Why not something similar to Netflix to make it easier to find? Qwikflix sounds much better.
IANAIPL but they may have avoided having a similar sounding name to protect their Netflix name from any dilution in the event (coff) they sell Prixter I mean KneeJerk, I mean... what's the name again?
I'm going to say no offense, cause I mean it but it'll still sound offensive.
Blockbuster could be free and I still wouldn't do business with them. Watching all the Blockbuster stores in my area close over time has been pretty satisfying.
This kind of idiocy, kills free market and allows prices to be driven up. Why herald the death of Blockbuster?
Because they were late to market? Had high prices? Aren't we mad at Netflix for changing prices? Wouldn't it make more sense to support the competition so it can stay around and help keep prices down?
Shouldn't we be mad at Netflix now? Not the 'underdog'?
Say, my cat can do differential calculus, when nobody else is around.
Hey, that's cool, I got this friend who is terrible at diff calc and is always asking for my help... can I borrow your cat so I can get him to leave me alone?
If you read Turing's original article, you'd see that he imagined the test very differently from this. He didn't come from the ADD era of instant messaging. He was picturing a conversation about the symbolic value of a certain element in a piece of literature. The test isn't any worse now, it's just that people chat like bots. I don't understand why they don't ask about the last book the other has read, and ask them to describe it, and follow up with an open-ended question about a specific point in the description. The present generation of Chatbot would be completely lost in that case.
Because what you are describing is pointless small talk that you have when you meet someone on a dating site.
And since I mentioned dating I think you get the point.
Not to defend 1and1 (they have really horrible support), but isn't it a little unfair to blame them for you having bad policies that allow malware to be injected into all of your files? {snip}
So nice rant, but no sympathy here, except maybe for google.
I appreciate your reply... and I'm not looking for sympathy, just vent.
And, I had something completely different written here a minute ago, thinking I may have said something, at all... that sounded like I was blaming 1and1 for anything other than sitting on their collective asses and not giving me access (not asking them to do it for me, just access) to my site, for 24 hours via ssh to clean up. You know, one simple command that says, delete index.htm* && default.htm*, Instead of taking a half hour to go into each branch via ftp and delete each file.
But then I reread my post and I didn't even come close to insinuating that they were to blame for the malware infestation.
So, I probably should highlight a few things, some I said, some I didn't.
- Faithful customer since "the beginning" - Not really using the hosting, mostly sitting idle, thus didn't want to change plans - Couldn't change plans because I'm grandfathered in, on a lower priced plan 'than the cheapest linux plan available' - I run a non-profit and 'trivial changes in pricing' aren't so trivial - My 50% fault on the security... [I really should still have ssh since I was an original customer and that was what I had in the beginning] - No capitulation from support to allow 24hr ssh access to 'take care of things'
Which brings me to the main point: - I wanted to solve a malware issue and my provider would not lift a finger to help
Then I got flagged by Google as having malware and I was like... wtf... I don't even actively use those sites. So, I FTP'd in and downloaded some files, there was an injection of code in all of my index.htm(l) and default.htm(l) files.
Now, I've had 1and1, since they came to the US. I had a plan back then that had all the goodies, ssh access to my shell for my sites, so it was easy to administer.
Well, "because of new policies" my old service I had was changed to another... like the cell companies moving you around on new plans. My new plan, has no ssh access.
What's worse, 1and1, refused to give me shell access so I could take care of all of those malware files.
Let me repeat... A HOSTING PROVIDER REFUSED TO GIVE ME ACCESS TO MY OWN SITE TO CORRECT A MALWARE ISSUE!
Nice huh?
So, like I said, since I don't really use those sites, I just deleted them all via FTP and told 1and1 to go fuck themselves. I put up what I needed that was important (after cleaning) on an EC2 "free" instance.
It's pretty obvious (to me, at least) that what Facebook has done is found the *original* contract, which proves that his is a fake, as long as they can prove that their copy is the original.
So they want his hard drive, probably to show that the date modified on the file is too recent to be original.
This is not highly techy... changing CMOS time, booting into a runtime CD linux and touch[ing] the file... or having the thought of changing the CMOS time before creating the file... would probably obviate that issue.
"Everyone should drop the facebook, and get their own virtual host website "
Uh, right.
The value of a social network is determined by the number of users it has. Facebook has 750 million. Your own private server, EVEN IF people know how the hell to set one up, which they don't, will only have a few. Thus, it will be nearly useless compared to facebook.
Not to mention that people have NO IDEA how to set up and run their own web host, they don't want to know, and shouldn't have to know. Computers should not be that difficult to operate.
What you want only works in your fantasy world, not in the real one. This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand that they're in a tiny tiny niche and most people want very different things.
LOL!!!
POWER WHOOSH!
I like waking up and being able to read a good chuckle-worthy post, quickly.
