I just got off the phone with him. He's suing the US Army for undermining his position. And he's including gay soldier porn with the filing.* -nB
*because it's Jack: The aforementioned statement was not meant to represent that I know or spoke with Jack Thompson (who is known to file gay porn for some weird reason), nor is anything other than the statement that Jack sees some (weird) reason to file gay porn meant to be a statement of fact. It is this posters opinion that Jack is deranged enough to actually sue the US Army, and in his style would file gay porn, in addition I am positing that Jack would try to stay with the theme and make it gay soldier porn in his posting. If Jack is willing to go with Lesbian soldier porn I will consider reading his filing for spelling errors. Also this disclaimer and all of this post is this posters opinion and makes no assertions of fact or prior knowledge. This is because even though I believe my opinions are true, Jack may not. Then he would sue me. Then I would have to go make a violent video game of me dying via Gay Soldier Porn, to prove some weird point to Jack so he would donate to the charity of my choice (Shriners hospital in Sac CA please), then he would renege on it and PennyArcade would have to step up on it again.
Grab your pitchforks boys! It's mob response time!
Witnessed an argument between "some guy" and a woman (lives near the in-laws). In the yelling that ensued (which I could hear clearly over the *lawn mower*) I learned that she did not want him near her kids because he was on the megan's law web site. He countered that her kids were the problem. After the cops arrived no-one went to jail but he was "talked to" and she was issued a citation. I asked one of the cops what happened, as I was interested in my neighborhood remaining peaceful.
Long story short, lady's kids were browsing the megans law website looking for people to harass!?!? and since this guy lived down the street they started on him. I already knew he was on the site and asked the cop what his crime was. Date rape. Not pedophilia, nothing with a minor... So why was this lady so much of an ass to the guy? Because he was on the "evil list" and that's all she needed to know. The ticket was:
Legal and Illegal Uses. The information on this web site is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability. Any person who is required to register pursuant to Penal Code section 290 who enters this web site is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (Pen. Code, 290.46, subd. (h)(2).) For the record I like the Megan's law site because I have two young kids. When I recently moved my family I ensured that where we moved to was free of "with child under 14" type predators. Guy down the street with a date rape, nonviolent, is not my concern till the kids are older. -nB
My wife is 31 and has had the same number for 31 years (we took it with us when she moved in with me). When we moved out of the supported ANI for that number, I called SBC/ATT and had remote call forwarding to our new number set up on the old one. -nB
battery operated cut-off saw. Should be able to do it in under 3 minutes.
Trick is to take the entire security assembly, not just the computer. At least at the stores near me 15 years ago, the security box would take some time to breach, but were simply bolted to the handlebar of the cart, so two cuts and you've got the whole shebang, work on the hard stuff at your leisure later. -nB
I must agree with you there. Ironically the city in which I live has instituted a city wide max speed of 40mph. When queried as to whether this was for revenue generation or not the answer was "It's for safety, to eliminate street races". Since this was the expected answer, the counter came as follows: "That's interesting. Over the last year, prior to the speed limit change, there were less than 10 accidents and no fatalities attributed to speed contests, yet well over 100 accidents, and a dozen fatalities attributed to driver inattention, and running red lights. I propose that this measure is for revenue generation, which is fine so long as you call a horse a horse and not a zebra, and has little to nothing to do with actual public safety. Pragmatically, someone in a speed contest was likely already ignoring the speed limit, and doing it late at night as otherwise there is vastly too much traffic to race anyway, where by making a relatively short stretch of two main thoroughfares 10mph slower than elsewhere on the same road builds an inherent speed trap for revenue generation."
No, but the ads based on in-store location are. A local chain our on the west coast tried this over a decade ago, closer to 15 years ago. It flopped for multiple reasons: 1) PC hardware couldn't accommodate both a good UI and reasonable size/battery life, so the UI was not so good. 2) It had touch screen, but was "jumpy". As the screen was cruddied up throughout the day that crud would tend to "press" buttons for you. 3) People were still scared of computers. 4) Ads. 5) Theft. Like the idiots that steal PBX phones from the office for home use (and wonder why the digital phone won't work), people stole these.
