Even weirder, start a google search on "907743", really turns out some interesting stuff once you get past the fluff about it being a product number for a 50 pack of CD cases. A little past "Valuation of an entire county in Oklahoma" (Yes, you will find that during the search) it gets more interesting, all kinds of things for us conspiracy fans.
Yes, even as 6370, I was completely confused by the reference at first, so googled to figure out what you were talking about. Yes, I feel stupid now.:)
On the Tools menu, click Options. Select the Text Editor folder. Select the folder for the language you want to customize IntelliSense. Select a property page for the language and clear check boxes for the options that you do not want.
(In doing this research, I just discovered a setting "Hide Advanced Members" that was ON (???) by default for VB.NET. Just turned that off, I've been confused for quite a while why certain things that I KNEW where there were not showing up. Woohoo!!)
Although that is up for debate, as Goofy may have the gift of speech, it seems that Pluto has more ability to reason as shown by many behavioral observations.
Very cool. I've been hanging out here almost as long, but just recently discovered your stuff (Although I have my old Field Folio with your Githyanki on the cover.:) ), I'm always late too.:)
I disagree. I'm thinking all the tech speak is comfusing you. First person is a gimmick? Sounds like you're trying to imitate a professional critic who thinks the way to seem professional is to hate everything.
Just finished reading Singularity Sky last week, and am about 2/3s through Accellerando, and it's really the most interesting two books I've read in a long time. Although nothing like Known Space/Ringworld, the writing reminds me of Larry Niven in his prime.
Just my opinion, but I really enjoyed Singularity Sky and am very much enjoying Accelerando. Stross CAN write. Can you read?
Oh please, don't be so stupidly simplistic. You really think that if we forcibly dissolved the top 20 ethical offender corps we'd end up in the stone age?
And don't forget, Black Aria II is out any day now. (Site says it's complete, just doesn't say anything about a release date beyond "Late Srping/Early Summer 2005"
Wow, is that book not designed for the slashdot crowd?
"Just then, a bandwidth load as heavy as a pregnant elephant sits down on Manfred's head and sends clumps of humongous pixilation flickering across his sensorium: Around the world, five million or so geeks are bouncing on his home site, a digital flash crowd alerted by a posting from the other side of the bar. Manfred winces. "I really came here to talk about the economic exploitation of space travel, but I've just been slashdotted. Mind if I just sit and drink until it wears off?"
Wow, from reading the Wiki about him, it looks like I've been familiar with his other work for over 20 years: He created the Githyanki (On the cover of the AD&D Field Folio) (!!!), the Slaad, and the Death Knights from Dragonlance. Small world!
I must have been living under a rock, but I'd never head of this Charles Stross guy until this weekend. Happened to pick up a copy of Singularity Sky this weekend, very impressive. Not done yet (Just past the part where they picked up the message beacon with the damaged disks) but very cool. Good hard scifi, a lot like vintage Niven, but then again completely different from Known Space.
I have been AWARDED child support, but I haven't gotten any in a few months, from my ex who promptly quit her job and started living on the money put away for our daughter's college fund. And since I'm a guy, the state just laughs at me if I complain.
You sir, are an anti-American, anti-capitalist sheep and you have no place in this country.
Our whole economy is based on capitalism, which implies ownership of property. What these SCOTUS people did was knock out the keytone of the whole foundation - saying that we cannot truely own anything.
You have a responsibility to stand up against things that are wrong, you are not upholding your part of the deal, so you should go move to a communist country, as that is what you support.
I thought you were kidding. Then I looked, and you are not at all. Insanity.
46. The beheading and murder of United States Citizens in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and other countries have been videotaped, converted to MPEG and other images for viewing on the public Internet through the use of OSS and Linux software and computer technology developed and purloined by Linux and OSS members and illegally exported from the United States. 47. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of domestic and international terrorism.
48. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of efforts to undermine the Government of the United States and the economic stability of computer technology development and industry within the United States.
49. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of the creation of weapons of mass murder and mass destruction by the enemies of the United States.
