These have been around for a *long* time! Here's the one I use...
Very handy because it is optical + wireless + gyro + recharges on its base. You can use it as a gyro mouse, or an optical mouse.
Doubtless someone will come up with a whole list, so please be gentle with the mods, but I managed to find one Gopher site (viewing with Moz Firebird):
Openoffice code has an interesting history. It was originally commercial staroffice code, and was later opened. It would take considerable time to decrypt the openoffice code and rewrite a neat implementation for KOffice. Obviously it is started, but still has work to go.
I have received 4 times as many erroneous bounce notifications, because of MyDoom , than the actual virus, so the bounce messages are much more of a problem!
I agree that the bounces are damaging, but they usually don't multiply the damage; assuming one bounce per virus email, that is only 1x as harmful as the virus itself.
Most AV will not bounce the emails (these are the ones you don't see of course), reducing the ratio of (bounced emails) / (total emails) to below 1.
You can also download the entire thing if you like. I just spent 15 minutes digging all this up, figured I might save someone else that time. Some previous Slashdotters showedushow (first link is to the highest quality download).
I got it to work fine with this (remove the spaces!):
curl "http://a768.g.akamai.net/5/768/142/3f9e9589/1a1a1 afb6ae049ae214fc034aad839a91985ea187bea5786f362d84 1a61948bf2688f01f87fb6fdf0e7ceb61c22186fb/nova_eu_ 30[12-14]c[01-08]_mp4_300.mov" -o universe#1_#2.mov
'Running an (IM) network is expensive,' said Lisa Gurry, group product manager for MSN at Microsoft. 'We can't sustain multiple other people's businesses, particularly if they charge for certain versions of their software.
Gaim is free...I think this outlines the trouble Microsoft is having while competing with Free Software; if Trillian refuses the new liscense, will Microsoft be able to take actioin? Because Trillian would be profiting monitarily from riding on the the Microsoft IM network?
Although, I suppose Trillian has more users than gaim does right now...
What you said about Nextel is basically my experience. Love their phone and service, but the data service (unlimited, uses no minutes, ~$50/mo) is too slow (with *very* high latency) to be usable for anything except small activity (email, chat, etc) or desperate situations (must get 500k nic driver!)
Slightly offtopic, and I haven't examined the idea to see how realistic it really is, but...
Wouldn't it be userful to have an interface that let you choose what you spent your tax money on?
Like this, for local taxes:
- Local road maintenance 2%
- Open space 20%
- Homeless shelters 5%
- New rec center project 30% ...etc
See where I'm going with this? It's like Sim City, you choose which parts of the government get how much of your tax money. It would be wonderful for defeating stuff that corrupt politicians tried to waste money on (- Closed-source voting solution 0%;). On the other hand, this type of system assumes that the 'dollar voters' are wise enough, as a group, to not waste money on short-sighted stuff.
And on a national level...how many would have chosen to better fund the court in the Microsoft antitrust case? The war in Iraq? Funding for alternative power research? *shrug* The results of such a direct vote would be interesting at least...now tell me why it wouldn't work:)
I don't know enough about encryption to comment on this...but I'll look into it, thanks.:)
Also I forgot to include a link to Trill's SecureIM page, which shows that you're right about the encryption method: "Trillian utilizes 128-bit Blowfish encryption with a Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange to secure your conversations. Keys are negotiated per session."
Some users (like me) have fairly serious or business conversations over these chat networks. Using unsecure chat is like speaking in a room with hidden nooks and cracks in the walls leading to other rooms; anyone can sniff an unsecure chat.
I much prefer conducting my semi-private conversations in a high tower with thick walls, where strangers cannot overhear them.
Trillian is what I use right now to allow this, but it only works with Trillian users, not normal AIM users. It would be nice if AIM made their encryption scheme usable by other clients...although I agree with other posters that it may just be a plan to keep other clients off the network.
Slashdot Mirror
These have been around for a *long* time!
Here's the one I use...
Very handy because it is optical + wireless + gyro + recharges on its base. You can use it as a gyro mouse, or an optical mouse.
Site is crawling when I load it, here is a quick mirror of the thread:
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"Bowser" lobs up a whole slew of axes, each of which is deadly to Mario if she should make contact with any of them.(emphasis mine)
;)
That adds new perspective to Mario's reasons for rescuing the princess, doesn't it?
And how much power does it consume? One of the advantages of bluetooth is that it's low power.
Also, the short range of bluetooth is *good* for stuff like wireless keyboards, cell phone earphones, and headphones.
"Why make a game for an audience of 10 million when you can publish it on Sony's platform to an audience of 50 mil?"
:) What you said applies to the corporations, but not to the enthusiast. Reminds me of OSS, kind of.
Because I love making games?