But it did run Unix!
Now we've managed to solve #1 for embedded apps (but since this will be a windows based on XP or vista, I think the issue will remain). I think #2 will still be an issue, though maybe not... Those stylus pads for credit card transactions get really knappy and still work. #3, depends on their clientelle. Maybe they're in an affluent part of town, where everyone already has PCs and smartphones, etc. #4 is going to be an issue #5 is going to be a huge issue. Since these are going to be the functional equivalent of EeePC's with WiFi and RFID and a touch screen they are going to evaporate. If you armor them enough then people will be turned off to them.
Yes, but happily they don't follow their own rules. I was in Texas and picked up a couple bottles of everclear (not for sale in California). Now, the TSA guidelines say anything over 140 proof may not be in checked luggage, and nothing over 1 ounce/3 ounce/quart baggy on carry-on. So I packed it in my luggage and took my chances.
Got the search note, figured "Oh well, I'll drive next time". The bottles were still in there:-) -nB
Heck, if ignorance of the contents of PC hard drives was a crime, 99% of the population would have to be locked up! Easier just to say 100% of the Windows installs. I'm still saying WTF is this or that dll, and when I look it up it's another MS thing... -nB
Why did you write "taint" instead of "aint"? You appear to have missed the leading " ' " character, though I likely should have used a grave " ` " to make it slightly more noticeable if incorrect... it's a lisp'd contraction of "it aint". Say it not as "taint" but as "ta`-aint" with the ta being a long t syllable without the ah sound. This, thus makes it more piratey.
You know that's likely more secure than you would think. The vast majority of the "hackers" out there likely simply try the default admin password (and assuming that the Dlink is different) would give up and move on. -nB
Honestly though, there is little to no competition to a fully "pirate" setup. * XBMC on old Xbox with component video cables (720p max, but that's what my LCD is:-) * LAMP media server, exports *everything* on simple usr/pwd shares * movies transcoded from my library * MP3's transcoded from my library * BBC shows and other public broadcasting shows I like
No real reason I couldn't add an RSS feed to TPB and autograb shows other than WGHB and BBC stuff (or movies etc.) According to the **AA my copies of my music/movies are not proper and thus "pirate" etc. and it blows absolutely every other option I've tried out of the water. In theory I could add a myth back-end server and capture off the air/cable with a DVB card or a hauppage + cable box setup, but honestly there is no need.
XBMC is even better than myth in my opinion, and both of them kick the pants off of XP-MCE. -nB
How so? I'm operating on behalf of my client who wants to put up a web presence for her art business. With all the hankey panky of whois sniping I would think that I am being responsible to my client. As to the domains she may not have wanted those would be parked with an offer to sell, usually nominally over my cost. I don't think I've ever sold an unused domain name for over about $100.
Domain squatting is more along the lines of what those whois snipers do, then charge you $5K for the domain you want (i.e. networkboy.com) -nB
0) get permission to place your business at security checkpoints (???) 1) Set up a kiosk at large airports immediately next to the security checkpoint. 2) Sell postage paid USPS flat rate boxes for $20.00 3) profit!
none that I know of, but I do my whois for domain prospecting from my ISP's registration tool, thus once I find one not taken I'm already registering it. I did some work for a client, and as I had her write down everything she could think of wanting for a domain with her line of business. I ended up registering 10 different domains, figuring I would park those she didn't want with some basic advertisements and an offer to sell for a reasonable price. At first she was leary of having "so many different websites" Till I explained domain forwarding and all she had to do was pick her favorite for the main site and then the rest would point to it. She ended up buying all of them ($500 w/ a 3 year domain support agreement). -nB
I'm more interested in the de-duplication deal. Anyone know of a good home server that is client OS agnostic that can do this? We use Connected Net Backup at my work, but it's a bit pricey for my home stuff. -nB
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I just got off the phone with him.
