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1	root	1.469	polkit: Similar to sudo but much more complicated
2
3			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
4			%
5			D-Bus: IPC, but complicated. Why do we need XML schema files, why is there
6			sometimes / notation and sometimes ., and so on. IPC is a good thing, but
7			this implementation is too complicated!
8
9			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
10			%
11			Pipewire: Solution in search of a problem you don't have without Wayland?
12
13			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
14			%
15			In general, Wayland is moving away from the modularity, portability, and standardization of the X server.
16
17			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
18			%
19			The Wayland "reference implementation" is a small set of libraries that
20			can be used to build a compositor or a client application. These libraries
21			currently have hard dependencies on Linux kernel APIs like epoll. In
22			pkgsrc we've patched the libraries to add kqueue(2) support, but the
23			patches haven't been accepted upstream. Wayland is written with the
24			assumption of Linux to the extent that every client application tends to
25			#include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's designers didn't see the need
26			to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse button IDs.
27
28			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
29			%
30	root	1.468	As best I can tell (from the long and unsatisfactory thread I pursed on
31			the Wayland Developers list some little time ago), the core issue with
32			Wayland and Color is social, not technical:
33
34			1. none of the key developers have the faintest idea what Color or Color
35			Management is, and (worse):
36
37			2. they have no idea why it would be at all important.
38
39			[https://discuss.pixls.us/t/wayland-color-management/10804/4]
40			%
41			> (isn't it the case with ifconfig vs. ip already?)
42
43			Wayland is more like they created ip but named the command ifconfig, then
44			told you to go fix your scripts.
45
46			If the Wayland developers had sense, they would have carefully considered
47			how to make it a seemless transition for developers. Instead, they decided
48			they were the ultimate authority on software engineering and screw
49			developers, they are all doing it wrong anyways.
50
51			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3862027]
52			%
53			Wayland is written with the assumption of Linux to the extent that every
54			client application tends to #include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's
55			designers didn't see the need to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse
56			button IDs.
57
58			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
59			%
60			... a basic barebones TWM for X11 works better and offers more features
61			than Weston which contains ~20 times more code
62
63			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3526530]
64			%
65			"It is true that Wayland somewhat sucks ass" -- The Lutris founder
66			[The Lutris founder quoting himself]
67			%
68			Eine solche Regulierung schafft man in Deutschland nur für wirklich
69			wichtige Themen wie zur Durchsetzung der Bereitstellung von Schnittstellen
70			für die Telekommunikationsüberwachung. Bei so irrelevanten Themen wie
71			dem Katastrophenschutz und der Alarmierung der Bevölkerung braucht man
72			den Markt nicht zu regulieren.
73
74			[https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20210719-smscb/]
75			From: Stephen Searle
76			Date: 18 Mar 1998, 09:00:00
77			Subject: A Clockwork Nethacker
78
79			What if the next version of Nethack has a new class based on the Droogs
80			of Anthony Burgess' novel (and later Stanley Kubrick film) "A Clockwork
81			Orange"?
82
83			I imagine the language would be radically different, like the
84			Samurai-speak only much, much more so...
85
86			Your rookers glow red -more-
87			You tolchock the floating glazzy real horrorshow! -more-
88			The floating glazzy appears bezoomny.
89			You brosay your britva at the floating glazzy -more-
90			The floating glazzy is oobivatted!
91
92			Ugh - that Pishcha was rotten! -more-
93			You feel a malenky bit bolnoy.
94
95			You govoreet with the charlie of Bog -more-
96			The charlie asks you for some cutter for the temple.
97
98			The devotchka flashes her groodies at you -more-
99			"Take off your platties, they're in the way" -more-
100			Raz stands still while you and the devotchka lie in each other's rookers...
101			(or:)
102			"You're such a bolshy chelloveck, I wish..."
103
104			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you!
105			Your shlem blocks the attack to your gulliver.
106			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you real horrorshow!
107			Your brain is eaten! You feel gloopy!
108
109			An enormous dook appears next to you!
110			You are poogly to snuffit and unable to itty!
111
112			You slooshy someone cursing prestoopnicks.
113
114			You ittied from the shop without pretty pollying! -more-
115			You crasted 100 gollies worth of veshches! -more-
116			A millicent's whistle zvooks -more-
117			The Keystone rozzes are after you!
118
119
120			Heh... I think I will have to write a little text filter for Nethack :-)
121
122			-SJS
123
124			[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/c/3P5KdEPru6o/m/UxXyLvAsJUwJ]
125			%
126			"Validity of journal" is not an argument from authority fallacy, it is an
127			assessment of the prior on source quality.
128			%
129	root	1.467	You know what they say though, if the punishment for a crime is a fee
130			then it’s only a crime for the poor.
131			%
132	root	1.466	[https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/]
133
134			In completely unrelated news, upcoming versions of Signal will be
135			periodically fetching files to place in app storage. These files are never
136			used for anything inside Signal and never interact with Signal software or
137			data, but they look nice, and aesthetics are important in software. Files
138			will only be returned for accounts that have been active installs for some
139			time already, and only probabilistically in low percentages based on phone
140			number sharding. We have a few different versions of files that we think
141			are aesthetically pleasing, and will iterate through those slowly over
142			time. There is no other significance to these files.
143			%
144	root	1.465	"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's
145			life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy
146			that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes,
147			leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to
148			deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. "
149			- John Rogers
150			%
151	root	1.464	The population is made up of four types of people: A small number hunt
152			witches. A large number go along with the hunt. A larger number are
153			silent. A tiny number oppose it. The final group — as if by magic —
154			become witches.
155
156			– Bret Weinstein
157			%
158	root	1.463	Looting is transition to freedom.
159			- Rumsfeld 2003
160			%
161	root	1.462	I’m adding a new favorite Randroid argument to my list:
162
163			1) "You disagree with me, therefore you don’t understand Rand’s ‘philosophy’."
164
165			2) "You didn’t REALLY read her books and essays. Go read them again… you still disagree?" (defer back to 1)
166
167			3) Angry name calling (always a favorite)
168
169			4)!! "Read Rand’s disciples, they surely knew better what Rand REALLY meant." (Last line of defense when 1,2,3 fail)
170
171			[commenter at http://www.rotman.uwo.ca/the-system-that-wasnt-there-ayn-rands-failed-philosophy-and-why-it-matters/]
172			%
173	root	1.461	Doubly-linked lists are hard
174			- a rust tutorial
175			%
176	root	1.460	As someone who has been acquainted with a surprisingly large number of
177			people who write fantasy, I can tell you that the difference between
178			fantasy and reality is that fantasy has to make sense.
179
180			[Tyvor Winn, https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2019/07/fire-breathing-dinosaurs.html]
181			%
182			The overarching theme of the code of conduct has always been Be Nice and
183			that has been problematic for a long time.
184
185			[https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334058/are-there-specific-issues-with-unwelcoming-behavior-toward-lgbtq-persons-on-stac/]
186			%
187	root	1.459	GNU Powered it
188			GPL Protected it
189			GOD Blessed it
190
191			[from Nala Ginrut's mail signature]
192			%
193	root	1.458	a friend once told me that "ex-mother-in-law-to-be" was the most wonderful
194			kinship term she'd ever heard.
195
196			[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/tense.html]
197			%
198			> I have long considered that the BRs were written by the in-group, for
199			> the in-group, and do not adequately call out the expected processes for
200			> an outsider wanting to join the in-group.
201
202			I don't agree.
203
204			> The outsiders sometimes struggle not because they are trying to
205			> accomplish anything of wrong intent, but because the step by step path
206			> is not as clear as it could be.
207
208			As an outsider, it's true that you are expected to know how to be a
209			trustworthy CA. The ecosystem is not designed to help you to learn how
210			to be trustworthy - the ecosystem does not improve from having more
211			applicants who lack that knowledge - and so yes, the baseline expectation
212			is that applying CAs are operated beyond reproach.
213
214			[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427262]
215			[darkmatter uae trying to get a root certificate for nefarious purposes]
216			%
217			> that way you can adapt your own UID allocation to reliably avoid that range.
218
219			That is my major issue with systemd: That it postulates that everybody
220			else shall adapt to its conventions, w/o configurability, even if there
221			other conventions exist for a very long time.
222
223			[https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/]
224			%
225			static void die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog(void) __dead;
226
227			[minix/sbin/shutdown sources]
228			%
229	root	1.457	However, as you can imagine, this is a terrible idea for some zones. If
230			you could walk the .gov zone, you could learn every US government agency
231			and government agency portal.
232
233			[wow, it's terrible if people could learn about every US government
234			agency? of the people, for the people, no?]
235
236			[https://blog.cloudflare.com/black-lies/]
237			%
238			Most of the images at NASA have their EXIF data completely removed.
239
240			[hollycrap in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1016]
241			%
242			The theory of gravity explaining our solar system, can easily be disproved
243			as objects that only had attractive force towards each other would end up
244			smashing into each other, sooner or later.
245
246			[aa5 in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1957]
247			%
248			Windows 98 "SE" "Suckers Edition"
249			Windows "ME" Mistake Edition
250			Windows "NT" Not to Terrible
251			Windows 2000 ahhhhh! A good OS!
252			Windows "XP" eXtra Problems
253			%
254	root	1.456	Instead of banning every word out there, we should make the mental effort
255			to do better than the political correctness movement that stops at the
256			surface. So, let’s call it master-slave, and instead make a call for US,
257			where a sizable black population is very poor, to have free healthcare,
258			to have cops that are less biased against non-white people, to stop death
259			penalty. This makes really a difference.
260
261			[http://antirez.com/news/122]
262			%
263			"MASTER/Slave" is ungood crimethinkful oldspeak. plusgood rectify unword.
264			Is Minitrue doubleplusgoodwork truthwise. chocorat anyone?
265
266			[https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692#issuecomment-44847465]
267			%
268	root	1.455	Somebody should tell EU, 1984 was not an instruction manual.
269
270			[BhishmPitamah, in https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9f9za4/europe_just_voted/]
271			%
272	root	1.454	[supposedly from the firmware update script for certain tesla car models]
273
274			# We should have some way here of keeping the car parked. What if
275			# they try to drive off while we're in the middle of an upgrade?
276
277			# We should also have a mutex around everything that follows. What if
278			# unpack.sh gets triggered on the same tarball twice? This is more of
279			# a problem now that we might be deferring installation.
280
281			# We should also have a recovery system. What if we remove the
282			# tarball filename but this process is killed before it can complete?
283
284			[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3862643&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=87#post]
285			%
286	root	1.453	[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#tech-editor]
287
288			Vim 15.2%
289			Emacs 3.8%
290
291			[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-development-environments]
292
293			Vim 26.1%
294			Emacs 5.2%
295			%
296	root	1.452	Systemd dies if there is no cgroup support in the kernel.
297
298			Poettering: "To make this work we’d need a patch, as nobody of us tests this"
299
300			R! /dir/.* destroys root.
301
302			Poettering: "I am not sure I'd consider this much of a problem. Yeah, it's a UNIX pitfall, but "rm -rf /foo/.*" will work the exact same way, no?"
303
304			Processes owned by a user with a leading zero in the name are started with root privilege..
305
306			Pottering: "I don't think there's anything to fix in systemd here"
307
308			Systemd kill background processes after user logs out.
309
310			Poettering: "In my view it was actually quite strange of UNIX that it by default let arbitrary user code stay around unrestricted after logout."
311
312			'I have an issue with journal corruptions and need to know what is the accepted way to deal with them.'
313
314			Poettering: "Yupp, journal corruptions result in rotation, and when reading we try to make the best of it. they are nothing we really need to fix hence."
315
316			'Poettering locked and limited conversation to collaborators on 17 Apr'
317
318			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10927261&cid=54905721]
319			%
320			[raid controller vendor lock-in techniques]
321
322			>>> Are HP/PMCS doing the Intel/LSI thing with controllers only working on
323			>>> their own servers.
324			>>
325			>> you mean the DELL PERC5/i 6/i tape of smbus pins mod thing? (Dell first!)
326			>
327			> No the Intel where that trick doesn't work thing.
328
329			[https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/hp-p400-why-so-cheap-on-ebay.2308/page-2]
330			%
331	root	1.451	The way I see it, once you move to Firefox 57, you're ready for Chrome.
332
333			[from a discussion about how deleting all existing extensions and force-replacing
334			them by inferior webextensions (if at all) is a great idea]
335			%
336	root	1.450	Chronology of Significant Events
337			================================
338
339	root	1.449	November 2002
340
341			Rahman wearing only socks and diaper; supervisor has concern regarding
342			hypothermia Rahman subjected to 48 hours of sleep deprivation, rough
343			treatment, cold shower and other measures but remained noncompliant.
344
345			---
346
347			Subjected to cold conditions and minimum food and sleep... confused due to
348			dehydration and fatigue.
349
350			---
351
352			Cable recommends future use of continued environmental deprivations with
353			interrogations 18 out of 24 hours daily
354
355			---
356
357			Linguist asks questions about the temperature at which hypothermia occurs
358
359			November 19 2200 hrs
360			guard check - Rahman is alive.
361
362			2300 hrs
363			guard check - Rahman is alive.
364
365			November 20 0400 hrs
366			guard check - Rahman is alive.
367
368			0800 hrs
369			guard check - Rahman is alive.
370
371			1000 hrs
372			guard check - Rahman is dead.
373
374			[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation]
375			%
376	root	1.448	In the quiet moments, he set his hand terminal to the Eros feed. Back
377			when he’d been a kid, there had been a performance artist making
378			the rounds—Jila Sorormaya, her name was. As he recalled, she’d
379			intentionally corrupted data-storage devices and then put the data stream
380			through her music kit. She’d gotten into trouble when some of the
381			proprietary code of the storage device software got incorporated into her
382			music and posted. Miller hadn’t been a sophisticate. He’d figured
383			another nutcase artist had to get a real job, and the universe could only
384			be a better place.
385
386			[E. Corey, Leviathan Wakes, p. 466]
387			%
388	root	1.447	> Speaking of Apple... Anybody remember their ads against multitasking? I
389			> always assumed that was against the Amiga as well but probably any
390			> computer at the time that did multitasking. I think their tag line was
391			> like "One person. One computer. One Task." or something like. Those ads
392			> really tried to sell the distraction of multitasking. What a crazy time
393			> in technology.
394
395			-P
396			Not as bad as telling us we are holding the phone wrong.
397
398			[http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72811]
399			%
400			> Simon Cooke wrote:
401			> shrugs I don’t recall ever hearing that the length of a word was CPU specific.
402
403			I think I’m going to add this to my random signature collection.
404
405			[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050131-00/?p=36563]
406			%
407	root	1.446	Big congratulations to Acer, who used 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
408			for this in one of their db entries. Not only did they win the random
409			number generator lottery to get that, but also experienced a minimum
410			of 3 single bit errors, since the closest valid GUID to that is
411			55555555-5555-4555-9555-555555555555
412
413			[https://blog.uncooperative.org/blog/2014/10/23/uefi-security-databases/]
414			%
415	root	1.445	Contrary to what Carrier says, it is not clear to me that Amy Frank or
416			anyone else accused him of sexual assault. Carrier’s lawsuit makes
417			the tenuous argument that Amy Frank implied sexual assault by using the
418			hashtag #sexualassault.
419
420			[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2017/01/04/i-liked-richard-carrier-past-tense/]
421			%
422	root	1.444	From: Linus Torvalds
423
424			And yes, a large part of this may be that I no longer feel like I can
425			trust "init" to do the sane thing. You all presumably know why.
426
427			[https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/6/577]
428			%
429			> How is the old way a problem?
430
431			That's systemd in a nutshell (and pulseaudio too). Replace well-known
432			things that are not broken with something obscure and clunky that thinks
433			it's smarter than you.
434
435			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9170111&cid=52207557]
436			%
437	root	1.443	Systemd is a cancer and it will keep spreading until the host is
438			dead. Just like cancer it's not malicious, it sincerely believes it knows
439			better than the healthy cells it's infecting, but that doesn't make it
440			less lethal.
441
442			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9552479&cid=52745591]
443			%
444	root	1.442	From: Richard Stallman
445
446			[...]
447
448			> then that sounds like a layering violation.
449
450			The layering authority has no jurisdiction over GNU.
451			If this solution works, and nobody proposes a better one,
452			we won't let "layering" get in the way.
453			%
454	root	1.441	"Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon" shortened to Teyrnas
455			"Unedig" or "Y Deyrnas Unedig" abbreviated "DU", or Rìoghachd Aonaichte
456			"Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath" shortened to Rìoghachd Aonaichte" are
457			"also now legal names for the UK.
458
459			[Brian Inglis in 774ac519-ceb1-7c04-d2b5-2f2ed851cb61@SystematicSw.ab.ca]
460			%
461			From: Russ Allbery
462			To: tz@iana.org
463			Message-ID: <87h97n58bp.fsf@hope.eyrie.org>
464
465			> Companies are unlikely to change their processes unless changes break
466			> existing processes (like the version change) or changes are documented
467			> in an RFC, which can be presented to SOx auditors and their ilk, to
468			> document and justify why they spent money and changed a process, along
469			> with the documentation on change impact including budget,
470			> authorizations, and the dozens of other side efforts of production
471			> changes, summarized above by DG as "That doesn’t work for everyone."
472
473			A bit of a digression, but the way companies treat free software projects
474			and maintainers is a pet peeve of mine.
475
476			It should be obvious that the only people a company can expect to follow
477			any of those rules are people the company is paying or otherwise has a
478			contractual relationship with that requires following those rules.
479			Otherwise, the company should be prepared to pay one of their employees to
480			jump through those hoops if they want those hoops jumped through.
481
482			It's standard practice for companies who depend heavily on a free software
483			project to have an internal maintainer or advocate for that free software
484			project who will translate whatever the public maintainer does into the
485			form that the company needs to manage it internally, including maintaining
486			private branches as needed, pulling up unreleased patches as needed, and
487			adjusting for upstream changes that don't match the needs of the company
488			(or clearly advocating for compromises or modifications that work for the
489			entire community). This is a cost of doing business. My employer
490			certainly does this for free software we use. It's fairly normal.
491
492			Some companies don't want to spend that money, and try to do it on the
493			cheap by not having that person or the mechanisms for importing free
494			software properly. A few of them then complain at the free software
495			maintainer when they run into problems. But those complaints should not
496			carry any more weight than the complaints of any other user, and should be
497			weighed against the work style, goals, and available time of the free
498			software maintainer. After all, the actor in this situation that has (by
499			far) the most resources and hence the most ability to adopt to changes,
500			whether they want to or not, is the company, not the free software
501			maintainer.
502			%
503	root	1.440	[About the Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) project, specifically, timezone names]
504
505			They also seem to think that abbreviations should be only used locally,
506			such as "BST" only being used by British English. One would think that if
507			an American was talking about DST in the UK they would also use the term
508			"BST", but no:
509			http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/8498
510			%
511			To: Time zone mailing list <tz@iana.org>
512			Subject: Re: [tz] Request regarding IANA update for Novosibirsk Time Zone
513
514			Shruthi Venkataramanan -X (shruthve - WIPRO LIMITED at Cisco) wrote:
515			> When can we expect the updated version
516
517			About three weeks ago.
518			%
519	root	1.439	[...] trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water
520			not wet. -- Bruce Schneier
521			%
522			[...] in order to be a good Christian one must first be a great hypocrite.
523
524			[http://chatpilot-godisamyth.blogspot.de/2013/06/the-bible-is-nothing-but-hearsay.html]
525			%
526	root	1.438	Know that you suck, you suck so much that you suck the future you wich
527			was able to go back in time to suck you from the past. You are an
528			neverending paradoxial loop of suckage. Now suck the fuck off.
529
530			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/vats-vs-rtwp.23266/page-2]
531			%
532			From: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
533
534			Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> writes:
535
536			> From The Economist: "Why time may be running out for the leap second"
537			[http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/11/economist-explains-4]
538
539			\| The first is simple, ancient and intuitive, and based on the rotation of
540			\| the Earth, under which each complete rotation (or, equivalently, each of
541			\| the Sun's apparent trips through the sky) counts as one day.
542
543			Of course, these are actually not equivalent; they're different by a
544			full day per year.
545			%
546	root	1.437	Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir
547			de la faire plus courte. -- Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters : Letter XVI.
548			[I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.]
549			%
550			File names are infinite in length where infinity is set to 255 characters.
551			-- Peter Collinson, "The Unix File System"
552			%
553			Over the past 20 years - its never been a question of the "perfect
554			storage media vendor" - its been a question of "who has screwed
555			me - lately?".
556			-- JSS, former Amiga HW Engineer, Rework tech of 400,000 defective
557			Seagate HDD's, Class of '94.
558
559			[http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1095235&cid=26492885]
560			%
561			I also proposed making malloc(0) perfectly fine, since zero is a perfectly
562			fine value. I also, in the same letter, proposed making zero-sized
563			arrays legal, mostly so you could do the extend-the-struct trick for a
564			variable-sized array as the last field of the struct.
565
566			I got two letters back as answer to my one. #1: Malloc(0) shouldn't work
567			because zero-sized arrays don't work. #2: Zero-sized arrays shouldn't work
568			because malloc(0) doesn't work. Well played, ANSI C committee, and may
569			your lives be a living hell.
570
571			[Rob Pike in https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=4142#c2]
572			%
573	root	1.436	Using a screwdriver was not a normal part of the experimental protocol.
574			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin#Criticality_accident]
575			%
576			Newbie: Hi. I've been using Lisp for about half a year now, programming
577			for three years. I discovered this group and wondered if you could help me
578			out with a problem I'm having?
579
580			Smug: Hi! Always glad to have new blood. Sure thing, just ask.
581
582			Snide: Heya New! You bet, ask anything and we'll try to help.
583
584			Newbie: Okay, I'm trying to filter a list, something like Perl's grep. I
585			want to set up a predicate and have the new list be only those elements
586			from the old list that satisfy it. I know there's some standard idiom for
587			doing this, I just can't find it anywhere...
588
589			Smug: Perl's grep was inspired by Lisp's higher-order functions, you know. :)
590
591			Newbie: Oh, cool. :)
592
593			Smug: But it's inferior since it has balky syntax.
594
595			Snide: You can do it with (mapcan (lambda (item) (when (predicate item) (list item))) list).
596			[http://c2.com/]
597			%
598			Unfortunately a Russian spy stole the last meg of a LISP program for
599			controlling our nuclear defense systems. Fortunately, it was all
600			right-parenthesis.
601			[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWeHateLisp]
602			%
603			Always wanted to travel back in time to try fighting a younger version of
604			yourself?
605			Software development is the career for you!
606
607			[https://twitter.com/Loh/status/411282297816498176]
608			%
609	root	1.435	[...] undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
610			-- Richard Dawkins
611			%
612			There are many choices of elliptic-curve signature systems. The standard
613			choice, ECDSA, is reasonable if you don't care about simplicity, speed,
614			and security.
615
616			[http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html]
617			%
618			[In answer to: "Is the NSA aware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS? The RSA?"]
619
620			We are unaware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS when properly implemented and
621			used for the purposes for which they both are designed.
622			-— National Security Agency, June 1992
623			%
624			In the past decade there have been many attacks against TLS. With the
625			exception of CRIME, not one of them relied on any results that were not
626			known at the time the TLS 1.0 standard was being written. [...] Every time
627			this standards group has had a choice to make regarding cryptography,
628			they have made the wrong one. [...] Were TLS to be submitted by an
629			undergraduate as a solution to this problem it would earn an F.
630
631			[http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg10598.html]
632			%
633			tiny hsv2rgb
634			float3 h2r(float h,float s,float v){return lerp(saturate((abs(frac(h+float3(1,2,3)/3)6-3)-1)),1,s)v;}
635
636			vec3 hsv(float h,float s,float v) {
637			return mix(vec3(1.),clamp((abs(fract(h+vec3(3.,2.,1.)/3.)6.-3.)-1.),0.,1.),s)v;
638			}
639			%
640			Haha, no FPS counter but rather a "Next frame"-button :)
641			Only Java makes it possible!
642
643			[http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=7920&page=1]
644			%
645			'sth is poettering' means it acts invasive, possessive, destructive, and
646			generally in an egocentric exacerbating negative way. ``this cancer is
647			extremely poettering''
648			%
649			"There is no use in arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus 1."
650			-- Pirates of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs
651			%
652			"I drank what?!"
653			-- Socrates
654			%
655			It would be bad for OpenPGP to have a standard that could not be
656			implemented on light bulbs (I used to say cell phones, but they're now
657			400MHz devices), forcing the light bulb people to use something else.
658
659			Jon Callas in
660			http://www.imc.org/ietf-openpgp/mail-archive/msg06396.html
661			%
662			"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler."
663			-- Conway's Law
664			%
665			The mac version doesn't work on older versions of the operating system
666			(this is part of Apple's planned obsolescence hellhole; the latest version
667			of xcode won't build for older systems but I'm forced to update to it
668			because the older ones won't build for newer systems and I've been forced
669			to update the operating system on my ipad so UGH; basically I have to
670			have multiple xcode versions installed and I really can't be bothered
671			untangling this mess right now so).
672
673			[http://mightyvision.blogspot.de/2013/03/7drl-success-86856527.html]
674			%
675			Option "NoPM" "boolean"
676			Disables something to do with power management events. Default: PM
677			enabled on platforms that support it.
678			[xorg.conf(5)]
679			%
680			> Yes, this would be something _in addition_ to what the FSF does.
681			> Grant money could be used to hire one or two fresh graduates that
682			> would work on code.
683
684			Graduates in which discipline? Computer science? This sounds to me
685			like the idea to hire one or two fresh graduates in English literature
686			and language with the idea to let them start writing novels.
687			[87liaj740v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org]
688			%
689	root	1.434	[and that's why I don't support gentoo anymore]
690			As with Francois, I used to use ccache for recompiling packages that
691			hadn’t finished the first time — but for a different reason. At
692			the time, I had overrated memory, and a BIOS without a memory clock
693			option. The system was generally fine, but once in awhile would scramble
694			a memory transfer enough to cause a crash. CCache was a LOT of help in
695			that instance, as it’s what allowed me to even install Gentoo at all —
696			there’s no way I could have gotten thru gcc, (monolitic) X, glibc, or
697			the then unsplit KDE compiles, without it.
698			%
699			Kay, you are so full of sh*t that it's not funny. You're refusing to
700			acknowledge your bugs, you refuse to fix them even when a patch is
701			sent to you, and then you make excuses for the fact that we have to
702			work around your bugs, and say that we should have done so from the
703			very beginning.
704			[Linus in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1369384]
705			%
706			systemd creates user session information in
707			/run/user/$user . I brought up with lennart the fact that this would
708			only permit one session per user. He rejected out of hand the fact
709			that more than one session would ever be needed, because Gnome only
710			allowed one session per user.
711			[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/04/msg00751.html]
712			%
713	root	1.433	> Mailman archives! IIRC Heiko mentioned that there are more disputes
714			> about Lennart Poettering and his software on ALL mailing lists, than
715			> about anything else.
716			>
717			> Why is it like that?
718
719			Probably because he has all the arrogance of DJB but none of the skill.
720
721			[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.arch.general/44574]
722			%
723			[from a discussion about GNOME 3 "branding" mentality]
724
725			>> However, there are a number of serious problems:
726			>>
727			>> 1. Extensions break with every release. As Paolo said earlier, "This is
728			>> simply the result of not (yet) having a defined extension API." Yet this is
729			>> also part of the design: extensions specify versions of gnome-shell they
730			>> work with, so are trivially broken by new versions even if they might work.
731			>
732			> I don't think you understand well why this was designed this way.
733
734			That's the sort of thing people say to the judge of a serial killer.
735			The reasons don't matter for calling the results terrible.
736			%
737			(partial) Beaufort Table
738			Name # km/h (min) m/s (min)
739			Calm 0 0 0
740			Light Air 1 1.1 0.3
741			Light Breeze 2 5.6 1.6
742			Gentle Breeze 3 12 3.4
743			Moderate Breeze 4 20 5.5
744			Fresh Breeze 5 29 8
745			Strong Breeze 6 39 10.8
746			Moderate Gale 7 50 13.9
747			Fresh Gale 8 62 17.2
748			Strong Gale 9 75 20.8
749			%
750			"I have an open mind (I did consider voting liberal democrat once)."
751			- random imdb forum quote excerpt
752			%
753			"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
754			sign of a diseased mind." [Terry Pratchett]
755			%
756			The butcher who kills the baby to see how it comes apart did choose his
757			profession because of his sensitive soul. He chose it because death and
758			suffering, blood and gore, appeal to him. Dismembering the baby was always
759			on the cards.
760			%
761			[random comment from amule sources]
762			// trust noone ;-)
763			// lol, useless comment but made me lmao
764			// wtf you guys are weird.
765			%
766	root	1.432	Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
767			- Kin Hubbard
768			%
769			[random .sig]
770			I'm a muslim.
771
772			No I won't email you a bomb if you tick me off, but only because I don't know how to.
773			%
774			[...] don't do a double-take if you cuss in front of a woman. If she's read any
775			of the kernel code (notably arch/sparc/), she's heard of the word "fuck"
776			before.
777
778			[Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO]
779			%
780			<imho>
781
782			BASIC - fun! (For small programs at least.)
783			Smalltalk - fun! (Until you have to interact with anything else.)
784			Lisp - fun! (Until your eyeballs fall out from looking at too many parentheses.)
785			Arduino sketches - fun! (As long as they fit on one page.)
786
787			ObjC - sort of fun...once you understand 200 Cocoa classes.
788			Java - public static void not fun.
789			C++ - definitely not fun. STL seems like it should be fun but it isn't.
790			C - usually not fun.
791
792			What about modern scripting languages?
793
794			JavaScript - sort of fun! Until you have to deal with the DOM or various not-fun frameworks.
795			Ruby - fun! Until you try to do something with Rails.
796			Python - fun! Until you try to write a GUI app.
797
798			</imho>
799
800			[http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/25-years-of-hypercard-the-missing-link-to-the-web/2/]
801			%
802			"Die deutschen Zensoren------------------- --------------------------
803			Dummköpfe-------- -------------------------------------------"
804			%
805
806			* GFX_IS_DISPLAY_MODE_SUPPORTED
807			*
808			* This routine sets the specified display mode.
809
810			n = n%2 ? n : ++n;
811			[plan9, /sys/src/cmd/eqn/paren.c]
812			%
813			# The user is always right.
814			if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
815			[autoconf]
816			%
817			from linux-2.6.37/fs/fcntl.c:
818
819			/*
820			* We need to detect attempts to do dup2() over allocated but still
821			* not finished descriptor. NB: OpenBSD avoids that at the price of
822			* extra work in their equivalent of fget() - they insert struct
823			* file immediately after grabbing descriptor, mark it larval if
824			* more work (e.g. actual opening) is needed and make sure that
825			* fget() treats larval files as absent. Potentially interesting,
826			* but while extra work in fget() is trivial, locking implications
827			* and amount of surgery on open()-related paths in VFS are not.
828			* FreeBSD fails with -EBADF in the same situation, NetBSD "solution"
829			* deadlocks in rather amusing ways, AFAICS. All of that is out of
830			* scope of POSIX or SUS, since neither considers shared descriptor
831			* tables and this condition does not arise without those.
832			*/
833			%
834			Taken straight out of lilo... This way of intermixing case with if (0)
835			was new to me:
836
837			switch(c)
838			{
839			case 'x': base=16; type \|= 4; if(0) {
840			case 'o': base= 8; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
841			case 'u': base=10; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
842			case 'd': base=-10; }
843			switch(type)
844			{
845			case 0: val=va_arg(ap, short); break;
846			case 1: val=va_arg(ap, int); break;
847			case 2: val=va_arg(ap, long); break;
848			case 4: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned short); break;
849			case 5: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned int); break;
850			case 6: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned long); break;
851			default:val=0; break;
852			}
853			cp = __numout(val,base);
854			if(0) {
855			case 's':
856			cp=va_arg(ap, char *);
857			}
858			%
859			Also, it is not true that UTC-1 is THE civilian time scale. While it
860			is certainly one, physical seconds are as enshrined in law as UTC
861			timestamps. Try arguing that you weren't caught speeding at midnight
862			at the end of the year because the calculation should have used an
863			extra second and see how far you get :-)
864			[Nick Maclaren, in <8ta60d$aq6$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>]
865			%
866			> > Actually it's not fully backward compatible. As I was just reminded, the
867			> > libc `sync' function, which is what the fileutils sync uses (sync is in
868			> > fileutils, not sh-utils), is backward-compatible and thus not synchronous
869			> > (it passes a zero wait flag in file_syncfs).
870			>
871			> Hmm. Hurd sync should use the libc sync function too; it should not
872			> set the wait flag. If it does, that's a bug.
873
874			It must be a confusing feature, because the code was written by the
875			infamous Michael I. Bushnell (may he rest in peace), who did not write bugs.
876
877			[from a random discussion about hurd, 199901032206.RAA27962@baalperazim.frob.com]
878			%
879			It is immediately apparent from these figures that moving-arm disks
880			should never be used, neither for paging applications nor for any other
881			heavy-traffic auxiliary memory applications.
882
883			Peter J. Denning -- Virtual Memory (1970)
884
885			http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=356573&type=pdf&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618
886			%
887			(i was impatient to bikeshed with diego on code indenting... btw this
888			whole indentation rules/enforcement should gone, it's nonsense, i dont
889			know any coder who uses consistent indentation over all his code... only
890			beginner programmers do, sometimes. if anyone wants to read the code in
891			nice indentation, he can anytime run a code formatter with his favourite
892			settings)
893
894			http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2011-January/104674.html
895			%
896			How do I deal with memory leaks?
897
898			By writing code that doesn't have any. [...]
899
900			[From Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Style and Technique FAQ]
901			%
902			This kind of arguments doesn't really make sense for Fedora. We should
903			ship the best implementation, not the most "tried and true" one.
904
905			http://www.devheads.net/linux/fedora/development/libjpeg-f14.htm
906			%
907			The situation in the US: If you do anything before 2067 to preserve the
908			recording on a wax-cylinder from 1895, the terrorists win. Do you really
909			hate hard-working American families that much? Thank God Senator Orrin
910			Hatch and the RIAA love America's children more than you do.
911
912			The situation in Europe: Sound recordings up to 1960 are already in the
913			public domain. The terrorists have won. Our only hope of restoring the
914			justice of eternal and infinite copyright (and therefore saving our own
915			children's lives!) lies in the selfless efforts of the likes of Bono and
916			Cliff Richard, as they cry all the way to the bank about artists not being
917			rewarded for their creativity.
918
919			Let's hope that by the time you finish reading this sentence, copyright
920			will have been extended another 99 years... you know, to justly compensate
921			that bloke sitting by a mic in 1895. If he'd thought that in 2066
922			librarians would be able to copy his recording without his permission, he
923			would never have made it in the first place.
924
925			http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52573
926			%
927			"I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in
928			future understand things" -- Jörg Schilling
929			%
930			Nobody has bought freaking 160GB of music from the iTunes store. I figured
931			it out once, conservatively it was like $53,000 of music. And yet somehow
932			Apple has managed to sell tens of millions of iPods with up to 160GB
933			capacity, and even the smaller iPods would cost many thousands of dollars
934			to fill from the iTunes store. The iPod was worthwhile because of piracy.
935
936			http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/intels-walled-garden-plan-to-put-av-vendors-out-of-business.ars?comments=1#comment-20806800
937			%
938			"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.
939			Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
940			- Mohandas Gandhi
941			%
942			"And so I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of
943			the Almighty Creator. In standing guard against the Jew I am defending the
944			handiwork of the Lord."
945			- Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf" Vol. I, chapter 2, Murphy Ed. (p. 46)
946			%
947			Scientific Scrutiny and Disclosure
948
949			I was wondering how anyone possibly could conclude from this exchange that
950			Lenski was hiding something. I came to the conclusion that some people
951			must not understand how scientific scrutiny works. I wrote a guide.
952
953			Scientific scrutiny works like this:
954			Scientist A publishes results.
955
956			Scientist B: A, I tried duplicating your experiment, but parameters x, y,
957			and z that I need were not in your article. I need you to disclose to me
958			x, y, and z that you used at the time. What are they?
959
960			A: x, y, and z are such and such.
961			B: Using x, y, and z, my result doesn't agree with yours at all. Are you
962			sure you did the procedures that you claimed?
963			A: ...
964			B: You fraud!
965
966			Scientific scrutiny does not work like this:
967
968			A publishes results.
969
970			B: I have Generic Skepticism toward your article. Under code viii of the
971			Publication Criteria, I demand that you give me all of your data!
972			A: ... ok...? It seems that everything you would need is already in the
973			article. Did you have something specific in mind?
974			B: A has refused to attach all data he has ever used for the
975			experiment. He is withholding information and thus hiding something.
976
977			-- Carafe 01:42, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
978			[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Lenski_affair_talk_1]
979			%
980			[regarding sites requesting visitors to allow advertisements and not block
981			them because they need the money to operate]
982
983			"The readers are not the customer. The customer is the advertiser, and the
984			readers are the product which that website promises to deliver. But the
985			readers, being the product and not the customer, have no obligation to the
986			site or its bottom line."
987			%
988			"..but a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of
989			the Jewish religion before his principles were departed from by those
990			who professed to be his special servants, & perverted into an engine for
991			enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in church & state:
992			that the purest system of morals ever before preached to man has been
993			adulterated & sophisticated, by artificial constructions, into a mere
994			contrivance to filch wealth & power to themselves, that rational men not
995			being able to swallow their impious heresies, in order to force them down
996			their throats, they raise the hue & cry of infidelity, while themselves
997			are the greatest obstacles to the advancement of the real doctrines of
998			Jesus, and do in fact constitute the real Anti-Christ."
999			– Thomas Jefferson to William Baldwin, 19 January 1810 (draft – never sent)
1000			%
1001			Ignorance is the state of not having the data.
1002
1003			Idiocy is the state of having the data, but not being able to process it.
1004
1005			Willful ignorance is the state of censoring out all data you don’t want to hear.
1006			%
1007			["only those parts in the bible I like are authentic"]
1008
1009			>>>> but doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support slavery, genocide,
1010			>>>> and the beating of children?
1011			>>>
1012			>>> Subjugation of women...
1013			>>
1014			>> "doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support ..." Only for bible
1015			>> literalists and those who ignore what Jesus himself taught. By all
1016			>> means call out any religious person who is acting immorally but try to
1017			>> understand that the rest of us who are trying to follow the Way as best
1018			>> as we can don't usually have the clout to wrestle the Falwells and the
1019			>> Robertsons and their ilk to the ground. If we can agree on that, then,
1020			>> shake partner.
1021			>
1022			> Ever read Matthew 5:31-32? Jesus said it and taught it.
1023			>
1024			> He says my wife is an adultress since she divorced her 1st husband all
1025			> on account of her not taking his punches and kicks with good-natured
1026			> humor. That "pearl of wisdom" also says that I'm an adulterer for
1027			> choosing to spend the rest of my life with her.
1028			>
1029
1030			As written, it seems pretty clear. Until you remember the book of matthew
1031			was written decades after Jesus's death based on memories and oral
1032			traditions, not to mention translation inaccuracies and ulterior motives
1033			of the writers. No one really knows what Jesus really said or what he
1034			really meant. It could all be wildly inacurrate. I think the fault is in
1035			those who would use those words to justify their shabby treatment of you
1036			and your wife.
1037			%
1038			Atheists care about religion for the same reason other people care about
1039			cancer. If you aren't careful, it will kill you, and if you are, it could
1040			still kill you. - arestheblue
1041			%
1042			Once upon a time there was the CAT working group whose name was an
1043			abbreviation for "Common Authentication Technology". It produced IETF
1044			specifications for GSS-API.
1045
1046			It was succeeded by the kitten working group, which has been working on
1047			the next-generation GSS-API specifications.
1048
1049			There is now a proposal for a MOGGIES working group, which will work on
1050			Mechanisms Of Generating Generically Interoperable & Effective Security.
1051
1052			[http://fanf.livejournal.com/?style=mine]
1053			%
1054			[from the minix 3 users guide]
1055
1056			ELLE is a simple and clear text editor (once you've figured out the key commands).
1057			%
1058			[Tips how to deal with complaints when running TOR exit nodes]
1059
1060			During the conversation make sure you explain a few points:
1061			[...]
1062			You are not insane. You may be insane, but we don't want the
1063			complaintant to guess this is true.
1064			%
1065			"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
1066			- Ken Thompson.
1067			%
1068			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-01-16-50-Math-Project-released.html
1069
1070			"Scientific calculations are becoming a reality in Syllable"
1071
1072			Dunning-Kruger at its best - the tool that "carries Syllable to
1073			universities" can calculate sine and cosine values of integer inputs...
1074			source code excerpt:
1075
1076			int sn()
1077			{
1078			char pwr;
1079
1080			int input1 = 0;
1081			double output1 = 0;
1082
1083			system("clear");
1084			cout<<"This is the Sin() calculator, please enter a number"<<endl;
1085			cin>>input1;
1086			output1 = (sin(input1));
1087			cout<<"Sin() of"<< input1<<" is: "<<output1<<endl;
1088			cout<<"Please press 'a' for recalculate or 'm' to return to main menu"<<endl;
1089			cin>>pwr;
1090			if(pwr == 'a')
1091			sq();
1092			if(pwr == 'm')
1093			system("pause");
1094
1095			}
1096			%
1097			It allows a web browser and a web server to have a persistent, two-way
1098			full-duplex connection using just one TCP connection.
1099
1100			[mind-boggling, they provide TCP features with just TCP!!!11]
1101
1102			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-02-22-16-WebSockets-for-Cheyenne-web-server.html
1103			%
1104			From the "my window manager is boiling bullshit, so you have to fix your
1105			app for me" department:
1106
1107			From: Evan LeCompte
1108
1109			Myself and many other members of the Archlinux community (and anyone using
1110			Linux with a tiling window manager for that matter) humbly beg you (the
1111			developers) for a single-windowed version of GIMP.
1112			%
1113			"I will give you credit for having balls. In spite of your comments being
1114			a PR ploy based on biased views, you consistently imply that we're just
1115			indulging in a PR ploy based on biased views."
1116
1117			http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/old-news/
1118			%
1119			"We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone ...
1120			Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"
1121			– Steve Jobs[47]
1122
1123			"We can’t adapt European magazines to the standards of Utah."
1124			– Mathias Müller von Blumencron (editor of Der Spiegel, warning that
1125			the news magazine would not alter its content for the App Store)
1126			%
1127			The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt.
1128			-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
1129			%
1130			Subject: [Gimp-user] Completely off every imaginable topic;)
1131			From: Patrick Horgan
1132			Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:13:38 -0800
1133			To: GIMP Users <gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
1134
1135			Have you ever noticed that people's progress in using, supporting,
1136			writing bug reports for, and sometimes even developing for, writing
1137			documentation for, or translating for open source software is paralleled
1138			by their progress from top-posting to bottom posting to interlinear
1139			posting, to intelligent elision with interlinear posting? I see it on
1140			the gimp, and on other lists all the time.
1141
1142			[...]
1143			%
1144	root	1.431	"Logic has made me hated among men"
1145			— Peter Abelard
1146			%
1147			A man said to the universe:
1148			"Sir I exist!"
1149			"However," replied the universe,
1150			"The fact has not created in me
1151	root	1.432	A sense of obligation."
1152			- Steven Crane
1153	root	1.431	%
1154			He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool; avoid him.
1155
1156			He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student; teach him.
1157
1158			He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him.
1159
1160			He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him.
1161
1162			– Sanskrit Saying
1163			%
1164			[anonymised discussion]
1165			AGW-Denialist: ... blabla ... Karl Hopper ... blabla ... falsification ...
1166			Scientist: Karl Hopper, eh? You're like the energizer bunny of wrong.
1167			%
1168			[http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/NV/render_texture_rectangle.txt]
1169
1170	root	1.432	Additions to the WGL Specification
1171	root	1.431
1172			First, close your eyes and pretend that a WGL specification actually
1173			existed. Maybe if we all concentrate hard enough, one will magically
1174			appear.
1175			%
1176			"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust,
1177			sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
1178			- Douglas Adams
1179			%
1180			I like how whether a German is a "skinhead" or a "pussy", he's still considered a typical German.
1181			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21884]
1182			%
1183	root	1.462	"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will
1184			lose both, and deserve neither" -- Thomas Jefferson
1185	root	1.431	%
1186			"This is a further proof of the skill of astronomers
1187			in fitting a straight line to a circle!"
1188			- footnote in "OUR BEST FRIEND, THE COMA CLUSTER"
1189			http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Biviano/Biviano_contents.html
1190			%
1191			Am Grunde eines Problems sitzt immer ein Deutscher (Voltaire)
1192			%
1193			"I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
1194			- Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
1195			President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
1196			Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked
1197			Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"
1198			%
1199			It's a known fact that not a single competent, experienced, skilled
1200			programmer in the world uses an IDE, nor has used one at any point in his
1201			or her career.
1202			[http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/?node_id=636318]
1203			%
1204			It was stated that WIMPs and MACHOs were in the category of particle known
1205			as "Fabricated Ad hoc Inventions Repeatedly Invoked in Efforts to Defend
1206			Untenable Scientific Theories" (FAIRIE DUST).
1207			%
1208			I LOVE YOU
1209			["authentication succeeded" protocol token used by cvs pserver]
1210			%
1211			General consensus seems to be 2.6.18 is where the manure intersected with
1212			the air impeller.
1213
1214			Alan Cox
1215			%
1216			"I'm being elitist: awesome 3 is designed for power users
1217			with a minimum computer science background."
1218			%
1219			From: Eric Sosman
1220			Newsgroups: comp.std.c
1221			Subject: Re: about graphics
1222
1223			prince wrote:
1224			> how to get command over graphics in c language?
1225
1226			#include <stdio.h>
1227			int main(void) {
1228			puts("graphics\rcommand");
1229			return 0;
1230			}
1231			%
1232			I tried the Vista speech recognition by running the tutorial. I was
1233			amazed, it was awesome, recognised every word I said. Then I said the
1234			wrong word ... and it typed the right one. It was actually just
1235			detecting a sound and printing the expected word! -- pbhj on /.
1236			%
1237			[Bodo Moeller in http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/msg/e79e65ed9077d0ba]
1238
1239			While the 2^128 step search talks a very long time indeed,
1240			it still is a constant-time attack.
1241			%
1242			"Verleumdung mußt Du frech betreiben, es wird schon etwas hängenbleiben!"
1243			-- Karl Joseph Simrock
1244			%
1245			From: David Damerell
1246
1247			Quoting Epic Campaigns <NoS...@NoSpamMe.com>:
1248			>Because C# is case sensitive, you can use the same name with different
1249			>caps to make it different.
1250
1251			Alternatively you could set your nose hair on fire, which will also be
1252			painful but will take less typing.
1253			%
1254			Well, I think comparing Common Lisp to Scheme is prima facie evidence
1255			of ill will, even if Common Lisp wins. It is somewhat like a supposed
1256			compliment like "man, you are even smarter than George W. Bush".
1257
1258			Erik Naggum in 3231422371368070@naggum.net
1259			%
1260			From: Hans-Jürgen Koch
1261
1262			> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less
1263			> free than the BSD.
1264			>
1265			> Free code + restrictions = non-free code.
1266
1267			The legal restriction that people must not enter your house uninvited
1268			by smashing the door adds to your freedom, don't you think so?
1269			%
1270			[C++ doesn't have the monopoly on hard-to-read diagnostics]
1271
1272			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1273			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1274			from incompatible pointer type
1275			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1276			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1277			makes pointer from integer without a cast
1278			State.xs:1927: error: too few arguments to function ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF ,
1279			struct CV , struct SV *, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1280			%
1281			The idea that governments have rights is absurd. People have rights. The
1282			people have delegated certain tasks to government for their own
1283			convenience, and have accepted limits on some minimal subset of their
1284			rights so that society can best protect the rest. Note that "society" is
1285			not the same as "the government"; the government is just a mechanism used
1286			by society to accomplish certain specific things.
1287
1288			[Chandon Seldon]
1289			%
1290			[Wikipedia]
1291			Differences between vi and Emacs
1292
1293			The neutrality of this article is disputed.
1294			%
1295			[lost the reference]
1296			Remember that openssl is generally the upper
1297			bound on how difficult a library can be to use.
1298			%
1299			"Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's pointless
1300			to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and
1301			elitist. No novices asking stupid questions."
1302			%
1303			[aol 4tw, messages are edited for readability]
1304
1305			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1306			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1307			Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:46 -0500
1308			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1309			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1310
1311			well how about making the manual more accessable u fukin cumtwat. take
1312			ur shitty software n shove it homo. this program sux anyway. i wouldnt
1313			have to read a manual if you actually knew how to create a good piece of a
1314			working program you stupid fuck. n let me tell you thats a good way to get
1315			your name out there or your software, just tel the customer their wrong,
1316			yeah, thatll work. may you rot in piss, if your head was on fire i would
1317			piss on your leg.
1318
1319			?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1320			maybe you should go to school and learn how to spell cuz who the fuck
1321			spells marK with a c? musta been a baby of a couple retards
1322
1323			[then, a day later]
1324
1325			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1326			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1327			Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:02:20 -0500
1328			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1329			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1330
1331			just kno that your an idiot. dont be mad at me cuz your mommy n daddy cant
1332			aford to buy you aol, its not my problem. like anyone is going to read
1333			your stupid post anyway.. noone likes your program, how about you read the
1334			previous posts n then we'll see. so you just keep sitting in your basement
1335			all by your lonesome?wasting your time making useless software buddy, cuz
1336			quiet frankly i could give 2 shits. oh yeah if you plan on posting my
1337			response make sure you dont edit nothing and include ALL of my response u
1338			fucking nerd. why dont you put it on ur myspace as well, print up a couple
1339			copies n post em on your walls too buddy
1340
1341
1342			-----Original Message-----
1343			From: Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1344			To: puezalb024@aol.com
1345			Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 2:17 am
1346			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1347
1348
1349
1350			On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:27:46PM -0500, puezalb024@aol.com wrote:
1351	root	1.432	>
1352	root	1.431	> ?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1353
1354			I was suspecting that aol users have, uhm, issues, but that's just hilarious :->
1355
1356			Note that I will publish your response so other people can share the fun,
1357			I hope you don't object :)
1358			%
1359			>Dummerweise steht es auch in der Welt der Wunder Zeitschrift und die ist
1360			>dafür bekannt Fakten zu liefern.
1361
1362			You made my day
1363			%
1364			[http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0810.1/2945.html]
1365
1366			Names are important. In fact, naming is often _more_ important than the
1367			implementation is. And that means that the implementation should follow
1368			the naming, or the implementation is wrong.
1369
1370			Linus
1371			%
1372			The ultimate hipocrisy is when people send you mails like this:
1373
1374			From: Christian Walde <mithaldu@yahoo.de>
1375
1376			I'll be utterly blunt now and ask this in advance: Are you being an asshole on purpose? If so, please just stop reading now and ignore a person trying t ...
1377
1378			[lots of kilobyte-sized single-line paragraphs omitted]
1379
1380			As too many people send me top- and fully-quoted
1381			emails, here is a guide on how to be considerate
1382			when sending emails to other people:
1383			http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
1384
1385			[which states to not use more than, say, 72 columns per line]
1386
1387			[mail quoted with permission btw.]
1388			%
1389			* k-god tries to think of the one mutt enhancement he'd like...
1390			<k-god> OK. Two. One: A backscratcher.
1391			<brendan> I believe muttng has one of those
1392			<k-god> Two: An implementation of the Internet Face Stab Protocol for MS Outlook lusers.
1393			<brendan> and I think outlook does that on its own :)
1394			%
1395			I had some issues though, functions like tmpfile() could only
1396			be used if run as administrator in windows.
1397
1398			Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com>
1399			%
1400			[on italy]
1401
1402			#24. fallingstones - 08-10 03:51
1403
1404			@youruncledarnell: First, sorry for my very bad English. Yes, the
1405			majority of Italians are totally idiot, otherwise the Prime Minister
1406			wouldn't be Silvio Berlusconi, and of course also the justice is not
1407			only politicized, but also spectacularized.
1408
1409			Not only. We've the only nation in all EU having a State-controlled
1410			corporation on copyright (SIAE). This corporation have also hated
1411			by a lot of artists, Italian and foreigner, 'cause the division of
1412			funds is "strange". If some of you can understand a lot of Italian, I
1413			suggest viewing an old service on Italian TV program "Report" talking
1414			on SIAE. You can read and viewing it on this url (sorry for long url)
1415
1416			http://www.report.rai.it/R2_popup_articolofoglia/0,7246,243%255E90082,00.html
1417
1418			Our legislation on copyright is basically on a law of 1943, approved
1419			during WWII by fascism and signed by the king. We're a Republic since
1420			1948 and our Costitution dislike fascism, but we've conserved all laws
1421			from fascism period.
1422
1423			We don't admit officially other copyright licenses, like GPL or CC,
1424			cause "legally" every creation would be registered in SIAE, giving to
1425			them all rights (also rights of persecuting uses not authorized). An
1426			author of a song can't authorize itself a pianist for playing his
1427			song. If the song is registered in SIAE (and if isn't, isn't legally
1428			created, and the author isn't recognized) the pianist MUST pay the
1429			royalties, that eventually will be refunded to him by the author (if
1430			they are accorded) when, after a lot of MONTHS, he receive it from
1431			SIAE.
1432
1433			We've also some laws against Freedom of Speech, for example our penal
1434			code include apology law, that pratically means you can't say why
1435			you consider wrong a penal law. People can ask (with a lot of signs)
1436			elections for deleting a law, but not for a penal law, or better can't
1437			explain why that law it's wrong and would be deleted. If you can't
1438			explain, you'll obviously will not found never other people signing
1439			your petition (and you need at least 500, and with a REAL signs, not
1440			electronic ones
1441
1442			#25. fallingstones - 08-10 03:52
1443
1444			Then, only parties have sufficient funds for these things, and we
1445			don't have a party sufficiently interested in freedom of speech
1446			(on internet and not). 'Cause limiting Freedom of Speech included
1447			CONTROL. We've the last western country in Freedom of Speech (at least
1448			based on Freedomhouse annual statistic), the only "Partly Free" in
1449			western country.
1450
1451			I'm so sorry for being Italian, for our very stupid justice, for our
1452			very bad country laws and on all for our very stupid prime minister,
1453			but trust me, I can assure you we don't be ALL so stupid. In last
1454			elections, with an absurd law on elections, other parties have been
1455			deleted from parliament. Now we've only two main coalitions, the
1456			Berlusconi's one and the Veltroni's one. All of them have approved
1457			laws against freedom on internet, and generally against technology
1458			innovations. For these reason, all the last governments are fascists,
1459			also the governments of "center-left".
1460
1461			Again, sorry you and all for my bad English. I hope you can understand.
1462
1463			If I can, I suggest Brokep creating a guide for using TOR, a little
1464			great program (and it's free) for surfing the net anonymously and
1465			without any restriction.
1466
1467			Brokep and all TPB staff, go forward forever. You're my personal myth,
1468			and the hope that good people using brain like you exists into the
1469			world.
1470
1471			Long life to the Bay, forever.
1472			Sorry for the long message and sorry if I'm using TOR, I hope you understand.
1473			Thank you for reading.
1474			%
1475			> > don't even attempt to compare the nvidia driver support to ati's craptacular drivers.
1476			>
1477			> don't even attempt to post a useful comment
1478
1479			How very ironic.
1480			%
1481			With or without religion, we would have good people doing good things and
1482			evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that
1483			takes religion."
1484
1485			--Steve Weinberg
1486			%
1487			http://xinutec.org/~pippijn/en/why-not-use_java.xhtml
1488			%
1489			[Kurt Roecks on his change that had totally broken openssl for two years in debian]
1490			[Folks, fix valgrind bugs in your code, not in other people's code,]
1491			[if you don't understand how valgrind works]
1492
1493			"I've ran all the regression test thru valgrind, using the memset()
1494			solves most of those. As far as I know, commenting out those 2 calls
1495			solved all the warnings valgrind reported."
1496			%
1497			[From: "H.Merijn Brand"]
1498			The more I (have to) work with java, the more I am convinced perl is
1499			the right tool for me.
1500			%
1501			[deliantra]
1502			02:58:42 [Kyle] my summoned pets ate my rod of show invisible
1503			%
1504			I pretend to work because the Soviet government pretends to pay me.
1505			%
1506			cerebro ~# fuser -km /wd_old
1507			/wd_old: 5270c 12266c 12274c 12275
1508			Suddenly the Dungeon collapses!! - You die...
1509			%
1510			From the CFA633 datasheet:
1511
1512			* Do not eat the LCD panel.
1513			%
1514			>> Well, in German there is no "sports" but just "Sport".
1515			>> So by that little S at the end of sports, you could tell it's English.
1516
1517			It's the same in English as it is in German; the little S at the end
1518			actually tells you it's American.
1519			%
1520			[better do not hire this programmer]
1521			From: Tony Jackson <tj76351@gmail.com>
1522			Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
1523			Subject: Avoiding dereference of NULL pointer
1524
1525			Hi
1526
1527			I'm quite new to C programming - I have more of a Java background: maybe
1528			someone here can advise me.
1529
1530			I'm nearly finishing a little program but it has some hard-to-find bugs
1531			that basically lead to a couple pointers sometimes being NULL at the
1532			wrong time. As it stands the program just bombs out when it tries to
1533			dereference the NULL, which obviously isn't good (especially when it
1534			happens with the customer looking on!!).
1535
1536			I don't think there's any serious problem to worry about, and what I'd
1537			like to do is be able to ignore the dereference attempt and just carry
1538			on - probably the next time round the loop the pointer will be OK. In
1539			Java, I'd put a try block around the main loop, and if we catch an
1540			exception then just jump back to the start of the main loop. What's the
1541			corresponding thing in C?
1542
1543			Thanks!
1544			%
1545			[from mozilla 1.7b sources]
1546
1547			// See bug 53763.
1548			nsCOMPtr<nsIViewManager> kungFuDeathGrip;
1549			nsIPresShell *shell = doc->GetShellAt(0);
1550			if (shell) {
1551			kungFuDeathGrip = shell->GetViewManager();
1552			%
1553			[the beginning, and most common codepath, of getpid() on my linux 2.6
1554			amd64 box in a program using glibc 2.3's pthreads. thats fucking cool]
1555
1556			0x000000300049af30 <getpid+0>: mov %fs:0x94,%edx
1557			0x000000300049af38 <getpid+8>: cmp $0x0,%edx
1558			0x000000300049af3b <getpid+11>: mov %edx,%eax
1559			0x000000300049af3d <getpid+13>: jle 0x300049af41 <getpid+17>
1560			0x000000300049af3f <getpid+15>: repz retq
1561			%
1562			(A lot of this OPM stuff seems to come straight from the twilight
1563			zone. It's normal to have error codes indicating that there was a disk
1564			error or that a network packet got garbled, but I'm sure Windows Vista
1565			must be the first OS in history to have error codes for things like
1566	root	1.462	"display quality too high").
1567	root	1.431
1568			[http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html]
1569			%
1570			Subject: Re: The right answer of -1^2 is?
1571
1572	root	1.432	> I don't think there's a real Right Way here other than reintroducing a
1573	root	1.431	> mechanism for explicitly signaling the grouping. Maybe parentheses? ;)
1574
1575			Nah. Use whitespace, like Fortress. Then you can distinguish between
1576
1577			x / y * z
1578
1579			and
1580
1581			x / y * z
1582
1583			That'll never cause problems, right? :)
1584
1585			(To be fair, I like Fortress. However, it did have some, er, unique
1586			design decisions.)
1587			%
1588			endergt:
1589			> snoofle:
1590			> > Every system (*nix, PC's, etc.) has a hex
1591			> > editor with a string-search capability - really not that hard if
1592			> > you understand what you are doing...
1593			>
1594	root	1.432	> Out of curiosity - what is the hex editor on a default Windows installation?
1595	root	1.431
1596	root	1.432	debug
1597	root	1.431	%
1598			C# is for people who want to have one arm strapped behind their back because it reduces the probability of making a mistake by 50%.
1599
1600			Java is for people who prefer to have the arm chopped off.
1601			%
1602			Steve Loughran: "The EU interop laws often come up in discussion, and they
1603			are interesting. They say that you are allowed to do reverse engineering
1604			for hardware interop. Not software: hardware."
1605
1606			Not sure what you're talking about, but Council Directive 91/250/EEC seems
1607			pretty clear to me (or as clear as legal texts can be to me...): "Article
1608			6 Decompilation
1609
1610			1. The authorization of the rightholder shall not be required where
1611			reproduction of the code and translation of its form within the meaning
1612			of Article 4 (a) and (b) are indispensable to obtain the information
1613			necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created
1614			computer program with other programs, provided that the following
1615			conditions are met: [...]"
1616			%
1617			http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/
1618			%
1619			Why Linux Sux ?
1620
1621			Easy .
1622			Security : most hackable operating systems are unix based .
1623			Portability : try installing unix on cutting edge hardware . bad luck it won`t work . install windows (the oldest) on any ... it will .
1624			Help : try get help for linux . after exploring tons of sites and forums the help you got is useless . for windows you just call them .
1625			Applications : we all know there are more and more on windows . linux will probably never get so many .
1626			GUI : we know how customisable is the windows gui . and how stable .
1627			Gaming : ...anyone got an ideea of a linux game that is really cool ?
1628			Cost : install linux as server ... it is free no ? but you have to pay a sysadmin . or learn a lot . buy a lot of books . using windows ... just click next . if you are not dumb you might make it secure too (reading help does HELP! ) .
1629			Virus : due to the fact that windows is so flexible it is logcal to have viruses . afterall the human body has more than a monkeys one .
1630			Stability : reboot windows 100 times by using the case button . perhaps a scandisk will appear . reboot linux ... ups kernel panic .
1631
1632			You don`t have money for OS ? Work ! Oh you hate miscrosoft and bill gates
1633			no ? Sure thing ... stupid and lazy people generally hate smart and hard
1634			working ones . Screw linux users .
1635			%
1636			19:26:03 <schmorp> did you know the us is officially metric? for over 100 years, too?
1637			19:26:27 -cfbot:#cf- [moerderer] it is also officially a democracy, go figure
1638			19:26:34 <schmorp> good point :)
1639			%
1640			> The Dell 30"...
1641
1642			It is big, but some of the reviews have not been so glowing, or rather,
1643			the glowing has been highly asymmetric.
1644			%
1645	root	1.432	Re: USA- an underdeveloped country with potentials
1646	root	1.431
1647			> > u don´t use your wealth with responsibility, you only think about yourself and shrug your shoulders with comments like, "we all have the same chance", I´m a selfmade man", "everyone has to take care of themselves".
1648	root	1.432	>
1649	root	1.431	> yeah, that's why your little brothers decided to save the world - including your grandparents' sorry asses - from hitler, because we think only of ourselves!
1650	root	1.432	>
1651	root	1.431	> your welcome, pinhead!
1652	root	1.432
1653	root	1.431	Even though I´m tired of hearing "we saved your a beep during ww2 I will respond.
1654
1655			1. Did you? Or did your great grandfathers? Maybe they were better?
1656			2. You came into the war very late, and that was strictly for buisness reasons. You need countries to trade with. The true hero in WW2 was actually Russia doing alot more then US ever did, not saying that I support Russia today.
1657			3. One good thing in the past doesn´t make up for bad things in your society today.
1658	root	1.432	4. With those retorics you will never learn anything from your own mistakes since you always can go back and talk about your effort 100 years ago.
1659	root	1.431	%
1660			[discussion about some changes in windows longhorn]
1661			Let's hope that some day Microsoft will catch up to what the
1662			public-domain tz code was doing back in 1986. (Good work, Arthur!)
1663			%
1664			ntfs ist dennoch für datei und ordnersicherheit zuständig.
1665
1666			Zum Beispiel unter Linux wenn man auf fat32 festplatten zugreifen will ist
1667			es kein problem, wenn man aber die festplatte auf ntfs convertiert hat,
1668			dann funktioniert dass nicht mehr der zugriff auf die festplatte.
1669
1670			Denn das ist die sicherheit vor zugriffen auf daten von anderen usern und
1671			anderen betriebssystemen.
1672
1673			Habe fat32 festplatte gehabt(zugriff von linux möglich) dann habe ich es
1674			auf ntfs umconvertiert und dann ging es nicht mehr.
1675
1676			habe nochmal in meinen unterlagen nachgeschlagen, haben erst ca. vor 3
1677			Wochen die Unterlagen vom Lehrer bekommen und ich sag nochmal, zittiere
1678			Lehrer: Fat32 sollte man heutzutage nicht mehr verwenden außer man hat
1679			Windows 98 und man möchte Dualbootkonfiguration erzielen. NTFS ist
1680			einfach für bessere Sicherheit zuständig.
1681
1682			Frage?
1683			Hast du Windows und Linux beides auf deinem Laptop oder Standpc?
1684			Wenn ja hattest du vorher eine fat32 festplatte?
1685			Hast du sie dann auf ntfs umconvertiert?
1686
1687			Freundlichen Grüße von Vista-Ultimate-Besitzer
1688			%
1689			"In this time of war against Osama bin Laden and the oppressive
1690			Taliban regime, we are thankful that OUR leader isn't the spoiled son
1691			of a powerful politician from a wealthy oil family who is supported by
1692			religious fundamentalists, operates through clandestine organizations,
1693			has no respect for the democratic electoral process, bombs innocents,
1694			and uses war to deny people their civil liberties." --The Boondocks
1695			%
1696			19:35:41 <elmex> dieses 'restore session' is soo sinnlos bei firefox
1697			19:35:54 <elmex> wenn die webseite die ihn gecrasht hat immer weieder crasht
1698			19:36:18 <schmorp> tja, bei mir restored er trotz einstellung nie etwas
1699			19:36:24 <schmorp> fragt sich wer mehr glück hat
1700			%
1701			What has happened is that Dave Winer got off a rant against JSON as
1702			reinventing XML's (and more specifically XML-RPC's) wheel:
1703
1704			God bless the re-inventers
1705
1706			Gotta love em, because there's no way they're going to stop breaking
1707			what works, and fixing what don't need no fixing
1708
1709	root	1.432	Crockford gets off a very pithy response:
1710	root	1.431
1711			The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round
1712			one.
1713			%
1714			[rfc2665]
1715			The dot3StatsEtherChipSet object has now been deprecated.
1716			Implementation feedback indicates that this object is much more
1717			useful in theory than in practice.
1718			%
1719			15:40:51 <elmex> son buero is faszinierend
1720	root	1.432	15:41:08 <elmex> staendig hoerste leute seuftzen und jammern, und in 90% der faelle hats
1721	root	1.431	mit windows zu tun
1722			15:41:15 <elmex> oder mit software die dort laeuft
1723			15:41:37 <elmex> irgendwem is heut mrogen die mail inbox verloren gegangen
1724			15:41:47 <elmex> und hat sie dann wiedergefunden
1725			15:41:49 <elmex> irgendwie
1726			15:41:50 <elmex> irgendwo
1727	root	1.432	15:42:07 <elmex> achja, und backups gabs auch keine mehr, seit sich die passwoerter
1728	root	1.431	geaendert haben :->
1729			15:42:19 <elmex> (also seit wenigen tagen)
1730	root	1.432	15:47:10 <elmex> es ist auch erstaunlich wie wenig arbeit eigentlich so erledigt wird nach
1731	root	1.431	15:30
1732			15:47:48 <elmex> (mit ausnahmen)
1733			15:48:13 <elmex> aber 50-80% der zeit wird mit kommunikation verbracht
1734			%
1735			[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=895394]
1736			The SparcStation2 technical docs recommend catting your /vmunix file to /dev/audio as a speaker test.
1737			If you go nearly deaf from the painful noise, then your speaker works.
1738			%
1739			http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/optimize.html
1740
1741			Strictly for beginners
1742
1743			Techniques you might not be aware of if you have not been programming for the past 15 years of your life:
1744			[...]
1745			%
1746			http://tmbo.org/offensive/images/picpile/Welcome%20to%20paradise%21.jpg
1747			%
1748			17:34:47 <elmex> hab gehoert solaris soll GPL werden, oder zumindest denkt sun drueber nach :->:
1749			17:34:53 <schmorp> ja klar
1750			17:34:57 <schmorp> alles was lebenszeitende hat
1751			17:34:58 <schmorp> wird gpl
1752			17:35:02 <schmorp> weil sie denken, dann wirds übelreben
1753			17:35:05 <schmorp> bei mozilla hats auch gwekappt
1754			17:35:08 <elmex> hehe
1755			17:35:13 <schmorp> und die brrowserentwicklung unter linux locker ein jahr verzögert
1756			17:35:46 <elmex> dann kann joerd schilling ja endlich sein lieblings system entwickeln :-
1757			17:35:48 <elmex> :->
1758			17:35:58 <schmorp> macht er doch schon die ganze zeit
1759			17:36:02 <schmorp> chillingos, bzw.
1760			17:36:18 <elmex> uh
1761			17:36:53 <schmorp> ich finds nicht mehr
1762			17:36:57 <schmorp> er arbeitet jedenfalls dran
1763			17:38:27 <schmorp> SchilliX
1764			17:38:29 <schmorp> genau!
1765			17:38:30 <schmorp> :)
1766			17:38:33 <elmex> sueees
1767			17:38:34 <schmorp> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/schillix/
1768			17:39:59 <zaphod> omg das ist nicht wahr
1769			17:40:20 <schmorp> ihr kennt die geheimnisse und wunder unserer welt nicht
1770			17:40:32 <zaphod> das kann bestimmt CDs brennen wie nix anderes
1771			17:40:42 <elmex> lol
1772			17:41:06 <schmorp> :)
1773			%
1774			[A Gentoo User]
1775			First FreeBSD is UNIX. Yes FreeBSD runs beter then all other Linux
1776			distro’s but FreeBSD lacks any graphical features(stolen linux features
1777			doesn’t count) so it is only ment for guys with an old grey beards.
1778			[...] That’s why for geeks/nerds/professionals (like me) bsd exists [...]
1779			Gentoo is ment for professionals that need a system for a really exact
1780			environment and think LFS is to much work.
1781			[http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/01/why-gentoo-shouldnt-be-on-your-server/]
1782			%
1783			20:08 <schmorp> my guess is, purely practically
1784			20:08 <schmorp> if copyright/patent law continues to go away from the original reasons
1785			20:08 <schmorp> that they were created for
1786			20:08 <schmorp> you will at one point have a civil war
1787			20:08 <schmorp> right now, you already have large-scale civil disobedience
1788	root	1.432	20:10 <scortch> i very much hope that it can be turned around before that happens. not the
1789			least reason is, in a Blade Runner dystopia, there isnt a lot that individuals
1790	root	1.431	can do
1791			20:11 <scortch> i.e. militarily
1792			20:11 <scortch> ah wait.
