All I have on my machine here is Winamp, Musicmatch, Sonique, ITunes, the POS Win media player, and probably some festering bits of RealPlayer that I haven't completely rooted out. I really need another player.
>You do know that slashdot breaks up long lines, which messes up your PGP message...
Yes, it's a constant issue with PGP to make sure that your cyphertext output is already wrapped at a line length shorter than whatever your transmission medium uses. An the other hand, I am reasonably certain that I got the correct public key for "Anonymous Coward".:-)
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>does anyone know where you go to pick up other users' keys?
There are many public keyserves to search. PGP will automatically search them for unknown keys, if so configured.
I'm not sure how it would work on a saber, but you see that angled grip on hammers and other tools these days. That grip would put the line of the blade in direct line with the line of your forearm. Less arm fatigue when hacking at the annoying peasantry from horseback.
We can expect Blu Ray releases of Istar and Gigli any day now. Actually, a quick Google shows that the real problem may be that the Sony movie catalog is almost completely dreck, Princess Bride excepted. If what Sony owns is crap, crap is what will be released first on Blu Ray.
>The majority of the justices on the Supreme Court are moderates.
I would say that the majority of the Justices are conservatives. The "left wing" of the court consists of two or three moderates. There are no liberals on the court. Other than that, I agree with you completely.:-)
"Policy Wonk Castrates Net Neutrality." Probably would have been just as accurate, actually.
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Google "cheat codes for [insert game name here]", and you will get all that you seek, Grasshopper. Walkthroughs abound. Also, many games have various difficulty settings. Start at the "I am only an egg" setting.
I would love to stream the WC into my box at work. We have the T3 bandwidth for it, too. But I couldn't do it four years ago, and I won't be able to this year either. The teevee/video rights to geographical areas are sold by FIFA for megabucks to the various networks world wide, and the @#$R%T^ swine just don't allow any internet streaming. Last time, I found one feed streaming video, with commentary in Portugese (who cares,eh?), but it was pretty bad to start with and after a couple of days lots of folks found it, and it was just hammered. Totally shut down by the end of the first week.
The rights holders are pretty zealous about stopping streaming. I have no clue why; stream the @#$%ing commercials as well.
Are You Fucking Nuts??? They can't get it right for US$300.00 a copy for XP Pro and gods above and below know what for Vista; and they want me to pay another US$50.00 a year for fucking "security"? Jesus Wept!
This is about the US government spying on what it perceives as its biggest threat, its own citizens. The only terrorists they're going to catch with this are the mouth breathers and wannabees, like Moussawi. I can think of several far more secure ways to communicate than the freaking telephone. For one, drop your encrypted/stegged message into some high volume Usenet group in the alt.erotica.* hierarchy for your contact to surf by and pick up.
Pity the poor sod gets the call from his cousin Seamus in Belfast that their ticket in the Sweepstakes is into the final round. He hangs up and calls his six other cousins that are in the pool. Five FBI agents spend the next two months investigating this new IRA cell. 'Course you can't prove a negative, so even though no evidence is found, he might still really be in the IRA, so he gets a flag on his file with all the feds and a free body cavity search every time he tries to fly to Disneyland with his kids.
>I've never actually gotten any decent results when googling a random non-famous person I've met, so I'm not sure why HR directors would waste their time bothering.
It really depends on your name. If your name is Jim Smith of Ellen Jones, then Google isn't much good without some additional filter. On the other hand, my real name is unusual, so it's pretty much all me and ten pages worth. Your mileage may vary depending on your name.
"What would Google show?" is a question you need to ask yourself when applying for a job. Employers increasingly Google the name of prospective employees. Not for the mail room job, but certainly for management level positions or those with security implications or even just those above some annual salary level. You also need to remember that with huge caches that shit doesn't go away even if you try to disappear it. What you thought was cool at 20 may not seem so to someone you are asking to pay you 100k at 30.
Is communication from Commander Znetab of Zygort Interstellar Death Fleet:
Radio frequency wavefront from your planet is passing through our fleet causing much physical distress. Auditory awfulness of "Wayne Newton" voice recordings we are considering weapon of mass destruction. Is reducing all fleet radio operators to disembodied protoplasmic goo. If not stopping immediately, destruction of your insignificant planet will be accomplished. You have been warned!
>You're talking about 2 different things; that is, unless you "work" for the government.
I do. About 60 hours per week.
Other places of employment have screening devices at their entrance.
Some private enterprises have been known to provide data to the government without having been served with a subpoena. I'd provide links, but I can't imagine anyone who reads/. would need one for this.
Many government buildings, often called "public places", have screening at their entrances. (e.g. courthouses, social service agencies, postoffices, etc.)
We have walk-through drug screening as you walk into work? As with the concerns about RFID chips in passports and other devices, I am concerned about remote sensing of personal information (and that includes your internal biochemistry) without adequte protection of informed consent. And, no, I don't trust the government. Why should I?
Slashdot Mirror
All I have on my machine here is Winamp, Musicmatch, Sonique, ITunes, the POS Win media player, and probably some festering bits of RealPlayer that I haven't completely rooted out. I really need another player.
>You do know that slashdot breaks up long lines, which messes up your PGP message...
Yes, it's a constant issue with PGP to make sure that your cyphertext output is already wrapped at a line length shorter than whatever your transmission medium uses. An the other hand, I am reasonably certain that I got the correct public key for "Anonymous Coward". :-)
>does anyone know where you go to pick up other users' keys?
