Not really, some of you may recall that the law of conservation matter sez that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So it had to survive. If it hadn't then this would be amazing because it would cast strong evidence against the law of conservatin of matter. I'm mean, really now, what else would it do besides float around in space forever?
Not really applicable here, but a friend of mine who has model trains kept the cats off his layout by taking the locomotives off the track and putting wall current on the rails. If it doesn't kill them the first time, they'll learn their lesson pretty quickly.
Some time ago, I posted this to Groklaw, I've since updated it some, so here it is again. It can be sung to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie" (sort of). You'll have to excuse the scarcity of carriage returns in the below text. Slashdot would not allow me to post with them, saying the lines were too short. Anyway, enjoy!
A long long time ago, I can still remember how Unix used to be so great, tape drives were as big as cars for saving files, known as tars and perhaps, we could save it from its fate
But Richard Stallman surely shivered when Windows NT was delivered, with icons on the desktop and a flying toaster backdrop
But I can't remember if I cried such great relief I felt inside, we had IBM on our side the day Caldera died
*Bye Bye Mr. Darl McBride, claimed there's Unix in our Linux but we know that you lied, and them Redmond boys are cursing Samba and WINE, thinking this'll be the way that they die, this'll be the way that they die.
Did you use the kernel source? Well the GPL you can't enforce. Just because I said it is so, we'll sue you if you don't desist, its not a slap across the wrist and that's the FUD that's coming out of SCO
Well, he belongs in a prison cell, or in the fiery pits of hell, his name is Darl McBride, and he'll take you for a ride, his SCOsource license costs a grand, but no one's got one in his hand. We all told him to go pound sand, the day Caldera died, we were singin' repeat * Didio came to spread the FUD, and SCO was after Linus's blood, but that's not how its going to be, cuz PJ came and did her blog, and Darl I'm sure, that dirty dog, reads it all, quite religiously
In Las Vegas back in August, SCO tried hard, tried with earnest to prove Linux wasn't free, but they showed us BSD. We all laughed and we all reeled, when we observed what they'd revealed. So now they keep their claims all sealed, the day Caldera died, we were singin' repeat * Then they released some header files, and that left them on the tiles, cause the files contained not a line of code. You can't lay claim to 123, its just a number you can see, that simply tells the program how to load
It's public knowledge, for all to know, that's what was told by us to SCO, but did those fools believe it? They just could not conceive it. We own Unix and all the works, all its traits and all its quirks, and then they called us stupid jerks, the day Caldera died, we were singing repeat * And now they're suing Novell too. They'll sue me and they'll sue you. They're saying this in every place. They are fighting against our IBM, and fighting the owners of RPM, but they don't have a solid case
It's gonna bust its gonna break, investor's money they plan to take. Stock won't be worth a dime, and it will be a crime. Insider trading we'll all cry, Linux was just their alibi, Darl and Kevin the feds will try the day Caldera died, we're a singin' repeat * When times were dark and things were glum, Darl had Linux by the thumb. Someone had to save the day. But like an episode of Scooby Doo, PJ and friends all came through, and Linux is here to stay
But back in Utah, so it seemed, SCO did cry, and then they screamed. They couldn't match a token, no copyrights were broken, and the OS I admire most, is free to all, from coast to coast, and SCO is but a distant ghost, the day Caldera died, and we were singin' repeat *
I'd say so, I have an old 486 chip supporting the short foot on my dryer. It has very low power requirements in this capacity and it does a fantastic job of keeping the dryer from wobbling across the basement floor.
The downside is I have to use plenty of Bounce sheets to keep from ESDing the chip.
I think SCO is trying to create a circular dependency with their lawsuits. SCO vs IBM cannot go ahead until SCO vs. Novell is resolved. RedHat vs. SCO is waiting on the outcome of SCO vs IBM. They need to sue someone who uses RedHat, so that case is blocked by the RedHat case, yet also blocks the Novell case. AT&T comes to mind. Suppose AT&T uses RedHat. They could sue AT&T over that. Such a case would then be dependent on the outcome of the RedHat case. Since AT&T originated the code in System V, SCO vs. Novell would likely depend on the outcome of the AT&T case.
So to recap: - SCO vs. AT&T cannot continue until SCO proves its not baselessly slandering RedHat's product.
- SCO vs. RedHat cannot continue until SCO shows that IBM illegally copied code.
- SCO vs. IBM cannot continue until SCO shows that that they and not Novell in fact own the code.
- SCO vs. Novell cannot continue until SCO proves that AT&T is not allowed to violate what would be their own copyright if Linux in fact does contain System V code.
Thus it will deadlock forever, SCO will make a bunch of wild claims, and the stock price will skyrocket.
Firstly, this doesn't seem that different than the MICR numbers on checks and we already have that, only now it works over greater distances.
