Damian's overly cutesy style of writing is virtually unreadable.[1] I wish there were a Perl book that told me what I needed to know without resorting to stupid "humourous" anecdotes and references.[2] In fact, the so-called "apocalypses"[3] and "exegeses"[4] are just an example of how drawn-out and tedious the development process has become.[5]
Get over yourself, Damian.[6] Write the damn language, and release it sometime this century.[7]
Sincerely, Seth Finklestein[8] Perl Guru[9]
[1] Damian loves to use footnotes. [2] Did you know that the word "humourous" can be spelled without one of the 'u's? However, that is the incorrect way. [3] Perl is not a project of Biblical proportions. It is a programming language. [4] Damian loves using words that you won't understand. [5] Perl 6 development has been going on for three years. Release something more than a document. [6]...and learn that footnotes are to be used sparingly. [7] The 21st Century. [8] Not to be confused with Seth Finkelstein. [9] I know Perl.
I agree. I've been using Audacity (actually its commercial equivalent, Luxuriousity Audio) for a few months now. It really blows all other software out of the market. I can mix together all the tracks for my nationally-syndicated radio show, "Seth Finklestein's Cybersecurity Update and Top 40 Countdown" and then encode the results in high-quality codices like Ogg Vorbis.
In conclusion, Audacity gets the Seth Finklestein seal of approval.
Sincerely, Seth Finklestein Host Seth Finklestein's Cybersecurity Update and Top 40 Countdown
Recently on eBay, I found a piece of software called Luxuriousity Audio. It does everything that Audacity does, and more! For only $9.99, you get high-quality compact disc recordable media, an e-paper manual, and community-supported forums for support!
Apple doesn't let you take screen shots of applications which use the sort of low-level graphic calls that the Xbox2 SDK uses. However, I can assure you that the Apple logo is the same size and colour as the normal 'apple menu' in the upper-left corner.
I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have.
You will not be able to buy a Phantom console in stores. The Phantom console will be available from cable and satellite providers as a set-top box. The technology inside the console is nothing new; what Phantom has innovated is a means of delivering rights-secured content directly to clients as a value-added service.
Picture this: Joe Sixpack wants to play games, but he squanders too much of his salary on scratch-off lottery tickets and gizmos that he sees on TV. His cable provider (to whom he moronically pays $50 a month to watch what he could get on SuprNova for free) gives him a Phantom console. That's right, zero dollars. Joe Sixpack gives his cable company no money. Instead, when he wants to play a game, he simply downloads it on demand for a reasonable charge of $9.95. That's not much more than the price of renting a game, except his purchased game is installed on a hard drive and bears no expiration date. The system handles all the installation and authentication information, so all Joe Sixpack has to do is pick up a controller and be careful not to spill his Keystone Light beer all over it.
Of course, around here I don't expect you to understand that. You morons trust a whiny comic strip more than you trust the facts. The Phantom is a real company with more integrity than all of yours put together.
I'm an annoying punter but wouldn't it be smarter for Infinium to actually demo one of these consoles...
The Phantom console is real. It was demoed at CES. Penny Arcade, HardOCP, and other so-called "news sites" are slandering the company. I don't need to tell you how poor of an "editor" Michael Sims is for publishing such a biased article on Slashdot.
There's a simple solution: cancel your "contract" and don't pay the so-called "cancellation fee." Your former provider might try to sue you in small-claims court. When they do, hire me. I know more about trademark law than Comcast does; they probably won't show up. When the plaintiff doesn't show up, you'll get off the hook. I charge only $39.95 for this service, plus travel and expenses.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. The Terms of Service is most definitely not a contract in the strictest legal sense of the term. A contract, per U.S. Common Law section 604(b), is a "binding document that allows for the provision of services in exchange for consideration." What the Terms of Service does is limit your rights. Furthermore, you provide no additional consideration (in juris the fee you pay for the basic cable modem service) as a result of accepting the Terms of Service.
As a lawyer, I vow to defend any user who is unjustly denied Internet access or any other basic human necessities due to the fully legal liberation of their cable modem connectivity device.
