I can't help you with getting the attention of law enforcement or the service provider, but when all is said and done, I bet Peter Neuman at the ACM RISKS Digest would love to publish your story. The RISKS readers would be interested in the original hijacking, and just as interested in the lackadaisical response by those who could do something about it. The risks posed by both problems are the forum's reason for being.
Here's what I've been wondering: if linux has code that's the same as code in SCO unix, why assume that linux copied it from SCO and not vice-versa? You can't just point to code that's the same and say "Aha! linux copied!".
It's not about seeing the same code in both places, it's about establishing which was developed first. You can't look at just the current version of either linux or SCO - you have to look at the change history of the common code. In one version, the code should show some evolution over time - across RCS versions, or across versions of kernel releases. In the copied version, a whole bunch of code will have appeared "Poof!" all at once. You can't just look at the surface - you have to look beneath the surface, into the code's history.
Of course, there is the possibility - I consider it unlikely - that large chunks of code appeared in both places all at once. This will mean that the code was developed over time external to whichever version of linux or SCO unix had it first, then copied in as part of a major rev... but somebody, some developer somewhere, will have interim versions, notes, design docs. Code doesn't just spring from the head of Zeus - it evolves, and whoever developed it will have to be found to prove its origin.
Google had to restore (voluntarily) the Searchking rankings.
Had to? Voluntarily? Those two are contradictory.
Google probably restored the SearchKing rankings as a temporary measure until the matter was settled. Now that it's been established that Google is within their First Amendment rights to rank sites any way they choose, they should return to the version of PageRank that rightfully discredits rankings manipulated by the likes of SearchKing.
Amazon tries to patent: Patent Application 20040182-2774a - Fibrous cellulose sheeting for the removal of extraneous faeces from the posterior opening of the alimentary canal.
And in the bargain, giving a bizarre new meaning to the phrase "Prior Art."
That logo means nothing unless the child also has a Certificate of Authenticity. If the child was delivered without a Certificate, it is unlicensed and must be destroyed.
The Business Software Alliance thanks you for your attention.
If the Taco isn't at least going to read his own web site before posting, why doesn't he at least write a little slash module to search recent articles for possible duplicates? Wouldn't be hard to do, wouldn't have to be some fancy Bayesian filter... or maybe he likes wasting his effort - and our patience - posting dupes.
Cool idea! Kinda like a 21st-century successor to Bambi Meets Godzilla - but with lots of cool computer-rendered Jar-Jar-frag-guts as Chewie tears him to bits. "Meeza Gonna DIE!"
So hide it out in the open. The damn thing looks like a VCR. Put it in another room, away from the computer. Set a 13-inch TV on top of it. Stack a dozen VHS cassettes next to it. With no wires connecting it to the TV, you might just get away with it.
I seem to remember doing much of my 7th period homework during my 6th period Study Hall. Ho no longer has that option.
Sure he does. He just has to negotiate it with his parents and do it with their consent. And they can check later to make sure the homework really got done and turned it. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Q. What's the last thing a redneck says before he dies?
A. "Hey everybody, watch this!"
Hey everybody? You have GOT to be kidding. Admit it, you've never known a real redneck have you? You've watched a couple of episodes of Hee Haw, maybe, but you've never really met or spoken to a real, live, in-the-flesh redneck. Take it from someone who grew up in Alabama, this should be:
"Hey ya'll, watch this!"
(I also would have accepted "Hold my beer and watch this!")
I was under the impression that the Columbia disaster happened *ABOVE* 10,000 feet
Yes, but the poster was talking about final approach and landing. CDR doesn't usually (if I remember correctly) take the stick until after the vehicle is subsonic.
We lost contant with Columbia at over 200,000 ft and something like Mach 16-18. It would have been flying under control of flight software.
No, every crew lands it by hand; none have landed on auto-pilot (although some of them probably should have).
