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I hope you guys will allow me to completely dork the fsck out and ask a radiationally-related Star Trek question.
Does anyone remember that episode of ST:TNG where Data woke up (reactivated) on that planet and didn't know where he was, or who he was? Remember how he was transporting some sort of radioactive material, and it was making everyone in the town sick because they were making jewelery out of it and it poisoned the water supply and all that?
I only mention this because all this readioactive talk reminded me of how Data made that frame with canvas stretched across it that was soaked in something that caused it to become luminescent when the radioactive particles passed through it. I was wondering if anyone knew what was the canvas soaked in and is that something that is even feasible? I've always wondered about that...
Well, basically DirecTV and DirecWay are both owned by Hughes, but all they really share in common is the name. If you use you DirecWay dish for receiving DTV programming as well as an I.S.P., you only talk to DirecWay for technical assistance; all programming questions are routed to DTV's customer service. I know that in the early days of DirecPC, you actually received two different bills.
I wasn't aware that DTV had good customer service... I've talked to them once, it was a no-brainer and solved easily, but the rep didn't have that terribly thick DWay accent...:p
"They wanted her to get new P4 cards, which are unhackable.
Ahem. Excuse me? I think you meant Not yet hacked in the public domain... The history of this hobby will show you that a new hack doesn't usually show it's face on the scene until there is some sort of significant problem with the current hack. When "Black Sunday" occurred back in 2001, all those former H card users were fodder for the sale of the new HU hack. As it turned out, the H card was revived with the advent of the bootloader, but the HU hack was out. Kind of conveinent that it showed up right when people needed it most, eh?
Currently, the HU hack is safe, more or less. Nothing major seems to be on the horizon, and there is no "write-once" area on the HU as there was on the H, thus no "Black Sunday;" well, at least not via that same method. The only real threat to the HU hack currently is the HU swap out: customers receiving P4 cards to replace their HU cards. Once DTV believes that they have sucessfully replaced the majority of their customers' cards with P4's, they flip the switch and start removing HU authorizations packets from the stream. After that, the HU is a nice ice-scraper, more or less. And amazingly, mark my words, the P4 will miraculously be hacked! What luck!! Get a clue guys, its already done; its just a closely held secret until the masses need it most. Supply and demand folks.
Only after the HU runs into a problem will the P4 hack become public. It's just a matter of time. Thus, your statement regarding the P4 being unhackable... Yeah, just like the H was claimed to be when it replaced the F card, and just like the HU was claimed to be when it replaced the H card. Bollocks sir, pure bollocks.
See, because you were actually intelligent in going about purchasing this stuff. I can't tell you how many sob stories I've heard from people in the "hobby" about the "letter." In the last 2-3 years, the DTV hacking market just blew up bigtime, and there were tons of sites that were selling equipment. In the mad rush to beat the competition, a ton of these places actually started accepting credit cards. WTF... The standard had always been money orders, find a reputable dealer (that isn't base in the U.S. dummies!!), buy your stuff, and have it sent to a safe address.
Now you've got thousands of people with letters, dealers and fulfillment houses raided, and a bunch of dumb m***erf**kers that can't figure out how they got busted.
While I totally disagree with the tactics that DTV is employing, all I can say is what in the f**k do you guys expect?!?!
Simple fact is that the letters that these people got were not sent because they bought a generic smart card reader/writer. They bought devices with (usually) Atmel AT90S2313-10PC I.C.'s on them which were programmed with a flash that had no other purpose than to circumvent the security on a DTV access card. Now, I don't have a problem with DTV getting ripped off; I could care less. But the fact remains that these devices are illegal access devices, and as such, are illegal. Sucks, yeah, but that's why you have to be f**king careful when you buy this stuff!!!!
I would like to say, however, that the only real major provider of satellite "broadband" (I use the term loosely) is a terrible provider. DirecWay... I don't know if they just don't care if their customers hate them, or what.