A Tale in the Desert (I'm not associated)
Doubtless someone will come up with a whole list, so please be gentle with the mods, but I managed to find one Gopher site (viewing with Moz Firebird):
gopher://gopher.umsl.edu/
Openoffice code has an interesting history. It was originally commercial staroffice code, and was later opened. It would take considerable time to decrypt the openoffice code and rewrite a neat implementation for KOffice. Obviously it is started, but still has work to go.
Wrong.
Ooo is based on the open-sourced code from an older version of StarOffice that was acquired and made open source by Sun Microsystems[...]
I have received 4 times as many erroneous bounce notifications, because of MyDoom , than the actual virus, so the bounce messages are much more of a problem!
I agree that the bounces are damaging, but they usually don't multiply the damage; assuming one bounce per virus email, that is only 1x as harmful as the virus itself.
Most AV will not bounce the emails (these are the ones you don't see of course), reducing the ratio of (bounced emails) / (total emails) to below 1.
You can also download the entire thing if you like. I just spent 15 minutes digging all this up, figured I might save someone else that time.
1 afb6ae049ae214fc034aad839a91985ea187bea5786f362d84 1a61948bf2688f01f87fb6fdf0e7ceb61c22186fb/nova_eu_ 30[12-14]c[01-08]_mp4_300.mov" -o universe#1_#2.mov
Some previous Slashdotters showed us how (first link is to the highest quality download).
I got it to work fine with this (remove the spaces!):
curl "http://a768.g.akamai.net/5/768/142/3f9e9589/1a1a
DV (Digital Video), the standard consumer and prosumer digital video storage, uses up 13 gigs per hour.
:)
Reference, Google for further proof.
I live really close too. Shoot me an email and maybe we can arrange something ;)
sahrs(a)yahoo(d)com
Link 1
Link 2
Note that key has a space inserted it by /.
Perhaps it didn't work because that was not removed?
Some people would then buy these things just because it would give them the power to annoy everyone else...
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Kind of like trolls on
Ran it through Google's "View PDF as HTML":
Link
That wouldn't be a good idea, since without the sites that Google indexes, Google would be useless, of course. :)
What if they were not *allowed* to do their job well? That's a good reason to resign as a group, if management won't let you do your job...
'Running an (IM) network is expensive,' said Lisa Gurry, group product manager for MSN at Microsoft. 'We can't sustain multiple other people's businesses, particularly if they charge for certain versions of their software.
Gaim is free...I think this outlines the trouble Microsoft is having while competing with Free Software; if Trillian refuses the new liscense, will Microsoft be able to take actioin?
Because Trillian would be profiting monitarily from riding on the the Microsoft IM network?
Although, I suppose Trillian has more users than gaim does right now...
What you said about Nextel is basically my experience. Love their phone and service, but the data service (unlimited, uses no minutes, ~$50/mo) is too slow (with *very* high latency) to be usable for anything except small activity (email, chat, etc) or desperate situations (must get 500k nic driver!)
Email listed above, (yes it does contain the word 'slashdot' and goes to my domain name,) and I would be glad to help as a proxy.
Sounds like a good place for fiber lines? >:)
Slightly offtopic, and I haven't examined the idea to see how realistic it really is, but...
...etc
;). On the other hand, this type of system assumes that the 'dollar voters' are wise enough, as a group, to not waste money on short-sighted stuff.
:)
Wouldn't it be userful to have an interface that let you choose what you spent your tax money on?
Like this, for local taxes:
- Local road maintenance 2%
- Open space 20%
- Homeless shelters 5%
- New rec center project 30%
See where I'm going with this? It's like Sim City, you choose which parts of the government get how much of your tax money. It would be wonderful for defeating stuff that corrupt politicians tried to waste money on (- Closed-source voting solution 0%
And on a national level...how many would have chosen to better fund the court in the Microsoft antitrust case? The war in Iraq? Funding for alternative power research? *shrug* The results of such a direct vote would be interesting at least...now tell me why it wouldn't work
Troll alert:
Search the parent's 'pasted' text for "Rob Malda had".
Also, who would mod up such a horrible formatting, even if they didn't realize it was a troll?
I don't know enough about encryption to comment on this...but I'll look into it, thanks. :)
Also I forgot to include a link to Trill's SecureIM page, which shows that you're right about the encryption method:
"Trillian utilizes 128-bit Blowfish encryption with a Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange to secure your conversations. Keys are negotiated per session."
Some users (like me) have fairly serious or business conversations over these chat networks. Using unsecure chat is like speaking in a room with hidden nooks and cracks in the walls leading to other rooms; anyone can sniff an unsecure chat.
I much prefer conducting my semi-private conversations in a high tower with thick walls, where strangers cannot overhear them.
Trillian is what I use right now to allow this, but it only works with Trillian users, not normal AIM users. It would be nice if AIM made their encryption scheme usable by other clients...although I agree with other posters that it may just be a plan to keep other clients off the network.