Hey man, no need for profanities. It was meant as humor. If email proxies are your life's passion and making light of them causes you great discomfort, you might simply turn away.
To the couple of slashdotters that modded me as troll, sorry my post wasn't up to your standars, but hey, it was an attempt at humor of some kind.
classify it the same way that discrimination or sexual harrasment is classified: if after voting, you loose your job or are demoted, the employer can be sued and will have to justify his actions.
If instead the employer gives a promotion or a bonus, chances are somebody else will complain because they didn't know or didn't get one or think it unfair, etc.
Or you could also do what was mentioned elsewhere: print an index key to a database record on the stub that only the stubholder (yes it's a new word) will have access to.
I'm thinking of starting an open source project that does just this. Thinking of going the cheap route and doing it in linux. Unfortunatly I don't really know linux, so I have to put the system together with Visual Basic and VC++ and ask some open sourcers to port it.
Anyway, I see it printing out two copies of the ballot. One copy is kept by the voter, the other is given to the pollworker. The ballot is also xfered to an electronic 'ballot box' (aka local server)
When the polling place closes, the signed and PGPed electronic votes are sent to the master tabulator and the paper ballots are stored under lock and key.
In the event the electronic results are challanged, the paper ballots can be used.
In the event the paper ballots go missing, voters can be contacted usually by mail to send in a photocopy of their ballot.
All paper ballots will have a text version of the votes as well as a Code 39 barcode version with the text printed underneith. The polling place will have a dedicated barcode scanner that can be used to make sure the barcode matches the text.
Keep in mind though that the code 39 font I will made for this system will include the symbol's letter undernieth the symbol. This is built into the font, not the program.
Any comment's suggestions?
This is totally doable in Visual Basic, but I have security concerns with windows.
I've taken the liberty of setting up a torrent of the clip. This is a version my friend found on the usenet and I'm not sure if it's the same one that was linked in the/. posting. This is a 24kbps MP3
I seem to remember in Ocean's 11 (the recent one) that they had a remote controlled van. There was also a remote controlled BMW750 in James Bond: Tomarrow Never Dies.
What about remotecontrolling the car you're trying to protect? Would it be hard to hide all of the servos and other electronics inside the dash? You could use remotely operated actuators to deadbolt the doors, disable the power windows (made from the finest lexan, of course)...
Then it's just a matter of driving it (and the theif) to the local precinct (using the bumper-mounted camera) and turning in the would-be theif. Summon the officers outside by turning on the horn, and communicate with them via two-way intercom or cellphone.
This is probably more trouble than it's worth, but you did specifiy geek. And I have seen geeks do some pretty amazing stuff with paperclips, duct tape, and a soldering iron.
Or, like I mentioned in another post, you could just wire the ignition key to the ignition coil.
I have a fog machine from Holloween I can use the build one. You have to keep in mind that it has an eletrical heating element and I bet it could use quite a bit of electricity.
The fog in my fog machine also sets off smoke alarms.
That's how it works here too. I'm still trying to figure out how this *38 thing works though.
I get the feeling that he has all outgoing calls going through a T1 line (no caller ID sent through the line at all) and before the second ring his 1200 baud modem kicks in and generates the caller id data (this is based on my knowledge of caller id, not anybody elses...) Not sure if that would actually work. Any ideas?
I build computers out of them as well. I noticed that the original poster was asking about non-functioning parts.
I heared about somebody a while back who used non-functioning parts to build computer and the sell them on ebay... that's all we need nowadays... decorative computers. <ducks>
The real solution is to remove the speaker from the phone. That will prevent the low battery warning from deafening you... as well as prevent $name from talking your ear off.
Computer A has an analog video capture card. Computer B's second video card has a compatible analog output. Computer B's analog output is connected to Computer A's analog input. Computer B's analog output has a full screen picture of Goatse.
i have talked to several people who have been locked out by rc2 but managed to fix it. I hope to not need to fix it, assuming my friends can change their cd-key.
didn't mention that they weren't running a firewall... funny you should deduce that from, oh wait, I just said that they're running always-on(line) with xp. Correct deduction given the information I provided, however, as dumb as my frieds are (hoping you read this John), they're not _complete_ dumbasses. They're running behind a linksys dsl router that I pointed out to them.
Forget about the online sequrity issues here. Am I^h^h^hre my friends going to be able to use their computers on monday?
