I personally built the page for Sum 41 to do this, about 8 months ago. A serial number was inserted into every CD which got you access to downloads of live music in mp3 format.
After reading the document (something that is rarely done among posters)
This is a common problem on slashdot, but don't put it all down to user lazy-ness. I'd love to read this article, but it's unavailable due to the slashdot effect.
This happens all the time, as you well know. How are we supposed to read and discuss an article when we can't get to the article to read it.
I work for a company that has felt the wrath of the RIAA. Everyone over here (at least in my office) is doing the hapy dance upon hearing the news.
One of my co-workers commented:
She's probably leaving to "spend more time with [her] children" so she can police her kids' out-of-control file-sharing tendancies. Probably found a blank CD-R under her kid's mattress.
I thought that was pretty funny. "If I catch you file swapping again, I'll get Lars Ulrich over here to kick your ass!"
Are you a coder? Need work? Get involved at the beginning of an arms race such as this one. Employment for years and years. Get involved early enough, and soon you will be an "expert".
Of course, there are more employent opportunities on the defensive side of the race, while the more fun side is the offense.
Can someone please tell me what it would take for us to be able to do a mirror of this stuff when it's posted?
Money.
Bandwidth costs money.
So they are thrashed the day they get posted. They will recover. Many many more of thier target audience now knows they exist. This is a net gain for the postee, whatever harm they get that first day.
Slashdot Mirror
I understand that. I accept that. But I like to bitch about it anyway. :-)
That would be annoying to those of us who actually know how to use it.
Screw the "average joe". If they can't figure it out, or are too lazy to learn, they deserve the crap results they get.
I am SO tired of the dumbing down of America.
Based on Perl, Apache, MySQL and Linux...
:-)
These are exactly where my job experience is. If only every website would standardize on this, I'd be employed forever.
This news is about desktops
Previous HP linux computers were servers.
I would actually pay a subscription fee for that!
(and I'm a cheap ass)
I personally built the page for Sum 41 to do this, about 8 months ago. A serial number was inserted into every CD which got you access to downloads of live music in mp3 format.
It's been done a lot.
Allright, smart guy, how do you spell smoothy, then?
I'd hate to be on the QA team for that one.
"30 birds killed in 5 minutes. That's a bug. P1, too, I'd say."
The article says it's smelly work, too.
No thanks.
I very much doubt the given viewing angle of 170/170.
That's almost all the way off to one side. Most LCDs look like crap from there.
Sure, you can see whats on the screen, and it's still readable, but the contrast and brightness go way down.
Too bad widescreen films didn't appear until 1953, after 4:3 TV format was established.
Films went widescreen in response to TV:
"Oh, crap. People can watch moving pictures in thier home now. What are we gonna do?"
"We'll make the show really wide so to differentiate ourselves, and continue to make money"
An ex-coworker of mine used a dry ice bomb on his neighbor, who was being too loud.
The cops came, a cop took another dry ice bomb out of this guys freezer, and it blew up in the cops hand.
Arrested, jail until trial, half-way house for 6 months.
In this post - 9/11 America, dry ice bombs are a bad idea.
link
Ha!
Did he stand on tables to talk to the group at your company, too?
Now we know the definition of "shortly"
"shortly after" - 6 months.
True story from last week.
Work conversation at the water cooler:
Me: So what are you working on today?
Coworker: I spent the last 6 hours making this page for [client] work correctly in Netscape 4.7
Me: Who the heck still uses Netscape 4.7?
Coworker: Apparently, [client] does.
Happens all the time. Browsers never seem to come off the compatibility list, new ones just get added to it.
After reading the document (something that is rarely done among posters)
This is a common problem on slashdot, but don't put it all down to user lazy-ness. I'd love to read this article, but it's unavailable due to the slashdot effect.
This happens all the time, as you well know. How are we supposed to read and discuss an article when we can't get to the article to read it.
Therefore, jump directly to "discuss".
2 machines.
install new machine with new distro
test
switch DNS
no downtime.
otherwise, you have downtime. How can you afford downtime?
So what's the story?
Was the Lawyer acting on his own?
Did the PCI-SIG brass sick him on poor Jim on purpose, then realize their mistake?
Was it (my favorite) a marketing exec run amok?
Inquiring minds want to know.
One of my co-workers commented:
I thought that was pretty funny. "If I catch you file swapping again, I'll get Lars Ulrich over here to kick your ass!"
She would do it, too.
You just got added to my friends list.
thank you.
you mean, (dum dum dunnnn), the eiffel towers?
Doh! it's his name. I am a dumbass.
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What the hell is "fadden" ?
Dave's relationship rule #27:
"When you find a woman who reacts positivly to the suggestion of 'backdoor penetration', seriously consider marriage"
rules to live by.
God damn, I love a good arms race.
Are you a coder? Need work? Get involved at the beginning of an arms race such as this one. Employment for years and years. Get involved early enough, and soon you will be an "expert".
Of course, there are more employent opportunities on the defensive side of the race, while the more fun side is the offense.
Can someone please tell me what it would take for us to be able to do a mirror of this stuff when it's posted?
Money.
Bandwidth costs money.
So they are thrashed the day they get posted. They will recover. Many many more of thier target audience now knows they exist. This is a net gain for the postee, whatever harm they get that first day.