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1	root	1.477	22:15:54 <Mikachu> the whole thing didn't strictly crash, but the game used --in-process-gpu and the gpu
2			process called exit when it couldn't init the gpu
3			22:16:01 <Mikachu> without that the game ran in software at 1fps just fine
4			%
5			Whatever feature of the STE you want to use, it will either not work as
6			planned or require special treatment. If it works as planned and does not
7			require special treatment, it will definetly not work on the TT or the
8			Falcon.
9
10			[http://www.atari-wiki.com/index.php/Atari_STE_FAQ_compiled_by_The_Paranoid_/_Paradox]
11			%
12	root	1.476	In 1729, how could they know where the north pole was when it was only
13			discovered in 1909?
14			-- Ebon Kim, Flat-Earth Youtuber
15			%
16	root	1.475	Fun with the north korean Red Star OS:
17
18			It does have some components that prevent the normal user from
19			editing/deleting various protected files (securityd, scnprc and opprc). We
20			call it “oppression” if we’re speaking of DPRK and “defending your
21			privacy and security” if we’re speaking of Apple. Two sides of the
22			same coin, I guess, depends on which side you’re on.
23
24			[https://sizeof.cat/post/fun-with-redstar-os/]
25			%
26	root	1.474	Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam clarified in Parliament
27			during the Committee of Supply debate on Mar. 3 that inmates in Singapore
28			do not need to thank prison staff after being caned.
29
30			[https://mothership.sg/2022/03/no-requirement-thank-guard-after-caning/]
31			%
32			The IETF, obviously fearing irrelevance, hastily "discovered" that the
33			HTTP/1.1 protocol needed an update, and tasked a working group with
34			preparing it on an unrealistically short schedule. This ruled out any
35			basis for the new HTTP/2.0 other than the SPDY protocol. With only
36			the most hideous of SPDY's warts removed, and all other attempts at
37			improvement rejected as "not in scope," "too late," or "no consensus," the
38			IETF can now claim relevance and victory by conceding practically every
39			principle ever held dear in return for the privilege of rubber-stamping
40			Google's initiative.
41
42			Poul-Henning Kamp, in https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=27162
43			%
44			[HGST engineer, taking about drive reliability]
45
46			we don't want to test it, because that costs time, we just wait for the
47			market feedback and put that into our calculations.
48			%
49	root	1.473	[wdleng.c in unix V6 iolib]
50
51			wdleng ()
52			/* returns number of bits in a machine integer */
53			/* written so kernighan can tell where he is running */
54			{
55			int k, leng;
56			k = leng = 1;
57			while (k =<< 1)
58	root	1.476	leng++;
59	root	1.473	return (leng);
60			}
61			%
62	root	1.470	Dana Angluin's List of Proof Techniques
63
64			Proof by example:
65			The author gives only the case n=2 and suggests that it contains most
66			of the ideas of the general proof.
67
68			Proof by intimidation:
69			'Trivial.'
70
71			Proof by vigorous handwaving:
72			Works well in a classroom or seminar setting.
73
74			Proof by cumbersome notation:
75			Best done with access to at least four alphabets and special symbols.
76
77			Proof by exhaustion:
78			An issue or two of a journal devoted to your proof is useful.
79
80			Proof by omission:
81			'The reader may easily supply the details.'
82			'The other 253 cases are analogous.'
83			'...'
84
85			Proof by obfuscation:
86			A long plotless sequence of true and/or meaningless syntactically
87			related statements.
88
89			Proof by wishful citation:
90			The author cites the negation, converse, or generalization of a theorem
91			from the literature to support his claims.
92
93			Proof by funding:
94			How could three different government agencies be wrong?
95
96			Proof by eminent authority:
97			'I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP-complete.'
98
99			Proof by personal communication:
100			'Eight-dimensional colored cycle stripping is NP-complete' [Karp,
101			personal commmunication].
102
103			Proof by reduction to the wrong problem:
104			'To see that infinite-dimensional colored cycle stripping is decidable,
105			we reduce it to the halting problem.'
106
107			Proof by reference to inaccessible literature:
108			The author cites a simple corollary of a theorem to be found in a
109			privately circulated memoir of the Slovenian Philological Society,
110			1883.
111
112			Proof by importance:
113			A large body of useful consequences all follow from the proposition in question.
114
115			Proof by accumulated evidence:
116			Long and diligent search has not revealed a counterexample.
117
118			Proof by cosmology:
119			The negation of the proposition is unimaginable or meaningless. Popular
120			for proofs of the existence of God.
121
122			Proof by mutual reference:
123			In reference A, Theorem 5 is said to follow from Theorem 3 in reference
124			B, which is shown to follow from Corollary 6.2 in reference C, which is
125			an easy consequence of Theorem 5 in reference A.
126
127			Proof by meta-proof:
128			A method is given to construct the desired proof. The correctness of
129			the method is proved by any of these techniques.
130
131			Proof by picture:
132			A more convincing form of proof by example. Combines well with proof by omission.
133
134			Proof by vehement assertion:
135			It is useful to have some kind of authority relation to the audience.
136
137			Proof by ghost reference:
138			Nothing even remotely resembling the cited theorem appears in the reference given.
139
140			Proof by forward reference:
141			Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author, which is
142			often not as forthcoming as at first.
143
144			Proof by semantic shift:
145			Some standard but inconvenient definitions are changed for the
146			statement of the result.
147
148			Proof by appeal to intuition:
149			Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here.
150
151			Proof by elimination of the counterexample:
152			'Assume for the moment that the hypothesis is true. Now, let's
153			suppose we find a counterexample. So what? QED.' (from Don Woods
154			<DON@SU-AI.ARPA>)
155
156			[https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~riesbeck/proofs.html]
157			%
158	root	1.469	polkit: Similar to sudo but much more complicated
159
160			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
161			%
162			D-Bus: IPC, but complicated. Why do we need XML schema files, why is there
163			sometimes / notation and sometimes ., and so on. IPC is a good thing, but
164			this implementation is too complicated!
165
166			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
167			%
168			Pipewire: Solution in search of a problem you don't have without Wayland?
169
170			[https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki/Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies]
171			%
172			In general, Wayland is moving away from the modularity, portability, and standardization of the X server.
173
174			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
175			%
176			The Wayland "reference implementation" is a small set of libraries that
177			can be used to build a compositor or a client application. These libraries
178			currently have hard dependencies on Linux kernel APIs like epoll. In
179			pkgsrc we've patched the libraries to add kqueue(2) support, but the
180			patches haven't been accepted upstream. Wayland is written with the
181			assumption of Linux to the extent that every client application tends to
182			#include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's designers didn't see the need
183			to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse button IDs.
184
185			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
186			%
187	root	1.468	As best I can tell (from the long and unsatisfactory thread I pursed on
188			the Wayland Developers list some little time ago), the core issue with
189			Wayland and Color is social, not technical:
190
191			1. none of the key developers have the faintest idea what Color or Color
192			Management is, and (worse):
193
194			2. they have no idea why it would be at all important.
195
196			[https://discuss.pixls.us/t/wayland-color-management/10804/4]
197			%
198			> (isn't it the case with ifconfig vs. ip already?)
199
200			Wayland is more like they created ip but named the command ifconfig, then
201			told you to go fix your scripts.
202
203			If the Wayland developers had sense, they would have carefully considered
204			how to make it a seemless transition for developers. Instead, they decided
205			they were the ultimate authority on software engineering and screw
206			developers, they are all doing it wrong anyways.
207
208			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3862027]
209			%
210			Wayland is written with the assumption of Linux to the extent that every
211			client application tends to #include <linux/input.h> because Wayland's
212			designers didn't see the need to define a OS-neutral way to get mouse
213			button IDs.
214
215			[https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/wayland_on_netbsd_trials_and]
216			%
217			... a basic barebones TWM for X11 works better and offers more features
218			than Weston which contains ~20 times more code
219
220			[https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277#gistcomment-3526530]
221			%
222			"It is true that Wayland somewhat sucks ass" -- The Lutris founder
223			[The Lutris founder quoting himself]
224			%
225			Eine solche Regulierung schafft man in Deutschland nur für wirklich
226			wichtige Themen wie zur Durchsetzung der Bereitstellung von Schnittstellen
227			für die Telekommunikationsüberwachung. Bei so irrelevanten Themen wie
228			dem Katastrophenschutz und der Alarmierung der Bevölkerung braucht man
229			den Markt nicht zu regulieren.
230
231			[https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20210719-smscb/]
232			From: Stephen Searle
233			Date: 18 Mar 1998, 09:00:00
234			Subject: A Clockwork Nethacker
235
236			What if the next version of Nethack has a new class based on the Droogs
237			of Anthony Burgess' novel (and later Stanley Kubrick film) "A Clockwork
238			Orange"?
239
240			I imagine the language would be radically different, like the
241			Samurai-speak only much, much more so...
242
243			Your rookers glow red -more-
244			You tolchock the floating glazzy real horrorshow! -more-
245			The floating glazzy appears bezoomny.
246			You brosay your britva at the floating glazzy -more-
247			The floating glazzy is oobivatted!
248
249			Ugh - that Pishcha was rotten! -more-
250			You feel a malenky bit bolnoy.
251
252			You govoreet with the charlie of Bog -more-
253			The charlie asks you for some cutter for the temple.
254
255			The devotchka flashes her groodies at you -more-
256			"Take off your platties, they're in the way" -more-
257			Raz stands still while you and the devotchka lie in each other's rookers...
258			(or:)
259			"You're such a bolshy chelloveck, I wish..."
260
261			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you!
262			Your shlem blocks the attack to your gulliver.
263			The rassoodock-flayer tolchocks you real horrorshow!
264			Your brain is eaten! You feel gloopy!
265
266			An enormous dook appears next to you!
267			You are poogly to snuffit and unable to itty!
268
269			You slooshy someone cursing prestoopnicks.
270
271			You ittied from the shop without pretty pollying! -more-
272			You crasted 100 gollies worth of veshches! -more-
273			A millicent's whistle zvooks -more-
274			The Keystone rozzes are after you!
275
276
277			Heh... I think I will have to write a little text filter for Nethack :-)
278
279			-SJS
280
281			[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/c/3P5KdEPru6o/m/UxXyLvAsJUwJ]
282			%
283			"Validity of journal" is not an argument from authority fallacy, it is an
284			assessment of the prior on source quality.
285			%
286	root	1.467	You know what they say though, if the punishment for a crime is a fee
287			then it’s only a crime for the poor.
288			%
289	root	1.466	[https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/]
290
291			In completely unrelated news, upcoming versions of Signal will be
292			periodically fetching files to place in app storage. These files are never
293			used for anything inside Signal and never interact with Signal software or
294			data, but they look nice, and aesthetics are important in software. Files
295			will only be returned for accounts that have been active installs for some
296			time already, and only probabilistically in low percentages based on phone
297			number sharding. We have a few different versions of files that we think
298			are aesthetically pleasing, and will iterate through those slowly over
299			time. There is no other significance to these files.
300			%
301	root	1.465	"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's
302			life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy
303			that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes,
304			leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to
305			deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. "
306			- John Rogers
307			%
308	root	1.464	The population is made up of four types of people: A small number hunt
309			witches. A large number go along with the hunt. A larger number are
310			silent. A tiny number oppose it. The final group — as if by magic —
311			become witches.
312
313			– Bret Weinstein
314			%
315	root	1.463	Looting is transition to freedom.
316			- Rumsfeld 2003
317			%
318	root	1.462	I’m adding a new favorite Randroid argument to my list:
319
320			1) "You disagree with me, therefore you don’t understand Rand’s ‘philosophy’."
321
322			2) "You didn’t REALLY read her books and essays. Go read them again… you still disagree?" (defer back to 1)
323
324			3) Angry name calling (always a favorite)
325
326			4)!! "Read Rand’s disciples, they surely knew better what Rand REALLY meant." (Last line of defense when 1,2,3 fail)
327
328			[commenter at http://www.rotman.uwo.ca/the-system-that-wasnt-there-ayn-rands-failed-philosophy-and-why-it-matters/]
329			%
330	root	1.461	Doubly-linked lists are hard
331			- a rust tutorial
332			%
333	root	1.460	As someone who has been acquainted with a surprisingly large number of
334			people who write fantasy, I can tell you that the difference between
335			fantasy and reality is that fantasy has to make sense.
336
337			[Tyvor Winn, https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2019/07/fire-breathing-dinosaurs.html]
338			%
339			The overarching theme of the code of conduct has always been Be Nice and
340			that has been problematic for a long time.
341
342			[https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334058/are-there-specific-issues-with-unwelcoming-behavior-toward-lgbtq-persons-on-stac/]
343			%
344	root	1.459	GNU Powered it
345			GPL Protected it
346			GOD Blessed it
347
348			[from Nala Ginrut's mail signature]
349			%
350	root	1.458	a friend once told me that "ex-mother-in-law-to-be" was the most wonderful
351			kinship term she'd ever heard.
352
353			[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/tense.html]
354			%
355			> I have long considered that the BRs were written by the in-group, for
356			> the in-group, and do not adequately call out the expected processes for
357			> an outsider wanting to join the in-group.
358
359			I don't agree.
360
361			> The outsiders sometimes struggle not because they are trying to
362			> accomplish anything of wrong intent, but because the step by step path
363			> is not as clear as it could be.
364
365			As an outsider, it's true that you are expected to know how to be a
366			trustworthy CA. The ecosystem is not designed to help you to learn how
367			to be trustworthy - the ecosystem does not improve from having more
368			applicants who lack that knowledge - and so yes, the baseline expectation
369			is that applying CAs are operated beyond reproach.
370
371			[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427262]
372			[darkmatter uae trying to get a root certificate for nefarious purposes]
373			%
374			> that way you can adapt your own UID allocation to reliably avoid that range.
375
376			That is my major issue with systemd: That it postulates that everybody
377			else shall adapt to its conventions, w/o configurability, even if there
378			other conventions exist for a very long time.
379
380			[https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/]
381			%
382			static void die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog(void) __dead;
383
384			[minix/sbin/shutdown sources]
385			%
386	root	1.457	However, as you can imagine, this is a terrible idea for some zones. If
387			you could walk the .gov zone, you could learn every US government agency
388			and government agency portal.
389
390			[wow, it's terrible if people could learn about every US government
391			agency? of the people, for the people, no?]
392
393			[https://blog.cloudflare.com/black-lies/]
394			%
395			Most of the images at NASA have their EXIF data completely removed.
396
397			[hollycrap in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1016]
398			%
399			The theory of gravity explaining our solar system, can easily be disproved
400			as objects that only had attractive force towards each other would end up
401			smashing into each other, sooner or later.
402
403			[aa5 in https://www.cluesforum.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1957]
404			%
405			Windows 98 "SE" "Suckers Edition"
406			Windows "ME" Mistake Edition
407			Windows "NT" Not to Terrible
408			Windows 2000 ahhhhh! A good OS!
409			Windows "XP" eXtra Problems
410			%
411	root	1.456	Instead of banning every word out there, we should make the mental effort
412			to do better than the political correctness movement that stops at the
413			surface. So, let’s call it master-slave, and instead make a call for US,
414			where a sizable black population is very poor, to have free healthcare,
415			to have cops that are less biased against non-white people, to stop death
416			penalty. This makes really a difference.
417
418			[http://antirez.com/news/122]
419			%
420			"MASTER/Slave" is ungood crimethinkful oldspeak. plusgood rectify unword.
421			Is Minitrue doubleplusgoodwork truthwise. chocorat anyone?
422
423			[https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692#issuecomment-44847465]
424			%
425	root	1.455	Somebody should tell EU, 1984 was not an instruction manual.
426
427			[BhishmPitamah, in https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9f9za4/europe_just_voted/]
428			%
429	root	1.454	[supposedly from the firmware update script for certain tesla car models]
430
431			# We should have some way here of keeping the car parked. What if
432			# they try to drive off while we're in the middle of an upgrade?
433
434			# We should also have a mutex around everything that follows. What if
435			# unpack.sh gets triggered on the same tarball twice? This is more of
436			# a problem now that we might be deferring installation.
437
438			# We should also have a recovery system. What if we remove the
439			# tarball filename but this process is killed before it can complete?
440
441			[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3862643&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=87#post]
442			%
443	root	1.453	[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2015#tech-editor]
444
445			Vim 15.2%
446			Emacs 3.8%
447
448			[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-development-environments]
449
450			Vim 26.1%
451			Emacs 5.2%
452			%
453	root	1.452	Systemd dies if there is no cgroup support in the kernel.
454
455			Poettering: "To make this work we’d need a patch, as nobody of us tests this"
456
457			R! /dir/.* destroys root.
458
459			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?"
460
461			Processes owned by a user with a leading zero in the name are started with root privilege..
462
463			Pottering: "I don't think there's anything to fix in systemd here"
464
465			Systemd kill background processes after user logs out.
466
467			Poettering: "In my view it was actually quite strange of UNIX that it by default let arbitrary user code stay around unrestricted after logout."
468
469			'I have an issue with journal corruptions and need to know what is the accepted way to deal with them.'
470
471			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."
472
473			'Poettering locked and limited conversation to collaborators on 17 Apr'
474
475			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10927261&cid=54905721]
476			%
477			[raid controller vendor lock-in techniques]
478
479			>>> Are HP/PMCS doing the Intel/LSI thing with controllers only working on
480			>>> their own servers.
481			>>
482			>> you mean the DELL PERC5/i 6/i tape of smbus pins mod thing? (Dell first!)
483			>
484			> No the Intel where that trick doesn't work thing.
485
486			[https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/hp-p400-why-so-cheap-on-ebay.2308/page-2]
487			%
488	root	1.451	The way I see it, once you move to Firefox 57, you're ready for Chrome.
489
490			[from a discussion about how deleting all existing extensions and force-replacing
491			them by inferior webextensions (if at all) is a great idea]
492			%
493	root	1.450	Chronology of Significant Events
494			================================
495
496	root	1.449	November 2002
497
498			Rahman wearing only socks and diaper; supervisor has concern regarding
499			hypothermia Rahman subjected to 48 hours of sleep deprivation, rough
500			treatment, cold shower and other measures but remained noncompliant.
501
502			---
503
504			Subjected to cold conditions and minimum food and sleep... confused due to
505			dehydration and fatigue.
506
507			---
508
509			Cable recommends future use of continued environmental deprivations with
510			interrogations 18 out of 24 hours daily
511
512			---
513
514			Linguist asks questions about the temperature at which hypothermia occurs
515
516			November 19 2200 hrs
517			guard check - Rahman is alive.
518
519			2300 hrs
520			guard check - Rahman is alive.
521
522			November 20 0400 hrs
523			guard check - Rahman is alive.
524
525			0800 hrs
526			guard check - Rahman is alive.
527
528			1000 hrs
529			guard check - Rahman is dead.
530
531			[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation]
532			%
533	root	1.448	In the quiet moments, he set his hand terminal to the Eros feed. Back
534			when he’d been a kid, there had been a performance artist making
535			the rounds—Jila Sorormaya, her name was. As he recalled, she’d
536			intentionally corrupted data-storage devices and then put the data stream
537			through her music kit. She’d gotten into trouble when some of the
538			proprietary code of the storage device software got incorporated into her
539			music and posted. Miller hadn’t been a sophisticate. He’d figured
540			another nutcase artist had to get a real job, and the universe could only
541			be a better place.
542
543			[E. Corey, Leviathan Wakes, p. 466]
544			%
545	root	1.447	> Speaking of Apple... Anybody remember their ads against multitasking? I
546			> always assumed that was against the Amiga as well but probably any
547			> computer at the time that did multitasking. I think their tag line was
548			> like "One person. One computer. One Task." or something like. Those ads
549			> really tried to sell the distraction of multitasking. What a crazy time
550			> in technology.
551
552			-P
553			Not as bad as telling us we are holding the phone wrong.
554
555			[http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72811]
556			%
557			> Simon Cooke wrote:
558			> shrugs I don’t recall ever hearing that the length of a word was CPU specific.
559
560			I think I’m going to add this to my random signature collection.
561
562			[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050131-00/?p=36563]
563			%
564	root	1.446	Big congratulations to Acer, who used 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
565			for this in one of their db entries. Not only did they win the random
566			number generator lottery to get that, but also experienced a minimum
567			of 3 single bit errors, since the closest valid GUID to that is
568			55555555-5555-4555-9555-555555555555
569
570			[https://blog.uncooperative.org/blog/2014/10/23/uefi-security-databases/]
571			%
572	root	1.445	Contrary to what Carrier says, it is not clear to me that Amy Frank or
573			anyone else accused him of sexual assault. Carrier’s lawsuit makes
574			the tenuous argument that Amy Frank implied sexual assault by using the
575			hashtag #sexualassault.
576
577			[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2017/01/04/i-liked-richard-carrier-past-tense/]
578			%
579	root	1.444	From: Linus Torvalds
580
581			And yes, a large part of this may be that I no longer feel like I can
582			trust "init" to do the sane thing. You all presumably know why.
583
584			[https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/6/577]
585			%
586			> How is the old way a problem?
587
588			That's systemd in a nutshell (and pulseaudio too). Replace well-known
589			things that are not broken with something obscure and clunky that thinks
590			it's smarter than you.
591
592			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9170111&cid=52207557]
593			%
594	root	1.443	Systemd is a cancer and it will keep spreading until the host is
595			dead. Just like cancer it's not malicious, it sincerely believes it knows
596			better than the healthy cells it's infecting, but that doesn't make it
597			less lethal.
598
599			[https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9552479&cid=52745591]
600			%
601	root	1.442	From: Richard Stallman
602
603			[...]
604
605			> then that sounds like a layering violation.
606
607			The layering authority has no jurisdiction over GNU.
608			If this solution works, and nobody proposes a better one,
609			we won't let "layering" get in the way.
610			%
611	root	1.470	"Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon" shortened to "Teyrnas
612			Unedig" or "Y Deyrnas Unedig" abbreviated "DU", or "Rìoghachd Aonaichte
613			Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath" shortened to "Rìoghachd Aonaichte" are
614			also now legal names for the UK.
615	root	1.441
616			[Brian Inglis in 774ac519-ceb1-7c04-d2b5-2f2ed851cb61@SystematicSw.ab.ca]
617			%
618			From: Russ Allbery
619			To: tz@iana.org
620			Message-ID: <87h97n58bp.fsf@hope.eyrie.org>
621
622			> Companies are unlikely to change their processes unless changes break
623			> existing processes (like the version change) or changes are documented
624			> in an RFC, which can be presented to SOx auditors and their ilk, to
625			> document and justify why they spent money and changed a process, along
626			> with the documentation on change impact including budget,
627			> authorizations, and the dozens of other side efforts of production
628			> changes, summarized above by DG as "That doesn’t work for everyone."
629
630			A bit of a digression, but the way companies treat free software projects
631			and maintainers is a pet peeve of mine.
632
633			It should be obvious that the only people a company can expect to follow
634			any of those rules are people the company is paying or otherwise has a
635			contractual relationship with that requires following those rules.
636			Otherwise, the company should be prepared to pay one of their employees to
637			jump through those hoops if they want those hoops jumped through.
638
639			It's standard practice for companies who depend heavily on a free software
640			project to have an internal maintainer or advocate for that free software
641			project who will translate whatever the public maintainer does into the
642			form that the company needs to manage it internally, including maintaining
643			private branches as needed, pulling up unreleased patches as needed, and
644			adjusting for upstream changes that don't match the needs of the company
645			(or clearly advocating for compromises or modifications that work for the
646			entire community). This is a cost of doing business. My employer
647			certainly does this for free software we use. It's fairly normal.
648
649			Some companies don't want to spend that money, and try to do it on the
650			cheap by not having that person or the mechanisms for importing free
651			software properly. A few of them then complain at the free software
652			maintainer when they run into problems. But those complaints should not
653			carry any more weight than the complaints of any other user, and should be
654			weighed against the work style, goals, and available time of the free
655			software maintainer. After all, the actor in this situation that has (by
656			far) the most resources and hence the most ability to adopt to changes,
657			whether they want to or not, is the company, not the free software
658			maintainer.
659			%
660	root	1.440	[About the Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) project, specifically, timezone names]
661
662			They also seem to think that abbreviations should be only used locally,
663			such as "BST" only being used by British English. One would think that if
664			an American was talking about DST in the UK they would also use the term
665			"BST", but no:
666			http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/8498
667			%
668			To: Time zone mailing list <tz@iana.org>
669			Subject: Re: [tz] Request regarding IANA update for Novosibirsk Time Zone
670
671			Shruthi Venkataramanan -X (shruthve - WIPRO LIMITED at Cisco) wrote:
672			> When can we expect the updated version
673
674			About three weeks ago.
675			%
676	root	1.439	[...] trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water
677			not wet. -- Bruce Schneier
678			%
679			[...] in order to be a good Christian one must first be a great hypocrite.
680
681			[http://chatpilot-godisamyth.blogspot.de/2013/06/the-bible-is-nothing-but-hearsay.html]
682			%
683	root	1.438	Know that you suck, you suck so much that you suck the future you wich
684			was able to go back in time to suck you from the past. You are an
685			neverending paradoxial loop of suckage. Now suck the fuck off.
686
687			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/vats-vs-rtwp.23266/page-2]
688			%
689			From: Random832 <random832@fastmail.com>
690
691			Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> writes:
692
693			> From The Economist: "Why time may be running out for the leap second"
694			[http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/11/economist-explains-4]
695
696			\| The first is simple, ancient and intuitive, and based on the rotation of
697			\| the Earth, under which each complete rotation (or, equivalently, each of
698			\| the Sun's apparent trips through the sky) counts as one day.
699
700			Of course, these are actually not equivalent; they're different by a
701			full day per year.
702			%
703	root	1.437	Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir
704			de la faire plus courte. -- Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters : Letter XVI.
705			[I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.]
706			%
707			File names are infinite in length where infinity is set to 255 characters.
708			-- Peter Collinson, "The Unix File System"
709			%
710			Over the past 20 years - its never been a question of the "perfect
711			storage media vendor" - its been a question of "who has screwed
712			me - lately?".
713			-- JSS, former Amiga HW Engineer, Rework tech of 400,000 defective
714			Seagate HDD's, Class of '94.
715
716			[http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1095235&cid=26492885]
717			%
718			I also proposed making malloc(0) perfectly fine, since zero is a perfectly
719			fine value. I also, in the same letter, proposed making zero-sized
720			arrays legal, mostly so you could do the extend-the-struct trick for a
721			variable-sized array as the last field of the struct.
722
723			I got two letters back as answer to my one. #1: Malloc(0) shouldn't work
724			because zero-sized arrays don't work. #2: Zero-sized arrays shouldn't work
725			because malloc(0) doesn't work. Well played, ANSI C committee, and may
726			your lives be a living hell.
727
728			[Rob Pike in https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=4142#c2]
729			%
730	root	1.436	Using a screwdriver was not a normal part of the experimental protocol.
731			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin#Criticality_accident]
732			%
733			Newbie: Hi. I've been using Lisp for about half a year now, programming
734			for three years. I discovered this group and wondered if you could help me
735			out with a problem I'm having?
736
737			Smug: Hi! Always glad to have new blood. Sure thing, just ask.
738
739			Snide: Heya New! You bet, ask anything and we'll try to help.
740
741			Newbie: Okay, I'm trying to filter a list, something like Perl's grep. I
742			want to set up a predicate and have the new list be only those elements
743			from the old list that satisfy it. I know there's some standard idiom for
744			doing this, I just can't find it anywhere...
745
746			Smug: Perl's grep was inspired by Lisp's higher-order functions, you know. :)
747
748			Newbie: Oh, cool. :)
749
750			Smug: But it's inferior since it has balky syntax.
751
752			Snide: You can do it with (mapcan (lambda (item) (when (predicate item) (list item))) list).
753			[http://c2.com/]
754			%
755			Unfortunately a Russian spy stole the last meg of a LISP program for
756			controlling our nuclear defense systems. Fortunately, it was all
757			right-parenthesis.
758			[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyWeHateLisp]
759			%
760			Always wanted to travel back in time to try fighting a younger version of
761			yourself?
762			Software development is the career for you!
763
764			[https://twitter.com/Loh/status/411282297816498176]
765			%
766	root	1.435	[...] undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
767			-- Richard Dawkins
768			%
769			There are many choices of elliptic-curve signature systems. The standard
770			choice, ECDSA, is reasonable if you don't care about simplicity, speed,
771			and security.
772
773			[http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html]
774			%
775			[In answer to: "Is the NSA aware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS? The RSA?"]
776
777			We are unaware of any weaknesses in the DES or the DSS when properly implemented and
778			used for the purposes for which they both are designed.
779			-— National Security Agency, June 1992
780			%
781			In the past decade there have been many attacks against TLS. With the
782			exception of CRIME, not one of them relied on any results that were not
783			known at the time the TLS 1.0 standard was being written. [...] Every time
784			this standards group has had a choice to make regarding cryptography,
785			they have made the wrong one. [...] Were TLS to be submitted by an
786			undergraduate as a solution to this problem it would earn an F.
787
788			[http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg10598.html]
789			%
790			tiny hsv2rgb
791			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;}
792
793			vec3 hsv(float h,float s,float v) {
794			return mix(vec3(1.),clamp((abs(fract(h+vec3(3.,2.,1.)/3.)6.-3.)-1.),0.,1.),s)v;
795			}
796			%
797			Haha, no FPS counter but rather a "Next frame"-button :)
798			Only Java makes it possible!
799
800			[http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=7920&page=1]
801			%
802			'sth is poettering' means it acts invasive, possessive, destructive, and
803			generally in an egocentric exacerbating negative way. ``this cancer is
804			extremely poettering''
805			%
806			"There is no use in arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus 1."
807			-- Pirates of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs
808			%
809			"I drank what?!"
810			-- Socrates
811			%
812			It would be bad for OpenPGP to have a standard that could not be
813			implemented on light bulbs (I used to say cell phones, but they're now
814			400MHz devices), forcing the light bulb people to use something else.
815
816			Jon Callas in
817			http://www.imc.org/ietf-openpgp/mail-archive/msg06396.html
818			%
819			"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler."
820			-- Conway's Law
821			%
822			The mac version doesn't work on older versions of the operating system
823			(this is part of Apple's planned obsolescence hellhole; the latest version
824			of xcode won't build for older systems but I'm forced to update to it
825			because the older ones won't build for newer systems and I've been forced
826			to update the operating system on my ipad so UGH; basically I have to
827			have multiple xcode versions installed and I really can't be bothered
828			untangling this mess right now so).
829
830			[http://mightyvision.blogspot.de/2013/03/7drl-success-86856527.html]
831			%
832			Option "NoPM" "boolean"
833			Disables something to do with power management events. Default: PM
834			enabled on platforms that support it.
835			[xorg.conf(5)]
836			%
837			> Yes, this would be something _in addition_ to what the FSF does.
838			> Grant money could be used to hire one or two fresh graduates that
839			> would work on code.
840
841			Graduates in which discipline? Computer science? This sounds to me
842			like the idea to hire one or two fresh graduates in English literature
843			and language with the idea to let them start writing novels.
844			[87liaj740v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org]
845			%
846	root	1.434	[and that's why I don't support gentoo anymore]
847			As with Francois, I used to use ccache for recompiling packages that
848			hadn’t finished the first time — but for a different reason. At
849			the time, I had overrated memory, and a BIOS without a memory clock
850			option. The system was generally fine, but once in awhile would scramble
851			a memory transfer enough to cause a crash. CCache was a LOT of help in
852			that instance, as it’s what allowed me to even install Gentoo at all —
853			there’s no way I could have gotten thru gcc, (monolitic) X, glibc, or
854			the then unsplit KDE compiles, without it.
855			%
856			Kay, you are so full of sh*t that it's not funny. You're refusing to
857			acknowledge your bugs, you refuse to fix them even when a patch is
858			sent to you, and then you make excuses for the fact that we have to
859			work around your bugs, and say that we should have done so from the
860			very beginning.
861			[Linus in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1369384]
862			%
863			systemd creates user session information in
864			/run/user/$user . I brought up with lennart the fact that this would
865			only permit one session per user. He rejected out of hand the fact
866			that more than one session would ever be needed, because Gnome only
867			allowed one session per user.
868			[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/04/msg00751.html]
869			%
870	root	1.433	> Mailman archives! IIRC Heiko mentioned that there are more disputes
871			> about Lennart Poettering and his software on ALL mailing lists, than
872			> about anything else.
873			>
874			> Why is it like that?
875
876			Probably because he has all the arrogance of DJB but none of the skill.
877
878			[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.arch.general/44574]
879			%
880			[from a discussion about GNOME 3 "branding" mentality]
881
882			>> However, there are a number of serious problems:
883			>>
884			>> 1. Extensions break with every release. As Paolo said earlier, "This is
885			>> simply the result of not (yet) having a defined extension API." Yet this is
886			>> also part of the design: extensions specify versions of gnome-shell they
887			>> work with, so are trivially broken by new versions even if they might work.
888			>
889			> I don't think you understand well why this was designed this way.
890
891			That's the sort of thing people say to the judge of a serial killer.
892			The reasons don't matter for calling the results terrible.
893			%
894			(partial) Beaufort Table
895			Name # km/h (min) m/s (min)
896			Calm 0 0 0
897			Light Air 1 1.1 0.3
898			Light Breeze 2 5.6 1.6
899			Gentle Breeze 3 12 3.4
900			Moderate Breeze 4 20 5.5
901			Fresh Breeze 5 29 8
902			Strong Breeze 6 39 10.8
903			Moderate Gale 7 50 13.9
904			Fresh Gale 8 62 17.2
905			Strong Gale 9 75 20.8
906			%
907			"I have an open mind (I did consider voting liberal democrat once)."
908			- random imdb forum quote excerpt
909			%
910			"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
911			sign of a diseased mind." [Terry Pratchett]
912			%
913			The butcher who kills the baby to see how it comes apart did choose his
914			profession because of his sensitive soul. He chose it because death and
915			suffering, blood and gore, appeal to him. Dismembering the baby was always
916			on the cards.
917			%
918			[random comment from amule sources]
919			// trust noone ;-)
920			// lol, useless comment but made me lmao
921			// wtf you guys are weird.
922			%
923	root	1.432	Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
924			- Kin Hubbard
925			%
926			[random .sig]
927			I'm a muslim.
928
929			No I won't email you a bomb if you tick me off, but only because I don't know how to.
930			%
931			[...] don't do a double-take if you cuss in front of a woman. If she's read any
932			of the kernel code (notably arch/sparc/), she's heard of the word "fuck"
933			before.
934
935			[Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO]
936			%
937			<imho>
938
939			BASIC - fun! (For small programs at least.)
940			Smalltalk - fun! (Until you have to interact with anything else.)
941			Lisp - fun! (Until your eyeballs fall out from looking at too many parentheses.)
942			Arduino sketches - fun! (As long as they fit on one page.)
943
944			ObjC - sort of fun...once you understand 200 Cocoa classes.
945			Java - public static void not fun.
946			C++ - definitely not fun. STL seems like it should be fun but it isn't.
947			C - usually not fun.
948
949			What about modern scripting languages?
950
951			JavaScript - sort of fun! Until you have to deal with the DOM or various not-fun frameworks.
952			Ruby - fun! Until you try to do something with Rails.
953			Python - fun! Until you try to write a GUI app.
954
955			</imho>
956
957			[http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/25-years-of-hypercard-the-missing-link-to-the-web/2/]
958			%
959			"Die deutschen Zensoren------------------- --------------------------
960			Dummköpfe-------- -------------------------------------------"
961			%
962
963			* GFX_IS_DISPLAY_MODE_SUPPORTED
964			*
965			* This routine sets the specified display mode.
966
967			n = n%2 ? n : ++n;
968			[plan9, /sys/src/cmd/eqn/paren.c]
969			%
970			# The user is always right.
971			if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
972			[autoconf]
973			%
974			from linux-2.6.37/fs/fcntl.c:
975
976			/*
977			* We need to detect attempts to do dup2() over allocated but still
978			* not finished descriptor. NB: OpenBSD avoids that at the price of
979			* extra work in their equivalent of fget() - they insert struct
980			* file immediately after grabbing descriptor, mark it larval if
981			* more work (e.g. actual opening) is needed and make sure that
982			* fget() treats larval files as absent. Potentially interesting,
983			* but while extra work in fget() is trivial, locking implications
984			* and amount of surgery on open()-related paths in VFS are not.
985			* FreeBSD fails with -EBADF in the same situation, NetBSD "solution"
986			* deadlocks in rather amusing ways, AFAICS. All of that is out of
987			* scope of POSIX or SUS, since neither considers shared descriptor
988			* tables and this condition does not arise without those.
989			*/
990			%
991			Taken straight out of lilo... This way of intermixing case with if (0)
992			was new to me:
993
994			switch(c)
995			{
996			case 'x': base=16; type \|= 4; if(0) {
997			case 'o': base= 8; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
998			case 'u': base=10; type \|= 4; } if(0) {
999			case 'd': base=-10; }
1000			switch(type)
1001			{
1002			case 0: val=va_arg(ap, short); break;
1003			case 1: val=va_arg(ap, int); break;
1004			case 2: val=va_arg(ap, long); break;
1005			case 4: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned short); break;
1006			case 5: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned int); break;
1007			case 6: val=va_arg(ap, unsigned long); break;
1008			default:val=0; break;
1009			}
1010			cp = __numout(val,base);
1011			if(0) {
1012			case 's':
1013			cp=va_arg(ap, char *);
1014			}
1015			%
1016			Also, it is not true that UTC-1 is THE civilian time scale. While it
1017			is certainly one, physical seconds are as enshrined in law as UTC
1018			timestamps. Try arguing that you weren't caught speeding at midnight
1019			at the end of the year because the calculation should have used an
1020			extra second and see how far you get :-)
1021			[Nick Maclaren, in <8ta60d$aq6$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>]
1022			%
1023			> > Actually it's not fully backward compatible. As I was just reminded, the
1024			> > libc `sync' function, which is what the fileutils sync uses (sync is in
1025			> > fileutils, not sh-utils), is backward-compatible and thus not synchronous
1026			> > (it passes a zero wait flag in file_syncfs).
1027			>
1028			> Hmm. Hurd sync should use the libc sync function too; it should not
1029			> set the wait flag. If it does, that's a bug.
1030
1031			It must be a confusing feature, because the code was written by the
1032			infamous Michael I. Bushnell (may he rest in peace), who did not write bugs.
1033
1034			[from a random discussion about hurd, 199901032206.RAA27962@baalperazim.frob.com]
1035			%
1036			It is immediately apparent from these figures that moving-arm disks
1037			should never be used, neither for paging applications nor for any other
1038			heavy-traffic auxiliary memory applications.
1039
1040			Peter J. Denning -- Virtual Memory (1970)
1041
1042			http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=356573&type=pdf&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618
1043			%
1044			(i was impatient to bikeshed with diego on code indenting... btw this
1045			whole indentation rules/enforcement should gone, it's nonsense, i dont
1046			know any coder who uses consistent indentation over all his code... only
1047			beginner programmers do, sometimes. if anyone wants to read the code in
1048			nice indentation, he can anytime run a code formatter with his favourite
1049			settings)
1050
1051			http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2011-January/104674.html
1052			%
1053			How do I deal with memory leaks?
1054
1055			By writing code that doesn't have any. [...]
1056
1057			[From Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Style and Technique FAQ]
1058			%
1059			This kind of arguments doesn't really make sense for Fedora. We should
1060			ship the best implementation, not the most "tried and true" one.
1061
1062			http://www.devheads.net/linux/fedora/development/libjpeg-f14.htm
1063			%
1064			The situation in the US: If you do anything before 2067 to preserve the
1065			recording on a wax-cylinder from 1895, the terrorists win. Do you really
1066			hate hard-working American families that much? Thank God Senator Orrin
1067			Hatch and the RIAA love America's children more than you do.
1068
1069			The situation in Europe: Sound recordings up to 1960 are already in the
1070			public domain. The terrorists have won. Our only hope of restoring the
1071			justice of eternal and infinite copyright (and therefore saving our own
1072			children's lives!) lies in the selfless efforts of the likes of Bono and
1073			Cliff Richard, as they cry all the way to the bank about artists not being
1074			rewarded for their creativity.
1075
1076			Let's hope that by the time you finish reading this sentence, copyright
1077			will have been extended another 99 years... you know, to justly compensate
1078			that bloke sitting by a mic in 1895. If he'd thought that in 2066
1079			librarians would be able to copy his recording without his permission, he
1080			would never have made it in the first place.
1081
1082			http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52573
1083			%
1084			"I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in
1085			future understand things" -- Jörg Schilling
1086			%
1087			Nobody has bought freaking 160GB of music from the iTunes store. I figured
1088			it out once, conservatively it was like $53,000 of music. And yet somehow
1089			Apple has managed to sell tens of millions of iPods with up to 160GB
1090			capacity, and even the smaller iPods would cost many thousands of dollars
1091			to fill from the iTunes store. The iPod was worthwhile because of piracy.
1092
1093			http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/intels-walled-garden-plan-to-put-av-vendors-out-of-business.ars?comments=1#comment-20806800
1094			%
1095			"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.
1096			Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
1097			- Mohandas Gandhi
1098			%
1099			"And so I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of
1100			the Almighty Creator. In standing guard against the Jew I am defending the
1101			handiwork of the Lord."
1102			- Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf" Vol. I, chapter 2, Murphy Ed. (p. 46)
1103			%
1104			Scientific Scrutiny and Disclosure
1105
1106			I was wondering how anyone possibly could conclude from this exchange that
1107			Lenski was hiding something. I came to the conclusion that some people
1108			must not understand how scientific scrutiny works. I wrote a guide.
1109
1110			Scientific scrutiny works like this:
1111			Scientist A publishes results.
1112
1113			Scientist B: A, I tried duplicating your experiment, but parameters x, y,
1114			and z that I need were not in your article. I need you to disclose to me
1115			x, y, and z that you used at the time. What are they?
1116
1117			A: x, y, and z are such and such.
1118			B: Using x, y, and z, my result doesn't agree with yours at all. Are you
1119			sure you did the procedures that you claimed?
1120			A: ...
1121			B: You fraud!
1122
1123			Scientific scrutiny does not work like this:
1124
1125			A publishes results.
1126
1127			B: I have Generic Skepticism toward your article. Under code viii of the
1128			Publication Criteria, I demand that you give me all of your data!
1129			A: ... ok...? It seems that everything you would need is already in the
1130			article. Did you have something specific in mind?
1131			B: A has refused to attach all data he has ever used for the
1132			experiment. He is withholding information and thus hiding something.
1133
1134			-- Carafe 01:42, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
1135			[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Lenski_affair_talk_1]
1136			%
1137			[regarding sites requesting visitors to allow advertisements and not block
1138			them because they need the money to operate]
1139
1140			"The readers are not the customer. The customer is the advertiser, and the
1141			readers are the product which that website promises to deliver. But the
1142			readers, being the product and not the customer, have no obligation to the
1143			site or its bottom line."
1144			%
1145			"..but a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of
1146			the Jewish religion before his principles were departed from by those
1147			who professed to be his special servants, & perverted into an engine for
1148			enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in church & state:
1149			that the purest system of morals ever before preached to man has been
1150			adulterated & sophisticated, by artificial constructions, into a mere
1151			contrivance to filch wealth & power to themselves, that rational men not
1152			being able to swallow their impious heresies, in order to force them down
1153			their throats, they raise the hue & cry of infidelity, while themselves
1154			are the greatest obstacles to the advancement of the real doctrines of
1155			Jesus, and do in fact constitute the real Anti-Christ."
1156			– Thomas Jefferson to William Baldwin, 19 January 1810 (draft – never sent)
1157			%
1158			Ignorance is the state of not having the data.
1159
1160			Idiocy is the state of having the data, but not being able to process it.
1161
1162			Willful ignorance is the state of censoring out all data you don’t want to hear.
1163			%
1164			["only those parts in the bible I like are authentic"]
1165
1166			>>>> but doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support slavery, genocide,
1167			>>>> and the beating of children?
1168			>>>
1169			>>> Subjugation of women...
1170			>>
1171			>> "doesn't the Christian bible explicitly support ..." Only for bible
1172			>> literalists and those who ignore what Jesus himself taught. By all
1173			>> means call out any religious person who is acting immorally but try to
1174			>> understand that the rest of us who are trying to follow the Way as best
1175			>> as we can don't usually have the clout to wrestle the Falwells and the
1176			>> Robertsons and their ilk to the ground. If we can agree on that, then,
1177			>> shake partner.
1178			>
1179			> Ever read Matthew 5:31-32? Jesus said it and taught it.
1180			>
1181			> He says my wife is an adultress since she divorced her 1st husband all
1182			> on account of her not taking his punches and kicks with good-natured
1183			> humor. That "pearl of wisdom" also says that I'm an adulterer for
1184			> choosing to spend the rest of my life with her.
1185			>
1186
1187			As written, it seems pretty clear. Until you remember the book of matthew
1188			was written decades after Jesus's death based on memories and oral
1189			traditions, not to mention translation inaccuracies and ulterior motives
1190			of the writers. No one really knows what Jesus really said or what he
1191			really meant. It could all be wildly inacurrate. I think the fault is in
1192			those who would use those words to justify their shabby treatment of you
1193			and your wife.
1194			%
1195			Atheists care about religion for the same reason other people care about
1196			cancer. If you aren't careful, it will kill you, and if you are, it could
1197			still kill you. - arestheblue
1198			%
1199			Once upon a time there was the CAT working group whose name was an
1200			abbreviation for "Common Authentication Technology". It produced IETF
1201			specifications for GSS-API.
1202
1203			It was succeeded by the kitten working group, which has been working on
1204			the next-generation GSS-API specifications.
1205
1206			There is now a proposal for a MOGGIES working group, which will work on
1207			Mechanisms Of Generating Generically Interoperable & Effective Security.
1208
1209			[http://fanf.livejournal.com/?style=mine]
1210			%
1211			[from the minix 3 users guide]
1212
1213			ELLE is a simple and clear text editor (once you've figured out the key commands).
1214			%
1215			[Tips how to deal with complaints when running TOR exit nodes]
1216
1217			During the conversation make sure you explain a few points:
1218			[...]
1219			You are not insane. You may be insane, but we don't want the
1220			complaintant to guess this is true.
1221			%
1222			"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
1223			- Ken Thompson.
1224			%
1225			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-01-16-50-Math-Project-released.html
1226
1227			"Scientific calculations are becoming a reality in Syllable"
1228
1229			Dunning-Kruger at its best - the tool that "carries Syllable to
1230			universities" can calculate sine and cosine values of integer inputs...
1231			source code excerpt:
1232
1233			int sn()
1234			{
1235			char pwr;
1236
1237			int input1 = 0;
1238			double output1 = 0;
1239
1240			system("clear");
1241			cout<<"This is the Sin() calculator, please enter a number"<<endl;
1242			cin>>input1;
1243			output1 = (sin(input1));
1244			cout<<"Sin() of"<< input1<<" is: "<<output1<<endl;
1245			cout<<"Please press 'a' for recalculate or 'm' to return to main menu"<<endl;
1246			cin>>pwr;
1247			if(pwr == 'a')
1248			sq();
1249			if(pwr == 'm')
1250			system("pause");
1251
1252			}
1253			%
1254			It allows a web browser and a web server to have a persistent, two-way
1255			full-duplex connection using just one TCP connection.
1256
1257			[mind-boggling, they provide TCP features with just TCP!!!11]
1258
1259			http://web.syllable.org/news/2010-01-02-22-16-WebSockets-for-Cheyenne-web-server.html
1260			%
1261			From the "my window manager is boiling bullshit, so you have to fix your
1262			app for me" department:
1263
1264			From: Evan LeCompte
1265
1266			Myself and many other members of the Archlinux community (and anyone using
1267			Linux with a tiling window manager for that matter) humbly beg you (the
1268			developers) for a single-windowed version of GIMP.
1269			%
1270			"I will give you credit for having balls. In spite of your comments being
1271			a PR ploy based on biased views, you consistently imply that we're just
1272			indulging in a PR ploy based on biased views."
1273
1274			http://tamino.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/old-news/
1275			%
1276			"We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone ...
1277			Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"
1278			– Steve Jobs[47]
1279
1280			"We can’t adapt European magazines to the standards of Utah."
1281			– Mathias Müller von Blumencron (editor of Der Spiegel, warning that
1282			the news magazine would not alter its content for the App Store)
1283			%
1284			The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt.
1285			-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
1286			%
1287			Subject: [Gimp-user] Completely off every imaginable topic;)
1288			From: Patrick Horgan
1289			Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:13:38 -0800
1290			To: GIMP Users <gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
1291
1292			Have you ever noticed that people's progress in using, supporting,
1293			writing bug reports for, and sometimes even developing for, writing
1294			documentation for, or translating for open source software is paralleled
1295			by their progress from top-posting to bottom posting to interlinear
1296			posting, to intelligent elision with interlinear posting? I see it on
1297			the gimp, and on other lists all the time.
1298
1299			[...]
1300			%
1301	root	1.431	"Logic has made me hated among men"
1302			— Peter Abelard
1303			%
1304			A man said to the universe:
1305			"Sir I exist!"
1306			"However," replied the universe,
1307			"The fact has not created in me
1308	root	1.432	A sense of obligation."
1309			- Steven Crane
1310	root	1.431	%
1311			He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool; avoid him.
1312
1313			He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student; teach him.
1314
1315			He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him.
1316
1317			He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him.
1318
1319			– Sanskrit Saying
1320			%
1321			[anonymised discussion]
1322			AGW-Denialist: ... blabla ... Karl Hopper ... blabla ... falsification ...
1323			Scientist: Karl Hopper, eh? You're like the energizer bunny of wrong.
1324			%
1325			[http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/NV/render_texture_rectangle.txt]
1326
1327	root	1.432	Additions to the WGL Specification
1328	root	1.431
1329			First, close your eyes and pretend that a WGL specification actually
1330			existed. Maybe if we all concentrate hard enough, one will magically
1331			appear.
1332			%
1333			"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust,
1334			sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
1335			- Douglas Adams
1336			%
1337			I like how whether a German is a "skinhead" or a "pussy", he's still considered a typical German.
1338			[http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21884]
1339			%
1340	root	1.462	"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will
1341			lose both, and deserve neither" -- Thomas Jefferson
1342	root	1.431	%
1343			"This is a further proof of the skill of astronomers
1344			in fitting a straight line to a circle!"
1345			- footnote in "OUR BEST FRIEND, THE COMA CLUSTER"
1346			http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Biviano/Biviano_contents.html
1347			%
1348			Am Grunde eines Problems sitzt immer ein Deutscher (Voltaire)
1349			%
1350			"I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
1351			- Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
1352			President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
1353			Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked
1354			Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"
1355			%
1356			It's a known fact that not a single competent, experienced, skilled
1357			programmer in the world uses an IDE, nor has used one at any point in his
1358			or her career.
1359			[http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/?node_id=636318]
1360			%
1361			It was stated that WIMPs and MACHOs were in the category of particle known
1362			as "Fabricated Ad hoc Inventions Repeatedly Invoked in Efforts to Defend
1363			Untenable Scientific Theories" (FAIRIE DUST).
1364			%
1365			I LOVE YOU
1366			["authentication succeeded" protocol token used by cvs pserver]
1367			%
1368			General consensus seems to be 2.6.18 is where the manure intersected with
1369			the air impeller.
1370
1371			Alan Cox
1372			%
1373			"I'm being elitist: awesome 3 is designed for power users
1374			with a minimum computer science background."
1375			%
1376			From: Eric Sosman
1377			Newsgroups: comp.std.c
1378			Subject: Re: about graphics
1379
1380			prince wrote:
1381			> how to get command over graphics in c language?
1382
1383			#include <stdio.h>
1384			int main(void) {
1385			puts("graphics\rcommand");
1386			return 0;
1387			}
1388			%
1389			I tried the Vista speech recognition by running the tutorial. I was
1390			amazed, it was awesome, recognised every word I said. Then I said the
1391			wrong word ... and it typed the right one. It was actually just
1392			detecting a sound and printing the expected word! -- pbhj on /.
1393			%
1394			[Bodo Moeller in http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/msg/e79e65ed9077d0ba]
1395
1396	root	1.471	While the 2^128 step search [takes] a very long time indeed,
1397	root	1.431	it still is a constant-time attack.
1398			%
1399			"Verleumdung mußt Du frech betreiben, es wird schon etwas hängenbleiben!"
1400			-- Karl Joseph Simrock
1401			%
1402			From: David Damerell
1403
1404			Quoting Epic Campaigns <NoS...@NoSpamMe.com>:
1405			>Because C# is case sensitive, you can use the same name with different
1406			>caps to make it different.
1407
1408			Alternatively you could set your nose hair on fire, which will also be
1409			painful but will take less typing.
1410			%
1411			Well, I think comparing Common Lisp to Scheme is prima facie evidence
1412			of ill will, even if Common Lisp wins. It is somewhat like a supposed
1413			compliment like "man, you are even smarter than George W. Bush".
1414
1415			Erik Naggum in 3231422371368070@naggum.net
1416			%
1417			From: Hans-Jürgen Koch
1418
1419			> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less
1420			> free than the BSD.
1421			>
1422			> Free code + restrictions = non-free code.
1423
1424			The legal restriction that people must not enter your house uninvited
1425			by smashing the door adds to your freedom, don't you think so?
1426			%
1427			[C++ doesn't have the monopoly on hard-to-read diagnostics]
1428
1429			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1430			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1431			from incompatible pointer type
1432			State.xs:1927: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF , struct CV *,
1433			struct SV **, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1434			makes pointer from integer without a cast
1435			State.xs:1927: error: too few arguments to function ‘(void ()(struct CoroSLF ,
1436			struct CV , struct SV *, int))gv->sv_u.svu_gp->gp_cv->sv_any->xcv_start_u.xcv_xsubany.any_ptr’
1437			%
1438			The idea that governments have rights is absurd. People have rights. The
1439			people have delegated certain tasks to government for their own
1440			convenience, and have accepted limits on some minimal subset of their
1441			rights so that society can best protect the rest. Note that "society" is
1442			not the same as "the government"; the government is just a mechanism used
1443			by society to accomplish certain specific things.
1444
1445			[Chandon Seldon]
1446			%
1447			[Wikipedia]
1448			Differences between vi and Emacs
1449
1450			The neutrality of this article is disputed.
1451			%
1452			[lost the reference]
1453			Remember that openssl is generally the upper
1454			bound on how difficult a library can be to use.
1455			%
1456			"Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's pointless
1457			to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and
1458			elitist. No novices asking stupid questions."
1459			%
1460			[aol 4tw, messages are edited for readability]
1461
1462			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1463			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1464			Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:46 -0500
1465			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1466			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1467
1468			well how about making the manual more accessable u fukin cumtwat. take
1469			ur shitty software n shove it homo. this program sux anyway. i wouldnt
1470			have to read a manual if you actually knew how to create a good piece of a
1471			working program you stupid fuck. n let me tell you thats a good way to get
1472			your name out there or your software, just tel the customer their wrong,
1473			yeah, thatll work. may you rot in piss, if your head was on fire i would
1474			piss on your leg.
1475
1476			?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1477			maybe you should go to school and learn how to spell cuz who the fuck
1478			spells marK with a c? musta been a baby of a couple retards
1479
1480			[then, a day later]
1481
1482			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1483			From: puezalb024@aol.com
1484			Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:02:20 -0500
1485			To: schmorp@schmorp.de
1486			X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 39598-STANDARD
1487
1488			just kno that your an idiot. dont be mad at me cuz your mommy n daddy cant
1489			aford to buy you aol, its not my problem. like anyone is going to read
1490			your stupid post anyway.. noone likes your program, how about you read the
1491			previous posts n then we'll see. so you just keep sitting in your basement
1492			all by your lonesome?wasting your time making useless software buddy, cuz
1493			quiet frankly i could give 2 shits. oh yeah if you plan on posting my
1494			response make sure you dont edit nothing and include ALL of my response u
1495			fucking nerd. why dont you put it on ur myspace as well, print up a couple
1496			copies n post em on your walls too buddy
1497
1498
1499			-----Original Message-----
1500			From: Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1501			To: puezalb024@aol.com
1502			Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 2:17 am
1503			Subject: Re: fcrack help
1504
1505
1506
1507			On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 07:27:46PM -0500, puezalb024@aol.com wrote:
1508	root	1.432	>
1509	root	1.431	> ?????????????????????????????????? -my regards-
1510
1511			I was suspecting that aol users have, uhm, issues, but that's just hilarious :->
1512
1513			Note that I will publish your response so other people can share the fun,
1514			I hope you don't object :)
1515			%
1516			>Dummerweise steht es auch in der Welt der Wunder Zeitschrift und die ist
1517			>dafür bekannt Fakten zu liefern.
1518
1519			You made my day
1520			%
1521			[http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0810.1/2945.html]
1522
1523			Names are important. In fact, naming is often _more_ important than the
1524			implementation is. And that means that the implementation should follow
1525			the naming, or the implementation is wrong.
1526
1527			Linus
1528			%
1529			The ultimate hipocrisy is when people send you mails like this:
1530
1531			From: Christian Walde <mithaldu@yahoo.de>
1532
1533			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 ...
1534
1535			[lots of kilobyte-sized single-line paragraphs omitted]
1536
1537			As too many people send me top- and fully-quoted
1538			emails, here is a guide on how to be considerate
1539			when sending emails to other people:
1540			http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
1541
1542			[which states to not use more than, say, 72 columns per line]
1543
1544			[mail quoted with permission btw.]
1545			%
1546			* k-god tries to think of the one mutt enhancement he'd like...
1547			<k-god> OK. Two. One: A backscratcher.
1548			<brendan> I believe muttng has one of those
1549			<k-god> Two: An implementation of the Internet Face Stab Protocol for MS Outlook lusers.
1550			<brendan> and I think outlook does that on its own :)
1551			%
1552			I had some issues though, functions like tmpfile() could only
1553			be used if run as administrator in windows.
1554
1555			Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com>
1556			%
1557			[on italy]
1558
1559			#24. fallingstones - 08-10 03:51
1560
1561			@youruncledarnell: First, sorry for my very bad English. Yes, the
1562			majority of Italians are totally idiot, otherwise the Prime Minister
1563			wouldn't be Silvio Berlusconi, and of course also the justice is not
1564			only politicized, but also spectacularized.
1565
1566			Not only. We've the only nation in all EU having a State-controlled
1567			corporation on copyright (SIAE). This corporation have also hated
1568			by a lot of artists, Italian and foreigner, 'cause the division of
1569			funds is "strange". If some of you can understand a lot of Italian, I
1570			suggest viewing an old service on Italian TV program "Report" talking
1571			on SIAE. You can read and viewing it on this url (sorry for long url)
1572
1573			http://www.report.rai.it/R2_popup_articolofoglia/0,7246,243%255E90082,00.html
1574
1575			Our legislation on copyright is basically on a law of 1943, approved
1576			during WWII by fascism and signed by the king. We're a Republic since
1577			1948 and our Costitution dislike fascism, but we've conserved all laws
1578			from fascism period.
1579
1580			We don't admit officially other copyright licenses, like GPL or CC,
1581			cause "legally" every creation would be registered in SIAE, giving to
1582			them all rights (also rights of persecuting uses not authorized). An
1583			author of a song can't authorize itself a pianist for playing his
1584			song. If the song is registered in SIAE (and if isn't, isn't legally
1585			created, and the author isn't recognized) the pianist MUST pay the
1586			royalties, that eventually will be refunded to him by the author (if
1587			they are accorded) when, after a lot of MONTHS, he receive it from
1588			SIAE.
1589
1590			We've also some laws against Freedom of Speech, for example our penal
1591			code include apology law, that pratically means you can't say why
1592			you consider wrong a penal law. People can ask (with a lot of signs)
1593			elections for deleting a law, but not for a penal law, or better can't
1594			explain why that law it's wrong and would be deleted. If you can't
1595			explain, you'll obviously will not found never other people signing
1596			your petition (and you need at least 500, and with a REAL signs, not
1597			electronic ones
1598
1599			#25. fallingstones - 08-10 03:52
1600
1601			Then, only parties have sufficient funds for these things, and we
1602			don't have a party sufficiently interested in freedom of speech
1603			(on internet and not). 'Cause limiting Freedom of Speech included
1604			CONTROL. We've the last western country in Freedom of Speech (at least
1605			based on Freedomhouse annual statistic), the only "Partly Free" in
1606			western country.
1607
1608			I'm so sorry for being Italian, for our very stupid justice, for our
1609			very bad country laws and on all for our very stupid prime minister,
1610			but trust me, I can assure you we don't be ALL so stupid. In last
1611			elections, with an absurd law on elections, other parties have been
1612			deleted from parliament. Now we've only two main coalitions, the
1613			Berlusconi's one and the Veltroni's one. All of them have approved
1614			laws against freedom on internet, and generally against technology
1615			innovations. For these reason, all the last governments are fascists,
1616			also the governments of "center-left".
1617
1618			Again, sorry you and all for my bad English. I hope you can understand.
1619
1620			If I can, I suggest Brokep creating a guide for using TOR, a little
1621			great program (and it's free) for surfing the net anonymously and
1622			without any restriction.
1623
1624			Brokep and all TPB staff, go forward forever. You're my personal myth,
1625			and the hope that good people using brain like you exists into the
1626			world.
1627
1628			Long life to the Bay, forever.
1629			Sorry for the long message and sorry if I'm using TOR, I hope you understand.
1630			Thank you for reading.
1631			%
1632			> > don't even attempt to compare the nvidia driver support to ati's craptacular drivers.
1633			>
1634			> don't even attempt to post a useful comment
1635
1636			How very ironic.
1637			%
1638			With or without religion, we would have good people doing good things and
1639			evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that
1640			takes religion."
1641
1642			--Steve Weinberg
1643			%
1644			http://xinutec.org/~pippijn/en/why-not-use_java.xhtml
1645			%
1646			[Kurt Roecks on his change that had totally broken openssl for two years in debian]
1647			[Folks, fix valgrind bugs in your code, not in other people's code,]
1648			[if you don't understand how valgrind works]
1649
1650			"I've ran all the regression test thru valgrind, using the memset()
1651			solves most of those. As far as I know, commenting out those 2 calls
1652			solved all the warnings valgrind reported."
1653			%
1654			[From: "H.Merijn Brand"]
1655			The more I (have to) work with java, the more I am convinced perl is
1656			the right tool for me.
1657			%
1658			[deliantra]
1659			02:58:42 [Kyle] my summoned pets ate my rod of show invisible
1660			%
1661			I pretend to work because the Soviet government pretends to pay me.
1662			%
1663			cerebro ~# fuser -km /wd_old
1664			/wd_old: 5270c 12266c 12274c 12275
1665			Suddenly the Dungeon collapses!! - You die...
1666			%
1667			From the CFA633 datasheet:
1668
1669			* Do not eat the LCD panel.
1670			%
1671			>> Well, in German there is no "sports" but just "Sport".
1672			>> So by that little S at the end of sports, you could tell it's English.
1673
1674			It's the same in English as it is in German; the little S at the end
1675			actually tells you it's American.
1676			%
1677			[better do not hire this programmer]
1678			From: Tony Jackson <tj76351@gmail.com>
1679			Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
1680			Subject: Avoiding dereference of NULL pointer
1681
1682			Hi
1683
1684			I'm quite new to C programming - I have more of a Java background: maybe
1685			someone here can advise me.
1686
1687			I'm nearly finishing a little program but it has some hard-to-find bugs
1688			that basically lead to a couple pointers sometimes being NULL at the
1689			wrong time. As it stands the program just bombs out when it tries to
1690			dereference the NULL, which obviously isn't good (especially when it
1691			happens with the customer looking on!!).
1692
1693			I don't think there's any serious problem to worry about, and what I'd
1694			like to do is be able to ignore the dereference attempt and just carry
1695			on - probably the next time round the loop the pointer will be OK. In
1696			Java, I'd put a try block around the main loop, and if we catch an
1697			exception then just jump back to the start of the main loop. What's the
1698			corresponding thing in C?
1699
1700			Thanks!
1701			%
1702			[from mozilla 1.7b sources]
1703
1704			// See bug 53763.
1705			nsCOMPtr<nsIViewManager> kungFuDeathGrip;
1706			nsIPresShell *shell = doc->GetShellAt(0);
1707			if (shell) {
1708			kungFuDeathGrip = shell->GetViewManager();
1709			%
1710			[the beginning, and most common codepath, of getpid() on my linux 2.6
1711			amd64 box in a program using glibc 2.3's pthreads. thats fucking cool]
1712
1713			0x000000300049af30 <getpid+0>: mov %fs:0x94,%edx
1714			0x000000300049af38 <getpid+8>: cmp $0x0,%edx
1715			0x000000300049af3b <getpid+11>: mov %edx,%eax
1716			0x000000300049af3d <getpid+13>: jle 0x300049af41 <getpid+17>
1717			0x000000300049af3f <getpid+15>: repz retq
1718			%
1719			(A lot of this OPM stuff seems to come straight from the twilight
1720			zone. It's normal to have error codes indicating that there was a disk
1721			error or that a network packet got garbled, but I'm sure Windows Vista
1722			must be the first OS in history to have error codes for things like
1723	root	1.462	"display quality too high").
1724	root	1.431
1725			[http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html]
1726			%
1727			Subject: Re: The right answer of -1^2 is?
1728
1729	root	1.432	> I don't think there's a real Right Way here other than reintroducing a
1730	root	1.431	> mechanism for explicitly signaling the grouping. Maybe parentheses? ;)
1731
1732			Nah. Use whitespace, like Fortress. Then you can distinguish between
1733
1734			x / y * z
1735
1736			and
1737
1738			x / y * z
1739
1740			That'll never cause problems, right? :)
1741
1742			(To be fair, I like Fortress. However, it did have some, er, unique
1743			design decisions.)
1744			%
1745			endergt:
1746			> snoofle:
1747			> > Every system (*nix, PC's, etc.) has a hex
1748			> > editor with a string-search capability - really not that hard if
1749			> > you understand what you are doing...
1750			>
1751	root	1.432	> Out of curiosity - what is the hex editor on a default Windows installation?
1752	root	1.431
1753	root	1.432	debug
1754	root	1.431	%
1755			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%.
1756
1757			Java is for people who prefer to have the arm chopped off.
1758			%
1759			Steve Loughran: "The EU interop laws often come up in discussion, and they
1760			are interesting. They say that you are allowed to do reverse engineering
1761			for hardware interop. Not software: hardware."
1762
1763			Not sure what you're talking about, but Council Directive 91/250/EEC seems
1764			pretty clear to me (or as clear as legal texts can be to me...): "Article
1765			6 Decompilation
1766
1767			1. The authorization of the rightholder shall not be required where
1768			reproduction of the code and translation of its form within the meaning
1769			of Article 4 (a) and (b) are indispensable to obtain the information
1770			necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created
1771			computer program with other programs, provided that the following
1772			conditions are met: [...]"
1773			%
1774			http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/
1775			%
1776			Why Linux Sux ?
1777
1778			Easy .
1779			Security : most hackable operating systems are unix based .
1780			Portability : try installing unix on cutting edge hardware . bad luck it won`t work . install windows (the oldest) on any ... it will .
1781			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 .
1782			Applications : we all know there are more and more on windows . linux will probably never get so many .
1783			GUI : we know how customisable is the windows gui . and how stable .
1784			Gaming : ...anyone got an ideea of a linux game that is really cool ?
1785			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! ) .
1786			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 .
1787			Stability : reboot windows 100 times by using the case button . perhaps a scandisk will appear . reboot linux ... ups kernel panic .
1788
1789			You don`t have money for OS ? Work ! Oh you hate miscrosoft and bill gates
1790			no ? Sure thing ... stupid and lazy people generally hate smart and hard
1791			working ones . Screw linux users .
1792			%
1793			19:26:03 <schmorp> did you know the us is officially metric? for over 100 years, too?
1794			19:26:27 -cfbot:#cf- [moerderer] it is also officially a democracy, go figure
1795			19:26:34 <schmorp> good point :)
1796			%
1797			> The Dell 30"...
1798
1799			It is big, but some of the reviews have not been so glowing, or rather,
1800			the glowing has been highly asymmetric.
1801			%
1802	root	1.432	Re: USA- an underdeveloped country with potentials
1803	root	1.431
1804			> > 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".
1805	root	1.432	>
1806	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!
1807	root	1.432	>
1808	root	1.431	> your welcome, pinhead!
1809	root	1.432
1810	root	1.431	Even though I´m tired of hearing "we saved your a beep during ww2 I will respond.
1811
1812			1. Did you? Or did your great grandfathers? Maybe they were better?
1813			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.
1814			3. One good thing in the past doesn´t make up for bad things in your society today.
1815	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.
1816	root	1.431	%
1817			[discussion about some changes in windows longhorn]
1818			Let's hope that some day Microsoft will catch up to what the
1819			public-domain tz code was doing back in 1986. (Good work, Arthur!)
1820			%
1821			ntfs ist dennoch für datei und ordnersicherheit zuständig.
1822
1823			Zum Beispiel unter Linux wenn man auf fat32 festplatten zugreifen will ist
1824			es kein problem, wenn man aber die festplatte auf ntfs convertiert hat,
1825			dann funktioniert dass nicht mehr der zugriff auf die festplatte.
1826
1827			Denn das ist die sicherheit vor zugriffen auf daten von anderen usern und
1828			anderen betriebssystemen.
1829
1830			Habe fat32 festplatte gehabt(zugriff von linux möglich) dann habe ich es
1831			auf ntfs umconvertiert und dann ging es nicht mehr.
1832
1833			habe nochmal in meinen unterlagen nachgeschlagen, haben erst ca. vor 3
1834			Wochen die Unterlagen vom Lehrer bekommen und ich sag nochmal, zittiere
1835			Lehrer: Fat32 sollte man heutzutage nicht mehr verwenden außer man hat
1836			Windows 98 und man möchte Dualbootkonfiguration erzielen. NTFS ist
1837			einfach für bessere Sicherheit zuständig.
1838
1839			Frage?
1840			Hast du Windows und Linux beides auf deinem Laptop oder Standpc?
1841			Wenn ja hattest du vorher eine fat32 festplatte?
1842			Hast du sie dann auf ntfs umconvertiert?
1843
1844			Freundlichen Grüße von Vista-Ultimate-Besitzer
1845			%
1846			"In this time of war against Osama bin Laden and the oppressive
1847			Taliban regime, we are thankful that OUR leader isn't the spoiled son
1848			of a powerful politician from a wealthy oil family who is supported by
1849			religious fundamentalists, operates through clandestine organizations,
1850			has no respect for the democratic electoral process, bombs innocents,
1851			and uses war to deny people their civil liberties." --The Boondocks
1852			%
1853			19:35:41 <elmex> dieses 'restore session' is soo sinnlos bei firefox
1854			19:35:54 <elmex> wenn die webseite die ihn gecrasht hat immer weieder crasht
1855			19:36:18 <schmorp> tja, bei mir restored er trotz einstellung nie etwas
1856			19:36:24 <schmorp> fragt sich wer mehr glück hat
1857			%
1858			What has happened is that Dave Winer got off a rant against JSON as
1859			reinventing XML's (and more specifically XML-RPC's) wheel:
1860
1861			God bless the re-inventers
1862
1863			Gotta love em, because there's no way they're going to stop breaking
1864			what works, and fixing what don't need no fixing
1865
1866	root	1.432	Crockford gets off a very pithy response:
1867	root	1.431
1868			The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round
1869			one.
1870			%
1871			[rfc2665]
1872			The dot3StatsEtherChipSet object has now been deprecated.
1873			Implementation feedback indicates that this object is much more
1874			useful in theory than in practice.
