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Official Announcements / Re: DC going offline to protest SOPA on Jan 18

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 10:03 PM »

The point is, to show the effect it will have...It's a last resort.

-Stephen66515 (January 17, 2012, 08:23 PM)

Bingo! StoicJoker.com going bye bye too. I assume we're to use the redirector script Renegade posted (I can't find it now), yes??

Duh! (page 2) Found it

Date based redirector (nice... ) added to my index page.

-Stoic Joker (January 17, 2012, 09:14 PM)

Just a quick note/caution... The copy & paste somewhere along the line ended up encoding a dash incorrectly as a different kind of dash, which broke the script. I've corrected that and here it is:

Code: Javascript [Select]

1. <script type="text/javascript">
2. <!--
3.  
4. var curDate = new Date();
5. if (curDate.getFullYear() == '2012' && curDate.getMonth() == '0' && curDate.getDate() == '18')
6. {
7. window.location = 'http://protestsopa.org/';
8. }
9. //-->
10. </script>

I'm not certain if the problem was in what I posted in the other thread... Anyways...

I've got it in my sites now.

SOLIDARITY~!

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Official Announcements / Re: DC going offline to protest SOPA on Jan 18

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 09:03 PM »

Well I'm against DC shutting down to protest SOPA/PIPA. It doesn't make sense to me and I don't see how it helps the cause.

In protest of this, I won't be visiting DC on Jan 18!

-Deozaan (January 17, 2012, 08:28 PM)

While it may not really make much sense to shut down DC (in that one small act), I think it's a good thing for sites like Wikipedia to shut down and show people what SOPA and PIPA and PROTECT IP and that other draconian one whose name I forget, will give them.

Shutting down DC in protest is a good sign of solidarity.

I think all of us here "get it" and understand that censorship is bad, and free speech is good -- but that's not the point.

I think mouser would have to say exactly what his motivations are, but as I see it, it looks like a show of solidarity.


Think about it this way, if one person were to protest, oh, say plastic bottles by throwing 1 plastic bottle on the steps of city hall, it would be pretty meaningless. Get 10,000 people to do it, and you have a statement.

If we all add our 1 grain of sand to the pile, we'll build a mountain.

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Official Announcements / Re: DC going offline to protest SOPA on Jan 18

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 08:10 PM »

Solidarity~!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Introductory C# web-based tutorials

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 10:11 AM »

I've added a very simple demo project demonstrating how to do C# Screen Captures.  Well-commented.  Thought it might be useful to someone.

-kyrathaba (April 16, 2011, 09:40 AM)

I liked that! Very nice! Smooth and slick!

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Living Room / Re: "Save the internet"

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 06:17 AM »

I had a laugh when a friend of mine said, "Seems like I can't buy anything online. Oh well. Pirate Bay it is!"

I'm paraphrasing, but he was referring to some TV show or movie. I forget which now.

@40 - Thanks for the OpenFilm and SnagFilms. They're looking pretty cool!

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 06:09 AM »

Hmmm... Didn't work in Opera for me. Meh.

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Renegade on January 17, 2012, 04:25 AM »

Here's a search that you will LOVE~!

Search for LOVE~!

Enjoy~!

Edit: Doesn't work... Paste this into Google then search:

sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqr(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5

Edit again:

Looks like it only works in Chrome...

Yay for web standards... 

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Living Room / Re: Who's up for a DonationCoder talk show?

« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2012, 10:54 PM »

lol...think you could convince him?  I have tried that several times, and failed

-Stephen66515 (January 16, 2012, 10:45 PM)

Hehehe - you're not the only one that's failed there~!

Here's just a quick suggestion/recommendation -- see about coming up with a loose format to work around. e.g. 2 hosts and then invite on a guest or 2 or 3. In an audio format, 3 or 4 people is about the maximum that people can keep track of. If you do video, then it's an entirely different game.

BTW (off-topic) - Ever heard of DC Talk?

http://www.dctalk.com/

They've got some cool stuff. This is one of my favourites:

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Living Room / Re: "Save the internet"

« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2012, 07:31 PM »

Hmm, just a wee bit off topic? I know my Dharma theory better than your average parrot, tho' t'is ages until I deserve to be called a student.

But how precisely do we apply the Dharma to saving the internet?

-TaoPhoenix (January 16, 2012, 06:45 PM)

Oh - I meant that simply as an alternative to mainstream media. That specific topic isn't directly related to the topic of this thread.

40hz had said, "Stop feeding the Troll!" So, that's just one way that people can still watch something (perhaps with a bit more value even) and avoid feeding the troll.

There are many more out there. I think most people would be shocked at the amount of non-mainstream media (or alternative media) out there.

So, that's just one example to help people that don't see any alternative to the mainstream.

I've posted others above as well.



Now, for your question...   

But how precisely do we apply the Dharma to saving the internet?

-TaoPhoenix (January 16, 2012, 06:45 PM)

We can't eliminate desire, but we can adjust our desires for harmony. So, instead of desiring the poisoned fruit of the mainstream, we can remove that desire, and move our desires on to things that harmonize with saving the Internet.



