shun. Remem-bah when eye sayd eyed kill you lahst? I lyed. What a haht-hed. Stik ah-round, bot leave yaw fohn aht home ef yoo wahnt do lib!"
Currently due to a F*CK*p at my ISP, my dl and ul rates are reversed. I'm still trying to think of ways I can utillize 760k up(OMG RoKs) and 128 down (which blows).
VNCing home is great, as I get screen updates like I'm on a LAN, but trying to download the lastest BeOS Max version sucks, as it takes 1.73 trillion years.
I am running Overnet, and wow! Uploads past 820k/s. I've got a friends list 5 miles long. (Note to RIAA - I'm not sharing any of *your* shitty music) - This is well past the upload speed for the business or 'uber-gamer' accounts.
So, for anyone in the know - how does this compare to other ISPs or say, a *real* website hosted somewhere? What can I do with this? I don't know that I'm geeky enough to take full advantage...
It doesn't matter that that was the first game I ever played.
I will reject that out of principle. I recall when I saw the first game that ever that asked for 50 cents. It was Pops arcade in downtown Minneapolis. That place had all the newest games- always! The game was Hard Drivin'. Nostalgia be damned, I will NOT pay 50 cents for it now. Space invaders will not be getting 50 cents from me. Ever.
Dirty arcade running whores - 50 cents is the rule rather than the exception now, and frankly - they've lost out on zillions of $$$ from me.
Back in the day, 50 cents denoted a game that was amazing, ahead of its time, incredibly realistic. Now it's a ripoff. 50 cents for Mortal Kombat? For Golden Ax? For the gahdamn SIMPSONS? WTF are you thinking??
Qix, on the other hand, is worth 70 dollars a game.
Corn and many other genetically modified vegatables do not breed true, IIRC. Which means that GM corn, if left to its own devices will lose its GM traits over time and be a *weaker* plant as a result.
Sure, doesn't matter now, but a breakdown in civilization could lead to loss of the knowledge to create our 'new and improved' corn and eventually end in widespread starvation, as native plants are 'contaminated'.
IIRC,/. had a article on this about 8-10 months ago - how even the Mayan corn (grown locally for thousands of years) has been contaminated with Starlink genes.
This is very off the top of my head, so forgive me if I am in error.
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Forget the book then, I'll be giving out AOL 9.0 CDs! It's faster, more secure, and has an assload of ads!
What a way to introduce someone to the World Wide Wow!
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My company's mail server was filled and not accepting new messages. I've not had too much problem with spam before (I use yahoo mail, mac Mail, and Thunderbird on the 'Mail PC') My settings are off on the PC, set to not delete messages fast enough.
I finally realized the rage that most /.ers display at spammers - I found mysellf wanting to personally kill each spammer.
The title of this article is "The Life of a Spammer" - If the anger I felt this weekend is similar to others, I'm thinking the title should be "The Very Short, and Very Painful Life of a Spammer After Being Beaten By Angry People Who Don't Need A Larger Penis, Like the Interest Rate They Currently Have, And Don't Need Another Copy of Norton SystemWorks."
That's Rufus from Bumfights! Can you see the difference?
On to the point. I happened to be doing some computer/photo work over at my inlaws, where the reality show 'Average Joe' was on. It was the 'big, final, show', where the chick is picking between a rich nerd, and the sterotypical 'handsome guy'.
As I was in the same room as this, I witnessed the ending where the chick picks the 'handsome guy' (who actually lives in his parent's basement) over the rich nerd (who was not unattractive, but slightly goofy)
I had predicted that 'whoever was the biggest assole will be chosen' - the nerd seemed sensitive and not an asshole at all - but the money was throwing off the equation. 'Handsome guy' was actually more average from what I saw; by the definite lack of personality.
Somewhere I lost the point, but I haven't had enough coffee. Needless to say, the show left me with a sour feeeling.
The moral of the story: Rich nerds still don't get the girl, if they're competing against generic 'handsome guys'.
I'm married, but I'm stunningly handsome;) , and rich some of the time, and a nerd. I met my wife at a rock show I was playing, so go figure.
Overheard whispers: "He's not going do it" "Yes, he is - you didn't see last months rant against one button mice?" "I dare you" "I bet his ethernet cables not plugged in" "It's been a pleasure working with you" "I knew he was an idiot, but nobody's that dumb" "Didn't his last article get taken out by the Melissa virus?"
If only the lawyer-maiming business was so lucrative.
Why is it when a bug is found in software it's fixed (with notable exceptions), but when bad laws are written, they're left to afflict everyone?
It's time to Open Source law, and require politicians to be picked randomly with a term limit of 2 years.
What has the media come to? It seems that they are all about sensationalism, rather than the truth. ;)
Instead of flying him out, fly more supplies in. His dime.
Cheaper than shipping his plane out (or is it?!?), and doesn't make two countries look the part of a-holes.
I love how us /.ers can go back and forth on these monday morning quarterback isses until the heat death of the universe.
I changed my mind. They should shoot him, then eat him.