I have some firends, uh yeah, that's it, friends, that are running with XP PRO VLK and a bad key. They are out of town, leave their computer on, and have Auto-Updates turned on. Needles to say, they also leave their DSL connection up.
Any idea if they will still be able to use their computers on Monday morning? I've heared rumors that SP2 will lock you out, not only of your updates, but from logging in as well until you can provide a good key.
IDE may have a limit, but get the elctronics out of one of those USB drive enclosures. Now your limit is about 6' (it could actually be more, correct me if I'm wrong)
Also, a good place to design and manufacture parts for this might be http://www.emachineshop.com/. I'm working on parts for a case mod through them.
and the if you're using cheap ass windows xp pro, you can use a cheap ass dynamic partition that spans all your cheap ass drives. The you lose all your cheap ass data becasue one of the cheap ass drives died a cheap ass death.
In all seriousness though, I've put those drive enclosure to good use. Maybe somebody could build a USB2 raid controller specifically for USB2 drive enclosures. It might be a fun paperclip-tinfoil-ducttape project. I'd buy one...
Instead of moving the disk to the drive, why not attach a caniblized drive to the robotic arm?
Arm reaches in, picks up disk, spins it, reads it, slows it and releases it. I seem to think this would require less work than moving the disk to a statically mounted drive.
This would be an interesting project. would like to see links...
That's it. I'm tired of this. I'm going to spend some free time when I have some to try and figure out what the U.S. would be like nowadays with any form of copyright law. A system of acknowledgment would exist instead to prove the original creator of the article, but the creator would not hold any rights to prevent duplication.
Kind of ironic that I'll probably end up using a pirated version of MS Office to write it...
Slashdot Mirror
Hey man, no need for profanities. It was meant as humor. If email proxies are your life's passion and making light of them causes you great discomfort, you might simply turn away.
To the couple of slashdotters that modded me as troll, sorry my post wasn't up to your standars, but hey, it was an attempt at humor of some kind.
Have a nice day.
If/Then statements? I sure hope this proxy is not written in BASIC. There could be some serious speed issues.
What about
Groups who are not infected with HIV but think they are, and
Groups who are infected with HIV but think they aren't
why not just build a rope ladder to space then?
classify it the same way that discrimination or sexual harrasment is classified: if after voting, you loose your job or are demoted, the employer can be sued and will have to justify his actions.
If instead the employer gives a promotion or a bonus, chances are somebody else will complain because they didn't know or didn't get one or think it unfair, etc.
Or you could also do what was mentioned elsewhere: print an index key to a database record on the stub that only the stubholder (yes it's a new word) will have access to.
probably one of the variant because i already made the font earlier this year.
I was planning on putting a check digit in it.
I'm thinking of starting an open source project that does just this. Thinking of going the cheap route and doing it in linux. Unfortunatly I don't really know linux, so I have to put the system together with Visual Basic and VC++ and ask some open sourcers to port it.
Anyway, I see it printing out two copies of the ballot. One copy is kept by the voter, the other is given to the pollworker. The ballot is also xfered to an electronic 'ballot box' (aka local server)
When the polling place closes, the signed and PGPed electronic votes are sent to the master tabulator and the paper ballots are stored under lock and key.
In the event the electronic results are challanged, the paper ballots can be used.
In the event the paper ballots go missing, voters can be contacted usually by mail to send in a photocopy of their ballot.
All paper ballots will have a text version of the votes as well as a Code 39 barcode version with the text printed underneith.
The polling place will have a dedicated barcode scanner that can be used to make sure the barcode matches the text.
Keep in mind though that the code 39 font I will made for this system will include the symbol's letter undernieth the symbol. This is built into the font, not the program.
Any comment's suggestions?
This is totally doable in Visual Basic, but I have security concerns with windows.
I've taken the liberty of setting up a torrent of the clip. This is a version my friend found on the usenet and I'm not sure if it's the same one that was linked in the /. posting. This is a 24kbps MP3
Torrent
(Only one seed as of this posting, but I just put it up now...)
>...I don't particularily see them being able
>effectivly spy on a whole lot of jack shit.
Whoa, what'd I do? Why'd they want to spy on me?
-Jack
I seem to remember in Ocean's 11 (the recent one) that they had a remote controlled van. There was also a remote controlled BMW750 in James Bond: Tomarrow Never Dies.
