Wednesday, October 6th, 2004
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1:56 am
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
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5:51 pm
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2004
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2:24 pm - signature guarantee acquired
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Yesterday I opened up a savings account with $10.
Today I enter the bank...
Bank: How can I help you?
Me: I'd like to get a Medallion Signature Guarantee.
Bank: Are you a customer?
Me: Yes
Bank: Do you have an ID?
Me: *shows ID*
Bank: *looks up my account*
Bank: You opened up your account yesterday?
Me: Yes
Bank: *applies Medallion Signature Guarantee*
I think she was ever so slightly suspicious of the transaction.
current mood: amused/accomplished
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2004
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4:21 pm - Moronic systems
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For a particularly complex stock transaction that I've been working on for some time, the SEC requires the transaction be Medallion Signature Guaranteed -- think of it as one step up from a notary public, with the main catch being that the organization that is doing the authenticity checking of my signature is liable for the financial value of the transaction resulting from that signature, if the signature is forged. All parties that participate in the Medallion programs have insurance to cover fraudulent transactions.
So in theory, I should be able to call up a local bank (I have all my financial accounts with businesses that lack Boston offices); ask them for a Medallion Signature Guarantee; pay them some money; show them a whole bunch of IDs; have them fill out some paperwork, and then put a magical stamp on the same piece of paper as my signature. That would seem to make the most sense.
( Instead ... )
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Sunday, February 29th, 2004
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6:21 pm - digital rights in the free world
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It's been a long time since I've posted. Below is a rather technical and rambly post about how I'm now able to make perfect digital recordings from my Comcast high definition cable box using free software, as well over-the-air high definition (once I swap out my old tuner for a new one), and how the happiness that has resulted can be destroyed by The Powers at any moment in the future. I ramble a bit about watermarks too, and how it seems like watermarks would be a nice compromise such that fair use rights could be enjoyed, while giving a level of assurance to the Entertainment Industry that they can track down those who illegally share their content.
( Read more... )
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Monday, December 1st, 2003
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4:36 pm
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2003
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11:04 am - Election Day
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Thursday, October 30th, 2003
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12:26 pm
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(12:17:57) rao hdc: don't forget to vote
(12:18:02) rao hdc: rent control is on the ballot
(12:18:06) ***novalis nods
(12:18:24) novalis: Somehow, I think you and I will not be voting the same on that one
(12:18:39) rao hdc: you're voting against it?
(12:19:03) novalis: You're voting for it?
(12:19:08) rao hdc: yes
(12:19:14) novalis: Some libertarian you are.....
(12:19:22) rao hdc: haha
(12:19:26) rao hdc: yeah, is sad, I know.
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Friday, September 19th, 2003
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8:55 pm
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If anyone is interested in reducing my stress level by working at the FSF, the foundation is hiring another person for the same position that I hold.
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2003
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10:47 am
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Friday, August 29th, 2003
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3:31 pm
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From CNN:Parson also admitted that he renamed the original "MSBlast.exe" executable "teekids.exe," after his online name 'teekid,'" according to the FBI case. From Reuters: While the Web site [t33kid.com] is no longer active, a cached version of it stored by Google refers to a computer program called "p2p.teekid.c," which is described as "my little p2p worm" that spreads via peer-to-peer, or p2p, computer file-sharing methods. S-M-R-T
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Monday, August 18th, 2003
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1:27 am
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The amount of misinformation regarding the ftp.gnu.org compromise is annoying.
The FSF does not run wu-ftpd, nor does it run proftpd. We've been running vsftpd since shortly after the initial public release. vsftpd is one of the best pieces of free software out there.
ftp.gnu.org was compromised from a local shell account. Maintainers had shell accounts in order to put up releases. This is no longer the case.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
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5:50 pm
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Sunday, July 20th, 2003
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2:42 am
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Friday, July 11th, 2003
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2:45 pm - joke taken from James J. Cramer
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What would you call the merger of Motorola and Enron?
MORON
current mood: the sleep depravation is getting to me
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2003
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3:29 pm
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2003
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9:09 am
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Monday, May 19th, 2003
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6:26 pm
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Palyh has been hitting gnu.org pretty hard today. Seems like Microsoft is having a bit of problem keeping up with all the bounces sent to support@microsoft.com.
SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<mail@gnu.org> SIZE=2452:
host maila.microsoft.com [131.107.3.124]: 452 4.3.1 Out of memory
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1:40 pm - How do some people sleep at night?
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SCOX had a huge opening gap up this morning. Today's high is currently 8.04 for a stock that had a previous 52-week high of 4.86.
Mr. Softee can't buy SCO -- owning Unix would have just a few antitrust concerns. They want to fund SCO's efforts to destroy Linux (and free software in general), but why simply fund SCO, when you can license the Unix source code and patents in the process? Microsoft comes out of this licensing arrangement looking like a model citizen in the software world, while the free software community looks like a vagrant pickpocket.
The SCO vs. IBM lawsuit is expected to go to trial in two to three years. The SCO FUD isn't going away anytime soon -- unless they get bought -- which is exactly what they want to happen.
Red Hat posted a short letter to their customers regarding the SCO situation. It's worth reading.
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Sunday, May 11th, 2003
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1:37 am
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To any Perl hackers out there:
Why does [^\s]* match a sequence of zero or more non-spaces in 5.005, but fails in 5.8.0?
I had to change some code in parrot to get it to build under Red Hat 9.
Specifically, I had to change:
if ($line =~ m/TEMPLATE\s+([^\s]*)\s*{/) { #}
to:
if ($line =~ m/TEMPLATE\s+(\S*)\s*{/) { #}
current music: John Hiatt - Rock Of Your Love
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