posts brought to you by the category
“surveillance”
Das eez kaput! Sometime around 2002 I spaced the entire database
table that mapped individual entries to categories. Such is life.
What follows is a random sampling of entries that were associated
with the category. Over time, the entries will be updated and then it
will be even more confusing. Wander around, though, it's still a fun
way to find stuff.
safesh
The safesh utility automatically creates one DSA key (called an
identity) for each host you connect to, and stores this in a separate
agent for each host. It is also capable of adding keys for other
hosts to this agent, so you can use it for restricted forwarding of
authentication. Because each host uses its own ssh-agent(1), the
hosts you forward authentication to can only get at the
authentication for the hosts you specifically say it should be able
to get at.
I had to buy a new bicycle tire yesterday.
<BlandFish rdf:ID="Scrod" />
Net::Trackback.pm is now part of the CPAN
My sense is that this is sort of where the OSAF is going with
Chandler
Have you ever felt that SGML and XML are so good that you just want
to sing?
Me : ASCOPE::Term.pm 0.01
The world really doesn't need anymore terminal thingies, although
apparently I do.
see also :
docs
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : barouga
Used when one is bored, either in general or of the topic
being discussed. A prompt to move on to something more
exciting.
ex. Bert: And then I went into my room. Ernie: Barouga.
Person one: oh, okay, next topic.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : tocsin
Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F.
toquer (originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for sein)
a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See {Touch}, and
{Sign}.] An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
web1913
tocsin n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn:
{alarm bell}] 2: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: {warning bell}]
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : scrum
Very good. Sporting.
ex. You got me a present? How scrum of you.
see also :
scrum dict-ified
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : dilatory
Dilatory \Dil"a*to*ry\, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F.
dilatoire. See {Dilate}, {Differ}, {Defer}.] 1. Inclined to defer or
put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination;
delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant. 2. Marked
by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions
or measures. Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon
hi? adversary. --Motley. {Dilatory plea} (Law), a plea designed to
create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some
matter not connected with the merits of the case. Syn: Slow; delaying;
sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating.
See {Slow}.
web1913
dilatory adj 1: inclined to waste time and lag behind [syn:
{laggard}] 2: wasting time [syn: {dawdling}, {laggard}, {poky},
{pokey}] 3: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" [syn: {fabian}]
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Sightings : Scary Easter Monsters #3
Chris Nandor : "Yes, this is MacPerl running under Classic talking
to a Cocoa app
running under Mac OS X via Apple events with
Mac::Glue."
Karl is looking for one or more design-weenies to "relook"-ify
Me : SAX - measure twice, cut once
Me : meta-tools.xsl
<xsl:variable name = "id" select = "generate-id()" />
<xsl:call-template name = "meta:openMeta">
<xsl:with-param name = "id" select = "$id" />
<xsl:param name = "text" select = "'view meta'" />
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:call-template name = "meta:Block">
<xsl:with-param name = "id" select = "$id" />
<xsl:with-param name = "text">
hello <xsl:call-template name = "Username" />
</xsl:with-param>
<xsl:with-param name = "close" select = "'1'" />
</xsl:call-template>
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
hydroplegic
ex. I ran into Steve yesterday and tried to have a
conversation, but he's turned into a hydroplegic.
Doug Harvey : "Why is communication impossible at the supposed
highest levels
of our culture when a few proles on the Internet
can punch a hole in the fabric of consensus reality with a few
keystrokes?"
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is dulcet
| source : web1913 | Dulcet \Dul"cet\, a. [OF.
doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. ? . Cf.
{Doucet}.] 1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.] She tempers dulcet
creams. --Milton. 2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious. Their
dainty lays and dulcet melody. --Spenser. | source : wn | dulcet adj 1:
extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most
beautiful and remote beaches" 2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones
of the cello" [syn: {honeyed}, {mellifluous}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is mulct
| source : web1913 | Mulct \Mulct\, n. [L.
mulcta, multa.] 1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or
penalty. 2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.] Syn: Amercement; forfeit;
forfeiture; penalty. | source : web1913 | Mulct \Mulct\, v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Mulcted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mulcting}.] [L. mulctare,
multare.] 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine
or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine. 2. Hence, to deprive of;
to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs.] | source : wn |
mulct n : money extracted as a penalty [syn: {fine}, {amercement}] v 1:
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance" [syn:
{swindle}, {rook}, {nobble}, {diddle}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {gyp}, {con}]
2: impose a fine on [syn: {fine}]
Steve Pepper : The TAO of Topic Maps
"While it is possible to represent immensely
complex structures using topic maps, the basic concepts of the model
– Topics, Associations, and Occurrences (TAO) – are easily
grasped. This paper provides a non-technical introduction to these and
other concepts (the IFS and BUTS of topic maps), relating them to things
that are familiar to all of us from the realms of publishing and
information management, and attempting to convey some idea of the uses to
which topic maps will be put in the future." via
xblog
From the Soundtrack Effect department :
The mere declaration of "natural frontiers", however, did not
imply that French arms would be confined within them. On the contrary, as
long as they were threatened by coalitions of kings, or (as the
propaganda decree now authorized) as long as they were summoned by
peoples groaning under the yoke of despotism, the French would feel free
to take the fight to the enemy, wherever he was. Nor did the means of
this offensive have to remain orthodox. The
ci-devant
Marquis de Bry offered to found what was, in effect, the first
organization of international terrorism, the Tyrannicides -- twelve
hundred committed freedom fighters despatched [sic] to assassinate kings
and commanders of foreign armies wherever they could be nailed down. It
was, indeed, as Goethe warned, a new moment in the history of the
world.
