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I played with TOR a few years ago out of curiosity.

My impression was that it seemed to provide bandwidth similar to that of a 14.4 dial-up connection, with latency comparable to a multi-hop satellite connection.

Fun fact: TOR is principally funded by the US Government.

Fun fact #2: TOR is fairly insecure. There have been a number of successful attacks against it which have exposed the IP addresses of targeted users. In fact, by using TOR, you are probably making yourself a bigger target simply by participating in a network which, by its very nature, attracts suspicion and hackers.

Fun fact #3: You are also opening yourself up to criminal liability by acting as a TOR node, such as the case of William Weber who was busted last November and has been charged with distributing child pornography. Weber himself was not engaged in the act, however someone else was anonymously torrenting child porn through the TOR system, and some of it wound up exiting the network through one of Weber's computers.

Fun fact #4: Cleanfeed. (This scares me more than SOPA.)

I read the majority of that today. I felt nervous the entire time I was using the network and felt like a criminal looking around the hidden wiki and silk road.

I honestly can't bring myself to look at anything else.

Scrappy Jack

03-08-2013 10:23 AM

I have come to loathe people posting to forums using their phones. I am not talking about the occassional misspelling or typo (or the incorrect use of "weary" when they mean "leery" or "wary").

I am talking about the complete lack of paragraphs, capitalization and punctuation. I've posted before or sent a text before when I was not legally capable of driving and they never looked as bad as what some people today consider acceptable. :vash:

hustler

03-08-2013 11:08 AM

When you're at work, chatting with the helpdesk on a password problem, and the dude on the phone says "shut-up" then hangs the phone up, do you chase him down and tattle to his boss, or let it go?

Braineack

03-08-2013 11:15 AM

you tell his boss. help desk employees are trained to deal with even Hustlers.

hustler

03-08-2013 12:09 PM

Fuck, am I ever going to get to drive the green Miata again? That motherfucker went to the track 3 times last year, lol. Now it's looking like it won't get on track until June.

thenuge26

03-08-2013 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hustler (Post 987217)

When you're at work, chatting with the helpdesk on a password problem, and the dude on the phone says "shut-up" then hangs the phone up, do you chase him down and tattle to his boss, or let it go?

I've been there. Please be nice to the helpdesk people. You may be competent, but I guarantee they have to deal with 100 other people the same day that called them up because they couldn't fine the 'any' key.

But if he's just an asshole then go for it.

sixshooter

03-08-2013 12:38 PM

Jayne is just simple minded, hence the "Can I come in?" But he does have some loyal feelings to some of the crew, and at least a little respect for them. He was truly embarrassed by the big deal the Mudders made over him because he knew he'd not done anything righteous to deserve the praise. Then he realized how fun it was to be thought of as the hero (something new to him), so he lived it up for a while and took advantage of it. He is conflicted and complex, in a simple sort of way.

rleete

03-08-2013 12:45 PM

Jayne has some great lines. The one about, "if wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak" and the one where he's bitching about no payoff (something like, "nothing into nothing, carry the nothing...").

Joe Perez

03-08-2013 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau (Post 987039)

That kind detachment and emotional coldness, especially with regard to a violent career, isn't indicative of psychopathic tendencies?

Sure, but it's not a complete diagnosis. Other traits characteristic of psychopathy are egocentricity, superficial charm, manipulativeness, and impulsivity. That describes every field salesperson I know, and yet I don't think they're psychopaths, just dicks.

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Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 987289)

He is conflicted and complex, in a simple sort of way.

I don't think I could have put it better myself.

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Originally Posted by rleete (Post 987294)

Jayne has some great lines.

Explode!? I don't wanna explode!

Shiny! Let's be bad guys.

Gee, it sure would've been nice to have some grenades don'tcha think?! (To Mal, while being pursed by Reavers, after having been told by Mal to leave the grenades behind when packing for a "simple" robbery earlier in the day.)

Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight. Or if he bothers me. Or if there's a woman. Or if I'm gettin' paid--mostly only when I'm gettin' paid.

Mal, she is starting to damage my calm!

Joe Perez

03-08-2013 01:39 PM

So I've been trying to track down a fellow I know in high school, who now lives in NorCal. Googled his name along with the name of the company I knew he was working for. One of the pages I came up with was a list of patents with his name on them.

#20090231271: Haptically Enabled User Interface
#20090189746: Actuating A Tactile Sensation In Response To A Sensed Event
#20080294984: Customizing Haptic Effects On An End User Device
#20080287147: Haptically Enabled Messaging
#20070154499: Masculine homeopathic personal lubricant and method of use

flying_solo

03-08-2013 01:42 PM

awesome

Braineack

03-08-2013 01:50 PM

and now we know why you want to get in "touch" with him.

omfg im so funny.

Scrappy Jack

03-08-2013 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 987331)

I read this and thought you were going to end up with one of those cartoons about ridiculous intellectual property patents and then...

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#20070154499: Masculine homeopathic personal lubricant and method of use

Well, that did not turn out how I expected.

rleete

03-08-2013 02:07 PM

Speaking of Firefly, has anyone seen Castle? They even had an episode with Adam Baldwin (who played Jayne) as a reckless cop. Was highly entertaining to see the two of them work together again. They also make occasional references to Firefly in the series.

shuiend

03-08-2013 04:08 PM

I am pretty sure I will own my 3rd miata in about half an hour. I may have a problem.

TurboTim

03-08-2013 04:36 PM

Flip it to me for $500.

shuiend

03-08-2013 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TurboTim (Post 987422)

Flip it to me for $500.

I am only paying $500 for it. The plan is to lemons/chump it. I got some older coworkers with deeper pockets then mine to fund a lot of it.

sixshooter

03-08-2013 05:04 PM

I figure that guys who spent their time designing their own brand of personal lubricants are probably pretty slimy.

y8s	03-08-2013 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 987331)

At our annual big tradeshow of various virtual training systems, our neighbor and partner booth was showing off a haptic feedback device. the device was shaped roughly like a joystick and set about waist high. it was facing the exterior of the booth.

often after demonstrating said device, the sales staff and customers of the company in question would circle up for discussions and such with, invariably, one individual from the circle closest to, yet facing away from, the haptic device. which was at roughly waist level.

so i offered up the obvious term of hapdick device.

shuiend

03-08-2013 07:01 PM

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I am pretty sure I will own my 3rd miata in about half an hour. I may have a problem.

So it took 3 hours for them to get here with the car.

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The only real issue with the car is that the radiator support is off. That is why the hood does not shut properly and the driver side headlight does not go down. Luckily I have a sawzall and a welder, so fixing radiator support is no problem.

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