In looking around Opera's response, they have style sheets sent to IE, Netscape 7, and Opera. IE doesn't have the -30 value in the css. Opera does, and that's what everyone's complaining about, but Netscape is also served the same value!
So, netscape and opera get the same value there. Opera doesn't display it right, but netscape does.
Of course, this is a very new version of Opera, so that could explain things. But let's not jump on MS's back just yet...
I've gotten very used to one of these swoopy keyboards that are split in half. I'd imagine that with a v-keyboard you could put it in any configuration your want, and having it split and angled would be very nice and go a ways toward comfort.
Heck, it's all software controlled (assumably). You could split it where you want it, or even duplicate some keys on each side (I still reach over periodically and try to hit the B key with my right hand).
Damn, how about game controllers? Totally custom per game. And with two players, it could project two controls, though they would have to be pretty close to each other. But overall I think game controllers could be a pretty big deal with these.
I've heard a lot of people post about uses in very dirty environments (autoshops, airplane hangers, etc), but another use I know of is scuba diving. Specifically, technical divers will bring paperback books with them so the have something to pass the time during decompression stops, which can last 4 hours or more. Paperback books work fine but only one-way: they bring em down, and read them underwater while tearing out and tossing pages as they read. But once you bring them to the surface, the book is useless- the thin paper is impossible to separate.
Now, I don't see a large market out there just for tech divers. But there could be some very handy things for everyday divers, for which there's a large market.
Under http://www.osafoundation.org/technology.htm, they mention the parts of Mozilla they're planning on using. Mainly just the Gecko engine and the development tools. From the looks of things, they'll be using Jabber quite a bit, maybe that model doesn't fit as well directly to Mozillas PIM features.
Right now I'm staring at a desk 5ft wide, 3ft deep. And 1ft high with paper and books and crap all over the place. If the whole desk was a screen, all that stuff would be digital and I could just slide it away and pull it up instantly later. Damn, that would be cool.
I guess I could still do it now, but I can't have it at my 'fingertips' and in site on a 17" monitor. I guess a huge monitor actually could be useful and not just eye-candy.
Jason
Another way to annoy them with compliance
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Regarding trying to play by the rules, a friend of mine tried that and found out it really bothers them.
We've done a few kayak videos (aka "kayak porn"- all action, no plot), so it's fast music and a bunch of people dropping big waterfalls. Once we tried to be totally compliant, and contacted some studio for a band that we used a lot of music for. The lady my buddy talked to seemed rather annoyed that she had to do some paperwork for the 50$ check we were going to pay (something like a nickel for each video we estimated we'd make/sell). So we went ahead and payed them anyway.
And the next time she said don't bother, it's not worth it to them.
So, for the small timers, they just don't want you to bug them. And now adays we don't. We try to use local music and get permission, and the small bands with great music totally dig having there stuff used at no charge.
Man, I love reading these old threads. It's always a cool bit of memory lane, seeing the old email addresses (UUCP, ARPA), and the old but still familiar sigs. And the coolest thing is the lack of flames. When the one person in the thread who was an astronomer made a mistake on leap years, no one jumped at his throat. One person even says "So, he made a mistake. Who doesn't?" That would never happen that nicely today.
att is starting to do this. They probably think it's ok because they're only spamming their own customers, but it still pisses me off to no end when I get one. There sales guy I usually work with has had a few complaints but his higher-ups haven't figured out yet what to do with people who insist on not getting any spam. Go figure.
Indeed, the restrictions under which the F.B.I. has operated for three decades were self-imposed. Congressional pressure, lawsuits, scandals and a public outcry played a role in the bureau's vow to limit domestic surveillance to situations in which criminal conduct was suspected. But the restrictions were not enforceable in court and were grounded in what might be called constitutional values, rather than actual law.
WTF?! So again when some entity wants to do something good, maybe along the lines of the intent of what our forefathers wanted, a lawyer comes alongs and picks apart every letter just to f*ck us over. Great.
Googling "ucav x-45" brought up the usual tons of hits. One of the more interesting was from the Federation of American Scientists' Miliraty Analysis Network.
An interesting feature, besides all of the usual high-tech stuff people talk about here, is the storage aspect. This is mentioned in several articles, but what this means is that the planes do not have to be designed with the same mission life that manned aircraft do. This is because about 80% of a military aircraft's life is training missions. The UCAV doesn't have this- the training is done in simulators, that aren't really any different from real life.
