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Living Room / Re: URL Rewrite Problem
« Last post by wraith808 on June 21, 2014, 10:52 AM »
Probably the reason you're not getting views, etc, is that it's not a URL-rewrite issue either; it's a regex issue.  The . character is a regex character, so you have to escape it.  Also, you should probably make the / optional.  I put some regex below.

Code: Text [Select]
  1. .*sub1\.domain\.org/*.*

In the future, you might want to run your regex through a tester to make sure it's doing what you want it to do.  There are several online.  RegexHero is one, but it uses the Silverlight parser, so if you're typically doing perl rather than .net expressions, you'll want to find another.  I use RegexBuddy... but it's a paid app.  Very much worth it to save sanity.
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Am I the only reader here who is utterly confused by this entire thread?

Unlikely.

FWIW, although it required noticeable effort to read for me (he he, getting old), I found the content understandable and interesting.

Excellent! Going forward, you can be our 'official' Rosetta Stone.   ;D :P

I think Mouser and Tao pinned it down.  After a while, you get critted by walls of text, and it becomes difficult to read... so you stop.  But of course, unless you're just posting to get things down, it can feel lonely after a while as no one responds if no one reads.
4703
DC Gamer Club / Re: Risk of Rain 4-pack
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 10:48 PM »
I'm game if this is still available.
4704
Living Room / Re: Supreme Court Invalidates Software Patent...
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 02:58 PM »
"Young man, let me remind you that this is a court of law and not a court of justice." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, U.S. Supreme Court

 :tellme:

and of course the classic..

In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.

Lenny Bruce


Brilliant!

Never heard that one before. And I thought I heard them all when it came to LB, may he rest in peace. :(

One last four-letter word concerning Lenny Bruce: Dead. At forty. That's obscene.
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Living Room / Re: Supreme Court Invalidates Software Patent...
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 02:56 PM »
We have a thing called Legal Aid in our state. If you're below 125% of the poverty level, they get you an attorney. For criminal charges, there's the public defender's office (not bad here actually) which often means some sort of plea deal.

But if you're not, but just don't have the money for an attorney, then you're screwed.  In some cases, showing up with an attorney can also leave you screwed, because having the money to pay an attorney means that you obviously have the money to pay, even if you actually don't.  And then there's the money that you used on the attorney that could have been used to pay.

See, this is my problem with the whole thing.  The legal system is supposed to be for the good of all.  But like so many things in the US, it's for the good of all, as long as you have money.  In my case, the only reason that I didn't end up in prison... even though, according to the laws of the land, it couldn't end up in prison as that would be debtor's prison and is outlawed, is because the assistant thought... this guy came in here with the best of intentions, had a plan, and is trying.  So, he should be rewarded for that as many people who come in there under those circumstances don't.

And as far as the deal?  It was on the other side, from the other party, who was able to get legal aid, and thus was able to get them to create a bargain behind the scenes before the farce of a trial played out.  Before legal aid entered the picture... it was cut and dried.  In fact, the judge seemed inclined to rule in my favor.  But me, having a very ... punishable ... sense of justice tried to do the right thing.  And so, they figured that they needed legal aid.

Let the circus begin.

There's just something wrong with that, no matter how much we say that "it's complicated."  Our Justice system is in love with the system rather than with justice.  And in many cases, our legal systems are anything but.  It shouldn't have to be this complicated, IMO.
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Living Room / Re: Supreme Court Invalidates Software Patent...
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 01:14 PM »
If you're in trouble, you need an attorney. Even attorneys are usually smart enough to not represent themselves in court.

But if you don't have the money...

... and it was in response to laws that were on the book, related to research done pro bono by another attorney that wasn't going to go so far as to represent in court.  If a lawyer had been there, the outcome would have been totally different.  And I go so far as to say that deals had been made behind the scene... which was something found out only later.

Bought and paid for, courtesy of the court fiefdom.
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Living Room / Re: Supreme Court Invalidates Software Patent...
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 11:51 AM »
There's far too much influence peddling and politics surrounding IP on the regional circuit and appeals court level in the federal system. Having a centralized IP court system would go a long way towards eliminating the "venue shopping" and "rogue judge" problems we're experiencing today.

That's the justice system in general.

Imagine if I told you that in a courtroom, a judge said "if you wanted to follow the rules of law, you should have hired a lawyer.  without one, the law is what I say it is."

Now, take off the imagine.  I was struck with a definite blow to my belief in the justice system when I heard that.  And realized that many judges believe that.

*sigh*
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Living Room / 58 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Everything We Do
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 11:39 AM »
58 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Everything We Do (via Business Insider)

We like to think we're rational human beings.
In fact, we are prone to hundreds of proven biases that cause us to think and act irrationally, and even thinking we're rational despite evidence of irrationality in others is known as blind spot bias.

