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Re: /. Oddities

Nova20 — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:40:40 -0000

I noticed that yesterday and I was fairly impressed. My reply to that post only got modded to 3 (100% Insightful :-), but I guess we can't all get the high scores you do.

Re: A Mandatory Firefox Extension

Nova20 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:55:29 -0000

Just thought I'd leave a few comments:

1) You'd be suprised how much time you waste either going to the Edit menu or right-clicking for a contextual menu. Even hitting ctrl-c wastes some time because most people do it in such a way that it takes your hands away from the home keys. Auto-copy saves you from taking that step.

2) Here are a few other FF Extensions that I think every geek needs:
User Agent Switcher -- Useful for those IE or Netslave specific sites. It's also possible to use the UAS with a few other FF extensions so you can use it with windowsupdate -- though it requires installing Active X, which is kinda anti-firefox.
Tabbrowser Preferences -- allows you to use tabs more efficiently... also allows you to bind middle mouse click to load a url from the clipboard (in a new tab if you so desire).

3) I just want to say (for all you linux geeks that are forced to use windows for some reason or other) that auto-copy brings us a little closer to home. I know several times when I'm using windows I paste the wrong thing because I've forgotten to copy it from the source. I really think there should be a "clipboard options" control panel or something in windows so it can be customized.

Anyway, that's just my $0.02

Re: Raped By Portage

Nova20 — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:27:24 -0000

/me looks up the man page for emerge

Ouch! Bet that took a while :-) I think I'll stick to my binary updates: `apt-get update; apt-get upgrade`

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Nova20 — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:30:44 -0000

You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe...

Let's just call the whole thing off.

Re: Questionable Media Perspective

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:21:32 -0000

I think I've found the media spin you're looking for...

The study in the linked article talks about factors for a certain age group -- adolescents and teens. It doesn't say that the crime, poverty, etc is going down as a whole, just within this age group.

I think maybe in the bigger picture, the world is still going to hell in a handbasket, it's just that the offenders and victims are older.

OR

Maybe as a new generation rises to adulthood, they are recognizing the errors of their ways and raising their children differently.

OR

Maybe our generation is starting to grow up, out of the somewhat sheltered environment of College dorm life and into "real life", and we see the world as a more violent place -- hence the general opinion we have that crime and poverty are on the rise.

Hell, I don't know. It's just my $0.02.

Re: Jousting From Unicycles - Addressing Design Rather Than Adding Armor

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:58:04 -0000

Has anyone looked at the architecture for the IA64 (Intel's 64-bit chip)? It actually has hardware checks in place to prevent certain basic attacks (like buffer overflow). I've forgotten most of the details, but it's really interesting -- worth some research!

Re: The Hacker Glider

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:28:31 -0000

Is it bad that I sat here and figured out the itterations of the glider by hand until I got back to the original patern?

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 01:20:02 -0000

Though I do understand the struggle, I must say that I'm ready to grow up.

I've had enough friggin' *school*... I want to get on to learning practical stuff. I wanna have my own house with an address that doesn't say "Apt x-42" or some such at the end. I don't want to be able to go home at the end of the day and not have to worry about homework. I don't want to take out the trash every three days because my roomates drink enough beer to make 12 elephants puke.

Yeah, yeah... so most of this deals with school, but for cryin' out loud, it's about time.

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:34:26 -0000

Well, I guess my frustration comes more from trying to do school *and* work at the same time. If I could just concentrate on one of them (and still make enough money to live off of), I'd be fine. It would also be nice to have my own place again, instead of sharing an apartment with 2 other guys.

Re: Tool : Antiword

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:03:00 -0000

...and all this time I've been using lpr and ps2pdf to create pdfs.

Re: A Popcorn Mystery — Solved

Nova20 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:07:30 -0000

That's like the Seinfeld bit about seedless watermelons: "Yeah, cancer's bad and all but this <spit out="out" watermelon="watermelon" seed="seed"> has to stop."</spit>

Re: Firefox: Greasemonkey

Nova20 — Thu, 19 May 2005 09:58:45 -0000

If you like this one, Aardvark is right up your alley.

Re: The Gods Favor Me

Nova20 — Thu, 19 May 2005 22:03:26 -0000

So what's the upstream on this godlike connection?

Re: Podcasting Support Coming To iTunes

Nova20 — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:47:45 -0000

I think what Daniel means to say is that he doesn't have to worry about a 3rd party application to handle podcasting, allowing him to do one synch instead of synching with itunes and then switching to another app to upload podcasts

Re: Government: Getting Involved

Nova20 — Tue, 31 May 2005 12:29:47 -0000

Here's my take on it...

You wouldn't let someone on your server without a username/password or key, would you? It allows them power to play around with your stuff, and you'd like to know who's playing with your stuff.

Same thing with a country. If someone's going to your country and take advantage of all it has to offer, you'd like to keep tabs on it.

I don't know... just my $0.02

Re: Google: The App I Wish They Had

Nova20 — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:52:33 -0000

Alas... if they let you have that, then gmail wouldn't be special, would it?

Re: Interesting Del.icio.us Banners

Nova20 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:01:22 -0000

yeah, all the cool linux distros are based on the best distro ever -- Debian.

Re: Microsoft Not So Subtle

Nova20 — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:32:20 -0000

The black fedora (especially that design) has long been a symbol of treachery and bad stuff. You'll notice the guy on the neighborhood watch signs is always wearing a fedora just like the one in this sign.

Re: Bands: Radiohead

Nova20 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:44:06 -0000

Radiohead not in the iTunes music store? HERESY! BLASPHEMY!

/me quietly boycots iTunes music store

Re: Firefox: Super DragAndGo Extension

Nova20 — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:25:02 -0000

Service not available (503)

If you're waiting on me, you'll be waiting a long time.

Re: The Adaptability of Iraqi Insurgents

Nova20 — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:15:20 -0000

I have a better idea to fix the second radio signal trigger (signal break -> boom). You could cause premature detonation by walking around with a radio jammer.

Re: Broadband In The Bay Area

Nova20 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:15:01 -0000

Looking at moving, Dan?

Re: We’re Doomed

Nova20 — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:31:14 -0000

Well Dan, you have to realize that the average American isn't geeky, or even intellectual. Though a small percentage of us actually like to stimulate our brains and gather knowledge, stereotypes (for some large portion) hold true. Perhaps you haven't seen it because you've taken shelter with people you know to be like you, or perhaps I've only seen it because my parents both taught public school.

It's the reason our education system sucks (compared to the rest of the world) and our teachers are underpaid and underappreciated. It's also why so many jobs are being oursourced to other countries.

On the upside, people like us are not desireable to most defense attorneys, so you probably won't get jury duty.

Re: MySQL Taking A Bad Turn?

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:01:25 -0000

So does the product quality suck now?

Sometimes if a product is good, you may have to bend your way of thinking. The "That's Micro$loth/SCO/Hewlett Packard! IT SUCKS!" way of thinking is going out of style.

I've always been a fan of GNU/Linux, but I use Microsoft products all the time (Windows XP/200 at work and home, MS .NET for coding projects, MS Outlook for email at work) for one of two reasons: 1) it's the best product for the job, or 2) it's a professional tool we use in my department/place of work.

While unstable or horribly designed products should be avoided at all possible costs, we should learn to look at software for what it is, not what it stands for. A true geek wouldn't use a magnet on his hard drive because he didn't personally write a text editor or IDE.

Re: F*%#ing Cingular

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:03:14 -0000

I thought you were with Verizon. Why'd you switch?

Just couldn't go without the new Razor?

Re: A New Domain — Possibly

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:45:56 -0000

here's my suggestion:

Keep the old domain and put your blog on it

Get the new domain and put studies/howtos/etc on it.

Re: Cingular Breaks Up The Monotany

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:22:43 -0000

Yeah, that was my experience when I was on Cingular... then I switched to Verizon.

Though I must say the ads for Verizon are misleading. The only time I say "Can you hear me now?" is when I'm talking to someone with a different carrier.

Re: Introducing Nerdcore

Nova20 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:42:49 -0000

I'm not sure it fits in the same genre, but if you like ytcracker, you'd probably enjoy MC Lars (aka Lars Horris), who calls his genre "Laptop Rap". There's only two tracks on his website, but you can get most of his cds on Amazon (one under "MC Lars", others uner "MC Lars Horris").

Re: Ignorance

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:17:50 -0000

Everybody knows Indians are Christian, not Jewish.

Re: Credik

Nova20 — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:29:18 -0000

So long as you don't sign "NOT AUTHORIZED" when attempting to buy 3 high-end HDTVs, everything should be fine: The Credit Card Prank II

Re: XM Radio and Commercials

Nova20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:48:38 -0000

Strange... I thought one of the perks of Satellite radio was commercial-free channels

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Nova20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:20:12 -0000

Lots of people are behind bars because they did something stupid.

Honestly I think stupity is no less evil than immorality or malice.

Re: What Does Your Toilet Paper Roll Say About You?

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:13:41 -0000

I don't think you're reading any more into it than anyone else does at some point in their life.

I personally prefer the hangy-downy bit to be in the front (It's easier to get to that way), and I freak out when it's the other way -- and usually change it.

Having lived with Brad for 2 years, I had to change it around quite a bit, but now that I have my own house I get to hang the toilet paper however the hell I want and no one can screw with it.

YOU HEAR ME OUT THERE, FREAKS?? DON'T MESS WITH MY TOILET PAPER ROLL!!

Re: I Love Indian People

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:15:46 -0000

Indians don't bother me. It's those damned Chinese!

I kid! I kid!

Re: Managing My Book Collection

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:53:46 -0000

If you hadn't sworn off Windows, I'd say you could easily create a web form to do a book search, add books, etc. in your database using Visual Studio.NET

But I'm sure it's not too hard to make something like that using php and mysql (or the database of your choice).

Re: Internet Explorer 7 Security

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:35:56 -0000

I guess the argument (for changing security layers instead of upgrading the buggy or insecure features)is that the more shady sites will bork because they use SSL1.0 or 2.0... but like the article says, it's easy to add in SSL3.0 or TLS

Re: Birthdays

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:35:11 -0000

Dude, Data from Star Trek: TNG is exactly 31 years older than me. There's also some weird Holidays and Observances on my birthday.

Re: Netiquette: Top Posting

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:41:46 -0000

The sad thing is that lots of email clients and web interfaces (Outlook, gmail -- yes, gmail) make top-posting the default and offer no way of changing it. There's a program for outlook called "Quotefix", but the only thing for gmail is to cut/paste your sig (if you have one) to the bottom and move the cursor before you start typing.

Another thing about email clients these days is the prevalence of rich text or html email... now, I understand the wish to have your font change color or have a few simple modifications, but an email message should *not* be a friggin' web page.

Re: Why I’m Not Touching MSH (Monad)

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:48:07 -0000

Ugh. I personally think this is a case of Microsoft trying to play catch-up to the competition (like IE finally getting pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing). Unix and Linux have been using command-line shells for a *long* time and the programmers working on them have gotten rather good at it. Maybe M$ will add some small insight to the game, but I feel confident that the shell you use will eventually find some way to pick up the new feature(s).

Re: Video: Starts Out Lame, Grows On You

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:53:46 -0000

I think it would have added so much if the guy behind them playing Quake (or whatever) would have joined in at some point.

Re: Video: Starts Out Lame, Grows On You

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:59:08 -0000

...and while we're on the subject of funny videos, check out this experimental video from Blue Man Group (yes, the same ones from the intel commercial).

Incidentally, Blue Man Group makes some pretty awesome music. I recommend both of their albums, Audio and The Complex.

Re: Ubuntu 5.10

Nova20 — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:27:41 -0000

The only thing I don't like about Ubuntu is the lack of a root account... or rather a locked out root account. In any event, I *hate* using sudo.

Re: The United States is Falling

Nova20 — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:41:30 -0000

37,000,000 out of 295,734,134 = 12.5%
But you have to wonder what "poverty" means. Here's a chart to figure that out: 2004 Federal Poverty Guidelines. A family unit of 1 is in "poverty" at $9,309 per year. That means that until Feburary of this year, I was "in poverty". Even if you live in poverty, you can:
1) own a small house (or rent)
2) own a fairly cheap (or old) car
3) still have a low-paying job (minimum wage, almost 35 hrs/week)
4) take welfare, food staps, medicare/caid to pay for essential services (which doesn't add to your income)
I'm not saying it's a glorious lifestyle, but most people "in poverty" in the US still have food, shelter, and transportation of some sort.

1.5 million out of 4 million = 37.5%
Even worse to think that of the 2.5 million that are married under wedlock, about 50% of them will have to live through their parents' divorce.

Population Ratio, China:US = 1,306,313,812:295,734,134 or ~ 4.4:1
Thus, nine times as many engineers isn't *quite* as bad as you would think. They're popping out roughly 2 engineers/populace to our 1/populace... Still not good, but not as bad as you make it sound.

Basically, it's true the state of America isn't as good as it should be, but it's the diversity that makes us so great. We started out as tired, poor, huddled masses, and now, even though we still have quite a few huddled masses, we're considered one of the most powerful nations in the world.

Re: The DMIESSLER.COM Book List

Nova20 — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:11:52 -0000

I'd join the book club, but I'm horrible about reading books. I've had an O'Reilly book on PHP and MySQL on my nightstand for months now... and I'm currently 200 pages into the latest Harry Potter book (yes, I'm late on it, but whatever -- I'm not as much of a Harry Potter freak as Jason Powell).

Re: My God

Nova20 — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:29:39 -0000

Yeah, vmware is pretty cool... I used to use it a lot when I was at Georgia Tech and I used a linux desktop. I could never get it the virtual windows desktop to recognize my video card properly so I could play 3D games, so i eventually dropped it. Maybe that was because I never actually *bought* it, I just kept renewing the evaluation.

Re: New Movie: Firewall

Nova20 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:58:43 -0000

"We're sorry, this feature requires the Mozilla ActiveX plugin. Click Here to install." Gotta love the IEview extension.

In any event, it looks like a cool movie (it stars Harrison Ford so it can't be too bad), though I'm not sure how accurate it will be on the security end.

Re: Goodbye, Mr. Miagi

Nova20 — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:42:48 -0000

I heard this on the radio and I was crushed. I feel your pain. I remember watching re-runs of Happy Days with him in it (after I had seen Karate Kid) and thinking "what is Mr. Miagi doing behind the counter?

Re: Leave Your Change

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:37:02 -0000

Now hold on just a minute.

It's true that when I find change in the bin i think to myself "the idiot before me left his change", but I also think "well, their loss, my gain!" and pocket the money.

Re: My First Personalized License Plate

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:25:07 -0000

Smart people that aren't computer geeks will see it and go "That guy must be obsessed with penguins."

but I see what you mean about most people being bewildered. However, I think in February I'm going to get a DEBIAN vanity plate. You've inspired me.

Re: Back to Firefox?

Nova20 — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:50:44 -0000

Well, on the windows front at least, FF 1.5 is shaping up really well. There's one feature that made the transition from 1.0 to 1.5rc all worthwhile.

The ability to move tabs. That's right. It seems intuitive that once you have tabs you should be able to move them around and re-order them, but until 1.5, you had to find a special extension to do it for you.

Until 1.0 came out, there was a *great* extension to do it, but afterwards, you had to use an extension that did it but had "extra features" that tried to replace another extension (Tabbrowsing preferences), and did a rather crappy job of it.

It seems like a simple pleasure, but I'm glad it's been incorporated into the main FF build. Maybe my other favorite extensions will be incorporated in time as well!

Re: Blog Upgrade and Happy New Year

Nova20 — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:37:42 -0000

Now if only there were a way we could preview comments before they're published, that would be awesome.

Re: It’s Official: The New Logo Sucks

Nova20 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:37:12 -0000

Daniel, I think it's rather pointless of you to link your own name (in comments) to the site which the comment is posted on. Just thought I'd let you know.

Yes, I'm well aware of the fact that my comment has nothing to do with the logo.

Re: New Site Logo III

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:13:51 -0000

me gusta mucho.

Re: If You Could Only Have 3 Feeds…

Nova20 — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:36:17 -0000

my 3 rss feeds of choice:
1) dmiessler.com
2) slashdot
3)

Re: What RTFM Isn’t

Nova20 — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:39:09 -0000

Oh man, I just laughed so hard.

I'm suprised my co-workers didn't come over and make sure I wasn't strangling a clown.

Re: Are You a Bear or an Eagle?

Nova20 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:06:18 -0000

I think I'm more of an eagle hatchling... I see the sky, and I see everyone else flying around, and I know someday I'll be flying with them, but for now I'm still learning.

Re: Windows Will Run On New Macs

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:36:53 -0000

Actually, I've heard some weird stuff about the new intel macs and windows compatability (both articles from yesterday's slashdot).

One side says it won't work
The other says it might

Re: The New Layout

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:30:47 -0000

i like how the new layout renders a little better -- on this page, the word "about" in the links under the first line is cut off... in the new layout, it's flush with the end of the line. However, everything is shifted to the right a bit on the new layout.

Re: The New Layout

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:34:08 -0000

also, the new logo looks like crap in IE... transparency fucks up or something and it looks like it has a bluish background.

yeah, you probably don't care, I was just looking at it the new layout in IE and happened to notice it.

Re: Incredible Russian Street Acrobat

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:16:17 -0000

Dude, this guy's better than the Prince of Persia.

Re: Site Update

Nova20 — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:53:06 -0000

ah yes. I like it... now I can see all 6 links at the top without scrolling to the right. I like the 800px wide thing, too -- It just seems like the right size.

Good job!

Re: Of Coffee and Ice Cream

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:18:41 -0000

I think there's a definite possibility for the inverse to happen -- pleasant smells make you enjoy work more.

