I agree with the general reaction I am reading.. and at the same time an ambitious group of people could see this as an opportunity to provide an installation and maintenance service to the neighborhoods and other associations. If it became popular and lucrative then surely the ISPs would start offering the same deal to keep their extorti.. er um, "business model" alive. Soon after the ISPs and telco's and cable co's and other monop.. er um, "companies" jump on board, we'll be right back to square one because the fiber lines will be driven up to at least $300 a month.
But if you do happen to make it to my comment, I have a potential solution for you. If you need to extend the framework to meet the new requirements, look into AOP. It will allow you to specify behavior and attach interactive code to anywhere in the call graph. A good example is caching. Say you framework didn't support it, but now they want it... you can point-cut the object hydration calls and (quickly) build a caching system and subvert the original call, or continue the original call flow, all under your precise control.
AOP is honestly, imfho, the best evolutionary leap in software design since OOP.
If he does ONLY one thing, my hope is that it will be changing the system such that a group of greedy political criminals (or anyone for that matter) will no longer be able to change the fundamentals our country is based on.. i.e. the wiretaps, patriot act, etc, essentially restoring the checks and balances that were suppose to be immutable.
There would still be the necessity for a server, however that server could maintain only a client IPs and perhaps some sort of network topology information. Once connected to any of the retrieved IPs a client can gather more IPs and start to build a picture of what is out there.
Okay, hit me with an off-topic, but can we find a way to be able to remove retarded first-posts that are actually worse than "first post!"?
As far as TFS... I for one, am thrilled to see that torrents technology, being both beautiful in concept and on it's way to being the de-facto web content delivery method (imho), is preparing to become even more of a hot-topic red button for consumer-suing power-houses (aka, RIAA) once when this leads to bigger and better hidden piracy networks.
In the "old days" many motherboards had a slot on the edge of the board which would allow more ISA/EISA, and sometimes PCI slots. There are also cards that can create the older interfaces if you wish to use a newer computer for speed. There may be some compatibility issues but this should be a good start. If you google around enough, I'm sure you can find someone making expansion/conversion cards.. there was a similar discussion here awhile back.
Likely there are companies making ways for you to get interfaces to older peripherals without having to just use a 12MHz 286. If it were my project, I'd start with a list of the types device I wish to support. From that list you can identify the types and numbers of interfaces (PCI/USB/PCMCIA/IDE/ATA/EISA/ISA/MCA/etc) that the devices need. You may likely find that you will have conflicting hardware specifications; older devices insisting on being on certain IRQs, clashing or limited bus speeds, that kind of thing. Also I'd look for companies selling N-in-1 devices. Today you can buy a printer that has 3 slots which together take almost all known memory card formats... perhaps there are companies which make a universal tape drive... etc.
Recap:
Identify hardware. Try to find N-in-1 solutions.
Identify interface types needed to plug in said hardware.
Conflicts. Take some time doing the research on what each component requires resource-wise so that you can mitigate your risk of having two devices that won't play nice. There are always alternatives.
Agreed.. I can see it now.. my grandma honking and flashing and waiving at these people, trying to pull them over to let the know their "tail lamp" is broken. Thank god she doesn't live in Los Angeles.
Exactly my point.. if I'm braking slowly and then jam on my brakes, you, behind me, see no difference, other than the back of my car appearing to lift up. I would think more lighting in that situation would accomplish the goal well.
I've had the idea for a long time that the brake light system should be an LED array, which would get progressively brighter, or fill more area, or by rapid blinking, indicate the rate at which the driver is attempting to decelerate. An inch of light indicates "I'm slowing a little" and 6 inches of light indicates "I'm stopping now".
Go ahead and patent this, Microsoft.
LED by example. Get it? Okay I'll stop.
I did not imply, or rather, was not trying to imply we need to teach this to the children. It was more about the fact that publishing guesses as "leading edge theories" is just bad. It wouldn't be so terrible if it weren't for human nature to loose parts of the message along the way and then before you know it, it is in the text books. I am saying that this practice is clouding the facts and not adding any value to the already steep task of passing on knowledge to the next generation. More importantly, and more to my point, passing on the ability for the next generation to help solve these problems.
