Just look for the Windows icon in the bottom let corner of any of the running terminals. When they're using these POS POS machines, it's invariably the Windows ones that are the problem.
In the recent Barnes & Noble POS attack, the actual hardware was compromised. No word on what OS was behind it, though.
Once you're one place in SPACE, getting to any other place in SPACE should be easy, right?
The term "easy" as you use it is measured in a unit called Delta-V, which is a function of mostly a) spacecraft mass, and b) remaining fuel supplies. In this case, the probes don't have enough easy (don't have enough Delta-V) to get back to Earth.
Actually, I do realize that you were being sarcastic. This post is really for those people who don't understand why the Space Shuttle can't get to the moon, or why the ISS cannot be sent to Mars.
In other words, an Android tablet with an Epaper display might be interesting -- not for games -- but for reading the web, books, documents, emails, and stuff like that.
I have one. I rooted the Android on my B&N Nook, and I love this device more than any handheld computer, laptop, or phone that I've ever had (and I've had quite a few of each). The only problem is that Android 2.1 on the device absolutely cannot be updated and many otherwise fine applications are being written for API Level 9 (Android 2.3). Even applications that think that they are coding to a lower API level usually aren't.
I was looking at an artists website, and clicked on the link to buy an album. It too me to the iTunes website. OK I thought, I'll try it. Except that I couldn't. To actually buy the album it said I had to do so through the iTunes software. Whoops. I guess I won't be buying anything from iTunes at all then.
You know, 'cause I run GNU/Linux.
It doesn't matter how fast the software is, if I am required to use it to buy shit, I ain't buying it. Websites work as store front ends for many other people, so why not Apple?
Did you contact the artist and let him know that? If not, then your 'vote with your wallet' ballot was not submitted.
So what you describe is a situation where the value of your service will go down as your sales go up... At least you deserve some credit for being honest!
Yes, that is the nature of spreading out a finite resource among users. And why shouldn't I be honest? It is exactly the expectation that the people that we deal with _won't_ be honest that I rebel against.
To be clear, should the need arise and the server become crowded, I will happily upgrade it or add another server. That is in everyone's interest.
I didn't mean to disparage Bluehost, as I've mentioned when I was using cheap hosting they were the best choice around. However, I don't recommend 'cheap hosting' for a website of any value, because in the web hosting industry, unless one is paying $25 or over monthly he is to expect poor service and an overloaded server. That is why I offered my services: because I can give him real service on a well-provisioned server in a real datacenter for less.
In fact, I'll happily open a free test account for anyone savvy enough to be on/.. Use it for a month or however long it takes you to decide if what I'm offering is viable and fair, and only then start paying monthly. My Gmail username is the same as my slashdot username, and you should google my name as well as I have been active in the open source community for about a decade.
Ok so basically the guy would have to pick : 1) an established provider that is hosting millions of domains (says them) in their 50,000 square ft data center in Utah for $5 2) some dude who is doing fly-by-night reselling for an unknown host and is advertising his 9-day uptime server for free on Slashdot and of course offers better performance (says him) for $10
I don't have a dog in this fight but if I had I'd go with the Mormons and use the $5 I saved to keep a mirror site on another cheap provider.
I'm sure that he has more choices than that! But if he is on a budget I can happily help him, in fact I'll happily give any slashdotter an account to try for a month or longer to test. Just email me (Gmail username same as slashdot username) and I'll set up an account. That goes for the OP or anyone savvy enough to be reading/..
By the way, google me. I'm known in the open source community for over a decade, and I've been on/. since about 1998 or 1999 (under a different username, though). I might be unknown in the web host reselling, as I usually only do that for clients, but I'm hardly new to Linux or the LAMP stack. In any case, this server is in a nice big data center (UK, not Utah) with the connectivity and redundant connections that you would expect. But he'll be one of a few sites on the server, not one of hundreds. And the sites on this server are mostly maintained by professional developers, not some guy installing an outdated Joomla or vulnerable PHP in 24 Hours code. Admittedly, my goal is to get more of the little guys on the server and thus there will be more vulnerable code on the server, but it is nowhere near the mess that is running on Bluehost servers (yet).
I'm really not trying to knock Bluehost, I have used them before and of all the large, established providers they were my own personal choice as well. For what they do they do well. But for some reason in the the web hosting industry poor service and overloaded, insecure servers is deemed acceptable unless the client is paying top dollar. I believe that any paying customer deserves the best service that I can provide and a fair enough share of the system resources to have a traffic spike and not bring down his site.
