I know what you mean, but at the party, this got GREAT reviews - especially as the tutorial was very funny. As you said, though, it's a rehash of a rehash, and although it does a good job, it is tiresome on ingenuity fronts.
If you get the time, look at tAAt's entry, which has an INCREDIBLY funny video;)
You're right - neither you nor I know anyone that openly encrypts all their mail, however that doesn't mean PGP/GPG is useless...
Personally, if I have some data I want secured and backed up, I use duplicity, and that backs up and encrypts the data using GPG. If I want to save a note for myself somewhere, I email it to myself, encrypted. The VAST majority of my email is GPG signed so that recipients know that the mail came from me.
It's really useful in the geek community. Trust me, have a play - it's a great way to meet new people too, with keysigning parties all the time!
Exactly. I am using my MBP at the moment, I love it. I have BC, and it runs Windows. What runs in there? EVE-Online, and Steam. Sure, I have Winamp on there, and a couple of apps like putty and winscp, but that's for listening to music whilst playing, and because it's stupid to reboot just to check on the progress of something on my Linux server.
Most of my friends, though, will never switch to Mac, not because of the games issue, but because the first thing they say in their defence is "but I can't upgrade it with a new harddrive, or I'll break my warranty on it!" as they've all built their own machines. The other thing they'll say is "but it's not customisable enough" because the very first thing they're used to doing after installing windows is to go into the registry, deleting lots of crap, uninstalling lots of stuff, running tweakxp and disablin lots of services... With the Mac, you just... well.. work!
Yeah, I didn't mean to ramble... No wonder I'm called waffle by my friends...
When will people get over the Killer App mentaility? The iPod wouldn't sell nearly as well without network effects. I'll explain:
iPod connects to iTunes, which does an excellent job of managing your music. iTunes connects to the iTunes Music Store, which is a cheap(ish) and easy way to get tracks, as well as easily manage podcasts and subscriptions - if TV shows were available in the UK, I'd be using iTunes to get them, almost definitely. iTMS connects with pretty much ALL the major music companies, so that when you buy tracks from X, it suggests Y and Z, which you may be interested in.
The combination of all of the above leads to Apple not only having market share, but DESERVING market share - their products are good, and if anyone comes up to me wanting to get into online music, I suggest iPod everytime.
However, as others have said, Ogg Vorbis support should be in iTunes, and either converted within iTunes or playable on the iPod. I can't see it happening anytime soon though:(
As a UK citizen, I'm unfamiliar with US law - how long does a US patent last? I assumed it was 5 years, considering this patent was filed in 1991 (if I read correctly) it must be at least 15 years monopoly - something that seams completely unfair to the progression of business...
Maybe the US (and indeed most countries) need to re-evaluate the law pertaining to patent law, what it was created for, and what it should cover today. Also, copyright law needs looking at - I'm pretty disgusted with the UK version as it stands, I'm sure the US has an equally if not worse one. 25 years or death plus 5 years sounds fair. After then, it doesn't mean no-one owns it, it means everyone owns it, surely?
At 99c, you'd probably buy it rather than download it. At $1.99, you might get 50% downloading it. Either way, there's money to be made there... And Fox will screw it up by releasing it TV only or downloadable in 320x240 ubercompressed RealMedia 45MB per hour downloads.
Then again, in the UK, it'll just either not get played at all or at some stupid hour unadvertised.
Now that you mention it, after I had finished playing with Amigas, the first real computer I used was a Mac at school, and I started playing with Linux soon after I got a PC...
Don't you think it's weird how originally, computers were Unix based, then Windows and Mac came along, basically stealing crap from Xerox (a Unix-alike based initiative) and then we're slowly moving back to Unix with Linux and MacOSX?
The Saudi's may be pissed, living in a desert and all, but think about it, genetically modify corn based plants to grow in a well-irrigated desert (and this is possible, things do grow in the desert) and suddenly the Middle East becomes a place to grow fuel - hey, it could even help African countries. Of course, the USA also has lots of wasted space... But for me as a Brit, with very low spare space, I'd be happy to buy African corn based fuel, in fact I'd probably prefer it.
No way did that balloon get that high on hot air - absolute claptrap from the slashdot submitter - even the article says it was helium that raised the balloon.
"More4" - the new UK Channel 4 channel has started airing the Daily Show in the UK, but I can't watch it. Why? The Comedy Central logo hasn't been removed, just blurred out, and it looks like it's just an NTSC rip-off, as opposed to being re-synced from the masters (I think it goes out in the US on HDTV?)
Whilst I really enjoy the daily show, I can't watch it like that - it pains me to see the faded colours and the blurryness everywhere all the time, so I actually watch it streamed from the US from a friends HDTV box.