This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand that they're in a tiny tiny niche and most people want very different things.
This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand when they've read a whooooooooooosh.
It would be interesting... seeing all those pasty people crawl from their subterranean domiciles and surrender themselves to the sun, squinting as their virtual world, disappears.
Nobody who cares about music would want a Class D amp, but they're incredibly popular (or at least prevalent) because they're cheap and to most people today they're "good enough".
I use Class D for the sub 120Hz signals. But I'm sure you mean those laughable "full range" 3000W ebay amps.
Maybe you should get a phone with an 'aircraft' mode...
Maybe you should trying buying me a phone that does not require being powered off in order to be restarted in flight mode. (Which requires entering your PIN, if you' ve not disabled it). Every mobile phone I've ever owned has worked this way. Including my 2-months-old Samsung Galaxy.
You... are not making any sense. My Droid Incredible has a widget with an airplane on it. Click it, all radios are killed, unclick it, all radios are back on.
Slashdot Mirror
Why not something similar to Netflix to make it easier to find?
Qwikflix sounds much better.
IANAIPL but they may have avoided having a similar
sounding name to protect their Netflix name from any
dilution in the event (coff) they sell Prixter I mean
KneeJerk, I mean... what's the name again?
-AI
Isn't it possible to burn out the sensor?
Yes... given the proper equipment.
http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Spyder_III_Pro_Arctic_Series-96-37.html
Ahh, to have that given equipment.
-AI
> What other options are out there though?
A walk in the forest. Perhaps kayaking on the river? Maybe build a balsa aeroplane and launch it.
Or build a Spruce one, launch it once and then become a shut-in.
Wait, then you'd need a content provider again.
-AI
I'm going to say no offense, cause I mean it but it'll
still sound offensive.
Blockbuster could be free and I still wouldn't do business with them. Watching all the Blockbuster stores in my area close over time has been pretty satisfying.
This kind of idiocy, kills free market and allows prices
to be driven up. Why herald the death of Blockbuster?
Because they were late to market? Had high prices?
Aren't we mad at Netflix for changing prices? Wouldn't
it make more sense to support the competition so it
can stay around and help keep prices down?
Shouldn't we be mad at Netflix now? Not the 'underdog'?
-AI
Sure is!
Say, my cat can do differential calculus, when nobody else is around.
Hey, that's cool, I got this friend who is terrible at diff calc and is always
asking for my help... can I borrow your cat so I can get him to leave me alone?
-AI
I weep for the future. Because what you say is only too true. We are becoming Idiocracy.
Becoming? I admire your optimism.
-AI
If you read Turing's original article, you'd see that he imagined the test very differently from this. He didn't come from the ADD era of instant messaging. He was picturing a conversation about the symbolic value of a certain element in a piece of literature. The test isn't any worse now, it's just that people chat like bots. I don't understand why they don't ask about the last book the other has read, and ask them to describe it, and follow up with an open-ended question about a specific point in the description. The present generation of Chatbot would be completely lost in that case.
Because what you are describing is pointless small talk
that you have when you meet someone on a dating site.
And since I mentioned dating I think you get the point.
-AI
I used a beer can for months to get TV signal in an old TV set and it worked like a glove...
What is the db increase of a glove?
-@|
Took me forever to remember/find who created the Pringles cantenna,
Andrew Clapp
http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html
-AI
Hello...?!? Early 21st century called and wants its' DIY project back.
Cantennas have been around for over a decade.
In fact a really simple search... of /. , shows it was first mentioned
(Pringles) on August 27th, 2001:
http://slashdot.org/story/01/08/27/172225/Wireless-Freenets-As-The-Parasitic-Grid
I'm glad we are getting more "frist tme pissers" but it would be nice
if we get some fresh articles with it.
-AI
Not to defend 1and1 (they have really horrible support), but isn't it a little unfair to blame them for you having bad policies that allow malware to be injected into all of your files?
{snip}
So nice rant, but no sympathy here, except maybe for google.
I appreciate your reply... and I'm not looking for sympathy, just vent.
And, I had something completely different written here a minute ago, thinking
I may have said something, at all... that sounded like I was blaming 1and1
for anything other than sitting on their collective asses and not giving me
access (not asking them to do it for me, just access) to my site, for 24 hours
via ssh to clean up. You know, one simple command that says, delete index.htm*
&& default.htm*, Instead of taking a half hour to go into each branch via ftp and
delete each file.
But then I reread my post and I didn't even come close to insinuating that they
were to blame for the malware infestation.
So, I probably should highlight a few things, some I said, some I didn't.
