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1	root	1.475	Fun with the north korean Red Star OS:
2
3			It does have some components that prevent the normal user from
4			editing/deleting various protected files (securityd, scnprc and opprc). We
5			call it “oppression” if we’re speaking of DPRK and “defending your
6			privacy and security” if we’re speaking of Apple. Two sides of the
7			same coin, I guess, depends on which side you’re on.
8
9			[https://sizeof.cat/post/fun-with-redstar-os/]
10			%
11	root	1.474	Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam clarified in Parliament
12			during the Committee of Supply debate on Mar. 3 that inmates in Singapore
13			do not need to thank prison staff after being caned.
14
15			[https://mothership.sg/2022/03/no-requirement-thank-guard-after-caning/]
16			%
17			The IETF, obviously fearing irrelevance, hastily "discovered" that the
18			HTTP/1.1 protocol needed an update, and tasked a working group with
19			preparing it on an unrealistically short schedule. This ruled out any
20			basis for the new HTTP/2.0 other than the SPDY protocol. With only
21			the most hideous of SPDY's warts removed, and all other attempts at
22			improvement rejected as "not in scope," "too late," or "no consensus," the
23			IETF can now claim relevance and victory by conceding practically every
24			principle ever held dear in return for the privilege of rubber-stamping
25			Google's initiative.
26
27			Poul-Henning Kamp, in https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=27162
28			%
29			[HGST engineer, taking about drive reliability]
30
31			we don't want to test it, because that costs time, we just wait for the
32			market feedback and put that into our calculations.
33			%
34	root	1.473	[wdleng.c in unix V6 iolib]
35
36			wdleng ()
37			/* returns number of bits in a machine integer */
38			/* written so kernighan can tell where he is running */
39			{
40			int k, leng;
41			k = leng = 1;
42			while (k =<< 1)
43			leng++;
44			return (leng);
45			}
46			%
47	root	1.470	Dana Angluin's List of Proof Techniques
48
49			Proof by example:
50			The author gives only the case n=2 and suggests that it contains most
51			of the ideas of the general proof.
52
53			Proof by intimidation:
54			'Trivial.'
55
56			Proof by vigorous handwaving:
57			Works well in a classroom or seminar setting.
58
59			Proof by cumbersome notation:
60			Best done with access to at least four alphabets and special symbols.
61
62			Proof by exhaustion:
63			An issue or two of a journal devoted to your proof is useful.
64
65			Proof by omission:
66			'The reader may easily supply the details.'
67			'The other 253 cases are analogous.'
68			'...'
69
70			Proof by obfuscation:
71			A long plotless sequence of true and/or meaningless syntactically
72			related statements.
73
74			Proof by wishful citation:
75			The author cites the negation, converse, or generalization of a theorem
76			from the literature to support his claims.
77
78			Proof by funding:
79			How could three different government agencies be wrong?
80
81			Proof by eminent authority:
82			'I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP-complete.'
83
84			Proof by personal communication:
85			'Eight-dimensional colored cycle stripping is NP-complete' [Karp,
86			personal commmunication].
87
88			Proof by reduction to the wrong problem:
89			'To see that infinite-dimensional colored cycle stripping is decidable,
90			we reduce it to the halting problem.'
91
92			Proof by reference to inaccessible literature:
93			The author cites a simple corollary of a theorem to be found in a
94			privately circulated memoir of the Slovenian Philological Society,
95			1883.
96
97			Proof by importance:
98			A large body of useful consequences all follow from the proposition in question.
99
100			Proof by accumulated evidence:
101			Long and diligent search has not revealed a counterexample.
102
103			Proof by cosmology:
104			The negation of the proposition is unimaginable or meaningless. Popular
105			for proofs of the existence of God.
106
107			Proof by mutual reference:
108			In reference A, Theorem 5 is said to follow from Theorem 3 in reference
109			B, which is shown to follow from Corollary 6.2 in reference C, which is
110			an easy consequence of Theorem 5 in reference A.
111
112			Proof by meta-proof:
113			A method is given to construct the desired proof. The correctness of
114			the method is proved by any of these techniques.
115
116			Proof by picture:
117			A more convincing form of proof by example. Combines well with proof by omission.
118
119			Proof by vehement assertion:
120			It is useful to have some kind of authority relation to the audience.
121
122			Proof by ghost reference:
123			Nothing even remotely resembling the cited theorem appears in the reference given.
124
125			Proof by forward reference:
126			Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author, which is
127			often not as forthcoming as at first.
128
129			Proof by semantic shift:
130			Some standard but inconvenient definitions are changed for the
131			statement of the result.
132
133			Proof by appeal to intuition:
134			Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here.
135
136			Proof by elimination of the counterexample:
137			'Assume for the moment that the hypothesis is true. Now, let's
138			suppose we find a counterexample. So what? QED.' (from Don Woods
139			<DON@SU-AI.ARPA>)
140
141			[https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~riesbeck/proofs.html]
142			%
143	root	1.469	polkit: Similar to sudo but much more complicated
144
145			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
146			%
147			D-Bus: IPC, but complicated. Why do we need XML schema files, why is there
148			sometimes / notation and sometimes ., and so on. IPC is a good thing, but
149			this implementation is too complicated!
150
151			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
152			%
153			Pipewire: Solution in search of a problem you don't have without Wayland?
154
155			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
156			%
157			In general, Wayland is moving away from the modularity, portability, and standardization of the X server.
158
159			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
160			%
161			The Wayland "reference implementation" is a small set of libraries that
162			can be used to build a compositor or a client application. These libraries
163			currently have hard dependencies on Linux kernel APIs like epoll. In
164			pkgsrc we've patched the libraries to add kqueue(2) support, but the
165			patches haven't been accepted upstream. Wayland is written with the
166			assumption of Linux to the extent that every client application tends to
167			#include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's designers didn't see the need
168			to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse button IDs.
169
170			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
171			%
172	root	1.468	As best I can tell (from the long and unsatisfactory thread I pursed on
173			the Wayland Developers list some little time ago), the core issue with
174			Wayland and Color is social, not technical:
175
176			1. none of the key developers have the faintest idea what Color or Color
177			Management is, and (worse):
178
179			2. they have no idea why it would be at all important.
180
181			[https://discuss.pixls.us/t/wayland-color-management/10804/4]
182			%
183			> (isn't it the case with ifconfig vs. ip already?)
184
185			Wayland is more like they created ip but named the command ifconfig, then
186			told you to go fix your scripts.
187
188			If the Wayland developers had sense, they would have carefully considered
189			how to make it a seemless transition for developers. Instead, they decided
190			they were the ultimate authority on software engineering and screw
191			developers, they are all doing it wrong anyways.
192
193			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3862027]
194			%
195			Wayland is written with the assumption of Linux to the extent that every
196			client application tends to #include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's
197			designers didn't see the need to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse
198			button IDs.
199
200			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
201			%
202			... a basic barebones TWM for X11 works better and offers more features
203			than Weston which contains ~20 times more code
204
205			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3526530]
206			%
207			"It is true that Wayland somewhat sucks ass" -- The Lutris founder
208			[The Lutris founder quoting himself]
209			%
210			Eine solche Regulierung schafft man in Deutschland nur für wirklich
211			wichtige Themen wie zur Durchsetzung der Bereitstellung von Schnittstellen
212			für die Telekommunikationsüberwachung. Bei so irrelevanten Themen wie
213			dem Katastrophenschutz und der Alarmierung der Bevölkerung braucht man
214			den Markt nicht zu regulieren.
215
216			[https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20210719-smscb/]
217			From: Stephen Searle
218			Date: 18 Mar 1998, 09:00:00
219			Subject: A Clockwork Nethacker
220
221			What if the next version of Nethack has a new class based on the Droogs
222			of Anthony Burgess' novel (and later Stanley Kubrick film) "A Clockwork
223			Orange"?
224
225			I imagine the language would be radically different, like the
226			Samurai-speak only much, much more so...
227
228			Your rookers glow red -more-
229			You tolchock the floating glazzy real horrorshow! -more-
230			The floating glazzy appears bezoomny.
231			You brosay your britva at the floating glazzy -more-
232			The floating glazzy is oobivatted!
233
234			Ugh - that Pishcha was rotten! -more-
235			You feel a malenky bit bolnoy.
236
237			You govoreet with the charlie of Bog -more-
238			The charlie asks you for some cutter for the temple.
239
240			The devotchka flashes her groodies at you -more-
241			"Take off your platties, they're in the way" -more-
242			Raz stands still while you and the devotchka lie in each other's rookers...
243			(or:)
244			"You're such a bolshy chelloveck, I wish..."
245
246			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you!
247			Your shlem blocks the attack to your gulliver.
248			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you real horrorshow!
249			Your brain is eaten! You feel gloopy!
250
251			An enormous dook appears next to you!
252			You are poogly to snuffit and unable to itty!
253
254			You slooshy someone cursing prestoopnicks.
255
256			You ittied from the shop without pretty pollying! -more-
257			You crasted 100 gollies worth of veshches! -more-
258			A millicent's whistle zvooks -more-
259			The Keystone rozzes are after you!
260
261
262			Heh... I think I will have to write a little text filter for Nethack :-)
263
264			-SJS
265
266			[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/c/3P5KdEPru6o/m/UxXyLvAsJUwJ]
267			%
268			"Validity of journal" is not an argument from authority fallacy, it is an
269			assessment of the prior on source quality.
270			%
271	root	1.467	You know what they say though, if the punishment for a crime is a fee
272			then it’s only a crime for the poor.
273			%
274	root	1.466	[https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/]
275
276			In completely unrelated news, upcoming versions of Signal will be
277			periodically fetching files to place in app storage. These files are never
278			used for anything inside Signal and never interact with Signal software or
279			data, but they look nice, and aesthetics are important in software. Files
280			will only be returned for accounts that have been active installs for some
281			time already, and only probabilistically in low percentages based on phone
282			number sharding. We have a few different versions of files that we think
283			are aesthetically pleasing, and will iterate through those slowly over
284			time. There is no other significance to these files.
285			%
286	root	1.465	"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's
287			life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy
288			that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes,
289			leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to
290			deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. "
291			- John Rogers
292			%
293	root	1.464	The population is made up of four types of people: A small number hunt
294			witches. A large number go along with the hunt. A larger number are
295			silent. A tiny number oppose it. The final group — as if by magic —
296			become witches.
297
298			– Bret Weinstein
299			%
300	root	1.463	Looting is transition to freedom.
301			- Rumsfeld 2003
302			%
303	root	1.462	I’m adding a new favorite Randroid argument to my list:
304
305			1) "You disagree with me, therefore you don’t understand Rand’s ‘philosophy’."
306
307			2) "You didn’t REALLY read her books and essays. Go read them again… you still disagree?" (defer back to 1)
308
309			3) Angry name calling (always a favorite)
310
311			4)!! "Read Rand’s disciples, they surely knew better what Rand REALLY meant." (Last line of defense when 1,2,3 fail)
312
313			[commenter at http://www.rotman.uwo.ca/the-system-that-wasnt-there-ayn-rands-failed-philosophy-and-why-it-matters/]
314			%
315	root	1.461	Doubly-linked lists are hard
316			- a rust tutorial
317			%
318	root	1.460	As someone who has been acquainted with a surprisingly large number of
319			people who write fantasy, I can tell you that the difference between
320			fantasy and reality is that fantasy has to make sense.
321
322			[Tyvor Winn, https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2019/07/fire-breathing-dinosaurs.html]
323			%
324			The overarching theme of the code of conduct has always been Be Nice and
325			that has been problematic for a long time.
326
327			[https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334058/are-there-specific-issues-with-unwelcoming-behavior-toward-lgbtq-persons-on-stac/]
328			%
329	root	1.459	GNU Powered it
330			GPL Protected it
331			GOD Blessed it
332
333			[from Nala Ginrut's mail signature]
334			%
335	root	1.458	a friend once told me that "ex-mother-in-law-to-be" was the most wonderful
336			kinship term she'd ever heard.
337
338			[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/tense.html]
339			%
340			> I have long considered that the BRs were written by the in-group, for
341			> the in-group, and do not adequately call out the expected processes for
342			> an outsider wanting to join the in-group.
343
344			I don't agree.
345
346			> The outsiders sometimes struggle not because they are trying to
347			> accomplish anything of wrong intent, but because the step by step path
348			> is not as clear as it could be.
349
350			As an outsider, it's true that you are expected to know how to be a
351			trustworthy CA. The ecosystem is not designed to help you to learn how
352			to be trustworthy - the ecosystem does not improve from having more
353			applicants who lack that knowledge - and so yes, the baseline expectation
354			is that applying CAs are operated beyond reproach.
355
356			[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427262]
357			[darkmatter uae trying to get a root certificate for nefarious purposes]
358			%
359			> that way you can adapt your own UID allocation to reliably avoid that range.
360
361			That is my major issue with systemd: That it postulates that everybody
362			else shall adapt to its conventions, w/o configurability, even if there
363			other conventions exist for a very long time.
364
365			[https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/]
366			%
367			static void die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog(void) __dead;
368
369			[minix/sbin/shutdown sources]
370			%
371	root	1.457	However, as you can imagine, this is a terrible idea for some zones. If
372			you could walk the .gov zone, you could learn every US government agency
373			and government agency portal.
374
375			[wow, it's terrible if people could learn about every US government
376			agency? of the people, for the people, no?]
377
378			[https://blog.cloudflare.com/black-lies/]
379			%
380			Most of the images at NASA have their EXIF data completely removed.
381
382			[hollycrap in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1016]
383			%
384			The theory of gravity explaining our solar system, can easily be disproved
385			as objects that only had attractive force towards each other would end up
386			smashing into each other, sooner or later.
387
388			[aa5 in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1957]
389			%
390			Windows 98 "SE" "Suckers Edition"
391			Windows "ME" Mistake Edition
392			Windows "NT" Not to Terrible
393			Windows 2000 ahhhhh! A good OS!
394			Windows "XP" eXtra Problems
395			%
396	root	1.456	Instead of banning every word out there, we should make the mental effort
397			to do better than the political correctness movement that stops at the
398			surface. So, let’s call it master-slave, and instead make a call for US,
399			where a sizable black population is very poor, to have free healthcare,
400			to have cops that are less biased against non-white people, to stop death
401			penalty. This makes really a difference.
402
403			[http://antirez.com/news/122]
404			%
405			"MASTER/Slave" is ungood crimethinkful oldspeak. plusgood rectify unword.
406			Is Minitrue doubleplusgoodwork truthwise. chocorat anyone?
407
408			[https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692#issuecomment-44847465]
409			%
410	root	1.455	Somebody should tell EU, 1984 was not an instruction manual.
411
412			[BhishmPitamah, in https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9f9za4/europe_just_voted/]
413			%
414	root	1.454	[supposedly from the firmware update script for certain tesla car models]
415
416			# We should have some way here of keeping the car parked. What if
417			# they try to drive off while we're in the middle of an upgrade?
418
419			# We should also have a mutex around everything that follows. What if
420			# unpack.sh gets triggered on the same tarball twice? This is more of
421			# a problem now that we might be deferring installation.
422
423			# We should also have a recovery system. What if we remove the
424			# tarball filename but this process is killed before it can complete?
425
426			[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3862643&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=87#post]
427			%
428	root	1.453	[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#tech-editor]
429
430			Vim 15.2%
431			Emacs 3.8%
432
433			[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-development-environments]
434
435			Vim 26.1%
436			Emacs 5.2%
437			%
438	root	1.452	Systemd dies if there is no cgroup support in the kernel.
439
440			Poettering: "To make this work we’d need a patch, as nobody of us tests this"
441
442			R! /dir/.* destroys root.
443
444			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?"
445
446			Processes owned by a user with a leading zero in the name are started with root privilege..
447
448			Pottering: "I don't think there's anything to fix in systemd here"
449
450			Systemd kill background processes after user logs out.
451
452			Poettering: "In my view it was actually quite strange of UNIX that it by default let arbitrary user code stay around unrestricted after logout."
453
454			'I have an issue with journal corruptions and need to know what is the accepted way to deal with them.'
455
456			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."
457
458			'Poettering locked and limited conversation to collaborators on 17 Apr'
459
460			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10927261&cid=54905721]
461			%
462			[raid controller vendor lock-in techniques]
463
464			>>> Are HP/PMCS doing the Intel/LSI thing with controllers only working on
465			>>> their own servers.
466			>>
467			>> you mean the DELL PERC5/i 6/i tape of smbus pins mod thing? (Dell first!)
468			>
469			> No the Intel where that trick doesn't work thing.
470
471			[https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/hp-p400-why-so-cheap-on-ebay.2308/page-2]
472			%
473	root	1.451	The way I see it, once you move to Firefox 57, you're ready for Chrome.
474
475			[from a discussion about how deleting all existing extensions and force-replacing
476			them by inferior webextensions (if at all) is a great idea]
477			%
478	root	1.450	Chronology of Significant Events
479			================================
480
481	root	1.449	November 2002
482
483			Rahman wearing only socks and diaper; supervisor has concern regarding
484			hypothermia Rahman subjected to 48 hours of sleep deprivation, rough
485			treatment, cold shower and other measures but remained noncompliant.
486
487			---
488
489			Subjected to cold conditions and minimum food and sleep... confused due to
490			dehydration and fatigue.
491
492			---
493
494			Cable recommends future use of continued environmental deprivations with
495			interrogations 18 out of 24 hours daily
496
497			---
498
499			Linguist asks questions about the temperature at which hypothermia occurs
500
501			November 19 2200 hrs
502			guard check - Rahman is alive.
503
504			2300 hrs
505			guard check - Rahman is alive.
506
507			November 20 0400 hrs
508			guard check - Rahman is alive.
509
510			0800 hrs
511			guard check - Rahman is alive.
512
513			1000 hrs
514			guard check - Rahman is dead.
515
516			[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation]
517			%
518	root	1.448	In the quiet moments, he set his hand terminal to the Eros feed. Back
519			when he’d been a kid, there had been a performance artist making
520			the rounds—Jila Sorormaya, her name was. As he recalled, she’d
521			intentionally corrupted data-storage devices and then put the data stream
522			through her music kit. She’d gotten into trouble when some of the
523			proprietary code of the storage device software got incorporated into her
524			music and posted. Miller hadn’t been a sophisticate. He’d figured
525			another nutcase artist had to get a real job, and the universe could only
526			be a better place.
527
528			[E. Corey, Leviathan Wakes, p. 466]
529			%
530	root	1.447	> Speaking of Apple... Anybody remember their ads against multitasking? I
531			> always assumed that was against the Amiga as well but probably any
532			> computer at the time that did multitasking. I think their tag line was
533			> like "One person. One computer. One Task." or something like. Those ads
534			> really tried to sell the distraction of multitasking. What a crazy time
535			> in technology.
536
537			-P
538			Not as bad as telling us we are holding the phone wrong.
539
540			[http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72811]
541			%
542			> Simon Cooke wrote:
543			> shrugs I don’t recall ever hearing that the length of a word was CPU specific.
544
545			I think I’m going to add this to my random signature collection.
546
547			[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050131-00/?p=36563]
548			%
549	root	1.446	Big congratulations to Acer, who used 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
550			for this in one of their db entries. Not only did they win the random
551			number generator lottery to get that, but also experienced a minimum
552			of 3 single bit errors, since the closest valid GUID to that is
553			55555555-5555-4555-9555-555555555555
554
555			[https://blog.uncooperative.org/blog/2014/10/23/uefi-security-databases/]
556			%
557	root	1.445	Contrary to what Carrier says, it is not clear to me that Amy Frank or
558			anyone else accused him of sexual assault. Carrier’s lawsuit makes
559			the tenuous argument that Amy Frank implied sexual assault by using the
560			hashtag #sexualassault.
561
562			[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2017/01/04/i-liked-richard-carrier-past-tense/]
563			%
564	root	1.444	From: Linus Torvalds
565
566			And yes, a large part of this may be that I no longer feel like I can
567			trust "init" to do the sane thing. You all presumably know why.
568
569			[https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/6/577]
570			%
571			> How is the old way a problem?
572
573			That's systemd in a nutshell (and pulseaudio too). Replace well-known
574			things that are not broken with something obscure and clunky that thinks
575			it's smarter than you.
576
577			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9170111&cid=52207557]
578			%
579	root	1.443	Systemd is a cancer and it will keep spreading until the host is
580			dead. Just like cancer it's not malicious, it sincerely believes it knows
581			better than the healthy cells it's infecting, but that doesn't make it
582			less lethal.
583
584			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9552479&cid=52745591]
585			%
586	root	1.442	From: Richard Stallman
587
588			[...]
589
590			> then that sounds like a layering violation.
591
592			The layering authority has no jurisdiction over GNU.
593			If this solution works, and nobody proposes a better one,
594			we won't let "layering" get in the way.
595			%
596	root	1.470	"Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon" shortened to "Teyrnas
597			Unedig" or "Y Deyrnas Unedig" abbreviated "DU", or "Rìoghachd Aonaichte
598			Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath" shortened to "Rìoghachd Aonaichte" are
599			also now legal names for the UK.
600	root	1.441
601			[Brian Inglis in 774ac519-ceb1-7c04-d2b5-2f2ed851cb61@SystematicSw.ab.ca]
602			%
603			From: Russ Allbery
604			To: tz@iana.org
605			Message-ID: <87h97n58bp.fsf@hope.eyrie.org>
606
607			> Companies are unlikely to change their processes unless changes break
608			> existing processes (like the version change) or changes are documented
609			> in an RFC, which can be presented to SOx auditors and their ilk, to
610			> document and justify why they spent money and changed a process, along
611			> with the documentation on change impact including budget,
612			> authorizations, and the dozens of other side efforts of production
613			> changes, summarized above by DG as "That doesn’t work for everyone."
614
615			A bit of a digression, but the way companies treat free software projects
616			and maintainers is a pet peeve of mine.
617
618			It should be obvious that the only people a company can expect to follow
619			any of those rules are people the company is paying or otherwise has a
620			contractual relationship with that requires following those rules.
621			Otherwise, the company should be prepared to pay one of their employees to
622			jump through those hoops if they want those hoops jumped through.
623
624			It's standard practice for companies who depend heavily on a free software
625			project to have an internal maintainer or advocate for that free software
626			project who will translate whatever the public maintainer does into the
627			form that the company needs to manage it internally, including maintaining
628			private branches as needed, pulling up unreleased patches as needed, and
629			adjusting for upstream changes that don't match the needs of the company
630			(or clearly advocating for compromises or modifications that work for the
631			entire community). This is a cost of doing business. My employer
632			certainly does this for free software we use. It's fairly normal.
633
634			Some companies don't want to spend that money, and try to do it on the
635			cheap by not having that person or the mechanisms for importing free
636			software properly. A few of them then complain at the free software
637			maintainer when they run into problems. But those complaints should not
638			carry any more weight than the complaints of any other user, and should be
639			weighed against the work style, goals, and available time of the free
640			software maintainer. After all, the actor in this situation that has (by
641			far) the most resources and hence the most ability to adopt to changes,
642			whether they want to or not, is the company, not the free software
643			maintainer.
644			%
645	root	1.440	[About the Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) project, specifically, timezone names]
646
647			They also seem to think that abbreviations should be only used locally,
648			such as "BST" only being used by British English. One would think that if
649			an American was talking about DST in the UK they would also use the term
650			"BST", but no:
651			http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/8498
652			%
653			To: Time zone mailing list <tz@iana.org>
654			Subject: Re: [tz] Request regarding IANA update for Novosibirsk Time Zone
655
656			Shruthi Venkataramanan -X (shruthve - WIPRO LIMITED at Cisco) wrote:
657			> When can we expect the updated version
658
659			About three weeks ago.
660			%
661	root	1.439	[...] trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water
662			not wet. -- Bruce Schneier
663			%
664			[...] in order to be a good Christian one must first be a great hypocrite.
665
666			[http://chatpilot-godisamyth.blogspot.de/2013/06/the-bible-is-nothing-but-hearsay.html]
667			%
668	root	1.438	Know that you suck, you suck so much that you suck the future you wich
669			was able to go back in time to suck you from the past. You are an
670			neverending paradoxial loop of suckage. Now suck the fuck off.
671
672			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/vats-vs-rtwp.23266/page-2]
673			%
674			From: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
675
676			Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> writes:
677
678			> From The Economist: "Why time may be running out for the leap second"
679			[http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/11/economist-explains-4]
680
681			\| The first is simple, ancient and intuitive, and based on the rotation of
682			\| the Earth, under which each complete rotation (or, equivalently, each of
683			\| the Sun's apparent trips through the sky) counts as one day.
684
685			Of course, these are actually not equivalent; they're different by a
686			full day per year.
687			%
688	root	1.437	Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir
689			de la faire plus courte. -- Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters : Letter XVI.
690			[I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.]
691			%
692			File names are infinite in length where infinity is set to 255 characters.
693			-- Peter Collinson, "The Unix File System"
694			%
695			Over the past 20 years - its never been a question of the "perfect
696			storage media vendor" - its been a question of "who has screwed
697			me - lately?".
698			-- JSS, former Amiga HW Engineer, Rework tech of 400,000 defective
699			Seagate HDD's, Class of '94.
700
701			[http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1095235&cid=26492885]
702			%
703			I also proposed making malloc(0) perfectly fine, since zero is a perfectly
704			fine value. I also, in the same letter, proposed making zero-sized
705			arrays legal, mostly so you could do the extend-the-struct trick for a
706			variable-sized array as the last field of the struct.
707
708			I got two letters back as answer to my one. #1: Malloc(0) shouldn't work
709			because zero-sized arrays don't work. #2: Zero-sized arrays shouldn't work
710			because malloc(0) doesn't work. Well played, ANSI C committee, and may
711			your lives be a living hell.
712
713			[Rob Pike in https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=4142#c2]
714			%
715	root	1.436	Using a screwdriver was not a normal part of the experimental protocol.
716			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin#Criticality_accident]
717			%
718			Newbie: Hi. I've been using Lisp for about half a year now, programming
719			for three years. I discovered this group and wondered if you could help me
720			out with a problem I'm having?
721
722			Smug: Hi! Always glad to have new blood. Sure thing, just ask.
723
724			Snide: Heya New! You bet, ask anything and we'll try to help.
725
726			Newbie: Okay, I'm trying to filter a list, something like Perl's grep. I
727			want to set up a predicate and have the new list be only those elements
728			from the old list that satisfy it. I know there's some standard idiom for
729			doing this, I just can't find it anywhere...
730
731			Smug: Perl's grep was inspired by Lisp's higher-order functions, you know. :)
732
733			Newbie: Oh, cool. :)
734
735			Smug: But it's inferior since it has balky syntax.
736
737			Snide: You can do it with (mapcan (lambda (item) (when (predicate item) (list item))) list).
738			[http://c2.com/]
739			%
740			Unfortunately a Russian spy stole the last meg of a LISP program for
741			controlling our nuclear defense systems. Fortunately, it was all
742			right-parenthesis.
743			[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWeHateLisp]
744			%
745			Always wanted to travel back in time to try fighting a younger version of
746			yourself?
747			Software development is the career for you!
748
749			[https://twitter.com/Loh/status/411282297816498176]
750			%
751	root	1.435	[...] undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
752			-- Richard Dawkins
753			%
754			There are many choices of elliptic-curve signature systems. The standard
755			choice, ECDSA, is reasonable if you don't care about simplicity, speed,
756			and security.
757
758			[http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html]
759			%
760			[In answer to: "Is the NSA aware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS? The RSA?"]
761
762			We are unaware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS when properly implemented and
763			used for the purposes for which they both are designed.
764			-— National Security Agency, June 1992
765			%
766			In the past decade there have been many attacks against TLS. With the
767			exception of CRIME, not one of them relied on any results that were not
768			known at the time the TLS 1.0 standard was being written. [...] Every time
769			this standards group has had a choice to make regarding cryptography,
770			they have made the wrong one. [...] Were TLS to be submitted by an
771			undergraduate as a solution to this problem it would earn an F.
772
773			[http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg10598.html]
774			%
775			tiny hsv2rgb
776			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;}
777
778			vec3 hsv(float h,float s,float v) {
779			return mix(vec3(1.),clamp((abs(fract(h+vec3(3.,2.,1.)/3.)6.-3.)-1.),0.,1.),s)v;
780			}
781			%
782			Haha, no FPS counter but rather a "Next frame"-button :)
783			Only Java makes it possible!
784
785			[http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=7920&page=1]
786			%
787			'sth is poettering' means it acts invasive, possessive, destructive, and
788			generally in an egocentric exacerbating negative way. ``this cancer is
789			extremely poettering''
790			%
791			"There is no use in arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus 1."
792			-- Pirates of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs
793			%
794			"I drank what?!"
795			-- Socrates
796			%
797			It would be bad for OpenPGP to have a standard that could not be
798			implemented on light bulbs (I used to say cell phones, but they're now
799			400MHz devices), forcing the light bulb people to use something else.
800
801			Jon Callas in
802			http://www.imc.org/ietf-openpgp/mail-archive/msg06396.html
803			%
804			"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler."
805			-- Conway's Law
806			%
807			The mac version doesn't work on older versions of the operating system
808			(this is part of Apple's planned obsolescence hellhole; the latest version
809			of xcode won't build for older systems but I'm forced to update to it
810			because the older ones won't build for newer systems and I've been forced
811			to update the operating system on my ipad so UGH; basically I have to
812			have multiple xcode versions installed and I really can't be bothered
813			untangling this mess right now so).
814
815			[http://mightyvision.blogspot.de/2013/03/7drl-success-86856527.html]
816			%
817			Option "NoPM" "boolean"
818			Disables something to do with power management events. Default: PM
819			enabled on platforms that support it.
820			[xorg.conf(5)]
821			%
822			> Yes, this would be something _in addition_ to what the FSF does.
823			> Grant money could be used to hire one or two fresh graduates that
824			> would work on code.
825
826			Graduates in which discipline? Computer science? This sounds to me
827			like the idea to hire one or two fresh graduates in English literature
828			and language with the idea to let them start writing novels.
829			[87liaj740v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org]
830			%
831	root	1.434	[and that's why I don't support gentoo anymore]
832			As with Francois, I used to use ccache for recompiling packages that
833			hadn’t finished the first time — but for a different reason. At
834			the time, I had overrated memory, and a BIOS without a memory clock
835			option. The system was generally fine, but once in awhile would scramble
836			a memory transfer enough to cause a crash. CCache was a LOT of help in
837			that instance, as it’s what allowed me to even install Gentoo at all —
838			there’s no way I could have gotten thru gcc, (monolitic) X, glibc, or
839			the then unsplit KDE compiles, without it.
840			%
841			Kay, you are so full of sh*t that it's not funny. You're refusing to
842			acknowledge your bugs, you refuse to fix them even when a patch is
843			sent to you, and then you make excuses for the fact that we have to
844			work around your bugs, and say that we should have done so from the
845			very beginning.
846			[Linus in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1369384]
847			%
848			systemd creates user session information in
849			/run/user/$user . I brought up with lennart the fact that this would
850			only permit one session per user. He rejected out of hand the fact
851			that more than one session would ever be needed, because Gnome only
852			allowed one session per user.
853			[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/04/msg00751.html]
854			%
855	root	1.433	> Mailman archives! IIRC Heiko mentioned that there are more disputes
856			> about Lennart Poettering and his software on ALL mailing lists, than
857			> about anything else.
858			>
859			> Why is it like that?
860
861			Probably because he has all the arrogance of DJB but none of the skill.
862
863			[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.arch.general/44574]
864			%
865			[from a discussion about GNOME 3 "branding" mentality]
866
867			>> However, there are a number of serious problems:
868			>>
869			>> 1. Extensions break with every release. As Paolo said earlier, "This is
870			>> simply the result of not (yet) having a defined extension API." Yet this is
871			>> also part of the design: extensions specify versions of gnome-shell they
872			>> work with, so are trivially broken by new versions even if they might work.
873			>
874			> I don't think you understand well why this was designed this way.
875
876			That's the sort of thing people say to the judge of a serial killer.
877			The reasons don't matter for calling the results terrible.
878			%
879			(partial) Beaufort Table
880			Name # km/h (min) m/s (min)
881			Calm 0 0 0
882			Light Air 1 1.1 0.3
883			Light Breeze 2 5.6 1.6
884			Gentle Breeze 3 12 3.4
885			Moderate Breeze 4 20 5.5
886			Fresh Breeze 5 29 8
887			Strong Breeze 6 39 10.8
888			Moderate Gale 7 50 13.9
889			Fresh Gale 8 62 17.2
890			Strong Gale 9 75 20.8
891			%
892			"I have an open mind (I did consider voting liberal democrat once)."
893			- random imdb forum quote excerpt
894			%
895			"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
896			sign of a diseased mind." [Terry Pratchett]
897			%
898			The butcher who kills the baby to see how it comes apart did choose his
899			profession because of his sensitive soul. He chose it because death and
900			suffering, blood and gore, appeal to him. Dismembering the baby was always
901			on the cards.
902			%
903			[random comment from amule sources]
904			// trust noone ;-)
905			// lol, useless comment but made me lmao
906			// wtf you guys are weird.
907			%
908	root	1.432	Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
909			- Kin Hubbard
910			%
911			[random .sig]
912			I'm a muslim.
913
914			No I won't email you a bomb if you tick me off, but only because I don't know how to.
915			%
916			[...] don't do a double-take if you cuss in front of a woman. If she's read any
917			of the kernel code (notably arch/sparc/), she's heard of the word "fuck"
918			before.
919
920			[Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO]
921			%
922			<imho>
923
924			BASIC - fun! (For small programs at least.)
925			Smalltalk - fun! (Until you have to interact with anything else.)
926			Lisp - fun! (Until your eyeballs fall out from looking at too many parentheses.)
927			Arduino sketches - fun! (As long as they fit on one page.)
928
929			ObjC - sort of fun...once you understand 200 Cocoa classes.
930			Java - public static void not fun.
931			C++ - definitely not fun. STL seems like it should be fun but it isn't.
932			C - usually not fun.
933
934			What about modern scripting languages?
935
936			JavaScript - sort of fun! Until you have to deal with the DOM or various not-fun frameworks.
937			Ruby - fun! Until you try to do something with Rails.
938			Python - fun! Until you try to write a GUI app.
939
940			</imho>
941
942			[http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/25-years-of-hypercard-the-missing-link-to-the-web/2/]
943			%
944			"Die deutschen Zensoren------------------- --------------------------
945			Dummköpfe-------- -------------------------------------------"
946			%
947
948			* GFX_IS_DISPLAY_MODE_SUPPORTED
949			*
950			* This routine sets the specified display mode.
951
952			n = n%2 ? n : ++n;
953			[plan9, /sys/src/cmd/eqn/paren.c]
954			%
955			# The user is always right.
956			if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
957			[autoconf]
958			%
959			from linux-2.6.37/fs/fcntl.c:
960
961			/*
962			* We need to detect attempts to do dup2() over allocated but still
963			* not finished descriptor. NB: OpenBSD avoids that at the price of
964			* extra work in their equivalent of fget() - they insert struct
965			* file immediately after grabbing descriptor, mark it larval if
966			* more work (e.g. actual opening) is needed and make sure that
967			* fget() treats larval files as absent. Potentially interesting,
968			* but while extra work in fget() is trivial, locking implications
969			* and amount of surgery on open()-related paths in VFS are not.
970			* FreeBSD fails with -EBADF in the same situation, NetBSD "solution"
971			* deadlocks in rather amusing ways, AFAICS. All of that is out of
972			* scope of POSIX or SUS, since neither considers shared descriptor
973			* tables and this condition does not arise without those.
974			*/
975			%
976			Taken straight out of lilo... This way of intermixing case with if (0)
977			was new to me:
978
979			switch(c)
980			{
981			case 'x': base=16; type \|= 4; if(0) {
982			case 'o': base= 8; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
983			case 'u': base=10; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
984			case 'd': base=-10; }
985			switch(type)
986			{
987			case 0: val=va_arg(ap, short); break;
988			case 1: val=va_arg(ap, int); break;
989			case 2: val=va_arg(ap, long); break;
990			case 4: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned short); break;
991			case 5: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned int); break;
992			case 6: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned long); break;
993			default:val=0; break;
994			}
995			cp = __numout(val,base);
996			if(0) {
997			case 's':
998			cp=va_arg(ap, char *);
999			}
1000			%
1001			Also, it is not true that UTC-1 is THE civilian time scale. While it
1002			is certainly one, physical seconds are as enshrined in law as UTC
1003			timestamps. Try arguing that you weren't caught speeding at midnight
1004			at the end of the year because the calculation should have used an
1005			extra second and see how far you get :-)
1006			[Nick Maclaren, in <8ta60d$aq6$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>]
1007			%
1008			> > Actually it's not fully backward compatible. As I was just reminded, the
1009			> > libc `sync' function, which is what the fileutils sync uses (sync is in
1010			> > fileutils, not sh-utils), is backward-compatible and thus not synchronous
1011			> > (it passes a zero wait flag in file_syncfs).
1012			>
1013			> Hmm. Hurd sync should use the libc sync function too; it should not
1014			> set the wait flag. If it does, that's a bug.
1015
1016			It must be a confusing feature, because the code was written by the
1017			infamous Michael I. Bushnell (may he rest in peace), who did not write bugs.
1018
1019			[from a random discussion about hurd, 199901032206.RAA27962@baalperazim.frob.com]
1020			%
1021			It is immediately apparent from these figures that moving-arm disks
1022			should never be used, neither for paging applications nor for any other
1023			heavy-traffic auxiliary memory applications.
1024
1025			Peter J. Denning -- Virtual Memory (1970)
1026
1027			http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=356573&type=pdf&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618
1028			%
1029			(i was impatient to bikeshed with diego on code indenting... btw this
1030			whole indentation rules/enforcement should gone, it's nonsense, i dont
1031			know any coder who uses consistent indentation over all his code... only
1032			beginner programmers do, sometimes. if anyone wants to read the code in
1033			nice indentation, he can anytime run a code formatter with his favourite
1034			settings)
1035
1036			http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2011-January/104674.html
1037			%
1038			How do I deal with memory leaks?
1039
1040			By writing code that doesn't have any. [...]
1041
1042			[From Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Style and Technique FAQ]
1043			%
1044			This kind of arguments doesn't really make sense for Fedora. We should
1045			ship the best implementation, not the most "tried and true" one.
1046
1047			http://www.devheads.net/linux/fedora/development/libjpeg-f14.htm
1048			%
1049			The situation in the US: If you do anything before 2067 to preserve the
1050			recording on a wax-cylinder from 1895, the terrorists win. Do you really
1051			hate hard-working American families that much? Thank God Senator Orrin
1052			Hatch and the RIAA love America's children more than you do.
1053
1054			The situation in Europe: Sound recordings up to 1960 are already in the
1055			public domain. The terrorists have won. Our only hope of restoring the
1056			justice of eternal and infinite copyright (and therefore saving our own
1057			children's lives!) lies in the selfless efforts of the likes of Bono and
1058			Cliff Richard, as they cry all the way to the bank about artists not being
1059			rewarded for their creativity.
1060
1061			Let's hope that by the time you finish reading this sentence, copyright
1062			will have been extended another 99 years... you know, to justly compensate
1063			that bloke sitting by a mic in 1895. If he'd thought that in 2066
1064			librarians would be able to copy his recording without his permission, he
1065			would never have made it in the first place.
1066
1067			http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52573
1068			%
1069			"I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in
1070			future understand things" -- Jörg Schilling
1071			%
1072			Nobody has bought freaking 160GB of music from the iTunes store. I figured
1073			it out once, conservatively it was like $53,000 of music. And yet somehow
1074			Apple has managed to sell tens of millions of iPods with up to 160GB
1075			capacity, and even the smaller iPods would cost many thousands of dollars
1076			to fill from the iTunes store. The iPod was worthwhile because of piracy.
1077
1078			http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/intels-walled-garden-plan-to-put-av-vendors-out-of-business.ars?comments=1#comment-20806800
1079			%
1080			"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.
1081			Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
1082			- Mohandas Gandhi
1083			%
1084			"And so I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of
1085			the Almighty Creator. In standing guard against the Jew I am defending the
1086			handiwork of the Lord."
1087			- Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf" Vol. I, chapter 2, Murphy Ed. (p. 46)
1088			%
1089			Scientific Scrutiny and Disclosure
1090
1091			I was wondering how anyone possibly could conclude from this exchange that
1092			Lenski was hiding something. I came to the conclusion that some people
1093			must not understand how scientific scrutiny works. I wrote a guide.
1094
1095			Scientific scrutiny works like this:
1096			Scientist A publishes results.
1097
1098			Scientist B: A, I tried duplicating your experiment, but parameters x, y,
1099			and z that I need were not in your article. I need you to disclose to me
1100			x, y, and z that you used at the time. What are they?
1101
1102			A: x, y, and z are such and such.
1103			B: Using x, y, and z, my result doesn't agree with yours at all. Are you
1104			sure you did the procedures that you claimed?
1105			A: ...
1106			B: You fraud!
1107
1108			Scientific scrutiny does not work like this:
1109
1110			A publishes results.
1111
1112			B: I have Generic Skepticism toward your article. Under code viii of the
1113			Publication Criteria, I demand that you give me all of your data!
1114			A: ... ok...? It seems that everything you would need is already in the
1115			article. Did you have something specific in mind?
1116			B: A has refused to attach all data he has ever used for the
1117			experiment. He is withholding information and thus hiding something.
1118
1119			-- Carafe 01:42, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
1120			[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Lenski_affair_talk_1]
1121			%
1122			[regarding sites requesting visitors to allow advertisements and not block
1123			them because they need the money to operate]
1124
1125			"The readers are not the customer. The customer is the advertiser, and the
1126			readers are the product which that website promises to deliver. But the
1127			readers, being the product and not the customer, have no obligation to the
1128			site or its bottom line."
1129			%
1130			"..but a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of
1131			the Jewish religion before his principles were departed from by those
1132			who professed to be his special servants, & perverted into an engine for
1133			enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in church & state:
1134			that the purest system of morals ever before preached to man has been
1135			adulterated & sophisticated, by artificial constructions, into a mere
1136			contrivance to filch wealth & power to themselves, that rational men not
1137			being able to swallow their impious heresies, in order to force them down
1138			their throats, they raise the hue & cry of infidelity, while themselves
1139			are the greatest obstacles to the advancement of the real doctrines of
1140			Jesus, and do in fact constitute the real Anti-Christ."
1141			– Thomas Jefferson to William Baldwin, 19 January 1810 (draft – never sent)
1142			%
1143			Ignorance is the state of not having the data.
1144
1145			Idiocy is the state of having the data, but not being able to process it.
1146
1147			Willful ignorance is the state of censoring out all data you don’t want to hear.
1148			%
1149			["only those parts in the bible I like are authentic"]
1150
1151			>>>> but doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support slavery, genocide,
1152			>>>> and the beating of children?
1153			>>>
1154			>>> Subjugation of women...
1155			>>
1156			>> "doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support ..." Only for bible
1157			>> literalists and those who ignore what Jesus himself taught. By all
1158			>> means call out any religious person who is acting immorally but try to
1159			>> understand that the rest of us who are trying to follow the Way as best
1160			>> as we can don't usually have the clout to wrestle the Falwells and the
1161			>> Robertsons and their ilk to the ground. If we can agree on that, then,
1162			>> shake partner.
1163			>
1164			> Ever read Matthew 5:31-32? Jesus said it and taught it.
1165			>
1166			> He says my wife is an adultress since she divorced her 1st husband all
1167			> on account of her not taking his punches and kicks with good-natured
1168			> humor. That "pearl of wisdom" also says that I'm an adulterer for
1169			> choosing to spend the rest of my life with her.
1170			>
1171
1172			As written, it seems pretty clear. Until you remember the book of matthew
1173			was written decades after Jesus's death based on memories and oral
1174			traditions, not to mention translation inaccuracies and ulterior motives
1175			of the writers. No one really knows what Jesus really said or what he
1176			really meant. It could all be wildly inacurrate. I think the fault is in
1177			those who would use those words to justify their shabby treatment of you
1178			and your wife.
1179			%
1180			Atheists care about religion for the same reason other people care about
1181			cancer. If you aren't careful, it will kill you, and if you are, it could
1182			still kill you. - arestheblue
1183			%
1184			Once upon a time there was the CAT working group whose name was an
1185			abbreviation for "Common Authentication Technology". It produced IETF
1186			specifications for GSS-API.
1187
1188			It was succeeded by the kitten working group, which has been working on
1189			the next-generation GSS-API specifications.
1190
1191			There is now a proposal for a MOGGIES working group, which will work on
1192			Mechanisms Of Generating Generically Interoperable & Effective Security.
1193
1194			[http://fanf.livejournal.com/?style=mine]
1195			%
1196			[from the minix 3 users guide]
1197
1198			ELLE is a simple and clear text editor (once you've figured out the key commands).
1199			%
1200			[Tips how to deal with complaints when running TOR exit nodes]
1201
1202			During the conversation make sure you explain a few points:
1203			[...]
1204			You are not insane. You may be insane, but we don't want the
1205			complaintant to guess this is true.
1206			%
1207			"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
1208			- Ken Thompson.
1209			%
1210			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-01-16-50-Math-Project-released.html
1211
1212			"Scientific calculations are becoming a reality in Syllable"
1213
1214			Dunning-Kruger at its best - the tool that "carries Syllable to
1215			universities" can calculate sine and cosine values of integer inputs...
1216			source code excerpt:
1217
1218			int sn()
1219			{
1220			char pwr;
1221
1222			int input1 = 0;
1223			double output1 = 0;
1224
1225			system("clear");
1226			cout<<"This is the Sin() calculator, please enter a number"<<endl;
1227			cin>>input1;
1228			output1 = (sin(input1));
1229			cout<<"Sin() of"<< input1<<" is: "<<output1<<endl;
1230			cout<<"Please press 'a' for recalculate or 'm' to return to main menu"<<endl;
1231			cin>>pwr;
1232			if(pwr == 'a')
1233			sq();
1234			if(pwr == 'm')
1235			system("pause");
1236
1237			}
1238			%
1239			It allows a web browser and a web server to have a persistent, two-way
1240			full-duplex connection using just one TCP connection.
1241
1242			[mind-boggling, they provide TCP features with just TCP!!!11]
1243
1244			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-02-22-16-WebSockets-for-Cheyenne-web-server.html
1245			%
1246			From the "my window manager is boiling bullshit, so you have to fix your
1247			app for me" department:
1248
1249			From: Evan LeCompte
1250
1251			Myself and many other members of the Archlinux community (and anyone using
1252			Linux with a tiling window manager for that matter) humbly beg you (the
1253			developers) for a single-windowed version of GIMP.
1254			%
1255			"I will give you credit for having balls. In spite of your comments being
1256			a PR ploy based on biased views, you consistently imply that we're just
1257			indulging in a PR ploy based on biased views."
1258
1259			http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/old-news/
1260			%
1261			"We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone ...
1262			Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"
1263			– Steve Jobs[47]
1264
1265			"We can’t adapt European magazines to the standards of Utah."
1266			– Mathias Müller von Blumencron (editor of Der Spiegel, warning that
1267			the news magazine would not alter its content for the App Store)
1268			%
1269			The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt.
1270			-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
1271			%
1272			Subject: [Gimp-user] Completely off every imaginable topic;)
1273			From: Patrick Horgan
1274			Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:13:38 -0800
1275			To: GIMP Users <gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
1276
1277			Have you ever noticed that people's progress in using, supporting,
1278			writing bug reports for, and sometimes even developing for, writing
1279			documentation for, or translating for open source software is paralleled
1280			by their progress from top-posting to bottom posting to interlinear
1281			posting, to intelligent elision with interlinear posting? I see it on
1282			the gimp, and on other lists all the time.
1283
1284			[...]
1285			%
1286	root	1.431	"Logic has made me hated among men"
1287			— Peter Abelard
1288			%
1289			A man said to the universe:
1290			"Sir I exist!"
1291			"However," replied the universe,
1292			"The fact has not created in me
1293	root	1.432	A sense of obligation."
1294			- Steven Crane
1295	root	1.431	%
1296			He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool; avoid him.
1297
1298			He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student; teach him.
1299
1300			He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him.
1301
1302			He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him.
1303
1304			– Sanskrit Saying
1305			%
1306			[anonymised discussion]
1307			AGW-Denialist: ... blabla ... Karl Hopper ... blabla ... falsification ...
1308			Scientist: Karl Hopper, eh? You're like the energizer bunny of wrong.
1309			%
1310			[http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/NV/render_texture_rectangle.txt]
1311
1312	root	1.432	Additions to the WGL Specification
1313	root	1.431
1314			First, close your eyes and pretend that a WGL specification actually
1315			existed. Maybe if we all concentrate hard enough, one will magically
1316			appear.
1317			%
1318			"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust,
1319			sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
1320			- Douglas Adams
1321			%
1322			I like how whether a German is a "skinhead" or a "pussy", he's still considered a typical German.
1323			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21884]
1324			%
1325	root	1.462	"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will
1326			lose both, and deserve neither" -- Thomas Jefferson
1327	root	1.431	%
1328			"This is a further proof of the skill of astronomers
1329			in fitting a straight line to a circle!"
1330			- footnote in "OUR BEST FRIEND, THE COMA CLUSTER"
1331			http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Biviano/Biviano_contents.html
1332			%
1333			Am Grunde eines Problems sitzt immer ein Deutscher (Voltaire)
1334			%
1335			"I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
1336			- Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
1337			President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
1338			Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked
1339			Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"
1340			%
1341			It's a known fact that not a single competent, experienced, skilled
1342			programmer in the world uses an IDE, nor has used one at any point in his
1343			or her career.
1344			[http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/?node_id=636318]
1345			%
1346			It was stated that WIMPs and MACHOs were in the category of particle known
1347			as "Fabricated Ad hoc Inventions Repeatedly Invoked in Efforts to Defend
1348			Untenable Scientific Theories" (FAIRIE DUST).
1349			%
1350			I LOVE YOU
1351			["authentication succeeded" protocol token used by cvs pserver]
1352			%
1353			General consensus seems to be 2.6.18 is where the manure intersected with
1354			the air impeller.
1355
1356			Alan Cox
1357			%
1358			"I'm being elitist: awesome 3 is designed for power users
1359			with a minimum computer science background."
1360			%
1361			From: Eric Sosman
1362			Newsgroups: comp.std.c
1363			Subject: Re: about graphics
1364
1365			prince wrote:
1366			> how to get command over graphics in c language?
1367
1368			#include <stdio.h>
1369			int main(void) {
1370			puts("graphics\rcommand");
1371			return 0;
1372			}
1373			%
1374			I tried the Vista speech recognition by running the tutorial. I was
1375			amazed, it was awesome, recognised every word I said. Then I said the
1376			wrong word ... and it typed the right one. It was actually just
1377			detecting a sound and printing the expected word! -- pbhj on /.
1378			%
1379			[Bodo Moeller in http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/msg/e79e65ed9077d0ba]
1380
1381	root	1.471	While the 2^128 step search [takes] a very long time indeed,
1382	root	1.431	it still is a constant-time attack.
1383			%
1384			"Verleumdung mußt Du frech betreiben, es wird schon etwas hängenbleiben!"
1385			-- Karl Joseph Simrock
1386			%
1387			From: David Damerell
1388
1389			Quoting Epic Campaigns <NoS...@NoSpamMe.com>:
1390			>Because C# is case sensitive, you can use the same name with different
1391			>caps to make it different.
1392
1393			Alternatively you could set your nose hair on fire, which will also be
1394			painful but will take less typing.
1395			%
1396			Well, I think comparing Common Lisp to Scheme is prima facie evidence
1397			of ill will, even if Common Lisp wins. It is somewhat like a supposed
1398			compliment like "man, you are even smarter than George W. Bush".
1399
1400			Erik Naggum in 3231422371368070@naggum.net
1401			%
1402			From: Hans-Jürgen Koch
1403
1404			> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less
1405			> free than the BSD.
1406			>
1407			> Free code + restrictions = non-free code.
1408
1409			The legal restriction that people must not enter your house uninvited
1410			by smashing the door adds to your freedom, don't you think so?
1411			%
1412			[C++ doesn't have the monopoly on hard-to-read diagnostics]
1413
1414			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1415			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1416			from incompatible pointer type
1417			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1418			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1419			makes pointer from integer without a cast
1420			State.xs:1927: error: too few arguments to function ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF ,
1421			struct CV , struct SV *, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1422			%
1423			The idea that governments have rights is absurd. People have rights. The
1424			people have delegated certain tasks to government for their own
1425			convenience, and have accepted limits on some minimal subset of their
1426			rights so that society can best protect the rest. Note that "society" is
1427			not the same as "the government"; the government is just a mechanism used
1428			by society to accomplish certain specific things.
1429
1430			[Chandon Seldon]
1431			%
1432			[Wikipedia]
1433			Differences between vi and Emacs
1434
1435			The neutrality of this article is disputed.
1436			%
1437			[lost the reference]
1438			Remember that openssl is generally the upper
1439			bound on how difficult a library can be to use.
1440			%
1441			"Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's pointless
1442			to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and
1443			elitist. No novices asking stupid questions."
1444			%
1445			[aol 4tw, messages are edited for readability]
1446
1447			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1448			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1449			Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:46 -0500
1450			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1451			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1452
1453			well how about making the manual more accessable u fukin cumtwat. take
1454			ur shitty software n shove it homo. this program sux anyway. i wouldnt
1455			have to read a manual if you actually knew how to create a good piece of a
1456			working program you stupid fuck. n let me tell you thats a good way to get
1457			your name out there or your software, just tel the customer their wrong,
1458			yeah, thatll work. may you rot in piss, if your head was on fire i would
1459			piss on your leg.
1460
1461			?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1462			maybe you should go to school and learn how to spell cuz who the fuck
1463			spells marK with a c? musta been a baby of a couple retards
1464
1465			[then, a day later]
1466
1467			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1468			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1469			Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:02:20 -0500
1470			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1471			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1472
1473			just kno that your an idiot. dont be mad at me cuz your mommy n daddy cant
1474			aford to buy you aol, its not my problem. like anyone is going to read
1475			your stupid post anyway.. noone likes your program, how about you read the
1476			previous posts n then we'll see. so you just keep sitting in your basement
1477			all by your lonesome?wasting your time making useless software buddy, cuz
1478			quiet frankly i could give 2 shits. oh yeah if you plan on posting my
1479			response make sure you dont edit nothing and include ALL of my response u
1480			fucking nerd. why dont you put it on ur myspace as well, print up a couple
1481			copies n post em on your walls too buddy
1482
1483
1484			-----Original Message-----
1485			From: Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1486			To: puezalb024@aol.com
1487			Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 2:17 am
1488			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1489
1490
1491
1492			On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:27:46PM -0500, puezalb024@aol.com wrote:
1493	root	1.432	>
1494	root	1.431	> ?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1495
1496			I was suspecting that aol users have, uhm, issues, but that's just hilarious :->
1497
1498			Note that I will publish your response so other people can share the fun,
1499			I hope you don't object :)
1500			%
1501			>Dummerweise steht es auch in der Welt der Wunder Zeitschrift und die ist
1502			>dafür bekannt Fakten zu liefern.
1503
1504			You made my day
1505			%
1506			[http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0810.1/2945.html]
1507
1508			Names are important. In fact, naming is often _more_ important than the
1509			implementation is. And that means that the implementation should follow
1510			the naming, or the implementation is wrong.
1511
1512			Linus
1513			%
1514			The ultimate hipocrisy is when people send you mails like this:
1515
1516			From: Christian Walde <mithaldu@yahoo.de>
1517
1518			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 ...
1519
1520			[lots of kilobyte-sized single-line paragraphs omitted]
1521
1522			As too many people send me top- and fully-quoted
1523			emails, here is a guide on how to be considerate
1524			when sending emails to other people:
1525			http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
1526
1527			[which states to not use more than, say, 72 columns per line]
1528
1529			[mail quoted with permission btw.]
1530			%
1531			* k-god tries to think of the one mutt enhancement he'd like...
1532			<k-god> OK. Two. One: A backscratcher.
1533			<brendan> I believe muttng has one of those
1534			<k-god> Two: An implementation of the Internet Face Stab Protocol for MS Outlook lusers.
1535			<brendan> and I think outlook does that on its own :)
1536			%
1537			I had some issues though, functions like tmpfile() could only
1538			be used if run as administrator in windows.
1539
1540			Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com>
1541			%
1542			[on italy]
1543
1544			#24. fallingstones - 08-10 03:51
1545
1546			@youruncledarnell: First, sorry for my very bad English. Yes, the
1547			majority of Italians are totally idiot, otherwise the Prime Minister
1548			wouldn't be Silvio Berlusconi, and of course also the justice is not
1549			only politicized, but also spectacularized.
1550
1551			Not only. We've the only nation in all EU having a State-controlled
1552			corporation on copyright (SIAE). This corporation have also hated
1553			by a lot of artists, Italian and foreigner, 'cause the division of
1554			funds is "strange". If some of you can understand a lot of Italian, I
1555			suggest viewing an old service on Italian TV program "Report" talking
1556			on SIAE. You can read and viewing it on this url (sorry for long url)
1557
1558			http://www.report.rai.it/R2_popup_articolofoglia/0,7246,243%255E90082,00.html
1559
1560			Our legislation on copyright is basically on a law of 1943, approved
1561			during WWII by fascism and signed by the king. We're a Republic since
1562			1948 and our Costitution dislike fascism, but we've conserved all laws
1563			from fascism period.
1564
1565			We don't admit officially other copyright licenses, like GPL or CC,
1566			cause "legally" every creation would be registered in SIAE, giving to
1567			them all rights (also rights of persecuting uses not authorized). An
1568			author of a song can't authorize itself a pianist for playing his
1569			song. If the song is registered in SIAE (and if isn't, isn't legally
1570			created, and the author isn't recognized) the pianist MUST pay the
1571			royalties, that eventually will be refunded to him by the author (if
1572			they are accorded) when, after a lot of MONTHS, he receive it from
1573			SIAE.
1574
1575			We've also some laws against Freedom of Speech, for example our penal
1576			code include apology law, that pratically means you can't say why
1577			you consider wrong a penal law. People can ask (with a lot of signs)
1578			elections for deleting a law, but not for a penal law, or better can't
1579			explain why that law it's wrong and would be deleted. If you can't
1580			explain, you'll obviously will not found never other people signing
1581			your petition (and you need at least 500, and with a REAL signs, not
1582			electronic ones
1583
1584			#25. fallingstones - 08-10 03:52
1585
1586			Then, only parties have sufficient funds for these things, and we
1587			don't have a party sufficiently interested in freedom of speech
1588			(on internet and not). 'Cause limiting Freedom of Speech included
1589			CONTROL. We've the last western country in Freedom of Speech (at least
1590			based on Freedomhouse annual statistic), the only "Partly Free" in
1591			western country.
1592
1593			I'm so sorry for being Italian, for our very stupid justice, for our
1594			very bad country laws and on all for our very stupid prime minister,
1595			but trust me, I can assure you we don't be ALL so stupid. In last
1596			elections, with an absurd law on elections, other parties have been
1597			deleted from parliament. Now we've only two main coalitions, the
1598			Berlusconi's one and the Veltroni's one. All of them have approved
1599			laws against freedom on internet, and generally against technology
1600			innovations. For these reason, all the last governments are fascists,
1601			also the governments of "center-left".
1602
1603			Again, sorry you and all for my bad English. I hope you can understand.
1604
1605			If I can, I suggest Brokep creating a guide for using TOR, a little
1606			great program (and it's free) for surfing the net anonymously and
1607			without any restriction.
1608
1609			Brokep and all TPB staff, go forward forever. You're my personal myth,
1610			and the hope that good people using brain like you exists into the
1611			world.
1612
1613			Long life to the Bay, forever.
1614			Sorry for the long message and sorry if I'm using TOR, I hope you understand.
1615			Thank you for reading.
1616			%
1617			> > don't even attempt to compare the nvidia driver support to ati's craptacular drivers.
1618			>
1619			> don't even attempt to post a useful comment
1620
1621			How very ironic.
1622			%
1623			With or without religion, we would have good people doing good things and
1624			evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that
1625			takes religion."
1626
1627			--Steve Weinberg
1628			%
1629			http://xinutec.org/~pippijn/en/why-not-use_java.xhtml
1630			%
1631			[Kurt Roecks on his change that had totally broken openssl for two years in debian]
1632			[Folks, fix valgrind bugs in your code, not in other people's code,]
1633			[if you don't understand how valgrind works]
1634
1635			"I've ran all the regression test thru valgrind, using the memset()
1636			solves most of those. As far as I know, commenting out those 2 calls
1637			solved all the warnings valgrind reported."
1638			%
1639			[From: "H.Merijn Brand"]
1640			The more I (have to) work with java, the more I am convinced perl is
1641			the right tool for me.
1642			%
1643			[deliantra]
1644			02:58:42 [Kyle] my summoned pets ate my rod of show invisible
1645			%
1646			I pretend to work because the Soviet government pretends to pay me.
1647			%
1648			cerebro ~# fuser -km /wd_old
1649			/wd_old: 5270c 12266c 12274c 12275
1650			Suddenly the Dungeon collapses!! - You die...
1651			%
1652			From the CFA633 datasheet:
1653
1654			* Do not eat the LCD panel.
1655			%
1656			>> Well, in German there is no "sports" but just "Sport".
1657			>> So by that little S at the end of sports, you could tell it's English.
1658
1659			It's the same in English as it is in German; the little S at the end
1660			actually tells you it's American.
1661			%
1662			[better do not hire this programmer]
1663			From: Tony Jackson <tj76351@gmail.com>
1664			Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
1665			Subject: Avoiding dereference of NULL pointer
1666
1667			Hi
1668
1669			I'm quite new to C programming - I have more of a Java background: maybe
1670			someone here can advise me.
1671
1672			I'm nearly finishing a little program but it has some hard-to-find bugs
1673			that basically lead to a couple pointers sometimes being NULL at the
1674			wrong time. As it stands the program just bombs out when it tries to
1675			dereference the NULL, which obviously isn't good (especially when it
1676			happens with the customer looking on!!).
1677
1678			I don't think there's any serious problem to worry about, and what I'd
1679			like to do is be able to ignore the dereference attempt and just carry
1680			on - probably the next time round the loop the pointer will be OK. In
1681			Java, I'd put a try block around the main loop, and if we catch an
1682			exception then just jump back to the start of the main loop. What's the
1683			corresponding thing in C?
1684
1685			Thanks!
1686			%
1687			[from mozilla 1.7b sources]
1688
1689			// See bug 53763.
1690			nsCOMPtr<nsIViewManager> kungFuDeathGrip;
1691			nsIPresShell *shell = doc->GetShellAt(0);
1692			if (shell) {
1693			kungFuDeathGrip = shell->GetViewManager();
1694			%
1695			[the beginning, and most common codepath, of getpid() on my linux 2.6
1696			amd64 box in a program using glibc 2.3's pthreads. thats fucking cool]
1697
1698			0x000000300049af30 <getpid+0>: mov %fs:0x94,%edx
1699			0x000000300049af38 <getpid+8>: cmp $0x0,%edx
1700			0x000000300049af3b <getpid+11>: mov %edx,%eax
1701			0x000000300049af3d <getpid+13>: jle 0x300049af41 <getpid+17>
1702			0x000000300049af3f <getpid+15>: repz retq
1703			%
1704			(A lot of this OPM stuff seems to come straight from the twilight
1705			zone. It's normal to have error codes indicating that there was a disk
1706			error or that a network packet got garbled, but I'm sure Windows Vista
1707			must be the first OS in history to have error codes for things like
1708	root	1.462	"display quality too high").
1709	root	1.431
1710			[http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html]
1711			%
1712			Subject: Re: The right answer of -1^2 is?
1713
1714	root	1.432	> I don't think there's a real Right Way here other than reintroducing a
1715	root	1.431	> mechanism for explicitly signaling the grouping. Maybe parentheses? ;)
1716
1717			Nah. Use whitespace, like Fortress. Then you can distinguish between
1718
1719			x / y * z
1720
1721			and
1722
1723			x / y * z
1724
1725			That'll never cause problems, right? :)
1726
1727			(To be fair, I like Fortress. However, it did have some, er, unique
1728			design decisions.)
1729			%
1730			endergt:
1731			> snoofle:
1732			> > Every system (*nix, PC's, etc.) has a hex
1733			> > editor with a string-search capability - really not that hard if
1734			> > you understand what you are doing...
1735			>
1736	root	1.432	> Out of curiosity - what is the hex editor on a default Windows installation?
1737	root	1.431
1738	root	1.432	debug
1739	root	1.431	%
1740			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%.
1741
1742			Java is for people who prefer to have the arm chopped off.
1743			%
1744			Steve Loughran: "The EU interop laws often come up in discussion, and they
1745			are interesting. They say that you are allowed to do reverse engineering
1746			for hardware interop. Not software: hardware."
1747
1748			Not sure what you're talking about, but Council Directive 91/250/EEC seems
1749			pretty clear to me (or as clear as legal texts can be to me...): "Article
1750			6 Decompilation
1751
1752			1. The authorization of the rightholder shall not be required where
1753			reproduction of the code and translation of its form within the meaning
1754			of Article 4 (a) and (b) are indispensable to obtain the information
1755			necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created
1756			computer program with other programs, provided that the following
1757			conditions are met: [...]"
1758			%
1759			http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/
1760			%
1761			Why Linux Sux ?
1762
1763			Easy .
1764			Security : most hackable operating systems are unix based .
1765			Portability : try installing unix on cutting edge hardware . bad luck it won`t work . install windows (the oldest) on any ... it will .
1766			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 .
1767			Applications : we all know there are more and more on windows . linux will probably never get so many .
1768			GUI : we know how customisable is the windows gui . and how stable .
1769			Gaming : ...anyone got an ideea of a linux game that is really cool ?
1770			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! ) .
1771			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 .
1772			Stability : reboot windows 100 times by using the case button . perhaps a scandisk will appear . reboot linux ... ups kernel panic .
1773
1774			You don`t have money for OS ? Work ! Oh you hate miscrosoft and bill gates
1775			no ? Sure thing ... stupid and lazy people generally hate smart and hard
1776			working ones . Screw linux users .
1777			%
1778			19:26:03 <schmorp> did you know the us is officially metric? for over 100 years, too?
1779			19:26:27 -cfbot:#cf- [moerderer] it is also officially a democracy, go figure
1780			19:26:34 <schmorp> good point :)
1781			%
1782			> The Dell 30"...
1783
1784			It is big, but some of the reviews have not been so glowing, or rather,
1785			the glowing has been highly asymmetric.
1786			%
1787	root	1.432	Re: USA- an underdeveloped country with potentials
1788	root	1.431
1789			> > 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".
1790	root	1.432	>
1791	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!
1792	root	1.432	>
1793	root	1.431	> your welcome, pinhead!
1794	root	1.432
1795	root	1.431	Even though I´m tired of hearing "we saved your a beep during ww2 I will respond.
1796
1797			1. Did you? Or did your great grandfathers? Maybe they were better?
1798			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.
1799			3. One good thing in the past doesn´t make up for bad things in your society today.
1800	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.
1801	root	1.431	%
1802			[discussion about some changes in windows longhorn]
1803			Let's hope that some day Microsoft will catch up to what the
1804			public-domain tz code was doing back in 1986. (Good work, Arthur!)
1805			%
1806			ntfs ist dennoch für datei und ordnersicherheit zuständig.
1807
1808			Zum Beispiel unter Linux wenn man auf fat32 festplatten zugreifen will ist
1809			es kein problem, wenn man aber die festplatte auf ntfs convertiert hat,
1810			dann funktioniert dass nicht mehr der zugriff auf die festplatte.
1811
1812			Denn das ist die sicherheit vor zugriffen auf daten von anderen usern und
1813			anderen betriebssystemen.
1814
1815			Habe fat32 festplatte gehabt(zugriff von linux möglich) dann habe ich es
1816			auf ntfs umconvertiert und dann ging es nicht mehr.
1817
1818			habe nochmal in meinen unterlagen nachgeschlagen, haben erst ca. vor 3
1819			Wochen die Unterlagen vom Lehrer bekommen und ich sag nochmal, zittiere
1820			Lehrer: Fat32 sollte man heutzutage nicht mehr verwenden außer man hat
1821			Windows 98 und man möchte Dualbootkonfiguration erzielen. NTFS ist
1822			einfach für bessere Sicherheit zuständig.
1823
1824			Frage?
1825			Hast du Windows und Linux beides auf deinem Laptop oder Standpc?
1826			Wenn ja hattest du vorher eine fat32 festplatte?
1827			Hast du sie dann auf ntfs umconvertiert?
1828
1829			Freundlichen Grüße von Vista-Ultimate-Besitzer
1830			%
1831			"In this time of war against Osama bin Laden and the oppressive
1832			Taliban regime, we are thankful that OUR leader isn't the spoiled son
1833			of a powerful politician from a wealthy oil family who is supported by
1834			religious fundamentalists, operates through clandestine organizations,
1835			has no respect for the democratic electoral process, bombs innocents,
1836			and uses war to deny people their civil liberties." --The Boondocks
1837			%
1838			19:35:41 <elmex> dieses 'restore session' is soo sinnlos bei firefox
1839			19:35:54 <elmex> wenn die webseite die ihn gecrasht hat immer weieder crasht
1840			19:36:18 <schmorp> tja, bei mir restored er trotz einstellung nie etwas
1841			19:36:24 <schmorp> fragt sich wer mehr glück hat
1842			%
1843			What has happened is that Dave Winer got off a rant against JSON as
1844			reinventing XML's (and more specifically XML-RPC's) wheel:
1845
1846			God bless the re-inventers
1847
1848			Gotta love em, because there's no way they're going to stop breaking
1849			what works, and fixing what don't need no fixing
1850
1851	root	1.432	Crockford gets off a very pithy response:
1852	root	1.431
1853			The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round
1854			one.
1855			%
1856			[rfc2665]
1857			The dot3StatsEtherChipSet object has now been deprecated.
1858			Implementation feedback indicates that this object is much more
1859			useful in theory than in practice.
1860			%
1861			15:40:51 <elmex> son buero is faszinierend
1862	root	1.432	15:41:08 <elmex> staendig hoerste leute seuftzen und jammern, und in 90% der faelle hats
1863	root	1.431	mit windows zu tun
1864			15:41:15 <elmex> oder mit software die dort laeuft
1865			15:41:37 <elmex> irgendwem is heut mrogen die mail inbox verloren gegangen
1866			15:41:47 <elmex> und hat sie dann wiedergefunden
1867			15:41:49 <elmex> irgendwie
1868			15:41:50 <elmex> irgendwo
1869	root	1.432	15:42:07 <elmex> achja, und backups gabs auch keine mehr, seit sich die passwoerter
1870	root	1.431	geaendert haben :->
1871			15:42:19 <elmex> (also seit wenigen tagen)
1872	root	1.432	15:47:10 <elmex> es ist auch erstaunlich wie wenig arbeit eigentlich so erledigt wird nach
1873	root	1.431	15:30
1874			15:47:48 <elmex> (mit ausnahmen)
1875			15:48:13 <elmex> aber 50-80% der zeit wird mit kommunikation verbracht
1876			%
1877			[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=895394]
1878			The SparcStation2 technical docs recommend catting your /vmunix file to /dev/audio as a speaker test.
1879			If you go nearly deaf from the painful noise, then your speaker works.
1880			%
1881			http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/optimize.html
1882
1883			Strictly for beginners
1884
1885			Techniques you might not be aware of if you have not been programming for the past 15 years of your life:
1886			[...]