It's not always cost-effective to host your own platform - you need hardware, power and cooling, a reliable internet connection with good upload speed, maintenance, backup, etc. and you get to live with a pager, There are plenty of cheap Linux hosts out there where all the possible software is available. As an example there is Bluehost where the $5/month hosting plan comes with a SimpleScripts subscription which allows you to deploy just about any application in a jiffy (including all the CMS, blogging and social media stuff you can think of, including Drupal).
Don't go with Bluehost, I myself tested them a few months ago and I just moved a client off them last month. I don't think I've ever seen a system load below 20 on their machines (at least they do provide SSH access) and I've seen it get scarily close to 100. The performance is exactly what you would expect on such a loaded server.
I'm now doing reseller hosting for some clients. I can get you a very decent hosting setup, and customize it to your needs, and install a CMS for you, for $10 monthly. It would be comparable to what you'd pay about double that anywhere else, and honestly, resource-wise it will seem like you've got just about the whole server to yourself. Email me, my Gmail username is the same as my Slashdot username.
Here is my current system load, unedited right off the server: $ uptime
20:58:34 up 9 days, 10:57, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.15, 0.11
But I AM a cheapskate. If I really wanted one of these, I'd buy the Windows version and then install Linux on it. Make it dual boot and get the best of both worlds.
Of course, $1,500 is more than I'm willing to spend on a laptop at all anyway.
Then stop already. Do you want to show Dell that there really exists demand for Linux from the factory? Then pay the measly $50. It will be worth it for yourself in the long run.
Dell did a lot of work to make sure drivers were solid. Its not cheap to make a laptop have a perfect out of the box experience.
Exactly. What people don't realize is that to provide a good experience for end users, putting Linux (any distro) on a computer entails more work for the manufacturer than just installing Windows and letting Microsoft sort out the hardware compatibility issues.
And I'm happy to pay $50 more for a Linux laptop than a Windows laptop. That's not a significant amount of money compared to the price of the machine, and it sends a clear message that we are willing to pay real money for a higher quality operating system. Finally, it dispels the myth that Linux users are cheapskates and self-filters those users who would buy a Linux laptop just to pirate Windows.
Iran's press service was probably given instructions to report on a new VTOL drone, without having been given actual images of said drone.
This is exactly what happened. The Chinese did the same thing with their use of Top Gun footage in promoting some propaganda recently.
In fact, your breakfast cereal provider does this, McDonalds does this, anybody who puts out promotion materials includes photos "for demonstration only, may not represent actual product". Do you think that's milk and not glue in the cereal on the box cover?
Thank you for the comparison. Why can't web developers compile the javascript and provide that? I do understand that each runtime (browser) is unique, but why not have something along the lines of:
Thus the appropriate compiled code is presented to each runtime, and if there is no compiled code available for any particular runtime then the uncompiled code can be used. This is similar to how software is currently made available: binaries for the common platforms and source for the rest.
Of course I realize that MSN.com will have available only compiled code for IE, thus ostensibly 'killing' Firefox and Chrome performance. In fact, Firefox and Chrome performance will remain as it is, simple IE performance will be improved.
I too have seen where this is the case, however the point is moot; I don't trust the factory image, so why would I trust the recovery media?
There are Windows ISOs available from Microsoft. You can legally download these ISOs without any issue; It's the license key and certificate of authenticity which are your license documents.
Since when is downloading an ISO from digitalrivercontent.net considered "available from Microsoft"? I would trust the Acer / Dell / HP install before I would trust these ISOs.
I may have been too snide: I agree with you! In fact, seeing how offshore drilling has had decades to mature I no longer think that that particular activity should be granted impunity any more. Instead, the guarantees assuring financial insurance for the offshore drilling industry should most certainly be redirected to the newer, riskier technologies that we need, be it asteroid mining, fusion, or something else.
Slashdot Mirror
On a more important note, the judge is smokin hot:
http://www.cultofmac.com/185127/u-s-district-judge-lucy-koh-apples-lawyers-are-smoking-crack-in-samsung-case/
You need to get out more.
Just look for the Windows icon in the bottom let corner of any of the running terminals. When they're using these POS POS machines, it's invariably the Windows ones that are the problem.
In the recent Barnes & Noble POS attack, the actual hardware was compromised. No word on what OS was behind it, though.
Once you're one place in SPACE, getting to any other place in SPACE should be easy, right?
The term "easy" as you use it is measured in a unit called Delta-V, which is a function of mostly a) spacecraft mass, and b) remaining fuel supplies. In this case, the probes don't have enough easy (don't have enough Delta-V) to get back to Earth.
