Check it out... in the e-mail they send to members, they don't even tell you what the new agreement is that you're agreeing to, you have to go to a web page (which can be changed w/o your knowledge). Nice way to have a binding contract done, eh?
Subject:
Changes to eBay User Agreement & Privacy Policy
Date:
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 04:03:20 -0800
From:
"eBay Announcements"
To:
[me]
[line of equals signs that trips the lame filter]
Changes to eBay User Agreement & Privacy Policy
[line of equals signs that trips the lame filter]
This administrative email was sent to jbridge21@earthling.net based on your account at eBay.
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Official Notice of Revision to the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy
We are committed to improving your experience at eBay. We have modified the User Agreement and Privacy Policy based on suggestions from our users and to accommodate future site improvements. The User Agreement describes your rights and responsibilities while bidding and selling at eBay while the Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information.
To learn more about what was changed in the User Agreement, please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/uarevision1-faq. html#4. To see the revised User Agreement, please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-user.html . For additional information, please visit the User Agreement FAQ which is available at: http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/f-agreement.html .
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One forced upgrade that I'm really pissed about right now is that of internet explorer.
Sure, most people who use it are using versions 5.01 or 5.5 right now.... but what about those who aren't? I actually PREFER version 4.02 to the latter stuff, but with the bug that was on/. a few days ago, it mentioned that they didn't put out a patch for 4.02, let alone even test to see if it HAD the bug! So now I have to be veeeery wary when using IE4... sucks. -----
It would be really great to see the new amiga OS take off. They have the technology there to pull it off, now they just need the marketing.
Cross-platform programming with the new amiga OS is really great: you have one generic binary labeled progname.00, and when you run it on your system, it recompiles it into a native binary, say, progname.03. There is a different suffix for each platform that amiga supports, and any program written for the generic new amiga platform can be run on any platform that new amiga supports... even if that platform did not exist when the program was originally written! -----
You can get antennas from such places as HyperLink Technologies that can give you up to a 24 dBi improvement. A combination of a good antenna with good outdoor placement can do wonders for a lot of people.
[Disclaimer: I don't work for HyperLinkTech.] -----
Goldfinger.
He's the man, the man with the midas touch.
A spider's touch.
Such a cold finger.
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don't go in.
Golden words he will pour in your ear,
But his lies can't disguise what you fear,
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her,
It's the kiss of death from
Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold.
Golden words he will pour in your ear,
But his lies can't disguise what you fear,
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her,
It's the kiss of death from
Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold.
He loves only gold,
Only gold.
He loves gold.
He loves only gold,
Only gold.
He loves gold.
----------
8. What is the Lessiss-Moore algorithm?
The Lessiss-Moore algorithm was invented by Werner von Lessiss and R.T.Moore in the middle of the last Century. I'm sorry; I meant to say the middle of last week. [note to nate:change this].
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They might change this, but that's what was on the page as of 23:46 CST. -----
It is still 31 Marz, but the page has April 1 date on it.
Also check out the license agreement, it's probably the most amusing part:
"The Free Object-Oriented License"
(1)
This software may be distributed, in whole or in part, in sickness
or in health, for better or for worse, forsaking all others, for as
long as we both shall live. Upon such occasion as deemed appropriate
by the laws of this state and the Attorney General, or the General
Attorney, or the King of Pop, you will transferred to a correctional
facility until such time as you will be put to death.
(2)
You have the right to an attorney. You have the right to remain
silent. You have to fight for your right to par-tee. This license
may not be revoked, redistributed, photocopied, or discussed without
the express written consent of the parents. All models eighteen years
of age, proof on file. The manager is not responsible for lost baggage.
(3)
This product comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY. It also comes without
meat, for those on a restricted diet. For score and seven years ago,
our forebearers brought FORTH into this great ham a new nation,
founded with liberty, justice, and the American way. Amway is another
story altogether. Carry your paper reciept with you at all times, until
your plastic one arrives in the mail. A thin layer of aluminum foil may
protect against leaks.
(4)
If at first you don't succeed, cry, try again. As my Calculus teacher
in high school used to say, "Alegbra is not magic. Algebra does not
think. Human beings think; and when they do not think, and use algebra,
then they are dangerous" (Book of Quigley, W:454). 2John 3:16. Best
pecan pie in the county, guaranteed. Not redeemable for cash.
(5)
Should the creators of this product fail to uphold their duties as
spelled out in this contract, they shall forfeit the right to their
crown, and the contestant ranked as First Alternate shall be named
creator. Should no first alternate exist, the position will be
determined by a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate. All disputes
will be settled by force.
(6)
Conjuction junction, what's *your* function? Shall I compare thee to a
summer's day? Thou art more than expected. If a train leaves Chicago
for New York at 8:00am, traveling at 60 kph, and another train on a
parallel track leaves New York for Chicago one hour later at 75 kph,
when the two trains meet, which one will be further from Chicago?
