The Sun, as others have commented, is noted for its -- not-necessarily-true articles.
For instance, they reported that Martha's character would be gone in season 4 -- which the BBC has roundly denied. And earlier, they wrote that David Tennant would be leaving the role. I get the feeling that someone working at The Sun really doesn't like the show...
I'm going to change my hostname to "you_agree_to_let_me_take_any_image_from_your_site.by_including_this_host_in_your_logs_and_permittin g_me_to_connect". If it shows up in their logs, it's conclusive proof that they wanted me to take things from their site.
It's been my observation that sites that distribute pirated books have far, far too many to read -- and many of the books there are obviously scanned through OCR, with no attempt made at legibility. And yet they're still offered. For most book pirates (and pirates in general, really), it's not about getting books to read for free -- it's all about having the book. To these pirates, if you don't have a bigger collection than everyone else, you're nothin'.
To be honest, it needs work; the top of the screen looks fine, but turbulence causes the bottom of the screen to ruffle about like a flag in wind. Watch the movies provided; the bottom half of the images are all but lost to distortion.
I've heard of dogs fetching your mail, but never mail fetching your dog! (Thank you, I'll be here all week; the evening show's different from the morning one. Tip your waiter.)
[...] shouldn't you at least let them know your computer can brute force a 128-bit encrypted RC5 key?[...] Judging by recent statistics, RC5-64 is going to exhaust its keyspace after a little more than 5 years of cracking. RC5-128 is 2^64 bits more dense, so would take 5*2^64 years, assuming present technology. That's 92,233,720,368,547,758,080 -- or a smidge under 100 quintillion years. Frankly, I don't think aliens would be at all impressed if we stuck to a project that long. Unless we were working out the answer to life, the universe, and everything...
oh no, you mean i can't accurately reproduce quantum effects in
perl?!? fuck man, i just don't believe in anything anymore. Well, of course you can't. That's what EMACS is for.
I disagree wholly with the idea of bootids; they're a way for manufacturers to tell when you've booted your computer. They'll probably log your OS, too, and check to see what porn you're viewing. It's an invasion of privacy. Down with Boot IDs! Who's with me! Let's march to Intel's front door, torches in hand, and burn the place down! YEAH!
But not right now; there's a meteor shower going on I want to check out. And y'know, Slashdot ought to be reporting about it.
...or at least that's my prediction.
Call me cynical (hiya, Cynical), but there are a quite a few people running a hacked RC5 client who aren't interested in breaking encryption -- they're interested in being number one on the list; screw winning $10K -- seeing one's name in lights is far more important.
Although distributed.net has caught people doing this in the past, there's still a chance that the correct key was glossed over in the rush to be first.
...that I haven't seen Ozy & Millie mentioned, yet. It's something Bill Watterson might have drawn, had he chosen to use foxes instead of a boy and a stuffed tiger. Sinfest and PLIF are good, too, but I recommend O&M highly.
I wrote this in February, but it's been languishing on my HDD ever since. Considering the impending decision by Judge Jackson, I thought I'd share this with you all. Enjoy this li'l parody. (Or not.:) )
"I'm just a Bill"
Original lyrics: Dave Frishberg Satiric lyrics: David McGrath
BOY: Whew! You sure gotta go through a lotta hoops to return Windows for a refund, especially here in Redmond! Hey, I wonder who that sad little nerd is...
NERD: I'm just a Bill, Yes, I'm only a Bill, And I'm sitting here in my office still, 'cause it's a long, long journey To the capital city, It's a long, long wait, Hopin' the government takes pity But I know they'll let me make more money someday... At least I hope and pray that they will, But today I'm still just a Bill.
BOY: Geez, Bill, you certainly don't have much patience or modesty.
NERD: Well, I got *this* far. When I started, I wasn't even well-to-do! I was just a thief. Some folks back in Dartmouth College wrote this neat programming language called BASIC. I fished it out of the trash, added a few minor things, and pretended it was my own. I told them, "Free software's a bad idea. There ought to be a law!" And someone sat down and wrote a law against piracy, and commercial software became popular, and that's how I became Bill. And I'll remain a Bill until they decide to throw out this silly court thing.
I'm just a Bill, Yes I'm only a Bill, I'd go to D.C. but I lack the will. Well now my company's stuck in court And I sit here and subvocally cuss While a few expensive lawyers Debate and discuss Whether they should Let my company go free... Oh how I hope and pray that they will, But today I am still just a Bill.
BOY: Listen to those lawyers arguing! Is all that debate and discussion about your company?
NERD: Hey now, it's not my company, I'm just the CEO!...er, I hope my lawyers win, otherwise I may die.
BOY: Die?
NERD: Well, be forced to pay lots of money, but it's the same thing. Oooh! We managed to confuse the judge into missing some of the tricks we tried. Looks like we won't have to go to the Court of Appeals after all.
BOY: But what if you had to?
NERD: Then I'd appeal when this is all over, and the whole trial starts all over again.
BOY: Oh, no!
NERD: Oh, yes!