The biggest problem DirecWay has is the relative unreliability of their system. It is constantly plagued by DNS server outages, proxy problems, and oftentimes leaves it's customers to use dial up until whatever the problem is "clears up". Not to mention that the latency is so high that most FTP's disconnect unless you have the ping on the server set to something around 900-950ms.
The customer service is deplorable. DirecWay decided to outsource their phone techs to an outfit in India or something, and there is absolutely no way to get a problem solved with those guys. Between the unintelligible attempt at English language and the silly level of technical incompetence, you end up just not calling them for anything. I've called twice, over simple things such as needing POP3 server info and whatnot. I didn't get that info, and figured out that if you want to get anything done with DirecWay, you have to figure it out for yourself.
But honestly, I (kinda) knew about these problems before I signed up. I had done research on DWay, but I just needed faster downloads. Faster uploads don't happen with DWay, expect about 45kbps. Just check out the satellite forum on Broadband Reports; you'll read the horror that we live with.
The only other provider in the US (that I know of) is Starband, but from what i hear the service is just as shoddy, but with even lower speeds. I can't testify to that for a fact, but it seemed like the lesser of the two providers, so I went with DirecWay. Fortunately, I'm moving soon, so I'll be sending this stupid dish back to DWay and getting on a real broadband connection. All the rural folks? Start praying for a massive nation-wide fixed wireless solution... Satellite ain't gonna do it!
I'm all for the innovation that is spurred in these sorts of competitions, but I'd really like to see what some of the real-world results have been from this kind of technological refinement. I hate to this that all this effort was being expended without any extrapolation into regular, everyday technological usage.
They are speaking of Cryptome, which is indeed offline. It is redirecting to this nearly blank page http://jya.com, which I can only assume stand for John Young, Architect.
Cryptome did indeed contain a ton of interesting information. I was a fan for years, but I hadn't visited recently. It's a shame to see the spooks finally got to him, if that is indeed the case.
No, it's not, but apparently I am. Sheesh...
From the article's "quiz":
You got 7 right!
Have you thought about entering the competition to find the sexiest geek alive?
If only 3% scored a perfect, I feel so bad for the future of our society that I just might cry. It's not that they don't know the tech jagon, it's that they can't take tests. Here's a real tough one:
What is Bluetooth?
A: A new dental technique to tackle cavities
B: A short-range communications technology that uses radio waves
C: An infamous pirate who terrorised the Caribbean in the 18th Century
Who failed this?!? You're taking a tech jargon quiz! Which one is even remotely tach-related?!
I think I'll take a moment to mourn the republic...
This is precisely the point of what would be wrong in addition to being not very consistent after everey 5th page with a community based translation.
I just wonder how specific the dictionary is... I don't trust my layman's translating of German (took French, wtf was I thinking!!!), so I'm not gleaning enough info from the above mentioned link.
I agree with you; I would think that for a community-based translation to work without suffering the disparity that you mention, you would need much more than a simple dictionary; you would need a rather extensive guide explaining themes and tone found in the various sections of the book. I haven't read any Harry Potter, but I've read enough to know that a simple change in vocabulary (even word order) can dramatically change the author's intended tone.
Let's say that in a scene, our hero Harry is in a particularly sticky situation. He has encountered some enemy early on in the book with whom he will certainly be having a showdown towards the end of the story. The author intend to have Harry seem, yes, certainly scared, yet nervous about betraying that fact to his enemy, and the author uses the word "a cold chill ran down Harry's back, and his clenched fists almost betrayed his near loss of composure". But then, you get a 13-year-old German would-be translator you transposes the phrase to read "a tremble shook down Harry's back to his clenched fists, betraying his loss of composure". oops, there goes the autoer's inteded tone,... Hell, there goes the path of the plot; the enemy knows Harry's scared, as opposed to what the author meant to happen in that scene.
Now, to us these two English phrases are quite different, but the loss of a couple of words and vocabularic mix-up during translation results in a significantly different sentence, and could easily happen with a amature translation. Couple that with the fact that the translator changes every five pages? I'd hate to be the one trying to trudge through that book...
