Quickie Fu 104
Let's get the serious stuff out of the way: chrisd put up a survey to track what trade shows Linux Coders think are a good idea to go to. With the proliferation of cons, its nice to know what ones matter.
Oh, and if you're looking for beer, you should try
Heineken's BarTrek. its a PDA proggie with maps to bars and reviews of beer. And if you have GPS, it'll even lead you to it.
My guess is after a few beers, it better be a really user friendly app or you might wind up in a desert or something.
k-rist sent us linkage to Pulp Simpsons! which I highly recommend.
An anonymous reader pointed us to a 15 pound Millenium Falcon made of legos.
CK-2 pointed us to what looks like the most impressive real life light saber money can buy.
dave pointed us to
the site worth it. notjenni,
a parody of jennicam.
An AC pointed us to a Swedish site has a photo of the Daytrading Yucca plant.
This plant is wired up to a computer to trade on the Swedish stock market in response to its electrical activity. If it makes a profit it is rewarded with water and light, if it makes a loss it is unwatered and sits in the dark. The plant has made an 18 percent profit in the last three months! God I hope this is true ;)
Effugas pointed us to a pretty good parody of the Matrix.
regs pointed us to MonkeyBagel which outta win an award for something. I don't really know what tho.
Random merchandising:
at0m noted that Copyleft now has Slashdot polos in grey and green.
Finally, what would quickies be without some porn?
Tolath sent us something graphic... if you happen to be an electrical cord.
Re:Where's the beer? (Score:1)
Resumes should be submitted to H2G2 publishing (www.h2g2.com [h2g2.com]. No ex-Sirius Cybernetics or Encyclopaedia Galactica employees need apply.
Vovida, OS VoIP
Beer recipe: free! #Source
Cold pints: $2 #Product
With or without... (Score:1)
Nope (Was: Re:Wow.) (Score:1)
IV. Any resemblance of any character to any person living or dead is coincidental. Some freakazoid left a comment on Slashdot claiming to know "Beth" from Geek Fantasia. Look, SHE DOESN'T EXIST. I named her "Beth" after an old friend. I gave her the body of a dancer I dated in college. Hey, Slashdot-comment guy, does the "Beth" you know have a strong background in SP/2 systems administration? I didn't think so.
It's "LEGO" (Score:1)
?Smart? quotes (Score:1)
Putting smart quotes in web pages in indeed a heinous act.
Problem is, they do actually look quite nice, so if you ask people to remove them they probably won't. And the ‘ and ’ entities aren't very well supported either.
The solution is to keep pages smart-quote-free and change the sexless quotes to smart ones on the fly at the browser end. You can also have the browser display " - " using an em-dash, "fi" and "fl" using ligatures, and so on. There is already one web browser that does this, but it's, er, a bit obscure.
You can detect whether a quote mark should be open or closed using my Patented Smart Quote Algorithm[*]. If the previous character was a space, open quote, open bracket or start-of-input, use an open quote, else use a closed one. It ain't perfect (words with an apostrophe at the start come out wrong; they don't happen very often), but it looks pretty good.
[*] I didn't really patent it. Obviously. The sad thing is, I probably could. :-(
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Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:1)
I've seen worse linkage from slashdot, just be glad they didn't post my mention of Asia Carrera's new computer.
To be fair, the last time they posted some pornstar-related linkage, other people got in a huff about 'content warnings' and whatnot. Obviously they had clicked on the link faster than they could read the description.
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Matrix soundtrack (Score:1)
Interestingly enough a different remix of this song was heard in the movie "The Jackal" (and it's on the soundtrack there, too). The parody also mentioned the song playing in Neo's headphones -- this isn't (unfortunately) on the soundtrack, but the song (Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack) was also heard in, guess what movie? The Jackal.
Coincidence?
I think not.
You decide.
kugano
Re:Daytrading Yucca Plant?!? (Score:1)
Well, we don't know for sure what cord that is descending from the ceiling... it could be a network connection...