Write your entry on the back of 3x5 or larger notecard, and wait for
our call. No, YOU shut up! In Texas, we have a saying:
(6.5)
No eating the rabbits. Did I say no licking the rabbits? No, but it was
implied. If you think I'm kidding just try it, punk. Direct all comments to
Office of the Director General, c/o Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 3000 W
Alameda Blvd, Burbank CA 91523. I wouldn't touch that if I were you. You
must provide a valid telephone number, or you will not receive your ticket.
Does anybody else see a bright, pink light at the back of their eyes?
(7)
In the event that this software should require modification, return your
computer to its original retail outlet. Await further instructions. Meditation
will not help. Should you wish to alter or make any modifications, additions, or
subtractions, or complex polynomial transformations, good luck, Chester.
You're on your own. Ask not, want not. You can't make an omlette without
breakin' a few heads. Some assembly required. A dark color will appear
quickly. For best results, brew two cups at one time. Do not wash between
use. Showing one's teeth to the dominant male will be taken as a sign of
aggression. Once every hour, on the hour, and at other times determined at the
discretion of the lifeguard on duty, we will perform a Buddy Check. When the
whistle is blown, find your buddy and step onto the shore.
(8)
To indicate your agreement with the terms of this license agrement, you may
sign your computer screen. We will wait for you on the other side, brother. Keep the
faith. Be strong, and remember: be yourself, because you have to someone, and
everyone else is already taken. -----
I am pretty sure this is a joke, as unless the data is somewhat specialized (sound, pictures, moving pictures, to name a few), then it is very difficult to quantify which parts of the data to get rid of when compressing.
You can't just take some random file, drop a few bits here and there, and expect it to be usable on the other side. It works for JPEG, MPEG video, and MPEG audio because they know precisely how human senses work. -----
Speed limits exist for a reason. I have never been in a wreck when I was driving, but as a passenger I have been ejected from a car and another time my friend tried to avoid an animal in the road, overcorrected and sent us into a guardrail at 80mph. I can speak first hand of the pain caused by wrecks that would not have happened had my friends been driving the speed limit.
My question to you is, why were you in the car with someone who was endangering your life? You have only yourself to blame.
The issue here is not whether going to fast is bad (we already know that), and not whether speed limits should be changed (that's a whole other argument), but the nasty implications of this.
The potential for a black market is obvious, and there may be people already investigating this. The privacy implications are also preposterous. This technology allows cops to get around a few things in the constitution, if they try hard enough. (Maybe not technically, but it'll effectively be guilty until proven innocent.)
Slashdot Mirror
can you say, pthreads?
those have been around for long enough that you should know about them.
glibc2.0 and above have supported threads natively since their inception.
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> These modern kids don't know the simple
:-)
> joy of saving four bytes of page-0 memory
> on a 6502 box.
Actually, I do
And, I would probably fall under the category of "modern kid".
So there!
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wait wait wait..... how come a glass of water heats up? specifically, what's the wavelength at 2.4 GHz? *calculates*
0.125 meters, or 12.5 cm.
I do believe that if you have a thimble-sized cup of water, smaller than 12.5cm, it WILL heat up in a microwave oven...
What gives?
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Does this mean that I won't be able to fry ants with a magnifying glass made out of this stuff?
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you can use ASF Recorder to download the file, and avifile/aviplay to view it, ALL ON LINUX.
.sig.
a link to asf recorder is in my
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I think that this rates up there among those deep questions, like
"Is there a god?",
"What is the ultimate fate of humanity?", and
"What should I eat for lunch?"
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I've been running a large number of servers on a cable modem for well over a year now. Time Warner. No fuss.
(DSL is not available at the location the servers are.)
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Check it out... in the e-mail they send to members, they don't even tell you what the new agreement is that you're agreeing to, you have to go to a web page (which can be changed w/o your knowledge). Nice way to have a binding contract done, eh?
. html#4. To see the revised User Agreement, please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-user.html . For additional information, please visit the User Agreement FAQ which is available at: http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/f-agreement.html .
. html#4. To see the revised Privacy Policy please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-priv.html .
. html. Note that it may take up to 5 days to process your request. Visit our Privacy Policy at http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-priv.html and User Agreement at http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-user.html if you have any questions.
Subject:
Changes to eBay User Agreement & Privacy Policy
Date:
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 04:03:20 -0800
From:
"eBay Announcements"
To:
[me]
[line of equals signs that trips the lame filter]
Changes to eBay User Agreement & Privacy Policy
[line of equals signs that trips the lame filter]
This administrative email was sent to jbridge21@earthling.net based on your account at eBay.
