The batteries are at the base and there are counterweights under the underbelly of the railcar so it's actually very difficult to knock over. It's also kind of heavy and has a knack at knocking over the other train cars if it... gets too close. (Also makes for great footage.;))
There is no greater science fiction writer than the late Douglas Adams and there is no greater work of science fiction than the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and its five part trilogy.
Science fiction doesn't have to be dramatic to be good, but being nuts does help a little...
Martin "Joey" Schulze deserves our sincere gratitude for all the hard work he has put into Software in the Public Interest and all of its member projects as the organisations Vice President. As the Vice President he effectively ran SPI for months in the absence of the President and I have had opportunity to work with him since this summer in his capacity as vp of SPI. I can assure you all that he is a very dedicated and principled individual and he would not leave his post if he did not feel that it was in the best interests of SPI.
Remember that being a board member of SPI is not a paid position. Not even an honourarium comes with the role. It is a serious time commitment and not everyone has the time necessary to commit to such endeavours.
I'd like to point out that Joey has not resigned from SPI's board, but only as the Vice President. He has not indicated he will dedicate any less time to the project, nor has he given up on its success. He is offering the opportunity for someone else to carry the torch.
For my part, I'd like to say:
Joey, you're an asset to the community and I look forward to continuing to work with you. Thank you.
You realise that hundreds of geeks the world over are going to be so touched by this story that they're all going to go off and propose to their girlfriends.
Well, those that have girlfriends.
Now the question is... what'll li'l Luitenant jg Taco be like?:)
Well, yeah. For people who actually do their research, this article doesn't much matter.
The point is, though, a lot of people simply don't. A lot of my housemates, for example, have been having an informal rivalry of who can get the fastest system, and one of my housemates decided he'd win in a hurry by buying two >1GHz systems and 2 19" monitors at a cost of well over CAD4000 (about US$2600). Was it a smart move? No. He claims he needs the faster computers for his genetic algorithm work, but the 450MHz system he had before did the job fine. It still takes most of the night for his programs to run, the only difference now is he's a long way from waking up when they're finished instead of just about to wake up.
Think about it this way, if this article didn't need writing, the hardware companies would not get away with the high prices they charge for their newest goods because everyone would be smart enough to see through the thin veil of little blue men dancing around a giant '4'.
For the record, I am typing this on a 233MHz P-MMX which does everything I need it to do and then some, and continues to thrive as my primary system, allowing my money to go to more important things like eating lobster.:)
When I made my comment about the G-8, I was not thinking "thousands of people are going out to free Sklyarov!" or "they all want the DMCA revoked!"
I was referring to the corporate attitude of Western governments. The wealthiest governments on the planet are defending the interests of those that keep them in office. Namely speaking, the corporations that provide them with the images that the vaste majority of the populations vote for.
The G-8 countries have become corporations in their own right, and these DMCA-like laws are just one symptom of that corporations-defending-corporations mentality.
I've never seen any answer to why the Mir space station hasn't been included in space station alpha instead of jetisonned. It would probably be cheaper to upgrade Mir and attach it to the new space station than it would be to build all kinds of new components that do what it does anyway. Does someone have an answer?
Maybe Microsoft could use the techology of these viruses and.. uhh.. innovate a means of using the iloveyou virus variants to patch all affected computers to invulnerability?:)
Of course they could - but why would they do something so painfully logical?
1) Everyone has their own. Geeks like us come along and buy two: A control and a subject. In no time a few people understand exactly how they work and how the data is stored - and with the public and private keys on each one, well there's nothing secret.
2) Someone steals your scanner which not only has your public key, but your private key as well, and you've lost your copy altogether.
The message gets right to the point of the matter, but does it really get to the legal issues. Whether or not it makes any -sense- for Microsoft to do what it is doing, does it not still have the legal -right- if not a legal obligation to protect its copyrights, or face an inability to enforce its position at a later date?
I am a pascifist. Not by choice. By sheer apathy. It doesn't stop me from playing huge numbers of violent video games, and the games don't stop me from being completely passive.