Is there a web page up about this thing, or just the picture? I can't find one anywhere.
Deja Vu?? (Score:1)
Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:1)
Moral Hazard (Score:1)
You see, a yucca plant doesn't care about the overall health of the economy, only about whether it gets watered. Moreover, it can't possibly get less than no water, so as soon as its profits have dried up, it is more and more likely to make risky "double or nothing" bets to try to get back to a positive cash-flow situation. The market will crash - or worse, the government will be forced to step in with a massive "yucca bail-out" and the taxpayers will be left saying "yuck".
Our only hope is that maybe - just maybe - yucca really does have the moral fibers to resist this temptation.
Re:Day-Trading Yucca? (Score:1)
Re:It's "LEGO" (Score:1)
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Re:Yeah, but the Phantom Menace parody was better. (Score:2)
I'd say "another wonderful Microsoft innovation", but, although I have the impression that "Virtual Directories" may be an IISism, I think I've seen similarly useful responses to other attempts to trim URLs on sites not obviously using IIS.
<rant>After all, the purpose of a Web site isn't to provide lots of information - where's the profit in that, to a corporation or other organization providing a Web site - it's to provide lots of advertising and persuasion to get you not only to buy the stuff the corporation sells, but to get you to buy the particular stuff they want you to buy.</rant>
Re:Yeah, but the Phantom Menace parody was better. (Score:2)
I'd say "another wonderful Microsoft innovation", but, although I have the impression that "Virtual Directories" may be an IISism, I think I've seen similarly useful responses to other attempts to trim URLs on sites not obviously using IIS.
<rant>After all, the purpose of a Web site isn't to provide lots of information - where's the profit in that, to a corporation or other organization providing a Web site? - it's to provide lots of advertising and persuasion to get you not only to buy the stuff the corporation sells, but to get you to buy the particular stuff they want you to buy.</rant>
Re:Falcon (Score:1)
Re:Where's the beer? (Score:1)
go to Macromedia's web site. I used it successfully to navigate the site (and download bartrek and the maps)
Millennium Falcon (Score:1)
Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:3)
Might I suggest that whomever posts the quickies place an obvious warning label as to objectionable content so that users don't click where they shouldn't while at work (but are free to do so at home?)
Re:Hi, I?m stupid. I?ll write a parady with lotsa (Score:1)
Re:embedded MIDI (Score:1)
Re:Look out for the managers at work (Score:1)
I'll never look at electrical cords the same again.
...phil
Re:Linux Northwest conference? (Score:1)
Originally they were saying it would be April 6-7 (I think). Then, just a few weeks before then (maybe less than a month), when I was really getting excited about it, they "rescheduled" it for late August. I checked the site in mid-August, and it then also said it was down for some changes.
Something is *really* screwed up with those guys. I also would very much like some more details!
monnkeybagel (Score:1)
Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:1)
Seriously though, this would be a good idea. I about had a heartattack when I saw the electrical cords having sex. Then notJenni in a french maids uniform, my my.. that's enough to make anyone's heart twitterpate. I assume those are the ones you're talking about, unless its the Millenium falcon and light saber which were equally erotic.
Re:Millennium Falcon (Score:1)
Job hunting at expos (Score:1)
The impression I get from the campus career center is that I should accept a job offer by Janurary. But there are so many jobs out there and a lot of companies don't want to wait five months while I finish school. Should I get a job with a company that can hire five months in advance or should I wait and see who is looking for jobs in April and can wait a month or two? Would it be a good idea to go to an expo in December and ask companies for interviews?
Re:Day-Trading Yucca? (Score:2)
As an example, say that the Yucca was set to trade Ericsson, Nokia, Effnet, Switchcore, Framfab, Icon medialab and other Swedish IT/telecom stocks. These stocks have probably averaged 80% up the last three months, and they certainly averages more than 20%. That means you actually lost money on the Yucca trading.
But hey, perhaps I can let my goldfish select stock for me...
