> Personally, I don't keep porn around. Just download some more from newsgroups or something.. why look at the same stuff over and over again? It's not like there's any real content to porn, just pretty pictures. Move on to new stuff...
That's why I said it was gathering dust. I guess I'll make a charitable donation come XMas time.
Besides the fact that their Nikon D100 has a stuck (hot) pixel, the pictures of people (first "set" on the page) are really bad quality-wise and there is not much creativity - i.e. two shots of the same geek (Hall) taking heatsink temperatures from slightly different angles aren't exciting even to fellow geeks.
There's no reason for me to have to register. The fact that I show up in of itself is indication that I want to vote. It's yet one more thing that lowers voter turnout.
As for absentee ballots, yes I've heard of them but they weren't easily accessible (I was on _vacation_, ever hear of that?). I also hadn't registered in NY, and I don't believe I could've done so from Florida.
I wasn't "at home" when the last election came around - I live in NYC and I was vacationing in South Florida. And guess what? - I couldn't vote. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I also thing "registration" is stupid - let me come and vote, w/o requiring me to "register" - as an American, I have the right to vote and do not want to be concerned with registration and other bs.
Also, I think you are naive in thinking "the voters" "can stop this" - look at the last election. Also - who knows what other draconian laws will be silently passed by the current administration before their time is up. Like if you don't vote BushCo in 2004 they take away your citizenship. And do you think the average American who is only concerned with his/her immediate well-being (without thinking ahead) and is a creature of comfort (just as the corporations want him to be: uninvolved) will do anything about any of this? Cuz I don't think the small fraction of/. readers that would act would cut it.
Because us Americans will complain about the noise so bitterly (why did you move next to the airport, Einstein, if you don't like engine noise? to save a few bucks? then live with the noise!) we'll still be using 1960s technology well into the 22nd century.
It's time for IBM, or anyone else capable (heck, even M$ ain't _this_ bad), to step up and kill SCO. As for McBride, he should be stripped of his US citizenship under the Patriot Act (to prove it's really meant to protect American ideals, values, freedom and way of life).
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Wow, that must've touched a nerve or two! As much joy as news of this brings me, I believe that in order for something to hold it has to be done right. Like, if you want to lose weight (not referring to any other/. story of today <g>), start running or something - don't be half-assed and deprive your body of the food needs by going on some dead dude's for-profit diet. Or stop eating like a pig. So, to keep guns out of "less-than-ideally educated" (patent pending) people's hands (the ones I have an issue with as far as their gun ownership), something else must be done. Like, say, stop selling guns (if the bad guys can't buy guns, what do I need one for? - we have KNIVES! <g>). Because censoring won't work, and I stand against it on principle.
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"..because utilizing low-carb methods to modify the metabolism is analogous to hacking and overclocking the body."
More like being retarded. Like the guy who's fine with his box crashing 2-3 times a day as long as he _knows_ it's oc'ed to the max. Your body will crash too - there is no magic. The difference is that Atkins, when he was alive, marketed for profit his unsafe body overclocking methods that could seriously fuck you up for life, whereas frying a Barton will only hurt your pocket the average monthly salary of a chinese factory worker making the motherboard you fried it on.
Why not throw Data in the mix? He could probably kick both their asses, without all the drama. Or have the Borg assimilate their ass. "The greatest battle the universe has ever known," they say? I think not, and Q would probably agree. Heck, even the T1000 (not Cali's Governor-elect) could one-handedly beat the living crap out of them. You say acid blood, I say photon torpedo, or teleporting them into the sun (once we get that darn Heisenberg compensator working).
Why not just use Python, then? Oh, wait - it would have far too few bugs for it to be an official part of something that comes bundled out of the box with a M$ product.
Can someone shed some light on a problem I will soon face? Taking your number to a different carrier "is all well and good," but what if I'm moving to another city and I want to take my NY cell # with me? Is this remotely possible or should I just forget it?
Fuck TV and the wave it rode in on! It's time to move on, it's pathetic such semi-intelligent beings as us are enslaved by a stupid box with pictures and sound.
> Active Protection System (APS) is a microchip put on the system board that senses acceleration. It parks the head of a hard drive inside a tenth of a second, significantly reducing the risk of damage to data.