1793			20:12 <scortch> we are forgetting that low technology solutions are always around
1794			20:12 <schmorp> terrorism :)
1795			20:12 <schmorp> now i finally see the whole plot
1796			20:13 <scortch> that's quite a story
1797			%
1798			23:49 <ruskie> in my experience apart from a few exceptions all gentoo people are rude
1799	root	1.432	23:58 <Err> it seems logical that there is a strong correlation
1800			between (people who like to waste their time, and their computer's
1801			processing time, rebuilding things that have been built a million
1802	root	1.431	times before) and (idiots)
1803			23:58 <Err> (parenthesized for easy parsing ;-) )
1804	root	1.432	23:59 <Err> there are certainly exceptions to every rule - but in
1805			general, gentoo users think that they're getting magical properties
1806	root	1.431	out of rebuilding the same code everybody else builds
1807			%
1808			[http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/]
1809			Bruce Schneier decrypted the Bible. The plaintext read, "Bruce Schneier".
1810			%
1811			[http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin-patches@cygwin.com/msg03644.html]
1812
1813			Internet Explorer: KB329781 "HTTP File Upload Operation Takes a Long Time
1814			to Complete". The printing subsystem: KB816627 "TCP/IP port printing may
1815			be slow in Windows 2000"
1816
1817			In the first KB microsoft amusingly states in relation to the fact that
1818			upload speed is limited to 80kbps no matter what the network bandwidth
1819			that "this behaviour is by design". The mind boggles...
1820			%
1821			[so much for type-safety]
1822			List<Integer> lst = new ArrayList<Integer>;
1823			lst.add(null);
1824			int x = 1 + lst.get(0);
1825			%
1826			[just for reference]
1827			Wenn man weiss, dass man in seinem Leben nicht mehr Glücklich werden
1828			kann, und sich von Tag zu Tag die Gründe dafür häufen, dann bleibt
1829			einem nichts anderes übrig als aus diesem Leben zu verschwinden. Und
1830			dafür habe ich mich entschieden. Es gibt vielleicht Leute die hätten
1831			weiter gemacht, hätten sich gedacht "das wird schon", aber das wird
1832			es nicht.
1833
1834			Man hat mir gesagt ich muss zur Schule gehen, um für mein leben zu
1835			lernen, um später ein schönes Leben führen zu können. Aber was bringt
1836			einem das dickste Auto, das grösste Haus, die schönste Frau, wenn es
1837			letztendlich sowieso für’n Arsch ist. Wenn deine Frau beginnt dich zu
1838			hassen, wenn dein Auto Benzin verbraucht das du nicht zahlen kannst, und
1839			wenn du niemanden hast der dich in deinem scheiss Haus besuchen kommt!
1840
1841			Das einzigste was ich intensiv in der Schule beigebracht bekommen habe
1842			war, das ich ein Verlierer bin. Für die ersten jahre an der GSS stimmt
1843			das sogar, ich war der Konsumgeilheit verfallen, habe danach gestrebt
1844			Freunde zu bekommen, Menschen die dich nicht als Person, sondern als
1845			Statussymbol sehen. Aber dann bin ich aufgewacht! Ich erkannte das die
1846			Welt wie sie mir erschien nicht existiert, das sie eine Illusion war,
1847			die hauptsächlich von den Medien erzeugt wurde. Ich merkte mehr und
1848			mehr in was für einer Welt ich mich befand. Eine Welt in der Geld alles
1849			regiert, selbst in der Schule ging es nur darum. Man musste das neuste
1850			Handy haben, die neusten Klamotten, und die richtigen "Freunde". hat
1851			man eines davon nicht ist man es nicht wert beachtet zu werden. Und diese
1852			Menschen nennt man Jocks. Jocks sind alle, die meinen aufgrund von teuren
1853			Klamotten oder schönen Mädchen an der Seite über anderen zu stehen. Ich
1854			verabscheue diese Menschen, nein, ich verabscheue Menschen.
1855
1856			Ich habe in den 18 Jahren meines Lebens erfahren müssen, das man nur
1857			Glücklich werden kann, wenn man sich der Masse fügt, der Gesellschaft
1858			anpasst. Aber das konnte und wollte ich nicht. Ich bin frei! Niemand darf
1859			in mein Leben eingreifen, und tut er es doch hat er die Konsequenzen zu
1860			tragen! Kein Politiker hat das Recht Gesetze zu erlassen, die mir Dinge
1861			verbieten, Kein Bulle hat das Recht mir meine Waffe wegzunehmen, schon gar
1862			nicht während er seine am Gürtel trägt.
1863
1864			Wozu das alles? Wozu soll ich arbeiten? Damit ich mich kaputtmaloche um
1865			mit 65 in den Ruhestand zugehen und 5 Jahre später abzukratzen? Warum
1866			soll ich mich noch anstrengen irgendetwas zu erreichen, wenn es
1867			letztendlich sowieso für'n Arsch ist weil ich früher oder später
1868			krepiere? Ich kann ein Haus bauen, Kinder bekommen und was weiss ich
1869			nicht alles. Aber wozu? Das Haus wird irgendwann abgerissen, und die
1870			Kinder sterben auch mal. Was hat denn das Leben bitte für einen
1871			Sinn? Keinen! Also muss man seinem Leben einen Sinn geben, und das
1872			mache ich nicht indem ich einem überbezahlten Chef im Arsch rumkrieche
1873			oder mich von Faschisten verarschen lasse die mir erzählen wollen wir
1874			leben in einer Volksherrschaft. Nein, es gibt für mich jetzt noch eine
1875			Möglichkeit meinem Leben einen Sinn zu geben, und die werde ich nicht wie
1876			alle anderen zuvor verschwenden! Vielleicht hätte mein Leben komplett
1877			anders verlaufen können. Aber die Gesellschaft hat nunmal keinen Platz
1878			für Individualisten. Ich meine richtige Individualisten, Leute die
1879			slebst denken, und nicht solche 'Ich trage ein Nietenarmband und bin
1880			alternativ' Idioten!
1881
1882			Ihr habt diese Schlacht begonnen, nicht ich. Meine Handlungen sind ein
1883			Resultat eurer Welt, eine Welt die mich nicht sein lassen will wie ich
1884			bin. Ihr habt euch über mich lustig gemacht, dasselbe habe ich nun mit
1885			euch getan, ich hatte nur einen ganz anderen Humor! Von 1994 bis 2003/2004
1886			war es auch mein Bestreben, Freunde zu haben, Spass zu haben. Als ich
1887			dann 1998 auf die GSS kam, fing es an mit den Statussymbolen, Kleidung,
1888			Freunde, Handy usw.. Dann bin ich wach geworden. Mir wurde bewusst das
1889			ich mein Leben lang der Dumme für andere war, und man sich über mich
1890			lustig machte. Und ich habe mir Rache geschworen! Diese Rache wird so
1891			brutal und rücksichtslos ausgeführt werden, dass euch das Blut in den
1892			Adern gefriert. Bevor ich gehe, werde ich euch einen Denkzettel verpassen,
1893			damit mich nie wieder ein Mensch vergisst! Ich will das ihr erkennt, das
1894			niemand das Recht hat unter einem faschistischen Deckmantel aus Gesetz und
1895			Religion in fremdes Leben einzugreifen!
1896
1897			Ich will das sich mein Gesicht in eure Köpfe einbrennt! Ich will
1898			nicht länger davon laufen! Ich will meinen Teil zur Revolution der
1899			Ausgestossenen beitragen!
1900
1901			Ich will R A C H E !
1902
1903			Ich habe darüber nachgedacht, dass die meisten der Schüler die mich
1904			gedemütigt haben schon von der GSS abgegangen sind. Dazu habe ich zwei
1905			Dinge zu sagen:
1906
1907			1. Ich ging nicht nur in eine klasse, nein, ich ging auf die ganze Schule.
1908
1909			Die Menschen die sich auf der Schule befinden, sind in keinem Falle
1910			unschuldig! Niemand ist das! In deren Köpfen läuft das selbe Programm
1911			welches auch bei den früheren Jahrgängen lief! Ich bin der Virus der
1912			diese Programme zerstören will, es ist völlig irrelewand wo ich da
1913			anfange.
1914
1915			2. Ein Grossteil meiner Rache wird sich auf das Lehrpersonal richten,
1916			denn das sind Menschen die gegen meinen Willen in mein Leben eingegriffen
1917			haben, und geholfen haben mich dahin zu stellen, wo ich jetzt stehe; Auf
1918			dem Schlachtfeld! Diese Lehrer befinden sich so gut wie alle noch auf
1919			dieser verdammten schule!
1920
1921			Das Leben wie es heute täglich stattfindet ist wohl das armseeligste was
1922			die Welt zu bieten hat!
1923
1924			S.A.A.R.T. - Schule, Ausbildung, Arbeit, Rente, Tod
1925
1926			Das ist der Lebenslauf eines "normalen" Menschen heutzutage. Aber
1927			was ist eigentlich normal? Als normal wird das bezeichnet, was von der
1928			Gesellschaft erwartet wird. Somit werden heutzutage Punks, Penner,
1929			Mörder, Gothics, Schwule usw. als unnormal bezeichnet, weil sie den
1930			allgemeinen Vorstellungen der Gesellschaft nicht gerecht werden, können
1931			oder wollen. Ich scheiss auf euch! Jeder hat frei zu sein! Gebt jedem
1932			eine Waffe und die Probleme unter den Menschen lösen sich ohne jedliche
1933			Einmischung Dritter. Wenn jemand stirbt, dann ist er halt tot. Und? Der
1934			Tod gehört zum Leben! Kommen die Angehörigen mit dem Verlust nicht klar,
1935			können sie Selbstmord begehen, niemand hindert sie daran!
1936
1937			S.A.A.R.T. beginnt mit dem 6. Lebensjahr hier in Deutschland, mit der
1938			Einschulung.
1939
1940			Das Kind begibt sich auf seine perönliche Sozialisationsstrecke, und
1941			wird in den darauffolgenden Jahren gezwungen sich der Allgemeinheit, der
1942			Mehrheit anzupassen. Lehnt es dies ab, schalten sich Lehrer, Eltern,
1943			und nicht zuletzt die Polizei ein. Schulpflicht ist die Schönrede von
1944			Schulzwang, denn man wird ja gezwungen zur Schule zu gehen. Wer gezwungen
1945			wird, verliert ein Stück seiner Freiheit. Man wird gezwungen Steuern zu
1946			zahlen, man wird gezwungen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen einzuhalten, man
1947			wird gezwungen dies zu tun, man wird gewzungen das zu tun. Ergo: Keine
1948			Freiheit! Und sowas nennt man dann Volksherrschaft. Wenn das Volk hier
1949			herrschen würde, hiesse es Anarchie!
1950
1951			WERDET ENDLICH WACH - GEHT AUF DIE STRASSE - DAS HAT IN DEUTSCHLAND
1952			SCHONMAL FUNKTIONIERT!
1953
1954			Nach meiner Tat werden wieder irgendwelche fetten Politiker dumme
1955			Sprüche klopfen wie "Wir halten nun alle zusammen" oder "Wir
1956			müssen gemeinsam versuchen dies durchzustehen". Doch das machen
1957			sie nur um Aufmerksmakeit zu bekommen, um sich selbst als die Lösung
1958			zu präsentieren. Auf der GSS war es genauso... niemals lässt
1959			sich dieses fette Stück Scheisse von Rektorin blicken, aber wenn
1960			Theater-aufführungen sind, dann steht sie als erste mit einem breiten
1961			Grinsen auf der Bühne und präsentiert sich der Masse!
1962
1963			Nazis, HipHoper, Türken, Staat, Staatsdiener, Gläubige... einfach alle
1964			sind zum kotzen und müssen vernichtet werden! (Den begriff "Türken"
1965			benutze ich für alle HipHopMuchels und Kleingangster; Sie kommen nach
1966			Deutschland weil die Bedingungen bei ihnen zu hause zu schlecht sind,
1967			weil Krieg ist... und dann kommen Sie nach Deutschland, dem Sozialamt der
1968			Welt, und lassne hier die Sau raus. Sie sollten alle vergast werden! Keine
1969			Juden, keine Neger, keine Holländer, aber Muchels! ICH BIN KEIN SCHEISS
1970			NAZI) Ich hasse euch und eure Art! Ihr müsst alle sterben!
1971
1972			Seit meinem 6. Lebensjahr wurde ich von euch allen verarscht! Nun müsst
1973			ihr dafür bezahlen!
1974
1975			Weil ich weiss das die Fascholizei meine Videos, Schulhefte, Tagebücher,
1976			einfach alles, nicht veröffentlichen will, habe ich das selbst in die
1977			Hand genommen.
1978
1979			Als letztes möchte ich den Menschen die mir was bedeuten, oder die jemals
1980			gut zu mir waren, danken, und mich für all dies Entschuldigen!
1981
1982			Ich bin weg...
1983			%
1984			01:14 <scortch> its an NP hard for computers
1985			01:14 <elmex> no, it's NP hard for anyone
1986			%
1987	root	1.432	19:18 <elmex> schmorp: eben anner kasse stand jemadn hinter mir und faselte mit seinen
1988			kumpels zum thema bill gates: "... er ist ja mein vorbild, nicht jetzt
1989			wegen dem geld, sondern wegen dem charakterlichen und so ... der hat ja
1990			die haelfte seines vermoegens gespendet.... und ne jacht hat der auch...
1991	root	1.431	abe was fuer eine... voll fettes schiff...'
1992			19:19 <schmorp> rofl
1993			19:19 <schmorp> aber nicht wegem dme geld
1994			19:19 <elmex> der studiert glaub ich informatik :)
1995			19:19 <elmex> das is die neue generation
1996			19:19 <elmex> 'generation gates'
1997			19:19 <schmorp> die frage schiene mcirosoft oder schiene java erübrigt sich
1998			%
1999			http://www.bissantz.de/pub/Luegen_mit_Statistiken.pdf
2000			%
2001			[http://use.perl.org/~luqui/journal/]
2002			[The reason I left Perl 6]
2003
2004			The virtue of social art was extinguished when the solutions that I had
2005			worked for weeks on and I considered truly beautiful lost to syntax
2006			bloat and "DWIM tables". It bascially came down to the rest of the team
2007			considering Perl much more pragmatically than I did, which may end up
2008			better for the end result anyway—it is hard to tell.
2009			%
2010			http://www.ta-sa.org/files/sc/perl6_timeline_updated.png
2011			%
2012			00:20 <schmorp> Mikachu: xjdic lists ぶっかける as to dash (slosh) water (or other liquid)onapersonorinaperson'sface
2013			00:21 <Mikachu> yeah, that made me laugh a bit
2014			00:21 <Mikachu> "or other liquid, know what i mean, nudge nudge"
2015			%
2016			[very funny read]
2017			Hack-a-Bike
2018			USK@vZ8crASNqmw9APiGDtTxV0YvspklNnOTmQin0ZsPLdk,bnUaihNj6Ww8CFvBQo4UwH0pYiS0hOyeKIxvO0tZdJk,AQABAAE/hack-a-bike/1/index_de.html
2019			%
2020			Now that habeas corpus and other basic rights, including the right not to
2021			be tortured while interrogated, have now been deemed unnecessary, more
2022			Americans than ever have been thinking of getting out the door while they
2023			still can.
2024
2025			http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/23/getting_out_your_gui.html
2026			%
2027	root	1.432	23:52 <elmex> Zaehlen sie die wichtigsten Berufsfelder der IT-Branche auf:
2028			Java-code-affe, Bussiness-scheisse-laber-affe, Windows-admin,
2029	root	1.431	Windows-user, echter Admin und echter Programmierer.
2030			%
2031			[without words]
2032			http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1030/104_print.html
2033			%
2034			[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030217/cockburn]
2035			We're in the twilit world of the "thought crime." Have a photo of a kid in
2036			a bath on your hard drive, and the prosecutor says you were looking at it
2037			with lust in your heart, and that is tantamount to sexually molesting an
2038			actual kid in an actual bath.
2039			%
2040			Don't put stock in the Constitution, anymore. It IS just a piece of paper,
2041			today (actually, since Oct 17th). The Military Commissions Act of 2006
2042			makes the Constitution null and void. You (regardless of your citizenship)
2043			may be held with no charges, for no reason, for an indefinite time, with
2044			absolutely no judicial oversight. It is completely legal for the
2045			government to pick you up and for you to disappear with no one ever knowing
2046			what happened to you.
2047			%
2048	root	1.432	--
2049	root	1.431	Markus Schulz
2050
2051			A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
2052			Q: Why is top posting bad?
2053			%
2054			On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:05:19AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
2055	root	1.432	> 1. It's not that I don't want to, but I _can't_ implement kprobes and not
2056			> due to lack of skills, but lack of resources. (There is a subtle but
2057	root	1.431	> important difference.)
2058
2059			Um, given the amount of time you've spent trying to pursuade us why
2060			you can't implement kprobes for m68k, perhaps you would have
2061			implemented it already if you had buckled down and started coding
2062			instead of flaming about why everyone else should bend over backwards
2063			just because you don't have time for your arch? :-)
2064
2065			- Ted
2066			%
2067			[http://richarddawkins.net/mainPage.php?bodyPage=article_body.php&id=183]
2068			"I want to see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus
2069			Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam. I want to see them
2070			as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are over in
2071			Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places... Excuse
2072			me, but we have the truth!"
2073			%
2074			[Meijin Title Game #3, Takao Shinji vs. Cho U]
2075			(22) archimed [18k?]: actually, what are considered to be their respective strengths?
2076			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: takao's strength is kickin cho u's butt
2077			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: cho u's a big fighter
2078			%
2079			[nethack extinctionist faq]
2080			The first "extinctionist" ascension on r.g.r.n. (at least from what I can
2081			tell) seems to have been by Matthew Bourland in 2000, who although he
2082			didn't actually kill everything, certainly genocided all (at the time) 256
2083			monster types that were genocidable. Then, after that he extincted all
2084			other randomly generated monsters. On the other hand, having 120 kills
2085			in every category is perhaps more noteworthy (or foolhardy?) than simply
2086			genociding every monster.
2087
2088			I'd recommend a dose of both. Kill them until they're dead and then
2089			genocide them for good measure!
2090			%%
2091			[nethack instadeath faq]
2092
2093			* eating Death, Famine, Pestilence, Medusa, or green slime corpses
2094
2095			Well let's face it, this is just plain stupid. So don't do it!
2096			%
2097			17:57 <zaphod> Murch: Stroemungslehre ist geil
2098			17:57 <Murch> zaphod: hm?
2099	root	1.432	17:57 <zaphod> Murch: "Diese Gleichungen sind, zumindest aus der Sicht eines
2100	root	1.431	Ingenieurs, als exakt anzusehen."
2101			17:58 <Murch> lol
2102			%
2103			22:51 -cfbot:#cf- [Wrathmagic] oh i love killing pirates yes i do i love stabbing them through and through
2104			%
2105			[Brazil and Bush’s War on Terror]
2106			http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/blumen3.html
2107			%
2108			http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/169/
2109			%
2110			http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware/
2111
2112			There was time when badware developers tried to install ad pages as homepage
2113			or searchpage in user’s IE by any possible means. Nowadays users install
2114			adware voluntarily and write news about it. True web2.0 style!
2115			%
2116			http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/05/universal_time_zone.html
2117
2118			At the United Nations today President George W. Bush
2119			announced a proposal to unify all the world's time zones
2120			into a single Universal Time Zone (UTZ), formerly known as
2121			the Eastern Time Zone.
2122			[...]
2123			Britain immediately supported the US plan. "If it means
2124			sleeping in broad daylight then we'll stick with our
2125			allies," said Tony Blair, "Of course there's never broad
2126			daylight in the UK, so it's not much of an issue."
2127			%
2128			Wow, and this in security-relevant code... (taken from libc's ld.so)
2129
2130			_dl_profile_output
2131			= &"/var/tmp\0/var/profile"[__libc_enable_secure ? 9 : 0];
2132			%
2133			[CRYPTO-GRAM]
2134			By January 1st, 2007, everyone crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada is supposed to have
2135			a passport. This is because of terrorism, of course. But now we learn that ferries and private
2136			watercraft will be exempt. One of two things is true. Either passports are required for
2137			security, in which case we should interfere with ferries. Or they're for show, in which case we
2138			can just do what's convenient. Or maybe we just know that terrorists never take ferries. I get
2139			that security is a trade-off, but this is kind of silly.
2140
2141			http://tinyurl.com/zl5af
2142			%
2143			[famous last words]
2144			11:22 <kaizoku> what do you mean by plonk?
2145			%
2146			What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider...
2147
2148			"We are a tier 1 provider" = "I am a salesperson."
2149
2150			"They are a tier 2 provider." = "I am a salesperson and they are our competitor".
2151
2152			--
2153			Jay Hennigan
2154			%
2155			http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xbox_Security_System
2156			%
2157			[latimes story about a man returning to the us from iraq and being
2158			held for selling copyrighted images on t-shirts by the department
2159			of homeland security]
2160			http://tinyurl.com/ourlr
2161			%
2162			"Some other types of programs won't make the transition to Windows x64
2163	root	1.432	seamlessly, either. Microsoft ships WinXP x64 with two versions of
2164	root	1.431	Internet Explorer, a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. The 32-bit
2165			version is the OS default because nearly all ActiveX controls and the like
2166			are 32-bit code, and where would we be if we couldn't execute the full
2167			range of spyware available to us?"
2168
2169			[http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/64-bits/index.x?pg=1]
2170			%
2171			[http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/kglobalaccel__x11_8cpp-source.html]
2172			00279 if( pEvent->xkey.state & KKeyServer::modXNumLock() ) {
2173			00280 // TODO: what's the xor operator in c++?
2174			%
2175	root	1.432	<Mikachu> give a man a fix and he's running urxvt one day, teach a man
2176	root	1.431	to fix and he will run urxvt all his life
2177			%
2178			The NSA Phone Call Database: The European Perspective
2179			http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/the_nsa_phone_c.html
2180			%
2181			Oh, I agree completely. No game has ever let me down the way Oblivoin
2182			did. I"m still hoping mods and expansions will fix it but there's no way
2183			I'm pre-ordering the next one. I'm afraid it really will be a first person
2184			shooter.
2185
2186			The really scary thing is that it's not just video games. Book sales were
2187			done last year because people just don't read as much anymore. I'm having
2188			to dumb down my newspaper editorials because people used to want analysis
2189			they could use to make their own opinions, now they seem to just want
2190			opinions they can quote without having to think for themselves. McDonalds
2191			puts pictures of the food on the cash register instead of numbers.
2192
2193			Face it. The human race is devolving. In 500 years the best selling RPG
2194			in the universe will be a console game where you roleplay an ape named
2195			Fred, swing on vines and throw your own excrement. You'll have one stat,
2196			apeness. It wiill effect everything you do in a subtle, yet unexplained
2197			way.
2198
2199			And Bethesda fan boys will be screaming "TES 504: Monkeypoo good. You go
2200			bak cave, no good rpger. Two stats bad. Made feces throw too hard. Shiney
2201			key graphic good. Make me happy."
2202
2203			shrugs But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
2204			%
2205			> So Hitler was a pacifist because he let other people kill for him? Most
2206			> D&D computer games require you to kill people (not simply knock them
2207			> out). Also just because you don't kill doesn't make you a pacifist (see
2208			> above comment about Hitler).
2209
2210			I invoke the European rule: In any given argument, the first side to
2211			mention Hitler loses.
2212			%
2213			[siggraph '99 course 12]
2214			Unfortunately, including <windows.h> has the unfortunate side effect of
2215			introducing literally thousands of macros and type declarations into
2216			your compilation environment. This undesirable "name space pollution"
2217			can sometimes affect source code portability by conflicting with your
2218			program's own macros and types. This can particularly be a problem for
2219			UNIX programmers that are not familiar with all the junk that comes with
2220			including <windows.h>.
2221			[...]
2222			Win32's requirement that you use wglGetProcAddress is a real drag,
2223			but if you do everything right, using OpenGL extensions works and
2224			gives you access to amazing new OpenGL features. And let's be honest;
2225			wglGet- ProcAddress is hardly the only annoying and awkward thing about
2226			programming with the Win32 API. Still, by using the C preprocessor and
2227			coding carefully, you actually can write OpenGL programs that use OpenGL
2228			extensions and compile from the same source code for both UNIX and Win32
2229			environments.
2230			%
2231			http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/19981207_Computers_are_so_STY00PID
2232			%
2233			[http://www.voynich.net/Kryptos]
2234			"It's easier to rig an electronic voting machine than a Las Vegas slot machine"
2235			%
2236			[CRYPTO-GRAM 2006-03-15]
2237			[...] There are all sorts of interests vying for control of your
2238			computer. There are media companies that want to control what you can
2239			do with the music and videos they sell you. There are companies that
2240			use software as a conduit to collect marketing information, deliver
2241			advertising or do whatever it is their real owners require. And there are
2242			software companies that are trying to make money by pleasing not only
2243			their customers, but other companies they ally themselves with. All these
2244			companies want to own your computer.
2245
2246			Some examples:
2247
2248			1. Entertainment software: In October 2005, it emerged that Sony had
2249			distributed a rootkit with several music CDs -- the same kind of
2250			software that crackers use to own people's computers. This rootkit
2251			secretly installed itself when the music CD was played on a computer.
2252			Its purpose was to prevent people from doing things with the music that
2253			Sony didn't approve of: It was a DRM system. If the exact same piece of
2254			software had been installed secretly by a hacker, this would have been
2255			an illegal act. But Sony believed that it had legitimate reasons for
2256			wanting to own its customers' machines.
2257	root	1.432
2258	root	1.431	2. Antivirus: You might have expected your antivirus software to detect
2259			Sony's rootkit. After all, that's why you bought it. But initially, the
2260			security programs sold by Symantec and others did not detect it,
2261			because Sony had asked them not to. You might have thought that the
2262			software you bought was working for you, but you would have been wrong.
2263
2264			3. Internet services: Hotmail allows you to blacklist certain e-mail
2265			addresses, so that mail from them automatically goes into your spam
2266			trap. Have you ever tried blocking all that incessant marketing e-mail
2267			from Microsoft? You can't.
2268
2269			4. Application software: Internet Explorer users might have expected
2270			the program to incorporate easy-to-use cookie handling and pop-up
2271			blockers. After all, other browsers do, and users have found them
2272			useful in defending against Internet annoyances. But Microsoft isn't
2273			just selling software to you; it sells Internet advertising as well. It
2274			isn't in the company's best interest to offer users features that would
2275			adversely affect its business partners.
2276
2277			5. Spyware: Spyware is nothing but someone else trying to own your
2278			computer. These programs eavesdrop on your behavior and report back to
2279			their real owners -- sometimes without your knowledge or consent --
2280			about your behavior.
2281
2282			6. Update: Automatic update features are another way software companies
2283			try to own your computer. While they can be useful for improving
2284			security, they also require you to trust your software vendor not to
2285			disable your computer for nonpayment, breach of contract or other
2286			presumed infractions.
2287
2288			Adware, software-as-a-service and Google Desktop search are all
2289			examples of some other company trying to own your computer. And Trusted
2290			Computing will only make the problem worse.
2291
2292			There is an inherent insecurity to technologies that try to own
2293			people's computers: They allow individuals other than the computers'
2294			legitimate owners to enforce policy on those machines. These systems
2295			invite attackers to assume the role of the third party and turn a
2296			user's device against him.
2297			[...]
2298			You can fight back against this trend by only using software that
2299			respects your boundaries. Boycott companies that don't honestly serve
2300			their customers, that don't disclose their alliances, that treat users
2301			like marketing assets. Use open-source software -- software created and
2302			owned by users, with no hidden agendas, no secret alliances and no
2303			back-room marketing deals.
2304			%
2305			[John Carmack on Java]
2306			Write-once-run-anywhere. Ha. Hahahahaha. We are only testing on four
2307			platforms right now, and not a single pair has the exact same quirks. All
2308			the commercial games are tweaked and compiled individually for each
2309			(often 100+) platform. Portability is not a justification for the awful
2310			performance.
2311			%
2312			[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,415577,00.html]
2313
2314			"Wenn ich höre, dass die Telekom mit Microsoft kooperiert, da wird mir
2315			ganz anders", sagte Herbert Tillmann, der Vorsitzende der Produktions-
2316			und Technikkommission von ARD und ZDF dem Blatt. Man bevorzuge offene
2317			Standards und wolle sich der Plattform von Microsoft nicht ausliefern.
2318			%
2319			http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/05/german_cannibal.html
2320			%
2321			"Ok, this is complete off topic but WHY do so many Americans think that
2322			once your cross the 49th parellel into Canada that they are going out into
2323			a technology- and civilization-free zone???"
2324			http://p203.ezboard.com/ftruechristiansunitefrm31
2325			%
2326			http://funroll-loops.org/
2327			%
2328			[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL]
2329			When Direct3D was released in 1995, Microsoft, SGI, and Hewlett-Packard
2330			initiated the Fahrenheit project, which was a joint effort with the
2331			goal of unifying the OpenGL and Direct3D interfaces - and again, adding
2332			a scene-graph API. It initially showed some promise of bringing order
2333			to the world of interactive 3D computer graphics APIs, but on account
2334			of financial constraints at SGI and general lack of industry support
2335			it was abandoned. The engineers involved at SGI held a beach party in
2336			celebration - complete with bonfires on which they burned piles of
2337			Fahrenheit documentation.
2338			%
2339			[Whenever I try to use svn, it fails me. Sure I modified files, but whats
2340			the point of a RCS system that can't cope with that? Besides, I am 100%
2341			sure its much slower than CVS]
2342			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2343			svn: Won't delete locally modified directory '.'
2344			svn: Left locally modified or unversioned files
2345	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2346	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2347			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2348	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2349	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn diff
2350			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2351	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2352	root	1.431	[Great, my local fixes are lost now, too. Whoever let this horror loose on
2353			humanity deserves to be shot or something like that]
2354			%
2355	root	1.430	[http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431.12]
2356
2357			... I'm evaluating a bunch of J2EE portlet-enabled JSR-compliant MVC
2358			role-based CMS web service application container frameworks. ...
2359	root	1.431	%
2360	root	1.429	Subject: RE: Question about Leap Second Features
2361
2362			> Is there any implementation for this information on Microsoft operating
2363			> systems ?
2364
2365			Any Microsoft operating system that is accurate down to the second can
2366			probably be hand-picked from Bill Gates' garage ... ;-)
2367
2368			Jesper
2369			%
2370	root	1.428	[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer]
2371
2372			"As far as I can tell, the phrase 'I. Love. This. Company.
2373			YEEEAAAAAAAAARARRRRARAGH!' has FIVE words, not four."
2374
2375	root	1.432	~ Oscar Wilde on Steve Ballmer having four words for you.
2376	root	1.429	%
2377	root	1.427	http://www.geocities.com/pca_1978/kafkaesque.html
2378			%
2379	root	1.426	[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136541]
2380
2381			You've doubled the work. People don't like that. People REALLY don't
2382			like that. The number of duplicate bugs filed against the chooser is
2383			evidence for this. Furthermore, click depth is a standard metric for
2384			measuring HCI usability, and this dialog has moved in the absolute wrong
2385			direction. People won't be satisfied until they get the entry box back
2386			into the dialog. You can grind your teeth and pull your hair all you want,
2387			but that's the truth.
2388			%
2389	root	1.424	[de.alt.ufo]
2390
2391			Braun Ludwig <Wick84@gmx.de> wrote:
2392
2393	root	1.432	> 1. Ufos sind für mich Flugobjekte des US Militärs mit einen neuartigen
2394			> Atrieb, der mit einen Motorgenerator von ca 100000 Volt und einer
2395			> Stromstärke von ca 2 mA, einer elektronischen Steuereinheit und einer
2396			> Antriebseinheit auf Kondensator Basis betrieben wird. Zur Erklärung des
2397	root	1.424
2398			Aaha! Naja, die Elektrogravitation ist wirklich seit langem bekannt. Damit aber
2399	root	1.425	einen Antrieb zu realisieren halte ich für weniger wahrscheinlich. So abstrakt
2400			ist diese Funktion nicht und es wären schon mehr als ein Mensch dahinter
2401	root	1.424	gekommen. Ich sicher auch.
2402
2403			Allerdings schreibst Du hier von einem Generator. Es stellt sich die Frage
2404			was genau man mit 2 mA erzeugen will. Jeder Paralyzer schafft das mit
2405	root	1.425	der Hälfte der Spannung auch. Ich habe aber noch kein Opfer schweben
2406	root	1.424	gesehen. Im Gegenteil - die bewegen sich eigentlich immer ziemlich schnell
2407			in Richtung Boden.
2408
2409			[...]
2410
2411	root	1.432	> Dieser Ufo Flugzeug Typ wird in erster Linie als Spionage und
2412	root	1.425	> Aufklärungsflugobject eingesetzt.
2413	root	1.424
2414			Verstehe. Was ist in Afrika so interessant? Bekanntlich gibt oder gab es
2415	root	1.425	da bisher die überwiegenden Sichtungen. Was will z.B. der Ami von den
2416	root	1.424	Eingeborenen erfahren? Wie man richtig Reis oder Getreide kocht?
2417
2418			[...]
2419
2420			> 2. ausserirdische Ufo Flugobjekte.
2421	root	1.432	> Es gibt maximal 1 oder 2 oder drei ausserirdische Flugzeug
2422	root	1.425	> Beobachtungen, die tatsächlich wahr sind.
2423	root	1.424
2424			Nur drei? Das muss ich mir merken, damit ich das nicht vergesse. Welche
2425	root	1.425	mögen das Deiner Meinung nach wohl gewesen sein? Das ist ja noch
2426			schlimmer als Cenap, die von etwa 100.000 Fällen 1% erforscht haben,
2427			die wiederum schon im Vorfeld als 'normal' geklärt waren. Mit dieser
2428	root	1.424	Meinung solltest Du zu WW gehen und dich vorstellen. Der nimmmt Dich
2429			sofort.
2430			%
2431	root	1.423	[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/Tech/connect4.htm]
2432			By the way, decryption can be performed easily in your editor with syntax
2433			like !!tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M (Sorry if you had the misfortune to buy your
2434			software from Microsoft.)
2435	root	1.424	%
2436	root	1.422	http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/
2437	root	1.424	%
2438	root	1.421	> BTW I have 2 English words for you, FUCK YOU
2439
2440			Why, that's a rather intimate proposal. I never realised you were
2441			gay. While I would like to offer the hand of friendship, I am
2442			afraid that the thought of sex with a grown man doesn't really do
2443			much for me so I shall have to decline with a modicum of regret.
2444	root	1.424	%
2445	root	1.420	http://www.ta-sa.org/files/java_godkk.jpg
2446	root	1.419	http://www.chunder.com/carrots/javasux.html
2447	root	1.424	%
2448	root	1.418	Subject: Re: Docket No. 2005-22114
2449			From: Rodrigo Severo
2450			Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:04:33 -0200
2451			To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov
2452
2453			On 1/23/06, Paul Eggert wrote:
2454
2455			"David Braverman" <david@inner-drive.com> writes:
2456			It is a bit ironic that the US is less efficient than Brazil in fixing
2457			obviously-broken regulations like this.
2458
2459			I'm sorry but I have to ask: where is the irony in this? I hope the answer
2460			isn't obvious to people from US and I'm not seeing it just because I'm
2461			brazilian ;)
2462			Rodrigo Severo
2463	root	1.424	%
2464	root	1.431	[Frankly, I'd just like to know what GNOME did wrong to deserve this :]
2465	root	1.417
2466			http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq.html#1.13
2467	root	1.424	%
2468	root	1.416	[Another entry in the series "make this a blog":]
2469
2470			I wanted to see it for myself, and directed my browser to http://www.mpaa.org/.
2471
2472			Got "Bad Request (Invalid Header Name)".
2473
2474			Well.. some investigation showed that it didn't like the headers added by
2475			squid (in mostly default debian config).
2476
2477			sigh
2478	root	1.424	%
2479	root	1.415	A LIBERAL DECALOGUE
2480			By Bertrand Russell
2481
2482			Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new
2483			decalogue, not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement
2484			it. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate,
2485			might be set forth as follows:
2486
2487			1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2488
2489			2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the
2490			evidence is sure to come to light.
2491
2492			3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
2493
2494			4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband
2495			or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by
2496			authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
2497
2498			5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always
2499			contrary authorities to be found.
2500
2501			6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you
2502			do the opinions will suppress you.
2503
2504			7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted
2505			was once eccentric.
2506
2507			8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement,
2508			for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper
2509			agreement than the latter.
2510
2511			9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is
2512			more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
2513
2514			10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's
2515			paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness."
2516
2517			"A Liberal Decalogue" is from The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell,
2518			Vol. 3: 1944-1969, pp. 71-2.
2519	root	1.424	%
2520	root	1.413	[http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/12/09/502014.aspx]
2521	root	1.412	John Hoy, President of the DVD Copy Control Association, made
2522			the following statement to the Library of Congress in its 2003
2523			Anticircumvention rulemaking proceedings:
2524
2525			"Furthermore, if a consumer in the United States desires to view a DVD disc
2526			that has been region coded only for Europe, then that consumer is free to
2527			purchase a DVD player (either hardware or software) that is coded to play
2528			European DVDs. No legal restrictions apply-either through the CSS license
2529			or otherwise-to the importation and use of non-U.S. region players in the
2530			United States."
2531	root	1.413	---
2532			It must really suck to live in a nation where competition is actually
2533			outlawed - you have to feel sorry for all those people oppressed by
2534			communists and socialists. Oh, wait.... ;)
2535	root	1.414	---
2536			"You ain't seen nothin' yet! I heard that the new HD-DVDs or Blue-ray
2537			discs (whichever win eventually) will be street-encoded. You have to
2538			quote your street name while buying DVDs and they won't work in the next
2539			street. The hidden reason for this is that MPAA wants to charge upwards of
2540			$1000 per DVD for those living in million dollar mansions."
2541
2542			This isn't far from the truth. Blu-ray disks for PlayStation3 will only
2543			play in ONE player on earth. MS will eventually make up something similar.
2544	root	1.424	%
2545	root	1.411	[gnome-clock and my radio-clock failed miserably, /bin/date and Linux worked:]
2546			Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
2547	root	1.424	%
2548	root	1.410	[http://www.slate.com/id/2133993/]
2549
2550			Vulnerabilities deemed "critical" have forced the company to release an
2551			almost unending stream of patches and fixes [...]
2552
2553			Sure, it might be nice to connect your computer and your television
2554			set. But is it worth it to give hackers access to your television?
2555
2556			Even if we don't use them, we suffer from them.
2557
2558			[...] a former senior security analyst for the House of Representatives,
2559			believes that Microsoft is a threat to national security.
2560	root	1.424	%
2561	root	1.409	[Copyright History - US view]
2562			http://www.culturaleconomics.atfreeweb.com/cpu.htm
2563	root	1.424	%
2564	root	1.408	[I just re-read the unix haters hadnbook]
2565			X has had its share of $5,000 toilet seats -- like Sun's Open Look clock
2566			tool, which gobbles up 1.4 megabytes of real memory! If you sacrificed all
2567			the RAM from 22 Commodore 64s to clock tool, it still wouldn't have enough
2568			to tell you the time. Even the vanilla X11R4 "xclock" utility consumed
2569			656K to run. And X's memory usage is increasing.
2570	root	1.424	%
2571	root	1.406	[Got to remember this way of arguing, it's great if it works:]
2572
2573			"Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should
2574			they care about it?"
2575			-- Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG’s Global Digital Business President.
2576	root	1.407
2577			[see also http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php]
2578	root	1.424	%
2579	root	1.405	Let me repeat again: Formal axiomatic systems are a failure!
2580			-- Gregory Chaitin
2581	root	1.424	%
2582	root	1.432	13:49 <RayTracer> pixelsize=14 ist so groß wie 8 beim xchat wenn ich den
2583	root	1.404	gnome-settings-daemon nicht lade
2584			13:50 <schmorp> autsch, was hat das mit dem gnome-settings-daemon zu tun? ist ja hart!
2585			[...]
2586	root	1.432	13:51 <RayTracer> wenn ich den nicht lade sind alle gtk-programme mit großem Font,
2587			wenn ich ihn lade werden sie klein gemacht und wenn ich ihn töte ist
2588	root	1.404	wieder alles groß
2589	root	1.424	%
2590	root	1.403	[man perlsub]
2591			That prints "unphooey". (Yes, there are still unresolved issues
2592			having to do with visibility of @_. I’m ignoring that question
2593			for the moment. (But note that if we make @_ lexically scoped,
2594			those anonymous subroutines can act like closures... (Gee, is this
2595			sounding a little Lispish? (Never mind.))))
2596	root	1.424	%
2597	root	1.402	[glibc's bits/socket.h]
2598
2599			if ((size_t) __cmsg->cmsg_len < sizeof (struct cmsghdr))
2600	root	1.432	/* The kernel header does this so there may be a reason. */
2601			return 0;
2602	root	1.424	%
2603	root	1.400	http://www.wicked-vision.com/zensur/zensur/zensur_bei_filmen.html
2604	root	1.401
2605			> Die Argumente liefen insbesondere darauf hinaus, dass es sich bei den
2606			> Filmen, auf die in Anspielungen verwiesen wird, um Filme handelt, die
2607			> entweder von der FSK gekennzeichnet wurden mit "nicht freigegeben
2608			> unter 18 Jahren", die von der Bundesprüfstelle indiziert wurden oder
2609			> die sogar durch entsprechende Beschlüsse bundesweit beschlagnahmt
2610			> wurden, also alles Filme, die Kindern und Jugendlichen aufgrund der
2611			> Gesetze zum Jugendschutz von vornherein nicht zugänglich sind. Kindern
2612			> und Jugendlichen wird daher die Persiflage auf diese Filme nicht
2613			> transparent.
2614
2615			Das muß man sich mal auf der Zunge zergehen lassen: Da wird ein Film,
2616			der ab 18 Jahren freigegeben ist, indiziert, weil Kinder und Jugendliche
2617			die parodistischen Anspielungen nicht verstehen könnten. Mit solchen
2618			Begründungen beraubt sich die BPjS letztlich ihrer Glaubwürdigkeit.
2619	root	1.424	%
2620	root	1.399	Großmanns Gesetz: Komplexe Probleme haben einfache, leichtverständliche,
2621			aber falsche Lösungen.
2622	root	1.424	%
2623	root	1.398	A project done in Java will cost 5 times as much, take twice as long,
2624			and be harder to maintain than a project done in a scripting language such
2625			as PHP or Perl. [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/09/20#a1762 Java
2626			is the SUV of programming tools] Philip Greenspun
2627	root	1.424	%
2628	root	1.397	On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Till Kamppeter wrote:
2629			>
2630			> Frederic told that the options from the PPD file are intentionally mot
2631			> listed in the printing dialog, the usability team of GNOME was against
2632			> listing these options. They clutter the dialog and can be more confusing
2633			> than useful to the user.
2634
2635			I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.
2636
2637			This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of
2638			Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will
2639			use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long
2640			since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
2641
2642			Please, just tell people to use KDE.
2643
2644			Linus
2645	root	1.424	%
2646	root	1.396	Move 80, Node 81
2647			theodore [22k?]: i hear 8 d can read the future
2648			setzer [?]: what about 9d
2649			theodore [22k?]: they control it
2650	root	1.424	%
2651	root	1.395	[Fuqid 1.6 FAQ]
2652			Wenn ich HTL auf 300 setze dann lade ich viel schneller runter, warum?
2653
2654	root	1.398	Weil du daran glaubst, das hat nur psychologische Gründe. HTL's grösser
2655	root	1.395	als das Nodelimit haben einfach keinen Einfluss. PUNKT!
2656			--
2657			Warum wurde Fuqid nicht in der geilen Sprache XX geschrieben?
2658
2659			Du sprichst nur eine Sprache? Bist du Amerikaner?
2660	root	1.424	%
2661	root	1.393	[Are people responsible for the company they work at?]
2662			I was at a party in New York City earlier this year, and a conversation went like this:
2663
2664			Person: What do you do?
2665			Me: I'm a computer programmer at Microsoft.
2666			Person: <viciously> I hate you.
2667
2668			If Miss Manners didn't say so explicitly, I suspect she would nevertheless
2669			agree that snarling "I hate you" to somebody on first introduction is not
2670			exactly getting off on the right foot.
2671	root	1.394
2672			[And this is how that Microsoft programmer reacts to bugs in Microsoft software]
2673			http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/10/17/481810.aspx
2674	root	1.424	%
2675	root	1.392	"The music and film industries are demanding that the European parliament
2676			extends the scope of proposed anti-terror laws to help them prosecute
2677			illegal downloaders."
2678
2679			Bill Thompson at the BBC has some pertinent commentary:
2680
2681			"If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make
2682			profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil
2683			liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve
2684			to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will
2685			have to emerge."
2686
2687			http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4469886.stm
2688	root	1.424	%
2689	root	1.425	>Damit dürftest du der zweite Mensch sein, den ich kenne, der sich mit
2690	root	1.391	>einer so spartanischen Hardwareausstattung zufrieden gibt:) Ich selbst
2691
2692			Mein Arbeitsplatz ist eine HP 715/80 - also 80 MHz. Da drauf laeuft der vi
2693			immer noch genauso schnell wie vor zehn Jahren :)
2694
2695			Bye, Andy
2696	root	1.424	%
2697	root	1.398	[ka.uni.rz.stud, warum bestimmte zeichen in passwörtern verboten sind]
2698	root	1.425	>einem Passwort nicht zulässt, das kann ich nachvollziehen, aber wieso ein
2699	root	1.390	>Dollarzeichen, Leerzeichen, Klammeraffe, Doppelkreuz, Prozent, doppelte
2700	root	1.425	>Anführungszeichen, Paragraph und was es da noch so alles gibt? Und wieso nur
2701	root	1.390
2702			Dollarzeichen: DCE kann nicht damit umgehen.
2703			Leerzeichen: sind nur am Anfang und Ende eines PW verboten - es gibt
2704			System, die das wegstrippen :(
2705			Klammeraffe: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Kill-Zeichen (stammt
2706			halt noch aus der Zeit, als Fernschreiber als I/O-Geraete benutzt
2707			wurde, und ein Fernschreiber, der druckt, kann per Definition kein
2708			Backspace o.ae. haben - Tipp-Ex-Baender waren nicht eingebaut :)
2709			- und es gibt eben noch Systeme, die zum lokalen Login diese STTY-
2710			Settings benutzen. Seit wir die VT100-Terminals abgebaut haben,
2711			ist das fuer Studenten weniger relevant, unser BV behandelt aber
2712			alle Benutzer.
2713			Doppelkreuz: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Erase-Zeichen
2714			Prozent: Mift, das hab' ich mir nicht aufgeschrieben, geht aber auch in
2715			irgendeinem System nicht. Vielleicht sollte man es mal wieder
2716			probieren (bis es knallt)?
2717			Doppelte Anfuehrungszeichen: Wurden von Radius als Begrenzer benutzt. Ja,
2718			der Radius-Server funktionierte nur mit Klartext-Passwoertern :(
2719			Ja, funktionierte, Vergangenheitsform, er ist jetzt endlich tot :)
2720			Ja, damit kann ich die doppelten Anfuehrungszeichen freigeben :)
2721			Paragraph: ist kein ASCII-Zeichen. Das kann die lustigsten Probleme geben,
2722			insbesondere wenn verschiedene encodings benutzt werden - IMHO gibt
2723			es auch Implementierungen, die das 8. Bit wegschneiden...
2724	root	1.424	%
2725	root	1.389	[subversion is just plain broken. I just lost all my local modifications, right?]
2726
2727			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2728			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2729			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2730			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn cleanup
2731			svn: 'programs/mythlcd' is not a working copy directory
2732			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2733			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2734			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2735			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn help cleanup
2736			cleanup: Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming
2737			unfinished operations, etc.
2738			usage: cleanup [PATH...]
2739
2740			Valid options:
2741			--diff3-cmd arg : use ARG as merge command
2742			--config-dir arg : read user configuration files from directory ARG
2743
2744			[Thanks for the details. Not.]
2745	root	1.424	%
2746	root	1.388	But there's an observation I can't help doing: it seems to me that the
2747			ratio of increase in the complexity of (some aspects of) the language _is_
2748			_much_ _bigger_ than that in the functionality such complexity is supposed
2749			to provide.
2750			- perl6-language - michele dondi
2751	root	1.424	%
2752	root	1.386	[From: perl6-language]
2753
2754			The fact that there's not alot of active p5p'ers on this list should
2755			alarm people more.
2756
2757			-Nate
2758
2759			[...]
2760
2761			My take on that is that it is because Perl 6 is not a new version of
2762			Perl 5. I still think "Perl" is a misleading name, and mostly hurts the
2763			image of the language that is created here.
2764
2765			Juerd
2766
2767			[...]
2768
2769			(Oh, and that perl6 will never be able to upgrade my scripts that use
2770			'format', but I'm aware of the plan to make that `obsolete' as in: the
2771			perl526 translator will dump core on those)
2772
2773	root	1.432	--
2774	root	1.386	H.Merijn Brand
2775	root	1.387	%
2776	root	1.385	Die Firma Microsoft warnte asiatische Regierungen am Donnerstag,
2777	root	1.388	dass diese patentrechtlich verklagt werden könnten, wenn sie das
2778	root	1.385	Betriebssystem Linux anstelle von Microsoft's Windows-Software einsetzen.
2779			Nachrichtenagentur Reuters (18. November 2004)
2780	root	1.387	%
2781	root	1.384	[Come on, "kidtalk"???]
2782			http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
2783	root	1.387	%
2784	root	1.383	[Priceless :)]
2785			http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/icst-6/icst-6-full.html
2786	root	1.387	%
2787	root	1.382	[http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/15/1312216&from=rss]
2788			>> I hate it whenever Word tries to encourage me not to use passive.
2789			[...]
2790			> Okay then, translate "The window has been broken" into active voice.
2791			"Windows is broken."
2792	root	1.387	%
2793	root	1.381	[Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon on the perl6-language list:]
2794			Removing features simply because their implementation is inconvenient
2795			is not The Perl Way. If it were, Perl 6 would be Java With Sigils.
2796	root	1.387	%
2797	root	1.380	[Incidentally, the USoA is one of the two countries on earth that insist
2798			on being able to kill their children legally]
2799			http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
2800	root	1.387	%
2801	root	1.379	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test]
2802			The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining
2803			whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene [...]
2804	root	1.387	%
2805	root	1.377	[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050923-5346.html]
2806			"They find the anti-pornography crowd disturbing because they believe
2807			that policing pornography violates fundamental rights. This has become
2808			the dominant view in our society: As long as what I do doesn't harm you
2809			personally, I have a right to do it. It's a silly view and a view rejected
2810			by law enforcement policies all over the country."
2811	root	1.378	--
2812			"What we really need is less government and more common sense. The Bush
2813			administration thinks it can win the war in iraq, the war on terror, the
2814			war on drugs, and the war on smut while establishing a lunar colony and
2815			rebuilding New Orleans, all without raising taxes. He really needs a
2816			reality check. I can't believe that with all of this crap going on, Tom
2817			DeLay has the balls to claim that the republican party has eliminated
2818			wasteful government spending."
2819	root	1.387	%
2820	root	1.376	[Attaching 72lbs to spam-reply-envelopes is legal. Do it!]
2821			http://www.vertical-visions.com/_temp/postagepaid/index2.html
2822	root	1.387	%
2823	root	1.375	[Charley Tart on Consensus Trance: <SLAP> <SLAP> Wake up!]
2824			http://www.cantrip.org/charles_tart.html
2825	root	1.387	%
2826	root	1.375	["It's such a moving story, it must be true"]
2827			http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=246277
2828	root	1.387	%
2829	root	1.374	[Pencil Carving]
2830			http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html
2831	root	1.387	%
2832	root	1.374	[Copyright]
2833	root	1.373	http://www.bromsun.com/practice/copyrights/flowchart.html
2834	root	1.387	%
2835	root	1.372	[Die Wirtschaft befreit die Menschen von der Arbeit]
2836			http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/detail.php/949236
2837	root	1.387	%
2838	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> schmorp: A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen
2839			captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the
2840	root	1.371	nation from terrorist attacks.
2841	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> A congressional resolution after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks "provided the President all powers
2842			necessary and appropriate to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks by those who attacked the United
2843	root	1.371	States on Sept. 11,'' the decision said.
2844	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> The decision by a three-judge panel was written by Judge J. Michael Luttig, who sources have said is under
2845			consideration by President Bush for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2846	root	1.387	%
2847	root	1.370	[Looks extreme]
2848			http://www.counterpunch.org/
2849	root	1.387	%
2850	root	1.369	[Some glimpse of what happened in New Orleans]
2851			"As we approached the bridge, armed Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the
2852			foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing
2853			their weapons over our heads."
2854			http://www.livejournal.com/users/malbec/1052572.html
2855	root	1.387	%
2856	root	1.368	[Global Average Temperature vs. Number of Pirates]
2857			http://www.sheise.de/files/PirateGraph.jpg
2858	root	1.387	%
2859	root	1.367	[http://www.fefe.de/nowindows/]
2860			Many people using Windows don't care about their freedom. They do care
2861			about quality software and for that reason try to replace all the user
2862			space software from Microsoft with better free alternatives. This is the
2863			sole reason for the existance of cygwin.
2864	root	1.387	%
2865	root	1.366	[http://www.eff.org/Infrastructure/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php]
2866	root	1.387	%
2867	root	1.366	The TCG has resisted defining "owner" for purposes of their spec, despite
2868			several requests for clarification.
2869
2870			Think of it this way: most computer-related "stuff" now has a "licensed,
2871			not sold" tag attached. Ask yourself again, then, who has ultimate control
2872			unter TCG definitions.
2873	root	1.387	%
2874	root	1.366	But rememer they aren't doing anything wrong and they aren't trying to
2875			force anything on you. It is all opt-in and you always get to set the
2876			policy on your computer. It's just that nothing works any more unless you
2877			do opt-in and you do set your policy exactly they way they tell you to.
2878	root	1.387	%
2879	root	1.366	It's not coercion. It's for security. It helps the economy. It thwarts
2880			terrorists. TPM gives flags to orphans if that's what it needs to do to
2881			get people on board.
2882			%
2883	root	1.365	To have a secure computer, you must download the latest
2884			patches. Therefore, you must upgrade to SP4, and therefore, you must
2885			accept the EULA that requires you to agree with Microsoft's proprietary
2886			DRM.
2887
2888			The end is near. Security patches will soon require your body to be
2889			injected with RFID. Surely, we are all doomed.
2890	root	1.387	%
2891	root	1.364	[http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/09/01/1419222.shtml?tid=172&tid=109]
2892			switch ($decade) {
2893			case "the 50's":
2894			s/the Boogyman/Communist agitators/g;
2895			break;
2896			case "the 60's":
2897			s/the Boogyman/acid-eating hippies/g;
2898			break;
2899			case "the 70's":
2900			s/the Boogyman/disco/g;
2901			break;
2902			case "the 80's":
2903			s/the Boogyman/mutual assured destruction (and Grenada!)/g;
2904			break;
2905			case "the 90's":
2906			s/the Boogyman/evil hackers and George Michael/g;
2907			break;
2908			case "the 00's":
2909			s/the Boogyman/terrorists/g;
2910			break;
2911			}
2912	root	1.387	%
2913	root	1.363	http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2005/08/curiosities-from-japans-porno-shops.html
2914
2915			"How fucking creepy is that? As you can see from the flyer included
2916			in the capsule (note the kiddie crayon font), the other toys in the
2917			assortment include little girls spreading their legs, little girls sucking
2918			suggestively on popsicles, and little girls dry-humping their teddy bears"
2919
2920			"Interestingly enough, none of the cans were very long - maybe six inches
2921			at the most. I was trying to avoid the whole Asian-men-have-small-penises
2922			thing, but they kind of handed it to me on a silver platter."
2923
2924			""Maybe I should just try it. Just see what it feels like..." I mean,
2925			why not, right? You know. Just for kicks, right? So you know what? I
2926			fucked it. Yeah. I fucked a plastic beer can. I fucked the shit out of
2927			that can. And you know what? It felt alright. It did the trick. That
2928			is, until it was all over. Until the moment after, when I was hit by a
2929			sobering freight train of humility, looking down at my dick stuck inside a
2930			latex vagina housed in a plastic beer can. Moments like that you start to
2931			question everything - "How the hell did it come to this? Who am I? What am
2932			I doing with my life?" I probably sat there for an hour, silently with my
2933			plastic lover, pondering my existence."
2934	root	1.387	%
2935	root	1.362	"The scholars of Islam, such as Malik, Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad and Ishaaq said
2936			that (the person guilty of this crime) should be stoned, whether he is
2937			married or unmarried."
2938
2939			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503547102
2940			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/02/Article01-0.shtml
2941			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/07/Article02.shtml
2942			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503545556
2943			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543324
2944	root	1.387	%
2945	root	1.362	http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503546996
2946
2947			[I like this comparison between of and watching television:]
2948			Your brother is not at all different from those who have been conditioned
2949			to fornicate, or commit theft or murder, or who have become addicted to
2950			watching pornography or even television for that matter. All of these
2951			are destructive habits that one learns through continuous exposure or
2952			conditioning.
2953
2954			[And this is religion at its best:]
2955			Let him continuously read, reflect and meditate on the verses of the
2956			Qur'an that deal with the punishment meted to the nation who practiced
2957			this abomination; let him also read the verses depicting hell fire.
2958	root	1.387	%
2959	root	1.361	[Racism]
2960			http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/
2961	root	1.387	%
2962	root	1.360	[A link, just a link]
2963			http://www.oilcrisis.com/
2964	root	1.387	%
2965	root	1.359	As you may have noticed, the HOWTO is getting stale, you can't subscribe to
2966			the mailinglist and a lot of messages sent to it aren't getting through.
2967
2968			I apologise for this.
2969
2970			If all goes well I'll get my driver's license this Tuesday, which will allow
2971			me to visit the server, which I can't easily reach right now.
2972	root	1.387	%
2973	root	1.358	PSYC @> el says: von java bekommt man krebs
2974			induktiv says: java is ein riesiger marketing misthaufen voll mit code von uebereifrigen fh-programmierern
2975			el says: ich kenn da wen
2976			el says: bei dem wars so
2977			[...]
2978			PSYC @> el says: und.. naja, der hat also ganz viel java programmiert
2979			el says: und bekam augenkrebs
2980			el says: gehirntumor auch
2981			el says: ich weiss nicht, was vorher da war
2982	root	1.387	%
2983	root	1.357	wget http://el.l.tobij.de/ratz.jpg && xsetbg ratz.jpg
2984	root	1.387	%
2985	root	1.356	[in a reply to a school work assignment about proving why env vars make
2986			no sense in the kernel]
2987			From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
2988
2989			[...]
2990
2991			Mathematical proofs are accomplished within a framework of mathematical
2992			models.
2993
2994			In the postmodern time period and we gave up belief that the mathematical
2995			models are an accurate representation of reality. We only expect that
2996			they are sufficiently accurate for the purposes at hand.
2997	root	1.387	%
2998	root	1.354	[such nice quotes from http://theinquirer.net/?article=24638]
2999			There will be EF devices, EF branded content and probably EF branded
3000			contraceptives to use while watching EF branded porn.
3001			--
3002			Any DRM on a machine is simply a sign of failure.
3003	root	1.355	--
3004			This crushing DRM that is being foisted upon you is the surest sign that
3005			you don't want this product, and you will be paying too much for it. Don't
3006			like that? Bought legislators are hard at work making sure you will go to
3007			jail if you try to exercise your rights on the issue.
3008	root	1.387	%
3009	root	1.353	An absolutely fascinating interview with Robert Pape, a University of
3010			Chicago professor who has studied every suicide terrorist attack since
3011			1980. "The central fact is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist
3012			attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear
3013			strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military
3014			forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland."
3015			<http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html>
3016			[From: CRYPTO-GRAM 2005-08-15]
3017	root	1.387	%
3018	root	1.352	[If you are a US citizen, you might want to fight for the right to vote,
3019			which you currently do not posess]
3020			http://reclaimdemocracy.org/political_reform/right_to_vote.html
3021	root	1.387	%
3022	root	1.388	Kind: "Daad! Die alten Griechen mußten 44 Arten der Selbstverteidigung lernen, ohne Waffen!"
3023			Vater: "Dafür haben wir eine zweistufige elektrische Heckenschere."
3024	root	1.351	[Nach: Time Bandits]
3025	root	1.387	%
3026	root	1.350	http://www.cpmission.com/main/painpolitics/mdjackson.html
3027	root	1.387	%
3028	root	1.349	Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off
3029			a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."
3030	root	1.387	%
3031	root	1.432	Tcl is LISP on drugs. Using strings instead of S-expressions for closures
3032			is Evil with one of those gigantic E's you can find at the beginning of
3033			paragraphs.
3034	root	1.387	%
3035	root	1.347	[the average IQ seems to be declining]
3036			http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/000953.html
3037			http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/IQ/1950-2050/
3038	root	1.387	%
3039	root	1.346	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/07/31/0626257.shtml?tid=153&tid=98&tid=95&tid=103&tid=219]
3040			> If you know anything, most catholics register as democrats
3041
3042			Most catholics aren't American.
3043	root	1.387	%
3044	root	1.345	[Some things possibly cannot exist...]
3045
3046			[http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/depleted-uranium.html]
3047			In NEWS1920, we demonstrated how America's widespread usage of Depleted
3048			Uranium munitions is fulfilling the prophetic End of the Age prophecy
3049			against Babylon (Iraq). Now, we examine how our D.U. is quite possibly
3050			fulfilling another major prophecy: Revelation 6:3-4
3051
3052			[http://cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=939]
3053			How Mormon Temples Are Built To Be Demon Magnets
3054	root	1.387	%
3055	root	1.344	[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/egypt.explosions/index.html]
3056			Asked whether he thought the blasts might be related to Islam, he
3057			replied, "What Islam? This terrorism has nothing to do with any religion,
3058			because all religions do not allow aggression and do not allow killing
3059			civilians in innocence. Those don't belong to Muslims. They are a gang of
3060			criminals."
3061	root	1.387	%
3062	root	1.343	The Black Hole in the Galactic Center
3063			[http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/hfalcke/bh/sld1.html]
3064	root	1.387	%
3065	root	1.342	To me anything above 30 fps is good and 45-50 is amazing... 75 is more
3066			than I've seen lol. Then again I come from a mac
3067	root	1.387	%
3068	root	1.341	[There are things the US congress can do that were far beyond my imagination]
3069			http://reason.com/rauch/99_08_07.shtml
3070	root	1.387	%
3071	root	1.340	The MSI MS-9130 (K8T Master2-FAR) is an excellent board. The only problem
3072			I had was with my video card shorting out and frying both the board and
3073			card (They went up in flames).
3074	root	1.387	%
3075	root	1.432	05:46 <mmead> AP and UPI reported that the French government announced yesterday that
3076			it has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide." The only two
3077			higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate." The action
3078			was precipitated by the recent fire which destroyed one of France's
3079	root	1.338	white flag factories, disabling their military.
3080	root	1.432	05:47 <mmead> it's obviously been recirculated recently:
3081	root	1.339	http://www.edthibodeau.com/nonplussed/2004/10/french_terror_a.html
3082	root	1.387	%
3083	root	1.337	[The following quote from a NASA press release shows impressively how much
3084			we know. And more importantly, how to build up scientific knowledge part
3085			by part. "Knowledge" always has a margin-of-error inherently attached to it.]
3086
3087			"The cloud indicated the comet is covered in the powdery stuff."
3088
3089			[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/di_pr_20050708.txt]
3090	root	1.387	%
3091	root	1.336	[http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/06/09/security-through-stupidity/]
3092			Silly questions abound, all to cover people's butts. When I moved to
3093			the US in 1992 (from Canada), one of the questions on my green card
3094			application was "Do you, or any member of your immediate family, plan to
3095			violently overthrow the government of the United States or assasinate any
3096			elected official?" Not only did they have checkboxes for "yes" and "no",
3097			but they had a blank space labelled, "If you checked 'yes', please provide
3098			a detailed explanation in the space below." I never figured out what kind
3099			of explanation would make them give you a green card anyway.
3100			--
3101			Hasbro should ask the same. Teddy Ruxpin chips were found on a number
3102			of landmines during the first gulf war... First, we just thought these
3103			people REALLY hate Teddy Ruxpin, maybe we're not so different after all...
3104			but on further investigation, Ruxpin had easily-programmable EEPROMs, so
3105			the Ruxpin chip was actually being repurposed as a controller for the
3106			explosives. They were jackin' overseas deliveries to get the Ruxpins.
3107	root	1.387	%
3108	root	1.335	http://graphics.stanford.edu/~danielrh/vote/vote.html
3109			The Obfuscated V contest
3110	root	1.387	%
3111	root	1.335	Airplane security is getting surreal: "...FAA regulation that requires
3112			soldiers -- all of whom were armed with an arsenal of assault rifles,
3113			shotguns and pistols -- to surrender pocket knives, nose hair scissors and
3114			cigarette lighters."
3115			http://tinyurl.com/7z8my
3116	root	1.387	%
3117	root	1.334	<http://babygimp.sourceforge.net/>
3118			Does it run under Windows ?
3119			- Who cares?
3120	root	1.387	%
3121	root	1.333	[Can hot water freeze faster than cold water?]
3122	root	1.332	http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html
3123	root	1.387	%
3124	root	1.331	http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sbsl-howto.html
3125			Single Bubble Sonoluminescence HOWTO
3126			[...]
3127			Don't bother me with "my bottle exploded, what was wrong?"-stuff; While the bottle is heated it mustn't be closed!
3128			[...]
3129			Darken your room completely. Adapt your eyes, which may take 15 minutes up
3130			to half an hour. Look at the flask or at least where you think your flask
3131			is (remember: the room is completely darkened).
3132	root	1.387	%
3133	root	1.329	[de.alt.ufo]
3134	root	1.432	> Ja, stimmt - ich hatte mich früher viel mit Leuten beschäftigt, die
3135			> wahrscheinlich entführt wurden, oder bei denen es den Anschein hatte. Im
3136			> Moment beschäftige ich mich mit der Konstruktion eines kleinen UFO-
3137	root	1.388	> Detektors, der die UFO- Ereignisse auch zählt.-
3138	root	1.330	> www.ufo-finder.de
3139	root	1.432	> Aber Feld-Forscher bin ich deshalb noch nicht. Das geht gesundheitlich nicht
3140	root	1.330	> mehr!
3141			> richy.
3142
3143			Und es gibt wirklich Deppen, die sich von dir abzocken lassen??
3144	root	1.387	%
3145	root	1.330	[de.alt.ufo]
3146	root	1.329	> Wie kann ich online etwas belegen, das sich in der Vergangenheit
3147			> zugetragen hat?
3148
3149			Das solltest Du Dich selbst mal fragen. Wenn Du es nicht belegen kannst,
3150			warum behauptest Du es dann?
3151	root	1.388	[später]
3152			> Ach, wenn es interessant wird, umfängt Dich Faulheit?
3153	root	1.329
3154			Bei dir ist das angemessen, du hast deinen Ruf weg.
3155			Du plapperst immer nur von Belegen, verlangst letzten Endes
3156			naturwissenschaftliche/physikalische Beweise (genaugenommen:
3157			ein Alien-craft zum Vorfuehren), darunter akzeptierst du nichts,
3158			aber das stellt sich erst nach ellenlangen threads heraus.
3159
3160			Aber das ist bekannt, und eigentlich belanglos.
3161
3162			Wer sich auf Debatten mit dir einlaesst und Argumente erwartet
3163			von jemand, der die Wissenschaft zur Ersatzreligion verquast,
3164			ist eigentlich selbst schuld.
3165	root	1.387	%
3166	root	1.388	[de.alt.ufo, über einen www.rtl.de-news-Artikel]
3167	root	1.328	Wie die Skepsos so schoen sagen: der Verfasser von dem Quark war so offen,
3168			dem ist das Gehirn rausgefallen.
3169	root	1.387	%
3170	root	1.327	[res_nsend.c]
3171			/* give the hook another try */
3172			if (++loops < 42) /doug adams/
3173			break;
3174	root	1.387	%
3175	root	1.326	[sr_port/mdq.h]
3176	root	1.432	/* Insert a doubly-linked list of elements from "n->q.fl" to "n->q.bl"
3177	root	1.326	in between "o" and "o->q.fl" */
3178			#define dqadd(o,n,q) ((o)->q.fl->q.bl=(n)->q.bl,(n)->q.bl->q.fl=(o)->q.fl,(o)->q.fl=(n)->q.fl,(n)->q.fl->q.bl=(o))
3179	root	1.387	%
3180	root	1.325	Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
3181	root	1.387	%
3182	root	1.324	* Andreas Waechter <mail@andreas-waechter.de> [06-25-05 00:58]:
3183	root	1.432	> No, Thunderbird should not "reply" to the list with the
3184	root	1.324	> current settings of the list.
3185	root	1.432	>
3186			> There is no "Reply-To" header, thus a "Reply" has to go to
3187			> the address in the "From" header - which is the address of
3188	root	1.324	> the original sender, not the list.
3189	root	1.432	>
3190			> The List address is in the "To" field. Thus only a "Reply
3191			> All" will go to the list as CC (and to the original sender
3192	root	1.324	> as TO).
3193	root	1.432	>
3194	root	1.324	> Don't blame my mail client for the set-up of the list.
3195
3196			Your mail client is not being blamed. It is your
3197			responsibility. No one disputes your choice of mail client, but it
3198			is your responsibility to see that your posts are properly
3199			addressed to the list, not the list's software or the people you are
3200			being discourteous to.
3201
3202			The fault is all yours. It is/was your choice.
3203			--
3204			Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
3205	root	1.387	%
3206	root	1.323	[http://www.heise.de/ct/00/20/104/]
3207	root	1.388	"Sie können mit falschen Tatsachen Leute überzeugen, das ist nun mal so."
3208	root	1.387	%
3209	root	1.322	An appeals court in Minnesota has ruled that the presence of encryption
3210			software [PGP] on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.
3211			http://www.granick.com/archive/2005_05_01_theshout_archive.html#1117581
3212			http://news.com.com/Minnesota+court+takes+dim+view+of+encryption/2100-1030_3-5718978.html
3213			http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0505/opa040381-0503.htm
3214	root	1.387	%
3215	root	1.322	[http://www.komotv.com/stories/37150.htm]
3216			"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said
3217			what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ...
3218			you don't have any'."
3219	root	1.323
3220			[I also am very fond of this quote:]
3221			"My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I
3222			would hate to think how they're treating other people. It's crazy."
3223			[Don't they have _any_ ethics?? What about equality? Ah well, I forgot...]