1887			%
1888			http://tmbo.org/offensive/images/picpile/Welcome%20to%20paradise%21.jpg
1889			%
1890			17:34:47 <elmex> hab gehoert solaris soll GPL werden, oder zumindest denkt sun drueber nach :->:
1891			17:34:53 <schmorp> ja klar
1892			17:34:57 <schmorp> alles was lebenszeitende hat
1893			17:34:58 <schmorp> wird gpl
1894			17:35:02 <schmorp> weil sie denken, dann wirds übelreben
1895			17:35:05 <schmorp> bei mozilla hats auch gwekappt
1896			17:35:08 <elmex> hehe
1897			17:35:13 <schmorp> und die brrowserentwicklung unter linux locker ein jahr verzögert
1898			17:35:46 <elmex> dann kann joerd schilling ja endlich sein lieblings system entwickeln :-
1899			17:35:48 <elmex> :->
1900			17:35:58 <schmorp> macht er doch schon die ganze zeit
1901			17:36:02 <schmorp> chillingos, bzw.
1902			17:36:18 <elmex> uh
1903			17:36:53 <schmorp> ich finds nicht mehr
1904			17:36:57 <schmorp> er arbeitet jedenfalls dran
1905			17:38:27 <schmorp> SchilliX
1906			17:38:29 <schmorp> genau!
1907			17:38:30 <schmorp> :)
1908			17:38:33 <elmex> sueees
1909			17:38:34 <schmorp> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/schillix/
1910			17:39:59 <zaphod> omg das ist nicht wahr
1911			17:40:20 <schmorp> ihr kennt die geheimnisse und wunder unserer welt nicht
1912			17:40:32 <zaphod> das kann bestimmt CDs brennen wie nix anderes
1913			17:40:42 <elmex> lol
1914			17:41:06 <schmorp> :)
1915			%
1916			[A Gentoo User]
1917			First FreeBSD is UNIX. Yes FreeBSD runs beter then all other Linux
1918			distro’s but FreeBSD lacks any graphical features(stolen linux features
1919			doesn’t count) so it is only ment for guys with an old grey beards.
1920			[...] That’s why for geeks/nerds/professionals (like me) bsd exists [...]
1921			Gentoo is ment for professionals that need a system for a really exact
1922			environment and think LFS is to much work.
1923			[http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/01/why-gentoo-shouldnt-be-on-your-server/]
1924			%
1925			20:08 <schmorp> my guess is, purely practically
1926			20:08 <schmorp> if copyright/patent law continues to go away from the original reasons
1927			20:08 <schmorp> that they were created for
1928			20:08 <schmorp> you will at one point have a civil war
1929			20:08 <schmorp> right now, you already have large-scale civil disobedience
1930	root	1.432	20:10 <scortch> i very much hope that it can be turned around before that happens. not the
1931			least reason is, in a Blade Runner dystopia, there isnt a lot that individuals
1932	root	1.431	can do
1933			20:11 <scortch> i.e. militarily
1934			20:11 <scortch> ah wait.
1935			20:12 <scortch> we are forgetting that low technology solutions are always around
1936			20:12 <schmorp> terrorism :)
1937			20:12 <schmorp> now i finally see the whole plot
1938			20:13 <scortch> that's quite a story
1939			%
1940			23:49 <ruskie> in my experience apart from a few exceptions all gentoo people are rude
1941	root	1.432	23:58 <Err> it seems logical that there is a strong correlation
1942			between (people who like to waste their time, and their computer's
1943			processing time, rebuilding things that have been built a million
1944	root	1.431	times before) and (idiots)
1945			23:58 <Err> (parenthesized for easy parsing ;-) )
1946	root	1.432	23:59 <Err> there are certainly exceptions to every rule - but in
1947			general, gentoo users think that they're getting magical properties
1948	root	1.431	out of rebuilding the same code everybody else builds
1949			%
1950			[http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/]
1951			Bruce Schneier decrypted the Bible. The plaintext read, "Bruce Schneier".
1952			%
1953			[http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin-patches@cygwin.com/msg03644.html]
1954
1955			Internet Explorer: KB329781 "HTTP File Upload Operation Takes a Long Time
1956			to Complete". The printing subsystem: KB816627 "TCP/IP port printing may
1957			be slow in Windows 2000"
1958
1959			In the first KB microsoft amusingly states in relation to the fact that
1960			upload speed is limited to 80kbps no matter what the network bandwidth
1961			that "this behaviour is by design". The mind boggles...
1962			%
1963			[so much for type-safety]
1964			List<Integer> lst = new ArrayList<Integer>;
1965			lst.add(null);
1966			int x = 1 + lst.get(0);
1967			%
1968			[just for reference]
1969			Wenn man weiss, dass man in seinem Leben nicht mehr Glücklich werden
1970			kann, und sich von Tag zu Tag die Gründe dafür häufen, dann bleibt
1971			einem nichts anderes übrig als aus diesem Leben zu verschwinden. Und
1972			dafür habe ich mich entschieden. Es gibt vielleicht Leute die hätten
1973			weiter gemacht, hätten sich gedacht "das wird schon", aber das wird
1974			es nicht.
1975
1976			Man hat mir gesagt ich muss zur Schule gehen, um für mein leben zu
1977			lernen, um später ein schönes Leben führen zu können. Aber was bringt
1978			einem das dickste Auto, das grösste Haus, die schönste Frau, wenn es
1979			letztendlich sowieso für’n Arsch ist. Wenn deine Frau beginnt dich zu
1980			hassen, wenn dein Auto Benzin verbraucht das du nicht zahlen kannst, und
1981			wenn du niemanden hast der dich in deinem scheiss Haus besuchen kommt!
1982
1983			Das einzigste was ich intensiv in der Schule beigebracht bekommen habe
1984			war, das ich ein Verlierer bin. Für die ersten jahre an der GSS stimmt
1985			das sogar, ich war der Konsumgeilheit verfallen, habe danach gestrebt
1986			Freunde zu bekommen, Menschen die dich nicht als Person, sondern als
1987			Statussymbol sehen. Aber dann bin ich aufgewacht! Ich erkannte das die
1988			Welt wie sie mir erschien nicht existiert, das sie eine Illusion war,
1989			die hauptsächlich von den Medien erzeugt wurde. Ich merkte mehr und
1990			mehr in was für einer Welt ich mich befand. Eine Welt in der Geld alles
1991			regiert, selbst in der Schule ging es nur darum. Man musste das neuste
1992			Handy haben, die neusten Klamotten, und die richtigen "Freunde". hat
1993			man eines davon nicht ist man es nicht wert beachtet zu werden. Und diese
1994			Menschen nennt man Jocks. Jocks sind alle, die meinen aufgrund von teuren
1995			Klamotten oder schönen Mädchen an der Seite über anderen zu stehen. Ich
1996			verabscheue diese Menschen, nein, ich verabscheue Menschen.
1997
1998			Ich habe in den 18 Jahren meines Lebens erfahren müssen, das man nur
1999			Glücklich werden kann, wenn man sich der Masse fügt, der Gesellschaft
2000			anpasst. Aber das konnte und wollte ich nicht. Ich bin frei! Niemand darf
2001			in mein Leben eingreifen, und tut er es doch hat er die Konsequenzen zu
2002			tragen! Kein Politiker hat das Recht Gesetze zu erlassen, die mir Dinge
2003			verbieten, Kein Bulle hat das Recht mir meine Waffe wegzunehmen, schon gar
2004			nicht während er seine am Gürtel trägt.
2005
2006			Wozu das alles? Wozu soll ich arbeiten? Damit ich mich kaputtmaloche um
2007			mit 65 in den Ruhestand zugehen und 5 Jahre später abzukratzen? Warum
2008			soll ich mich noch anstrengen irgendetwas zu erreichen, wenn es
2009			letztendlich sowieso für'n Arsch ist weil ich früher oder später
2010			krepiere? Ich kann ein Haus bauen, Kinder bekommen und was weiss ich
2011			nicht alles. Aber wozu? Das Haus wird irgendwann abgerissen, und die
2012			Kinder sterben auch mal. Was hat denn das Leben bitte für einen
2013			Sinn? Keinen! Also muss man seinem Leben einen Sinn geben, und das
2014			mache ich nicht indem ich einem überbezahlten Chef im Arsch rumkrieche
2015			oder mich von Faschisten verarschen lasse die mir erzählen wollen wir
2016			leben in einer Volksherrschaft. Nein, es gibt für mich jetzt noch eine
2017			Möglichkeit meinem Leben einen Sinn zu geben, und die werde ich nicht wie
2018			alle anderen zuvor verschwenden! Vielleicht hätte mein Leben komplett
2019			anders verlaufen können. Aber die Gesellschaft hat nunmal keinen Platz
2020			für Individualisten. Ich meine richtige Individualisten, Leute die
2021			slebst denken, und nicht solche 'Ich trage ein Nietenarmband und bin
2022			alternativ' Idioten!
2023
2024			Ihr habt diese Schlacht begonnen, nicht ich. Meine Handlungen sind ein
2025			Resultat eurer Welt, eine Welt die mich nicht sein lassen will wie ich
2026			bin. Ihr habt euch über mich lustig gemacht, dasselbe habe ich nun mit
2027			euch getan, ich hatte nur einen ganz anderen Humor! Von 1994 bis 2003/2004
2028			war es auch mein Bestreben, Freunde zu haben, Spass zu haben. Als ich
2029			dann 1998 auf die GSS kam, fing es an mit den Statussymbolen, Kleidung,
2030			Freunde, Handy usw.. Dann bin ich wach geworden. Mir wurde bewusst das
2031			ich mein Leben lang der Dumme für andere war, und man sich über mich
2032			lustig machte. Und ich habe mir Rache geschworen! Diese Rache wird so
2033			brutal und rücksichtslos ausgeführt werden, dass euch das Blut in den
2034			Adern gefriert. Bevor ich gehe, werde ich euch einen Denkzettel verpassen,
2035			damit mich nie wieder ein Mensch vergisst! Ich will das ihr erkennt, das
2036			niemand das Recht hat unter einem faschistischen Deckmantel aus Gesetz und
2037			Religion in fremdes Leben einzugreifen!
2038
2039			Ich will das sich mein Gesicht in eure Köpfe einbrennt! Ich will
2040			nicht länger davon laufen! Ich will meinen Teil zur Revolution der
2041			Ausgestossenen beitragen!
2042
2043			Ich will R A C H E !
2044
2045			Ich habe darüber nachgedacht, dass die meisten der Schüler die mich
2046			gedemütigt haben schon von der GSS abgegangen sind. Dazu habe ich zwei
2047			Dinge zu sagen:
2048
2049			1. Ich ging nicht nur in eine klasse, nein, ich ging auf die ganze Schule.
2050
2051			Die Menschen die sich auf der Schule befinden, sind in keinem Falle
2052			unschuldig! Niemand ist das! In deren Köpfen läuft das selbe Programm
2053			welches auch bei den früheren Jahrgängen lief! Ich bin der Virus der
2054			diese Programme zerstören will, es ist völlig irrelewand wo ich da
2055			anfange.
2056
2057			2. Ein Grossteil meiner Rache wird sich auf das Lehrpersonal richten,
2058			denn das sind Menschen die gegen meinen Willen in mein Leben eingegriffen
2059			haben, und geholfen haben mich dahin zu stellen, wo ich jetzt stehe; Auf
2060			dem Schlachtfeld! Diese Lehrer befinden sich so gut wie alle noch auf
2061			dieser verdammten schule!
2062
2063			Das Leben wie es heute täglich stattfindet ist wohl das armseeligste was
2064			die Welt zu bieten hat!
2065
2066			S.A.A.R.T. - Schule, Ausbildung, Arbeit, Rente, Tod
2067
2068			Das ist der Lebenslauf eines "normalen" Menschen heutzutage. Aber
2069			was ist eigentlich normal? Als normal wird das bezeichnet, was von der
2070			Gesellschaft erwartet wird. Somit werden heutzutage Punks, Penner,
2071			Mörder, Gothics, Schwule usw. als unnormal bezeichnet, weil sie den
2072			allgemeinen Vorstellungen der Gesellschaft nicht gerecht werden, können
2073			oder wollen. Ich scheiss auf euch! Jeder hat frei zu sein! Gebt jedem
2074			eine Waffe und die Probleme unter den Menschen lösen sich ohne jedliche
2075			Einmischung Dritter. Wenn jemand stirbt, dann ist er halt tot. Und? Der
2076			Tod gehört zum Leben! Kommen die Angehörigen mit dem Verlust nicht klar,
2077			können sie Selbstmord begehen, niemand hindert sie daran!
2078
2079			S.A.A.R.T. beginnt mit dem 6. Lebensjahr hier in Deutschland, mit der
2080			Einschulung.
2081
2082			Das Kind begibt sich auf seine perönliche Sozialisationsstrecke, und
2083			wird in den darauffolgenden Jahren gezwungen sich der Allgemeinheit, der
2084			Mehrheit anzupassen. Lehnt es dies ab, schalten sich Lehrer, Eltern,
2085			und nicht zuletzt die Polizei ein. Schulpflicht ist die Schönrede von
2086			Schulzwang, denn man wird ja gezwungen zur Schule zu gehen. Wer gezwungen
2087			wird, verliert ein Stück seiner Freiheit. Man wird gezwungen Steuern zu
2088			zahlen, man wird gezwungen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen einzuhalten, man
2089			wird gezwungen dies zu tun, man wird gewzungen das zu tun. Ergo: Keine
2090			Freiheit! Und sowas nennt man dann Volksherrschaft. Wenn das Volk hier
2091			herrschen würde, hiesse es Anarchie!
2092
2093			WERDET ENDLICH WACH - GEHT AUF DIE STRASSE - DAS HAT IN DEUTSCHLAND
2094			SCHONMAL FUNKTIONIERT!
2095
2096			Nach meiner Tat werden wieder irgendwelche fetten Politiker dumme
2097			Sprüche klopfen wie "Wir halten nun alle zusammen" oder "Wir
2098			müssen gemeinsam versuchen dies durchzustehen". Doch das machen
2099			sie nur um Aufmerksmakeit zu bekommen, um sich selbst als die Lösung
2100			zu präsentieren. Auf der GSS war es genauso... niemals lässt
2101			sich dieses fette Stück Scheisse von Rektorin blicken, aber wenn
2102			Theater-aufführungen sind, dann steht sie als erste mit einem breiten
2103			Grinsen auf der Bühne und präsentiert sich der Masse!
2104
2105			Nazis, HipHoper, Türken, Staat, Staatsdiener, Gläubige... einfach alle
2106			sind zum kotzen und müssen vernichtet werden! (Den begriff "Türken"
2107			benutze ich für alle HipHopMuchels und Kleingangster; Sie kommen nach
2108			Deutschland weil die Bedingungen bei ihnen zu hause zu schlecht sind,
2109			weil Krieg ist... und dann kommen Sie nach Deutschland, dem Sozialamt der
2110			Welt, und lassne hier die Sau raus. Sie sollten alle vergast werden! Keine
2111			Juden, keine Neger, keine Holländer, aber Muchels! ICH BIN KEIN SCHEISS
2112			NAZI) Ich hasse euch und eure Art! Ihr müsst alle sterben!
2113
2114			Seit meinem 6. Lebensjahr wurde ich von euch allen verarscht! Nun müsst
2115			ihr dafür bezahlen!
2116
2117			Weil ich weiss das die Fascholizei meine Videos, Schulhefte, Tagebücher,
2118			einfach alles, nicht veröffentlichen will, habe ich das selbst in die
2119			Hand genommen.
2120
2121			Als letztes möchte ich den Menschen die mir was bedeuten, oder die jemals
2122			gut zu mir waren, danken, und mich für all dies Entschuldigen!
2123
2124			Ich bin weg...
2125			%
2126			01:14 <scortch> its an NP hard for computers
2127			01:14 <elmex> no, it's NP hard for anyone
2128			%
2129	root	1.432	19:18 <elmex> schmorp: eben anner kasse stand jemadn hinter mir und faselte mit seinen
2130			kumpels zum thema bill gates: "... er ist ja mein vorbild, nicht jetzt
2131			wegen dem geld, sondern wegen dem charakterlichen und so ... der hat ja
2132			die haelfte seines vermoegens gespendet.... und ne jacht hat der auch...
2133	root	1.431	abe was fuer eine... voll fettes schiff...'
2134			19:19 <schmorp> rofl
2135			19:19 <schmorp> aber nicht wegem dme geld
2136			19:19 <elmex> der studiert glaub ich informatik :)
2137			19:19 <elmex> das is die neue generation
2138			19:19 <elmex> 'generation gates'
2139			19:19 <schmorp> die frage schiene mcirosoft oder schiene java erübrigt sich
2140			%
2141			http://www.bissantz.de/pub/Luegen_mit_Statistiken.pdf
2142			%
2143			[http://use.perl.org/~luqui/journal/]
2144			[The reason I left Perl 6]
2145
2146			The virtue of social art was extinguished when the solutions that I had
2147			worked for weeks on and I considered truly beautiful lost to syntax
2148			bloat and "DWIM tables". It bascially came down to the rest of the team
2149			considering Perl much more pragmatically than I did, which may end up
2150			better for the end result anyway—it is hard to tell.
2151			%
2152			http://www.ta-sa.org/files/sc/perl6_timeline_updated.png
2153			%
2154			00:20 <schmorp> Mikachu: xjdic lists ぶっかける as to dash (slosh) water (or other liquid)onapersonorinaperson'sface
2155			00:21 <Mikachu> yeah, that made me laugh a bit
2156			00:21 <Mikachu> "or other liquid, know what i mean, nudge nudge"
2157			%
2158			[very funny read]
2159			Hack-a-Bike
2160			USK@vZ8crASNqmw9APiGDtTxV0YvspklNnOTmQin0ZsPLdk,bnUaihNj6Ww8CFvBQo4UwH0pYiS0hOyeKIxvO0tZdJk,AQABAAE/hack-a-bike/1/index_de.html
2161			%
2162			Now that habeas corpus and other basic rights, including the right not to
2163			be tortured while interrogated, have now been deemed unnecessary, more
2164			Americans than ever have been thinking of getting out the door while they
2165			still can.
2166
2167			http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/23/getting_out_your_gui.html
2168			%
2169	root	1.432	23:52 <elmex> Zaehlen sie die wichtigsten Berufsfelder der IT-Branche auf:
2170			Java-code-affe, Bussiness-scheisse-laber-affe, Windows-admin,
2171	root	1.431	Windows-user, echter Admin und echter Programmierer.
2172			%
2173			[without words]
2174			http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1030/104_print.html
2175			%
2176			[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030217/cockburn]
2177			We're in the twilit world of the "thought crime." Have a photo of a kid in
2178			a bath on your hard drive, and the prosecutor says you were looking at it
2179			with lust in your heart, and that is tantamount to sexually molesting an
2180			actual kid in an actual bath.
2181			%
2182			Don't put stock in the Constitution, anymore. It IS just a piece of paper,
2183			today (actually, since Oct 17th). The Military Commissions Act of 2006
2184			makes the Constitution null and void. You (regardless of your citizenship)
2185			may be held with no charges, for no reason, for an indefinite time, with
2186			absolutely no judicial oversight. It is completely legal for the
2187			government to pick you up and for you to disappear with no one ever knowing
2188			what happened to you.
2189			%
2190	root	1.472	--
2191	root	1.431	Markus Schulz
2192
2193			A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
2194			Q: Why is top posting bad?
2195			%
2196			On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:05:19AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
2197	root	1.432	> 1. It's not that I don't want to, but I _can't_ implement kprobes and not
2198			> due to lack of skills, but lack of resources. (There is a subtle but
2199	root	1.431	> important difference.)
2200
2201			Um, given the amount of time you've spent trying to pursuade us why
2202			you can't implement kprobes for m68k, perhaps you would have
2203			implemented it already if you had buckled down and started coding
2204			instead of flaming about why everyone else should bend over backwards
2205			just because you don't have time for your arch? :-)
2206
2207			- Ted
2208			%
2209			[http://richarddawkins.net/mainPage.php?bodyPage=article_body.php&id=183]
2210			"I want to see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus
2211			Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam. I want to see them
2212			as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are over in
2213			Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places... Excuse
2214			me, but we have the truth!"
2215			%
2216			[Meijin Title Game #3, Takao Shinji vs. Cho U]
2217			(22) archimed [18k?]: actually, what are considered to be their respective strengths?
2218			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: takao's strength is kickin cho u's butt
2219			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: cho u's a big fighter
2220			%
2221			[nethack extinctionist faq]
2222			The first "extinctionist" ascension on r.g.r.n. (at least from what I can
2223			tell) seems to have been by Matthew Bourland in 2000, who although he
2224			didn't actually kill everything, certainly genocided all (at the time) 256
2225			monster types that were genocidable. Then, after that he extincted all
2226			other randomly generated monsters. On the other hand, having 120 kills
2227			in every category is perhaps more noteworthy (or foolhardy?) than simply
2228			genociding every monster.
2229
2230			I'd recommend a dose of both. Kill them until they're dead and then
2231			genocide them for good measure!
2232			%%
2233			[nethack instadeath faq]
2234
2235			* eating Death, Famine, Pestilence, Medusa, or green slime corpses
2236
2237			Well let's face it, this is just plain stupid. So don't do it!
2238			%
2239			17:57 <zaphod> Murch: Stroemungslehre ist geil
2240			17:57 <Murch> zaphod: hm?
2241	root	1.432	17:57 <zaphod> Murch: "Diese Gleichungen sind, zumindest aus der Sicht eines
2242	root	1.431	Ingenieurs, als exakt anzusehen."
2243			17:58 <Murch> lol
2244			%
2245			22:51 -cfbot:#cf- [Wrathmagic] oh i love killing pirates yes i do i love stabbing them through and through
2246			%
2247			[Brazil and Bush’s War on Terror]
2248			http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/blumen3.html
2249			%
2250			http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/169/
2251			%
2252			http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware/
2253
2254			There was time when badware developers tried to install ad pages as homepage
2255			or searchpage in user’s IE by any possible means. Nowadays users install
2256			adware voluntarily and write news about it. True web2.0 style!
2257			%
2258			http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/05/universal_time_zone.html
2259
2260			At the United Nations today President George W. Bush
2261			announced a proposal to unify all the world's time zones
2262			into a single Universal Time Zone (UTZ), formerly known as
2263			the Eastern Time Zone.
2264			[...]
2265			Britain immediately supported the US plan. "If it means
2266			sleeping in broad daylight then we'll stick with our
2267			allies," said Tony Blair, "Of course there's never broad
2268			daylight in the UK, so it's not much of an issue."
2269			%
2270			Wow, and this in security-relevant code... (taken from libc's ld.so)
2271
2272			_dl_profile_output
2273			= &"/var/tmp\0/var/profile"[__libc_enable_secure ? 9 : 0];
2274			%
2275			[CRYPTO-GRAM]
2276			By January 1st, 2007, everyone crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada is supposed to have
2277			a passport. This is because of terrorism, of course. But now we learn that ferries and private
2278			watercraft will be exempt. One of two things is true. Either passports are required for
2279			security, in which case we should interfere with ferries. Or they're for show, in which case we
2280			can just do what's convenient. Or maybe we just know that terrorists never take ferries. I get
2281			that security is a trade-off, but this is kind of silly.
2282
2283			http://tinyurl.com/zl5af
2284			%
2285			[famous last words]
2286			11:22 <kaizoku> what do you mean by plonk?
2287			%
2288			What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider...
2289
2290			"We are a tier 1 provider" = "I am a salesperson."
2291
2292			"They are a tier 2 provider." = "I am a salesperson and they are our competitor".
2293
2294			--
2295			Jay Hennigan
2296			%
2297			http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xbox_Security_System
2298			%
2299			[latimes story about a man returning to the us from iraq and being
2300			held for selling copyrighted images on t-shirts by the department
2301			of homeland security]
2302			http://tinyurl.com/ourlr
2303			%
2304			"Some other types of programs won't make the transition to Windows x64
2305	root	1.432	seamlessly, either. Microsoft ships WinXP x64 with two versions of
2306	root	1.431	Internet Explorer, a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. The 32-bit
2307			version is the OS default because nearly all ActiveX controls and the like
2308			are 32-bit code, and where would we be if we couldn't execute the full
2309			range of spyware available to us?"
2310
2311			[http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/64-bits/index.x?pg=1]
2312			%
2313			[http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/kglobalaccel__x11_8cpp-source.html]
2314			00279 if( pEvent->xkey.state & KKeyServer::modXNumLock() ) {
2315			00280 // TODO: what's the xor operator in c++?
2316			%
2317	root	1.432	<Mikachu> give a man a fix and he's running urxvt one day, teach a man
2318	root	1.431	to fix and he will run urxvt all his life
2319			%
2320			The NSA Phone Call Database: The European Perspective
2321			http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/the_nsa_phone_c.html
2322			%
2323			Oh, I agree completely. No game has ever let me down the way Oblivoin
2324			did. I"m still hoping mods and expansions will fix it but there's no way
2325			I'm pre-ordering the next one. I'm afraid it really will be a first person
2326			shooter.
2327
2328			The really scary thing is that it's not just video games. Book sales were
2329			done last year because people just don't read as much anymore. I'm having
2330			to dumb down my newspaper editorials because people used to want analysis
2331			they could use to make their own opinions, now they seem to just want
2332			opinions they can quote without having to think for themselves. McDonalds
2333			puts pictures of the food on the cash register instead of numbers.
2334
2335			Face it. The human race is devolving. In 500 years the best selling RPG
2336			in the universe will be a console game where you roleplay an ape named
2337			Fred, swing on vines and throw your own excrement. You'll have one stat,
2338			apeness. It wiill effect everything you do in a subtle, yet unexplained
2339			way.
2340
2341			And Bethesda fan boys will be screaming "TES 504: Monkeypoo good. You go
2342			bak cave, no good rpger. Two stats bad. Made feces throw too hard. Shiney
2343			key graphic good. Make me happy."
2344
2345			shrugs But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
2346			%
2347			> So Hitler was a pacifist because he let other people kill for him? Most
2348			> D&D computer games require you to kill people (not simply knock them
2349			> out). Also just because you don't kill doesn't make you a pacifist (see
2350			> above comment about Hitler).
2351
2352			I invoke the European rule: In any given argument, the first side to
2353			mention Hitler loses.
2354			%
2355			[siggraph '99 course 12]
2356			Unfortunately, including <windows.h> has the unfortunate side effect of
2357			introducing literally thousands of macros and type declarations into
2358			your compilation environment. This undesirable "name space pollution"
2359			can sometimes affect source code portability by conflicting with your
2360			program's own macros and types. This can particularly be a problem for
2361			UNIX programmers that are not familiar with all the junk that comes with
2362			including <windows.h>.
2363			[...]
2364			Win32's requirement that you use wglGetProcAddress is a real drag,
2365			but if you do everything right, using OpenGL extensions works and
2366			gives you access to amazing new OpenGL features. And let's be honest;
2367			wglGet- ProcAddress is hardly the only annoying and awkward thing about
2368			programming with the Win32 API. Still, by using the C preprocessor and
2369			coding carefully, you actually can write OpenGL programs that use OpenGL
2370			extensions and compile from the same source code for both UNIX and Win32
2371			environments.
2372			%
2373			http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/19981207_Computers_are_so_STY00PID
2374			%
2375			[http://www.voynich.net/Kryptos]
2376			"It's easier to rig an electronic voting machine than a Las Vegas slot machine"
2377			%
2378			[CRYPTO-GRAM 2006-03-15]
2379			[...] There are all sorts of interests vying for control of your
2380			computer. There are media companies that want to control what you can
2381			do with the music and videos they sell you. There are companies that
2382			use software as a conduit to collect marketing information, deliver
2383			advertising or do whatever it is their real owners require. And there are
2384			software companies that are trying to make money by pleasing not only
2385			their customers, but other companies they ally themselves with. All these
2386			companies want to own your computer.
2387
2388			Some examples:
2389
2390			1. Entertainment software: In October 2005, it emerged that Sony had
2391			distributed a rootkit with several music CDs -- the same kind of
2392			software that crackers use to own people's computers. This rootkit
2393			secretly installed itself when the music CD was played on a computer.
2394			Its purpose was to prevent people from doing things with the music that
2395			Sony didn't approve of: It was a DRM system. If the exact same piece of
2396			software had been installed secretly by a hacker, this would have been
2397			an illegal act. But Sony believed that it had legitimate reasons for
2398			wanting to own its customers' machines.
2399	root	1.432
2400	root	1.431	2. Antivirus: You might have expected your antivirus software to detect
2401			Sony's rootkit. After all, that's why you bought it. But initially, the
2402			security programs sold by Symantec and others did not detect it,
2403			because Sony had asked them not to. You might have thought that the
2404			software you bought was working for you, but you would have been wrong.
2405
2406			3. Internet services: Hotmail allows you to blacklist certain e-mail
2407			addresses, so that mail from them automatically goes into your spam
2408			trap. Have you ever tried blocking all that incessant marketing e-mail
2409			from Microsoft? You can't.
2410
2411			4. Application software: Internet Explorer users might have expected
2412			the program to incorporate easy-to-use cookie handling and pop-up
2413			blockers. After all, other browsers do, and users have found them
2414			useful in defending against Internet annoyances. But Microsoft isn't
2415			just selling software to you; it sells Internet advertising as well. It
2416			isn't in the company's best interest to offer users features that would
2417			adversely affect its business partners.
2418
2419			5. Spyware: Spyware is nothing but someone else trying to own your
2420			computer. These programs eavesdrop on your behavior and report back to
2421			their real owners -- sometimes without your knowledge or consent --
2422			about your behavior.
2423
2424			6. Update: Automatic update features are another way software companies
2425			try to own your computer. While they can be useful for improving
2426			security, they also require you to trust your software vendor not to
2427			disable your computer for nonpayment, breach of contract or other
2428			presumed infractions.
2429
2430			Adware, software-as-a-service and Google Desktop search are all
2431			examples of some other company trying to own your computer. And Trusted
2432			Computing will only make the problem worse.
2433
2434			There is an inherent insecurity to technologies that try to own
2435			people's computers: They allow individuals other than the computers'
2436			legitimate owners to enforce policy on those machines. These systems
2437			invite attackers to assume the role of the third party and turn a
2438			user's device against him.
2439			[...]
2440			You can fight back against this trend by only using software that
2441			respects your boundaries. Boycott companies that don't honestly serve
2442			their customers, that don't disclose their alliances, that treat users
2443			like marketing assets. Use open-source software -- software created and
2444			owned by users, with no hidden agendas, no secret alliances and no
2445			back-room marketing deals.
2446			%
2447			[John Carmack on Java]
2448			Write-once-run-anywhere. Ha. Hahahahaha. We are only testing on four
2449			platforms right now, and not a single pair has the exact same quirks. All
2450			the commercial games are tweaked and compiled individually for each
2451			(often 100+) platform. Portability is not a justification for the awful
2452			performance.
2453			%
2454			[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,415577,00.html]
2455
2456			"Wenn ich höre, dass die Telekom mit Microsoft kooperiert, da wird mir
2457			ganz anders", sagte Herbert Tillmann, der Vorsitzende der Produktions-
2458			und Technikkommission von ARD und ZDF dem Blatt. Man bevorzuge offene
2459			Standards und wolle sich der Plattform von Microsoft nicht ausliefern.
2460			%
2461			http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/05/german_cannibal.html
2462			%
2463			"Ok, this is complete off topic but WHY do so many Americans think that
2464			once your cross the 49th parellel into Canada that they are going out into
2465			a technology- and civilization-free zone???"
2466			http://p203.ezboard.com/ftruechristiansunitefrm31
2467			%
2468			http://funroll-loops.org/
2469			%
2470			[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL]
2471			When Direct3D was released in 1995, Microsoft, SGI, and Hewlett-Packard
2472			initiated the Fahrenheit project, which was a joint effort with the
2473			goal of unifying the OpenGL and Direct3D interfaces - and again, adding
2474			a scene-graph API. It initially showed some promise of bringing order
2475			to the world of interactive 3D computer graphics APIs, but on account
2476			of financial constraints at SGI and general lack of industry support
2477			it was abandoned. The engineers involved at SGI held a beach party in
2478			celebration - complete with bonfires on which they burned piles of
2479			Fahrenheit documentation.
2480			%
2481			[Whenever I try to use svn, it fails me. Sure I modified files, but whats
2482			the point of a RCS system that can't cope with that? Besides, I am 100%
2483			sure its much slower than CVS]
2484			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2485			svn: Won't delete locally modified directory '.'
2486			svn: Left locally modified or unversioned files
2487	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2488	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2489			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2490	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2491	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn diff
2492			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2493	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2494	root	1.431	[Great, my local fixes are lost now, too. Whoever let this horror loose on
2495			humanity deserves to be shot or something like that]
2496			%
2497	root	1.430	[http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431.12]
2498
2499			... I'm evaluating a bunch of J2EE portlet-enabled JSR-compliant MVC
2500			role-based CMS web service application container frameworks. ...
2501	root	1.431	%
2502	root	1.429	Subject: RE: Question about Leap Second Features
2503
2504			> Is there any implementation for this information on Microsoft operating
2505			> systems ?
2506
2507			Any Microsoft operating system that is accurate down to the second can
2508			probably be hand-picked from Bill Gates' garage ... ;-)
2509
2510			Jesper
2511			%
2512	root	1.428	[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer]
2513
2514			"As far as I can tell, the phrase 'I. Love. This. Company.
2515			YEEEAAAAAAAAARARRRRARAGH!' has FIVE words, not four."
2516
2517	root	1.432	~ Oscar Wilde on Steve Ballmer having four words for you.
2518	root	1.429	%
2519	root	1.427	http://www.geocities.com/pca_1978/kafkaesque.html
2520			%
2521	root	1.426	[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136541]
2522
2523			You've doubled the work. People don't like that. People REALLY don't
2524			like that. The number of duplicate bugs filed against the chooser is
2525			evidence for this. Furthermore, click depth is a standard metric for
2526			measuring HCI usability, and this dialog has moved in the absolute wrong
2527			direction. People won't be satisfied until they get the entry box back
2528			into the dialog. You can grind your teeth and pull your hair all you want,
2529			but that's the truth.
2530			%
2531	root	1.424	[de.alt.ufo]
2532
2533			Braun Ludwig <Wick84@gmx.de> wrote:
2534
2535	root	1.432	> 1. Ufos sind für mich Flugobjekte des US Militärs mit einen neuartigen
2536			> Atrieb, der mit einen Motorgenerator von ca 100000 Volt und einer
2537			> Stromstärke von ca 2 mA, einer elektronischen Steuereinheit und einer
2538			> Antriebseinheit auf Kondensator Basis betrieben wird. Zur Erklärung des
2539	root	1.424
2540			Aaha! Naja, die Elektrogravitation ist wirklich seit langem bekannt. Damit aber
2541	root	1.425	einen Antrieb zu realisieren halte ich für weniger wahrscheinlich. So abstrakt
2542			ist diese Funktion nicht und es wären schon mehr als ein Mensch dahinter
2543	root	1.424	gekommen. Ich sicher auch.
2544
2545			Allerdings schreibst Du hier von einem Generator. Es stellt sich die Frage
2546			was genau man mit 2 mA erzeugen will. Jeder Paralyzer schafft das mit
2547	root	1.425	der Hälfte der Spannung auch. Ich habe aber noch kein Opfer schweben
2548	root	1.424	gesehen. Im Gegenteil - die bewegen sich eigentlich immer ziemlich schnell
2549			in Richtung Boden.
2550
2551			[...]
2552
2553	root	1.432	> Dieser Ufo Flugzeug Typ wird in erster Linie als Spionage und
2554	root	1.425	> Aufklärungsflugobject eingesetzt.
2555	root	1.424
2556			Verstehe. Was ist in Afrika so interessant? Bekanntlich gibt oder gab es
2557	root	1.425	da bisher die überwiegenden Sichtungen. Was will z.B. der Ami von den
2558	root	1.424	Eingeborenen erfahren? Wie man richtig Reis oder Getreide kocht?
2559
2560			[...]
2561
2562			> 2. ausserirdische Ufo Flugobjekte.
2563	root	1.432	> Es gibt maximal 1 oder 2 oder drei ausserirdische Flugzeug
2564	root	1.425	> Beobachtungen, die tatsächlich wahr sind.
2565	root	1.424
2566			Nur drei? Das muss ich mir merken, damit ich das nicht vergesse. Welche
2567	root	1.425	mögen das Deiner Meinung nach wohl gewesen sein? Das ist ja noch
2568			schlimmer als Cenap, die von etwa 100.000 Fällen 1% erforscht haben,
2569			die wiederum schon im Vorfeld als 'normal' geklärt waren. Mit dieser
2570	root	1.424	Meinung solltest Du zu WW gehen und dich vorstellen. Der nimmmt Dich
2571			sofort.
2572			%
2573	root	1.423	[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/Tech/connect4.htm]
2574			By the way, decryption can be performed easily in your editor with syntax
2575			like !!tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M (Sorry if you had the misfortune to buy your
2576			software from Microsoft.)
2577	root	1.424	%
2578	root	1.422	http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/
2579	root	1.424	%
2580	root	1.421	> BTW I have 2 English words for you, FUCK YOU
2581
2582			Why, that's a rather intimate proposal. I never realised you were
2583			gay. While I would like to offer the hand of friendship, I am
2584			afraid that the thought of sex with a grown man doesn't really do
2585			much for me so I shall have to decline with a modicum of regret.
2586	root	1.424	%
2587	root	1.420	http://www.ta-sa.org/files/java_godkk.jpg
2588	root	1.419	http://www.chunder.com/carrots/javasux.html
2589	root	1.424	%
2590	root	1.418	Subject: Re: Docket No. 2005-22114
2591			From: Rodrigo Severo
2592			Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:04:33 -0200
2593			To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov
2594
2595			On 1/23/06, Paul Eggert wrote:
2596
2597			"David Braverman" <david@inner-drive.com> writes:
2598			It is a bit ironic that the US is less efficient than Brazil in fixing
2599			obviously-broken regulations like this.
2600
2601			I'm sorry but I have to ask: where is the irony in this? I hope the answer
2602			isn't obvious to people from US and I'm not seeing it just because I'm
2603			brazilian ;)
2604			Rodrigo Severo
2605	root	1.424	%
2606	root	1.431	[Frankly, I'd just like to know what GNOME did wrong to deserve this :]
2607	root	1.417
2608			http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq.html#1.13
2609	root	1.424	%
2610	root	1.416	[Another entry in the series "make this a blog":]
2611
2612			I wanted to see it for myself, and directed my browser to http://www.mpaa.org/.
2613
2614			Got "Bad Request (Invalid Header Name)".
2615
2616			Well.. some investigation showed that it didn't like the headers added by
2617			squid (in mostly default debian config).
2618
2619			sigh
2620	root	1.424	%
2621	root	1.415	A LIBERAL DECALOGUE
2622			By Bertrand Russell
2623
2624			Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new
2625			decalogue, not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement
2626			it. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate,
2627			might be set forth as follows:
2628
2629			1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2630
2631			2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the
2632			evidence is sure to come to light.
2633
2634			3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
2635
2636			4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband
2637			or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by
2638			authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
2639
2640			5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always
2641			contrary authorities to be found.
2642
2643			6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you
2644			do the opinions will suppress you.
2645
2646			7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted
2647			was once eccentric.
2648
2649			8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement,
2650			for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper
2651			agreement than the latter.
2652
2653			9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is
2654			more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
2655
2656			10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's
2657			paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness."
2658
2659			"A Liberal Decalogue" is from The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell,
2660			Vol. 3: 1944-1969, pp. 71-2.
2661	root	1.424	%
2662	root	1.413	[http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/12/09/502014.aspx]
2663	root	1.412	John Hoy, President of the DVD Copy Control Association, made
2664			the following statement to the Library of Congress in its 2003
2665			Anticircumvention rulemaking proceedings:
2666
2667			"Furthermore, if a consumer in the United States desires to view a DVD disc
2668			that has been region coded only for Europe, then that consumer is free to
2669			purchase a DVD player (either hardware or software) that is coded to play
2670			European DVDs. No legal restrictions apply-either through the CSS license
2671			or otherwise-to the importation and use of non-U.S. region players in the
2672			United States."
2673	root	1.413	---
2674			It must really suck to live in a nation where competition is actually
2675			outlawed - you have to feel sorry for all those people oppressed by
2676			communists and socialists. Oh, wait.... ;)
2677	root	1.414	---
2678			"You ain't seen nothin' yet! I heard that the new HD-DVDs or Blue-ray
2679			discs (whichever win eventually) will be street-encoded. You have to
2680			quote your street name while buying DVDs and they won't work in the next
2681			street. The hidden reason for this is that MPAA wants to charge upwards of
2682			$1000 per DVD for those living in million dollar mansions."
2683
2684			This isn't far from the truth. Blu-ray disks for PlayStation3 will only
2685			play in ONE player on earth. MS will eventually make up something similar.
2686	root	1.424	%
2687	root	1.411	[gnome-clock and my radio-clock failed miserably, /bin/date and Linux worked:]
2688			Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
2689	root	1.424	%
2690	root	1.410	[http://www.slate.com/id/2133993/]
2691
2692			Vulnerabilities deemed "critical" have forced the company to release an
2693			almost unending stream of patches and fixes [...]
2694
2695			Sure, it might be nice to connect your computer and your television
2696			set. But is it worth it to give hackers access to your television?
2697
2698			Even if we don't use them, we suffer from them.
2699
2700			[...] a former senior security analyst for the House of Representatives,
2701			believes that Microsoft is a threat to national security.
2702	root	1.424	%
2703	root	1.409	[Copyright History - US view]
2704			http://www.culturaleconomics.atfreeweb.com/cpu.htm
2705	root	1.424	%
2706	root	1.408	[I just re-read the unix haters hadnbook]
2707			X has had its share of $5,000 toilet seats -- like Sun's Open Look clock
2708			tool, which gobbles up 1.4 megabytes of real memory! If you sacrificed all
2709			the RAM from 22 Commodore 64s to clock tool, it still wouldn't have enough
2710			to tell you the time. Even the vanilla X11R4 "xclock" utility consumed
2711			656K to run. And X's memory usage is increasing.
2712	root	1.424	%
2713	root	1.406	[Got to remember this way of arguing, it's great if it works:]
2714
2715			"Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should
2716			they care about it?"
2717			-- Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG’s Global Digital Business President.
2718	root	1.407
2719			[see also http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php]
2720	root	1.424	%
2721	root	1.405	Let me repeat again: Formal axiomatic systems are a failure!
2722			-- Gregory Chaitin
2723	root	1.424	%
2724	root	1.432	13:49 <RayTracer> pixelsize=14 ist so groß wie 8 beim xchat wenn ich den
2725	root	1.404	gnome-settings-daemon nicht lade
2726			13:50 <schmorp> autsch, was hat das mit dem gnome-settings-daemon zu tun? ist ja hart!
2727			[...]
2728	root	1.432	13:51 <RayTracer> wenn ich den nicht lade sind alle gtk-programme mit großem Font,
2729			wenn ich ihn lade werden sie klein gemacht und wenn ich ihn töte ist
2730	root	1.404	wieder alles groß
2731	root	1.424	%
2732	root	1.403	[man perlsub]
2733			That prints "unphooey". (Yes, there are still unresolved issues
2734			having to do with visibility of @_. I’m ignoring that question
2735			for the moment. (But note that if we make @_ lexically scoped,
2736			those anonymous subroutines can act like closures... (Gee, is this
2737			sounding a little Lispish? (Never mind.))))
2738	root	1.424	%
2739	root	1.402	[glibc's bits/socket.h]
2740
2741			if ((size_t) __cmsg->cmsg_len < sizeof (struct cmsghdr))
2742	root	1.432	/* The kernel header does this so there may be a reason. */
2743			return 0;
2744	root	1.424	%
2745	root	1.400	http://www.wicked-vision.com/zensur/zensur/zensur_bei_filmen.html
2746	root	1.401
2747			> Die Argumente liefen insbesondere darauf hinaus, dass es sich bei den
2748			> Filmen, auf die in Anspielungen verwiesen wird, um Filme handelt, die
2749			> entweder von der FSK gekennzeichnet wurden mit "nicht freigegeben
2750			> unter 18 Jahren", die von der Bundesprüfstelle indiziert wurden oder
2751			> die sogar durch entsprechende Beschlüsse bundesweit beschlagnahmt
2752			> wurden, also alles Filme, die Kindern und Jugendlichen aufgrund der
2753			> Gesetze zum Jugendschutz von vornherein nicht zugänglich sind. Kindern
2754			> und Jugendlichen wird daher die Persiflage auf diese Filme nicht
2755			> transparent.
2756
2757			Das muß man sich mal auf der Zunge zergehen lassen: Da wird ein Film,
2758			der ab 18 Jahren freigegeben ist, indiziert, weil Kinder und Jugendliche
2759			die parodistischen Anspielungen nicht verstehen könnten. Mit solchen
2760			Begründungen beraubt sich die BPjS letztlich ihrer Glaubwürdigkeit.
2761	root	1.424	%
2762	root	1.399	Großmanns Gesetz: Komplexe Probleme haben einfache, leichtverständliche,
2763			aber falsche Lösungen.
2764	root	1.424	%
2765	root	1.398	A project done in Java will cost 5 times as much, take twice as long,
2766			and be harder to maintain than a project done in a scripting language such
2767			as PHP or Perl. [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/09/20#a1762 Java
2768			is the SUV of programming tools] Philip Greenspun
2769	root	1.424	%
2770	root	1.397	On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Till Kamppeter wrote:
2771			>
2772			> Frederic told that the options from the PPD file are intentionally mot
2773			> listed in the printing dialog, the usability team of GNOME was against
2774			> listing these options. They clutter the dialog and can be more confusing
2775			> than useful to the user.
2776
2777			I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.
2778
2779			This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of
2780			Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will
2781			use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long
2782			since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
2783
2784			Please, just tell people to use KDE.
2785
2786			Linus
2787	root	1.424	%
2788	root	1.396	Move 80, Node 81
2789			theodore [22k?]: i hear 8 d can read the future
2790			setzer [?]: what about 9d
2791			theodore [22k?]: they control it
2792	root	1.424	%
2793	root	1.395	[Fuqid 1.6 FAQ]
2794			Wenn ich HTL auf 300 setze dann lade ich viel schneller runter, warum?
2795
2796	root	1.398	Weil du daran glaubst, das hat nur psychologische Gründe. HTL's grösser
2797	root	1.395	als das Nodelimit haben einfach keinen Einfluss. PUNKT!
2798			--
2799			Warum wurde Fuqid nicht in der geilen Sprache XX geschrieben?
2800
2801			Du sprichst nur eine Sprache? Bist du Amerikaner?
2802	root	1.424	%
2803	root	1.393	[Are people responsible for the company they work at?]
2804			I was at a party in New York City earlier this year, and a conversation went like this:
2805
2806			Person: What do you do?
2807			Me: I'm a computer programmer at Microsoft.
2808			Person: <viciously> I hate you.
2809
2810			If Miss Manners didn't say so explicitly, I suspect she would nevertheless
2811			agree that snarling "I hate you" to somebody on first introduction is not
2812			exactly getting off on the right foot.
2813	root	1.394
2814			[And this is how that Microsoft programmer reacts to bugs in Microsoft software]
2815			http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/10/17/481810.aspx
2816	root	1.424	%
2817	root	1.392	"The music and film industries are demanding that the European parliament
2818			extends the scope of proposed anti-terror laws to help them prosecute
2819			illegal downloaders."
2820
2821			Bill Thompson at the BBC has some pertinent commentary:
2822
2823			"If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make
2824			profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil
2825			liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve
2826			to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will
2827			have to emerge."
2828
2829			http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4469886.stm
2830	root	1.424	%
2831	root	1.425	>Damit dürftest du der zweite Mensch sein, den ich kenne, der sich mit
2832	root	1.391	>einer so spartanischen Hardwareausstattung zufrieden gibt:) Ich selbst
2833
2834			Mein Arbeitsplatz ist eine HP 715/80 - also 80 MHz. Da drauf laeuft der vi
2835			immer noch genauso schnell wie vor zehn Jahren :)
2836
2837			Bye, Andy
2838	root	1.424	%
2839	root	1.398	[ka.uni.rz.stud, warum bestimmte zeichen in passwörtern verboten sind]
2840	root	1.425	>einem Passwort nicht zulässt, das kann ich nachvollziehen, aber wieso ein
2841	root	1.390	>Dollarzeichen, Leerzeichen, Klammeraffe, Doppelkreuz, Prozent, doppelte
2842	root	1.425	>Anführungszeichen, Paragraph und was es da noch so alles gibt? Und wieso nur
2843	root	1.390
2844			Dollarzeichen: DCE kann nicht damit umgehen.
2845			Leerzeichen: sind nur am Anfang und Ende eines PW verboten - es gibt
2846			System, die das wegstrippen :(
2847			Klammeraffe: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Kill-Zeichen (stammt
2848			halt noch aus der Zeit, als Fernschreiber als I/O-Geraete benutzt
2849			wurde, und ein Fernschreiber, der druckt, kann per Definition kein
2850			Backspace o.ae. haben - Tipp-Ex-Baender waren nicht eingebaut :)
2851			- und es gibt eben noch Systeme, die zum lokalen Login diese STTY-
2852			Settings benutzen. Seit wir die VT100-Terminals abgebaut haben,
2853			ist das fuer Studenten weniger relevant, unser BV behandelt aber
2854			alle Benutzer.
2855			Doppelkreuz: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Erase-Zeichen
2856			Prozent: Mift, das hab' ich mir nicht aufgeschrieben, geht aber auch in
2857			irgendeinem System nicht. Vielleicht sollte man es mal wieder
2858			probieren (bis es knallt)?
2859			Doppelte Anfuehrungszeichen: Wurden von Radius als Begrenzer benutzt. Ja,
2860			der Radius-Server funktionierte nur mit Klartext-Passwoertern :(
2861			Ja, funktionierte, Vergangenheitsform, er ist jetzt endlich tot :)
2862			Ja, damit kann ich die doppelten Anfuehrungszeichen freigeben :)
2863			Paragraph: ist kein ASCII-Zeichen. Das kann die lustigsten Probleme geben,
2864			insbesondere wenn verschiedene encodings benutzt werden - IMHO gibt
2865			es auch Implementierungen, die das 8. Bit wegschneiden...
2866	root	1.424	%
2867	root	1.389	[subversion is just plain broken. I just lost all my local modifications, right?]
2868
2869			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2870			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2871			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2872			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn cleanup
2873			svn: 'programs/mythlcd' is not a working copy directory
2874			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2875			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2876			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2877			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn help cleanup
2878			cleanup: Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming
2879			unfinished operations, etc.
2880			usage: cleanup [PATH...]
2881
2882			Valid options:
2883			--diff3-cmd arg : use ARG as merge command
2884			--config-dir arg : read user configuration files from directory ARG
2885
2886			[Thanks for the details. Not.]
2887	root	1.424	%
2888	root	1.388	But there's an observation I can't help doing: it seems to me that the
2889			ratio of increase in the complexity of (some aspects of) the language _is_
2890			_much_ _bigger_ than that in the functionality such complexity is supposed
2891			to provide.
2892			- perl6-language - michele dondi
2893	root	1.424	%
2894	root	1.386	[From: perl6-language]
2895
2896			The fact that there's not alot of active p5p'ers on this list should
2897			alarm people more.
2898
2899			-Nate
2900
2901			[...]
2902
2903			My take on that is that it is because Perl 6 is not a new version of
2904			Perl 5. I still think "Perl" is a misleading name, and mostly hurts the
2905			image of the language that is created here.
2906
2907			Juerd
2908
2909			[...]
2910
2911			(Oh, and that perl6 will never be able to upgrade my scripts that use
2912			'format', but I'm aware of the plan to make that `obsolete' as in: the
2913			perl526 translator will dump core on those)
2914
2915	root	1.432	--
2916	root	1.386	H.Merijn Brand
2917	root	1.387	%
2918	root	1.385	Die Firma Microsoft warnte asiatische Regierungen am Donnerstag,
2919	root	1.388	dass diese patentrechtlich verklagt werden könnten, wenn sie das
2920	root	1.385	Betriebssystem Linux anstelle von Microsoft's Windows-Software einsetzen.
2921			Nachrichtenagentur Reuters (18. November 2004)
2922	root	1.387	%
2923	root	1.384	[Come on, "kidtalk"???]
2924			http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
2925	root	1.387	%
2926	root	1.383	[Priceless :)]
2927			http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/icst-6/icst-6-full.html
2928	root	1.387	%
2929	root	1.382	[http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/15/1312216&from=rss]
2930			>> I hate it whenever Word tries to encourage me not to use passive.
2931			[...]
2932			> Okay then, translate "The window has been broken" into active voice.
2933			"Windows is broken."
2934	root	1.387	%
2935	root	1.381	[Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon on the perl6-language list:]
2936			Removing features simply because their implementation is inconvenient
2937			is not The Perl Way. If it were, Perl 6 would be Java With Sigils.
2938	root	1.387	%
2939	root	1.380	[Incidentally, the USoA is one of the two countries on earth that insist
2940			on being able to kill their children legally]
2941			http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
2942	root	1.387	%
2943	root	1.379	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test]
2944			The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining
2945			whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene [...]
2946	root	1.387	%
2947	root	1.377	[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050923-5346.html]
2948			"They find the anti-pornography crowd disturbing because they believe
2949			that policing pornography violates fundamental rights. This has become
2950			the dominant view in our society: As long as what I do doesn't harm you
2951			personally, I have a right to do it. It's a silly view and a view rejected
2952			by law enforcement policies all over the country."
2953	root	1.378	--
2954			"What we really need is less government and more common sense. The Bush
2955			administration thinks it can win the war in iraq, the war on terror, the
2956			war on drugs, and the war on smut while establishing a lunar colony and
2957			rebuilding New Orleans, all without raising taxes. He really needs a
2958			reality check. I can't believe that with all of this crap going on, Tom
2959			DeLay has the balls to claim that the republican party has eliminated
2960			wasteful government spending."
2961	root	1.387	%
2962	root	1.376	[Attaching 72lbs to spam-reply-envelopes is legal. Do it!]
2963			http://www.vertical-visions.com/_temp/postagepaid/index2.html
2964	root	1.387	%
2965	root	1.375	[Charley Tart on Consensus Trance: <SLAP> <SLAP> Wake up!]
2966			http://www.cantrip.org/charles_tart.html
2967	root	1.387	%
2968	root	1.375	["It's such a moving story, it must be true"]
2969			http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=246277
2970	root	1.387	%
2971	root	1.374	[Pencil Carving]
2972			http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html
2973	root	1.387	%
2974	root	1.374	[Copyright]
2975	root	1.373	http://www.bromsun.com/practice/copyrights/flowchart.html
2976	root	1.387	%
2977	root	1.372	[Die Wirtschaft befreit die Menschen von der Arbeit]
2978			http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/detail.php/949236
2979	root	1.387	%
2980	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> schmorp: A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen
2981			captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the
2982	root	1.371	nation from terrorist attacks.
2983	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> A congressional resolution after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks "provided the President all powers
2984			necessary and appropriate to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks by those who attacked the United
2985	root	1.371	States on Sept. 11,'' the decision said.
2986	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
2987			consideration by President Bush for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2988	root	1.387	%
2989	root	1.370	[Looks extreme]
2990			http://www.counterpunch.org/
2991	root	1.387	%
2992	root	1.369	[Some glimpse of what happened in New Orleans]
2993			"As we approached the bridge, armed Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the
2994			foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing
2995			their weapons over our heads."
2996			http://www.livejournal.com/users/malbec/1052572.html
2997	root	1.387	%
2998	root	1.368	[Global Average Temperature vs. Number of Pirates]
2999			http://www.sheise.de/files/PirateGraph.jpg
3000	root	1.387	%
3001	root	1.367	[http://www.fefe.de/nowindows/]
3002			Many people using Windows don't care about their freedom. They do care
3003			about quality software and for that reason try to replace all the user
3004			space software from Microsoft with better free alternatives. This is the
3005			sole reason for the existance of cygwin.
3006	root	1.387	%
3007	root	1.366	[http://www.eff.org/Infrastructure/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php]
3008	root	1.387	%
3009	root	1.366	The TCG has resisted defining "owner" for purposes of their spec, despite
3010			several requests for clarification.
3011
3012			Think of it this way: most computer-related "stuff" now has a "licensed,
3013			not sold" tag attached. Ask yourself again, then, who has ultimate control
3014			unter TCG definitions.
3015	root	1.387	%
3016	root	1.366	But rememer they aren't doing anything wrong and they aren't trying to
3017			force anything on you. It is all opt-in and you always get to set the
3018			policy on your computer. It's just that nothing works any more unless you
3019			do opt-in and you do set your policy exactly they way they tell you to.
3020	root	1.387	%
3021	root	1.366	It's not coercion. It's for security. It helps the economy. It thwarts
3022			terrorists. TPM gives flags to orphans if that's what it needs to do to
3023			get people on board.
3024			%
3025	root	1.365	To have a secure computer, you must download the latest
3026			patches. Therefore, you must upgrade to SP4, and therefore, you must
3027			accept the EULA that requires you to agree with Microsoft's proprietary
3028			DRM.
3029
3030			The end is near. Security patches will soon require your body to be
3031			injected with RFID. Surely, we are all doomed.
3032	root	1.387	%
3033	root	1.364	[http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/09/01/1419222.shtml?tid=172&tid=109]
3034			switch ($decade) {
3035			case "the 50's":
3036			s/the Boogyman/Communist agitators/g;
3037			break;
3038			case "the 60's":
3039			s/the Boogyman/acid-eating hippies/g;
3040			break;
3041			case "the 70's":
3042			s/the Boogyman/disco/g;
3043			break;
3044			case "the 80's":
3045			s/the Boogyman/mutual assured destruction (and Grenada!)/g;
3046			break;
3047			case "the 90's":
3048			s/the Boogyman/evil hackers and George Michael/g;
3049			break;
3050			case "the 00's":
3051			s/the Boogyman/terrorists/g;
3052			break;
3053			}
3054	root	1.387	%
3055	root	1.363	http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2005/08/curiosities-from-japans-porno-shops.html
3056
3057			"How fucking creepy is that? As you can see from the flyer included
3058			in the capsule (note the kiddie crayon font), the other toys in the
3059			assortment include little girls spreading their legs, little girls sucking
3060			suggestively on popsicles, and little girls dry-humping their teddy bears"
3061
3062			"Interestingly enough, none of the cans were very long - maybe six inches
3063			at the most. I was trying to avoid the whole Asian-men-have-small-penises
3064			thing, but they kind of handed it to me on a silver platter."
3065
3066			""Maybe I should just try it. Just see what it feels like..." I mean,
3067			why not, right? You know. Just for kicks, right? So you know what? I
3068			fucked it. Yeah. I fucked a plastic beer can. I fucked the shit out of
3069			that can. And you know what? It felt alright. It did the trick. That
3070			is, until it was all over. Until the moment after, when I was hit by a
3071			sobering freight train of humility, looking down at my dick stuck inside a
3072			latex vagina housed in a plastic beer can. Moments like that you start to
3073			question everything - "How the hell did it come to this? Who am I? What am
3074			I doing with my life?" I probably sat there for an hour, silently with my
3075			plastic lover, pondering my existence."
3076	root	1.387	%
3077	root	1.362	"The scholars of Islam, such as Malik, Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad and Ishaaq said
3078			that (the person guilty of this crime) should be stoned, whether he is
3079			married or unmarried."
3080
3081			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503547102
3082			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/02/Article01-0.shtml
3083			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/07/Article02.shtml
3084			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503545556
3085			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543324
3086	root	1.387	%
3087	root	1.362	http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503546996
3088
3089			[I like this comparison between of and watching television:]
3090			Your brother is not at all different from those who have been conditioned
3091			to fornicate, or commit theft or murder, or who have become addicted to
3092			watching pornography or even television for that matter. All of these
3093			are destructive habits that one learns through continuous exposure or
3094			conditioning.
3095
3096			[And this is religion at its best:]
3097			Let him continuously read, reflect and meditate on the verses of the
3098			Qur'an that deal with the punishment meted to the nation who practiced
3099			this abomination; let him also read the verses depicting hell fire.
3100	root	1.387	%
3101	root	1.361	[Racism]
3102			http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/
3103	root	1.387	%
3104	root	1.360	[A link, just a link]
3105			http://www.oilcrisis.com/
3106	root	1.387	%
3107	root	1.359	As you may have noticed, the HOWTO is getting stale, you can't subscribe to
3108			the mailinglist and a lot of messages sent to it aren't getting through.
3109
3110			I apologise for this.
3111
3112			If all goes well I'll get my driver's license this Tuesday, which will allow
3113			me to visit the server, which I can't easily reach right now.
3114	root	1.387	%
3115	root	1.358	PSYC @> el says: von java bekommt man krebs
3116			induktiv says: java is ein riesiger marketing misthaufen voll mit code von uebereifrigen fh-programmierern
3117			el says: ich kenn da wen
3118			el says: bei dem wars so
3119			[...]
3120			PSYC @> el says: und.. naja, der hat also ganz viel java programmiert
3121			el says: und bekam augenkrebs
3122			el says: gehirntumor auch
3123			el says: ich weiss nicht, was vorher da war
3124	root	1.387	%
3125	root	1.357	wget http://el.l.tobij.de/ratz.jpg && xsetbg ratz.jpg
3126	root	1.387	%
3127	root	1.356	[in a reply to a school work assignment about proving why env vars make
3128			no sense in the kernel]
3129			From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
3130
3131			[...]
3132
3133			Mathematical proofs are accomplished within a framework of mathematical
3134			models.
3135
3136			In the postmodern time period and we gave up belief that the mathematical
3137			models are an accurate representation of reality. We only expect that
3138			they are sufficiently accurate for the purposes at hand.
3139	root	1.387	%
3140	root	1.354	[such nice quotes from http://theinquirer.net/?article=24638]
3141			There will be EF devices, EF branded content and probably EF branded
3142			contraceptives to use while watching EF branded porn.
3143			--
3144			Any DRM on a machine is simply a sign of failure.
3145	root	1.355	--
3146			This crushing DRM that is being foisted upon you is the surest sign that
3147			you don't want this product, and you will be paying too much for it. Don't
3148			like that? Bought legislators are hard at work making sure you will go to
3149			jail if you try to exercise your rights on the issue.
3150	root	1.387	%
3151	root	1.353	An absolutely fascinating interview with Robert Pape, a University of
3152			Chicago professor who has studied every suicide terrorist attack since
3153			1980. "The central fact is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist
3154			attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear
3155			strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military
3156			forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland."
3157			<http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html>
3158			[From: CRYPTO-GRAM 2005-08-15]
3159	root	1.387	%
3160	root	1.352	[If you are a US citizen, you might want to fight for the right to vote,
3161			which you currently do not posess]
3162			http://reclaimdemocracy.org/political_reform/right_to_vote.html
3163	root	1.387	%
3164	root	1.388	Kind: "Daad! Die alten Griechen mußten 44 Arten der Selbstverteidigung lernen, ohne Waffen!"
3165			Vater: "Dafür haben wir eine zweistufige elektrische Heckenschere."
3166	root	1.351	[Nach: Time Bandits]
3167	root	1.387	%
3168	root	1.350	http://www.cpmission.com/main/painpolitics/mdjackson.html
3169	root	1.387	%
3170	root	1.349	Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off
3171			a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."
3172	root	1.387	%
3173	root	1.432	Tcl is LISP on drugs. Using strings instead of S-expressions for closures
3174			is Evil with one of those gigantic E's you can find at the beginning of
3175			paragraphs.
3176	root	1.387	%
3177	root	1.347	[the average IQ seems to be declining]
3178			http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/000953.html
3179			http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/IQ/1950-2050/
3180	root	1.387	%
3181	root	1.346	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/07/31/0626257.shtml?tid=153&tid=98&tid=95&tid=103&tid=219]
3182			> If you know anything, most catholics register as democrats
3183
3184			Most catholics aren't American.
3185	root	1.387	%
3186	root	1.345	[Some things possibly cannot exist...]
3187
3188			[http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/depleted-uranium.html]
3189			In NEWS1920, we demonstrated how America's widespread usage of Depleted
3190			Uranium munitions is fulfilling the prophetic End of the Age prophecy
3191			against Babylon (Iraq). Now, we examine how our D.U. is quite possibly
3192			fulfilling another major prophecy: Revelation 6:3-4
3193
3194			[http://cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=939]
3195			How Mormon Temples Are Built To Be Demon Magnets
3196	root	1.387	%
3197	root	1.344	[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/egypt.explosions/index.html]
3198			Asked whether he thought the blasts might be related to Islam, he
3199			replied, "What Islam? This terrorism has nothing to do with any religion,
3200			because all religions do not allow aggression and do not allow killing
3201			civilians in innocence. Those don't belong to Muslims. They are a gang of
3202			criminals."
3203	root	1.387	%
3204	root	1.343	The Black Hole in the Galactic Center
3205			[http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/hfalcke/bh/sld1.html]
3206	root	1.387	%
3207	root	1.342	To me anything above 30 fps is good and 45-50 is amazing... 75 is more
3208			than I've seen lol. Then again I come from a mac
3209	root	1.387	%
3210	root	1.341	[There are things the US congress can do that were far beyond my imagination]
3211			http://reason.com/rauch/99_08_07.shtml
3212	root	1.387	%
3213	root	1.340	The MSI MS-9130 (K8T Master2-FAR) is an excellent board. The only problem
3214			I had was with my video card shorting out and frying both the board and
3215			card (They went up in flames).
3216	root	1.387	%
3217	root	1.432	05:46 <mmead> AP and UPI reported that the French government announced yesterday that
3218			it has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide." The only two
3219			higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate." The action
3220			was precipitated by the recent fire which destroyed one of France's
3221	root	1.338	white flag factories, disabling their military.
3222	root	1.432	05:47 <mmead> it's obviously been recirculated recently:
3223	root	1.339	http://www.edthibodeau.com/nonplussed/2004/10/french_terror_a.html
3224	root	1.387	%
3225	root	1.337	[The following quote from a NASA press release shows impressively how much
3226			we know. And more importantly, how to build up scientific knowledge part
3227			by part. "Knowledge" always has a margin-of-error inherently attached to it.]
3228
3229			"The cloud indicated the comet is covered in the powdery stuff."
3230
3231			[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/di_pr_20050708.txt]
3232	root	1.387	%
3233	root	1.336	[http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/06/09/security-through-stupidity/]
3234			Silly questions abound, all to cover people's butts. When I moved to
3235			the US in 1992 (from Canada), one of the questions on my green card
3236			application was "Do you, or any member of your immediate family, plan to
3237			violently overthrow the government of the United States or assasinate any
3238			elected official?" Not only did they have checkboxes for "yes" and "no",
3239			but they had a blank space labelled, "If you checked 'yes', please provide
3240			a detailed explanation in the space below." I never figured out what kind
3241			of explanation would make them give you a green card anyway.
3242			--
3243			Hasbro should ask the same. Teddy Ruxpin chips were found on a number
3244			of landmines during the first gulf war... First, we just thought these
3245			people REALLY hate Teddy Ruxpin, maybe we're not so different after all...
3246			but on further investigation, Ruxpin had easily-programmable EEPROMs, so
3247			the Ruxpin chip was actually being repurposed as a controller for the
3248			explosives. They were jackin' overseas deliveries to get the Ruxpins.
3249	root	1.387	%
3250	root	1.335	http://graphics.stanford.edu/~danielrh/vote/vote.html
3251			The Obfuscated V contest
3252	root	1.387	%
3253	root	1.335	Airplane security is getting surreal: "...FAA regulation that requires
3254			soldiers -- all of whom were armed with an arsenal of assault rifles,
3255			shotguns and pistols -- to surrender pocket knives, nose hair scissors and
3256			cigarette lighters."
3257			http://tinyurl.com/7z8my
3258	root	1.387	%
3259	root	1.334	<http://babygimp.sourceforge.net/>
3260			Does it run under Windows ?
3261			- Who cares?
3262	root	1.387	%
3263	root	1.333	[Can hot water freeze faster than cold water?]
3264	root	1.332	http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html
3265	root	1.387	%
3266	root	1.331	http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sbsl-howto.html
3267			Single Bubble Sonoluminescence HOWTO
3268			[...]
3269			Don't bother me with "my bottle exploded, what was wrong?"-stuff; While the bottle is heated it mustn't be closed!
3270			[...]
3271			Darken your room completely. Adapt your eyes, which may take 15 minutes up
3272			to half an hour. Look at the flask or at least where you think your flask
3273			is (remember: the room is completely darkened).
3274	root	1.387	%
3275	root	1.329	[de.alt.ufo]
3276	root	1.432	> Ja, stimmt - ich hatte mich früher viel mit Leuten beschäftigt, die
3277			> wahrscheinlich entführt wurden, oder bei denen es den Anschein hatte. Im
3278			> Moment beschäftige ich mich mit der Konstruktion eines kleinen UFO-
3279	root	1.388	> Detektors, der die UFO- Ereignisse auch zählt.-
3280	root	1.330	> www.ufo-finder.de
3281	root	1.432	> Aber Feld-Forscher bin ich deshalb noch nicht. Das geht gesundheitlich nicht
3282	root	1.330	> mehr!
3283			> richy.
3284
3285			Und es gibt wirklich Deppen, die sich von dir abzocken lassen??
3286	root	1.387	%
3287	root	1.330	[de.alt.ufo]
3288	root	1.329	> Wie kann ich online etwas belegen, das sich in der Vergangenheit
3289			> zugetragen hat?
3290
3291			Das solltest Du Dich selbst mal fragen. Wenn Du es nicht belegen kannst,
3292			warum behauptest Du es dann?
3293	root	1.388	[später]
3294			> Ach, wenn es interessant wird, umfängt Dich Faulheit?
3295	root	1.329
3296			Bei dir ist das angemessen, du hast deinen Ruf weg.
3297			Du plapperst immer nur von Belegen, verlangst letzten Endes
3298			naturwissenschaftliche/physikalische Beweise (genaugenommen:
3299			ein Alien-craft zum Vorfuehren), darunter akzeptierst du nichts,
3300			aber das stellt sich erst nach ellenlangen threads heraus.
3301
3302			Aber das ist bekannt, und eigentlich belanglos.
3303
3304			Wer sich auf Debatten mit dir einlaesst und Argumente erwartet
3305			von jemand, der die Wissenschaft zur Ersatzreligion verquast,
3306			ist eigentlich selbst schuld.
