Other links might be of interest to the/. crowd too, like info on the hack that allowed Darwin or OS X (up to 10.4.x IIRC) to run on some older (PPC) hardware that didn't support it. It was an open-source utility called XPostFacto With an Ultra-160 SCSI or ATA interface card for acceptable disk performance, an old 9600 worked surprisingly well. Having 12 RAM slots, a 9600 could hold up to 1.5 gig of RAM, which is pretty decent for something made in the 90s.
I suppose the "price above all else" PC vendors will like this. If they can load up machines with demo software, why not have demo hardware to match?
Don't expect Apple to go along with this though...
This may backfire in multiple ways. As this gets attention it'll make consumers more aware of the potential (which usually means likely) privacy implications of having serialized CPU chips.
GData Software , a German anti-virus firm, reports "Malware for Windows the undisputed number 1 Windows users are still the number one target: 99.4 percent of all new malware of the first half of this year was written for Microsoft's operating system. The other 0.6% targeted systems that contain e.g. Unix or Java technologies." That.6 % includes phones. Of the 1,017, 208 new malware programs, over a million target Windows.
I can just see it now, rogue dentists abducting people to steal their teeth. Pretty twisted, might make a good Futurama episode. (Perhaps Benders bolts, or nuts could be a target too)
It was mistakenly called a parade, but a northwestern U.S. clown group just hosted a circus event with the beastly new phone that bites. This cell stemmed from one that was long in the tooth.
Hey there coppertop! You're no dim bulb, so you'll remember to take the green pills that make you glow. As a bonus, with you as the light source there are no lights left on behind you on leaving a room.
Those lampshades you've put on at parties prove that you're a natural for this. Use tin foil to focus the light as needed.
Be careful with those warm, fuzzy computer moments. The oxytocin that triggers may make you trust them too much. Think of it as a new sort of user vulnerability.
No, the stamps discussed in the article contain what look like normal images. It is iOS and Android image recognition being used with apps (both named Junaio) to bring up the related content.
I believe the CueCat scans something similar to slanted barcode (still data read in a line - 1D).
The last part of the stamps article mentions a second technology that seems unrelated to the new stamps, except it could be put on other stamps perhaps. It is 2D code with a grid of tiny squares as tag data. That is more complex to read than traditional or CueCat barcode being 2D. It sounds much like the 2D graphic tags I've seen on UPS packages as shown in this MaxiCode Barcode FAQ & Tutorial.
The Cauzin strips I posted about are different yet. They look like a group of parallel tracks each containing serial data. There's an example at the end of this old Apple II article:
I was figuring that most of us wanna-be Cylons are based on silicon (maybe germanium for some that grew up with 8-track tapes), but I figure Beck to be selenium based. The clue is the scent of a failing selenium rectifier, something a hidden few here have been specially trained to spot. Beware of selenium critters among us, their logic can be dangerously fuzzy. Suggested treatment is lithium.
He was a bit funny in the SNL bit, but I find it a bit uncomfortable to watch him in other roles as a puffy-faced obnoxious alcoholic or whatever.
It is fun to do through old pre-Trek classic tv shows and see him and other Trek actors. The Twilight Zone had a good 1963 episode with the big Shat in the episode Nightmare at 20,000 feet.
(from wikipedia) "Bob Wilson (William Shatner) is a salesman on an airplane for the first time since his nervous breakdown six months ago. He spots a gremlin on the wing of the plane. Every time someone else looks out the window, the gremlin leaps out of view, so nobody believes Bob's seemingly outlandish claim. Bob realizes that his wife is starting to think he needs to go back to the sanitarium, but also, if nothing is done about the gremlin, it will damage the plane and cause it to crash. Bob steals a sleeping policeman's revolver, and opens the window marked "Auxiliary Exit" to shoot the gremlin, succeeding despite the fact that he is nearly blown out of the plane himself. Once the plane has landed, although he is whisked away in a straitjacket, a final shot reveals evidence of his claims: the unusual damage to the plane's engine nacelle -- yet to be discovered by mechanics."
Perhaps less remembered, is an episode of the Outer Limits - Cold Hands, Warm Heart also from 1963. It's really strange seeing him associated with something called "Project Vulcan" years before Trek...
(from an Amazon review) "Brig. General Jeff Barton, (William Shatner), completes a round-trip one man space flight to the planet Venus to promote the feasability of the Mars colonization project "Vulcan". During a break in radio communication Barton encouters an alien being on Venus who manages to infect his body causing him to change gradually into something not entirely human. These changes require him to seek out higher temperatures as though adapting to the climate of planet Venus. Upon discovery of Barton's condition, Dr. Mike, (Malachi Throne), uses blood transfusions and a high temperature pressure chamber to reverse the process. Oddly enough, this is actually a love story focusing on Mrs. Ann Barton, (Geraldine Brooks), and her struggle to win back her husband from both his driving ambition and the alien interloper."