What about remotecontrolling the car you're trying to protect? Would it be hard to hide all of the servos and other electronics inside the dash? You could use remotely operated actuators to deadbolt the doors, disable the power windows (made from the finest lexan, of course)...
Then it's just a matter of driving it (and the theif) to the local precinct (using the bumper-mounted camera) and turning in the would-be theif. Summon the officers outside by turning on the horn, and communicate with them via two-way intercom or cellphone.
This is probably more trouble than it's worth, but you did specifiy geek. And I have seen geeks do some pretty amazing stuff with paperclips, duct tape, and a soldering iron.
Or, like I mentioned in another post, you could just wire the ignition key to the ignition coil.
I have a fog machine from Holloween I can use the build one. You have to keep in mind that it has an eletrical heating element and I bet it could use quite a bit of electricity.
The fog in my fog machine also sets off smoke alarms.
wire the ignition coil to the ignition key. make sure mom uses gloves before starting said car.
That's how it works here too. I'm still trying to figure out how this *38 thing works though.
I get the feeling that he has all outgoing calls going through a T1 line (no caller ID sent through the line at all) and before the second ring his 1200 baud modem kicks in and generates the caller id data (this is based on my knowledge of caller id, not anybody elses...) Not sure if that would actually work. Any ideas?
I build computers out of them as well. I noticed that the original poster was asking about non-functioning parts.
I heared about somebody a while back who used non-functioning parts to build computer and the sell them on ebay... that's all we need nowadays... decorative computers. <ducks>
The real solution is to remove the speaker from the phone. That will prevent the low battery warning from deafening you... as well as prevent $name from talking your ear off.
Computer A has an analog video capture card.
Computer B's second video card has a compatible analog output.
Computer B's analog output is connected to Computer A's analog input.
Computer B's analog output has a full screen picture of Goatse.
That'll teach em...
Why is "music" and "industry" even in the same phrase? I want to pay an artist for music, not a company.
i have talked to several people who have been locked out by rc2 but managed to fix it. I hope to not need to fix it, assuming my friends can change their cd-key.
didn't mention that they weren't running a firewall... funny you should deduce that from, oh wait, I just said that they're running always-on(line) with xp. Correct deduction given the information I provided, however, as dumb as my frieds are (hoping you read this John), they're not _complete_ dumbasses. They're running behind a linksys dsl router that I pointed out to them.
Forget about the online sequrity issues here. Am I^h^h^hre my friends going to be able to use their computers on monday?
I have some firends, uh yeah, that's it, friends, that are running with XP PRO VLK and a bad key. They are out of town, leave their computer on, and have Auto-Updates turned on. Needles to say, they also leave their DSL connection up.
Any idea if they will still be able to use their computers on Monday morning? I've heared rumors that SP2 will lock you out, not only of your updates, but from logging in as well until you can provide a good key.
My email is OneAndOnlyJackSchitt [com-at] [google's #1 rival with the ! in their name] .com
IDE may have a limit, but get the elctronics out of one of those USB drive enclosures. Now your limit is about 6' (it could actually be more, correct me if I'm wrong)
Also, a good place to design and manufacture parts for this might be http://www.emachineshop.com/. I'm working on parts for a case mod through them.
and the if you're using cheap ass windows xp pro, you can use a cheap ass dynamic partition that spans all your cheap ass drives. The you lose all your cheap ass data becasue one of the cheap ass drives died a cheap ass death.
In all seriousness though, I've put those drive enclosure to good use. Maybe somebody could build a USB2 raid controller specifically for USB2 drive enclosures. It might be a fun paperclip-tinfoil-ducttape project. I'd buy one...
Instead of moving the disk to the drive, why not attach a caniblized drive to the robotic arm?
Arm reaches in, picks up disk, spins it, reads it, slows it and releases it. I seem to think this would require less work than moving the disk to a statically mounted drive.
This would be an interesting project. would like to see links...
That's it. I'm tired of this. I'm going to spend some free time when I have some to try and figure out what the U.S. would be like nowadays with any form of copyright law. A system of acknowledgment would exist instead to prove the original creator of the article, but the creator would not hold any rights to prevent duplication.
Kind of ironic that I'll probably end up using a pirated version of MS Office to write it...