But then, I guess you're right -- it could work out like Beethoven's 5th in "A Clockwork Orange".

Re: Myspace = Viral

Nova20 — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:39:12 -0000

I got into the whole livejournal thing 'cause it's the blog of choice for an online community I'm in

But I refuse to join myspace and the like just because my RL friends are using it. If you want to contact me, call me or come by for a visit. Seriously.

Re: MacBookPro Disappointment

Nova20 — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:26:31 -0000

you could always put it on top of an ice pack (and a towel so things don't get wet).

oooo... Do Macs make you wet too, anonymous?

Re: Giving Windows Mobile 5.0 A Try

Nova20 — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:31:46 -0000

Why would anyone worship “satin”?

You mean like that scene from "Stay Tuned" (John ritter? 1992? C'mon, you guys know what I'm talking about)

Re: Mitch Hedberg

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:33:24 -0000

One time I drove 10 miles in a car with the emergency brake on. I know that this does not say much for me as a driver, but it also does not say much for the emergency brake. That is not an emergency brake, it is an emergency "make the car smell funny" handle.

R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg. He is missed indeed.

Re: It’s Called A “Mobile” Phone

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:04:03 -0000

Bah. I'm going with the ideology behind one of Jason's recent blog posts. A quote:

"I don't necessarily think it'd be a great idea to expose all the 'guts' of these things, but I think the mechanics of how something is achieved can be aesthetically appealing."

I think the term "cell" somewhat exposes the mechanics behind how the device works.

Maybe I'm stretching a bit, but I still think the term "cell" is cooler (despite the fact that supermodels don't think so). I've always called it a cell phone, and it trips me up to no end that the voice recognition software on my phone uses "mobile" and not "cell".

Just my $0.02

Re: It’s Called A “Mobile” Phone

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:05:09 -0000

Also, I'm with Dennis. If the French do it, I'm against it.

Re: Filtering Non-Gmail Email With Gmail

Nova20 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:21:02 -0000

There's a better way to do what you're thinking. If I were following the instructions on the link, I'd probably tweak the gmail filter so it would only forward mail sent "To: user@domain.com", give it a tag, and archive it.

In fact, there are several ways without being a mail server admin. You could set it up so gmail takes email for user@domain and forwards it to user+key@domain... and use two .forwards (regular ".forward" and a ".forward+key"), though I'm not sure about the precidence of the + operator and .forward files. I've seen people do something like that with spamassassin before.

You could also make procmail add a new header the first time it comes through, and if it's got the header it goes to your mailbox. Procmail is a wonderful thing. Hugely versitile.

There are several other ways of doing it, I'm sure. Geeks are generally good about sharing their ideas.

Re: Google Calendar Just Launched

Nova20 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:21:30 -0000

I'm waiting for a tool that will let me synch my (nonexistant) PDA with gmail and google calendar.

Re: Trying The K2 Theme

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:54:52 -0000

Holy cow, dude... this is way too... I dunno, childish or something. I say go back to the custom theme.

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:02:58 -0000

Your geek points just went down, dude. As much as you know about firefox, you're just now finding out about using / to search?

Well, I should point out that if you're looking at the source for a page through firefox, you can also use the / to search (same deal).

It can, however, be annoying because I often work on web pages using a text editor that doesn't have the / search functionality (when I'm forced to work within windows and not a unix terminal)... so I often accidentally type "/mysearch" into a file somewhere before I realize what I'm doing.

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:47:41 -0000

bah. blogging is a fad. I'm still waiting for a cybernetic chip that I can put in my brain to host a web page with all my thoughts.

Oh man, I'd have to have severe encryption for some parts of my brain... and then some sort of adult content warning on other parts. I am, after all, a guy.

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:14:18 -0000

The telephone is being replaced by cell phones... and talking on the cell phone is slowly being replaced by txt/pic/video messaging.

Of course that'll all be outdated when those cybernetic brain chips i've been waiting on comes out.

And yes, Bogging is a fad. Who wants to get their car all dirty anyway?

Re: Windows Vista Will Make People Buy OS X

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:35:54 -0000

Tyler -- Isn't the intel Duo an x86 architecture?

Anyway, from what I've heard about Vista, it looks like it's going to be another Windows ME (The middle part of Windows CE-ME-NT).

However, I think a lot of businesses will hold off on switching away from Windows in hopes that it will eventually get better. GSW, for instance, has several applications and web pages (ASP .NET, w00!) that will only run on Windoze.

I think it will keep people from buying the new product, but people are so rooted in their Microsoft ways that it's nearly impossible to switch.

Also, I just want to say again that I *much* prefered the old theme. This one is just so... cookie-cutter.

Re: What RSS Feeds Do You Subscribe To?

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:25:14 -0000

uh... I think this one is useful (and entertaining at times)

http://dmiessler.com/wp-rss2.php

Re: My Time In Windows These Days

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:22:30 -0000

wait, wait... I thought you said screw windows several years ago and started using OS X as your main computing environment. What's up?

Re: What RSS Feeds Do You Subscribe To?

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:26:40 -0000

Also, if you're looking for podcasts, you might want to check out the new podcasting server at GCSU. There's nothing there now, but several institutions (Georgia Tech among them) have signed up for server space... so I'm sure there'll be some interesting stuff there for public consumption at some point.

Re: Outsourcing And The Future Of I.T.

Nova20 — Mon, 01 May 2006 10:30:06 -0000

Just wanted to say it's nice to see the old Daniel Miessler theme up that I've come to love.

But my reason for this post is to commend you on your use of the word "hacking". A lot of people think of hacking as a negative thing, when the true spirit of the word is quite positive.

Re: The New Tool CD

Nova20 — Tue, 02 May 2006 14:19:37 -0000

I ordered mine from Amazon about two weeks ago, but I ordered a few other things with it so I could get super saver shipping.

Big mistake. They were all grouped into one big package, which won't *ship* until May 22nd.

You think I'd learn. I don't think I've ever ordered something from amazon and received it within 2 weeks. Ever.

Re: Outsourcing And The Future Of I.T.

Nova20 — Tue, 02 May 2006 22:40:11 -0000

hmmm... don't know what I was talking about in that last comment. Here at home, it shows the new theme. Guess my browser at work has a cached .css or something.

Re: White House Flu FUD

Nova20 — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:55:03 -0000

OH GOD, GET OUT PLASTIC SHEETS AND DUCT TAPE, WE GOTTA SEAL THE HOUSE!

Re: The Painfully Slow iTunes Music Store

Nova20 — Tue, 09 May 2006 08:05:15 -0000

I find that iTunes is way more resource hungry than it should be (at least on Windows). I got an iPod at work (iPods for education initiative thing). My computer here is a 1.8 Ghz machine with half a gig of RAM -- yet when I start up iTunes, it grinds to a halt for about 30 seconds. When I plug in my iPod, it takes a good 2 minutes of grinding and non-activity until the iPod is accessible through iTunes. At home it's a little better (I've got a 2.8 Ghz machine with about half a gig of RAM there), but there's still a good 30 second delay between the time I plug in my iPod and the time I can actually update it.

Re: What Mail Server Do The Big Universities Use?

Nova20 — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:59:44 -0000

I noticed that very few on that list were schools in Georgia, but here's my $0.02 as an insider:

It's all a matter of support. USG's OIIT (where a lot of Georgia Institutions go for tech help when they need it) officially supports sendmail, so a lot of institutions in Georgia use sendmail.

That's also the reason we have no linux servers on campus... and one reason (but not the only one) that I don't like my windows servers on campus. OIIT doesn't have official support for Windows or linux servers (though I've heard they would rather support linux machines).

Re: Affect vs. Effect

Nova20 — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:50:44 -0000

I hate it when someone says something like "I don't want this to have a bad affect".

Affect is not a noun, you idiot!

Re: Confirmed: The Digg-Effect Will Own You

Nova20 — Sat, 13 May 2006 18:14:48 -0000

I was wondering why I couldn't reach your blog the other day.

Seems like it's almost as bad as the slashdot effect, eh?

Re: San Jose Hockey Fans Boo Canadian National Anthem

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:12:03 -0000

Antagonizing someone's team or school is one thing... but debasing national pride is another entirely.

The whole "To Hell with Georgia" thing is actually a traditional taunt that Tech has used for years -- In the student center, there's a picture of a bulldog wearing a t-shirt that has the phrase inscribed in traditional GT colors (black on yellow). Perhaps it's a little harsh, but it's not destroying property, and it's not insulting an entire country.

I don't think it's right to write off some things as "school spirit" or "team pride" when there's more at stake than the pride of the opposing team. I think sometimes sports fans go too far (like booing the opposition's national anthem) and write it off as "spirit".

Re: Affect vs. Effect

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:15:42 -0000

Perhaps, but the better word (at least in the specified case) is "effect". The use of "affect" in this way is considered (at the very least) archaic.

Re: San Jose Hockey Fans Boo Canadian National Anthem

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 17:52:17 -0000

I think blogging reflects the hacker mentality -- that information should be freely shared.

Also, it takes work to write a blog (as an author) or filter out the blogs that are worth reading (as a reader). People of higher intelligence are more willing to do that work in order to acquire knowledge.

Furthermore, I salute your willingness to start an intellectual "argument" of sorts. It's mentally stimulating to view other sides of an argument, perhaps admit you're wrong (or prove that you're right), and learn someone else's point of view.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really think we've gone off-topic. Most of daniel's posts are meant to spur intellectual debate among the readers (and the author, of course).

Re: The Nastiest Thing In The World

Nova20 — Tue, 30 May 2006 08:42:34 -0000

If you drink whole milk, it's not that bad. If you don't drink it fast enough to keep the ice from melting, you can just stir it a little and it's like you have skim milk. No biggie.

Re: The Nastiest Thing In The World

Nova20 — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:01:36 -0000

dude, heraclyde... chill.

Re: Bay Area Geeks + Fight Club

Nova20 — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:27:10 -0000

No watching!

"If this is your first time at fight club... you have to fight!"

Re: Ubuntu

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:41:22 -0000

The only problem I have with ubuntu is old software. When I upgraded to DD a few weeks ago, I noticed that firefox was still version 1.3

That's a far sight better than 1.0 that Breezy Badger used, but it's still not the latest version with the coolest toys. Yes, I realize that it's ubuntu going through its rigorous tests and patches before it allows software to pass to the user, but I wish there was a "bleeding edge" distro out there for us hardcore geeks.

Re: The Onion

Nova20 — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:42:57 -0000

The story is meant to be a joke, but it reflects a real problem in Nigeria. My dad once told me something that I believe to be true:

"Poverty starts with the ignorance of the fact that sex leads to babies."

Poverty levels in Nigeria are horrid... so what do the people do to make themselves feel better? They have lots of sex, which leads to more babies, which leads to more poverty, and the cycle starts over again.

Perhaps another sad fact is that so many of these children are born with HIV or some other equally nasty disease.

Personally, I think the world would be better off if we sterilized half the population... but then we're jumping onto a slippery slope that could lead to another Holocaust.

Re: Adobe Reader Updates, Evil — Same Thing

Nova20 — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:54:55 -0000

Sounds like windows update, but with less rebooting.

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Nova20 — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:37:25 -0000

I personally think Hooters should be able to take out an ad for "attractive, large-chested women" without any threat of legality. Political correctness often gets in the way of production. I guess it goes along with my Darwinistic thinking. If a person isn't right for a job, he should not get that job.

Re: Why You Shouldn’t Trust The Drug Industry

Nova20 — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:15:51 -0000

I was on paxil for about 2 months once and it had pretty much the same effect... though I guess I wasn't quite as aware of it as this guy was. Perhaps the drug is only meant to be taken for a short period of time so the patient learns to be sociable on his own instead of trying to cover up his anxiety.

Re: New York, Pizza

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:46:36 -0000

I've only had "new york style" pizza once... in Atlanta. Sadly, I've been to New York city and upstate NY, but never midstate. Perhaps someday I shall make the journey, if nothing else, then for the pizza.

Re: The New Home Defense Weapon of Choice

Nova20 — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:17:10 -0000

I must point out that a fully automatic shotgun is *highly* illegal (military use only). It's more likely that this guy just has a very quick trigger finger.

Personally, I'm more impressed with the shooter than the gun. It's not easy shooting ten moving targets before they hit the ground -- in ten shots, no less -- even with a shotgun.

Re: Snakes on a Plane

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:42:35 -0000

dude, Snakes on a Plane has been a cult classic for a year now. People heard that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be in a movie with such a title and instantly found humor in it.

Re: Eye Phucking Toons: A DRM Story

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:19:50 -0000

Given the nature of this post, I thought you might enjoy this bedtime story about a pig and a box.

Re: American Ignorance

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:40:16 -0000

You mean India isn't in the Middle East?

Re: This Is My Ümlaut Page

Nova20 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:04:33 -0000

I find it easier to ignore the two dots. However, if you're using the whole alt+deccode format, ü is alt+129, not alt+151

My findings have been verified by asciitable.com that the dec code for ü is indeed 129. 151 is ù.

Re: My Gaming Idea

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:02:30 -0000

I think there's one other problem with this storyline. What's the point of buying that new flashy sports car if everyone else will see it as the generic sedan? What's the point of buying nicer, more colorful clothes if other people don't notice it?

Re: Chick-Fil-A

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:16:50 -0000

They actually have. The problem is that nobody wants to hear why they're so successful. Chic-Fil-A is a Christian organization, and it is run based on religious principles (closed on sunday, for instance).

Now, I'm not saying they're successful because God has blessed them or something, I just think Christianity provides a good moral compass -- Love thy neighbor, etc. Our nation was (unofficially) founded on religious beliefs, which I beleive is why our nation was so great so long ago, and why it has gone downhill.

So many other businesses are founded on the question "How can we get more money?" while Chik-Fil-A is based on the question "How can we become a better witness for Christ?". A business changes drastically when it's main goal isn't money.

Re: Pet Peeve: Follow Along, Class

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:56:36 -0000

In my experience, the workbook they give you is for taking notes and using as a reference to take home. Perhaps the instructor (as Steve said above) just needs to take a chill pill.

Re: WonderfulBuys Spam

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:01:35 -0000

...and for readers who use procmail:

#Wonderful Spam
:0
* ^From.*Wonderful\.Buys\.com
/dev/null

Should fix it right up.

Re: WonderfulBuys Spam

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:47:22 -0000

perhaps I'm not harsh enough on this horrid spam. you shouldn't throw it directly away, you should save it in a spam folder...

#Wonderful spam
:0
* ^From.*Wonderful\.Buys\.com
mail/Junk

...so you can feed it to spamassassin:

$ sa-learn --spam ~/mail/Junk

Re: Why Does Yahoo’s Search Interface Look Exactly Like Google’s?

Nova20 — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:11:24 -0000

There's a new search engine called Yahoo. You can find it by searching for "yahoo" on google.

Re: Dear Apple, Please Fix Finder

Nova20 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:25:26 -0000

The problems you point out in this post have been behaviors of the Mac since (at least) the apple my parents got back in '95 -- a PowerMac with 80 Mhz PowerPC Processor, 4 MB RAM, and OS 7.5.1

Re: A Video About Atheists

Nova20 — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:22:28 -0000

No fool believes in God (from the Bible).
Atheists do not believe in any god (including the Christian God).
Therefore, all atheists are fools.

The logic in this series of statements is wrong. It's akin to saying:

No cat can speak.
Dogs cannot speak.
Therefore, all dogs are cats.

Just wanted to point that out... though the rest of the video was quite interesting.

Re: Gentoo vs. Debian

Nova20 — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:07:52 -0000

I wouldn't feel bad about switching loyalties. I started out with mandrake linux (which is a good "starter linux" I guess), and defended it's name when people would bash it. However, I soon found out why people bash it, and (after adopting Debian) became a Mandrake basher myself. Now (after a year or two reprieve), I've adopted (Debian-based) Ubuntu as my linux of choice.

Here's my reviews:

Mandrake pros (at the time, ~1999-2000):
1) One click install. Literally. Boot the cd and the GUI install prompts you for a "beginner" or "expert" install. Click beginner and walk away... A little while later it's asking you for a root password, user account info, and a reboot.
2) Very little configuration to deal with. Most things "just work" right out of the box (but be careful modifying anything).

Mandrake cons:
1) One click install or *complete* interaction. True, the beginner install is a one-click thing, but it installs a lot of crap you don't want. The expert install allows you to customize, but it asks you about *everything*. If I want to have a minimalist install but don't know how to configure something, you're just screwed.
2) Things break over time. OOTB it runs well, but it's rather tweak-proof. Mess up one thing and you've got a dead distro.

Debian pros (at the time ~2000-2004):
(see Daniel's post)

Debian cons:
1) Install sux. Try finding an unstable distro install cd that isn't custom tailored to someone else's needs (and thus is missing some driver you inevetably need).
2) Old software or broken packages. There are three distros at any given time - "stable", "testing", and "unstable". Stable has archaic software (but the packages won't bork), Unstable has new software (but packages often bork). Testing is somewhat of a middle ground, but sometimes it seems that it has all the problems of both distros and none of the benefits.

Ubuntu pros:
1) Power of Debian's apt package manager.
2) Ease of use -- most things "just work"
3) Synaptic PM. It's a GUI front-end for apt (and it's probably been around since before Ubuntu), and it's awesome.

Ubuntu Cons:
1) Installer. Don't get me wrong -- It's good, but it's missing one key element. It installs it's own set of packages and doesn't really care what you want.
2) Ubutu comes in 3 flavors: Ubuntu (Gnome Desktop) Kubuntu (KDE desktop) and Xubuntu (xfe desktop). Fairly nice, but they're on 3 different install disks.
3) Some features are hidden (at least on the GUI) to "improve user friendliness" -- which is a minor annoyance to those of us who wish to embrace these nice gui components that write .conf files for you.