1875			%
1876			15:40:51 <elmex> son buero is faszinierend
1877	root	1.432	15:41:08 <elmex> staendig hoerste leute seuftzen und jammern, und in 90% der faelle hats
1878	root	1.431	mit windows zu tun
1879			15:41:15 <elmex> oder mit software die dort laeuft
1880			15:41:37 <elmex> irgendwem is heut mrogen die mail inbox verloren gegangen
1881			15:41:47 <elmex> und hat sie dann wiedergefunden
1882			15:41:49 <elmex> irgendwie
1883			15:41:50 <elmex> irgendwo
1884	root	1.432	15:42:07 <elmex> achja, und backups gabs auch keine mehr, seit sich die passwoerter
1885	root	1.431	geaendert haben :->
1886			15:42:19 <elmex> (also seit wenigen tagen)
1887	root	1.432	15:47:10 <elmex> es ist auch erstaunlich wie wenig arbeit eigentlich so erledigt wird nach
1888	root	1.431	15:30
1889			15:47:48 <elmex> (mit ausnahmen)
1890			15:48:13 <elmex> aber 50-80% der zeit wird mit kommunikation verbracht
1891			%
1892			[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=895394]
1893			The SparcStation2 technical docs recommend catting your /vmunix file to /dev/audio as a speaker test.
1894			If you go nearly deaf from the painful noise, then your speaker works.
1895			%
1896			http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/optimize.html
1897
1898			Strictly for beginners
1899
1900			Techniques you might not be aware of if you have not been programming for the past 15 years of your life:
1901			[...]
1902			%
1903			http://tmbo.org/offensive/images/picpile/Welcome%20to%20paradise%21.jpg
1904			%
1905			17:34:47 <elmex> hab gehoert solaris soll GPL werden, oder zumindest denkt sun drueber nach :->:
1906			17:34:53 <schmorp> ja klar
1907			17:34:57 <schmorp> alles was lebenszeitende hat
1908			17:34:58 <schmorp> wird gpl
1909			17:35:02 <schmorp> weil sie denken, dann wirds übelreben
1910			17:35:05 <schmorp> bei mozilla hats auch gwekappt
1911			17:35:08 <elmex> hehe
1912			17:35:13 <schmorp> und die brrowserentwicklung unter linux locker ein jahr verzögert
1913			17:35:46 <elmex> dann kann joerd schilling ja endlich sein lieblings system entwickeln :-
1914			17:35:48 <elmex> :->
1915			17:35:58 <schmorp> macht er doch schon die ganze zeit
1916			17:36:02 <schmorp> chillingos, bzw.
1917			17:36:18 <elmex> uh
1918			17:36:53 <schmorp> ich finds nicht mehr
1919			17:36:57 <schmorp> er arbeitet jedenfalls dran
1920			17:38:27 <schmorp> SchilliX
1921			17:38:29 <schmorp> genau!
1922			17:38:30 <schmorp> :)
1923			17:38:33 <elmex> sueees
1924			17:38:34 <schmorp> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/schillix/
1925			17:39:59 <zaphod> omg das ist nicht wahr
1926			17:40:20 <schmorp> ihr kennt die geheimnisse und wunder unserer welt nicht
1927			17:40:32 <zaphod> das kann bestimmt CDs brennen wie nix anderes
1928			17:40:42 <elmex> lol
1929			17:41:06 <schmorp> :)
1930			%
1931			[A Gentoo User]
1932			First FreeBSD is UNIX. Yes FreeBSD runs beter then all other Linux
1933			distro’s but FreeBSD lacks any graphical features(stolen linux features
1934			doesn’t count) so it is only ment for guys with an old grey beards.
1935			[...] That’s why for geeks/nerds/professionals (like me) bsd exists [...]
1936			Gentoo is ment for professionals that need a system for a really exact
1937			environment and think LFS is to much work.
1938			[http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/01/why-gentoo-shouldnt-be-on-your-server/]
1939			%
1940			20:08 <schmorp> my guess is, purely practically
1941			20:08 <schmorp> if copyright/patent law continues to go away from the original reasons
1942			20:08 <schmorp> that they were created for
1943			20:08 <schmorp> you will at one point have a civil war
1944			20:08 <schmorp> right now, you already have large-scale civil disobedience
1945	root	1.432	20:10 <scortch> i very much hope that it can be turned around before that happens. not the
1946			least reason is, in a Blade Runner dystopia, there isnt a lot that individuals
1947	root	1.431	can do
1948			20:11 <scortch> i.e. militarily
1949			20:11 <scortch> ah wait.
1950			20:12 <scortch> we are forgetting that low technology solutions are always around
1951			20:12 <schmorp> terrorism :)
1952			20:12 <schmorp> now i finally see the whole plot
1953			20:13 <scortch> that's quite a story
1954			%
1955			23:49 <ruskie> in my experience apart from a few exceptions all gentoo people are rude
1956	root	1.432	23:58 <Err> it seems logical that there is a strong correlation
1957			between (people who like to waste their time, and their computer's
1958			processing time, rebuilding things that have been built a million
1959	root	1.431	times before) and (idiots)
1960			23:58 <Err> (parenthesized for easy parsing ;-) )
1961	root	1.432	23:59 <Err> there are certainly exceptions to every rule - but in
1962			general, gentoo users think that they're getting magical properties
1963	root	1.431	out of rebuilding the same code everybody else builds
1964			%
1965			[http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/]
1966			Bruce Schneier decrypted the Bible. The plaintext read, "Bruce Schneier".
1967			%
1968			[http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin-patches@cygwin.com/msg03644.html]
1969
1970			Internet Explorer: KB329781 "HTTP File Upload Operation Takes a Long Time
1971			to Complete". The printing subsystem: KB816627 "TCP/IP port printing may
1972			be slow in Windows 2000"
1973
1974			In the first KB microsoft amusingly states in relation to the fact that
1975			upload speed is limited to 80kbps no matter what the network bandwidth
1976			that "this behaviour is by design". The mind boggles...
1977			%
1978			[so much for type-safety]
1979			List<Integer> lst = new ArrayList<Integer>;
1980			lst.add(null);
1981			int x = 1 + lst.get(0);
1982			%
1983			[just for reference]
1984			Wenn man weiss, dass man in seinem Leben nicht mehr Glücklich werden
1985			kann, und sich von Tag zu Tag die Gründe dafür häufen, dann bleibt
1986			einem nichts anderes übrig als aus diesem Leben zu verschwinden. Und
1987			dafür habe ich mich entschieden. Es gibt vielleicht Leute die hätten
1988			weiter gemacht, hätten sich gedacht "das wird schon", aber das wird
1989			es nicht.
1990
1991			Man hat mir gesagt ich muss zur Schule gehen, um für mein leben zu
1992			lernen, um später ein schönes Leben führen zu können. Aber was bringt
1993			einem das dickste Auto, das grösste Haus, die schönste Frau, wenn es
1994			letztendlich sowieso für’n Arsch ist. Wenn deine Frau beginnt dich zu
1995			hassen, wenn dein Auto Benzin verbraucht das du nicht zahlen kannst, und
1996			wenn du niemanden hast der dich in deinem scheiss Haus besuchen kommt!
1997
1998			Das einzigste was ich intensiv in der Schule beigebracht bekommen habe
1999			war, das ich ein Verlierer bin. Für die ersten jahre an der GSS stimmt
2000			das sogar, ich war der Konsumgeilheit verfallen, habe danach gestrebt
2001			Freunde zu bekommen, Menschen die dich nicht als Person, sondern als
2002			Statussymbol sehen. Aber dann bin ich aufgewacht! Ich erkannte das die
2003			Welt wie sie mir erschien nicht existiert, das sie eine Illusion war,
2004			die hauptsächlich von den Medien erzeugt wurde. Ich merkte mehr und
2005			mehr in was für einer Welt ich mich befand. Eine Welt in der Geld alles
2006			regiert, selbst in der Schule ging es nur darum. Man musste das neuste
2007			Handy haben, die neusten Klamotten, und die richtigen "Freunde". hat
2008			man eines davon nicht ist man es nicht wert beachtet zu werden. Und diese
2009			Menschen nennt man Jocks. Jocks sind alle, die meinen aufgrund von teuren
2010			Klamotten oder schönen Mädchen an der Seite über anderen zu stehen. Ich
2011			verabscheue diese Menschen, nein, ich verabscheue Menschen.
2012
2013			Ich habe in den 18 Jahren meines Lebens erfahren müssen, das man nur
2014			Glücklich werden kann, wenn man sich der Masse fügt, der Gesellschaft
2015			anpasst. Aber das konnte und wollte ich nicht. Ich bin frei! Niemand darf
2016			in mein Leben eingreifen, und tut er es doch hat er die Konsequenzen zu
2017			tragen! Kein Politiker hat das Recht Gesetze zu erlassen, die mir Dinge
2018			verbieten, Kein Bulle hat das Recht mir meine Waffe wegzunehmen, schon gar
2019			nicht während er seine am Gürtel trägt.
2020
2021			Wozu das alles? Wozu soll ich arbeiten? Damit ich mich kaputtmaloche um
2022			mit 65 in den Ruhestand zugehen und 5 Jahre später abzukratzen? Warum
2023			soll ich mich noch anstrengen irgendetwas zu erreichen, wenn es
2024			letztendlich sowieso für'n Arsch ist weil ich früher oder später
2025			krepiere? Ich kann ein Haus bauen, Kinder bekommen und was weiss ich
2026			nicht alles. Aber wozu? Das Haus wird irgendwann abgerissen, und die
2027			Kinder sterben auch mal. Was hat denn das Leben bitte für einen
2028			Sinn? Keinen! Also muss man seinem Leben einen Sinn geben, und das
2029			mache ich nicht indem ich einem überbezahlten Chef im Arsch rumkrieche
2030			oder mich von Faschisten verarschen lasse die mir erzählen wollen wir
2031			leben in einer Volksherrschaft. Nein, es gibt für mich jetzt noch eine
2032			Möglichkeit meinem Leben einen Sinn zu geben, und die werde ich nicht wie
2033			alle anderen zuvor verschwenden! Vielleicht hätte mein Leben komplett
2034			anders verlaufen können. Aber die Gesellschaft hat nunmal keinen Platz
2035			für Individualisten. Ich meine richtige Individualisten, Leute die
2036			slebst denken, und nicht solche 'Ich trage ein Nietenarmband und bin
2037			alternativ' Idioten!
2038
2039			Ihr habt diese Schlacht begonnen, nicht ich. Meine Handlungen sind ein
2040			Resultat eurer Welt, eine Welt die mich nicht sein lassen will wie ich
2041			bin. Ihr habt euch über mich lustig gemacht, dasselbe habe ich nun mit
2042			euch getan, ich hatte nur einen ganz anderen Humor! Von 1994 bis 2003/2004
2043			war es auch mein Bestreben, Freunde zu haben, Spass zu haben. Als ich
2044			dann 1998 auf die GSS kam, fing es an mit den Statussymbolen, Kleidung,
2045			Freunde, Handy usw.. Dann bin ich wach geworden. Mir wurde bewusst das
2046			ich mein Leben lang der Dumme für andere war, und man sich über mich
2047			lustig machte. Und ich habe mir Rache geschworen! Diese Rache wird so
2048			brutal und rücksichtslos ausgeführt werden, dass euch das Blut in den
2049			Adern gefriert. Bevor ich gehe, werde ich euch einen Denkzettel verpassen,
2050			damit mich nie wieder ein Mensch vergisst! Ich will das ihr erkennt, das
2051			niemand das Recht hat unter einem faschistischen Deckmantel aus Gesetz und
2052			Religion in fremdes Leben einzugreifen!
2053
2054			Ich will das sich mein Gesicht in eure Köpfe einbrennt! Ich will
2055			nicht länger davon laufen! Ich will meinen Teil zur Revolution der
2056			Ausgestossenen beitragen!
2057
2058			Ich will R A C H E !
2059
2060			Ich habe darüber nachgedacht, dass die meisten der Schüler die mich
2061			gedemütigt haben schon von der GSS abgegangen sind. Dazu habe ich zwei
2062			Dinge zu sagen:
2063
2064			1. Ich ging nicht nur in eine klasse, nein, ich ging auf die ganze Schule.
2065
2066			Die Menschen die sich auf der Schule befinden, sind in keinem Falle
2067			unschuldig! Niemand ist das! In deren Köpfen läuft das selbe Programm
2068			welches auch bei den früheren Jahrgängen lief! Ich bin der Virus der
2069			diese Programme zerstören will, es ist völlig irrelewand wo ich da
2070			anfange.
2071
2072			2. Ein Grossteil meiner Rache wird sich auf das Lehrpersonal richten,
2073			denn das sind Menschen die gegen meinen Willen in mein Leben eingegriffen
2074			haben, und geholfen haben mich dahin zu stellen, wo ich jetzt stehe; Auf
2075			dem Schlachtfeld! Diese Lehrer befinden sich so gut wie alle noch auf
2076			dieser verdammten schule!
2077
2078			Das Leben wie es heute täglich stattfindet ist wohl das armseeligste was
2079			die Welt zu bieten hat!
2080
2081			S.A.A.R.T. - Schule, Ausbildung, Arbeit, Rente, Tod
2082
2083			Das ist der Lebenslauf eines "normalen" Menschen heutzutage. Aber
2084			was ist eigentlich normal? Als normal wird das bezeichnet, was von der
2085			Gesellschaft erwartet wird. Somit werden heutzutage Punks, Penner,
2086			Mörder, Gothics, Schwule usw. als unnormal bezeichnet, weil sie den
2087			allgemeinen Vorstellungen der Gesellschaft nicht gerecht werden, können
2088			oder wollen. Ich scheiss auf euch! Jeder hat frei zu sein! Gebt jedem
2089			eine Waffe und die Probleme unter den Menschen lösen sich ohne jedliche
2090			Einmischung Dritter. Wenn jemand stirbt, dann ist er halt tot. Und? Der
2091			Tod gehört zum Leben! Kommen die Angehörigen mit dem Verlust nicht klar,
2092			können sie Selbstmord begehen, niemand hindert sie daran!
2093
2094			S.A.A.R.T. beginnt mit dem 6. Lebensjahr hier in Deutschland, mit der
2095			Einschulung.
2096
2097			Das Kind begibt sich auf seine perönliche Sozialisationsstrecke, und
2098			wird in den darauffolgenden Jahren gezwungen sich der Allgemeinheit, der
2099			Mehrheit anzupassen. Lehnt es dies ab, schalten sich Lehrer, Eltern,
2100			und nicht zuletzt die Polizei ein. Schulpflicht ist die Schönrede von
2101			Schulzwang, denn man wird ja gezwungen zur Schule zu gehen. Wer gezwungen
2102			wird, verliert ein Stück seiner Freiheit. Man wird gezwungen Steuern zu
2103			zahlen, man wird gezwungen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen einzuhalten, man
2104			wird gezwungen dies zu tun, man wird gewzungen das zu tun. Ergo: Keine
2105			Freiheit! Und sowas nennt man dann Volksherrschaft. Wenn das Volk hier
2106			herrschen würde, hiesse es Anarchie!
2107
2108			WERDET ENDLICH WACH - GEHT AUF DIE STRASSE - DAS HAT IN DEUTSCHLAND
2109			SCHONMAL FUNKTIONIERT!
2110
2111			Nach meiner Tat werden wieder irgendwelche fetten Politiker dumme
2112			Sprüche klopfen wie "Wir halten nun alle zusammen" oder "Wir
2113			müssen gemeinsam versuchen dies durchzustehen". Doch das machen
2114			sie nur um Aufmerksmakeit zu bekommen, um sich selbst als die Lösung
2115			zu präsentieren. Auf der GSS war es genauso... niemals lässt
2116			sich dieses fette Stück Scheisse von Rektorin blicken, aber wenn
2117			Theater-aufführungen sind, dann steht sie als erste mit einem breiten
2118			Grinsen auf der Bühne und präsentiert sich der Masse!
2119
2120			Nazis, HipHoper, Türken, Staat, Staatsdiener, Gläubige... einfach alle
2121			sind zum kotzen und müssen vernichtet werden! (Den begriff "Türken"
2122			benutze ich für alle HipHopMuchels und Kleingangster; Sie kommen nach
2123			Deutschland weil die Bedingungen bei ihnen zu hause zu schlecht sind,
2124			weil Krieg ist... und dann kommen Sie nach Deutschland, dem Sozialamt der
2125			Welt, und lassne hier die Sau raus. Sie sollten alle vergast werden! Keine
2126			Juden, keine Neger, keine Holländer, aber Muchels! ICH BIN KEIN SCHEISS
2127			NAZI) Ich hasse euch und eure Art! Ihr müsst alle sterben!
2128
2129			Seit meinem 6. Lebensjahr wurde ich von euch allen verarscht! Nun müsst
2130			ihr dafür bezahlen!
2131
2132			Weil ich weiss das die Fascholizei meine Videos, Schulhefte, Tagebücher,
2133			einfach alles, nicht veröffentlichen will, habe ich das selbst in die
2134			Hand genommen.
2135
2136			Als letztes möchte ich den Menschen die mir was bedeuten, oder die jemals
2137			gut zu mir waren, danken, und mich für all dies Entschuldigen!
2138
2139			Ich bin weg...
2140			%
2141			01:14 <scortch> its an NP hard for computers
2142			01:14 <elmex> no, it's NP hard for anyone
2143			%
2144	root	1.432	19:18 <elmex> schmorp: eben anner kasse stand jemadn hinter mir und faselte mit seinen
2145			kumpels zum thema bill gates: "... er ist ja mein vorbild, nicht jetzt
2146			wegen dem geld, sondern wegen dem charakterlichen und so ... der hat ja
2147			die haelfte seines vermoegens gespendet.... und ne jacht hat der auch...
2148	root	1.431	abe was fuer eine... voll fettes schiff...'
2149			19:19 <schmorp> rofl
2150			19:19 <schmorp> aber nicht wegem dme geld
2151			19:19 <elmex> der studiert glaub ich informatik :)
2152			19:19 <elmex> das is die neue generation
2153			19:19 <elmex> 'generation gates'
2154			19:19 <schmorp> die frage schiene mcirosoft oder schiene java erübrigt sich
2155			%
2156			http://www.bissantz.de/pub/Luegen_mit_Statistiken.pdf
2157			%
2158			[http://use.perl.org/~luqui/journal/]
2159			[The reason I left Perl 6]
2160
2161			The virtue of social art was extinguished when the solutions that I had
2162			worked for weeks on and I considered truly beautiful lost to syntax
2163			bloat and "DWIM tables". It bascially came down to the rest of the team
2164			considering Perl much more pragmatically than I did, which may end up
2165			better for the end result anyway—it is hard to tell.
2166			%
2167			http://www.ta-sa.org/files/sc/perl6_timeline_updated.png
2168			%
2169			00:20 <schmorp> Mikachu: xjdic lists ぶっかける as to dash (slosh) water (or other liquid)onapersonorinaperson'sface
2170			00:21 <Mikachu> yeah, that made me laugh a bit
2171			00:21 <Mikachu> "or other liquid, know what i mean, nudge nudge"
2172			%
2173			[very funny read]
2174			Hack-a-Bike
2175			USK@vZ8crASNqmw9APiGDtTxV0YvspklNnOTmQin0ZsPLdk,bnUaihNj6Ww8CFvBQo4UwH0pYiS0hOyeKIxvO0tZdJk,AQABAAE/hack-a-bike/1/index_de.html
2176			%
2177			Now that habeas corpus and other basic rights, including the right not to
2178			be tortured while interrogated, have now been deemed unnecessary, more
2179			Americans than ever have been thinking of getting out the door while they
2180			still can.
2181
2182			http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/23/getting_out_your_gui.html
2183			%
2184	root	1.432	23:52 <elmex> Zaehlen sie die wichtigsten Berufsfelder der IT-Branche auf:
2185			Java-code-affe, Bussiness-scheisse-laber-affe, Windows-admin,
2186	root	1.431	Windows-user, echter Admin und echter Programmierer.
2187			%
2188			[without words]
2189			http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1030/104_print.html
2190			%
2191			[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030217/cockburn]
2192			We're in the twilit world of the "thought crime." Have a photo of a kid in
2193			a bath on your hard drive, and the prosecutor says you were looking at it
2194			with lust in your heart, and that is tantamount to sexually molesting an
2195			actual kid in an actual bath.
2196			%
2197			Don't put stock in the Constitution, anymore. It IS just a piece of paper,
2198			today (actually, since Oct 17th). The Military Commissions Act of 2006
2199			makes the Constitution null and void. You (regardless of your citizenship)
2200			may be held with no charges, for no reason, for an indefinite time, with
2201			absolutely no judicial oversight. It is completely legal for the
2202			government to pick you up and for you to disappear with no one ever knowing
2203			what happened to you.
2204			%
2205	root	1.472	--
2206	root	1.431	Markus Schulz
2207
2208			A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
2209			Q: Why is top posting bad?
2210			%
2211			On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:05:19AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
2212	root	1.432	> 1. It's not that I don't want to, but I _can't_ implement kprobes and not
2213			> due to lack of skills, but lack of resources. (There is a subtle but
2214	root	1.431	> important difference.)
2215
2216			Um, given the amount of time you've spent trying to pursuade us why
2217			you can't implement kprobes for m68k, perhaps you would have
2218			implemented it already if you had buckled down and started coding
2219			instead of flaming about why everyone else should bend over backwards
2220			just because you don't have time for your arch? :-)
2221
2222			- Ted
2223			%
2224			[http://richarddawkins.net/mainPage.php?bodyPage=article_body.php&id=183]
2225			"I want to see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus
2226			Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam. I want to see them
2227			as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are over in
2228			Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places... Excuse
2229			me, but we have the truth!"
2230			%
2231			[Meijin Title Game #3, Takao Shinji vs. Cho U]
2232			(22) archimed [18k?]: actually, what are considered to be their respective strengths?
2233			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: takao's strength is kickin cho u's butt
2234			(22) zephi [ 7k+]: cho u's a big fighter
2235			%
2236			[nethack extinctionist faq]
2237			The first "extinctionist" ascension on r.g.r.n. (at least from what I can
2238			tell) seems to have been by Matthew Bourland in 2000, who although he
2239			didn't actually kill everything, certainly genocided all (at the time) 256
2240			monster types that were genocidable. Then, after that he extincted all
2241			other randomly generated monsters. On the other hand, having 120 kills
2242			in every category is perhaps more noteworthy (or foolhardy?) than simply
2243			genociding every monster.
2244
2245			I'd recommend a dose of both. Kill them until they're dead and then
2246			genocide them for good measure!
2247			%%
2248			[nethack instadeath faq]
2249
2250			* eating Death, Famine, Pestilence, Medusa, or green slime corpses
2251
2252			Well let's face it, this is just plain stupid. So don't do it!
2253			%
2254			17:57 <zaphod> Murch: Stroemungslehre ist geil
2255			17:57 <Murch> zaphod: hm?
2256	root	1.432	17:57 <zaphod> Murch: "Diese Gleichungen sind, zumindest aus der Sicht eines
2257	root	1.431	Ingenieurs, als exakt anzusehen."
2258			17:58 <Murch> lol
2259			%
2260			22:51 -cfbot:#cf- [Wrathmagic] oh i love killing pirates yes i do i love stabbing them through and through
2261			%
2262			[Brazil and Bush’s War on Terror]
2263			http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/blumen3.html
2264			%
2265			http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/169/
2266			%
2267			http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware/
2268
2269			There was time when badware developers tried to install ad pages as homepage
2270			or searchpage in user’s IE by any possible means. Nowadays users install
2271			adware voluntarily and write news about it. True web2.0 style!
2272			%
2273			http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/05/universal_time_zone.html
2274
2275			At the United Nations today President George W. Bush
2276			announced a proposal to unify all the world's time zones
2277			into a single Universal Time Zone (UTZ), formerly known as
2278			the Eastern Time Zone.
2279			[...]
2280			Britain immediately supported the US plan. "If it means
2281			sleeping in broad daylight then we'll stick with our
2282			allies," said Tony Blair, "Of course there's never broad
2283			daylight in the UK, so it's not much of an issue."
2284			%
2285			Wow, and this in security-relevant code... (taken from libc's ld.so)
2286
2287			_dl_profile_output
2288			= &"/var/tmp\0/var/profile"[__libc_enable_secure ? 9 : 0];
2289			%
2290			[CRYPTO-GRAM]
2291			By January 1st, 2007, everyone crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada is supposed to have
2292			a passport. This is because of terrorism, of course. But now we learn that ferries and private
2293			watercraft will be exempt. One of two things is true. Either passports are required for
2294			security, in which case we should interfere with ferries. Or they're for show, in which case we
2295			can just do what's convenient. Or maybe we just know that terrorists never take ferries. I get
2296			that security is a trade-off, but this is kind of silly.
2297
2298			http://tinyurl.com/zl5af
2299			%
2300			[famous last words]
2301			11:22 <kaizoku> what do you mean by plonk?
2302			%
2303			What make a provider a tier 2, versus a tier 1 provider...
2304
2305			"We are a tier 1 provider" = "I am a salesperson."
2306
2307			"They are a tier 2 provider." = "I am a salesperson and they are our competitor".
2308
2309			--
2310			Jay Hennigan
2311			%
2312			http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/17_Mistakes_Microsoft_Made_in_the_Xbox_Security_System
2313			%
2314			[latimes story about a man returning to the us from iraq and being
2315			held for selling copyrighted images on t-shirts by the department
2316			of homeland security]
2317			http://tinyurl.com/ourlr
2318			%
2319			"Some other types of programs won't make the transition to Windows x64
2320	root	1.432	seamlessly, either. Microsoft ships WinXP x64 with two versions of
2321	root	1.431	Internet Explorer, a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. The 32-bit
2322			version is the OS default because nearly all ActiveX controls and the like
2323			are 32-bit code, and where would we be if we couldn't execute the full
2324			range of spyware available to us?"
2325
2326			[http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/64-bits/index.x?pg=1]
2327			%
2328			[http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/kglobalaccel__x11_8cpp-source.html]
2329			00279 if( pEvent->xkey.state & KKeyServer::modXNumLock() ) {
2330			00280 // TODO: what's the xor operator in c++?
2331			%
2332	root	1.432	<Mikachu> give a man a fix and he's running urxvt one day, teach a man
2333	root	1.431	to fix and he will run urxvt all his life
2334			%
2335			The NSA Phone Call Database: The European Perspective
2336			http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/the_nsa_phone_c.html
2337			%
2338			Oh, I agree completely. No game has ever let me down the way Oblivoin
2339			did. I"m still hoping mods and expansions will fix it but there's no way
2340			I'm pre-ordering the next one. I'm afraid it really will be a first person
2341			shooter.
2342
2343			The really scary thing is that it's not just video games. Book sales were
2344			done last year because people just don't read as much anymore. I'm having
2345			to dumb down my newspaper editorials because people used to want analysis
2346			they could use to make their own opinions, now they seem to just want
2347			opinions they can quote without having to think for themselves. McDonalds
2348			puts pictures of the food on the cash register instead of numbers.
2349
2350			Face it. The human race is devolving. In 500 years the best selling RPG
2351			in the universe will be a console game where you roleplay an ape named
2352			Fred, swing on vines and throw your own excrement. You'll have one stat,
2353			apeness. It wiill effect everything you do in a subtle, yet unexplained
2354			way.
2355
2356			And Bethesda fan boys will be screaming "TES 504: Monkeypoo good. You go
2357			bak cave, no good rpger. Two stats bad. Made feces throw too hard. Shiney
2358			key graphic good. Make me happy."
2359
2360			shrugs But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
2361			%
2362			> So Hitler was a pacifist because he let other people kill for him? Most
2363			> D&D computer games require you to kill people (not simply knock them
2364			> out). Also just because you don't kill doesn't make you a pacifist (see
2365			> above comment about Hitler).
2366
2367			I invoke the European rule: In any given argument, the first side to
2368			mention Hitler loses.
2369			%
2370			[siggraph '99 course 12]
2371			Unfortunately, including <windows.h> has the unfortunate side effect of
2372			introducing literally thousands of macros and type declarations into
2373			your compilation environment. This undesirable "name space pollution"
2374			can sometimes affect source code portability by conflicting with your
2375			program's own macros and types. This can particularly be a problem for
2376			UNIX programmers that are not familiar with all the junk that comes with
2377			including <windows.h>.
2378			[...]
2379			Win32's requirement that you use wglGetProcAddress is a real drag,
2380			but if you do everything right, using OpenGL extensions works and
2381			gives you access to amazing new OpenGL features. And let's be honest;
2382			wglGet- ProcAddress is hardly the only annoying and awkward thing about
2383			programming with the Win32 API. Still, by using the C preprocessor and
2384			coding carefully, you actually can write OpenGL programs that use OpenGL
2385			extensions and compile from the same source code for both UNIX and Win32
2386			environments.
2387			%
2388			http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/19981207_Computers_are_so_STY00PID
2389			%
2390			[http://www.voynich.net/Kryptos]
2391			"It's easier to rig an electronic voting machine than a Las Vegas slot machine"
2392			%
2393			[CRYPTO-GRAM 2006-03-15]
2394			[...] There are all sorts of interests vying for control of your
2395			computer. There are media companies that want to control what you can
2396			do with the music and videos they sell you. There are companies that
2397			use software as a conduit to collect marketing information, deliver
2398			advertising or do whatever it is their real owners require. And there are
2399			software companies that are trying to make money by pleasing not only
2400			their customers, but other companies they ally themselves with. All these
2401			companies want to own your computer.
2402
2403			Some examples:
2404
2405			1. Entertainment software: In October 2005, it emerged that Sony had
2406			distributed a rootkit with several music CDs -- the same kind of
2407			software that crackers use to own people's computers. This rootkit
2408			secretly installed itself when the music CD was played on a computer.
2409			Its purpose was to prevent people from doing things with the music that
2410			Sony didn't approve of: It was a DRM system. If the exact same piece of
2411			software had been installed secretly by a hacker, this would have been
2412			an illegal act. But Sony believed that it had legitimate reasons for
2413			wanting to own its customers' machines.
2414	root	1.432
2415	root	1.431	2. Antivirus: You might have expected your antivirus software to detect
2416			Sony's rootkit. After all, that's why you bought it. But initially, the
2417			security programs sold by Symantec and others did not detect it,
2418			because Sony had asked them not to. You might have thought that the
2419			software you bought was working for you, but you would have been wrong.
2420
2421			3. Internet services: Hotmail allows you to blacklist certain e-mail
2422			addresses, so that mail from them automatically goes into your spam
2423			trap. Have you ever tried blocking all that incessant marketing e-mail
2424			from Microsoft? You can't.
2425
2426			4. Application software: Internet Explorer users might have expected
2427			the program to incorporate easy-to-use cookie handling and pop-up
2428			blockers. After all, other browsers do, and users have found them
2429			useful in defending against Internet annoyances. But Microsoft isn't
2430			just selling software to you; it sells Internet advertising as well. It
2431			isn't in the company's best interest to offer users features that would
2432			adversely affect its business partners.
2433
2434			5. Spyware: Spyware is nothing but someone else trying to own your
2435			computer. These programs eavesdrop on your behavior and report back to
2436			their real owners -- sometimes without your knowledge or consent --
2437			about your behavior.
2438
2439			6. Update: Automatic update features are another way software companies
2440			try to own your computer. While they can be useful for improving
2441			security, they also require you to trust your software vendor not to
2442			disable your computer for nonpayment, breach of contract or other
2443			presumed infractions.
2444
2445			Adware, software-as-a-service and Google Desktop search are all
2446			examples of some other company trying to own your computer. And Trusted
2447			Computing will only make the problem worse.
2448
2449			There is an inherent insecurity to technologies that try to own
2450			people's computers: They allow individuals other than the computers'
2451			legitimate owners to enforce policy on those machines. These systems
2452			invite attackers to assume the role of the third party and turn a
2453			user's device against him.
2454			[...]
2455			You can fight back against this trend by only using software that
2456			respects your boundaries. Boycott companies that don't honestly serve
2457			their customers, that don't disclose their alliances, that treat users
2458			like marketing assets. Use open-source software -- software created and
2459			owned by users, with no hidden agendas, no secret alliances and no
2460			back-room marketing deals.
2461			%
2462			[John Carmack on Java]
2463			Write-once-run-anywhere. Ha. Hahahahaha. We are only testing on four
2464			platforms right now, and not a single pair has the exact same quirks. All
2465			the commercial games are tweaked and compiled individually for each
2466			(often 100+) platform. Portability is not a justification for the awful
2467			performance.
2468			%
2469			[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,415577,00.html]
2470
2471			"Wenn ich höre, dass die Telekom mit Microsoft kooperiert, da wird mir
2472			ganz anders", sagte Herbert Tillmann, der Vorsitzende der Produktions-
2473			und Technikkommission von ARD und ZDF dem Blatt. Man bevorzuge offene
2474			Standards und wolle sich der Plattform von Microsoft nicht ausliefern.
2475			%
2476			http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/05/german_cannibal.html
2477			%
2478			"Ok, this is complete off topic but WHY do so many Americans think that
2479			once your cross the 49th parellel into Canada that they are going out into
2480			a technology- and civilization-free zone???"
2481			http://p203.ezboard.com/ftruechristiansunitefrm31
2482			%
2483			http://funroll-loops.org/
2484			%
2485			[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL]
2486			When Direct3D was released in 1995, Microsoft, SGI, and Hewlett-Packard
2487			initiated the Fahrenheit project, which was a joint effort with the
2488			goal of unifying the OpenGL and Direct3D interfaces - and again, adding
2489			a scene-graph API. It initially showed some promise of bringing order
2490			to the world of interactive 3D computer graphics APIs, but on account
2491			of financial constraints at SGI and general lack of industry support
2492			it was abandoned. The engineers involved at SGI held a beach party in
2493			celebration - complete with bonfires on which they burned piles of
2494			Fahrenheit documentation.
2495			%
2496			[Whenever I try to use svn, it fails me. Sure I modified files, but whats
2497			the point of a RCS system that can't cope with that? Besides, I am 100%
2498			sure its much slower than CVS]
2499			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2500			svn: Won't delete locally modified directory '.'
2501			svn: Left locally modified or unversioned files
2502	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2503	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn switch http://cvs.mythtv.org/svn/branches/release-0-19-fixes/
2504			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2505	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2506	root	1.431	cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn diff
2507			svn: Working copy 'i18n' is missing or not locked
2508	root	1.432	[Exit 1]
2509	root	1.431	[Great, my local fixes are lost now, too. Whoever let this horror loose on
2510			humanity deserves to be shot or something like that]
2511			%
2512	root	1.430	[http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431.12]
2513
2514			... I'm evaluating a bunch of J2EE portlet-enabled JSR-compliant MVC
2515			role-based CMS web service application container frameworks. ...
2516	root	1.431	%
2517	root	1.429	Subject: RE: Question about Leap Second Features
2518
2519			> Is there any implementation for this information on Microsoft operating
2520			> systems ?
2521
2522			Any Microsoft operating system that is accurate down to the second can
2523			probably be hand-picked from Bill Gates' garage ... ;-)
2524
2525			Jesper
2526			%
2527	root	1.428	[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer]
2528
2529			"As far as I can tell, the phrase 'I. Love. This. Company.
2530			YEEEAAAAAAAAARARRRRARAGH!' has FIVE words, not four."
2531
2532	root	1.432	~ Oscar Wilde on Steve Ballmer having four words for you.
2533	root	1.429	%
2534	root	1.427	http://www.geocities.com/pca_1978/kafkaesque.html
2535			%
2536	root	1.426	[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136541]
2537
2538			You've doubled the work. People don't like that. People REALLY don't
2539			like that. The number of duplicate bugs filed against the chooser is
2540			evidence for this. Furthermore, click depth is a standard metric for
2541			measuring HCI usability, and this dialog has moved in the absolute wrong
2542			direction. People won't be satisfied until they get the entry box back
2543			into the dialog. You can grind your teeth and pull your hair all you want,
2544			but that's the truth.
2545			%
2546	root	1.424	[de.alt.ufo]
2547
2548			Braun Ludwig <Wick84@gmx.de> wrote:
2549
2550	root	1.432	> 1. Ufos sind für mich Flugobjekte des US Militärs mit einen neuartigen
2551			> Atrieb, der mit einen Motorgenerator von ca 100000 Volt und einer
2552			> Stromstärke von ca 2 mA, einer elektronischen Steuereinheit und einer
2553			> Antriebseinheit auf Kondensator Basis betrieben wird. Zur Erklärung des
2554	root	1.424
2555			Aaha! Naja, die Elektrogravitation ist wirklich seit langem bekannt. Damit aber
2556	root	1.425	einen Antrieb zu realisieren halte ich für weniger wahrscheinlich. So abstrakt
2557			ist diese Funktion nicht und es wären schon mehr als ein Mensch dahinter
2558	root	1.424	gekommen. Ich sicher auch.
2559
2560			Allerdings schreibst Du hier von einem Generator. Es stellt sich die Frage
2561			was genau man mit 2 mA erzeugen will. Jeder Paralyzer schafft das mit
2562	root	1.425	der Hälfte der Spannung auch. Ich habe aber noch kein Opfer schweben
2563	root	1.424	gesehen. Im Gegenteil - die bewegen sich eigentlich immer ziemlich schnell
2564			in Richtung Boden.
2565
2566			[...]
2567
2568	root	1.432	> Dieser Ufo Flugzeug Typ wird in erster Linie als Spionage und
2569	root	1.425	> Aufklärungsflugobject eingesetzt.
2570	root	1.424
2571			Verstehe. Was ist in Afrika so interessant? Bekanntlich gibt oder gab es
2572	root	1.425	da bisher die überwiegenden Sichtungen. Was will z.B. der Ami von den
2573	root	1.424	Eingeborenen erfahren? Wie man richtig Reis oder Getreide kocht?
2574
2575			[...]
2576
2577			> 2. ausserirdische Ufo Flugobjekte.
2578	root	1.432	> Es gibt maximal 1 oder 2 oder drei ausserirdische Flugzeug
2579	root	1.425	> Beobachtungen, die tatsächlich wahr sind.
2580	root	1.424
2581			Nur drei? Das muss ich mir merken, damit ich das nicht vergesse. Welche
2582	root	1.425	mögen das Deiner Meinung nach wohl gewesen sein? Das ist ja noch
2583			schlimmer als Cenap, die von etwa 100.000 Fällen 1% erforscht haben,
2584			die wiederum schon im Vorfeld als 'normal' geklärt waren. Mit dieser
2585	root	1.424	Meinung solltest Du zu WW gehen und dich vorstellen. Der nimmmt Dich
2586			sofort.
2587			%
2588	root	1.423	[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/Tech/connect4.htm]
2589			By the way, decryption can be performed easily in your editor with syntax
2590			like !!tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M (Sorry if you had the misfortune to buy your
2591			software from Microsoft.)
2592	root	1.424	%
2593	root	1.422	http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/
2594	root	1.424	%
2595	root	1.421	> BTW I have 2 English words for you, FUCK YOU
2596
2597			Why, that's a rather intimate proposal. I never realised you were
2598			gay. While I would like to offer the hand of friendship, I am
2599			afraid that the thought of sex with a grown man doesn't really do
2600			much for me so I shall have to decline with a modicum of regret.
2601	root	1.424	%
2602	root	1.420	http://www.ta-sa.org/files/java_godkk.jpg
2603	root	1.419	http://www.chunder.com/carrots/javasux.html
2604	root	1.424	%
2605	root	1.418	Subject: Re: Docket No. 2005-22114
2606			From: Rodrigo Severo
2607			Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:04:33 -0200
2608			To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov
2609
2610			On 1/23/06, Paul Eggert wrote:
2611
2612			"David Braverman" <david@inner-drive.com> writes:
2613			It is a bit ironic that the US is less efficient than Brazil in fixing
2614			obviously-broken regulations like this.
2615
2616			I'm sorry but I have to ask: where is the irony in this? I hope the answer
2617			isn't obvious to people from US and I'm not seeing it just because I'm
2618			brazilian ;)
2619			Rodrigo Severo
2620	root	1.424	%
2621	root	1.431	[Frankly, I'd just like to know what GNOME did wrong to deserve this :]
2622	root	1.417
2623			http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq.html#1.13
2624	root	1.424	%
2625	root	1.416	[Another entry in the series "make this a blog":]
2626
2627			I wanted to see it for myself, and directed my browser to http://www.mpaa.org/.
2628
2629			Got "Bad Request (Invalid Header Name)".
2630
2631			Well.. some investigation showed that it didn't like the headers added by
2632			squid (in mostly default debian config).
2633
2634			sigh
2635	root	1.424	%
2636	root	1.415	A LIBERAL DECALOGUE
2637			By Bertrand Russell
2638
2639			Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new
2640			decalogue, not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement
2641			it. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate,
2642			might be set forth as follows:
2643
2644			1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2645
2646			2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the
2647			evidence is sure to come to light.
2648
2649			3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
2650
2651			4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband
2652			or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by
2653			authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
2654
2655			5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always
2656			contrary authorities to be found.
2657
2658			6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you
2659			do the opinions will suppress you.
2660
2661			7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted
2662			was once eccentric.
2663
2664			8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement,
2665			for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper
2666			agreement than the latter.
2667
2668			9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is
2669			more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
2670
2671			10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's
2672			paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness."
2673
2674			"A Liberal Decalogue" is from The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell,
2675			Vol. 3: 1944-1969, pp. 71-2.
2676	root	1.424	%
2677	root	1.413	[http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/12/09/502014.aspx]
2678	root	1.412	John Hoy, President of the DVD Copy Control Association, made
2679			the following statement to the Library of Congress in its 2003
2680			Anticircumvention rulemaking proceedings:
2681
2682			"Furthermore, if a consumer in the United States desires to view a DVD disc
2683			that has been region coded only for Europe, then that consumer is free to
2684			purchase a DVD player (either hardware or software) that is coded to play
2685			European DVDs. No legal restrictions apply-either through the CSS license
2686			or otherwise-to the importation and use of non-U.S. region players in the
2687			United States."
2688	root	1.413	---
2689			It must really suck to live in a nation where competition is actually
2690			outlawed - you have to feel sorry for all those people oppressed by
2691			communists and socialists. Oh, wait.... ;)
2692	root	1.414	---
2693			"You ain't seen nothin' yet! I heard that the new HD-DVDs or Blue-ray
2694			discs (whichever win eventually) will be street-encoded. You have to
2695			quote your street name while buying DVDs and they won't work in the next
2696			street. The hidden reason for this is that MPAA wants to charge upwards of
2697			$1000 per DVD for those living in million dollar mansions."
2698
2699			This isn't far from the truth. Blu-ray disks for PlayStation3 will only
2700			play in ONE player on earth. MS will eventually make up something similar.
2701	root	1.424	%
2702	root	1.411	[gnome-clock and my radio-clock failed miserably, /bin/date and Linux worked:]
2703			Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
2704	root	1.424	%
2705	root	1.410	[http://www.slate.com/id/2133993/]
2706
2707			Vulnerabilities deemed "critical" have forced the company to release an
2708			almost unending stream of patches and fixes [...]
2709
2710			Sure, it might be nice to connect your computer and your television
2711			set. But is it worth it to give hackers access to your television?
2712
2713			Even if we don't use them, we suffer from them.
2714
2715			[...] a former senior security analyst for the House of Representatives,
2716			believes that Microsoft is a threat to national security.
2717	root	1.424	%
2718	root	1.409	[Copyright History - US view]
2719			http://www.culturaleconomics.atfreeweb.com/cpu.htm
2720	root	1.424	%
2721	root	1.408	[I just re-read the unix haters hadnbook]
2722			X has had its share of $5,000 toilet seats -- like Sun's Open Look clock
2723			tool, which gobbles up 1.4 megabytes of real memory! If you sacrificed all
2724			the RAM from 22 Commodore 64s to clock tool, it still wouldn't have enough
2725			to tell you the time. Even the vanilla X11R4 "xclock" utility consumed
2726			656K to run. And X's memory usage is increasing.
2727	root	1.424	%
2728	root	1.406	[Got to remember this way of arguing, it's great if it works:]
2729
2730			"Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should
2731			they care about it?"
2732			-- Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG’s Global Digital Business President.
2733	root	1.407
2734			[see also http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php]
2735	root	1.424	%
2736	root	1.405	Let me repeat again: Formal axiomatic systems are a failure!
2737			-- Gregory Chaitin
2738	root	1.424	%
2739	root	1.432	13:49 <RayTracer> pixelsize=14 ist so groß wie 8 beim xchat wenn ich den
2740	root	1.404	gnome-settings-daemon nicht lade
2741			13:50 <schmorp> autsch, was hat das mit dem gnome-settings-daemon zu tun? ist ja hart!
2742			[...]
2743	root	1.432	13:51 <RayTracer> wenn ich den nicht lade sind alle gtk-programme mit großem Font,
2744			wenn ich ihn lade werden sie klein gemacht und wenn ich ihn töte ist
2745	root	1.404	wieder alles groß
2746	root	1.424	%
2747	root	1.403	[man perlsub]
2748			That prints "unphooey". (Yes, there are still unresolved issues
2749			having to do with visibility of @_. I’m ignoring that question
2750			for the moment. (But note that if we make @_ lexically scoped,
2751			those anonymous subroutines can act like closures... (Gee, is this
2752			sounding a little Lispish? (Never mind.))))
2753	root	1.424	%
2754	root	1.402	[glibc's bits/socket.h]
2755
2756			if ((size_t) __cmsg->cmsg_len < sizeof (struct cmsghdr))
2757	root	1.432	/* The kernel header does this so there may be a reason. */
2758			return 0;
2759	root	1.424	%
2760	root	1.400	http://www.wicked-vision.com/zensur/zensur/zensur_bei_filmen.html
2761	root	1.401
2762			> Die Argumente liefen insbesondere darauf hinaus, dass es sich bei den
2763			> Filmen, auf die in Anspielungen verwiesen wird, um Filme handelt, die
2764			> entweder von der FSK gekennzeichnet wurden mit "nicht freigegeben
2765			> unter 18 Jahren", die von der Bundesprüfstelle indiziert wurden oder
2766			> die sogar durch entsprechende Beschlüsse bundesweit beschlagnahmt
2767			> wurden, also alles Filme, die Kindern und Jugendlichen aufgrund der
2768			> Gesetze zum Jugendschutz von vornherein nicht zugänglich sind. Kindern
2769			> und Jugendlichen wird daher die Persiflage auf diese Filme nicht
2770			> transparent.
2771
2772			Das muß man sich mal auf der Zunge zergehen lassen: Da wird ein Film,
2773			der ab 18 Jahren freigegeben ist, indiziert, weil Kinder und Jugendliche
2774			die parodistischen Anspielungen nicht verstehen könnten. Mit solchen
2775			Begründungen beraubt sich die BPjS letztlich ihrer Glaubwürdigkeit.
2776	root	1.424	%
2777	root	1.399	Großmanns Gesetz: Komplexe Probleme haben einfache, leichtverständliche,
2778			aber falsche Lösungen.
2779	root	1.424	%
2780	root	1.398	A project done in Java will cost 5 times as much, take twice as long,
2781			and be harder to maintain than a project done in a scripting language such
2782			as PHP or Perl. [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/09/20#a1762 Java
2783			is the SUV of programming tools] Philip Greenspun
2784	root	1.424	%
2785	root	1.397	On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Till Kamppeter wrote:
2786			>
2787			> Frederic told that the options from the PPD file are intentionally mot
2788			> listed in the printing dialog, the usability team of GNOME was against
2789			> listing these options. They clutter the dialog and can be more confusing
2790			> than useful to the user.
2791
2792			I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.
2793
2794			This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of
2795			Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will
2796			use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long
2797			since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
2798
2799			Please, just tell people to use KDE.
2800
2801			Linus
2802	root	1.424	%
2803	root	1.396	Move 80, Node 81
2804			theodore [22k?]: i hear 8 d can read the future
2805			setzer [?]: what about 9d
2806			theodore [22k?]: they control it
2807	root	1.424	%
2808	root	1.395	[Fuqid 1.6 FAQ]
2809			Wenn ich HTL auf 300 setze dann lade ich viel schneller runter, warum?
2810
2811	root	1.398	Weil du daran glaubst, das hat nur psychologische Gründe. HTL's grösser
2812	root	1.395	als das Nodelimit haben einfach keinen Einfluss. PUNKT!
2813			--
2814			Warum wurde Fuqid nicht in der geilen Sprache XX geschrieben?
2815
2816			Du sprichst nur eine Sprache? Bist du Amerikaner?
2817	root	1.424	%
2818	root	1.393	[Are people responsible for the company they work at?]
2819			I was at a party in New York City earlier this year, and a conversation went like this:
2820
2821			Person: What do you do?
2822			Me: I'm a computer programmer at Microsoft.
2823			Person: <viciously> I hate you.
2824
2825			If Miss Manners didn't say so explicitly, I suspect she would nevertheless
2826			agree that snarling "I hate you" to somebody on first introduction is not
2827			exactly getting off on the right foot.
2828	root	1.394
2829			[And this is how that Microsoft programmer reacts to bugs in Microsoft software]
2830			http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/10/17/481810.aspx
2831	root	1.424	%
2832	root	1.392	"The music and film industries are demanding that the European parliament
2833			extends the scope of proposed anti-terror laws to help them prosecute
2834			illegal downloaders."
2835
2836			Bill Thompson at the BBC has some pertinent commentary:
2837
2838			"If they cannot come up with a business model which allows them to make
2839			profits without criminalising their customers, trampling over our civil
2840			liberties or installing malware on our computers then they do not deserve
2841			to stay in business, and new ways for artists to reach the public will
2842			have to emerge."
2843
2844			http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4469886.stm
2845	root	1.424	%
2846	root	1.425	>Damit dürftest du der zweite Mensch sein, den ich kenne, der sich mit
2847	root	1.391	>einer so spartanischen Hardwareausstattung zufrieden gibt:) Ich selbst
2848
2849			Mein Arbeitsplatz ist eine HP 715/80 - also 80 MHz. Da drauf laeuft der vi
2850			immer noch genauso schnell wie vor zehn Jahren :)
2851
2852			Bye, Andy
2853	root	1.424	%
2854	root	1.398	[ka.uni.rz.stud, warum bestimmte zeichen in passwörtern verboten sind]
2855	root	1.425	>einem Passwort nicht zulässt, das kann ich nachvollziehen, aber wieso ein
2856	root	1.390	>Dollarzeichen, Leerzeichen, Klammeraffe, Doppelkreuz, Prozent, doppelte
2857	root	1.425	>Anführungszeichen, Paragraph und was es da noch so alles gibt? Und wieso nur
2858	root	1.390
2859			Dollarzeichen: DCE kann nicht damit umgehen.
2860			Leerzeichen: sind nur am Anfang und Ende eines PW verboten - es gibt
2861			System, die das wegstrippen :(
2862			Klammeraffe: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Kill-Zeichen (stammt
2863			halt noch aus der Zeit, als Fernschreiber als I/O-Geraete benutzt
2864			wurde, und ein Fernschreiber, der druckt, kann per Definition kein
2865			Backspace o.ae. haben - Tipp-Ex-Baender waren nicht eingebaut :)
2866			- und es gibt eben noch Systeme, die zum lokalen Login diese STTY-
2867			Settings benutzen. Seit wir die VT100-Terminals abgebaut haben,
2868			ist das fuer Studenten weniger relevant, unser BV behandelt aber
2869			alle Benutzer.
2870			Doppelkreuz: Ist bei einem Unix-Terminal das Standard-Erase-Zeichen
2871			Prozent: Mift, das hab' ich mir nicht aufgeschrieben, geht aber auch in
2872			irgendeinem System nicht. Vielleicht sollte man es mal wieder
2873			probieren (bis es knallt)?
2874			Doppelte Anfuehrungszeichen: Wurden von Radius als Begrenzer benutzt. Ja,
2875			der Radius-Server funktionierte nur mit Klartext-Passwoertern :(
2876			Ja, funktionierte, Vergangenheitsform, er ist jetzt endlich tot :)
2877			Ja, damit kann ich die doppelten Anfuehrungszeichen freigeben :)
2878			Paragraph: ist kein ASCII-Zeichen. Das kann die lustigsten Probleme geben,
2879			insbesondere wenn verschiedene encodings benutzt werden - IMHO gibt
2880			es auch Implementierungen, die das 8. Bit wegschneiden...
2881	root	1.424	%
2882	root	1.389	[subversion is just plain broken. I just lost all my local modifications, right?]
2883
2884			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2885			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2886			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2887			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn cleanup
2888			svn: 'programs/mythlcd' is not a working copy directory
2889			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn update
2890			svn: Working copy '.' locked
2891			svn: run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks (type 'svn help cleanup' for details)
2892			cerebro ~/cvs/mythtv# svn help cleanup
2893			cleanup: Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming
2894			unfinished operations, etc.
2895			usage: cleanup [PATH...]
2896
2897			Valid options:
2898			--diff3-cmd arg : use ARG as merge command
2899			--config-dir arg : read user configuration files from directory ARG
2900
2901			[Thanks for the details. Not.]
2902	root	1.424	%
2903	root	1.388	But there's an observation I can't help doing: it seems to me that the
2904			ratio of increase in the complexity of (some aspects of) the language _is_
2905			_much_ _bigger_ than that in the functionality such complexity is supposed
2906			to provide.
2907			- perl6-language - michele dondi
2908	root	1.424	%
2909	root	1.386	[From: perl6-language]
2910
2911			The fact that there's not alot of active p5p'ers on this list should
2912			alarm people more.
2913
2914			-Nate
2915
2916			[...]
2917
2918			My take on that is that it is because Perl 6 is not a new version of
2919			Perl 5. I still think "Perl" is a misleading name, and mostly hurts the
2920			image of the language that is created here.
2921
2922			Juerd
2923
2924			[...]
2925
2926			(Oh, and that perl6 will never be able to upgrade my scripts that use
2927			'format', but I'm aware of the plan to make that `obsolete' as in: the
2928			perl526 translator will dump core on those)
2929
2930	root	1.432	--
2931	root	1.386	H.Merijn Brand
2932	root	1.387	%
2933	root	1.385	Die Firma Microsoft warnte asiatische Regierungen am Donnerstag,
2934	root	1.388	dass diese patentrechtlich verklagt werden könnten, wenn sie das
2935	root	1.385	Betriebssystem Linux anstelle von Microsoft's Windows-Software einsetzen.
2936			Nachrichtenagentur Reuters (18. November 2004)
2937	root	1.387	%
2938	root	1.384	[Come on, "kidtalk"???]
2939			http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
2940	root	1.387	%
2941	root	1.383	[Priceless :)]
2942			http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/icst-6/icst-6-full.html
2943	root	1.387	%
2944	root	1.382	[http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/15/1312216&from=rss]
2945			>> I hate it whenever Word tries to encourage me not to use passive.
2946			[...]
2947			> Okay then, translate "The window has been broken" into active voice.
2948			"Windows is broken."
2949	root	1.387	%
2950	root	1.381	[Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon on the perl6-language list:]
2951			Removing features simply because their implementation is inconvenient
2952			is not The Perl Way. If it were, Perl 6 would be Java With Sigils.
2953	root	1.387	%
2954	root	1.380	[Incidentally, the USoA is one of the two countries on earth that insist
2955			on being able to kill their children legally]
2956			http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
2957	root	1.387	%
2958	root	1.379	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test]
2959			The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining
2960			whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene [...]
2961	root	1.387	%
2962	root	1.377	[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050923-5346.html]
2963			"They find the anti-pornography crowd disturbing because they believe
2964			that policing pornography violates fundamental rights. This has become
2965			the dominant view in our society: As long as what I do doesn't harm you
2966			personally, I have a right to do it. It's a silly view and a view rejected
2967			by law enforcement policies all over the country."
2968	root	1.378	--
2969			"What we really need is less government and more common sense. The Bush
2970			administration thinks it can win the war in iraq, the war on terror, the
2971			war on drugs, and the war on smut while establishing a lunar colony and
2972			rebuilding New Orleans, all without raising taxes. He really needs a
2973			reality check. I can't believe that with all of this crap going on, Tom
2974			DeLay has the balls to claim that the republican party has eliminated
2975			wasteful government spending."
2976	root	1.387	%
2977	root	1.376	[Attaching 72lbs to spam-reply-envelopes is legal. Do it!]
2978			http://www.vertical-visions.com/_temp/postagepaid/index2.html
2979	root	1.387	%
2980	root	1.375	[Charley Tart on Consensus Trance: <SLAP> <SLAP> Wake up!]
2981			http://www.cantrip.org/charles_tart.html
2982	root	1.387	%
2983	root	1.375	["It's such a moving story, it must be true"]
2984			http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=246277
2985	root	1.387	%
2986	root	1.374	[Pencil Carving]
2987			http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html
2988	root	1.387	%
2989	root	1.374	[Copyright]
2990	root	1.373	http://www.bromsun.com/practice/copyrights/flowchart.html
2991	root	1.387	%
2992	root	1.372	[Die Wirtschaft befreit die Menschen von der Arbeit]
2993			http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/detail.php/949236
2994	root	1.387	%
2995	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> schmorp: A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen
2996			captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the
2997	root	1.371	nation from terrorist attacks.
2998	root	1.432	23:10 <mmead> A congressional resolution after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks "provided the President all powers
2999			necessary and appropriate to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks by those who attacked the United
3000	root	1.371	States on Sept. 11,'' the decision said.
3001	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
3002			consideration by President Bush for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
3003	root	1.387	%
3004	root	1.370	[Looks extreme]
3005			http://www.counterpunch.org/
3006	root	1.387	%
3007	root	1.369	[Some glimpse of what happened in New Orleans]
3008			"As we approached the bridge, armed Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the
3009			foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing
3010			their weapons over our heads."
3011			http://www.livejournal.com/users/malbec/1052572.html
3012	root	1.387	%
3013	root	1.368	[Global Average Temperature vs. Number of Pirates]
3014			http://www.sheise.de/files/PirateGraph.jpg
3015	root	1.387	%
3016	root	1.367	[http://www.fefe.de/nowindows/]
3017			Many people using Windows don't care about their freedom. They do care
3018			about quality software and for that reason try to replace all the user
3019			space software from Microsoft with better free alternatives. This is the
3020			sole reason for the existance of cygwin.
3021	root	1.387	%
3022	root	1.366	[http://www.eff.org/Infrastructure/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php]
3023	root	1.387	%
3024	root	1.366	The TCG has resisted defining "owner" for purposes of their spec, despite
3025			several requests for clarification.
3026
3027			Think of it this way: most computer-related "stuff" now has a "licensed,
3028			not sold" tag attached. Ask yourself again, then, who has ultimate control
3029			unter TCG definitions.
3030	root	1.387	%
3031	root	1.366	But rememer they aren't doing anything wrong and they aren't trying to
3032			force anything on you. It is all opt-in and you always get to set the
3033			policy on your computer. It's just that nothing works any more unless you
3034			do opt-in and you do set your policy exactly they way they tell you to.
3035	root	1.387	%
3036	root	1.366	It's not coercion. It's for security. It helps the economy. It thwarts
3037			terrorists. TPM gives flags to orphans if that's what it needs to do to
3038			get people on board.
3039			%
3040	root	1.365	To have a secure computer, you must download the latest
3041			patches. Therefore, you must upgrade to SP4, and therefore, you must
3042			accept the EULA that requires you to agree with Microsoft's proprietary
3043			DRM.
3044
3045			The end is near. Security patches will soon require your body to be
3046			injected with RFID. Surely, we are all doomed.
3047	root	1.387	%
3048	root	1.364	[http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/09/01/1419222.shtml?tid=172&tid=109]
3049			switch ($decade) {
3050			case "the 50's":
3051			s/the Boogyman/Communist agitators/g;
3052			break;
3053			case "the 60's":
3054			s/the Boogyman/acid-eating hippies/g;
3055			break;
3056			case "the 70's":
3057			s/the Boogyman/disco/g;
3058			break;
3059			case "the 80's":
3060			s/the Boogyman/mutual assured destruction (and Grenada!)/g;
3061			break;
3062			case "the 90's":
3063			s/the Boogyman/evil hackers and George Michael/g;
3064			break;
3065			case "the 00's":
3066			s/the Boogyman/terrorists/g;
3067			break;
3068			}
3069	root	1.387	%
3070	root	1.363	http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2005/08/curiosities-from-japans-porno-shops.html
3071
3072			"How fucking creepy is that? As you can see from the flyer included
3073			in the capsule (note the kiddie crayon font), the other toys in the
3074			assortment include little girls spreading their legs, little girls sucking
3075			suggestively on popsicles, and little girls dry-humping their teddy bears"
3076
3077			"Interestingly enough, none of the cans were very long - maybe six inches
3078			at the most. I was trying to avoid the whole Asian-men-have-small-penises
3079			thing, but they kind of handed it to me on a silver platter."
3080
3081			""Maybe I should just try it. Just see what it feels like..." I mean,
3082			why not, right? You know. Just for kicks, right? So you know what? I
3083			fucked it. Yeah. I fucked a plastic beer can. I fucked the shit out of
3084			that can. And you know what? It felt alright. It did the trick. That
3085			is, until it was all over. Until the moment after, when I was hit by a
3086			sobering freight train of humility, looking down at my dick stuck inside a
3087			latex vagina housed in a plastic beer can. Moments like that you start to
3088			question everything - "How the hell did it come to this? Who am I? What am
3089			I doing with my life?" I probably sat there for an hour, silently with my
3090			plastic lover, pondering my existence."
3091	root	1.387	%
3092	root	1.362	"The scholars of Islam, such as Malik, Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad and Ishaaq said
3093			that (the person guilty of this crime) should be stoned, whether he is
3094			married or unmarried."
3095
3096			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503547102
3097			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/02/Article01-0.shtml
3098			http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/07/Article02.shtml
3099			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503545556
3100			http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543324
3101	root	1.387	%
3102	root	1.362	http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503546996
3103
3104			[I like this comparison between of and watching television:]
3105			Your brother is not at all different from those who have been conditioned
3106			to fornicate, or commit theft or murder, or who have become addicted to
3107			watching pornography or even television for that matter. All of these
3108			are destructive habits that one learns through continuous exposure or
3109			conditioning.
3110
3111			[And this is religion at its best:]
3112			Let him continuously read, reflect and meditate on the verses of the
3113			Qur'an that deal with the punishment meted to the nation who practiced
3114			this abomination; let him also read the verses depicting hell fire.
3115	root	1.387	%
3116	root	1.361	[Racism]
3117			http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/
3118	root	1.387	%
3119	root	1.360	[A link, just a link]
3120			http://www.oilcrisis.com/
3121	root	1.387	%
3122	root	1.359	As you may have noticed, the HOWTO is getting stale, you can't subscribe to
3123			the mailinglist and a lot of messages sent to it aren't getting through.
3124
3125			I apologise for this.
3126
3127			If all goes well I'll get my driver's license this Tuesday, which will allow
3128			me to visit the server, which I can't easily reach right now.
3129	root	1.387	%
3130	root	1.358	PSYC @> el says: von java bekommt man krebs
3131			induktiv says: java is ein riesiger marketing misthaufen voll mit code von uebereifrigen fh-programmierern
3132			el says: ich kenn da wen
3133			el says: bei dem wars so
3134			[...]
3135			PSYC @> el says: und.. naja, der hat also ganz viel java programmiert
3136			el says: und bekam augenkrebs
3137			el says: gehirntumor auch
3138			el says: ich weiss nicht, was vorher da war
3139	root	1.387	%
3140	root	1.357	wget http://el.l.tobij.de/ratz.jpg && xsetbg ratz.jpg
3141	root	1.387	%
3142	root	1.356	[in a reply to a school work assignment about proving why env vars make
3143			no sense in the kernel]
3144			From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
3145
3146			[...]
3147
3148			Mathematical proofs are accomplished within a framework of mathematical
3149			models.
3150
3151			In the postmodern time period and we gave up belief that the mathematical
3152			models are an accurate representation of reality. We only expect that
3153			they are sufficiently accurate for the purposes at hand.
3154	root	1.387	%
3155	root	1.354	[such nice quotes from http://theinquirer.net/?article=24638]
3156			There will be EF devices, EF branded content and probably EF branded
3157			contraceptives to use while watching EF branded porn.
3158			--
3159			Any DRM on a machine is simply a sign of failure.
3160	root	1.355	--
3161			This crushing DRM that is being foisted upon you is the surest sign that
3162			you don't want this product, and you will be paying too much for it. Don't
3163			like that? Bought legislators are hard at work making sure you will go to
3164			jail if you try to exercise your rights on the issue.
3165	root	1.387	%
3166	root	1.353	An absolutely fascinating interview with Robert Pape, a University of
3167			Chicago professor who has studied every suicide terrorist attack since
3168			1980. "The central fact is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist
3169			attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear
3170			strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military
3171			forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland."
3172			<http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html>
3173			[From: CRYPTO-GRAM 2005-08-15]
3174	root	1.387	%
3175	root	1.352	[If you are a US citizen, you might want to fight for the right to vote,
3176			which you currently do not posess]
3177			http://reclaimdemocracy.org/political_reform/right_to_vote.html
3178	root	1.387	%
3179	root	1.388	Kind: "Daad! Die alten Griechen mußten 44 Arten der Selbstverteidigung lernen, ohne Waffen!"
3180			Vater: "Dafür haben wir eine zweistufige elektrische Heckenschere."
3181	root	1.351	[Nach: Time Bandits]
3182	root	1.387	%
3183	root	1.350	http://www.cpmission.com/main/painpolitics/mdjackson.html
3184	root	1.387	%
3185	root	1.349	Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off
3186			a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."
3187	root	1.387	%
3188	root	1.432	Tcl is LISP on drugs. Using strings instead of S-expressions for closures
3189			is Evil with one of those gigantic E's you can find at the beginning of
3190			paragraphs.
3191	root	1.387	%
3192	root	1.347	[the average IQ seems to be declining]
3193			http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/000953.html
3194			http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/IQ/1950-2050/
3195	root	1.387	%
3196	root	1.346	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/07/31/0626257.shtml?tid=153&tid=98&tid=95&tid=103&tid=219]
3197			> If you know anything, most catholics register as democrats
3198
3199			Most catholics aren't American.
3200	root	1.387	%
3201	root	1.345	[Some things possibly cannot exist...]
3202
3203			[http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/depleted-uranium.html]
3204			In NEWS1920, we demonstrated how America's widespread usage of Depleted
3205			Uranium munitions is fulfilling the prophetic End of the Age prophecy
3206			against Babylon (Iraq). Now, we examine how our D.U. is quite possibly
3207			fulfilling another major prophecy: Revelation 6:3-4
3208
3209			[http://cuttingedge.org/detail.cfm?ID=939]
3210			How Mormon Temples Are Built To Be Demon Magnets
3211	root	1.387	%
3212	root	1.344	[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/egypt.explosions/index.html]
3213			Asked whether he thought the blasts might be related to Islam, he
3214			replied, "What Islam? This terrorism has nothing to do with any religion,
3215			because all religions do not allow aggression and do not allow killing
3216			civilians in innocence. Those don't belong to Muslims. They are a gang of
3217			criminals."
3218	root	1.387	%
3219	root	1.343	The Black Hole in the Galactic Center
3220			[http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/hfalcke/bh/sld1.html]
3221	root	1.387	%
3222	root	1.342	To me anything above 30 fps is good and 45-50 is amazing... 75 is more
3223			than I've seen lol. Then again I come from a mac
3224	root	1.387	%
3225	root	1.341	[There are things the US congress can do that were far beyond my imagination]
3226			http://reason.com/rauch/99_08_07.shtml
3227	root	1.387	%
3228	root	1.340	The MSI MS-9130 (K8T Master2-FAR) is an excellent board. The only problem
3229			I had was with my video card shorting out and frying both the board and
3230			card (They went up in flames).
3231	root	1.387	%
3232	root	1.432	05:46 <mmead> AP and UPI reported that the French government announced yesterday that
3233			it has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide." The only two
3234			higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate." The action
3235			was precipitated by the recent fire which destroyed one of France's
3236	root	1.338	white flag factories, disabling their military.
3237	root	1.432	05:47 <mmead> it's obviously been recirculated recently:
3238	root	1.339	http://www.edthibodeau.com/nonplussed/2004/10/french_terror_a.html
3239	root	1.387	%
3240	root	1.337	[The following quote from a NASA press release shows impressively how much
3241			we know. And more importantly, how to build up scientific knowledge part
3242			by part. "Knowledge" always has a margin-of-error inherently attached to it.]
3243
3244			"The cloud indicated the comet is covered in the powdery stuff."
3245
3246			[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/di_pr_20050708.txt]
3247	root	1.387	%
3248	root	1.336	[http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/06/09/security-through-stupidity/]
3249			Silly questions abound, all to cover people's butts. When I moved to
3250			the US in 1992 (from Canada), one of the questions on my green card
3251			application was "Do you, or any member of your immediate family, plan to
3252			violently overthrow the government of the United States or assasinate any
3253			elected official?" Not only did they have checkboxes for "yes" and "no",
3254			but they had a blank space labelled, "If you checked 'yes', please provide
3255			a detailed explanation in the space below." I never figured out what kind
3256			of explanation would make them give you a green card anyway.
3257			--
3258			Hasbro should ask the same. Teddy Ruxpin chips were found on a number
3259			of landmines during the first gulf war... First, we just thought these
3260			people REALLY hate Teddy Ruxpin, maybe we're not so different after all...
3261			but on further investigation, Ruxpin had easily-programmable EEPROMs, so
3262			the Ruxpin chip was actually being repurposed as a controller for the
3263			explosives. They were jackin' overseas deliveries to get the Ruxpins.
3264	root	1.387	%
3265	root	1.335	http://graphics.stanford.edu/~danielrh/vote/vote.html
3266			The Obfuscated V contest
3267	root	1.387	%
3268	root	1.335	Airplane security is getting surreal: "...FAA regulation that requires
3269			soldiers -- all of whom were armed with an arsenal of assault rifles,
3270			shotguns and pistols -- to surrender pocket knives, nose hair scissors and
3271			cigarette lighters."
3272			http://tinyurl.com/7z8my
3273	root	1.387	%
3274	root	1.334	<http://babygimp.sourceforge.net/>
3275			Does it run under Windows ?
3276			- Who cares?
3277	root	1.387	%
3278	root	1.333	[Can hot water freeze faster than cold water?]
3279	root	1.332	http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html
3280	root	1.387	%
3281	root	1.331	http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sbsl-howto.html
3282			Single Bubble Sonoluminescence HOWTO
3283			[...]
3284			Don't bother me with "my bottle exploded, what was wrong?"-stuff; While the bottle is heated it mustn't be closed!
3285			[...]
3286			Darken your room completely. Adapt your eyes, which may take 15 minutes up
3287			to half an hour. Look at the flask or at least where you think your flask
3288			is (remember: the room is completely darkened).
3289	root	1.387	%
3290	root	1.329	[de.alt.ufo]
3291	root	1.432	> Ja, stimmt - ich hatte mich früher viel mit Leuten beschäftigt, die
3292			> wahrscheinlich entführt wurden, oder bei denen es den Anschein hatte. Im
3293			> Moment beschäftige ich mich mit der Konstruktion eines kleinen UFO-
3294	root	1.388	> Detektors, der die UFO- Ereignisse auch zählt.-
3295	root	1.330	> www.ufo-finder.de
3296	root	1.432	> Aber Feld-Forscher bin ich deshalb noch nicht. Das geht gesundheitlich nicht
3297	root	1.330	> mehr!
3298			> richy.
3299
3300			Und es gibt wirklich Deppen, die sich von dir abzocken lassen??
3301	root	1.387	%
3302	root	1.330	[de.alt.ufo]
3303	root	1.329	> Wie kann ich online etwas belegen, das sich in der Vergangenheit
3304			> zugetragen hat?
3305
3306			Das solltest Du Dich selbst mal fragen. Wenn Du es nicht belegen kannst,
3307			warum behauptest Du es dann?
3308	root	1.388	[später]
3309			> Ach, wenn es interessant wird, umfängt Dich Faulheit?
