Using some add-on python packages it is ridiculously easy to scrape any web page, even those that use ASP (It's a PITA to get set up the first time, but...). The ONLY thing - aside from legal action, apparently - is to have a login mechanism in front. Without authenticating, it's no-go.
I'm not sure how you even got modded to +3, but your lack of knowledge and history is truly breathtaking to behold. No Interstate Highway System! Yay! What? It's a "Safety Net"? Can't have that! Let's go back to using cattle trails - that's show those liberal pussies!
You're already at +5, so my mod point won't matter. Therefore, I'll burn the ability to mod to say: Right On! In the same way that: railroads, then the telegraph, paved roads, electricity and - to your comment - telephone service were always rightfully seen as ways to use public money to yield a much greater public good, expanding internet access to all areas is Good(TM). While some yokels may chortle about faster porn, the reality is that NO business will voluntarily locate to an area without decent internet access today. This deprives those areas of an equal opportunity to gain new jobs and grow their economy. As a people, we are not slow learners, just very fast forgetters.
What's the big deal? I recently converted a bunch of flash videos to mp4 using Handbrake while converting a friend's website. If there are any flash vids that you want to preserve, convert them. If you want the ability to play them anytime in the future, keep a current PC and NEVER update it. Problem solved.:-)
I started with Data General in January of 1977. Entry-level depot-tech repairing CPU boards by gate-ganging on an extender board. Within a year, I was taken on by Field Service because of my roaring success at the depot. Sure enough, I was quickly being sent to the worst on-going systems problems that no one else could seem to fix around the Southeast and got rave reviews. Each year, my manager would give me "the maximum raise allowed by company policy." About 3%. Aside from the jump in going to Field Service from the depot, that was it. One of our resellers decided to start up his own FS operation and asked me how much I was making at DG, so I told him and he laughed and said "Gerry, you're being robbed. I'll start you at double what you're making now.". OK, says I. When I handed my manager my resignation letter, he was shocked and wanted to know why I was leaving, so I told him about the offer to double my salary. He said: "Oh - no problem. We'll match that! You don't have to leave." To which I replied: "No dice! DG deliberately kept me working for MUCH less than I was worth and NOW they're willing to step up only because I got a better offer? Screw that! DG could have treated me right and I would never be tempted to even listen to another offer. What happens 2, 3, 5 years from now? Do I need to lie to another company to get an offer letter to wave in your face to pay me right? No - y'all don't really care about me so I don't care about you."
.... the magic words are "Show me the paperwork indicating that I owe you this debt.". Most collection agencies have ZERO paperwork showing that they are entitled to collect, but rely on intimidation to get people to comply. Fight back! Make them at least show the paperwork! Chances are, they don't have it.
Some of my buddies were bemoaning not having bought some Bitcoin after one of its runups in price. I told them they'd be better off in Vegas. At least there you get free drinks while watching your money disappear.
Wait a danged minute here! How can a core kernel change be considered "externally linked code"? If it truly just links, there's no GPL issue. Methinks you've stretched too far trying to make your point and fell off the logic cliff.
What is this "POWER" that you speak of so fearfully? The means to expose TRUTH or to defend themselves also? Remember: the 1st Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law", not "No one shall say anything disagreeable".
... presents "study" showing that nuclear power is cleaner than solar. Color me not the least bit surprised. BTW, I do believe that nuclear power should be an important part of our energy supply, but bullshit is bullshit and should not be consumed as if it's not bullshit.
Exactly! Everything that I have seen indicates that Seattle's economy is booming, no lost jobs (unless you count those screamed about on/.), and increased living standards for workers. But - why let facts get in the way of a great AC whine-fest about evil Liberal/Socialists trying to help working folks survive. Pfft. They should be appy-app coders like us!! Idiots! Right?!?
As I just posted below - before seeing your comment - those idiots need to hit the accelerator when the trailer starts swerving! Any other maneuver is bound to lead to a bad day.
The same principle applies when pulling a trailer behind your car/truck. If it starts swaying/swerving, speed up! It'll straighten right the fuck up. Slow down/brake and get ready to wipe out!
This started as a "Thing(TM)" in Japan and South Korea in the late 90s and early 2000's. Technically, it's called "color ringback" and - as opposed to custom answering machine setups, etc. - is implemented at the carrier level. As an earlier poster described, this is the sound that you would hear rather than the standard (in the US) 4/2 second ringtone you hear when you dial a number waiting for someone to answer. Working in the industry at the time, we started getting requests for it, so implemented it, but it never took off here in the US, so it dropped off in use to pretty much zero.