Actually, I do realize that you were being sarcastic. This post is really for those people who don't understand why the Space Shuttle can't get to the moon, or why the ISS cannot be sent to Mars.
In other words, an Android tablet with an Epaper display might be interesting -- not for games -- but for reading the web, books, documents, emails, and stuff like that.
I have one. I rooted the Android on my B&N Nook, and I love this device more than any handheld computer, laptop, or phone that I've ever had (and I've had quite a few of each). The only problem is that Android 2.1 on the device absolutely cannot be updated and many otherwise fine applications are being written for API Level 9 (Android 2.3). Even applications that think that they are coding to a lower API level usually aren't.
I was looking at an artists website, and clicked on the link to buy an album. It too me to the iTunes website. OK I thought, I'll try it. Except that I couldn't. To actually buy the album it said I had to do so through the iTunes software. Whoops. I guess I won't be buying anything from iTunes at all then.
You know, 'cause I run GNU/Linux.
It doesn't matter how fast the software is, if I am required to use it to buy shit, I ain't buying it. Websites work as store front ends for many other people, so why not Apple?
Did you contact the artist and let him know that? If not, then your 'vote with your wallet' ballot was not submitted.
So what you describe is a situation where the value of your service will go down as your sales go up... At least you deserve some credit for being honest!
Yes, that is the nature of spreading out a finite resource among users. And why shouldn't I be honest? It is exactly the expectation that the people that we deal with _won't_ be honest that I rebel against.
To be clear, should the need arise and the server become crowded, I will happily upgrade it or add another server. That is in everyone's interest.
Dell seems to be listening about the price. They've lowered it by $50 http://dell.to/Tw4xHx
Nice! It is now at $1449 - that is $100 less than the original price and $50 less than than the Windows version!
According to my comprehensive French dictionary:
dicfour, 'dicque fourre': a game of skill and manual dexterity, popular in boy schools in France around the beginning of the 20th century.
Manual dexterity? Possibly.
Skill? Possibly for the French.
I didn't mean to disparage Bluehost, as I've mentioned when I was using cheap hosting they were the best choice around. However, I don't recommend 'cheap hosting' for a website of any value, because in the web hosting industry, unless one is paying $25 or over monthly he is to expect poor service and an overloaded server. That is why I offered my services: because I can give him real service on a well-provisioned server in a real datacenter for less.
In fact, I'll happily open a free test account for anyone savvy enough to be on /.. Use it for a month or however long it takes you to decide if what I'm offering is viable and fair, and only then start paying monthly. My Gmail username is the same as my slashdot username, and you should google my name as well as I have been active in the open source community for about a decade.
Ok so basically the guy would have to pick :
1) an established provider that is hosting millions of domains (says them) in their 50,000 square ft data center in Utah for $5
2) some dude who is doing fly-by-night reselling for an unknown host and is advertising his 9-day uptime server for free on Slashdot and of course offers better performance (says him) for $10
I don't have a dog in this fight but if I had I'd go with the Mormons and use the $5 I saved to keep a mirror site on another cheap provider.
I'm sure that he has more choices than that! But if he is on a budget I can happily help him, in fact I'll happily give any slashdotter an account to try for a month or longer to test. Just email me (Gmail username same as slashdot username) and I'll set up an account. That goes for the OP or anyone savvy enough to be reading /..
By the way, google me. I'm known in the open source community for over a decade, and I've been on /. since about 1998 or 1999 (under a different username, though). I might be unknown in the web host reselling, as I usually only do that for clients, but I'm hardly new to Linux or the LAMP stack. In any case, this server is in a nice big data center (UK, not Utah) with the connectivity and redundant connections that you would expect. But he'll be one of a few sites on the server, not one of hundreds. And the sites on this server are mostly maintained by professional developers, not some guy installing an outdated Joomla or vulnerable PHP in 24 Hours code. Admittedly, my goal is to get more of the little guys on the server and thus there will be more vulnerable code on the server, but it is nowhere near the mess that is running on Bluehost servers (yet).
I'm really not trying to knock Bluehost, I have used them before and of all the large, established providers they were my own personal choice as well. For what they do they do well. But for some reason in the the web hosting industry poor service and overloaded, insecure servers is deemed acceptable unless the client is paying top dollar. I believe that any paying customer deserves the best service that I can provide and a fair enough share of the system resources to have a traffic spike and not bring down his site.
It's not always cost-effective to host your own platform - you need hardware, power and cooling, a reliable internet connection with good upload speed, maintenance, backup, etc. and you get to live with a pager, There are plenty of cheap Linux hosts out there where all the possible software is available. As an example there is Bluehost where the $5/month hosting plan comes with a SimpleScripts subscription which allows you to deploy just about any application in a jiffy (including all the CMS, blogging and social media stuff you can think of, including Drupal).