Is it just me? (Score:1)
itachi, who wants to work for LEGO
Re:Look out for the managers at work (Score:1)
HH
Best pr0n i've ever seen. (Score:1)
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Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:2)
Obi-one?? (Score:1)
*mantra of waaaaaaaannnnnnnnn wannnnnnnnnnn*
But a damn fine job on the lego Falcon.
Uh-oh, notJenni has a gun (Score:2)
Other plants (Score:1)
Re:It's "Lego" [bricks[ (Score:1)
Long day at work. sorry.
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Day-Trading Yucca? (Score:1)
dibona rocks (Score:1)
The parody: (Score:1)
Whoa.
It was cool =)
Falcon (Score:1)
-stax
While not Linux trade shows... (Score:1)
Shouldn't Gencon and E^3 be on this list as well?
I mean, what self-respecting geek would miss the mother of all RPG conventions.
Not to mention the "beer and booth babe bonanza".
I mean, no tour schedule should be without these on the list.
It's "Lego" (Score:1)
The Yucca! (Score:1)
Yucca Plant.. Poor poor. (Score:2)
Also -- did you notice the big NO PICTURE sign in the picture. heh
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Linux Northwest conference? (Score:1)
Does anybody have more useful information, like if such a conference has occured in the past?
Yeah, but the Phantom Menace parody was better... (Score:1)
Oh, uh, dude.
Daytrading Yucca Plant?!? (Score:1)
Am i just an idiot or is this a joke?
embedded MIDI (Score:1)
as neat as these quickies are, i would like to request of the
I love the simpsons pulp fiction thing, but in my eyes embedded MIDI is the most evil thing a webpage can do.. maybe i'm overreacting a bit. i dunno. I hope i'm not the only person who had this reaction, if so i feel pretty stupid.
-mcc-baka
why web browsers suck: http://home.earthlink.net/~mcclure111/cyberleary.
Re:Daytrading Yucca Plant?!? (Score:1)
ASP PAGES !!! You should have warned me !! (Score:1)
Man , next time warn me when I get directed to a set of Active Server Pages
I can feel the evil eminate , the licensing just shines through !!
Your Suqire
Suqireson
Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:1)
Umm... He did mention the word "porn". How obvious does it have to be?
Which Linux Show (Score:1)
Fortunately I live in the Silicon Valley (grin). I wonder how many of the votes are based on geographical proximity.
Re:Day-Trading Yucca? (Score:1)
My dad's company developed a medical "washing" machine that did that. It opened relays, and used floats and temp sensors.
Best of all it ran on a 286/16 with 1mb RAM. and DOS5.0
Re:Wow. (Score:1)
Re:Hi, I?m stupid. I?ll write a parady with lotsa (Score:1)
It's a smartass editing "feature" that replaces certain symbols in sequences that are recognized as "quotation" with other symbols that are supposed to make quotations look "prettier". In particular single quote (ASCII 0x2c) is replaced by 0x92, quote-like symbol that exists in Microsoft fonts but isn't defined in any standards. Browser on Unix sees charset iso8859-1 in the header (or has it by default) and uses standard iso8859-1 font (without Microsoft's "additions"), replacing all undefined symbols by question marks.
This is potentially more harmful than it looks -- comparison of text before and after editing with "smart quotes" turned on will see difference even if the text remained the same, so, say, databse handling program may be seriously confused about that.
Re:Alright! A genetic algorithm to beat the market (Score:1)
J.
Alright! A genetic algorithm to beat the market! (Score:2)
Pretty soon you'll have a super race of market savvy yucca plants!
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Re:Hodgepodge (Score:1)
My experience is that the best way to get moderated as Offtopic is to mention that you are in the body of your post without mentioning it in the subject line. OTOH, people who include (offtopic) in the subject rarely get moderated down -- in fact, lots of them get moderated up.
Of course, the secret's out, so this post can't prove anything. Then again,
Re:Falcon (Score:1)
If that is not scary.. then what is.