...we were a small company making the transition from a proprietary (TI/990 - DX/10 OS) system to a Prime UNIX system and I was the guy A) learning UNIX and B) writing shell scripts to replicate basic DX/10 stuff. One of my first scripts was to delete a user. Beyond the basic password deleting stuff, I thought it would be cool to delete the user's home directory also. You know, delete user "gerry" and also delete user's home dir "/usr/gerry". Guess what my brilliant script writing failed to anticipate? Yep, someone entering an empty user name. So, the script - running under SUID perms proceeded to delete "/usr/*", including "/usr/data". Oops! Fortunately, my backup script was better written and the customer only lost a few hors' worth of work, but....Whew! That's also how we learn!
Unless there is a way to track the owners of these things when - not if - they do serious damage, we're pretty much fucked in terms of holding anyone truly accountable.
OK, I'm not making any judgments whatsoever about this new architecture, but...ANY radical change in our "accepted" mode of thinking cannot help but be a GoodThing(TM) - ultimately - IMO. $.02
... of Real News are: PBS NewsHour and The Economist magazine. Period. Everything else is a sad mash of pop-culture, controversy-whoring and mindless blather.
So, unless you totally wreck your existing system with W10, breaking your UI, requiring retraining of employees, re-validating all existing software, changing the entire model of software to a "subscription model" (cha-ching) and - dare I forget - giving MS access to your computer at their whim, you're a "neckbeard". Got it. Just how fat is your check from MS to shill for them? Fuck MS!
Fundamentally, an ebook reader is just a specialized tablet and if I wanted to "read" on a tablet, I would. But I don't. There is no way that any tablet, etc. that I've seen that can match the overall experience of dead trees. Never any: dead batteries; "please turn off all electronic devices while we're on the tarmac"; "you're access to this book has been denied"; etc. Really - who needs them?
All I want is consistent coverage, even in hard-to-cover areas. Verizon wins hands-down. BTW, I tried AT&T for 2 days - without being able even to connect to a tower! - then spent 6 months dealing with their billing department even though I returned and canceled within 3 days of their "30-day" trial period. Fuckers! In a decent society, I would be able to bill THEM for the HOURS I spent arguing over a fucking 12-cent bill that they were going to "turn over to collections".
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Sure, scripts can login - if you have a valid login credential. If you do, obviously you can scrape away. If not, well....
Using some add-on python packages it is ridiculously easy to scrape any web page, even those that use ASP (It's a PITA to get set up the first time, but...). The ONLY thing - aside from legal action, apparently - is to have a login mechanism in front. Without authenticating, it's no-go.
I'm not sure how you even got modded to +3, but your lack of knowledge and history is truly breathtaking to behold. No Interstate Highway System! Yay! What? It's a "Safety Net"? Can't have that! Let's go back to using cattle trails - that's show those liberal pussies!
You're already at +5, so my mod point won't matter. Therefore, I'll burn the ability to mod to say: Right On! In the same way that: railroads, then the telegraph, paved roads, electricity and - to your comment - telephone service were always rightfully seen as ways to use public money to yield a much greater public good, expanding internet access to all areas is Good(TM). While some yokels may chortle about faster porn, the reality is that NO business will voluntarily locate to an area without decent internet access today. This deprives those areas of an equal opportunity to gain new jobs and grow their economy. As a people, we are not slow learners, just very fast forgetters.
What's the big deal? I recently converted a bunch of flash videos to mp4 using Handbrake while converting a friend's website. If there are any flash vids that you want to preserve, convert them. If you want the ability to play them anytime in the future, keep a current PC and NEVER update it. Problem solved. :-)
I started with Data General in January of 1977. Entry-level depot-tech repairing CPU boards by gate-ganging on an extender board. Within a year, I was taken on by Field Service because of my roaring success at the depot. Sure enough, I was quickly being sent to the worst on-going systems problems that no one else could seem to fix around the Southeast and got rave reviews. Each year, my manager would give me "the maximum raise allowed by company policy." About 3%. Aside from the jump in going to Field Service from the depot, that was it. One of our resellers decided to start up his own FS operation and asked me how much I was making at DG, so I told him and he laughed and said "Gerry, you're being robbed. I'll start you at double what you're making now.". OK, says I. When I handed my manager my resignation letter, he was shocked and wanted to know why I was leaving, so I told him about the offer to double my salary. He said: "Oh - no problem. We'll match that! You don't have to leave." To which I replied: "No dice! DG deliberately kept me working for MUCH less than I was worth and NOW they're willing to step up only because I got a better offer? Screw that! DG could have treated me right and I would never be tempted to even listen to another offer. What happens 2, 3, 5 years from now? Do I need to lie to another company to get an offer letter to wave in your face to pay me right? No - y'all don't really care about me so I don't care about you."
