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Stories · 7

  1. Return of the King Leads Oscar Nominations

    News · Lotr · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the congratulations-to-all-involved dept. · 412 comments
    PurdueGraphicsMan writes "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the final chapter in Peter Jackson's directoral masterpeice is leading the 76 Annual Academy Awards with 11 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Next in line with 10 nominations including Best Picture and Best director is Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Here is a full list of the nominees in all categories."

  2. Bandwidth Limiting Policies for Web Hosting?

    Ask · Internet · · posted by Cliff · from the throttling-back dept. · 30 comments
    Silas asks: "I run a small website development and hosting company. We're trying to develop creative, fair, but standard policies in limiting the bandwidth of our individual hosting accounts. I seek the opinions of Slashdot readers who have experience as hosting providers or hosting users. More details below. We're running Apache, and have pretty much decided on using mod_throttle as our bandwidth limiting technology. I know it's not everyone's favorite, but it looks great for us. We have less than 200 domains being hosted, all with varying degrees of bandwidth requirements. As you might suspect, we've got our own ideas and have done our own research about the answers to these, but now I'm interested in yours."

    "The basic question is 'what's fair and standard' in these areas:

    • Our two hosting packages offer 5 GIG/month and 10GIG/month respectively, with the option to upgrade in $5 per 1 GIG/month increments. Other hosting providers seem to be all over the board - what's the average hosting account want/need?
    • The policy that seems common is 'allow a certain amount of data to go through in a certain time period, and then start rejecting requests until the end of the time period'. Is that fair? What policies do other hosts use? When is it appropriate to delay the response to a request instead of rejecting it?
    • What should the user be able to do automatically in terms of upgrading/controlling their bandwidth usage? If a user is fine with 5 GIG/month but then gets slashdotted, what should their options be (right away, within 24 hours, etc.)?
    We know we're not a powerhouse hosting company, and we know we can't compete with the big players in this industry, so please avoid comparisons/critiques based solely on price points, as we'll likely never be able to match the bulk hosters in that area. We're focused on excellent customer service and convenience to our design clients."

  3. Bandwidth Limiting Policies for Web Hosting?

    Ask · Internet · · posted by Cliff · from the throttling-back dept. · 30 comments
    Silas asks: "I run a small website development and hosting company. We're trying to develop creative, fair, but standard policies in limiting the bandwidth of our individual hosting accounts. I seek the opinions of Slashdot readers who have experience as hosting providers or hosting users. More details below. We're running Apache, and have pretty much decided on using mod_throttle as our bandwidth limiting technology. I know it's not everyone's favorite, but it looks great for us. We have less than 200 domains being hosted, all with varying degrees of bandwidth requirements. As you might suspect, we've got our own ideas and have done our own research about the answers to these, but now I'm interested in yours."

    "The basic question is 'what's fair and standard' in these areas:

    • Our two hosting packages offer 5 GIG/month and 10GIG/month respectively, with the option to upgrade in $5 per 1 GIG/month increments. Other hosting providers seem to be all over the board - what's the average hosting account want/need?
    • The policy that seems common is 'allow a certain amount of data to go through in a certain time period, and then start rejecting requests until the end of the time period'. Is that fair? What policies do other hosts use? When is it appropriate to delay the response to a request instead of rejecting it?
    • What should the user be able to do automatically in terms of upgrading/controlling their bandwidth usage? If a user is fine with 5 GIG/month but then gets slashdotted, what should their options be (right away, within 24 hours, etc.)?
    We know we're not a powerhouse hosting company, and we know we can't compete with the big players in this industry, so please avoid comparisons/critiques based solely on price points, as we'll likely never be able to match the bulk hosters in that area. We're focused on excellent customer service and convenience to our design clients."

  4. Feds to Publish Public Comments on MS Settlement

    Microsoft · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the spam-forward dept. · 301 comments
    Silas writes: "This AP Article notes that the government is going to be releasing the comments submitted by the public on the Microsoft anti-trust case. Highlight: 'Overall, the department said it received about 7,500 comments from people in favor of the settlement reached by the federal government and nine states, while 15,000 opposed it. Another 7,000 comments were dismissed as opinion, like "I hate Microsoft."' Apparently they have to publish and respond to each one." CNN is carrying the AP wire story as well.

  5. Girls Don't Want To Be Geeks

    News · News · · posted by emmett · from the this-has-nothing-to-do-with-gender-dammit dept. · 624 comments
    Silas writes "According to a new study by the American Association of University Women, highlighted in this AP article, 'Girls have the ability to learn and use computers, but they are turned off by technical careers that they view as full of geeky guys'. The study blames the general sentiment on a gender imbalance in access to computers, and on social pressures that steer girls away from technology. What say you, women of the Slashdot population?" Stand up and shout on this one, ladies. I think that it takes a special breed of person to be attracted to this line of work, not necessarily a specific gender. Tell us what you think.

  6. Congress Moving On E-Signatures

    Internet · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the sign-with-a-0101011101010101010101000010 dept. · 158 comments
    Silas writes: "Well folks, Congress is moving along with attempts to make digital signatures legally binding for online transactions, public and private." Many pros and cons if this goes through, but I'm definitely looking forward to reducing my mail.

  7. Ask Slashdot: What Music do you Code By?

    Ask · News · · posted by Cliff · from the oh-but-this-would-never-work-as-a-poll dept. · 713 comments
    Silas writes "I value music as an important part of the coding/debugging/designing process, and choosing what music to listen to while working on a given piece of code can be as subtle and interesting a process as choosing what data structure or regular expression to use. My personal selection varies from Mozart to Happy Rave, Dave Matthews Band to Enigma, but I'm interested to know what members of the larger coding community listen to when they're doing their thing, getting in the zone. What music do you code by?" Ah. I like nothing less than coding to a good progressive Drum 'N Bass song. What about you all?