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DAMN! -- Brian
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Bonzi Buddy is a stupid animated purple gorilla that sits on your computer and tries to be entertaining (it ain't). None of the programs that they list are bad (Flash is for animation), and none of the books teach people how to hack, although I do highly recommend both of the Stevenson novels that are listed. -- Brian
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I wasn't sure if this was satire or just a horribly misinformed parent until I got to #8, even though the AMD question should have been a tipoff.
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I said I wouldn't, but I can't help myself: I recommend GPG. It's the GNU version of PGP, another great crypto package. It uses well known and proven algorithms. Of course, I don't have anything worth encrypting, but it is nice to be able to sign your USENET posts and emails so that the reciever knows that they aren't being spoofed. -- Brian
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True for the most part, but there is some speculation that you could use an electron microscope to pull the data off the drive. I doubt even the gov't would want to try it, but you never know. The truly paranoid would just use an encrypted file system. Of course, then the FBI can just subpeona you for the key, and if you refuse then you go to jail. I have to stop posting to this thread. I'm starting to sound like some sort of paranoid wacko, when in reality I don't have anything sensitive on my computers anyway. If the FBI wants my MP3 collection, or the source to my projects, they can have them. -- Brian
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If a file has ever touched your hard drive (or any magnetic media, for that matter), there is a chance that it can be recovered. The location of files on a disk is recorded in something called the File Allocation Table, or FAT. If you "delete" a file, its entry in the FAT is deleted. The actual file still exists on the disk and is easily recoverable. Of course, after some time, another file will probably overwrite the data, but it can (in theory, anyway) still be recovered by physically ripping the disk apart. The most important thing is that your unencrypted data passed through a network connected computer that could have Magic Lantern, Back Orifice, NetBus, or god knows what else on it. It might not have even been your computer. -- Brian
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Don't bother OC'ing the processor, get a Thunder K7 mobo with dual 1.8 Ghz Athlon MPs (Palomino core, drool), and a gig of registered PC2100 SDRAM. The motherboard even has an onboard SCSI controller, so add a couple of 30 gig SCSI drives and you will have an unstoppable editing machine. -- Brian *edit* - Had wrong motherboard name
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That didn't work for me, try this: http://www.pierltd.com/new/product_descriptions/miracle_mike.htm -- Brian
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I know that Amtrak runs from Chicago to Champaign. The trains are very nice, too. I ride 'em when I go home on breaks. The Falling Illini leave from Champaign pretty early on Saturdays, and usually don't have too many seats left over, but if you talk to Tomas or Marc (FallingILweenie and FallingMarc, respectively), they might be able to help you out. -- Brian
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I'm in. I'm just hoping for decent weather, or my currency is shot. -- Brian
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All encryption has always been legal inside the US, but there used to be export restrictions to basically any other country. They really loosened up a few years back, and now the list of restrictions is: and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently Afghanistan (Taliban controlled areas), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports (including Denied Parties, entities on the Bureau of Export Administration Entity List, and Specially Designated Nationals). This is from the Mozilla web browser, which contains cypto components. -- Brian
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Boo-hoo . By the time the chili party comes around I'll be 28 days between jumps. I'm just praying for good weather so I won't lose my currency. -- Brian
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You might be able to arrange to ship your rig ahead for the repack and pick it up once you get there. -- Brian
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If I recall correctly, your log book can be signed by another jumper who witnessed the jump, or the pilot of the aircraft. -- Brian
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When I read the headline, my first thought was, "Shit! Joe ended up in the lake!". Glad to hear you're ok, hope the dirt comes out of your gear. -- Brian
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Simple rule: If you don't want to see it printed on the front page of the New York Times, encrypt it. -- Brian
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Way, way, over the line. -- Brian
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That reminded me of this video:http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~gldm/How_to_get_your_girlfriend_to_have_anal_sex_with_you.mpg It's a pretty big video file (no pr0n or anything, don't worry), but funny as hell. -- Brian
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My 20 pound, 20 year old Beta player/recorder still works just fine. Unfortunately, tapes are getting harder to find. Since I only record things to watch the next day, then I copy over them, I'll probably pick up a TiVo or something like it soon... good quality, tons of record time, and I can set it up to record the whole season of Iron Chef (Japanese, not the new American version) at once. -- Brian
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The domain hasn't been registered with AuNIC... Anybody want to take up a collection to get it first? -- Brian
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I just got a set of G107 prescription goggles from SportRX yesterday. They look pretty cool, and I can see just as well with them as I can with my glasses. They distort a little bit around the edge, but so does any curved lense, prescription or not. It haven't jumped them yet, but they feel more secure than my Kroops, and definately have a better seal. -- Brian
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Nope, it's true. Check out this link to Snopes: http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/noose/balloon.htm If Snopes says it's true, then you can safely assume that it is. They are known for thorough research, and they provide exact references (more than half a dozen, in this case). The story is different from the one you posted, and has a sad ending: Larry ends up killing himself several years later. It does have another neat story though; a skydiver repeats the stunt, but with a slightly different setup, including a skydiving rig. Needless to say, he took the fun way down
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I remember seeing that on RealTV (I think, might have been some other low budget reality series). The guys where doing skydive-bungee, where they had a bungee between them, the exit the plane together, and one guy pulls. Not an especially bright idea if you ask me. Anyway, the bungee broke (big surprise) and one of them got very seriously hurt. -- Brian
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The country itself lies on both continents, stretching from eastern Europe all of the way across Asia to the Pacific Ocean. You could probably make your case either way, although I don't see why it would hurt the Russians, since many of them actually do live in Asia. -- Brian
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The only part of that page that made me laugh was the guestbook entries from people who didn't get it: I especially like this one from a guy who was initially outraged, but ended up deciding that since the cats didn't die, it was cool with him: -- Brian