3310	root	1.329
3311			Bei dir ist das angemessen, du hast deinen Ruf weg.
3312			Du plapperst immer nur von Belegen, verlangst letzten Endes
3313			naturwissenschaftliche/physikalische Beweise (genaugenommen:
3314			ein Alien-craft zum Vorfuehren), darunter akzeptierst du nichts,
3315			aber das stellt sich erst nach ellenlangen threads heraus.
3316
3317			Aber das ist bekannt, und eigentlich belanglos.
3318
3319			Wer sich auf Debatten mit dir einlaesst und Argumente erwartet
3320			von jemand, der die Wissenschaft zur Ersatzreligion verquast,
3321			ist eigentlich selbst schuld.
3322	root	1.387	%
3323	root	1.388	[de.alt.ufo, über einen www.rtl.de-news-Artikel]
3324	root	1.328	Wie die Skepsos so schoen sagen: der Verfasser von dem Quark war so offen,
3325			dem ist das Gehirn rausgefallen.
3326	root	1.387	%
3327	root	1.327	[res_nsend.c]
3328			/* give the hook another try */
3329			if (++loops < 42) /doug adams/
3330			break;
3331	root	1.387	%
3332	root	1.326	[sr_port/mdq.h]
3333	root	1.432	/* Insert a doubly-linked list of elements from "n->q.fl" to "n->q.bl"
3334	root	1.326	in between "o" and "o->q.fl" */
3335			#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))
3336	root	1.387	%
3337	root	1.325	Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
3338	root	1.387	%
3339	root	1.324	* Andreas Waechter <mail@andreas-waechter.de> [06-25-05 00:58]:
3340	root	1.432	> No, Thunderbird should not "reply" to the list with the
3341	root	1.324	> current settings of the list.
3342	root	1.432	>
3343			> There is no "Reply-To" header, thus a "Reply" has to go to
3344			> the address in the "From" header - which is the address of
3345	root	1.324	> the original sender, not the list.
3346	root	1.432	>
3347			> The List address is in the "To" field. Thus only a "Reply
3348			> All" will go to the list as CC (and to the original sender
3349	root	1.324	> as TO).
3350	root	1.432	>
3351	root	1.324	> Don't blame my mail client for the set-up of the list.
3352
3353			Your mail client is not being blamed. It is your
3354			responsibility. No one disputes your choice of mail client, but it
3355			is your responsibility to see that your posts are properly
3356			addressed to the list, not the list's software or the people you are
3357			being discourteous to.
3358
3359			The fault is all yours. It is/was your choice.
3360			--
3361			Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
3362	root	1.387	%
3363	root	1.323	[http://www.heise.de/ct/00/20/104/]
3364	root	1.388	"Sie können mit falschen Tatsachen Leute überzeugen, das ist nun mal so."
3365	root	1.387	%
3366	root	1.322	An appeals court in Minnesota has ruled that the presence of encryption
3367			software [PGP] on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.
3368			http://www.granick.com/archive/2005_05_01_theshout_archive.html#1117581
3369			http://news.com.com/Minnesota+court+takes+dim+view+of+encryption/2100-1030_3-5718978.html
3370			http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0505/opa040381-0503.htm
3371	root	1.387	%
3372	root	1.322	[http://www.komotv.com/stories/37150.htm]
3373			"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said
3374			what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ...
3375			you don't have any'."
3376	root	1.323
3377			[I also am very fond of this quote:]
3378			"My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I
3379			would hate to think how they're treating other people. It's crazy."
3380			[Don't they have _any_ ethics?? What about equality? Ah well, I forgot...]
3381	root	1.387	%
3382	root	1.321	[http://wiki.ffii.org/CampIcecream050601En]
3383			Yes its true! If you go down to Place du Luxembourg from now until
3384			3pm, you can collect your free icecream and support the Computer
3385			Implemented Inventions Common Position!
3386	root	1.387	%
3387	root	1.319	[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation/algorithm/upconversion/index.htm]
3388			The change from Blitz to standard arrays had little effect on the
3389			execution time so I stuck with the standard type. The standard arrays
3390			should be more acceptable to developers who want to modify the code.
3391			Insisting that the developer use a certain array container for no good
3392			reason will not win many fans.
3393
3394			[http://dirac.sourceforge.net/documentation.html has other nice
3395			documents in the algorithm section]
3396	root	1.387	%
3397	root	1.318	["Blue in the Face"]
3398			Ich kriege in New York keine Angst, nein... aber in Schweden...da isses
3399			irgendwie so leer und da sind alle betrunken... und alles funktioniert...
3400			und, naja, wnen du an einer roten Ampel den motor nicht abstellst, reden
3401			die leute mit dir.... die zeigen da im fernsehen ohrenoperationen...
3402
3403			Solche dinge machen mir Angst... nicht New York.
3404	root	1.387	%
3405	root	1.317	And before I forget it, readers fascinated by the idea of Central
3406			Europeans using A6 as a toilet paper size might also be interested to hear
3407			that the U.S. have for the same application field a standard square format
3408	root	1.388	of 4.5×4.5 in = 114×114 mm, which is for instance documented in New Jersey
3409	root	1.317	Specification No. 7572-01 (May 1997), section 2.3.
3410			[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html]
3411	root	1.387	%
3412	root	1.316	[Better know what they actually do...]
3413	root	1.388	[Technische Richtlinie / Telekommunikationsüberwachung]
3414	root	1.316	http://www.regtp.de/imperia/md/content/tech_reg_t/ueberwachu/TR_TKUE_Ausgabe_4.1_29-11-2004.pdf
3415	root	1.315	[RFC3924 Cisco Architecture for Lawful Intercept in IP Networks]
3416			ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3924.txt
3417	root	1.387	%
3418	root	1.314	[rfc4096]
3419			The FTC called a summit of leading thinkers, and the regulation was
3420			amended to read "but don't use languages that go from right to left
3421			or up and down instead of plain old left to right." Needless to say,
3422			the reaction from the Freedonian League for the Defense of Linguistic
3423			Diversity killed that proposed regulation really quickly.
3424	root	1.387	%
3425	root	1.313	[just a really nice md5sum]
3426			99421268df476006401f11f96b655248
3427	root	1.387	%
3428	root	1.312	[a comment in some g729 sample implementation]
3429	root	1.432	* For G.729(,A,B) royalty payments, see http://www.sipro.com
3430	root	1.312	* WARNING: please make sure you are sitting down before looking
3431			* at their price list.
3432	root	1.387	%
3433	root	1.311	[http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139347&cid=11665921]
3434			You'd think I was overgeneralizing, but I'm not. Absolutely every single
3435			time I see HN in use, I quickly end up learning that the programmer who
3436			wrote the code was an idiot. On at least two separate occasions, I've
3437			had to correct C code with HN that did not allocate space for the null
3438			terminator on any strings anywhere in the code. That's pretty much the
3439			level of programming talent you can expect when you see HN in use.
3440	root	1.387	%
3441	root	1.309	21:22 <mmead> tiger's SMB support is fucking broken
3442			21:26 <oesi> mmead: when you grow up, you will substitute "'s SMB support" by "" :)
3443	root	1.387	%
3444	root	1.308	03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> ich dachte immer alle beinhaltet mehr als 1
3445			03:05 <oesi> 02:34 <bani_> aba naja
3446			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <oesi> nein, viele beinhaltet mehr als 1
3447			03:05 <oesi> 02:35 <bani_> stimmt auch wieder
3448	root	1.387	%
3449	root	1.319	[ein so gut geschriebenes dokument erwartet man eigentlich nicht mal vom BSI]
3450	root	1.307	http://www.bsi.bund.de/literat/studien/antispam/antispam.pdf
3451	root	1.387	%
3452	root	1.306	[some SPAM]
3453			Freie Geschlechtabbildungen und -filme. Und Phasennetznocken
3454	root	1.387	%
3455	root	1.305	cowsay -f head-in oink \| cowthink -n -f sodomized
3456	root	1.387	%
3457	root	1.304	[star wars episode guide]
3458			1 =Epichode 1: The Phantom Grimace
3459			2 =Epichode 2: Attack of the Groans
3460			3 =Epichode 3: Revenge of the Shit
3461			4 = Episode 4: A New Hope
3462			5 = Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back(By far the best Star Wars film. One of the finest movies ever made.)
3463			6 = Episode 6: Return of the Jedi(would have been a thousand times cooler if the ewoks had been Wookies).
3464			[http://www.beggingtodiffer.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=pp;action=display;num=1113843411]
3465	root	1.387	%
3466	root	1.300	[God knows his enemies]
3467			http://sheise.de/files/GODvsBUSH.gif
3468	root	1.302	[Uh-oh, "se germans are next"]
3469	root	1.303	http://sheise.de/files/cnn_iraq.jpg [a fake, but nevertheless]
3470	root	1.387	%
3471	root	1.299	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054743/
3472	root	1.301	[Why is it that every good Hollywood movie is at least 30+ years old?]
3473	root	1.387	%
3474	root	1.298	[http://www.bildblog.de/]
3475	root	1.388	Die "Bild"-Zeitung schreibt Blödsinn, und alle schreiben's ab. Die
3476			rührende Geschichte von den "Unfallforschern", die angeblich "ermittelt"
3477			hätten, was doch nur eine schlichte Umrechnung von Stundenkilometern in
3478	root	1.298	Meter pro Sekunde ist, zieht Kreise.
3479
3480			Nachrichtenagentur ddp, 3. Mai, 03:16 Uhr:
3481
3482			Laut "Bild" ermittelten Unfallforscher, dass ein Auto bei einer
3483			Geschwindigkeit von 50 Kilometern pro Stunde etwa 14 Meter pro Sekunde
3484	root	1.388	ungebremst weiterfährt, während der Fahrer nach einer fallengelassenen
3485	root	1.298	Zigarette sucht.
3486
3487			Nachrichtenagentur AFP, 3. Mai, 04:25 Uhr:
3488
3489			[usw.]
3490
3491			Bei "Stern Online" ist aus den "Unfallforschern" schon eine ganze "Studie"
3492	root	1.388	geworden, die plötzlich zu Ergebnissen kommt, die nur scheinbar mit den
3493	root	1.298	bekannten "Ermittlungen" identisch sind:
3494
3495			Nach Auffassung des SPD-Verkehrsexperten Peter Danckert kann eine
3496			brennende Zigarette den Fahrer jedoch ebenso wie ein klingelndes
3497			Telefon ablenken. Er verwies auf eine Studie, nach der ein 50
3498			Stundenkilometer schnelles Auto mindestens 14 Meter weiterrolle, wenn
3499			der Fahrer nach einer Zigarette sucht.
3500	root	1.387	%
3501	root	1.388	[schlimmer als de.alt.ufo, schlimmer als jede Verarschung sein könnte...]
3502	root	1.297	http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2005/01/22/sonne__boese/sonne__boese.html
3503			http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2004/12/28/seebeben/zerreisst__unsere__erde.html
3504	root	1.387	%
3505	root	1.296	[http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=147629&cid=12370229]
3506			Which fanboy are you?
3507
3508			1. Windows
3509
3510			You wear wraparound sunglasses, even indoors. You wish your mother
3511			would let you ride a motorbike. You tell your friends you're pulling
3512			in $50,000 a year and $2,000 a month "playing the stock market" but
3513			in reality you're only bringing in half that and your dividends from
3514			MSFT havn't been good in years. Your non computing friends all turn
3515			to you for help; you only charge $30 an hour. Your collegues talk
3516			about you behind your back. Your workplace nickname is likely to be
3517			"The Asshole". Unlike the Linux fanboys, you actually try to pick up
3518			dates in bars but women laugh at you.
3519
3520			2. Apple
3521
3522			You think you're so cool you hurt. You have mirrors on every wall
3523			in your "loft apartment", which is really a grimy little apartment
3524			next to a guy who plays Guns 'n Roses at 3am. All of your furniture
3525			is from Ikea. You sometimes think that changing your name to "Steve"
3526			would be "pretty cool". When you go to bars you only drink Miller
3527			Lite. No body ever asks you for help with their computers because
3528			they know you don't know anything but OS X, even if you do tell them
3529			you "run Unix" now. Your friends openly laugh at you.
3530
3531			3. Linspire
3532
3533			You regularly give $10 bills to homeless guys because you have
3534			too much money. Computers baffle you, but you enjoy looking at
3535			pictures of naked women. You don't know what Linux is, but you
3536			continually bugged the IT guy at work about your computer so he
3537			installed Linspire on your machine.
3538
3539			4. Umbongo
3540
3541			You shop at GAP. You probably used to use a Mac. When you saw the
3542			multiracial image used as a desktop picture and heard that this
3543			operating system came from the same country as Nelson Mandela, you
3544			knew it was for you. You meet with your friends in fair-trade coffee
3545			houses and talk about the eventual overthrow of evil corporations
3546			such as Microsoft and Starbucks. Like the Linspire user, you have
3547			very little real knowlege when it comes to computers but you would
3548			never use your computer to look at pictures of women degrading
3549			themselves.
3550
3551			5. Gentoy
3552
3553			You've been "into computers" for ohh, one or two years now and fancy
3554			yourself as "a bit of a hacker". Wouldn't know C from C++, or even
3555			Perl for that matter. Older Gentoy users may be building their homes
3556			from matchsticks. You've explained to all your friends that your
3557			matchstick house will have an "optimised floorplan". They've tried
3558			to tell you that your house violates every known building code and
3559			law in your area, but you've ignored them so far because you can't
3560			read those complicated regulatory documents.
3561
3562			6. Linux From Scratch
3563
3564			Much like the Gentoy user but you'd also be into sadomasochistic
3565			sex if you could get it. You're not just building a house from
3566			matchsticks, you're planing to grow the trees to make the
3567			matchsticks. You've cleared some land but don't know what to do next
3568			because you havn't read the books you've got, so you've posted to
3569			alt.arborists.newbie asking for help. It's been three days so far
3570			and no one has replied. You remain hopeful.
3571	root	1.387	%
3572	root	1.295	[/usr/bin/cowsay]
3573			if (($^O eq "MSWin32") or ($^O eq "Windows_NT")) { ## Many perls, eek!
3574	root	1.387	%
3575	root	1.294	[A few days after the 6.0.9 release announcement]
3576
3577			In the spirit of release early, release often.... Err no, actually more
3578			in the spirit of, let's not try to lose data during file resolution...
3579
3580			Coda 6.0.10 is out
3581	root	1.387	%
3582	root	1.293	<opine@orifice2.com> wrote:
3583
3584			> > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:55:28 -0800, CrabRangoon wrote
3585	root	1.432	>
3586	root	1.388	> > Meine Großmutter hat einen kleinen Hinterhof und sie benutzt selten die
3587	root	1.293	> > Dusche. Bei vielen Gelegenheiten habe ich mehr als 4
3588	root	1.388	> > Lebensmittelgeschäftspeicher-Versorgungsmaterialien Sellerie an einem
3589			> > einzelnen Tag verbraucht. Würde es irgendein Benzin unter meiner Couch
3590			> > geben, wenn ich meine Hose bügelte?
3591	root	1.432	>
3592			> What does your granny's tiny ass have to do with this group? Other than the
3593	root	1.293	> smell attracting flies of course...
3594	root	1.432	>
3595	root	1.293	I figured a little non-native tongued nonsense would help keep this
3596			request near the top of the group. thanks for playing along.
3597	root	1.388	cheers and Haben Sie eine glückliche Karotte
3598	root	1.387	%
3599	root	1.432	00:24 <elmex> ich bin ja nur ein dummer niedersachse, der kaum was in der schule hatte
3600	root	1.387	%
3601	root	1.291	War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce
3602	root	1.387	%
3603	root	1.290	98% of the time I am right. Why worry about the other 3%.
3604	root	1.387	%
3605	root	1.289	[Bertram van Munster, Jerry Bruckheimers partner, interviewed in the BBC
3606			show "Correspondent"]
3607	root	1.288
3608			[...] I do reality television, and I've done this for many many many
3609			years, long before even anybody knew what reality was.
3610
3611			[so know we know who creates reality now]
3612			%
3613	root	1.287	[from wordnet]
3614			cock sucking, blowjob
3615			=> fellatio, fellation
3616			=> oral sex, head
3617			=> perversion, sexual perversion
3618			=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
3619			=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
3620			=> organic process, biological process
3621			=> process
3622			=> phenomenon
3623	root	1.387	%
3624	root	1.286	10:41 <oesi> [0]--(10:40:39)-(root@km)-(~/xxml)-> file tmon.out
3625			10:41 <oesi> tmon.out: ASCII Java program text
3626	root	1.387	%
3627	root	1.285	[SSK@J3GtFnEi8b~ko6mGvvXdrQoZ3D4PAgM,hhWspr43hLbvnrlkwxtDLg/ABC_NoJail/2//]
3628			[slightly edited]
3629			Largest prison population in the world is in the United States of America
3630			(in 2000: 2,071,686 persons, 22% of world prison population), it has more
3631			than double the prison population of Russia or China. What that means is
3632			that in USA 1 out of 143 residents are incarcerated.
3633
3634			About 88% of USA prison population is male, but female population is
3635			sharply on the rise, and might soon reach that of males, due mostly to new
3636			laws on terrorism and drugs.
3637
3638			Out of all the black males between 20 and 39, 12% are in custody (anybody
3639			told them about emancipation proclamation?).
3640	root	1.387	%
3641	root	1.284	"Begehe nur nicht den Fehler, Meinung durch Sachverstand zu substituieren."
3642			(PLemken, <bu6o7e$e6v0p$2@ID-31.news.uni-berlin.de>)
3643	root	1.387	%
3644	root	1.283	Mail::Box - 700MB of RSS to open a 30MB mail folder, one half of the
3645	root	1.282	advertised features doesn't work, while the other half is just buggy.
3646	root	1.387	%
3647	root	1.281	A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what ships are built for.
3648	root	1.432	I learned that some cops lie. This was a brutal and profoundly disturbing
3649			realization: Those in control are not necessarily trustworthy.
3650	root	1.281	- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
3651	root	1.387	%
3652	root	1.279	"parrot - from the people who brought you ithreads"
3653			- oesi
3654	root	1.387	%
3655	root	1.278	[US, Metric]
3656			http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html
3657	root	1.387	%
3658	root	1.432	[http://use.perl.org/~scrottie/journal]
3659	root	1.277	[I agree with that very much, most of his blog is really interesting]
3660	root	1.275	Sunday February 20, 2005 07:18 AM
3661			Minions Wanted [ 0 Comments \| #23269 ]
3662
3663			It's been about 10 years since I've had minions. They've all grown up,
3664			started painfully profitable companies, and now hob-knob whose-who of
3665			important and influential figures of their field. I'm growing old and
3666			increasinly mal-adapted to normal life. It's no longer becoming for me
3667			to leave my lair nor speak on the phone. I've reflected on making this
3668			post, and I've reflected at great length. Minions aren't what they used
3669			to be. Minions now days are soft and weak willed. In the old days, it was
3670			that minions would realize they can wield power if they're willing to
3671			spend a time subserviant to someone capable of teaching. Now days, kids
3672			have this notion that money only comes from the parents, power comes from
3673			your social (gag) circles, and glory comes from the things you own. They
3674			seek answers to Perl questions only for immediate gradification, not to
3675			truly master an insidious tactic and become a potent force. Kids now
3676			days, not nearly robust enough to be considered minion material. They,for
3677			their entire life, questioninglessly slide into being slaves of much
3678			more powerful overlords. They accept as payment for their servatude a
3679			few measily tens of thousands of dollars, and then only paid in payments
3680			yearly, calling that close enough to world domination, and inexchange
3681			for that paultry fee, deliver one after another innocent to the hands of
3682			Bill Gates, telling the clients they betray that Microsoft Windows is a
3683			servicable operating system and a supportable platform. While it is truly
3684			becoming to serve on the side of Microsoft, it is also well known the
3685			ranks are thin at the top but wide at the bottom, and few ever move past
3686			petty explotation of businesses and moronic home users.
3687
3688			This is not the stock I seek. These so short-sightedly driven by greed,
3689			rather than lusting for true power, amount to little more than orcs - a
3690			fodder of little use except as "consumers" in this modern age. It is far
3691			more becoming to hope to some day aspire to be an overlord of some small
3692			repute yourself and initially forego payment.
3693
3694			Minions in my service will be expected to endure maindane business-related
3695			tasks, such as answering the phone, but will always be allowed the
3696			basic dignity of being able to tell clients to "fuck off" when
3697			appropriate. Retaining dignity does not relieve the necessities of
3698			subordination, however. My minions may seek clarification but will never
3699			question me. For the term of their indenture, they will accept my teaching
3700			as truth itself. They will not seek short-cuts where I say there are none,
3701			and if I later reveal short-cuts, they will know it was because they were
3702			not yet ready before. While my young troglodytes will doubtless enterain
3703			perversion and drug abuse in their free time, they will go for the want of
3704			the very necessities of life should urgant cause arise.
3705
3706			In exchange, they will be tutored on the basic elements of evil and Perl
3707			programming and will share in the spoils of an insideous plot I've hatched
3708			some time ago to dupe large numbers of people out of money by playing on
3709			their greed and fear. Of course, in the interest of avoiding indictment
3710			myself, the details of the plot can never be revealed, but a clever
3711			student will quickly ascertain the nature of the ploy. After thier period
3712			of endenture, minions will have developed an eye for exploitation and
3713			trickery, but most importantly will have developed a deeper understanding
3714			of how things work - both in Perl and in the real world. They will see
3715			everything about them as quite potentially theirs - no program must go
3716			unwritten, and persuent to Free Trade Agreements, they will be as a
3717			sovereign nation.
3718
3719			While the offer is valid, this is a draft for a post on
3720			jobs.perl.org. Feedback is welcome - unless you're stupid, then stay the
3721			hell off my blog. Time and time again I forget both the power of TV to
3722			sap intelligence and the very prevelence of the thing. So let this be a
3723			test: if you watch more than half an hour a day of any programming besides
3724			CSPAN, don't post here.
3725
3726			-scott
3727	root	1.387	%
3728	root	1.274	But Mike Loughlin, who studied the boiling of lobsters when he was a
3729			University of Maine graduate student, said lobsters simply lack the brain
3730			capacity to feel pain.
3731
3732			"It's a semantic thing: No brain, no pain," said Loughlin, who now works
3733			as a biologist at the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission.
3734	root	1.387	%
3735	root	1.273	Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp contextual F1 help & Crimson Editor in Windows
3736			From: Sven Neumann
3737
3738			Hi,
3739
3740	root	1.388	Rubén de Diego Martínez writes:
3741	root	1.432	> I also think that it's a bug. How may I report-it?
3742	root	1.273
3743			Go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/feedback/ and tell them
3744			that
3745
3746			ShellExecute (HWND_DESKTOP, "open", uri, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
3747
3748			does not do what you would expect it to do.
3749	root	1.387	%
3750	root	1.271	http://www.syslog.com/~jwilson/pics-i-like/kurios119.jpg
3751	root	1.272	the original comment says:
3752			This is probably part of an elaborate IQ test.
3753			Waiting at the gate means you fail.
3754	root	1.387	%
3755	root	1.271	{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} ich mir eine kolaflasche reingeschioebn
3756			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und dann ist meine klitoris erissen
3757			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} und ich musste ins krankenhaus
3758			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} oh sorry, falsches fenster
3759			{Flat eric:Net-Knuddels} aja
3760			{Net-Knuddels:Flat eric} hi :)
3761	root	1.387	%
3762	root	1.275	[Java, like Delphi, requires manual destruction. Obvious, but still
3763	root	1.270	interesting read]
3764			http://www.octopull.demon.co.uk/java/ImmortalityAtaPrice.html
3765	root	1.387	%
3766	root	1.269	[Obscure Algorithms, just for my reference]
3767			http://aggregate.org/MAGIC/
3768			http://www.hackersdelight.org/HDcode.htm
3769	root	1.387	%
3770	root	1.268	In Los Angeles, the "HOLLYWOOD" sign is protected by a fence and a locked
3771			gate. Because several different agencies need access to the sign for
3772			various purposes, the chain locking the gate is formed by several locks
3773			linked together. Each of the agencies has the key to its own lock, and not
3774			the key to any of the others. Of course, anyone who can open one of the
3775			locks can open the gate.
3776
3777			This is a nice example of a multiple-user access-control system. It's
3778			simple, and it works. You can also make it as complicated as you want,
3779			with different locks in parallel and in series.
3780	root	1.387	%
3781	root	1.267	http://www.crypto.com/papers/safelocks.pdf
3782			Safecracking for the computer scientist
3783	root	1.387	%
3784	root	1.265	Fact: Something that you observe to be true.
3785
3786			Fact #1: when you drop a hammer, it falls to the ground
3787
3788			Fact #2: a genetic sequence can change sufficiently to form a new
3789			species. Speciation has been observed more than once in the laboratory
3790			and in the wild, so this is a fact. Since we call this process
3791			'evolution', that means evolution is a fact. Keep reading for more
3792			explanation of this.
3793
3794			Theory: An explanation of an observation
3795
3796			Theory #1: The theory of gravity is understood as a curvature in space,
3797			which explains why the hammer falls.
3798
3799			Theory #2: The Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection explains
3800			how a population's genome can change over time.
3801
3802	root	1.266	Law: Not really related to any of the other definitions. It's just a
3803			mathematical relationship between two values.
3804	root	1.265
3805			Law #1: If you double the distance from a source of light, the
3806			brightness falls off proportionally to the square of the distance.
3807
3808			Law #2: (expressed as a formula) F=ma. Force equals mass times
3809			acceleration.
3810
3811			Please note that Evolution is a fact, and the theory is called the Theory
3812			of Evolution through Natural Selection. There are other theories of
3813			evolution, which have been disproved. A famous one is the theory of
3814			evolution through acquired characteristics, also known as Lamarkian
3815			evolution. It posited that species evolve by acquiring and retaining
3816			useful characteristics through use. Therefore, a giraffe would have
3817			longer necks if the previous generations stretched their necks to reach
3818			high leaves. This was the main theory that Darwin and others showed to be
3819			false.
3820
3821			[by Profane MuthaFucka (574406)]
3822	root	1.387	%
3823	root	1.388	[Aus: Psychologie heute, 10/2003, über einen Artikel von Rentfrow/Gosling,
3824	root	1.264	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 6/2003]
3825
3826			Fans von reflexiven und komplexen Musikstilen wie Klassik, Blues, Jazz und
3827			Folk sind offen, tolerant und machen gerne neue Erfahrungen. Sie halten
3828	root	1.388	sich für intelligent - und sind es auch. Außerdem können sie gut mit
3829			Worten umgehen, schätzen das schöne. haben eine starke Vorstellungskraft
3830			und sind politisch liberal eingestellt. Sie sind häufig etwas unsportlich
3831	root	1.264	und wollen andere nicht dominieren.
3832
3833	root	1.388	Anhänger von intensiven und rebellischen Musikrichtungen wie Heavy Metal,
3834			Rock und alternativer Musik sind offen für Experimente. Sie halten sich
3835			außerdem für intelligent, eloquent und sportlich. Obwohl die Musik, die
3836			sie bevorzugen, vorwiegend negatives ausdrückt, scheint dies nicht auf
3837			sie abzufärben: Sie sind weder neurotischer noch unverträglicher als die
3838			Fans anderer Musikrichtungen. Darüber hinaus sind sie wissensdurstig,
3839			risikobereit und körperlich aktiv.
3840	root	1.264
3841			Beschwingt und konventionell. So bezeichnen Rentfrow und Gosling
3842	root	1.388	Popsongs und Schmusehits, Countrymusik, Filmmusik und religiöse Musik
3843			(Spirituals, Gospels, Kirchenlieder). Wer diese Musik gerne hört, ist ein
3844			umgänglicher Zeitgenosse: Er geht gern aus sich heraus, ist verträglich,
3845			fröhlich, zuverlässig, hilfsbereit und gewissenhaft. Seine Einstellungen
3846	root	1.264	sind eher konservativ, Beredesamkeit und Offenheit sind nicht seine
3847	root	1.388	Stärken. Dafür hält er sich aber für attraktiv und vor allem für
3848	root	1.264	sportlich.
3849
3850	root	1.388	Wer sich für energetische und rhythmische Musik begeistern kann (Rap,
3851			Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Electronica) trägt sein Herz auf der Zunge. Er
3852			ist umgänglich, quirlig, liberal eingestellt, extravertiert und ein
3853			wenig eitel: Er hält sich für attraktiv und sportlich. Konservatives
3854			Gedankengut und Dominanz über andere liegen ihm hingegen fern.
3855	root	1.264
3856	root	1.388	Die besten verbalen Fähigkeiten haben die Angehörigen der ersten beiden
3857	root	1.264	Gruppen. Am wenigsten beredt ist die dritte Gruppe. An analytischem
3858	root	1.388	Verstand mangelt es vor allen den Musikhörern der vierten Gruppe.
3859			während die erste Gruppe, gefolgt von der zweiten, am meisten davon
3860	root	1.264	vorzuweisen hat.
3861
3862			"Die intelligenteste Gruppe bevorzugt die komplexeste Musik", sagen die
3863			Forscher.
3864	root	1.387	%
3865	root	1.263	[Very well-written article on the legal foundazion of licensing, and
3866			the extreme difference in what a free software license does vs. a
3867			EULA-style license]
3868	root	1.262	http://www.opencores.org/forums.cgi/cores/2005/01/001453
3869	root	1.387	%
3870	root	1.261	The Pirate Bay is a BitTorrent tracking site in Sweden with 150,000 users
3871			a day. In the fall, it posted a torrent for Shrek 2. Dreamworks sent a
3872			cease-and-desist letter demanding the site remove it. One of the site's
3873			pseudonymous owners, Anakata, replied: "As you may or may not be aware,
3874			Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country
3875			in northern Europe [and] US law does not apply here. ... It is the opinion
3876			of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons." Shrek 2 stayed up.
3877	root	1.387	%
3878	root	1.260	Java is, in many ways, C++--. (Michael Feldman)
3879	root	1.387	%
3880	root	1.259	[Happy New Year]
3881			23:42 -!- zaphod [jkneer@fatboy.laendle] has quit [Quit: Hochhaus]
3882			Day changed to 01 Jan 2005
3883			00:24 <schmorp> re
3884	root	1.387	%
3885	root	1.258	[http://www.calsky.com/lexikon/de/txt/f/fe/fehlschluss.php]
3886	root	1.388	Im besten Fall kann die Verknüpfung zweier Tatsachen Verdachtsmomente
3887			liefern, die mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden abgeklärt werden
3888	root	1.258	sollen. Was eine wissenschaftliche Methode ist, ist Gegenstand anderer
3889			wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen.
3890	root	1.387	%
3891	root	1.257	[funny page(s), although I think it's sad that people trying to "debunk"
3892			bad science theories are prone to the same logical fallacies as the
3893			proponents of such theories.]
3894			http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/Planet-X.htm
3895			"On the Internet, there's a picture circulating that's supposedly `secret
3896			evidence' from Russia, proving Planet X is an inhabited world. The makers
3897			took the original photo (top left), enlarged it, and upgraded it with
3898			`solarize' and `find edges'. And look... Suddenly, you see all kinds of
3899			spaceships orbiting the planet! (top right) I followed exactly the same
3900			procedure, using a photo of one Robert Bridson, math student at Stanford
3901			University (below, left). After enlarging and solarizing the photograph,
3902			it became clear that mr. Bridsons left ear actually is inhabited by
3903			intelligent beings, since there clearly is a spaceship taking off from it
3904			(below, right)."
3905	root	1.387	%
3906	root	1.256	[wonderful info...]
3907			http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/
3908			[useful info...]
3909			http://www.snopes.com/
3910	root	1.387	%
3911	root	1.253	Computer analyst to programmer:
3912			"You start coding. I'll go find out what they want."
3913	root	1.387	%
3914	root	1.252	[Fun!]
3915			http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
3916	root	1.387	%
3917	root	1.388	[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 11/2004, über Informationstransport im All]
3918	root	1.251	"Wenn unsere Vettern im Kosmos wirklich intelligent sind, werden ihre
3919			Computer sicher nicht mit Microsoft-Betriebssystemen ausgestattet sein."
3920	root	1.387	%
3921	root	1.250	[in our continued series, "solaris source code", today, /bin/true]
3922			ddev5:~$ cat /bin/true
3923			#!/usr/bin/sh
3924			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
3925			# All Rights Reserved
3926
3927			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
3928			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
3929			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
3930
3931			#ident "@(#)true.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.4 */
3932	root	1.432	ddev5:~$
3933	root	1.387	%
3934	root	1.249	22:07 <elmex> schmorp: naja, es beweist das das konzept von java nicht funktioniert
3935			22:07 <schmorp> elmex: welches konzept?
3936			22:07 <elmex> das "hack dir die beine ab, und lauf nen marathon"-konzept ;)
3937	root	1.387	%
3938	root	1.248	[Gtk2/Makefile.PL]
3939			# win32 does not allow unresolved symbols in libraries, but
3940			# Gtk2 uses on symbols in the dll created for Glib.
3941			# so, we have to break all this nice abstraction and encapsulation
3942			# and find the actual Glib.dll and Glib.lib installed by perl when
3943			# the Glib module was built, and add it to the list of lib files.
3944			#
3945			# say it with me: "i hate win32."
3946	root	1.387	%
3947	root	1.388	Immerhin meint die Filmförderungsanstalt, im Jahr 2002 seien 59
3948	root	1.247	Millionen CD-Rohlinge von 5,9 Millionen Nutzern mit Filmen bespielt
3949			worden, im Durchschnitt also zwo:lf Rohlinge pro Anwender.
3950			-- <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/see-08.04.03-000/>
3951	root	1.387	%
3952	root	1.246	http://otierney.net/images/perl6.gif
3953	root	1.387	%
3954	root	1.245	[http://www.kinderschaender.de/begriff.htm]
3955	root	1.388	Das einzige, was die Seite wirklich gezeigt hat, ist, daß es kaum Menschen
3956			gibt, die weiter denken als ein Schwein scheißt.
3957	root	1.387	%
3958	root	1.244	http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html
3959			[I'd say ALL the essays on http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
3960			are readable, and in most cases I wholeheartedly agree with them.]
3961	root	1.387	%
3962	root	1.243	http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
3963	root	1.387	%
3964	root	1.243	[From: CRYPTO-GRAM]
3965			Bill Gates points out that all those IE security holes have not been
3966			Microsoft's fault. (The first step towards recovery is recognizing
3967			that you have a problem.)
3968			<http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/15/015239.shtml?tid=109&tid=1>
3969	root	1.387	%
3970	root	1.242	[top output on redhat9, with one real-time priority process]
3971			PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
3972	root	1.247	25788 root 18446744073709551565 0 10076 9.8M 2816 S 0.9 1.9 0:01
3973	root	1.242	26064 root 21 0 1508 1508 1184 S 0.3 0.2 0:00 0 curl
3974
3975			[I am continually amazed at how redhat is able to break utilities that worked
3976			and work on other distributions without flaws again and again and again...]
3977	root	1.387	%
3978	root	1.241	That depends. There is C++ and there is C++. There are many different
3979			sorts of C++, I'll talk about 2 of them:
3980
3981			Category 1 code is 'C with classes and on-the-fly variable
3982			declarations'. It uses macros, bad encapsulation, no const-correctness,
3983			etc. Category 1 code tends to either use object oriented programing
3984			exclusively, or use it combined with procedural programming. Other
3985			programming paradigms are extremely rare. It often uses non-portable hacks
3986			because Standard-knowledge is scarce among category 1 coders. Category 1
3987			code is seen mostly in Flipcode and Gamedev.net articles and forums. Also
3988			it is seen in almost every API ever developed by Microsoft. A slightly
3989			less bad version of category 1 code is seen in libraries that call
3990			themselves "high-quality C++ libraries" but that don't even use a single
3991			namespace and rely heavily on macros and other unsafe preprocessing
3992			techniques where this is totally unnecessary. Most of those libraries are
3993			that way because they were started before the 1998 C++ Standard's stuff
3994			got implemented in main-stream compilers.
3995
3996			Category 2 code is what I'd like to see as the meaning of the term
3997			"C++ code". It is Standard-compliant, uses multiple programming
3998			paradigms and is pushing the language to the max (and beyond ;) to
3999			create easy to use, efficient, highly-reusable and easy to extend
4000			programs/libraries/modules/etc. Unfortunately, category 2 code is
4001			hard to write when you have to work with incompetent compilers like
4002			MSVC6/7. Category 2 code is mostly seen in:
4003	root	1.387	%
4004	root	1.240	[On "Main Loop with Fixed Time Steps", a Windows programmer commented:]
4005	root	1.239
4006			Just to point out, With a tick being a maximum of FFFFFFFFh, you only
4007			have about 49 days of tick time since the system has started! Though I
4008			doubt any game or even system runs for that long.
4009	root	1.387	%
4010	root	1.238	[http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html]
4011			"The best writing is rewriting," wrote E. B. White. Every good writer
4012			knows this, and it's true for software too.
4013	root	1.387	%
4014	root	1.237	> think it needs the Ultimate Refactor..."rm -rf programs/Xserver/GL"
4015
4016			... and I was told "rm -rf" means "read mail, really fast!"
4017			;)
4018	root	1.387	%
4019	root	1.235	[this is not a blogggggg]
4020			One fine day, I removed the "video=matrox:off" from my kernel commandline,
4021			having removed the matrox card from my machine months ago. Promptly, the
4022			proprietary nvidia driver greeted me with:
4023
4024			NVIDIA: Failed to map framebuffer memors
4025
4026	root	1.236	Adding the video option back made it work again. No, I do not have any
4027			framebuffer devices compiled into the kernel, either...
4028	root	1.387	%
4029	root	1.234	[taken out of a public mail by a journalist... I have never seen anybody
4030			using so many abbreviations...]
4031
4032			Hi Volker -
4033
4034			alles klar ..!? Bin mit dem Buch i. Stretch .. Lektorat / Korrektorat
4035	root	1.388	Architekturbuch ... wie üblich, kennst das ja wahrsch. auch ... alles zu
4036			spät ...
4037	root	1.234
4038			Dann gehts direktemang in die Ferien (2 Wochen Gomera ab komm. SA ...)
4039
4040			Ja, und dann find ich doch Volker ganz Massiv im Briefkasten a. SA ..
4041
4042	root	1.388	schönes Foto von dir ... 1 Seite .. 2 seiten Interview, m. Fortsetzung im
4043			nächsten Heft ..!!! (äusserst rar b. nem Interview ...)
4044	root	1.234
4045	root	1.388	herzliche Grüsse
4046	root	1.234
4047			tom
4048	root	1.247
4049	root	1.234	PS: Mein Wissenschtf.Kollege und Filmemacher ist der Meinung, dass das Thema
4050	root	1.388	'Copyrights, Commons, Freedom' etc ...spannend wäre, aber schlecht fürs TV
4051	root	1.234	... Du kannst prakt. nichts mehr themat. Anspruchsvolles machen ... auch b.
4052	root	1.388	Arte war irgend nen Problem (fällt mir auf d. Schnelle nicht mehr ein ...
4053	root	1.234	schon ein paar Wochen her ...)
4054	root	1.387	%
4055	root	1.233	From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
4056			Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
4057			Message-ID: <20040826183838.GE2793@holomorphy.com>
4058
4059			On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:02:29AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
4060	root	1.247	> How old are you? I thought you were the guy at Linux Tag with fashion
4061			> oriented hair who gave a talk on his XFS work? Did I confuse you with
4062	root	1.233	> someone else?
4063
4064			Index: mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS
4065			===================================================================
4066			--- mm1-2.6.9-rc1.orig/CREDITS 2004-08-26 10:37:57.424567967 -0700
4067			+++ mm1-2.6.9-rc1/CREDITS 2004-08-26 11:35:24.977260109 -0700
4068			@@ -2677,6 +2677,14 @@
4069			S: 79098 Freiburg
4070			S: Germany
4071
4072			+N: Hans Reiser
4073			+E: reiser@namesys.com
4074			+W: http://www.namesys.com/
4075			+D: official Linux kernel hairstyle critic
4076			+S: 6979 Exeter Dr
4077			+S: Oakland, CA 94611
4078			+S: USA
4079			+
4080			N: Joerg Reuter
4081			E: jreuter@yaina.de
4082			W: http://yaina.de/jreuter/
4083	root	1.387	%
4084	root	1.232	Partial lynx-output for mail sent by "T-Online Vertragsbrief":
4085			[poeppel_magenta.gif]
4086	root	1.387	%
4087	root	1.231	[http://www.dark-skies.org/theproblems.html#security]
4088			Better ligthing does not affect crime rates
4089	root	1.387	%
4090	root	1.230	[http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/tc0.pdf]
4091			Label: "Difficulty of owning Windows vs. Difficulty to make this graph"
4092	root	1.387	%
4093	root	1.229	[rxvt-unicode (mine! :) vs. gnome-terminal :)]
4094			[http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137864]
4095			[...]
4096			Upgrading to major: the first person to fix this (fix = performance is
4097			within a factor of 2 of rxvt-unicode for all four of the tests here) gets
4098			$50 from me, or an expensive dinner + all the beer they can handle if they
4099			ever visit Sydney, Australia ;)
4100			[...]
4101			Tagging this critical+urgent. How dare I, you ask? Doubling the reward -
4102			$100 if this is fixed (see above) before September 1, 2004. $0 after that
4103			(and I'll return it to a normal bug ;) If anyone else wants to contribute
4104			to whoever ends up fixing this, please join in..
4105	root	1.387	%
4106	root	1.228	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301268,00.html]
4107			[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM%2ced-XX1sNy0yR7p%7eQMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/0,1518,druck-301538,00.html]
4108			Dass die Flimmerkiste ein beliebiges "Nullmedium" sei, beklagen
4109			Kulturkritiker von jeher. Doch nun zeigt selbst ein unvoreingenommener
4110			Blick aufs TV-Programm: Die Quote ist heilig, das Niveau sinkt auf breiter
4111			Front - auch bei ARD und ZDF. Verdummt die Na
4112	root	1.387	%
4113	root	1.226	[SSK@goHdpeHC2XTrpDXZIbgvdJMz5XsPAgM,ed-XX1sNy0yR7p~QMmjeAA/Treibholz/1//Texte/brainleak%202004-03-02.html]
4114	root	1.227	[...] Tech savvy people will be inclining towards clicking the cancel
4115			button by default whenever they are presented a question which they don't
4116			fully understand, or didn't expect to see. Regular computer users will
4117			be inclined to press the Ok button instead, because they fear that by
4118			clicking cancel they might be causing something they don't understand not
4119			to work, something that they probably won't be able to fix afterwards
4120			anyway. If a geek fucks up somehow, he'll know what to do to fix it
4121			anyway, so there's no harm done clicking cancel. [...]
4122	root	1.387	%
4123	root	1.223	[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/10/marienbad.html]
4124			I once had a postmodern intertextual moment at a drugstore bookrack when I
4125	root	1.224	picked up a paperback with the following title: Bram Stoker's Dracula:
4126	root	1.223	A Novelization Based on the Original Screenplay.
4127	root	1.387	%
4128	root	1.222	[bts show 215647]
4129			[yes, the whole thing]
4130	root	1.387	%
4131	root	1.221	[bts show 254316]
4132	root	1.247	> > The problem is not in luit, it's not in XTerm, it's not even in termcap;
4133			> > it's in the morass of complexity that some mindless jerk who'll be first
4134			> > against the wall when the revolution comes standardised as ISO 2022.
4135	root	1.221	>
4136			> ( google suggests 2022 has many fans ;-)
4137
4138			We'll use a larger wall.
4139	root	1.387	%
4140	root	1.220	[Maedhros35 about "Clockwork Orange" on IMDB]
4141			This is a movie I would not recommend even to my worst enemy. It is a
4142			horrible picture, containing too much random violence and rape committed
4143			by four no-goods in white pyjamas, than is good for anyone too watch.
4144
4145			The only fun moment is when the main character, being brainwashed into a
4146			non-violent state of mind, is being bashed by his former friends.
4147
4148			There may be some "hidden message" in this movie about society and blah,
4149			but the message (not too well brought) is completely drowned.
4150
4151			It is not even a waste of your time, it is worse than that. Avoid at all
4152			cost.
4153			["too much violence" but "the only fun moment".... What the...!?]
4154	root	1.387	%
4155	root	1.219	When searching on google for:
4156
4157	root	1.225	kakerlake schabe made
4158	root	1.219
4159			Google asked me wether I instead wanted to look for:
4160
4161	root	1.225	kakerlake _schwabe_ made
4162	root	1.387	%
4163	root	1.218	What we learned this week;
4164			"Hell is a bad place to be and renders with 8-12fps"
4165	root	1.387	%
4166	root	1.216	"Britain is one of only three countries in the world (the others are
4167			Germany and Egypt) enduring stricter censorship today than 25years ago"
4168	root	1.387	%
4169	root	1.215	[translated]
4170			23:07 <schmorp> libtool is soo broken
4171			23:07 <schmorp> ./libtool gcc-3.4 ...
4172			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
4173			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
4174			23:07 <schmorp> ...
4175			23:07 <schmorp> libtool --tag=ulubulu
4176			23:07 <schmorp> libtool: ignoring unknown tag ulubulu
4177			23:07 <schmorp> and it works
4178	root	1.387	%
4179	root	1.214	History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.
4180			-- Lord Balfour
4181	root	1.387	%
4182	root	1.213	The whole of Mozilla is just one big focus bug.
4183	root	1.387	%
4184	root	1.212	<Beerman> When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then
4185			I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked
4186			him to forgive me.
4187	root	1.387	%
4188	root	1.211	[slashdot]
4189			> there are currently no active, reliable ways to obtain the program listings for New Zealand television
4190
4191			I have been to NZ. You have no television.
4192	root	1.387	%
4193	root	1.210	[IMDB user about "What?" by Roman Polanski]
4194			"What?" fills the gap for those who get a kick out of 70's porn plots, but
4195			get bored during the sex scenes.
4196	root	1.387	%
4197	root	1.209	I say to you that the VCR is to the ... American public as the Boston
4198			strangler is to the woman home alone.
4199			- Jack Valenti (CEO, MPAA)
4200	root	1.387	%
4201	root	1.208	[Bruce Schneier]
4202			SP2 is an important security upgrade to Windows XP, and I hope it is
4203			widely installed among licensed XP users. I also hope it is quickly
4204			pirated, so unlicensed XP users can also install it. In order for me
4205			to remain secure on the Internet, I need everyone to become more
4206			secure. And the more people who install SP2, the more we all benefit.
4207	root	1.387	%
4208	root	1.207	[From Paul Eggert]
4209			[...] Worse, HP-UX asctime rejects any tm_year that is negative; this
4210			violates the C standard, but HP won't take my bug reports since I'm not a
4211			HP-UX customer. [...]
4212	root	1.387	%
4213	root	1.206	>>>Just curious, If I recall correctly, didn't Forth used to be FORTH?
4214			>>
4215			>>Since FORTH is not an acronym (the way BASIC, LISP, FORTRAN and C are)
4216			>>but a (deliberate) misspelling of "fourth", when it became possible to
4217			>>use LC the fashion became to do so. My book, "Scientific FORTH" (1992)
4218			>>spelled it in UC.
4219	root	1.247	>
4220			>
4221	root	1.206	> BASIC, LISP and FORTRAN are acronyms. C isn't.
4222
4223			C isn't all caps, just the initial letter.
4224	root	1.387	%
4225	root	1.205	[comp.lang.c]
4226			> According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
4227
4228			I'm sorry, but that's like quoting Bjarne Stroustrup on correct ISO C
4229			usage.
4230
4231			Richard
4232	root	1.387	%
4233	root	1.204	I remember Elwyn Berlekamp describing what goes on at computer go
4234			tournaments (where computer programs play go against each other) - unlike
4235			at computer chess tournaments where the programs far surpass their
4236			creators, at go tournaments the creators sit there and look at a game in
4237			play and say things to each other like, "Gosh, I wonder if my program will
4238			repair that weakness before your program notices it."
4239	root	1.387	%
4240	root	1.203	21:40 <oesi> sansho: du bist kindisch. :)
4241			21:40 <sansho> oesi: das hab ich mir von dir abgeguckt
4242	root	1.387	%
4243	root	1.202	MarkD [-]: The trouble with political jokes is that some of them get elected
4244	root	1.387	%
4245	root	1.201	A coherent understanding of Philosophy will convince you that you are
4246			competent to understand the universe and achieve the human values that
4247			make life meaningful. You will know when you know something and when you
4248			don't, when you understand something and when you don't, and why. You
4249			will also realize why morality and ethics are too important to be left to
4250			anyone but yourself. You will learn that there are no shortcuts to truth,
4251			no authorities you can follow blindly, and perhaps most important, that
4252			nothing at all exists except reality. In sum, you will know what human
4253			existence means and implies.
4254
4255			[Introduction to Philosophy, Joel Katz]
4256	root	1.387	%
4257	root	1.201	> > Casts from void* are necessary in C++, not in C.
4258			>
4259			> I am aware... I'm fishing for more info! Perhaps if I reposted again and
4260			> said you were wrong I'll get more...
4261			>
4262			> You're WRONG!
4263
4264	root	1.388	void* is implicitly converted to the destination pointer type (C99 §6.3.2.3
4265			and §7.20.3.1).
4266	root	1.387	%
4267	root	1.200	From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu>
4268			In the DOS days, I had a scattering of students who really
4269			knew about computers. In the XP days, I have none.
4270	root	1.387	%
4271	root	1.199	[another variation, more useful]
4272			A. It should be obvious.
4273			Q. How is it hard?
4274			A. Because it makes it hard to follow conversations.
4275			Q. Why is top-posting bad?
4276	root	1.387	%
4277	root	1.198	[windows is a good place to learn programming]
4278			Subject: Linux c prog doesn't work on Sun Solaris Machine....?
4279
4280			Compiled using g++ on linux and then I tried to execute it on Solaris.
4281			The error message was something like "can't execute a.out"
4282
4283			- works ok on linux
4284			- ran chmod so Sun user has execute/read/etc permissions. chmod u=rwx
4285
4286			Any clues why?
4287			I am new to the non windows world.
4288
4289			Thanks
4290	root	1.387	%
4291	root	1.197	[comp.lang.c]
4292			> I want to write some data on the EEPROM of a PIC 16F877 microcontroller via
4293			> serial port rs232. What library can I use with a gcc compiler to perform
4294			> this ?
4295
4296			This is not a C question. Please try asking again in comp.arch.embedded where
4297			we will advise you to use an 8051, AVR, or MSP430 instead of the PIC.
4298	root	1.387	%
4299	root	1.196	[comp.std.c]
4300			In message <c4k0mj$fmp$1@sunnews.cern.ch>
4301			Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
4302
4303			> In <nfa0k1-03l.ln1@jones.homeip.net> lawrence.jones@ugsplm.com writes:
4304	root	1.247	>
4305			> >The text of the standard only yields one reasonable interpretation.
4306			>
4307	root	1.196	> Yup, mine!
4308	root	1.387	%
4309	root	1.195	[links-2.1pre13 ChangeLog]
4310			Thu Oct 9 16:44:10 GMT 2003 mikulas:
4311
4312			Do not print 1000l on FreeBSD console on exit
4313	root	1.387	%
4314	root	1.194	[an old question, revisited]
4315			http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
4316	root	1.387	%
4317	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4318	root	1.247	> can any one translate the following codes into c++ codes,
4319	root	1.194
4320			This is comp.lang.c. We do C, not C++. We do not translate C into
4321			obfuscated languages. The good news is that your code already _is_ C++.
4322	root	1.387	%
4323	root	1.194	[comp.lang.c]
4324			I didn't say he was incorrect. I said he was an idiot.
4325	root	1.387	%
4326	root	1.193	according to babelfish "glibber" in german means "more glibber" in english :-)
4327	root	1.387	%
4328	root	1.192	[Debian Bug #163625 features one of my favourite bug report subjects:]
4329			Installing additional mozilla Debian packages
4330	root	1.247	deletes additionally installed mozilla packages
4331	root	1.387	%
4332	root	1.388	[Aus einer Werbung für dne "Windows-Berater". Es ist erschreckend, zeigt
4333			aber, das manche Maßnahmen von Microsoft völlig irreführenderweise als
4334			Sicherheitsmaßnahme verstanden und dargestellt werden. Ich frage mich, wie
4335	root	1.190	DRM in Zukunft aufgenommen und beworben werden wird...]
4336
4337	root	1.388	"Kaum angekündigt, schon ist der Registrierungsschutz geknackt"
4338	root	1.190
4339	root	1.388	Das neue Windows XP lässt sich nur mit einem besonderen Registrierungscode
4340	root	1.190	dauerhaft betreiben. Besorgt sich der Anwender diese Lizenz nicht,
4341			wird das System gesperrt. Damit sollen Raubkopien und unerlaubte
4342			Mehrfachnutzung verhindert werden. Kaum vorgestellt, knacken Hacker
4343	root	1.388	diese Verschlüsselung schon. Checklisten zeigen Ihnen, wie dieser Klau
4344			abläuft. Damit Sie sich und Ihr System vor ungebetenen Zugriffen und Viren
4345			schützen können.
4346	root	1.387	%
4347	root	1.189	[Reiner Gamma]
4348			http://www.geocities.com/kc5lei/SWIRL2001.htm
4349	root	1.387	%
4350	root	1.188	>> Asshole keep you shit out of alt.binaries.games.adult until you read
4351			[...]
4352	root	1.187	>Dude, thisi is not "alt.binaries.games.adult".
4353	root	1.188	[...]
4354	root	1.187	Yes, it is. Or, it was, till your post cut the crosspost. It was
4355			crossposted to several groups and the person you're replying to will
4356			never get your message.
4357	root	1.387	%
4358	root	1.186	[http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/doc/Details.html.pl]
4359			As this project will always run unknown binary code of proprietary W32
4360			filesystem drivers, the code can never be trusted.
4361	root	1.387	%
4362	root	1.185	[http://www.hello-penguin.com/gtm-perl/doc/Perl.html]
4363			(look at the BUGS section... very funny to read, btw., it's
4364			a sourceforge project called GT.M).
4365	root	1.387	%
4366	root	1.184	bigger things. We\\\\\\\'d be using C + asm and Hax
4367			01:15 <Sesse> we all the backslashes?
4368			01:15 <schmorp> no idea, i have these in some of my descriptions, too
4369			01:15 <schmorp> it seems that sourceofrge does " -> \" on every deascription change
4370			01:15 <Sesse> sounds like php
4371			01:15 <schmorp> i guess it's written in php
4372			01:15 <schmorp> g
4373			01:15 <Sesse> :-D
4374	root	1.387	%
4375	root	1.183	http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/
4376			[...] At the beginning I didn't expect that I would actually succeed,
4377			since I thought I would need almost half of that just for the headers. I
4378			think my first cut was 458 bytes in size. I was quite pleased with myself
4379			when I trimmed that down to less than 300 bytes, ecstatic when I finally
4380			reached the 255-byte goal, and downright triumphant when I later got it to
4381			work in 238 bytes. By the time I had a 198-byte version, I was just plain
4382			dumbfounded. It's now at 171 bytes. [...]
4383	root	1.387	%
4384	root	1.182	[http://www.mindspring.com/~kimall/Japanese/polite.html]
4385			[...] Americans didn't invent English (although the Brits will happily
4386			disown our mangled version of it! :-) ) [...]
4387	root	1.387	%
4388	root	1.181	[Eugene Spafford]
4389			During the heights of some of the recent viruses, I was discarding 30Mb of
4390			email per day -- all of it viruses. And I should point out -- viruses for
4391			Windows. There have been something like 100,000 viruses for MS operating
4392			systems, only about 50 for the Mac, and about 3 for commercial Unix
4393			systems. That difference isn't because of a difference in the prevalence
4394			of the machines -- there are basic architectural differences.
4395	root	1.387	%
4396	root	1.180	[http://MarginalHacks.com/]
4397			If you can't vi it, it sucks.
4398	root	1.387	%
4399	root	1.180	[from the somewhat outdated xterm-faq]
4400			GNOME TERMINAL
4401			[...]
4402			The documentation is fragmentary (with a comment suggesting that the
4403			author does not know where to find relevant information), and the program
4404			fares badly with vttest. [...] But it suffices for vi.
4405			[.. later]
4406			There is a variation of xvt (ancestor of rxvt) originally known as kvt
4407			bundled with KDE which may be referred to as "kterm", but I do not find it
4408			interesting, other than to comment that it was a poor choice of name.
4409	root	1.387	%
4410	root	1.179	[I love X programs]
4411			[xc/programs/xprop/xprop.c]
4412			/*
4413	root	1.247	* blip: a debugging routine. Prints Blip! on stderr with flushing.
4414	root	1.179	*/
4415			void blip()
4416	root	1.247	{
4417	root	1.179	fflush(stdout);
4418			fprintf(stderr, "blip!\n");
4419			fflush(stderr);
4420	root	1.247	}
4421	root	1.387	%
4422	root	1.178	[pavel machek commenting on a proposed patch]
4423			+ int alternative_order = 999;
4424
4425			Why not 666? :-).
4426	root	1.387	%
4427	root	1.178	[yosh on gimp-developer]
4428			It's also better to research your suggestions a little, so that they don't
4429			sound completely out there, thereby reinforcing the viewpoint that Windows
4430			users are clueless.
4431	root	1.387	%
4432	root	1.177	[modularity makes unix systems more secure]
4433			http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/36029.html
4434	root	1.387	%
4435	root	1.176	[beware german translations]
4436			dpkg: Warnung - ignoriere Kollision, kann sowieso weitermachen!
4437	root	1.387	%
4438	root	1.175	[http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/hacks/lotus-nsa-key.html, look around there]
4439			NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus-Notes
4440	root	1.387	%
4441	root	1.174	The word "ampersand" is an alteration of the phrase "et, per se and" (that
4442			is: "et by itself [means] and"), which became corrupted to "and, per se
4443			and", and finally, ampersand.
4444	root	1.387	%
4445	root	1.173	[xc/lib/X11/lcUTF8.c]
4446			[...] We distinguish three classes of clients: [1st] [...] [2nd] Clients
4447			which accept CompoundText with multiple character sets and parse it
4448			themselves. (Example: emacs, xemacs.) [3rd] [...] In a distant future,
4449			when clients of the first and second kind will have disappeared, [...]
4450	root	1.387	%
4451	root	1.171	[linux-2.6/drivers/md/Kconfig]
4452			WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you
4453			use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't
4454			destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother,
4455			or re-appoint George W. Bush.
4456	root	1.387	%
4457	root	1.170	[http://www.herodios.com/herron_tc/atsign.html]
4458			Many Finnish terms for @ are connected with cats. Not content with naming
4459			the sign for what it looks like, Finnish names it for what it looks like
4460			sounds like. In addition to "kissanhnta [cat's tail], "miau," "miumau,"
4461			and "miuku" are all "miau merkki" [meow marks] in Finnish. Other terms
4462			from Finnish include "apinanhanta" [a monkey's tail], or "hiirenhanta"
4463			[mouse's tail]. Some "computer people" use the English word "at."
4464	root	1.387	%
4465	root	1.247	17:07 <oesi> schmorp: mal ein guter kommentar auf heise zum thema "Bill tourt durch
4466	root	1.388	die USA und kündigt innovative neuentwicklungen an"
4467			17:08 <oesi> Kommentar war: "was hat er angekündigt: drive-letter in unicode?"
4468	root	1.387	%
4469	root	1.168	[Ken Lunde about his copy of KS C 5657-1991:]
4470			Here's another interesting note. My official copy of this
4471			standard has all of its 2,856 hanja hand-written.
4472	root	1.387	%
4473	root	1.172	[cvs, while checking in changes to uunet's radiusd]
4474	root	1.168	confused about file platform.h -- ignoring
4475	root	1.387	%
4476	root	1.167	[http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/24/1011245.shtml]
4477	root	1.247	And most likely, the FBI didn't tell the hosting company exactly what it
4478			is they wanted. When the Feds come in with a search warrant, they don't
4479			ask for your help. They say, "stand aside" and commence
4480	root	1.167	%
4481	root	1.166	http://www.bash.org/?178890
4482	root	1.387	%
4483	root	1.165	[http://www.bash.org/?75016]
4484			<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
4485	root	1.387	%
4486	root	1.247	00:56 <oesi> ulpfr: ich schrieb mal einen kompletten mailer in emacs, weil mir rmail
4487			nicht gefallen hat. man wird aelter und reifer und droppt dann emacs
4488	root	1.164	einfach :)
4489			00:56 <ulpfr> Weichei
4490	root	1.387	%
4491	root	1.163	[spca50x.sourceforge.net]
4492			/*
4493			* Function compares two strings.
4494	root	1.247	* Return offset in pussy where prick ends if "prick" may penetrate
4495	root	1.163	* int "pussy" like prick into pussy, -1 otherwise.
4496			*/
4497			static inline int match(const char* prick, const char* pussy, int len2)
4498			{
4499			int len1 = strlen(prick); //length of male string
4500			[...]
4501	root	1.387	%
4502	root	1.163	http://www.leckse.net/profilieren/chat
4503	root	1.387	%
4504	root	1.388	rohw, schleymig und formlos Fleisch wie di Schleuch eines Tündenfischs
4505	root	1.387	%
4506	root	1.162	[rxvt-*/src/init.[cC]]
4507			/* grab colors before netscape does */
4508			Get_Colours ();
4509	root	1.387	%
4510	root	1.388	[oesi über apache-2.0]
4511	root	1.160	03:10 <oesi> ist mir egal, ich fahre alle 24h den apache runter...
4512			03:10 <oesi> ich fahre praktisch das 1.3er config-file. das gibt sicherheit :)
4513			03:11 <oesi> ich kann apache nicht stoppen.
4514			03:11 <oesi> apachectl stop
4515			03:11 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4516			03:11 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4517			03:12 <oesi> wie konnte ich den starten?
4518			03:12 <schmorp> rofl
4519	root	1.161	[...]
4520			03:29 <oesi> es ist kein scherz. wirklich:
4521			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl sslstart
4522			03:29 <oesi> asp:/usr/websys/conf# apachectl stop
4523			03:29 <oesi> Syntax error on line 1222 of /usr/websys/conf/httpd.conf:
4524			03:29 <oesi> Expected </Perl>> but saw </Perl>
4525	root	1.387	%
4526	root	1.159	[http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/]
4527			[...] Here's a demo (username "free", password "speech") [...]
4528	root	1.387	%
4529	root	1.158	[rxvt/src/screen.C]
4530			#ifdef DEBUG_STRICT
4531	root	1.247	assert(screen.cur.row >= 0);
4532	root	1.158	#else /* drive with your eyes closed */
4533			MAX_IT(screen.cur.row, 0);
4534			#endif
4535	root	1.387	%
4536	root	1.157	[http://www.mine-control.com/zack/timesync/timesync.html]
4537			[...] Also, anecdotal evidence from network programmers suggests that the
4538			UDP implementation under Win32 is unstable and overly-unreliable. [...]
4539	root	1.387	%
4540	root	1.156	> > Ceterum censeo \| PGP encrypted mail preferred.
4541			> > Redmond esse delendam. \| PGP Key at www.MPA-Garching.MPG.de/~nog/
4542			>
4543			> Willkomme im Club .... :-)))
4544
4545			Danke - ich bin schon lange dabei... ;-)
4546			--
4547			OpenVMS @ 25 \| Martin Vorlaender \| VMS & WNT programmer
4548	root	1.387	%
4549	root	1.388	Um die Jahrhundertwende erfand ein Mann namens Friedolin Tär einen
4550			IQ-Test, der die Gesamtpersönlichkeit sehr stark miteinbezog.
4551			Charakterstärke, Grosszügigkeit, flexibles Denken etc. wurden also
4552			mitbewertet. Die Skala mit der Maßeinheit "Tär" wies ein großes Spektrum
4553			auf. Ärzte, Wissenschaftler erreichen IQ's im Megatär-Bereich. Der
4554			Durchschnittsmensch weist einige Kilotär auf. Nach unten gibt es Dezitär,
4555			Centitär... und schießlich Mil(l)itär...
4556	root	1.387	%
4557	root	1.154	http://senseis.xmp.net/?GetStrongAtGote
4558			http://users.skynet.be/rexburton/ritchie.htm
4559	root	1.387	%
4560	root	1.153	Subject: [Swsusp-devel] 2.6.1: It could go faster if I didn't have egg on my face.
4561	root	1.387	%
4562	root	1.153	"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
4563			victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead
4564			bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?"
4565			-- Robert Fisk
4566	root	1.387	%
4567	root	1.151	[the satellite death spiral: why spacecraft are unnecessarily expensive]
4568			http://www.dynacon.ca/pdf/files/newspdf_63.pdf
4569	root	1.152	[see also the small satellites homepage]
4570			http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/
4571	root	1.387	%
4572	root	1.150	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/lec_lev.htm]
4573			"Anthropologists concur that America is an exceedingly 'low-touch,'
4574			high-violence culture"
4575			[...]
4576			"[...] Republican members of the House of Representatives called for the
4577			resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, whose transgression was to
4578			suggest, in response to a question following a speech to sex educators,
4579			that masturbation was an appropriate subject for classroom discussion.
4580			This remark, according to one congressman, was part of a social movement
4581			that was "killing the moral fiber of America" and just one symptom of
4582			a decline also manifested in reckless driving, an indecisive military
4583			policy-dubbed "mission creep," and homosexuals in the Boy Scouts." [...]
4584
4585			Masturbation is an absolute taboo in the US. Many adults still think that
4586			they are the only ones who do such dirty things.
4587	root	1.387	%
4588	root	1.150	From: <[...]@aol.com>
4589			Subject: Re: [...]
4590
4591			Marc wrote on 1/7/2004, 6:57 AM:
4592
4593			> Congrats. No kidding, you are the first person @aol that ever sent me a
4594			> sensible mail. I was planning to reject mail from aol.com right away
4595			> since (in the last 8 years at least), nothing good came from there, but you
4596			> saved it :)
4597
4598			Yeah, I get that a lot, but you've got to know that .aol.com email
4599			addresses are also used by the people who work for AOL (cough, cough :).
4600			[...]
4601	root	1.387	%
4602	root	1.150	From: Alan Cox
4603			> The code to disable prefetch on Athlon is 300 bytes and hurts your PIV?
4604			> Really? I'll dig back through the code, but I recall it as adding or
4605			> deleting an entry in a table to enable prefetch. If it's affecting PIV the
4606			> code to use prefetch is seriously broken.
4607
4608			Big time. Its over 300 bytes long because its embedded in each inline
4609			prefetch and it causes a branch misprediction almost every time. Amazing
4610			what you find when you actually measure stuff 8)
4611			[...]
4612	root	1.387	%
4613	root	1.150	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4614	root	1.387	%
4615	root	1.150	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4616	root	1.387	%
4617	root	1.150	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4618	root	1.387	%
4619	root	1.149	[FYI: java was officially announced in 1995, and certainly didn't exist
4620			even as a concept before 1991. It's interesting how many people nowadays
4621			claim to have decades of java experience]
4622			On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:11:54AM -0500, Robert Soros <robert@soros.ca> wrote:
4623			> I am extremely excited about your ideas to fix freenet and would be
4624			> willing to plug your code into fred (I have fourteen years java
4625			> programming experience.) Could you provide a link to your code? What
4626	root	1.387	%
4627	root	1.149	http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-oak.html
4628	root	1.387	%
4629	root	1.149	http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html
4630	root	1.387	%
4631	root	1.149	http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030427&mode=classic
4632	root	1.387	%
4633	root	1.147	[in a private discussion about some potential problem that would cause]
4634			[mail not to be delivered]
4635			> > On the other hand, I see the same in some mail from RMS.
4636	root	1.247	>
4637	root	1.147	> Well, just because rms does it does not mean... :)
4638
4639			My point is that the FSF is unlikely to install something that
4640			bounces RMS's mail, at least, not for long.
4641	root	1.387	%
4642	root	1.147	On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Piers Cawley wrote:
4643
4644			> David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> writes:
4645			>
4646			> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:16:52AM -0500, Tommie M. Jones wrote:
4647			> >> Anyone know of any perl software that does resume parsing.
4648			> >
4649			> > I don't think anyone has implemented continuations in perl, so I fail
4650			> > to see how you can have resumes. Or are you trying to parse some other
4651			> > language which does support this?
4652			>
4653
4654			Just because we share a language does not mean we understand each other.
4655
4656			In America there are two meanings for resume. One being to continue the
4657			other the equivalent of what ya'll call a CV (I think though I've never
4658			heard the term before) In the second definition resume is pronounced with
4659			a short u. I think there is a "`" in the proper spelling of the word but
4660			since Americans are not use to using punctuation in their words (other
4661			than to show ownership and contractions) it is usually loss.
4662	root	1.387	%
4663	root	1.147	echo $package has manual pages available in source form.
4664			echo "However, you don't have nroff, so they're probably useless to you."
4665			--Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution
4666	root	1.387	%
4667	root	1.146	AFTER 30 years of "daylight saving" - moving the clocks forward in the
4668			spring and then back again in the autumn - there is still an Abolish
4669			Daylight Saving Committee in New South Wales, Australia.
4670
4671			Added to the usual claims of such campaigns - for example, that the
4672			extra hour of daylight in the evening in summer fades the curtains - is
4673			a new one from ADSC spokeswoman Judith Hall, of Gunnedah, who told the
4674			Sydney Morning Herald: "No man has the right to choose the time of the
4675			rising and setting of the sun, only God."
4676
4677			Reader John McCallum, who told us about this, is surprised Hall doesn't
4678			explain why God doesn't simply exercise this choice. When people insist
4679			on moving their clocks forward, He should just move the sunrise forward
4680			and thwart them that way.
4681	root	1.387	%
4682	root	1.146	[Defect Report #205 to ISO-C]
4683			There was a unanimous vote that the feature is ugly, and a good consensus
4684			that its incorporation into the standard at the 11th hour was an
4685			unfortunate decision.
4686	root	1.387	%
4687	root	1.247	02:23 <oesi> Breaking News: SCO stellt per Wahrsager Codeklau in HURD in einem Jahr
4688	root	1.146	fest ;)
4689	root	1.387	%
4690	root	1.146	[http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html]
4691
4692			Last updated: - Invalid Date
4693	root	1.387	%
4694	root	1.146	http://www.bash.org/?99060
4695	root	1.387	%
4696	root	1.145	[IZ-Buzzword-Bullshit-Bingo]
4697			http://www.l13.de/it/ibbb.html
4698	root	1.387	%
4699	root	1.144	Q: What is the state of the object after its lifetime has ended?
4700
4701			A: As a well-known software guru[3] once put it, speaking about a
4702			similar code fragment and anthropomorphically referring to the
4703			local object as a "he":
4704
4705			"He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He
4706			has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker!
4707			He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't
4708			nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His
4709			metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's
4710			kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down
4711			the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS IS AN
4712			EX-PARROT!"
4713
4714			- Dr. M. Python, BMath, MASc, PhD (CompSci)
4715	root	1.387	%
4716	root	1.144	[ach du schande]
4717			"pflichtpfandfrei"
4718	root	1.387	%
4719	root	1.142	[a comment on the demonstrations against bush in london]
4720			The police will shoot you.
4721
4722			OK, that's not strictly true. The CIA will shoot you. Then the police will
4723			arrest the CIA. Then American troops will invade.
4724
4725	root	1.247	Just another average day in central London.
4726	root	1.387	%
4727	root	1.141	[this signature gave me a laugh...]
4728			[...]even better is if there is a system function that sends out an arp
4729			reply.
4730
4731			pls. cc my email address
4732
4733			tia
4734			pd
4735
4736
4737	root	1.247	--
4738	root	1.141	^X^C
4739			q
4740			quit
4741			:q
4742			^C
4743			end
4744			x
4745			exit
4746			ZZ
4747			^D
4748			?
4749			help
4750			shit
4751			.
4752	root	1.387	%
4753	root	1.140	* muppet also hates bloatus notes. it doesn't need vnc to make it slow.
