In every thread, somebody always mentions the slashdot effect. I've always wondered how/. prevents from turning itself into a black hole... I pose the following question: If the slashdot effect really exists, then why does slashdot never get slashdotted? Hmmmm? I think it's a conspiracy
(Note: Check out the slick usage of 'slashdot' as a verb in the above paragraph -- yeah baby)
HAM radio might be a great option to consider... all you need is a simple TNC which can be made from scrap parts and (2) 2m radios (144.000-148.000mhz)... simple TNCs should be able to transmit @ 2400 baud or greater, and since your requirements are only around 1200baud, this might work ok. Of course, you need to be an amateur radio operator with a valid license.
I imagine that there are enough illegal aliens running around that would give anything for a job that pays $0.12/hr, in which they can stand in a fixed location and shout data at roughly 1200baud to another illegal alien acting as the "receiver".
Signal degredation and packet loss might be an issue during siesta.
This may be a great description of how a tetrachromat sees color! To us lowly trichromats, our best understanding is that perhaps it provides the ability to distinguish green waves from mixed blue and yellow waves. (I think yellow is technically a "green wave".)
I was very intrigued by this article! I read the entire thing in amazement and it instantly started me thinking about human evolution. I believe that we may be witness to the actual process of evolution, where genetic irregularities prove to be superior to genetic non-irregularities. Such occurances are extremely rare and we are lucky to be in an era where we understand genetics!
An interesting part of the article near the end eluded to the possibilites of utilitzing our genetic technology to control and create tetrachromats. Should tetrachromacy move into society on a larger scale, then we'll have a mixture of superior and less superior human beings existing in society. Such a society could noteably be the first where the species itself is in control of it's evolution! There's a lot to think about, but I think control of our own evolutionary steps would be a marvelous thing, but dangerous too. If only we could evolve the non-physical aspects of human beings, read responsibility and morality, so that we can use such tools successfully without destruction.
We as humans have mastered the building of complex machines. We're beginning to master the complexities of biological machines. I believe that in the future, the possibilities exist for human beings to create extraordinarily complex biological machines, or life itself, which brings the ideas of a "higher being" (god) full circle. After all, we ourselves are complex biological machines.
Yeah, I know about the coding syntax... the/. filters didn't like like some of the chars and stripped them out... I'll have to fix that.
Homophobic? no.
I've got to read this book!
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I'm definetely stuck in a DM project right now... a long term one, which makes intense pain of hell seem pleasant.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of software projects usually turn out to be DMs... some more severe than others. The less "severe" DM project I can handle... it's the big ones that suck.
tomorrow humans will begin their permanent lives off of earth
Yeah, ok. Let me understand this... so, people living on MIR and spacelab don't count, right? I think I missed the memo.
So what! There have been a few days over time when we haven't had people living in space. No big deal. It's not like this whole "living in space" concept is a sort of revelation! We're pretty much used to humans living in space... it's not like I'll ever live there. So, what does tomorrow really mean to me?
I once had an experience with a PS2... it sucked! Not only did it NOT have a hard drive, but every last piece of equipment in the damn thing was proprietary! Booted from a floppy, and kinda looked funny... almost resembled a mac. If my memory serves me right, I think it only ran at 33mhz on a good day.
I'm sure everybody here is familar with the Freedom of Information Act... using the FOIA, one could in theory easily produce a list of ISPs that have carnivore boxes installed. This list can then be posted online as a FREEDOM warning... if public exposure of this list results in sales drops for ISPs running carnivore, I bet they could turn around and sue the government for it.
Basically, it would be really nice to have a list of ISPs with carnivore installed. Anybody up for the task?
c'mon guys! I thought you were better than this... WINE is NOT an emulator!
W.I.N.E actually stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator". Look it up @ winehq.org. (yes, it's true... a virtual black hole of sorts. But hey, what's in a name, right?)
WINE is actually a win32 support layer. If you want an emulator, then get VMWARE.