That's pretty sad - PAL viewers really do get the short straw with US TV, it's awful. Just because we have superior broadcast facilities:(
If Apple actually started offering TV shows for download (free with ads, 50p without etc) I may actually use iTunes. In fact, if they started offering lossless (FLAC et al) downloads, I might even use their audio services.
But at the moment, I can't see a reason to use iTunes' service - I pay the same as buying the music on CD and get a worse product in the end.
I know it's not Apple's fault, but if Apple don't swing their weight behind downloading soon - it's going to set an awful precedent:(
Maybe it's just me - but I'm really scared by VoIP. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great, and Asterisk is an amazing tool, but if I can set it up, so can Mr. 419-Nigeria-Scam, so can Mr. Viagra-automated-selling-tool. I can see a time when my phone is going to ring every 30 seconds, and it's going to be a marketer from a foreign country who does not recognise the UK's Telephone Preference Scheme.
I think we can all agree that the patent system is not just old and outdated, but doing those it was designed to aid a great disservice. What is the benefit of patenting in the 21st century? None! Copyright law does everything patenting should do - patents should be phased out within 5 years in my opinion.
Hmm... Three converted warhead delivery systems fail one after the other... Sounds like someone in an America-shaped land doesn't want anyone but themselves to be at the forefront of space technology...
Either that, or an automated sentry system detected a warhead launch and took action, and the military can't/won't turn it off...
Look this way please sir... (takes out pen shaped flash bulb) (flash of light) What you saw weren't spokes in the rings of Saturn, they were shadows cast by interstellar monkey spunk. Nice meeting you...
No, really, they are. A vulnerability in PHP runs the virus, which infects other executables. A virus checker should be able to detect the memory signature and go "Whoah!"
Not quite right - you have the right to free speech, and therefore can technically speak on any subject you wish - however if you've signed an NDA - you're restricted, by choice. You violate that, you're screwed, just as reverse engineering a protected technology would be.
Slashdot Mirror
Stop rationalizing - you're breaking the law to benefit yourself. It's that simple.
Actually, he's rationalising
I may have had you marked as a friend for many years, but I'm still going to call you a pillock :)
I know what you mean, but at the party, this got GREAT reviews - especially as the tutorial was very funny. As you said, though, it's a rehash of a rehash, and although it does a good job, it is tiresome on ingenuity fronts.
;)
If you get the time, look at tAAt's entry, which has an INCREDIBLY funny video
Matthew Walster
AssemblyTV.net monkey =)
I got bored of making my own version, using the .ics that the guys had published, so I've used yours - cheers!
You're right - neither you nor I know anyone that openly encrypts all their mail, however that doesn't mean PGP/GPG is useless...
Personally, if I have some data I want secured and backed up, I use duplicity, and that backs up and encrypts the data using GPG. If I want to save a note for myself somewhere, I email it to myself, encrypted. The VAST majority of my email is GPG signed so that recipients know that the mail came from me.
It's really useful in the geek community. Trust me, have a play - it's a great way to meet new people too, with keysigning parties all the time!
Exactly. I am using my MBP at the moment, I love it. I have BC, and it runs Windows. What runs in there? EVE-Online, and Steam. Sure, I have Winamp on there, and a couple of apps like putty and winscp, but that's for listening to music whilst playing, and because it's stupid to reboot just to check on the progress of something on my Linux server.
Most of my friends, though, will never switch to Mac, not because of the games issue, but because the first thing they say in their defence is "but I can't upgrade it with a new harddrive, or I'll break my warranty on it!" as they've all built their own machines. The other thing they'll say is "but it's not customisable enough" because the very first thing they're used to doing after installing windows is to go into the registry, deleting lots of crap, uninstalling lots of stuff, running tweakxp and disablin lots of services... With the Mac, you just... well.. work!
Yeah, I didn't mean to ramble... No wonder I'm called waffle by my friends...
Best tags, ever!
"startrek, movies, deadhorse" =)
When will people get over the Killer App mentaility? The iPod wouldn't sell nearly as well without network effects. I'll explain:
:(
iPod connects to iTunes, which does an excellent job of managing your music.
iTunes connects to the iTunes Music Store, which is a cheap(ish) and easy way to get tracks, as well as easily manage podcasts and subscriptions - if TV shows were available in the UK, I'd be using iTunes to get them, almost definitely.
iTMS connects with pretty much ALL the major music companies, so that when you buy tracks from X, it suggests Y and Z, which you may be interested in.
The combination of all of the above leads to Apple not only having market share, but DESERVING market share - their products are good, and if anyone comes up to me wanting to get into online music, I suggest iPod everytime.
However, as others have said, Ogg Vorbis support should be in iTunes, and either converted within iTunes or playable on the iPod. I can't see it happening anytime soon though
As a UK citizen, I'm unfamiliar with US law - how long does a US patent last? I assumed it was 5 years, considering this patent was filed in 1991 (if I read correctly) it must be at least 15 years monopoly - something that seams completely unfair to the progression of business...
