Why hasn't somebody modded this up? Stupid moderators.
For those who don't know: the movie Gattaca is about a future where people are classified by their genes, and parents often choose what genes their children will have as opposed to normal mating. This classification by genes results in any children who are created the natural way having fewer opportunities: getting rejected for jobs, etc.
Actually, if you're not careful, you may end up waiting *too* long, and then your bladder starts to hurt, and even after you do go, you start to feel really, really bad...
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Is it just me, or is/. a little late on this story? I mean, just because
Oh wait.. Jan 28... Gah... I'm slow.
It is vital that the newly-created conditions on Mars be tested -- vote now!
1) CmdrTaco
2) Hemos
3) CowboyNeal
But question: what happens if the microbes evolve into something that may be harmful?
And will these microbes create enough rainforests for us to cut down? Or will we just cut down CowboyNeal instead?
Usually the people who got MCSE certification and actually know what they're doing (i.e. can administer a multiuser NT or UNIX machine with ease) don't go around bragging their credentials, because they've realized how little the MCSE certification has come to mean, and how much more important the other stuff is.
We all may hate Bush, but look at the alternative! It's not like an independent has a chance against the national majority faction of Republicrats... and do you think Gore could have done much better? Not that I'm advocating one or the other... (frankly, I think they're both horribly clueless)
if(!printf("Hi there.\n")) {
if(puts("printf() didn't print anything!")==EOF) {
perror("puts() didn't print \"printf() didn't print anything!\" because your screen ran out of space(?)...!");
/* doesn't return anything, so nothing to check... finally! */
}
}
Hmm... but if I make a `virtual' (=fake) press release, it must be just as "good" as the real thing then, eh? So how about a `virtual' newsbyte about freedom of speech prevailing?
This is one reaons why I'm very proud of my calc teacher, Ms. Coté; She almost always finds a way of explaining a concept the right way so even the least mathematically-inclined in the class understand it. She has a very good approach, and not only that, but she's an extremely dedicated teacher: after a test, she spends *all* of her free time grading the test, and usually has the tests completely finished in just a day or two -- for all her 100+ students!
Not only that, but she also stays after school for private tutoring for any student who is still struggling and wants extra help, even on days where it would be inconvenient for her...
Her simple love for teaching is one of the few reasons I actually started doing my homework regularly for that class:)
As ugly and freedom-limiting as this sounds, the only real solution to problems like these is either:
1. Convince the masses to follow you (which isn't easy), or
2. Convince the government to instate laws that force the masses to follow you.
What could help fix part of the problem is:
If IE and Netscape kept a shitlist of sites with Bad HTML or HTML that used proprietary extensions, and warned the user before going there, as well as automatically mailing the owner of the site and informing them that "At Jan 07, 2001, at 03:41:55 PST, 214.56.17.184 may be unable to access your web site because of problematic code and/or proprietary extensions." -- granted, site owners wouldn't like it, but if they had decent HTML code then they (probably) wouldn't get their inboxes spammed:)
This sounds like the *perfect* way to drop in on family and friends!
*Crashes through the Roof* Well, hello everyone, how have you been?
Did the Weird Al song `Slime Creatures from Outer Space' pop into anyone else's head besides mine?
Hmm... embedded HTML/images security risks, endless Java security alerts, 1x1 invisible tracking GIFs, the recent Flash plug-in security alert, all the problems with javascript...
God, I'm glad I use lynx and pine. It's a shame though, when a site is inaccessible for those without javascrapt... what ever happened to "Click Here to see a Text-Only Version of this Page" ?
Funny thing, my old ISP, DelaNET (see www.delanet.com) -- I thought I remembered seeing something in their TOS/AUP about running servers, but I read through it several times and couldn't find anything. The only thing I found was something like "we're not liable if you do something illegal" -- which makes perfect sense, and is, of course, really the only thing that should be in any TOS/AUP for a consumer ISP.
Actually, most parents keep an eye on 7-year-old children who go outside, or go with them, depending on the environment. (If you intentionally let a 7-year-old child wander around unsupervised in a potentiall harmful environment, that's called *neglect* and it's illegal. Everybody knows 7-year-old children can't protect themselves. If you don't have time to protect kids, then don't screw, or use protection -- shut up and stop complaining because _you_ made a mistake.)