Is this for those people that refer to themselves as having "big hands"? Cuz I sure as heck never had any data damage from normal use of any of my notebooks, and I've owned a few. Of course, I never dropped any of them while they were running. I guess it would be worthwhile for the data to be safe even if the rest of the notebook break. But then what if the chip goes berzerk and parks your heads constantly, dropping thruput to the 21st-century equiv of a 2400 bps modem? <g>
LinuxTel, most of the time. What, you're running on Aplha? puh-leeeeeeze
> sshd does NOT WORK if you can not run a ssh client!
A big hand for Mr. Obvious <g>
> Kinkos does not do ssh, but it does have IE.
K, I hear you - but a) aren't there Java applets that implement an ssh client that you can run in a browser? (if not, there should be) and b) doesn't every notebook computer now come with modem and Ethernet ports, and sometimes even WiFi (or ~$40 for a WiFi PC Card)? You can then just proceed to your nearest StarBucks, if your hotel doesn't provide any connectivity options including not offering you a phone line to dial up even lowly AOL that has POPs nationwide, so you can run an ssh client on your choice of unix/win/etc. on your own "secure" notebook? Or are you implying that you live at Kinko's?
> The local Library does not speak ssh, but it can do Webmin. (Well the librarian does speak SHHHH!)
> How often does it crash? More or less often than sshd?
Uh, more? I've never had sshd crash on me except when I was upgrading it or openssl (and it didn't really crash, it just wouldn't start because of temporary problems). I've had Webmin not only crash, but I've had it start using 100% of CPU at one time - I could barely ping the box, and reboots didn't help (the box was remote). Had to pay for an "incident" to have someone at my managed host manually disable Webmin from starting. After that, I've never ever used it again.
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> Personally, I don't keep porn around. Just download some more from newsgroups or something.. why look at the same stuff over and over again? It's not like there's any real content to porn, just pretty pictures. Move on to new stuff...
That's why I said it was gathering dust. I guess I'll make a charitable donation come XMas time.
> Dusty Disc May Mean Other Earths
I thought this referred to my pr0n collection on CD.. It's been gathering dust. Never realized it may mean other Earths!
Pretty soon you won't be allowed to fart^M^M^M^Mexpose others to second-hand flatulance if you're not 18^M^M21.
> Everyone should be thankful that the files are not send over DNS.
All your base are belong to us.
Besides the fact that their Nikon D100 has a stuck (hot) pixel, the pictures of people (first "set" on the page) are really bad quality-wise and there is not much creativity - i.e. two shots of the same geek (Hall) taking heatsink temperatures from slightly different angles aren't exciting even to fellow geeks.
Other than that, keep up the great work IBM!
Well done, Mr. Unsubstantiated-Insult Man. Bravo!
There's no reason for me to have to register. The fact that I show up in of itself is indication that I want to vote. It's yet one more thing that lowers voter turnout.
As for absentee ballots, yes I've heard of them but they weren't easily accessible (I was on _vacation_, ever hear of that?). I also hadn't registered in NY, and I don't believe I could've done so from Florida.
I wasn't "at home" when the last election came around - I live in NYC and I was vacationing in South Florida. And guess what? - I couldn't vote. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I also thing "registration" is stupid - let me come and vote, w/o requiring me to "register" - as an American, I have the right to vote and do not want to be concerned with registration and other bs.
/. readers that would act would cut it.
Also, I think you are naive in thinking "the voters" "can stop this" - look at the last election. Also - who knows what other draconian laws will be silently passed by the current administration before their time is up. Like if you don't vote BushCo in 2004 they take away your citizenship. And do you think the average American who is only concerned with his/her immediate well-being (without thinking ahead) and is a creature of comfort (just as the corporations want him to be: uninvolved) will do anything about any of this? Cuz I don't think the small fraction of
> ... US destinations are not mentioned ...
Because us Americans will complain about the noise so bitterly (why did you move next to the airport, Einstein, if you don't like engine noise? to save a few bucks? then live with the noise!) we'll still be using 1960s technology well into the 22nd century.
It's time for IBM, or anyone else capable (heck, even M$ ain't _this_ bad), to step up and kill SCO. As for McBride, he should be stripped of his US citizenship under the Patriot Act (to prove it's really meant to protect American ideals, values, freedom and way of life).