Case, point: If we used to teach children that "we kinda think the earth is flat but have no evidence" then there is a STRONG likelihood that this notion would have been dispatch a long time ago. Instead, it was publish to the world as fact, and as such, there are still people who think the world is flat and won't accept any evidence to the contrary, because that is what they where taught in school.
It amazes me that as a whole our society is ready to jump on board with any theory that seems to help us understand our place in the universe. The Copernicus theorem is, IMHO, the best addition to scientific process. Ever. We are not special.
As for the content of this story, I mean, come on. I think it is silly that scientist continually feel the need to come up with a "reasons" which bridge the gaps between observable and more importantly, testable and reproducible conclusions. Dark Matter. UH-huh. Oh, no, wait.. wait.. space-time bubble! Yeah, that's it! How about we decide to leave the unknowns as unknowns and instead of spending time and resources coming up with viable possibilities to explain the unknowns, we spend that time discerning the actual, factual answers.
If we keep coming up with "viable possibilities" then all we are really doing is
Preventing the lemmings from running around in a crazed frenzy
Blurring the path to a better understanding with misleading information
The heart of my point.. the same thing happening to cosmology happened to the theory of electricity a long time ago.. and now we have generations of people who were taught to understand electricity in way that does not promote it's true nature. Same with light. How about instead of teaching our children something that is inherently wrong, we teach them what we do know, and admit that there are aspects we don't understand. At least then they (we) might have a chance to develop useful mindsets and contribute to respective solutions and explanations rather than taking away from them by filling people's head with misleading information.
Okay, so what happens when it falls down? What about the fact that the earth is rotating (at the equator a little over 1000 mph I believe) and that it is rotating fast enough to cause the earth itself to bulge around the equator? Seems like this would lead to some lean issues.
Assuming that it doesn't fall and wrap almost ALL the way around the world, what about the effects of having an object running from ground through the different atmospheres into space?
What about earth's magnetic field? What about solar radiation and other forms of energy interacting with, following the path of least resistance? What about creating a leak point for atmospheric layers? No saying the atmosphere is a balloon and will pop.. not likely, but in the same way a needle can "shoot" ions wouldn't certain principles that we have observe indicate that this would cause problems? Surface tension pulls liquid up a surface.. wouldn't we bulge the atmosphere? And I don't care how strong it is, that's not going to withstand a meteorite or meteor impact. Does anyone else see massive problems with this idea?
What the hell is wrong with this industry? I realize that stealing music and other forms of media is a serious problem, but almost every approach to try to forcibly curve the behavior has made the problem worse, and the most prevalent effect is that the consumer response, outrage, basically makes people care even less about it being wrong.
"Could it be the labels have finally recognized that providing features and convenience to customers is preferable to suing them?"
It is sad, IMHO, that this statement is not just a whimsical remark, but indeed the embodiment of the way things are.
So my question is, given all our cumulative brain power, what can we do to take control of this situation? I'm glad people are suing the RIAA and bringing their tactics to light; it doesn't seem to be enough. It would seem that the consumer has all the power... if we could all band together. Perhaps if we all stop buying any form of music for 30 days and make it known that we are boycotting the industry for attacking its consumers? Then maybe the recording labels and artists who would very much like us to give them our money would pressure the RIAA to stop this nonsense? Maybe it's a dumb idea but we need to do something.
We are the consumers, and we make industry. All we really have to do is stand together and we can exude some amount of control to let companies know they can't abuse us. They can't rob us at the pump. They can't sue us for making backup copies. They can't gouge us uncontrollably... in any way, for any product.
If only we were capable of banding together. Ideas? I'm willing to put in my time and energy...
