....which is a scary thought since the current winner just made his account today and is at $15,099 right now
There are still 3 days left and it's already at $15,000. Now that it's in the media, a real company might be interested in buying in. What a wimp, though, for tens of thousands of dollars, I want to see a real tatoo!
Experience a new level of home entertainment with a DVD player that has everything covered. View your digital photo CDs, enjoy discs burnt off your computer and even watch DivX movies downloaded from the Internet.
It's the same thing with trying to copy-protect cds and other digital music. The bottom line is, if you can hear it, you can have a copy of it. Period.
They can do all the encryption they want, but if I REALLY want an mp3 of it, I'll just loop a cable from the headphone out into the aux input and record. And there's nothing they can do to prevent it.
Yeah, they never even technically guarantee that you will get an iPod at all.
They suspended my account as suspected fraud because two of the referrals I had were under jeffornot.com email accounts. It took three tries for it to be accepted, and over a month to finally receive it. The day before I received it, the freeipod people told me it would take another 4 weeks. They still don't even know that I've received it, just that it's been shipped.
And for all the non-believers, here's me and my iPod: http://jeff.jeffornot.com/photos/ipod/pb200060.jpg
That's the first thing I did when I read the article:
1). Open new tab, go to www.penny-arcade.com 2). Go back to/. tab 3). Right click read more, select open in new tab
I effectively ended up making the bandwidth problem twice as bad before I even read it.
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In the bad-nature of replying to my own post, take a look at 1 NOR 1=0. You can see that the crossbar is still diagonal from the previous state. If the previous state had been an output of 1, the output would still be 1
It looks like a great idea, but you'll notice that there are no movies. It is because only certain state changes will work. There is no clear way for it to go from an output of 1 back to an output of zero:
Take a look at the
And gate: 0 * 0 = 0: Notice that you can see through the section between the yellow cross-bar and the gear slides. This is because there needs to be some play in the system between the 0*0 and 0*1 cases. It is clear from the photos that the gear slides are *pushing* the crossbar forward, so that when both inputs are forward, the output will be one. The question is, what pulls the crossbar back? Is there a hidden rubberband? Some magical force? Or did they not consider the case of the transition from 1*1=1 to 0*0=0?
I could very well be missing something (frankly, I hope I am missing something, this seems like far too obvious a thing for the designer to miss). Without a better picture of the design, I can't see what it would be, can somebody fill me in?
The Chinese government already blocks their citizens from a lot of the internet.....why don't we just block the rest of it from their countries? Eventually, if enough of the internet is just *missing*, they might try to fix the spam problem
Yeah, way to go Wired. Lets encourage people to install this crap. Somebody point those kids in the direction of actual free software (haven't they heard of gnucleus or bittorrent for spyware-free filesharing?)
I have a better idea - you build a pair of hardware keys that operate like rfid ID tags, sort of (except that the key would be battery powered and generate different keys based on what it was given for a timestamp - like a secureID card for a vpn).
You'd hang one of these little devices off your belt or on your keys or something. When the laptop is within a few feet of you, you can access the encrypted data. When it's not, you can't. Seems simple enough....now we just have to make sure that nobody gets smart and tapes the device to the laptop (or packs it in their laptop bag).
If the ISP doesn't do anything to prevent their customers from running spam servers or open gateways, they are as guilty as the spammer. I say block all the ranges that allow spammers, if that ISPs other customers don't like it, they should complain to their ISP about their policy on allowing spammers.
Who said DNS sever? I said *A* sever running samba. Perhaps a samba server? wow. In any case, it was an example - any package can have security flaws (and since you like to use DNS as your example, I believe BIND had a few flaws in its time requiring upgrades).
And no, kernels installed from package management are simply built to the least common denominator - and they build *every* module, on the offchance that you will need to load it, since you won't have the ability to add anything later (since you don't need a compiler, as you decided).... So unless you have the exact same hardware everywhere and have one of those "people far smarter than you" on hand to build your kernels for you, you're out of luck in that department.
I'm not saying it's not possible to run a system with no compiler on it - I'm saying that it makes much more sense to just put the compiler on it - it's not like disk space is a real issue anymore.
"If you are replacing a kernel you did build your self, then again, you are missing the whole point."
I don't understand what you mean by that. What is the point that I am supposedly missing?
When you learn the difference between your and you're you can lecture me on what a PC needs.....
Nothing needs a compiler while it's running....but how do you propose to recompile the kernel without a compiler? (for example, to protect against the recently-discovered security holes in samba). I suppose it's possible to compile a kernel on a different machine....but that's sillier than your sea otter.
PS - by "could exist", I meant that it wouldn't be very difficult - all the information is there, all it would need is an interface.
Ok, lemme try that *with* previewing this time...silly html formatting...
> No, a compiler wasn't standard fare. If you knew > what one was and wanted one, you were allowed to > install it. You got ZERO support for it from > Corporate IT, and if it fubared your system -- > it was reimaged.