I'm sure the dictionary gives translations for the school's names or other proper nouns, as well as other terms for casting spells and whatnot, but how specific can an online translation dictionary for Harry Potter be, really? Certainly not specific enough to avoid the obvious problems that would arise from this sort of communal translation, IMO. As big a fan of online collaboration, leave it to the pros on this one; you're better off kiddos.
I was speaking in reference to the part of the quote stating "or which are planned to be used in this site," which gives them cart-blanche on any term involving the word "spam". Thus, one could create a SPAM- word and Hormel, in accordance with their policy, could claim that they planned to use the term, and thus accuse you of being in violation of their trademark.
SPAMWHORE was a joking example, but something like SPAMINATOR (which I've seen used in reference to a spam-filtering software package currently on the market) could be attacked by Hormel, who could claim that they planned on using that name on their Spam.com site for, oh, a game or something. Thus, the reason for my post.
You, however, could be considered SPAMFORBRAINS, since you would rather call people stupid and attack their posts rather than read. Silly me, I should have explained further... (looking for a:rolls_eyes:)
It's actually very funny... Hormel has been quite adamant about defending its SPAM(TM) for years, as I've noticed from reading some certain trade publications.
I've flipped through a few magazines marketed towards aspiring fiction writers, and these publications are littered with advertisements by companies demanding that writers reference their products correctly in any works produced. I specifically remember an ad by Hormel requesting that writers refer to Spam as "Hormel Foods Brand SPAM Luncheon Meat" anytime one would want to refer to it in some sort of work of literature.
5. Trademark Information. The following trademarks used or which are planned to be used in this site, whether registered or unregistered, are owned by Hormel Foods: SPAM; HORMEL; SPAMBURGER; SPAMTASTIC and any other SPAM-derived terms.
So if I make up the word "SpamWhore", well, it's owned by Hormel Foods, and should have been spelled SPAMWHORE. Even though they've never registered it. Too funny.
When does fair use ever come to the mind of a corporation?
First off, mod up parent, that was funny as hell:D
Secondly, I mean, come on... Not only is it a scan, but a terrible one at that. I'm going to snobbishly assume this article has no redeeming qualities on general principle! Pride in your work people, take some pride!
Although, if Amazon had taken some pride in their work and instead of ripping off photos, I guess this story wouldn't be here in the first place...
From above mentioned site: Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery (rumored), Kevin Costner (rumored), Tom Selleck (rumored), Mark Hammill (rumored)
Oh god, please. Magnum P.I. in Atlantis, sporting a Hawaiian shirt, lots of chest hair, and banging all the chicks before Indy can get his hand on them.
Great material. I really like seeing all of these missions and scientific discoveries listed in one concise manner. Not only does it make for great reading, but it also makes for good material during those inane "how can we justify space exploration" arguments.
No, you're wrong; the post was in reference to this:
Tyler: Remember this: the people you're trying to step on, we're everyone you depend on. We're the people who do your laundry and cook your food and serve your dinner. We make your bed. We guard you while you're asleep. We drive the ambulances. We direct your call. We are cooks and taxi drivers and we know everything about you. We process your insurance claims and credit card charges. We control every part of your life. We are the middle children of history, raised by television to believe that someday we'll be millionaires and movie stars and rock stars, but we won't. And we're just learning this fact. So don't fuck with us.
And as such, that's the exact reason I won't be registering with it at all.
Simply put, it's yet another database being compiled by the government, and to be for such a frivilous matter as telemarketers, I don't see the need.
Do like I do: when I telemarketer calls, put them on hold... and forget about them. Or goof on them, al la Ed Norton in Boiler Room.
"Number portability? Silly customer, why are you harping on that? We know what you really want... LOOK!! It's a widdle wormy-worm! You steer him around, it's a fun game! Oh, now look!"