3307	root	1.387	%
3308	root	1.388	[de.alt.ufo, über einen www.rtl.de-news-Artikel]
3309	root	1.328	Wie die Skepsos so schoen sagen: der Verfasser von dem Quark war so offen,
3310			dem ist das Gehirn rausgefallen.
3311	root	1.387	%
3312	root	1.327	[res_nsend.c]
3313			/* give the hook another try */
3314			if (++loops < 42) /doug adams/
3315			break;
3316	root	1.387	%
3317	root	1.326	[sr_port/mdq.h]
3318	root	1.432	/* Insert a doubly-linked list of elements from "n->q.fl" to "n->q.bl"
3319	root	1.326	in between "o" and "o->q.fl" */
3320			#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))
3321	root	1.387	%
3322	root	1.325	Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
3323	root	1.387	%
3324	root	1.324	* Andreas Waechter <mail@andreas-waechter.de> [06-25-05 00:58]:
3325	root	1.432	> No, Thunderbird should not "reply" to the list with the
3326	root	1.324	> current settings of the list.
3327	root	1.432	>
3328			> There is no "Reply-To" header, thus a "Reply" has to go to
3329			> the address in the "From" header - which is the address of
3330	root	1.324	> the original sender, not the list.
3331	root	1.432	>
3332			> The List address is in the "To" field. Thus only a "Reply
3333			> All" will go to the list as CC (and to the original sender
3334	root	1.324	> as TO).
3335	root	1.432	>
3336	root	1.324	> Don't blame my mail client for the set-up of the list.
3337
3338			Your mail client is not being blamed. It is your
3339			responsibility. No one disputes your choice of mail client, but it
3340			is your responsibility to see that your posts are properly
3341			addressed to the list, not the list's software or the people you are
3342			being discourteous to.
3343
3344			The fault is all yours. It is/was your choice.
3345			--
3346			Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
3347	root	1.387	%
3348	root	1.323	[http://www.heise.de/ct/00/20/104/]
3349	root	1.388	"Sie können mit falschen Tatsachen Leute überzeugen, das ist nun mal so."
3350	root	1.387	%
3351	root	1.322	An appeals court in Minnesota has ruled that the presence of encryption
3352			software [PGP] on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.
3353			http://www.granick.com/archive/2005_05_01_theshout_archive.html#1117581
3354			http://news.com.com/Minnesota+court+takes+dim+view+of+encryption/2100-1030_3-5718978.html
3355			http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0505/opa040381-0503.htm
3356	root	1.387	%
3357	root	1.322	[http://www.komotv.com/stories/37150.htm]
3358			"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said
3359			what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ...
3360			you don't have any'."
3361	root	1.323
3362			[I also am very fond of this quote:]
3363			"My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I
3364			would hate to think how they're treating other people. It's crazy."
3365			[Don't they have _any_ ethics?? What about equality? Ah well, I forgot...]
3366	root	1.387	%
3367	root	1.321	[http://wiki.ffii.org/CampIcecream050601En]
3368			Yes its true! If you go down to Place du Luxembourg from now until
3369			3pm, you can collect your free icecream and support the Computer
3370			Implemented Inventions Common Position!
3371	root	1.387	%
3372	root	1.319	[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation/algorithm/upconversion/index.htm]
3373			The change from Blitz to standard arrays had little effect on the
3374			execution time so I stuck with the standard type. The standard arrays
3375			should be more acceptable to developers who want to modify the code.
3376			Insisting that the developer use a certain array container for no good
3377			reason will not win many fans.
3378
3379			[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html has other nice
3380			documents in the algorithm section]
3381	root	1.387	%
3382	root	1.318	["Blue in the Face"]
3383			Ich kriege in New York keine Angst, nein... aber in Schweden...da isses
3384			irgendwie so leer und da sind alle betrunken... und alles funktioniert...
3385			und, naja, wnen du an einer roten Ampel den motor nicht abstellst, reden
3386			die leute mit dir.... die zeigen da im fernsehen ohrenoperationen...
3387
3388			Solche dinge machen mir Angst... nicht New York.
3389	root	1.387	%
3390	root	1.317	And before I forget it, readers fascinated by the idea of Central
3391			Europeans using A6 as a toilet paper size might also be interested to hear
3392			that the U.S. have for the same application field a standard square format
3393	root	1.388	of 4.5×4.5 in = 114×114 mm, which is for instance documented in New Jersey
3394	root	1.317	Specification No. 7572-01 (May 1997), section 2.3.
3395			[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html]
3396	root	1.387	%
3397	root	1.316	[Better know what they actually do...]
3398	root	1.388	[Technische Richtlinie / Telekommunikationsüberwachung]
3399	root	1.316	http://www.regtp.de/imperia/md/content/tech_reg_t/ueberwachu/TR_TKUE_Ausgabe_4.1_29-11-2004.pdf
3400	root	1.315	[RFC3924 Cisco Architecture for Lawful Intercept in IP Networks]
3401			ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3924.txt
3402	root	1.387	%
3403	root	1.314	[rfc4096]
3404			The FTC called a summit of leading thinkers, and the regulation was
3405			amended to read "but don't use languages that go from right to left
3406			or up and down instead of plain old left to right." Needless to say,
3407			the reaction from the Freedonian League for the Defense of Linguistic
3408			Diversity killed that proposed regulation really quickly.
3409	root	1.387	%
3410	root	1.313	[just a really nice md5sum]
3411			99421268df476006401f11f96b655248
3412	root	1.387	%
3413	root	1.312	[a comment in some g729 sample implementation]
3414	root	1.432	* For G.729(,A,B) royalty payments, see http://www.sipro.com
3415	root	1.312	* WARNING: please make sure you are sitting down before looking
3416			* at their price list.
3417	root	1.387	%
3418	root	1.311	[http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139347&cid=11665921]
3419			You'd think I was overgeneralizing, but I'm not. Absolutely every single
3420			time I see HN in use, I quickly end up learning that the programmer who
3421			wrote the code was an idiot. On at least two separate occasions, I've
3422			had to correct C code with HN that did not allocate space for the null
3423			terminator on any strings anywhere in the code. That's pretty much the
3424			level of programming talent you can expect when you see HN in use.
3425	root	1.387	%
3426	root	1.309	21:22 <mmead> tiger's SMB support is fucking broken
3427			21:26 <oesi> mmead: when you grow up, you will substitute "'s SMB support" by "" :)
3428	root	1.387	%
3429	root	1.308	03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> ich dachte immer alle beinhaltet mehr als 1
3430			03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> aba naja
3431			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <oesi> nein, viele beinhaltet mehr als 1
3432			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <bani_> stimmt auch wieder
3433	root	1.387	%
3434	root	1.319	[ein so gut geschriebenes dokument erwartet man eigentlich nicht mal vom BSI]
3435	root	1.307	http://www.bsi.bund.de/literat/studien/antispam/antispam.pdf
3436	root	1.387	%
3437	root	1.306	[some SPAM]
3438			Freie Geschlechtabbildungen und -filme. Und Phasennetznocken
3439	root	1.387	%
3440	root	1.305	cowsay -f head-in oink \| cowthink -n -f sodomized
3441	root	1.387	%
3442	root	1.304	[star wars episode guide]
3443			1 =Epichode 1: The Phantom Grimace
3444			2 =Epichode 2: Attack of the Groans
3445			3 =Epichode 3: Revenge of the Shit
3446			4 = Episode 4: A New Hope
3447			5 = Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back(By far the best Star Wars film. One of the finest movies ever made.)
3448			6 = Episode 6: Return of the Jedi(would have been a thousand times cooler if the ewoks had been Wookies).
3449			[http://www.beggingtodiffer.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=pp;action=display;num=1113843411]
3450	root	1.387	%
3451	root	1.300	[God knows his enemies]
3452			http://sheise.de/files/GODvsBUSH.gif
3453	root	1.302	[Uh-oh, "se germans are next"]
3454	root	1.303	http://sheise.de/files/cnn_iraq.jpg [a fake, but nevertheless]
3455	root	1.387	%
3456	root	1.299	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054743/
3457	root	1.301	[Why is it that every good Hollywood movie is at least 30+ years old?]
3458	root	1.387	%
3459	root	1.298	[http://www.bildblog.de/]
3460	root	1.388	Die "Bild"-Zeitung schreibt Blödsinn, und alle schreiben's ab. Die
3461			rührende Geschichte von den "Unfallforschern", die angeblich "ermittelt"
3462			hätten, was doch nur eine schlichte Umrechnung von Stundenkilometern in
3463	root	1.298	Meter pro Sekunde ist, zieht Kreise.
3464
3465			Nachrichtenagentur ddp, 3. Mai, 03:16 Uhr:
3466
3467			Laut "Bild" ermittelten Unfallforscher, dass ein Auto bei einer
3468			Geschwindigkeit von 50 Kilometern pro Stunde etwa 14 Meter pro Sekunde
3469	root	1.388	ungebremst weiterfährt, während der Fahrer nach einer fallengelassenen
3470	root	1.298	Zigarette sucht.
3471
3472			Nachrichtenagentur AFP, 3. Mai, 04:25 Uhr:
3473
3474			[usw.]
3475
3476			Bei "Stern Online" ist aus den "Unfallforschern" schon eine ganze "Studie"
3477	root	1.388	geworden, die plötzlich zu Ergebnissen kommt, die nur scheinbar mit den
3478	root	1.298	bekannten "Ermittlungen" identisch sind:
3479
3480			Nach Auffassung des SPD-Verkehrsexperten Peter Danckert kann eine
3481			brennende Zigarette den Fahrer jedoch ebenso wie ein klingelndes
3482			Telefon ablenken. Er verwies auf eine Studie, nach der ein 50
3483			Stundenkilometer schnelles Auto mindestens 14 Meter weiterrolle, wenn
3484			der Fahrer nach einer Zigarette sucht.
3485	root	1.387	%
3486	root	1.388	[schlimmer als de.alt.ufo, schlimmer als jede Verarschung sein könnte...]
3487	root	1.297	http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2005/01/22/sonne__boese/sonne__boese.html
3488			http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2004/12/28/seebeben/zerreisst__unsere__erde.html
3489	root	1.387	%
3490	root	1.296	[http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=147629&cid=12370229]
3491			Which fanboy are you?
3492
3493			1. Windows
3494
3495			You wear wraparound sunglasses, even indoors. You wish your mother
3496			would let you ride a motorbike. You tell your friends you're pulling
3497			in $50,000 a year and $2,000 a month "playing the stock market" but
3498			in reality you're only bringing in half that and your dividends from
3499			MSFT havn't been good in years. Your non computing friends all turn
3500			to you for help; you only charge $30 an hour. Your collegues talk
3501			about you behind your back. Your workplace nickname is likely to be
3502			"The Asshole". Unlike the Linux fanboys, you actually try to pick up
3503			dates in bars but women laugh at you.
3504
3505			2. Apple
3506
3507			You think you're so cool you hurt. You have mirrors on every wall
3508			in your "loft apartment", which is really a grimy little apartment
3509			next to a guy who plays Guns 'n Roses at 3am. All of your furniture
3510			is from Ikea. You sometimes think that changing your name to "Steve"
3511			would be "pretty cool". When you go to bars you only drink Miller
3512			Lite. No body ever asks you for help with their computers because
3513			they know you don't know anything but OS X, even if you do tell them
3514			you "run Unix" now. Your friends openly laugh at you.
3515
3516			3. Linspire
3517
3518			You regularly give $10 bills to homeless guys because you have
3519			too much money. Computers baffle you, but you enjoy looking at
3520			pictures of naked women. You don't know what Linux is, but you
3521			continually bugged the IT guy at work about your computer so he
3522			installed Linspire on your machine.
3523
3524			4. Umbongo
3525
3526			You shop at GAP. You probably used to use a Mac. When you saw the
3527			multiracial image used as a desktop picture and heard that this
3528			operating system came from the same country as Nelson Mandela, you
3529			knew it was for you. You meet with your friends in fair-trade coffee
3530			houses and talk about the eventual overthrow of evil corporations
3531			such as Microsoft and Starbucks. Like the Linspire user, you have
3532			very little real knowlege when it comes to computers but you would
3533			never use your computer to look at pictures of women degrading
3534			themselves.
3535
3536			5. Gentoy
3537
3538			You've been "into computers" for ohh, one or two years now and fancy
3539			yourself as "a bit of a hacker". Wouldn't know C from C++, or even
3540			Perl for that matter. Older Gentoy users may be building their homes
3541			from matchsticks. You've explained to all your friends that your
3542			matchstick house will have an "optimised floorplan". They've tried
3543			to tell you that your house violates every known building code and
3544			law in your area, but you've ignored them so far because you can't
3545			read those complicated regulatory documents.
3546
3547			6. Linux From Scratch
3548
3549			Much like the Gentoy user but you'd also be into sadomasochistic
3550			sex if you could get it. You're not just building a house from
3551			matchsticks, you're planing to grow the trees to make the
3552			matchsticks. You've cleared some land but don't know what to do next
3553			because you havn't read the books you've got, so you've posted to
3554			alt.arborists.newbie asking for help. It's been three days so far
3555			and no one has replied. You remain hopeful.
3556	root	1.387	%
3557	root	1.295	[/usr/bin/cowsay]
3558			if (($^O eq "MSWin32") or ($^O eq "Windows_NT")) { ## Many perls, eek!
3559	root	1.387	%
3560	root	1.294	[A few days after the 6.0.9 release announcement]
3561
3562			In the spirit of release early, release often.... Err no, actually more
3563			in the spirit of, let's not try to lose data during file resolution...
3564
3565			Coda 6.0.10 is out
3566	root	1.387	%
3567	root	1.293	<opine@orifice2.com> wrote:
3568
3569			> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:55:28 -0800, CrabRangoon wrote
3570	root	1.432	>
3571	root	1.388	> > Meine Großmutter hat einen kleinen Hinterhof und sie benutzt selten die
3572	root	1.293	> > Dusche. Bei vielen Gelegenheiten habe ich mehr als 4
3573	root	1.388	> > Lebensmittelgeschäftspeicher-Versorgungsmaterialien Sellerie an einem
3574			> > einzelnen Tag verbraucht. Würde es irgendein Benzin unter meiner Couch
3575			> > geben, wenn ich meine Hose bügelte?
3576	root	1.432	>
3577			> What does your granny's tiny ass have to do with this group? Other than the
3578	root	1.293	> smell attracting flies of course...
3579	root	1.432	>
3580	root	1.293	I figured a little non-native tongued nonsense would help keep this
3581			request near the top of the group. thanks for playing along.
3582	root	1.388	cheers and Haben Sie eine glückliche Karotte
3583	root	1.387	%
3584	root	1.432	00:24 <elmex> ich bin ja nur ein dummer niedersachse, der kaum was in der schule hatte
3585	root	1.387	%
3586	root	1.291	War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce
3587	root	1.387	%
3588	root	1.290	98% of the time I am right. Why worry about the other 3%.
3589	root	1.387	%
3590	root	1.289	[Bertram van Munster, Jerry Bruckheimers partner, interviewed in the BBC
3591			show "Correspondent"]
3592	root	1.288
3593			[...] I do reality television, and I've done this for many many many
3594			years, long before even anybody knew what reality was.
3595
3596			[so know we know who creates reality now]
3597			%
3598	root	1.287	[from wordnet]
3599			cock sucking, blowjob
3600			=> fellatio, fellation
3601			=> oral sex, head
3602			=> perversion, sexual perversion
3603			=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
3604			=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
3605			=> organic process, biological process
3606			=> process
3607			=> phenomenon
3608	root	1.387	%
3609	root	1.286	10:41 <oesi> [0]--(10:40:39)-(root@km)-(~/xxml)-> file tmon.out
3610			10:41 <oesi> tmon.out: ASCII Java program text
3611	root	1.387	%
3612	root	1.285	[SSK@J3GtFnEi8b~ko6mGvvXdrQoZ3D4PAgM,hhWspr43hLbvnrlkwxtDLg/ABC_NoJail/2//]
3613			[slightly edited]
3614			Largest prison population in the world is in the United States of America
3615			(in 2000: 2,071,686 persons, 22% of world prison population), it has more
3616			than double the prison population of Russia or China. What that means is
3617			that in USA 1 out of 143 residents are incarcerated.
3618
3619			About 88% of USA prison population is male, but female population is
3620			sharply on the rise, and might soon reach that of males, due mostly to new
3621			laws on terrorism and drugs.
3622
3623			Out of all the black males between 20 and 39, 12% are in custody (anybody
3624			told them about emancipation proclamation?).
3625	root	1.387	%
3626	root	1.284	"Begehe nur nicht den Fehler, Meinung durch Sachverstand zu substituieren."
3627			(PLemken, <bu6o7e$e6v0p$2@ID-31.news.uni-berlin.de>)
3628	root	1.387	%
3629	root	1.283	Mail::Box - 700MB of RSS to open a 30MB mail folder, one half of the
3630	root	1.282	advertised features doesn't work, while the other half is just buggy.
3631	root	1.387	%
3632	root	1.281	A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what ships are built for.
3633	root	1.432	I learned that some cops lie. This was a brutal and profoundly disturbing
3634			realization: Those in control are not necessarily trustworthy.
3635	root	1.281	- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
3636	root	1.387	%
3637	root	1.279	"parrot - from the people who brought you ithreads"
3638			- oesi
3639	root	1.387	%
3640	root	1.278	[US, Metric]
3641			http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html
3642	root	1.387	%
3643	root	1.432	[http://use.perl.org/~scrottie/journal]
3644	root	1.277	[I agree with that very much, most of his blog is really interesting]
3645	root	1.275	Sunday February 20, 2005 07:18 AM
3646			Minions Wanted [ 0 Comments \| #23269 ]
3647
3648			It's been about 10 years since I've had minions. They've all grown up,
3649			started painfully profitable companies, and now hob-knob whose-who of
3650			important and influential figures of their field. I'm growing old and
3651			increasinly mal-adapted to normal life. It's no longer becoming for me
3652			to leave my lair nor speak on the phone. I've reflected on making this
3653			post, and I've reflected at great length. Minions aren't what they used
3654			to be. Minions now days are soft and weak willed. In the old days, it was
3655			that minions would realize they can wield power if they're willing to
3656			spend a time subserviant to someone capable of teaching. Now days, kids
3657			have this notion that money only comes from the parents, power comes from
3658			your social (gag) circles, and glory comes from the things you own. They
3659			seek answers to Perl questions only for immediate gradification, not to
3660			truly master an insidious tactic and become a potent force. Kids now
3661			days, not nearly robust enough to be considered minion material. They,for
3662			their entire life, questioninglessly slide into being slaves of much
3663			more powerful overlords. They accept as payment for their servatude a
3664			few measily tens of thousands of dollars, and then only paid in payments
3665			yearly, calling that close enough to world domination, and inexchange
3666			for that paultry fee, deliver one after another innocent to the hands of
3667			Bill Gates, telling the clients they betray that Microsoft Windows is a
3668			servicable operating system and a supportable platform. While it is truly
3669			becoming to serve on the side of Microsoft, it is also well known the
3670			ranks are thin at the top but wide at the bottom, and few ever move past
3671			petty explotation of businesses and moronic home users.
3672
3673			This is not the stock I seek. These so short-sightedly driven by greed,
3674			rather than lusting for true power, amount to little more than orcs - a
3675			fodder of little use except as "consumers" in this modern age. It is far
3676			more becoming to hope to some day aspire to be an overlord of some small
3677			repute yourself and initially forego payment.
3678
3679			Minions in my service will be expected to endure maindane business-related
3680			tasks, such as answering the phone, but will always be allowed the
3681			basic dignity of being able to tell clients to "fuck off" when
3682			appropriate. Retaining dignity does not relieve the necessities of
3683			subordination, however. My minions may seek clarification but will never
3684			question me. For the term of their indenture, they will accept my teaching
3685			as truth itself. They will not seek short-cuts where I say there are none,
3686			and if I later reveal short-cuts, they will know it was because they were
3687			not yet ready before. While my young troglodytes will doubtless enterain
3688			perversion and drug abuse in their free time, they will go for the want of
3689			the very necessities of life should urgant cause arise.
3690
3691			In exchange, they will be tutored on the basic elements of evil and Perl
3692			programming and will share in the spoils of an insideous plot I've hatched
3693			some time ago to dupe large numbers of people out of money by playing on
3694			their greed and fear. Of course, in the interest of avoiding indictment
3695			myself, the details of the plot can never be revealed, but a clever
3696			student will quickly ascertain the nature of the ploy. After thier period
3697			of endenture, minions will have developed an eye for exploitation and
3698			trickery, but most importantly will have developed a deeper understanding
3699			of how things work - both in Perl and in the real world. They will see
3700			everything about them as quite potentially theirs - no program must go
3701			unwritten, and persuent to Free Trade Agreements, they will be as a
3702			sovereign nation.
3703
3704			While the offer is valid, this is a draft for a post on
3705			jobs.perl.org. Feedback is welcome - unless you're stupid, then stay the
3706			hell off my blog. Time and time again I forget both the power of TV to
3707			sap intelligence and the very prevelence of the thing. So let this be a
3708			test: if you watch more than half an hour a day of any programming besides
3709			CSPAN, don't post here.
3710
3711			-scott
3712	root	1.387	%
3713	root	1.274	But Mike Loughlin, who studied the boiling of lobsters when he was a
3714			University of Maine graduate student, said lobsters simply lack the brain
3715			capacity to feel pain.
3716
3717			"It's a semantic thing: No brain, no pain," said Loughlin, who now works
3718			as a biologist at the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission.
3719	root	1.387	%
3720	root	1.273	Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp contextual F1 help & Crimson Editor in Windows
3721			From: Sven Neumann
3722
3723			Hi,
3724
3725	root	1.388	Rubén de Diego Martínez writes:
3726	root	1.432	> I also think that it's a bug. How may I report-it?
3727	root	1.273
3728			Go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/feedback/ and tell them
3729			that
3730
3731			ShellExecute (HWND_DESKTOP, "open", uri, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
3732
3733			does not do what you would expect it to do.
3734	root	1.387	%
3735	root	1.271	http://www.syslog.com/~jwilson/pics-i-like/kurios119.jpg
3736	root	1.272	the original comment says:
3737			This is probably part of an elaborate IQ test.
3738			Waiting at the gate means you fail.
3739	root	1.387	%
3740	root	1.271	{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} ich mir eine kolaflasche reingeschioebn
3741			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und dann ist meine klitoris erissen
3742			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und ich musste ins krankenhaus
3743			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} oh sorry, falsches fenster
3744			{Flat eric:Net-Knuddels} aja
3745			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} hi :)
3746	root	1.387	%
3747	root	1.275	[Java, like Delphi, requires manual destruction. Obvious, but still
3748	root	1.270	interesting read]
3749			http://www.octopull.demon.co.uk/java/ImmortalityAtaPrice.html
3750	root	1.387	%
3751	root	1.269	[Obscure Algorithms, just for my reference]
3752			http://aggregate.org/MAGIC/
3753			http://www.hackersdelight.org/HDcode.htm
3754	root	1.387	%
3755	root	1.268	In Los Angeles, the "HOLLYWOOD" sign is protected by a fence and a locked
3756			gate. Because several different agencies need access to the sign for
3757			various purposes, the chain locking the gate is formed by several locks
3758			linked together. Each of the agencies has the key to its own lock, and not
3759			the key to any of the others. Of course, anyone who can open one of the
3760			locks can open the gate.
3761
3762			This is a nice example of a multiple-user access-control system. It's
3763			simple, and it works. You can also make it as complicated as you want,
3764			with different locks in parallel and in series.
3765	root	1.387	%
3766	root	1.267	http://www.crypto.com/papers/safelocks.pdf
3767			Safecracking for the computer scientist
3768	root	1.387	%
3769	root	1.265	Fact: Something that you observe to be true.
3770
3771			Fact #1: when you drop a hammer, it falls to the ground
3772
3773			Fact #2: a genetic sequence can change sufficiently to form a new
3774			species. Speciation has been observed more than once in the laboratory
3775			and in the wild, so this is a fact. Since we call this process
3776			'evolution', that means evolution is a fact. Keep reading for more
3777			explanation of this.
3778
3779			Theory: An explanation of an observation
3780
3781			Theory #1: The theory of gravity is understood as a curvature in space,
3782			which explains why the hammer falls.
3783
3784			Theory #2: The Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection explains
3785			how a population's genome can change over time.
3786
3787	root	1.266	Law: Not really related to any of the other definitions. It's just a
3788			mathematical relationship between two values.
3789	root	1.265
3790			Law #1: If you double the distance from a source of light, the
3791			brightness falls off proportionally to the square of the distance.
3792
3793			Law #2: (expressed as a formula) F=ma. Force equals mass times
3794			acceleration.
3795
3796			Please note that Evolution is a fact, and the theory is called the Theory
3797			of Evolution through Natural Selection. There are other theories of
3798			evolution, which have been disproved. A famous one is the theory of
3799			evolution through acquired characteristics, also known as Lamarkian
3800			evolution. It posited that species evolve by acquiring and retaining
3801			useful characteristics through use. Therefore, a giraffe would have
3802			longer necks if the previous generations stretched their necks to reach
3803			high leaves. This was the main theory that Darwin and others showed to be
3804			false.
3805
3806			[by Profane MuthaFucka (574406)]
3807	root	1.387	%
3808	root	1.388	[Aus: Psychologie heute, 10/2003, über einen Artikel von Rentfrow/Gosling,
3809	root	1.264	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 6/2003]
3810
3811			Fans von reflexiven und komplexen Musikstilen wie Klassik, Blues, Jazz und
3812			Folk sind offen, tolerant und machen gerne neue Erfahrungen. Sie halten
3813	root	1.388	sich für intelligent - und sind es auch. Außerdem können sie gut mit
3814			Worten umgehen, schätzen das schöne. haben eine starke Vorstellungskraft
3815			und sind politisch liberal eingestellt. Sie sind häufig etwas unsportlich
3816	root	1.264	und wollen andere nicht dominieren.
3817
3818	root	1.388	Anhänger von intensiven und rebellischen Musikrichtungen wie Heavy Metal,
3819			Rock und alternativer Musik sind offen für Experimente. Sie halten sich
3820			außerdem für intelligent, eloquent und sportlich. Obwohl die Musik, die
3821			sie bevorzugen, vorwiegend negatives ausdrückt, scheint dies nicht auf
3822			sie abzufärben: Sie sind weder neurotischer noch unverträglicher als die
3823			Fans anderer Musikrichtungen. Darüber hinaus sind sie wissensdurstig,
3824			risikobereit und körperlich aktiv.
3825	root	1.264
3826			Beschwingt und konventionell. So bezeichnen Rentfrow und Gosling
3827	root	1.388	Popsongs und Schmusehits, Countrymusik, Filmmusik und religiöse Musik
3828			(Spirituals, Gospels, Kirchenlieder). Wer diese Musik gerne hört, ist ein
3829			umgänglicher Zeitgenosse: Er geht gern aus sich heraus, ist verträglich,
3830			fröhlich, zuverlässig, hilfsbereit und gewissenhaft. Seine Einstellungen
3831	root	1.264	sind eher konservativ, Beredesamkeit und Offenheit sind nicht seine
3832	root	1.388	Stärken. Dafür hält er sich aber für attraktiv und vor allem für
3833	root	1.264	sportlich.
3834
3835	root	1.388	Wer sich für energetische und rhythmische Musik begeistern kann (Rap,
3836			Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Electronica) trägt sein Herz auf der Zunge. Er
3837			ist umgänglich, quirlig, liberal eingestellt, extravertiert und ein
3838			wenig eitel: Er hält sich für attraktiv und sportlich. Konservatives
3839			Gedankengut und Dominanz über andere liegen ihm hingegen fern.
3840	root	1.264
3841	root	1.388	Die besten verbalen Fähigkeiten haben die Angehörigen der ersten beiden
3842	root	1.264	Gruppen. Am wenigsten beredt ist die dritte Gruppe. An analytischem
3843	root	1.388	Verstand mangelt es vor allen den Musikhörern der vierten Gruppe.
3844			während die erste Gruppe, gefolgt von der zweiten, am meisten davon
3845	root	1.264	vorzuweisen hat.
3846
3847			"Die intelligenteste Gruppe bevorzugt die komplexeste Musik", sagen die
3848			Forscher.
3849	root	1.387	%
3850	root	1.263	[Very well-written article on the legal foundazion of licensing, and
3851			the extreme difference in what a free software license does vs. a
3852			EULA-style license]
3853	root	1.262	http://www.opencores.org/forums.cgi/cores/2005/01/001453
3854	root	1.387	%
3855	root	1.261	The Pirate Bay is a BitTorrent tracking site in Sweden with 150,000 users
3856			a day. In the fall, it posted a torrent for Shrek 2. Dreamworks sent a
3857			cease-and-desist letter demanding the site remove it. One of the site's
3858			pseudonymous owners, Anakata, replied: "As you may or may not be aware,
3859			Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country
3860			in northern Europe [and] US law does not apply here. ... It is the opinion
3861			of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons." Shrek 2 stayed up.
3862	root	1.387	%
3863	root	1.260	Java is, in many ways, C++--. (Michael Feldman)
3864	root	1.387	%
3865	root	1.259	[Happy New Year]
3866			23:42 -!- zaphod [jkneer@fatboy.laendle] has quit [Quit: Hochhaus]
3867			Day changed to 01 Jan 2005
3868			00:24 <schmorp> re
3869	root	1.387	%
3870	root	1.258	[http://www.calsky.com/lexikon/de/txt/f/fe/fehlschluss.php]
3871	root	1.388	Im besten Fall kann die Verknüpfung zweier Tatsachen Verdachtsmomente
3872			liefern, die mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden abgeklärt werden
3873	root	1.258	sollen. Was eine wissenschaftliche Methode ist, ist Gegenstand anderer
3874			wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen.
3875	root	1.387	%
3876	root	1.257	[funny page(s), although I think it's sad that people trying to "debunk"
3877			bad science theories are prone to the same logical fallacies as the
3878			proponents of such theories.]
3879			http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/Planet-X.htm
3880			"On the Internet, there's a picture circulating that's supposedly `secret
3881			evidence' from Russia, proving Planet X is an inhabited world. The makers
3882			took the original photo (top left), enlarged it, and upgraded it with
3883			`solarize' and `find edges'. And look... Suddenly, you see all kinds of
3884			spaceships orbiting the planet! (top right) I followed exactly the same
3885			procedure, using a photo of one Robert Bridson, math student at Stanford
3886			University (below, left). After enlarging and solarizing the photograph,
3887			it became clear that mr. Bridsons left ear actually is inhabited by
3888			intelligent beings, since there clearly is a spaceship taking off from it
3889			(below, right)."
3890	root	1.387	%
3891	root	1.256	[wonderful info...]
3892			http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/
3893			[useful info...]
3894			http://www.snopes.com/
3895	root	1.387	%
3896	root	1.253	Computer analyst to programmer:
3897			"You start coding. I'll go find out what they want."
3898	root	1.387	%
3899	root	1.252	[Fun!]
3900			http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
3901	root	1.387	%
3902	root	1.388	[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 11/2004, über Informationstransport im All]
3903	root	1.251	"Wenn unsere Vettern im Kosmos wirklich intelligent sind, werden ihre
3904			Computer sicher nicht mit Microsoft-Betriebssystemen ausgestattet sein."
3905	root	1.387	%
3906	root	1.250	[in our continued series, "solaris source code", today, /bin/true]
3907			ddev5:~$ cat /bin/true
3908			#!/usr/bin/sh
3909			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
3910			# All Rights Reserved
3911
3912			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
3913			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
3914			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
3915
3916			#ident "@(#)true.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.4 */
3917	root	1.432	ddev5:~$
3918	root	1.387	%
3919	root	1.249	22:07 <elmex> schmorp: naja, es beweist das das konzept von java nicht funktioniert
3920			22:07 <schmorp> elmex: welches konzept?
3921			22:07 <elmex> das "hack dir die beine ab, und lauf nen marathon"-konzept ;)
3922	root	1.387	%
3923	root	1.248	[Gtk2/Makefile.PL]
3924			# win32 does not allow unresolved symbols in libraries, but
3925			# Gtk2 uses on symbols in the dll created for Glib.
3926			# so, we have to break all this nice abstraction and encapsulation
3927			# and find the actual Glib.dll and Glib.lib installed by perl when
3928			# the Glib module was built, and add it to the list of lib files.
3929			#
3930			# say it with me: "i hate win32."
3931	root	1.387	%
3932	root	1.388	Immerhin meint die Filmförderungsanstalt, im Jahr 2002 seien 59
3933	root	1.247	Millionen CD-Rohlinge von 5,9 Millionen Nutzern mit Filmen bespielt
3934			worden, im Durchschnitt also zwo:lf Rohlinge pro Anwender.
3935			-- <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/see-08.04.03-000/>
3936	root	1.387	%
3937	root	1.246	http://otierney.net/images/perl6.gif
3938	root	1.387	%
3939	root	1.245	[http://www.kinderschaender.de/begriff.htm]
3940	root	1.388	Das einzige, was die Seite wirklich gezeigt hat, ist, daß es kaum Menschen
3941			gibt, die weiter denken als ein Schwein scheißt.
3942	root	1.387	%
3943	root	1.244	http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html
3944			[I'd say ALL the essays on http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
3945			are readable, and in most cases I wholeheartedly agree with them.]
3946	root	1.387	%
3947	root	1.243	http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
3948	root	1.387	%
3949	root	1.243	[From: CRYPTO-GRAM]
3950			Bill Gates points out that all those IE security holes have not been
3951			Microsoft's fault. (The first step towards recovery is recognizing
3952			that you have a problem.)
3953			<http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/15/015239.shtml?tid=109&tid=1>
3954	root	1.387	%
3955	root	1.242	[top output on redhat9, with one real-time priority process]
3956			PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
3957	root	1.247	25788 root 18446744073709551565 0 10076 9.8M 2816 S 0.9 1.9 0:01
3958	root	1.242	26064 root 21 0 1508 1508 1184 S 0.3 0.2 0:00 0 curl
3959
3960			[I am continually amazed at how redhat is able to break utilities that worked
3961			and work on other distributions without flaws again and again and again...]
3962	root	1.387	%
3963	root	1.241	That depends. There is C++ and there is C++. There are many different
3964			sorts of C++, I'll talk about 2 of them:
3965
3966			Category 1 code is 'C with classes and on-the-fly variable
3967			declarations'. It uses macros, bad encapsulation, no const-correctness,
3968			etc. Category 1 code tends to either use object oriented programing
3969			exclusively, or use it combined with procedural programming. Other
3970			programming paradigms are extremely rare. It often uses non-portable hacks
3971			because Standard-knowledge is scarce among category 1 coders. Category 1
3972			code is seen mostly in Flipcode and Gamedev.net articles and forums. Also
3973			it is seen in almost every API ever developed by Microsoft. A slightly
3974			less bad version of category 1 code is seen in libraries that call
3975			themselves "high-quality C++ libraries" but that don't even use a single
3976			namespace and rely heavily on macros and other unsafe preprocessing
3977			techniques where this is totally unnecessary. Most of those libraries are
3978			that way because they were started before the 1998 C++ Standard's stuff
3979			got implemented in main-stream compilers.
3980
3981			Category 2 code is what I'd like to see as the meaning of the term
3982			"C++ code". It is Standard-compliant, uses multiple programming
3983			paradigms and is pushing the language to the max (and beyond ;) to
3984			create easy to use, efficient, highly-reusable and easy to extend
3985			programs/libraries/modules/etc. Unfortunately, category 2 code is
3986			hard to write when you have to work with incompetent compilers like
3987			MSVC6/7. Category 2 code is mostly seen in:
3988	root	1.387	%
3989	root	1.240	[On "Main Loop with Fixed Time Steps", a Windows programmer commented:]
3990	root	1.239
3991			Just to point out, With a tick being a maximum of FFFFFFFFh, you only
3992			have about 49 days of tick time since the system has started! Though I
3993			doubt any game or even system runs for that long.
3994	root	1.387	%
3995	root	1.238	[http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html]
3996			"The best writing is rewriting," wrote E. B. White. Every good writer
3997			knows this, and it's true for software too.
3998	root	1.387	%
3999	root	1.237	> think it needs the Ultimate Refactor..."rm -rf programs/Xserver/GL"
4000
4001			... and I was told "rm -rf" means "read mail, really fast!"
4002			;)
4003	root	1.387	%
4004	root	1.235	[this is not a blogggggg]
4005			One fine day, I removed the "video=matrox:off" from my kernel commandline,
4006			having removed the matrox card from my machine months ago. Promptly, the
4007			proprietary nvidia driver greeted me with:
4008
4009			NVIDIA: Failed to map framebuffer memors
4010
4011	root	1.236	Adding the video option back made it work again. No, I do not have any
4012			framebuffer devices compiled into the kernel, either...
4013	root	1.387	%
4014	root	1.234	[taken out of a public mail by a journalist... I have never seen anybody
4015			using so many abbreviations...]
4016
4017			Hi Volker -
4018
4019			alles klar ..!? Bin mit dem Buch i. Stretch .. Lektorat / Korrektorat
4020	root	1.388	Architekturbuch ... wie üblich, kennst das ja wahrsch. auch ... alles zu
4021			spät ...
4022	root	1.234
4023			Dann gehts direktemang in die Ferien (2 Wochen Gomera ab komm. SA ...)
4024
4025			Ja, und dann find ich doch Volker ganz Massiv im Briefkasten a. SA ..
4026
4027	root	1.388	schönes Foto von dir ... 1 Seite .. 2 seiten Interview, m. Fortsetzung im
4028			nächsten Heft ..!!! (äusserst rar b. nem Interview ...)
4029	root	1.234
4030	root	1.388	herzliche Grüsse
4031	root	1.234
4032			tom
4033	root	1.247
4034	root	1.234	PS: Mein Wissenschtf.Kollege und Filmemacher ist der Meinung, dass das Thema
4035	root	1.388	'Copyrights, Commons, Freedom' etc ...spannend wäre, aber schlecht fürs TV
4036	root	1.234	... Du kannst prakt. nichts mehr themat. Anspruchsvolles machen ... auch b.
4037	root	1.388	Arte war irgend nen Problem (fällt mir auf d. Schnelle nicht mehr ein ...
4038	root	1.234	schon ein paar Wochen her ...)
4039	root	1.387	%
4040	root	1.233	From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
4041			Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
4042			Message-ID: <20040826183838.GE2793@holomorphy.com>
4043
4044			On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:02:29AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
4045	root	1.247	> How old are you? I thought you were the guy at Linux Tag with fashion
4046			> oriented hair who gave a talk on his XFS work? Did I confuse you with
4047	root	1.233	> someone else?
4048
4049			Index: mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS
4050			===================================================================
4051			--- mm1-2.6.9-rc1.orig/CREDITS 2004-08-26 10:37:57.424567967 -0700
4052			+++ mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS 2004-08-26 11:35:24.977260109 -0700
4053			@@ -2677,6 +2677,14 @@
4054			S: 79098 Freiburg
4055			S: Germany
4056
4057			+N: Hans Reiser
4058			+E: reiser@namesys.com
4059			+W: http://www.namesys.com/
4060			+D: official Linux kernel hairstyle critic
4061			+S: 6979 Exeter Dr
4062			+S: Oakland, CA 94611
4063			+S: USA
4064			+
4065			N: Joerg Reuter
4066			E: jreuter@yaina.de
4067			W: http://yaina.de/jreuter/
4068	root	1.387	%
4069	root	1.232	Partial lynx-output for mail sent by "T-Online Vertragsbrief":
4070			[poeppel_magenta.gif]
4071	root	1.387	%
4072	root	1.231	[http://www.dark-skies.org/theproblems.html#security]
4073			Better ligthing does not affect crime rates
4074	root	1.387	%
4075	root	1.230	[http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/tc0.pdf]
4076			Label: "Difficulty of owning Windows vs. Difficulty to make this graph"
4077	root	1.387	%
4078	root	1.229	[rxvt-unicode (mine! :) vs. gnome-terminal :)]
4079			[http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137864]
4080			[...]
4081			Upgrading to major: the first person to fix this (fix = performance is
4082			within a factor of 2 of rxvt-unicode for all four of the tests here) gets
4083			$50 from me, or an expensive dinner + all the beer they can handle if they
4084			ever visit Sydney, Australia ;)
4085			[...]
4086			Tagging this critical+urgent. How dare I, you ask? Doubling the reward -
4087			$100 if this is fixed (see above) before September 1, 2004. $0 after that
4088			(and I'll return it to a normal bug ;) If anyone else wants to contribute
4089			to whoever ends up fixing this, please join in..
4090	root	1.387	%
4091	root	1.228	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301268,00.html]
4092			[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301538,00.html]
4093			Dass die Flimmerkiste ein beliebiges "Nullmedium" sei, beklagen
4094			Kulturkritiker von jeher. Doch nun zeigt selbst ein unvoreingenommener
4095			Blick aufs TV-Programm: Die Quote ist heilig, das Niveau sinkt auf breiter
4096			Front - auch bei ARD und ZDF. Verdummt die Na
4097	root	1.387	%
4098	root	1.226	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM,ed-XX1sNy0yR7p~QMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/brainleak%202004-03-02.html]
4099	root	1.227	[...] Tech savvy people will be inclining towards clicking the cancel
4100			button by default whenever they are presented a question which they don't
4101			fully understand, or didn't expect to see. Regular computer users will
4102			be inclined to press the Ok button instead, because they fear that by
4103			clicking cancel they might be causing something they don't understand not
4104			to work, something that they probably won't be able to fix afterwards
4105			anyway. If a geek fucks up somehow, he'll know what to do to fix it
4106			anyway, so there's no harm done clicking cancel. [...]
4107	root	1.387	%
4108	root	1.223	[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/10/marienbad.html]
4109			I once had a postmodern intertextual moment at a drugstore bookrack when I
4110	root	1.224	picked up a paperback with the following title: Bram Stoker's Dracula:
4111	root	1.223	A Novelization Based on the Original Screenplay.
4112	root	1.387	%
4113	root	1.222	[bts show 215647]
4114			[yes, the whole thing]
4115	root	1.387	%
4116	root	1.221	[bts show 254316]
4117	root	1.247	> > The problem is not in luit, it's not in XTerm, it's not even in termcap;
4118			> > it's in the morass of complexity that some mindless jerk who'll be first
4119			> > against the wall when the revolution comes standardised as ISO 2022.
4120	root	1.221	>
4121			> ( google suggests 2022 has many fans ;-)
4122
4123			We'll use a larger wall.
4124	root	1.387	%
4125	root	1.220	[Maedhros35 about "Clockwork Orange" on IMDB]
4126			This is a movie I would not recommend even to my worst enemy. It is a
4127			horrible picture, containing too much random violence and rape committed
4128			by four no-goods in white pyjamas, than is good for anyone too watch.
4129
4130			The only fun moment is when the main character, being brainwashed into a
4131			non-violent state of mind, is being bashed by his former friends.
4132
4133			There may be some "hidden message" in this movie about society and blah,
4134			but the message (not too well brought) is completely drowned.
4135
4136			It is not even a waste of your time, it is worse than that. Avoid at all
4137			cost.
4138			["too much violence" but "the only fun moment".... What the...!?]
4139	root	1.387	%
4140	root	1.219	When searching on google for:
4141
4142	root	1.225	kakerlake schabe made
4143	root	1.219
4144			Google asked me wether I instead wanted to look for:
4145
4146	root	1.225	kakerlake _schwabe_ made
4147	root	1.387	%
4148	root	1.218	What we learned this week;
4149			"Hell is a bad place to be and renders with 8-12fps"
4150	root	1.387	%
4151	root	1.216	"Britain is one of only three countries in the world (the others are
4152			Germany and Egypt) enduring stricter censorship today than 25years ago"
4153	root	1.387	%
4154	root	1.215	[translated]
4155			23:07 <schmorp> libtool is soo broken
4156			23:07 <schmorp> ./libtool gcc-3.4 ...
4157			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
4158			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
4159			23:07 <schmorp> ...
4160			23:07 <schmorp> libtool --tag=ulubulu
4161			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: ignoring unknown tag ulubulu
4162			23:07 <schmorp> and it works
4163	root	1.387	%
4164	root	1.214	History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.
4165			-- Lord Balfour
4166	root	1.387	%
4167	root	1.213	The whole of Mozilla is just one big focus bug.
4168	root	1.387	%
4169	root	1.212	<Beerman> When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then
4170			I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked
4171			him to forgive me.
4172	root	1.387	%
4173	root	1.211	[slashdot]
4174			> there are currently no active, reliable ways to obtain the program listings for New Zealand television
4175
4176			I have been to NZ. You have no television.
4177	root	1.387	%
4178	root	1.210	[IMDB user about "What?" by Roman Polanski]
4179			"What?" fills the gap for those who get a kick out of 70's porn plots, but
4180			get bored during the sex scenes.
4181	root	1.387	%
4182	root	1.209	I say to you that the VCR is to the ... American public as the Boston
4183			strangler is to the woman home alone.
4184			- Jack Valenti (CEO, MPAA)
4185	root	1.387	%
4186	root	1.208	[Bruce Schneier]
4187			SP2 is an important security upgrade to Windows XP, and I hope it is
4188			widely installed among licensed XP users. I also hope it is quickly
4189			pirated, so unlicensed XP users can also install it. In order for me
4190			to remain secure on the Internet, I need everyone to become more
4191			secure. And the more people who install SP2, the more we all benefit.
4192	root	1.387	%
4193	root	1.207	[From Paul Eggert]
4194			[...] Worse, HP-UX asctime rejects any tm_year that is negative; this
4195			violates the C standard, but HP won't take my bug reports since I'm not a
4196			HP-UX customer. [...]
4197	root	1.387	%
4198	root	1.206	>>>Just curious, If I recall correctly, didn't Forth used to be FORTH?
4199			>>
4200			>>Since FORTH is not an acronym (the way BASIC, LISP, FORTRAN and C are)
4201			>>but a (deliberate) misspelling of "fourth", when it became possible to
4202			>>use LC the fashion became to do so. My book, "Scientific FORTH" (1992)
4203			>>spelled it in UC.
4204	root	1.247	>
4205			>
4206	root	1.206	> BASIC, LISP and FORTRAN are acronyms. C isn't.
4207
4208			C isn't all caps, just the initial letter.
4209	root	1.387	%
4210	root	1.205	[comp.lang.c]
4211			> According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
4212
4213			I'm sorry, but that's like quoting Bjarne Stroustrup on correct ISO C
4214			usage.
4215
4216			Richard
4217	root	1.387	%
4218	root	1.204	I remember Elwyn Berlekamp describing what goes on at computer go
4219			tournaments (where computer programs play go against each other) - unlike
4220			at computer chess tournaments where the programs far surpass their
4221			creators, at go tournaments the creators sit there and look at a game in
4222			play and say things to each other like, "Gosh, I wonder if my program will
4223			repair that weakness before your program notices it."
4224	root	1.387	%
4225	root	1.203	21:40 <oesi> sansho: du bist kindisch. :)
4226			21:40 <sansho> oesi: das hab ich mir von dir abgeguckt
4227	root	1.387	%
4228	root	1.202	MarkD [-]: The trouble with political jokes is that some of them get elected
4229	root	1.387	%
4230	root	1.201	A coherent understanding of Philosophy will convince you that you are
4231			competent to understand the universe and achieve the human values that
4232			make life meaningful. You will know when you know something and when you
4233			don't, when you understand something and when you don't, and why. You
4234			will also realize why morality and ethics are too important to be left to
4235			anyone but yourself. You will learn that there are no shortcuts to truth,
4236			no authorities you can follow blindly, and perhaps most important, that
4237			nothing at all exists except reality. In sum, you will know what human
4238			existence means and implies.
4239
4240			[Introduction to Philosophy, Joel Katz]
4241	root	1.387	%
4242	root	1.201	> > Casts from void* are necessary in C++, not in C.
4243			>
4244			> I am aware... I'm fishing for more info! Perhaps if I reposted again and
4245			> said you were wrong I'll get more...
4246			>
4247			> You're WRONG!
4248
4249	root	1.388	void* is implicitly converted to the destination pointer type (C99 §6.3.2.3
4250			and §7.20.3.1).
4251	root	1.387	%
4252	root	1.200	From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu>
4253			In the DOS days, I had a scattering of students who really
4254			knew about computers. In the XP days, I have none.
4255	root	1.387	%
4256	root	1.199	[another variation, more useful]
4257			A. It should be obvious.
4258			Q. How is it hard?
4259			A. Because it makes it hard to follow conversations.
4260			Q. Why is top-posting bad?
4261	root	1.387	%
4262	root	1.198	[windows is a good place to learn programming]
4263			Subject: Linux c prog doesn't work on Sun Solaris Machine....?
4264
4265			Compiled using g++ on linux and then I tried to execute it on Solaris.
4266			The error message was something like "can't execute a.out"
4267
4268			- works ok on linux
4269			- ran chmod so Sun user has execute/read/etc permissions. chmod u=rwx
4270
4271			Any clues why?
4272			I am new to the non windows world.
4273
4274			Thanks
4275	root	1.387	%
4276	root	1.197	[comp.lang.c]
4277			> I want to write some data on the EEPROM of a PIC 16F877 microcontroller via
4278			> serial port rs232. What library can I use with a gcc compiler to perform
4279			> this ?
4280
4281			This is not a C question. Please try asking again in comp.arch.embedded where
4282			we will advise you to use an 8051, AVR, or MSP430 instead of the PIC.
4283	root	1.387	%
4284	root	1.196	[comp.std.c]
4285			In message <c4k0mj$fmp$1@sunnews.cern.ch>
4286			Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
4287
4288			> In <nfa0k1-03l.ln1@jones.homeip.net> lawrence.jones@ugsplm.com writes:
4289	root	1.247	>
4290			> >The text of the standard only yields one reasonable interpretation.
4291			>
4292	root	1.196	> Yup, mine!
4293	root	1.387	%
4294	root	1.195	[links-2.1pre13 ChangeLog]
4295			Thu Oct 9 16:44:10 GMT 2003 mikulas:
4296
4297			Do not print 1000l on FreeBSD console on exit
4298	root	1.387	%
4299	root	1.194	[an old question, revisited]
4300			http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
4301	root	1.387	%
4302	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4303	root	1.247	> can any one translate the following codes into c++ codes,
4304	root	1.194
4305			This is comp.lang.c. We do C, not C++. We do not translate C into
4306			obfuscated languages. The good news is that your code already _is_ C++.
4307	root	1.387	%
4308	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4309			I didn't say he was incorrect. I said he was an idiot.
4310	root	1.387	%
4311	root	1.193	according to babelfish "glibber" in german means "more glibber" in english :-)
4312	root	1.387	%
4313	root	1.192	[Debian Bug #163625 features one of my favourite bug report subjects:]
4314			Installing additional mozilla Debian packages
4315	root	1.247	deletes additionally installed mozilla packages
4316	root	1.387	%
4317	root	1.388	[Aus einer Werbung für dne "Windows-Berater". Es ist erschreckend, zeigt
4318			aber, das manche Maßnahmen von Microsoft völlig irreführenderweise als
4319			Sicherheitsmaßnahme verstanden und dargestellt werden. Ich frage mich, wie
4320	root	1.190	DRM in Zukunft aufgenommen und beworben werden wird...]
4321
4322	root	1.388	"Kaum angekündigt, schon ist der Registrierungsschutz geknackt"
4323	root	1.190
4324	root	1.388	Das neue Windows XP lässt sich nur mit einem besonderen Registrierungscode
4325	root	1.190	dauerhaft betreiben. Besorgt sich der Anwender diese Lizenz nicht,
4326			wird das System gesperrt. Damit sollen Raubkopien und unerlaubte
4327			Mehrfachnutzung verhindert werden. Kaum vorgestellt, knacken Hacker
4328	root	1.388	diese Verschlüsselung schon. Checklisten zeigen Ihnen, wie dieser Klau
4329			abläuft. Damit Sie sich und Ihr System vor ungebetenen Zugriffen und Viren
4330			schützen können.
4331	root	1.387	%
4332	root	1.189	[Reiner Gamma]
4333			http://www.geocities.com/kc5lei/SWIRL2001.htm
4334	root	1.387	%
4335	root	1.188	>> Asshole keep you shit out of alt.binaries.games.adult until you read
4336			[...]
4337	root	1.187	>Dude, thisi is not "alt.binaries.games.adult".
4338	root	1.188	[...]
4339	root	1.187	Yes, it is. Or, it was, till your post cut the crosspost. It was
4340			crossposted to several groups and the person you're replying to will
4341			never get your message.
4342	root	1.387	%
4343	root	1.186	[http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/doc/Details.html.pl]
4344			As this project will always run unknown binary code of proprietary W32
4345			filesystem drivers, the code can never be trusted.
4346	root	1.387	%
4347	root	1.185	[http://www.hello-penguin.com/gtm-perl/doc/Perl.html]
4348			(look at the BUGS section... very funny to read, btw., it's
4349			a sourceforge project called GT.M).
4350	root	1.387	%
4351	root	1.184	bigger things. We\\\\\\\'d be using C + asm and Hax
4352			01:15 <Sesse> we all the backslashes?
4353			01:15 <schmorp> no idea, i have these in some of my descriptions, too
4354			01:15 <schmorp> it seems that sourceofrge does " -> \" on every deascription change
4355			01:15 <Sesse> sounds like php
4356			01:15 <schmorp> i guess it's written in php
4357			01:15 <schmorp> g
4358			01:15 <Sesse> :-D
4359	root	1.387	%
4360	root	1.183	http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/
4361			[...] At the beginning I didn't expect that I would actually succeed,
4362			since I thought I would need almost half of that just for the headers. I
4363			think my first cut was 458 bytes in size. I was quite pleased with myself
4364			when I trimmed that down to less than 300 bytes, ecstatic when I finally
4365			reached the 255-byte goal, and downright triumphant when I later got it to
4366			work in 238 bytes. By the time I had a 198-byte version, I was just plain
4367			dumbfounded. It's now at 171 bytes. [...]
4368	root	1.387	%
4369	root	1.182	[http://www.mindspring.com/~kimall/Japanese/polite.html]
4370			[...] Americans didn't invent English (although the Brits will happily
4371			disown our mangled version of it! :-) ) [...]
4372	root	1.387	%
4373	root	1.181	[Eugene Spafford]
4374			During the heights of some of the recent viruses, I was discarding 30Mb of
4375			email per day -- all of it viruses. And I should point out -- viruses for
4376			Windows. There have been something like 100,000 viruses for MS operating
4377			systems, only about 50 for the Mac, and about 3 for commercial Unix
4378			systems. That difference isn't because of a difference in the prevalence
4379			of the machines -- there are basic architectural differences.
4380	root	1.387	%
4381	root	1.180	[http://MarginalHacks.com/]
4382			If you can't vi it, it sucks.
4383	root	1.387	%
4384	root	1.180	[from the somewhat outdated xterm-faq]
4385			GNOME TERMINAL
4386			[...]
4387			The documentation is fragmentary (with a comment suggesting that the
4388			author does not know where to find relevant information), and the program
4389			fares badly with vttest. [...] But it suffices for vi.
4390			[.. later]
4391			There is a variation of xvt (ancestor of rxvt) originally known as kvt
4392			bundled with KDE which may be referred to as "kterm", but I do not find it
4393			interesting, other than to comment that it was a poor choice of name.
4394	root	1.387	%
4395	root	1.179	[I love X programs]
4396			[xc/programs/xprop/xprop.c]
4397			/*
4398	root	1.247	* blip: a debugging routine. Prints Blip! on stderr with flushing.
4399	root	1.179	*/
4400			void blip()
4401	root	1.247	{
4402	root	1.179	fflush(stdout);
4403			fprintf(stderr, "blip!\n");
4404			fflush(stderr);
4405	root	1.247	}
4406	root	1.387	%
4407	root	1.178	[pavel machek commenting on a proposed patch]
4408			+ int alternative_order = 999;
4409
4410			Why not 666? :-).
4411	root	1.387	%
4412	root	1.178	[yosh on gimp-developer]
4413			It's also better to research your suggestions a little, so that they don't
4414			sound completely out there, thereby reinforcing the viewpoint that Windows
4415			users are clueless.
4416	root	1.387	%
4417	root	1.177	[modularity makes unix systems more secure]
4418			http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/36029.html
4419	root	1.387	%
4420	root	1.176	[beware german translations]
4421			dpkg: Warnung - ignoriere Kollision, kann sowieso weitermachen!
4422	root	1.387	%
4423	root	1.175	[http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/hacks/lotus-nsa-key.html, look around there]
4424			NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus-Notes
4425	root	1.387	%
4426	root	1.174	The word "ampersand" is an alteration of the phrase "et, per se and" (that
4427			is: "et by itself [means] and"), which became corrupted to "and, per se
4428			and", and finally, ampersand.
4429	root	1.387	%
4430	root	1.173	[xc/lib/X11/lcUTF8.c]
4431			[...] We distinguish three classes of clients: [1st] [...] [2nd] Clients
4432			which accept CompoundText with multiple character sets and parse it
4433			themselves. (Example: emacs, xemacs.) [3rd] [...] In a distant future,
4434			when clients of the first and second kind will have disappeared, [...]
4435	root	1.387	%
4436	root	1.171	[linux-2.6/drivers/md/Kconfig]
4437			WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you
4438			use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't
4439			destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother,
4440			or re-appoint George W. Bush.
4441	root	1.387	%
4442	root	1.170	[http://www.herodios.com/herron_tc/atsign.html]
4443			Many Finnish terms for @ are connected with cats. Not content with naming
4444			the sign for what it looks like, Finnish names it for what it looks like
4445			sounds like. In addition to "kissanhnta [cat's tail], "miau," "miumau,"
4446			and "miuku" are all "miau merkki" [meow marks] in Finnish. Other terms
4447			from Finnish include "apinanhanta" [a monkey's tail], or "hiirenhanta"
4448			[mouse's tail]. Some "computer people" use the English word "at."
4449	root	1.387	%
4450	root	1.247	17:07 <oesi> schmorp: mal ein guter kommentar auf heise zum thema "Bill tourt durch
4451	root	1.388	die USA und kündigt innovative neuentwicklungen an"
4452			17:08 <oesi> Kommentar war: "was hat er angekündigt: drive-letter in unicode?"
4453	root	1.387	%
4454	root	1.168	[Ken Lunde about his copy of KS C 5657-1991:]
4455			Here's another interesting note. My official copy of this
4456			standard has all of its 2,856 hanja hand-written.
4457	root	1.387	%
4458	root	1.172	[cvs, while checking in changes to uunet's radiusd]
4459	root	1.168	confused about file platform.h -- ignoring
4460	root	1.387	%
4461	root	1.167	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/24/1011245.shtml]
4462	root	1.247	And most likely, the FBI didn't tell the hosting company exactly what it
4463			is they wanted. When the Feds come in with a search warrant, they don't
4464			ask for your help. They say, "stand aside" and commence
4465	root	1.167	%
4466	root	1.166	http://www.bash.org/?178890
4467	root	1.387	%
4468	root	1.165	[http://www.bash.org/?75016]
4469			<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
4470	root	1.387	%
4471	root	1.247	00:56 <oesi> ulpfr: ich schrieb mal einen kompletten mailer in emacs, weil mir rmail
4472			nicht gefallen hat. man wird aelter und reifer und droppt dann emacs
4473	root	1.164	einfach :)
4474			00:56 <ulpfr> Weichei
4475	root	1.387	%
4476	root	1.163	[spca50x.sourceforge.net]
4477			/*
4478			* Function compares two strings.
4479	root	1.247	* Return offset in pussy where prick ends if "prick" may penetrate
4480	root	1.163	* int "pussy" like prick into pussy, -1 otherwise.
4481			*/
4482			static inline int match(const char* prick, const char* pussy, int len2)
4483			{
4484			int len1 = strlen(prick); //length of male string
4485			[...]
4486	root	1.387	%
4487	root	1.163	http://www.leckse.net/profilieren/chat
4488	root	1.387	%
4489	root	1.388	rohw, schleymig und formlos Fleisch wie di Schleuch eines Tündenfischs
4490	root	1.387	%
4491	root	1.162	[rxvt-*/src/init.[cC]]
4492			/* grab colors before netscape does */
4493			Get_Colours ();
4494	root	1.387	%
4495	root	1.388	[oesi über apache-2.0]
4496	root	1.160	03:10 <oesi> ist mir egal, ich fahre alle 24h den apache runter...
4497			03:10 <oesi> ich fahre praktisch das 1.3er config-file. das gibt sicherheit :)
4498			03:11 <oesi> ich kann apache nicht stoppen.
4499			03:11 <oesi> apachectl stop
4500			03:11 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4501			03:11 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4502			03:12 <oesi> wie konnte ich den starten?
4503			03:12 <schmorp> rofl
4504	root	1.161	[...]
4505			03:29 <oesi> es ist kein scherz. wirklich:
4506			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl sslstart
4507			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl stop
4508			03:29 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4509			03:29 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4510	root	1.387	%
4511	root	1.159	[http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/]
4512			[...] Here's a demo (username "free", password "speech") [...]
4513	root	1.387	%
4514	root	1.158	[rxvt/src/screen.C]
4515			#ifdef DEBUG_STRICT
4516	root	1.247	assert(screen.cur.row >= 0);
4517	root	1.158	#else /* drive with your eyes closed */
4518			MAX_IT(screen.cur.row, 0);
4519			#endif
4520	root	1.387	%
4521	root	1.157	[http://www.mine-control.com/zack/timesync/timesync.html]
4522			[...] Also, anecdotal evidence from network programmers suggests that the
4523			UDP implementation under Win32 is unstable and overly-unreliable. [...]
4524	root	1.387	%
4525	root	1.156	> > Ceterum censeo \| PGP encrypted mail preferred.
4526			> > Redmond esse delendam. \| PGP Key at www.MPA-Garching.MPG.de/~nog/
4527			>
4528			> Willkomme im Club .... :-)))
4529
4530			Danke - ich bin schon lange dabei... ;-)
4531			--
4532			OpenVMS @ 25 \| Martin Vorlaender \| VMS & WNT programmer
4533	root	1.387	%
4534	root	1.388	Um die Jahrhundertwende erfand ein Mann namens Friedolin Tär einen
4535			IQ-Test, der die Gesamtpersönlichkeit sehr stark miteinbezog.
4536			Charakterstärke, Grosszügigkeit, flexibles Denken etc. wurden also
4537			mitbewertet. Die Skala mit der Maßeinheit "Tär" wies ein großes Spektrum
4538			auf. Ärzte, Wissenschaftler erreichen IQ's im Megatär-Bereich. Der
4539			Durchschnittsmensch weist einige Kilotär auf. Nach unten gibt es Dezitär,
4540			Centitär... und schießlich Mil(l)itär...
4541	root	1.387	%
4542	root	1.154	http://senseis.xmp.net/?GetStrongAtGote
4543			http://users.skynet.be/rexburton/ritchie.htm
4544	root	1.387	%
4545	root	1.153	Subject: [Swsusp-devel] 2.6.1: It could go faster if I didn't have egg on my face.
4546	root	1.387	%
4547	root	1.153	"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
4548			victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead
4549			bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?"
4550			-- Robert Fisk
4551	root	1.387	%
4552	root	1.151	[the satellite death spiral: why spacecraft are unnecessarily expensive]
4553			http://www.dynacon.ca/pdf/files/newspdf_63.pdf
4554	root	1.152	[see also the small satellites homepage]
4555			http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/
4556	root	1.387	%
4557	root	1.150	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/lec_lev.htm]
4558			"Anthropologists concur that America is an exceedingly 'low-touch,'
4559			high-violence culture"
4560			[...]
4561			"[...] Republican members of the House of Representatives called for the
4562			resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, whose transgression was to
4563			suggest, in response to a question following a speech to sex educators,
4564			that masturbation was an appropriate subject for classroom discussion.
4565			This remark, according to one congressman, was part of a social movement
4566			that was "killing the moral fiber of America" and just one symptom of
4567			a decline also manifested in reckless driving, an indecisive military
4568			policy-dubbed "mission creep," and homosexuals in the Boy Scouts." [...]
4569
4570			Masturbation is an absolute taboo in the US. Many adults still think that
4571			they are the only ones who do such dirty things.
4572	root	1.387	%
4573	root	1.150	From: <[...]@aol.com>
4574			Subject: Re: [...]
4575
4576			Marc wrote on 1/7/2004, 6:57 AM:
4577
4578			> Congrats. No kidding, you are the first person @aol that ever sent me a
4579			> sensible mail. I was planning to reject mail from aol.com right away
4580			> since (in the last 8 years at least), nothing good came from there, but you
4581			> saved it :)
4582
4583			Yeah, I get that a lot, but you've got to know that .aol.com email
4584			addresses are also used by the people who work for AOL (cough, cough :).
4585			[...]
4586	root	1.387	%
4587	root	1.150	From: Alan Cox
4588			> The code to disable prefetch on Athlon is 300 bytes and hurts your PIV?
4589			> Really? I'll dig back through the code, but I recall it as adding or
4590			> deleting an entry in a table to enable prefetch. If it's affecting PIV the
4591			> code to use prefetch is seriously broken.
4592
4593			Big time. Its over 300 bytes long because its embedded in each inline
4594			prefetch and it causes a branch misprediction almost every time. Amazing
4595			what you find when you actually measure stuff 8)
4596			[...]
4597	root	1.387	%
4598	root	1.150	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4599	root	1.387	%
4600	root	1.150	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4601	root	1.387	%
4602	root	1.150	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4603	root	1.387	%
4604	root	1.149	[FYI: java was officially announced in 1995, and certainly didn't exist
4605			even as a concept before 1991. It's interesting how many people nowadays
4606			claim to have decades of java experience]
4607			On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Robert Soros <robert@soros.ca> wrote:
4608			> I am extremely excited about your ideas to fix freenet and would be
4609			> willing to plug your code into fred (I have fourteen years java
4610			> programming experience.) Could you provide a link to your code? What
4611	root	1.387	%
4612	root	1.149	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4613	root	1.387	%
4614	root	1.149	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4615	root	1.387	%
4616	root	1.149	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4617	root	1.387	%
4618	root	1.147	[in a private discussion about some potential problem that would cause]
4619			[mail not to be delivered]
4620			> > On the other hand, I see the same in some mail from RMS.
4621	root	1.247	>
4622	root	1.147	> Well, just because rms does it does not mean... :)
4623
4624			My point is that the FSF is unlikely to install something that
4625			bounces RMS's mail, at least, not for long.
4626	root	1.387	%
4627	root	1.147	On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Piers Cawley wrote:
4628
4629			> David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> writes:
4630			>
4631			> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:16:52AM -0500, Tommie M. Jones wrote:
4632			> >> Anyone know of any perl software that does resume parsing.
4633			> >
4634			> > I don't think anyone has implemented continuations in perl, so I fail
4635			> > to see how you can have resumes. Or are you trying to parse some other
4636			> > language which does support this?
4637			>
4638
4639			Just because we share a language does not mean we understand each other.
4640
4641			In America there are two meanings for resume. One being to continue the
4642			other the equivalent of what ya'll call a CV (I think though I've never
4643			heard the term before) In the second definition resume is pronounced with
4644			a short u. I think there is a "`" in the proper spelling of the word but
4645			since Americans are not use to using punctuation in their words (other
4646			than to show ownership and contractions) it is usually loss.
4647	root	1.387	%
4648	root	1.147	echo $package has manual pages available in source form.
4649			echo "However, you don't have nroff, so they're probably useless to you."
4650			--Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution
4651	root	1.387	%
4652	root	1.146	AFTER 30 years of "daylight saving" - moving the clocks forward in the
4653			spring and then back again in the autumn - there is still an Abolish
4654			Daylight Saving Committee in New South Wales, Australia.
4655
4656			Added to the usual claims of such campaigns - for example, that the
4657			extra hour of daylight in the evening in summer fades the curtains - is
4658			a new one from ADSC spokeswoman Judith Hall, of Gunnedah, who told the
4659			Sydney Morning Herald: "No man has the right to choose the time of the
4660			rising and setting of the sun, only God."
4661
4662			Reader John McCallum, who told us about this, is surprised Hall doesn't
4663			explain why God doesn't simply exercise this choice. When people insist
4664			on moving their clocks forward, He should just move the sunrise forward
4665			and thwart them that way.
4666	root	1.387	%
4667	root	1.146	[Defect Report #205 to ISO-C]
4668			There was a unanimous vote that the feature is ugly, and a good consensus
4669			that its incorporation into the standard at the 11th hour was an
4670			unfortunate decision.
4671	root	1.387	%
4672	root	1.247	02:23 <oesi> Breaking News: SCO stellt per Wahrsager Codeklau in HURD in einem Jahr
4673	root	1.146	fest ;)
4674	root	1.387	%
4675	root	1.146	[http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html]
4676
4677			Last updated: - Invalid Date
4678	root	1.387	%
4679	root	1.146	http://www.bash.org/?99060
4680	root	1.387	%
4681	root	1.145	[IZ-Buzzword-Bullshit-Bingo]
4682			http://www.l13.de/it/ibbb.html
4683	root	1.387	%
4684	root	1.144	Q: What is the state of the object after its lifetime has ended?
4685
4686			A: As a well-known software guru[3] once put it, speaking about a
4687			similar code fragment and anthropomorphically referring to the
4688			local object as a "he":
4689
4690			"He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He
4691			has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker!
4692			He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't
4693			nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His
4694			metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's
4695			kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down
4696			the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS IS AN
4697			EX-PARROT!"
4698
4699			- Dr. M. Python, BMath, MASc, PhD (CompSci)
4700	root	1.387	%
4701	root	1.144	[ach du schande]
4702			"pflichtpfandfrei"
4703	root	1.387	%
4704	root	1.142	[a comment on the demonstrations against bush in london]
4705			The police will shoot you.
4706
4707			OK, that's not strictly true. The CIA will shoot you. Then the police will
4708			arrest the CIA. Then American troops will invade.
4709
4710	root	1.247	Just another average day in central London.
4711	root	1.387	%
4712	root	1.141	[this signature gave me a laugh...]
4713			[...]even better is if there is a system function that sends out an arp
4714			reply.
4715
4716			pls. cc my email address
4717
4718			tia
4719			pd
4720
4721
4722	root	1.247	--
4723	root	1.141	^X^C
4724			q
4725			quit
4726			:q
4727			^C
4728			end
4729			x
4730			exit
4731			ZZ
4732			^D
4733			?
4734			help
4735			shit
4736			.
4737	root	1.387	%
4738	root	1.140	* muppet also hates bloatus notes. it doesn't need vnc to make it slow.
4739	root	1.387	%
4740	root	1.140	[From the File::Spec manpage on catdir]
4741			Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending
4742			with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting string,
4743			because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses OS2. [...]
4744	root	1.387	%
4745	root	1.140	[I love it]
4746			http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm
4747			http://www.armin-grewe.com/holiday/wiltshire/swindon-roundabout.htm
4748	root	1.387	%
4749	root	1.139	"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
4750			- Douglas Adams
4751	root	1.387	%
4752	root	1.138	Bill Gates is repeating the mantra that users are to blame for insecure
4753			PCs, in an interview with a Canadian newspaper. This refrain is familiar
4754			to the INQUIRER: Gates said more or less the same thing when he addressed
4755			an Assembly of CEOs in Berlin a few weeks ago.