Wow. Is Unix an OS? I don't know... perhaps it's a taco. It never ceases to amaze me what this country's best and brightest individuals can come up with! The worst part is that WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS DISCUSSION!! Where have these people been? Living under a start button?
"Unix" is probably best described as an abstract class. I mean "class" in the programming sense of the word. Sort of like a family... each individual of the family has similar characteristics. Some members of the "unix" family share enough characteristics that they can even execute the same programs.
--Cr@ckwhore
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Read about Verizon's internal DSL network at http://www.psouth.net/~csb/verizon
Check this out: Here's the intro to the MSNBC article
Note to female readers: Stop
right here. Forget about it. You're not gonna get this one. No
way, no how. This is the Three Stooges of journalism, the
ultimate gender litmus test: Guys will love this story, women
will just think it's stupid. Trust us.
I personally think the intro is funny, but does anybody else see this as a bit hypocritical from "MSNBC"? Lets face it... MSNBC is one of the most liberal news sources on this planet, usually involved in pushing so called "Gender Equality". If I was a feminist, I'd be pissed off.
... know what? Go cry somewhere else. HAAAA!!!
I've got an idea CmdrTacoRobMaldaSlashWhore: Why not have some sort of contest here @/. where the winner gets some funding and sponsorship to build a "/. battlebot"?? Huh? Wadd'ya think?
Of course, the primary major flaw with encrypted file systems is the software overhead to handle the encryption and de-encryption as data is written/read from the hard drive.
The ultimate solution would be (and perhaps these already exist) hard drive controllers with encryption chips built in! This would virtually make the encryption transparent without a performance impact. The hardware can be easily manipulated, safely and securely, via utilities on the host machine.
Extreme KUDOS to dialpad for their "new" concept in e-customer relations! Although I also am a dialpad user, I didn't receive the email in question. Alas, I probably supplied a bogus email address when creating my account.
The very first thing I did when I installed RH7 was...
I removed the RHNSD daemon!
1. I didn't want it.
2. It didn't work anyway... always threw error messages in the syslog, right out of the box.
3. The reason I love linux so much is because it's NOT microsoft. RHNSD is very "microsoft-ish", which prompts me to look more kindly upon other distros.
You DON't need it anyway... get rid of it!
my $.02
--cr@ckwhore
Why wait for Kbasic.. get RapidQ!
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This isn't a new idea people....
There's a package called 'RapidQ' that IMHO kicks *ss. The compiler is cross platform (Windoze,NT, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, etc..) and it can write almost everything from GUI to console to CGI. RapidQ also has the ability to build single executibles under windoze, which is a huge bonus.
There have been a lot of hybrid features added from C/C++, Perl, and Delphi implimented in RapidQ, which takes object oriented BASIC to a new level...
Check it out... I guarantee it's better than KBasic, plus it's been around a bit longer.
Get RapidQ (it's freeware)
WOW! I'm slightly disturbed about the control that InterNAP would have over access points! Good gawd... here's a company that wants to control access to all 11 major backbones?!?! Wow... I don't think they'd really be helping anything by providing an addition bottleneck, ala "P-NAPs". Alas, the major providers make money by the volume of information that is transmitted... in their minds, saturated lines aren't a problem. Trust me! Idle lines cost money and don't generate revenue. I don't think there will be full agreement about "P-NAPs" because there wouldn't be any room for competition of every provider carries an equal amount of distributed traffic.
Slashdot Mirror
Keep this in mind next time they ask for more $$. Absurd.
In every thread, somebody always mentions the slashdot effect. I've always wondered how /. prevents from turning itself into a black hole... I pose the following question: If the slashdot effect really exists, then why does slashdot never get slashdotted? Hmmmm? I think it's a conspiracy
(Note: Check out the slick usage of 'slashdot' as a verb in the above paragraph -- yeah baby)
The palindromic C program is the coolest thing I've ever seen! That's talent! Making a hard drive squeal on purpose isn't as cool as the C program!