Sincerely, Seth Finklestein Internationally Acclaimed Freedom Fighter and Lawyer
I developed a flower that changes colour when it detects the foul stench of poor leadership. If you plant it in the United States of America, it dies immediately.
Have you ever downloaded RealArcade? It's a spyware-laden application that surreptitiously downloads "content" and pesters you throughout the day asking for more money. It's like that homeless gentleman that keeps asking me for copper coins outside the tube station; no matter how many times I push him down, he keeps getting back up again.
GameHouse used to be a good company. Now I won't be able to play games like Bejeweled any more, since I have the knowledge that they will bombard me with advertisements.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to add GameHouse games to your boycott lists.
Mr. Taco also continues to employ a rogue "editor" named Michael Sims. For more information about the atrocities committed by Mr. Sims, and the Slashdot's failure to reprimand Mr. Sims for his actions, please read "Michael Sims, Domain Hijacking and Moral Equivalency." Frankly, it will make you vomit in disgust and boycott Slashdot just as I do.
Oh, by the way: this post is at -1 because Michael Sims doesn't want you to read it. Please moderate it higher, if you value your digital freedoms that I thanklessly protect.
I appreciate the efforts of these "alternative" Linuxen, but frankly Debian will forever remain the hacker's choice. Let's look at the statistics:
Debian has more than 200,000 packages; Conectiva Linux has fewer than 1,000.
Debian has a devoted userbase of more than 15,000,000 people; Conectiva has virtually no users at all.
Debian is the choice for UserLinux, the world's favourite unified Linux standard. Conectiva is in Brazil, a country better known for disease than for Linux.
In conclusion, I would advise all of my followers to boycott Conectiva and other so-called "clones."
The web server seems to be slowing down for the time being. As per section 604(b) of the Fair Use Code, I am entitled to post the full text, unedited, of the article here.
As snow, sleet, freezing rain and frigid Arctic air grip much of the nation, many people will spend dangerous amounts of time outside, shoveling snow, scraping ice or sledding. The chilling atmosphere can have a damaging effect on individuals. As the body attempts to conserve energy, it shuts off heat to the hands, fingers and toes, dropping the temperature to these extremities by 40 degrees F, thus making them susceptible to frostbite. A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia and W.L. Gore and Associates are developing a new glove containing flexible heat pipes that will solve this dangerous problem.
"This new glove will be lighter, thinner, warmer and more comfortable than anything on the market today," said Hongbin Ma, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who started on the project a year ago and recently completed a prototype of the glove. "We simply use the body heat from the upper arm to warm up the fingers during the wintertime."
Each glove, which will be made of polyester, contains five small heat pipes, one for each finger, that are about 14 inches long and 1 mm x 2 mm in the cross section. Each pipe consists of three sections: an evaporating section, which is attached to the upper arm area; an adiabatic section, which is between the finger area and the arm area; and the condensing section, which is attached to the finger area.
According to Ma, the heat is transferred to fluid in the glove through direct contact between the heat pipes and the individual's arm. The fluid, in turn, is vaporized and the vapors bring heat to the fingers. The vapor is then condensed back into the fluid, which flows back to the arm section through a wick structure embedded in the heat pipe. In this way, Ma says, the heat will continuously be transported from the arm to the finger.
"The heat transport is dependent on the temperature difference," Ma said. "When the temperature difference between the arm and fingers is higher, like it is during the winter, the heat transport capability will increase. When the temperature difference is low, such as when someone comes in from outside, the glove will automatically adjust the heat transfer capability."
Ma, who also is developing the same device for shoes, is the founder of MU's Research Consortium for Innovative Thermal Management, which develops novel low-cost cooling technologies and delivers the research results directly to the industry. The consortium is the first of its kind in the United States to focus on heat pipes and phase-changing cooling devices.
If someone walked into your house at 2:00 AM in the morning, what would you do? Your choices are:
Fire upon them with your gun.
Utilize the situation to improve your home.
Sadly, the telecom industry has decided to pursue option 1. Rather than trying to leverage the cost-saving benefits of VoIP, they are bankrolling bogus studies. This so-called "British" "government" is little more than a pawn in the chess game of telecommunications.
