apple reinvents the wheel in iTunes — plus they integrated a parking-boot into their version
Plus they integrated a parking-boot into their version. One step forward into fascism, three steps back from liberty.
Thanks apple!
April 1, 2008
March 31, 2008
intelligent CAPTCHAs overdue - part 1
First: the blind and vision impaired have no business inflicting their requirements on a technology designed to present information visually. They need to adapt to reality and not visa versa.
Swirly text deciphering does not intelligence test.
What is the resultant color when that of a strawberry and banana are combined? Orange.
That’s a better CAPTCHA.. applied worldly knowledge.
A more entertaining version has no directions, no cue for robots, though easily defeated by OCR, but only if widespread and only if implemented the same way. Apply deformations as desired.
“not email: slendermexstuffed@o.gemail.co.uk.im”
Where all the letters are blue except “not l er x ed o. e .uk.i” Implies only to use the blue information “email: sendmestuff@gmail.com”. More colors could be used leaving email blue.
What is the sum of the third prime number and the fifth? 14
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March 16, 2008
March 2, 2008
February 18, 2008
guess which collectivist said this
“We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens.”
“Our individual salvation depends on our collective salvation.”
“It’s time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals.”
“Our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The common interest before self-interest.”
“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”
“All individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived in their relation to the State.”
“It’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. “
“The world needs a new moral architecture… I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral.”
“I am a fan of the social policies that you find in Europe.”
February 9, 2008
the universe is bizarre and irrational; on the other hand, there is no proof 6 × 9 = 42
Since 6 × 9 = 54, this being the question would imply that the universe is bizarre and irrational; on the other hand, there is no proof that this was the actual question. After all, Arthur Dent comprised only a minuscule fragment of the vast and complex computer matrix that was the Earth, and besides, it was stated that the computer’s run had not finished when it was destroyed. In addition, Arthur and Ford realized that the original ape-like inhabitants of Earth were displaced by the Golgafrinchams, which could account for the irrational nature of the question in Arthur’s mind (as he himself is a descendant of the Golgafrinchans). On discovering the question Arthur Dent remarks: “I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.”
It was later pointed out that 6 × 9 = 42 if the calculations are performed in base 13, not base 10. Douglas Adams was not aware of this at the time, and has since been quoted as saying that “nobody writes jokes in base 13.” and also “I may be a pretty sad person, but I don’t make jokes in base 13.” (Note, however, that the Scrabble board Arthur used had thirteen squares to a side, whereas an actual Scrabble board has fifteen. Furthermore, Arthur’s board had four Y tiles to actual Scrabble’s two.)
January 23, 2008
selectively punish sites with heavy advertizing: generate click fraud with greasemonkey guerrilla surfing
AdBlocking isn’t enough. For sites that punish its use greasemonkey to generate click fraud in their ad-network. Simply surf their site to kill their ad-account
win win
January 21, 2008
self replicating fix for the economy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/22/2143809.htm?site=queensland
A rare new species of plant that eats small rats has been discovered at the tip of Cape York.
Pitcher plants, otherwise known as flesh-eating plants, grow throughout Cape York but now a new, larger species that grows like a vine has been discovered.
The new species has been called “Tenax”.
James Cook University ecologist Charles Clarke and a colleague found the new species at a swamp near the Jardine River, but exactly where is a secret.
“They are quite vulnerable,” he said.
“They are only found in a few small areas and if we broadcast the location then there are people out there who would take advantage of that.
“There’s a lot of interest in pitcher plants from Australia, even from people outside of Australia.
“And while people often associate these things with New Guinea or Borneo or Sumatra, the fact that there’s more species here is actually very exciting.”
Once it begins to eat liberalists we’ll have a self replicating fix for the economy 
January 10, 2008
Opting out of Omniture’s 192.168.112.2o7.net, the easy way
If you don’t want to use hosts to block Adobe’s use of Omniture’s 192.168.112.2o7.net then OpenDNS to the rescue
sign up for an account https://www.opendns.com/start/
claim your IPA
mash settings
domain blocking
enter: 192.168.112.2o7.net
configure your workstation or router: https://www.opendns.com/start
The straight dope
Our nameservers are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
yay
this method works for XP, OSX, OS9, linux, whatever
December 1, 2007
pirate the golden compass
its the way to see it without supporting it… and since the ideology of the movie is that I am the sole arbiter of truth.. pirating the movie is not wrong for me
isn’t moral relativism fun?
download the golden compass
its the way to see it without supporting it… and since the ideology of the movie is that I am the sole arbiter of truth.. pirating the movie is not wrong for me. isn’t moral relativism fun?
November 10, 2007
redactable cheat engine 5.3 mirror
digg comments are far too permanent
http://s3.massmirror.com/11fa5072cd38d5aa7c620e3824e99d4a.html
SFV
http://s3.massmirror.com/79d15e59c7883aef93ced634797ece6a.html
October 31, 2007
Simple hack to view PRIVATE myspace comments updated how to make myspace suck a little less with firefox adblockplus greasemonkey stylish userscripts noscript and some stuff
with simple updates to the featured greasemonkey userscript it’s fully functional. thought required.
updated: Jan 21, 2008
September 18, 2007
trust us with all your phone numbers, all your email addresses, all your passwords, all your pincodes… and collect all your inbound communication in one convenient google-monitored-and-indefinately-cached location! ooooh sign me up.. not
GrandCentral sounded like a Ring-One telco service onlinified…
“recently acquired by google”
wow… what a surprise?
September 14, 2007
snagging yahoo music videos and control-shift-B
notes to self:
http://search.music.yahoo.com/search/?p=%s
see my fun control-shift-b method for acquiring videos
today’s words are: stream, ticket, pl_auth
open in new tab, and combine with FLVVideo
or
rtmp snagging utility with playlist
thanks for playing yahoo.
