Ok, if you want: From the same guys who launched the first animal to space to die there
Now if you are saying that it is not very smart to be biased against a whole country, then you are right, and I even agree. I'm just pointing out that they have a history of solving problems with, how could I say, too radical and life-costing approaches.
What they are proposing is along their long-established tradition: Problem solved, but deadly for life in the area. I'll admit not knowing whether the "preemptive strike" would save life in the long term by stopping the leak earlier, though.
Perhaps the speed thing should be looked at with real-world metrics.
I use Safari because it's enough for me, it's decently supported and comes in the box. However, I find it tends to slow to a crawl past a certain point in number of tabs (JS being the usual suspect then).
My view on the speed issue is, I want a browser that scales up on number of simultaneously open web pages without compromising each other's responsiveness, much less overall system performance. If each page takes a second more or less in opening, I don't care; what I positively don't want is the rotating beach ball at any time.
Chrome's architecture seems rather nice in that regard, but I can't claim real world experience with it. Call me lazy if you want.
It will still take a couple iterations, but like so many other things before, electronic voting will eventually be safer, faster and more convenient than traditional paper-based voting.
Most of us IT guys here can sure name a couple solutions to avoid the current hack and throw a few ideas for a truly 99% tamperproof system - hardware sensors, certificate-based encryption of RAM memory and storage, you name it. All these things, or similar, will eventually happen. It is unfortunate that the governments that quite bravely dare lead the path are as usual spending too much money in too unsatisfactory a solution at the moment but that is still only v0.1. When we are at v1.0, barring a few small and pintoresque bugs that reverse polling results or somesuch (and which we will be so happy to comment on/.), the days of tons of paper and boxes moving around will begin a slow but steady decline, like the long queues in the bank or in your local tax office/IRS equivalent.
bugs of decentralized systems are often more palatable than the the features of centralized systems. (this is of course considering the context of this article -- the internet)
You can get to the general law easily from there - things that are wrong, ill or plain bad news run faster and are more eagerly consumed than things that go right, well or are good news. This summary (and/. news in general) is no exception.
This also (in addition to hijack prevention) prevents a clueless NOC monkey from another autonomous system from messing up your whole network by announcing a default route.
If you have a full table, or even half of it, even if you allow default routes being accepted, no harm will be done. More specific networks win over less specific, and the default is the least specific of all.
Accepting a default route can even be an elegant way of doing things in certain scenarios, for example for small but multihomed stubs.
Completely agreed. I don't understand why any government is quoted at all. The issue, if it exists, is more a technological one than any other thing. Definately (and thankfully) no politicians are or should be involved.
The current system has shown not only its outstanding scalability and reliability, but also its usefulness to filter out bad guys when they come in large chunks (which they do - look at the McColo incident for a dramatic example.)
My conclusion is that we're looking for problems to fix, of which there are none here, where we should be rather looking for improvements to be made, of which of course there are plenty.
Mod parent up, please. Dilbert reflects company reality accurately probably twice as often as any serious essay on the subject. It is also a sharp study of personalities of co-workers which, being a bit of an stereotype, are in my experience a rather precise match for people I have found here and there. Don't miss the non-comic books by the same author.
You are right, of course, but as long as we are commenting on a summary that speculates about the future, we may as well dream about universal broadband.
The reason I buy AMD is because Intel sued my company because its name started with the same letters - without any bad faith (we didn't sell counterfeit processors, or try to impersonate as anything from them, etc). The company was alive and relatively well known in its small niche for many years before the Big Guys decided they wanted to piss us off. Heck, we were even a certified Intel reseller!
All of a sudden, all the things I had read about Intel's legal belligerence had a new and painful dimension.
The only Intel processors I buy now are those that come inside my favorite desktops - Macs. For the servers I use a company (AMD) that performs at a really nice price/performance point and that hasn't sued us to fill in the yearly legal battles report. Because I buy a lot of servers, I know that Intel has lost much more than they won. Do they care in the slightest? - I don't think so. It would be nice if they did. But the fact that they don't give a damn doesn't make me reconsider my decision.
