Then again, if you ran something like a series of IRC channels (one for each region, run through port 80 and otherwise made to look like web traffic), authenticated users and blocklists, that just echoed reports from rmeote users, and maybe queries ("anyone got a picture of the tollbooth?"), you'd have your geek comms paradise, and the guy riding shotgun would have plenty of tasks to perform to isolate and avoid the mundane threats of traffic jams, separate ATIS noise from highway patrols, keep a steady stream of porn going to the driver's HU/HDD, and try to avoid throwing up.
Interesting: IRC is designed after HAM radio, develops for a while, then begins to operate over radio anyway.
#!/bin/sh
for f in jediaction1 jediaction2 unite; do
wget http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone/movies/ 2004/lucasfilm/hyperspace/epiii_$f_480_dl.mov
done
Are you serious? To each his own, I guess, but the pod race felt like watching someone else play a video game. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I was thinking watching that scene -- "I bet they make a video game out of this part".
"Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your captain today... We'll be having a smooth flight into--"
*BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP*
"--ah, we may be experiencing some turbulence as NORAD has acquired laser-guided missile lock on the aircraft. Please note that the fasten-seatbelt sign is illuminated at this time..."
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I'm extremely tempted to call those lawyers and ask them how the sodomizing went.
I doubt they'd find it funny -- but I sure would.
From der Swedish Chef.
Bork, bork, bork.
That might've been true before 802.11.
I actually just tried this on IRC, for the hell of it. (/CTCP * ECHO +++ATH0)
The only real response was from one of the guys saying his fiber connection was "not feering".
More likely the BBS's dialin software resetting the modem after it sees a "NO CARRIER".
I was really tired, so I took a little nap. I dreamt I got modded down in this thread.
I need to get out more, I think.
But not, apparently, those that reply to those that make fun of those who explain it.
Wonder how long this thread can go and keep getting modded up.
Not to mention the modding-up for the people who explain it.
This seemed relevant, somehow.
Anyway, suggest http+ssl instead of plain http.
#!/bin/sh/ 2004/lucasfilm/hyperspace/epiii_$f_480_dl.mov
:-)
for f in jediaction1 jediaction2 unite; do
wget http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone/movies
done
Less typing.
8) Rake in the bucks!
in action.
I didn't notice the "buy this and get prison-delivered geek points" on the side on 01 Apr. *grin*
"Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your captain today... We'll be having a smooth flight into--"
*BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP*
"--ah, we may be experiencing some turbulence as NORAD has acquired laser-guided missile lock on the aircraft. Please note that the fasten-seatbelt sign is illuminated at this time..."
Yeah, I set "post anonymously by default". Been meaning to undo that.
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Btw, I wrote a little Perl script to parse hackerkeys.