I've no where near your expertise, just a fan and follower of aviation. One point you can add to your list of factors associated to high G risks is the angle of the body. If you're sitting up straight and experience high G, the blood will leave the head even quicker. If you're reclined a ways, it will take a little longer to get the same blood loss.
This is just a guess from the research that went into the F-16's pilot's seat angle.
My passport doesn't have a magnetic strip. It's supposed to be official id. What would happen if you started going to these places with no drivers license and only a passport? Or some other form of id (military, etc)?
This seems pretty cool. The interesting part is that it mimics how people surf anyway. When you find a link from a search engine now, what's your usual routine? Go to the page, look around, find another interesting link, go to that page, maybe go back one and link away again... So this can pre-define that 'island' that you would have manually browsed anyway, but hopefully with better results.
We had a public ftp server for our clients (no web server installed), seperate from our webserver. Apparently this guy couldn't figure that out. So one day this lame HTML shows up in a space directory on our ftp server, talking about how this site was hacked and owned and all kinds of funny stuff.
Then there was the.cgi, and all kinds of logged attempts to execute the code in our web logs. We looked through the code and saw that it was actually targeted to a DOD router somewhere.
The code actually launched a ping attack, then called itself again. I think this would have bogged down a machine pretty quick.
I think we contacted some agency (either dod or fbi) and mentioned it and sent the stuff over, but never heard much back.
Wouldn't it be ironic, the one time slashdot takes a high headed journalistic stand, it's for a some crazy story that some time from now turns out to be true.
Anyone look at the bottom of the Erotic Computation Group page at the admissions qualifications?
The Erotic Computation Group seeks creative, hard-working, team-oriented, and sexually competent graduate students. (do they include references?)... Special sexual abilities are also important assets. (does being able to suck-start a Harley count?) Oral (of course!) and written communication skills are essential, as our work is regularly presented to visitors and submitted to major conferences (held in Vegas, I'm sure...) and journals.
Surprisingly useful machines, and some pretty damn sweet prices. No, I don't work for them in any way.
Or try ebay or the like. Getting something used is a sweet deal if you don't need a solid warranty (most geeks don't) or the bleeding edge of tech (doesn't sound like you do).
There are some reports that the patch itself is causing some problems on machines with certain combinations of IIS 4/5 and Exchange and Index server.
This email from the security focus list:
I have seen some problems with NT4 servers running Exchange crashing when
they encounter the Code Red Worm. These machines were all upgraded with the
patch in the MS-33 ida/idq bulletin. While the worm wouldn't exploit the
servers, it would bring down IIS4.
The page returned contained an error message:
This is the error page for errors found in.idq files
A registry entry points to this page (where X is the current language):
This was returned along with a registry key and some more detail why it
failed. Out of all the servers, only the ones with Exchange exhibited these
problems after being patched. I have confirmed these results with someone
with a similar setup. The only way I could stop it was to unmap the ida/idq
extensions from IIS4.
Has anyone else seen similar behavior? Is this limited only to NT4/Exchange
machines? I haven't been able to test it on an IIS5 machine to see. I'd
advise anyone currently having these problems to unmap the ida/idq extensions.
Guess I'll just paste another copy or eEye's email here also. From security focus:
===========
the worm just tries port 80 on ip's. doesnt care if its IIS or not.
also as for the ip seed thing... we have heard reports there is a variant
worm that is doing truly random IP addresses. We dont have any more info on
that though.
Signed,
Marc Maiffret
Chief Hacking Officer
eEye Digital Security
I don't think this has anything to do directly with the routers. It just happens that the exploit used also affects certain cisco routers (through a well-known bug). It's not attacking the cisco os, the routers just happen to get hit in the crossfire between the infected IIS machines and the target IIS machines.
This is basically just the usual buffer overflow attack that's had a patch available for a month, and by following best practices shouldn't be an issue at all. The really interesting thing is where the guns being gathered are pointed: at whitehouse.gov. Should be an interesting night!
There was a study in the 50's called Project Pluto that was an air-breathing ram jet fueled by a nuclear reactor. Kinda cool, and some of the events around it were pretty nutso.
Richard Feynmen (sp? you know, the famous funny nuclear dude), while working on the really big bombs, had an idea that you could power a jet engine with a reactor. So he patented it. At that time the scientists were allowed to patent their ideas they came up with on the project. As a side note, they also got a dollar for each patent, but no one really bothered. Until Feynman found out, and demanded his dollar. Anyways, more funny mayhem ensued, which he talks about in his books.