Re: I Got A Pistol

Nova20 — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:36:27 -0000

I find that the shooting range is much more stress releaving... though I'd suggest you find a club with an outdoor range.

Glock's a great brand -- very reliable handgun. Right now I don't own anything but 22s and shotguns (though at some point I stand to inherit my dad's $30,000 collection).

Re: HTML: The Spoiler “Tag”

Nova20 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:52:31 -0000

I don't think it would be easier to write black text on a black background since that's what IE does anyway -- allowing the user to highlight the block to see the text. True, not as snazzy as in FF, but it gets the job done.

Re: Google Analytics: Geo Traffic Map

Nova20 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:24:52 -0000

Wow... lots of people in AZ there. HI FOLKS IN ARIZONA!

Re: Finishing My Degree

Nova20 — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:21:01 -0000

I've had a professional IT job for almost 3 years now... and I won't graduate until this December.

Though I must say that if you do plan on finishing your degree you should get one in a field you know. Either IT or ISS -- don't just get a degree because you're have more classes toward that degree than any other. I'd also shy away from UoP and the like. Those schools always seemed shady to me. Then again, I'm not an employer so I guess I have little room to talk.

Re: Geek-Girl Panties

Nova20 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:37:12 -0000

I always get 200 from localhost, but my girlfriend's server has better content.

Re: Geek-Girl Panties

Nova20 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:50:10 -0000

Perhaps the web daemon's down every now and then, but she's running a stable kernel... which is more than I can say for some of the other servers I've encountered.

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:24:46 -0000

I'm with Daniel on this one. How does recording an event that happens anyway keep that event from happening? Is that why a watched pot never boils?

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:02 -0000

So, let me see if I can simplify what Carl is saying here. Let me know if I'm getting this right.

If I have a pile of sand and I want to look at just one grain, I have to disturb the pile (which changes the environment).

Furthermore, to make any worthwhile observations about that grain of sand, I have to move it or shine light on it.

Which means the grain of sand I'm observing is different from the grain of sand I wanted to observe, despite the fact that it's the same grain of sand I was originally after.

Is this where we start talking about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:14:34 -0000

True. It's hard to think of a life sized example that fits properly.

As my dad says, it's like trying to give an example of Avagadro's number using marbles.

Re: A Computer Room

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:23:57 -0000

What's that about querying localhost when you have the option of using a remote server?

Re: Steve Irwin, RIP

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:42:00 -0000

He died doing what he enjoyed.

Also, I don't think anybody (including himself) thought he would die of old age.

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:55:43 -0000

looks like I've gotten to this thread a little late.

Allow me to retort something Daniel has said:

Science is defined, much like math (usually). It’s precise and is constantly tested for accuracy. One doesn’t change these things because the general public doesn’t understand them.

Science and math are defined that way because somebody thought current thinking was wrong and went about proving otherwise. Several scientists and mathematicians died for their "heretical" beliefs. These people are the reason math and science are so often rethought and re-checked for accuracy.

Furthermore:

Language, on the other hand, is only there to allow us to communicate. As such, a tool that let’s us communicate becomes the agreed-upon tool, precisely because it’s fulfilling its role as a communicator.

So you're saying that when I hear someone say "I'm gonna go lay down" (as opposed to "lie down") or "Him and me are going to go to the mall" (as opposed to "He and I are going...") I should just let it slide because everyone's doing it? ...because everyone gets what that person is saying so it's ok?

Screw that. Language (just like math or science) can be considered wrong, and should be corrected -- wether it's how a word is defined or the grammar of a sentence or even spelling. I think we've gotten a bit lax about it lately.

Re: Debate About The Word Hacker

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:56:24 -0000

Dangit man. Why do you have to start such a debate when I'm away from my computer for a weekend?

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:13:59 -0000

Furthermore

Here are two good reasons to fight the good fight:

1) When someone uses the word "hacker" incorrectly, they are not only attacking people in the infosec society, they are attacking all free thinkers. Socrates, Archimedes, and Coppernicus were hackers just like Alan Turing, Brian Kernighan, and Linus Torvalds.

2) There are geeks and there are nerds. Which are you? Would you give up that fight?

I had another reason, but by the time I got around to typing it I forgot what is was. Oh well, such is life.

Re: The Irony Of Steve Irwin’s Death

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:31:37 -0000

The strange thing is that a stingray is by far not the most dangerous animal he's dealt with. They're dangerous (obviously), but not as dangerous as, say, a cobra.

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:54:16 -0000

Those amazing people didn’t lose anything when the word hacker was hijacked, Tim. Words describe things, they don’t make them. So the definition changing doesn’t diminish their accomplishments.

My point is that the battle for the word itself is a battle against ignorance, not just for one word. The people I mentioned fought against the norm because they wished to correct the ignorance around them. If we give up, we give ground to the ignorant.

True, it's not like battling the idea of a geocentric universe, and it may be a losing battle in this world of morons, but it's still worth fighting. Are we (as Vincent put it) going to give up to a bunch of morons?

I'm not just talking about one word; I'm addressing a broader problem. To fight ignorance we cannot give up any ground, even in tiny battles like this one.

If this is evolution, it's backwards and needs to be stopped. Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it correct.

Yes, it does still hold its old-school definition within the community, but how long will that last if we allow the ignorant to teach our next generation these falsehoods?

Re: Upgrading My DAS System

Nova20 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:07:38 -0000

Speaking of upgrades:

[nova20@warthog:~]$ grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

I love me some hyperthreading. It also kicked my half-gig of ram up to full speed (400 MHz DDR). Soon I'll add another gig to that... oh, and it has an 800MHz FSB and a full 1024 kb of cache.

It flies now. i also got a new video card: nVidia GeForce 6800XT w/ 512 MB DDR2

WoW runs around 25-30 fps at 1024x768, high detail landscape... through wine. I wish Blizzard would write a linux native client.

I also noticed as I was writing this that I'm not sure which to use: is 'B' bytes and 'b' bits or is it the other way around?

Re: If You’re An Atheist, Don’t Hide It

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:55:50 -0000

Being atheist is unamerican. You make baby Jesus cry.

----- end sarcasm -----

Re: The End Of Windows

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:09:37 -0000

i gotta get me a mac

Re: Considering Kids?

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:14:33 -0000

I believe the ad was focust more on unplanned children.

Here's a clip about a good wholesome family enjoying a fine piece of music.

Re: My Guide To lsof

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:52:00 -0000

It's also more fun than "apt-get moo" on a debian (or debian-based distro) box.

Re: Frog-Slaying with Danzig

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:38:07 -0000

Bah. If the frogs are too dumb to avoid a huge metal beast roaring at them at 60 mph, they're too dumb to live. It's Darwinism.

Besides, the legal and defensive thing to do when an animal (or group of animals) crosses your path is to just hit it... though if it's a big animal that could cause an accident it's good to slow down or even stop. Swerving is a big no-no under any circumstances, but there's a big difference between "swerving" and "driving around an obstacle".

That was actually something my instructor stressed when I had to take defensive driving class.

Instructor: (pointing at a squirrel running across the road in a paused video) What do we do about that squirrel? Rachel?
Rachel: (moment of thought) Well I don't want to say hit it... but it's better than swerving to miss it.
Instructor: Good girl, Rachel -- that's right. Hit it. Swerving can cause you to lose control of the vehicle or cause an accident.

We then discussed bigger animals, like dogs or deer. Basically it's the same principle. If you try to swerve to miss a deer, chances are you'll hit it anyway and you're more likely to run off the road because your tires won't be straight upon impact.

Once (in my old car) I hit a dog. A big dog. It was 11pm, and yes, the dog was very dead. No collar or anything, though. In any event, my instinct (to simply brake) was correct. When I composed myself and drove on, I noticed that I went over a bridge about 15 feet later. If I had swerved to miss the dog, there was a good chance I would have hit the railing or even run off the bridge completely.

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:13:07 -0000

If only I had guh-noo-own? I don't get it.

Re: Under Fire

Nova20 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:15:40 -0000

The digg effect can be harsh, man. The slashdot effect has been known to take down several sites, and I've heard it's not quite as bad as digg now-a-days.

Take it as a compliment that you wrote something so cool.

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:19:52 -0000

I still say it's a bit of a stretch. the U in GNU sounds nothing like a long o.

It does, however sound like the "ew" in new (or "knew"). I think "If only I GNU what I know now" is much better, despite the fact that it's possibly bad grammar. The extra "guh" sound allows geeks to get it when you say it (thus it doesn't have to be written).

Re: Unix Geek Humor

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:23:50 -0000

Dear god, Daniel. Let's hope this doesn't spread, otherwise it'll become the next generation of illegible 1337 speak.

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:01 -0000

Steve, that helps nothing. As a matter of fact, that goes from "possibly bad grammar" to "definitely horrible grammar".

To be grammatically correct, you have to say "I wish I would have known then what I know now", but then you would have no place to put GNU in there.

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:17:05 -0000

True, but I always enjoy playing devil's advocate.

Re: The Truth About Horsepower, Torque, and Acceleration

Nova20 — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:34:00 -0000

To take this in a different direction, what about fuel efficiency?

If I were an automotive engineer with efficiency in mind, I'd make a car that runs at optimum rpms at 60 mph in fifth gear ('cause that's supposedly average driving conditions). Under those conditions, the tachometer in my car reads around 2600 rpms. I notice that 5252 / 2 = 2626.

The only explanation I've had for this phenomenon is that 2500-2700 rpms is in a magical "power band" of rpms. I try to think of it like this:

Under the power band, it's like you have a man pushing a large block. It's not hugely efficient because the brick is hard to push, but as your rpms increase, the man is getting stronger (rpms up -> horsepower up) and the block is getting smaller (car gaining momentum).

There's a "sweet spot" right at 2600 rpms where the man is using just enough strength to push the block without breaking a sweat -- most of his energy is going toward pushing the brick. This is a highly efficient state.

Over the power band, the man is almost too strong for the brick -- imagine Arnold Schwarzenager pushing around a regular adobe brick -- which isn't very efficient either... so you change gears, replacing the man with a somewhat weaker (but faster) man.

I understand the concept, but why is that sweet spot right at 2600? Do car engines like hacker quarterlies?

Yeah, leave it to a real geek to bring it back to computers. Ok, ok... the sweet spot is probably around 2626, but then I wouldn't have been able to use that joke.

Re: The Truth About Horsepower, Torque, and Acceleration

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:27:43 -0000

I'm also told that the backpressure from the catalytic converter helps the engine operate more efficiently.

Then again, my dad told me that, and we all know how that goes.

Re: My Current Car’s Performance

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:46:30 -0000

And to translate that so you know both torque and horsepower at both rpm ratings (according to the equation you gave us yesterday):

6250 rpm:
215 hp
181 ft-lb of torque

2750 rpm:
96.9 hp
185 ft-lb of torque

Here are the stats for my car, a 2001 Honda Civic LX sedan:

5300 rpm:
127 hp
126 ft-lb of torque

4800 rpm:
104 hp
114 ft-lb of torque

All calculations have been rounded to the appropriate number of significant figures (which in all cases happened to be 3).

Re: My Current Car’s Performance

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:05:03 -0000

Man, looks like I'm the low man on the totem pole, but I got an ace up my sleave -- 35-40 miles to the gallon. I can go 500 miles on my 13 gallon tank.

HA! TAKE THAT TO THE PUMPS!

Re: Pentesting: Use Firefox Quicksearches To Lookup Bugtraq IDs From The Address Bar

Nova20 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:54:45 -0000

Better yet, skip steps 1-7. Just type "bid 1499" into the address bar and hit enter.

What? is firefox telepathic? No. You get the same thing if you go to google, type in the magic words, and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky".

Re: Why Learning Self Defense Is A Good Thing

Nova20 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:13:55 -0000

hmmm

now if only I could get windows media to stream on my linux box...

Re: Getting Worried About Linux

Nova20 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:17:15 -0000

This is quite distressing news. Gentoo's got a good thing going on, and Debian is used as a base for several good distros (like Ubuntu).

There's always Slackware. During my time at Tech, if you were a linux geek you either had a debian box or a slackware box. A few had rehat or mandrake (that was back when it was called mandrake), but those people were often laughed at.

Re: My Next Car Has Been Chosen

Nova20 — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:23:26 -0000

For those of you using Firefox from windows (or linux I suspect, i haven't had a chance to test it), that's alt click for "save linked file as".

That air car is rather interesting... and it doesn't look like they're trying to bend any laws of physics. The only problem I see (with the non-hybrid car) is that as the air tanks get low you'd run out of horsepower. The hybrid car thwarts that by using a gasoline engine to compress air as you go, but it seems like that would add a lot of extra weight to the car.

However, you still have the "energy state" problem. It takes energy to compress the air -- the same amount of energy that you're getting as output from the air decompressing into the piston chamber.

At least they're not trying to turn water into a combustible gas.

Also, those prototypes (at least the french ones) are fugly.

Re: The Big Move Is Upon Us

Nova20 — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:22:38 -0000

What, no details? C'mon, I wanna see a spread like a Playboy fold here. You know... measurements, likes and dislikes, and of course... a naked picture.

"*gasp* But those girls don't wear cases. You can see their bare circuits!"
--Bender from Futurama, in the episode "Hell is Other Robots"

Re: Adding Ads

Nova20 — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:17:01 -0000

I still preferred the ads when it was a horizontal bar beneath the article. On the side there it pushes content down.

Re: And I Just Bought A Windows Device…

Nova20 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:59:59 -0000

I know the feeling. I bought my razr v3c last Christmas, and the beginning of this summer they started touting the new v3m, which plays mp3s and has GPS navigation software. If I had just waited a few more months, I'd have gotten a cooler phone.

Re: One View On Why Atheists Care About Religion

Nova20 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:15:14 -0000

I think the arguments he makes are problems with the government, not with religion.

Re: Ten Weeks In NYC

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:38:51 -0000

F.A.O. Schwartz, 'cause you're never to old for toys.

Re: On My Site, Firefox Rules

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:13:58 -0000

Wait... is that "gzip" I see at the bottom? Man, I thought I was a geek.

Re: Reporting Live From NYC

Nova20 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:57:44 -0000

you should have posted this on Saturday night, man.

Re: How Responsive Is The New Setup?

Nova20 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:50:16 -0000

Right now it seems to be about the same, but I think you should write a kick-ass post and get digged (or regedditted) to give it a true stress test.

Re: Why You Shouldn’t Play Warcraft

Nova20 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:06:16 -0000

I can't help it, I'm gonna have to put in my $0.02. I've been playing WoW for almost 3 months now.

MMORPGs can be quite addictive (hence names like "World of Warcrack" or "Evercrack"), but that's not always the case. If you've gotten to the point where you'd rather get that last raid item rather than getting laid, you have a problem. If you're playing 80 (or even 40 ) hrs a week, you have a problem.

The one problem I have with this article is his notion that everything you work hard at has to have some driving goal. If the author thinks that, he's missed the point of the game.

Some of us just play for fun. We play because we like meeting people online or beating the crap out of creeps for an hour. We play to fill up free time. The journey *is* the point. If I ever stop having fun with the game, I'll stop playing.

We don't all let it take over our lives. Sometimes I come home from work and I don't feel like playing, so I'll watch TV or play with my cats or call up a friend to go get a drink or call my girlfriend to chat or... well, I think you get the picture.

I'd also like to point out that *any* game (or any hobby at all) taken to extreme can have the same effect on one's life. Should we not have hobbies because they might be addictive?

Re: Subway: Check

Nova20 — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:22 -0000

Sounds like Marta (in Atlanta), where they also have Chipotle. Are you sure you're in NY?

Re: Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever.

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:20:24 -0000

Jonathan, maybe this link will help you out.

Re: Math Pickup Lines

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:34:06 -0000

There was one I really had to think about:

int[2x,x,10,13]?

...because I didn't understand the notation, but I eventually got it.

My favorite is still "I wish I was [sic] your problem set, 'cause then I'd be hard and you'd do me on the desk".

Re: Mullen > Mortals (Skateboarding)

Nova20 — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:20:37 -0000

Isn't Rodney Mullen considered the king of flatland/low-speed tricks?

Those kinds of tricks are truly impressive to me. It's harder to keep your balance when you're not moving very fast.

Re: Creating Submission Image Links For Digg, Reddit, and Del.icio.us

Nova20 — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:04:47 -0000

I'd like to point something out:

Putting a javascript action as an "href" for a link is generally bad. If I didn't have javascript enabled, the link would do nothing.

Here's what I've recently learned (I left out the less/greater than signs so WordPress doesn't screw it up)

bad:
a href="javascript:blah"

acceptable:
a href="someurl" onClick="javascript:blah"

Good:
a href="someurl" class="special"

In that last example, you'd use a DOM script to add in the onClick event handler for the link (get all elements by tag "a" and filter by attribute "class" equals "special"). For extra encapsulation, you should keep the DOM script in a separate file.

Re: Creating Submission Image Links For Digg, Reddit, and Del.icio.us

Nova20 — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:09:54 -0000

Here's a link to a presentation for a DOM scripting session I went to in Rock Eagle last week that may shed some light on to what I'm trying to say.

Re: VIN Number, Check

Nova20 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:20:55 -0000

Bah, passing people can be trivial and extremely enjoyable in any car if you have a manual transmission.

Re: Believing You’re Smarter Makes You Smarter? No.

Nova20 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:35:05 -0000

I think you guys missed the point of the article.

I'm going to refer to the two parts of "intelligence" as "behavior" and "aptitude".

The author states (quite contrary to the title of the article) that people that believe they will always be dumb are right. In other words, if you take a test when you're young that says you have a below-average IQ, and you weren't taught that those numbers could change, you're likely to give up on yourself as a retard.