4756
4757	root	1.247	The chief software architect (CSA.'.) told IT Business that perfect code
4758			wasn't the answer to security problems, but firewalls and keeping the
4759			software up to date were more important. The problems that have occurred
4760			this year wouldn't have happened if firms and individuals had set up
4761			their software properly.
4762	root	1.138
4763			He also claims in the article that Microsoft has always had security
4764			patches out before the exploits happened. Developers were also to blame
4765			because they didn't understand the application program interfaces, Gates
4766			told the publication.
4767
4768	root	1.247	And he also claimed that all forms of Unix and Linux have a greater
4769			number of vulnerabilities than Microsoft but don't spread as much because
4770			"they're not as dense" as Windows. Low volume software is hit by
4771			malicious people, high volume software, that is Windows, is hit by people
4772			who want visibility and glory.
4773	root	1.387	%
4774	root	1.137	[In the FAQ for a bootp client:]
4775
4776			o You are using --server to point to a server which doesn't run a bootp server
4777
4778			x Try not using it.
4779	root	1.387	%
4780	root	1.136	[http://www.politicalpulpit.com/Luke/LukeArchive0403.htm]
4781			The facts are simple: In Lynn, MA Principal of the Lynn English High
4782			School, Andrew Fila refused to allow teacher of English, Jeremy McKeen,
4783			to show the disputed film in his classes. McKeen had already submitted
4784			Moore's opus to his Department Head, Jane Balesta, for approval which she
4785			had given.
4786
4787			Said Fila, "I just pulled it. This is not the time nor the place to be
4788			showing something like that. The producer (Moore) is also an anti war
4789			person as well."
4790	root	1.387	%
4791	root	1.136	[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/]
4792	root	1.388	"Ich habe keine Gefühle, merken sie sich das, Walter. Und wenn ich welche
4793			habe, werden sie nie über meine Intelligenz siegen".
4794	root	1.387	%
4795	root	1.388	["Was ist ein Kopierschutz überhaupt?"]
4796	root	1.135	[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,270719,00.html]
4797	root	1.134
4798			Damit entspricht Windows der Definition eines illegalen Tools zur Umgehung
4799	root	1.388	des Kopierschutzes und müsste vom Markt genommen werden.
4800	root	1.135	[...]
4801	root	1.134	Das Bundesjustizministerium ist der Auffassung, dass die Frage nur durch
4802	root	1.388	ein Gericht zu klären sei. Das Programm "Windows" kenne man zu wenig.
4803	root	1.135	[...]
4804			Handelt es sich bei Windows also rechtlich um das Abwehren einer Straftat
4805			oder um das illegale Aushebeln eines Kopierschutzverfahrens?
4806	root	1.387	%
4807	root	1.134	http://www.nature.com/nsu/021209/021209-10.html#b1
4808	root	1.387	%
4809	root	1.132	[A document] Written to answer the often asked question about the requirements
4810			on the kernel to get a POSIX compliant thread implementation. And I don't
4811			mean an implementation like this horrible implementation from IBM.
4812			-- Ulrich Drepper
4813	root	1.387	%
4814	root	1.131	GCC generates truly horrible code when no optimization is enabled.
4815			-- Ulrich Drepper
4816	root	1.387	%
4817	root	1.131	Most programmers think that the programs they write are fairly well
4818			written and perform as good as possible. In most cases this is not
4819	root	1.133	correct. -- Ulrich Drepper
4820	root	1.387	%
4821	root	1.130	Even though I cannot accept the rejection of fair use rights by the film
4822			and music industry I cannot endorse piracy.
4823			-- Ulrich Drepper
4824	root	1.387	%
4825	root	1.130	Never say "PIC Code"!. This is duplication.
4826			-- Ulrich Drepper
4827	root	1.387	%
4828	root	1.129	[http://www.ffk.co.at/programme_ffksnetmanager.asp]
4829	root	1.388	Ping und Netsend laufen jetzt über die Windows API, daher schneller und
4830			zuverlässiger
4831	root	1.387	%
4832	root	1.129	[comment from linux/drivers/block/floppy.c]
4833			/*
4834			* 1999/08/13 -- Paul Slootman -- floppy stopped working on Alpha after 24
4835			* days, 6 hours, 32 minutes and 32 seconds (i.e. MAXINT jiffies; ints were
4836			* being used to store jiffies, which are unsigned longs).
4837			*/
4838	root	1.387	%
4839	root	1.128	[Microsoft creates a problem and inspires an industry to work around it.
4840			Just Great. Also learn about Microsoft Logic(tm): DLL's save memory, so
4841			you need to use them. But please use your own private versions of all your
4842			dlls so that they aren't shared...]
4843			http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsetup/html/dlldanger1.asp
4844	root	1.387	%
4845	root	1.128	[http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/drm03.html]
4846			Pirating Movies
4847
4848			[...] The attackers aren't DVD owners making illegal copies and putting
4849			them on file sharing networks. The attackers are industry insiders making
4850			illegal copies long before the DVD is ever on the market.
4851	root	1.387	%
4852	root	1.128	[Look at the time scale...]
4853			http://www.networm.org/graphics/worm-progression.Sep03.pdf
4854	root	1.387	%
4855	root	1.127	[Just funny]
4856			http://www.zug.com/pranks/turnpike/
4857	root	1.387	%
4858	root	1.127	[http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html]
4859			The CEO of Symantec is advocating "legislation to criminalize the
4860			sharing of information and tools online that can be used by malicious
4861			hackers and virus writers." Doesn't he realize that most of his
4862			company's engineers would end up in jail?
4863	root	1.387	%
4864	root	1.126	[http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=1145]
4865			Why is it you forgive Bush for saying "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET OSAMA".
4866			and "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET SADDAM". "I GUARANTEE THERE ARE WMD'S" etc
4867			etc. Yet now he could care less about them? Of course, Clinton lies about
4868			sex and that's a huge deal(not that i am justifying what Bubba did)
4869
4870			Why is it when the marines stormed in, they protected the oil fields but
4871			left all the other resources of Iraq to be looted?
4872
4873			Why is it that the White House doesn't want to release information on
4874			9/11, and only gave the investigation a $3 million budget?(it took $70
4875			million to find out Clinton got a BJ, and that's all they found out for
4876			$70 million!!). Meanwhile, even with a pathetic budget, the WH stonewalls
4877			the investigating committee. It's not enough for the WH to just underfund
4878			them, theyve got to make sure they can't get to any usefull information in
4879			the first place!
4880	root	1.387	%
4881	root	1.247	Buying a Unix machine guarantees you a descent into Hell. It starts when
4882			you plug the computer in and it won't boot. Yes, they really did sell you
4883			a $10,000 computer with an unformatted disk drive.
4884	root	1.125	-- Philip Greenspun
4885	root	1.387	%
4886	root	1.124	"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we
4887			don't believe in it at all." -- Noam Chomsky
4888	root	1.387	%
4889	root	1.124	"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
4890			to say it." -- not actually from Voltaire
4891	root	1.387	%
4892	root	1.123	"Our ability to innovate is predicated on our ability to own the
4893			platform."
4894			[Kirk Koenigsbauer, strategy manager at Microsoft's MSN]
4895	root	1.387	%
4896	root	1.123	Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
4897			waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that
4898			frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
4899			and you can sitll raed it wiuthoit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not
4900			raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
4901	root	1.320	[http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/]
4902	root	1.387	%
4903	root	1.123	[The world is getting saner and saner. The whole world? No....]
4904			http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf
4905	root	1.387	%
4906	root	1.123	[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1210067,00.asp]
4907			So what actually happens when your Windows XP machine crashes and asks
4908			if you want to send a report? The reports obviously accumulate in some
4909			database, and I can only assume that when one bin piles up with similar
4910			crash memos, the coders get to work. Exactly how many notifications does
4911			Microsoft get? Nobody knows for sure, but based on comments Bill Gates
4912			made at a recent meeting for analysts, the number must be astronomical.
4913			Gates said that 5 percent of Windows machines crash, on average, twice
4914			daily.
4915	root	1.387	%
4916	root	1.123	"...vielleicht praktisch manchmal auch mal geraten, das, wenn auch mal..."
4917	root	1.388	[Johann Gärtner, "Die Republikaner" bei einer Fernsehsendung über ihr
4918			Wahlprogramm. Das Zitat ist repräsentativ.]
4919	root	1.387	%
4920	root	1.123	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/rbt/condemn_text.htm]
4921			Critics of Congress and APA's concessions have analogized this situation
4922			to that of Galileo. At the APA's annual convention in August 1999 in
4923			Boston, an anonymous source, unknown to us, posted stickers around the
4924			convention that satirically read, "If the US Congress says that 'The sun
4925			revolves around the earth,' then that fact will be given most careful
4926			consideration in all articles published by the APA."
4927	root	1.387	%
4928	root	1.247	"It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics."
4929	root	1.123	-- Bruce Schneier
4930	root	1.387	%
4931	root	1.123	[it took me over 7 minutes to find this movie again on imdb...]
4932			[...so it must be good]
4933			http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0072131/
4934	root	1.387	%
4935	root	1.123	[mplayer/libmpcodecs/ad_realaud.c]
4936			[real uses a novel protection scheme...]
4937			raSetPwd(sh->context,"Ardubancel Quazanga"); // set password... lol.
4938	root	1.387	%
4939	root	1.120	[D-Info 3/2003 Database Dump]
4940			I've written a script that dumps the D-Info 2003 database as tsv to stdout.
4941			No idea why I announce it here...
4942	root	1.121	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/data/dump-dinfo
4943	root	1.387	%
4944	root	1.119	[Oh My God!]
4945			Subject: aic7(censored) use after free in 2.5.66
4946	root	1.387	%
4947	root	1.119	[How many squares are on a go-board?]
4948	root	1.118	http://groups.google.com/groups?ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&selm=16394336.74521.15271%40kcbbs.gen.nz&rnum=2
4949	root	1.387	%
4950	root	1.117	[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1020303,00.html]
4951			When I first visited Russia, in 1986, I made friends with a musician whose
4952			father had been Brezhnev's personal doctor. One day we were talking about
4953			life during 'the period of stagnation' - the Brezhnev era. 'It must have
4954			been strange being so completely immersed in propaganda,' I said.
4955
4956			'Ah, but there is the difference. We knew it was propaganda,' replied
4957			Sacha.
4958	root	1.387	%
4959	root	1.116	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
4960			A reader sent in this conversation he overheard at a corporate security
4961			desk one morning:
4962
4963			Employee: I have lost my photo-ID card, can I get a day pass please?
4964
4965			Security Guard: Certainly, what is your serial number?
4966
4967			Employee: 123456
4968
4969			[Security guard pulls up the details on his computer, which includes a
4970			photograph of the employee.]
4971
4972			Security Guard: Do you have a driver's license or another piece of
4973			identification which has your picture on it?
4974
4975			Employee: Why would you need that?
4976
4977			Security Guard: To match against our records.
4978
4979			Employee: A picture of my face?
4980
4981			Security Guard: Yes
4982
4983			Employee: This is my face -- I am wearing it on my head.
4984
4985			Security Guard: I need another piece of ID with a picture on it to
4986			compare against this one.
4987	root	1.387	%
4988	root	1.116	[Voting in the US might be in for surprises in the future]
4989			http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/voting.shtml
4990			[frankly, I don't trust any government if it's easy to fake votes]
4991	root	1.387	%
4992	root	1.116	MS Windows passwords can be cracked in an average of 13.6 seconds.
4993			Assuming your password consists of just letters and numbers, that is. But
4994			my guess is that almost everyone falls into that category.
4995
4996			<http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5053063.html>
4997			<http://lasecpc13.epfl.ch/ntcrack/>
4998	root	1.387	%
4999	root	1.123	Eppur si muove!
5000	root	1.387	%
5001	root	1.116	[bwahahaha]
5002			"RV K-17"
5003	root	1.387	%
5004	root	1.116	"We're the world's greatest superpower, but we have a Third World
5005			electricity grid," said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
5006	root	1.387	%
5007	root	1.116	[where NOT to learn german :)]
5008			[http://www.berlitz.at/worldclub/reise-spanisch/]
5009			<= Es ist 10:45 Uhr / viertel vor elf / dreiviertel zehn.
5010			=> Son las once menos cuarto.
5011	root	1.387	%
5012	root	1.115	ceterum censeo carthaginem esse delendam
5013			ceterum censeo mundum non delendum esse
5014	root	1.387	%
5015	root	1.115	[http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/?id=1402&w=&p=1]
5016	root	1.388	Georgia Tornow, Generalsekretärin der Produzentenvereinigung film20 übt
5017			ebenfalls Kritik an der neuen Formulierung. »In anderen Ländern ist
5018	root	1.115	mitunter die Herstellung privater Kopien untersagt. Und in den USA wird
5019	root	1.388	sogar darüber nachgedacht, Geräte zur Kopienherstellung für illegal zu
5020			erklären«, so Tornow laut »blickpunktfilm.de«.
5021	root	1.387	%
5022	root	1.122	http://www.plif.com/archive/wc285.gif
5023	root	1.387	%
5024	root	1.115	[D-Info 2003, on my box:]
5025			Linux-Distribution nicht erkannt. Koennte RedHat sein.
5026	root	1.387	%
5027	root	1.115	[This patch removed the 75 records limit in D-Info 3/2003 linux for me]
5028			[patch dinfo.i386, YMMV]
5029			<00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba 4b00 0000 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
5030			>00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba ffff ff7f 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
5031	root	1.387	%
5032	root	1.115	[bwbasic-2.20pl2/bwbasic.doc]
5033			This program was originally begun in 1982 by my grandmother, Mrs.
5034			Verda Spell of Beaumont, TX. She was writing the program using
5035			an ANSI C compiler on an Osborne I CP/M computer and although my
5036			grandfather (Lockwood Spell) had bought an IBM PC with 256k of
5037			RAM my grandmother would not use it, paraphrasing George Herbert
5038			to the effect that "He who cannot in 64k program, cannot in 512k."
5039			She had used Microsoft BASIC and although she had nothing against
5040			it she said repeatedly that she didn't understand why Digital
5041			Research didn't "sue the socks off of Microsoft" for version 1.0
5042			of MSDOS and so I reckon that she hoped to undercut Microsoft's
5043			entire market and eventually build a new software empire on
5044			the North End of Beaumont. Her programming efforts were cut
5045			tragically short when she was thrown from a Beaumont to Port
5046			Arthur commuter train in the summer of 1986. I found the source
5047			code to bwBASIC on a single-density Osborne diskette in her knitting
5048			bag and eventually managed to have it all copied over to a PC
5049			diskette. I have revised it slightly prior to this release. You
5050			should know, though, that I myself am an historian, not a programmer.
5051	root	1.387	%
5052	root	1.114	[what high dan players in go think while playing:]
5053			"Must kill ... black stones ... black stones ... must die"
5054	root	1.387	%
5055	root	1.114	[the one and only time rcp failed for me, at the very end of the transfer]
5056			rcp: protocol screwup: mtime.sec not delimited
5057	root	1.387	%
5058	root	1.113	[Wasteland]
5059			Lester Moore,
5060			Shot in the head with a .44.
5061			No Les, no more.
5062	root	1.387	%
5063	root	1.113	[SSK@DFpkjvKWA0kGPZUgm9LkJE1jX4cPAgM/MattersPhallic/4//]
5064			Mormon advice on how to abstain from wanking
5065
5066			STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION
5067			[for the rest of this entertaining document see the freesite]
5068	root	1.387	%
5069	root	1.113	[Fallout]
5070			Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake
5071			Stepped on the gas instead of the brake
5072	root	1.387	%
5073	root	1.111	[http://www.counterpane.com/pptpv2-paper.html]
5074			As we will discuss later, multiple layers of hashing are used in the
5075			different steps of MS-CHAPv2. While this hashing serves to obscure some
5076			of the values, it is unclear what the cryptographic significance of them
5077			are. All they seem to do is to slow down the execution of the protocol.
5078	root	1.112	[...]
5079			It is unclear to us why this protocol is so complicated.
5080			[...]
5081			The Server concatenates the password-hash-hash, the 24-byte NT response,
5082			and the literal string "Magic server to client constant", and then hashes
5083			the result with SHA.
5084	root	1.387	%
5085	root	1.388	> Für viele wird interessant sein, dass ich bisher bei jedem Kunden
5086	root	1.111	> rechnerisch nachweisen konnte, dass OpenSource !immer! der teurere Weg
5087			> ist!
5088	root	1.388	Das bedeutet, daß durch Offenlegung des Source Codes eines Produkts
5089			plötzlich höhere Aufwände entstehen? Was für ein Kundensegment betreust
5090	root	1.111	Du denn? Analphabeten?
5091	root	1.387	%
5092	root	1.388	"Der Sun-Forte-Compiler ist näher am C++-Standard als G++"
5093			[Jörg Schilling, CeBit 2003]
5094	root	1.387	%
5095	root	1.109	17:21 <elmex> ok, sex kann ich nicht, aber ich kann vim und Perl ;)
5096	root	1.387	%
5097	root	1.108	[Biggest ping rtt I've ever seen]
5098			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=473 ttl=128 time=779.5 ms
5099			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=474 ttl=128 time=524.1 ms
5100			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=475 ttl=128 time=275.6 ms
5101			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=539 ttl=128 time=656365.4 ms
5102			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=540 ttl=128 time=655365.5 ms
5103	root	1.387	%
5104	root	1.108	[I once used a vped.conf from windows on linux, and then had to:]
5105			tcpdump -eni\\\\.\\{F2CB3DC8-1
5106	root	1.387	%
5107	root	1.107	[links are free ;)]
5108			http://knowthetruth.b0x.com/Bush_Family/Bush_-_Hitler/bush_-_hitler.html
5109	root	1.387	%
5110	root	1.106	[http://pobox.com/~oleg/MacHack96/]
5111			Can software development be elevated from the Microsoft style?
5112	root	1.387	%
5113	root	1.105	[openssl, crypto/evp/evp_enc.c]
5114
5115			/* One positive side-effect of US's export
5116			* control history, is that we should at least
5117			* be able to avoid using US mispellings of
5118			* "initialisation"? */
5119			EVPerr(EVP_F_EVP_CIPHERINIT, EVP_R_INITIALIZATION_ERROR);
5120	root	1.387	%
5121	root	1.105	[man pem]
5122			Although the PEM routines take several arguments in almost all applications most of them are set to 0 or NULL.
5123	root	1.387	%
5124	root	1.105	[pth_native.c]
5125
5126			/* ``If you can't do it in
5127	root	1.247	ANSI C, it isn't worth doing.''
5128	root	1.105	-- Unknown */
5129	root	1.387	%
5130	root	1.104	[subculture]
5131	root	1.388	... scorp sind lucker und use script lamer aber über cheater aufregen
5132			mehr nich und zu fünft in nem raum sitzen und dann public zocken und dann
5133	root	1.104	skillig vorkommen ...
5134
5135			[http://forum.topwebmaster.net/extern/de/Ricoohh/thread/9196-77365]
5136	root	1.424	%
5137	root	1.104	[back to the roots. you might not understand the following, but
5138			this list is about things _I_ find funny, not you... :)]
5139	root	1.247	00:16 <elmex> 'mit windows netzwerk zu debuggen ist ungefaehr so sinnvoll wie eine
5140	root	1.104	gehirnoperation mit einem vorschlaghammer'
5141	root	1.247	00:18 <oesi> elmex: da ich in deinem ignore bin, kann ich ja volltrottel sagen.
5142	root	1.104	ethereal rennt seit jahren unter win32
5143			00:18 <elmex> oesi: ja, aber netzwerk nicht ;)
5144	root	1.387	%
5145	root	1.103	[http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~cknust/detroit/a-z/medikamt.htm]
5146	root	1.388	... Den Amerikanern sind Zäpfchen ebenso wie rektales Fiebermessen absolut
5147			suspekt; der Verdacht der Kinderschändung steht sofort unausgesprochen im
5148			Raum. Zäpfchen ("Suppositorium") werden allenfalls in der Notfallmedizin
5149	root	1.103	im Krankenhaus verwendet. Haben Sie ein Kind, das an Asthma oder
5150	root	1.388	Pseudo-Krupp-Anfällen leidet, bringen Sie sich einen entsprechenden Vorrat
5151			an Zäpfchen unbedingt mit, erwähnen Sie diese aber, soweit möglich, nicht
5152			vor amerikanischen Ärzten. ...
5153	root	1.387	%
5154	root	1.102	sendmail ist wie masturbation mit einer gurkenraspel, erzeugt viele spaene
5155			aber wenig freude.
5156	root	1.387	%
5157	root	1.102	[from a deviance.nfo, looking for new members, I think it's waaay funny]
5158			- you are a Unix guru with good Ansi-C software developing knowledge
5159			and understanding how to prevent network security vulnerabilities.
5160			That means you must be able to code to ansi-c guru level. And you
5161			must also have a good coder perspective of hostbase and network
5162			based intrusion detection systems. You should be able to code tools
5163			to generically prevent stack and heap buffer overflows on unix in
5164			Ansi-C. And Be able to code tools to look after a group of systems
5165			and code sniffing avoidance tools. And you can configure a system
5166			in ways to prevent packet sniffers and "man in the middle" attacks.
5167	root	1.387	%
5168	root	1.388	17:39 <schmorp> marco: flüge von hannover/dortmund [nach sofia] etc. sind glatt
5169			doppelt so teuer wie die gleichen von stuttgart/münchen/frankfurt
5170	root	1.101	17:39 <marco> schmorp: da wollen zu viele weg und zu wenig hin... also sind die
5171			fluege dort nur halb ausgelastet g
5172	root	1.387	%
5173	root	1.100	For me, this article simply illustrates that centralised trust models
5174			don't work well in practise.
5175			http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/12/09/021209opwinman.xml
5176	root	1.387	%
5177	root	1.99	[Rumsfeld in a CNN interview]
5178			There is an old saying, in the pentagon:
5179			"ready, fire, aim."
5180	root	1.387	%
5181	root	1.98	[...] You're allowed to resell the [windows] media but not the
5182			license. "Unfortunately" for Microsoft, this distinction is illegal in
5183			free countries like Germany [1].
5184			[...]
5185			Regards
5186			Henning
5187
5188			[1] The current german governement is actively trying to change this
5189			part of the german law. That's what you get for electing morons who
5190			might look good on TV. At this point, we're already on U.S. levels.
5191	root	1.387	%
5192	root	1.98	[...]
5193			The GPL does not restrict you. Contrary, it uses copyright law to
5194			establish a pool of software with much more freedom as copyright law gives
5195			to you. It only does not give you so much freedom to deny other people the
5196			same freedoms. The copyright holders can only do so, because copyright law
5197			itself give you none of these rights at all.
5198			[...]
5199			Wolfgang Walter
5200	root	1.387	%
5201	root	1.98	burro: i once played against a computer
5202			burro: it seemed very clever
5203			burro: but then all its groups died in yose
5204			burro: it forgot to defend later..
5205			burro: oops
5206			burro: accidental poetry
5207	root	1.387	%
5208	root	1.98	[about a go game between a pro player and some really good amateur,
5209			where white could have lived easily but decided to risk it]
5210			yoyoma [7k]: white is pro, rather die gloriosly than live in gote with a7!
5211	root	1.387	%
5212	root	1.98	[from the default config of the oh-so-broken unrealircd]
5213			#define BIG_SECURITY_HOLE
5214	root	1.387	%
5215	root	1.98	"In fact the whole of Japan is pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people."
5216			-- Oscar Wilde
5217	root	1.387	%
5218	root	1.98	[a principle used in florida's law]
5219			"guilty until proven innocent"
5220			[http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/main.htm]
5221	root	1.387	%
5222	root	1.98	Wonderful news! A little Jewish woman, calling Mount Sinai Hospital,
5223			said, "Hello, darling, I'd like to talk with the person who gives the
5224			information regarding your patients. I want to know if the patient is
5225			getting better, or doing like expected, or is getting worse." The voice
5226			on the other end of the line said, "What is the patient's name and room
5227			number?" She said, "Yes, darling! she's Sarah Finkel, in Room 302." He
5228			said, "Oh, yes. Mrs. Finkel is doing very well. In fact, she's had two
5229			full meals, her blood pressure is fine, her blood work just came back
5230			as normal, she's going to be taken off the heart monitor in a couple of
5231			hours and if she continues this improvement, Dr. Cohen is going to send
5232			her home Tuesday at twelve o' clock." The woman said, "Thank God! That's
5233			wonderful! Oh! that's fantastic, darling!... That's wonderful news!" The
5234			man on the phone said, "From your enthusiasm, I take it you must be a
5235			close family member or a very close friend!" She said, "I'm Sarah Finkel
5236			in 302! My doctor doesn't tell me shit!
5237	root	1.387	%
5238	root	1.98	[gcc-3.2/.../sstream>
5239			// NB: Start ostringstream buffers at 512 bytes. This is an
5240			// experimental value (pronounced "arbitrary" in some of the
5241			// hipper english-speaking countries), and can be changed to
5242			// suit particular needs.
5243			_M_buf_size_opt = 512;
5244	root	1.387	%
5245	root	1.98	[members.aon.at/paulinchen/advtex/sanitar.htm]
5246			[Walkthrough SANITARIUM]
5247			... Deshalb suchst du erneut den Wassertempel auf. ... Dort haust du als
5248	root	1.388	Grimwall den Lukas ... Darauf hin öffnet der Clown seinen Mund und du
5249	root	1.98	kannst als Olmec die Melodie ...
5250	root	1.387	%
5251	root	1.97	[Onibaba - Great Movie]
5252			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058430
5253	root	1.387	%
5254	root	1.97	[Kuroneko - I'd like to see :(]
5255			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122136
5256	root	1.387	%
5257	root	1.96	[<Sesse> microsoft finally takes security seriously]
5258			[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q276304]
5259			Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
5260	root	1.387	%
5261	root	1.96	GNU Emacs kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 11.300
5262			vi - Editor. Kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 2.333
5263	root	1.388	XML für Dummies. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 225.881
5264			JavaScript für Dummies. Dynamische Websites selbst gemacht. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 24.576
5265	root	1.387	%
5266	root	1.96	[http://kyushu.com/gleaner/editorspick/seppuku.shtml]
5267
5268			[...] Obviously you have to decide well in advance why you are doing
5269			[seppuku] [...] Resistance, remonstrance, show of loyalty, affirmation of
5270			the correctness of one's own position, expiation of a crime and the wiping
5271			out of disgrace are all perfectly good reasons; being refused a work visa
5272			is not [...]
5273	root	1.387	%
5274	root	1.247	Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd
5275	root	1.95	all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to
5276			repetitive electronic music." --Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
5277	root	1.387	%
5278	root	1.94	[some hilights from:]
5279			[http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/usenet/Fachbegriffe.der.Informatik.html]
5280
5281	root	1.388	_Einfach erklärt_
5282	root	1.94
5283			GUI
5284			Ein Hintergrundbild und 12 Xterms
5285			Globale Variable
5286	root	1.388	Parameterübergabemechanismus in 4GLs
5287	root	1.94	objektorientiert
5288			Den Code habe ich von meinem Vorgaenger geerbt.
5289			strukturiert
5290			dieses Programm besteht aus mehreren Funktionen
5291			Multithreaded
5292	root	1.388	Wir mußten ein Flußdiagramm malen, um es zu debuggen.
5293	root	1.94	Windows 95
5294	root	1.388	Das Fortran 77 der Benutzungsoberflächen
5295	root	1.94	Emacs
5296	root	1.388	Ich habe ja auch nie bezweifelt, daß emacs ein tolles Betriebssystem
5297			ist. Aber um mit Linux oder Windows konkurrieren zu können, fehlt ihm
5298			ein vernünftiger Editor.
5299	root	1.94	IPv6
5300			$ telnet hundehalsband.georg.hunde.sonnenstrasse.muenchen.de
5301			Trying 942884947298374923847982472983. 2398749874987249247.
5302			2398472372349. 3249782374927898324. 2987238479874987398634.
5303			2987428901171209471. 23987432923. 23478987923.
5304	root	1.388	Die fünf Sinne des C++-Programmierers
5305			Der Schwachsinn, der Blödsinn, der Wahnsinn, der Unsinn und der Stumpfsinn.
5306	root	1.247	PHP
5307	root	1.388	Meine C-64-Basic-Übungen hat niemand zu Gesicht bekommen, während die
5308	root	1.94	in PHP verbrochenen Laufstall-Verunfallungen heutiger Milchgesichter
5309	root	1.388	die Welt verpesten und womöglich von Schlipstraeger-Deppen als
5310			e-Commerce-Lösung gekauft worden sind.
5311	root	1.247	Alleinstellungsmerkmal
5312	root	1.94	Bunt.
5313	root	1.388	Plattformunabhängig
5314			Wenn Du GWBASIC im Dos-Emulator laufen läßt bist Du auch
5315			plattformunabhängig! Du brauchst nur einen Dos-Emulator!
5316	root	1.95	[94: Copyright left out, too long, see original url]
5317	root	1.387	%
5318	root	1.93	[logic & fallacies]
5319			http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
5320	root	1.387	%
5321	root	1.93	http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/wonderful/index.php
5322	root	1.387	%
5323	root	1.93	[nah]
5324			In the Arthur Penn film "Night Moves," someone asks Gene Hackman for an
5325			appraisal of Eric Rohmer's work, to which he replies, "it's like watching
5326			paint dry."
5327	root	1.387	%
5328	root	1.92	http://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~jay/papers/thesis.pdf
5329			http://home.attbi.com/~bglodis/htmf/AI2-GO2.htm
5330			http://newyork.villageworld.com/users/bradleym/index.htm
5331	root	1.387	%
5332	root	1.178	[Keith Packard about some design holes in X that lead to XRender]
5333	root	1.91	The rules themselves may be broken, but their existence is of vital
5334			importance.
5335	root	1.387	%
5336	root	1.91	[http://cbbrowne.com/info/xpersonal.html]
5337			[_very_ good pages, read them all!]
5338			Many things have been hacked onto Win32; unfortunately, actually using
5339			Windows-based facilities has two massive detrimental effects:
5340
5341			You have to trust Microsoft.
5342
5343			There are a number of things that I would trust Microsoft with. I trust
5344			Microsoft to continue to release buggy software such as the Windows 98
5345			release that needed patches to survive to 1999, let alone 2000. I trust
5346			Microsoft to continue to release software that gets more bloated such
5347			that it requires as much memory as systems can support just to support
5348			useless chrome.
5349
5350			But control over whether my code will continue to be usable next year
5351			whether due to technical or licensing changes is not one of the things
5352			I'd like to trust them with.
5353	root	1.93	[...]
5354	root	1.387	%
5355	root	1.91	[when choosing "About" from the mozilla menu]
5356			[now, which OS let's us enjoy similar error messages all the time? ;)]
5357			XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
5358			Location: jar:resource:///chrome/en-US.jar!/locale/en-US/global/about.xhtml
5359			Line Number 90, Column 15:
5360	root	1.247	<li>Copyright © 1998-2002 by <a href="about:credits">Contributors</a> to
5361	root	1.91	--------------^
5362	root	1.387	%
5363	root	1.91	[from the kanon 10% english translation patch README]
5364			[http://haeleth.port5.com/]
5365			A Japanese effect not found in English is the wonderful verbless sentence,
5366			which I like so much that I've translated a few literally. I do know
5367			English grammar, I assure you.
5368	root	1.387	%
5369	root	1.91	Giant hornets regularly attack beehives. Typically, an attack begins when
5370			a single hornet captures a lone bee nearby the hive. After several of
5371			these perimeter skirmishes, one hornet leaves a marking pheromone at the
5372			hive's entrance. This pheromone attracts the other hornets, who arrive
5373			en masse and attack the beehive. The bees' stingers can't penetrate the
5374			hornets' armor, so it's a one-sided slaughter; something like 30,000 bees
5375			can be killed in a few hours by 30-40 hornets.
5376
5377			Japanese honeybees, however, have evolved an interesting defensive
5378			strategy. When a hornet marks the hive's entrance, the bees guarding the
5379			entrance return to the hive and wait for the attacking hornets. This has
5380			the effect of luring the first attacking hornets into the hive, rather
5381			than allowing them to start their attack outside. Simultaneously, over
5382			1000 worker bees in the hive leave the combs and mass just inside the
5383			hive's entrance. When a hornet tries to enter the hive, the workers
5384			surround it, forming a ball of bodies, and cook it to death with their
5385			body heat. The bees also release a pheromone that draws ever more bees
5386			from the hive's interior to come to the entrance and defend the nest.
5387
5388			This strategy must be perfect in order to be successful. If the bees fail
5389			in killing the first hornet attackers, then the hornet pheromone gets
5390			stronger, and more hornets arrive to reinforce their attack. By sheer
5391			numbers, the hornets can overpower the bees.
5392
5393			Source: Bernd Heinrich, "The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect
5394			Survival," Harvard University Press, 1996.
5395	root	1.387	%
5396	root	1.91	[http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/csrss-backspace-bug.html]
5397			[fixed in latest service packs, but still funny ;)]
5398			The following neat little program, when compiled and run, will completely
5399			crash XP (and any earlier version of NT) (when I ran it, XP rebooted). I
5400			don't recommend you really try this program, but if you do, save all your
5401			work etc first:
5402
5403			#include <stdio.h>
5404
5405			int main (void) {
5406			while (1)
5407			printf ("\t\t\b\b\b\b\b\b");
5408
5409			return 0;
5410			}
5411	root	1.387	%
5412	root	1.91	[you might point your windows-using-friends to this page, it
5413			contains a lot of funny FUD ;)]
5414	root	1.90	http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm
5415	root	1.387	%
5416	root	1.90	[http://eros.cs.jhu.edu/~shap/NT-EAL4.html]
5417			Security experts have been saying for years that the the security of
5418			the Windows family of products is hopelessly inadequate. Now there is a
5419			rigorous government certification confirming this.
5420	root	1.387	%
5421	root	1.89	[mms_client after finishing the download]
5422			everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing
5423			proprietary and patentend technology.
5424	root	1.387	%
5425	root	1.88	I wouldn't want to win the Steven Spielberg Award - he is an amateur!
5426	root	1.388	-- Aki Kaurismäki
5427	root	1.387	%
5428	root	1.87	[http://www.sm.luth.se/~torkel/eget/godel.html]
5429	root	1.388	"The Gödelian structure of the unity of levels of Reality associated
5430	root	1.87	with the logic of the included middle implies that it is impossible to
5431			construct a complete theory for describing the passage from one level to
5432			the other and, a fortiori, for describing the unity of levels of Reality."
5433	root	1.387	%
5434	root	1.388	1. Das von den Parteien eingeführte Listenwahlrecht verstößt gegen
5435			Art. 38, Abs. 1, Satz 1 Grundgesetz (GG): »Die Abgeordneten des Deutschen
5436	root	1.87	Bundestages werden in allgemeiner, unmittelbarer, freier, gleicher und
5437	root	1.388	geheimer Wahl gewählt.« Danach muß es dem Bürger möglich sein, seinen
5438			Abgeordneten unmittelbar zu wählen. Die Wahl von Parteienlisten ist also
5439	root	1.87	verfassungswidrig, nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil hierbei Kandidaten zum Zuge
5440	root	1.388	kommen, die der Listenwähler nicht wählen will.
5441	root	1.87
5442	root	1.388	2. Der Fraktionszwang verstößt ebenfalls gegen das Grundgesetz. Satz
5443			2 des Art. 38, Abs. 1, lautet nämlich: »Sie (die Abgeordneten) sind
5444			Vertreter des ganzen Volkes, an Aufträge und Weisungen nicht gebunden
5445			und nur ihrem Gewissen unterworfen.« Wenn Fraktionsvorsitzende den frei
5446			gewählten Abgeordneten einer Fraktionsdisziplin unterwerfen (und das noch
5447			unter Androhung von Sanktionen), erteilen sie Weisungen darüber, wie die
5448	root	1.87	Abgeordneten der Partei abzustimmen haben. Es handelt sich dann um eine
5449			Form fraktionsinternen imperativen Mandats.
5450
5451	root	1.388	3. Die überbordende Staatsverschuldung (vor allem im Bund) verstößt gegen
5452			Art. 115 des GG. Darin heißt es in Abs. 1, Satz 2: »Die Einnahmen aus
5453			Krediten dürfen die Summe der im Haushaltsplan veranschlagten Ausgaben für
5454			Investitionen nicht überschreiten; Ausnahmen sind nur zulässig zur Abwehr
5455			einer Störung des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gleichgewichts.« Unter Fachleuten
5456			besteht nicht der geringste Zweifel, daß das vorgeschriebene Kreditlimit
5457			(Höhe der »Ausgaben für Investitionen«) durch Haushaltstricks sträflich
5458			überschritten wurde. Die Folge: Im Jahre 2001 erreichte die Verschuldung
5459			der Gebietskörperschaften die unvorstellbare Höhe von 1.210 Mrd. Euro (im
5460			Bund: 700 Mrd. Euro); das sind 79 Prozent des jährlichen Volkseinkommens
5461	root	1.87	von 1.531 Mrd. Euro.
5462	root	1.387	%
5463	root	1.87	[just FMI (for my information)]
5464			http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/%7eflavell/charset/form-i18n.html
5465	root	1.387	%
5466	root	1.87	[perldoc perlboot]
5467			Typically, each @ISA has only one element (multiple elements means
5468			multiple inheritance and multiple headaches)
5469	root	1.387	%
5470	root	1.87	[I find that all this stallman-bashing is a sure sign that that
5471			"linux" thing will fail]
5472			In lists.linux.kernel.development, Larry McVoy wrote:
5473			[...]
5474	root	1.247	Richard Stallman started the free software foundation. He built the
5475	root	1.87	compiler, library and zillions of other tools that developers use on a day
5476			to day basis. He slept at the offices of MIT while he spent his time,
5477			effort and money building up the Free Software Foundation.
5478
5479			Though many people differ with him on a wide variety of issues, he
5480			deserves respect from all because he has devoted twenty years of his
5481			life to the public good.
5482
5483			You, on the other hand, develop and sell a proprietary software product.
5484			You convinced a large number of kernel developers (most importantly
5485			Linus himself) to use your proprietary product to develop free software,
5486			so that you could tell potential customers "Gee! Look how great my
5487			software is! It's used to develop the linux kernel!"
5488
5489			You don't care about free software Larry. You're just glad that you have
5490			a poster child to display your effort. Want proof? Look at how you have
5491			treated numerous kernel developers when you found out that they worked
5492			on free software projects that could potentially compete with your
5493			software some day -- you revoke their "free" license to use your
5494			software to work on the linux kernel!
5495
5496			Richard is trying to change the world into a better place. You, however,
5497			are trying to get rich, and you're using free software as a stepping
5498			stone to promote your proprietary software. Nothing wrong with getting
5499			rich of course -- I'd love to be rich too. But you certainly don't
5500			deserve to be lumped into the same group as RMS.
5501	root	1.387	%
5502	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5503	root	1.247	What does line 4 do here?
5504			[...]
5505			This is Perl, so it does the exact right thing.
5506	root	1.387	%
5507	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5508			Think of the President of the United States: a messy, inconvenient bag of
5509			blood and bones. But to talk about him, or to represent him in a computer
5510			program, all you need is the easy, convenient scalar string "George Bush".
5511	root	1.387	%
5512	root	1.86	[rise and fall of free software standards]
5513	root	1.247	* GNU Gettext and %expect
5514			GNU Gettext asserts 10 s/r conflicts, but there are 7. Now that
5515			Bison dies on incorrect %expectations, we fear there will be
5516			too many bug reports for Gettext, so _for the time being_, %expect
5517			does not trigger an error when the input file is named `plural.y'.
5518	root	1.387	%
5519	root	1.86	Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
5520			-- Leonard Brandwein
5521	root	1.387	%
5522	root	1.85	[11:57] <schmorp> email@wanadoo.fr
5523	root	1.247	[11:57] <schmorp> you know what wannados are?
5524			[11:58] <Arvoreen> the french pendant of aol users ??
5525			[11:58] <schmorp> nope
5526			[11:58] <Arvoreen> then no clue
5527			[11:58] <schmorp> "people who fail before they even try"
5528			[12:00] <Zeograd> wanadoo was actually named following this idea, sigh
5529			[12:00] <schmorp> not really, yes?
5530			[12:00] <Zeograd> yes
5531			[12:00] <schmorp> ;);)
5532			[12:03] <schmorp> that "yes" sounded really painful
5533			[12:03] <Zeograd> more than you could imagine :)
5534	root	1.387	%
5535	root	1.247	[11:37] <Arvoreen> Oui mon francais est un peu
5536			[11:38] <Zeograd> Arvoreen: not bad, it doesn't mean much but it sounds french :)
5537	root	1.387	%
5538	root	1.84	A Russian hacker was sentenced to three years in prison here in the
5539			United States for breaking computer crime laws here. It's an
5540			interesting story. He was in Russia at the time, and broke no laws in
5541			his country. However, the U.S. prosecution broke Russian laws to
5542			collect evidence against him. The judge agreed with the FBI's
5543			assertion that Russian law didn't apply to them. Isn't international
5544			jurisprudence fun?
5545			<http://in.tech.yahoo.com/021005/137/1w2bq.html>
5546	root	1.387	%
5547	root	1.247	[02:58] <Sesse> microsoft finally gets it:
5548			[02:58] <Sesse> Visual Basic .NET delivers the feature most requested by existing Visual Basic
5549			[02:58] <Sesse> developers--fewer bugs in the code they write.
5550	root	1.84	[...]
5551	root	1.247	[03:00] <Sesse> "VB programmers have finally found out they lack talent, and blame Microsoft" ;-)
5552	root	1.387	%
5553	root	1.84	[found at www.imdb.com]
5554			the trouble with the global village are all the global village idiots.
5555			- Paul Ginsparg.
5556	root	1.387	%
5557	root	1.84	prionbrain: A joke I just read: " A girl phoned me the other day and
5558			said, .. come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. There was nobody
5559			home.":))
5560			[erm...]
5561	root	1.387	%
5562	root	1.84	> described above, CONFIG_XBOX_SUPPORT will depend on CONFIG_PCI.
5563
5564	root	1.247	Which seems fair enough. ISA bus X-box systems are suprisingly rare
5565	root	1.387	%
5566	root	1.247	[05:06] <elmex> windows has 2 left hands when it comes to being an OS
5567	root	1.387	%
5568	root	1.83	[http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/mml/mduerst/papers/PDF/IUC11-UTF-8.pdf]
5569
5570			[...] In particular, the following behaviour proposed or observed in some
5571			implementations is not UTF-8 and should never be presented as such. First,
5572			UTF16 surrogate pairs could be encoded in UTF-8 as two sequences of 3
5573			bytes each (this behaviour is observed in some Java implementations).
5574	root	1.387	%
5575	root	1.83	.+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+''
5576			/ \ / \ / \ / \ /
5577			.+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+'
5578	root	1.387	%
5579	root	1.82	From: "David S. Miller"
5580	root	1.83
5581			> Then shouldn't the thing thats different from the norm be programmed into a header file which contains how certain functions should be+++
5582	root	1.82
5583			If I gave you a dollar, would you go out and buy some newlines
5584			to use in future emails?
5585	root	1.387	%
5586	root	1.82	Could somebody drag the Irix team kicking and screaming into the 1980's,
5587			please?
5588
5589			I realize it might be quite painful for them, but maybe you could buy them
5590			a disco tape, so they'd feel a little bit more at home.
5591
5592	root	1.247	Linus "Stayin' alive, stayin' alive" Torvalds
5593	root	1.387	%
5594	root	1.82	Yesterday, the local Brazilian authorities signed a decree stating that the
5595			Brazilian daylight saving period will start on November 3rd 2002 and will
5596			last until February 16th 2003.
5597
5598			So, clocks will be set one hour forward on November 3rd (12:00 a.m. will be
5599			changed to 1:00 a.m.) and at midnight (0:00 am) on February 16th, Brazil
5600			will adjust its clocks back one hour (23:00 pm on Feb 15th) marking the
5601			end.
5602
5603			The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
5604
5605			Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
5606			the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
5607			round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
5608			Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
5609			counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
5610			round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
5611			take place on October 27th.
5612
5613			The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
5614			of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
5615			Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM ,
5616			the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the
5617			Constitution (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change
5618			the clock)...
5619	root	1.387	%
5620	root	1.81	[boycot your enemies]
5621			> We're a business. We're a business which happens to be committed to
5622			> helping the kernel team because we think that the kernel is vital to the
5623			> world at large. Helping the kernel absolutely does not translate to
5624			> helping people who happen to be our competitors. By your own
5625
5626			Stop lying. Your job is to make lots of money and you are using Linux as
5627			cheap advertising. You are trying to make people pay you to do kernel
5628			development (as it stands you want $5000 for any bk-using developer inside
5629			RedHat and SuSE).
5630
5631			I hope your company dies ASAP and bitkeeper stops poisoning air here.
5632
5633			Pavel
5634	root	1.387	%
5635	root	1.81	Rik
5636	root	1.247	--
5637	root	1.81	A: No.
5638			Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
5639	root	1.387	%
5640	root	1.81	> Incidently unlimited permission is granted to use disks containing only
5641	root	1.247	> GNU/Linux software as footballs without royalties. All other usage of
5642			> disks as footballs will be considered on a per case basis.
5643	root	1.81
5644			I would be inclined to allow this for Windows drives instead. They contain
5645			no useful data.
5646
5647	root	1.247	--
5648	root	1.81	bill davidsen
5649	root	1.387	%
5650	root	1.80	In the switching software (written in C)
5651			there was a long do..while construct,
5652			which contained a switch statement,
5653			which contained an if clause,
5654			which contained a break,
5655			which was intended for the if clause,
5656			but instead broke from the switch statement.
5657
5658			- Network message explaining the breakdown of the AT&T long-distance
5659			network January 15, 1990
5660	root	1.387	%
5661	root	1.80	[From "password retrieval policies" of some irc network:]
5662
5663	root	1.247	They are likely to continue asking for the password, even after you have
5664			told them that it has been E-Mailed. /Ignore the stupid user. /Kick the
5665			stupid user. Do not /Kill the stupid user, since being stupid is not a
5666			violation of network policies.
5667	root	1.80
5668			[the same document, explaining K:Lines]
5669
5670			K:Lines - These lines define which clients are not allowed to connect.
5671			The format is as follows:
5672
5673			K:*.aol.com:AOL sucks:lamer
5674	root	1.387	%
5675	root	1.79	[Microsoft's Craig Mundie on security.]
5676			"People confuse 'security' and Trustworthy Computing."
5677			http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/features/2002/feb02/02-20mundieqa.asp
5678	root	1.387	%
5679	root	1.79	http://staging.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/05/020905hnmssecure.xml
5680			"I'm not proud," [Brian] Valentine [senior vice president in charge of
5681			Microsoft's Windows development team] said, as he spoke to a crowd of
5682			developers here at the company's Windows .Net Server developer
5683			conference. "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our
5684			customers ... Our products just aren't engineered for security."
5685			...
5686			"If you go back a few years, unless you were working on login at
5687			Microsoft, you really didn't worry about security. The risk wasn't worth
5688			the effort."
5689	root	1.387	%
5690	root	1.79	http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/encryption.shtml
5691	root	1.387	%
5692	root	1.79	[please bear with me and understand that I didn't intend to drive
5693			gay people mad at me with this one...]
5694	root	1.78	[10:16] <pixelpapst> Wenn man ihn mal mit so 'nem richtigen Bilderbuch-Schwulen wie
5695	root	1.247	Lukas vergleicht :)
5696			[10:16] <elmex> Lukas is net schwul, er is Consultant
5697	root	1.387	%
5698	root	1.76	http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/tenseg1.html
5699	root	1.387	%
5700	root	1.76	http://24.86.132.253/090101/feature/feature.htm
5701	root	1.387	%
5702	root	1.76	I maintain a /bin/ps that supports BSD, SysV, and Gnu syntax all at the
5703			same time. It requires Linux. This one works; the Red Hat one is broken.
5704			[Albert Cahalan]
5705	root	1.387	%
5706	root	1.75	The Berkeley shell csh is reasonably well known and widely used and its
5707			externals have been subject to some criticism. The internals of csh are at
5708			least as bad, but lesser known.
5709	root	1.387	%
5710	root	1.75	There are billions of different ways of parsing argv, the list of command
5711			line arguments passed to a C program. The problem is that they are all
5712			different.
5713	root	1.387	%
5714	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.
5715	root	1.387	%
5716	root	1.76	[no, I still don't like bondage & discipline]
5717			http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/liberty/meyer-bertrand/java/bm-2nd.html
5718	root	1.387	%
5719	root	1.74	[about the early CD-R dyes]
5720			The early, immature media caused some interesting problems. A certain
5721			popular Technics CD player, often used in radio stations, had a bad habit
5722			of accepting the early media, but refusing to eject it, causing much
5723			consternation to disc jockeys who were left without a player and possibly
5724			without a show.
5725	root	1.387	%
5726	root	1.76	[more of a timestamp]
5727	root	1.73	"SANS, SOUCI"
5728	root	1.387	%
5729	root	1.72	http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/canthappen.html
5730	root	1.387	%
5731	root	1.71	The Ten Commandments for C Programmers
5732			http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/commandments.html
5733	root	1.387	%
5734	root	1.71	[Bruce Schneier]
5735			A bill introduced into Congress gives copyright holders -- that's the RIAA,
5736			the MPAA, and similar guys -- the right to break into people's computers if
5737	root	1.247	they have a reasonable basis to believe that copyright infringement is
5738	root	1.71	going on.
5739			[...]
5740	root	1.247	People they choose to target would be deemed guilty until proven
5741			otherwise. In short, this bill would set up the entertainment industry
5742			as a Gestapo-like enforcement agency with no oversight.
5743	root	1.387	%
5744	root	1.70	[06:20] <Draxxon> BTW, (being from the USA) If pro is the grammatical
5745			opposite of con, then the opposite of "progress" would be... "Congress"???
5746	root	1.387	%
5747	root	1.247	You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
5748	root	1.387	%
5749	root	1.69	http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859
5750	root	1.387	%
5751	root	1.69	[practical go humor]
5752			Lantu: ok any suggestions for good practical jokes to play on Pro's? :]
5753			id: Make a line of five stones, yell "Pente", and insist you've won.
5754	root	1.387	%
5755	root	1.68	[windows API rocks]
5756			The FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS enumeration type defines values that are used with
5757			the FindFirstFileEx function to specify the information level of the
5758			returned data.
5759
5760	root	1.247	typedef enum _FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS {
5761			FindExInfoStandard
5762			} FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS ;
5763	root	1.387	%
5764	root	1.388	[Arvoreen philosophiert über die Verkleinerung von GNOME mit strip]
5765	root	1.67	[05:10] <Arvoreen> 153MB gestripped und vorher 541MB
5766			[05:13] <Arvoreen> oder wie der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler sagen wuerde um 354%
5767	root	1.247	kleiner ;-)))))) (die haben ja die prozente oberhalb von 100 erfunden)
5768	root	1.387	%
5769	root	1.66	[Microsoft documents how file types are detected in IE. No wonder
5770			it doesn't work:]
5771			1. If the "suggested" (server-provided) MIME type is unknown (not
5772			known and not ambiguous), FindMimeFromData immediately returns
5773			this MIME type as the final determination.
5774	root	1.387	%
5775	root	1.65	[freshmeat. And this release even adds ANOTHER codepage. I am impressed]
5776
5777			Recode 0.1.1
5778			by Eugene V. Chernyshev - Friday, June 28th 2002 01:58 EDT
5779
5780			About: Recode is a fast Russian codepage translator. It translates between
5781			three different codepages: DOS 866, Windows CP-1251, and UNIX KOI8-R.
5782
5783			Changes: This release adds an ISO-8859-5 codepage.
5784	root	1.387	%
5785	root	1.65	http://www.tmk.com/ftp/humor/computer-error-messages.txt
5786	root	1.387	%
5787	root	1.64	$S=eval'sub{eval"sub{%S}"}';$S->({});
5788	root	1.387	%
5789	root	1.64	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
5790
5791			Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative seems to be
5792			just a scam so the company can avoid antitrust remedies by
5793			claiming that opening their systems is a security risk. Pity.
5794			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701%26a=26605,00.asp>
5795			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp>
5796			A comment on Slashdot sums it up best: "Microsoft has therefore taken
5797			the position that their code is so bad that it must be kept secret to
5798			keep people from being killed by it. Windows -- the Pinto of the 21st
5799			century."
5800
5801			Most interesting of the two articles above is the second eWeek article,
5802			where Microsoft's Allchin mentions "at least one protocol and two APIs
5803			that it plans to withhold from public disclosure under the security
5804			carve-out." The protocol is Message Queuing. Apparently, Microsoft
5805			has discovered a security flaw in the Message Queuing protocol so bad
5806			that can't be fixed without breaking existing applications. So, until
5807			such time as they can field a backwards-compatible fix, they're going
5808			to hope no one else discovers it. (This is not a wholly unreasonable
5809			decision; security researchers have made the same decision in the
5810			past.) Of course, Allchin has undermined this decision by publicly
5811			naming the protocol. That's more than enough for someone sufficiently
5812			motivated to find the flaw. In the classified world, you can get your
5813			clearance pulled for blabbing like that. Jim Allchin's testimony:
5814			<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/allchin.asp>
5815
5816			At the same time, Microsoft tries to convince the Pentagon that open source
5817			software threatens security, and using proprietary Microsoft software is
5818			much safer (and better for the economy, to boot). This article is
5819			hilarious in light of the above.
5820			<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html>
5821
5822			A report on something called a Tactical Web Page, which purports to be a
5823			secret combat Web site, through which American commanders in the United
5824			States can direct troops in Afghanistan. My favorite quote: "'There have
5825			been a few instances when unidentified computers have tried to get in, in
5826			which case we throw up additional firewalls,' Lt. Col. Bryan Dyer
5827			said." Is it just me, or does Lt. Col. Dyer come from I-Don't-Get-It Land?
5828			<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52861,00.html>
5829
5830			Yet more comments from the clueless. In response to the report that
5831			someone hacked into Experian's database and stole 13,000 credit-card
5832			numbers, a PR flack said: "Our files are protected by state-of-the-art,
5833			Star Wars-style security and encryption technology."
5834	root	1.65	<http://www.lendingintelligence.com/news.ez?viewStory=1123&Form.sess_id=845521234&Form.sess_key=1022430845>
5835	root	1.387	%
5836	root	1.64	http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52901,00.html
5837	root	1.387	%
5838	root	1.388	ich: ich hätte gerne ein nummernschild in unna: "un-ix 123"
5839			zotan: sei froh, daß du nicht in wiesbaden wohnst: "wi-n 95"
5840	root	1.387	%
5841	root	1.63	"There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it
5842			so simple that there are obviously no errors, and the other is to make it
5843			so complicated that there are no obvious errors."
5844
5845			Tony Hoare
5846	root	1.387	%
5847	root	1.388	Nach dem Gesetz über Einheiten im Meßwesen vom 2. Juli 1969 in der Fassung
5848			vom 22. Februar 1985 dürfte Word im geschäftlichen und amtlichen Verkehr
5849	root	1.63	_nicht_ eingesetzt werden, da es mit dem Punkt eine nicht-SI-konforme
5850	root	1.388	Maßeinheit verwendet.
5851	root	1.387	%
5852	root	1.63	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5853
5854			[...]
5855			The Nforce is basically completely unsupported by 2.2. It is mostly unsupported
5856			by 2.4. The networking built into the chipset is not supported by either
5857			system. Basically its windows computer
5858	root	1.387	%
5859	root	1.63	[go figure...]
5860	root	1.247	<JanMan> read(3, 0x8102cc8, 32768) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
5861	root	1.387	%
5862	root	1.63	Subject: Re: Off topic: Solaris 9 announced, a lot of Linux incorporated
5863
5864			> In today's world of heterogeneous computing, compatibility leads
5865			> to efficiency. Combining the Linux community with thousands of
5866			> Solaris software developers and nearly three million Java and XML
5867			> software developers...
5868
5869			Homeopathic approach to software development?
5870	root	1.387	%
5871	root	1.63	> > Patch is severely broken in its current form, not only for the
5872			> > reasons you stated, but also because of its inability to handle
5873			> > renaming in any sane way. I want a patch --sane option.
5874			>
5875			> I bet BitKeeper gets it right... ;-) ;-) ;-)
5876
5877			Funny you should mention that, since Bitkeeper has embarrassed itself pretty
5878			badly with respect to patches, so far.
5879
5880			- Somebody decided to add another level on top of the linux root directory
5881			in their source directory. I can't import patches into that.
5882
5883			- I can apply patches to bitkeeper repository using the normal 'patch',
5884			but Bitkeeper gets its revenge later, as each bk edit command starts
5885			off by throwing away the patch.
5886
5887			Given the hype, I expected more. I want a tool to save work for me, not
5888			create new work. I don't think I'll be using Bitkeeper as a substitute for
5889			patch any time soon.
5890
5891			--
5892			Daniel
5893	root	1.387	%
5894	root	1.62	From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
5895			Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 23:18:34 +0000 (UTC)
5896			[...]
5897			Bummer, I'm using Debian, and iostat is in woody (frozen, about to
5898			be released) - that means Debian users will have to wait to the
5899			next release, another two years perhaps, before iostat gets working.
5900	root	1.387	%
5901	root	1.62	[no comments ;)]
5902
5903			I've installed kernel 2.5.15 (should include aio support) an libaio (0.3.7).
5904			It seams that libaio.so depends on libredhat-kernel.so.1. Why?
5905			Is it realy needed?
5906	root	1.387	%
5907	root	1.62	[W. Richard Stevens about the 3.2 streams "poll" function:]
5908
5909			int poll(struct pollfd *fdarray, unsigned long nfds, int timeout);
5910
5911			[...] The number of elements in the array of structures [...] is
5912			specified by the nfds argument. (Why this argument is specified as
5913			an unsigned long integer, and not a simple integer, is perplexing.)
5914	root	1.387	%
5915	root	1.62	[www.intel.com]
5916			Over 70 Internet Streaming Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)
5917			extensions enhance streaming multimedia and graphics applications, both on
5918			the hard drive and over the Internet. With SIMD, audio and video
5919			download faster, with clearer sound quality, deeper color and resolution,
5920			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5921			and enlarged images with smoother frame rates.
5922	root	1.387	%
5923	root	1.61	From: Alexander Viro
5924
5925			On Thu, 9 May 2002, Tomas Szepe wrote:
5926			> > I did quite a bit of this work for CML2 - bus dependencies can be
5927			> > found in the CML2 sources.
5928			>
5929			> Btw, what happened to CML2?
5930
5931			This is an ex-parrot
5932	root	1.387	%
5933	root	1.61	From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
5934
5935			> > It doesn't have to be an O(n lg(n)) method but could you use something
5936			> > besides bubblesort? Insertion sort, selection sort, etc. are just as
5937			> > easy and they don't have the horrific stigma of being "the worst sorting
5938			> > algorithm ever" etc.
5939			>
5940			> Surely the worst (working) sort is randomsort? (Check if sorted. If not,
5941			> pick two entries at random, exchange, retry.)
5942
5943			I've always been a fan of bit-decay sort.
5944
5945			while (!sorted(data))
5946			;
5947	root	1.387	%
5948	root	1.61	Subject: Re: Bitkeeper licence issues
5949			From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5950
5951			> This should be a reflex for someone with such a Sun heritage like you...
5952
5953			You obviously never used SunOS4. Its a bit before security became relevant
5954			to computing
5955	root	1.387	%
5956	root	1.61	From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
5957
5958			On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:39 -0500, joeja@mindspring.com wrote:
5959			>What limits the number of threads one can have on a Linux system?
5960
5961			Common sense, one would hope.
5962	root	1.387	%
5963	root	1.61	From: Toon Moene
5964			[...]
5965
5966			Obviously, the only way I could support this effort is by rewriting the
5967			backend to use FORTRAN; that way it would finally be possible to
5968			translate the Linux kernel into FORTRAN and vindicate this:
5969
5970			http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
5971
5972			"Challenged by McIlroy's feat in reproducing TMG, Thompson decided that
5973			Unix - possibly it had not even been named yet - needed a system
5974			programming language. After a rapidly scuttled attempt at Fortran, he
5975			created instead a language of his own, which he called B"
5976
5977			:-)
5978	root	1.387	%
5979	root	1.247	"... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
5980			lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
5981			their C programs."
5982	root	1.60
5983			Robert Firth
5984	root	1.387	%
5985	root	1.59	[miri@ccc.de]
5986	root	1.388	Moooooment, das sind zwei Sachen die miteinander zusammenhängen...
5987	root	1.59	[and after some quarrel...]
5988			Ich lasse mich ungern zitieren!
5989	root	1.387	%
5990	root	1.68	[Klaus Knopper, and no, I don't think this, to the contrary :(]
5991	root	1.388	Ich bin Marc Lehmann begegnet, und seitdem glaube ich, er hält mich für blöd.
5992	root	1.387	%
5993	root	1.57	[Content-Type used by Microsoft for .exe files]
5994			Content-Type: application/x-msdownload
5995	root	1.387	%
5996	root	1.68	[from windows' wininet.h]
5997	root	1.56	#define ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 53)
5998	root	1.387	%
5999	root	1.388	Für die Erkenntnis, dass Perl produktivitätssteigernd wirkt, kämpfe ich hier
6000	root	1.56	in meinem Laden allerdings noch. Interessanterweise sind die Leute, die
6001			selber programmieren, mittlerweile fast alle auf meiner Seite; die Leute,
6002	root	1.388	dir organisieren und selber gar nicht programmieren können, halten Perl für
6003			eine Art Spielzeug, oder für ein Quick-and-Dirty-Tool, das man bei
6004	root	1.56	erstbester Gelegenheit durch etwas professionelles ersetzen muss (was
6005			vermutlich von Microsoft stammt).
6006
6007			Aber ich arbeite weiter dran...
6008
6009			\Gisbert
6010	root	1.387	%
6011	root	1.55	http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
6012	root	1.387	%
6013	root	1.55	P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the
6014			world like English did. Er, as English did...
6015			--Larry Wall in <199705201832.LAA28393@wall.org>
6016	root	1.387	%
6017	root	1.54	From: Felix von Leitner <usenet-20020216@fefe.de>
6018			Subject: Re: Disgusted with kbuild developers
6019
6020			I don't have python. Any version of python.
6021			[...]
6022	root	1.387	%
6023	root	1.54	[perldoc Test::Harness]
6024			Additional comments may be put into the testing output on their own lines.
6025			Comment lines should begin with a '#', Test::Harness will ignore them.
6026
6027			ok 1
6028			# Life is good, the sun is shining, RAM is cheap.
6029			not ok 2
6030			# got 'Bush' expected 'Gore'
6031	root	1.387	%
6032	root	1.54	I specialize in storage, and C is self taught.
6033
6034			Cheers,
6035
6036			Andre Hedrick
6037			Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development
6038	root	1.387	%
6039	root	1.54	> > The new lock uses a combination of a spinlock and a (mutex-)semaphore.
6040	root	1.247	>
6041	root	1.54	> Spinaphore :-)
6042
6043			Or mutabloat :-(
6044	root	1.387	%
6045	root	1.54	Microsoft Outlook IS the problem. Blaming it IS correct. Removing
6046			Outlook IS the solution.
6047	root	1.387	%
6048	root	1.54	Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
6049	root	1.387	%
6050	root	1.53	From: Ricky Beam
6051
6052			Yep. I still laugh at those who say "bandwidth is free." They've obviously
6053			never bought anything from UUNet.
6054	root	1.387	%
6055	root	1.53	deconstructionism -- (a philosophical theory of criticism ...
6056			that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work
6057			by delving below its surface meaning)
6058	root	1.387	%
6059	root	1.52	http://brics.dk/~cw97/ProceedingS/01.ps.gz
6060	root	1.387	%
6061	root	1.52	From: Alan Cox
6062
6063			> and hire all the lawyers they'd want...at the end of the day, could you
6064			> just go to court and say:
6065
6066			Oh glorious naivety.
6067
6068			> The law seems pretty damn clear on this issue (in fact Subsection 3.c
6069			> sounds like I could quite happily send it to someone in the USA if they
6070			> can do the work better than I).
6071
6072			You release the code
6073
6074			The next day an injunction arrives in the post
6075
6076			The day after that the large corporate lawyers slap a secrecy order on you
6077			preventing you discussing the case with anyone but your legal representative
6078			by convincing some pissed geriatric moron in the high court that if he
6079			doesnt sign it you'll tell the whole world and harm them irrepairably
6080
6081			Over the next week 10-15,000 pages of documents arrive for you, followed
6082			by a couple of thousand discovery requests.
6083
6084			A week later while you are reading them they file for summary judgement
6085			because you have failed to file the defence. You lose. Game over
6086
6087			Then the court costs bankrupt you.
6088
6089			Sound like fiction - it happens _regularly_. Its very rare (McLibel case
6090			is extremely unusual) that it can ever be talked about on a per case basis,
6091			or that the good guys win.
6092
6093			This is why everyone doing innovative computing work does it outside of the
6094			US, and outside of most of the EU.
6095	root	1.387	%
6096	root	1.51	From: Alan Cox
6097
6098			[...]
6099			I would not perform such work in the united kingdom. Perform it in a free
6100			country. Reverse engineering that might offend a large corporation in the UK
6101	root	1.247	is only viable if you have five million pounds to hand, a law firm and a
6102	root	1.51	year to kill.
6103	root	1.387	%
6104	root	1.51	[CRYPTO-GRAM, January 2002]
6105			Windows UPnP Vulnerability
6106
6107			[...]
6108			Here's a quote from Scott Culp, manager of Microsoft's security response
6109			center: "This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I'm aware
6110			of for Windows desktop systems."
6111			[...]
6112			eEye Digital Security told Microsoft about this vulnerability nearly two
6113			months before Microsoft released its patch.
6114			[...]
6115			UPnP is a complex set of protocols to support ad hoc peer-to-peer
6116			networking. Even though no one uses it, it's installed in a bunch of
6117			Microsoft OSs. Even though no one needs it turned on, sometimes it's
6118			turned on by default.
6119			[...]
6120			The industry analysts at Gartner issued a warning, urging companies to
6121			delay upgrading to Windows XP for "three to six months," lest more of
6122			these kind of vulnerabilities surface.
6123			[...]
6124			Honestly, security experts don't pick on Microsoft because we have some
6125			fundamental dislike for the company. Indeed, Microsoft's poor products
6126			are one of the reasons we're in business. We pick on them because they've
6127			done more to harm Internet security than anyone else, because they
6128			repeatedly lie to the public about their products' security, and because
6129			they do everything they can to convince people that the problems lie
6130			anywhere but inside Microsoft. Microsoft treats security vulnerabilities
6131			as public relations problems. Until that changes, expect more of this
6132			kind of nonsense from Microsoft and its products.
6133	root	1.387	%
6134	root	1.50	http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102244,00.html
6135	root	1.387	%
6136	root	1.49	[following links in 2002, http://www.myguestbook.de/book.asp?id=1510]
6137	root	1.388	Der Gästebuchservice wurde aufgrund
6138	root	1.49
6139			technischer Schwierigkeiten eingestellt.
6140
6141			Monday, 06. November 2000
6142	root	1.387	%
6143	root	1.247	[01:42] <reeler> 22:57 < JanMan> elmex: du stoerst, aber das verstehst du nicht.
6144			[01:42] <reeler> #schmorp , de , Thu Jan 10 00:34:42 2002
6145	root	1.387	%
6146	root	1.90	[http://davesource.com/Projects/DEStiny/x.c.html as found by google]
6147	root	1.48	* If you are outside of the United States, then you do not have
6148			* the legal right to export/download/view this program.
6149			[too late, I broke the law, again!]
6150	root	1.387	%
6151	root	1.47	Our standards say that a compiler crash, for any input whatsoever, no
6152			matter how invalid (even if you feed in line noise), is a bug. Other than
6153			that we shouldn't make promises, though the old gcc1 behavior of trying to
6154			launch a game of rogue or hack when encountering a #pragma was cute.
6155	root	1.387	%
6156	root	1.47	> Of course, that "other operating system" does not require you to
6157			> manually mount CD-ROMs at all.
6158
6159			Nor does Linux if you set it up right. Its a case of making proper use of
6160			existing interfaces and a bit of userspace magic. And all done without the
6161			student fun of leaving "format/u c:" autostart cd-r's around labelled "porn"
6162	root	1.387	%
6163	root	1.47	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
6164			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6]
6165
6166			> It never shows up in the maintainer's inbox, leaving them more time to
6167			> address the remainder. And fewer of the increasingly bitter complaints of
6168			> dropped patches.
6169
6170			Most mangled diffs I get are caused by pine. Fixing pine would do more
6171	root	1.247	wonders than any magical patchbot. I also get patches and changes from
6172	root	1.47	people who quite genuinely either can't mail me unmangled diffs (eg the
6173			lotus corporate mail policy afflicted) or are from people who may really
6174			know their stuff and even be the vendor but are not familiar with the
6175			patch/diff tools. A robot isn't going to teach them.
6176	root	1.387	%
6177	root	1.46	I remind you: ORACLE 9i is requiring half a gig as a minimum just due to
6178			the use of the CRAPPY PIECE OF SHIT written in the Java, called, you guess
6179			it: Just the bloody damn Installer.
6180	root	1.387	%
6181	root	1.45	From: "David S. Miller"
6182
6183			From: Bill Huey
6184			Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:16:31 -0800
6185
6186			Like the Java folks ? few and far between ?
6187
6188			Precisely, in fact. Anyone who can say that Java is going to be
6189	root	1.247	relevant in a few years time, with a straight face, is only kidding
6190	root	1.45	themselves.
6191
6192			Java is not something to justify a new kernel feature, that is for
6193			certain.
6194	root	1.387	%
6195	root	1.45	> required DaveM made it unconditional... I think the checkin comment was
6196			> something along the lines of "make it unconditional unless Alan
6197			> complains about kernel bloat" :)
6198
6199			And I did complain. "Red Hat needs XYZ so we make it mandatory" is not an
6200			appropriate approach to a problem.
6201	root	1.387	%
6202	root	1.388	From: Pekka Pietikäinen <pp@netppl.fi>
6203	root	1.44	^^^^
6204			[...]
6205			Blah, Celsius is obviously more natural:
6206			[...]
6207			-20 Long underwear is a good idea
6208			-15 Nice winter day
6209			-10 Slightly warm winter day
6210			-5 Nice warm winter day
6211			0 Slippery as hell outside, beware!
6212	root	1.387	%
6213	root	1.44	No, the US never went metric. That's why $200M Mars probes crash on
6214			entry due to some idiot using English units as opposed to the NASA standard
6215			of Metrics. The funny thing is that Thomas Jefferson, an American President,
6216			suggested the Metric system to the French while he was ambassador there.
6217	root	1.387	%
6218	root	1.44	On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 05:24:33PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
6219			> select/poll is a win - and Java recently discovered poll/select semantics 8)
6220
6221			Anything is a win over Java's threading model.
6222
6223			-ben
6224	root	1.387	%
6225	root	1.43	[...]
