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(...) Really? That's an awfully long time... I doubt you'll live that long. 38484672097810973979...3082020830 seconds is about 44542444557651590254...5165313449 days, or 1219539058089245160834150600463 years. :-) --Bill. XFUT: off-topic.geek (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Geez, you're out of control! I scored a whopping 21.49901, and most of that was due to "I have read" and "I have seen (2+ times)." Dave! (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Quoting Bruce Hietbrink <bnh@chem.ucla.edu>: (...) 48.32347% - Super Geek I don't think I fibbed on this one - though, technically, I can't *find* my GURPS book. (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 60.35503% - Extreme Geek kinda scary, I didn't think I was that geeky. (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey all, I was sent this URL: (URL) fun. I actually only ranked at 32%, which surprised me. Bruce (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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GRIN.... (...) This is off topic for .debate... it belongs in .geek! C'mon guys! Now if you want to debate whether melting Mars is a good idea or not, that's different. :-) Personally I'm not sure it's a good idea, or necessary. There's plenty of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Just a quick 'cool note' that Henry Lim's Harpsichord was featured as yesterdays "Link of the Day" at User Friendly. :) James (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) I think this may have been mentioned before somewhere on LUGNET, I forget. But at any rate it bears repeating, it's an amazing feat. I seem to recall it being said that (it being shot in one long take) that it took a lot of takes and this was (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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A friend of mine forwarded me this URL to a Honda Accord ad that is pretty cool. (URL) It's making me think that it might be fun to build something like this out of LEGO. It might be an interesting topic for a building competition: build the (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Yes -- always an adventure. :) (...) It's not actually a good movie, per se. But it's worth watching if you're a geek. Which you are, so.... :) The Matrix thing was much more realistic technically. Heh. That sounds really funny to say, but (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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? (22 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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (...) (22 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 (22 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 (...) (22 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 (22 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. (22 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 (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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