And let's not forget the fact that there's no way to prove that _I_ downloaded anything, especially if my computer is in a dorm room with others, or even roaming on a wireless LAN. So you've got an IP address, a filename, and a time. So what. That's not jack squat on most networks.
If someone else commits a crime with my car, does that make me the criminal? Maybe so, if I knew about it. But then again, maybe not. My point is that there's just to much slack given to the RIAA at this point.
Good question. The problem comes when that same person allows others to copy those MP3s from his collection, effectively "distributing" copyrighted material.
(Just for the sake ot argument, although I'm not arguing with you)
It didn't say downloading with the intent to share. It said downloading.
Define "distributing"?
My roomate hears my CD in my player
My roomate borrows my CD
My CDs are on my desk at work where anyone to listen to them
My CDs are on my computer which others use
The person distributing the song and the person downloading the song already paid for a CD
You're doing something illegal (copyright infringement), you are then caught, and you are then identified
How bout this, the MIT student is getting sued for DOWNLOADING MP3s. What if he/she already owns the CDs in question?
Mega beers for the first person to get a subpoena form the RIAA for downloading thousands of MP3s of CDs they already own. If had any balz, I'd do it myself.
It's hard to imagine the TWC cable boxes getting any worse. I had their digital package/receivers for about 3 years, and the damn things locked up and rebooted on their own all the time. That's of course, when the entire network or onscreen guides weren't down all weekend.
At least now I'd get a BSOD to go along with the fun.
That's why we have things like ISPs and ASPs. You can publich anytime you want in either of these situations. Let someone else take care of the hardware, software, and connection.
But you never know. Maybe IBM will have the right type of pixie dust and enough totally reliable, give-it-a-triable hands off servers so anyone can be the pinnacle of web presence.:-)
Well, at the time, I think WiredZone was selling 1U SuperMicro chassis/mobo combos for about $400. In January they climbed a bit. The rest I bought wherever I could, mostly NewEgg for the CPU, mem, etc.
I went really low tech for LAMP. 1U SuperMicro 5011EB, 2 Western Dig 20GB drives, a 1Ghz P3, and 512 MB Ram.
Well, that's a good point too. I can certainly understand business wondering where the benifit is. I just think it's either strange, or very naive of a company the purchase an OS and a server and think that it requires no extra effort; ever.
If the company DOES think that, then I think we need to do our best at point to educate them otherwise. They may understand $, so I bet they can unserstand that if they don't have someone take care of these things, it will cost them ever more $ to fix/reinstall them. THat's assuming that nothing else happens; live a trojan just mailed your accounting to your clients.
The same applies to internal machines as well. If you don't keep up with them, and some nut comes to work with a trojan on his lappy, or get's one at work, then your Intranet server is owned.
Six of one, half dozen of the other. Don't even get me started on Egress filtering of internal machines.
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People in SMALL business do not want a system which requires them to hire someone to constantly keep tabs on it.
What?#$#@ I don't care who this "SMALL" business may be, but if you put a server on the internet, and plan on not having someone to "keep tabs on it", please, get off of the f-ing internet. It's that type of mentality that yields the servers out there that STILL are spreading Code Red and Nimbda, because nobody has kept tabs on these infected servers in years.
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Any time someone asks me that question, one of my first response to the "is such and such scalable" is to read this article: Building a Large-scale E-commerce Site with Apache and mod_perl
Some of the number in there are damn impressive, compred to most Windows setups I've seen.
What is the web app going to do? All the hardware in the world, and even open source won't help you much if you're trying to do the wrong things on a single machine. Database driven site? Commerce? HEavy read, heavy write, or both?
think if Ford Motor Company tried to completely control the aftermarket by trying to control the tire you put on your car by some device, I think this Legislature would act.
Actually, I think this started to happen in the past. Ever heard of the Magnuson/Moss Warranty Act?
Neither did I, until I started putting aftermarket stuff on my truck and the Dodge dealer started getting pissy. In a nutshell, it says that no manufacturer can deny and warranty claim or make any warrany dependont on the use of any aftermarket parts, UNLESS that part can be proven to have caused the damage.
The same should apply to any other sane industry, of which computers does seem [sane] anymore.
We don't tolerate those practices anywhere else, except for computers/software. Nice to see someone pitching an official bitch about it.
The project also has been plagued over the past decade by corruption and discovery of hundreds of cracks in the dam, though the Guangzhou Daily on Sunday quoted officials as saying the cracks, some tens of yards long, were not a danger.
Define "dynamically assigned" in the context of DSL. I have a 'business' dsl package. My IPs are static to my account, but they are assigned dynamically to the router. Will AOL know the difference between my email server, and some dhcp dsl users? Doubtful.
I imagine there is no way to determine static from dynamic. Maybe their simply scanning the reverse lookup for dhcp or dsl in the name. That's not going to be very accurate.
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And let's not forget the fact that there's no way to prove that _I_ downloaded anything, especially if my computer is in a dorm room with others, or even roaming on a wireless LAN. So you've got an IP address, a filename, and a time. So what. That's not jack squat on most networks.
