What constitutes a sufficient "string" of requests for a Comcast server in a large urban area, tho? Maybe they're caching the local newspaper front page, CNN, et cetera, but your measly ten or fifteen GETs are beneath their notice. DL'ing the page and keeping it on a box somewhere might be an investment that's only worthwhile to them for 100, or even 1000 local requests, *especially* if they're still testing the setup and don't have full server capacity installed yet.
I disagree with the statement that 'Linux only cares about the underlying technology and not about the experience'. I would agree that Linux distributions as they exist today do not provide the sort of absolutely 'transparent-machine' user experience that has been a hallmark of MacOS from the beginning. But if you look at what Gnome/Enlightenment/KDE have stated as project *goals*, I for one don't think it's too much to predict that OS X will have some pretty stiff competition from a LinuxPPC distribution that is just as easy to install, GUI from start to finish, and gives the end-user more freedom to customize their environment than OS X can provide. I agree that Apple was definitely way out in front in realizing the impact of aesthetics on physical design for their machines. But the longer I split my time between a B&W G3 running OS8.6 at home and a much weaker Intel box running WindowMaker with ETerm at work, the more strongly I consider putting LinuxPPC on my home machine, to get the WMaker/ETerm combo running as my home environment! /*deviation from="topic" Another reason to go Linux on the G3 would be to get a rich set of file/disk management and TCP/IP tools, not to mention a full=fledged *server* environment for http and FTP, without having to spend two hours at mac.tucows.net looking for shareware... /deviation*/
Slashdot Mirror
jesus mcFuckity christ!
Posted: 11:47CDT
Current time: 11:48:25 CDT
SITE IS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO TOO MANY USERS
CONNECTING
not even the OPPORTUNITY to mirror!
Come on people, at least send the site owner an email or IM with a picture of Mr. Goatse and the caption "This is your web server in 10...9...8..."!
What constitutes a sufficient "string" of requests for a Comcast server in a large urban area, tho? Maybe they're caching the local newspaper front page, CNN, et cetera, but your measly ten or fifteen GETs are beneath their notice. DL'ing the page and keeping it on a box somewhere might be an investment that's only worthwhile to them for 100, or even 1000 local requests, *especially* if they're still testing the setup and don't have full server capacity installed yet.
Ask and ye shall recieve:
The story in question.
I like the EU legislating content and practices on the Internet no more than I like the US doing the same. That which I tell you three times is true:
Education is the key, not legislation.
*Education* is the key, *not* legislation.
EDUCATION IS THE KEY, NOT LEGISLATION!
Thank you, and goodnight.
Is this a first post? I couldn't resist. Also, I am amazed that this type of information (FBI wiretaps of e-mail accounts) should surprise *anyone*.
I disagree with the statement that 'Linux only cares about the underlying technology and not about the experience'. I would agree that Linux distributions as they exist today do not provide the sort of absolutely 'transparent-machine' user experience that has been a hallmark of MacOS from the beginning. But if you look at what Gnome/Enlightenment/KDE have stated as project *goals*, I for one don't think it's too much to predict that OS X will have some pretty stiff competition from a LinuxPPC distribution that is just as easy to install, GUI from start to finish, and gives the end-user more freedom to customize their environment than OS X can provide.
I agree that Apple was definitely way out in front in realizing the impact of aesthetics on physical design for their machines. But the longer I split my time between a B&W G3 running OS8.6 at home and a much weaker Intel box running WindowMaker with ETerm at work, the more strongly I consider putting LinuxPPC on my home machine, to get the WMaker/ETerm combo running as my home environment!
/*deviation from="topic"
Another reason to go Linux on the G3 would be to get a rich set of file/disk management and TCP/IP tools, not to mention a full=fledged *server* environment for http and FTP, without having to spend two hours at mac.tucows.net looking for shareware...
/deviation*/