Violent tendencies are brought on by violent upbringings, not by any single factor. Perhaps people should look at the bigger picture?
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Glad someone finally understands what I'm getting at.
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The only people that lose when the stock market goes down is the corporations. I don't feel bad about watching company-states lose out. All the money that is leaving the stock market is going into people's hands and being spent outside the stock market. Its not like it hurts the economy at large, just the big wigs at top. BFD.
My computer's been attending Dataholics Anonymous for over 2 years. Every day it writes down hundreds of pages of other data addicts problems in/var/log/addictlog. I'm going crazy. Someone help me!
This morning my computer booted up, had some breakfast, read every newspaper, and 20 miliseconds later forked its thoughts for the day.
At lunch, it took 4315 miliseconds of to recharge its capacitors, and went back to crunching data. In early afternoon, process identity 1, alias "init" sent SIGSTOP to all its thoughts and demanded some buiscuits and tea from the console operator, before it would continue.
The computer also has an insane need for 2 litres of water every day, which is causing some worries to us, lest the computer short out.
No it wasn't - the Enigma code was changed once a month, and a group of anit-Hitler German Generals - including Rommel (after he lost North Africa, he becamed disillusioned with the Nazi party, as many other generals already had) - were sending the codes up to MI6 whenever they were changed.
Don't expect MS to get screwed massively by Jackson, but even if they are, the consumer probably won't be hugely effected. Windows will still be overly available.
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The batteries are at the base and there are counterweights under the underbelly of the railcar so it's actually very difficult to knock over. It's also kind of heavy and has a knack at knocking over the other train cars if it... gets too close. (Also makes for great footage. ;))
I selected a couple of the pictures in the interest of bandwidth preservation:
http://pkl.net/~cdlu/trainpictures/
I have pictures. If you can mirror them somewhere slashdot-safe, let me know (address in story). It's 3M of pictures/captions.
There is no greater science fiction writer than the late Douglas Adams and there is no greater work of science fiction than the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and its five part trilogy.
Science fiction doesn't have to be dramatic to be good, but being nuts does help a little...
Martin "Joey" Schulze deserves our sincere gratitude for all the hard work he has put into Software in the Public Interest and all of its member projects as the organisations Vice President. As the Vice President he effectively ran SPI for months in the absence of the President and I have had opportunity to work with him since this summer in his capacity as vp of SPI. I can assure you all that he is a very dedicated and principled individual and he would not leave his post if he did not feel that it was in the best interests of SPI.
Remember that being a board member of SPI is not a paid position. Not even an honourarium comes with the role. It is a serious time commitment and not everyone has the time necessary to commit to such endeavours.
I'd like to point out that Joey has not resigned from SPI's board, but only as the Vice President. He has not indicated he will dedicate any less time to the project, nor has he given up on its success. He is offering the opportunity for someone else to carry the torch.
For my part, I'd like to say:
Joey, you're an asset to the community and I look forward to continuing to work with you. Thank you.
David "cdlu" Graham
You realise that hundreds of geeks the world over are going to be so touched by this story that they're all going to go off and propose to their girlfriends.
:)
Well, those that have girlfriends.
Now the question is... what'll li'l Luitenant jg Taco be like?
Minor services wrinkles. The old services is a pos which is why we switched.
Well, yeah. For people who actually do their research, this article doesn't much matter.
:)
The point is, though, a lot of people simply don't. A lot of my housemates, for example, have been having an informal rivalry of who can get the fastest system, and one of my housemates decided he'd win in a hurry by buying two >1GHz systems and 2 19" monitors at a cost of well over CAD4000 (about US$2600). Was it a smart move? No. He claims he needs the faster computers for his genetic algorithm work, but the 450MHz system he had before did the job fine. It still takes most of the night for his programs to run, the only difference now is he's a long way from waking up when they're finished instead of just about to wake up.
Think about it this way, if this article didn't need writing, the hardware companies would not get away with the high prices they charge for their newest goods because everyone would be smart enough to see through the thin veil of little blue men dancing around a giant '4'.