It's interesting that this particular platform enables measuring piracy with something resembling statistical certainity. While not the figures, the logic also works for music and films, for example. Next thing is go tell the politicians: Listen, guys, you are taking a couple cents off everything that can store a bit as a compensation for music and/or films piracy (in Spain; your mileage will vary by country). Of course they don't call it compensation for piracy, but they still take the money. Now, dear politicians, look at this example and tell me that its logic doesn't apply and that your argument stands as it is. Say it loudly and publicly if you dare.
I've spent not a few years in what you could term a business setting. I feel quite alone in not top-posting and using good old fashioned plain text, but this does not make me feel uncomfortable. My correspondents don't seem to bother as I have still to hear the first hint about this. Therefore, I am not considering switching.
It is interesting how much you learn from mail forwarded by top-posters, though.
About your second R, it's interesting to see the viral effect of the "save a tree" signatures so popular these days. I used to be horrified when I began seeing e-mails printed. Now I am still horrified but find the contradiction somewhat amusing, and also a reason as good as any other to bash the offending compulsive e-mail printer. Which is as much of a sport (or an art) as bashing Microsoft or your favourite evil (or not) corporation.
Completely agreed on that, too. Next thing I wish is wiser spending of taxpayers moneys (thinking on the 3-4 redundant, wasting administrations my neck is under here in the South of the old Europe). Still, it's promising that they are, you know, trying. Or perhaps it's the triumph of hope over experience...
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Ok, if you want: From the same guys who launched the first animal to space to die there
Now if you are saying that it is not very smart to be biased against a whole country, then you are right, and I even agree. I'm just pointing out that they have a history of solving problems with, how could I say, too radical and life-costing approaches.
What they are proposing is along their long-established tradition: Problem solved, but deadly for life in the area. I'll admit not knowing whether the "preemptive strike" would save life in the long term by stopping the leak earlier, though.
...Who solved the East front issue throwing at it 20 million human lives.
Perhaps the speed thing should be looked at with real-world metrics.
I use Safari because it's enough for me, it's decently supported and comes in the box. However, I find it tends to slow to a crawl past a certain point in number of tabs (JS being the usual suspect then).
My view on the speed issue is, I want a browser that scales up on number of simultaneously open web pages without compromising each other's responsiveness, much less overall system performance. If each page takes a second more or less in opening, I don't care; what I positively don't want is the rotating beach ball at any time.
Chrome's architecture seems rather nice in that regard, but I can't claim real world experience with it. Call me lazy if you want.
Amen. In the meantime, I'll use sun to heat water. Far cheaper and more efficient.
It will still take a couple iterations, but like so many other things before, electronic voting will eventually be safer, faster and more convenient than traditional paper-based voting.
Most of us IT guys here can sure name a couple solutions to avoid the current hack and throw a few ideas for a truly 99% tamperproof system - hardware sensors, certificate-based encryption of RAM memory and storage, you name it. All these things, or similar, will eventually happen. It is unfortunate that the governments that quite bravely dare lead the path are as usual spending too much money in too unsatisfactory a solution at the moment but that is still only v0.1. When we are at v1.0, barring a few small and pintoresque bugs that reverse polling results or somesuch (and which we will be so happy to comment on /.), the days of tons of paper and boxes moving around will begin a slow but steady decline, like the long queues in the bank or in your local tax office/IRS equivalent.
This is ridiculous, I suspect this is FUD created to take control of the Internet
Or, rather less dramatically, just to promote a new beta site (from TFA) that quotes an article written by some clueless guy at AP...
bugs of decentralized systems are often more palatable than the the features of centralized systems. (this is of course considering the context of this article -- the internet)
You can get to the general law easily from there - things that are wrong, ill or plain bad news run faster and are more eagerly consumed than things that go right, well or are good news. This summary (and /. news in general) is no exception.
This also (in addition to hijack prevention) prevents a clueless NOC monkey from another autonomous system from messing up your whole network by announcing a default route.
If you have a full table, or even half of it, even if you allow default routes being accepted, no harm will be done. More specific networks win over less specific, and the default is the least specific of all.