If the guy is expected to pay for the cost of shipping the plane out (what the hell? Are we the Chinese? "NO! You cannot fly it out, it is an insult."), let him pay for the cost of shipping the fuel and a box of Krispie Kremes instead, and let him get the hell out of there.
If the guy is saying, 'hey gimme some gas but I can't pay sorry', then that's a different matter.
Lastly, WTF do the bases do if their fuel shipment is late OR DOESN'T COME? What the hell is their 'contingency plan'? I don't expect them to have tons of extras or surplus blow up dolls, but it seems to me that having someone 'drop by' would be in the 'plan'.
Hell, I keep an extra beer in the fridge for just that occasion, and I'm not even a world superpower.
Sell him the gas at a markup, give him a bill for the food and shelter, and call it a day. No reason to be dicks about it; you din't have to pull him out of the water, or track him down on some ice floe.
He landed at your base.
Shit, if it was Peter Jackson, you'd be asking if he'd like his massage with full release at 3 or 4 pm...
and Do Not Taunt the Obelisk!
Of course they won't, since that wouldn't make them any $$$. (and it probably is an ugly kludge, too.) Bastards.
I've been looking for the mac versions of Fallout since I got my PB. Anyone know where I could find them?
The bright side is that we can look forward to more Final Fantasy/Serious Sam ripoffs. Huzzah!
At least there hasn't been any friction with my boss about this. I just hope in the future, they polish up the documentation, rather than gloss over the important parts.
BTW - Jake, if you're reading this, that doctor chick totally has the hots for you, dude...
Of course, if I lived in China and was plotting a demonstration, I'd need to hide that info. Or bank heist details.
Currently, encryption is used freestanding by people with something to hide - and is viewed by 'the masses' as a terrorist/theft/dishonest tool. Why isn't encryption used in *everything*? I appreciate the need for encryption, but until it is everywhere and easy to use, it will have a black cloud hanging over it. Which makes it much easier for those who would like to abuse their powers (cough *Ash*cough) to pass laws restricting the use. Thereby reinforcing its reputation as a tool for people who have something (bad, ohohoh very bad) to hide.
No really, I was there.
The guy standing there with his arms crossed just looks pissed.
(His Internal Monologe: "Those SOBs think I want Windows in my datacenter? Fuckers. I will Bablefish all their Word files to German...")
Seriously, I've always been more fascinated by things that aren't 'just' lego sculpture. Try this, or this
As for buildings and 'industrial stuff, This site is pretty nifty, this is rather impressive as buildings go, as well as (w0w) this. And what the hell am I still doing up?
I think that says it all.
VNCing home is great, as I get screen updates like I'm on a LAN, but trying to download the lastest BeOS Max version sucks, as it takes 1.73 trillion years.
I am running Overnet, and wow! Uploads past 820k/s. I've got a friends list 5 miles long. (Note to RIAA - I'm not sharing any of *your* shitty music) - This is well past the upload speed for the business or 'uber-gamer' accounts.
So, for anyone in the know - how does this compare to other ISPs or say, a *real* website hosted somewhere? What can I do with this? I don't know that I'm geeky enough to take full advantage...
As a proud and canny dumpster diver, I reached in and grabbed an entire reel of 'Road to Perdition' w/ Tom Hanks.
It's currently sitting in a Hefty bag, not ten feet from me right now.
What to do with it? I don't know. I thought about eBaying it, but a pal told me it's illegal to even have it. Anyone know?
I'd like to off it, but I don't know what to do with it. As it's not Tom's earlier work (Bosom Buddies, Mazes & Monsters), I don't care too much.
I may just light it on fire, and watch the SOB flashburn. Or, maybe I'll needle the MPAA somehow. Any ideas?
I'd love to kill two birds with one stone, and strangle Jack Valenti with it. That would be the ultimate irony, and make great 'Must See TV' as well.
I will reject that out of principle. I recall when I saw the first game that ever that asked for 50 cents. It was Pops arcade in downtown Minneapolis. That place had all the newest games- always! The game was Hard Drivin'. Nostalgia be damned, I will NOT pay 50 cents for it now. Space invaders will not be getting 50 cents from me. Ever.
Dirty arcade running whores - 50 cents is the rule rather than the exception now, and frankly - they've lost out on zillions of $$$ from me.
Back in the day, 50 cents denoted a game that was amazing, ahead of its time, incredibly realistic. Now it's a ripoff. 50 cents for Mortal Kombat? For Golden Ax? For the gahdamn SIMPSONS? WTF are you thinking??
Qix, on the other hand, is worth 70 dollars a game.
Of course, SCO stories have been beaten to death like a red-headed stepchild, so go to town.
Sure, doesn't matter now, but a breakdown in civilization could lead to loss of the knowledge to create our 'new and improved' corn and eventually end in widespread starvation, as native plants are 'contaminated'.
IIRC, /. had a article on this about 8-10 months ago - how even the Mayan corn (grown locally for thousands of years) has been contaminated with Starlink genes.
This is very off the top of my head, so forgive me if I am in error.
What a way to introduce someone to the World Wide Wow!
That's so long, we'll have to outsource it to India!