The study of how often human beings do irrational things was enough for psychologists Daniel Kahneman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, and it opened the rapidly expanding field of behavioral economics. Similar insights are also reshaping everything from marketing to criminology.

Hoping to clue you — and ourselves — into the biases that frame our decisions, we've collected a long list of the most notable ones.

More at link.

I realized some of these... but not all.  And a very good reminder and article (with examples no less).

overconfidence.jpg
4709
 :Thmbsup: ;D
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This image never gets old...

apocaloptimist.jpg
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Indeed, both of your posts indicate what I was thinking of when I posted.  I didn't want to be too cynical in my posting, however. ;D
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General Software Discussion / Re: TrueCrypt alternative
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 10:49 AM »
@IainB - thx for sharing that. For once I find myself almost entirely in agreement with WindowsSecrets about something important.

(Note: I do however have a problem with Cryptainer's tiered pricing scheme. In the past I've always had trouble recommending it (as in not) because of that. But that's likely more just me being me.  ;))

Well, in the past, there were more alternatives :(  I wouldn't recommend diskcryptor just because they say that OSes are not supported.  Just because it seems to work when you encrypt it now, there's no guarantee that it won't stop working if they don't support the OS.  They presumably say that for some reason...
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Living Room / Supreme Court Invalidates Software Patent...
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2014, 10:33 AM »
...because it's a software patent. (via boingboing)

Ruling at End Soft Pats

It's a step.  Not 100% done... but a definite positive step.  And a blow to patent trolls everywhere!
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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 05:47 PM »
Just took some pictures on Saturday while we were hanging around outside.

view_outside_1.jpg
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General Software Discussion / Re: CodeSpaces site (company) destroyed
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 03:20 PM »
 ;D  :Thmbsup:

They have square ones that are the same size as graham crackers... I wonder if they have them person sized...  :D
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General Software Discussion / Re: Gitbook.io
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 03:19 PM »
Update: Updated original post with response from gitbook on real names.
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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 01:37 PM »
I finally got around to taking pictures after my last build...

http://imgur.com/a/6c7Lo

I'll also attach one of them here.

my_computer_setup_1.jpg

The two monitors on the left are the new pc. The one to the right of those is the old one... and the other one is my mac. Oh.. the floating one is my ipad.

I use multiplicity to control my old PC, though I have a bluetooth Logitech k811 attached to it, my mac, and my ipad.
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General Software Discussion / Re: CodeSpaces site (company) destroyed
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 01:27 PM »
Sorry guys I can't really muster up a tear for that one.

Perhaps not... but we can still roast the guy if found.  They made mistakes, and someone took advantage of it.  I still want that person to burn, no matter the mistakes made.
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Living Room / Re: URL Rewrite Problem
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 01:24 PM »
To get more traction, I'd suggest copying the text of your question here, in addition to linking to it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: CodeSpaces site (company) destroyed
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2014, 10:37 AM »
I hope they find the person and roast them.
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Living Room / Re: Ignorance is Strength - Censorship just got VERY real
« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2014, 07:07 PM »
Some don't even need that much. Terry Pratchett once said it's amazing the terrible things people will do for money - but even more amazing are the terrible things they'll do absolutely free.

This.
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Well, it appears that ProtonMail is going crowdsourced to keep up with the demand.  Just received this e-mail today...

Dear ProtonMail supporter,

Thank you for patiently waiting for the activation of your account while we increase capacity. Since ProtonMail beta launched one month ago, a huge number of people from around the world have requested ProtonMail accounts. The world is ready for privacy.

We want to provide free ProtonMail accounts to everyone so we have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for additional servers. If we hit our target, we should be able to accommodate everybody on our waiting list by the end of July.

If you would like to contribute to our Crowdfunding campaign, you can visit it here:
https://www.indiegog.../projects/protonmail

This is how real change happens: every contribution, no matter how small, gets us closer to enabling privacy for everyone. Online privacy and freedom touch each and every one of us. If we all stand together, we can build the future we want.

Thank you for supporting our fight to restore privacy.

Your ProtonMail Team
Andy, Jason, and Wei


===============================
We sent you this email because you are on our waiting list.
If you no longer need a ProtonMail account, consider taking yourself off the waiting list to make room for others:
https://protonmail.c.../invite-settings.php

This email was sent by:
ProtonMail, Case postale 575, Geneva 1215, Switzerland

One might wonder, however, if the initial invites were to generate a critical mass, which this is taking advantage of...
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I don't even know why people would use a video site for music anyway. Why not just use BandCamp or SoundCloud?

See above about YT penetration.
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Note5
« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2014, 12:34 PM »
Full note view was a really smart addition!
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