Ouch! I'm a big fan of linux and all, but I don't really know what it's good for without a compiler...is it really used as a desktop OS? I thought that was always a pipedream for the future and only a reality for the real geeky environments. I'd hate it if my linux machine were my only PC at work....openoffice is really terrible compared to M$:-P
> Windows Update, Virus and Spyware scanning were > NEVER done by the users....
yeah, that's what I was implying:-P And likewise compiling or other software updates would never be the user's responsibility or hinderance.
> Does emerge have a central management station? > Can I see what has been distributed to which > machine, etc? It has been a while since I've > played with Gentoo.
Hmm, that one I'm not sure about. I'm sure such a facility *could* exist... but since not many people use gentoo in the corporate, I can't imagine much work goes into it. If nothing else, I know webmin has that ability - you can manage multiple servers from one web interface, which includes package management and works with gentoo. Probably not as pretty and gui as redhat's tho...
> No, a compiler wasn't standard fare. If you knew
> what one was and wanted one, you were allowed to
> install it. You got ZERO support for it from
> Corporate IT, and if it fubared your system --
> it was reimaged.
Ouch! I'm a big fan of linux and all, but I don't really know what it's good for without a compiler...is it really used as a desktop OS? I thought that was always a pipedream for the future and only a reality for the real geeky environments. I'd hate it if my linux machine were my only PC at work....openoffice is really terrible compared to M$:-P
> Windows Update, Virus and Spyware scanning were
> NEVER done by the users....
yeah, that's what I was implying:-P And likewise compiling or other software updates would never be the user's responsibility or hinderance.
> Does emerge have a central management station?
> Can I see what has been distributed to which
> machine, etc? It has been a while since I've
> played with Gentoo.
Hmm, that one I'm not sure about. I'm sure such a facility *could* exist... but since not many people use gentoo in the corporate, I can't imagine much work goes into it. If nothing else, I know webmin has that ability - you can manage multiple servers from one web interface, which includes package management and works with gentoo. Probably not as pretty and gui as redhat's tho...
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In order to form an intelligent opinion on this issue, I'm going to need some more information.
Specifically, I'm going to need to see the ironic satire cartoon of Fitch & wife, along with a real photo for comparison.
I think I'll send him an email asking for it...
....which is a scary thought since the current winner just made his account today and is at $15,099 right now
There are still 3 days left and it's already at $15,000. Now that it's in the media, a real company might be interested in buying in. What a wimp, though, for tens of thousands of dollars, I want to see a real tatoo!
Wouldn't work? or wouldn't compile?
I can't even get the example code to compile on my gentoo 2.6.9 system
They still make Tape Drives that can record amounts that are larger than hard drives. This one can record 800GB on a single tape.
I bought that DVD Player as well. Love it
From the bestbuy ad selling it:
Experience a new level of home entertainment with a DVD player that has everything covered. View your digital photo CDs, enjoy discs burnt off your computer and even watch DivX movies downloaded from the Internet.
It's the same thing with trying to copy-protect cds and other digital music. The bottom line is, if you can hear it, you can have a copy of it. Period.
They can do all the encryption they want, but if I REALLY want an mp3 of it, I'll just loop a cable from the headphone out into the aux input and record. And there's nothing they can do to prevent it.
> Natural Disasters... they can happen at any time, in any place, and most of the time there is no warning.
I always turn off the natural disasters when I play. I hate spending all that time building the city only to have Godzilla come crashing through
Yeah, they never even technically guarantee that you will get an iPod at all.
g
They suspended my account as suspected fraud because two of the referrals I had were under jeffornot.com email accounts. It took three tries for it to be accepted, and over a month to finally receive it. The day before I received it, the freeipod people told me it would take another 4 weeks. They still don't even know that I've received it, just that it's been shipped.
And for all the non-believers, here's me and my iPod: http://jeff.jeffornot.com/photos/ipod/pb200060.jp
it didn't like my html: http://jeff.jeffornot.com/photos/ipod/pb200060.jpg
It's legit. It took the better part of 4 months, but they sent me an iPod
Photo of me and my FREE iPod
Now we just need a way to make torrents look like html so google will cache them....
then they'll have to shut down Google!
That's the first thing I did when I read the article:
/. tab
1). Open new tab, go to www.penny-arcade.com
2). Go back to
3). Right click read more, select open in new tab
I effectively ended up making the bandwidth problem twice as bad before I even read it.
In the bad-nature of replying to my own post, take a look at 1 NOR 1=0. You can see that the crossbar is still diagonal from the previous state. If the previous state had been an output of 1, the output would still be 1
It looks like a great idea, but you'll notice that there are no movies. It is because only certain state changes will work. There is no clear way for it to go from an output of 1 back to an output of zero:
Take a look at the And gate: 0 * 0 = 0: Notice that you can see through the section between the yellow cross-bar and the gear slides. This is because there needs to be some play in the system between the 0*0 and 0*1 cases. It is clear from the photos that the gear slides are *pushing* the crossbar forward, so that when both inputs are forward, the output will be one. The question is, what pulls the crossbar back? Is there a hidden rubberband? Some magical force? Or did they not consider the case of the transition from 1*1=1 to 0*0=0?
I could very well be missing something (frankly, I hope I am missing something, this seems like far too obvious a thing for the designer to miss). Without a better picture of the design, I can't see what it would be, can somebody fill me in?
