Try -static - on FreeBSD it can improve performance for very fast running binaries significantly (such as ones designed to run 100s of times/s). I dunno about on Linux (although I've noticed that Linux seems to prefer dynamic binaries for everything.)
You could always, you know, not patronize the RIAA. It won't stop them from writing anti-consumer laws, but at least then you'd no longer BE a consumer. (to them)
As long as it is easy for an end-user to selectively remove trust, I don't see a problem with incorporating easy-to-use crypto for newbies.
If every one of my personal contacts had PGP/GPG easily available on their clients, spam would no longer be an issue to me, because I could just refuse unsigned mail, and then mail not on my allowed-keys list.
If I'd spent the last 4 years of my life in a college rather than in the workplace, I'd be lucky to be back in tech support making $10/hour to listen to whiners whine about spam or modems making noises.
I may take some college classes now, but I think going to college full time is a bad idea for the majority of tech workers. The world changes faster than college courses, and if you don't have any experience, you're not going to win out over those that do, unless you're applying at an inept company.
A good goal is to pay off your car loan ASAP. Then, when necessary, you can drop your insurance to liability only. My car payment was $150 and my insurance was $160! Now I pay ~$60 total (yeah, comp/coll was more than liability).
It may not sound like much to save $250/month, but if you're laid off and barely making the bills, you'll be happy you got rid of your debt.
That sounds right to me. He may not have been familiar with this specific case.
Basically, what he just said means that an RIAA lawyer could send a DMCA notice for every person in America, simply because they hold a copyright to something.
I don't think that's right - it'd be great if he read the responses to the answers of the responses to the call for the original questions and then replied - that is, meta-ask-slashdot?
For example, as mentioned, the *maximum* sentence you can receive for one count of copyright infringement is 60 months, while the *minimum* for someone convicted federally of aggravated sexual assault is generally between 70 to 87 months.
So two counts of copyright infringement > aggravated sexual assault? How many counts of copyright infringement does it take to hit the maximum for aggravated sexual assault? 10? 20? Copyright infringement counts can add up pretty quick.
What are you talking about? After this RFID buzz hit/., I was thinking about it quite a bit, and that was the only valid use I could see for them. I didn't read it on/. - in fact, I posted it here a while back.
Knowing how long a "disposable" product remains in the field after purchase would be invaluable information to have.
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Maybe once every item has an RFID tag* embedded in to it, this automatic sorting will be no problem.
* the one potentially valid use for them after they leave the store
What's most impressive about those.pif spams from "Wells Fargo" and "Citibank" is that the spammer uses good grammar and spelling. This is an incredible leap in spammer technique that I'm surprised has not received more attention.
I don't have a website handy, but as I understand it, when you're doing high-speed transfers, it's far easier with serial than parallel because you don't have to worry about the bits all getting there at the same time. With parallel, you eventually have to start measuring circuit traces and crazy stuff like that, making design much more challenging.
Heh, well, I wouldn't go and do a foolish thing like take on a student loan that I wasn't sure I could pay back, or have kids I wasn't sure I could afford... that's crazy talk. Rule #1 is to keep your expenses down.
Welcome to the real world. The one where you're not guaranteed a job just because you spent a few years of your life on education. The one where experience may outweigh education in cases.
You're only fucked if you end up one of those computer guys who sits on/. all day and moans about not being able to find a job at all. You're not fucked if you can adapt to the market and look in to getting jobs in other fields.
Basically, the world does not revolve around anyone except big CEOs. Hey, maybe you could change majors.;)
"Dude. It's a small webhosting firm. It is utterly unreasonable for clients to expect a small webhosting firm to have the capital or clout to seamlessly handle a disaster, and it is even more unreasonable for someone who seems experienced in this stuff to expect them to."
Bullshit.
How did they get to the point that this became a problem? I mean, what tipped them over the edge? I seriously doubt this happened instantly overnight - it's not like some hosting customer comes to a small webhosting firm and says "I have 3000 servers, where can I plug them in?"
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Try -static - on FreeBSD it can improve performance for very fast running binaries significantly (such as ones designed to run 100s of times/s). I dunno about on Linux (although I've noticed that Linux seems to prefer dynamic binaries for everything.)
The military censors really should have swapped the word "kill" with "hug", so people reading the articles won't freak out so much.
"...the F/A-22 is the absolute most-awesome hugging machine I have ever, ever flown."
I think we all know who's winning the war against nature. ;)
How long until we have a Beowulf cluster?