4754	root	1.387	%
4755	root	1.140	[From the File::Spec manpage on catdir]
4756			Concatenate two or more directory names to form a complete path ending
4757			with a directory. But remove the trailing slash from the resulting string,
4758			because it doesn't look good, isn't necessary and confuses OS2. [...]
4759	root	1.387	%
4760	root	1.140	[I love it]
4761			http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm
4762			http://www.armin-grewe.com/holiday/wiltshire/swindon-roundabout.htm
4763	root	1.387	%
4764	root	1.139	"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
4765			- Douglas Adams
4766	root	1.387	%
4767	root	1.138	Bill Gates is repeating the mantra that users are to blame for insecure
4768			PCs, in an interview with a Canadian newspaper. This refrain is familiar
4769			to the INQUIRER: Gates said more or less the same thing when he addressed
4770			an Assembly of CEOs in Berlin a few weeks ago.
4771
4772	root	1.247	The chief software architect (CSA.'.) told IT Business that perfect code
4773			wasn't the answer to security problems, but firewalls and keeping the
4774			software up to date were more important. The problems that have occurred
4775			this year wouldn't have happened if firms and individuals had set up
4776			their software properly.
4777	root	1.138
4778			He also claims in the article that Microsoft has always had security
4779			patches out before the exploits happened. Developers were also to blame
4780			because they didn't understand the application program interfaces, Gates
4781			told the publication.
4782
4783	root	1.247	And he also claimed that all forms of Unix and Linux have a greater
4784			number of vulnerabilities than Microsoft but don't spread as much because
4785			"they're not as dense" as Windows. Low volume software is hit by
4786			malicious people, high volume software, that is Windows, is hit by people
4787			who want visibility and glory.
4788	root	1.387	%
4789	root	1.137	[In the FAQ for a bootp client:]
4790
4791			o You are using --server to point to a server which doesn't run a bootp server
4792
4793			x Try not using it.
4794	root	1.387	%
4795	root	1.136	[http://www.politicalpulpit.com/Luke/LukeArchive0403.htm]
4796			The facts are simple: In Lynn, MA Principal of the Lynn English High
4797			School, Andrew Fila refused to allow teacher of English, Jeremy McKeen,
4798			to show the disputed film in his classes. McKeen had already submitted
4799			Moore's opus to his Department Head, Jane Balesta, for approval which she
4800			had given.
4801
4802			Said Fila, "I just pulled it. This is not the time nor the place to be
4803			showing something like that. The producer (Moore) is also an anti war
4804			person as well."
4805	root	1.387	%
4806	root	1.136	[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/]
4807	root	1.388	"Ich habe keine Gefühle, merken sie sich das, Walter. Und wenn ich welche
4808			habe, werden sie nie über meine Intelligenz siegen".
4809	root	1.387	%
4810	root	1.388	["Was ist ein Kopierschutz überhaupt?"]
4811	root	1.135	[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,270719,00.html]
4812	root	1.134
4813			Damit entspricht Windows der Definition eines illegalen Tools zur Umgehung
4814	root	1.388	des Kopierschutzes und müsste vom Markt genommen werden.
4815	root	1.135	[...]
4816	root	1.134	Das Bundesjustizministerium ist der Auffassung, dass die Frage nur durch
4817	root	1.388	ein Gericht zu klären sei. Das Programm "Windows" kenne man zu wenig.
4818	root	1.135	[...]
4819			Handelt es sich bei Windows also rechtlich um das Abwehren einer Straftat
4820			oder um das illegale Aushebeln eines Kopierschutzverfahrens?
4821	root	1.387	%
4822	root	1.134	http://www.nature.com/nsu/021209/021209-10.html#b1
4823	root	1.387	%
4824	root	1.132	[A document] Written to answer the often asked question about the requirements
4825			on the kernel to get a POSIX compliant thread implementation. And I don't
4826			mean an implementation like this horrible implementation from IBM.
4827			-- Ulrich Drepper
4828	root	1.387	%
4829	root	1.131	GCC generates truly horrible code when no optimization is enabled.
4830			-- Ulrich Drepper
4831	root	1.387	%
4832	root	1.131	Most programmers think that the programs they write are fairly well
4833			written and perform as good as possible. In most cases this is not
4834	root	1.133	correct. -- Ulrich Drepper
4835	root	1.387	%
4836	root	1.130	Even though I cannot accept the rejection of fair use rights by the film
4837			and music industry I cannot endorse piracy.
4838			-- Ulrich Drepper
4839	root	1.387	%
4840	root	1.130	Never say "PIC Code"!. This is duplication.
4841			-- Ulrich Drepper
4842	root	1.387	%
4843	root	1.129	[http://www.ffk.co.at/programme_ffksnetmanager.asp]
4844	root	1.388	Ping und Netsend laufen jetzt über die Windows API, daher schneller und
4845			zuverlässiger
4846	root	1.387	%
4847	root	1.129	[comment from linux/drivers/block/floppy.c]
4848			/*
4849			* 1999/08/13 -- Paul Slootman -- floppy stopped working on Alpha after 24
4850			* days, 6 hours, 32 minutes and 32 seconds (i.e. MAXINT jiffies; ints were
4851			* being used to store jiffies, which are unsigned longs).
4852			*/
4853	root	1.387	%
4854	root	1.128	[Microsoft creates a problem and inspires an industry to work around it.
4855			Just Great. Also learn about Microsoft Logic(tm): DLL's save memory, so
4856			you need to use them. But please use your own private versions of all your
4857			dlls so that they aren't shared...]
4858			http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsetup/html/dlldanger1.asp
4859	root	1.387	%
4860	root	1.128	[http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/drm03.html]
4861			Pirating Movies
4862
4863			[...] The attackers aren't DVD owners making illegal copies and putting
4864			them on file sharing networks. The attackers are industry insiders making
4865			illegal copies long before the DVD is ever on the market.
4866	root	1.387	%
4867	root	1.128	[Look at the time scale...]
4868			http://www.networm.org/graphics/worm-progression.Sep03.pdf
4869	root	1.387	%
4870	root	1.127	[Just funny]
4871			http://www.zug.com/pranks/turnpike/
4872	root	1.387	%
4873	root	1.127	[http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,60391,00.html]
4874			The CEO of Symantec is advocating "legislation to criminalize the
4875			sharing of information and tools online that can be used by malicious
4876			hackers and virus writers." Doesn't he realize that most of his
4877			company's engineers would end up in jail?
4878	root	1.387	%
4879	root	1.126	[http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=1145]
4880			Why is it you forgive Bush for saying "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET OSAMA".
4881			and "NO MATTER WHAT, I WILL GET SADDAM". "I GUARANTEE THERE ARE WMD'S" etc
4882			etc. Yet now he could care less about them? Of course, Clinton lies about
4883			sex and that's a huge deal(not that i am justifying what Bubba did)
4884
4885			Why is it when the marines stormed in, they protected the oil fields but
4886			left all the other resources of Iraq to be looted?
4887
4888			Why is it that the White House doesn't want to release information on
4889			9/11, and only gave the investigation a $3 million budget?(it took $70
4890			million to find out Clinton got a BJ, and that's all they found out for
4891			$70 million!!). Meanwhile, even with a pathetic budget, the WH stonewalls
4892			the investigating committee. It's not enough for the WH to just underfund
4893			them, theyve got to make sure they can't get to any usefull information in
4894			the first place!
4895	root	1.387	%
4896	root	1.247	Buying a Unix machine guarantees you a descent into Hell. It starts when
4897			you plug the computer in and it won't boot. Yes, they really did sell you
4898			a $10,000 computer with an unformatted disk drive.
4899	root	1.125	-- Philip Greenspun
4900	root	1.387	%
4901	root	1.124	"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we
4902			don't believe in it at all." -- Noam Chomsky
4903	root	1.387	%
4904	root	1.124	"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
4905			to say it." -- not actually from Voltaire
4906	root	1.387	%
4907	root	1.123	"Our ability to innovate is predicated on our ability to own the
4908			platform."
4909			[Kirk Koenigsbauer, strategy manager at Microsoft's MSN]
4910	root	1.387	%
4911	root	1.123	Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
4912			waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that
4913			frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
4914			and you can sitll raed it wiuthoit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not
4915			raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
4916	root	1.320	[http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/]
4917	root	1.387	%
4918	root	1.123	[The world is getting saner and saner. The whole world? No....]
4919			http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf
4920	root	1.387	%
4921	root	1.123	[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1210067,00.asp]
4922			So what actually happens when your Windows XP machine crashes and asks
4923			if you want to send a report? The reports obviously accumulate in some
4924			database, and I can only assume that when one bin piles up with similar
4925			crash memos, the coders get to work. Exactly how many notifications does
4926			Microsoft get? Nobody knows for sure, but based on comments Bill Gates
4927			made at a recent meeting for analysts, the number must be astronomical.
4928			Gates said that 5 percent of Windows machines crash, on average, twice
4929			daily.
4930	root	1.387	%
4931	root	1.123	"...vielleicht praktisch manchmal auch mal geraten, das, wenn auch mal..."
4932	root	1.388	[Johann Gärtner, "Die Republikaner" bei einer Fernsehsendung über ihr
4933			Wahlprogramm. Das Zitat ist repräsentativ.]
4934	root	1.387	%
4935	root	1.123	[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/rbt/condemn_text.htm]
4936			Critics of Congress and APA's concessions have analogized this situation
4937			to that of Galileo. At the APA's annual convention in August 1999 in
4938			Boston, an anonymous source, unknown to us, posted stickers around the
4939			convention that satirically read, "If the US Congress says that 'The sun
4940			revolves around the earth,' then that fact will be given most careful
4941			consideration in all articles published by the APA."
4942	root	1.387	%
4943	root	1.247	"It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics."
4944	root	1.123	-- Bruce Schneier
4945	root	1.387	%
4946	root	1.123	[it took me over 7 minutes to find this movie again on imdb...]
4947			[...so it must be good]
4948			http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0072131/
4949	root	1.387	%
4950	root	1.123	[mplayer/libmpcodecs/ad_realaud.c]
4951			[real uses a novel protection scheme...]
4952			raSetPwd(sh->context,"Ardubancel Quazanga"); // set password... lol.
4953	root	1.387	%
4954	root	1.120	[D-Info 3/2003 Database Dump]
4955			I've written a script that dumps the D-Info 2003 database as tsv to stdout.
4956			No idea why I announce it here...
4957	root	1.121	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/data/dump-dinfo
4958	root	1.387	%
4959	root	1.119	[Oh My God!]
4960			Subject: aic7(censored) use after free in 2.5.66
4961	root	1.387	%
4962	root	1.119	[How many squares are on a go-board?]
4963	root	1.118	http://groups.google.com/groups?ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&selm=16394336.74521.15271%40kcbbs.gen.nz&rnum=2
4964	root	1.387	%
4965	root	1.117	[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1020303,00.html]
4966			When I first visited Russia, in 1986, I made friends with a musician whose
4967			father had been Brezhnev's personal doctor. One day we were talking about
4968			life during 'the period of stagnation' - the Brezhnev era. 'It must have
4969			been strange being so completely immersed in propaganda,' I said.
4970
4971			'Ah, but there is the difference. We knew it was propaganda,' replied
4972			Sacha.
4973	root	1.387	%
4974	root	1.116	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
4975			A reader sent in this conversation he overheard at a corporate security
4976			desk one morning:
4977
4978			Employee: I have lost my photo-ID card, can I get a day pass please?
4979
4980			Security Guard: Certainly, what is your serial number?
4981
4982			Employee: 123456
4983
4984			[Security guard pulls up the details on his computer, which includes a
4985			photograph of the employee.]
4986
4987			Security Guard: Do you have a driver's license or another piece of
4988			identification which has your picture on it?
4989
4990			Employee: Why would you need that?
4991
4992			Security Guard: To match against our records.
4993
4994			Employee: A picture of my face?
4995
4996			Security Guard: Yes
4997
4998			Employee: This is my face -- I am wearing it on my head.
4999
5000			Security Guard: I need another piece of ID with a picture on it to
5001			compare against this one.
5002	root	1.387	%
5003	root	1.116	[Voting in the US might be in for surprises in the future]
5004			http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/voting.shtml
5005			[frankly, I don't trust any government if it's easy to fake votes]
5006	root	1.387	%
5007	root	1.116	MS Windows passwords can be cracked in an average of 13.6 seconds.
5008			Assuming your password consists of just letters and numbers, that is. But
5009			my guess is that almost everyone falls into that category.
5010
5011			<http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5053063.html>
5012			<http://lasecpc13.epfl.ch/ntcrack/>
5013	root	1.387	%
5014	root	1.123	Eppur si muove!
5015	root	1.387	%
5016	root	1.116	[bwahahaha]
5017			"RV K-17"
5018	root	1.387	%
5019	root	1.116	"We're the world's greatest superpower, but we have a Third World
5020			electricity grid," said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
5021	root	1.387	%
5022	root	1.116	[where NOT to learn german :)]
5023			[http://www.berlitz.at/worldclub/reise-spanisch/]
5024			<= Es ist 10:45 Uhr / viertel vor elf / dreiviertel zehn.
5025			=> Son las once menos cuarto.
5026	root	1.387	%
5027	root	1.115	ceterum censeo carthaginem esse delendam
5028			ceterum censeo mundum non delendum esse
5029	root	1.387	%
5030	root	1.115	[http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/?id=1402&w=&p=1]
5031	root	1.388	Georgia Tornow, Generalsekretärin der Produzentenvereinigung film20 übt
5032			ebenfalls Kritik an der neuen Formulierung. »In anderen Ländern ist
5033	root	1.115	mitunter die Herstellung privater Kopien untersagt. Und in den USA wird
5034	root	1.388	sogar darüber nachgedacht, Geräte zur Kopienherstellung für illegal zu
5035			erklären«, so Tornow laut »blickpunktfilm.de«.
5036	root	1.387	%
5037	root	1.122	http://www.plif.com/archive/wc285.gif
5038	root	1.387	%
5039	root	1.115	[D-Info 2003, on my box:]
5040			Linux-Distribution nicht erkannt. Koennte RedHat sein.
5041	root	1.387	%
5042	root	1.115	[This patch removed the 75 records limit in D-Info 3/2003 linux for me]
5043			[patch dinfo.i386, YMMV]
5044			<00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba 4b00 0000 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
5045			>00b8db0: 0084 c075 05ba ffff ff7f 89d0 89ec 5dc3 ...u..K.......].
5046	root	1.387	%
5047	root	1.115	[bwbasic-2.20pl2/bwbasic.doc]
5048			This program was originally begun in 1982 by my grandmother, Mrs.
5049			Verda Spell of Beaumont, TX. She was writing the program using
5050			an ANSI C compiler on an Osborne I CP/M computer and although my
5051			grandfather (Lockwood Spell) had bought an IBM PC with 256k of
5052			RAM my grandmother would not use it, paraphrasing George Herbert
5053			to the effect that "He who cannot in 64k program, cannot in 512k."
5054			She had used Microsoft BASIC and although she had nothing against
5055			it she said repeatedly that she didn't understand why Digital
5056			Research didn't "sue the socks off of Microsoft" for version 1.0
5057			of MSDOS and so I reckon that she hoped to undercut Microsoft's
5058			entire market and eventually build a new software empire on
5059			the North End of Beaumont. Her programming efforts were cut
5060			tragically short when she was thrown from a Beaumont to Port
5061			Arthur commuter train in the summer of 1986. I found the source
5062			code to bwBASIC on a single-density Osborne diskette in her knitting
5063			bag and eventually managed to have it all copied over to a PC
5064			diskette. I have revised it slightly prior to this release. You
5065			should know, though, that I myself am an historian, not a programmer.
5066	root	1.387	%
5067	root	1.114	[what high dan players in go think while playing:]
5068			"Must kill ... black stones ... black stones ... must die"
5069	root	1.387	%
5070	root	1.114	[the one and only time rcp failed for me, at the very end of the transfer]
5071			rcp: protocol screwup: mtime.sec not delimited
5072	root	1.387	%
5073	root	1.113	[Wasteland]
5074			Lester Moore,
5075			Shot in the head with a .44.
5076			No Les, no more.
5077	root	1.387	%
5078	root	1.113	[SSK@DFpkjvKWA0kGPZUgm9LkJE1jX4cPAgM/MattersPhallic/4//]
5079			Mormon advice on how to abstain from wanking
5080
5081			STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION
5082			[for the rest of this entertaining document see the freesite]
5083	root	1.387	%
5084	root	1.113	[Fallout]
5085			Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake
5086			Stepped on the gas instead of the brake
5087	root	1.387	%
5088	root	1.111	[http://www.counterpane.com/pptpv2-paper.html]
5089			As we will discuss later, multiple layers of hashing are used in the
5090			different steps of MS-CHAPv2. While this hashing serves to obscure some
5091			of the values, it is unclear what the cryptographic significance of them
5092			are. All they seem to do is to slow down the execution of the protocol.
5093	root	1.112	[...]
5094			It is unclear to us why this protocol is so complicated.
5095			[...]
5096			The Server concatenates the password-hash-hash, the 24-byte NT response,
5097			and the literal string "Magic server to client constant", and then hashes
5098			the result with SHA.
5099	root	1.387	%
5100	root	1.388	> Für viele wird interessant sein, dass ich bisher bei jedem Kunden
5101	root	1.111	> rechnerisch nachweisen konnte, dass OpenSource !immer! der teurere Weg
5102			> ist!
5103	root	1.388	Das bedeutet, daß durch Offenlegung des Source Codes eines Produkts
5104			plötzlich höhere Aufwände entstehen? Was für ein Kundensegment betreust
5105	root	1.111	Du denn? Analphabeten?
5106	root	1.387	%
5107	root	1.388	"Der Sun-Forte-Compiler ist näher am C++-Standard als G++"
5108			[Jörg Schilling, CeBit 2003]
5109	root	1.387	%
5110	root	1.109	17:21 <elmex> ok, sex kann ich nicht, aber ich kann vim und Perl ;)
5111	root	1.387	%
5112	root	1.108	[Biggest ping rtt I've ever seen]
5113			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=473 ttl=128 time=779.5 ms
5114			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=474 ttl=128 time=524.1 ms
5115			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=475 ttl=128 time=275.6 ms
5116			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=539 ttl=128 time=656365.4 ms
5117			64 bytes from 1.0.0.3: icmp_seq=540 ttl=128 time=655365.5 ms
5118	root	1.387	%
5119	root	1.108	[I once used a vped.conf from windows on linux, and then had to:]
5120			tcpdump -eni\\\\.\\{F2CB3DC8-1
5121	root	1.387	%
5122	root	1.107	[links are free ;)]
5123			http://knowthetruth.b0x.com/Bush_Family/Bush_-_Hitler/bush_-_hitler.html
5124	root	1.387	%
5125	root	1.106	[http://pobox.com/~oleg/MacHack96/]
5126			Can software development be elevated from the Microsoft style?
5127	root	1.387	%
5128	root	1.105	[openssl, crypto/evp/evp_enc.c]
5129
5130			/* One positive side-effect of US's export
5131			* control history, is that we should at least
5132			* be able to avoid using US mispellings of
5133			* "initialisation"? */
5134			EVPerr(EVP_F_EVP_CIPHERINIT, EVP_R_INITIALIZATION_ERROR);
5135	root	1.387	%
5136	root	1.105	[man pem]
5137			Although the PEM routines take several arguments in almost all applications most of them are set to 0 or NULL.
5138	root	1.387	%
5139	root	1.105	[pth_native.c]
5140
5141			/* ``If you can't do it in
5142	root	1.247	ANSI C, it isn't worth doing.''
5143	root	1.105	-- Unknown */
5144	root	1.387	%
5145	root	1.104	[subculture]
5146	root	1.388	... scorp sind lucker und use script lamer aber über cheater aufregen
5147			mehr nich und zu fünft in nem raum sitzen und dann public zocken und dann
5148	root	1.104	skillig vorkommen ...
5149
5150			[http://forum.topwebmaster.net/extern/de/Ricoohh/thread/9196-77365]
5151	root	1.424	%
5152	root	1.104	[back to the roots. you might not understand the following, but
5153			this list is about things _I_ find funny, not you... :)]
5154	root	1.247	00:16 <elmex> 'mit windows netzwerk zu debuggen ist ungefaehr so sinnvoll wie eine
5155	root	1.104	gehirnoperation mit einem vorschlaghammer'
5156	root	1.247	00:18 <oesi> elmex: da ich in deinem ignore bin, kann ich ja volltrottel sagen.
5157	root	1.104	ethereal rennt seit jahren unter win32
5158			00:18 <elmex> oesi: ja, aber netzwerk nicht ;)
5159	root	1.387	%
5160	root	1.103	[http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~cknust/detroit/a-z/medikamt.htm]
5161	root	1.388	... Den Amerikanern sind Zäpfchen ebenso wie rektales Fiebermessen absolut
5162			suspekt; der Verdacht der Kinderschändung steht sofort unausgesprochen im
5163			Raum. Zäpfchen ("Suppositorium") werden allenfalls in der Notfallmedizin
5164	root	1.103	im Krankenhaus verwendet. Haben Sie ein Kind, das an Asthma oder
5165	root	1.388	Pseudo-Krupp-Anfällen leidet, bringen Sie sich einen entsprechenden Vorrat
5166			an Zäpfchen unbedingt mit, erwähnen Sie diese aber, soweit möglich, nicht
5167			vor amerikanischen Ärzten. ...
5168	root	1.387	%
5169	root	1.102	sendmail ist wie masturbation mit einer gurkenraspel, erzeugt viele spaene
5170			aber wenig freude.
5171	root	1.387	%
5172	root	1.102	[from a deviance.nfo, looking for new members, I think it's waaay funny]
5173			- you are a Unix guru with good Ansi-C software developing knowledge
5174			and understanding how to prevent network security vulnerabilities.
5175			That means you must be able to code to ansi-c guru level. And you
5176			must also have a good coder perspective of hostbase and network
5177			based intrusion detection systems. You should be able to code tools
5178			to generically prevent stack and heap buffer overflows on unix in
5179			Ansi-C. And Be able to code tools to look after a group of systems
5180			and code sniffing avoidance tools. And you can configure a system
5181			in ways to prevent packet sniffers and "man in the middle" attacks.
5182	root	1.387	%
5183	root	1.388	17:39 <schmorp> marco: flüge von hannover/dortmund [nach sofia] etc. sind glatt
5184			doppelt so teuer wie die gleichen von stuttgart/münchen/frankfurt
5185	root	1.101	17:39 <marco> schmorp: da wollen zu viele weg und zu wenig hin... also sind die
5186			fluege dort nur halb ausgelastet g
5187	root	1.387	%
5188	root	1.100	For me, this article simply illustrates that centralised trust models
5189			don't work well in practise.
5190			http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/12/09/021209opwinman.xml
5191	root	1.387	%
5192	root	1.99	[Rumsfeld in a CNN interview]
5193			There is an old saying, in the pentagon:
5194			"ready, fire, aim."
5195	root	1.387	%
5196	root	1.98	[...] You're allowed to resell the [windows] media but not the
5197			license. "Unfortunately" for Microsoft, this distinction is illegal in
5198			free countries like Germany [1].
5199			[...]
5200			Regards
5201			Henning
5202
5203			[1] The current german governement is actively trying to change this
5204			part of the german law. That's what you get for electing morons who
5205			might look good on TV. At this point, we're already on U.S. levels.
5206	root	1.387	%
5207	root	1.98	[...]
5208			The GPL does not restrict you. Contrary, it uses copyright law to
5209			establish a pool of software with much more freedom as copyright law gives
5210			to you. It only does not give you so much freedom to deny other people the
5211			same freedoms. The copyright holders can only do so, because copyright law
5212			itself give you none of these rights at all.
5213			[...]
5214			Wolfgang Walter
5215	root	1.387	%
5216	root	1.98	burro: i once played against a computer
5217			burro: it seemed very clever
5218			burro: but then all its groups died in yose
5219			burro: it forgot to defend later..
5220			burro: oops
5221			burro: accidental poetry
5222	root	1.387	%
5223	root	1.98	[about a go game between a pro player and some really good amateur,
5224			where white could have lived easily but decided to risk it]
5225			yoyoma [7k]: white is pro, rather die gloriosly than live in gote with a7!
5226	root	1.387	%
5227	root	1.98	[from the default config of the oh-so-broken unrealircd]
5228			#define BIG_SECURITY_HOLE
5229	root	1.387	%
5230	root	1.98	"In fact the whole of Japan is pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people."
5231			-- Oscar Wilde
5232	root	1.387	%
5233	root	1.98	[a principle used in florida's law]
5234			"guilty until proven innocent"
5235			[http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/main.htm]
5236	root	1.387	%
5237	root	1.98	Wonderful news! A little Jewish woman, calling Mount Sinai Hospital,
5238			said, "Hello, darling, I'd like to talk with the person who gives the
5239			information regarding your patients. I want to know if the patient is
5240			getting better, or doing like expected, or is getting worse." The voice
5241			on the other end of the line said, "What is the patient's name and room
5242			number?" She said, "Yes, darling! she's Sarah Finkel, in Room 302." He
5243			said, "Oh, yes. Mrs. Finkel is doing very well. In fact, she's had two
5244			full meals, her blood pressure is fine, her blood work just came back
5245			as normal, she's going to be taken off the heart monitor in a couple of
5246			hours and if she continues this improvement, Dr. Cohen is going to send
5247			her home Tuesday at twelve o' clock." The woman said, "Thank God! That's
5248			wonderful! Oh! that's fantastic, darling!... That's wonderful news!" The
5249			man on the phone said, "From your enthusiasm, I take it you must be a
5250			close family member or a very close friend!" She said, "I'm Sarah Finkel
5251			in 302! My doctor doesn't tell me shit!
5252	root	1.387	%
5253	root	1.98	[gcc-3.2/.../sstream>
5254			// NB: Start ostringstream buffers at 512 bytes. This is an
5255			// experimental value (pronounced "arbitrary" in some of the
5256			// hipper english-speaking countries), and can be changed to
5257			// suit particular needs.
5258			_M_buf_size_opt = 512;
5259	root	1.387	%
5260	root	1.98	[members.aon.at/paulinchen/advtex/sanitar.htm]
5261			[Walkthrough SANITARIUM]
5262			... Deshalb suchst du erneut den Wassertempel auf. ... Dort haust du als
5263	root	1.388	Grimwall den Lukas ... Darauf hin öffnet der Clown seinen Mund und du
5264	root	1.98	kannst als Olmec die Melodie ...
5265	root	1.387	%
5266	root	1.97	[Onibaba - Great Movie]
5267			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058430
5268	root	1.387	%
5269	root	1.97	[Kuroneko - I'd like to see :(]
5270			http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122136
5271	root	1.387	%
5272	root	1.96	[<Sesse> microsoft finally takes security seriously]
5273			[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q276304]
5274			Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
5275	root	1.387	%
5276	root	1.96	GNU Emacs kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 11.300
5277			vi - Editor. Kurz und gut. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 2.333
5278	root	1.388	XML für Dummies. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 225.881
5279			JavaScript für Dummies. Dynamische Websites selbst gemacht. Amazon-Verkaufsrang 24.576
5280	root	1.387	%
5281	root	1.96	[http://kyushu.com/gleaner/editorspick/seppuku.shtml]
5282
5283			[...] Obviously you have to decide well in advance why you are doing
5284			[seppuku] [...] Resistance, remonstrance, show of loyalty, affirmation of
5285			the correctness of one's own position, expiation of a crime and the wiping
5286			out of disgrace are all perfectly good reasons; being refused a work visa
5287			is not [...]
5288	root	1.387	%
5289	root	1.247	Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd
5290	root	1.95	all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to
5291			repetitive electronic music." --Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
5292	root	1.387	%
5293	root	1.94	[some hilights from:]
5294			[http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/usenet/Fachbegriffe.der.Informatik.html]
5295
5296	root	1.388	_Einfach erklärt_
5297	root	1.94
5298			GUI
5299			Ein Hintergrundbild und 12 Xterms
5300			Globale Variable
5301	root	1.388	Parameterübergabemechanismus in 4GLs
5302	root	1.94	objektorientiert
5303			Den Code habe ich von meinem Vorgaenger geerbt.
5304			strukturiert
5305			dieses Programm besteht aus mehreren Funktionen
5306			Multithreaded
5307	root	1.388	Wir mußten ein Flußdiagramm malen, um es zu debuggen.
5308	root	1.94	Windows 95
5309	root	1.388	Das Fortran 77 der Benutzungsoberflächen
5310	root	1.94	Emacs
5311	root	1.388	Ich habe ja auch nie bezweifelt, daß emacs ein tolles Betriebssystem
5312			ist. Aber um mit Linux oder Windows konkurrieren zu können, fehlt ihm
5313			ein vernünftiger Editor.
5314	root	1.94	IPv6
5315			$ telnet hundehalsband.georg.hunde.sonnenstrasse.muenchen.de
5316			Trying 942884947298374923847982472983. 2398749874987249247.
5317			2398472372349. 3249782374927898324. 2987238479874987398634.
5318			2987428901171209471. 23987432923. 23478987923.
5319	root	1.388	Die fünf Sinne des C++-Programmierers
5320			Der Schwachsinn, der Blödsinn, der Wahnsinn, der Unsinn und der Stumpfsinn.
5321	root	1.247	PHP
5322	root	1.388	Meine C-64-Basic-Übungen hat niemand zu Gesicht bekommen, während die
5323	root	1.94	in PHP verbrochenen Laufstall-Verunfallungen heutiger Milchgesichter
5324	root	1.388	die Welt verpesten und womöglich von Schlipstraeger-Deppen als
5325			e-Commerce-Lösung gekauft worden sind.
5326	root	1.247	Alleinstellungsmerkmal
5327	root	1.94	Bunt.
5328	root	1.388	Plattformunabhängig
5329			Wenn Du GWBASIC im Dos-Emulator laufen läßt bist Du auch
5330			plattformunabhängig! Du brauchst nur einen Dos-Emulator!
5331	root	1.95	[94: Copyright left out, too long, see original url]
5332	root	1.387	%
5333	root	1.93	[logic & fallacies]
5334			http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
5335	root	1.387	%
5336	root	1.93	http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/wonderful/index.php
5337	root	1.387	%
5338	root	1.93	[nah]
5339			In the Arthur Penn film "Night Moves," someone asks Gene Hackman for an
5340			appraisal of Eric Rohmer's work, to which he replies, "it's like watching
5341			paint dry."
5342	root	1.387	%
5343	root	1.92	http://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~jay/papers/thesis.pdf
5344			http://home.attbi.com/~bglodis/htmf/AI2-GO2.htm
5345			http://newyork.villageworld.com/users/bradleym/index.htm
5346	root	1.387	%
5347	root	1.178	[Keith Packard about some design holes in X that lead to XRender]
5348	root	1.91	The rules themselves may be broken, but their existence is of vital
5349			importance.
5350	root	1.387	%
5351	root	1.91	[http://cbbrowne.com/info/xpersonal.html]
5352			[_very_ good pages, read them all!]
5353			Many things have been hacked onto Win32; unfortunately, actually using
5354			Windows-based facilities has two massive detrimental effects:
5355
5356			You have to trust Microsoft.
5357
5358			There are a number of things that I would trust Microsoft with. I trust
5359			Microsoft to continue to release buggy software such as the Windows 98
5360			release that needed patches to survive to 1999, let alone 2000. I trust
5361			Microsoft to continue to release software that gets more bloated such
5362			that it requires as much memory as systems can support just to support
5363			useless chrome.
5364
5365			But control over whether my code will continue to be usable next year
5366			whether due to technical or licensing changes is not one of the things
5367			I'd like to trust them with.
5368	root	1.93	[...]
5369	root	1.387	%
5370	root	1.91	[when choosing "About" from the mozilla menu]
5371			[now, which OS let's us enjoy similar error messages all the time? ;)]
5372			XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
5373			Location: jar:resource:///chrome/en-US.jar!/locale/en-US/global/about.xhtml
5374			Line Number 90, Column 15:
5375	root	1.247	<li>Copyright © 1998-2002 by <a href="about:credits">Contributors</a> to
5376	root	1.91	--------------^
5377	root	1.387	%
5378	root	1.91	[from the kanon 10% english translation patch README]
5379			[http://haeleth.port5.com/]
5380			A Japanese effect not found in English is the wonderful verbless sentence,
5381			which I like so much that I've translated a few literally. I do know
5382			English grammar, I assure you.
5383	root	1.387	%
5384	root	1.91	Giant hornets regularly attack beehives. Typically, an attack begins when
5385			a single hornet captures a lone bee nearby the hive. After several of
5386			these perimeter skirmishes, one hornet leaves a marking pheromone at the
5387			hive's entrance. This pheromone attracts the other hornets, who arrive
5388			en masse and attack the beehive. The bees' stingers can't penetrate the
5389			hornets' armor, so it's a one-sided slaughter; something like 30,000 bees
5390			can be killed in a few hours by 30-40 hornets.
5391
5392			Japanese honeybees, however, have evolved an interesting defensive
5393			strategy. When a hornet marks the hive's entrance, the bees guarding the
5394			entrance return to the hive and wait for the attacking hornets. This has
5395			the effect of luring the first attacking hornets into the hive, rather
5396			than allowing them to start their attack outside. Simultaneously, over
5397			1000 worker bees in the hive leave the combs and mass just inside the
5398			hive's entrance. When a hornet tries to enter the hive, the workers
5399			surround it, forming a ball of bodies, and cook it to death with their
5400			body heat. The bees also release a pheromone that draws ever more bees
5401			from the hive's interior to come to the entrance and defend the nest.
5402
5403			This strategy must be perfect in order to be successful. If the bees fail
5404			in killing the first hornet attackers, then the hornet pheromone gets
5405			stronger, and more hornets arrive to reinforce their attack. By sheer
5406			numbers, the hornets can overpower the bees.
5407
5408			Source: Bernd Heinrich, "The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect
5409			Survival," Harvard University Press, 1996.
5410	root	1.387	%
5411	root	1.91	[http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/csrss-backspace-bug.html]
5412			[fixed in latest service packs, but still funny ;)]
5413			The following neat little program, when compiled and run, will completely
5414			crash XP (and any earlier version of NT) (when I ran it, XP rebooted). I
5415			don't recommend you really try this program, but if you do, save all your
5416			work etc first:
5417
5418			#include <stdio.h>
5419
5420			int main (void) {
5421			while (1)
5422			printf ("\t\t\b\b\b\b\b\b");
5423
5424			return 0;
5425			}
5426	root	1.387	%
5427	root	1.91	[you might point your windows-using-friends to this page, it
5428			contains a lot of funny FUD ;)]
5429	root	1.90	http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm
5430	root	1.387	%
5431	root	1.90	[http://eros.cs.jhu.edu/~shap/NT-EAL4.html]
5432			Security experts have been saying for years that the the security of
5433			the Windows family of products is hopelessly inadequate. Now there is a
5434			rigorous government certification confirming this.
5435	root	1.387	%
5436	root	1.89	[mms_client after finishing the download]
5437			everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing
5438			proprietary and patentend technology.
5439	root	1.387	%
5440	root	1.88	I wouldn't want to win the Steven Spielberg Award - he is an amateur!
5441	root	1.388	-- Aki Kaurismäki
5442	root	1.387	%
5443	root	1.87	[http://www.sm.luth.se/~torkel/eget/godel.html]
5444	root	1.388	"The Gödelian structure of the unity of levels of Reality associated
5445	root	1.87	with the logic of the included middle implies that it is impossible to
5446			construct a complete theory for describing the passage from one level to
5447			the other and, a fortiori, for describing the unity of levels of Reality."
5448	root	1.387	%
5449	root	1.388	1. Das von den Parteien eingeführte Listenwahlrecht verstößt gegen
5450			Art. 38, Abs. 1, Satz 1 Grundgesetz (GG): »Die Abgeordneten des Deutschen
5451	root	1.87	Bundestages werden in allgemeiner, unmittelbarer, freier, gleicher und
5452	root	1.388	geheimer Wahl gewählt.« Danach muß es dem Bürger möglich sein, seinen
5453			Abgeordneten unmittelbar zu wählen. Die Wahl von Parteienlisten ist also
5454	root	1.87	verfassungswidrig, nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil hierbei Kandidaten zum Zuge
5455	root	1.388	kommen, die der Listenwähler nicht wählen will.
5456	root	1.87
5457	root	1.388	2. Der Fraktionszwang verstößt ebenfalls gegen das Grundgesetz. Satz
5458			2 des Art. 38, Abs. 1, lautet nämlich: »Sie (die Abgeordneten) sind
5459			Vertreter des ganzen Volkes, an Aufträge und Weisungen nicht gebunden
5460			und nur ihrem Gewissen unterworfen.« Wenn Fraktionsvorsitzende den frei
5461			gewählten Abgeordneten einer Fraktionsdisziplin unterwerfen (und das noch
5462			unter Androhung von Sanktionen), erteilen sie Weisungen darüber, wie die
5463	root	1.87	Abgeordneten der Partei abzustimmen haben. Es handelt sich dann um eine
5464			Form fraktionsinternen imperativen Mandats.
5465
5466	root	1.388	3. Die überbordende Staatsverschuldung (vor allem im Bund) verstößt gegen
5467			Art. 115 des GG. Darin heißt es in Abs. 1, Satz 2: »Die Einnahmen aus
5468			Krediten dürfen die Summe der im Haushaltsplan veranschlagten Ausgaben für
5469			Investitionen nicht überschreiten; Ausnahmen sind nur zulässig zur Abwehr
5470			einer Störung des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gleichgewichts.« Unter Fachleuten
5471			besteht nicht der geringste Zweifel, daß das vorgeschriebene Kreditlimit
5472			(Höhe der »Ausgaben für Investitionen«) durch Haushaltstricks sträflich
5473			überschritten wurde. Die Folge: Im Jahre 2001 erreichte die Verschuldung
5474			der Gebietskörperschaften die unvorstellbare Höhe von 1.210 Mrd. Euro (im
5475			Bund: 700 Mrd. Euro); das sind 79 Prozent des jährlichen Volkseinkommens
5476	root	1.87	von 1.531 Mrd. Euro.
5477	root	1.387	%
5478	root	1.87	[just FMI (for my information)]
5479			http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/%7eflavell/charset/form-i18n.html
5480	root	1.387	%
5481	root	1.87	[perldoc perlboot]
5482			Typically, each @ISA has only one element (multiple elements means
5483			multiple inheritance and multiple headaches)
5484	root	1.387	%
5485	root	1.87	[I find that all this stallman-bashing is a sure sign that that
5486			"linux" thing will fail]
5487			In lists.linux.kernel.development, Larry McVoy wrote:
5488			[...]
5489	root	1.247	Richard Stallman started the free software foundation. He built the
5490	root	1.87	compiler, library and zillions of other tools that developers use on a day
5491			to day basis. He slept at the offices of MIT while he spent his time,
5492			effort and money building up the Free Software Foundation.
5493
5494			Though many people differ with him on a wide variety of issues, he
5495			deserves respect from all because he has devoted twenty years of his
5496			life to the public good.
5497
5498			You, on the other hand, develop and sell a proprietary software product.
5499			You convinced a large number of kernel developers (most importantly
5500			Linus himself) to use your proprietary product to develop free software,
5501			so that you could tell potential customers "Gee! Look how great my
5502			software is! It's used to develop the linux kernel!"
5503
5504			You don't care about free software Larry. You're just glad that you have
5505			a poster child to display your effort. Want proof? Look at how you have
5506			treated numerous kernel developers when you found out that they worked
5507			on free software projects that could potentially compete with your
5508			software some day -- you revoke their "free" license to use your
5509			software to work on the linux kernel!
5510
5511			Richard is trying to change the world into a better place. You, however,
5512			are trying to get rich, and you're using free software as a stepping
5513			stone to promote your proprietary software. Nothing wrong with getting
5514			rich of course -- I'd love to be rich too. But you certainly don't
5515			deserve to be lumped into the same group as RMS.
5516	root	1.387	%
5517	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5518	root	1.247	What does line 4 do here?
5519			[...]
5520			This is Perl, so it does the exact right thing.
5521	root	1.387	%
5522	root	1.86	[perldoc perlreftut]
5523			Think of the President of the United States: a messy, inconvenient bag of
5524			blood and bones. But to talk about him, or to represent him in a computer
5525			program, all you need is the easy, convenient scalar string "George Bush".
5526	root	1.387	%
5527	root	1.86	[rise and fall of free software standards]
5528	root	1.247	* GNU Gettext and %expect
5529			GNU Gettext asserts 10 s/r conflicts, but there are 7. Now that
5530			Bison dies on incorrect %expectations, we fear there will be
5531			too many bug reports for Gettext, so _for the time being_, %expect
5532			does not trigger an error when the input file is named `plural.y'.
5533	root	1.387	%
5534	root	1.86	Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
5535			-- Leonard Brandwein
5536	root	1.387	%
5537	root	1.85	[11:57] <schmorp> email@wanadoo.fr
5538	root	1.247	[11:57] <schmorp> you know what wannados are?
5539			[11:58] <Arvoreen> the french pendant of aol users ??
5540			[11:58] <schmorp> nope
5541			[11:58] <Arvoreen> then no clue
5542			[11:58] <schmorp> "people who fail before they even try"
5543			[12:00] <Zeograd> wanadoo was actually named following this idea, sigh
5544			[12:00] <schmorp> not really, yes?
5545			[12:00] <Zeograd> yes
5546			[12:00] <schmorp> ;);)
5547			[12:03] <schmorp> that "yes" sounded really painful
5548			[12:03] <Zeograd> more than you could imagine :)
5549	root	1.387	%
5550	root	1.247	[11:37] <Arvoreen> Oui mon francais est un peu
5551			[11:38] <Zeograd> Arvoreen: not bad, it doesn't mean much but it sounds french :)
5552	root	1.387	%
5553	root	1.84	A Russian hacker was sentenced to three years in prison here in the
5554			United States for breaking computer crime laws here. It's an
5555			interesting story. He was in Russia at the time, and broke no laws in
5556			his country. However, the U.S. prosecution broke Russian laws to
5557			collect evidence against him. The judge agreed with the FBI's
5558			assertion that Russian law didn't apply to them. Isn't international
5559			jurisprudence fun?
5560			<http://in.tech.yahoo.com/021005/137/1w2bq.html>
5561	root	1.387	%
5562	root	1.247	[02:58] <Sesse> microsoft finally gets it:
5563			[02:58] <Sesse> Visual Basic .NET delivers the feature most requested by existing Visual Basic
5564			[02:58] <Sesse> developers--fewer bugs in the code they write.
5565	root	1.84	[...]
5566	root	1.247	[03:00] <Sesse> "VB programmers have finally found out they lack talent, and blame Microsoft" ;-)
5567	root	1.387	%
5568	root	1.84	[found at www.imdb.com]
5569			the trouble with the global village are all the global village idiots.
5570			- Paul Ginsparg.
5571	root	1.387	%
5572	root	1.84	prionbrain: A joke I just read: " A girl phoned me the other day and
5573			said, .. come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. There was nobody
5574			home.":))
5575			[erm...]
5576	root	1.387	%
5577	root	1.84	> described above, CONFIG_XBOX_SUPPORT will depend on CONFIG_PCI.
5578
5579	root	1.247	Which seems fair enough. ISA bus X-box systems are suprisingly rare
5580	root	1.387	%
5581	root	1.247	[05:06] <elmex> windows has 2 left hands when it comes to being an OS
5582	root	1.387	%
5583	root	1.83	[http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/mml/mduerst/papers/PDF/IUC11-UTF-8.pdf]
5584
5585			[...] In particular, the following behaviour proposed or observed in some
5586			implementations is not UTF-8 and should never be presented as such. First,
5587			UTF16 surrogate pairs could be encoded in UTF-8 as two sequences of 3
5588			bytes each (this behaviour is observed in some Java implementations).
5589	root	1.387	%
5590	root	1.83	.+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+''
5591			/ \ / \ / \ / \ /
5592			.+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+'
5593	root	1.387	%
5594	root	1.82	From: "David S. Miller"
5595	root	1.83
5596			> Then shouldn't the thing thats different from the norm be programmed into a header file which contains how certain functions should be+++
5597	root	1.82
5598			If I gave you a dollar, would you go out and buy some newlines
5599			to use in future emails?
5600	root	1.387	%
5601	root	1.82	Could somebody drag the Irix team kicking and screaming into the 1980's,
5602			please?
5603
5604			I realize it might be quite painful for them, but maybe you could buy them
5605			a disco tape, so they'd feel a little bit more at home.
5606
5607	root	1.247	Linus "Stayin' alive, stayin' alive" Torvalds
5608	root	1.387	%
5609	root	1.82	Yesterday, the local Brazilian authorities signed a decree stating that the
5610			Brazilian daylight saving period will start on November 3rd 2002 and will
5611			last until February 16th 2003.
5612
5613			So, clocks will be set one hour forward on November 3rd (12:00 a.m. will be
5614			changed to 1:00 a.m.) and at midnight (0:00 am) on February 16th, Brazil
5615			will adjust its clocks back one hour (23:00 pm on Feb 15th) marking the
5616			end.
5617
5618			The reason for the delay this year has to do with elections in Brazil.
5619
5620			Unlike in the United States, elections in Brazil are 100% computerized and
5621			the results are known almost immediately. Yesterday, it was the first
5622			round of the elections when 115 million Brazilians voted for President,
5623			Governor, Senators, Federal Deputies, and State Deputies. Nobody is
5624			counting (or re-counting) votes anymore and we know there will be a second
5625			round for the Presidency and also for some Governors. The 2nd round will
5626			take place on October 27th.
5627
5628			The reason why the DST will only begin November 3rd is that the thousands
5629			of electoral machines used cannot have their time changed, and since the
5630			Constitution says the elections must begin at 8:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM ,
5631			the Government decided to postpone DST, instead of changing the
5632			Constitution (maybe, for the next elections, it will be possible to change
5633			the clock)...
5634	root	1.387	%
5635	root	1.81	[boycot your enemies]
5636			> We're a business. We're a business which happens to be committed to
5637			> helping the kernel team because we think that the kernel is vital to the
5638			> world at large. Helping the kernel absolutely does not translate to
5639			> helping people who happen to be our competitors. By your own
5640
5641			Stop lying. Your job is to make lots of money and you are using Linux as
5642			cheap advertising. You are trying to make people pay you to do kernel
5643			development (as it stands you want $5000 for any bk-using developer inside
5644			RedHat and SuSE).
5645
5646			I hope your company dies ASAP and bitkeeper stops poisoning air here.
5647
5648			Pavel
5649	root	1.387	%
5650	root	1.81	Rik
5651	root	1.247	--
5652	root	1.81	A: No.
5653			Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
5654	root	1.387	%
5655	root	1.81	> Incidently unlimited permission is granted to use disks containing only
5656	root	1.247	> GNU/Linux software as footballs without royalties. All other usage of
5657			> disks as footballs will be considered on a per case basis.
5658	root	1.81
5659			I would be inclined to allow this for Windows drives instead. They contain
5660			no useful data.
5661
5662	root	1.247	--
5663	root	1.81	bill davidsen
5664	root	1.387	%
5665	root	1.80	In the switching software (written in C)
5666			there was a long do..while construct,
5667			which contained a switch statement,
5668			which contained an if clause,
5669			which contained a break,
5670			which was intended for the if clause,
5671			but instead broke from the switch statement.
5672
5673			- Network message explaining the breakdown of the AT&T long-distance
5674			network January 15, 1990
5675	root	1.387	%
5676	root	1.80	[From "password retrieval policies" of some irc network:]
5677
5678	root	1.247	They are likely to continue asking for the password, even after you have
5679			told them that it has been E-Mailed. /Ignore the stupid user. /Kick the
5680			stupid user. Do not /Kill the stupid user, since being stupid is not a
5681			violation of network policies.
5682	root	1.80
5683			[the same document, explaining K:Lines]
5684
5685			K:Lines - These lines define which clients are not allowed to connect.
5686			The format is as follows:
5687
5688			K:*.aol.com:AOL sucks:lamer
5689	root	1.387	%
5690	root	1.79	[Microsoft's Craig Mundie on security.]
5691			"People confuse 'security' and Trustworthy Computing."
5692			http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/features/2002/feb02/02-20mundieqa.asp
5693	root	1.387	%
5694	root	1.79	http://staging.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/05/020905hnmssecure.xml
5695			"I'm not proud," [Brian] Valentine [senior vice president in charge of
5696			Microsoft's Windows development team] said, as he spoke to a crowd of
5697			developers here at the company's Windows .Net Server developer
5698			conference. "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our
5699			customers ... Our products just aren't engineered for security."
5700			...
5701			"If you go back a few years, unless you were working on login at
5702			Microsoft, you really didn't worry about security. The risk wasn't worth
5703			the effort."
5704	root	1.387	%
5705	root	1.79	http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/encryption.shtml
5706	root	1.387	%
5707	root	1.79	[please bear with me and understand that I didn't intend to drive
5708			gay people mad at me with this one...]
5709	root	1.78	[10:16] <pixelpapst> Wenn man ihn mal mit so 'nem richtigen Bilderbuch-Schwulen wie
5710	root	1.247	Lukas vergleicht :)
5711			[10:16] <elmex> Lukas is net schwul, er is Consultant
5712	root	1.387	%
5713	root	1.76	http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/tenseg1.html
5714	root	1.387	%
5715	root	1.76	http://24.86.132.253/090101/feature/feature.htm
5716	root	1.387	%
5717	root	1.76	I maintain a /bin/ps that supports BSD, SysV, and Gnu syntax all at the
5718			same time. It requires Linux. This one works; the Red Hat one is broken.
5719			[Albert Cahalan]
5720	root	1.387	%
5721	root	1.75	The Berkeley shell csh is reasonably well known and widely used and its
5722			externals have been subject to some criticism. The internals of csh are at
5723			least as bad, but lesser known.
5724	root	1.387	%
5725	root	1.75	There are billions of different ways of parsing argv, the list of command
5726			line arguments passed to a C program. The problem is that they are all
5727			different.
5728	root	1.387	%
5729	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.
5730	root	1.387	%
5731	root	1.76	[no, I still don't like bondage & discipline]
5732			http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/liberty/meyer-bertrand/java/bm-2nd.html
5733	root	1.387	%
5734	root	1.74	[about the early CD-R dyes]
5735			The early, immature media caused some interesting problems. A certain
5736			popular Technics CD player, often used in radio stations, had a bad habit
5737			of accepting the early media, but refusing to eject it, causing much
5738			consternation to disc jockeys who were left without a player and possibly
5739			without a show.
5740	root	1.387	%
5741	root	1.76	[more of a timestamp]
5742	root	1.73	"SANS, SOUCI"
5743	root	1.387	%
5744	root	1.72	http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/canthappen.html
5745	root	1.387	%
5746	root	1.71	The Ten Commandments for C Programmers
5747			http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/paul/docs/commandments.html
5748	root	1.387	%
5749	root	1.71	[Bruce Schneier]
5750			A bill introduced into Congress gives copyright holders -- that's the RIAA,
5751			the MPAA, and similar guys -- the right to break into people's computers if
5752	root	1.247	they have a reasonable basis to believe that copyright infringement is
5753	root	1.71	going on.
5754			[...]
5755	root	1.247	People they choose to target would be deemed guilty until proven
5756			otherwise. In short, this bill would set up the entertainment industry
5757			as a Gestapo-like enforcement agency with no oversight.
5758	root	1.387	%
5759	root	1.70	[06:20] <Draxxon> BTW, (being from the USA) If pro is the grammatical
5760			opposite of con, then the opposite of "progress" would be... "Congress"???
5761	root	1.387	%
5762	root	1.247	You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
5763	root	1.387	%
5764	root	1.69	http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859
5765	root	1.387	%
5766	root	1.69	[practical go humor]
5767			Lantu: ok any suggestions for good practical jokes to play on Pro's? :]
5768			id: Make a line of five stones, yell "Pente", and insist you've won.
5769	root	1.387	%
5770	root	1.68	[windows API rocks]
5771			The FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS enumeration type defines values that are used with
5772			the FindFirstFileEx function to specify the information level of the
5773			returned data.
5774
5775	root	1.247	typedef enum _FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS {
5776			FindExInfoStandard
5777			} FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS ;
5778	root	1.387	%
5779	root	1.388	[Arvoreen philosophiert über die Verkleinerung von GNOME mit strip]
5780	root	1.67	[05:10] <Arvoreen> 153MB gestripped und vorher 541MB
5781			[05:13] <Arvoreen> oder wie der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler sagen wuerde um 354%
5782	root	1.247	kleiner ;-)))))) (die haben ja die prozente oberhalb von 100 erfunden)
5783	root	1.387	%
5784	root	1.66	[Microsoft documents how file types are detected in IE. No wonder
5785			it doesn't work:]
5786			1. If the "suggested" (server-provided) MIME type is unknown (not
5787			known and not ambiguous), FindMimeFromData immediately returns
5788			this MIME type as the final determination.
5789	root	1.387	%
5790	root	1.65	[freshmeat. And this release even adds ANOTHER codepage. I am impressed]
5791
5792			Recode 0.1.1
5793			by Eugene V. Chernyshev - Friday, June 28th 2002 01:58 EDT
5794
5795			About: Recode is a fast Russian codepage translator. It translates between
5796			three different codepages: DOS 866, Windows CP-1251, and UNIX KOI8-R.
5797
5798			Changes: This release adds an ISO-8859-5 codepage.
5799	root	1.387	%
5800	root	1.65	http://www.tmk.com/ftp/humor/computer-error-messages.txt
5801	root	1.387	%
5802	root	1.64	$S=eval'sub{eval"sub{%S}"}';$S->({});
5803	root	1.387	%
5804	root	1.64	[From CRYPTO-GRAM]
5805
5806			Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative seems to be
5807			just a scam so the company can avoid antitrust remedies by
5808			claiming that opening their systems is a security risk. Pity.
5809			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701%26a=26605,00.asp>
5810			<http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp>
5811			A comment on Slashdot sums it up best: "Microsoft has therefore taken
5812			the position that their code is so bad that it must be kept secret to
5813			keep people from being killed by it. Windows -- the Pinto of the 21st
5814			century."
5815
5816			Most interesting of the two articles above is the second eWeek article,
5817			where Microsoft's Allchin mentions "at least one protocol and two APIs
5818			that it plans to withhold from public disclosure under the security
5819			carve-out." The protocol is Message Queuing. Apparently, Microsoft
5820			has discovered a security flaw in the Message Queuing protocol so bad
5821			that can't be fixed without breaking existing applications. So, until
5822			such time as they can field a backwards-compatible fix, they're going
5823			to hope no one else discovers it. (This is not a wholly unreasonable
5824			decision; security researchers have made the same decision in the
5825			past.) Of course, Allchin has undermined this decision by publicly
5826			naming the protocol. That's more than enough for someone sufficiently
5827			motivated to find the flaw. In the classified world, you can get your
5828			clearance pulled for blabbing like that. Jim Allchin's testimony:
5829			<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/allchin.asp>
5830
5831			At the same time, Microsoft tries to convince the Pentagon that open source
5832			software threatens security, and using proprietary Microsoft software is
5833			much safer (and better for the economy, to boot). This article is
5834			hilarious in light of the above.
5835			<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html>
5836
5837			A report on something called a Tactical Web Page, which purports to be a
5838			secret combat Web site, through which American commanders in the United
5839			States can direct troops in Afghanistan. My favorite quote: "'There have
5840			been a few instances when unidentified computers have tried to get in, in
5841			which case we throw up additional firewalls,' Lt. Col. Bryan Dyer
5842			said." Is it just me, or does Lt. Col. Dyer come from I-Don't-Get-It Land?
5843			<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52861,00.html>
5844
5845			Yet more comments from the clueless. In response to the report that
5846			someone hacked into Experian's database and stole 13,000 credit-card
5847			numbers, a PR flack said: "Our files are protected by state-of-the-art,
5848			Star Wars-style security and encryption technology."
5849	root	1.65	<http://www.lendingintelligence.com/news.ez?viewStory=1123&Form.sess_id=845521234&Form.sess_key=1022430845>
5850	root	1.387	%
5851	root	1.64	http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52901,00.html
5852	root	1.387	%
5853	root	1.388	ich: ich hätte gerne ein nummernschild in unna: "un-ix 123"
5854			zotan: sei froh, daß du nicht in wiesbaden wohnst: "wi-n 95"
5855	root	1.387	%
5856	root	1.63	"There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it
5857			so simple that there are obviously no errors, and the other is to make it
5858			so complicated that there are no obvious errors."
5859
5860			Tony Hoare
5861	root	1.387	%
5862	root	1.388	Nach dem Gesetz über Einheiten im Meßwesen vom 2. Juli 1969 in der Fassung
5863			vom 22. Februar 1985 dürfte Word im geschäftlichen und amtlichen Verkehr
5864	root	1.63	_nicht_ eingesetzt werden, da es mit dem Punkt eine nicht-SI-konforme
5865	root	1.388	Maßeinheit verwendet.
5866	root	1.387	%
5867	root	1.63	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5868
5869			[...]
5870			The Nforce is basically completely unsupported by 2.2. It is mostly unsupported
5871			by 2.4. The networking built into the chipset is not supported by either
5872			system. Basically its windows computer
5873	root	1.387	%
5874	root	1.63	[go figure...]
5875	root	1.247	<JanMan> read(3, 0x8102cc8, 32768) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
5876	root	1.387	%
5877	root	1.63	Subject: Re: Off topic: Solaris 9 announced, a lot of Linux incorporated
5878
5879			> In today's world of heterogeneous computing, compatibility leads
5880			> to efficiency. Combining the Linux community with thousands of
5881			> Solaris software developers and nearly three million Java and XML
5882			> software developers...
5883
5884			Homeopathic approach to software development?
5885	root	1.387	%
5886	root	1.63	> > Patch is severely broken in its current form, not only for the
5887			> > reasons you stated, but also because of its inability to handle
5888			> > renaming in any sane way. I want a patch --sane option.
5889			>
5890			> I bet BitKeeper gets it right... ;-) ;-) ;-)
5891
5892			Funny you should mention that, since Bitkeeper has embarrassed itself pretty
5893			badly with respect to patches, so far.
5894
5895			- Somebody decided to add another level on top of the linux root directory
5896			in their source directory. I can't import patches into that.
5897
5898			- I can apply patches to bitkeeper repository using the normal 'patch',
5899			but Bitkeeper gets its revenge later, as each bk edit command starts
5900			off by throwing away the patch.
5901
5902			Given the hype, I expected more. I want a tool to save work for me, not
5903			create new work. I don't think I'll be using Bitkeeper as a substitute for
5904			patch any time soon.
5905
5906			--
5907			Daniel
5908	root	1.387	%
5909	root	1.62	From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
5910			Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 23:18:34 +0000 (UTC)
5911			[...]
5912			Bummer, I'm using Debian, and iostat is in woody (frozen, about to
5913			be released) - that means Debian users will have to wait to the
5914			next release, another two years perhaps, before iostat gets working.
5915	root	1.387	%
5916	root	1.62	[no comments ;)]
5917
5918			I've installed kernel 2.5.15 (should include aio support) an libaio (0.3.7).
5919			It seams that libaio.so depends on libredhat-kernel.so.1. Why?
5920			Is it realy needed?
5921	root	1.387	%
5922	root	1.62	[W. Richard Stevens about the 3.2 streams "poll" function:]
5923
5924			int poll(struct pollfd *fdarray, unsigned long nfds, int timeout);
5925
5926			[...] The number of elements in the array of structures [...] is
5927			specified by the nfds argument. (Why this argument is specified as
5928			an unsigned long integer, and not a simple integer, is perplexing.)
5929	root	1.387	%
5930	root	1.62	[www.intel.com]
5931			Over 70 Internet Streaming Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)
5932			extensions enhance streaming multimedia and graphics applications, both on
5933			the hard drive and over the Internet. With SIMD, audio and video
5934			download faster, with clearer sound quality, deeper color and resolution,
5935			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5936			and enlarged images with smoother frame rates.
5937	root	1.387	%
5938	root	1.61	From: Alexander Viro
5939
5940			On Thu, 9 May 2002, Tomas Szepe wrote:
5941			> > I did quite a bit of this work for CML2 - bus dependencies can be
5942			> > found in the CML2 sources.
5943			>
5944			> Btw, what happened to CML2?
5945
5946			This is an ex-parrot
5947	root	1.387	%
5948	root	1.61	From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
5949
5950			> > It doesn't have to be an O(n lg(n)) method but could you use something
5951			> > besides bubblesort? Insertion sort, selection sort, etc. are just as
5952			> > easy and they don't have the horrific stigma of being "the worst sorting
5953			> > algorithm ever" etc.
5954			>
5955			> Surely the worst (working) sort is randomsort? (Check if sorted. If not,
5956			> pick two entries at random, exchange, retry.)
5957
5958			I've always been a fan of bit-decay sort.
5959
5960			while (!sorted(data))
5961			;
5962	root	1.387	%
5963	root	1.61	Subject: Re: Bitkeeper licence issues
5964			From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
5965
5966			> This should be a reflex for someone with such a Sun heritage like you...
5967
5968			You obviously never used SunOS4. Its a bit before security became relevant
5969			to computing
5970	root	1.387	%
5971	root	1.61	From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
5972
5973			On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:39 -0500, joeja@mindspring.com wrote:
5974			>What limits the number of threads one can have on a Linux system?
5975
5976			Common sense, one would hope.
5977	root	1.387	%
5978	root	1.61	From: Toon Moene
5979			[...]
5980
5981			Obviously, the only way I could support this effort is by rewriting the
5982			backend to use FORTRAN; that way it would finally be possible to
5983			translate the Linux kernel into FORTRAN and vindicate this:
5984
5985			http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
5986
5987			"Challenged by McIlroy's feat in reproducing TMG, Thompson decided that
5988			Unix - possibly it had not even been named yet - needed a system
5989			programming language. After a rapidly scuttled attempt at Fortran, he
5990			created instead a language of his own, which he called B"
5991
5992			:-)
5993	root	1.387	%
5994	root	1.247	"... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
5995			lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
5996			their C programs."
5997	root	1.60
5998			Robert Firth
5999	root	1.387	%
6000	root	1.59	[miri@ccc.de]
6001	root	1.388	Moooooment, das sind zwei Sachen die miteinander zusammenhängen...
6002	root	1.59	[and after some quarrel...]
6003			Ich lasse mich ungern zitieren!
6004	root	1.387	%
6005	root	1.68	[Klaus Knopper, and no, I don't think this, to the contrary :(]
6006	root	1.388	Ich bin Marc Lehmann begegnet, und seitdem glaube ich, er hält mich für blöd.
6007	root	1.387	%
6008	root	1.57	[Content-Type used by Microsoft for .exe files]
6009			Content-Type: application/x-msdownload
6010	root	1.387	%
6011	root	1.68	[from windows' wininet.h]
6012	root	1.56	#define ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 53)
6013	root	1.387	%
6014	root	1.388	Für die Erkenntnis, dass Perl produktivitätssteigernd wirkt, kämpfe ich hier
6015	root	1.56	in meinem Laden allerdings noch. Interessanterweise sind die Leute, die
6016			selber programmieren, mittlerweile fast alle auf meiner Seite; die Leute,
6017	root	1.388	dir organisieren und selber gar nicht programmieren können, halten Perl für
6018			eine Art Spielzeug, oder für ein Quick-and-Dirty-Tool, das man bei
6019	root	1.56	erstbester Gelegenheit durch etwas professionelles ersetzen muss (was
6020			vermutlich von Microsoft stammt).
6021
6022			Aber ich arbeite weiter dran...
6023
6024			\Gisbert
6025	root	1.387	%
6026	root	1.55	http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
6027	root	1.387	%
6028	root	1.55	P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the
6029			world like English did. Er, as English did...
6030			--Larry Wall in <199705201832.LAA28393@wall.org>
6031	root	1.387	%
6032	root	1.54	From: Felix von Leitner <usenet-20020216@fefe.de>
6033			Subject: Re: Disgusted with kbuild developers
6034
6035			I don't have python. Any version of python.
6036			[...]
6037	root	1.387	%
6038	root	1.54	[perldoc Test::Harness]
6039			Additional comments may be put into the testing output on their own lines.
6040			Comment lines should begin with a '#', Test::Harness will ignore them.
6041
6042			ok 1
6043			# Life is good, the sun is shining, RAM is cheap.
6044			not ok 2
6045			# got 'Bush' expected 'Gore'
6046	root	1.387	%
6047	root	1.54	I specialize in storage, and C is self taught.
6048
6049			Cheers,
6050
6051			Andre Hedrick
6052			Linux Disk Certification Project Linux ATA Development
6053	root	1.387	%
6054	root	1.54	> > The new lock uses a combination of a spinlock and a (mutex-)semaphore.
6055	root	1.247	>
6056	root	1.54	> Spinaphore :-)
6057
6058			Or mutabloat :-(
6059	root	1.387	%
6060	root	1.54	Microsoft Outlook IS the problem. Blaming it IS correct. Removing
6061			Outlook IS the solution.
6062	root	1.387	%
6063	root	1.54	Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
6064	root	1.387	%
6065	root	1.53	From: Ricky Beam
6066
6067			Yep. I still laugh at those who say "bandwidth is free." They've obviously
6068			never bought anything from UUNet.
6069	root	1.387	%
6070	root	1.53	deconstructionism -- (a philosophical theory of criticism ...
6071			that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work
6072			by delving below its surface meaning)
6073	root	1.387	%
6074	root	1.52	http://brics.dk/~cw97/ProceedingS/01.ps.gz
6075	root	1.387	%
6076	root	1.52	From: Alan Cox
6077
6078			> and hire all the lawyers they'd want...at the end of the day, could you
6079			> just go to court and say:
6080
6081			Oh glorious naivety.
6082
6083			> The law seems pretty damn clear on this issue (in fact Subsection 3.c
6084			> sounds like I could quite happily send it to someone in the USA if they
6085			> can do the work better than I).
6086
6087			You release the code
6088
6089			The next day an injunction arrives in the post
6090
6091			The day after that the large corporate lawyers slap a secrecy order on you
6092			preventing you discussing the case with anyone but your legal representative
6093			by convincing some pissed geriatric moron in the high court that if he
6094			doesnt sign it you'll tell the whole world and harm them irrepairably
6095
6096			Over the next week 10-15,000 pages of documents arrive for you, followed
6097			by a couple of thousand discovery requests.
6098
6099			A week later while you are reading them they file for summary judgement
6100			because you have failed to file the defence. You lose. Game over
6101
6102			Then the court costs bankrupt you.
6103
6104			Sound like fiction - it happens _regularly_. Its very rare (McLibel case
6105			is extremely unusual) that it can ever be talked about on a per case basis,
6106			or that the good guys win.
6107
6108			This is why everyone doing innovative computing work does it outside of the
6109			US, and outside of most of the EU.
6110	root	1.387	%
6111	root	1.51	From: Alan Cox
6112
6113			[...]
6114			I would not perform such work in the united kingdom. Perform it in a free
6115			country. Reverse engineering that might offend a large corporation in the UK
6116	root	1.247	is only viable if you have five million pounds to hand, a law firm and a
6117	root	1.51	year to kill.
6118	root	1.387	%
6119	root	1.51	[CRYPTO-GRAM, January 2002]
6120			Windows UPnP Vulnerability
6121
6122			[...]
6123			Here's a quote from Scott Culp, manager of Microsoft's security response
6124			center: "This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I'm aware
6125			of for Windows desktop systems."
6126			[...]
6127			eEye Digital Security told Microsoft about this vulnerability nearly two
6128			months before Microsoft released its patch.
6129			[...]
6130			UPnP is a complex set of protocols to support ad hoc peer-to-peer
6131			networking. Even though no one uses it, it's installed in a bunch of
6132			Microsoft OSs. Even though no one needs it turned on, sometimes it's
6133			turned on by default.
6134			[...]
6135			The industry analysts at Gartner issued a warning, urging companies to
6136			delay upgrading to Windows XP for "three to six months," lest more of
6137			these kind of vulnerabilities surface.
6138			[...]
6139			Honestly, security experts don't pick on Microsoft because we have some
6140			fundamental dislike for the company. Indeed, Microsoft's poor products
6141			are one of the reasons we're in business. We pick on them because they've
6142			done more to harm Internet security than anyone else, because they
6143			repeatedly lie to the public about their products' security, and because
6144			they do everything they can to convince people that the problems lie
6145			anywhere but inside Microsoft. Microsoft treats security vulnerabilities
6146			as public relations problems. Until that changes, expect more of this
6147			kind of nonsense from Microsoft and its products.
6148	root	1.387	%
6149	root	1.50	http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102244,00.html
6150	root	1.387	%
6151	root	1.49	[following links in 2002, http://www.myguestbook.de/book.asp?id=1510]
6152	root	1.388	Der Gästebuchservice wurde aufgrund
6153	root	1.49
6154			technischer Schwierigkeiten eingestellt.
6155
6156			Monday, 06. November 2000
6157	root	1.387	%
6158	root	1.247	[01:42] <reeler> 22:57 < JanMan> elmex: du stoerst, aber das verstehst du nicht.
6159			[01:42] <reeler> #schmorp , de , Thu Jan 10 00:34:42 2002
6160	root	1.387	%
6161	root	1.90	[http://davesource.com/Projects/DEStiny/x.c.html as found by google]
6162	root	1.48	* If you are outside of the United States, then you do not have
6163			* the legal right to export/download/view this program.
6164			[too late, I broke the law, again!]
6165	root	1.387	%
6166	root	1.47	Our standards say that a compiler crash, for any input whatsoever, no
6167			matter how invalid (even if you feed in line noise), is a bug. Other than
6168			that we shouldn't make promises, though the old gcc1 behavior of trying to
6169			launch a game of rogue or hack when encountering a #pragma was cute.
6170	root	1.387	%
6171	root	1.47	> Of course, that "other operating system" does not require you to
6172			> manually mount CD-ROMs at all.
6173
6174			Nor does Linux if you set it up right. Its a case of making proper use of
6175			existing interfaces and a bit of userspace magic. And all done without the
6176			student fun of leaving "format/u c:" autostart cd-r's around labelled "porn"
6177	root	1.387	%
6178	root	1.47	From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
6179			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6]
6180
6181			> It never shows up in the maintainer's inbox, leaving them more time to
6182			> address the remainder. And fewer of the increasingly bitter complaints of
6183			> dropped patches.
6184
6185			Most mangled diffs I get are caused by pine. Fixing pine would do more
6186	root	1.247	wonders than any magical patchbot. I also get patches and changes from
6187	root	1.47	people who quite genuinely either can't mail me unmangled diffs (eg the
6188			lotus corporate mail policy afflicted) or are from people who may really
6189			know their stuff and even be the vendor but are not familiar with the
6190			patch/diff tools. A robot isn't going to teach them.
6191	root	1.387	%
6192	root	1.46	I remind you: ORACLE 9i is requiring half a gig as a minimum just due to
6193			the use of the CRAPPY PIECE OF SHIT written in the Java, called, you guess
6194			it: Just the bloody damn Installer.
6195	root	1.387	%
6196	root	1.45	From: "David S. Miller"
6197
6198			From: Bill Huey
6199			Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:16:31 -0800
6200
6201			Like the Java folks ? few and far between ?
6202
6203			Precisely, in fact. Anyone who can say that Java is going to be
6204	root	1.247	relevant in a few years time, with a straight face, is only kidding
6205	root	1.45	themselves.
6206
6207			Java is not something to justify a new kernel feature, that is for
6208			certain.
6209	root	1.387	%
6210	root	1.45	> required DaveM made it unconditional... I think the checkin comment was
6211			> something along the lines of "make it unconditional unless Alan
6212			> complains about kernel bloat" :)
6213
6214			And I did complain. "Red Hat needs XYZ so we make it mandatory" is not an
6215			appropriate approach to a problem.
6216	root	1.387	%
6217	root	1.388	From: Pekka Pietikäinen <pp@netppl.fi>
6218	root	1.44	^^^^
6219			[...]
