The only problem with color is if you accidentally "overtype" the escape codes while the next prompt is coming up - you may get some other funky escape sequence going or it may just look like crap.
Yeah, it would be nice if everyone used SSL, but there is some SSL decryption overhead on the client end that could be avoided for many types of files (slashdot's homepage for instance, its all publicly accessable data so why encrypt it?).
ISPs would have to get a different certificate for each of their client's domains, and give out separate IPs for each of their sites unfortunately. SSL would need that shortcoming fixed first.
That's a good point. I guess a signature would need to be calculated by the server and sent with the content. It might net a small increase in speed still, though.
In Mozilla 1.5a at least, in preferences under SSL, in the tab "Extra SSL3/TLS" the only two options that are labeled "No encryption" are deselected for me - I am certain I didn't do this myself, it was probably that way stock.
I do not see anything in IE's config to disallow this, except perhaps disabling SSL3 all together. That seems excessive. I hope someone can post a correction to this.:)
Sometimes all you need is authentication. It would actually be nice if plaintext sites could have plaintext certificates so you'd know you're going to the right place, but still be able to browse without the added encryption overhead with every request.
There would, of course, need to be a way to easily differentiate between encrypted and non-encrypted sites just like now.
I'd be willing to pay $XX for my set of channels, and then 15% more (or so) that could go solely towards "up and coming channels" from new networks (IE not ESPN4 or MTV7), so there'd still be a chance for them to make it. But after a few months if they haven't figured out how to get viewers, they should negotiate to take less money from the cable providers, or find a better set of sponsors, or whatever..
...that this would be the beginning of a ala carte(sp) cable service. It didn't happen when Disney and Comcast (AT&T) had their fight, but maybe Echostar can pull it off against Viacom.
Of course, the realist in me knows that my cable bill will go up a few dollars regardless. (Yes, I have cable, but I'm sure Comcast will find a way to increase my bill too.)
"Depends on how it was done, I suppose. If death was permanent and common then it probably wouldn't be much fun. But if death was a very unusual outcome, then I'd probably play because I would expect the developer had found something more interesting for players to do than mash on the keyboard and kill hordes of imaginary Tolkien knock-offs."
I agree that would be the ideal situation, however, if death was permanent but uncommon, it would not be all that dissimilar to having non-permanent death.
IE: It's rare to die completely, but it'd have to be possible to become "incapacitated" so you're not immortal. This MMOG would have incapacitation instead of death-insta-revive. Not a big difference in gameplay.
Some people carry cell phones with the express idea (at least on the onset) that they'll use it in an emergency. Why couldn't they also carry a GPS as well, if they think it would be useful in an emergency?
Besides, when have I ever said I was concerned over the government tracking me specifically? I'm concerned over the government spending extra money, funneling money into more corporations, increasing my taxes, to take care of people who won't take the extra, incredibly minor step, of knowing where they are.
The "unless you have something to hide" argument is old and should be dropped entirely. Not everyone subscribes to the "spend lots of money tracking everyone just in case something bad might happen" philosophy.
"So if I don't pay several hundred dollars for a GPS receiver on the odd chance that I might be injured and not know where I am I'm not taking care of myself?"
Chances are you're already spending more than that for the phone itself, so it should be well within your means. Btw, you can get GPS receivers for ~$100 now - dirt cheap if you *really* think that having that information available will save your life.
"What if I'm too injured to tell them where I am and all I can do before passing out is dial 911 on my cell? Ever think about that?"
If you're that bad off calling 911 will not necessarily lengthen your life. Besides, we're talking about something that most people would never have happen in their entire lives - being hurt so bad they can only hit 4 buttons on their phone.
"After all if you can't memorize a seven digit emergency number for every location that you happen to go to then you are not taking care of yourself."
Actually, yes. In fact, every cell phone I've ever owned has had the ability to store numbers in an index. You can store your local emergency numbers in a specific memory slot, so you don't have to remember the full number off the top of your head. If you go on a trip, you can look up these numbers ahead of time and preprogram them in to your phone. This isn't rocket science here - and it used to be a common practice!
I mean, let's say you have a kid - chances are you've got your pediatrician's number on a postit note near your landline, or in your cell phone directory already (that is, if you're worried about the kid that much) - what's the difference here?
That's rediculous. You're suggesting that the government should mandate GPS in cell phones because people can't be bothered to know where they are, and don't take the precautions to make that information available to them (information that is provided for *free* mind you, the signals are there, they just need a receiver), all for the incredibly few rare times they might call 911.