.... the magic words are "Show me the paperwork indicating that I owe you this debt.". Most collection agencies have ZERO paperwork showing that they are entitled to collect, but rely on intimidation to get people to comply. Fight back! Make them at least show the paperwork! Chances are, they don't have it.
Some of my buddies were bemoaning not having bought some Bitcoin after one of its runups in price. I told them they'd be better off in Vegas. At least there you get free drinks while watching your money disappear.
Wait a danged minute here! How can a core kernel change be considered "externally linked code"? If it truly just links, there's no GPL issue. Methinks you've stretched too far trying to make your point and fell off the logic cliff.
What is this "POWER" that you speak of so fearfully? The means to expose TRUTH or to defend themselves also? Remember: the 1st Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law", not "No one shall say anything disagreeable".
... presents "study" showing that nuclear power is cleaner than solar. Color me not the least bit surprised. BTW, I do believe that nuclear power should be an important part of our energy supply, but bullshit is bullshit and should not be consumed as if it's not bullshit.
Don't run Windows!!! Christ, how many critical pieces of infrastructure are built around the most insecure OS in history? Wake up, people!!
Exactly! Everything that I have seen indicates that Seattle's economy is booming, no lost jobs (unless you count those screamed about on /.), and increased living standards for workers. But - why let facts get in the way of a great AC whine-fest about evil Liberal/Socialists trying to help working folks survive. Pfft. They should be appy-app coders like us!! Idiots! Right?!?
As I just posted below - before seeing your comment - those idiots need to hit the accelerator when the trailer starts swerving! Any other maneuver is bound to lead to a bad day.
The same principle applies when pulling a trailer behind your car/truck. If it starts swaying/swerving, speed up! It'll straighten right the fuck up. Slow down/brake and get ready to wipe out!
Gosh! Two ACs never heard of this. Guess I'm Busted!
This started as a "Thing(TM)" in Japan and South Korea in the late 90s and early 2000's. Technically, it's called "color ringback" and - as opposed to custom answering machine setups, etc. - is implemented at the carrier level. As an earlier poster described, this is the sound that you would hear rather than the standard (in the US) 4/2 second ringtone you hear when you dial a number waiting for someone to answer. Working in the industry at the time, we started getting requests for it, so implemented it, but it never took off here in the US, so it dropped off in use to pretty much zero.
...we were a small company making the transition from a proprietary (TI/990 - DX/10 OS) system to a Prime UNIX system and I was the guy A) learning UNIX and B) writing shell scripts to replicate basic DX/10 stuff. One of my first scripts was to delete a user. Beyond the basic password deleting stuff, I thought it would be cool to delete the user's home directory also. You know, delete user "gerry" and also delete user's home dir "/usr/gerry". Guess what my brilliant script writing failed to anticipate? Yep, someone entering an empty user name. So, the script - running under SUID perms proceeded to delete "/usr/*", including "/usr/data". Oops! Fortunately, my backup script was better written and the customer only lost a few hors' worth of work, but....Whew! That's also how we learn!
Unless there is a way to track the owners of these things when - not if - they do serious damage, we're pretty much fucked in terms of holding anyone truly accountable.
OK, I'm not making any judgments whatsoever about this new architecture, but...ANY radical change in our "accepted" mode of thinking cannot help but be a GoodThing(TM) - ultimately - IMO. $.02
... of Real News are: PBS NewsHour and The Economist magazine. Period. Everything else is a sad mash of pop-culture, controversy-whoring and mindless blather.
Just like with music - if it was easy, it would not be nearly as much fun!
So, unless you totally wreck your existing system with W10, breaking your UI, requiring retraining of employees, re-validating all existing software, changing the entire model of software to a "subscription model" (cha-ching) and - dare I forget - giving MS access to your computer at their whim, you're a "neckbeard". Got it. Just how fat is your check from MS to shill for them? Fuck MS!
Fundamentally, an ebook reader is just a specialized tablet and if I wanted to "read" on a tablet, I would. But I don't. There is no way that any tablet, etc. that I've seen that can match the overall experience of dead trees. Never any: dead batteries; "please turn off all electronic devices while we're on the tarmac"; "you're access to this book has been denied"; etc. Really - who needs them?
All I want is consistent coverage, even in hard-to-cover areas. Verizon wins hands-down. BTW, I tried AT&T for 2 days - without being able even to connect to a tower! - then spent 6 months dealing with their billing department even though I returned and canceled within 3 days of their "30-day" trial period. Fuckers! In a decent society, I would be able to bill THEM for the HOURS I spent arguing over a fucking 12-cent bill that they were going to "turn over to collections".