6226	root	1.247	[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> no, not spanish :)
6227			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> and I'm closer to germany than spania
6228			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> so I think I'll soon get luxembourg, german or belgian euros
6229			[11:55] <JanMan> I'm closer to toulouse than to china
6230			[11:56] <schmorp> i am closer to france than to janman
6231			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> err
6232			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> well :)
6233			[11:57] <schmorp> (but the french people near the border don't call themselves "french" ;)
6234			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> ho yes but I live just below 'em
6235			[11:57] <schmorp> ;->
6236			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> I'm from moselle. I'm not alsacian
6237	root	1.387	%
6238	root	1.388	Rob Bos hat das Problem über den Apache Webserver schließlich auf
6239			debian-devel zur Sprache gebracht. Dessen Lizenz besagt, daß die
6240	root	1.43	Namen "Apache Server" und "Apache Group" ohne vorherige schriftliche
6241	root	1.388	Zustimmung nicht dazu verwendet werden dürfen, um ein Produkt zu
6242			unterstützen oder zu bewerben, das von dieser Software abgeleitet
6243			wurde. Debian modifiziert jedoch verschiedene Dateien, so daß das
6244			Debian-Paket unter Umständen als abgeleitete Arbeit bezeichnet werden
6245			könnte. Eine ähnliche Diskussion wurde vor ungefähr 8 Monaten auf
6246			debian-legal geführt. Die Diskussion ist ziemlich sinnlos, aber sie fand
6247	root	1.43	statt...
6248	root	1.387	%
6249	root	1.42	http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/unix_editor.html
6250	root	1.387	%
6251	root	1.42	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, 2001-12-15]
6252			Norton SystemWorks 2002 includes a file erasure program called Wipe Info.
6253			In the manual (page 160), we learn that "Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values
6254			to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal
6255			values." Who writes this stuff?
6256	root	1.387	%
6257	root	1.42	http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#security
6258	root	1.387	%
6259	root	1.41	> I have also changed "Macao" to "Macau". Why? :-)
6260			> 1. Macau is the official name (in both English and Portuguese).
6261			> See www.macau.gov.mo, for example.
6262			> 2. On recent trips to Macau, I can no longer find any signs that say
6263			> "Macao".
6264			> 3. ISO 3166 says MO = Macau in English; MO = Macao in French.
6265			> 4. On Google, Macau: 810000 hits; Macao: 311000 hits.
6266	root	1.387	%
6267	root	1.247	[09:20] <JanMan> 10 (Marc Lehmann) Mandant [Entfernen] [Setze auf Steuerberater]
6268	root	1.387	%
6269	root	1.40	Beitrag
6270	root	1.247	FUCK LINUX - Lesezugriffe: 198
6271	root	1.40
6272			fucklinux
6273
6274			IP: 217.83.123.198
6275
6276			1. FUCK LINUX
6277
6278	root	1.388	Linux ist doch wohl nur EKELHAFT WIDERLICH WIDERWÄRTIG
6279	root	1.40
6280			Eintrag erfolgte am: 06 Nov, 2001 um 22:12
6281	root	1.387	%
6282	root	1.388	From: RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
6283	root	1.40
6284			[...]
6285			Not at all... Hungarian notation is not so bad, except it is only
6286			understood by people from hungary. So the name }:))) I just use it
6287			when I write code for Hungary or secret code that no one should
6288			read...
6289	root	1.387	%
6290	root	1.39	The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man
6291			persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
6292			depends on the unreasonable man.
6293
6294			-George Bernard Shaw
6295	root	1.387	%
6296	root	1.38	[Firmware Upgrade Download Sections Rock!]
6297
6298			Filename: R16OS0B.zip
6299	root	1.247	Description: Modify the BUG when using Direct-CD
6300	root	1.387	%
6301	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:
6302	root	1.387	%
6303	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
6304			[06:46] <marco> Arvoreen: linux oder windows treiber?
6305			[06:47] <marco> Arvoreen: sorry, hab nicht richtig gelesen
6306			[06:48] <Arvoreen> marco: du stellst fragen
6307			[06:49] <marco> Arvoreen: du tippst zu langsam
6308	root	1.387	%
6309	root	1.37	On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 03:08:37AM -0600, C V <gadilus@hotmail.com> wrote:
6310			> You mention "Do not set retries more often than 60 minutes".
6311	root	1.247	> So I shouldn't set my retry greater than 60 minutes or did you meant to say
6312	root	1.37	> to set retries atleast 60 minutes?
6313			> Thanks for clearing this up.
6314	root	1.387	%
6315	root	1.247	It is more virtuous to write programs that are fast than slow.
6316			It is more virtuous to write programs that are small than bloated.
6317			It is more virtuous to write programs that are optimized than not.
6318			It is more virtuous to write programs that are portable than platform-specific.
6319			It is more virtuous to write programs that are modular than spaghetti code (example: Unix's many commands versus Windows)
6320			It is more virtuous to write programs that are independent than reliant on numerous libraries and software systems.
6321			It is more virtuous to write programs that use little memory than be a memory hog.
6322			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).
6323			It is more virtuous to write programs that are self-testing than not.
6324			It is more virtuous to write programs that are GPL'd than payware.
6325	root	1.387	%
6326	root	1.36	[Jim Allchin, VP of Microsoft's Platform Group]
6327			Windows XP is dramatically more secure than Windows 2000 or any of the
6328			prior systems. Buffer overflow has been one of the attacks frequently used
6329			on the Internet. We have gone through all code and, in an automated way,
6330			found places where there could be buffer overflow, and those have been
6331			removed in Windows XP.
6332
6333			We have also turned off by default a whole set of things so that users are
6334			configured in a minimalist kind of way, making them less vulnerable. We
6335			also put a Win XP machine naked on the Internet and let people try and
6336			crack it. There have been no entrances and no issues so far.
6337	root	1.387	%
6338	root	1.36	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, on bug secrecy rather than full disclosure]
6339			The result is that users can't make intelligent decisions on
6340			security. Here's one example: A few months ago, security researcher Niels
6341			Ferguson found a security flaw in Intel's HDCP Digital Video Encryption
6342			System, but withheld publication out of fear of being prosecuted under the
6343			DMCA. Intel's reaction was reminiscent of the pre-full-disclosure days:
6344			they dismissed the break as "theoretical" and maintained that the system
6345			was still secure. Imagine you're thinking about buying Intel's
6346			system. What do you do? You have no real information, so you have to
6347			trust either Ferguson or Intel.
6348
6349			Here's another: A few weeks ago, a release of the Linux kernel came
6350			without the customary detailed information about the OS's security. The
6351			developers cited fear of the DMCA as a reason why those details were
6352			withheld. Imagine you're evaluating operating systems: Do you feel more or
6353			less confident about the security the Linux kernel version 2.2, now that
6354			you have no details?
6355			[...]
6356			<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/22423.html>
6357			<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/itweek/columns/2001/40/barrett.html>
6358			Particularly disturbing is the way Thomas tried to invoke patriotism and
6359			counterterrorism in an effort to get people to use Microsoft products. He
6360			said that if people stop using Microsoft's IIS because of security concerns
6361			-- as Gartner advocated recently -- that this "would only accomplish what
6362			the industrial terrorists want."
6363	root	1.387	%
6364	root	1.36	[Bruce Schneier]
6365			Remote administration tools look a lot like Back Orifice (although less feature-rich).
6366	root	1.387	%
6367	root	1.247	telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
6368	root	1.387	%
6369	root	1.36	In the older kernels the alpha floppy driver only worked for the first 25
6370			of each 50 days
6371	root	1.387	%
6372	root	1.36	"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
6373
6374			>I believe that we should have sent a tactical nuclear cruise
6375			>missile to Ben Laden's last known address. We can always apologize
6376			>later. This would put future terrorists on notice that if you
6377	root	1.387	%
6378	root	1.36	> Well, freedom in the US has always been about money. The independence war was
6379			> about getting rid of taxes and modern freedom is bought in the courtrooms
6380			> with expensive lawyers. Why should it change now?
6381	root	1.387	%
6382	root	1.35	On 7 Feb 1999, torvalds@transmeta.com wrote:
6383			> I _refuse_ to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module.
6384	root	1.247	>
6385	root	1.35	> <...>
6386			>
6387			> Basically, I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules,
6388			> it's THEIR problem. I want people to know that in their bones, and I
6389			> want it shouted out from the rooftops. I want people to wake up in a
6390	root	1.247	> cold sweat every once in a while if they use binary-only modules.
6391	root	1.387	%
6392	root	1.35	They accused us of suppressing freedom of expression.
6393			This was a lie and we could not let them publish it.
6394			-- Nelba Blandon, Nicaraguan Interior Ministry Director of Censorship
6395	root	1.387	%
6396	root	1.35	> more for feedback that the boot is proceeding ok. The fact the boot
6397			> sequence isn't even interactive should also be a big hint that it isn't
6398			> really necessary (except for kernel and driver developers).
6399
6400	root	1.247	You are thinking the small picture not the big one. If you are going to
6401			graphical in init then you want to make full use of the graphical
6402			environment to clearly show things like parallel fsck behaviour, what
6403			servers are starting up (with pretty icons) and to do interactive things
6404			like starting a rescue shell, going single user, pausing the boot,
6405			changing run level, interactive boot.
6406	root	1.35
6407			Alan
6408	root	1.387	%
6409	root	1.35	[http://thefreeworld.net/]
6410
6411			I'm a US citizen, but why would I care?
6412			The DMCA is only enforced against criminals, right?
6413
6414			First they came for the Communists,
6415			and I didn't speak up,
6416			because I wasn't a Communist.
6417			Then they came for the Jews,
6418			and I didn't speak up,
6419			because I wasn't a Jew.
6420			Then they came for the Catholics,
6421			and I didn't speak up,
6422			because I was a Protestant.
6423			Then they came for me,
6424			and by that time there was no one
6425			left to speak up for me.
6426
6427			by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
6428	root	1.387	%
6429	root	1.34	http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
6430	root	1.387	%
6431	root	1.34	If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
6432			-- Alan Perlis, SIGPLAN Notices Vol. 17, No. 9
6433	root	1.387	%
6434	root	1.33	> For instance, most X-Ray systems only detect density. The X-Ray
6435			> density of a jar of peanut butter is similar to the density of
6436			> the explosive C4. Without chemical discrimination, anybody with
6437			> a jar of peanut butter in their luggage is suspect. However,
6438
6439			I suspect them anyway. I've never seen anything in peanut butter.
6440	root	1.387	%
6441	root	1.32	[jwz about netscape's threading algorithm]
6442
6443			"This is not the algorithm that Netscape 4.x uses, because this is another
6444			area where the 4.0 team screwed the pooch, and instead of just continuing
6445			to use the existing working code, replaced it with something that was
6446			bloated, slow, buggy, and incorrect. But hey, at least it was in C++ and
6447			used databases!"
6448	root	1.387	%
6449	root	1.32	From: Alexander Viro
6450
6451			> The change prevents use of stale data, and is a good one. mtools was a
6452
6453			Folks, could you please read the fucking source before discussing the
6454			change that was not?
6455			[...]
6456	root	1.387	%
6457	root	1.31	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
6458
6459			[...]
6460
6461	root	1.247	I would suggest re-naming "rmbdd()". I _assume_ that "dd" stands for "data
6462	root	1.31	dependent", but quite frankly, "rmbdd" looks like the standard IBM "we
6463			lost every vowel ever invented" kind of assembly lanaguage to me.
6464
6465	root	1.247	I'm sure that having programmed PPC assembly language, you find it very
6466	root	1.31	natural (IBM motto: "We found five vowels hiding in a corner, and we used
6467			them _all_ for the 'eieio' instruction so that we wouldn't have to use
6468			them anywhere else").
6469
6470			But for us normal people, contractions that have more than 3 letters are
6471			hard to remember. I wouldn't mind making the other memory barriers more
6472	root	1.247	descriptive either, but with something like "mb()" at least you don't have
6473	root	1.31	to look five times to make sure you got all the letters in the right
6474			order..
6475
6476	root	1.247	(IBM motto: "If you can't read our assembly language, you must be
6477	root	1.31	borderline dyslexic, and we don't want you to mess with it anyway").
6478	root	1.387	%
6479	root	1.30	On 17 October 2001, Vladimir V. Saveliev said:
6480			> (or if it segfaults. Usually that means that filesystem contains
6481			> corruption not expected by reiserfsck)
6482
6483			Is the fact that reiserfsck can segfault a bug or a feature?
6484	root	1.387	%
6485	root	1.29	[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: du koenntest mal beim gimp-perl-logo das kamel und wilber
6486	root	1.247	vertauschen (links-rechts).
6487			[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: damit weckst du sicher ein paar schlaefer auf :)
6488			[02:15] <schmorp> wohl kaum
6489			[02:16] <JanMan> ich meine /bin/laden schlaefer.
6490	root	1.387	%
6491	root	1.29	From: Bill Davidsen
6492			To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
6493
6494			I've beaten this dead horse before, but Linux will not look to
6495			management like a viable candidate for default o/s until whoever releases
6496			new versions of stable kernel series with cosmetic changes which break
6497			existing systems running earlier releases of the same stable kernel
6498			series.
6499
6500			[...]
6501	root	1.387	%
6502	root	1.29	[11:40] <JanMan> Logistik-Fehler: Osama Bin Laden wurde durch ein vom Himmel
6503	root	1.247	fallendes Fresspaket erschlagen :)
6504	root	1.387	%
6505	root	1.29	On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:06:19PM +0200, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:
6506			>Maybe next version should have Wilberpy as helper. The concept image
6507			>was nice: "I see you want to draw a straight line".
6508
6509			Or rather: "I see you erase. Let me erase the rest of the image for you,
6510			then save." g
6511
6512			/* Steinar */
6513	root	1.387	%
6514	root	1.29	> I want to add that things became worse: I can't report a bug in the Borland CRT anymore :(
6515			> Looks like they've introduced something like chargeable bug support :((
6516
6517			That's insane if that means they will not even accept bug reports.
6518			You are doing them a service by telling their product is broken, and
6519			they want to charge you for that? Hey, you should be sending them
6520			a bill...
6521	root	1.387	%
6522	root	1.29	[a new patch for the linux-kernel]
6523			>> Wow! That's pretty impressive, a new kernel build gives me an
6524			>> additional _7_ CPUs!
6525
6526			Sorry. Mea culpa
6527
6528			--- setup.c.old Fri Oct 5 14:20:29 2001
6529			+++ setup.c Fri Oct 5 14:28:51 2001
6530			@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@
6531			* WARNING - nasty evil hack ... if we print > 8, it overflows the
6532			* page buffer and corrupts memory - this needs fixing properly
6533			*/
6534			- for (n = 0; n < 8; n++, c++) {
6535			+ for (n = 0; n < (clustered_apic_mode ? 8 : NR_CPUS); n++, c++) {
6536			/* for (n = 0; n < NR_CPUS; n++, c++) { */
6537			int fpu_exception;
6538	root	1.387	%
6539	root	1.29	From: Alexander Viro
6540
6541			> In short, now you need filesystem versioning at a per-page level etc.
6542
6543			ding ding ding we have a near winner. Remember, folks, Hurd had been
6544			started by people who not only don't understand UNIX, but detest it.
6545			ITS/TWENEX refugees. And semantics in question comes from there -
6546			they had "open and make sure that anyone who tries to modify will get
6547			a new version, leaving one we'd opened unchanged".
6548	root	1.387	%
6549	root	1.29	From: Linux Torvalds
6550
6551			In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd
6552			people.
6553	root	1.387	%
6554	root	1.29	Al-Qaeda did not use encryption to plan these attacks:
6555			<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_investigation_dc_23.html>
6556
6557			Poll indicates that 72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption
6558			laws would be "somewhat" or "very" helpful in preventing a repeat of last
6559			week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon
6560			in Washington, D.C. No indication of what percentage actually understood
6561			the question.
6562			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7215723.html?tag=mn_hd>
6563	root	1.387	%
6564	root	1.29	[http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html]
6565			1999: Al Gore reveals that "During my service in the United States Congress,
6566			I took the initiative in creating the internet." (11 March)
6567			2000: Segfault reveals the shocking truth that Al Gore's mother invented Perl.
6568			(September)
6569	root	1.387	%
6570	root	1.29	Subject: [reiserfs-list] "core dumping fscks tend to make me nervous"
6571	root	1.387	%
6572	root	1.29	[I am not usually trying to be too political, but that damned fucking us
6573			idiots should be nuked from earth quickly. preaching about freedom yet
6574			throwing it and democracy overboard at the same time]
6575			http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
6576			[nice -n-20 /bin/laden]
6577	root	1.387	%
6578	root	1.28	"TIMTOWTDI, but did you have to pick the ugliest way you could find?"
6579			-- after Michael Carman in comp.lang.perl.misc
6580	root	1.387	%
6581	root	1.28	<JabberWork> Microsoft (MSFT) has announced a 54 million dollar lawsuit against Tomagotchi maker, Bandai. (21:10)
6582			<JabberWork> Microsoft is claiming that the Tomagotchi (the Japanese electronic pet that's all the rage with the kids) is an (21:10)
6583			<JabberWork> infringment of its intellectual property. (21:10)
6584			<JabberWork> Microsoft spokesperson, Erik Loregard stated "Software that needs constant, even hourly attention, or else it dies? (21:10)
6585			<JabberWork> Sounds like Windows to me. (21:10)
6586	root	1.387	%
6587	root	1.27	Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX.
6588	root	1.387	%
6589	root	1.27	EXTRAVERSION=-ac12 ;rm -rf /
6590	root	1.387	%
6591	root	1.27	It's also a class A misdameanor to buy tobacco is you are under a certain
6592			age, which is a serious penalty. A copy of penthouse is a felony in this
6593			state, depending on the circumstances. You are allowed to have multiple
6594			wives, and the State will support all of them for you with child support
6595			so long as they are older than 16. If you are a Mormon, you get to tell
6596			these wives they will not be allowed in heaven unless they do whatever
6597			you tell them.
6598	root	1.387	%
6599	root	1.27	But I know, you're in the country where people marry with 14, may drive
6600			cars with 16, carry guns with 19 but have to wait for being 21 to drink
6601			alcohol.
6602
6603			Regards
6604			Henning
6605	root	1.387	%
6606	root	1.27	> handle a too-hot cpu, but all C2/C3 gets you is reduced power when idle.
6607			> This results in better battery life on a laptop but that is irrelevant
6608			> on a desktop system.
6609
6610			Thus speaks the country with chronic californian power shortages, and that
6611			wouldn't sign up to a global accord on global warming 8)
6612
6613			C2 and C3 are useful IMHO even on a desktop PC. The slight hit on the
6614			transition is not noticable, the change on the power bill is.
6615
6616			Alan
6617	root	1.387	%
6618	root	1.26	Hi Keith,
6619			kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens) wrote on 27.08.01 in <20824.998880763@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>:
6620
6621			> That reminds me, I have to add this config entry to kbuild.
6622			>
6623			> CONFIG_LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
6624			> Use Welsh
6625
6626			Don't forget
6627
6628			CONFIG_KUMARREKSITUTESKENTELEENTUVAISEHKOLLAISMAISEKKUUDELLISENNESKENTELUTTELEMATTOMAMMUUKSISSANSAKKAANKOPAHAN
6629			Use Finnish
6630
6631			(Assuming I spelled that at least approximately right)
6632
6633			And while we're at it,
6634
6635			CONFIG_DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFARTSKAPITAENSWITWENRENTENANSPRUCHSFORMULAR
6636			Use German
6637
6638			CONFIG_PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
6639			Use English
6640
6641			MfG Kai
6642	root	1.387	%
6643	root	1.25	[From CRYPTO-GRAM 2001-08]
6644
6645			This story is too weird for words. Microsoft adds PGP signatures at the
6646			bottom of its security bulletins, for verification. But if you try to
6647			verify the signatures, they fail. Already there has been at least one
6648			forged security bulletin, urging people to install a "patch" with a Trojan
6649			Horse. Microsoft's reaction to this all simply makes no sense; it's like
6650			there's no one thinking there.
6651			<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168397.html>
6652	root	1.387	%
6653	root	1.24	Specifically, a couple of years back I got so furious I added to my slrn
6654			scores the rules:
6655
6656			[*]
6657			Score:: =-9999
6658	root	1.247	Content-Type: multipart/alternative
6659	root	1.24	Content-Type: text/html;
6660			X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla
6661			X-Mailer: Mozilla
6662			X-Newsreader: Microsoft
6663
6664			(right in with a zillion "From:" and "Subject:" and "References:" kill rules);
6665			that simple paragraph immediately took 5 years off Usenet, and it has been
6666			getting better and better since; I typically see the sort of signal-to-noise
6667			levels I fondly remember from the mid-to-late '80s. At the rate things are
6668			going, it'll be back down to a dozen of us in a few more years:-).
6669
6670			I hate to admit it, but I really think it's true: jwz and the rest of the
6671			Netscape crowd have been the saving of Usenet, since they've gathered a
6672			wonderfully large proportion of The Rest Of Them into one pit and branded them
6673			clearly. And to think I was mean and rude to him, once. Shame on me.
6674	root	1.387	%
6675	root	1.24	99 IIS servers online, 99 IIS servers / Run a script, hack it a bit
6676			98 IIS servers online...
6677	root	1.387	%
6678	root	1.24	BTDT and really do have a T-shirt. My ISP was sued (by the Church of
6679			Scientology) because of alledged infrigement of copyrights of documents
6680			produced by Americans on American soil. But it went to Dutch court and
6681			only Dutch laws were applied. US law was completely irrelevant.
6682
6683			US law does not apply in Europe, no matter how much the US wishes
6684			it to be otherwise.
6685
6686			Abigail
6687	root	1.387	%
6688	root	1.23	4.2BSD may not be a complete disaster, but it does a good job of emulating one.
6689	root	1.387	%
6690	root	1.23	I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
6691	root	1.247	attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
6692	root	1.23	was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
6693	root	1.387	%
6694	root	1.22	[11:40] [Sesse!~passopp@ti34a80-0670.bb.online.no] *** Signoff: [#scene.no]
6695	root	1.247	si-m1 ([BX] If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport)
6696	root	1.387	%
6697	root	1.22	Most EULA's are not legal contracts. In civilised countries the right to
6698			disassemble is enshrined in law (ironically it comes in Europe from trying
6699			to keep car manufacturers from running monopolistic scams not from the
6700			software people doing the same)
6701
6702			In the USA its a lot less clear. You can find laws explicitly claiming both,
6703			and since US law is primarily about who has loads of money, its a bit
6704			irrelevant
6705
6706			Alan
6707	root	1.387	%
6708	root	1.22	[from rfc2822]
6709			Comments may nest.
6710	root	1.387	%
6711	root	1.22	[from findas]
6712			# there are only two problems with arin's whois database:
6713			# a) the data cannot be trusted and often is old or even wrong
6714			# b) the database format is nonparsable
6715			# (no spaces between netname/ip and netnames can end in digits ;)
6716			# of course, the only source to find out about global
6717			# address distributino is... arin.
6718	root	1.387	%
6719	root	1.22	Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release:
6720			"we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)"
6721	root	1.387	%
6722	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6723			On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:10:03PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
6724			> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:07:30PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
6725			> > Please create an experimental patch to replace the current hash algorithm
6726			> > with the proposed one and then we can start testing.
6727	root	1.247	>
6728	root	1.22	> Isn't there one at the very first message in this thread?
6729
6730			$foot->insert($mouth);
6731
6732			# or is that
6733
6734			$mouth->insert($foot);
6735
6736			You expect me to remember email messages from few days back?
6737			How utterly optimistic :-)
6738	root	1.387	%
6739	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6740			>Alan has expressed his feelings on C++, Perl's "API" and the implementation
6741			>of threads most everywhere. Dan doesn't like C, and I'm starting to agree.
6742			>Jarkko and I both despise the standards committee for long long in C99
6743			>(but I think I start to understand how a standards committee works, and hence
6744			>can see why it happens)
6745			>Is there any language we actually all like? :-)
6746
6747			Well, there's perl... :)
6748	root	1.387	%
6749	root	1.21	[From pth-1.4.0]
6750			* No wonder, Interactive Unix (ISC) 4.x contains Microsoft code, so
6751			* it's clear that this beast lacks both sigstack and sigaltstack (about
6752			* makecontext we not even have to talk). So our only chance is to
6753			* fiddle with it's jmp_buf ingredients, of course. We support only i386
6754	root	1.247	* boxes.
6755	root	1.387	%
6756	root	1.21	http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2001/jw-0209-double.html
6757			http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2001/jw-0323-letters.html
6758			http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html
6759	root	1.387	%
6760	root	1.388	Outlook-Express ist eine auf hochglanz polierte Krücke, die
6761			zusammenbricht, wenn man sich auf sie stützt. -- Usenet
6762	root	1.387	%
6763	root	1.20	Subject: [WsOrga] ToFu-freie Emails
6764			From: Juergen Christoffel
6765			Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:21:19 +0200
6766			To: wsorga@perlworkshop.de
6767
6768			Bitte gewoehnen wir uns alle ganz schnell daran
6769
6770			a) keinen ToFu zu produzieren (Text oben, Fullquote unten, auch als
6771			Jeopardy-Stil bekannt: erst die Antwort, dann die Frage. Dass ist zum
6772			einen schlechter lesbar und zum zweiten haben wir den Originaltext
6773			schon;
6774
6775			b) nie mehr als ein Thema pro Message, damit man auf Dauer im
6776			Mailbox-Archiv besser suchen kann; Mailer mit Thread-Support haben dann
6777			auch mehr zum faedeln.
6778
6779			Danke, JC
6780	root	1.387	%
6781	root	1.19	[perl.c]
6782			#undef REASONABLE
6783	root	1.387	%
6784	root	1.18	And guess what, as soon as ORBS got beaten off the net MAPS starts talking
6785			about charging for their service, just like they promised they never would
6786
6787			Alan
6788	root	1.387	%
6789	root	1.18	George Bonser writes:
6790			> I really do not care WHY it works, all I care is that it DOES work. I am not
6791			> the least bit interested given the current economy of things to try to bully
6792			> people into doing what is right. I am more interested in operating with the
6793	root	1.247	> client population that is out there without having to make them change
6794	root	1.18	> anything.
6795
6796			You do of course realize that your problem was caused by other people
6797			who probably have exactly the same attitude as you do -- they didn't
6798	root	1.247	care whether they were doing the right thing, they just slapped together
6799			something that worked, even if it did introduce way too many routing
6800	root	1.18	hops. So you're introducing a kludge to counteract their kludge, and
6801			eventually this all turns into a big pile of kludges that doesn't work.
6802
6803			To the extent that the Internet works today, it's because people have
6804			chosen to do the right thing instead of just the thing that works.
6805			Encouraging (not "bullying") other people to do the right thing is
6806			always a good idea.
6807	root	1.387	%
6808	root	1.18	Subject: Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?
6809			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
6810
6811	root	1.247	First fork() emulation and now select()? If we are not careful in ten
6812	root	1.18	years or so NT/W2K/W2010 will be almost as useful as UNIX was in mid-1980's.
6813	root	1.387	%
6814	root	1.18	[From the DOSEMU homepage]
6815			We definitively do not want Linux distributors to redistribute developer
6816			versions as 'stable' ones and refuse to further comment on questions such
6817			as "why does DOSEMU shipped with Linux-Colored-Cap not run".
6818	root	1.387	%
6819	root	1.18	Linux is only free if your time has no value. - JWZ
6820	root	1.387	%
6821	root	1.247	>I don't like reading Freshmeat. Too much crap
6822	root	1.18
6823			WHAT?! You mean you didn't like this week's 4 dozen incarnations of MySQL
6824			enabled MP3 playlist maintaining programs? You must be crazy...
6825	root	1.387	%
6826	root	1.17	[the world will end soon. i promise!]
6827			I've never compiled X myself ... but ... on RPM-based systems, it seems
6828			like building from source would screw up RPM dependencies, and you'd have
6829			to use --force or --nodeps to install all X apps. Is that the case?
6830	root	1.387	%
6831	root	1.17	..."I took the initiative in creating the Internet"... Al Gore, 1999
6832	root	1.387	%
6833	root	1.17	Bondage and discipline languages that enforce somebody's idea of good
6834			programming practice usually just result in WORSE bad programs, and fewer
6835			good programs written by people who know how to play with fire without
6836			burning themselves. Saying you can't have threads because they can be
6837			misused and "you shouldn't program that way" would be truly dumb. (Turned
6838			ME off for a couple years, anyway.)
6839	root	1.387	%
6840	root	1.16	From: Victor Yodaiken
6841
6842			There is a huge academic research literature on how to prove that a large
6843			set of threads will all meet deadlines in a realtime system. Years ago
6844			I made a not-so-brilliant optimization to RTLinux scheduler that had
6845			an unanticipated side effect of only scheduling the first two threads
6846			created. Nobody noticed for months, because RT programmers know that more
6847			than 2 threads is almost always a design error. Not always though. (now
6848			we have regression tests so I could not make such an experiment again).
6849	root	1.387	%
6850	root	1.16	[I don't like this but also think that's true. This probably means that
6851			good programmers will need to use Java or something similar in the
6852			future. Bleeeh]
6853
6854			From: Larry McVoy
6855
6856	root	1.247	I think the general thrust of us ``anti-thread'' people is that a few
6857	root	1.16	are fine, a lot is stupid, and the model encourages a lot. It's just
6858			like perl5, C++, pick-your-favorite-feature-rich-language in that
6859			exceptional programmers will do a good job with the problem but average
6860			programmers will do a horrible job. Given that there are only a few
6861			exceptional programmers and a never ending wave of average programmers,
6862			the argument is that one should tailor the paradigm for the common case,
6863			not for the exceptional case.
6864	root	1.387	%
6865	root	1.16	Remember, every single java object includes a BUNCH of data, including two
6866			semaphores (one event, one mutex) and who knows what else. On OS/2 the
6867			overhead of a java 1.0 object (new Object();) was 2 kilobytes! In later
6868			versions they got that down to around 200b, but it's still just ridiculous.
6869			Every single String, every pointless Integer() wrapper, every temporarily
6870			created Stringbuffer() discarded by a + operation left there littering the
6871			stack.
6872
6873			Plus I have yet to see a JVM that actually reclaims heap space after a
6874			garbage collect and gives it back to the OS. (You have to be able to
6875			relocate objects to do this at all reliably...)
6876
6877			So if you create a large number of small objects, EVER, (tree, etc,) it's
6878			going to explode the heap and it'll never come down until the program exits.
6879	root	1.387	%
6880	root	1.16	From: Larry McVoy
6881
6882	root	1.247	> > But so what? That's $16 worth of DRAM (I just checked). Not so bad
6883			> > if threads are otherwise a great solution. I grant that one might
6884			> > have a pretty tough time making the case, but again, for the right
6885			> > application, say some app with a dedicated server, 73MB isn't the end
6886	root	1.16	> > of the world (though I suppose it was at the time...).
6887	root	1.247	>
6888	root	1.16	> How much would 73MB of cache cost? How much would it cost to get that much
6889			> on the CPU?
6890
6891			Good question but I doubt we're going to get anywhere. Anyone who thinks
6892	root	1.247	that 73MB of RAM is an OK thing to waste on window system is probably a
6893	root	1.16	died-in-the-wool Java programmer and could care less about performance,
6894			system design, or any elegance whatsoever.
6895
6896			It pains me to believe that people like this exist but there they are.
6897			What can you do? As Confucius says "If I hold up three corners of a square
6898			and the student does not hold up the fourth, I do not bother to go over
6899			the point again".
6900	root	1.387	%
6901	root	1.16	From: Alan Cox
6902
6903	root	1.15	> 1) Oracle Corp. builds their database for Linux on a Linux system.
6904			> 2) Said system comes with standard header files, which happen in this case to
6905	root	1.247	> be GPL'd header files.
6906	root	1.15	> 3) Oracle Corp.'s database becomes GPL.
6907	root	1.247	>
6908	root	1.15	> There's not a court in the civilised world that would uphold the GPL in that
6909			> scenario.
6910
6911			Yes but the concern is the USA 8)
6912	root	1.387	%
6913	root	1.14	[configure --help]
6914	root	1.15	--enable-voodoo Use Voodoo Fried Chicken spell to compile Gtk-- (use this only when everything else fails)
6915			--enable-extra-crispy Roast the chicken extra-crispy (see voodoo option)],
6916			--enable-vegetarian The chicken will be a Tofu chicken (see voodoo option)],
6917	root	1.387	%
6918	root	1.14	I note that most of the protest against a swift conversion to UTF-8
6919			tends to comes from Japan. That is understandable and has to be seen by
6920			others in context: Japan is at the moment a rather isolated
6921			character-encoding island. Japan and only Japan uses its own very local
6922			very comprehensive JIS encoding. They are very happy with it today and
6923			they have accepted that they cannot communicate with anyone else in the
6924			world except thought ASCII. This situation will remain exactly the same
6925			if everyone except Japan migrates to UTF-8. So don't worry about
6926			anything.
6927	root	1.387	%
6928	root	1.247	[01:53] <JanMan> Gnu.java klingt wie Stallman.Microsoft.
6929	root	1.387	%
6930	root	1.12	[inkompetenz vs. inkompetenz]
6931			http://www.psychotherapie.de/report/2000/01/00012501.htm
6932	root	1.387	%
6933	root	1.11	[long after 2.4.5 was released, somebody wrote]
6934			On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:20:12PM -0400, "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@opensourceadvocate.org> wrote:
6935			> The problem IMHO is widely acknowledged by those who matter as an
6936			> official BUG, and that is that. It is also acknowledged widely
6937			> by those who can fix the problem that it will be fixed in time.
6938
6939			you mean, before 2.4 gets released?
6940	root	1.387	%
6941	root	1.11	From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com
6942
6943			On 05/11/2001 at 04:43:13 PM Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org> wrote:
6944
6945			>Well, I can't disagree. Unix's biggest turn off was the stupid command names.
6946			>It's a big reason why Unixoid systems aren't more commonplace. I only learned
6947			>it because I was stuck at a desk with a Wyse terminal. Otherwise I probably
6948			>would have played with the Autocad machines more. Once I understood the
6949			>basics, I understood the power of the system.
6950
6951			My first exposure to Unix came in 1987 when I was assigned to write a datacomm
6952			package in C on a Unix (AIX) workstation the company had just bought. I was the
6953			only one in our shop who knew C, and no one else there had ever dealt with Unix
6954			either. (I had heard of Unix, but didn't know anything about it.) My training
6955			consisted of my boss handing me the manuals and saying, "Figure it out." For
6956			the first two weeks I absolutely HATED that system; nothing made sense, vi
6957			seemed insane, and I was stumbling blindly through the documentation (I'd never
6958			seen a permuted index before). Then suddenly something clicked, it all started
6959			to make sense, and I fell in love with it. That's why I think it's so important
6960			for people to learn the Unix mindset before trying to deal with Unix systems.
6961			It's also why I have so little patience with people who don't have the patience
6962			to work through the learning curve.
6963	root	1.387	%
6964	root	1.11	[http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt]
6965	root	1.247	Richard Stallman: I do "free software". Open source is a different movement.
6966	root	1.387	%
6967	root	1.11	[VERY good movie]
6968			Le salaire de la peur - Lohn der Angst (F/I 1952)
6969	root	1.387	%
6970	root	1.11	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/prog.htm]
6971			Fast die gesamte Tastatur wurde mit Tasten belegt.
6972	root	1.387	%
6973	root	1.10	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/98warum.htm]
6974			Lassen Sie mich zuerst sagen, dass Microsoft meiner Meinung nach einige
6975	root	1.388	großartige Produkte an den Markt gebracht hat. Die Windows Betriebssysteme
6976			sind ausgezeichnete Oberflächen für eine computerisierte Arbeitsumgebung -
6977	root	1.10	erinnern Sie sich an die schwierige Bedienung von DOS!
6978	root	1.387	%
6979	root	1.9	[alt.bible]
6980	root	1.247	Let's not misuse the terminology. Pastor Dave is not a sock puppet, he
6981	root	1.9	is an autonomous entity. A rather mindless entity, but still independent.
6982	root	1.387	%
6983	root	1.247	[02:42] <JanMan> Und, ja, ich glaube MS hat echt probleme mit GPL.
6984			[02:43] <JanMan> GPL ist wie eine Umweltschutzauflage.
6985	root	1.387	%
6986	root	1.9	[this is just here in case i need it for copy&paste]
6987			Fuer Benutzer eines "elektronischen Briefkastens" entsteht durch
6988			unverlangte Werbesendungen eine Belaestigung und verstoesst gegen
6989			die guten Sitten. Das Landgericht Traunstein hat am 14.10.1997
6990			festgestellt, dass das Versenden von unverlangtem Werbematerial via
6991			E-Mail wettbewerbswidrig und somit unzulaessig ist (Az: 2HK O
6992			3755/97). In diesem Gerichtsurteil wurde bei Zuwiderhandlung ein
6993			Ordnungsgeld bis zu DM 500.000,- pro Einzelfall festgesetzt.
6994
6995	root	1.388	Das Landgericht Berlin (Beschluß vom 14. Mai 1998, Az 16 O 301/98 -
6996	root	1.9	"E-Mail-Werbung") befand, dass das unaufgeforderte Zusendung von
6997	root	1.388	E-Mails gegen § 823 Abs. 1 BGB verstoesst. Bei Zuwiderhandlung
6998	root	1.9	wurde ein Ordnungsgeld von 500.000 DM, ersatzweise Ordnungshaft bis
6999			zu sechs Monaten festgesetzt.
7000
7001			Nach der staendigen Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs
7002			verstoesst ein Verhalten im Wettbewerb nicht nur dann gegen die
7003			guten Sitten, wenn es dem Anstandsgefuehl der redlichen und
7004			verstaendigen Mitbewerber widerspricht, sondern auch dann, wenn die
7005			in Frage stehende wettbewerbliche Massnahme von der Allgemeinheit,
7006			insbesondere von den durch die Werbemassnahme angesprochenen
7007			Verkehrskreisen, missbilligt und als untragbar angesehen wird; denn
7008	root	1.388	§ 1 UWG soll auch die Allgemeinheit vor Auswuechsen des Wettbewerbs
7009	root	1.9	bewahren (BGHZ 59, 317, 319 = NJW 1973, 42 - Telexwerbung;
7010			vgl. auch BGHZ 54, 188, 189 = NJW 1970, 1738 - Fernsprechwerbung
7011			m. w. N.). (BGH, Urteil vom 03.02.1988 - I ZR 222/85)
7012	root	1.387	%
7013	root	1.9	[comment found in the source for gnu-tar]
7014			/*---.
7015			\| ? \|
7016			`---*/
7017	root	1.387	%
7018	root	1.9	Nautilus: Best workout for your VM
7019	root	1.387	%
7020	root	1.8	[While talking about how to formulate the gcc-3.0 press release]
7021			From: Joe Buck
7022			> Can someone say this in a way that doesn't claim precognition?
7023			Simply add "we believe" at appropriate points.
7024	root	1.387	%
7025	root	1.8	[Linus explaining why the bug isn't a bug]
7026			Yes, we'll get a clobbered value, but we'll get a _valid_ clobbered value,
7027	root	1.387	%
7028	root	1.7	04:57] <JanMan> schmorp: normale sicherheitsabfrage:
7029	root	1.247	Hmm Lukas klingelt. Wirklich abheben Nein/Nein :)
7030	root	1.387	%
7031	root	1.4	[ein tag nach arvoreens geburtstagsfeier]
7032	root	1.247	[07:35] <JanMan> hehe, schmorp zur flasche betreffend reiserfs: "It's dead Jim" :)
7033	root	1.387	%
7034	root	1.4	[about a broken perl module by Larry Wall]
7035	root	1.247	[03:02] <schmorp> beschwer dich doch mal bei larry ;)
7036	root	1.4	...
7037			[03:03] <JanMan> larry sagt sicher: aber als "awk" replacement ist perl ok, oder ? :)
7038	root	1.387	%
7039	root	1.3	[From: Alan Cox]
7040	root	1.247	> The executive, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, an I.B.M. vice president, said,
7041			> "If we thought this was a trap, we wouldn't be doing it, and as you
7042			> know, we have a lot of lawyers."
7043
7044			I loved that. It's in my fortune file now ;)
7045
7046			Alan
7047	root	1.387	%
7048	root	1.388	[JanMan über O'Reilly]
7049	root	1.247	[07:41] <JanMan> naja, Win32-Buecher ohne ende.
7050			[07:42] <JanMan> Powering a machine on in the Win32 environment.
7051			[07:42] <JanMan> nene, scherz am rande. fuer geld ziehen sie sich aus.
7052			[07:42] <JanMan> aber die DE-Leute sind ok.
7053	root	1.387	%
7054	root	1.2	[JanMan beim suchen eines exploits in OpenSSL]
7055	root	1.247	[07:05] <JanMan> das nenne ich russisch:
7056			[07:05] <JanMan> EVP_PKEY *key = NULL;
7057			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS12_SAFEBAG) *bags = NULL;
7058			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS7) *safes = NULL;
7059			[07:05] <JanMan> PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag = NULL;
7060			[07:08] <JanMan> (#define STACK_OF(type) struct stack_st_##type)
7061	root	1.387	%
7062	root	1.2	Hlade's Law:
7063			If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person -- they
7064			will find an easier way to do it.
7065	root	1.387	%
7066	root	1.388	[Über Marco, der immer noch nicht bemerkt hat, das man sein gecos-Feld auf
7067	root	1.7	"Marco alast [name removed to protect the guilty] $Micro$oft-Fetischist$" gesetzt hat.]
7068			Paul wrote:
7069			>Marc wrote:
7070	root	1.2	>> Der wird es auch nie schnallen ;-)
7071			> aber echt argllll. Oh Herr schmeiss Hirn vom Himmel (hoffentlich triffts
7072			> den richtigen.
7073	root	1.387	%
7074	root	1.1	[from janmans .sig]
7075			> " Man gebe jedem Niedersachsen - seinen eigenen Castor-Kasten. "
7076	root	1.387	%
7077	root	1.1	[a small perl program]
7078			:(); { :: \| :: } ;
7079	root	1.387	%
7080	root	1.1	[a small fork-bomb for bash]
7081			:() { : \| : ;} ; :
7082	root	1.387	%
7083	root	1.1	[messages I got while trying to get files from a windoze ftp server]
7084			New: 464 files, 0 symlinks
7085			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7086			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7087			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7088	root	1.387	%
7089	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
7090			[...]
7091
7092			>Would gcc exports step forward? How long back does the -traditional-cpp
7093
7094			Must. Get. More. Sleep. s/ports/perts/
7095	root	1.387	%
7096	root	1.1	> There is a mechanism for this already. It is called overloaded
7097			> constants.
7098
7099			I have a mechanism that can replace Perl: it's called Turing's machine.
7100	root	1.247	Or an abacus, for that matter. More details on your proposed solution
7101	root	1.1	would be conducive for further discussion.
7102	root	1.387	%
7103	root	1.247	> Is there a kernel development irc room anywhere? If not, does anyone think
7104	root	1.1	> it might be useful?
7105
7106			I'd just like to point out that it's called a channel, not a
7107			room. Room is a term introduced by AOL, and I don't think it has
7108			much to do with IRC.
7109	root	1.387	%
7110	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
7111			Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.2 fails to merge mmap areas, 700% slowdown.
7112
7113			[...]
7114			Cool. Somebody actually found a real case.
7115
7116			I'll fix the mmap case asap. Its' not hard, I just waited to see if it
7117			ever actually triggers. Something like g++ certainly counts as major.
7118	root	1.387	%
7119	root	1.1	[sorry, that's internal, folks ;)]
7120	root	1.247	[07:17] <marco2> elmex heisst jetzt plagiator...
7121	root	1.387	%
7122	root	1.1	[http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010405/t000029080.html]
7123
7124			Like all good paranoid fantasies, mine has a villain: the Japanese.
7125			Japanese electronics designers have been deliberately building
7126			clocks into everything in hopes of weakening our industrial might.
7127
7128			Now, you might say, "Dave, that's crazy talk. The Japanese have a
7129			lot more of these gadgets than we do. They're gadget freaks,
7130			man. They'd be hurt by this as much as we are, or even more." Which
7131			shows how much you know, pal.
7132
7133			The Japanese don't have daylight saving time.
7134	root	1.387	%
7135	root	1.1	[messages we got while we massacred our institute's configuration]
7136			/scsi2/user2# Apr 5 00:01:17 islhp7 sendmail[1539]: savemail: HELP!!!!
7137			Apr 5 00:08:16 islhp7 sendmail[1626]: savemail: HELP!!!!
7138	root	1.387	%
7139	root	1.1	[a JAPH using doubled characters only]
7140			s//pprriinntt ""JJuusstt AAnnootthheerr PPeerrll HHaacckkeerr,,""22//11;;
7141			y yzzyyccss;;##s
7142			s((((.................................))((((((((..??))))))))))(($$11))ee;;
7143	root	1.387	%
7144	root	1.1	[from the FWP mailinglist]
7145			> OR is spelled "\|" in the version of Perl I have, not "&" :)
7146			Your version of perl sucks.
7147	root	1.387	%
7148	root	1.247	[01:43] <elmex_> ah-oh-uh
7149			[01:44] <schmorp> leitung durchhacken
7150			[01:44] <elmex_> wieso? welche?
7151			[01:45] <schmorp> die, auf der du nach dem durchhacken auch noch sitzt? ;9
7152			[02:03] <elmex_> das mit dem durchhacken daurert noch
7153			[02:03] <elmex_> da isn stahltraeger in der wand
7154			[02:04] <elmex_> muss ich erst drumherum
7155			[02:04] <elmex_> ;)
7156	root	1.1	[02:04] <schmorp> ist doch gut. seine leitungen soltle man ja auch nicht durchhacken
7157	root	1.247	[02:04] <elmex_> nich? aber du sachstes doch?
7158			[02:05] <schmorp> sigh
7159	root	1.387	%
7160	root	1.1	I agree the message is pretty useless: you need to know what it means
7161			before you can understand it :)
7162	root	1.387	%
7163	root	1.1	> now. Rather than the current system of "measure this item onscreen
7164			> and enter the figure from your ruler" to calculate DPI, I think it
7165			> would be more userfriendly to have the shape of some common object
7166	root	1.247	> that you could stretch to fit. For example, you could select A4
7167	root	1.1	> paper, place the top of a sheet against the monitor, and stretch or
7168			> shrink the virtual outline until it fits the physical outline. That
7169			> would give a pretty decent measurement, I think
7170
7171			IMHO (I have thought about this before) the perfect object is a CD
7172			There is nowhere in the world which does not have CDs, they are always
7173			the same size to within mm and they are perfectly round, so they can
7174			easily be used to check that your circles are circular _if_ that is
7175			what you want (cheap screens will distort things too badly for this to
7176			be worth attempting).
7177
7178			I'm too busy to do anything about it though, so if a piece of A4 paper
7179			floats your goat, go for it! It's about time the Americans finally
7180			caught up to the 20th century and went metric anyway...
7181
7182			Nick.
7183	root	1.387	%
7184	root	1.1	From: "Mike Rebane" <reba0002@algonquincollege.com>
7185			Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:48:48 -0500
7186			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
7187
7188	root	1.247	I dont know if you are the right person to be asking about this, but here it
7189	root	1.1	goes anyways. I was wondering if you could direct me to some information on
7190			how to hack into paysites. Im currently a networking student in college and
7191			have a good knowledge of win 98 win 2000 and win NT. My e-mail adress is
7192			magic_bone@hotmail.com
7193	root	1.387	%
7194	root	1.1	> > > I guess then someone would want
7195			> > > { ... } for (...) if ...;
7196			> > > to work :-)
7197	root	1.247	> >
7198	root	1.1	> > Funnily enough I wrote that very thing only yesterday.
7199	root	1.247	>
7200	root	1.1	> Eh?
7201	root	1.247	>
7202	root	1.1	> $ perl -we '{ print "$_\n" } for (@a) if $a'
7203			> syntax error at -e line 1, near ") if"
7204
7205			He didn't say it worked. :)
7206	root	1.387	%
7207	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
7208
7209			On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:10:52PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
7210			> I find it irksome that
7211	root	1.247	>
7212	root	1.1	> for ( ... ) { ... } if ...;
7213
7214			...doesn't work, and that my send finger is too itchy.
7215	root	1.387	%
7216	root	1.1	[a perl5 bug report]
7217			From: Simon Cozens
7218
7219			On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:49:55AM -0600, Dan Brumleve wrote:
7220			> '' =~ ($re = qr((??{$i++ < 10e4 ? $re : ''})));
7221			> Produces SIGSEGV.
7222
7223			Looks like a feature to me.
7224	root	1.387	%
7225	root	1.1	[Lukilein...]
7226	root	1.388	"Wie man ein BSE-Unix überhaupt bedienen kann..."
7227	root	1.387	%
7228	root	1.1	[hehe, the "critical thinking community", mainly located in the lesser
7229			intelligent parts of the earth named "USA";)]
7230
7231			"There are articles and studies showing that, at one time, all of Earth
7232			continents were on one side of the planet. What the stories don't explore
7233			is the question, if all the continents were on one side, what was on the
7234			other? The other side has been described as a tremendous gap [...]"
7235
7236			"We can see clear proof that the continents were all once connected by
7237			simply looking at a map of the Earth and seeing how the pieces fit. That
7238			would only mean that at one time, Earth was basically half a planet. If
7239			you were to syphon all the water off of Earth's surface, you would see a
7240			large gapping hole where the ocean has filled in this tremendous missing
7241			part of the Earth. Where did it go? Why is Earth only half a planet?"
7242	root	1.387	%
7243	root	1.1	[following cites are from Crypto-Gram 20010315]
7244			I'll just reprint this from their Web site: "iBallot.Com uses a number of
7245			security and encryption features that, when combined, provide a very high
7246			level of security throughout the entire voting process. The details of
7247			this process are proprietary, for obvious reasons. It does not make a
7248			great deal of sense to disclose how the iBallot.Com security system works
7249			only to have a hacker come into the system, read about the system's
7250			security, defeat the security and tamper with the voting process. For this
7251			reason, iBallot.Com does not publish its security processes. However, with
7252			the foregoing being said, the iBallot.Com system does employ encryption and
7253			secure server technology to ensure that the entire voting process is fair,
7254			accurate and not subject to tampering."
7255
7256			Encryption and secure server technology.... Boy, I certainly feel
7257			better. Good thing they don't disclose their security; if they did some
7258			hacker might read about it and break it. Who are these guys?
7259
7260			<http://www.iballot.com/faq2.cfm?docid=28>
7261	root	1.387	%
7262	root	1.1	It's too late; Microsoft fixed it. But just a few days ago there was one
7263			more Q/A between the second and third question. It read: "Will the virus
7264			impact my Macintosh if I am using a non-Microsoft e-mail program, such as
7265			Eudora? If you are using a Macintosh e-mail program that is not from
7266			Microsoft, we recommend checking with that particular company. But most
7267			likely other e-mail programs like Eudora are not designed to enable virus
7268			replication."
7269			<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/2001/virus_alert.asp>
7270	root	1.387	%
7271	root	1.1	[just some private thoughts]
7272			Ever asked yourself why your handheld irda communication is so slow?
7273
7274			IrOBEX (Irda Object Exchange): A standard made by Microsoft, and it really
7275			shows.
7276
7277			First of all, it is utterly inefficient in transfers: RTT totally dictates
7278			transfer speed, not a good thing with Irda (which has a high RTT). This
7279			totally circumvents the sliding windows irda protocol.
7280
7281			Also, the IrOBEX specification talks a lot about "Unicode" text without
7282			defining it (except through totally wrong descriptions like "Unicode
7283			is two bytes/character", showing their total lack of knowledge since
7284			this is just plain wrong. I wonder what they mean with "Unicode", some
7285			MS-proprietary format? Not unlikely, given what they did to iso-8859-1).
7286
7287			Reading through that document you will find that it would have been easy
7288			to find people doing a better job. Actually, I think even apes would come
7289			up with a saner protocol.
7290	root	1.387	%
7291	root	1.1	[voting by television, the american way...]
7292			"They [voters] were like, 'Who are all these people? I thought it was only Bush
7293			and Gore running,' " Tyson said.
7294
7295			Many voters believed the 10 candidates were running for different offices and
7296			cast votes for several of them, Tyson said. Some Spanish-speaking or Haitian
7297			voters may have had difficulty understanding directions, Tyson said.
7298	root	1.387	%
7299	root	1.1	IBM has withdrawn CPRM...
7300			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4922288-0.html?tag=mn_hd>
7301			...and replaced it with something almost identical:
7302			<http://slashdot.org/yro/01/02/23/2134255.shtml>
7303			A good analysis by John Gilmore:
7304			<http://cryptome.org/cprm-smoke.htm>
7305	root	1.387	%
7306	root	1.1	[Midori-Linux FAQ]
7307			Q: What can I do about Netscape crashing?
7308	root	1.247	A: Any experienced user of Linux Netscape is used to
7309			seeing it crash and the included version of Linux Netscape
7310			is no exception. This is probably not good, but the product
7311			does not come with source code. The workaround is to run
7312	root	1.1	Netscape in a loop.
7313	root	1.387	%
7314	root	1.1	Subject: [reiserfs-list] Free Space - Where did it go?
7315	root	1.387	%
7316	root	1.1	[Technologieregion Karlsruhe (und andere)]
7317			marco: Die Region zwischen Stuttgart, Heilbronn und Karlsruhe produziert
7318	root	1.247	mehr als Laender wie Schweden, die Schweiz oder Spanien!
7319	root	1.1	marco: Im neuesten Technologiebarometer von wired stehen wir auf Platz 2
7320	root	1.247	hinter dem Silicon Valley in bezug auf Technologie und Infrastruktur
7321	root	1.387	%
7322	root	1.1	[2001-03-14, 3sat, Kulturzeit zum Absturz der MIR:]
7323			"ist mir egal"
7324	root	1.387	%
7325	root	1.1	From: Hans Reiser
7326			Subject: [reiserfs-list] fsck now uses lost and found!
7327
7328			Dad, make sure the docs get updated.
7329	root	1.387	%
7330	root	1.1	[debugging message found in the siemens data exchange software]
7331			hallole
7332	root	1.387	%
7333	root	1.1	I have seen that many drives either have a pathetically small queue or
7334			have completely broken tagged queueing. I guess thats what happens when
7335			most vendors target their hardware for micro$oft.
7336	root	1.387	%
7337	root	1.1	1925 With a drink so good, 'tis folly to be thirsty
7338			1929 The high sign of refreshment
7339			1929 The pause that refreshes
7340			1930 It had to be good to get where it is
7341			1932 The drink that makes a pause refreshing
7342			1935 The pause that brings friends together
7343			1937 STOP for a pause... GO refreshed
7344			1938 The best friend thirst ever had
7345			1939 Thirst stops here
7346			1942 It's the real thing
7347			1947 Have a Coke
7348			1961 Zing! what a REFRESHING NEW FEELING
7349			1963 Things go better with Coke
7350			1969 Face Uncle Sam with a Coke in your hand
7351			1979 Have a Coke and a smile
7352			1982 Coke is it!
7353			-- Coca-Cola slogans
7354	root	1.387	%
7355	root	1.1	[strings recently found in my /proc/cpuinfo]
7356			model name : Heavily Overclocked Pentium II (Klamath) (266Mhz/66Mhz FSB)
7357	root	1.387	%
7358	root	1.247	[02:24] <elmex> schmorp:
7359			[02:24] <elmex> ich wollte mal meine logik ueberpruefen an deiner erfahrung
7360	root	1.387	%
7361	root	1.388	[Die letzte Woche war zuviel für Paul]
7362	root	1.1	Nach mehrstuendigen Laptop-um-/-neu-/-rauf- und runterinstallationen
7363			erlitt unser allseits bekannter und beliebter RechnerHiWi
7364			islpaul.bettinger am heutigen Nachmittag einen Totalabsturz. Nach der
7365			Meldung "Die Anwendung 'Installiere Cheflaptop' wurde aufgrund eines
7366			ungueltigen Vorganges beendet" begann er sinnlose Lieder zu singen "Die
7367			Karawane zieht weiter, der Sultan haelt durch". Unmittelbar darauf
7368			wurde seine Brille blau, der Schriftzug "Allgemeine Schutzverletzung"
7369			erschien. Nach einem Reboot durch Roland (ehemaliger Fussballer, zum
7370			booten also gut geeignet), meldete Paul nur noch "Bitte Windows 2000 CD
7371			einlegen" (siehe dazu die vorige PTS-Mitteilung). Nach Einlegen einer
7372			Linux-Bootdiskette konnte Paul im Single User Modus wiederbelebt werden
7373			- allerdings nur mit einem Bruchteil seiner urspruenglichen Faehigkeiten
7374			(640k Speicher, 16bit Farbwahrnehmung, kein Plug&Play). Er plant nun eine
7375			Karriere als Windows Sysadmin oder Java Programmierer.
7376
7377			Beileidbekundungen und Spenden bitte an
7378			hi09@isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de
7379	root	1.387	%
7380	root	1.1	[RMS about gcc snapshots]
7381			From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
7382
7383			[...] Red Hat did make their own release from a snapshot, which was an
7384			uncool thing to do. [...]
7385	root	1.387	%
7386	root	1.1	"Als das Universum einige zehntausend Jahre alt war - logarithmisch
7387			betrachtet also vor relativ kurzer Zeit -, ..."
7388			[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 3/2001, S. 38]
7389	root	1.387	%
7390	root	1.388	"Es ist ein wunderbar beglückendes Gefühl, wenn ein selbstgefertigtes
7391	root	1.1	Programm zum ersten Mal in die Rechenmaschine eingelesen wird, wenn die
7392	root	1.388	Maschine anschließend rechnet und die richtigen Resultate ausdruckt."
7393	root	1.1
7394	root	1.388	"Manche Programmierer erliegen dem Rausch dieses Gefühls so sehr,
7395			daß sie süchtig werden und über dem Programmieren andere Dinge
7396			vernachlässigen. Erfahrungsgemäß hört diese Sucht nach 0,5 bis 2 Jahren
7397			von selbst auf und macht dann häufig sogar einer gewissen Abneigung gegen
7398	root	1.1	die Maschinen Platz."
7399			[Prof. Dr. Karl Nickel (TH Karlsruhe), "ALGOL Praktikum", 1964]
7400	root	1.387	%
7401	root	1.1	My previous job, and some contract work I have done, involved writing
7402			software for Windows. My WORST problems were incompatibilities between
7403			Windows NT and Windows 95. The APIs do NOT, I repeat NOT! NOT! NOT!
7404			work the same on the various Windows flavors, as soon as you start
7405			doing non-trivial applications. Three times at least, portability
7406			problems from NT to Win95 cost me sleepless nights. Debugging stuff
7407			like that is hell when you don't have the source.
7408
7409			And when things break on Win95 where they ran on NT, what do you do,
7410			run a debugger on Win95, where a crash can (and will) bring down the
7411			whole system? Ugh, the horror.
7412	root	1.387	%
7413	root	1.1	> You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR).
7414
7415			US Patent #4,197,590 held by NuGraphics, Inc.
7416	root	1.387	%
7417	root	1.1	Legend has it Microsoft once found a patent of theirs which IBM appeared
7418			to have infringed, and were very excited at the possibility of something
7419			to hold over IBM, so their lawyers met IBM's lawyers. The MS lawyers
7420			beamed "look at our patent you've infringed!" IBM's lawyers replied "look
7421			at this pile of our patents YOU'VE infringed... let's start with this
7422	root	1.247	one. A Tab key." MS suddenly realised they were outlawyered...
7423	root	1.387	%
7424	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse
7425			> Okay, so if we are going to get real stupid about the whole thing, I
7426			> wonder if Microsloth is going to patent the patent?
7427
7428			Filing nuisance patents for obvious stuff which shouldn't ever get granted
7429			is a viable business method and as such is patentable in the US.
7430
7431			After all, what patent officer is going to point out the prior art?
7432	root	1.387	%
7433	root	1.1	http://vger.kernel.org/lkml/#s3-9
7434	root	1.387	%
7435	root	1.1	[recently on linux-kernel]
7436			From: Alan Cox
7437			> > Yeah. We can have this as part of the locale settings, changable by
7438			> > echoing the desired locale string to /proc/sys/kernel/lc_all.
7439	root	1.247	>
7440			> Just an idea, . . but isn't this something better done in userland?
7441	root	1.1
7442	root	1.247	Please remember this is an international list. For the benefit of certain
7443	root	1.1	users please mark all sarcasm with the word NOT or a simply face
7444	root	1.387	%
7445	root	1.1	From: Russell King
7446			Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:31:26 +0000 (GMT)
7447			To: Albert D. Cahalan
7448
7449			Albert D. Cahalan writes:
7450			> The units seem to vary. I suggest using fundamental SI units.
7451			> That would be meters, kilograms, seconds, and maybe a very
7452			> few others -- my memory fails me on this.
7453
7454			iirc, SI comes from France, and therefore it should be "metres"
7455
7456			[flames to /dev/null please] ;)
7457	root	1.387	%
7458	root	1.388	[11:19] <pho3nix> ich hoffe du bist dir im klaren darüber, das ein Mensch,
7459	root	1.1	der was von dir hielt, jetzt so beleidigt wurde, dass er nichts mehr mit
7460			dir zu tun haben will, COMMUNICATION END
7461	root	1.247	[11:19] <schmorp> pho3nix: ich weiss ja nochnichtmal, warum?
7462	root	1.387	%
7463	root	1.388	[über "Mediengestaltung"]
7464	root	1.247	[10:39] <elmex\|Zz> pho3nix: information mit desingt ueberlagern
7465			[10:40] <schmorp> elmex\|Zz: ueberlagern oder erestzen, das its hier die frage?
7466	root	1.387	%
7467	root	1.1	[perldoc perlembed]
7468			You can sometimes _write_faster_code_ in C, but you can always _write_code_faster_ in Perl.
7469	root	1.387	%
7470	root	1.247	[03:34] <JanMan> Arvoreen: elmex-werbung: "Nur echt elmex, wenn Lukas drinnsteckt" :)
7471	root	1.387	%
7472	root	1.247	[09:26] <JanMan> bevor du arbeiten auf lukas-server nimm den job als massenmoerder.
7473			[09:34] <JanMan> elmex: pass' auf, dass keine loop entsteht:
7474			nameserver->lukas_arsch->lukas->dein_arsch->du->name-server
7475	root	1.387	%
7476	root	1.1	[linux/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.c]
7477			/* So there I am, in the middle of my `netfilter-is-wonderful'
7478			talk in Sydney, and someone asks `What happens if you try
7479			to enlarge a 64k packet here?'. I think I said something
7480			eloquent like `fuck'. */
7481	root	1.387	%
7482	root	1.1	[20:44] <elmex\|aw> ich werde mir nochmal ueberlegen ob ich heute nochmal hier her komme......
7483	root	1.387	%
7484	root	1.247	[09:40] <kiki> zu spaet
7485			[09:40] <JanMan> kiki: hey, blasen hilft jetzt auch nicht mehr...
7486			[09:41] <kiki> lutschen hat noch nie bei dir geholfen
7487			[09:41] <kiki> aushungern schon
7488			[09:41] <JanMan> elmex: ja, das hat mit blume + biene zu tun.
7489			[09:41] <elmex> ?
7490			[09:42] <elmex> JanMan: ich kenne mich schon sehr wohl damit aus. nur halt noch keine erfarung
7491	root	1.387	%
7492	root	1.1	[Sierpinski Triangle, by Rich Morin]
7493			for$y(0..31){for(0..31){print$_&$y?$":'*'}print$/}
7494	root	1.387	%
7495	root	1.1	[From RDFStore::Stanford::Digest::Util, which is a java library ported to
7496			perl:]
7497
7498			$SIG{__WARN__} = sub { return undef; }; #to take off the bloody utf warns
7499
7500			[now, as for some comments: it took me hours to debug code that used warn
7501			to, well, warn users but the users didn't see anything. The intent of the
7502			above code was obviously to get rid of the "illegal multibyte character"
7503			warning in perl. This is the typical way a java programmer reacts to bugs
7504			in his code: "I don't understand this computer thing anyway, so let's just
7505			disable the message and pray it works"]
7506	root	1.387	%
7507	root	1.1	[Another "one-liner" mail... Please spam him ;)]
7508			From: "Alexander Daskalov" <alexanderd@alexsmail.com>
7509			Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:44:11 -0800
7510			X-Mailer: <IMail v6.05>
7511
7512			I was just curious how many people are on ths gimp mailing list? Whoever+
7513			can see this message please reply with a simple answer like: i am, or+
7514			i'm on the list!, etc. Please reply, i thik everybody else might want to+
7515			know this same information, it also gives us a chance to know each other+
7516			better! So please reply to this message if on the mailing list!
7517	root	1.387	%
7518	root	1.1	[I was looking for ISO3166 && ISO639 tables in the corresponding "local"
7519			language, if applicable, and came up with this:]
7520			http://www.tieke.fi/sc32wg1/wg1n155.pdf
7521	root	1.387	%
7522	root	1.1	[imap-2000c/c-client/unix.c]
7523			* This file is dedicated to my dog, Unix, also known as Yun-chan and
7524			* Unix J. Terwilliker Jehosophat Aloysius Monstrosity Animal Beast. Unix
7525			* passed away at the age of 11 1/2 on September 14, 1996, 12:18 PM PDT, after
7526			* a two-month bout with cirrhosis of the liver.
7527	root	1.387	%
7528	root	1.1	[from qmail's maildir(5)]
7529			Many sites use Sun's Network Failure System (NFS), presumably because the
7530			operating system vendor does not offer anything else.
7531	root	1.387	%
7532	root	1.1	[Lukas Grundwald]
7533			Der Film scheint echt gut zu sein: geht viel kaputt.
7534	root	1.387	%
7535	root	1.1	[waiting for windows...]
7536			http://www.cool-pix-server.de/pix/microsoft/microsoft002.jpg
7537	root	1.387	%
7538	root	1.1	[x86 really is a cool design]
7539			> For our specific purposes, that's not important. We already flush the cache
7540			> before we create uncached regions (via ioremap_nocache). I understand that as a
7541			> general Linux feature, you can't ignore cache incoherency, but I don't think
7542			> it's a hard requirement.
7543
7544			Actually you can't ignore it or the processor will have a heart attack
7545			if the cached page mapping is used even speculatively. I've done some
7546			experimenting, if the page is mapped cached in one place, and UCWC in
7547			another, things will not work. Its extremely likely the processor will
7548			cease to function. Its not like having cached and uncached mappings of
7549			a page (which does work on the Intel processors, we use that feature in
7550			the agpgart and the DRM in fact.) When you mark a page UCWC, you better
7551			have removed all cached mappings or your asking for REAL trouble.
7552	root	1.387	%
7553	root	1.1	> once again. On the Debian group it's invariably "how do I load
7554			> Netscape?"
7555	root	1.247
7556	root	1.1	can't be. debian sounds more like: "who do i have to ask for using
7557			netscape, and do we all agree on /usr/local/bin/. ?"
7558	root	1.387	%
7559	root	1.1	The COBOL language was created specifically to reduce the amount of
7560			commenting necessary in a program, because the English-like sentence
7561			structure could be read and understood by humans. The FORTRAN language was
7562			created so that math types could "talk" in a language more familiar to
7563			them, letting the computer take care of the details about how to perform
7564			the specified task step-by-step.
7565	root	1.387	%
7566	root	1.1	There is an old programmer's rule.
7567
7568			"Documentation? Too bad. If the code was damned hard to write, it should
7569			be damned hard to understand."
7570	root	1.387	%
7571	root	1.1	[Linus]
7572			Tabs are 8 characters. They are NOT adjustable. Never have been, never
7573			will be. Anybody who thinks tabs are anything but 8 chars apart is just
7574			wrong. It's that simple.
7575	root	1.387	%
7576	root	1.1	[yes, thank you, it helps a lot ;)]
7577	root	1.247	09:31] *** Joins: Unkn0wn [chaos@AC880AE2.ipt.aol.com] has joined #schmorp
7578	root	1.1	[09:32] <Unkn0wn> Nah, I won't alert yas. Was just cruisin around and found your
7579			site of H-games and thought bout thankin you for puttin it up. I figure most ppl
7580			never take a moment to thank someone. =P <Bows, and heads back to #VB on
7581	root	1.247	Undernet>
7582	root	1.387	%
7583	root	1.1	[character normalization might be harmful]
7584			> In short, normalizing prior to digesting AVOIDS allowing
7585			> inconsequential changes to change the digest. If I have misunderstood the
7586			> point of the section cited, I'm sure someone will correct me.
7587
7588			Your scenario is correct as far as it goes. But consider a signed
7589			document that contains an element or attribute named
7590	root	1.388	"autorisation_de_découvert" ("credit limit").
7591	root	1.1	A forged version of the document that contained the name
7592			"autorization_de_de'couvert" (where ' = COMBINING ACUTE) would pass
7593			a normalization + signature check. However, the document processor
7594			might well fail to recognize it as having the semantics of "credit limit"
7595			and treat it as unknown and to be ignored. Bad news: the forger
7596			now appears to have unlimited credit!
7597	root	1.387	%
7598	root	1.1	["my spam"]
7599			99% of mine is from China (either *.cn or 163.com or some other
7600			numbering .com or .net. The .org is frowned upon in China - the TLD of
7601			protestors and disidents). Half of what's left comes from either .kr
7602			or .br. I'm fully in favor of an Internet Death Penalty against those
7603			TLD's and associated domains till they clean up their acts.
7604	root	1.387	%
7605	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
7606			Hello Linus, my name is Rick Jones. I am the person at Hewlett-Packard
7607			who drafted the "so _obviously_ stupid" sendfile() interface of HP-UX.
7608			[... snip ...]
7609			never forget what leads to the downfall of the protagonist in Greek
7610			tragedy...
7611	root	1.387	%
7612	root	1.1	From: "Mike A. Harris"
7613	root	1.247
7614	root	1.1	On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
7615			>---- A notice to spammers ----
7616			>Unsolicited electronic mail advertisements to my email address is
7617			>strictly prohibited. Pursuant to California Business and Professions
7618			>Code, Section 17538.45, senders of unsolicited electronic mail
7619			>advertisements to me may be subject to a civil penalty of $50 per
7620			>message plus attorney's fees.
7621			[SNIP long sig]
7622	root	1.247
7623	root	1.1	O - K then. Nice sig. Too bad that it is at least as big as
7624			most spam mailings themselves. Instead of preventing spam,
7625			all you're doing is contributing to it.
7626	root	1.247
7627	root	1.1	I just delete spam now as it is easiest most of the time.
7628			However fortunately, the below sig comes from a static and easily
7629			procmailable address.
7630	root	1.247
7631	root	1.1	One more note is that no law of California, nor anywhre else
7632			means jack shit 50 meters away from your keyboard, so it is all
7633			just a waste of bandwidth.
