From their download page: NOTE: The golem@Home project has concluded. After accumulating several Million CPU hours on this project and reviewing many evolved creatures we have concluded that merely more CPU is not sufficient to evolve complexity: The evolutionary process appears to be hitting a complexity barrier that is not traversable using direct mutation-selection processes, due to the exponential nature of the problem.
If you have a site like this, and your eventual aim is to sellout to the MPAA, wouldn't you want to keep the logs? Just imagine: the MPAA can get logs of millions of downloads and _really_ go after the hardcore users.
Next, I'm willing to bet that the MPAA will itself setup a server like this and start harvesting addresses (if they already haven't done so).
Maybe because of this: using highly automated content aggregation tools
If you could write a couple of Perl scripts and automatically populate the blog, and have it generate (say) $100/day, wouldn't you? Heck, I know I would!
Ignoring the grandstanding title and the fact that the author astroturfed his own "article" and site, here's a quote:
Well, since he clearly identifies himself as the author, it is not astroturfing.
Astroturfing would be if he started the submission with "I came across this writeup by this guy who identifies some SHOCKING vulnerabilities in the South Boston station's WiFi setup.... it's an excellent read! This guy's a friggin' genius!!".
MSN search looks interesting, for now. But I'm not giving up my Google anytime soon.
Having said that: it would be interesting to hear from some MSN people about the architecture: how many servers? What OS? What kind of interconnect? etc.
Instead of all of this electricity, etc. why not use plain old acid? (Like from a car battery or something). Maybe even H2SO4 or HCl from a hobby store.
I'm just suggesting there might be more important goals
Sigh.. there's always someone just ready to take a piss in the cereal.
So, please enlighten us. What are these goals? And how do you propose to solve them? Once you have answered these two questions, answer the third: when are you going to start working on these solutions?
It is very easy to criticize someone else for making an effort. It is very, very hard to get your ass out of your parents' basement and actually do something about it.
I'm sorry if I sound so harsh, but this attitude just bothers me. You got a better idea, Bub? Then do it. Until then, STFU.
I applaud everyone who's doing anything to make the world a better place. This, IMHO, will make the world a "better" place (note, I did not say "the best place"). If nothing else, at least they tried (which is more than can be said of 99% of this world's population, and this readership).
He built it because he wanted to! This is how you learn: by experimenting, by taking things apart and putting them back together, etc. Doing such hobby projects is a great learning experience.
My point exactly: the ISP isn't supposed (or expected) to do the policing, but if a LEO points out a violation, they are supposed to act in a timely manner.
I don't think so. It is not like The Planet is giving them free space.
The DMCA(?) makes exceptions for ISPs in content violation cases just because they are ISPs: they are not supposed to (or be able to) monitor what goes over their networks.
If ISPs start censoring speech like this, then how long before they're held liable for music files being transferred over their networks?
I think Voltaire's quote would be appropriate here: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Freedom of speech means just that: freedom of speech. Regardless of how odious the speech is (unless, of course, it actively advocates hate crimes and violence), it should be free. People are smart enough to make their own judgements (though the recent US elections would lead some to doubt that;-) ).
It would be interesting to get to the bottom of this. Why did The Planet kill the site? Maybe some of their customers can prod them into giving some explanation. In all likelihood their techs read/. too, so, to them: pipe up, folks. What's the deal here?
It is possible, if this feature is in trial, that few people will see it.
From the earlier/. story titled "Google Tidbits" which mentioned this blog entry about "an evening with Google's Marissa Mayer", we find that:
Google makes changes small-and-often. They will sometimes trial a particular feature with a set of users from a given network subnet; for example.
So, it is possible that only people in this guy's subnet are seeing these pictures of "Traktor"...
Does anyone else find it a bit irritating that the reviewer spends half the time talking about his own life? I mean, I'm looking for a book review, not the reviewer's life story! Cut out the chatter, please.
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What BS!
You want to download data from Yahoo, go to the "historical prices" page for the stock, and look near the bottom: they have a link to download the data in CSV format. You don't need any specialised software for that!
Since the said information is being collected on British soil, does AA have to abide by British/EU privacy laws? I'm just curious.
And to you dolts who don't understand the difference between filling out a customs form and filling out a blank sheet of paper handed to you by a rent-a-cop at an airline counter before departure, get some brains, morans! (and BTW, "morans" is deliberately spelled that way, moron!)
He's not doing this for the Star Wars flick, he's doing this for the 15min of fame that it'll bring him. quota -v tells me his 15min are about to be used up...
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Have you looked at Google Maps ? It's all blue out there, let your imagination run wild.
By this reasoning, a Windows user would never be able to download the kernel source unless s/he was a Linux user. See the problem?
Are the sources to this tuned kernel available somewhere? I quickly glanced at your website and couldn't find it. Thanks!
