Electrode's New Writeups

netcat (idea)

2004-02-22T18:52:37Z

One of netcat's simplest uses, and that which I find most useful, is to create quick and dirty pipes over a network. For example:

Transferring files between two computers, preserving everything:
Recieving box: nc -l -p 65189 | tar xvf -
Sending box: tar cvf - files | nc 192.168.0.4 65189

Capturing from a digital TV tuner on one box, encoding on another, and then sending to a third for storage:
TV box: cat /dev/dtv | nc 192.168.0.3 48172
Encode box: nc -l -p 48172 | mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000 -tsprog 2 -o outpipe - & cat outpipe | nc 192.168.0.4 27184
Storage box: nc -l -p 27184 > tv.avi

Showing resident PHB why switches are better than hubs:
Box 1: cat /dev/random | nc 192.168.0.5 81139
Box 2: nc -l -p 81139 > /dev/null…

offsite backup (idea)

2003-10-12T03:10:53Z

While taking a backup home with you does indeed protect your data from a fire at the office, I think it doesn't go quite far enough.

What if whatever destroys the site also destroys your house? An earthquake of sufficient magnitude could level an entire city, including your home. A tornado could cut a swath of destruction for miles, demolishing both your house and the office. Let's not even think about weapons of mass destruction...

To be absolutely safe, I'd insist on keeping a backup in a secure facility no less than 300 miles away. Preferably in a fireproof safe.

Yesteryear (thing)

2003-05-24T09:34:35Z

The Animated Series Episodes
Star Trek Episodes

Summary: A time travel incident causes Spock to die as a child.

The crew of the Enterprise, along with a team of historians that includes a member that looks like a gryphon, is researching the history of the Federation using something referred to as the "time vortex", the focus of all the timelines of the galaxy. (possibly the same one encountered in The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS)) Kirk and Spock return the present after observing the beginnings of the civilization of Orion, but no one recognizes Spock. Despite their best efforts, it looks like the timeline has been altered.

Once aboard the Enterprise, Kirk finds that the first officer is not Spock, but an Andorian named Thalin. Research into Spock's past shows that, in this timeline, he died at the age of 7. Upon return to the planet, Kirk asks the historians if the "…

The Longest Yard (place)

2002-07-14T21:09:11Z

Also known as Q3DM17, The Longest Yard is a deathmatch map included with Quake III Arena. Many people (myself included) believe this to be one of the greatest deathmatch maps ever made. Pretty close to, if not, the deathmatch equivilant of Facing Worlds in that respect.

Q3DM17 is a space map. That is, it consists of a series of platforms hovering in a void. I will do my best to describe the map by each platform:

The Lower Level
Has +50 health powerups near the edges of the lower level. There is a "pyramid" of bounce pads in the middle of the lower level, which you can use to reach the upper level, the mega health which hovers high above the platform, or a hovering bounce pad that bounces you up to the Quad Damage platform.

There is a "runway" that extends from the lower level, below the middle part of the upper level. It widens a little at the end, where you will find a railgun ammo pack on either side of an accelerator pad. This is how…

Max Payne Easter Eggs (thing)

2002-01-12T16:35:53Z

In response to your question, here's how to get to the Dopefish room in "Police Brutality" (Chapter 1, Part 7):

1. Play through the level until you get to the scene with Vinnie trying to open a door.
2. Turn left and look for a ledge that leads to a fire escape on an adjacent building. Jump onto it.
3. Go down the fire escape and you will land behind a fence by a Desert Eagle.
4. Go through the door on the right (the other won't open) and you will be in a room with Molitov Cocktails and Grenades, and a picture of the Dopefish!
5. Go up the stairs in this room and you come out where you were in step 1.

I think you forgot the easter egg in Chapter 3, Part 6, "In the land of the Blind":

1. Play through the level until you get to the room where you find the note and porn video.
2. In the next room you will find the blueprint for Aesir plaza and a tv news report mentioning that Aesir is a bigger monopoly than Microsoft. The egg…

January 1, 2002 (idea)

2002-01-01T04:51:14Z

The beginning of the second year of the third millennium.

You know, it's kinda funny, for much of the 20th century, people believed that by 2000, we'd all be wearing aluminum foil clothes, riding around in flying cars in a dome on Mars.

It is now 2002.

Where the hell is my flying car? I was promised flying cars!

Anyway, Happy New Year fellow noders!