...or even that the next space telescope might be called the "Tasco (TM) Space Telescope".
I want inspiring, meaningful names. I want the ability to filter the uninspiring, boring ones with Junkbuster.
Ok, does the name HUBBLE count as inspiring, or meanigful? Is "He thought of it first" a better reason than "They paid us $1.5M, and we were able to get it done 3 months sooner because of the extra cash?" Yes, it's cool when they name a piece of space hardware after Scientists, or Science Fiction Authors, but those names have become commodities, and frankly, Love ain't what makes the world go 'round... it's funding.
And really... Who cares if it's called The Sagan Memorial Station, Donald & Goofy's house, or "The Ronald McDonald House for REALLY, REALLY sick kids" (Ok, that was slightly silly:)
Ok, help me out here. Either I'm missing some fundamental point, or the game is already over..
Please check me on my "facts"
#1: My Copy of the Exhibits A & B (The DeCSS source) are Mine no matter if they seal the documents or not.
#2: One would assume that while I may not pass the information directly to others, I am NOT enjoined from telling people I have it, or describing it in General. (I can't read it to them, tho.)
So, starting from the above... can I use my GENERAL knowledge of the CSS implementation gained from reading the document to build my own Decrypter/Player?
And if THAT is YES, I believe there would be no way to prevent me from distributing it (The Newly Written Decrypter/Player).
Main Entry: France Pronunciation: 'fran(t)s, 'fr[a']ns country W Europe between English Channel & the Mediterranean; a republic capital Paris area 212,918 square miles (551,458 square kilometers), population 54,257,300
We've had these things for like, forever. I had always heard that they detected the electricity from the vehicle's engine using some kind of buried coil. I guess Weight would work, too.
...how [The FCC] will possibly be able to monitor all of these new stations for appropriate content...
They'll do this the same way they do it now. They'll make you SWEAR to be good, and sign an "I-SWORE-To-Be-Good J-42" form. Then if someone complains that you aren't being good, they'll nail you.
"Hey, thanks for listening to WMAL, your 24 Hour guide to in-store sales, and up to the minute parking space information. We're broadcasting live from Lot C, and there's an open spot that is just right if you have a hatchback, and don't mind crawling out the back. Oh look! Someone just pulled out in the first row."
*Screeeee*
Crash.
"Ok, Boys and Girls. Looks like we got us a nasty 4 car pile-up in the first row..."
ARGH! This annoys me to no end. Unless you heard Bruce somewhere reading it, it wasn't any kind of "read". When I hear someone say this, I get a mental picture of the guy in the TV commercial that insists on pronouncing France the foo-foo way. (Fronce) Try going into your favorite restaurant, and after dinner, tell the chef it was "A Great Eat". See him swell with pride.:)
That rant has been building for some time. Don't take it personally. Yours was just the final straw, so to speak.:)
I find it ironic that the strip he used to be an "Example" of UF's type of user-bashing is actually one of the ONLY ones where the user gets the upper hand. That is, if you see the WHOLE strip, and not the edited version we are presented with.. See it HERE.
What DotComGuy is doing isn't so unusual. He's just taking a year to do a proof-of-concept kinda thing. Gee, how crazy do you have to be to spend that much time JUST to make a point, and possibly a few bucks?
I'm sure a few of the readers on Slashdot have heard of a wacky little experiment called Distributed.net?
Ha! Wouldn't it just be the icing on the cake if one of the recently documented problems with the Name Server allocation routines allowed someone else to snatch passport.com out from under them? I'll bet NSI would change their tune REAL quick if someone like Microsoft came breathing down their necks.:)
What are we supposed to get out of this? That Mothers are more evil than fathers? That fathers aren't interested in their kids?
I'm curious as to the reasons for the uneeded, yet deliberate gender stereotyping used in this post.