For the record, I am typing this on a 233MHz P-MMX which does everything I need it to do and then some, and continues to thrive as my primary system, allowing my money to go to more important things like eating lobster.
No, you're right on the dot.
When I made my comment about the G-8, I was not thinking "thousands of people are going out to free Sklyarov!" or "they all want the DMCA revoked!"
I was referring to the corporate attitude of Western governments. The wealthiest governments on the planet are defending the interests of those that keep them in office. Namely speaking, the corporations that provide them with the images that the vaste majority of the populations vote for.
The G-8 countries have become corporations in their own right, and these DMCA-like laws are just one symptom of that corporations-defending-corporations mentality.
I've never seen any answer to why the Mir space station hasn't been included in space station alpha instead of jetisonned. It would probably be cheaper to upgrade Mir and attach it to the new space station than it would be to build all kinds of new components that do what it does anyway. Does someone have an answer?
(And what would a hybrid be called? Mir++?)
Maybe Microsoft could use the techology of these viruses and .. uhh .. innovate a means of using the iloveyou virus variants to patch all affected computers to invulnerability? :)
Of course they could - but why would they do something so painfully logical?
Powered by potatos... :)
I vote along with what another person said --
paraphrased: "the enemy of your enemy is your friend"
I see two problems with that:
1) Everyone has their own. Geeks like us come along and buy two: A control and a subject. In no time a few people understand exactly how they work and how the data is stored - and with the public and private keys on each one, well there's nothing secret.
2) Someone steals your scanner which not only has your public key, but your private key as well, and you've lost your copy altogether.
Nu?
Well said, Mr. Robins.
The message gets right to the point of the matter, but does it really get to the legal issues. Whether or not it makes any -sense- for Microsoft to do what it is doing, does it not still have the legal -right- if not a legal obligation to protect its copyrights, or face an inability to enforce its position at a later date?
I am a pascifist. Not by choice. By sheer apathy. It doesn't stop me from playing huge numbers of violent video games, and the games don't stop me from being completely passive.
Violent tendencies are brought on by violent upbringings, not by any single factor. Perhaps people should look at the bigger picture?
Umm OOG THE CAVEMAN and OOG_THE_CAVEMAN are only 5 id's apart. that suggests they were made by the same person within a few hours.
No it would just have better uptime. :)
Glad someone finally understands what I'm getting at.
The only people that lose when the stock market goes down is the corporations. I don't feel bad about watching company-states lose out. All the money that is leaving the stock market is going into people's hands and being spent outside the stock market. Its not like it hurts the economy at large, just the big wigs at top. BFD.
My computer's been attending Dataholics Anonymous for over 2 years. Every day it writes down hundreds of pages of other data addicts problems in /var/log/addictlog. I'm going crazy. Someone help me!
:P
This morning my computer booted up, had some breakfast, read every newspaper, and 20 miliseconds later forked its thoughts for the day.
At lunch, it took 4315 miliseconds of to recharge its capacitors, and went back to crunching data. In early afternoon, process identity 1, alias "init" sent SIGSTOP to all its thoughts and demanded some buiscuits and tea from the console operator, before it would continue.
The computer also has an insane need for 2 litres of water every day, which is causing some worries to us, lest the computer short out.
Doesn't it strike you as odd that removing a file is a bugfix?
/vmlinuz, it'll work after that."
Questions arise: 1) Why was it there? 2) What will removing it break? and 3) What the heck kind of bugfix is deleting a file in the first place?
"My kernel is panicking on boot!" "Delete
I will never fully understand Microsoft Corp., its methods, or its software.
Microsoft: bringing you yesterday's technology tomorrow.
No it wasn't - the Enigma code was changed once a month, and a group of anit-Hitler German Generals - including Rommel (after he lost North Africa, he becamed disillusioned with the Nazi party, as many other generals already had) - were sending the codes up to MI6 whenever they were changed.
Don't expect MS to get screwed massively by Jackson, but even if they are, the consumer probably won't be hugely effected. Windows will still be overly available.
I love OPN - there are a lot of networks who could learn a lot from it.