I think it's more fun finding catching other Trek and SciFi actors in different shows. George Takei (Sulu) in a 1960 Episode of detective series Hawaiian Eye... Seeing Ted Cassidy, better known as Lurch, as the blond buffed-out shirtless slave in 1966 Lost in Space - The Thief from Outer Space was a surprise (of course just seeing him human and colorful was quite a contrast). Cassidy portrayed the voice of the more aggressive version of Balok in the Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", and he played the role of the android Ruk in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?." He also voiced the Gorn in the Star Trek episode "Arena". He also had guest shots on the classics The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Dream of Jeannie, and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Looking back and seeing where some more recent sci-fi actors have been can bring a few chuckles too. It was funny realizing the Ronon Dex (actor Jason Momoa) of Stargate Atlantis had also been a Baywatch lifeguard. During one mission some fun was made of the nature of old Earth television...facial expressions had a hint of the inside joke.
Chances are it is just pulling h.264 video instead of old Flash from YouTube, just like Apple mobile devices do. Most of the videos are in h.264 as well as Flash that wasn't h.264. We can thank Apple for getting them to do that.
(it's possible to put h.264 in a Flash container, but don't let seeing some Flash that works acceptably fool you into thinking that the prevalent old stuff will play well too)
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Other links might be of interest to the /. crowd too, like info on the hack that allowed Darwin or OS X (up to 10.4.x IIRC) to run on some older (PPC) hardware that didn't support it. It was an open-source utility called XPostFacto With an Ultra-160 SCSI or ATA interface card for acceptable disk performance, an old 9600 worked surprisingly well. Having 12 RAM slots, a 9600 could hold up to 1.5 gig of RAM, which is pretty decent for something made in the 90s.
You just have to know where to hold down the option key when clicking.
Find an old Mac SE at a thrift store, hit the debug switch on the side, and type in G 41D89A
Even if the hard drive is bad, it opens a portal to a parallel universe.
I suppose the "price above all else" PC vendors will like this. If they can load up machines with demo software, why not have demo hardware to match?
Don't expect Apple to go along with this though...
This may backfire in multiple ways. As this gets attention it'll make consumers more aware of the potential (which usually means likely) privacy implications of having serialized CPU chips.
In the good ole days employees only had to worry about being grilled or fried...
It's been a busy year for malware with many recent reports of issues.
GData Software , a German anti-virus firm, reports "Malware for Windows the undisputed number 1 .6 % includes phones.
Windows users are still the number one target: 99.4 percent of all new malware of the first half of this year was written for Microsoft's operating system. The other 0.6% targeted systems that contain e.g. Unix or Java technologies." That
Of the 1,017, 208 new malware programs, over a million target Windows.
Malware is reportedly up about 50% this year. Wondering who the targets are?
GData Software , a German anti-virus firm, details some malware numbers.
Yes, in addition to Fireball XL5, it was also done in When Worlds Collide.
The reports will be living on the streets, burn a pile of religious books to keep warm, and start a war.
I can just see it now, rogue dentists abducting people to steal their teeth.
Pretty twisted, might make a good Futurama episode. (Perhaps Benders bolts, or nuts could be a target too)
It was mistakenly called a parade, but a northwestern U.S. clown group just hosted a circus event with the beastly new phone that bites. This cell stemmed from one that was long in the tooth.
>No lightbulbs means no ideas right?
Hey there coppertop! You're no dim bulb, so you'll remember to take the green pills that make you glow. As a bonus, with you as the light source there are no lights left on behind you on leaving a room.
Those lampshades you've put on at parties prove that you're a natural for this. Use tin foil to focus the light as needed.
Those that don't trust zdnet can go to where Adobe mentions this issue (CVE-2010-2883).
Be careful with those warm, fuzzy computer moments. The oxytocin that triggers may make you trust them too much. Think of it as a new sort of user vulnerability.
No wonder those Mac guys smile suspiciously... they've been using Time Machine to go back and relive those favorite moments.
What I need is a map to get out of the basement and interact with real people!
Still, when you get out you'll remember all those things you read online on how to treat people.
Why would a woman want a snake robot as a sex toy?
Perhaps it has something to do with gerbils?
Should one call a doctor if these snakes climb for more than four hours?
>Can I read these with my CueCat?
No, the stamps discussed in the article contain what look like normal images. It is iOS and Android image recognition being used with apps (both named Junaio) to bring up the related content.
I believe the CueCat scans something similar to slanted barcode (still data read in a line - 1D).