3224	root	1.387	%
3225	root	1.321	[http://wiki.ffii.org/CampIcecream050601En]
3226			Yes its true! If you go down to Place du Luxembourg from now until
3227			3pm, you can collect your free icecream and support the Computer
3228			Implemented Inventions Common Position!
3229	root	1.387	%
3230	root	1.319	[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation/algorithm/upconversion/index.htm]
3231			The change from Blitz to standard arrays had little effect on the
3232			execution time so I stuck with the standard type. The standard arrays
3233			should be more acceptable to developers who want to modify the code.
3234			Insisting that the developer use a certain array container for no good
3235			reason will not win many fans.
3236
3237			[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html has other nice
3238			documents in the algorithm section]
3239	root	1.387	%
3240	root	1.318	["Blue in the Face"]
3241			Ich kriege in New York keine Angst, nein... aber in Schweden...da isses
3242			irgendwie so leer und da sind alle betrunken... und alles funktioniert...
3243			und, naja, wnen du an einer roten Ampel den motor nicht abstellst, reden
3244			die leute mit dir.... die zeigen da im fernsehen ohrenoperationen...
3245
3246			Solche dinge machen mir Angst... nicht New York.
3247	root	1.387	%
3248	root	1.317	And before I forget it, readers fascinated by the idea of Central
3249			Europeans using A6 as a toilet paper size might also be interested to hear
3250			that the U.S. have for the same application field a standard square format
3251	root	1.388	of 4.5×4.5 in = 114×114 mm, which is for instance documented in New Jersey
3252	root	1.317	Specification No. 7572-01 (May 1997), section 2.3.
3253			[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html]
3254	root	1.387	%
3255	root	1.316	[Better know what they actually do...]
3256	root	1.388	[Technische Richtlinie / Telekommunikationsüberwachung]
3257	root	1.316	http://www.regtp.de/imperia/md/content/tech_reg_t/ueberwachu/TR_TKUE_Ausgabe_4.1_29-11-2004.pdf
3258	root	1.315	[RFC3924 Cisco Architecture for Lawful Intercept in IP Networks]
3259			ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3924.txt
3260	root	1.387	%
3261	root	1.314	[rfc4096]
3262			The FTC called a summit of leading thinkers, and the regulation was
3263			amended to read "but don't use languages that go from right to left
3264			or up and down instead of plain old left to right." Needless to say,
3265			the reaction from the Freedonian League for the Defense of Linguistic
3266			Diversity killed that proposed regulation really quickly.
3267	root	1.387	%
3268	root	1.313	[just a really nice md5sum]
3269			99421268df476006401f11f96b655248
3270	root	1.387	%
3271	root	1.312	[a comment in some g729 sample implementation]
3272	root	1.432	* For G.729(,A,B) royalty payments, see http://www.sipro.com
3273	root	1.312	* WARNING: please make sure you are sitting down before looking
3274			* at their price list.
3275	root	1.387	%
3276	root	1.311	[http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139347&cid=11665921]
3277			You'd think I was overgeneralizing, but I'm not. Absolutely every single
3278			time I see HN in use, I quickly end up learning that the programmer who
3279			wrote the code was an idiot. On at least two separate occasions, I've
3280			had to correct C code with HN that did not allocate space for the null
3281			terminator on any strings anywhere in the code. That's pretty much the
3282			level of programming talent you can expect when you see HN in use.
3283	root	1.387	%
3284	root	1.309	21:22 <mmead> tiger's SMB support is fucking broken
3285			21:26 <oesi> mmead: when you grow up, you will substitute "'s SMB support" by "" :)
3286	root	1.387	%
3287	root	1.308	03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> ich dachte immer alle beinhaltet mehr als 1
3288			03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> aba naja
3289			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <oesi> nein, viele beinhaltet mehr als 1
3290			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <bani_> stimmt auch wieder
3291	root	1.387	%
3292	root	1.319	[ein so gut geschriebenes dokument erwartet man eigentlich nicht mal vom BSI]
3293	root	1.307	http://www.bsi.bund.de/literat/studien/antispam/antispam.pdf
3294	root	1.387	%
3295	root	1.306	[some SPAM]
3296			Freie Geschlechtabbildungen und -filme. Und Phasennetznocken
3297	root	1.387	%
3298	root	1.305	cowsay -f head-in oink \| cowthink -n -f sodomized
3299	root	1.387	%
3300	root	1.304	[star wars episode guide]
3301			1 =Epichode 1: The Phantom Grimace
3302			2 =Epichode 2: Attack of the Groans
3303			3 =Epichode 3: Revenge of the Shit
3304			4 = Episode 4: A New Hope
3305			5 = Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back(By far the best Star Wars film. One of the finest movies ever made.)
3306			6 = Episode 6: Return of the Jedi(would have been a thousand times cooler if the ewoks had been Wookies).
3307			[http://www.beggingtodiffer.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=pp;action=display;num=1113843411]
3308	root	1.387	%
3309	root	1.300	[God knows his enemies]
3310			http://sheise.de/files/GODvsBUSH.gif
3311	root	1.302	[Uh-oh, "se germans are next"]
3312	root	1.303	http://sheise.de/files/cnn_iraq.jpg [a fake, but nevertheless]
3313	root	1.387	%
3314	root	1.299	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054743/
3315	root	1.301	[Why is it that every good Hollywood movie is at least 30+ years old?]
3316	root	1.387	%
3317	root	1.298	[http://www.bildblog.de/]
3318	root	1.388	Die "Bild"-Zeitung schreibt Blödsinn, und alle schreiben's ab. Die
3319			rührende Geschichte von den "Unfallforschern", die angeblich "ermittelt"
3320			hätten, was doch nur eine schlichte Umrechnung von Stundenkilometern in
3321	root	1.298	Meter pro Sekunde ist, zieht Kreise.
3322
3323			Nachrichtenagentur ddp, 3. Mai, 03:16 Uhr:
3324
3325			Laut "Bild" ermittelten Unfallforscher, dass ein Auto bei einer
3326			Geschwindigkeit von 50 Kilometern pro Stunde etwa 14 Meter pro Sekunde
3327	root	1.388	ungebremst weiterfährt, während der Fahrer nach einer fallengelassenen
3328	root	1.298	Zigarette sucht.
3329
3330			Nachrichtenagentur AFP, 3. Mai, 04:25 Uhr:
3331
3332			[usw.]
3333
3334			Bei "Stern Online" ist aus den "Unfallforschern" schon eine ganze "Studie"
3335	root	1.388	geworden, die plötzlich zu Ergebnissen kommt, die nur scheinbar mit den
3336	root	1.298	bekannten "Ermittlungen" identisch sind:
3337
3338			Nach Auffassung des SPD-Verkehrsexperten Peter Danckert kann eine
3339			brennende Zigarette den Fahrer jedoch ebenso wie ein klingelndes
3340			Telefon ablenken. Er verwies auf eine Studie, nach der ein 50
3341			Stundenkilometer schnelles Auto mindestens 14 Meter weiterrolle, wenn
3342			der Fahrer nach einer Zigarette sucht.
3343	root	1.387	%
3344	root	1.388	[schlimmer als de.alt.ufo, schlimmer als jede Verarschung sein könnte...]
3345	root	1.297	http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2005/01/22/sonne__boese/sonne__boese.html
3346			http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2004/12/28/seebeben/zerreisst__unsere__erde.html
3347	root	1.387	%
3348	root	1.296	[http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=147629&cid=12370229]
3349			Which fanboy are you?
3350
3351			1. Windows
3352
3353			You wear wraparound sunglasses, even indoors. You wish your mother
3354			would let you ride a motorbike. You tell your friends you're pulling
3355			in $50,000 a year and $2,000 a month "playing the stock market" but
3356			in reality you're only bringing in half that and your dividends from
3357			MSFT havn't been good in years. Your non computing friends all turn
3358			to you for help; you only charge $30 an hour. Your collegues talk
3359			about you behind your back. Your workplace nickname is likely to be
3360			"The Asshole". Unlike the Linux fanboys, you actually try to pick up
3361			dates in bars but women laugh at you.
3362
3363			2. Apple
3364
3365			You think you're so cool you hurt. You have mirrors on every wall
3366			in your "loft apartment", which is really a grimy little apartment
3367			next to a guy who plays Guns 'n Roses at 3am. All of your furniture
3368			is from Ikea. You sometimes think that changing your name to "Steve"
3369			would be "pretty cool". When you go to bars you only drink Miller
3370			Lite. No body ever asks you for help with their computers because
3371			they know you don't know anything but OS X, even if you do tell them
3372			you "run Unix" now. Your friends openly laugh at you.
3373
3374			3. Linspire
3375
3376			You regularly give $10 bills to homeless guys because you have
3377			too much money. Computers baffle you, but you enjoy looking at
3378			pictures of naked women. You don't know what Linux is, but you
3379			continually bugged the IT guy at work about your computer so he
3380			installed Linspire on your machine.
3381
3382			4. Umbongo
3383
3384			You shop at GAP. You probably used to use a Mac. When you saw the
3385			multiracial image used as a desktop picture and heard that this
3386			operating system came from the same country as Nelson Mandela, you
3387			knew it was for you. You meet with your friends in fair-trade coffee
3388			houses and talk about the eventual overthrow of evil corporations
3389			such as Microsoft and Starbucks. Like the Linspire user, you have
3390			very little real knowlege when it comes to computers but you would
3391			never use your computer to look at pictures of women degrading
3392			themselves.
3393
3394			5. Gentoy
3395
3396			You've been "into computers" for ohh, one or two years now and fancy
3397			yourself as "a bit of a hacker". Wouldn't know C from C++, or even
3398			Perl for that matter. Older Gentoy users may be building their homes
3399			from matchsticks. You've explained to all your friends that your
3400			matchstick house will have an "optimised floorplan". They've tried
3401			to tell you that your house violates every known building code and
3402			law in your area, but you've ignored them so far because you can't
3403			read those complicated regulatory documents.
3404
3405			6. Linux From Scratch
3406
3407			Much like the Gentoy user but you'd also be into sadomasochistic
3408			sex if you could get it. You're not just building a house from
3409			matchsticks, you're planing to grow the trees to make the
3410			matchsticks. You've cleared some land but don't know what to do next
3411			because you havn't read the books you've got, so you've posted to
3412			alt.arborists.newbie asking for help. It's been three days so far
3413			and no one has replied. You remain hopeful.
3414	root	1.387	%
3415	root	1.295	[/usr/bin/cowsay]
3416			if (($^O eq "MSWin32") or ($^O eq "Windows_NT")) { ## Many perls, eek!
3417	root	1.387	%
3418	root	1.294	[A few days after the 6.0.9 release announcement]
3419
3420			In the spirit of release early, release often.... Err no, actually more
3421			in the spirit of, let's not try to lose data during file resolution...
3422
3423			Coda 6.0.10 is out
3424	root	1.387	%
3425	root	1.293	<opine@orifice2.com> wrote:
3426
3427			> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:55:28 -0800, CrabRangoon wrote
3428	root	1.432	>
3429	root	1.388	> > Meine Großmutter hat einen kleinen Hinterhof und sie benutzt selten die
3430	root	1.293	> > Dusche. Bei vielen Gelegenheiten habe ich mehr als 4
3431	root	1.388	> > Lebensmittelgeschäftspeicher-Versorgungsmaterialien Sellerie an einem
3432			> > einzelnen Tag verbraucht. Würde es irgendein Benzin unter meiner Couch
3433			> > geben, wenn ich meine Hose bügelte?
3434	root	1.432	>
3435			> What does your granny's tiny ass have to do with this group? Other than the
3436	root	1.293	> smell attracting flies of course...
3437	root	1.432	>
3438	root	1.293	I figured a little non-native tongued nonsense would help keep this
3439			request near the top of the group. thanks for playing along.
3440	root	1.388	cheers and Haben Sie eine glückliche Karotte
3441	root	1.387	%
3442	root	1.432	00:24 <elmex> ich bin ja nur ein dummer niedersachse, der kaum was in der schule hatte
3443	root	1.387	%
3444	root	1.291	War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce
3445	root	1.387	%
3446	root	1.290	98% of the time I am right. Why worry about the other 3%.
3447	root	1.387	%
3448	root	1.289	[Bertram van Munster, Jerry Bruckheimers partner, interviewed in the BBC
3449			show "Correspondent"]
3450	root	1.288
3451			[...] I do reality television, and I've done this for many many many
3452			years, long before even anybody knew what reality was.
3453
3454			[so know we know who creates reality now]
3455			%
3456	root	1.287	[from wordnet]
3457			cock sucking, blowjob
3458			=> fellatio, fellation
3459			=> oral sex, head
3460			=> perversion, sexual perversion
3461			=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
3462			=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
3463			=> organic process, biological process
3464			=> process
3465			=> phenomenon
3466	root	1.387	%
3467	root	1.286	10:41 <oesi> [0]--(10:40:39)-(root@km)-(~/xxml)-> file tmon.out
3468			10:41 <oesi> tmon.out: ASCII Java program text
3469	root	1.387	%
3470	root	1.285	[SSK@J3GtFnEi8b~ko6mGvvXdrQoZ3D4PAgM,hhWspr43hLbvnrlkwxtDLg/ABC_NoJail/2//]
3471			[slightly edited]
3472			Largest prison population in the world is in the United States of America
3473			(in 2000: 2,071,686 persons, 22% of world prison population), it has more
3474			than double the prison population of Russia or China. What that means is
3475			that in USA 1 out of 143 residents are incarcerated.
3476
3477			About 88% of USA prison population is male, but female population is
3478			sharply on the rise, and might soon reach that of males, due mostly to new
3479			laws on terrorism and drugs.
3480
3481			Out of all the black males between 20 and 39, 12% are in custody (anybody
3482			told them about emancipation proclamation?).
3483	root	1.387	%
3484	root	1.284	"Begehe nur nicht den Fehler, Meinung durch Sachverstand zu substituieren."
3485			(PLemken, <bu6o7e$e6v0p$2@ID-31.news.uni-berlin.de>)
3486	root	1.387	%
3487	root	1.283	Mail::Box - 700MB of RSS to open a 30MB mail folder, one half of the
3488	root	1.282	advertised features doesn't work, while the other half is just buggy.
3489	root	1.387	%
3490	root	1.281	A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what ships are built for.
3491	root	1.432	I learned that some cops lie. This was a brutal and profoundly disturbing
3492			realization: Those in control are not necessarily trustworthy.
3493	root	1.281	- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
3494	root	1.387	%
3495	root	1.279	"parrot - from the people who brought you ithreads"
3496			- oesi
3497	root	1.387	%
3498	root	1.278	[US, Metric]
3499			http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html
3500	root	1.387	%
3501	root	1.432	[http://use.perl.org/~scrottie/journal]
3502	root	1.277	[I agree with that very much, most of his blog is really interesting]
3503	root	1.275	Sunday February 20, 2005 07:18 AM
3504			Minions Wanted [ 0 Comments \| #23269 ]
3505
3506			It's been about 10 years since I've had minions. They've all grown up,
3507			started painfully profitable companies, and now hob-knob whose-who of
3508			important and influential figures of their field. I'm growing old and
3509			increasinly mal-adapted to normal life. It's no longer becoming for me
3510			to leave my lair nor speak on the phone. I've reflected on making this
3511			post, and I've reflected at great length. Minions aren't what they used
3512			to be. Minions now days are soft and weak willed. In the old days, it was
3513			that minions would realize they can wield power if they're willing to
3514			spend a time subserviant to someone capable of teaching. Now days, kids
3515			have this notion that money only comes from the parents, power comes from
3516			your social (gag) circles, and glory comes from the things you own. They
3517			seek answers to Perl questions only for immediate gradification, not to
3518			truly master an insidious tactic and become a potent force. Kids now
3519			days, not nearly robust enough to be considered minion material. They,for
3520			their entire life, questioninglessly slide into being slaves of much
3521			more powerful overlords. They accept as payment for their servatude a
3522			few measily tens of thousands of dollars, and then only paid in payments
3523			yearly, calling that close enough to world domination, and inexchange
3524			for that paultry fee, deliver one after another innocent to the hands of
3525			Bill Gates, telling the clients they betray that Microsoft Windows is a
3526			servicable operating system and a supportable platform. While it is truly
3527			becoming to serve on the side of Microsoft, it is also well known the
3528			ranks are thin at the top but wide at the bottom, and few ever move past
3529			petty explotation of businesses and moronic home users.
3530
3531			This is not the stock I seek. These so short-sightedly driven by greed,
3532			rather than lusting for true power, amount to little more than orcs - a
3533			fodder of little use except as "consumers" in this modern age. It is far
3534			more becoming to hope to some day aspire to be an overlord of some small
3535			repute yourself and initially forego payment.
3536
3537			Minions in my service will be expected to endure maindane business-related
3538			tasks, such as answering the phone, but will always be allowed the
3539			basic dignity of being able to tell clients to "fuck off" when
3540			appropriate. Retaining dignity does not relieve the necessities of
3541			subordination, however. My minions may seek clarification but will never
3542			question me. For the term of their indenture, they will accept my teaching
3543			as truth itself. They will not seek short-cuts where I say there are none,
3544			and if I later reveal short-cuts, they will know it was because they were
3545			not yet ready before. While my young troglodytes will doubtless enterain
3546			perversion and drug abuse in their free time, they will go for the want of
3547			the very necessities of life should urgant cause arise.
3548
3549			In exchange, they will be tutored on the basic elements of evil and Perl
3550			programming and will share in the spoils of an insideous plot I've hatched
3551			some time ago to dupe large numbers of people out of money by playing on
3552			their greed and fear. Of course, in the interest of avoiding indictment
3553			myself, the details of the plot can never be revealed, but a clever
3554			student will quickly ascertain the nature of the ploy. After thier period
3555			of endenture, minions will have developed an eye for exploitation and
3556			trickery, but most importantly will have developed a deeper understanding
3557			of how things work - both in Perl and in the real world. They will see
3558			everything about them as quite potentially theirs - no program must go
3559			unwritten, and persuent to Free Trade Agreements, they will be as a
3560			sovereign nation.
3561
3562			While the offer is valid, this is a draft for a post on
3563			jobs.perl.org. Feedback is welcome - unless you're stupid, then stay the
3564			hell off my blog. Time and time again I forget both the power of TV to
3565			sap intelligence and the very prevelence of the thing. So let this be a
3566			test: if you watch more than half an hour a day of any programming besides
3567			CSPAN, don't post here.
3568
3569			-scott
3570	root	1.387	%
3571	root	1.274	But Mike Loughlin, who studied the boiling of lobsters when he was a
3572			University of Maine graduate student, said lobsters simply lack the brain
3573			capacity to feel pain.
3574
3575			"It's a semantic thing: No brain, no pain," said Loughlin, who now works
3576			as a biologist at the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission.
3577	root	1.387	%
3578	root	1.273	Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp contextual F1 help & Crimson Editor in Windows
3579			From: Sven Neumann
3580
3581			Hi,
3582
3583	root	1.388	Rubén de Diego Martínez writes:
3584	root	1.432	> I also think that it's a bug. How may I report-it?
3585	root	1.273
3586			Go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/feedback/ and tell them
3587			that
3588
3589			ShellExecute (HWND_DESKTOP, "open", uri, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
3590
3591			does not do what you would expect it to do.
3592	root	1.387	%
3593	root	1.271	http://www.syslog.com/~jwilson/pics-i-like/kurios119.jpg
3594	root	1.272	the original comment says:
3595			This is probably part of an elaborate IQ test.
3596			Waiting at the gate means you fail.
3597	root	1.387	%
3598	root	1.271	{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} ich mir eine kolaflasche reingeschioebn
3599			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und dann ist meine klitoris erissen
3600			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und ich musste ins krankenhaus
3601			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} oh sorry, falsches fenster
3602			{Flat eric:Net-Knuddels} aja
3603			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} hi :)
3604	root	1.387	%
3605	root	1.275	[Java, like Delphi, requires manual destruction. Obvious, but still
3606	root	1.270	interesting read]
3607			http://www.octopull.demon.co.uk/java/ImmortalityAtaPrice.html
3608	root	1.387	%
3609	root	1.269	[Obscure Algorithms, just for my reference]
3610			http://aggregate.org/MAGIC/
3611			http://www.hackersdelight.org/HDcode.htm
3612	root	1.387	%
3613	root	1.268	In Los Angeles, the "HOLLYWOOD" sign is protected by a fence and a locked
3614			gate. Because several different agencies need access to the sign for
3615			various purposes, the chain locking the gate is formed by several locks
3616			linked together. Each of the agencies has the key to its own lock, and not
3617			the key to any of the others. Of course, anyone who can open one of the
3618			locks can open the gate.
3619
3620			This is a nice example of a multiple-user access-control system. It's
3621			simple, and it works. You can also make it as complicated as you want,
3622			with different locks in parallel and in series.
3623	root	1.387	%
3624	root	1.267	http://www.crypto.com/papers/safelocks.pdf
3625			Safecracking for the computer scientist
3626	root	1.387	%
3627	root	1.265	Fact: Something that you observe to be true.
3628
3629			Fact #1: when you drop a hammer, it falls to the ground
3630
3631			Fact #2: a genetic sequence can change sufficiently to form a new
3632			species. Speciation has been observed more than once in the laboratory
3633			and in the wild, so this is a fact. Since we call this process
3634			'evolution', that means evolution is a fact. Keep reading for more
3635			explanation of this.
3636
3637			Theory: An explanation of an observation
3638
3639			Theory #1: The theory of gravity is understood as a curvature in space,
3640			which explains why the hammer falls.
3641
3642			Theory #2: The Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection explains
3643			how a population's genome can change over time.
3644
3645	root	1.266	Law: Not really related to any of the other definitions. It's just a
3646			mathematical relationship between two values.
3647	root	1.265
3648			Law #1: If you double the distance from a source of light, the
3649			brightness falls off proportionally to the square of the distance.
3650
3651			Law #2: (expressed as a formula) F=ma. Force equals mass times
3652			acceleration.
3653
3654			Please note that Evolution is a fact, and the theory is called the Theory
3655			of Evolution through Natural Selection. There are other theories of
3656			evolution, which have been disproved. A famous one is the theory of
3657			evolution through acquired characteristics, also known as Lamarkian
3658			evolution. It posited that species evolve by acquiring and retaining
3659			useful characteristics through use. Therefore, a giraffe would have
3660			longer necks if the previous generations stretched their necks to reach
3661			high leaves. This was the main theory that Darwin and others showed to be
3662			false.
3663
3664			[by Profane MuthaFucka (574406)]
3665	root	1.387	%
3666	root	1.388	[Aus: Psychologie heute, 10/2003, über einen Artikel von Rentfrow/Gosling,
3667	root	1.264	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 6/2003]
3668
3669			Fans von reflexiven und komplexen Musikstilen wie Klassik, Blues, Jazz und
3670			Folk sind offen, tolerant und machen gerne neue Erfahrungen. Sie halten
3671	root	1.388	sich für intelligent - und sind es auch. Außerdem können sie gut mit
3672			Worten umgehen, schätzen das schöne. haben eine starke Vorstellungskraft
3673			und sind politisch liberal eingestellt. Sie sind häufig etwas unsportlich
3674	root	1.264	und wollen andere nicht dominieren.
3675
3676	root	1.388	Anhänger von intensiven und rebellischen Musikrichtungen wie Heavy Metal,
3677			Rock und alternativer Musik sind offen für Experimente. Sie halten sich
3678			außerdem für intelligent, eloquent und sportlich. Obwohl die Musik, die
3679			sie bevorzugen, vorwiegend negatives ausdrückt, scheint dies nicht auf
3680			sie abzufärben: Sie sind weder neurotischer noch unverträglicher als die
3681			Fans anderer Musikrichtungen. Darüber hinaus sind sie wissensdurstig,
3682			risikobereit und körperlich aktiv.
3683	root	1.264
3684			Beschwingt und konventionell. So bezeichnen Rentfrow und Gosling
3685	root	1.388	Popsongs und Schmusehits, Countrymusik, Filmmusik und religiöse Musik
3686			(Spirituals, Gospels, Kirchenlieder). Wer diese Musik gerne hört, ist ein
3687			umgänglicher Zeitgenosse: Er geht gern aus sich heraus, ist verträglich,
3688			fröhlich, zuverlässig, hilfsbereit und gewissenhaft. Seine Einstellungen
3689	root	1.264	sind eher konservativ, Beredesamkeit und Offenheit sind nicht seine
3690	root	1.388	Stärken. Dafür hält er sich aber für attraktiv und vor allem für
3691	root	1.264	sportlich.
3692
3693	root	1.388	Wer sich für energetische und rhythmische Musik begeistern kann (Rap,
3694			Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Electronica) trägt sein Herz auf der Zunge. Er
3695			ist umgänglich, quirlig, liberal eingestellt, extravertiert und ein
3696			wenig eitel: Er hält sich für attraktiv und sportlich. Konservatives
3697			Gedankengut und Dominanz über andere liegen ihm hingegen fern.
3698	root	1.264
3699	root	1.388	Die besten verbalen Fähigkeiten haben die Angehörigen der ersten beiden
3700	root	1.264	Gruppen. Am wenigsten beredt ist die dritte Gruppe. An analytischem
3701	root	1.388	Verstand mangelt es vor allen den Musikhörern der vierten Gruppe.
3702			während die erste Gruppe, gefolgt von der zweiten, am meisten davon
3703	root	1.264	vorzuweisen hat.
3704
3705			"Die intelligenteste Gruppe bevorzugt die komplexeste Musik", sagen die
3706			Forscher.
3707	root	1.387	%
3708	root	1.263	[Very well-written article on the legal foundazion of licensing, and
3709			the extreme difference in what a free software license does vs. a
3710			EULA-style license]
3711	root	1.262	http://www.opencores.org/forums.cgi/cores/2005/01/001453
3712	root	1.387	%
3713	root	1.261	The Pirate Bay is a BitTorrent tracking site in Sweden with 150,000 users
3714			a day. In the fall, it posted a torrent for Shrek 2. Dreamworks sent a
3715			cease-and-desist letter demanding the site remove it. One of the site's
3716			pseudonymous owners, Anakata, replied: "As you may or may not be aware,
3717			Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country
3718			in northern Europe [and] US law does not apply here. ... It is the opinion
3719			of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons." Shrek 2 stayed up.
3720	root	1.387	%
3721	root	1.260	Java is, in many ways, C++--. (Michael Feldman)
3722	root	1.387	%
3723	root	1.259	[Happy New Year]
3724			23:42 -!- zaphod [jkneer@fatboy.laendle] has quit [Quit: Hochhaus]
3725			Day changed to 01 Jan 2005
3726			00:24 <schmorp> re
3727	root	1.387	%
3728	root	1.258	[http://www.calsky.com/lexikon/de/txt/f/fe/fehlschluss.php]
3729	root	1.388	Im besten Fall kann die Verknüpfung zweier Tatsachen Verdachtsmomente
3730			liefern, die mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden abgeklärt werden
3731	root	1.258	sollen. Was eine wissenschaftliche Methode ist, ist Gegenstand anderer
3732			wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen.
3733	root	1.387	%
3734	root	1.257	[funny page(s), although I think it's sad that people trying to "debunk"
3735			bad science theories are prone to the same logical fallacies as the
3736			proponents of such theories.]
3737			http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/Planet-X.htm
3738			"On the Internet, there's a picture circulating that's supposedly `secret
3739			evidence' from Russia, proving Planet X is an inhabited world. The makers
3740			took the original photo (top left), enlarged it, and upgraded it with
3741			`solarize' and `find edges'. And look... Suddenly, you see all kinds of
3742			spaceships orbiting the planet! (top right) I followed exactly the same
3743			procedure, using a photo of one Robert Bridson, math student at Stanford
3744			University (below, left). After enlarging and solarizing the photograph,
3745			it became clear that mr. Bridsons left ear actually is inhabited by
3746			intelligent beings, since there clearly is a spaceship taking off from it
3747			(below, right)."
3748	root	1.387	%
3749	root	1.256	[wonderful info...]
3750			http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/
3751			[useful info...]
3752			http://www.snopes.com/
3753	root	1.387	%
3754	root	1.253	Computer analyst to programmer:
3755			"You start coding. I'll go find out what they want."
3756	root	1.387	%
3757	root	1.252	[Fun!]
3758			http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
3759	root	1.387	%
3760	root	1.388	[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 11/2004, über Informationstransport im All]
3761	root	1.251	"Wenn unsere Vettern im Kosmos wirklich intelligent sind, werden ihre
3762			Computer sicher nicht mit Microsoft-Betriebssystemen ausgestattet sein."
3763	root	1.387	%
3764	root	1.250	[in our continued series, "solaris source code", today, /bin/true]
3765			ddev5:~$ cat /bin/true
3766			#!/usr/bin/sh
3767			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
3768			# All Rights Reserved
3769
3770			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
3771			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
3772			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
3773
3774			#ident "@(#)true.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.4 */
3775	root	1.432	ddev5:~$
3776	root	1.387	%
3777	root	1.249	22:07 <elmex> schmorp: naja, es beweist das das konzept von java nicht funktioniert
3778			22:07 <schmorp> elmex: welches konzept?
3779			22:07 <elmex> das "hack dir die beine ab, und lauf nen marathon"-konzept ;)
3780	root	1.387	%
3781	root	1.248	[Gtk2/Makefile.PL]
3782			# win32 does not allow unresolved symbols in libraries, but
3783			# Gtk2 uses on symbols in the dll created for Glib.
3784			# so, we have to break all this nice abstraction and encapsulation
3785			# and find the actual Glib.dll and Glib.lib installed by perl when
3786			# the Glib module was built, and add it to the list of lib files.
3787			#
3788			# say it with me: "i hate win32."
3789	root	1.387	%
3790	root	1.388	Immerhin meint die Filmförderungsanstalt, im Jahr 2002 seien 59
3791	root	1.247	Millionen CD-Rohlinge von 5,9 Millionen Nutzern mit Filmen bespielt
3792			worden, im Durchschnitt also zwo:lf Rohlinge pro Anwender.
3793			-- <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/see-08.04.03-000/>
3794	root	1.387	%
3795	root	1.246	http://otierney.net/images/perl6.gif
3796	root	1.387	%
3797	root	1.245	[http://www.kinderschaender.de/begriff.htm]
3798	root	1.388	Das einzige, was die Seite wirklich gezeigt hat, ist, daß es kaum Menschen
3799			gibt, die weiter denken als ein Schwein scheißt.
3800	root	1.387	%
3801	root	1.244	http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html
3802			[I'd say ALL the essays on http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
3803			are readable, and in most cases I wholeheartedly agree with them.]
3804	root	1.387	%
3805	root	1.243	http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
3806	root	1.387	%
3807	root	1.243	[From: CRYPTO-GRAM]
3808			Bill Gates points out that all those IE security holes have not been
3809			Microsoft's fault. (The first step towards recovery is recognizing
3810			that you have a problem.)
3811			<http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/15/015239.shtml?tid=109&tid=1>
3812	root	1.387	%
3813	root	1.242	[top output on redhat9, with one real-time priority process]
3814			PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
3815	root	1.247	25788 root 18446744073709551565 0 10076 9.8M 2816 S 0.9 1.9 0:01
3816	root	1.242	26064 root 21 0 1508 1508 1184 S 0.3 0.2 0:00 0 curl
3817
3818			[I am continually amazed at how redhat is able to break utilities that worked
3819			and work on other distributions without flaws again and again and again...]
3820	root	1.387	%
3821	root	1.241	That depends. There is C++ and there is C++. There are many different
3822			sorts of C++, I'll talk about 2 of them:
3823
3824			Category 1 code is 'C with classes and on-the-fly variable
3825			declarations'. It uses macros, bad encapsulation, no const-correctness,
3826			etc. Category 1 code tends to either use object oriented programing
3827			exclusively, or use it combined with procedural programming. Other
3828			programming paradigms are extremely rare. It often uses non-portable hacks
3829			because Standard-knowledge is scarce among category 1 coders. Category 1
3830			code is seen mostly in Flipcode and Gamedev.net articles and forums. Also
3831			it is seen in almost every API ever developed by Microsoft. A slightly
3832			less bad version of category 1 code is seen in libraries that call
3833			themselves "high-quality C++ libraries" but that don't even use a single
3834			namespace and rely heavily on macros and other unsafe preprocessing
3835			techniques where this is totally unnecessary. Most of those libraries are
3836			that way because they were started before the 1998 C++ Standard's stuff
3837			got implemented in main-stream compilers.
3838
3839			Category 2 code is what I'd like to see as the meaning of the term
3840			"C++ code". It is Standard-compliant, uses multiple programming
3841			paradigms and is pushing the language to the max (and beyond ;) to
3842			create easy to use, efficient, highly-reusable and easy to extend
3843			programs/libraries/modules/etc. Unfortunately, category 2 code is
3844			hard to write when you have to work with incompetent compilers like
3845			MSVC6/7. Category 2 code is mostly seen in:
3846	root	1.387	%
3847	root	1.240	[On "Main Loop with Fixed Time Steps", a Windows programmer commented:]
3848	root	1.239
3849			Just to point out, With a tick being a maximum of FFFFFFFFh, you only
3850			have about 49 days of tick time since the system has started! Though I
3851			doubt any game or even system runs for that long.
3852	root	1.387	%
3853	root	1.238	[http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html]
3854			"The best writing is rewriting," wrote E. B. White. Every good writer
3855			knows this, and it's true for software too.
3856	root	1.387	%
3857	root	1.237	> think it needs the Ultimate Refactor..."rm -rf programs/Xserver/GL"
3858
3859			... and I was told "rm -rf" means "read mail, really fast!"
3860			;)
3861	root	1.387	%
3862	root	1.235	[this is not a blogggggg]
3863			One fine day, I removed the "video=matrox:off" from my kernel commandline,
3864			having removed the matrox card from my machine months ago. Promptly, the
3865			proprietary nvidia driver greeted me with:
3866
3867			NVIDIA: Failed to map framebuffer memors
3868
3869	root	1.236	Adding the video option back made it work again. No, I do not have any
3870			framebuffer devices compiled into the kernel, either...
3871	root	1.387	%
3872	root	1.234	[taken out of a public mail by a journalist... I have never seen anybody
3873			using so many abbreviations...]
3874
3875			Hi Volker -
3876
3877			alles klar ..!? Bin mit dem Buch i. Stretch .. Lektorat / Korrektorat
3878	root	1.388	Architekturbuch ... wie üblich, kennst das ja wahrsch. auch ... alles zu
3879			spät ...
3880	root	1.234
3881			Dann gehts direktemang in die Ferien (2 Wochen Gomera ab komm. SA ...)
3882
3883			Ja, und dann find ich doch Volker ganz Massiv im Briefkasten a. SA ..
3884
3885	root	1.388	schönes Foto von dir ... 1 Seite .. 2 seiten Interview, m. Fortsetzung im
3886			nächsten Heft ..!!! (äusserst rar b. nem Interview ...)
3887	root	1.234
3888	root	1.388	herzliche Grüsse
3889	root	1.234
3890			tom
3891	root	1.247
3892	root	1.234	PS: Mein Wissenschtf.Kollege und Filmemacher ist der Meinung, dass das Thema
3893	root	1.388	'Copyrights, Commons, Freedom' etc ...spannend wäre, aber schlecht fürs TV
3894	root	1.234	... Du kannst prakt. nichts mehr themat. Anspruchsvolles machen ... auch b.
3895	root	1.388	Arte war irgend nen Problem (fällt mir auf d. Schnelle nicht mehr ein ...
3896	root	1.234	schon ein paar Wochen her ...)
3897	root	1.387	%
3898	root	1.233	From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
3899			Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
3900			Message-ID: <20040826183838.GE2793@holomorphy.com>
3901
3902			On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:02:29AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
3903	root	1.247	> How old are you? I thought you were the guy at Linux Tag with fashion
3904			> oriented hair who gave a talk on his XFS work? Did I confuse you with
3905	root	1.233	> someone else?
3906
3907			Index: mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS
3908			===================================================================
3909			--- mm1-2.6.9-rc1.orig/CREDITS 2004-08-26 10:37:57.424567967 -0700
3910			+++ mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS 2004-08-26 11:35:24.977260109 -0700
3911			@@ -2677,6 +2677,14 @@
3912			S: 79098 Freiburg
3913			S: Germany
3914
3915			+N: Hans Reiser
3916			+E: reiser@namesys.com
3917			+W: http://www.namesys.com/
3918			+D: official Linux kernel hairstyle critic
3919			+S: 6979 Exeter Dr
3920			+S: Oakland, CA 94611
3921			+S: USA
3922			+
3923			N: Joerg Reuter
3924			E: jreuter@yaina.de
3925			W: http://yaina.de/jreuter/
3926	root	1.387	%
3927	root	1.232	Partial lynx-output for mail sent by "T-Online Vertragsbrief":
3928			[poeppel_magenta.gif]
3929	root	1.387	%
3930	root	1.231	[http://www.dark-skies.org/theproblems.html#security]
3931			Better ligthing does not affect crime rates
3932	root	1.387	%
3933	root	1.230	[http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/tc0.pdf]
3934			Label: "Difficulty of owning Windows vs. Difficulty to make this graph"
3935	root	1.387	%
3936	root	1.229	[rxvt-unicode (mine! :) vs. gnome-terminal :)]
3937			[http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137864]
3938			[...]
3939			Upgrading to major: the first person to fix this (fix = performance is
3940			within a factor of 2 of rxvt-unicode for all four of the tests here) gets
3941			$50 from me, or an expensive dinner + all the beer they can handle if they
3942			ever visit Sydney, Australia ;)
3943			[...]
3944			Tagging this critical+urgent. How dare I, you ask? Doubling the reward -
3945			$100 if this is fixed (see above) before September 1, 2004. $0 after that
3946			(and I'll return it to a normal bug ;) If anyone else wants to contribute
3947			to whoever ends up fixing this, please join in..
3948	root	1.387	%
3949	root	1.228	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301268,00.html]
3950			[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301538,00.html]
3951			Dass die Flimmerkiste ein beliebiges "Nullmedium" sei, beklagen
3952			Kulturkritiker von jeher. Doch nun zeigt selbst ein unvoreingenommener
3953			Blick aufs TV-Programm: Die Quote ist heilig, das Niveau sinkt auf breiter
3954			Front - auch bei ARD und ZDF. Verdummt die Na
3955	root	1.387	%
3956	root	1.226	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM,ed-XX1sNy0yR7p~QMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/brainleak%202004-03-02.html]
3957	root	1.227	[...] Tech savvy people will be inclining towards clicking the cancel
3958			button by default whenever they are presented a question which they don't
3959			fully understand, or didn't expect to see. Regular computer users will
3960			be inclined to press the Ok button instead, because they fear that by
3961			clicking cancel they might be causing something they don't understand not
3962			to work, something that they probably won't be able to fix afterwards
3963			anyway. If a geek fucks up somehow, he'll know what to do to fix it
3964			anyway, so there's no harm done clicking cancel. [...]
3965	root	1.387	%
3966	root	1.223	[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/10/marienbad.html]
3967			I once had a postmodern intertextual moment at a drugstore bookrack when I
3968	root	1.224	picked up a paperback with the following title: Bram Stoker's Dracula:
3969	root	1.223	A Novelization Based on the Original Screenplay.
3970	root	1.387	%
3971	root	1.222	[bts show 215647]
3972			[yes, the whole thing]
3973	root	1.387	%
3974	root	1.221	[bts show 254316]
3975	root	1.247	> > The problem is not in luit, it's not in XTerm, it's not even in termcap;
3976			> > it's in the morass of complexity that some mindless jerk who'll be first
3977			> > against the wall when the revolution comes standardised as ISO 2022.
3978	root	1.221	>
3979			> ( google suggests 2022 has many fans ;-)
3980
3981			We'll use a larger wall.
3982	root	1.387	%
3983	root	1.220	[Maedhros35 about "Clockwork Orange" on IMDB]
3984			This is a movie I would not recommend even to my worst enemy. It is a
3985			horrible picture, containing too much random violence and rape committed
3986			by four no-goods in white pyjamas, than is good for anyone too watch.
3987
3988			The only fun moment is when the main character, being brainwashed into a
3989			non-violent state of mind, is being bashed by his former friends.
3990
3991			There may be some "hidden message" in this movie about society and blah,
3992			but the message (not too well brought) is completely drowned.
3993
3994			It is not even a waste of your time, it is worse than that. Avoid at all
3995			cost.
3996			["too much violence" but "the only fun moment".... What the...!?]
3997	root	1.387	%
3998	root	1.219	When searching on google for:
3999
4000	root	1.225	kakerlake schabe made
4001	root	1.219
4002			Google asked me wether I instead wanted to look for:
4003
4004	root	1.225	kakerlake _schwabe_ made
4005	root	1.387	%
4006	root	1.218	What we learned this week;
4007			"Hell is a bad place to be and renders with 8-12fps"
4008	root	1.387	%
4009	root	1.216	"Britain is one of only three countries in the world (the others are
4010			Germany and Egypt) enduring stricter censorship today than 25years ago"
4011	root	1.387	%
4012	root	1.215	[translated]
4013			23:07 <schmorp> libtool is soo broken
4014			23:07 <schmorp> ./libtool gcc-3.4 ...
4015			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
4016			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
4017			23:07 <schmorp> ...
4018			23:07 <schmorp> libtool --tag=ulubulu
4019			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: ignoring unknown tag ulubulu
4020			23:07 <schmorp> and it works
4021	root	1.387	%
4022	root	1.214	History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.
4023			-- Lord Balfour
4024	root	1.387	%
4025	root	1.213	The whole of Mozilla is just one big focus bug.
4026	root	1.387	%
4027	root	1.212	<Beerman> When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then
4028			I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked
4029			him to forgive me.
4030	root	1.387	%
4031	root	1.211	[slashdot]
4032			> there are currently no active, reliable ways to obtain the program listings for New Zealand television
4033
4034			I have been to NZ. You have no television.
4035	root	1.387	%
4036	root	1.210	[IMDB user about "What?" by Roman Polanski]
4037			"What?" fills the gap for those who get a kick out of 70's porn plots, but
4038			get bored during the sex scenes.
4039	root	1.387	%
4040	root	1.209	I say to you that the VCR is to the ... American public as the Boston
4041			strangler is to the woman home alone.
4042			- Jack Valenti (CEO, MPAA)
4043	root	1.387	%
4044	root	1.208	[Bruce Schneier]
4045			SP2 is an important security upgrade to Windows XP, and I hope it is
4046			widely installed among licensed XP users. I also hope it is quickly
4047			pirated, so unlicensed XP users can also install it. In order for me
4048			to remain secure on the Internet, I need everyone to become more
4049			secure. And the more people who install SP2, the more we all benefit.
4050	root	1.387	%
4051	root	1.207	[From Paul Eggert]
4052			[...] Worse, HP-UX asctime rejects any tm_year that is negative; this
4053			violates the C standard, but HP won't take my bug reports since I'm not a
4054			HP-UX customer. [...]
4055	root	1.387	%
4056	root	1.206	>>>Just curious, If I recall correctly, didn't Forth used to be FORTH?
4057			>>
4058			>>Since FORTH is not an acronym (the way BASIC, LISP, FORTRAN and C are)
4059			>>but a (deliberate) misspelling of "fourth", when it became possible to
4060			>>use LC the fashion became to do so. My book, "Scientific FORTH" (1992)
4061			>>spelled it in UC.
4062	root	1.247	>
4063			>
4064	root	1.206	> BASIC, LISP and FORTRAN are acronyms. C isn't.
4065
4066			C isn't all caps, just the initial letter.
4067	root	1.387	%
4068	root	1.205	[comp.lang.c]
4069			> According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
4070
4071			I'm sorry, but that's like quoting Bjarne Stroustrup on correct ISO C
4072			usage.
4073
4074			Richard
4075	root	1.387	%
4076	root	1.204	I remember Elwyn Berlekamp describing what goes on at computer go
4077			tournaments (where computer programs play go against each other) - unlike
4078			at computer chess tournaments where the programs far surpass their
4079			creators, at go tournaments the creators sit there and look at a game in
4080			play and say things to each other like, "Gosh, I wonder if my program will
4081			repair that weakness before your program notices it."
4082	root	1.387	%
4083	root	1.203	21:40 <oesi> sansho: du bist kindisch. :)
4084			21:40 <sansho> oesi: das hab ich mir von dir abgeguckt
4085	root	1.387	%
4086	root	1.202	MarkD [-]: The trouble with political jokes is that some of them get elected
4087	root	1.387	%
4088	root	1.201	A coherent understanding of Philosophy will convince you that you are
4089			competent to understand the universe and achieve the human values that
4090			make life meaningful. You will know when you know something and when you
4091			don't, when you understand something and when you don't, and why. You
4092			will also realize why morality and ethics are too important to be left to
4093			anyone but yourself. You will learn that there are no shortcuts to truth,
4094			no authorities you can follow blindly, and perhaps most important, that
4095			nothing at all exists except reality. In sum, you will know what human
4096			existence means and implies.
4097
4098			[Introduction to Philosophy, Joel Katz]
4099	root	1.387	%
4100	root	1.201	> > Casts from void* are necessary in C++, not in C.
4101			>
4102			> I am aware... I'm fishing for more info! Perhaps if I reposted again and
4103			> said you were wrong I'll get more...
4104			>
4105			> You're WRONG!
4106
4107	root	1.388	void* is implicitly converted to the destination pointer type (C99 §6.3.2.3
4108			and §7.20.3.1).
4109	root	1.387	%
4110	root	1.200	From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu>
4111			In the DOS days, I had a scattering of students who really
4112			knew about computers. In the XP days, I have none.
4113	root	1.387	%
4114	root	1.199	[another variation, more useful]
4115			A. It should be obvious.
4116			Q. How is it hard?
4117			A. Because it makes it hard to follow conversations.
4118			Q. Why is top-posting bad?
4119	root	1.387	%
4120	root	1.198	[windows is a good place to learn programming]
4121			Subject: Linux c prog doesn't work on Sun Solaris Machine....?
4122
4123			Compiled using g++ on linux and then I tried to execute it on Solaris.
4124			The error message was something like "can't execute a.out"
4125
4126			- works ok on linux
4127			- ran chmod so Sun user has execute/read/etc permissions. chmod u=rwx
4128
4129			Any clues why?
4130			I am new to the non windows world.
4131
4132			Thanks
4133	root	1.387	%
4134	root	1.197	[comp.lang.c]
4135			> I want to write some data on the EEPROM of a PIC 16F877 microcontroller via
4136			> serial port rs232. What library can I use with a gcc compiler to perform
4137			> this ?
4138
4139			This is not a C question. Please try asking again in comp.arch.embedded where
4140			we will advise you to use an 8051, AVR, or MSP430 instead of the PIC.
4141	root	1.387	%
4142	root	1.196	[comp.std.c]
4143			In message <c4k0mj$fmp$1@sunnews.cern.ch>
4144			Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
4145
4146			> In <nfa0k1-03l.ln1@jones.homeip.net> lawrence.jones@ugsplm.com writes:
4147	root	1.247	>
4148			> >The text of the standard only yields one reasonable interpretation.
4149			>
4150	root	1.196	> Yup, mine!
4151	root	1.387	%
4152	root	1.195	[links-2.1pre13 ChangeLog]
4153			Thu Oct 9 16:44:10 GMT 2003 mikulas:
4154
4155			Do not print 1000l on FreeBSD console on exit
4156	root	1.387	%
4157	root	1.194	[an old question, revisited]
4158			http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
4159	root	1.387	%
4160	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4161	root	1.247	> can any one translate the following codes into c++ codes,
4162	root	1.194
4163			This is comp.lang.c. We do C, not C++. We do not translate C into
4164			obfuscated languages. The good news is that your code already _is_ C++.
4165	root	1.387	%
4166	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4167			I didn't say he was incorrect. I said he was an idiot.
4168	root	1.387	%
4169	root	1.193	according to babelfish "glibber" in german means "more glibber" in english :-)
4170	root	1.387	%
4171	root	1.192	[Debian Bug #163625 features one of my favourite bug report subjects:]
4172			Installing additional mozilla Debian packages
4173	root	1.247	deletes additionally installed mozilla packages
4174	root	1.387	%
4175	root	1.388	[Aus einer Werbung für dne "Windows-Berater". Es ist erschreckend, zeigt
4176			aber, das manche Maßnahmen von Microsoft völlig irreführenderweise als
4177			Sicherheitsmaßnahme verstanden und dargestellt werden. Ich frage mich, wie
4178	root	1.190	DRM in Zukunft aufgenommen und beworben werden wird...]
4179
4180	root	1.388	"Kaum angekündigt, schon ist der Registrierungsschutz geknackt"
4181	root	1.190
4182	root	1.388	Das neue Windows XP lässt sich nur mit einem besonderen Registrierungscode
4183	root	1.190	dauerhaft betreiben. Besorgt sich der Anwender diese Lizenz nicht,
4184			wird das System gesperrt. Damit sollen Raubkopien und unerlaubte
4185			Mehrfachnutzung verhindert werden. Kaum vorgestellt, knacken Hacker
4186	root	1.388	diese Verschlüsselung schon. Checklisten zeigen Ihnen, wie dieser Klau
4187			abläuft. Damit Sie sich und Ihr System vor ungebetenen Zugriffen und Viren
4188			schützen können.
4189	root	1.387	%
4190	root	1.189	[Reiner Gamma]
4191			http://www.geocities.com/kc5lei/SWIRL2001.htm
4192	root	1.387	%
4193	root	1.188	>> Asshole keep you shit out of alt.binaries.games.adult until you read
4194			[...]
4195	root	1.187	>Dude, thisi is not "alt.binaries.games.adult".
4196	root	1.188	[...]
4197	root	1.187	Yes, it is. Or, it was, till your post cut the crosspost. It was
4198			crossposted to several groups and the person you're replying to will
4199			never get your message.
4200	root	1.387	%
4201	root	1.186	[http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/doc/Details.html.pl]
4202			As this project will always run unknown binary code of proprietary W32
4203			filesystem drivers, the code can never be trusted.
4204	root	1.387	%
4205	root	1.185	[http://www.hello-penguin.com/gtm-perl/doc/Perl.html]
4206			(look at the BUGS section... very funny to read, btw., it's
4207			a sourceforge project called GT.M).
4208	root	1.387	%
4209	root	1.184	bigger things. We\\\\\\\'d be using C + asm and Hax
4210			01:15 <Sesse> we all the backslashes?
4211			01:15 <schmorp> no idea, i have these in some of my descriptions, too
4212			01:15 <schmorp> it seems that sourceofrge does " -> \" on every deascription change
4213			01:15 <Sesse> sounds like php
4214			01:15 <schmorp> i guess it's written in php
4215			01:15 <schmorp> g
4216			01:15 <Sesse> :-D
4217	root	1.387	%
4218	root	1.183	http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/
4219			[...] At the beginning I didn't expect that I would actually succeed,
4220			since I thought I would need almost half of that just for the headers. I
4221			think my first cut was 458 bytes in size. I was quite pleased with myself
4222			when I trimmed that down to less than 300 bytes, ecstatic when I finally
4223			reached the 255-byte goal, and downright triumphant when I later got it to
4224			work in 238 bytes. By the time I had a 198-byte version, I was just plain
4225			dumbfounded. It's now at 171 bytes. [...]
4226	root	1.387	%
4227	root	1.182	[http://www.mindspring.com/~kimall/Japanese/polite.html]
4228			[...] Americans didn't invent English (although the Brits will happily
4229			disown our mangled version of it! :-) ) [...]
4230	root	1.387	%
4231	root	1.181	[Eugene Spafford]
4232			During the heights of some of the recent viruses, I was discarding 30Mb of
4233			email per day -- all of it viruses. And I should point out -- viruses for
4234			Windows. There have been something like 100,000 viruses for MS operating
4235			systems, only about 50 for the Mac, and about 3 for commercial Unix
4236			systems. That difference isn't because of a difference in the prevalence
4237			of the machines -- there are basic architectural differences.
4238	root	1.387	%
4239	root	1.180	[http://MarginalHacks.com/]
4240			If you can't vi it, it sucks.
4241	root	1.387	%
4242	root	1.180	[from the somewhat outdated xterm-faq]
4243			GNOME TERMINAL
4244			[...]
4245			The documentation is fragmentary (with a comment suggesting that the
4246			author does not know where to find relevant information), and the program
4247			fares badly with vttest. [...] But it suffices for vi.
4248			[.. later]
4249			There is a variation of xvt (ancestor of rxvt) originally known as kvt
4250			bundled with KDE which may be referred to as "kterm", but I do not find it
4251			interesting, other than to comment that it was a poor choice of name.
4252	root	1.387	%
4253	root	1.179	[I love X programs]
4254			[xc/programs/xprop/xprop.c]
4255			/*
4256	root	1.247	* blip: a debugging routine. Prints Blip! on stderr with flushing.
4257	root	1.179	*/
4258			void blip()
4259	root	1.247	{
4260	root	1.179	fflush(stdout);
4261			fprintf(stderr, "blip!\n");
4262			fflush(stderr);
4263	root	1.247	}
4264	root	1.387	%
4265	root	1.178	[pavel machek commenting on a proposed patch]
4266			+ int alternative_order = 999;
4267
4268			Why not 666? :-).
4269	root	1.387	%
4270	root	1.178	[yosh on gimp-developer]
4271			It's also better to research your suggestions a little, so that they don't
4272			sound completely out there, thereby reinforcing the viewpoint that Windows
4273			users are clueless.
4274	root	1.387	%
4275	root	1.177	[modularity makes unix systems more secure]
4276			http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/36029.html
4277	root	1.387	%
4278	root	1.176	[beware german translations]
4279			dpkg: Warnung - ignoriere Kollision, kann sowieso weitermachen!
4280	root	1.387	%
4281	root	1.175	[http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/hacks/lotus-nsa-key.html, look around there]
4282			NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus-Notes
4283	root	1.387	%
4284	root	1.174	The word "ampersand" is an alteration of the phrase "et, per se and" (that
4285			is: "et by itself [means] and"), which became corrupted to "and, per se
4286			and", and finally, ampersand.
4287	root	1.387	%
4288	root	1.173	[xc/lib/X11/lcUTF8.c]
4289			[...] We distinguish three classes of clients: [1st] [...] [2nd] Clients
4290			which accept CompoundText with multiple character sets and parse it
4291			themselves. (Example: emacs, xemacs.) [3rd] [...] In a distant future,
4292			when clients of the first and second kind will have disappeared, [...]
4293	root	1.387	%
4294	root	1.171	[linux-2.6/drivers/md/Kconfig]
4295			WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you
4296			use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't
4297			destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother,
4298			or re-appoint George W. Bush.
4299	root	1.387	%
4300	root	1.170	[http://www.herodios.com/herron_tc/atsign.html]
4301			Many Finnish terms for @ are connected with cats. Not content with naming
4302			the sign for what it looks like, Finnish names it for what it looks like
4303			sounds like. In addition to "kissanhnta [cat's tail], "miau," "miumau,"
4304			and "miuku" are all "miau merkki" [meow marks] in Finnish. Other terms
4305			from Finnish include "apinanhanta" [a monkey's tail], or "hiirenhanta"
4306			[mouse's tail]. Some "computer people" use the English word "at."
4307	root	1.387	%
4308	root	1.247	17:07 <oesi> schmorp: mal ein guter kommentar auf heise zum thema "Bill tourt durch
4309	root	1.388	die USA und kündigt innovative neuentwicklungen an"
4310			17:08 <oesi> Kommentar war: "was hat er angekündigt: drive-letter in unicode?"
4311	root	1.387	%
4312	root	1.168	[Ken Lunde about his copy of KS C 5657-1991:]
4313			Here's another interesting note. My official copy of this
4314			standard has all of its 2,856 hanja hand-written.
4315	root	1.387	%
4316	root	1.172	[cvs, while checking in changes to uunet's radiusd]
4317	root	1.168	confused about file platform.h -- ignoring
4318	root	1.387	%
4319	root	1.167	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/24/1011245.shtml]
4320	root	1.247	And most likely, the FBI didn't tell the hosting company exactly what it
4321			is they wanted. When the Feds come in with a search warrant, they don't
4322			ask for your help. They say, "stand aside" and commence
4323	root	1.167	%
4324	root	1.166	http://www.bash.org/?178890
4325	root	1.387	%
4326	root	1.165	[http://www.bash.org/?75016]
4327			<ig3l\|Guel> If Osama B. isn't in Afghanistan, and if he isn't dead, we believe he is in another country" - US army General
4328	root	1.387	%
4329	root	1.247	00:56 <oesi> ulpfr: ich schrieb mal einen kompletten mailer in emacs, weil mir rmail
4330			nicht gefallen hat. man wird aelter und reifer und droppt dann emacs
4331	root	1.164	einfach :)
4332			00:56 <ulpfr> Weichei
4333	root	1.387	%
4334	root	1.163	[spca50x.sourceforge.net]
4335			/*
4336			* Function compares two strings.
4337	root	1.247	* Return offset in pussy where prick ends if "prick" may penetrate
4338	root	1.163	* int "pussy" like prick into pussy, -1 otherwise.
4339			*/
4340			static inline int match(const char* prick, const char* pussy, int len2)
4341			{
4342			int len1 = strlen(prick); //length of male string
4343			[...]
4344	root	1.387	%
4345	root	1.163	http://www.leckse.net/profilieren/chat
4346	root	1.387	%
4347	root	1.388	rohw, schleymig und formlos Fleisch wie di Schleuch eines Tündenfischs
4348	root	1.387	%
4349	root	1.162	[rxvt-*/src/init.[cC]]
4350			/* grab colors before netscape does */
4351			Get_Colours ();
4352	root	1.387	%
4353	root	1.388	[oesi über apache-2.0]
4354	root	1.160	03:10 <oesi> ist mir egal, ich fahre alle 24h den apache runter...
4355			03:10 <oesi> ich fahre praktisch das 1.3er config-file. das gibt sicherheit :)
4356			03:11 <oesi> ich kann apache nicht stoppen.
4357			03:11 <oesi> apachectl stop
4358			03:11 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4359			03:11 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4360			03:12 <oesi> wie konnte ich den starten?
4361			03:12 <schmorp> rofl
4362	root	1.161	[...]
4363			03:29 <oesi> es ist kein scherz. wirklich:
4364			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl sslstart
4365			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl stop
4366			03:29 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4367			03:29 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4368	root	1.387	%
4369	root	1.159	[http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/]
4370			[...] Here's a demo (username "free", password "speech") [...]
4371	root	1.387	%
4372	root	1.158	[rxvt/src/screen.C]
4373			#ifdef DEBUG_STRICT
4374	root	1.247	assert(screen.cur.row >= 0);
4375	root	1.158	#else /* drive with your eyes closed */
4376			MAX_IT(screen.cur.row, 0);
4377			#endif
4378	root	1.387	%
4379	root	1.157	[http://www.mine-control.com/zack/timesync/timesync.html]
4380			[...] Also, anecdotal evidence from network programmers suggests that the
4381			UDP implementation under Win32 is unstable and overly-unreliable. [...]
4382	root	1.387	%
4383	root	1.156	> > Ceterum censeo \| PGP encrypted mail preferred.
4384			> > Redmond esse delendam. \| PGP Key at www.MPA-Garching.MPG.de/~nog/
4385			>
4386			> Willkomme im Club .... :-)))
4387
4388			Danke - ich bin schon lange dabei... ;-)
4389			--
4390			OpenVMS @ 25 \| Martin Vorlaender \| VMS & WNT programmer
4391	root	1.387	%
4392	root	1.388	Um die Jahrhundertwende erfand ein Mann namens Friedolin Tär einen
4393			IQ-Test, der die Gesamtpersönlichkeit sehr stark miteinbezog.
4394			Charakterstärke, Grosszügigkeit, flexibles Denken etc. wurden also
4395			mitbewertet. Die Skala mit der Maßeinheit "Tär" wies ein großes Spektrum
4396			auf. Ärzte, Wissenschaftler erreichen IQ's im Megatär-Bereich. Der
4397			Durchschnittsmensch weist einige Kilotär auf. Nach unten gibt es Dezitär,
4398			Centitär... und schießlich Mil(l)itär...
4399	root	1.387	%
4400	root	1.154	http://senseis.xmp.net/?GetStrongAtGote
4401			http://users.skynet.be/rexburton/ritchie.htm
4402	root	1.387	%
4403	root	1.153	Subject: [Swsusp-devel] 2.6.1: It could go faster if I didn't have egg on my face.
4404	root	1.387	%
4405	root	1.153	"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
4406			victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead
4407			bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?"
4408			-- Robert Fisk
4409	root	1.387	%
4410	root	1.151	[the satellite death spiral: why spacecraft are unnecessarily expensive]
4411			http://www.dynacon.ca/pdf/files/newspdf_63.pdf
4412	root	1.152	[see also the small satellites homepage]
4413			http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/
4414	root	1.387	%
4415	root	1.150	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/lec_lev.htm]
4416			"Anthropologists concur that America is an exceedingly 'low-touch,'
4417			high-violence culture"
4418			[...]
4419			"[...] Republican members of the House of Representatives called for the
4420			resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, whose transgression was to
4421			suggest, in response to a question following a speech to sex educators,
4422			that masturbation was an appropriate subject for classroom discussion.
4423			This remark, according to one congressman, was part of a social movement
4424			that was "killing the moral fiber of America" and just one symptom of
4425			a decline also manifested in reckless driving, an indecisive military
4426			policy-dubbed "mission creep," and homosexuals in the Boy Scouts." [...]
4427
4428			Masturbation is an absolute taboo in the US. Many adults still think that
4429			they are the only ones who do such dirty things.
4430	root	1.387	%
4431	root	1.150	From: <[...]@aol.com>
4432			Subject: Re: [...]
4433
4434			Marc wrote on 1/7/2004, 6:57 AM:
4435
4436			> Congrats. No kidding, you are the first person @aol that ever sent me a
4437			> sensible mail. I was planning to reject mail from aol.com right away
4438			> since (in the last 8 years at least), nothing good came from there, but you
4439			> saved it :)
4440
4441			Yeah, I get that a lot, but you've got to know that .aol.com email
4442			addresses are also used by the people who work for AOL (cough, cough :).
4443			[...]
4444	root	1.387	%
4445	root	1.150	From: Alan Cox
4446			> The code to disable prefetch on Athlon is 300 bytes and hurts your PIV?
4447			> Really? I'll dig back through the code, but I recall it as adding or
4448			> deleting an entry in a table to enable prefetch. If it's affecting PIV the
4449			> code to use prefetch is seriously broken.
4450
4451			Big time. Its over 300 bytes long because its embedded in each inline
4452			prefetch and it causes a branch misprediction almost every time. Amazing
4453			what you find when you actually measure stuff 8)
4454			[...]
4455	root	1.387	%
4456	root	1.150	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4457	root	1.387	%
4458	root	1.150	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4459	root	1.387	%
4460	root	1.150	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4461	root	1.387	%
4462	root	1.149	[FYI: java was officially announced in 1995, and certainly didn't exist
4463			even as a concept before 1991. It's interesting how many people nowadays
4464			claim to have decades of java experience]
4465			On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Robert Soros <robert@soros.ca> wrote:
4466			> I am extremely excited about your ideas to fix freenet and would be
4467			> willing to plug your code into fred (I have fourteen years java
4468			> programming experience.) Could you provide a link to your code? What
4469	root	1.387	%
4470	root	1.149	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4471	root	1.387	%
4472	root	1.149	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4473	root	1.387	%
4474	root	1.149	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4475	root	1.387	%
4476	root	1.147	[in a private discussion about some potential problem that would cause]
4477			[mail not to be delivered]
4478			> > On the other hand, I see the same in some mail from RMS.
4479	root	1.247	>
4480	root	1.147	> Well, just because rms does it does not mean... :)
4481
4482			My point is that the FSF is unlikely to install something that
4483			bounces RMS's mail, at least, not for long.
4484	root	1.387	%
4485	root	1.147	On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Piers Cawley wrote:
4486
4487			> David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> writes:
4488			>
4489			> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:16:52AM -0500, Tommie M. Jones wrote:
4490			> >> Anyone know of any perl software that does resume parsing.
4491			> >
4492			> > I don't think anyone has implemented continuations in perl, so I fail
4493			> > to see how you can have resumes. Or are you trying to parse some other
4494			> > language which does support this?
4495			>
4496
4497			Just because we share a language does not mean we understand each other.
4498
4499			In America there are two meanings for resume. One being to continue the
4500			other the equivalent of what ya'll call a CV (I think though I've never
4501			heard the term before) In the second definition resume is pronounced with
4502			a short u. I think there is a "`" in the proper spelling of the word but
4503			since Americans are not use to using punctuation in their words (other
4504			than to show ownership and contractions) it is usually loss.
4505	root	1.387	%
4506	root	1.147	echo $package has manual pages available in source form.
4507			echo "However, you don't have nroff, so they're probably useless to you."
4508			--Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution
4509	root	1.387	%
4510	root	1.146	AFTER 30 years of "daylight saving" - moving the clocks forward in the
4511			spring and then back again in the autumn - there is still an Abolish
4512			Daylight Saving Committee in New South Wales, Australia.
4513
4514			Added to the usual claims of such campaigns - for example, that the
4515			extra hour of daylight in the evening in summer fades the curtains - is
4516			a new one from ADSC spokeswoman Judith Hall, of Gunnedah, who told the
4517			Sydney Morning Herald: "No man has the right to choose the time of the
4518			rising and setting of the sun, only God."
4519
4520			Reader John McCallum, who told us about this, is surprised Hall doesn't
4521			explain why God doesn't simply exercise this choice. When people insist
4522			on moving their clocks forward, He should just move the sunrise forward
4523			and thwart them that way.
4524	root	1.387	%
4525	root	1.146	[Defect Report #205 to ISO-C]
4526			There was a unanimous vote that the feature is ugly, and a good consensus
4527			that its incorporation into the standard at the 11th hour was an
4528			unfortunate decision.
4529	root	1.387	%
4530	root	1.247	02:23 <oesi> Breaking News: SCO stellt per Wahrsager Codeklau in HURD in einem Jahr
4531	root	1.146	fest ;)
4532	root	1.387	%
4533	root	1.146	[http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html]
4534
4535			Last updated: - Invalid Date
4536	root	1.387	%
4537	root	1.146	http://www.bash.org/?99060
4538	root	1.387	%
4539	root	1.145	[IZ-Buzzword-Bullshit-Bingo]
4540			http://www.l13.de/it/ibbb.html
4541	root	1.387	%
4542	root	1.144	Q: What is the state of the object after its lifetime has ended?
4543
4544			A: As a well-known software guru[3] once put it, speaking about a
4545			similar code fragment and anthropomorphically referring to the
4546			local object as a "he":
4547
4548			"He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He
4549			has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker!
4550			He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't
4551			nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His
4552			metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's
4553			kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down
4554			the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS IS AN
4555			EX-PARROT!"
4556
4557			- Dr. M. Python, BMath, MASc, PhD (CompSci)
4558	root	1.387	%
4559	root	1.144	[ach du schande]
4560			"pflichtpfandfrei"
4561	root	1.387	%
4562	root	1.142	[a comment on the demonstrations against bush in london]
4563			The police will shoot you.
4564
4565			OK, that's not strictly true. The CIA will shoot you. Then the police will
4566			arrest the CIA. Then American troops will invade.
4567
4568	root	1.247	Just another average day in central London.
4569	root	1.387	%
4570	root	1.141	[this signature gave me a laugh...]
4571			[...]even better is if there is a system function that sends out an arp
4572			reply.
4573
4574			pls. cc my email address
4575
4576			tia
4577			pd
4578
4579
4580	root	1.247	--
4581	root	1.141	^X^C
4582			q
4583			quit
4584			:q
4585			^C
4586			end
4587			x
4588			exit
4589			ZZ
4590			^D
4591			?
4592			help
4593			shit
4594			.
4595	root	1.387	%
4596	root	1.140	* muppet also hates bloatus notes. it doesn't need vnc to make it slow.
4597	root	1.387	%
4598	root	1.140	[From the File::Spec manpage on catdir]
4599			Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending
4600			with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting string,
4601			because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses OS2. [...]
4602	root	1.387	%
4603	root	1.140	[I love it]
4604			http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm
4605			http://www.armin-grewe.com/holiday/wiltshire/swindon-roundabout.htm
4606	root	1.387	%
4607	root	1.139	"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
4608			- Douglas Adams
4609	root	1.387	%
4610	root	1.138	Bill Gates is repeating the mantra that users are to blame for insecure
4611			PCs, in an interview with a Canadian newspaper. This refrain is familiar
4612			to the INQUIRER: Gates said more or less the same thing when he addressed
4613			an Assembly of CEOs in Berlin a few weeks ago.
4614
4615	root	1.247	The chief software architect (CSA.'.) told IT Business that perfect code
4616			wasn't the answer to security problems, but firewalls and keeping the
4617			software up to date were more important. The problems that have occurred
4618			this year wouldn't have happened if firms and individuals had set up
4619			their software properly.
4620	root	1.138
4621			He also claims in the article that Microsoft has always had security
4622			patches out before the exploits happened. Developers were also to blame
4623			because they didn't understand the application program interfaces, Gates
4624			told the publication.
4625
4626	root	1.247	And he also claimed that all forms of Unix and Linux have a greater
4627			number of vulnerabilities than Microsoft but don't spread as much because
4628			"they're not as dense" as Windows. Low volume software is hit by
4629			malicious people, high volume software, that is Windows, is hit by people
4630			who want visibility and glory.
4631	root	1.387	%
4632	root	1.137	[In the FAQ for a bootp client:]
4633
4634			o You are using --server to point to a server which doesn't run a bootp server
4635
4636			x Try not using it.
4637	root	1.387	%
4638	root	1.136	[http://www.politicalpulpit.com/Luke/LukeArchive0403.htm]
4639			The facts are simple: In Lynn, MA Principal of the Lynn English High
4640			School, Andrew Fila refused to allow teacher of English, Jeremy McKeen,
4641			to show the disputed film in his classes. McKeen had already submitted
4642			Moore's opus to his Department Head, Jane Balesta, for approval which she
4643			had given.
4644
4645			Said Fila, "I just pulled it. This is not the time nor the place to be
4646			showing something like that. The producer (Moore) is also an anti war
4647			person as well."
4648	root	1.387	%
4649	root	1.136	[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/]
4650	root	1.388	"Ich habe keine Gefühle, merken sie sich das, Walter. Und wenn ich welche
4651			habe, werden sie nie über meine Intelligenz siegen".
4652	root	1.387	%
4653	root	1.388	["Was ist ein Kopierschutz überhaupt?"]
4654	root	1.135	[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,270719,00.html]
4655	root	1.134
4656			Damit entspricht Windows der Definition eines illegalen Tools zur Umgehung
4657	root	1.388	des Kopierschutzes und müsste vom Markt genommen werden.
4658	root	1.135	[...]
