The invasion part occurs when they scan your computer to see what other processes are running. It is fairly well known that EQ does this.
IIRC, they stopped doing this a while back and "promised" never to do it again. However, anyone who trusts that promise may be interested in a bridge I have to sell.
I still have copies of the packet logs containing parts of the directory structure of my hard disc that were being sent out from my PC in cleartext, without my informed consent. Very dubious legal ground, Sony, as you were reminded at the time.
As far as MS goes, anyone remember the mysterious - and apparently deliberate - incompatibility between Win 3.1 and DR-DOS ?
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that's why NT "doesn't stand for anything" now, even though it stood for "new technology" before.
You should always plan for two rounds on any software that you plan to support for any lenght of time.
I always plan for three: (1) do it wrong, but understand the problem at a deep level in the process, (2) do it right, (3) do it right, fast, and clean. (1)->(2) is a throw-away and rewrite, (2)->(3) is mostly refactoring-type work, but the term wasn't in use when I started coding so I didn't know what it was until today;-)
So I suppose the thing to do is to wait for them to ring it up then say "how much do I owe you for that ?" and wait for them to read the number off the till before offering cash....
To be honest, their completion rate is not as good as the more expensive services, but - to me at least - rebuilding from.par files is worth the savings.
Retention, well, I've just refreshed and purged the header list, I'm posting this at 11.20am on the 20th November, and I can see:
a.b.divx going back to 11th November, 1.15am a.b.movies going back to 11th November, 8.09pm a.b.m.divx going back to 6th November, 2.02pm
I picked up about 40 NOS IBM 9G SCA drives (back from when IBM made good drives) for ~ $20 each at auction (real old-fashioned auction, not ebay). Great drives, bit chunky, bit hot, but very fast indeed. All my dev boxes have 2 or 3 of these in RAID-0. (Though the server is RAID-5 IDE just due to space considerations).
Shop around, you can still find some real bargains out there.
The Pentium IV has notoriously slow performance in some areas, but a processor being slow in context switching doesn't make sense.
Well, those of us who actually design CPUs and stuff rather than pretend we know about them use the term "context switch" to describe dumping the current CPU state (to memory, other registers, whatever) then loading a new state, or something logically equivalent. This can be for a thread switch, interrupt handling, whatever.
The processor has nothing to do with it.
A CPU level context switch is part of what happens during an OS level context switch, and therefore has a significant effect on OS performance.
I'm pretty sure Europeans pay 200% or more tax on gasoline.
There was an interesting article on this in the Economist [1] discussing the optimum level of taxation on gasoline and contrasting the American and European (particularly British) approaches. The report cited considered the negative externalities (health costs, traffic congestion, pollution, etc.) and looked at what the taxation level should be to cover these costs. The conclusion it came to was that the "correct" level to make the use of gasoline pay for the damage it caused (let alone act as a revenue source) was about 125% [2]. Of course, this doesn't consider the effect of gasoline use on the larger economy, but it's an interesting starting point.
[1] If you don't have a paper subscription, get one. Best single world news source I've found and usually written with both wit and precision. Perfect bathroom reading. The article itself is paid content, but if you want to find it search for "Fuelling Discontent" on the Economist web site. I think it was in the May 17th 2001 print edition.
[2] According to the article, US tax on gasoline is about 35%, UK tax is about 250%.
The problem is you *haven't* bought the software, you've licensed it.
Only if I was made aware of this fact before exchanging the money for the box. Otherwise, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so it is a duck.
The Isle of Man is not a sovereign nation. Never has been.
It certainly has been in the past. As for now, although it recognises The Queen as head of state (as many sovereign nations do) and is strictly speaking a crown dependency, it sets its own taxes, passes its own laws and elects its own President.
So the Tynwald doesn't count as a national government.
Did anyone say anything about "a national government" ?
America has the longest continually operating government at least since 1000 AD
Nope, the oldest continually operating government is the Tynwald, which is a bicameral democratic legislature (just like the US), and has been running for a little over 1000 years.
(I'd link, but can't be bothered to pander to people too lazy to Google)
Actually that loop does terminate. The limitedTime variable is an int, which will wrap to a negative number.
Actually, there's nothing stopping this (hypothetical) C compiler implementing int as an infinitely-long vector of bits. The size of an int is not defined as part of the C standard, any more than "limited" is defined in the US Constitution...
Do any of you recall those fantastic red LED covered supercomputers in "Jurassic Park"? I saw a photo of them once in an ad, so I know they're real. Anybody know their name?
Shutting down mod chips does NOT mean you're unable to do what you want with your hardware. You can design and build your own mod chip, put it in there and go to town, no big deal. Or turn it into a toaster if you like.:)
Can I contract my friend who knows more about electronics than I do to design and build the mod chip for me ?
Can a group of people contract someone more knowledgeable to design and build the mod chip for them ?
Can that someone more knowledgable offer this service to people ?
Can a company offer this service to people ?
I can't see as clear a black/white distinction as you apparently can.
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"I've" is a valid contraction
"English" is a proper noun and should therefore be capitalised.
You should not start sentences with conjunctions.
The ISPs are, and that puts up the costs for the customers
Ban the internet, since apparently any one of us with internet access could easilly bring down the entire network!
Lol, "burn the village to save the village" revisited.
IIRC, they stopped doing this a while back and "promised" never to do it again. However, anyone who trusts that promise may be interested in a bridge I have to sell.
I still have copies of the packet logs containing parts of the directory structure of my hard disc that were being sent out from my PC in cleartext, without my informed consent. Very dubious legal ground, Sony, as you were reminded at the time.
