interesting...well, there was an episode of CHiPs (which was a tv show from the late 70s and early 80s) which involved a character--a heavy metal singer--named Moloch. it didn't occur to me (duh) that the name had a meaning outside the show. anyway, at least it brought back memories hehe...
wait a second here...when you say opt-in, are you referring to an opt-in Do Not Call list, or are you referring to a "Please Call" list? i had interpreted the latter...it doesn't make as much sense in hindsight though...
i disagree that opt-in is better for marketers. a good chunk of the successful calls are people who would likely choose not to opt-in. these people are analogous to the "on the fence" voters out there, who are most actively pursued by candidates because they know they have a chance of winning their vote, as opposed to someone who is adamantly against them. they are people who might not seek out whatever product or service the caller is offering, but who can be pressured into buying. if the list was opt-in, all of these sales would be lost.
yeah, someone actually told me that a lot of the items in Progress Quest are from the Diablo series. maybe that subconsciously makes it more addicting for Diablo fans.
i play PQ because it makes a mockery out of the countless hours i've spent on text-based MUDs. though there's really no substitute for beating up helpless forest critters...
w s s castmm rabbit get all corpse sac corpse s castmm rabbit get all corpse sac corpse e castmm rabbit flee recall sleep
are they actually using port scanning to do this? i haven't read much on war(driving|chalking) (other than the occassional mainstream article and the spiffy chart of chalk symbols), so i'm not informed as to how people go about doing it. i suppose i should read more on it.
i've read many stories about the legal fallout from port scanning. how's this for an analogy: having open ports on a machine is like people leaving their bedroom window blinds open in their highrise apartments at night. sure, the person probably (IANAL) has a legal expectation of privacy, and those peeping in from the next building over could be charged with something. but really, if you want to do something without worrying about people peeking in, why leave the blinds open? you'll not likely catch the guy with the telescope sitting in his unlit apartment, so why give him the chance? unless, of course, that kind of thing turns you on, so you leave the blinds open on purpose. then you invite others to watch.
Peterson recently drove down a major Washington street and found over 20 wireless networks, many of which had no security at all. Peterson said his probes are part of good police work, like a patrolman driving through a neighborhood.
yeah i found this quote interesting too. the analogy sounds a little off though. seems to me it's more like a policeman walking through a neighborhood, checking to see whose front doors are unlocked. which is, of course, not what id want the police to be doing to my house. then again, i dont make a habbit of leaving my front door unlocked anyway...
At 948 people per square mile, there's a lotta livin' going on in RI.
yeah...kinda sucks. all these stupid "family-oriented subdevelopment housing communities" going up, sucking up all the land. damn population growth. i hope when we go to buy a house in 5 or so years, we can still find one from which we won't be able to see our neighbors' houses...
don't we have that whole one letter and 3 number thing too, but without the '-' in between? seen a lot of those lately...
i remember seeing the license plate '7' once when i was in HS. i believe that was the one that then-governer Sundlun "obtained" for his wife. i love this state...
erm, try $450-$4. i remember when RMBS hit that high...quite disturbing. i think VA's top out at $320 was more pathetic though, considering it was the day of their IPO, which opened at like $12 IIRC.
For *n?x people, text mode MUDs are great games to play.
i was wondering if anyone else shared this idea. half of my work week is spent on an NT workstation, but i open an xterm from one of our unix boxes and login to my MUD from there (there are win32 MUD clients will all kinds of fancy features out there, but i like the old-school feel of ANSI telnet:). it only takes up about 1/4 of the screen, and it's easy to alt-tab something on top of it if someone walks my way. it's also usually easy to take extended breaks, although getting interrupted while fighting someone or something is somewhat annoying...
of course, the ultimate source for finding a MUD you like is the MUD Connector. the site indexes over 1700 MUDs and features advanced searching and user reviews.
i obtained openssl-0.9.6b-8.src.rpm from the redhat 7.2 SRPMS archive. in order to get around the stupid libcrypt.so.0/libssl.so.0 problem, i modified the spec file slightly. everything seemed to build and install correctly. here is a patch:
%changelog +* Fri Mar 8 2002 James Blanding 0.9.6b-8.1 +- Provide libcrypto.so.0 and libssl.so.0 for backwards compatability + with RedHat 6.2 openssl RPMs +
* Fri Sep 7 2001 Nalin Dahyabhai 0.9.6b-8
- disable the RNG in the ubsec engine driver
it looks like all Harman-Kardon receivers can decode MP3 streams, but if you don't have one of those, i think this lovely device might fit your desire. it takes the MP3 stream from your USB port and converts it to digital audio (PCM). One problem, though, is that it sounds like it needs windows drivers to work. then again, they said winmodems would never work outside of windows...and look what happened.
