Read this paper: SubVirt: Implementing malware with virtual machines (and my blog if it won't print for you). VMWare/Virtual PC won't necessarily prevent rookits from infecting the host OS (though to date I haven't heard of any VM Rootkits).. just a matter of time, most likely.
I just wonder how/if MS will get the music cartels to agree to it, other than wholescale bombing of their headquarters' into submission by the Windows Air Force.
I wouldn't be suprised if Microsoft hired Chuck Norris to take down the music cartels.
That's nothing dude! One time, I was driving through Minnesota in my car and a mosquito flew into my winshield, making a small crack in it. As I was distracted from that, it's friend bit me THROUGH THE CAR DOOR! I couldn't believe it, but there I had it, a welt on my arm and a mosquito embedded in my car door.
I had a friend once who stepped on a mosquito once... the thing just laughed, threw my friend to the ground and bit him until he was on the verge of death. It left a note telling him to leave town or he'd get it again.
Ok, you're right about Zelda (but Zelda 2, I don't know...)
And I included Megamania (Atari 2600) and that D&D game (Aquarius (Emulator)) just for the record.
Ultima was fucked up (at least Exodus was) -- all of that crazy "you wouldn't be able to see it in real life so we'll black out the screen" stuff.
Ok, Wolf3d was awesome, so was Doom and Descent. Sim City was fun, and.. oh, fine, there are a huge number of awesome games that I left out. Hit up Abandongames.com and download your favorites.
[troll] My all time favorite game though was Kings Quest III (which was much better than whatever your favorite game was!) [/troll]
Pick yourself up an emulator and get to work. You've got some catching up to do. Only my list of "required playing": * Super Mario 1 and 3 (ignore 2, it was teh suck) * Final Fantasy 1 and 2 * Contra (up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-b-a-select- start) * Life Force (see Contra) * Metroid (i don't think the game has an ending or even a point, but it's fun) * Sonic the Hedgehog (if you can figure out how to get the system into "debug" mode, you're cool) * Megamania (atari 2600) * Mike Tyson's Punch Out (007-373-5963) * Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Treasures of Tarmin (Aquarius) -- hard to find, but awesome * Phantasy Star II * Kings Quest (Space Quest, Police Quest) -- entire series up until they got "good" graphics-- don't play the remakes
Is this a dupe of this article? I've been running this 6.8GHz laptop for about 9 months now and it's great! The quantum-optical technology means that I can finish playing Kings Quest III before I even start!
However, I don't have a super-multi DVD burner. I wonder if that'll let me burn pr0n faster than I can download it on my super-multi cablemodem!
Wow, technology is great! Even when it's bullshit.
And at over 17lb you can even use it for weight training! You're speaking in the wrong venue about weight training.
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I'm sorry, but I left my tin-foil at home on my dresser today. How exactly would DRM suppress freedom of speech (at the heart of the democratic process)? I can understand the TV/radio issue because they are finitely available resources, but the Internet is not the same. Let's say video/audio goes DRMed WMV/WMA, and maybe some DRMed DOC/HTML format becomes popular, too. So what? You can't copy/distribute out what other people (the companies) give you. Nothing stops you from distributing your own (non-DRMed) content.
Of course, if non-DRMed content was made illegal, then that would change things dramatically, but I don't see how that would **ever** happen.
DRM is a Bad Thing(TM), but I don't see it threatening democracy as the article suggests.
I've had only a few Samsung devices (current cell phone and laser printer [not the same device!]), and they're extremely well made. Haven't had a single problem with either, which is much more than I can say for Motorola, Lexmark, Epson, and LG.
I'd still prefer one of those new Google Cell Phones, but until I can afford one, I'll stick with my Samsung.
I'm under the impression that they all change the HTML a bit, each one making different changes, meaning that each one would break the site in a different way. In other words, it'd be a mess to implement.
Actually no, the point of CSS is to take all of the presentation layer out of the HTML. Unless the HTML isn't coded properly to begin with...
Maybe there's something I don't understand, but why can't they ALL be winners? Why can't/. (and other websites, for that matter) have a "skinnable" interface that lets the user choose how they want the content displayed? Drop down? Another page to set a cookie to the css file? There are many ways to do it technically. I'd even think that an "upload-your-own-CSS" feature would be nice (since you can't set cookies cross-site).
Well you can't destroy matter/energy, so the total amount in the universe is always the same. You said "usable" energy, but it sounds like whatever (evil) force is responsible for a Big Crunch must be built into the way the universe works now. Maybe the 2nd Law is more of a Suggestion.
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Thanks for the new sig, dude!
No, he really does. He works for me, and it takes him forever to rollback a change!
Read this paper: SubVirt: Implementing malware with virtual machines (and my blog if it won't print for you). VMWare/Virtual PC won't necessarily prevent rookits from infecting the host OS (though to date I haven't heard of any VM Rootkits).. just a matter of time, most likely.
Nothing, and I repeat, nothing about /. has been or ever will be socially acceptable.
Reminds me that great joke about the prison inmates, the bar of soap, and the fire extinguisher... oh the laughs!
I just wonder how/if MS will get the music cartels to agree to it, other than wholescale bombing of their headquarters' into submission by the Windows Air Force.
I wouldn't be suprised if Microsoft hired Chuck Norris to take down the music cartels.