4659	root	1.134	Das Bundesjustizministerium ist der Auffassung, dass die Frage nur durch
4660	root	1.388	ein Gericht zu klären sei. Das Programm "Windows" kenne man zu wenig.
4661	root	1.135	[...]
4662			Handelt es sich bei Windows also rechtlich um das Abwehren einer Straftat
4663			oder um das illegale Aushebeln eines Kopierschutzverfahrens?
4664	root	1.387	%
4665	root	1.134	http://www.nature.com/nsu/021209/021209-10.html#b1
4666	root	1.387	%
4667	root	1.132	[A document] Written to answer the often asked question about the requirements
4668			on the kernel to get a POSIX compliant thread implementation. And I don't
4669			mean an implementation like this horrible implementation from IBM.
4670			-- Ulrich Drepper
4671	root	1.387	%
4672	root	1.131	GCC generates truly horrible code when no optimization is enabled.
4673			-- Ulrich Drepper
4674	root	1.387	%
4675	root	1.131	Most programmers think that the programs they write are fairly well
4676			written and perform as good as possible. In most cases this is not
4677	root	1.133	correct. -- Ulrich Drepper
4678	root	1.387	%
4679	root	1.130	Even though I cannot accept the rejection of fair use rights by the film
4680			and music industry I cannot endorse piracy.
4681			-- Ulrich Drepper
4682	root	1.387	%
4683	root	1.130	Never say "PIC Code"!. This is duplication.
4684			-- Ulrich Drepper
4685	root	1.387	%
4686	root	1.129	[http://www.ffk.co.at/programme_ffksnetmanager.asp]
4687	root	1.388	Ping und Netsend laufen jetzt über die Windows API, daher schneller und
4688			zuverlässiger
4689	root	1.387	%
4690	root	1.129	[comment from linux/drivers/block/floppy.c]
4691			/*
4692			* 1999/08/13 -- Paul Slootman -- floppy stopped working on Alpha after 24
4693			* days, 6 hours, 32 minutes and 32 seconds (i.e. MAXINT jiffies; ints were
4694			* being used to store jiffies, which are unsigned longs).
4695			*/
4696	root	1.387	%
4697	root	1.128	[Microsoft creates a problem and inspires an industry to work around it.
4698			Just Great. Also learn about Microsoft Logic(tm): DLL's save memory, so
4699			you need to use them. But please use your own private versions of all your
4700			dlls so that they aren't shared...]
4701			http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsetup/html/dlldanger1.asp
4702	root	1.387	%
4703	root	1.128	[http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/drm03.html]
4704			Pirating Movies
4705
4706			[...] The attackers aren't DVD owners making illegal copies and putting
4707			them on file sharing networks. The attackers are industry insiders making
4708			illegal copies long before the DVD is ever on the market.
4709	root	1.387	%
4710	root	1.128	[Look at the time scale...]
4711			http://www.networm.org/graphics/worm-progression.Sep03.pdf
4712	root	1.387	%
4713	root	1.127	[Just funny]
4714			http://www.zug.com/pranks/turnpike/
4715	root	1.387	%
4716	root	1.127	[http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html]
4717			The CEO of Symantec is advocating "legislation to criminalize the
4718			sharing of information and tools online that can be used by malicious
4719			hackers and virus writers." Doesn't he realize that most of his
4720			company's engineers would end up in jail?
4721	root	1.387	%
4722	root	1.126	[http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=1145]
4723			Why is it you forgive Bush for saying "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET OSAMA".
4724			and "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET SADDAM". "I GUARANTEE THERE ARE WMD'S" etc
4725			etc. Yet now he could care less about them? Of course, Clinton lies about
4726			sex and that's a huge deal(not that i am justifying what Bubba did)
4727
4728			Why is it when the marines stormed in, they protected the oil fields but
4729			left all the other resources of Iraq to be looted?
4730
4731			Why is it that the White House doesn't want to release information on
4732			9/11, and only gave the investigation a $3 million budget?(it took $70
4733			million to find out Clinton got a BJ, and that's all they found out for
4734			$70 million!!). Meanwhile, even with a pathetic budget, the WH stonewalls
4735			the investigating committee. It's not enough for the WH to just underfund
4736			them, theyve got to make sure they can't get to any usefull information in
4737			the first place!
4738	root	1.387	%
4739	root	1.247	Buying a Unix machine guarantees you a descent into Hell. It starts when
4740			you plug the computer in and it won't boot. Yes, they really did sell you
4741			a $10,000 computer with an unformatted disk drive.
4742	root	1.125	-- Philip Greenspun
4743	root	1.387	%
4744	root	1.124	"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we
4745			don't believe in it at all." -- Noam Chomsky
4746	root	1.387	%
4747	root	1.124	"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
4748			to say it." -- not actually from Voltaire
4749	root	1.387	%
4750	root	1.123	"Our ability to innovate is predicated on our ability to own the
4751			platform."
4752			[Kirk Koenigsbauer, strategy manager at Microsoft's MSN]
4753	root	1.387	%
4754	root	1.123	Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
4755			waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that
4756			frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
4757			and you can sitll raed it wiuthoit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not
4758			raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
4759	root	1.320	[http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/]
4760	root	1.387	%
4761	root	1.123	[The world is getting saner and saner. The whole world? No....]
4762			http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf
4763	root	1.387	%
4764	root	1.123	[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1210067,00.asp]
4765			So what actually happens when your Windows XP machine crashes and asks
4766			if you want to send a report? The reports obviously accumulate in some
4767			database, and I can only assume that when one bin piles up with similar
4768			crash memos, the coders get to work. Exactly how many notifications does
4769			Microsoft get? Nobody knows for sure, but based on comments Bill Gates
4770			made at a recent meeting for analysts, the number must be astronomical.
4771			Gates said that 5 percent of Windows machines crash, on average, twice
4772			daily.
4773	root	1.387	%
4774	root	1.123	"...vielleicht praktisch manchmal auch mal geraten, das, wenn auch mal..."
4775	root	1.388	[Johann Gärtner, "Die Republikaner" bei einer Fernsehsendung über ihr
4776			Wahlprogramm. Das Zitat ist repräsentativ.]
4777	root	1.387	%
4778	root	1.123	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/rbt/condemn_text.htm]
4779			Critics of Congress and APA's concessions have analogized this situation
4780			to that of Galileo. At the APA's annual convention in August 1999 in
4781			Boston, an anonymous source, unknown to us, posted stickers around the
4782			convention that satirically read, "If the US Congress says that 'The sun
4783			revolves around the earth,' then that fact will be given most careful
4784			consideration in all articles published by the APA."
4785	root	1.387	%
4786	root	1.247	"It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics."
4787	root	1.123	-- Bruce Schneier
4788	root	1.387	%
4789	root	1.123	[it took me over 7 minutes to find this movie again on imdb...]
4790			[...so it must be good]
4791			http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0072131/
4792	root	1.387	%
4793	root	1.123	[mplayer/libmpcodecs/ad_realaud.c]
4794			[real uses a novel protection scheme...]
4795			raSetPwd(sh->context,"Ardubancel Quazanga"); // set password... lol.
4796	root	1.387	%
4797	root	1.120	[D-Info 3/2003 Database Dump]
4798			I've written a script that dumps the D-Info 2003 database as tsv to stdout.
4799			No idea why I announce it here...
4800	root	1.121	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/data/dump-dinfo
4801	root	1.387	%
4802	root	1.119	[Oh My God!]
4803			Subject: aic7(censored) use after free in 2.5.66
4804	root	1.387	%
4805	root	1.119	[How many squares are on a go-board?]
4806	root	1.118	http://groups.google.com/groups?ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&selm=16394336.74521.15271%40kcbbs.gen.nz&rnum=2
4807	root	1.387	%
4808	root	1.117	[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1020303,00.html]
4809			When I first visited Russia, in 1986, I made friends with a musician whose
4810			father had been Brezhnev's personal doctor. One day we were talking about
4811			life during 'the period of stagnation' - the Brezhnev era. 'It must have
4812			been strange being so completely immersed in propaganda,' I said.
4813
4814			'Ah, but there is the difference. We knew it was propaganda,' replied
4815			Sacha.
4816	root	1.387	%
4817	root	1.116	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
4818			A reader sent in this conversation he overheard at a corporate security
4819			desk one morning:
4820
4821			Employee: I have lost my photo-ID card, can I get a day pass please?
4822
4823			Security Guard: Certainly, what is your serial number?
4824
4825			Employee: 123456
4826
4827			[Security guard pulls up the details on his computer, which includes a
4828			photograph of the employee.]
4829
4830			Security Guard: Do you have a driver's license or another piece of
4831			identification which has your picture on it?
4832
4833			Employee: Why would you need that?
4834
4835			Security Guard: To match against our records.
4836
4837			Employee: A picture of my face?
4838
4839			Security Guard: Yes
4840
4841			Employee: This is my face -- I am wearing it on my head.
4842
4843			Security Guard: I need another piece of ID with a picture on it to
4844			compare against this one.
4845	root	1.387	%
4846	root	1.116	[Voting in the US might be in for surprises in the future]
4847			http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/voting.shtml
4848			[frankly, I don't trust any government if it's easy to fake votes]
4849	root	1.387	%
4850	root	1.116	MS Windows passwords can be cracked in an average of 13.6 seconds.
4851			Assuming your password consists of just letters and numbers, that is. But
4852			my guess is that almost everyone falls into that category.
4853
4854			<http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5053063.html>
4855			<http://lasecpc13.epfl.ch/ntcrack/>
4856	root	1.387	%
4857	root	1.123	Eppur si muove!
4858	root	1.387	%
4859	root	1.116	[bwahahaha]
4860			"RV K-17"
4861	root	1.387	%
4862	root	1.116	"We're the world's greatest superpower, but we have a Third World
4863			electricity grid," said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
4864	root	1.387	%
4865	root	1.116	[where NOT to learn german :)]
4866			[http://www.berlitz.at/worldclub/reise-spanisch/]
4867			<= Es ist 10:45 Uhr / viertel vor elf / dreiviertel zehn.
4868			=> Son las once menos cuarto.
4869	root	1.387	%
4870	root	1.115	ceterum censeo carthaginem esse delendam
4871			ceterum censeo mundum non delendum esse
4872	root	1.387	%
4873	root	1.115	[http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/?id=1402&w=&p=1]
4874	root	1.388	Georgia Tornow, Generalsekretärin der Produzentenvereinigung film20 übt
4875			ebenfalls Kritik an der neuen Formulierung. »In anderen Ländern ist
4876	root	1.115	mitunter die Herstellung privater Kopien untersagt. Und in den USA wird
4877	root	1.388	sogar darüber nachgedacht, Geräte zur Kopienherstellung für illegal zu
4878			erklären«, so Tornow laut »blickpunktfilm.de«.
4879	root	1.387	%
4880	root	1.122	http://www.plif.com/archive/wc285.gif
4881	root	1.387	%
4882	root	1.115	[D-Info 2003, on my box:]
4883			Linux-Distribution nicht erkannt. Koennte RedHat sein.
4884	root	1.387	%
4885	root	1.115	[This patch removed the 75 records limit in D-Info 3/2003 linux for me]
4886			[patch dinfo.i386, YMMV]
4887			<00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba 4b00 0000 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
4888			>00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba ffff ff7f 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
4889	root	1.387	%
4890	root	1.115	[bwbasic-2.20pl2/bwbasic.doc]
4891			This program was originally begun in 1982 by my grandmother, Mrs.
4892			Verda Spell of Beaumont, TX. She was writing the program using
4893			an ANSI C compiler on an Osborne I CP/M computer and although my
4894			grandfather (Lockwood Spell) had bought an IBM PC with 256k of
4895			RAM my grandmother would not use it, paraphrasing George Herbert
4896			to the effect that "He who cannot in 64k program, cannot in 512k."
4897			She had used Microsoft BASIC and although she had nothing against
4898			it she said repeatedly that she didn't understand why Digital
4899			Research didn't "sue the socks off of Microsoft" for version 1.0
4900			of MSDOS and so I reckon that she hoped to undercut Microsoft's
4901			entire market and eventually build a new software empire on
4902			the North End of Beaumont. Her programming efforts were cut
4903			tragically short when she was thrown from a Beaumont to Port
4904			Arthur commuter train in the summer of 1986. I found the source
4905			code to bwBASIC on a single-density Osborne diskette in her knitting
4906			bag and eventually managed to have it all copied over to a PC
4907			diskette. I have revised it slightly prior to this release. You
4908			should know, though, that I myself am an historian, not a programmer.
4909	root	1.387	%
4910	root	1.114	[what high dan players in go think while playing:]
4911			"Must kill ... black stones ... black stones ... must die"
4912	root	1.387	%
4913	root	1.114	[the one and only time rcp failed for me, at the very end of the transfer]
4914			rcp: protocol screwup: mtime.sec not delimited
4915	root	1.387	%
4916	root	1.113	[Wasteland]
4917			Lester Moore,
4918			Shot in the head with a .44.
4919			No Les, no more.
4920	root	1.387	%
4921	root	1.113	[SSK@DFpkjvKWA0kGPZUgm9LkJE1jX4cPAgM/MattersPhallic/4//]
4922			Mormon advice on how to abstain from wanking
4923
4924			STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION
4925			[for the rest of this entertaining document see the freesite]
4926	root	1.387	%
4927	root	1.113	[Fallout]
4928			Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake
4929			Stepped on the gas instead of the brake
4930	root	1.387	%
4931	root	1.111	[http://www.counterpane.com/pptpv2-paper.html]
4932			As we will discuss later, multiple layers of hashing are used in the
4933			different steps of MS-CHAPv2. While this hashing serves to obscure some
4934			of the values, it is unclear what the cryptographic significance of them
4935			are. All they seem to do is to slow down the execution of the protocol.
4936	root	1.112	[...]
4937			It is unclear to us why this protocol is so complicated.
4938			[...]
4939			The Server concatenates the password-hash-hash, the 24-byte NT response,
4940			and the literal string "Magic server to client constant", and then hashes
4941			the result with SHA.
4942	root	1.387	%
4943	root	1.388	> Für viele wird interessant sein, dass ich bisher bei jedem Kunden
4944	root	1.111	> rechnerisch nachweisen konnte, dass OpenSource !immer! der teurere Weg
4945			> ist!
4946	root	1.388	Das bedeutet, daß durch Offenlegung des Source Codes eines Produkts
4947			plötzlich höhere Aufwände entstehen? Was für ein Kundensegment betreust
4948	root	1.111	Du denn? Analphabeten?
4949	root	1.387	%
4950	root	1.388	"Der Sun-Forte-Compiler ist näher am C++-Standard als G++"
4951			[Jörg Schilling, CeBit 2003]
4952	root	1.387	%
4953	root	1.109	17:21 <elmex> ok, sex kann ich nicht, aber ich kann vim und Perl ;)
4954	root	1.387	%
4955	root	1.108	[Biggest ping rtt I've ever seen]
4956			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=473 ttl=128 time=779.5 ms
4957			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=474 ttl=128 time=524.1 ms
4958			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=475 ttl=128 time=275.6 ms
4959			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=539 ttl=128 time=656365.4 ms
4960			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=540 ttl=128 time=655365.5 ms
4961	root	1.387	%
4962	root	1.108	[I once used a vped.conf from windows on linux, and then had to:]
4963			tcpdump -eni\\\\.\\{F2CB3DC8-1
4964	root	1.387	%
4965	root	1.107	[links are free ;)]
4966			http://knowthetruth.b0x.com/Bush_Family/Bush_-_Hitler/bush_-_hitler.html
4967	root	1.387	%
4968	root	1.106	[http://pobox.com/~oleg/MacHack96/]
4969			Can software development be elevated from the Microsoft style?
4970	root	1.387	%
4971	root	1.105	[openssl, crypto/evp/evp_enc.c]
4972
4973			/* One positive side-effect of US's export
4974			* control history, is that we should at least
4975			* be able to avoid using US mispellings of
4976			* "initialisation"? */
4977			EVPerr(EVP_F_EVP_CIPHERINIT, EVP_R_INITIALIZATION_ERROR);
4978	root	1.387	%
4979	root	1.105	[man pem]
4980			Although the PEM routines take several arguments in almost all applications most of them are set to 0 or NULL.
4981	root	1.387	%
4982	root	1.105	[pth_native.c]
4983
4984			/* ``If you can't do it in
4985	root	1.247	ANSI C, it isn't worth doing.''
4986	root	1.105	-- Unknown */
4987	root	1.387	%
4988	root	1.104	[subculture]
4989	root	1.388	... scorp sind lucker und use script lamer aber über cheater aufregen
4990			mehr nich und zu fünft in nem raum sitzen und dann public zocken und dann
4991	root	1.104	skillig vorkommen ...
4992
4993			[http://forum.topwebmaster.net/extern/de/Ricoohh/thread/9196-77365]
4994	root	1.424	%
4995	root	1.104	[back to the roots. you might not understand the following, but
4996			this list is about things _I_ find funny, not you... :)]
4997	root	1.247	00:16 <elmex> 'mit windows netzwerk zu debuggen ist ungefaehr so sinnvoll wie eine
4998	root	1.104	gehirnoperation mit einem vorschlaghammer'
4999	root	1.247	00:18 <oesi> elmex: da ich in deinem ignore bin, kann ich ja volltrottel sagen.
5000	root	1.104	ethereal rennt seit jahren unter win32
5001			00:18 <elmex> oesi: ja, aber netzwerk nicht ;)
5002	root	1.387	%
5003	root	1.103	[http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~cknust/detroit/a-z/medikamt.htm]
5004	root	1.388	... Den Amerikanern sind Zäpfchen ebenso wie rektales Fiebermessen absolut
5005			suspekt; der Verdacht der Kinderschändung steht sofort unausgesprochen im
5006			Raum. Zäpfchen ("Suppositorium") werden allenfalls in der Notfallmedizin
5007	root	1.103	im Krankenhaus verwendet. Haben Sie ein Kind, das an Asthma oder
5008	root	1.388	Pseudo-Krupp-Anfällen leidet, bringen Sie sich einen entsprechenden Vorrat
5009			an Zäpfchen unbedingt mit, erwähnen Sie diese aber, soweit möglich, nicht
5010			vor amerikanischen Ärzten. ...
5011	root	1.387	%
5012	root	1.102	sendmail ist wie masturbation mit einer gurkenraspel, erzeugt viele spaene
5013			aber wenig freude.
5014	root	1.387	%
5015	root	1.102	[from a deviance.nfo, looking for new members, I think it's waaay funny]
5016			- you are a Unix guru with good Ansi-C software developing knowledge
5017			and understanding how to prevent network security vulnerabilities.
5018			That means you must be able to code to ansi-c guru level. And you
5019			must also have a good coder perspective of hostbase and network
5020			based intrusion detection systems. You should be able to code tools
5021			to generically prevent stack and heap buffer overflows on unix in
5022			Ansi-C. And Be able to code tools to look after a group of systems
5023			and code sniffing avoidance tools. And you can configure a system
5024			in ways to prevent packet sniffers and "man in the middle" attacks.
5025	root	1.387	%
5026	root	1.388	17:39 <schmorp> marco: flüge von hannover/dortmund [nach sofia] etc. sind glatt
5027			doppelt so teuer wie die gleichen von stuttgart/münchen/frankfurt
5028	root	1.101	17:39 <marco> schmorp: da wollen zu viele weg und zu wenig hin... also sind die
5029			fluege dort nur halb ausgelastet g
5030	root	1.387	%
5031	root	1.100	For me, this article simply illustrates that centralised trust models
5032			don't work well in practise.
5033			http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/12/09/021209opwinman.xml
5034	root	1.387	%
5035	root	1.99	[Rumsfeld in a CNN interview]
5036			There is an old saying, in the pentagon:
5037			"ready, fire, aim."
5038	root	1.387	%
5039	root	1.98	[...] You're allowed to resell the [windows] media but not the
5040			license. "Unfortunately" for Microsoft, this distinction is illegal in
5041			free countries like Germany [1].
5042			[...]
5043			Regards
5044			Henning
5045
5046			[1] The current german governement is actively trying to change this
5047			part of the german law. That's what you get for electing morons who
5048			might look good on TV. At this point, we're already on U.S. levels.
5049	root	1.387	%
5050	root	1.98	[...]
5051			The GPL does not restrict you. Contrary, it uses copyright law to
5052			establish a pool of software with much more freedom as copyright law gives
5053			to you. It only does not give you so much freedom to deny other people the
5054			same freedoms. The copyright holders can only do so, because copyright law
5055			itself give you none of these rights at all.
5056			[...]
5057			Wolfgang Walter
5058	root	1.387	%
5059	root	1.98	burro: i once played against a computer
5060			burro: it seemed very clever
5061			burro: but then all its groups died in yose
5062			burro: it forgot to defend later..
5063			burro: oops
5064			burro: accidental poetry
5065	root	1.387	%
5066	root	1.98	[about a go game between a pro player and some really good amateur,
5067			where white could have lived easily but decided to risk it]
5068			yoyoma [7k]: white is pro, rather die gloriosly than live in gote with a7!
5069	root	1.387	%
5070	root	1.98	[from the default config of the oh-so-broken unrealircd]
5071			#define BIG_SECURITY_HOLE
5072	root	1.387	%
5073	root	1.98	"In fact the whole of Japan is pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people."
5074			-- Oscar Wilde
5075	root	1.387	%
5076	root	1.98	[a principle used in florida's law]
5077			"guilty until proven innocent"
5078			[http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/main.htm]
5079	root	1.387	%
5080	root	1.98	Wonderful news! A little Jewish woman, calling Mount Sinai Hospital,
5081			said, "Hello, darling, I'd like to talk with the person who gives the
5082			information regarding your patients. I want to know if the patient is
5083			getting better, or doing like expected, or is getting worse." The voice
5084			on the other end of the line said, "What is the patient's name and room
5085			number?" She said, "Yes, darling! she's Sarah Finkel, in Room 302." He
5086			said, "Oh, yes. Mrs. Finkel is doing very well. In fact, she's had two
5087			full meals, her blood pressure is fine, her blood work just came back
5088			as normal, she's going to be taken off the heart monitor in a couple of
5089			hours and if she continues this improvement, Dr. Cohen is going to send
5090			her home Tuesday at twelve o' clock." The woman said, "Thank God! That's
5091			wonderful! Oh! that's fantastic, darling!... That's wonderful news!" The
5092			man on the phone said, "From your enthusiasm, I take it you must be a
5093			close family member or a very close friend!" She said, "I'm Sarah Finkel
5094			in 302! My doctor doesn't tell me shit!
5095	root	1.387	%
5096	root	1.98	[gcc-3.2/.../sstream>
5097			// NB: Start ostringstream buffers at 512 bytes. This is an
5098			// experimental value (pronounced "arbitrary" in some of the
5099			// hipper english-speaking countries), and can be changed to
5100			// suit particular needs.
5101			_M_buf_size_opt = 512;
5102	root	1.387	%
5103	root	1.98	[members.aon.at/paulinchen/advtex/sanitar.htm]
5104			[Walkthrough SANITARIUM]
5105			... Deshalb suchst du erneut den Wassertempel auf. ... Dort haust du als
5106	root	1.388	Grimwall den Lukas ... Darauf hin öffnet der Clown seinen Mund und du
5107	root	1.98	kannst als Olmec die Melodie ...
5108	root	1.387	%
5109	root	1.97	[Onibaba - Great Movie]
5110			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058430
5111	root	1.387	%
5112	root	1.97	[Kuroneko - I'd like to see :(]
5113			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122136
5114	root	1.387	%
5115	root	1.96	[<Sesse> microsoft finally takes security seriously]
5116			[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q276304]
5117			Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
5118	root	1.387	%
5119	root	1.96	GNU Emacs kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 11.300
5120			vi - Editor. Kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 2.333
5121	root	1.388	XML für Dummies. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 225.881
5122			JavaScript für Dummies. Dynamische Websites selbst gemacht. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 24.576
5123	root	1.387	%
5124	root	1.96	[http://kyushu.com/gleaner/editorspick/seppuku.shtml]
5125
5126			[...] Obviously you have to decide well in advance why you are doing
5127			[seppuku] [...] Resistance, remonstrance, show of loyalty, affirmation of
5128			the correctness of one's own position, expiation of a crime and the wiping
5129			out of disgrace are all perfectly good reasons; being refused a work visa
5130			is not [...]
5131	root	1.387	%
5132	root	1.247	Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd
5133	root	1.95	all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to
5134			repetitive electronic music." --Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
5135	root	1.387	%
5136	root	1.94	[some hilights from:]
5137			[http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/usenet/Fachbegriffe.der.Informatik.html]
5138
5139	root	1.388	_Einfach erklärt_
5140	root	1.94
5141			GUI
5142			Ein Hintergrundbild und 12 Xterms
5143			Globale Variable
5144	root	1.388	Parameterübergabemechanismus in 4GLs
5145	root	1.94	objektorientiert
5146			Den Code habe ich von meinem Vorgaenger geerbt.
5147			strukturiert
5148			dieses Programm besteht aus mehreren Funktionen
5149			Multithreaded
5150	root	1.388	Wir mußten ein Flußdiagramm malen, um es zu debuggen.
5151	root	1.94	Windows 95
5152	root	1.388	Das Fortran 77 der Benutzungsoberflächen
5153	root	1.94	Emacs
5154	root	1.388	Ich habe ja auch nie bezweifelt, daß emacs ein tolles Betriebssystem
5155			ist. Aber um mit Linux oder Windows konkurrieren zu können, fehlt ihm
5156			ein vernünftiger Editor.
5157	root	1.94	IPv6
5158			$ telnet hundehalsband.georg.hunde.sonnenstrasse.muenchen.de
5159			Trying 942884947298374923847982472983. 2398749874987249247.
5160			2398472372349. 3249782374927898324. 2987238479874987398634.
5161			2987428901171209471. 23987432923. 23478987923.
5162	root	1.388	Die fünf Sinne des C++-Programmierers
5163			Der Schwachsinn, der Blödsinn, der Wahnsinn, der Unsinn und der Stumpfsinn.
5164	root	1.247	PHP
5165	root	1.388	Meine C-64-Basic-Übungen hat niemand zu Gesicht bekommen, während die
5166	root	1.94	in PHP verbrochenen Laufstall-Verunfallungen heutiger Milchgesichter
5167	root	1.388	die Welt verpesten und womöglich von Schlipstraeger-Deppen als
5168			e-Commerce-Lösung gekauft worden sind.
5169	root	1.247	Alleinstellungsmerkmal
5170	root	1.94	Bunt.
5171	root	1.388	Plattformunabhängig
5172			Wenn Du GWBASIC im Dos-Emulator laufen läßt bist Du auch
5173			plattformunabhängig! Du brauchst nur einen Dos-Emulator!
5174	root	1.95	[94: Copyright left out, too long, see original url]
5175	root	1.387	%
5176	root	1.93	[logic & fallacies]
5177			http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
5178	root	1.387	%
5179	root	1.93	http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/wonderful/index.php
5180	root	1.387	%
5181	root	1.93	[nah]
5182			In the Arthur Penn film "Night Moves," someone asks Gene Hackman for an
5183			appraisal of Eric Rohmer's work, to which he replies, "it's like watching
5184			paint dry."
5185	root	1.387	%
5186	root	1.92	http://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~jay/papers/thesis.pdf
5187			http://home.attbi.com/~bglodis/htmf/AI2-GO2.htm
5188			http://newyork.villageworld.com/users/bradleym/index.htm
5189	root	1.387	%
5190	root	1.178	[Keith Packard about some design holes in X that lead to XRender]
5191	root	1.91	The rules themselves may be broken, but their existence is of vital
5192			importance.
5193	root	1.387	%
5194	root	1.91	[http://cbbrowne.com/info/xpersonal.html]
5195			[_very_ good pages, read them all!]
5196			Many things have been hacked onto Win32; unfortunately, actually using
5197			Windows-based facilities has two massive detrimental effects:
5198
5199			You have to trust Microsoft.
5200
5201			There are a number of things that I would trust Microsoft with. I trust
5202			Microsoft to continue to release buggy software such as the Windows 98
5203			release that needed patches to survive to 1999, let alone 2000. I trust
5204			Microsoft to continue to release software that gets more bloated such
5205			that it requires as much memory as systems can support just to support
5206			useless chrome.
5207
5208			But control over whether my code will continue to be usable next year
5209			whether due to technical or licensing changes is not one of the things
5210			I'd like to trust them with.
5211	root	1.93	[...]
5212	root	1.387	%
5213	root	1.91	[when choosing "About" from the mozilla menu]
5214			[now, which OS let's us enjoy similar error messages all the time? ;)]
5215			XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
5216			Location: jar:resource:///chrome/en-US.jar!/locale/en-US/global/about.xhtml
5217			Line Number 90, Column 15:
5218	root	1.247	<li>Copyright © 1998-2002 by <a href="about:credits">Contributors</a> to
5219	root	1.91	--------------^
5220	root	1.387	%
5221	root	1.91	[from the kanon 10% english translation patch README]
5222			[http://haeleth.port5.com/]
5223			A Japanese effect not found in English is the wonderful verbless sentence,
5224			which I like so much that I've translated a few literally. I do know
5225			English grammar, I assure you.
5226	root	1.387	%
5227	root	1.91	Giant hornets regularly attack beehives. Typically, an attack begins when
5228			a single hornet captures a lone bee nearby the hive. After several of
5229			these perimeter skirmishes, one hornet leaves a marking pheromone at the
5230			hive's entrance. This pheromone attracts the other hornets, who arrive
5231			en masse and attack the beehive. The bees' stingers can't penetrate the
5232			hornets' armor, so it's a one-sided slaughter; something like 30,000 bees
5233			can be killed in a few hours by 30-40 hornets.
5234
5235			Japanese honeybees, however, have evolved an interesting defensive
5236			strategy. When a hornet marks the hive's entrance, the bees guarding the
5237			entrance return to the hive and wait for the attacking hornets. This has
5238			the effect of luring the first attacking hornets into the hive, rather
5239			than allowing them to start their attack outside. Simultaneously, over
5240			1000 worker bees in the hive leave the combs and mass just inside the
5241			hive's entrance. When a hornet tries to enter the hive, the workers
5242			surround it, forming a ball of bodies, and cook it to death with their
5243			body heat. The bees also release a pheromone that draws ever more bees
5244			from the hive's interior to come to the entrance and defend the nest.
5245
5246			This strategy must be perfect in order to be successful. If the bees fail
5247			in killing the first hornet attackers, then the hornet pheromone gets
5248			stronger, and more hornets arrive to reinforce their attack. By sheer
5249			numbers, the hornets can overpower the bees.
5250
5251			Source: Bernd Heinrich, "The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect
5252			Survival," Harvard University Press, 1996.
5253	root	1.387	%
5254	root	1.91	[http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/csrss-backspace-bug.html]
5255			[fixed in latest service packs, but still funny ;)]
5256			The following neat little program, when compiled and run, will completely
5257			crash XP (and any earlier version of NT) (when I ran it, XP rebooted). I
5258			don't recommend you really try this program, but if you do, save all your
5259			work etc first:
5260
5261			#include <stdio.h>
5262
5263			int main (void) {
5264			while (1)
5265			printf ("\t\t\b\b\b\b\b\b");
5266
5267			return 0;
5268			}
5269	root	1.387	%
5270	root	1.91	[you might point your windows-using-friends to this page, it
5271			contains a lot of funny FUD ;)]
5272	root	1.90	http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm
5273	root	1.387	%
5274	root	1.90	[http://eros.cs.jhu.edu/~shap/NT-EAL4.html]
5275			Security experts have been saying for years that the the security of
5276			the Windows family of products is hopelessly inadequate. Now there is a
5277			rigorous government certification confirming this.
5278	root	1.387	%
5279	root	1.89	[mms_client after finishing the download]
5280			everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing
5281			proprietary and patentend technology.
5282	root	1.387	%
5283	root	1.88	I wouldn't want to win the Steven Spielberg Award - he is an amateur!
5284	root	1.388	-- Aki Kaurismäki
5285	root	1.387	%
5286	root	1.87	[http://www.sm.luth.se/~torkel/eget/godel.html]
5287	root	1.388	"The Gödelian structure of the unity of levels of Reality associated
5288	root	1.87	with the logic of the included middle implies that it is impossible to
5289			construct a complete theory for describing the passage from one level to
5290			the other and, a fortiori, for describing the unity of levels of Reality."
5291	root	1.387	%
5292	root	1.388	1. Das von den Parteien eingeführte Listenwahlrecht verstößt gegen
5293			Art. 38, Abs. 1, Satz 1 Grundgesetz (GG): »Die Abgeordneten des Deutschen
5294	root	1.87	Bundestages werden in allgemeiner, unmittelbarer, freier, gleicher und
5295	root	1.388	geheimer Wahl gewählt.« Danach muß es dem Bürger möglich sein, seinen
5296			Abgeordneten unmittelbar zu wählen. Die Wahl von Parteienlisten ist also
5297	root	1.87	verfassungswidrig, nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil hierbei Kandidaten zum Zuge
5298	root	1.388	kommen, die der Listenwähler nicht wählen will.
5299	root	1.87
5300	root	1.388	2. Der Fraktionszwang verstößt ebenfalls gegen das Grundgesetz. Satz
5301			2 des Art. 38, Abs. 1, lautet nämlich: »Sie (die Abgeordneten) sind
5302			Vertreter des ganzen Volkes, an Aufträge und Weisungen nicht gebunden
5303			und nur ihrem Gewissen unterworfen.« Wenn Fraktionsvorsitzende den frei
5304			gewählten Abgeordneten einer Fraktionsdisziplin unterwerfen (und das noch
5305			unter Androhung von Sanktionen), erteilen sie Weisungen darüber, wie die
5306	root	1.87	Abgeordneten der Partei abzustimmen haben. Es handelt sich dann um eine
5307			Form fraktionsinternen imperativen Mandats.
5308
5309	root	1.388	3. Die überbordende Staatsverschuldung (vor allem im Bund) verstößt gegen
5310			Art. 115 des GG. Darin heißt es in Abs. 1, Satz 2: »Die Einnahmen aus
5311			Krediten dürfen die Summe der im Haushaltsplan veranschlagten Ausgaben für
5312			Investitionen nicht überschreiten; Ausnahmen sind nur zulässig zur Abwehr
5313			einer Störung des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gleichgewichts.« Unter Fachleuten
5314			besteht nicht der geringste Zweifel, daß das vorgeschriebene Kreditlimit
5315			(Höhe der »Ausgaben für Investitionen«) durch Haushaltstricks sträflich
5316			überschritten wurde. Die Folge: Im Jahre 2001 erreichte die Verschuldung
5317			der Gebietskörperschaften die unvorstellbare Höhe von 1.210 Mrd. Euro (im
5318			Bund: 700 Mrd. Euro); das sind 79 Prozent des jährlichen Volkseinkommens
5319	root	1.87	von 1.531 Mrd. Euro.
5320	root	1.387	%
5321	root	1.87	[just FMI (for my information)]
5322			http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/%7eflavell/charset/form-i18n.html
5323	root	1.387	%
5324	root	1.87	[perldoc perlboot]
5325			Typically, each @ISA has only one element (multiple elements means
5326			multiple inheritance and multiple headaches)
5327	root	1.387	%
5328	root	1.87	[I find that all this stallman-bashing is a sure sign that that
5329			"linux" thing will fail]
5330			In lists.linux.kernel.development, Larry McVoy wrote:
5331			[...]
5332	root	1.247	Richard Stallman started the free software foundation. He built the
5333	root	1.87	compiler, library and zillions of other tools that developers use on a day
5334			to day basis. He slept at the offices of MIT while he spent his time,
5335			effort and money building up the Free Software Foundation.
5336
5337			Though many people differ with him on a wide variety of issues, he
5338			deserves respect from all because he has devoted twenty years of his
5339			life to the public good.
5340
5341			You, on the other hand, develop and sell a proprietary software product.
5342			You convinced a large number of kernel developers (most importantly
5343			Linus himself) to use your proprietary product to develop free software,
5344			so that you could tell potential customers "Gee! Look how great my
5345			software is! It's used to develop the linux kernel!"
5346
5347			You don't care about free software Larry. You're just glad that you have
5348			a poster child to display your effort. Want proof? Look at how you have
5349			treated numerous kernel developers when you found out that they worked
5350			on free software projects that could potentially compete with your
5351			software some day -- you revoke their "free" license to use your
5352			software to work on the linux kernel!
5353
5354			Richard is trying to change the world into a better place. You, however,
5355			are trying to get rich, and you're using free software as a stepping
5356			stone to promote your proprietary software. Nothing wrong with getting
5357			rich of course -- I'd love to be rich too. But you certainly don't
5358			deserve to be lumped into the same group as RMS.
5359	root	1.387	%
5360	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5361	root	1.247	What does line 4 do here?
5362			[...]
5363			This is Perl, so it does the exact right thing.
5364	root	1.387	%
5365	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5366			Think of the President of the United States: a messy, inconvenient bag of
5367			blood and bones. But to talk about him, or to represent him in a computer
5368			program, all you need is the easy, convenient scalar string "George Bush".
5369	root	1.387	%
5370	root	1.86	[rise and fall of free software standards]
5371	root	1.247	* GNU Gettext and %expect
5372			GNU Gettext asserts 10 s/r conflicts, but there are 7. Now that
5373			Bison dies on incorrect %expectations, we fear there will be
5374			too many bug reports for Gettext, so _for the time being_, %expect
5375			does not trigger an error when the input file is named `plural.y'.
5376	root	1.387	%
5377	root	1.86	Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
5378			-- Leonard Brandwein
5379	root	1.387	%
5380	root	1.85	[11:57] <schmorp> email@wanadoo.fr
5381	root	1.247	[11:57] <schmorp> you know what wannados are?
5382			[11:58] <Arvoreen> the french pendant of aol users ??
5383			[11:58] <schmorp> nope
5384			[11:58] <Arvoreen> then no clue
5385			[11:58] <schmorp> "people who fail before they even try"
5386			[12:00] <Zeograd> wanadoo was actually named following this idea, sigh
5387			[12:00] <schmorp> not really, yes?
5388			[12:00] <Zeograd> yes
5389			[12:00] <schmorp> ;);)
5390			[12:03] <schmorp> that "yes" sounded really painful
5391			[12:03] <Zeograd> more than you could imagine :)
5392	root	1.387	%
5393	root	1.247	[11:37] <Arvoreen> Oui mon francais est un peu
5394			[11:38] <Zeograd> Arvoreen: not bad, it doesn't mean much but it sounds french :)
5395	root	1.387	%
5396	root	1.84	A Russian hacker was sentenced to three years in prison here in the
5397			United States for breaking computer crime laws here. It's an
5398			interesting story. He was in Russia at the time, and broke no laws in
5399			his country. However, the U.S. prosecution broke Russian laws to
5400			collect evidence against him. The judge agreed with the FBI's
5401			assertion that Russian law didn't apply to them. Isn't international
5402			jurisprudence fun?
5403			<http://in.tech.yahoo.com/021005/137/1w2bq.html>
5404	root	1.387	%
5405	root	1.247	[02:58] <Sesse> microsoft finally gets it:
5406			[02:58] <Sesse> Visual Basic .NET delivers the feature most requested by existing Visual Basic
5407			[02:58] <Sesse> developers--fewer bugs in the code they write.
5408	root	1.84	[...]
5409	root	1.247	[03:00] <Sesse> "VB programmers have finally found out they lack talent, and blame Microsoft" ;-)
5410	root	1.387	%
5411	root	1.84	[found at www.imdb.com]
5412			the trouble with the global village are all the global village idiots.
5413			- Paul Ginsparg.
5414	root	1.387	%
5415	root	1.84	prionbrain: A joke I just read: " A girl phoned me the other day and
5416			said, .. come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. There was nobody
5417			home.":))
5418			[erm...]
5419	root	1.387	%
5420	root	1.84	> described above, CONFIG_XBOX_SUPPORT will depend on CONFIG_PCI.
5421
5422	root	1.247	Which seems fair enough. ISA bus X-box systems are suprisingly rare
5423	root	1.387	%
5424	root	1.247	[05:06] <elmex> windows has 2 left hands when it comes to being an OS
5425	root	1.387	%
5426	root	1.83	[http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/mml/mduerst/papers/PDF/IUC11-UTF-8.pdf]
5427
5428			[...] In particular, the following behaviour proposed or observed in some
5429			implementations is not UTF-8 and should never be presented as such. First,
5430			UTF16 surrogate pairs could be encoded in UTF-8 as two sequences of 3
5431			bytes each (this behaviour is observed in some Java implementations).
5432	root	1.387	%
5433	root	1.83	.+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+''
5434			/ \ / \ / \ / \ /
5435			.+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+'
5436	root	1.387	%
5437	root	1.82	From: "David S. Miller"
5438	root	1.83
5439			> Then shouldn't the thing thats different from the norm be programmed into a header file which contains how certain functions should be+++
5440	root	1.82
5441			If I gave you a dollar, would you go out and buy some newlines
5442			to use in future emails?
5443	root	1.387	%
5444	root	1.82	Could somebody drag the Irix team kicking and screaming into the 1980's,
5445			please?
5446
5447			I realize it might be quite painful for them, but maybe you could buy them
5448			a disco tape, so they'd feel a little bit more at home.
5449
5450	root	1.247	Linus "Stayin' alive, stayin' alive" Torvalds
5451	root	1.387	%
5452	root	1.82	Yesterday, the local Brazilian authorities signed a decree stating that the
5453			Brazilian daylight saving period will start on November 3rd 2002 and will
5454			last until February 16th 2003.
5455
5456			So, clocks will be set one hour forward on November 3rd (12:00 a.m. will be
5457			changed to 1:00 a.m.) and at midnight (0:00 am) on February 16th, Brazil
5458			will adjust its clocks back one hour (23:00 pm on Feb 15th) marking the
5459			end.
5460
5461			The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
5462
5463			Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
5464			the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
5465			round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
5466			Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
5467			counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
5468			round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
5469			take place on October 27th.
5470
5471			The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
5472			of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
5473			Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM ,
5474			the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the
5475			Constitution (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change
5476			the clock)...
5477	root	1.387	%
5478	root	1.81	[boycot your enemies]
5479			> We're a business. We're a business which happens to be committed to
5480			> helping the kernel team because we think that the kernel is vital to the
5481			> world at large. Helping the kernel absolutely does not translate to
5482			> helping people who happen to be our competitors. By your own
5483
5484			Stop lying. Your job is to make lots of money and you are using Linux as
5485			cheap advertising. You are trying to make people pay you to do kernel
5486			development (as it stands you want $5000 for any bk-using developer inside
5487			RedHat and SuSE).
5488
5489			I hope your company dies ASAP and bitkeeper stops poisoning air here.
5490
5491			Pavel
5492	root	1.387	%
5493	root	1.81	Rik
5494	root	1.247	--
5495	root	1.81	A: No.
5496			Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
5497	root	1.387	%
5498	root	1.81	> Incidently unlimited permission is granted to use disks containing only
5499	root	1.247	> GNU/Linux software as footballs without royalties. All other usage of
5500			> disks as footballs will be considered on a per case basis.
5501	root	1.81
5502			I would be inclined to allow this for Windows drives instead. They contain
5503			no useful data.
5504
5505	root	1.247	--
5506	root	1.81	bill davidsen
5507	root	1.387	%
5508	root	1.80	In the switching software (written in C)
5509			there was a long do..while construct,
5510			which contained a switch statement,
5511			which contained an if clause,
5512			which contained a break,
5513			which was intended for the if clause,
5514			but instead broke from the switch statement.
5515
5516			- Network message explaining the breakdown of the AT&T long-distance
5517			network January 15, 1990
5518	root	1.387	%
5519	root	1.80	[From "password retrieval policies" of some irc network:]
5520
5521	root	1.247	They are likely to continue asking for the password, even after you have
5522			told them that it has been E-Mailed. /Ignore the stupid user. /Kick the
5523			stupid user. Do not /Kill the stupid user, since being stupid is not a
5524			violation of network policies.
5525	root	1.80
5526			[the same document, explaining K:Lines]
5527
5528			K:Lines - These lines define which clients are not allowed to connect.
5529			The format is as follows:
5530
5531			K:*.aol.com:AOL sucks:lamer
5532	root	1.387	%
5533	root	1.79	[Microsoft's Craig Mundie on security.]
5534			"People confuse 'security' and Trustworthy Computing."
5535			http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/features/2002/feb02/02-20mundieqa.asp
5536	root	1.387	%
5537	root	1.79	http://staging.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/05/020905hnmssecure.xml
5538			"I'm not proud," [Brian] Valentine [senior vice president in charge of
5539			Microsoft's Windows development team] said, as he spoke to a crowd of
5540			developers here at the company's Windows .Net Server developer
5541			conference. "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our
5542			customers ... Our products just aren't engineered for security."
5543			...
5544			"If you go back a few years, unless you were working on login at
5545			Microsoft, you really didn't worry about security. The risk wasn't worth
5546			the effort."
5547	root	1.387	%
5548	root	1.79	http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/encryption.shtml
5549	root	1.387	%
5550	root	1.79	[please bear with me and understand that I didn't intend to drive
5551			gay people mad at me with this one...]
5552	root	1.78	[10:16] <pixelpapst> Wenn man ihn mal mit so 'nem richtigen Bilderbuch-Schwulen wie
5553	root	1.247	Lukas vergleicht :)
5554			[10:16] <elmex> Lukas is net schwul, er is Consultant
5555	root	1.387	%
5556	root	1.76	http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/tenseg1.html
5557	root	1.387	%
5558	root	1.76	http://24.86.132.253/090101/feature/feature.htm
5559	root	1.387	%
5560	root	1.76	I maintain a /bin/ps that supports BSD, SysV, and Gnu syntax all at the
5561			same time. It requires Linux. This one works; the Red Hat one is broken.
5562			[Albert Cahalan]
5563	root	1.387	%
5564	root	1.75	The Berkeley shell csh is reasonably well known and widely used and its
5565			externals have been subject to some criticism. The internals of csh are at
5566			least as bad, but lesser known.
5567	root	1.387	%
5568	root	1.75	There are billions of different ways of parsing argv, the list of command
5569			line arguments passed to a C program. The problem is that they are all
5570			different.
5571	root	1.387	%
5572	root	1.75	A common disease in programs written at Berkeley is to open /dev/kmem and grub the load averages out by the dirtiest means possible.
5573	root	1.387	%
5574	root	1.76	[no, I still don't like bondage & discipline]
5575			http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/liberty/meyer-bertrand/java/bm-2nd.html
5576	root	1.387	%
5577	root	1.74	[about the early CD-R dyes]
5578			The early, immature media caused some interesting problems. A certain
5579			popular Technics CD player, often used in radio stations, had a bad habit
5580			of accepting the early media, but refusing to eject it, causing much
5581			consternation to disc jockeys who were left without a player and possibly
5582			without a show.
5583	root	1.387	%
5584	root	1.76	[more of a timestamp]
5585	root	1.73	"SANS, SOUCI"
5586	root	1.387	%
5587	root	1.72	http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/canthappen.html
5588	root	1.387	%
5589	root	1.71	The Ten Commandments for C Programmers
5590			http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/commandments.html
5591	root	1.387	%
5592	root	1.71	[Bruce Schneier]
5593			A bill introduced into Congress gives copyright holders -- that's the RIAA,
5594			the MPAA, and similar guys -- the right to break into people's computers if
5595	root	1.247	they have a reasonable basis to believe that copyright infringement is
5596	root	1.71	going on.
5597			[...]
5598	root	1.247	People they choose to target would be deemed guilty until proven
5599			otherwise. In short, this bill would set up the entertainment industry
5600			as a Gestapo-like enforcement agency with no oversight.
5601	root	1.387	%
5602	root	1.70	[06:20] <Draxxon> BTW, (being from the USA) If pro is the grammatical
5603			opposite of con, then the opposite of "progress" would be... "Congress"???
5604	root	1.387	%
5605	root	1.247	You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
5606	root	1.387	%
5607	root	1.69	http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859
5608	root	1.387	%
5609	root	1.69	[practical go humor]
5610			Lantu: ok any suggestions for good practical jokes to play on Pro's? :]
5611			id: Make a line of five stones, yell "Pente", and insist you've won.
5612	root	1.387	%
5613	root	1.68	[windows API rocks]
5614			The FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS enumeration type defines values that are used with
5615			the FindFirstFileEx function to specify the information level of the
5616			returned data.
5617
5618	root	1.247	typedef enum _FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS {
5619			FindExInfoStandard
5620			} FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS ;
5621	root	1.387	%
5622	root	1.388	[Arvoreen philosophiert über die Verkleinerung von GNOME mit strip]
5623	root	1.67	[05:10] <Arvoreen> 153MB gestripped und vorher 541MB
5624			[05:13] <Arvoreen> oder wie der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler sagen wuerde um 354%
5625	root	1.247	kleiner ;-)))))) (die haben ja die prozente oberhalb von 100 erfunden)
5626	root	1.387	%
5627	root	1.66	[Microsoft documents how file types are detected in IE. No wonder
5628			it doesn't work:]
5629			1. If the "suggested" (server-provided) MIME type is unknown (not
5630			known and not ambiguous), FindMimeFromData immediately returns
5631			this MIME type as the final determination.
5632	root	1.387	%
5633	root	1.65	[freshmeat. And this release even adds ANOTHER codepage. I am impressed]
5634
5635			Recode 0.1.1
5636			by Eugene V. Chernyshev - Friday, June 28th 2002 01:58 EDT
5637
5638			About: Recode is a fast Russian codepage translator. It translates between
5639			three different codepages: DOS 866, Windows CP-1251, and UNIX KOI8-R.
5640
5641			Changes: This release adds an ISO-8859-5 codepage.
5642	root	1.387	%
5643	root	1.65	http://www.tmk.com/ftp/humor/computer-error-messages.txt
5644	root	1.387	%
5645	root	1.64	$S=eval'sub{eval"sub{%S}"}';$S->({});
5646	root	1.387	%
5647	root	1.64	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
5648
5649			Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative seems to be
5650			just a scam so the company can avoid antitrust remedies by
5651			claiming that opening their systems is a security risk. Pity.
5652			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701%26a=26605,00.asp>
5653			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp>
5654			A comment on Slashdot sums it up best: "Microsoft has therefore taken
5655			the position that their code is so bad that it must be kept secret to
5656			keep people from being killed by it. Windows -- the Pinto of the 21st
5657			century."
5658
5659			Most interesting of the two articles above is the second eWeek article,
5660			where Microsoft's Allchin mentions "at least one protocol and two APIs
5661			that it plans to withhold from public disclosure under the security
5662			carve-out." The protocol is Message Queuing. Apparently, Microsoft
5663			has discovered a security flaw in the Message Queuing protocol so bad
5664			that can't be fixed without breaking existing applications. So, until
5665			such time as they can field a backwards-compatible fix, they're going
5666			to hope no one else discovers it. (This is not a wholly unreasonable
5667			decision; security researchers have made the same decision in the
5668			past.) Of course, Allchin has undermined this decision by publicly
5669			naming the protocol. That's more than enough for someone sufficiently
5670			motivated to find the flaw. In the classified world, you can get your
5671			clearance pulled for blabbing like that. Jim Allchin's testimony:
5672			<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/allchin.asp>
5673
5674			At the same time, Microsoft tries to convince the Pentagon that open source
5675			software threatens security, and using proprietary Microsoft software is
5676			much safer (and better for the economy, to boot). This article is
5677			hilarious in light of the above.
5678			<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html>
5679
5680			A report on something called a Tactical Web Page, which purports to be a
5681			secret combat Web site, through which American commanders in the United
5682			States can direct troops in Afghanistan. My favorite quote: "'There have
5683			been a few instances when unidentified computers have tried to get in, in
5684			which case we throw up additional firewalls,' Lt. Col. Bryan Dyer
5685			said." Is it just me, or does Lt. Col. Dyer come from I-Don't-Get-It Land?
5686			<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52861,00.html>
5687
5688			Yet more comments from the clueless. In response to the report that
5689			someone hacked into Experian's database and stole 13,000 credit-card
5690			numbers, a PR flack said: "Our files are protected by state-of-the-art,
5691			Star Wars-style security and encryption technology."
5692	root	1.65	<http://www.lendingintelligence.com/news.ez?viewStory=1123&Form.sess_id=845521234&Form.sess_key=1022430845>
5693	root	1.387	%
5694	root	1.64	http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52901,00.html
5695	root	1.387	%
5696	root	1.388	ich: ich hätte gerne ein nummernschild in unna: "un-ix 123"
5697			zotan: sei froh, daß du nicht in wiesbaden wohnst: "wi-n 95"
5698	root	1.387	%
5699	root	1.63	"There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it
5700			so simple that there are obviously no errors, and the other is to make it
5701			so complicated that there are no obvious errors."
5702
5703			Tony Hoare
5704	root	1.387	%
5705	root	1.388	Nach dem Gesetz über Einheiten im Meßwesen vom 2. Juli 1969 in der Fassung
5706			vom 22. Februar 1985 dürfte Word im geschäftlichen und amtlichen Verkehr
5707	root	1.63	_nicht_ eingesetzt werden, da es mit dem Punkt eine nicht-SI-konforme
5708	root	1.388	Maßeinheit verwendet.
5709	root	1.387	%
5710	root	1.63	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5711
5712			[...]
5713			The Nforce is basically completely unsupported by 2.2. It is mostly unsupported
5714			by 2.4. The networking built into the chipset is not supported by either
5715			system. Basically its windows computer
5716	root	1.387	%
5717	root	1.63	[go figure...]
5718	root	1.247	<JanMan> read(3, 0x8102cc8, 32768) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
5719	root	1.387	%
5720	root	1.63	Subject: Re: Off topic: Solaris 9 announced, a lot of Linux incorporated
5721
5722			> In today's world of heterogeneous computing, compatibility leads
5723			> to efficiency. Combining the Linux community with thousands of
5724			> Solaris software developers and nearly three million Java and XML
5725			> software developers...
5726
5727			Homeopathic approach to software development?
5728	root	1.387	%
5729	root	1.63	> > Patch is severely broken in its current form, not only for the
5730			> > reasons you stated, but also because of its inability to handle
5731			> > renaming in any sane way. I want a patch --sane option.
5732			>
5733			> I bet BitKeeper gets it right... ;-) ;-) ;-)
5734
5735			Funny you should mention that, since Bitkeeper has embarrassed itself pretty
5736			badly with respect to patches, so far.
5737
5738			- Somebody decided to add another level on top of the linux root directory
5739			in their source directory. I can't import patches into that.
5740
5741			- I can apply patches to bitkeeper repository using the normal 'patch',
5742			but Bitkeeper gets its revenge later, as each bk edit command starts
5743			off by throwing away the patch.
5744
5745			Given the hype, I expected more. I want a tool to save work for me, not
5746			create new work. I don't think I'll be using Bitkeeper as a substitute for
5747			patch any time soon.
5748
5749			--
5750			Daniel
5751	root	1.387	%
5752	root	1.62	From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
5753			Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 23:18:34 +0000 (UTC)
5754			[...]
5755			Bummer, I'm using Debian, and iostat is in woody (frozen, about to
5756			be released) - that means Debian users will have to wait to the
5757			next release, another two years perhaps, before iostat gets working.
5758	root	1.387	%
5759	root	1.62	[no comments ;)]
5760
5761			I've installed kernel 2.5.15 (should include aio support) an libaio (0.3.7).
5762			It seams that libaio.so depends on libredhat-kernel.so.1. Why?
5763			Is it realy needed?
5764	root	1.387	%
5765	root	1.62	[W. Richard Stevens about the 3.2 streams "poll" function:]
5766
5767			int poll(struct pollfd *fdarray, unsigned long nfds, int timeout);
5768
5769			[...] The number of elements in the array of structures [...] is
5770			specified by the nfds argument. (Why this argument is specified as
5771			an unsigned long integer, and not a simple integer, is perplexing.)
5772	root	1.387	%
5773	root	1.62	[www.intel.com]
5774			Over 70 Internet Streaming Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)
5775			extensions enhance streaming multimedia and graphics applications, both on
5776			the hard drive and over the Internet. With SIMD, audio and video
5777			download faster, with clearer sound quality, deeper color and resolution,
5778			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5779			and enlarged images with smoother frame rates.
5780	root	1.387	%
5781	root	1.61	From: Alexander Viro
5782
5783			On Thu, 9 May 2002, Tomas Szepe wrote:
5784			> > I did quite a bit of this work for CML2 - bus dependencies can be
5785			> > found in the CML2 sources.
5786			>
5787			> Btw, what happened to CML2?
5788
5789			This is an ex-parrot
5790	root	1.387	%
5791	root	1.61	From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
5792
5793			> > It doesn't have to be an O(n lg(n)) method but could you use something
5794			> > besides bubblesort? Insertion sort, selection sort, etc. are just as
5795			> > easy and they don't have the horrific stigma of being "the worst sorting
5796			> > algorithm ever" etc.
5797			>
5798			> Surely the worst (working) sort is randomsort? (Check if sorted. If not,
5799			> pick two entries at random, exchange, retry.)
5800
5801			I've always been a fan of bit-decay sort.
5802
5803			while (!sorted(data))
5804			;
5805	root	1.387	%
5806	root	1.61	Subject: Re: Bitkeeper licence issues
5807			From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5808
5809			> This should be a reflex for someone with such a Sun heritage like you...
5810
5811			You obviously never used SunOS4. Its a bit before security became relevant
5812			to computing
5813	root	1.387	%
5814	root	1.61	From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
5815
5816			On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:39 -0500, joeja@mindspring.com wrote:
5817			>What limits the number of threads one can have on a Linux system?
5818
5819			Common sense, one would hope.
5820	root	1.387	%
5821	root	1.61	From: Toon Moene
5822			[...]
5823
5824			Obviously, the only way I could support this effort is by rewriting the
5825			backend to use FORTRAN; that way it would finally be possible to
5826			translate the Linux kernel into FORTRAN and vindicate this:
5827
5828			http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
5829
5830			"Challenged by McIlroy's feat in reproducing TMG, Thompson decided that
5831			Unix - possibly it had not even been named yet - needed a system
5832			programming language. After a rapidly scuttled attempt at Fortran, he
5833			created instead a language of his own, which he called B"
5834
5835			:-)
5836	root	1.387	%
5837	root	1.247	"... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
5838			lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
5839			their C programs."
5840	root	1.60
5841			Robert Firth
5842	root	1.387	%
5843	root	1.59	[miri@ccc.de]
5844	root	1.388	Moooooment, das sind zwei Sachen die miteinander zusammenhängen...
5845	root	1.59	[and after some quarrel...]
5846			Ich lasse mich ungern zitieren!
5847	root	1.387	%
5848	root	1.68	[Klaus Knopper, and no, I don't think this, to the contrary :(]
5849	root	1.388	Ich bin Marc Lehmann begegnet, und seitdem glaube ich, er hält mich für blöd.
5850	root	1.387	%
5851	root	1.57	[Content-Type used by Microsoft for .exe files]
5852			Content-Type: application/x-msdownload
5853	root	1.387	%
5854	root	1.68	[from windows' wininet.h]
5855	root	1.56	#define ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 53)
5856	root	1.387	%
5857	root	1.388	Für die Erkenntnis, dass Perl produktivitätssteigernd wirkt, kämpfe ich hier
5858	root	1.56	in meinem Laden allerdings noch. Interessanterweise sind die Leute, die
5859			selber programmieren, mittlerweile fast alle auf meiner Seite; die Leute,
5860	root	1.388	dir organisieren und selber gar nicht programmieren können, halten Perl für
5861			eine Art Spielzeug, oder für ein Quick-and-Dirty-Tool, das man bei
5862	root	1.56	erstbester Gelegenheit durch etwas professionelles ersetzen muss (was
5863			vermutlich von Microsoft stammt).
5864
5865			Aber ich arbeite weiter dran...
5866
5867			\Gisbert
5868	root	1.387	%
5869	root	1.55	http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
5870	root	1.387	%
5871	root	1.55	P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the
5872			world like English did. Er, as English did...
5873			--Larry Wall in <199705201832.LAA28393@wall.org>
5874	root	1.387	%
5875	root	1.54	From: Felix von Leitner <usenet-20020216@fefe.de>
5876			Subject: Re: Disgusted with kbuild developers
5877
5878			I don't have python. Any version of python.
5879			[...]
5880	root	1.387	%
5881	root	1.54	[perldoc Test::Harness]
5882			Additional comments may be put into the testing output on their own lines.
5883			Comment lines should begin with a '#', Test::Harness will ignore them.
5884
5885			ok 1
5886			# Life is good, the sun is shining, RAM is cheap.
5887			not ok 2
5888			# got 'Bush' expected 'Gore'
5889	root	1.387	%
5890	root	1.54	I specialize in storage, and C is self taught.
5891
5892			Cheers,
5893
5894			Andre Hedrick
5895			Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development
5896	root	1.387	%
5897	root	1.54	> > The new lock uses a combination of a spinlock and a (mutex-)semaphore.
5898	root	1.247	>
5899	root	1.54	> Spinaphore :-)
5900
5901			Or mutabloat :-(
5902	root	1.387	%
5903	root	1.54	Microsoft Outlook IS the problem. Blaming it IS correct. Removing
5904			Outlook IS the solution.
5905	root	1.387	%
5906	root	1.54	Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
5907	root	1.387	%
5908	root	1.53	From: Ricky Beam
5909
5910			Yep. I still laugh at those who say "bandwidth is free." They've obviously
5911			never bought anything from UUNet.
5912	root	1.387	%
5913	root	1.53	deconstructionism -- (a philosophical theory of criticism ...
5914			that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work
5915			by delving below its surface meaning)
5916	root	1.387	%
5917	root	1.52	http://brics.dk/~cw97/ProceedingS/01.ps.gz
5918	root	1.387	%
5919	root	1.52	From: Alan Cox
5920
5921			> and hire all the lawyers they'd want...at the end of the day, could you
5922			> just go to court and say:
5923
5924			Oh glorious naivety.
5925
5926			> The law seems pretty damn clear on this issue (in fact Subsection 3.c
5927			> sounds like I could quite happily send it to someone in the USA if they
5928			> can do the work better than I).
5929
5930			You release the code
5931
5932			The next day an injunction arrives in the post
5933
5934			The day after that the large corporate lawyers slap a secrecy order on you
5935			preventing you discussing the case with anyone but your legal representative
5936			by convincing some pissed geriatric moron in the high court that if he
5937			doesnt sign it you'll tell the whole world and harm them irrepairably
5938
5939			Over the next week 10-15,000 pages of documents arrive for you, followed
5940			by a couple of thousand discovery requests.
5941
5942			A week later while you are reading them they file for summary judgement
5943			because you have failed to file the defence. You lose. Game over
5944
5945			Then the court costs bankrupt you.
5946
5947			Sound like fiction - it happens _regularly_. Its very rare (McLibel case
5948			is extremely unusual) that it can ever be talked about on a per case basis,
5949			or that the good guys win.
5950
5951			This is why everyone doing innovative computing work does it outside of the
5952			US, and outside of most of the EU.
5953	root	1.387	%
5954	root	1.51	From: Alan Cox
5955
5956			[...]
5957			I would not perform such work in the united kingdom. Perform it in a free
5958			country. Reverse engineering that might offend a large corporation in the UK
5959	root	1.247	is only viable if you have five million pounds to hand, a law firm and a
5960	root	1.51	year to kill.
5961	root	1.387	%
5962	root	1.51	[CRYPTO-GRAM, January 2002]
5963			Windows UPnP Vulnerability
5964
5965			[...]
5966			Here's a quote from Scott Culp, manager of Microsoft's security response
5967			center: "This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I'm aware
5968			of for Windows desktop systems."
5969			[...]
5970			eEye Digital Security told Microsoft about this vulnerability nearly two
5971			months before Microsoft released its patch.
5972			[...]
5973			UPnP is a complex set of protocols to support ad hoc peer-to-peer
5974			networking. Even though no one uses it, it's installed in a bunch of
5975			Microsoft OSs. Even though no one needs it turned on, sometimes it's
5976			turned on by default.
5977			[...]
5978			The industry analysts at Gartner issued a warning, urging companies to
5979			delay upgrading to Windows XP for "three to six months," lest more of
5980			these kind of vulnerabilities surface.
5981			[...]
5982			Honestly, security experts don't pick on Microsoft because we have some
5983			fundamental dislike for the company. Indeed, Microsoft's poor products
5984			are one of the reasons we're in business. We pick on them because they've
5985			done more to harm Internet security than anyone else, because they
5986			repeatedly lie to the public about their products' security, and because
5987			they do everything they can to convince people that the problems lie
5988			anywhere but inside Microsoft. Microsoft treats security vulnerabilities
5989			as public relations problems. Until that changes, expect more of this
5990			kind of nonsense from Microsoft and its products.
5991	root	1.387	%
5992	root	1.50	http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102244,00.html
5993	root	1.387	%
5994	root	1.49	[following links in 2002, http://www.myguestbook.de/book.asp?id=1510]
5995	root	1.388	Der Gästebuchservice wurde aufgrund
5996	root	1.49
5997			technischer Schwierigkeiten eingestellt.
5998
5999			Monday, 06. November 2000
6000	root	1.387	%
6001	root	1.247	[01:42] <reeler> 22:57 < JanMan> elmex: du stoerst, aber das verstehst du nicht.
6002			[01:42] <reeler> #schmorp , de , Thu Jan 10 00:34:42 2002
6003	root	1.387	%
6004	root	1.90	[http://davesource.com/Projects/DEStiny/x.c.html as found by google]
6005	root	1.48	* If you are outside of the United States, then you do not have
6006			* the legal right to export/download/view this program.
6007			[too late, I broke the law, again!]
6008	root	1.387	%
6009	root	1.47	Our standards say that a compiler crash, for any input whatsoever, no
6010			matter how invalid (even if you feed in line noise), is a bug. Other than
6011			that we shouldn't make promises, though the old gcc1 behavior of trying to
6012			launch a game of rogue or hack when encountering a #pragma was cute.
6013	root	1.387	%
6014	root	1.47	> Of course, that "other operating system" does not require you to
6015			> manually mount CD-ROMs at all.
6016
6017			Nor does Linux if you set it up right. Its a case of making proper use of
6018			existing interfaces and a bit of userspace magic. And all done without the
6019			student fun of leaving "format/u c:" autostart cd-r's around labelled "porn"
6020	root	1.387	%
6021	root	1.47	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
6022			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6]
6023
6024			> It never shows up in the maintainer's inbox, leaving them more time to
6025			> address the remainder. And fewer of the increasingly bitter complaints of
6026			> dropped patches.
6027
6028			Most mangled diffs I get are caused by pine. Fixing pine would do more
6029	root	1.247	wonders than any magical patchbot. I also get patches and changes from
6030	root	1.47	people who quite genuinely either can't mail me unmangled diffs (eg the
6031			lotus corporate mail policy afflicted) or are from people who may really
6032			know their stuff and even be the vendor but are not familiar with the
6033			patch/diff tools. A robot isn't going to teach them.
6034	root	1.387	%
6035	root	1.46	I remind you: ORACLE 9i is requiring half a gig as a minimum just due to
6036			the use of the CRAPPY PIECE OF SHIT written in the Java, called, you guess
6037			it: Just the bloody damn Installer.
6038	root	1.387	%
6039	root	1.45	From: "David S. Miller"
6040
6041			From: Bill Huey
6042			Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:16:31 -0800
6043
6044			Like the Java folks ? few and far between ?
6045
6046			Precisely, in fact. Anyone who can say that Java is going to be
6047	root	1.247	relevant in a few years time, with a straight face, is only kidding
6048	root	1.45	themselves.
6049
6050			Java is not something to justify a new kernel feature, that is for
6051			certain.
6052	root	1.387	%
6053	root	1.45	> required DaveM made it unconditional... I think the checkin comment was
6054			> something along the lines of "make it unconditional unless Alan
6055			> complains about kernel bloat" :)
6056
6057			And I did complain. "Red Hat needs XYZ so we make it mandatory" is not an
6058			appropriate approach to a problem.
6059	root	1.387	%
6060	root	1.388	From: Pekka Pietikäinen <pp@netppl.fi>
6061	root	1.44	^^^^
6062			[...]
6063			Blah, Celsius is obviously more natural:
6064			[...]
6065			-20 Long underwear is a good idea
6066			-15 Nice winter day
6067			-10 Slightly warm winter day
6068			-5 Nice warm winter day
6069			0 Slippery as hell outside, beware!
6070	root	1.387	%
6071	root	1.44	No, the US never went metric. That's why $200M Mars probes crash on
6072			entry due to some idiot using English units as opposed to the NASA standard
6073			of Metrics. The funny thing is that Thomas Jefferson, an American President,
6074			suggested the Metric system to the French while he was ambassador there.
6075	root	1.387	%
6076	root	1.44	On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 05:24:33PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
6077			> select/poll is a win - and Java recently discovered poll/select semantics 8)
6078
6079			Anything is a win over Java's threading model.
6080
6081			-ben
6082	root	1.387	%
6083	root	1.43	[...]
6084	root	1.247	[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> no, not spanish :)
6085			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> and I'm closer to germany than spania
6086			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> so I think I'll soon get luxembourg, german or belgian euros
6087			[11:55] <JanMan> I'm closer to toulouse than to china
6088			[11:56] <schmorp> i am closer to france than to janman
6089			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> err
6090			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> well :)
6091			[11:57] <schmorp> (but the french people near the border don't call themselves "french" ;)
6092			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> ho yes but I live just below 'em
6093			[11:57] <schmorp> ;->
6094			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> I'm from moselle. I'm not alsacian
6095	root	1.387	%
6096	root	1.388	Rob Bos hat das Problem über den Apache Webserver schließlich auf
6097			debian-devel zur Sprache gebracht. Dessen Lizenz besagt, daß die
6098	root	1.43	Namen "Apache Server" und "Apache Group" ohne vorherige schriftliche
6099	root	1.388	Zustimmung nicht dazu verwendet werden dürfen, um ein Produkt zu
6100			unterstützen oder zu bewerben, das von dieser Software abgeleitet
6101			wurde. Debian modifiziert jedoch verschiedene Dateien, so daß das
6102			Debian-Paket unter Umständen als abgeleitete Arbeit bezeichnet werden
6103			könnte. Eine ähnliche Diskussion wurde vor ungefähr 8 Monaten auf
6104			debian-legal geführt. Die Diskussion ist ziemlich sinnlos, aber sie fand
6105	root	1.43	statt...
6106	root	1.387	%
6107	root	1.42	http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/unix_editor.html
6108	root	1.387	%
6109	root	1.42	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, 2001-12-15]
6110			Norton SystemWorks 2002 includes a file erasure program called Wipe Info.
6111			In the manual (page 160), we learn that "Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values
6112			to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal
6113			values." Who writes this stuff?
6114	root	1.387	%
6115	root	1.42	http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#security
6116	root	1.387	%
6117	root	1.41	> I have also changed "Macao" to "Macau". Why? :-)
6118			> 1. Macau is the official name (in both English and Portuguese).
