If you want to know about hacking, read "Underground" (underground-book.com) for a peek into some 'venerable' old-school hackers.
Some of these blokes were actually stealing, but even the ones who were 'merely sight-seeing' got pretty harsh sentences. Part of the reason is that, since it cannot be allowed (because one has to draw a line; spying and sight-seeing are indistinguishable and cannot be left to the morals of the perpetrator), it must be policed, and this kind of activity takes insane amounts of police work. We all know how well-funded the police is (cough), so it's understandable that they want to effectively deter it.
Desktop worthy... yes it really is, EXCEPT that I can't wait for FreeBSD "main" to adopt a graphical installer from one of its "distributions", that is DesktopBSD, PC-BSD, and others (in no particular order).
Going from a freshly installed system (sans GUI interface) to a KDE login prompt is still the single most debilitating task that new users are faced with.
The graphical distributions all make an excellent job setting up the basic GUI, but have other shortcomings (no dvorak support, or only few video drivers) that FreeBSD "main" meets.
Re:Holy Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Batman!
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Read 'Chryptonomicon', it's a great read with two storylines, one in the present and one in WW2. The old storyline has plenty of computers -- even a few electric ones.
Believe it or not, a Model T Ford did about the same MPG as an average modern car. Sure, it wasn't os fuel-efficient as today's engines, but then again there were no windscreen wipers, no radio, no aircon, no.....:) Same MPG, makes one think.
For Minority Report, they supposedly consulted a 'future technologist' (or whatever you'd call such a person) to thoroughly think all these things through -- in detail. I can't remember all those details right now, but there was a programme about future tech where this was discussed.
.....does not support POP or IMAP, and does not support email forwarding.....
I s'pose that if I were at one of these schools, I would take one glance at it, decide that it's a valiant effort but incompatible with the world at large in a typically-for-MS sort of way, and not use it.
Meaning I'd probably be locked out of communicating with 90%+ of my peers (who are invariably less picky and don't mind (or notice?) being locked into being life-long users of one specific application).
Which is why I have about 3 friends. So all of the above is more or less immaterial (but nonetheless now captured for posterity).
Yeah, you are so right. To use the classic car analogy, most non-geek users (and even some geek users!) tend to see CPU speed as an indication of "top speed"; in reality it is more like "break horse power" -- to be sure, it IS important, but there are just many other factors to take into account before you can arrive at any quantization of "speed".
It's the same with digital cameras... quality != pixel count all by itself, but quality == (pixel count + optics + storage speed + weight + size + firmare features, including interface).
As the parent suggests, it is perfectly possible to bo two physical players and control just one virtual player. My brother and I did this all the time back in the day; for instance when playing Dark Castle on the Mac, he'd do the running and ducking, I'd do the stone throwing (naturally, we decided together on where to go). We did this with other games as well, though I can't think of the names right now.
I'd also suggest split-screen car racing games (if your SO is into that), you could let the superior player select an inferior car, and see if you can still keep up.
Another way to play it is to ditch the action games, and turn to strategy/turn-based/adventure games, where there are no reflexes involved; two (or more) players can together decide where to steer the story.
My M10000-based m0n0wall has a 4-port PCI ethernet card in it -- instant built-in hub in the same box as the firewall.:) But I grant you this: an additional ethernet port on the motherboard could be used for a DMZ.
Yes, any version of Windows will "own" the boot block on a system it is installed on (upgrade != install). ALWAYS install Win* LAST (if at all).
Similarly, take great care when changing partitions from Windows on a box that has non-Dos/Windows partitions (not even PartitionMagic v8.01 knows what BSD is, and refuses to start on a box with a disk with a 165 partition an it).
I manage a stack of gaming computers for a local youth center. We ditched the idea of handing out original cd's for the games that kids wanted to play, and went for imaging and emulation instead. The reasons are obvious: handling hassle; broken, lost or stolen cds; etc.
It's a PAIN to do this. I mean, naturally we have a full set of cds (one for each pc), but still have a legitimate need to separate the original media from the actual use.
So yes, it would be easier to just crack the fsckers (ie. use pirated versions of our legitimately bought games), but we can't do that because we're a public institution. Just great.
Have you decoded the wrist band data yet?
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The DataLink comes in two models: one with a shiny metal band, and one with a black rubber band. The rubber model has tiny 0's and 1's all over.
