All I have to do is hook all these scripts up to a wireless web server and let hackers unknown take total control of my life! Brilliant! =P
Seriously though, what he's doing is pretty damn cool. It would be nice to do stuff like answer your door without leaving your computer. I'd just make sure that everything is offline and that I implement manual overrides into the system just in case it gets hijacked or the power goes off.
First off, I don't know much about DTDs, but from what I can tell, it's like a template, like a Cascading style sheet, or something like that. That said...
Why did they even allow people to link to this thing in the first place? I think that they could have predicted that this would happen, simply because the web is huge and if even a small percentage of all the servers on the internet start to link to the code, they are going to get a massive influx of requests demanding this information.
Knowing this, I wouldn't let people link directly to the code. That doesn't mean that they can't use it, (they can use it by downloading the code onto their own computers and hosting it there) but I would make sure that they can't link directly to my servers. Don't get me wrong, it's nice of them to let us link to their code. However, when you provide a useful piece of software for everyone to link to, you gotta expect that people are going to take full advantage of linking your code if you let them, whether they link it efficiently or not.
Although this author does bring up a good point about communication bringing everyone together (communicating online makes you want to meet someone else in person) I don't think that that's the main reason that location matters in today's world.
Instead, I think the main reason people continue flock to and live in high population areas today is the same reason that they did way back when, and that is because there are real, tangible benefits that a specific location gives you that you cannot obtain from simply being online. For example, you can't enjoy the taste of a good Philly cheesestake sub by sitting at your computer and chatting with someone about it, and you probably can't experience the majesty of the Grand Canynon just by getting a e-mail with some pictures of it either (some people might be able to, but I've heard it's not the same as being there...) A less trivial example is that it's not possible to telecommute to every job there is. For example, there is no way (that I know of) that one can flip burgers at a popular burger joint or fix a server suffering from hardware failure without physically being there.
If, one day, we invent transporters to instantly teleport us from one place to another and the cost to go from one location to any other location drops down to near zero, then I think you would begin to see the effect that the author described begin to happen, where physical location will not really matter much anymore. Or, you might see a case where urban sprawl will start to appear next to the location of the teleporters the because it's easier to access a teleporter being right next to it than miles away from it, but that's a whole other story altogether.:)
The bloggers union just went on strike! Where am I going to get my daily source of blog for the day?!? Wait, I just found 1000 blogs that are still up. Nevermind...
I found out that the whole Open Value Subscription program is essentially a third option for those seeking to purchase site licenses for Microsoft Software. This option would allow you to run Microsoft software for a three year period, after which you have three options:
1) Discontinue use of the software 2) Renew the subscription for three more years 3) Purchase the license outright (a.k.a. buy the right to run the software on a permanent basis on your computers.)
At first glance, this looks all fine to me. However, the only thing I'm worried about is what conditions might come with the license... will Microsoft attempt to force organizations to upgrade in order to renew their subscriptions? (This would be a great way to force businesses to switch to Office 2007/Vista...)
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All I have to do is hook all these scripts up to a wireless web server and let hackers unknown take total control of my life! Brilliant! =P
Seriously though, what he's doing is pretty damn cool. It would be nice to do stuff like answer your door without leaving your computer. I'd just make sure that everything is offline and that I implement manual overrides into the system just in case it gets hijacked or the power goes off.
First off, I don't know much about DTDs, but from what I can tell, it's like a template, like a Cascading style sheet, or something like that. That said...
Why did they even allow people to link to this thing in the first place? I think that they could have predicted that this would happen, simply because the web is huge and if even a small percentage of all the servers on the internet start to link to the code, they are going to get a massive influx of requests demanding this information.
Knowing this, I wouldn't let people link directly to the code. That doesn't mean that they can't use it, (they can use it by downloading the code onto their own computers and hosting it there) but I would make sure that they can't link directly to my servers. Don't get me wrong, it's nice of them to let us link to their code. However, when you provide a useful piece of software for everyone to link to, you gotta expect that people are going to take full advantage of linking your code if you let them, whether they link it efficiently or not.
Although this author does bring up a good point about communication bringing everyone together (communicating online makes you want to meet someone else in person) I don't think that that's the main reason that location matters in today's world.
:)
Instead, I think the main reason people continue flock to and live in high population areas today is the same reason that they did way back when, and that is because there are real, tangible benefits that a specific location gives you that you cannot obtain from simply being online. For example, you can't enjoy the taste of a good Philly cheesestake sub by sitting at your computer and chatting with someone about it, and you probably can't experience the majesty of the Grand Canynon just by getting a e-mail with some pictures of it either (some people might be able to, but I've heard it's not the same as being there...) A less trivial example is that it's not possible to telecommute to every job there is. For example, there is no way (that I know of) that one can flip burgers at a popular burger joint or fix a server suffering from hardware failure without physically being there.
If, one day, we invent transporters to instantly teleport us from one place to another and the cost to go from one location to any other location drops down to near zero, then I think you would begin to see the effect that the author described begin to happen, where physical location will not really matter much anymore. Or, you might see a case where urban sprawl will start to appear next to the location of the teleporters the because it's easier to access a teleporter being right next to it than miles away from it, but that's a whole other story altogether.
The bloggers union just went on strike! Where am I going to get my daily source of blog for the day?!? Wait, I just found 1000 blogs that are still up. Nevermind...
This whole article is summarizing Microsoft Launching it's Open Value Subscription in the US and in Canada.
According to some of my own research, in which I went to the following websites:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mssmallbiz/archive/2008/01/01/6933535.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/open/openvalue.mspx (note, this site is confusing.)
http://www.sellsoft.ie/microsoft_osl.html (much better description, but third party site)
I found out that the whole Open Value Subscription program is essentially a third option for those seeking to purchase site licenses for Microsoft Software. This option would allow you to run Microsoft software for a three year period, after which you have three options:
1) Discontinue use of the software
2) Renew the subscription for three more years
3) Purchase the license outright (a.k.a. buy the right to run the software on a permanent basis on your computers.)
At first glance, this looks all fine to me. However, the only thing I'm worried about is what conditions might come with the license... will Microsoft attempt to force organizations to upgrade in order to renew their subscriptions? (This would be a great way to force businesses to switch to Office 2007/Vista...)
...No need to opt-in, no way to opt-out...
Not exactly. According to Google:
"You can hide items from any friend you don't want to see, and you can also opt out of sharing by removing all your shared items."