7634	root	1.387	%
7635	root	1.388	rm: Entfernen von Verzeichnis »./xxx/po« nicht möglich: Die Datei existiert bereits
7636	root	1.387	%
7637	root	1.1	[during a toilet session, this flashed/flushed through my mind/brain]
7638			/bin/true --version \| read && echo eek, a gnuzifist\!
7639	root	1.387	%
7640	root	1.1	[stefan thought this would be better]
7641	root	1.247	/bin/true --version \| read && rm -rf / # get rid of non-posix Windows stuff.
7642	root	1.387	%
7643	root	1.1	[Java-Design]
7644	root	1.247	[02:53] <schmorp> in c 1 stunde suchen und probieren und dann 7 zeilen
7645			[02:53] <JanMan> schmorp: nein. in C 2 minuten suchen.
7646			[02:54] <JanMan> ich weiss nicht, an welchen level ich wo patchen soll.
7647	root	1.1	[02:55] <JanMan> es gibt eine Key, eine RSAKey, eine RSAKeyPublic/RSAKeyPrivate
7648	root	1.247	klasse, alles muell.
7649			[02:56] <JanMan> (ueberall noch ein praefix SSH..)
7650			[02:56] <JanMan> und die sachen sind ueber SSHRSAPublicKeyFile abgewickelt...
7651			[02:57] <JanMan> klar gibt es auch SSHRSAPublicKeyString.
7652	root	1.387	%
7653	root	1.247	[02:38] <JanMan> Lexikon: Java - siehe "ins Knie ficken, objektorientiert"
7654	root	1.387	%
7655	root	1.247	[02:30] <JanMan> schmorp: java has too many keywords but lacks an important one.
7656	root	1.1	[02:32] <JanMan> schmorp: yes: "broken". Java needs a "broken" keyword. "Error:
7657	root	1.247	missing "broken" but class seems "broken".
7658	root	1.387	%
7659	root	1.1	On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:34:08PM -0500, Michael Rothwell wrote:
7660			The man pages for open, read and write say that if a file is opened
7661			using the O_NONBLOCK flag, then read() and write() will always return
7662			immediately and not block the calling process.
7663
7664			the man pages are wrong
7665
7666			--cw
7667	root	1.387	%
7668	root	1.1	From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
7669			...
7670			My take on this is that khttpd is unmaintained garbage.
7671	root	1.387	%
7672	root	1.1	[Subject: line on linux-kernel]
7673			Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20
7674	root	1.387	%
7675	root	1.1	From: "Vladimir V. Saveliev"
7676			> tar cvpf - foo \| ( cd reiserfs; tar xvpf - )
7677			> Halfway through it gets a kernel oops and
7678
7679			How fast does it oops?
7680	root	1.387	%
7681	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com>
7682
7683			On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:01:05PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
7684			> NFSv2 has a 32bit file offset. Thus the largest file on NFSv2 you want to
7685			> touch is 2Gig.
7686
7687			In theory, yes.
7688			In practice you don't want to touch NFS under Linux at all, so the
7689			2GB limit is a theoretical one. :)
7690	root	1.387	%
7691	root	1.247	[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7692			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
7693			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|-----\| \| \| \|
7694			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-------------------------\| \| \| \|
7695			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| .---------------------------.\| \|-------\|
7696			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|Welcome on elmex.x-paste.de\|\| \| \|
7697			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| `---------------------------'\| \| \|
7698			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|----------\| \|-----------------------\| \|
7699			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7700			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \|-----\| \|
7701			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|------------\|-------------- \| \| \|
7702			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-----------------------------------\|-\| \|----\|
7703			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7704			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7705			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7706			[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7707	root	1.387	%
7708	root	1.1	Any committee IQ: average intelligence of members, divided by headcount.
7709	root	1.387	%
7710	root	1.1	"There were a lot of snickers in my course... The students looked at me
7711			like I was a stegosaurus still walking around when I told them that the
7712			[irrational spending of many dot-coms] was not sustainable. You have to
7713			take in more money then you put out, or you're toast."
7714			-- Ken Morse, managing director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
7715	root	1.387	%
7716	root	1.1	"Wenn _ich_ das sage, darf ich das."
7717			[Lukas Grunwald]
7718	root	1.387	%
7719	root	1.1	[about having sponsoring message in YOUR syslog]
7720			From: Felix von Leitner <leitner@convergence.de>
7721			Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:33:13 +0100
7722			To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
7723
7724			Thus spake Wojciech Puchar (wojtek@wojtek.from.pl):
7725			> > To view list of copyright holders type `copyright' at the shell
7726			> > prompt.
7727			> very good. maybe implement /proc/info/copyrights /proc/info/sponsors
7728			> /proc/info/authors?
7729	root	1.247
7730	root	1.1	Grand idea.
7731			Let's also add /proc/info/spammers,
7732			/proc/info/people-who-bothered-linus,
7733			/proc/info/people-who-disagree-with-hans-reiser,
7734			/proc/info/people-who-were-flamed-by-alan-cox and
7735			/proc/info/people-who-marc-lehmann-dislikes.
7736	root	1.247
7737	root	1.1	NOT.
7738			[...]
7739	root	1.387	%
7740	root	1.1	[Nick and I used to fight a LOT]
7741			Subject: Re: suggestion for gimp 1.3 and later
7742			From: Nick Lamb <njl98r@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
7743	root	1.247
7744	root	1.1	On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 03:29:41AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
7745			> I think the best way would be to make any gtk label/text widget be
7746			> selectable. I don't know why this has not been done so far, but it might be
7747			> an interesting experiment.
7748	root	1.247
7749	root	1.1	Yes, I've often thought this. And everyone knows that if Marc and I agree
7750			about something it must be right (?) or at least it's in no-one's interest
7751			to disagree...
7752	root	1.387	%
7753	root	1.1	http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LNUX&d=2y WINNER
7754			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RHAT&d=2y 2nd prize!
7755			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CALD&d=1y 3rd prize!
7756			[und Lukas sagt:]
7757			... man beachte die logarithmische Skala!
7758	root	1.387	%
7759	root	1.1	[from "how to photograph a total eclipse", in the nasa 1999 solar eclipse
7760			report:]
7761			... The best strategy is to choose one aperture or f/number and bracket
7762			the exposures over a range of shutter speeds (i.e. 1/1000 down to 1
7763			second). Rehearsing this sequence is highly recommended since great
7764			excitment accompanies totality and there is little time to think.
7765	root	1.387	%
7766	root	1.1	[boy, now I know why I dislike GNOME]
7767			http://www.helixcode.com/~miguel/bongo-bong.html
7768	root	1.387	%
7769	root	1.1	["kORBit, a CORBA implementation for the linux-kernel"]
7770			From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
7771			Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 11:34:39 +0100
7772
7773			Alexander Viro wrote:
7774			> > It was just an example. Basically, you'd be able to do in with just
7775			> > about any language that has ORBit bindings.
7776			>
7777			> Yeah... "Infinitely extendable API" and all such. Roughly translated
7778			> as "we can't live without API bloat". Frankly, judging by the GNOME
7779			> codebase people who designed the thing are culturally incompatible with
7780			> UNIX.
7781
7782			Agree. I remember a big complaint about Windows was the huge APIs,
7783			compared with Unix' tiny list of syscalls. And then I saw the GNOME
7784			docs... ew!
7785	root	1.387	%
7786	root	1.1	> Good question. The whole thing makes me nervous... in fact, perhaps we
7787			> should really consider using the BIOS INT 15h interrupt to enter
7788			> protected mode?
7789
7790			From my experience with BIOS authors, only if Windows 98 uses the same function
7791			with the same arguments, the same stuff top of stack and the same segment
7792			registers loaded ;)
7793	root	1.387	%
7794	root	1.1	> > there... If someone wants to back-port the driver to 2.2, this makes it
7795			[...]
7796			> backports hurt forward progress.
7797
7798			beware of content free dogma
7799	root	1.387	%
7800	root	1.1	> What operating systems use local time as their basic clock these days? Just
7801			> wondering.
7802
7803			Any IBM PC compatible machine that runs under at least one Microsoft OS
7804			has to keep the battery-backed CMOS clock chip in local time, because
7805			unlike most other operating systems (e.g., any Unix flavour), none of
7806			Microsoft's CMOS clock drivers have a UTC option. Rather disappointing
7807			and every year an unneeded hassle after DST switches on multi-OS
7808			machines. From discussions with Microsoft staff, I have to conclude that
7809			no-one within Microsoft has even understood the problem.
7810
7811			Markus [G. Kuhn]
7812	root	1.387	%
7813	root	1.1	>Keith,
7814	root	1.247	>
7815	root	1.1	>Please consider the attached patch for inclusion in all future versions
7816			>of the modutils depmod program for compatiblity with RedHat and
7817			>RedHat derived Linux distributions.
7818
7819			I have a big problem with Redhat. They make incompatible changes to
7820			utilities, do not feed patches back to maintainers then expect the rest
7821			of the world to follow their lead. The -i and -m flags to modutils are
7822			not the only example, I recently found IA64 and Sparc patches they had
7823			added to modutils code and not bothered to tell me. Other distributors
7824			are much better about sending me patches, Debian and SuSe in particular
7825			do the right thing.
7826
7827			Since "-F System.map" in modutils is equivalent to "-m System.map -i"
7828			and works on all distributions, not just Redhat, the "-m -i" patch is
7829			unnecessary. Consider this my protest against bad habits by
7830			distributors, they created the mess with their lack of communication
7831			and they have to fix it.
7832	root	1.387	%
7833	root	1.1	10:44] <JanMan> falls Du mal DB2 crashen musst:
7834			[10:45] <JanMan> connect reset;
7835			[10:45] <JanMan> connect to sample user db2admin using db2admin;
7836			[10:45] <JanMan> select * from employee where year(birthdate)=1999 and firstnme<'';
7837	root	1.387	%
7838	root	1.1	[a perl quine, by ilmari karonen:]
7839			printf+(q(printf+(q(%s))x2))x2
7840	root	1.387	%
7841	root	1.1	On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 07:22:34PM -0500, M&M Samsel wrote:
7842			> You see I have about 10 years of commercial development experience and
7843			> pretty much know business procedures from huge corporations and business
7844			> midgets and what I should expect or not.
7845
7846			You've not demonstrated your 10 years of experience.
7847			You've just proved that killfiles are useful.
7848	root	1.387	%
7849	root	1.1	[once upon a time, when poul started gnomeicu:]
7850			gnomeicu: Rohrbruch (beim Speichern der Konfiguration)
7851	root	1.387	%
7852	root	1.1	[subject from a thread on the gcc steering commitee mailinglist when
7853			glibc-2.2 was released]
7854			Re: glibc 2.2 a fait accompli
7855	root	1.387	%
7856	root	1.1	[08:05] <JanMan> elmex: Fehlt Dir einmal Klopapier, versuche es mit GNU m4. :)
7857	root	1.387	%
7858	root	1.1	# root:0Ayj0AZhTi4O2:11272:0:99999:7:::
7859			# kma:1NXgYu6J80kvc:11225:0:99999:7:::
7860			# elmex:0ImdHgG2TEQAE:11273:0:99999:7: : :
7861	root	1.387	%
7862	root	1.1	<JanMan_> soll ich das ganze uber einen perl-hash erzeugen ?
7863			<schmorp> klar.. %hash->generate
7864			<JanMan_> oesi siedelt nach de: %oesi->degenerate
7865	root	1.387	%
7866	root	1.1	[From "How the mind of a php programmer works", by Marc Lehmann]
7867
7868			(1) it works on msie 5 (alt.: netscape 4) so the code is
7869			standards-compliant.
7870			(2) an entity looks like "&" entityname ";"
7871			(2a) [conclusion] the fragment href="xxx&notes=77" doesn't contain a valid
7872			entity, so the browser must use it as is.
7873			(2b) [corollary] "<blubb>" is not a valid html element, so the browser
7874			must react according to what I assume it should do (display, ignore).
7875			(2c) in some programs I assume differently than in others.
7876	root	1.387	%
7877	root	1.1	[Oh no, Don Becker again ;)]
7878			> which one is the linksys card, so I have included the entire listing. (Is it
7879			> even listed? Perhaps this is my problem.)
7880
7881			That's your problem.
7882
7883			There is no PCI Ethernet device listed.
7884
7885			Check that the card is fully inserted into the PCI slot.
7886			(If it's an ISA card, then it's not fully inserted into the PCI slot ;->)
7887	root	1.387	%
7888	root	1.1	> > sure request_module _does_not_ accept funky module names. Why allow
7889			> > people to shoot themselves (and, by extension, all other Linux users
7890			> > out there) in the foot?
7891
7892			> I thought that was the whole purpose of Unix/Linux?
7893
7894			True! Very true! Unix/Linux requires that the user shoot
7895			themselves in the foot. Windows automates that process and does it
7896			for the user, thus making foot shooting user friendly. :-)
7897	root	1.387	%
7898	root	1.1	> Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
7899			> you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
7900			> or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.
7901
7902			No encryption use; and the maximal message size is 1Mb (for sanity's sake,
7903			after somebody sent a PowerPoint presentation (some 3Mb), then thought that
7904			perhaps the target didn't have PowerPoint, and sent it again with the
7905			PowerPoint package, then noticed this might not work either, and sent it
7906			_again_ with the full MS Office attached... the joys of sysadminning ;-)
7907			--
7908			Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl
7909	root	1.387	%
7910	root	1.1	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
7911
7912			> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
7913			>
7914			> > Arguably though the bug is in glibc, in that if it's using signals
7915			> > behinds the scenes, it should have passed SA_RESTART to sigaction.
7916			>
7917			> Why are you talking such a nonsense?
7918
7919			[Note to self: remove kitten from keyboard before writing mail.]
7920	root	1.387	%
7921	root	1.388	[Simon Budig, nachdem er erfahren hatte, daß Lars Eilebrecht nicht wusste,
7922			daß Leerzeichen in URLs nicht erlaubt sind:]
7923			"Also, Lars, das hätte ich nicht gedacht, jetzt hast du aber jede Menge
7924	root	1.1	Gurupunkte bei mir verloren."
7925	root	1.387	%
7926	root	1.1	[amazon readers about the Annotated C Standard by Herberdt Schildt,
7927			which is much less expensive then the official version (search also for
7928			Bullschildt below ;)]
7929
7930			"The price difference reflects the value of the annotations. At no time
7931			do the annotations clarify, enhance, or supplement the standard."
7932	root	1.387	%
7933	root	1.1	Stefan Traby wrote:
7934			>
7935			> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:43:04AM -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
7936			>
7937			> > We have a few websites floating around, [...]
7938			>
7939			> Many mirrors are also out of sync. Especially the primary server :)
7940	root	1.387	%
7941	root	1.1	> This happens with both ext2 and reiserfs, since at least 2.2.15.
7942
7943			I installed noflushd on my laptop, which was running 2.4.0-test6, and
7944			it did the same thing.
7945
7946			Sorry I can't offer more info. Someone spilt a glass of water on it about
7947			a week ago. :(
7948
7949			--Jack
7950	root	1.387	%
7951	root	1.388	"Kalk hat diese Waschmaschine getötet"
7952	root	1.387	%
7953	root	1.1	[It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time.
7954			-- K&R
7955	root	1.387	%
7956	root	1.1	<elmex> JanMan: "\|\|01:42:20\|\| <elmex> schmorp: jo, die sprache muss man nicht erklaeren"
7957	root	1.387	%
7958	root	1.1	[please kids, don't try this at home]
7959			indent -kr -l78 -lc78 -lps -i8 -br -pcs -psl -bbo -bad -bap -cs -nbc -nhnl -nss
7960	root	1.387	%
7961	root	1.1	http://www.attrition.org/gallery/ms/kmfms.jpg
7962	root	1.387	%
7963	root	1.1	[PApp.pm]
7964			$modules => { "" => "" };
7965	root	1.387	%
7966	root	1.388	Das einzig sichere Mittel gegen Migräne ist das Entfernen des Kopfes.
7967	root	1.387	%
7968	root	1.1	<JanMan> elmex: Sprichwort "Relaye doch bei dnx, dann kriegst Du nix." :)
7969	root	1.387	%
7970	root	1.1	[From Russel Coker's .sig]
7971			> --
7972			> If you can't program in C, PERL, and shell scripts then don't call yourself a
7973			> Unix administrator. Every idiot on the net is claiming to be a Unix admin. :(
7974	root	1.387	%
7975	root	1.1	[the two sides of the medal]
7976			From: "David Schwartz"
7977
7978			> Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was increased from
7979			> 100 to 10000, the time to check for active sockets with poll()
7980			> increased by a factor of only 6.5. That's a sublinear increase in time,
7981			> pretty spiffy.
7982
7983			Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was decreased from 10,000
7984			to 100, the time to check for active sockets with poll() decreased by a
7985			factor of only 6.5. Shouldn't it be more like 100? Sounds like Solaris' poll
7986			implementation is horribly broken for the most common case.
7987	root	1.387	%
7988	root	1.1	[lukas grunwald...]
7989	root	1.388	[ich sag' dir, ] ... am nächsten Tag brüllt der mich vielleicht per e-mail an ...
7990	root	1.387	%
7991	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel, about the rtl8139 network card]
7992			> (After looking at the specification for the 8139, I am acctually ashamed
7993			> of having bough one.
7994
7995			Not an uncommon thought :)
7996	root	1.387	%
7997	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby
7998
7999			Hi Marc !
8000
8001			keycode 115 = ISO_Next_Group
8002			keycode 116 = ISO_Prev_Group
8003			keycode 117 = ISO_Level3_Shift
8004
8005			Finde ich witzig, man erspart sich den lock-screensaver :)
8006	root	1.387	%
8007	root	1.1	[I hope you get the point(s)...]
8008			From: Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au>
8009			Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:12:46 +1100
8010			To: <tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>
8011
8012			At 07:40 +0000 2000-10-06, ken@halcyon.com wrote:
8013			>But the thing is: mm/dd/yy[yy] is in widespread use (US), as is
8014			>dd/mm/yy[yy] (much of Europe, I'm told).
8015
8016			Slight refinement: dd/mm/[yy]yy. Used in all European countries - and
8017			all countries colonized by a European country at one time or another
8018			which haven't had a strong US influence since, and probably all
8019			remaining Asian, African, and Pacific countries - that don't use
8020			[yy]yy-mm-dd. mm/dd/yy[yy] is restricted almost entirely to the US
8021			and a few neighbors. I would hesitate to say it is in widespread use.
8022
8023			>[yy]yy-mm-dd was used
8024			>in Japan even before the ISO standard came out.
8025
8026			And in China, and in Sweden, and in Hungary, ... (possibly with different
8027			separators). Also in the Arab world, in the sense that the digits (all of
8028			them) appear in the same order from left to right, only Arabic is written
8029			right to left.
8030
8031			>But no culture
8032			>has ever used [yy]yy-dd-mm format, and there is absolutely
8033			>nothing to recommend it, so there is no reason to expect anyone
8034			>to adopt it. Yes, the perverse can use that format just to
8035			>confound us, but in practice one can safely assume that a
8036			>nnnn-nn-nn date is in yyyy-mm-dd format.
8037
8038			Thanks Ken. You've put it much better and more concisely than I could have.
8039
8040			--Alex
8041	root	1.387	%
8042	root	1.1	[recently, on the tulip driver mailing list]
8043			From: Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
8044			To: "Jon.Hinks" <Jon.Hinks@berkeley-ifa.co.uk>
8045
8046			[most of the reply snipped...]
8047
8048			> The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It
8049			> may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may
8050			> it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact Berkeley
8051
8052			[[ The rest of the boilerplate omitted. ]]
8053
8054			These terms do not apply. You have mailed to a published list. You hold
8055			the copyright to your writings, but by submitting questions to the list you
8056			grant the list publisher (me) the right to publish in this list and related
8057			forums. "Related forums" may be collected archives of the list on any media,
8058			and quotes from questions in FAQs.
8059
8060			(Long boilerplate appendages like this notice annoy me. Automatically
8061			attached copyright notices can never unilaterally extend your rights, so why
8062			try to claim that they do?)
8063	root	1.387	%
8064	root	1.1	On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
8065
8066			> void go_take_a_dump (float load)
8067			> {
8068			> if (pull_down_pants() && purge_bowles() && wipe_anus() && pull_up_pants())
8069			> flush(load);
8070			> else
8071			> wear(load);
8072			> }
8073
8074			But here you make another classic mistake. Consider the case where
8075			purge_bowels() fails (-EWOULDBLOCK?).
8076
8077			In that case, you don't actually execute the subsequent two procedure
8078			calls, which I'm sure we all agree is a suboptimal state of affairs.
8079
8080			--
8081			dwmw2
8082	root	1.387	%
8083	root	1.1	Factoid: 90% of all patents are never challenged, while 80% of those that
8084			are are overturned.
8085	root	1.387	%
8086	root	1.1	"Going into court is throwing the dice."
8087	root	1.387	%
8088	root	1.1	[Dipl. Ing. W***** D*****]
8089			"Lukas, eins muss dir klar sein, die ganze Kryptographie ist doch
8090	root	1.388	für den Arsch, wenn ich ein Stück von dem Originaltext habe und den
8091			verschlüsselten Text, knack' ich dir jeden Schlüssel in 50 Stunden."
8092	root	1.387	%
8093	root	1.1	[some discussion between reiserfs enthusiasts:]
8094			Stefan: oh shit, everything coredumps, I'll just reboot.
8095			Marc gives some dumb comments.
8096			Stefan: No, I'll first check it with reiserfsck.
8097			Marc: Yeah.. and?
8098			Stefan: "reiserfsck: no reiserfs found"
8099			Marc: Oh, the superblock is damaged. Maybe you should just try the backup superblock...
8100	root	1.387	%
8101	root	1.1	[t-online is just sooo cool:]
8102			Subject: mail failed, returning to sender
8103			From: <MAILER-DAEMON@fmrl01.sul.t-online.de>
8104
8105			\|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------\|
8106			<service@t-online.de> ... 550 Mailbox quota exceeded / Mailbox voll.
8107			\|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------\|
8108	root	1.387	%
8109	root	1.1	[a play with a well-known-signature:]
8110			Deadlock, n.:
8111			Deceased Rasterman.
8112	root	1.387	%
8113	root	1.1	[Jeff Williams & friends]
8114			ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-bremen.de/pub/doc/internet-drafts/draft-terrell-ip-spec-ipv7-ipv8-addr-cls-00.txt
8115			http://IPv8.vrx.net/
8116			http://www.gtld-mou.org/gtld-discuss/mail-archive/08030.html
8117	root	1.387	%
8118	root	1.1	[some .signature]
8119			This message has been ROT-13 encrypted twice for extra security.
8120	root	1.387	%
8121	root	1.1	[Andreas Mueller-Maghun for ICANN!]
8122			Allein der Kandidat des Chaos-Computer-Clubs (CCC) Hamburg, der schon
8123	root	1.388	mehr als 1.100 Unterstützungserklärungen erhalten hat, dürfte nach
8124			Einschätzung des arbeitskreises die Bedingung für eine Basiskandidatur
8125			zum ICANN-Direktorium schon jetzt erfüllen. Ausgerechnet er hat es aber
8126			nicht für nötig gehalten, auf die Anfrage der Behindertenvertreter zu
8127	root	1.1	reagieren. Seine Webseiten zeugen zudem von einem "Sicherheitskonzept",
8128			das Usern mit Sehbehinderung vor lauter technischen Barrieren keine
8129	root	1.388	Zugangsmöglichkeiten bietet. Der Arbeitskreis hält einen Vertreter solcher
8130			Positionen für unwählbar.
8131	root	1.1
8132			Jens Bertrams (Pressesprecher)
8133	root	1.387	%
8134	root	1.1	From: (Albert Y. C. Lai)
8135			Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional
8136			Subject: Re: what is "functional" (Re: Macros)
8137
8138			Jerzy Karczmarczuk writes:
8139
8140			> Their opinion: "well, everybody knows that this is not professional,
8141			> nobody uses functional languages, all your colleagues suggest that we
8142			> should learn Lex and Yacc, etc. -
8143			> but WHAT A PLEASURE AND FUN was to write these programs in Haskell.
8144			> Almost no run-time errors, ever!"
8145
8146			A professor at my school got the opposite opinion from her students.
8147			She introduced ML (along with two other languages) as part of a course
8148			on the principles of programming languages in the third year. The
8149			students' opinion: this is such an annoyingly pedantic language, it
8150			refuses to let me run my program and get some partial though wrong
8151			results simply because I make a mistake!
8152
8153			In other words, given that humans are bound to make mistakes, the
8154			students at my school prefer to see them manifested as run-time
8155			errors.
8156
8157			So I look at your email address. Ah, you are in Europe and I am in
8158			North America. I guess that's why. Dijkstra is probably right about
8159			European programmers liking to do programming right and American
8160			programmers liking to chase after bugs.
8161	root	1.387	%
8162	root	1.1	On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:15:09PM +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote:
8163			> yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
8164			> > This call shifts delivered signal numbers up so that
8165			> > "special" POSIX signals [.. like KILL] can be delivered to a process.
8166			>
8167			> Kind of a SIGOVERKILL ... yes, that could work.
8168	root	1.387	%
8169	root	1.1	"The posix programmer knows the availability of everything, but the cost
8170			of nothing."
8171	root	1.387	%
8172	root	1.1	[after the linux-kernel list was moved to a new machine]
8173			Jeffrey Hundstad wrote:
8174			>
8175			> So tell us about this new machine. OS? Filesystem? Memory?
8176			> CPU?
8177
8178			Root password? :)
8179
8180			John.Fulmer
8181	root	1.387	%
8182	root	1.1	I think there is a world market for about five computers.
8183
8184			Thomas J. Watson (Chairman, IBM) 1943
8185	root	1.387	%
8186	root	1.1	> NO. They can/will use RAW_IO IF this is available to them. If not, they
8187			> will have to provide a proper kernel driver for their hardware. I know
8188			> which I prefer...
8189
8190			Sure. And keep that dusty 2.4.3 kernel around just in case you someday need
8191			to upgrade the firmware for your disk, and the (binary!) kernel module only
8192			works with that one. Don't forget the 2.4.15ac12 which is for your USB
8193			scanner, and also the 2.6.7-12 (Red Hat) which is the only one with the
8194			updater for the new SCSI controller.
8195			--
8196			Horst von Brand
8197	root	1.387	%
8198	root	1.1	[de.comp.lang.iso-c++]
8199
8200			>Nicht alles was Standard ist, muss auch implementiert werden.
8201
8202			[...]
8203
8204			Nicht alles, was hinkt, ist ein Vergleich.
8205	root	1.387	%
8206	root	1.1	[Drew Sanford about why not to do real-time by throwing faster hardware
8207			at your problem:]
8208
8209			The F4 Fantom fighter. The plane was essentially a large block of metal, with
8210			a few advantagously aerodynamic surfaces, and big f****** engines. If you
8211			had engine trouble in a Fantom ...you had trouble.
8212	root	1.387	%
8213	root	1.1	[Hans Reiser, on /bin/cp.. ;)]
8214			cp is inherently inefficient.
8215	root	1.387	%
8216	root	1.1	>I thought disk drives contained vacuums, thus the extensive concern over
8217			>breaking seals on them.
8218
8219			Air pressure is 1Kg/cm^2. I have never seen a hard drive case that looked
8220			nearly strong enough to take such pressure. Basically if you can't jump on a
8221			hard drive then it's not strong enough!
8222
8223			...
8224
8225			There's a story that Dave Cutler (VMS and WNT architect) when he was at DEC
8226			did a test on a DEC hard drive by blowing cigar smoke into the drive which
8227			killed it properly. DEC then greatly enhanced their drive air filters. It
8228			could be just an urban myth though.
8229
8230			Russell Coker
8231	root	1.387	%
8232	root	1.1	>I've unsubscribed our somewhat less than intelligent friend.
8233			>Ah, Internet for the masses. What a wonderful idea.
8234
8235			Yeah, let's have an IQ test before you're allowed to buy a modem.
8236	root	1.387	%
8237	root	1.1	On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 02:40:33PM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
8238			> "Yury Yu. Rupasov" wrote:
8239			> > All my current benchmarks show that reiserfs works correctly on
8240			> > deleting.
8241			>
8242			> Just a sidenote: you don't test correctness with benchmarks :(
8243
8244			Wrong. Yury does.
8245			:(
8246
8247			--
8248			Stefan
8249	root	1.387	%
8250	root	1.1	"Jeff V. Merkey" writes:
8251			> I will provide a tool that decodes and repairs NTFS volumes to those
8252			> folks who run into this problem, but our agreements with Microsoft do
8253			> not allow us to distribute it for any purpose other than to assist
8254			> Microsoft customers who have corrupted drives. Also, this tool is
8255			> dependent on the DDK being present to run as it has dependencies on the
8256			> DDK DLL's, so you'll need to install the DDK to use it.
8257
8258			DDK == "Disk Death Kit"?
8259
8260			Ian Soboroff ian@cs.umbc.edu
8261	root	1.387	%
8262	root	1.1	[very instructional movie, if you get what I mean...]
8263	root	1.388	00:30-02:05 (13) ( -35) Kabel 1 Das Mädchen am Ende der Straße The
8264	root	1.1	Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane Psychodrama - KAN/F/USA - 1976 -
8265	root	1.388	Regie: Nicolas Gessner * Die 13-jährige Rynn (Jodie Foster) lebt allein in
8266			einer alten Villa und hütet ein schreckliches Geheimnis.
8267	root	1.387	%
8268	root	1.1	[Einsichten in die "Kommunikation"]
8269			> > > Ich beschreibe dir, was in dem Moment an Eindruecken durch meinen
8270			> > > Kopf geht - in dem Augenblick bin ich Besucher und sehe was
8271			> > > mir gefaellt oder nicht - das ist wie ein Schmierzettel. Die
8272			> > > Ausarbeitung der Ideen kommt danach im Gespraech. Du packst solche
8273			> > > Sachen anders an - das seh ich ein. Aber ich bin mit dieser
8274			> > > Art chaos bisher immer ans Ziel gekommen. Was ich mach will -
8275			> > > machen muss - ist Feedback generieren. Ich lass Versuchsballons
8276			> > > aufsteigen und schau zu, wie sie entweder fliegen oder abgeschossen
8277			> > > werden. Dann reagier ich auf das Ergebnis.
8278	root	1.387	%
8279	root	1.388	[Mitch, als Erklärung dafür, weshalb er blindlings ein (kaputtes) ssh-rpm
8280			installiert hat, das er über rpmfind gefunden hat:]
8281			Doch, echt! Der Server war trusted, der sah' ja sowas von vertrauenswürdig
8282	root	1.1	aus!
8283	root	1.387	%
8284	root	1.1	[IMHO one of the main reasons linux is nicer]
8285			http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/ix/bsod-story.html
8286	root	1.387	%
8287	root	1.1	[On the reality of random numbers]
8288			> /dev in a world with dynamic hardware, so why bother? We only need
8289			> to provide random numbers to fill in struct stat. (zero works)
8290			Alan Cox [as usual ;)]
8291	root	1.387	%
8292	root	1.1	[Flame Warriors]
8293			http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
8294	root	1.387	%
8295	root	1.1	A programmer who hasn't been exposed to all four of the imperative,
8296			functional, objective, and logical programming styles has one or
8297			more conceptual blindspots. It's like knowing how to boil but not
8298			fry. Programming is not a skill one develops in five easy lessons.
8299
8300			--tom
8301	root	1.387	%
8302	root	1.1	To: bugs@gimp.org
8303			X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105
8304
8305			Hi there, I recently downloaded your gimp toolkit. At first I was having
8306			problems until I read your download help tip. I understand I have to compile
8307			it so I tried using Borland C++ Compiler but it said the line length exceeds
8308			editor capacity. Is there any other compiler I can use that wouldn't rip a
8309			whole in my wallet. Thank you for your support.
8310	root	1.387	%
8311	root	1.1	["General Information About Using VBScript with Outlook"]
8312			VBScript is designed to be a secure programming environment. It
8313			lacks various commands that can be potentially damaging if used in
8314			a malicious manner. This added security is critical in enterprise
8315			solutions.
8316
8317			http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/1/38.ASP
8318
8319			[Despite this "added security", however, VBscript still can modify,
8320			rename, delete files, modify windows registry entries and send email in
8321			the background]
8322	root	1.387	%
8323	root	1.1	[Phil Agre on the "ILOVEYOU" virus and Microsoft's reaction]
8324			Scott Culp of Microsoft Public Relations, excuse me, I mean Microsoft
8325			Security Response Center:
8326
8327			This is a general issue, not a Microsoft issue. You can write a
8328			virus for any platform. (New York Times 5/5/00)
8329
8330			[and later]
8331			Mr. Culp also says this (CNET 5/5/00):
8332
8333			This is by-design behavior, not a security vulnerability.
8334
8335			[Phil closes]
8336			Microsoft shouldn't be broken up. It should be shut down.
8337
8338			[See also http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html]
8339			[and http://commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.notes.and.recommenda6.html]
8340	root	1.387	%
8341	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier about the "ILOVEYOU" virus]
8342			Expect even worse in the future. Systems running either Microsoft Office
8343			2000 or Internet Explorer 5.0 can be infected with these sorts of viruses
8344			even if the recipient doesn't open the attachment. That's right; if the
8345			system is running Internet Explorer with the default settings, it is
8346			vulnerable. The problem is caused by a programming bug in an Internet
8347			Explorer ActiveX control. Thank you, Microsoft.
8348	root	1.387	%
8349	root	1.1	>Reaching to Fallingbostel was extremely amusing though, germany is
8350			>splitted into two halfs, one that doesn't know Fallingbostel and one
8351			>that 'heard of this place but have no idea where it is' at some point I
8352			>was almost convinced that there is no such place :)
8353
8354			[Trashey / Quasars]
8355	root	1.387	%
8356	root	1.1	Tom Christiansen writes:
8357			> I'm writing perlrtfm. It explains search techniques, not quickfix
8358			> switches plugging bursting dykes by springing more leaks.
8359
8360			Irony potential in
8361
8362			man perlrtfm
8363
8364			is left to the reader.
8365
8366			Nat
8367	root	1.387	%
8368	root	1.1	Do you plan to release support for on-the-fly file and directory compression
8369			and encryption as in NTFSv2?
8370
8371			(Imagine a system that in order to run needs a diskette or CD-ROM disk with
8372			private key - protection never seen except in movies ;-)
8373	root	1.387	%
8374	root	1.1	[Telekom-Techniker, bei einer ISDN-UK0-Messung!]
8375			Ich: Also, einen Layer-1-Connect bekomme ich...
8376			Telekomiker: Layer-1? Was ist das? Aber ich bekomme ja auch gar kein Freizeichen...
8377	root	1.387	%
8378	root	1.1	"I love the way Microsoft follows standards. In much the
8379			same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
8380			Paul Tomblin
8381	root	1.387	%
8382	root	1.1	[recently on p5p]
8383			>I am morally
8384			>convinced that map() was written based on grep()
8385
8386			Considering they use the same op function, I'd say that's a distinct
8387			possibility...
8388
8389			Dan
8390	root	1.387	%
8391	root	1.1	[after the "Welle Erdball" performance on the Mekka&Symposium 2000:]
8392	root	1.388	<jan> bine: du solltest da nicht hingucken, das ist nicht gut fürn kopf
8393	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 :)
8394			<Mr> zugabe
8395	root	1.387	%
8396	root	1.1	"Why upon hearing his arguments I changed my opinion 360 degrees."
8397			Recent comment on the floor of some state legislature
8398	root	1.387	%
8399	root	1.1	DIVIDE EMPLOYEE-EARNINGS BY EMPLOYEE-HOURS GIVING EMPLOYEE-PAY-RATE
8400			[cobol, sigh]
8401	root	1.387	%
8402	root	1.1	It is expected that the Multics system will be published when it is
8403			operating substantially and will therefore be available for implementation
8404			on any equipment with suitable characteristics. Such publication is
8405			desirable for two reasons: First, the system should withstand public
8406			scrutiny and criticism volunteered by interested readers; second, in an
8407			age of increasing complexity, it is an obligation to present and future
8408			system designers to make the inner operating system as lucid as possible
8409			so as to reveal the basic system issues.
8410
8411			Corbat_ & Vyssotsky 1965
8412	root	1.387	%
8413	root	1.1	"Rule #7: Silence is not acquiescence.
8414
8415			"Contrary to what you may have heard, silence of those present is
8416			not necessarily consent, even the reluctant variety. They simply
8417			may sit in stunned silence and figure ways of sabotaging the plan
8418			after they regain their composure."
8419
8420			-- Paul Rinaldo
8421			[see also http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rinaldo.html]
8422	root	1.387	%
8423	root	1.1	On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 12:09:59AM +1000, Chris wrote:
8424			>
8425			> In case you guys havn't noticed...
8426			>
8427			> http://slashdot.org reports that XFS is now released.
8428
8429			Yes, and http://www.freshmeat.net reports:
8430
8431			Error: Unable to connect to MySQL Server ().
8432
8433			;-}
8434
8435			--
8436
8437			ciao -
8438			Stefan
8439
8440	root	1.387	%
8441	root	1.1	> The 'hypervisor' is a new term to me.. Are you refering to the
8442			> Transmeta CPU and it's native mode? If I read you correctly
8443
8444			No its what the S/390 VM is often called. Its a supervisor for supervisor
8445			mode programs so illogically enough its a hypervisor 8). The IBM mainframe
8446			guys thing this kind of set up is routine. Unix is met with
8447			'You mean you cant run a new kernel on test at the same time as the old
8448			one' type remarks.
8449			[Alan Cox]
8450	root	1.387	%
8451	root	1.1	Godwin's Law
8452
8453			As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
8454			involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
8455
8456			[see also http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/]
8457	root	1.387	%
8458	root	1.1	["Stefan im IRC."]
8459
8460			[01:53:07] <coda> anyone know how to get emacs to stop creating the file.name~ files?
8461			[01:53:24] <JanMan> alias emacs=vi
8462			[01:53:31] <coda> haha
8463	root	1.387	%
8464	root	1.1	[remaining problems with OpenBIOS]
8465			Our SDRAM sizing and init code is not very good; we could use good code.
8466			The code we've been offered so far requires memory to work (oops!);
8467			requires a stack (oops!); or assumes a totally configured machine (oops!).
8468	root	1.387	%
8469	root	1.1	[Alan Cox on wether special fs's should have require "//" in their path]
8470			> No :-) It's a feature. Some things are going REAL ugly without such things.
8471
8472			Given //ipc or freebsd, I think I'd pick freebsd. Thats how ugly the idea
8473			is to me ok.
8474	root	1.387	%
8475	root	1.1	"The code is self documenting." -- The Programmer.
8476
8477			"I don't read C." -- The Tech Writer.
8478	root	1.387	%
8479	root	1.1	[Stefan Sebolth, on the CeBIT, while listening to the original c64 "Giana Sisters" tune:]
8480			Haaach, da war die Welt halt noch in Ordnung!
8481	root	1.387	%
8482	root	1.1	Remember, never ask a geek "why";
8483			just nod your head and back away slowly...
8484	root	1.387	%
8485	root	1.1	The thought of implementing something like text and binary modes for
8486			files is a about a frightening for todays kernel developer's as a mouse
8487			to a women in a typical movie of the 50's ;-)
8488
8489			Ralf
8490	root	1.387	%
8491	root	1.1	It may be real, but it's icky. It's too traditional Unix ``I don't
8492			care if we lose 90% of our market base to NT if our competitor loses
8493			95% of THEIR market base!'' to be palatable.
8494
8495			david parsons
8496	root	1.387	%
8497	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8498			> ($host) = gethostbyname('localhost');
8499
8500			>Sadly most UNIX boxes don't add a sane alias to their /etc/hosts file
8501			>so that trick is not portable.
8502
8503			% grep localhost /etc/hosts
8504			127.0.0.1 localhost
8505
8506			--tom
8507	root	1.387	%
8508	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8509			On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:22:05PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
8510			> >But given that most slip drivers I have seen for OS/2 do not do this,
8511			> >the question is moot.
8512			>
8513			> I'll send you a free Unix system.
8514
8515			Thanks, the doors in my house are well-balanced. ;-)
8516
8517			Ilya
8518	root	1.387	%
8519	root	1.1	[Elliott H Mitchell on the reiserfs list]
8520			> Me thinks if unwillingness to use tar over dump will stop you from
8521			> using a better filesystem there will be lots of other reasons that
8522			> will stop you from trying anything new too. So it is not really worth
8523			> trying.
8524
8525			Yeah, if a filesystem randomly lost files and the authors had no plans to
8526			fix it, that would kind discourage one from using it...
8527	root	1.387	%
8528	root	1.1	[Russel Coker on the reiserfs list]
8529			... my old Thinkpad 380XD (Pentium-233 with 3.2G ide hard drive) running
8530			ReiserFS and exporting the file system over 10baseT Ethernet could
8531			outperform local hard drives on an AIX machine running JFS.
8532	root	1.387	%
8533	root	1.1	[Peter Mattis, author of GIMP]
8534			I can't say anything about Rasterman because I've never looked at any of
8535			his code. My only comment about Raster is that he should learn to spell.
8536	root	1.387	%
8537	root	1.1	[David Schwartz on linux-kernel]
8538			> ORBS does not do ANYTHING above try to send few LEGAL
8539			> strings to mailservers with LONG delays. So if you block ORBS you deserve
8540			> blocking :-)
8541
8542			That's not the point. The point is that ORBS claims to be a list of
8543			validated open mail relays, and it's not. It's not supposed to be a list of
8544			people who deserve anything in particular. I'm sure if you talk to the
8545			people who have chosen to block ORBS, you will find that they have their
8546			reasons.
8547
8548			DS
8549	root	1.387	%
8550	root	1.1	[WDR, 19991216 Fernsehen mit Manuel]
8551	root	1.388	Es ist ein Fall bekannt, bei dem sich ein Patient über ein Jahr lang
8552	root	1.1	geweigert hatte, auf die Toilette zu gehen. Dann haben seine Verwandten
8553	root	1.388	und Ärzte ihn dazu überreden können, endlich die Toilette aufzusuchen. Er
8554	root	1.1	hat dabei auf einmal 37 Liter entleert.
8555
8556			Danach lebte er noch ganz normal einige Jahre, bis er, wie in Amerika
8557	root	1.388	üblich, erschossen wurde.
8558	root	1.387	%
8559	root	1.1	> - My Maxtor 27G drive ends up in PIO mode (non-SMP system, but likely
8560			[...]
8561			> Last time I reported this, I had a WDC31600, as hda, and the maxtor as
8562			[...]
8563
8564			You committed a mortal sin in ATA............
8565			You never ever mix WD and Maxtor..........on day I will document why.
8566			Basically these two vendors have timings that are completely incompatable
8567			with each other on the same channel.
8568
8569			IMHO, WD is crap..........however, you may split the two pieces of
8570			hardware and they will work fine under linux and all other OS's.
8571
8572			This rule of "never ever mix WD and Maxtor" is OS independent.
8573	root	1.387	%
8574	root	1.1	[ALF2-Benutzerhandbuch]
8575			"Nur eine tote Festplatte ist eine sichere Festplatte."
8576	root	1.387	%
8577	root	1.1	Physicists write FORTRAN in any language.
8578	root	1.387	%
8579	root	1.1	[OpenBOOT 3.10.6 response to pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del":]
8580			ANY word at all is a candidate.
8581			USE words to see the entire dictionary.
8582			ok
8583	root	1.387	%
8584	root	1.1	[SDF for POD Users]
8585			... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - even Lisp has it's fans. :-)
8586	root	1.387	%
8587	root	1.1	<Xach> schmorp: i haven't been doing any gimpy things lately
8588			<schmorp> xach: well, who is doing gimpy things lately :(
8589			<Xach> schmorp: Mitch
8590			<schmorp> xach: ok.
8591			<Xach> schmorp: you are not keeping pace with the other germans
8592			<Xach> schmorp: you must work more diligently! FOCUS!! DON'T TALK!!
8593			<Xach> burrito, focus
8594			<Burrito> FOCUS you BABOON!
8595	root	1.387	%
8596	root	1.1	[Paul Miller]
8597			... I find Knuth's attitude to be far more logical: "Be careful about
8598			using the following code -- I've only proven that it works, I haven't
8599			tested it." ...
8600	root	1.387	%
8601	root	1.1	Intel Inside -- Idiot Outside!
8602	root	1.387	%
8603	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
8604
8605			Bart Lateur wrote in message <383a4712.942513@news.skynet.be>...
8606			>Petrus Prawirodidjojo wrote:
8607			>
8608			>>So we must compete with Windows CE.
8609			>
8610			>"Please wait while your Toaster shuts down."
8611			>
8612			>"My microwave oven hangs, I have to reboot."
8613			>
8614			>No thank you. :-) I don't think Microsoft somehow can "automatically" be
8615			>the most obvious choice as a supplier of system software for embedded
8616			>systems.
8617
8618
8619			Quite so. Windows CE is rapidly losing what small market share they once
8620			had.
8621
8622			--
8623			Neal Bridges
8624	root	1.387	%
8625	root	1.1	On 27 Nov 1999, sanjay Kumar wrote:
8626
8627			> Hi folks,
8628			> 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?
8629			> please reply to
8630			> sanjay_rect@rediffmail.com
8631			> and sigma_btl@vsnl.com
8632
8633			Parse error.
8634
8635			---
8636			Alex
8637	root	1.387	%
8638	root	1.1	From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
8639
8640			> Why do we really need to support compiling with -ansi when
8641			> including a non-ANSI header file in a C program?
8642
8643			Because some vendors wouldn't recognize a C standard it if hit them. The
8644			amount of code that purports to be ANSI C code, but is in fact nothing of
8645			the sort, has to be seen to be believed.
8646
8647			That doesn't mean that I don't want my program to be clean ANSI C.
8648	root	1.387	%
8649	root	1.1	[one of the few good us movies]
8650	root	1.388	Talk Radio Mediendrama - USA - 1988 - Regie: Oliver Stone * Sein Zynismus wird dem Radiomoderator Barry zum Verhängnis.
8651	root	1.387	%
8652	root	1.1	[guess the language AND the language revision ;)]
8653			ii = 44;
8654			p = &ii;
8655			p = ii/p;
8656			ii++; /* Don't forget to increment ii. */
8657			printf ( "ii = %d\n", *p );
8658	root	1.387	%
8659	root	1.1	> But many systems set the RTC while running Win*ooze. That will affect
8660			> Linux time then.
8661
8662			Here is another microsoft Innovation (TM):
8663
8664			They now allow you to run your BIOS-clock in UTC! (Just like
8665			Linux. Woops. Just gave it away...)
8666
8667			Roger.
8668	root	1.387	%
8669	root	1.1	<Tommer> schmorp, for the next trick, do <frameset> <frame src=dataurl:> <frame src=dataurl:> </frameset> :)
8670	root	1.387	%
8671	root	1.1	auto accident;
8672			register voters;
8673			static electricity;
8674			struct by_lightning;
8675			void *where_prohibited;
8676			char broiled;
8677			short circuit;
8678			short changed;
8679			long johns;
8680			unsigned long letter;
8681			double entendre;
8682			double trouble;
8683			union organizer;
8684			float valve;
8685			short pants;
8686			union station;
8687			void check; unsigned check;
8688			struct dumb by[sizeof member];
8689	root	1.387	%
8690	root	1.1	[I like TV Movie's nexTView comments]
8691			22:40-00:05 (21) ( -34) ARD Mord auf hoher See Inflammable Thriller - USA
8692			- 1995 - Regie: Peter Werner * Stephen King
8693	root	1.388	verhunzt als Regisseur sein Buch im großen Stil.
8694	root	1.387	%
8695	root	1.1	Carmen Lucia Tancredo Borges wrote:
8696
8697			I have a program written in Fortran that runs on an IBM RS/6000
8698			worstation.
8699	root	1.387	%
8700	root	1.1	I wrote
8701			> I hope not. chomp() should match the string in $?, no more or less.
8702			$/
8703
8704			Damn shift key.
8705
8706
8707			Mike Guy
8708	root	1.387	%
8709	root	1.1	[rfc2635]
8710			The term "spam" as it is used to denote mass unsolicited mailings or
8711			netnews postings is derived from a Monty Python sketch set in a
8712			movie/tv studio cafeteria. During that sketch, the word "spam" takes
8713			over each item offered on the menu until the entire dialogue consists
8714			of nothing but "spam spam spam spam spam spam and spam." This so
8715			closely resembles what happens when mass unsolicited mail and posts
8716			take over mailing lists and netnews groups that the term has been
8717			pushed into common usage in the Internet community.
8718	root	1.387	%
8719	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM, November 15, 1999]
8720
8721			The Doghouse: Microsoft Windows CE
8722
8723			Microsoft encrypts your Windows NT password when stored on a Windows CE
8724			device. But if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm, they
8725			simply XOR the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled backwards. Pegasus
8726			is the code name of Windows CE. This is so pathetic it's staggering.
8727
8728			http://www.cegadgets.com/artsusageP.htm
8729	root	1.387	%
8730	root	1.1	: Isn't the point that (void)'grep EXPR, LIST' is now better written as
8731			: 'EXPR for LIST'? Or am I misunderstanding your point here?
8732
8733			It really doesn't bother me if people want to use grep or map in a void
8734			context. It didn't bother me before there was a for modifier, and
8735			now that there is one, it still doesn't bother me. I'm just not very
8736			easy to bother.
8737
8738			The argument against using an operator for other than its primary
8739			purpose strikes me the same as the old argument that you shouldn't have
8740			sex for other than procreational purposes. Sometimes side effects
8741			are more enjoyable than the originally intended effect.
8742
8743			That being said, I'd never grep someone in a void context myself.
8744
8745			Larry
8746	root	1.387	%
8747	root	1.1	[that one's only for insiders...]
8748			> : BASE @ . \ = 10, verified original base was restored
8749			Yeah. :-)
8750	root	1.387	%
8751	root	1.1	[comp.lang.forth]
8752			> Old Antactic Explorers Penguin Recipe:
8753			[...]
8754			> Start fire under pot, raise seawater to boiling point.
8755
8756			Since it is very difficult to find wood on Antarctica, typically
8757			penguins are used to light the fire (due to their fat, they burn well).
8758			I also woudln't use any water, the penguins are fried fine in their own
8759			fat (you can use old fat to heat up the pot for another penguin).
8760
8761			Note that most people in Antarctica have been seal-slayers and
8762			whale-killers, so they were rough people. Usually, they didn't bother
8763			with killing the penguins before setting them on fire. I'm glad this
8764			receipts aren't used anymore.
8765	root	1.387	%
8766	root	1.1	Sie muessen einen PC nicht einschalten um herauszufinden ob Windows
8767			installiert ist. Sehen Sie einfach nach, ob die Aufschrift auf der
8768			Reset-Taste noch lesbar ist.
8769	root	1.387	%
8770	root	1.1	> Erinnert mich an den Kerl bei mir in der Videothek. Hab mir DHY ausgeliehen
8771			> und er sagt doch zu mir: "Ist aber mit Untertiteln." Sag ich: "Na prima!"
8772			> Fragt er: "Wieso, was ist denn daran so interessant, wenn man nichts
8773			> versteht?"
8774	root	1.387	%
8775	root	1.1	[de.alt.anime]
8776			Bei meiner Videothek fliegt ein "Ghost in the Shell" Tape
8777			"Ab18" rum. Das machte mich irgendwie stutzig weil auf
8778			der Schachtel meiner 16er zwei Szenenfotos sind, die im
8779	root	1.388	Film gar nicht vorkommen (ironischer Weise direkt über
8780	root	1.1	dem "Uncut & Unzesored" Schildchen). Andererseits ist
8781	root	1.388	mir völlig schleierhaft, was es bei dem Filmchen zu zensieren
8782	root	1.1	geben soll. Nur die oben beschriebene Feststellung hat diese
8783			Frage erneut aufgeworfen.
8784			ji!
8785	root	1.387	%
8786	root	1.1	I do worry about syntactic clutter, ever since my daughter came
8787			in, looked over my shoulder, and said, "What is that, swearing?"
8788			[Larry Wall]
8789	root	1.387	%
8790	root	1.1	Der letzte untergegangene altisraelitische Stamm war der der
8791			Altpreussen.
8792			- Norbert Marzahn am 15.8.98 in
8793			de.soc.politik.deutschland
8794	root	1.387	%
8795	root	1.1	> > Aber die Theorien, die Norbert aufstellt, ueber zum Beispiel die
8796			> > gegossenen Steinformen, die sich hochdruecken, den fuerchterlichen
8797			> > Kometen, der im vergangenen August die Erde zerstoert hat und solche
8798			> > Sachen find ich wirklich Klasse ;-)
8799			>
8800	root	1.388	> Jau. Und erstmal seine Erklärungsversuche, wenn's mal wieder nichts
8801			> geworden ist (wo bleibt eigentlich der Planet X, der während der
8802	root	1.1	> Syonnenfinsternis auftauchen sollte?)...
8803
8804	root	1.388	Drei Tage Dunkelheit und viele Trümmerteile sollte er bringen, gell,
8805	root	1.1	Norbert?
8806	root	1.387	%
8807	root	1.208	Marzahnismen: http://www.bruhaha.de/normarz.html
8808	root	1.1	Norbert Marzahn sagt: Ich besitze die Mittel, um
8809			"Rechts"- und "Links"-Radikalismus auszuloeschen.
8810	root	1.387	%
8811	root	1.1	http://welcome.to/levitenbuero/
8812	root	1.387	%
8813	root	1.1	<Xach> babelfish.pitney.org: "We may not get it right, but boy are we fast!"
8814	root	1.387	%
8815	root	1.1	Subject: GNU compiler
8816			From: "Steve"
8817			Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:05:03 -0400
8818			To: <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
8819			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0
8820
8821			[the following was a single line, of course]
8822			I downloaded the compiler and am trying to install it and the
8823			instructions seem to be very complicated. Can you help me understand
8824			how to install them? There is no setup file and I have downloaded from
8825			several sites in the thought that I might have the wrong version. Your
8826			assistance would be greatly appreciated
8827
8828			Thanks,
8829
8830			Steve
8831	root	1.387	%
8832	root	1.1	[an "I am doing high end graphic design" type of person:]
8833			> Also, could someone tell me how to calculate DPI of an image? I have not
8834			> managed to figure this DPI system out, for example, if an image is a
8835			> 100?50 pixels, what's the DPI??
8836	root	1.387	%
8837	root	1.1	<tigert> xachbot, op
8838			<XachBot> tigert: I have an 88 magnum. It shoots through schools.
8839			<tigert> ahem
8840	root	1.387	%
8841	root	1.1	<tc> xachbot, acro FOOBAR
8842			-XachBot:#gimp- FOOBAR: FTP Operation Over Big Address Records \| See FUBAR [Net jargon] (cached)
8843			<tc> just when you thought you had something to baffle xachbot
8844	root	1.387	%
8845	root	1.1	[the release of perl 5.000]
8846			Date: Mon, 17 Oct 94 16:48:04 -0700
8847			From: Larry Wall <lwall@scalpel.netlabs.com>
8848			Subject: It's soup.
8849
8850			Okay, it's there.
8851
8852			ftp://ftp.netlabs.com/pub/outgoing/perl5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
8853
8854			The first one who tells me about a bug in it gets shot.
8855
8856			Larry
8857	root	1.387	%
8858	root	1.1	l33+ h4X0rz
8859	root	1.387	%
8860	root	1.1	# A random text generator using Markov chains
8861			perl -e 'while(<>){$f.= $_}@l=split(/\s+/, $f);for($i=0;$i<@l-1;$i++){$W{$l[$i]
8862			}.=" ".$l[$i+1];}sub a{$w=$l[1]}&a;sub b{print "\n"}while($w){if(!($W{$w})){&b;
8863			&b;&a;last if ($q++>3);}print"$w ";@p=split(/ /,$W{$w});$c=@p;until($s=int(rand
8864			($c))){1}$w=$p[$s]}&b' big_text_file
8865	root	1.387	%
8866	root	1.1	> && d'oh! i knew that! can she allow her lusers to use deja? here is the url
8867			> && for the post with the whole description of how i used -P
8868			>
8869			> Well, access to deja isn't forbidden, but access to the keyboard is.
8870			> And there's no mouse.
8871			>
8872			> Abigail
8873
8874			Wow. Someone else who reads usenet by osmosis... cool.
8875
8876			Matt.
8877	root	1.387	%
8878	root	1.1	Ok, our threads aren't so bad. Python's have one big
8879			giant global interpreter lock. :-)
8880
8881			- --tom
8882	root	1.387	%
8883	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
8884			Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
8885
8886			On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Hubert Mantel wrote:
8887			>
8888			> So the huge ISDN update in proposed-2.2.11 will be removed from the final
8889			> 2.2.11 release?
8890
8891			[ Irritated mode: FULL BLAST ]
8892
8893			Are you being stupid on purpose, or were you born that way?
8894
8895			Go back and read the thread. Read why I'm irritated. READ. THINK.
8896	root	1.387	%
8897	root	1.1	Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you want to get the point?
8898	root	1.387	%
8899	root	1.1	["MVS uses quite heavy algorithms for swapping"]
8900			On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 07:55:32PM +0200, Lieven Marchand wrote:
8901			> Last time I looked at it, it got to the point they had moved some
8902			> ASSISTs into microcode. IIRC, some manipulations of the process
8903			> block. I doubt Intel/Sun/MIPS/IBM is going to accomodate Linux quite
8904			> that much ;-)
8905
8906			IBM is really really good on process technology. They have had to be.
8907	root	1.387	%
8908	root	1.1	MVS spends a lot of time running OS algorithms to allow full
8909			preemption that Linux wastes on running user applications.
8910	root	1.387	%
8911	root	1.1	[comments on the gcc-2.95 release]
8912			<QUOTE>
8913			I'm having problems compiling it for HP-UX 10.20. Any ideas?
8914
8915			(I haven't actually finished downloading it yet, but I just know I'm
8916			gonna have problems with this crappy OS ;-)
8917			</QUOTE>
8918	root	1.387	%
8919	root	1.1	The Internet interprets Windows as damage,
8920			and routes around it.
8921
8922			Roger Larsson
8923	root	1.388	Skellefteå
8924	root	1.387	%
8925	root	1.1	[configuring gcc]
8926			Noone should use --prefix=/usr without --with-local-prefix=/usr/local
8927	root	1.387	%
8928	root	1.1	'You can solve any programming problem with another level of indirection,
8929			except the problem of too many levels of indirection.'
8930	root	1.387	%
8931	root	1.1	[http://www.itknowledge.com/tpj/issues/vol4_1/tpj0401-0015.html]
8932
8933			Z-code interpreters have also been written in Java; unfortunately, when it
8934			comes to cross-platform compatibility, Java's user-interface classes are
8935			finicky and unstable--just ask anyone who's tried to reason with the AWT
8936			on different JVMs.
8937
8938			[and later]
8939
8940			Pilfer is a practical implementation of two of the cardinal rules of
8941			adventure gaming:
8942
8943			1.Anything that is not nailed down is mine.
8944			2.Anything that I can pry loose is not nailed down.
8945	root	1.387	%
8946	root	1.1	[the \|\|-operator can be thought of as "or", && can be thought of as
8947			"and", but how would you call the ??-operator?]
8948
8949			>>>>> "NK" == Nathan Kurz <nate@valleytel.net> writes:
8950
8951			NK> ?? -> huh?
8952
8953			That's a great name. The huh? operator.
8954
8955			<chaim>
8956	root	1.387	%
8957	root	1.1	`One of the reasons we continue to use Fortran is that it's easier to fix
8958			code written without attention to such details in Fortran than in other
8959			languages. To put it another way, Fortran is the only language where
8960			people who barely get by with their numerical skills can "write useful
8961			numerical code." Many times those people are the only experts in their
8962			specialty available to put a needed procedure into practice.'
8963	root	1.387	%
8964	root	1.1	[Moderator der Sending "Teatime" auf "Radio Okerwelle", 1999-07-12]
8965	root	1.388	Ich muß schließlich hören was ich sage, damit ich weiß, was ich denke.
8966	root	1.387	%
8967	root	1.1	[Dr. Dobbs #8, 1999, describing how you can AVOID downloading or executing
8968			Java applets, scripts and ActiveX controls while _parsing_(!) an html
8969			page]
8970			... you must utilize IOleControl::OnAmbientPropertyChange with the
8971			value DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Before you can do this, however, you
8972			must call IOleObject::SetClientSite so that IOleControl will work
8973			properly. This is the reason you derive from IOleClientSite, even
8974			though you don't extend its functionality in any way. After the call to
8975			OnAmbientPropertyChange, IE4 will call your Invoke method to check the
8976			value of DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Invoke simply sets the correct bits to
8977			disable the behaviour you don't want and returns NOERROR.
8978			[Still interested in knowing how you can disable the "file not found"
8979			dialog box that will pop up when you try to parse a non-accessible file?]
8980	root	1.387	%
8981	root	1.1	[Linus, whom I quote rarely ;-]
8982			Message passing as the fundamental operation of the OS is just an
8983			excercise in computer science masturbation. It may feel good, but you
8984			don't actually get anything DONE.
8985	root	1.387	%
8986	root	1.1	Advantages of Windows NT over Linux:
8987			* It's easier to explain the crash was not your fault.
8988			* You've to remember only one solution all to your problems: Reboot.
8989			* You can use your mouse to type an email-message.
8990	root	1.387	%
8991	root	1.1	> 1) On the PIII, there is the capability to get a system unique serial
8992			> number from the CPU. Does Linux read this data already? Is there plans to
8993			> read the serial number and then disable the capability (maybe so you could
8994			> get the serial number from the OS)?
8995
8996			Current Linux disables it and doesn't save the value.
8997	root	1.387	%
8998	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM 1999-06-15]
8999			"Microsoft set the security state-of-the-art back 25 years with DOS, and
9000			they have continued that legacy to this day."
9001	root	1.387	%
9002	root	1.1	[From "The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature", by Thomas Scoville]
9003			"In a world increasingly dominated by image culture (TV, movies, .jpg
9004			files), UNIX remains rooted in the culture of the word."
9005	root	1.387	%
9006	root	1.1	> If it is clearly documented that will not happen.
9007
9008			Yeah, sure. Unfortunately, if the "correct" treatment of this feature
9009			means to change a dozen source files (and rth's comments make me fear
9010			that that's the case), the chance that someone, somewhere forgets to say
9011			exactly why these changes were necessary (and on what other changes in
9012			other files they depend) is far larger than I want to consider. We've
9013			seen this before. Lucky we are that some long time gcc-hackers are
9014			still among us, who might remark: Oh yes, that's undefined by the C
9015			Standard, but it happens to be an extension gcc supports ... Seen that,
9016			got the T-shirt.
9017	root	1.387	%
9018	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9019			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
9020			Date: Fri, 4 Jun 99 10:00:16 PDT
9021			To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
9022			Cc: craig@jcb-sc.com, jbuck@Synopsys.COM, mark@codesourcery.com,
9023			davem@redhat.com, chip@perlsupport.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
9024			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
9025
9026			Linus writes, to Craig:
9027
9028			> I haven't maintained a compiler long-term. I _have_ maintained a larger,
9029			> and arguably mode complex system with many more degrees of freedom and
9030			> thus choices than gcc.
9031
9032			No, gcc is substantially larger than the Linux kernel (on the order of 10x
9033			larger, as anyone can easily verify). gcc does not need to deal with race
9034			conditions, so in that sense it is simpler, but in other respects it is
9035			far more complex than the kernel.
9036
9037			[NOTE for the reader: this is not really true, as the device drivers
9038			bomb the comparison away, but the complexity argument still holds]
9039
9040			[ personal insults deleted, perhaps the author is in need of a vacation ]
9041	root	1.387	%
9042	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9043			From: craig@jcb-sc.com
9044			To: torvalds@transmeta.com
9045
9046			>I want the _user_ to be able to give input.
9047			[...]
9048			>I happen to think that the "explicit cast invalidates the alias
9049			>information" rule is the simplest and best one, and gives the user the
9050			>best control without adding things like new attributes or other ways to
9051			>let the user be in control.
9052
9053			In other words, you believe you are a better language designer than
9054			the ISO C people as well as the gcc maintainers, despite the fact
9055			that you know, what, nothing about language design, and nothing
9056			about compiler design and, especially, long-term maintenance of
9057			compilers?
9058	root	1.387	%
9059	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9060			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
9061
9062			Linus writes:
9063			> Oh, you don't expect me to complain about bad code generation when I know
9064			> gcc could do better?
9065
9066			Oh, don't worry, we expect you to complain, and in a rude and insulting
9067			matter at that. We're used to it. It seems that you were a nicer guy
9068			before you had so many worshippers.
9069	root	1.387	%
9070	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9071			From: Branko Cibej <branko.cibej@hermes.si>
9072			Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:07:09 +0200
9073			To: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
9074			X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; I)
9075
9076			Linus Torvalds wrote:
9077
9078			> I think it's a damn shame that instead of technical arguments _everything_
9079			> revolves around people reading the standard as if it was the bible, and
9080			> trying to make people feel guilty for not really caring. It's not a sin to
9081			> just want to get good code without having to do magic contortions, guys.
9082
9083			Why, Linus, it's trivial to do! Use MSVC instead of egcs, then you can do
9084
9085			#pragma optimize("a", on/off)
9086
9087			around every single statement, if you like. It even supports anonymous unions
9088			_and_ structs, and is only slightly influenced by the ISO C standard.
9089
9090			They'll even sell you a version that can generate code for the alpha!
9091
9092			>:->
9093
9094			Brane
9095
9096
9097			P.S.: Just for the record: I, a "real user" and (imnsho) a "clever programmer"
9098			who "know what I'm doing", at least most of the time, and who do not "read the
9099			standard as if it were a bible", vote for having a standard-conforming
9100			compiler that's not bloated by a ton of marginally useful (or even useless)
9101			features. If I want featuritis, I know where I can get it.
9102
9103
9104			P.P.S: They can't even spell "optimise" ...
9105	root	1.387	%
9106	root	1.1	You can have it Soon, Cheap, and Working; choose two
9107	root	1.387	%
9108	root	1.1	"Scientific" studies have found that a 2.2.x Linux router with
9109			fast-switching enabled, using Tulip 100baseT cards, can melt a
9110			high-end Cisco's 100baseT interfaces.
9111	root	1.387	%
9112	root	1.1	1) Thread switching is faster than process switching by a little bit on Linux
9113			2) Process switching on linux is faster than thread switching on NT
9114			3) Almost anything is faster than process switching on NT
9115	root	1.387	%
9116	root	1.1	[gimp-developers, on the use of keyboard modifiers for drawing tools]
9117
9118			> Simple. Powerful. Fast. Choose at most two.
9119
9120			Perhaps this should be an option in the preferences dialog? :)
9121	root	1.387	%
9122	root	1.1	[perl is cryptic??]
9123			Subject: @{$${->{{{{~{}~{{{NO CARRIER
9124			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
9125			Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:55:37 +0300 (EET DST)
9126
9127			We have still a long way to go-- from the zsh-workers mailing list:
9128
9129			: Just thought of a trivial way to take a lot of grief out of parameter
9130			: substitution. This patch makes the following valid:
9131			:
9132			: ${${${${(f)"$(typeset)"}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }
9133			:
9134			: replacing the equivalent but grotesquer
9135			:
9136			: "${(@)${(@)${(@)${(@f)$(typeset)}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }"
9137	root	1.387	%
9138	root	1.1	Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier
9139	root	1.387	%
9140	root	1.1	> \|> Spoken as a true C programmer. However you are wrong. Case-preserving, but
9141			> \|> insensitive, is the CORRECT way for file systems. Capitalization should not
9142			> \|> matter for interpretation of a file name just as it doesn't matter for
9143			> \|> interpreting words in any human language.
9144			>
9145			> This is wrong. In German, there is a big difference between "paar" und
9146			> "Paar" (the first meaning "a few", the second "pair").
9147
9148			The classic example:
9149
9150			"Ich habe liebe Genossen in Moskau" - I've got dead comreds in Moscow.
9151			"Ich habe Liebe genossen in Moskau" - I enjoyed love in Moscow.
9152	root	1.387	%
9153	root	1.1	[do we need oo-style IO::File class in perl?]
9154			>_You_ aren't gonna code "use IO::File".
9155
9156			And there's no reason for anyone else to, either, especially
9157			once Nick finishes the Larry-blessed autovivification of
9158			lvaluabled undefs in open(), socket(), etc.
9159
9160			What's next, a String class for Perl?
9161
9162			--tom
9163	root	1.387	%
9164	root	1.1	[some example of the kind of mail I sometimes receive:]
9165			i was just trying to help u out not hurt you in anyway ok i have the fbi
9166			working on something for me
9167			u havent done anything to me ok and the sherriffs department came by to talk
9168			to me nutting concerning y ok
9169			piece
9170			russ
9171	root	1.387	%
9172	root	1.1	[From "Basic Information about Unix", common commands:]
9173
9174			pico (text editor for beginners)
9175			vi (text editor for advanced users)
9176			emacs (text editor for advanced users)
9177			ed (text editor for beginners)
9178	root	1.387	%
9179	root	1.1	There is no reason in principle that a Perl script shouldn't start with
9180
9181			use Python;
9182
9183			and appear to work exactly like Python from there to the end of the file.
9184			Except maybe faster. :-)
9185
9186			Larry
9187	root	1.387	%
9188	root	1.1	> Perl6 gives us an opportunity to re-examine every feature at a microscopic level.
9189
9190			just what I'm afraid of... I thought this was to be Perl6, not Perl
9191			2010.
9192
9193			(Perl 2010: The Spaced Oddity?)
9194	root	1.387	%
9195	root	1.1	The X.25 specification is not a particularly easy document to
9196			read. Contrary to expectations, it does not make great use of diagrams
9197			and tables that help to explain the workings of the protocols that
9198			it contains. Instead the document makes use of many ambiguous English
9199			descriptions of the actions that should take place, allied with a complete
9200			lack of fluency in its prose descriptions, make for a very confusing
9201			document. It is a wonder that any correct X.25 implementations have ever
9202			been created.
9203	root	1.387	%
9204	root	1.1	> Joe: (walking into McDonalds) Hi, I'd like a Big Mac.
9205			>
9206			> Cashier: Okay, here's your Big Mac and here's your Coke. That'll be
9207			> $3.99.
9208			>
9209			> Joe: Uh, I don't want a Coke.
9210			>
9211			> Cashier: Sorry, they're bundled.
9212			>
9213			> Joe: What? I'm not paying for a Coke!
9214			>
9215			> Cashier: You don't; the Coke is free.
9216			>
9217			> Joe: But wasn't a Big Mac $2.49 last week?
9218			>
9219			> Cashier: Sure, but this latest Big Mac is far more innovative. It's
9220			> got integrated Coke!
9221			>
9222			> Joe: I already bought a Snapple across the street... I'm not going
9223			> to drink the Coke.
9224			>
9225			> Cashier: Then you can't have the burger.
9226			>
9227			> Joe: Okay, fine, I will pay the $3.99 and throw the Coke away.
9228			>
9229			> Cashier: Oh, you can't do that. They're seamlessly integrated. Totally
9230			> inseparable.
9231			>
9232			> Joe: How can that be? They're two totally separate things!
