Author: Maëlys McArdle

  • Piracy Movie Script Complete

    …Almost. Just got to make the final corrections. But so far, I love it. I’ve been able to essentially include everything I’ve wanted to.

    Script Statistics:
    Number of Pages: 56
    Number of Paragraphs: 373
    Number of Words: 13,800
    Number of Characters: 84,144

    Total Editing Time: 118 Hours, 32 Minutes
    Revisions: 852

    What’s left?
    -> Make a storyboard.
    -> Make preparations.
    -> FILM!!! WOOT!
    -> Edit Film. Make webfront.

  • Rogers to drop Newsgroups.

    Rogers, my ISP and cellphone carrier, will drop its Newsgroup servers. This is a sad day for those, such as myself, that came to love the medium for all its worth. Oh how I downloaded so much from thee 😀

    That said, Newsgroups is beyond the realm of understanding of many. Just bring up the topic with any computer novice, or even the computer science students of today, and you’ll receive blank stares.

    It was only a matter of time really. Most of Roger’s user base does not know what Usenet is; and so why pay any money to support it? But for those of us who do use it, this day is a sad one indeed.

    Full story can be found here.

  • Going to be on TWAT Radio…

    On December 6th, I’m going to air on TWAT Radio. TWAT is hacker-driven tech radio, organized and put together by Droops [of Infonomicon fame] and p0trill023. A new show is put online every weekday.

    The topic that I will be discussing will be on the current state of piracy in a post-napster world. Check out the past shows on TWAT, it makes for excellent listening.

    I apologize in advance, should you listen to me

  • Oh Sony, I love thee…

    Sony uses rootkits.
    Sony’s rootkit screws up your system.
    Sony’s rootkits have been exploited
    by game cheaters and virus coders.
    Sony’s “patch” is even worse, opening
    users up to an even bigger vulnerability.
    But through all of this, the rootkit is
    uninstallable… under threat of OS damage.

    But now…

    Sony is using GPL’ed code.
    Sony is violating GPL lisence.
    Sony is in deep hot water.

    That’s what you get for angering geeks.
    More info here.

    On another note:
    I received the free shirt from 2600 today, for having been published. It’s from the H2K2 (Hackers on Planet Earth) con that was held in New York City in 2002.

  • GEO2165 Lab Stuff

    This is the information taken from the GEO2165 Lab.

    Core Sample Data:
    Download Here [Microsoft Excel]
    Download Here [PDF]

    Core Sample Photos:
    View Here [Link Removed]

    PS. I just noticed I mispelt “Libya”…