You'll not find very many organizations on the web that can equal MS proven track record for evil. Sure, there's SCO, but how many others can you name? To date, all of the evil attributed to Google is so much "What if" and "They could have done better" and "Look, they have money, they MUST be evil!"
Google does alright with "dumb" and "stupid" now and then, but as has already been pointed out by other posters, they just suck at "evil".
google "namebench". It's a google code project. I think current version is 1.3.1 Download it, run it, and be amazed. You can speed those DNS lookups significantly if you only know which servers to use. Don't expect it to be a ten second operation, though. Plan on spending ten minutes, minumum, with it. More reasonably, give it thirty minutes. Use namebench's recommendation, or modify it as you see fit. My own latency with the default ISP server was out of this world. In fact, I couldn't find a slower server anywhere around me. Maybe if I chose a server in Djibouti, I could have found a slower one.
When you've finished playing with namebench - install your own DNS cache, like squid. Then, you'll have the fastest possible lookup for repeated queries on your own hardware, plus a fast lookup when you don't have it cached. It doesn't get any better than that!
My thoughts, too. I'm still working with less than a 1 MB connection - and I know lots of people who are still on dial-up because the telcos can't be bothered to go that "last mile". The walled garden does me no good, or millions of other Americans who live far from the cities and colleges.
Thank you, Sir. I could try to play it cool, and tell you that I misspelled it just to see who was awake - but, what's the use? I screwed it up. Ehhh. If that's the only thing I screw up today, it will be an unbelievably good day!
Everything costs. Even if you do away with all of the world's currency, things will still cost. You will merely be stating the costs in another manner, ie, "manhours", or "credits", or - whatever.
I can't argue with you, wjousts, because you are right. But, I'm more concerned with that huge rock that the scientists haven't discovered yet, which is on a collision course with the earth. That sucker is HUGE - nearly the same size as the rock they say caused the moon.
Life on earth will probably survive that impact, but I don't think it will be "life as we know it".
Just a hint. "Star travel" and "space colonization" aren't synonymous. We could, with some determination, build a colony on the moon, with existing technology. Or, if not a real colony, then at least a research station. As time passed, our technology could grow to better support that colony, and at the same time, the colony could grow more self sufficient.
Now, star travel is a whole different ballgame. Compare colonizing our solar system, to a baby learning how to crawl, then to walk. The baby is NOT going to mysteriously appear in another city around the world just because he has begun to walk.
I say, let's start crawling, and build that moon colony.
Wikipedia? It must be right then. Sorry about my confusion. See, I got my definitions out of textbooks that were written long before the internet existed, complete with web pages that are editable by any Tom, Dick, or Harry.
So - since we are a liberal democracy, why in hell is marijuana still illegal? And, why do our "representatives" fund the DEA with millions of dollars every year to put our citizens in prison?
Do you think that just MAYBE the wikipedia has it wrong?
What liberal democracy? We live in a republic, here in the US of A. Please, don't confuse democracy with a republic, and don't claim that the republic is liberal.
What - you don't like Ausies? You should go see the wizard, and get your attitude fixed. Hey, he gave the lion a heart, or something like that, didn't he? Or, the tin man? Whatever - go see the Wizard of Aus.
You don't want HONEST people to know that the software is worth one cubic turd. Only criminals should possess that knowledge, because they are the people who will put it to best use!!
BTW - who knows why turds are round, and tapered instead of cubes?
You're right - a guy can get a PADI cert in a weekend - especially if he knows an unscrupulous instructor. I should have specified that I am open-water certified, and that my instructor had scruples. It took all of three months (10 weekends actually, plus a few dives on our own without an instructor around) for the group of us to get our cards. And, before anyone points it out, that doesn't make me an expert or anything. It only means that I spent time in the classroom learning what diving is all about before I was allowed into a pond, then a lake, then a river, and finally out in the bay. So - if I manage to kill myself, it is only my own fault, not Mike's fault. He spent the time with us, and taught us what we needed to know to survive.
And, just as importantly - all of our group of divers were US Navy. (No, most certainly not Navy Divers - we were hull techs, boiler techs, deck apes, and supply pukes.) We all had a mindset that dictated we paid attention, learn all we could, and apply what we learned, and continue learning after we were certified. Not only were we diving buddies, we were shipmates, whose lives depended on each other before and after our shared diving experiences.
There is no "live and let live" today. Activists march in the streets, they have parades in half the major cities, whining and crying, demanding rights that are ridiculous - but when someone posts their disapproval of that behaviour - he's intolerant.
"Live and let live"?
Funny - there isn't a lot of that "live and let live" for those of us who think there might be a god, or a God.
As for the Bible - let's read Hebrew, alright? That's right, go right back to the Hebrew. Can't read it? Amazing - there are several good translators on the internet. Use them all, and see what the differences are. Then, ask a Jewish freind which is most accurate. Not my fault you can't read Hebrew, and you have no Jewish freinds. I'll bet you can't read Greek, either.
So, you're saying that there are 12 books in the Bible today?