You're suggesting that I, as a taxpayer, should pay more for emergency services to have GPS systems and mapping software (along with all the updates).
It's a nanny state measure, and those of us capable of taking care of ourselves should not have to pick up the slack for those who simply refuse to.
Because we all know that the government should become a nanny state and take care of everyone who, for some reason, refuses to take care of themselves.
If the closed source software ends up better - and that's pretty much the only way it'd actually overtake open source software (note to mods, etc Microsoft didn't have to overtake Linux, this is different) - then by all means, distribute better software.
But in order for that to happen, development on the open source package would have to die off. Take one look at sourceforge to see how many abandoned projects there are out there. It happens. I don't see the harm in a commercial company picking up the slack and selling the polished product.
It is, of course, the software authors choice what license they want to use. Were it me, I'd use the BSD license, because I'm not about controlling my creation's use.
Heh, well, considering that salon is DOWN right now, what's the problem here? I just watched their silly GE ad, and then I click to go on to the article and their site is refusing connections. Salon just got a dime for free from me!:)
You're free to maintain a history of video gaming, with full boxes and perfect manuals and stuff. But I think you'll agree that it's not in the game store's economic interests to turn their already cramped space into a museum..
The *only* thing that I don't buy is that the aliens mostly speak english. But I'm kind of glad they did it this way than have some universal translator technology, or have Daniel struggle to communicate with each race in every episode..
SG-1 gets two thumbs up from me, I picked up all 5 available seasons on deepdiscountdvd.com for a good price.
You could always find a bank that doesn't charge a monthly fee, or check out your local credit union. Some banks require direct deposit to waive the billpay fee, but most CUs are pretty reasonable and offer it free (since it saves them money anyways).
I suggest you put big signs up at "your" library, movie theatre, bookstore, and coffee shop saying "No admittance!". Then you'll be free to enjoy the silence inside of your places of business.
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The only problem with color is if you accidentally "overtype" the escape codes while the next prompt is coming up - you may get some other funky escape sequence going or it may just look like crap.
Yeah, it would be nice if everyone used SSL, but there is some SSL decryption overhead on the client end that could be avoided for many types of files (slashdot's homepage for instance, its all publicly accessable data so why encrypt it?).
ISPs would have to get a different certificate for each of their client's domains, and give out separate IPs for each of their sites unfortunately. SSL would need that shortcoming fixed first.
That's a good point. I guess a signature would need to be calculated by the server and sent with the content. It might net a small increase in speed still, though.
In Mozilla 1.5a at least, in preferences under SSL, in the tab "Extra SSL3/TLS" the only two options that are labeled "No encryption" are deselected for me - I am certain I didn't do this myself, it was probably that way stock.
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I do not see anything in IE's config to disallow this, except perhaps disabling SSL3 all together. That seems excessive. I hope someone can post a correction to this.
Sometimes all you need is authentication. It would actually be nice if plaintext sites could have plaintext certificates so you'd know you're going to the right place, but still be able to browse without the added encryption overhead with every request.
There would, of course, need to be a way to easily differentiate between encrypted and non-encrypted sites just like now.
I'd be willing to pay $XX for my set of channels, and then 15% more (or so) that could go solely towards "up and coming channels" from new networks (IE not ESPN4 or MTV7), so there'd still be a chance for them to make it. But after a few months if they haven't figured out how to get viewers, they should negotiate to take less money from the cable providers, or find a better set of sponsors, or whatever..
...that this would be the beginning of a ala carte(sp) cable service. It didn't happen when Disney and Comcast (AT&T) had their fight, but maybe Echostar can pull it off against Viacom.
Of course, the realist in me knows that my cable bill will go up a few dollars regardless. (Yes, I have cable, but I'm sure Comcast will find a way to increase my bill too.)
"Depends on how it was done, I suppose. If death was permanent and common then it probably wouldn't be much fun. But if death was a very unusual outcome, then I'd probably play because I would expect the developer had found something more interesting for players to do than mash on the keyboard and kill hordes of imaginary Tolkien knock-offs."
I agree that would be the ideal situation, however, if death was permanent but uncommon, it would not be all that dissimilar to having non-permanent death.
IE: It's rare to die completely, but it'd have to be possible to become "incapacitated" so you're not immortal. This MMOG would have incapacitation instead of death-insta-revive. Not a big difference in gameplay.
Some people carry cell phones with the express idea (at least on the onset) that they'll use it in an emergency. Why couldn't they also carry a GPS as well, if they think it would be useful in an emergency?