Landing the shuttle by hand is not that hard. The GPC has some steering cues - a vertical and a horizontal needle that you keep centered within a corresponding pair of reticles. You steer the needles using the Rotational Hand Controller (RHC), which is kind of tricky to use because it doesn't pivot at the bottom like a joystick, but in the center. I landed the shuttle in the SMS (mission simulator) flying down from 10,000 ft - first time, too. Landing without the GPC-provided cues, like you have to do when the Backup system is running, is probably several orders of magnitude harder. I don't know whether the Commander lands using the steering cues, or without them, but I know they always take control. BTW, the one thing that the computer can't do, even when landing by autopilot, is to put the gear down. The Commander or Pilot has to do that.
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getting stuck in V8 mode was one problem, IIRC
I heard just the opposite: that it would go into 4-cylinder mode under full throttle. I wonder if GM will get it right this time.
I thought the Singularity was first described in Eric Drexler's book Engines of Creation, and that Vinge picked it up from him. Have I got that backward? Inquiring minds want to know.
And not even an interesting synopsis. "Amateur author rehashes Azimov."
Oh, wow, would the good doctor have something to say to you! It's "Asimov," with an 's'. You might watch for nocturnal visitations from a very angry ghost with a wicked sense of humor.
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...as Kite Aerial Photography. Same idea, except you suspend the camera from a kite.
This is the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the sharer who hosted the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the cracker who sold ripped the AVI that the sharer hosted that Dan downloaded.
This is the Hollywood studio that went broke over poor ticket sales because of the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the actress who can't afford to buy crack because of the movie studio that went broke because of the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the crack dealer who's starving because his customers went broke because of the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the drug kingpin who was assassinated because he couldn't buy guns because of the lost drug revenue because of the AVI that Dan downloaded.
This is the Betty Ford Clinic therapist who's been laid off because of the lack of business because of the AVI that Dan downloaded.
Dan is one influential son of a bitch.
I can't help you with getting the attention of law enforcement or the service provider, but when all is said and done, I bet Peter Neuman at the ACM RISKS Digest would love to publish your story. The RISKS readers would be interested in the original hijacking, and just as interested in the lackadaisical response by those who could do something about it. The risks posed by both problems are the forum's reason for being.
seeing as how he's in utah, maybe a butte pirate?
Whatchew talkin' bout, Willis? Butte is in Montana...
Here's what I've been wondering: if linux has code that's the same as code in SCO unix, why assume that linux copied it from SCO and not vice-versa? You can't just point to code that's the same and say "Aha! linux copied!".
It's not about seeing the same code in both places, it's about establishing which was developed first. You can't look at just the current version of either linux or SCO - you have to look at the change history of the common code. In one version, the code should show some evolution over time - across RCS versions, or across versions of kernel releases. In the copied version, a whole bunch of code will have appeared "Poof!" all at once. You can't just look at the surface - you have to look beneath the surface, into the code's history.
Of course, there is the possibility - I consider it unlikely - that large chunks of code appeared in both places all at once. This will mean that the code was developed over time external to whichever version of linux or SCO unix had it first, then copied in as part of a major rev... but somebody, some developer somewhere, will have interim versions, notes, design docs. Code doesn't just spring from the head of Zeus - it evolves, and whoever developed it will have to be found to prove its origin.
I even remember the line: "Rule 42: All persons more than a mile high to leave the court!" Ha! So there!
Oh, shut UP, Cletus!
ObZip: what's wrong with foo.tar.gz.pgp - or foo.tar.bz2.pgp?
shipped it's One Billionth Chip.
In an unrelated story, Slashdot served up its one billionth page containing a CmdrTaco grammatical error...
Google had to restore (voluntarily) the Searchking rankings.
Had to? Voluntarily? Those two are contradictory.
Google probably restored the SearchKing rankings as a temporary measure until the matter was settled. Now that it's been established that Google is within their First Amendment rights to rank sites any way they choose, they should return to the version of PageRank that rightfully discredits rankings manipulated by the likes of SearchKing.
Amazon tries to patent: Patent Application 20040182-2774a - Fibrous cellulose sheeting for the removal of extraneous faeces from the posterior opening of the alimentary canal.