He never really thought about the idea until Project Pluto came along independently. The scientists there found out there was a patent on the idea, much to their surprise. To they contacted who they thought was the expert, Feynman. He was surprised they contacted him and just said it was a back of the napkin patent, and he really wasn't the expert.
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Lord Bitman might have a point (and he's humble too). The style that's suspect is this line:
ul {
margin: -2px 0px 0px -30px;
}
Thing is, this same style is in the style sheet that's sent to Netscape 7. And that displays correct.
I'd be curious if the same sheet and html in Opera 6 would display correctly. It just might.
Jason
In looking around Opera's response, they have style sheets sent to IE, Netscape 7, and Opera. IE doesn't have the -30 value in the css. Opera does, and that's what everyone's complaining about, but Netscape is also served the same value!
So, netscape and opera get the same value there. Opera doesn't display it right, but netscape does.
Of course, this is a very new version of Opera, so that could explain things. But let's not jump on MS's back just yet...
Jason
I've gotten very used to one of these swoopy keyboards that are split in half. I'd imagine that with a v-keyboard you could put it in any configuration your want, and having it split and angled would be very nice and go a ways toward comfort.
Heck, it's all software controlled (assumably). You could split it where you want it, or even duplicate some keys on each side (I still reach over periodically and try to hit the B key with my right hand).
Damn, how about game controllers? Totally custom per game. And with two players, it could project two controls, though they would have to be pretty close to each other. But overall I think game controllers could be a pretty big deal with these.
Just some random thoughts...
Jason
I've heard a lot of people post about uses in very dirty environments (autoshops, airplane hangers, etc), but another use I know of is scuba diving. Specifically, technical divers will bring paperback books with them so the have something to pass the time during decompression stops, which can last 4 hours or more. Paperback books work fine but only one-way: they bring em down, and read them underwater while tearing out and tossing pages as they read. But once you bring them to the surface, the book is useless- the thin paper is impossible to separate.
Now, I don't see a large market out there just for tech divers. But there could be some very handy things for everyday divers, for which there's a large market.
J
Under http://www.osafoundation.org/technology.htm, they mention the parts of Mozilla they're planning on using. Mainly just the Gecko engine and the development tools. From the looks of things, they'll be using Jabber quite a bit, maybe that model doesn't fit as well directly to Mozillas PIM features.
Jason
If they're not careful, they very well could mimic outlook even moreso. Under Feature Summary:
-user-scripting capabilities
This might not end well...
I guess they can't screw things up worse than Outlook though.
Right now I'm staring at a desk 5ft wide, 3ft deep. And 1ft high with paper and books and crap all over the place. If the whole desk was a screen, all that stuff would be digital and I could just slide it away and pull it up instantly later. Damn, that would be cool.
I guess I could still do it now, but I can't have it at my 'fingertips' and in site on a 17" monitor. I guess a huge monitor actually could be useful and not just eye-candy.
Jason
Regarding trying to play by the rules, a friend of mine tried that and found out it really bothers them.
We've done a few kayak videos (aka "kayak porn"- all action, no plot), so it's fast music and a bunch of people dropping big waterfalls. Once we tried to be totally compliant, and contacted some studio for a band that we used a lot of music for. The lady my buddy talked to seemed rather annoyed that she had to do some paperwork for the 50$ check we were going to pay (something like a nickel for each video we estimated we'd make/sell). So we went ahead and payed them anyway.
And the next time she said don't bother, it's not worth it to them.
So, for the small timers, they just don't want you to bug them. And now adays we don't. We try to use local music and get permission, and the small bands with great music totally dig having there stuff used at no charge.
Jason
Man, I love reading these old threads. It's always a cool bit of memory lane, seeing the old email addresses (UUCP, ARPA), and the old but still familiar sigs. And the coolest thing is the lack of flames. When the one person in the thread who was an astronomer made a mistake on leap years, no one jumped at his throat. One person even says "So, he made a mistake. Who doesn't?" That would never happen that nicely today.
Just some ramblings...
att is starting to do this. They probably think it's ok because they're only spamming their own customers, but it still pisses me off to no end when I get one. There sales guy I usually work with has had a few complaints but his higher-ups haven't figured out yet what to do with people who insist on not getting any spam. Go figure.
From the article:
Indeed, the restrictions under which the F.B.I. has operated for three decades were self-imposed. Congressional pressure, lawsuits, scandals and a public outcry played a role in the bureau's vow to limit domestic surveillance to situations in which criminal conduct was suspected. But the restrictions were not enforceable in court and were grounded in what might be called constitutional values, rather than actual law.