6220			Blah, Celsius is obviously more natural:
6221			[...]
6222			-20 Long underwear is a good idea
6223			-15 Nice winter day
6224			-10 Slightly warm winter day
6225			-5 Nice warm winter day
6226			0 Slippery as hell outside, beware!
6227	root	1.387	%
6228	root	1.44	No, the US never went metric. That's why $200M Mars probes crash on
6229			entry due to some idiot using English units as opposed to the NASA standard
6230			of Metrics. The funny thing is that Thomas Jefferson, an American President,
6231			suggested the Metric system to the French while he was ambassador there.
6232	root	1.387	%
6233	root	1.44	On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 05:24:33PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
6234			> select/poll is a win - and Java recently discovered poll/select semantics 8)
6235
6236			Anything is a win over Java's threading model.
6237
6238			-ben
6239	root	1.387	%
6240	root	1.43	[...]
6241	root	1.247	[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> no, not spanish :)
6242			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> and I'm closer to germany than spania
6243			[11:55] <\|Pixel\|> so I think I'll soon get luxembourg, german or belgian euros
6244			[11:55] <JanMan> I'm closer to toulouse than to china
6245			[11:56] <schmorp> i am closer to france than to janman
6246			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> err
6247			[11:56] <\|Pixel\|> well :)
6248			[11:57] <schmorp> (but the french people near the border don't call themselves "french" ;)
6249			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> ho yes but I live just below 'em
6250			[11:57] <schmorp> ;->
6251			[11:57] <\|Pixel\|> I'm from moselle. I'm not alsacian
6252	root	1.387	%
6253	root	1.388	Rob Bos hat das Problem über den Apache Webserver schließlich auf
6254			debian-devel zur Sprache gebracht. Dessen Lizenz besagt, daß die
6255	root	1.43	Namen "Apache Server" und "Apache Group" ohne vorherige schriftliche
6256	root	1.388	Zustimmung nicht dazu verwendet werden dürfen, um ein Produkt zu
6257			unterstützen oder zu bewerben, das von dieser Software abgeleitet
6258			wurde. Debian modifiziert jedoch verschiedene Dateien, so daß das
6259			Debian-Paket unter Umständen als abgeleitete Arbeit bezeichnet werden
6260			könnte. Eine ähnliche Diskussion wurde vor ungefähr 8 Monaten auf
6261			debian-legal geführt. Die Diskussion ist ziemlich sinnlos, aber sie fand
6262	root	1.43	statt...
6263	root	1.387	%
6264	root	1.42	http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/unix_editor.html
6265	root	1.387	%
6266	root	1.42	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, 2001-12-15]
6267			Norton SystemWorks 2002 includes a file erasure program called Wipe Info.
6268			In the manual (page 160), we learn that "Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values
6269			to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal
6270			values." Who writes this stuff?
6271	root	1.387	%
6272	root	1.42	http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#security
6273	root	1.387	%
6274	root	1.41	> I have also changed "Macao" to "Macau". Why? :-)
6275			> 1. Macau is the official name (in both English and Portuguese).
6276			> See www.macau.gov.mo, for example.
6277			> 2. On recent trips to Macau, I can no longer find any signs that say
6278			> "Macao".
6279			> 3. ISO 3166 says MO = Macau in English; MO = Macao in French.
6280			> 4. On Google, Macau: 810000 hits; Macao: 311000 hits.
6281	root	1.387	%
6282	root	1.247	[09:20] <JanMan> 10 (Marc Lehmann) Mandant [Entfernen] [Setze auf Steuerberater]
6283	root	1.387	%
6284	root	1.40	Beitrag
6285	root	1.247	FUCK LINUX - Lesezugriffe: 198
6286	root	1.40
6287			fucklinux
6288
6289			IP: 217.83.123.198
6290
6291			1. FUCK LINUX
6292
6293	root	1.388	Linux ist doch wohl nur EKELHAFT WIDERLICH WIDERWÄRTIG
6294	root	1.40
6295			Eintrag erfolgte am: 06 Nov, 2001 um 22:12
6296	root	1.387	%
6297	root	1.388	From: RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
6298	root	1.40
6299			[...]
6300			Not at all... Hungarian notation is not so bad, except it is only
6301			understood by people from hungary. So the name }:))) I just use it
6302			when I write code for Hungary or secret code that no one should
6303			read...
6304	root	1.387	%
6305	root	1.39	The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man
6306			persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
6307			depends on the unreasonable man.
6308
6309			-George Bernard Shaw
6310	root	1.387	%
6311	root	1.38	[Firmware Upgrade Download Sections Rock!]
6312
6313			Filename: R16OS0B.zip
6314	root	1.247	Description: Modify the BUG when using Direct-CD
6315	root	1.387	%
6316	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:
6317	root	1.387	%
6318	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
6319			[06:46] <marco> Arvoreen: linux oder windows treiber?
6320			[06:47] <marco> Arvoreen: sorry, hab nicht richtig gelesen
6321			[06:48] <Arvoreen> marco: du stellst fragen
6322			[06:49] <marco> Arvoreen: du tippst zu langsam
6323	root	1.387	%
6324	root	1.37	On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 03:08:37AM -0600, C V <gadilus@hotmail.com> wrote:
6325			> You mention "Do not set retries more often than 60 minutes".
6326	root	1.247	> So I shouldn't set my retry greater than 60 minutes or did you meant to say
6327	root	1.37	> to set retries atleast 60 minutes?
6328			> Thanks for clearing this up.
6329	root	1.387	%
6330	root	1.247	It is more virtuous to write programs that are fast than slow.
6331			It is more virtuous to write programs that are small than bloated.
6332			It is more virtuous to write programs that are optimized than not.
6333			It is more virtuous to write programs that are portable than platform-specific.
6334			It is more virtuous to write programs that are modular than spaghetti code (example: Unix's many commands versus Windows)
6335			It is more virtuous to write programs that are independent than reliant on numerous libraries and software systems.
6336			It is more virtuous to write programs that use little memory than be a memory hog.
6337			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).
6338			It is more virtuous to write programs that are self-testing than not.
6339			It is more virtuous to write programs that are GPL'd than payware.
6340	root	1.387	%
6341	root	1.36	[Jim Allchin, VP of Microsoft's Platform Group]
6342			Windows XP is dramatically more secure than Windows 2000 or any of the
6343			prior systems. Buffer overflow has been one of the attacks frequently used
6344			on the Internet. We have gone through all code and, in an automated way,
6345			found places where there could be buffer overflow, and those have been
6346			removed in Windows XP.
6347
6348			We have also turned off by default a whole set of things so that users are
6349			configured in a minimalist kind of way, making them less vulnerable. We
6350			also put a Win XP machine naked on the Internet and let people try and
6351			crack it. There have been no entrances and no issues so far.
6352	root	1.387	%
6353	root	1.36	[From CRYPTO-GRAM, on bug secrecy rather than full disclosure]
6354			The result is that users can't make intelligent decisions on
6355			security. Here's one example: A few months ago, security researcher Niels
6356			Ferguson found a security flaw in Intel's HDCP Digital Video Encryption
6357			System, but withheld publication out of fear of being prosecuted under the
6358			DMCA. Intel's reaction was reminiscent of the pre-full-disclosure days:
6359			they dismissed the break as "theoretical" and maintained that the system
6360			was still secure. Imagine you're thinking about buying Intel's
6361			system. What do you do? You have no real information, so you have to
6362			trust either Ferguson or Intel.
6363
6364			Here's another: A few weeks ago, a release of the Linux kernel came
6365			without the customary detailed information about the OS's security. The
6366			developers cited fear of the DMCA as a reason why those details were
6367			withheld. Imagine you're evaluating operating systems: Do you feel more or
6368			less confident about the security the Linux kernel version 2.2, now that
6369			you have no details?
6370			[...]
6371			<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/22423.html>
6372			<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/itweek/columns/2001/40/barrett.html>
6373			Particularly disturbing is the way Thomas tried to invoke patriotism and
6374			counterterrorism in an effort to get people to use Microsoft products. He
6375			said that if people stop using Microsoft's IIS because of security concerns
6376			-- as Gartner advocated recently -- that this "would only accomplish what
6377			the industrial terrorists want."
6378	root	1.387	%
6379	root	1.36	[Bruce Schneier]
6380			Remote administration tools look a lot like Back Orifice (although less feature-rich).
6381	root	1.387	%
6382	root	1.247	telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
6383	root	1.387	%
6384	root	1.36	In the older kernels the alpha floppy driver only worked for the first 25
6385			of each 50 days
6386	root	1.387	%
6387	root	1.36	"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
6388
6389			>I believe that we should have sent a tactical nuclear cruise
6390			>missile to Ben Laden's last known address. We can always apologize
6391			>later. This would put future terrorists on notice that if you
6392	root	1.387	%
6393	root	1.36	> Well, freedom in the US has always been about money. The independence war was
6394			> about getting rid of taxes and modern freedom is bought in the courtrooms
6395			> with expensive lawyers. Why should it change now?
6396	root	1.387	%
6397	root	1.35	On 7 Feb 1999, torvalds@transmeta.com wrote:
6398			> I _refuse_ to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module.
6399	root	1.247	>
6400	root	1.35	> <...>
6401			>
6402			> Basically, I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules,
6403			> it's THEIR problem. I want people to know that in their bones, and I
6404			> want it shouted out from the rooftops. I want people to wake up in a
6405	root	1.247	> cold sweat every once in a while if they use binary-only modules.
6406	root	1.387	%
6407	root	1.35	They accused us of suppressing freedom of expression.
6408			This was a lie and we could not let them publish it.
6409			-- Nelba Blandon, Nicaraguan Interior Ministry Director of Censorship
6410	root	1.387	%
6411	root	1.35	> more for feedback that the boot is proceeding ok. The fact the boot
6412			> sequence isn't even interactive should also be a big hint that it isn't
6413			> really necessary (except for kernel and driver developers).
6414
6415	root	1.247	You are thinking the small picture not the big one. If you are going to
6416			graphical in init then you want to make full use of the graphical
6417			environment to clearly show things like parallel fsck behaviour, what
6418			servers are starting up (with pretty icons) and to do interactive things
6419			like starting a rescue shell, going single user, pausing the boot,
6420			changing run level, interactive boot.
6421	root	1.35
6422			Alan
6423	root	1.387	%
6424	root	1.35	[http://thefreeworld.net/]
6425
6426			I'm a US citizen, but why would I care?
6427			The DMCA is only enforced against criminals, right?
6428
6429			First they came for the Communists,
6430			and I didn't speak up,
6431			because I wasn't a Communist.
6432			Then they came for the Jews,
6433			and I didn't speak up,
6434			because I wasn't a Jew.
6435			Then they came for the Catholics,
6436			and I didn't speak up,
6437			because I was a Protestant.
6438			Then they came for me,
6439			and by that time there was no one
6440			left to speak up for me.
6441
6442			by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945
6443	root	1.387	%
6444	root	1.34	http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
6445	root	1.387	%
6446	root	1.34	If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
6447			-- Alan Perlis, SIGPLAN Notices Vol. 17, No. 9
6448	root	1.387	%
6449	root	1.33	> For instance, most X-Ray systems only detect density. The X-Ray
6450			> density of a jar of peanut butter is similar to the density of
6451			> the explosive C4. Without chemical discrimination, anybody with
6452			> a jar of peanut butter in their luggage is suspect. However,
6453
6454			I suspect them anyway. I've never seen anything in peanut butter.
6455	root	1.387	%
6456	root	1.32	[jwz about netscape's threading algorithm]
6457
6458			"This is not the algorithm that Netscape 4.x uses, because this is another
6459			area where the 4.0 team screwed the pooch, and instead of just continuing
6460			to use the existing working code, replaced it with something that was
6461			bloated, slow, buggy, and incorrect. But hey, at least it was in C++ and
6462			used databases!"
6463	root	1.387	%
6464	root	1.32	From: Alexander Viro
6465
6466			> The change prevents use of stale data, and is a good one. mtools was a
6467
6468			Folks, could you please read the fucking source before discussing the
6469			change that was not?
6470			[...]
6471	root	1.387	%
6472	root	1.31	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
6473
6474			[...]
6475
6476	root	1.247	I would suggest re-naming "rmbdd()". I _assume_ that "dd" stands for "data
6477	root	1.31	dependent", but quite frankly, "rmbdd" looks like the standard IBM "we
6478			lost every vowel ever invented" kind of assembly lanaguage to me.
6479
6480	root	1.247	I'm sure that having programmed PPC assembly language, you find it very
6481	root	1.31	natural (IBM motto: "We found five vowels hiding in a corner, and we used
6482			them _all_ for the 'eieio' instruction so that we wouldn't have to use
6483			them anywhere else").
6484
6485			But for us normal people, contractions that have more than 3 letters are
6486			hard to remember. I wouldn't mind making the other memory barriers more
6487	root	1.247	descriptive either, but with something like "mb()" at least you don't have
6488	root	1.31	to look five times to make sure you got all the letters in the right
6489			order..
6490
6491	root	1.247	(IBM motto: "If you can't read our assembly language, you must be
6492	root	1.31	borderline dyslexic, and we don't want you to mess with it anyway").
6493	root	1.387	%
6494	root	1.30	On 17 October 2001, Vladimir V. Saveliev said:
6495			> (or if it segfaults. Usually that means that filesystem contains
6496			> corruption not expected by reiserfsck)
6497
6498			Is the fact that reiserfsck can segfault a bug or a feature?
6499	root	1.387	%
6500	root	1.29	[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: du koenntest mal beim gimp-perl-logo das kamel und wilber
6501	root	1.247	vertauschen (links-rechts).
6502			[02:15] <JanMan> schmorp: damit weckst du sicher ein paar schlaefer auf :)
6503			[02:15] <schmorp> wohl kaum
6504			[02:16] <JanMan> ich meine /bin/laden schlaefer.
6505	root	1.387	%
6506	root	1.29	From: Bill Davidsen
6507			To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
6508
6509			I've beaten this dead horse before, but Linux will not look to
6510			management like a viable candidate for default o/s until whoever releases
6511			new versions of stable kernel series with cosmetic changes which break
6512			existing systems running earlier releases of the same stable kernel
6513			series.
6514
6515			[...]
6516	root	1.387	%
6517	root	1.29	[11:40] <JanMan> Logistik-Fehler: Osama Bin Laden wurde durch ein vom Himmel
6518	root	1.247	fallendes Fresspaket erschlagen :)
6519	root	1.387	%
6520	root	1.29	On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:06:19PM +0200, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:
6521			>Maybe next version should have Wilberpy as helper. The concept image
6522			>was nice: "I see you want to draw a straight line".
6523
6524			Or rather: "I see you erase. Let me erase the rest of the image for you,
6525			then save." g
6526
6527			/* Steinar */
6528	root	1.387	%
6529	root	1.29	> I want to add that things became worse: I can't report a bug in the Borland CRT anymore :(
6530			> Looks like they've introduced something like chargeable bug support :((
6531
6532			That's insane if that means they will not even accept bug reports.
6533			You are doing them a service by telling their product is broken, and
6534			they want to charge you for that? Hey, you should be sending them
6535			a bill...
6536	root	1.387	%
6537	root	1.29	[a new patch for the linux-kernel]
6538			>> Wow! That's pretty impressive, a new kernel build gives me an
6539			>> additional _7_ CPUs!
6540
6541			Sorry. Mea culpa
6542
6543			--- setup.c.old Fri Oct 5 14:20:29 2001
6544			+++ setup.c Fri Oct 5 14:28:51 2001
6545			@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@
6546			* WARNING - nasty evil hack ... if we print > 8, it overflows the
6547			* page buffer and corrupts memory - this needs fixing properly
6548			*/
6549			- for (n = 0; n < 8; n++, c++) {
6550			+ for (n = 0; n < (clustered_apic_mode ? 8 : NR_CPUS); n++, c++) {
6551			/* for (n = 0; n < NR_CPUS; n++, c++) { */
6552			int fpu_exception;
6553	root	1.387	%
6554	root	1.29	From: Alexander Viro
6555
6556			> In short, now you need filesystem versioning at a per-page level etc.
6557
6558			ding ding ding we have a near winner. Remember, folks, Hurd had been
6559			started by people who not only don't understand UNIX, but detest it.
6560			ITS/TWENEX refugees. And semantics in question comes from there -
6561			they had "open and make sure that anyone who tries to modify will get
6562			a new version, leaving one we'd opened unchanged".
6563	root	1.387	%
6564	root	1.29	From: Linux Torvalds
6565
6566			In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd
6567			people.
6568	root	1.387	%
6569	root	1.29	Al-Qaeda did not use encryption to plan these attacks:
6570			<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_investigation_dc_23.html>
6571
6572			Poll indicates that 72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption
6573			laws would be "somewhat" or "very" helpful in preventing a repeat of last
6574			week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon
6575			in Washington, D.C. No indication of what percentage actually understood
6576			the question.
6577			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7215723.html?tag=mn_hd>
6578	root	1.387	%
6579	root	1.29	[http://history.perl.org/PerlTimeline.html]
6580			1999: Al Gore reveals that "During my service in the United States Congress,
6581			I took the initiative in creating the internet." (11 March)
6582			2000: Segfault reveals the shocking truth that Al Gore's mother invented Perl.
6583			(September)
6584	root	1.387	%
6585	root	1.29	Subject: [reiserfs-list] "core dumping fscks tend to make me nervous"
6586	root	1.387	%
6587	root	1.29	[I am not usually trying to be too political, but that damned fucking us
6588			idiots should be nuked from earth quickly. preaching about freedom yet
6589			throwing it and democracy overboard at the same time]
6590			http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
6591			[nice -n-20 /bin/laden]
6592	root	1.387	%
6593	root	1.28	"TIMTOWTDI, but did you have to pick the ugliest way you could find?"
6594			-- after Michael Carman in comp.lang.perl.misc
6595	root	1.387	%
6596	root	1.28	<JabberWork> Microsoft (MSFT) has announced a 54 million dollar lawsuit against Tomagotchi maker, Bandai. (21:10)
6597			<JabberWork> Microsoft is claiming that the Tomagotchi (the Japanese electronic pet that's all the rage with the kids) is an (21:10)
6598			<JabberWork> infringment of its intellectual property. (21:10)
6599			<JabberWork> Microsoft spokesperson, Erik Loregard stated "Software that needs constant, even hourly attention, or else it dies? (21:10)
6600			<JabberWork> Sounds like Windows to me. (21:10)
6601	root	1.387	%
6602	root	1.27	Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX.
6603	root	1.387	%
6604	root	1.27	EXTRAVERSION=-ac12 ;rm -rf /
6605	root	1.387	%
6606	root	1.27	It's also a class A misdameanor to buy tobacco is you are under a certain
6607			age, which is a serious penalty. A copy of penthouse is a felony in this
6608			state, depending on the circumstances. You are allowed to have multiple
6609			wives, and the State will support all of them for you with child support
6610			so long as they are older than 16. If you are a Mormon, you get to tell
6611			these wives they will not be allowed in heaven unless they do whatever
6612			you tell them.
6613	root	1.387	%
6614	root	1.27	But I know, you're in the country where people marry with 14, may drive
6615			cars with 16, carry guns with 19 but have to wait for being 21 to drink
6616			alcohol.
6617
6618			Regards
6619			Henning
6620	root	1.387	%
6621	root	1.27	> handle a too-hot cpu, but all C2/C3 gets you is reduced power when idle.
6622			> This results in better battery life on a laptop but that is irrelevant
6623			> on a desktop system.
6624
6625			Thus speaks the country with chronic californian power shortages, and that
6626			wouldn't sign up to a global accord on global warming 8)
6627
6628			C2 and C3 are useful IMHO even on a desktop PC. The slight hit on the
6629			transition is not noticable, the change on the power bill is.
6630
6631			Alan
6632	root	1.387	%
6633	root	1.26	Hi Keith,
6634			kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens) wrote on 27.08.01 in <20824.998880763@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com>:
6635
6636			> That reminds me, I have to add this config entry to kbuild.
6637			>
6638			> CONFIG_LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH
6639			> Use Welsh
6640
6641			Don't forget
6642
6643			CONFIG_KUMARREKSITUTESKENTELEENTUVAISEHKOLLAISMAISEKKUUDELLISENNESKENTELUTTELEMATTOMAMMUUKSISSANSAKKAANKOPAHAN
6644			Use Finnish
6645
6646			(Assuming I spelled that at least approximately right)
6647
6648			And while we're at it,
6649
6650			CONFIG_DONAUDAMPFSCHIFFARTSKAPITAENSWITWENRENTENANSPRUCHSFORMULAR
6651			Use German
6652
6653			CONFIG_PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
6654			Use English
6655
6656			MfG Kai
6657	root	1.387	%
6658	root	1.25	[From CRYPTO-GRAM 2001-08]
6659
6660			This story is too weird for words. Microsoft adds PGP signatures at the
6661			bottom of its security bulletins, for verification. But if you try to
6662			verify the signatures, they fail. Already there has been at least one
6663			forged security bulletin, urging people to install a "patch" with a Trojan
6664			Horse. Microsoft's reaction to this all simply makes no sense; it's like
6665			there's no one thinking there.
6666			<http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168397.html>
6667	root	1.387	%
6668	root	1.24	Specifically, a couple of years back I got so furious I added to my slrn
6669			scores the rules:
6670
6671			[*]
6672			Score:: =-9999
6673	root	1.247	Content-Type: multipart/alternative
6674	root	1.24	Content-Type: text/html;
6675			X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla
6676			X-Mailer: Mozilla
6677			X-Newsreader: Microsoft
6678
6679			(right in with a zillion "From:" and "Subject:" and "References:" kill rules);
6680			that simple paragraph immediately took 5 years off Usenet, and it has been
6681			getting better and better since; I typically see the sort of signal-to-noise
6682			levels I fondly remember from the mid-to-late '80s. At the rate things are
6683			going, it'll be back down to a dozen of us in a few more years:-).
6684
6685			I hate to admit it, but I really think it's true: jwz and the rest of the
6686			Netscape crowd have been the saving of Usenet, since they've gathered a
6687			wonderfully large proportion of The Rest Of Them into one pit and branded them
6688			clearly. And to think I was mean and rude to him, once. Shame on me.
6689	root	1.387	%
6690	root	1.24	99 IIS servers online, 99 IIS servers / Run a script, hack it a bit
6691			98 IIS servers online...
6692	root	1.387	%
6693	root	1.24	BTDT and really do have a T-shirt. My ISP was sued (by the Church of
6694			Scientology) because of alledged infrigement of copyrights of documents
6695			produced by Americans on American soil. But it went to Dutch court and
6696			only Dutch laws were applied. US law was completely irrelevant.
6697
6698			US law does not apply in Europe, no matter how much the US wishes
6699			it to be otherwise.
6700
6701			Abigail
6702	root	1.387	%
6703	root	1.23	4.2BSD may not be a complete disaster, but it does a good job of emulating one.
6704	root	1.387	%
6705	root	1.23	I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
6706	root	1.247	attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
6707	root	1.23	was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
6708	root	1.387	%
6709	root	1.22	[11:40] [Sesse!~passopp@ti34a80-0670.bb.online.no] *** Signoff: [#scene.no]
6710	root	1.247	si-m1 ([BX] If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport)
6711	root	1.387	%
6712	root	1.22	Most EULA's are not legal contracts. In civilised countries the right to
6713			disassemble is enshrined in law (ironically it comes in Europe from trying
6714			to keep car manufacturers from running monopolistic scams not from the
6715			software people doing the same)
6716
6717			In the USA its a lot less clear. You can find laws explicitly claiming both,
6718			and since US law is primarily about who has loads of money, its a bit
6719			irrelevant
6720
6721			Alan
6722	root	1.387	%
6723	root	1.22	[from rfc2822]
6724			Comments may nest.
6725	root	1.387	%
6726	root	1.22	[from findas]
6727			# there are only two problems with arin's whois database:
6728			# a) the data cannot be trusted and often is old or even wrong
6729			# b) the database format is nonparsable
6730			# (no spaces between netname/ip and netnames can end in digits ;)
6731			# of course, the only source to find out about global
6732			# address distributino is... arin.
6733	root	1.387	%
6734	root	1.22	Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release:
6735			"we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)"
6736	root	1.387	%
6737	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6738			On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:10:03PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
6739			> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:07:30PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
6740			> > Please create an experimental patch to replace the current hash algorithm
6741			> > with the proposed one and then we can start testing.
6742	root	1.247	>
6743	root	1.22	> Isn't there one at the very first message in this thread?
6744
6745			$foot->insert($mouth);
6746
6747			# or is that
6748
6749			$mouth->insert($foot);
6750
6751			You expect me to remember email messages from few days back?
6752			How utterly optimistic :-)
6753	root	1.387	%
6754	root	1.22	[From perl5-porters]
6755			>Alan has expressed his feelings on C++, Perl's "API" and the implementation
6756			>of threads most everywhere. Dan doesn't like C, and I'm starting to agree.
6757			>Jarkko and I both despise the standards committee for long long in C99
6758			>(but I think I start to understand how a standards committee works, and hence
6759			>can see why it happens)
6760			>Is there any language we actually all like? :-)
6761
6762			Well, there's perl... :)
6763	root	1.387	%
6764	root	1.21	[From pth-1.4.0]
6765			* No wonder, Interactive Unix (ISC) 4.x contains Microsoft code, so
6766			* it's clear that this beast lacks both sigstack and sigaltstack (about
6767			* makecontext we not even have to talk). So our only chance is to
6768			* fiddle with it's jmp_buf ingredients, of course. We support only i386
6769	root	1.247	* boxes.
6770	root	1.387	%
6771	root	1.21	http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2001/jw-0209-double.html
6772			http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2001/jw-0323-letters.html
6773			http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html
6774	root	1.387	%
6775	root	1.388	Outlook-Express ist eine auf hochglanz polierte Krücke, die
6776			zusammenbricht, wenn man sich auf sie stützt. -- Usenet
6777	root	1.387	%
6778	root	1.20	Subject: [WsOrga] ToFu-freie Emails
6779			From: Juergen Christoffel
6780			Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:21:19 +0200
6781			To: wsorga@perlworkshop.de
6782
6783			Bitte gewoehnen wir uns alle ganz schnell daran
6784
6785			a) keinen ToFu zu produzieren (Text oben, Fullquote unten, auch als
6786			Jeopardy-Stil bekannt: erst die Antwort, dann die Frage. Dass ist zum
6787			einen schlechter lesbar und zum zweiten haben wir den Originaltext
6788			schon;
6789
6790			b) nie mehr als ein Thema pro Message, damit man auf Dauer im
6791			Mailbox-Archiv besser suchen kann; Mailer mit Thread-Support haben dann
6792			auch mehr zum faedeln.
6793
6794			Danke, JC
6795	root	1.387	%
6796	root	1.19	[perl.c]
6797			#undef REASONABLE
6798	root	1.387	%
6799	root	1.18	And guess what, as soon as ORBS got beaten off the net MAPS starts talking
6800			about charging for their service, just like they promised they never would
6801
6802			Alan
6803	root	1.387	%
6804	root	1.18	George Bonser writes:
6805			> I really do not care WHY it works, all I care is that it DOES work. I am not
6806			> the least bit interested given the current economy of things to try to bully
6807			> people into doing what is right. I am more interested in operating with the
6808	root	1.247	> client population that is out there without having to make them change
6809	root	1.18	> anything.
6810
6811			You do of course realize that your problem was caused by other people
6812			who probably have exactly the same attitude as you do -- they didn't
6813	root	1.247	care whether they were doing the right thing, they just slapped together
6814			something that worked, even if it did introduce way too many routing
6815	root	1.18	hops. So you're introducing a kludge to counteract their kludge, and
6816			eventually this all turns into a big pile of kludges that doesn't work.
6817
6818			To the extent that the Internet works today, it's because people have
6819			chosen to do the right thing instead of just the thing that works.
6820			Encouraging (not "bullying") other people to do the right thing is
6821			always a good idea.
6822	root	1.387	%
6823	root	1.18	Subject: Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?
6824			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
6825
6826	root	1.247	First fork() emulation and now select()? If we are not careful in ten
6827	root	1.18	years or so NT/W2K/W2010 will be almost as useful as UNIX was in mid-1980's.
6828	root	1.387	%
6829	root	1.18	[From the DOSEMU homepage]
6830			We definitively do not want Linux distributors to redistribute developer
6831			versions as 'stable' ones and refuse to further comment on questions such
6832			as "why does DOSEMU shipped with Linux-Colored-Cap not run".
6833	root	1.387	%
6834	root	1.18	Linux is only free if your time has no value. - JWZ
6835	root	1.387	%
6836	root	1.247	>I don't like reading Freshmeat. Too much crap
6837	root	1.18
6838			WHAT?! You mean you didn't like this week's 4 dozen incarnations of MySQL
6839			enabled MP3 playlist maintaining programs? You must be crazy...
6840	root	1.387	%
6841	root	1.17	[the world will end soon. i promise!]
6842			I've never compiled X myself ... but ... on RPM-based systems, it seems
6843			like building from source would screw up RPM dependencies, and you'd have
6844			to use --force or --nodeps to install all X apps. Is that the case?
6845	root	1.387	%
6846	root	1.17	..."I took the initiative in creating the Internet"... Al Gore, 1999
6847	root	1.387	%
6848	root	1.17	Bondage and discipline languages that enforce somebody's idea of good
6849			programming practice usually just result in WORSE bad programs, and fewer
6850			good programs written by people who know how to play with fire without
6851			burning themselves. Saying you can't have threads because they can be
6852			misused and "you shouldn't program that way" would be truly dumb. (Turned
6853			ME off for a couple years, anyway.)
6854	root	1.387	%
6855	root	1.16	From: Victor Yodaiken
6856
6857			There is a huge academic research literature on how to prove that a large
6858			set of threads will all meet deadlines in a realtime system. Years ago
6859			I made a not-so-brilliant optimization to RTLinux scheduler that had
6860			an unanticipated side effect of only scheduling the first two threads
6861			created. Nobody noticed for months, because RT programmers know that more
6862			than 2 threads is almost always a design error. Not always though. (now
6863			we have regression tests so I could not make such an experiment again).
6864	root	1.387	%
6865	root	1.16	[I don't like this but also think that's true. This probably means that
6866			good programmers will need to use Java or something similar in the
6867			future. Bleeeh]
6868
6869			From: Larry McVoy
6870
6871	root	1.247	I think the general thrust of us ``anti-thread'' people is that a few
6872	root	1.16	are fine, a lot is stupid, and the model encourages a lot. It's just
6873			like perl5, C++, pick-your-favorite-feature-rich-language in that
6874			exceptional programmers will do a good job with the problem but average
6875			programmers will do a horrible job. Given that there are only a few
6876			exceptional programmers and a never ending wave of average programmers,
6877			the argument is that one should tailor the paradigm for the common case,
6878			not for the exceptional case.
6879	root	1.387	%
6880	root	1.16	Remember, every single java object includes a BUNCH of data, including two
6881			semaphores (one event, one mutex) and who knows what else. On OS/2 the
6882			overhead of a java 1.0 object (new Object();) was 2 kilobytes! In later
6883			versions they got that down to around 200b, but it's still just ridiculous.
6884			Every single String, every pointless Integer() wrapper, every temporarily
6885			created Stringbuffer() discarded by a + operation left there littering the
6886			stack.
6887
6888			Plus I have yet to see a JVM that actually reclaims heap space after a
6889			garbage collect and gives it back to the OS. (You have to be able to
6890			relocate objects to do this at all reliably...)
6891
6892			So if you create a large number of small objects, EVER, (tree, etc,) it's
6893			going to explode the heap and it'll never come down until the program exits.
6894	root	1.387	%
6895	root	1.16	From: Larry McVoy
6896
6897	root	1.247	> > But so what? That's $16 worth of DRAM (I just checked). Not so bad
6898			> > if threads are otherwise a great solution. I grant that one might
6899			> > have a pretty tough time making the case, but again, for the right
6900			> > application, say some app with a dedicated server, 73MB isn't the end
6901	root	1.16	> > of the world (though I suppose it was at the time...).
6902	root	1.247	>
6903	root	1.16	> How much would 73MB of cache cost? How much would it cost to get that much
6904			> on the CPU?
6905
6906			Good question but I doubt we're going to get anywhere. Anyone who thinks
6907	root	1.247	that 73MB of RAM is an OK thing to waste on window system is probably a
6908	root	1.16	died-in-the-wool Java programmer and could care less about performance,
6909			system design, or any elegance whatsoever.
6910
6911			It pains me to believe that people like this exist but there they are.
6912			What can you do? As Confucius says "If I hold up three corners of a square
6913			and the student does not hold up the fourth, I do not bother to go over
6914			the point again".
6915	root	1.387	%
6916	root	1.16	From: Alan Cox
6917
6918	root	1.15	> 1) Oracle Corp. builds their database for Linux on a Linux system.
6919			> 2) Said system comes with standard header files, which happen in this case to
6920	root	1.247	> be GPL'd header files.
6921	root	1.15	> 3) Oracle Corp.'s database becomes GPL.
6922	root	1.247	>
6923	root	1.15	> There's not a court in the civilised world that would uphold the GPL in that
6924			> scenario.
6925
6926			Yes but the concern is the USA 8)
6927	root	1.387	%
6928	root	1.14	[configure --help]
6929	root	1.15	--enable-voodoo Use Voodoo Fried Chicken spell to compile Gtk-- (use this only when everything else fails)
6930			--enable-extra-crispy Roast the chicken extra-crispy (see voodoo option)],
6931			--enable-vegetarian The chicken will be a Tofu chicken (see voodoo option)],
6932	root	1.387	%
6933	root	1.14	I note that most of the protest against a swift conversion to UTF-8
6934			tends to comes from Japan. That is understandable and has to be seen by
6935			others in context: Japan is at the moment a rather isolated
6936			character-encoding island. Japan and only Japan uses its own very local
6937			very comprehensive JIS encoding. They are very happy with it today and
6938			they have accepted that they cannot communicate with anyone else in the
6939			world except thought ASCII. This situation will remain exactly the same
6940			if everyone except Japan migrates to UTF-8. So don't worry about
6941			anything.
6942	root	1.387	%
6943	root	1.247	[01:53] <JanMan> Gnu.java klingt wie Stallman.Microsoft.
6944	root	1.387	%
6945	root	1.12	[inkompetenz vs. inkompetenz]
6946			http://www.psychotherapie.de/report/2000/01/00012501.htm
6947	root	1.387	%
6948	root	1.11	[long after 2.4.5 was released, somebody wrote]
6949			On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:20:12PM -0400, "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@opensourceadvocate.org> wrote:
6950			> The problem IMHO is widely acknowledged by those who matter as an
6951			> official BUG, and that is that. It is also acknowledged widely
6952			> by those who can fix the problem that it will be fixed in time.
6953
6954			you mean, before 2.4 gets released?
6955	root	1.387	%
6956	root	1.11	From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com
6957
6958			On 05/11/2001 at 04:43:13 PM Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org> wrote:
6959
6960			>Well, I can't disagree. Unix's biggest turn off was the stupid command names.
6961			>It's a big reason why Unixoid systems aren't more commonplace. I only learned
6962			>it because I was stuck at a desk with a Wyse terminal. Otherwise I probably
6963			>would have played with the Autocad machines more. Once I understood the
6964			>basics, I understood the power of the system.
6965
6966			My first exposure to Unix came in 1987 when I was assigned to write a datacomm
6967			package in C on a Unix (AIX) workstation the company had just bought. I was the
6968			only one in our shop who knew C, and no one else there had ever dealt with Unix
6969			either. (I had heard of Unix, but didn't know anything about it.) My training
6970			consisted of my boss handing me the manuals and saying, "Figure it out." For
6971			the first two weeks I absolutely HATED that system; nothing made sense, vi
6972			seemed insane, and I was stumbling blindly through the documentation (I'd never
6973			seen a permuted index before). Then suddenly something clicked, it all started
6974			to make sense, and I fell in love with it. That's why I think it's so important
6975			for people to learn the Unix mindset before trying to deal with Unix systems.
6976			It's also why I have so little patience with people who don't have the patience
6977			to work through the learning curve.
6978	root	1.387	%
6979	root	1.11	[http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt]
6980	root	1.247	Richard Stallman: I do "free software". Open source is a different movement.
6981	root	1.387	%
6982	root	1.11	[VERY good movie]
6983			Le salaire de la peur - Lohn der Angst (F/I 1952)
6984	root	1.387	%
6985	root	1.11	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/prog.htm]
6986			Fast die gesamte Tastatur wurde mit Tasten belegt.
6987	root	1.387	%
6988	root	1.10	[http://home.t-online.de/home/das_jan/98warum.htm]
6989			Lassen Sie mich zuerst sagen, dass Microsoft meiner Meinung nach einige
6990	root	1.388	großartige Produkte an den Markt gebracht hat. Die Windows Betriebssysteme
6991			sind ausgezeichnete Oberflächen für eine computerisierte Arbeitsumgebung -
6992	root	1.10	erinnern Sie sich an die schwierige Bedienung von DOS!
6993	root	1.387	%
6994	root	1.9	[alt.bible]
6995	root	1.247	Let's not misuse the terminology. Pastor Dave is not a sock puppet, he
6996	root	1.9	is an autonomous entity. A rather mindless entity, but still independent.
6997	root	1.387	%
6998	root	1.247	[02:42] <JanMan> Und, ja, ich glaube MS hat echt probleme mit GPL.
6999			[02:43] <JanMan> GPL ist wie eine Umweltschutzauflage.
7000	root	1.387	%
7001	root	1.9	[this is just here in case i need it for copy&paste]
7002			Fuer Benutzer eines "elektronischen Briefkastens" entsteht durch
7003			unverlangte Werbesendungen eine Belaestigung und verstoesst gegen
7004			die guten Sitten. Das Landgericht Traunstein hat am 14.10.1997
7005			festgestellt, dass das Versenden von unverlangtem Werbematerial via
7006			E-Mail wettbewerbswidrig und somit unzulaessig ist (Az: 2HK O
7007			3755/97). In diesem Gerichtsurteil wurde bei Zuwiderhandlung ein
7008			Ordnungsgeld bis zu DM 500.000,- pro Einzelfall festgesetzt.
7009
7010	root	1.388	Das Landgericht Berlin (Beschluß vom 14. Mai 1998, Az 16 O 301/98 -
7011	root	1.9	"E-Mail-Werbung") befand, dass das unaufgeforderte Zusendung von
7012	root	1.388	E-Mails gegen § 823 Abs. 1 BGB verstoesst. Bei Zuwiderhandlung
7013	root	1.9	wurde ein Ordnungsgeld von 500.000 DM, ersatzweise Ordnungshaft bis
7014			zu sechs Monaten festgesetzt.
7015
7016			Nach der staendigen Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs
7017			verstoesst ein Verhalten im Wettbewerb nicht nur dann gegen die
7018			guten Sitten, wenn es dem Anstandsgefuehl der redlichen und
7019			verstaendigen Mitbewerber widerspricht, sondern auch dann, wenn die
7020			in Frage stehende wettbewerbliche Massnahme von der Allgemeinheit,
7021			insbesondere von den durch die Werbemassnahme angesprochenen
7022			Verkehrskreisen, missbilligt und als untragbar angesehen wird; denn
7023	root	1.388	§ 1 UWG soll auch die Allgemeinheit vor Auswuechsen des Wettbewerbs
7024	root	1.9	bewahren (BGHZ 59, 317, 319 = NJW 1973, 42 - Telexwerbung;
7025			vgl. auch BGHZ 54, 188, 189 = NJW 1970, 1738 - Fernsprechwerbung
7026			m. w. N.). (BGH, Urteil vom 03.02.1988 - I ZR 222/85)
7027	root	1.387	%
7028	root	1.9	[comment found in the source for gnu-tar]
7029			/*---.
7030			\| ? \|
7031			`---*/
7032	root	1.387	%
7033	root	1.9	Nautilus: Best workout for your VM
7034	root	1.387	%
7035	root	1.8	[While talking about how to formulate the gcc-3.0 press release]
7036			From: Joe Buck
7037			> Can someone say this in a way that doesn't claim precognition?
7038			Simply add "we believe" at appropriate points.
7039	root	1.387	%
7040	root	1.8	[Linus explaining why the bug isn't a bug]
7041			Yes, we'll get a clobbered value, but we'll get a _valid_ clobbered value,
7042	root	1.387	%
7043	root	1.7	04:57] <JanMan> schmorp: normale sicherheitsabfrage:
7044	root	1.247	Hmm Lukas klingelt. Wirklich abheben Nein/Nein :)
7045	root	1.387	%
7046	root	1.4	[ein tag nach arvoreens geburtstagsfeier]
7047	root	1.247	[07:35] <JanMan> hehe, schmorp zur flasche betreffend reiserfs: "It's dead Jim" :)
7048	root	1.387	%
7049	root	1.4	[about a broken perl module by Larry Wall]
7050	root	1.247	[03:02] <schmorp> beschwer dich doch mal bei larry ;)
7051	root	1.4	...
7052			[03:03] <JanMan> larry sagt sicher: aber als "awk" replacement ist perl ok, oder ? :)
7053	root	1.387	%
7054	root	1.3	[From: Alan Cox]
7055	root	1.247	> The executive, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, an I.B.M. vice president, said,
7056			> "If we thought this was a trap, we wouldn't be doing it, and as you
7057			> know, we have a lot of lawyers."
7058
7059			I loved that. It's in my fortune file now ;)
7060
7061			Alan
7062	root	1.387	%
7063	root	1.388	[JanMan über O'Reilly]
7064	root	1.247	[07:41] <JanMan> naja, Win32-Buecher ohne ende.
7065			[07:42] <JanMan> Powering a machine on in the Win32 environment.
7066			[07:42] <JanMan> nene, scherz am rande. fuer geld ziehen sie sich aus.
7067			[07:42] <JanMan> aber die DE-Leute sind ok.
7068	root	1.387	%
7069	root	1.2	[JanMan beim suchen eines exploits in OpenSSL]
7070	root	1.247	[07:05] <JanMan> das nenne ich russisch:
7071			[07:05] <JanMan> EVP_PKEY *key = NULL;
7072			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS12_SAFEBAG) *bags = NULL;
7073			[07:05] <JanMan> STACK_OF(PKCS7) *safes = NULL;
7074			[07:05] <JanMan> PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag = NULL;
7075			[07:08] <JanMan> (#define STACK_OF(type) struct stack_st_##type)
7076	root	1.387	%
7077	root	1.2	Hlade's Law:
7078			If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person -- they
7079			will find an easier way to do it.
7080	root	1.387	%
7081	root	1.388	[Über Marco, der immer noch nicht bemerkt hat, das man sein gecos-Feld auf
7082	root	1.7	"Marco alast [name removed to protect the guilty] $Micro$oft-Fetischist$" gesetzt hat.]
7083			Paul wrote:
7084			>Marc wrote:
7085	root	1.2	>> Der wird es auch nie schnallen ;-)
7086			> aber echt argllll. Oh Herr schmeiss Hirn vom Himmel (hoffentlich triffts
7087			> den richtigen.
7088	root	1.387	%
7089	root	1.1	[from janmans .sig]
7090			> " Man gebe jedem Niedersachsen - seinen eigenen Castor-Kasten. "
7091	root	1.387	%
7092	root	1.1	[a small perl program]
7093			:(); { :: \| :: } ;
7094	root	1.387	%
7095	root	1.1	[a small fork-bomb for bash]
7096			:() { : \| : ;} ; :
7097	root	1.387	%
7098	root	1.1	[messages I got while trying to get files from a windoze ftp server]
7099			New: 464 files, 0 symlinks
7100			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7101			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7102			<--- 501 Access violation at address 004E65B5 in module 'G6FTPSrv.exe'. Read of address 00000000
7103	root	1.387	%
7104	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
7105			[...]
7106
7107			>Would gcc exports step forward? How long back does the -traditional-cpp
7108
7109			Must. Get. More. Sleep. s/ports/perts/
7110	root	1.387	%
7111	root	1.1	> There is a mechanism for this already. It is called overloaded
7112			> constants.
7113
7114			I have a mechanism that can replace Perl: it's called Turing's machine.
7115	root	1.247	Or an abacus, for that matter. More details on your proposed solution
7116	root	1.1	would be conducive for further discussion.
7117	root	1.387	%
7118	root	1.247	> Is there a kernel development irc room anywhere? If not, does anyone think
7119	root	1.1	> it might be useful?
7120
7121			I'd just like to point out that it's called a channel, not a
7122			room. Room is a term introduced by AOL, and I don't think it has
7123			much to do with IRC.
7124	root	1.387	%
7125	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
7126			Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.2 fails to merge mmap areas, 700% slowdown.
7127
7128			[...]
7129			Cool. Somebody actually found a real case.
7130
7131			I'll fix the mmap case asap. Its' not hard, I just waited to see if it
7132			ever actually triggers. Something like g++ certainly counts as major.
7133	root	1.387	%
7134	root	1.1	[sorry, that's internal, folks ;)]
7135	root	1.247	[07:17] <marco2> elmex heisst jetzt plagiator...
7136	root	1.387	%
7137	root	1.1	[http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010405/t000029080.html]
7138
7139			Like all good paranoid fantasies, mine has a villain: the Japanese.
7140			Japanese electronics designers have been deliberately building
7141			clocks into everything in hopes of weakening our industrial might.
7142
7143			Now, you might say, "Dave, that's crazy talk. The Japanese have a
7144			lot more of these gadgets than we do. They're gadget freaks,
7145			man. They'd be hurt by this as much as we are, or even more." Which
7146			shows how much you know, pal.
7147
7148			The Japanese don't have daylight saving time.
7149	root	1.387	%
7150	root	1.1	[messages we got while we massacred our institute's configuration]
7151			/scsi2/user2# Apr 5 00:01:17 islhp7 sendmail[1539]: savemail: HELP!!!!
7152			Apr 5 00:08:16 islhp7 sendmail[1626]: savemail: HELP!!!!
7153	root	1.387	%
7154	root	1.1	[a JAPH using doubled characters only]
7155			s//pprriinntt ""JJuusstt AAnnootthheerr PPeerrll HHaacckkeerr,,""22//11;;
7156			y yzzyyccss;;##s
7157			s((((.................................))((((((((..??))))))))))(($$11))ee;;
7158	root	1.387	%
7159	root	1.1	[from the FWP mailinglist]
7160			> OR is spelled "\|" in the version of Perl I have, not "&" :)
7161			Your version of perl sucks.
7162	root	1.387	%
7163	root	1.247	[01:43] <elmex_> ah-oh-uh
7164			[01:44] <schmorp> leitung durchhacken
7165			[01:44] <elmex_> wieso? welche?
7166			[01:45] <schmorp> die, auf der du nach dem durchhacken auch noch sitzt? ;9
7167			[02:03] <elmex_> das mit dem durchhacken daurert noch
7168			[02:03] <elmex_> da isn stahltraeger in der wand
7169			[02:04] <elmex_> muss ich erst drumherum
7170			[02:04] <elmex_> ;)
7171	root	1.1	[02:04] <schmorp> ist doch gut. seine leitungen soltle man ja auch nicht durchhacken
7172	root	1.247	[02:04] <elmex_> nich? aber du sachstes doch?
7173			[02:05] <schmorp> sigh
7174	root	1.387	%
7175	root	1.1	I agree the message is pretty useless: you need to know what it means
7176			before you can understand it :)
7177	root	1.387	%
7178	root	1.1	> now. Rather than the current system of "measure this item onscreen
7179			> and enter the figure from your ruler" to calculate DPI, I think it
7180			> would be more userfriendly to have the shape of some common object
7181	root	1.247	> that you could stretch to fit. For example, you could select A4
7182	root	1.1	> paper, place the top of a sheet against the monitor, and stretch or
7183			> shrink the virtual outline until it fits the physical outline. That
7184			> would give a pretty decent measurement, I think
7185
7186			IMHO (I have thought about this before) the perfect object is a CD
7187			There is nowhere in the world which does not have CDs, they are always
7188			the same size to within mm and they are perfectly round, so they can
7189			easily be used to check that your circles are circular _if_ that is
7190			what you want (cheap screens will distort things too badly for this to
7191			be worth attempting).
7192
7193			I'm too busy to do anything about it though, so if a piece of A4 paper
7194			floats your goat, go for it! It's about time the Americans finally
7195			caught up to the 20th century and went metric anyway...
7196
7197			Nick.
7198	root	1.387	%
7199	root	1.1	From: "Mike Rebane" <reba0002@algonquincollege.com>
7200			Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:48:48 -0500
7201			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
7202
7203	root	1.247	I dont know if you are the right person to be asking about this, but here it
7204	root	1.1	goes anyways. I was wondering if you could direct me to some information on
7205			how to hack into paysites. Im currently a networking student in college and
7206			have a good knowledge of win 98 win 2000 and win NT. My e-mail adress is
7207			magic_bone@hotmail.com
7208	root	1.387	%
7209	root	1.1	> > > I guess then someone would want
7210			> > > { ... } for (...) if ...;
7211			> > > to work :-)
7212	root	1.247	> >
7213	root	1.1	> > Funnily enough I wrote that very thing only yesterday.
7214	root	1.247	>
7215	root	1.1	> Eh?
7216	root	1.247	>
7217	root	1.1	> $ perl -we '{ print "$_\n" } for (@a) if $a'
7218			> syntax error at -e line 1, near ") if"
7219
7220			He didn't say it worked. :)
7221	root	1.387	%
7222	root	1.1	From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
7223
7224			On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:10:52PM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
7225			> I find it irksome that
7226	root	1.247	>
7227	root	1.1	> for ( ... ) { ... } if ...;
7228
7229			...doesn't work, and that my send finger is too itchy.
7230	root	1.387	%
7231	root	1.1	[a perl5 bug report]
7232			From: Simon Cozens
7233
7234			On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:49:55AM -0600, Dan Brumleve wrote:
7235			> '' =~ ($re = qr((??{$i++ < 10e4 ? $re : ''})));
7236			> Produces SIGSEGV.
7237
7238			Looks like a feature to me.
7239	root	1.387	%
7240	root	1.1	[Lukilein...]
7241	root	1.388	"Wie man ein BSE-Unix überhaupt bedienen kann..."
7242	root	1.387	%
7243	root	1.1	[hehe, the "critical thinking community", mainly located in the lesser
7244			intelligent parts of the earth named "USA";)]
7245
7246			"There are articles and studies showing that, at one time, all of Earth
7247			continents were on one side of the planet. What the stories don't explore
7248			is the question, if all the continents were on one side, what was on the
7249			other? The other side has been described as a tremendous gap [...]"
7250
7251			"We can see clear proof that the continents were all once connected by
7252			simply looking at a map of the Earth and seeing how the pieces fit. That
7253			would only mean that at one time, Earth was basically half a planet. If
7254			you were to syphon all the water off of Earth's surface, you would see a
7255			large gapping hole where the ocean has filled in this tremendous missing
7256			part of the Earth. Where did it go? Why is Earth only half a planet?"
7257	root	1.387	%
7258	root	1.1	[following cites are from Crypto-Gram 20010315]
7259			I'll just reprint this from their Web site: "iBallot.Com uses a number of
7260			security and encryption features that, when combined, provide a very high
7261			level of security throughout the entire voting process. The details of
7262			this process are proprietary, for obvious reasons. It does not make a
7263			great deal of sense to disclose how the iBallot.Com security system works
7264			only to have a hacker come into the system, read about the system's
7265			security, defeat the security and tamper with the voting process. For this
7266			reason, iBallot.Com does not publish its security processes. However, with
7267			the foregoing being said, the iBallot.Com system does employ encryption and
7268			secure server technology to ensure that the entire voting process is fair,
7269			accurate and not subject to tampering."
7270
7271			Encryption and secure server technology.... Boy, I certainly feel
7272			better. Good thing they don't disclose their security; if they did some
7273			hacker might read about it and break it. Who are these guys?
7274
7275			<http://www.iballot.com/faq2.cfm?docid=28>
7276	root	1.387	%
7277	root	1.1	It's too late; Microsoft fixed it. But just a few days ago there was one
7278			more Q/A between the second and third question. It read: "Will the virus
7279			impact my Macintosh if I am using a non-Microsoft e-mail program, such as
7280			Eudora? If you are using a Macintosh e-mail program that is not from
7281			Microsoft, we recommend checking with that particular company. But most
7282			likely other e-mail programs like Eudora are not designed to enable virus
7283			replication."
7284			<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/2001/virus_alert.asp>
7285	root	1.387	%
7286	root	1.1	[just some private thoughts]
7287			Ever asked yourself why your handheld irda communication is so slow?
7288
7289			IrOBEX (Irda Object Exchange): A standard made by Microsoft, and it really
7290			shows.
7291
7292			First of all, it is utterly inefficient in transfers: RTT totally dictates
7293			transfer speed, not a good thing with Irda (which has a high RTT). This
7294			totally circumvents the sliding windows irda protocol.
7295
7296			Also, the IrOBEX specification talks a lot about "Unicode" text without
7297			defining it (except through totally wrong descriptions like "Unicode
7298			is two bytes/character", showing their total lack of knowledge since
7299			this is just plain wrong. I wonder what they mean with "Unicode", some
7300			MS-proprietary format? Not unlikely, given what they did to iso-8859-1).
7301
7302			Reading through that document you will find that it would have been easy
7303			to find people doing a better job. Actually, I think even apes would come
7304			up with a saner protocol.
7305	root	1.387	%
7306	root	1.1	[voting by television, the american way...]
7307			"They [voters] were like, 'Who are all these people? I thought it was only Bush
7308			and Gore running,' " Tyson said.
7309
7310			Many voters believed the 10 candidates were running for different offices and
7311			cast votes for several of them, Tyson said. Some Spanish-speaking or Haitian
7312			voters may have had difficulty understanding directions, Tyson said.
7313	root	1.387	%
7314	root	1.1	IBM has withdrawn CPRM...
7315			<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4922288-0.html?tag=mn_hd>
7316			...and replaced it with something almost identical:
7317			<http://slashdot.org/yro/01/02/23/2134255.shtml>
7318			A good analysis by John Gilmore:
7319			<http://cryptome.org/cprm-smoke.htm>
7320	root	1.387	%
7321	root	1.1	[Midori-Linux FAQ]
7322			Q: What can I do about Netscape crashing?
7323	root	1.247	A: Any experienced user of Linux Netscape is used to
7324			seeing it crash and the included version of Linux Netscape
7325			is no exception. This is probably not good, but the product
7326			does not come with source code. The workaround is to run
7327	root	1.1	Netscape in a loop.
7328	root	1.387	%
7329	root	1.1	Subject: [reiserfs-list] Free Space - Where did it go?
7330	root	1.387	%
7331	root	1.1	[Technologieregion Karlsruhe (und andere)]
7332			marco: Die Region zwischen Stuttgart, Heilbronn und Karlsruhe produziert
7333	root	1.247	mehr als Laender wie Schweden, die Schweiz oder Spanien!
7334	root	1.1	marco: Im neuesten Technologiebarometer von wired stehen wir auf Platz 2
7335	root	1.247	hinter dem Silicon Valley in bezug auf Technologie und Infrastruktur
7336	root	1.387	%
7337	root	1.1	[2001-03-14, 3sat, Kulturzeit zum Absturz der MIR:]
7338			"ist mir egal"
7339	root	1.387	%
7340	root	1.1	From: Hans Reiser
7341			Subject: [reiserfs-list] fsck now uses lost and found!
7342
7343			Dad, make sure the docs get updated.
7344	root	1.387	%
7345	root	1.1	[debugging message found in the siemens data exchange software]
7346			hallole
7347	root	1.387	%
7348	root	1.1	I have seen that many drives either have a pathetically small queue or
7349			have completely broken tagged queueing. I guess thats what happens when
7350			most vendors target their hardware for micro$oft.
7351	root	1.387	%
7352	root	1.1	1925 With a drink so good, 'tis folly to be thirsty
7353			1929 The high sign of refreshment
7354			1929 The pause that refreshes
7355			1930 It had to be good to get where it is
7356			1932 The drink that makes a pause refreshing
7357			1935 The pause that brings friends together
7358			1937 STOP for a pause... GO refreshed
7359			1938 The best friend thirst ever had
7360			1939 Thirst stops here
7361			1942 It's the real thing
7362			1947 Have a Coke
7363			1961 Zing! what a REFRESHING NEW FEELING
7364			1963 Things go better with Coke
7365			1969 Face Uncle Sam with a Coke in your hand
7366			1979 Have a Coke and a smile
7367			1982 Coke is it!
7368			-- Coca-Cola slogans
7369	root	1.387	%
7370	root	1.1	[strings recently found in my /proc/cpuinfo]
7371			model name : Heavily Overclocked Pentium II (Klamath) (266Mhz/66Mhz FSB)
7372	root	1.387	%
7373	root	1.247	[02:24] <elmex> schmorp:
7374			[02:24] <elmex> ich wollte mal meine logik ueberpruefen an deiner erfahrung
7375	root	1.387	%
7376	root	1.388	[Die letzte Woche war zuviel für Paul]
7377	root	1.1	Nach mehrstuendigen Laptop-um-/-neu-/-rauf- und runterinstallationen
7378			erlitt unser allseits bekannter und beliebter RechnerHiWi
7379			islpaul.bettinger am heutigen Nachmittag einen Totalabsturz. Nach der
7380			Meldung "Die Anwendung 'Installiere Cheflaptop' wurde aufgrund eines
7381			ungueltigen Vorganges beendet" begann er sinnlose Lieder zu singen "Die
7382			Karawane zieht weiter, der Sultan haelt durch". Unmittelbar darauf
7383			wurde seine Brille blau, der Schriftzug "Allgemeine Schutzverletzung"
7384			erschien. Nach einem Reboot durch Roland (ehemaliger Fussballer, zum
7385			booten also gut geeignet), meldete Paul nur noch "Bitte Windows 2000 CD
7386			einlegen" (siehe dazu die vorige PTS-Mitteilung). Nach Einlegen einer
7387			Linux-Bootdiskette konnte Paul im Single User Modus wiederbelebt werden
7388			- allerdings nur mit einem Bruchteil seiner urspruenglichen Faehigkeiten
7389			(640k Speicher, 16bit Farbwahrnehmung, kein Plug&Play). Er plant nun eine
7390			Karriere als Windows Sysadmin oder Java Programmierer.
7391
7392			Beileidbekundungen und Spenden bitte an
7393			hi09@isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de
7394	root	1.387	%
7395	root	1.1	[RMS about gcc snapshots]
7396			From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
7397
7398			[...] Red Hat did make their own release from a snapshot, which was an
7399			uncool thing to do. [...]
7400	root	1.387	%
7401	root	1.1	"Als das Universum einige zehntausend Jahre alt war - logarithmisch
7402			betrachtet also vor relativ kurzer Zeit -, ..."
7403			[Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 3/2001, S. 38]
7404	root	1.387	%
7405	root	1.388	"Es ist ein wunderbar beglückendes Gefühl, wenn ein selbstgefertigtes
7406	root	1.1	Programm zum ersten Mal in die Rechenmaschine eingelesen wird, wenn die
7407	root	1.388	Maschine anschließend rechnet und die richtigen Resultate ausdruckt."
7408	root	1.1
7409	root	1.388	"Manche Programmierer erliegen dem Rausch dieses Gefühls so sehr,
7410			daß sie süchtig werden und über dem Programmieren andere Dinge
7411			vernachlässigen. Erfahrungsgemäß hört diese Sucht nach 0,5 bis 2 Jahren
7412			von selbst auf und macht dann häufig sogar einer gewissen Abneigung gegen
7413	root	1.1	die Maschinen Platz."
7414			[Prof. Dr. Karl Nickel (TH Karlsruhe), "ALGOL Praktikum", 1964]
7415	root	1.387	%
7416	root	1.1	My previous job, and some contract work I have done, involved writing
7417			software for Windows. My WORST problems were incompatibilities between
7418			Windows NT and Windows 95. The APIs do NOT, I repeat NOT! NOT! NOT!
7419			work the same on the various Windows flavors, as soon as you start
7420			doing non-trivial applications. Three times at least, portability
7421			problems from NT to Win95 cost me sleepless nights. Debugging stuff
7422			like that is hell when you don't have the source.
7423
7424			And when things break on Win95 where they ran on NT, what do you do,
7425			run a debugger on Win95, where a crash can (and will) bring down the
7426			whole system? Ugh, the horror.
7427	root	1.387	%
7428	root	1.1	> You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR).
7429
7430			US Patent #4,197,590 held by NuGraphics, Inc.
7431	root	1.387	%
7432	root	1.1	Legend has it Microsoft once found a patent of theirs which IBM appeared
7433			to have infringed, and were very excited at the possibility of something
7434			to hold over IBM, so their lawyers met IBM's lawyers. The MS lawyers
7435			beamed "look at our patent you've infringed!" IBM's lawyers replied "look
7436			at this pile of our patents YOU'VE infringed... let's start with this
7437	root	1.247	one. A Tab key." MS suddenly realised they were outlawyered...
7438	root	1.387	%
7439	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse
7440			> Okay, so if we are going to get real stupid about the whole thing, I
7441			> wonder if Microsloth is going to patent the patent?
7442
7443			Filing nuisance patents for obvious stuff which shouldn't ever get granted
7444			is a viable business method and as such is patentable in the US.
7445
7446			After all, what patent officer is going to point out the prior art?
7447	root	1.387	%
7448	root	1.1	http://vger.kernel.org/lkml/#s3-9
7449	root	1.387	%
7450	root	1.1	[recently on linux-kernel]
7451			From: Alan Cox
7452			> > Yeah. We can have this as part of the locale settings, changable by
7453			> > echoing the desired locale string to /proc/sys/kernel/lc_all.
7454	root	1.247	>
7455			> Just an idea, . . but isn't this something better done in userland?
7456	root	1.1
7457	root	1.247	Please remember this is an international list. For the benefit of certain
7458	root	1.1	users please mark all sarcasm with the word NOT or a simply face
7459	root	1.387	%
7460	root	1.1	From: Russell King
7461			Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:31:26 +0000 (GMT)
7462			To: Albert D. Cahalan
7463
7464			Albert D. Cahalan writes:
7465			> The units seem to vary. I suggest using fundamental SI units.
7466			> That would be meters, kilograms, seconds, and maybe a very
7467			> few others -- my memory fails me on this.
7468
7469			iirc, SI comes from France, and therefore it should be "metres"
7470
7471			[flames to /dev/null please] ;)
7472	root	1.387	%
7473	root	1.388	[11:19] <pho3nix> ich hoffe du bist dir im klaren darüber, das ein Mensch,
7474	root	1.1	der was von dir hielt, jetzt so beleidigt wurde, dass er nichts mehr mit
7475			dir zu tun haben will, COMMUNICATION END
7476	root	1.247	[11:19] <schmorp> pho3nix: ich weiss ja nochnichtmal, warum?
7477	root	1.387	%
7478	root	1.388	[über "Mediengestaltung"]
7479	root	1.247	[10:39] <elmex\|Zz> pho3nix: information mit desingt ueberlagern
7480			[10:40] <schmorp> elmex\|Zz: ueberlagern oder erestzen, das its hier die frage?
7481	root	1.387	%
7482	root	1.1	[perldoc perlembed]
7483			You can sometimes _write_faster_code_ in C, but you can always _write_code_faster_ in Perl.
7484	root	1.387	%
7485	root	1.247	[03:34] <JanMan> Arvoreen: elmex-werbung: "Nur echt elmex, wenn Lukas drinnsteckt" :)
7486	root	1.387	%
7487	root	1.247	[09:26] <JanMan> bevor du arbeiten auf lukas-server nimm den job als massenmoerder.
7488			[09:34] <JanMan> elmex: pass' auf, dass keine loop entsteht:
7489			nameserver->lukas_arsch->lukas->dein_arsch->du->name-server
7490	root	1.387	%
7491	root	1.1	[linux/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.c]
7492			/* So there I am, in the middle of my `netfilter-is-wonderful'
7493			talk in Sydney, and someone asks `What happens if you try
7494			to enlarge a 64k packet here?'. I think I said something
7495			eloquent like `fuck'. */
7496	root	1.387	%
7497	root	1.1	[20:44] <elmex\|aw> ich werde mir nochmal ueberlegen ob ich heute nochmal hier her komme......
7498	root	1.387	%
7499	root	1.247	[09:40] <kiki> zu spaet
7500			[09:40] <JanMan> kiki: hey, blasen hilft jetzt auch nicht mehr...
7501			[09:41] <kiki> lutschen hat noch nie bei dir geholfen
7502			[09:41] <kiki> aushungern schon
7503			[09:41] <JanMan> elmex: ja, das hat mit blume + biene zu tun.
7504			[09:41] <elmex> ?
7505			[09:42] <elmex> JanMan: ich kenne mich schon sehr wohl damit aus. nur halt noch keine erfarung
7506	root	1.387	%
7507	root	1.1	[Sierpinski Triangle, by Rich Morin]
7508			for$y(0..31){for(0..31){print$_&$y?$":'*'}print$/}
7509	root	1.387	%
7510	root	1.1	[From RDFStore::Stanford::Digest::Util, which is a java library ported to
7511			perl:]
7512
7513			$SIG{__WARN__} = sub { return undef; }; #to take off the bloody utf warns
7514
7515			[now, as for some comments: it took me hours to debug code that used warn
7516			to, well, warn users but the users didn't see anything. The intent of the
7517			above code was obviously to get rid of the "illegal multibyte character"
7518			warning in perl. This is the typical way a java programmer reacts to bugs
7519			in his code: "I don't understand this computer thing anyway, so let's just
7520			disable the message and pray it works"]
7521	root	1.387	%
7522	root	1.1	[Another "one-liner" mail... Please spam him ;)]
7523			From: "Alexander Daskalov" <alexanderd@alexsmail.com>
7524			Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:44:11 -0800
7525			X-Mailer: <IMail v6.05>
7526
7527			I was just curious how many people are on ths gimp mailing list? Whoever+
7528			can see this message please reply with a simple answer like: i am, or+
7529			i'm on the list!, etc. Please reply, i thik everybody else might want to+
7530			know this same information, it also gives us a chance to know each other+
7531			better! So please reply to this message if on the mailing list!
7532	root	1.387	%
7533	root	1.1	[I was looking for ISO3166 && ISO639 tables in the corresponding "local"
7534			language, if applicable, and came up with this:]
7535			http://www.tieke.fi/sc32wg1/wg1n155.pdf
7536	root	1.387	%
7537	root	1.1	[imap-2000c/c-client/unix.c]
7538			* This file is dedicated to my dog, Unix, also known as Yun-chan and
7539			* Unix J. Terwilliker Jehosophat Aloysius Monstrosity Animal Beast. Unix
7540			* passed away at the age of 11 1/2 on September 14, 1996, 12:18 PM PDT, after
7541			* a two-month bout with cirrhosis of the liver.
7542	root	1.387	%
7543	root	1.1	[from qmail's maildir(5)]
7544			Many sites use Sun's Network Failure System (NFS), presumably because the
7545			operating system vendor does not offer anything else.
7546	root	1.387	%
7547	root	1.1	[Lukas Grundwald]
7548			Der Film scheint echt gut zu sein: geht viel kaputt.
7549	root	1.387	%
7550	root	1.1	[waiting for windows...]
7551			http://www.cool-pix-server.de/pix/microsoft/microsoft002.jpg
7552	root	1.387	%
7553	root	1.1	[x86 really is a cool design]
7554			> For our specific purposes, that's not important. We already flush the cache
7555			> before we create uncached regions (via ioremap_nocache). I understand that as a
7556			> general Linux feature, you can't ignore cache incoherency, but I don't think
7557			> it's a hard requirement.
7558
7559			Actually you can't ignore it or the processor will have a heart attack
7560			if the cached page mapping is used even speculatively. I've done some
7561			experimenting, if the page is mapped cached in one place, and UCWC in
7562			another, things will not work. Its extremely likely the processor will
7563			cease to function. Its not like having cached and uncached mappings of
7564			a page (which does work on the Intel processors, we use that feature in
7565			the agpgart and the DRM in fact.) When you mark a page UCWC, you better
7566			have removed all cached mappings or your asking for REAL trouble.
7567	root	1.387	%
7568	root	1.1	> once again. On the Debian group it's invariably "how do I load
7569			> Netscape?"
7570	root	1.247
7571	root	1.1	can't be. debian sounds more like: "who do i have to ask for using
7572			netscape, and do we all agree on /usr/local/bin/. ?"
7573	root	1.387	%
7574	root	1.1	The COBOL language was created specifically to reduce the amount of
7575			commenting necessary in a program, because the English-like sentence
7576			structure could be read and understood by humans. The FORTRAN language was
7577			created so that math types could "talk" in a language more familiar to
7578			them, letting the computer take care of the details about how to perform
7579			the specified task step-by-step.
7580	root	1.387	%
7581	root	1.1	There is an old programmer's rule.
7582
7583			"Documentation? Too bad. If the code was damned hard to write, it should
7584			be damned hard to understand."
7585	root	1.387	%
7586	root	1.1	[Linus]
7587			Tabs are 8 characters. They are NOT adjustable. Never have been, never
7588			will be. Anybody who thinks tabs are anything but 8 chars apart is just
7589			wrong. It's that simple.
7590	root	1.387	%
7591	root	1.1	[yes, thank you, it helps a lot ;)]
7592	root	1.247	09:31] *** Joins: Unkn0wn [chaos@AC880AE2.ipt.aol.com] has joined #schmorp
7593	root	1.1	[09:32] <Unkn0wn> Nah, I won't alert yas. Was just cruisin around and found your
7594			site of H-games and thought bout thankin you for puttin it up. I figure most ppl
7595			never take a moment to thank someone. =P <Bows, and heads back to #VB on
7596	root	1.247	Undernet>
7597	root	1.387	%
7598	root	1.1	[character normalization might be harmful]
7599			> In short, normalizing prior to digesting AVOIDS allowing
7600			> inconsequential changes to change the digest. If I have misunderstood the
7601			> point of the section cited, I'm sure someone will correct me.
7602
7603			Your scenario is correct as far as it goes. But consider a signed
7604			document that contains an element or attribute named
7605	root	1.388	"autorisation_de_découvert" ("credit limit").
7606	root	1.1	A forged version of the document that contained the name
7607			"autorization_de_de'couvert" (where ' = COMBINING ACUTE) would pass
7608			a normalization + signature check. However, the document processor
7609			might well fail to recognize it as having the semantics of "credit limit"
7610			and treat it as unknown and to be ignored. Bad news: the forger
7611			now appears to have unlimited credit!
7612	root	1.387	%
7613	root	1.1	["my spam"]
7614			99% of mine is from China (either *.cn or 163.com or some other
7615			numbering .com or .net. The .org is frowned upon in China - the TLD of
7616			protestors and disidents). Half of what's left comes from either .kr
7617			or .br. I'm fully in favor of an Internet Death Penalty against those
7618			TLD's and associated domains till they clean up their acts.
7619	root	1.387	%
7620	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
7621			Hello Linus, my name is Rick Jones. I am the person at Hewlett-Packard
7622			who drafted the "so _obviously_ stupid" sendfile() interface of HP-UX.
7623			[... snip ...]
7624			never forget what leads to the downfall of the protagonist in Greek
7625			tragedy...
7626	root	1.387	%
7627	root	1.1	From: "Mike A. Harris"
7628	root	1.247
7629	root	1.1	On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
7630			>---- A notice to spammers ----
7631			>Unsolicited electronic mail advertisements to my email address is
7632			>strictly prohibited. Pursuant to California Business and Professions
7633			>Code, Section 17538.45, senders of unsolicited electronic mail
7634			>advertisements to me may be subject to a civil penalty of $50 per
7635			>message plus attorney's fees.
7636			[SNIP long sig]
7637	root	1.247
7638	root	1.1	O - K then. Nice sig. Too bad that it is at least as big as
7639			most spam mailings themselves. Instead of preventing spam,
7640			all you're doing is contributing to it.