...like volenteering your time to habitat for humanity, and building houses that are shoddy.
great analogy! it reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons when the Flanders' house is destroyed and the community chips in to rebuild it, only to have it collapse shortly afterwards. when i first read the "summary" of the changes, the only item that really stuck out at me as a potential Bad Thing(tm) was the disclaiming of the privacy policy. (its probably just an escape clause...like in case some company threatens to sue them if they dont provide contact info for some user; but its unreasonable to expect users to 'trust' them on that sort of thing IMO.) but after reading your comments and pondering the matter some, i think that this particular type of "charitable" service is not one which should be skimped upon (unlike donating clothing that no longer fits).
although, since im not someone that utilizes SF's hosting services, i don't know if anything has been going on behind the scenes to force this decision. hopefully someone over there will respond to the community's concerns...
I've always thought that if I built a dream house, it would have a utility core that could access every room. Something like a 18-inch wide gap within the main central walls of the house that you could walk in. That way, I could route wires and install electronic equipment to my heart's content.
Of course, the only proper entryway for something like this would be a button that makes a bookshelf swing open...
you think this is a great idea, until one day 8 years down the road...you've just started replacing all that outdated cat5e with a second run of fiber when you think you hear a noise coming from far off in one of the other corridors. you stop and listen, but hear nothing, so you return to your work. then, the noise again, louder; it sounds like something scratching along the drywall. you peer down the dark corridor. you definitely hear it now, and it's getting closer. you turn to run towards the access door, but the bookcase suddenly slams shut before you reach it! trapped, you stare into the blackness. the noise almost reaches you, but suddenly stops; silence. then, a warm, damp breeze flows past you: it's breath. it is here. it has come for you. you fail to scream in time...
*ahem* sorry...got a little carried away there. anyway, good idea:)
um...i dont think that was the point. it doesnt surprise me that none of those movies are rated R. however, South Park was written to include vast quantities of "strong language", "adult content", etc. in other words, they wanted it that way, and in doing so, their target audience no longer included young children. thus, if they had toned the movie down to acquire a lower rating, it may have attracted more younger viewers, but it probably would have lost much of its appeal to older viewers (i.e. the ones who were important to the writers).
shortly after it was released (and after i saw it), Dennis Miller interviewed Trey Parker and Matt Stone and talked about the film. some of the interesting tidbits i remember included them talking about getting the movie rated. iirc, they said that when they initially submitted the movie to the MPAA, they received an NC-17 rating. apparently all they had to remove to get it knocked down to R was a reference to "rim-jobber". they also said the MPAA urged them to go for a PG-13 rating because "that's where the money is" but they didnt go for it. im still amazed that the scene with Sadam chasing Satan around with the detachable penis was acceptable for an R rating...
sure was funny though.
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interesting...well, there was an episode of CHiPs (which was a tv show from the late 70s and early 80s) which involved a character--a heavy metal singer--named Moloch. it didn't occur to me (duh) that the name had a meaning outside the show. anyway, at least it brought back memories hehe...
So it has no value?
try again, genius.
Main Entry: invaluable
Pronunciation: (")in-'val-y&-b&l, -y&-w&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: 1in- + value, v. + -able
Date: 1576
: valuable beyond estimation : PRICELESS
forgive me for diverging...would your name happen to be a CHiPs reference?
And no incoming planes with landing gear up should be allowed either.
of course, because we all know that once those landing gear are down, there's no chance whatsoever of disaster
--Siva
wait a second here...when you say opt-in, are you referring to an opt-in Do Not Call list, or are you referring to a "Please Call" list? i had interpreted the latter...it doesn't make as much sense in hindsight though...
--Siva
Skynet gets Slashdotted
you FOOL! that's not Terminator 4, that's the ending of Terminator 3! you've ruined it for everyone!
i disagree that opt-in is better for marketers. a good chunk of the successful calls are people who would likely choose not to opt-in. these people are analogous to the "on the fence" voters out there, who are most actively pursued by candidates because they know they have a chance of winning their vote, as opposed to someone who is adamantly against them. they are people who might not seek out whatever product or service the caller is offering, but who can be pressured into buying. if the list was opt-in, all of these sales would be lost.