6119			> See www.macau.gov.mo, for example.
6120			> 2. On recent trips to Macau, I can no longer find any signs that say
6121			> "Macao".
6122			> 3. ISO 3166 says MO = Macau in English; MO = Macao in French.
6123			> 4. On Google, Macau: 810000 hits; Macao: 311000 hits.
6124	root	1.387	%
6125	root	1.247	[09:20] <JanMan> 10 (Marc Lehmann) Mandant [Entfernen] [Setze auf Steuerberater]
6126	root	1.387	%
6127	root	1.40	Beitrag
6128	root	1.247	FUCK LINUX - Lesezugriffe: 198
6129	root	1.40
6130			fucklinux
6131
6132			IP: 217.83.123.198
6133
6134			1. FUCK LINUX
6135
6136	root	1.388	Linux ist doch wohl nur EKELHAFT WIDERLICH WIDERWÄRTIG
6137	root	1.40
6138			Eintrag erfolgte am: 06 Nov, 2001 um 22:12
6139	root	1.387	%
6140	root	1.388	From: RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
6141	root	1.40
6142			[...]
6143			Not at all... Hungarian notation is not so bad, except it is only
6144			understood by people from hungary. So the name }:))) I just use it
6145			when I write code for Hungary or secret code that no one should
6146			read...
6147	root	1.387	%
6148	root	1.39	The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man
6149			persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
6150			depends on the unreasonable man.
6151
6152			-George Bernard Shaw
6153	root	1.387	%
6154	root	1.38	[Firmware Upgrade Download Sections Rock!]
6155
6156			Filename: R16OS0B.zip
6157	root	1.247	Description: Modify the BUG when using Direct-CD
6158	root	1.387	%
6159	root	1.37	> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:03:50 +0100 "A." <pcg@goof>,MISSING_MAILBOX_TERMINATOR@.SYNTAX-ERROR.,UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote:
6160	root	1.387	%
6161	root	1.37	[06:46] <Arvoreen> marco kannst du mir die sources von Nvidia auf die uni kopieren. Nvidia ist aschlahhm heute 92 bytes/sec
6162			[06:46] <marco> Arvoreen: linux oder windows treiber?
6163			[06:47] <marco> Arvoreen: sorry, hab nicht richtig gelesen
6164			[06:48] <Arvoreen> marco: du stellst fragen
6165			[06:49] <marco> Arvoreen: du tippst zu langsam
6166	root	1.387	%
6167	root	1.37	On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 03:08:37AM -0600, C V <gadilus@hotmail.com> wrote:
6168			> You mention "Do not set retries more often than 60 minutes".
6169	root	1.247	> So I shouldn't set my retry greater than 60 minutes or did you meant to say
6170	root	1.37	> to set retries atleast 60 minutes?
6171			> Thanks for clearing this up.
6172	root	1.387	%
6173	root	1.247	It is more virtuous to write programs that are fast than slow.
6174			It is more virtuous to write programs that are small than bloated.
6175			It is more virtuous to write programs that are optimized than not.
6176			It is more virtuous to write programs that are portable than platform-specific.
6177			It is more virtuous to write programs that are modular than spaghetti code (example: Unix's many commands versus Windows)
6178			It is more virtuous to write programs that are independent than reliant on numerous libraries and software systems.
6179			It is more virtuous to write programs that use little memory than be a memory hog.
6180			It is more virtuous to write programs that are adapted to the most convenient modes of use than to be generic (example: vi is better than emacs).
6181			It is more virtuous to write programs that are self-testing than not.
6182			It is more virtuous to write programs that are GPL'd than payware.
6183	root	1.387	%
6184	root	1.36	[Jim Allchin, VP of Microsoft's Platform Group]
6185			Windows XP is dramatically more secure than Windows 2000 or any of the
6186			prior systems. Buffer overflow has been one of the attacks frequently used
6187			on the Internet. We have gone through all code and, in an automated way,
6188			found places where there could be buffer overflow, and those have been
6189			removed in Windows XP.
6190
6191			We have also turned off by default a whole set of things so that users are
6192			configured in a minimalist kind of way, making them less vulnerable. We
6193			also put a Win XP machine naked on the Internet and let people try and
6194			crack it. There have been no entrances and no issues so far.
6195	root	1.387	%
6196	root	1.36	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, on bug secrecy rather than full disclosure]
6197			The result is that users can't make intelligent decisions on
6198			security. Here's one example: A few months ago, security researcher Niels
6199			Ferguson found a security flaw in Intel's HDCP Digital Video Encryption
6200			System, but withheld publication out of fear of being prosecuted under the
6201			DMCA. Intel's reaction was reminiscent of the pre-full-disclosure days:
6202			they dismissed the break as "theoretical" and maintained that the system
6203			was still secure. Imagine you're thinking about buying Intel's
6204			system. What do you do? You have no real information, so you have to
6205			trust either Ferguson or Intel.
6206
6207			Here's another: A few weeks ago, a release of the Linux kernel came
6208			without the customary detailed information about the OS's security. The
6209			developers cited fear of the DMCA as a reason why those details were
6210			withheld. Imagine you're evaluating operating systems: Do you feel more or
6211			less confident about the security the Linux kernel version 2.2, now that
6212			you have no details?
6213			[...]
6214			<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/22423.html>
6215			<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/itweek/columns/2001/40/barrett.html>
6216			Particularly disturbing is the way Thomas tried to invoke patriotism and
6217			counterterrorism in an effort to get people to use Microsoft products. He
6218			said that if people stop using Microsoft's IIS because of security concerns
6219			-- as Gartner advocated recently -- that this "would only accomplish what
6220			the industrial terrorists want."
6221	root	1.387	%
6222	root	1.36	[Bruce Schneier]
6223			Remote administration tools look a lot like Back Orifice (although less feature-rich).
6224	root	1.387	%
6225	root	1.247	telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
6226	root	1.387	%
6227	root	1.36	In the older kernels the alpha floppy driver only worked for the first 25
6228			of each 50 days
6229	root	1.387	%
6230	root	1.36	"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
6231
6232			>I believe that we should have sent a tactical nuclear cruise
6233			>missile to Ben Laden's last known address. We can always apologize
6234			>later. This would put future terrorists on notice that if you
6235	root	1.387	%
6236	root	1.36	> Well, freedom in the US has always been about money. The independence war was
6237			> about getting rid of taxes and modern freedom is bought in the courtrooms
6238			> with expensive lawyers. Why should it change now?
6239	root	1.387	%
6240	root	1.35	On 7 Feb 1999, torvalds@transmeta.com wrote:
6241			> I _refuse_ to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module.
6242	root	1.247	>
6243	root	1.35	> <...>
6244			>
6245			> Basically, I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules,
6246			> it's THEIR problem. I want people to know that in their bones, and I
6247			> want it shouted out from the rooftops. I want people to wake up in a
6248	root	1.247	> cold sweat every once in a while if they use binary-only modules.
6249	root	1.387	%
6250	root	1.35	They accused us of suppressing freedom of expression.
6251			This was a lie and we could not let them publish it.
6252			-- Nelba Blandon, Nicaraguan Interior Ministry Director of Censorship
6253	root	1.387	%
6254	root	1.35	> more for feedback that the boot is proceeding ok. The fact the boot
6255			> sequence isn't even interactive should also be a big hint that it isn't
6256			> really necessary (except for kernel and driver developers).
6257
6258	root	1.247	You are thinking the small picture not the big one. If you are going to
6259			graphical in init then you want to make full use of the graphical
6260			environment to clearly show things like parallel fsck behaviour, what
6261			servers are starting up (with pretty icons) and to do interactive things
6262			like starting a rescue shell, going single user, pausing the boot,
6263			changing run level, interactive boot.
6264	root	1.35
6265			Alan
6266	root	1.387	%
6267	root	1.35	[http://thefreeworld.net/]
6268
6269			I'm a US citizen, but why would I care?
6270			The DMCA is only enforced against criminals, right?
6271
6272			First they came for the Communists,
6273			and I didn't speak up,
6274			because I wasn't a Communist.
6275			Then they came for the Jews,
6276			and I didn't speak up,
6277			because I wasn't a Jew.
6278			Then they came for the Catholics,
6279			and I didn't speak up,
6280			because I was a Protestant.
6281			Then they came for me,
6282			and by that time there was no one
6283			left to speak up for me.
6284
6285			by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
6286	root	1.387	%
6287	root	1.34	http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
6288	root	1.387	%
6289	root	1.34	If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
6290			-- Alan Perlis, SIGPLAN Notices Vol. 17, No. 9
6291	root	1.387	%
6292	root	1.33	> For instance, most X-Ray systems only detect density. The X-Ray
6293			> density of a jar of peanut butter is similar to the density of
6294			> the explosive C4. Without chemical discrimination, anybody with
6295			> a jar of peanut butter in their luggage is suspect. However,
6296
6297			I suspect them anyway. I've never seen anything in peanut butter.
6298	root	1.387	%
6299	root	1.32	[jwz about netscape's threading algorithm]
6300
6301			"This is not the algorithm that Netscape 4.x uses, because this is another
6302			area where the 4.0 team screwed the pooch, and instead of just continuing
6303			to use the existing working code, replaced it with something that was
6304			bloated, slow, buggy, and incorrect. But hey, at least it was in C++ and
6305			used databases!"
6306	root	1.387	%
6307	root	1.32	From: Alexander Viro
6308
6309			> The change prevents use of stale data, and is a good one. mtools was a
6310
6311			Folks, could you please read the fucking source before discussing the
6312			change that was not?
6313			[...]
6314	root	1.387	%
6315	root	1.31	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
6316
6317			[...]
6318
6319	root	1.247	I would suggest re-naming "rmbdd()". I _assume_ that "dd" stands for "data
6320	root	1.31	dependent", but quite frankly, "rmbdd" looks like the standard IBM "we
6321			lost every vowel ever invented" kind of assembly lanaguage to me.
6322
6323	root	1.247	I'm sure that having programmed PPC assembly language, you find it very
6324	root	1.31	natural (IBM motto: "We found five vowels hiding in a corner, and we used
6325			them _all_ for the 'eieio' instruction so that we wouldn't have to use
6326			them anywhere else").
6327
6328			But for us normal people, contractions that have more than 3 letters are
6329			hard to remember. I wouldn't mind making the other memory barriers more
6330	root	1.247	descriptive either, but with something like "mb()" at least you don't have
6331	root	1.31	to look five times to make sure you got all the letters in the right
6332			order..
6333
6334	root	1.247	(IBM motto: "If you can't read our assembly language, you must be
6335	root	1.31	borderline dyslexic, and we don't want you to mess with it anyway").
6336	root	1.387	%
6337	root	1.30	On 17 October 2001, Vladimir V. Saveliev said:
6338			> (or if it segfaults. Usually that means that filesystem contains
6339			> corruption not expected by reiserfsck)
6340
6341			Is the fact that reiserfsck can segfault a bug or a feature?
6342	root	1.387	%
6343	root	1.29	[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: du koenntest mal beim gimp-perl-logo das kamel und wilber
6344	root	1.247	vertauschen (links-rechts).
6345			[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: damit weckst du sicher ein paar schlaefer auf :)
6346			[02:15] <schmorp> wohl kaum
6347			[02:16] <JanMan> ich meine /bin/laden schlaefer.
6348	root	1.387	%
6349	root	1.29	From: Bill Davidsen
6350			To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
6351
6352			I've beaten this dead horse before, but Linux will not look to
6353			management like a viable candidate for default o/s until whoever releases
6354			new versions of stable kernel series with cosmetic changes which break
6355			existing systems running earlier releases of the same stable kernel
6356			series.
6357
6358			[...]
6359	root	1.387	%
6360	root	1.29	[11:40] <JanMan> Logistik-Fehler: Osama Bin Laden wurde durch ein vom Himmel
6361	root	1.247	fallendes Fresspaket erschlagen :)
6362	root	1.387	%
6363	root	1.29	On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:06:19PM +0200, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:
6364			>Maybe next version should have Wilberpy as helper. The concept image
6365			>was nice: "I see you want to draw a straight line".
6366
6367			Or rather: "I see you erase. Let me erase the rest of the image for you,
6368			then save." g
6369
6370			/* Steinar */
6371	root	1.387	%
6372	root	1.29	> I want to add that things became worse: I can't report a bug in the Borland CRT anymore :(
6373			> Looks like they've introduced something like chargeable bug support :((
6374
6375			That's insane if that means they will not even accept bug reports.
6376			You are doing them a service by telling their product is broken, and
6377			they want to charge you for that? Hey, you should be sending them
6378			a bill...
6379	root	1.387	%
6380	root	1.29	[a new patch for the linux-kernel]
6381			>> Wow! That's pretty impressive, a new kernel build gives me an
6382			>> additional _7_ CPUs!
6383
6384			Sorry. Mea culpa
6385
6386			--- setup.c.old Fri Oct 5 14:20:29 2001
6387			+++ setup.c Fri Oct 5 14:28:51 2001
6388			@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@
6389			* WARNING - nasty evil hack ... if we print > 8, it overflows the
6390			* page buffer and corrupts memory - this needs fixing properly
6391			*/
6392			- for (n = 0; n < 8; n++, c++) {
6393			+ for (n = 0; n < (clustered_apic_mode ? 8 : NR_CPUS); n++, c++) {
6394			/* for (n = 0; n < NR_CPUS; n++, c++) { */
6395			int fpu_exception;
6396	root	1.387	%
6397	root	1.29	From: Alexander Viro
6398
6399			> In short, now you need filesystem versioning at a per-page level etc.
6400
6401			ding ding ding we have a near winner. Remember, folks, Hurd had been
6402			started by people who not only don't understand UNIX, but detest it.
6403			ITS/TWENEX refugees. And semantics in question comes from there -
6404			they had "open and make sure that anyone who tries to modify will get
6405			a new version, leaving one we'd opened unchanged".
6406	root	1.387	%
6407	root	1.29	From: Linux Torvalds
6408
6409			In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd
6410			people.
6411	root	1.387	%
6412	root	1.29	Al-Qaeda did not use encryption to plan these attacks:
6413			<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_investigation_dc_23.html>
6414
6415			Poll indicates that 72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption
6416			laws would be "somewhat" or "very" helpful in preventing a repeat of last
6417			week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon
6418			in Washington, D.C. No indication of what percentage actually understood
6419			the question.
6420			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7215723.html?tag=mn_hd>
6421	root	1.387	%
6422	root	1.29	[http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html]
6423			1999: Al Gore reveals that "During my service in the United States Congress,
6424			I took the initiative in creating the internet." (11 March)
6425			2000: Segfault reveals the shocking truth that Al Gore's mother invented Perl.
6426			(September)
6427	root	1.387	%
6428	root	1.29	Subject: [reiserfs-list] "core dumping fscks tend to make me nervous"
6429	root	1.387	%
6430	root	1.29	[I am not usually trying to be too political, but that damned fucking us
6431			idiots should be nuked from earth quickly. preaching about freedom yet
6432			throwing it and democracy overboard at the same time]
6433			http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
6434			[nice -n-20 /bin/laden]
6435	root	1.387	%
6436	root	1.28	"TIMTOWTDI, but did you have to pick the ugliest way you could find?"
6437			-- after Michael Carman in comp.lang.perl.misc
6438	root	1.387	%
6439	root	1.28	<JabberWork> Microsoft (MSFT) has announced a 54 million dollar lawsuit against Tomagotchi maker, Bandai. (21:10)
6440			<JabberWork> Microsoft is claiming that the Tomagotchi (the Japanese electronic pet that's all the rage with the kids) is an (21:10)
6441			<JabberWork> infringment of its intellectual property. (21:10)
6442			<JabberWork> Microsoft spokesperson, Erik Loregard stated "Software that needs constant, even hourly attention, or else it dies? (21:10)
6443			<JabberWork> Sounds like Windows to me. (21:10)
6444	root	1.387	%
6445	root	1.27	Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX.
6446	root	1.387	%
6447	root	1.27	EXTRAVERSION=-ac12 ;rm -rf /
6448	root	1.387	%
6449	root	1.27	It's also a class A misdameanor to buy tobacco is you are under a certain
6450			age, which is a serious penalty. A copy of penthouse is a felony in this
6451			state, depending on the circumstances. You are allowed to have multiple
6452			wives, and the State will support all of them for you with child support
6453			so long as they are older than 16. If you are a Mormon, you get to tell
6454			these wives they will not be allowed in heaven unless they do whatever
6455			you tell them.
6456	root	1.387	%
6457	root	1.27	But I know, you're in the country where people marry with 14, may drive
6458			cars with 16, carry guns with 19 but have to wait for being 21 to drink
6459			alcohol.
6460
6461			Regards
6462			Henning
6463	root	1.387	%
6464	root	1.27	> handle a too-hot cpu, but all C2/C3 gets you is reduced power when idle.
6465			> This results in better battery life on a laptop but that is irrelevant
6466			> on a desktop system.
6467
6468			Thus speaks the country with chronic californian power shortages, and that
6469			wouldn't sign up to a global accord on global warming 8)
6470
6471			C2 and C3 are useful IMHO even on a desktop PC. The slight hit on the
6472			transition is not noticable, the change on the power bill is.
6473
6474			Alan
6475	root	1.387	%
6476	root	1.26	Hi Keith,
6477			kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens) wrote on 27.08.01 in <20824.998880763@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>:
6478
6479			> That reminds me, I have to add this config entry to kbuild.
6480			>
6481			> CONFIG_LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
6482			> Use Welsh
6483
6484			Don't forget
6485
6486			CONFIG_KUMARREKSITUTESKENTELEENTUVAISEHKOLLAISMAISEKKUUDELLISENNESKENTELUTTELEMATTOMAMMUUKSISSANSAKKAANKOPAHAN
6487			Use Finnish
6488
6489			(Assuming I spelled that at least approximately right)
6490
6491			And while we're at it,
6492
6493			CONFIG_DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFARTSKAPITAENSWITWENRENTENANSPRUCHSFORMULAR
6494			Use German
6495
6496			CONFIG_PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
6497			Use English
6498
6499			MfG Kai
6500	root	1.387	%
6501	root	1.25	[From CRYPTO-GRAM 2001-08]
6502
6503			This story is too weird for words. Microsoft adds PGP signatures at the
6504			bottom of its security bulletins, for verification. But if you try to
6505			verify the signatures, they fail. Already there has been at least one
6506			forged security bulletin, urging people to install a "patch" with a Trojan
6507			Horse. Microsoft's reaction to this all simply makes no sense; it's like
6508			there's no one thinking there.
6509			<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168397.html>
6510	root	1.387	%
6511	root	1.24	Specifically, a couple of years back I got so furious I added to my slrn
6512			scores the rules:
6513
6514			[*]
6515			Score:: =-9999
6516	root	1.247	Content-Type: multipart/alternative
6517	root	1.24	Content-Type: text/html;
6518			X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla
6519			X-Mailer: Mozilla
6520			X-Newsreader: Microsoft
6521
6522			(right in with a zillion "From:" and "Subject:" and "References:" kill rules);
6523			that simple paragraph immediately took 5 years off Usenet, and it has been
6524			getting better and better since; I typically see the sort of signal-to-noise
6525			levels I fondly remember from the mid-to-late '80s. At the rate things are
6526			going, it'll be back down to a dozen of us in a few more years:-).
6527
6528			I hate to admit it, but I really think it's true: jwz and the rest of the
6529			Netscape crowd have been the saving of Usenet, since they've gathered a
6530			wonderfully large proportion of The Rest Of Them into one pit and branded them
6531			clearly. And to think I was mean and rude to him, once. Shame on me.
6532	root	1.387	%
6533	root	1.24	99 IIS servers online, 99 IIS servers / Run a script, hack it a bit
6534			98 IIS servers online...
6535	root	1.387	%
6536	root	1.24	BTDT and really do have a T-shirt. My ISP was sued (by the Church of
6537			Scientology) because of alledged infrigement of copyrights of documents
6538			produced by Americans on American soil. But it went to Dutch court and
6539			only Dutch laws were applied. US law was completely irrelevant.
6540
6541			US law does not apply in Europe, no matter how much the US wishes
6542			it to be otherwise.
6543
6544			Abigail
6545	root	1.387	%
6546	root	1.23	4.2BSD may not be a complete disaster, but it does a good job of emulating one.
6547	root	1.387	%
6548	root	1.23	I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
6549	root	1.247	attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
6550	root	1.23	was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
6551	root	1.387	%
6552	root	1.22	[11:40] [Sesse!~passopp@ti34a80-0670.bb.online.no] *** Signoff: [#scene.no]
6553	root	1.247	si-m1 ([BX] If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport)
6554	root	1.387	%
6555	root	1.22	Most EULA's are not legal contracts. In civilised countries the right to
6556			disassemble is enshrined in law (ironically it comes in Europe from trying
6557			to keep car manufacturers from running monopolistic scams not from the
6558			software people doing the same)
6559
6560			In the USA its a lot less clear. You can find laws explicitly claiming both,
6561			and since US law is primarily about who has loads of money, its a bit
6562			irrelevant
6563
6564			Alan
6565	root	1.387	%
6566	root	1.22	[from rfc2822]
6567			Comments may nest.
6568	root	1.387	%
6569	root	1.22	[from findas]
6570			# there are only two problems with arin's whois database:
6571			# a) the data cannot be trusted and often is old or even wrong
6572			# b) the database format is nonparsable
6573			# (no spaces between netname/ip and netnames can end in digits ;)
6574			# of course, the only source to find out about global
6575			# address distributino is... arin.
6576	root	1.387	%
6577	root	1.22	Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release:
6578			"we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)"
6579	root	1.387	%
6580	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6581			On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:10:03PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
6582			> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:07:30PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
6583			> > Please create an experimental patch to replace the current hash algorithm
6584			> > with the proposed one and then we can start testing.
6585	root	1.247	>
6586	root	1.22	> Isn't there one at the very first message in this thread?
6587
6588			$foot->insert($mouth);
6589
6590			# or is that
6591
6592			$mouth->insert($foot);
6593
6594			You expect me to remember email messages from few days back?
6595			How utterly optimistic :-)
6596	root	1.387	%
6597	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6598			>Alan has expressed his feelings on C++, Perl's "API" and the implementation
6599			>of threads most everywhere. Dan doesn't like C, and I'm starting to agree.
6600			>Jarkko and I both despise the standards committee for long long in C99
6601			>(but I think I start to understand how a standards committee works, and hence
6602			>can see why it happens)
6603			>Is there any language we actually all like? :-)
6604
6605			Well, there's perl... :)
6606	root	1.387	%
6607	root	1.21	[From pth-1.4.0]
6608			* No wonder, Interactive Unix (ISC) 4.x contains Microsoft code, so
6609			* it's clear that this beast lacks both sigstack and sigaltstack (about
6610			* makecontext we not even have to talk). So our only chance is to
6611			* fiddle with it's jmp_buf ingredients, of course. We support only i386
6612	root	1.247	* boxes.
6613	root	1.387	%
6614	root	1.21	http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2001/jw-0209-double.html
6615			http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2001/jw-0323-letters.html
6616			http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html
6617	root	1.387	%
6618	root	1.388	Outlook-Express ist eine auf hochglanz polierte Krücke, die
6619			zusammenbricht, wenn man sich auf sie stützt. -- Usenet
6620	root	1.387	%
6621	root	1.20	Subject: [WsOrga] ToFu-freie Emails
6622			From: Juergen Christoffel
6623			Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:21:19 +0200
6624			To: wsorga@perlworkshop.de
6625
6626			Bitte gewoehnen wir uns alle ganz schnell daran
6627
6628			a) keinen ToFu zu produzieren (Text oben, Fullquote unten, auch als
6629			Jeopardy-Stil bekannt: erst die Antwort, dann die Frage. Dass ist zum
6630			einen schlechter lesbar und zum zweiten haben wir den Originaltext
6631			schon;
6632
6633			b) nie mehr als ein Thema pro Message, damit man auf Dauer im
6634			Mailbox-Archiv besser suchen kann; Mailer mit Thread-Support haben dann
6635			auch mehr zum faedeln.
6636
6637			Danke, JC
6638	root	1.387	%
6639	root	1.19	[perl.c]
6640			#undef REASONABLE
6641	root	1.387	%
6642	root	1.18	And guess what, as soon as ORBS got beaten off the net MAPS starts talking
6643			about charging for their service, just like they promised they never would
6644
6645			Alan
6646	root	1.387	%
6647	root	1.18	George Bonser writes:
6648			> I really do not care WHY it works, all I care is that it DOES work. I am not
6649			> the least bit interested given the current economy of things to try to bully
6650			> people into doing what is right. I am more interested in operating with the
6651	root	1.247	> client population that is out there without having to make them change
6652	root	1.18	> anything.
6653
6654			You do of course realize that your problem was caused by other people
6655			who probably have exactly the same attitude as you do -- they didn't
6656	root	1.247	care whether they were doing the right thing, they just slapped together
6657			something that worked, even if it did introduce way too many routing
6658	root	1.18	hops. So you're introducing a kludge to counteract their kludge, and
6659			eventually this all turns into a big pile of kludges that doesn't work.
6660
6661			To the extent that the Internet works today, it's because people have
6662			chosen to do the right thing instead of just the thing that works.
6663			Encouraging (not "bullying") other people to do the right thing is
6664			always a good idea.
6665	root	1.387	%
6666	root	1.18	Subject: Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?
6667			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
6668
6669	root	1.247	First fork() emulation and now select()? If we are not careful in ten
6670	root	1.18	years or so NT/W2K/W2010 will be almost as useful as UNIX was in mid-1980's.
6671	root	1.387	%
6672	root	1.18	[From the DOSEMU homepage]
6673			We definitively do not want Linux distributors to redistribute developer
6674			versions as 'stable' ones and refuse to further comment on questions such
6675			as "why does DOSEMU shipped with Linux-Colored-Cap not run".
6676	root	1.387	%
6677	root	1.18	Linux is only free if your time has no value. - JWZ
6678	root	1.387	%
6679	root	1.247	>I don't like reading Freshmeat. Too much crap
6680	root	1.18
6681			WHAT?! You mean you didn't like this week's 4 dozen incarnations of MySQL
6682			enabled MP3 playlist maintaining programs? You must be crazy...
6683	root	1.387	%
6684	root	1.17	[the world will end soon. i promise!]
6685			I've never compiled X myself ... but ... on RPM-based systems, it seems
6686			like building from source would screw up RPM dependencies, and you'd have
6687			to use --force or --nodeps to install all X apps. Is that the case?
6688	root	1.387	%
6689	root	1.17	..."I took the initiative in creating the Internet"... Al Gore, 1999
6690	root	1.387	%
6691	root	1.17	Bondage and discipline languages that enforce somebody's idea of good
6692			programming practice usually just result in WORSE bad programs, and fewer
6693			good programs written by people who know how to play with fire without
6694			burning themselves. Saying you can't have threads because they can be
6695			misused and "you shouldn't program that way" would be truly dumb. (Turned
6696			ME off for a couple years, anyway.)
6697	root	1.387	%
6698	root	1.16	From: Victor Yodaiken
6699
6700			There is a huge academic research literature on how to prove that a large
6701			set of threads will all meet deadlines in a realtime system. Years ago
6702			I made a not-so-brilliant optimization to RTLinux scheduler that had
6703			an unanticipated side effect of only scheduling the first two threads
6704			created. Nobody noticed for months, because RT programmers know that more
6705			than 2 threads is almost always a design error. Not always though. (now
6706			we have regression tests so I could not make such an experiment again).
6707	root	1.387	%
6708	root	1.16	[I don't like this but also think that's true. This probably means that
6709			good programmers will need to use Java or something similar in the
6710			future. Bleeeh]
6711
6712			From: Larry McVoy
6713
6714	root	1.247	I think the general thrust of us ``anti-thread'' people is that a few
6715	root	1.16	are fine, a lot is stupid, and the model encourages a lot. It's just
6716			like perl5, C++, pick-your-favorite-feature-rich-language in that
6717			exceptional programmers will do a good job with the problem but average
6718			programmers will do a horrible job. Given that there are only a few
6719			exceptional programmers and a never ending wave of average programmers,
6720			the argument is that one should tailor the paradigm for the common case,
6721			not for the exceptional case.
6722	root	1.387	%
6723	root	1.16	Remember, every single java object includes a BUNCH of data, including two
6724			semaphores (one event, one mutex) and who knows what else. On OS/2 the
6725			overhead of a java 1.0 object (new Object();) was 2 kilobytes! In later
6726			versions they got that down to around 200b, but it's still just ridiculous.
6727			Every single String, every pointless Integer() wrapper, every temporarily
6728			created Stringbuffer() discarded by a + operation left there littering the
6729			stack.
6730
6731			Plus I have yet to see a JVM that actually reclaims heap space after a
6732			garbage collect and gives it back to the OS. (You have to be able to
6733			relocate objects to do this at all reliably...)
6734
6735			So if you create a large number of small objects, EVER, (tree, etc,) it's
6736			going to explode the heap and it'll never come down until the program exits.
6737	root	1.387	%
6738	root	1.16	From: Larry McVoy
6739
6740	root	1.247	> > But so what? That's $16 worth of DRAM (I just checked). Not so bad
6741			> > if threads are otherwise a great solution. I grant that one might
6742			> > have a pretty tough time making the case, but again, for the right
6743			> > application, say some app with a dedicated server, 73MB isn't the end
6744	root	1.16	> > of the world (though I suppose it was at the time...).
6745	root	1.247	>
6746	root	1.16	> How much would 73MB of cache cost? How much would it cost to get that much
6747			> on the CPU?
6748
6749			Good question but I doubt we're going to get anywhere. Anyone who thinks
6750	root	1.247	that 73MB of RAM is an OK thing to waste on window system is probably a
6751	root	1.16	died-in-the-wool Java programmer and could care less about performance,
6752			system design, or any elegance whatsoever.
6753
6754			It pains me to believe that people like this exist but there they are.
6755			What can you do? As Confucius says "If I hold up three corners of a square
6756			and the student does not hold up the fourth, I do not bother to go over
6757			the point again".
6758	root	1.387	%
6759	root	1.16	From: Alan Cox
6760
6761	root	1.15	> 1) Oracle Corp. builds their database for Linux on a Linux system.
6762			> 2) Said system comes with standard header files, which happen in this case to
6763	root	1.247	> be GPL'd header files.
6764	root	1.15	> 3) Oracle Corp.'s database becomes GPL.
6765	root	1.247	>
6766	root	1.15	> There's not a court in the civilised world that would uphold the GPL in that
6767			> scenario.
6768
6769			Yes but the concern is the USA 8)
6770	root	1.387	%
6771	root	1.14	[configure --help]
6772	root	1.15	--enable-voodoo Use Voodoo Fried Chicken spell to compile Gtk-- (use this only when everything else fails)
6773			--enable-extra-crispy Roast the chicken extra-crispy (see voodoo option)],
6774			--enable-vegetarian The chicken will be a Tofu chicken (see voodoo option)],
6775	root	1.387	%
6776	root	1.14	I note that most of the protest against a swift conversion to UTF-8
6777			tends to comes from Japan. That is understandable and has to be seen by
6778			others in context: Japan is at the moment a rather isolated
6779			character-encoding island. Japan and only Japan uses its own very local
6780			very comprehensive JIS encoding. They are very happy with it today and
6781			they have accepted that they cannot communicate with anyone else in the
6782			world except thought ASCII. This situation will remain exactly the same
6783			if everyone except Japan migrates to UTF-8. So don't worry about
6784			anything.
6785	root	1.387	%
6786	root	1.247	[01:53] <JanMan> Gnu.java klingt wie Stallman.Microsoft.
6787	root	1.387	%
6788	root	1.12	[inkompetenz vs. inkompetenz]
6789			http://www.psychotherapie.de/report/2000/01/00012501.htm
6790	root	1.387	%
6791	root	1.11	[long after 2.4.5 was released, somebody wrote]
6792			On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:20:12PM -0400, "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@opensourceadvocate.org> wrote:
6793			> The problem IMHO is widely acknowledged by those who matter as an
6794			> official BUG, and that is that. It is also acknowledged widely
6795			> by those who can fix the problem that it will be fixed in time.
6796
6797			you mean, before 2.4 gets released?
6798	root	1.387	%
6799	root	1.11	From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com
6800
6801			On 05/11/2001 at 04:43:13 PM Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org> wrote:
6802
6803			>Well, I can't disagree. Unix's biggest turn off was the stupid command names.
6804			>It's a big reason why Unixoid systems aren't more commonplace. I only learned
6805			>it because I was stuck at a desk with a Wyse terminal. Otherwise I probably
6806			>would have played with the Autocad machines more. Once I understood the
6807			>basics, I understood the power of the system.
6808
6809			My first exposure to Unix came in 1987 when I was assigned to write a datacomm
6810			package in C on a Unix (AIX) workstation the company had just bought. I was the
6811			only one in our shop who knew C, and no one else there had ever dealt with Unix
6812			either. (I had heard of Unix, but didn't know anything about it.) My training
6813			consisted of my boss handing me the manuals and saying, "Figure it out." For
6814			the first two weeks I absolutely HATED that system; nothing made sense, vi
6815			seemed insane, and I was stumbling blindly through the documentation (I'd never
6816			seen a permuted index before). Then suddenly something clicked, it all started
6817			to make sense, and I fell in love with it. That's why I think it's so important
6818			for people to learn the Unix mindset before trying to deal with Unix systems.
6819			It's also why I have so little patience with people who don't have the patience
6820			to work through the learning curve.
6821	root	1.387	%
6822	root	1.11	[http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt]
6823	root	1.247	Richard Stallman: I do "free software". Open source is a different movement.
6824	root	1.387	%
6825	root	1.11	[VERY good movie]
6826			Le salaire de la peur - Lohn der Angst (F/I 1952)
6827	root	1.387	%
6828	root	1.11	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/prog.htm]
6829			Fast die gesamte Tastatur wurde mit Tasten belegt.
6830	root	1.387	%
6831	root	1.10	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/98warum.htm]
6832			Lassen Sie mich zuerst sagen, dass Microsoft meiner Meinung nach einige
6833	root	1.388	großartige Produkte an den Markt gebracht hat. Die Windows Betriebssysteme
6834			sind ausgezeichnete Oberflächen für eine computerisierte Arbeitsumgebung -
6835	root	1.10	erinnern Sie sich an die schwierige Bedienung von DOS!
6836	root	1.387	%
6837	root	1.9	[alt.bible]
6838	root	1.247	Let's not misuse the terminology. Pastor Dave is not a sock puppet, he
6839	root	1.9	is an autonomous entity. A rather mindless entity, but still independent.
6840	root	1.387	%
6841	root	1.247	[02:42] <JanMan> Und, ja, ich glaube MS hat echt probleme mit GPL.
6842			[02:43] <JanMan> GPL ist wie eine Umweltschutzauflage.
6843	root	1.387	%
6844	root	1.9	[this is just here in case i need it for copy&paste]
6845			Fuer Benutzer eines "elektronischen Briefkastens" entsteht durch
6846			unverlangte Werbesendungen eine Belaestigung und verstoesst gegen
6847			die guten Sitten. Das Landgericht Traunstein hat am 14.10.1997
6848			festgestellt, dass das Versenden von unverlangtem Werbematerial via
6849			E-Mail wettbewerbswidrig und somit unzulaessig ist (Az: 2HK O
6850			3755/97). In diesem Gerichtsurteil wurde bei Zuwiderhandlung ein
6851			Ordnungsgeld bis zu DM 500.000,- pro Einzelfall festgesetzt.
6852
6853	root	1.388	Das Landgericht Berlin (Beschluß vom 14. Mai 1998, Az 16 O 301/98 -
6854	root	1.9	"E-Mail-Werbung") befand, dass das unaufgeforderte Zusendung von
6855	root	1.388	E-Mails gegen § 823 Abs. 1 BGB verstoesst. Bei Zuwiderhandlung
6856	root	1.9	wurde ein Ordnungsgeld von 500.000 DM, ersatzweise Ordnungshaft bis
6857			zu sechs Monaten festgesetzt.
6858
6859			Nach der staendigen Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs
6860			verstoesst ein Verhalten im Wettbewerb nicht nur dann gegen die
6861			guten Sitten, wenn es dem Anstandsgefuehl der redlichen und
6862			verstaendigen Mitbewerber widerspricht, sondern auch dann, wenn die
6863			in Frage stehende wettbewerbliche Massnahme von der Allgemeinheit,
6864			insbesondere von den durch die Werbemassnahme angesprochenen
6865			Verkehrskreisen, missbilligt und als untragbar angesehen wird; denn
6866	root	1.388	§ 1 UWG soll auch die Allgemeinheit vor Auswuechsen des Wettbewerbs
6867	root	1.9	bewahren (BGHZ 59, 317, 319 = NJW 1973, 42 - Telexwerbung;
6868			vgl. auch BGHZ 54, 188, 189 = NJW 1970, 1738 - Fernsprechwerbung
6869			m. w. N.). (BGH, Urteil vom 03.02.1988 - I ZR 222/85)
6870	root	1.387	%
6871	root	1.9	[comment found in the source for gnu-tar]
6872			/*---.
6873			\| ? \|
6874			`---*/
6875	root	1.387	%
6876	root	1.9	Nautilus: Best workout for your VM
6877	root	1.387	%
6878	root	1.8	[While talking about how to formulate the gcc-3.0 press release]
6879			From: Joe Buck
6880			> Can someone say this in a way that doesn't claim precognition?
6881			Simply add "we believe" at appropriate points.
6882	root	1.387	%
6883	root	1.8	[Linus explaining why the bug isn't a bug]
6884			Yes, we'll get a clobbered value, but we'll get a _valid_ clobbered value,
6885	root	1.387	%
6886	root	1.7	04:57] <JanMan> schmorp: normale sicherheitsabfrage:
6887	root	1.247	Hmm Lukas klingelt. Wirklich abheben Nein/Nein :)
6888	root	1.387	%
6889	root	1.4	[ein tag nach arvoreens geburtstagsfeier]
6890	root	1.247	[07:35] <JanMan> hehe, schmorp zur flasche betreffend reiserfs: "It's dead Jim" :)
6891	root	1.387	%
6892	root	1.4	[about a broken perl module by Larry Wall]
6893	root	1.247	[03:02] <schmorp> beschwer dich doch mal bei larry ;)
6894	root	1.4	...
6895			[03:03] <JanMan> larry sagt sicher: aber als "awk" replacement ist perl ok, oder ? :)
6896	root	1.387	%
6897	root	1.3	[From: Alan Cox]
6898	root	1.247	> The executive, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, an I.B.M. vice president, said,
6899			> "If we thought this was a trap, we wouldn't be doing it, and as you
6900			> know, we have a lot of lawyers."
6901
6902			I loved that. It's in my fortune file now ;)
6903
6904			Alan
6905	root	1.387	%
6906	root	1.388	[JanMan über O'Reilly]
6907	root	1.247	[07:41] <JanMan> naja, Win32-Buecher ohne ende.
6908			[07:42] <JanMan> Powering a machine on in the Win32 environment.
6909			[07:42] <JanMan> nene, scherz am rande. fuer geld ziehen sie sich aus.
6910			[07:42] <JanMan> aber die DE-Leute sind ok.
6911	root	1.387	%
6912	root	1.2	[JanMan beim suchen eines exploits in OpenSSL]
6913	root	1.247	[07:05] <JanMan> das nenne ich russisch:
6914			[07:05] <JanMan> EVP_PKEY *key = NULL;
6915			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS12_SAFEBAG) *bags = NULL;
6916			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS7) *safes = NULL;
6917			[07:05] <JanMan> PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag = NULL;
6918			[07:08] <JanMan> (#define STACK_OF(type) struct stack_st_##type)
6919	root	1.387	%
6920	root	1.2	Hlade's Law:
6921			If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person -- they
6922			will find an easier way to do it.
6923	root	1.387	%
6924	root	1.388	[Über Marco, der immer noch nicht bemerkt hat, das man sein gecos-Feld auf
6925	root	1.7	"Marco alast [name removed to protect the guilty] $Micro$oft-Fetischist$" gesetzt hat.]
6926			Paul wrote:
6927			>Marc wrote:
6928	root	1.2	>> Der wird es auch nie schnallen ;-)
6929			> aber echt argllll. Oh Herr schmeiss Hirn vom Himmel (hoffentlich triffts
6930			> den richtigen.
6931	root	1.387	%
6932	root	1.1	[from janmans .sig]
6933			> " Man gebe jedem Niedersachsen - seinen eigenen Castor-Kasten. "
6934	root	1.387	%
6935	root	1.1	[a small perl program]
6936			:(); { :: \| :: } ;
6937	root	1.387	%
6938	root	1.1	[a small fork-bomb for bash]
6939			:() { : \| : ;} ; :
6940	root	1.387	%
6941	root	1.1	[messages I got while trying to get files from a windoze ftp server]
6942			New: 464 files, 0 symlinks
6943			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
6944			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
6945			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
6946	root	1.387	%
6947	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
6948			[...]
6949
6950			>Would gcc exports step forward? How long back does the -traditional-cpp
6951
6952			Must. Get. More. Sleep. s/ports/perts/
6953	root	1.387	%
6954	root	1.1	> There is a mechanism for this already. It is called overloaded
6955			> constants.
6956
6957			I have a mechanism that can replace Perl: it's called Turing's machine.
6958	root	1.247	Or an abacus, for that matter. More details on your proposed solution
6959	root	1.1	would be conducive for further discussion.
6960	root	1.387	%
6961	root	1.247	> Is there a kernel development irc room anywhere? If not, does anyone think
6962	root	1.1	> it might be useful?
6963
6964			I'd just like to point out that it's called a channel, not a
6965			room. Room is a term introduced by AOL, and I don't think it has
6966			much to do with IRC.
6967	root	1.387	%
6968	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
6969			Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.2 fails to merge mmap areas, 700% slowdown.
6970
6971			[...]
6972			Cool. Somebody actually found a real case.
6973
6974			I'll fix the mmap case asap. Its' not hard, I just waited to see if it
6975			ever actually triggers. Something like g++ certainly counts as major.
6976	root	1.387	%
6977	root	1.1	[sorry, that's internal, folks ;)]
6978	root	1.247	[07:17] <marco2> elmex heisst jetzt plagiator...
6979	root	1.387	%
6980	root	1.1	[http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010405/t000029080.html]
6981
6982			Like all good paranoid fantasies, mine has a villain: the Japanese.
6983			Japanese electronics designers have been deliberately building
6984			clocks into everything in hopes of weakening our industrial might.
6985
6986			Now, you might say, "Dave, that's crazy talk. The Japanese have a
6987			lot more of these gadgets than we do. They're gadget freaks,
6988			man. They'd be hurt by this as much as we are, or even more." Which
6989			shows how much you know, pal.
6990
6991			The Japanese don't have daylight saving time.
6992	root	1.387	%
6993	root	1.1	[messages we got while we massacred our institute's configuration]
6994			/scsi2/user2# Apr 5 00:01:17 islhp7 sendmail[1539]: savemail: HELP!!!!
6995			Apr 5 00:08:16 islhp7 sendmail[1626]: savemail: HELP!!!!
6996	root	1.387	%
6997	root	1.1	[a JAPH using doubled characters only]
6998			s//pprriinntt ""JJuusstt AAnnootthheerr PPeerrll HHaacckkeerr,,""22//11;;
6999			y yzzyyccss;;##s
7000			s((((.................................))((((((((..??))))))))))(($$11))ee;;
7001	root	1.387	%
7002	root	1.1	[from the FWP mailinglist]
7003			> OR is spelled "\|" in the version of Perl I have, not "&" :)
7004			Your version of perl sucks.
7005	root	1.387	%
7006	root	1.247	[01:43] <elmex_> ah-oh-uh
7007			[01:44] <schmorp> leitung durchhacken
7008			[01:44] <elmex_> wieso? welche?
7009			[01:45] <schmorp> die, auf der du nach dem durchhacken auch noch sitzt? ;9
7010			[02:03] <elmex_> das mit dem durchhacken daurert noch
7011			[02:03] <elmex_> da isn stahltraeger in der wand
7012			[02:04] <elmex_> muss ich erst drumherum
7013			[02:04] <elmex_> ;)
7014	root	1.1	[02:04] <schmorp> ist doch gut. seine leitungen soltle man ja auch nicht durchhacken
7015	root	1.247	[02:04] <elmex_> nich? aber du sachstes doch?
7016			[02:05] <schmorp> sigh
7017	root	1.387	%
7018	root	1.1	I agree the message is pretty useless: you need to know what it means
7019			before you can understand it :)
7020	root	1.387	%
7021	root	1.1	> now. Rather than the current system of "measure this item onscreen
7022			> and enter the figure from your ruler" to calculate DPI, I think it
7023			> would be more userfriendly to have the shape of some common object
7024	root	1.247	> that you could stretch to fit. For example, you could select A4
7025	root	1.1	> paper, place the top of a sheet against the monitor, and stretch or
7026			> shrink the virtual outline until it fits the physical outline. That
7027			> would give a pretty decent measurement, I think
7028
7029			IMHO (I have thought about this before) the perfect object is a CD
7030			There is nowhere in the world which does not have CDs, they are always
7031			the same size to within mm and they are perfectly round, so they can
7032			easily be used to check that your circles are circular _if_ that is
7033			what you want (cheap screens will distort things too badly for this to
7034			be worth attempting).
7035
7036			I'm too busy to do anything about it though, so if a piece of A4 paper
7037			floats your goat, go for it! It's about time the Americans finally
7038			caught up to the 20th century and went metric anyway...
7039
7040			Nick.
7041	root	1.387	%
7042	root	1.1	From: "Mike Rebane" <reba0002@algonquincollege.com>
7043			Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:48:48 -0500
7044			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
7045
7046	root	1.247	I dont know if you are the right person to be asking about this, but here it
7047	root	1.1	goes anyways. I was wondering if you could direct me to some information on
7048			how to hack into paysites. Im currently a networking student in college and
7049			have a good knowledge of win 98 win 2000 and win NT. My e-mail adress is
7050			magic_bone@hotmail.com
7051	root	1.387	%
7052	root	1.1	> > > I guess then someone would want
7053			> > > { ... } for (...) if ...;
7054			> > > to work :-)
7055	root	1.247	> >
7056	root	1.1	> > Funnily enough I wrote that very thing only yesterday.
7057	root	1.247	>
7058	root	1.1	> Eh?
7059	root	1.247	>
7060	root	1.1	> $ perl -we '{ print "$_\n" } for (@a) if $a'
7061			> syntax error at -e line 1, near ") if"
7062
7063			He didn't say it worked. :)
7064	root	1.387	%
7065	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
7066
7067			On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:10:52PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
7068			> I find it irksome that
7069	root	1.247	>
7070	root	1.1	> for ( ... ) { ... } if ...;
7071
7072			...doesn't work, and that my send finger is too itchy.
7073	root	1.387	%
7074	root	1.1	[a perl5 bug report]
7075			From: Simon Cozens
7076
7077			On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:49:55AM -0600, Dan Brumleve wrote:
7078			> '' =~ ($re = qr((??{$i++ < 10e4 ? $re : ''})));
7079			> Produces SIGSEGV.
7080
7081			Looks like a feature to me.
7082	root	1.387	%
7083	root	1.1	[Lukilein...]
7084	root	1.388	"Wie man ein BSE-Unix überhaupt bedienen kann..."
7085	root	1.387	%
7086	root	1.1	[hehe, the "critical thinking community", mainly located in the lesser
7087			intelligent parts of the earth named "USA";)]
7088
7089			"There are articles and studies showing that, at one time, all of Earth
7090			continents were on one side of the planet. What the stories don't explore
7091			is the question, if all the continents were on one side, what was on the
7092			other? The other side has been described as a tremendous gap [...]"
7093
7094			"We can see clear proof that the continents were all once connected by
7095			simply looking at a map of the Earth and seeing how the pieces fit. That
7096			would only mean that at one time, Earth was basically half a planet. If
7097			you were to syphon all the water off of Earth's surface, you would see a
7098			large gapping hole where the ocean has filled in this tremendous missing
7099			part of the Earth. Where did it go? Why is Earth only half a planet?"
7100	root	1.387	%
7101	root	1.1	[following cites are from Crypto-Gram 20010315]
7102			I'll just reprint this from their Web site: "iBallot.Com uses a number of
7103			security and encryption features that, when combined, provide a very high
7104			level of security throughout the entire voting process. The details of
7105			this process are proprietary, for obvious reasons. It does not make a
7106			great deal of sense to disclose how the iBallot.Com security system works
7107			only to have a hacker come into the system, read about the system's
7108			security, defeat the security and tamper with the voting process. For this
7109			reason, iBallot.Com does not publish its security processes. However, with
7110			the foregoing being said, the iBallot.Com system does employ encryption and
7111			secure server technology to ensure that the entire voting process is fair,
7112			accurate and not subject to tampering."
7113
7114			Encryption and secure server technology.... Boy, I certainly feel
7115			better. Good thing they don't disclose their security; if they did some
7116			hacker might read about it and break it. Who are these guys?
7117
7118			<http://www.iballot.com/faq2.cfm?docid=28>
7119	root	1.387	%
7120	root	1.1	It's too late; Microsoft fixed it. But just a few days ago there was one
7121			more Q/A between the second and third question. It read: "Will the virus
7122			impact my Macintosh if I am using a non-Microsoft e-mail program, such as
7123			Eudora? If you are using a Macintosh e-mail program that is not from
7124			Microsoft, we recommend checking with that particular company. But most
7125			likely other e-mail programs like Eudora are not designed to enable virus
7126			replication."
7127			<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/2001/virus_alert.asp>
7128	root	1.387	%
7129	root	1.1	[just some private thoughts]
7130			Ever asked yourself why your handheld irda communication is so slow?
7131
7132			IrOBEX (Irda Object Exchange): A standard made by Microsoft, and it really
7133			shows.
7134
7135			First of all, it is utterly inefficient in transfers: RTT totally dictates
7136			transfer speed, not a good thing with Irda (which has a high RTT). This
7137			totally circumvents the sliding windows irda protocol.
7138
7139			Also, the IrOBEX specification talks a lot about "Unicode" text without
7140			defining it (except through totally wrong descriptions like "Unicode
7141			is two bytes/character", showing their total lack of knowledge since
7142			this is just plain wrong. I wonder what they mean with "Unicode", some
7143			MS-proprietary format? Not unlikely, given what they did to iso-8859-1).
7144
7145			Reading through that document you will find that it would have been easy
7146			to find people doing a better job. Actually, I think even apes would come
7147			up with a saner protocol.
7148	root	1.387	%
7149	root	1.1	[voting by television, the american way...]
7150			"They [voters] were like, 'Who are all these people? I thought it was only Bush
7151			and Gore running,' " Tyson said.
7152
7153			Many voters believed the 10 candidates were running for different offices and
7154			cast votes for several of them, Tyson said. Some Spanish-speaking or Haitian
7155			voters may have had difficulty understanding directions, Tyson said.
7156	root	1.387	%
7157	root	1.1	IBM has withdrawn CPRM...
7158			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4922288-0.html?tag=mn_hd>
7159			...and replaced it with something almost identical:
7160			<http://slashdot.org/yro/01/02/23/2134255.shtml>
7161			A good analysis by John Gilmore:
7162			<http://cryptome.org/cprm-smoke.htm>
7163	root	1.387	%
7164	root	1.1	[Midori-Linux FAQ]
7165			Q: What can I do about Netscape crashing?
7166	root	1.247	A: Any experienced user of Linux Netscape is used to
7167			seeing it crash and the included version of Linux Netscape
7168			is no exception. This is probably not good, but the product
7169			does not come with source code. The workaround is to run
7170	root	1.1	Netscape in a loop.
7171	root	1.387	%
7172	root	1.1	Subject: [reiserfs-list] Free Space - Where did it go?
7173	root	1.387	%
7174	root	1.1	[Technologieregion Karlsruhe (und andere)]
7175			marco: Die Region zwischen Stuttgart, Heilbronn und Karlsruhe produziert
7176	root	1.247	mehr als Laender wie Schweden, die Schweiz oder Spanien!
7177	root	1.1	marco: Im neuesten Technologiebarometer von wired stehen wir auf Platz 2
7178	root	1.247	hinter dem Silicon Valley in bezug auf Technologie und Infrastruktur
7179	root	1.387	%
7180	root	1.1	[2001-03-14, 3sat, Kulturzeit zum Absturz der MIR:]
7181			"ist mir egal"
7182	root	1.387	%
7183	root	1.1	From: Hans Reiser
7184			Subject: [reiserfs-list] fsck now uses lost and found!
7185
7186			Dad, make sure the docs get updated.
7187	root	1.387	%
7188	root	1.1	[debugging message found in the siemens data exchange software]
7189			hallole
7190	root	1.387	%
7191	root	1.1	I have seen that many drives either have a pathetically small queue or
7192			have completely broken tagged queueing. I guess thats what happens when
7193			most vendors target their hardware for micro$oft.
7194	root	1.387	%
7195	root	1.1	1925 With a drink so good, 'tis folly to be thirsty
7196			1929 The high sign of refreshment
7197			1929 The pause that refreshes
7198			1930 It had to be good to get where it is
7199			1932 The drink that makes a pause refreshing
7200			1935 The pause that brings friends together
7201			1937 STOP for a pause... GO refreshed
7202			1938 The best friend thirst ever had
7203			1939 Thirst stops here
7204			1942 It's the real thing
7205			1947 Have a Coke
7206			1961 Zing! what a REFRESHING NEW FEELING
7207			1963 Things go better with Coke
7208			1969 Face Uncle Sam with a Coke in your hand
7209			1979 Have a Coke and a smile
7210			1982 Coke is it!
7211			-- Coca-Cola slogans
7212	root	1.387	%
7213	root	1.1	[strings recently found in my /proc/cpuinfo]
7214			model name : Heavily Overclocked Pentium II (Klamath) (266Mhz/66Mhz FSB)
7215	root	1.387	%
7216	root	1.247	[02:24] <elmex> schmorp:
7217			[02:24] <elmex> ich wollte mal meine logik ueberpruefen an deiner erfahrung
7218	root	1.387	%
7219	root	1.388	[Die letzte Woche war zuviel für Paul]
7220	root	1.1	Nach mehrstuendigen Laptop-um-/-neu-/-rauf- und runterinstallationen
7221			erlitt unser allseits bekannter und beliebter RechnerHiWi
7222			islpaul.bettinger am heutigen Nachmittag einen Totalabsturz. Nach der
7223			Meldung "Die Anwendung 'Installiere Cheflaptop' wurde aufgrund eines
7224			ungueltigen Vorganges beendet" begann er sinnlose Lieder zu singen "Die
7225			Karawane zieht weiter, der Sultan haelt durch". Unmittelbar darauf
7226			wurde seine Brille blau, der Schriftzug "Allgemeine Schutzverletzung"
7227			erschien. Nach einem Reboot durch Roland (ehemaliger Fussballer, zum
7228			booten also gut geeignet), meldete Paul nur noch "Bitte Windows 2000 CD
7229			einlegen" (siehe dazu die vorige PTS-Mitteilung). Nach Einlegen einer
7230			Linux-Bootdiskette konnte Paul im Single User Modus wiederbelebt werden
7231			- allerdings nur mit einem Bruchteil seiner urspruenglichen Faehigkeiten
7232			(640k Speicher, 16bit Farbwahrnehmung, kein Plug&Play). Er plant nun eine
7233			Karriere als Windows Sysadmin oder Java Programmierer.
7234
7235			Beileidbekundungen und Spenden bitte an
7236			hi09@isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de
7237	root	1.387	%
7238	root	1.1	[RMS about gcc snapshots]
7239			From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
7240
7241			[...] Red Hat did make their own release from a snapshot, which was an
7242			uncool thing to do. [...]
7243	root	1.387	%
7244	root	1.1	"Als das Universum einige zehntausend Jahre alt war - logarithmisch
7245			betrachtet also vor relativ kurzer Zeit -, ..."
7246			[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 3/2001, S. 38]
7247	root	1.387	%
7248	root	1.388	"Es ist ein wunderbar beglückendes Gefühl, wenn ein selbstgefertigtes
7249	root	1.1	Programm zum ersten Mal in die Rechenmaschine eingelesen wird, wenn die
7250	root	1.388	Maschine anschließend rechnet und die richtigen Resultate ausdruckt."
7251	root	1.1
7252	root	1.388	"Manche Programmierer erliegen dem Rausch dieses Gefühls so sehr,
7253			daß sie süchtig werden und über dem Programmieren andere Dinge
7254			vernachlässigen. Erfahrungsgemäß hört diese Sucht nach 0,5 bis 2 Jahren
7255			von selbst auf und macht dann häufig sogar einer gewissen Abneigung gegen
7256	root	1.1	die Maschinen Platz."
7257			[Prof. Dr. Karl Nickel (TH Karlsruhe), "ALGOL Praktikum", 1964]
7258	root	1.387	%
7259	root	1.1	My previous job, and some contract work I have done, involved writing
7260			software for Windows. My WORST problems were incompatibilities between
7261			Windows NT and Windows 95. The APIs do NOT, I repeat NOT! NOT! NOT!
7262			work the same on the various Windows flavors, as soon as you start
7263			doing non-trivial applications. Three times at least, portability
7264			problems from NT to Win95 cost me sleepless nights. Debugging stuff
7265			like that is hell when you don't have the source.
7266
7267			And when things break on Win95 where they ran on NT, what do you do,
7268			run a debugger on Win95, where a crash can (and will) bring down the
7269			whole system? Ugh, the horror.
7270	root	1.387	%
7271	root	1.1	> You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR).
7272
7273			US Patent #4,197,590 held by NuGraphics, Inc.
7274	root	1.387	%
7275	root	1.1	Legend has it Microsoft once found a patent of theirs which IBM appeared
7276			to have infringed, and were very excited at the possibility of something
7277			to hold over IBM, so their lawyers met IBM's lawyers. The MS lawyers
7278			beamed "look at our patent you've infringed!" IBM's lawyers replied "look
7279			at this pile of our patents YOU'VE infringed... let's start with this
7280	root	1.247	one. A Tab key." MS suddenly realised they were outlawyered...
7281	root	1.387	%
7282	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse
7283			> Okay, so if we are going to get real stupid about the whole thing, I
7284			> wonder if Microsloth is going to patent the patent?
7285
7286			Filing nuisance patents for obvious stuff which shouldn't ever get granted
7287			is a viable business method and as such is patentable in the US.
7288
7289			After all, what patent officer is going to point out the prior art?
7290	root	1.387	%
7291	root	1.1	http://vger.kernel.org/lkml/#s3-9
7292	root	1.387	%
7293	root	1.1	[recently on linux-kernel]
7294			From: Alan Cox
7295			> > Yeah. We can have this as part of the locale settings, changable by
7296			> > echoing the desired locale string to /proc/sys/kernel/lc_all.
7297	root	1.247	>
7298			> Just an idea, . . but isn't this something better done in userland?
7299	root	1.1
7300	root	1.247	Please remember this is an international list. For the benefit of certain
7301	root	1.1	users please mark all sarcasm with the word NOT or a simply face
7302	root	1.387	%
7303	root	1.1	From: Russell King
7304			Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:31:26 +0000 (GMT)
7305			To: Albert D. Cahalan
7306
7307			Albert D. Cahalan writes:
7308			> The units seem to vary. I suggest using fundamental SI units.
7309			> That would be meters, kilograms, seconds, and maybe a very
7310			> few others -- my memory fails me on this.
7311
7312			iirc, SI comes from France, and therefore it should be "metres"
7313
7314			[flames to /dev/null please] ;)
7315	root	1.387	%
7316	root	1.388	[11:19] <pho3nix> ich hoffe du bist dir im klaren darüber, das ein Mensch,
7317	root	1.1	der was von dir hielt, jetzt so beleidigt wurde, dass er nichts mehr mit
7318			dir zu tun haben will, COMMUNICATION END
7319	root	1.247	[11:19] <schmorp> pho3nix: ich weiss ja nochnichtmal, warum?
7320	root	1.387	%
7321	root	1.388	[über "Mediengestaltung"]
7322	root	1.247	[10:39] <elmex\|Zz> pho3nix: information mit desingt ueberlagern
7323			[10:40] <schmorp> elmex\|Zz: ueberlagern oder erestzen, das its hier die frage?
7324	root	1.387	%
7325	root	1.1	[perldoc perlembed]
7326			You can sometimes _write_faster_code_ in C, but you can always _write_code_faster_ in Perl.
7327	root	1.387	%
7328	root	1.247	[03:34] <JanMan> Arvoreen: elmex-werbung: "Nur echt elmex, wenn Lukas drinnsteckt" :)
7329	root	1.387	%
7330	root	1.247	[09:26] <JanMan> bevor du arbeiten auf lukas-server nimm den job als massenmoerder.
7331			[09:34] <JanMan> elmex: pass' auf, dass keine loop entsteht:
7332			nameserver->lukas_arsch->lukas->dein_arsch->du->name-server
7333	root	1.387	%
7334	root	1.1	[linux/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.c]
7335			/* So there I am, in the middle of my `netfilter-is-wonderful'
7336			talk in Sydney, and someone asks `What happens if you try
7337			to enlarge a 64k packet here?'. I think I said something
7338			eloquent like `fuck'. */
7339	root	1.387	%
7340	root	1.1	[20:44] <elmex\|aw> ich werde mir nochmal ueberlegen ob ich heute nochmal hier her komme......
7341	root	1.387	%
7342	root	1.247	[09:40] <kiki> zu spaet
7343			[09:40] <JanMan> kiki: hey, blasen hilft jetzt auch nicht mehr...
7344			[09:41] <kiki> lutschen hat noch nie bei dir geholfen
7345			[09:41] <kiki> aushungern schon
7346			[09:41] <JanMan> elmex: ja, das hat mit blume + biene zu tun.
7347			[09:41] <elmex> ?
7348			[09:42] <elmex> JanMan: ich kenne mich schon sehr wohl damit aus. nur halt noch keine erfarung
7349	root	1.387	%
7350	root	1.1	[Sierpinski Triangle, by Rich Morin]
7351			for$y(0..31){for(0..31){print$_&$y?$":'*'}print$/}
7352	root	1.387	%
7353	root	1.1	[From RDFStore::Stanford::Digest::Util, which is a java library ported to
7354			perl:]
7355
7356			$SIG{__WARN__} = sub { return undef; }; #to take off the bloody utf warns
7357
7358			[now, as for some comments: it took me hours to debug code that used warn
7359			to, well, warn users but the users didn't see anything. The intent of the
7360			above code was obviously to get rid of the "illegal multibyte character"
7361			warning in perl. This is the typical way a java programmer reacts to bugs
7362			in his code: "I don't understand this computer thing anyway, so let's just
7363			disable the message and pray it works"]
7364	root	1.387	%
7365	root	1.1	[Another "one-liner" mail... Please spam him ;)]
7366			From: "Alexander Daskalov" <alexanderd@alexsmail.com>
7367			Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:44:11 -0800
7368			X-Mailer: <IMail v6.05>
7369
7370			I was just curious how many people are on ths gimp mailing list? Whoever+
7371			can see this message please reply with a simple answer like: i am, or+
7372			i'm on the list!, etc. Please reply, i thik everybody else might want to+
7373			know this same information, it also gives us a chance to know each other+
7374			better! So please reply to this message if on the mailing list!
7375	root	1.387	%
7376	root	1.1	[I was looking for ISO3166 && ISO639 tables in the corresponding "local"
7377			language, if applicable, and came up with this:]
7378			http://www.tieke.fi/sc32wg1/wg1n155.pdf
7379	root	1.387	%
7380	root	1.1	[imap-2000c/c-client/unix.c]
7381			* This file is dedicated to my dog, Unix, also known as Yun-chan and
7382			* Unix J. Terwilliker Jehosophat Aloysius Monstrosity Animal Beast. Unix
7383			* passed away at the age of 11 1/2 on September 14, 1996, 12:18 PM PDT, after
7384			* a two-month bout with cirrhosis of the liver.
7385	root	1.387	%
7386	root	1.1	[from qmail's maildir(5)]
7387			Many sites use Sun's Network Failure System (NFS), presumably because the
7388			operating system vendor does not offer anything else.
7389	root	1.387	%
7390	root	1.1	[Lukas Grundwald]
7391			Der Film scheint echt gut zu sein: geht viel kaputt.
7392	root	1.387	%
7393	root	1.1	[waiting for windows...]
7394			http://www.cool-pix-server.de/pix/microsoft/microsoft002.jpg
7395	root	1.387	%
7396	root	1.1	[x86 really is a cool design]
7397			> For our specific purposes, that's not important. We already flush the cache
7398			> before we create uncached regions (via ioremap_nocache). I understand that as a
7399			> general Linux feature, you can't ignore cache incoherency, but I don't think
7400			> it's a hard requirement.
7401
7402			Actually you can't ignore it or the processor will have a heart attack
7403			if the cached page mapping is used even speculatively. I've done some
7404			experimenting, if the page is mapped cached in one place, and UCWC in
7405			another, things will not work. Its extremely likely the processor will
7406			cease to function. Its not like having cached and uncached mappings of
7407			a page (which does work on the Intel processors, we use that feature in
7408			the agpgart and the DRM in fact.) When you mark a page UCWC, you better
7409			have removed all cached mappings or your asking for REAL trouble.
7410	root	1.387	%
7411	root	1.1	> once again. On the Debian group it's invariably "how do I load
7412			> Netscape?"
7413	root	1.247
7414	root	1.1	can't be. debian sounds more like: "who do i have to ask for using
7415			netscape, and do we all agree on /usr/local/bin/. ?"
7416	root	1.387	%
7417	root	1.1	The COBOL language was created specifically to reduce the amount of
7418			commenting necessary in a program, because the English-like sentence
7419			structure could be read and understood by humans. The FORTRAN language was
7420			created so that math types could "talk" in a language more familiar to
7421			them, letting the computer take care of the details about how to perform
7422			the specified task step-by-step.
7423	root	1.387	%
7424	root	1.1	There is an old programmer's rule.
7425
7426			"Documentation? Too bad. If the code was damned hard to write, it should
7427			be damned hard to understand."
7428	root	1.387	%
7429	root	1.1	[Linus]
7430			Tabs are 8 characters. They are NOT adjustable. Never have been, never
7431			will be. Anybody who thinks tabs are anything but 8 chars apart is just
7432			wrong. It's that simple.
7433	root	1.387	%
7434	root	1.1	[yes, thank you, it helps a lot ;)]
7435	root	1.247	09:31] *** Joins: Unkn0wn [chaos@AC880AE2.ipt.aol.com] has joined #schmorp
7436	root	1.1	[09:32] <Unkn0wn> Nah, I won't alert yas. Was just cruisin around and found your
7437			site of H-games and thought bout thankin you for puttin it up. I figure most ppl
7438			never take a moment to thank someone. =P <Bows, and heads back to #VB on
7439	root	1.247	Undernet>
7440	root	1.387	%
7441	root	1.1	[character normalization might be harmful]
7442			> In short, normalizing prior to digesting AVOIDS allowing
7443			> inconsequential changes to change the digest. If I have misunderstood the
7444			> point of the section cited, I'm sure someone will correct me.
7445
7446			Your scenario is correct as far as it goes. But consider a signed
7447			document that contains an element or attribute named
7448	root	1.388	"autorisation_de_découvert" ("credit limit").
7449	root	1.1	A forged version of the document that contained the name
7450			"autorization_de_de'couvert" (where ' = COMBINING ACUTE) would pass
7451			a normalization + signature check. However, the document processor
7452			might well fail to recognize it as having the semantics of "credit limit"
7453			and treat it as unknown and to be ignored. Bad news: the forger
7454			now appears to have unlimited credit!
7455	root	1.387	%
7456	root	1.1	["my spam"]
7457			99% of mine is from China (either *.cn or 163.com or some other
7458			numbering .com or .net. The .org is frowned upon in China - the TLD of
7459			protestors and disidents). Half of what's left comes from either .kr
7460			or .br. I'm fully in favor of an Internet Death Penalty against those
7461			TLD's and associated domains till they clean up their acts.
7462	root	1.387	%
7463	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
7464			Hello Linus, my name is Rick Jones. I am the person at Hewlett-Packard
7465			who drafted the "so _obviously_ stupid" sendfile() interface of HP-UX.
7466			[... snip ...]
7467			never forget what leads to the downfall of the protagonist in Greek
7468			tragedy...
7469	root	1.387	%
7470	root	1.1	From: "Mike A. Harris"
7471	root	1.247
7472	root	1.1	On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
7473			>---- A notice to spammers ----
7474			>Unsolicited electronic mail advertisements to my email address is
7475			>strictly prohibited. Pursuant to California Business and Professions
7476			>Code, Section 17538.45, senders of unsolicited electronic mail
7477			>advertisements to me may be subject to a civil penalty of $50 per
7478			>message plus attorney's fees.
7479			[SNIP long sig]
7480	root	1.247
7481	root	1.1	O - K then. Nice sig. Too bad that it is at least as big as
7482			most spam mailings themselves. Instead of preventing spam,
7483			all you're doing is contributing to it.
7484	root	1.247
7485	root	1.1	I just delete spam now as it is easiest most of the time.
7486			However fortunately, the below sig comes from a static and easily
7487			procmailable address.
7488	root	1.247
7489	root	1.1	One more note is that no law of California, nor anywhre else
7490			means jack shit 50 meters away from your keyboard, so it is all
7491			just a waste of bandwidth.
7492	root	1.387	%
7493	root	1.388	rm: Entfernen von Verzeichnis »./xxx/po« nicht möglich: Die Datei existiert bereits
7494	root	1.387	%
7495	root	1.1	[during a toilet session, this flashed/flushed through my mind/brain]
7496			/bin/true --version \| read && echo eek, a gnuzifist\!
7497	root	1.387	%
7498	root	1.1	[stefan thought this would be better]
7499	root	1.247	/bin/true --version \| read && rm -rf / # get rid of non-posix Windows stuff.
7500	root	1.387	%
7501	root	1.1	[Java-Design]
7502	root	1.247	[02:53] <schmorp> in c 1 stunde suchen und probieren und dann 7 zeilen
7503			[02:53] <JanMan> schmorp: nein. in C 2 minuten suchen.
7504			[02:54] <JanMan> ich weiss nicht, an welchen level ich wo patchen soll.
7505	root	1.1	[02:55] <JanMan> es gibt eine Key, eine RSAKey, eine RSAKeyPublic/RSAKeyPrivate
7506	root	1.247	klasse, alles muell.
7507			[02:56] <JanMan> (ueberall noch ein praefix SSH..)
7508			[02:56] <JanMan> und die sachen sind ueber SSHRSAPublicKeyFile abgewickelt...
7509			[02:57] <JanMan> klar gibt es auch SSHRSAPublicKeyString.