7641	root	1.247
7642	root	1.1	I just delete spam now as it is easiest most of the time.
7643			However fortunately, the below sig comes from a static and easily
7644			procmailable address.
7645	root	1.247
7646	root	1.1	One more note is that no law of California, nor anywhre else
7647			means jack shit 50 meters away from your keyboard, so it is all
7648			just a waste of bandwidth.
7649	root	1.387	%
7650	root	1.388	rm: Entfernen von Verzeichnis »./xxx/po« nicht möglich: Die Datei existiert bereits
7651	root	1.387	%
7652	root	1.1	[during a toilet session, this flashed/flushed through my mind/brain]
7653			/bin/true --version \| read && echo eek, a gnuzifist\!
7654	root	1.387	%
7655	root	1.1	[stefan thought this would be better]
7656	root	1.247	/bin/true --version \| read && rm -rf / # get rid of non-posix Windows stuff.
7657	root	1.387	%
7658	root	1.1	[Java-Design]
7659	root	1.247	[02:53] <schmorp> in c 1 stunde suchen und probieren und dann 7 zeilen
7660			[02:53] <JanMan> schmorp: nein. in C 2 minuten suchen.
7661			[02:54] <JanMan> ich weiss nicht, an welchen level ich wo patchen soll.
7662	root	1.1	[02:55] <JanMan> es gibt eine Key, eine RSAKey, eine RSAKeyPublic/RSAKeyPrivate
7663	root	1.247	klasse, alles muell.
7664			[02:56] <JanMan> (ueberall noch ein praefix SSH..)
7665			[02:56] <JanMan> und die sachen sind ueber SSHRSAPublicKeyFile abgewickelt...
7666			[02:57] <JanMan> klar gibt es auch SSHRSAPublicKeyString.
7667	root	1.387	%
7668	root	1.247	[02:38] <JanMan> Lexikon: Java - siehe "ins Knie ficken, objektorientiert"
7669	root	1.387	%
7670	root	1.247	[02:30] <JanMan> schmorp: java has too many keywords but lacks an important one.
7671	root	1.1	[02:32] <JanMan> schmorp: yes: "broken". Java needs a "broken" keyword. "Error:
7672	root	1.247	missing "broken" but class seems "broken".
7673	root	1.387	%
7674	root	1.1	On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:34:08PM -0500, Michael Rothwell wrote:
7675			The man pages for open, read and write say that if a file is opened
7676			using the O_NONBLOCK flag, then read() and write() will always return
7677			immediately and not block the calling process.
7678
7679			the man pages are wrong
7680
7681			--cw
7682	root	1.387	%
7683	root	1.1	From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
7684			...
7685			My take on this is that khttpd is unmaintained garbage.
7686	root	1.387	%
7687	root	1.1	[Subject: line on linux-kernel]
7688			Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20
7689	root	1.387	%
7690	root	1.1	From: "Vladimir V. Saveliev"
7691			> tar cvpf - foo \| ( cd reiserfs; tar xvpf - )
7692			> Halfway through it gets a kernel oops and
7693
7694			How fast does it oops?
7695	root	1.387	%
7696	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com>
7697
7698			On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:01:05PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
7699			> NFSv2 has a 32bit file offset. Thus the largest file on NFSv2 you want to
7700			> touch is 2Gig.
7701
7702			In theory, yes.
7703			In practice you don't want to touch NFS under Linux at all, so the
7704			2GB limit is a theoretical one. :)
7705	root	1.387	%
7706	root	1.247	[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7707			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
7708			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|-----\| \| \| \|
7709			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-------------------------\| \| \| \|
7710			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| .---------------------------.\| \|-------\|
7711			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \| \|Welcome on elmex.x-paste.de\|\| \| \|
7712			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| `---------------------------'\| \| \|
7713			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|----------\| \|-----------------------\| \|
7714			[10:44] <elmex> \| \| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7715			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \|-----\| \|
7716			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|------------\|-------------- \| \| \|
7717			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-----------------------------------\|-\| \|----\|
7718			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \|-\| \| \| \| \|
7719			[10:44] <elmex> \| \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7720			[10:44] <elmex> \|-\| \| \| \| \| \|
7721			[10:44] <elmex> --------------------------------------------------------
7722	root	1.387	%
7723	root	1.1	Any committee IQ: average intelligence of members, divided by headcount.
7724	root	1.387	%
7725	root	1.1	"There were a lot of snickers in my course... The students looked at me
7726			like I was a stegosaurus still walking around when I told them that the
7727			[irrational spending of many dot-coms] was not sustainable. You have to
7728			take in more money then you put out, or you're toast."
7729			-- Ken Morse, managing director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
7730	root	1.387	%
7731	root	1.1	"Wenn _ich_ das sage, darf ich das."
7732			[Lukas Grunwald]
7733	root	1.387	%
7734	root	1.1	[about having sponsoring message in YOUR syslog]
7735			From: Felix von Leitner <leitner@convergence.de>
7736			Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:33:13 +0100
7737			To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
7738
7739			Thus spake Wojciech Puchar (wojtek@wojtek.from.pl):
7740			> > To view list of copyright holders type `copyright' at the shell
7741			> > prompt.
7742			> very good. maybe implement /proc/info/copyrights /proc/info/sponsors
7743			> /proc/info/authors?
7744	root	1.247
7745	root	1.1	Grand idea.
7746			Let's also add /proc/info/spammers,
7747			/proc/info/people-who-bothered-linus,
7748			/proc/info/people-who-disagree-with-hans-reiser,
7749			/proc/info/people-who-were-flamed-by-alan-cox and
7750			/proc/info/people-who-marc-lehmann-dislikes.
7751	root	1.247
7752	root	1.1	NOT.
7753			[...]
7754	root	1.387	%
7755	root	1.1	[Nick and I used to fight a LOT]
7756			Subject: Re: suggestion for gimp 1.3 and later
7757			From: Nick Lamb <njl98r@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
7758	root	1.247
7759	root	1.1	On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 03:29:41AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
7760			> I think the best way would be to make any gtk label/text widget be
7761			> selectable. I don't know why this has not been done so far, but it might be
7762			> an interesting experiment.
7763	root	1.247
7764	root	1.1	Yes, I've often thought this. And everyone knows that if Marc and I agree
7765			about something it must be right (?) or at least it's in no-one's interest
7766			to disagree...
7767	root	1.387	%
7768	root	1.1	http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LNUX&d=2y WINNER
7769			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RHAT&d=2y 2nd prize!
7770			http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CALD&d=1y 3rd prize!
7771			[und Lukas sagt:]
7772			... man beachte die logarithmische Skala!
7773	root	1.387	%
7774	root	1.1	[from "how to photograph a total eclipse", in the nasa 1999 solar eclipse
7775			report:]
7776			... The best strategy is to choose one aperture or f/number and bracket
7777			the exposures over a range of shutter speeds (i.e. 1/1000 down to 1
7778			second). Rehearsing this sequence is highly recommended since great
7779			excitment accompanies totality and there is little time to think.
7780	root	1.387	%
7781	root	1.1	[boy, now I know why I dislike GNOME]
7782			http://www.helixcode.com/~miguel/bongo-bong.html
7783	root	1.387	%
7784	root	1.1	["kORBit, a CORBA implementation for the linux-kernel"]
7785			From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
7786			Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 11:34:39 +0100
7787
7788			Alexander Viro wrote:
7789			> > It was just an example. Basically, you'd be able to do in with just
7790			> > about any language that has ORBit bindings.
7791			>
7792			> Yeah... "Infinitely extendable API" and all such. Roughly translated
7793			> as "we can't live without API bloat". Frankly, judging by the GNOME
7794			> codebase people who designed the thing are culturally incompatible with
7795			> UNIX.
7796
7797			Agree. I remember a big complaint about Windows was the huge APIs,
7798			compared with Unix' tiny list of syscalls. And then I saw the GNOME
7799			docs... ew!
7800	root	1.387	%
7801	root	1.1	> Good question. The whole thing makes me nervous... in fact, perhaps we
7802			> should really consider using the BIOS INT 15h interrupt to enter
7803			> protected mode?
7804
7805			From my experience with BIOS authors, only if Windows 98 uses the same function
7806			with the same arguments, the same stuff top of stack and the same segment
7807			registers loaded ;)
7808	root	1.387	%
7809	root	1.1	> > there... If someone wants to back-port the driver to 2.2, this makes it
7810			[...]
7811			> backports hurt forward progress.
7812
7813			beware of content free dogma
7814	root	1.387	%
7815	root	1.1	> What operating systems use local time as their basic clock these days? Just
7816			> wondering.
7817
7818			Any IBM PC compatible machine that runs under at least one Microsoft OS
7819			has to keep the battery-backed CMOS clock chip in local time, because
7820			unlike most other operating systems (e.g., any Unix flavour), none of
7821			Microsoft's CMOS clock drivers have a UTC option. Rather disappointing
7822			and every year an unneeded hassle after DST switches on multi-OS
7823			machines. From discussions with Microsoft staff, I have to conclude that
7824			no-one within Microsoft has even understood the problem.
7825
7826			Markus [G. Kuhn]
7827	root	1.387	%
7828	root	1.1	>Keith,
7829	root	1.247	>
7830	root	1.1	>Please consider the attached patch for inclusion in all future versions
7831			>of the modutils depmod program for compatiblity with RedHat and
7832			>RedHat derived Linux distributions.
7833
7834			I have a big problem with Redhat. They make incompatible changes to
7835			utilities, do not feed patches back to maintainers then expect the rest
7836			of the world to follow their lead. The -i and -m flags to modutils are
7837			not the only example, I recently found IA64 and Sparc patches they had
7838			added to modutils code and not bothered to tell me. Other distributors
7839			are much better about sending me patches, Debian and SuSe in particular
7840			do the right thing.
7841
7842			Since "-F System.map" in modutils is equivalent to "-m System.map -i"
7843			and works on all distributions, not just Redhat, the "-m -i" patch is
7844			unnecessary. Consider this my protest against bad habits by
7845			distributors, they created the mess with their lack of communication
7846			and they have to fix it.
7847	root	1.387	%
7848	root	1.1	10:44] <JanMan> falls Du mal DB2 crashen musst:
7849			[10:45] <JanMan> connect reset;
7850			[10:45] <JanMan> connect to sample user db2admin using db2admin;
7851			[10:45] <JanMan> select * from employee where year(birthdate)=1999 and firstnme<'';
7852	root	1.387	%
7853	root	1.1	[a perl quine, by ilmari karonen:]
7854			printf+(q(printf+(q(%s))x2))x2
7855	root	1.387	%
7856	root	1.1	On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 07:22:34PM -0500, M&M Samsel wrote:
7857			> You see I have about 10 years of commercial development experience and
7858			> pretty much know business procedures from huge corporations and business
7859			> midgets and what I should expect or not.
7860
7861			You've not demonstrated your 10 years of experience.
7862			You've just proved that killfiles are useful.
7863	root	1.387	%
7864	root	1.1	[once upon a time, when poul started gnomeicu:]
7865			gnomeicu: Rohrbruch (beim Speichern der Konfiguration)
7866	root	1.387	%
7867	root	1.1	[subject from a thread on the gcc steering commitee mailinglist when
7868			glibc-2.2 was released]
7869			Re: glibc 2.2 a fait accompli
7870	root	1.387	%
7871	root	1.1	[08:05] <JanMan> elmex: Fehlt Dir einmal Klopapier, versuche es mit GNU m4. :)
7872	root	1.387	%
7873	root	1.1	# root:0Ayj0AZhTi4O2:11272:0:99999:7:::
7874			# kma:1NXgYu6J80kvc:11225:0:99999:7:::
7875			# elmex:0ImdHgG2TEQAE:11273:0:99999:7: : :
7876	root	1.387	%
7877	root	1.1	<JanMan_> soll ich das ganze uber einen perl-hash erzeugen ?
7878			<schmorp> klar.. %hash->generate
7879			<JanMan_> oesi siedelt nach de: %oesi->degenerate
7880	root	1.387	%
7881	root	1.1	[From "How the mind of a php programmer works", by Marc Lehmann]
7882
7883			(1) it works on msie 5 (alt.: netscape 4) so the code is
7884			standards-compliant.
7885			(2) an entity looks like "&" entityname ";"
7886			(2a) [conclusion] the fragment href="xxx&notes=77" doesn't contain a valid
7887			entity, so the browser must use it as is.
7888			(2b) [corollary] "<blubb>" is not a valid html element, so the browser
7889			must react according to what I assume it should do (display, ignore).
7890			(2c) in some programs I assume differently than in others.
7891	root	1.387	%
7892	root	1.1	[Oh no, Don Becker again ;)]
7893			> which one is the linksys card, so I have included the entire listing. (Is it
7894			> even listed? Perhaps this is my problem.)
7895
7896			That's your problem.
7897
7898			There is no PCI Ethernet device listed.
7899
7900			Check that the card is fully inserted into the PCI slot.
7901			(If it's an ISA card, then it's not fully inserted into the PCI slot ;->)
7902	root	1.387	%
7903	root	1.1	> > sure request_module _does_not_ accept funky module names. Why allow
7904			> > people to shoot themselves (and, by extension, all other Linux users
7905			> > out there) in the foot?
7906
7907			> I thought that was the whole purpose of Unix/Linux?
7908
7909			True! Very true! Unix/Linux requires that the user shoot
7910			themselves in the foot. Windows automates that process and does it
7911			for the user, thus making foot shooting user friendly. :-)
7912	root	1.387	%
7913	root	1.1	> Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
7914			> you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
7915			> or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.
7916
7917			No encryption use; and the maximal message size is 1Mb (for sanity's sake,
7918			after somebody sent a PowerPoint presentation (some 3Mb), then thought that
7919			perhaps the target didn't have PowerPoint, and sent it again with the
7920			PowerPoint package, then noticed this might not work either, and sent it
7921			_again_ with the full MS Office attached... the joys of sysadminning ;-)
7922			--
7923			Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl
7924	root	1.387	%
7925	root	1.1	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
7926
7927			> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
7928			>
7929			> > Arguably though the bug is in glibc, in that if it's using signals
7930			> > behinds the scenes, it should have passed SA_RESTART to sigaction.
7931			>
7932			> Why are you talking such a nonsense?
7933
7934			[Note to self: remove kitten from keyboard before writing mail.]
7935	root	1.387	%
7936	root	1.388	[Simon Budig, nachdem er erfahren hatte, daß Lars Eilebrecht nicht wusste,
7937			daß Leerzeichen in URLs nicht erlaubt sind:]
7938			"Also, Lars, das hätte ich nicht gedacht, jetzt hast du aber jede Menge
7939	root	1.1	Gurupunkte bei mir verloren."
7940	root	1.387	%
7941	root	1.1	[amazon readers about the Annotated C Standard by Herberdt Schildt,
7942			which is much less expensive then the official version (search also for
7943			Bullschildt below ;)]
7944
7945			"The price difference reflects the value of the annotations. At no time
7946			do the annotations clarify, enhance, or supplement the standard."
7947	root	1.387	%
7948	root	1.1	Stefan Traby wrote:
7949			>
7950			> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:43:04AM -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
7951			>
7952			> > We have a few websites floating around, [...]
7953			>
7954			> Many mirrors are also out of sync. Especially the primary server :)
7955	root	1.387	%
7956	root	1.1	> This happens with both ext2 and reiserfs, since at least 2.2.15.
7957
7958			I installed noflushd on my laptop, which was running 2.4.0-test6, and
7959			it did the same thing.
7960
7961			Sorry I can't offer more info. Someone spilt a glass of water on it about
7962			a week ago. :(
7963
7964			--Jack
7965	root	1.387	%
7966	root	1.388	"Kalk hat diese Waschmaschine getötet"
7967	root	1.387	%
7968	root	1.1	[It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time.
7969			-- K&R
7970	root	1.387	%
7971	root	1.1	<elmex> JanMan: "\|\|01:42:20\|\| <elmex> schmorp: jo, die sprache muss man nicht erklaeren"
7972	root	1.387	%
7973	root	1.1	[please kids, don't try this at home]
7974			indent -kr -l78 -lc78 -lps -i8 -br -pcs -psl -bbo -bad -bap -cs -nbc -nhnl -nss
7975	root	1.387	%
7976	root	1.1	http://www.attrition.org/gallery/ms/kmfms.jpg
7977	root	1.387	%
7978	root	1.1	[PApp.pm]
7979			$modules => { "" => "" };
7980	root	1.387	%
7981	root	1.388	Das einzig sichere Mittel gegen Migräne ist das Entfernen des Kopfes.
7982	root	1.387	%
7983	root	1.1	<JanMan> elmex: Sprichwort "Relaye doch bei dnx, dann kriegst Du nix." :)
7984	root	1.387	%
7985	root	1.1	[From Russel Coker's .sig]
7986			> --
7987			> If you can't program in C, PERL, and shell scripts then don't call yourself a
7988			> Unix administrator. Every idiot on the net is claiming to be a Unix admin. :(
7989	root	1.387	%
7990	root	1.1	[the two sides of the medal]
7991			From: "David Schwartz"
7992
7993			> Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was increased from
7994			> 100 to 10000, the time to check for active sockets with poll()
7995			> increased by a factor of only 6.5. That's a sublinear increase in time,
7996			> pretty spiffy.
7997
7998			Under Solaris 7, when the number of idle sockets was decreased from 10,000
7999			to 100, the time to check for active sockets with poll() decreased by a
8000			factor of only 6.5. Shouldn't it be more like 100? Sounds like Solaris' poll
8001			implementation is horribly broken for the most common case.
8002	root	1.387	%
8003	root	1.1	[lukas grunwald...]
8004	root	1.388	[ich sag' dir, ] ... am nächsten Tag brüllt der mich vielleicht per e-mail an ...
8005	root	1.387	%
8006	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel, about the rtl8139 network card]
8007			> (After looking at the specification for the 8139, I am acctually ashamed
8008			> of having bough one.
8009
8010			Not an uncommon thought :)
8011	root	1.387	%
8012	root	1.1	From: Stefan Traby
8013
8014			Hi Marc !
8015
8016			keycode 115 = ISO_Next_Group
8017			keycode 116 = ISO_Prev_Group
8018			keycode 117 = ISO_Level3_Shift
8019
8020			Finde ich witzig, man erspart sich den lock-screensaver :)
8021	root	1.387	%
8022	root	1.1	[I hope you get the point(s)...]
8023			From: Alex LIVINGSTON <alex@agsm.edu.au>
8024			Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:12:46 +1100
8025			To: <tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov>
8026
8027			At 07:40 +0000 2000-10-06, ken@halcyon.com wrote:
8028			>But the thing is: mm/dd/yy[yy] is in widespread use (US), as is
8029			>dd/mm/yy[yy] (much of Europe, I'm told).
8030
8031			Slight refinement: dd/mm/[yy]yy. Used in all European countries - and
8032			all countries colonized by a European country at one time or another
8033			which haven't had a strong US influence since, and probably all
8034			remaining Asian, African, and Pacific countries - that don't use
8035			[yy]yy-mm-dd. mm/dd/yy[yy] is restricted almost entirely to the US
8036			and a few neighbors. I would hesitate to say it is in widespread use.
8037
8038			>[yy]yy-mm-dd was used
8039			>in Japan even before the ISO standard came out.
8040
8041			And in China, and in Sweden, and in Hungary, ... (possibly with different
8042			separators). Also in the Arab world, in the sense that the digits (all of
8043			them) appear in the same order from left to right, only Arabic is written
8044			right to left.
8045
8046			>But no culture
8047			>has ever used [yy]yy-dd-mm format, and there is absolutely
8048			>nothing to recommend it, so there is no reason to expect anyone
8049			>to adopt it. Yes, the perverse can use that format just to
8050			>confound us, but in practice one can safely assume that a
8051			>nnnn-nn-nn date is in yyyy-mm-dd format.
8052
8053			Thanks Ken. You've put it much better and more concisely than I could have.
8054
8055			--Alex
8056	root	1.387	%
8057	root	1.1	[recently, on the tulip driver mailing list]
8058			From: Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
8059			To: "Jon.Hinks" <Jon.Hinks@berkeley-ifa.co.uk>
8060
8061			[most of the reply snipped...]
8062
8063			> The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. It
8064			> may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may
8065			> it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact Berkeley
8066
8067			[[ The rest of the boilerplate omitted. ]]
8068
8069			These terms do not apply. You have mailed to a published list. You hold
8070			the copyright to your writings, but by submitting questions to the list you
8071			grant the list publisher (me) the right to publish in this list and related
8072			forums. "Related forums" may be collected archives of the list on any media,
8073			and quotes from questions in FAQs.
8074
8075			(Long boilerplate appendages like this notice annoy me. Automatically
8076			attached copyright notices can never unilaterally extend your rights, so why
8077			try to claim that they do?)
8078	root	1.387	%
8079	root	1.1	On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
8080
8081			> void go_take_a_dump (float load)
8082			> {
8083			> if (pull_down_pants() && purge_bowles() && wipe_anus() && pull_up_pants())
8084			> flush(load);
8085			> else
8086			> wear(load);
8087			> }
8088
8089			But here you make another classic mistake. Consider the case where
8090			purge_bowels() fails (-EWOULDBLOCK?).
8091
8092			In that case, you don't actually execute the subsequent two procedure
8093			calls, which I'm sure we all agree is a suboptimal state of affairs.
8094
8095			--
8096			dwmw2
8097	root	1.387	%
8098	root	1.1	Factoid: 90% of all patents are never challenged, while 80% of those that
8099			are are overturned.
8100	root	1.387	%
8101	root	1.1	"Going into court is throwing the dice."
8102	root	1.387	%
8103	root	1.1	[Dipl. Ing. W***** D*****]
8104			"Lukas, eins muss dir klar sein, die ganze Kryptographie ist doch
8105	root	1.388	für den Arsch, wenn ich ein Stück von dem Originaltext habe und den
8106			verschlüsselten Text, knack' ich dir jeden Schlüssel in 50 Stunden."
8107	root	1.387	%
8108	root	1.1	[some discussion between reiserfs enthusiasts:]
8109			Stefan: oh shit, everything coredumps, I'll just reboot.
8110			Marc gives some dumb comments.
8111			Stefan: No, I'll first check it with reiserfsck.
8112			Marc: Yeah.. and?
8113			Stefan: "reiserfsck: no reiserfs found"
8114			Marc: Oh, the superblock is damaged. Maybe you should just try the backup superblock...
8115	root	1.387	%
8116	root	1.1	[t-online is just sooo cool:]
8117			Subject: mail failed, returning to sender
8118			From: <MAILER-DAEMON@fmrl01.sul.t-online.de>
8119
8120			\|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------\|
8121			<service@t-online.de> ... 550 Mailbox quota exceeded / Mailbox voll.
8122			\|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------\|
8123	root	1.387	%
8124	root	1.1	[a play with a well-known-signature:]
8125			Deadlock, n.:
8126			Deceased Rasterman.
8127	root	1.387	%
8128	root	1.1	[Jeff Williams & friends]
8129			ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-bremen.de/pub/doc/internet-drafts/draft-terrell-ip-spec-ipv7-ipv8-addr-cls-00.txt
8130			http://IPv8.vrx.net/
8131			http://www.gtld-mou.org/gtld-discuss/mail-archive/08030.html
8132	root	1.387	%
8133	root	1.1	[some .signature]
8134			This message has been ROT-13 encrypted twice for extra security.
8135	root	1.387	%
8136	root	1.1	[Andreas Mueller-Maghun for ICANN!]
8137			Allein der Kandidat des Chaos-Computer-Clubs (CCC) Hamburg, der schon
8138	root	1.388	mehr als 1.100 Unterstützungserklärungen erhalten hat, dürfte nach
8139			Einschätzung des arbeitskreises die Bedingung für eine Basiskandidatur
8140			zum ICANN-Direktorium schon jetzt erfüllen. Ausgerechnet er hat es aber
8141			nicht für nötig gehalten, auf die Anfrage der Behindertenvertreter zu
8142	root	1.1	reagieren. Seine Webseiten zeugen zudem von einem "Sicherheitskonzept",
8143			das Usern mit Sehbehinderung vor lauter technischen Barrieren keine
8144	root	1.388	Zugangsmöglichkeiten bietet. Der Arbeitskreis hält einen Vertreter solcher
8145			Positionen für unwählbar.
8146	root	1.1
8147			Jens Bertrams (Pressesprecher)
8148	root	1.387	%
8149	root	1.1	From: (Albert Y. C. Lai)
8150			Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional
8151			Subject: Re: what is "functional" (Re: Macros)
8152
8153			Jerzy Karczmarczuk writes:
8154
8155			> Their opinion: "well, everybody knows that this is not professional,
8156			> nobody uses functional languages, all your colleagues suggest that we
8157			> should learn Lex and Yacc, etc. -
8158			> but WHAT A PLEASURE AND FUN was to write these programs in Haskell.
8159			> Almost no run-time errors, ever!"
8160
8161			A professor at my school got the opposite opinion from her students.
8162			She introduced ML (along with two other languages) as part of a course
8163			on the principles of programming languages in the third year. The
8164			students' opinion: this is such an annoyingly pedantic language, it
8165			refuses to let me run my program and get some partial though wrong
8166			results simply because I make a mistake!
8167
8168			In other words, given that humans are bound to make mistakes, the
8169			students at my school prefer to see them manifested as run-time
8170			errors.
8171
8172			So I look at your email address. Ah, you are in Europe and I am in
8173			North America. I guess that's why. Dijkstra is probably right about
8174			European programmers liking to do programming right and American
8175			programmers liking to chase after bugs.
8176	root	1.387	%
8177	root	1.1	On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:15:09PM +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote:
8178			> yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
8179			> > This call shifts delivered signal numbers up so that
8180			> > "special" POSIX signals [.. like KILL] can be delivered to a process.
8181			>
8182			> Kind of a SIGOVERKILL ... yes, that could work.
8183	root	1.387	%
8184	root	1.1	"The posix programmer knows the availability of everything, but the cost
8185			of nothing."
8186	root	1.387	%
8187	root	1.1	[after the linux-kernel list was moved to a new machine]
8188			Jeffrey Hundstad wrote:
8189			>
8190			> So tell us about this new machine. OS? Filesystem? Memory?
8191			> CPU?
8192
8193			Root password? :)
8194
8195			John.Fulmer
8196	root	1.387	%
8197	root	1.1	I think there is a world market for about five computers.
8198
8199			Thomas J. Watson (Chairman, IBM) 1943
8200	root	1.387	%
8201	root	1.1	> NO. They can/will use RAW_IO IF this is available to them. If not, they
8202			> will have to provide a proper kernel driver for their hardware. I know
8203			> which I prefer...
8204
8205			Sure. And keep that dusty 2.4.3 kernel around just in case you someday need
8206			to upgrade the firmware for your disk, and the (binary!) kernel module only
8207			works with that one. Don't forget the 2.4.15ac12 which is for your USB
8208			scanner, and also the 2.6.7-12 (Red Hat) which is the only one with the
8209			updater for the new SCSI controller.
8210			--
8211			Horst von Brand
8212	root	1.387	%
8213	root	1.1	[de.comp.lang.iso-c++]
8214
8215			>Nicht alles was Standard ist, muss auch implementiert werden.
8216
8217			[...]
8218
8219			Nicht alles, was hinkt, ist ein Vergleich.
8220	root	1.387	%
8221	root	1.1	[Drew Sanford about why not to do real-time by throwing faster hardware
8222			at your problem:]
8223
8224			The F4 Fantom fighter. The plane was essentially a large block of metal, with
8225			a few advantagously aerodynamic surfaces, and big f****** engines. If you
8226			had engine trouble in a Fantom ...you had trouble.
8227	root	1.387	%
8228	root	1.1	[Hans Reiser, on /bin/cp.. ;)]
8229			cp is inherently inefficient.
8230	root	1.387	%
8231	root	1.1	>I thought disk drives contained vacuums, thus the extensive concern over
8232			>breaking seals on them.
8233
8234			Air pressure is 1Kg/cm^2. I have never seen a hard drive case that looked
8235			nearly strong enough to take such pressure. Basically if you can't jump on a
8236			hard drive then it's not strong enough!
8237
8238			...
8239
8240			There's a story that Dave Cutler (VMS and WNT architect) when he was at DEC
8241			did a test on a DEC hard drive by blowing cigar smoke into the drive which
8242			killed it properly. DEC then greatly enhanced their drive air filters. It
8243			could be just an urban myth though.
8244
8245			Russell Coker
8246	root	1.387	%
8247	root	1.1	>I've unsubscribed our somewhat less than intelligent friend.
8248			>Ah, Internet for the masses. What a wonderful idea.
8249
8250			Yeah, let's have an IQ test before you're allowed to buy a modem.
8251	root	1.387	%
8252	root	1.1	On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 02:40:33PM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
8253			> "Yury Yu. Rupasov" wrote:
8254			> > All my current benchmarks show that reiserfs works correctly on
8255			> > deleting.
8256			>
8257			> Just a sidenote: you don't test correctness with benchmarks :(
8258
8259			Wrong. Yury does.
8260			:(
8261
8262			--
8263			Stefan
8264	root	1.387	%
8265	root	1.1	"Jeff V. Merkey" writes:
8266			> I will provide a tool that decodes and repairs NTFS volumes to those
8267			> folks who run into this problem, but our agreements with Microsoft do
8268			> not allow us to distribute it for any purpose other than to assist
8269			> Microsoft customers who have corrupted drives. Also, this tool is
8270			> dependent on the DDK being present to run as it has dependencies on the
8271			> DDK DLL's, so you'll need to install the DDK to use it.
8272
8273			DDK == "Disk Death Kit"?
8274
8275			Ian Soboroff ian@cs.umbc.edu
8276	root	1.387	%
8277	root	1.1	[very instructional movie, if you get what I mean...]
8278	root	1.388	00:30-02:05 (13) ( -35) Kabel 1 Das Mädchen am Ende der Straße The
8279	root	1.1	Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane Psychodrama - KAN/F/USA - 1976 -
8280	root	1.388	Regie: Nicolas Gessner * Die 13-jährige Rynn (Jodie Foster) lebt allein in
8281			einer alten Villa und hütet ein schreckliches Geheimnis.
8282	root	1.387	%
8283	root	1.1	[Einsichten in die "Kommunikation"]
8284			> > > Ich beschreibe dir, was in dem Moment an Eindruecken durch meinen
8285			> > > Kopf geht - in dem Augenblick bin ich Besucher und sehe was
8286			> > > mir gefaellt oder nicht - das ist wie ein Schmierzettel. Die
8287			> > > Ausarbeitung der Ideen kommt danach im Gespraech. Du packst solche
8288			> > > Sachen anders an - das seh ich ein. Aber ich bin mit dieser
8289			> > > Art chaos bisher immer ans Ziel gekommen. Was ich mach will -
8290			> > > machen muss - ist Feedback generieren. Ich lass Versuchsballons
8291			> > > aufsteigen und schau zu, wie sie entweder fliegen oder abgeschossen
8292			> > > werden. Dann reagier ich auf das Ergebnis.
8293	root	1.387	%
8294	root	1.388	[Mitch, als Erklärung dafür, weshalb er blindlings ein (kaputtes) ssh-rpm
8295			installiert hat, das er über rpmfind gefunden hat:]
8296			Doch, echt! Der Server war trusted, der sah' ja sowas von vertrauenswürdig
8297	root	1.1	aus!
8298	root	1.387	%
8299	root	1.1	[IMHO one of the main reasons linux is nicer]
8300			http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/ix/bsod-story.html
8301	root	1.387	%
8302	root	1.1	[On the reality of random numbers]
8303			> /dev in a world with dynamic hardware, so why bother? We only need
8304			> to provide random numbers to fill in struct stat. (zero works)
8305			Alan Cox [as usual ;)]
8306	root	1.387	%
8307	root	1.1	[Flame Warriors]
8308			http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
8309	root	1.387	%
8310	root	1.1	A programmer who hasn't been exposed to all four of the imperative,
8311			functional, objective, and logical programming styles has one or
8312			more conceptual blindspots. It's like knowing how to boil but not
8313			fry. Programming is not a skill one develops in five easy lessons.
8314
8315			--tom
8316	root	1.387	%
8317	root	1.1	To: bugs@gimp.org
8318			X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105
8319
8320			Hi there, I recently downloaded your gimp toolkit. At first I was having
8321			problems until I read your download help tip. I understand I have to compile
8322			it so I tried using Borland C++ Compiler but it said the line length exceeds
8323			editor capacity. Is there any other compiler I can use that wouldn't rip a
8324			whole in my wallet. Thank you for your support.
8325	root	1.387	%
8326	root	1.1	["General Information About Using VBScript with Outlook"]
8327			VBScript is designed to be a secure programming environment. It
8328			lacks various commands that can be potentially damaging if used in
8329			a malicious manner. This added security is critical in enterprise
8330			solutions.
8331
8332			http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q167/1/38.ASP
8333
8334			[Despite this "added security", however, VBscript still can modify,
8335			rename, delete files, modify windows registry entries and send email in
8336			the background]
8337	root	1.387	%
8338	root	1.1	[Phil Agre on the "ILOVEYOU" virus and Microsoft's reaction]
8339			Scott Culp of Microsoft Public Relations, excuse me, I mean Microsoft
8340			Security Response Center:
8341
8342			This is a general issue, not a Microsoft issue. You can write a
8343			virus for any platform. (New York Times 5/5/00)
8344
8345			[and later]
8346			Mr. Culp also says this (CNET 5/5/00):
8347
8348			This is by-design behavior, not a security vulnerability.
8349
8350			[Phil closes]
8351			Microsoft shouldn't be broken up. It should be shut down.
8352
8353			[See also http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html]
8354			[and http://commons.somewhere.com/rre/2000/RRE.notes.and.recommenda6.html]
8355	root	1.387	%
8356	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier about the "ILOVEYOU" virus]
8357			Expect even worse in the future. Systems running either Microsoft Office
8358			2000 or Internet Explorer 5.0 can be infected with these sorts of viruses
8359			even if the recipient doesn't open the attachment. That's right; if the
8360			system is running Internet Explorer with the default settings, it is
8361			vulnerable. The problem is caused by a programming bug in an Internet
8362			Explorer ActiveX control. Thank you, Microsoft.
8363	root	1.387	%
8364	root	1.1	>Reaching to Fallingbostel was extremely amusing though, germany is
8365			>splitted into two halfs, one that doesn't know Fallingbostel and one
8366			>that 'heard of this place but have no idea where it is' at some point I
8367			>was almost convinced that there is no such place :)
8368
8369			[Trashey / Quasars]
8370	root	1.387	%
8371	root	1.1	Tom Christiansen writes:
8372			> I'm writing perlrtfm. It explains search techniques, not quickfix
8373			> switches plugging bursting dykes by springing more leaks.
8374
8375			Irony potential in
8376
8377			man perlrtfm
8378
8379			is left to the reader.
8380
8381			Nat
8382	root	1.387	%
8383	root	1.1	Do you plan to release support for on-the-fly file and directory compression
8384			and encryption as in NTFSv2?
8385
8386			(Imagine a system that in order to run needs a diskette or CD-ROM disk with
8387			private key - protection never seen except in movies ;-)
8388	root	1.387	%
8389	root	1.1	[Telekom-Techniker, bei einer ISDN-UK0-Messung!]
8390			Ich: Also, einen Layer-1-Connect bekomme ich...
8391			Telekomiker: Layer-1? Was ist das? Aber ich bekomme ja auch gar kein Freizeichen...
8392	root	1.387	%
8393	root	1.1	"I love the way Microsoft follows standards. In much the
8394			same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
8395			Paul Tomblin
8396	root	1.387	%
8397	root	1.1	[recently on p5p]
8398			>I am morally
8399			>convinced that map() was written based on grep()
8400
8401			Considering they use the same op function, I'd say that's a distinct
8402			possibility...
8403
8404			Dan
8405	root	1.387	%
8406	root	1.1	[after the "Welle Erdball" performance on the Mekka&Symposium 2000:]
8407	root	1.388	<jan> bine: du solltest da nicht hingucken, das ist nicht gut fürn kopf
8408	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 :)
8409			<Mr> zugabe
8410	root	1.387	%
8411	root	1.1	"Why upon hearing his arguments I changed my opinion 360 degrees."
8412			Recent comment on the floor of some state legislature
8413	root	1.387	%
8414	root	1.1	DIVIDE EMPLOYEE-EARNINGS BY EMPLOYEE-HOURS GIVING EMPLOYEE-PAY-RATE
8415			[cobol, sigh]
8416	root	1.387	%
8417	root	1.1	It is expected that the Multics system will be published when it is
8418			operating substantially and will therefore be available for implementation
8419			on any equipment with suitable characteristics. Such publication is
8420			desirable for two reasons: First, the system should withstand public
8421			scrutiny and criticism volunteered by interested readers; second, in an
8422			age of increasing complexity, it is an obligation to present and future
8423			system designers to make the inner operating system as lucid as possible
8424			so as to reveal the basic system issues.
8425
8426			Corbat_ & Vyssotsky 1965
8427	root	1.387	%
8428	root	1.1	"Rule #7: Silence is not acquiescence.
8429
8430			"Contrary to what you may have heard, silence of those present is
8431			not necessarily consent, even the reluctant variety. They simply
8432			may sit in stunned silence and figure ways of sabotaging the plan
8433			after they regain their composure."
8434
8435			-- Paul Rinaldo
8436			[see also http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rinaldo.html]
8437	root	1.387	%
8438	root	1.1	On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 12:09:59AM +1000, Chris wrote:
8439			>
8440			> In case you guys havn't noticed...
8441			>
8442			> http://slashdot.org reports that XFS is now released.
8443
8444			Yes, and http://www.freshmeat.net reports:
8445
8446			Error: Unable to connect to MySQL Server ().
8447
8448			;-}
8449
8450			--
8451
8452			ciao -
8453			Stefan
8454
8455	root	1.387	%
8456	root	1.1	> The 'hypervisor' is a new term to me.. Are you refering to the
8457			> Transmeta CPU and it's native mode? If I read you correctly
8458
8459			No its what the S/390 VM is often called. Its a supervisor for supervisor
8460			mode programs so illogically enough its a hypervisor 8). The IBM mainframe
8461			guys thing this kind of set up is routine. Unix is met with
8462			'You mean you cant run a new kernel on test at the same time as the old
8463			one' type remarks.
8464			[Alan Cox]
8465	root	1.387	%
8466	root	1.1	Godwin's Law
8467
8468			As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
8469			involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
8470
8471			[see also http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/]
8472	root	1.387	%
8473	root	1.1	["Stefan im IRC."]
8474
8475			[01:53:07] <coda> anyone know how to get emacs to stop creating the file.name~ files?
8476			[01:53:24] <JanMan> alias emacs=vi
8477			[01:53:31] <coda> haha
8478	root	1.387	%
8479	root	1.1	[remaining problems with OpenBIOS]
8480			Our SDRAM sizing and init code is not very good; we could use good code.
8481			The code we've been offered so far requires memory to work (oops!);
8482			requires a stack (oops!); or assumes a totally configured machine (oops!).
8483	root	1.387	%
8484	root	1.1	[Alan Cox on wether special fs's should have require "//" in their path]
8485			> No :-) It's a feature. Some things are going REAL ugly without such things.
8486
8487			Given //ipc or freebsd, I think I'd pick freebsd. Thats how ugly the idea
8488			is to me ok.
8489	root	1.387	%
8490	root	1.1	"The code is self documenting." -- The Programmer.
8491
8492			"I don't read C." -- The Tech Writer.
8493	root	1.387	%
8494	root	1.1	[Stefan Sebolth, on the CeBIT, while listening to the original c64 "Giana Sisters" tune:]
8495			Haaach, da war die Welt halt noch in Ordnung!
8496	root	1.387	%
8497	root	1.1	Remember, never ask a geek "why";
8498			just nod your head and back away slowly...
8499	root	1.387	%
8500	root	1.1	The thought of implementing something like text and binary modes for
8501			files is a about a frightening for todays kernel developer's as a mouse
8502			to a women in a typical movie of the 50's ;-)
8503
8504			Ralf
8505	root	1.387	%
8506	root	1.1	It may be real, but it's icky. It's too traditional Unix ``I don't
8507			care if we lose 90% of our market base to NT if our competitor loses
8508			95% of THEIR market base!'' to be palatable.
8509
8510			david parsons
8511	root	1.387	%
8512	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8513			> ($host) = gethostbyname('localhost');
8514
8515			>Sadly most UNIX boxes don't add a sane alias to their /etc/hosts file
8516			>so that trick is not portable.
8517
8518			% grep localhost /etc/hosts
8519			127.0.0.1 localhost
8520
8521			--tom
8522	root	1.387	%
8523	root	1.1	["some time ago on p5p"]
8524			On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:22:05PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
8525			> >But given that most slip drivers I have seen for OS/2 do not do this,
8526			> >the question is moot.
8527			>
8528			> I'll send you a free Unix system.
8529
8530			Thanks, the doors in my house are well-balanced. ;-)
8531
8532			Ilya
8533	root	1.387	%
8534	root	1.1	[Elliott H Mitchell on the reiserfs list]
8535			> Me thinks if unwillingness to use tar over dump will stop you from
8536			> using a better filesystem there will be lots of other reasons that
8537			> will stop you from trying anything new too. So it is not really worth
8538			> trying.
8539
8540			Yeah, if a filesystem randomly lost files and the authors had no plans to
8541			fix it, that would kind discourage one from using it...
8542	root	1.387	%
8543	root	1.1	[Russel Coker on the reiserfs list]
8544			... my old Thinkpad 380XD (Pentium-233 with 3.2G ide hard drive) running
8545			ReiserFS and exporting the file system over 10baseT Ethernet could
8546			outperform local hard drives on an AIX machine running JFS.
8547	root	1.387	%
8548	root	1.1	[Peter Mattis, author of GIMP]
8549			I can't say anything about Rasterman because I've never looked at any of
8550			his code. My only comment about Raster is that he should learn to spell.
8551	root	1.387	%
8552	root	1.1	[David Schwartz on linux-kernel]
8553			> ORBS does not do ANYTHING above try to send few LEGAL
8554			> strings to mailservers with LONG delays. So if you block ORBS you deserve
8555			> blocking :-)
8556
8557			That's not the point. The point is that ORBS claims to be a list of
8558			validated open mail relays, and it's not. It's not supposed to be a list of
8559			people who deserve anything in particular. I'm sure if you talk to the
8560			people who have chosen to block ORBS, you will find that they have their
8561			reasons.
8562
8563			DS
8564	root	1.387	%
8565	root	1.1	[WDR, 19991216 Fernsehen mit Manuel]
8566	root	1.388	Es ist ein Fall bekannt, bei dem sich ein Patient über ein Jahr lang
8567	root	1.1	geweigert hatte, auf die Toilette zu gehen. Dann haben seine Verwandten
8568	root	1.388	und Ärzte ihn dazu überreden können, endlich die Toilette aufzusuchen. Er
8569	root	1.1	hat dabei auf einmal 37 Liter entleert.
8570
8571			Danach lebte er noch ganz normal einige Jahre, bis er, wie in Amerika
8572	root	1.388	üblich, erschossen wurde.
8573	root	1.387	%
8574	root	1.1	> - My Maxtor 27G drive ends up in PIO mode (non-SMP system, but likely
8575			[...]
8576			> Last time I reported this, I had a WDC31600, as hda, and the maxtor as
8577			[...]
8578
8579			You committed a mortal sin in ATA............
8580			You never ever mix WD and Maxtor..........on day I will document why.
8581			Basically these two vendors have timings that are completely incompatable
8582			with each other on the same channel.
8583
8584			IMHO, WD is crap..........however, you may split the two pieces of
8585			hardware and they will work fine under linux and all other OS's.
8586
8587			This rule of "never ever mix WD and Maxtor" is OS independent.
8588	root	1.387	%
8589	root	1.1	[ALF2-Benutzerhandbuch]
8590			"Nur eine tote Festplatte ist eine sichere Festplatte."
8591	root	1.387	%
8592	root	1.1	Physicists write FORTRAN in any language.
8593	root	1.387	%
8594	root	1.1	[OpenBOOT 3.10.6 response to pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del":]
8595			ANY word at all is a candidate.
8596			USE words to see the entire dictionary.
8597			ok
8598	root	1.387	%
8599	root	1.1	[SDF for POD Users]
8600			... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - even Lisp has it's fans. :-)
8601	root	1.387	%
8602	root	1.1	<Xach> schmorp: i haven't been doing any gimpy things lately
8603			<schmorp> xach: well, who is doing gimpy things lately :(
8604			<Xach> schmorp: Mitch
8605			<schmorp> xach: ok.
8606			<Xach> schmorp: you are not keeping pace with the other germans
8607			<Xach> schmorp: you must work more diligently! FOCUS!! DON'T TALK!!
8608			<Xach> burrito, focus
8609			<Burrito> FOCUS you BABOON!
8610	root	1.387	%
8611	root	1.1	[Paul Miller]
8612			... I find Knuth's attitude to be far more logical: "Be careful about
8613			using the following code -- I've only proven that it works, I haven't
8614			tested it." ...
8615	root	1.387	%
8616	root	1.1	Intel Inside -- Idiot Outside!
8617	root	1.387	%
8618	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
8619
8620			Bart Lateur wrote in message <383a4712.942513@news.skynet.be>...
8621			>Petrus Prawirodidjojo wrote:
8622			>
8623			>>So we must compete with Windows CE.
8624			>
8625			>"Please wait while your Toaster shuts down."
8626			>
8627			>"My microwave oven hangs, I have to reboot."
8628			>
8629			>No thank you. :-) I don't think Microsoft somehow can "automatically" be
8630			>the most obvious choice as a supplier of system software for embedded
8631			>systems.
8632
8633
8634			Quite so. Windows CE is rapidly losing what small market share they once
8635			had.
8636
8637			--
8638			Neal Bridges
8639	root	1.387	%
8640	root	1.1	On 27 Nov 1999, sanjay Kumar wrote:
8641
8642			> Hi folks,
8643			> 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?
8644			> please reply to
8645			> sanjay_rect@rediffmail.com
8646			> and sigma_btl@vsnl.com
8647
8648			Parse error.
8649
8650			---
8651			Alex
8652	root	1.387	%
8653	root	1.1	From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
8654
8655			> Why do we really need to support compiling with -ansi when
8656			> including a non-ANSI header file in a C program?
8657
8658			Because some vendors wouldn't recognize a C standard it if hit them. The
8659			amount of code that purports to be ANSI C code, but is in fact nothing of
8660			the sort, has to be seen to be believed.
8661
8662			That doesn't mean that I don't want my program to be clean ANSI C.
8663	root	1.387	%
8664	root	1.1	[one of the few good us movies]
8665	root	1.388	Talk Radio Mediendrama - USA - 1988 - Regie: Oliver Stone * Sein Zynismus wird dem Radiomoderator Barry zum Verhängnis.
8666	root	1.387	%
8667	root	1.1	[guess the language AND the language revision ;)]
8668			ii = 44;
8669			p = &ii;
8670			p = ii/p;
8671			ii++; /* Don't forget to increment ii. */
8672			printf ( "ii = %d\n", *p );
8673	root	1.387	%
8674	root	1.1	> But many systems set the RTC while running Win*ooze. That will affect
8675			> Linux time then.
8676
8677			Here is another microsoft Innovation (TM):
8678
8679			They now allow you to run your BIOS-clock in UTC! (Just like
8680			Linux. Woops. Just gave it away...)
8681
8682			Roger.
8683	root	1.387	%
8684	root	1.1	<Tommer> schmorp, for the next trick, do <frameset> <frame src=dataurl:> <frame src=dataurl:> </frameset> :)
8685	root	1.387	%
8686	root	1.1	auto accident;
8687			register voters;
8688			static electricity;
8689			struct by_lightning;
8690			void *where_prohibited;
8691			char broiled;
8692			short circuit;
8693			short changed;
8694			long johns;
8695			unsigned long letter;
8696			double entendre;
8697			double trouble;
8698			union organizer;
8699			float valve;
8700			short pants;
8701			union station;
8702			void check; unsigned check;
8703			struct dumb by[sizeof member];
8704	root	1.387	%
8705	root	1.1	[I like TV Movie's nexTView comments]
8706			22:40-00:05 (21) ( -34) ARD Mord auf hoher See Inflammable Thriller - USA
8707			- 1995 - Regie: Peter Werner * Stephen King
8708	root	1.388	verhunzt als Regisseur sein Buch im großen Stil.
8709	root	1.387	%
8710	root	1.1	Carmen Lucia Tancredo Borges wrote:
8711
8712			I have a program written in Fortran that runs on an IBM RS/6000
8713			worstation.
8714	root	1.387	%
8715	root	1.1	I wrote
8716			> I hope not. chomp() should match the string in $?, no more or less.
8717			$/
8718
8719			Damn shift key.
8720
8721
8722			Mike Guy
8723	root	1.387	%
8724	root	1.1	[rfc2635]
8725			The term "spam" as it is used to denote mass unsolicited mailings or
8726			netnews postings is derived from a Monty Python sketch set in a
8727			movie/tv studio cafeteria. During that sketch, the word "spam" takes
8728			over each item offered on the menu until the entire dialogue consists
8729			of nothing but "spam spam spam spam spam spam and spam." This so
8730			closely resembles what happens when mass unsolicited mail and posts
8731			take over mailing lists and netnews groups that the term has been
8732			pushed into common usage in the Internet community.
8733	root	1.387	%
8734	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM, November 15, 1999]
8735
8736			The Doghouse: Microsoft Windows CE
8737
8738			Microsoft encrypts your Windows NT password when stored on a Windows CE
8739			device. But if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm, they
8740			simply XOR the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled backwards. Pegasus
8741			is the code name of Windows CE. This is so pathetic it's staggering.
8742
8743			http://www.cegadgets.com/artsusageP.htm
8744	root	1.387	%
8745	root	1.1	: Isn't the point that (void)'grep EXPR, LIST' is now better written as
8746			: 'EXPR for LIST'? Or am I misunderstanding your point here?
8747
8748			It really doesn't bother me if people want to use grep or map in a void
8749			context. It didn't bother me before there was a for modifier, and
8750			now that there is one, it still doesn't bother me. I'm just not very
8751			easy to bother.
8752
8753			The argument against using an operator for other than its primary
8754			purpose strikes me the same as the old argument that you shouldn't have
8755			sex for other than procreational purposes. Sometimes side effects
8756			are more enjoyable than the originally intended effect.
8757
8758			That being said, I'd never grep someone in a void context myself.
8759
8760			Larry
8761	root	1.387	%
8762	root	1.1	[that one's only for insiders...]
8763			> : BASE @ . \ = 10, verified original base was restored
8764			Yeah. :-)
8765	root	1.387	%
8766	root	1.1	[comp.lang.forth]
8767			> Old Antactic Explorers Penguin Recipe:
8768			[...]
8769			> Start fire under pot, raise seawater to boiling point.
8770
8771			Since it is very difficult to find wood on Antarctica, typically
8772			penguins are used to light the fire (due to their fat, they burn well).
8773			I also woudln't use any water, the penguins are fried fine in their own
8774			fat (you can use old fat to heat up the pot for another penguin).
8775
8776			Note that most people in Antarctica have been seal-slayers and
8777			whale-killers, so they were rough people. Usually, they didn't bother
8778			with killing the penguins before setting them on fire. I'm glad this
8779			receipts aren't used anymore.
8780	root	1.387	%
8781	root	1.1	Sie muessen einen PC nicht einschalten um herauszufinden ob Windows
8782			installiert ist. Sehen Sie einfach nach, ob die Aufschrift auf der
8783			Reset-Taste noch lesbar ist.
8784	root	1.387	%
8785	root	1.1	> Erinnert mich an den Kerl bei mir in der Videothek. Hab mir DHY ausgeliehen
8786			> und er sagt doch zu mir: "Ist aber mit Untertiteln." Sag ich: "Na prima!"
8787			> Fragt er: "Wieso, was ist denn daran so interessant, wenn man nichts
8788			> versteht?"
8789	root	1.387	%
8790	root	1.1	[de.alt.anime]
8791			Bei meiner Videothek fliegt ein "Ghost in the Shell" Tape
8792			"Ab18" rum. Das machte mich irgendwie stutzig weil auf
8793			der Schachtel meiner 16er zwei Szenenfotos sind, die im
8794	root	1.388	Film gar nicht vorkommen (ironischer Weise direkt über
8795	root	1.1	dem "Uncut & Unzesored" Schildchen). Andererseits ist
8796	root	1.388	mir völlig schleierhaft, was es bei dem Filmchen zu zensieren
8797	root	1.1	geben soll. Nur die oben beschriebene Feststellung hat diese
8798			Frage erneut aufgeworfen.
8799			ji!
8800	root	1.387	%
8801	root	1.1	I do worry about syntactic clutter, ever since my daughter came
8802			in, looked over my shoulder, and said, "What is that, swearing?"
8803			[Larry Wall]
8804	root	1.387	%
8805	root	1.1	Der letzte untergegangene altisraelitische Stamm war der der
8806			Altpreussen.
8807			- Norbert Marzahn am 15.8.98 in
8808			de.soc.politik.deutschland
8809	root	1.387	%
8810	root	1.1	> > Aber die Theorien, die Norbert aufstellt, ueber zum Beispiel die
8811			> > gegossenen Steinformen, die sich hochdruecken, den fuerchterlichen
8812			> > Kometen, der im vergangenen August die Erde zerstoert hat und solche
8813			> > Sachen find ich wirklich Klasse ;-)
8814			>
8815	root	1.388	> Jau. Und erstmal seine Erklärungsversuche, wenn's mal wieder nichts
8816			> geworden ist (wo bleibt eigentlich der Planet X, der während der
8817	root	1.1	> Syonnenfinsternis auftauchen sollte?)...
8818
8819	root	1.388	Drei Tage Dunkelheit und viele Trümmerteile sollte er bringen, gell,
8820	root	1.1	Norbert?
8821	root	1.387	%
8822	root	1.208	Marzahnismen: http://www.bruhaha.de/normarz.html
8823	root	1.1	Norbert Marzahn sagt: Ich besitze die Mittel, um
8824			"Rechts"- und "Links"-Radikalismus auszuloeschen.
8825	root	1.387	%
8826	root	1.1	http://welcome.to/levitenbuero/
8827	root	1.387	%
8828	root	1.1	<Xach> babelfish.pitney.org: "We may not get it right, but boy are we fast!"
8829	root	1.387	%
8830	root	1.1	Subject: GNU compiler
8831			From: "Steve"
8832			Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:05:03 -0400
8833			To: <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
8834			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0
8835
8836			[the following was a single line, of course]
8837			I downloaded the compiler and am trying to install it and the
8838			instructions seem to be very complicated. Can you help me understand
8839			how to install them? There is no setup file and I have downloaded from
8840			several sites in the thought that I might have the wrong version. Your
8841			assistance would be greatly appreciated
8842
8843			Thanks,
8844
8845			Steve
8846	root	1.387	%
8847	root	1.1	[an "I am doing high end graphic design" type of person:]
8848			> Also, could someone tell me how to calculate DPI of an image? I have not
8849			> managed to figure this DPI system out, for example, if an image is a
8850			> 100?50 pixels, what's the DPI??
8851	root	1.387	%
8852	root	1.1	<tigert> xachbot, op
8853			<XachBot> tigert: I have an 88 magnum. It shoots through schools.
8854			<tigert> ahem
8855	root	1.387	%
8856	root	1.1	<tc> xachbot, acro FOOBAR
8857			-XachBot:#gimp- FOOBAR: FTP Operation Over Big Address Records \| See FUBAR [Net jargon] (cached)
8858			<tc> just when you thought you had something to baffle xachbot
8859	root	1.387	%
8860	root	1.1	[the release of perl 5.000]
8861			Date: Mon, 17 Oct 94 16:48:04 -0700
8862			From: Larry Wall <lwall@scalpel.netlabs.com>
8863			Subject: It's soup.
8864
8865			Okay, it's there.
8866
8867			ftp://ftp.netlabs.com/pub/outgoing/perl5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
8868
8869			The first one who tells me about a bug in it gets shot.
8870
8871			Larry
8872	root	1.387	%
8873	root	1.1	l33+ h4X0rz
8874	root	1.387	%
8875	root	1.1	# A random text generator using Markov chains
8876			perl -e 'while(<>){$f.= $_}@l=split(/\s+/, $f);for($i=0;$i<@l-1;$i++){$W{$l[$i]
8877			}.=" ".$l[$i+1];}sub a{$w=$l[1]}&a;sub b{print "\n"}while($w){if(!($W{$w})){&b;
8878			&b;&a;last if ($q++>3);}print"$w ";@p=split(/ /,$W{$w});$c=@p;until($s=int(rand
8879			($c))){1}$w=$p[$s]}&b' big_text_file
8880	root	1.387	%
8881	root	1.1	> && d'oh! i knew that! can she allow her lusers to use deja? here is the url
8882			> && for the post with the whole description of how i used -P
8883			>
8884			> Well, access to deja isn't forbidden, but access to the keyboard is.
8885			> And there's no mouse.
8886			>
8887			> Abigail
8888
8889			Wow. Someone else who reads usenet by osmosis... cool.
8890
8891			Matt.
8892	root	1.387	%
8893	root	1.1	Ok, our threads aren't so bad. Python's have one big
8894			giant global interpreter lock. :-)
8895
8896			- --tom
8897	root	1.387	%
8898	root	1.1	From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
8899			Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
8900
8901			On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Hubert Mantel wrote:
8902			>
8903			> So the huge ISDN update in proposed-2.2.11 will be removed from the final
8904			> 2.2.11 release?
8905
8906			[ Irritated mode: FULL BLAST ]
8907
8908			Are you being stupid on purpose, or were you born that way?
8909
8910			Go back and read the thread. Read why I'm irritated. READ. THINK.
8911	root	1.387	%
8912	root	1.1	Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you want to get the point?
8913	root	1.387	%
8914	root	1.1	["MVS uses quite heavy algorithms for swapping"]
8915			On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 07:55:32PM +0200, Lieven Marchand wrote:
8916			> Last time I looked at it, it got to the point they had moved some
8917			> ASSISTs into microcode. IIRC, some manipulations of the process
8918			> block. I doubt Intel/Sun/MIPS/IBM is going to accomodate Linux quite
8919			> that much ;-)
8920
8921			IBM is really really good on process technology. They have had to be.
8922	root	1.387	%
8923	root	1.1	MVS spends a lot of time running OS algorithms to allow full
8924			preemption that Linux wastes on running user applications.
8925	root	1.387	%
8926	root	1.1	[comments on the gcc-2.95 release]
8927			<QUOTE>
8928			I'm having problems compiling it for HP-UX 10.20. Any ideas?
8929
8930			(I haven't actually finished downloading it yet, but I just know I'm
8931			gonna have problems with this crappy OS ;-)
8932			</QUOTE>
8933	root	1.387	%
8934	root	1.1	The Internet interprets Windows as damage,
8935			and routes around it.
8936
8937			Roger Larsson
8938	root	1.388	Skellefteå
8939	root	1.387	%
8940	root	1.1	[configuring gcc]
8941			Noone should use --prefix=/usr without --with-local-prefix=/usr/local
8942	root	1.387	%
8943	root	1.1	'You can solve any programming problem with another level of indirection,
8944			except the problem of too many levels of indirection.'
8945	root	1.387	%
8946	root	1.1	[http://www.itknowledge.com/tpj/issues/vol4_1/tpj0401-0015.html]
8947
8948			Z-code interpreters have also been written in Java; unfortunately, when it
8949			comes to cross-platform compatibility, Java's user-interface classes are
8950			finicky and unstable--just ask anyone who's tried to reason with the AWT
8951			on different JVMs.
8952
8953			[and later]
8954
8955			Pilfer is a practical implementation of two of the cardinal rules of
8956			adventure gaming:
8957
8958			1.Anything that is not nailed down is mine.
8959			2.Anything that I can pry loose is not nailed down.
8960	root	1.387	%
8961	root	1.1	[the \|\|-operator can be thought of as "or", && can be thought of as
8962			"and", but how would you call the ??-operator?]
8963
8964			>>>>> "NK" == Nathan Kurz <nate@valleytel.net> writes:
8965
8966			NK> ?? -> huh?
8967
8968			That's a great name. The huh? operator.
8969
8970			<chaim>
8971	root	1.387	%
8972	root	1.1	`One of the reasons we continue to use Fortran is that it's easier to fix
8973			code written without attention to such details in Fortran than in other
8974			languages. To put it another way, Fortran is the only language where
8975			people who barely get by with their numerical skills can "write useful
8976			numerical code." Many times those people are the only experts in their
8977			specialty available to put a needed procedure into practice.'
8978	root	1.387	%
8979	root	1.1	[Moderator der Sending "Teatime" auf "Radio Okerwelle", 1999-07-12]
8980	root	1.388	Ich muß schließlich hören was ich sage, damit ich weiß, was ich denke.
8981	root	1.387	%
8982	root	1.1	[Dr. Dobbs #8, 1999, describing how you can AVOID downloading or executing
8983			Java applets, scripts and ActiveX controls while _parsing_(!) an html
8984			page]
8985			... you must utilize IOleControl::OnAmbientPropertyChange with the
8986			value DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Before you can do this, however, you
8987			must call IOleObject::SetClientSite so that IOleControl will work
8988			properly. This is the reason you derive from IOleClientSite, even
8989			though you don't extend its functionality in any way. After the call to
8990			OnAmbientPropertyChange, IE4 will call your Invoke method to check the
8991			value of DISPID_AMBIENT_DLCONTROL. Invoke simply sets the correct bits to
8992			disable the behaviour you don't want and returns NOERROR.
8993			[Still interested in knowing how you can disable the "file not found"
8994			dialog box that will pop up when you try to parse a non-accessible file?]
8995	root	1.387	%
8996	root	1.1	[Linus, whom I quote rarely ;-]
8997			Message passing as the fundamental operation of the OS is just an
8998			excercise in computer science masturbation. It may feel good, but you
8999			don't actually get anything DONE.
9000	root	1.387	%
9001	root	1.1	Advantages of Windows NT over Linux:
9002			* It's easier to explain the crash was not your fault.
9003			* You've to remember only one solution all to your problems: Reboot.
9004			* You can use your mouse to type an email-message.
9005	root	1.387	%
9006	root	1.1	> 1) On the PIII, there is the capability to get a system unique serial
9007			> number from the CPU. Does Linux read this data already? Is there plans to
9008			> read the serial number and then disable the capability (maybe so you could
9009			> get the serial number from the OS)?
9010
9011			Current Linux disables it and doesn't save the value.
9012	root	1.387	%
9013	root	1.1	[CRYPTO-GRAM 1999-06-15]
9014			"Microsoft set the security state-of-the-art back 25 years with DOS, and
9015			they have continued that legacy to this day."
9016	root	1.387	%
9017	root	1.1	[From "The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature", by Thomas Scoville]
9018			"In a world increasingly dominated by image culture (TV, movies, .jpg
9019			files), UNIX remains rooted in the culture of the word."
9020	root	1.387	%
9021	root	1.1	> If it is clearly documented that will not happen.
9022
9023			Yeah, sure. Unfortunately, if the "correct" treatment of this feature
9024			means to change a dozen source files (and rth's comments make me fear
9025			that that's the case), the chance that someone, somewhere forgets to say
9026			exactly why these changes were necessary (and on what other changes in
9027			other files they depend) is far larger than I want to consider. We've
9028			seen this before. Lucky we are that some long time gcc-hackers are
9029			still among us, who might remark: Oh yes, that's undefined by the C
9030			Standard, but it happens to be an extension gcc supports ... Seen that,
9031			got the T-shirt.
9032	root	1.387	%
9033	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9034			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
9035			Date: Fri, 4 Jun 99 10:00:16 PDT
9036			To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
9037			Cc: craig@jcb-sc.com, jbuck@Synopsys.COM, mark@codesourcery.com,
9038			davem@redhat.com, chip@perlsupport.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
9039			X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
9040
9041			Linus writes, to Craig:
9042
9043			> I haven't maintained a compiler long-term. I _have_ maintained a larger,
9044			> and arguably mode complex system with many more degrees of freedom and
9045			> thus choices than gcc.
9046
9047			No, gcc is substantially larger than the Linux kernel (on the order of 10x
9048			larger, as anyone can easily verify). gcc does not need to deal with race
9049			conditions, so in that sense it is simpler, but in other respects it is
9050			far more complex than the kernel.
9051
9052			[NOTE for the reader: this is not really true, as the device drivers
9053			bomb the comparison away, but the complexity argument still holds]
9054
9055			[ personal insults deleted, perhaps the author is in need of a vacation ]
9056	root	1.387	%
9057	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9058			From: craig@jcb-sc.com
9059			To: torvalds@transmeta.com
9060
9061			>I want the _user_ to be able to give input.
9062			[...]
9063			>I happen to think that the "explicit cast invalidates the alias
9064			>information" rule is the simplest and best one, and gives the user the
9065			>best control without adding things like new attributes or other ways to
9066			>let the user be in control.
9067
9068			In other words, you believe you are a better language designer than
9069			the ISO C people as well as the gcc maintainers, despite the fact
9070			that you know, what, nothing about language design, and nothing
9071			about compiler design and, especially, long-term maintenance of
9072			compilers?
9073	root	1.387	%
9074	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9075			From: Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM>
9076
9077			Linus writes:
9078			> Oh, you don't expect me to complain about bad code generation when I know
9079			> gcc could do better?
9080
9081			Oh, don't worry, we expect you to complain, and in a rude and insulting
9082			matter at that. We're used to it. It seems that you were a nicer guy
9083			before you had so many worshippers.
9084	root	1.387	%
9085	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing?
9086			From: Branko Cibej <branko.cibej@hermes.si>
9087			Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:07:09 +0200
9088			To: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
9089			X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; I)
9090
9091			Linus Torvalds wrote:
9092
9093			> I think it's a damn shame that instead of technical arguments _everything_
9094			> revolves around people reading the standard as if it was the bible, and
9095			> trying to make people feel guilty for not really caring. It's not a sin to
9096			> just want to get good code without having to do magic contortions, guys.
9097
9098			Why, Linus, it's trivial to do! Use MSVC instead of egcs, then you can do
9099
9100			#pragma optimize("a", on/off)
9101
9102			around every single statement, if you like. It even supports anonymous unions
9103			_and_ structs, and is only slightly influenced by the ISO C standard.
9104
9105			They'll even sell you a version that can generate code for the alpha!
9106
9107			>:->
9108
9109			Brane
9110
9111
9112			P.S.: Just for the record: I, a "real user" and (imnsho) a "clever programmer"
9113			who "know what I'm doing", at least most of the time, and who do not "read the
9114			standard as if it were a bible", vote for having a standard-conforming
9115			compiler that's not bloated by a ton of marginally useful (or even useless)
9116			features. If I want featuritis, I know where I can get it.
9117
9118
9119			P.P.S: They can't even spell "optimise" ...
9120	root	1.387	%
9121	root	1.1	You can have it Soon, Cheap, and Working; choose two
9122	root	1.387	%
9123	root	1.1	"Scientific" studies have found that a 2.2.x Linux router with
9124			fast-switching enabled, using Tulip 100baseT cards, can melt a
9125			high-end Cisco's 100baseT interfaces.
9126	root	1.387	%
9127	root	1.1	1) Thread switching is faster than process switching by a little bit on Linux
9128			2) Process switching on linux is faster than thread switching on NT
9129			3) Almost anything is faster than process switching on NT
9130	root	1.387	%
9131	root	1.1	[gimp-developers, on the use of keyboard modifiers for drawing tools]
9132
9133			> Simple. Powerful. Fast. Choose at most two.
9134
9135			Perhaps this should be an option in the preferences dialog? :)
9136	root	1.387	%
9137	root	1.1	[perl is cryptic??]
9138			Subject: @{$${->{{{{~{}~{{{NO CARRIER
9139			From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
9140			Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:55:37 +0300 (EET DST)
9141
9142			We have still a long way to go-- from the zsh-workers mailing list:
9143
9144			: Just thought of a trivial way to take a lot of grief out of parameter
9145			: substitution. This patch makes the following valid:
9146			:
9147			: ${${${${(f)"$(typeset)"}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }
9148			:
9149			: replacing the equivalent but grotesquer
9150			:
9151			: "${(@)${(@)${(@)${(@f)$(typeset)}:#local \=}%%\=}##* }"
9152	root	1.387	%
9153	root	1.1	Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier
9154	root	1.387	%
9155	root	1.1	> \|> Spoken as a true C programmer. However you are wrong. Case-preserving, but
9156			> \|> insensitive, is the CORRECT way for file systems. Capitalization should not
9157			> \|> matter for interpretation of a file name just as it doesn't matter for
9158			> \|> interpreting words in any human language.
9159			>
9160			> This is wrong. In German, there is a big difference between "paar" und
9161			> "Paar" (the first meaning "a few", the second "pair").
9162
9163			The classic example:
9164
9165			"Ich habe liebe Genossen in Moskau" - I've got dead comreds in Moscow.
9166			"Ich habe Liebe genossen in Moskau" - I enjoyed love in Moscow.
9167	root	1.387	%
9168	root	1.1	[do we need oo-style IO::File class in perl?]
9169			>_You_ aren't gonna code "use IO::File".
9170
9171			And there's no reason for anyone else to, either, especially
9172			once Nick finishes the Larry-blessed autovivification of
9173			lvaluabled undefs in open(), socket(), etc.
9174
9175			What's next, a String class for Perl?
9176
9177			--tom
9178	root	1.387	%
9179	root	1.1	[some example of the kind of mail I sometimes receive:]
9180			i was just trying to help u out not hurt you in anyway ok i have the fbi
9181			working on something for me
9182			u havent done anything to me ok and the sherriffs department came by to talk
9183			to me nutting concerning y ok
9184			piece
9185			russ
9186	root	1.387	%
9187	root	1.1	[From "Basic Information about Unix", common commands:]
9188
9189			pico (text editor for beginners)
9190			vi (text editor for advanced users)
9191			emacs (text editor for advanced users)
9192			ed (text editor for beginners)
9193	root	1.387	%
9194	root	1.1	There is no reason in principle that a Perl script shouldn't start with
9195
9196			use Python;
9197
9198			and appear to work exactly like Python from there to the end of the file.
9199			Except maybe faster. :-)
9200
9201			Larry
9202	root	1.387	%
9203	root	1.1	> Perl6 gives us an opportunity to re-examine every feature at a microscopic level.
9204
9205			just what I'm afraid of... I thought this was to be Perl6, not Perl
9206			2010.
9207
9208			(Perl 2010: The Spaced Oddity?)
9209	root	1.387	%
9210	root	1.1	The X.25 specification is not a particularly easy document to
9211			read. Contrary to expectations, it does not make great use of diagrams
9212			and tables that help to explain the workings of the protocols that
9213			it contains. Instead the document makes use of many ambiguous English
9214			descriptions of the actions that should take place, allied with a complete
9215			lack of fluency in its prose descriptions, make for a very confusing
9216			document. It is a wonder that any correct X.25 implementations have ever
9217			been created.
9218	root	1.387	%
9219	root	1.1	> Joe: (walking into McDonalds) Hi, I'd like a Big Mac.
9220			>
9221			> Cashier: Okay, here's your Big Mac and here's your Coke. That'll be
9222			> $3.99.
9223			>
9224			> Joe: Uh, I don't want a Coke.
9225			>
9226			> Cashier: Sorry, they're bundled.
9227			>
9228			> Joe: What? I'm not paying for a Coke!
9229			>
9230			> Cashier: You don't; the Coke is free.
9231			>
9232			> Joe: But wasn't a Big Mac $2.49 last week?
9233			>
9234			> Cashier: Sure, but this latest Big Mac is far more innovative. It's
9235			> got integrated Coke!
9236			>
9237			> Joe: I already bought a Snapple across the street... I'm not going
9238			> to drink the Coke.
9239			>
9240			> Cashier: Then you can't have the burger.