He's suing the US Army for undermining his position. And he's including gay soldier porn with the filing.*
-nB
*because it's Jack: The aforementioned statement was not meant to represent that I know or spoke with Jack Thompson (who is known to file gay porn for some weird reason), nor is anything other than the statement that Jack sees some (weird) reason to file gay porn meant to be a statement of fact. It is this posters opinion that Jack is deranged enough to actually sue the US Army, and in his style would file gay porn, in addition I am positing that Jack would try to stay with the theme and make it gay soldier porn in his posting. If Jack is willing to go with Lesbian soldier porn I will consider reading his filing for spelling errors. Also this disclaimer and all of this post is this posters opinion and makes no assertions of fact or prior knowledge. This is because even though I believe my opinions are true, Jack may not. Then he would sue me. Then I would have to go make a violent video game of me dying via Gay Soldier Porn, to prove some weird point to Jack so he would donate to the charity of my choice (Shriners hospital in Sac CA please), then he would renege on it and PennyArcade would have to step up on it again.
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It's mob response time!
Witnessed an argument between "some guy" and a woman (lives near the in-laws).
In the yelling that ensued (which I could hear clearly over the *lawn mower*) I learned that she did not want him near her kids because he was on the megan's law web site. He countered that her kids were the problem.
After the cops arrived no-one went to jail but he was "talked to" and she was issued a citation. I asked one of the cops what happened, as I was interested in my neighborhood remaining peaceful.
Long story short, lady's kids were browsing the megans law website looking for people to harass!?!? and since this guy lived down the street they started on him. I already knew he was on the site and asked the cop what his crime was. Date rape.
Not pedophilia, nothing with a minor... So why was this lady so much of an ass to the guy? Because he was on the "evil list" and that's all she needed to know. The ticket was: Legal and Illegal Uses. The information on this web site is made available solely to protect the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability. Any person who is required to register pursuant to Penal Code section 290 who enters this web site is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (Pen. Code, 290.46, subd. (h)(2).) For the record I like the Megan's law site because I have two young kids. When I recently moved my family I ensured that where we moved to was free of "with child under 14" type predators. Guy down the street with a date rape, nonviolent, is not my concern till the kids are older.
-nB
Right, because the incremental additional load on all the computers between you and the download site takes virtually no resources at all. Fixed...
My wife is 31 and has had the same number for 31 years (we took it with us when she moved in with me). When we moved out of the supported ANI for that number, I called SBC/ATT and had remote call forwarding to our new number set up on the old one.
-nB
battery operated cut-off saw. Should be able to do it in under 3 minutes.
Trick is to take the entire security assembly, not just the computer.
At least at the stores near me 15 years ago, the security box would take some time to breach, but were simply bolted to the handlebar of the cart, so two cuts and you've got the whole shebang, work on the hard stuff at your leisure later.
-nB
I must agree with you there.
Ironically the city in which I live has instituted a city wide max speed of 40mph. When queried as to whether this was for revenue generation or not the answer was "It's for safety, to eliminate street races". Since this was the expected answer, the counter came as follows:
"That's interesting. Over the last year, prior to the speed limit change, there were less than 10 accidents and no fatalities attributed to speed contests, yet well over 100 accidents, and a dozen fatalities attributed to driver inattention, and running red lights. I propose that this measure is for revenue generation, which is fine so long as you call a horse a horse and not a zebra, and has little to nothing to do with actual public safety. Pragmatically, someone in a speed contest was likely already ignoring the speed limit, and doing it late at night as otherwise there is vastly too much traffic to race anyway, where by making a relatively short stretch of two main thoroughfares 10mph slower than elsewhere on the same road builds an inherent speed trap for revenue generation."
This was met with applause.
Speed limit didn't change though.
No, but the ads based on in-store location are.
A local chain our on the west coast tried this over a decade ago, closer to 15 years ago. It flopped for multiple reasons:
1) PC hardware couldn't accommodate both a good UI and reasonable size/battery life, so the UI was not so good.
2) It had touch screen, but was "jumpy". As the screen was cruddied up throughout the day that crud would tend to "press" buttons for you.
3) People were still scared of computers.
4) Ads.
5) Theft. Like the idiots that steal PBX phones from the office for home use (and wonder why the digital phone won't work), people stole these.
But it did run Unix!
Now we've managed to solve #1 for embedded apps (but since this will be a windows based on XP or vista, I think the issue will remain).