--
Simon Schama
, Citizens.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is languor
| source : web1913 | Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE.
langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state
of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and
characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity. 2. Any
enfeebling disease. [Obs.] Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 40). 3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. `` German dreams,
Italian languors.'' --The Century. Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness;
weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness. | source : wn |
languor n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: {dreaminess}] 2: a
feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: {lassitude}, {listlessness}]
3: an unusual lack of energy [syn: {lethargy}, {sluggishness}]
Watch what happens when I poke my eye in!
Brian Ingerson : Data::Denter.pm
"The main problem with Data::Dumper (one of my
all-time favorite modules) is that you have to use eval() to deserialize
the data you've dumped. This is great if you can trust the data you're
evaling, but horrible if you can't. A good alternative is Storable.pm. It
can safely thaw your frozen data. But if you want to read/edit the frozen
data, your out of luck, because Storable uses a binary format. Even
Data::Dumper's output can be a little cumbersome for larger data objects.
... Data::Denter is yet another Perl data serializer/deserializer. It
formats nested data structures in an indented fashion. It is optimized
for human readability/editability, safe deserialization, and (eventually)
speed."
Andrew Van Etten : "So... help me understand where [WebDAV] fits in
the CMS world..."
Perlmonks : It's not human
"So it is with some trepidation that I admit to
having registered a second name, hooked Chatbot::Eliza to ZZamboni's
getchat.pl, and put perlbot in the Chatterbox for a number of hours.
Since this was certainly something almost anyone here could have done, I
think an explanation as to what good I thought this would accomplish is
in order."
Mark H. Levine : A Layman's Guide to the Supreme Court Decision in
Bush v. Gore
Slashdot
"Starting on Oct. 28, (when the other part of the
DMCA comes into effect), you could face a civil lawsuit and criminal
penalties of up to five years in jail and a fine of $500,000 for reading
someone else's textbook." Those sound like fighting words to me.
Meanwhile, in other bad news,
Microsoft will customize its Microsoft Reader software for
Amazon.com.
Dirk Nicolas Wagner : Software Agents take the Internet as a
Shortcut to Enter Society
"A Survey of New Actors to Study for Social
Theory." What do you suppose agents would demand as inalienable rights?
Bandwidth? see also :
digitalMass on cyber-borders
, "Vartanian said one solution could be to let technology help solve the
problems it has created, by employing intelligent electronic agents, or
``cyberbots'' that would negotiate issues of jurisdiction for each
particular transaction, based on the complex rules set down by a global
standards commission."
One of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me
was that I "looked for the mystery in computers."
I'm not seeing a whole lot of mystery these days.
Meanwhile, academics discover fan fiction
although you could just as easily argue that they
invented it too.
The mountain is green again
and, for all intents and purposes, the Habs are
playing the Nordiques. Some days there is still a god.
John Howe : Copyrighting the Book of Life
"With all the foresight and humanity Europe
exercised when carving up Africa, biotech companies are rapaciously
carving up your body in a sort of posthuman colonialism, racing each
other and the government to gain exclusive rights over your genes. In the
coming decades, our God-given traits may become as interchangeable -- and
marketable -- as an Ikea modular home-entertainment system."
Web Reference
Editing XML: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Never mind the passengers
The Triumph of Narrative : Storytelling in the Age of Mass
Culture
by Robert Fulford, as part of the 1999 Massey
Lecture series. Webcast tonight at 20h00 EDT or
22h00
EDT depending on which webpage you're looking at.
The Public Radio Station.com
WaSP : An Open Letter to Microsoft
"We've written a letter (right) outlining our
position. The more of you who send it to Microsoft, the bigger the dent
we can make in their reticence to commit to full standards compliance,
and the likelier we are to have fully standards-compliant browsers in
this lifetime."
I'm starting to feel bad.
I finally got my copy of Yeska's "Skafrocubanjazz"
Jean-Louis Gassée : Vu de la Silicon Valley
"Je me demande, en particulier, comment nous
allons réagir au sentiment diffus que nos moindres actions sont comptées,
pesées, divisées, exploitées pour ne pas dire vendues." The nice man from
Be
tells the
French how it is
.
Groove Collective, live in Chicago
Gil Courtemanche
"Si l'on oublie l'aspect physique, c'est
probablement une des plus belles villes au monde _ et j'en ai visité un
sacré paquet. C'est une ville facile à vivre, pour n'importe qui, autant
pour ceux qui y habitent depuis longtemps que pour ceux qui y arrivent.
Contrairement à d'autres villes, les cercles ne sont pas fermés, tu vas
trois fois dans un café et tu t'y sens chez toi, même si tu viens
d'arriver de Roumanie dans un container. Les Montréalais ne sont pas
préoccupés par leur avenir culturel et identitaire; c'est juste le Québec
profond qui est pogné avec ça. "
wtf?
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dude, where's my car
This document uses
CSS
kung-fu and a small amount of JavaScript for rendering its
contents. Efforts have been made to separate the form from the
content so if you are viewing this in a text-based browser it
shouldn't be an issue.
On the other hand it may look funny if you are viewing it in a
browser with incomplete
CSS
and/or JavaScript implementations. Internet Explorer 6 comes to
mind.
It's not that I don't love you. However, my time is limited and
I no longer feel very good about spending it working around any one
browser's inconsistencies with little, or no, confidence that they
will ever be fixed or otherwise made more inconsistent at some
later date.
On the other hand, if something is down-right
unreadable
please let me know and I will endeavour to fix it.
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yes, we have no bananas
This page may not validate. It's not that I don't care, it's
just that I'm not aware of it yet. Part of the reason that I
rewrote the entire back-end for managing this site is that the old
stuff made it too easy for these kinds of mistakes to slip through
the cracks.
See also :
W3C::LogValidator.pm
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it's the software, stupid
Use the source, Luke.