Is his website CharlesStross.com or.net? What, he writes about English culture? It must be a.co.uk then?
It isn't even his name in his URL? How the hell do I find him?
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/ Doesn't look legit to me.
Oh fuck it. I'll look for him on Amazon.
This is why a central repository is needed. Just not one that has huge profits at the core of its existence.
Gutenberg should have a sales side. Very easy to take the price tag off the books after Disney's lifetime + 1,000 years, which is the US copyright length at the moment, I believe.
Might improve their crappy website at the same time. I love their ideals, but the site is hideous.
I see the tongue out emoticon on the end of your post so I'll explain. I like it when people are civil, and emoticons hide a multitude of sins.
I read your statements with the emphasis on "Speaking for all us old fogies," which as an ale drinking Yorkshireman who grew out of all the young people crap many years ago I thought included me, so I did feel you made a blanket statement. I've been left behind by a lot of gaming culture. I've never played WoW, Minecraft, Eve, Bioshock, Crysis... The list goes on.
Forgive my interpretation of your words, I did want to take it as a blanket statement because that means I can disagree with the whole, which helped me make my point in an easier way, to my mind.
This is an inexact medium for the transmission of ideas. I'm glad of your reply and the opportunity to rebut in a civil manner.
I've not had the chance to use VR, but I'm very much looking forward to it. "Immersive" is something I struggle with; whether it be games or films. I envy people who can step out of themselves and get giddy/emotional by looking at a screen.
+1 Internets for a Mythbusters name drop though, well played.
I'm 40 this year and I played the hell out of Descent and Terminal Velocity for the sheer pleasure of using the full 3D experience.
I downloaded the Rebirth version of Descent after reading half his article, and I've played it for quite some time. My reflexes are OK, my brain isn't hurting and I'm WISHING that many of today's games could venture into the 3rd dimension.
I play Star Trek Online and I couldn't begin to tell you how much better it would be (for me, I dunno about these kids who can't fly) if I could actually have the ability to loop the loop in battles. The way they've done it sucks so hard after knowing how to barrel roll and loop.
I'm still never signing into Chrome and make sure it only ever runs in Sandboxie because it's GOOG spyware.
This comment has reminded me to update it.
The only reason that it's on my system at all is because TomTom's "moron on the phone sheets" insist that their software (the new stuff that works badly and the old stuff that works badly, not the old, old stuff that almost worked) you install Chrome as part of the diagnostics.
Looking through my S2 with 10.2 nightly on it:
Live wallpapers
CM Account
Daydreams
cLock
CM Wallpapers
DSP Manager
Dev tools
Face Unlock
Photo Screensaver
Some of these programs I use daily yet to others they may be considered crapware.
I enjoy being a regular user of CM. I have it on several devices and try to foist it on other people. This post was just to answer your obviously humorous question, which didn't pass as far over my head as you may suspect.
I used to be able to sit playing on my PS3 for hours on end with Uk Marlboro reds being virtually chainsmoked (up to 40 a day) until I read this book.
I read it, my wife read it and 6 months later I left half a pack of smokes on a table in a cafe. I haven't even desired a smoke since.
This was 5 years ago.
NLP or whatever that guy does sure seemed to help us quit the weed. I'd say that for the price of the book, less than half a pack of smokes, the chance to be smoke-free for even a month is worth the cost.
I am not schilling for him, this is a true story. Buy the used copy from Amazon, I don't care, he probably doesn't either after selling over 9,000 copies (oh, that's million, not thousands).
It just works and, even if you are saying "I enjoy smoking" like we were, the thing might just swing it for you at some point.
Good luck to anyone who is attempting to stop smoking, or already has.
I run my own VPN/LAMP/SMTP+IMAP server on my Raspberry Pi. I tried to mail a friend through his hosted email service and they were using Spamhaus's filter-home-ip list as gospel so I went to Spamhaus and removed my IP from their list. Took me five minutes IIRC. A good few years ago I ran into AOL's blocks for home IPs and there was no recourse. Seems like things have got a bit better.
When you fly too far in STO [Star Trek Online] you get a dialogue box up insisting that there's FA to see here and you might want to warp out of the system. "Dismiss" makes it come back in a few seconds and you're still pushing at the edge of the map, not going anywhere.
So much for the theory that space is curved, huh?
Still, one can't expect too much from a game that hasn't even attempted 3D flying.
Knowing that I use "slashdot" for the site tag, or maybe "slashdot.org" as it can be configured to default to, does not mean you know what I use for my passphrase.
I used his/her UID for an example. The previous reply to my post obviously used his code "*******" (which is all I could see) instead of his UID to create the password.
