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  1. Re:Ubiquitous Computing on TCP/IP Meets Physical Reality · · Score: 3, Informative

    briefly, the reason you don't see MobileIP deployed is because MobileIPv4 requires a Foreign Agent in the foreign network, ie in the network where your Mobile Node is right now. as there's no clear incentive to the foreign networks administrator to provide such a thing for you, it seems unlikely that this will become commonplace. MobileIPv6 however does not require a Foreign Agent, as long as your Mobile Node and the Correspondent Node (ie the server you want to talk to) both speak IPv6, the only other thing which is needed is a Home Agent in your own network, which you can set up at your own leisure.

  2. Re:not a full exploit, yet on Mac OS X Root Escalation Through AppleScript · · Score: 1

    thats propably because you had ARD running at that time (ie as a client program to access another machine). in that case it doesnt work. if there is no ARDAgent process when the osascript is run, it should work.

  3. Re:Accidental/occidental on Third Undersea Cable Cut · · Score: 1

    Dude, I've seen someone roll 15 d6 and have them ALL come up one.

    thats what you get from playing a sorcerer and casting nothing but fireballs all day long :)
  4. Re:Graphical smilies suck on The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-) · · Score: 1
    actually it's kind of funny, especially when chatting about C code.

    for (;;) {}
    looks kinda cute in iChat but i agree with you, it's a very stupid trend, mostly because the substitution is not standardized, so you have no way of telling how your text shows up on the other side... so your innocent :-p might look insulting or suggestive on your girlfriends screen, depending on which smiley pack she downloaded for free :/ and then there's the skype emoticon avalanche... try turning the graphical smileys off and all you'll see is (dance)(dance)(dance). might be just my friends though (evilgrin)
  5. Re:OT: Sig on Software Developer Beats Pirate in Boxing Ring · · Score: 1

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  6. Re:[syntax sucks] on Steve Jobs thinks Objective C is Perfect? · · Score: 1
    because it looks just plain ugly mixing array brackets and selector brackets like this:
    [array[i] doStuffWith: [array[j] childObject]];
    also, while NSMutableArray is a nice and versatile container class, c style arrays are faster as well as shorter to use. Sometimes you want to just say a[i++] instead of [a objectAtIndex[i++]]
    but I see your point, I just think that it would be nice having yet another style of brackets apart from () [] {} , because appearantly there are subtle ambiguities with the c++ . dereference operator also.
  7. [syntax sucks] on Steve Jobs thinks Objective C is Perfect? · · Score: 1
    [ObjC isHardTo: [format nicely] because: [you cannotFitOneStatementIntoOne: Line]]
    [andDontEvenThinkAboutUsingAn: array[ofObjects]]


    also, I dont like how the syntax forces you to know exactly how many open brackets (==levels of dereferencing) you will need at the start of a statement. in java and c++, it is possible to just start with one object and dereference happily on your way along the object chain without ever looking back.
    on the other hand, Cocoa and especially Interface Builder are both easy and lots of fun. great GUI API, would definetly use again!!!!11!
  8. Re:The Force is *retarded* with this one... on Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament · · Score: 1
    OK...that's fair...how about this, then:
    Force choke me. From where you are right now. Go ahead...it's OK.

    Are you doing it? I'm not feeNO CARRIER
    just retelling is as it was, in case the mindtrick worked on a few weak /.ers as well :)
  9. Re:what's in a shape? on Build Your Own Bluetooth Sniper Rifle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I forgot to add: make any such device look like a gigantic Christian cross, not like a sniper rifle

    nice, this will also give you a +3 modifier vs undead ;)

  10. Re:zSnes Dev team 3 on First ZSNES Release In ~2.5 Years · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is the first non-"beta" release in two years.

    See you in WoW, pagefault. :D!

    could it be that the duration of the work being in progress is caused by pagefault's interest in on-line role playing? sure enough sounds that way :)
    makes you wonder how many great programs are still unwritten due to MMORPGS. or how many quests still need to be completed because of OSS.

    anyway, is there a mac port? or any non-i386 port, for that matter?

  11. Re:Name rung a bell on Games Knoppix · · Score: 1

    Apparently I live in the ugly, less popular, dumber sister city.

    less popular than k[aiers]lautern?

    aw man :/

  12. choice of pieces on RF Connector Chess Set · · Score: 1

    you would have thought the king deserved a 10base2 t-connector for a crown?

