Who can forget the old "This is unix! I know this" where the girl proceeds to hack the dinosaurs by flying around the 3D First Person Shooter cube "GUI" with the mouse:)
I use Dan Pollock's list (http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) - I have a script that grabs the latest copy from there every week or so, and append it to my local hosts file. Easy
If you use it with something like dnsmasq (which provides DNS + DHCP serving) it's pretty painless, and largely transparent. That way it works with clients not configured to use the squid proxy, or if you have protocols that don't really like being proxied, as all the requests are stopped at a DNS level.
If you're that worried about people standing behind you and looking over your shoulder, get a concave mirror and stick it on the shelf / wall right next to your pc - that way you can easily see if someone sneaks up behind you.
It's hard enough getting games here in Aust. without having to deal with all the region encoding bullshit. That and they all come out at like $94.95 AUS, when I can get them online and delivered for $84 AUS, or wait a few weeks and pick it up for closer to $70 AUS delivered.
That and a fair portion of the games / movies I would like to play never make it to our shores (Raiden 3 for example I just ordered from Hong Kong), or get here about 12 months after the DVD is released overseas (Hero springs immediately to mind, Total Recall, some of the Rambo movies, Terminator 2 wasn't available here in R4 format until T3 came out etc etc), or spend a fortune bidding for the few R4 copies that exist on ebay.
Anyways, I chipped my PS2 back when it was legal the first time - good to know it's back to being legal again:)
I think that the concept of Regional Coding is largely dead now anyway since they tend to release everything at the same time to avoid piracy. Regional Coding was really a violation of WTO rules anyway.
You're kidding right? Down here in R4 land we still don't have Total Recall on DVD! Or Rambo: First Blood Pt 2! (Last time I checked that is:) Only option to get them here in Aus was to import from another region )
I import most of my stuff from R1 zones because they usually get movies on DVD before they get to the cinemas in Aus - I had Hero on DVD approx 3 months before it even came to cinema down here
Imagine what happens if a system like this gets introduced here in Aus - with the big studios pushing DRM and getting their way, it won't be long until we'll be forced only to watch movies AFTER they've been at the cinema, or have our PVR's disabled for watching Galactica dloaded from overseas because our crappy networks never show it, put it on at ridiculous hours and skip episodes, or are 9 - 12 months behind the rest of the world.
Of course it would have nothing to do with the fact that one of these pieces of software is a (comparitively simple) web browser, while the other is an OS which users expect to run on some dodgy p3 which has been gathering dust in a corner for the last 6 years or so and has millions of lines of code to debug:)
Oooo yes - that is my pet hate in TV shows / movies.
I wonder what will happen when they upgrade to 640x480 - will they be viewing things on a quantum level from the other side of the planet?
I had hoped (in vain) that it would end with Enemy of the State... but no, it's just getting worse:(
Side note: my mate has been running openBSD as a squid proxy server for years now - only crash it had was when the hard disk developed bad sectors... didn't kill it straight away, but once the bad sectors hit the kernel it had issues:)
... keeping Kasparov to a 3:3 draw in one challenge. Interesting bishop sacrifice it used in one of the games - one of the better AI moves I have seen I must admit:)
http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=170& user=&coin=
LM317T. Note the T -
"This is a basic adjustable voltage power supply using the popular three pin regulator, LM317T. You can select any voltage between 1.5V and 30V using a potentiometer. The LM317T is rated at 1.5A so you must use a larger heat sink when drawing high currents."
Taken from http://www.web-tronics.com/powsupuslm.html
Slashdot Mirror
Jurassic Park?
:)
Who can forget the old "This is unix! I know this" where the girl proceeds to hack the dinosaurs by flying around the 3D First Person Shooter cube "GUI" with the mouse
You teach your kid to take lemons and make lemonade out of them.
If god gives you lemons you FIND A NEW GOD.
