But where are all the 21st century equivalents of pitchforks and torches? Can't we storm the castles with some kind of laser thingy or something? Wifi? RC helicopters? Man-made diamond pitchforks?
This is supposed to be about nerd stuff. Not some 'armless little bunny-rabbit.
Companies, and government institutions cannot just patch and go.
Why not? A few years ago the customer information on my electric bill changed suddenly. The address was correct, but in the style of my previous address instead. My phone number jumped back 3 years and 2 addresses. A big company or utility would never do anything disastrous, would they?
I don't think virus authors are the point. It's easy to make obvious statements about how childish and irresponsible this guy is, but it's not like he invented worms.
Ok, I blame John Brunner for inventing worms, in Shockwave Rider.
Europeans wanted a super-state, they've got it. Oh wait... Cancel that. Nobody told the poor schmucks that they would eventually end up in a remake of the Ottoman Empire.
You make it sound a bit more... oh... Byzantine perhaps.
And in the meantime, the documentation is scattered to the four corners of hell. Ask where anything is and it's either confused mumbling or getacluenewbie.
What, just like SCO were when they decided to distribute a Linux distro, including code that said "Please use me", and then get all of their revenue by suing people for doing so?
Yes, well, when I included their code, unfortunately, I had it in there as "Please sue me".
D'oh!
In that light, I think their position is perfectly understandable.
Yeah! Where's all the cool Firesign quotes? Or is that too OT for a "Disney rips off TFST" article. C'mon! I've seen a lot of Firesigs on/. Speak up fireheads!
My question is (and this is REALLY going to piss off some people), does ADD/ADHD REALLY EXIST?
I have ADD, no hyperactivity.
I have tried the standard medications. None of them had a significant beneficial effect.
I have learned many techniques for coping with ADD.
I can rule out bad parenting and moral failure as a cause in my case.
It is not laziness. I am distractable. I am interested in so many things. I tend to persue them all. This is NOT laziness.
Oh, to answer your question then:
Instead of the magnetic field changes being lateral, they are vertical. Don't worry, the substrate is deep enough. It's really just another way to write smaller. Instead of long skinny areas being charged front to back, or back to front, the areas are oriented up and down.
The article says the technology has been under investigation for 20 years
I thought this sounded like something I remembered from a previous life. Like when "sub-micron" was a big deal. Bubble memory. Silicon on saphire. Low power schotky. Woohoo!
Regarding the other response to this parent: Seeing a buffalo in a National Park, does not a wild buffalo make. Darwinism will eventually get rid of idiots who try to get close to large animals with herding and stampeding instincts. It's just a step away from trying to feed the bears or pet the lions. I just wish the animals would win more dammit!
Come closer, closer....
MOO-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Better yet: How about some frikin' Wooley Mammoths with frikin' lasers attached to their heads!
The Bush/Ashcroft administration will need all those addresses so that they can crack down on all those evil "hackers". You know, heavy licensing like in "True Names". And of course you need an address for the napalm packs in your cyber-decks, so the corporate overlords can blow up your apartment while your out for some noodles, like in one of those Gibson cyberpunk books (can someone help me out here, my books are in storage).
Anyone know the RFC that covers those napalm packs? I don't want the cyber-deck I'm building to be out of spec.
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No! Please! Isn't there a sequel? Bambi's Revenge or something. Where Bambi jumps up, all Rambo-like, and goes postal.
But where are all the 21st century equivalents of pitchforks and torches? Can't we storm the castles with some kind of laser thingy or something? Wifi? RC helicopters? Man-made diamond pitchforks?
This is supposed to be about nerd stuff. Not some 'armless little bunny-rabbit.
Why not? A few years ago the customer information on my electric bill changed suddenly. The address was correct, but in the style of my previous address instead. My phone number jumped back 3 years and 2 addresses. A big company or utility would never do anything disastrous, would they?
Ok, I blame John Brunner for inventing worms, in Shockwave Rider.
You must be from Soviet Russia.
In Soviet Russia, I'm more concerned about the truth being reversed.
You make it sound a bit more... oh... Byzantine perhaps.
And in the meantime, the documentation is scattered to the four corners of hell. Ask where anything is and it's either confused mumbling or getacluenewbie.
This is the DVD to get.
This is the place to get it.
Thanks for finding the link, Dan.
Why don't you order the MindCandy DVD.
It's only 16 bucks and it's awesome.
Yes, well, when I included their code, unfortunately, I had it in there as "Please sue me".
D'oh!
In that light, I think their position is perfectly understandable.
Perhaps you're thinking of the Other Santa Cruz Operation.
They got sued into oblivion by Jewel/OSCO.
Clippy's your dad?
Bob's yer uncle!
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~igp/created.html
They already have Sindarin (Elvish) posted, but it is just the phonetic translation: "Bathathon heled, im u-cirath".
As for modding my original post down to -1(off topic): Geez! Get a clue!
Time for someone to update the I Can Eat Glass Project.
A combination of white lists/black lists, and Baysian filtering...
Stop yer bitchin', people, and implement the technologies that are already out there and work great.
This doesn't sound like a general solution for J. Random Homeowner.
It sounds alot like "Well, shoot! Quit yer bitchin' an just put in some tuned ports and performance cam! Hell, my grandmother could do that!"
[Polka music]
Help-uh. Somebody-uh please-uh, turnoff-uh da bubble-machine-uh!
[Polka music fades away]
The hacker/IT community is significantly underemployed. Which means we may not have a lot of money to spare. D'ya suppose SCO is counting on that?
"You have violated Robots Rules of Order, and will be asked to leave the future immediately."
Yeah! Where's all the cool Firesign quotes? Or is that too OT for a "Disney rips off TFST" article. C'mon! I've seen a lot of Firesigs on /. Speak up fireheads!
So why shouldn't the porridge bird lay its egg in the air?
(Heck, I've known that response since the '70s.)
(Genuine Firehead here. Note the sig.)
I have ADD, no hyperactivity.
I have tried the standard medications. None of them had a significant beneficial effect.
I have learned many techniques for coping with ADD. I can rule out bad parenting and moral failure as a cause in my case.
It is not laziness. I am distractable. I am interested in so many things. I tend to persue them all. This is NOT laziness.
Oh, to answer your question then:
Instead of the magnetic field changes being lateral, they are vertical. Don't worry, the substrate is deep enough. It's really just another way to write smaller. Instead of long skinny areas being charged front to back, or back to front, the areas are oriented up and down.
I thought this sounded like something I remembered from a previous life. Like when "sub-micron" was a big deal. Bubble memory. Silicon on saphire. Low power schotky. Woohoo!
Come closer, closer....
MOO-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Better yet: How about some frikin' Wooley Mammoths with frikin' lasers attached to their heads!
(ahem!) HiggsBison
Anyone know the RFC that covers those napalm packs? I don't want the cyber-deck I'm building to be out of spec.