Okay, so I'm confused. I'm actually far from a "noob", whether that's how I come across or not doesn't matter to me. Especially when you're telling me that who I am counts for nothing. So you gave up mod points to take the oppurtunity to show me the errors of my ways so that I can come across better because who I am counts for nothing. Had you actually read my post you would realize I was just confirming that I do see how someone might think that. And in a thread dedicated to those who DO whine about slashdot no less. So hey, while I did listen to you VERY carefully, I still come away with the feeling that you're just a total dick.
Didn't I end the exchange by saying "Nevermind"? Thanks for the unsolicited advise.. I think I'll stick with my own views though. Seems less douchey.
Hrm.
Well, honestly I haven't been on this site long, and I'll be the first to admit that I really don't think that I have added anything "valuable" to the site.. yet anyway. So yay, I'm probably no better than 99% of the people on this site. However I don't go around calling people noobs and generally being a dick so I know I am adding more value than at least one user.
So yeah, thanks for giving up mod points just to be a dick. It's really a growing trend and we're really happy to see that you've jumped right on board. Why make things better when you can make things worse?
Better yet, let's go around calling every new person who wasn't quit gotten into the slashdot-groove a n00b. Now there's a term I can stand behind! noob. It says "I am smarter than you" and "new people aren't welcome here".
How is calling people a noob adding value? Nevermind. Thanks to the other posters who did answer my question.
As much as I love slashdot to keep me in the "now", I have noticed it is kind-of a good-ol'-boys-club.
"Slashdot's moderating system is total bullshit and the admins are retards for still keeping it around. Nearly every downmodding that occurs on Slashdot is 100% invalid."
*** And that person gets a -1? For having an opinion? ***
"Including the -1 you just got?;)"
*** And that person gets a 5? He's probably the douche that -1'd the first guy. ***
While I like the format of the news I receive here, the implementation of the commenting system leaves MUCH to be desired.
I can easily see how it'd piss people off. (mostly people that need to get out more, but still)
Oh, and yes, go nuts flaming me with "comments" (which is about all it is, and it's lucky to qualify as a comment in most cases, unfortunately).
You're comment will be +5 and mine will be -1. Luckily, even if NASA devoted all their employed brain-power for an entire year, I still don't think we could find a way for me to give a fuck less.
Unfortunately, it would seem many of these "slashdotters" seem to gain personal validation by being having "popular" comments.
But my opinion aside... exactly how is the moderation system adding value to this site or anyone's lives?
Slashdot Mirror
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I agree with the general reaction I am reading.. and at the same time an ambitious group of people could see this as an opportunity to provide an installation and maintenance service to the neighborhoods and other associations. If it became popular and lucrative then surely the ISPs would start offering the same deal to keep their extorti.. er um, "business model" alive. Soon after the ISPs and telco's and cable co's and other monop.. er um, "companies" jump on board, we'll be right back to square one because the fiber lines will be driven up to at least $300 a month.
But if you do happen to make it to my comment, I have a potential solution for you. If you need to extend the framework to meet the new requirements, look into AOP. It will allow you to specify behavior and attach interactive code to anywhere in the call graph. A good example is caching. Say you framework didn't support it, but now they want it... you can point-cut the object hydration calls and (quickly) build a caching system and subvert the original call, or continue the original call flow, all under your precise control.
AOP is honestly, imfho, the best evolutionary leap in software design since OOP.
If he does ONLY one thing, my hope is that it will be changing the system such that a group of greedy political criminals (or anyone for that matter) will no longer be able to change the fundamentals our country is based on.. i.e. the wiretaps, patriot act, etc, essentially restoring the checks and balances that were suppose to be immutable.
There would still be the necessity for a server, however that server could maintain only a client IPs and perhaps some sort of network topology information. Once connected to any of the retrieved IPs a client can gather more IPs and start to build a picture of what is out there.
Okay, hit me with an off-topic, but can we find a way to be able to remove retarded first-posts that are actually worse than "first post!"?