I use Dan Pollock's list (http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) - I have a script that grabs the latest copy from there every week or so, and append it to my local hosts file. Easy If you use it with something like dnsmasq (which provides DNS + DHCP serving) it's pretty painless, and largely transparent. That way it works with clients not configured to use the squid proxy, or if you have protocols that don't really like being proxied, as all the requests are stopped at a DNS level.
Did some poking around and it looks like FreeBSD have fixed it for the -CURRENT builds : http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.freebsd.current/browse_thread/thread/3df4366ff396a60b/bfc90b9b0a478628/
If you're that worried about people standing behind you and looking over your shoulder, get a concave mirror and stick it on the shelf / wall right next to your pc - that way you can easily see if someone sneaks up behind you.
The people at my work use this quite effectively
Seriously.
:)
It's hard enough getting games here in Aust. without having to deal with all the region encoding bullshit. That and they all come out at like $94.95 AUS, when I can get them online and delivered for $84 AUS, or wait a few weeks and pick it up for closer to $70 AUS delivered.
That and a fair portion of the games / movies I would like to play never make it to our shores (Raiden 3 for example I just ordered from Hong Kong), or get here about 12 months after the DVD is released overseas (Hero springs immediately to mind, Total Recall, some of the Rambo movies, Terminator 2 wasn't available here in R4 format until T3 came out etc etc), or spend a fortune bidding for the few R4 copies that exist on ebay.
Anyways, I chipped my PS2 back when it was legal the first time - good to know it's back to being legal again
I think that the concept of Regional Coding is largely dead now anyway since they tend to release everything at the same time to avoid piracy. Regional Coding was really a violation of WTO rules anyway.
:) Only option to get them here in Aus was to import from another region )
You're kidding right? Down here in R4 land we still don't have Total Recall on DVD! Or Rambo: First Blood Pt 2! (Last time I checked that is
I import most of my stuff from R1 zones because they usually get movies on DVD before they get to the cinemas in Aus - I had Hero on DVD approx 3 months before it even came to cinema down here
Imagine what happens if a system like this gets introduced here in Aus - with the big studios pushing DRM and getting their way, it won't be long until we'll be forced only to watch movies AFTER they've been at the cinema, or have our PVR's disabled for watching Galactica dloaded from overseas because our crappy networks never show it, put it on at ridiculous hours and skip episodes, or are 9 - 12 months behind the rest of the world.
Of course it would have nothing to do with the fact that one of these pieces of software is a (comparitively simple) web browser, while the other is an OS which users expect to run on some dodgy p3 which has been gathering dust in a corner for the last 6 years or so and has millions of lines of code to debug :)
Oooo yes - that is my pet hate in TV shows / movies. :(
I wonder what will happen when they upgrade to 640x480 - will they be viewing things on a quantum level from the other side of the planet?
I had hoped (in vain) that it would end with Enemy of the State... but no, it's just getting worse
it has a dark side, a light side, and it holds the universe together Oh and XBOX Beowulf clusters :)
Some would say quality is more important than quantity :
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http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.htm
BSD variants still dominate the average uptime chart.
But each to their own.
Taken from the article :
:)
Below is a copy of my file ppp.conf which you can cut and paste, but you'll have to edit five settings. In particular:
1) MODEM_DEVICE_NAME
2) ANY_WORD
3) PHONE_NO
4) USER_NAME
5) ISP_LOGIN_NAME
6) MY_PASSWORD
5 settings eh? Well there you go!
Side note: my mate has been running openBSD as a squid proxy server for years now - only crash it had was when the hard disk developed bad sectors... didn't kill it straight away, but once the bad sectors hit the kernel it had issues
... keeping Kasparov to a 3:3 draw in one challenge. Interesting bishop sacrifice it used in one of the games - one of the better AI moves I have seen I must admit :)
http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=170& user=&coin=
LM317T. Note the T - "This is a basic adjustable voltage power supply using the popular three pin regulator, LM317T. You can select any voltage between 1.5V and 30V using a potentiometer. The LM317T is rated at 1.5A so you must use a larger heat sink when drawing high currents." Taken from http://www.web-tronics.com/powsupuslm.html