Well, if you're going to hassle someone about "New England" not being a state, perhaps you might want to observe that New York is NOT located in New England, and we'd like to keep it that way. New England consists of: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Conneticut, and Rhode Island. Not to mention that Verizon is still activly persuing their long distance bid in Massachusetts.
TiVo hosts a forum for its users, and have helpfully provided a group for the 'TiVo Underground' (read TiVo hackers)
Checkout this thread, assuming you have some sort of net connection, and a computer at your house.
Really? I've never had a problem, I usually just say "No, thanks" or "I'd rather not" any they usually nod and say "OK" or occationally they'll explain why they collect the data "It's just so we can send you a catalog"
Wait, they sued for the author not capiltalizing the word 'coke'? Damn. If you can sue someone for bad grammar/spelling, then slashdot is in a boatload of trouble!:)
Section 49. Whoever makes or mends, or begins to make or mend, or knowingly has in his possession, an engine, machine, tool or implement adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open a building, room, vault, safe or other depository, in order to steal therefrom money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for the purpose aforesaid, with intent to use or employ or allow the same to be used or employed for such purpose, or whoever knowingly has in his possession a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, with intent to use or employ the same to steal a motor vehicle or other property therefrom, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.
I'm pretty sure that they have to make a notice on the cover to the effect of "This disc is not Redbook Compliant, and cannot be used in all audio devices." I recall reading this notice on many CDs with 'hidden tracks' such as the "Songs in the Key of X" compilation CD (it had three songs before track 1 - in the 'pregap' I believe). I was also never able to rip those tracks (which was too bad, because it was really a pain in the ass to hold down the 'rewind' button whenever I wanted to listen to them).
Great idea, but there's a slight problem with what you suggest. You say:
The best stories can then go up to the headlines like the top 10 comments do today. The headlines are the only stories that users can comment against.
But what if a story is among the top 10 in the bucket at some point, but then falls to the number 11 spot because of a new, more intresting story? What happens to the comments in the old story? Does the story get removed from the homepage? Obviously that's not a good solution. What you'd have to do is set a threshold, so if a story ever makes it to +20 (or whatever) then it gets posted to the homepage, and cannot be removed. It would take some testing to figure out what a good threshold would be, but I'm sure it's possible.
The university department I work for ran into a slight problem. My boss just gave me a call (pretty calmly, but a little upset) saying that she had just tried to login to our (ie my responsibility) secure website to check and make sure it was still working. When she did, she got an error saying 'Certificate Expired'. Fortunatly, I only had to roll into the chair next to my bed to check it out on my box.. no error for me! Turns out she had Netscape 4.05, and the Authority Certificate (not ours, but the RSA Data Security Certificate) in 4.05 and earlier expires on Dec 31 1999.. This is something our IS guys didn't think of (we always upgrade our netscapes when the come out, but other people don't often).. I wonder how many other people missed it? First thing I did was go to netscape's website, and sure thing it's right there on the right hand side. The boss said that Netscape's website was really slow when she was downloading 4.7. I bet a bunch of people went to purchase "101 Things to do with a ton of rice, three drums of whiskey, and a shotgun (for Dummies)" on Amazon.com and got the same certificate error.
OBActualY2KProblem: At least 8 power plants in the US lost their synchronization signal from the GPS satellites. No loss of service, since their computers still knew what time it was). It has been fixed, but if it had gone undetected for long enough for the clocks to get unsynchronized. That would have been a problem!
I've always thought it was quite amusing that companies print that sort of stuff, even though it's not true. The most mind boggling example of this I've seen is actually from the court system itself. Here in Massachusetts if you appeal a speeding ticket, you are sent a letter notifying you of your court date. Stamped on this letter, in red ink, is "THIS DATE CANNOT BE CHANGED" however this is a blatent lie! They have to let you change your court date, but they faithfully stamp it on every single one of them.
I'm not impressed.. you've been able to do this for a years now here in Massachusetts! http://www.state.ma.us/rmv/express/ I've done it before, and I must say, it's far more convenient than trying to find a stamp (though I suppose you can buy them online now too..)
I've played MP3s on a 486/75 with 12 MB ram, and windows 95! I was I think I was using the 16 bit version of winplay3.. I had to turn on all the CPU saving stuff, but it played em as well as one would expect anything to sound out of the 25 cent speaker on a ThinkPad. I'd bet you can get it to play on a 486 linux box if I could get it to play on a 95 box. Anyway, there are actually wav's and AIFF's on that site as well, if those'll work better for ya, the page is here.
If you wanna hear a little bit of Charles Mingus' music click here. The song was featured in a recent VW commercial.. this is off their website, and perfectly legal (well, if it's not, then it's VW's problem, not mine.)
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anybody wanna put xscreensaver-3.12.tar.gz somewhere I can get it, (or point me at a mirror that has this version?) I'm getting about 200 bps for a few minutes and then it just stalls.
Hmm.. I think I may have just accidentally sent a blank message, ohwell. Preview should be mandatory here too.
Anyway, What does this mean for my https server? I only allow 128bit or better clients, but does this mean potentially anyone sniffing the packets in between me and the clients would (given this nifty new hardware) be able to see everything that is being sent? (or at least with a far greater degrree of ease than before?) I'm afraid I'm not up on my crypto..
If I recall correctly, Bender quit because he found out he was working for the company that made the suicide booth. Anyone with a better memory (or a tape) care to confirm?
fwiw, I thought the suicide booth (and the rest of the episode) was quite funny.