And in the bargain, giving a bizarre new meaning to the phrase "Prior Art."
That logo means nothing unless the child also has a Certificate of Authenticity. If the child was delivered without a Certificate, it is unlicensed and must be destroyed.
The Business Software Alliance thanks you for your attention.
For years Slashdot has had an abundance of game related content. Unfortunately, we've also had limited space to post those stories
You'd have more room if you'd read your own web site and stop posting so many duplicate stories.
I may do that. I read k5 from time to time and have even written for it. But old habits are hard to break. *sigh* ...
If the Taco isn't at least going to read his own web site before posting, why doesn't he at least write a little slash module to search recent articles for possible duplicates? Wouldn't be hard to do, wouldn't have to be some fancy Bayesian filter... or maybe he likes wasting his effort - and our patience - posting dupes.
Cool idea! Kinda like a 21st-century successor to Bambi Meets Godzilla - but with lots of cool computer-rendered Jar-Jar-frag-guts as Chewie tears him to bits. "Meeza Gonna DIE!"
With no wires connecting it to the TV...
Of course, that should have said "... to the computer...". Read what I meant, not what I wrote.
So hide it out in the open. The damn thing looks like a VCR. Put it in another room, away from the computer. Set a 13-inch TV on top of it. Stack a dozen VHS cassettes next to it. With no wires connecting it to the TV, you might just get away with it.
And it doesn't have to cook in your attic.
"Z minus 10000 meters, Mr. Sulu"
Or words to that effect.
I seem to remember doing much of my 7th period homework during my 6th period Study Hall. Ho no longer has that option.
Sure he does. He just has to negotiate it with his parents and do it with their consent. And they can check later to make sure the homework really got done and turned it. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
--Jim
Q. What's the last thing a redneck says before he dies?
A. "Hey everybody, watch this!"
Hey everybody? You have GOT to be kidding. Admit it, you've never known a real redneck have you? You've watched a couple of episodes of Hee Haw, maybe, but you've never really met or spoken to a real, live, in-the-flesh redneck. Take it from someone who grew up in Alabama, this should be:
"Hey ya'll, watch this!"
(I also would have accepted "Hold my beer and watch this!")
--Jim
I was under the impression that the Columbia disaster happened *ABOVE* 10,000 feet
Yes, but the poster was talking about final approach and landing. CDR doesn't usually (if I remember correctly) take the stick until after the vehicle is subsonic.
We lost contant with Columbia at over 200,000 ft and something like Mach 16-18. It would have been flying under control of flight software.
--Jim
Nobody has done it except for the first crew.
No, every crew lands it by hand; none have landed on auto-pilot (although some of them probably should have).
Landing the shuttle by hand is not that hard. The GPC has some steering cues - a vertical and a horizontal needle that you keep centered within a corresponding pair of reticles. You steer the needles using the Rotational Hand Controller (RHC), which is kind of tricky to use because it doesn't pivot at the bottom like a joystick, but in the center. I landed the shuttle in the SMS (mission simulator) flying down from 10,000 ft - first time, too. Landing without the GPC-provided cues, like you have to do when the Backup system is running, is probably several orders of magnitude harder. I don't know whether the Commander lands using the steering cues, or without them, but I know they always take control. BTW, the one thing that the computer can't do, even when landing by autopilot, is to put the gear down. The Commander or Pilot has to do that.
getting stuck in V8 mode was one problem, IIRC
I heard just the opposite: that it would go into 4-cylinder mode under full throttle. I wonder if GM will get it right this time.
--Jim
Vernor Vinge.
Uh?
I thought the Singularity was first described in Eric Drexler's book Engines of Creation, and that Vinge picked it up from him. Have I got that backward? Inquiring minds want to know.
--Jim
And not even an interesting synopsis. "Amateur author rehashes Azimov."
Oh, wow, would the good doctor have something to say to you! It's "Asimov," with an 's'. You might watch for nocturnal visitations from a very angry ghost with a wicked sense of humor.
--Jim