TheAmazingIdiot

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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
My funny jab about Le Gran K goes back to the similar reason why Imperial measurements were dumb: the damned measurement (weight) changes. Le Gran K is a weight stored in France that every kilogram weight is measured against. This weight, m
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
What exactly is a pound? Is it a mass? If not, what is the Imperial equivalent? This confused the hell out of me the first time I took uni physics. I had an older gentleman teach the class who kept talking about slugs. And just to anger met
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I waited to respond to stay away from the people here who hate religion, as well as get sufficiently off the front page as not to derail the general antivirus discussion. Karma is simply that: action. Physical actions are just like how we a
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
There was about a year ago an Ask HN about losethos( now sparrowOS) about that very topic. There were perhaps 100 posts. The general consensus is that he deserves to be treated like a human. He may, sadfully, have a mental illness. That's
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
The word "Karma" is a Hindi word meaning 'Action'. No more, and no less. What you or others may attach to it doesn't matter.
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
All the perceived problems that Intel 'solves' are all legal and copyright issues. Tunnel technology just works. Hell, there's even an autodownloader for TPB on one of the open source media players, so this stuff isn't theoretical. I'm guea
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I've been talking to Josef Prusa and Kliment about going from print to cast. There's a few other guys who exactly that. The 2 makers' suggestions are to cast using natural PLA. It burns off the cleanest of all the current plastics. Along wi
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Hmm. If A and B are unwitting investors, and C is a quant with inside information, OF COURSE C should take this "bet". It's not like C would ever everrrr....Lie.... And when G(overnment) comes around to fix this evil fraud, they fine for 10
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I'm well aware of what we came from. My dad had a few of these. One I distinctly remember was a 2 part combo. To write, you put the chip in a ZIF socket (he changed this from a socketed to ZIF) in a huge metal box, and what looks like a par
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
One of the first controllers I played around with was the BASIC stamp, by Parallax. There is no single word for the horrible, utterly disgusting, nasty setup that these things required. There is some sort of tokenizer for Linux that kind of
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
My dad had a massive heart attack December 2'nd. My mom and I were at the house when my dad had it. Having no medical training, I know how to perform CPR and was able to resuscitate him to get to the local hospital and then to Methodist in
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Most of my projects occur on Linux, save dealing with iPhone unlocking/jailbreaking (done in VirtualBox). I hope they get the Linux port out stat, because the Windows one is pretty useless to me .
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
One trait that I've seen about Scorpios is that very few of them can get along together: whether that be friends, lovers, business partners, or other closely affiliated people. I've seen this time and time again, sometimes with me not even
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Then how do you prove your copy is legitimately made copy from the rightsholder?
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Congratulations. You highlighted a misuse of the word license, and ignored the underlying idea that still is not answered. "Where does the copyright exist at? Is it in the medium, the UPC, the box, or perhaps more intangible than that?" Tho
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Secondary school quality directly varies to the income of the school district. Secondary school is "free" and compulsory. Post-secondary school rates have massively skyrocketed. One needs loans, scholarships, and many other financial aids.
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Ive asked this question plenty of times, with no answer. Where does the copyright 'license' exist at? Is it in the medium, the UPC, the box, or perhaps more intangible than that? Why aren't thefts of media (music/DVDs/games) filed as copyri
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Don't forget Cyberdyne Robotics! http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Sometimes being a privileged position allows one to do tremendous things. As Brubeck did countless times.
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Quibids is one of the scammy-iest "auction" site abound. It's name is called Penny-Scam Auction The gist for those that do now know: you buy bid-packs. A bid costs .60$, per BID. This doesn't matter if you "win" the item. If you do "win" (g
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Just read this: http://71.6.196.237/fravia/progcor.htm It's down in the rabbit hole for you :P
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
For the longest time, cracking Photoshop was a 1 byte change. In effect, there was a conditional JMP. You patch the address of the good JMP to the bad conditional side. Voila: enter a good or bad serial, and it works. A bunch of us under +F
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
And with this regional pricing crap, the same companies are petitioning Congress and SCOTUS to ban first-sale doctrine on "stuff" coming in from abroad. "Sorry bub, you bought that X from the company who makes them, in another country. And
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
This post is meant as a response to DevilBoy and in part you, Chasing. Blending both concepts of copyright violation and theft together, what happens in this common situation? 1. I go to a store and buy an audio CD. I'm given the receip
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
How intelligent is it for companies to go after people who trade and know your program, that are not paying _now_? Seems a waste of resources attacking who might be your customer, in both money and good-will. Example: I'm in school for draf
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I do tend to stay away from attacking somebody to avoid discussing a certain point brought up. However, tptacek sure cuts the cake on this... From his profile: "THOMAS H. PTACEK hopes, by strict attention to business, combined with moderate
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
(I posted this a month ago) How do you know, if you are that you are indeed breaking DRM vs just doing complicated stuff with a firmware? It seems obvious if there's PKI in there somewhere. But aside that, how do you tell the difference? Mi
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Every movie ever published by a MPAA affiliate company has lost money, went in the hole and whatnot. Even that lowly named mass loser called Star Wars. Or that's what they tell the IRS. This isn't a battle over who's more morally right. Sav
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I'm not rationalizing. The media companies, at one time, had some of my money. They don't now. I'm a dirty pirate who takes what isn't bolted down, and unbolts for others. P.S. Adblock and noscript take away adverts. I do that too, so I'm a
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by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
To make "distribution of child pronography" even more weird... SCOTUS ruled* that children photographed not engaged in lewd acts does not commit a crime. In other words: Children nudists are legal to photograph. Kids in bathtub are legal t

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