The Chinese government already blocks their citizens from a lot of the internet.....why don't we just block the rest of it from their countries? Eventually, if enough of the internet is just *missing*, they might try to fix the spam problem
Now if only we could make these malware programs only target other malware programs and not the operation of the PC...
We could have a little battlebots competition! The Amazing Bonzi takes on reigning champion THE GATOR.
Yeah, way to go Wired. Lets encourage people to install this crap. Somebody point those kids in the direction of actual free software (haven't they heard of gnucleus or bittorrent for spyware-free filesharing?)
spyware makes your system run slow and unreliably...
free ipods however, are real (I have one in my hand right now).
I have a better idea - you build a pair of hardware keys that operate like rfid ID tags, sort of (except that the key would be battery powered and generate different keys based on what it was given for a timestamp - like a secureID card for a vpn).
You'd hang one of these little devices off your belt or on your keys or something. When the laptop is within a few feet of you, you can access the encrypted data. When it's not, you can't. Seems simple enough....now we just have to make sure that nobody gets smart and tapes the device to the laptop (or packs it in their laptop bag).
fractions of seconds? w/e happened to just using ms and us?
btw, 100ths of a second are at least more useful than 50ths of a second. I'd still rather just see 20ms (all of a sudden seems a lot slower...)
If the ISP doesn't do anything to prevent their customers from running spam servers or open gateways, they are as guilty as the spammer. I say block all the ranges that allow spammers, if that ISPs other customers don't like it, they should complain to their ISP about their policy on allowing spammers.
:-P
no comments about harboring terrorists, please
Who said DNS sever? I said *A* sever running samba. Perhaps a samba server? wow. In any case, it was an example - any package can have security flaws (and since you like to use DNS as your example, I believe BIND had a few flaws in its time requiring upgrades).
And no, kernels installed from package management are simply built to the least common denominator - and they build *every* module, on the offchance that you will need to load it, since you won't have the ability to add anything later (since you don't need a compiler, as you decided).... So unless you have the exact same hardware everywhere and have one of those "people far smarter than you" on hand to build your kernels for you, you're out of luck in that department.
I'm not saying it's not possible to run a system with no compiler on it - I'm saying that it makes much more sense to just put the compiler on it - it's not like disk space is a real issue anymore.
"If you are replacing a kernel you did build your self, then again, you are missing the whole point."
I don't understand what you mean by that. What is the point that I am supposedly missing?
When you learn the difference between your and you're you can lecture me on what a PC needs.....
Nothing needs a compiler while it's running....but how do you propose to recompile the kernel without a compiler? (for example, to protect against the recently-discovered security holes in samba). I suppose it's possible to compile a kernel on a different machine....but that's sillier than your sea otter.
PS - by "could exist", I meant that it wouldn't be very difficult - all the information is there, all it would need is an interface.
Ok, lemme try that *with* previewing this time...silly html formatting...
:-P
...
:-P And likewise compiling or other software updates would never be the user's responsibility or hinderance.
> No, a compiler wasn't standard fare. If you knew
> what one was and wanted one, you were allowed to
> install it. You got ZERO support for it from
> Corporate IT, and if it fubared your system --
> it was reimaged.
Ouch! I'm a big fan of linux and all, but I don't really know what it's good for without a compiler...is it really used as a desktop OS? I thought that was always a pipedream for the future and only a reality for the real geeky environments. I'd hate it if my linux machine were my only PC at work....openoffice is really terrible compared to M$
> Windows Update, Virus and Spyware scanning were
> NEVER done by the users.
yeah, that's what I was implying
> Does emerge have a central management station?
> Can I see what has been distributed to which
> machine, etc? It has been a while since I've
> played with Gentoo.
Hmm, that one I'm not sure about. I'm sure such a facility *could* exist... but since not many people use gentoo in the corporate, I can't imagine much work goes into it. If nothing else, I know webmin has that ability - you can manage multiple servers from one web interface, which includes package management and works with gentoo. Probably not as pretty and gui as redhat's tho...
> No, a compiler wasn't standard fare. If you knew > what one was and wanted one, you were allowed to > install it. You got ZERO support for it from > Corporate IT, and if it fubared your system -- > it was reimaged. Ouch! I'm a big fan of linux and all, but I don't really know what it's good for without a compiler...is it really used as a desktop OS? I thought that was always a pipedream for the future and only a reality for the real geeky environments. I'd hate it if my linux machine were my only PC at work....openoffice is really terrible compared to M$ :-P
> Windows Update, Virus and Spyware scanning were
> NEVER done by the users. ...
yeah, that's what I was implying :-P And likewise compiling or other software updates would never be the user's responsibility or hinderance.
> Does emerge have a central management station?
> Can I see what has been distributed to which
> machine, etc? It has been a while since I've
> played with Gentoo.
Hmm, that one I'm not sure about. I'm sure such a facility *could* exist... but since not many people use gentoo in the corporate, I can't imagine much work goes into it. If nothing else, I know webmin has that ability - you can manage multiple servers from one web interface, which includes package management and works with gentoo. Probably not as pretty and gui as redhat's tho...