(or just cheat and use Replay Media Catcher)
blocking with this string is causing too many playlists to hang 
*pr=lnchcom*
I’ll get you wretches yet!!!
acquiring any video-in-browser content is often as simple at CTRL+Shift+B in firefox
God bless “the developers” for finally allowing AdBlock Plus to interact with the stream in the same way as the browser (yes, a while ago). AdBlockPlus has become a wonderful tool for acquisition. It works delightfully well in tandem with Net Transfer Recommended for other purposes is the add-on’s add-on: Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper (unlike other nefarious people’s extensions in whose source I’m inaccurately described Wladimir’s XPI’s don’t need to be hacked). Yes, Contol-Shift-B is great for saving music, too.
@ you myspace-types: no hand holding directions will be provided to download any myspace video or download any episode from myspace TV ….
[this space reserved for future gloating]
Yeah yeah “rules 1 & 2″ et al. Your “rules” don’t apply to my kind. I couldn’t contain myself any longer…. I had to share to escape the suffering
enjoy
September 4, 2007
how to waste $250/mo of spammer’s money
find a “product” spammer on cnet? Those top five spots cost AT LEAST $250 month… much more depending on marketing budget. Discourage them from spamming by MASS downloading their product via cnet. Grab a download manager, or a scriptable add-on like iMacros.
Let the re-education begin
details: http://www.upload.com/1200-21_5-5165662.html
December 18, 2006
December 12, 2006
GPS in mobile phones only “on” when 911 dialed (in 80s called cell phones) ?
Bovine Feces! I find the battery in my moto e815 lasts longer when I disable the GPS “feature” in one of the hidden menus. Now if it was only “on” when I dialed 911, and I haven’t yet dialed 911 from my phone why does the battery last longer with the feature only “on” when 911 is dialed is disabled?
are you ready to receive a speeding ticket courtesy GPS in your mobile phone?
will I have to store my mobile phone in a tiny Faraday jacket until I’m ready to dial?
its almost as creepy as Gmail
(stop refering to mobile phones as cell phones)
September 13, 2006
I swear I thought of it this morning first.. or digg is reading my mind… and they almost perfectly implemented my sticky diggs
What’s digg missing? Sticky diggs.
I thought of it this morning in the shower. But I was too lazy to bug them in the morning. Lo and behold there’s something very close today: “My #1″.
Sure, I have a nearly eerie power to sway but I didn’t think it worked across vast distances on people I’ve never meant. I must be getting more powerful.
mwahahaha
September 8, 2006
coke recipe no longer trade secret
make your own coke and bottle it at home with coke’s secret recipe not found in this post. You’ll need to search long and far to find the recipe of coke, because with the secret coke recipe oh are you still reading?
August 29, 2006
seen my download FairUse4WM post? wondering how to download FairUse4WM from the post? (Hint: UUdecode)
It’s old school…and I’m (again) the first one to do something like this. binary data UUencoded and posted (text) to a blog.
spiffy, eh?
http://digg.com/software/multiformat_Encoding_and_Decoding_for_Windows
Now scurry off and imagine the potential
August 7, 2006
August 4, 2006
plans to solve the high gas price problem
(1) mine US oil! — who cares about a few deer. animals have zero rights.. except the right be be tasty
(2) cut taxes — always a great plan
(3) cut spending — I can’t print my own money and as the state only
has the right I do by extension has no right to print new money to
spend either
(4) dump liberalist favored government programs — funding evil is never wise
(5) “use less” is not a plan
(6) ignore liberalists with “secret plans”
hahaha…. now for an econazi perspective:
Why not just remove gas tanks from cars? Then no one would be able to use gas. Problem solved. woo.
No, wait, let’s remove personal freedom and dictate each must drive State Brand ™ TheCar. It will be solar powered exclusively. That will reduce night time traffic considerably.
Orr just pass a law demanding that machines be built to make gas in one’s garage? Or by edict declar that the properties of gas are now such that it produces better milage (UN style)
Start a letter writing campaign and whine until suppliers lower price. Threaten that you won’t be putting gas in your ethanol car to teach them a lesson.
Walk more. It’s environmentally friendly. Be sure your shoes contain no oil products and CERTAINLY no animal products! Avoid walking on plants. You might hurt their feelings.
So little time, so many great solutions to force on people!
July 12, 2006
comical version of death star scene in star wars
“there’s no place for you in the future”
http://f9.putfile.com/videos/b8-10720371750.wmv
switching lines by James Earl Jones from Star Wars… with his lines from other movies… hehehe
July 2, 2006
June 10, 2006
trust google with my browser passwords? hell no!
I won’t use Gmail. I bounce incoming gmail. I don’t use google search, google chat (jabber), google voip, google news, google maps, google video, or any other google tracking “service”. Why would you want google to know all your site passwords and cookies too?
Google has found a way to track all your cookies, not by hacking, but via social engineering
bad, google, bad!
June 3, 2006
download aimUtation 1.3.2 mirrors
it was a bitch finding aimutation 1.3.2 install after the developers pulled it from sourceforge… someone was kind enough to mirror it for me
download aimutation 1.3.2 — best used with aim 5.2.3292 (oldversion.com)
s2.massmirror.com/9f1aac4dc9f17edd30a7d72abaafbbf4.html
or
xirror.com/spread/50667317/Install_AIMutation_132-1.exe.html
updated: Nov 6 2007
May 20, 2006
May 13, 2006
come visit me on 419 eater
I’d tell you my handle, but that’d just let the evil cat out.
419 411
I’ve been out of the counter 419 game for far too long. So starting this weekend I’ll be putting gmail back to good use. Maybe I’ll get a better photo trophy this time