Besides, when have I ever said I was concerned over the government tracking me specifically? I'm concerned over the government spending extra money, funneling money into more corporations, increasing my taxes, to take care of people who won't take the extra, incredibly minor step, of knowing where they are.
The "unless you have something to hide" argument is old and should be dropped entirely. Not everyone subscribes to the "spend lots of money tracking everyone just in case something bad might happen" philosophy.
"So if I don't pay several hundred dollars for a GPS receiver on the odd chance that I might be injured and not know where I am I'm not taking care of myself?"
Chances are you're already spending more than that for the phone itself, so it should be well within your means. Btw, you can get GPS receivers for ~$100 now - dirt cheap if you *really* think that having that information available will save your life.
"What if I'm too injured to tell them where I am and all I can do before passing out is dial 911 on my cell? Ever think about that?"
If you're that bad off calling 911 will not necessarily lengthen your life. Besides, we're talking about something that most people would never have happen in their entire lives - being hurt so bad they can only hit 4 buttons on their phone.
"After all if you can't memorize a seven digit emergency number for every location that you happen to go to then you are not taking care of yourself."
Actually, yes. In fact, every cell phone I've ever owned has had the ability to store numbers in an index. You can store your local emergency numbers in a specific memory slot, so you don't have to remember the full number off the top of your head. If you go on a trip, you can look up these numbers ahead of time and preprogram them in to your phone. This isn't rocket science here - and it used to be a common practice!
I mean, let's say you have a kid - chances are you've got your pediatrician's number on a postit note near your landline, or in your cell phone directory already (that is, if you're worried about the kid that much) - what's the difference here?
That's rediculous. You're suggesting that the government should mandate GPS in cell phones because people can't be bothered to know where they are, and don't take the precautions to make that information available to them (information that is provided for *free* mind you, the signals are there, they just need a receiver), all for the incredibly few rare times they might call 911.
You're suggesting that I, as a taxpayer, should pay more for emergency services to have GPS systems and mapping software (along with all the updates).
It's a nanny state measure, and those of us capable of taking care of ourselves should not have to pick up the slack for those who simply refuse to.
Because we all know that the government should become a nanny state and take care of everyone who, for some reason, refuses to take care of themselves.
Right.
If you want that service you could buy a GPS (they're not that expensive) and relay the information to the 911 operator.
There's no reason for it to be built in to *all* cell phones.
If the closed source software ends up better - and that's pretty much the only way it'd actually overtake open source software (note to mods, etc Microsoft didn't have to overtake Linux, this is different) - then by all means, distribute better software.
But in order for that to happen, development on the open source package would have to die off. Take one look at sourceforge to see how many abandoned projects there are out there. It happens. I don't see the harm in a commercial company picking up the slack and selling the polished product.
It is, of course, the software authors choice what license they want to use. Were it me, I'd use the BSD license, because I'm not about controlling my creation's use.
Heh, well, considering that salon is DOWN right now, what's the problem here? I just watched their silly GE ad, and then I click to go on to the article and their site is refusing connections. Salon just got a dime for free from me! :)
You're free to maintain a history of video gaming, with full boxes and perfect manuals and stuff. But I think you'll agree that it's not in the game store's economic interests to turn their already cramped space into a museum..
The *only* thing that I don't buy is that the aliens mostly speak english. But I'm kind of glad they did it this way than have some universal translator technology, or have Daniel struggle to communicate with each race in every episode..
SG-1 gets two thumbs up from me, I picked up all 5 available seasons on deepdiscountdvd.com for a good price.
Next time around tho, I'll make sure to play the stock options game right! No more selling before it doubles 2 days later... :)
Sure, but as soon as they include music functionality in their distro, they open themselves up to attack from Mandragora Records, ala Apple.
This isn't Linux, but it is definitely an interesting read if you want to learn how a kernel works. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System.
It's a bit expensive, since it's also apparently a textbook, but I think it is worth it. Reads easy, too.
I know many people that own TiVos, and I've yet to meet one who did not know that this was going on already.
You could always find a bank that doesn't charge a monthly fee, or check out your local credit union. Some banks require direct deposit to waive the billpay fee, but most CUs are pretty reasonable and offer it free (since it saves them money anyways).
The people would have a much easier time standing up against their dictators if wealthy countries would stop supporting said dictators.
I'll stop carrying my cell phone places as soon as it becomes illegal for people to carry their baby and children to those places.
I suggest you put big signs up at "your" library, movie theatre, bookstore, and coffee shop saying "No admittance!". Then you'll be free to enjoy the silence inside of your places of business.