Maybe the US (and indeed most countries) need to re-evaluate the law pertaining to patent law, what it was created for, and what it should cover today. Also, copyright law needs looking at - I'm pretty disgusted with the UK version as it stands, I'm sure the US has an equally if not worse one. 25 years or death plus 5 years sounds fair. After then, it doesn't mean no-one owns it, it means everyone owns it, surely?
At 99c, you'd probably buy it rather than download it. At $1.99, you might get 50% downloading it. Either way, there's money to be made there... And Fox will screw it up by releasing it TV only or downloadable in 320x240 ubercompressed RealMedia 45MB per hour downloads.
Then again, in the UK, it'll just either not get played at all or at some stupid hour unadvertised.
Now that you mention it, after I had finished playing with Amigas, the first real computer I used was a Mac at school, and I started playing with Linux soon after I got a PC...
Don't you think it's weird how originally, computers were Unix based, then Windows and Mac came along, basically stealing crap from Xerox (a Unix-alike based initiative) and then we're slowly moving back to Unix with Linux and MacOSX?
How the fuck do supposedly intelligent people believe this shit???
The Saudi's may be pissed, living in a desert and all, but think about it, genetically modify corn based plants to grow in a well-irrigated desert (and this is possible, things do grow in the desert) and suddenly the Middle East becomes a place to grow fuel - hey, it could even help African countries. Of course, the USA also has lots of wasted space... But for me as a Brit, with very low spare space, I'd be happy to buy African corn based fuel, in fact I'd probably prefer it.
No way did that balloon get that high on hot air - absolute claptrap from the slashdot submitter - even the article says it was helium that raised the balloon.
Psssh.
Numbers stations don't repeat each block, what does this actually say?
Slightly off-topic - the Daily Show.
:(
:(
"More4" - the new UK Channel 4 channel has started airing the Daily Show in the UK, but I can't watch it. Why? The Comedy Central logo hasn't been removed, just blurred out, and it looks like it's just an NTSC rip-off, as opposed to being re-synced from the masters (I think it goes out in the US on HDTV?)
Whilst I really enjoy the daily show, I can't watch it like that - it pains me to see the faded colours and the blurryness everywhere all the time, so I actually watch it streamed from the US from a friends HDTV box.
That's pretty sad - PAL viewers really do get the short straw with US TV, it's awful. Just because we have superior broadcast facilities
If Apple actually started offering TV shows for download (free with ads, 50p without etc) I may actually use iTunes. In fact, if they started offering lossless (FLAC et al) downloads, I might even use their audio services.
But at the moment, I can't see a reason to use iTunes' service - I pay the same as buying the music on CD and get a worse product in the end.
I know it's not Apple's fault, but if Apple don't swing their weight behind downloading soon - it's going to set an awful precedent
Maybe it's just me - but I'm really scared by VoIP. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great, and Asterisk is an amazing tool, but if I can set it up, so can Mr. 419-Nigeria-Scam, so can Mr. Viagra-automated-selling-tool. I can see a time when my phone is going to ring every 30 seconds, and it's going to be a marketer from a foreign country who does not recognise the UK's Telephone Preference Scheme.
I can see trouble ahead.
I think we can all agree that the patent system is not just old and outdated, but doing those it was designed to aid a great disservice. What is the benefit of patenting in the 21st century? None! Copyright law does everything patenting should do - patents should be phased out within 5 years in my opinion.
Then again, I'm an outsider - I live in the UK...
Hmm... Three converted warhead delivery systems fail one after the other... Sounds like someone in an America-shaped land doesn't want anyone but themselves to be at the forefront of space technology...
Either that, or an automated sentry system detected a warhead launch and took action, and the military can't/won't turn it off...
Oooooh, I like starting conspiracy theories!
In the vain attempt at making their budget go "Ca-ching!".
Yeah, I used to call is ca-ching before I realised...
Jon Stewart's going to be on UK TV? Fuck yeah!
Sorry, 21 today and feeling great!
Look this way please sir...
(takes out pen shaped flash bulb)
(flash of light)
What you saw weren't spokes in the rings of Saturn, they were shadows cast by interstellar monkey spunk.
Nice meeting you...
No, really, they are. A vulnerability in PHP runs the virus, which infects other executables. A virus checker should be able to detect the memory signature and go "Whoah!"
Just because you run Linux/BSD doesn't mean you don't need an anti-virus! Sure, the risks are minimal, but virii do occur on those platforms!
;)
ClamAV is free, and at all good apt repositories - go install
Not quite right - you have the right to free speech, and therefore can technically speak on any subject you wish - however if you've signed an NDA - you're restricted, by choice. You violate that, you're screwed, just as reverse engineering a protected technology would be.