Secondly, I would think that you could do this with two types of ink rather than 70 by having the printer mix the inks in varying proportions before blowing it onto the paper. If you have one ink with a very low resonant frequency and another very high, you could create a printing that resonates at any frequency in between by mixing the inks in the appropriate proportion. Also, I would think that the amount of ink on the paper might affect the resonant frequency as well, so you could just print darker to get a lower frequency.
Over on Groklaw there is an analysis of the implications on the MS code leak by Dennis S. Karjala, a law professor at Arizona State University. e basically says, among other things, that MS's trade secrets are now null and void.
Consider lining the walls of your apartment with aluminum foil or aluminum window screen (don't use the fiberglass stuff). Be sure to ground it well and install it in accordance with all FCC regulations and local building codes.
I would suggest designing for the minimum browser, as many people may be connecting using modems, carrier pigeons, or other low bandwidth connections. The FSF homepage is a good example.
I would recommend include lots of Open Source games, since we are targeting kids here. If they get hooked on the games, they are likely to pull the CD out again when they get home. Also, I would include OpenOffice with the hope they may try to use it with their homework too.
Also, since many of these kids probably have AOL at home, I would include pengaol so they can connect to the internet. I've never used it myself, as I have a REAL ISP, but you may want to look into it.
Emacs would be a good choice too, just because "doctor mode" seems to impress people. I showed it to a friend's Mom who knows nothing about computers, and she was totally FREAKED OUT that the computer was able to talk to her.
I work with Point-of-sale systems, so I know what is on a credit card. There are two tracks of data. The first contains the credit card number, name, expiration date and some checksum info. The second contains number and expiration date again, with more checksum. That is all. Also, the first digit of the account number indicates what kind of card it is: 3 - Amex 4 - Visa 5 - MasterCard 6 - Discover
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Not really, some of you may recall that the law of conservation matter sez that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So it had to survive. If it hadn't then this would be amazing because it would cast strong evidence against the law of conservatin of matter. I'm mean, really now, what else would it do besides float around in space forever?
desrever si gis!
Not really applicable here, but a friend of mine who has model trains kept the cats off his layout by taking the locomotives off the track and putting wall current on the rails. If it doesn't kill them the first time, they'll learn their lesson pretty quickly.
Some time ago, I posted this to Groklaw, I've since updated it some, so here it is again. It can be sung to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie" (sort of). You'll have to excuse the scarcity of carriage returns in the below text. Slashdot would not allow me to post with them, saying the lines were too short. Anyway, enjoy!
A long long time ago, I can still remember how Unix used to be so great, tape drives were as big as cars for saving files, known as tars and perhaps, we could save it from its fate
But Richard Stallman surely shivered when Windows NT was delivered, with icons on the desktop and a flying toaster backdrop
But I can't remember if I cried such great relief I felt inside, we had IBM on our side the day Caldera died
*Bye Bye Mr. Darl McBride, claimed there's Unix in our Linux but we know that you lied, and them Redmond boys are cursing Samba and WINE, thinking this'll be the way that they die, this'll be the way that they die.
Did you use the kernel source? Well the GPL you can't enforce. Just because I said it is so, we'll sue you if you don't desist, its not a slap across the wrist and that's the FUD that's coming out of SCO
Well, he belongs in a prison cell, or in the fiery pits of hell, his name is Darl McBride, and he'll take you for a ride, his SCOsource license costs a grand, but no one's got one in his hand. We all told him to go pound sand, the day Caldera died, we were singin'
repeat *
Didio came to spread the FUD, and SCO was after Linus's blood, but that's not how its going to be, cuz PJ came and did her blog, and Darl I'm sure, that dirty dog, reads it all, quite religiously
In Las Vegas back in August, SCO tried hard, tried with earnest to prove Linux wasn't free, but they showed us BSD. We all laughed and we all reeled, when we observed what they'd revealed. So now they keep their claims all sealed, the day Caldera died, we were singin'
repeat *
Then they released some header files, and that left them on the tiles, cause the files contained not a line of code. You can't lay claim to 123, its just a number you can see, that simply tells the program how to load
It's public knowledge, for all to know, that's what was told by us to SCO, but did those fools believe it? They just could not conceive it. We own Unix and all the works, all its traits and all its quirks, and then they called us stupid jerks, the day Caldera died, we were singing
repeat *
And now they're suing Novell too. They'll sue me and they'll sue you. They're saying this in every place. They are fighting against our IBM, and fighting the owners of RPM, but they don't have a solid case
It's gonna bust its gonna break, investor's money they plan to take. Stock won't be worth a dime, and it will be a crime. Insider trading we'll all cry, Linux was just their alibi, Darl and Kevin the feds will try the day Caldera died, we're a singin'
repeat *
When times were dark and things were glum, Darl had Linux by the thumb. Someone had to save the day. But like an episode of Scooby Doo, PJ and friends all came through, and Linux is here to stay
But back in Utah, so it seemed, SCO did cry, and then they screamed. They couldn't match a token, no copyrights were broken, and the OS I admire most, is free to all, from coast to coast, and SCO is but a distant ghost, the day Caldera died, and we were singin'
repeat *
IANAL or a poet or a musician. So there.