It was a device to simplify the story. Having both parents conspiring to keep the kid down would have muddied the message, and I had a vision of Father Careful in my head being a very 50's TV kinda dad, and Junior was definatly looking a lot like Norman Bates in my mind by the end, so necessarily, the Mother turned out to be the (in your words) 'evil' one. Could just as easily have worked the other way.
I hope this helps to put this thread back on track.
(For purposes of this story, we are assuming that activating/locating this device is a trivial issue, and not something the National Guard is called out for.)
Mother Careful, and Father Careful have Baby Careful. Mother and Father have heard all about this new "Angel" thing from the hospital, and they say it's only $20 (They mention it right after asking if they want him 'snipped' (Baby Careful is a Boy:) ) They feel that this is, of course, a very sensible thing to do, as some mean person may wish to steal their wonderful Baby. "Now we will always know where Baby is" crows Father Careful, and promptly forgets all about it.
Mother Careful, however, doesn't forget.
For the first few years, it's more of a novelty, since Baby Careful is never more than a few feet from Mother Careful. On Baby's 5th Birthday, Mother has the newer/later version inserted into Baby which can last almost 20 years ("It's just a tiny slit, and it will heal in a day or so", says Doctor Helpful) Father knows nothing of this, since he never takes Baby to his appointments.
Baby Careful's Kindergarten class is interrupted one day, when Mother Careful comes running in, to discover that the children had been moved to the other side of the building. (The heat wasn't working in the classroom that day.) She gathers Baby up, and keeps him home the rest of the week.
Baby Careful (Now Junior Careful) comes home after school, and waits for the questions. "Yes" he answers, he didn't come right home, he stooped at Jimmy's House for a few minutes, and then was at the Library. "Almost 45 minutes" Mother Careful corrects him. "And you didn't go to the Library at all." Junior learns never to try and fool Mother again.
"Mother, I'm 17. I'm practically an Adult", retorts Junior. "I don't care. You were in her Bedroom, and I told you I don't want my baby doing those kinds of things"
"I was not, I was downstairs in the Living Room, and the Kitchen the whole time. We were studying, honest"
"Junior... you KNOW you can't lie to Mother. You were *upstairs* in her room for over an hour. Mother knows everything her little Junior does. You aren't to see that little slut again.."
"But Mother!!!" This time, his protest is weaker.
"Anyone here named Junior?" asks the bartender to the room, holding a telephone receiver in the air. Junior hunches up a little more tightly over his drink, and ignores the question.
I already sell this information to @PCData, and I don't like the idea of someone putting me in a position where I'm selling it to someone, and giving it away for free to another. Heck, this might even put me in some kind of compromised position with them. I'll have to read the User Aggrement and see. (I doubt it, but then again, I shouldn't HAVE to be worried about this in the first place... I don't appreciate it.)
And here's a link to help get rid of the Comet Cursor program. It's from the Comet Cursor people, but it probably does what it claims to. I think this is just a case of stupidity, not eeevil.
... the fact that no one has refered to what they are doing (the Virtual Sit-in) as "Slashdot"ing the servers. That would lead to some embarasing explainations.
You download a zipped file, one of those kind that you pay a small fee and they e-mail you the password. (The Shareware Fee)
You shove said.zip file into a directory, and forget to delete it.
Six months later, someone is demanding you tell them what the password is to decrypt these files. You probably didn't remember what it was 10 seconds after you used it, so you *can't* tell them.
Slashdot Mirror
...or even that the next space telescope might be called the "Tasco (TM) Space Telescope".
:)
I want inspiring, meaningful names. I want the ability to filter the uninspiring, boring ones with Junkbuster.
Ok, does the name HUBBLE count as inspiring, or meanigful? Is "He thought of it first" a better reason than "They paid us $1.5M, and we were able to get it done 3 months sooner because of the extra cash?" Yes, it's cool when they name a piece of space hardware after Scientists, or Science Fiction Authors, but those names have become commodities, and frankly, Love ain't what makes the world go 'round... it's funding.
