http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:05 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:05 Here's the problem.

It may not be in the accelerator code. It could be someplace completely different.

It's likely a buffer overrun someplace else in the code.

Here's how it works.

Let's pretend you've got some code to warn that your turn signals are on too long. You set aside a vari... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/44 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:43:10 Primarily, "the end justifies the means", straight out of Maciavelli.

They have been taught not to think, that thinking is evil.

A few years ago I got hauled onto the carpet in the principal's office because one of the "Christian" parents complained about the core textbook we were using in Lan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/43 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:21 He follows a "realistic" style, yet many of his paintings belong in a science fiction/fantasy gallery because they defy the laws of physics or even common sense.

http://www.kinkadecentral.com/paintings/tk99-09.jpg

Nobody in their right mind would put a house that close to a stream. As you can... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/42 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:19:08 I wish I still had my original copy of the file (rob-georgia.zip) from back in 2000 showing how that election was fixed. I never was able to crack it and I'm sure it's got some juicy stuff in it.

Diebold still hasn't apologized for forcing angelfire to take down my website.

There's a really s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/41 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:39:06 Taught in the 70's by a totally out, shaved-head lesbian.

We spent the first two weeks of a one-semester course on Symbolic Logic. That's right, Logic 101 - syllogisms, formal arguments, logical fallacies, the whole ball of wax.

Then she used that to destroy everything we thought we knew abou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/40 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:47:35 These days, no economist worth his salt strays too far from Keynes (ignore the supply siders, they're either insane or authoritarian (or being paid by one)). When everything's fine, market forces can be allowed their dips and swings like a flock of pigeons. But when things get crazy, it's time to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/39 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:35:57 Source: [b]Metro UK[/b]

A cult leader in Papua New Guinea fled naked into the jungle after being confronted by police over allegations that he'd forced followers to have sex in public, with the promise that it would boost the banana harvest.

The man, identified as Thomas Peli, told his follower... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/38 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:58:33 That's the problem - they're just anecdotal stories with no data, no science to back them up. The "shithead insurance companies" won't pay for a therapy that isn't medically sound. And "medically sound" means controlled studies under controlled situations under peer review. Some quack chelating 5... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/36 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:24:35 I inherted an old TV from my parents. It had three idiosyncracies:

[li]There was a problem with the design of the flyback transfomer that caused lines on the screen
[li]There was a loose connection somewhere that would cause the entire screen to go blank, but if you pounded just the right spot ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/37 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:44:58 I hope they do a similar one with guys driving so it doesn't get written off as "dumb blondes".

I'm old. I know my reaction time's going. I've been making lots of dumb-ass mistakes lately - lots of close calls. I can't remember the number of times I've wondered "where the fuck did he come from... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/35 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:08:39 As to "winning" the next election, perhaps a brief introduction to the wacky world of Canadian politics might be in order.

Canada is a Parliamentary system (similar to Britain's). The election is won by a political party. The head of that party becomes Prime Minister and ostensibly "leads" the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/34 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:42:44 Full disclosure:

[ul]
[li]I do not own a current Macintosh nor have I used one in decades.
[li]I do own an original 1984 Macintosh and it still works.
[li]I have several friends who own Macintosh laptops
[li]I own various PC's running Windows 2000, XP and Vista
[li]I do UNIX systems admi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/33 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:48:18 They will lie to themselves and everybody else to maintain their delusions in the blaring face of reality.

Typical discussion: (variant of one with my mother)(note, she lives in a place of heavy ice and snow)

Mother: What kind of car should I buy next?
TrogL: I'd think about a Subaru Outbac... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/32 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:35:57 I think of these images as a ticking time bomb.

Suppose I build a nuclear bomb out of spare junk and keep it in my garden shed. I think I know it won't go off and I think my garden shed is secure because I bought a $50.00 lock instead of a $2.00 cheapie. Instead somebody breaks into my shed wan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/31 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:51:58 ...for a free gig that could lead to paying gigs.

Mine has gone homeless and his cell phone got cut off (plus I think he's got my bass).

Requirements:

[li]must have own equipment
[li]fairly fast learner by ear (but music is available)
[li]familiar with hard rock sound (eg. Guns + Ros... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/30 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:15:08 I succesfully auditioned to be the keyboard player for a local production of the....

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ROCKY HORROR SHOW!!!!!

http://www.seatwave.com/filestore/SEASON/IMAGE/The%20Rocky%20Horror%20Show563/The%20Rocky%20Horror%20Show563_MainPicture.jpg

Should I put it in my sigline?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/29 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:25:45 I'm going to vent two of my favourite obsessions. I work as a systems analyst so I spend a lot of time in meetings.

[b]The purpose of many meetings is to pick the attendees of the meeting after the meeting where something actually gets accomplished.[/b]

In my line of work those end up being h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/28 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:19:03 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/27 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:18:43 Bear with me, I know this sounds like complete, utter madness.

I know I've been making a total nuisance of myself all over the place talking about this but even I wasn't expecting this.

Let me say this one last time and I'll try to shut up about it.

[b]THEY WANT TO LOSE THIS ELECTION.[/B]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/26 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:10:12 The solutions to the UI infections are causing GI problems, which then make the UI infections worse. It's been an endless circle. I feel like I'm in a House episode.

On top of that, she had a bad reaction to one of the medications that caused tachycardia. We had one of those "crash cart" scene... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/25 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:31:13 http://members.shaw.ca/trogl/images/wedding/happy_couple.jpg

They've been together for 15 years and finally tied the knot. There were about 20 witnesses.

Yes, everyone was nude, including the minister.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/24 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:37:17 The Republicans got elected by appealing to politically and economically naive voters. These voters voted Republican for simplistic reasons (eg. "the Democrats will teach homosexuality in kindergaten", or "I want a God-fearing man in the White House") because they did not understand or believe what... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/23 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:52:09 Source: [b]CBC[/b]

A 40-year-old man is in custody in Manitoba after a young man was stabbed — and, witnesses said, decapitated — aboard a Greyhound bus travelling through the province overnight.

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"While we were watching the door, he calmly walks up to the front with the head in his hand a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/22 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:32:55 I know it's not the first time I've posted this but election time is getting closer.

I'm quite frankly concerned that you do NOT have your shit together in terms of getting your candidate elected. And if you don't start really, really soon, it's gonna be too late.

I've worked on election camp... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/21 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:39:57 Source: [b]The Local[/b]

Sweden's chief heraldists remain dissatisfied with a decision by the Nordic Battlegroup to remove a lion's penis depicted on its coat of arms.

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But staff at the National Archives are hopeful that the Nordic Battlegroup will reconsider its position and re-erect the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TrogL/20 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:53:32