You see? The Buddha even has lessons for us about the Internet. Pretty good for a fellow that was around 2,500 years ago!

나무아미타블관세음보살

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Living Room / Re: "Save the internet"

« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2012, 09:52 AM »

Actually it doesn't say nothing ...
...
What it says is 'we have already made up our mind and irrespective of what the US population and the rest of the world want you can go F*** yourselves -Walllywood is more important than everyone else in the world - they say so themselves so it must be true'

-Carol Haynes (January 16, 2012, 07:34 AM)

Which is why I keep saying the only way America is going to save its entertainment industry is to stop consuming American films, TV, and music. Starving the monster to death is the only way to stop the nonsense.  So stop giving it your money - and more importantly, your attention. Walk away from it completely. Its only a matter of time before it dies and a new industry is born from the ashes. Y

But it needs to start somewhere  And you can start very simply: Stop feeding the Troll!  

-40hz (January 16, 2012, 08:46 AM)

+1

Here's something to help people get started:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1461557530

Enjoy~!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 16, 2012, 08:19 AM »

Someone posted this joke somewhere else, but I just found it on video:

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 15, 2012, 07:56 PM »

Facebook CIA Project: The Onion News Network

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Living Room / Re: Youtube Video Interstitial Ads

« Last post by Renegade on January 15, 2012, 08:33 AM »

Well, looks like things are evolving.

I noticed a little while ago that when the countdown for the ads gets to 3 or 2, your mouse cursor disappears so that you can't close the ads. You need to wiggle your mouse and find the cursor again, buying them an extra second or two.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 15, 2012, 01:19 AM »

This is a theory of nuclear war. It is real. It is not a joke. But you will laugh.



http://en.wikipedia....ion_target_selection


Nuclear Utilization Target Selection --- NUTS

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 10:46 PM »

Interesting : White House concerned over online piracy bills (AP)

-joiwind (January 14, 2012, 01:14 PM)

Can you say: 'backpedaling' and 'damage control'?

If they felt that strongly why don't they promise to veto these bills?

-40hz (January 14, 2012, 01:32 PM)

Yes, well, when I read that about the "White House concerns" it looked to me like it was a potential classic, belated and cynical "Let's at least give the impression that we are serious about this - that we really mean it."

"White House concerned over online piracy bills."  ... Yeah, right.

-IainB (January 14, 2012, 10:30 PM)

My reading of it was that it politely said, "Buzz off. We know you're pissed, but we're going to pass it anyways. Go **** yourselves."

Then again, that was what I read between the lines, and I could, just possibly, maybe, perhaps be a little, tiny bit cynical there.

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 10:17 PM »

Here's perhaps an easier way to redirect a site to a protest site. It relies on using templates/skins though (as above).

Just stick this script in your page template head:

Code: Javascript [Select]

1. <script type="text/javascript">
2.   <!--
3.     var curDate = new Date();
4.     if (curDate.getFullYear() == '2012' && curDate.getMonth() == '0' && curDate.getDate() == '18')
5.     {
6.       window.location = 'http://americancensorship.org/'; // Link to any protest site here.
7.     }
8.   //-->
9.   </script>

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 09:45 PM »

Hey, here's a super easy way to redirect:

http://jaywa.lk/stop-sopa/

Code To Make Your Website Black Against SOPA

Place this script on your Website between your two <head> </head> tags on Jan 18th. Then remove it on the 19th. It will jump your site to http://protestsopa.org/
 

Code: HTML [Select]

1. <script type=”text/javascript”>
2.  
3. window.location = ‘http://protestsopa.org/ ‘;
4.  
5. </script>

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 09:38 PM »

Maybe some heads should roll again while chanting 'Vive la revolucion!'. (in a good old fashioned French tradition...)

-Shades (January 14, 2012, 12:22 PM)

Let's hope that it doesn't come to that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Of course you know, this means WAR Gentlemen!" Microsoft makes its move.

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 09:07 PM »

...

So to loop back - yes, you can vote with your wallet.

But only up to a point where there are actual choices. Once the choices are gone (through machination or natural attrition) your only 'choice' is to buy what you really don't want - or do without completely.

And, in this new world we're building for ourselves, not owning some form of computer is rapidly becoming a non-option as well.
 

-40hz (January 14, 2012, 12:03 PM)

Dammit 40... I hate when you're right like this...

In the final analysis, if you don't like windows or how it operates.... don't buy it.

-hpearce (January 14, 2012, 10:22 AM)

It is amazing how many problems would be solved if people followed this philosophy.

-Josh (January 14, 2012, 10:42 AM)

I've been saying as much all along, but this is a VERY different beast we're now talking about.
This is hardware.

"So what? Apple's done that for years", you might say.
This is diffferent.
Apple has their own stuff, and a niche market.
This is Microsoft.
That means everything else.
Do you not get it yet?

EVERYTHING ELSE.

Please understand this, I don't want to get angry.
.. yet.

-Edvard (January 14, 2012, 03:15 PM)

Dammit... Why do you need to be right as well...


The server market will never allow this kind of hardware locking. Heck, Nginx is the #2 web server out there now. What does that say?