And really... Who cares if it's called The Sagan Memorial Station, Donald & Goofy's house, or "The Ronald McDonald House for REALLY, REALLY sick kids" (Ok, that was slightly silly
Nipok Nek
DisneyStar - By Ken Kopin
(Sung to the tune of "When you Wish upon a star")
When you wish on DisneyStar
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
will float to you....
If you visit for a while
It will soon seem pretty vile
Space is fun, and space is big
but it's not new
Movies many, we have seen
People dying on the screen
Everyone needs air to breath
no matter that there's none.
Save your strength, they're almost here
Exit slowly to the rear
We hope that you enjoyed your stay
On Dis....Ney.....STARRRRRRRRRR!
Did you all know that in portugese "Lego my Eggo" means "I bequeath my eggo"? Much confusion at the breakfast table, I must say!
Do this sum in your head......
:)
1,742,312
+ 4,417,091
---------
Did you do it Left to Right, or "Backwards?"
Nipok Nek
Or, call me by my new Indian Name... Little Bigendian
They want to run 350,000 D.NET clients and beat Slashdot. :)
Nipok Nek
I'm gonna say this slowly....
:)
He
Was
KIDDING.
Swiss cheese DOES need to have EXACTLY 12 HOLES!
Cha-ching! Thank you for shopping at the Clue Store. Don't forget your receipt.
Nipok Nek
Ok, help me out here. Either I'm missing some fundamental point, or the game is already over..
Please check me on my "facts"
#1: My Copy of the Exhibits A & B (The DeCSS source) are Mine no matter if they seal the documents or not.
#2: One would assume that while I may not pass the information directly to others, I am NOT enjoined from telling people I have it, or describing it in General. (I can't read it to them, tho.)
So, starting from the above... can I use my GENERAL knowledge of the CSS implementation gained from reading the document to build my own Decrypter/Player?
And if THAT is YES, I believe there would be no way to prevent me from distributing it (The Newly Written Decrypter/Player).
Or am I full of it?
Nipok Nek
Main Entry: France
Pronunciation: 'fran(t)s, 'fr[a']ns
country W Europe between English Channel & the Mediterranean; a republic capital Paris area 212,918 square miles (551,458 square kilometers), population 54,257,300
Tomato, Tomotto....
Nipok Nek
We've had these things for like, forever. I had always heard that they detected the electricity from the vehicle's engine using some kind of buried coil. I guess Weight would work, too.
Nipok Nek
They'll do this the same way they do it now. They'll make you SWEAR to be good, and sign an "I-SWORE-To-Be-Good J-42" form. Then if someone complains that you aren't being good, they'll nail you.
Nipok Nek
*Screeeee*
Crash.
"Ok, Boys and Girls. Looks like we got us a nasty 4 car pile-up in the first row..."
Nipok Nek
ARGH! This annoys me to no end. Unless you heard Bruce somewhere reading it, it wasn't any kind of "read". When I hear someone say this, I get a mental picture of the guy in the TV commercial that insists on pronouncing France the foo-foo way. (Fronce) Try going into your favorite restaurant, and after dinner, tell the chef it was "A Great Eat". See him swell with pride. :)
That rant has been building for some time. Don't take it personally. Yours was just the final straw, so to speak. :)
Nipok Nek
Nipok Nek
Maybe for the first day or two, but he'll be famous (or infamous?) soon enough, and people will know it's "That Guy"
Nipok Nek
From the article...
"Maddox can have visitors. He simply can't go farther than the back yard."
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I'm sure a few of the readers on Slashdot have heard of a wacky little experiment called Distributed.net?
Nipok Nek
We got Fry's in Ohio? I live near Cleveland, and never heard of them before today.
Nipok Nek
Ha! Wouldn't it just be the icing on the cake if one of the recently documented problems with the Name Server allocation routines allowed someone else to snatch passport.com out from under them? I'll bet NSI would change their tune REAL quick if someone like Microsoft came breathing down their necks. :)
Nipok Nek
I'm curious as to the reasons for the uneeded, yet deliberate gender stereotyping used in this post.