So if you don't want traffic, then maybe you should get your site a "parent": set up a firewall - block out any IP's you don't want to access your site, or block by Referer. It *really is* that simple!
There's one big advantage to knowing how to contact who owns the domain name: responsibility.
If I'm corresponding with salesperson@some-business.com, and they're not conducting business in an appropriate manner (e.g. insulting my mother, lying about the product, etc.) then the WHOIS records can probably point me towards someone above their head to talk to.
Another way of looking at it is if someone creates a domain for spam, and starts harassing me, WHOIS gives me contact info for the owner.
People who realize that their domain's registration info is publicly available are probably far less likely to do immature things like spam...
My father used to program a mainframe in FORTRAN when he was at Princeton in the 70's... we still have a few hundred 4"x8" (?) 96-column (?) 13-row (?) orange cards around here somewhere. (haven't looked at one in a long time, that's why the specs are probably inaccurate...)
But for things like this, punch cards are actually a pretty good idea. The infamous [scantron/fill-in-the-bubble]-type test-grading machines can process cards/papers/scantron-forms extremely quickly, and they're optical-sensor-based, so i'd imagine an optical punch card reader could be rather efficient and quick, especially one bought with government money.
What's interesting is that Bull (?), the company that owns the rights to the source code, never wanted to release the source code because they claimed they had to "continue to support the few remaining Multics systems in existence" -- they can't possibly be doing this now, so give us the damn source!;-)
Yeah, and where's slackware?;-)
Or is that what the rock is for.... hmmmm...
Dammit, I know everybody tells me that slackware isn't very good, but you know what they say... "Like a rock"...
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Why hasn't somebody modded this up? Stupid moderators.
For those who don't know: the movie Gattaca is about a future where people are classified by their genes, and parents often choose what genes their children will have as opposed to normal mating. This classification by genes results in any children who are created the natural way having fewer opportunities: getting rejected for jobs, etc.
Simulating hair in real-time.. oh, c'mon, that's easy, ANYONE can do that!
*pulls out a comb*
See? I didn't even need to fiddle with IRQ's.
Ohmygod! Are you *serious*?
I just have these Linux computers here, and my Linuxirix SGI and Linuxnetbsd PC on the desk behind me!
Isn't it funny how Linux's buzzword popularity has pushed other UNIX vendors to offer Linux support on their systems?
A company could make a fortune for digital speakers that had a headphone jack... :)
In fact, *my* digital speakers have a headphone jack!
Actually, if you're not careful, you may end up waiting *too* long, and then your bladder starts to hurt, and even after you do go, you start to feel really, really bad...
Is it just me, or is /. a little late on this story? I mean, just because
Oh wait.. Jan 28... Gah... I'm slow.
It is vital that the newly-created conditions on Mars be tested -- vote now!
1) CmdrTaco
2) Hemos
3) CowboyNeal
But question: what happens if the microbes evolve into something that may be harmful?
And will these microbes create enough rainforests for us to cut down? Or will we just cut down CowboyNeal instead?
Usually the people who got MCSE certification and actually know what they're doing (i.e. can administer a multiuser NT or UNIX machine with ease) don't go around bragging their credentials, because they've realized how little the MCSE certification has come to mean, and how much more important the other stuff is.
We all may hate Bush, but look at the alternative! It's not like an independent has a chance against the national majority faction of Republicrats... and do you think Gore could have done much better? Not that I'm advocating one or the other... (frankly, I think they're both horribly clueless)
if(!printf("Hi there.\n")) {
/* doesn't return anything, so nothing to check... finally! */
if(puts("printf() didn't print anything!")==EOF) {
perror("puts() didn't print \"printf() didn't print anything!\" because your screen ran out of space(?)...!");
}
}
Hmm... but if I make a `virtual' (=fake) press release, it must be just as "good" as the real thing then, eh? So how about a `virtual' newsbyte about freedom of speech prevailing?
"Hmm ... ATGGCAACTGACT ... Why... I know *exactly* who this is!"
"Alright, who is it?"
"A mammal!"
This is one reaons why I'm very proud of my calc teacher, Ms. Coté; She almost always finds a way of explaining a concept the right way so even the least mathematically-inclined in the class understand it. She has a very good approach, and not only that, but she's an extremely dedicated teacher: after a test, she spends *all* of her free time grading the test, and usually has the tests completely finished in just a day or two -- for all her 100+ students!