49. Companies who attempt to protect their rights to their intellectual property by filing lawsuits against members of Linux and OSS are attacked publicly on the public Internet through a variety of means, including identity theft, defamation, interference in their business and cultural relationships, violation of their rights of expressive association and freedom of speech, threats to murder them, intentional infliction of emotional distress to the extent they take their own lives, and Internet postings advocating they commit suicide.
50. Many of these methods employed by OSS and Linux Community members to oppress and suppress public viewpoints they do not agree with, do not differ in any way and in many cases resemble the same methods employed by international terrorists to promote their causes, in that they advocate through the posting of messages, emails, and public statements to Internet websites: murder, violence, death, oppression, mob mentality, intentional infliction of emotional distress, terror, defamation, identify theft, character assassination, threats to murder or firebomb the homes of individuals, and threats to overthrow governmental systems.
51. Although OSS and Linux both state goals and ideals which are attractive, such as freedom to innovate, freedom to develop new technology, and free access to software and computer technology, efforts by competing open source efforts to develop or create new development communities are routinely attacked publicly by OSS and Linux members through a variety of oppressive means over the public Internet, such as threats of: murder, violence, death, oppression, mob mentality, intentional infliction of emotional distress, terror, defamation, identify theft, character assassination, threats to murder or firebomb the homes of individuals, and threats to overthrow governmental systems.
52. Many of these activities fall within the definitions under the Patriot Act and other Federal Legislation designed to protect the American People as acts of domestic terrorism.
Nah, it's a laptop which was specifically assigned to the student in question to be able to take home.
There's a big weird question there - Yes, it's the school's property, but it's been legally assigned to the student. (Yes, I'm sure there's a document somewhere that links the Serial Number of the laptop to the student in question.) Exactly what rights do you have or not have with a machine that you've been allowed to take home?
Instead of breaking and entering, it'd be more like entering your own legally-leased apartment through the window rather than the door. Sure, the apartment management may not like it, and may eventually kick you out (aka take away the laptop) if you keep that up, but there no way in hell you could be charged with breaking and entering into your own apartment.
Yes, it IS legal advice. Don't bullshit us, boy. You're going to jail, soon as I can get your school administrator to press charges. Don't leave town in the meantime.
Basically figuring out the BIOS password and they are looking at class 3 felonies?
Worst thing that should happen is: Well, Johnny, you are apparently not responsible enough to have one of the school's laptops in your possession. You will no longer be allowed to use the schools laptops. End of story, not "You little conniving fucker, you are an evil evil EVIL hacker and now you're going to pound-you-in-the-ass prison."
The punishment's gotta fit the "crime" (if you can even call it that...), and this more like "Hey, you want a snack? Ok, let's drop this fucking elephant on your head, try eating that, beyotch!"
I find this article sums up why this mad dash to free market globalisation will just drag the whole world to a far lesser way of life.
Partial excerpt:
1. There is no such thing as a "free market."
2. The "middle class" is the creation of government intervention in the marketplace, and won't exist without it (as millions of Americans and Europeans are discovering).
The conservative belief in "free markets" is a bit like the Catholic Church's insistence that the Earth was at the center of the Solar System in the Twelfth Century. It's widely believed by those in power, those who challenge it are branded heretics and ridiculed, and it is wrong.
In actual fact, there is no such thing as a "free market." Markets are the creation of government.
Slashdot Mirror
Even weirder, start a google search on "907743", really turns out some interesting stuff once you get past the fluff about it being a product number for a 50 pack of CD cases. A little past "Valuation of an entire county in Oklahoma" (Yes, you will find that during the search) it gets more interesting, all kinds of things for us conspiracy fans.
:)
Yes, even as 6370, I was completely confused by the reference at first, so googled to figure out what you were talking about. Yes, I feel stupid now.
You're studying YOU? Learn anything you didn't already know?
Uh...
To turn IntelliSense options off by default
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Text Editor folder.
Select the folder for the language you want to customize IntelliSense.