Just give it up. Your ignorance shines through, just as clearly as my own ignorance would shine If I professed to be a networking guru. And, you don't even know the king's name? I already said - give it up. You obviously know nothing, but you are more than happy to parrot some bullshit you read in an activist magazine.
Kudos for having a grasp on reality that I had to be taught in boot camp. Yes, my instructors lectured us about POW's, and they were very clear about who survived years at the Hanoi Hilton, and who didn't. It's the mean sumbitches who just won't give up even when everything is lost that survive. For every one of them, there were dozens who decided life was just to tough, and literally gave up.
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
-Rundyard Kipling
Also PADI certified, since 1981. Man Eating Duck knows what he is talking about. GP, GGP, or GGGP - whoever suggested that there might be problems with a 5 meter dive was talking out his ass.
Hey - it doesn't have to be some great big fame and/or fortune thing. My mother in law only wanted to hold her great grandchildren, and to be able to change their diapers in her last days. All her life long, the woman all but worshipped babies, and the more closely they were related to her, the better. Whatever makes you happy works.
I hear your sentiment - but some of us would rather be alone. And, yes, like yourself, I've sat and held hands with a few who have died. The first was my Grandpa, and there have been a couple of complete strangers on the roadside after auto accidents. Mehhh. I'd rather just die alone, than to have some butt ugly dude like myself sitting there holding my hand while I die.
Yes, there are. Lightning is good, if it's instantly fatal. A Mack truck can do a pretty quick job of it. If you happen to like skydiving, you could hope that you enjoy a nice long freefall, to be splatted instantly on your last jump. Then, there is drowning - it's really not bad at all - a brief struggle for air, then falling into lethargy, then sleep. Probably the easiest and best of all is to check out in the middle of a good night's sleep.
Personally, I hope to die at age 99, shot by a jealous husband. And, I'm hoping he's a damn good shot!
How very narrow minded. Basically, if you don't beat the liberal drum and agree that gay is an "alternative lifestyle" they you must be white and republican. And, you call people who disapprove of homosexuality narrow minded? Phhht.
Sodom didn't have a damned thing to do with homosexuality? I guess - there are plenty of liberal minded (and other) people who are rewriting the Bible these days. You can read any version of events that you wish. Since you've stated YOUR personal preferences, then I'd much rather that you didn't mention the Bible at all, than to quote or misquote adulterated versions of the Bible, thank you very much.
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You'll not find very many organizations on the web that can equal MS proven track record for evil. Sure, there's SCO, but how many others can you name? To date, all of the evil attributed to Google is so much "What if" and "They could have done better" and "Look, they have money, they MUST be evil!"
Google does alright with "dumb" and "stupid" now and then, but as has already been pointed out by other posters, they just suck at "evil".
google "namebench". It's a google code project. I think current version is 1.3.1 Download it, run it, and be amazed. You can speed those DNS lookups significantly if you only know which servers to use. Don't expect it to be a ten second operation, though. Plan on spending ten minutes, minumum, with it. More reasonably, give it thirty minutes. Use namebench's recommendation, or modify it as you see fit. My own latency with the default ISP server was out of this world. In fact, I couldn't find a slower server anywhere around me. Maybe if I chose a server in Djibouti, I could have found a slower one.
When you've finished playing with namebench - install your own DNS cache, like squid. Then, you'll have the fastest possible lookup for repeated queries on your own hardware, plus a fast lookup when you don't have it cached. It doesn't get any better than that!
My thoughts, too. I'm still working with less than a 1 MB connection - and I know lots of people who are still on dial-up because the telcos can't be bothered to go that "last mile". The walled garden does me no good, or millions of other Americans who live far from the cities and colleges.
Thank you, Sir. I could try to play it cool, and tell you that I misspelled it just to see who was awake - but, what's the use? I screwed it up. Ehhh. If that's the only thing I screw up today, it will be an unbelievably good day!
I can load that article from a number of sources that Google throws up - but none of them actually give the key.
1. Girlfriend
That leaves out most slashdotters, right?
TAANSTAFL
Robert A. Heinlein
Everything costs. Even if you do away with all of the world's currency, things will still cost. You will merely be stating the costs in another manner, ie, "manhours", or "credits", or - whatever.
I can't argue with you, wjousts, because you are right. But, I'm more concerned with that huge rock that the scientists haven't discovered yet, which is on a collision course with the earth. That sucker is HUGE - nearly the same size as the rock they say caused the moon.
Life on earth will probably survive that impact, but I don't think it will be "life as we know it".
Just a hint. "Star travel" and "space colonization" aren't synonymous. We could, with some determination, build a colony on the moon, with existing technology. Or, if not a real colony, then at least a research station. As time passed, our technology could grow to better support that colony, and at the same time, the colony could grow more self sufficient.
Now, star travel is a whole different ballgame. Compare colonizing our solar system, to a baby learning how to crawl, then to walk. The baby is NOT going to mysteriously appear in another city around the world just because he has begun to walk.
I say, let's start crawling, and build that moon colony.
"Wombats produce 4-8 of these cube-shaped scats per deposition event" which has no realation whatosever with an event horizon, I'm sure.
That's simply amazing. They really do some strange things in Auastralia!