As far as MS goes, anyone remember the mysterious - and apparently deliberate - incompatibility between Win 3.1 and DR-DOS ?
Oh, I thought it stood for "Nice Try", as in:
Windows 0.1
Windows 0.2
Windows 0.3
Windows 0.31
Windows "Nice Try"
Windows 0.95
Windows 0.98
Windows 2.000 "stable at last"
I always plan for three: (1) do it wrong, but understand the problem at a deep level in the process, (2) do it right, (3) do it right, fast, and clean. (1)->(2) is a throw-away and rewrite, (2)->(3) is mostly refactoring-type work, but the term wasn't in use when I started coding so I didn't know what it was until today ;-)
So I suppose the thing to do is to wait for them to ring it up then say "how much do I owe you for that ?" and wait for them to read the number off the till before offering cash....
Here. oh yes, and Turing drank here, make a pilgrimage now.
To be honest, their completion rate is not as good as the more expensive services, but - to me at least - rebuilding from .par files is worth the savings.
Retention, well, I've just refreshed and purged the header list, I'm posting this at 11.20am on the 20th November, and I can see:
a.b.divx going back to 11th November, 1.15am
a.b.movies going back to 11th November, 8.09pm
a.b.m.divx going back to 6th November, 2.02pm
No transfer cap, pay a little more, get a lot more
Usenet service, 1G/day, $5/month
I use these people, I'm happy with them, I don't have any other business relationship with them.
I picked up about 40 NOS IBM 9G SCA drives (back from when IBM made good drives) for ~ $20 each at auction (real old-fashioned auction, not ebay). Great drives, bit chunky, bit hot, but very fast indeed. All my dev boxes have 2 or 3 of these in RAID-0. (Though the server is RAID-5 IDE just due to space considerations).
Shop around, you can still find some real bargains out there.
The Pentium IV has notoriously slow performance in some areas, but a processor being slow in context switching doesn't make sense.
Well, those of us who actually design CPUs and stuff rather than pretend we know about them use the term "context switch" to describe dumping the current CPU state (to memory, other registers, whatever) then loading a new state, or something logically equivalent. This can be for a thread switch, interrupt handling, whatever.
The processor has nothing to do with it.
A CPU level context switch is part of what happens during an OS level context switch, and therefore has a significant effect on OS performance.
Oops, I forgot to put the sleep in the loop. That version will hammer their server. This is a bad thing, don't do it.
Don't do that, you might overload their server and take their site offline.
Better keep a close eye on it to make sure it hasn't gone down by running:
while true; do wget -r --cache off http://www.dataresourceconsulting.com/index.html > /dev/null; done
Here's a handy google link that has absolutely nothing to do with the email addresses that have just been posted.
Google for free porn emailed to youThere was an interesting article on this in the Economist [1] discussing the optimum level of taxation on gasoline and contrasting the American and European (particularly British) approaches. The report cited considered the negative externalities (health costs, traffic congestion, pollution, etc.) and looked at what the taxation level should be to cover these costs. The conclusion it came to was that the "correct" level to make the use of gasoline pay for the damage it caused (let alone act as a revenue source) was about 125% [2]. Of course, this doesn't consider the effect of gasoline use on the larger economy, but it's an interesting starting point.
[1] If you don't have a paper subscription, get one. Best single world news source I've found and usually written with both wit and precision. Perfect bathroom reading. The article itself is paid content, but if you want to find it search for "Fuelling Discontent" on the Economist web site. I think it was in the May 17th 2001 print edition.
[2] According to the article, US tax on gasoline is about 35%, UK tax is about 250%.
Anything that you could go without and not die.
The problem is you *haven't* bought the software, you've licensed it.
Only if I was made aware of this fact before exchanging the money for the box. Otherwise, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so it is a duck.
The Isle of Man is not a sovereign nation. Never has been.
It certainly has been in the past. As for now, although it recognises The Queen as head of state (as many sovereign nations do) and is strictly speaking a crown dependency, it sets its own taxes, passes its own laws and elects its own President.
So the Tynwald doesn't count as a national government.
Did anyone say anything about "a national government" ?
America has the longest continually operating government at least since 1000 AD
Nope, the oldest continually operating government is the Tynwald, which is a bicameral democratic legislature (just like the US), and has been running for a little over 1000 years.
(I'd link, but can't be bothered to pander to people too lazy to Google)
I don't know which is funnier:
/.ers...
"SLASHDOT OWNZ J00"
"I lost my penis"
or
"We buy excess seafood"
Truly noble and mature, fellow
Go learn to code, then come back and tell us when a variable of type "int" can ever be greater than "MAXINT".
;-)
DUH to you too
Actually that loop does terminate. The limitedTime variable is an int, which will wrap to a negative number.
Actually, there's nothing stopping this (hypothetical) C compiler implementing int as an infinitely-long vector of bits. The size of an int is not defined as part of the C standard, any more than "limited" is defined in the US Constitution...Do any of you recall those fantastic red LED covered supercomputers in "Jurassic Park"? I saw a photo of them once in an ad, so I know they're real. Anybody know their name?
Thinking Machines CM-5s.
Shutting down mod chips does NOT mean you're unable to do what you want with your hardware. You can design and build your own mod chip, put it in there and go to town, no big deal. Or turn it into a toaster if you like. :)
Can I contract my friend who knows more about electronics than I do to design and build the mod chip for me ?
Can a group of people contract someone more knowledgeable to design and build the mod chip for them ?
Can that someone more knowledgable offer this service to people ?
Can a company offer this service to people ?
I can't see as clear a black/white distinction as you apparently can.