  13. Re:That's why real names are useful... on How to Get Music Off Your iPod · · Score: 1
    All my MP3's/AAC's are pretty well named, so generally it's not so much a problem.

    still it would be nice to have some
    -title=Toccata\&Fugue
    or
    -playlist=party01"
    parameters for find.
    come to think of it, i hope apple will add some nice CLI tools along with spotlight in tiger :)
  14. Re:Far simpler way (on a Mac) on How to Get Music Off Your iPod · · Score: 1

    On a Mac it's pretty easy to get everything off the iPod - fire up a shell, wander into the directory where the music is stored on the mounted iPod, and simply copy out what you want.

    the only problem is to find out in which directory ranging from F00 to F48 the file you want is located. which can be quite a hassle, especially if your files are all named trackNN.mp3.

  15. Re:PowerPC G5 on RC4 Code Achieves 319 MB/s On AMD64 Opteron · · Score: 1

    this should be no problem, since even the 32bit g4 powerpc seems to be pin,- binary,- and stylecompatible to the amd64.

    for further information, look here

  16. missing option on What Your Choice of Linux Distro Says about You · · Score: 2
    Slackware
    • Slackware users just want a lean base system and dont need any kind of package manager since they just build the stuff they need from scratch. while not the best choice for a production system imho (go FreeBSD =), Slackware is excellent for any kind of academic / system development work.
  17. let me be the first to say... on Exploring Antarctica · · Score: 2, Funny
  18. Re:Its true! less is more! on Less Might Be More · · Score: 1

    Your example doesn't show, however, that they are really equal, which they aren't judging from the output.

    yeah i noticed. should sleep, not post :)
    i confused -i with -n and mistook the file size for inode # :/
    anyway, on my system its

    $ ll -i $(which less; which more;)
    500239 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 123204 27 May 16:13 /usr/bin/less
    500252 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 123204 27 May 16:13 /usr/bin/more

    $ md5 $(which less; which more;)
    MD5 (/usr/bin/less) = 3ce1b3fbc93aca8c622b89bd398ac562
    MD5 (/usr/bin/more) = 3ce1b3fbc93aca8c622b89bd398ac562


    gn8

  19. Its true! less is more! on Less Might Be More · · Score: 2, Funny

    on os x, anyway:

    $ ll -n $(which less; which more;)
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 123204 27 May 16:13 /usr/bin/less
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 123204 27 May 16:13 /usr/bin/more


    so you see kids, sometimes less(1) is more(1)!

  20. Re:serve Addresses? on An Introduction to IPv6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you reserve addresses yet?

    I want FEED:FACE:FEED:FACE:FEED:FACE:FEED:FACE

    I have it all caps so the lame-ass lameness filter ignored me ;-)

  21. Re:Sorry kids... on Pilgrimage 2004 American Demoparty Announced · · Score: 1

    That being said, it's like watching Picasso draw with crayons.

    exactly.
    while you propably think of this comparison in a defamatory way, i think it expresses why i like watching demos quite nicely. it must have been pretty inspiring to watch pablo picasso draw one of his crayon [ok, rather coal, but you get the idea] scetches, since he as an artist just knew how to express something with very little effort. this, in my opinion, is also true for some of the best demos, which feature fx which are almost as nice as the best prerendered movies, but achieve this with just a few clever algorithms.

    -strangeloop/feedface.com.

  22. ...pong on GPS on Mars? · · Score: 0

    ... ...

    now that is a big latency :)

  23. Re:OS X Demo Scene? on Farb-Rausch Releases PC Demo Creation Software · · Score: 1

    we had a Mac Demo competition at this year's Breakpoint party with a stunning three entries

    you failed to mention that the demo which got 1st place was multiplatform and the demo which got 3rd was my unsuccessful attempt at hacking something together at the party ^_^

    but still, i think osx will gain acceptance even in the scene. after all, it is a nice platform without some of the disadvantages of the pc. plus, all the demo dudes where drooling over the cinema display at bp04. ;)

    cheers,
    strangeloop/feedface

  24. help needed on Send A Message To An LED Sign · · Score: 5, Interesting

    speaking of this topic, i own a LED dotmatrix display for which i could use some specs... it features about 12 characters width of 7x5 [if im not mistaken] red LEDs. the only visible company label is SIGMA, which has not proven very helpful since this is a brand of the very large METRO group who are not exactly helpful to small consumers. the device features a rj-11 input, presumably for getting the time, and an IR port for inputing static data. any information helping me to put my current server load or pfctl logs on the display would be highly welcome.

    thnx,
    strangeloop

  25. Kensington Cuff? on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1

    i would really love to chain myself to my laptop when travelling or sleeping at a party. just connect the kensington interface to a handcuff and snap it on my wrist. i may even gain coolness by looking like the dudes from secret service who carry those infamous red-button suitcases :)

    of course, the downside would be that if someone really wants to take my gear, i could end up missing not only my laptop, but also everything from the elbow down.