kuro5hin.orgtechnology and culture, from the trenches''ASCII art'' in the 1950s- (Found September 17, 2008 ) According to History of ASCII Art, a Korean gentleman named Gwang Hyuk Lee (or Gwank Hyuk Lee), around the time of the Korean war, drew a picture of Jesus Christ (entirely by hand) using the entire text of the Book of John. He used varying pen colors to form the image. If this is true, I am extremely impressed.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/10/235625/888 The Death of IPv6- (Found September 17, 2008 ) At some point in the near future the Internet will run out of IPv4 address space. This problem has been recognized and addressed since 1992. IPv6 (IPng, IP next generation) was selected as the replacement. There is one big hurdle however, no one is implementing it. In fact, my bet is that IPv6 will never be implemented, at least not with the current specification of IPv6. I predict IPv6 as it stands now will simply fade away.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/8/23/161150/550 Catflood, one year after- (Found September 17, 2008 ) We're coming up on the one year mark of the "gated community" line that we were fed a year ago so that rusty wouldn't have to find a clever solution to the catflood. Let's see how it worked.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/8/27/212744/080 The Invention of the Christian Videogame- (Found September 17, 2008 ) With the widespread success of Christian-themed videogames like Left Behind, apparently created for combinations of monetary and religious-proselytization-of-our-bizarre-take-on-apocalyptic-Christianity reasons, the subgenre of "Christian videogames" is now pretty well entrenched. Less well known is that the first Christian-themed videogame was created only in the late 1980s, and in fact the genre was invented by an obscure, not very successful, formerly secular, and vaguely scofflaw..http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/1/53252/11558 California Medical Marijuana: My Doctor Says I Need Weed to Get High- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I've been a chronic smoker for the last eight years, but had recently abstained for 111 days due to a job situation. I read this and many articles like it through this bleak dry period, coming up with all sorts of schemes to beat drug tests, but I never had the balls to follow through. But, at the end of the 111 days, I found myself without a need to produce clean urine and decided to indulge in the freedom offered by my new home, California.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/1/203051/8251 If thy blog post offend thee, pluck it out- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Hide Palin under a BushOH NO!I'm going to let her shine.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/5/9327/26855 HOWTO: Not Get Seated on a Death Penalty Jury- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I didn't understand. Every time I got the subpoena before I submitted a written letter stating that I was paid by the hour and sole breadwinner of my household. I'd get a message on my answering machine about a week before my due date advising me that I was excused. This time, the message said "The judge needs to talk to everybody."http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/5/154535/3669 HOWTO: Avoid your civic duties, write a self-indulgent missive about the experience- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I didn't understand. Every time I've ever been asked to contribute to society, I simply wrote some bullshit excuse to weasel out of it. Contributing is for other people, not a precious important snowflake such as myself. &160;So I'd pen some dishonest and dishonorable excuse and whine my way out of it. &160;They'd always let me know that I was excused because, let's face it, if there's anything drearier than a court employee's having to track down some selfish and self-centered asshole and get..http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/8/0245/12132 Sun Tzu for the new millenium: How-to E-Maul localroger- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I'm going to present to you tips, tricks, and techniques for e-mauling localroger. In theory many of these will work well against anyone, but I am writing this diary in the hopes that this will help give people that push to let localroger know he's a slimy douchebag, or if they're already doing that to help them spruce up their game. Inside: I show you the innards of my cold, cruel, black heart.http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/9/7/121156/5850 Ultralight Backpacking: The "Why" and the "How"- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Are you out-of-shape Neurotic Feel like society has cornered you into a prescribed job where you cannot express your creativity Welcome to K5. Do you desire to rid yourself of it all, move back to a more simple, pure existence, at least for a few days Do you want a vacation that you can't find on TripAdvisor Do you know that the answer is wilderness backpacking, but don't want the pain and expense that comes along with it Or, do you love efficiency and the idea of streamlining your material...http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2008/8/22/4383/32666 |