WTF?! So again when some entity wants to do something good, maybe along the lines of the intent of what our forefathers wanted, a lawyer comes alongs and picks apart every letter just to f*ck us over. Great.
I hate it when that happens.
Jason
Googling "ucav x-45" brought up the usual tons of hits. One of the more interesting was from the Federation of American Scientists' Miliraty Analysis Network.
An interesting feature, besides all of the usual high-tech stuff people talk about here, is the storage aspect. This is mentioned in several articles, but what this means is that the planes do not have to be designed with the same mission life that manned aircraft do. This is because about 80% of a military aircraft's life is training missions. The UCAV doesn't have this- the training is done in simulators, that aren't really any different from real life.
This is a big step toward reducing the costs.
Jason
How soon until they start monitoring and weeding out young children, and put them in front of this new 'video game'?
:)
I've no where near your expertise, just a fan and follower of aviation. One point you can add to your list of factors associated to high G risks is the angle of the body. If you're sitting up straight and experience high G, the blood will leave the head even quicker. If you're reclined a ways, it will take a little longer to get the same blood loss.
This is just a guess from the research that went into the F-16's pilot's seat angle.
Jason
My passport doesn't have a magnetic strip. It's supposed to be official id. What would happen if you started going to these places with no drivers license and only a passport? Or some other form of id (military, etc)?
Jason
This seems pretty cool. The interesting part is that it mimics how people surf anyway. When you find a link from a search engine now, what's your usual routine? Go to the page, look around, find another interesting link, go to that page, maybe go back one and link away again... So this can pre-define that 'island' that you would have manually browsed anyway, but hopefully with better results.
Jason
We had a public ftp server for our clients (no web server installed), seperate from our webserver. Apparently this guy couldn't figure that out. So one day this lame HTML shows up in a space directory on our ftp server, talking about how this site was hacked and owned and all kinds of funny stuff.
.cgi, and all kinds of logged attempts to execute the code in our web logs. We looked through the code and saw that it was actually targeted to a DOD router somewhere.
Then there was the
The code actually launched a ping attack, then called itself again. I think this would have bogged down a machine pretty quick.
I think we contacted some agency (either dod or fbi) and mentioned it and sent the stuff over, but never heard much back.
Jason
Wouldn't it be ironic, the one time slashdot takes a high headed journalistic stand, it's for a some crazy story that some time from now turns out to be true.
J
You could try starting here:
usedlaptops.com.
Surprisingly useful machines, and some pretty damn sweet prices. No, I don't work for them in any way.
Or try ebay or the like. Getting something used is a sweet deal if you don't need a solid warranty (most geeks don't) or the bleeding edge of tech (doesn't sound like you do).
Good luck,
Jason
This email from the security focus list:
===========
I don't think this has anything to do directly with the routers. It just happens that the exploit used also affects certain cisco routers (through a well-known bug). It's not attacking the cisco os, the routers just happen to get hit in the crossfire between the infected IIS machines and the target IIS machines.
Jason
The guys at Eeye have a good overview here.
This is basically just the usual buffer overflow attack that's had a patch available for a month, and by following best practices shouldn't be an issue at all. The really interesting thing is where the guns being gathered are pointed: at whitehouse.gov. Should be an interesting night!
Jason
There was a study in the 50's called Project Pluto that was an air-breathing ram jet fueled by a nuclear reactor. Kinda cool, and some of the events around it were pretty nutso.
o ryreports/news&views/pluto.htm
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Richard Feynmen (sp? you know, the famous funny nuclear dude), while working on the really big bombs, had an idea that you could power a jet engine with a reactor. So he patented it. At that time the scientists were allowed to patent their ideas they came up with on the project. As a side note, they also got a dollar for each patent, but no one really bothered. Until Feynman found out, and demanded his dollar. Anyways, more funny mayhem ensued, which he talks about in his books.
He never really thought about the idea until Project Pluto came along independently. The scientists there found out there was a patent on the idea, much to their surprise. To they contacted who they thought was the expert, Feynman. He was surprised they contacted him and just said it was a back of the napkin patent, and he really wasn't the expert.
There's some info on Project Pluto here:
http://www.nv.doe.gov/news&pubs/publications/hist
http://yarchive.net/space/exotic/project_pluto.ht
http://www.merkle.com/pluto/
Kooky stuff...
Jason