--Siva
yeah, someone actually told me that a lot of the items in Progress Quest are from the Diablo series. maybe that subconsciously makes it more addicting for Diablo fans.
i play PQ because it makes a mockery out of the countless hours i've spent on text-based MUDs. though there's really no substitute for beating up helpless forest critters...
w s s castmm rabbit get all corpse sac corpse s castmm rabbit get all corpse sac corpse e castmm rabbit flee recall sleep
--Siva (Expodrine realm)
are they actually using port scanning to do this? i haven't read much on war(driving|chalking) (other than the occassional mainstream article and the spiffy chart of chalk symbols), so i'm not informed as to how people go about doing it. i suppose i should read more on it.
i've read many stories about the legal fallout from port scanning. how's this for an analogy: having open ports on a machine is like people leaving their bedroom window blinds open in their highrise apartments at night. sure, the person probably (IANAL) has a legal expectation of privacy, and those peeping in from the next building over could be charged with something. but really, if you want to do something without worrying about people peeking in, why leave the blinds open? you'll not likely catch the guy with the telescope sitting in his unlit apartment, so why give him the chance? unless, of course, that kind of thing turns you on, so you leave the blinds open on purpose. then you invite others to watch.
Peterson recently drove down a major Washington street and found over 20 wireless networks, many of which had no security at all. Peterson said his probes are part of good police work, like a patrolman driving through a neighborhood.
yeah i found this quote interesting too. the analogy sounds a little off though. seems to me it's more like a policeman walking through a neighborhood, checking to see whose front doors are unlocked. which is, of course, not what id want the police to be doing to my house. then again, i dont make a habbit of leaving my front door unlocked anyway...
At 948 people per square mile, there's a lotta livin' going on in RI.
yeah...kinda sucks. all these stupid "family-oriented subdevelopment housing communities" going up, sucking up all the land. damn population growth. i hope when we go to buy a house in 5 or so years, we can still find one from which we won't be able to see our neighbors' houses...
Why do you have to go to a different town just because they change your border? I'm pretty sure the post office will still accept your mail.
outgoing, yes; incoming (as in something you have to sign for but can't be available to receive and do not want left on your doorstep), no.
hard to call it sticks though, when you compare it to some places in the midwest...
don't we have that whole one letter and 3 number thing too, but without the '-' in between? seen a lot of those lately...
i remember seeing the license plate '7' once when i was in HS. i believe that was the one that then-governer Sundlun "obtained" for his wife. i love this state...
that the $120-$16 run...
erm, try $450-$4. i remember when RMBS hit that high...quite disturbing. i think VA's top out at $320 was more pathetic though, considering it was the day of their IPO, which opened at like $12 IIRC.
see also:
scroll down to March 13, 2000 in RMBS history
Dec 9, 1999 in VA Linux's
For *n?x people, text mode MUDs are great games to play.
:). it only takes up about 1/4 of the screen, and it's easy to alt-tab something on top of it if someone walks my way. it's also usually easy to take extended breaks, although getting interrupted while fighting someone or something is somewhat annoying...
i was wondering if anyone else shared this idea. half of my work week is spent on an NT workstation, but i open an xterm from one of our unix boxes and login to my MUD from there (there are win32 MUD clients will all kinds of fancy features out there, but i like the old-school feel of ANSI telnet
of course, the ultimate source for finding a MUD you like is the MUD Connector. the site indexes over 1700 MUDs and features advanced searching and user reviews.
--Siva
actually, its
I am so smart!
I am so smart!
S-M-R-T--I mean S-M-A-R-T...
i obtained openssl-0.9.6b-8.src.rpm from the redhat 7.2 SRPMS archive. in order to get around the stupid libcrypt.so.0/libssl.so.0 problem, i modified the spec file slightly. everything seemed to build and install correctly. here is a patch:
/sbin/ldconfig /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0 /lib/libcrypto.so.0 /lib/libssl.so.0
/sbin/ldconfig
--- openssl.spec.orig Fri Mar 8 10:52:52 2002
+++ openssl.spec Fri Mar 8 13:14:03 2002
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Summary: The OpenSSL toolkit.