Authorities have ruled out terrorism in yesterday's solar eclipse.
What was wrong with Keplar's Laws? They did a fine job of predicting the locations of Earth-sized planets. Other sized planets too.
"Is the X86 ready for consumer appliances?"
I'd say so, I have an old 486 chip supporting the short foot on my dryer. It has very low power requirements in this capacity and it does a fantastic job of keeping the dryer from wobbling across the basement floor.
The downside is I have to use plenty of Bounce sheets to keep from ESDing the chip.
I think SCO is trying to create a circular dependency with their lawsuits. SCO vs IBM cannot go ahead until SCO vs. Novell is resolved. RedHat vs. SCO is waiting on the outcome of SCO vs IBM. They need to sue someone who uses RedHat, so that case is blocked by the RedHat case, yet also blocks the Novell case. AT&T comes to mind. Suppose AT&T uses RedHat. They could sue AT&T over that. Such a case would then be dependent on the outcome of the RedHat case. Since AT&T originated the code in System V, SCO vs. Novell would likely depend on the outcome of the AT&T case.
So to recap:
- SCO vs. AT&T cannot continue until SCO proves its not baselessly slandering RedHat's product.
- SCO vs. RedHat cannot continue until SCO shows that IBM illegally copied code.
- SCO vs. IBM cannot continue until SCO shows that that they and not Novell in fact own the code.
- SCO vs. Novell cannot continue until SCO proves that AT&T is not allowed to violate what would be their own copyright if Linux in fact does contain System V code.
Thus it will deadlock forever, SCO will make a bunch of wild claims, and the stock price will skyrocket.
Of course, they won't gross dollar one.
So that is why Java's so slow and won't link with my static libraries.
Two thoughts come to mind.
Firstly, this doesn't seem that different than the MICR numbers on checks and we already have that, only now it works over greater distances.
Secondly, I would think that you could do this with two types of ink rather than 70 by having the printer mix the inks in varying proportions before blowing it onto the paper. If you have one ink with a very low resonant frequency and another very high, you could create a printing that resonates at any frequency in between by mixing the inks in the appropriate proportion. Also, I would think that the amount of ink on the paper might affect the resonant frequency as well, so you could just print darker to get a lower frequency.
But I'm not a physicist and I could be wrong.
Over on Groklaw there is an analysis of the implications on the MS code leak by Dennis S. Karjala, a law professor at Arizona State University. e basically says, among other things, that MS's trade secrets are now null and void.
See Shit.
See fan.
See shit hit fan.
Duck!
If you open a cyber cafe, you should make it kind of cozy like that coffee shop on Seinfeld.
Of course, you need the Seinfeld theme music whenever someone logs on:
Bom Chica Bow Boom Pop Pop Bow
Consider lining the walls of your apartment with aluminum foil or aluminum window screen (don't use the fiberglass stuff). Be sure to ground it well and install it in accordance with all FCC regulations and local building codes.
Hope this works for you!
I would suggest designing for the minimum browser, as many people may be connecting using modems, carrier pigeons, or other low bandwidth connections. The FSF homepage is a good example.
I would recommend include lots of Open Source games, since we are targeting kids here. If they get hooked on the games, they are likely to pull the CD out again when they get home. Also, I would include OpenOffice with the hope they may try to use it with their homework too.
Also, since many of these kids probably have AOL at home, I would include pengaol so they can connect to the internet. I've never used it myself, as I have a REAL ISP, but you may want to look into it.
Emacs would be a good choice too, just because "doctor mode" seems to impress people. I showed it to a friend's Mom who knows nothing about computers, and she was totally FREAKED OUT that the computer was able to talk to her.
None really. It just sends an email with an executable or zip attachment. When the user foolishly clicks it, ka-boom!!
They're still around. Strange you don't hear much about them anymore.
Hence the name mydoom.c
I would think that mydoom.c would be the source file, so it should be alot easier to reverse engineer.
./mydoom
gcc mydoom.c -o mydoom
Sure you can, just take the shielding out of his microwave oven.
I work with Point-of-sale systems, so I know what is on a credit card. There are two tracks of data. The first contains the credit card number, name, expiration date and some checksum info. The second contains number and expiration date again, with more checksum. That is all. Also, the first digit of the account number indicates what kind of card it is:
3 - Amex
4 - Visa
5 - MasterCard
6 - Discover
Top seven ways to make fun of BSD:
6. BSO^HD
5. Buy some drugs
4. Bugs, Segfaults, Dumps
3. Begat sockets, died
2. Best solid doorstop
1. Bigger, slower DOS
0. Bottled Salad Dressing
So there.
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.. appears inaccessible right now due to the combination of DDOS attack and Slashdot effect.
...payable in worthless Linux IP licenses.
You mean I can get paid to program?!