- Faithful customer since "the beginning"
- Not really using the hosting, mostly sitting idle, thus didn't want to change plans
- Couldn't change plans because I'm grandfathered in, on a lower priced plan 'than the cheapest linux plan available'
- I run a non-profit and 'trivial changes in pricing' aren't so trivial
- My 50% fault on the security... [I really should still have ssh since I was an original customer and that was what I had in the beginning]
- No capitulation from support to allow 24hr ssh access to 'take care of things'
Which brings me to the main point:
- I wanted to solve a malware issue and my provider would not lift a finger to help
that's all I'm really trying to point out here.
-AI
1and1 has been a host for me for some time.
Then I got flagged by Google as having malware and I was like... wtf... I don't even actively use
those sites. So, I FTP'd in and downloaded some files, there was an injection of code in all of
my index.htm(l) and default.htm(l) files.
Now, I've had 1and1, since they came to the US. I had a plan back then that had all the goodies,
ssh access to my shell for my sites, so it was easy to administer.
Well, "because of new policies" my old service I had was changed to another... like the cell
companies moving you around on new plans. My new plan, has no ssh access.
What's worse, 1and1, refused to give me shell access so I could take care of all of those
malware files.
Let me repeat... A HOSTING PROVIDER REFUSED TO GIVE ME ACCESS TO MY OWN SITE
TO CORRECT A MALWARE ISSUE!
Nice huh?
So, like I said, since I don't really use those sites, I just deleted them all via FTP and told
1and1 to go fuck themselves. I put up what I needed that was important (after cleaning) on
an EC2 "free" instance.
-AI
Lol, all I remember is churn when I surfed the Carolinas.
-AI
It's pretty obvious (to me, at least) that what Facebook has done is found the *original* contract, which proves that his is a fake, as long as they can prove that their copy is the original.
So they want his hard drive, probably to show that the date modified on the file is too recent to be original.
This is not highly techy... changing CMOS time, booting
into a runtime CD linux and touch[ing] the file... or having
the thought of changing the CMOS time before creating the
file... would probably obviate that issue.
-AI
Maybe we'll get some good sci-fi stories out of the submissions.
Esp since the first [insert quantity here] submissions will be previous sci-fi story lines.
-AI
My "social antipode" would probably be a bilingual Pakistani Imam,
Congratulations... you're a winner of a nice, new, shiny warrantless wiretap.
"Everyone should drop the facebook, and get their own virtual host website "
Uh, right.
The value of a social network is determined by the number of users it has. Facebook has 750 million. Your own private server, EVEN IF people know how the hell to set one up, which they don't, will only have a few. Thus, it will be nearly useless compared to facebook.
Not to mention that people have NO IDEA how to set up and run their own web host, they don't want to know, and shouldn't have to know. Computers should not be that difficult to operate.
What you want only works in your fantasy world, not in the real one. This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand that they're in a tiny tiny niche and most people want very different things.
LOL!!!
POWER WHOOSH!
I like waking up and being able to read a good chuckle-worthy post, quickly.
This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand that they're in a tiny tiny niche and most people want very different things.
This is a common thing with slashdot geeks: they don't understand when they've read a whooooooooooosh.
tftfya
-AI
Methinks you're projecting.
Methinks you're whoosh...
but that's cool,
=)
-AI
It would be interesting... seeing all those pasty people crawl from their
subterranean domiciles and surrender themselves to the sun, squinting
as their virtual world, disappears.
Maybe my roommate could pick up a tan.
-AI
..."adobe". [Dr. Evil pinkie]
lol,
But you know, I'm sure most people are wondering why you are
talking about Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, et al.
Lot of them thar young-uns don't even know who Austin Powers is,
and the reference is whoosh.
I know... I thought it inconceivable too, until I realized it recently
before my eyes. "You've NEVER seen those movies? REALLY?"
-AI
Nobody who cares about music would want a Class D amp, but they're incredibly popular (or at least prevalent) because they're cheap and to most people today they're "good enough".
I use Class D for the sub 120Hz signals. But I'm sure you
mean those laughable "full range" 3000W ebay amps.
-AI
Really surprised no one has modded you up... good write up.
-AI
I take it that you don't fly very often.
Maybe you should get a phone with an 'aircraft' mode...
Maybe you should trying buying me a phone that does not require being powered off in order to be restarted in flight mode. (Which requires entering your PIN, if you' ve not disabled it). Every mobile phone I've ever owned has worked this way. Including my 2-months-old Samsung Galaxy.
You... are not making any sense. My Droid Incredible has a widget
with an airplane on it. Click it, all radios are killed, unclick it, all radios
are back on.
-AI
29% of Android owners do too - some may be legit 4G phones, but those phones sure as hell don't make up 29% of the market.
24% of Blackberry too - even though they don't offer a 4G model.
That's what I was thinking... this basically just looks like:
one quarter to one third of smartphone owners have no
fucking idea what they own.
-AI
I like how you make fun of someone's lack of sophistication with a subject line that contains two mistakes in six words...
LOL, thank you for the good laugh.