Well - maybe not "impossible" - but it would take a sophisticated and competent wanker to wage war against a properly secured system.
Wikipedia? It must be right then. Sorry about my confusion. See, I got my definitions out of textbooks that were written long before the internet existed, complete with web pages that are editable by any Tom, Dick, or Harry.
So - since we are a liberal democracy, why in hell is marijuana still illegal? And, why do our "representatives" fund the DEA with millions of dollars every year to put our citizens in prison?
Do you think that just MAYBE the wikipedia has it wrong?
What liberal democracy? We live in a republic, here in the US of A. Please, don't confuse democracy with a republic, and don't claim that the republic is liberal.
What - you don't like Ausies? You should go see the wizard, and get your attitude fixed. Hey, he gave the lion a heart, or something like that, didn't he? Or, the tin man? Whatever - go see the Wizard of Aus.
You don't want HONEST people to know that the software is worth one cubic turd. Only criminals should possess that knowledge, because they are the people who will put it to best use!!
BTW - who knows why turds are round, and tapered instead of cubes?
You're right - a guy can get a PADI cert in a weekend - especially if he knows an unscrupulous instructor. I should have specified that I am open-water certified, and that my instructor had scruples. It took all of three months (10 weekends actually, plus a few dives on our own without an instructor around) for the group of us to get our cards. And, before anyone points it out, that doesn't make me an expert or anything. It only means that I spent time in the classroom learning what diving is all about before I was allowed into a pond, then a lake, then a river, and finally out in the bay. So - if I manage to kill myself, it is only my own fault, not Mike's fault. He spent the time with us, and taught us what we needed to know to survive.
And, just as importantly - all of our group of divers were US Navy. (No, most certainly not Navy Divers - we were hull techs, boiler techs, deck apes, and supply pukes.) We all had a mindset that dictated we paid attention, learn all we could, and apply what we learned, and continue learning after we were certified. Not only were we diving buddies, we were shipmates, whose lives depended on each other before and after our shared diving experiences.
There is no "live and let live" today. Activists march in the streets, they have parades in half the major cities, whining and crying, demanding rights that are ridiculous - but when someone posts their disapproval of that behaviour - he's intolerant.
"Live and let live"?
Funny - there isn't a lot of that "live and let live" for those of us who think there might be a god, or a God.
As for the Bible - let's read Hebrew, alright? That's right, go right back to the Hebrew. Can't read it? Amazing - there are several good translators on the internet. Use them all, and see what the differences are. Then, ask a Jewish freind which is most accurate. Not my fault you can't read Hebrew, and you have no Jewish freinds. I'll bet you can't read Greek, either.
So, you're saying that there are 12 books in the Bible today?
Just give it up. Your ignorance shines through, just as clearly as my own ignorance would shine If I professed to be a networking guru. And, you don't even know the king's name? I already said - give it up. You obviously know nothing, but you are more than happy to parrot some bullshit you read in an activist magazine.
That troglodyte crawled up a chicken's ass and waited for days, and still couldn't get laid.
Kudos for having a grasp on reality that I had to be taught in boot camp. Yes, my instructors lectured us about POW's, and they were very clear about who survived years at the Hanoi Hilton, and who didn't. It's the mean sumbitches who just won't give up even when everything is lost that survive. For every one of them, there were dozens who decided life was just to tough, and literally gave up.
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
-Rundyard Kipling
Also PADI certified, since 1981. Man Eating Duck knows what he is talking about. GP, GGP, or GGGP - whoever suggested that there might be problems with a 5 meter dive was talking out his ass.
Hey - it doesn't have to be some great big fame and/or fortune thing. My mother in law only wanted to hold her great grandchildren, and to be able to change their diapers in her last days. All her life long, the woman all but worshipped babies, and the more closely they were related to her, the better. Whatever makes you happy works.
I hear your sentiment - but some of us would rather be alone. And, yes, like yourself, I've sat and held hands with a few who have died. The first was my Grandpa, and there have been a couple of complete strangers on the roadside after auto accidents. Mehhh. I'd rather just die alone, than to have some butt ugly dude like myself sitting there holding my hand while I die.
Yes, there are. Lightning is good, if it's instantly fatal. A Mack truck can do a pretty quick job of it. If you happen to like skydiving, you could hope that you enjoy a nice long freefall, to be splatted instantly on your last jump. Then, there is drowning - it's really not bad at all - a brief struggle for air, then falling into lethargy, then sleep. Probably the easiest and best of all is to check out in the middle of a good night's sleep.
Personally, I hope to die at age 99, shot by a jealous husband. And, I'm hoping he's a damn good shot!
"white and republican"
How very narrow minded. Basically, if you don't beat the liberal drum and agree that gay is an "alternative lifestyle" they you must be white and republican. And, you call people who disapprove of homosexuality narrow minded? Phhht.
Sodom didn't have a damned thing to do with homosexuality? I guess - there are plenty of liberal minded (and other) people who are rewriting the Bible these days. You can read any version of events that you wish. Since you've stated YOUR personal preferences, then I'd much rather that you didn't mention the Bible at all, than to quote or misquote adulterated versions of the Bible, thank you very much.