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I hope you guys will allow me to completely dork the fsck out and ask a radiationally-related Star Trek question.
Does anyone remember that episode of ST:TNG where Data woke up (reactivated) on that planet and didn't know where he was, or who he was? Remember how he was transporting some sort of radioactive material, and it was making everyone in the town sick because they were making jewelery out of it and it poisoned the water supply and all that?
I only mention this because all this readioactive talk reminded me of how Data made that frame with canvas stretched across it that was soaked in something that caused it to become luminescent when the radioactive particles passed through it. I was wondering if anyone knew what was the canvas soaked in and is that something that is even feasible? I've always wondered about that...
Well, basically DirecTV and DirecWay are both owned by Hughes, but all they really share in common is the name. If you use you DirecWay dish for receiving DTV programming as well as an I.S.P., you only talk to DirecWay for technical assistance; all programming questions are routed to DTV's customer service. I know that in the early days of DirecPC, you actually received two different bills.
:p
I wasn't aware that DTV had good customer service... I've talked to them once, it was a no-brainer and solved easily, but the rep didn't have that terribly thick DWay accent...
"They wanted her to get new P4 cards, which are unhackable.
Ahem. Excuse me? I think you meant Not yet hacked in the public domain... The history of this hobby will show you that a new hack doesn't usually show it's face on the scene until there is some sort of significant problem with the current hack. When "Black Sunday" occurred back in 2001, all those former H card users were fodder for the sale of the new HU hack. As it turned out, the H card was revived with the advent of the bootloader, but the HU hack was out. Kind of conveinent that it showed up right when people needed it most, eh?
Currently, the HU hack is safe, more or less. Nothing major seems to be on the horizon, and there is no "write-once" area on the HU as there was on the H, thus no "Black Sunday;" well, at least not via that same method. The only real threat to the HU hack currently is the HU swap out: customers receiving P4 cards to replace their HU cards. Once DTV believes that they have sucessfully replaced the majority of their customers' cards with P4's, they flip the switch and start removing HU authorizations packets from the stream. After that, the HU is a nice ice-scraper, more or less. And amazingly, mark my words, the P4 will miraculously be hacked! What luck!! Get a clue guys, its already done; its just a closely held secret until the masses need it most. Supply and demand folks.
Only after the HU runs into a problem will the P4 hack become public. It's just a matter of time. Thus, your statement regarding the P4 being unhackable... Yeah, just like the H was claimed to be when it replaced the F card, and just like the HU was claimed to be when it replaced the H card. Bollocks sir, pure bollocks.
"They are gonna have a hard time..."
See, because you were actually intelligent in going about purchasing this stuff. I can't tell you how many sob stories I've heard from people in the "hobby" about the "letter." In the last 2-3 years, the DTV hacking market just blew up bigtime, and there were tons of sites that were selling equipment. In the mad rush to beat the competition, a ton of these places actually started accepting credit cards. WTF... The standard had always been money orders, find a reputable dealer (that isn't base in the U.S. dummies!!), buy your stuff, and have it sent to a safe address.
Now you've got thousands of people with letters, dealers and fulfillment houses raided, and a bunch of dumb m***erf**kers that can't figure out how they got busted.
While I totally disagree with the tactics that DTV is employing, all I can say is what in the f**k do you guys expect?!?!
Simple fact is that the letters that these people got were not sent because they bought a generic smart card reader/writer. They bought devices with (usually) Atmel AT90S2313-10PC I.C.'s on them which were programmed with a flash that had no other purpose than to circumvent the security on a DTV access card. Now, I don't have a problem with DTV getting ripped off; I could care less. But the fact remains that these devices are illegal access devices, and as such, are illegal. Sucks, yeah, but that's why you have to be f**king careful when you buy this stuff!!!!
Just be sure that when you buy in bulk, that the bulk is sufficient in quantity that a missing handful won't be noticed ;)
I would like to say, however, that the only real major provider of satellite "broadband" (I use the term loosely) is a terrible provider. DirecWay... I don't know if they just don't care if their customers hate them, or what.