:)
Not only that, but she also stays after school for private tutoring for any student who is still struggling and wants extra help, even on days where it would be inconvenient for her...
Her simple love for teaching is one of the few reasons I actually started doing my homework regularly for that class
As ugly and freedom-limiting as this sounds, the only real solution to problems like these is either:
:)
1. Convince the masses to follow you (which isn't easy), or
2. Convince the government to instate laws that force the masses to follow you.
What could help fix part of the problem is:
If IE and Netscape kept a shitlist of sites with Bad HTML or HTML that used proprietary extensions, and warned the user before going there, as well as automatically mailing the owner of the site and informing them that "At Jan 07, 2001, at 03:41:55 PST, 214.56.17.184 may be unable to access your web site because of problematic code and/or proprietary extensions." -- granted, site owners wouldn't like it, but if they had decent HTML code then they (probably) wouldn't get their inboxes spammed
This sounds like the *perfect* way to drop in on family and friends!
*Crashes through the Roof* Well, hello everyone, how have you been?
Did the Weird Al song `Slime Creatures from Outer Space' pop into anyone else's head besides mine?
Hmm... embedded HTML/images security risks, endless Java security alerts, 1x1 invisible tracking GIFs, the recent Flash plug-in security alert, all the problems with javascript...
God, I'm glad I use lynx and pine. It's a shame though, when a site is inaccessible for those without javascrapt... what ever happened to "Click Here to see a Text-Only Version of this Page" ?
Funny thing, my old ISP, DelaNET (see www.delanet.com) -- I thought I remembered seeing something in their TOS/AUP about running servers, but I read through it several times and couldn't find anything. The only thing I found was something like "we're not liable if you do something illegal" -- which makes perfect sense, and is, of course, really the only thing that should be in any TOS/AUP for a consumer ISP.
Actually, most parents keep an eye on 7-year-old children who go outside, or go with them, depending on the environment. (If you intentionally let a 7-year-old child wander around unsupervised in a potentiall harmful environment, that's called *neglect* and it's illegal. Everybody knows 7-year-old children can't protect themselves. If you don't have time to protect kids, then don't screw, or use protection -- shut up and stop complaining because _you_ made a mistake.)
So if you don't want traffic, then maybe you should get your site a "parent": set up a firewall - block out any IP's you don't want to access your site, or block by Referer. It *really is* that simple!
The kind of tree that dogs like to pee on, of course!
That's actually... correct.
"No, officer, I really do have a kiddie porn anti-fetish! Seeing it turns me off!"
I have one thing to say...
:-)
:-)
Labels suck
CD-R's kick ass
http://fearofzero.20m.com/ -- email root@irix.penguinpowered.com to order....
There's one big advantage to knowing how to contact who owns the domain name: responsibility.
If I'm corresponding with salesperson@some-business.com, and they're not conducting business in an appropriate manner (e.g. insulting my mother, lying about the product, etc.) then the WHOIS records can probably point me towards someone above their head to talk to.
Another way of looking at it is if someone creates a domain for spam, and starts harassing me, WHOIS gives me contact info for the owner.
People who realize that their domain's registration info is publicly available are probably far less likely to do immature things like spam...
My father used to program a mainframe in FORTRAN when he was at Princeton in the 70's... we still have a few hundred 4"x8" (?) 96-column (?) 13-row (?) orange cards around here somewhere. (haven't looked at one in a long time, that's why the specs are probably inaccurate...)
But for things like this, punch cards are actually a pretty good idea. The infamous [scantron/fill-in-the-bubble]-type test-grading machines can process cards/papers/scantron-forms extremely quickly, and they're optical-sensor-based, so i'd imagine an optical punch card reader could be rather efficient and quick, especially one bought with government money.
What's interesting is that Bull (?), the company that owns the rights to the source code, never wanted to release the source code because they claimed they had to "continue to support the few remaining Multics systems in existence" -- they can't possibly be doing this now, so give us the damn source! ;-)
Yeah, and where's slackware? ;-)
Or is that what the rock is for.... hmmmm...
Dammit, I know everybody tells me that slackware isn't very good, but you know what they say... "Like a rock"...