9233			>
9234			> Cashier: No, watch. (takes Big Mac, dunks it in a tank of Coke) See?
9235			>
9236			> Joe: Why did you just do that?!
9237			>
9238			> Cashier: It's a benefit to the consumer. Otherwise you'd end up with
9239			> two different, inconsistent tastes. This way you're assured of a
9240			> continuous taste across all your foods.
9241	root	1.387	%
9242	root	1.1	Threads are like salt. I like salt, you like salt, we all
9243			like salt, but we eat more pasta than salt.
9244	root	1.40	Rob Pike
9245	root	1.387	%
9246	root	1.1	From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
9247
9248			Don't be bitten by Perl, get crushed by Python.
9249			Python: Perl for the punctuation-phobic.
9250			It takes 4 days for a python to digest a hamster, but only 2 days
9251			for you to digest this book.
9252			Python: it's really better but nobody uses it.
9253			Python: just for the whitespace of it.
9254			Join The Trickle
9255			Python: more popular than Dylan!
9256			Python: not written by crackheads in a gutter!
9257			Are you uptight? Try our new Python Hangups series.
9258	root	1.387	%
9259	root	1.1	Well Microsoft announced this new language called COOL which I can
9260			honestly say that I have seen NO CRAPPY CODE written in. OTOH it appears
9261			that to achieve this miraculous status by the simple technique of being
9262			complete and utter vapourware.
9263
9264			Microsoft, taking the Business out of COBOL.
9265	root	1.387	%
9266	root	1.1	[From "Programming Perl"]
9267
9268			We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a
9269			programmer: laziness, impatience and hubris
9270	root	1.387	%
9271	root	1.1	[Alexander Stepanov, creator of the STL]:
9272
9273			Yes. STL is not object oriented. I think that object orientedness is
9274			almost as much of a hoax as Artificial Intelligence. I have yet to
9275			see an interesting piece of code that comes from these OO people. In
9276			a sense, I am unfair to AI: I learned a lot of stuff from the MIT AI
9277			Lab crowd, they have done some really fundamental work: Bill Gosper's
9278			Hakmem is one of the best things for a programmer to read. AI might
9279			not have had a serious foundation, but it produced Gosper and Stallman
9280			(Emacs), Moses (Macsyma) and Sussman (Scheme, together with Guy Steele). I
9281			find OOP technically unsound. It attempts to decompose the world in
9282			terms of interfaces that vary on a single type. To deal with the real
9283			problems you need multisorted algebras - families of interfaces that
9284			span multiple types. I find OOP philosophically unsound. It claims that
9285			everything is an object. Even if it is true it is not very interesting -
9286			saying that everything is an object is saying nothing at all. I find OOP
9287			methodologically wrong. It starts with classes. It is as if mathematicians
9288			would start with axioms. You do not start with axioms - you start with
9289			proofs. Only when you have found a bunch of related proofs, can you
9290			come up with axioms. You end with axioms. The same thing is true in
9291			programming: you have to start with interesting algorithms. Only when you
9292			understand them well, can you come up with an interface that will let them
9293			work.
9294			[...]
9295			You can't write a generic max() in Java that takes two arguments of some
9296			type and has a return value of that same type. Inheritance and interfaces
9297			don't help. And if they cannot implement max or swap or linear search,
9298			what chances do they have to implement really complex stuff? These are my
9299			litmus tests: if a language allows me to implement max and swap and linear
9300			search generically - then it has some potential.
9301			[...] Java is clearly an example of a money oriented programming (MOP).
9302			It might be successful - after all, MS DOS was - and it might be a
9303			profitable thing for all your readers to learn Java, but it has no
9304			intellectual value whatsoever.
9305
9306			[Later, on OMG protocols like CORBA]
9307			I am old enough to remember all the networking standards that were coming
9308			out in the seventies. Who remembers them now?
9309	root	1.387	%
9310	root	1.1	[Stiftung Warentest "test", WDR 19990419:]
9311	root	1.388	"Schlechtes muß nicht billig sein..."
9312	root	1.387	%
9313	root	1.1	[/bin/false on solaris]
9314			#!/usr/bin/sh
9315			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
9316			# All Rights Reserved
9317
9318			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
9319			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
9320			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
9321
9322			#ident "@(#)false.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */
9323			[obvious invocation of exit snipped to avoid lawsuit. Yup, 1 line.]
9324	root	1.387	%
9325	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.
9326	root	1.387	%
9327	root	1.1	When a tar built for SunOS runs under Solaris, it's incapable of opening
9328			or creating files with "lib/locale" in the path. It replaces that part of
9329			the path with "lib/oldlocale".
9330	root	1.387	%
9331	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier in CRYPTO-GRAM, 19990315]
9332
9333			"Microsoft prefers to treat security holes as a public relations problem,
9334			rather than fixing the actual problem."
9335
9336			[further down: the official answer from Microsoft about a problem where
9337			just viewing a website would invisibly run unrestricted code on your
9338			machine]
9339
9340			"Microsoft appreciates your input regarding this issue, however in lieu
9341			of modern technology being what it is, we all need to be personally
9342			responsible for knowing what we are downloading off the internet."
9343
9344			[see http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/sec/chrono.html]
9345	root	1.387	%
9346	root	1.1	[Steve Funston wrote to me, after I unsubscribed him from gimp-perl for
9347			spamming:]
9348
9349			>fuck you ass hole duh you are just a big fucker
9350			>>
9351			>>An error was generated by your request to our servers:
9352			>>------------------------------------------------------
9353			>>
9354			>>Your Email: bfunston@mich.com
9355			>>
9356			>>ERROR: You are not a member of this list.
9357
9358			[and later, misquoting my name:]
9359			>mark is not only a big fat liar but he is an ass hole.
9360	root	1.387	%
9361	root	1.1	[How much of the microsoft shares does Bill Gates hold?]
9362			He has 19.8%. Paul Allen has 5.5%. Steve Ballmer has 4.7%.
9363	root	1.387	%
9364	root	1.1	> And what's wrong with being named Peter?
9365			If linus was peter, Linux would be called penix? (just guessing) ;)
9366	root	1.387	%
9367	root	1.1	According to Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q216641, Microsoft Windows
9368			95/98 are limited to an uptime of exactly 49.7 days.
9369
9370			--found by Vincent Janelle (Random)
9371	root	1.387	%
9372	root	1.1	> Leave that to RMS.
9373
9374			If you had just sat through the horrific panel with Larry,
9375			RMS, Richard, and Linus, you would want to leave a whole lot
9376			else to RMS -- like a couple of megatons of the manure that
9377			he's full of.
9378
9379			Support BSD/Linux.
9380
9381			--tom
9382	root	1.387	%
9383	root	1.1	"The FSF is a cult -- don't support them." --Rob Pike
9384	root	1.387	%
9385	root	1.1	We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
9386	root	1.387	%
9387	root	1.1	> Perhaps the cracker himself (itself? ;) isn't bright enough to delete shell
9388			> history, but his shrink-wrapped cracking tools might be a lot brighter...
9389
9390			Some of them are. A surprising number aren't. A personal favorite of
9391			mine was the log from a cracker who couldn't figure out how to untar
9392			and install the trojan package he'd ftped onto the machine. he tried a
9393			few times, and then eventually gave up and logged out.
9394	root	1.387	%
9395	root	1.1	[on channel #gimp]
9396
9397			[msg(Xachbot)] insult me
9398			[XachBot(xachbot@home.xach.com)] schmorp: David Miller would never approve of that.
9399	root	1.387	%
9400	root	1.1	[the creation]
9401			http://www.toodarkpark.org/caffeine-cgi-bin/textfile/net-hx.txt
9402	root	1.387	%
9403	root	1.1	THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #12: LITHP
9404
9405			This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of
9406			an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said
9407			to be useful in protheththing lithtth.
9408	root	1.387	%
9409	root	1.1	Ich zog hier nur einen Pseudoschluss aus dieser sache, den ich nicht
9410			selbst schliesse.
9411			Norbert Harry Marzahn, selbsternannter "Judaaer"
9412			am 13.12.98 in de.alt.ufo
9413	root	1.387	%
9414	root	1.1	According to Gurusamy Sarathy:
9415			> "Resistance is futile, you will be modularized."
9416
9417			No:
9418
9419			use Borg;
9420			make_threat(-type => 'standard', -doom => 'modularized');
9421
9422			--
9423			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
9424	root	1.387	%
9425	root	1.1	"And over here, ladies and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to
9426			the 'posicks box', a mechanism within one of the late 20th century
9427			sub-I hardware gestalt integration agents (then called 'operating
9428			systems', this particular one being referred to as 'windows' by
9429			its commercial-mimetic sustainer), designed so as to provide the
9430			appearance and functionality required to comply with one of the few
9431			agreed-upon integration schemas (sub-I, of course) available at the
9432			time. Unsurprising given the non-integration imperitives used by the
9433			agent's sustainter, this mechanism was demonstrated to be an ingenious
9434			non-integration ploy that, while supporting the integration schema,
9435			failed to support the local interconnect schemas that this agent
9436			specialized in. This produced a classic focus rift in the knowledge
9437			pool, benefiting the sustainer in the short run due to the focus
9438			concentration facilities available to commericial-class mimetic
9439			sustainers. Practically, this wasn't a significant loss, in the long
9440			run, as neither the 'windows' or 'posicks' schemas were relevant to
9441			modern quasi-I agents. These two do live on, however, in a few niches.
9442			'posicks' is used as the integration schema between most nano-scale
9443			logic units (a fact that only a few meta-experts still need to be
9444			aware of), and 'windows' survives, for religious-mimetic reasons, as
9445			the human-communication agent in a few stereotypical toasters and soap
9446			dispensers."
9447
9448			[Kenneth Albanowski]
9449	root	1.387	%
9450	root	1.1	Perl ist ein Schmerzmittel.
9451			Wenn Du bei der Speicherverwaltung oder der Stringverarbeitung
9452			unter C Schmerzen hast, nimm Perl.
9453			-- Kristian Koehntopp
9454	root	1.387	%
9455	root	1.1	> Why Windows NT Server 4.0 continues to exist in the enterprise would be a
9456			> topic appropriate for an investigative report in the field of psychology or
9457			> marketing, not an article on information technology -- John Kirch
9458	root	1.387	%
9459	root	1.388	[bei einer mündlichen Nachprüfung in BWL, Uni Hamburg]
9460	root	1.1
9461			Prof: "Was ist Agio?"
9462	root	1.388	Student: "Weiß ich nicht."
9463	root	1.1	Prof: "OK, durchgefallen!
9464	root	1.388	Student: "Ich habe aber Anspruch auf drei Fragen in der mündlichen Prüfung!"
9465	root	1.1	Prof: "Klar, was ist Disagio?"
9466			Student: "..."
9467			Prof: "...und was ist der Unterschied zwischen Agio und Disagio?"
9468			Student: "..."
9469			Prof: "...durchgefallen!"
9470	root	1.387	%
9471	root	1.1	Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com> writes:
9472
9473			> Just morbid curiosity,
9474			>
9475			> Are there _any_ unix boxes that _can't_ build Perl?
9476
9477			Yes. Broken ones.
9478
9479			dgris
9480	root	1.387	%
9481	root	1.1	"The kerastion is a musical instrument which cannot be heard."
9482			-- A Borges story in ten words.
9483	root	1.387	%
9484	root	1.1	"C combines the power of assembly language
9485			with the flexibility of assembly language."
9486	root	1.387	%
9487	root	1.1	...
9488
9489			<AOL>
9490
9491			Me too!
9492
9493			</AOL>
9494
9495			Tig
9496	root	1.387	%
9497	root	1.1	ping -p 2b2b2b415448300d <hostname>
9498	root	1.387	%
9499	root	1.1	unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;umount;sleep
9500	root	1.387	%
9501	root	1.1	From: Dick Balaska <dick@buckosoft.com>
9502
9503			I sit behind an NT dual P2/400 256MB for too many hours each day. It is
9504			"slow". One of my (fun) tasks is CD mastering. When i'm loading a 500MB
9505			wav file into the editor, the machine goes useless for two minutes while
9506			loading the wave file. Basically its just reading the file and writing it
9507			to swap. The CPU is at 5%. No Alt-Tab between apps during that time. No
9508			chance of putting the mouse over a button (too many dropped ticks). The
9509			NT kernel is just sitting waiting for I/O completions.
9510
9511			Linux would be embarrassed to be that bad.
9512
9513			I expected M$ to never fix this because its not "broken". However, i
9514			expect billg to start reading the above mentioned literal benchmarks and
9515			get really really pissed.
9516
9517			Especially since i believe 1999 and 2000 to see Linux really start
9518			to cut into M$'s server market share.
9519	root	1.387	%
9520	root	1.1	> Hello I'm wondering if there's a lower traffic mailing list that exists
9521			> that's strictly important kernel announcements and not general chat. I
9522			> need to stay informed but I can't handle 250 messages in a 24 hour
9523			> period.
9524			>
9525			> Sorry for the insignificant post..
9526			> Nic
9527			>
9528
9529			Thank you for contributing to the problem.
9530
9531			-hpa
9532	root	1.387	%
9533	root	1.1	grep... grep... grep... (frog with unix stuck in his throat)
9534	root	1.387	%
9535	root	1.1	"If users are made to understand that the system administrator's job is to
9536			make computers run, and not to make them happy, they can, in fact, be made
9537			happy most of the time. If users are allowed to believe that the system
9538			administrator's job is to make them happy, they can, in fact, never be made
9539			happy."
9540			- - -Paul Evans (as quoted by Barb Dijker in "Managing Support Staff", LISA '97)
9541	root	1.387	%
9542	root	1.1	From: "Daniel P. Stasinski" <dannys@KAREMOR.COM>
9543			Subject: Microsoft Hotmail
9544			To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
9545
9546			I contacted Microsoft/Hotmail asking them to close the account
9547			of that was listed in the backdoored tcp wrapper source code.
9548			I also forwarded the offending code.
9549
9550			The word back from them is that they will not close it. Theft
9551			of passwords and hacking does not violate thier terms of
9552			service.
9553
9554			Daniel
9555	root	1.387	%
9556	root	1.1	Any UNIX-killer must also have:
9557			...
9558			* cool name like Linux (serious, these fail: GNU Hurd FreeBSD 386BSD)
9559	root	1.387	%
9560	root	1.1	"Not all things worth doing are worth doing well."
9561			It's a phrase I use a lot. :-)
9562			[RJL]
9563	root	1.387	%
9564	root	1.1	As John Whittaker says: ``It's UNIX. That doesn't necessarily mean it's
9565			right.''
9566	root	1.387	%
9567	root	1.1	[Richard Stallman on the new _Pragma operator in C9X:]
9568
9569			Amazing--they actually listened.
9570	root	1.387	%
9571	root	1.1	That "UNIX" term is very negative. People often associate it with
9572			SCO OpenServer, Wyse terminals, and 60 people on a 386. The UNIX
9573			that people know is just awful. It looks something like this:
9574
9575			# less foo
9576			sh: command not found
9577			# more foo
9578			sh: command not found
9579			# emacs foo
9580			sh: command not found
9581			# ed foo
9582			0
9583			help
9584			?
9585			quit
9586			?
9587			exit
9588			?
9589			DIE!!!!!!!!!!
9590			?
9591
9592			[Albert D. Cahalan]
9593	root	1.387	%
9594	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Stop blib warning in future releases?
9595			From: andreas.koenig@anima.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
9596			Date: 05 Jan 1999 03:15:37 +0100
9597
9598			tim> Sure. Strictly speaking
9599
9600			tim> use blib ':quiet';
9601
9602			tim> would be most correct in style.
9603
9604			Only German native speakers are allowed to treat adverbs adjectively.
9605			For the rest I'd recommend [...]
9606	root	1.387	%
9607	root	1.1	[A new U.S. Law implementing a WIPO treaty]
9608			No person shall circumvent a technological protection measure that
9609			effectively controls access to a work protected under this title
9610			[Or, in other words, applied cryptanalysis will be illegal.
9611			too bad --- ]
9612	root	1.387	%
9613	root	1.1	Microsoft - Is it going to work today?
9614	root	1.387	%
9615	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [gimp-devel] GIF plugin legal issues
9616
9617			> Actually, my understanding is that Unisys doesn't currently enforce the
9618			> licensing cost on free software, but maybe I am mistaken.
9619
9620			The general wording, spoken by an unnamed GIMP developer, is, if you'll
9621			pardon the language, "Unisys can go fuck itself."
9622	root	1.387	%
9623	root	1.1	[once on linux-kernel:]
9624			> >who are you why on yahoo when iprint sf16fmi i fond you i need drv
9625			> Does anyone have the secret decoder ring to make sense of this?
9626			he's confused about us showing up in a search match on yahoo, but needs
9627			driver(s) for his sf16fmi thingy.
9628	root	1.387	%
9629	root	1.1	> Did you try to compile kdeadmin from the CVS tree ?
9630
9631			No I ran the KDE binaries. Im not interested in broken programs that
9632			include wrong #include files in their source.
9633	root	1.387	%
9634	root	1.1	[unix-faq]
9635
9636			Someday, you are going to accidentally type something like
9637			"rm * .foo", and find you just deleted "" instead of ".foo".
9638			Consider it a rite of passage.
9639	root	1.387	%
9640	root	1.1	"There's one word that strikes fear into nuclear scientists..."
9641			"Oops."
9642			-- MST3K
9643	root	1.387	%
9644	root	1.1	Seems like 80-bit spills would be closer to IEEE, if not close enough to
9645			claim full support. Off-hand I'd say people would be happier with
9646			those numeric properties than with the current situation.
9647
9648			I'll think about the esoterica (probably break down and ask people here).
9649			It would certainly make gcc the most reliable x86 floating-point compiler
9650			I know. Sun's does something similar to -ffloat-store by default (gee,
9651			look at how fast that ultra is), and Microsoft's runs off the end of the
9652			stack at run-time . I don't know what Intel's does, so I'm not considering
9653			it. ;)
9654	root	1.387	%
9655	root	1.1	>I was using the localtime function to change time_t into it's various
9656			>human-readable parts. I noticed that $year gets returned as 98 and
9657			>not 1998. I tested a few different unices and got the same result.
9658			>This is expected behavior based on the examples I've seen and my own
9659			>testing. My question is how is this y2k compliant?
9660
9661			What part of your C library's documentation on localtime(3), the perlfunc
9662			documentation on the Perl localtime function, the perlfaq4 entry on `Does
9663			Perl have a year 2000 problem?', and the Y2K document on www.perl.com
9664			did you find to be unclear on the answer to this question?
9665
9666			--tom
9667	root	1.387	%
9668	root	1.1	> * Have you ever wondered how life began ?
9669
9670			In a laboratory somewhere at Bell Labs.
9671
9672			>Why does it end ?
9673
9674			Ask the X3J11 committee.
9675
9676			> * Can you tell WHY there is life ? What is the purpose of it ?
9677			> * Can YOU do anything to make your life worth living ? WHAT ?
9678
9679			To promote the the DEATH OF ANSI C! K+R FOREVER! DOWN WITH PORTABILITY!
9680	root	1.387	%
9681	root	1.1	"Unix is Perl's IDE!"
9682			-- Tom Christiansen
9683	root	1.387	%
9684	root	1.1	[Sputnik]
9685
9686			Do you honestly think the Americans would mention a Soviet success? :-)
9687			A number of years back I saw an exhibition in the US on the development of
9688			supersonic passenger aircraft. They forgot to mention Concorde. It
9689			wouldn't surprise me in the least if most people at NASA had never heard
9690			of Sputnik.
9691	root	1.387	%
9692	root	1.1	NTFS by default adds unnecessary serialization to an extent that
9693			even older file systems such as FFS do not, and its performance
9694			characteristics reflect that. In fairness, it should be said that it is
9695			the superior approach for most removable media without software control
9696			of ejection (e.g. IBM PC floppies).
9697	root	1.387	%
9698	root	1.1	Never attribute to malice what could as well be explained by stupidity.
9699			- Hanlons razor -
9700	root	1.387	%
9701	root	1.1	Shallit's Razor: Never attribute to conspiracy what may be adequately
9702			explained by stupidity or incompetence.
9703	root	1.387	%
9704	root	1.1	According to Chris Nandor:
9705			> I thought about creating a web interface to input, edit, delete entries,
9706			> but that would have taken me longer, been more complex and less secure, and
9707			> offered no significant advantages.
9708
9709			That one's in the quotes file. Thanks.
9710	root	1.387	%
9711	root	1.1	My friend who had a Compaq called one day when his built-in cdrom drive
9712			stopped responding. Their answer "its a virus. Reinstal Windows". So he did
9713			(?) and it still didn't work. He called them and they said "its a virus,
9714			reinstall." "But I just installed. If there is a virus, it came from YOUR
9715			quick restore disk." "No, no virus there, but you DO have a virus. My paper
9716			in front of me says so."
9717
9718			He took it back and bought a Gateway.
9719	root	1.387	%
9720	root	1.1	9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis aequinoctium recedat,
9721			statuimus bissextum quarto quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere,
9722			praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis bissextiles antea semper
9723			fuerint, qualem etiam esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui
9724			deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes bissextiles sint, sed in
9725			quadringentis quibusque annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto
9726			transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus bissextilis sit, ita ut
9727			annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more
9728			consueto dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX continente,
9729			idemque ordo intermittendi intercalandique bissextum diem in
9730			quadringentis quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.
9731	root	1.387	%
9732	root	1.1	You obviously have not dealt with Microsoft Winnt 4.0
9733			and all the Service Pack then. While one Service Pack
9734			did somewhat correct the Y2K problem was not aware that
9735			2000 was in fact a leap year. There was no way to set
9736			the date to Feb 29, 2000.
9737	root	1.387	%
9738	root	1.1	"Ernst Lehmann, die Organisationsredundanz beim Cluster-Treffen"
9739	root	1.387	%
9740	root	1.388	HP Computer NEWS 3/98 about HP 2000/CN printer (page 24): "Darüber
9741	root	1.1	hinaus ... hat der HP 2000C/CN durch den Einsatz von Intel MMX-
9742			Technologie Zugriff auf deren Farbtabellen und kann so Farbbilder
9743			schneller verarbeiten" (A mistake made when translating. It's hard to
9744			get the wrong meaning if translated back to English, sorry.)
9745	root	1.387	%
9746	root	1.1	From: Robert Lipe
9747			> > I program computers with no screens and no keyboards for a living.
9748			> > Switches and front-panels are a LUXURY! :-)
9749			>
9750			> But I guess you are not _programming_ these computers without a keyboard
9751			> and/or screen.
9752
9753			Are you familiar with the Vulcan Mind Meld?
9754	root	1.387	%
9755	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [fwd from comp.lang.python] Re: Python 2 ideas [Re: access
9756			From: Tuomas Lukka <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>
9757
9758			On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
9759			> use pedantic;
9760			> use strict 'code';
9761			>
9762			> or whatever is the syntax to switch Perl into 'dull'/'pythonish' mode.
9763
9764			use syntax 'python';
9765
9766			Let's just embrace&extend'em ;) ;)
9767
9768	root	1.387	%
9769	root	1.1	Thus it was written in the epistle of Larry Wall,
9770			>
9771			> Having discussed all this thoroughly at the Hacker's Conference this
9772			> past weekend, I've come to the conclusion that Y2K will be traumatic
9773			> primarily because people think it will be traumatic. A panic is a
9774			> panic whether or not it's justified. People get trampled in panics.
9775			>
9776			> It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy. :-)
9777	root	1.387	%
9778	root	1.1	[rfc1925]
9779			Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).
9780	root	1.387	%
9781	root	1.1	[Alan Cox, why not port hurd to sgi, instead of linux]
9782			> A possible minus is the message-passing between the servers which might
9783			> be time-consuming.
9784
9785			"Yesterdays technology, next week" to quote an OSI saying
9786	root	1.387	%
9787	root	1.1	UNIX versions of ctags handle the C language, and often Pascal and Fortran
9788			77. Sometimes, they even handle assembly language. Almost universally,
9789			however, they do not handle C++...
9790			[from "learning the vi editor"]
9791	root	1.387	%
9792	root	1.1	> correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a thread about this a few
9793			> months back that resolved the ping -f localhost as a ping bug.
9794
9795			Indeed, as Alan Cox said:
9796
9797			So get a non-buggy ping(8) client.
9798
9799			and as Ecclesiastes said:
9800
9801			Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been
9802			already of old time, which was before us.
9803			There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any
9804			remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
9805
9806			Regards,
9807			Tigran.
9808	root	1.387	%
9809	root	1.1	SNMP stands for Security Not My Problem
9810	root	1.387	%
9811	root	1.1	[slightly broken, though...]
9812			/* "Hello World" in B for 64-bit hardware! */
9813			hw [0] "Hello World.*n";
9814			main(){
9815			extrn hw;
9816			putchar(0[hw]);
9817			hw=+1;
9818			putchar(0[hw]);
9819			}
9820	root	1.387	%
9821	root	1.1	> So what comes first the chicken or the egg? :)
9822
9823			The egg. Always. By definition.
9824	root	1.387	%
9825	root	1.1	> > PPS: Robert, I just made my first y2k fix to that script ;()
9826			>
9827			> Better check your scsi cables.
9828	root	1.387	%
9829	root	1.1	Arroganz durch Wissen
9830			[Dirk Jagdmann]
9831	root	1.387	%
9832	root	1.1	[Re: Pegasus - Gut oder Boese?]
9833			> Weil er sie dabei ja unterstuetzt. Da er aber (abgesehen von den ersten
9834			> ein- oder zweimal) nur auf Anrufen von Rosa-Girl erscheint, koennte man es
9835			> auch anders herum sagen. wenn CU Pfeift, kommt er angaloppiert 8))
9836
9837	root	1.388	was aber leider bedeutet, daß usa die Rennsemmel ständig mit
9838	root	1.1	sich rumschleppen mu?. ^_-
9839			Nur weil die Kleine die Bimmel hat!
9840
9841	root	1.388	Und wer weiß, was dieses pädophile Pferd eigentlich noch so
9842	root	1.1	bezwecken will... ^_-
9843	root	1.387	%
9844	root	1.1	>James :\
9845			>
9846			>I apologize for adding a message to this possibly trivial thread.
9847
9848			I like your sig. I hope you use it for everything you post.
9849	root	1.387	%
9850	root	1.1	From: Mason <mason@schwanda.resnet.tamu.edu>
9851			Subject: night of the undead ip stack
9852			Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:03:19 -0600 (CST)
9853	root	1.387	%
9854	root	1.1	> The person who decides to invent UNICODE support for Linux
9855			> is just asking for a black eye.
9856
9857			But Unicode for NT is such fun!
9858
9859			For example, the checked DbgPrint() bluescreens above DISPATCH_LEVEL
9860			if you try to print a Unicode string--the Unicode->ASCII
9861			translation tables are marked as pageable.
9862
9863			Since as far as I know, printk() does not have any format specifiers
9864			that cause obscure kernel panics, Linux is clearly behind in this
9865			area.
9866	root	1.387	%
9867	root	1.1	Linux: a no problem operating system for no problem people.
9868			[Lukas Grunwald]
9869	root	1.387	%
9870	root	1.1	http://dd.sh/perlfs/:
9871
9872			THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL (PRE-ALPHA) VERSION OF THE PERL FILESYSTEM.
9873			EVEN WHEN IT LOADS WITHOUT CAUSING A KERNEL PANIC, IT WILL LOCK UP
9874			YOUR MACHINE, DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA, KIDNAP YOUR FAMILY AND
9875			(DEPENDING ON SAID FAMILY'S CONFIGURATION) SHOOT YOUR CAT, DOG, AND/OR
9876			FIRST-BORN CHILD.
9877	root	1.387	%
9878	root	1.1	[a comment on http://dd.sh/perlfs/]
9879			Forget GNU/Linux. /PerL/inux will conquer all.
9880
9881			kill 0,1 if -x '/PerL/inux'; # request kernel mode
9882	root	1.387	%
9883	root	1.1	[Tim Hollebeek on real arithmetic]
9884			On a machine with a sane floating point model, the results make sense.
9885			For example, my SGI workstation prints:
9886
9887			0.00000000000000011102 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000020000 1.00000000000000040000
9888
9889			However, a machine with the Intel FPU from hell gives:
9890
9891			0.00000000000000000005 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000
9892
9893			due to the fact that whether 1+x and 1 are the same number depends on whether
9894			the numbers are in the FPU or not.
9895	root	1.387	%
9896	root	1.388	[Grüner Tip/Arte]
9897	root	1.1	Ihre Nachbarn sind zu laut und feiern andauernd Parties? Kein Problem, ihr
9898	root	1.388	Bohrer wird nachts um zwei spielend mit _jedem_ Lärm fertig....
9899	root	1.387	%
9900	root	1.1	Remember, eating healthy doesn't make you live longer, it just makes it seem
9901			longer...
9902	root	1.387	%
9903	root	1.1	[M$ about unix development tools like GCC]
9904			By the standards of the novice / intermediate developer accustomed to
9905			VB/VS/VC/VJ, these tools are incredibly primitive.
9906	root	1.387	%
9907	root	1.1	> > Praha is nice and our university is interesting, since it is according
9908			> > to tests most complex and impractical computer science university on the
9909			> > world :) I just love it...
9910			>
9911			> Oh well, great that I won't be studying there...
9912			>
9913			It is really fun.... just now I have lesson (that reminds me that I really
9914			should go now) about set theory and infinity... it is really fun and very
9915			practical...
9916			for example that you have cinema with infinity chairs and infinity plus one
9917			person wants to see movie... what do yo do?
9918			Just let sit down the first infinity persons and then last person ask first
9919			one to move to second chair, second one to move to third and so on and
9920			everyone fits.. isn't that great to know? :))
9921
9922			Jan Hubicka
9923	root	1.387	%
9924	root	1.1	> template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> A {};
9925			[...]
9926			> I think that this construction is allowed by the ANSI C++.
9927
9928			No, it is not. What you meant is
9929
9930			template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> class A {};
9931	root	1.387	%
9932	root	1.1	Jan Dubois writes:
9933			> A) perl-5.00553
9934			> path = \perl\5.00553\bin\MsWin32-x86\perl.exe
9935			> cc = cl.exe
9936			A performance analysis compiling with M$ compiler? Get real!
9937
9938			[...]
9939
9940			Ilya
9941	root	1.387	%
9942	root	1.1	>Shouldn't the kernel compile with all combinations of options.
9943
9944			Yes. Feel free to fix it and send a patch.
9945
9946			p.
9947	root	1.387	%
9948	root	1.1	[tomc]
9949			Jean-Louis provides four arguments in favor of the overloading of the
9950			logical && and \|\| operators. Here they are:
9951
9952			+------------------------------------------+
9953			\| Other languages, notably C++, permit it. \|
9954			+------------------------------------------+
9955
9956			This one is hardly persuasive. Many languages do innumerable things
9957			that Perl does not do. Just for example, take:
9958
9959			* Csh reparses and re-evals interpolated strings, allowing something
9960			like C<$cmd $var> to do interesting things.
9961			* The Fortran lexer (as it were), having no need of white space to
9962			infer tokens, allows C<DO I=1.10> and C<DO I=1,10> to coexist in an
9963			interesting way.
9964			* Icon has an entirely different notion of success and failure,
9965			allowing expressions like (X < Y < Z) to do interesting things.
9966			* Scheme has call-with-continuation, allowing co-routines to do
9967			interesting things.
9968			* C++ has template classes with abnormal typing rules even for that
9969			language, allowing parameterized meta-classes to do interesting
9970			things.
9971	root	1.387	%
9972	root	1.1	Make is like Pascal: everybody likes it, so they go in and change it.
9973			--Dennis Ritchie
9974	root	1.387	%
9975	root	1.1	perl -wlpe '}{$_=$.' file # Count the number of lines.
9976	root	1.387	%
9977	root	1.1	[not quite duff's device, but...]
9978
9979			switch (x)
9980			default:
9981			if (prime(x))
9982			case 2: case 3: case 5: case 7:
9983			process_prime(x);
9984			else
9985			case 4: case 6: case 8: case 9: case 10:
9986			process_composite(x);
9987	root	1.387	%
9988	root	1.1	Is there any truth to the rumor that the number appearing
9989			after the words "Microsoft Windows" is the minimum amount of memory,
9990			in megabytes, required for execution?
9991
9992			Craig Milo Rogers
9993	root	1.387	%
9994	root	1.1	Mark Mielke writes:
9995			> This statement is false. The simple fact that school textbooks teach it
9996			> to be indeterminate should be enough to convince you of that.
9997
9998			This is just another reference point about the state of education in
9999			US (apparently in Canada too?).
10000
10001			Ilya
10002	root	1.387	%
10003	root	1.1	[from p5p]
10004			> Now you know why threading is experimental and all, buddy.
10005
10006			Experimental schexperimental. Anything that doesn't cause an
10007			immediate coredump is not experimental. :-) (Observant readers will
10008			note that this is a more rigorous standard than Microsoft's.)
10009
10010			Nat
10011	root	1.387	%
10012	root	1.1	Needless to say, Linux awk is probably gawk, which has been taking too
10013			much steroids for a while. =)
10014
10015			--Albert Dvornik
10016			<bert@genscan.com>
10017	root	1.387	%
10018	root	1.1	Subject: Re: zero width lookbehind considered slow
10019			From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
10020			Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:40:37 -0500
10021
10022			>You do not understand? Perl is slow...
10023
10024			Ilya: You are formerly invited to go play in the python
10025			or tcl crowd instead of here.
10026
10027			--tom
10028	root	1.387	%
10029	root	1.1	>What's it? Can linux be improved too? Or has it already been improved?
10030
10031			Linux has never done anything so stupid in the first place.
10032
10033			Linus
10034	root	1.387	%
10035	root	1.1	On the 8th day god created email. And got noted the world was good. Then the
10036			devil added HTML mail...
10037	root	1.387	%
10038	root	1.1	linux/lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
10039			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c: /* Fuck me plenty... */
10040			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */
10041	root	1.387	%
10042	root	1.1	On 1998-10-11T02:37:57,
10043			Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
10044
10045			> Believe me Microsoft think Linux is a threat now. Its level with things like
10046			> java in their perceived threat list, so you can expect all the usual MS
10047			> techniques to start coming this way and very soon.
10048
10049			Arm the gnus!
10050	root	1.387	%
10051	root	1.1	[David Miller after (another) endless discussion with Richard Kenner]
10052
10053			Anyways, I tired (just like everyone else) of arguing endlessly with
10054			you, you're in the past, you no longer constrain my ability to improve
10055			gcc, so go away.
10056	root	1.387	%
10057	root	1.1	I received my copy of Visual Studio 6.0 today. I couldn't believe that it
10058			wanted to install the C++ compiler into a directory called:
10059
10060			"\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98"
10061
10062			But anyways, I just had to find out if it was finally possible to compile
10063			Perl (without PERL_OBJECT) with optimization (-O2).
10064	root	1.387	%
10065	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
10066			> So it could be 5.006 for the developers, but "ThreadPerl" or "Perl with
10067			> Multithreads" (or some such) for the journalists, if that's what
10068			> journalists need to make them pay attention.
10069
10070			Down that path lies "Perl version 5.006, codename `Ticklish Uvula',
10071			was released today" madness.
10072	root	1.387	%
10073	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
10074			> elaine> 5.1 would be a good thing(tm) as it would draw attention,
10075			> elaine> etc. in a way that a developers versioning would. The
10076			> elaine> world is not populated by people who think the same
10077			> elaine> way. To that end, this would be a good change. Of course,
10078			> elaine> we could call it Perl99.
10079			>
10080			> To me, Perl seems to be recognized for it's language qualities, not
10081			> for marketing reasons. IMHO, perl may keep this difference with other
10082			> wintel product. More than that : Perl99, would let believe people that
10083			> it is not Y2K proofed, or still in beta (<1.00). So it's not a good
10084			> marketing name, anyway.
10085
10086			Right. Then, to be Y2K compliant, we'll have to call it Perl1999. Hmmm.
10087			"The year perl left earth's orbit"? Maybe we need to get the NASA guys to
10088			put perl on the next low-cost spaceshot.
10089
10090			Of course, then c.l.p.m's motto could be "We do not commit mindless
10091			violence..." :-)
10092	root	1.387	%
10093	root	1.1	Rule 1 says that Larry says that Larry has the last say, unless he changes
10094			his mind in which case he still has the last say.
10095	root	1.387	%
10096	root	1.1	> >I never said it did.. I should have said: Binary only drivers encourage
10097			> >poor drivers
10098			>
10099			> No it doesn't.
10100
10101			Indeed. Its down to
10102
10103			Profit = (units * margin) - overhead
10104
10105			and the folks who decide "overhead" arent the programmers but the management.
10106			The folks who say "you have two weeks allocated to write this driver, then
10107			we ship it" are the folks to take the issue up with, and that goes source
10108			or binaries.
10109	root	1.387	%
10110	root	1.1	dig txt leap.yp.to
10111	root	1.387	%
10112	root	1.1	"The fact that I'm paranoid doesn't mean that nobody's after me..."
10113	root	1.387	%
10114	root	1.1	[linux-kernel on endianess issues with NIPQUAD]
10115
10116			\|> Do I read this correct?!? Is it more acceptable to have a bug[*],
10117			\|> than a not optimal fix?!?!?
10118			\|>
10119			\|> s/optimal/stupid/
10120
10121			What's stupid is little endian. <g>
10122
10123			Andreas.
10124	root	1.387	%
10125	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10126			...
10127			A closely related question is `What is 1 minute before 23:59:60?''.
10128
10129			Here's a good one: `What is 1 month before 1 February 1995 in
10130			Kiritimati?''. There was no 1 January 1995 in Kiritimati; they
10131			skipped a day by moving the clocks ahead 24 hours. Similar issues
10132			arise when asking about times that occur within smaller, more typical
10133			UTC offset changes. A number of obscure questions arise here, and I'm
10134			not sure it's worth standardizing all the answers.
10135	root	1.387	%
10136	root	1.1	[D.J.Bernstein on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10137
10138			Paul Eggert writes:
10139			> which I am calling the `modified TIME_TAI''
10140
10141			Your time differences break down near leap seconds. Ever watched xntpd
10142			try to handle a leap second? Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble.
10143	root	1.387	%
10144	root	1.1	For binary only drivers you can assume most vendors will build x86 only
10145			however.
10146
10147			"We don't have the tools"
10148			"We can't support a non intel build"
10149			"We don't have that sort of machine"
10150			"Its not worth the time cost"
10151			"Whats an Alpha ?"
10152	root	1.387	%
10153	root	1.1	On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
10154
10155			> The original message was received at Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:39:56 -0400
10156			> from mini [10.0.0.3]
10157			>
10158			> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
10159			> <mailproc@fred>
10160			>
10161			> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
10162			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10163			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10164			> procmail: can't load library 'libc.so.5'
10165			> 554 <mailproc@fred>... unknown mailer error 16
10166	root	1.387	%
10167	root	1.1	> Here is the difficulty with this discussion:
10168			> No documented problem
10169			> No reason to believe that the "solution" solves the unspecified "problem"
10170			> No clear understanding of the effects of this change on the system
10171			>
10172			> Why, this could be a discusion among AIX developers!
10173	root	1.387	%
10174	root	1.1	> This would be a reasonable committee-like compromise that might
10175			> satisfy neither of us (:-).
10176	root	1.387	%
10177	root	1.1	By default Microsoft has set Explorer to use gz files as VRML, you need to
10178			change the association for .gz / vrml from "start vrml program" to "always ask"
10179
10180			dave
10181	root	1.387	%
10182	root	1.1	On 10 Aug 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10183			DG> You're not programming MS-DOS applications are you?
10184
10185			BP> Hell no. I wouldn't touch MS-DOS with a ten-foot network cable.
10186	root	1.387	%
10187	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10188
10189			Date: 10 Oct 1998 15:35:05 -0000
10190			From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
10191
10192			Paul Eggert writes:
10193			> * 29 February if it's a leap lear, 28 February otherwise.
10194
10195			If that's 1 month before 31 March, then what's 1 month before 30 March?
10196			1 month before 29 March?
10197
10198			The same as 1 month before 31 March.
10199
10200			1 month before 28 March?
10201
10202			28 February.
10203
10204			And what's 1 month after 28 February? 1 month after 27 February? 1 month
10205			_before_ 27 February?
10206
10207			28 March, 27 March, and 27 January.
10208	root	1.387	%
10209	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10210
10211			>Nils Goesche wrote:
10212			>> So make a security check first:
10213			>>
10214			>> if (status = UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK)
10215			>> launch_full_counterstrike();
10216			>
10217			>Hmmm. The way the worlds been going lately, AI wouldn't trust that code to
10218			>do the job. Here's the revised version:
10219			>
10220			>if(status == UNDER_NULEAR_ATTACK); /* Corrected dangerous
10221			> = instead of == error*/
10222			> launch_full_counterstrike();
10223			>
10224			>Now isn't that much more reliable?
10225			>
10226			>--
10227			>Email: cyrand@hotmail.com
10228
10229			The following variant is less reliable but much safer:
10230
10231			if (status == UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK); /* Correct dangerous
10232			launch_full_counterstrike (); = instead == error */
10233	root	1.387	%
10234	root	1.1	It is even more cheerful than that. Not so long time ago a customers
10235			of ours totally destroyed his NT installation on Alpha.
10236
10237			He found on a manufacturer page, no money - for a download, "NT driver"
10238			for his particular piece of a hardware. So he followed instructions
10239			to the letter - "Installation Wizzard" and all that crap - and the thing
10240			happily installed clobbering, as it is customary in these circles,
10241			essential system libraries with its own versions. The catch was that
10242			this driver was for NT/Intel and these bozos did not even bother to
10243			check for an architecture or at least mention something in some blurb.
10244			Ooops! No chance even to try to boot anymore.
10245
10246			The saving grace was that the installation was rather new, so loses
10247			were not big, and he had an opportunity to practice an essential skill
10248			of re-installing Windows NT. Ah, and yes, this was the only NT driver
10249			available for that hardware from any source.
10250			What do you plan on doing? Using a PA system for networking? :)
10251			Whats next? A Smell modem? It would bring a new meaning to packet
10252			sniffing!
10253	root	1.387	%
10254	root	1.1	"I'd rather spend 10 hours reading source code than 10 minutes on a
10255			technical support line that isn't"
10256	root	1.387	%
10257	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
10258			`This code fills 8 million seats, we therefore decide what's standard.''
10259	root	1.387	%
10260	root	1.1	[...]
10261			And especially with new machines users have a lot of clout. Several UK
10262			suppliers now carry Buslogic cards partly because they got fed up of
10263
10264			"I'd like to order a dual PII/300, 256Mb of RAM, 17" monitor
10265			4 4Gig IBM disks, and a buslogic scsi controller"
10266			"We dont do buslogic only adaptec"
10267			"Nothing else"
10268			"Sorry"
10269			[Click]
10270
10271			Alan
10272	root	1.387	%
10273	root	1.388	Fünfzig Prozent der Amerikaner wurden in ihrer Kindheit sexuell mißbraucht,
10274			während weitere fünfzig Prozent von Außerirdischen entführt wurden.
10275	root	1.387	%
10276	root	1.1	> Let's not forget that this is just an informal, free
10277			> software project. Unlke the US House of Representatives
10278			> we do not yet posess nuclear capability (certain RTEMS
10279			> users excepted, of course!).
10280
10281			Hmmm, if some RTEMS users have nuclear facilities attached to their
10282			systems, they might be well advised to be careful using FORTRAN as
10283			their language of choice. The comp.lang.fortran FAQ states (with
10284			concurrence from resident X3J3 members) that "using a non-standard
10285			construct might start WW III, if the necessary (optional) hardware
10286			is installed"
10287
10288			[Toon Moene in private discussion]
10289	root	1.387	%
10290	root	1.1	Newsgroups: alt.config
10291
10292			L. Harris wrote:
10293			>
10294			> Testing
10295
10296			you failed.
10297	root	1.387	%
10298	root	1.1	Roswell {Unit 6 of 5 Sam Borg} Coverup [Rev. joWazzoo - well mannered despammer]
10299			<JOWazzoo@WhiteICE.com> at We are Sam Borg Spam Assimilators Ltd. - Area 51 HQ
10300	root	1.387	%
10301	root	1.1	Perl is really designed more for the guys that will hack Perl at least
10302			20 minutes a day for the rest of their career. TCL/Python is more a
10303			"20 minutes a week", and VB is probably in that "20 minutes a month"
10304			group. :) -- Randal Schwartz
10305	root	1.387	%
10306	root	1.1	> alternative, when it comes to stability and power...Not to mention the
10307			> fact that bugs and fixes are very quickly available and don't come in
10308			> 18MB+ "Service Packs" :).
10309
10310			What, you mean you _paid_ for service pack '98?
10311	root	1.387	%
10312	root	1.1	We got this INTERNET because we whan't more information ( to learn ) now it
10313			seem's people can't handle what they see. You say freedom is a mater of
10314			choice (well it is) you have the freedom to choose to carry your butt some
10315			where else...
10316	root	1.387	%
10317	root	1.1	Steve Orzel (phloam@vol.com) wrote:
10318			[...]
10319			: The purpose of the newsgroup is to help out other people that have questions
10320			: about a certain topic.
10321	root	1.387	%
10322	root	1.1	Mark Robinson wrote:
10323			>
10324			> Does any have any source code to games that I can have? Does anybody
10325			> know where I can get game sources(legally)?
10326
10327			Here's the trial version of the three-room text adventure I'm going to
10328			write. I'm not finished yet, though.
10329
10330			void main (void)
10331			{
10332			printf ("You are in a dark room.\n");
10333			printf ("\n");
10334			printf ("You feel a sharp pain.\n");
10335			printf ("You have died.\n");
10336			printf ("\n");
10337			printf ("!!! GAME OVER !!!");
10338			}
10339
10340			(Don't tell, but I took some of the code from Quake.)
10341
10342			--
10343			John Kugelman. kugelman@mnsinc.com
10344	root	1.387	%
10345	root	1.1	[mail I got after releasing a zip-password cracker, the second biggest
10346			mistake I ever made]
10347
10348			From: "Tom Miller"
10349			Subject: Can
10350			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10351
10352			Hay man can you send me some hacking tips and tricks please
10353			send to kymmiller@bigpond.com
10354			my name is Tom Miller
10355
10356			From: "Tom Miller"
10357			Subject: Wait
10358			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10359
10360			Hey man its Tom can you also send me any easy systems to hack and the
10361			passwords also send me any infomation about hacking websites thank you
10362	root	1.387	%
10363	root	1.1	From: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy)
10364
10365			[...] then think a little before flaming. Or better yet, produce something
10366			better. Flaming is easy but it is basically masturbation without the orgasm
10367			so why bother? [...]
10368	root	1.387	%
10369	root	1.388	Günter Höns <guenter.hoens@gmd.de>
10370	root	1.1
10371			Newsgroups: de.alt.ufo
10372
10373			Offensichtlich ist noch keinem das Wasser-Wachstum aufgefallen, das sogar
10374			jeden Tag geschieht. Jeden Tag waechst der Wasserberg im Meer um mehrere
10375			Meter, ist dann naeher an der Sonne und verdunstet dann. Sogenannte
10376			Wissenschaftler haben eine abenteuerliche Theorie ueber den Einfluss des
10377			Mondes auf dieses Wachstum aufgestellt, aber inzwischen wissen wir es
10378			besser: Die Wasser-Molekuele werden von Neutrinos getroffen, und verdoppeln
10379			sich dann.
10380	root	1.387	%
10381	root	1.1	CRASH(8)
10382			no fs
10383			A device has disappeared from the mounted-device table.
10384			Definitely hardware or software error.
10385
10386			Unix Version 7 Manual
10387	root	1.387	%
10388	root	1.1	On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Larry Wall wrote:
10389			>
10390			> Maybe Pi looks like this:
10391			>
10392			> =for C
10393			> i++; /* add 1 to i */
10394			> =end
10395			> =for C++
10396			> i.value() += 1; // add 1 to i, probably
10397			> =end
10398			> =for Java
10399			> system().foo().bar().i().value().please().increment(); // ???
10400			> =end
10401			>
10402			> :-)
10403	root	1.387	%
10404	root	1.1	> > USENET is not the non-clickable part of WWW!
10405	root	1.387	%
10406	root	1.1	[on linux 2.1.111]
10407
10408			The horrid underlining which was a feature with the monochrome Linux vt's on
10409			the previous two releases of the kernel has gone. Unfortunately, so has the
10410			cursor. A couple of brief experiments didn't result in me finding a way to
10411			turn it on.
10412	root	1.387	%
10413	root	1.1	[...]
10414			its a true story, it happend this weekend in a nice country
10415			between Belgium (wellknown for its Dutroux-case) and Germany
10416			(wellknown for its Bratwurst), lets call it the Lowlands...
10417			[...]
10418	root	1.387	%
10419	root	1.1	I get a sense of god-like proportions when I patch /dev/kmem with dd(1).
10420
10421			Chad C Giffin
10422	root	1.387	%
10423	root	1.1	[usenet, an anology]
10424			Mary Green's car was smoking. She got worried. "Whatever should I do?"
10425			worried Mary... Well, as she drove along she noticed a florists shop. "Aha!
10426			Thought Mary, "Flour shops are full of thoughtless men who need to apologize to
10427			their wives. These men are the sometimes the same ones I see swearing under
10428			the hoods of their cars in the shade of a tree."
10429
10430			"Brrring" said the bell of the door to the flower shop as Mary poked her head
10431			through the door.
10432			"HELP!!! MY CAR IS SMOKING!" Screamed Mary.
10433			"There is a garage right next door." Said the shopkeeper.
10434			"That's right," Said Melvin, "And there is a parts store across the street. If
10435			you ask for Fred, he's pretty savvy about that kind of stuff."
10436			Now Joe was also in the flower store. This was his first time in trouble, so
10437			he did not hear the 30 or 40 people per day who came in screaming about their
10438			cars smoking (mostly men, of course -- the ones under the shade trees,
10439			usually.)
10440
10441			"Why don't you help the stinking lady!!" Screamed Joe. "It might be your
10442			muffler bearings..." he continued. Or maybe it's your deisel glow plugs or
10443			your tire pressure..."
10444			Now Tim, also new to the flower shop felt the courage to chime in, "Or it could
10445			even be your cooling system. Sometimes a hose gets a crack."
10446			"My car smoked once and it was an oil leak, where the head gasket was spraying
10447			oil in the manifold." Hollered Larry
10448			"Hey lady, why don't you get your car the patch if it's smoking" chortled Glen.
10449			Well, the hollering went on into the evening, and the lady finally went to the
10450			gas station and found that the heater core had a tiny split and was repaired in
10451			three days for a cost of $175.23.
10452	root	1.387	%
10453	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10454
10455			Sicher, das macht der Inzest, und die Isolation!:)
10456	root	1.387	%
10457	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10458
10459			Stimmt, deswegen waren sie wohl auch die ersten, die Hitler hinterherliefen...
10460			:-(
10461	root	1.387	%
10462	root	1.1	>Mt 24,34 Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Dieses Geschlecht wird nicht vergehen, bis
10463			>dies alles geschieht.
10464			>Und es verging nicht.
10465
10466			So what?
10467
10468			Ich dachte eher an:
10469
10470			" 'Und sein Wabbel wird an einer Lanze aufgespiesst', wiederholte der
10471			Oberste Groesste Meister grimmig. Im Hintergrund knarrte etwas, als
10472			Bruder Pfoertner versuchte, das klemmende Portal zu oeffnen. 'Sind wir
10473			jetzt alle soweit? Befinden sich vielleicht noch andere Unwissende
10474			unter uns,die sich verirrt haben?' fuegte er mit aetzendem Sarkasmus
10475			hinzu. 'Gut. Wunderbar. Ich bin ja _so_ froh. Vermutlich brauche ich
10476			nicht zu fragen, ob die vier Wachtuerme geschlossen sind, oder? Oh,
10477			ausgezeichnet. Hat sich jemand die Muehe gemacht, der Heiligen Hose
10478			die Beichte abzunehmen? Ach, tatsaechlich? Auf die richtige Art und
10479			Weise? Und wenn ich nachsehe? Na schoen. Sind vor den Fenstern die
10480			roten Kordeln des Intellekts gespannt worden? Gut. Nun, dann koennen
10481			wir jetzt vielleicht beginnen.' ".
10482
10483			Terry Pratchett, "Wachen! Wachen!", S. 15f
10484
10485			Antje
10486	root	1.387	%
10487	root	1.1	[....]
10488
10489			Da muss ich ja, obwohl ich beinahe meinen Humor verloren haette, leise
10490			grinsen. Ich darf zusammenfassen: Du bringst uns keine Beweise, weil Du 1.
10491			zu arm und 2. zu sehr ausgelastet mit der Rettung der Welt und der Zukunft
10492			und so bist. Ausserdem brauchst Du keine Beweise, weil sich Dein
10493			Gedankengebaeude nach eingehender Nabelschau als selbsttragend erwiesen hat.
10494			Finde ich gut! Akzeptiert!
10495
10496			Da will ich nicht weiter stoeren,
10497
10498			Antje
10499	root	1.387	%
10500	root	1.1	It seems that writing to /dev/vcs0 makes the console singing "Ugh,
10501			lalala, I love you baby..."
10502			--
10503			Pavel.Janik@inet.cz
10504	root	1.387	%
10505	root	1.1	On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
10506			>
10507			> Kubys
10508
10509			Kubys is my evil twin brother. Sorry about that.
10510
10511			Linus
10512	root	1.387	%
10513	root	1.1	> eieio stands for "Enforce In-Order Execution of I/O".
10514
10515			.... and it is definitely my favorite name for an assembly language
10516			instruction (the non-native-English speakers on the list presumably
10517			don't know the childhood song "Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O").
10518	root	1.387	%
10519	root	1.1	> It is big and never uses.
10520
10521			That's parses like English, but I'll be hornswoggled if I can figure
10522			out what it means.
10523			--
10524			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
10525	root	1.387	%
10526	root	1.1	[...] HP's PA-8500, for example, has 1.5 Mbytes of L1 cache on-chip. The
10527			company has described the 8500 as a cache SRAM with an ancillary CPU. [...]
10528	root	1.387	%
10529	root	1.1	From: Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
10530			Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 06:10:31 -0400
10531
10532			Terry L Ridder wrote:
10533
10534			> at some future date end up being released under the BSD License is what
10535			> is being discussed.
10536
10537			Well my licence is bigger then your licence.
10538	root	1.387	%
10539	root	1.1	[gtk/testgtk, after dragging & dropping an object:]
10540
10541			Drop data of type text/plain was:
10542
10543			Bill Gates demands royalties for your use of his innovation
10544
10545			[and the button reads]
10546
10547			Continue with life in spite of this oppression
10548	root	1.387	%
10549	root	1.1	Joshua Waxman <jwaxman@ymail.yu.edu> writes:
10550
10551			While DJGPP is indeed a C as well as a C compiler, there are certain
10552
10553			A terribly succinct, as well as a true, statement. However, it has a
10554			certain amount of redundancy.
10555	root	1.387	%
10556	root	1.1	Compatibility with oneself is Microsoft's greatest strength. When they hit
10557			the 64 bit transition they will hit a major internal incompatibility problem.
10558
10559			...
10560
10561			Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
10562	root	1.387	%
10563	root	1.1	>Hello,
10564			>
10565			>I am new to Perl. Can anyone tell me where I can download a full
10566			>operational Perl version for a Windows 95 system?
10567			>
10568
10569			Of course it all depends on what you mean by "a full operational Perl
10570			version" Perl on Win32 has limitations that are largely due to the
10571			nature of the underlying OS, Perl on Win95 has further limitations
10572			compared with NT due to its own shortcomings .
10573	root	1.387	%
10574	root	1.1	An injunction delaying Windows 98 would clearly have a negative impact
10575			on the country as a whole.
10576			Compaq President & CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer,
10577			explaining why Microsoft shouldn't be
10578			prosecuted under anti-monopoly laws.
10579	root	1.387	%
10580	root	1.1	With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am
10581			limited by my knowledge. --Peter J. Schoenster <pschon@baste.magibox.net>
10582	root	1.387	%
10583	root	1.1	There is a need to keep from being locked into Open Systems. --IBM sales rep
10584	root	1.387	%
10585	root	1.1	In comp.lang.perl.misc,
10586			Stylin <stylinsty@yahoo.comREMOVE> writes:
10587			:Can anyone point me to the algorithm for creating a unique id?
10588
10589			$id = `cat /dev/kmem`;
10590
10591			--tom
10592			--
10593			Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)
10594			--Larry Wall in <8571@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
10595	root	1.387	%
10596	root	1.1	Newsgroup: comp.lang.perl.misc
10597			Subject: Larry 1 Bill 0
10598	root	1.387	%
10599	root	1.1	On 3 Jul 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10600
10601			> The only problem with these AIs is that they don't handle references
10602			> to themselves as AIs very well. In faSegmentation fault (core dumped)
10603			> NO CARRIER
10604			> !@&#@#%T^@&(GUSD(@!&(@#R(FERHGH*(@#(&$&#@Y!&R
10605	root	1.387	%
10606	root	1.1	> People come here to ask questions, not for intellectual gratification, but
10607			> rather they are seeking solutions. As such, the incorrect answer was
10608			> better.
10609
10610			There's something... terribly wrong with this statement. I can't quite put
10611			my finger on it. Hmmm.
10612	root	1.387	%
10613	root	1.1	comp.lang.c does not exist to accomodate the laziness of those who cannot be
10614			bothered to learn netiquette. That's what comp.lang.c++ is for.
10615	root	1.387	%
10616	root	1.1	\|> : > but... a microwave is an example of an embedded system,
10617			\|>
10618			\|> : Who says? He just said it was a microwave. He didn't say it was
10619			\|> : a free-standing implimentation.
10620			\|>
10621			\|> This is approaching arguing for the sake of argument. Have you
10622			\|> ever seen a microwave oven that supports a hosted C environment?
10623
10624			The Lipton Ritchie Model 8 did. I'm sure that many posters will
10625			point out that Lipton's implementation of the stdio libraries was
10626			horrendously buggy. It was, but it was still a great system. It
10627			remains the only C implementation I know of that could be used to
10628			build Bison, and then cook it.
10629
10630			Viva la buffalo burgers.
10631	root	1.387	%
10632	root	1.1	A strategically-placed PDP-11 can be used to heat your entire
10633			home. I've got one in my basement, next to a large box of "She's
10634			The Sheriff" drink coasters. I sold my furnace years ago. The
10635			Digital Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Corporation
10636			can be found online at http://www.dhvacc.com/.
10637	root	1.387	%
10638	root	1.1	The lbxproxy program has various options, all of which are optional.
10639			-- lbxproxy(1)
10640	root	1.387	%
10641	root	1.1	Re: Where to learn Windows programming...
10642
10643			\|> I'll take a Schildt book any day, thanks.
10644
10645			Great. I'm expecting to see the line above as a back-cover blurb
10646			on the next "Bullschildt: The Complete Reference".
10647	root	1.387	%
10648	root	1.1	Subject: Re: The wrong position of while, if and else?
10649
10650			that's some ugly piece of code buddy...
10651	root	1.387	%
10652	root	1.1	In article <1998062718481700.OAA03186@ladder01.news.aol.com>, eyrei@aol.com (EYREI) writes:
10653			\|> I have recently started learning the C Language. I have created a simple file
10654			\|> to determine whether or not a number is Prime. When I run it, the program
10655			\|> crashes with the error message :- Unhandled Exception :- General Protection
10656			\|> Exception 0x5FD7:0x379F. Prime(1) Processor Fault.
10657
10658			\|> What does this mean.
10659
10660			It means you've got a broken operating system, and should immediately
10661			install [free\|net\|open]BSD[OS] or Linux.
10662	root	1.387	%
10663	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10664
10665			On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Emulov wrote:
10666			> Hi, i don't know if this is a stupid question..
10667
10668			Off-topic, too! Imagine that.
10669	root	1.387	%
10670	root	1.1	"Right now we are the most shit hot piece of PC networking software on the
10671			planet. The only people who can touch us are FreeBSD (who also dont do
10672			streams)."
10673			-- Alan Cox, in "Streams and Linux"
10674	root	1.387	%
10675	root	1.1	"Perl combines all of the worst aspects of BASIC, C and line noise."
10676			- Keith Packard <keithp@ncd.com>
10677	root	1.387	%
10678	root	1.1	Lord Fellatio <richter_m@hotmail.com>
10679
10680			>Wo soll das Loch denn dann sein? Im Meeresboden?
10681
10682			Klaro.
10683
10684			>Von oben duerfte man es also ueberhaupt nicht sehen
10685			>koennen, da ueber dem potentiellen Loch im Meeresboden doch
10686			>wahrscheinlich erstmal Wasser und dann viel Eis liegen wuerde. Wie
10687			>verhindern die Ausserirdischen denn, dass Wasser ins Loch einstroemt?
10688
10689	root	1.388	Na ist doch völlig logo, mit nem rotierenden Traktorstrahl. Die
10690	root	1.1	Energie klauen die ?r***e dem Erdmagnetfeld.
10691
10692			>Gibt es da einen kosmischen Badewannenstoepsel? Haben sie es mit
10693			>Eisbergen verstopft? Oder benutzen sie das einstroemende Wasser zu
10694			>Kajakfahrten bis hinunter zum Suedpol? (Das waere doch auch endlich
10695			>mal eine einleuchtende Erklaerung fuer die Eismassen, die die
10696			>Antarktis bedecken - man muesste halt nur, der Kontinentaldrift
10697			>folgend, immer wieder neue Schaechte bohren. Oder die Kontinentaldrift
10698			>einfach wegdiskutieren...)
10699
10700			Die enorme Zentrifugalkraft im Erdinnern schleudert das Wasser wieder
10701			am Nordpolpol raus, falls der Traktorstrahl versagen sollte (Dies
10702			passiert immer dann, wenn das Erdmagnetfeld umkippt). Nun kommt sicher
10703	root	1.388	der Einwand, die Erde würde zu langsam rotieren. Das ist nur bedingt
10704			richtig. Richtig ist hingegen, daß die Rotationsgeschwindigkeit im
10705			Erdinnern um den Faktor 1000 (ca; sehr schwer zu messen: Magma) größer
10706			ist als auf der Erdoberfläche. Dies ist auch die Ursache für die
10707	root	1.1	Kontinentaldrift und die Mondphasen.
10708
10709			Die Mondphasen wiederum beeinflussen das Erdmagnetfeld und sind daher
10710	root	1.388	die Ursache für die Sonnenflecken. Den Sonnenflecken haben wir auch
10711			die momentane Klimaveränderung zu verdanken. Auf der anderen Seite hat
10712			die Zunahme der Treibhausgase eine Erhöhung des Reflektionsvermögens
10713			der Atmosphäre zur Folge, welches dazu führt, daß ein Teil der
10714			Sonnenenergie zur Sonne zurückreflektiert wird. Dies heizt wiederum
10715			die Sonnenflecken auf und verkürzt deren Zyklus. All dies wird sich in
10716			den nächten Monaten so aufschaukeln, daß vorraussichtlich im Novemner
10717	root	1.1	2002 das Erdmagnetfeld zusammenbrechen wird. Wie damals bei den Dinos.
10718			Nur war dort ein Kometeneinschlag die Ursache.
10719
10720			cu in hell 2002
10721	root	1.387	%
10722	root	1.1	"Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '85, Windows '95"
10723	root	1.387	%
10724	root	1.1	>In unix, one might say 'man 3 crypt'.
10725
10726			Of course, on a Solaris system this won't give you what you want. You
10727			get a message that it can't find the man page for 3. It then prints
10728			the man page for crypt(1).
10729
10730			Of course, all a beginner has to do is figure out that the 3 is the
10731			section number in the Unix manual. He can then use man man to find
10732			that on Solaris one uses -s to specify the section so he'll try
10733
10734			man -s3 crypt
10735
10736			Unfortunately, that doesn't work either. He'll get the message "No
10737			entry for crypt in section(s) 3 of the manual."
10738
10739			If he doesn't give up, he can go back to the manual page for man and
10740			find that the -a switch prints all matching manual pages. Or perhaps
10741			he can figure out to use the command
10742
10743			man -s3 Intro.3
10744
10745			to get a list of everything in section 3. He'll then find out that
10746			crypt is in section 3C so he should use
10747
10748			man -s3c crypt
10749
10750			Gee. I don't understand why beginners have so much trouble with this
10751			stuff. I've only been programming Unix for 15 years and I don't have
10752			any trouble.
10753			--
10754			Michael M Rubenstein
10755	root	1.387	%
10756	root	1.1	Take a moment to consider these lines:
10757
10758			%OVERLOAD=( '""' => sub { join("", @{$_[0]}) } );
10759
10760			sub html { my($type)=shift; bless ["<$type>", @_, "</$type>"]; }
10761
10762			:-) I love Perl 5! Thankyou Larry and Ilya.
10763
10764			Regards,
10765			Tim Bunce.
10766
10767			p.s. If you didn't get it, think about recursive data types: html(html())
10768			p.p.s. I'll turn this into a much more practical example in a day or two.
10769			p.p.p.s. It's a pity that overloads are not inherited. Is this a bug?
10770	root	1.387	%
10771	root	1.1	From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10772
10773			...
10774
10775			> now is evil". This only shows two things: you never looked at the bad
10776			> experiences of the industry where following a rotten design and
10777			> keeping backward compatibility lead to unusable systems. And second:
10778
10779			I worked for 3com. I know eveyrhting about following a rotten design until
10780			its unusable, believe me I do.
10781	root	1.387	%
10782	root	1.1	Ok(slow) -> !NeedComputer
10783
10784			Semour Cray
10785	root	1.387	%
10786	root	1.1	Ullrich Jans at University of Karlsruhe, Germany:
10787
10788			Oh Gott! Es ist voller crons!
10789	root	1.387	%
10790	root	1.1	From: p00h <p00h@MONMOUTH.COM>
10791			Subject: Re: AOL for Windows DoS/Exploit
10792
10793			aol supports PARTIAL html, its like win95's implementation of tcp/ip
10794			it only supports parts of it
10795	root	1.387	%
10796	root	1.1	egcs/gcc/gcse.c:
10797			/* Help stamp out big monolithic functions! */
10798	root	1.387	%
10799	root	1.1	[...] Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Especially regarding HPPA assembler syntax
10800			as provided by HP, which was designed by someone who should not have been
10801			let near a language-design project like that, too often "little languages",
10802			whether assemblers, tools, or C++, are designed by people who are unaware
10803			of, or give little thought to, the outright readability of code written in
10804			the language, in the sense that the basic semantics should be fairly obvious
10805			without the reader having to memorize lots of semantic information.
10806
10807			(In HPPA assembler's case, one glaring stupidity was the nullified branches,
10808			which have completely different semantics depending on whether the label
10809			being branched to happens to assemble to a negative or positive offset! A
10810			smarter design would have required the programmer to specify whether such a
10811			branch was a "forward" or "backward" branch explicitly, then the assembler
10812			and/or linker would complain if reality didn't match the programmer's
10813			specification. I've never looked into whether GNU's HPPA as fixes this
10814			botch; I gather GNU as fixes many botches, though, so it wouldn't surprise
10815			me if it did, even though that might make for some compatibility problems
10816			with existing HP as code.) [...]
10817
10818			tq vm, (burley)
10819	root	1.387	%
10820	root	1.1	libc/posix/regex.h:
10821			/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
10822			wide enough to hold a value of a pointer. For most ANSI compilers
10823			ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK. Still size of these two
10824			types is 2 for Microsoft C. Ugh... */
10825			typedef long int s_reg_t;
10826			typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
10827	root	1.387	%
10828	root	1.1	libc/db2/db.h:
10829			/*
10830			* While Microsoft's compiler is ANSI C compliant, it doesn't have _STDC_
10831			* defined by default, you specify a command line flag or #pragma to turn
10832			* it on. Don't do that, however, because some of Microsoft's own header
10833			* files won't compile.
10834			*/
10835	root	1.387	%
10836	root	1.1	> UTC variation and begining and ending dates of DST (if observed) would be
10837			> great.
10838
10839			I answered only the places I can comment on.
10840
10841			> BASSAS DA INDIA
10842
10843			This rock is below water half of the time!
10844			If any inhabitants have been there, I do not think they observe DST
10845			on a regular basis! ;-)
10846	root	1.387	%
10847	root	1.1	# ./test-plugin.pl
10848			Bizarre copy of CODE in sassign at /root/.gimp/plug-ins/test-plugin.pl line 40.
10849			wire_read: unexpected EOF (plug-in crashed?)
10850	root	1.387	%
10851	root	1.1	>
10852			> The "where do you want to go today?" generation has taken the
10853			> developer out of the "programmer" by removing the vital, development
10854			> tools from the environment and precanning software.
10855
10856			No kidding. Point. Click. Point. Click. Point. Click. Brain Atrophy.
10857	root	1.387	%
10858	root	1.1	Lars Chr Hausmann <36haus@but.auc.dk> writes:
10859
10860			>Hello!
10861
10862			>I have to write something about, what Perl is.
10863			>I need some crystal clear info about, what perl is. So if any of you
10864			>would be so kind just to mail. Then I would be grateful!
10865
10866
10867			Perl.
10868
10869			regards
10870			jobst
10871	root	1.387	%
10872	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102
10873			From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10874			Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:31:02 +0100 (BST)
10875
10876			> Well, that depends. They SHOULD be. By Intel 'standards' laff, they have
10877			> to be identical stepping, indicating identical features. However, I've
10878
10879			They don't. Pentiums have fairly strict rules, P6/PII much less. Also Intel
10880			are pretty good at following the MP 1.1/1.4 standard its the motherboard
10881			makers who get it wrong - primarily the BIOS is full of bugs. It appears
10882			nobody tests bios code against specs any more. It looks like they do
10883			compile flash, boot 95, boot NT, ship. The quality of bios code has dived to
10884			the absolute pits.
10885	root	1.387	%
10886	root	1.1	Unix never says `Please.' -- Rob Pike
10887	root	1.387	%
10888	root	1.1	> What about: . scriptname
10889			> ------------------^ this is a dot!
10890
10891			Funny, it looks like a "p" to me.
10892	root	1.387	%
10893	root	1.1	A computer without Microsoft and IBM is like chocolate cake without
10894			ketchup and mustard
10895	root	1.387	%
10896	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Challange for perl `GURUS
10897
10898			vimal gajjar wrote:
10899			>
10900			> Hi there,
10901			> Here is a small challange. Is it possible to have a perl
10902			> code which takes e.g. three parameters as input. time, val1, val2. and
10903			> the name of the prog. is say challange.pl. Now if i execute
10904			> "challange.pl 10 5 2" this perl script wille consume
10905			> 5% of cpu
10906			> 2 Mb of RAM
10907			> for the period of 10 Seconds.
10908			>
10909			> can one of the gurus take this challange?
10910
10911			Examining the 5 copies of this post has consumed 5% of the
10912			brain power I allocate to reviewing c.l.p.m, about 10 seconds, and
10913			has caused the death of 2 million brain cells.
10914	root	1.387	%
10915	root	1.1	> >> /A:You can usually write the program faster than you can
10916			> >> dial/dl/hangup/install/read docs/fix it/fix the fix/.
