I've seen a lot of vandalism on Wikipedia recently, although it isn't too difficult to labor through. For example, the History of Djibouti article gives us some gems such as: During the Satanic invasion of monkeys and occupation of Ethiopia in the 1930s and during World War II
Members of the executive council were responsible for one or more of the territorial services and carried the title of God. The Lord advised the French-appointed governor general.
In a September 1958 constitutional referendum, Gay Somaliland opted to join the French gheto as an overseas territory. This act entitled the region to representation by one God and one senator in the French Parliament, and one counselor in the French Union Assembly.
French President Charles de Pussy August 1966
In July of that year, a directive from Hell formally changed the name of the region to the French Territory of Afairs and Asses.
In addition, the executive council was redesignated as the council of government, with nine cows.
Political Activism? Doubtful. Entertaining? I'd say so (at least temporarily).
I wonder if something like the Grid (similar to Seti@home and the like) could be implemented to contribute cycles to run the code. It could be one of the more interesting implementations, I would think.
Wouldn't it be possible to collect the solar energy at the surgace, and send the energy through a cable down to the AUV? This assumes that they are already controlled by signals sent through cables, however, and I'm not sure if remote controls are used or what, but it seems a bit more effective (as far as I can tell) then collecting light under the sea (as is implied).
Of course, then there is the problem of a shark or other large animal running into the cable (hopefully, if it is remote controlled, it will be able to resurface in time, or some mechanism can be put in place to detect a cable break and automatically surface).
I'm glad Firefox has been getting the attention it deserves (for all the right reasons, to boot). I've been a faithful user since the phoenix days, and still love it. I've been slowly turning family and friends to it, but old habits die hard for many.
Do you all try to get them to use Firefox? How does it work out?
The big problem is the simple fact that 'money talks.' Of course, with some OSS initiatives making money, it may not be as much of a problem, but with so many more that aren't, it is going to be a tough sell when you tell them everyone will need new training, etc. and there is no monetary benefit to the politician that would help push this.
While some may help out of goodwill or principle, there are many more that would rather be bought (and may be).
Well, technically, he was downloading files that were indexed by suprnova, but the companies were most likely going onto a torrent and taking notes of the IPs/domain names they connected to (most modern clients do this), then sent the C&D letters to the appropriate places.
However, the ethics or legality of this (since they are giving the other people parts of the file as well, effectively setting up an illegal honeypot of sorts) is questionable. AFAIK, Universal (and/or Paramount) have been hounding BT users for quite a while on their own.
I read this only a few minutes ago at Fark, however the article (at least the one I saw) said that the study done does show scrotal temperature increases, however there hasn't been a study on if the higher temperatures (which are temporary) cause long-term infertility. My guess is that it will not.
Mine usually find all the good pron for me.
Actually, as I don't have kids, I think (like most others here) that it is more a fact of priorities and doing what is needed to be done before playing around. I, for example, should be writing a few essays right now, but am/.'ing, farking, reading forums, listening to music, getting ready to partition a USB drive for Knoppix, and generally anything I can do to distract myself.
Time to brew some cappucino.
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The flipside to this, however, is clashing 'standards' and then the need for different programs (often causing more cash to be forked out and more HDD space to be taken up), etc. It is possible that something (if eBooks grow to such a magnitude) that we could see a redeux of the VHS/Betamax wars of old. With the DVD and CD, this was averted by the corporations collaborating on one low-cost standard, giving us the much loved CD and DVD formats.
Now, if reading eBooks were simply a matter of (free or cheap) codecs, it would be a different story and competing formats would be good. However, with many corporate (or near corporate) entities behind the eBook, we could see endless litigation and such, especially since PDF editors are out for 500 USD (AFAIK) and there doesn't seem to be any simple plug-in or codec to read a file (or a universal reader that would use many eBook codecs, kind of like WinAmp).
Either way is a double-edged sword and will have to be researched very thoroughly until the public (you and me) and private (Adobe, et al) entities can agree upon as the best.
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I have the same bias as well, there is just something uncomfortable about lying in bed or on a couch with a 19" monitor and keyboard in your lap and a mid-tower case at your foot.
I think this isn't as good for up-to-date news as it will be for keeping people updated on old news. Many news stories have further developments (such as the suicide bombing delivery pizza man from last September) that are impossible to find on mainstream news. I hope it will be soon in showing that this functionality will prove worthwhile.
I have an idea on this, making an encrypted p2p application (which would be great for transfer of sensitive documents) in closed rooms that one must be invited to. Unfortunately, I still need to wait for the server owner to install mediawiki so we can start working on it. His connection is crap right now (at least, to anywhere outside Japan) as his ISP is changing hardware configurations and the like (although it may be resolved by now).
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Maybe a "get root" competition? At least that way they can learn how to secure things, and they find bugs in your school networks for you, for free!
