This has nothing to do with our being deprived of a valuable resource because we haven't been. We care because the internet is supposed to be an open, platform-independant resource, and micros~1 is actively taking steps to change this. This is not right
Oh give it up! If you can't take a little humor, unplug your computer and lock yourself in a closet. Why is everyone so worried that they might offend someone these days? People like you make me sick.
What IT and others make decisions on are "where is the limiting factor". Things like personnel and technical training availability. Things like comfort level and other "nontangible" items
But don't all those things you mention affect whether or not it's smart to use a particular technology? Perhaps a given technology may be more effective than another, but if it costs too much to use what's the point?
Besides the performance issue mentioned by others, sites occassionally go down for a few minutes or hours. If google deletes a site's entry while it's temporarily down, what happens when it comes back up? It's screwed. And forget about realtime monitoring of every server on the internet; that would be just ludicrous (or something with a similar spelling).
It's possible they can retrieve some data from onboard systems that can shed light on what happened. They can also examine the systems for faults that might have caused the explosion. When done all of that, THEN they can go after the rest of the sub. If they went after the torpedo section first and something went wrong, they could lose all hope of finding out what went wrong and preventing it from happening again. This is all pure speculation of course.
Personally, I've always been partial to FDISK. That has got to be the hardest game I've ever played. I keep having to start over! Anyone know any good cheat codes?
Well if MS can helf prevent the SSSCA, they still have a fighting chance to force their copy protection as a standard and thereby protect (muffled laugh) their IP. If, on the other hand, the SSSCA passes, MS will have IP protection, but they're screwed out of some of their much loved power.
In newspapers and magazines, it's obvious where an article stops and an ad starts (usually). When you put a quarter-screen ad (maybe exagerating a bit) in the middle of an article, it interferes with ease of reading the article. You have to read around the flashing, blinking splash of color in the middle of the page, and it's distracting. There's no easy solution. Websites don't have the real estate a magazine or news paper has.
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This is off topic, but I have too much karma. Will someone mod me down? Down with the karma cap! I may be forced to troll. Could be fun.
it costs money to hire more competant developers or let them take the time to redesign a site to make it viewable on less popular browsers. When the cost of redesigning the site is higher than the likely profit from the target group, it doesn't make sense to invest in a redesign. Of course reputation needs to be taken into account, but honestly how many people do you know that have any idea what mozilla is or even care?
I would imagine that the resulting quality would depend partly on the quality of parts you use. A 3.5" portable tv certainly won't project a 100" image of the quality a 32" tv would. You still get what you pay for. But I wouldn't be too concerned with the average joe tearing apart tvs (or putting them back together) just yet. Speaking of which, don't tvs contain very large capacitors that hold deadly amounts of power for a long time? Whatch those fingers.
Part of the package you purchase is the option to use a particular piece of software. If you don't agree to the terms of use, you can choose not to use that software. You still don't have the right to seperate it from the rest of the package though. Whether or not you SHOULD have the right to seperate it is a whole other issue.
But chances are, MS cut the manufacturer a pricebreak to include MS software on the computer. If the end user sells that discounted copy to someone else, MS never gets the full purchase price. I still disagree with them, but I can see their reasoning.
I don't think trademark holders should have any more right to any domain name in any TLD than the average Joe. A domain name is nothing more than an address. Addresses should not be subject to trademark/copyright regulations IMNSHO.
There's a unit that connects between your computer and keyboard that records the last so many thousand keystrokes. It's about the size and shape of one of those keyboard adapters. The data can be accessed with a small utility. It only a matter of moving it from outside the case onto the motherboard and adding some kind of protection to prevent its removal.
That could work if the transmitters are actually capable of generating the proper type of light AND can include what ever new error correction they they created. I don't know all the details, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Now we have the next question that comes to mind. I want to know if there's a software solution to all of this, or if the hardware itself has to be upgraded to take advantage of these speeds.
I would guess the hardware would need to be upgraded since two light streams are being transmitted through the fiber. Unless of course you could rig up a fork/splice (probably involving duct tape of course) with a transmitter on each fork, but I doubt it. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this new technology won't be economically feasible for most people for a while. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
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This has nothing to do with our being deprived of a valuable resource because we haven't been. We care because the internet is supposed to be an open, platform-independant resource, and micros~1 is actively taking steps to change this. This is not right
Oh give it up! If you can't take a little humor, unplug your computer and lock yourself in a closet. Why is everyone so worried that they might offend someone these days? People like you make me sick.
