And instead spread it across 10+ pages, like those annoying pages that chop an article that could easily fit on 2-3 pages over 20+ just to get 20+ page impressions from you and show you 60+ additional ads?
Same with YouTube. The "related" videos on the side are only getting loaded as far as you can see them, only when you scroll down, more preview pics get fetched.
The reason is the same: Most people will not even scroll down, and bandwidths are good enough by now that loading them takes only a second or maybe two. That actually saves a LOT of money on bandwidth for content providers.
So he was bumped for company employees. It still creates no story worth reporting on/.
Anyone still flying United simply doesn't learn. It's not like this is the first time they prove that service is something they might do to their planes but not their customers.
I'm surprised someone actually entered this into the firehose, and I'm even more surprised that there were enough people who thought that this should make the front page. Or is that time honored way of selecting stories out the window and some idiot at/.... dice... whoeverthefuck owns the page now simply picks his pet stories and we get to read that shit?
We've become used by now to read stories that are neither news for nerds nor stuff that matters. We've read more political stories and stories about social issues, both having ZERO to do with anything technical, than stories that actually matter to anyone matching even remotely the definition of nerd. But what the FUCK is this story? This isn't even good enough for an outrage, or something people get their panties into a knot that could create page impressions. Hell, even a story about the platypus'... platypuses... whatever the plural for platypus may be... anyway, the odd creatures that got their heads chopped off in Down Under would be MORE of a story than this shit!
Yes, airlines overbook. And they do it to maximize revenue. Was there anyone over the age of 10 that did NOT know that yet?
And why would MS allow that to remain that way? Until something changed big time lately, you still have to log in to some sort of authentication server to play. Why should that server give you the a-ok to play a version MS doesn't want you to play?
How's that working? Either someone is new and doesn't have money to buy anything, or they have been around for a while and can easily get it themselves, and thus don't buy anything.
It reminds me of the development in LEGO. Remember the old sets? A lot (and I mean LOT) of basic all-purpose pieces that would of course build the space ship or house that's on the box, but could easily be used for anything else as well.
Today what you get is a handful of shaped pieces that only fit together in the way they should, no imagination allowed.
But what has changed? I remember those times too, same deal. Hell, one classmate had his dad display his hunting rifles (he's a licensed hunter and guns are pretty tightly regulated around here), and the person who was most interested about it all was the teacher. Back then we helped him carry his guns to our classroom, without anyone giving half a shit about it.
Ponder a few teenage kid running down the school hallway with hunting rifle openly in their hands today.
You act as if there is ANY shortage of "dig shit out of the ground, build something, dig other shit, then build something bigger" games. Usually coupled with zombie survival. Most of them are even in the same eternal beta that Minecraft was.
Aside of the old fashioned sealing with leads, which could be done in many ways here, there is actually a technical solution for this. Basically what you use is signature chips where you can't read the key inside, what they do is they take traffic and sign it, allowing you to verify the key but not duplicate it, quite similar to how PGP works. So these chips have to be in the machine or it won't start. And of course these chips can also trivially see just what they're signing. If they're supposed to sign something the vendor doesn't want to be signed (i.e. hacked firmware), just have them burn the "was tampered with" fuse.
We're in a time when it is trivial to prove that something has been tampered with. You can easily create a logic that can be altered but not without showing signs of alteration, even if rolled back later. You can sign your firmware, there are ways to document in a tamper-proof way the times that hardware has been written to and take that flag into account when calculating the signature which pretty much means doing a firmware backup and trying to roll it back by writing the original firmware to the system again when you want to cheat warranty is not going to work.
And that's just one example. It is much harder with all-purpose computers, but trivial when you have total control over hard- and software.
People who come to the conclusion that religion is a mental disease (ICD-10, F22.0, delusion) are not required to be religious. Hence they are quite possibly capable of independent and logical thinking.
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And instead spread it across 10+ pages, like those annoying pages that chop an article that could easily fit on 2-3 pages over 20+ just to get 20+ page impressions from you and show you 60+ additional ads?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Same with YouTube. The "related" videos on the side are only getting loaded as far as you can see them, only when you scroll down, more preview pics get fetched.