Being geeks, my twin and I wondered if those bits spell a hidden message. Turns out, they do. Have you got it?
Even though I may sound just like my fellow posts here, I wanted to drop you a comment.
I must say that your PDF reads much like an Apple GUI guideline, and not like something intended for KDE. What I mean to say is that it shows how much you value functional clarity (perhaps too much so, in the eyes of/.ers and KDEians). Anyhow, kudos to you; you should submit those ideas to another project that is more willing to apply, well, functional clarity.
Hullo there. Just wondering what outliner you are using, as I've been looking far and wide for a good one (preferably cross-platform (but Win-only is okay), and definitely free (as in beer)).
My family uses a wiki to run our family home page (g-b.dk). It took a little extra to set up, and it does put some restraints on what we can do, but it makes editing and updating a breeze for any family member.
Unfortunately, he still has *a lot* to learn about microphones... I only understand about 80% of his podcasts, the rest is echo, bad eq, and bad acoustics.
It's such a shame they don't make one "for the rest of us". When I used Windows I also used TheBat 1.something (always kept a ^^ö^^ in my tag line:-). Sweet client; it loaded from scratch to ready in literally a fraction of a second, and remains to this date the only program I know of that does concurrent mail send/receive (but I may be behind the curve). The fact that you could set up very elaborate macros and templates for each folder allowed me a very customized setup.
Mmmm, how I long for it (= how it has spoiled me)! Ever since I ditched Windows I've been putting up with SquirrelMail webmail, in part because I use different computers, and in part because I wasn't content with any of the clients that I tried. The only downside with TheBat is that it was limited to plain text monospace in all that it did -- but I get that from my webmail as well.
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If you want to know about hacking, read "Underground" (underground-book.com) for a peek into some 'venerable' old-school hackers.
Some of these blokes were actually stealing, but even the ones who were 'merely sight-seeing' got pretty harsh sentences. Part of the reason is that, since it cannot be allowed (because one has to draw a line; spying and sight-seeing are indistinguishable and cannot be left to the morals of the perpetrator), it must be policed, and this kind of activity takes insane amounts of police work. We all know how well-funded the police is (cough), so it's understandable that they want to effectively deter it.
Unfair perhaps, but still understandable.
Desktop worthy ... yes it really is, EXCEPT that I can't wait for FreeBSD "main" to adopt a graphical installer from one of its "distributions", that is DesktopBSD, PC-BSD, and others (in no particular order).
Going from a freshly installed system (sans GUI interface) to a KDE login prompt is still the single most debilitating task that new users are faced with.
The graphical distributions all make an excellent job setting up the basic GUI, but have other shortcomings (no dvorak support, or only few video drivers) that FreeBSD "main" meets.
Read 'Chryptonomicon', it's a great read with two storylines, one in the present and one in WW2. The old storyline has plenty of computers -- even a few electric ones.
Believe it or not, a Model T Ford did about the same MPG as an average modern car. Sure, it wasn't os fuel-efficient as today's engines, but then again there were no windscreen wipers, no radio, no aircon, no ..... :) Same MPG, makes one think.
For Minority Report, they supposedly consulted a 'future technologist' (or whatever you'd call such a person) to thoroughly think all these things through -- in detail. I can't remember all those details right now, but there was a programme about future tech where this was discussed.
Go read "DEEP TIME", this subject is nothing new...
http://www.physics.uci.edu/~silverma/benford.html
.....does not support POP or IMAP, and does not support email forwarding.....
I s'pose that if I were at one of these schools, I would take one glance at it, decide that it's a valiant effort but incompatible with the world at large in a typically-for-MS sort of way, and not use it.
Meaning I'd probably be locked out of communicating with 90%+ of my peers (who are invariably less picky and don't mind (or notice?) being locked into being life-long users of one specific application).
Which is why I have about 3 friends. So all of the above is more or less immaterial (but nonetheless now captured for posterity).
Yeah, you are so right. To use the classic car analogy, most non-geek users (and even some geek users!) tend to see CPU speed as an indication of "top speed"; in reality it is more like "break horse power" -- to be sure, it IS important, but there are just many other factors to take into account before you can arrive at any quantization of "speed".
... quality != pixel count all by itself, but quality == (pixel count + optics + storage speed + weight + size + firmare features, including interface).