As far as TFS... I for one, am thrilled to see that torrents technology, being both beautiful in concept and on it's way to being the de-facto web content delivery method (imho), is preparing to become even more of a hot-topic red button for consumer-suing power-houses (aka, RIAA) once when this leads to bigger and better hidden piracy networks.
Or, for those new to slashdot...
"Sweet, more bootleg porn!"
Likely there are companies making ways for you to get interfaces to older peripherals without having to just use a 12MHz 286. If it were my project, I'd start with a list of the types device I wish to support. From that list you can identify the types and numbers of interfaces (PCI/USB/PCMCIA/IDE/ATA/EISA/ISA/MCA/etc) that the devices need. You may likely find that you will have conflicting hardware specifications; older devices insisting on being on certain IRQs, clashing or limited bus speeds, that kind of thing. Also I'd look for companies selling N-in-1 devices. Today you can buy a printer that has 3 slots which together take almost all known memory card formats... perhaps there are companies which make a universal tape drive... etc.
Recap:
Good luck man!
Agreed.. I can see it now.. my grandma honking and flashing and waiving at these people, trying to pull them over to let the know their "tail lamp" is broken.
Thank god she doesn't live in Los Angeles.
Exactly my point.. if I'm braking slowly and then jam on my brakes, you, behind me, see no difference, other than the back of my car appearing to lift up. I would think more lighting in that situation would accomplish the goal well.
I've had the idea for a long time that the brake light system should be an LED array, which would get progressively brighter, or fill more area, or by rapid blinking, indicate the rate at which the driver is attempting to decelerate. An inch of light indicates "I'm slowing a little" and 6 inches of light indicates "I'm stopping now".
Go ahead and patent this, Microsoft.
LED by example. Get it? Okay I'll stop.
I did not imply, or rather, was not trying to imply we need to teach this to the children. It was more about the fact that publishing guesses as "leading edge theories" is just bad. It wouldn't be so terrible if it weren't for human nature to loose parts of the message along the way and then before you know it, it is in the text books. I am saying that this practice is clouding the facts and not adding any value to the already steep task of passing on knowledge to the next generation. More importantly, and more to my point, passing on the ability for the next generation to help solve these problems.
Case, point: If we used to teach children that "we kinda think the earth is flat but have no evidence" then there is a STRONG likelihood that this notion would have been dispatch a long time ago. Instead, it was publish to the world as fact, and as such, there are still people who think the world is flat and won't accept any evidence to the contrary, because that is what they where taught in school.
As for the content of this story, I mean, come on. I think it is silly that scientist continually feel the need to come up with a "reasons" which bridge the gaps between observable and more importantly, testable and reproducible conclusions. Dark Matter. UH-huh. Oh, no, wait.. wait.. space-time bubble! Yeah, that's it! How about we decide to leave the unknowns as unknowns and instead of spending time and resources coming up with viable possibilities to explain the unknowns, we spend that time discerning the actual, factual answers.
If we keep coming up with "viable possibilities" then all we are really doing is
The heart of my point.. the same thing happening to cosmology happened to the theory of electricity a long time ago.. and now we have generations of people who were taught to understand electricity in way that does not promote it's true nature. Same with light. How about instead of teaching our children something that is inherently wrong, we teach them what we do know, and admit that there are aspects we don't understand. At least then they (we) might have a chance to develop useful mindsets and contribute to respective solutions and explanations rather than taking away from them by filling people's head with misleading information.
Okay, so what happens when it falls down? What about the fact that the earth is rotating (at the equator a little over 1000 mph I believe) and that it is rotating fast enough to cause the earth itself to bulge around the equator? Seems like this would lead to some lean issues.
Assuming that it doesn't fall and wrap almost ALL the way around the world, what about the effects of having an object running from ground through the different atmospheres into space?
What about earth's magnetic field? What about solar radiation and other forms of energy interacting with, following the path of least resistance? What about creating a leak point for atmospheric layers? No saying the atmosphere is a balloon and will pop.. not likely, but in the same way a needle can "shoot" ions wouldn't certain principles that we have observe indicate that this would cause problems? Surface tension pulls liquid up a surface.. wouldn't we bulge the atmosphere? And I don't care how strong it is, that's not going to withstand a meteorite or meteor impact. Does anyone else see massive problems with this idea?