The reason is the same: Most people will not even scroll down, and bandwidths are good enough by now that loading them takes only a second or maybe two. That actually saves a LOT of money on bandwidth for content providers.
What ads?
Poe's law is in full effect here, I really can't tell if you're serious.
I get paid posting here.
Just don't tell my boss that I am, ok?
Yeah, yeah, and evolution is just a theory...
From across the pond, the difference to earlier times is really hard to see.
Mosanto went too far this time.
So he was bumped for company employees. It still creates no story worth reporting on /.
Anyone still flying United simply doesn't learn. It's not like this is the first time they prove that service is something they might do to their planes but not their customers.
I hope we can agree that this is even worse than overbooking...
I'm surprised someone actually entered this into the firehose, and I'm even more surprised that there were enough people who thought that this should make the front page. Or is that time honored way of selecting stories out the window and some idiot at /. ... dice ... whoeverthefuck owns the page now simply picks his pet stories and we get to read that shit?
We've become used by now to read stories that are neither news for nerds nor stuff that matters. We've read more political stories and stories about social issues, both having ZERO to do with anything technical, than stories that actually matter to anyone matching even remotely the definition of nerd. But what the FUCK is this story? This isn't even good enough for an outrage, or something people get their panties into a knot that could create page impressions. Hell, even a story about the platypus' ... platypuses... whatever the plural for platypus may be ... anyway, the odd creatures that got their heads chopped off in Down Under would be MORE of a story than this shit!
Yes, airlines overbook. And they do it to maximize revenue. Was there anyone over the age of 10 that did NOT know that yet?
And why would MS allow that to remain that way? Until something changed big time lately, you still have to log in to some sort of authentication server to play. Why should that server give you the a-ok to play a version MS doesn't want you to play?
Is that the internet version of "I read it for the articles"?
Poor you. Go get professional help!
Aww, someone has been spied on while having quality time with his hand.
How's that working? Either someone is new and doesn't have money to buy anything, or they have been around for a while and can easily get it themselves, and thus don't buy anything.
Don't worry, they're used to it.
Why do you think that "java beastie" will stay?
It reminds me of the development in LEGO. Remember the old sets? A lot (and I mean LOT) of basic all-purpose pieces that would of course build the space ship or house that's on the box, but could easily be used for anything else as well.
Today what you get is a handful of shaped pieces that only fit together in the way they should, no imagination allowed.
But what has changed? I remember those times too, same deal. Hell, one classmate had his dad display his hunting rifles (he's a licensed hunter and guns are pretty tightly regulated around here), and the person who was most interested about it all was the teacher. Back then we helped him carry his guns to our classroom, without anyone giving half a shit about it.
Ponder a few teenage kid running down the school hallway with hunting rifle openly in their hands today.
You act as if there is ANY shortage of "dig shit out of the ground, build something, dig other shit, then build something bigger" games. Usually coupled with zombie survival. Most of them are even in the same eternal beta that Minecraft was.
It still is a community. As the past has shown, as soon as some corporation starts milking a franchise, communities break apart pretty quickly.
Aside of the old fashioned sealing with leads, which could be done in many ways here, there is actually a technical solution for this. Basically what you use is signature chips where you can't read the key inside, what they do is they take traffic and sign it, allowing you to verify the key but not duplicate it, quite similar to how PGP works. So these chips have to be in the machine or it won't start. And of course these chips can also trivially see just what they're signing. If they're supposed to sign something the vendor doesn't want to be signed (i.e. hacked firmware), just have them burn the "was tampered with" fuse.
We're in a time when it is trivial to prove that something has been tampered with. You can easily create a logic that can be altered but not without showing signs of alteration, even if rolled back later. You can sign your firmware, there are ways to document in a tamper-proof way the times that hardware has been written to and take that flag into account when calculating the signature which pretty much means doing a firmware backup and trying to roll it back by writing the original firmware to the system again when you want to cheat warranty is not going to work.
And that's just one example. It is much harder with all-purpose computers, but trivial when you have total control over hard- and software.
People who come to the conclusion that religion is a mental disease (ICD-10, F22.0, delusion) are not required to be religious. Hence they are quite possibly capable of independent and logical thinking.