9241			>
9242			> Joe: Okay, fine, I will pay the $3.99 and throw the Coke away.
9243			>
9244			> Cashier: Oh, you can't do that. They're seamlessly integrated. Totally
9245			> inseparable.
9246			>
9247			> Joe: How can that be? They're two totally separate things!
9248			>
9249			> Cashier: No, watch. (takes Big Mac, dunks it in a tank of Coke) See?
9250			>
9251			> Joe: Why did you just do that?!
9252			>
9253			> Cashier: It's a benefit to the consumer. Otherwise you'd end up with
9254			> two different, inconsistent tastes. This way you're assured of a
9255			> continuous taste across all your foods.
9256	root	1.387	%
9257	root	1.1	Threads are like salt. I like salt, you like salt, we all
9258			like salt, but we eat more pasta than salt.
9259	root	1.40	Rob Pike
9260	root	1.387	%
9261	root	1.1	From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
9262
9263			Don't be bitten by Perl, get crushed by Python.
9264			Python: Perl for the punctuation-phobic.
9265			It takes 4 days for a python to digest a hamster, but only 2 days
9266			for you to digest this book.
9267			Python: it's really better but nobody uses it.
9268			Python: just for the whitespace of it.
9269			Join The Trickle
9270			Python: more popular than Dylan!
9271			Python: not written by crackheads in a gutter!
9272			Are you uptight? Try our new Python Hangups series.
9273	root	1.387	%
9274	root	1.1	Well Microsoft announced this new language called COOL which I can
9275			honestly say that I have seen NO CRAPPY CODE written in. OTOH it appears
9276			that to achieve this miraculous status by the simple technique of being
9277			complete and utter vapourware.
9278
9279			Microsoft, taking the Business out of COBOL.
9280	root	1.387	%
9281	root	1.1	[From "Programming Perl"]
9282
9283			We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a
9284			programmer: laziness, impatience and hubris
9285	root	1.387	%
9286	root	1.1	[Alexander Stepanov, creator of the STL]:
9287
9288			Yes. STL is not object oriented. I think that object orientedness is
9289			almost as much of a hoax as Artificial Intelligence. I have yet to
9290			see an interesting piece of code that comes from these OO people. In
9291			a sense, I am unfair to AI: I learned a lot of stuff from the MIT AI
9292			Lab crowd, they have done some really fundamental work: Bill Gosper's
9293			Hakmem is one of the best things for a programmer to read. AI might
9294			not have had a serious foundation, but it produced Gosper and Stallman
9295			(Emacs), Moses (Macsyma) and Sussman (Scheme, together with Guy Steele). I
9296			find OOP technically unsound. It attempts to decompose the world in
9297			terms of interfaces that vary on a single type. To deal with the real
9298			problems you need multisorted algebras - families of interfaces that
9299			span multiple types. I find OOP philosophically unsound. It claims that
9300			everything is an object. Even if it is true it is not very interesting -
9301			saying that everything is an object is saying nothing at all. I find OOP
9302			methodologically wrong. It starts with classes. It is as if mathematicians
9303			would start with axioms. You do not start with axioms - you start with
9304			proofs. Only when you have found a bunch of related proofs, can you
9305			come up with axioms. You end with axioms. The same thing is true in
9306			programming: you have to start with interesting algorithms. Only when you
9307			understand them well, can you come up with an interface that will let them
9308			work.
9309			[...]
9310			You can't write a generic max() in Java that takes two arguments of some
9311			type and has a return value of that same type. Inheritance and interfaces
9312			don't help. And if they cannot implement max or swap or linear search,
9313			what chances do they have to implement really complex stuff? These are my
9314			litmus tests: if a language allows me to implement max and swap and linear
9315			search generically - then it has some potential.
9316			[...] Java is clearly an example of a money oriented programming (MOP).
9317			It might be successful - after all, MS DOS was - and it might be a
9318			profitable thing for all your readers to learn Java, but it has no
9319			intellectual value whatsoever.
9320
9321			[Later, on OMG protocols like CORBA]
9322			I am old enough to remember all the networking standards that were coming
9323			out in the seventies. Who remembers them now?
9324	root	1.387	%
9325	root	1.1	[Stiftung Warentest "test", WDR 19990419:]
9326	root	1.388	"Schlechtes muß nicht billig sein..."
9327	root	1.387	%
9328	root	1.1	[/bin/false on solaris]
9329			#!/usr/bin/sh
9330			# Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T
9331			# All Rights Reserved
9332
9333			# THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
9334			# The copyright notice above does not evidence any
9335			# actual or intended publication of such source code.
9336
9337			#ident "@(#)false.sh 1.6 93/01/11 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */
9338			[obvious invocation of exit snipped to avoid lawsuit. Yup, 1 line.]
9339	root	1.387	%
9340	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.
9341	root	1.387	%
9342	root	1.1	When a tar built for SunOS runs under Solaris, it's incapable of opening
9343			or creating files with "lib/locale" in the path. It replaces that part of
9344			the path with "lib/oldlocale".
9345	root	1.387	%
9346	root	1.1	[Bruce Schneier in CRYPTO-GRAM, 19990315]
9347
9348			"Microsoft prefers to treat security holes as a public relations problem,
9349			rather than fixing the actual problem."
9350
9351			[further down: the official answer from Microsoft about a problem where
9352			just viewing a website would invisibly run unrestricted code on your
9353			machine]
9354
9355			"Microsoft appreciates your input regarding this issue, however in lieu
9356			of modern technology being what it is, we all need to be personally
9357			responsible for knowing what we are downloading off the internet."
9358
9359			[see http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/sec/chrono.html]
9360	root	1.387	%
9361	root	1.1	[Steve Funston wrote to me, after I unsubscribed him from gimp-perl for
9362			spamming:]
9363
9364			>fuck you ass hole duh you are just a big fucker
9365			>>
9366			>>An error was generated by your request to our servers:
9367			>>------------------------------------------------------
9368			>>
9369			>>Your Email: bfunston@mich.com
9370			>>
9371			>>ERROR: You are not a member of this list.
9372
9373			[and later, misquoting my name:]
9374			>mark is not only a big fat liar but he is an ass hole.
9375	root	1.387	%
9376	root	1.1	[How much of the microsoft shares does Bill Gates hold?]
9377			He has 19.8%. Paul Allen has 5.5%. Steve Ballmer has 4.7%.
9378	root	1.387	%
9379	root	1.1	> And what's wrong with being named Peter?
9380			If linus was peter, Linux would be called penix? (just guessing) ;)
9381	root	1.387	%
9382	root	1.1	According to Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q216641, Microsoft Windows
9383			95/98 are limited to an uptime of exactly 49.7 days.
9384
9385			--found by Vincent Janelle (Random)
9386	root	1.387	%
9387	root	1.1	> Leave that to RMS.
9388
9389			If you had just sat through the horrific panel with Larry,
9390			RMS, Richard, and Linus, you would want to leave a whole lot
9391			else to RMS -- like a couple of megatons of the manure that
9392			he's full of.
9393
9394			Support BSD/Linux.
9395
9396			--tom
9397	root	1.387	%
9398	root	1.1	"The FSF is a cult -- don't support them." --Rob Pike
9399	root	1.387	%
9400	root	1.1	We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
9401	root	1.387	%
9402	root	1.1	> Perhaps the cracker himself (itself? ;) isn't bright enough to delete shell
9403			> history, but his shrink-wrapped cracking tools might be a lot brighter...
9404
9405			Some of them are. A surprising number aren't. A personal favorite of
9406			mine was the log from a cracker who couldn't figure out how to untar
9407			and install the trojan package he'd ftped onto the machine. he tried a
9408			few times, and then eventually gave up and logged out.
9409	root	1.387	%
9410	root	1.1	[on channel #gimp]
9411
9412			[msg(Xachbot)] insult me
9413			[XachBot(xachbot@home.xach.com)] schmorp: David Miller would never approve of that.
9414	root	1.387	%
9415	root	1.1	[the creation]
9416			http://www.toodarkpark.org/caffeine-cgi-bin/textfile/net-hx.txt
9417	root	1.387	%
9418	root	1.1	THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #12: LITHP
9419
9420			This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of
9421			an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said
9422			to be useful in protheththing lithtth.
9423	root	1.387	%
9424	root	1.1	Ich zog hier nur einen Pseudoschluss aus dieser sache, den ich nicht
9425			selbst schliesse.
9426			Norbert Harry Marzahn, selbsternannter "Judaaer"
9427			am 13.12.98 in de.alt.ufo
9428	root	1.387	%
9429	root	1.1	According to Gurusamy Sarathy:
9430			> "Resistance is futile, you will be modularized."
9431
9432			No:
9433
9434			use Borg;
9435			make_threat(-type => 'standard', -doom => 'modularized');
9436
9437			--
9438			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
9439	root	1.387	%
9440	root	1.1	"And over here, ladies and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to
9441			the 'posicks box', a mechanism within one of the late 20th century
9442			sub-I hardware gestalt integration agents (then called 'operating
9443			systems', this particular one being referred to as 'windows' by
9444			its commercial-mimetic sustainer), designed so as to provide the
9445			appearance and functionality required to comply with one of the few
9446			agreed-upon integration schemas (sub-I, of course) available at the
9447			time. Unsurprising given the non-integration imperitives used by the
9448			agent's sustainter, this mechanism was demonstrated to be an ingenious
9449			non-integration ploy that, while supporting the integration schema,
9450			failed to support the local interconnect schemas that this agent
9451			specialized in. This produced a classic focus rift in the knowledge
9452			pool, benefiting the sustainer in the short run due to the focus
9453			concentration facilities available to commericial-class mimetic
9454			sustainers. Practically, this wasn't a significant loss, in the long
9455			run, as neither the 'windows' or 'posicks' schemas were relevant to
9456			modern quasi-I agents. These two do live on, however, in a few niches.
9457			'posicks' is used as the integration schema between most nano-scale
9458			logic units (a fact that only a few meta-experts still need to be
9459			aware of), and 'windows' survives, for religious-mimetic reasons, as
9460			the human-communication agent in a few stereotypical toasters and soap
9461			dispensers."
9462
9463			[Kenneth Albanowski]
9464	root	1.387	%
9465	root	1.1	Perl ist ein Schmerzmittel.
9466			Wenn Du bei der Speicherverwaltung oder der Stringverarbeitung
9467			unter C Schmerzen hast, nimm Perl.
9468			-- Kristian Koehntopp
9469	root	1.387	%
9470	root	1.1	> Why Windows NT Server 4.0 continues to exist in the enterprise would be a
9471			> topic appropriate for an investigative report in the field of psychology or
9472			> marketing, not an article on information technology -- John Kirch
9473	root	1.387	%
9474	root	1.388	[bei einer mündlichen Nachprüfung in BWL, Uni Hamburg]
9475	root	1.1
9476			Prof: "Was ist Agio?"
9477	root	1.388	Student: "Weiß ich nicht."
9478	root	1.1	Prof: "OK, durchgefallen!
9479	root	1.388	Student: "Ich habe aber Anspruch auf drei Fragen in der mündlichen Prüfung!"
9480	root	1.1	Prof: "Klar, was ist Disagio?"
9481			Student: "..."
9482			Prof: "...und was ist der Unterschied zwischen Agio und Disagio?"
9483			Student: "..."
9484			Prof: "...durchgefallen!"
9485	root	1.387	%
9486	root	1.1	Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com> writes:
9487
9488			> Just morbid curiosity,
9489			>
9490			> Are there _any_ unix boxes that _can't_ build Perl?
9491
9492			Yes. Broken ones.
9493
9494			dgris
9495	root	1.387	%
9496	root	1.1	"The kerastion is a musical instrument which cannot be heard."
9497			-- A Borges story in ten words.
9498	root	1.387	%
9499	root	1.1	"C combines the power of assembly language
9500			with the flexibility of assembly language."
9501	root	1.387	%
9502	root	1.1	...
9503
9504			<AOL>
9505
9506			Me too!
9507
9508			</AOL>
9509
9510			Tig
9511	root	1.387	%
9512	root	1.1	ping -p 2b2b2b415448300d <hostname>
9513	root	1.387	%
9514	root	1.1	unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;umount;sleep
9515	root	1.387	%
9516	root	1.1	From: Dick Balaska <dick@buckosoft.com>
9517
9518			I sit behind an NT dual P2/400 256MB for too many hours each day. It is
9519			"slow". One of my (fun) tasks is CD mastering. When i'm loading a 500MB
9520			wav file into the editor, the machine goes useless for two minutes while
9521			loading the wave file. Basically its just reading the file and writing it
9522			to swap. The CPU is at 5%. No Alt-Tab between apps during that time. No
9523			chance of putting the mouse over a button (too many dropped ticks). The
9524			NT kernel is just sitting waiting for I/O completions.
9525
9526			Linux would be embarrassed to be that bad.
9527
9528			I expected M$ to never fix this because its not "broken". However, i
9529			expect billg to start reading the above mentioned literal benchmarks and
9530			get really really pissed.
9531
9532			Especially since i believe 1999 and 2000 to see Linux really start
9533			to cut into M$'s server market share.
9534	root	1.387	%
9535	root	1.1	> Hello I'm wondering if there's a lower traffic mailing list that exists
9536			> that's strictly important kernel announcements and not general chat. I
9537			> need to stay informed but I can't handle 250 messages in a 24 hour
9538			> period.
9539			>
9540			> Sorry for the insignificant post..
9541			> Nic
9542			>
9543
9544			Thank you for contributing to the problem.
9545
9546			-hpa
9547	root	1.387	%
9548	root	1.1	grep... grep... grep... (frog with unix stuck in his throat)
9549	root	1.387	%
9550	root	1.1	"If users are made to understand that the system administrator's job is to
9551			make computers run, and not to make them happy, they can, in fact, be made
9552			happy most of the time. If users are allowed to believe that the system
9553			administrator's job is to make them happy, they can, in fact, never be made
9554			happy."
9555			- - -Paul Evans (as quoted by Barb Dijker in "Managing Support Staff", LISA '97)
9556	root	1.387	%
9557	root	1.1	From: "Daniel P. Stasinski" <dannys@KAREMOR.COM>
9558			Subject: Microsoft Hotmail
9559			To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
9560
9561			I contacted Microsoft/Hotmail asking them to close the account
9562			of that was listed in the backdoored tcp wrapper source code.
9563			I also forwarded the offending code.
9564
9565			The word back from them is that they will not close it. Theft
9566			of passwords and hacking does not violate thier terms of
9567			service.
9568
9569			Daniel
9570	root	1.387	%
9571	root	1.1	Any UNIX-killer must also have:
9572			...
9573			* cool name like Linux (serious, these fail: GNU Hurd FreeBSD 386BSD)
9574	root	1.387	%
9575	root	1.1	"Not all things worth doing are worth doing well."
9576			It's a phrase I use a lot. :-)
9577			[RJL]
9578	root	1.387	%
9579	root	1.1	As John Whittaker says: ``It's UNIX. That doesn't necessarily mean it's
9580			right.''
9581	root	1.387	%
9582	root	1.1	[Richard Stallman on the new _Pragma operator in C9X:]
9583
9584			Amazing--they actually listened.
9585	root	1.387	%
9586	root	1.1	That "UNIX" term is very negative. People often associate it with
9587			SCO OpenServer, Wyse terminals, and 60 people on a 386. The UNIX
9588			that people know is just awful. It looks something like this:
9589
9590			# less foo
9591			sh: command not found
9592			# more foo
9593			sh: command not found
9594			# emacs foo
9595			sh: command not found
9596			# ed foo
9597			0
9598			help
9599			?
9600			quit
9601			?
9602			exit
9603			?
9604			DIE!!!!!!!!!!
9605			?
9606
9607			[Albert D. Cahalan]
9608	root	1.387	%
9609	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Stop blib warning in future releases?
9610			From: andreas.koenig@anima.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
9611			Date: 05 Jan 1999 03:15:37 +0100
9612
9613			tim> Sure. Strictly speaking
9614
9615			tim> use blib ':quiet';
9616
9617			tim> would be most correct in style.
9618
9619			Only German native speakers are allowed to treat adverbs adjectively.
9620			For the rest I'd recommend [...]
9621	root	1.387	%
9622	root	1.1	[A new U.S. Law implementing a WIPO treaty]
9623			No person shall circumvent a technological protection measure that
9624			effectively controls access to a work protected under this title
9625			[Or, in other words, applied cryptanalysis will be illegal.
9626			too bad --- ]
9627	root	1.387	%
9628	root	1.1	Microsoft - Is it going to work today?
9629	root	1.387	%
9630	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [gimp-devel] GIF plugin legal issues
9631
9632			> Actually, my understanding is that Unisys doesn't currently enforce the
9633			> licensing cost on free software, but maybe I am mistaken.
9634
9635			The general wording, spoken by an unnamed GIMP developer, is, if you'll
9636			pardon the language, "Unisys can go fuck itself."
9637	root	1.387	%
9638	root	1.1	[once on linux-kernel:]
9639			> >who are you why on yahoo when iprint sf16fmi i fond you i need drv
9640			> Does anyone have the secret decoder ring to make sense of this?
9641			he's confused about us showing up in a search match on yahoo, but needs
9642			driver(s) for his sf16fmi thingy.
9643	root	1.387	%
9644	root	1.1	> Did you try to compile kdeadmin from the CVS tree ?
9645
9646			No I ran the KDE binaries. Im not interested in broken programs that
9647			include wrong #include files in their source.
9648	root	1.387	%
9649	root	1.1	[unix-faq]
9650
9651			Someday, you are going to accidentally type something like
9652			"rm * .foo", and find you just deleted "" instead of ".foo".
9653			Consider it a rite of passage.
9654	root	1.387	%
9655	root	1.1	"There's one word that strikes fear into nuclear scientists..."
9656			"Oops."
9657			-- MST3K
9658	root	1.387	%
9659	root	1.1	Seems like 80-bit spills would be closer to IEEE, if not close enough to
9660			claim full support. Off-hand I'd say people would be happier with
9661			those numeric properties than with the current situation.
9662
9663			I'll think about the esoterica (probably break down and ask people here).
9664			It would certainly make gcc the most reliable x86 floating-point compiler
9665			I know. Sun's does something similar to -ffloat-store by default (gee,
9666			look at how fast that ultra is), and Microsoft's runs off the end of the
9667			stack at run-time . I don't know what Intel's does, so I'm not considering
9668			it. ;)
9669	root	1.387	%
9670	root	1.1	>I was using the localtime function to change time_t into it's various
9671			>human-readable parts. I noticed that $year gets returned as 98 and
9672			>not 1998. I tested a few different unices and got the same result.
9673			>This is expected behavior based on the examples I've seen and my own
9674			>testing. My question is how is this y2k compliant?
9675
9676			What part of your C library's documentation on localtime(3), the perlfunc
9677			documentation on the Perl localtime function, the perlfaq4 entry on `Does
9678			Perl have a year 2000 problem?', and the Y2K document on www.perl.com
9679			did you find to be unclear on the answer to this question?
9680
9681			--tom
9682	root	1.387	%
9683	root	1.1	> * Have you ever wondered how life began ?
9684
9685			In a laboratory somewhere at Bell Labs.
9686
9687			>Why does it end ?
9688
9689			Ask the X3J11 committee.
9690
9691			> * Can you tell WHY there is life ? What is the purpose of it ?
9692			> * Can YOU do anything to make your life worth living ? WHAT ?
9693
9694			To promote the the DEATH OF ANSI C! K+R FOREVER! DOWN WITH PORTABILITY!
9695	root	1.387	%
9696	root	1.1	"Unix is Perl's IDE!"
9697			-- Tom Christiansen
9698	root	1.387	%
9699	root	1.1	[Sputnik]
9700
9701			Do you honestly think the Americans would mention a Soviet success? :-)
9702			A number of years back I saw an exhibition in the US on the development of
9703			supersonic passenger aircraft. They forgot to mention Concorde. It
9704			wouldn't surprise me in the least if most people at NASA had never heard
9705			of Sputnik.
9706	root	1.387	%
9707	root	1.1	NTFS by default adds unnecessary serialization to an extent that
9708			even older file systems such as FFS do not, and its performance
9709			characteristics reflect that. In fairness, it should be said that it is
9710			the superior approach for most removable media without software control
9711			of ejection (e.g. IBM PC floppies).
9712	root	1.387	%
9713	root	1.1	Never attribute to malice what could as well be explained by stupidity.
9714			- Hanlons razor -
9715	root	1.387	%
9716	root	1.1	Shallit's Razor: Never attribute to conspiracy what may be adequately
9717			explained by stupidity or incompetence.
9718	root	1.387	%
9719	root	1.1	According to Chris Nandor:
9720			> I thought about creating a web interface to input, edit, delete entries,
9721			> but that would have taken me longer, been more complex and less secure, and
9722			> offered no significant advantages.
9723
9724			That one's in the quotes file. Thanks.
9725	root	1.387	%
9726	root	1.1	My friend who had a Compaq called one day when his built-in cdrom drive
9727			stopped responding. Their answer "its a virus. Reinstal Windows". So he did
9728			(?) and it still didn't work. He called them and they said "its a virus,
9729			reinstall." "But I just installed. If there is a virus, it came from YOUR
9730			quick restore disk." "No, no virus there, but you DO have a virus. My paper
9731			in front of me says so."
9732
9733			He took it back and bought a Gateway.
9734	root	1.387	%
9735	root	1.1	9. Deinde, ne in posterum a XII kalendas aprilis aequinoctium recedat,
9736			statuimus bissextum quarto quoque anno (uti mos est) continuari debere,
9737			praeterquam in centesimis annis; qui, quamvis bissextiles antea semper
9738			fuerint, qualem etiam esse volumus annum MDC, post eum tamen qui
9739			deinceps consequentur centesimi non omnes bissextiles sint, sed in
9740			quadringentis quibusque annis primi quique tres centesimi sine bissexto
9741			transigantur, quartus vero quisque centesimus bissextilis sit, ita ut
9742			annus MDCC, MDCCC, MDCCCC bissextiles non sint. Anno vero MM, more
9743			consueto dies bissextus intercaletur, februario dies XXIX continente,
9744			idemque ordo intermittendi intercalandique bissextum diem in
9745			quadringentis quibusque annis perpetuo conservetur.
9746	root	1.387	%
9747	root	1.1	You obviously have not dealt with Microsoft Winnt 4.0
9748			and all the Service Pack then. While one Service Pack
9749			did somewhat correct the Y2K problem was not aware that
9750			2000 was in fact a leap year. There was no way to set
9751			the date to Feb 29, 2000.
9752	root	1.387	%
9753	root	1.1	"Ernst Lehmann, die Organisationsredundanz beim Cluster-Treffen"
9754	root	1.387	%
9755	root	1.388	HP Computer NEWS 3/98 about HP 2000/CN printer (page 24): "Darüber
9756	root	1.1	hinaus ... hat der HP 2000C/CN durch den Einsatz von Intel MMX-
9757			Technologie Zugriff auf deren Farbtabellen und kann so Farbbilder
9758			schneller verarbeiten" (A mistake made when translating. It's hard to
9759			get the wrong meaning if translated back to English, sorry.)
9760	root	1.387	%
9761	root	1.1	From: Robert Lipe
9762			> > I program computers with no screens and no keyboards for a living.
9763			> > Switches and front-panels are a LUXURY! :-)
9764			>
9765			> But I guess you are not _programming_ these computers without a keyboard
9766			> and/or screen.
9767
9768			Are you familiar with the Vulcan Mind Meld?
9769	root	1.387	%
9770	root	1.1	Subject: Re: [fwd from comp.lang.python] Re: Python 2 ideas [Re: access
9771			From: Tuomas Lukka <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>
9772
9773			On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
9774			> use pedantic;
9775			> use strict 'code';
9776			>
9777			> or whatever is the syntax to switch Perl into 'dull'/'pythonish' mode.
9778
9779			use syntax 'python';
9780
9781			Let's just embrace&extend'em ;) ;)
9782
9783	root	1.387	%
9784	root	1.1	Thus it was written in the epistle of Larry Wall,
9785			>
9786			> Having discussed all this thoroughly at the Hacker's Conference this
9787			> past weekend, I've come to the conclusion that Y2K will be traumatic
9788			> primarily because people think it will be traumatic. A panic is a
9789			> panic whether or not it's justified. People get trampled in panics.
9790			>
9791			> It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy. :-)
9792	root	1.387	%
9793	root	1.1	[rfc1925]
9794			Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).
9795	root	1.387	%
9796	root	1.1	[Alan Cox, why not port hurd to sgi, instead of linux]
9797			> A possible minus is the message-passing between the servers which might
9798			> be time-consuming.
9799
9800			"Yesterdays technology, next week" to quote an OSI saying
9801	root	1.387	%
9802	root	1.1	UNIX versions of ctags handle the C language, and often Pascal and Fortran
9803			77. Sometimes, they even handle assembly language. Almost universally,
9804			however, they do not handle C++...
9805			[from "learning the vi editor"]
9806	root	1.387	%
9807	root	1.1	> correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a thread about this a few
9808			> months back that resolved the ping -f localhost as a ping bug.
9809
9810			Indeed, as Alan Cox said:
9811
9812			So get a non-buggy ping(8) client.
9813
9814			and as Ecclesiastes said:
9815
9816			Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been
9817			already of old time, which was before us.
9818			There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any
9819			remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
9820
9821			Regards,
9822			Tigran.
9823	root	1.387	%
9824	root	1.1	SNMP stands for Security Not My Problem
9825	root	1.387	%
9826	root	1.1	[slightly broken, though...]
9827			/* "Hello World" in B for 64-bit hardware! */
9828			hw [0] "Hello World.*n";
9829			main(){
9830			extrn hw;
9831			putchar(0[hw]);
9832			hw=+1;
9833			putchar(0[hw]);
9834			}
9835	root	1.387	%
9836	root	1.1	> So what comes first the chicken or the egg? :)
9837
9838			The egg. Always. By definition.
9839	root	1.387	%
9840	root	1.1	> > PPS: Robert, I just made my first y2k fix to that script ;()
9841			>
9842			> Better check your scsi cables.
9843	root	1.387	%
9844	root	1.1	Arroganz durch Wissen
9845			[Dirk Jagdmann]
9846	root	1.387	%
9847	root	1.1	[Re: Pegasus - Gut oder Boese?]
9848			> Weil er sie dabei ja unterstuetzt. Da er aber (abgesehen von den ersten
9849			> ein- oder zweimal) nur auf Anrufen von Rosa-Girl erscheint, koennte man es
9850			> auch anders herum sagen. wenn CU Pfeift, kommt er angaloppiert 8))
9851
9852	root	1.388	was aber leider bedeutet, daß usa die Rennsemmel ständig mit
9853	root	1.1	sich rumschleppen mu?. ^_-
9854			Nur weil die Kleine die Bimmel hat!
9855
9856	root	1.388	Und wer weiß, was dieses pädophile Pferd eigentlich noch so
9857	root	1.1	bezwecken will... ^_-
9858	root	1.387	%
9859	root	1.1	>James :\
9860			>
9861			>I apologize for adding a message to this possibly trivial thread.
9862
9863			I like your sig. I hope you use it for everything you post.
9864	root	1.387	%
9865	root	1.1	From: Mason <mason@schwanda.resnet.tamu.edu>
9866			Subject: night of the undead ip stack
9867			Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:03:19 -0600 (CST)
9868	root	1.387	%
9869	root	1.1	> The person who decides to invent UNICODE support for Linux
9870			> is just asking for a black eye.
9871
9872			But Unicode for NT is such fun!
9873
9874			For example, the checked DbgPrint() bluescreens above DISPATCH_LEVEL
9875			if you try to print a Unicode string--the Unicode->ASCII
9876			translation tables are marked as pageable.
9877
9878			Since as far as I know, printk() does not have any format specifiers
9879			that cause obscure kernel panics, Linux is clearly behind in this
9880			area.
9881	root	1.387	%
9882	root	1.1	Linux: a no problem operating system for no problem people.
9883			[Lukas Grunwald]
9884	root	1.387	%
9885	root	1.1	http://dd.sh/perlfs/:
9886
9887			THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL (PRE-ALPHA) VERSION OF THE PERL FILESYSTEM.
9888			EVEN WHEN IT LOADS WITHOUT CAUSING A KERNEL PANIC, IT WILL LOCK UP
9889			YOUR MACHINE, DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA, KIDNAP YOUR FAMILY AND
9890			(DEPENDING ON SAID FAMILY'S CONFIGURATION) SHOOT YOUR CAT, DOG, AND/OR
9891			FIRST-BORN CHILD.
9892	root	1.387	%
9893	root	1.1	[a comment on http://dd.sh/perlfs/]
9894			Forget GNU/Linux. /PerL/inux will conquer all.
9895
9896			kill 0,1 if -x '/PerL/inux'; # request kernel mode
9897	root	1.387	%
9898	root	1.1	[Tim Hollebeek on real arithmetic]
9899			On a machine with a sane floating point model, the results make sense.
9900			For example, my SGI workstation prints:
9901
9902			0.00000000000000011102 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000020000 1.00000000000000040000
9903
9904			However, a machine with the Intel FPU from hell gives:
9905
9906			0.00000000000000000005 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000 1.00000000000000000000
9907
9908			due to the fact that whether 1+x and 1 are the same number depends on whether
9909			the numbers are in the FPU or not.
9910	root	1.387	%
9911	root	1.388	[Grüner Tip/Arte]
9912	root	1.1	Ihre Nachbarn sind zu laut und feiern andauernd Parties? Kein Problem, ihr
9913	root	1.388	Bohrer wird nachts um zwei spielend mit _jedem_ Lärm fertig....
9914	root	1.387	%
9915	root	1.1	Remember, eating healthy doesn't make you live longer, it just makes it seem
9916			longer...
9917	root	1.387	%
9918	root	1.1	[M$ about unix development tools like GCC]
9919			By the standards of the novice / intermediate developer accustomed to
9920			VB/VS/VC/VJ, these tools are incredibly primitive.
9921	root	1.387	%
9922	root	1.1	> > Praha is nice and our university is interesting, since it is according
9923			> > to tests most complex and impractical computer science university on the
9924			> > world :) I just love it...
9925			>
9926			> Oh well, great that I won't be studying there...
9927			>
9928			It is really fun.... just now I have lesson (that reminds me that I really
9929			should go now) about set theory and infinity... it is really fun and very
9930			practical...
9931			for example that you have cinema with infinity chairs and infinity plus one
9932			person wants to see movie... what do yo do?
9933			Just let sit down the first infinity persons and then last person ask first
9934			one to move to second chair, second one to move to third and so on and
9935			everyone fits.. isn't that great to know? :))
9936
9937			Jan Hubicka
9938	root	1.387	%
9939	root	1.1	> template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> A {};
9940			[...]
9941			> I think that this construction is allowed by the ANSI C++.
9942
9943			No, it is not. What you meant is
9944
9945			template< template< template<class> class > class Tmpl> class A {};
9946	root	1.387	%
9947	root	1.1	Jan Dubois writes:
9948			> A) perl-5.00553
9949			> path = \perl\5.00553\bin\MsWin32-x86\perl.exe
9950			> cc = cl.exe
9951			A performance analysis compiling with M$ compiler? Get real!
9952
9953			[...]
9954
9955			Ilya
9956	root	1.387	%
9957	root	1.1	>Shouldn't the kernel compile with all combinations of options.
9958
9959			Yes. Feel free to fix it and send a patch.
9960
9961			p.
9962	root	1.387	%
9963	root	1.1	[tomc]
9964			Jean-Louis provides four arguments in favor of the overloading of the
9965			logical && and \|\| operators. Here they are:
9966
9967			+------------------------------------------+
9968			\| Other languages, notably C++, permit it. \|
9969			+------------------------------------------+
9970
9971			This one is hardly persuasive. Many languages do innumerable things
9972			that Perl does not do. Just for example, take:
9973
9974			* Csh reparses and re-evals interpolated strings, allowing something
9975			like C<$cmd $var> to do interesting things.
9976			* The Fortran lexer (as it were), having no need of white space to
9977			infer tokens, allows C<DO I=1.10> and C<DO I=1,10> to coexist in an
9978			interesting way.
9979			* Icon has an entirely different notion of success and failure,
9980			allowing expressions like (X < Y < Z) to do interesting things.
9981			* Scheme has call-with-continuation, allowing co-routines to do
9982			interesting things.
9983			* C++ has template classes with abnormal typing rules even for that
9984			language, allowing parameterized meta-classes to do interesting
9985			things.
9986	root	1.387	%
9987	root	1.1	Make is like Pascal: everybody likes it, so they go in and change it.
9988			--Dennis Ritchie
9989	root	1.387	%
9990	root	1.1	perl -wlpe '}{$_=$.' file # Count the number of lines.
9991	root	1.387	%
9992	root	1.1	[not quite duff's device, but...]
9993
9994			switch (x)
9995			default:
9996			if (prime(x))
9997			case 2: case 3: case 5: case 7:
9998			process_prime(x);
9999			else
10000			case 4: case 6: case 8: case 9: case 10:
10001			process_composite(x);
10002	root	1.387	%
10003	root	1.1	Is there any truth to the rumor that the number appearing
10004			after the words "Microsoft Windows" is the minimum amount of memory,
10005			in megabytes, required for execution?
10006
10007			Craig Milo Rogers
10008	root	1.387	%
10009	root	1.1	Mark Mielke writes:
10010			> This statement is false. The simple fact that school textbooks teach it
10011			> to be indeterminate should be enough to convince you of that.
10012
10013			This is just another reference point about the state of education in
10014			US (apparently in Canada too?).
10015
10016			Ilya
10017	root	1.387	%
10018	root	1.1	[from p5p]
10019			> Now you know why threading is experimental and all, buddy.
10020
10021			Experimental schexperimental. Anything that doesn't cause an
10022			immediate coredump is not experimental. :-) (Observant readers will
10023			note that this is a more rigorous standard than Microsoft's.)
10024
10025			Nat
10026	root	1.387	%
10027	root	1.1	Needless to say, Linux awk is probably gawk, which has been taking too
10028			much steroids for a while. =)
10029
10030			--Albert Dvornik
10031			<bert@genscan.com>
10032	root	1.387	%
10033	root	1.1	Subject: Re: zero width lookbehind considered slow
10034			From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
10035			Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:40:37 -0500
10036
10037			>You do not understand? Perl is slow...
10038
10039			Ilya: You are formerly invited to go play in the python
10040			or tcl crowd instead of here.
10041
10042			--tom
10043	root	1.387	%
10044	root	1.1	>What's it? Can linux be improved too? Or has it already been improved?
10045
10046			Linux has never done anything so stupid in the first place.
10047
10048			Linus
10049	root	1.387	%
10050	root	1.1	On the 8th day god created email. And got noted the world was good. Then the
10051			devil added HTML mail...
10052	root	1.387	%
10053	root	1.1	linux/lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
10054			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c: /* Fuck me plenty... */
10055			linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */
10056	root	1.387	%
10057	root	1.1	On 1998-10-11T02:37:57,
10058			Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
10059
10060			> Believe me Microsoft think Linux is a threat now. Its level with things like
10061			> java in their perceived threat list, so you can expect all the usual MS
10062			> techniques to start coming this way and very soon.
10063
10064			Arm the gnus!
10065	root	1.387	%
10066	root	1.1	[David Miller after (another) endless discussion with Richard Kenner]
10067
10068			Anyways, I tired (just like everyone else) of arguing endlessly with
10069			you, you're in the past, you no longer constrain my ability to improve
10070			gcc, so go away.
10071	root	1.387	%
10072	root	1.1	I received my copy of Visual Studio 6.0 today. I couldn't believe that it
10073			wanted to install the C++ compiler into a directory called:
10074
10075			"\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98"
10076
10077			But anyways, I just had to find out if it was finally possible to compile
10078			Perl (without PERL_OBJECT) with optimization (-O2).
10079	root	1.387	%
10080	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
10081			> So it could be 5.006 for the developers, but "ThreadPerl" or "Perl with
10082			> Multithreads" (or some such) for the journalists, if that's what
10083			> journalists need to make them pay attention.
10084
10085			Down that path lies "Perl version 5.006, codename `Ticklish Uvula',
10086			was released today" madness.
10087	root	1.387	%
10088	root	1.1	[on perl version numbering]
10089			> elaine> 5.1 would be a good thing(tm) as it would draw attention,
10090			> elaine> etc. in a way that a developers versioning would. The
10091			> elaine> world is not populated by people who think the same
10092			> elaine> way. To that end, this would be a good change. Of course,
10093			> elaine> we could call it Perl99.
10094			>
10095			> To me, Perl seems to be recognized for it's language qualities, not
10096			> for marketing reasons. IMHO, perl may keep this difference with other
10097			> wintel product. More than that : Perl99, would let believe people that
10098			> it is not Y2K proofed, or still in beta (<1.00). So it's not a good
10099			> marketing name, anyway.
10100
10101			Right. Then, to be Y2K compliant, we'll have to call it Perl1999. Hmmm.
10102			"The year perl left earth's orbit"? Maybe we need to get the NASA guys to
10103			put perl on the next low-cost spaceshot.
10104
10105			Of course, then c.l.p.m's motto could be "We do not commit mindless
10106			violence..." :-)
10107	root	1.387	%
10108	root	1.1	Rule 1 says that Larry says that Larry has the last say, unless he changes
10109			his mind in which case he still has the last say.
10110	root	1.387	%
10111	root	1.1	> >I never said it did.. I should have said: Binary only drivers encourage
10112			> >poor drivers
10113			>
10114			> No it doesn't.
10115
10116			Indeed. Its down to
10117
10118			Profit = (units * margin) - overhead
10119
10120			and the folks who decide "overhead" arent the programmers but the management.
10121			The folks who say "you have two weeks allocated to write this driver, then
10122			we ship it" are the folks to take the issue up with, and that goes source
10123			or binaries.
10124	root	1.387	%
10125	root	1.1	dig txt leap.yp.to
10126	root	1.387	%
10127	root	1.1	"The fact that I'm paranoid doesn't mean that nobody's after me..."
10128	root	1.387	%
10129	root	1.1	[linux-kernel on endianess issues with NIPQUAD]
10130
10131			\|> Do I read this correct?!? Is it more acceptable to have a bug[*],
10132			\|> than a not optimal fix?!?!?
10133			\|>
10134			\|> s/optimal/stupid/
10135
10136			What's stupid is little endian. <g>
10137
10138			Andreas.
10139	root	1.387	%
10140	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10141			...
10142			A closely related question is `What is 1 minute before 23:59:60?''.
10143
10144			Here's a good one: `What is 1 month before 1 February 1995 in
10145			Kiritimati?''. There was no 1 January 1995 in Kiritimati; they
10146			skipped a day by moving the clocks ahead 24 hours. Similar issues
10147			arise when asking about times that occur within smaller, more typical
10148			UTC offset changes. A number of obscure questions arise here, and I'm
10149			not sure it's worth standardizing all the answers.
10150	root	1.387	%
10151	root	1.1	[D.J.Bernstein on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10152
10153			Paul Eggert writes:
10154			> which I am calling the `modified TIME_TAI''
10155
10156			Your time differences break down near leap seconds. Ever watched xntpd
10157			try to handle a leap second? Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble.
10158	root	1.387	%
10159	root	1.1	For binary only drivers you can assume most vendors will build x86 only
10160			however.
10161
10162			"We don't have the tools"
10163			"We can't support a non intel build"
10164			"We don't have that sort of machine"
10165			"Its not worth the time cost"
10166			"Whats an Alpha ?"
10167	root	1.387	%
10168	root	1.1	On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
10169
10170			> The original message was received at Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:39:56 -0400
10171			> from mini [10.0.0.3]
10172			>
10173			> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
10174			> <mailproc@fred>
10175			>
10176			> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
10177			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10178			> procmail: can't map '/lib/libc.so.5'
10179			> procmail: can't load library 'libc.so.5'
10180			> 554 <mailproc@fred>... unknown mailer error 16
10181	root	1.387	%
10182	root	1.1	> Here is the difficulty with this discussion:
10183			> No documented problem
10184			> No reason to believe that the "solution" solves the unspecified "problem"
10185			> No clear understanding of the effects of this change on the system
10186			>
10187			> Why, this could be a discusion among AIX developers!
10188	root	1.387	%
10189	root	1.1	> This would be a reasonable committee-like compromise that might
10190			> satisfy neither of us (:-).
10191	root	1.387	%
10192	root	1.1	By default Microsoft has set Explorer to use gz files as VRML, you need to
10193			change the association for .gz / vrml from "start vrml program" to "always ask"
10194
10195			dave
10196	root	1.387	%
10197	root	1.1	On 10 Aug 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10198			DG> You're not programming MS-DOS applications are you?
10199
10200			BP> Hell no. I wouldn't touch MS-DOS with a ten-foot network cable.
10201	root	1.387	%
10202	root	1.1	[Paul Eggert on tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov]
10203
10204			Date: 10 Oct 1998 15:35:05 -0000
10205			From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
10206
10207			Paul Eggert writes:
10208			> * 29 February if it's a leap lear, 28 February otherwise.
10209
10210			If that's 1 month before 31 March, then what's 1 month before 30 March?
10211			1 month before 29 March?
10212
10213			The same as 1 month before 31 March.
10214
10215			1 month before 28 March?
10216
10217			28 February.
10218
10219			And what's 1 month after 28 February? 1 month after 27 February? 1 month
10220			_before_ 27 February?
10221
10222			28 March, 27 March, and 27 January.
10223	root	1.387	%
10224	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10225
10226			>Nils Goesche wrote:
10227			>> So make a security check first:
10228			>>
10229			>> if (status = UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK)
10230			>> launch_full_counterstrike();
10231			>
10232			>Hmmm. The way the worlds been going lately, AI wouldn't trust that code to
10233			>do the job. Here's the revised version:
10234			>
10235			>if(status == UNDER_NULEAR_ATTACK); /* Corrected dangerous
10236			> = instead of == error*/
10237			> launch_full_counterstrike();
10238			>
10239			>Now isn't that much more reliable?
10240			>
10241			>--
10242			>Email: cyrand@hotmail.com
10243
10244			The following variant is less reliable but much safer:
10245
10246			if (status == UNDER_NUCLEAR_ATTACK); /* Correct dangerous
10247			launch_full_counterstrike (); = instead == error */
10248	root	1.387	%
10249	root	1.1	It is even more cheerful than that. Not so long time ago a customers
10250			of ours totally destroyed his NT installation on Alpha.
10251
10252			He found on a manufacturer page, no money - for a download, "NT driver"
10253			for his particular piece of a hardware. So he followed instructions
10254			to the letter - "Installation Wizzard" and all that crap - and the thing
10255			happily installed clobbering, as it is customary in these circles,
10256			essential system libraries with its own versions. The catch was that
10257			this driver was for NT/Intel and these bozos did not even bother to
10258			check for an architecture or at least mention something in some blurb.
10259			Ooops! No chance even to try to boot anymore.
10260
10261			The saving grace was that the installation was rather new, so loses
10262			were not big, and he had an opportunity to practice an essential skill
10263			of re-installing Windows NT. Ah, and yes, this was the only NT driver
10264			available for that hardware from any source.
10265			What do you plan on doing? Using a PA system for networking? :)
10266			Whats next? A Smell modem? It would bring a new meaning to packet
10267			sniffing!
10268	root	1.387	%
10269	root	1.1	"I'd rather spend 10 hours reading source code than 10 minutes on a
10270			technical support line that isn't"
10271	root	1.387	%
10272	root	1.1	[from linux-kernel]
10273			`This code fills 8 million seats, we therefore decide what's standard.''
10274	root	1.387	%
10275	root	1.1	[...]
10276			And especially with new machines users have a lot of clout. Several UK
10277			suppliers now carry Buslogic cards partly because they got fed up of
10278
10279			"I'd like to order a dual PII/300, 256Mb of RAM, 17" monitor
10280			4 4Gig IBM disks, and a buslogic scsi controller"
10281			"We dont do buslogic only adaptec"
10282			"Nothing else"
10283			"Sorry"
10284			[Click]
10285
10286			Alan
10287	root	1.387	%
10288	root	1.388	Fünfzig Prozent der Amerikaner wurden in ihrer Kindheit sexuell mißbraucht,
10289			während weitere fünfzig Prozent von Außerirdischen entführt wurden.
10290	root	1.387	%
10291	root	1.1	> Let's not forget that this is just an informal, free
10292			> software project. Unlke the US House of Representatives
10293			> we do not yet posess nuclear capability (certain RTEMS
10294			> users excepted, of course!).
10295
10296			Hmmm, if some RTEMS users have nuclear facilities attached to their
10297			systems, they might be well advised to be careful using FORTRAN as
10298			their language of choice. The comp.lang.fortran FAQ states (with
10299			concurrence from resident X3J3 members) that "using a non-standard
10300			construct might start WW III, if the necessary (optional) hardware
10301			is installed"
10302
10303			[Toon Moene in private discussion]
10304	root	1.387	%
10305	root	1.1	Newsgroups: alt.config
10306
10307			L. Harris wrote:
10308			>
10309			> Testing
10310
10311			you failed.
10312	root	1.387	%
10313	root	1.1	Roswell {Unit 6 of 5 Sam Borg} Coverup [Rev. joWazzoo - well mannered despammer]
10314			<JOWazzoo@WhiteICE.com> at We are Sam Borg Spam Assimilators Ltd. - Area 51 HQ
10315	root	1.387	%
10316	root	1.1	Perl is really designed more for the guys that will hack Perl at least
10317			20 minutes a day for the rest of their career. TCL/Python is more a
10318			"20 minutes a week", and VB is probably in that "20 minutes a month"
10319			group. :) -- Randal Schwartz
10320	root	1.387	%
10321	root	1.1	> alternative, when it comes to stability and power...Not to mention the
10322			> fact that bugs and fixes are very quickly available and don't come in
10323			> 18MB+ "Service Packs" :).
10324
10325			What, you mean you _paid_ for service pack '98?
10326	root	1.387	%
10327	root	1.1	We got this INTERNET because we whan't more information ( to learn ) now it
10328			seem's people can't handle what they see. You say freedom is a mater of
10329			choice (well it is) you have the freedom to choose to carry your butt some
10330			where else...
10331	root	1.387	%
10332	root	1.1	Steve Orzel (phloam@vol.com) wrote:
10333			[...]
10334			: The purpose of the newsgroup is to help out other people that have questions
10335			: about a certain topic.
10336	root	1.387	%
10337	root	1.1	Mark Robinson wrote:
10338			>
10339			> Does any have any source code to games that I can have? Does anybody
10340			> know where I can get game sources(legally)?
10341
10342			Here's the trial version of the three-room text adventure I'm going to
10343			write. I'm not finished yet, though.
10344
10345			void main (void)
10346			{
10347			printf ("You are in a dark room.\n");
10348			printf ("\n");
10349			printf ("You feel a sharp pain.\n");
10350			printf ("You have died.\n");
10351			printf ("\n");
10352			printf ("!!! GAME OVER !!!");
10353			}
10354
10355			(Don't tell, but I took some of the code from Quake.)
10356
10357			--
10358			John Kugelman. kugelman@mnsinc.com
10359	root	1.387	%
10360	root	1.1	[mail I got after releasing a zip-password cracker, the second biggest
10361			mistake I ever made]
10362
10363			From: "Tom Miller"
10364			Subject: Can
10365			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10366
10367			Hay man can you send me some hacking tips and tricks please
10368			send to kymmiller@bigpond.com
10369			my name is Tom Miller
10370
10371			From: "Tom Miller"
10372			Subject: Wait
10373			X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3
10374
10375			Hey man its Tom can you also send me any easy systems to hack and the
10376			passwords also send me any infomation about hacking websites thank you
10377	root	1.387	%
10378	root	1.1	From: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy)
10379
10380			[...] then think a little before flaming. Or better yet, produce something
10381			better. Flaming is easy but it is basically masturbation without the orgasm
10382			so why bother? [...]
10383	root	1.387	%
10384	root	1.388	Günter Höns <guenter.hoens@gmd.de>
10385	root	1.1
10386			Newsgroups: de.alt.ufo
10387
10388			Offensichtlich ist noch keinem das Wasser-Wachstum aufgefallen, das sogar
10389			jeden Tag geschieht. Jeden Tag waechst der Wasserberg im Meer um mehrere
10390			Meter, ist dann naeher an der Sonne und verdunstet dann. Sogenannte
10391			Wissenschaftler haben eine abenteuerliche Theorie ueber den Einfluss des
10392			Mondes auf dieses Wachstum aufgestellt, aber inzwischen wissen wir es
10393			besser: Die Wasser-Molekuele werden von Neutrinos getroffen, und verdoppeln
10394			sich dann.
10395	root	1.387	%
10396	root	1.1	CRASH(8)
10397			no fs
10398			A device has disappeared from the mounted-device table.
10399			Definitely hardware or software error.
10400
10401			Unix Version 7 Manual
10402	root	1.387	%
10403	root	1.1	On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Larry Wall wrote:
10404			>
10405			> Maybe Pi looks like this:
10406			>
10407			> =for C
10408			> i++; /* add 1 to i */
10409			> =end
10410			> =for C++
10411			> i.value() += 1; // add 1 to i, probably
10412			> =end
10413			> =for Java
10414			> system().foo().bar().i().value().please().increment(); // ???
10415			> =end
10416			>
10417			> :-)
10418	root	1.387	%
10419	root	1.1	> > USENET is not the non-clickable part of WWW!
10420	root	1.387	%
10421	root	1.1	[on linux 2.1.111]
10422
10423			The horrid underlining which was a feature with the monochrome Linux vt's on
10424			the previous two releases of the kernel has gone. Unfortunately, so has the
10425			cursor. A couple of brief experiments didn't result in me finding a way to
10426			turn it on.
10427	root	1.387	%
10428	root	1.1	[...]
10429			its a true story, it happend this weekend in a nice country
10430			between Belgium (wellknown for its Dutroux-case) and Germany
10431			(wellknown for its Bratwurst), lets call it the Lowlands...
10432			[...]
10433	root	1.387	%
10434	root	1.1	I get a sense of god-like proportions when I patch /dev/kmem with dd(1).
10435
10436			Chad C Giffin
10437	root	1.387	%
10438	root	1.1	[usenet, an anology]
10439			Mary Green's car was smoking. She got worried. "Whatever should I do?"
10440			worried Mary... Well, as she drove along she noticed a florists shop. "Aha!
10441			Thought Mary, "Flour shops are full of thoughtless men who need to apologize to
10442			their wives. These men are the sometimes the same ones I see swearing under
10443			the hoods of their cars in the shade of a tree."
10444
10445			"Brrring" said the bell of the door to the flower shop as Mary poked her head
10446			through the door.
10447			"HELP!!! MY CAR IS SMOKING!" Screamed Mary.
10448			"There is a garage right next door." Said the shopkeeper.
10449			"That's right," Said Melvin, "And there is a parts store across the street. If
10450			you ask for Fred, he's pretty savvy about that kind of stuff."
10451			Now Joe was also in the flower store. This was his first time in trouble, so
10452			he did not hear the 30 or 40 people per day who came in screaming about their
10453			cars smoking (mostly men, of course -- the ones under the shade trees,
10454			usually.)
10455
10456			"Why don't you help the stinking lady!!" Screamed Joe. "It might be your
10457			muffler bearings..." he continued. Or maybe it's your deisel glow plugs or
10458			your tire pressure..."
10459			Now Tim, also new to the flower shop felt the courage to chime in, "Or it could
10460			even be your cooling system. Sometimes a hose gets a crack."
10461			"My car smoked once and it was an oil leak, where the head gasket was spraying
10462			oil in the manifold." Hollered Larry
10463			"Hey lady, why don't you get your car the patch if it's smoking" chortled Glen.
10464			Well, the hollering went on into the evening, and the lady finally went to the
10465			gas station and found that the heater core had a tiny split and was repaired in
10466			three days for a cost of $175.23.
10467	root	1.387	%
10468	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10469
10470			Sicher, das macht der Inzest, und die Isolation!:)
10471	root	1.387	%
10472	root	1.1	> Nun gut, Berliner sollen ja eh etwas heller sein.
10473
10474			Stimmt, deswegen waren sie wohl auch die ersten, die Hitler hinterherliefen...
10475			:-(
10476	root	1.387	%
10477	root	1.1	>Mt 24,34 Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Dieses Geschlecht wird nicht vergehen, bis
10478			>dies alles geschieht.
10479			>Und es verging nicht.
10480
10481			So what?
10482
10483			Ich dachte eher an:
10484
10485			" 'Und sein Wabbel wird an einer Lanze aufgespiesst', wiederholte der
10486			Oberste Groesste Meister grimmig. Im Hintergrund knarrte etwas, als
10487			Bruder Pfoertner versuchte, das klemmende Portal zu oeffnen. 'Sind wir
10488			jetzt alle soweit? Befinden sich vielleicht noch andere Unwissende
10489			unter uns,die sich verirrt haben?' fuegte er mit aetzendem Sarkasmus
10490			hinzu. 'Gut. Wunderbar. Ich bin ja _so_ froh. Vermutlich brauche ich
10491			nicht zu fragen, ob die vier Wachtuerme geschlossen sind, oder? Oh,
10492			ausgezeichnet. Hat sich jemand die Muehe gemacht, der Heiligen Hose
10493			die Beichte abzunehmen? Ach, tatsaechlich? Auf die richtige Art und
10494			Weise? Und wenn ich nachsehe? Na schoen. Sind vor den Fenstern die
10495			roten Kordeln des Intellekts gespannt worden? Gut. Nun, dann koennen
10496			wir jetzt vielleicht beginnen.' ".
10497
10498			Terry Pratchett, "Wachen! Wachen!", S. 15f
10499
10500			Antje
10501	root	1.387	%
10502	root	1.1	[....]
10503
10504			Da muss ich ja, obwohl ich beinahe meinen Humor verloren haette, leise
10505			grinsen. Ich darf zusammenfassen: Du bringst uns keine Beweise, weil Du 1.
10506			zu arm und 2. zu sehr ausgelastet mit der Rettung der Welt und der Zukunft
10507			und so bist. Ausserdem brauchst Du keine Beweise, weil sich Dein
10508			Gedankengebaeude nach eingehender Nabelschau als selbsttragend erwiesen hat.
10509			Finde ich gut! Akzeptiert!
10510
10511			Da will ich nicht weiter stoeren,
10512
10513			Antje
10514	root	1.387	%
10515	root	1.1	It seems that writing to /dev/vcs0 makes the console singing "Ugh,
10516			lalala, I love you baby..."
10517			--
10518			Pavel.Janik@inet.cz
10519	root	1.387	%
10520	root	1.1	On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
10521			>
10522			> Kubys
10523
10524			Kubys is my evil twin brother. Sorry about that.
10525
10526			Linus
10527	root	1.387	%
10528	root	1.1	> eieio stands for "Enforce In-Order Execution of I/O".
10529
10530			.... and it is definitely my favorite name for an assembly language
10531			instruction (the non-native-English speakers on the list presumably
10532			don't know the childhood song "Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O").
10533	root	1.387	%
10534	root	1.1	> It is big and never uses.
10535
10536			That's parses like English, but I'll be hornswoggled if I can figure
10537			out what it means.
10538			--
10539			Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
10540	root	1.387	%
10541	root	1.1	[...] HP's PA-8500, for example, has 1.5 Mbytes of L1 cache on-chip. The
10542			company has described the 8500 as a cache SRAM with an ancillary CPU. [...]
10543	root	1.387	%
10544	root	1.1	From: Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
10545			Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 06:10:31 -0400
10546
10547			Terry L Ridder wrote:
10548
10549			> at some future date end up being released under the BSD License is what
10550			> is being discussed.
10551
10552			Well my licence is bigger then your licence.
10553	root	1.387	%
10554	root	1.1	[gtk/testgtk, after dragging & dropping an object:]
10555
10556			Drop data of type text/plain was:
10557
10558			Bill Gates demands royalties for your use of his innovation
10559
10560			[and the button reads]
10561
10562			Continue with life in spite of this oppression
10563	root	1.387	%
10564	root	1.1	Joshua Waxman <jwaxman@ymail.yu.edu> writes:
10565
10566			While DJGPP is indeed a C as well as a C compiler, there are certain
10567
10568			A terribly succinct, as well as a true, statement. However, it has a
10569			certain amount of redundancy.
10570	root	1.387	%
10571	root	1.1	Compatibility with oneself is Microsoft's greatest strength. When they hit
10572			the 64 bit transition they will hit a major internal incompatibility problem.
10573
10574			...
10575
10576			Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
10577	root	1.387	%
10578	root	1.1	>Hello,
10579			>
10580			>I am new to Perl. Can anyone tell me where I can download a full
10581			>operational Perl version for a Windows 95 system?
10582			>
10583
10584			Of course it all depends on what you mean by "a full operational Perl
10585			version" Perl on Win32 has limitations that are largely due to the
10586			nature of the underlying OS, Perl on Win95 has further limitations
10587			compared with NT due to its own shortcomings .
10588	root	1.387	%
10589	root	1.1	An injunction delaying Windows 98 would clearly have a negative impact
10590			on the country as a whole.
10591			Compaq President & CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer,
10592			explaining why Microsoft shouldn't be
10593			prosecuted under anti-monopoly laws.
10594	root	1.387	%
10595	root	1.1	With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am
10596			limited by my knowledge. --Peter J. Schoenster <pschon@baste.magibox.net>
10597	root	1.387	%
10598	root	1.1	There is a need to keep from being locked into Open Systems. --IBM sales rep
10599	root	1.387	%
10600	root	1.1	In comp.lang.perl.misc,
10601			Stylin <stylinsty@yahoo.comREMOVE> writes:
10602			:Can anyone point me to the algorithm for creating a unique id?
10603
10604			$id = `cat /dev/kmem`;
10605
10606			--tom
10607			--
10608			Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)
10609			--Larry Wall in <8571@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
10610	root	1.387	%
10611	root	1.1	Newsgroup: comp.lang.perl.misc
10612			Subject: Larry 1 Bill 0
10613	root	1.387	%
10614	root	1.1	On 3 Jul 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
10615
10616			> The only problem with these AIs is that they don't handle references
10617			> to themselves as AIs very well. In faSegmentation fault (core dumped)
10618			> NO CARRIER
10619			> !@&#@#%T^@&(GUSD(@!&(@#R(FERHGH*(@#(&$&#@Y!&R
10620	root	1.387	%
10621	root	1.1	> People come here to ask questions, not for intellectual gratification, but
10622			> rather they are seeking solutions. As such, the incorrect answer was
10623			> better.
10624
10625			There's something... terribly wrong with this statement. I can't quite put
10626			my finger on it. Hmmm.
10627	root	1.387	%
10628	root	1.1	comp.lang.c does not exist to accomodate the laziness of those who cannot be
10629			bothered to learn netiquette. That's what comp.lang.c++ is for.
10630	root	1.387	%
10631	root	1.1	\|> : > but... a microwave is an example of an embedded system,
10632			\|>
10633			\|> : Who says? He just said it was a microwave. He didn't say it was
10634			\|> : a free-standing implimentation.
10635			\|>
10636			\|> This is approaching arguing for the sake of argument. Have you
10637			\|> ever seen a microwave oven that supports a hosted C environment?
10638
10639			The Lipton Ritchie Model 8 did. I'm sure that many posters will
10640			point out that Lipton's implementation of the stdio libraries was
10641			horrendously buggy. It was, but it was still a great system. It
10642			remains the only C implementation I know of that could be used to
10643			build Bison, and then cook it.
10644
10645			Viva la buffalo burgers.
10646	root	1.387	%
10647	root	1.1	A strategically-placed PDP-11 can be used to heat your entire
10648			home. I've got one in my basement, next to a large box of "She's
10649			The Sheriff" drink coasters. I sold my furnace years ago. The
10650			Digital Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Corporation
10651			can be found online at http://www.dhvacc.com/.
10652	root	1.387	%
10653	root	1.1	The lbxproxy program has various options, all of which are optional.
10654			-- lbxproxy(1)
10655	root	1.387	%
10656	root	1.1	Re: Where to learn Windows programming...
10657
10658			\|> I'll take a Schildt book any day, thanks.
10659
10660			Great. I'm expecting to see the line above as a back-cover blurb
10661			on the next "Bullschildt: The Complete Reference".
10662	root	1.387	%
10663	root	1.1	Subject: Re: The wrong position of while, if and else?
10664
10665			that's some ugly piece of code buddy...
10666	root	1.387	%
10667	root	1.1	In article <1998062718481700.OAA03186@ladder01.news.aol.com>, eyrei@aol.com (EYREI) writes:
10668			\|> I have recently started learning the C Language. I have created a simple file
10669			\|> to determine whether or not a number is Prime. When I run it, the program
10670			\|> crashes with the error message :- Unhandled Exception :- General Protection
10671			\|> Exception 0x5FD7:0x379F. Prime(1) Processor Fault.
10672
10673			\|> What does this mean.
10674
10675			It means you've got a broken operating system, and should immediately
10676			install [free\|net\|open]BSD[OS] or Linux.
10677	root	1.387	%
10678	root	1.1	Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
10679
10680			On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Emulov wrote:
10681			> Hi, i don't know if this is a stupid question..
10682
10683			Off-topic, too! Imagine that.
10684	root	1.387	%
10685	root	1.1	"Right now we are the most shit hot piece of PC networking software on the
10686			planet. The only people who can touch us are FreeBSD (who also dont do
10687			streams)."
10688			-- Alan Cox, in "Streams and Linux"
10689	root	1.387	%
10690	root	1.1	"Perl combines all of the worst aspects of BASIC, C and line noise."
10691			- Keith Packard <keithp@ncd.com>
10692	root	1.387	%
10693	root	1.1	Lord Fellatio <richter_m@hotmail.com>
10694
10695			>Wo soll das Loch denn dann sein? Im Meeresboden?
10696
10697			Klaro.
10698
10699			>Von oben duerfte man es also ueberhaupt nicht sehen
10700			>koennen, da ueber dem potentiellen Loch im Meeresboden doch
10701			>wahrscheinlich erstmal Wasser und dann viel Eis liegen wuerde. Wie
10702			>verhindern die Ausserirdischen denn, dass Wasser ins Loch einstroemt?
10703
10704	root	1.388	Na ist doch völlig logo, mit nem rotierenden Traktorstrahl. Die
10705	root	1.1	Energie klauen die ?r***e dem Erdmagnetfeld.
10706
10707			>Gibt es da einen kosmischen Badewannenstoepsel? Haben sie es mit
10708			>Eisbergen verstopft? Oder benutzen sie das einstroemende Wasser zu
10709			>Kajakfahrten bis hinunter zum Suedpol? (Das waere doch auch endlich
10710			>mal eine einleuchtende Erklaerung fuer die Eismassen, die die
10711			>Antarktis bedecken - man muesste halt nur, der Kontinentaldrift
10712			>folgend, immer wieder neue Schaechte bohren. Oder die Kontinentaldrift
10713			>einfach wegdiskutieren...)
10714
10715			Die enorme Zentrifugalkraft im Erdinnern schleudert das Wasser wieder
10716			am Nordpolpol raus, falls der Traktorstrahl versagen sollte (Dies
10717			passiert immer dann, wenn das Erdmagnetfeld umkippt). Nun kommt sicher
10718	root	1.388	der Einwand, die Erde würde zu langsam rotieren. Das ist nur bedingt
10719			richtig. Richtig ist hingegen, daß die Rotationsgeschwindigkeit im
10720			Erdinnern um den Faktor 1000 (ca; sehr schwer zu messen: Magma) größer
10721			ist als auf der Erdoberfläche. Dies ist auch die Ursache für die
10722	root	1.1	Kontinentaldrift und die Mondphasen.
10723
10724			Die Mondphasen wiederum beeinflussen das Erdmagnetfeld und sind daher
10725	root	1.388	die Ursache für die Sonnenflecken. Den Sonnenflecken haben wir auch
10726			die momentane Klimaveränderung zu verdanken. Auf der anderen Seite hat
10727			die Zunahme der Treibhausgase eine Erhöhung des Reflektionsvermögens
10728			der Atmosphäre zur Folge, welches dazu führt, daß ein Teil der
10729			Sonnenenergie zur Sonne zurückreflektiert wird. Dies heizt wiederum
10730			die Sonnenflecken auf und verkürzt deren Zyklus. All dies wird sich in
10731			den nächten Monaten so aufschaukeln, daß vorraussichtlich im Novemner
10732	root	1.1	2002 das Erdmagnetfeld zusammenbrechen wird. Wie damals bei den Dinos.
10733			Nur war dort ein Kometeneinschlag die Ursache.
10734
10735			cu in hell 2002
10736	root	1.387	%
10737	root	1.1	"Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '85, Windows '95"
10738	root	1.387	%
10739	root	1.1	>In unix, one might say 'man 3 crypt'.
10740
10741			Of course, on a Solaris system this won't give you what you want. You
10742			get a message that it can't find the man page for 3. It then prints
10743			the man page for crypt(1).
10744
10745			Of course, all a beginner has to do is figure out that the 3 is the
10746			section number in the Unix manual. He can then use man man to find
10747			that on Solaris one uses -s to specify the section so he'll try
10748
10749			man -s3 crypt
10750
10751			Unfortunately, that doesn't work either. He'll get the message "No
10752			entry for crypt in section(s) 3 of the manual."
10753
10754			If he doesn't give up, he can go back to the manual page for man and
10755			find that the -a switch prints all matching manual pages. Or perhaps
10756			he can figure out to use the command
10757
10758			man -s3 Intro.3
10759
10760			to get a list of everything in section 3. He'll then find out that
10761			crypt is in section 3C so he should use
10762
10763			man -s3c crypt
10764
10765			Gee. I don't understand why beginners have so much trouble with this
10766			stuff. I've only been programming Unix for 15 years and I don't have
10767			any trouble.
10768			--
10769			Michael M Rubenstein
10770	root	1.387	%
10771	root	1.1	Take a moment to consider these lines:
10772
10773			%OVERLOAD=( '""' => sub { join("", @{$_[0]}) } );
10774
10775			sub html { my($type)=shift; bless ["<$type>", @_, "</$type>"]; }
10776
10777			:-) I love Perl 5! Thankyou Larry and Ilya.
10778
10779			Regards,
10780			Tim Bunce.
10781
10782			p.s. If you didn't get it, think about recursive data types: html(html())
10783			p.p.s. I'll turn this into a much more practical example in a day or two.
10784			p.p.p.s. It's a pity that overloads are not inherited. Is this a bug?
10785	root	1.387	%
10786	root	1.1	From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10787
10788			...
10789
10790			> now is evil". This only shows two things: you never looked at the bad
10791			> experiences of the industry where following a rotten design and
10792			> keeping backward compatibility lead to unusable systems. And second:
10793
10794			I worked for 3com. I know eveyrhting about following a rotten design until
10795			its unusable, believe me I do.
10796	root	1.387	%
10797	root	1.1	Ok(slow) -> !NeedComputer
10798
10799			Semour Cray
10800	root	1.387	%
10801	root	1.1	Ullrich Jans at University of Karlsruhe, Germany:
10802
10803			Oh Gott! Es ist voller crons!
10804	root	1.387	%
10805	root	1.1	From: p00h <p00h@MONMOUTH.COM>
10806			Subject: Re: AOL for Windows DoS/Exploit
10807
10808			aol supports PARTIAL html, its like win95's implementation of tcp/ip
10809			it only supports parts of it
10810	root	1.387	%
10811	root	1.1	egcs/gcc/gcse.c:
10812			/* Help stamp out big monolithic functions! */
10813	root	1.387	%
10814	root	1.1	[...] Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Especially regarding HPPA assembler syntax
10815			as provided by HP, which was designed by someone who should not have been
10816			let near a language-design project like that, too often "little languages",
10817			whether assemblers, tools, or C++, are designed by people who are unaware
10818			of, or give little thought to, the outright readability of code written in
10819			the language, in the sense that the basic semantics should be fairly obvious
10820			without the reader having to memorize lots of semantic information.
10821
10822			(In HPPA assembler's case, one glaring stupidity was the nullified branches,
10823			which have completely different semantics depending on whether the label
10824			being branched to happens to assemble to a negative or positive offset! A
10825			smarter design would have required the programmer to specify whether such a
10826			branch was a "forward" or "backward" branch explicitly, then the assembler
10827			and/or linker would complain if reality didn't match the programmer's
10828			specification. I've never looked into whether GNU's HPPA as fixes this
10829			botch; I gather GNU as fixes many botches, though, so it wouldn't surprise
10830			me if it did, even though that might make for some compatibility problems
10831			with existing HP as code.) [...]
10832
10833			tq vm, (burley)
10834	root	1.387	%
10835	root	1.1	libc/posix/regex.h:
10836			/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
10837			wide enough to hold a value of a pointer. For most ANSI compilers
10838			ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK. Still size of these two
10839			types is 2 for Microsoft C. Ugh... */
10840			typedef long int s_reg_t;
10841			typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
10842	root	1.387	%
10843	root	1.1	libc/db2/db.h:
10844			/*
10845			* While Microsoft's compiler is ANSI C compliant, it doesn't have _STDC_
10846			* defined by default, you specify a command line flag or #pragma to turn
10847			* it on. Don't do that, however, because some of Microsoft's own header
10848			* files won't compile.
10849			*/
10850	root	1.387	%
10851	root	1.1	> UTC variation and begining and ending dates of DST (if observed) would be
10852			> great.
10853
10854			I answered only the places I can comment on.
10855
10856			> BASSAS DA INDIA
10857
10858			This rock is below water half of the time!
10859			If any inhabitants have been there, I do not think they observe DST
10860			on a regular basis! ;-)
10861	root	1.387	%
10862	root	1.1	# ./test-plugin.pl
10863			Bizarre copy of CODE in sassign at /root/.gimp/plug-ins/test-plugin.pl line 40.
10864			wire_read: unexpected EOF (plug-in crashed?)
10865	root	1.387	%
10866	root	1.1	>
10867			> The "where do you want to go today?" generation has taken the
10868			> developer out of the "programmer" by removing the vital, development
10869			> tools from the environment and precanning software.
10870
10871			No kidding. Point. Click. Point. Click. Point. Click. Brain Atrophy.
10872	root	1.387	%
10873	root	1.1	Lars Chr Hausmann <36haus@but.auc.dk> writes:
10874
10875			>Hello!
10876
10877			>I have to write something about, what Perl is.
10878			>I need some crystal clear info about, what perl is. So if any of you
10879			>would be so kind just to mail. Then I would be grateful!
10880
10881
10882			Perl.
10883
10884			regards
10885			jobst
10886	root	1.387	%
10887	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102
10888			From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
10889			Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:31:02 +0100 (BST)
10890
10891			> Well, that depends. They SHOULD be. By Intel 'standards' laff, they have
10892			> to be identical stepping, indicating identical features. However, I've
10893
10894			They don't. Pentiums have fairly strict rules, P6/PII much less. Also Intel
10895			are pretty good at following the MP 1.1/1.4 standard its the motherboard
10896			makers who get it wrong - primarily the BIOS is full of bugs. It appears
10897			nobody tests bios code against specs any more. It looks like they do
10898			compile flash, boot 95, boot NT, ship. The quality of bios code has dived to
10899			the absolute pits.
10900	root	1.387	%
10901	root	1.1	Unix never says `Please.' -- Rob Pike
10902	root	1.387	%
10903	root	1.1	> What about: . scriptname
10904			> ------------------^ this is a dot!
10905
10906			Funny, it looks like a "p" to me.
10907	root	1.387	%
10908	root	1.1	A computer without Microsoft and IBM is like chocolate cake without
10909			ketchup and mustard
10910	root	1.387	%
10911	root	1.1	Subject: Re: Challange for perl `GURUS
10912
10913			vimal gajjar wrote:
10914			>
10915			> Hi there,
10916			> Here is a small challange. Is it possible to have a perl
10917			> code which takes e.g. three parameters as input. time, val1, val2. and
10918			> the name of the prog. is say challange.pl. Now if i execute
10919			> "challange.pl 10 5 2" this perl script wille consume
10920			> 5% of cpu
10921			> 2 Mb of RAM
10922			> for the period of 10 Seconds.