So, while computing options WILL remain open, I find it hard to believe that consumers would buy server hardware. It's simply too expensive for most people.

Kind of like cheap heroin.

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Of course you know, this means WAR Gentlemen!" Microsoft makes its move.

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 11:04 AM »

In the final analysis, if you don't like windows or how it operates.... don't buy it.

-hpearce (January 14, 2012, 10:22 AM)

It's not that easy... When your clients demand it, you follow. Otherwise, you and your family starve. Very simple.

In the final analysis, if you don't like windows or how it operates.... don't buy it.

-hpearce (January 14, 2012, 10:22 AM)

It is amazing how many problems would be solved if people followed this philosophy.

-Josh (January 14, 2012, 10:42 AM)

That's the thing -- we need more people to ditch it. The MS ecosystem is simply too pervasive.

I cannot ditch MS entirely. There's simply no way. I make my living on it. I'm not willing to starve my family because of "principles". My first priority is my family, and there's no way out for me with MS.

Yeah... It sucks... But until more people opt out of MS locked technologies, I'm going to be dragged along with them.

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 10:42 AM »

No, the fido.net was not a mistuk.
It exists and, if you read the background and related material, you will probably see why it's called that. It doesn't appear to be a scam riding illegitimately on Fidonet's coattails, or anything similar.

-IainB (January 14, 2012, 10:07 AM)

Sorry about that. At first glance, it looks like an expired domain that someone else bought up.

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 10:01 AM »

http://www.fido.net

-IainB (January 14, 2012, 09:13 AM)

Is it my imagination, or is this company using the name fido.net to sell services that have nothing to do with fidonet?

-wraith808 (January 14, 2012, 09:34 AM)

Check http://www.fidonet.org/

I think that was a typo.

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 09:31 AM »

@Renegade: SUPERB video clip. Quite an eye-opener. I shall be following that up too.

-IainB (January 14, 2012, 09:13 AM)

I'm glad you liked it! (Please pass it on!)


If I may, please indulge me... (still on topic)

I'd just like to take a moment to thank mouser for being so gracious and kind as to allow us the leeway to discuss some of these issues. This here isn't a "public" venue, and he's under no obligation to tolerate political discussions like these. So, while mouser may or may not agree with everything, he's been stellar in giving us a great deal of leeway when we get onto these topics.

We have been given a fantastic opportunity to communicate and share ideas on a grand scale, thanks to modern telecommunications and the Internet. I think that we all value that freedom to congregate and talk about different issues, like freedom of speech, and that it would be a great sin for us to take that for granted.

Some of my own opinions on things (not OC) are diametrically opposed to what some others here think, but I'm very glad that we have the opportunity to discuss them. The DC community is wonderfully tolerant (which is important when you're a radical freak like me ) and it's a pleasure to be involved here. (Though I am rather upset that I wasn't able to release for NANY this year... sigh...)


There's something fundamental about the Internet. Something very deep an important. It has allowed us a great degree of freedom.

Some of us have experienced censorship from the state. Some of us haven't. I hope that in the future, none of us ever will again.


For the 18th, here's a quick hack that anyone can do for a web site:

1) Create a new web site and domain/subdomain.
2) Put your anti-SOPA notice there.
3) In your web site administration interface for the web server (not the web pages), redirect the site/domain to your anti-SOPA site.

This is overkill for most people, but for anyone that runs more than 1 or 2 sites, this is a very fast and cheap way to get your anti-SOPA message out there.

4) When you're ready, simply remove the redirection to your anti-SOPA site.


I'd say something cool like "semper fi" at this point, but that's kind of been tarnished as of late.

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Living Room / Re: Sorry, This Post Has Been Censored

« Last post by Renegade on January 14, 2012, 08:18 AM »

Regarding Fidonet (and after watching the documentary), while it may seem irrelevant in many ways now (though it still has an active user base), it or something like it may be required to communicate in the future as free speech is under attack world-wide.

A "darknet" that is shielded from the prying eyes of government will emerge in one form or another. Now, we have TOR and a few others, and we'll see how that goes. Will they survive? Not sure. I have a few ideas, but it's all just speculation on my part.

Let's hope and pray that we pull through these dark times. I see a light in the political darkness that may well be the answer, but only time will tell.

Politically charged "light in the darkness"

Ron Paul.

I just saw an inspiring video that I think I really should share here as it is on topic:

One of the council members leaves in disgust and says she'll meet him outside -- listen/watch for that near the end.

That guy there -- he's a hero.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Renegade on January 12, 2012, 08:11 PM »

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this advice from Scott Meyer on purchasing a mobile handset

funny as I found the the comic, it was the comments that cracked me up...

-Target (January 12, 2012, 06:57 PM)

The iPhone: the smartphone for dumb people.

Hahaha~!

I wish that phones came as bare metal and you could just put an OS on them. At the moment, I'm thinking it's kind of sucky that we have a choice between 2 (or 3) walled gardens/prisons.

I also wish that we could buy phone numbers anonymously. It's a flat out privacy invasion to force... oops... this is a joke thread.

Yeah -- the comic was entertaining.