I take it that the SoundExchange "jurisdiction" does not extend past U. S. borders?
Webcasters: I can recommend several good low-end VPS providers with terabyte+ bandwidth limits that are not located in the "United States of Getting All Up In Yo Pocket".
What happens in situations where, for example, completely hypothetically, no truth to it AT ALL, but let's just say that someone in the States has a VPS in the U.K. that they only use for torrentflux.
How and to whom are the British going to mail the letter?
When people have knee-jerk reactions, agreeing with and liking what they already believe and rejecting what they don't want to believe, you can't have reasoned debate.
First learned to use OpenBSD 2.0 in early 1997. Came into it with only a bit of VMS experience from a temp job at a hospital.
This was on a 386-25 with 16 megs of ram and a 20 meg hard drive, 14.4 modem and no sound.
The limited storage meant I had to download floppy images onto the machine with Windows 3.11, write them to floppies, and then wipe the machine and (try to) install OpenBSD.
Of course, being a temp-service-working starving computer nerd, most of the floppies were NOT NEW. That meant that during the install one would turn up bad, have to reinstall Windows and download/write the offending image again, and then restart the whole process.
Add to that the entire lack of (plain English) documentation and you have a huge clusterfuck. It took almost 3 months to get to a working command line. During that 3 months I was working at a temp service 2 days a week, just enough to pay rent on a dumpy trailer and eat ramen. No cable, only basic phone service, and there were times that the water was shut off due to non-payment.
But when I finally got that successful login prompt, friend, let me tell you IT WAS LIKE A FUCKING DRUG! The hair is standing up on my arms right now, total goosebumps just from remembering it.
Used OpenBSD for around a year, CLI-only. Then got into Debian because the dialer on OpenBSD sucked and (IIRC) Debian was the only Linux distro that would fit into 20 megs.
Got Debian hamm on the machine, and haven't looked back.
Now my home office has 7 machines on the net. The wife has an Ubuntu laptop/desktop, I have an Ubuntu laptop/desktop, our 7yo girl has a Windows desktop (for her games) and an old Compaq laptop with DamnSmallLinux on it.
The 7th machine is a Debian file/print/web/pulseaudio/dns/vmware/tor server and sits headless under the desk with only a power cord running to it.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm too cheap for solar panels, but want to look "green" so the yuppies will be all jealous and whatnot.
So I am going to make fake solar panels out of plywood and Plexiglas.
Wonder if they would look realistic enough to get some sort of tax credit?
Wrong.
MS is milking the Xbox exactly the way they should.
If they spin off an Xbox TV console, they will be diluting the Xbox brand. In marketing, brand dilution = death.
I take it that the SoundExchange "jurisdiction" does not extend past U. S. borders?
Webcasters: I can recommend several good low-end VPS providers with terabyte+ bandwidth limits that are not located in the "United States of Getting All Up In Yo Pocket".
Or you can check out lowendbox.
Whooooooooosh!
We use them because we are the MOST STUBBORN country in the world.
BTW it is called SOCCER, not "futbol". Stupid.
What happens in situations where, for example, completely hypothetically, no truth to it AT ALL, but let's just say that someone in the States has a VPS in the U.K. that they only use for torrentflux.
How and to whom are the British going to mail the letter?
When people have knee-jerk reactions, agreeing with and liking what they already believe and rejecting what they don't want to believe, you can't have reasoned debate.
Glen Beck says differently, ASSHOLE!
I always read the URL as Expert Sex Change, so have never visited...
Well mate, in all fairness...
If you MUST have a sex change, the procedure SHOULD, in fact, be conducted by an expert.
The company that is pushing the oil-as-a-coolant solution may need to remake servers in a form that is conducive (conductive? :) to oil cooling.
Think "oil-cooled server appliance".
As a living being, I've been screwed.
As a living being, I've been raped.
I am going to fucking KILL MYSELF!!!11
THE WORLD MUST UNDERSTAND!!!1
IF EVRYTHING DOESN'T BECOME PERFECT IMMEDIATELY I AM GOING TO HAVE A TANTRUM!!!!11
What do you mean, caveat emptor? Is that some sort of wierd Mexican talk?
This is "The Year of Linux on Everything but the Desktop".
The acronym is "TYLED".
Got a light?
Fast.
Portable.
Reliable.
Vi.
(Mod parent up, please. Thanks in advance.)
... which can be cured just by jerking off.
[citation needed]
The word you are looking for isn't "They're", which is a contraction of "They Are".
The word you were seeking is "their".
Maybe you shouldn't have spent so much time watching Springer.
YOU = edumacatishiun FAIL.
Now go buy some more Hamburger Helper with your EBT card, loser.
+1 Internets for you, sir.
Have some chicken.
1000 cards for $13?
Where, pray tell?
Rolodex is snazzy, wish I had one.
We are still using old-school cardboxes around here.
There IS an alternate cure for "erectile dysfunction".
It mostly involves getting off your fat ass and exercising, while simultaneously avoiding deep fried foods and sugary drinks.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled televised karaoke contest.
during a time of war...
Which war is that?
Ditto.
First learned to use OpenBSD 2.0 in early 1997. Came into it with only a bit of VMS experience from a temp job at a hospital.
This was on a 386-25 with 16 megs of ram and a 20 meg hard drive, 14.4 modem and no sound.
The limited storage meant I had to download floppy images onto the machine with Windows 3.11, write them to floppies, and then wipe the machine and (try to) install OpenBSD.
Of course, being a temp-service-working starving computer nerd, most of the floppies were NOT NEW. That meant that during the install one would turn up bad, have to reinstall Windows and download/write the offending image again, and then restart the whole process.
Add to that the entire lack of (plain English) documentation and you have a huge clusterfuck. It took almost 3 months to get to a working command line. During that 3 months I was working at a temp service 2 days a week, just enough to pay rent on a dumpy trailer and eat ramen. No cable, only basic phone service, and there were times that the water was shut off due to non-payment.
But when I finally got that successful login prompt, friend, let me tell you IT WAS LIKE A FUCKING DRUG! The hair is standing up on my arms right now, total goosebumps just from remembering it.
Used OpenBSD for around a year, CLI-only. Then got into Debian because the dialer on OpenBSD sucked and (IIRC) Debian was the only Linux distro that would fit into 20 megs.
Got Debian hamm on the machine, and haven't looked back.
Now my home office has 7 machines on the net. The wife has an Ubuntu laptop/desktop, I have an Ubuntu laptop/desktop, our 7yo girl has a Windows desktop (for her games) and an old Compaq laptop with DamnSmallLinux on it.
The 7th machine is a Debian file/print/web/pulseaudio/dns/vmware/tor server and sits headless under the desk with only a power cord running to it.
Linux has come a long way, baby.
Life is good.
WHOOSH!
Nobody expects the McAfee Inquisition!
Ditto on the Thunderbird/IMAP bit.
If you want to filter out the human flotsam, put the following question on your application:
"What is your highest score on Guitar Hero?"
Dismiss anyone who actually answers it with a number.
My feet smell great.