--cr@ckwhore
HAM radio might be a great option to consider... all you need is a simple TNC which can be made from scrap parts and (2) 2m radios (144.000-148.000mhz) ... simple TNCs should be able to transmit @ 2400 baud or greater, and since your requirements are only around 1200baud, this might work ok. Of course, you need to be an amateur radio operator with a valid license.
--n1zpp
I imagine that there are enough illegal aliens running around that would give anything for a job that pays $0.12/hr, in which they can stand in a fixed location and shout data at roughly 1200baud to another illegal alien acting as the "receiver".
Signal degredation and packet loss might be an issue during siesta.
--cr@ckwhore
This may be a great description of how a tetrachromat sees color! To us lowly trichromats, our best understanding is that perhaps it provides the ability to distinguish green waves from mixed blue and yellow waves. (I think yellow is technically a "green wave".)
Fascinating stuff!
I was very intrigued by this article! I read the entire thing in amazement and it instantly started me thinking about human evolution. I believe that we may be witness to the actual process of evolution, where genetic irregularities prove to be superior to genetic non-irregularities. Such occurances are extremely rare and we are lucky to be in an era where we understand genetics!
An interesting part of the article near the end eluded to the possibilites of utilitzing our genetic technology to control and create tetrachromats. Should tetrachromacy move into society on a larger scale, then we'll have a mixture of superior and less superior human beings existing in society. Such a society could noteably be the first where the species itself is in control of it's evolution! There's a lot to think about, but I think control of our own evolutionary steps would be a marvelous thing, but dangerous too. If only we could evolve the non-physical aspects of human beings, read responsibility and morality, so that we can use such tools successfully without destruction.
We as humans have mastered the building of complex machines. We're beginning to master the complexities of biological machines. I believe that in the future, the possibilities exist for human beings to create extraordinarily complex biological machines, or life itself, which brings the ideas of a "higher being" (god) full circle. After all, we ourselves are complex biological machines.
--cr@ckwhore
Yeah, I know about the coding syntax... the /. filters didn't like like some of the chars and stripped them out... I'll have to fix that.
Homophobic? no.
I'm definetely stuck in a DM project right now... a long term one, which makes intense pain of hell seem pleasant.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of software projects usually turn out to be DMs... some more severe than others. The less "severe" DM project I can handle... it's the big ones that suck.
--cr@ckwhore
Yeah, ok. Let me understand this... so, people living on MIR and spacelab don't count, right? I think I missed the memo.
So what! There have been a few days over time when we haven't had people living in space. No big deal. It's not like this whole "living in space" concept is a sort of revelation! We're pretty much used to humans living in space... it's not like I'll ever live there. So, what does tomorrow really mean to me?
--cr@ckwhore
I once had an experience with a PS2 ... it sucked! Not only did it NOT have a hard drive, but every last piece of equipment in the damn thing was proprietary! Booted from a floppy, and kinda looked funny... almost resembled a mac. If my memory serves me right, I think it only ran at 33mhz on a good day.
Oh wait... different PS2! Sorry.
--cr@ckwhore
I'm sure everybody here is familar with the Freedom of Information Act... using the FOIA, one could in theory easily produce a list of ISPs that have carnivore boxes installed. This list can then be posted online as a FREEDOM warning... if public exposure of this list results in sales drops for ISPs running carnivore, I bet they could turn around and sue the government for it.
Basically, it would be really nice to have a list of ISPs with carnivore installed. Anybody up for the task?
--cr@ckwhore
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--cr@ckwhore
c'mon guys! I thought you were better than this... WINE is NOT an emulator!
W.I.N.E actually stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator". Look it up @ winehq.org. (yes, it's true... a virtual black hole of sorts. But hey, what's in a name, right?)
WINE is actually a win32 support layer. If you want an emulator, then get VMWARE.
--Cr@ckwhore
Phew... what a relief! All this time I've been worried that the Chinese stole our nuclear secrets to build missiles. Silly Chinese!
--cr@ckwhore
The article is a good read! However, the translation is a little sketchy... I discovered my own kernelversionen too I guess.
