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Story of my piracy: It all had begun with sharing, it might end in the same way.
The problem with ARM computers is that they, although rather power-saving, are not viable network devices. Their CPUs are too slow for serious file transfers.-Tuxman (November 28, 2015, 03:00 PM)
That's a pretty impressive portfolio! How many other people can see their entire professional career laid out so neatly for all to see?
Infocom did some really great games. I had almost all of them (on 5-1/4" floppy no less) until the tank in our water heater unexpectedly dumped it's contents onto our basement floor a few years ago, and then continued to try to refill itself one quiet Saturday when we were out for the day. My Infocom collection was on the bottom shelf of the steel storage shelving I had installed down there. So it wound up under about a half foot of water. When things finally dried out, those boxes and folios were fused together or water damaged so badly that there was nothing left to do but toss them out.
Another piece of history gone. I also lost my entire collection of old Borland, Lotus, Ashton-Tate, and Fox software that I had been keeping for sentimental reasons. (Remember when these things used to come with extensive printed documentation - sometimes in snazzy 3-ring binders - and in nice plastic boxes or sturdy slipcases?)
So it goes. I'll especially miss M.U.L.E. and Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror.-40hz (November 25, 2015, 09:49 AM)
They forgot to install the network connector!!!IMHO it's not very useful without that
-Ath (November 26, 2015, 12:20 PM)
Of all the things we do at Raspberry Pi, driving down the cost of computer hardware remains one of the most important. Even in the developed world, a programmable computer is a luxury item for a lot of people, and every extra dollar that we ask someone to spend decreases the chance that they’ll choose to get involved.
uh, Hi... well, first message on this forum... and it is to show up one of my company's Programs...-alfonso_rd_31 (November 24, 2015, 07:07 PM)
Hello, my name is Alfonso Rodríguez, Mexican by trade of computing services... and I make computer programs in the old Multimedia Builder suite... so, I'm trying to start making a small buck (considering a buck is like 16 of my local currency...) of it, and I present, my MRDZ Login Manager..-alfonso_rd_31 (November 24, 2015, 07:07 PM)
About this project
The British Board of Film Classification (previously known as the British Board of Film Censors) was established in 1912 to ensure films remained free of 'indecorous dancing', 'references to controversial politics' and 'men and women in bed together', amongst other perceived indiscretions.
Today, it continues to censor and in some cases ban films, while UK law ensures that, in effect, a film cannot be released in British cinemas without a BBFC certificate.
Each certificate costs around £1000 for a feature film of average length. For many independent filmmakers, such a large upfront can prove prohibitively expensive.
Luckily, there’s a flipside to all of this: while filmmakers are required to pay the BBFC to certify their work, the BBFC are also required to sit through whatever we pay them to watch.
That’s why I’m Kickstarting a BBFC certificate for my new film Paint Drying — a single, unbroken shot of white paint drying on a brick wall. All the money raised by this campaign (minus Kickstarter's fees) will be put towards the cost of the certificate, so the final length of the film will be determined by how much money is raised here.
For instance, if we raise £108.59, the film will be one minute long. If we raise £526.90, it'll be an hour long. And so on.
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Apparently, Gelatin Can Cure A Hangover
Something to counter the woes of the holiday party season.-Arizona Hot (November 20, 2015, 07:21 PM)
@Renegade:
Same sentiment here. Season 6 of The Walking Dead started already tense, but the last episode cranks it up a notch (or two)...-Shades (October 26, 2015, 07:08 PM)
If they eat hot dogs made from dogs in China at least they don't eat soylent green.-Arizona Hot (November 23, 2015, 01:05 PM)
Interesting read, even if it was a bit above my understanding.-Deozaan (November 21, 2015, 05:02 PM)
The same thing is happening with the V8 PRNG and our random identifiers — under certain conditions, the PRNG’s lack of randomness is making it less likely that we’ll see a collision.
In this case the generator’s determinism worked in our favor, but that’s not always true. The general lesson here is that, even for a high quality PRNG, you can’t assume a random distribution unless the generator’s cycle length is much larger than the number of random values you’re generating.
The 3 Reasons Why Onename Switched from Namecoin to Bitcoin
Onename is the most well-known, blockchain-based online identity system on the market right now, and this is an idea that many Bitcoin enthusiasts believe has true promise. The identity platform, which was founded and created by Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali, originally used the Namecoin blockchain for storing user data, but the company recently moved to the Bitcoin blockchain (by way of Blockstore). Shea and Ali were recently interviewed for an episode of Epicenter Bitcoin, and Ali stated, “We were one of the largest production systems built on top of Namecoin, and we started noticing certain limitations.”
Muneeb Ali went on to explain three specific limitations that the company found with Namecoin, which eventually led them to develop Blockstore and move over to Bitcoin.
The Birth of “Lumen”
With all of that in mind, we felt that this latest incarnation of the project would be best served with a new and more inclusive name, accessible and comprehensible worldwide. We are therefore excited to announce that as of today, the Chilling Effects project and database will be known as “Lumen”:
Lumen, the measurement unit for visible light, epitomizes our interest in illuminating the online public sphere and the platforms through which all users of the Internet post, search, speak, and read. We plan to be a light shining onto requests to remove online content for many years to come. From a practical perspective, very little will change for our users and notice submitters. All links to existing Chilling Effects notices will continue to function normally, simply redirecting to our new domain of https://www.lumendatabase.org. Notice numbers will remain unchanged, and will function as they currently do. After accommodating the name change and the change to our domain name in their internal procedures, bulk submitters will have the same access to our API that they currently do. And of course, the people on the Chilling Effects team will remain the same.
Interesting if a little long-winded at times.-40hz (November 16, 2015, 03:22 PM)
