l33t.freshmeat.net is just plain hilarious

“itz juzt kewl,” said phr34k0r, one of the l33t.freshmeat.net beta testers, “2 th1nk 1’ll be d0wnl04d1ng WaR3z frm the same s1t3 uzed bY p30pl3 wh0 n0 h0w 2 c0de in C.”

In addition to hosting warez and the latest exploits, l33t.freshmeat.net will provide tutorials to help visitors sharpen essential skript kiddie skills. Works in progress include “Best arguments to give to tar when unpacking your r00t kit”, “Which DOS commands will work on the Unix server you’ve 0wn3d”, and “Why seeing a wall that includes your name, address, and phone number is a bad thing”.

check out the awesome new mentalplex feature at google.

tim’s visit to mp3.com hq is certainly interesting. who knew they used mysql.

mp3.com’s interst in xml, building an api, and forward thinking makes me think that maybe they are the right ones to take some huge steps in the music industry (re: previous post).

i’ve been thinking recently about how messed up the whole napster thing is. the record industry really brought it on themselves, but as usual the artists are getting screwed. i think that the ideal solution would be to create a large account system where samples could be listened to (or the whole song even) and then purchased with one click (f u amazon), hooked up to a micropayment system. the details like price, pricing system, etc. would still have to be nailed out.

i for one would be more than willing to shell out 25-50 cents to d/l a song and have a copy on the server as well as access to all the song info etc. also, even if it was available streamed for free, i would pay a fee to be able to create my own libraries / playlists, and stream them from anywhere a la the mp3.com’s beam-it service. hook this kind of thing to your wireless device (in addition to the pc) and i think you’d have a killer app that would more than make up for money lost from freebees (and also result in a more equitable system for both artists and listeners).

interesting flash version of star wars – star dudes. the chewie is awesome.

well, i’ve been playing around w/ the new ns (leaked) beta. it’s pretty cool. still has most of the mozilla interface, i’m guessing they’re working on converting it by next week, but who knows. everything works fine pretty much (except for all those ie optimized pages that is). the png support is also really excellent.

nothing like seeing this as the HTTP_USER_AGENT:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; N; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; m14) Netscape6/6.0b1

two comments. the interface hookups, while better than the milestone releases are still a bit messed up (copy works from the edit menu, but not the right click menu) and it’s interesting that the ns6 beta is based off of m14 (not m15).

lord british is outta there. seems like a smart move after the clusterfuck that was ultima ix

nope, not ever. ;-P

for those who don’t closely follow movie rumors / news, aicn has some exclusive hollow man footage (stuff that was too graphic and cut from the trailer).

also according to aicn, looks like lucas and kasden will be stopping by sometime soon.

i hope that someone’s storing the dna for these endangered species for a time when we can clone them and start repopulating. it would be a shame to lack the foresight to do that when the technology is right around the corner (well, technically here already)…