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Eric S. Raymond's Home Page

Eric S. Raymond's Home Page
Welcome to my piece of the Web. I maintain quite a lot of open-source software, FAQs, and HTML documents, so this site is rather complex. It's mostly validated HTML and light on the graphics, though. You won't have to wait an eon for any of the pages to load. If the software and FAQs I maintain are valuable to you (and especially if my software makes you money) please leave me a tip at Patreon or SubscribeStar. I'm on If you want to link to, copy, mirror, or translate portions of this site, please read my copying policy. If the HTML or images on this site seem to be confusing your browser, see the site design notes. If you're with the press, or want me to give a talk, here are answers to the usual questions. If you're looking for the Halloween Documents, they're here. You can fetch my GPG public key here. As a public service and act of civil disobedience, we are proud to offer the DeCSS code that will allow you to circumvent the encryption on the DVDs you own. Finally, the HDCP master key.

Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc. ::: Exceptional Learning Experiences Welcome to the SICP Web Site Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. Comments or questions Contact Us.

Hacker's Manifesto Linux is NOT Windows In the following article, I refer to the GNU/Linux OS and various Free & Open-Source Software (FOSS) projects under the catch-all name of "Linux". It scans better. If you've been pointed at this page, then the chances are you're a relatively new Linux user who's having some problems making the switch from Windows to Linux. This causes many problems for many people, hence this article was written. Many individual issues arise from this single problem, so the page is broken down into multiple problem areas. Problem #1: Linux isn't exactly the same as Windows. You'd be amazed how many people make this complaint. The specific reasons why people try Linux vary wildly, but the overall reason boils down to one thing: They hope Linux will be better than Windows. Therein lies the problem. It is logically impossible for any thing to be better than any other thing whilst remaining completely identical to it. No. Problem #2: Linux is too different from Windows Quite true. Problem #3: Culture shock d5w

Prof N J Wildberger Personal Pages Welcome...to a Mathematical site: Home Page of N J Wildberger Overview This website outlines my mathematical research interests, and describes my book Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry. Downloads of various parts of the book are available here, in particular Chapter 1. It is also the location of a Rational Trigonometry site --a place to collect various papers and examples illustrating rational trigonometry. You can view my YouTube videos on rational trigonometry. You may find (some of) my mathematical papers and separately various survey articles, as well as information about my teaching and service to UNSW (University of New South Wales). You can play with the following applets: Diophantine equation solver (Michael Leeming) This beautiful program uses the power method of N J Wildberger to solve Diophantine equations over finite fields of prime order. The mutation and numbers games (Thai Son Huang) These games embed Lie theory into graph theory. Wild Egg Books

Crack Windows Passwords Have you ever tried to log into a Windows computer for a few minutes and you finally realize that you forgot the password? There’s a way to crack the password and it doesn’t involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows. The solution is called @stake LC4 (formerly L0phtCrack), however since Symantec stopped development of L0phtcrack, I’m going to let you in on a program called LC5. Just like L0phtCrack, LC5 attacks your Windows machine with a combination of dictionary and brute force attacks. LC5 can crack almost all common passwords in seconds. The main purpose of the LCP program is user account passwords auditing and recovery in Windows NT/2000/XP. I haven’t tested it against Windows Vista yet, so I’m not sure if it will work. How it works: Windows NT, 2000 and XP passwords are stored as encrypted hashes. Eventually the correct password will be sent and then displayed to the screen. Good intentions: System administrators can find weak passwords within minutes. Bad intentions:

10 Million hits a day with Wordpress using a $15 server | Ewan's Blog on IT and stuff like it [Update 2] – It seems W3 Total Cache support has been silently discontinued – it’s not been updated for over 12 months now, and has allegedly got some security issues. Because of this, I would recommend not installing W3 Total Cache as part of these instructions, everything else should run fine. [/Update] [Update] – I’ve tested this using the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Edition, and the settings all appear to work correctly without modification. [Update September 2013] – I’ve recently moved my own blog hosting to a $10 a month VPS from Digital Ocean (that link gets you a $10 discount via an affiliate link) and have been very happy with them, including the performance of the blog. 10 Million hits per day with WordPress on a $15 virtual server Install Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) on a new virtual private server- it needs to be 11.10 for all the packages that I’m going to list to work out of the box, but it’s all possible to do with other distributions. Login to the server and become root mysql -u root -p