The last part of the stamps article mentions a second technology that seems unrelated to the new stamps, except it could be put on other stamps perhaps. It is 2D code with a grid of tiny squares as tag data. That is more complex to read than traditional or CueCat barcode being 2D. It sounds much like the 2D graphic tags I've seen on UPS packages as shown in this MaxiCode Barcode FAQ & Tutorial.
The Cauzin strips I posted about are different yet. They look like a group of parallel tracks each containing serial data. There's an example at the end of this old Apple II article:
Using EDASM To Generate Relocatable Code
It reminds me of the Cauzin Softstrip from the 80's. Some of the Apple II and Mac magazines had little programs included using those.
I was figuring that most of us wanna-be Cylons are based on silicon (maybe germanium for some that grew up with 8-track tapes), but I figure Beck to be selenium based. The clue is the scent of a failing selenium rectifier, something a hidden few here have been specially trained to spot. Beware of selenium critters among us, their logic can be dangerously fuzzy. Suggested treatment is lithium.
>15 years from our perspective is actually 30 by IE's perspective.
The there are those that feel it should be measured in dog years
He was a bit funny in the SNL bit, but I find it a bit uncomfortable to watch him in other roles as a puffy-faced obnoxious alcoholic or whatever.
It is fun to do through old pre-Trek classic tv shows and see him and other Trek actors. The Twilight Zone had a good 1963 episode with the big Shat in the episode Nightmare at 20,000 feet.
(from wikipedia) "Bob Wilson (William Shatner) is a salesman on an airplane for the first time since his nervous breakdown six months ago. He spots a gremlin on the wing of the plane. Every time someone else looks out the window, the gremlin leaps out of view, so nobody believes Bob's seemingly outlandish claim. Bob realizes that his wife is starting to think he needs to go back to the sanitarium, but also, if nothing is done about the gremlin, it will damage the plane and cause it to crash. Bob steals a sleeping policeman's revolver, and opens the window marked "Auxiliary Exit" to shoot the gremlin, succeeding despite the fact that he is nearly blown out of the plane himself. Once the plane has landed, although he is whisked away in a straitjacket, a final shot reveals evidence of his claims: the unusual damage to the plane's engine nacelle -- yet to be discovered by mechanics."
Perhaps less remembered, is an episode of the Outer Limits - Cold Hands, Warm Heart also from 1963. It's really strange seeing him associated with something called "Project Vulcan" years before Trek...
(from an Amazon review) "Brig. General Jeff Barton, (William Shatner), completes a round-trip one man space flight to the planet Venus to promote the feasability of the Mars colonization project "Vulcan". During a break in radio communication Barton encouters an alien being on Venus who manages to infect his body causing him to change gradually into something not entirely human. These changes require him to seek out higher temperatures as though adapting to the climate of planet Venus. Upon discovery of Barton's condition, Dr. Mike, (Malachi Throne), uses blood transfusions and a high temperature pressure chamber to reverse the process. Oddly enough, this is actually a love story focusing on Mrs. Ann Barton, (Geraldine Brooks), and her struggle to win back her husband from both his driving ambition and the alien interloper."
I think it's more fun finding catching other Trek and SciFi actors in different shows. George Takei (Sulu) in a 1960 Episode of detective series Hawaiian Eye... Seeing Ted Cassidy, better known as Lurch, as the blond buffed-out shirtless slave in 1966 Lost in Space - The Thief from Outer Space was a surprise (of course just seeing him human and colorful was quite a contrast). Cassidy portrayed the voice of the more aggressive version of Balok in the Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", and he played the role of the android Ruk in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?." He also voiced the Gorn in the Star Trek episode "Arena". He also had guest shots on the classics The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Dream of Jeannie, and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Looking back and seeing where some more recent sci-fi actors have been can bring a few chuckles too. It was funny realizing the Ronon Dex (actor Jason Momoa) of Stargate Atlantis had also been a Baywatch lifeguard. During one mission some fun was made of the nature of old Earth television...facial expressions had a hint of the inside joke.
Now the personals section is going to get even more polluted.
And there is still the "therapeutic" services section (where legit massage ads belong).
Users should follow the posted flagging/reporting instructions for things that don't belong.
Chances are it is just pulling h.264 video instead of old Flash from YouTube, just like Apple mobile devices do. Most of the videos are in h.264 as well as Flash that wasn't h.264. We can thank Apple for getting them to do that.
(it's possible to put h.264 in a Flash container, but don't let seeing some Flash that works acceptably fool you into thinking that the prevalent old stuff will play well too)
If I say "this bulletin board has a 'bite your nuts off if you get a frosty piss' feature which is opt-in by default what does that mean?
To balance some possibly biased opinions here, maybe you should ask a teabagger?