What the hell is wrong with this industry? I realize that stealing music and other forms of media is a serious problem, but almost every approach to try to forcibly curve the behavior has made the problem worse, and the most prevalent effect is that the consumer response, outrage, basically makes people care even less about it being wrong.
"Could it be the labels have finally recognized that providing features and convenience to customers is preferable to suing them?"
It is sad, IMHO, that this statement is not just a whimsical remark, but indeed the embodiment of the way things are.
So my question is, given all our cumulative brain power, what can we do to take control of this situation? I'm glad people are suing the RIAA and bringing their tactics to light; it doesn't seem to be enough. It would seem that the consumer has all the power... if we could all band together. Perhaps if we all stop buying any form of music for 30 days and make it known that we are boycotting the industry for attacking its consumers? Then maybe the recording labels and artists who would very much like us to give them our money would pressure the RIAA to stop this nonsense? Maybe it's a dumb idea but we need to do something.
We are the consumers, and we make industry. All we really have to do is stand together and we can exude some amount of control to let companies know they can't abuse us. They can't rob us at the pump. They can't sue us for making backup copies. They can't gouge us uncontrollably... in any way, for any product.
If only we were capable of banding together. Ideas? I'm willing to put in my time and energy...
Okay, so I'm confused. I'm actually far from a "noob", whether that's how I come across or not doesn't matter to me. Especially when you're telling me that who I am counts for nothing. So you gave up mod points to take the oppurtunity to show me the errors of my ways so that I can come across better because who I am counts for nothing. Had you actually read my post you would realize I was just confirming that I do see how someone might think that. And in a thread dedicated to those who DO whine about slashdot no less. So hey, while I did listen to you VERY carefully, I still come away with the feeling that you're just a total dick. Didn't I end the exchange by saying "Nevermind"? Thanks for the unsolicited advise.. I think I'll stick with my own views though. Seems less douchey.
Hrm. Well, honestly I haven't been on this site long, and I'll be the first to admit that I really don't think that I have added anything "valuable" to the site.. yet anyway. So yay, I'm probably no better than 99% of the people on this site. However I don't go around calling people noobs and generally being a dick so I know I am adding more value than at least one user. So yeah, thanks for giving up mod points just to be a dick. It's really a growing trend and we're really happy to see that you've jumped right on board. Why make things better when you can make things worse? Better yet, let's go around calling every new person who wasn't quit gotten into the slashdot-groove a n00b. Now there's a term I can stand behind! noob. It says "I am smarter than you" and "new people aren't welcome here". How is calling people a noob adding value? Nevermind. Thanks to the other posters who did answer my question.
As much as I love slashdot to keep me in the "now", I have noticed it is kind-of a good-ol'-boys-club.
;)"
"Slashdot's moderating system is total bullshit and the admins are retards for still keeping it around. Nearly every downmodding that occurs on Slashdot is 100% invalid."
*** And that person gets a -1? For having an opinion? ***
"Including the -1 you just got?
*** And that person gets a 5? He's probably the douche that -1'd the first guy. ***
While I like the format of the news I receive here, the implementation of the commenting system leaves MUCH to be desired. I can easily see how it'd piss people off. (mostly people that need to get out more, but still)
Oh, and yes, go nuts flaming me with "comments" (which is about all it is, and it's lucky to qualify as a comment in most cases, unfortunately). You're comment will be +5 and mine will be -1. Luckily, even if NASA devoted all their employed brain-power for an entire year, I still don't think we could find a way for me to give a fuck less.
Unfortunately, it would seem many of these "slashdotters" seem to gain personal validation by being having "popular" comments.
But my opinion aside... exactly how is the moderation system adding value to this site or anyone's lives?
No really? Serious question!