7510	root	1.387	%
7511	root	1.247	[02:38] <JanMan> Lexikon: Java - siehe "ins Knie ficken, objektorientiert"
7512	root	1.387	%
7513	root	1.247	[02:30] <JanMan> schmorp: java has too many keywords but lacks an important one.
7514	root	1.1	[02:32] <JanMan> schmorp: yes: "broken". Java needs a "broken" keyword. "Error:
7515	root	1.247	missing "broken" but class seems "broken".
7516	root	1.387	%
7517	root	1.1	On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:34:08PM -0500, Michael Rothwell wrote:
7518			The man pages for open, read and write say that if a file is opened
7519			using the O_NONBLOCK flag, then read() and write() will always return
7520			immediately and not block the calling process.
7521
7522			the man pages are wrong
7523
7524			--cw
7525	root	1.387	%
7526	root	1.1	From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
7527			...
7528			My take on this is that khttpd is unmaintained garbage.
7529	root	1.387	%
7530	root	1.1	[Subject: line on linux-kernel]
7531			Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20
7532	root	1.387	%
7533	root	1.1	From: "Vladimir V. Saveliev"
7534			> tar cvpf - foo \| ( cd reiserfs; tar xvpf - )
7535			> Halfway through it gets a kernel oops and
7536
7537			How fast does it oops?
7538	root	1.387	%
7539	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com>
7540
7541			On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:01:05PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
7542			> NFSv2 has a 32bit file offset. Thus the largest file on NFSv2 you want to
7543			> touch is 2Gig.
7544
7545			In theory, yes.
7546			In practice you don't want to touch NFS under Linux at all, so the
7547			2GB limit is a theoretical one. :)
7548	root	1.387	%
7549	root	1.247	[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7550			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
7551			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|-----\| \| \| \|
7552			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-------------------------\| \| \| \|
7553			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| .---------------------------.\| \|-------\|
7554			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|Welcome on elmex.x-paste.de\|\| \| \|
7555			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| `---------------------------'\| \| \|
7556			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|----------\| \|-----------------------\| \|
7557			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7558			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \|-----\| \|
7559			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|------------\|-------------- \| \| \|
7560			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-----------------------------------\|-\| \|----\|
7561			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7562			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7563			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7564			[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7565	root	1.387	%
7566	root	1.1	Any committee IQ: average intelligence of members, divided by headcount.
7567	root	1.387	%
7568	root	1.1	"There were a lot of snickers in my course... The students looked at me
7569			like I was a stegosaurus still walking around when I told them that the
7570			[irrational spending of many dot-coms] was not sustainable. You have to
7571			take in more money then you put out, or you're toast."
7572			-- Ken Morse, managing director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
7573	root	1.387	%
7574	root	1.1	"Wenn _ich_ das sage, darf ich das."
7575			[Lukas Grunwald]
7576	root	1.387	%
7577	root	1.1	[about having sponsoring message in YOUR syslog]
7578			From: Felix von Leitner <leitner@convergence.de>
7579			Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:33:13 +0100
7580			To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
7581
7582			Thus spake Wojciech Puchar (wojtek@wojtek.from.pl):
7583			> > To view list of copyright holders type `copyright' at the shell
7584			> > prompt.
7585			> very good. maybe implement /proc/info/copyrights /proc/info/sponsors
7586			> /proc/info/authors?
7587	root	1.247
7588	root	1.1	Grand idea.
7589			Let's also add /proc/info/spammers,
7590			/proc/info/people-who-bothered-linus,
7591			/proc/info/people-who-disagree-with-hans-reiser,
7592			/proc/info/people-who-were-flamed-by-alan-cox and
7593			/proc/info/people-who-marc-lehmann-dislikes.
7594	root	1.247
7595	root	1.1	NOT.
7596			[...]
7597	root	1.387	%
7598	root	1.1	[Nick and I used to fight a LOT]
7599			Subject: Re: suggestion for gimp 1.3 and later
7600			From: Nick Lamb <njl98r@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
7601	root	1.247
7602	root	1.1	On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 03:29:41AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
7603			> I think the best way would be to make any gtk label/text widget be
7604			> selectable. I don't know why this has not been done so far, but it might be
7605			> an interesting experiment.
7606	root	1.247
7607	root	1.1	Yes, I've often thought this. And everyone knows that if Marc and I agree
7608			about something it must be right (?) or at least it's in no-one's interest
7609			to disagree...
7610	root	1.387	%
7611	root	1.1	http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LNUX&d=2y WINNER
7612			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RHAT&d=2y 2nd prize!
7613			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CALD&d=1y 3rd prize!
7614			[und Lukas sagt:]
7615			... man beachte die logarithmische Skala!
7616	root	1.387	%
7617	root	1.1	[from "how to photograph a total eclipse", in the nasa 1999 solar eclipse
7618			report:]
7619			... The best strategy is to choose one aperture or f/number and bracket
7620			the exposures over a range of shutter speeds (i.e. 1/1000 down to 1
7621			second). Rehearsing this sequence is highly recommended since great
7622			excitment accompanies totality and there is little time to think.
7623	root	1.387	%
7624	root	1.1	[boy, now I know why I dislike GNOME]
7625			http://www.helixcode.com/~miguel/bongo-bong.html
7626	root	1.387	%
7627	root	1.1	["kORBit, a CORBA implementation for the linux-kernel"]
7628			From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
7629			Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 11:34:39 +0100
7630
7631			Alexander Viro wrote:
7632			> > It was just an example. Basically, you'd be able to do in with just
7633			> > about any language that has ORBit bindings.
7634			>
7635			> Yeah... "Infinitely extendable API" and all such. Roughly translated
7636			> as "we can't live without API bloat". Frankly, judging by the GNOME
7637			> codebase people who designed the thing are culturally incompatible with
7638			> UNIX.
7639
7640			Agree. I remember a big complaint about Windows was the huge APIs,
7641			compared with Unix' tiny list of syscalls. And then I saw the GNOME
7642			docs... ew!
7643	root	1.387	%
7644	root	1.1	> Good question. The whole thing makes me nervous... in fact, perhaps we
7645			> should really consider using the BIOS INT 15h interrupt to enter
7646			> protected mode?
7647
7648			From my experience with BIOS authors, only if Windows 98 uses the same function
7649			with the same arguments, the same stuff top of stack and the same segment
7650			registers loaded ;)
7651	root	1.387	%
7652	root	1.1	> > there... If someone wants to back-port the driver to 2.2, this makes it
7653			[...]
7654			> backports hurt forward progress.
7655
7656			beware of content free dogma
7657	root	1.387	%
7658	root	1.1	> What operating systems use local time as their basic clock these days? Just
7659			> wondering.
7660
7661			Any IBM PC compatible machine that runs under at least one Microsoft OS
7662			has to keep the battery-backed CMOS clock chip in local time, because
7663			unlike most other operating systems (e.g., any Unix flavour), none of
7664			Microsoft's CMOS clock drivers have a UTC option. Rather disappointing
7665			and every year an unneeded hassle after DST switches on multi-OS
7666			machines. From discussions with Microsoft staff, I have to conclude that
7667			no-one within Microsoft has even understood the problem.
7668
7669			Markus [G. Kuhn]
7670	root	1.387	%
7671	root	1.1	>Keith,
7672	root	1.247	>
7673	root	1.1	>Please consider the attached patch for inclusion in all future versions
7674			>of the modutils depmod program for compatiblity with RedHat and
7675			>RedHat derived Linux distributions.
7676
7677			I have a big problem with Redhat. They make incompatible changes to
7678			utilities, do not feed patches back to maintainers then expect the rest
7679			of the world to follow their lead. The -i and -m flags to modutils are
7680			not the only example, I recently found IA64 and Sparc patches they had
7681			added to modutils code and not bothered to tell me. Other distributors
7682			are much better about sending me patches, Debian and SuSe in particular
7683			do the right thing.
7684
7685			Since "-F System.map" in modutils is equivalent to "-m System.map -i"
7686			and works on all distributions, not just Redhat, the "-m -i" patch is
7687			unnecessary. Consider this my protest against bad habits by
7688			distributors, they created the mess with their lack of communication
7689			and they have to fix it.
7690	root	1.387	%
7691	root	1.1	10:44] <JanMan> falls Du mal DB2 crashen musst:
7692			[10:45] <JanMan> connect reset;
7693			[10:45] <JanMan> connect to sample user db2admin using db2admin;
7694			[10:45] <JanMan> select * from employee where year(birthdate)=1999 and firstnme<'';
7695	root	1.387	%
7696	root	1.1	[a perl quine, by ilmari karonen:]
7697			printf+(q(printf+(q(%s))x2))x2
7698	root	1.387	%
7699	root	1.1	On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 07:22:34PM -0500, M&M Samsel wrote:
7700			> You see I have about 10 years of commercial development experience and
7701			> pretty much know business procedures from huge corporations and business
7702			> midgets and what I should expect or not.
7703
7704			You've not demonstrated your 10 years of experience.
7705			You've just proved that killfiles are useful.
7706	root	1.387	%
7707	root	1.1	[once upon a time, when poul started gnomeicu:]
7708			gnomeicu: Rohrbruch (beim Speichern der Konfiguration)
7709	root	1.387	%
7710	root	1.1	[subject from a thread on the gcc steering commitee mailinglist when
7711			glibc-2.2 was released]
7712			Re: glibc 2.2 a fait accompli
7713	root	1.387	%
7714	root	1.1	[08:05] <JanMan> elmex: Fehlt Dir einmal Klopapier, versuche es mit GNU m4. :)
7715	root	1.387	%
7716	root	1.1	# root:0Ayj0AZhTi4O2:11272:0:99999:7:::
7717			# kma:1NXgYu6J80kvc:11225:0:99999:7:::
7718			# elmex:0ImdHgG2TEQAE:11273:0:99999:7: : :
7719	root	1.387	%
7720	root	1.1	<JanMan_> soll ich das ganze uber einen perl-hash erzeugen ?
7721			<schmorp> klar.. %hash->generate
7722			<JanMan_> oesi siedelt nach de: %oesi->degenerate
7723	root	1.387	%
7724	root	1.1	[From "How the mind of a php programmer works", by Marc Lehmann]
7725
7726			(1) it works on msie 5 (alt.: netscape 4) so the code is
7727			standards-compliant.
7728			(2) an entity looks like "&" entityname ";"
7729			(2a) [conclusion] the fragment href="xxx&notes=77" doesn't contain a valid
7730			entity, so the browser must use it as is.
7731			(2b) [corollary] "<blubb>" is not a valid html element, so the browser
7732			must react according to what I assume it should do (display, ignore).
7733			(2c) in some programs I assume differently than in others.
7734	root	1.387	%
7735	root	1.1	[Oh no, Don Becker again ;)]
7736			> which one is the linksys card, so I have included the entire listing. (Is it
7737			> even listed? Perhaps this is my problem.)
7738
7739			That's your problem.
7740
7741			There is no PCI Ethernet device listed.
7742
7743			Check that the card is fully inserted into the PCI slot.
7744			(If it's an ISA card, then it's not fully inserted into the PCI slot ;->)
7745	root	1.387	%
7746	root	1.1	> > sure request_module _does_not_ accept funky module names. Why allow
7747			> > people to shoot themselves (and, by extension, all other Linux users
7748			> > out there) in the foot?
7749
7750			> I thought that was the whole purpose of Unix/Linux?
7751
7752			True! Very true! Unix/Linux requires that the user shoot
7753			themselves in the foot. Windows automates that process and does it
7754			for the user, thus making foot shooting user friendly. :-)
7755	root	1.387	%
7756	root	1.1	> Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
7757			> you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
7758			> or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.
7759
7760			No encryption use; and the maximal message size is 1Mb (for sanity's sake,
7761			after somebody sent a PowerPoint presentation (some 3Mb), then thought that
7762			perhaps the target didn't have PowerPoint, and sent it again with the
7763			PowerPoint package, then noticed this might not work either, and sent it
7764			_again_ with the full MS Office attached... the joys of sysadminning ;-)
7765			--
7766			Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl
7767	root	1.387	%
7768	root	1.1	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
7769
7770			> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
7771			>
7772			> > Arguably though the bug is in glibc, in that if it's using signals
7773			> > behinds the scenes, it should have passed SA_RESTART to sigaction.
7774			>
7775			> Why are you talking such a nonsense?
7776
7777			[Note to self: remove kitten from keyboard before writing mail.]
7778	root	1.387	%
7779	root	1.388	[Simon Budig, nachdem er erfahren hatte, daß Lars Eilebrecht nicht wusste,
7780			daß Leerzeichen in URLs nicht erlaubt sind:]
7781			"Also, Lars, das hätte ich nicht gedacht, jetzt hast du aber jede Menge
7782	root	1.1	Gurupunkte bei mir verloren."
7783	root	1.387	%
7784	root	1.1	[amazon readers about the Annotated C Standard by Herberdt Schildt,
7785			which is much less expensive then the official version (search also for
7786			Bullschildt below ;)]
7787
7788			"The price difference reflects the value of the annotations. At no time
7789			do the annotations clarify, enhance, or supplement the standard."
7790	root	1.387	%
7791	root	1.1	Stefan Traby wrote:
7792			>
7793			> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:43:04AM -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
7794			>
7795			> > We have a few websites floating around, [...]
7796			>
7797			> Many mirrors are also out of sync. Especially the primary server :)
7798	root	1.387	%
7799	root	1.1	> This happens with both ext2 and reiserfs, since at least 2.2.15.
7800
7801			I installed noflushd on my laptop, which was running 2.4.0-test6, and
7802			it did the same thing.
7803
7804			Sorry I can't offer more info. Someone spilt a glass of water on it about
7805			a week ago. :(
7806
7807			--Jack
7808	root	1.387	%
7809	root	1.388	"Kalk hat diese Waschmaschine getötet"
7810	root	1.387	%
7811	root	1.1	[It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time.
7812			-- K&R
7813	root	1.387	%
7814	root	1.1	<elmex> JanMan: "\|\|01:42:20\|\| <elmex> schmorp: jo, die sprache muss man nicht erklaeren"
7815	root	1.387	%
7816	root	1.1	[please kids, don't try this at home]
7817			indent -kr -l78 -lc78 -lps -i8 -br -pcs -psl -bbo -bad -bap -cs -nbc -nhnl -nss
7818	root	1.387	%
7819	root	1.1	http://www.attrition.org/gallery/ms/kmfms.jpg
7820	root	1.387	%
7821	root	1.1	[PApp.pm]
7822			$modules => { "" => "" };
7823	root	1.387	%
7824	root	1.388	Das einzig sichere Mittel gegen Migräne ist das Entfernen des Kopfes.
7825	root	1.387	%
7826	root	1.1	<JanMan> elmex: Sprichwort "Relaye doch bei dnx, dann kriegst Du nix." :)
7827	root	1.387	%
7828	root	1.1	[From Russel Coker's .sig]
7829			> --
7830			> If you can't program in C, PERL, and shell scripts then don't call yourself a
7831			> Unix administrator. Every idiot on the net is claiming to be a Unix admin. :(
7832	root	1.387	%
7833	root	1.1	[the two sides of the medal]
7834			From: "David Schwartz"
7835
7836			> Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was increased from
7837			> 100 to 10000, the time to check for active sockets with poll()
7838			> increased by a factor of only 6.5. That's a sublinear increase in time,
7839			> pretty spiffy.
7840
7841			Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was decreased from 10,000
7842			to 100, the time to check for active sockets with poll() decreased by a
7843			factor of only 6.5. Shouldn't it be more like 100? Sounds like Solaris' poll
7844			implementation is horribly broken for the most common case.
7845	root	1.387	%
7846	root	1.1	[lukas grunwald...]
7847	root	1.388	[ich sag' dir, ] ... am nächsten Tag brüllt der mich vielleicht per e-mail an ...
7848	root	1.387	%
7849	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel, about the rtl8139 network card]
7850			> (After looking at the specification for the 8139, I am acctually ashamed
7851			> of having bough one.
7852
7853			Not an uncommon thought :)
7854	root	1.387	%
7855	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby
7856
7857			Hi Marc !
7858
7859			keycode 115 = ISO_Next_Group
7860			keycode 116 = ISO_Prev_Group
7861			keycode 117 = ISO_Level3_Shift
7862
7863			Finde ich witzig, man erspart sich den lock-screensaver :)
7864	root	1.387	%
7865	root	1.1	[I hope you get the point(s)...]
7866			From: Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au>
7867			Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:12:46 +1100
7868			To: <tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>
7869
7870			At 07:40 +0000 2000-10-06, ken@halcyon.com wrote:
7871			>But the thing is: mm/dd/yy[yy] is in widespread use (US), as is
7872			>dd/mm/yy[yy] (much of Europe, I'm told).
7873
7874			Slight refinement: dd/mm/[yy]yy. Used in all European countries - and
7875			all countries colonized by a European country at one time or another
7876			which haven't had a strong US influence since, and probably all
7877			remaining Asian, African, and Pacific countries - that don't use
7878			[yy]yy-mm-dd. mm/dd/yy[yy] is restricted almost entirely to the US
7879			and a few neighbors. I would hesitate to say it is in widespread use.
7880
7881			>[yy]yy-mm-dd was used
7882			>in Japan even before the ISO standard came out.
7883
7884			And in China, and in Sweden, and in Hungary, ... (possibly with different
7885			separators). Also in the Arab world, in the sense that the digits (all of
7886			them) appear in the same order from left to right, only Arabic is written
7887			right to left.
7888
7889			>But no culture
7890			>has ever used [yy]yy-dd-mm format, and there is absolutely
7891			>nothing to recommend it, so there is no reason to expect anyone
7892			>to adopt it. Yes, the perverse can use that format just to
7893			>confound us, but in practice one can safely assume that a
7894			>nnnn-nn-nn date is in yyyy-mm-dd format.
7895
7896			Thanks Ken. You've put it much better and more concisely than I could have.
7897
7898			--Alex
7899	root	1.387	%
7900	root	1.1	[recently, on the tulip driver mailing list]
7901			From: Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
7902			To: "Jon.Hinks" <Jon.Hinks@berkeley-ifa.co.uk>
7903
7904			[most of the reply snipped...]
7905
7906			> The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It
7907			> may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may
7908			> it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact Berkeley
7909
7910			[[ The rest of the boilerplate omitted. ]]
7911
7912			These terms do not apply. You have mailed to a published list. You hold
7913			the copyright to your writings, but by submitting questions to the list you
7914			grant the list publisher (me) the right to publish in this list and related
7915			forums. "Related forums" may be collected archives of the list on any media,
7916			and quotes from questions in FAQs.
7917
7918			(Long boilerplate appendages like this notice annoy me. Automatically
7919			attached copyright notices can never unilaterally extend your rights, so why
7920			try to claim that they do?)
7921	root	1.387	%
7922	root	1.1	On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
7923
7924			> void go_take_a_dump (float load)
7925			> {
7926			> if (pull_down_pants() && purge_bowles() && wipe_anus() && pull_up_pants())
7927			> flush(load);
7928			> else
7929			> wear(load);
7930			> }
7931
7932			But here you make another classic mistake. Consider the case where
7933			purge_bowels() fails (-EWOULDBLOCK?).
7934
7935			In that case, you don't actually execute the subsequent two procedure
7936			calls, which I'm sure we all agree is a suboptimal state of affairs.
7937
7938			--
7939			dwmw2
7940	root	1.387	%
7941	root	1.1	Factoid: 90% of all patents are never challenged, while 80% of those that
7942			are are overturned.
7943	root	1.387	%
7944	root	1.1	"Going into court is throwing the dice."
7945	root	1.387	%
7946	root	1.1	[Dipl. Ing. W***** D*****]
7947			"Lukas, eins muss dir klar sein, die ganze Kryptographie ist doch
7948	root	1.388	für den Arsch, wenn ich ein Stück von dem Originaltext habe und den
7949			verschlüsselten Text, knack' ich dir jeden Schlüssel in 50 Stunden."
7950	root	1.387	%
7951	root	1.1	[some discussion between reiserfs enthusiasts:]
7952			Stefan: oh shit, everything coredumps, I'll just reboot.
7953			Marc gives some dumb comments.
7954			Stefan: No, I'll first check it with reiserfsck.
7955			Marc: Yeah.. and?
7956			Stefan: "reiserfsck: no reiserfs found"
7957			Marc: Oh, the superblock is damaged. Maybe you should just try the backup superblock...
7958	root	1.387	%
7959	root	1.1	[t-online is just sooo cool:]
7960			Subject: mail failed, returning to sender
7961			From: <MAILER-DAEMON@fmrl01.sul.t-online.de>
7962
7963			\|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------\|
7964			<service@t-online.de> ... 550 Mailbox quota exceeded / Mailbox voll.
7965			\|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------\|
7966	root	1.387	%
7967	root	1.1	[a play with a well-known-signature:]
7968			Deadlock, n.:
7969			Deceased Rasterman.
7970	root	1.387	%
7971	root	1.1	[Jeff Williams & friends]
7972			ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-bremen.de/pub/doc/internet-drafts/draft-terrell-ip-spec-ipv7-ipv8-addr-cls-00.txt
7973			http://IPv8.vrx.net/
7974			http://www.gtld-mou.org/gtld-discuss/mail-archive/08030.html
7975	root	1.387	%
7976	root	1.1	[some .signature]
7977			This message has been ROT-13 encrypted twice for extra security.
7978	root	1.387	%
7979	root	1.1	[Andreas Mueller-Maghun for ICANN!]
7980			Allein der Kandidat des Chaos-Computer-Clubs (CCC) Hamburg, der schon
7981	root	1.388	mehr als 1.100 Unterstützungserklärungen erhalten hat, dürfte nach
7982			Einschätzung des arbeitskreises die Bedingung für eine Basiskandidatur
7983			zum ICANN-Direktorium schon jetzt erfüllen. Ausgerechnet er hat es aber
7984			nicht für nötig gehalten, auf die Anfrage der Behindertenvertreter zu
7985	root	1.1	reagieren. Seine Webseiten zeugen zudem von einem "Sicherheitskonzept",
7986			das Usern mit Sehbehinderung vor lauter technischen Barrieren keine
7987	root	1.388	Zugangsmöglichkeiten bietet. Der Arbeitskreis hält einen Vertreter solcher
7988			Positionen für unwählbar.
7989	root	1.1
7990			Jens Bertrams (Pressesprecher)
7991	root	1.387	%
7992	root	1.1	From: (Albert Y. C. Lai)
7993			Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional
7994			Subject: Re: what is "functional" (Re: Macros)
7995
7996			Jerzy Karczmarczuk writes:
7997
7998			> Their opinion: "well, everybody knows that this is not professional,
7999			> nobody uses functional languages, all your colleagues suggest that we
8000			> should learn Lex and Yacc, etc. -
8001			> but WHAT A PLEASURE AND FUN was to write these programs in Haskell.
8002			> Almost no run-time errors, ever!"
8003
8004			A professor at my school got the opposite opinion from her students.
8005			She introduced ML (along with two other languages) as part of a course
8006			on the principles of programming languages in the third year. The
8007			students' opinion: this is such an annoyingly pedantic language, it
8008			refuses to let me run my program and get some partial though wrong
8009			results simply because I make a mistake!
8010
8011			In other words, given that humans are bound to make mistakes, the
8012			students at my school prefer to see them manifested as run-time
8013			errors.
8014
8015			So I look at your email address. Ah, you are in Europe and I am in
8016			North America. I guess that's why. Dijkstra is probably right about
8017			European programmers liking to do programming right and American
8018			programmers liking to chase after bugs.
8019	root	1.387	%
8020	root	1.1	On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:15:09PM +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote:
8021			> yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
8022			> > This call shifts delivered signal numbers up so that
8023			> > "special" POSIX signals [.. like KILL] can be delivered to a process.
8024			>
8025			> Kind of a SIGOVERKILL ... yes, that could work.
8026	root	1.387	%
8027	root	1.1	"The posix programmer knows the availability of everything, but the cost
8028			of nothing."
8029	root	1.387	%
8030	root	1.1	[after the linux-kernel list was moved to a new machine]
8031			Jeffrey Hundstad wrote:
8032			>
8033			> So tell us about this new machine. OS? Filesystem? Memory?
8034			> CPU?
8035
8036			Root password? :)
8037
8038			John.Fulmer
8039	root	1.387	%
8040	root	1.1	I think there is a world market for about five computers.
8041
8042			Thomas J. Watson (Chairman, IBM) 1943
8043	root	1.387	%
8044	root	1.1	> NO. They can/will use RAW_IO IF this is available to them. If not, they
8045			> will have to provide a proper kernel driver for their hardware. I know
8046			> which I prefer...
8047
8048			Sure. And keep that dusty 2.4.3 kernel around just in case you someday need
8049			to upgrade the firmware for your disk, and the (binary!) kernel module only
8050			works with that one. Don't forget the 2.4.15ac12 which is for your USB
8051			scanner, and also the 2.6.7-12 (Red Hat) which is the only one with the
8052			updater for the new SCSI controller.
8053			--
8054			Horst von Brand
8055	root	1.387	%
8056	root	1.1	[de.comp.lang.iso-c++]
8057
8058			>Nicht alles was Standard ist, muss auch implementiert werden.
8059
8060			[...]
8061
8062			Nicht alles, was hinkt, ist ein Vergleich.
8063	root	1.387	%
8064	root	1.1	[Drew Sanford about why not to do real-time by throwing faster hardware
8065			at your problem:]
8066
8067			The F4 Fantom fighter. The plane was essentially a large block of metal, with
8068			a few advantagously aerodynamic surfaces, and big f****** engines. If you
8069			had engine trouble in a Fantom ...you had trouble.
8070	root	1.387	%
8071	root	1.1	[Hans Reiser, on /bin/cp.. ;)]
8072			cp is inherently inefficient.
8073	root	1.387	%
8074	root	1.1	>I thought disk drives contained vacuums, thus the extensive concern over
8075			>breaking seals on them.
8076
8077			Air pressure is 1Kg/cm^2. I have never seen a hard drive case that looked
8078			nearly strong enough to take such pressure. Basically if you can't jump on a
8079			hard drive then it's not strong enough!
8080
8081			...
8082
8083			There's a story that Dave Cutler (VMS and WNT architect) when he was at DEC
8084			did a test on a DEC hard drive by blowing cigar smoke into the drive which
8085			killed it properly. DEC then greatly enhanced their drive air filters. It
8086			could be just an urban myth though.
8087
8088			Russell Coker
8089	root	1.387	%
8090	root	1.1	>I've unsubscribed our somewhat less than intelligent friend.
8091			>Ah, Internet for the masses. What a wonderful idea.
8092
8093			Yeah, let's have an IQ test before you're allowed to buy a modem.
8094	root	1.387	%
8095	root	1.1	On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 02:40:33PM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
8096			> "Yury Yu. Rupasov" wrote:
8097			> > All my current benchmarks show that reiserfs works correctly on
8098			> > deleting.
8099			>
8100			> Just a sidenote: you don't test correctness with benchmarks :(
8101
8102			Wrong. Yury does.
8103			:(
8104
8105			--
8106			Stefan
8107	root	1.387	%
8108	root	1.1	"Jeff V. Merkey" writes:
8109			> I will provide a tool that decodes and repairs NTFS volumes to those
8110			> folks who run into this problem, but our agreements with Microsoft do
8111			> not allow us to distribute it for any purpose other than to assist
8112			> Microsoft customers who have corrupted drives. Also, this tool is
8113			> dependent on the DDK being present to run as it has dependencies on the
8114			> DDK DLL's, so you'll need to install the DDK to use it.
8115
8116			DDK == "Disk Death Kit"?
8117
8118			Ian Soboroff ian@cs.umbc.edu
8119	root	1.387	%
8120	root	1.1	[very instructional movie, if you get what I mean...]
8121	root	1.388	00:30-02:05 (13) ( -35) Kabel 1 Das Mädchen am Ende der Straße The
8122	root	1.1	Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane Psychodrama - KAN/F/USA - 1976 -
8123	root	1.388	Regie: Nicolas Gessner * Die 13-jährige Rynn (Jodie Foster) lebt allein in
8124			einer alten Villa und hütet ein schreckliches Geheimnis.
8125	root	1.387	%
8126	root	1.1	[Einsichten in die "Kommunikation"]
8127			> > > Ich beschreibe dir, was in dem Moment an Eindruecken durch meinen
8128			> > > Kopf geht - in dem Augenblick bin ich Besucher und sehe was
8129			> > > mir gefaellt oder nicht - das ist wie ein Schmierzettel. Die
8130			> > > Ausarbeitung der Ideen kommt danach im Gespraech. Du packst solche
8131			> > > Sachen anders an - das seh ich ein. Aber ich bin mit dieser
8132			> > > Art chaos bisher immer ans Ziel gekommen. Was ich mach will -
8133			> > > machen muss - ist Feedback generieren. Ich lass Versuchsballons
8134			> > > aufsteigen und schau zu, wie sie entweder fliegen oder abgeschossen
8135			> > > werden. Dann reagier ich auf das Ergebnis.
8136	root	1.387	%
8137	root	1.388	[Mitch, als Erklärung dafür, weshalb er blindlings ein (kaputtes) ssh-rpm
8138			installiert hat, das er über rpmfind gefunden hat:]
8139			Doch, echt! Der Server war trusted, der sah' ja sowas von vertrauenswürdig
8140	root	1.1	aus!
8141	root	1.387	%
8142	root	1.1	[IMHO one of the main reasons linux is nicer]
8143			http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/ix/bsod-story.html
8144	root	1.387	%
8145	root	1.1	[On the reality of random numbers]
8146			> /dev in a world with dynamic hardware, so why bother? We only need
8147			> to provide random numbers to fill in struct stat. (zero works)
8148			Alan Cox [as usual ;)]
8149	root	1.387	%
8150	root	1.1	[Flame Warriors]
8151			http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
8152	root	1.387	%
8153	root	1.1	A programmer who hasn't been exposed to all four of the imperative,
8154			functional, objective, and logical programming styles has one or
8155			more conceptual blindspots. It's like knowing how to boil but not
8156			fry. Programming is not a skill one develops in five easy lessons.
8157
8158			--tom
8159	root	1.387	%
8160	root	1.1	To: bugs@gimp.org
8161			X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105
8162
8163			Hi there, I recently downloaded your gimp toolkit. At first I was having
8164			problems until I read your download help tip. I understand I have to compile
8165			it so I tried using Borland C++ Compiler but it said the line length exceeds
8166			editor capacity. Is there any other compiler I can use that wouldn't rip a
8167			whole in my wallet. Thank you for your support.
8168	root	1.387	%
8169	root	1.1	["General Information About Using VBScript with Outlook"]
8170			VBScript is designed to be a secure programming environment. It
8171			lacks various commands that can be potentially damaging if used in
8172			a malicious manner. This added security is critical in enterprise
8173			solutions.
8174
8175			http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/1/38.ASP
8176
8177			[Despite this "added security", however, VBscript still can modify,
8178			rename, delete files, modify windows registry entries and send email in
8179			the background]
8180	root	1.387	%
8181	root	1.1	[Phil Agre on the "ILOVEYOU" virus and Microsoft's reaction]
8182			Scott Culp of Microsoft Public Relations, excuse me, I mean Microsoft
8183			Security Response Center:
8184
8185			This is a general issue, not a Microsoft issue. You can write a
8186			virus for any platform. (New York Times 5/5/00)
8187
8188			[and later]
8189			Mr. Culp also says this (CNET 5/5/00):
8190
8191			This is by-design behavior, not a security vulnerability.
8192
8193			[Phil closes]
8194			Microsoft shouldn't be broken up. It should be shut down.
8195
8196			[See also http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html]
8197			[and http://commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.notes.and.recommenda6.html]
8198	root	1.387	%
8199	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier about the "ILOVEYOU" virus]
8200			Expect even worse in the future. Systems running either Microsoft Office
8201			2000 or Internet Explorer 5.0 can be infected with these sorts of viruses
8202			even if the recipient doesn't open the attachment. That's right; if the
8203			system is running Internet Explorer with the default settings, it is
8204			vulnerable. The problem is caused by a programming bug in an Internet
8205			Explorer ActiveX control. Thank you, Microsoft.
8206	root	1.387	%
8207	root	1.1	>Reaching to Fallingbostel was extremely amusing though, germany is
8208			>splitted into two halfs, one that doesn't know Fallingbostel and one
8209			>that 'heard of this place but have no idea where it is' at some point I
8210			>was almost convinced that there is no such place :)
8211
8212			[Trashey / Quasars]
8213	root	1.387	%
8214	root	1.1	Tom Christiansen writes:
8215			> I'm writing perlrtfm. It explains search techniques, not quickfix
8216			> switches plugging bursting dykes by springing more leaks.
8217
8218			Irony potential in
8219
8220			man perlrtfm
8221
8222			is left to the reader.
8223
8224			Nat
8225	root	1.387	%
8226	root	1.1	Do you plan to release support for on-the-fly file and directory compression
8227			and encryption as in NTFSv2?
8228
8229			(Imagine a system that in order to run needs a diskette or CD-ROM disk with
8230			private key - protection never seen except in movies ;-)
8231	root	1.387	%
8232	root	1.1	[Telekom-Techniker, bei einer ISDN-UK0-Messung!]
8233			Ich: Also, einen Layer-1-Connect bekomme ich...
8234			Telekomiker: Layer-1? Was ist das? Aber ich bekomme ja auch gar kein Freizeichen...
8235	root	1.387	%
8236	root	1.1	"I love the way Microsoft follows standards. In much the
8237			same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
8238			Paul Tomblin
8239	root	1.387	%
8240	root	1.1	[recently on p5p]
8241			>I am morally
8242			>convinced that map() was written based on grep()
8243
8244			Considering they use the same op function, I'd say that's a distinct
8245			possibility...
8246
8247			Dan
8248	root	1.387	%
8249	root	1.1	[after the "Welle Erdball" performance on the Mekka&Symposium 2000:]
8250	root	1.388	<jan> bine: du solltest da nicht hingucken, das ist nicht gut fürn kopf
8251	root	1.1	<Bordeaux> after listening to this crap, and hearing zugabe zugabe i finally have the proof that all german c64 sceners are gay :)
8252			<Mr> zugabe
8253	root	1.387	%
8254	root	1.1	"Why upon hearing his arguments I changed my opinion 360 degrees."
8255			Recent comment on the floor of some state legislature
8256	root	1.387	%
8257	root	1.1	DIVIDE EMPLOYEE-EARNINGS BY EMPLOYEE-HOURS GIVING EMPLOYEE-PAY-RATE
8258			[cobol, sigh]
8259	root	1.387	%
8260	root	1.1	It is expected that the Multics system will be published when it is
8261			operating substantially and will therefore be available for implementation
8262			on any equipment with suitable characteristics. Such publication is
8263			desirable for two reasons: First, the system should withstand public
8264			scrutiny and criticism volunteered by interested readers; second, in an
8265			age of increasing complexity, it is an obligation to present and future
8266			system designers to make the inner operating system as lucid as possible
8267			so as to reveal the basic system issues.
8268
8269			Corbat_ & Vyssotsky 1965
8270	root	1.387	%
8271	root	1.1	"Rule #7: Silence is not acquiescence.
8272
8273			"Contrary to what you may have heard, silence of those present is
8274			not necessarily consent, even the reluctant variety. They simply
8275			may sit in stunned silence and figure ways of sabotaging the plan
8276			after they regain their composure."
8277
8278			-- Paul Rinaldo
8279			[see also http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rinaldo.html]
8280	root	1.387	%
8281	root	1.1	On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 12:09:59AM +1000, Chris wrote:
8282			>
8283			> In case you guys havn't noticed...
8284			>
8285			> http://slashdot.org reports that XFS is now released.
8286
8287			Yes, and http://www.freshmeat.net reports:
8288
8289			Error: Unable to connect to MySQL Server ().
8290
8291			;-}
8292
8293			--
8294
8295			ciao -
8296			Stefan
8297
8298	root	1.387	%
8299	root	1.1	> The 'hypervisor' is a new term to me.. Are you refering to the
8300			> Transmeta CPU and it's native mode? If I read you correctly
8301
8302			No its what the S/390 VM is often called. Its a supervisor for supervisor
8303			mode programs so illogically enough its a hypervisor 8). The IBM mainframe
8304			guys thing this kind of set up is routine. Unix is met with
8305			'You mean you cant run a new kernel on test at the same time as the old
8306			one' type remarks.
8307			[Alan Cox]
8308	root	1.387	%
8309	root	1.1	Godwin's Law
8310
8311			As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
8312			involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
8313
8314			[see also http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/]
8315	root	1.387	%
8316	root	1.1	["Stefan im IRC."]
8317
8318			[01:53:07] <coda> anyone know how to get emacs to stop creating the file.name~ files?
8319			[01:53:24] <JanMan> alias emacs=vi
8320			[01:53:31] <coda> haha
8321	root	1.387	%
8322	root	1.1	[remaining problems with OpenBIOS]
8323			Our SDRAM sizing and init code is not very good; we could use good code.
8324			The code we've been offered so far requires memory to work (oops!);
8325			requires a stack (oops!); or assumes a totally configured machine (oops!).
8326	root	1.387	%
8327	root	1.1	[Alan Cox on wether special fs's should have require "//" in their path]
8328			> No :-) It's a feature. Some things are going REAL ugly without such things.
8329
8330			Given //ipc or freebsd, I think I'd pick freebsd. Thats how ugly the idea
8331			is to me ok.
8332	root	1.387	%
8333	root	1.1	"The code is self documenting." -- The Programmer.
8334
8335			"I don't read C." -- The Tech Writer.
8336	root	1.387	%
8337	root	1.1	[Stefan Sebolth, on the CeBIT, while listening to the original c64 "Giana Sisters" tune:]
8338			Haaach, da war die Welt halt noch in Ordnung!
8339	root	1.387	%
8340	root	1.1	Remember, never ask a geek "why";
8341			just nod your head and back away slowly...
8342	root	1.387	%
8343	root	1.1	The thought of implementing something like text and binary modes for
8344			files is a about a frightening for todays kernel developer's as a mouse
8345			to a women in a typical movie of the 50's ;-)
8346
8347			Ralf
8348	root	1.387	%
8349	root	1.1	It may be real, but it's icky. It's too traditional Unix ``I don't
8350			care if we lose 90% of our market base to NT if our competitor loses
8351			95% of THEIR market base!'' to be palatable.
8352
8353			david parsons
8354	root	1.387	%
8355	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8356			> ($host) = gethostbyname('localhost');
8357
8358			>Sadly most UNIX boxes don't add a sane alias to their /etc/hosts file
8359			>so that trick is not portable.
8360
8361			% grep localhost /etc/hosts
8362			127.0.0.1 localhost
8363
8364			--tom
8365	root	1.387	%
8366	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8367			On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:22:05PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
8368			> >But given that most slip drivers I have seen for OS/2 do not do this,
8369			> >the question is moot.
8370			>
8371			> I'll send you a free Unix system.
8372
8373			Thanks, the doors in my house are well-balanced. ;-)
8374
8375			Ilya
8376	root	1.387	%
8377	root	1.1	[Elliott H Mitchell on the reiserfs list]
8378			> Me thinks if unwillingness to use tar over dump will stop you from
8379			> using a better filesystem there will be lots of other reasons that
8380			> will stop you from trying anything new too. So it is not really worth
8381			> trying.
8382
8383			Yeah, if a filesystem randomly lost files and the authors had no plans to
8384			fix it, that would kind discourage one from using it...
8385	root	1.387	%
8386	root	1.1	[Russel Coker on the reiserfs list]
8387			... my old Thinkpad 380XD (Pentium-233 with 3.2G ide hard drive) running
8388			ReiserFS and exporting the file system over 10baseT Ethernet could
8389			outperform local hard drives on an AIX machine running JFS.
8390	root	1.387	%
8391	root	1.1	[Peter Mattis, author of GIMP]
8392			I can't say anything about Rasterman because I've never looked at any of
8393			his code. My only comment about Raster is that he should learn to spell.
8394	root	1.387	%
8395	root	1.1	[David Schwartz on linux-kernel]
8396			> ORBS does not do ANYTHING above try to send few LEGAL
8397			> strings to mailservers with LONG delays. So if you block ORBS you deserve
8398			> blocking :-)
8399
8400			That's not the point. The point is that ORBS claims to be a list of
8401			validated open mail relays, and it's not. It's not supposed to be a list of
8402			people who deserve anything in particular. I'm sure if you talk to the
8403			people who have chosen to block ORBS, you will find that they have their
8404			reasons.
8405
8406			DS
8407	root	1.387	%
8408	root	1.1	[WDR, 19991216 Fernsehen mit Manuel]
8409	root	1.388	Es ist ein Fall bekannt, bei dem sich ein Patient über ein Jahr lang
8410	root	1.1	geweigert hatte, auf die Toilette zu gehen. Dann haben seine Verwandten
8411	root	1.388	und Ärzte ihn dazu überreden können, endlich die Toilette aufzusuchen. Er
8412	root	1.1	hat dabei auf einmal 37 Liter entleert.
8413
8414			Danach lebte er noch ganz normal einige Jahre, bis er, wie in Amerika
8415	root	1.388	üblich, erschossen wurde.
8416	root	1.387	%
8417	root	1.1	> - My Maxtor 27G drive ends up in PIO mode (non-SMP system, but likely
8418			[...]
8419			> Last time I reported this, I had a WDC31600, as hda, and the maxtor as
8420			[...]
8421
8422			You committed a mortal sin in ATA............
8423			You never ever mix WD and Maxtor..........on day I will document why.
8424			Basically these two vendors have timings that are completely incompatable
8425			with each other on the same channel.
8426
8427			IMHO, WD is crap..........however, you may split the two pieces of
8428			hardware and they will work fine under linux and all other OS's.
8429
8430			This rule of "never ever mix WD and Maxtor" is OS independent.
8431	root	1.387	%
8432	root	1.1	[ALF2-Benutzerhandbuch]
8433			"Nur eine tote Festplatte ist eine sichere Festplatte."
8434	root	1.387	%
8435	root	1.1	Physicists write FORTRAN in any language.
8436	root	1.387	%
8437	root	1.1	[OpenBOOT 3.10.6 response to pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del":]
8438			ANY word at all is a candidate.
8439			USE words to see the entire dictionary.
8440			ok
8441	root	1.387	%
8442	root	1.1	[SDF for POD Users]
8443			... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - even Lisp has it's fans. :-)
8444	root	1.387	%
8445	root	1.1	<Xach> schmorp: i haven't been doing any gimpy things lately
8446			<schmorp> xach: well, who is doing gimpy things lately :(
8447			<Xach> schmorp: Mitch
8448			<schmorp> xach: ok.
8449			<Xach> schmorp: you are not keeping pace with the other germans
8450			<Xach> schmorp: you must work more diligently! FOCUS!! DON'T TALK!!
8451			<Xach> burrito, focus
8452			<Burrito> FOCUS you BABOON!
8453	root	1.387	%
8454	root	1.1	[Paul Miller]
8455			... I find Knuth's attitude to be far more logical: "Be careful about
8456			using the following code -- I've only proven that it works, I haven't
8457			tested it." ...
8458	root	1.387	%
8459	root	1.1	Intel Inside -- Idiot Outside!
8460	root	1.387	%
8461	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
8462
8463			Bart Lateur wrote in message <383a4712.942513@news.skynet.be>...
8464			>Petrus Prawirodidjojo wrote:
8465			>
8466			>>So we must compete with Windows CE.
8467			>
8468			>"Please wait while your Toaster shuts down."
8469			>
8470			>"My microwave oven hangs, I have to reboot."
8471			>
8472			>No thank you. :-) I don't think Microsoft somehow can "automatically" be
8473			>the most obvious choice as a supplier of system software for embedded
8474			>systems.
8475
8476
8477			Quite so. Windows CE is rapidly losing what small market share they once
8478			had.
8479
8480			--
8481			Neal Bridges
8482	root	1.387	%
8483	root	1.1	On 27 Nov 1999, sanjay Kumar wrote:
8484
8485			> Hi folks,
8486			> i got some problem in using linux.When segmentation fault happens four five times continously OS is not working properly,insted of I remove the core dump and core dump bug ,Why?
8487			> please reply to
8488			> sanjay_rect@rediffmail.com
8489			> and sigma_btl@vsnl.com
8490
8491			Parse error.
8492
8493			---
8494			Alex
8495	root	1.387	%
8496	root	1.1	From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
8497
8498			> Why do we really need to support compiling with -ansi when
8499			> including a non-ANSI header file in a C program?
8500
8501			Because some vendors wouldn't recognize a C standard it if hit them. The
8502			amount of code that purports to be ANSI C code, but is in fact nothing of
8503			the sort, has to be seen to be believed.
8504
8505			That doesn't mean that I don't want my program to be clean ANSI C.
8506	root	1.387	%
8507	root	1.1	[one of the few good us movies]
8508	root	1.388	Talk Radio Mediendrama - USA - 1988 - Regie: Oliver Stone * Sein Zynismus wird dem Radiomoderator Barry zum Verhängnis.
8509	root	1.387	%
8510	root	1.1	[guess the language AND the language revision ;)]
8511			ii = 44;
8512			p = &ii;
8513			p = ii/p;
8514			ii++; /* Don't forget to increment ii. */
8515			printf ( "ii = %d\n", *p );
8516	root	1.387	%
8517	root	1.1	> But many systems set the RTC while running Win*ooze. That will affect
8518			> Linux time then.
8519
8520			Here is another microsoft Innovation (TM):
8521
8522			They now allow you to run your BIOS-clock in UTC! (Just like
8523			Linux. Woops. Just gave it away...)
8524
8525			Roger.
8526	root	1.387	%
8527	root	1.1	<Tommer> schmorp, for the next trick, do <frameset> <frame src=dataurl:> <frame src=dataurl:> </frameset> :)
8528	root	1.387	%
8529	root	1.1	auto accident;
8530			register voters;
8531			static electricity;
8532			struct by_lightning;
8533			void *where_prohibited;
8534			char broiled;
8535			short circuit;
8536			short changed;
8537			long johns;
8538			unsigned long letter;
8539			double entendre;
8540			double trouble;
8541			union organizer;
8542			float valve;
8543			short pants;
8544			union station;
8545			void check; unsigned check;
8546			struct dumb by[sizeof member];
8547	root	1.387	%
8548	root	1.1	[I like TV Movie's nexTView comments]
8549			22:40-00:05 (21) ( -34) ARD Mord auf hoher See Inflammable Thriller - USA
8550			- 1995 - Regie: Peter Werner * Stephen King
8551	root	1.388	verhunzt als Regisseur sein Buch im großen Stil.
8552	root	1.387	%
8553	root	1.1	Carmen Lucia Tancredo Borges wrote:
8554
8555			I have a program written in Fortran that runs on an IBM RS/6000
8556			worstation.
8557	root	1.387	%
8558	root	1.1	I wrote
8559			> I hope not. chomp() should match the string in $?, no more or less.
8560			$/
8561
8562			Damn shift key.
8563
8564
8565			Mike Guy
8566	root	1.387	%
8567	root	1.1	[rfc2635]
8568			The term "spam" as it is used to denote mass unsolicited mailings or
8569			netnews postings is derived from a Monty Python sketch set in a
8570			movie/tv studio cafeteria. During that sketch, the word "spam" takes
8571			over each item offered on the menu until the entire dialogue consists
8572			of nothing but "spam spam spam spam spam spam and spam." This so
8573			closely resembles what happens when mass unsolicited mail and posts
8574			take over mailing lists and netnews groups that the term has been
8575			pushed into common usage in the Internet community.
8576	root	1.387	%
8577	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM, November 15, 1999]
8578
8579			The Doghouse: Microsoft Windows CE
8580
8581			Microsoft encrypts your Windows NT password when stored on a Windows CE
8582			device. But if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm, they
8583			simply XOR the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled backwards. Pegasus
8584			is the code name of Windows CE. This is so pathetic it's staggering.
8585
8586			http://www.cegadgets.com/artsusageP.htm
8587	root	1.387	%
8588	root	1.1	: Isn't the point that (void)'grep EXPR, LIST' is now better written as
8589			: 'EXPR for LIST'? Or am I misunderstanding your point here?
8590
8591			It really doesn't bother me if people want to use grep or map in a void
8592			context. It didn't bother me before there was a for modifier, and
8593			now that there is one, it still doesn't bother me. I'm just not very
8594			easy to bother.
8595
8596			The argument against using an operator for other than its primary
8597			purpose strikes me the same as the old argument that you shouldn't have
8598			sex for other than procreational purposes. Sometimes side effects
8599			are more enjoyable than the originally intended effect.
8600
8601			That being said, I'd never grep someone in a void context myself.
8602
8603			Larry
8604	root	1.387	%
8605	root	1.1	[that one's only for insiders...]
8606			> : BASE @ . \ = 10, verified original base was restored
8607			Yeah. :-)
8608	root	1.387	%
8609	root	1.1	[comp.lang.forth]
8610			> Old Antactic Explorers Penguin Recipe:
8611			[...]
8612			> Start fire under pot, raise seawater to boiling point.
8613
8614			Since it is very difficult to find wood on Antarctica, typically
8615			penguins are used to light the fire (due to their fat, they burn well).
8616			I also woudln't use any water, the penguins are fried fine in their own
8617			fat (you can use old fat to heat up the pot for another penguin).
8618
8619			Note that most people in Antarctica have been seal-slayers and
8620			whale-killers, so they were rough people. Usually, they didn't bother
8621			with killing the penguins before setting them on fire. I'm glad this
8622			receipts aren't used anymore.
8623	root	1.387	%
8624	root	1.1	Sie muessen einen PC nicht einschalten um herauszufinden ob Windows
8625			installiert ist. Sehen Sie einfach nach, ob die Aufschrift auf der
8626			Reset-Taste noch lesbar ist.
8627	root	1.387	%
8628	root	1.1	> Erinnert mich an den Kerl bei mir in der Videothek. Hab mir DHY ausgeliehen
8629			> und er sagt doch zu mir: "Ist aber mit Untertiteln." Sag ich: "Na prima!"
8630			> Fragt er: "Wieso, was ist denn daran so interessant, wenn man nichts
8631			> versteht?"
8632	root	1.387	%
8633	root	1.1	[de.alt.anime]
8634			Bei meiner Videothek fliegt ein "Ghost in the Shell" Tape
8635			"Ab18" rum. Das machte mich irgendwie stutzig weil auf
8636			der Schachtel meiner 16er zwei Szenenfotos sind, die im
8637	root	1.388	Film gar nicht vorkommen (ironischer Weise direkt über
8638	root	1.1	dem "Uncut & Unzesored" Schildchen). Andererseits ist
8639	root	1.388	mir völlig schleierhaft, was es bei dem Filmchen zu zensieren
8640	root	1.1	geben soll. Nur die oben beschriebene Feststellung hat diese
8641			Frage erneut aufgeworfen.
8642			ji!
8643	root	1.387	%
8644	root	1.1	I do worry about syntactic clutter, ever since my daughter came
8645			in, looked over my shoulder, and said, "What is that, swearing?"
8646			[Larry Wall]
8647	root	1.387	%
8648	root	1.1	Der letzte untergegangene altisraelitische Stamm war der der
8649			Altpreussen.
8650			- Norbert Marzahn am 15.8.98 in
8651			de.soc.politik.deutschland
8652	root	1.387	%
8653	root	1.1	> > Aber die Theorien, die Norbert aufstellt, ueber zum Beispiel die
8654			> > gegossenen Steinformen, die sich hochdruecken, den fuerchterlichen
8655			> > Kometen, der im vergangenen August die Erde zerstoert hat und solche
8656			> > Sachen find ich wirklich Klasse ;-)
8657			>
8658	root	1.388	> Jau. Und erstmal seine Erklärungsversuche, wenn's mal wieder nichts
8659			> geworden ist (wo bleibt eigentlich der Planet X, der während der
8660	root	1.1	> Syonnenfinsternis auftauchen sollte?)...
8661
8662	root	1.388	Drei Tage Dunkelheit und viele Trümmerteile sollte er bringen, gell,
8663	root	1.1	Norbert?
8664	root	1.387	%
8665	root	1.208	Marzahnismen: http://www.bruhaha.de/normarz.html
8666	root	1.1	Norbert Marzahn sagt: Ich besitze die Mittel, um
8667			"Rechts"- und "Links"-Radikalismus auszuloeschen.
8668	root	1.387	%
8669	root	1.1	http://welcome.to/levitenbuero/
8670	root	1.387	%
8671	root	1.1	<Xach> babelfish.pitney.org: "We may not get it right, but boy are we fast!"
8672	root	1.387	%
8673	root	1.1	Subject: GNU compiler
8674			From: "Steve"
8675			Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:05:03 -0400
8676			To: <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
8677			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0
8678
8679			[the following was a single line, of course]
8680			I downloaded the compiler and am trying to install it and the
8681			instructions seem to be very complicated. Can you help me understand
8682			how to install them? There is no setup file and I have downloaded from
8683			several sites in the thought that I might have the wrong version. Your
8684			assistance would be greatly appreciated
8685
8686			Thanks,
8687
8688			Steve
8689	root	1.387	%
8690	root	1.1	[an "I am doing high end graphic design" type of person:]
8691			> Also, could someone tell me how to calculate DPI of an image? I have not
8692			> managed to figure this DPI system out, for example, if an image is a
8693			> 100?50 pixels, what's the DPI??
8694	root	1.387	%
8695	root	1.1	<tigert> xachbot, op
8696			<XachBot> tigert: I have an 88 magnum. It shoots through schools.
8697			<tigert> ahem
8698	root	1.387	%
8699	root	1.1	<tc> xachbot, acro FOOBAR
8700			-XachBot:#gimp- FOOBAR: FTP Operation Over Big Address Records \| See FUBAR [Net jargon] (cached)
8701			<tc> just when you thought you had something to baffle xachbot
8702	root	1.387	%
8703	root	1.1	[the release of perl 5.000]
8704			Date: Mon, 17 Oct 94 16:48:04 -0700
8705			From: Larry Wall <lwall@scalpel.netlabs.com>
8706			Subject: It's soup.
8707
8708			Okay, it's there.
8709
8710			ftp://ftp.netlabs.com/pub/outgoing/perl5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
8711
8712			The first one who tells me about a bug in it gets shot.
8713
8714			Larry
8715	root	1.387	%
8716	root	1.1	l33+ h4X0rz
8717	root	1.387	%
8718	root	1.1	# A random text generator using Markov chains
8719			perl -e 'while(<>){$f.= $_}@l=split(/\s+/, $f);for($i=0;$i<@l-1;$i++){$W{$l[$i]
8720			}.=" ".$l[$i+1];}sub a{$w=$l[1]}&a;sub b{print "\n"}while($w){if(!($W{$w})){&b;
8721			&b;&a;last if ($q++>3);}print"$w ";@p=split(/ /,$W{$w});$c=@p;until($s=int(rand
8722			($c))){1}$w=$p[$s]}&b' big_text_file
8723	root	1.387	%
8724	root	1.1	> && d'oh! i knew that! can she allow her lusers to use deja? here is the url
8725			> && for the post with the whole description of how i used -P
8726			>
8727			> Well, access to deja isn't forbidden, but access to the keyboard is.
8728			> And there's no mouse.
8729			>
8730			> Abigail
8731
8732			Wow. Someone else who reads usenet by osmosis... cool.
8733
8734			Matt.
8735	root	1.387	%
8736	root	1.1	Ok, our threads aren't so bad. Python's have one big
8737			giant global interpreter lock. :-)
8738
8739			- --tom
8740	root	1.387	%
8741	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
8742			Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
8743
8744			On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Hubert Mantel wrote:
8745			>
8746			> So the huge ISDN update in proposed-2.2.11 will be removed from the final
8747			> 2.2.11 release?
8748
8749			[ Irritated mode: FULL BLAST ]
8750
8751			Are you being stupid on purpose, or were you born that way?
8752
8753			Go back and read the thread. Read why I'm irritated. READ. THINK.
8754	root	1.387	%
8755	root	1.1	Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you want to get the point?
8756	root	1.387	%
8757	root	1.1	["MVS uses quite heavy algorithms for swapping"]
8758			On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 07:55:32PM +0200, Lieven Marchand wrote:
8759			> Last time I looked at it, it got to the point they had moved some
8760			> ASSISTs into microcode. IIRC, some manipulations of the process
8761			> block. I doubt Intel/Sun/MIPS/IBM is going to accomodate Linux quite
8762			> that much ;-)
8763
8764			IBM is really really good on process technology. They have had to be.
8765	root	1.387	%
8766	root	1.1	MVS spends a lot of time running OS algorithms to allow full
8767			preemption that Linux wastes on running user applications.
8768	root	1.387	%
8769	root	1.1	[comments on the gcc-2.95 release]
8770			<QUOTE>
8771			I'm having problems compiling it for HP-UX 10.20. Any ideas?
8772
8773			(I haven't actually finished downloading it yet, but I just know I'm
8774			gonna have problems with this crappy OS ;-)
8775			</QUOTE>
8776	root	1.387	%
8777	root	1.1	The Internet interprets Windows as damage,
8778			and routes around it.
8779
8780			Roger Larsson
8781	root	1.388	Skellefteå
8782	root	1.387	%
8783	root	1.1	[configuring gcc]
8784			Noone should use --prefix=/usr without --with-local-prefix=/usr/local
8785	root	1.387	%
8786	root	1.1	'You can solve any programming problem with another level of indirection,
8787			except the problem of too many levels of indirection.'
8788	root	1.387	%
8789	root	1.1	[http://www.itknowledge.com/tpj/issues/vol4_1/tpj0401-0015.html]
8790
8791			Z-code interpreters have also been written in Java; unfortunately, when it
8792			comes to cross-platform compatibility, Java's user-interface classes are
8793			finicky and unstable--just ask anyone who's tried to reason with the AWT
8794			on different JVMs.
8795
8796			[and later]
8797
8798			Pilfer is a practical implementation of two of the cardinal rules of
8799			adventure gaming:
8800
8801			1.Anything that is not nailed down is mine.
8802			2.Anything that I can pry loose is not nailed down.
8803	root	1.387	%
8804	root	1.1	[the \|\|-operator can be thought of as "or", && can be thought of as
8805			"and", but how would you call the ??-operator?]
8806
8807			>>>>> "NK" == Nathan Kurz <nate@valleytel.net> writes:
8808
8809			NK> ?? -> huh?
8810
8811			That's a great name. The huh? operator.
8812
8813			<chaim>
8814	root	1.387	%
8815	root	1.1	`One of the reasons we continue to use Fortran is that it's easier to fix
8816			code written without attention to such details in Fortran than in other
8817			languages. To put it another way, Fortran is the only language where
8818			people who barely get by with their numerical skills can "write useful
8819			numerical code." Many times those people are the only experts in their
8820			specialty available to put a needed procedure into practice.'
8821	root	1.387	%
8822	root	1.1	[Moderator der Sending "Teatime" auf "Radio Okerwelle", 1999-07-12]
8823	root	1.388	Ich muß schließlich hören was ich sage, damit ich weiß, was ich denke.
8824	root	1.387	%
8825	root	1.1	[Dr. Dobbs #8, 1999, describing how you can AVOID downloading or executing
8826			Java applets, scripts and ActiveX controls while _parsing_(!) an html
8827			page]
8828			... you must utilize IOleControl::OnAmbientPropertyChange with the
8829			value DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Before you can do this, however, you
8830			must call IOleObject::SetClientSite so that IOleControl will work
8831			properly. This is the reason you derive from IOleClientSite, even
8832			though you don't extend its functionality in any way. After the call to
8833			OnAmbientPropertyChange, IE4 will call your Invoke method to check the
8834			value of DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Invoke simply sets the correct bits to
8835			disable the behaviour you don't want and returns NOERROR.
8836			[Still interested in knowing how you can disable the "file not found"
8837			dialog box that will pop up when you try to parse a non-accessible file?]
8838	root	1.387	%
8839	root	1.1	[Linus, whom I quote rarely ;-]
8840			Message passing as the fundamental operation of the OS is just an
8841			excercise in computer science masturbation. It may feel good, but you
8842			don't actually get anything DONE.
8843	root	1.387	%
8844	root	1.1	Advantages of Windows NT over Linux:
8845			* It's easier to explain the crash was not your fault.
8846			* You've to remember only one solution all to your problems: Reboot.
8847			* You can use your mouse to type an email-message.
8848	root	1.387	%
8849	root	1.1	> 1) On the PIII, there is the capability to get a system unique serial
8850			> number from the CPU. Does Linux read this data already? Is there plans to
8851			> read the serial number and then disable the capability (maybe so you could
8852			> get the serial number from the OS)?
8853
8854			Current Linux disables it and doesn't save the value.
8855	root	1.387	%
8856	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM 1999-06-15]
8857			"Microsoft set the security state-of-the-art back 25 years with DOS, and
8858			they have continued that legacy to this day."
8859	root	1.387	%
8860	root	1.1	[From "The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature", by Thomas Scoville]
8861			"In a world increasingly dominated by image culture (TV, movies, .jpg
8862			files), UNIX remains rooted in the culture of the word."
8863	root	1.387	%
8864	root	1.1	> If it is clearly documented that will not happen.
8865
8866			Yeah, sure. Unfortunately, if the "correct" treatment of this feature
8867			means to change a dozen source files (and rth's comments make me fear
8868			that that's the case), the chance that someone, somewhere forgets to say
8869			exactly why these changes were necessary (and on what other changes in
8870			other files they depend) is far larger than I want to consider. We've
8871			seen this before. Lucky we are that some long time gcc-hackers are
8872			still among us, who might remark: Oh yes, that's undefined by the C
8873			Standard, but it happens to be an extension gcc supports ... Seen that,
8874			got the T-shirt.
8875	root	1.387	%
8876	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
8877			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
8878			Date: Fri, 4 Jun 99 10:00:16 PDT
8879			To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
8880			Cc: craig@jcb-sc.com, jbuck@Synopsys.COM, mark@codesourcery.com,
8881			davem@redhat.com, chip@perlsupport.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
8882			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
8883
8884			Linus writes, to Craig:
8885
8886			> I haven't maintained a compiler long-term. I _have_ maintained a larger,
8887			> and arguably mode complex system with many more degrees of freedom and
8888			> thus choices than gcc.
8889
8890			No, gcc is substantially larger than the Linux kernel (on the order of 10x
8891			larger, as anyone can easily verify). gcc does not need to deal with race
8892			conditions, so in that sense it is simpler, but in other respects it is
8893			far more complex than the kernel.
8894
8895			[NOTE for the reader: this is not really true, as the device drivers
8896			bomb the comparison away, but the complexity argument still holds]
8897
8898			[ personal insults deleted, perhaps the author is in need of a vacation ]
8899	root	1.387	%
8900	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
8901			From: craig@jcb-sc.com
8902			To: torvalds@transmeta.com
8903
8904			>I want the _user_ to be able to give input.
8905			[...]
8906			>I happen to think that the "explicit cast invalidates the alias
8907			>information" rule is the simplest and best one, and gives the user the
8908			>best control without adding things like new attributes or other ways to
8909			>let the user be in control.
8910
8911			In other words, you believe you are a better language designer than
8912			the ISO C people as well as the gcc maintainers, despite the fact
8913			that you know, what, nothing about language design, and nothing
8914			about compiler design and, especially, long-term maintenance of
8915			compilers?
8916	root	1.387	%
8917	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
8918			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
8919
8920			Linus writes:
8921			> Oh, you don't expect me to complain about bad code generation when I know
8922			> gcc could do better?
8923
8924			Oh, don't worry, we expect you to complain, and in a rude and insulting
8925			matter at that. We're used to it. It seems that you were a nicer guy
8926			before you had so many worshippers.
8927	root	1.387	%
8928	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
8929			From: Branko Cibej <branko.cibej@hermes.si>
8930			Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:07:09 +0200
8931			To: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
8932			X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; I)
8933
8934			Linus Torvalds wrote:
8935
8936			> I think it's a damn shame that instead of technical arguments _everything_
8937			> revolves around people reading the standard as if it was the bible, and
8938			> trying to make people feel guilty for not really caring. It's not a sin to
8939			> just want to get good code without having to do magic contortions, guys.
8940
8941			Why, Linus, it's trivial to do! Use MSVC instead of egcs, then you can do
8942
8943			#pragma optimize("a", on/off)
8944
8945			around every single statement, if you like. It even supports anonymous unions
8946			_and_ structs, and is only slightly influenced by the ISO C standard.
8947
8948			They'll even sell you a version that can generate code for the alpha!
8949
8950			>:->
8951
8952			Brane
8953
8954
8955			P.S.: Just for the record: I, a "real user" and (imnsho) a "clever programmer"
8956			who "know what I'm doing", at least most of the time, and who do not "read the
8957			standard as if it were a bible", vote for having a standard-conforming
8958			compiler that's not bloated by a ton of marginally useful (or even useless)
8959			features. If I want featuritis, I know where I can get it.
8960
8961
8962			P.P.S: They can't even spell "optimise" ...
8963	root	1.387	%
8964	root	1.1	You can have it Soon, Cheap, and Working; choose two
8965	root	1.387	%
8966	root	1.1	"Scientific" studies have found that a 2.2.x Linux router with
8967			fast-switching enabled, using Tulip 100baseT cards, can melt a
8968			high-end Cisco's 100baseT interfaces.
8969	root	1.387	%
8970	root	1.1	1) Thread switching is faster than process switching by a little bit on Linux
8971			2) Process switching on linux is faster than thread switching on NT
8972			3) Almost anything is faster than process switching on NT
8973	root	1.387	%
8974	root	1.1	[gimp-developers, on the use of keyboard modifiers for drawing tools]
8975
8976			> Simple. Powerful. Fast. Choose at most two.
8977
8978			Perhaps this should be an option in the preferences dialog? :)
8979	root	1.387	%
8980	root	1.1	[perl is cryptic??]
8981			Subject: @{$${->{{{{~{}~{{{NO CARRIER
8982			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
8983			Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:55:37 +0300 (EET DST)
8984
8985			We have still a long way to go-- from the zsh-workers mailing list:
8986
8987			: Just thought of a trivial way to take a lot of grief out of parameter
8988			: substitution. This patch makes the following valid:
8989			:
8990			: ${${${${(f)"$(typeset)"}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }
8991			:
8992			: replacing the equivalent but grotesquer
8993			:
8994			: "${(@)${(@)${(@)${(@f)$(typeset)}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }"
8995	root	1.387	%
8996	root	1.1	Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier
8997	root	1.387	%
8998	root	1.1	> \|> Spoken as a true C programmer. However you are wrong. Case-preserving, but
8999			> \|> insensitive, is the CORRECT way for file systems. Capitalization should not
9000			> \|> matter for interpretation of a file name just as it doesn't matter for
9001			> \|> interpreting words in any human language.
9002			>
9003			> This is wrong. In German, there is a big difference between "paar" und
9004			> "Paar" (the first meaning "a few", the second "pair").
9005
9006			The classic example:
9007
9008			"Ich habe liebe Genossen in Moskau" - I've got dead comreds in Moscow.
9009			"Ich habe Liebe genossen in Moskau" - I enjoyed love in Moscow.
9010	root	1.387	%
9011	root	1.1	[do we need oo-style IO::File class in perl?]
9012			>_You_ aren't gonna code "use IO::File".
9013
9014			And there's no reason for anyone else to, either, especially
9015			once Nick finishes the Larry-blessed autovivification of
9016			lvaluabled undefs in open(), socket(), etc.
9017
9018			What's next, a String class for Perl?
9019
9020			--tom
9021	root	1.387	%
9022	root	1.1	[some example of the kind of mail I sometimes receive:]
9023			i was just trying to help u out not hurt you in anyway ok i have the fbi
9024			working on something for me
9025			u havent done anything to me ok and the sherriffs department came by to talk
9026			to me nutting concerning y ok
9027			piece
9028			russ
9029	root	1.387	%
9030	root	1.1	[From "Basic Information about Unix", common commands:]
9031
9032			pico (text editor for beginners)
9033			vi (text editor for advanced users)
9034			emacs (text editor for advanced users)
9035			ed (text editor for beginners)
9036	root	1.387	%
9037	root	1.1	There is no reason in principle that a Perl script shouldn't start with
9038
9039			use Python;
9040
9041			and appear to work exactly like Python from there to the end of the file.
9042			Except maybe faster. :-)
9043
9044			Larry
9045	root	1.387	%
9046	root	1.1	> Perl6 gives us an opportunity to re-examine every feature at a microscopic level.
9047
9048			just what I'm afraid of... I thought this was to be Perl6, not Perl
9049			2010.
9050
9051			(Perl 2010: The Spaced Oddity?)
9052	root	1.387	%
9053	root	1.1	The X.25 specification is not a particularly easy document to
9054			read. Contrary to expectations, it does not make great use of diagrams
9055			and tables that help to explain the workings of the protocols that
9056			it contains. Instead the document makes use of many ambiguous English
9057			descriptions of the actions that should take place, allied with a complete
9058			lack of fluency in its prose descriptions, make for a very confusing
9059			document. It is a wonder that any correct X.25 implementations have ever
9060			been created.
9061	root	1.387	%
9062	root	1.1	> Joe: (walking into McDonalds) Hi, I'd like a Big Mac.
9063			>
9064			> Cashier: Okay, here's your Big Mac and here's your Coke. That'll be
9065			> $3.99.
9066			>
9067			> Joe: Uh, I don't want a Coke.
9068			>
9069			> Cashier: Sorry, they're bundled.
9070			>
9071			> Joe: What? I'm not paying for a Coke!
9072			>
9073			> Cashier: You don't; the Coke is free.
9074			>
9075			> Joe: But wasn't a Big Mac $2.49 last week?
9076			>
9077			> Cashier: Sure, but this latest Big Mac is far more innovative. It's
9078			> got integrated Coke!
9079			>
9080			> Joe: I already bought a Snapple across the street... I'm not going
9081			> to drink the Coke.
9082			>
9083			> Cashier: Then you can't have the burger.
9084			>
9085			> Joe: Okay, fine, I will pay the $3.99 and throw the Coke away.
9086			>
9087			> Cashier: Oh, you can't do that. They're seamlessly integrated. Totally
9088			> inseparable.
9089			>
9090			> Joe: How can that be? They're two totally separate things!
9091			>
9092			> Cashier: No, watch. (takes Big Mac, dunks it in a tank of Coke) See?
9093			>
9094			> Joe: Why did you just do that?!
9095			>
9096			> Cashier: It's a benefit to the consumer. Otherwise you'd end up with
9097			> two different, inconsistent tastes. This way you're assured of a
9098			> continuous taste across all your foods.
9099	root	1.387	%
9100	root	1.1	Threads are like salt. I like salt, you like salt, we all
9101			like salt, but we eat more pasta than salt.
9102	root	1.40	Rob Pike
9103	root	1.387	%
9104	root	1.1	From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
9105
9106			Don't be bitten by Perl, get crushed by Python.
9107			Python: Perl for the punctuation-phobic.
9108			It takes 4 days for a python to digest a hamster, but only 2 days
9109			for you to digest this book.