On the other hand, if you're tested as having a low IQ and you're taught that you can make changes to yourself, you're more likely to push yourself to become more intelligent.

Here's the difference between a hacker and a mouth breather:

A hacker never loses the willingness to push himself in order to become more apt. Maybe he was born bright, or maybe someone told him he was dumb and he set out to prove that person wrong.

A mouth breather, on the other hand, accepted at a young age that he was never going to be good at anything. Thus, he never pushes himself to learn. He's listened to all those people that told him he was dumb, or maybe at some point he thought he was "smart enough".

But here's the kicker. I guess what I'm saying is that behavior begets aptitude. If you have the right frame of mind, you can overcome your intellectual barriers. At the same time, aptitude begets behavior. If you're smart enough to believe in yourself, you can ignore what people say about you.

I guess behavior and aptitude are much like horsepower and torque.

Re: Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands

Nova20 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:30:19 -0000

I believe the point was to be able to monitor network activity without installing anything.

Personally, I prefer using the -s switch to ifconfig, like so:

$ watch -n1 ifconfig -s eth0

...which outputs something like this:

Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
eth0 1500 0 104129 0 0 0 107071 0 0 0 BMRU

...but it's in a mono space font so all the columns line up.

Re: No More Clichés

Nova20 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:33:04 -0000

Carl, I swear I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate.

Re: We Are Engaged

Nova20 — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:30:38 -0000

Coagulations! It's about time. How long have you two been going out?

Re: We Are Engaged

Nova20 — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:56:01 -0000

Seriously. How can a linux geek not have free beer at his wedding?

Re: Zelda?

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:45:29 -0000

I can't imagine any Zelda game not being fun. I also think the controllers for the wii are quite innovative -- a big step forward from the disaster that is the gamecube controller.

Ok, ok. The gamecube controller was good for some games... but try playing something like Soul Caliber.

Re: Germans Are Funny

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:52:06 -0000

Still not as funny as this dutch commercial

Re: If I Were To Change My Domain Name…

Nova20 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:28:40 -0000

I think grepunderstanding.com is the most fitting. grepmastery.com makes it sound like a blog about grep, which it most certainly is not.

The only way it could be cooler is if it were a .org

Re: English: Precision Matters

Nova20 — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:32:12 -0000

I often get annoyed at people that mix up lay (transitive verb, as in setting something down) and lie (intransitive verb, as in to lie down). The only really tricky part is that the past tense of "lie" is "lay" (I lay in bed yesterday).

Charlie's been hurt.
Lay him on the bed.
Lie down, Charlie.
Charlie now lies on the bed where I lay sleeping last night.

Re: From 4 to 2

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:39:31 -0000

We still have the other seasons, but they both last about a day each.

Re: New Years Resolutions Are For Losers

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:50:26 -0000

I've made the same resolution for the past 4 years (and kept it all but one): Drive more safely, and not get any tickets during the year.

I think the reason I call it a new years resolution is because it has the statement "during the year" in it, and January 1st seems like a good enough date to call the beginning of the year. I actually made the decision to stop driving like a lunatic some time before New Year's 2003/4, and that date seemed like a good time to make it "official" as it were. I think it's because I'd never made a NY resolution, and on New Year's eve everyone was asking me what my resolution would be.

Making a resolution at the beginning of the new year is like being nice to people on Christmas. Why not do it the rest of the year, too?

Re: Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:07:09 -0000

I feel the need to correlate this post with your earlier post about games.

In the end, you get nothing from owning high-quality stuff or playing a game, but it just feels good to do so.

The point is not to get so wrapped up in something that ultimately doesn't matter that you forget about what does ultimately matter.

Here's my list, if anyone cares:

House: 1,200 ft^2, built in the 50's, well kept, 1/3 acre of land
Car: 2001 Honda Civic Lx (4-door sedan), Pioneer CD player
Computer: Home-grown about 4 years ago... now it's upgraded about as much as it can be.
Phone: Verizon Razr v3c
Watch: 2 Fossils, one of which I wear on occasion, one of which doesn't work... and an old Casio digital watch my dad gave me.
Knife: Leatherman Micro
Guns (currently):
.270 Belgian-made Browning automatic (w/ cheap scope)
12 gauge Belgian-made Browning automatic
.243 Remington (w/ cheap scope)
10 gauge British Arms break-action single shot
.22 LR Remington bolt-action single shot
.22 LR/.22 magnum Black Widow 5-shot revolver (changeable cylinder)

Re: New Years Resolutions Are For Losers

Nova20 — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:51:59 -0000

Why is it that my comment always kills the thread?

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Nova20 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:24:50 -0000

I for one say oh es ex, because I think it shows the change that the OS went through. Mac OS 9, for the most part, was the same as many previous versions (all of which carried the name "Macintosh"), but this new OS (which no longer carries the "Macintosh" name) was more stable, more adaptable, and much easier on the eyes. It was built for Generation X. "Mac" is the name of the machine, not the OS.

'X' is so much more than a roman numeral representing the number ten. It's a change in attitude. Apple chose to think different(ly), as did the consumers.

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Nova20 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:45:03 -0000

Another bit of trivia.

Apple started working on a Unix-based operating system in 1988 named "NeXTStep", which came from two Unix offshoots: "4.1cBSD" and "xMach". Since then, the OS has been known as "OpenStep", "Rhapsody", "Mac OS X", "Darwin", and (currently) just plain ol' "OS X".

Mac OS 9 wasn't released until October of 1999, but "Mac OS X" showed up back in May of 1999. OS X is a completely different operating system, and I think it was named after one of its early predecessors, xMach.

UNIX History
Wikipedia article on Mac OS 9

Well ok. I used the infamous encyclopedia that anyone can edit, but it's the only thing I could find that had a release date for OS 9.

Re: 7 Relatively Unknown But Very Powerful Vim Features

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:39:58 -0000

better text for #7 here:

if has("syntax)
syntax on
endif

Keeps you from getting a warning if your copy of vim doesn't have syntax highlighting turned on.

I also like to set my tabstop/shiftwidth to 4 (because 8 gets *really* messy when you nest enough if statements). Also, if you set one and not the other, I've found that some freaky stuff happens:

set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4

Re: Considering Moving To Drupal

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:44:21 -0000

Or, you could write your own blogging software. That's what I'm doing.

maybe it won't be as cool as wordpress or drupal, but it's still friggin' cool. Check it out! Oh, and if you want to leave a comment, it might help to know that it uses Markdown formatting.

Re: Word 2007 To Use Word Instead Of IE For HTML Rendering

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:19:24 -0000

More reason to read (and send) email using plain text. HTML mail is annoying to those of us who use a fine mail reader like mutt.

Re: How To Create Dynamic Digg/Reddit/Del.icio.us Buttons For Your Pages (Includes Code)

Nova20 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:22:06 -0000

The only problem I have with this code is that it relies on Javascript to work.

Generally it's bad to statically assign a javascript action to a link. If someone with javascript disabled clicked the link, nothing would happen. Javascript is meant to make the page more convenient without destroying functionality for non-javascript users.

It's not too hard to create a piece of php code that would do the same thing, and it doesn't force the client to have any special settings. If you wanted to change it so it opens a popup for the link, you can add a DOM script to the page that would change the link href when the page is loaded.

Re: Why The Valentine 1 Radar Detector Is Stupid

Nova20 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:41:30 -0000

Quite. Some stores (for some reason) emit waves that could be confused with the radiation emitted by certain radar guns. I rode with someone that had a radar detector once, and whenever we passed a CVS it would go nutso. He says it has something to do with their satellite radio system (or some shit).

Re: You Are Wrong About President Bush

Nova20 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:31:08 -0000

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Re: The Real Reason MacWorld Didn’t Have Anything About Leopard

Nova20 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:45:08 -0000

I think if apple integrated Beryl eyecandy into their UI they'd have Vista beat... but then again one or two of the features of beryl have already been implemented in OS X.

Re: A Wicked String

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:50:41 -0000

It seems to me that those are two pieces of information that shouldn't be in the url.

Re: Google Instead Of Local Applications?

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:06:03 -0000

The google doc editor has much to be desired.

It's a good way to share ideas with other people or keep notes that you need ready access to, but I wouldn't keep documents of any personal importance there.

I haven't done much with a google spreadsheet, but then I don't use many spreadsheets anyway.

I do, however, think it would be awesome to have an app that would sync your google calendar with your PDA.

Re: My Problems With Google Reader I

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:09:36 -0000

Why would you want to tag an entire feed? It's already grouped into it's own category.

Also, when I hit v, it attempts to open in a new window, which is just messy. Maybe I need to mess around with my tabbrowser preferences.

Re: Insanely Beautiful GUI

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:12:50 -0000

I believe I saw this same video earlier -- some dig poster said it looked quite a bit like the interface seen in Minority Report. I have to say it does.

Imagine computers of the (hopefully near) future -- nothing but a box and a monitor.

I'm also quite interested by dual-pointer interfaces.

Re: DMIESSLER.COM: 2006 Platform Statistics

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:14:19 -0000

I'll have to claim credit for a significant portion of that linux traffic... assuming that's not 13,643 unique ips.

Perhaps maybe 1 or 2 percent, but I'd call that a significant portion. It would be more, but my work computer is windows.

Also, who the crap surfs the web using HP-UX?

Re: Nick Gisburne’s Video About Quran Teachings

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:24:47 -0000

Is there any religion that holds a belief in some sort of hell and doesn't hold the belief that disbelievers will go there? I fail to see how Islam is any different than, say, Christianity in this respect.

Re: Java Programmers

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:28:08 -0000

but... but... Java *is* better than any other programming language. It's multi platform and easy to write!

Re: Digg: How To Make Pages Open In The Same Window Instead Of Another Tab

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:33:02 -0000

You forgot a step between 3 and 4: Click "Manage Profile" within the profile tab in your profile.

Man, have you ever seen a word used so many times in one place that it just doesn't look right anymore?

Re: Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:34:07 -0000

Perhaps I'll play the devil's advocate here. Did anyone read the pingback article on Daniel's last Vista security post?

I think the author of that pingback post had a point. How often do you install a piece of software in linux without elevated privileges? What about Macs?

Granted, usually with linux you're more aware of what you're doing (it's not as simple as pressing a button), but the point still stands. Almost *any* application you install on *any* OS will need elevated privileges.

Re: I Live In Constant Fear Of Doing Things Inefficiently

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:42:16 -0000

The funny thing is that tools like vim are often powerful enough that if you tap into just a *little* of what they have to offer you're doing things more efficiently than most people.

In fact, if you try to take it all in, you might wind up spending more time trying to figure out a better way to do something than you would if you just sat down and did it.

Back when I was in elementary school, I did something and my teacher made me write some phrase out a hundred times and turn it into her the next day. Rather than sitting down to write the phrase over and over, I decided to get on the old Apple IIc and write a BASIC program to do it for me. The problem is, by the time I got through writing it and debugging it and I had my printout, I could have written the phrase several hundred times.

The moral of the story is... just relax. Don't stop learning new things, but don't torture yourself to find new things so you can perform a task with slightly better efficiency.

Re: Security: How Network Ports Work

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:45:15 -0000

Haw haw. I just had a mental image of Daniel yelling at his computer:

"Hey all you midgets in there! Quit yackin' and get back to work!"

Re: Requesting Prose

Nova20 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:50:54 -0000

You mean me or your other friend named Tim?

Re: Do You Put New Items On Top, Or On Bottom?

Nova20 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:57:53 -0000

RSS feeds - New stuff on the bottom. That way, as I hit the 'j' key I go forward in time.

Email - New stuff on the top. My inbox at work is *always* full of crap. If I had new stuff at the bottom, I'd never see it when it came in.

In general, I like seeing new stuff at the top just so it's visible whenever I open the app. It's not too much trouble to scroll down to where the new stuff begins and then read upwards.

However, if I'm reading an entire blog entry by entry, I'd like to be able to view it so I can read it like a book. Seems like it would be a nice feature to put on popular blog software -- "click this link to start reading from the beginning". I think I'll do that with my blog. I'll start a precedence.

Re: Language: Ending With A Preposition

Nova20 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:38:04 -0000

I find that most people don't give a crap about dangling prepositions anymore, but if I were to find myself around people that care about such things, I'd probably completely change the phrase so it sounds right:

"I will not put up with this sort of English."

Re: Requesting Prose

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:19:33 -0000

Holy cow, Daniel. How many Tims do you know?

Re: Totally Insane Web-based IDE

Nova20 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:02:48 -0000

I noticed an error or two in your perl, but it could just be me.

You've got an extra curly bracket ('}') at the end of the function definition for foo().

Also, the line below doesn't seem right. first, I think you need to use dollar signs instead of at symbols. Second, I think there's supposed to be an operation of some sort between "$y[($count-1)]" and "$y[($count-2)]".

if($count>’2′){@y[$count] = @y[($count-1)] @y[($count-2)];}

Re: Totally Insane Web-based IDE

Nova20 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:05:24 -0000

I just felt like being a code nazi.

I wrote it out and corrected it myself.

Re: Should You Be Embarassed If You’re Pregnant?

Nova20 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:34:15 -0000

I'm not sure that this story holds water. It is true that woman's curse was the pain of childbirth, but man's curse was to toil in the fields.

Thus, if women are embarassed to be pregnant, men should be embarassed to work. The spanish words for work ("trabajar" == "to work", "trabajando" == "working") shows no link to any shame word that I know of.

Re: The Definition Of Atheism, And Why It Is NOT A Belief

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:59:17 -0000

I think I'm going to take Daniel's side on this one, with one correction. I don't think atheism is a response to theism, I think it was just a fall-back position. If you're not a theist, you're an atheist.

It brings to mind a discussion I've had with numerous people over the words amoral and immoral. An amoral act is one that is passively not moral, whereas an immoral act is one that is actively against some moral code.

Think of three guys involved in a robbery. The immoral one is the criminal, who performs the robbery -- he's actively breaking the law. The amoral one just sits and watches -- he doesn't break the law, but he does nothing to stop it. The moral one is the guy on the phone calling 911 -- he's acting to stop the crime.

The prefixed 'a' in the word "atheist" leaves me to believe (grammatically) that it is more like the word "amoral" in that it isn't an active belief against a god, it's just the lack of belief in a god.

Re: I’m Back Up

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:42:56 -0000

I'll be happy to make a page for you that says "Daniel's dead. You should read my uber cool blog instead until he rises from the grave".

That way, people won't be confused if you have server issues.

Re: Perhaps The Most Important Reason Cannabis Should Be Legal

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:38:42 -0000

Did you know there is no written record of a lethally toxic overdose on THC?

Re: MC Chris vs. Ytcracker

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:00:18 -0000

I still prefer MC Lars's "laptop rap" style to either of the above mentioned artists. I recommend "The Laptop [EP]". "Radio Pet Fencing" isn't near as good, and I haven't yet listened to "The Graduate".

Re: XKCD

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:05:54 -0000

Don't forget to read the image titles. It often fills in a bit of out-of-context information. The title text for this comic, for instance, is "They're standing at the lip of the canyon, which isn't clear at all."

Re: Who’s Among Us?

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:06:30 -0000

I'd put that on my site, but it would probably only depress me. I get less than 20 visits every week (about 50% returning visitors).

Re: Swords

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:01:46 -0000

Wow. We've all seen the destruction of Bullets in Slow Motion, but what impresses me is the precision of the sword.

I'm most amazed by the first video (sword vs. egg). You'd think the egg would just splatter, but you can see that the egg is actually sliced in two with very little shrapnel.

Re: Swords

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:09:17 -0000

For anyone else interested, here's an even better compilation of bullets in slow motion.

Re: Office 2007

Nova20 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:05:18 -0000

I haven't tried it yet. What's so cool about it? Expand, man!

Re: Dumping OS X

Nova20 — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:41:22 -0000

Damnit, Dan. I specifically didn't read my rss feeds yesterday because I didn't want to see posts like this.

It appears my logic didn't quite add up... 'cause all those gag stories were waiting for me today.

But if it's still on the market, I'll give you $100 for that macbook.

Re: How Fast Does Your Website Load?

Nova20 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:13:47 -0000

I found a neat little tool that can "compress" javascript (basically remove extra spaces and line breaks). I compressed a 4516 byte file by 601 bytes. Perhaps not a lot, but then it was only a 4.5 kb file.

Now if only I could compress the danged google analytics code and host it locally...

Re: Why I Hate Mailing Lists

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:41:12 -0000

Yeah. A forum or nntp server works *so* much better than a mailing list.

Re: Building Things

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:44:09 -0000

I've been looking for a replacement for dropload.com for some time now. Looks like I've found it.

Re: Engineers: This Is How NOT To Do A Presentation

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:49:52 -0000

...at least, not a presentation to the customers.

Did he just say "dingleberry"?

Re: Secure Your Site With ROT26 Encryption

Nova20 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:49:07 -0000

It may take some major coding, but I think I'm going to incorporate this encryption on my blog.

Re: Cultural Dissonance: Why Hip-Hop Customer Service Is Crap

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:17:51 -0000

I never expect professionalism at a fast food joint. Perhaps at a nice gas station... but if you're working at Mcdonald's, I half expect your goofy looking hat to be pinned to the top of your head 'cause you don't want to mess up your hair.

You don't give a shit about me and I don't give a shit about you. Just give me my order and don't (spit|jerk off|pee) in it.

/tim

Re: The Cycle Of Adding And Dropping RSS Feeds

Nova20 — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:17:09 -0000

Violent Acres
Lifehacker

I also pay some attention to Digg and Reddit feeds. I'd link, but there are several different feeds to choose from. Pick what interests you. The signal to noise ratio is pretty low in my opinion, but pretty much anything worth seeing is going to show up there first.

I also subscribe to Slashdot's feed, but most of the stories show up on either Digg or Reddit long before they hit Slashdot.