I'm just a Bill, Yes I'm only a Bill, And if my lawyers get me off in the trial, Well then I'm off to make software And people will wait in rows With a lot of other people Who're willing to pay through the nose And don't know 'bout Macs, Linux or BSD... Oh, how I hope and pray that they will, But today I am still just a Bill.
BOY: Wait a minute. You mean people don't *have* to buy your products to run my computer? See yuh! I'm going to have to do some research!
NERD: Hey hey hey, get back here! Yes, that's called "choice." If a majority of people stop purchasing programs we make or co-opt, and especially if we lose this case, I'll have to cough up lots of money to keep my company solvent, and I might have to actually start working for a living.
BOY: And by that time, it's very unlikely that you'll ever *become* rich. Gee, it's not easy to be a ruthless multi-billionaire if you aren't allowed to fool and force people into buying your shoddy software, is it?
NERD: No! But how I hope and I pray that I will, But today I am still just a Bill!
LAWYER: We bribed the judge, Bill! Now you're free to *cough* innovate!
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An alternative to blaming the dog. "Wasn't me, honey, it was the computer."
It turns out that 2 + 2 actually = 5.
I know; I'm surprised, too. Well, I'm off to patch my calculator.
Of course it'll be multiplatform. Why, you can run it on XP *and* Vista!
The Sun, as others have commented, is noted for its -- not-necessarily-true articles. For instance, they reported that Martha's character would be gone in season 4 -- which the BBC has roundly denied. And earlier, they wrote that David Tennant would be leaving the role. I get the feeling that someone working at The Sun really doesn't like the show...
The winner will be the first one who makes it to Mornington Crescent.
I'm going to change my hostname to "you_agree_to_let_me_take_any_image_from_your_site .by_including_this_host_in_your_logs_and_permittin g_me_to_connect". If it shows up in their logs, it's conclusive proof that they wanted me to take things from their site.
It's been my observation that sites that distribute pirated books have far, far too many to read -- and many of the books there are obviously scanned through OCR, with no attempt made at legibility. And yet they're still offered.
For most book pirates (and pirates in general, really), it's not about getting books to read for free -- it's all about having the book. To these pirates, if you don't have a bigger collection than everyone else, you're nothin'.
To be honest, it needs work; the top of the screen looks fine, but turbulence causes the bottom of the screen to ruffle about like a flag in wind. Watch the movies provided; the bottom half of the images are all but lost to distortion.
I've heard of dogs fetching your mail, but never mail fetching your dog!
(Thank you, I'll be here all week; the evening show's different from the morning one. Tip your waiter.)
[...] shouldn't you at least let them know your computer can brute force a 128-bit encrypted RC5 key?[...]
Judging by recent statistics, RC5-64 is going to exhaust its keyspace after a little more than 5 years of cracking. RC5-128 is 2^64 bits more dense, so would take 5*2^64 years, assuming present technology. That's 92,233,720,368,547,758,080 -- or a smidge under 100 quintillion years.
Frankly, I don't think aliens would be at all impressed if we stuck to a project that long. Unless we were working out the answer to life, the universe, and everything...
oh no, you mean i can't accurately reproduce quantum effects in
perl?!? fuck man, i just don't believe in anything anymore.
Well, of course you can't. That's what EMACS is for.
From: yaol@puff.wisc.edu (Raymond Lee)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Public Domain Unix Software !
Message-ID: <309@puff.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 16:04:47 EST
Article-I.D.: puff.309
Posted: Wed Nov 5 16:04:47 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Nov-86 22:35:38 EST
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Lines: 9
Keywords: Where are they ?
Hi !
Does anyone knows where public domain unix programs are availiable ?
Is there a site that would accept anonymous ftp which contain these programs ?
Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance ! Any public domain PC programs
that are store somewhere will be appreciate too if they accept anonymous ftp.
Thanks in Advance !
Is it too late to point him at GNU?
(Yeah, I know, GNU != public domain. If you buy the premise...)
Judging by the lack of certain bits of punctuation, the Lexington Herald-Leader needs to use The Demoronizer. Badly. Not everyone uses Microsoft.
But not right now; there's a meteor shower going on I want to check out. And y'know, Slashdot ought to be reporting about it.
Trebuchet \Treb"u*chet\ [...]
A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked.
"Dishonest tradesmen," huh? I don't think I need to make the joke here; it's obvious enough... :)
...or at least that's my prediction. Call me cynical (hiya, Cynical), but there are a quite a few people running a hacked RC5 client who aren't interested in breaking encryption -- they're interested in being number one on the list; screw winning $10K -- seeing one's name in lights is far more important. Although distributed.net has caught people doing this in the past, there's still a chance that the correct key was glossed over in the rush to be first.
...that I haven't seen Ozy & Millie mentioned, yet. It's something Bill Watterson might have drawn, had he chosen to use foxes instead of a boy and a stuffed tiger. Sinfest and PLIF are good, too, but I recommend O&M highly.
Wow, just imagine if you made a Beowulf cluster of these! ;) ;) *watches his karma fall through the floor*