If someone else commits a crime with my car, does that make me the criminal? Maybe so, if I knew about it. But then again, maybe not. My point is that there's just to much slack given to the RIAA at this point.
(Just for the sake ot argument, although I'm not arguing with you)
It didn't say downloading with the intent to share. It said downloading.
Define "distributing"?
You're doing something illegal (copyright infringement), you are then caught, and you are then identified
How bout this, the MIT student is getting sued for DOWNLOADING MP3s. What if he/she already owns the CDs in question?
Mega beers for the first person to get a subpoena form the RIAA for downloading thousands of MP3s of CDs they already own. If had any balz, I'd do it myself.
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Me and My Reiser FS
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Hehe. I like that show. Fun to watch the Jr. and Sr. argue all the time.
It's hard to imagine the TWC cable boxes getting any worse. I had their digital package/receivers for about 3 years, and the damn things locked up and rebooted on their own all the time. That's of course, when the entire network or onscreen guides weren't down all weekend.
At least now I'd get a BSOD to go along with the fun.
Good point. I'm all in favor of not having to answer to an ISP. It is nice to run your own stuff and do what you want.
That's why we have things like ISPs and ASPs. You can publich anytime you want in either of these situations. Let someone else take care of the hardware, software, and connection.
:-)
But you never know. Maybe IBM will have the right type of pixie dust and enough totally reliable, give-it-a-triable hands off servers so anyone can be the pinnacle of web presence.
Well, at the time, I think WiredZone was selling 1U SuperMicro chassis/mobo combos for about $400. In January they climbed a bit. The rest I bought wherever I could, mostly NewEgg for the CPU, mem, etc.
I went really low tech for LAMP. 1U SuperMicro 5011EB, 2 Western Dig 20GB drives, a 1Ghz P3, and 512 MB Ram.
For that matter, here's an excellent affordable 22U rack. They also have some decent 1U machines as well.
Well, that's a good point too. I can certainly understand business wondering where the benifit is. I just think it's either strange, or very naive of a company the purchase an OS and a server and think that it requires no extra effort; ever.
If the company DOES think that, then I think we need to do our best at point to educate them otherwise. They may understand $, so I bet they can unserstand that if they don't have someone take care of these things, it will cost them ever more $ to fix/reinstall them. THat's assuming that nothing else happens; live a trojan just mailed your accounting to your clients.
The same applies to internal machines as well. If you don't keep up with them, and some nut comes to work with a trojan on his lappy, or get's one at work, then your Intranet server is owned.
Six of one, half dozen of the other. Don't even get me started on Egress filtering of internal machines.
People in SMALL business do not want a system which requires them to hire someone to constantly keep tabs on it.
What?#$#@ I don't care who this "SMALL" business may be, but if you put a server on the internet, and plan on not having someone to "keep tabs on it", please, get off of the f-ing internet. It's that type of mentality that yields the servers out there that STILL are spreading Code Red and Nimbda, because nobody has kept tabs on these infected servers in years.
Any time someone asks me that question, one of my first response to the "is such and such scalable" is to read this article: Building a Large-scale E-commerce Site with Apache and mod_perl
Some of the number in there are damn impressive, compred to most Windows setups I've seen.
100 concurrent users isn't a lot.
What is the web app going to do? All the hardware in the world, and even open source won't help you much if you're trying to do the wrong things on a single machine. Database driven site? Commerce? HEavy read, heavy write, or both?
While spend all that ony on an OS, when you could double your hardware with the money you save but not buying windows?
Hell, you can build a P3/P4 1U rack box for ~$800, probably cheaper now a days. Ditch windows and buy a 1U six pack.
think if Ford Motor Company tried to completely control the aftermarket by trying to control the tire you put on your car by some device, I think this Legislature would act.
Actually, I think this started to happen in the past. Ever heard of the Magnuson/Moss Warranty Act?
Neither did I, until I started putting aftermarket stuff on my truck and the Dodge dealer started getting pissy. In a nutshell, it says that no manufacturer can deny and warranty claim or make any warrany dependont on the use of any aftermarket parts, UNLESS that part can be proven to have caused the damage.
The same should apply to any other sane industry, of which computers does seem [sane] anymore.
We don't tolerate those practices anywhere else, except for computers/software. Nice to see someone pitching an official bitch about it.
Actually, rumor has it IE DOES muck about with Ack/Syn/Fin tricks for speedups.
Remember this?
Isn't Maverick also based on Struts and Velocity?
And hot damn [Not], there's a Maverick.NET also.
Forgot the link to Cocoon Cocoon
Not to mention AxKit in those lists of templating systems?
No Eddie Furlong huh....well, I'll take T3 over this.
The Crow was the best of them....2 was bearable, 3 was cruel and unusual punishment. The thought of a 4th makes me plead for mercy.
If you think these charges and taxes actually go somewhere, think again.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st
Define "dynamically assigned" in the context of DSL.
I have a 'business' dsl package. My IPs are static to my account, but they are assigned dynamically to the router. Will AOL know the difference between my email server, and some dhcp dsl users? Doubtful.
I imagine there is no way to determine static from dynamic. Maybe their simply scanning the reverse lookup for dhcp or dsl in the name. That's not going to be very accurate.