This in NO WAY is less secure than using "hunter2" to log in, and using "slashdot" and "hunter2" yields "4bnth/jYK1JCBP32NZzGjQUHKd"
You're looking for Password Hasher and if you're not on your own computer the demo page will work in (nearly) any browser.
In case you (or someone else) doesn't click it, if you use your UID as the passphrase and "slashdot" as the site tag you get "i0+v+dXNbzPpvpW177NeV9eYnK" at my default settings of 26 characters, upper, lower, numbers and symbols.
For remembering just your UID. How simple is that?
To bump it up and alter the password completely when you change it there is a button that will change "slashdot" to "slashdot:1" - a change that is remembered by your browser, or can be written in a text file as a reminder because that isn't sensitive information.
This is not perfect security but it would go a long way to making identity theft and account hijacking harder if everyone showed their mother and their kids how to use this simple piece of code. They could go on using that one stupid password that is the only thing they can remember but be secure from rainbow tables and GPUs for a few years.
And in the situation where your kernel didn't boot up and you're scratching your head, where are those messages that will help you?
All the text before:
Give root password for maintenance: is very useful to some people.
I'll admit that I do tend to compile out early printk and most error messages, hide the init confirmations as much as possible and generally like a tidy boot sequence.
I like to know that I can put them back in when needed though.
I was going to comment that SD cards have a write protect tab, but then I remembered that you flick that switch to enable CHDK on Canon cameras so the protection is only in software, not hardware.
Another thing that has a write protect tab is the Zalman Virtual Drive USB device. I'd be happy enough to boot from one of those on a daily basis. I already use a few USB keys with ISOs on for different scenarios.
Slashdot Mirror
Is his website CharlesStross.com or .net? What, he writes about English culture? It must be a .co.uk then?
It isn't even his name in his URL? How the hell do I find him?
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/ Doesn't look legit to me.
Oh fuck it. I'll look for him on Amazon.
This is why a central repository is needed. Just not one that has huge profits at the core of its existence.
Gutenberg should have a sales side. Very easy to take the price tag off the books after Disney's lifetime + 1,000 years, which is the US copyright length at the moment, I believe.
Might improve their crappy website at the same time. I love their ideals, but the site is hideous.
Go to the store and buy them! They're ace! And you can give them to your friends afterwards.
I downloaded a crapload of them, he's really good.
Am I making it harder or easier for him to make a living?
I see the tongue out emoticon on the end of your post so I'll explain. I like it when people are civil, and emoticons hide a multitude of sins.
... The list goes on.
I read your statements with the emphasis on "Speaking for all us old fogies," which as an ale drinking Yorkshireman who grew out of all the young people crap many years ago I thought included me, so I did feel you made a blanket statement. I've been left behind by a lot of gaming culture. I've never played WoW, Minecraft, Eve, Bioshock, Crysis
Forgive my interpretation of your words, I did want to take it as a blanket statement because that means I can disagree with the whole, which helped me make my point in an easier way, to my mind.
This is an inexact medium for the transmission of ideas. I'm glad of your reply and the opportunity to rebut in a civil manner.
I've not had the chance to use VR, but I'm very much looking forward to it. "Immersive" is something I struggle with; whether it be games or films. I envy people who can step out of themselves and get giddy/emotional by looking at a screen.
+1 Internets for a Mythbusters name drop though, well played.
DOSbox.
The Rebirth project works fine (under Windows, I've not tried it under Linux, much to me shame) also.
I disagree.
I'm 40 this year and I played the hell out of Descent and Terminal Velocity for the sheer pleasure of using the full 3D experience.
I downloaded the Rebirth version of Descent after reading half his article, and I've played it for quite some time. My reflexes are OK, my brain isn't hurting and I'm WISHING that many of today's games could venture into the 3rd dimension.
I play Star Trek Online and I couldn't begin to tell you how much better it would be (for me, I dunno about these kids who can't fly) if I could actually have the ability to loop the loop in battles. The way they've done it sucks so hard after knowing how to barrel roll and loop.
Because GNU's Not Unix, but Linux is very like Unix.
I'd heard that you could redownload without DRM now.
You might be interested in this article about moving an entire Windows profile from one location to another.
Or not. It just isn't as hard as it seems at first glance. The stupid GUI is just as stupid as everything else in Windows.
Once you have their money, you never give it back.
You might be thinking of rule #17:
A contract is a contract is a contract ... but only between Ferengi.
I'm still never signing into Chrome and make sure it only ever runs in Sandboxie because it's GOOG spyware.
This comment has reminded me to update it.