9110			Python: it's really better but nobody uses it.
9111			Python: just for the whitespace of it.
9112			Join The Trickle
9113			Python: more popular than Dylan!
9114			Python: not written by crackheads in a gutter!
9115			Are you uptight? Try our new Python Hangups series.
9116	root	1.387	%
9117	root	1.1	Well Microsoft announced this new language called COOL which I can
9118			honestly say that I have seen NO CRAPPY CODE written in. OTOH it appears
9119			that to achieve this miraculous status by the simple technique of being
9120			complete and utter vapourware.
9121
9122			Microsoft, taking the Business out of COBOL.
9123	root	1.387	%
9124	root	1.1	[From "Programming Perl"]
9125
9126			We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a
9127			programmer: laziness, impatience and hubris
9128	root	1.387	%
9129	root	1.1	[Alexander Stepanov, creator of the STL]:
9130
9131			Yes. STL is not object oriented. I think that object orientedness is
9132			almost as much of a hoax as Artificial Intelligence. I have yet to
9133			see an interesting piece of code that comes from these OO people. In
9134			a sense, I am unfair to AI: I learned a lot of stuff from the MIT AI
9135			Lab crowd, they have done some really fundamental work: Bill Gosper's
9136			Hakmem is one of the best things for a programmer to read. AI might
9137			not have had a serious foundation, but it produced Gosper and Stallman
9138			(Emacs), Moses (Macsyma) and Sussman (Scheme, together with Guy Steele). I
9139			find OOP technically unsound. It attempts to decompose the world in
9140			terms of interfaces that vary on a single type. To deal with the real
9141			problems you need multisorted algebras - families of interfaces that
9142			span multiple types. I find OOP philosophically unsound. It claims that
9143			everything is an object. Even if it is true it is not very interesting -
9144			saying that everything is an object is saying nothing at all. I find OOP
9145			methodologically wrong. It starts with classes. It is as if mathematicians
9146			would start with axioms. You do not start with axioms - you start with
9147			proofs. Only when you have found a bunch of related proofs, can you
9148			come up with axioms. You end with axioms. The same thing is true in
9149			programming: you have to start with interesting algorithms. Only when you
9150			understand them well, can you come up with an interface that will let them
9151			work.
9152			[...]
9153			You can't write a generic max() in Java that takes two arguments of some
9154			type and has a return value of that same type. Inheritance and interfaces
9155			don't help. And if they cannot implement max or swap or linear search,
9156			what chances do they have to implement really complex stuff? These are my
9157			litmus tests: if a language allows me to implement max and swap and linear
9158			search generically - then it has some potential.
9159			[...] Java is clearly an example of a money oriented programming (MOP).
9160			It might be successful - after all, MS DOS was - and it might be a
9161			profitable thing for all your readers to learn Java, but it has no
9162			intellectual value whatsoever.
9163
9164			[Later, on OMG protocols like CORBA]
9165			I am old enough to remember all the networking standards that were coming
9166			out in the seventies. Who remembers them now?
9167	root	1.387	%
9168	root	1.1	[Stiftung Warentest "test", WDR 19990419:]
9169	root	1.388	"Schlechtes muß nicht billig sein..."
9170	root	1.387	%
9171	root	1.1	[/bin/false on solaris]
9172			#!/usr/bin/sh
9173			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
9174			# All Rights Reserved
9175
9176			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
9177			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
9178			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
9179
9180			#ident "@(#)false.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */
9181			[obvious invocation of exit snipped to avoid lawsuit. Yup, 1 line.]
9182	root	1.387	%
9183	root	1.1	<Aspirin> but ee uses imlib, and imlib is documented to take 4.7 days to start up on a 486 by Alan Cox.
9184	root	1.387	%
9185	root	1.1	When a tar built for SunOS runs under Solaris, it's incapable of opening
9186			or creating files with "lib/locale" in the path. It replaces that part of
9187			the path with "lib/oldlocale".
9188	root	1.387	%
9189	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier in CRYPTO-GRAM, 19990315]
9190
9191			"Microsoft prefers to treat security holes as a public relations problem,
9192			rather than fixing the actual problem."
9193
9194			[further down: the official answer from Microsoft about a problem where
9195			just viewing a website would invisibly run unrestricted code on your
9196			machine]
9197
9198			"Microsoft appreciates your input regarding this issue, however in lieu
9199			of modern technology being what it is, we all need to be personally
9200			responsible for knowing what we are downloading off the internet."
9201
9202			[see http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/sec/chrono.html]
9203	root	1.387	%
9204	root	1.1	[Steve Funston wrote to me, after I unsubscribed him from gimp-perl for
9205			spamming:]
9206
9207			>fuck you ass hole duh you are just a big fucker
9208			>>
9209			>>An error was generated by your request to our servers:
9210			>>------------------------------------------------------
9211			>>
9212			>>Your Email: bfunston@mich.com
9213			>>
9214			>>ERROR: You are not a member of this list.
9215
9216			[and later, misquoting my name:]
9217			>mark is not only a big fat liar but he is an ass hole.
9218	root	1.387	%
9219	root	1.1	[How much of the microsoft shares does Bill Gates hold?]
9220			He has 19.8%. Paul Allen has 5.5%. Steve Ballmer has 4.7%.
9221	root	1.387	%
9222	root	1.1	> And what's wrong with being named Peter?
9223			If linus was peter, Linux would be called penix? (just guessing) ;)
9224	root	1.387	%
9225	root	1.1	According to Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q216641, Microsoft Windows
9226			95/98 are limited to an uptime of exactly 49.7 days.
9227
9228			--found by Vincent Janelle (Random)
9229	root	1.387	%
9230	root	1.1	> Leave that to RMS.
9231
9232			If you had just sat through the horrific panel with Larry,
9233			RMS, Richard, and Linus, you would want to leave a whole lot
9234			else to RMS -- like a couple of megatons of the manure that
9235			he's full of.
9236
9237			Support BSD/Linux.
9238
9239			--tom
9240	root	1.387	%
9241	root	1.1	"The FSF is a cult -- don't support them." --Rob Pike
9242	root	1.387	%
9243	root	1.1	We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
9244	root	1.387	%
9245	root	1.1	> Perhaps the cracker himself (itself? ;) isn't bright enough to delete shell
9246			> history, but his shrink-wrapped cracking tools might be a lot brighter...
9247
9248			Some of them are. A surprising number aren't. A personal favorite of
9249			mine was the log from a cracker who couldn't figure out how to untar
9250			and install the trojan package he'd ftped onto the machine. he tried a
9251			few times, and then eventually gave up and logged out.
9252	root	1.387	%
9253	root	1.1	[on channel #gimp]
9254
9255			[msg(Xachbot)] insult me
9256			[XachBot(xachbot@home.xach.com)] schmorp: David Miller would never approve of that.
9257	root	1.387	%
9258	root	1.1	[the creation]
9259			http://www.toodarkpark.org/caffeine-cgi-bin/textfile/net-hx.txt
9260	root	1.387	%
9261	root	1.1	THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #12: LITHP
9262
9263			This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of
9264			an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said
9265			to be useful in protheththing lithtth.
9266	root	1.387	%
9267	root	1.1	Ich zog hier nur einen Pseudoschluss aus dieser sache, den ich nicht
9268			selbst schliesse.
9269			Norbert Harry Marzahn, selbsternannter "Judaaer"
9270			am 13.12.98 in de.alt.ufo
9271	root	1.387	%
9272	root	1.1	According to Gurusamy Sarathy:
9273			> "Resistance is futile, you will be modularized."
9274
9275			No:
9276
9277			use Borg;
9278			make_threat(-type => 'standard', -doom => 'modularized');
9279
9280			--
9281			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
9282	root	1.387	%
9283	root	1.1	"And over here, ladies and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to
9284			the 'posicks box', a mechanism within one of the late 20th century
9285			sub-I hardware gestalt integration agents (then called 'operating
9286			systems', this particular one being referred to as 'windows' by
9287			its commercial-mimetic sustainer), designed so as to provide the
9288			appearance and functionality required to comply with one of the few
9289			agreed-upon integration schemas (sub-I, of course) available at the
9290			time. Unsurprising given the non-integration imperitives used by the
9291			agent's sustainter, this mechanism was demonstrated to be an ingenious
9292			non-integration ploy that, while supporting the integration schema,
9293			failed to support the local interconnect schemas that this agent
9294			specialized in. This produced a classic focus rift in the knowledge
9295			pool, benefiting the sustainer in the short run due to the focus
9296			concentration facilities available to commericial-class mimetic
9297			sustainers. Practically, this wasn't a significant loss, in the long
9298			run, as neither the 'windows' or 'posicks' schemas were relevant to
9299			modern quasi-I agents. These two do live on, however, in a few niches.
9300			'posicks' is used as the integration schema between most nano-scale
9301			logic units (a fact that only a few meta-experts still need to be
9302			aware of), and 'windows' survives, for religious-mimetic reasons, as
9303			the human-communication agent in a few stereotypical toasters and soap
9304			dispensers."
9305
9306			[Kenneth Albanowski]
9307	root	1.387	%
9308	root	1.1	Perl ist ein Schmerzmittel.
9309			Wenn Du bei der Speicherverwaltung oder der Stringverarbeitung
9310			unter C Schmerzen hast, nimm Perl.
9311			-- Kristian Koehntopp
9312	root	1.387	%
9313	root	1.1	> Why Windows NT Server 4.0 continues to exist in the enterprise would be a
9314			> topic appropriate for an investigative report in the field of psychology or
9315			> marketing, not an article on information technology -- John Kirch
9316	root	1.387	%
9317	root	1.388	[bei einer mündlichen Nachprüfung in BWL, Uni Hamburg]
9318	root	1.1
9319			Prof: "Was ist Agio?"
9320	root	1.388	Student: "Weiß ich nicht."
9321	root	1.1	Prof: "OK, durchgefallen!
9322	root	1.388	Student: "Ich habe aber Anspruch auf drei Fragen in der mündlichen Prüfung!"
9323	root	1.1	Prof: "Klar, was ist Disagio?"
9324			Student: "..."
9325			Prof: "...und was ist der Unterschied zwischen Agio und Disagio?"
9326			Student: "..."
9327			Prof: "...durchgefallen!"
9328	root	1.387	%
9329	root	1.1	Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com> writes:
9330
9331			> Just morbid curiosity,
9332			>
9333			> Are there _any_ unix boxes that _can't_ build Perl?
9334
9335			Yes. Broken ones.
9336
9337			dgris
9338	root	1.387	%
9339	root	1.1	"The kerastion is a musical instrument which cannot be heard."
9340			-- A Borges story in ten words.
9341	root	1.387	%
9342	root	1.1	"C combines the power of assembly language
9343			with the flexibility of assembly language."
9344	root	1.387	%
9345	root	1.1	...
9346
9347			<AOL>
9348
9349			Me too!
9350
9351			</AOL>
9352
9353			Tig
9354	root	1.387	%
9355	root	1.1	ping -p 2b2b2b415448300d <hostname>
9356	root	1.387	%
9357	root	1.1	unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;umount;sleep
9358	root	1.387	%
9359	root	1.1	From: Dick Balaska <dick@buckosoft.com>
9360
9361			I sit behind an NT dual P2/400 256MB for too many hours each day. It is
9362			"slow". One of my (fun) tasks is CD mastering. When i'm loading a 500MB
9363			wav file into the editor, the machine goes useless for two minutes while
9364			loading the wave file. Basically its just reading the file and writing it
9365			to swap. The CPU is at 5%. No Alt-Tab between apps during that time. No
9366			chance of putting the mouse over a button (too many dropped ticks). The
9367			NT kernel is just sitting waiting for I/O completions.
9368
9369			Linux would be embarrassed to be that bad.
9370
9371			I expected M$ to never fix this because its not "broken". However, i
9372			expect billg to start reading the above mentioned literal benchmarks and
9373			get really really pissed.
9374
9375			Especially since i believe 1999 and 2000 to see Linux really start
9376			to cut into M$'s server market share.
9377	root	1.387	%
9378	root	1.1	> Hello I'm wondering if there's a lower traffic mailing list that exists
9379			> that's strictly important kernel announcements and not general chat. I
9380			> need to stay informed but I can't handle 250 messages in a 24 hour
9381			> period.
9382			>
9383			> Sorry for the insignificant post..
9384			> Nic
9385			>
9386
9387			Thank you for contributing to the problem.
9388
9389			-hpa
9390	root	1.387	%
9391	root	1.1	grep... grep... grep... (frog with unix stuck in his throat)
9392	root	1.387	%
9393	root	1.1	"If users are made to understand that the system administrator's job is to
9394			make computers run, and not to make them happy, they can, in fact, be made
9395			happy most of the time. If users are allowed to believe that the system
9396			administrator's job is to make them happy, they can, in fact, never be made
9397			happy."
9398			- - -Paul Evans (as quoted by Barb Dijker in "Managing Support Staff", LISA '97)
9399	root	1.387	%
9400	root	1.1	From: "Daniel P. Stasinski" <dannys@KAREMOR.COM>
9401			Subject: Microsoft Hotmail
9402			To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
9403
9404			I contacted Microsoft/Hotmail asking them to close the account
9405			of that was listed in the backdoored tcp wrapper source code.
9406			I also forwarded the offending code.
9407
9408			The word back from them is that they will not close it. Theft
9409			of passwords and hacking does not violate thier terms of
9410			service.
9411
9412			Daniel
9413	root	1.387	%
9414	root	1.1	Any UNIX-killer must also have:
9415			...
9416			* cool name like Linux (serious, these fail: GNU Hurd FreeBSD 386BSD)
9417	root	1.387	%
9418	root	1.1	"Not all things worth doing are worth doing well."
9419			It's a phrase I use a lot. :-)
9420			[RJL]
9421	root	1.387	%
9422	root	1.1	As John Whittaker says: ``It's UNIX. That doesn't necessarily mean it's
9423			right.''
9424	root	1.387	%
9425	root	1.1	[Richard Stallman on the new _Pragma operator in C9X:]
9426
9427			Amazing--they actually listened.
9428	root	1.387	%
9429	root	1.1	That "UNIX" term is very negative. People often associate it with
9430			SCO OpenServer, Wyse terminals, and 60 people on a 386. The UNIX
9431			that people know is just awful. It looks something like this:
9432
9433			# less foo
9434			sh: command not found
9435			# more foo
9436			sh: command not found
9437			# emacs foo
9438			sh: command not found
9439			# ed foo
9440			0
9441			help
9442			?
9443			quit
9444			?
9445			exit
9446			?
9447			DIE!!!!!!!!!!
9448			?
9449
9450			[Albert D. Cahalan]
9451	root	1.387	%
9452	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Stop blib warning in future releases?
9453			From: andreas.koenig@anima.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
9454			Date: 05 Jan 1999 03:15:37 +0100
9455
9456			tim> Sure. Strictly speaking
9457
9458			tim> use blib ':quiet';
9459
9460			tim> would be most correct in style.
9461
9462			Only German native speakers are allowed to treat adverbs adjectively.
9463			For the rest I'd recommend [...]
9464	root	1.387	%
9465	root	1.1	[A new U.S. Law implementing a WIPO treaty]
9466			No person shall circumvent a technological protection measure that
9467			effectively controls access to a work protected under this title
9468			[Or, in other words, applied cryptanalysis will be illegal.
9469			too bad --- ]
9470	root	1.387	%
9471	root	1.1	Microsoft - Is it going to work today?
9472	root	1.387	%
9473	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [gimp-devel] GIF plugin legal issues
9474
9475			> Actually, my understanding is that Unisys doesn't currently enforce the
9476			> licensing cost on free software, but maybe I am mistaken.
9477
9478			The general wording, spoken by an unnamed GIMP developer, is, if you'll
9479			pardon the language, "Unisys can go fuck itself."
9480	root	1.387	%
9481	root	1.1	[once on linux-kernel:]
9482			> >who are you why on yahoo when iprint sf16fmi i fond you i need drv
9483			> Does anyone have the secret decoder ring to make sense of this?
9484			he's confused about us showing up in a search match on yahoo, but needs
9485			driver(s) for his sf16fmi thingy.
9486	root	1.387	%
9487	root	1.1	> Did you try to compile kdeadmin from the CVS tree ?
9488
9489			No I ran the KDE binaries. Im not interested in broken programs that
9490			include wrong #include files in their source.
9491	root	1.387	%
9492	root	1.1	[unix-faq]
9493
9494			Someday, you are going to accidentally type something like
9495			"rm * .foo", and find you just deleted "" instead of ".foo".
9496			Consider it a rite of passage.
9497	root	1.387	%
9498	root	1.1	"There's one word that strikes fear into nuclear scientists..."
9499			"Oops."
9500			-- MST3K
9501	root	1.387	%
9502	root	1.1	Seems like 80-bit spills would be closer to IEEE, if not close enough to
9503			claim full support. Off-hand I'd say people would be happier with
9504			those numeric properties than with the current situation.
9505
9506			I'll think about the esoterica (probably break down and ask people here).
9507			It would certainly make gcc the most reliable x86 floating-point compiler
9508			I know. Sun's does something similar to -ffloat-store by default (gee,
9509			look at how fast that ultra is), and Microsoft's runs off the end of the
9510			stack at run-time . I don't know what Intel's does, so I'm not considering
9511			it. ;)
9512	root	1.387	%
9513	root	1.1	>I was using the localtime function to change time_t into it's various
9514			>human-readable parts. I noticed that $year gets returned as 98 and
9515			>not 1998. I tested a few different unices and got the same result.
9516			>This is expected behavior based on the examples I've seen and my own
9517			>testing. My question is how is this y2k compliant?
9518
9519			What part of your C library's documentation on localtime(3), the perlfunc
9520			documentation on the Perl localtime function, the perlfaq4 entry on `Does
9521			Perl have a year 2000 problem?', and the Y2K document on www.perl.com
9522			did you find to be unclear on the answer to this question?
9523
9524			--tom
9525	root	1.387	%
9526	root	1.1	> * Have you ever wondered how life began ?
9527
9528			In a laboratory somewhere at Bell Labs.
9529
9530			>Why does it end ?
9531
9532			Ask the X3J11 committee.
9533
9534			> * Can you tell WHY there is life ? What is the purpose of it ?
9535			> * Can YOU do anything to make your life worth living ? WHAT ?
9536
9537			To promote the the DEATH OF ANSI C! K+R FOREVER! DOWN WITH PORTABILITY!
9538	root	1.387	%
9539	root	1.1	"Unix is Perl's IDE!"
9540			-- Tom Christiansen
9541	root	1.387	%
9542	root	1.1	[Sputnik]
9543
9544			Do you honestly think the Americans would mention a Soviet success? :-)
9545			A number of years back I saw an exhibition in the US on the development of
9546			supersonic passenger aircraft. They forgot to mention Concorde. It
9547			wouldn't surprise me in the least if most people at NASA had never heard
9548			of Sputnik.
9549	root	1.387	%
9550	root	1.1	NTFS by default adds unnecessary serialization to an extent that
9551			even older file systems such as FFS do not, and its performance
9552			characteristics reflect that. In fairness, it should be said that it is
9553			the superior approach for most removable media without software control
9554			of ejection (e.g. IBM PC floppies).
9555	root	1.387	%
9556	root	1.1	Never attribute to malice what could as well be explained by stupidity.
9557			- Hanlons razor -
9558	root	1.387	%
9559	root	1.1	Shallit's Razor: Never attribute to conspiracy what may be adequately
9560			explained by stupidity or incompetence.
9561	root	1.387	%
9562	root	1.1	According to Chris Nandor:
9563			> I thought about creating a web interface to input, edit, delete entries,
9564			> but that would have taken me longer, been more complex and less secure, and
9565			> offered no significant advantages.
9566
9567			That one's in the quotes file. Thanks.
9568	root	1.387	%
9569	root	1.1	My friend who had a Compaq called one day when his built-in cdrom drive
9570			stopped responding. Their answer "its a virus. Reinstal Windows". So he did
9571			(?) and it still didn't work. He called them and they said "its a virus,
9572			reinstall." "But I just installed. If there is a virus, it came from YOUR
9573			quick restore disk." "No, no virus there, but you DO have a virus. My paper
9574			in front of me says so."
9575
9576			He took it back and bought a Gateway.
9577	root	1.387	%
9578	root	1.1	9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis aequinoctium recedat,
9579			statuimus bissextum quarto quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere,
9580			praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis bissextiles antea semper
9581			fuerint, qualem etiam esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui
9582			deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes bissextiles sint, sed in
9583			quadringentis quibusque annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto
9584			transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus bissextilis sit, ita ut
9585			annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more
9586			consueto dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX continente,
9587			idemque ordo intermittendi intercalandique bissextum diem in
9588			quadringentis quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.
9589	root	1.387	%
9590	root	1.1	You obviously have not dealt with Microsoft Winnt 4.0
9591			and all the Service Pack then. While one Service Pack
9592			did somewhat correct the Y2K problem was not aware that
9593			2000 was in fact a leap year. There was no way to set
9594			the date to Feb 29, 2000.
9595	root	1.387	%
9596	root	1.1	"Ernst Lehmann, die Organisationsredundanz beim Cluster-Treffen"
9597	root	1.387	%
9598	root	1.388	HP Computer NEWS 3/98 about HP 2000/CN printer (page 24): "Darüber
9599	root	1.1	hinaus ... hat der HP 2000C/CN durch den Einsatz von Intel MMX-
9600			Technologie Zugriff auf deren Farbtabellen und kann so Farbbilder
9601			schneller verarbeiten" (A mistake made when translating. It's hard to
9602			get the wrong meaning if translated back to English, sorry.)
9603	root	1.387	%
9604	root	1.1	From: Robert Lipe
9605			> > I program computers with no screens and no keyboards for a living.
9606			> > Switches and front-panels are a LUXURY! :-)
9607			>
9608			> But I guess you are not _programming_ these computers without a keyboard
9609			> and/or screen.
9610
9611			Are you familiar with the Vulcan Mind Meld?
9612	root	1.387	%
9613	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [fwd from comp.lang.python] Re: Python 2 ideas [Re: access
9614			From: Tuomas Lukka <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>
9615
9616			On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
9617			> use pedantic;
9618			> use strict 'code';
9619			>
9620			> or whatever is the syntax to switch Perl into 'dull'/'pythonish' mode.
9621
9622			use syntax 'python';
9623
9624			Let's just embrace&extend'em ;) ;)
9625
9626	root	1.387	%
9627	root	1.1	Thus it was written in the epistle of Larry Wall,
9628			>
9629			> Having discussed all this thoroughly at the Hacker's Conference this
9630			> past weekend, I've come to the conclusion that Y2K will be traumatic
9631			> primarily because people think it will be traumatic. A panic is a
9632			> panic whether or not it's justified. People get trampled in panics.
9633			>
9634			> It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy. :-)
9635	root	1.387	%
9636	root	1.1	[rfc1925]
9637			Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).
9638	root	1.387	%
9639	root	1.1	[Alan Cox, why not port hurd to sgi, instead of linux]
9640			> A possible minus is the message-passing between the servers which might
9641			> be time-consuming.
9642
9643			"Yesterdays technology, next week" to quote an OSI saying
9644	root	1.387	%
9645	root	1.1	UNIX versions of ctags handle the C language, and often Pascal and Fortran
9646			77. Sometimes, they even handle assembly language. Almost universally,
9647			however, they do not handle C++...
9648			[from "learning the vi editor"]
9649	root	1.387	%
9650	root	1.1	> correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a thread about this a few
9651			> months back that resolved the ping -f localhost as a ping bug.
9652
9653			Indeed, as Alan Cox said:
9654
9655			So get a non-buggy ping(8) client.
9656
9657			and as Ecclesiastes said:
9658
9659			Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been
9660			already of old time, which was before us.
9661			There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any
9662			remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
9663
9664			Regards,
9665			Tigran.
9666	root	1.387	%
9667	root	1.1	SNMP stands for Security Not My Problem
9668	root	1.387	%
9669	root	1.1	[slightly broken, though...]
9670			/* "Hello World" in B for 64-bit hardware! */
9671			hw [0] "Hello World.*n";
9672			main(){
9673			extrn hw;
9674			putchar(0[hw]);
9675			hw=+1;
9676			putchar(0[hw]);
9677			}
9678	root	1.387	%
9679	root	1.1	> So what comes first the chicken or the egg? :)
9680
9681			The egg. Always. By definition.
9682	root	1.387	%
9683	root	1.1	> > PPS: Robert, I just made my first y2k fix to that script ;()
9684			>
9685			> Better check your scsi cables.
9686	root	1.387	%
9687	root	1.1	Arroganz durch Wissen
9688			[Dirk Jagdmann]
9689	root	1.387	%
9690	root	1.1	[Re: Pegasus - Gut oder Boese?]
9691			> Weil er sie dabei ja unterstuetzt. Da er aber (abgesehen von den ersten
9692			> ein- oder zweimal) nur auf Anrufen von Rosa-Girl erscheint, koennte man es
9693			> auch anders herum sagen. wenn CU Pfeift, kommt er angaloppiert 8))
9694
9695	root	1.388	was aber leider bedeutet, daß usa die Rennsemmel ständig mit
9696	root	1.1	sich rumschleppen mu?. ^_-
9697			Nur weil die Kleine die Bimmel hat!
9698
9699	root	1.388	Und wer weiß, was dieses pädophile Pferd eigentlich noch so
9700	root	1.1	bezwecken will... ^_-
9701	root	1.387	%
9702	root	1.1	>James :\
9703			>
9704			>I apologize for adding a message to this possibly trivial thread.
9705
9706			I like your sig. I hope you use it for everything you post.
9707	root	1.387	%
9708	root	1.1	From: Mason <mason@schwanda.resnet.tamu.edu>
9709			Subject: night of the undead ip stack
9710			Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:03:19 -0600 (CST)
9711	root	1.387	%
9712	root	1.1	> The person who decides to invent UNICODE support for Linux
9713			> is just asking for a black eye.
9714
9715			But Unicode for NT is such fun!
9716
9717			For example, the checked DbgPrint() bluescreens above DISPATCH_LEVEL
9718			if you try to print a Unicode string--the Unicode->ASCII
9719			translation tables are marked as pageable.
9720
9721			Since as far as I know, printk() does not have any format specifiers
9722			that cause obscure kernel panics, Linux is clearly behind in this
9723			area.
9724	root	1.387	%
9725	root	1.1	Linux: a no problem operating system for no problem people.
9726			[Lukas Grunwald]
9727	root	1.387	%
9728	root	1.1	http://dd.sh/perlfs/:
9729
9730			THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL (PRE-ALPHA) VERSION OF THE PERL FILESYSTEM.
9731			EVEN WHEN IT LOADS WITHOUT CAUSING A KERNEL PANIC, IT WILL LOCK UP
9732			YOUR MACHINE, DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA, KIDNAP YOUR FAMILY AND
9733			(DEPENDING ON SAID FAMILY'S CONFIGURATION) SHOOT YOUR CAT, DOG, AND/OR
9734			FIRST-BORN CHILD.
9735	root	1.387	%
9736	root	1.1	[a comment on http://dd.sh/perlfs/]
9737			Forget GNU/Linux. /PerL/inux will conquer all.
9738
9739			kill 0,1 if -x '/PerL/inux'; # request kernel mode
9740	root	1.387	%
9741	root	1.1	[Tim Hollebeek on real arithmetic]
9742			On a machine with a sane floating point model, the results make sense.
9743			For example, my SGI workstation prints:
9744
9745			0.00000000000000011102 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000020000 1.00000000000000040000
9746
9747			However, a machine with the Intel FPU from hell gives:
9748
9749			0.00000000000000000005 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000
9750
9751			due to the fact that whether 1+x and 1 are the same number depends on whether
9752			the numbers are in the FPU or not.
9753	root	1.387	%
9754	root	1.388	[Grüner Tip/Arte]
9755	root	1.1	Ihre Nachbarn sind zu laut und feiern andauernd Parties? Kein Problem, ihr
9756	root	1.388	Bohrer wird nachts um zwei spielend mit _jedem_ Lärm fertig....
9757	root	1.387	%
9758	root	1.1	Remember, eating healthy doesn't make you live longer, it just makes it seem
9759			longer...
9760	root	1.387	%
9761	root	1.1	[M$ about unix development tools like GCC]
9762			By the standards of the novice / intermediate developer accustomed to
9763			VB/VS/VC/VJ, these tools are incredibly primitive.
9764	root	1.387	%
9765	root	1.1	> > Praha is nice and our university is interesting, since it is according
9766			> > to tests most complex and impractical computer science university on the
9767			> > world :) I just love it...
9768			>
9769			> Oh well, great that I won't be studying there...
9770			>
9771			It is really fun.... just now I have lesson (that reminds me that I really
9772			should go now) about set theory and infinity... it is really fun and very
9773			practical...
9774			for example that you have cinema with infinity chairs and infinity plus one
9775			person wants to see movie... what do yo do?
9776			Just let sit down the first infinity persons and then last person ask first
9777			one to move to second chair, second one to move to third and so on and
9778			everyone fits.. isn't that great to know? :))
9779
9780			Jan Hubicka
9781	root	1.387	%
9782	root	1.1	> template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> A {};
9783			[...]
9784			> I think that this construction is allowed by the ANSI C++.
9785
9786			No, it is not. What you meant is
9787
9788			template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> class A {};
9789	root	1.387	%
9790	root	1.1	Jan Dubois writes:
9791			> A) perl-5.00553
9792			> path = \perl\5.00553\bin\MsWin32-x86\perl.exe
9793			> cc = cl.exe
9794			A performance analysis compiling with M$ compiler? Get real!
9795
9796			[...]
9797
9798			Ilya
9799	root	1.387	%
9800	root	1.1	>Shouldn't the kernel compile with all combinations of options.
9801
9802			Yes. Feel free to fix it and send a patch.
9803
9804			p.
9805	root	1.387	%
9806	root	1.1	[tomc]
9807			Jean-Louis provides four arguments in favor of the overloading of the
9808			logical && and \|\| operators. Here they are:
9809
9810			+------------------------------------------+
9811			\| Other languages, notably C++, permit it. \|
9812			+------------------------------------------+
9813
9814			This one is hardly persuasive. Many languages do innumerable things
9815			that Perl does not do. Just for example, take:
9816
9817			* Csh reparses and re-evals interpolated strings, allowing something
9818			like C<$cmd $var> to do interesting things.
9819			* The Fortran lexer (as it were), having no need of white space to
9820			infer tokens, allows C<DO I=1.10> and C<DO I=1,10> to coexist in an
9821			interesting way.
9822			* Icon has an entirely different notion of success and failure,
9823			allowing expressions like (X < Y < Z) to do interesting things.
9824			* Scheme has call-with-continuation, allowing co-routines to do
9825			interesting things.
9826			* C++ has template classes with abnormal typing rules even for that
9827			language, allowing parameterized meta-classes to do interesting
9828			things.
9829	root	1.387	%
9830	root	1.1	Make is like Pascal: everybody likes it, so they go in and change it.
9831			--Dennis Ritchie
9832	root	1.387	%
9833	root	1.1	perl -wlpe '}{$_=$.' file # Count the number of lines.
9834	root	1.387	%
9835	root	1.1	[not quite duff's device, but...]
9836
9837			switch (x)
9838			default:
9839			if (prime(x))
9840			case 2: case 3: case 5: case 7:
9841			process_prime(x);
9842			else
9843			case 4: case 6: case 8: case 9: case 10:
9844			process_composite(x);
9845	root	1.387	%
9846	root	1.1	Is there any truth to the rumor that the number appearing
9847			after the words "Microsoft Windows" is the minimum amount of memory,
9848			in megabytes, required for execution?
9849
9850			Craig Milo Rogers
9851	root	1.387	%
9852	root	1.1	Mark Mielke writes:
9853			> This statement is false. The simple fact that school textbooks teach it
9854			> to be indeterminate should be enough to convince you of that.
9855
9856			This is just another reference point about the state of education in
9857			US (apparently in Canada too?).
9858
9859			Ilya
9860	root	1.387	%
9861	root	1.1	[from p5p]
9862			> Now you know why threading is experimental and all, buddy.
9863
9864			Experimental schexperimental. Anything that doesn't cause an
9865			immediate coredump is not experimental. :-) (Observant readers will
9866			note that this is a more rigorous standard than Microsoft's.)
9867
9868			Nat
9869	root	1.387	%
9870	root	1.1	Needless to say, Linux awk is probably gawk, which has been taking too
9871			much steroids for a while. =)
9872
9873			--Albert Dvornik
9874			<bert@genscan.com>
9875	root	1.387	%
9876	root	1.1	Subject: Re: zero width lookbehind considered slow
9877			From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
9878			Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:40:37 -0500
9879
9880			>You do not understand? Perl is slow...
9881
9882			Ilya: You are formerly invited to go play in the python
9883			or tcl crowd instead of here.
9884
9885			--tom
9886	root	1.387	%
9887	root	1.1	>What's it? Can linux be improved too? Or has it already been improved?
9888
9889			Linux has never done anything so stupid in the first place.
9890
9891			Linus
9892	root	1.387	%
9893	root	1.1	On the 8th day god created email. And got noted the world was good. Then the
9894			devil added HTML mail...
9895	root	1.387	%
9896	root	1.1	linux/lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
9897			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c: /* Fuck me plenty... */
9898			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */
9899	root	1.387	%
9900	root	1.1	On 1998-10-11T02:37:57,
9901			Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
9902
9903			> Believe me Microsoft think Linux is a threat now. Its level with things like
9904			> java in their perceived threat list, so you can expect all the usual MS
9905			> techniques to start coming this way and very soon.
9906
9907			Arm the gnus!
9908	root	1.387	%
9909	root	1.1	[David Miller after (another) endless discussion with Richard Kenner]
9910
9911			Anyways, I tired (just like everyone else) of arguing endlessly with
9912			you, you're in the past, you no longer constrain my ability to improve
9913			gcc, so go away.
9914	root	1.387	%
9915	root	1.1	I received my copy of Visual Studio 6.0 today. I couldn't believe that it
9916			wanted to install the C++ compiler into a directory called:
9917
9918			"\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98"
9919
9920			But anyways, I just had to find out if it was finally possible to compile
9921			Perl (without PERL_OBJECT) with optimization (-O2).
9922	root	1.387	%
9923	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
9924			> So it could be 5.006 for the developers, but "ThreadPerl" or "Perl with
9925			> Multithreads" (or some such) for the journalists, if that's what
9926			> journalists need to make them pay attention.
9927
9928			Down that path lies "Perl version 5.006, codename `Ticklish Uvula',
9929			was released today" madness.
9930	root	1.387	%
9931	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
9932			> elaine> 5.1 would be a good thing(tm) as it would draw attention,
9933			> elaine> etc. in a way that a developers versioning would. The
9934			> elaine> world is not populated by people who think the same
9935			> elaine> way. To that end, this would be a good change. Of course,
9936			> elaine> we could call it Perl99.
9937			>
9938			> To me, Perl seems to be recognized for it's language qualities, not
9939			> for marketing reasons. IMHO, perl may keep this difference with other
9940			> wintel product. More than that : Perl99, would let believe people that
9941			> it is not Y2K proofed, or still in beta (<1.00). So it's not a good
9942			> marketing name, anyway.
9943
9944			Right. Then, to be Y2K compliant, we'll have to call it Perl1999. Hmmm.
9945			"The year perl left earth's orbit"? Maybe we need to get the NASA guys to
9946			put perl on the next low-cost spaceshot.
9947
9948			Of course, then c.l.p.m's motto could be "We do not commit mindless
9949			violence..." :-)
9950	root	1.387	%
9951	root	1.1	Rule 1 says that Larry says that Larry has the last say, unless he changes
9952			his mind in which case he still has the last say.
9953	root	1.387	%
9954	root	1.1	> >I never said it did.. I should have said: Binary only drivers encourage
9955			> >poor drivers
9956			>
9957			> No it doesn't.
9958
9959			Indeed. Its down to
9960
9961			Profit = (units * margin) - overhead
9962
9963			and the folks who decide "overhead" arent the programmers but the management.
9964			The folks who say "you have two weeks allocated to write this driver, then
9965			we ship it" are the folks to take the issue up with, and that goes source
9966			or binaries.
9967	root	1.387	%
9968	root	1.1	dig txt leap.yp.to
9969	root	1.387	%
9970	root	1.1	"The fact that I'm paranoid doesn't mean that nobody's after me..."
9971	root	1.387	%
9972	root	1.1	[linux-kernel on endianess issues with NIPQUAD]
9973
9974			\|> Do I read this correct?!? Is it more acceptable to have a bug[*],
9975			\|> than a not optimal fix?!?!?
9976			\|>
9977			\|> s/optimal/stupid/
9978
9979			What's stupid is little endian. <g>
9980
9981			Andreas.
9982	root	1.387	%
9983	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
9984			...
9985			A closely related question is `What is 1 minute before 23:59:60?''.
9986
9987			Here's a good one: `What is 1 month before 1 February 1995 in
9988			Kiritimati?''. There was no 1 January 1995 in Kiritimati; they
9989			skipped a day by moving the clocks ahead 24 hours. Similar issues
9990			arise when asking about times that occur within smaller, more typical
9991			UTC offset changes. A number of obscure questions arise here, and I'm
9992			not sure it's worth standardizing all the answers.
9993	root	1.387	%
9994	root	1.1	[D.J.Bernstein on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
9995
9996			Paul Eggert writes:
9997			> which I am calling the `modified TIME_TAI''
9998
9999			Your time differences break down near leap seconds. Ever watched xntpd
10000			try to handle a leap second? Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble.
10001	root	1.387	%
10002	root	1.1	For binary only drivers you can assume most vendors will build x86 only
10003			however.
10004
10005			"We don't have the tools"
10006			"We can't support a non intel build"
10007			"We don't have that sort of machine"
10008			"Its not worth the time cost"
10009			"Whats an Alpha ?"
10010	root	1.387	%
10011	root	1.1	On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
10012
10013			> The original message was received at Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:39:56 -0400
10014			> from mini [10.0.0.3]
10015			>
10016			> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
10017			> <mailproc@fred>
10018			>
10019			> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
10020			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10021			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10022			> procmail: can't load library 'libc.so.5'
10023			> 554 <mailproc@fred>... unknown mailer error 16
10024	root	1.387	%
10025	root	1.1	> Here is the difficulty with this discussion:
10026			> No documented problem
10027			> No reason to believe that the "solution" solves the unspecified "problem"
10028			> No clear understanding of the effects of this change on the system
10029			>
10030			> Why, this could be a discusion among AIX developers!
10031	root	1.387	%
10032	root	1.1	> This would be a reasonable committee-like compromise that might
10033			> satisfy neither of us (:-).
10034	root	1.387	%
10035	root	1.1	By default Microsoft has set Explorer to use gz files as VRML, you need to
10036			change the association for .gz / vrml from "start vrml program" to "always ask"
10037
10038			dave
10039	root	1.387	%
10040	root	1.1	On 10 Aug 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10041			DG> You're not programming MS-DOS applications are you?
10042
10043			BP> Hell no. I wouldn't touch MS-DOS with a ten-foot network cable.
10044	root	1.387	%
10045	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10046
10047			Date: 10 Oct 1998 15:35:05 -0000
10048			From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
10049
10050			Paul Eggert writes:
10051			> * 29 February if it's a leap lear, 28 February otherwise.
10052
10053			If that's 1 month before 31 March, then what's 1 month before 30 March?
10054			1 month before 29 March?
10055
10056			The same as 1 month before 31 March.
10057
10058			1 month before 28 March?
10059
10060			28 February.
10061
10062			And what's 1 month after 28 February? 1 month after 27 February? 1 month
10063			_before_ 27 February?
10064
10065			28 March, 27 March, and 27 January.
10066	root	1.387	%
10067	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10068
10069			>Nils Goesche wrote:
10070			>> So make a security check first:
10071			>>
10072			>> if (status = UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK)
10073			>> launch_full_counterstrike();
10074			>
10075			>Hmmm. The way the worlds been going lately, AI wouldn't trust that code to
10076			>do the job. Here's the revised version:
10077			>
10078			>if(status == UNDER_NULEAR_ATTACK); /* Corrected dangerous
10079			> = instead of == error*/
10080			> launch_full_counterstrike();
10081			>
10082			>Now isn't that much more reliable?
10083			>
10084			>--
10085			>Email: cyrand@hotmail.com
10086
10087			The following variant is less reliable but much safer:
10088
10089			if (status == UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK); /* Correct dangerous
10090			launch_full_counterstrike (); = instead == error */
10091	root	1.387	%
10092	root	1.1	It is even more cheerful than that. Not so long time ago a customers
10093			of ours totally destroyed his NT installation on Alpha.
10094
10095			He found on a manufacturer page, no money - for a download, "NT driver"
10096			for his particular piece of a hardware. So he followed instructions
10097			to the letter - "Installation Wizzard" and all that crap - and the thing
10098			happily installed clobbering, as it is customary in these circles,
10099			essential system libraries with its own versions. The catch was that
10100			this driver was for NT/Intel and these bozos did not even bother to
10101			check for an architecture or at least mention something in some blurb.
10102			Ooops! No chance even to try to boot anymore.
10103
10104			The saving grace was that the installation was rather new, so loses
10105			were not big, and he had an opportunity to practice an essential skill
10106			of re-installing Windows NT. Ah, and yes, this was the only NT driver
10107			available for that hardware from any source.
10108			What do you plan on doing? Using a PA system for networking? :)
10109			Whats next? A Smell modem? It would bring a new meaning to packet
10110			sniffing!
10111	root	1.387	%
10112	root	1.1	"I'd rather spend 10 hours reading source code than 10 minutes on a
10113			technical support line that isn't"
10114	root	1.387	%
10115	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
10116			`This code fills 8 million seats, we therefore decide what's standard.''
10117	root	1.387	%
10118	root	1.1	[...]
10119			And especially with new machines users have a lot of clout. Several UK
10120			suppliers now carry Buslogic cards partly because they got fed up of
10121
10122			"I'd like to order a dual PII/300, 256Mb of RAM, 17" monitor
10123			4 4Gig IBM disks, and a buslogic scsi controller"
10124			"We dont do buslogic only adaptec"
10125			"Nothing else"
10126			"Sorry"
10127			[Click]
10128
10129			Alan
10130	root	1.387	%
10131	root	1.388	Fünfzig Prozent der Amerikaner wurden in ihrer Kindheit sexuell mißbraucht,
10132			während weitere fünfzig Prozent von Außerirdischen entführt wurden.
10133	root	1.387	%
10134	root	1.1	> Let's not forget that this is just an informal, free
10135			> software project. Unlke the US House of Representatives
10136			> we do not yet posess nuclear capability (certain RTEMS
10137			> users excepted, of course!).
10138
10139			Hmmm, if some RTEMS users have nuclear facilities attached to their
10140			systems, they might be well advised to be careful using FORTRAN as
10141			their language of choice. The comp.lang.fortran FAQ states (with
10142			concurrence from resident X3J3 members) that "using a non-standard
10143			construct might start WW III, if the necessary (optional) hardware
10144			is installed"
10145
10146			[Toon Moene in private discussion]
10147	root	1.387	%
10148	root	1.1	Newsgroups: alt.config
10149
10150			L. Harris wrote:
10151			>
10152			> Testing
10153
10154			you failed.
10155	root	1.387	%
10156	root	1.1	Roswell {Unit 6 of 5 Sam Borg} Coverup [Rev. joWazzoo - well mannered despammer]
10157			<JOWazzoo@WhiteICE.com> at We are Sam Borg Spam Assimilators Ltd. - Area 51 HQ
10158	root	1.387	%
10159	root	1.1	Perl is really designed more for the guys that will hack Perl at least
10160			20 minutes a day for the rest of their career. TCL/Python is more a
10161			"20 minutes a week", and VB is probably in that "20 minutes a month"
10162			group. :) -- Randal Schwartz
10163	root	1.387	%
10164	root	1.1	> alternative, when it comes to stability and power...Not to mention the
10165			> fact that bugs and fixes are very quickly available and don't come in
10166			> 18MB+ "Service Packs" :).
10167
10168			What, you mean you _paid_ for service pack '98?
10169	root	1.387	%
10170	root	1.1	We got this INTERNET because we whan't more information ( to learn ) now it
10171			seem's people can't handle what they see. You say freedom is a mater of
10172			choice (well it is) you have the freedom to choose to carry your butt some
10173			where else...
10174	root	1.387	%
10175	root	1.1	Steve Orzel (phloam@vol.com) wrote:
10176			[...]
10177			: The purpose of the newsgroup is to help out other people that have questions
10178			: about a certain topic.
10179	root	1.387	%
10180	root	1.1	Mark Robinson wrote:
10181			>
10182			> Does any have any source code to games that I can have? Does anybody
10183			> know where I can get game sources(legally)?
10184
10185			Here's the trial version of the three-room text adventure I'm going to
10186			write. I'm not finished yet, though.
10187
10188			void main (void)
10189			{
10190			printf ("You are in a dark room.\n");
10191			printf ("\n");
10192			printf ("You feel a sharp pain.\n");
10193			printf ("You have died.\n");
10194			printf ("\n");
10195			printf ("!!! GAME OVER !!!");
10196			}
10197
10198			(Don't tell, but I took some of the code from Quake.)
10199
10200			--
10201			John Kugelman. kugelman@mnsinc.com
10202	root	1.387	%
10203	root	1.1	[mail I got after releasing a zip-password cracker, the second biggest
10204			mistake I ever made]
10205
10206			From: "Tom Miller"
10207			Subject: Can
10208			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10209
10210			Hay man can you send me some hacking tips and tricks please
10211			send to kymmiller@bigpond.com
10212			my name is Tom Miller
10213
10214			From: "Tom Miller"
10215			Subject: Wait
10216			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10217
10218			Hey man its Tom can you also send me any easy systems to hack and the
10219			passwords also send me any infomation about hacking websites thank you
10220	root	1.387	%
10221	root	1.1	From: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy)
10222
10223			[...] then think a little before flaming. Or better yet, produce something
10224			better. Flaming is easy but it is basically masturbation without the orgasm
10225			so why bother? [...]
10226	root	1.387	%
10227	root	1.388	Günter Höns <guenter.hoens@gmd.de>
10228	root	1.1
10229			Newsgroups: de.alt.ufo
10230
10231			Offensichtlich ist noch keinem das Wasser-Wachstum aufgefallen, das sogar
10232			jeden Tag geschieht. Jeden Tag waechst der Wasserberg im Meer um mehrere
10233			Meter, ist dann naeher an der Sonne und verdunstet dann. Sogenannte
10234			Wissenschaftler haben eine abenteuerliche Theorie ueber den Einfluss des
10235			Mondes auf dieses Wachstum aufgestellt, aber inzwischen wissen wir es
10236			besser: Die Wasser-Molekuele werden von Neutrinos getroffen, und verdoppeln
10237			sich dann.
10238	root	1.387	%
10239	root	1.1	CRASH(8)
10240			no fs
10241			A device has disappeared from the mounted-device table.
10242			Definitely hardware or software error.
10243
10244			Unix Version 7 Manual
10245	root	1.387	%
10246	root	1.1	On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Larry Wall wrote:
10247			>
10248			> Maybe Pi looks like this:
10249			>
10250			> =for C
10251			> i++; /* add 1 to i */
10252			> =end
10253			> =for C++
10254			> i.value() += 1; // add 1 to i, probably
10255			> =end
10256			> =for Java
10257			> system().foo().bar().i().value().please().increment(); // ???
10258			> =end
10259			>
10260			> :-)
10261	root	1.387	%
10262	root	1.1	> > USENET is not the non-clickable part of WWW!
10263	root	1.387	%
10264	root	1.1	[on linux 2.1.111]
10265
10266			The horrid underlining which was a feature with the monochrome Linux vt's on
10267			the previous two releases of the kernel has gone. Unfortunately, so has the
10268			cursor. A couple of brief experiments didn't result in me finding a way to
10269			turn it on.
10270	root	1.387	%
10271	root	1.1	[...]
10272			its a true story, it happend this weekend in a nice country
10273			between Belgium (wellknown for its Dutroux-case) and Germany
10274			(wellknown for its Bratwurst), lets call it the Lowlands...
10275			[...]
10276	root	1.387	%
10277	root	1.1	I get a sense of god-like proportions when I patch /dev/kmem with dd(1).
10278
10279			Chad C Giffin
10280	root	1.387	%
10281	root	1.1	[usenet, an anology]
10282			Mary Green's car was smoking. She got worried. "Whatever should I do?"
10283			worried Mary... Well, as she drove along she noticed a florists shop. "Aha!
10284			Thought Mary, "Flour shops are full of thoughtless men who need to apologize to
10285			their wives. These men are the sometimes the same ones I see swearing under
10286			the hoods of their cars in the shade of a tree."
10287
10288			"Brrring" said the bell of the door to the flower shop as Mary poked her head
10289			through the door.
10290			"HELP!!! MY CAR IS SMOKING!" Screamed Mary.
10291			"There is a garage right next door." Said the shopkeeper.
10292			"That's right," Said Melvin, "And there is a parts store across the street. If
10293			you ask for Fred, he's pretty savvy about that kind of stuff."
10294			Now Joe was also in the flower store. This was his first time in trouble, so
10295			he did not hear the 30 or 40 people per day who came in screaming about their
10296			cars smoking (mostly men, of course -- the ones under the shade trees,
10297			usually.)
10298
10299			"Why don't you help the stinking lady!!" Screamed Joe. "It might be your
10300			muffler bearings..." he continued. Or maybe it's your deisel glow plugs or
10301			your tire pressure..."
10302			Now Tim, also new to the flower shop felt the courage to chime in, "Or it could
10303			even be your cooling system. Sometimes a hose gets a crack."
10304			"My car smoked once and it was an oil leak, where the head gasket was spraying
10305			oil in the manifold." Hollered Larry
10306			"Hey lady, why don't you get your car the patch if it's smoking" chortled Glen.
10307			Well, the hollering went on into the evening, and the lady finally went to the
10308			gas station and found that the heater core had a tiny split and was repaired in
10309			three days for a cost of $175.23.
10310	root	1.387	%
10311	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10312
10313			Sicher, das macht der Inzest, und die Isolation!:)
10314	root	1.387	%
10315	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10316
10317			Stimmt, deswegen waren sie wohl auch die ersten, die Hitler hinterherliefen...
10318			:-(
10319	root	1.387	%
10320	root	1.1	>Mt 24,34 Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Dieses Geschlecht wird nicht vergehen, bis
10321			>dies alles geschieht.
10322			>Und es verging nicht.
10323
10324			So what?
10325
10326			Ich dachte eher an:
10327
10328			" 'Und sein Wabbel wird an einer Lanze aufgespiesst', wiederholte der
10329			Oberste Groesste Meister grimmig. Im Hintergrund knarrte etwas, als
10330			Bruder Pfoertner versuchte, das klemmende Portal zu oeffnen. 'Sind wir
10331			jetzt alle soweit? Befinden sich vielleicht noch andere Unwissende
10332			unter uns,die sich verirrt haben?' fuegte er mit aetzendem Sarkasmus
10333			hinzu. 'Gut. Wunderbar. Ich bin ja _so_ froh. Vermutlich brauche ich
10334			nicht zu fragen, ob die vier Wachtuerme geschlossen sind, oder? Oh,
10335			ausgezeichnet. Hat sich jemand die Muehe gemacht, der Heiligen Hose
10336			die Beichte abzunehmen? Ach, tatsaechlich? Auf die richtige Art und
10337			Weise? Und wenn ich nachsehe? Na schoen. Sind vor den Fenstern die
10338			roten Kordeln des Intellekts gespannt worden? Gut. Nun, dann koennen
10339			wir jetzt vielleicht beginnen.' ".
10340
10341			Terry Pratchett, "Wachen! Wachen!", S. 15f
10342
10343			Antje
10344	root	1.387	%
10345	root	1.1	[....]
10346
10347			Da muss ich ja, obwohl ich beinahe meinen Humor verloren haette, leise
10348			grinsen. Ich darf zusammenfassen: Du bringst uns keine Beweise, weil Du 1.
10349			zu arm und 2. zu sehr ausgelastet mit der Rettung der Welt und der Zukunft
10350			und so bist. Ausserdem brauchst Du keine Beweise, weil sich Dein
10351			Gedankengebaeude nach eingehender Nabelschau als selbsttragend erwiesen hat.
10352			Finde ich gut! Akzeptiert!
10353
10354			Da will ich nicht weiter stoeren,
10355
10356			Antje
10357	root	1.387	%
10358	root	1.1	It seems that writing to /dev/vcs0 makes the console singing "Ugh,
10359			lalala, I love you baby..."
10360			--
10361			Pavel.Janik@inet.cz
10362	root	1.387	%
10363	root	1.1	On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
10364			>
10365			> Kubys
10366
10367			Kubys is my evil twin brother. Sorry about that.
10368
10369			Linus
10370	root	1.387	%
10371	root	1.1	> eieio stands for "Enforce In-Order Execution of I/O".
10372
10373			.... and it is definitely my favorite name for an assembly language
10374			instruction (the non-native-English speakers on the list presumably
10375			don't know the childhood song "Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O").
10376	root	1.387	%
10377	root	1.1	> It is big and never uses.
10378
10379			That's parses like English, but I'll be hornswoggled if I can figure
10380			out what it means.
10381			--
10382			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
10383	root	1.387	%
10384	root	1.1	[...] HP's PA-8500, for example, has 1.5 Mbytes of L1 cache on-chip. The
10385			company has described the 8500 as a cache SRAM with an ancillary CPU. [...]
10386	root	1.387	%
10387	root	1.1	From: Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
10388			Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 06:10:31 -0400
10389
10390			Terry L Ridder wrote:
10391
10392			> at some future date end up being released under the BSD License is what
10393			> is being discussed.
10394
10395			Well my licence is bigger then your licence.
10396	root	1.387	%
10397	root	1.1	[gtk/testgtk, after dragging & dropping an object:]
10398
10399			Drop data of type text/plain was:
10400
10401			Bill Gates demands royalties for your use of his innovation
10402
10403			[and the button reads]
10404
10405			Continue with life in spite of this oppression
10406	root	1.387	%
10407	root	1.1	Joshua Waxman <jwaxman@ymail.yu.edu> writes:
10408
10409			While DJGPP is indeed a C as well as a C compiler, there are certain
10410
10411			A terribly succinct, as well as a true, statement. However, it has a
10412			certain amount of redundancy.
10413	root	1.387	%
10414	root	1.1	Compatibility with oneself is Microsoft's greatest strength. When they hit
10415			the 64 bit transition they will hit a major internal incompatibility problem.
10416
10417			...
10418
10419			Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
10420	root	1.387	%
10421	root	1.1	>Hello,
10422			>
10423			>I am new to Perl. Can anyone tell me where I can download a full
10424			>operational Perl version for a Windows 95 system?
10425			>
10426
10427			Of course it all depends on what you mean by "a full operational Perl
10428			version" Perl on Win32 has limitations that are largely due to the
10429			nature of the underlying OS, Perl on Win95 has further limitations
10430			compared with NT due to its own shortcomings .
10431	root	1.387	%
10432	root	1.1	An injunction delaying Windows 98 would clearly have a negative impact
10433			on the country as a whole.
10434			Compaq President & CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer,
10435			explaining why Microsoft shouldn't be
10436			prosecuted under anti-monopoly laws.
10437	root	1.387	%
10438	root	1.1	With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am
10439			limited by my knowledge. --Peter J. Schoenster <pschon@baste.magibox.net>
10440	root	1.387	%
10441	root	1.1	There is a need to keep from being locked into Open Systems. --IBM sales rep
10442	root	1.387	%
10443	root	1.1	In comp.lang.perl.misc,
10444			Stylin <stylinsty@yahoo.comREMOVE> writes:
10445			:Can anyone point me to the algorithm for creating a unique id?
10446
10447			$id = `cat /dev/kmem`;
10448
10449			--tom
10450			--
10451			Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)
10452			--Larry Wall in <8571@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
10453	root	1.387	%
10454	root	1.1	Newsgroup: comp.lang.perl.misc
10455			Subject: Larry 1 Bill 0
10456	root	1.387	%
10457	root	1.1	On 3 Jul 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10458
10459			> The only problem with these AIs is that they don't handle references
10460			> to themselves as AIs very well. In faSegmentation fault (core dumped)
10461			> NO CARRIER
10462			> !@&#@#%T^@&(GUSD(@!&(@#R(FERHGH*(@#(&$&#@Y!&R
10463	root	1.387	%
10464	root	1.1	> People come here to ask questions, not for intellectual gratification, but
10465			> rather they are seeking solutions. As such, the incorrect answer was
10466			> better.
10467
10468			There's something... terribly wrong with this statement. I can't quite put
10469			my finger on it. Hmmm.
10470	root	1.387	%
10471	root	1.1	comp.lang.c does not exist to accomodate the laziness of those who cannot be
10472			bothered to learn netiquette. That's what comp.lang.c++ is for.
10473	root	1.387	%
10474	root	1.1	\|> : > but... a microwave is an example of an embedded system,
10475			\|>
10476			\|> : Who says? He just said it was a microwave. He didn't say it was
10477			\|> : a free-standing implimentation.
10478			\|>
10479			\|> This is approaching arguing for the sake of argument. Have you
10480			\|> ever seen a microwave oven that supports a hosted C environment?
10481
10482			The Lipton Ritchie Model 8 did. I'm sure that many posters will
10483			point out that Lipton's implementation of the stdio libraries was
10484			horrendously buggy. It was, but it was still a great system. It
10485			remains the only C implementation I know of that could be used to
10486			build Bison, and then cook it.
10487
10488			Viva la buffalo burgers.
10489	root	1.387	%
10490	root	1.1	A strategically-placed PDP-11 can be used to heat your entire
10491			home. I've got one in my basement, next to a large box of "She's
10492			The Sheriff" drink coasters. I sold my furnace years ago. The
10493			Digital Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Corporation
10494			can be found online at http://www.dhvacc.com/.
10495	root	1.387	%
10496	root	1.1	The lbxproxy program has various options, all of which are optional.
10497			-- lbxproxy(1)
10498	root	1.387	%
10499	root	1.1	Re: Where to learn Windows programming...
10500
10501			\|> I'll take a Schildt book any day, thanks.
10502
10503			Great. I'm expecting to see the line above as a back-cover blurb
10504			on the next "Bullschildt: The Complete Reference".
10505	root	1.387	%
10506	root	1.1	Subject: Re: The wrong position of while, if and else?
10507
10508			that's some ugly piece of code buddy...
10509	root	1.387	%
10510	root	1.1	In article <1998062718481700.OAA03186@ladder01.news.aol.com>, eyrei@aol.com (EYREI) writes:
10511			\|> I have recently started learning the C Language. I have created a simple file
10512			\|> to determine whether or not a number is Prime. When I run it, the program
10513			\|> crashes with the error message :- Unhandled Exception :- General Protection
10514			\|> Exception 0x5FD7:0x379F. Prime(1) Processor Fault.
10515
10516			\|> What does this mean.
10517
10518			It means you've got a broken operating system, and should immediately
10519			install [free\|net\|open]BSD[OS] or Linux.
10520	root	1.387	%
10521	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10522
10523			On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Emulov wrote:
10524			> Hi, i don't know if this is a stupid question..
10525
10526			Off-topic, too! Imagine that.
10527	root	1.387	%
10528	root	1.1	"Right now we are the most shit hot piece of PC networking software on the
10529			planet. The only people who can touch us are FreeBSD (who also dont do
10530			streams)."
10531			-- Alan Cox, in "Streams and Linux"
10532	root	1.387	%
10533	root	1.1	"Perl combines all of the worst aspects of BASIC, C and line noise."
10534			- Keith Packard <keithp@ncd.com>
10535	root	1.387	%
10536	root	1.1	Lord Fellatio <richter_m@hotmail.com>
10537
10538			>Wo soll das Loch denn dann sein? Im Meeresboden?
10539
10540			Klaro.
10541
10542			>Von oben duerfte man es also ueberhaupt nicht sehen
10543			>koennen, da ueber dem potentiellen Loch im Meeresboden doch
10544			>wahrscheinlich erstmal Wasser und dann viel Eis liegen wuerde. Wie
10545			>verhindern die Ausserirdischen denn, dass Wasser ins Loch einstroemt?
10546
10547	root	1.388	Na ist doch völlig logo, mit nem rotierenden Traktorstrahl. Die
10548	root	1.1	Energie klauen die ?r***e dem Erdmagnetfeld.
10549
10550			>Gibt es da einen kosmischen Badewannenstoepsel? Haben sie es mit
10551			>Eisbergen verstopft? Oder benutzen sie das einstroemende Wasser zu
10552			>Kajakfahrten bis hinunter zum Suedpol? (Das waere doch auch endlich
10553			>mal eine einleuchtende Erklaerung fuer die Eismassen, die die
10554			>Antarktis bedecken - man muesste halt nur, der Kontinentaldrift
10555			>folgend, immer wieder neue Schaechte bohren. Oder die Kontinentaldrift
10556			>einfach wegdiskutieren...)
10557
10558			Die enorme Zentrifugalkraft im Erdinnern schleudert das Wasser wieder
10559			am Nordpolpol raus, falls der Traktorstrahl versagen sollte (Dies
10560			passiert immer dann, wenn das Erdmagnetfeld umkippt). Nun kommt sicher
10561	root	1.388	der Einwand, die Erde würde zu langsam rotieren. Das ist nur bedingt
10562			richtig. Richtig ist hingegen, daß die Rotationsgeschwindigkeit im
10563			Erdinnern um den Faktor 1000 (ca; sehr schwer zu messen: Magma) größer
10564			ist als auf der Erdoberfläche. Dies ist auch die Ursache für die
10565	root	1.1	Kontinentaldrift und die Mondphasen.
10566
10567			Die Mondphasen wiederum beeinflussen das Erdmagnetfeld und sind daher
10568	root	1.388	die Ursache für die Sonnenflecken. Den Sonnenflecken haben wir auch
10569			die momentane Klimaveränderung zu verdanken. Auf der anderen Seite hat
10570			die Zunahme der Treibhausgase eine Erhöhung des Reflektionsvermögens
10571			der Atmosphäre zur Folge, welches dazu führt, daß ein Teil der
10572			Sonnenenergie zur Sonne zurückreflektiert wird. Dies heizt wiederum
10573			die Sonnenflecken auf und verkürzt deren Zyklus. All dies wird sich in
10574			den nächten Monaten so aufschaukeln, daß vorraussichtlich im Novemner
10575	root	1.1	2002 das Erdmagnetfeld zusammenbrechen wird. Wie damals bei den Dinos.
10576			Nur war dort ein Kometeneinschlag die Ursache.
10577
10578			cu in hell 2002
10579	root	1.387	%
10580	root	1.1	"Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '85, Windows '95"
10581	root	1.387	%
10582	root	1.1	>In unix, one might say 'man 3 crypt'.
10583
10584			Of course, on a Solaris system this won't give you what you want. You
10585			get a message that it can't find the man page for 3. It then prints
10586			the man page for crypt(1).
10587
10588			Of course, all a beginner has to do is figure out that the 3 is the
10589			section number in the Unix manual. He can then use man man to find
10590			that on Solaris one uses -s to specify the section so he'll try
10591
10592			man -s3 crypt
10593
10594			Unfortunately, that doesn't work either. He'll get the message "No
10595			entry for crypt in section(s) 3 of the manual."
10596
10597			If he doesn't give up, he can go back to the manual page for man and
10598			find that the -a switch prints all matching manual pages. Or perhaps
10599			he can figure out to use the command
10600
10601			man -s3 Intro.3
10602
10603			to get a list of everything in section 3. He'll then find out that
10604			crypt is in section 3C so he should use
10605
10606			man -s3c crypt
10607
10608			Gee. I don't understand why beginners have so much trouble with this
10609			stuff. I've only been programming Unix for 15 years and I don't have
10610			any trouble.
10611			--
10612			Michael M Rubenstein
10613	root	1.387	%
10614	root	1.1	Take a moment to consider these lines:
10615
10616			%OVERLOAD=( '""' => sub { join("", @{$_[0]}) } );
10617
10618			sub html { my($type)=shift; bless ["<$type>", @_, "</$type>"]; }
10619
10620			:-) I love Perl 5! Thankyou Larry and Ilya.
10621
10622			Regards,
10623			Tim Bunce.
10624
10625			p.s. If you didn't get it, think about recursive data types: html(html())
10626			p.p.s. I'll turn this into a much more practical example in a day or two.
10627			p.p.p.s. It's a pity that overloads are not inherited. Is this a bug?
10628	root	1.387	%
10629	root	1.1	From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10630
10631			...
10632
10633			> now is evil". This only shows two things: you never looked at the bad
10634			> experiences of the industry where following a rotten design and
10635			> keeping backward compatibility lead to unusable systems. And second:
10636
10637			I worked for 3com. I know eveyrhting about following a rotten design until
10638			its unusable, believe me I do.
10639	root	1.387	%
10640	root	1.1	Ok(slow) -> !NeedComputer
10641
10642			Semour Cray
10643	root	1.387	%
10644	root	1.1	Ullrich Jans at University of Karlsruhe, Germany:
10645
10646			Oh Gott! Es ist voller crons!
10647	root	1.387	%
10648	root	1.1	From: p00h <p00h@MONMOUTH.COM>
10649			Subject: Re: AOL for Windows DoS/Exploit
10650
10651			aol supports PARTIAL html, its like win95's implementation of tcp/ip
10652			it only supports parts of it
10653	root	1.387	%
10654	root	1.1	egcs/gcc/gcse.c:
10655			/* Help stamp out big monolithic functions! */
10656	root	1.387	%
10657	root	1.1	[...] Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Especially regarding HPPA assembler syntax
10658			as provided by HP, which was designed by someone who should not have been
10659			let near a language-design project like that, too often "little languages",
10660			whether assemblers, tools, or C++, are designed by people who are unaware
10661			of, or give little thought to, the outright readability of code written in
10662			the language, in the sense that the basic semantics should be fairly obvious
10663			without the reader having to memorize lots of semantic information.
10664
10665			(In HPPA assembler's case, one glaring stupidity was the nullified branches,
10666			which have completely different semantics depending on whether the label
10667			being branched to happens to assemble to a negative or positive offset! A
10668			smarter design would have required the programmer to specify whether such a
10669			branch was a "forward" or "backward" branch explicitly, then the assembler
10670			and/or linker would complain if reality didn't match the programmer's
10671			specification. I've never looked into whether GNU's HPPA as fixes this
10672			botch; I gather GNU as fixes many botches, though, so it wouldn't surprise
10673			me if it did, even though that might make for some compatibility problems
10674			with existing HP as code.) [...]
10675
10676			tq vm, (burley)
10677	root	1.387	%
10678	root	1.1	libc/posix/regex.h:
10679			/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
10680			wide enough to hold a value of a pointer. For most ANSI compilers
10681			ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK. Still size of these two
10682			types is 2 for Microsoft C. Ugh... */
10683			typedef long int s_reg_t;
10684			typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
10685	root	1.387	%
10686	root	1.1	libc/db2/db.h:
10687			/*
10688			* While Microsoft's compiler is ANSI C compliant, it doesn't have _STDC_
10689			* defined by default, you specify a command line flag or #pragma to turn
10690			* it on. Don't do that, however, because some of Microsoft's own header
10691			* files won't compile.
10692			*/
10693	root	1.387	%
10694	root	1.1	> UTC variation and begining and ending dates of DST (if observed) would be
10695			> great.
10696
10697			I answered only the places I can comment on.
10698
10699			> BASSAS DA INDIA
10700
10701			This rock is below water half of the time!
10702			If any inhabitants have been there, I do not think they observe DST
10703			on a regular basis! ;-)
10704	root	1.387	%
10705	root	1.1	# ./test-plugin.pl
10706			Bizarre copy of CODE in sassign at /root/.gimp/plug-ins/test-plugin.pl line 40.
10707			wire_read: unexpected EOF (plug-in crashed?)
10708	root	1.387	%
10709	root	1.1	>
10710			> The "where do you want to go today?" generation has taken the
10711			> developer out of the "programmer" by removing the vital, development
10712			> tools from the environment and precanning software.
10713
10714			No kidding. Point. Click. Point. Click. Point. Click. Brain Atrophy.
10715	root	1.387	%
10716	root	1.1	Lars Chr Hausmann <36haus@but.auc.dk> writes:
10717
10718			>Hello!
10719
10720			>I have to write something about, what Perl is.
10721			>I need some crystal clear info about, what perl is. So if any of you
10722			>would be so kind just to mail. Then I would be grateful!
10723
10724
10725			Perl.
10726
10727			regards
10728			jobst
10729	root	1.387	%
10730	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102
10731			From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10732			Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:31:02 +0100 (BST)
10733
10734			> Well, that depends. They SHOULD be. By Intel 'standards' laff, they have
10735			> to be identical stepping, indicating identical features. However, I've
10736
10737			They don't. Pentiums have fairly strict rules, P6/PII much less. Also Intel
10738			are pretty good at following the MP 1.1/1.4 standard its the motherboard
10739			makers who get it wrong - primarily the BIOS is full of bugs. It appears
10740			nobody tests bios code against specs any more. It looks like they do
10741			compile flash, boot 95, boot NT, ship. The quality of bios code has dived to
10742			the absolute pits.
10743	root	1.387	%
10744	root	1.1	Unix never says `Please.' -- Rob Pike
10745	root	1.387	%
10746	root	1.1	> What about: . scriptname
10747			> ------------------^ this is a dot!
10748
10749			Funny, it looks like a "p" to me.
10750	root	1.387	%
10751	root	1.1	A computer without Microsoft and IBM is like chocolate cake without
10752			ketchup and mustard
10753	root	1.387	%
10754	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Challange for perl `GURUS
10755
10756			vimal gajjar wrote:
10757			>
10758			> Hi there,
10759			> Here is a small challange. Is it possible to have a perl
10760			> code which takes e.g. three parameters as input. time, val1, val2. and
10761			> the name of the prog. is say challange.pl. Now if i execute
10762			> "challange.pl 10 5 2" this perl script wille consume
10763			> 5% of cpu
10764			> 2 Mb of RAM
10765			> for the period of 10 Seconds.
10766			>
10767			> can one of the gurus take this challange?
10768
10769			Examining the 5 copies of this post has consumed 5% of the
10770			brain power I allocate to reviewing c.l.p.m, about 10 seconds, and
10771			has caused the death of 2 million brain cells.
10772	root	1.387	%
10773	root	1.1	> >> /A:You can usually write the program faster than you can
10774			> >> dial/dl/hangup/install/read docs/fix it/fix the fix/.
10775			>
10776			> >s/usually/never/
10777			>
10778			> s/sometimes/never/
10779
10780			Cute. You embarrass yourself by your ignorance of perl.
10781	root	1.387	%
10782	root	1.1	:That's probably true, but I really can't speak to it. But, if there
10783			:were no *nix around, there'd be no Perl. Nor would there be a need for
10784			:Perl, IMO.
