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You might want to combine FARR with some specific software for indexed searching like Locate32-kilele (June 05, 2013, 09:51 AM)
higher than 1.6b36. (you just said the F word didn't you...-Stoic Joker (June 04, 2013, 11:41 AM)
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^^ very interesting.
Question: who built the fence, and whose idea was it? 'cuz it wasn't the foxes or orioles.-superboyac (June 04, 2013, 03:53 PM)
It's all because of Obamacare. Just like it's the cause of everything else - according to some people.oh yea, the singer of the band I'm in...whenever she gets angry, she says "f---ing Obama."
-40hz (June 04, 2013, 03:29 PM)-superboyac (June 04, 2013, 03:54 PM)
they are just completely rolling over and going along with everything.-superboyac (June 04, 2013, 11:37 AM)
The Birds and the Foxes
by James Thurber
Once upon a time there was a bird sanctuary in which hundreds of Baltimore orioles lived together happily. The refuge consisted of a forest entirely surrounded by a high wire fence. When it was put up, a pack of foxes who lived nearby protested that it was an arbitrary and unnatural boundary. However, they did nothing about it at the time because they were interested in civilizing the geese and ducks on the neighbouring farms. When all the geese and ducks had been civilized, and there was nothing else left to eat, the foxes once more turned their attention to the bird sanctuary. Their leader announced that there had once been foxes in the sanctuary but that they had been driven out. He proclaimed that Baltimore orioles belonged in Baltimore. He said, furthermore, that the orioles in the sanctuary were a continuous menace to the peace of the world. The other animals cautioned the foxes not to disturb the birds in their sanctuary.
So the foxes attacked the sanctuary one night and tore down the fence that surrounded it. The orioles rushed out and were instantly killed and eaten by the foxes.
The next day the leader of the foxes, a fox from whom God was receiving daily guidance, got upon the rostrum and addressed the other foxes. His message was simple and sublime. " You see before you," he said, "another Lincoln. We have liberated all those birds!"
Moral: Government of the orioles, by the foxes, and for the foxes, must perish from the earth.
Utterly amazing.Graham Syfert is a local Florida lawyer who has been defending people caught up in Prenda purported copyright suits. Last we heard from the defense attorney, he appeared to have settled some cases with the porn trolling outfit. Nearly two weeks ago, Syfert told Ars that he was still involved in two more Florida Prenda-related cases: Sunlust Pictures v. Nguyen, and First Time Videos v. Oppold.
The latter case was initially filed back in July 2012 against a Florida man named Paul Oppold. Oppold was accused of downloading an unauthorized copy of a First Time Videos (FTV) pornographic film which was being represented by Prenda.
On Monday, Syfert continued his defense of Oppold, filing a damning motion. The motion includes a 31-page affidavit and related exhibits (compressed .ZIP archive) that offer a detailed analysis and a startling conclusion about one of the primary Prenda lawyers, John Steele. According to the filing, Steele
is the most probable candidate for the identity of Pirate Bay user sharkmp4. Sharkmp4 was the originator of the only found public releases of Ingenuity 13 works prior to the creation of naughtyhotties.com. Some works were shared by sharkmp4 prior to the registered copyright date with indications of access to a higher resolution copy (more related to the direct source). Therefore further inquiry would need to be made upon John Steele, and all those within his control, to identify if he is infringing the copyrights of Ingenuity 13, AF Holdings, and others through the Pirate Bay user “sharkmp4”.
The affidavit was written by Delvan Neville, an unlikely character in this entire saga. A self-described “gamer, nerd, RHP doctoral student at Oregon State University, focus on radioecology,” Neville was hired by Syfert (to the tune of $4,000) to conduct a substantial investigation into the online practices of "6881 Forensics," the company Prenda Law uses to identify infringers. (6881 Forensics is apparently headed by Peter Hansmeier, brother of another key Prenda-linked lawyer, Paul Hansmeier.)
Prenda Law's business structure is such that it is copyright-violating pirate, forensic pirate hunter, and attorney. It also appears that Prenda Law also wants to/has formed/is forming a corporate structure where it is: pornography producer, copyright holder, pornography pirate, forensic investigator, attorney firm, and debt collector. Other than the omission of appearing in the pornography themselves, this would represent an entire in-house copyright trolling monopoly—not designed to promote their own works for distribution and sale, but to induce infringement of their works and reap profits seen from mass anti-piracy litigation.
What's
What's interesting about this is that with the current shift to mobile devices, we are now moving away from the multipurpose device. I mean, apps are ok, but they are not as useful as a full blown desktop application. but that's the same with the mobile device, which is not as capable as a desktop.-superboyac (June 03, 2013, 09:51 PM)
There is a concerted effort to move the general public away from a flexible "anything box" and get them back into a closed "computing appliance" as quickly as possible. It's an issue of control and turf protection.porters and a retinuei swear man, every post...every single one...turns into a mini-research project. Love it!-40hz (June 03, 2013, 09:20 AM)-superboyac (June 03, 2013, 03:16 PM)
Although it's just a quick visit to an online dictionary rather than real research. Basically it's for people with more money than sense. I could afford one, but I choose to spend my money on more conservative things..... If I was forced to spend that much money in a day, I'd rather walk through the mall and give out $100 bills to people that need it than to spend it on something like that....-Tinman57 (June 03, 2013, 03:12 PM)
OK, that's what I thought, although I was hoping to take advantage of all the good things UEFI was supposed to bring to the table. Whatevs.UEFI doesn't mandate SecureBoot.-Edvard (June 02, 2013, 09:00 PM)-f0dder (June 03, 2013, 08:10 AM)
Science fiction is filled with cherished seats of power, workstations that put the universe a finger-touch or a mere thought away. Darth Vader had his meditation pod, the Engineers of Prometheus had their womb-like control stations, and Captain Kirk has the Captain's Chair. But no real-life workstation has quite measured up to these fictional seats of power in the way that Martin Carpentier's Emperor workstations have.
The latest "modern working environment" from Carpentier's Quebec City-based MWE Lab is the Emperor 1510 LX. With a retractable monitor stand that can support up to five monitors (three 27-inch and two 19-inch), a reclining seat with thigh rest, a Bose sound system, and Italian leather upholstery, the Emperor 1510 LX looks more like a futuristic vehicle than a workstation. And it's priced like a vehicle, too—it can soon be yours for the low, low price of $21,500...
no firewall and anti-virus needed so far on ubuntu.-mahesh2k (June 01, 2013, 01:31 PM)
You can use gmail and outlook (not sure about yahoo) without storing the data with them... well ostensibly. I don't *think* that they store in the case of IMAP... but it does pass through them, so...-wraith808 (May 31, 2013, 10:40 PM)
I got a horrible mood when I just could not update a few things because of bad libraries or something...-TaoPhoenix (June 01, 2013, 03:47 AM)