There are many public keyserves to search. PGP will automatically search them for unknown keys, if so configured.
>I don't know any compgeek that uses PGP, or anyone that uses it to encrypt their mail.
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Oh, and there is a place for your public key on your /. page.
>no boobs or underage sex
You have obviously not read Child of Fortune by Norman Spinrad.
>she'd be something of a wrist-breaker.
I'm not sure how it would work on a saber, but you see that angled grip on hammers and other tools these days. That grip would put the line of the blade in direct line with the line of your forearm. Less arm fatigue when hacking at the annoying peasantry from horseback.
We can expect Blu Ray releases of Istar and Gigli any day now. Actually, a quick Google shows that the real problem may be that the Sony movie catalog is almost completely dreck, Princess Bride excepted. If what Sony owns is crap, crap is what will be released first on Blu Ray.
>Sixty years ago, it was at the forefront of the race for the Atomic bomb. Nowadays,
Anyone can build that kind of stuff in their garage.
Vista? You mean it has to run on Vista? Oh, Shit! That'll push the realease date back a couple of more years.
>The majority of the justices on the Supreme Court are moderates.
I would say that the majority of the Justices are conservatives. The "left wing" of the court consists of two or three moderates. There are no liberals on the court. Other than that, I agree with you completely. :-)
>Boy, do we care about backward compat[ibility]...
And, we will tell you how much you should care about it too. We know exactly how much is perfect. You will be happy with that amount of compatability.
>But still completely useless and unneeded
I recall that being the MS-DOS/PC response to all of those other systems that could display more than four colors.
"Policy Wonk Castrates Net Neutrality." Probably would have been just as accurate, actually.
Google "cheat codes for [insert game name here]", and you will get all that you seek, Grasshopper. Walkthroughs abound. Also, many games have various difficulty settings. Start at the "I am only an egg" setting.
I would love to stream the WC into my box at work. We have the T3 bandwidth for it, too. But I couldn't do it four years ago, and I won't be able to this year either. The teevee/video rights to geographical areas are sold by FIFA for megabucks to the various networks world wide, and the @#$R%T^ swine just don't allow any internet streaming. Last time, I found one feed streaming video, with commentary in Portugese (who cares,eh?), but it was pretty bad to start with and after a couple of days lots of folks found it, and it was just hammered. Totally shut down by the end of the first week.
The rights holders are pretty zealous about stopping streaming. I have no clue why; stream the @#$%ing commercials as well.
>Our hope is to answer every possible question about music that ever existed. If we can pull that off, then I think we're doing very well,
What is the brand of guitar string that you can hear break in the mono lp version of "Help Me, Rhonda"?Are You Fucking Nuts??? They can't get it right for US$300.00 a copy for XP Pro and gods above and below know what for Vista; and they want me to pay another US$50.00 a year for fucking "security" ? Jesus Wept!
How many years do you get for playing poker with the Chief of Police down at the Elks Club? Is it more if you win?
This is about the US government spying on what it perceives as its biggest threat, its own citizens. The only terrorists they're going to catch with this are the mouth breathers and wannabees, like Moussawi. I can think of several far more secure ways to communicate than the freaking telephone. For one, drop your encrypted/stegged message into some high volume Usenet group in the alt.erotica.* hierarchy for your contact to surf by and pick up.
Pity the poor sod gets the call from his cousin Seamus in Belfast that their ticket in the Sweepstakes is into the final round. He hangs up and calls his six other cousins that are in the pool. Five FBI agents spend the next two months investigating this new IRA cell. 'Course you can't prove a negative, so even though no evidence is found, he might still really be in the IRA, so he gets a flag on his file with all the feds and a free body cavity search every time he tries to fly to Disneyland with his kids.
>I've never actually gotten any decent results when googling a random non-famous person I've met, so I'm not sure why HR directors would waste their time bothering.
It really depends on your name. If your name is Jim Smith of Ellen Jones, then Google isn't much good without some additional filter. On the other hand, my real name is unusual, so it's pretty much all me and ten pages worth. Your mileage may vary depending on your name.
"What would Google show?" is a question you need to ask yourself when applying for a job. Employers increasingly Google the name of prospective employees. Not for the mail room job, but certainly for management level positions or those with security implications or even just those above some annual salary level. You also need to remember that with huge caches that shit doesn't go away even if you try to disappear it. What you thought was cool at 20 may not seem so to someone you are asking to pay you 100k at 30.
Is communication from Commander Znetab of Zygort Interstellar Death Fleet:
Radio frequency wavefront from your planet is passing through our fleet causing much physical distress. Auditory awfulness of "Wayne Newton" voice recordings we are considering weapon of mass destruction. Is reducing all fleet radio operators to disembodied protoplasmic goo. If not stopping immediately, destruction of your insignificant planet will be accomplished. You have been warned!
Is ending communication.
>You're talking about 2 different things; that is, unless you "work" for the government.
In related news, Microsoft has announced the when Vists is eventually released, icons will be called symbols.
We have walk-through drug screening as you walk into work? As with the concerns about RFID chips in passports and other devices, I am concerned about remote sensing of personal information (and that includes your internal biochemistry) without adequte protection of informed consent. And, no, I don't trust the government. Why should I?