Accepting a default route can even be an elegant way of doing things in certain scenarios, for example for small but multihomed stubs.
Completely agreed. I don't understand why any government is quoted at all. The issue, if it exists, is more a technological one than any other thing. Definately (and thankfully) no politicians are or should be involved.
The current system has shown not only its outstanding scalability and reliability, but also its usefulness to filter out bad guys when they come in large chunks (which they do - look at the McColo incident for a dramatic example.)
My conclusion is that we're looking for problems to fix, of which there are none here, where we should be rather looking for improvements to be made, of which of course there are plenty.
Mod parent up, please. Dilbert reflects company reality accurately probably twice as often as any serious essay on the subject. It is also a sharp study of personalities of co-workers which, being a bit of an stereotype, are in my experience a rather precise match for people I have found here and there. Don't miss the non-comic books by the same author.
You are right, of course, but as long as we are commenting on a summary that speculates about the future, we may as well dream about universal broadband.
I'd bet for net delivery (DRM or not)
Or maybe it happened in another country. However, perhaps you who have such a low-uid and are so old and wise can illuminate me?
The reason I buy AMD is because Intel sued my company because its name started with the same letters - without any bad faith (we didn't sell counterfeit processors, or try to impersonate as anything from them, etc). The company was alive and relatively well known in its small niche for many years before the Big Guys decided they wanted to piss us off. Heck, we were even a certified Intel reseller!
All of a sudden, all the things I had read about Intel's legal belligerence had a new and painful dimension.
The only Intel processors I buy now are those that come inside my favorite desktops - Macs. For the servers I use a company (AMD) that performs at a really nice price/performance point and that hasn't sued us to fill in the yearly legal battles report. Because I buy a lot of servers, I know that Intel has lost much more than they won. Do they care in the slightest? - I don't think so. It would be nice if they did. But the fact that they don't give a damn doesn't make me reconsider my decision.
Companies have gone bankrupt because people chose to wait for a better deal.[citation needed]
It's interesting that this particular platform enables measuring piracy with something resembling statistical certainity. While not the figures, the logic also works for music and films, for example. Next thing is go tell the politicians: Listen, guys, you are taking a couple cents off everything that can store a bit as a compensation for music and/or films piracy (in Spain; your mileage will vary by country). Of course they don't call it compensation for piracy, but they still take the money. Now, dear politicians, look at this example and tell me that its logic doesn't apply and that your argument stands as it is. Say it loudly and publicly if you dare.
I've spent not a few years in what you could term a business setting. I feel quite alone in not top-posting and using good old fashioned plain text, but this does not make me feel uncomfortable. My correspondents don't seem to bother as I have still to hear the first hint about this. Therefore, I am not considering switching.
It is interesting how much you learn from mail forwarded by top-posters, though.
Mayans are still dealing with the old telephone monopoly and trying to figure out how to get decent competition in that sector.
About your second R, it's interesting to see the viral effect of the "save a tree" signatures so popular these days. I used to be horrified when I began seeing e-mails printed. Now I am still horrified but find the contradiction somewhat amusing, and also a reason as good as any other to bash the offending compulsive e-mail printer. Which is as much of a sport (or an art) as bashing Microsoft or your favourite evil (or not) corporation.
I know it's fun to bash Microsoft
Actually, "fun" is an overly simplistic definition of it. Actually, it's an art that has some of the features of a sport.
Completely agreed on that, too. Next thing I wish is wiser spending of taxpayers moneys (thinking on the 3-4 redundant, wasting administrations my neck is under here in the South of the old Europe). Still, it's promising that they are, you know, trying. Or perhaps it's the triumph of hope over experience...
But could he predict people associating "Blackberry" with "Phone that has a qwerty keyboard"?
Alas, no; he didn't predict the association between "Blackberry server" and "sux big time", either.
I'm not American but it's good to see public administrations (a) competing, and (b) trying to beat one another to be in the first line of renewables.
The hype surrounding all things Apple is getting to weird new heights...
The Australian Christian Lobby can go fuck themselves sideways with a 40-foot barge pole. Fucking morons.
Amen