The biggest problem DirecWay has is the relative unreliability of their system. It is constantly plagued by DNS server outages, proxy problems, and oftentimes leaves it's customers to use dial up until whatever the problem is "clears up". Not to mention that the latency is so high that most FTP's disconnect unless you have the ping on the server set to something around 900-950ms.
The customer service is deplorable. DirecWay decided to outsource their phone techs to an outfit in India or something, and there is absolutely no way to get a problem solved with those guys. Between the unintelligible attempt at English language and the silly level of technical incompetence, you end up just not calling them for anything. I've called twice, over simple things such as needing POP3 server info and whatnot. I didn't get that info, and figured out that if you want to get anything done with DirecWay, you have to figure it out for yourself.
But honestly, I (kinda) knew about these problems before I signed up. I had done research on DWay, but I just needed faster downloads. Faster uploads don't happen with DWay, expect about 45kbps. Just check out the satellite forum on Broadband Reports; you'll read the horror that we live with.
The only other provider in the US (that I know of) is Starband, but from what i hear the service is just as shoddy, but with even lower speeds. I can't testify to that for a fact, but it seemed like the lesser of the two providers, so I went with DirecWay. Fortunately, I'm moving soon, so I'll be sending this stupid dish back to DWay and getting on a real broadband connection. All the rural folks? Start praying for a massive nation-wide fixed wireless solution... Satellite ain't gonna do it!
Sorry for the OT post, but nice Rusted Root sig.
I'm all for the innovation that is spurred in these sorts of competitions, but I'd really like to see what some of the real-world results have been from this kind of technological refinement. I hate to this that all this effort was being expended without any extrapolation into regular, everyday technological usage.
What... is that like a 241920000ms ping latency? That's worse than DirecWay, but just barely.
I forgot to mention this article I found, dating back to December of 2000. Article
It explains a bit about Cryptome.
They are speaking of Cryptome, which is indeed offline. It is redirecting to this nearly blank page http://jya.com, which I can only assume stand for John Young, Architect.
Cryptome did indeed contain a ton of interesting information. I was a fan for years, but I hadn't visited recently. It's a shame to see the spooks finally got to him, if that is indeed the case.
From the article's "quiz":
If only 3% scored a perfect, I feel so bad for the future of our society that I just might cry. It's not that they don't know the tech jagon, it's that they can't take tests. Here's a real tough one: Who failed this?!? You're taking a tech jargon quiz! Which one is even remotely tach-related?!
I think I'll take a moment to mourn the republic...
I agree with you; I would think that for a community-based translation to work without suffering the disparity that you mention, you would need much more than a simple dictionary; you would need a rather extensive guide explaining themes and tone found in the various sections of the book. I haven't read any Harry Potter, but I've read enough to know that a simple change in vocabulary (even word order) can dramatically change the author's intended tone.
Let's say that in a scene, our hero Harry is in a particularly sticky situation. He has encountered some enemy early on in the book with whom he will certainly be having a showdown towards the end of the story. The author intend to have Harry seem, yes, certainly scared, yet nervous about betraying that fact to his enemy, and the author uses the word "a cold chill ran down Harry's back, and his clenched fists almost betrayed his near loss of composure". But then, you get a 13-year-old German would-be translator you transposes the phrase to read "a tremble shook down Harry's back to his clenched fists, betraying his loss of composure". oops, there goes the autoer's inteded tone,... Hell, there goes the path of the plot; the enemy knows Harry's scared, as opposed to what the author meant to happen in that scene.
Now, to us these two English phrases are quite different, but the loss of a couple of words and vocabularic mix-up during translation results in a significantly different sentence, and could easily happen with a amature translation. Couple that with the fact that the translator changes every five pages? I'd hate to be the one trying to trudge through that book...