Consider this: I make thousands of telephone calls every month, to important legislators and fellow Freedom Fighters. In the month of May 2003 alone, I would have spent $559.50 with a morally bankrupt "long distance" company like Sprint. However, thanks to Vonage, I paid only $39.95.
That's right, $39.95. No "hidden fees." No "surcharges." No "government levies." I feel that it is my right to pay as little as possible.
So instead of advantagising VoIP providers, Big Telecom (or "BT") wants to litigate them out of existence.
If this persists, I shall be forced to boycott telephones.
Sincerely, Seth Finklestein Telephone Sanitiser and Activist
Clarix was a "private-label" operating system. A*on only called it "Clarix" internally. Licensees were free to add their own branding and replace the name. The only documents you might find about Clarix are on the A*on intranet; of course, since you can't search that from Google, you can't find any "insider information" about it.
I used to work for a large consulting company (their name starts with "A" and ends with "con," if that's any clarification) that developed an embedded OS. This OS, "Clarix," was highly advanced and far superior to the piece of commercial dreck they bought for pennies on the dollar. They then jettisoned all the Clarix developers, but the large company retained copyrights on all their "intellectual property."
I am highly gladdened to see Red Hat doing the right thing: when they no longer have a use for a product, they give the product away so that future hackers can leverage its power. Kudos to you, Red Hat!
Slashdot Mirror
I went to a reputable search engine and searched for computer germs. No results were found. I did, however, find some good results when searching for computer and germs separately.
Thank you. Please continue to boycott Michael Sims.
Sincerely,
For more information on Michael Sims' information atrocities, please click here to read some very informative articles.
I am the one true Seth.
Damian's overly cutesy style of writing is virtually unreadable.[1] I wish there were a Perl book that told me what I needed to know without resorting to stupid "humourous" anecdotes and references.[2] In fact, the so-called "apocalypses"[3] and "exegeses"[4] are just an example of how drawn-out and tedious the development process has become.[5]
...and learn that footnotes are to be used sparingly.
Get over yourself, Damian.[6] Write the damn language, and release it sometime this century.[7]
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein[8]
Perl Guru[9]
[1] Damian loves to use footnotes.
[2] Did you know that the word "humourous" can be spelled without one of the 'u's? However, that is the incorrect way.
[3] Perl is not a project of Biblical proportions. It is a programming language.
[4] Damian loves using words that you won't understand.
[5] Perl 6 development has been going on for three years. Release something more than a document.
[6]
[7] The 21st Century.
[8] Not to be confused with Seth Finkelstein.
[9] I know Perl.
I agree. I've been using Audacity (actually its commercial equivalent, Luxuriousity Audio) for a few months now. It really blows all other software out of the market. I can mix together all the tracks for my nationally-syndicated radio show, "Seth Finklestein's Cybersecurity Update and Top 40 Countdown" and then encode the results in high-quality codices like Ogg Vorbis.
In conclusion, Audacity gets the Seth Finklestein seal of approval.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Host
Seth Finklestein's Cybersecurity Update and Top 40 Countdown
Recently on eBay, I found a piece of software called Luxuriousity Audio. It does everything that Audacity does, and more! For only $9.99, you get high-quality compact disc recordable media, an e-paper manual, and community-supported forums for support!
I'd highly recommend Luxuriousity Audio to my followers and colleagues. You can also buy it using eBay, the world's favourite auction house.
Thank you for your time. Please send me money.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Luxuriousity - The Name Says It All! (TM)
Not true. Apple sold $150 million of non-voting stock to Microsoft in 1997. Microsoft has no influence over Apple.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Ardent Macintosh Advocate
Apple doesn't let you take screen shots of applications which use the sort of low-level graphic calls that the Xbox2 SDK uses. However, I can assure you that the Apple logo is the same size and colour as the normal 'apple menu' in the upper-left corner.
I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Freelance Xbox2 Developer
The "infrared" refers to the fact that you use an IR remote to control the racers. The remote is aimed at the base station, not the car itself.