Re: A Unix/Linux Permissions Refresher

Nova20 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:42:09 -0000

When I was in apple training, the professor tricked us all with this question:

"Can you delete a read-only file in a directory in which you have write permissions?"

The answer, it appears, is yes... at least in OS X. I find that it's also true in linux. If you can read a file in your home directory, you can delete it.

He explained the semantics of it to us, but I don't exactly remember it.

Hell, I'm not even sure I remember the question correctly.

Re: A Logical Approach To Gun Laws

Nova20 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:39:57 -0000

In Switzerland, every male is required to serve in the armed forces for some years (2? 5? I can't remember) and is issued firearm(s), which he gets to keep.

Pardon the lack of detail there. It's secondhand information.

So basically, every Swiss male has a gun and knows how to use it. Perhaps that's why Swiss banks are considered so secure.

I tell people I'm against gun control, but that's not exactly true. If you don't know how to properly (and safely) use a gun, you shouldn't have one.

I think required military service is a good idea. I think it would do more for our country than lower crime.

Re: The List Of Shame: Websites That Don’t Allow Special Characters In Their Passwords

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:55:59 -0000

I remember once (a long long time ago) I was installing some version of linux, and when I put in my password for the root account it told me the password was too long and I had to pick another one.

Re: A Logical Approach To Gun Laws

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:21:30 -0000

Funny I should find this story the day after I read this post.

Re: Grassroots Atheist Video

Nova20 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:41:30 -0000

I love playing the devil's advocate.

Go back and read this post.

Now watch this video again.

According to the video, atheism is more than a lack of belief in any god. It's an active rejection of the idea of a supreme being.

For what it's worth, I think the Daniel's post is right. Atheism is (or at least should be) a lack of belief, but lately it appears that most of the people that talk about their atheist beliefs are actually antitheists. Militant antitheists.

One other point before I go.

Saying that religion causes war is like saying gun owners kill people... or that people that play violent video games are violent people. It's a horrible oversight.

Religion doesn't cause wars. Zealots cause war, and when it comes time to point fingers religion is the best scapegoat.

Re: I Wish Verizon Took The iPhone Deal

Nova20 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:01:38 -0000

A long time ago, I had Cingular (for about a year before I switched to Verizon). It was horrible. Verizon can't be beat on coverage.

This past year I thought about going back to Cingular. Perhaps they've grown a bit. They have become "The new AT&T", after all. Besides. They get all the cool phones.

I changed my mind a few months ago when my girlfriend (who's on Cingular) was at my house and her mom called. I could hear the static on the phone from across the room. It's pretty much the same all over Americus... and most any other place that's not right around a major city.

My sister has T-Mobile and has no problems, but then again she lives in the mid west. Apparently coverage for T-Mobile and Cingular are *much* better than Verizon where she lives.

Re: s/he

Nova20 — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:57:22 -0000

Isn't it grammatically correct to use the masculine form of a descriptor (or pronoun, as the case may be) if the gender of the subject is unknown?

Also, I used "gender" incorrectly in that last sentence. Words are of a certain gender (masculine, feminine, or neutral), people are of a certain sex (male, female, hermaphrodite, or "Barbie"). I'm resisting the urge to talk about sex and shrimp.

Re: Bad Form

Nova20 — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:03:48 -0000

Wait, wait... Richard? Richard Gordon or another Richard that I don't know?

Re: A Heart-Warming Story (There Are Too Few)

Nova20 — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:45:27 -0000

Yeah, Daniel. You left the colon out of your protocol handler there (http://, not http//). Nice job, geek.

Re: Religious Fundamentalist Quotes

Nova20 — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:42:12 -0000

"Fundamentalist" is just a politically correct word for a zealot.

Re: Big Changes Afoot

Nova20 — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:47:55 -0000

Honestly? I just don't like it. It's really weird. I'll grant you that it's a *lot* faster than your old site, and you did need a theme change, but this is just... weird.

Re: How I Search For Understanding: An Apology

Nova20 — Tue, 15 May 2007 07:42:07 -0000

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing - Socrates

Re: Why You Should Vote For Ron Paul [Video]

Nova20 — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:57:27 -0000

Wow. Ron Paul seems to be more of a libertarian than a Republican. (that's a good thing)

Re: I’m Done With University of Phoenix

Nova20 — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:05 -0000

So... by your "original, brick-and-mortar" university, do you mean GSW?

I'm so alone here. Everyone has moved on to other places now. Am I a freak because I prefer to live in a small town because I've got a comfortable job and a nice house?

Re: How To Effectively Manage and Process Your RSS Feeds [GTD]

Nova20 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:56:27 -0000

I've got a different organization scheme, but I pretty much do the same thing.

Use keyboard shortcuts! It'll cut your time in half. When I'm using google reader, my hand doesn't leave the home row until I close the viewer tab (unless I'm on my mac, in which case they may not leave the home row until I exit the browser).

I also like to make all my folders start with different letters. That way when I'm using keyboard shortcuts to change which tag I'm viewing ("g t ") I only have to type one letter of the tag name.

I've also got it set to only display updated feeds. It always seemed overwhelming to log in to google reader and see a huge list of feeds off to the left, when in actuality only a few of them have new stories.

Re: So I’m Trying To Learn How To Drink Beer

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:30:49 -0000

Hey, hey! Some domestics are good. Ever try Sweetwater (I recommend 420 or Brown)? It's easy to lump stuff like Budweiser or Miller or (blech!) Coors into a big group called "domestic", but it's just not fair to some good stuff out there.

I'm kinda a beer n00b myself. I usually steer clear of the fruity beers (like Blue Moon), but only because fruity carbonated beverages make me sick. Here are a few of my favorites:

Killian's Irish Red (or Green -- doesn't taste much different, but it's special for St Patty's day).
Boddington's Pub Ale
Sweetwater 420
Sweetwater Brown
Newcastle Brown

...and several others.

Don't be afraid to drag someone into the liquor store with you to go pick out beer.

Find a (local) friend that knows his beer and go out to the bar with him -- then refuse to drink the same beer twice in the same visit.

Try high gravity beers too, but be careful! High gravity beer can sneak up on you worse than wine.

Re: iPhone Battery Life: Prepare For The Worst

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:49:14 -0000

Jesus Christ! Note to self: don't ever second-guess the almighty Apple Inc. on your blog. Stick with Microsoft. People hate Microsoft.

Re: You’ll Be Hearing About This

Nova20 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:38:42 -0000

Oh, that's already here. It's called Dance Dance Revolution.

Re: What’ll Happen When Someone Dies In MMA?

Nova20 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:09:52 -0000

To Carl M. -

"Vicariously I live while the whole world dies."

I believe that humans are naturally violent, and that that violence must surface somehow. Ninety percent of the world vicariously lives out violent urges by watching violent shows or playing violent games. That's why the quiet folks are the ones you have to watch out for.

Re: Make A Statement By Registering As An Independent

Nova20 — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:15:59 -0000

wait wait... register as independent?

Isn't that like anarchists having a committee meeting?

Re: Newport Beach, CA

Nova20 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:18:13 -0000

What? Newport Beach and no one is smoking a cool, refreshing menthol cigarette?

Re: Typing of the Dead

Nova20 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:30:29 -0000

Was anyone else trying to type along with the guy playing?

I think I died in the first rush.

Re: It’s Time to Drop the “www”

Nova20 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:15:35 -0000

to David Precious:

The point is that it's intuitive without the superfluous www. If a company has a domain, they're most likely going to have a web server and a mail server (both of which can use the base domain, thanks to the magic of MX records).

I personally assume that if there isn't a pre-pended "ftp" or "gopher" or other service identifier then it's a URL for a web site.

On another topic... Daniel, you need to fix this comment box. It's too wide and the google ads overlap it.

Re: Our Fickle Minds

Nova20 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:45:51 -0000

Hell, usually by the time I'm done with Google Reader, I don't remember clicking on half the stories I chose to read.

I've also found a weird bug with google reader (maybe firefox)? that only occurs in windows. If I use 'v' to view a certain number of stories (changes pretty much every time I cleck my feeds), it works fine -- page loads in a new tab in the background. At some point, though, reader decides I have a pop-up blocker and won't let me use 'v' to open hits... instead I have to click the link with my mouse (which works properly, it's just a pain in the butt).

Re: Instant Messaging Kills Babies

Nova20 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:55:10 -0000

I only sign on to an im client when I check gmail.

Re: Paying Respects to Bruce Lee — The Original Mixed Martial Artist

Nova20 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:02:25 -0000

Bruce Lee > Chuck Norris

Re: Yeah, She’s Only 15

Nova20 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:37 -0000

I'm reminded of Little Miss Sunshine. Great flick.

Re: Fixed My Comment Form Display Issue

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:07:20 -0000

Ahhhh. Much better.

Re: Saying No To “www”: A Fortune 50 Company Analysis

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:02:44 -0000

Actually, "ideal" would be redirecting www to the non-www domain, much like slashback.org or dmiessler.com.

Accepting both non-www and www, much like google (or google with www) does is acceptable, but not ideal.

Oh, and Jon Robinson, be careful what you use when testing domains. Firefox will put in the www automagically if it doesn't get a reply at the non-www domain.

Re: “Ron Paul” Anagrams to “Our Plan”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:15:59 -0000

Still not as good as "Spiro Agnew" = "Grow a penis"

Re: The Math and Philosophy Behind Tool’s Lateralus

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0000

Someone once told me that you're supposed to listen to the tracks in a spiral formation starting with 6, then 7, then 5... but it doesn't make sense -- if you go through the track listings that way, you end up with 1, then 12... and 13 is unheard.

Maybe you're supposed to listen to 10, 11, and 12 together since it's considered to be one song in three parts.

I dunno. Just something I heard.

Re: The Math and Philosophy Behind Tool’s Lateralus

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:03:52 -0000

This Wikipedia link may help explain what I heard. Read the first bullet point there.

Re: Dumping Safari. Going to Camino.

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:31:13 -0000

Monkey see, monkey do... So I downloaded Camino and gave it a shot.

I like the fact that there's a flash blocker built in. I loved the firefox extension... and the built-in tab preferences seem to be a little more robust. The selling point, though, was Keychain integration.

Now here's two things I don't like about it:

Two of my favorite add-ons (aardvark and Foxmarks) are not available for Camino. I can deal with not having aardvark, and maybe at some point I can figure out how to write a "Camilinks" add-on that would be similar to foxmarks.

Then I have the problem with google reader that Daniel was fussing about before -- when I view an article, the tab comes to focus, which takes me away from my reader session (regardless of how I set the "Load in background" option). It's rather annoying.

So much for that. I'm using Camino for this post and I probably won't use it again for a while, but I'm not going to remove it from my laptop. I think if I could figure out the reader problem and write that Camilinks addon, It would kick ass.

Re: Dexter: Thinly Veiled Societal Sickness

Nova20 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:56:10 -0000

Vicariously I / Live while the whole world dies / Much better you than I

Re: 300 Reasons You Need Leopard

Nova20 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:40:47 -0000

Reason #301:

You can continue to use Boot Camp to play your newest games that won't run under wine or Fusion.

Re: My OS X Software List

Nova20 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:31 -0000

I use Coda for my web development needs. I haven't tried TextMate yet, but from what I've seen, it appears to be oriented more towards programming apps... something I (sadly) don't do a whole lot of.

I like Coda because it lets you edit files over SCP (seemlessly) preview pages, and even run a remote terminal.

However, it doesn't integrate with Xcode and all that good stuff. I think a hybrid of the two apps would be awesome. Also, Coda comes with an $80 price tag, and the trial only lasts 20 days.

Maybe I should just shut up and try TextMate.

Re: New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild

Nova20 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:47:02 -0000

Actually, Daniel, if it installed "on the sly" like most windows malware, it wouldn't actually be a trojan.

I think trojans are the ballziest of the malware types, because the attacker has to convince the victim that it's a useful (or otherwise harmless) piece of software.

Re: Read This if You Believe in Man-Made Global Warming

Nova20 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:47:35 -0000

I just want to say that this is a strange post, given this earlier post:

"He’s also of the opinion that there is serious disagreement within the scientific community regarding global warming. I was under the impression that the only people disagreeing at this point are in denial."

There was another post somewhere (which I can't find) that says, basically, that any politician that doesn't believe in global warming shouldn't be trusted to run the nation.

Then again, there is a flaw in my reasoning. I believe his quotes all make reference to "global warming" not "man-made global warming". It is true that there is a lot of evidence to support that the earth is warming, but there are other possible reasons it can be happening (only one of which points to human activity). I'm not saying that any of these are true; I'm just providing other alternative reasons:

1) Natural climactic cycles. Technically we are still coming out of an ice age.

2) Activity on the Sun (sunspots, solar flares, etc.) affects climate on the earth, and not all of these effects are known.

3) The greenhouse effect causes radiation from the Sun (and to a small extent, from other stars) to be trapped on the earth as heat.

Everyone talks about CO2 emissions, but the fact is that CO2 makes up less than 10 percent of greenhouse gasses. The largest contributer by far (comprising something like 75%, but I'm not completely sure) is water vapor. Which doesn't surprise me, since the earth's surface is 75% water.

In case you haven't figured it out, I'm a big proponent of the "global warming is happening, but it's not caused by man" idea. That does not mean we can't do anything about it, but it does mean that we're focusing on the wrong things.

Holy cow, I didn't mean to write an essay.

Re: Beer and Metal: Finding Signal Within Noise

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:40:05 -0000

When you say you can't find flavor in the overwhelming bitterness or they say they can't find music through screaming and guitars, to me that's like saying you can't see the forest for the trees.

Granted, beer is more than bitterness and Slayer is more than screaming and guitars, but bitterness or "noise" (for lack of a better word) are major parts of the experience.

It's strange how a quality that you dislike sometimes makes you enjoy an experience more. For example, some people don't like to hunt because they have to sit on a stand in the freezing cold, and most of the time nothing really happens. I say the cold and the silence that make it all worth going -- it adds so much more to the experience when you actually see a deer.

Re: Fox News Contributor Speaks Truth

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:17:45 -0000

Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell.

It appears that's what our government wants us to think.

Re: Beer and Metal: Finding Signal Within Noise

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:20:04 -0000

Guniness and PBR are wildly different, but I see your point.

Also, PBR is some damned good stuff for what it costs. There's a reason they call it "blue ribbon".

Re: No More “www”

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:09:20 -0000

I've noticed a lot of reposts from you, Daniel. Are you in a blogging slump?

Andrew,

Internally, it's perfectly fine to have a "www" tld (for network identification), but that doesn't necessarily mean that your website needs to be identified (on the world wide web) by that tld. In fact, it could be quite confusing -- www is too generic.

Chances are that any web server already has a meaningful hostname, and assigning it an alternate ("www") causes ambiguity.

Or, let's say I have two (or more) web servers (each of which has a meaningful hostname). To which do I assign the "www" tld?

I really haven't said what I'm trying to say because it's difficult to express. Why force a "www" on people when it's not necessary?

Re: Can We Vote For Ron Paul in the Primaries and Then a Democrat in the General Election?

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:13:51 -0000

Certainly you can.

Several times I've declared myself democratic in the primaries in order to keep so-and-so off the ballot, then voted republican (or libertarian) in the actual election.

As far as supporting Obama in the election as opposed to RP as a write-in, that's really up to you -- either way I think it's a losing battle, for several reasons: 1) you said yourself that americans probably won't vote for a black (or female) candidate 2) write-ins never win unless they've got massive support 3) votes for people like you and me will be split between Obama and RP.

Then again, you wouldn't be voting for the win in that case, you'd just be refusing to vote for the other candidate(s).

I myself would probably do a write-in for Ron Paul.

Re: More Sickening Than Goatse, Tubgirl, and 2G1C Combined

Nova20 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:42:23 -0000

perhaps this commercial is why The Iowa Independent ranks Ron Paul above Rudy Giuliani

Sucks that Mike Huckabee appears to be the clear favorite. I don't want a Jerry Falwell wannabe in the white house.

The other day my dad said that if I "wasted" my vote on a write-in for Ron Paul, I may as well be voting for a democrat. If it's between Huckabee and Obama, I don't think I'd have a problem with that.

Re: An Apple Joke: What Do You Call a Computer That’s Not Running OS X?

Nova20 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:43:53 -0000

I hope I'm not the only one that gets this.

Re: McCain and Clinton? You’ve Got to Be F**king Kidding Me

Nova20 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:14:32 -0000

quite. I don't know how to feel about my state's results. Apparently we hate Clinton with a purple passion, but we love the hardcore fundamentalists.

Oh well.

Again I say... Ron Paul 2012!

Re: How to Set Women Back 50 Years

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:07:10 -0000

Whoever was "grading" this article missed something in the second column. She started a sentence with a conjunction: "But I can understand..."

Re: “It can be seen from space.”

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:41:32 -0000

Nice t-shirt idea, but it robs us all of a good "yo mama" joke.

Re: Sorry Ron, I’m Voting for Obama

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:32:45 -0000

I've pretty much come to the same conclusion, and I've even heard my dad (a staunch republican) say that he no longer supports any of the republican nominee hopefuls.

I think my parents may vote democrat for the first time in decades -- that is, unless Hillary gets the nomination.

It really sucks when an election comes down to voting for the lesser of the two (or more) evils instead of voting for who you really want to see in office. I was positively sick when I went to the polls 4 years ago all ready to close my eyes and poke the screen, but I was saved at the last minute by a Libertarian candidate that I'd never heard of before.

A wasted vote? Well, yeah, but I couldn't bring myself to vote for either of the other two fuckwads.

I still don't think Obama is an ideal candidate, but he's got more going for him than any of the other hopefuls.

