I wonder if some of the various solutions to ending the spam deluge such as micro transactions et al. would be taken up if this spammer actually started killing people.
Look man, That's the only bad ass thing that lawyers get to say. Everything else is boring as hell. (Unless you're Al Pacino) Don't take that away from them.
You know, I've always wondered why there isn't some decent pairity on the data for optical disks? With Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, there should be more than enough space to implement this on all but the most packed full versions. I don't know how badly this would affect read performance, but I'm certainly willing to wait an extra second or 3 of loading to avoid losing the entire data set.
If you take a very small magnet, (refrigerator magnets will do) and move the magnet AROUND THE CIRCLE of the disk, it will cause the magnetic bits to line themselves up correctly, saving your important data on those crappy old 3.5" disks. The greatest thing is that it's a magnet, so you don't even have to open up the 3.5" case to get at the disk inside. I've saved countless disks of their important data this way.
If you have a very steady hand, this will even work on a hard drive!
I guess you missed the news about Hurricane Rita eh? Luckily for the cops in Texas, the movement of they flying trees and the flying people was all relative, so they could still tune their radar guns.
I should know too, they gave me a ticket for going 40 in a 25 mph zone, and for failing to yield to an officer when I didn't pull my house over fast enough for them.
The most important question for me before going to Best Buy to purchase is really how much of the proceeds go to the Ubuntu project. If it's 0 or a paltry sum (as I suspect) I'll go out of my way to tell people NOT to buy it from Best Buy. Preloaded on a computer, sure, but for anything else, get an Official Copy. Or, wait for a free CD from shipit and spend the money on an awesome T-shirt.
I wore a pure tin hat for years until the whiskers started getting into my brain. After a few minor surgeries in my bathroom, (what, you thought I'd let someone ELSE cut into my brain??) I was satisfied that I'd gotten all those pesky whiskers out of there.
So, having learned my lesson, I switched to aluminum hatgear, and in the course of it's use, I've found that it is JUST AS EFFECTIVE!!
So don't let anyone tell you that tinfoil isn't as effective as aluminum foil. I'm certainly satisfied and will continue to use aluminum unless there's another unforeseen problem, like aluminum ears or toes or fingers or something...
I recieved $13 from the CD price fixing class action suit. I found out about it from Slashdot no less.
Perhaps some enterprising Microsoft purchaser will get a website set up to start collecting names. I also wonder if a class action could force Microsoft to (securely) give up it's Plays For Shure customer list.
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I wonder if some of the various solutions to ending the spam deluge such as micro transactions et al. would be taken up if this spammer actually started killing people.
O NOES, THE N WORD!
Quit taking our jobs!
Damn future Euoropeople. Gyarrrrr....
You have no idea how much those freak out gamers.
There are examples of this everywhere. The first I can think of is AOL.
Look man, That's the only bad ass thing that lawyers get to say. Everything else is boring as hell. (Unless you're Al Pacino) Don't take that away from them.
From the paper, one of the best lines evar:
"Understanding this relationship between law and taboo ultimately yields fuck jurisprudence."
The worst part is really the cavity search.
You know, I've always wondered why there isn't some decent pairity on the data for optical disks? With Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, there should be more than enough space to implement this on all but the most packed full versions. I don't know how badly this would affect read performance, but I'm certainly willing to wait an extra second or 3 of loading to avoid losing the entire data set.
If you take a very small magnet, (refrigerator magnets will do) and move the magnet AROUND THE CIRCLE of the disk, it will cause the magnetic bits to line themselves up correctly, saving your important data on those crappy old 3.5" disks. The greatest thing is that it's a magnet, so you don't even have to open up the 3.5" case to get at the disk inside. I've saved countless disks of their important data this way.
If you have a very steady hand, this will even work on a hard drive!
This is a brilliant paper that sums it all up. It was posted on ./ a few years back, couldn't find the ./ story but I did find the paper:
I've Got Nothing to Hide and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
IANAL, but it's likely that Apple-Labelled has been defined somewhere by Apple to mean their product and not a sticker stuck on a truck.
Final Fantasy 7 had a racing sequence...
It could be worse, we could base our national politics on who has the most money...
I guess you missed the news about Hurricane Rita eh? Luckily for the cops in Texas, the movement of they flying trees and the flying people was all relative, so they could still tune their radar guns.
I should know too, they gave me a ticket for going 40 in a 25 mph zone, and for failing to yield to an officer when I didn't pull my house over fast enough for them.
The most important question for me before going to Best Buy to purchase is really how much of the proceeds go to the Ubuntu project. If it's 0 or a paltry sum (as I suspect) I'll go out of my way to tell people NOT to buy it from Best Buy. Preloaded on a computer, sure, but for anything else, get an Official Copy. Or, wait for a free CD from shipit and spend the money on an awesome T-shirt.
I wore a pure tin hat for years until the whiskers started getting into my brain. After a few minor surgeries in my bathroom, (what, you thought I'd let someone ELSE cut into my brain??) I was satisfied that I'd gotten all those pesky whiskers out of there. So, having learned my lesson, I switched to aluminum hatgear, and in the course of it's use, I've found that it is JUST AS EFFECTIVE!! So don't let anyone tell you that tinfoil isn't as effective as aluminum foil. I'm certainly satisfied and will continue to use aluminum unless there's another unforeseen problem, like aluminum ears or toes or fingers or something...
JENGA!!!!
You must have missed: Confirmation of stealth Windows Update.
Which naturally led to: Microsoft 'Stealth Update' Proving Problematic.
Tazers.
The second to last sentence is a pretty good reason for the G-Men to start creating these... less-lethal worms.
I think when all is said and done, the strongest argument against white hat worms is the ease of abuse.
"Yeah, my worm installed Norton(tm) on their computer to block IST. It even came with a 1 year free subscription!"
He skipped it, but read Dr. Eggman's post. Knowing that a /. post couldn't be in err, he went ahead and wrote his comment before actually reading.
... but I know it's the best I've to see yet!
Nothing wrong with that, I certainly don't read the comments before I post something.
In fact, I don't even know what the aforementioned 'it' is...
Every time someone mentions "DRM" and "You don't actually *own* your private property," a Libertarian gets royally cheesed off.
I recieved $13 from the CD price fixing class action suit. I found out about it from Slashdot no less.
Perhaps some enterprising Microsoft purchaser will get a website set up to start collecting names. I also wonder if a class action could force Microsoft to (securely) give up it's Plays For Shure customer list.
You need to open source that beautiful bastard.