Select a property page for the language and clear check boxes for the options that you do not want.
(In doing this research, I just discovered a setting "Hide Advanced Members" that was ON (???) by default for VB.NET. Just turned that off, I've been confused for quite a while why certain things that I KNEW where there were not showing up. Woohoo!!)
A bigger, possibly smarter dog.
Although that is up for debate, as Goofy may have the gift of speech, it seems that Pluto has more ability to reason as shown by many behavioral observations.
Fiend Folio, not Field Folio :)
Very cool. I've been hanging out here almost as long, but just recently discovered your stuff (Although I have my old Field Folio with your Githyanki on the cover. :) ), I'm always late too. :)
:)
Thanks for the great books!
I disagree. I'm thinking all the tech speak is comfusing you. First person is a gimmick? Sounds like you're trying to imitate a professional critic who thinks the way to seem professional is to hate everything.
Just finished reading Singularity Sky last week, and am about 2/3s through Accellerando, and it's really the most interesting two books I've read in a long time. Although nothing like Known Space/Ringworld, the writing reminds me of Larry Niven in his prime.
Just my opinion, but I really enjoyed Singularity Sky and am very much enjoying Accelerando. Stross CAN write. Can you read?
Oh please, don't be so stupidly simplistic. You really think that if we forcibly dissolved the top 20 ethical offender corps we'd end up in the stone age?
And don't forget, Black Aria II is out any day now. (Site says it's complete, just doesn't say anything about a release date beyond "Late Srping/Early Summer 2005"
Wow, is that book not designed for the slashdot crowd?
"Just then, a bandwidth load as heavy as a pregnant elephant sits down on Manfred's head and sends clumps of humongous pixilation flickering across his sensorium: Around the world, five million or so geeks are bouncing on his home site, a digital flash crowd alerted by a posting from the other side of the bar. Manfred winces. "I really came here to talk about the economic exploitation of space travel, but I've just been slashdotted. Mind if I just sit and drink until it wears off?"
I guess Charles must hang out here, is it you?
Toothbrushes REDUCE, not ELIMINATE the amount of stinky scum growing on your nasty teeth. The amount by which they reduce is not usually specified.
And your logic is what? We would all be better off if we stopped brushing/stopped using condoms?
Wow, from reading the Wiki about him, it looks like I've been familiar with his other work for over 20 years: He created the Githyanki (On the cover of the AD&D Field Folio) (!!!), the Slaad, and the Death Knights from Dragonlance. Small world!
I must have been living under a rock, but I'd never head of this Charles Stross guy until this weekend. Happened to pick up a copy of Singularity Sky this weekend, very impressive. Not done yet (Just past the part where they picked up the message beacon with the damaged disks) but very cool. Good hard scifi, a lot like vintage Niven, but then again completely different from Known Space.
Thanks for the download info!
I have been AWARDED child support, but I haven't gotten any in a few months, from my ex who promptly quit her job and started living on the money put away for our daughter's college fund. And since I'm a guy, the state just laughs at me if I complain.
Tell me the system isn't rigged...
Uh, what happened on 9/1? I hadn't heard of that... ;)
You sir, are an anti-American, anti-capitalist sheep and you have no place in this country.
Our whole economy is based on capitalism, which implies ownership of property. What these SCOTUS people did was knock out the keytone of the whole foundation - saying that we cannot truely own anything.
You have a responsibility to stand up against things that are wrong, you are not upholding your part of the deal, so you should go move to a communist country, as that is what you support.
I thought you were kidding. Then I looked, and you are not at all. Insanity.
46. The beheading and murder of United States Citizens in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and other countries have been videotaped, converted to MPEG and other images for viewing on the public Internet through the use of OSS and Linux software and computer technology developed and purloined by Linux and OSS members and illegally exported from the United States.
47. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of domestic and international terrorism.
48. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of efforts to undermine the Government of the United States and the economic stability of computer technology development and industry within the United States.