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Well, if you're going to hassle someone about "New England" not being a state, perhaps you might want to observe that New York is NOT located in New England, and we'd like to keep it that way. New England consists of: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Conneticut, and Rhode Island. Not to mention that Verizon is still activly persuing their long distance bid in Massachusetts.
TiVo hosts a forum for its users, and have helpfully provided a group for the 'TiVo Underground' (read TiVo hackers)
Checkout this thread, assuming you have some sort of net connection, and a computer at your house.
http://www.avsforum.com/ ubb tivo/Forum6/HTML/000398.html
HTH
Really? I've never had a problem, I usually just say "No, thanks" or "I'd rather not" any they usually nod and say "OK" or occationally they'll explain why they collect the data "It's just so we can send you a catalog"
Wait, they sued for the author not capiltalizing the word 'coke'? Damn. If you can sue someone for bad grammar/spelling, then slashdot is in a boatload of trouble! :)
(myself included)
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Sure, here it is:
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/leg is/laws/mgl/index.htm
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Here's the current applicable law (seems the same to me - emphasis mine).
GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chapter 266: Section 49. Burglarious instruments; making; possession; use.
Section 49. Whoever makes or mends, or begins to make or mend, or knowingly has in his possession, an engine, machine, tool or implement adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open a building, room, vault, safe or other depository, in order to steal therefrom money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for the purpose aforesaid, with intent to use or employ or allow the same to be used or employed for such purpose, or whoever knowingly has in his possession a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, with intent to use or employ the same to steal a motor vehicle or other property therefrom, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.
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I'm pretty sure that they have to make a notice on the cover to the effect of "This disc is not Redbook Compliant, and cannot be used in all audio devices." I recall reading this notice on many CDs with 'hidden tracks' such as the "Songs in the Key of X" compilation CD (it had three songs before track 1 - in the 'pregap' I believe). I was also never able to rip those tracks (which was too bad, because it was really a pain in the ass to hold down the 'rewind' button whenever I wanted to listen to them).
But what if a story is among the top 10 in the bucket at some point, but then falls to the number 11 spot because of a new, more intresting story? What happens to the comments in the old story? Does the story get removed from the homepage? Obviously that's not a good solution. What you'd have to do is set a threshold, so if a story ever makes it to +20 (or whatever) then it gets posted to the homepage, and cannot be removed. It would take some testing to figure out what a good threshold would be, but I'm sure it's possible.
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The university department I work for ran into a slight problem. My boss just gave me a call (pretty calmly, but a little upset) saying that she had just tried to login to our (ie my responsibility) secure website to check and make sure it was still working. When she did, she got an error saying 'Certificate Expired'. Fortunatly, I only had to roll into the chair next to my bed to check it out on my box .. no error for me! Turns out she had Netscape 4.05, and the Authority Certificate (not ours, but the RSA Data Security Certificate) in 4.05 and earlier expires on Dec 31 1999.. This is something our IS guys didn't think of (we always upgrade our netscapes when the come out, but other people don't often).. I wonder how many other people missed it? First thing I did was go to netscape's website, and sure thing it's right there on the right hand side. The boss said that Netscape's website was really slow when she was downloading 4.7. I bet a bunch of people went to purchase "101 Things to do with a ton of rice, three drums of whiskey, and a shotgun (for Dummies)" on Amazon.com and got the same certificate error.
OBActualY2KProblem: At least 8 power plants in the US lost their synchronization signal from the GPS satellites. No loss of service, since their computers still knew what time it was). It has been fixed, but if it had gone undetected for long enough for the clocks to get unsynchronized. That would have been a problem!
I've always thought it was quite amusing that companies print that sort of stuff, even though it's not true. The most mind boggling example of this I've seen is actually from the court system itself. Here in Massachusetts if you appeal a speeding ticket, you are sent a letter notifying you of your court date. Stamped on this letter, in red ink, is "THIS DATE CANNOT BE CHANGED" however this is a blatent lie! They have to let you change your court date, but they faithfully stamp it on every single one of them.
I'm not impressed.. you've been able to do this for a years now here in Massachusetts! http://www.state.ma.us/rmv/express/ I've done it before, and I must say, it's far more convenient than trying to find a stamp (though I suppose you can buy them online now too..)
I've played MP3s on a 486/75 with 12 MB ram, and windows 95! I was I think I was using the 16 bit version of winplay3.. I had to turn on all the CPU saving stuff, but it played em as well as one would expect anything to sound out of the 25 cent speaker on a ThinkPad. I'd bet you can get it to play on a 486 linux box if I could get it to play on a 95 box. Anyway, there are actually wav's and AIFF's on that site as well, if those'll work better for ya, the page is here.
If you wanna hear a little bit of Charles Mingus' music click here. The song was featured in a recent VW commercial.. this is off their website, and perfectly legal (well, if it's not, then it's VW's problem, not mine.)
anybody wanna put xscreensaver-3.12.tar.gz somewhere I can get it, (or point me at a mirror that has this version?) I'm getting about 200 bps for a few minutes and then it just stalls.
Hmm.. I think I may have just accidentally sent a blank message, ohwell. Preview should be mandatory here too.
Anyway, What does this mean for my https server? I only allow 128bit or better clients, but does this mean potentially anyone sniffing the packets in between me and the clients would (given this nifty new hardware) be able to see everything that is being sent? (or at least with a far greater degrree of ease than before?) I'm afraid I'm not up on my crypto..
If I recall correctly, Bender quit because he found out he was working for the company that made the suicide booth. Anyone with a better memory (or a tape) care to confirm?
fwiw, I thought the suicide booth (and the rest of the episode) was quite funny.