It was a device to simplify the story. Having both parents conspiring to keep the kid down would have muddied the message, and I had a vision of Father Careful in my head being a very 50's TV kinda dad, and Junior was definatly looking a lot like Norman Bates in my mind by the end, so necessarily, the Mother turned out to be the (in your words) 'evil' one. Could just as easily have worked the other way.
I hope this helps to put this thread back on track.
Nipok Nek
Sorry, I didn't space that out right. Junior progresses through ages 12, 17, and 21 in the three different sections.
Nipok Nek
Here's the scenario that gives *ME* the willies.
:) ) They feel that
(For purposes of this story, we are assuming that activating/locating this device is a trivial
issue, and not something the National Guard is called out for.)
Mother Careful, and Father Careful have Baby Careful. Mother and Father have heard all
about this new "Angel" thing from the hospital, and they say it's only $20 (They mention
it right after asking if they want him 'snipped' (Baby Careful is a Boy
this is, of course, a very sensible thing to do, as some mean person may wish to steal their
wonderful Baby. "Now we will always know where Baby is" crows Father Careful, and
promptly forgets all about it.
Mother Careful, however, doesn't forget.
For the first few years, it's more of a novelty, since Baby Careful is never more than a few
feet from Mother Careful. On Baby's 5th Birthday, Mother has the newer/later version
inserted into Baby which can last almost 20 years ("It's just a tiny slit, and it will heal in a
day or so", says Doctor Helpful) Father knows nothing of this, since he never takes Baby
to his appointments.
Baby Careful's Kindergarten class is interrupted one day, when Mother Careful comes
running in, to discover that the children had been moved to the other side of the building.
(The heat wasn't working in the classroom that day.) She gathers Baby up, and keeps him
home the rest of the week.
Baby Careful (Now Junior Careful) comes home after school, and waits for the questions.
"Yes" he answers, he didn't come right home, he stooped at Jimmy's House for a few
minutes, and then was at the Library. "Almost 45 minutes" Mother Careful corrects him.
"And you didn't go to the Library at all." Junior learns never to try and fool Mother again.
"Mother, I'm 17. I'm practically an Adult", retorts Junior. "I don't care. You were in her
Bedroom, and I told you I don't want my baby doing those kinds of things"
"I was not, I was downstairs in the Living Room, and the Kitchen the whole time. We
were studying, honest"
"Junior... you KNOW you can't lie to Mother. You were *upstairs* in her room for over
an hour. Mother knows everything her little Junior does. You aren't to see that little slut
again.."
"But Mother!!!" This time, his protest is weaker.
"Anyone here named Junior?" asks the bartender to the room, holding a telephone
receiver in the air. Junior hunches up a little more tightly over his drink, and ignores the
question.
Nipok Nek
I already sell this information to @PCData, and I don't like the idea of someone putting me in a position where I'm selling it to someone, and giving it away for free to another. Heck, this might even put me in some kind of compromised position with them. I'll have to read the User Aggrement and see. (I doubt it, but then again, I shouldn't HAVE to be worried about this in the first place... I don't appreciate it.)
Nipok_Nek
http://www.cometsystems.com/
And here's a link to help get rid of the Comet Cursor program. It's from the Comet Cursor people, but it probably does what it claims to. I think this is just a case of stupidity, not eeevil.
http://www.cometsystems.com/down load/cleaner.shtml
... the fact that no one has refered to what they are doing (the Virtual Sit-in) as "Slashdot"ing the servers. That would lead to some embarasing explainations.
Let me set a scene for you...
.zip file into a directory, and forget to delete it.
You download a zipped file, one of those kind that you pay a small fee and they e-mail you the password. (The Shareware Fee)
You shove said
Six months later, someone is demanding you tell them what the password is to decrypt these files. You probably didn't remember what it was 10 seconds after you used it, so you *can't* tell them.
Hope you can prove it.
Nipok_Nek