Le sigh... maybe there will be another nameless (or not-so-nameless -- fingers crossed) Libertarian candidate with no chance on the ballet this year, but if there isn't I'll settle for Obama.

Re: Defending My Choice to Switch From Paul to Obama

Nova20 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:04:31 -0000

I wanna be part of the winning team, but to tell the truth Obama was always my fallback -- I was fairly certain that Paul wouldn't get the nomination.

Re: “Kill It With Fire.”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:48:40 -0000

Like so:

Re: “Kill It With Fire.”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:49:12 -0000

ok then.

http://fuze-tech.net/~nova20/stuff/img/firekill.png

Re: OK, I’ll Stop Reading Reddit, But Someone Do Me a Favor and Send Me an Email When I Need to Buy Ammo and Camping Gear

Nova20 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:22:19 -0000

You should have that stuff on hand anyway.

...oh, and duck tape. Lots of duck tape.

Re: The Best Piece of Infosec Marketing I’ve Seen in a While

Nova20 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0000

So they meet one of the eleven requirements for PCI compliance. Why is that impressive?

Re: OS X: The Keyboard Shortcut for “Don’t Save”

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:40:56 -0000

Yeah, when I made the switch to Mac I was greatly annoyed by the fact that tab would only switch between text fields, so I hunted down the option under the Keyboard/Mouse section of System Preferences that allows me to select all form field types using tab.

It still needs work, though. Whenever a window pops up with several options the first field is outlined, and it's rarely what I actually want to do.

Take, for instance, closing out of firefox when you have multiple tabs open. You have 3 fields, the first of which is a checkbox (warn me in the future when closing multiple tabs) and is highlighted. The second field is the "close tabs" button, and the third option is the cancel button, which is highlighted. If I hit enter, firefox stays open, and if I hit space it merely unchecks the box. In order to do what I want to do 90 percent of the time, I either have to hit tab then space or I have to move over to my mouse. That's unacceptable. In windows, the default choice (highlighted and outlined) is "Close tabs", so I can hit Alt+F4 and then hit enter or space.

I have the same problem with the "remember this password?" pop-up. Maybe it's just firefox that's messed up.

Re: OS X: The Keyboard Shortcut for “Don’t Save”

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:25 -0000

In other news, this captcha sucks.

Re: A Creative Yet Disturbing Comic

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:32:01 -0000

Have you been reading looking at 4chan?

Re: Awesome New Infosec Class

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:28:33 -0000

Are you serious? The only requirement I'd have trouble with there is writing debugging tools in Assembly (which I could probably learn without too much trouble). Pretty much anyone that went to Georgia Tech and took their education seriously would have no problem with these tasks.

Re: Muslim Man Stabs Daughter to Death for Being Infatuated with British Soldier

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:46:56 -0000

I vote we stab you to death for not following the teachings of Allah!

Re: Global Warming Revisited

Nova20 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:47:35 -0000

I did a google image search for "global temperature graph" and looked at the pages where the images were found. There's data to support every point of view that people are just ignoring because it's more convenient to go along with what everyone says is happening.

I'm far from an expert on the matter, and I believe global warming is happening, I'm just not convinced that it's caused by the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere. There are just too many other things that could be causing it.

Re: Global Warming Revisited

Nova20 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:49:06 -0000

Also, I notice that my new handle seems to be fitting for comments on this thread. Strange.

Re: Google Notes (Finally)

Nova20 — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:27:17 -0000

If you type a capital 'S' when you have a story highlighted, it'll share that item. Good to be able to put notes with it, though.

Re: New 24″ iMac

Nova20 — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:34:04 -0000

/me wants a new 24" Mac!

...my 17" MacBook Pro has started to become obsolete.

Re: Silly Question: Why Aren’t Russians Considered Asians?

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:27:57 -0000

Two other reasons:

1) Russia is so large that it's considered it's own entity... almost outside of Asia. It also has a different climate and geography.

2) When you say "Asian", most people think of China, Japan, Korea, etc. -- countries in The Orient. Russians don't fit that mold (which is also why a lot of Americans think Indians are Middle Eastern).

Re: Qik on iPhone!

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:46:49 -0000

Looked a lot like OS X to me.

Re: The Hyperlink Trailing Slash Debate

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:07:12 -0000

I always put it there, but not because of any efficiency reasons. If you leave it out, your browser puts it there when the page is pulled up, so suddenly you have to versions of the same url in your history.

I hate typing a url into my address bar and seeing both http://dmiessler.com and http://dmiessler.com/ show up in the auto-complete list.

Re: Stranger Than Fiction Trailer

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:41:16 -0000

If you haven't seen this movie yet (it's been out for some time now), punch yourself. Hard. Then go out and buy this movie and watch it immediately.

Will Ferrell actually does a pretty good job as a dramatic actor.

Re: Flight of the Conchords — Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:43:41 -0000

Wow, you're following in my sister's footsteps from a few months ago -- as in before Christmas. She posted several FotC videos on her blog, then she bought me Season 1 for Christmas.

Any chance you're going to buy me Season 2 for Christmas?

Re: The Love of a Lion

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:58:33 -0000

After the long lead-in to the hug, I was half expecting it to be a spoof where the lion runs up and rips both their heads off.

I was disappointed.

Re: Charlie the Unicorn: The Banana King

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:16:14 -0000

Candy mountain, charlie! Candy Mountain!

Re: This is Sparta! Remix

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:48:52 -0000

My favorite part is the inclusion of the Dramatic Prairie Dog

Re: iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 Seeded

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:49 -0000

I have an iPod Touch, and the only thing I really want in the next update is support for compilations in my music library.

I use the wifi connection every now and then to surf the web or connect to my media machine over ssh, but it's primarily an iPod.

Re: This is a Real Help Desk Ticket

Nova20 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:15 -0000

It's possible she's used to a mac...

Re: English Majors

Nova20 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:40:43 -0000

Daniel, I'd suggest posting a link when you post content from elsewhere on the web. I was confused for 30 seconds while "zoits.com" wouldn't come up for me.

Here's a link to zoitz.com for those of you that want to check it out and are still confused about the "cannot contact server" error.

Re: English Majors

Nova20 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:43:01 -0000

Is it just me, or was my link mangled in that last comment? Let me try again.

Re: Why I’m Supporting Obama (In Letter Form)

Nova20 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:24:22 -0000

Daniel (regarding your response to Jason),

I do not believe that your statements about "trashy" people is racist (as you pointed out, it has nothing to do with race) or in any way prejudiced, though I can see how it could be construed as such.

Many people confuse truth with prejudice. If I infer that a Hispanic person I know is Catholic, my statement would be considered racist, even though I'm simply making an assumption based on the fact that a great majority of Hispanic people are Catholic (something like 75%).

I guess what I'm saying is that, though one should be careful with blanket statements, one should not be afraid to point out facts.

The point of fact in this matter is that "trashy" people are more likely to have a greater number of children, either because they are less likely to user birth control methods or because the find some benefit to having more children.

I also disagree that you shouldn't worry about finding synonyms for terms like "trash". In my opinion you should not placate your audience with political correctness by sacrificing a choice word or two. Sometimes a harsh word or two is necessary to prove a point. A spade is a spade, no matter what you call it.

Re: Obama Being Exceedingly Clear About His Tax Plan

Nova20 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:10:14 -0000

McCain's trying a tax technique that Regan tried back in the 80's called "trickle-down economics" (or "Reganomics"). Basically you give tax breaks to 200K+ folks (mostly big businesses) and the savings trickle down from on high.

The flaw in the design is that, even though companies will raise prices when their taxes go up, the inverse is not always true. If you cut a company's taxes they'll realize that they can get a greater profit without cutting prices... so nothing changes and we get screwed.

Re: The Real Problem With McCain

Nova20 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:46:46 -0000

Strange, it's for that reason that my parents don't vote democrat -- they think the dems make decisions with their emotions without regard to viable policy.

Re: This Woman is Everything Wrong With America

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:43:15 -0000

Every time I visit, my mom says something about why she's voting for McCain/Palin. She's very impressed with McCain's decision of a running mate, and tells me that "the Democrats" have spread lies about her ignorance and lack of experience.

I remember once she told me she's voting for McCain because he would do more to "combat the terrorist threat."

For the most part I smile and nod and refuse to comment.

Re: Jesus vs. McCain/Palin

Nova20 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:19:10 -0000

Too bad Jesus isn't eligible to run for president since he was born in Bethlehem.

Re: The Real Palin Comes Out [From Fox]

Nova20 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:17:39 -0000

McCain just wanted to look smart. The best way to do that is to surround yourself with idiots.

Re: The Real Palin Comes Out [From Fox]

Nova20 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:21:11 -0000

also... "knowledgeability"? Is that even a word?

Re: An English Grammar Question

Nova20 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:07:47 -0000

Depends on how many opinions they had, not how many subjects there are.

People can share an opinion (ex: My parents' opinion on the matter is that we should not elope), or they can have two opinions.

Using the singular "opinion" infers that you asked them at the same time and they both had similar replies. Using the plural "opinions" infers that you either asked them separately or that each subject had a different opinion.

Oh, and in this case, each name should always end with an apostrophe followed by an s, even if the name ends with an s:

Bejtlich's
Ranmus's

...since there's only one Bejtlich and one Ranmus.

Re: The Coolest Thing You Didn’t Know Bash Could Do

Nova20 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:42:04 -0000

Holy nuts! I knew about the bang operator, but not about ctrl-r.

Re: How to Find Your Information Within Your DRM-Free iTunes Songs

Nova20 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:50:23 -0000

That's why I always re-encode my mp3s. With iTunes Store purchases (which I don't make that often), there's that extra step to have iTunes convert the .mp4s to .mp3s, but in my mind it's still worth it to get rid of any possible DRM or Tagging taint.

Re: Can the Internet Replace Cable TV?

Nova20 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:41:22 -0000

Some time ago I found a cute little app called TVShows (http://tvshows.sourceforge.net/)which allows you to "subscribe" to almost any show on tv and it automatically pulls torrents for you from tvrss.net (http://tvrss.net).

Then of course there's the Roku box (http://www.roku.com/), which allows you to watch Netflix and Amazon on-demand stuff right on your TV. I hear they may add support for Hulu and youtube soon.

Re: It’s Cute That You Think You’ve Played Tetris

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:50:47 -0000

I actually played the NES version for a while (Gameboy had been out quite a while before I got one), so I got to see it in color.

...after that every other clone paled in comparison.

Re: Is the iPhone Coming to Verizon?

Nova20 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:53:43 -0000

This article is rife with the sort of generalities and uncertainties in previous predictions about this thing. Last I heard, AT&T has exclusivity until 2010.

Re: Immortality is Achievable

Nova20 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:55:48 -0000

What do you do with your old body? Toss it in the trash? Technically he's still just as much you as you are.

Re: Send This to All Your “Hunter” Friends

Nova20 — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:13:56 -0000

Love the shot of the hunter's *running shoes* as the narrator is talking about how men hunted before they had weapons.

Re: Atheism: More Aggressive vs. Group, Less vs. Individuals

Nova20 — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:37:53 -0000

The *facts* are that God exists.

Read it and weep.

Re: The Dark Knight: 10 Things I Liked, 5 Things I Didn’t

Nova20 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:36:38 -0000

Dude. Seriously. I think you just ruined the whole "Gordon dies and comes back" subplot for me. A spoiler tag or two would be nice.

Re: /. Oddities

Nova20 — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:40:40 -0000

I noticed that yesterday and I was fairly impressed. My reply to that post only got modded to 3 (100% Insightful :-), but I guess we can't all get the high scores you do.

Re: A Mandatory Firefox Extension

Nova20 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:55:29 -0000

Re: Raped By Portage

Nova20 — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:27:24 -0000

/me looks up the man page for emerge

Ouch! Bet that took a while :-) I think I'll stick to my binary updates: `apt-get update; apt-get upgrade`

Re: The Pronunciation Of Linux

Nova20 — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:30:44 -0000

You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe...

Let's just call the whole thing off.

Re: Questionable Media Perspective

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:21:32 -0000

Re: Jousting From Unicycles – Addressing Design Rather Than Adding Armor

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:58:04 -0000

Re: The Hacker Glider

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:28:31 -0000

Is it bad that I sat here and figured out the itterations of the glider by hand until I got back to the original patern?

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 01:20:02 -0000

Re: The Maturity Dilemma

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:34:26 -0000

Re: Tool : Antiword

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:03:00 -0000

...and all this time I've been using lpr and ps2pdf to create pdfs.

Re: A Popcorn Mystery — Solved

Nova20 — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:07:30 -0000

That's like the Seinfeld bit about seedless watermelons: "Yeah, cancer's bad and all but this <spit out="out" watermelon="watermelon" seed="seed"> has to stop."</spit>

Re: Firefox: Greasemonkey

Nova20 — Thu, 19 May 2005 09:58:45 -0000

If you like this one, Aardvark is right up your alley.

Re: The Gods Favor Me

Nova20 — Thu, 19 May 2005 22:03:26 -0000

So what's the upstream on this godlike connection?

Re: Podcasting Support Coming To iTunes

Nova20 — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:47:45 -0000

Re: Government: Getting Involved

Nova20 — Tue, 31 May 2005 12:29:47 -0000

Re: Google: The App I Wish They Had

Nova20 — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:52:33 -0000

Alas... if they let you have that, then gmail wouldn't be special, would it?

Re: Interesting Del.icio.us Banners

Nova20 — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:01:22 -0000

yeah, all the cool linux distros are based on the best distro ever -- Debian.

Re: Microsoft Not So Subtle

Nova20 — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:32:20 -0000

Re: Bands: Radiohead

Nova20 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:44:06 -0000

Radiohead not in the iTunes music store? HERESY! BLASPHEMY!

/me quietly boycots iTunes music store

Re: Firefox: Super DragAndGo Extension

Nova20 — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:25:02 -0000

Service not available (503)

If you're waiting on me, you'll be waiting a long time.

Re: The Adaptability of Iraqi Insurgents

Nova20 — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:15:20 -0000

I have a better idea to fix the second radio signal trigger (signal break -> boom). You could cause premature detonation by walking around with a radio jammer.

Re: Broadband In The Bay Area

Nova20 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:15:01 -0000

Looking at moving, Dan?

Re: We’re Doomed

Nova20 — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:31:14 -0000

Re: MySQL Taking A Bad Turn?

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:01:25 -0000

Re: F*%#ing Cingular

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:03:14 -0000

I thought you were with Verizon. Why'd you switch?

Just couldn't go without the new Razor?

Re: A New Domain — Possibly

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:45:56 -0000

here's my suggestion:

Keep the old domain and put your blog on it

Get the new domain and put studies/howtos/etc on it.

Re: Cingular Breaks Up The Monotany

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:22:43 -0000

Re: Introducing Nerdcore

Nova20 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:42:49 -0000

Re: Ignorance

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:17:50 -0000

Everybody knows Indians are Christian, not Jewish.

Re: Credik

Nova20 — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:29:18 -0000

So long as you don't sign "NOT AUTHORIZED" when attempting to buy 3 high-end HDTVs, everything should be fine: The Credit Card Prank II

Re: XM Radio and Commercials

Nova20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:48:38 -0000

Strange... I thought one of the perks of Satellite radio was commercial-free channels

Re: The Tsunami “Hacker” Story

Nova20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:20:12 -0000

Lots of people are behind bars because they did something stupid.

Honestly I think stupity is no less evil than immorality or malice.

Re: What Does Your Toilet Paper Roll Say About You?

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:13:41 -0000

Re: I Love Indian People

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:15:46 -0000

Indians don't bother me. It's those damned Chinese!

I kid! I kid!

Re: Managing My Book Collection

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:53:46 -0000

Re: Internet Explorer 7 Security

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:35:56 -0000

Re: Birthdays

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:35:11 -0000

Dude, Data from Star Trek: TNG is exactly 31 years older than me. There's also some weird Holidays and Observances on my birthday.

Re: Netiquette: Top Posting

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:41:46 -0000

Re: Why I’m Not Touching MSH (Monad)

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:48:07 -0000

Re: Video: Starts Out Lame, Grows On You

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:53:46 -0000

I think it would have added so much if the guy behind them playing Quake (or whatever) would have joined in at some point.

Re: Video: Starts Out Lame, Grows On You

Nova20 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:59:08 -0000

Re: Ubuntu 5.10

Nova20 — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:27:41 -0000

The only thing I don't like about Ubuntu is the lack of a root account... or rather a locked out root account. In any event, I *hate* using sudo.

Re: The United States is Falling

Nova20 — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:41:30 -0000

Re: The DMIESSLER.COM Book List

Nova20 — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:11:52 -0000

Re: My God

Nova20 — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:29:39 -0000

Re: New Movie: Firewall

Nova20 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:58:43 -0000

Re: Goodbye, Mr. Miagi

Nova20 — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:42:48 -0000

Re: Leave Your Change

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:37:02 -0000

Now hold on just a minute.

It's true that when I find change in the bin i think to myself "the idiot before me left his change", but I also think "well, their loss, my gain!" and pocket the money.

Re: My First Personalized License Plate

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:25:07 -0000

Re: Back to Firefox?

Nova20 — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:50:44 -0000

Re: Blog Upgrade and Happy New Year

Nova20 — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:37:42 -0000

Now if only there were a way we could preview comments before they're published, that would be awesome.

Re: It’s Official: The New Logo Sucks

Nova20 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:37:12 -0000

Re: New Site Logo III

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:13:51 -0000

me gusta mucho.

Re: If You Could Only Have 3 Feeds…

Nova20 — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:36:17 -0000

my 3 rss feeds of choice:
1) dmiessler.com
2) slashdot
3)

Re: What RTFM Isn’t

Nova20 — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:39:09 -0000

Oh man, I just laughed so hard.