The only reason that it's on my system at all is because TomTom's "moron on the phone sheets" insist that their software (the new stuff that works badly and the old stuff that works badly, not the old, old stuff that almost worked) you install Chrome as part of the diagnostics.
No, it says "More Magic".
Looking through my S2 with 10.2 nightly on it:
Live wallpapers
CM Account
Daydreams
cLock
CM Wallpapers
DSP Manager
Dev tools
Face Unlock
Photo Screensaver
Some of these programs I use daily yet to others they may be considered crapware.
I enjoy being a regular user of CM. I have it on several devices and try to foist it on other people. This post was just to answer your obviously humorous question, which didn't pass as far over my head as you may suspect.
Also, fur die volk who nicht gesprachen Deutsch, hier ist die same device in Englishe:
Blackberry charger
Allen Carr's Easy Way to stop smoking
I used to be able to sit playing on my PS3 for hours on end with Uk Marlboro reds being virtually chainsmoked (up to 40 a day) until I read this book.
I read it, my wife read it and 6 months later I left half a pack of smokes on a table in a cafe. I haven't even desired a smoke since.
This was 5 years ago.
NLP or whatever that guy does sure seemed to help us quit the weed. I'd say that for the price of the book, less than half a pack of smokes, the chance to be smoke-free for even a month is worth the cost.
I am not schilling for him, this is a true story. Buy the used copy from Amazon, I don't care, he probably doesn't either after selling over 9,000 copies (oh, that's million, not thousands).
It just works and, even if you are saying "I enjoy smoking" like we were, the thing might just swing it for you at some point.
Good luck to anyone who is attempting to stop smoking, or already has.
I run my own VPN/LAMP/SMTP+IMAP server on my Raspberry Pi. I tried to mail a friend through his hosted email service and they were using Spamhaus's filter-home-ip list as gospel so I went to Spamhaus and removed my IP from their list. Took me five minutes IIRC. A good few years ago I ran into AOL's blocks for home IPs and there was no recourse. Seems like things have got a bit better.
I see one problem with that.
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I was very pleased with myself when I came up with the line:
"We are tech support. You will be assisted. Impatience is futile."
Still am.
For any Brits reading this I understand that a "gyro" is a kebab in certain parts of the States.
When you fly too far in STO [Star Trek Online] you get a dialogue box up insisting that there's FA to see here and you might want to warp out of the system. "Dismiss" makes it come back in a few seconds and you're still pushing at the edge of the map, not going anywhere.
So much for the theory that space is curved, huh?
Still, one can't expect too much from a game that hasn't even attempted 3D flying.
No, but I remember Game!, which is also very much hand drawn.
Oh ho! Is funny because he posting on Slashdot, known for trolling!
Knowing that I use "slashdot" for the site tag, or maybe "slashdot.org" as it can be configured to default to, does not mean you know what I use for my passphrase.
I used his/her UID for an example. The previous reply to my post obviously used his code "*******" (which is all I could see) instead of his UID to create the password.
This in NO WAY is less secure than using "hunter2" to log in, and using "slashdot" and "hunter2" yields "4bnth/jYK1JCBP32NZzGjQUHKd"
You're looking for Password Hasher and if you're not on your own computer the demo page will work in (nearly) any browser.
In case you (or someone else) doesn't click it, if you use your UID as the passphrase and "slashdot" as the site tag you get "i0+v+dXNbzPpvpW177NeV9eYnK" at my default settings of 26 characters, upper, lower, numbers and symbols.
For remembering just your UID. How simple is that?
To bump it up and alter the password completely when you change it there is a button that will change "slashdot" to "slashdot:1" - a change that is remembered by your browser, or can be written in a text file as a reminder because that isn't sensitive information.
This is not perfect security but it would go a long way to making identity theft and account hijacking harder if everyone showed their mother and their kids how to use this simple piece of code. They could go on using that one stupid password that is the only thing they can remember but be secure from rainbow tables and GPUs for a few years.
And in the situation where your kernel didn't boot up and you're scratching your head, where are those messages that will help you?
All the text before:
Give root password for maintenance:
is very useful to some people.
I'll admit that I do tend to compile out early printk and most error messages, hide the init confirmations as much as possible and generally like a tidy boot sequence.
I like to know that I can put them back in when needed though.
I was going to comment that SD cards have a write protect tab, but then I remembered that you flick that switch to enable CHDK on Canon cameras so the protection is only in software, not hardware.
Another thing that has a write protect tab is the Zalman Virtual Drive USB device. I'd be happy enough to boot from one of those on a daily basis. I already use a few USB keys with ISOs on for different scenarios.