Browser speed comparisons Skip to results. A polite request Please stop posting this article on sites like Slashdot, Digg, newspapers, etc. It is old news. This article is around 2 years old now (although it has been kept up to date), and has been retired - posting it simply shows how long it took you to find it. I thank you for your attention, and I am very happy that you found this article interesting or useful enough to read. NYTimes, you may wish to note that this is a site where I publish research articles, tutorials, and scripts. What is this about There is a speed war on the web. Many organisations and users try to claim that their browser is the fastest. Opera and Firefox users are quite vocal on the subject, but none of them can actually show any research to back up their statements, ususally just saying "X takes way longer than Y to start" or "my friend uses X and it is much slower on his computer than Y is on mine". Well, I've had enough of these unfounded arguments. The tests The tests are not perfect.

The AGNULA project - The AGNULA home page Rashid ALi Buttar ~ Doctor American osteopath Rashid Ali Buttar (born January 20, 1966) is an American osteopathic physician, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine proponent from Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] He is known for his controversial use of chelation therapy for numerous conditions, including autism and cancer.[2] He has twice been reprimanded by the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners for unprofessional conduct[3][4] and cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for illegal marketing of unapproved and adulterated drugs.[5][6][7] Background The son of Pakistani parents,[8] Buttar was born in London in 1966. Buttar claims to be board certified by several entities,[10] all of which are listed as "questionable organizations" by Quackwatch including the American Academy of Preventative Medicine, American Academy of Integrative Medicine, and American College for Advancement in Medicine; the latter's primary purpose being the promotion of chelation therapy.[11] Book See also References

IHS | Archive | Long Journey To Africa The Keep is the restaurant we started in Jinja, Uganda as a way to support our work on the ground here. It’s also been a great way to network with folks here and connect with individuals and organizations that need our help. Live music performance really fit the vibe of The Keep. The acoustics in our place are amazing, and it’s an intimate venue. Since we don’t serve alcohol, we also draw those who are a bit more serious about hearing good music. But the connection with the artists was unexpected. The connection to technology is a clear one. We do computer training to help people get jobs and to change their perception of what’s possible for technology. Once we started inviting local musicians into The Keep, we found another avenue for training and empowerment. On my recent trip to the US, my good friend Bruce donated an amazing acoustic electric guitar and my friend John donated a bunch of Shure mics and an mbox.

Azure What is Umbraco Umbraco CMS is the choice of many organizations because of its no-cost, open-source licensing, its simplicity, and its unlimited potential. Umbraco provides a full featured web content management system that is easy to use, simple to customize, and robust enough to run sites for Fortune 500 companies and some of the largest media sites in the world. Umbraco is easy to learn and use for content creators, webmasters, and web developers alike. Content writers and editors will immediately recognize Umbraco's interface with its easy to understand tree-view of pages and WYSIWYG page editor. Umbraco is strongly supported by both an active community of users around the world and by a rock-solid commercial organization providing professional support and tools. Download Umbraco or install it easily using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Why Umbraco loves Windows Azure The evolution of cloud computing now enables any Umbraco site to take advantage of the Windows Azure platform.

The Revenge of the Thick Client (CoDe Magazine) If you have been involved in a new software development project during the last five years - and if you read this article, chances are you have - then you have probably been faced with the question "Web application or Windows® UI?" And in the vast majority of cases, the answer to this question was probably "Web application." For modern, enterprise-wide systems there were simply many reasons and issues that made it hard to implement the desired feature set in a conventional Windows application and deploy it in a reasonable manner. You can sum up the most striking feature of browser-based Web applications in a single word: Reach! If you want to break things down to a more granular level, you'll discover a number of detailed features that make browser-based applications such a great choice. Browser-based applications also provide some interface features that can trump Windows applications (in certain areas). All That Glitters Is Not Gold Some applications simply cannot run in a browser.

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