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/. story of today <g>), start running or something - don't be half-assed and deprive your body of the food needs by going on some dead dude's for-profit diet. Or stop eating like a pig. So, to keep guns out of "less-than-ideally educated" (patent pending) people's hands (the ones I have an issue with as far as their gun ownership), something else must be done. Like, say, stop selling guns (if the bad guys can't buy guns, what do I need one for? - we have KNIVES! <g>). Because censoring won't work, and I stand against it on principle.
Wow, that must've touched a nerve or two! As much joy as news of this brings me, I believe that in order for something to hold it has to be done right. Like, if you want to lose weight (not referring to any other
"..because utilizing low-carb methods to modify the metabolism is analogous to hacking and overclocking the body."
More like being retarded. Like the guy who's fine with his box crashing 2-3 times a day as long as he _knows_ it's oc'ed to the max. Your body will crash too - there is no magic. The difference is that Atkins, when he was alive, marketed for profit his unsafe body overclocking methods that could seriously fuck you up for life, whereas frying a Barton will only hurt your pocket the average monthly salary of a chinese factory worker making the motherboard you fried it on.
Why not throw Data in the mix? He could probably kick both their asses, without all the drama. Or have the Borg assimilate their ass. "The greatest battle the universe has ever known," they say? I think not, and Q would probably agree. Heck, even the T1000 (not Cali's Governor-elect) could one-handedly beat the living crap out of them. You say acid blood, I say photon torpedo, or teleporting them into the sun (once we get that darn Heisenberg compensator working).
Why not just use Python, then? Oh, wait - it would have far too few bugs for it to be an official part of something that comes bundled out of the box with a M$ product.
SCO OpenServer sues SCO UnixWare over patent infringement.
Anyone else read this as Communist Threatens to Sue Blogger?
I can now say Fuck Claria w/o subconscious fear for my member!
"MS Dissatisfaction High, Users Consider Switching", Slashdot.org front page, Sunday October 12, @03:41PM
"IE Vulnerabilities Page Removed", "...Given Microsoft's recent positive actions...", Slashdot.org front page, Sunday October 12, @06:23PM
Is it just me?
Can someone shed some light on a problem I will soon face? Taking your number to a different carrier "is all well and good," but what if I'm moving to another city and I want to take my NY cell # with me? Is this remotely possible or should I just forget it?
Fuck TV and the wave it rode in on! It's time to move on, it's pathetic such semi-intelligent beings as us are enslaved by a stupid box with pictures and sound.
You can buy one today! The current, off-the-shelf version of "Vanderpool" is called a KVM.
> Active Protection System (APS) is a microchip put on the system board that senses acceleration. It parks the head of a hard drive inside a tenth of a second, significantly reducing the risk of damage to data.
Is this for those people that refer to themselves as having "big hands"? Cuz I sure as heck never had any data damage from normal use of any of my notebooks, and I've owned a few. Of course, I never dropped any of them while they were running. I guess it would be worthwhile for the data to be safe even if the rest of the notebook break. But then what if the chip goes berzerk and parks your heads constantly, dropping thruput to the 21st-century equiv of a 2400 bps modem? <g>
> This is Linux we are talking about, Not Wintel
;)
LinuxTel, most of the time. What, you're running on Aplha? puh-leeeeeeze
> sshd does NOT WORK if you can not run a ssh client!
A big hand for Mr. Obvious <g>
> Kinkos does not do ssh, but it does have IE.
K, I hear you - but a) aren't there Java applets that implement an ssh client that you can run in a browser? (if not, there should be) and b) doesn't every notebook computer now come with modem and Ethernet ports, and sometimes even WiFi (or ~$40 for a WiFi PC Card)? You can then just proceed to your nearest StarBucks, if your hotel doesn't provide any connectivity options including not offering you a phone line to dial up even lowly AOL that has POPs nationwide, so you can run an ssh client on your choice of unix/win/etc. on your own "secure" notebook? Or are you implying that you live at Kinko's?
> The local Library does not speak ssh, but it can do Webmin. (Well the librarian does speak SHHHH!)
> How often does it crash? More or less often than sshd?
Uh, more? I've never had sshd crash on me except when I was upgrading it or openssl (and it didn't really crash, it just wouldn't start because of temporary problems). I've had Webmin not only crash, but I've had it start using 100% of CPU at one time - I could barely ping the box, and reboots didn't help (the box was remote). Had to pay for an "incident" to have someone at my managed host manually disable Webmin from starting. After that, I've never ever used it again.