I'm suprised my co-workers didn't come over and make sure I wasn't strangling a clown.

Re: Are You a Bear or an Eagle?

Nova20 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:06:18 -0000

I think I'm more of an eagle hatchling... I see the sky, and I see everyone else flying around, and I know someday I'll be flying with them, but for now I'm still learning.

Re: Windows Will Run On New Macs

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:36:53 -0000

Actually, I've heard some weird stuff about the new intel macs and windows compatability (both articles from yesterday's slashdot).

One side says it won't work
The other says it might

Re: The New Layout

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:30:47 -0000

Re: The New Layout

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:34:08 -0000

Re: Incredible Russian Street Acrobat

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:16:17 -0000

Dude, this guy's better than the Prince of Persia.

Re: Site Update

Nova20 — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:53:06 -0000

ah yes. I like it... now I can see all 6 links at the top without scrolling to the right. I like the 800px wide thing, too -- It just seems like the right size.

Good job!

Re: Of Coffee and Ice Cream

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:18:41 -0000

Re: Myspace = Viral

Nova20 — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:39:12 -0000

Re: MacBookPro Disappointment

Nova20 — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:26:31 -0000

you could always put it on top of an ice pack (and a towel so things don't get wet).

oooo... Do Macs make you wet too, anonymous?

Re: Giving Windows Mobile 5.0 A Try

Nova20 — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:31:46 -0000

Why would anyone worship “satin”?

You mean like that scene from "Stay Tuned" (John ritter? 1992? C'mon, you guys know what I'm talking about)

Re: Mitch Hedberg

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:33:24 -0000

Re: It’s Called A “Mobile” Phone

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:04:03 -0000

Re: It’s Called A “Mobile” Phone

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:05:09 -0000

Also, I'm with Dennis. If the French do it, I'm against it.

Re: Filtering Non-Gmail Email With Gmail

Nova20 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:21:02 -0000

Re: Google Calendar Just Launched

Nova20 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:21:30 -0000

I'm waiting for a tool that will let me synch my (nonexistant) PDA with gmail and google calendar.

Re: Trying The K2 Theme

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:54:52 -0000

Holy cow, dude... this is way too... I dunno, childish or something. I say go back to the custom theme.

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:02:58 -0000

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:47:41 -0000

Re: Firefox: Use “/” To Search

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:14:18 -0000

Re: Windows Vista Will Make People Buy OS X

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:35:54 -0000

Re: What RSS Feeds Do You Subscribe To?

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:25:14 -0000

uh... I think this one is useful (and entertaining at times)

http://dmiessler.com/wp-rss2.php

Re: My Time In Windows These Days

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:22:30 -0000

wait, wait... I thought you said screw windows several years ago and started using OS X as your main computing environment. What's up?

Re: What RSS Feeds Do You Subscribe To?

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:26:40 -0000

Re: Outsourcing And The Future Of I.T.

Nova20 — Mon, 01 May 2006 10:30:06 -0000

Re: The New Tool CD

Nova20 — Tue, 02 May 2006 14:19:37 -0000

Re: Outsourcing And The Future Of I.T.

Nova20 — Tue, 02 May 2006 22:40:11 -0000

hmmm... don't know what I was talking about in that last comment. Here at home, it shows the new theme. Guess my browser at work has a cached .css or something.

Re: White House Flu FUD

Nova20 — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:55:03 -0000

OH GOD, GET OUT PLASTIC SHEETS AND DUCT TAPE, WE GOTTA SEAL THE HOUSE!

Re: The Painfully Slow iTunes Music Store

Nova20 — Tue, 09 May 2006 08:05:15 -0000

Re: What Mail Server Do The Big Universities Use?

Nova20 — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:59:44 -0000

Re: Affect vs. Effect

Nova20 — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:50:44 -0000

I hate it when someone says something like "I don't want this to have a bad affect".

Affect is not a noun, you idiot!

Re: Confirmed: The Digg-Effect Will Own You

Nova20 — Sat, 13 May 2006 18:14:48 -0000

I was wondering why I couldn't reach your blog the other day.

Seems like it's almost as bad as the slashdot effect, eh?

Re: San Jose Hockey Fans Boo Canadian National Anthem

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:12:03 -0000

Re: Affect vs. Effect

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:15:42 -0000

Perhaps, but the better word (at least in the specified case) is "effect". The use of "affect" in this way is considered (at the very least) archaic.

Re: San Jose Hockey Fans Boo Canadian National Anthem

Nova20 — Mon, 15 May 2006 17:52:17 -0000

Re: The Nastiest Thing In The World

Nova20 — Tue, 30 May 2006 08:42:34 -0000

If you drink whole milk, it's not that bad. If you don't drink it fast enough to keep the ice from melting, you can just stir it a little and it's like you have skim milk. No biggie.

Re: The Nastiest Thing In The World

Nova20 — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:01:36 -0000

dude, heraclyde... chill.

Re: Bay Area Geeks + Fight Club

Nova20 — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:27:10 -0000

No watching!

"If this is your first time at fight club... you have to fight!"

Re: Ubuntu

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:41:22 -0000

Re: The Onion

Nova20 — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:42:57 -0000

Re: Adobe Reader Updates, Evil — Same Thing

Nova20 — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:54:55 -0000

Sounds like windows update, but with less rebooting.

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Nova20 — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:37:25 -0000

Re: Why You Shouldn’t Trust The Drug Industry

Nova20 — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:15:51 -0000

Re: New York, Pizza

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:46:36 -0000

Re: The New Home Defense Weapon of Choice

Nova20 — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:17:10 -0000

Re: Snakes on a Plane

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:42:35 -0000

dude, Snakes on a Plane has been a cult classic for a year now. People heard that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be in a movie with such a title and instantly found humor in it.

Re: Eye Phucking Toons: A DRM Story

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:19:50 -0000

Given the nature of this post, I thought you might enjoy this bedtime story about a pig and a box.

Re: American Ignorance

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:40:16 -0000

You mean India isn't in the Middle East?

Re: This Is My Ümlaut Page

Nova20 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:04:33 -0000

Re: My Gaming Idea

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:02:30 -0000

Re: Chick-Fil-A

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:16:50 -0000

Re: Pet Peeve: Follow Along, Class

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:56:36 -0000

In my experience, the workbook they give you is for taking notes and using as a reference to take home. Perhaps the instructor (as Steve said above) just needs to take a chill pill.

Re: WonderfulBuys Spam

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:01:35 -0000

...and for readers who use procmail:

#Wonderful Spam
:0
* ^From.*Wonderful\.Buys\.com
/dev/null

Should fix it right up.

Re: WonderfulBuys Spam

Nova20 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:47:22 -0000

Re: Why Does Yahoo’s Search Interface Look Exactly Like Google’s?

Nova20 — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:11:24 -0000

There's a new search engine called Yahoo. You can find it by searching for "yahoo" on google.

Re: Dear Apple, Please Fix Finder

Nova20 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:25:26 -0000

The problems you point out in this post have been behaviors of the Mac since (at least) the apple my parents got back in '95 -- a PowerMac with 80 Mhz PowerPC Processor, 4 MB RAM, and OS 7.5.1

Re: A Video About Atheists

Nova20 — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:22:28 -0000

Re: Gentoo vs. Debian

Nova20 — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:07:52 -0000

Re: I Got A Pistol

Nova20 — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:36:27 -0000

Re: HTML: The Spoiler “Tag”

Nova20 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:52:31 -0000

Re: Google Analytics: Geo Traffic Map

Nova20 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:24:52 -0000

Wow... lots of people in AZ there. HI FOLKS IN ARIZONA!

Re: Finishing My Degree

Nova20 — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:21:01 -0000

Re: Geek-Girl Panties

Nova20 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:37:12 -0000

I always get 200 from localhost, but my girlfriend's server has better content.

Re: Geek-Girl Panties

Nova20 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:50:10 -0000

Perhaps the web daemon's down every now and then, but she's running a stable kernel... which is more than I can say for some of the other servers I've encountered.

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:24:46 -0000

I'm with Daniel on this one. How does recording an event that happens anyway keep that event from happening? Is that why a watched pot never boils?

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:02 -0000

Re: Physics: Stranger Than Fiction

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:14:34 -0000

True. It's hard to think of a life sized example that fits properly.

As my dad says, it's like trying to give an example of Avagadro's number using marbles.

Re: A Computer Room

Nova20 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:23:57 -0000

What's that about querying localhost when you have the option of using a remote server?

Re: Steve Irwin, RIP

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:42:00 -0000

He died doing what he enjoyed.

Also, I don't think anybody (including himself) thought he would die of old age.

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:55:43 -0000

Re: Debate About The Word Hacker

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:56:24 -0000

Dangit man. Why do you have to start such a debate when I'm away from my computer for a weekend?

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:13:59 -0000

Re: The Irony Of Steve Irwin’s Death

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:31:37 -0000

The strange thing is that a stingray is by far not the most dangerous animal he's dealt with. They're dangerous (obviously), but not as dangerous as, say, a cobra.

Re: A Hacker Is A Criminal

Nova20 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:54:16 -0000

Re: Upgrading My DAS System

Nova20 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:07:38 -0000

Re: If You’re An Atheist, Don’t Hide It

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:55:50 -0000

Being atheist is unamerican. You make baby Jesus cry.

----- end sarcasm -----

Re: The End Of Windows

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:09:37 -0000

i gotta get me a mac

Re: Considering Kids?

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:14:33 -0000

I believe the ad was focust more on unplanned children.

Here's a clip about a good wholesome family enjoying a fine piece of music.

Re: My Guide To lsof

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:52:00 -0000

It's also more fun than "apt-get moo" on a debian (or debian-based distro) box.

Re: Frog-Slaying with Danzig

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:38:07 -0000

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:13:07 -0000

If only I had guh-noo-own? I don't get it.

Re: Under Fire

Nova20 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:15:40 -0000

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:19:52 -0000

Re: Unix Geek Humor

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:23:50 -0000

Dear god, Daniel. Let's hope this doesn't spread, otherwise it'll become the next generation of illegible 1337 speak.

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:01 -0000

Re: I Just Made Up A Saying…

Nova20 — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:17:05 -0000

True, but I always enjoy playing devil's advocate.

Re: The Truth About Horsepower, Torque, and Acceleration

Nova20 — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:34:00 -0000

Re: The Truth About Horsepower, Torque, and Acceleration

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:27:43 -0000

I'm also told that the backpressure from the catalytic converter helps the engine operate more efficiently.

Then again, my dad told me that, and we all know how that goes.

Re: My Current Car’s Performance

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:46:30 -0000

Re: My Current Car’s Performance

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:05:03 -0000

Man, looks like I'm the low man on the totem pole, but I got an ace up my sleave -- 35-40 miles to the gallon. I can go 500 miles on my 13 gallon tank.

HA! TAKE THAT TO THE PUMPS!

Re: Pentesting: Use Firefox Quicksearches To Lookup Bugtraq IDs From The Address Bar

Nova20 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:54:45 -0000

Re: Why Learning Self Defense Is A Good Thing

Nova20 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:13:55 -0000

hmmm

now if only I could get windows media to stream on my linux box...

Re: Getting Worried About Linux

Nova20 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:17:15 -0000

Re: My Next Car Has Been Chosen

Nova20 — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:23:26 -0000

Re: The Big Move Is Upon Us

Nova20 — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:22:38 -0000

Re: Adding Ads

Nova20 — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:17:01 -0000

I still preferred the ads when it was a horizontal bar beneath the article. On the side there it pushes content down.

Re: And I Just Bought A Windows Device…

Nova20 — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:59:59 -0000

Re: One View On Why Atheists Care About Religion

Nova20 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:15:14 -0000

I think the arguments he makes are problems with the government, not with religion.

Re: Ten Weeks In NYC

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:38:51 -0000

F.A.O. Schwartz, 'cause you're never to old for toys.

Re: On My Site, Firefox Rules

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:13:58 -0000

Wait... is that "gzip" I see at the bottom? Man, I thought I was a geek.

Re: Reporting Live From NYC

Nova20 — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:57:44 -0000

you should have posted this on Saturday night, man.

Re: How Responsive Is The New Setup?

Nova20 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:50:16 -0000

Right now it seems to be about the same, but I think you should write a kick-ass post and get digged (or regedditted) to give it a true stress test.

Re: Why You Shouldn’t Play Warcraft

Nova20 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:06:16 -0000

Re: Subway: Check

Nova20 — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:22 -0000

Sounds like Marta (in Atlanta), where they also have Chipotle. Are you sure you're in NY?

Re: Don’t Ask Me For My Social, Ever. Ever.

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:20:24 -0000

Jonathan, maybe this link will help you out.

Re: Math Pickup Lines

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:34:06 -0000

Re: Mullen > Mortals (Skateboarding)

Nova20 — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:20:37 -0000

Isn't Rodney Mullen considered the king of flatland/low-speed tricks?

Those kinds of tricks are truly impressive to me. It's harder to keep your balance when you're not moving very fast.

Re: Creating Submission Image Links For Digg, Reddit, and Del.icio.us

Nova20 — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:04:47 -0000

Re: Creating Submission Image Links For Digg, Reddit, and Del.icio.us

Nova20 — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:09:54 -0000

Here's a link to a presentation for a DOM scripting session I went to in Rock Eagle last week that may shed some light on to what I'm trying to say.

Re: VIN Number, Check

Nova20 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:20:55 -0000

Bah, passing people can be trivial and extremely enjoyable in any car if you have a manual transmission.

Re: Believing You’re Smarter Makes You Smarter? No.

Nova20 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:35:05 -0000

Re: Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands

Nova20 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:30:19 -0000

Re: No More Clichés

Nova20 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:33:04 -0000

Carl, I swear I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate.

Re: We Are Engaged

Nova20 — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:30:38 -0000

Coagulations! It's about time. How long have you two been going out?

Re: We Are Engaged

Nova20 — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:56:01 -0000

Seriously. How can a linux geek not have free beer at his wedding?

Re: Zelda?

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:45:29 -0000

Re: Germans Are Funny

Nova20 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:52:06 -0000

Still not as funny as this dutch commercial

Re: If I Were To Change My Domain Name…

Nova20 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:28:40 -0000

I think grepunderstanding.com is the most fitting. grepmastery.com makes it sound like a blog about grep, which it most certainly is not.

The only way it could be cooler is if it were a .org

Re: English: Precision Matters

Nova20 — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:32:12 -0000

Re: From 4 to 2

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:39:31 -0000

We still have the other seasons, but they both last about a day each.

Re: New Years Resolutions Are For Losers

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:50:26 -0000

Re: Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism

Nova20 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:07:09 -0000

Re: New Years Resolutions Are For Losers

Nova20 — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:51:59 -0000

Why is it that my comment always kills the thread?

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Nova20 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:24:50 -0000

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Nova20 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:45:03 -0000

Re: 7 Relatively Unknown But Very Powerful Vim Features

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:39:58 -0000

Re: Considering Moving To Drupal

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:44:21 -0000

Re: Word 2007 To Use Word Instead Of IE For HTML Rendering

Nova20 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:19:24 -0000

More reason to read (and send) email using plain text. HTML mail is annoying to those of us who use a fine mail reader like mutt.

Re: How To Create Dynamic Digg/Reddit/Del.icio.us Buttons For Your Pages (Includes Code)

Nova20 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:22:06 -0000

Re: Why The Valentine 1 Radar Detector Is Stupid

Nova20 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:41:30 -0000

Re: You Are Wrong About President Bush

Nova20 — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:31:08 -0000

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Re: The Real Reason MacWorld Didn’t Have Anything About Leopard

Nova20 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:45:08 -0000

I think if apple integrated Beryl eyecandy into their UI they'd have Vista beat... but then again one or two of the features of beryl have already been implemented in OS X.

Re: A Wicked String

Nova20 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:50:41 -0000

It seems to me that those are two pieces of information that shouldn't be in the url.

Re: Google Instead Of Local Applications?

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:06:03 -0000

Re: My Problems With Google Reader I

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:09:36 -0000

Re: Insanely Beautiful GUI

Nova20 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:12:50 -0000

Re: DMIESSLER.COM: 2006 Platform Statistics

Nova20 — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:14:19 -0000

Re: Nick Gisburne’s Video About Quran Teachings

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:24:47 -0000

Re: Java Programmers

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:28:08 -0000

but... but... Java *is* better than any other programming language. It's multi platform and easy to write!

Re: Digg: How To Make Pages Open In The Same Window Instead Of Another Tab

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:33:02 -0000

Re: Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:34:07 -0000

Re: I Live In Constant Fear Of Doing Things Inefficiently

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:42:16 -0000

Re: Security: How Network Ports Work

Nova20 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:45:15 -0000

Haw haw. I just had a mental image of Daniel yelling at his computer:

"Hey all you midgets in there! Quit yackin' and get back to work!"

Re: Requesting Prose

Nova20 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:50:54 -0000

You mean me or your other friend named Tim?

Re: Do You Put New Items On Top, Or On Bottom?

Nova20 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:57:53 -0000

Re: Language: Ending With A Preposition

Nova20 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:38:04 -0000

Re: Requesting Prose

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:19:33 -0000

Holy cow, Daniel. How many Tims do you know?

Re: Totally Insane Web-based IDE

Nova20 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:02:48 -0000

Re: Totally Insane Web-based IDE

Nova20 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:05:24 -0000

I just felt like being a code nazi.

I wrote it out and corrected it myself.

Re: Should You Be Embarassed If You’re Pregnant?

Nova20 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:34:15 -0000

Re: The Definition Of Atheism, And Why It Is NOT A Belief

Nova20 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:59:17 -0000

Re: I’m Back Up

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:42:56 -0000

I'll be happy to make a page for you that says "Daniel's dead. You should read my uber cool blog instead until he rises from the grave".