I'm sure the dictionary gives translations for the school's names or other proper nouns, as well as other terms for casting spells and whatnot, but how specific can an online translation dictionary for Harry Potter be, really? Certainly not specific enough to avoid the obvious problems that would arise from this sort of communal translation, IMO. As big a fan of online collaboration, leave it to the pros on this one; you're better off kiddos.
I'll wholeheartedly concur. That is one of the most amazing feats of evolution I've ever seen. I'd love to see this one on film...
...I heard about this over the weekend. Giant something or other... Looks like it has been one hell of a week to be a marine biologist, eh?
I was speaking in reference to the part of the quote stating "or which are planned to be used in this site," which gives them cart-blanche on any term involving the word "spam". Thus, one could create a SPAM- word and Hormel, in accordance with their policy, could claim that they planned to use the term, and thus accuse you of being in violation of their trademark.
:rolls_eyes:)
SPAMWHORE was a joking example, but something like SPAMINATOR (which I've seen used in reference to a spam-filtering software package currently on the market) could be attacked by Hormel, who could claim that they planned on using that name on their Spam.com site for, oh, a game or something. Thus, the reason for my post.
You, however, could be considered SPAMFORBRAINS, since you would rather call people stupid and attack their posts rather than read. Silly me, I should have explained further... (looking for a
I've flipped through a few magazines marketed towards aspiring fiction writers, and these publications are littered with advertisements by companies demanding that writers reference their products correctly in any works produced. I specifically remember an ad by Hormel requesting that writers refer to Spam as "Hormel Foods Brand SPAM Luncheon Meat" anytime one would want to refer to it in some sort of work of literature.
Also, from the Spam.com Legal and Copyright Info page, I found this hilarious little bit: So if I make up the word "SpamWhore", well, it's owned by Hormel Foods, and should have been spelled SPAMWHORE. Even though they've never registered it. Too funny.
When does fair use ever come to the mind of a corporation?
First off, mod up parent, that was funny as hell :D
Secondly, I mean, come on... Not only is it a scan, but a terrible one at that. I'm going to snobbishly assume this article has no redeeming qualities on general principle! Pride in your work people, take some pride!
Although, if Amazon had taken some pride in their work and instead of ripping off photos, I guess this story wouldn't be here in the first place...
From above mentioned site:
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery (rumored), Kevin Costner (rumored), Tom Selleck (rumored), Mark Hammill (rumored)
Oh god, please. Magnum P.I. in Atlantis, sporting a Hawaiian shirt, lots of chest hair, and banging all the chicks before Indy can get his hand on them.
Great material. I really like seeing all of these missions and scientific discoveries listed in one concise manner. Not only does it make for great reading, but it also makes for good material during those inane "how can we justify space exploration" arguments.
No, you're wrong; the post was in reference to this:
Tyler: Remember this: the people you're trying to step on, we're everyone you depend on. We're the people who do your laundry and cook your food and serve your dinner. We make your bed. We guard you while you're asleep. We drive the ambulances. We direct your call. We are cooks and taxi drivers and we know everything about you. We process your insurance claims and credit card charges. We control every part of your life. We are the middle children of history, raised by television to believe that someday we'll be millionaires and movie stars and rock stars, but we won't. And we're just learning this fact. So don't fuck with us.
Bong.
Ha ha ha, holy crap. I totally spaced that one.
Totally offtopic, but that is very odd I confused the two. My bad yo, off the hizzey.
And as such, that's the exact reason I won't be registering with it at all.
Simply put, it's yet another database being compiled by the government, and to be for such a frivilous matter as telemarketers, I don't see the need.
Do like I do: when I telemarketer calls, put them on hold... and forget about them. Or goof on them, al la Ed Norton in Boiler Room.
From cell-phone provider training manual:
::Usher customer out front door::
"Number portability? Silly customer, why are you harping on that? We know what you really want... LOOK!! It's a widdle wormy-worm! You steer him around, it's a fun game! Oh, now look!"
I later found thisarticle at the ESA website, but I had already submitted the story... It provides a bit more information.