What IT and others make decisions on are "where is the limiting factor". Things like personnel and technical training availability. Things like comfort level and other "nontangible" items
But don't all those things you mention affect whether or not it's smart to use a particular technology? Perhaps a given technology may be more effective than another, but if it costs too much to use what's the point?
Besides the performance issue mentioned by others, sites occassionally go down for a few minutes or hours. If google deletes a site's entry while it's temporarily down, what happens when it comes back up? It's screwed. And forget about realtime monitoring of every server on the internet; that would be just ludicrous (or something with a similar spelling).
What's with the moderators tonight? They seem worse than usual. The above comment is a legitimate question.
How is this a troll? He's absolutely right. It's all politics.
CERT has released a paper (PDF) analyzing changes in DOS attack methods.
Or maybe he was commenting on the widespread habit of confusing DOS (Disk Operating System) with DoS (Denial of Service). It really bugs ME too.
It's possible they can retrieve some data from onboard systems that can shed light on what happened. They can also examine the systems for faults that might have caused the explosion. When done all of that, THEN they can go after the rest of the sub. If they went after the torpedo section first and something went wrong, they could lose all hope of finding out what went wrong and preventing it from happening again. This is all pure speculation of course.
Personally, I've always been partial to FDISK. That has got to be the hardest game I've ever played. I keep having to start over! Anyone know any good cheat codes?
Of course consumers have a say in this. The problem arises in the fact that the corporations decide what the consumers' opinion is.
Well if MS can helf prevent the SSSCA, they still have a fighting chance to force their copy protection as a standard and thereby protect (muffled laugh) their IP. If, on the other hand, the SSSCA passes, MS will have IP protection, but they're screwed out of some of their much loved power.
Uncle Sam defecated in those waters long ago. We're way beyond testing the waters. They know what they can get away with.
In newspapers and magazines, it's obvious where an article stops and an ad starts (usually). When you put a quarter-screen ad (maybe exagerating a bit) in the middle of an article, it interferes with ease of reading the article. You have to read around the flashing, blinking splash of color in the middle of the page, and it's distracting. There's no easy solution. Websites don't have the real estate a magazine or news paper has.
This is off topic, but I have too much karma. Will someone mod me down? Down with the karma cap! I may be forced to troll. Could be fun.
it costs money to hire more competant developers or let them take the time to redesign a site to make it viewable on less popular browsers. When the cost of redesigning the site is higher than the likely profit from the target group, it doesn't make sense to invest in a redesign. Of course reputation needs to be taken into account, but honestly how many people do you know that have any idea what mozilla is or even care?
Will the crack-whoring never cease? How do moderators become so brain dead? It's scary really.
It's ok, but how much of a conversation could you possibly have about it? I personally wouldn't use such a sig.
I would imagine that the resulting quality would depend partly on the quality of parts you use. A 3.5" portable tv certainly won't project a 100" image of the quality a 32" tv would. You still get what you pay for. But I wouldn't be too concerned with the average joe tearing apart tvs (or putting them back together) just yet. Speaking of which, don't tvs contain very large capacitors that hold deadly amounts of power for a long time? Whatch those fingers.
Part of the package you purchase is the option to use a particular piece of software. If you don't agree to the terms of use, you can choose not to use that software. You still don't have the right to seperate it from the rest of the package though. Whether or not you SHOULD have the right to seperate it is a whole other issue.
But chances are, MS cut the manufacturer a pricebreak to include MS software on the computer. If the end user sells that discounted copy to someone else, MS never gets the full purchase price. I still disagree with them, but I can see their reasoning.
I don't think trademark holders should have any more right to any domain name in any TLD than the average Joe. A domain name is nothing more than an address. Addresses should not be subject to trademark/copyright regulations IMNSHO.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q4/011009/athlo
Ahhh...Slashdot keeps refusing my connection....
There's a unit that connects between your computer and keyboard that records the last so many thousand keystrokes. It's about the size and shape of one of those keyboard adapters. The data can be accessed with a small utility. It only a matter of moving it from outside the case onto the motherboard and adding some kind of protection to prevent its removal.
That could work if the transmitters are actually capable of generating the proper type of light AND can include what ever new error correction they they created. I don't know all the details, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Now we have the next question that comes to mind. I want to know if there's a software solution to all of this, or if the hardware itself has to be upgraded to take advantage of these speeds.
I would guess the hardware would need to be upgraded since two light streams are being transmitted through the fiber. Unless of course you could rig up a fork/splice (probably involving duct tape of course) with a transmitter on each fork, but I doubt it. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this new technology won't be economically feasible for most people for a while. I'd love to be proven wrong though.