Name: openssl
Version: 0.9.6b
-Release: 8
+Release: 8.1
Source: openssl-engine-%{version}-usa.tar.bz2
Source1: hobble-openssl
Source2: Makefile.certificate
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
BuildPreReq: perl, sed
Requires: mktemp
+Provides: libcrypto.so.0, libssl.so.0
%define solibbase %(echo %version | sed 's/[[:alpha:]]//g')
@@ -219,11 +220,21 @@
%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1*/*.pl*
%{_datadir}/ssl/misc/*.pl
-%post -p
+%post
+rm -f
+rm -f
+ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.6b
+ln -s libssl.so.0.9.6b
+/sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -p
+%postun
+/sbin/ldconfig
%changelog
+* Fri Mar 8 2002 James Blanding 0.9.6b-8.1
+- Provide libcrypto.so.0 and libssl.so.0 for backwards compatability
+ with RedHat 6.2 openssl RPMs
+
* Fri Sep 7 2001 Nalin Dahyabhai 0.9.6b-8
- disable the RNG in the ubsec engine driver
I've got zlib 1.1.3 installed...
ah, but do you have zlib-devel installed (assuming mandrake splits up libraries and headers into two packages like RH)?
--Siva
it looks like all Harman-Kardon receivers can decode MP3 streams, but if you don't have one of those, i think this lovely device might fit your desire. it takes the MP3 stream from your USB port and converts it to digital audio (PCM). One problem, though, is that it sounds like it needs windows drivers to work. then again, they said winmodems would never work outside of windows...and look what happened.
--Siva
...like volenteering your time to habitat for humanity, and building houses that are shoddy.
great analogy! it reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons when the Flanders' house is destroyed and the community chips in to rebuild it, only to have it collapse shortly afterwards. when i first read the "summary" of the changes, the only item that really stuck out at me as a potential Bad Thing(tm) was the disclaiming of the privacy policy. (its probably just an escape clause...like in case some company threatens to sue them if they dont provide contact info for some user; but its unreasonable to expect users to 'trust' them on that sort of thing IMO.) but after reading your comments and pondering the matter some, i think that this particular type of "charitable" service is not one which should be skimped upon (unlike donating clothing that no longer fits).
although, since im not someone that utilizes SF's hosting services, i don't know if anything has been going on behind the scenes to force this decision. hopefully someone over there will respond to the community's concerns...
--Siva
I've always thought that if I built a dream house, it would have a utility core that could access every room. Something like a 18-inch wide gap within the main central walls of the house that you could walk in. That way, I could route wires and install electronic equipment to my heart's content.
:)
Of course, the only proper entryway for something like this would be a button that makes a bookshelf swing open...
you think this is a great idea, until one day 8 years down the road...you've just started replacing all that outdated cat5e with a second run of fiber when you think you hear a noise coming from far off in one of the other corridors. you stop and listen, but hear nothing, so you return to your work. then, the noise again, louder; it sounds like something scratching along the drywall. you peer down the dark corridor. you definitely hear it now, and it's getting closer. you turn to run towards the access door, but the bookcase suddenly slams shut before you reach it! trapped, you stare into the blackness. the noise almost reaches you, but suddenly stops; silence. then, a warm, damp breeze flows past you: it's breath. it is here. it has come for you. you fail to scream in time...
*ahem* sorry...got a little carried away there. anyway, good idea
--Siva
isn't nearly so flammable
don't forget that PVC is way more toxic when it burns...
--Siva
Interesting how none of these were rated R.
um...i dont think that was the point. it doesnt surprise me that none of those movies are rated R. however, South Park was written to include vast quantities of "strong language", "adult content", etc. in other words, they wanted it that way, and in doing so, their target audience no longer included young children. thus, if they had toned the movie down to acquire a lower rating, it may have attracted more younger viewers, but it probably would have lost much of its appeal to older viewers (i.e. the ones who were important to the writers).
--Siva
speaking of the South Park movie...
shortly after it was released (and after i saw it), Dennis Miller interviewed Trey Parker and Matt Stone and talked about the film. some of the interesting tidbits i remember included them talking about getting the movie rated. iirc, they said that when they initially submitted the movie to the MPAA, they received an NC-17 rating. apparently all they had to remove to get it knocked down to R was a reference to "rim-jobber". they also said the MPAA urged them to go for a PG-13 rating because "that's where the money is" but they didnt go for it. im still amazed that the scene with Sadam chasing Satan around with the detachable penis was acceptable for an R rating... sure was funny though.
--Siva