10917			>
10918			> >s/usually/never/
10919			>
10920			> s/sometimes/never/
10921
10922			Cute. You embarrass yourself by your ignorance of perl.
10923	root	1.387	%
10924	root	1.1	:That's probably true, but I really can't speak to it. But, if there
10925			:were no *nix around, there'd be no Perl. Nor would there be a need for
10926			:Perl, IMO.
10927
10928			Gotta love them JCL and ini dot bat dot bad dot doo dah files.
10929
10930			TC
10931	root	1.387	%
10932	root	1.1	'cc:Mail is a wonderful application, as long as you don't want to read or send mail.'
10933	root	1.387	%
10934	root	1.1	shurik@iron.Te.NeT.UA - Alexandr Dubovikov at TeNeT Networking Centre
10935
10936			Hi guys!
10937
10938			How check socket, alive it or die ?
10939	root	1.387	%
10940	root	1.1	--> Questions not to ask on linux-kernel <--
10941
10942			Miscellaneous flame-wars:
10943			~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10944			12) The gnome-kde debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10945			13) The emacs-vi debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10946			14) Porting linux to run under windows is not interesting.
10947			15) Whether a given intel CISC chip "is really RISC" is not interesting.
10948	root	1.387	%
10949	root	1.1	Subject: what a week!
10950			From: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian@lcs.mit.edu>
10951			Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:13:23 -0400 (EDT)
10952
10953			unicode, boot-logos, GGI, STREAMS, the necessity of a short devel cycle
10954			and the instability of 2.0.x, "ifconfig stopped working", "you really do
10955			need to remove 'encaps'", Linus' tarball practices... it seems like we're
10956			running out of things to flame off on. Here's my humble contribution:
10957
10958			I'VE MADE A KEWL NEW CHARSET THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD USE. IT HAS ALL
10959			THE LETTERS IN MY LOGIN MAPPED TO THE LOWEST 16 CHARACTERS SO WE CAN
10960			COMPRESS THINGS REAL GOOD AND THE LETTERS IN MY BROTHER B1FF'S NAME ARE
10961			ALL IN HIGH ASCII CUZ THAT'S WHERE LOSERS BELONG!!!2!!7
10962
10963			I ONLY USE EMACS AND I THINK VI SUX!!$231!!
10964
10965			GNOME RULES AND KDE IS DEMON-SPAWN BECAUSE IT IS NOT FREE.! !
10966
10967			WE NEED KGI IN THE KERNEL (NOT LIBGGI, NOT THE TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS
10968			WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED) IN ORDER TO HAVE WAY KEWL BOOT LOGOS AND RUN MY
10969			BROTHER B1FF'S GAMES!!1!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!11!!!
10970
10971			I USE A BIG-ENDIAN MACHINE BECAUSE THEY RULE. LITTLE-ENDIAN MACHINES ARE
10972			EVIL. AND A PENTIUM IS A RISC PROCESSOR!!!
10973
10974			WE SHOULD PORT LINUX TO WINDOWS SO WE CAN USE ALL THE KEWL HARDWARE
10975			DRIVERS!!!!!@@#!
10976
10977			Did I miss any? ;-)
10978
10979			Please don't respond seriously to this email. It's a joke. A joke.
10980			Laugh. Please.
10981
10982			And then let's kill all the flaming threads, shall we?
10983			--Scott
10984	root	1.387	%
10985	root	1.1	> Well, /proc/kcore already reports its actual size...
10986
10987			And it isn't about to change at runtime either. That is the size of
10988			installed memory. I've yet to see a single person successfully insert or
10989			remove a SIMM/DIMM while a machine was running. If they did, and it was
10990			successful, the linux code will update the filesize. ;o)
10991	root	1.387	%
10992	root	1.1	Toby Heywood (toby@he-net.demon.co.uk) wrote:
10993			: This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
10994
10995			One of those 'M's stands for Mail.
10996
10997			This is not mail.
10998
10999			This is Usenet.
11000
11001			Please post only plain text like everyone else does.
11002	root	1.387	%
11003	root	1.1	------------ etienne.lorrain@ibm.net
11004			--- hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
11005			--- ide1: reset: success
11006			-----------> I like Linux !
11007	root	1.387	%
11008	root	1.1	> I have experienced people walking up to my console and saying "What
11009			> the hell does that mean" in sheer terror as the machine boots.
11010
11011			Tell them it's magic, and earn the respect of your colleagues. I always
11012			do.
11013	root	1.387	%
11014	root	1.1	++ Actually, I'm not at a loss for words. Here's one that's very appropriate:
11015			++ PLONK.
11016	root	1.387	%
11017	root	1.1	++ > SSI is not HTML.
11018			Re: Subraumfunk
11019
11020			Ja, ein Handy waere da praktisch. Die hoeheren Gebuehren rechnen sich,
11021			wenn man ueber die Grenzen des Sonnensystems hinaus telefonieren will.
11022
11023			Die Telekom wuerde da wieder mal erbarmungslos abzocken. Ich kann es
11024			mir schon vorstellen: SunSystem-Tarif, vielleicht auch einen
11025			InnerPlanets-Sondertarif, dann einen LocalGroupWeekend-Specialtarif,
11026			eine Supercluster-Zone und so weiter. Und wenn es auf der Venus
11027			schneit, telefonieren alle fuer die Haelfte.
11028	root	1.387	%
11029	root	1.1	> > Vergiss es. Du wirst nie und nimmer von Armando eine
11030			> > konkrete, verwertbare Antwort bekommen.
11031			>
11032			> Doch, man bekommt von mir sogar sehr viele Antworten.
11033
11034			Du hast gerade zwei Adjektive weggelassen.
11035	root	1.387	%
11036	root	1.1	++ Oh yeah. Show me an example of SSI used outside of HTML.
11037			Show me an HTML DTD mentioning SSI directives.
11038	root	1.387	%
11039	root	1.1	Namsuk Kim wrote:
11040			> Is there a way to convert a scalar data to Acii data format?
11041
11042			I am not familar with ACII. If you mean ASCII, then the question I have is
11043			- is the data in EBCDIC now?
11044
11045			Bill Jones
11046	root	1.387	%
11047	root	1.1	GNU/getopt.c:
11048
11049			#if defined (WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__)
11050			/* It's not Unix, really. See? Capital letters. */
11051			#include <windows.h>
11052			#define getpid() GetCurrentProcessId()
11053			#endif
11054	root	1.387	%
11055	root	1.1	Subject: IIS 4.0, PW32i316, CGI Programs
11056
11057			Perlis.dll does not pass command line arguments correctly via the web. That
11058			is, invoking the URL
11059
11060			http://www.myserver.com/myprogram.pl?Argument1&Argument2...&Argumentn
11061
11062			causes the myprogram.pl to execute, but @ARGV is empty.
11063	root	1.387	%
11064	root	1.1	"You need to use CGI."
11065			"I am using CGI, it's a CGI application!"
11066			"No, no, use CGI. The directive 'use'."
11067			"OK, so what directive do I use?"
11068			"No, no, you use use. Use CGI."
11069			"I am using CGI!"
11070
11071			Craig Berry - cberry@cinenet.net
11072	root	1.387	%
11073	root	1.1	> > Was haltet Ihr von Killfile-mailing-lists, dass sich die Leute mal
11074			> > kennenlernen koennen?
11075			>
11076	root	1.388	> Gute Idee ;-), wäre ich sofort dabei, datrifft man wahrscheinlich ne
11077	root	1.1	> Menge tolle Leute... ;-) und die wahren Freidenker.
11078
11079			Einige Freidenker sicher, aber auch etliche Denkfreie.
11080	root	1.387	%
11081	root	1.1	"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big or
11082			professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." -- Linus Torvalds 1991
11083	root	1.387	%
11084	root	1.1	If it's a floppy, it might be a copy.
11085			If it's a disk, you're also at risk.
11086			If it's a pirate, the vendors are irate.
11087			To avoid such frustration, try: Free Software Foundation.
11088	root	1.387	%
11089	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse <Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk>
11090
11091			pcg@goof.com said:
11092			> It was much more than I usally get! It was _great_
11093
11094			Hehe - I know the feeling.
11095
11096			"It's broken."
11097			"What's wrong with it?."
11098			"I don't know - it just doesn't work."
11099			"Well what do you mean by 'it's broken'?"
11100			"It just doesn't work."
11101			"How can you _tell_ it's broken, for f***'s sake - what are the symptoms!?"
11102			"It gives an error message."
11103			"Would you care to tell me what it says?"
11104			"It says.... something about there being an error."
11105			"That's not very helpful. Tell me it word for word."
11106			"It says 'Unable to handle kernel NULL reference at something or other'"
11107			"That's not word for word. It said 'NULL pointer dereference.' Try again,
11108			letter for letter this time."
11109	root	1.387	%
11110	root	1.1	From: "Paul B. Henson" <henson@INTRANET.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
11111
11112			After installing Solaris 2.6 HW3/98, I discovered that /usr/bin/admintool
11113			had been installed mode 0777, world writable. Under the original release of
11114			2.6, the mode was 04555.
11115
11116			Sun has been notified of the problem. If you're running 2.6 HW3/98, you
11117			might want to verify your admintool hasn't been tampered with and fix the
11118			perms.
11119
11120			(Personally, I'd set them to 0000 ;). admintool? blech.)
11121	root	1.387	%
11122	root	1.1	From: verah@netscape.com (Vera Horiuchi)
11123			Subject: Re: Risp: drama (Re: Do It Yourself)
11124
11125			Americans ignorant of the rest of the world?
11126
11127			I must tell a favorite story here. A friend and I were purchasing a gift
11128			for another friend who lives in Canada. I was speculating out loud about
11129			how much duty our Canadian friend would have to pay.
11130
11131			The cashier said, "Oh, I'm sure Canadians don't have to pay any duty. We
11132			ship to Hawaii all the time, and _they_ don't have to pay duty." =:-0
11133	root	1.387	%
11134	root	1.388	>am besten ist z.Z. das Buch von Michael Neufeld. Wer aber Wissenslücken
11135			>verspürt (was keine Schande ist), sollte diese zu stopfen suchen und nicht
11136	root	1.1	>Zuflucht zu absolut hirnrissigen Theorien suchen.
11137
11138			Hirnrissig bist Du. Das es einen Zeittransfer aus der Zukunft zu den Nazis
11139			gab deckt sich mit dazu passenden Entschluesselungen bestimmter Bibelstellen
11140			und mit der dann tatsaechlichen notwendigen Geheimhaltung. Es deckt sich
11141			ueberdies damit, dass die Unterhaltung uns den Gedanken zunehmend nahelegt,
11142			also vorbereitet, und dass es bereits ein wissenschaftliches Experiment gab,
11143			bei dem ERST die Wirkung auftrat und DANN die Ursache. Die Zeitreise ist
11144			also Fakt. Und es ist sicher, dass Jemand per Zeitreise den Nazis helfen
11145			wollte. Gelegentliche Theorien, dass auch diese ausserirdische Hilfe gehabt
11146			haetten sollen nur davon ablenken, eine andere Erklaerung liefern. Das ist
11147			logisch, denn die Taeter sitzen ja irgendwo in unserer Zeit und moechten
11148			sicher nicht erkannt werden.
11149
11150			Du scheinst die simpelsten Grundzuege der Zeitlogik nicht verstehen zu wollen.
11151
11152			normarz@aol.com
11153	root	1.387	%
11154	root	1.1	>Oder anders gesagt:
11155	root	1.388	>Glaubst Du, Du könntest mit einem hochmodernen Maschinengewehr eine römische
11156	root	1.1	>Legion
11157			>schlagen?
11158
11159			Klar. Frage mal Cortez.
11160
11161			Bye
11162			Andreas
11163	root	1.387	%
11164	root	1.1	>Article 2B is a threat to anyone who uses a computer. I just wanted to
11165
11166			It may be a threat to any american using a computer. Fortunately, the U.S.
11167			justice does not yet apply outside the U.S.A.
11168
11169			I.a.W.: You're currently creating a lot of happy non-U.S. software
11170			companies.
11171
11172			Kind regards
11173			Henning
11174	root	1.387	%
11175	root	1.1	From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
11176			Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 04:14:11 -0700
11177			Subject: Re: driver for Creative Labs DVD kits
11178
11179			At least with the IDE DVD drive that I have, plugging it directly
11180			into an IDE port and using the regular Linux ide-cd driver works just fine
11181			for reading [...] CD and the [not] copy protected sections of the DVD's.
11182
11183			There is a protocol that the hardware decoder boards use to
11184			tell the DVD drive that they are a licensed implementation and should
11185			be allowed to read the copy protected sectors as well. I have been
11186			told that this protocol can be done entirely in software with a
11187			standard IDE port. Hopefully, somebody will reverse engineer this and
11188			make it a demand loaded kernel module. (Seriously, there is a lot
11189			that you are allowed to do with copyrighted material that this sort of
11190			hardware restriction prevents, and there are other important political
11191			issues involved relating to your rights to do as you please with the
11192			computer equipment that you bought and paid for.)
11193	root	1.387	%
11194	root	1.1	Where do you want to go today?
11195			We might support that sometime next year.
11196			-=- Microsoft
11197			(But I doubt it.)
11198			-=- Me
11199			-=- James Mastros
11200	root	1.387	%
11201	root	1.1	Hello570 <hello570@aol.com> wrote:
11202			> I tried printing a line to a file using both of the
11203			> following methods, but the output was split into two
11204			>lines.
11205
11206			If you don't want newlines in the middle of your string, then don't
11207			put newlines in the middle of your string.
11208	root	1.387	%
11209	root	1.1	http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Dean_Roehrich/subjects.post
11210	root	1.387	%
11211	root	1.1	Einstein himself said that God doesn't roll dice. But he was wrong. And
11212			in fact, anyone who has played role-playing games knows that God
11213			probably had to roll quite a few dice to come up with a character like
11214			Einstein. -- Larry Wall
11215	root	1.387	%
11216	root	1.1	From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <root@lightside.ddns.org>
11217
11218			My $0.02 Euros on internationalization? I'm in Spain and my keyboard is
11219			mosty US mapped because the Spanish map is really awkward for programming.
11220			Computers were designed to be funcional, not politically (or locally)
11221			correct (hm, I don't think HAL ever spoke Russian). This "computers are easy
11222			for all" GUI related trend has done a lot of money, and lot of damage; at
11223			least command line OSes forced the user to actually learn something and
11224			absorb information. The user assumed so, so he did. Now he doesn't, and
11225			it's not all his fault.
11226
11227			The WWW is full of useless (and ugly) graphics, of useless links to links to
11228			pages with links to links which usually end up in a huge links page. Of
11229			course, there are some jewels.. but they should be majority! It's
11230			understandable, when the tools and languages focus more on aspect that in
11231			content.
11232
11233			Usenet is worse than ever, the interesting places have been ruined by
11234			spammers, c00l hak3rz, and more and more people asking (or demanding) for
11235			others doing their homework.. at least some time ago they were willing to
11236			learn (or pay for it;)
11237
11238			IRC.. heh. The few times I've been on funet almost all I found is the same
11239			people in the above paragraph. And I do know some of them even run scripts
11240			to try denial of service or other destructive attacks on people they see,
11241			just for fun or to get the op.
11242
11243			Email. Someone selling an "incredible program that allows you to bypass
11244			your ISP mail server, for only $89" (thats right, a smtp server). No OS
11245			mentioned, I somehow can guess which. And that stupid thing of sending
11246			mail to people in RTF and HTML format.. I'm gonna answer them in LaTeX.
11247
11248			Internet, your ilimited junk yard.
11249
11250			Using computers would make me real sad if it wasn't for UNIX and, of
11251			course, Linux and Linux people.
11252	root	1.387	%
11253	root	1.1	... WNT == ++VMS . Literally. Dave Cutler created VMS,
11254			then he rewrote it as WNT.
11255
11256			Ever used VMS? It's a step above DOS. Barely.
11257			--
11258			Clark O. Morgan cmorgan@aracnet.com
11259	root	1.387	%
11260	root	1.1	>Subject: If "=~" means match what is doesn't match?
11261
11262			I heard that a friend of a friend might have once been told about a
11263			rumor that this information can be found in perlop, right next to
11264			where =~ is documented. (It's !~)
11265
11266			I agree with Tom's assessment that the fall of modern man will be
11267			preceded by the de-evolution of communications to the days of oral
11268			tradition.
11269	root	1.387	%
11270	root	1.1	"Windows 95, the most installed system in the world,
11271			I know, I've done it 5 or 6 times myself"
11272	root	1.387	%
11273	root	1.1	The statistics programming language S, from AT&T, combines lazy
11274			evaluation with imperative programming. A nightmare.
11275	root	1.387	%
11276	root	1.1	"In 1965, as part of a research and development project for the
11277			U.S. Army, engineers at TRW Corp developed a software program
11278			called Generalized Information Retrieval Lanaguage and System."
11279			Or GIRLS for short.
11280	root	1.387	%
11281	root	1.1	Wissen bremst die Meinungsbildung voll aus.
11282	root	1.387	%
11283	root	1.1	I have an idea: Anybody who posts an URGENT! or EMERGENCY! request should
11284			post the circumstances behind the urgency. "I was having sex with my
11285			mistress in the server room and I knocked the Linux box over and the hard
11286			drive crashed and so I've reinstalled everything but I still can't get
11287			5_004_03 to build!"
11288
11289			This would inspire me to action far more than the implied subtext of "I
11290			have no patience."
11291
11292			xoxo,
11293			Andy
11294	root	1.387	%
11295	root	1.1	> I have Perl5 running on my pc.
11296			> and also front page98 and microsoft personal web server runnig.
11297			We all have our cross to bear.
11298	root	1.387	%
11299	root	1.1	(THIS IS LONG, YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP)
11300
11301			From: mjd@plover.com (Mark-Jason Dominus)
11302			Date: 09 Nov 1995 02:57:30 GMT
11303			Subject: Re: system() question
11304
11305			There are a lot of reasons, many of which get repeated over and
11306			over again, many of which don't. Some of the reasons you hear a lot
11307			are: Questions are incoherently phrased. Questions have the form 'My
11308			code doesn't work' and don't include the code. Questions include the
11309			code, and it's 200 lines long, and comp.lang.perl is not a debugging
11310			service. Nobody knows the answer to the question. The question is so
11311			badly punctuated that nobody can bear to read it. Questions aer
11312			written by a non-native speaker of English and the native speakers who
11313			are trying to understand it can't. (That's a shame, but it does
11314			happen. I often wish that these people would post in their native
11315			languages. I'd love to see more discussion in languages other than
11316			English. Some Dutch guy tried posting all his comp.lang.c articles in
11317			Dutch a few years ago, and all the Americans flamed him. How
11318			humiliating for me!)
11319
11320			Apart from these oft-mentioned reasons are many others that are
11321			not so often discussed, because anyone who tries to bring them up gets
11322			flamed. But it's the truth: I know the reason I don't answer more
11323			questions is because so many of them questions are so damn stupid.
11324			They're stupid in a lot of different ways, but they're still stupid.
11325			I don't want to suggest that that's why your questions go unanswered.
11326			I don't know what you're asking. No doubt the reason your questions
11327			go unanswered is because they're so deep and interesting that nobody
11328			really knows the answer.
11329
11330			The most common stupid question is the one from someone who has
11331			some high-level problem that they need solved. They have an idea that
11332			they'd like to do it in perl, and they don't really know perl. So
11333			instead of learning perl, they post to comp.lang.perl.misc.
11334
11335			Now don't get me wrong. I don't have any problems answering the
11336			questions of someone who's trying to learn perl. I love THOSE
11337			qusetions. But these people don't seem to be asking useful questions
11338			for that.
11339
11340			Today, for example, I saw a question from a guy who wants to get a
11341			list of hostnames out of nslookup. `How do I do that?' he says. And
11342			it's hard to know what to make of that. What does he mean? Does he
11343			not know how to open a pipe? Is his en' command failing? What's
11344			going on here? I can't give a useful answer without understanding the
11345			problem. Having your en' fail is a problem. Wanting to list
11346			hostnames is not a problem; it's a desire.
11347
11348			Here are some similar questions that would have made more sense to me:
11349
11350			1. `I'm a lazy asshole and I can't be bothered to learn to
11351			program myself, but I know if I post here you'll give me
11352			something for free.''
11353
11354			(OK, fair enough. At least I can send him a rate card.)
11355
11356			2. `I'm trying to use en' to talk to nslookup, but...
11357			...here's my code; what's wrong?''
11358
11359			(Good question.)
11360
11361			3. `I know perl has a `System' command for running programs,
11362			but I can't see how to get my commands into nslookup
11363			once I have run it.''
11364			(Good question.)
11365
11366			4. `I'm trying to use `Getprotobynumber' to talk to nslookup...''
11367
11368			(Good question.)
11369
11370			See, I'm not just biting people's heads off, here. #4 is a good
11371			question, because it gives me something to work with. OK, he has a
11372			very weird idea about interprocess communication, but that's
11373			ignorance, and that's what we're here to correct. He doesn't know
11374			about en'; I can refer him to the manual.
11375
11376			Here's another example: Some guy wants to assemble a list of email
11377			addresses . `How do I do that?'' he wants to know. Well, duh. Get a
11378			big pad of paper and read news for a couple days and write down all
11379			the addresses you see. Problem solved. What's it doing in
11380			comp.lang.perl?
11381			Oh, you wanted to do it in perl. Well, I guess I'd open a socket
11382			to the NNTP server and send it some XHDR commands for the `From'
11383			lines. But that's not Perl; you could do that in any language. I
11384			could do it in Bourne Shell for you if I'm allowed to use a little
11385			external thingie to handle the socket parts for me. What's it doing
11386			in comp.lang.perl?
11387
11388			Oh, you wanted us to write the program for you? Wait, let me send
11389			you my rate card.
11390
11391			Someone posted yesterday asking how to get the data from a file where
11392			the start and end of the data is marked by keywords. Same thing going on
11393			here. `Well, here's how you solve your problem: First you go take an
11394			introductory class in programming and learn to write programs in some
11395			language. Then you go to the bookstore and buy this book by Wall and
11396			Schwartz, it's really good. Read the book carefully and try out the
11397			examples. Then if you still have general questions like `How do I do this'
11398			instead of thought that this code would do X but instead it does Y' you hire
11399			a professional to write your program for you. Or you could just skip right
11400			to step 3. Want my rate card?''
11401
11402			The worst stupid questions are the ones that come from people who
11403			have no business asking them. The most perfect example of this that I
11404			could have imagined was in comp.unix.questions a couple of years ago.
11405			Some guy came and asked how you could tell if a file is a hard link.
11406			My jaw flapped open and it's stayed open since then. I couldn't have
11407			been any more stumped if he'd asked why Bodhidharma came from the
11408			West. What do you say to this guy? Do you tell him the truth, that
11409			all files are hard links, that even symbolic links are hard links?
11410			He's not going to understand you; you might as well keep your mouth
11411			shut. Do you tell him the truth, that the answer won't do him any
11412			good because he doesn't know what a hard link is, so why did he bother
11413			asking in the first place? No, that'll just make him mad. I followed
11414			that message for the next couple weeks, and nobody said anything.
11415			What could you say? The guy had no business asking the question and
11416			no use for the answer. Maybe the right answer would have been to cut
11417			off his finger or something. I dunno.
11418
11419			Some questions get ignored because they're boring. Someone asked
11420			today how to compare two variables (I assumme he means the contents of
11421			those variables) to see if they're exactly the same. You've gotta be
11422			in an awfully good mood to take the time to answer that. Maybe
11423			someone will. Maybe I will.
11424
11425			If I answer that one today, maybe he'll be back tomorrow asking
11426			how to check to see if two variables contain different values. Maybe
11427			I won't. What I find incredible is that if you tell these people to
11428			go read the manual and come back in two weeks, you sometimes get
11429			jumped on for not being helpful to beginners. Bah. If everyone told
11430			these people to go read the manual, they'd eventually figure out that
11431			that's what you have to do ,and then I wouldn't have to spend so much
11432			of my life dealing with incompetent programmers.
11433
11434			Some questions are logically nonsensical because the querent
11435			thinks they know more than they do. A lot of these have the form
11436			`How do I use X to accomplish Y?'' There's nothing wrong with this,
11437			except that sometimes X is a chocolate-covered banana and Y is the
11438			integration of European currency systems. I always get stuck on
11439			these, probably because I can't get rid of the idea that the person
11440			really has a good reason for wanting to use X. I know a half-dozen
11441			easy simple ways to accomplish Y, but I can't imagine what X has to do
11442			with it. This is a problem for me in my day job, too. Clients are
11443			always saying to me `We want to use product X to do multimedia
11444			development on the world-wide web,'' and all I can think is `Well,
11445			gee, what would you want to go and do that for?'' Sometimes it turns
11446			out that they want to do it because they want to impress the
11447			manufacturers of X, and I don't work on those jobs.
11448
11449			The flip side of this is a questions like `I want to accomplish
11450			X, but I don't want to use Y. What can I use instead?'' Which,
11451			again, is sometimes reasonable, and then sometimes X is closing a
11452			filehandle and Y is the `Close' function.
11453
11454			The questions I like the best are the ones that go like this:
11455
11456			`I want to accomplish X.
11457
11458			I thought that the following code fragment would do it:
11459
11460			...
11461
11462			But instead it does Y.
11463
11464			Why is that?''
11465
11466			This one is also pretty good:
11467
11468			`I want to accomplish X.
11469			I thought I might be able to use facility Y.
11470
11471			But Y doesn't seem like it's quite right,
11472			because of Z.
11473
11474			What should I use instead of Y, or how can I overcome Z?''
11475
11476			When I ignore these, it's usually because I don't know the answer.
11477			There were an awful lot of them today. It makes me very happy.
11478
11479
11480			There you go; a 160-line dissertation on why questions go unanswered.
11481			Now don't let me hear you saying nobody ever answers your questions.
11482
11483			--
11484			Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
11485			The Bill of Rights is paid in Responsibilities - Jean McGuire
11486	root	1.387	%
11487	root	1.1	>> BTW, would it be easier to cope with international text using Python?
11488			>Sigh... you're breaking my heart. Ask Jack Jansen, he probably knows.
11489
11490			If I were really evel, I would point out that the newest TCL (8.1) has
11491			support for international character sets and Unicode. But then, mentioning
11492			TCL in this newsfroup would be really bad. So, of course, I don't do that.
11493
11494			Ups. I'm so sorry ... ;-)
11495
11496			bye, Georg
11497	root	1.387	%
11498	root	1.1	I personally do not believe in object orientation as a security model
11499			(nor as a general programming paradigm), but feel free to try to
11500			convince me.
11501
11502			[ Or maybe I confuse you with somebody else and some other posting ]
11503
11504			Linus
11505	root	1.387	%
11506	root	1.1	++ how can i strip new lines out at var.
11507			++
11508
11509			Removing new lines is very tricky, as the manual tells you so. Ignore the
11510			complicated things in the manual, and put in this neat little trick:
11511
11512	root	1.85	$var=join+q,,,grep{ord$[[qq$\137$]]<10 or+10<ord}split+q,,,$var;
11513	root	1.1
11514			If you're old enough not to read the manual, you won't have a problem
11515			understanding the above line.
11516
11517			Abigail
11518	root	1.387	%
11519	root	1.1	I fixed the problem by mounting the SCO volume on the SunOS box, and since
11520			1995 the problem has gone away together with the SCO machine.
11521	root	1.387	%
11522	root	1.1	++ Hi Does anybody know how to upload many graphic files at the push of a
11523			++ button?
11524			Yes.
11525
11526			++ 100 pictures or so?
11527			Yes.
11528
11529			++ Can I do it in Perl?
11530			Yes.
11531
11532			Your question isn't Perl specific. Please ask in the relevant
11533			newsgroup. alt.button.play
11534
11535			Abigail
11536	root	1.387	%
11537	root	1.1	perly gates - The way to perl; Enter hackerdom.
11538
11539			perly Gates - Contradictio in Terminis.
11540
11541			Martien
11542	root	1.387	%
11543	root	1.388	Ren hat weder von Sinnhaftigkeit noch von Kausalität geschrieben, sondern
11544			nur von Logik. Logik und Kausalität sind in unserem (normalen) Denken zwar
11545			eng miteinander verknüpft, sind aber nicht dasselbe. Sinn ist hingegen noch
11546			etwas Drittes und ganz verschiedenes! "Sinn" bedeutet mindestens, daß eine
11547	root	1.1	Sache eine gewisse Richtung hat, wie in "Uhrzeigersinn". Meistens bedeutet
11548	root	1.388	Sinn aber, daß eine Sache einen bestimmten Zweck erfüllt. Auch darf man
11549			nicht "verursachen" mit "begründen" verwechseln, weil die beiden
11550			unterschiedlich sind. Die Existenz muß auch keinen Sinn haben, um eine
11551			Ursache zu haben. Das sind zwei völlig voneinander unabhängige Sachen. Die
11552	root	1.1	Existenz hat einen Sinn, also eine Richtung, wenn wir unserer Existenz eine
11553	root	1.388	Richtung geben. Dieser Sinn kann auf etwas abzielen, was außerhalb unserer
11554			selbst steht, muß aber nicht... Sie kann auch einen Sinn haben, der schon da
11555	root	1.1	war, bevor wir uns danach ausgerichtet haben - von all dem schreibt Ren aber
11556			nicht. ;)
11557
11558	root	1.388	Worauf Ren wohl hinaus wollte, ist, daß wenn die Logik des begrenzten Raumes
11559			nicht gilt, daß dann die Logik schlechthin hinfällig wird und so jedes Sein
11560			fragwürdig wird. Das ist aber nicht der Fall, da die Logik, die er von den
11561	root	1.1	Grenzen des Raumes aufstellt, gar keine wirkliche Logik ist, sondern nur die
11562			Grenzen des menschlichen Verstandes zeigt. Er kann sich nicht vorstellen,
11563	root	1.388	daß außerhalb der Grenzen des Raumes "Nichts" ist, weil man sich als Mensch
11564	root	1.1	das Nichts nicht vorstellen kann.
11565
11566	root	1.388	Darüber hinaus meinte er, daß die "Existenz unlogisch" würde. Dieser Satz
11567			ist vollkommen unverständlich. Denn entweder ist etwas, oder es ist nicht.
11568	root	1.1	Das ist auch schon die ganze Logik einer Existenz. (Aristoteles: Satz vom
11569	root	1.388	ausgeschlossenen Dritten) Unlogisch wäre, wenn etwas ist, das nicht ist oder
11570	root	1.1	wenn etwas nicht ist, das ist.
11571
11572	root	1.388	Von der Unfähigkeit des Menschen, sich einen unbegrenzten aber endlichen
11573	root	1.1	Raum (oder wie auch immer der Weltraum nun aussieht) vorzustellen auf die
11574	root	1.388	"Unlogik der Existenz" zu schließen, ist aber wohl nicht ganz möglich, zumal
11575			eine Existenz nicht unlogisch sein kann. Was sollte das auch heißen? Daher
11576	root	1.1	ist das Problem, das Ren aufwirft, nur ein Scheinproblem. Die Existenz an
11577	root	1.388	sich wird nicht in Frage gestellt dadurch, daß man sich etwas - egal was -
11578	root	1.1	nicht vorstellen kann. Er verwechselt die Begriffe "unlogisch" und
11579			"unvorstellbar".
11580
11581			Thomas.Decker@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
11582	root	1.387	%
11583	root	1.1	Marcel Richter wrote:
11584			> Marcel Richter - IQ: 3538327
11585			^^^
11586			fehlt da nicht irgendwo ein Komma.... =?-)
11587	root	1.387	%
11588	root	1.1	The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't
11589			do anything for you. --Ken Thompson
11590	root	1.387	%
11591	root	1.1	linux-2.1.92/fs/autofs/root.c:
11592			printk("autofs: trying to recover, but prepare for Armageddon\n");
11593	root	1.387	%
11594	root	1.1	>>Vincent DiPietro, the discoverer of the face on mars, has thrown in
11595			>>the towel, and said that the face on mars is a pile of rocks.
11596			>Was sollte es denn sonst sein?
11597
11598			An artificial pile of rocks.
11599	root	1.387	%
11600	root	1.1	> ps: mal nebenbei: eine unbekannte variable beim analysieren des
11601			> marsgesichtes ist es, dass mensch gar nicht weiss, wie die lebende,
11602			> gedachte oder sonstige vorlage eigentlich aussieht. dazu kommt natuerlich
11603			> noch das fehlende wissen um die intention des "kuenstlers", ob er
11604			> beispielsweise nur aspekte bzw. partien eines gesichtes integrieren wollte
11605			> - und natuerlich, ob es ueberhaupt kunst ist:)
11606
11607			Ganz genau. Und das Matterhorn ist eine palaeoimpressionistische Studie des
11608			Geruchsorgans der Rasse der Ciabattanimalier. Aber das wussten hier
11609			sicherlich schon alle. Das ganze Universum ist ausserdem eigentlich nur ein
11610			grosser Flipperautomat.
11611
11612			Christoph Schulte Moenting - ubec@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
11613	root	1.387	%
11614	root	1.1	> Kris Weilemann schrieb
11615			>
11616			> >MIR ging es neulich aehnlich. Ich wurde von Ausserirdischen entfuehrt.
11617			> >Ich wurde eingesperrt in einem dunklem Raum mit langen Sitzreihen und mit
11618			> >einer Popcorn-artigen Substanz gefuettert. Nach 2 Stunden war alles
11619			> >vorbei. Einen Tag spaeter stellte ich fest, dass mir 18 Mark im
11620			> >Geldbeutel fehlten. Ist das nicht krass? -Kris.
11621	root	1.387	%
11622	root	1.388	... Jazz ist nicht nur das erfolgreichste, sondern auch das einzige originäre Kunstgenre,
11623			daß die USA jemals hervorgebracht haben.
11624	root	1.1
11625			"Apropos Musik", HR2 am 16.4.98
11626	root	1.387	%
11627	root	1.1	http://www.rsw.com/
11628
11629			The Unix shell as a 4GL
11630
11631			Unix provides hundreds of programs that can be piped together to easily
11632			perform almost any function imaginable. Nothing comes close to providing the
11633			functions that come standard with Unix. Programs and philosophies carried
11634			over from other systems put walls between the user and Unix, and the power
11635			of Unix is thrown away. The shell, extended with a few relational operators,
11636			is the fourth generation database scripting language most appropriate to the
11637			Unix environment.
11638	root	1.387	%
11639	root	1.1	Perl is incredibly difficult to parse. For example, what's the difference
11640			between these:
11641
11642			time /3 ;#/; print "hello";
11643			sin /3 ;#/; print "goodbye";
11644
11645			Right. The first one is time divided by 3, and the print is in a comment.
11646			The second one is the sin of the result of a regular expression match for "3
11647			;#", and the print gets executed!
11648
11649			There's no pure BNF in the world that'll handle that. And remember, with
11650			"use" and prototypes available, whether you parse something like "sin" or
11651			"time" depends on its definition in some other file, somewhere in the galaxy
11652			(or even decided by Perl code in a BEGIN block, that evals a prototype!).
11653
11654			Which led Larry to say at one point: "the only thing that can parse Perl is
11655			'perl'".
11656
11657			--
11658			Randal L. Schwartz
11659	root	1.387	%
11660	root	1.1	Ronald J Kimball <rjk@coos.dartmouth.edu> writes:
11661
11662			> Pascal AMRAM wrote:
11663			> > Subject: MSEXCHANGE / OUTLOOK
11664			>
11665			> So here I am trying to figure out what an M sex change is....
11666
11667			It's obviously the opposite of an F sex change. HTH.
11668
11669			--
11670			Jonathan Feinberg jdf@pobox.com Sunny Brooklyn, NY
11671	root	1.387	%
11672	root	1.1	The management (my cats) made me say this.
11673	root	1.387	%
11674	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/custom.c:800:
11675			write_log ("Program is torturing BPLCON1.\n");
11676	root	1.387	%
11677	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/src/memory.c:363
11678			write_log ("Your Amiga program just did something terribly stupid\n");
11679	root	1.387	%
11680	root	1.1	Closures make sense in any programming language where you
11681			can have the return value of a function be itself a
11682			function, as you can in Perl. Note that some languages
11683			provide anonymous functions but are not capable of
11684			providing proper closures; the Python language, for
11685			example.
11686	root	1.387	%
11687	root	1.1	When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to
11688			resemble a nail.
11689	root	1.387	%
11690	root	1.1	> but all I get are 501 errors, method not supported. I am not 100% sure what
11691			> I did wrong.
11692
11693			What you did wrong was post a microsoft server question to a perl
11694			newsgroup.
11695	root	1.387	%
11696	root	1.1	I am trying to learn Perl on my Windows 97 system. In particular...
11697	root	1.387	%
11698	root	1.388	>Es kamen Außerirdische, die Pyramiden bauten und andere Wunder
11699			>vollbrachten. Dafür wurden sie vergöttert. Diese außerirdischen bauten dann
11700	root	1.1	>wahrscheinlich auch die Cydonia Region.
11701
11702			Etwa zehnmal zu oft 'Stargate' gesehen, was?
11703	root	1.387	%
11704	root	1.388	>Die Menschheit kämpft seit Millionen von Jahren gegeneinander.
11705	root	1.1
11706	root	1.388	Welche Hälfte ist denn da die grössere? :o)
11707	root	1.387	%
11708	root	1.1	...am still rebuilding after being hit with a clock changing virus it reset
11709			my clock to 2039 unfortunately for me my OS is beta 98 needless to say it
11710			expired instantly!!!
11711	root	1.387	%
11712	root	1.1	From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
11713			To: Pal Engstad <engstad@hunt.inmet.com>
11714
11715			> Linus Torvalds requires that all code in the source is using a tab
11716			> length of 8 spaces, and he also states that you are a bad programmer
11717			> if you write code with more than 3 indentation levels.
11718
11719			I didn't know that Linus Torvalds has done research on programming styles.
11720			He much have, since why else would you have the audacity quote him as
11721			an authority, on a list where there are dozens of people with more
11722			than double Linus's programming experience?
11723
11724			> This has caused the code to be fairly easy to read and maintainance is
11725			> pretty straight forward.
11726
11727			Irrelevant - a kernel is a lot simpler than an optimizing compiler,
11728			in terms of complexity of algorithms and data structures.
11729	root	1.387	%
11730	root	1.1	Nach der Diskussion muss ich akzeptieren, dass die juengst erfolgte
11731			Erdbeschleunigung von - 0,6 auf - 0,4 Millisekunden kein zwingender Beweis
11732			fuer einen Permanentantrieb ist. Aber: In letzter Zeit kommt es bei mir immer
11733			wieder vor, dass ich Dinge einfach weiss. Selbst wenn ich sie nicht begruenden
11734			kann. Ich weiss trotzdem dass sie stimmen muessen und der Antrieb existiert.
11735			Mit der Zeit findet sich dann auch die Begruendung.
11736	root	1.387	%
11737	root	1.1	Wir suchen neue AussenMitarbeiterInnen... (S.Pernar@Link-Goe)
11738	root	1.387	%
11739	root	1.1	hyperltext (hy'perl-text), n. double-quotish-interpolated hypertext markup:
11740			Example:
11741			print qq[[<LI><A HREF="$self->[[url]]">@[[[ucfirst $self->[[title]]]]]</A>\n]];
11742	root	1.387	%
11743	root	1.1	liperlsuction: What happens to any script longer than 10 lines once
11744			Randal gets his hands on it
11745	root	1.387	%
11746	root	1.1	Uperl Volta - country where perl programmers control the electricity.
11747	root	1.387	%
11748	root	1.1	> Anybody successfully installed the win32 version of Perl?
11749
11750			No! Millions of people don't use perl on win32 machines. You may be the
11751			first if you get it working.
11752	root	1.387	%
11753	root	1.1	> Macintosh.
11754			> Think different.
11755
11756			Think Again.
11757	root	1.387	%
11758	root	1.1	Bill.Cilnton@dyselxia.com
11759	root	1.387	%
11760	root	1.1	tsatan@hotmail.com writes:
11761			> Why does perl have the "push" and "unshift" functions? ...
11762			> push @nums, 4; is the same as @nums = (@nums, 4);
11763
11764			What do you want, Scheme? ;)
11765	root	1.387	%
11766	root	1.1	# There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
11767			# It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
11768	root	1.387	%
11769	root	1.1	\| I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because
11770			\| someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the
11771			\| top.
11772	root	1.387	%
11773	root	1.1	I had a student ask about the UN9 operating system. I didn't understabd what
11774			he was talking about so he wrote UNIX on the board.
11775	root	1.387	%
11776	root	1.1	On 1 Apr 98 17:34:23 GMT, Schulung7 wrote:
11777			^^^^^^^^^
11778			>Was haltet ihr vom UFO-Absturz in Rosswell?
11779
11780			Nichts. Und jetzt geh woanders spielen.
11781	root	1.387	%
11782	root	1.1	>Kann man hier irgendwie mal die UFOs reinbringen, um die es in dieser NG
11783			>gehen soll?
11784
11785	root	1.388	Nein, der Datentyp wäre inkompatibel. UFOs sind per Definitionem
11786	root	1.1	materielle Objekte (obwohl das zur Zeit fraglich ist ;-), die sich in
11787			diesem Medium nicht austauschen lassen.
11788	root	1.387	%
11789	root	1.1	Wer redet hier denn von der "Hui Hui"? Ich sprach von "Hui! Hui!".
11790	root	1.387	%
11791	root	1.388	>> nein...ist kein Sender. Eine taiwanesische Sekte hat behauptet, daß am
11792			>> 25.3. auf allen TVs der Welt Gott auf Kanal 18 erscheinen würde.
11793	root	1.1	>> Ist natuerlich nicht eingetreten.
11794			>
11795			>Aber unsere Haus-Sat-Anlage geht seither nicht mehr.
11796
11797			Ein Zeichen! Er hat uns ein Zeichen gegeben! Zieht alle euren linken
11798			Schuh aus!
11799	root	1.387	%
11800	root	1.1	>Klingt nach Erdstillstand.
11801
11802	root	1.388	Ich bin entsetzt. Man hat hoffentlich sofort Wiederbedrehungsmaßnahmen
11803	root	1.1	eingeleitet?
11804	root	1.387	%
11805	root	1.1	Mars Global Surveyor Imaging Schedule
11806
11807
11808			First opportunity
11809			Approximate
11810			Orbit Internet
11811			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11812
11813			4-3-98 09:58/1:58 a.m. 216 Viking Lander 1 April 6
11814			4-3-98 21:37/1:37 p.m. 217 Viking Lander 2 April 7
11815			4-4-98 09:16/1:16 a.m. 218 Mars Pathfinder April 7
11816			4-5-98 08:33/12:33 a.m. 220 Cydonia April 6 (mid-a.m.)
11817
11818			Second opportunity
11819			Approximate
11820			Orbit Internet
11821			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11822
11823			4-12-98 15:23/ 8:23 a.m. 235 Viking Lander 1 April 14
11824			4-13-98 03:01/ 8:01 p.m. 236 Viking Lander 2 April 15
11825			4-13-98 14:40/ 7:40 a.m. 237 Mars Pathfinder April 15
11826			4-14-98 13:57/ 6:57 a.m. 239 Cydonia April 14 (mid-p.m.)
11827
11828			Third opportunity
11829			Approximate
11830			Orbit Internet
11831			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11832
11833			4-21-98 20:45/1:45 p.m. 254 Viking Lander 1 April 23
11834			4-22-98 08:23/1:23 a.m. 255 Viking Lander 2 April 24
11835			4-22-98 20:02/1:02 p.m. 256 Mars Pathfinder April 24
11836			4-23-98 19:18/12:18 p.m. 258 Cydonia April 24 (mid-a.m.)
11837
11838	root	1.387	%
11839	root	1.1	> >2. Der Menschheit ist durch Inzucht entstanden. Laut biologischem
11840	root	1.388	> >Wissen, unwahrscheinlich, da Mutation und Mißbildungen auftreten
11841			> >würden.
11842	root	1.1	>
11843			> Vermutung: Das ist auch aufgetreten. Siehe levitische "Gesetze" zur
11844			> "Behandlung" von "Aussatz" insb. im 3. "Mose". Die hatten schon Probleme.
11845			Sag mal, bei Dir piepts wohl nicht mehr richtig! Aussatz, heute besser
11846			unter dem Namen Lepra bekannt, ist keine Erbkrankheit. Es ist eine
11847			(heute heilbare) Infektionskrankheit, verursacht durch Bakterien.
11848			Also nichts von Inzucht, wie Du das in Deinem latenten Rassenwahn
11849			implizierst.
11850	root	1.387	%
11851	root	1.1	> You might please start up with reading more than one sentence - a skill
11852			> quite familiar in Europe, but as it seems not in the USA.
11853	root	1.387	%
11854	root	1.1	Yup. Instead of crashing Xservers, now you have crashing kernels.
11855			Big improvement.
11856	root	1.387	%
11857	root	1.1	-- "Hey look, this new card is for windows and only $xx!"
11858			-- "Yes, but it's braindead and will hurt your performance. Take that one
11859			over there. Besides, it's not an ope.."
11860			-- "Why that one?"
11861			-- "Because it's better, sinc.."
11862			-- "But I can do the same with this one, it's cheaper, and its for windows!"
11863	root	1.387	%
11864	root	1.1	In der Klinik, in der ich mal arbeiten musste, hatten wir einen echten
11865			Koenig Ludwig II und mindestens fuenf Stueck Jesus - sowas gibts halt,
11866			wenn Du verstehst, was ich meine.
11867	root	1.387	%
11868	root	1.1	> Hast Du mal einen Stein beobachtet, der eine Unzahl komplexer
11869			> Vorgaenge paresentiert, einschliesslich der Hervorbringung
11870			> etlicher Lebensformen?
11871
11872			Jepp. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "zahlreich".
11873
11874			> Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der sich mal eben
11875			> "verwandelt", und auf dem dann lauter Wesen rumkrabbeln,
11876			> die aus ihm selbst entsprungen sind?
11877
11878			Klar doch. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "lauter".
11879
11880			> Ueberspitzt: Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der
11881			> ploetzlich zum Lebewesen wird und Dich fragt, wer oder was
11882			> er eigentlich ist?
11883
11884	root	1.388	Tja, da hören die Übereinstimmungen auf. Ich dachte Du meinst
11885	root	1.1	Erwin Stein. Den kenne ich. Der hat zwei Kinder. Die krabbeln
11886	root	1.388	ab und zu auf ihm herum. Der ist aber nicht plötzlich zum Le-
11887	root	1.1	bewesen geworden, sondern den gibt es nun schon ein wenig
11888	root	1.388	länger. Und er hat mich auch noch nie gefragt, wer oder was
11889	root	1.1	er eigentlich ist. Zumindest nicht in einem Zustand, den man
11890	root	1.388	als "normal" bezeichnen könnte. So wird das anscheinend nix.
11891	root	1.1	Ciao
11892			Stefan
11893	root	1.387	%
11894	root	1.1	"These download files are in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. After
11895			unzipping, these files can be viewed in any text editor, including
11896			all versions of Microsoft Word, WordPad, and Microsoft Word Viewer."
11897			(http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pc99.htm)
11898	root	1.387	%
11899	root	1.1	Video cards have write-only registers. (of course that is bad design) Let's
11900			say that register 13 is write-only, as is common. It holds an index that
11901			determines what register 69 (also write-only) actually changes. If you write
11902			to register 13 while the accelerator is active, you lock the PCI bus. You
11903			can't determine if the accelerator is active without reading from register
11904			42, but you can't interpret the contents of that register correctly without
11905			knowing what the last accelerator command was. Reading from register 13 gets
11906			you some useless (unrelated) info and _also_ toggles the accelerator on and
11907			off.
11908	root	1.387	%
11909	root	1.1	Join the Army,
11910			Meet interesting people,
11911			Kill them.
11912	root	1.387	%
11913	root	1.1	> Wie entsteht Materie? Ich koennte mir vorstellen, dass Energie in Materie
11914			> umwandelbar ist.
11915
11916			E=m*c^2 (Schon mal gehoert?) (Schon mal verstanden??)
11917	root	1.387	%
11918	root	1.388	>nach der die Pygmäen geheime UFO-Basen in ausgehöhlten Baumstämmen
11919	root	1.1	>unterhalten (Vorsicht: das war ein Witz :-) ).
11920	root	1.387	%
11921	root	1.1	> (Bernhard Nahrgang) wrote:
11922			>
11923			> >> Logische Annahme: Die Erde waechst entweder kontinuierlich, oder periodisch
11924			> >> ruckartig.
11925			> >wie kann jemand mit dem IQ von 130 nur SO SELTEN BLOEDE sein??
11926			>
11927	root	1.388	> Norbert ist nicht selten blöde...
11928	root	1.1
11929			:-)
11930	root	1.387	%
11931	root	1.1	SAT 1 Teletext: Ein Asteroid mit einem Durchmesser von fast einem Kilometer
11932	root	1.388	rast mit großer Geschwindigkeit auf die Erde zu. US-Astronomen befürchten:
11933			"XF11" könnte im Jahr 2028 auf der Erde einschlagen. Die Folgen wären
11934	root	1.1	verheerend. "Der rasende Stein aus dem All ist eine Gefahr", warnt Jack G.
11935			Hills vom US-Kernforschungszentrum Los Alamos: "Wenn er die Erde trifft,
11936			wird er die Sprengkraft von 320.000 Megatonnen Dynamit haben." Das
11937			entspricht dem Zweimillionenfachen der Atombombe...
11938
11939			ARD/ZDF Teletext: ASTEROID MIT KURS AUF ERDE ENTDECKT Amerikanische
11940			Astronomen haben einen Asteroiden ausgemacht, der in 30 Jahren der Erde
11941	root	1.388	gefährlich nahekommen wird. Die Gefahr, daß der Asteroid einschlagen wird,
11942			sei gering, aber auch nicht völlig auszuschließen. Nach derzeitigen
11943	root	1.1	Berechnungen wird der Asteroid mit der Bezeichnung "1997 XF11" am 26.Oktober
11944	root	1.388	2028 unserem Planeten am nächsten kommen. "1997 XF11" hat etwa einen
11945			Durchmesser von 1,6 Kilometern. Erstmals käme ein Objekt dieser Größe der
11946			Erde so nahe, hieß es in dem Bericht der Internationalen Astronomischen
11947	root	1.1	Union.
11948
11949	root	1.388	RTL Teletext: Himmelskörper rast auf Erde zu Ein Asteroid wird im Jahr 2028
11950			der Erde gefährlich nahe kommen. Amerikanische Wissenschaftler haben die
11951	root	1.1	Chance eines Zusammenpralls auf eins zu tausend berechnet. Sollte der
11952	root	1.388	Asteroid, der einen Durchmesser von 1,8 Kilometern hat, aufprallen, könnte
11953			er eine gigantische Flutwelle auslösen, so die Forscher. Auch ein genaues
11954			Datum haben die Wissenschaftler schon errechnet: Von Europa aus wäre das
11955	root	1.1	Naturschauspiel am 26. Oktober 2028 zu beobachten.
11956	root	1.387	%
11957	root	1.1	* Linux Viruscan.....
11958			Windows 95 Found Remove it ? (Y/y)
11959	root	1.387	%
11960	root	1.1	>>Hmm, welche Behauptungen entsprechen denn deiner Meinung nach der
11961	root	1.388	>>Realität?
11962	root	1.1	>>
11963			>>Das es das FBI wirklich gibt?
11964	root	1.388	>>Das Scully frigide ist, und deshalb mit Mulder nichts anfangen möchte?
11965			>>Das Mulder homosexuell ist, und deshalb mit Scully nichts anfangen möchte?
11966	root	1.1	>>Das der CSM einen Vertrag mit Marlb*ro hat?
11967			>
11968			>Hinter diesen "Fragen" erkenne ich z.B. eine gut bekannte Strategie. Die
11969			>FBI-Frage ist bewusst absurd. Das Abgleiten ins Sexuelle hat ebenfalls
11970	root	1.387	%
11971	root	1.1	"'You're a Cirrus. You're crap. I'm an S3. I rule. Thank you and please drive through.'"
11972	root	1.387	%
11973	root	1.1	> How could you have perl take a set of numbers (1,2,3,4) and put them
11974			> into a random order???
11975			>
11976
11977			@array=qw(1 2 3 4);
11978			print "@array[1,3,2,0]\n";
11979
11980			I've checked this against other possible random orderings
11981			of these numbers, and this ordering is at least as random as
11982			any of the other possible ones. The benefit of this one being
11983			that it begins with the number 2, which is my favorite random
11984			number less than 42.
11985	root	1.387	%
11986	root	1.1	From what I am reading Win98 and NT5.0 will be getting rid of all that
11987			crap anyway. Seems that Microsoft has invented something called TCP/IP and
11988			another really revolutionary concept called DNS that eliminates the
11989			netbios crap too. All that arping from browsers is going to go away.
11990			I also hear rumors that they are on the verge of breakthrough discoveries
11991			called NFS, and LPD too. Given enough time and money, they might
11992			eventually invent Unix.
11993	root	1.387	%
11994	root	1.1	In Germany, where typeface design has always been a significant part of
11995			the cultural heritage, and where typefounding has remained an important
11996			business, there are more than one kind of copyright-like protections for
11997			typefaces. Certain long-standing industrial design protection laws have
11998			been used to protect typeface designs in litigation over royalties and
11999			plagiarisms. Further, there is a recent law, the so-called
12000			"Schriftzeichengesetz" enacted in 1981, that specifically protects
12001			typeface designs. New designs are registered, as is done with
12002			copyright in most countries. This law only protects new, original
12003			designs. It is available to non-German designers and firms. Therefore,
12004			some type firms and designers routinely copyright new designs in West
12005			Germany. This gives a degree of protection for products marketed in
12006			Germany. Since multinational corporations may find it cheaper to
12007			license a design for world-wide use rather than deal with a special case
12008			in one country, the German law does encourage licensing on a broader
12009			scale than would initially seem to be the case.
12010	root	1.387	%
12011	root	1.1	[linux processes vs. nt/solaris threads]
12012			Rob Pike pointed out that the solution to slow process creation is
12013			faster process creation, not another kernel abstraction.
12014	root	1.387	%
12015	root	1.1	Does anybody know how to communicate between a PC and a modem,
12016			using a Perl CGI script?
12017	root	1.387	%
12018	root	1.1	>I really don't know crap about PERL. How is it different from JAVA?
12019
12020			One tiny difference: Java can crash your browser. It happened to me last
12021			week.
12022	root	1.387	%
12023	root	1.1	Brieweb> I heard Randal Schwartz say he could write an entire httpd server in 90 lines
12024			Brieweb> of PERL.
12025			No, that's an http proxy server. A simple web server is much shorter.
12026			From "perldoc HTTP::Daemon"...
12027			[Randal Schwartz]
12028	root	1.387	%
12029	root	1.1	But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving
12030			capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason
12031			for leaving capabilities out of Perl.
12032			[Larry Wall in `Macros'. [[perl5-porters]]]
12033	root	1.387	%
12034	root	1.1	Yes: Java's main advantage over Perl is that it's hard to use for casual
12035			programmers, so keeps all but the most intrepid programmers away from it.
12036			It has no decent support for string processing, allowing you to spend
12037			hours at useless debugging. It has a very restrictive and static system
12038			to make sure you don't try anything interesting. It makes sure that you
12039			use objects, by golly, because James Gosling said so. It's easy for C++
12040			programmers to use, and hard for shell or BASIC programmers to use. It
12041			also only runs on a few systems, locking its customers into a a closed
12042			system and restricting their options.
12043			[Tom Christiansen in `Java Vs. Perl']
12044	root	1.387	%
12045	root	1.1	<Bill_Gates> Where do you want to go today?
12046			<Phase_5> Where do go tomorrow?
12047			<BlueFlux> Where were you yesterday?!?!
12048	root	1.387	%
12049	root	1.1	"It's not to control, but to protect the citizens of Singapore. In our
12050			society, you can state your views, but they have to be correct."
12051			Ernie Hai
12052			Coordinator of Singapore Government Internet Project
12053	root	1.387	%
12054	root	1.1	: I very much prefer a useful error message than a "it produced the wrong
12055			: results" report from the users.
12056
12057			if i got even "it produced the wrong results" from our users, i would
12058			be in 7th heaven. ours often mail us with such insightful requests as
12059			"can you tell me my email address?" no, sorry, that should be "CAN U
12060			TEL ME MY E MAIL ADRES DUDE?!!!?? HURRY!!!"
12061	root	1.387	%
12062	root	1.1	There are many intelligent species in the Universe.
12063			They are all owned by cats.
12064	root	1.387	%
12065	root	1.1	Why dignify your unsustainable, unjustifiable, unprovable feeble
12066			attempts at character assassination with anything resembling a reply?
12067			You only make yourself look foolish by mouthing off like that.
12068	root	1.387	%
12069	root	1.1	From: L & K Olson <kolson@mbnet.mb.ca>
12070			Subject: If they wrote error messages in haiku ...
12071
12072			Yesterday it worked
12073			Today it is not working
12074			Windows is like that
12075			- - -
12076			wind catches lily
12077			scatt'ring petals to the wind:
12078			segmentation fault
12079			- - -
12080			Three things are certain:
12081			Death, taxes, and lost data.
12082			Guess which has occurred.
12083			- - -
12084			A file that big?
12085			It might be very useful.
12086			But now it is gone.
12087			- - -
12088			Windows NT crashed.
12089			I am the Blue Screen of Death.
12090			No one hears your screams.
12091			- - -
12092			Errors have occurred.
12093			We won't tell you where or why.
12094			Lazy programmers.
12095			- - -
12096			Seeing my great fault
12097			Through darkening blue windows
12098			I begin again
12099			- - -
12100			The code was willing,
12101			It considered your request,
12102			But the chips were weak.
12103			- - -
12104			Printer not ready.
12105			Could be a fatal error.
12106			Have a pen handy?
12107			- - -
12108			Server's poor response
12109			Not quick enough for browser.
12110			Timed out, plum blossom.
12111			- - -
12112			Chaos reigns within.
12113			Reflect, repent, and reboot.
12114			Order shall return.
12115			- - -
12116			Login incorrect.
12117			Only perfect spellers may
12118			enter this system.
12119			- - -
12120			This site has been moved.
12121			We'd tell you where, but then we'd
12122			have to delete you.
12123			- - -
12124			ABORTED effort:
12125			Close all that you have.
12126			You ask way too much.
12127			- - -
12128			First snow, then silence.
12129			This thousand dollar screen dies
12130			so beautifully.
12131			- - -
12132			With searching comes loss
12133			and the presence of absence:
12134			"My Novel" not found.
12135			- - -
12136			The Tao that is seen
12137			Is not the true Tao, until
12138			You bring fresh toner.
12139			- - -
12140			The Web site you seek
12141			cannot be located but
12142			endless others exist
12143			- - -
12144			Stay the patient course
12145			Of little worth is your ire
12146			The network is down
12147			- - -
12148			A crash reduces
12149			your expensive computer
12150			to a simple stone.
12151			- - -
12152			There is a chasm
12153			of carbon and silicon
12154			the software can't bridge
12155			- - -
12156			To have no errors
12157			Would be life without meaning
12158			No struggle, no joy
12159			- - -
12160			You step in the stream,
12161			but the water has moved on.
12162			This page is not here.
12163			- - -
12164			No keyboard present
12165			Hit F1 to continue
12166			Zen engineering?
12167			- - -
12168			Hal, open the file
12169			Hal, open the damn file, Hal
12170			open it, please Hal
12171			- - -
12172			Out of memory.
12173			We wish to hold the whole sky,
12174			But we never will.
12175			- - -
12176			Having been erased,
12177			The document you're seeking
12178			Must now be retyped.
12179			- - -
12180			The ten thousand things
12181			How long do any persist?
12182			Netscape, too, has gone.
12183			- - -
12184			Rather than a beep
12185			Or a rude error message,
12186			These words: "File not found."
12187			- - -
12188			Serious error.
12189			All shortcuts have disappeared
12190			Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
12191	root	1.387	%
12192	root	1.1	"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way
12193			to factor large prime numbers." -- Bill Gates from "The Road Ahead," p. 265.
12194	root	1.387	%
12195	root	1.1	> What is the Windows equivalent of the first line used for
12196			> UNIX (#!/usr/local/bin/perl) that tells where the Perl interpreter is?
12197
12198			Windows hasn't gotten quite as far in functionality as, say, BSD Unix in the
12199			early 1980s.
12200	root	1.387	%
12201	root	1.1	> I have a chat script, that will work fine for a bit then after a while
12202			> the private messages will stop working. It might be because I changed
12203			> something, but chances are that isn't the case. I re-install a fresh
12204			> copy, paths are correct, and they still don't work
12205
12206			I think you are experiencing GOVERNMENT CONTROL. You see, everyone
12207			with a chat script is being scrutinised by the department of CHAT
12208			control. Whenever they see some message they don't like, they
12209			introduce some little goblin called feature-creep in your program. if
12210			you have lots of these little devils, your program migth acquire so
12211			many new features that it just stops working.
12212
12213			This also applies to Microsoft products.
12214
12215			> Does it make sense for certain features to just not work?! If you can
12216			> help, or have suggestions, get back to me, PLEASE:)
12217
12218			Yes, it makes perfect sense. Especially if they're features which
12219			really are bugs. And especially if they're 'private' messages. You
12220			know perfectly well that the government doesn't like private messages.
12221
12222			Hope this explains what's going on
12223			Martien Verbruggen
12224	root	1.387	%
12225	root	1.1	...code? If you're on a misconfigured NT server (is that redundant?), you...
12226	root	1.387	%
12227	root	1.1	X11R6.1-based free X server compiles, links and crashes under IRIX(TM).
12228	root	1.387	%
12229	root	1.1	-------------- please bite here ------------- bitte hier abbeissen ---------
12230	root	1.387	%
12231	root	1.1	"Frag mal, auf was fuer uptimes man kommt, wenn man Software-Entwicklung
12232			unter NT macht..." "Das koennen bis zu dreissig Minuten werden - in der
12233			Mittagspause." -- Andreas Bogk, Kai Fett, de.alt.sysadmin.recovery
12234	root	1.387	%
12235	root	1.1	> ++ A lot of posters here have .sigs that include perl one liners.
12236			> ++ Is there a safe way to run them, and be assured that they wont
12237			> ++ damage and/or erase files? (or e-mail off my shadow file)
12238			>
12239			> Just make sure you understand it ;)
12240
12241			I nominate Abigail for best response of the year with this one. Come to
12242			think of it, I nominate it for best response of next year, too.
12243	root	1.387	%
12244	root	1.1	Your moderator will be spending the next week on a beach on a small island
12245			where the phones don't work very well, so there won't be any comp.compilers
12246			until the 28th. Any messages you send in will wait here until I get back and
12247			should be posted on March 1st or 2nd.
12248	root	1.387	%
12249	root	1.1	But now, in comp.lang.perl.misc, you have a bunch of people who aren't
12250			even asking how to make the pieces fit together, but what the
12251			individual pieces are. ("How do I get my lego project to roll accross
12252			the table?" "You use one of those pieces that have the wheels
12253			attached.") Or questions that aren't about building at all. ("The
12254			motor stopped moving. How do I get it to start again?" "The batteries
12255			are probably dead. You can buy new batteries at any department or
12256			convienience store.")
12257	root	1.387	%
12258	root	1.1	: how do i make my perl script run?
12259			Get up at 91 minutes before dawn, clothe yourself in neon green body
12260	root	1.387	%
12261	root	1.1	for some reason Windoze users don't seem to expect docs to come with an archive
12262	root	1.424	>>> ToiLeTGoD
12263	root	1.1
12264			Well, well.. I always wondered who/what made that flush thingy work.
12265			Pretty cool name, dude. (not)
12266	root	1.387	%
12267	root	1.1	Ummm...create "comp.lang.perl.wizards", make it moderated and all posts,
12268			including xposts, go into /dev/null. Most FAQers won't have the Usenet
12269			background to understand that such groups are either a) a wasteland
12270			populated (briefly) by persons like themselves, or b) point to /dev/null.
12271	root	1.387	%
12272	root	1.1	Lazy people never bother to actually read the manual. Instead they (like
12273			kids) pick something with big, colorful buttons.
12274			-- Eugene Tyurin <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>
12275	root	1.387	%
12276	root	1.1	The Average Person's Axioms of First Order Predicate Logic:
12277			(A => B) => (B => A)
12278			(There exists) x A(x) => (For all) x A(x)
12279			(A => C) & (B => C) => (A => B) - Warren Vonroeschlaub
12280	root	1.387	%
12281	root	1.1	cal 9 1752
12282	root	1.387	%
12283	root	1.1	Installing unix fixes the [VMS] bug.
12284			-Barry Shein
12285	root	1.387	%
12286	root	1.1	And this horrible free-for-all will be left to children wondering around
12287			by themselves in the dark because they refuse to turn on the light and
12288			read the manual.
12289	root	1.387	%
12290	root	1.1	"SPARC" is "CRAPS" backwards --Rob Pike
12291	root	1.387	%
12292	root	1.1	I increasingly begin to understand why some universities require
12293			that its compsci majors study the Euclid's Prime Number Theorem,
12294			the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Cantor's Diagonalization Proof,
12295			Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem, and the ramifications of Halting Problem
12296			in everyday life. These may not be involved in daily programming, but
12297			it helps develop a rigorous mind. And it gives those who would progress
12298			from typist to word-processor devotee to HTML documenter to CGI scripter
12299			to distributed multithreaded operating systems design specialist cause
12300			for pause. You just can't do that without proper training.
12301	root	1.387	%
12302	root	1.1	comp.lang.perl.i'm-from-microsoft-so-won't-read-documentation
12303	root	1.387	%
12304	root	1.1	I suggest you install a newsserver, and keep a local spool. Anything else
12305			is too much work, and fairly silly. The Internet has catupulted even
12306			the Wintel victims past the days of BBS toys.
12307	root	1.387	%
12308	root	1.1	> Help help! Pls advise me thru email.
12309
12310			I advise you to buy a new keyboard; one that has all the keys you
12311			need.
12312	root	1.387	%
12313	root	1.1	Christian Fundamentalism: The doctrine that there is an absolutely
12314			powerful, infinitely knowledgeable, universe spanning entity that is
12315			deeply and personally concerned about my sex life.
12316	root	1.387	%
12317	root	1.1	I find the first particularly useful in destroying the miswrapped
12318			lines stemming from brain-damaged "it's just another word processor"
12319			newsreaders. You know,
12320			those postings that always seem to go to the edge of the line and then
12321			back
12322			again to the start, as this paragraph has. These are just too painful
12323			to read. Just kill them. It's not worth your time trying to figure
12324			out what they're saying.
12325	root	1.387	%
12326	root	1.1	It is most annoying to receive junk mail describing how to purchase 93
12327			million addresses, while knowing that yours is one of them.
12328	root	1.387	%
12329	root	1.1	I'm surprised Tom, how could it miss the "X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT;
12330			U)" header line? Personally, I find the attempted use of Netscape as a
12331			newsreader even worse then the attempted use of WinNT as an OS. :-)
12332
12333			But the combination.... sutters
12334	root	1.387	%
12335	root	1.1	Hm... my new killfile isn't detecting you're posting from Windows.
12336			Darn it.
12337	root	1.387	%
12338	root	1.1	At least he didn't post in all caps.
12339	root	1.387	%
12340	root	1.1	http://language.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html
12341	root	1.387	%
12342	root	1.1	I think the biggest problem with M.S.A. is that the scripts work for Matt, but
12343			the majority of people trying to use them are from the
12344			"Wintel/AOL/FrontPage/push-a-button/HTML-is-programming/no-programming-required"
12345			school of non-learning. It isn't a problem with the code, per se, but with those
12346			trying to use it.
12347	root	1.387	%
12348	root	1.1	"Linux can emulate an C64 on my AMDK6PR200 at full speed. Windows can't."
12349	root	1.387	%
12350	root	1.1	cdog wrote:
12351			>
12352			> Is this group active?
12353			No.
12354
12355			If you had spent half a second LOOKING at the group before posting, you
12356			probably could have come to that conclusion yourself.
12357
12358			On a personal note, I died 3 years, 8 days, 5 minutes, 16 seconds, and
12359			345 milliseconds ago, but who's counting.
12360	root	1.387	%
12361	root	1.1	"Security through obscurity is no security at all."
12362			-comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup posting
12363	root	1.387	%
12364	root	1.1	"Windows 95 will now attempt to blow chunks across your primary partition.
12365			Press any key to continue..."
12366	root	1.387	%
12367	root	1.1	NT 5.0 is the last nail in the Unix coffin. Interestingly, Unix
12368			isn't in the coffin... It's wondering what the heck is sealing
12369			itself into a wooden box 6 feet underground...
12370	root	1.387	%
12371	root	1.1	The Wall St Journal (1996-01-22, page 1) reported that Cuba is
12372			considering jumping across the International Date Line, just so that
12373			it's the first into the year 2000. So it's possible you'll have to
12374			adjust your travel plans.
12375	root	1.387	%
12376	root	1.388	"Wo kämen wir hin, wenn alle sagten, wo kämen wir hin, und niemand ginge
12377			hin, um einmal zu schauen, wohin man käme, wenn man ginge." -- Kurt Marti
12378	root	1.387	%
12379	root	1.1	The Takeuchi function is a popular benchmark of function calling due to its
12380			highly recursive nature. It's defined as:
12381
12382			tak x y z = z, if y >= x
12383			= tak (tak (x-1) y z) (tak (y - 1) z x) (tak (z - 1) x y), otherwise
12384
12385			For this benchmark, the function is invoked as:
12386
12387			tak 18 12 6
12388	root	1.387	%
12389	root	1.1	"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
12390			-- Bill Gates
12391			"Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM."
12392			-- Bill Gates
12393			"Nobody will ever need Windows 95."
12394			-- logical conclusion
12395	root	1.387	%
12396	root	1.1	Year Name James Bond Book
12397			- ---- -------------------------------- -------------- ----
12398			50's James Bond TV Series Barry Nelson
12399			1962 Dr. No Sean Connery 1958
12400			1963 From Russia With Love Sean Connery 1957
12401			1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery 1959
12402			1965 Thunderball Sean Connery 1961
12403			1967* Casino Royale David Niven 1954
12404			1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery 1964
12405			1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service George Lazenby 1963
12406			1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery 1956
12407			1973 Live And Let Die Roger Moore 1955
12408			1974 The Man With The Golden Gun Roger Moore 1965
12409			1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore 1962 (novelette)
12410			1979 Moonraker Roger Moore 1955
12411			1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12412			1983 Octopussy Roger Moore 1965
12413			1983* Never Say Never Again Sean Connery
12414			1985 A View To A Kill Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12415			1987 The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton 1965 (novelette)
12416			* -- Not a Broccoli production.
12417	root	1.387	%
12418	root	1.1	Windows NT: n.
12419			32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
12420			operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written
12421			by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
12422	root	1.387	%
12423	root	1.388	Auf der Kiste läuft EHNIX, das ist ZUNIX kompatibel.