From their download page:
NOTE: The golem@Home project has concluded. After accumulating several Million CPU hours on this project and reviewing many evolved creatures we have concluded that merely more CPU is not sufficient to evolve complexity: The evolutionary process appears to be hitting a complexity barrier that is not traversable using direct mutation-selection processes, due to the exponential nature of the problem.
Next, I'm willing to bet that the MPAA will itself setup a server like this and start harvesting addresses (if they already haven't done so).
using highly automated content aggregation tools
If you could write a couple of Perl scripts and automatically populate the blog, and have it generate (say) $100/day, wouldn't you? Heck, I know I would!
Well, since he clearly identifies himself as the author, it is not astroturfing.
Astroturfing would be if he started the submission with "I came across this writeup by this guy who identifies some SHOCKING vulnerabilities in the South Boston station's WiFi setup.... it's an excellent read! This guy's a friggin' genius!!".
So... when are we going to get the "Bill and Melinda Gates" Super Orbiting Scope ? I'm sure Bill can easily afford the $1Bil... ;)
I'm sorry, but I had to try this: search for anal sex and Microsoft's homepage is ranked #2 now! I kid you not.
When you reach for the power button and the computer pipes up, "what are you doing?", then you know you have some AI on your hands.
On MSN's side: they're offering search results in RSS format. This is good; but: (and you know there's always a "but" when Bill is involved), their RSS results have usage restrictions:
Copyright © 2005 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering MSN Search results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.
MSN search looks interesting, for now. But I'm not giving up my Google anytime soon.
Having said that: it would be interesting to hear from some MSN people about the architecture: how many servers? What OS? What kind of interconnect? etc.
Instead of all of this electricity, etc. why not use plain old acid? (Like from a car battery or something). Maybe even H2SO4 or HCl from a hobby store.
Sigh.. there's always someone just ready to take a piss in the cereal.
So, please enlighten us. What are these goals? And how do you propose to solve them? Once you have answered these two questions, answer the third: when are you going to start working on these solutions?
It is very easy to criticize someone else for making an effort. It is very, very hard to get your ass out of your parents' basement and actually do something about it.
I'm sorry if I sound so harsh, but this attitude just bothers me. You got a better idea, Bub? Then do it. Until then, STFU.
I applaud everyone who's doing anything to make the world a better place. This, IMHO, will make the world a "better" place (note, I did not say "the best place"). If nothing else, at least they tried (which is more than can be said of 99% of this world's population, and this readership).
None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Absolutely Zero.
He built it because he wanted to! This is how you learn: by experimenting, by taking things apart and putting them back together, etc. Doing such hobby projects is a great learning experience.
My point exactly: the ISP isn't supposed (or expected) to do the policing, but if a LEO points out a violation, they are supposed to act in a timely manner.
The DMCA(?) makes exceptions for ISPs in content violation cases just because they are ISPs: they are not supposed to (or be able to) monitor what goes over their networks.
If ISPs start censoring speech like this, then how long before they're held liable for music files being transferred over their networks?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Freedom of speech means just that: freedom of speech. Regardless of how odious the speech is (unless, of course, it actively advocates hate crimes and violence), it should be free. People are smart enough to make their own judgements (though the recent US elections would lead some to doubt that ;-) ).
It would be interesting to get to the bottom of this. Why did The Planet kill the site? Maybe some of their customers can prod them into giving some explanation. In all likelihood their techs read /. too, so, to them: pipe up, folks. What's the deal here?
I wonder if one of the invitees responded with this Groucho quote:
I refuse to join any club which would have me as a member.
He said he's a pilot. By pointing out aerospace engineers' faults, you're reinforcing his point.
From the earlier /. story titled "Google Tidbits" which mentioned this blog entry about "an evening with Google's Marissa Mayer", we find that:
Google makes changes small-and-often. They will sometimes trial a particular feature with a set of users from a given network subnet; for example.
So, it is possible that only people in this guy's subnet are seeing these pictures of "Traktor"...
Does anyone else find it a bit irritating that the reviewer spends half the time talking about his own life? I mean, I'm looking for a book review, not the reviewer's life story! Cut out the chatter, please.
You want to download data from Yahoo, go to the "historical prices" page for the stock, and look near the bottom: they have a link to download the data in CSV format. You don't need any specialised software for that!
Example: go to IBM's historical prices page, and note the link at the bottom, "Download to Spreadsheet".
And to you dolts who don't understand the difference between filling out a customs form and filling out a blank sheet of paper handed to you by a rent-a-cop at an airline counter before departure, get some brains, morans! (and BTW, "morans" is deliberately spelled that way, moron!)
How the heck can providing TV listings cost ~$3MM/month? I'm not questioning, I'm just wondering.
He's not doing this for the Star Wars flick, he's doing this for the 15min of fame that it'll bring him. quota -v tells me his 15min are about to be used up...