--cr@ckwhore
I actually knew a guy named John Patrick Frances Xavier Quigley ... strange similiarity!
VOTE QUIMBY! 'Der Quimbmeisterensheitzenhousen
--Cr@ckwhore
Wow. Is Unix an OS? I don't know... perhaps it's a taco. It never ceases to amaze me what this country's best and brightest individuals can come up with! The worst part is that WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS DISCUSSION!! Where have these people been? Living under a start button?
"Unix" is probably best described as an abstract class. I mean "class" in the programming sense of the word. Sort of like a family... each individual of the family has similar characteristics. Some members of the "unix" family share enough characteristics that they can even execute the same programs.
--Cr@ckwhore
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Read about Verizon's internal DSL network at http://www.psouth.net/~csb/verizon
Ok, um, so.... how do they manage to make popsicles now?
This sounds like a prime candidate for the stupid patent contest... "uh, yeah...I invented freezing..."
--cr@ckwhore
Note to female readers: Stop right here. Forget about it. You're not gonna get this one. No way, no how. This is the Three Stooges of journalism, the ultimate gender litmus test: Guys will love this story, women will just think it's stupid. Trust us. I personally think the intro is funny, but does anybody else see this as a bit hypocritical from "MSNBC"? Lets face it... MSNBC is one of the most liberal news sources on this planet, usually involved in pushing so called "Gender Equality". If I was a feminist, I'd be pissed off.
I've got an idea CmdrTacoRobMaldaSlashWhore: Why not have some sort of contest here @ /. where the winner gets some funding and sponsorship to build a "/. battlebot"?? Huh? Wadd'ya think?
Pass it around... its a G R E A T idea.
--cr@ckwhore
Of course, the primary major flaw with encrypted file systems is the software overhead to handle the encryption and de-encryption as data is written/read from the hard drive.
The ultimate solution would be (and perhaps these already exist) hard drive controllers with encryption chips built in! This would virtually make the encryption transparent without a performance impact. The hardware can be easily manipulated, safely and securely, via utilities on the host machine.
Thoughts, ideas, or slaps in the face?
--Cr@ckwhore
Extreme KUDOS to dialpad for their "new" concept in e-customer relations! Although I also am a dialpad user, I didn't receive the email in question. Alas, I probably supplied a bogus email address when creating my account.
;)
Now, if they could support linux
--cr@ckwhore
The very first thing I did when I installed RH7 was...
I removed the RHNSD daemon!
1. I didn't want it.
2. It didn't work anyway... always threw error messages in the syslog, right out of the box.
3. The reason I love linux so much is because it's NOT microsoft. RHNSD is very "microsoft-ish", which prompts me to look more kindly upon other distros.
You DON't need it anyway... get rid of it!
my $.02
--cr@ckwhore
There's a package called 'RapidQ' that IMHO kicks *ss. The compiler is cross platform (Windoze,NT, Linux, Solaris, HPUX, etc..) and it can write almost everything from GUI to console to CGI. RapidQ also has the ability to build single executibles under windoze, which is a huge bonus.
There have been a lot of hybrid features added from C/C++, Perl, and Delphi implimented in RapidQ, which takes object oriented BASIC to a new level...
Check it out... I guarantee it's better than KBasic, plus it's been around a bit longer. Get RapidQ (it's freeware)
Regards
--cr@ckwhore
WOW! I'm slightly disturbed about the control that InterNAP would have over access points! Good gawd... here's a company that wants to control access to all 11 major backbones?!?! Wow... I don't think they'd really be helping anything by providing an addition bottleneck, ala "P-NAPs". Alas, the major providers make money by the volume of information that is transmitted... in their minds, saturated lines aren't a problem. Trust me! Idle lines cost money and don't generate revenue. I don't think there will be full agreement about "P-NAPs" because there wouldn't be any room for competition of every provider carries an equal amount of distributed traffic.
For what it's worth...
--cr@ckwhore