It's the same with digital cameras
"Now, it's all too late. I'm afraid MiniDisc will slowly but surely die out."
... can you run BSD on a MiniDisc player? :-D (I kid, I kid, I run FreeBSD at home.)
Hmm
Shouldn't that be NeXT week?
Sorry, I couldn't help myself...
Reading your post (and wholeheartedly agrreing), I have to offer this link: http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2 005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
It's a comparison of presentation "styles" of Jobs and Gates (the 2nd and 3rd picture say it all, really).
*my* web site visitors are >50% American -- and we're a plain .dk (Danish) family web site.
The Internet is just that, *one* net. Period.
As the parent suggests, it is perfectly possible to bo two physical players and control just one virtual player. My brother and I did this all the time back in the day; for instance when playing Dark Castle on the Mac, he'd do the running and ducking, I'd do the stone throwing (naturally, we decided together on where to go). We did this with other games as well, though I can't think of the names right now.
I'd also suggest split-screen car racing games (if your SO is into that), you could let the superior player select an inferior car, and see if you can still keep up.
Another way to play it is to ditch the action games, and turn to strategy/turn-based/adventure games, where there are no reflexes involved; two (or more) players can together decide where to steer the story.
My M10000-based m0n0wall has a 4-port PCI ethernet card in it -- instant built-in hub in the same box as the firewall. :) But I grant you this: an additional ethernet port on the motherboard could be used for a DMZ.
Yes, any version of Windows will "own" the boot block on a system it is installed on (upgrade != install). ALWAYS install Win* LAST (if at all).
Similarly, take great care when changing partitions from Windows on a box that has non-Dos/Windows partitions (not even PartitionMagic v8.01 knows what BSD is, and refuses to start on a box with a disk with a 165 partition an it).
I agree.
I manage a stack of gaming computers for a local youth center. We ditched the idea of handing out original cd's for the games that kids wanted to play, and went for imaging and emulation instead. The reasons are obvious: handling hassle; broken, lost or stolen cds; etc.
It's a PAIN to do this. I mean, naturally we have a full set of cds (one for each pc), but still have a legitimate need to separate the original media from the actual use.
So yes, it would be easier to just crack the fsckers (ie. use pirated versions of our legitimately bought games), but we can't do that because we're a public institution. Just great.
The DataLink comes in two models: one with a shiny metal band, and one with a black rubber band. The rubber model has tiny 0's and 1's all over.
Being geeks, my twin and I wondered if those bits spell a hidden message. Turns out, they do. Have you got it?
Even though I may sound just like my fellow posts here, I wanted to drop you a comment.
/.ers and KDEians). Anyhow, kudos to you; you should submit those ideas to another project that is more willing to apply, well, functional clarity.
I must say that your PDF reads much like an Apple GUI guideline, and not like something intended for KDE. What I mean to say is that it shows how much you value functional clarity (perhaps too much so, in the eyes of
Hullo there. Just wondering what outliner you are using, as I've been looking far and wide for a good one (preferably cross-platform (but Win-only is okay), and definitely free (as in beer)).
My family uses a wiki to run our family home page (g-b.dk). It took a little extra to set up, and it does put some restraints on what we can do, but it makes editing and updating a breeze for any family member.
- the article itself is full of repetitions. This is a "Fun, oh, 25-ish, things to do with your iPod".
True.
... I only understand about 80% of his podcasts, the rest is echo, bad eq, and bad acoustics.
Unfortunately, he still has *a lot* to learn about microphones
I have a bookmark set up as "tld %s", pointing to "http://www.iana.org/root-whois/%s.htm".
It's such a shame they don't make one "for the rest of us". When I used Windows I also used TheBat 1.something (always kept a ^^ö^^ in my tag line :-). Sweet client; it loaded from scratch to ready in literally a fraction of a second, and remains to this date the only program I know of that does concurrent mail send/receive (but I may be behind the curve). The fact that you could set up very elaborate macros and templates for each folder allowed me a very customized setup.
Mmmm, how I long for it (= how it has spoiled me)! Ever since I ditched Windows I've been putting up with SquirrelMail webmail, in part because I use different computers, and in part because I wasn't content with any of the clients that I tried. The only downside with TheBat is that it was limited to plain text monospace in all that it did -- but I get that from my webmail as well.
Have you tried http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/ ?