10923			>
10924			> can one of the gurus take this challange?
10925
10926			Examining the 5 copies of this post has consumed 5% of the
10927			brain power I allocate to reviewing c.l.p.m, about 10 seconds, and
10928			has caused the death of 2 million brain cells.
10929	root	1.387	%
10930	root	1.1	> >> /A:You can usually write the program faster than you can
10931			> >> dial/dl/hangup/install/read docs/fix it/fix the fix/.
10932			>
10933			> >s/usually/never/
10934			>
10935			> s/sometimes/never/
10936
10937			Cute. You embarrass yourself by your ignorance of perl.
10938	root	1.387	%
10939	root	1.1	:That's probably true, but I really can't speak to it. But, if there
10940			:were no *nix around, there'd be no Perl. Nor would there be a need for
10941			:Perl, IMO.
10942
10943			Gotta love them JCL and ini dot bat dot bad dot doo dah files.
10944
10945			TC
10946	root	1.387	%
10947	root	1.1	'cc:Mail is a wonderful application, as long as you don't want to read or send mail.'
10948	root	1.387	%
10949	root	1.1	shurik@iron.Te.NeT.UA - Alexandr Dubovikov at TeNeT Networking Centre
10950
10951			Hi guys!
10952
10953			How check socket, alive it or die ?
10954	root	1.387	%
10955	root	1.1	--> Questions not to ask on linux-kernel <--
10956
10957			Miscellaneous flame-wars:
10958			~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10959			12) The gnome-kde debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10960			13) The emacs-vi debate does not belong on linux-kernel.
10961			14) Porting linux to run under windows is not interesting.
10962			15) Whether a given intel CISC chip "is really RISC" is not interesting.
10963	root	1.387	%
10964	root	1.1	Subject: what a week!
10965			From: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian@lcs.mit.edu>
10966			Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:13:23 -0400 (EDT)
10967
10968			unicode, boot-logos, GGI, STREAMS, the necessity of a short devel cycle
10969			and the instability of 2.0.x, "ifconfig stopped working", "you really do
10970			need to remove 'encaps'", Linus' tarball practices... it seems like we're
10971			running out of things to flame off on. Here's my humble contribution:
10972
10973			I'VE MADE A KEWL NEW CHARSET THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD USE. IT HAS ALL
10974			THE LETTERS IN MY LOGIN MAPPED TO THE LOWEST 16 CHARACTERS SO WE CAN
10975			COMPRESS THINGS REAL GOOD AND THE LETTERS IN MY BROTHER B1FF'S NAME ARE
10976			ALL IN HIGH ASCII CUZ THAT'S WHERE LOSERS BELONG!!!2!!7
10977
10978			I ONLY USE EMACS AND I THINK VI SUX!!$231!!
10979
10980			GNOME RULES AND KDE IS DEMON-SPAWN BECAUSE IT IS NOT FREE.! !
10981
10982			WE NEED KGI IN THE KERNEL (NOT LIBGGI, NOT THE TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS
10983			WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED) IN ORDER TO HAVE WAY KEWL BOOT LOGOS AND RUN MY
10984			BROTHER B1FF'S GAMES!!1!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!11!!!
10985
10986			I USE A BIG-ENDIAN MACHINE BECAUSE THEY RULE. LITTLE-ENDIAN MACHINES ARE
10987			EVIL. AND A PENTIUM IS A RISC PROCESSOR!!!
10988
10989			WE SHOULD PORT LINUX TO WINDOWS SO WE CAN USE ALL THE KEWL HARDWARE
10990			DRIVERS!!!!!@@#!
10991
10992			Did I miss any? ;-)
10993
10994			Please don't respond seriously to this email. It's a joke. A joke.
10995			Laugh. Please.
10996
10997			And then let's kill all the flaming threads, shall we?
10998			--Scott
10999	root	1.387	%
11000	root	1.1	> Well, /proc/kcore already reports its actual size...
11001
11002			And it isn't about to change at runtime either. That is the size of
11003			installed memory. I've yet to see a single person successfully insert or
11004			remove a SIMM/DIMM while a machine was running. If they did, and it was
11005			successful, the linux code will update the filesize. ;o)
11006	root	1.387	%
11007	root	1.1	Toby Heywood (toby@he-net.demon.co.uk) wrote:
11008			: This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
11009
11010			One of those 'M's stands for Mail.
11011
11012			This is not mail.
11013
11014			This is Usenet.
11015
11016			Please post only plain text like everyone else does.
11017	root	1.387	%
11018	root	1.1	------------ etienne.lorrain@ibm.net
11019			--- hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
11020			--- ide1: reset: success
11021			-----------> I like Linux !
11022	root	1.387	%
11023	root	1.1	> I have experienced people walking up to my console and saying "What
11024			> the hell does that mean" in sheer terror as the machine boots.
11025
11026			Tell them it's magic, and earn the respect of your colleagues. I always
11027			do.
11028	root	1.387	%
11029	root	1.1	++ Actually, I'm not at a loss for words. Here's one that's very appropriate:
11030			++ PLONK.
11031	root	1.387	%
11032	root	1.1	++ > SSI is not HTML.
11033			Re: Subraumfunk
11034
11035			Ja, ein Handy waere da praktisch. Die hoeheren Gebuehren rechnen sich,
11036			wenn man ueber die Grenzen des Sonnensystems hinaus telefonieren will.
11037
11038			Die Telekom wuerde da wieder mal erbarmungslos abzocken. Ich kann es
11039			mir schon vorstellen: SunSystem-Tarif, vielleicht auch einen
11040			InnerPlanets-Sondertarif, dann einen LocalGroupWeekend-Specialtarif,
11041			eine Supercluster-Zone und so weiter. Und wenn es auf der Venus
11042			schneit, telefonieren alle fuer die Haelfte.
11043	root	1.387	%
11044	root	1.1	> > Vergiss es. Du wirst nie und nimmer von Armando eine
11045			> > konkrete, verwertbare Antwort bekommen.
11046			>
11047			> Doch, man bekommt von mir sogar sehr viele Antworten.
11048
11049			Du hast gerade zwei Adjektive weggelassen.
11050	root	1.387	%
11051	root	1.1	++ Oh yeah. Show me an example of SSI used outside of HTML.
11052			Show me an HTML DTD mentioning SSI directives.
11053	root	1.387	%
11054	root	1.1	Namsuk Kim wrote:
11055			> Is there a way to convert a scalar data to Acii data format?
11056
11057			I am not familar with ACII. If you mean ASCII, then the question I have is
11058			- is the data in EBCDIC now?
11059
11060			Bill Jones
11061	root	1.387	%
11062	root	1.1	GNU/getopt.c:
11063
11064			#if defined (WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__)
11065			/* It's not Unix, really. See? Capital letters. */
11066			#include <windows.h>
11067			#define getpid() GetCurrentProcessId()
11068			#endif
11069	root	1.387	%
11070	root	1.1	Subject: IIS 4.0, PW32i316, CGI Programs
11071
11072			Perlis.dll does not pass command line arguments correctly via the web. That
11073			is, invoking the URL
11074
11075			http://www.myserver.com/myprogram.pl?Argument1&Argument2...&Argumentn
11076
11077			causes the myprogram.pl to execute, but @ARGV is empty.
11078	root	1.387	%
11079	root	1.1	"You need to use CGI."
11080			"I am using CGI, it's a CGI application!"
11081			"No, no, use CGI. The directive 'use'."
11082			"OK, so what directive do I use?"
11083			"No, no, you use use. Use CGI."
11084			"I am using CGI!"
11085
11086			Craig Berry - cberry@cinenet.net
11087	root	1.387	%
11088	root	1.1	> > Was haltet Ihr von Killfile-mailing-lists, dass sich die Leute mal
11089			> > kennenlernen koennen?
11090			>
11091	root	1.388	> Gute Idee ;-), wäre ich sofort dabei, datrifft man wahrscheinlich ne
11092	root	1.1	> Menge tolle Leute... ;-) und die wahren Freidenker.
11093
11094			Einige Freidenker sicher, aber auch etliche Denkfreie.
11095	root	1.387	%
11096	root	1.1	"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big or
11097			professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." -- Linus Torvalds 1991
11098	root	1.387	%
11099	root	1.1	If it's a floppy, it might be a copy.
11100			If it's a disk, you're also at risk.
11101			If it's a pirate, the vendors are irate.
11102			To avoid such frustration, try: Free Software Foundation.
11103	root	1.387	%
11104	root	1.1	From: David Woodhouse <Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk>
11105
11106			pcg@goof.com said:
11107			> It was much more than I usally get! It was _great_
11108
11109			Hehe - I know the feeling.
11110
11111			"It's broken."
11112			"What's wrong with it?."
11113			"I don't know - it just doesn't work."
11114			"Well what do you mean by 'it's broken'?"
11115			"It just doesn't work."
11116			"How can you _tell_ it's broken, for f***'s sake - what are the symptoms!?"
11117			"It gives an error message."
11118			"Would you care to tell me what it says?"
11119			"It says.... something about there being an error."
11120			"That's not very helpful. Tell me it word for word."
11121			"It says 'Unable to handle kernel NULL reference at something or other'"
11122			"That's not word for word. It said 'NULL pointer dereference.' Try again,
11123			letter for letter this time."
11124	root	1.387	%
11125	root	1.1	From: "Paul B. Henson" <henson@INTRANET.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
11126
11127			After installing Solaris 2.6 HW3/98, I discovered that /usr/bin/admintool
11128			had been installed mode 0777, world writable. Under the original release of
11129			2.6, the mode was 04555.
11130
11131			Sun has been notified of the problem. If you're running 2.6 HW3/98, you
11132			might want to verify your admintool hasn't been tampered with and fix the
11133			perms.
11134
11135			(Personally, I'd set them to 0000 ;). admintool? blech.)
11136	root	1.387	%
11137	root	1.1	From: verah@netscape.com (Vera Horiuchi)
11138			Subject: Re: Risp: drama (Re: Do It Yourself)
11139
11140			Americans ignorant of the rest of the world?
11141
11142			I must tell a favorite story here. A friend and I were purchasing a gift
11143			for another friend who lives in Canada. I was speculating out loud about
11144			how much duty our Canadian friend would have to pay.
11145
11146			The cashier said, "Oh, I'm sure Canadians don't have to pay any duty. We
11147			ship to Hawaii all the time, and _they_ don't have to pay duty." =:-0
11148	root	1.387	%
11149	root	1.388	>am besten ist z.Z. das Buch von Michael Neufeld. Wer aber Wissenslücken
11150			>verspürt (was keine Schande ist), sollte diese zu stopfen suchen und nicht
11151	root	1.1	>Zuflucht zu absolut hirnrissigen Theorien suchen.
11152
11153			Hirnrissig bist Du. Das es einen Zeittransfer aus der Zukunft zu den Nazis
11154			gab deckt sich mit dazu passenden Entschluesselungen bestimmter Bibelstellen
11155			und mit der dann tatsaechlichen notwendigen Geheimhaltung. Es deckt sich
11156			ueberdies damit, dass die Unterhaltung uns den Gedanken zunehmend nahelegt,
11157			also vorbereitet, und dass es bereits ein wissenschaftliches Experiment gab,
11158			bei dem ERST die Wirkung auftrat und DANN die Ursache. Die Zeitreise ist
11159			also Fakt. Und es ist sicher, dass Jemand per Zeitreise den Nazis helfen
11160			wollte. Gelegentliche Theorien, dass auch diese ausserirdische Hilfe gehabt
11161			haetten sollen nur davon ablenken, eine andere Erklaerung liefern. Das ist
11162			logisch, denn die Taeter sitzen ja irgendwo in unserer Zeit und moechten
11163			sicher nicht erkannt werden.
11164
11165			Du scheinst die simpelsten Grundzuege der Zeitlogik nicht verstehen zu wollen.
11166
11167			normarz@aol.com
11168	root	1.387	%
11169	root	1.1	>Oder anders gesagt:
11170	root	1.388	>Glaubst Du, Du könntest mit einem hochmodernen Maschinengewehr eine römische
11171	root	1.1	>Legion
11172			>schlagen?
11173
11174			Klar. Frage mal Cortez.
11175
11176			Bye
11177			Andreas
11178	root	1.387	%
11179	root	1.1	>Article 2B is a threat to anyone who uses a computer. I just wanted to
11180
11181			It may be a threat to any american using a computer. Fortunately, the U.S.
11182			justice does not yet apply outside the U.S.A.
11183
11184			I.a.W.: You're currently creating a lot of happy non-U.S. software
11185			companies.
11186
11187			Kind regards
11188			Henning
11189	root	1.387	%
11190	root	1.1	From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
11191			Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 04:14:11 -0700
11192			Subject: Re: driver for Creative Labs DVD kits
11193
11194			At least with the IDE DVD drive that I have, plugging it directly
11195			into an IDE port and using the regular Linux ide-cd driver works just fine
11196			for reading [...] CD and the [not] copy protected sections of the DVD's.
11197
11198			There is a protocol that the hardware decoder boards use to
11199			tell the DVD drive that they are a licensed implementation and should
11200			be allowed to read the copy protected sectors as well. I have been
11201			told that this protocol can be done entirely in software with a
11202			standard IDE port. Hopefully, somebody will reverse engineer this and
11203			make it a demand loaded kernel module. (Seriously, there is a lot
11204			that you are allowed to do with copyrighted material that this sort of
11205			hardware restriction prevents, and there are other important political
11206			issues involved relating to your rights to do as you please with the
11207			computer equipment that you bought and paid for.)
11208	root	1.387	%
11209	root	1.1	Where do you want to go today?
11210			We might support that sometime next year.
11211			-=- Microsoft
11212			(But I doubt it.)
11213			-=- Me
11214			-=- James Mastros
11215	root	1.387	%
11216	root	1.1	Hello570 <hello570@aol.com> wrote:
11217			> I tried printing a line to a file using both of the
11218			> following methods, but the output was split into two
11219			>lines.
11220
11221			If you don't want newlines in the middle of your string, then don't
11222			put newlines in the middle of your string.
11223	root	1.387	%
11224	root	1.1	http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Dean_Roehrich/subjects.post
11225	root	1.387	%
11226	root	1.1	Einstein himself said that God doesn't roll dice. But he was wrong. And
11227			in fact, anyone who has played role-playing games knows that God
11228			probably had to roll quite a few dice to come up with a character like
11229			Einstein. -- Larry Wall
11230	root	1.387	%
11231	root	1.1	From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <root@lightside.ddns.org>
11232
11233			My $0.02 Euros on internationalization? I'm in Spain and my keyboard is
11234			mosty US mapped because the Spanish map is really awkward for programming.
11235			Computers were designed to be funcional, not politically (or locally)
11236			correct (hm, I don't think HAL ever spoke Russian). This "computers are easy
11237			for all" GUI related trend has done a lot of money, and lot of damage; at
11238			least command line OSes forced the user to actually learn something and
11239			absorb information. The user assumed so, so he did. Now he doesn't, and
11240			it's not all his fault.
11241
11242			The WWW is full of useless (and ugly) graphics, of useless links to links to
11243			pages with links to links which usually end up in a huge links page. Of
11244			course, there are some jewels.. but they should be majority! It's
11245			understandable, when the tools and languages focus more on aspect that in
11246			content.
11247
11248			Usenet is worse than ever, the interesting places have been ruined by
11249			spammers, c00l hak3rz, and more and more people asking (or demanding) for
11250			others doing their homework.. at least some time ago they were willing to
11251			learn (or pay for it;)
11252
11253			IRC.. heh. The few times I've been on funet almost all I found is the same
11254			people in the above paragraph. And I do know some of them even run scripts
11255			to try denial of service or other destructive attacks on people they see,
11256			just for fun or to get the op.
11257
11258			Email. Someone selling an "incredible program that allows you to bypass
11259			your ISP mail server, for only $89" (thats right, a smtp server). No OS
11260			mentioned, I somehow can guess which. And that stupid thing of sending
11261			mail to people in RTF and HTML format.. I'm gonna answer them in LaTeX.
11262
11263			Internet, your ilimited junk yard.
11264
11265			Using computers would make me real sad if it wasn't for UNIX and, of
11266			course, Linux and Linux people.
11267	root	1.387	%
11268	root	1.1	... WNT == ++VMS . Literally. Dave Cutler created VMS,
11269			then he rewrote it as WNT.
11270
11271			Ever used VMS? It's a step above DOS. Barely.
11272			--
11273			Clark O. Morgan cmorgan@aracnet.com
11274	root	1.387	%
11275	root	1.1	>Subject: If "=~" means match what is doesn't match?
11276
11277			I heard that a friend of a friend might have once been told about a
11278			rumor that this information can be found in perlop, right next to
11279			where =~ is documented. (It's !~)
11280
11281			I agree with Tom's assessment that the fall of modern man will be
11282			preceded by the de-evolution of communications to the days of oral
11283			tradition.
11284	root	1.387	%
11285	root	1.1	"Windows 95, the most installed system in the world,
11286			I know, I've done it 5 or 6 times myself"
11287	root	1.387	%
11288	root	1.1	The statistics programming language S, from AT&T, combines lazy
11289			evaluation with imperative programming. A nightmare.
11290	root	1.387	%
11291	root	1.1	"In 1965, as part of a research and development project for the
11292			U.S. Army, engineers at TRW Corp developed a software program
11293			called Generalized Information Retrieval Lanaguage and System."
11294			Or GIRLS for short.
11295	root	1.387	%
11296	root	1.1	Wissen bremst die Meinungsbildung voll aus.
11297	root	1.387	%
11298	root	1.1	I have an idea: Anybody who posts an URGENT! or EMERGENCY! request should
11299			post the circumstances behind the urgency. "I was having sex with my
11300			mistress in the server room and I knocked the Linux box over and the hard
11301			drive crashed and so I've reinstalled everything but I still can't get
11302			5_004_03 to build!"
11303
11304			This would inspire me to action far more than the implied subtext of "I
11305			have no patience."
11306
11307			xoxo,
11308			Andy
11309	root	1.387	%
11310	root	1.1	> I have Perl5 running on my pc.
11311			> and also front page98 and microsoft personal web server runnig.
11312			We all have our cross to bear.
11313	root	1.387	%
11314	root	1.1	(THIS IS LONG, YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP)
11315
11316			From: mjd@plover.com (Mark-Jason Dominus)
11317			Date: 09 Nov 1995 02:57:30 GMT
11318			Subject: Re: system() question
11319
11320			There are a lot of reasons, many of which get repeated over and
11321			over again, many of which don't. Some of the reasons you hear a lot
11322			are: Questions are incoherently phrased. Questions have the form 'My
11323			code doesn't work' and don't include the code. Questions include the
11324			code, and it's 200 lines long, and comp.lang.perl is not a debugging
11325			service. Nobody knows the answer to the question. The question is so
11326			badly punctuated that nobody can bear to read it. Questions aer
11327			written by a non-native speaker of English and the native speakers who
11328			are trying to understand it can't. (That's a shame, but it does
11329			happen. I often wish that these people would post in their native
11330			languages. I'd love to see more discussion in languages other than
11331			English. Some Dutch guy tried posting all his comp.lang.c articles in
11332			Dutch a few years ago, and all the Americans flamed him. How
11333			humiliating for me!)
11334
11335			Apart from these oft-mentioned reasons are many others that are
11336			not so often discussed, because anyone who tries to bring them up gets
11337			flamed. But it's the truth: I know the reason I don't answer more
11338			questions is because so many of them questions are so damn stupid.
11339			They're stupid in a lot of different ways, but they're still stupid.
11340			I don't want to suggest that that's why your questions go unanswered.
11341			I don't know what you're asking. No doubt the reason your questions
11342			go unanswered is because they're so deep and interesting that nobody
11343			really knows the answer.
11344
11345			The most common stupid question is the one from someone who has
11346			some high-level problem that they need solved. They have an idea that
11347			they'd like to do it in perl, and they don't really know perl. So
11348			instead of learning perl, they post to comp.lang.perl.misc.
11349
11350			Now don't get me wrong. I don't have any problems answering the
11351			questions of someone who's trying to learn perl. I love THOSE
11352			qusetions. But these people don't seem to be asking useful questions
11353			for that.
11354
11355			Today, for example, I saw a question from a guy who wants to get a
11356			list of hostnames out of nslookup. `How do I do that?' he says. And
11357			it's hard to know what to make of that. What does he mean? Does he
11358			not know how to open a pipe? Is his en' command failing? What's
11359			going on here? I can't give a useful answer without understanding the
11360			problem. Having your en' fail is a problem. Wanting to list
11361			hostnames is not a problem; it's a desire.
11362
11363			Here are some similar questions that would have made more sense to me:
11364
11365			1. `I'm a lazy asshole and I can't be bothered to learn to
11366			program myself, but I know if I post here you'll give me
11367			something for free.''
11368
11369			(OK, fair enough. At least I can send him a rate card.)
11370
11371			2. `I'm trying to use en' to talk to nslookup, but...
11372			...here's my code; what's wrong?''
11373
11374			(Good question.)
11375
11376			3. `I know perl has a `System' command for running programs,
11377			but I can't see how to get my commands into nslookup
11378			once I have run it.''
11379			(Good question.)
11380
11381			4. `I'm trying to use `Getprotobynumber' to talk to nslookup...''
11382
11383			(Good question.)
11384
11385			See, I'm not just biting people's heads off, here. #4 is a good
11386			question, because it gives me something to work with. OK, he has a
11387			very weird idea about interprocess communication, but that's
11388			ignorance, and that's what we're here to correct. He doesn't know
11389			about en'; I can refer him to the manual.
11390
11391			Here's another example: Some guy wants to assemble a list of email
11392			addresses . `How do I do that?'' he wants to know. Well, duh. Get a
11393			big pad of paper and read news for a couple days and write down all
11394			the addresses you see. Problem solved. What's it doing in
11395			comp.lang.perl?
11396			Oh, you wanted to do it in perl. Well, I guess I'd open a socket
11397			to the NNTP server and send it some XHDR commands for the `From'
11398			lines. But that's not Perl; you could do that in any language. I
11399			could do it in Bourne Shell for you if I'm allowed to use a little
11400			external thingie to handle the socket parts for me. What's it doing
11401			in comp.lang.perl?
11402
11403			Oh, you wanted us to write the program for you? Wait, let me send
11404			you my rate card.
11405
11406			Someone posted yesterday asking how to get the data from a file where
11407			the start and end of the data is marked by keywords. Same thing going on
11408			here. `Well, here's how you solve your problem: First you go take an
11409			introductory class in programming and learn to write programs in some
11410			language. Then you go to the bookstore and buy this book by Wall and
11411			Schwartz, it's really good. Read the book carefully and try out the
11412			examples. Then if you still have general questions like `How do I do this'
11413			instead of thought that this code would do X but instead it does Y' you hire
11414			a professional to write your program for you. Or you could just skip right
11415			to step 3. Want my rate card?''
11416
11417			The worst stupid questions are the ones that come from people who
11418			have no business asking them. The most perfect example of this that I
11419			could have imagined was in comp.unix.questions a couple of years ago.
11420			Some guy came and asked how you could tell if a file is a hard link.
11421			My jaw flapped open and it's stayed open since then. I couldn't have
11422			been any more stumped if he'd asked why Bodhidharma came from the
11423			West. What do you say to this guy? Do you tell him the truth, that
11424			all files are hard links, that even symbolic links are hard links?
11425			He's not going to understand you; you might as well keep your mouth
11426			shut. Do you tell him the truth, that the answer won't do him any
11427			good because he doesn't know what a hard link is, so why did he bother
11428			asking in the first place? No, that'll just make him mad. I followed
11429			that message for the next couple weeks, and nobody said anything.
11430			What could you say? The guy had no business asking the question and
11431			no use for the answer. Maybe the right answer would have been to cut
11432			off his finger or something. I dunno.
11433
11434			Some questions get ignored because they're boring. Someone asked
11435			today how to compare two variables (I assumme he means the contents of
11436			those variables) to see if they're exactly the same. You've gotta be
11437			in an awfully good mood to take the time to answer that. Maybe
11438			someone will. Maybe I will.
11439
11440			If I answer that one today, maybe he'll be back tomorrow asking
11441			how to check to see if two variables contain different values. Maybe
11442			I won't. What I find incredible is that if you tell these people to
11443			go read the manual and come back in two weeks, you sometimes get
11444			jumped on for not being helpful to beginners. Bah. If everyone told
11445			these people to go read the manual, they'd eventually figure out that
11446			that's what you have to do ,and then I wouldn't have to spend so much
11447			of my life dealing with incompetent programmers.
11448
11449			Some questions are logically nonsensical because the querent
11450			thinks they know more than they do. A lot of these have the form
11451			`How do I use X to accomplish Y?'' There's nothing wrong with this,
11452			except that sometimes X is a chocolate-covered banana and Y is the
11453			integration of European currency systems. I always get stuck on
11454			these, probably because I can't get rid of the idea that the person
11455			really has a good reason for wanting to use X. I know a half-dozen
11456			easy simple ways to accomplish Y, but I can't imagine what X has to do
11457			with it. This is a problem for me in my day job, too. Clients are
11458			always saying to me `We want to use product X to do multimedia
11459			development on the world-wide web,'' and all I can think is `Well,
11460			gee, what would you want to go and do that for?'' Sometimes it turns
11461			out that they want to do it because they want to impress the
11462			manufacturers of X, and I don't work on those jobs.
11463
11464			The flip side of this is a questions like `I want to accomplish
11465			X, but I don't want to use Y. What can I use instead?'' Which,
11466			again, is sometimes reasonable, and then sometimes X is closing a
11467			filehandle and Y is the `Close' function.
11468
11469			The questions I like the best are the ones that go like this:
11470
11471			`I want to accomplish X.
11472
11473			I thought that the following code fragment would do it:
11474
11475			...
11476
11477			But instead it does Y.
11478
11479			Why is that?''
11480
11481			This one is also pretty good:
11482
11483			`I want to accomplish X.
11484			I thought I might be able to use facility Y.
11485
11486			But Y doesn't seem like it's quite right,
11487			because of Z.
11488
11489			What should I use instead of Y, or how can I overcome Z?''
11490
11491			When I ignore these, it's usually because I don't know the answer.
11492			There were an awful lot of them today. It makes me very happy.
11493
11494
11495			There you go; a 160-line dissertation on why questions go unanswered.
11496			Now don't let me hear you saying nobody ever answers your questions.
11497
11498			--
11499			Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
11500			The Bill of Rights is paid in Responsibilities - Jean McGuire
11501	root	1.387	%
11502	root	1.1	>> BTW, would it be easier to cope with international text using Python?
11503			>Sigh... you're breaking my heart. Ask Jack Jansen, he probably knows.
11504
11505			If I were really evel, I would point out that the newest TCL (8.1) has
11506			support for international character sets and Unicode. But then, mentioning
11507			TCL in this newsfroup would be really bad. So, of course, I don't do that.
11508
11509			Ups. I'm so sorry ... ;-)
11510
11511			bye, Georg
11512	root	1.387	%
11513	root	1.1	I personally do not believe in object orientation as a security model
11514			(nor as a general programming paradigm), but feel free to try to
11515			convince me.
11516
11517			[ Or maybe I confuse you with somebody else and some other posting ]
11518
11519			Linus
11520	root	1.387	%
11521	root	1.1	++ how can i strip new lines out at var.
11522			++
11523
11524			Removing new lines is very tricky, as the manual tells you so. Ignore the
11525			complicated things in the manual, and put in this neat little trick:
11526
11527	root	1.85	$var=join+q,,,grep{ord$[[qq$\137$]]<10 or+10<ord}split+q,,,$var;
11528	root	1.1
11529			If you're old enough not to read the manual, you won't have a problem
11530			understanding the above line.
11531
11532			Abigail
11533	root	1.387	%
11534	root	1.1	I fixed the problem by mounting the SCO volume on the SunOS box, and since
11535			1995 the problem has gone away together with the SCO machine.
11536	root	1.387	%
11537	root	1.1	++ Hi Does anybody know how to upload many graphic files at the push of a
11538			++ button?
11539			Yes.
11540
11541			++ 100 pictures or so?
11542			Yes.
11543
11544			++ Can I do it in Perl?
11545			Yes.
11546
11547			Your question isn't Perl specific. Please ask in the relevant
11548			newsgroup. alt.button.play
11549
11550			Abigail
11551	root	1.387	%
11552	root	1.1	perly gates - The way to perl; Enter hackerdom.
11553
11554			perly Gates - Contradictio in Terminis.
11555
11556			Martien
11557	root	1.387	%
11558	root	1.388	Ren hat weder von Sinnhaftigkeit noch von Kausalität geschrieben, sondern
11559			nur von Logik. Logik und Kausalität sind in unserem (normalen) Denken zwar
11560			eng miteinander verknüpft, sind aber nicht dasselbe. Sinn ist hingegen noch
11561			etwas Drittes und ganz verschiedenes! "Sinn" bedeutet mindestens, daß eine
11562	root	1.1	Sache eine gewisse Richtung hat, wie in "Uhrzeigersinn". Meistens bedeutet
11563	root	1.388	Sinn aber, daß eine Sache einen bestimmten Zweck erfüllt. Auch darf man
11564			nicht "verursachen" mit "begründen" verwechseln, weil die beiden
11565			unterschiedlich sind. Die Existenz muß auch keinen Sinn haben, um eine
11566			Ursache zu haben. Das sind zwei völlig voneinander unabhängige Sachen. Die
11567	root	1.1	Existenz hat einen Sinn, also eine Richtung, wenn wir unserer Existenz eine
11568	root	1.388	Richtung geben. Dieser Sinn kann auf etwas abzielen, was außerhalb unserer
11569			selbst steht, muß aber nicht... Sie kann auch einen Sinn haben, der schon da
11570	root	1.1	war, bevor wir uns danach ausgerichtet haben - von all dem schreibt Ren aber
11571			nicht. ;)
11572
11573	root	1.388	Worauf Ren wohl hinaus wollte, ist, daß wenn die Logik des begrenzten Raumes
11574			nicht gilt, daß dann die Logik schlechthin hinfällig wird und so jedes Sein
11575			fragwürdig wird. Das ist aber nicht der Fall, da die Logik, die er von den
11576	root	1.1	Grenzen des Raumes aufstellt, gar keine wirkliche Logik ist, sondern nur die
11577			Grenzen des menschlichen Verstandes zeigt. Er kann sich nicht vorstellen,
11578	root	1.388	daß außerhalb der Grenzen des Raumes "Nichts" ist, weil man sich als Mensch
11579	root	1.1	das Nichts nicht vorstellen kann.
11580
11581	root	1.388	Darüber hinaus meinte er, daß die "Existenz unlogisch" würde. Dieser Satz
11582			ist vollkommen unverständlich. Denn entweder ist etwas, oder es ist nicht.
11583	root	1.1	Das ist auch schon die ganze Logik einer Existenz. (Aristoteles: Satz vom
11584	root	1.388	ausgeschlossenen Dritten) Unlogisch wäre, wenn etwas ist, das nicht ist oder
11585	root	1.1	wenn etwas nicht ist, das ist.
11586
11587	root	1.388	Von der Unfähigkeit des Menschen, sich einen unbegrenzten aber endlichen
11588	root	1.1	Raum (oder wie auch immer der Weltraum nun aussieht) vorzustellen auf die
11589	root	1.388	"Unlogik der Existenz" zu schließen, ist aber wohl nicht ganz möglich, zumal
11590			eine Existenz nicht unlogisch sein kann. Was sollte das auch heißen? Daher
11591	root	1.1	ist das Problem, das Ren aufwirft, nur ein Scheinproblem. Die Existenz an
11592	root	1.388	sich wird nicht in Frage gestellt dadurch, daß man sich etwas - egal was -
11593	root	1.1	nicht vorstellen kann. Er verwechselt die Begriffe "unlogisch" und
11594			"unvorstellbar".
11595
11596			Thomas.Decker@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
11597	root	1.387	%
11598	root	1.1	Marcel Richter wrote:
11599			> Marcel Richter - IQ: 3538327
11600			^^^
11601			fehlt da nicht irgendwo ein Komma.... =?-)
11602	root	1.387	%
11603	root	1.1	The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't
11604			do anything for you. --Ken Thompson
11605	root	1.387	%
11606	root	1.1	linux-2.1.92/fs/autofs/root.c:
11607			printk("autofs: trying to recover, but prepare for Armageddon\n");
11608	root	1.387	%
11609	root	1.1	>>Vincent DiPietro, the discoverer of the face on mars, has thrown in
11610			>>the towel, and said that the face on mars is a pile of rocks.
11611			>Was sollte es denn sonst sein?
11612
11613			An artificial pile of rocks.
11614	root	1.387	%
11615	root	1.1	> ps: mal nebenbei: eine unbekannte variable beim analysieren des
11616			> marsgesichtes ist es, dass mensch gar nicht weiss, wie die lebende,
11617			> gedachte oder sonstige vorlage eigentlich aussieht. dazu kommt natuerlich
11618			> noch das fehlende wissen um die intention des "kuenstlers", ob er
11619			> beispielsweise nur aspekte bzw. partien eines gesichtes integrieren wollte
11620			> - und natuerlich, ob es ueberhaupt kunst ist:)
11621
11622			Ganz genau. Und das Matterhorn ist eine palaeoimpressionistische Studie des
11623			Geruchsorgans der Rasse der Ciabattanimalier. Aber das wussten hier
11624			sicherlich schon alle. Das ganze Universum ist ausserdem eigentlich nur ein
11625			grosser Flipperautomat.
11626
11627			Christoph Schulte Moenting - ubec@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
11628	root	1.387	%
11629	root	1.1	> Kris Weilemann schrieb
11630			>
11631			> >MIR ging es neulich aehnlich. Ich wurde von Ausserirdischen entfuehrt.
11632			> >Ich wurde eingesperrt in einem dunklem Raum mit langen Sitzreihen und mit
11633			> >einer Popcorn-artigen Substanz gefuettert. Nach 2 Stunden war alles
11634			> >vorbei. Einen Tag spaeter stellte ich fest, dass mir 18 Mark im
11635			> >Geldbeutel fehlten. Ist das nicht krass? -Kris.
11636	root	1.387	%
11637	root	1.388	... Jazz ist nicht nur das erfolgreichste, sondern auch das einzige originäre Kunstgenre,
11638			daß die USA jemals hervorgebracht haben.
11639	root	1.1
11640			"Apropos Musik", HR2 am 16.4.98
11641	root	1.387	%
11642	root	1.1	http://www.rsw.com/
11643
11644			The Unix shell as a 4GL
11645
11646			Unix provides hundreds of programs that can be piped together to easily
11647			perform almost any function imaginable. Nothing comes close to providing the
11648			functions that come standard with Unix. Programs and philosophies carried
11649			over from other systems put walls between the user and Unix, and the power
11650			of Unix is thrown away. The shell, extended with a few relational operators,
11651			is the fourth generation database scripting language most appropriate to the
11652			Unix environment.
11653	root	1.387	%
11654	root	1.1	Perl is incredibly difficult to parse. For example, what's the difference
11655			between these:
11656
11657			time /3 ;#/; print "hello";
11658			sin /3 ;#/; print "goodbye";
11659
11660			Right. The first one is time divided by 3, and the print is in a comment.
11661			The second one is the sin of the result of a regular expression match for "3
11662			;#", and the print gets executed!
11663
11664			There's no pure BNF in the world that'll handle that. And remember, with
11665			"use" and prototypes available, whether you parse something like "sin" or
11666			"time" depends on its definition in some other file, somewhere in the galaxy
11667			(or even decided by Perl code in a BEGIN block, that evals a prototype!).
11668
11669			Which led Larry to say at one point: "the only thing that can parse Perl is
11670			'perl'".
11671
11672			--
11673			Randal L. Schwartz
11674	root	1.387	%
11675	root	1.1	Ronald J Kimball <rjk@coos.dartmouth.edu> writes:
11676
11677			> Pascal AMRAM wrote:
11678			> > Subject: MSEXCHANGE / OUTLOOK
11679			>
11680			> So here I am trying to figure out what an M sex change is....
11681
11682			It's obviously the opposite of an F sex change. HTH.
11683
11684			--
11685			Jonathan Feinberg jdf@pobox.com Sunny Brooklyn, NY
11686	root	1.387	%
11687	root	1.1	The management (my cats) made me say this.
11688	root	1.387	%
11689	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/custom.c:800:
11690			write_log ("Program is torturing BPLCON1.\n");
11691	root	1.387	%
11692	root	1.1	uae-0.6.9/src/memory.c:363
11693			write_log ("Your Amiga program just did something terribly stupid\n");
11694	root	1.387	%
11695	root	1.1	Closures make sense in any programming language where you
11696			can have the return value of a function be itself a
11697			function, as you can in Perl. Note that some languages
11698			provide anonymous functions but are not capable of
11699			providing proper closures; the Python language, for
11700			example.
11701	root	1.387	%
11702	root	1.1	When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to
11703			resemble a nail.
11704	root	1.387	%
11705	root	1.1	> but all I get are 501 errors, method not supported. I am not 100% sure what
11706			> I did wrong.
11707
11708			What you did wrong was post a microsoft server question to a perl
11709			newsgroup.
11710	root	1.387	%
11711	root	1.1	I am trying to learn Perl on my Windows 97 system. In particular...
11712	root	1.387	%
11713	root	1.388	>Es kamen Außerirdische, die Pyramiden bauten und andere Wunder
11714			>vollbrachten. Dafür wurden sie vergöttert. Diese außerirdischen bauten dann
11715	root	1.1	>wahrscheinlich auch die Cydonia Region.
11716
11717			Etwa zehnmal zu oft 'Stargate' gesehen, was?
11718	root	1.387	%
11719	root	1.388	>Die Menschheit kämpft seit Millionen von Jahren gegeneinander.
11720	root	1.1
11721	root	1.388	Welche Hälfte ist denn da die grössere? :o)
11722	root	1.387	%
11723	root	1.1	...am still rebuilding after being hit with a clock changing virus it reset
11724			my clock to 2039 unfortunately for me my OS is beta 98 needless to say it
11725			expired instantly!!!
11726	root	1.387	%
11727	root	1.1	From: Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
11728			To: Pal Engstad <engstad@hunt.inmet.com>
11729
11730			> Linus Torvalds requires that all code in the source is using a tab
11731			> length of 8 spaces, and he also states that you are a bad programmer
11732			> if you write code with more than 3 indentation levels.
11733
11734			I didn't know that Linus Torvalds has done research on programming styles.
11735			He much have, since why else would you have the audacity quote him as
11736			an authority, on a list where there are dozens of people with more
11737			than double Linus's programming experience?
11738
11739			> This has caused the code to be fairly easy to read and maintainance is
11740			> pretty straight forward.
11741
11742			Irrelevant - a kernel is a lot simpler than an optimizing compiler,
11743			in terms of complexity of algorithms and data structures.
11744	root	1.387	%
11745	root	1.1	Nach der Diskussion muss ich akzeptieren, dass die juengst erfolgte
11746			Erdbeschleunigung von - 0,6 auf - 0,4 Millisekunden kein zwingender Beweis
11747			fuer einen Permanentantrieb ist. Aber: In letzter Zeit kommt es bei mir immer
11748			wieder vor, dass ich Dinge einfach weiss. Selbst wenn ich sie nicht begruenden
11749			kann. Ich weiss trotzdem dass sie stimmen muessen und der Antrieb existiert.
11750			Mit der Zeit findet sich dann auch die Begruendung.
11751	root	1.387	%
11752	root	1.1	Wir suchen neue AussenMitarbeiterInnen... (S.Pernar@Link-Goe)
11753	root	1.387	%
11754	root	1.1	hyperltext (hy'perl-text), n. double-quotish-interpolated hypertext markup:
11755			Example:
11756			print qq[[<LI><A HREF="$self->[[url]]">@[[[ucfirst $self->[[title]]]]]</A>\n]];
11757	root	1.387	%
11758	root	1.1	liperlsuction: What happens to any script longer than 10 lines once
11759			Randal gets his hands on it
11760	root	1.387	%
11761	root	1.1	Uperl Volta - country where perl programmers control the electricity.
11762	root	1.387	%
11763	root	1.1	> Anybody successfully installed the win32 version of Perl?
11764
11765			No! Millions of people don't use perl on win32 machines. You may be the
11766			first if you get it working.
11767	root	1.387	%
11768	root	1.1	> Macintosh.
11769			> Think different.
11770
11771			Think Again.
11772	root	1.387	%
11773	root	1.1	Bill.Cilnton@dyselxia.com
11774	root	1.387	%
11775	root	1.1	tsatan@hotmail.com writes:
11776			> Why does perl have the "push" and "unshift" functions? ...
11777			> push @nums, 4; is the same as @nums = (@nums, 4);
11778
11779			What do you want, Scheme? ;)
11780	root	1.387	%
11781	root	1.1	# There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
11782			# It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
11783	root	1.387	%
11784	root	1.1	\| I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because
11785			\| someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the
11786			\| top.
11787	root	1.387	%
11788	root	1.1	I had a student ask about the UN9 operating system. I didn't understabd what
11789			he was talking about so he wrote UNIX on the board.
11790	root	1.387	%
11791	root	1.1	On 1 Apr 98 17:34:23 GMT, Schulung7 wrote:
11792			^^^^^^^^^
11793			>Was haltet ihr vom UFO-Absturz in Rosswell?
11794
11795			Nichts. Und jetzt geh woanders spielen.
11796	root	1.387	%
11797	root	1.1	>Kann man hier irgendwie mal die UFOs reinbringen, um die es in dieser NG
11798			>gehen soll?
11799
11800	root	1.388	Nein, der Datentyp wäre inkompatibel. UFOs sind per Definitionem
11801	root	1.1	materielle Objekte (obwohl das zur Zeit fraglich ist ;-), die sich in
11802			diesem Medium nicht austauschen lassen.
11803	root	1.387	%
11804	root	1.1	Wer redet hier denn von der "Hui Hui"? Ich sprach von "Hui! Hui!".
11805	root	1.387	%
11806	root	1.388	>> nein...ist kein Sender. Eine taiwanesische Sekte hat behauptet, daß am
11807			>> 25.3. auf allen TVs der Welt Gott auf Kanal 18 erscheinen würde.
11808	root	1.1	>> Ist natuerlich nicht eingetreten.
11809			>
11810			>Aber unsere Haus-Sat-Anlage geht seither nicht mehr.
11811
11812			Ein Zeichen! Er hat uns ein Zeichen gegeben! Zieht alle euren linken
11813			Schuh aus!
11814	root	1.387	%
11815	root	1.1	>Klingt nach Erdstillstand.
11816
11817	root	1.388	Ich bin entsetzt. Man hat hoffentlich sofort Wiederbedrehungsmaßnahmen
11818	root	1.1	eingeleitet?
11819	root	1.387	%
11820	root	1.1	Mars Global Surveyor Imaging Schedule
11821
11822
11823			First opportunity
11824			Approximate
11825			Orbit Internet
11826			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11827
11828			4-3-98 09:58/1:58 a.m. 216 Viking Lander 1 April 6
11829			4-3-98 21:37/1:37 p.m. 217 Viking Lander 2 April 7
11830			4-4-98 09:16/1:16 a.m. 218 Mars Pathfinder April 7
11831			4-5-98 08:33/12:33 a.m. 220 Cydonia April 6 (mid-a.m.)
11832
11833			Second opportunity
11834			Approximate
11835			Orbit Internet
11836			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11837
11838			4-12-98 15:23/ 8:23 a.m. 235 Viking Lander 1 April 14
11839			4-13-98 03:01/ 8:01 p.m. 236 Viking Lander 2 April 15
11840			4-13-98 14:40/ 7:40 a.m. 237 Mars Pathfinder April 15
11841			4-14-98 13:57/ 6:57 a.m. 239 Cydonia April 14 (mid-p.m.)
11842
11843			Third opportunity
11844			Approximate
11845			Orbit Internet
11846			Date Time (UTC/Pacific) Number Target Posting
11847
11848			4-21-98 20:45/1:45 p.m. 254 Viking Lander 1 April 23
11849			4-22-98 08:23/1:23 a.m. 255 Viking Lander 2 April 24
11850			4-22-98 20:02/1:02 p.m. 256 Mars Pathfinder April 24
11851			4-23-98 19:18/12:18 p.m. 258 Cydonia April 24 (mid-a.m.)
11852
11853	root	1.387	%
11854	root	1.1	> >2. Der Menschheit ist durch Inzucht entstanden. Laut biologischem
11855	root	1.388	> >Wissen, unwahrscheinlich, da Mutation und Mißbildungen auftreten
11856			> >würden.
11857	root	1.1	>
11858			> Vermutung: Das ist auch aufgetreten. Siehe levitische "Gesetze" zur
11859			> "Behandlung" von "Aussatz" insb. im 3. "Mose". Die hatten schon Probleme.
11860			Sag mal, bei Dir piepts wohl nicht mehr richtig! Aussatz, heute besser
11861			unter dem Namen Lepra bekannt, ist keine Erbkrankheit. Es ist eine
11862			(heute heilbare) Infektionskrankheit, verursacht durch Bakterien.
11863			Also nichts von Inzucht, wie Du das in Deinem latenten Rassenwahn
11864			implizierst.
11865	root	1.387	%
11866	root	1.1	> You might please start up with reading more than one sentence - a skill
11867			> quite familiar in Europe, but as it seems not in the USA.
11868	root	1.387	%
11869	root	1.1	Yup. Instead of crashing Xservers, now you have crashing kernels.
11870			Big improvement.
11871	root	1.387	%
11872	root	1.1	-- "Hey look, this new card is for windows and only $xx!"
11873			-- "Yes, but it's braindead and will hurt your performance. Take that one
11874			over there. Besides, it's not an ope.."
11875			-- "Why that one?"
11876			-- "Because it's better, sinc.."
11877			-- "But I can do the same with this one, it's cheaper, and its for windows!"
11878	root	1.387	%
11879	root	1.1	In der Klinik, in der ich mal arbeiten musste, hatten wir einen echten
11880			Koenig Ludwig II und mindestens fuenf Stueck Jesus - sowas gibts halt,
11881			wenn Du verstehst, was ich meine.
11882	root	1.387	%
11883	root	1.1	> Hast Du mal einen Stein beobachtet, der eine Unzahl komplexer
11884			> Vorgaenge paresentiert, einschliesslich der Hervorbringung
11885			> etlicher Lebensformen?
11886
11887			Jepp. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "zahlreich".
11888
11889			> Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der sich mal eben
11890			> "verwandelt", und auf dem dann lauter Wesen rumkrabbeln,
11891			> die aus ihm selbst entsprungen sind?
11892
11893			Klar doch. Ist nur ein Problem mit der Definition von "lauter".
11894
11895			> Ueberspitzt: Hast Du mal einen Steinen beobachtet, der
11896			> ploetzlich zum Lebewesen wird und Dich fragt, wer oder was
11897			> er eigentlich ist?
11898
11899	root	1.388	Tja, da hören die Übereinstimmungen auf. Ich dachte Du meinst
11900	root	1.1	Erwin Stein. Den kenne ich. Der hat zwei Kinder. Die krabbeln
11901	root	1.388	ab und zu auf ihm herum. Der ist aber nicht plötzlich zum Le-
11902	root	1.1	bewesen geworden, sondern den gibt es nun schon ein wenig
11903	root	1.388	länger. Und er hat mich auch noch nie gefragt, wer oder was
11904	root	1.1	er eigentlich ist. Zumindest nicht in einem Zustand, den man
11905	root	1.388	als "normal" bezeichnen könnte. So wird das anscheinend nix.
11906	root	1.1	Ciao
11907			Stefan
11908	root	1.387	%
11909	root	1.1	"These download files are in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. After
11910			unzipping, these files can be viewed in any text editor, including
11911			all versions of Microsoft Word, WordPad, and Microsoft Word Viewer."
11912			(http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/pc99.htm)
11913	root	1.387	%
11914	root	1.1	Video cards have write-only registers. (of course that is bad design) Let's
11915			say that register 13 is write-only, as is common. It holds an index that
11916			determines what register 69 (also write-only) actually changes. If you write
11917			to register 13 while the accelerator is active, you lock the PCI bus. You
11918			can't determine if the accelerator is active without reading from register
11919			42, but you can't interpret the contents of that register correctly without
11920			knowing what the last accelerator command was. Reading from register 13 gets
11921			you some useless (unrelated) info and _also_ toggles the accelerator on and
11922			off.
11923	root	1.387	%
11924	root	1.1	Join the Army,
11925			Meet interesting people,
11926			Kill them.
11927	root	1.387	%
11928	root	1.1	> Wie entsteht Materie? Ich koennte mir vorstellen, dass Energie in Materie
11929			> umwandelbar ist.
11930
11931			E=m*c^2 (Schon mal gehoert?) (Schon mal verstanden??)
11932	root	1.387	%
11933	root	1.388	>nach der die Pygmäen geheime UFO-Basen in ausgehöhlten Baumstämmen
11934	root	1.1	>unterhalten (Vorsicht: das war ein Witz :-) ).
11935	root	1.387	%
11936	root	1.1	> (Bernhard Nahrgang) wrote:
11937			>
11938			> >> Logische Annahme: Die Erde waechst entweder kontinuierlich, oder periodisch
11939			> >> ruckartig.
11940			> >wie kann jemand mit dem IQ von 130 nur SO SELTEN BLOEDE sein??
11941			>
11942	root	1.388	> Norbert ist nicht selten blöde...
11943	root	1.1
11944			:-)
11945	root	1.387	%
11946	root	1.1	SAT 1 Teletext: Ein Asteroid mit einem Durchmesser von fast einem Kilometer
11947	root	1.388	rast mit großer Geschwindigkeit auf die Erde zu. US-Astronomen befürchten:
11948			"XF11" könnte im Jahr 2028 auf der Erde einschlagen. Die Folgen wären
11949	root	1.1	verheerend. "Der rasende Stein aus dem All ist eine Gefahr", warnt Jack G.
11950			Hills vom US-Kernforschungszentrum Los Alamos: "Wenn er die Erde trifft,
11951			wird er die Sprengkraft von 320.000 Megatonnen Dynamit haben." Das
11952			entspricht dem Zweimillionenfachen der Atombombe...
11953
11954			ARD/ZDF Teletext: ASTEROID MIT KURS AUF ERDE ENTDECKT Amerikanische
11955			Astronomen haben einen Asteroiden ausgemacht, der in 30 Jahren der Erde
11956	root	1.388	gefährlich nahekommen wird. Die Gefahr, daß der Asteroid einschlagen wird,
11957			sei gering, aber auch nicht völlig auszuschließen. Nach derzeitigen
11958	root	1.1	Berechnungen wird der Asteroid mit der Bezeichnung "1997 XF11" am 26.Oktober
11959	root	1.388	2028 unserem Planeten am nächsten kommen. "1997 XF11" hat etwa einen
11960			Durchmesser von 1,6 Kilometern. Erstmals käme ein Objekt dieser Größe der
11961			Erde so nahe, hieß es in dem Bericht der Internationalen Astronomischen
11962	root	1.1	Union.
11963
11964	root	1.388	RTL Teletext: Himmelskörper rast auf Erde zu Ein Asteroid wird im Jahr 2028
11965			der Erde gefährlich nahe kommen. Amerikanische Wissenschaftler haben die
11966	root	1.1	Chance eines Zusammenpralls auf eins zu tausend berechnet. Sollte der
11967	root	1.388	Asteroid, der einen Durchmesser von 1,8 Kilometern hat, aufprallen, könnte
11968			er eine gigantische Flutwelle auslösen, so die Forscher. Auch ein genaues
11969			Datum haben die Wissenschaftler schon errechnet: Von Europa aus wäre das
11970	root	1.1	Naturschauspiel am 26. Oktober 2028 zu beobachten.
11971	root	1.387	%
11972	root	1.1	* Linux Viruscan.....
11973			Windows 95 Found Remove it ? (Y/y)
11974	root	1.387	%
11975	root	1.1	>>Hmm, welche Behauptungen entsprechen denn deiner Meinung nach der
11976	root	1.388	>>Realität?
11977	root	1.1	>>
11978			>>Das es das FBI wirklich gibt?
11979	root	1.388	>>Das Scully frigide ist, und deshalb mit Mulder nichts anfangen möchte?
11980			>>Das Mulder homosexuell ist, und deshalb mit Scully nichts anfangen möchte?
11981	root	1.1	>>Das der CSM einen Vertrag mit Marlb*ro hat?
11982			>
11983			>Hinter diesen "Fragen" erkenne ich z.B. eine gut bekannte Strategie. Die
11984			>FBI-Frage ist bewusst absurd. Das Abgleiten ins Sexuelle hat ebenfalls
11985	root	1.387	%
11986	root	1.1	"'You're a Cirrus. You're crap. I'm an S3. I rule. Thank you and please drive through.'"
11987	root	1.387	%
11988	root	1.1	> How could you have perl take a set of numbers (1,2,3,4) and put them
11989			> into a random order???
11990			>
11991
11992			@array=qw(1 2 3 4);
11993			print "@array[1,3,2,0]\n";
11994
11995			I've checked this against other possible random orderings
11996			of these numbers, and this ordering is at least as random as
11997			any of the other possible ones. The benefit of this one being
11998			that it begins with the number 2, which is my favorite random
11999			number less than 42.
12000	root	1.387	%
12001	root	1.1	From what I am reading Win98 and NT5.0 will be getting rid of all that
12002			crap anyway. Seems that Microsoft has invented something called TCP/IP and
12003			another really revolutionary concept called DNS that eliminates the
12004			netbios crap too. All that arping from browsers is going to go away.
12005			I also hear rumors that they are on the verge of breakthrough discoveries
12006			called NFS, and LPD too. Given enough time and money, they might
12007			eventually invent Unix.
12008	root	1.387	%
12009	root	1.1	In Germany, where typeface design has always been a significant part of
12010			the cultural heritage, and where typefounding has remained an important
12011			business, there are more than one kind of copyright-like protections for
12012			typefaces. Certain long-standing industrial design protection laws have
12013			been used to protect typeface designs in litigation over royalties and
12014			plagiarisms. Further, there is a recent law, the so-called
12015			"Schriftzeichengesetz" enacted in 1981, that specifically protects
12016			typeface designs. New designs are registered, as is done with
12017			copyright in most countries. This law only protects new, original
12018			designs. It is available to non-German designers and firms. Therefore,
12019			some type firms and designers routinely copyright new designs in West
12020			Germany. This gives a degree of protection for products marketed in
12021			Germany. Since multinational corporations may find it cheaper to
12022			license a design for world-wide use rather than deal with a special case
12023			in one country, the German law does encourage licensing on a broader
12024			scale than would initially seem to be the case.
12025	root	1.387	%
12026	root	1.1	[linux processes vs. nt/solaris threads]
12027			Rob Pike pointed out that the solution to slow process creation is
12028			faster process creation, not another kernel abstraction.
12029	root	1.387	%
12030	root	1.1	Does anybody know how to communicate between a PC and a modem,
12031			using a Perl CGI script?
12032	root	1.387	%
12033	root	1.1	>I really don't know crap about PERL. How is it different from JAVA?
12034
12035			One tiny difference: Java can crash your browser. It happened to me last
12036			week.
12037	root	1.387	%
12038	root	1.1	Brieweb> I heard Randal Schwartz say he could write an entire httpd server in 90 lines
12039			Brieweb> of PERL.
12040			No, that's an http proxy server. A simple web server is much shorter.
12041			From "perldoc HTTP::Daemon"...
12042			[Randal Schwartz]
12043	root	1.387	%
12044	root	1.1	But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving
12045			capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason
12046			for leaving capabilities out of Perl.
12047			[Larry Wall in `Macros'. [[perl5-porters]]]
12048	root	1.387	%
12049	root	1.1	Yes: Java's main advantage over Perl is that it's hard to use for casual
12050			programmers, so keeps all but the most intrepid programmers away from it.
12051			It has no decent support for string processing, allowing you to spend
12052			hours at useless debugging. It has a very restrictive and static system
12053			to make sure you don't try anything interesting. It makes sure that you
12054			use objects, by golly, because James Gosling said so. It's easy for C++
12055			programmers to use, and hard for shell or BASIC programmers to use. It
12056			also only runs on a few systems, locking its customers into a a closed
12057			system and restricting their options.
12058			[Tom Christiansen in `Java Vs. Perl']
12059	root	1.387	%
12060	root	1.1	<Bill_Gates> Where do you want to go today?
12061			<Phase_5> Where do go tomorrow?
12062			<BlueFlux> Where were you yesterday?!?!
12063	root	1.387	%
12064	root	1.1	"It's not to control, but to protect the citizens of Singapore. In our
12065			society, you can state your views, but they have to be correct."
12066			Ernie Hai
12067			Coordinator of Singapore Government Internet Project
12068	root	1.387	%
12069	root	1.1	: I very much prefer a useful error message than a "it produced the wrong
12070			: results" report from the users.
12071
12072			if i got even "it produced the wrong results" from our users, i would
12073			be in 7th heaven. ours often mail us with such insightful requests as
12074			"can you tell me my email address?" no, sorry, that should be "CAN U
12075			TEL ME MY E MAIL ADRES DUDE?!!!?? HURRY!!!"
12076	root	1.387	%
12077	root	1.1	There are many intelligent species in the Universe.
12078			They are all owned by cats.
12079	root	1.387	%
12080	root	1.1	Why dignify your unsustainable, unjustifiable, unprovable feeble
12081			attempts at character assassination with anything resembling a reply?
12082			You only make yourself look foolish by mouthing off like that.
12083	root	1.387	%
12084	root	1.1	From: L & K Olson <kolson@mbnet.mb.ca>
12085			Subject: If they wrote error messages in haiku ...
12086
12087			Yesterday it worked
12088			Today it is not working
12089			Windows is like that
12090			- - -
12091			wind catches lily
12092			scatt'ring petals to the wind:
12093			segmentation fault
12094			- - -
12095			Three things are certain:
12096			Death, taxes, and lost data.
12097			Guess which has occurred.
12098			- - -
12099			A file that big?
12100			It might be very useful.
12101			But now it is gone.
12102			- - -
12103			Windows NT crashed.
12104			I am the Blue Screen of Death.
12105			No one hears your screams.
12106			- - -
12107			Errors have occurred.
12108			We won't tell you where or why.
12109			Lazy programmers.
12110			- - -
12111			Seeing my great fault
12112			Through darkening blue windows
12113			I begin again
12114			- - -
12115			The code was willing,
12116			It considered your request,
12117			But the chips were weak.
12118			- - -
12119			Printer not ready.
12120			Could be a fatal error.
12121			Have a pen handy?
12122			- - -
12123			Server's poor response
12124			Not quick enough for browser.
12125			Timed out, plum blossom.
12126			- - -
12127			Chaos reigns within.
12128			Reflect, repent, and reboot.
12129			Order shall return.
12130			- - -
12131			Login incorrect.
12132			Only perfect spellers may
12133			enter this system.
12134			- - -
12135			This site has been moved.
12136			We'd tell you where, but then we'd
12137			have to delete you.
12138			- - -
12139			ABORTED effort:
12140			Close all that you have.
12141			You ask way too much.
12142			- - -
12143			First snow, then silence.
12144			This thousand dollar screen dies
12145			so beautifully.
12146			- - -
12147			With searching comes loss
12148			and the presence of absence:
12149			"My Novel" not found.
12150			- - -
12151			The Tao that is seen
12152			Is not the true Tao, until
12153			You bring fresh toner.
12154			- - -
12155			The Web site you seek
12156			cannot be located but
12157			endless others exist
12158			- - -
12159			Stay the patient course
12160			Of little worth is your ire
12161			The network is down
12162			- - -
12163			A crash reduces
12164			your expensive computer
12165			to a simple stone.
12166			- - -
12167			There is a chasm
12168			of carbon and silicon
12169			the software can't bridge
12170			- - -
12171			To have no errors
12172			Would be life without meaning
12173			No struggle, no joy
12174			- - -
12175			You step in the stream,
12176			but the water has moved on.
12177			This page is not here.
12178			- - -
12179			No keyboard present
12180			Hit F1 to continue
12181			Zen engineering?
12182			- - -
12183			Hal, open the file
12184			Hal, open the damn file, Hal
12185			open it, please Hal
12186			- - -
12187			Out of memory.
12188			We wish to hold the whole sky,
12189			But we never will.
12190			- - -
12191			Having been erased,
12192			The document you're seeking
12193			Must now be retyped.
12194			- - -
12195			The ten thousand things
12196			How long do any persist?
12197			Netscape, too, has gone.
12198			- - -
12199			Rather than a beep
12200			Or a rude error message,
12201			These words: "File not found."
12202			- - -
12203			Serious error.
12204			All shortcuts have disappeared
12205			Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
12206	root	1.387	%
12207	root	1.1	"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way
12208			to factor large prime numbers." -- Bill Gates from "The Road Ahead," p. 265.
12209	root	1.387	%
12210	root	1.1	> What is the Windows equivalent of the first line used for
12211			> UNIX (#!/usr/local/bin/perl) that tells where the Perl interpreter is?
12212
12213			Windows hasn't gotten quite as far in functionality as, say, BSD Unix in the
12214			early 1980s.
12215	root	1.387	%
12216	root	1.1	> I have a chat script, that will work fine for a bit then after a while
12217			> the private messages will stop working. It might be because I changed
12218			> something, but chances are that isn't the case. I re-install a fresh
12219			> copy, paths are correct, and they still don't work
12220
12221			I think you are experiencing GOVERNMENT CONTROL. You see, everyone
12222			with a chat script is being scrutinised by the department of CHAT
12223			control. Whenever they see some message they don't like, they
12224			introduce some little goblin called feature-creep in your program. if
12225			you have lots of these little devils, your program migth acquire so
12226			many new features that it just stops working.
12227
12228			This also applies to Microsoft products.
12229
12230			> Does it make sense for certain features to just not work?! If you can
12231			> help, or have suggestions, get back to me, PLEASE:)
12232
12233			Yes, it makes perfect sense. Especially if they're features which
12234			really are bugs. And especially if they're 'private' messages. You
12235			know perfectly well that the government doesn't like private messages.
12236
12237			Hope this explains what's going on
12238			Martien Verbruggen
12239	root	1.387	%
12240	root	1.1	...code? If you're on a misconfigured NT server (is that redundant?), you...
12241	root	1.387	%
12242	root	1.1	X11R6.1-based free X server compiles, links and crashes under IRIX(TM).
12243	root	1.387	%
12244	root	1.1	-------------- please bite here ------------- bitte hier abbeissen ---------
12245	root	1.387	%
12246	root	1.1	"Frag mal, auf was fuer uptimes man kommt, wenn man Software-Entwicklung
12247			unter NT macht..." "Das koennen bis zu dreissig Minuten werden - in der
12248			Mittagspause." -- Andreas Bogk, Kai Fett, de.alt.sysadmin.recovery
12249	root	1.387	%
12250	root	1.1	> ++ A lot of posters here have .sigs that include perl one liners.
12251			> ++ Is there a safe way to run them, and be assured that they wont
12252			> ++ damage and/or erase files? (or e-mail off my shadow file)
12253			>
12254			> Just make sure you understand it ;)
12255
12256			I nominate Abigail for best response of the year with this one. Come to
12257			think of it, I nominate it for best response of next year, too.
12258	root	1.387	%
12259	root	1.1	Your moderator will be spending the next week on a beach on a small island
12260			where the phones don't work very well, so there won't be any comp.compilers
12261			until the 28th. Any messages you send in will wait here until I get back and
12262			should be posted on March 1st or 2nd.
12263	root	1.387	%
12264	root	1.1	But now, in comp.lang.perl.misc, you have a bunch of people who aren't
12265			even asking how to make the pieces fit together, but what the
12266			individual pieces are. ("How do I get my lego project to roll accross
12267			the table?" "You use one of those pieces that have the wheels
12268			attached.") Or questions that aren't about building at all. ("The
12269			motor stopped moving. How do I get it to start again?" "The batteries
12270			are probably dead. You can buy new batteries at any department or
12271			convienience store.")
12272	root	1.387	%
12273	root	1.1	: how do i make my perl script run?
12274			Get up at 91 minutes before dawn, clothe yourself in neon green body
12275	root	1.387	%
12276	root	1.1	for some reason Windoze users don't seem to expect docs to come with an archive
12277	root	1.424	>>> ToiLeTGoD
12278	root	1.1
12279			Well, well.. I always wondered who/what made that flush thingy work.
12280			Pretty cool name, dude. (not)
12281	root	1.387	%
12282	root	1.1	Ummm...create "comp.lang.perl.wizards", make it moderated and all posts,
12283			including xposts, go into /dev/null. Most FAQers won't have the Usenet
12284			background to understand that such groups are either a) a wasteland
12285			populated (briefly) by persons like themselves, or b) point to /dev/null.
12286	root	1.387	%
12287	root	1.1	Lazy people never bother to actually read the manual. Instead they (like
12288			kids) pick something with big, colorful buttons.
12289			-- Eugene Tyurin <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>
12290	root	1.387	%
12291	root	1.1	The Average Person's Axioms of First Order Predicate Logic:
12292			(A => B) => (B => A)
12293			(There exists) x A(x) => (For all) x A(x)
12294			(A => C) & (B => C) => (A => B) - Warren Vonroeschlaub
12295	root	1.387	%
12296	root	1.1	cal 9 1752
12297	root	1.387	%
12298	root	1.1	Installing unix fixes the [VMS] bug.
12299			-Barry Shein
12300	root	1.387	%
12301	root	1.1	And this horrible free-for-all will be left to children wondering around
12302			by themselves in the dark because they refuse to turn on the light and
12303			read the manual.
12304	root	1.387	%
12305	root	1.1	"SPARC" is "CRAPS" backwards --Rob Pike
12306	root	1.387	%
12307	root	1.1	I increasingly begin to understand why some universities require
12308			that its compsci majors study the Euclid's Prime Number Theorem,
12309			the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Cantor's Diagonalization Proof,
12310			Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem, and the ramifications of Halting Problem
12311			in everyday life. These may not be involved in daily programming, but
12312			it helps develop a rigorous mind. And it gives those who would progress
12313			from typist to word-processor devotee to HTML documenter to CGI scripter
12314			to distributed multithreaded operating systems design specialist cause
12315			for pause. You just can't do that without proper training.
12316	root	1.387	%
12317	root	1.1	comp.lang.perl.i'm-from-microsoft-so-won't-read-documentation
12318	root	1.387	%
12319	root	1.1	I suggest you install a newsserver, and keep a local spool. Anything else
12320			is too much work, and fairly silly. The Internet has catupulted even
12321			the Wintel victims past the days of BBS toys.
12322	root	1.387	%
12323	root	1.1	> Help help! Pls advise me thru email.
12324
12325			I advise you to buy a new keyboard; one that has all the keys you
12326			need.
12327	root	1.387	%
12328	root	1.1	Christian Fundamentalism: The doctrine that there is an absolutely
12329			powerful, infinitely knowledgeable, universe spanning entity that is
12330			deeply and personally concerned about my sex life.
12331	root	1.387	%
12332	root	1.1	I find the first particularly useful in destroying the miswrapped
12333			lines stemming from brain-damaged "it's just another word processor"
12334			newsreaders. You know,
12335			those postings that always seem to go to the edge of the line and then
12336			back
12337			again to the start, as this paragraph has. These are just too painful
12338			to read. Just kill them. It's not worth your time trying to figure
12339			out what they're saying.
12340	root	1.387	%
12341	root	1.1	It is most annoying to receive junk mail describing how to purchase 93
12342			million addresses, while knowing that yours is one of them.
12343	root	1.387	%
12344	root	1.1	I'm surprised Tom, how could it miss the "X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT;
12345			U)" header line? Personally, I find the attempted use of Netscape as a
12346			newsreader even worse then the attempted use of WinNT as an OS. :-)
12347
12348			But the combination.... sutters
12349	root	1.387	%
12350	root	1.1	Hm... my new killfile isn't detecting you're posting from Windows.
12351			Darn it.
12352	root	1.387	%
12353	root	1.1	At least he didn't post in all caps.
12354	root	1.387	%
12355	root	1.1	http://language.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html
12356	root	1.387	%
12357	root	1.1	I think the biggest problem with M.S.A. is that the scripts work for Matt, but
12358			the majority of people trying to use them are from the
12359			"Wintel/AOL/FrontPage/push-a-button/HTML-is-programming/no-programming-required"
12360			school of non-learning. It isn't a problem with the code, per se, but with those
12361			trying to use it.
12362	root	1.387	%
12363	root	1.1	"Linux can emulate an C64 on my AMDK6PR200 at full speed. Windows can't."
12364	root	1.387	%
12365	root	1.1	cdog wrote:
12366			>
12367			> Is this group active?
12368			No.
12369
12370			If you had spent half a second LOOKING at the group before posting, you
12371			probably could have come to that conclusion yourself.
12372
12373			On a personal note, I died 3 years, 8 days, 5 minutes, 16 seconds, and
12374			345 milliseconds ago, but who's counting.
12375	root	1.387	%
12376	root	1.1	"Security through obscurity is no security at all."
12377			-comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup posting
12378	root	1.387	%
12379	root	1.1	"Windows 95 will now attempt to blow chunks across your primary partition.
12380			Press any key to continue..."
12381	root	1.387	%
12382	root	1.1	NT 5.0 is the last nail in the Unix coffin. Interestingly, Unix
12383			isn't in the coffin... It's wondering what the heck is sealing
12384			itself into a wooden box 6 feet underground...
12385	root	1.387	%
12386	root	1.1	The Wall St Journal (1996-01-22, page 1) reported that Cuba is
12387			considering jumping across the International Date Line, just so that
12388			it's the first into the year 2000. So it's possible you'll have to
12389			adjust your travel plans.
12390	root	1.387	%
12391	root	1.388	"Wo kämen wir hin, wenn alle sagten, wo kämen wir hin, und niemand ginge
12392			hin, um einmal zu schauen, wohin man käme, wenn man ginge." -- Kurt Marti
12393	root	1.387	%
12394	root	1.1	The Takeuchi function is a popular benchmark of function calling due to its
12395			highly recursive nature. It's defined as:
12396
12397			tak x y z = z, if y >= x
12398			= tak (tak (x-1) y z) (tak (y - 1) z x) (tak (z - 1) x y), otherwise
12399
12400			For this benchmark, the function is invoked as:
12401
12402			tak 18 12 6
12403	root	1.387	%
12404	root	1.1	"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
12405			-- Bill Gates
12406			"Windows 95 needs at least 8 MB RAM."
12407			-- Bill Gates
12408			"Nobody will ever need Windows 95."
12409			-- logical conclusion
12410	root	1.387	%
12411	root	1.1	Year Name James Bond Book
12412			- ---- -------------------------------- -------------- ----
12413			50's James Bond TV Series Barry Nelson
12414			1962 Dr. No Sean Connery 1958
12415			1963 From Russia With Love Sean Connery 1957
12416			1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery 1959
12417			1965 Thunderball Sean Connery 1961
12418			1967* Casino Royale David Niven 1954
12419			1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery 1964
12420			1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service George Lazenby 1963
12421			1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery 1956
12422			1973 Live And Let Die Roger Moore 1955
12423			1974 The Man With The Golden Gun Roger Moore 1965
12424			1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore 1962 (novelette)
12425			1979 Moonraker Roger Moore 1955
12426			1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12427			1983 Octopussy Roger Moore 1965
12428			1983* Never Say Never Again Sean Connery
12429			1985 A View To A Kill Roger Moore 1960 (novelette)
12430			1987 The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton 1965 (novelette)
12431			* -- Not a Broccoli production.
12432	root	1.387	%
12433	root	1.1	Windows NT: n.
12434			32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
12435			operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written
12436			by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
12437	root	1.387	%
12438	root	1.388	Auf der Kiste läuft EHNIX, das ist ZUNIX kompatibel.