No, it was the system that the FBI uses to watch the Star Wars Trilogy (IV-VI).
Wait, are we talking about mosquitos or Chuck Norris?
Obviously, Chuck Norris would have just given my friend a roundhouse kick -- no need to bite him.
Good thought, though.
That's nothing dude! One time, I was driving through Minnesota in my car and a mosquito flew into my winshield, making a small crack in it. As I was distracted from that, it's friend bit me THROUGH THE CAR DOOR! I couldn't believe it, but there I had it, a welt on my arm and a mosquito embedded in my car door.
I had a friend once who stepped on a mosquito once... the thing just laughed, threw my friend to the ground and bit him until he was on the verge of death. It left a note telling him to leave town or he'd get it again.
Scary shit.
Since it was in Japan, wouldn't it have been:
"Riar riar, pants on fire."?
Woohoo! A five dollar raise for me!!!
Ok, you're right about Zelda (but Zelda 2, I don't know...)
And I included Megamania (Atari 2600) and that D&D game (Aquarius (Emulator)) just for the record.
Ultima was fucked up (at least Exodus was) -- all of that crazy "you wouldn't be able to see it in real life so we'll black out the screen" stuff.
Ok, Wolf3d was awesome, so was Doom and Descent. Sim City was fun, and.. oh, fine, there are a huge number of awesome games that I left out. Hit up Abandongames.com and download your favorites.
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My all time favorite game though was Kings Quest III (which was much better than whatever your favorite game was!)
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It's patented, but I'll license it to you if you add -Scovetta in there.
"Not being alive is no excuse." -Scovetta
Not being alive is no excuse.
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Pick yourself up an emulator and get to work. You've got some catching up to do. Only my list of "required playing":
* Super Mario 1 and 3 (ignore 2, it was teh suck)
* Final Fantasy 1 and 2
* Contra (up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-b-a-select
* Life Force (see Contra)
* Metroid (i don't think the game has an ending or even a point, but it's fun)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (if you can figure out how to get the system into "debug" mode, you're cool)
* Megamania (atari 2600)
* Mike Tyson's Punch Out (007-373-5963)
* Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Treasures of Tarmin (Aquarius) -- hard to find, but awesome
* Phantasy Star II
* Kings Quest (Space Quest, Police Quest) -- entire series up until they got "good" graphics-- don't play the remakes
After that, come back and there'll be a test.
Is this a dupe of this article? I've been running this 6.8GHz laptop for about 9 months now and it's great! The quantum-optical technology means that I can finish playing Kings Quest III before I even start!
However, I don't have a super-multi DVD burner. I wonder if that'll let me burn pr0n faster than I can download it on my super-multi cablemodem!
Wow, technology is great! Even when it's bullshit.
And at over 17lb you can even use it for weight training!
You're speaking in the wrong venue about weight training.
I'm sorry, but I left my tin-foil at home on my dresser today. How exactly would DRM suppress freedom of speech (at the heart of the democratic process)? I can understand the TV/radio issue because they are finitely available resources, but the Internet is not the same. Let's say video/audio goes DRMed WMV/WMA, and maybe some DRMed DOC/HTML format becomes popular, too. So what? You can't copy/distribute out what other people (the companies) give you. Nothing stops you from distributing your own (non-DRMed) content.
Of course, if non-DRMed content was made illegal, then that would change things dramatically, but I don't see how that would **ever** happen.
DRM is a Bad Thing(TM), but I don't see it threatening democracy as the article suggests.
That idea was good when I had it too, but apparently all we get is applause, and some references to using a Firefox extension.
And I still think it's a great idea.
Not to mention Norton Commander, probably the greatest piece of software ever created.
(and, of course, Midnight Commander if you want something that's been updated in the past 15 years)
This means that software can now patent people.
Only in Russia, my friend.
I've had only a few Samsung devices (current cell phone and laser printer [not the same device!]), and they're extremely well made. Haven't had a single problem with either, which is much more than I can say for Motorola, Lexmark, Epson, and LG.
I'd still prefer one of those new Google Cell Phones, but until I can afford one, I'll stick with my Samsung.
1) Waste heat in the electronic circuitry
2) Lacking air circulation arount your ear
3) heat from your hand
4) Profit!!!
I'm under the impression that they all change the HTML a bit, each one making different changes, meaning that each one would break the site in a different way. In other words, it'd be a mess to implement.
Actually no, the point of CSS is to take all of the presentation layer out of the HTML. Unless the HTML isn't coded properly to begin with...
Maybe there's something I don't understand, but why can't they ALL be winners? Why can't /. (and other websites, for that matter) have a "skinnable" interface that lets the user choose how they want the content displayed? Drop down? Another page to set a cookie to the css file? There are many ways to do it technically. I'd even think that an "upload-your-own-CSS" feature would be nice (since you can't set cookies cross-site).
Well you can't destroy matter/energy, so the total amount in the universe is always the same. You said "usable" energy, but it sounds like whatever (evil) force is responsible for a Big Crunch must be built into the way the universe works now. Maybe the 2nd Law is more of a Suggestion.
I tried to buy one of these but all I got in the mail was an empty box...
The paper Perils of Transitive Trust in the Domain Name System (coral cache) describes quite a bit of this. It's a bit scary.