That way, people won't be confused if you have server issues.

Re: Perhaps The Most Important Reason Cannabis Should Be Legal

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:38:42 -0000

Did you know there is no written record of a lethally toxic overdose on THC?

Re: MC Chris vs. Ytcracker

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:00:18 -0000

Re: XKCD

Nova20 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:05:54 -0000

Re: Who’s Among Us?

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:06:30 -0000

I'd put that on my site, but it would probably only depress me. I get less than 20 visits every week (about 50% returning visitors).

Re: Swords

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:01:46 -0000

Re: Swords

Nova20 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:09:17 -0000

For anyone else interested, here's an even better compilation of bullets in slow motion.

Re: Office 2007

Nova20 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:05:18 -0000

I haven't tried it yet. What's so cool about it? Expand, man!

Re: Dumping OS X

Nova20 — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:41:22 -0000

Re: How Fast Does Your Website Load?

Nova20 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:13:47 -0000

Re: Why I Hate Mailing Lists

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:41:12 -0000

Yeah. A forum or nntp server works *so* much better than a mailing list.

Re: Building Things

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:44:09 -0000

I've been looking for a replacement for dropload.com for some time now. Looks like I've found it.

Re: Engineers: This Is How NOT To Do A Presentation

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:49:52 -0000

...at least, not a presentation to the customers.

Did he just say "dingleberry"?

Re: Introducing B.G. — “Before Google”

Nova20 — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:34:59 -0000

I used:

Alta Vista
Yahoo! maps
Bellsouth Yellow Pages
and my college email... then eventually my gehennom account (which I still have, but I just don't use anymore).

There are a few technologies google provides that I didn't have to worry about then, like an rss reader or video search.

Re: Secure Your Site With ROT26 Encryption

Nova20 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:49:07 -0000

It may take some major coding, but I think I'm going to incorporate this encryption on my blog.

Re: Cultural Dissonance: Why Hip-Hop Customer Service Is Crap

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:17:51 -0000

Re: The Cycle Of Adding And Dropping RSS Feeds

Nova20 — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:17:09 -0000

Re: A Unix/Linux Permissions Refresher

Nova20 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:42:09 -0000

Re: A Logical Approach To Gun Laws

Nova20 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:39:57 -0000

Re: The List Of Shame: Websites That Don’t Allow Special Characters In Their Passwords

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:55:59 -0000

I remember once (a long long time ago) I was installing some version of linux, and when I put in my password for the root account it told me the password was too long and I had to pick another one.

Re: A Logical Approach To Gun Laws

Nova20 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:21:30 -0000

Funny I should find this story the day after I read this post.

Re: Grassroots Atheist Video

Nova20 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:41:30 -0000

Re: I Wish Verizon Took The iPhone Deal

Nova20 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:01:38 -0000

Re: s/he

Nova20 — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:57:22 -0000

Re: Bad Form

Nova20 — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:03:48 -0000

Wait, wait... Richard? Richard Gordon or another Richard that I don't know?

Re: A Heart-Warming Story (There Are Too Few)

Nova20 — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:45:27 -0000

Yeah, Daniel. You left the colon out of your protocol handler there (http://, not http//). Nice job, geek.

Re: Religious Fundamentalist Quotes

Nova20 — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:42:12 -0000

"Fundamentalist" is just a politically correct word for a zealot.

Re: Big Changes Afoot

Nova20 — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:47:55 -0000

Honestly? I just don't like it. It's really weird. I'll grant you that it's a *lot* faster than your old site, and you did need a theme change, but this is just... weird.

Re: How I Search For Understanding: An Apology

Nova20 — Tue, 15 May 2007 07:42:07 -0000

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing - Socrates

Re: Why You Should Vote For Ron Paul [Video]

Nova20 — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:57:27 -0000

Wow. Ron Paul seems to be more of a libertarian than a Republican. (that's a good thing)

Re: I’m Done With University of Phoenix

Nova20 — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:05 -0000

Re: How To Effectively Manage and Process Your RSS Feeds [GTD]

Nova20 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:56:27 -0000

Re: So I’m Trying To Learn How To Drink Beer

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:30:49 -0000

Re: iPhone Battery Life: Prepare For The Worst

Nova20 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:49:14 -0000

Jesus Christ! Note to self: don't ever second-guess the almighty Apple Inc. on your blog. Stick with Microsoft. People hate Microsoft.

Re: You’ll Be Hearing About This

Nova20 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:38:42 -0000

Oh, that's already here. It's called Dance Dance Revolution.

Re: What’ll Happen When Someone Dies In MMA?

Nova20 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:09:52 -0000

Re: Make A Statement By Registering As An Independent

Nova20 — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:15:59 -0000

wait wait... register as independent?

Isn't that like anarchists having a committee meeting?

Re: Newport Beach, CA

Nova20 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:18:13 -0000

What? Newport Beach and no one is smoking a cool, refreshing menthol cigarette?

Re: Typing of the Dead

Nova20 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:30:29 -0000

Was anyone else trying to type along with the guy playing?

I think I died in the first rush.

Re: It’s Time to Drop the “www”

Nova20 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:15:35 -0000

Re: Our Fickle Minds

Nova20 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:45:51 -0000

Re: Instant Messaging Kills Babies

Nova20 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:55:10 -0000

I only sign on to an im client when I check gmail.

Re: Paying Respects to Bruce Lee — The Original Mixed Martial Artist

Nova20 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:02:25 -0000

Bruce Lee > Chuck Norris

Re: Yeah, She’s Only 15

Nova20 — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:37 -0000

I'm reminded of Little Miss Sunshine. Great flick.

Re: Fixed My Comment Form Display Issue

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:07:20 -0000

Ahhhh. Much better.

Re: Saying No To “www”: A Fortune 50 Company Analysis

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:02:44 -0000

Re: “Ron Paul” Anagrams to “Our Plan”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:15:59 -0000

Still not as good as "Spiro Agnew" = "Grow a penis"

Re: The Math and Philosophy Behind Tool’s Lateralus

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0000

Re: The Math and Philosophy Behind Tool’s Lateralus

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:03:52 -0000

This Wikipedia link may help explain what I heard. Read the first bullet point there.

Re: Dumping Safari. Going to Camino.

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:31:13 -0000

Re: Dexter: Thinly Veiled Societal Sickness

Nova20 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:56:10 -0000

Vicariously I / Live while the whole world dies / Much better you than I

Re: 300 Reasons You Need Leopard

Nova20 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:40:47 -0000

Reason #301:

You can continue to use Boot Camp to play your newest games that won't run under wine or Fusion.

Re: My OS X Software List

Nova20 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:31 -0000

I use Coda for my web development needs. I haven't tried TextMate yet, but from what I've seen, it appears to be oriented more towards programming apps... something I (sadly) don't do a whole lot of.

I like Coda because it lets you edit files over SCP (seemlessly) preview pages, and even run a remote terminal.

However, it doesn't integrate with Xcode and all that good stuff. I think a hybrid of the two apps would be awesome. Also, Coda comes with an $80 price tag, and the trial only lasts 20 days.

Maybe I should just shut up and try TextMate.

Re: New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild

Nova20 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:47:02 -0000

Actually, Daniel, if it installed "on the sly" like most windows malware, it wouldn't actually be a trojan.

I think trojans are the ballziest of the malware types, because the attacker has to convince the victim that it's a useful (or otherwise harmless) piece of software.

Re: Read This if You Believe in Man-Made Global Warming

Nova20 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:47:35 -0000

I just want to say that this is a strange post, given this earlier post:

There was another post somewhere (which I can't find) that says, basically, that any politician that doesn't believe in global warming shouldn't be trusted to run the nation.

1) Natural climactic cycles. Technically we are still coming out of an ice age.

2) Activity on the Sun (sunspots, solar flares, etc.) affects climate on the earth, and not all of these effects are known.

3) The greenhouse effect causes radiation from the Sun (and to a small extent, from other stars) to be trapped on the earth as heat.

Holy cow, I didn't mean to write an essay.

Re: Beer and Metal: Finding Signal Within Noise

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:40:05 -0000

When you say you can't find flavor in the overwhelming bitterness or they say they can't find music through screaming and guitars, to me that's like saying you can't see the forest for the trees.

Granted, beer is more than bitterness and Slayer is more than screaming and guitars, but bitterness or "noise" (for lack of a better word) are major parts of the experience.

Re: Fox News Contributor Speaks Truth

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:17:45 -0000

Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell.

It appears that's what our government wants us to think.

Re: Beer and Metal: Finding Signal Within Noise

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:20:04 -0000

Guniness and PBR are wildly different, but I see your point.

Also, PBR is some damned good stuff for what it costs. There's a reason they call it "blue ribbon".

Re: No More “www”

Nova20 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:09:20 -0000

I've noticed a lot of reposts from you, Daniel. Are you in a blogging slump?

Andrew,

Chances are that any web server already has a meaningful hostname, and assigning it an alternate ("www") causes ambiguity.

Or, let's say I have two (or more) web servers (each of which has a meaningful hostname). To which do I assign the "www" tld?

I really haven't said what I'm trying to say because it's difficult to express. Why force a "www" on people when it's not necessary?

Re: Can We Vote For Ron Paul in the Primaries and Then a Democrat in the General Election?

Nova20 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:13:51 -0000

Certainly you can.

Several times I've declared myself democratic in the primaries in order to keep so-and-so off the ballot, then voted republican (or libertarian) in the actual election.

Then again, you wouldn't be voting for the win in that case, you'd just be refusing to vote for the other candidate(s).

I myself would probably do a write-in for Ron Paul.

Re: More Sickening Than Goatse, Tubgirl, and 2G1C Combined

Nova20 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:42:23 -0000

perhaps this commercial is why The Iowa Independent ranks Ron Paul above Rudy Giuliani

Sucks that Mike Huckabee appears to be the clear favorite. I don't want a Jerry Falwell wannabe in the white house.

Re: An Apple Joke: What Do You Call a Computer That’s Not Running OS X?

Nova20 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:43:53 -0000

I hope I'm not the only one that gets this.

Re: McCain and Clinton? You’ve Got to Be F**king Kidding Me

Nova20 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:14:32 -0000

quite. I don't know how to feel about my state's results. Apparently we hate Clinton with a purple passion, but we love the hardcore fundamentalists.

Oh well.

Again I say... Ron Paul 2012!

Re: How to Set Women Back 50 Years

Nova20 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:07:10 -0000

Whoever was "grading" this article missed something in the second column. She started a sentence with a conjunction: "But I can understand..."

Re: “It can be seen from space.”

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:41:32 -0000

Nice t-shirt idea, but it robs us all of a good "yo mama" joke.

Re: Sorry Ron, I’m Voting for Obama

Nova20 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:32:45 -0000

I've pretty much come to the same conclusion, and I've even heard my dad (a staunch republican) say that he no longer supports any of the republican nominee hopefuls.

I think my parents may vote democrat for the first time in decades -- that is, unless Hillary gets the nomination.

A wasted vote? Well, yeah, but I couldn't bring myself to vote for either of the other two fuckwads.

I still don't think Obama is an ideal candidate, but he's got more going for him than any of the other hopefuls.

Le sigh... maybe there will be another nameless (or not-so-nameless -- fingers crossed) Libertarian candidate with no chance on the ballet this year, but if there isn't I'll settle for Obama.

Re: Defending My Choice to Switch From Paul to Obama

Nova20 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:04:31 -0000

I wanna be part of the winning team, but to tell the truth Obama was always my fallback -- I was fairly certain that Paul wouldn't get the nomination.

Re: “Kill It With Fire.”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:48:40 -0000

Like so:

Re: “Kill It With Fire.”

Nova20 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:49:12 -0000

ok then.

http://fuze-tech.net/~nova20/stuff/img/firekill.png

Re: OK, I’ll Stop Reading Reddit, But Someone Do Me a Favor and Send Me an Email When I Need to Buy Ammo and Camping Gear

Nova20 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:22:19 -0000

You should have that stuff on hand anyway.

...oh, and duck tape. Lots of duck tape.

Re: The Best Piece of Infosec Marketing I’ve Seen in a While

Nova20 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0000

So they meet one of the eleven requirements for PCI compliance. Why is that impressive?

Re: OS X: The Keyboard Shortcut for “Don’t Save”

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:40:56 -0000

It still needs work, though. Whenever a window pops up with several options the first field is outlined, and it's rarely what I actually want to do.

I have the same problem with the "remember this password?" pop-up. Maybe it's just firefox that's messed up.

Re: OS X: The Keyboard Shortcut for “Don’t Save”

Nova20 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:25 -0000

In other news, this captcha sucks.

Re: A Creative Yet Disturbing Comic

Nova20 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:32:01 -0000

Have you been reading looking at 4chan?

Re: Awesome New Infosec Class

Nova20 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:28:33 -0000

Re: Muslim Man Stabs Daughter to Death for Being Infatuated with British Soldier

Nova20 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:46:56 -0000

I vote we stab you to death for not following the teachings of Allah!

Re: Global Warming Revisited

Nova20 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:47:35 -0000

Re: Global Warming Revisited

Nova20 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:49:06 -0000

Also, I notice that my new handle seems to be fitting for comments on this thread. Strange.

Re: Google Notes (Finally)

Nova20 — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:27:17 -0000

If you type a capital 'S' when you have a story highlighted, it'll share that item. Good to be able to put notes with it, though.

Re: New 24″ iMac

Nova20 — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:34:04 -0000

/me wants a new 24" Mac!

...my 17" MacBook Pro has started to become obsolete.

Re: Silly Question: Why Aren’t Russians Considered Asians?

Nova20 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:27:57 -0000

Two other reasons:

1) Russia is so large that it's considered it's own entity... almost outside of Asia. It also has a different climate and geography.

Re: Qik on iPhone!

Nova20 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:46:49 -0000

Looked a lot like OS X to me.

Re: The Hyperlink Trailing Slash Debate

Nova20 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:07:12 -0000

I hate typing a url into my address bar and seeing both http://dmiessler.com and http://dmiessler.com/ show up in the auto-complete list.

Re: Stranger Than Fiction Trailer

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:41:16 -0000

If you haven't seen this movie yet (it's been out for some time now), punch yourself. Hard. Then go out and buy this movie and watch it immediately.

Will Ferrell actually does a pretty good job as a dramatic actor.

Re: Flight of the Conchords — Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:43:41 -0000

Wow, you're following in my sister's footsteps from a few months ago -- as in before Christmas. She posted several FotC videos on her blog, then she bought me Season 1 for Christmas.

Any chance you're going to buy me Season 2 for Christmas?

Re: The Love of a Lion

Nova20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:58:33 -0000

After the long lead-in to the hug, I was half expecting it to be a spoof where the lion runs up and rips both their heads off.

I was disappointed.

Re: Charlie the Unicorn: The Banana King

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:16:14 -0000

Candy mountain, charlie! Candy Mountain!

Re: This is Sparta! Remix

Nova20 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:48:52 -0000

My favorite part is the inclusion of the Dramatic Prairie Dog

Re: iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 Seeded

Nova20 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:49 -0000

I have an iPod Touch, and the only thing I really want in the next update is support for compilations in my music library.

I use the wifi connection every now and then to surf the web or connect to my media machine over ssh, but it's primarily an iPod.

Re: This is a Real Help Desk Ticket

Nova20 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:15 -0000

It's possible she's used to a mac...

Re: English Majors

Nova20 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:40:43 -0000

Daniel, I'd suggest posting a link when you post content from elsewhere on the web. I was confused for 30 seconds while "zoits.com" wouldn't come up for me.

Here's a link to zoitz.com for those of you that want to check it out and are still confused about the "cannot contact server" error.

Re: English Majors

Nova20 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:43:01 -0000

Is it just me, or was my link mangled in that last comment? Let me try again.

Re: Why I’m Supporting Obama (In Letter Form)

Nova20 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:24:22 -0000

Daniel (regarding your response to Jason),

I guess what I'm saying is that, though one should be careful with blanket statements, one should not be afraid to point out facts.

Re: Obama Being Exceedingly Clear About His Tax Plan

Nova20 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:10:14 -0000

Re: The Real Problem With McCain

Nova20 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:46:46 -0000

Strange, it's for that reason that my parents don't vote democrat -- they think the dems make decisions with their emotions without regard to viable policy.

Re: This Woman is Everything Wrong With America

Nova20 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:43:15 -0000

I remember once she told me she's voting for McCain because he would do more to "combat the terrorist threat."

For the most part I smile and nod and refuse to comment.

Re: Jesus vs. McCain/Palin

Nova20 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:19:10 -0000

Too bad Jesus isn't eligible to run for president since he was born in Bethlehem.

Re: The Real Palin Comes Out [From Fox]

Nova20 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:17:39 -0000

McCain just wanted to look smart. The best way to do that is to surround yourself with idiots.

Re: The Real Palin Comes Out [From Fox]

Nova20 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:21:11 -0000

also... "knowledgeability"? Is that even a word?

Re: An English Grammar Question

Nova20 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:07:47 -0000

Depends on how many opinions they had, not how many subjects there are.

People can share an opinion (ex: My parents' opinion on the matter is that we should not elope), or they can have two opinions.

Oh, and in this case, each name should always end with an apostrophe followed by an s, even if the name ends with an s:

Bejtlich's
Ranmus's

...since there's only one Bejtlich and one Ranmus.

Re: Site Logo Update

Nova20 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:45:21 -0000

I certainly hope you're joking.

Also, don't forget the slash at the end.

Re: Site Logo Update

Nova20 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:46:08 -0000

My vote is stacked with tagline. Ignore these folks about the protocol identifier.

Re: Site Logo Update

Nova20 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:03:16 -0000

Mostly I just wanted to show off my knowledge that "http://" is a "protocol identifier". :-)

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