[line of dashes that trips the lame filter]
Official Notice of Revision to the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy
We are committed to improving your experience at eBay. We have modified the User Agreement and Privacy Policy based on suggestions from our users and to accommodate future site improvements. The User Agreement describes your rights and responsibilities while bidding and selling at eBay while the Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information.
To learn more about what was changed in the User Agreement, please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/uarevision1-faq
To learn more about what was changed in the Privacy Policy, please go to http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/pprevision1-faq
This agreement is effective on May 21st, 2001 for new registering users, and is otherwise effective on May 15th, 2001 for all users registered prior to May 21st, 2001.
[line of dashes that trips the lame filter]
As outlined in our User Agreement, eBay will periodically send you information about site changes & enhancements. If you would like to review your notification preferences for other types of communications, please visit http://pages.ebay.com/services/myebay/optin-login
Copyright © 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.
Please include the following text in your reply.
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just out of curiosity, how did you find my site? through my /. sig, which appears below? or something else?
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One forced upgrade that I'm really pissed about right now is that of internet explorer.
/. a few days ago, it mentioned that they didn't put out a patch for 4.02, let alone even test to see if it HAD the bug! So now I have to be veeeery wary when using IE4... sucks.
Sure, most people who use it are using versions 5.01 or 5.5 right now.... but what about those who aren't? I actually PREFER version 4.02 to the latter stuff, but with the bug that was on
-----
Let's see, this couldn't be another repeat article, could it?
Lame.
-----
It would be really great to see the new amiga OS take off. They have the technology there to pull it off, now they just need the marketing.
Cross-platform programming with the new amiga OS is really great: you have one generic binary labeled progname.00, and when you run it on your system, it recompiles it into a native binary, say, progname.03. There is a different suffix for each platform that amiga supports, and any program written for the generic new amiga platform can be run on any platform that new amiga supports... even if that platform did not exist when the program was originally written!
-----
I have just one word for this story... LAME.
-----
You can get antennas from such places as HyperLink Technologies that can give you up to a 24 dBi improvement. A combination of a good antenna with good outdoor placement can do wonders for a lot of people.
[Disclaimer: I don't work for HyperLinkTech.]
-----
If in doubt, nmap is your friend.
-----
The first post was before i had read the link. so don't trash me just because i wasn't totally sure at first.
I just think it's an amusing prank, is all.
-----
anybody know how this Bond reference ties in?
Goldfinger.
He's the man, the man with the midas touch.
A spider's touch.
Such a cold finger.
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don't go in.
Golden words he will pour in your ear,
But his lies can't disguise what you fear,
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her,
It's the kiss of death from
Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold.
Golden words he will pour in your ear,
But his lies can't disguise what you fear,
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her,
It's the kiss of death from
Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold.
He loves only gold,
Only gold.
He loves gold.
He loves only gold,
Only gold.
He loves gold.
-----
The best part is the monkey-with-banannas picture.
If you download the tarball, and uncompress it, the lzip file is really a JPEG.
-----
Ha! They've been caught red-handed!
from http://lzip.sourceforge.net/faq.html
----------
8. What is the Lessiss-Moore algorithm?
The Lessiss-Moore algorithm was invented by Werner von Lessiss and R.T.Moore in the middle of the last Century. I'm sorry; I meant to say the middle of last week. [note to nate:change this].
----------
They might change this, but that's what was on the page as of 23:46 CST.
-----
Ahem!
It is still 31 Marz, but the page has April 1 date on it.
Also check out the license agreement, it's probably the most amusing part:
"The Free Object-Oriented License"
(1)
This software may be distributed, in whole or in part, in sickness
or in health, for better or for worse, forsaking all others, for as
long as we both shall live. Upon such occasion as deemed appropriate
by the laws of this state and the Attorney General, or the General
Attorney, or the King of Pop, you will transferred to a correctional
facility until such time as you will be put to death.
(2)
You have the right to an attorney. You have the right to remain
silent. You have to fight for your right to par-tee. This license
may not be revoked, redistributed, photocopied, or discussed without
the express written consent of the parents. All models eighteen years
of age, proof on file. The manager is not responsible for lost baggage.
(3)
This product comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY. It also comes without
meat, for those on a restricted diet. For score and seven years ago,
our forebearers brought FORTH into this great ham a new nation,
founded with liberty, justice, and the American way. Amway is another
story altogether. Carry your paper reciept with you at all times, until
your plastic one arrives in the mail. A thin layer of aluminum foil may
protect against leaks.
(4)
If at first you don't succeed, cry, try again. As my Calculus teacher
in high school used to say, "Alegbra is not magic. Algebra does not
think. Human beings think; and when they do not think, and use algebra,
then they are dangerous" (Book of Quigley, W:454). 2John 3:16. Best
pecan pie in the county, guaranteed. Not redeemable for cash.