10785
10786			Gotta love them JCL and ini dot bat dot bad dot doo dah files.
10787
10788			TC
10789	root	1.387	%
10790	root	1.1	'cc:Mail is a wonderful application, as long as you don't want to read or send mail.'
10791	root	1.387	%
10792	root	1.1	shurik@iron.Te.NeT.UA - Alexandr Dubovikov at TeNeT Networking Centre
10793
10794			Hi guys!
10795
10796			How check socket, alive it or die ?
10797	root	1.387	%
10798	root	1.1	--> Questions not to ask on linux-kernel <--
10799
10800			Miscellaneous flame-wars:
10801			~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10802			12) The gnome-kde debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10803			13) The emacs-vi debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10804			14) Porting linux to run under windows is not interesting.
10805			15) Whether a given intel CISC chip "is really RISC" is not interesting.
10806	root	1.387	%
10807	root	1.1	Subject: what a week!
10808			From: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian@lcs.mit.edu>
10809			Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:13:23 -0400 (EDT)
10810
10811			unicode, boot-logos, GGI, STREAMS, the necessity of a short devel cycle
10812			and the instability of 2.0.x, "ifconfig stopped working", "you really do
10813			need to remove 'encaps'", Linus' tarball practices... it seems like we're
10814			running out of things to flame off on. Here's my humble contribution:
10815
10816			I'VE MADE A KEWL NEW CHARSET THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD USE. IT HAS ALL
10817			THE LETTERS IN MY LOGIN MAPPED TO THE LOWEST 16 CHARACTERS SO WE CAN
10818			COMPRESS THINGS REAL GOOD AND THE LETTERS IN MY BROTHER B1FF'S NAME ARE
10819			ALL IN HIGH ASCII CUZ THAT'S WHERE LOSERS BELONG!!!2!!7
10820
10821			I ONLY USE EMACS AND I THINK VI SUX!!$231!!
10822
10823			GNOME RULES AND KDE IS DEMON-SPAWN BECAUSE IT IS NOT FREE.! !
10824
10825			WE NEED KGI IN THE KERNEL (NOT LIBGGI, NOT THE TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS
10826			WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED) IN ORDER TO HAVE WAY KEWL BOOT LOGOS AND RUN MY
10827			BROTHER B1FF'S GAMES!!1!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!11!!!
10828
10829			I USE A BIG-ENDIAN MACHINE BECAUSE THEY RULE. LITTLE-ENDIAN MACHINES ARE
10830			EVIL. AND A PENTIUM IS A RISC PROCESSOR!!!
10831
10832			WE SHOULD PORT LINUX TO WINDOWS SO WE CAN USE ALL THE KEWL HARDWARE
10833			DRIVERS!!!!!@@#!
10834
10835			Did I miss any? ;-)
10836
10837			Please don't respond seriously to this email. It's a joke. A joke.
10838			Laugh. Please.
10839
10840			And then let's kill all the flaming threads, shall we?
10841			--Scott
10842	root	1.387	%
10843	root	1.1	> Well, /proc/kcore already reports its actual size...
10844
10845			And it isn't about to change at runtime either. That is the size of
10846			installed memory. I've yet to see a single person successfully insert or
10847			remove a SIMM/DIMM while a machine was running. If they did, and it was
10848			successful, the linux code will update the filesize. ;o)
10849	root	1.387	%
10850	root	1.1	Toby Heywood (toby@he-net.demon.co.uk) wrote:
10851			: This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
10852
10853			One of those 'M's stands for Mail.
10854
10855			This is not mail.
10856
10857			This is Usenet.
10858
10859			Please post only plain text like everyone else does.
10860	root	1.387	%
10861	root	1.1	------------ etienne.lorrain@ibm.net
10862			--- hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
10863			--- ide1: reset: success
10864			-----------> I like Linux !
10865	root	1.387	%
10866	root	1.1	> I have experienced people walking up to my console and saying "What
10867			> the hell does that mean" in sheer terror as the machine boots.
10868
10869			Tell them it's magic, and earn the respect of your colleagues. I always
10870			do.
10871	root	1.387	%
10872	root	1.1	++ Actually, I'm not at a loss for words. Here's one that's very appropriate:
10873			++ PLONK.
10874	root	1.387	%
10875	root	1.1	++ > SSI is not HTML.
10876			Re: Subraumfunk
10877
10878			Ja, ein Handy waere da praktisch. Die hoeheren Gebuehren rechnen sich,
10879			wenn man ueber die Grenzen des Sonnensystems hinaus telefonieren will.
10880
10881			Die Telekom wuerde da wieder mal erbarmungslos abzocken. Ich kann es
10882			mir schon vorstellen: SunSystem-Tarif, vielleicht auch einen
10883			InnerPlanets-Sondertarif, dann einen LocalGroupWeekend-Specialtarif,
10884			eine Supercluster-Zone und so weiter. Und wenn es auf der Venus
10885			schneit, telefonieren alle fuer die Haelfte.
10886	root	1.387	%
10887	root	1.1	> > Vergiss es. Du wirst nie und nimmer von Armando eine
10888			> > konkrete, verwertbare Antwort bekommen.
10889			>
10890			> Doch, man bekommt von mir sogar sehr viele Antworten.
10891
10892			Du hast gerade zwei Adjektive weggelassen.
10893	root	1.387	%
10894	root	1.1	++ Oh yeah. Show me an example of SSI used outside of HTML.
10895			Show me an HTML DTD mentioning SSI directives.
10896	root	1.387	%
10897	root	1.1	Namsuk Kim wrote:
10898			> Is there a way to convert a scalar data to Acii data format?
10899
10900			I am not familar with ACII. If you mean ASCII, then the question I have is
10901			- is the data in EBCDIC now?
10902
10903			Bill Jones
10904	root	1.387	%
10905	root	1.1	GNU/getopt.c:
10906
10907			#if defined (WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__)
10908			/* It's not Unix, really. See? Capital letters. */
10909			#include <windows.h>
10910			#define getpid() GetCurrentProcessId()
10911			#endif
10912	root	1.387	%
10913	root	1.1	Subject: IIS 4.0, PW32i316, CGI Programs
10914
10915			Perlis.dll does not pass command line arguments correctly via the web. That
10916			is, invoking the URL
10917
10918			http://www.myserver.com/myprogram.pl?Argument1&Argument2...&Argumentn
10919
10920			causes the myprogram.pl to execute, but @ARGV is empty.
10921	root	1.387	%
10922	root	1.1	"You need to use CGI."
10923			"I am using CGI, it's a CGI application!"
10924			"No, no, use CGI. The directive 'use'."
10925			"OK, so what directive do I use?"
10926			"No, no, you use use. Use CGI."
10927			"I am using CGI!"
10928
10929			Craig Berry - cberry@cinenet.net
10930	root	1.387	%
10931	root	1.1	> > Was haltet Ihr von Killfile-mailing-lists, dass sich die Leute mal
10932			> > kennenlernen koennen?
10933			>
10934	root	1.388	> Gute Idee ;-), wäre ich sofort dabei, datrifft man wahrscheinlich ne
10935	root	1.1	> Menge tolle Leute... ;-) und die wahren Freidenker.
10936
10937			Einige Freidenker sicher, aber auch etliche Denkfreie.
10938	root	1.387	%
10939	root	1.1	"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big or
10940			professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." -- Linus Torvalds 1991
10941	root	1.387	%
10942	root	1.1	If it's a floppy, it might be a copy.
10943			If it's a disk, you're also at risk.
10944			If it's a pirate, the vendors are irate.
10945			To avoid such frustration, try: Free Software Foundation.
10946	root	1.387	%
10947	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse <Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk>
10948
10949			pcg@goof.com said:
10950			> It was much more than I usally get! It was _great_
10951
10952			Hehe - I know the feeling.
10953
10954			"It's broken."
10955			"What's wrong with it?."
10956			"I don't know - it just doesn't work."
10957			"Well what do you mean by 'it's broken'?"
10958			"It just doesn't work."
10959			"How can you _tell_ it's broken, for f***'s sake - what are the symptoms!?"
10960			"It gives an error message."
10961			"Would you care to tell me what it says?"
10962			"It says.... something about there being an error."
10963			"That's not very helpful. Tell me it word for word."
10964			"It says 'Unable to handle kernel NULL reference at something or other'"
10965			"That's not word for word. It said 'NULL pointer dereference.' Try again,
10966			letter for letter this time."
10967	root	1.387	%
10968	root	1.1	From: "Paul B. Henson" <henson@INTRANET.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
10969
10970			After installing Solaris 2.6 HW3/98, I discovered that /usr/bin/admintool
10971			had been installed mode 0777, world writable. Under the original release of
10972			2.6, the mode was 04555.
10973
10974			Sun has been notified of the problem. If you're running 2.6 HW3/98, you
10975			might want to verify your admintool hasn't been tampered with and fix the
10976			perms.
10977
10978			(Personally, I'd set them to 0000 ;). admintool? blech.)
10979	root	1.387	%
10980	root	1.1	From: verah@netscape.com (Vera Horiuchi)
10981			Subject: Re: Risp: drama (Re: Do It Yourself)
10982
10983			Americans ignorant of the rest of the world?
10984
10985			I must tell a favorite story here. A friend and I were purchasing a gift
10986			for another friend who lives in Canada. I was speculating out loud about
10987			how much duty our Canadian friend would have to pay.
10988
10989			The cashier said, "Oh, I'm sure Canadians don't have to pay any duty. We
10990			ship to Hawaii all the time, and _they_ don't have to pay duty." =:-0
10991	root	1.387	%
10992	root	1.388	>am besten ist z.Z. das Buch von Michael Neufeld. Wer aber Wissenslücken
10993			>verspürt (was keine Schande ist), sollte diese zu stopfen suchen und nicht
10994	root	1.1	>Zuflucht zu absolut hirnrissigen Theorien suchen.
10995
10996			Hirnrissig bist Du. Das es einen Zeittransfer aus der Zukunft zu den Nazis
10997			gab deckt sich mit dazu passenden Entschluesselungen bestimmter Bibelstellen
10998			und mit der dann tatsaechlichen notwendigen Geheimhaltung. Es deckt sich
10999			ueberdies damit, dass die Unterhaltung uns den Gedanken zunehmend nahelegt,
11000			also vorbereitet, und dass es bereits ein wissenschaftliches Experiment gab,
11001			bei dem ERST die Wirkung auftrat und DANN die Ursache. Die Zeitreise ist
11002			also Fakt. Und es ist sicher, dass Jemand per Zeitreise den Nazis helfen
11003			wollte. Gelegentliche Theorien, dass auch diese ausserirdische Hilfe gehabt
11004			haetten sollen nur davon ablenken, eine andere Erklaerung liefern. Das ist
11005			logisch, denn die Taeter sitzen ja irgendwo in unserer Zeit und moechten
11006			sicher nicht erkannt werden.
11007
11008			Du scheinst die simpelsten Grundzuege der Zeitlogik nicht verstehen zu wollen.
11009
11010			normarz@aol.com
11011	root	1.387	%
11012	root	1.1	>Oder anders gesagt:
11013	root	1.388	>Glaubst Du, Du könntest mit einem hochmodernen Maschinengewehr eine römische
11014	root	1.1	>Legion
11015			>schlagen?
11016
11017			Klar. Frage mal Cortez.
11018
11019			Bye
11020			Andreas
11021	root	1.387	%
11022	root	1.1	>Article 2B is a threat to anyone who uses a computer. I just wanted to
11023
11024			It may be a threat to any american using a computer. Fortunately, the U.S.
11025			justice does not yet apply outside the U.S.A.
11026
11027			I.a.W.: You're currently creating a lot of happy non-U.S. software
11028			companies.
11029
11030			Kind regards
11031			Henning
11032	root	1.387	%
11033	root	1.1	From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
11034			Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 04:14:11 -0700
11035			Subject: Re: driver for Creative Labs DVD kits
11036
11037			At least with the IDE DVD drive that I have, plugging it directly
11038			into an IDE port and using the regular Linux ide-cd driver works just fine
11039			for reading [...] CD and the [not] copy protected sections of the DVD's.
11040
11041			There is a protocol that the hardware decoder boards use to
11042			tell the DVD drive that they are a licensed implementation and should
11043			be allowed to read the copy protected sectors as well. I have been
11044			told that this protocol can be done entirely in software with a
11045			standard IDE port. Hopefully, somebody will reverse engineer this and
11046			make it a demand loaded kernel module. (Seriously, there is a lot
11047			that you are allowed to do with copyrighted material that this sort of
11048			hardware restriction prevents, and there are other important political
11049			issues involved relating to your rights to do as you please with the
11050			computer equipment that you bought and paid for.)
11051	root	1.387	%
11052	root	1.1	Where do you want to go today?
11053			We might support that sometime next year.
11054			-=- Microsoft
11055			(But I doubt it.)
11056			-=- Me
11057			-=- James Mastros
11058	root	1.387	%
11059	root	1.1	Hello570 <hello570@aol.com> wrote:
11060			> I tried printing a line to a file using both of the
11061			> following methods, but the output was split into two
11062			>lines.
11063
11064			If you don't want newlines in the middle of your string, then don't
11065			put newlines in the middle of your string.
11066	root	1.387	%
11067	root	1.1	http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Dean_Roehrich/subjects.post
11068	root	1.387	%
11069	root	1.1	Einstein himself said that God doesn't roll dice. But he was wrong. And
11070			in fact, anyone who has played role-playing games knows that God
11071			probably had to roll quite a few dice to come up with a character like
11072			Einstein. -- Larry Wall
11073	root	1.387	%
11074	root	1.1	From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <root@lightside.ddns.org>
11075
11076			My $0.02 Euros on internationalization? I'm in Spain and my keyboard is
11077			mosty US mapped because the Spanish map is really awkward for programming.
11078			Computers were designed to be funcional, not politically (or locally)
11079			correct (hm, I don't think HAL ever spoke Russian). This "computers are easy
11080			for all" GUI related trend has done a lot of money, and lot of damage; at
11081			least command line OSes forced the user to actually learn something and
11082			absorb information. The user assumed so, so he did. Now he doesn't, and
11083			it's not all his fault.
11084
11085			The WWW is full of useless (and ugly) graphics, of useless links to links to
11086			pages with links to links which usually end up in a huge links page. Of
11087			course, there are some jewels.. but they should be majority! It's
11088			understandable, when the tools and languages focus more on aspect that in
11089			content.
11090
11091			Usenet is worse than ever, the interesting places have been ruined by
11092			spammers, c00l hak3rz, and more and more people asking (or demanding) for
11093			others doing their homework.. at least some time ago they were willing to
11094			learn (or pay for it;)
11095
11096			IRC.. heh. The few times I've been on funet almost all I found is the same
11097			people in the above paragraph. And I do know some of them even run scripts
11098			to try denial of service or other destructive attacks on people they see,
11099			just for fun or to get the op.
11100
11101			Email. Someone selling an "incredible program that allows you to bypass
11102			your ISP mail server, for only $89" (thats right, a smtp server). No OS
11103			mentioned, I somehow can guess which. And that stupid thing of sending
11104			mail to people in RTF and HTML format.. I'm gonna answer them in LaTeX.
11105
11106			Internet, your ilimited junk yard.
11107
11108			Using computers would make me real sad if it wasn't for UNIX and, of
11109			course, Linux and Linux people.
11110	root	1.387	%
11111	root	1.1	... WNT == ++VMS . Literally. Dave Cutler created VMS,
11112			then he rewrote it as WNT.
11113
11114			Ever used VMS? It's a step above DOS. Barely.
11115			--
11116			Clark O. Morgan cmorgan@aracnet.com
11117	root	1.387	%
11118	root	1.1	>Subject: If "=~" means match what is doesn't match?
11119
11120			I heard that a friend of a friend might have once been told about a
11121			rumor that this information can be found in perlop, right next to
11122			where =~ is documented. (It's !~)
11123
11124			I agree with Tom's assessment that the fall of modern man will be
11125			preceded by the de-evolution of communications to the days of oral
11126			tradition.
11127	root	1.387	%
11128	root	1.1	"Windows 95, the most installed system in the world,
11129			I know, I've done it 5 or 6 times myself"
11130	root	1.387	%
11131	root	1.1	The statistics programming language S, from AT&T, combines lazy
11132			evaluation with imperative programming. A nightmare.
11133	root	1.387	%
11134	root	1.1	"In 1965, as part of a research and development project for the
11135			U.S. Army, engineers at TRW Corp developed a software program
11136			called Generalized Information Retrieval Lanaguage and System."
11137			Or GIRLS for short.
11138	root	1.387	%
11139	root	1.1	Wissen bremst die Meinungsbildung voll aus.
11140	root	1.387	%
11141	root	1.1	I have an idea: Anybody who posts an URGENT! or EMERGENCY! request should
11142			post the circumstances behind the urgency. "I was having sex with my
11143			mistress in the server room and I knocked the Linux box over and the hard
11144			drive crashed and so I've reinstalled everything but I still can't get
11145			5_004_03 to build!"
11146
11147			This would inspire me to action far more than the implied subtext of "I
11148			have no patience."
11149
11150			xoxo,
11151			Andy
11152	root	1.387	%
11153	root	1.1	> I have Perl5 running on my pc.
11154			> and also front page98 and microsoft personal web server runnig.
11155			We all have our cross to bear.
11156	root	1.387	%
11157	root	1.1	(THIS IS LONG, YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP)
11158
11159			From: mjd@plover.com (Mark-Jason Dominus)
11160			Date: 09 Nov 1995 02:57:30 GMT
11161			Subject: Re: system() question
11162
11163			There are a lot of reasons, many of which get repeated over and
11164			over again, many of which don't. Some of the reasons you hear a lot
11165			are: Questions are incoherently phrased. Questions have the form 'My
11166			code doesn't work' and don't include the code. Questions include the
11167			code, and it's 200 lines long, and comp.lang.perl is not a debugging
11168			service. Nobody knows the answer to the question. The question is so
11169			badly punctuated that nobody can bear to read it. Questions aer
11170			written by a non-native speaker of English and the native speakers who
11171			are trying to understand it can't. (That's a shame, but it does
11172			happen. I often wish that these people would post in their native
11173			languages. I'd love to see more discussion in languages other than
11174			English. Some Dutch guy tried posting all his comp.lang.c articles in
11175			Dutch a few years ago, and all the Americans flamed him. How
11176			humiliating for me!)
11177
11178			Apart from these oft-mentioned reasons are many others that are
11179			not so often discussed, because anyone who tries to bring them up gets
11180			flamed. But it's the truth: I know the reason I don't answer more
11181			questions is because so many of them questions are so damn stupid.
11182			They're stupid in a lot of different ways, but they're still stupid.
11183			I don't want to suggest that that's why your questions go unanswered.
11184			I don't know what you're asking. No doubt the reason your questions
11185			go unanswered is because they're so deep and interesting that nobody
11186			really knows the answer.
11187
11188			The most common stupid question is the one from someone who has
11189			some high-level problem that they need solved. They have an idea that
11190			they'd like to do it in perl, and they don't really know perl. So
11191			instead of learning perl, they post to comp.lang.perl.misc.
11192
11193			Now don't get me wrong. I don't have any problems answering the
11194			questions of someone who's trying to learn perl. I love THOSE
11195			qusetions. But these people don't seem to be asking useful questions
11196			for that.
11197
11198			Today, for example, I saw a question from a guy who wants to get a
11199			list of hostnames out of nslookup. `How do I do that?' he says. And
11200			it's hard to know what to make of that. What does he mean? Does he
11201			not know how to open a pipe? Is his en' command failing? What's
11202			going on here? I can't give a useful answer without understanding the
11203			problem. Having your en' fail is a problem. Wanting to list
11204			hostnames is not a problem; it's a desire.
11205
11206			Here are some similar questions that would have made more sense to me:
11207
11208			1. `I'm a lazy asshole and I can't be bothered to learn to
11209			program myself, but I know if I post here you'll give me
11210			something for free.''
11211
11212			(OK, fair enough. At least I can send him a rate card.)
11213
11214			2. `I'm trying to use en' to talk to nslookup, but...
11215			...here's my code; what's wrong?''
11216
11217			(Good question.)
11218
11219			3. `I know perl has a `System' command for running programs,
11220			but I can't see how to get my commands into nslookup
11221			once I have run it.''
11222			(Good question.)
11223
11224			4. `I'm trying to use `Getprotobynumber' to talk to nslookup...''
11225
11226			(Good question.)
11227
11228			See, I'm not just biting people's heads off, here. #4 is a good
11229			question, because it gives me something to work with. OK, he has a
11230			very weird idea about interprocess communication, but that's
11231			ignorance, and that's what we're here to correct. He doesn't know
11232			about en'; I can refer him to the manual.
11233
11234			Here's another example: Some guy wants to assemble a list of email
11235			addresses . `How do I do that?'' he wants to know. Well, duh. Get a
11236			big pad of paper and read news for a couple days and write down all
11237			the addresses you see. Problem solved. What's it doing in
11238			comp.lang.perl?
11239			Oh, you wanted to do it in perl. Well, I guess I'd open a socket
11240			to the NNTP server and send it some XHDR commands for the `From'
11241			lines. But that's not Perl; you could do that in any language. I
11242			could do it in Bourne Shell for you if I'm allowed to use a little
11243			external thingie to handle the socket parts for me. What's it doing
11244			in comp.lang.perl?
11245
11246			Oh, you wanted us to write the program for you? Wait, let me send
11247			you my rate card.
11248
11249			Someone posted yesterday asking how to get the data from a file where
11250			the start and end of the data is marked by keywords. Same thing going on
11251			here. `Well, here's how you solve your problem: First you go take an
11252			introductory class in programming and learn to write programs in some
11253			language. Then you go to the bookstore and buy this book by Wall and
11254			Schwartz, it's really good. Read the book carefully and try out the
11255			examples. Then if you still have general questions like `How do I do this'
11256			instead of thought that this code would do X but instead it does Y' you hire
11257			a professional to write your program for you. Or you could just skip right
11258			to step 3. Want my rate card?''
11259
11260			The worst stupid questions are the ones that come from people who
11261			have no business asking them. The most perfect example of this that I
11262			could have imagined was in comp.unix.questions a couple of years ago.
11263			Some guy came and asked how you could tell if a file is a hard link.
11264			My jaw flapped open and it's stayed open since then. I couldn't have
11265			been any more stumped if he'd asked why Bodhidharma came from the
11266			West. What do you say to this guy? Do you tell him the truth, that
11267			all files are hard links, that even symbolic links are hard links?
11268			He's not going to understand you; you might as well keep your mouth
11269			shut. Do you tell him the truth, that the answer won't do him any
11270			good because he doesn't know what a hard link is, so why did he bother
11271			asking in the first place? No, that'll just make him mad. I followed
11272			that message for the next couple weeks, and nobody said anything.
11273			What could you say? The guy had no business asking the question and
11274			no use for the answer. Maybe the right answer would have been to cut
11275			off his finger or something. I dunno.
11276
11277			Some questions get ignored because they're boring. Someone asked
11278			today how to compare two variables (I assumme he means the contents of
11279			those variables) to see if they're exactly the same. You've gotta be
11280			in an awfully good mood to take the time to answer that. Maybe
11281			someone will. Maybe I will.
11282
11283			If I answer that one today, maybe he'll be back tomorrow asking
11284			how to check to see if two variables contain different values. Maybe
11285			I won't. What I find incredible is that if you tell these people to
11286			go read the manual and come back in two weeks, you sometimes get
11287			jumped on for not being helpful to beginners. Bah. If everyone told
11288			these people to go read the manual, they'd eventually figure out that
11289			that's what you have to do ,and then I wouldn't have to spend so much
11290			of my life dealing with incompetent programmers.
11291
11292			Some questions are logically nonsensical because the querent
11293			thinks they know more than they do. A lot of these have the form
11294			`How do I use X to accomplish Y?'' There's nothing wrong with this,
11295			except that sometimes X is a chocolate-covered banana and Y is the
11296			integration of European currency systems. I always get stuck on
11297			these, probably because I can't get rid of the idea that the person
11298			really has a good reason for wanting to use X. I know a half-dozen
11299			easy simple ways to accomplish Y, but I can't imagine what X has to do
11300			with it. This is a problem for me in my day job, too. Clients are
11301			always saying to me `We want to use product X to do multimedia
11302			development on the world-wide web,'' and all I can think is `Well,
11303			gee, what would you want to go and do that for?'' Sometimes it turns
11304			out that they want to do it because they want to impress the
11305			manufacturers of X, and I don't work on those jobs.
11306
11307			The flip side of this is a questions like `I want to accomplish
11308			X, but I don't want to use Y. What can I use instead?'' Which,
11309			again, is sometimes reasonable, and then sometimes X is closing a
11310			filehandle and Y is the `Close' function.
11311
11312			The questions I like the best are the ones that go like this:
11313
11314			`I want to accomplish X.
11315
11316			I thought that the following code fragment would do it:
11317
11318			...
11319
11320			But instead it does Y.
11321
11322			Why is that?''
11323
11324			This one is also pretty good:
11325
11326			`I want to accomplish X.
11327			I thought I might be able to use facility Y.
11328
11329			But Y doesn't seem like it's quite right,
11330			because of Z.
11331
11332			What should I use instead of Y, or how can I overcome Z?''
11333
11334			When I ignore these, it's usually because I don't know the answer.
11335			There were an awful lot of them today. It makes me very happy.
11336
11337
11338			There you go; a 160-line dissertation on why questions go unanswered.
11339			Now don't let me hear you saying nobody ever answers your questions.
11340
11341			--
11342			Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
11343			The Bill of Rights is paid in Responsibilities - Jean McGuire
11344	root	1.387	%
11345	root	1.1	>> BTW, would it be easier to cope with international text using Python?
11346			>Sigh... you're breaking my heart. Ask Jack Jansen, he probably knows.
11347
11348			If I were really evel, I would point out that the newest TCL (8.1) has
11349			support for international character sets and Unicode. But then, mentioning
11350			TCL in this newsfroup would be really bad. So, of course, I don't do that.
11351
11352			Ups. I'm so sorry ... ;-)
11353
11354			bye, Georg
11355	root	1.387	%
11356	root	1.1	I personally do not believe in object orientation as a security model
11357			(nor as a general programming paradigm), but feel free to try to
11358			convince me.
11359
11360			[ Or maybe I confuse you with somebody else and some other posting ]
11361
11362			Linus
11363	root	1.387	%
11364	root	1.1	++ how can i strip new lines out at var.
11365			++
11366
11367			Removing new lines is very tricky, as the manual tells you so. Ignore the
11368			complicated things in the manual, and put in this neat little trick:
11369
11370	root	1.85	$var=join+q,,,grep{ord$[[qq$\137$]]<10 or+10<ord}split+q,,,$var;
11371	root	1.1
11372			If you're old enough not to read the manual, you won't have a problem
11373			understanding the above line.
11374
11375			Abigail
11376	root	1.387	%
11377	root	1.1	I fixed the problem by mounting the SCO volume on the SunOS box, and since
11378			1995 the problem has gone away together with the SCO machine.
11379	root	1.387	%
11380	root	1.1	++ Hi Does anybody know how to upload many graphic files at the push of a
11381			++ button?
11382			Yes.
11383
11384			++ 100 pictures or so?
11385			Yes.
11386
11387			++ Can I do it in Perl?
11388			Yes.
11389
11390			Your question isn't Perl specific. Please ask in the relevant
11391			newsgroup. alt.button.play
11392
11393			Abigail
11394	root	1.387	%
11395	root	1.1	perly gates - The way to perl; Enter hackerdom.
11396
11397			perly Gates - Contradictio in Terminis.
11398
11399			Martien
11400	root	1.387	%
11401	root	1.388	Ren hat weder von Sinnhaftigkeit noch von Kausalität geschrieben, sondern
11402			nur von Logik. Logik und Kausalität sind in unserem (normalen) Denken zwar
11403			eng miteinander verknüpft, sind aber nicht dasselbe. Sinn ist hingegen noch
11404			etwas Drittes und ganz verschiedenes! "Sinn" bedeutet mindestens, daß eine
11405	root	1.1	Sache eine gewisse Richtung hat, wie in "Uhrzeigersinn". Meistens bedeutet
11406	root	1.388	Sinn aber, daß eine Sache einen bestimmten Zweck erfüllt. Auch darf man
11407			nicht "verursachen" mit "begründen" verwechseln, weil die beiden
11408			unterschiedlich sind. Die Existenz muß auch keinen Sinn haben, um eine
11409			Ursache zu haben. Das sind zwei völlig voneinander unabhängige Sachen. Die
11410	root	1.1	Existenz hat einen Sinn, also eine Richtung, wenn wir unserer Existenz eine
11411	root	1.388	Richtung geben. Dieser Sinn kann auf etwas abzielen, was außerhalb unserer
11412			selbst steht, muß aber nicht... Sie kann auch einen Sinn haben, der schon da
11413	root	1.1	war, bevor wir uns danach ausgerichtet haben - von all dem schreibt Ren aber
11414			nicht. ;)
11415
11416	root	1.388	Worauf Ren wohl hinaus wollte, ist, daß wenn die Logik des begrenzten Raumes
11417			nicht gilt, daß dann die Logik schlechthin hinfällig wird und so jedes Sein
11418			fragwürdig wird. Das ist aber nicht der Fall, da die Logik, die er von den
11419	root	1.1	Grenzen des Raumes aufstellt, gar keine wirkliche Logik ist, sondern nur die
11420			Grenzen des menschlichen Verstandes zeigt. Er kann sich nicht vorstellen,
11421	root	1.388	daß außerhalb der Grenzen des Raumes "Nichts" ist, weil man sich als Mensch
11422	root	1.1	das Nichts nicht vorstellen kann.
11423
11424	root	1.388	Darüber hinaus meinte er, daß die "Existenz unlogisch" würde. Dieser Satz
11425			ist vollkommen unverständlich. Denn entweder ist etwas, oder es ist nicht.
11426	root	1.1	Das ist auch schon die ganze Logik einer Existenz. (Aristoteles: Satz vom
11427	root	1.388	ausgeschlossenen Dritten) Unlogisch wäre, wenn etwas ist, das nicht ist oder
11428	root	1.1	wenn etwas nicht ist, das ist.
11429
11430	root	1.388	Von der Unfähigkeit des Menschen, sich einen unbegrenzten aber endlichen
11431	root	1.1	Raum (oder wie auch immer der Weltraum nun aussieht) vorzustellen auf die
11432	root	1.388	"Unlogik der Existenz" zu schließen, ist aber wohl nicht ganz möglich, zumal
11433			eine Existenz nicht unlogisch sein kann. Was sollte das auch heißen? Daher
11434	root	1.1	ist das Problem, das Ren aufwirft, nur ein Scheinproblem. Die Existenz an
11435	root	1.388	sich wird nicht in Frage gestellt dadurch, daß man sich etwas - egal was -
11436	root	1.1	nicht vorstellen kann. Er verwechselt die Begriffe "unlogisch" und
11437			"unvorstellbar".
11438
11439			Thomas.Decker@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
11440	root	1.387	%
11441	root	1.1	Marcel Richter wrote:
11442			> Marcel Richter - IQ: 3538327
11443			^^^
11444			fehlt da nicht irgendwo ein Komma.... =?-)
11445	root	1.387	%
11446	root	1.1	The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't
11447			do anything for you. --Ken Thompson
11448	root	1.387	%
11449	root	1.1	linux-2.1.92/fs/autofs/root.c:
11450			printk("autofs: trying to recover, but prepare for Armageddon\n");
11451	root	1.387	%
11452	root	1.1	>>Vincent DiPietro, the discoverer of the face on mars, has thrown in
11453			>>the towel, and said that the face on mars is a pile of rocks.
11454			>Was sollte es denn sonst sein?
11455
11456			An artificial pile of rocks.
11457	root	1.387	%
11458	root	1.1	> ps: mal nebenbei: eine unbekannte variable beim analysieren des
11459			> marsgesichtes ist es, dass mensch gar nicht weiss, wie die lebende,
11460			> gedachte oder sonstige vorlage eigentlich aussieht. dazu kommt natuerlich
11461			> noch das fehlende wissen um die intention des "kuenstlers", ob er
11462			> beispielsweise nur aspekte bzw. partien eines gesichtes integrieren wollte
11463			> - und natuerlich, ob es ueberhaupt kunst ist:)
11464
11465			Ganz genau. Und das Matterhorn ist eine palaeoimpressionistische Studie des
11466			Geruchsorgans der Rasse der Ciabattanimalier. Aber das wussten hier
11467			sicherlich schon alle. Das ganze Universum ist ausserdem eigentlich nur ein
11468			grosser Flipperautomat.
11469
11470			Christoph Schulte Moenting - ubec@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
11471	root	1.387	%
11472	root	1.1	> Kris Weilemann schrieb
11473			>
11474			> >MIR ging es neulich aehnlich. Ich wurde von Ausserirdischen entfuehrt.
11475			> >Ich wurde eingesperrt in einem dunklem Raum mit langen Sitzreihen und mit
11476			> >einer Popcorn-artigen Substanz gefuettert. Nach 2 Stunden war alles
11477			> >vorbei. Einen Tag spaeter stellte ich fest, dass mir 18 Mark im
11478			> >Geldbeutel fehlten. Ist das nicht krass? -Kris.
11479	root	1.387	%
11480	root	1.388	... Jazz ist nicht nur das erfolgreichste, sondern auch das einzige originäre Kunstgenre,
11481			daß die USA jemals hervorgebracht haben.
11482	root	1.1
11483			"Apropos Musik", HR2 am 16.4.98
11484	root	1.387	%
11485	root	1.1	http://www.rsw.com/
11486
11487			The Unix shell as a 4GL
11488
11489			Unix provides hundreds of programs that can be piped together to easily
11490			perform almost any function imaginable. Nothing comes close to providing the
11491			functions that come standard with Unix. Programs and philosophies carried
11492			over from other systems put walls between the user and Unix, and the power
11493			of Unix is thrown away. The shell, extended with a few relational operators,
11494			is the fourth generation database scripting language most appropriate to the
11495			Unix environment.
11496	root	1.387	%
11497	root	1.1	Perl is incredibly difficult to parse. For example, what's the difference
11498			between these:
11499
11500			time /3 ;#/; print "hello";
11501			sin /3 ;#/; print "goodbye";
11502
11503			Right. The first one is time divided by 3, and the print is in a comment.
11504			The second one is the sin of the result of a regular expression match for "3
11505			;#", and the print gets executed!
11506
11507			There's no pure BNF in the world that'll handle that. And remember, with
11508			"use" and prototypes available, whether you parse something like "sin" or
11509			"time" depends on its definition in some other file, somewhere in the galaxy
11510			(or even decided by Perl code in a BEGIN block, that evals a prototype!).
11511
11512			Which led Larry to say at one point: "the only thing that can parse Perl is
11513			'perl'".
11514
11515			--
11516			Randal L. Schwartz
11517	root	1.387	%
11518	root	1.1	Ronald J Kimball <rjk@coos.dartmouth.edu> writes:
11519
11520			> Pascal AMRAM wrote:
11521			> > Subject: MSEXCHANGE / OUTLOOK
11522			>
11523			> So here I am trying to figure out what an M sex change is....
11524
11525			It's obviously the opposite of an F sex change. HTH.
11526
11527			--
11528			Jonathan Feinberg jdf@pobox.com Sunny Brooklyn, NY
11529	root	1.387	%
11530	root	1.1	The management (my cats) made me say this.
11531	root	1.387	%
11532	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/custom.c:800:
11533			write_log ("Program is torturing BPLCON1.\n");
11534	root	1.387	%
11535	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/src/memory.c:363
11536			write_log ("Your Amiga program just did something terribly stupid\n");
11537	root	1.387	%
11538	root	1.1	Closures make sense in any programming language where you
11539			can have the return value of a function be itself a
11540			function, as you can in Perl. Note that some languages
11541			provide anonymous functions but are not capable of
11542			providing proper closures; the Python language, for
11543			example.
11544	root	1.387	%
11545	root	1.1	When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to
11546			resemble a nail.
11547	root	1.387	%
11548	root	1.1	> but all I get are 501 errors, method not supported. I am not 100% sure what
11549			> I did wrong.
11550
11551			What you did wrong was post a microsoft server question to a perl
11552			newsgroup.
11553	root	1.387	%
11554	root	1.1	I am trying to learn Perl on my Windows 97 system. In particular...
11555	root	1.387	%
11556	root	1.388	>Es kamen Außerirdische, die Pyramiden bauten und andere Wunder
11557			>vollbrachten. Dafür wurden sie vergöttert. Diese außerirdischen bauten dann
11558	root	1.1	>wahrscheinlich auch die Cydonia Region.
11559
11560			Etwa zehnmal zu oft 'Stargate' gesehen, was?
11561	root	1.387	%
11562	root	1.388	>Die Menschheit kämpft seit Millionen von Jahren gegeneinander.
11563	root	1.1
11564	root	1.388	Welche Hälfte ist denn da die grössere? :o)
11565	root	1.387	%
11566	root	1.1	...am still rebuilding after being hit with a clock changing virus it reset
11567			my clock to 2039 unfortunately for me my OS is beta 98 needless to say it
11568			expired instantly!!!
11569	root	1.387	%
11570	root	1.1	From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
11571			To: Pal Engstad <engstad@hunt.inmet.com>
11572
11573			> Linus Torvalds requires that all code in the source is using a tab
11574			> length of 8 spaces, and he also states that you are a bad programmer
11575			> if you write code with more than 3 indentation levels.
11576
11577			I didn't know that Linus Torvalds has done research on programming styles.
11578			He much have, since why else would you have the audacity quote him as
11579			an authority, on a list where there are dozens of people with more
11580			than double Linus's programming experience?
11581
11582			> This has caused the code to be fairly easy to read and maintainance is
11583			> pretty straight forward.
11584
11585			Irrelevant - a kernel is a lot simpler than an optimizing compiler,
11586			in terms of complexity of algorithms and data structures.
11587	root	1.387	%
11588	root	1.1	Nach der Diskussion muss ich akzeptieren, dass die juengst erfolgte
11589			Erdbeschleunigung von - 0,6 auf - 0,4 Millisekunden kein zwingender Beweis
11590			fuer einen Permanentantrieb ist. Aber: In letzter Zeit kommt es bei mir immer
11591			wieder vor, dass ich Dinge einfach weiss. Selbst wenn ich sie nicht begruenden
11592			kann. Ich weiss trotzdem dass sie stimmen muessen und der Antrieb existiert.
11593			Mit der Zeit findet sich dann auch die Begruendung.
11594	root	1.387	%
11595	root	1.1	Wir suchen neue AussenMitarbeiterInnen... (S.Pernar@Link-Goe)
11596	root	1.387	%
11597	root	1.1	hyperltext (hy'perl-text), n. double-quotish-interpolated hypertext markup:
11598			Example:
11599			print qq[[<LI><A HREF="$self->[[url]]">@[[[ucfirst $self->[[title]]]]]</A>\n]];
11600	root	1.387	%
11601	root	1.1	liperlsuction: What happens to any script longer than 10 lines once
11602			Randal gets his hands on it
11603	root	1.387	%
11604	root	1.1	Uperl Volta - country where perl programmers control the electricity.
11605	root	1.387	%
11606	root	1.1	> Anybody successfully installed the win32 version of Perl?
11607
11608			No! Millions of people don't use perl on win32 machines. You may be the
11609			first if you get it working.
11610	root	1.387	%
11611	root	1.1	> Macintosh.
11612			> Think different.
11613
11614			Think Again.
11615	root	1.387	%
11616	root	1.1	Bill.Cilnton@dyselxia.com
11617	root	1.387	%
11618	root	1.1	tsatan@hotmail.com writes:
11619			> Why does perl have the "push" and "unshift" functions? ...
11620			> push @nums, 4; is the same as @nums = (@nums, 4);
11621
11622			What do you want, Scheme? ;)
11623	root	1.387	%
11624	root	1.1	# There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
11625			# It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
11626	root	1.387	%
11627	root	1.1	\| I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because
11628			\| someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the
11629			\| top.
11630	root	1.387	%
11631	root	1.1	I had a student ask about the UN9 operating system. I didn't understabd what
11632			he was talking about so he wrote UNIX on the board.
11633	root	1.387	%
11634	root	1.1	On 1 Apr 98 17:34:23 GMT, Schulung7 wrote:
11635			^^^^^^^^^
11636			>Was haltet ihr vom UFO-Absturz in Rosswell?
11637
11638			Nichts. Und jetzt geh woanders spielen.
11639	root	1.387	%
11640	root	1.1	>Kann man hier irgendwie mal die UFOs reinbringen, um die es in dieser NG
11641			>gehen soll?
11642
11643	root	1.388	Nein, der Datentyp wäre inkompatibel. UFOs sind per Definitionem
11644	root	1.1	materielle Objekte (obwohl das zur Zeit fraglich ist ;-), die sich in
11645			diesem Medium nicht austauschen lassen.
11646	root	1.387	%
11647	root	1.1	Wer redet hier denn von der "Hui Hui"? Ich sprach von "Hui! Hui!".
11648	root	1.387	%
11649	root	1.388	>> nein...ist kein Sender. Eine taiwanesische Sekte hat behauptet, daß am
11650			>> 25.3. auf allen TVs der Welt Gott auf Kanal 18 erscheinen würde.
11651	root	1.1	>> Ist natuerlich nicht eingetreten.
11652			>
11653			>Aber unsere Haus-Sat-Anlage geht seither nicht mehr.
11654
11655			Ein Zeichen! Er hat uns ein Zeichen gegeben! Zieht alle euren linken
11656			Schuh aus!
11657	root	1.387	%
11658	root	1.1	>Klingt nach Erdstillstand.
11659
11660	root	1.388	Ich bin entsetzt. Man hat hoffentlich sofort Wiederbedrehungsmaßnahmen
11661	root	1.1	eingeleitet?
11662	root	1.387	%
11663	root	1.1	Mars Global Surveyor Imaging Schedule
11664
11665
11666			First opportunity
11667			Approximate
11668			Orbit Internet
11669			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11670
11671			4-3-98 09:58/1:58 a.m. 216 Viking Lander 1 April 6
11672			4-3-98 21:37/1:37 p.m. 217 Viking Lander 2 April 7
11673			4-4-98 09:16/1:16 a.m. 218 Mars Pathfinder April 7
11674			4-5-98 08:33/12:33 a.m. 220 Cydonia April 6 (mid-a.m.)
11675
11676			Second opportunity
11677			Approximate
11678			Orbit Internet
11679			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11680
11681			4-12-98 15:23/ 8:23 a.m. 235 Viking Lander 1 April 14
11682			4-13-98 03:01/ 8:01 p.m. 236 Viking Lander 2 April 15
11683			4-13-98 14:40/ 7:40 a.m. 237 Mars Pathfinder April 15
11684			4-14-98 13:57/ 6:57 a.m. 239 Cydonia April 14 (mid-p.m.)
11685
11686			Third opportunity
11687			Approximate
11688			Orbit Internet
11689			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11690
11691			4-21-98 20:45/1:45 p.m. 254 Viking Lander 1 April 23
11692			4-22-98 08:23/1:23 a.m. 255 Viking Lander 2 April 24
11693			4-22-98 20:02/1:02 p.m. 256 Mars Pathfinder April 24
11694			4-23-98 19:18/12:18 p.m. 258 Cydonia April 24 (mid-a.m.)
11695
11696	root	1.387	%
11697	root	1.1	> >2. Der Menschheit ist durch Inzucht entstanden. Laut biologischem
11698	root	1.388	> >Wissen, unwahrscheinlich, da Mutation und Mißbildungen auftreten
11699			> >würden.
11700	root	1.1	>
11701			> Vermutung: Das ist auch aufgetreten. Siehe levitische "Gesetze" zur
11702			> "Behandlung" von "Aussatz" insb. im 3. "Mose". Die hatten schon Probleme.
11703			Sag mal, bei Dir piepts wohl nicht mehr richtig! Aussatz, heute besser
11704			unter dem Namen Lepra bekannt, ist keine Erbkrankheit. Es ist eine
11705			(heute heilbare) Infektionskrankheit, verursacht durch Bakterien.
11706			Also nichts von Inzucht, wie Du das in Deinem latenten Rassenwahn
11707			implizierst.
11708	root	1.387	%
11709	root	1.1	> You might please start up with reading more than one sentence - a skill
11710			> quite familiar in Europe, but as it seems not in the USA.
11711	root	1.387	%
11712	root	1.1	Yup. Instead of crashing Xservers, now you have crashing kernels.
11713			Big improvement.
11714	root	1.387	%
11715	root	1.1	-- "Hey look, this new card is for windows and only $xx!"
11716			-- "Yes, but it's braindead and will hurt your performance. Take that one
11717			over there. Besides, it's not an ope.."
11718			-- "Why that one?"
11719			-- "Because it's better, sinc.."
11720			-- "But I can do the same with this one, it's cheaper, and its for windows!"
11721	root	1.387	%
11722	root	1.1	In der Klinik, in der ich mal arbeiten musste, hatten wir einen echten
11723			Koenig Ludwig II und mindestens fuenf Stueck Jesus - sowas gibts halt,
11724			wenn Du verstehst, was ich meine.
11725	root	1.387	%
11726	root	1.1	> Hast Du mal einen Stein beobachtet, der eine Unzahl komplexer
11727			> Vorgaenge paresentiert, einschliesslich der Hervorbringung
11728			> etlicher Lebensformen?
11729
11730			Jepp. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "zahlreich".
11731
11732			> Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der sich mal eben
11733			> "verwandelt", und auf dem dann lauter Wesen rumkrabbeln,
11734			> die aus ihm selbst entsprungen sind?
11735
11736			Klar doch. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "lauter".
11737
11738			> Ueberspitzt: Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der
11739			> ploetzlich zum Lebewesen wird und Dich fragt, wer oder was
11740			> er eigentlich ist?
11741
11742	root	1.388	Tja, da hören die Übereinstimmungen auf. Ich dachte Du meinst
11743	root	1.1	Erwin Stein. Den kenne ich. Der hat zwei Kinder. Die krabbeln
11744	root	1.388	ab und zu auf ihm herum. Der ist aber nicht plötzlich zum Le-
11745	root	1.1	bewesen geworden, sondern den gibt es nun schon ein wenig
11746	root	1.388	länger. Und er hat mich auch noch nie gefragt, wer oder was
11747	root	1.1	er eigentlich ist. Zumindest nicht in einem Zustand, den man
11748	root	1.388	als "normal" bezeichnen könnte. So wird das anscheinend nix.
11749	root	1.1	Ciao
11750			Stefan
11751	root	1.387	%
11752	root	1.1	"These download files are in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. After
11753			unzipping, these files can be viewed in any text editor, including
11754			all versions of Microsoft Word, WordPad, and Microsoft Word Viewer."
11755			(http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pc99.htm)
11756	root	1.387	%
11757	root	1.1	Video cards have write-only registers. (of course that is bad design) Let's
11758			say that register 13 is write-only, as is common. It holds an index that
11759			determines what register 69 (also write-only) actually changes. If you write
11760			to register 13 while the accelerator is active, you lock the PCI bus. You
11761			can't determine if the accelerator is active without reading from register
11762			42, but you can't interpret the contents of that register correctly without
11763			knowing what the last accelerator command was. Reading from register 13 gets
11764			you some useless (unrelated) info and _also_ toggles the accelerator on and
11765			off.
11766	root	1.387	%
11767	root	1.1	Join the Army,
11768			Meet interesting people,
11769			Kill them.
11770	root	1.387	%
11771	root	1.1	> Wie entsteht Materie? Ich koennte mir vorstellen, dass Energie in Materie
11772			> umwandelbar ist.
11773
11774			E=m*c^2 (Schon mal gehoert?) (Schon mal verstanden??)
11775	root	1.387	%
11776	root	1.388	>nach der die Pygmäen geheime UFO-Basen in ausgehöhlten Baumstämmen
11777	root	1.1	>unterhalten (Vorsicht: das war ein Witz :-) ).
11778	root	1.387	%
11779	root	1.1	> (Bernhard Nahrgang) wrote:
11780			>
11781			> >> Logische Annahme: Die Erde waechst entweder kontinuierlich, oder periodisch
11782			> >> ruckartig.
11783			> >wie kann jemand mit dem IQ von 130 nur SO SELTEN BLOEDE sein??
11784			>
11785	root	1.388	> Norbert ist nicht selten blöde...
11786	root	1.1
11787			:-)
11788	root	1.387	%
11789	root	1.1	SAT 1 Teletext: Ein Asteroid mit einem Durchmesser von fast einem Kilometer
11790	root	1.388	rast mit großer Geschwindigkeit auf die Erde zu. US-Astronomen befürchten:
11791			"XF11" könnte im Jahr 2028 auf der Erde einschlagen. Die Folgen wären
11792	root	1.1	verheerend. "Der rasende Stein aus dem All ist eine Gefahr", warnt Jack G.
11793			Hills vom US-Kernforschungszentrum Los Alamos: "Wenn er die Erde trifft,
11794			wird er die Sprengkraft von 320.000 Megatonnen Dynamit haben." Das
11795			entspricht dem Zweimillionenfachen der Atombombe...
11796
11797			ARD/ZDF Teletext: ASTEROID MIT KURS AUF ERDE ENTDECKT Amerikanische
11798			Astronomen haben einen Asteroiden ausgemacht, der in 30 Jahren der Erde
11799	root	1.388	gefährlich nahekommen wird. Die Gefahr, daß der Asteroid einschlagen wird,
11800			sei gering, aber auch nicht völlig auszuschließen. Nach derzeitigen
11801	root	1.1	Berechnungen wird der Asteroid mit der Bezeichnung "1997 XF11" am 26.Oktober
11802	root	1.388	2028 unserem Planeten am nächsten kommen. "1997 XF11" hat etwa einen
11803			Durchmesser von 1,6 Kilometern. Erstmals käme ein Objekt dieser Größe der
11804			Erde so nahe, hieß es in dem Bericht der Internationalen Astronomischen
11805	root	1.1	Union.
11806
11807	root	1.388	RTL Teletext: Himmelskörper rast auf Erde zu Ein Asteroid wird im Jahr 2028
11808			der Erde gefährlich nahe kommen. Amerikanische Wissenschaftler haben die
11809	root	1.1	Chance eines Zusammenpralls auf eins zu tausend berechnet. Sollte der
11810	root	1.388	Asteroid, der einen Durchmesser von 1,8 Kilometern hat, aufprallen, könnte
11811			er eine gigantische Flutwelle auslösen, so die Forscher. Auch ein genaues
11812			Datum haben die Wissenschaftler schon errechnet: Von Europa aus wäre das
11813	root	1.1	Naturschauspiel am 26. Oktober 2028 zu beobachten.
11814	root	1.387	%
11815	root	1.1	* Linux Viruscan.....
11816			Windows 95 Found Remove it ? (Y/y)
11817	root	1.387	%
11818	root	1.1	>>Hmm, welche Behauptungen entsprechen denn deiner Meinung nach der
11819	root	1.388	>>Realität?
11820	root	1.1	>>
11821			>>Das es das FBI wirklich gibt?
11822	root	1.388	>>Das Scully frigide ist, und deshalb mit Mulder nichts anfangen möchte?
11823			>>Das Mulder homosexuell ist, und deshalb mit Scully nichts anfangen möchte?
11824	root	1.1	>>Das der CSM einen Vertrag mit Marlb*ro hat?
11825			>
11826			>Hinter diesen "Fragen" erkenne ich z.B. eine gut bekannte Strategie. Die
11827			>FBI-Frage ist bewusst absurd. Das Abgleiten ins Sexuelle hat ebenfalls
11828	root	1.387	%
11829	root	1.1	"'You're a Cirrus. You're crap. I'm an S3. I rule. Thank you and please drive through.'"
11830	root	1.387	%
11831	root	1.1	> How could you have perl take a set of numbers (1,2,3,4) and put them
11832			> into a random order???
11833			>
11834
11835			@array=qw(1 2 3 4);
11836			print "@array[1,3,2,0]\n";
11837
11838			I've checked this against other possible random orderings
11839			of these numbers, and this ordering is at least as random as
11840			any of the other possible ones. The benefit of this one being
11841			that it begins with the number 2, which is my favorite random
11842			number less than 42.
11843	root	1.387	%
11844	root	1.1	From what I am reading Win98 and NT5.0 will be getting rid of all that
11845			crap anyway. Seems that Microsoft has invented something called TCP/IP and
11846			another really revolutionary concept called DNS that eliminates the
11847			netbios crap too. All that arping from browsers is going to go away.
11848			I also hear rumors that they are on the verge of breakthrough discoveries
11849			called NFS, and LPD too. Given enough time and money, they might
11850			eventually invent Unix.
11851	root	1.387	%
11852	root	1.1	In Germany, where typeface design has always been a significant part of
11853			the cultural heritage, and where typefounding has remained an important
11854			business, there are more than one kind of copyright-like protections for
11855			typefaces. Certain long-standing industrial design protection laws have
11856			been used to protect typeface designs in litigation over royalties and
11857			plagiarisms. Further, there is a recent law, the so-called
11858			"Schriftzeichengesetz" enacted in 1981, that specifically protects
11859			typeface designs. New designs are registered, as is done with
11860			copyright in most countries. This law only protects new, original
11861			designs. It is available to non-German designers and firms. Therefore,
11862			some type firms and designers routinely copyright new designs in West
11863			Germany. This gives a degree of protection for products marketed in
11864			Germany. Since multinational corporations may find it cheaper to
11865			license a design for world-wide use rather than deal with a special case
11866			in one country, the German law does encourage licensing on a broader
11867			scale than would initially seem to be the case.
11868	root	1.387	%
11869	root	1.1	[linux processes vs. nt/solaris threads]
11870			Rob Pike pointed out that the solution to slow process creation is
11871			faster process creation, not another kernel abstraction.
11872	root	1.387	%
11873	root	1.1	Does anybody know how to communicate between a PC and a modem,
11874			using a Perl CGI script?
11875	root	1.387	%
11876	root	1.1	>I really don't know crap about PERL. How is it different from JAVA?
11877
11878			One tiny difference: Java can crash your browser. It happened to me last
11879			week.
11880	root	1.387	%
11881	root	1.1	Brieweb> I heard Randal Schwartz say he could write an entire httpd server in 90 lines
11882			Brieweb> of PERL.
11883			No, that's an http proxy server. A simple web server is much shorter.
11884			From "perldoc HTTP::Daemon"...
11885			[Randal Schwartz]
11886	root	1.387	%
11887	root	1.1	But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving
11888			capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason
11889			for leaving capabilities out of Perl.
11890			[Larry Wall in `Macros'. [[perl5-porters]]]
11891	root	1.387	%
11892	root	1.1	Yes: Java's main advantage over Perl is that it's hard to use for casual
11893			programmers, so keeps all but the most intrepid programmers away from it.
11894			It has no decent support for string processing, allowing you to spend
11895			hours at useless debugging. It has a very restrictive and static system
11896			to make sure you don't try anything interesting. It makes sure that you
11897			use objects, by golly, because James Gosling said so. It's easy for C++
11898			programmers to use, and hard for shell or BASIC programmers to use. It
11899			also only runs on a few systems, locking its customers into a a closed
11900			system and restricting their options.
11901			[Tom Christiansen in `Java Vs. Perl']
11902	root	1.387	%
11903	root	1.1	<Bill_Gates> Where do you want to go today?
11904			<Phase_5> Where do go tomorrow?
11905			<BlueFlux> Where were you yesterday?!?!
11906	root	1.387	%
11907	root	1.1	"It's not to control, but to protect the citizens of Singapore. In our
11908			society, you can state your views, but they have to be correct."
11909			Ernie Hai
11910			Coordinator of Singapore Government Internet Project
11911	root	1.387	%
11912	root	1.1	: I very much prefer a useful error message than a "it produced the wrong
11913			: results" report from the users.
11914
11915			if i got even "it produced the wrong results" from our users, i would
11916			be in 7th heaven. ours often mail us with such insightful requests as
11917			"can you tell me my email address?" no, sorry, that should be "CAN U
11918			TEL ME MY E MAIL ADRES DUDE?!!!?? HURRY!!!"
11919	root	1.387	%
11920	root	1.1	There are many intelligent species in the Universe.
11921			They are all owned by cats.
11922	root	1.387	%
11923	root	1.1	Why dignify your unsustainable, unjustifiable, unprovable feeble
11924			attempts at character assassination with anything resembling a reply?
11925			You only make yourself look foolish by mouthing off like that.
11926	root	1.387	%
11927	root	1.1	From: L & K Olson <kolson@mbnet.mb.ca>
11928			Subject: If they wrote error messages in haiku ...
11929
11930			Yesterday it worked
11931			Today it is not working
11932			Windows is like that
11933			- - -
11934			wind catches lily
11935			scatt'ring petals to the wind:
11936			segmentation fault
11937			- - -
11938			Three things are certain:
11939			Death, taxes, and lost data.
11940			Guess which has occurred.
11941			- - -
11942			A file that big?
11943			It might be very useful.
11944			But now it is gone.
11945			- - -
11946			Windows NT crashed.
11947			I am the Blue Screen of Death.
11948			No one hears your screams.
11949			- - -
11950			Errors have occurred.
11951			We won't tell you where or why.
11952			Lazy programmers.
11953			- - -
11954			Seeing my great fault
11955			Through darkening blue windows
11956			I begin again
11957			- - -
11958			The code was willing,
11959			It considered your request,
11960			But the chips were weak.
11961			- - -
11962			Printer not ready.
11963			Could be a fatal error.
11964			Have a pen handy?
11965			- - -
11966			Server's poor response
11967			Not quick enough for browser.
11968			Timed out, plum blossom.
11969			- - -
11970			Chaos reigns within.
11971			Reflect, repent, and reboot.
11972			Order shall return.
11973			- - -
11974			Login incorrect.
11975			Only perfect spellers may
11976			enter this system.
11977			- - -
11978			This site has been moved.
11979			We'd tell you where, but then we'd
11980			have to delete you.
11981			- - -
11982			ABORTED effort:
11983			Close all that you have.
11984			You ask way too much.
11985			- - -
11986			First snow, then silence.
11987			This thousand dollar screen dies
11988			so beautifully.
11989			- - -
11990			With searching comes loss
11991			and the presence of absence:
11992			"My Novel" not found.
11993			- - -
11994			The Tao that is seen
11995			Is not the true Tao, until
11996			You bring fresh toner.
11997			- - -
11998			The Web site you seek
11999			cannot be located but
12000			endless others exist
12001			- - -
12002			Stay the patient course
12003			Of little worth is your ire
12004			The network is down
12005			- - -
12006			A crash reduces
12007			your expensive computer
12008			to a simple stone.
12009			- - -
12010			There is a chasm
12011			of carbon and silicon
12012			the software can't bridge
12013			- - -
12014			To have no errors
12015			Would be life without meaning
12016			No struggle, no joy
12017			- - -
12018			You step in the stream,
12019			but the water has moved on.
12020			This page is not here.
12021			- - -
12022			No keyboard present
12023			Hit F1 to continue
12024			Zen engineering?
12025			- - -
12026			Hal, open the file
12027			Hal, open the damn file, Hal
12028			open it, please Hal
12029			- - -
12030			Out of memory.
12031			We wish to hold the whole sky,
12032			But we never will.
12033			- - -
12034			Having been erased,
12035			The document you're seeking
12036			Must now be retyped.
12037			- - -
12038			The ten thousand things
12039			How long do any persist?
12040			Netscape, too, has gone.
12041			- - -
12042			Rather than a beep
12043			Or a rude error message,
12044			These words: "File not found."
12045			- - -
12046			Serious error.
12047			All shortcuts have disappeared
12048			Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
12049	root	1.387	%
12050	root	1.1	"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way
12051			to factor large prime numbers." -- Bill Gates from "The Road Ahead," p. 265.
12052	root	1.387	%
12053	root	1.1	> What is the Windows equivalent of the first line used for
12054			> UNIX (#!/usr/local/bin/perl) that tells where the Perl interpreter is?
12055
12056			Windows hasn't gotten quite as far in functionality as, say, BSD Unix in the
12057			early 1980s.
12058	root	1.387	%
12059	root	1.1	> I have a chat script, that will work fine for a bit then after a while
12060			> the private messages will stop working. It might be because I changed
12061			> something, but chances are that isn't the case. I re-install a fresh
12062			> copy, paths are correct, and they still don't work
12063
12064			I think you are experiencing GOVERNMENT CONTROL. You see, everyone
12065			with a chat script is being scrutinised by the department of CHAT
12066			control. Whenever they see some message they don't like, they
12067			introduce some little goblin called feature-creep in your program. if
12068			you have lots of these little devils, your program migth acquire so
12069			many new features that it just stops working.
12070
12071			This also applies to Microsoft products.
12072
12073			> Does it make sense for certain features to just not work?! If you can
12074			> help, or have suggestions, get back to me, PLEASE:)
12075
12076			Yes, it makes perfect sense. Especially if they're features which
12077			really are bugs. And especially if they're 'private' messages. You
12078			know perfectly well that the government doesn't like private messages.
12079
12080			Hope this explains what's going on
12081			Martien Verbruggen
12082	root	1.387	%
12083	root	1.1	...code? If you're on a misconfigured NT server (is that redundant?), you...
12084	root	1.387	%
12085	root	1.1	X11R6.1-based free X server compiles, links and crashes under IRIX(TM).
12086	root	1.387	%
12087	root	1.1	-------------- please bite here ------------- bitte hier abbeissen ---------
12088	root	1.387	%
12089	root	1.1	"Frag mal, auf was fuer uptimes man kommt, wenn man Software-Entwicklung
12090			unter NT macht..." "Das koennen bis zu dreissig Minuten werden - in der
12091			Mittagspause." -- Andreas Bogk, Kai Fett, de.alt.sysadmin.recovery
12092	root	1.387	%
12093	root	1.1	> ++ A lot of posters here have .sigs that include perl one liners.
12094			> ++ Is there a safe way to run them, and be assured that they wont
12095			> ++ damage and/or erase files? (or e-mail off my shadow file)
12096			>
12097			> Just make sure you understand it ;)
12098
12099			I nominate Abigail for best response of the year with this one. Come to
12100			think of it, I nominate it for best response of next year, too.
12101	root	1.387	%
12102	root	1.1	Your moderator will be spending the next week on a beach on a small island
12103			where the phones don't work very well, so there won't be any comp.compilers
12104			until the 28th. Any messages you send in will wait here until I get back and
12105			should be posted on March 1st or 2nd.
12106	root	1.387	%
12107	root	1.1	But now, in comp.lang.perl.misc, you have a bunch of people who aren't
12108			even asking how to make the pieces fit together, but what the
12109			individual pieces are. ("How do I get my lego project to roll accross
12110			the table?" "You use one of those pieces that have the wheels
12111			attached.") Or questions that aren't about building at all. ("The
12112			motor stopped moving. How do I get it to start again?" "The batteries
12113			are probably dead. You can buy new batteries at any department or
12114			convienience store.")
12115	root	1.387	%
12116	root	1.1	: how do i make my perl script run?
12117			Get up at 91 minutes before dawn, clothe yourself in neon green body
12118	root	1.387	%
12119	root	1.1	for some reason Windoze users don't seem to expect docs to come with an archive
12120	root	1.424	>>> ToiLeTGoD
12121	root	1.1
12122			Well, well.. I always wondered who/what made that flush thingy work.
12123			Pretty cool name, dude. (not)
12124	root	1.387	%
12125	root	1.1	Ummm...create "comp.lang.perl.wizards", make it moderated and all posts,
12126			including xposts, go into /dev/null. Most FAQers won't have the Usenet
12127			background to understand that such groups are either a) a wasteland
12128			populated (briefly) by persons like themselves, or b) point to /dev/null.
12129	root	1.387	%
12130	root	1.1	Lazy people never bother to actually read the manual. Instead they (like
12131			kids) pick something with big, colorful buttons.
12132			-- Eugene Tyurin <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>
12133	root	1.387	%
12134	root	1.1	The Average Person's Axioms of First Order Predicate Logic:
12135			(A => B) => (B => A)
12136			(There exists) x A(x) => (For all) x A(x)
12137			(A => C) & (B => C) => (A => B) - Warren Vonroeschlaub
12138	root	1.387	%
12139	root	1.1	cal 9 1752
12140	root	1.387	%
12141	root	1.1	Installing unix fixes the [VMS] bug.
12142			-Barry Shein
12143	root	1.387	%
12144	root	1.1	And this horrible free-for-all will be left to children wondering around
12145			by themselves in the dark because they refuse to turn on the light and
12146			read the manual.
12147	root	1.387	%
12148	root	1.1	"SPARC" is "CRAPS" backwards --Rob Pike
12149	root	1.387	%
12150	root	1.1	I increasingly begin to understand why some universities require
12151			that its compsci majors study the Euclid's Prime Number Theorem,
12152			the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Cantor's Diagonalization Proof,
12153			Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem, and the ramifications of Halting Problem
12154			in everyday life. These may not be involved in daily programming, but
12155			it helps develop a rigorous mind. And it gives those who would progress
12156			from typist to word-processor devotee to HTML documenter to CGI scripter
12157			to distributed multithreaded operating systems design specialist cause
12158			for pause. You just can't do that without proper training.
12159	root	1.387	%
12160	root	1.1	comp.lang.perl.i'm-from-microsoft-so-won't-read-documentation
12161	root	1.387	%
12162	root	1.1	I suggest you install a newsserver, and keep a local spool. Anything else
12163			is too much work, and fairly silly. The Internet has catupulted even
12164			the Wintel victims past the days of BBS toys.
12165	root	1.387	%
12166	root	1.1	> Help help! Pls advise me thru email.
12167
12168			I advise you to buy a new keyboard; one that has all the keys you
12169			need.
12170	root	1.387	%
12171	root	1.1	Christian Fundamentalism: The doctrine that there is an absolutely
12172			powerful, infinitely knowledgeable, universe spanning entity that is
12173			deeply and personally concerned about my sex life.
12174	root	1.387	%
12175	root	1.1	I find the first particularly useful in destroying the miswrapped
12176			lines stemming from brain-damaged "it's just another word processor"
12177			newsreaders. You know,
12178			those postings that always seem to go to the edge of the line and then
12179			back
12180			again to the start, as this paragraph has. These are just too painful
12181			to read. Just kill them. It's not worth your time trying to figure
12182			out what they're saying.
12183	root	1.387	%
12184	root	1.1	It is most annoying to receive junk mail describing how to purchase 93
12185			million addresses, while knowing that yours is one of them.
12186	root	1.387	%
12187	root	1.1	I'm surprised Tom, how could it miss the "X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT;
12188			U)" header line? Personally, I find the attempted use of Netscape as a
12189			newsreader even worse then the attempted use of WinNT as an OS. :-)
12190
12191			But the combination.... sutters
12192	root	1.387	%
12193	root	1.1	Hm... my new killfile isn't detecting you're posting from Windows.
12194			Darn it.
12195	root	1.387	%
12196	root	1.1	At least he didn't post in all caps.
12197	root	1.387	%
12198	root	1.1	http://language.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html
12199	root	1.387	%
12200	root	1.1	I think the biggest problem with M.S.A. is that the scripts work for Matt, but
12201			the majority of people trying to use them are from the
12202			"Wintel/AOL/FrontPage/push-a-button/HTML-is-programming/no-programming-required"
12203			school of non-learning. It isn't a problem with the code, per se, but with those
12204			trying to use it.
12205	root	1.387	%
12206	root	1.1	"Linux can emulate an C64 on my AMDK6PR200 at full speed. Windows can't."
12207	root	1.387	%
12208	root	1.1	cdog wrote:
12209			>
12210			> Is this group active?
12211			No.
12212
12213			If you had spent half a second LOOKING at the group before posting, you
12214			probably could have come to that conclusion yourself.
12215
12216			On a personal note, I died 3 years, 8 days, 5 minutes, 16 seconds, and
12217			345 milliseconds ago, but who's counting.
12218	root	1.387	%
12219	root	1.1	"Security through obscurity is no security at all."
12220			-comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup posting
12221	root	1.387	%
12222	root	1.1	"Windows 95 will now attempt to blow chunks across your primary partition.
12223			Press any key to continue..."
12224	root	1.387	%
12225	root	1.1	NT 5.0 is the last nail in the Unix coffin. Interestingly, Unix
12226			isn't in the coffin... It's wondering what the heck is sealing
12227			itself into a wooden box 6 feet underground...
12228	root	1.387	%
12229	root	1.1	The Wall St Journal (1996-01-22, page 1) reported that Cuba is
12230			considering jumping across the International Date Line, just so that
12231			it's the first into the year 2000. So it's possible you'll have to
12232			adjust your travel plans.
12233	root	1.387	%
12234	root	1.388	"Wo kämen wir hin, wenn alle sagten, wo kämen wir hin, und niemand ginge
12235			hin, um einmal zu schauen, wohin man käme, wenn man ginge." -- Kurt Marti
12236	root	1.387	%
12237	root	1.1	The Takeuchi function is a popular benchmark of function calling due to its
12238			highly recursive nature. It's defined as:
12239
12240			tak x y z = z, if y >= x
12241			= tak (tak (x-1) y z) (tak (y - 1) z x) (tak (z - 1) x y), otherwise
12242
12243			For this benchmark, the function is invoked as:
12244
12245			tak 18 12 6
12246	root	1.387	%
12247	root	1.1	"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
12248			-- Bill Gates
12249			"Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM."
12250			-- Bill Gates
12251			"Nobody will ever need Windows 95."
12252			-- logical conclusion
12253	root	1.387	%
12254	root	1.1	Year Name James Bond Book
12255			- ---- -------------------------------- -------------- ----
12256			50's James Bond TV Series Barry Nelson
12257			1962 Dr. No Sean Connery 1958
12258			1963 From Russia With Love Sean Connery 1957
12259			1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery 1959
12260			1965 Thunderball Sean Connery 1961
12261			1967* Casino Royale David Niven 1954
12262			1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery 1964
12263			1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service George Lazenby 1963
12264			1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery 1956
12265			1973 Live And Let Die Roger Moore 1955
12266			1974 The Man With The Golden Gun Roger Moore 1965
12267			1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore 1962 (novelette)
12268			1979 Moonraker Roger Moore 1955
12269			1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12270			1983 Octopussy Roger Moore 1965
12271			1983* Never Say Never Again Sean Connery
12272			1985 A View To A Kill Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12273			1987 The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton 1965 (novelette)
12274			* -- Not a Broccoli production.
12275	root	1.387	%
12276	root	1.1	Windows NT: n.
12277			32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
12278			operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written
12279			by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
12280	root	1.387	%
12281	root	1.388	Auf der Kiste läuft EHNIX, das ist ZUNIX kompatibel.