I think #2 will still be an issue, though maybe not... Those stylus pads for credit card transactions get really knappy and still work.
#3, depends on their clientelle. Maybe they're in an affluent part of town, where everyone already has PCs and smartphones, etc.
#4 is going to be an issue
#5 is going to be a huge issue. Since these are going to be the functional equivalent of EeePC's with WiFi and RFID and a touch screen they are going to evaporate. If you armor them enough then people will be turned off to them.
My two cents...
-nB
You live in the sac metro area then?
-nB
You know, somehow that 42 is the exponent for number of twinkies in a black hole makes me worry about life, the universe, and everything....
-nB
as of 3:51PST this is not the case. They are still squatting, just confirmed it.
-nB
Yes, but happily they don't follow their own rules.
:-)
I was in Texas and picked up a couple bottles of everclear (not for sale in California).
Now, the TSA guidelines say anything over 140 proof may not be in checked luggage, and nothing over 1 ounce/3 ounce/quart baggy on carry-on. So I packed it in my luggage and took my chances.
Got the search note, figured "Oh well, I'll drive next time". The bottles were still in there
-nB
-nB
it's a lisp'd contraction of "it aint". Say it not as "taint" but as "ta`-aint" with the ta being a long t syllable without the ah sound. This, thus makes it more piratey.
-nB
You know that's likely more secure than you would think.
The vast majority of the "hackers" out there likely simply try the default admin password (and assuming that the Dlink is different) would give up and move on.
-nB
How is handbrake compared to AutoGK for the VOB (and/or DV in the case of autoGK at least)?
-nB
Ironic 'taint it matey?
:-)
Honestly though, there is little to no competition to a fully "pirate" setup.
* XBMC on old Xbox with component video cables (720p max, but that's what my LCD is
* LAMP media server, exports *everything* on simple usr/pwd shares
* movies transcoded from my library
* MP3's transcoded from my library
* BBC shows and other public broadcasting shows I like
No real reason I couldn't add an RSS feed to TPB and autograb shows other than WGHB and BBC stuff (or movies etc.)
According to the **AA my copies of my music/movies are not proper and thus "pirate" etc. and it blows absolutely every other option I've tried out of the water. In theory I could add a myth back-end server and capture off the air/cable with a DVB card or a hauppage + cable box setup, but honestly there is no need.
XBMC is even better than myth in my opinion, and both of them kick the pants off of XP-MCE.
-nB
Yet another confirmation here. Parent is being nice if anything.
-nB
.70 Euro to the Dollar.
We yanks aren't so rich any more...
How so? I'm operating on behalf of my client who wants to put up a web presence for her art business. With all the hankey panky of whois sniping I would think that I am being responsible to my client. As to the domains she may not have wanted those would be parked with an offer to sell, usually nominally over my cost.
I don't think I've ever sold an unused domain name for over about $100.
Domain squatting is more along the lines of what those whois snipers do, then charge you $5K for the domain you want (i.e. networkboy.com)
-nB
0) get permission to place your business at security checkpoints (???)
1) Set up a kiosk at large airports immediately next to the security checkpoint.
2) Sell postage paid USPS flat rate boxes for $20.00
3) profit!
none that I know of, but I do my whois for domain prospecting from my ISP's registration tool, thus once I find one not taken I'm already registering it. I did some work for a client, and as I had her write down everything she could think of wanting for a domain with her line of business. I ended up registering 10 different domains, figuring I would park those she didn't want with some basic advertisements and an offer to sell for a reasonable price. At first she was leary of having "so many different websites" Till I explained domain forwarding and all she had to do was pick her favorite for the main site and then the rest would point to it. She ended up buying all of them ($500 w/ a 3 year domain support agreement).
-nB
I'm more interested in the de-duplication deal.
Anyone know of a good home server that is client OS agnostic that can do this? We use Connected Net Backup at my work, but it's a bit pricey for my home stuff.
-nB
I have yet to find a hardware store that can copy my keys... :-(
The down side of high security laser cut keys
FWIW I have personally seen working phase change memory. I have also seen (badly) working polymer memory.
Vapor? no, marketable, also not yet.
-nB