Please note that this is indeed not FOObar, with whom you may be familiar, but rather somebody 'name squatting' for attention.
You will not be able to buy a Phantom console in stores. The Phantom console will be available from cable and satellite providers as a set-top box. The technology inside the console is nothing new; what Phantom has innovated is a means of delivering rights-secured content directly to clients as a value-added service.
Picture this: Joe Sixpack wants to play games, but he squanders too much of his salary on scratch-off lottery tickets and gizmos that he sees on TV. His cable provider (to whom he moronically pays $50 a month to watch what he could get on SuprNova for free) gives him a Phantom console. That's right, zero dollars. Joe Sixpack gives his cable company no money. Instead, when he wants to play a game, he simply downloads it on demand for a reasonable charge of $9.95. That's not much more than the price of renting a game, except his purchased game is installed on a hard drive and bears no expiration date. The system handles all the installation and authentication information, so all Joe Sixpack has to do is pick up a controller and be careful not to spill his Keystone Light beer all over it.
Of course, around here I don't expect you to understand that. You morons trust a whiny comic strip more than you trust the facts. The Phantom is a real company with more integrity than all of yours put together.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Infinium Console Expert
I'm an annoying punter but wouldn't it be smarter for Infinium to actually demo one of these consoles...
The Phantom console is real. It was demoed at CES. Penny Arcade, HardOCP, and other so-called "news sites" are slandering the company. I don't need to tell you how poor of an "editor" Michael Sims is for publishing such a biased article on Slashdot.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Game Industry Maven
I think George Lucas should stop making wine and start making movies. I can't really imagine waiting until 1997 to see all nine parts of the Star Wars series.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Usenet Historian
Who's the moron now??
Morons know how to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Morons know how to use the A tag to create hyperlinks.
Morons know not to select "HTML Formatted" when their post contains no P tags.
You, sir, are worst of all. You are a sub-moron.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Moron Critic and Pundit
There's a simple solution: cancel your "contract" and don't pay the so-called "cancellation fee." Your former provider might try to sue you in small-claims court. When they do, hire me. I know more about trademark law than Comcast does; they probably won't show up. When the plaintiff doesn't show up, you'll get off the hook. I charge only $39.95 for this service, plus travel and expenses.
For more information, go to Google.com.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Acclaimed Cyberlaw Expert
Dear Mike:
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. The Terms of Service is most definitely not a contract in the strictest legal sense of the term. A contract, per U.S. Common Law section 604(b), is a "binding document that allows for the provision of services in exchange for consideration." What the Terms of Service does is limit your rights. Furthermore, you provide no additional consideration (in juris the fee you pay for the basic cable modem service) as a result of accepting the Terms of Service.
As a lawyer, I vow to defend any user who is unjustly denied Internet access or any other basic human necessities due to the fully legal liberation of their cable modem connectivity device.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Internationally Acclaimed Freedom Fighter and Lawyer
Ha ha, "McBribe." That's good. I'll steal that. It sounds almost as professional as "Micro$haft" and "Macintrash."
I developed a flower that changes colour when it detects the foul stench of poor leadership. If you plant it in the United States of America, it dies immediately.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Political Commentator
Have you ever downloaded RealArcade? It's a spyware-laden application that surreptitiously downloads "content" and pesters you throughout the day asking for more money. It's like that homeless gentleman that keeps asking me for copper coins outside the tube station; no matter how many times I push him down, he keeps getting back up again.
GameHouse used to be a good company. Now I won't be able to play games like Bejeweled any more, since I have the knowledge that they will bombard me with advertisements.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to add GameHouse games to your boycott lists.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Anti-Spyware Advocate
Mr. Taco also continues to employ a rogue "editor" named Michael Sims. For more information about the atrocities committed by Mr. Sims, and the Slashdot's failure to reprimand Mr. Sims for his actions, please read "Michael Sims, Domain Hijacking and Moral Equivalency." Frankly, it will make you vomit in disgust and boycott Slashdot just as I do.
