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(...) Why not? I remember reading an article about how Google saves info on every search you make. And doesn't Billy have his hands in that cookie jar too? (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey: I have some VHS videos I want to transfer/burn to VCD, SVCD, or possibly even DVD via a connection to a system running WinXP. What I need are hardware, software, and other resource recommendations. I recently acquired a new system that has a (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Too late: I told 'em. (...) I didn't say it was - I just thought it likely. But I'm not the average movie-goer (I actually sit through credits to see who did stuff on the film, anyway). (...) Those are 1-3 years apart. Matrix III is in six (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Just to keep this thread going.... Antitrust, I would hope featured some sort of open source software. The whole plot was about a major company stealing open sources and using them for their own profit. And the ultimate slam being that the kid (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) No way! It's not as fun and it doesn't allow me to make semi-obscure "door" references. And it's not as predictable as you seem to think. I know a lot of people who suggested watching all the way through the SW:TPM credits, and that was just (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I forgot - you're in an .edu environment :) (...) doh - always wanted to see that, but never got the chance. Dan (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) We've got a lot of bad/lazy/untrained (take your pick) admins. The cool thing is, if it's an Intel box, the security team pretty much swoops down and tells them: wipe this and install BU Linux, or else lose your network connection. (...) Gnome (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) tsk tsk - not keeping up with updates? :) but yes, it was cool. insecure.org is collecting screenshots of that scene - understandably. When was the last time an opensource project (nmap) was featured on a big budget movie? :) Dan (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) An oh-so-real hack -- we've had quite a few systems here compromised in that exact way. I'm pretty sure that this is an all-time first. (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Slashdot.org has screen shots of that scene. Intresting they used a real 'hack' if you want to call it that. I like the Hackers type of hacks, where cartoon skulls attack a system shaped like cubes. Yup. I can't wait for the animatrix to come (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The credits are *really long*, and I'm sure that we'll be bombarded with Matrix Revolutions ads plenty enough in the coming months. Just to offer a counterpoint here. The movie rocks, though -- didja see the part where Trinity uses nmap and an (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Just tell 'em the reason: at the very end it shows scense from The Matrix Revolutions. I stayed just anticipating that very thing (I once put a power-up in a Nintendo game at the end of the game credits that you could see by ducking into a (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And by the way - They are the some of the longest credits! They mention "everyone" related to the movie. Stay - its worth it :) Ben (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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...make absolutely sure you stay and watch the credits. All of the credits. You'll know when it's time to walk through the door... ;P (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Exactly. I've lost track of the number of times kids have written e-mail asking how to buy stuff from MaskofDestiny.com. Sometimes it's official products that I've photographed at Toy Fair or reviewed, other times it's official stuff that's (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, but TLC don't want it's fans to turn away from them so they will never hunt down all of us who have LEGO content on our websites. Most of us have a disclaimer telling visitors it's not sponsored by TLC anyway (as wanted by TLC in their (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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thanx to all i think this subject will still excite ppl as i'm relatively new :)) here i was curious about this i assube you will say i'm boring but if TLC has lawyers good enough they could force "all" lego funs to shut their fun sites because they (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Here's a nice domain name: (URL) regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The webbased newssystem is not a correctly configured newsreader thus it shows up as =NN codes. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It helped me, I've been confused abotu those two for a while. Thanks! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think it might actually be Latin. Short for "id est", meaning "that is". I believe it's used when you are trying to explain what something means. i.e. you are saying the same thing you just said, but in other, more clear words. Here's an (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) huh, funny how that works. I'm running mutt that was compiled on April 20th, 2003. So yes, I'm sure it _can_ handle all the current standards. (...) you mean only windows machines ignore the standards, and show characters that don't really (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) How should anything know that your message is using this "codepage 1252"? The message headers specify that you're using the standard iso-8859-1 charset -- but you're not. You've got a bunch of characters using mappings that are reserved for (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh, but it has a great searchable help system! Try "perldoc perldoc". (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hi, I'm using the ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) superset; and I bet that every newsreader written or updated in the last five years can handle that too. But usually only Windows machines can handle the additional characters in Codepage 1252. I don’t do (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.general)
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Wow - that was the hardest post to read in a text terminal. SO MANY MS-specific characters, it's like half the post was '?' signs! for instance: (...) wow. Dan (posted via email auth. big deal, imo) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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This is true, I got two this afternoon when I downloaded my Bricklink email - strange though I never transmit my bricklink email other than the use at Bricklink orders. The viruses are as follows: W32.Klez.H@mm and W32.Gibe.B@mm, the last one came (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dan (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And for lots of random tips tricks and forums, there's (URL) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) in addition to activestate's site, you can look at perldoc.com for all the man pages (which should have been installed with perl anyway), and also at search.cpan.org for modules. Dan (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I find this documentation tree handy: (URL) (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sorry for the off topic post but there are a lot of developers here that might be able to help me. I learn code best by looking at a file and looking up all the stuff I don't understand in a help file or documentation. I taught myself VB and Delphi (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks! Also, thanks from my wife too! I'm not sure if she has it working yet, but she'll get there. -TJ (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yup, do that. Also try the notepad trick I suggested. If that works, then I would lay odds that the problem is with MS Office; I've noticed that from time to time. Also, (and I should have suggested this right off), check all the cable (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Thanks for your repsonse. (...) Sorry :-) (...) It's on a network. (...) She's tried several documents. I'm guessing they're of varying size. (...) I think so. She'll only get out part of page 1 and then it hangs. (...) Yes, we'll try that. thanks, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dang, now I'm sucked into this one, too. Is the printer directly connected to her computer or is it printing over the network (which exponentially increases finding the problem)? Since the printer seems to be physically working (plugged in, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi James! Thanks for your response. (...) Yes. The message goes like this: "Error found while printing document to (printer name). Do you want to retry or cancel?" That was from an attempt to print from M$ Word. (...) Yes. The test page comes out (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Things to check: Are there any error conditions on the printer or the workstation? Can she print a printer test page? The method for doing this varies with which specific printer it is. I could tell you more specifics if I knew which model. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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My wife is having a bit of a crisis at work. She's on a small network and their printer isn't working properly. She's the only one in the office right now. She's tried unloading and reloading the printer software, as well as rebooting the computer (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, I haven't been overly impressed with my Inspiron 5000 in general, although I only slightly use it anymore. Mainly I use my Titanium Powerbook at home and my Dual PowerMac G4 at work. I made the switch to Apple last year and aside from (...) (21 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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