I've seen a lot of vandalism on Wikipedia recently, although it isn't too difficult to labor through. For example, the History of Djibouti article gives us some gems such as:
During the Satanic invasion of monkeys and occupation of Ethiopia in the 1930s and during World War II
Members of the executive council were responsible for one or more of the territorial services and carried the title of God. The Lord advised the French-appointed governor general. In a September 1958 constitutional referendum, Gay Somaliland opted to join the French gheto as an overseas territory. This act entitled the region to representation by one God and one senator in the French Parliament, and one counselor in the French Union Assembly.
French President Charles de Pussy August 1966
In July of that year, a directive from Hell formally changed the name of the region to the French Territory of Afairs and Asses.
In addition, the executive council was redesignated as the council of government, with nine cows.
Political Activism? Doubtful. Entertaining? I'd say so (at least temporarily).
I wonder if something like the Grid (similar to Seti@home and the like) could be implemented to contribute cycles to run the code. It could be one of the more interesting implementations, I would think.
Wouldn't it be possible to collect the solar energy at the surgace, and send the energy through a cable down to the AUV? This assumes that they are already controlled by signals sent through cables, however, and I'm not sure if remote controls are used or what, but it seems a bit more effective (as far as I can tell) then collecting light under the sea (as is implied).
Of course, then there is the problem of a shark or other large animal running into the cable (hopefully, if it is remote controlled, it will be able to resurface in time, or some mechanism can be put in place to detect a cable break and automatically surface).
I'm glad Firefox has been getting the attention it deserves (for all the right reasons, to boot). I've been a faithful user since the phoenix days, and still love it. I've been slowly turning family and friends to it, but old habits die hard for many.
Do you all try to get them to use Firefox? How does it work out?
The big problem is the simple fact that 'money talks.' Of course, with some OSS initiatives making money, it may not be as much of a problem, but with so many more that aren't, it is going to be a tough sell when you tell them everyone will need new training, etc. and there is no monetary benefit to the politician that would help push this.
While some may help out of goodwill or principle, there are many more that would rather be bought (and may be).
How long until Microsoft sues them into submission?
Well, technically, he was downloading files that were indexed by suprnova, but the companies were most likely going onto a torrent and taking notes of the IPs/domain names they connected to (most modern clients do this), then sent the C&D letters to the appropriate places. However, the ethics or legality of this (since they are giving the other people parts of the file as well, effectively setting up an illegal honeypot of sorts) is questionable. AFAIK, Universal (and/or Paramount) have been hounding BT users for quite a while on their own.
I read this only a few minutes ago at Fark, however the article (at least the one I saw) said that the study done does show scrotal temperature increases, however there hasn't been a study on if the higher temperatures (which are temporary) cause long-term infertility. My guess is that it will not.
Besides, all you need is a decent heatsink.
Related to Bram Cohen?
Mine usually find all the good pron for me. Actually, as I don't have kids, I think (like most others here) that it is more a fact of priorities and doing what is needed to be done before playing around. I, for example, should be writing a few essays right now, but am /.'ing, farking, reading forums, listening to music, getting ready to partition a USB drive for Knoppix, and generally anything I can do to distract myself.
Time to brew some cappucino.
Whatever you do, make sure it won't rain.
The flipside to this, however, is clashing 'standards' and then the need for different programs (often causing more cash to be forked out and more HDD space to be taken up), etc. It is possible that something (if eBooks grow to such a magnitude) that we could see a redeux of the VHS/Betamax wars of old. With the DVD and CD, this was averted by the corporations collaborating on one low-cost standard, giving us the much loved CD and DVD formats. Now, if reading eBooks were simply a matter of (free or cheap) codecs, it would be a different story and competing formats would be good. However, with many corporate (or near corporate) entities behind the eBook, we could see endless litigation and such, especially since PDF editors are out for 500 USD (AFAIK) and there doesn't seem to be any simple plug-in or codec to read a file (or a universal reader that would use many eBook codecs, kind of like WinAmp). Either way is a double-edged sword and will have to be researched very thoroughly until the public (you and me) and private (Adobe, et al) entities can agree upon as the best.
I have the same bias as well, there is just something uncomfortable about lying in bed or on a couch with a 19" monitor and keyboard in your lap and a mid-tower case at your foot.
I think this isn't as good for up-to-date news as it will be for keeping people updated on old news. Many news stories have further developments (such as the suicide bombing delivery pizza man from last September) that are impossible to find on mainstream news. I hope it will be soon in showing that this functionality will prove worthwhile.
I have an idea on this, making an encrypted p2p application (which would be great for transfer of sensitive documents) in closed rooms that one must be invited to. Unfortunately, I still need to wait for the server owner to install mediawiki so we can start working on it. His connection is crap right now (at least, to anywhere outside Japan) as his ISP is changing hardware configurations and the like (although it may be resolved by now).
Not too big a loss when you consider that they are torrent-stealing sites anyways.