49. Companies which sponsor, endorse, and support OSS and Linux, and those acting in concert as their advocates have been unwitting participants in wholesale technology theft of United States developed technology and sponsors of the creation of weapons of mass murder and mass destruction by the enemies of the United States.
49. Companies who attempt to protect their rights to their intellectual property by filing lawsuits against members of Linux and OSS are attacked publicly on the public Internet through a variety of means, including identity theft, defamation, interference in their business and cultural relationships, violation of their rights of expressive association and freedom of speech, threats to murder them, intentional infliction of emotional distress to the extent they take their own lives, and Internet postings advocating they commit suicide.
50. Many of these methods employed by OSS and Linux Community members to oppress and suppress public viewpoints they do not agree with, do not differ in any way and in many cases resemble the same methods employed by international terrorists to promote their causes, in that they advocate through the posting of messages, emails, and public statements to Internet websites: murder, violence, death, oppression, mob mentality, intentional infliction of emotional distress, terror, defamation, identify theft, character assassination, threats to murder or firebomb the homes of individuals, and threats to overthrow governmental systems.
51. Although OSS and Linux both state goals and ideals which are attractive, such as freedom to innovate, freedom to develop new technology, and free access to software and computer technology, efforts by competing open source efforts to develop or create new development communities are routinely attacked publicly by OSS and Linux members through a variety of oppressive means over the public Internet, such as threats of: murder, violence, death, oppression, mob mentality, intentional infliction of emotional distress, terror, defamation, identify theft, character assassination, threats to murder or firebomb the homes of individuals, and threats to overthrow governmental systems.
52. Many of these activities fall within the definitions under the Patriot Act and other Federal Legislation designed to protect the American People as acts of domestic terrorism.
Is this come kind of joke?
Uh, round eye to assumed slant-eye: It's Sashimi, not Sushimi.
You arrogant, elitist, asshole.
I think you should do something with your life besides spank your tiny monkey and post on slashdot.
You are a fuckhead. How is it in any way your right to decide such things for others?
If it wasn't for Doc Brown's time machine, Clara Clayton would have been killed in a buggy accident and would have had a ravine named after her.
As if millions of PakMen screamed out and then were suddenly silenced...
Nah, it's a laptop which was specifically assigned to the student in question to be able to take home.
There's a big weird question there - Yes, it's the school's property, but it's been legally assigned to the student. (Yes, I'm sure there's a document somewhere that links the Serial Number of the laptop to the student in question.) Exactly what rights do you have or not have with a machine that you've been allowed to take home?
Instead of breaking and entering, it'd be more like entering your own legally-leased apartment through the window rather than the door. Sure, the apartment management may not like it, and may eventually kick you out (aka take away the laptop) if you keep that up, but there no way in hell you could be charged with breaking and entering into your own apartment.
Yes, it IS legal advice. Don't bullshit us, boy. You're going to jail, soon as I can get your school administrator to press charges. Don't leave town in the meantime.
Oh shut the FUCK up you idiot.
No sympathy?
Basically figuring out the BIOS password and they are looking at class 3 felonies?
Worst thing that should happen is: Well, Johnny, you are apparently not responsible enough to have one of the school's laptops in your possession. You will no longer be allowed to use the schools laptops. End of story, not "You little conniving fucker, you are an evil evil EVIL hacker and now you're going to pound-you-in-the-ass prison."
The punishment's gotta fit the "crime" (if you can even call it that...), and this more like "Hey, you want a snack? Ok, let's drop this fucking elephant on your head, try eating that, beyotch!"
I find this article sums up why this mad dash to free market globalisation will just drag the whole world to a far lesser way of life.
Partial excerpt:
1. There is no such thing as a "free market."
2. The "middle class" is the creation of government intervention in the marketplace, and won't exist without it (as millions of Americans and Europeans are discovering).
The conservative belief in "free markets" is a bit like the Catholic Church's insistence that the Earth was at the center of the Solar System in the Twelfth Century. It's widely believed by those in power, those who challenge it are branded heretics and ridiculed, and it is wrong.
In actual fact, there is no such thing as a "free market." Markets are the creation of government.