No more marking the edge of CD to defeat the copy protection?
Do we ever really hear about good viruses?
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Script kiddies using virus writing kits and punks putting graffiti on stop signs is at about the same level.
What do you think of the notion that there are at least several really successful viruses that we never hear about, because they are more useful to the writer if they are not obviously annoying?
Are all these zombie machines we hear about for rent to spammers infected with viruses that would be caught be common virus scanners, or are they truely different?
I think it will be ok, if you listen to heavy-bass throbbing techno only.
Basically any music you want to feel rather than hear will be just fine.
Seriously, it might be ok. The only experience I have that is close is using those car-stethoscopes - the ones with the metal rod that you can use to listen to engine noises. IIRC you can hear a pretty decent range of frequencies.
In other words, I don't think it is the "frequency response" of your bones, so much as sound traveling thru different media.
Heh, if you put it that way, even the entire universe may not be a completely closed balanced environment.
As far the the long term forcast for our eco-sphere, I think it is generally accepted to be "pretty much more of the same, minor ice ages and thaws every once-in-a-while, then, later, it will get atmosphere-boiling-hot, then really, really cold, for a long, long time."
BTW, I did find the link - the shimp are only good for "about 2 years" according to the eco-sphere folks. The things come in diff sizes and seem kind of pricy since the critters don't too long.
Apparently it is a hobby of sorts to create DIY copies of this thing. I know I hated cleaning the aquarium when I had one - sure would be nice to just close the lid and have a self-cleaning environment.
I remember "they" used to sell small glass balls (4 or 6 inches?) that contained a self-sufficient ecology. This was in the 80's IIRC.
I think they were mostly water, with some sort of green water-plant, and tiny shrimp or some such, for a "complete" plant-animal symbiotic environment.
Anyhow, they were supposed to cycle "forever?" in their closed, balanced system. Assuming you gave it enought sunlight, but didn't over-cook it, and of course assuming it didn't get knocked to the floor.
Did anyone have (still have) one of these? How long did/has it lasted? Can you still get them anywhere?
appologies to whichever polititican said something like that...
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Anyhow, my 2 cents;
I did go to UCSD in Pascal's heyday (CS major, class of '83) and while I remember using Pascal in a couple of beginner's programming courses, on Apple ][, IIRC, I have never used Pascal for anything real. Very quickly, after the Pascal classes, we used C and even FORTRAN for real work.
Gad, I now I remember writting an ADA compiler, in C! (and using z80 assember to write a "pong" program to drive an oscilloscope display, oh the humanity!)
So, there you go, 20+ years later, my knowledge of C (and vi!) still serve me well on a daily basis, but I couldn't write "hello world" in Pascal if my life depended on it (well, if you pay my normal rate, I'll figure it out.)
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He was not even a US citizen, and he is dead - two democratic votes, right there! lol.
I only watch the 7th game of the World Series, when I think about it.
I missed it this year.
This same technique of delayed gratification has served me well for lots of things.
The resultes don't change by knowing them sooner.
Dude - can I be your agent! Do you know how much we could sell that video for?
I don't know which is worse - AOL raw or cooked!
No more marking the edge of CD to defeat the copy protection?
What do you think of the notion that there are at least several really successful viruses that we never hear about, because they are more useful to the writer if they are not obviously annoying?
Are all these zombie machines we hear about for rent to spammers infected with viruses that would be caught be common virus scanners, or are they truely different?
Their eyesight must have been bad!
faith: Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
unreasonable: Not governed by reason.
Oddly, they don't show up as synonyms of each other. Why is that?
Definitions shamelessly cut-n-paste from dictionary.com
They were both ASCII based, so worked on any tty, IIRC.
One was a space game that involved "mining" planets for resources and hunting for other players and shooting at them.
Another one was also a shooting game, played in a maze - but, again, it was all ASCII, with no bitmap stuff at all.
Both addictive, and really fun, at 9600 baud! (that was hard-wired - dialup was typically 110 or 300, with acoustic phone couplers).
Maybe some sort of mini-DNS like thing, parts of the who-is-online db replicated amonst the clients, etc.
E.g. something with no central server.
Maybe there are problems with this architecture, beyond having to open some ports in your firewall?
Just curious, but haven't thought about it too hard...
Basically any music you want to feel rather than hear will be just fine.
Seriously, it might be ok. The only experience I have that is close is using those car-stethoscopes - the ones with the metal rod that you can use to listen to engine noises. IIRC you can hear a pretty decent range of frequencies.
In other words, I don't think it is the "frequency response" of your bones, so much as sound traveling thru different media.
Hey don't knock it - that's how we all got here, what with primordial soup, evolution, and all that ;-)
Just do it! (on the carpet)
RAEM (redundant array of expensive machines) just doesn't ring right - to close to REAM.
This sounds like soooo many failed projects -- rush off an implement before you have the specs...
What do you want a PC to do? Web browse and mail? Graphic manipulation? Render MPEG files? Play the latest game?
Bah, you can't answer the real question until you have it.
... two such roles in a row could be hard on one's career. How'd you like to be type-cast as an evil-eye.
Sir, your margin of error is enough to buy a Big Mac, or were you planning on eating it yourself!
Mmmmm hamburgers... I'm hungry now.
As far the the long term forcast for our eco-sphere, I think it is generally accepted to be "pretty much more of the same, minor ice ages and thaws every once-in-a-while, then, later, it will get atmosphere-boiling-hot, then really, really cold, for a long, long time."
BTW, I did find the link - the shimp are only good for "about 2 years" according to the eco-sphere folks. The things come in diff sizes and seem kind of pricy since the critters don't too long.
Apparently it is a hobby of sorts to create DIY copies of this thing. I know I hated cleaning the aquarium when I had one - sure would be nice to just close the lid and have a self-cleaning environment.
I think they were mostly water, with some sort of green water-plant, and tiny shrimp or some such, for a "complete" plant-animal symbiotic environment.
Anyhow, they were supposed to cycle "forever?" in their closed, balanced system. Assuming you gave it enought sunlight, but didn't over-cook it, and of course assuming it didn't get knocked to the floor.
Did anyone have (still have) one of these? How long did/has it lasted? Can you still get them anywhere?
<ramble_on>
Anyhow, my 2 cents;
I did go to UCSD in Pascal's heyday (CS major, class of '83) and while I remember using Pascal in a couple of beginner's programming courses, on Apple ][, IIRC, I have never used Pascal for anything real. Very quickly, after the Pascal classes, we used C and even FORTRAN for real work.
Gad, I now I remember writting an ADA compiler, in C! (and using z80 assember to write a "pong" program to drive an oscilloscope display, oh the humanity!)
So, there you go, 20+ years later, my knowledge of C (and vi!) still serve me well on a daily basis, but I couldn't write "hello world" in Pascal if my life depended on it (well, if you pay my normal rate, I'll figure it out.)
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Sorry, I know it's wrong but I laugh anyhow.
Lighten up :-)
The best ROI is from a sweatshop.
Hey, come on, this is still an iPod, I am sure "It's almost like a pastel black..."
I dunno, the meme is just sorta burned into the ol' grey matter. I'll have to research it, now that you bring it up. ;-)