Oh, by the way: this post is at -1 because Michael Sims doesn't want you to read it. Please moderate it higher, if you value your digital freedoms that I thanklessly protect.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Cybersecurity Freedom Fighter
I appreciate the efforts of these "alternative" Linuxen, but frankly Debian will forever remain the hacker's choice. Let's look at the statistics:
In conclusion, I would advise all of my followers to boycott Conectiva and other so-called "clones."
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Distribution Watchdog
The web server seems to be slowing down for the time being. As per section 604(b) of the Fair Use Code, I am entitled to post the full text, unedited, of the article here.
As snow, sleet, freezing rain and frigid Arctic air grip much of the nation, many people will spend dangerous amounts of time outside, shoveling snow, scraping ice or sledding. The chilling atmosphere can have a damaging effect on individuals. As the body attempts to conserve energy, it shuts off heat to the hands, fingers and toes, dropping the temperature to these extremities by 40 degrees F, thus making them susceptible to frostbite. A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia and W.L. Gore and Associates are developing a new glove containing flexible heat pipes that will solve this dangerous problem.
"This new glove will be lighter, thinner, warmer and more comfortable than anything on the market today," said Hongbin Ma, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who started on the project a year ago and recently completed a prototype of the glove. "We simply use the body heat from the upper arm to warm up the fingers during the wintertime."
Each glove, which will be made of polyester, contains five small heat pipes, one for each finger, that are about 14 inches long and 1 mm x 2 mm in the cross section. Each pipe consists of three sections: an evaporating section, which is attached to the upper arm area; an adiabatic section, which is between the finger area and the arm area; and the condensing section, which is attached to the finger area.
According to Ma, the heat is transferred to fluid in the glove through direct contact between the heat pipes and the individual's arm. The fluid, in turn, is vaporized and the vapors bring heat to the fingers. The vapor is then condensed back into the fluid, which flows back to the arm section through a wick structure embedded in the heat pipe. In this way, Ma says, the heat will continuously be transported from the arm to the finger.
"The heat transport is dependent on the temperature difference," Ma said. "When the temperature difference between the arm and fingers is higher, like it is during the winter, the heat transport capability will increase. When the temperature difference is low, such as when someone comes in from outside, the glove will automatically adjust the heat transfer capability."
Ma, who also is developing the same device for shoes, is the founder of MU's Research Consortium for Innovative Thermal Management, which develops novel low-cost cooling technologies and delivers the research results directly to the industry. The consortium is the first of its kind in the United States to focus on heat pipes and phase-changing cooling devices.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Hi, folks. I'm Seth Finklestein.
If someone walked into your house at 2:00 AM in the morning, what would you do? Your choices are:
Sadly, the telecom industry has decided to pursue option 1. Rather than trying to leverage the cost-saving benefits of VoIP, they are bankrolling bogus studies. This so-called "British" "government" is little more than a pawn in the chess game of telecommunications.
Consider this: I make thousands of telephone calls every month, to important legislators and fellow Freedom Fighters. In the month of May 2003 alone, I would have spent $559.50 with a morally bankrupt "long distance" company like Sprint. However, thanks to Vonage, I paid only $39.95.
That's right, $39.95. No "hidden fees." No "surcharges." No "government levies." I feel that it is my right to pay as little as possible.
So instead of advantagising VoIP providers, Big Telecom (or "BT") wants to litigate them out of existence.
If this persists, I shall be forced to boycott telephones.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Telephone Sanitiser and Activist
Clarix was a "private-label" operating system. A*on only called it "Clarix" internally. Licensees were free to add their own branding and replace the name. The only documents you might find about Clarix are on the A*on intranet; of course, since you can't search that from Google, you can't find any "insider information" about it.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Former Clarix Expert
I used to work for a large consulting company (their name starts with "A" and ends with "con," if that's any clarification) that developed an embedded OS. This OS, "Clarix," was highly advanced and far superior to the piece of commercial dreck they bought for pennies on the dollar. They then jettisoned all the Clarix developers, but the large company retained copyrights on all their "intellectual property."
I am highly gladdened to see Red Hat doing the right thing: when they no longer have a use for a product, they give the product away so that future hackers can leverage its power. Kudos to you, Red Hat!
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Retired Developer