(5)
Should the creators of this product fail to uphold their duties as
spelled out in this contract, they shall forfeit the right to their
crown, and the contestant ranked as First Alternate shall be named
creator. Should no first alternate exist, the position will be
determined by a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate. All disputes
will be settled by force.
(6)
Conjuction junction, what's *your* function? Shall I compare thee to a
summer's day? Thou art more than expected. If a train leaves Chicago
for New York at 8:00am, traveling at 60 kph, and another train on a
parallel track leaves New York for Chicago one hour later at 75 kph,
when the two trains meet, which one will be further from Chicago?
Write your entry on the back of 3x5 or larger notecard, and wait for
our call. No, YOU shut up! In Texas, we have a saying:
(6.5)
No eating the rabbits. Did I say no licking the rabbits? No, but it was
implied. If you think I'm kidding just try it, punk. Direct all comments to
Office of the Director General, c/o Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 3000 W
Alameda Blvd, Burbank CA 91523. I wouldn't touch that if I were you. You
must provide a valid telephone number, or you will not receive your ticket.
Does anybody else see a bright, pink light at the back of their eyes?
(7)
In the event that this software should require modification, return your
computer to its original retail outlet. Await further instructions. Meditation
will not help. Should you wish to alter or make any modifications, additions, or
subtractions, or complex polynomial transformations, good luck, Chester.
You're on your own. Ask not, want not. You can't make an omlette without
breakin' a few heads. Some assembly required. A dark color will appear
quickly. For best results, brew two cups at one time. Do not wash between
use. Showing one's teeth to the dominant male will be taken as a sign of
aggression. Once every hour, on the hour, and at other times determined at the
discretion of the lifeguard on duty, we will perform a Buddy Check. When the
whistle is blown, find your buddy and step onto the shore.
(8)
To indicate your agreement with the terms of this license agrement, you may
sign your computer screen. We will wait for you on the other side, brother. Keep the
faith. Be strong, and remember: be yourself, because you have to someone, and
everyone else is already taken.
-----
I am pretty sure this is a joke, as unless the data is somewhat specialized (sound, pictures, moving pictures, to name a few), then it is very difficult to quantify which parts of the data to get rid of when compressing.
You can't just take some random file, drop a few bits here and there, and expect it to be usable on the other side. It works for JPEG, MPEG video, and MPEG audio because they know precisely how human senses work.
-----
That's just for the probably-crappy driver that Sun wrote for Solaris.
If you're going to be making your own driver for the card, you might as well have multi-card support, right?
-----
They need to take Iridium down, damnit, so that the radio scientists can hear what they're listening for.
-----
Speed limits exist for a reason. I have never been in a wreck when I was driving, but as a passenger I have been ejected from a car and another time my friend tried to avoid an animal in the road, overcorrected and sent us into a guardrail at 80mph. I can speak first hand of the pain caused by wrecks that would not have happened had my friends been driving the speed limit.
My question to you is, why were you in the car with someone who was endangering your life? You have only yourself to blame.
The issue here is not whether going to fast is bad (we already know that), and not whether speed limits should be changed (that's a whole other argument), but the nasty implications of this.
The potential for a black market is obvious, and there may be people already investigating this. The privacy implications are also preposterous. This technology allows cops to get around a few things in the constitution, if they try hard enough. (Maybe not technically, but it'll effectively be guilty until proven innocent.)
Bah.
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this gets called from my main firewall init script: (edit for non-IPChains)
/etc/rc.d/ip.blacklist: IP forwarding blacklist script.
#!/bin/sh
#
#
#
IPCHAINS=/sbin/ipchains
### doubleclick.net sucks arse
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.77.79.192/26 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.85.84.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.160.54.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.166.98.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.168.198.0/25 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 128.11.60.64/26 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 128.11.92.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 192.65.80.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 199.95.206.0/23 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 199.95.208.0/23 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 199.95.210.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.94.129.65/32 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.176.152.248/28 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.176.177.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.178.112.100/32 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.178.112.160/27 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.186.74.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 204.253.104.0/23 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 205.138.3.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 206.65.181.96/30 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 206.65.181.104/30 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 206.65.183.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.10.202.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.32.211.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.184.29.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.203.243.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.211.225.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 208.228.86.0/24 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 209.67.38.101/30 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 209.67.38.105/30 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 209.67.38.150/32 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 209.167.73.128/27 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 209.249.231.45/32 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 216.94.59.64/27 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 216.230.65.64/28 -j REJECT
### msn
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 207.46.188.0/24 -j REJECT
### quova.com
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.109.88.104/29 -j REJECT
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 63.102.181.0/24 -j REJECT
### virus junk
# i love you virus
$IPCHAINS -A output -d 199.108.232.1/30 -j REJECT
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