You could always, you know, not patronize the RIAA. It won't stop them from writing anti-consumer laws, but at least then you'd no longer BE a consumer. (to them)
As long as it is easy for an end-user to selectively remove trust, I don't see a problem with incorporating easy-to-use crypto for newbies.
If every one of my personal contacts had PGP/GPG easily available on their clients, spam would no longer be an issue to me, because I could just refuse unsigned mail, and then mail not on my allowed-keys list.
Only in America ... could the media confuse patenting with trademarking.
And lots and LOTS of people have trademarked their names. This is nothing new...
See also: 72pin SIMMs. :)
If I'd spent the last 4 years of my life in a college rather than in the workplace, I'd be lucky to be back in tech support making $10/hour to listen to whiners whine about spam or modems making noises.
I may take some college classes now, but I think going to college full time is a bad idea for the majority of tech workers. The world changes faster than college courses, and if you don't have any experience, you're not going to win out over those that do, unless you're applying at an inept company.
A good goal is to pay off your car loan ASAP. Then, when necessary, you can drop your insurance to liability only. My car payment was $150 and my insurance was $160! Now I pay ~$60 total (yeah, comp/coll was more than liability).
It may not sound like much to save $250/month, but if you're laid off and barely making the bills, you'll be happy you got rid of your debt.
I guess I was referring to him possibly responding to the thread, in the thread itself. Still, I was probably off by the meta-ask-slashdot remark. ;)
Let this be a lesson to all those that say full disclosure for security issues is wrong and/or dangerous. :)
That sounds right to me. He may not have been familiar with this specific case.
Basically, what he just said means that an RIAA lawyer could send a DMCA notice for every person in America, simply because they hold a copyright to something.
I don't think that's right - it'd be great if he read the responses to the answers of the responses to the call for the original questions and then replied - that is, meta-ask-slashdot?
For example, as mentioned, the *maximum* sentence you can receive for one count of copyright infringement is 60 months, while the *minimum* for someone convicted federally of aggravated sexual assault is generally between 70 to 87 months.
So two counts of copyright infringement > aggravated sexual assault? How many counts of copyright infringement does it take to hit the maximum for aggravated sexual assault? 10? 20? Copyright infringement counts can add up pretty quick.
I wonder if airlines will be expected to enforce that "use only within the United States" clause?
"Are you transporting livestock or BuyMusic wma's today?"
Ah, I didn't realize that. It was supposed to go to the vote page. Thanks, updated.
It'd be nice if we could vote to have articles recalled for review.
What are you talking about? After this RFID buzz hit /., I was thinking about it quite a bit, and that was the only valid use I could see for them. I didn't read it on /. - in fact, I posted it here a while back.
Knowing how long a "disposable" product remains in the field after purchase would be invaluable information to have.
Maybe once every item has an RFID tag* embedded in to it, this automatic sorting will be no problem.
* the one potentially valid use for them after they leave the store
What's most impressive about those .pif spams from "Wells Fargo" and "Citibank" is that the spammer uses good grammar and spelling. This is an incredible leap in spammer technique that I'm surprised has not received more attention.
I don't have a website handy, but as I understand it, when you're doing high-speed transfers, it's far easier with serial than parallel because you don't have to worry about the bits all getting there at the same time. With parallel, you eventually have to start measuring circuit traces and crazy stuff like that, making design much more challenging.
Heh, well, I wouldn't go and do a foolish thing like take on a student loan that I wasn't sure I could pay back, or have kids I wasn't sure I could afford... that's crazy talk. Rule #1 is to keep your expenses down.
I don't know. I can't answer that for you. I've yet to meet a truly one-dimensional person, however.
Welcome to the real world. The one where you're not guaranteed a job just because you spent a few years of your life on education. The one where experience may outweigh education in cases.
/. all day and moans about not being able to find a job at all. You're not fucked if you can adapt to the market and look in to getting jobs in other fields.
;)
You're only fucked if you end up one of those computer guys who sits on
Basically, the world does not revolve around anyone except big CEOs. Hey, maybe you could change majors.
"Dude. It's a small webhosting firm. It is utterly unreasonable for clients to expect a small webhosting firm to have the capital or clout to seamlessly handle a disaster, and it is even more unreasonable for someone who seems experienced in this stuff to expect them to."
Bullshit.
How did they get to the point that this became a problem? I mean, what tipped them over the edge? I seriously doubt this happened instantly overnight - it's not like some hosting customer comes to a small webhosting firm and says "I have 3000 servers, where can I plug them in?"