Don't go with Bluehost, I myself tested them a few months ago and I just moved a client off them last month. I don't think I've ever seen a system load below 20 on their machines (at least they do provide SSH access) and I've seen it get scarily close to 100. The performance is exactly what you would expect on such a loaded server.
I'm now doing reseller hosting for some clients. I can get you a very decent hosting setup, and customize it to your needs, and install a CMS for you, for $10 monthly. It would be comparable to what you'd pay about double that anywhere else, and honestly, resource-wise it will seem like you've got just about the whole server to yourself. Email me, my Gmail username is the same as my Slashdot username.
Here is my current system load, unedited right off the server:
$ uptime
20:58:34 up 9 days, 10:57, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.15, 0.11
Maybe Syria doesn't need to come back, or if it does, maybe not with a full block. IPv4 addresses are valuable!
They just didn't want this news to get around:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2012/11/201211271842890427.html
Indeed. It is assad day for all involved.
The IT guys in charge of Syrian connectivity were overheard saying:
"We didn't want to, damascus do it!"
But I AM a cheapskate. If I really wanted one of these, I'd buy the Windows version and then install Linux on it. Make it dual boot and get the best of both worlds.
Of course, $1,500 is more than I'm willing to spend on a laptop at all anyway.
Then stop already. Do you want to show Dell that there really exists demand for Linux from the factory? Then pay the measly $50. It will be worth it for yourself in the long run.
I think that the real news is that your phone has more vertical pixels than my desktop. Nice screenshot!
Dell did a lot of work to make sure drivers were solid. Its not cheap to make a laptop have a perfect out of the box experience.
Exactly. What people don't realize is that to provide a good experience for end users, putting Linux (any distro) on a computer entails more work for the manufacturer than just installing Windows and letting Microsoft sort out the hardware compatibility issues.
And I'm happy to pay $50 more for a Linux laptop than a Windows laptop. That's not a significant amount of money compared to the price of the machine, and it sends a clear message that we are willing to pay real money for a higher quality operating system. Finally, it dispels the myth that Linux users are cheapskates and self-filters those users who would buy a Linux laptop just to pirate Windows.
The only stupid question is the one you don't dare to ask.
What's a dicfour?
Iran's press service was probably given instructions to report on a new VTOL drone, without having been given actual images of said drone.
This is exactly what happened. The Chinese did the same thing with their use of Top Gun footage in promoting some propaganda recently.
In fact, your breakfast cereal provider does this, McDonalds does this, anybody who puts out promotion materials includes photos "for demonstration only, may not represent actual product". Do you think that's milk and not glue in the cereal on the box cover?
It looks like you are correct. Thank you! However, there are some details that are not clear, so I posted this question on StackExchange which might interest you:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13591069/why-use-application-javascript-as-opposed-to-text-javascript
Again, thank you.
Thank you. I'll look into that.
In retrospect, "text/javascript" for the first two items should be "bin/javascript".
Thank you for the comparison. Why can't web developers compile the javascript and provide that? I do understand that each runtime (browser) is unique, but why not have something along the lines of:
<script type="text/javascript" name="fooBar" compiled-for="firefox" src="firefox.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" name="fooBar" compiled-for="chrome" src="chrome.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" name="fooBar">
fooBar();
</script>
Thus the appropriate compiled code is presented to each runtime, and if there is no compiled code available for any particular runtime then the uncompiled code can be used. This is similar to how software is currently made available: binaries for the common platforms and source for the rest.
Of course I realize that MSN.com will have available only compiled code for IE, thus ostensibly 'killing' Firefox and Chrome performance. In fact, Firefox and Chrome performance will remain as it is, simple IE performance will be improved.
I too have seen where this is the case, however the point is moot; I don't trust the factory image, so why would I trust the recovery media?
There are Windows ISOs available from Microsoft. You can legally download these ISOs without any issue; It's the license key and certificate of authenticity which are your license documents.
Since when is downloading an ISO from digitalrivercontent.net considered "available from Microsoft"? I would trust the Acer / Dell / HP install before I would trust these ISOs.
Read TFA before posting.
GP is referring to the Kyoto Protocol.
I may have been too snide: I agree with you! In fact, seeing how offshore drilling has had decades to mature I no longer think that that particular activity should be granted impunity any more. Instead, the guarantees assuring financial insurance for the offshore drilling industry should most certainly be redirected to the newer, riskier technologies that we need, be it asteroid mining, fusion, or something else.