More Star Wars Lego stuff (Score:1)
Also, new Star Wars Lego are coming out in 2000. And we're talking classic trilogy, here! These models include:
X-Wing Technic
Vader's TIE Fighter Technic
B-Wing [rebelscum.com]
Bobba Fett [rebelscum.com]'s Slave 1
Mindstorms AT-AT *drool*
And... The Millennium Falcon [rebelscum.com] itself!
There's also some new TPM models, but who cares about those?
Man, it's great to be a Lego Maniac with money!
"Knowledge = Power = Energy = Mass"
Re:Day-Trading Yucca? (Score:1)
Stockholm Exchange VA IT index - up 24,24% last three months
Stockholm Exchange VA total index - up 14,31% last three months
(Source: www.dnbors.dn.se)
Forgot this picture... (Score:1)
"Knowledge = Power = Energy = Mass"
Matrix stuff (Score:1)
BTW, as much as that may have sounded like sarcasm, it really wasn't. It *was* funny!
The one and (thankfully) only,
LafinJack
Slashdot Polos (Score:1)
TPM models (Score:1)
I thought that would be a good source for lots fo green, and the wide windshield. [rebelscum.com]
And you forgot the Tatooine Air Skiff" [rebelscum.com], with yet another Luke.
George
WTF! I suck Re:TPM models (Score:1)
I though the Nandoo Flash Speeder [rebelscum.com] would be a good source for lots of green, and the wide windshield.
George
Re:Hi, I?m stupid. I?ll write a parady with lotsa (Score:1)
Why don?t people look at their shit before looking very foolish by leaving MS quotation marks(?)?
Because their browser uses only Microsoft fonts with those quotation marks.
Wow. (Score:1)
<shudder>
I know that girl. 23. 5'3". 125 on a rainy day. Green eyes to die for. Wavy, thick, chessnut hair. Name's Beth. I went to school with her. I had the biggest crush on her known to man!
God, I'm freaked out now...
</shudder>
annoyances (Score:1)
Hate midi do I.
Look out for the managers at work (Score:1)
More about the day-trading yucca... (Score:3)
Light Sabre (Score:1)
Re:It's "Lego" (Score:1)
Where's the beer? (Score:1)
Oh yeah, and the reliance of that site on Shockwave sucked. Good thing Vmware was keeping Windows in a nice little cage for the occasion...
Light Sabers peak me out (Score:2)
From what I can see it's a long glass tube with a form of plasma generated up the centre. That sucks. How can you put on old croaky voice "stike me down Luke". The thing would break in half!
Re:Hi, I?m stupid. I?ll write a parady with lotsa (Score:1)
Re:Light Sabers peak me out (Score:1)
Re:Pulp fiction (Score:1)
Smithers finally gets his!
I'd love to see more of this sort of thing....
Re:Alright! A genetic algorithm to beat the market (Score:1)
Either you do get superior market predictors
or you prove that market activity follows
no pattern. Either way the end result would be
valuable.
SANS (Score:1)
Well... (Score:2)
The original comment I made was an attempt at humor. It is my hope that it made some people laugh...
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grappler
Re:Don't call me an old fuddy-duddy, but... (Score:1)
Vovida, OS VoIP
Beer recipe: free! #Source
Cold pints: $2 #Product
Re:Yeah, but the Phantom Menace parody was better. (Score:2)
The official site is The Editing Room [air0day.com], which is the site where the Matrix parody was (geeze, doesn't anybody try trimming down URLs from the right to see what else is there any more?). They have an archives page [air0day.com], and the The Phantom Menace [air0day.com] link takes you to the official home of that particular parody.
Re:"Ad campaign for a Brazilian internet company"? (Score:1)
Hmm.. (Score:1)
As for the plant...why am I reminded of the "breeding for luck" discussed in Ringworld?
Re:Where's the beer? (Score:2)
Re:Wow. (Score:1)
But what about... (Score:3)
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